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Water-column surveys by combined nephelometer/CTD (NCTD) tows contributed to the 1985 discovery of the first black smokers on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Subsequent regional water-column mapping has helped define the extent, mass and interactions of the suspended particulate matter phase (SPM) of the hydrothermal plumes emanating from the known and other nearby sources. The results of 29 NCTD cast/tows, covering 25–30 km2 of ridge segment, indicate the presence of as many as two additional sources based on SPM concentration gradients and plume-top doming over source areas. Plume doming, documented here for the first time from field observations, conforms strikingly with laboratory experiments and can serve as a marker for source field location. A comparison of the plumes' SPM with potential temperature and salinity distributions indicates close correlation in water-column anomaly patterns for each, confirming modification of the regional potential temperature and salinity structure by hydrothermal plumes, which is expressed by wide separation and sloping of isotherms and isohalines. 相似文献
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G. Klinkhammer H. Elderfield M. Greaves P. Rona T. Nelsen 《Earth and Planetary Science Letters》1986,80(3-4):230-240
In July 1985 the first high-temperature, hydrothermal vents ever discovered on the MAR were found at 26°N (TAG). A transponder-navigated survey of a 4 × 8 km area was begun when on-board measurements of manganese revealed concentrated hydrothermal plumes in the water column comparable in size and intensity to those found over geothermal fields on the EPR. These plumes also possess anomalously high light scattering properties and anomalously warm potential temperatures. Using relay-transponder navigation with a rosette-CTD system, it was possible to sample bottom waters with temperature anomalies of several decidegrees. Samples collected near vent orifices possessed silica anomalies of up to 17 μM and dissolved manganese anomalies as large as 360 nmol/kg. These manganese and silica anomalies are linearly related and predict aMn/Si ratio of 20 mmol/mol for these MAR vent fluids, a value essentially identical to that measured in 350°C fluid from the EPR at 21°N. The distribution of temperature anomalies in the water column over this area requires the presence of more than one active vent site. A rough estimate of the convective heat loss from this section of the MAR based onθ-z profiles is 1.2 × 108 cal/s which is similar to the heat loss estimated for the vent field on the EPR at 21°N. 相似文献
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Terry A. Nelsen Pat Blackwelder Terri Hood Brent McKee Nidia Romer Carlos Alvarez-Zarikian Simone Metz 《Estuaries and Coasts》1994,17(4):873-885
Hypotheses related to variability in seasonal hypoxic conditions, coastal nutrient enhancement, and off-shelf transport of carbon on the Louisiana continental shelf were tested by characterization of biogenic, lithogenic, and authigenic components from two shelf and one Mississippi Canyon sediment cores. The authigenic-phase glauconite occurs above detection limits only in the core from the hypoxic area. A major increase in glauconite concentration was coincident with the onset (≈1940) of the increased use of commercial fertilizers in the United States. In the same hypoxic-area core, benthic foraminifera species diversity decreases upcore from approximately the turn of the century to the present in a manner concurrent with glauconite and fertilizer increases. A subset of opportunistic benthic foraminifera species, known to become more prominent in stressed environments (i.e., hypoxic), increased upcore from ～52% of the total population at core bottom to ≈90% at core top. These benthic foraminifera population and diversity changes were not apparent in a “control” core outside the area of documented hypoxia. Seaward of the shelf, in the Mississippi Canyon, coincident increases in sediment accumulation rate, percentages of coarse fraction and of organic carbon at core top indicate increased offshelf transport of carbon and other components. Quartz percentages indicate that episodic down-canyon transport has been active to core bottom (prior to the mid 1800s). 相似文献
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An anchor design for instrument arrays was developed for use in the very soft muddy sediments adjacent to the Mississippi Delta. Because of low sediment shear strengths and high sensitivities combined with large dynamic loadings due to strong currents, problems in successful deployments and recoveries were anticipated. A total of six deployments were attempted; four were sediment trap arrays and two were current meter/transmissometer arrays. All six deployments and recoveries were successful. The array design presented herein is a safe, easy and cost effective method for deploying instrument arrays in areas where soft bottoms and strong currents are a consideration. 相似文献
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Terry A. Nelsen 《Marine Chemistry》1978,6(4):343-349
Fluctuations in scanning electron microscope (SEM) beam current necessitate normalization of energy-dispersive analysis (EDA) data collected in conjunction with the SEM. A normalization method based on monitoring the total integrated count of a stainless-steel reference before and after sample counting was developed and yielded high precision (correlation coefficient = 0.996) data from a 48-sample testing set. The technique is independent of sample composition, counting time, time between sample analyses, magnification during analysis, and requires no modification to the basic SEM—EDA system. 相似文献
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Barnes I. Bastian V. Becker K. H. Fink E. H. Nelsen W. 《Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry》1986,4(4):445-466
The reactions of OH radicals with SO2, H2S, thiophenol, and a series of aliphatic thiols (1–5 C-atoms) have been investigated in 201 and 381 reaction chambers at 1 atm total pressure and 300 K using a competitive kinetic technique. Initially, OH radicals were produced by photolysis of CH3ONO/NO mixtures in air. Applying this OH source rate constants for OH with SO2, H2S, and thiophenol in synthetic air were determined to be (1.1±0.2)×10-12, (5.5±0.8)×10-12 and (1.1±0.2)×10-11 cm3 s-1, respectively. However, when this method was applied to the aliphatic thiols the rate constants obtained were found to be dependent on the partial pressures of O2 and NO. These effects have been attributed to the built-up of a radical species, not yet identified, which leads to uncontrolled chain reactions in the system. Using the photolysis of H2O2 at wavelengths greater than 260 nm as the OH source in 1 atm N2, rate constants for the 1–5 aliphatic thiols in the range 2.9 to 5.6×10-11 cm3 s-1 were obtained. The rate constants obtained in the present study are compared with recent literature values. 相似文献
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John H. Trefry Simone Metz Terry A. Nelsen Robert P. Trocine Brian J. Eadie 《Estuaries and Coasts》1994,17(4):839-849
This study was designed to determine the amount of particulate organic carbon (POC) introduced to the Gulf of Mexico by the Mississippi River and assess the influence of POC inputs on the development of hypoxia and burial of organic carbon on the Louisiana continental shelf. Samples of suspended sediment and supporting hydrographic data were collected from the river and >50 sites on the adjacent shelf. Suspended particles collected in the river averaged 1.8±0.3% organic carbon. Because of this uniformity, POC values (in μmol l?1) correlated well with concentrations of total suspended matter. Net transport of total organic carbon by the Mississippi-Atchafalaya River system averaged 0.48×1012 moles y?1 with 66% of the total organic carbon carried as POC. Concentrations of POC decreased from as high as 600 μmol l?1 in the river to <0.8 μmol l?1 in offshore waters. In contrast, the organic carbon fraction of the suspended matter increased from <2% of the total mass in the river to >35% along the shelf at ≥10 km from the river mouth. River flow was a dominant factor in controlling particle and POC distributions; however, time-series data showed that tides and weather fronts can influence particle movement and POC concentrations. Values for apparent oxygen utilization (AOU) increased from ～60 μmol l?1 to >200 μmol l?1 along the shelf on approach to the region of chronic hypoxia. Short-term increases in AOU were related to transport of more particle-rich waters. Sediments buried on the shelf contained less organic carbon than incoming river particles. Orgamic carbon and δ13C values for shelf sediments indicated 3 that large amounts of both terrigenous and marine organic carbon are being decomposed in shelf waters and sediments to fuel observed hypoxia. 相似文献
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Terry A. Nelsen Gary P. Klinkhammer John H. Trefry Robert P. Trocine 《Earth and Planetary Science Letters》1987,81(2-3)
As part of the 1984–1985 NOAA VENTS program on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, nephelometry was used to provide real-time detection and tracking of dispersed hydrothermal plumes. At all nine 1984 study sites, hydrothermal activity was detected by in-situ, real-time nephelometer measurements and later confirmed by dissolved Mn and particulate Fe measurements. These same techniques were employed in a site-specific survey of the Trans-Atlantic Geotraverse (TAG) area in 1985 where large water-column anomalies in turbidity and in dissolved Mn helped lead to the discovery of high-temperature black smokers.The optical response of the nephelometer was to hydrothermally-derived particulate matter. Thus strong correlations existed between the nephelometer readings and total suspended matter (r = 0.98, n = 34), and particulate Fe (r = 0.88, n = 32). In addition, digital nephelometer data correlated well with dissolved Mn (r = 0.88; n = 78) throughout a large concentration range (0.2–31.0 nmol/kg).These data provide good evidence for the utility of in-situ nephelometer measurements for locating and surveying plumes from hydrothermal vents. It also appears possible, within limits, to predict concentrations of in-situ total suspended matter, of particulate Fe and of dissolved Mn. 相似文献
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Pronounced variations in slope topography and offshelf spillover have produced a three-fold difference (9 to 25 cm/1,000 yr) in Late Quaternary deposition rates among slope cores southeast of the Mid-Atlantic States. Upper rise cores revealed a high rate but lower core-to-core variability (20 to 44 cm/1,000 yr), largely the result of slope bypassing, i.e., effects of gravity-controlled downslope transport. A transport model suggests temporary slope sediment storage and higher accumulation of mud in more distal rise regions. Eustatic change accounts for the four-fold decrease in slope deposition rate between the Late Pleistocene and Holocene. 相似文献
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