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Eleanor Nye Susanne Feist-Burkhardt David J. Horne Andrew J. Ross John E. Whittaker 《Cretaceous Research》2008,29(3):417-444
In 2001 a partial skeleton of an Iguanodon was discovered in the Upper Weald Clay (Barremian, Early Cretaceous) at Smokejacks Brickworks near Ockley, Surrey, UK. When the dinosaur was excavated, a detailed stratigraphic section was logged and 25 samples taken for palynological and micropalaeontological (ostracod and megaspore) analysis, including a detailed sample set of the dinosaur bed itself. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of the palynoflora revealed rich and well-preserved non-marine assemblages of pollen and spores, including early angiosperms, and freshwater green algae. Four types of angiosperm pollen are described and assigned to the genus Retimonocolpites Pierce, 1961, but left in open nomenclature. Some marine elements such as dinoflagellate cysts are identified as the result of reworking of Middle and Upper Jurassic sediments. The pollen/spore assemblages depict a vegetational change from principally gymnosperm-dominated assemblages at the base to principally pteridophyte-dominated assemblages at the top of the section. The dinosaur bed shows a pteridophyte-dominated assemblage, with a significantly high amount of the freshwater green alga Scenedesmus novilunaris He Cheng-quan et al., 1992. Samples close to the dinosaur bed yielded the first useful ostracod finds from Smokejacks Brickworks: well-preserved assemblages containing Cypridea clavata (Anderson, 1939), Damonella cf. pygmaea (Anderson, 1941), Stenestroemia cf. cressida Anderson, 1971 and Stenestroemia sp. A, and fragments and damaged valves of a thin-shelled ostracod, possibly belonging to Mantelliana Anderson, 1966. Those identified as Cypridea clavata show a wide range of morphological variety and in opposition to Anderson's (1967, 1985) taxonomic scheme, which would assign them to up to five different taxa, they are considered to be intraspecific variants of a single species. The possibilities and limitations of age determination of the Wealden sediments using palynomorphs and ostracods are discussed; distinct forms of early angiosperm pollen, together with the ostracod fauna, are consistent with an early Barremian age. Pollen and spores are discussed in terms of their parent plants and the reconstruction of vegetation and palaeoclimate. Palynology and ostracods give evidence for temporary freshwater conditions at the time when the Iguanodon died and the carcase was buried. 相似文献
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Pauline A. Nye 《新西兰海洋与淡水研究杂志》2013,47(2):243-254
Macrophthalmus hirtipes (Jacquinot, 1853) excavates burrows under water in soft, muddy sand that remains waterlogged at low tide. The crabs are immersed for at least 4 h in every tide. The burrows are usually single, blind‐ending, slightly curved passages; their openings do not appear to be deliberately closed by the crabs. Excavation is effected by using one set of walking legs as a scoop while the other set provides sideways traction. Burrow openings are readily obscured by water movement, so that apparent burrow density does not give a true indication of the number of crabs in an area, but only indicates how many have been active recently; the true density may be found by sieving. The burrowing activity of M. hirtipes is compared with that of other ocypodid crabs, and the functions of burrows are discussed. A distinction is made between excavating a burrow and rapid burying, because the two behaviours are very different, and must involve different adaptations and selection pressures. 相似文献
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Solar Physics - A model of a sunspot penumbra, including the effects of magnetic field, compressibility, and buoyancy, is studied in order to identify the mode of running penumbral waves. It is... 相似文献
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Atlantic croaker is one of the most abundant demersal fish in Chesapeake Bay. Until recently, when substantial declines in
abundance have occurred, high biomass supported elevated fisheries landings. Therefore, study of the diet of Atlantic croaker
is important to understand its own dynamics and its role in the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem. Patterns in the diet of croaker
varied annually, seasonally, and spatially, but were not strongly correlated with any measured environmental variables. Although
the majority of the diet of croaker consisted of polychaetes and other benthic items, about 20% of the croaker diet by weight
consisted of anchovy and other fishes. Croaker consumption of anchovy is likely a result of crepuscular feeding that has not
been captured in previous studies that sampled during the day and with bottom trawls. Thus, croaker influences both the benthic
and pelagic components of the Chesapeake Bay food web and incorporating such diel patterns in diet may increase the reliability
of fishery ecosystem models. 相似文献
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Magmatic Differentiation at an Island-arc Caldera: Okmok Volcano, Aleutian Islands, Alaska 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
Finney Benjamin; Turner Simon; Hawkesworth Chris; Larsen Jessica; Nye Chris; George Rhiannon; Bindeman Ilya; Eichelberger John 《Journal of Petrology》2008,49(5):857-884
Okmok volcano is situated on oceanic crust in the central Aleutianarc and experienced large (15 km3) caldera-forming eruptionsat 12 000 years BP and 2050 years BP. Each caldera-forming eruptionbegan with a small Plinian rhyodacite event followed by theemplacement of a dominantly andesitic ash-flow unit, whereaseffusive inter- and post-caldera lavas have been more basaltic.Phenocryst assemblages are composed of olivine + pyroxene +plagioclase ± Fe–Ti oxides and indicate crystallizationat 1000–1100°C at 0·1–0·2 GPain the presence of 0–4% H2O. The erupted products followa tholeiitic evolutionary trend and calculated liquid compositionsrange from 52 to 68 wt % SiO2 with 0·8–3·3wt % K2O. Major and trace element models suggest that the moreevolved magmas were produced by 50–60% in situ fractionalcrystallization around the margins of the shallow magma chamber.Oxygen and strontium isotope data (18O 4·4–4·9,87Sr/ 86Sr 0·7032–0·7034) indicate interactionwith a hydrothermally altered crustal component, which led toelevated thorium isotope ratios in some caldera-forming magmas.This compromises the use of uranium–thorium disequilibria[(230Th/ 238U) = 0·849–0·964] to constrainthe time scales of magma differentiation but instead suggeststhat the age of the hydrothermal system is 100 ka. Modellingof the diffusion of strontium in plagioclase indicates thatmany evolved crystal rims formed less than 200 years prior toeruption. This addition of rim material probably reflects theremobilization of crystals from the chamber margins followingreplenishment. Basaltic recharge led to the expansion of themagma chamber, which was responsible for the most recent caldera-formingevent. KEY WORDS: Okmok; caldera; U-series isotopes; Sr-diffusion; time scales; Aleutian arc 相似文献
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Cooper KM Curtis M Wan Hussin WM Barrio Froján CR Defew EC Nye V Paterson DM 《Marine pollution bulletin》2011,62(10):2087-2094
A meta-analysis approach was used to assess the effect of dredging induced changes in sediment composition, under different conditions of natural physical disturbance, for the structure and function of marine benthic macrofaunal communities. Results showed the sensitivity of macrofaunal communities increased as both the proportion of gravel increased and the level of natural physical disturbance decreased. These findings may be explained by the close association of certain taxa with the gravel fraction, and the influence of natural physical disturbance which, as it increases, tends to restrict the colonisation by these species. We conclude that maintaining the gravel content of surface sediments after dredging and, where practicable, locating extraction sites in areas of higher natural disturbance will minimise the potential for long-term negative impacts on the macrofauna. 相似文献
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J. F. Nye 《Geophysical Journal International》1985,83(2):477-485
Summary. Catastrophe optics provides insights into the structure of the caustics produced by seismic events. Two examples are given. The first is the caustic formed on the surface of the Earth between 10° and 30° from the event by P rays that have reached the transition zone of the mantle. This is organized by one or more approximately circular cusp lines; these are generally below the surface, but because of lateral (regional) variations, they are puckered. Where they intersect the surface they give rise to characteristic beak-to-beak and lips patterns. The second example is the caustic structure produced by refraction at the core–mantle boundary. There is a four-cusped figure at the antipodal point, and, in addition, it is suggested that the main 143° PKP caustic is actually cusped, the cusps being smeared out when radially symmetric earth models are used. The cusps arise from bumps on the core–mantle boundary. In general, the caustic, and its accompanying diffraction structure, associated with a bump can be understood as an unfolding of the parabolic umbilic catastrophe. 相似文献