Extension-related origin of magmas from a garnet-bearing source in the Los Tuxtlas volcanic field, Mexico     

Surendra P. Verma 《International Journal of Earth Sciences》2006,95(5):871-901

The Los Tuxtlas volcanic field (LTVF) of late Miocene to Recent age is a key area to understand the consequences of the current subduction of the Cocos plate beneath the North American plate, as well as the competing effects of the ongoing extension along the Gulf of Mexico coast. Geochemical and radiogenic (Sr, Nd, and Pb) isotope data are used to constrain the origin of these 7 Ma to Recent magmas in this area. The basanitic and alkaline basaltic rocks show highly steep light rare-earth element-enriched patterns implying residual garnet in their mantle source, whereas the evolved alkaline and sub-alkaline rocks have less steep rare-earth element patterns consistent with a contribution from the continental crust. Geochemical and isotope data from the LTVF are compared with those from continental rifts, extension-related areas, continental break-up regions, and island and continental arcs, including the Central American volcanic arc related to the subduction of the same oceanic plate (Cocos plate), as well as with those from the two nearby Mexican provinces [the Eastern Alkaline Province (EAP) and the eastern part of the Mexican Volcanic Belt (E-MVB)]. These data for the LTVF primitive rocks are similar to rifts, extension-related areas and continental break-up regions, including the two Mexican provinces, but different from island and continental arcs, including the northern part of the Central American Volcanic Arc (CAVA). The LTVF rocks show an unusual Th and U enrichment with respect to Ba and Rb, which also renders a distinct negative Nb anomaly (with respect to Th and K) in them. These rocks also show a negative Nb anomaly (with respect to Ba and La) that is similar to numerous rift, extension-related areas, and continental break-up regions, but distinct from all arcs around the world, indicating that the magma genesis processes in the LTVF are similar to those in rifts. The “Sr-shift”, shown to be a typical feature of most, if not all, island and continental arcs including the CAVA, is not present in the LTVF rocks. Numerous discrimination diagrams, including the new discriminant function diagrams, suggest a rift setting for the LTVF. An essentially extension-related origin of the LTVF is, therefore, inferred in this study. Furthermore, in the light of major and trace element data for LTVF primitive rocks and their modelling an incompatible element-enriched garnet-bearing source seems plausible. The LTVF source is likely to reside in the lithosphere rather than the asthenosphere although the asthenospheric contribution cannot be completely ruled out. The evolved alkaline and sub-alkaline rocks might have a lower crustal component. Finally, it appears that the LTVF shows more affinity to the EAP rather than to the Mexican Volcanic Belt (MVB), implying that the LTVF should probably be considered as a part of the EAP.  相似文献   

La Frontera and Beyond: Geography and Demography in Mexican American History*     

Emily Skop  Brian Gratton  Myron P. Guttman 《The Professional geographer》2006,58(1):78-98

The recent publication of an expansive national dataset, the Integrated Public Use Microdata Sample, allows for new analyses of the historical geography and settlement of various immigrant and ethnic groups in the United States. The present research explores the growth, development, and geographic dispersion of the ethnic Mexican population, and outlines some of the demographic and social characteristics within significant clusters of this population in the United States across the first half of the twentieth century. The analysis does not attempt to overturn other geographies and ethnographies in Mexican American history, but through its ability to elucidate broad, national patterns it is able to create a more dynamic view of settlement, demonstrating the role of immigrants and of women immigrants in particular. Results indicate that place matters: the geographical context of arrival and settlement were key factors in differentiating communities and the lives of those who lived in them.  相似文献   

BOOK REVIEWS     

《The Professional geographer》1985,37(4):495-522

Book Reviewed in this article: Portable Utopia: Glasgow and the United States 1820–1920. Bernard Aspinwall. Studies in Russian Historical Geography. James H. Bater and R. A. French, eds. Water and Sanitation: Economic and Sociological Perspectives. Peter G. Bourne, ed. Green Politics. Fritjof Capra and Charlene Spretnak. The Southern Cone: Realities of the Authoritarian State. César N. Caviedes. Women in Third World Development. Sue Ellen Charlton. Land Management: New Directions. David Chiddick and Alan Millington, eds. Geography and Ethnic Pluralism. Colin Clarke, David Ley, Ceri Peach, eds. Geomorphological Hazards in Los Angeles. R. U. Cooke. Regional Impacts of United States-Mexico Economic Relations. Alfonso Corona and Lay James Gibson. eds. Patterns of Jobs and Geographic Mobility. Torvald Gerger. Cities and Sickness: Health Care in Urban America. Ann Lennarson Greer and Scott Greer, eds. Neighborhoods: Their Place in Urban Life. Howard W. Hallman. Development and the Rural-Urban Divide. John Harriss and Mick Moore, eds. Patterns of Undocumented Migration: Mexico and the United States. Richard C. Jones, ed. Central Place Theory. Leslie J. King. The Geography of Western Europe: A Socio-economic Survey. Paul L. Knox. Regions and Resources: Strategies for Development. David T. Krisge, Daniel A. Seiver, Oliver S. Goldsmith and Michael J. Scott. Geography of Crowding and Human Response. A Study of Ahmedabad City. K. M. Kulkarni. Haciendo Pueblo. The Development of a Guadalajaran Suburb. Kathleen Logan. The Imperial Lion: Human Dimensions of Wildlife Management in Central Africa. Stewart A. Marks. Water in the Hispanic Southwest: A Social and Legal History, 1550–1850. Michael C. Meyer. Imlil: A Moroccan Mountain Community in Change. James A. Miller. Tourism in Canada: Selected Issues and Options. Peter E. Murphy, ed. David Harvey's Geography. John L. Paterson. Raster Scanning, Processing and Plotting of Cartographic Documents. Donna J. Peuquet and A. Raymond Boyle. The USSR and the Muslim World: Issues in Domestic and Foreign Policy. Yaacov Ro'i, ed. Environmental Perception and Behavior: An Inventory and Prospect. Thomas F. Saarinen, David Seamon, and James L. Sell. Incised channels, Morphology, Dynamics, and Control. Stanley A. Schumm, Michael D. Harvey, and Chester C. Watson. The Gap Between Rich and Poor: Contending Perspectives on the Political Economy of Development. Mitchell A. Seligson, ed. Twentieth-Century Richmond. Planning, Politics and Race. Christopher Silver. Land Conservation and Development: Examples of Land-Use Planning Projects and Programs. F. R. Steiner and H. N. van Lier, eds. Biogeography: Recent Advances and Future Directions. J. A. Taylor, ed. Late Quaternary Environments of the Soviet Union. A. A. Velichko, ed. H. E. Wright, Jr. and C. W. Barnosky, eds.  相似文献   

On the dynamic response of regular structures exhibiting tilt     

Amador Teran‐Gilmore  Hugn Jurez  Myriam Frausto 《地震工程与结构动力学》2000,29(9):1343-1374

The mechanical characteristics of earthquake‐resistant structures and the ground motion properties that have an important influence on the seismic performance of structures with asymmetric load–deformation behaviour, are identified from the results obtained from a parametric study of the dynamic response of single‐degree‐of‐freedom systems. The dynamic response of tilted single and multi‐degree‐of‐freedom systems, designed according to Mexican requirements for the design of asymmetric structures is studied. After a general understanding of this phenomenon is offered, shortcomings in current design requirements for tilted structures are discussed. Research needs to establish a rational design approach of this type of structures are identified. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Seismogenic basin and range and intra‐arc normal faulting in the central Mexican Volcanic Belt,Querétaro,México     

Gerardo J. Aguirre‐Díaz  Jorge Nieto‐Obregn  F. Ramn Zúiga 《Geological Journal》2005,40(2):215-243

North‐northwest normal faults intersect ENE normal faults in the vicinity of Querétaro City, in central México, affecting the Miocene–Pliocene northern‐central sector of the Mexican Volcanic Belt province. This intersection produced an orthogonal arrangement of grabens, half‐grabens and horsts that include the Querétaro graben. The NNW faults are part of the Taxco–San Miguel de Allende fault system, which is proposed here as part of the southernmost Basin and Range province in México. The ENE to E–W faults are part of the E–W oriented Chapala–Tula fault zone, which has been interpreted as an active intra‐arc fault system of the Mexican Volcanic Belt. Seventy‐four normal faults were mapped, of which the NNW faults are the largest and have the best morphological expression in the region. More numerous, although shorter, are the ENE faults. Total length of the ENE faults is greater than the total length of the NNW faults. Both sets are dominantly normal faults, indicating ENE extension for the NNW set and NNW extension for the ENE set. Field data indicate that displacement on the two fault sets has overlapped in time, as some NNW faults are younger than some ENE faults, which are supposed to be the younger ones. Seismicity in 1998 on a NNW fault indicates ENE active extension on the NNW faults. These observations support our interpretation that the northern Mexican Volcanic Belt lies on the boundary between the Basin and Range province, which is undergoing ENE extension, and the central Mexican Volcanic Belt province, which is undergoing northerly extension. The apparent overlap in space and time of displacements on the two fault sets reflects the difference in stress regime between the two provinces. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Orientation effect on ground motion measurement for Mexican subduction earthquakes   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

A. Pozos-Estrada  R. Gomez 《地震工程与工程振动(英文版)》2009,8(1):1-16

The existence of the principal directions of the ground motion based on Arias intensity is well-known. These principal directions do not necessarily coincide with the orientations of recording sensors or with the orientations along which the ground motion parameters such as the peak ground acceleration and the pseudo-spectral acceleration (PSA) are maximum. This is evidenced by the fact that the maximum PSA at different natural vibration periods for horizontal excitations do not correspond to the same orientation. A recent analysis carried out for California earthquake records suggests that an orientation-dependent ground motion measurement for horizontal excitations can be developed. The main objective of this study is to investigate and provide seismic ground motion measurements in the horizontal plane, including bidirectional horizontal ground motions, for Mexican interplate and inslab earthquake records. Extensive statistical analyses of PSA are conducted for the assessment, The analysis results suggest that similar to the case of California records, the average behavior of the ratio of the PSA to the maximum resulting PSA can be approximated by a quarter of an ellipse in one quadrant; and that the ratio can be considered to be independent of the value of the maximum resulting PSA, earthquake magnitude, earthquake distance and the focal depth. Sets of response ratios and attenuation relationships that can be used to represent a bidirectional horizontal ground motion measurement for Mexican interplate and inslab earthquakes were also developed.  相似文献   

Environmental and pollution condition of the huizache-caimanero lagoon, in the north-west of Mexico     

R.JoséGuillermo Galindo  J.María Alejandra Medina  L.Cecilio Villagrana  C.Leonardo Ibarra 《Marine pollution bulletin》1997,34(12):1072-1077

The fish and shrimp production of the Huizache-Caimanero Lagoon, located on the Mexican Pacific, has been decreasing in recent years, which may be due to environmental and pollution conditions. Therefore, water and sediment samples were analysed to quantify nutrients, pesticides, and coliform bacteria. The results indicated that the system is polluted considerably during the rainy season due to continental runoff carrying municipal and agricultural wastes, thereby increasing coliform pollution and nitrate concentrations. This is less apparent for phosphates and pesticides. We conclude that pollution and environmental changes are important causes decreasing production; recent studies have reported biochemical and physiological alteration in aquatic organisms exposed to similar levels of pesticides as reported here. During the rainy season, coliform levels are above permissible levels established by sanitary regulations, and are thus pose a risk to public health.  相似文献   

Wave profile measurement by wavelet transform     

H.S. Lee  S.H. Kwon 《Ocean Engineering》2003,30(18):2313-2328

A new technique for measuring wave profiles by wavelet transform using the Mexican Hat wavelet as the mother wavelet is introduced. This technique has the potential to provide low cost, high resolution field measurements of wave profiles in the laboratory. The experiments to capture the video image of the wave profile were carried out in a wave flume. Then, the Mexican Hat wavelet was adopted to trace out the exact profiles of the waves from the captured video images. The series of tests on numerical data and video images show promise as means of detecting two-dimensional profiles of waves.  相似文献   

Heat flow variations along the Middle America Trench     

R. M. Prol-Ledesma  V. M. Sugrobov  E. L. Flores  G. Juárez M.  Ya. B. Smirnov  A. P. Gorshkov  V. G. Bondarenko  V. A. Rashidov  L. N. Nedopekin  V. A. Gavrilov 《Marine Geophysical Researches》1989,11(1):69-76

A detailed heat flow study of some areas in the Middle America Trench is attempted. Forty six measurements were obtained in the region between the Tres Marias Islands and the Tehuantepec Ridge. The stations were concentrated in three detailed survey areas and 4 profiles. The obtained data show a steep decrease in the heat flow values towards the southern portion of the trench. The detailed survey area, located in the northern end of the trench (Area 20–1) has the highest heat flow average (122 mW m^-2), however a characteristical pattern was observed: most data within the Rivera Plate have higher than average heat flow due to the young age of this plate and contrast with the low values associated with the continental lithosphere of the North America Plate. Areas 20–3 and 20–4 have lower averages (50 and 27 mW m^-2 respectively) and they coincide with portions of the Guadalupe Plate, proposed by Klitgord and Mammerickx (1982) and assumed to be older than the Cocos Plate, though magnetic lineations have not been directly correlated with age in those areas.  相似文献   

南岭同纬度带典型区域气候特征差异与成因分析     

周平  刘智勇 《热带地理》2018,38(3):299-311

基于91个气象站观测值和大气环流模型CCSM3,对南岭同纬度典型区域的气候特征参数进行分析,并对未来不同区域的温度和降水进行预测,进一步探索净初级生产力对温度和降水的敏感性,并分析导致南岭同纬度带典型区域气候差异的可能原因。结果表明：1）南岭和同纬度其它区域呈现不同的干旱期和湿润期,撒哈拉沙漠、阿拉伯半岛沙漠和塔尔沙漠仅存在干旱期,墨西哥荒漠和南岭均存在湿润期,但两者湿润期出现的季节有差异。南岭在植物生长的春季和夏季雨热同期,而墨西哥荒漠雨水充沛的季节多在秋季。墨西哥除湿润期外,一年有两次干旱期,其中冬旱持续的时间较长。2）撒哈拉沙漠、阿拉伯半岛沙漠和塔尔沙漠的潜在蒸散、风速和日照百分率均高于墨西哥荒漠和南岭,但降水正好相反。墨西哥荒漠干季的水汽压与撒哈拉沙漠和阿拉伯半岛沙漠接近,低于该区域湿季及塔尔沙漠与南岭的值。3）在B1气候情景下,对2000―2099年5个阶段（每20年为一个阶段）与1981―2010年的温度和降水数据进行T-test检验发现,南岭同纬度5个典型区域的未来温度均呈极显著上升趋势（P＜0.001）,降水总体呈增加趋势,然而在不同阶段和区域也存在不同比例的显著减少和显著增加情况。4）通过比较5个区域是否存在温度或降水成为潜在生产力限制因子发现,南岭及同纬度的其它区域均为降水限制因子区域。其中,撒哈拉沙漠和阿拉伯半岛沙漠对降水的敏感性显著高于墨西哥荒漠、塔尔沙漠和南岭。5）南岭与同纬度其它区域气候迥异的原因除气候变化外,还包括海陆位置、人类活动干扰的强弱、地形地貌特征等因素。  相似文献