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Joseph F. Whelan Leonid A. Neymark Richard J. Moscati Brian D. Marshall Edwin Roedder 《Applied Geochemistry》2008
Secondary calcite, silica and minor amounts of fluorite deposited in fractures and cavities record the chemistry, temperatures, and timing of past fluid movement in the unsaturated zone at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, the proposed site of a high-level radioactive waste repository. The distribution and geochemistry of these deposits are consistent with low-temperature precipitation from meteoric waters that infiltrated at the surface and percolated down through the unsaturated zone. However, the discovery of fluid inclusions in calcite with homogenization temperatures (Th) up to ∼80 °C was construed by some scientists as strong evidence for hydrothermal deposition. This paper reports the results of investigations to test the hypothesis of hydrothermal deposition and to determine the temperature and timing of secondary mineral deposition. Mineral precipitation temperatures in the unsaturated zone are estimated from calcite- and fluorite-hosted fluid inclusions and calcite δ18O values, and depositional timing is constrained by the 207Pb/235U ages of chalcedony or opal in the deposits. Fluid inclusion Th from 50 samples of calcite and four samples of fluorite range from ∼35 to ∼90 °C. Calcite δ18O values range from ∼0 to ∼22‰ (SMOW) but most fall between 12 and 20‰. The highest Th and the lowest δ18O values are found in the older calcite. Calcite Th and δ18O values indicate that most calcite precipitated from water with δ18O values between −13 and −7‰, similar to modern meteoric waters. 相似文献
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Kevin R. T. Whelan Thomas J. Smith Donald R. Cahoon James C. Lynch Gordon H. Anderson 《Estuaries and Coasts》2005,28(6):833-843
We measured monthly soil surface elevation change and determined its relationship to groundwater changes at a mangrove forest
site along Shark River, Everglades National Park, Florida. We combined the use of an original design, surface elevation table
with new rod-surface elevation tables to separately track changes in the mid zone (0–4 m), the shallow root zone (0–0.35 m),
and the full sediment profile (0–6 m) in response to site hydrology (daily river stage and daily groundwater piezometric pressure).
We calculated expansion and contraction for each of the four constituent soil zones (surface [accretion and erosion; above
0 m], shallow zone [0–0.35 m], middle zone [0.35–4 m], and bottom zone [4–6]) that comprise the entire soil column. Changes
in groundwater pressure correlated strongly, with changes in soil elevation for the entire profile (Adjusted R2 = 0.90); this relationship was not proportional to the depth of the soil profile sampled. The change in thickness of the
bottom soil zone accounted for the majority (R2 = 0.63) of the entire soil profile expansion and contraction. The influence of hydrology on specific soil zones and absolute
elevation change must be considered when evaluating the effect of disturbances, sea level rise, and water management decisions
on coastal wetland systems. 相似文献
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Experimental characterization of the impact of temperature and humidity on the breakdown of soil water repellency in sandy soils and composts 
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下载免费PDF全文 Soil water repellency is a widespread phenomenon with the capacity to alter hydrological and geomorphological processes. Water repellency decays with time, and the consequences are only of concern during the timescale at which the water repellency persists. This study aimed to characterize the influence of temperature and humidity on the breakdown of water repellency. Apparent contact angle measurements were carried out on samples consisting of sand treated with stearic acid as well as naturally repellent dune sands and composts. Temperature and humidity were controlled using a cooled incubator and a purpose designed enclosed box in which humidity could be raised or lowered. Results showed the contact angle of the stearic‐acid‐treated sands decayed with time and that there was a significant increase with stearic acid concentration. For all samples, the decay in apparent contact angle could be described with a continuous breakdown model. The stearic‐acid‐treated sands showed a significant increase in contact angle with relative humidity at a temperature of 10 and 20 °C. These differences diminished with increasing temperature. Similar results were seen for the dune sands and composts. Despite the influence of temperature and humidity on contact angles, there was no significant change in the rate at which the contact angle decayed in any sample. Absolute humidity was found to provide a more relevant indicator than relative humidity when assessing the influence of humidity on repellency over a range of temperatures. The contact angle initially increased with absolute humidity before plateauing owing to the confounding effect of temperature. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 相似文献
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The chemical effects of chronic petroleum input into a shallow water marsh were examined by measuring hydrocarbon levels and dissolved organic carbon content of sediments associated with two active oil fields in south Louisiana. Annual levels of total organic carbon in the surface waters of the oil fields were higher by 1 mg C/l. in the salt marsh and 5 mg C/l. in the fresh marsh than the respective controlsites. Average dissolved organic carbon concentrations in the interstitial waters of cores taken within the oil field environments were 105% higher than the control in the salt marsh and 43% higher than the control in the fresh marsh. Significantly lower ratios of C17 to pristane occurred in both oil field sediments; however, average odd-even predominance values were not indicative of petroleum contaminated sediments. The results indicate that microbial processes are responsible for dissolution of petroleum into dissolved organic carbon and that dissolved organic carbon concentrations may be a more significant measure of chronic petroleum input than hydrocarbon distribution. 相似文献
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The discovery that newborn very low mass stars and brown dwarfs have optical forbidden line spectra similar to low mass young stars was a strong indication that these objects can also launch outflows. Forbidden lines are the traditional tracers of outflow activity in young stars and observations at these wavelengths have contributed much to the understanding of outflows. However in the case of brown dwarfs, the forbidden emission line regions observed are not well resolved spatially. Thus, their origin in an outflow could not be confirmed. Here, the technique of spectro-astrometry as a means of spatially probing the forbidden emission line regions of very low mass stars and brown dwarfs is introduced. Indeed spectro-astrometric data presented here demonstrates, for the first time, that young brown dwarfs that are actively accreting can drive outflows. Also discussed is the important role adaptive optics will play when it comes to spatially resolving the forbidden emission line regions of sub-stellar objects and the potential for developing spectro-astrometry to a 2D form through integral field spectroscopy. 相似文献
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Copper, cadmium and zinc levels were determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometry in five seaweed species from the south coast of Ireland. The levels from eight sites on the south coast were compared with those from five sites in Cork harbour. Whereas the levels of copper and cadmium from Cork harbour compared favourably with those of the other sites, the levels of zinc at some of the Cork harbour sites were appreciably higher than those of the other sites. 相似文献
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J. Ireland C. A. Young R. T. J. McAteer C. Whelan R. J. Hewett P. T. Gallagher 《Solar physics》2008,252(1):121-137
Two different multiresolution analyses are used to decompose the structure of active-region magnetic flux into concentrations
of different size scales. Lines separating these opposite polarity regions of flux at each size scale are found. These lines
are used as a mask on a map of the magnetic field gradient to sample the local gradient between opposite polarity regions
of given scale sizes. It is shown that the maximum, average, and standard deviation of the magnetic flux gradient for α,β,β
γ, and β
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δ active-regions increase in the order listed, and that the order is maintained over all length scales. Since magnetic flux
gradient is strongly linked to active-region activity, such as flares, this study demonstrates that, on average, the Mt. Wilson
classification encodes the notion of activity over all length scales in the active-region, and not just those length scales
at which the strongest flux gradients are found. Further, it is also shown that the average gradients in the field, and the
average length-scale at which they occur, also increase in the same order. Finally, there are significant differences in the
gradient distribution, between flaring and non-flaring active regions, which are maintained over all length scales. It is
also shown that the average gradient content of active-regions that have large flares (GOES class “M” and above) is larger
than that for active regions containing flares of all flare sizes; this difference is also maintained at all length scales.
All of the reported results are independent of the multiresolution transform used. The implications for the Mt. Wilson classification
of active-regions in relation to the multiresolution gradient content and flaring activity are discussed. 相似文献
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Thermogravimetric Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (TG-FTIR) analyses were carried out on two sets of isolated kerogens covering a wide maturity range from low mature (0.46% Ro) through the end of oil and gas generation (maximum Ro = 5.32%). Data onweight percent and Tmax for evolution of methane, volatile tars, ethylene, SO2, NH3, CO2, and CO are reported. The Tmax of methane shows the most consistent response to increasing maturation in both sets of samples. Results are comparable to those of whole rocks from an Alaskan North Slope well analyzed previously. The collective data for both whole rocks and isolated kerogens shows a generally linear correlation between %Ro and Tmax of methane, with the exception of Ro of about 2.0% where a dip in the curve occurs. The slope of the correlation line was steeper for the predominantly terrigenous Wilcox kerogen than for more marine Colorado kerogen or for the Alaskan North Slope whole rock samples, probably reflecting differences in the chemical nature of various kerogen sets, which is also reflected by differences in the shapes of the pyrolysis curves of SO2, CO2, CO, H2O, and ethylene. These preliminary data indicate that Tmax of methane is a good maturation indicator for whole rocks and isolated kerogens up to an Ro of about 4%, which includes all of the wet gas and a considerable portion of the dry gas generation zones. This correlation was also observed for samples containing migrated bitumen, where it was not possible to obtain a reliable Tmax for the volatile tar (S2) peak. The more terrigenous Wilcox kerogens also showed a good correlation of the Tmax of ethylene with %Ro. Tmax of ammonia evolution did not correlate with maturity and occurred 100–200°C lower than previously found for whole rocks, consistent with a whole-rock source of pyrolytic ammonia for Alaskan whole rock samples. HI and OI indices were calculated in several ways and plotted to reflect kerogen type as well as both the residual oil and gas generation potential. The ratio of pyrolyzable to combustible sulfur (evolved as SO2) was independent of maturity and showed a clear difference between the more terrigenous Wilcox kerogens and the more marine Colorado kerogens. 相似文献