Reaction enhanced channelised fluid-flux along mid- crustal shear zone: An example from Mesoproterozoic Phulad Shear Zone,Rajasthan, India     

Sadhana M Chatterjee  Manideepa Roy Choudhury  Subhrajyoti Das 《Journal of Earth System Science》2016,125(7):1321-1328

Fluid infiltration at great depth during regional metamorphism plays a major role in mass transport and is responsible for significant rheological changes in the rock. Calc-silicate rocks of the Kajalbas area of Delhi Fold Belt, Rajasthan, are characterised by foliation parallel alternate bands of amphibole-rich and clinopyroxene–plagioclase feldspar-rich layers of varying thicknesses (mm to decimetre thick). Textural relation suggests that the amphibole grains formed from clinopyroxene and plagioclase in the late phase of regional deformation. Algebraic analysis of the reaction textures and mineral compositions was performed with the computer program C-Space to obtain the balanced chemical reactions that led to the formation of amphibole-rich bands. The computed balanced reaction is 70.74 Clinopyroxene + 27.23 Plagioclase + 22.018 H₂O + 5.51 K⁺+ 1.00 Mg²⁺+ 27.15 Fe²⁺ = 22.02 Amphibole + 67.86 SiO₂ aqueous + 36.42 Ca²⁺+ 8.98 Na⁺. The constructed reaction suggests that aqueous fluid permeated the calc-silicate rock along mm to decimetre thick channels, metasomatized the clinopyroxene–plagioclase bearing rocks to form the amphibole-rich layers. The regional deformation presumably created the fluid channels thereby allowing the metasomatic fluid to enter the rock system. The above reaction has large negative volume change for solid phases indicating reaction-induced permeability. Thermodynamic calculations suggest that the fluid–rock interaction occurred at 665 ±05^°C and 6.6 ±0.25 kbar (corresponding to ～20 km depth). Textural modeling integrating the textural features and balanced chemical reaction of the calc-silicate rocks of Mesoproterozoic Phulad Shear Zone thus indicate that extremely channelled fluid flow was reaction enhanced and caused major change in the rock rheology.  相似文献   

Thermogravimetric and model-free kinetic studies on CO<Subscript>2</Subscript> gasification of low-quality,high-sulphur Indian coals     

Tonkeswar Das  Ananya Saikia  Banashree Mahanta  Rahul Choudhury  Binoy K Saikia 《Journal of Earth System Science》2016,125(7):1365-1377

Coal gasification with CO₂ has emerged as a cleaner and more efficient way for the production of energy, and it offers the advantages of CO₂ mitigation policies through simultaneous CO₂ sequestration. In the present investigation, a feasibility study on the gasification of three low-quality, high-sulphur coals from the north-eastern region (NER) of India in a CO₂ atmosphere using thermogravimetric analysis (TGA-DTA) has been made in order to have a better understanding of the physical and chemical characteristics in the process of gasification of coal. Model-free kinetics was applied to determine the activation energies (E) and pre-exponential factors (A) of the CO₂ gasification process of the coals. Multivariate non-linear regression analyses were performed to find out the formal mechanisms, kinetic model, and the corresponding kinetic triplets. The results revealed that coal gasification with CO₂ mainly occurs in the temperature range of 800^°–1400^°C and a maximum of at around 1100^°C. The reaction mechanisms responsible for CO₂ gasification of the coals were observed to be of the ‘nth order with autocatalysis (CnB)’ and ‘nth order (Fn) mechanism’. The activation energy of the CO₂ gasification was found to be in the range 129.07–146.81 kJ mol^?1.  相似文献   

Computations of uplift capacity of pile anchors in cohesionless soil   总被引：3，自引：2，他引：1  

V. B. Deshmukh  D. M. Dewaikar  Deepankar Choudhury 《Acta Geotechnica》2010,5(2):87-94

A method of analysis for the uplift capacity of pile anchors in cohesionless soil is proposed using Kötter’s equation that facilitates computation of the distribution of soil reaction on the axis-symmetric failure surface, which is assumed to be the frustum of a cone with a characteristic angle of inclination with the pile–soil interface. A closed-form solution for the uplift capacity is obtained with no requirement of any charts or tables. Empirical relations using available literature are proposed for expressing critical embedment ratio and computation of net uplift capacity. The results are compared with a set of experimental data for 28 cases, ranging from loose to dense cohesionless soil up to maximum embedment ratio of 40, vis-à-vis available theoretical solutions. The proposed method leads to the predictions that are in good agreement with the experimental results. It further demonstrates the successful application of Kötter’s equation in the estimation of uplift capacity of pile anchors.  相似文献   

The relationship between anomalies of interannual net radiation and 37 GHz polarization difference over North Africa     

Eric A. Smith  Bhaskar J. Choudhury 《Climatic change》1993,23(2):141-154

We show evidence that interannual variations in the net radiation balance at the top-of-atmosphere over North Africa may be linked to variations at the land surface within the Sahelian zone. By utilizing concurrent monthly time series of earth radiation budget and passive microwave measurements obtained from the Nimbus 7 satellite over a five year period from 1979 to 1983, we have examined the spatial distribution of the amplitude of interannual variability of the net radiation at the top of the atmosphere. A strong association is found between the radiation budget anomalies derived from ERB-WFOV measurements and the anomalies of 37 GHz polarized brightness temperature difference derived from SMMR measurements. Previous research has shown that the interannual anomalies in the top-of-atmosphere net radiation balance in the Sahelian zone mostly arise from changes taking place at the surface, not from variations in cloudiness which brings variable rainfall throughout the African Sahel. Since microwave polarization difference is related in part to vegetation cover, we suggest that the main control of the modulation of North Africa's radiation balance may be year to year fluctuations of vegetation cover within the Sahelian zone, likely stemming from fluctuations in the rainfall. This relationship is relevant to the problem of radiation control and feedback on global climate through processes taking place within the biosphere of a semi-arid zone.  相似文献   

Pseudo-dynamic approach of seismic active earth pressure behind retaining wall   总被引：4，自引：2，他引：4  

Deepankar Choudhury  Sanjay S. Nimbalkar 《Geotechnical and Geological Engineering》2006,24(5):1103-1113

Knowledge of seismic active earth pressure behind rigid retaining wall is very important in the design of retaining wall in earthquake prone region. Commonly used Mononobe-Okabe method considers pseudo-static approach, which gives the linear distribution of seismic earth pressure in an approximate way. In this paper, the pseudo-dynamic method is used to compute the distribution of seismic active earth pressure on a rigid retaining wall supporting cohesionless backfill in more realistic manner by considering time and phase difference within the backfill. Planar rupture surface is considered in the analysis. Effects of a wide range of parameters like wall friction angle, soil friction angle, shear wave velocity, primary wave velocity and horizontal and vertical seismic accelerations on seismic active earth pressure have been studied. Results are provided in tabular and graphical non-dimensional form with a comparison to pseudo-static method to highlight the realistic non-linearity of seismic active earth pressures distribution.  相似文献   

Lattice dynamics and inelastic neutron scattering from forsterite,Mg2SiO4: Phonon dispersion relation,density of states and specific heat     

K. R. Rao  S. L. Chaplot  Narayani Choudhury  Subrata Ghose  J. M. Hastings  L. M. Corliss  D. L. Price 《Physics and Chemistry of Minerals》1988,16(1):83-97

Magnesium-rich olivine (Mg_0.9Fe_0.1)₂SiO₄ is considered to be a major constituent of the Earth's upper mantle. Because of its major geophysical importance, the temperature and pressure dependence of its crystal structure, elastic and dielectric constants, long-wavelength phonon modes and specific heat have been measured using a variety of experimental techniques. Theoretical study of lattice dynamics provides a means of analyzing and understanding a host of such experimental data in a unified manner. A detailed study of the lattice dynamics of forsterite, Mg₂SiO₄, has been made using a crystal potential function consisting of Coulombic and short-range terms. Quasiharmonic lattice dynamical calculations based on a rigid molecular-ion model have provided theoretical estimates of elastic constants, long-wavelength modes, phonon dispersion relation for external modes along the three high symmetry directions in the Brillouin zone, total and partial density of states and inelastic neutron scattering cross-sections. The neutron cross-sections were used as guides for the coherent inelastic neutron scattering experiment on a large single crystal using a triple axis spectrometer in the constant Q mode. The observed and predicted phonon dispersion relation show excellent agreement. The inelastically scattered neutron spectra from a powder sample have been analyzed on the basis of a phonon density of states calculated from a rigid-ion model, which includes both external and internal modes. The experimental data from a powder sample show good agreement with the calculated spectra, which include a multiphonon contribution in the incoherent approximation. The computed phonon densities of states are used to calculate the specific heat as a function of temperature using both the rigid molecular-ion and rigid ion models. These results are in very good agreement with the calorimetric measurement of the specific heat. The interatomic potential developed here can be used with some confidence to study physical properties of forsterite as a function of pressure and temperature.  相似文献   

Experimental constraints on self-consistent reionization models     

T. Roy Choudhury  A. Ferrara 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2005,361(2):577-594

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Detecting ionized bubbles in redshifted 21-cm maps     

Kanan K. Datta  Somnath Bharadwaj  T. Roy Choudhury 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2007,382(2):809-818

Linear transient phenomena induced by flow non-normality in thin self-gravitating astrophysical discs are studied using the shearing sheet approximation. The considered system includes two modes of perturbations: vortex and (spiral density) wave. It is shown that self-gravity considerably alters the vortex mode dynamics; its transient (swing) growth may be several orders of magnitude stronger than in the non-self-gravitating case and two to three times larger than the transient growth of the wave mode. Based on this finding, we comment on the role of vortex mode perturbations in a gravitoturbulent state. We also describe the linear coupling of the perturbation modes, caused by the differential character of disc rotation. The coupling is asymmetric: vortex mode perturbations are able to excite wave mode perturbations, but not vice versa. This asymmetric coupling lends additional significance to the vortex mode as a participant in spiral density waves and shock manifestations in astrophysical discs.  相似文献   

Dust coma of comet C/2009 P1 (Garradd) by imaging polarimetry     

E. Hadamcik  A. K. Sen  A. C. Levasseur‐Regourd  S. Roy Choudhury  J. Lasue  R. Gupta  R. Botet 《Meteoritics & planetary science》2014,49(1):36-44

Comet C/2009 P1 (Garradd) was observed by imaging polarimetry for nearly 5 months from October 2011 to March 2012, over an intermediate phase angle range (28°–35°). Two months before perihelion and one month after, dust particles seem to be ejected all around the optocenter and jets extend to distances greater than 40,000 km. An increase of activity is noticed in intensity and polarization after perihelion. Two months before perihelion and one month after, the dust emission seems to be all around the optocenter. Two and three months after perihelion the jets are mainly toward the solar direction with an extension of more than 20,000 km projected on the sky. The values of the aperture polarization are comparable to those of other comets. On the polarization maps in October 2011 and January 2012 the higher polarization zones extend in large regions perpendicularly to the solar direction where jets are also observed. In February and March 2012, the polarization in the jets is larger in the solar direction than in the surrounding coma. By its activity visible on intensity images and polarization maps at large distances from the nucleus, comet Garradd probably belongs to the high‐P_max class of comets.  相似文献   

Constraining the reionization history with QSO absorption spectra   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

S. Gallerani  T. Roy Choudhury  A. Ferrara 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2006,370(3):1401-1421

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