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Previous studies have shown that the Pewee coal, which outcrops in the Wartburg Basin in northeast Tennessee (U.S.A.), formed in an upper delta-plain (limnic) environment and had not been subject to marine conditions. Most elemental concentrations decrease upwards, from the base to the top of the coal; however in some locations, several elements show significant increases in concentration at the very top of the coal. Correlation coefficients for elements within the coal and to a lesser degree, the sediments, reflect typical clay minerals. The major mineral phases identified were kaolinite, illite, chlorite, siderite and quartz.Although minor lateral variations in chemical and maceral composition occur, the Pewee coal is relatively homogeneous within the study area. Elements which tend to be soluble in low-pH solutions (especially Ca) may have reacted with fluids coming from the peat and have been transported away from the coal-sediment contact. Chlorite is absent in the coal, perhaps due to its solubility in an acid environment. With these few exceptions, there is little direct evidence that diagenetic processes influenced the movement of elements from the coal into the sediment, or vice versa.The decrease in elemental concentrations upward in the Pewee coal is thought to result from a gradual decrease in the amount of detritus being brought into the Pewee swamp. The increase in abundance of detritus at the top of the coal in some locations suggests a sudden change in environmental conditions, perhaps as the result of the establishment of a new distributary system. 相似文献
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Stephen H. Knowles Dorsey L. Thacker 《Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy》1980,22(2):197-202
Optical and infrared interferometers located outside the Earth's atmosphere should attain fully coherent performance over baselines as long as desired. This new capability should lead, if problems of compensating for angular stability can be solved, to extremely precise measurements of the angular distance between a star and one or more references. This property can be used for astrometric planetary detection, as well as for parallax and proper motion measurements. In addition, the interferometer's high rejection of stray radiation allows the construction of a sensitive direct planetary detection device.Presented at the Symposium Star Catalogues, Positional Astronomy and Celestial Mechanics, held in honor of Paul Herget at the U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington, November 30, 1978. 相似文献
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Minze Stuiver Stephen W. Robinson H. GöteÖstlund H. Gorman Dorsey 《Earth and Planetary Science Letters》1974,23(1):65-68
Cross-checks between the Washington and Miami Geosecs radiocarbon laboratories verify that results on identical samples measured at the two laboratories agree with the stated accuracy of each laboratory which is±4‰inΔ14C. 相似文献
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Evolution of a large Miocene growth structure in the upper plate of the Whipple detachment fault, northeastern Whipple Mountains, California 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
Miocene sedimentary and volcanic rocks in the north-eastern Whipple Mountains, California, and the north-western Aubrey Hills, Arizona, accumulated in the upper plate of the Whipple detachment fault during regional extension and slip on the detachment. Miocene rocks in this area can be divided into three sequences: (1) pre-18.5-Ma dominantly volcanic rocks; (2) the 18.5-Ma Peach Springs Tuff; and (3) post-18.5-Ma dominantly sedimentary rocks. Important stratigraphic markers in sequence 3 include a 100- to 14–0-m-thick basalt unit and the voluminous War Eagle landslide, both of which correlate across Lake Havasu from the north-east Whipple Mountains to the Aurbrey Hills. We divide clastic sedimentary rocks of sequence 3 into three informal members: (3a) conglomerate and sandstone stratigraphically beneath the basalt; (3b) conglomerate and sandstone above the basalt and below the War Eagle landslide; and (3c) conglomerate and sandstone that overlie the War Eagle landslide. Detailed stratigraphic analysis and field mapping reveal dramatic south-westward thickening of member 3b strata, from about 50 m in the Aubrey Hills to over 1500 m in the north-east Whipple Mountains. In the north-east Whipple Mountains, this thick dipping section is overlain by the War Eagle landslide along a major angular unconformity; in the Aubrey Hills the base of the War Eagle landslide is roughly parallel to bedding dips of underlying strata. The above stratigraphic relationships can be explained by syndepositional growth of a rollover monocline by progressive tilting of the hangingwall above a master listric normal fault (Whipple detachment fault). This phase of upper-plate deformation began shortly after deposition of the basalt and ended prior to emplacement of the War Eagle landslide. Interbedded breccias low in member 3b, about 100 m above the basalt, record the first appearance of mylonitic detritus in the section. Growth of this upper-plate rollover was thus initiated at about the same time (shortly after deposition of the basalt) that the lower plate of the Whipple detachment fault was first exposed at the earth's surface by tectonic denudation and large-scale crustal uplift. These events are interpreted to record initiation of a secondary breakaway fault on the north-east flank of the growing Whipple detachment dome shortly after deposition of the basalt at about 14.5 (±1.0) Ma. 相似文献
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Rapid development of gravelly high-density turbidity currents in marine Gilbert-type fan deltas, Loreto Basin, Baja California Sur, Mexico 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
The Pliocene Loreto basin is an asymmetrical half graben located on the eastern margin of Baja California Sur, Mexico, which formed by rapid subsidence along the dextral-normal Loreto fault. The southern Loreto basin contains numerous, well exposed coarse-grained Gilbert-type fan deltas that were derived from the footwall of the Loreto fault. Detailed sedimentological study of individual foreset beds provides information about down-slope flow transformations of cohesionless sediment gravity flows in shallow water. Deposits of Gilbert-delta foresets consist of ungraded, normal-graded, inverse- to normal-graded, and bipartite conglomerate and sandstone. Lateral transitions in sorting, grading style and internal structure are commonly observed within individual beds, both across and down slope, suggesting heterogeneity within flows and a close relationship between high-density turbidity currents and gravel traction carpets. A conceptual model for flow transformation and deposition of high-density turbidity currents on Gilbert-delta foreset slopes is developed for Pliocene strata in the Loreto basin. In this model, ungraded cohesionless debris flows evolved rapidly down-slope into normal-graded gravelly turbidity currents. With continued down-slope transport, the gravel fraction collapses and becomes concentrated into a basal traction carpet undergoing laminar shear, and is over-ridden by a sandy turbulent suspension. The short distances (10–20 m) over which lateral transitions within single beds are observed indicate very rapid flow transformations (10–20 s) and rapid deposition of gravel traction carpets by frictional freezing on and near the base of the foreset slope. 相似文献
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R. Andrew Tirpak Ryan J. Winston Melissa Feliciano Jay D. Dorsey Thomas H. Epps 《水文研究》2021,35(4):e14167
Permeable pavements are implemented to provide at-source treatment of urban stormwater runoff while supporting vehicular and pedestrian use. Studies on these systems have mainly focused on those treating only direct rainfall and installed atop well-drained soils which typically provide substantial hydrologic mitigation through exfiltration that may not be representative of more hydrologically taxing conditions. A single lane parking area retrofitted with permeable interlocking concrete pavement in Vermilion, OH, USA was monitored over a 15-month period to quantify its hydrologic performance under such conditions. The 470 m2 permeable pavement was underlain by silt loam soils and a shallow bedrock layer and treated run-on from the adjacent 324 m2 asphalt drive lane. Observed data were compared to a calibrated SWMM model developed to simulate the pre-retrofit conditions of the site (i.e., a completely impervious parking lot). Cumulative runoff volumes were reduced by 43% across all events in the monitoring period compared to a fully impervious parking lot. While median peak flows were reduced by 75%, substantial mitigation was limited to smaller, lower intensity events with longer antecedent dry periods (i.e., non-flood producing events). The permeable pavement significantly delayed the occurrence of peak flows from the site following peak rainfall intensity by a median 29 min. Results from this study demonstrate that permeable pavements which receive run-on from adjacent imperious cover and are installed atop poorly drained soils can significantly reduce runoff volumes and peak flow rates and delay the occurrence of peak discharge. The modelling approach implemented can provide a better estimation of diffuse inflows to green infrastructure stormwater controls and aid in refining design features which enhance the hydrologic performance in systems underlain by poorly drained soils. 相似文献
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Larry Syu-Heng Lai Joshua J. Roering Noah J. Finnegan Rebecca J. Dorsey Jiun-Yee Yen 《地球表面变化过程与地形》2021,46(13):2671-2689
The incision rate and steepness of bedrock channels depend on water discharge, uplift rate, substrate lithology, sediment flux, and bedload size. However, the relative role of these factors and the sensitivity of channel steepness to rapid (>1 mm yr−1) uplift rates remain unclear. We conducted field and topographic analyses of fluvial bedrock channels with varying channel bed lithology and sediment source rock along the Coastal Range in eastern Taiwan, where uplift rates vary from 1.8 to 11.8 mm yr−1 and precipitation is relatively consistent (1.5–2.7 m yr−1), to evaluate the controls on bedrock channel steepness. We find that channel steepness is independent of rock uplift rate and annual precipitation but increases monotonically with sediment size and substrate strength. Furthermore, in reaches with uniform substrate lithology (mudstone and flysch), channel steepness systematically varies with sediment source rock but not with channel width. When applied to our data, a mechanistic incision model (saltation-abrasion model) suggests that the steepness of Coastal Range channels is set primarily by coarse-sediment supply. We also observe that larger particles are mainly composed of resistant lithologies derived from volcanic rocks and conglomerates. This result implies that hillslope bedrock properties in the source area exert a dominant control on the steepness of proximal channels through coarse-sediment production in this setting. We propose that channel steepness may be insensitive to uplift rate and flow discharge in fast-uplifting landscapes where incision processes are set by coarse sediment size and supply. Models assuming a proportionality between incision rate and basal shear stress (stream power) may not fully capture controls on fluvial channel profiles in landslide-dominated landscapes. Processes other than channel steepening, such as enhanced bedload impacts and debris-flow scour, may be required to balance rock uplift and incision in these transport-limited systems. 相似文献
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Tritium in the Arctic Ocean and East Greenland Current 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
High concentrations of tritium are found in the surface water of the Arctic Ocean (up to 50 TU) and in the East Greenland Current (up to 70 TU). These high tritium values are a direct result of atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons in the early 1960's. A box model with a time-dependent input of highly tritiated precipitation predicts that high tritium concentrations are to be expected in the surface layer of the Arctic Ocean and its various outflows. We suggest that a few tritium stations in the Arctic Ocean would provide a powerful analytical tool for assigning time scales to exchange processes. 相似文献