A comparison of the dissolution behavior of troilite with other iron(II) sulfides; implications of structure     

Joan E Thomas  William M Skinner 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》2003,67(5):831-843

Further knowledge as to the nature of the structure of a terrestrial sample of troilite, FeS [stoichiometric iron(II) sulfide] is revealed by a combination of XPS studies and dissolution studies in acid. The XPS analysis of a pristine troilite surface (the sample being cleaved under high vacuum) is compared to that of a surface polished in an inert atmosphere and a surface after reaction in deoxygenated acid. Further comparison is made with polished and acid-reacted surfaces of pyrrhotite (Fe_1-xS) and pyrite (FeS₂). The pristine troilite S2p spectrum comprises mainly monosulfide 161.1 eV, within the reported range of monosulfide, together with evidence of an unsatisfied monosulfide surface state arising from S-Fe bond rupture. Small, higher oxidation state sulfur contributions, including a disulfide-like state are also present, which suggest the presence of defects due to some nonstoichiometry. The dissolution studies showed that the troilite, in addition to dissolving in acid as an ionic solid to produce H₂S, also exhibits some oxidation of sulfur in the surface layers. In addition, a study of the dissolution behavior of troilite under the influence of cathodic applied potential supported the existence of a proportion of the sulfur within troilite needing reduction before dissolution forming HS⁻ or H₂S can occur. A significant increase in the dissolution rate was observed with application of −105 mV (SHE), but further stepped decreases in potential to −405 mV and −705 mV resulted in a decreased rate of dissolution, a response typical of an ionic solid. The results of the studies emphasise the viewing of iron(II) sulfides as a continuum. Pyrrhotite has been reported previously to dissolve in acid both oxidatively (like pyrite) and nonoxidatively (like troilite) on the same surface. Dissolution studies using troilite, in Ar-purged acid, indicate that dissolution of this material may not be uniformly nonoxidative. XPS evidence of restructuring of the surface of troilite to pyrrhotite and the surface of pyrrhotite towards a FeS₂ type structure, after exposure to Ar-purged acid, is presented.  相似文献   

The nature of fracturing and stress distribution in quartzite around the 1128-M (3700-FT) level of the crescent mine, Coeur d''Alene mining district, Idaho     

C.H. Miller  E.H. Skinner   《Engineering Geology》1980,16(3-4):321-338

Silver and copper are the principal ores mined from the quartzite at the Crescent mine. Both the main ore-bearing veins and foliation in the quartzite are parallel to the nearly vertical formational contacts. Anisotropy of the quartzite is indicated by both dynamic and static tests. Disking and breakage of core from holes perpendicular to the foliation are about twice what they are in core from holes parallel to foliation. Natural cleavage as well as slabbing and blasting fractures around the tunnels are also controlled by the foliation.

Extensive overcore deformation measurements indicate that most of the influence of the tunnels on the “free” stress field is between the rib and a depth of 2.7 m (1 tunnel diameter). The maximum principal stress axis in the free field is nearly horizontal; its magnitude is not much greater than the vertical component and calculations indicate a nearly hydrostatic free stress field. Stress considerably greater than the free field was measured between about 0.3–2.7 m behind the rib and is caused by a transfer of load from above the tunnel opening. Peak stress is in the vertical direction and about 1.7 m behind the rib.

An air-injection survey shows that high permeabilities are confined to the highly fractured annulus around a tunnel to a depth of at least 0.6 m. Air-injection measurements could be taken in the interval of about 0.6–1.8 m, but more fractures with high permeabilities may also be present in the annulus from about 0.6–1.2 m. Permeabilities measured deeper than about 1.8 m by the air-injection technique are either very low or nonexistent. The absence of open and noncontinuous fractures beyond about 1.8 m is also indicated by very low porosities and permeabilities of core, very high stresses (which presumably would close fractures), the lack of stains or secondary fillings in disking fractures, a conspicuous lack of ground water in the tunnels, and the fact that fractures encountered in an experimental 0.9-m tunnel did not extend into the 1.8-m tunnel that was mined over it.

Air-injection techniques exceed the accuracy of any field deformation measurement now in use, and they are sensitive to permeabilities as small as one microdarcy and to fracture widths as small as 250 nanometers. This technique was applied for future reference in mining design and, perhaps, to be used later to detect microfracturing prior to rockbursts.  相似文献   

A practical system for isolating structures from earthquake attack     

R. I. Skinner  J. L. Beck  G. N. Bycroft 《地震工程与结构动力学》1974,3(3):297-309

The recent development of a range of hysteretic energy absorbers permits practical shock isolation systems to be incorporated in the bases of a wide range of structures. This isolation gives reduced earthquake loads which may be resisted by the normal lateral strength of the structure. Hence a plastic reserve of earthquake resistance is no longer essential. A wider choice of architectural and structural forms is available with such an isolation system. The structures may be designed to prevent structural and non-structural damage with a high degree of reliability. The special hysteretic dampers limit the lateral movement of the base of a structure to a few inches. With these small movements the lateral flexibility required for an isolating system can be conveniently provided, for many structures, by rubber bearings.  相似文献   

The seismic response of a reinforced concrete bridge pier designed to step     

J. L. Beck  R. I. Skinner 《地震工程与结构动力学》1973,2(4):343-358

A new technique to enhance the earthquake resistance of tall reinforced-concrete bridges is introduced whereby the tall piers are allowed to ‘step’ during a severe seismic attack. This means that each pier is free to rock from side to side with vertical separation of parts of the pier from the supporting foundations. This stepping action limits stresses in the reinforced-concrete piers to values below the yield levels and this should lead to a substantial reduction in the cost of providing earthquake resistance As part of a feasibility study, a 200 feet-high stepping pier is defined and its displacements are calculated for the ground accelerations of the 1940 El Centre earthquake, N-S component. With no damping present the computations give many ‘stepping’ separations of rather large extent. When the effects of internal structural damping are included in the analysis, there is little reduction in the stepping motions at the level of damping expected in the pier. However, when the computations include the effects of some energy-absorbing devices of a recently-developed type, installed between the pier and its foundations, the amplitude and number of the stepping cycles are considerably reduced.  相似文献   

Intense tropical cyclogenesis over the northwest Australian region in 1998/1999: Causal factors     

L. M. Leslie  R. F. Abbey Jr.  M. S. Speer  T. C. L. Skinner 《Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics》2002,80(1-4):89-101

Summary The 1998/99 tropical cyclone (TC) season over northwest Australia was notable for an above average number of TCs (seven compared to five on average) and a number of unusually intense TCs making landfall (three category 5 TCs). The active 1998/99 TC season is attributed here to a combination of a number of broad-scale features over the south east Indian Ocean and the Australian region, with identifiable precursors favoring tropical cyclogenesis. These precursors include: below normal MSLP, abnormally warm ocean temperatures, above average relative humidity in the low- to mid-tropospheric levels and weak wind shears in the genesis region under study, that is, between 10° S to 20° S and 105° E to 135° E. These favorable conditions first appeared as early as August 1998. The appearance of favorable conditions so far ahead of the TC season indicates that they are the likely cause of the enhanced TC activity rather than simply an effect. Although the season as a whole was an active one, strong intra-seasonal variability was evident in that there were two named TCs in December 1998, forming within three days of each other. Only one formed in January 1999 and none in February. By contrast, in March and April 1999, TC activity was enhanced once again, with four named TCs, three of which attained category 5 status. The importance of the above-mentioned precursors in favoring tropical cyclogenesis during the 1998/99 season is discussed in terms of seasonal time scales of the preceding spring and down to synoptic and mesoscale time scales ranging from several days to 48 hours or less. Received October 5, 2001 Revised December 28, 2001  相似文献   

A Comparison of an Ecological Model and GIS Spatial Analysis to Describe Niche Partitioning Amongst Carrion Beetles in Nebraska     

Andrew A. Bishop  W. Wyatt Hoback  Marc Albrecht  & Kerri M. Skinner 《Transactions in GIS》2002,6(4):457-470

Carrion beetles depend on vertebrate carcasses to rear their young. Carcasses are a limited resource with patchy distribution, and there is an intense competition among many species for these carcasses. This situation is expected to lead to niche partitioning, such that different beetle species use different resources and thus escape direct competition. Our project used a geographic information system (GIS) and pitfall sampling to characterize carrion beetle preferences for soil texture and land use in Kearney County, Nebraska. The GIS was used to select sites where sampling was conducted using pitfall traps baited with rat carcasses. Attracted beetles were counted, identified to species, and released. The resulting data were used to construct occurrence maps of eleven species of carrion beetles by overlaying soil texture and land use. We then compared the results of EcoSim (an ecological simulation model of niche overlap) with GIS–generated maps of probability of carrion beetle occurrence. Our results are consistent with landscape–level niche partitioning by seven of the eleven examined species. Our application of GIS to the spatial analysis of carrion beetle distributions demonstrates how this technology can be used to test ecological and evolutionary hypotheses, predict habitat associations, and examine the effects of land use on a community of insects. This work could easily be extended to study the habitat preferences of the federally endangered American burying beetle, Nicrophorus americanus .  相似文献   

Ant composition and activity patterns as determined by pitfall trapping and other methods in three habitats in the semi-arid Karoo     

P. A. Lindsey  J. D. Skinner 《Journal of Arid Environments》2001,48(4):551

The diversity and abundance of epigaeic ant species were determined across three habitats (riverine areas, gently sloping grassland areas and steep slope areas) in summer (November–December) and winter (May–June) of 1998 at Tussen die Riviere Nature Reserve in the Karoo, to determine temporal and spatial variations in the availability of potential prey species of the aardvark (Orycteropus afer). Pitfall trapping, dig sampling and quadrat sampling were used to ensure as complete a sampling effort as possible. Forty-five ant species of five sub-families and 17 genera were recorded. The grassland habitat yielded the highest abundance and diversity, followed by the steep slope and riverine areas. Ant abundance and diversity were higher during summer than winter in all three habitats. Anoplolepis custodiens was the most abundant species in summer, whilst Monomorium albopilosum was the most abundant species in winter. Pitfall trapping was responsible for recording more species than dig sampling or quadrat sampling. No method recorded all of the species present.  相似文献   

Deconstructing Terminations I and II: revisiting the glacioeustatic paradigm based on deep-water temperature estimates     

L.C. Skinner  N.J. Shackleton 《Quaternary Science Reviews》2006,25(23-24):3312

Benthic and planktonic oxygen isotope (δ¹⁸O_cc) and Mg/Ca analyses in two cores from the Northeast Atlantic have permitted the reconstruction of surface- and deep-water temperature (T_dw) and δ¹⁸O (δ¹⁸O_w) variations across the last two deglaciations. These records allow the timing of de-glacial melt-water pulses reaching the Northeast Atlantic to be compared with the evolution of local deep-water T_dw–δ¹⁸O_w conditions. Although each glacial termination is unique in detail, a similar pattern of hydrographic change is reconstructed for both deglaciations, with the first major decrease in deep-water δ¹⁸O_w (due to sea-level and/or purely local deep-water change) occurring in parallel with the onset of intensely cold glacial surface-water temperatures, and prior to a ‘terminal’ ice-rafting and melt-water event. The evolution of deep-water across both de-glaciations involved two transient incursions of cold, low-δ¹⁸O water into the deep Northeast Atlantic, the second of which was particularly pronounced each time. These pulses of cold deep-water are interpreted to reflect the incursion of water directly analogous to modern Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW), and containing a significant component of brine rejected during sea-ice formation. The results presented here show that the same type of transient changes in deep-water circulation that occurred across Termination I also occurred across Termination II, and that as a result of these deep-ocean changes, the timing of each benthic δ¹⁸O ‘termination’ cannot precisely reflect the timing of de-glacial sea-level change, as many palaeoceanographic interpretations (and some controversies) are prone to assume. Such ‘imprecision’ (in timing especially) may well extend to marine isotope stage (MIS) boundaries in general, as a principle of hydrographic variability and its expression in the geological record.  相似文献   

Mid Campanian‐Lower Maastrichtian magnetostratigraphy of the James Ross Basin,Antarctica: Chronostratigraphical implications     

Florencia N. Milanese  Eduardo B. Olivero  María E. Raffi  Pablo R. Franceschinis  Leandro C. Gallo  Steven M. Skinner  Ross N. Mitchell  Joseph L. Kirschvink  Augusto E. Rapalini 《Basin Research》2019,31(3):562-583

The James Ross Basin, in the northern Antarctic Peninsula, exposes which is probably the world thickest and most complete Late Cretaceous sedimentary succession of southern high latitudes. Despite its very good exposures and varied and abundant fossil fauna, precise chronological determination of its infill is still lacking. We report results from a magnetostratigraphic study on shelfal sedimentary rocks of the Marambio Group, southeastern James Ross Basin, Antarctica. The succession studied covers a ~1,200 m‐thick stratigraphic interval within the Hamilton Point, Sanctuary Cliffs and Karlsen Cliffs Members of the Snow Hill Island Formation, the Haslum Crag Formation, and the lower López de Bertodano Formation. The basic chronological reference framework is given by ammonite assemblages, which indicate a Late Campanian – Early Maastrichtian age for the studied units. Magnetostratigraphic samples were obtained from five partial sections located on James Ross and Snow Hill islands, the results from which agree partially with this previous biostratigraphical framework. Seven geomagnetic polarity reversals are identified in this work, allowing to identify the Chron C32/C33 boundary in Ammonite Assemblage 8‐1, confirming the Late Campanian age of the Hamilton Point Member. However, the identification of the Chron C32/C31 boundary in Ammonite Assemblage 8‐2 assigns the base of the Sanctuary Cliffs Member to the early Maastrichtian, which differs from the Late Campanian age previously assigned by ammonite biostratigraphy. This magnetostratigraphy spans ~14 Ma of sedimentary succession and together with previous partial magnetostratigraphies on Early‐Mid Campanian and Middle Maastrichtian to Danian columns permits a complete and continuous record of the Late Cretaceous distal deposits of the James Ross Basin. This provides the required chronological resolution to solve the intra‐basin and global correlation problems of the Late Cretaceous in the Southern Hemisphere in general and in the Weddellian province in particular, given by endemism and diachronic extinctions on invertebrate fossils, including ammonites. The new chronostratigraphic scheme allowed us to calculate sediment accumulation rates for almost the entire Late Cretaceous infill of the distal James Ross Basin (the Marambio Group), showing a monotonous accumulation for more than 8 Myr during the upper Campanian and a dramatic increase during the early Maastrichtian, controlled by tectonic and/or eustatic causes.  相似文献   

Observation of the oxidation of galena using Raman spectroscopy     

J. G. Shapter  M. H. Brooker  W. M. Skinner   《International Journal of Mineral Processing》2000,60(3-4)

Oxidation of galena (PbS) to oxysulfates, (PbO·PbSO₄, 3PbO·PbSO₄ and 4PbO·PbSO₄)_, has been observed using Raman spectroscopy. Peaks associated with the oxidation products have been assigned. The reaction appears to be a high temperature oxidation induced by the high laser (25 mW at 514.5 nm) power density at freshly cleaved galena surfaces. Damage to the galena surface was observed visually under the microscope. Moderate laser powers (5 mW at 514.5 nm) did not result in any damage. No Raman bands were observed or expected for freshly cleaved galena because it has the rock salt structure. Laser-induced production of these oxysulfates is dramatically different from high temperature methods previously employed. This procedure will permit easy identification of galena in complex mineral ore samples. Spontaneous air oxidation of freshly cleaved galena to oxides or polysulfides was not detected.  相似文献