Lithium and strontium isotopic systematics in playas in Nevada,USA: constraints on the origin of lithium   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Daisuke Araoka  Hodaka Kawahata  Tetsuichi Takagi  Yasushi Watanabe  Koshi Nishimura  Yoshiro Nishio 《Mineralium Deposita》2014,49(3):371-379

Lithium-rich brine in playas is a major raw material for lithium production. Recently, lithium isotopic ratios (δ⁷Li) have been identified as a tool for investigating water–rock interactions. Thus, to constrain the origin of lithium in playas by the use of its isotopes, we conducted leaching experiments on various lacustrine sediment and evaporite deposit samples collected from playas in Nevada, USA. We determined lithium and strontium isotopic ratios and contents and trace element contents of the leachate, estimated the initial δ⁷Li values in the water flowing into the playas, and examined the origin of lithium in playas by comparison with δ⁷Li values of the possible sources. In samples from the playas, δ⁷Li values show some variation, reflecting differences both in isotopic fractionation during mineral formation and in initial δ⁷Li value in water flowing into each playa. However, all δ⁷Li values in this study are much lower than those in river water and groundwater samples from around the world, but they are close to those of volcanic rocks. Considering the temperature dependence of lithium isotopic fractionation between solid and fluid, these results indicate that the lithium concentrated in playas in Nevada was supplied mainly through high-temperature water–rock interaction associated with local hydrothermal activity and not directly by low-temperature weathering of surface materials. This study, which is the first to report lithium isotopic compositions in playas, demonstrates that δ⁷Li may be a useful tracer for determining the origin of lithium and evaluating its accumulation processes in playas.  相似文献   

Verifying adequacy of the seismic deformation method by using real examples of earthquake damage   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Xiu Luo  Yoshitaka Murono  Akihiko Nishimura 《Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering》2002,22(1)

In a seismic design, the dynamic loads are generally dependent on the inertial interaction caused by earthquake. But for the foundations embedded in soil, the dynamic loads are influenced by both the inertial and kinematic interactions among superstructure, foundation and soil. Especially, when a foundation is embedded in soft surface ground, the effects due to the kinematic interaction increase and should be considered in seismic design. For this reason, a method called seismic deformation method (SDM), which is suitable for an intensive earthquake motion (level 2 earthquake motion), has been stipulated recently in a new design code called Seismic Design Code for railway structures (the Railway Code, drawn up by Railway Technical Research Institute, Japan, 1999) [Railway Technical Research Institute. Seismic Design Code for railway structures. Tokyo: Maruzen; 1999]. In order to grasp the suitability of the SDM to actual structures, pile foundations, which experienced the Hyogoken-Nanbu earthquake, were taken as the objects for investigations. Comparison studies between the SDM analysis and reconnaissance were conducted. As a result, the adequacy of the SDM to actual foundations was confirmed to prove good agreement between the two results from the viewpoint of engineering practice.In addition, determination of indices for seismic-performance evaluation and speculation of damage mechanism of the foundations are also discussed in this paper.  相似文献   

Sedimentary Features of Tsunami Deposits in Carbonate-Dominated Beach Environments: A Case Study from the 25 October 2010 Mentawai Tsunami     

Purna Sulastya Putra  Yuichi Nishimura  Eko Yulianto 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》2013,170(9-10):1583-1600

This study provides a case history of tsunami deposition in a carbonate-dominated environmental setting. We present the results of a sedimentological investigation conducted on deposits formed by the 25 October 2010 Mentawai Island Tsunami and report on deposits analyzed at three sites on North Pagai Island: Sabeu Gunggung, Macaroni Resort, and Tumalei. The deposits are mainly composed of medium to coarse sand-sized fragments of corals, shells and foraminifera, with thickness ranging from 3 to 26 cm. The deposits consist of two to five layers, with fining-upward trends dominating. Local topography noticeably affects the thickness, number of layers, and distribution of tsunami deposits. The foraminiferal assemblage and diversity vary at each sample point, along transect and between different transects. Based on the foraminiferal content, most of the deposit material likely came from shallower depths. In addition, density distribution of the tsunami deposit material exhibits some degree of variability in terms of the range of densities in each sample and the trend of the overall density along each transect. In contrast to heavy mineral-dominated deposits, the density of carbonate grains as a function of size may be an important consideration when carbonate-dominated deposits are used to interpret hydraulic conditions that created a particular tsunami deposit. Since there are relatively few studies of tsunami deposits in carbonate-dominated environmental settings such as the Mentawai Islands, our study provides a useful case history of tsunami deposition in such an environmental setting.  相似文献   

Anomalous Love-wave phase velocities in the Pacific: sequential pure-path and spherical harmonic inversion     

Clyde E. Nishimura  Donald W. Forsyth 《Geophysical Journal International》1985,81(2):389-407

Summary. We have determined the lateral distribution of Love-wave phase velocities in the Pacific for the periods 40, 67, 91 and 125 s. Application of the pure-path and spherical harmonic representation methods indicates that the velocities are primarily a function of the age of the seafloor. A comparison of the results from these two techniques indicates inherent modelling constraints in both methods. The pure-path method is limited by its a priori nature while the spherical harmonic approach is unsuitable in describing sharp lateral velocity gradients. To circumvent these limitations, we propose the sequential application of the pure-path and spherical harmonic methods. The sequential inversion separates the velocity distribution into two separate components; velocity as a function of the age of the oceanic plate and variations superimposed on this relationship. Application of this method demonstrates the presence of velocity anomalies which cannot be modelled by an age–velocity relationship. These anomalies are tentatively correlated with regions of anomalous seafloor depths and/or the presence of active hot-spots. In the central south Pacific, an area with numerous active hot-spots coincides roughly with a region of anomalously slow Love wave velocities. A method for determining the errors associated with the slowness distributions calculated by the spherical harmonic method is presented and provides a means for determining the resolvability of these features.  相似文献   

High-Unblocking-Temperature Haematite Magnetizations of Late Palaeozoic Red Beds From the Okcheon Zone, Southern Part of the Korean Peninsula     

Y. S. Lee  S. Nishimura  K. D. Min 《Geophysical Journal International》1996,125(1):266-284

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Raman spectroscopy and heat capacity measurement of calcium ferrite type MgAl2O4 and CaAl2O4     

Kojitani  H.  Nishimura  K.  Kubo  A.  Sakashita  M.  Aoki  K.  Akaogi  M. 《Physics and Chemistry of Minerals》2003,30(7):409-415

Raman spectroscopy of calcium ferrite type MgAl₂O₄ and CaAl₂O₄ and heat capacity measurement of CaAl₂O₄ calcium ferrite were performed. The heat-capacity of CaAl₂O₄ calcium ferrite measured by a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) was represented as C_P(T)=190.6–1.116 × 10⁷T^–2 + 1.491 × 10⁹T^–3 above 250 K (T in K). The obtained Raman spectra were applied to lattice dynamics calculation of heat capacity using the Kieffer model. The calculated heat capacity for CaAl₂O₄ calcium ferrite showed good agreement with that by the DSC measurement. A Kieffer model calculation for MgAl₂O₄ calcium ferrite similar to that for CaAl₂O₄ calcium ferrite was made to estimate the heat capacity of the former. The heat capacity of MgAl₂O₄ calcium ferrite was represented as C_P(T)=223.4–1352T ^–0.5 – 4.181 × 10⁶T ^–2 + 4.300 × 10⁸T ^–3 above 250 K. The calculation also gave approximated vibrational entropies at 298 K of calcium ferrite type MgAl₂O₄ and CaAl₂O₄ as 97.6 and 114.9 J mol^–1 K^–1, respectively.  相似文献   

Geochemical characteristics of the high reduction zone of stenols in Suwa sediments and the environmental factors controlling the conversion of stenols into stanols     

Mitsugu Nishimura 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1978,42(4):349-357

Detailed geochemical analyses of the high reduction zone in Lake Suwa sediments suggested that the stenol to stanol conversion rate in this zone is primarily controlled by the proportion of autochthonous contribution to organic matter and the redox potential in these sediments, and that land-derived stenols were kept insensitive to hydrogenation in lacustrine sediments as compared with those derived from plankton. These results indicate that stanols derived directly from organisms on land may contribute significantly to stanols found in lacustrine sediments which contain minor proportions of autochthonous organic materials.In order to express the relative autochthonous vs terrigenous contribution to organic matter in lacustrine sediments, the autochthonous contribution index (ACI) was defined based on the characteristic distribution of sterol in plankton and land plants. It systematically increased from river inlet towards lake center and correlated closely with the δ¹³C value in same sediments. This strongly indicates that ACI is a useful indicator providing informatiom on autochthonous vs terrigenous contribution to the organic material in lacustrine sediments.  相似文献   

The occurrence of stanols in various living organisms and the behavior of sterols in contemporary sediments     

Mitsugu Nishimura  Tadashiro Koyama 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1977,41(3):379-385

Unsaturated sterols (stenols) and saturated sterols (stanols) in phytoplankton and Zooplankton from Lake Suwa and from higher plants around the lake were analyzed by combined GLC and MS. In all the organisms investigated, 5α-cholestanol, 24-methylcholestan-3β-ol and 24-ethyl-5α-cholestanol were found, although in low concentrations, together with large quantities of stenols. This strongly suggests the contribution of stanols from living organisms to recent sediments.Findings from incubation experiments of cholesterol and 5α-cholestanol in the surface sediment from Lake Suwa extending through 450 days suggest the following: (1) stanols are slowly degraded and tend to survive unaltered in sediments in comparison with stenols, (2) in a relatively oxidative depositional environment such as Lake Suwa, the greater part of the stanols in the surface sediment originates from living organisms, (3) the reduction zone in which the degradation of sterols is suppressed and the rapid hydrogenation of stenols takes place may be in the microbiologically active sediment from 1 cm to about 10 cm in Lake Suwa, and (4) the increase in the ratio of stanols to stenols with depth below the zone may be caused by the simultaneous progress of preferential degradation and slow hydrogenation of stenols during long-term preservation in sediments.  相似文献   

The Preparation and Preliminary Characterisation of Four New Geological Survey of Japan Geochemical Reference Materials: Soils, JSO-1 and JSO-2; and Marine Sediments, JMS-1 and JMS-2   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Shigeru Terashima  Noboru Imai  Masahiro Taniguchi  Takashi Okai  Akira Nishimura 《Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research》2002,26(1):85-94

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The nature of volcanic earthquake swarm preceding the 2000 flank eruption at Usu volcano, Hokkaido, Japan   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Vyacheslav M. Zobin  Yuichi Nishimura  Jun'ichi Miyamura 《Geophysical Journal International》2005,163(1):265-275

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