Tectonics of the lower mantle     

Michael Kendall 《Astronomy& Geophysics》2004,45(2):2.30-2.34

The Bullerwell Lecture is an annual award given by the British Geophysical Association. Michael Kendall here presents the 2003 lecture.  相似文献   

Problems in the dating of volcanic rocks by the potassium-argon method     

J. G. Funkhouser  I. L. Barnes  J. J. Naughton 《Bulletin of Volcanology》1966,29(1):709-717

The potassium-argon method is attractive for dating volcanics since it can be applied to rocks of Pleistocene age and older, thus encompassing important periods of general volcanic activity. However it has been found that dates obtained on whole rocks and on included minerals frequently show gross discordances. In order to establish this dating method in this application an attempt has been made to trace the sources of the anomalies. To illustrate these efforts, dating results from a rhyodacite of Mauna Kuwale, Oahu, Hawaii, are reported. Determinations on several minerals and the whole rock of this ridge give a concordant age of 2.3 ± 0.3 million years, excluding some few results on minerals which show old age anomalies. It has been noted that xenoliths in certain Hawaiian volcanics contain fluid inclusions which show evidence of formation at depth. We have found that gas released from such inclusions by crushing contains radiogenic argon, and that the constituent minerals give very old potassium-argon ages (circa 800 million years). Similar gaseous inclusions have been noted in a variety of other lava phenocrysts, and their presence in a dated sample may produce an anomalous old age. In the minerals from Mauna Kuwale sporadic occurrences of inclusions have been noted in biotites and hornblendes, and crushing of the mineral releases the excess radiogenic argon. The determination of the age of such a material would give an old age, and thus account for the anomalies found. For meaningful dating of volcanics by the potassium argon method it is concluded that phenocryst-containing materials should be examined for fluid inclusion content, and samples which contain these should be rejected.  相似文献   

On the stable carbon and oxygen isotopic composition of some shallow water,ahermatypic, scleractinian coral skeletons     

Lynton S. Land  Judith C. Lang  David J. Barnes 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1977,41(1):169-172

The δC¹³ and δO¹⁸ values of skeletons of shallow water, ahermatypic scleractinian corals from Jamaica show an excellent correlation over a wide range of isotopic composition. Within individual specimens there are large differences in the isotopic composition of separate skeletal elements. Some of these ahermatypes are enriched in O¹⁸ relative to equilibrium precipitates of calcium carbonate from Jamaican sea water. Therefore our data do not support a two-reservoir mixing model for calcification if one of these reservoirs consists of dissolved marine (inorganic) bicarbonate. As some of these ahermatypic species are enriched in both C¹³ and O¹⁸ relative to hermatypic corals from the same reefs, calcification models based on withdrawal of metabolic CO₂ by photosynthesizing zooxanthellae must also be modified.  相似文献   

The University of Durham Mark 6 Gamma Ray Telescope     

P. Armstrong  P. M. Chadwick  P. J. Cottle  J. E. Dickinson  M. R. Dickinson  N. A. Dipper  S. E. Hilton  W. Hogg  J. Holder  T. R. Kendall  T. J. L. McComb  C. M. Moore  K. J. Orford  S. M. Rayner  I. D. Roberts  M. D. Roberts  M. Robertshaw  S. E. Shaw  K. Tindale  S. P. Tummey  K. E. Turver 《Experimental Astronomy》1999,9(2):51-80

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Short chain aliphatic acid anions in oil field waters and their contribution to the measured alkalinity     

L.M. Willey  Y.K. Kharaka  T.S. Presser  J.B. Rapp  Ivan Barnes 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1975,39(12):1707-1711

High alkalinity values found in some formation waters from Kettleman North Dome oil field are due chiefly to acetate and propionate ions, with some contribution from higher molecular weight organic acid ions. Some of these waters contain no detectable bicarbonate alkalinity. For waters such as these, high supersaturation with respect to calcite will be incorrectly indicated by thermodynamic calculations based upon carbonate concentrations inferred from traditional alkalinity measurements  相似文献   

Tidal evolution of Dysnomia, satellite of the dwarf planet Eris     

Richard Greenberg  Rory Barnes 《Icarus》2008,194(2):847-849

The past tidal evolution of the satellite Dysnomia of the dwarf planet Eris can be inferred from the current physical and orbital properties of the system. Preliminary considerations, which assumed a circular orbit for the satellite, suggested that the satellite formed close to the planet, perhaps as a result of a giant impact, and that it is thus unlikely that smaller satellites lie further out. However, if the satellite's orbit is eccentric, even if the eccentricity is very small, a qualitatively different past tidal evolution may be indicated. Early in the Solar System's history, the satellite may have been on a highly eccentric orbit much farther from the planet than it is now, suggestive of a capture origin. Additional satellites farther out cannot be ruled out.  相似文献   

Fluvial erosion and post-erosional processes on Titan     

Ralf Jaumann  Robert H. Brown  Jason W. Barnes  Christophe Sotin  Roger N. Clark  Bonnie J. Buratti  Thomas B. McCord  Kevin H. Baines  Phil D. Nicholson  Mirjam Langhans 《Icarus》2008,197(2):526-538

The surface of Titan has been revealed by Cassini observations in the infrared and radar wavelength ranges as well as locally by the Huygens lander instruments. Sand seas, recently discovered lakes, distinct landscapes and dendritic erosion patterns indicate dynamic surface processes. This study focus on erosional and depositional features that can be used to constrain the amount of liquids involved in the erosional process as well as on the compositional characteristics of depositional areas. Fluvial erosion channels on Titan as identified at the Huygens landing site and in RADAR and Visible and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) observations have been compared to analogous channel widths on Earth yielding average discharges of up to 1600 m³/s for short recurrence intervals that are sufficient to move centimeter-sized sediment and significantly higher discharges for long intervals. With respect to the associated drainage areas, this roughly translates to 1-150 cm/day runoff production rates with 10 years recurrence intervals and by assuming precipitation this implies 0.6-60 mm/h rainfall rates. Thus the observed surface erosion fits with the methane convective storm models as well as with the rates needed to transport sediment. During Cassini's T20 fly-by, the VIMS observed an extremely eroded area at 30° W, 7° S with resolutions of up to 500 m/pixel that extends over thousands of square kilometers. The spectral characteristics of this area change systematically, reflecting continuous compositional and/or particle size variations indicative of transported sediment settling out while flow capacities cease. To account for the estimated runoff production and widespread alluvial deposits of fine-grained material, release of area-dependent large fluid volumes are required. Only frequent storms with heavy rainfall or cryovolcanic induced melting can explain these erosional features.  相似文献   

Comparison of point and array-computed rotations for the TAIGER explosions of 4 March 2008     

Lauren M. Kendall  Charles A. Langston  W. H. K. Lee  C. J. Lin  C. C. Liu 《Journal of Seismology》2012,16(4):733-743

Two large explosions were recorded by a dense array of strong-motion accelerometers and rotational seismometers in northeastern Taiwan associated with a Taiwan Integrated Geodynamics Research long-range refraction experiment. The objective of this experiment was to test the response of the experimental eentec rotational seismometers against calculated array rotations. Computed array rotation rates are seen to have little variation across the array, but point rotation rate measurements obtained from individual rotational seismometers show significant deviations with each other and with the array rotation rates in the ranges of 3?C5?Hz and, especially, 3?C50?Hz. A cross-correlation method was used to compare array-computed rotation rates and point rotation rate measurements in the frequency band of 3?C5?Hz with the result that the absolute value of the normalized maximum correlation coefficient for each station set varied from 0.45 to 0.97 with an average of 0.84. Amplitude differences of the point rotation rate measurements are seen to be factors of 0.2 to 1.8 times the array rotations as well. It is not likely that the differences seen in the point and array-computed rotation rates are due to nonlinear or heterogeneous site conditions under each array element since these effects should also be seen in the acceleration data used to determine rotation rate. A rigorous method for accurately calibrating rotation rate instruments is needed to understand their response in the field.  相似文献   

Factors controlling nitrogen release from two forested catchments with contrasting hydrochemical responses     

Sheila F. Christopher  Myron J. Mitchell  Michael R. McHale  Elizabeth W. Boyer  Douglas A. Burns  Carol Kendall 《水文研究》2008,22(1):46-62

Quantifying biogeochemical cycles of nitrogen (N) and the associated fluxes to surface waters remains challenging, given the need to deal with spatial and temporal variability and to characterize complex and heterogeneous landscapes. We focused our study on catchments S14 and S15 located in the Adirondack Mountains of New York, USA, which have similar topographic and hydrologic characteristics but contrasting stream nitrate ( ) concentrations. We characterized the mechanisms by which reaches the streams during hydrological events in these catchments, aiming to reconcile our field data with our conceptual model of factors that regulate nutrient exports from forested catchments. Combined hydrometric, chemical and isotopic (δ ) data showed that the relative contributions of both soil and ground water sources were similar between the two catchments. Temporal patterns of stream chemistry were markedly different between S14 and S15, however, because the water sources in the two catchments have different solute concentrations. During late summer/fall, the largest source of in S14 was till groundwater, whereas shallow soil was the largest source in S15. concentrations in surface water decreased in S14, whereas they increased in S15 because an increasing proportion of stream flow was derived from shallow soil sources. During snowmelt, the largest sources of were in the near‐surface soil in both catchments. Concentrations of increased as stream discharge increased and usually peaked before peak discharge, when shallow soil water sources made the largest contribution to stream discharge. The timing of peaks in stream concentrations was affected by antecedent moisture conditions. By elucidating the factors that affect sources and transport of N, including differences in the soil nutrient cycling and hydrological characteristics of S14 and S15, this study contributes to the overall conceptualization of release from temperate forested catchments. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Testing the ability of surface arrays to monitor microseismic activity   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Kit Chambers  J.‐Michael Kendall  Sverre Brandsberg‐Dahl  Jose Rueda 《Geophysical Prospecting》2010,58(5):821-830

Recently there has been much interest in the use of data from surface arrays in conjunction with migration‐based processing methods for passive seismic monitoring. In this study we use an example of this kind of data recorded whilst 18 perforation shots, with a variety of positions and propellant amounts, were detonated in the subsurface. As the perforation shots provide signals with known source positions and origin times, the analysis of these data is an invaluable opportunity to test the accuracy and ability of surface arrays to detect and locate seismic sources in the subsurface. In all but one case the signals from the perforation shots are not visible in the raw or preprocessed data. However, clear source images are produced for 12 of the perforation shots showing that arrays of surface sensors are capable of imaging microseismic events, even when the signals are not visible in individual traces. We find that point source locations are within typically 45 m (laterally) of the true shot location, however the depths are less well constrained (～150 m). We test the sensitivity of our imaging method to the signal‐to‐noise ratio in the data using signals embedded in realistic noise. We find that the position of the imaged shot location is quite insensitive to the level of added noise, the primary effect of increased noise being to defocus the source image. Given the migration approach, the array geometry and the nature of coherent noise during the experiment, signals embedded in noise with ratios ≥0.1 can be used to successfully image events. Furthermore, comparison of results from data and synthetic signals embedded in noise shows that, in this case, prestack corrections of traveltimes to account for near‐surface structure will not enhance event detectability. Although, the perforation shots have a largely isotropic radiation pattern the results presented here show the potential for the use of surface sensors in microseismic monitoring as a viable alternative to classical downhole methods.  相似文献