Fluvial-aeolian interactions: Part II, ancient systems

An understanding of fluvial-aeolian deposition derived from modern case-examples in a previous study is applied to the Permian Cutler Formation and Cedar Mesa Sandstone on the Colorado Plateau. These formations supply an excellent three-dimensional exposure of intertonguing fluvial and aeolian strata. Four distinct facies associations form the bulk of the Cutler Formation and Cedar Mesa Sandstone: (1) aeolian dune deposits; (2) wet interdune deposits; (3) fluvial channel deposits; and (4) overbank-interdune deposits. In addition, two distinctive types of erosion surfaces are found within the Cutler Formation and Cedar Mesa Sandstone: pebble- to granule-rich erosion surfaces (aeolian deflation surfaces) and flood surfaces. Fluvial and aeolian intertonguing result in extensive tabular sheets of aeolian sandstone separated by flood surfaces and overbank-interdune deposits. Fluvial channels are associated with the deposits overlying flood surfaces and are incised into the underlying aeolian sandstones. Overbank-interdune deposits and wet interdune deposits cover flood surfaces and intertongue with overlying aeolian sandstones. The primary characteristics of ancient fluvial-aeolian deposition are overbank-interdune deposits and pronounced extensive erosion surfaces (flood surfaces), which are parallel to underlying fluvial sandstones and thus trend parallel to the palaeoslope and palaeohydrological gradient.     

A SENSITIVE AUTOMATED METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF MERCURY IN GEOLOGICAL MATERIALS BY COLD VAPOR ATOMIC ABSORPTION

An improved sensitive automated method for the determination of mercury in geological materials by cold vapor atomic absorption has been developed. Sample is digested with nitric and hydrochloric acids at low heat. Mercuric ions in the digested sample solution are reduced to elemental mercury by stannous chloride. The gaseous mercury separated from the solution is swept by a stream of argon into the absorption cell of an LDC/Milton Roy Mercury Monitor where the atomic absorption at 253.7 nm is measured. The precision of the method is 2.7% r.s.d., and the detection limit is 1 ppb. The results on 53 international geochemical reference samples are presented.     

Cation ordering in omphacite and effect on deformation mechanism and lattice preferred orientation (LPO)

We present microstructural data and lattice preferred orientations (LPOs) of omphacites from a suite of eclogites, from the Adula/Cima Lunga nappe (Central Alps). Our work shows a surprisingly strong correlation between the measured LPO and the ordering state of cations in omphacite. Estimates of deformation temperature from metamorphic petrology, together with measured omphacite compositions and LPOs, determine the field (ordering state), on the omphacite phase diagram, into which each sample falls. LPOs dominated by L-type and S-type signatures are developed in samples that fall in the P2/n field (ordered structure) and C2/c field (disordered structure), respectively.Dislocations with b=1/2−110 or b=[001] are observed in the transmission electron microscope (TEM) in all samples. The former change from a perfect dislocation in the C2/c structure to a partial in P2/n. Any movement of a partial dislocation requires the formation or growth of a stacking fault. Furthermore, in order to pass an obstacle a partial dislocation has to constrict to a unit dislocation. The energy to form a constriction is high in omphacite due to the large separation width. Thus, the activity of the b=1/2−110 dislocation is hindered in the P2/n structure relative to the C2/c structure, which change the balance between the two and might give rise to the different LPOs.     

海洋解木糖赖氨酸芽孢杆菌JZ008对重金属Cd2+、Cr3+和Cu2+的吸附作用

利用单因素实验对海洋解木糖赖氨酸芽孢杆菌(Lysinibacillus xylanilyticus sp.JZ008)培养条件进行了优化.优化后的培养条件:温度为35℃、pH值为7.5、接种量为3%(V/V)、装液量为50cm3/250 cm3时,菌量达到2.01×108CFU/cm3,比优化之前提高了40.6%.添加海藻寡糖可以促进菌株生长,添加量为5.0 g/dm3时发酵液中活菌数是对照组的2.51倍.研究了菌株JZ008对Cd~(2+)、Cr~(3+)、Cu~(2+)3种重金属离子的吸附特性,结果表明菌株JZ008对3种重金属离子污染的水溶液吸附率效果明显,20 d吸附率分别达到95.6%、96.4%、87.0%.土壤重金属吸附实验结果表明,海藻寡糖复配菌株JZ008组对Cd~(2+)、Cr~(3+)、Cu~(2+)吸附效果明显,60 d吸附率分别达到82.5%、82.0%、86.9%.菌株JZ008对重金属的优良吸附作用为进一步开发解木糖赖氨酸芽孢杆菌在重金属修复方面的应用奠定了基础.     

Bianchi Type-III String Cosmological Model with Bulk Viscous Fluid in General Relativity

A Bianchi type-III string cosmological model with bulk viscous fluid for massive string is investigated. To get a determinate solution, a supplementary condition B=C ⁿ, between metric potentials, is used whereB and C are function of time alone. The behaviour of the model in presence and absence of bulk viscosity, is discussed. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

A multi-site campaign on the long period variable subdwarf b star PG 1627+017

We report on the outcome of the first major multi-site campaign on a long-period variable subdwarf B star. The target PG 1627+017 was observed for a total of 334 h during April/May/June 2003 from the lynchpin observatory at Mt. Bigelow, Arizona, with important contributions coming from co-observations at SAAO, Calar Alto and Siding Spring. Preliminary analysis indicates the presence of 8–10 probable periods in the range ～4500 to ～8900 s with relative amplitudes between 0.1 and 0.5%;. The range over which the periods are found is in qualitative agreement with theoretical predictions and the number of periods found shows potential for an in-depth asteroseismological analysis. Multi-colour observations show that the relative amplitudes of pulsation are larger in the U-band than in the R, which again is in agreement with theory. However, more multi-colour observations are needed to be able to make statements at the quantitative level.