Post miocene volcanoes on Bougainville Island,territory of Papua and New Guinea     

D. H. Blake 《Bulletin of Volcanology》1968,32(1):121-138

Seventeen post-Miocene strato volcanoes have been identified on Bougainville, the largest island of the Solomon Group. From north-west to south-east, these are the Tore, Balbi, Numa Numa, Billy Mitchell, Bagana, Reini, and Bakanovi volcanoes and the Takuan and Toroka groups of volcanoes: the Taroka group includes Loloru volcano. In addition there are several other post-Miocene volcanoes in northern Bougainville which have not been accurately delineated. Only three of the volcanoes are active or potentially active; these are Bagana, the most active volcano in the Territory of New Guinea, and the dormant Balbi and Loloru volcanoes. The volcanoes are built up of lavas and pyroclastic deposits mostly of andesitic composition, although some dacitic rocks are also present. Modal and chemical analyses show that these rocks belong to the calc-alkaline suite characteristic of orogesic regions.  相似文献   

Regional and economic geology of Pennsylvanian age coal beds of West Virginia     

T.E. Repine Jr.  B.M. Blake  K.C. Ashton  N. Fedorko III  A.F. Keiser  E.I. Loud  C.J. Smith  S.W. McClelland  G.H. McColloch 《International Journal of Coal Geology》1993,23(1-4)

West Virginia is the only place in the United States where an entire section of Pennsylvanian age (Upper Carboniferous) strata can be seen. These strata occur within a wedge of rock that thins to the north and west from the southeastern part of the State. The progressive north-northwesterly termination of older Pennsylvanian geologic units beneath younger ones prominently outlines the center of the Appalachian basin of West Virginia. Over most of West Virginia, Lower and/or Middle Pennsylvanian strata unconformably overly Upper Mississippian (Lower Carboniferous) strata. Sediment deposition was accomplished by a complex system of deltas prograding north and west from an eastern and southeastern source area.More than 100 named coal beds occur within the Lower, Middle, and Upper Pennsylvanian rocks of West Virginia and at least 60 of these have been or are currently being mined commercially. Collectively, these coal beds account for original in-ground coal resources of almost 106.1×10⁹ t (117×10⁹ tons). West Virginia ranks fourth in the United States in demonstrated coal reserves. In 1988, West Virginia produced 131.4×10⁶ t (144.9×10⁶ T) of coal, third highest in the United States. Of this annual production, 75% was from underground mines. In 1988, West Virginia led the nation in the number of longwall mining sections currently in place. West Virginia's low-volatile coal beds are known worldwide as important metallurgical-grade coals, while the higher-volatile coal beds are utilized primarily for steam production.  相似文献   

Bioaccumulation and histopathological effects of oil on a stony coral     

Esther C. Peters  Philip A. Meyers  Paul P. Yevich  Norman J. Blake 《Marine pollution bulletin》1981,12(10):333-339

Colonies of the shallow-water Caribbean coral Manicina areolata incorporated petroleum hydrocarbons into their tissues during exposure to water accommodated fractions of No. 2 fuel oil for three months. This contamination was not removed after depuration periods of up to two weeks. Although these corals remained alive, evidence of pathological responses was found which included impaired development of reproductive tissues, degeneration and loss of symbiotic zooxanthellae, and atrophy of mucous secretory cells and muscle bundles.  相似文献   

Theoretical aspects of coal washer performance     

Stanislaw Cierpisz  Byron S. Gottfried 《International Journal of Mineral Processing》1977,4(3):261-278

This paper presents a theoretical analysis of the performance of ideal float-and-sink type coal washing devices. Included are studies of single washer performance, single washer with bypass, multiple washers in parallel and multiple washers in series. A maximum yield principle is developed for the cases of a single washer with bypass and multiple washers in parallel. The results of numerical calculations for actual washers are also presented and compared with the theoretical predictions for multiple washers in parallel and multiple washers in series.  相似文献   

UNDERGROUND OIL RECOVERY     

Steven B. Blake  Richard W. Lewis 《Ground Water Monitoring & Remediation》1983,3(2):40-46

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A generalization of distribution data for characterizing the performance of float-sink coal cleaning devices     

Byron S. Gottfried 《International Journal of Mineral Processing》1978,5(1):1-20

The performance of float-sink coal cleaning devices customarily is characterized by a distribution curve, in which the percent of feed reporting to clean coal is plotted against specific gravity. For a given vessel and a given feed a family of distribution curves can be obtained, each having its own specific gravity of separation.This paper presents a method for combining these distribution curves at different specific gravities of separation, for a given coal cleaning vessel and a given feed, into a single, generalized distribution curve which is independent of the specific gravity of separation. This curve can be expressed in tabular form or it can be represented mathematically by an exponential type equation, known as a Weibull function.A different generalized distribution curve will be obtained for each of several different size fractions. A method is presented for utilizing these curves with feeds which encompass a broad spectrum of sizes.The well-known concepts of error area and probable error are extended to the generalized distribution curve. It is shown that the conventional probable error, and — under certain conditions — the conventional error area, are directly proportional to the specific gravity of separation for a given vessel and a given feed size.  相似文献   

Volcanoes of the Cape Hoskins area,New Britain,territory of Papua and New Guinea     

D. H. Blake  P. Bleeker 《Bulletin of Volcanology》1970,34(2):385-405

One active and ten extinct Quaternary volcanoes are described from the Cape Hoskins area, on the north coast of New Britain. They are mostly strato volcanoes built up of lava flows, lava domes, pyroclastic flows, lahars, tephra, and derived alluvial sediments. The volcanic products range in composition from basalt to rhyolite, but basaltic andesite and andesite predominate. Much of the area is covered by tephra, several metres thick, consisting mainly of rhyolitic pumice. The active volcano, Pago, is built up of several glacier-like lava flows, the last of which was formed during an eruption in 1914–18. Pago lies within a well-preserved caldera forming the central part of a broad low-angle cone, named Witori, which consists largely of welded and unwelded pyroclastic flow deposits. C-14 dates obtained on charcoal indicate that the caldera eruption occurred about 2500 years B. P. Another caldera of similar age lies south of Witori. Of the other eight volcanoes described four are relatively well-preserved steep-sided cones formed mainly of lava flows, one is a remnant of a low-angle cone with a caldera, and three are deeply eroded cones which have none of their constructional surfaces preserved.  相似文献   

Geochemical and biological consequences of groundwater augmentation in lakes of west-central Florida (USA)     

Mark Brenner  Thomas J. Whitmore  Melanie A. Riedinger-Whitmore  Brandy DeArmond  Douglas A. Leeper  William F. Kenney  Jason H. Curtis  Byron Shumate 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2006,36(4):371-383

We studied sediment cores from four Florida (USA) lakes that have received groundwater hydrologic supplements (augmentation) for >30 years to maintain lake stage. Top samples (0–4 cm) from sediment cores taken in Lakes Charles, Saddleback, Little Hobbs, and Crystal had ²²⁶Ra activities of 44.9, 17.5, 7.6, and 8.5 dpm g⁻¹, respectively, about an order of magnitude greater than values in deeper, older deposits. The surface sample from Lake Charles yielded the highest ²²⁶Ra activity yet reported from a Florida lake core. Several lines of evidence suggest that groundwater augmentation is responsible for the high ²²⁶Ra activities in recent sediments: (1) ²²⁶Ra activity in cores increased recently, (2) the Charles, Crystal, and Saddleback cores display ²²⁶Ra/²¹⁰Pb disequilibrium at several shallow depths, suggesting ²²⁶Ra entered the lakes in dissolved form, (3) cores show recent increases in Ca, which, like ²²⁶Ra, is abundant in augmentation groundwater, and (4) greater Sr concentrations are associated with higher ²²⁶Ra activities in recent Charles and Saddleback sediments. Sr concentrations in Eocene limestones of the deep Floridan Aquifer are high relative to Sr concentrations in surficial quartz sands around the lakes. Historical water quality inferences for the lakes were based on diatom assemblages in sediments. Recent alkalization in Lakes Charles, Saddleback, Little Hobbs, and Crystal was inferred from weighted-averaging calibration (WACALIB). The lakes also show recent trophic state increases based on WACALIB-derived estimates for limnetic total P. Although residential and agricultural sources might contribute to increased P loading, P in augmentation waters probably has had significant influence on eutrophication. Dystrophic diatoms were abundant in the early history of Lakes Saddleback, Little Hobbs, and Crystal, which suggests that these lakes contained more tannic waters during the past than at present, perhaps as a consequence of greater inflows from surrounding wetlands. Ionic content of lake waters increased, as indicated by diatom autecological analysis. Recent geochemical and biological changes detected in cores from these lakes probably are a result of deliberate groundwater augmentation, although inputs of groundwater pumped for agricultural and residential development in the watersheds also might have contributed to limnological changes.  相似文献   

Seasonal trends in the uranium-series istopic signatures of lake waters and sediments: Hawes Water, north-west England     

William H. Blake  Andrew J. Plater  John F. Boyle 《Journal of Paleolimnology》1998,20(1):1-14

Potential seasonal variation in the U-series radioisotopic signatures of lake and input waters was investigated in Hawes Water, north-west England, and the sedimentary record was examined to establish whether any observed seasonality is preserved in the sediment U and Th radioisotopic activity ratios. U-series disequilibrium in the waters is indicative of both surface and shallow sub-surface origins for the dissolved U, and that this supply is influenced by changes in the prevailing hydrological regime. However, the lake is buffered from this seasonality in that the ²³⁴U/²³⁸U activity ratio remains constant during the year, and the U content undergoes only a marginal decrease during summer. The change in the mechanism of lake sedimentation from allochthonous organic input during winter to autochthonous carbonate formation during summer has a more significant influence on the U-series radioisotopic characteristics of sedimentary record in that the proportion of organic and carbonate material both exhibit a strong control on the²³⁴U/²³⁸U activity ratio and U content. In addition, significant proportions of sediment U and Th are associated with ferromanganese oxyhydroxides. Given this seasonality, it is of some significance that the ²³⁴U/²³⁸U activity ratios of the bottom sediments preserve a reasonable record of lake U-series disequilibrium and are, therefore, potential indicators of long-term changes in catchment hydrology.  相似文献   

Molecular orbital models of aqueous aluminum-acetate complexes     

J.D. Kubicki  G.A. Blake  S.E. Apitz 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1996,60(24):4897-4911

Molecular orbital calculations with HF/3-21G^∗∗, HF/6-311+G^∗∗, and MP2/6-311+G^∗∗ basis sets (HF = Hartree-Fock approximation; MP2 = 2nd-order Møller-Plesset perturbation theory) have been performed on molecular clusters in the system acetate-aluminum-water. The results model the structures, energetics, and vibrational spectra of Al³⁺ and Al³⁺-acetate complexes in the aqueous phase. An octahedral to tetrahedral coordination change is predicted in the species Al³⁺ (OH)_m⁻ · n (H₂O) [where m + n = 6) as m increases from two to three. Calculated reaction energetics for aqueous Al³⁺-acetate complexation compare favorably with experimental enthalpies. In addition, the possible existence of more than one configuration for each Al` -acetate species was investigated. Theoretical vibrational spectra of the Al³⁺-acetate complexes provide predictions for the identification of Al³⁺-acetate species in aqueous solutions.  相似文献