Explosive volcanic eruptions triggered by cosmic rays: Volcano as a bubble chamber     

Toshikazu Ebisuzaki  Hiroko Miyahara  Ryuho Kataoka  Tatsuhiko Sato  Yasuhiro Ishimine 《Gondwana Research》2011,19(4):1054-1061

Volcanoes with silica-rich and highly viscous magma tend to produce violent explosive eruptions that result in disasters in local communities and that strongly affect the global environment. We examined the timing of 11 eruptive events that produced silica-rich magma from four volcanoes in Japan (Mt. Fuji, Mt. Usu, Myojin-sho, and Satsuma-Iwo-jima) over the past 306 years (from AD 1700 to AD 2005). Nine of the 11 events occurred during inactive phases of solar magnetic activity (solar minimum), which is well indexed by the group sunspot number. This strong association between eruption timing and the solar minimum is statistically significant to a confidence level of 96.7%. This relationship is not observed for eruptions from volcanoes with relatively silica-poor magma, such as Izu-Ohshima. It is well known that the cosmic-ray flux is negatively correlated with solar magnetic activity, as the strong magnetic field in the solar wind repels charged particles such as galactic cosmic rays that originate from outside of the solar system. The strong negative correlation observed between the timing of silica-rich eruptions and solar activity can be explained by variations in cosmic-ray flux arising from solar modulation. Because silica-rich magma has relatively high surface tension (~ 0.1 Nm^?1), the homogeneous nucleation rate is so low that such magma exists in a highly supersaturated state without considerable exsolution, even when located relatively close to the surface, within the penetration range of cosmic-ray muons (1–10 GeV). These muons can contribute to nucleation in supersaturated magma, as documented by many authors studying a bubble chamber, via ionization loss. This radiation-induced nucleation can lead to the pre-eruptive exsolution of H₂O in the silica-rich magma. We note the possibility that the 1991 Mt. Pinatubo eruption was triggered by the same mechanism: an increase in cosmic-ray flux triggered by Typhoon Yunya, as a decrease in atmospheric pressure results in an increase in cosmic-ray flux. We also speculate that the snowball Earth event was triggered by successive large-scale volcanic eruptions triggered by increased cosmic-ray flux due to nearby supernova explosions.  相似文献   

海胆相关菌株抗菌活性筛选及其生物学特性     

黄苛  刘祝祥  陈奇辉  贺建武  粟银  张丽  陈义光 《海洋科学》2011,35(8):25-31

以8个菌株（3株革兰氏阳性菌、3株革兰氏阴性菌和2株真菌）作为指示菌,采用管碟法对分离自南海硇洲岛马粪海hP-（Hemicentrotuspulcherrimus）中的106株细菌（含放线菌）进行抗菌活性筛选,并对其中抗菌活性较强的菌株进行了基于16SrRNA基因序列的系统发育分析和生物学特性研究。结果显示．具有抗菌活...  相似文献   

海洋枯草芽孢杆菌HS-A38 产直链脂肽活性物质的初步检测   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

张欢  丛丽娜  侯英敏  李爱民  谢三群  王丹 《海洋科学》2011,35(8):37-42

从海参肠道中分离得到了一株海洋枯草芽孢杆菌(Bacillus subtilis)HS-A38, 将其发酵上清液经盐酸沉淀、有机溶剂萃取得到具有广谱抗菌活性的代谢物质。采用薄层层析和茚三酮显色检测到4 种物质, 分别命名为化合物1、2、3 和4; 应用层析板覆盖指示菌的生物自显影技术对其抗菌活性成分进行追踪、检测, 结果发现化合物1 和2 具有显著抑制弧菌的作用。进一步检测分析表明, 化合物1、2和4 具有很强的热稳定性, 初步推断它们属于直链的脂肽类化合物, 并且这4 种物质出现在不同的发酵代谢时期, 这将为研究群体效应提供基础检测依据。  相似文献   

低温环境下消化污泥和玉米秸秆强制通风堆肥过程中物理化学和生物学指标的研究     

高孟春  王子超  胡波  王敏  赵从从  杨慧心  田颖  王步英 《中国海洋大学学报(自然科学版)》2011,41(11):13-17

在低温环境下采用强制通风堆肥技术对消化污泥和玉米秸秆进行了堆肥化处理。在环境温度为9～15℃和初始C/N比为19.61情况下,第4天堆体温度达到最高温度60℃,堆体温度保持55℃以上时间为9d。污泥堆肥过程中总有机碳和C/N比下降明显,而NO3--N和重金属含量升高。pH值、电导率、NH4+-N、纤维素酶和脲酶的活性呈先增加后降低的趋势。种子发芽指数在第35天达到84.14%。研究结果表明,消化污泥和玉米秸秆强制通风堆肥在35d达到了腐熟要求。  相似文献   

南堡凹陷东营组同沉积构造活动性与沉积格局的配置关系研究   总被引：7，自引：0，他引：7  

王华  姜华  林正良  赵淑娥 《地球科学与环境学报》2011,33(1):70-77

应用构造-层序地层分析的思维,通过构造格架与地层格架的关联分析,对南堡凹陷东营组沉积充填样式与过程、控制要素进行了综合研究。通过沉降史分析,并结合区域构造演化特征,古近纪可划分为4个次级构造幕。凹陷内断裂发育,同沉积断裂及其时空配置关系对凹陷内结构和沉积体系类型及其展布起着重要的控制作用。控凹断裂直接控制了局部构造带的可容纳空间变化和古地貌形态,从而形成不同的沉积展布特征。高柳断层是南堡凹陷内最为重要的二级断裂,其活动始于Es1沉积时期,在东营组沉积时期活动最为强烈。在东营组沉积时期,高柳断层将凹陷分为南、北两个独立的沉积系统,尤其在Ed3沉积期其强烈的翘倾作用使高柳地区成为一个孤立的湖盆,直接影响到了高柳地区的沉积充填。根据东营组沉积时期同沉积断裂组合样式划分出4种断裂坡折带:断崖型、断坡型、同向断阶型和反向断阶型,为研究南堡凹陷东营组同沉积断裂对沉积格局的控制作用提供了有利的指导,具有重要的石油地质意义。  相似文献   

Changing climate affects vegetation growth in the arid region of the northwestern China   总被引：13，自引：0，他引：13  

X. Zhao  K. TanS. Zhao  J. Fang 《Journal of Arid Environments》2011,75(10):946-952

The northwestern China is a typical dry-land region of Inner Asia, where significant climate change has been observed over the past several decades. How the regional vegetation, particularly the grassland-oasis-desert complex, responds to such climatic change is poorly understood. To address this question, we investigated spatio-temporal changes in vegetation growth and their responses to a changing climate by biome and bioregion, using satellite-sensed Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) data from 1982 to 2003, along with corresponding climate data. Over the past 22 years, about 30% of the total vegetated area showed an annual increase of 0.7% in growing season NDVI. This trend occurred in all biomes and all bioregions except Sawuer, a subregion of the study area with no significant climate change. Further analyses indicated that NDVI change was highly correlated with the current precipitation and evapotranspiration in growing season but was not associated with temperature. We also found that NDVI was positively correlated with the preceding winter precipitation. These findings suggest that precipitation may be the key cause of vegetation growth in this area, even for mountain forests and grasslands, whose growth are often regarded to be limited by low temperate in winter and early spring.  相似文献   

Rock cliffs hazard analysis based on remote geostructural surveys: The Campione del Garda case study (Lake Garda, Northern Italy)   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

A.M. Ferrero  M. Migliazza  R. Roncella  A. Segalini   《Geomorphology》2011,125(4):209

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输沙量与输沙势的关系   总被引：9，自引：5，他引：4  

张正偲  董治宝  赵爱国  钱广强 《中国沙漠》2011,30(4):824-827

 区域风沙活动在时间、空间和强度上的不确定性,导致对输沙量进行长期测定比较困难。所以,输沙量通常是用来研究短期的风沙活动强度,对长期的风沙活动强度,一般是利用输沙势来衡量,使用这两种指标评价区域风沙活动强度,势必会产生一定的差异。利用中国科学院风沙科学观测场积累的长期输沙量和输沙势观测资料,对区域风沙活动强度进行评价。研究结果表明,月输沙量变化在0.89~18.11 kg·m-1之间,而月输沙势变化在0.03~21.01之间,每年的4—5月是风沙活动最为强烈的时期; 输沙量随输沙势增加而增加,它们之间可以近似用线性函数来表达。  相似文献   

山地灾害和人类活动干扰下九寨沟下季节海的沉积变化   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

陈盼  唐亚  乔雪  肖维阳  蹇代军 《山地学报》2011,29(5)

九寨沟是我国旅游强度最大的山地旅游地之一,山地灾害是其旅游发展过程中面临的主要挑战.为了探讨山地灾害和人类活动对湖泊生态系统的影响,以下季节海湖泊沉积物为研究对象,利用137Cs和210Pb建立年代标尺,对沉积物粒度进行了分析.137Cs和210Pb定年法确定湖底下38.5 cm处为1952年的沉积物,50 cm处为1848年的;沉积物粒度分析结果显示,剖面内中值粒径平均值偏大,沉积速率和粗颗粒含量在1952年之后呈明显增大趋势.结果表明,沉积物来源主要是泥石流等山地灾害造成的泥砂人湖、旅游开发过程中道路等基础设施建设带来的颗粒物质;湖泊沉积对流域内的山地灾害,如泥石流等有较好的响应;森林采伐和旅游开发在一定程度上促进了湖泊沉积.  相似文献   

地质灾害领域本体的研究与应用     

王艳妮  刘刚 《地理与地理信息科学》2011,27(6)

引入了由斯坦福大学医学院开发的七步法,并采用OWL DL语言描述本体,利用目前成熟的且流行的本体可视化构建工具Protégé完成地质灾害信息领域本体库的构建。基于行业标准、地质灾害信息处理标准、专家知识等相关标准,建立地质灾害领域本体。用OWL形式化描述基于多层结构的地质灾害空间数据本体应用模型来实现三层地质灾害本体。以具有优势的三峡库区丰富地质灾害资料为依托,以地质灾害多源异构空间信息集成与共享为主线,引入本体理论和GeoSciML,研究建立基于顶级、领域及应用多层本体的地质灾害空间数据语义集成和共享模型,实现地质灾害信息系统数据集成和应用集成,目标是解决横向各部门间的有效沟通和信息共享,以及单体灾害和群体灾害发生时的应急指挥和决策支持等问题。  相似文献