Pumping rates of the mud shrimpCallianassa japonica     

Hiroshi Mukai  Isao Koike 《Journal of Oceanography》1984,40(4):243-246

Pumping rate of a mud shrimp,Callianassa japonica, in its burrow was measured by continuous monitoring of dye concentration in the burrow water. Measurement of dilution in two directions from stained overlying seawater to normal burrow water andvice versa, gave no significant difference in results. The rate of exchange (v) of burrow water was estimated from,v=(u _t−u ₀)V/(m−u _t−1)t, whereV is volume of burrow water,u ₀,u _t−1 andu _tis dye concentration of burrow water at time 0,t−1 andt, respectively, andm is dye concentration of overlying water. The pumping rate ranged from 0.63 to 5.46 ml min⁻¹, which corresponded to a turnover time for the burrow water of 7–51 min. Short term changes in the pumping rate were correlated to intermittent behaviour of the shrimp in the burrow.  相似文献   

The anoxic water mass in Hiuchi-Nada     

Hidetaka Takeoka  Tadashi Ochi  Kazuhiko Takatani 《Journal of Oceanography》1986,42(1):1-11

Distribution of the anoxic water mass in the eastern part of Hiuchi-Nada was investigated from 1981 to 1983. A cold water mass was found on the bottom of the area concerned in summer, and a second (i.e. lower) thermocline appeared just above the cold water mass. The anoxic water was observed below a second thermocline. The horizontal distribution of the cold water mass coincided with that of the anoxic water mass, and also with a region of high concentration of organic matter in the sediment. These results suggest two important effects of the second thermocline on the generation of the anoxic water mass. Firstly, it prevents supply of dissolved oxygen from the upper to bottom layer of the water column. Secondly, it accelerates settling of particulate material resulting in a large accumulation of organic matter in the bottom water and the sediment which leads to an increase in the rate of oxygen consumption. The net oxygen consumption rate in the bottom layer in this sea was much smaller than that in Mikawa Bay where anoxia occurs at almost the same level as in Hiuchi-Nada. This finding also suggests the important role of the second thermocline.  相似文献   

Hydration of rhyolitic glass during weathering as characterized by IR microspectroscopy   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Tadashi Yokoyama  Satoshi Okumura  Satoru Nakashima 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》2008,72(1):117-125

The mechanism and rate of hydration of rhyolitic glass during weathering were studied. Doubly polished thin sections of two rhyolites with different duration of weathering (Ohsawa lava: 26,000 yr, Awanomikoto lava: 52,000 yr) were prepared. Optical microscope observation showed that altered layers had developed along the glass surfaces. IR spectral line profile analysis was conducted on the glass sections from the surface to the interior for a length of 250 μm and the contents of molecular H₂O (H₂O_m), OH species (OH) and total water (H₂O_t) were determined. The diffusion profile of H₂O_m in Ohsawa lava extends beyond the layer observed by optical microscope. The content of H₂O_m in the hydrated region is much higher than that of OH species. Thus, the reaction from H₂O_m to OH appears to be little and H₂O_m is the dominant water species moving into the glass during weathering. Based on the concentration profiles, the diffusion coefficients of H₂O_m(D_H2Om) and H₂O_t(D_H2Ot) were determined to be 2.8 × 10⁻¹⁰ and 3.4 × 10⁻¹⁰ μm² s⁻¹ for Ohsawa lava, and 5.2 × 10⁻¹¹ and 4.1 × 10⁻¹¹ μm² s⁻¹ for Awanomikoto lava, respectively. The obtained D_H2Om during weathering are more than 2-3 orders of magnitude larger than the diffusion coefficient at ∼20 °C that is extrapolated from the diffusivity data for >400 °C. This might suggest that the mechanism of water transport is different at weathering conditions and >400 °C.  相似文献   

Heterogeneous grain destruction near the Sun     

T. Mukai 《Earth, Moon, and Planets》1984,30(1):99-103

Catastrophic fracture of heterogeneous grains consisting of refractory matrix and trapped icy inclusions is examined. As such a grain approaches the Sun after release from the comet, the saturation pressure of icy inclusions increases, and finally exceeds the crack-extension-force necessary for onset of unstable fast fracturing. Subsequently a growth of cracks results in a facture of the grain.The calculation revealed that obsidian and magnetite grain, respectively, of radius 100 m with 10% water-ice inclusions in volume suddenly disrupt near the solar distance of 0.25 AU and of 0.6 AU. Since the small debris of fragmentation comes from the direction of the sun on a relatively higher eccentric orbit, this fragmentation mechanism seems favourable to explain the -meteoroids observed at 1 AU.  相似文献   

Direct correlation of radiolarian <Emphasis Type="Italic">Kilinora spiralis</Emphasis> Zone with the Late Jurassic ammonite faunal succession in the Kurisaka Formation,Kurosegawa Terrane,SW Japan     

Keisuke Ishida  Yasuyuki Tsujino  Takeshi Kozai  Tadashi Sato  Francis Hirsch 《中国科学D辑(英文版)》2009,52(12):1910-1923

The last appearance datum of the radiolarian Kilinora spiralis is recorded above the first appearance datum of the ammonite Ataxioceras (A.) kurisakense in the Todoro Section of the Kurisaka Formation, Southern Kurosegawa Terrane, Shikoku, SW Japan. The constraint by ammonite age prolongs the range of the Kilinora spiralis Zone, a remarkable Jurassic radiolarian zone in Japan-NW Pacific region, into the lower Kimmeridgian. The direct correlation of the Kilinora spiralis zone with the Late Jurassic ammonite faunal succession in the Kurisaka Formation will provide a clue to the still pending chronological difference between European and North American radiolarian zones.  相似文献   

Hydration-dehydration interactions between glycine and anhydrous salts: Implications for a chemical evolution of life     

Norio Kitadai  Tadashi Yokoyama 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》2011,75(21):6285-6299

Polymerizations of organic monomers including amino acids, nucleotides and monosaccharides are essential processes for chemical evolution of life. Since these reactions proceed with “dehydration” reactions, they are possibly promoted if combined with thermodynamically favorable “hydration” reactions of minerals and salts. To test the possibility, we conducted heating experiments of the simplest amino acid “glycine (Gly)” mixed with four simple anhydrous salts (MgSO₄, SrCl₂, BaCl₂ and Li₂SO₄) at 140 °C up to 20 days. Gly polymerization was strongly promoted by mixing with the salts in the order of MgSO₄ > SrCl₂ > BaCl₂ > Li₂SO₄. Up to 6-mer of Gly polymers were synthesized in the Gly-MgSO₄ mixture, and a total yield of Gly polymers attained about 7% of the initial amount of Gly by the 20 days heating. The total yield was about 200 times larger than that from the heating of Gly alone. XRD measurements of the Gly-MgSO₄ mixture revealed the generation of MgSO₄ monohydrate during Gly polymerization. These observations indicate that Gly polymerization was promoted by the salt hydrations through the hydration-dehydration interactions. Based on the observations, we tried to find a relationship between thermodynamic characteristics of the interactions and the promotion effects of each salt on Gly polymerization. It was found that the salts having lower hydration Δ_rG⁰ (easier to hydrate) promote Gly polymerization more strongly. The relationship was used to estimate promotion effects of simple oxide minerals on Gly polymerization. The estimations were consistent with previous observations about the effects of these minerals on Gly polymerization. The fact suggests that the hydration-dehydration interactions between amino acids and minerals are an important mechanism for amino acids’ polymerizations on minerals.  相似文献   

Role of bedrock groundwater in the rainfall–runoff process in a small headwater catchment underlain by volcanic rock     

Sho Iwagami  Maki Tsujimura  Yuichi Onda  Jun Shimada  Tadashi Tanaka 《水文研究》2010,24(19):2771-2783

The role of bedrock groundwater in rainfall–runoff processes is poorly understood. Hydrometric, tracer and subsurface water potential observations were conducted to study the role of bedrock groundwater and subsurface flow in the rainfall–runoff process in a small headwater catchment in Shiranui, Kumamoto prefecture, south‐west Japan. The catchment bedrock consists of a strongly weathered, fractured andesite layer and a relatively fresh continuous layer. Major chemical constituents and stable isotopic ratios of δ¹⁸O and δD were analysed for spring water, rainwater, soil water and bedrock groundwater. Temporal and spatial variation in SiO₂ showed that stream flow under the base flow condition was maintained by bedrock groundwater. Time series of three components of the rainstorm hydrograph (rainwater, soil water and bedrock groundwater) separated by end member mixing analysis showed that each component fluctuated during rainstorm, and their patterns and magnitudes differed between events. During a typical mid‐magnitude storm event, a delayed secondary runoff peak with 1·0 l s⁻¹ was caused by increase in the bedrock groundwater component, whereas during a large rainstorm event the bedrock groundwater component increased to ≈ 2·5 l s⁻¹. This research shows that the contribution of bedrock groundwater and soil water depends strongly on the location of the groundwater table, i.e. whether or not it rises above the soil–bedrock interface. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Possible effects of secular resonances in Phobos and Triton     

Tadashi Yokoyama 《Planetary and Space Science》2002,50(1):63-77

Due to the tides, the orbits of Phobos and Triton are contracting. While their semi major axes are decreasing, several possibilities of secular resonances involving node, argument of the pericenter and mean motion of the Sun will take place. In the case of Mars, if the obliquity (ε), during the passage through some resonances, is not so small, very significant variations of the inclination will appear. In one case, capture is almost certain provided that ε?20°. For Triton there are also similar situations, but capture seems to be not possible, mainly because in S₁ state, Triton's orbit is sufficiently inclined (far) with respect to the Neptune's equator. Following Chyba et al. (Astron. Astrophys. 219 (1989) 123), a simplified equation that gives the evolution of the inclination versus the semi major axis, is derived. The time needed for Triton crash onto Neptune is longer than that one obtained by these authors, but the main difference is due to the new data used here. In general, even in the case of non-capture passages, some significant jumps in inclination and in eccentricities are possible.  相似文献   

An optical and near-infrared search for brown dwarfs in the Pleiades cluster     

Chie Nagashima †  Paul D. Dobbie  Takahiro Nagayama  Yasushi Nakajima  Tetsuya Nagata  Motohide Tamura  Tadashi Nakajima  Koji Sugitani  Hidehiko Nakaya  Simon T. Hodgkin  rew J. Pickles  Shuji Sato 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2003,343(4):1263-1270

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Stream interaction as a heat source in the solar wind     

W. Miyake  T. Mukai  T. Terasawa  K. Hirao 《Solar physics》1988,117(1):171-178

Proton heating at stream interaction regions in the solar wind is investigated based on the solar wind data obtained by Suisei spacecraft between 0.68 and 1.01 AU from the Sun. The deflection angle of the solar wind flow in the ecliptic plane is used to identify the interaction region. In the solar wind flows coming from east of the Sun in low-speed streams and coming from west in high-speed streams, the radial gradient of proton temperature is flattened owing to heating in the interaction region. From comparison of the best-fitted power law dependence of proton temperature on the radial distance in the deflected flow with that in the non-deflected flow, it is suggested that heating in the interaction regions starts around 0.6–0.7 AU from the Sun.  相似文献