Planform of convection with strongly temperature-dependent viscosity     

D. S. Oliver  J. R. Booker 《地球物理与天体物理流体动力学》2013,107(1-2):73-85

Abstract

This paper experimentally investigates the convective planform near critical in a fluid layer whose temperature-dependent viscosity varies from top to bottom by up to a factor of 1500. Convection occurs in three different planforms: rolls, hexagons and squares. The square planform, which appears only for fluids with viscosity variation greater than about 50, replaces the hexagonal convection pattern as the Rayleigh number increases much above critical. The large amplitude of hexagonal convection with strong viscosity variation precludes studying the hexagon-square transition with perturbation methods of the type used to study the hexagon-roll transitions at smaller viscosity variations.  相似文献   

Evaluation of magmatic processes for the products of the Nevado del Ruiz Volcano, Colombia from geochemical and petrological data     

Nicole Vatin-Prignon  Pierre Goemans  Richard A. Oliver  Eduardo Parra Palacio 《Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research》1990,41(1-4)

Trace-element concentrations of the eruptive products from the Nevado del Ruiz volcano indicate that at least for the last 1 Ma, the major controlling factor in the evolution of the magma has been a simple fractional crystallization.The Zr/Hf ratios suggest that the source material is mantle-like in origin and whilst subduction-related contamination of the source material has taken place, there is no evidence that assimilation of continental crust has affected the series.No convincing geochemical evidence for magma mixing was found, and data on banded pumices of Pleistocene, Historic and the 1985 eruptions strongly support a crystal fractionation model to explain the compositional variation of their glasses. Therefore, if mixing has taken place it can only be a mixing of layers within a stratified or partially stratified magma chamber.Modeling of fractional crystallization using a stepwise program has been undertaken and least-squares approximations with small residuals are commensurate with analyzed samples. Crystal fractionation models with plagioclase dominating two-pyroxenes and iron oxides give good fits for all calculations. We conclude that simple crystal fractionation is the process most consistent with major- and trace-element variations in the Ruiz series. This closed-system model requires at least 77% crystal fractionation of a basaltic parent to generate the observed compositions of dacites.  相似文献   

Application of a spectral correction method for measurements of covariances with fast-response sensors in the atmospheric boundary layer up to a height of 130 m and testing of the corrections   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Jürgen Rißmann  Gerd Tetzlaff 《Boundary-Layer Meteorology》1994,70(3):293-305

Measurement of meteorological quantities with fast-response sensors by means of the eddycorrelation technique allows calculation of turbulent transport without too severe demands with regard to stationarity and homogeneity. However, the measurement system causes frequency-dependent errors due to measuring height, averaging interval, sampling rate and mean wind speed. A correction method (Moore, 1986) was applied to measurements taken on a 130 m tower located at the German North Sea coast. The errors for 10-min averages, obtained at a height of 10 m were between 20 and 30%, mainly caused by the inertia of the sensors, increasing to between 30 and 60% at 130 m height due to a loss of low-frequency parts of the spectra because of the averaging interval. The corrections to the obtained data were validated by comparing the cospectra calculated from the data with the spectra used for the computation of the correction factors.  相似文献   

Total nitrogen content of deep sea basalts     

Thomas L. Norris  Oliver A. Schaeffer 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1982,46(3):371-379

Various models have been suggested concerning the origin and evolution of the earth's atmosphere. An estimate of the nitrogen content of the mantle could further constrain atmospheric models. Total nitrogen content was determined by thermal neutron activation analysis via ¹⁴N(n,p)¹⁴C. The ¹⁴C was converted to carbon dioxide and counted in miniature low level proportional counters. The total nitrogen content of U.S.G.S. standards BCR-1 and G-2 as determined by different laboratories is variable, probably due to atmospheric adsorption by the finely ground samples. Total nitrogen content was determined in deep sea basalt glasses from three regions: East Pacific Rise ($\text{15 ± 4, 18 ± 4}$, and $\text{7 ±}\text{ppm}\text{2 N}$), Mid-Atlantic Rift (FAMOUS Region:$\text{22 ± 5, 18 ± 3}$, and $\text{10 ± 2}\text{ppm}\text{N}$) and the Juan de Fuca Ridge ($\text{17 ± 4}\text{ppm}\text{N}$). Matrix material from the same samples as the glasses was available from the East Pacific Rise ($\text{37 ± 6, 26 ± 4}$, and $\text{34 ± 6}\text{ppm}\text{N}$) and the Mid-Atlantic Rift ($\text{39 ± 4}\text{ppm}\text{N}$) which are about 50 to 100% greater than the associated glasses. The increased matrix abundance may be due to incorporation of chemically bound nitrogen from sea water rather than dissolved molecular nitrogen. The nitrogen content of the FAMOUS samples are inconsistent with the model of Langmuir et al. (1977) for petrogenesis based on trace element data. Factors which can affect the observed nitrogen content in the basalts and the interpretation in terms of the mantle nitrogen abundance are discussed (e.g. partial melting and degassing of the basalts). A lower limit of about 2 ppm N in the mantle can be estimated.  相似文献   

The contribution of humic substances to the acidity of colored natural waters   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Barry G. Oliver  Earl M. Thurman  Ronald L. Malcolm 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1983,47(11):2031-2035

An operationally defined carboxyl content of humic substances extracted from rivers, streams, lakes, wetlands, and groundwaters throughout the United States and Canada is reported. Despite the diversity of the samples, only small variations were observed in this humic carboxyl content. The dissociation behavior of two combined fulvic/humic acid extracts was studied and it was found that the dissociation of the humics varied in a predictable manner with pH. Using a carboxyl content of 10 μeq/ mg humic organic carbon, and mass action quotient calculated from sample pH, the ionic balances of three highly colored Nova Scotia rivers were estimated.  相似文献   

A three-dimensional geophysical model of the crust in the Barents Sea region: model construction and basement characterization   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Oliver Ritzmann  Nils Maercklin  Jan Inge Faleide  Hilmar Bungum  Walter D. Mooney  Shane T. Detweiler 《Geophysical Journal International》2007,170(1):417-435

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Two-dimensional modelling of some CFC replacement compounds     

Oliver Wild  Oliver V. Rattigan  Roderic L. Jones  John A. Pyle  R. Anthony Cox 《Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry》1996,25(2):167-199

The Cambridge 2-D Eulerian model has been used to study the potential atmospheric distributions and lifetimes of a number of CFC replacement compounds and their degradation products. The study has focused on HFC 134a and HCFCs 123, 141b and 142b and the major products formed by their atmospheric degradation. The loss of these compounds and their products by hydroxyl radical attack, photolysis and in-cloud hydrolysis have been investigated. The study has shown that HCFCs 141b and 142b have sufficiently long lifetimes to enter the stratosphere in significant quantities, where degradation leads to an increase in the total stratospheric chlorine concentration. The study has also highlighted areas where further experimental work would be valuable, in particular characterisation of the product channels for the degradation reactions and determination of the removal rates of the products in the aqueous phase.  相似文献   

Stochastic perturbation analysis of groundwater flow. Spatially variable soils,semi-infinite domains and large fluctuations     

G. Christakos  C. T. Miller  D. Oliver 《Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment (SERRA)》1993,7(3):213-239

As is well known, a complete stochastic solution of the stochastic differential equation governing saturated groundwater flow leads to an infinite hierarchy of equations in terms of higher-order moments. Perturbation techniques are commonly used to close this hierarchy, using power-series expansions. These methods are applied by truncating the series after a finite number of terms, and products of random gradients of conductivity and head potential are neglected. Uncertainty regarding the number or terms required to yield a sufficiently accurate result is a significant drawback with the application of power series-based perturbation methods for such problems. Low-order series truncation may be incapable of representing fundamental characteristics of flow and can lead to physically unreasonable and inaccurate solutions of the stochastic flow equation. To support this argument, one-dimensional, steady-state, saturated groundwater flow is examined, for the case of a spatially distributed hydraulic conductivity field. An ordinary power-series perturbation method is used to approximate the mean head, using second-order statistics to characterize the conductivity field. Then an interactive perturbation approach is introduced, which yields improved results compared to low-order, power-series perturbation methods for situations where strong interactions exist between terms in such approximations. The interactive perturbation concept is further developed using Feynman-type diagrams and graph theory, which reduce the original stochastic flow problem to a closed set of equations for the mean and the covariance functions. Both theoretical and practical advantages of diagrammatic solutions are discussed; these include the study of bounded domains and large fluctuations.  相似文献   

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W. Krauß 《Ocean Dynamics》1963,16(5):238-239

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Mean wind-direction shear through a forest canopy     

F. B. Smith  D. J. Carson  H. R. Oliver 《Boundary-Layer Meteorology》1972,3(2):178-190

The equations of motion applying to the wind field in a forest canopy are simplified to a balance between the shearing stress gradient and either the form-drag of the leaves in the upper dense canopy, or the overall horizontal pressure gradient in the more open space beneath. The equations imply that, in descending through the forest, the stress and wind vectors turn through an angle which depends on the forest characteristics and on the stability and the speed of the airflow above the forest. The turning is roughly confirmed by an overall average measured on a very flat site near Thetford, Norfolk, covered by an extensive uniform pine forest.  相似文献