Models of bed formation     

Michael F. Dacey 《Mathematical Geology》1979,11(6):655-668

The model for bed formation by Kolmogorov consists of an unending sequence of alternating periods of deposition and erosion of sediments, with the amounts of deposition and erosion being independent random variables. This paper examines this model in relation to recent mathematical studies that are relevant to, and simplify, the analysis of the thickness of the bed that remains after the sequence is operated for a long time. This thickness obeys the exponential probability law when the amounts of deposition and erosion also obey the exponential law distributed. For the discrete version formulated by Schwarzacher, the thickness obeys the geometric probability law when the amounts of deposition and erosion obey the geometric law.  相似文献   

A new approach to the estimation of analytical precision     

Michael Thompson  Richard J. Howarth 《Journal of Geochemical Exploration》1978,9(1):23-30

Methods used for the estimation of analytical precision commonly suffer from two deficiencies which give rise to misleading results. These are: (1) the methods take no account of changes in absolute or relative error over the concentration range, and (2) they tend for other reasons to produce optimistically-biassed results. The difficulties can be avoided by the correct use of duplicate determinations. One method presented allows precision parameters to be estimated. The other gives rise to a simple control chart for use in geochemical analysis.  相似文献   

Spectrophotometry (0.3 to 1.1µ) of visited and proposed apollo lunar landing sites     

Thomas B. McCord  Michael P. Charette  Torrence V. Johnson  Larry A. Lebofsky  Carle Pieters 《Earth, Moon, and Planets》1972,5(1-2):52-89

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Improvement of photomultiplier performance in astronomical applications     

Michael Andrew Dopita 《Astrophysics and Space Science》1972,18(2):350-362

The physics of an EMI 9558 Å photomultiplier has been investigated in some detail, and this study has led to a gain of more than thirty times in the signal-to-noise obtainable in a given observation time when used in receiver noise limited conditions. The importance of giant pulses in limiting performance is demonstrated.  相似文献   

Synoptic charts of solar 9.1 cm and coronal hole data     

Fred L. Wefer  Michael D. Papagiannis 《Solar physics》1980,67(1):13-21

Synoptic charts for Carrington rotations 1601–1605 (May–August, 1973) were prepared using the central meridian column of the daily 9.1 cm Stanford solar radio maps. These charts were especially contoured to emphasize temperatures near the quiet solar disk level. Synoptic charts of coronal holes from the ATM-Skylab were superimposed on the radio data to investigate the ability of the radio charts to show coronal holes. This brief period is unfortunately the only interval for which both sets of data are available. The conclusion reached is that in spite of certain problems due to active regions, side-lobe effects and a rather large beamwidth, the 9.1 cm synoptic charts can be of substantial value in identifying large coronal holes, especially during periods of low solar activity. Such synoptic charts, therefore, for the years 1962–1973 that Stanford data are available, could enhance significantly the meagre data pool for coronal holes prior to the Skylab mission.  相似文献   

    

Michael W. D. Davis  Michel David  Jean-Marc Belisle 《Mathematical Geology》1978,10(4):369-374

In mineral deposit evaluation, the estimation of block values can involve the solution of as many as 100,000 systems of linear equations. To minimize computing costs it is important that the program to solve the linear systems be as efficient as possible. Standard library routines tend to contain very general stable methods using pivoting and iteration to ensure high accuracy solutions. Here, a particular method has been developed that gives a substantial improvement in run time at the occasional expense of accuracy and stability. The method is not new—just a simple application of Gaussian elimination in the symmetric case.  相似文献   

The Times of PP, SS, SP and PS     

Michael Shimshoni 《Geophysical Journal International》1966,11(5):477-483

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Changes in magma composition at Arenal volcano,Costa Rica, 1965–1985: Real-time monitoring of open-system differentiation     

Mark K. Reagan  James B. Gill  Eduardo Malavassi  Michael O. Garcia 《Bulletin of Volcanology》1987,49(5):708-708

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Stratification in the lunar regolith — A preliminary view     

Michael B. Duke  J. Stewart Nagle 《Earth, Moon, and Planets》1975,13(1-3):143-158

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AGRICULTURAL DROUGHT ON SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC ISLANDS *     

Thomas W. Giambelluca  Dennis Nullet  Michael A. Nullet 《The Professional geographer》1988,40(4):404-415

A pilot study of spatial patterns of agricultural drought hazard in the south-central Pacific is presented. The durations of crop stress periods are estimated using a water balance approach. A rainfall approach is used to identify dry periods corresponding to different durations. Strong correlation between the results of the two methods indicates that monthly rainfall data are sufficient for estimating the patterns of agricultural drought hazard in the region. The simpler rainfall method is particularly useful for high islands where data required for the water balance approach are not sufficient to characterize the complex climatic patterns. Drought hazard is greatest in the eastern and southwestern parts of the study area. Great spatial variation in drought hazard is observed in a small area on the high islands of Western Samoa, where the range of values found within a few tens of kilometers is about the same as the range found across thousands of kilometers for low islands.  相似文献