Present limitations of accurate satellite Doppler positioning for tectonics. An example: Djibouti     

Annie Souriau  Alfred Piuzzi  Micheline Etchegorry  Philippe Machetel 《Journal of Geodesy》1984,58(1):53-72

One of the possibilities of the Doppler positioning from satellite is to provide geodetic measurements continuous in time without the need for reference stations. If measurements of sufficient accuracy can be achieved they may be used to study local surface displacements in relation to tectonic activity. A Doppler receiver of the MEDOC network is located near Djibouti in the Ghoubhat-Asal rift region which corresponds to the accreting plate boundary between the Arabian and African plates. In November 1978, a seismic and volcanic crisis occured in this area. Surface geodetic measurements and levellings performed in 1973 and 1978–79, just after the crisis, reveal a 60–80 cm sinking of the graben floor and a lateral extension of about 2 meters. Here we analyse Doppler measurements for the period January 1977 to November 1980. Point positions are computed for 7 to 10 day intervals using a precise ephemeris, and a moving window analysis is applied to the data. An apparent 2 meter uplift preceding the November 1978 seismic crisis is detected at Djibouti, whereas no similar phenomenon is observed at the two closest stations, Pretoria and Uccle-Brussels. However, field observations rule out a tectonic origin for this uplift. In Djibouti, the correlation between the apparent vertical station position and the electron density in the ionospheric F-layer reveals that a bias may be induced by the third order term of the ionospheric refractive index not previously taken into account, or more probably by the ray curvature through the ionosphere. This bias is particularly strong for our data set, from a station located close to the magnetic equator, and related to a period of rapid increase in the solar activity. Although our analysis fails to detect any tectonic displacement related to the rift seismic activity, it shows that similar tectonic studies by the Doppler method will be possible once the residual ionospheric errors are removed, for example by use of higher radio frequencies.  相似文献   

Eruptive history of the Colima volcanic complex (Mexico)     

Claude Robin  Philippe Mossand  Guy Camus  Jean-Marie Cantagrel  Alain Gourgaud  Pierre M. Vincent 《Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research》1987,31(1-2)

The evolution of the Colima volcanic complex can be divided into successive periods characterized by different dynamic and magmatic processes: emission of andesitic to dacitic lava flows, acid-ash and pumice-flow deposits, fallback nuées ardentes leading to pyroclastic flows with heterogeneous magma, plinian air-fall deposits, scoriae cones of alkaline and calc-alkaline nature. Four caldera-forming events, resulting either from major ignimbrite outbursts or Mount St. Helens-type eruptions, separate the main stages of development of the complex from the building of an ancient shield volcano (25 × 30 km wide) up to two summit cones, Nevado and Fuego.The oldest caldera, C1 (7–8 km wide), related to the pouring out of dacitic ash flows, marks the transition between two periods of activity in the primitive edifice called Nevado I: the first one, which is at least 0.6 m.y. old, was mainly andesitic and effusive, whereas the second one was characterized by extrusion of domes and related pyroclastic products. A small summit caldera, C2 (3–3.5 km wide), ended the evolution of Nevado I.Two modern volcanoes then began to grow. The building of the Nevado II started about 200,000 y. ago. It settled into the C2 caldera and partially overflowed it. The other volcano, here called Paleofuego, was progressively built on the southern side of the former Nevado I. Some of its flows are 50,000 y. old, but the age of its first outbursts is not known. However, it is younger than Nevado II. These two modern volcanoes had similar evolutions. Each of them was affected by a huge Mount St. Helens-type (or Bezymianny-type) event, 10,000 y. ago for the Paleofuego, and hardly older for the Nevado II. The landslides were responsible for two horseshoe-shaped avalanche calderas, C3 (Nevado) and C4 (Paleofuego), each 4–5 km wide, opening towards the east and the south. In both cases, the activity following these events was highly explosive and produced thick air-fall deposits around the summit craters.The Nevado III, formed by thick andesitic flows, is located close to the southwestern rim of the C3 caldera. It was a small and short-lived cone. Volcan de Fuego, located at the center of the C4 caldera, is nearly 1500 m high. Its activity is characterized by an alternation of long stages of growth by flows and short destructive episodes related to violent outbursts producing pyroclastic flows with heterogeneous magma and plinian air falls.The evolution of the primitive volcano followed a similar pattern leading to formation of C1 and then C2. The analogy between the evolutions of the two modern volcanoes (Nevado II–III; Paleofuego-Fuego) is described. Their vicinity and their contemporaneous growth pose the problem of the existence of a single reservoir, or two independent magmatic chambers, after the evolution of a common structure represented by the primitive volcano.  相似文献   

Une mégaséquence d'émersion: la Lettenkohle (Trias Est de la France). Mise en évidence de marées par l'imbrication bipolaire de plaques de dessiccation     

Philippe Duringer 《International Journal of Earth Sciences》1987,76(2):579-597

Résumé Dès la partie moyenne du Muschelkalk supérieur, les faciès marins francs deviennent de moins en moins profonds. Avec l'avènement de la Lettenkohle, la transgression marine à son maximum dans le Muschelkalk supérieur, semble s'épuiser. Le caractère régressif est attesté par le relais de faciès récifaux, par des dépÔts littoraux et des marais cÔtiers. Cette évolution est marquée par l'édification d'une mégaséquence d'émersion complète. Des indices de marées sous forme d'imbrications bipolaires de plaques de dessiccation ainsi que des chenaux tidaux ont été observés. Certaines structures tidales ont été comparées avec celles de l'estran du Mont-Saint-Michel en Normandie (France).

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From the Middle Upper Muschelkalk the marine facies are becoming less deep. At the beginning of the Lettenkohle the marine transgression which had reached a maximum in the Upper Muschelkalk now seems to decline. Regression is evidenced by progressive replacement of reef facies by coastal deposits and supratidal marshes. The process results in the erection of the coarsening upward cycle of a progressive complete emergence.The trace of tides, i.e. bipolar desiccation clast fabric as well as tidal channels have been observed. Some tidal structures are compared with those of the depositional environment of Mont Saint Michel (Normandie).

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Zusammenfassung Schon im mittleren Oberen Muschelkalk zeigen die vollmarinen Fazies eine allmähliche Verringerung der Meerestiefe. Mit dem Auftreten der Lettenkohle scheint die im Oberen Muschelkalk optimale Transgression langsam abzuklingen. Ein progressiver übergang von einer marinen Riffbildung zu einem Küstenlandmoor veranschaulicht eine Regression. Dieser Vorgang bildet die Megasequenz einer progressiven totalen Emersion.Gezeiteneinflüsse werden an eingeregelten Trockenri\klasten und Rinnen beobachtet. Wattgefüge werden mit denen des heutigen Wattablagerungsmilieu des Mont Saint Michel in der Normandie verglichen.

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Isotopic study of the Manaslu granite (Himalaya,Nepal): inferences on the age and source of Himalayan leucogranites   总被引：17，自引：1，他引：17  

Catherine Deniel  Philippe Vidal  Angel Fernandez  Patrick Le Fort  Jean-Jacques Peucat 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》1987,96(1):78-92

A detailed isotopic study of the Manaslu leucogranite was carried out. A U-Pb age of 25 Ma and a whole rock Rb-Sr age isochron of 18 Ma were obtained, suggesting that the magmatic activity lasted at least 7 Ma. Initial Sr isotopic ratios are very high (0.740 to 0.760) and initial Nd isotopic ratios are low ( _Nd ⁱⁿ : –13 to –16), and they show the existence of large isotopic variations even at the metre scale. These are not the result of perturbations by fluids but rather they reflect the initial isotopic heterogeneity of the source material which has not been obliterated by magmatic processes (e.g. fusion, mixing by convection). These results also support the crustal origin of this leucogranite. The Tibetan slab paragneisses, whose Sr and Nd isotopic ratios are very similar to those of the granite at an age of 20 Ma, are the most probable parental material. Nd model ages for both the leucogranite and the gneisses are in the range 1.5–2 Ga. A model of formation of the Manaslu granite by coalescence of different batches of magma is in agreement with the present data.  相似文献   

Total nitrogen content of deep sea basalts     

Thomas L. Norris  Oliver A. Schaeffer 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1982,46(3):371-379

Various models have been suggested concerning the origin and evolution of the earth's atmosphere. An estimate of the nitrogen content of the mantle could further constrain atmospheric models. Total nitrogen content was determined by thermal neutron activation analysis via ¹⁴N(n,p)¹⁴C. The ¹⁴C was converted to carbon dioxide and counted in miniature low level proportional counters. The total nitrogen content of U.S.G.S. standards BCR-1 and G-2 as determined by different laboratories is variable, probably due to atmospheric adsorption by the finely ground samples. Total nitrogen content was determined in deep sea basalt glasses from three regions: East Pacific Rise ($\text{15 ± 4, 18 ± 4}$, and $\text{7 ±}\text{ppm}\text{2 N}$), Mid-Atlantic Rift (FAMOUS Region:$\text{22 ± 5, 18 ± 3}$, and $\text{10 ± 2}\text{ppm}\text{N}$) and the Juan de Fuca Ridge ($\text{17 ± 4}\text{ppm}\text{N}$). Matrix material from the same samples as the glasses was available from the East Pacific Rise ($\text{37 ± 6, 26 ± 4}$, and $\text{34 ± 6}\text{ppm}\text{N}$) and the Mid-Atlantic Rift ($\text{39 ± 4}\text{ppm}\text{N}$) which are about 50 to 100% greater than the associated glasses. The increased matrix abundance may be due to incorporation of chemically bound nitrogen from sea water rather than dissolved molecular nitrogen. The nitrogen content of the FAMOUS samples are inconsistent with the model of Langmuir et al. (1977) for petrogenesis based on trace element data. Factors which can affect the observed nitrogen content in the basalts and the interpretation in terms of the mantle nitrogen abundance are discussed (e.g. partial melting and degassing of the basalts). A lower limit of about 2 ppm N in the mantle can be estimated.  相似文献   

Etude des Déformations et Inclinaisons du Sous-sol: Développements Instrumentaux et Applications dans la Région Sismique d’Arette,France     

Philippe Lesage  Pierre Antoine Blum  Marcel Vadell  Jean Francois Fels 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》1983,121(5-6):889-902

We present a modified version of a tilt and strain meter conceived to have great sensibility and good stability. These instruments were deployed in a cave at the seismic Pyrenean region of Arette (France). We set in evidence several types of phenomena, of which deformations brought about by water recharge filling up fissures on the massif are of importance. Owing to the redundance in the data, the study of the co-seismic deformations allows one to separate instrumental displacements and local readjustments from regional motions.  相似文献   

Evaluation of a high-resolution regional climate simulation over Greenland     

Filip Lefebre  Xavier Fettweis  Hubert Gallée  Jean-Pascal Van Ypersele  Philippe Marbaix  Wouter Greuell  Pierluigi Calanca 《Climate Dynamics》2005,25(1):99-116

A simulation of the 1991 summer has been performed over south Greenland with a coupled atmosphere–snow regional climate model (RCM) forced by the ECMWF re-analysis. The simulation is evaluated with in-situ coastal and ice-sheet atmospheric and glaciological observations. Modelled air temperature, specific humidity, wind speed and radiative fluxes are in good agreement with the available observations, although uncertainties in the radiative transfer scheme need further investigation to improve the model’s performance. In the sub-surface snow-ice model, surface albedo is calculated from the simulated snow grain shape and size, snow depth, meltwater accumulation, cloudiness and ice albedo. The use of snow metamorphism processes allows a realistic modelling of the temporal variations in the surface albedo during both melting periods and accumulation events. Concerning the surface albedo, the main finding is that an accurate albedo simulation during the melting season strongly depends on a proper initialization of the surface conditions which mainly result from winter accumulation processes. Furthermore, in a sensitivity experiment with a constant 0.8 albedo over the whole ice sheet, the average amount of melt decreased by more than 60%, which highlights the importance of a correctly simulated surface albedo. The use of this coupled atmosphere–snow RCM offers new perspectives in the study of the Greenland surface mass balance due to the represented feedback between the surface climate and the surface albedo, which is the most sensitive parameter in energy-balance-based ablation calculations.  相似文献   

XMCD at Fe L<Subscript>2,3</Subscript> edges,Fe and S K edges on Fe<Subscript>7</Subscript>S<Subscript>8</Subscript>     

Isabelle Letard  Philippe Sainctavit  Catherine Deudon 《Physics and Chemistry of Minerals》2007,34(2):113-120

Pyrrhotite (Fe₇S₈) is a natural iron sulphide that can participate in rock magnetisation. Its electronic structure is not yet surely described. X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) at Fe L_2,3 edges on Fe₇S₈, coupled with multiplet calculations, shows that iron is present only as Fe²⁺ in this magnetic iron sulphide. It reveals a strong magnetic orbital moment. XMCD at Fe and S K edges shows the quite strong polarization of both Fe and S in Fe₇S₈.  相似文献   

Characterizing flow zones in a fractured and karstified limestone aquifer through integrated interpretation of geophysical and hydraulic data     

Nathalie Van Meir  David Jaeggi  Martin Herfort  Simon Loew  Philippe A. Pezard  Gérard Lods 《Hydrogeology Journal》2007,15(2):225-240

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An archaeomagnetic investigation of a Roman amphorae workshop in Albinia (Italy)     

Mimi J. Hill  Philippe Lanos  Annick Chauvin  Daniele Vitali  Fanette Laubenheimer 《Geophysical Journal International》2007,169(2):471-782

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