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Bioconcentration factors (K bc) for petroleum hydrocarbons, PAHs, LABs and biogenic hydrocarbons in Mytilus edulis were measured in field experiments using time-integrating water samplers. Seven deployments at five sites gave lipid weight K bcs for total hydrocarbons ranging from 0.99 × 10 6 to 3.1 × 10 6 (mean 1.6 × 10 6)—a narrower range than has been obtained previously. Bioconcentration factors for the PAHs were similar to those for total hydrocarbons where the major hydrocarbon source was oil. However, at other sites the factors for PAHs were an order of magnitude lower than those for petroleum and for hydrocarbons originating from algae. Compositional profiles for the linear alkyl benzenes (LABs) suggested that these compounds were assimilated primarily from the dissolved phase, despite their greater abundance on particles. 相似文献
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Cosmic-ray-produced 26Al ( t1/2 = 7.05 × 10 5 years) has been measured in the Apollo 15 long core (surface to 390 g/cm 2—218 cm) for study of galactic cosmic ray production profiles, using accelerator mass spectrometry. The results are in general accord with non-destructive counting data obtained earlier, but systematically lower, and significantly higher precision. From this experiment the half-attenuation length for 26Al production can be calculated to be 122 g/cm 2 (150–400 g/cm 2 region) after normalizing the data to average chemical composition. The 53Mn ( t1/2 = 3.7 × 10 6 years) production profile in deep cores was also compiled to date. The half-attenuation length for 53Mn production was calculated to be 123 g/cm 2 (150–400 g/cm 2 region). 相似文献
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Noble gases were extracted in steps from grain size fractions of microdiamonds ( < 100 μm) from the Kokchetav Massif, Northern Kazakhstan, by pyrolysis and combustion. The concentration of 4He in the diamonds proper (liberated by combustion) shows a 1/ r dependence on grain size. For grain diameters > 15 μm the concentration also decreases with the combustion step. Both results are clear evidence that 4He has been implanted into the diamonds from -decaying elements in the surrounding matrix. The saturation concentration of 4He(5.6 × 10 −4 cm 3 STP/g) is among the very highest observed in any terrestrial diamonds. Fission xenon from the spontaneous fission of 238U accompanies the radiogenic 4He; the 136Xe f/ 4He ratio of (2.5 ± 0.3) × 10 −9 agrees well with the production ratio of 2.3 × 10 −9 expected in a reservoir where Th/U 3.3. Radiogenic 40Ar is predominantly ( > 90%) set free upon combustion; it also resides in the diamonds and appears to have been incorporated into the diamonds upon their formation. 3He, on the other hand is mainly released during pyrolysis and hence is apparently carried by ‘contaminants’. The concentration in the diamonds proper is of the order of 4 × 10−12 cm3 STP/g, with a 3He/4He ratio of 1 × 10−8. Excess 21Ne, similarly, appears to be present in contaminants as well as in diamonds proper. These two nuclides in the contaminants must have a nucleogenic origin, but it is difficult to explain their high concentrations. 相似文献
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We have developed techniques to determine 238U, 234U and 232Th concentrations in seawater by isotope dilution mass spectrometry. U measurements are made using a 233U 236U double spike to correct for instrumental fractionation. Measurements on uranium standards demonstrate that 234U/ 238U ratios can be measured accurately and reproducibly. 234U/ 238U can be measured routinely to ± 5‰ (2σ) for a sample of 5 × 10 9 atoms of 234U (3 × 10 −8 g of total U, 10 ml of seawater). Data acquisition time is 1 hour. The small sample size, high precision and short data acquisition time are superior to-counting techniques. 238U is measured to ± 2‰ (2σ) for a sample of 8 × 10 12 atoms of 238U ( 3 × 10 −9 g of U, 1 ml of seawater). 232Th is measured to ± 20‰ with 3 × 10 11232Th atoms (10 −10 g 232Th, 1 1 of seawater). This small sample size will greatly facilitate investigation of the 232Th concentration in the oceans. Using these techniques, we have measured 238U, 234U and 232Th in vertical profiles of unfiltered, acidified seawater from the Atlantic and 238U and 234U in vertical profiles from the Pacific. Determinations of 234U/ 238U at depths ranging from 0 to 4900 m in the Atlantic (7°44′N, 40°43′W) and the Pacific (14°41′N, 160°01′W) Oceans are the same within experimental error (± 5‰,2σ). The average of these 234U/ 238U measurements is 144 ± 2‰ (2σ) higher than the equilibrium ratio of 5.472 × 10 −5. U concentrations, normalized to 35‰ salinity, range from 3.162 to 3.281 ng/g, a range of 3.8%. The average concentration of the Pacific samples (31°4′N, 159°1′W) is 1% higher than that of the Atlantic (7°44′N, 40°43′W and 31°49′N, 64°6′W). 232Th concentrations from an Atlantic profile range from 0.092 to 0.145 pg/g. The observed constancy of the 234U/ 238U ratio is consistent with the predicted range of 234U/ 238U using a simple two-☐ model and the residence time of deep water in the ocean determined from 14C. The variation in salinity-normalized U concentrations suggests that U may be much more reactive in the marine environment than previously thought. 相似文献
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Water sampling during the 1993 IV Russian–US Joint Expedition to the Bering and Chukchi Seas (BERPAC) indicates that Pacific Ocean burdens of the long-lived radionuclide 129I are relatively low in the Pacific-influenced Arctic, particularly compared to high latitude waters influenced by the North Atlantic. These low concentrations occur despite the presence of potential submerged anthropogenic sources in the East Sea (Sea of Japan), and in the northwest Pacific Ocean, east of the Kamchatka Peninsula. The concentration of 129I entering the Arctic Ocean through Bering Strait, 0.7×10 8 atoms kg −1, is only slightly higher than observed in deep Pacific waters. Similar concentrations (0.44–0.76×10 8 atoms kg −1) measured in Long Strait indicate no significant transfer of 129I eastward into the Chukchi Sea in the Siberian Coastal Current from the Siberian marginal seas to the west. However, the concentrations reported here are more than an order of magnitude higher than the Bering Strait input concentration estimated (1.0×10 6 atoms kg −1) from bomb fallout mass balances, which supports other existing evidence for a significant atmospheric deposition term for this radionuclide in surface ocean waters. Near-bottom water samples collected in productive waters of the Bering and Chukchi Seas also suggest that sediment regeneration may locally elevate 129I concentrations, and impact its utility as a water mass tracer. As part of this study, two deep 129I profiles were also measured in the East Sea in 1993–1994. The near-surface concentration of 129I ranged from 0.12 to 0.31×10 8 atoms kg −1. The 129I concentration showed a steady decrease with depth, although because of active deep water ventilation, the entire 3000 m water column exceeded natural concentrations of the radionuclide. Atom ratios of 129I/ 137Cs in the East Sea also suggest an excess of 129I above bomb fallout estimates, also possibly resulting from atmospheric deposition ultimately originating from nuclear facilities. 相似文献
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Gas is extracted from large (6–31 kg) Antarctic ice samples to obtain sufficient CO 2 for 14C measurements with small low-level proportional counters. The 14C ages of Byrd core ice are in accord with glaciological estimates ranging from (2.2 −1.1+1.4)×10 3 yr at 271 m depth to more than 8 × 10 3 yr at 1071 m depth. The CO 2 abundances in gas extracted from Byrd core ice range from 0.0216 to 0.051%, with below present-day atmosphere CO 2 abundances for ice from 1068 and 1469 m depths. The CO 2 abundance in gas from Allan Hills surface ice samples ranges between four and six times the atmospheric value and the CO 2 had a specific activity three times that of contemporary carbon. A possible explanation for the anomalously high specific activity is surface melting with the incorporation into CO 2 of 14C produced by cosmic ray spallation of oxygen in ice. The CO 2 abundance in gas extracted from subsurface Allan Hills ice ranged from 0.030 to 0.065%, and the specific activities are below contemporary carbon, indicating ages greater than 5×10 3 yr. The 18O/ 16O ratio of oxygen in the trapped gas is the same as that of atmospheric oxygen and differs markedly from the 18O/ 16O ratio in the ice. The O 2, N 2, and Ar abundances and isotopic compositions are similar to those in contemporary air, except for positive 15N/ 14N ratios in a few samples. 相似文献
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The impact of domestic sewage effluent (SE) on the dynamics of phytoplankton assemblages from Bedford Basin was evaluated in the laboratory. Phytoplankton production and chlorophyll a increased proportionally with SE enrichment. Phytoplankton species composition also changed. The potentially harmful diatoms, Pseudonitzschia spp., present initially in small numbers (600 cells 1 −1) in Bedford Basin seawater, and became dominant (3–5×10 6 cells 1 −1) when the seawater was enriched with 0.5–5% untreated SE. With higher proportions of SE, other harmful species such as Fragilaria spp. and Euglena spp. became dominant (7−15×10 6 and 2.2×10 4 cells 1 −1, respectively). Treatment of SE with UV light or activated charcoal seems to favour growth of benign species, such as Chaetoceros socialis, Skeletonema costatum and Thalassiosira spp., but not harmful species such as Pseudonitzschia spp. Further research on UV treatment of domestic sewage is recommended. 相似文献
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Sediment components and their fluxes of Cores MD12-3428(water depth: 903 m), MD12-3433(water depth: 2125 m),and MD12-3434(water depth: 2995 m), obtained along a transect on the continental slope of the northern South China Sea, have been conducted to reveal the spatiotemporal variations and the controlling factors of the sediment components and of their fluxes.Results show that deep-sea sediments in the northern South China Sea are composed mainly of terrigenous(59–89%) and carbonate(6–38%) particles, with minor components of opal(1.6–9.4%) and organic matter(0.7–1.9%). Fluxes of terrigenous and carbonate particles reach up to 2.4–21.8 and 0.4–6.5 g cm–2 kyr–1, respectively, values that are one to two orders of magnitude higher than the fluxes of opal and organic matter. Temporal variations of the percentages and fluxes of deep-sea sediment components have displayed clear glacial-interglacial cyclicity since the last glaciation. Terrigenous, opal, and organic matter percentages and their fluxes increas clearly during marine isotope stage 2, while carbonate percentages and fluxes show an opposite variation pattern or are characterized by an unremarkable increase. This implies that deep-sea carbonate in the South China Sea is affected by the dilution of terrigenous inputs during the sea-level lowstand. With increasing water depth along the transect, the terrigenous percentage increases but with largely decreased fluxes. Both the percentage and flux of carbonate decrease, while the percentages and fluxes of opal and organic matter display much more complicated variational features. The spatiotemporal variations of deep-sea sediment components and of their fluxes since the last glaciation in the northern South China Sea are strongly controlled by sea-level fluctuations. Simultaneously, terrigenous supply associated with monsoonal rainfall, marine primary productivity,and the dilution effect between terrigenous and biogenic particles, also play interconnected roles in the sediment accumulation processes. 相似文献
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Cosmic-ray-produced 10Be ( t1/2 = 1.6 × 10 6 years) and 36Cl ( t1/2 = 3.0 × 10 5 years) have been measured in the Apollo 15 long core for study of galactic cosmic ray production profiles using tandem accelerator mass spectrometry. From these experiments, the half-attenuation length for 10Be production and 36Cl production were calculated to be 120 g/cm 2 and 132 g/cm 2 (150–400 g/cm 2 region). The measured half-attenuation length for 10Be is slightly longer than that predicted by the Reedy-Arnold theoretical model. The flatter and somewhat deeper maximum seen in the 36Cl profile compared to the 10Be, 26Al and 53Mn profiles can be explained by production from secondary thermal neutrons on 35Cl. 相似文献
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Tributyltin (TBT) concentrations in waters of Poole Harbour ranged between 2–139 ng l −1 (as Sn) and increased to 234–646 ng l −1 within marinas. Seasonal trends in contamination coincided with boat usage patterns and peaked during summer months. A combination of poor tidal flushing and removal of TBT to particulates restricts high levels of contamination to areas closest to marinas and moorings; TBT concentrations in benthic sediments decreased from 0.52 μg g −1 near such sites to 0.02 μg g −1 at the harbour mouth. Organotin accumulations in several benthic invertebrates including polychaetes (Nereis diversicolor), snails (Littorina littorea) and clams (Scrobicularia plana, Mya arenaria) reflect the distribution of contamination in the environment, though concentration factors (relative to water) vary considerably between species and were highest in sediment dwelling clams, notably Mya (1.3×10 5). Compared to organotins, biological availability of inorganic tin is low. Levels of TBT in parts of Poole Harbour exceed Environmental Quality Targets designed to protect marine life and may be responsible for poor recruitment, particularly in bivalves, at heavily contaminated sites. 相似文献
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Isotope and hydrochemical data of the thermal water system in Cieplice
laskie Zdrój (Spa) indicate the existence of two subsystems that greatly differ in volume and which meet at the fault zones of a granitic horst, where they discharge at an altitude of about 340m. One of the subsystems is very small (about 4 × 10 3 m 3) as indicated by the tritium age of the order of 10 years and a low outflow rate. Its recharge area found from the δ 18O and δD values, is about 200m above the springs, most probably on the slopes of the foothills of the Karkonosze Mountains south-southwest of the spa. The large subsystem contains water which is free of tritium and whose 14C content is from 1 to 8 pmc with δ 13C = −8.0 to −9.2‰. The isotopic composition of this water reflects either the climatic effect (low-altitude recharge during a cooler pre-Holocene climate) or the altitude effect (recharge in the early Holocene period at about 1000m at the heights of the Karkonosze assuming that the 14C concentration is strongly reduced by exchange with calcite in veins). For the former hypothesis, the recharge area of this water is probably either at the foot of the southeastern slopes of the Kaczawa Mountains or/and at the foot of the Rudawy Janowickie Mountains, to the east of Cieplice. The noble gas temperatures are more consistent with the pre-Holocene recharge. Similarly, the 4He excess and 40Ar/ 36Ar ratio support the hypothesis of a pre-Holecene age. The constant 3He/ 4He ratio of 26 × 10 −8 for highly different helium contents indicates crustal origin of helium. For the pre-Holocene age of water its volume is calculated at >- 10 9m 3 (stagnant water in micropores and mobile water in fractures) and the hydraulic conductivity of the host granite massif is estimated at about 7 × 10 −8 ms −1. Two outflows from this subsystem have different and variable fractions of a modern water component (bomb age), most probably originating from the bank infiltration of a nearby stream. 相似文献
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Bioremediation was conducted in the field on a mature Rhizophora stylosa mangrove stand on land to be reclaimed near Fisherman’s Landing Wharf, Gladstone Australia. Gippsland crude oil was added to six large plots (>40 m 2) and three plots were left untreated as controls. Bioremediation was used to treat three oiled plots and the remaining three were maintained as oiled only plots. The bioremediation strategy consisted of actively aerating the sediment and adding a slow-release fertilizer in order to promote oil biodegradation by indigenous micro-organisms. Oil addition stimulated the numbers of alkane-degrading bacteria slightly to levels of 10 4–10 5/g sediment. Bioremediation of the oiled sediment had a marked effect on the alkane-degrading population, increasing the population size by three orders of magnitude from 10 5 to 10 8 cells/g of sediment. An effect of bioremediation on the growth of aromatic-degraders was detected with numbers of aromatic-degraders increasing from 10 4 to 10 6 cells/g of sediment. Active aeration and nutrient addition significantly stimulated the growth of hydrocarbon-degraders in oiled mangrove sediment in the field. 相似文献
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Profiles of 210Pb over the Endeavour and North Cleft Segments of the Juan de Fuca Ridge are used to model a time scale for the scavenging, by hydrothermal plumes, of reactive elements in seawater. The hydrothermal plumes above these ridge segments are sites of intense scavenging removal of 210Pb. At Endeavour, the total 210Pb activities within the plume are as low as 8 dpm/100 l and dissolved activities are as low as 3 dpm/100 l. At the North Cleft, which is characterized by higher particulate Fe concentrations, the total 210Pb activities are 4.5 dpm/100 l, the dissolved activities are 1–2 dpm/100 l and the 210Pb activities are deficient with respect to the activity of the 210Po daughter. These are perhaps the lowest 210Pb activities ever measured in the deep sea. The large gradient of 210Pb between the plume and surrounding deep water suggests that scavenging is focused into the plumes through horizontal transport. The implication, therefore, is that this process might impact the ocean on a scale larger than that local to the ridge crest. By coupling published measurements of particle flux from Endeavour with 210Pb activities on particles trapped at that site, the total volume of seawater stripped of 210Pb per year for that site was calculated to be 7.4 × 10 12 l/y. Globally, the extrapolated volume flux of seawater stripped of reactive constituents is 5.7 × 10 15 l/y, such that the entire ocean is processed in this manner in 2.4×10 5 y. The geochemical cycle of elements with ocean residence times much shorter than this (e.g., Pb and Th) will not be greatly affected by hydrothermal scavenging. On the other hand, this process holds significance for the geochemistry of other elements scavenged by hydrothermal plumes, such as P and V, whose ocean residence times are > 10 4 y. 相似文献
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Measurements of 87Sr/ 86Sr ratios of interstitial waters from leg 25, site 245 and leg 38, site 336 of the Deep Sea Drilling Project show that the enrichment of Sr 2+ with depth is caused both by the alteration of volcanic material and by the introduction of strontium derived from calcium carbonate. 87Sr/ 86Sr ratios range from 0.70913 to 0.70794 at site 245 and from 0.70916 to 0.70694 at site 336. The low ratios compared with contemporaneous seawater reflect the release of Sr from a volcanic source having, according to material-balance calculations, a 87Sr/ 86Sr ratio of about 0.7034 at site 336. At this site the source appears to be volcanic ash and not basaltic basement which acts as a sink for Sr 2+ during in situ low-temperature weathering. The volcanic contribution to the strontium enrichment in the basal interstitial waters varies from <10% at site 245 to >50% at site 336. The remaining Sr 2+ is derived from Sr-rich biogenic carbonate during diagenetic recrystallization to form Sr-poor calcite. 相似文献
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Abstract Sediments deposited off the Nicoya Peninsula advect large volumes of water as they enter the Costa Rica subduction zone. Seismic reflection data, together with results from Ocean Drilling Program Leg 170, show that hemipelagic mud comprises the upper ∼135 m of the sediment column (ranging from 0 to 210 m). The lower ∼215 m of the sediment column (ranging from 0 to 470 m) is pelagic carbonate ooze. We analyzed samples from 60 shallow (<7 m) cores to characterize the spatial variability of sediment composition on the incoming Cocos Plate. The bulk hemipelagic sediment is 10 wt% opal and 60 wt% smectite on average, with no significant variations along strike; the pelagic chalk contains approximately 2 wt% opal and <1 wt% smectite. Initially, most of the water (96%) in the subducting sediment is stored in pore spaces, but the pore water is expelled during the early stages of subduction by compaction and tectonic consolidation. Approximately 3.6% of the sediment's total water volume enters the subduction zone as interlayer water in smectite; only 0.4% of the water is bound in opal. Once subducting strata reach depths greater than 6 km (more than 30 km inboard of the subduction front), porosity drops to less than 15%, and temperature rises to greater than 60°C. Under those conditions, discrete pulses of opal and smectite dehydration should create local compartments of fluid overpressure, which probably influence fluid flow patterns and reduce effective stress along the plate boundary fault. 相似文献
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Chemical diffusion of four rare-earth elements (La, Nd, Dy and Yb) has been measured in natural calcite under anhydrous conditions, using rare-earth carbonate powders as the source of diffusants. Experiments were run in sealed silica capsules along with finely ground calcite to ensure stability of the single-crystal samples during diffusion anneals. Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy (RBS) was used to measure diffusion profiles. The following Arrhenius relations were obtained over the temperature range 600–850°C: DLa =2.6×10 −14 exp(−147±14 kJ mol −1/ RT) m 2 s −1, DNd =2.4×10 −14 exp(−150±13 kJ mol −1/ RT) m 2 s −1, DDy =2.9×10 −14 exp(−145±25 kJ mol −1/ RT) m 2 s −1, DYb =3.9×10 −12 exp(−186±23 kJ mol −1/ RT) m 2 s −1. In contrast to previous findings for refractory silicates (e.g. zircon), differences in transport rates among the REE are not pronounced over the range of temperature conditions investigated in this study. Diffusion of the REE is significantly slower than diffusion of the divalent cations Sr and Pb and slower than transport of Ca and C at temperatures above 650°C. Fine-scale zoning and isotopic and REE chemical signatures may be retained in calcites under many conditions if diffusion is the dominant process affecting alteration. 相似文献
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This study aimed to determine whether the δ 13C levels in the foliage and twigs of four Eucalyptus grandis clones were related to their water use efficiency (WUE). This relationship has previously been demonstrated in a number of herbaceous species but not in mature trees. The study involved accurate measurements of tree trunk growth and water use over a period of 4 months, with subsequent isotopic analysis of mature foliage from the north and south side of the canopy, and young leaves from the top of the canopy. The water use efficiencies were found to vary from 5.97 × 10−3 to 12.3 × 10−3 m3 m−3. Significant differences were observed between clonal-mean water use efficiencies averaged over six sampling periods. The average δ13C of the mature and young foliage was found to be significantly correlated with WUE. However, the correlation was weak, suggesting that the relationship between δ13C and WUE is more complex in trees than suggested in the literature on crop plants. It is suggested that differences between sample trees in carbon allocation and leaf-to-air vapour pressure deficits may account for the poor correlation between δ13C and WUE in the four E. grandis clones studied. 相似文献
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Analytical procedures in the determination of iodine-129 (half-life: 1.6×10 7 y) have been studied using accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS), with special references to the separation procedures of iodine from soil samples for the AMS measurement. Iodine was successfully volatilized from soil samples by pyrohydrolysis at 1000 °C and collected in a trap solution. Iodine was purified from the matrix by solvent extraction. Finally, it was precipitated as silver iodide to make a target for AMS. In order to obtain information on the 129I/ 127I ratio in a chemical blank (or iodine carrier), we have determined the ratios in several iodine reagents and found that the ratios fell in a narrow range around 1.7×10 −13. The detection limit for soil sample (1 g material) by the present method was about 0.01 mBq/kg or 4×10 −11 as the ratio of stable iodine ( 129I/ 127I ratio), i.e. these values were much better than that by neutron activation analysis (NAA) used in our previous studies. We have applied this method in the analysis of soil samples collected from different places in Japan. We could successfully determine 129I in soil samples with low 129I concentrations, which could not be detected by NAA. Sample size necessary for the soil analysis by AMS was only about 0.5 g or less, whereas about 100 g of the sample were required for NAA [Muramatsu, Y., Ohmomo, Y., 1986. Iodine-129 and iodine-127 in environmental samples collected from Tokaimura/ Ibaraki, Japan. Sci. Total Environ. 48, 33-43]. Using this method, new data were obtained for the 129I levels in 20 soil samples collected from background areas far from nuclear facilities, and the ranges were 1.4×10 −5−4.5×10 −3 Bq/kg as 129I concentrations and 3.9×10 −11−2.2×10 −8 as 129I/ 127I ratios. These values are useful in understanding the 129I levels in Japanese environments. Higher 129I concentrations were observed in forest soils than those in field and rice paddy soils should be related to the interception effect of atmospheric 129I due to tree canopies. Relatively high 129I/ 127I ratios found in rice paddy soils could be explained by their low stable iodine concentrations which were caused by the desorption of stable iodine from the rice paddies during the cultivation. 相似文献
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We have considered the influence of ocean temperature and salinity changes, mass changes of the Greenland ice sheet (GIS) and the isostatic response of the solid earth to the most recent glacial cycle on 20th century sea-level change along the US east coast with the intention of better understanding the observed signal as well as determining the potential of the tide gauge data for constraining the recent (past 50–100 yr) mass balance of the GIS and earth viscosity structure. Our results show that the signal due to steric changes is large and displays a complex spatial variation which can account for a significant portion of the observed signal. In contrast, that due to changes in the GIS is relatively small and insensitive to the specific geometry of the mass balance model adopted. As a consequence, the tide gauge data alone are not capable of providing useful constraints on either the magnitude or form of recent GIS mass balance. Our inference of mantle viscosity structure based on the tide gauge data was affected dramatically when the steric effect was accounted for: An earth model with an upper mantle viscosity of 8 × 10 19 Pa s and a lower mantle viscosity of 5 × 10 22 Pa s produced the best fit to the steric-corrected data; the optimal fit to the uncorrected data was obtained for upper and lower mantle viscosities of 5 × 10 20 Pa s and 10 22 Pa s, respectively. 相似文献
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Negative carbon-isotope excursions have been comprehensively studied in the stratigraphic record but the discussion of causal mechanisms has largely overlooked the potential role of biomass burning. The carbon-isotopic ratios ( δ13C) of vegetation, soil organic matter and peat are significantly lower than atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2), and thereby provide a source of low 13C CO 2 when combusted. In this study, the potential role of biomass burning to generate negative carbon isotope excursions associated with greenhouse climates is modeled. Results indicate that major peat combustion sustained for 1000 yr increases atmospheric CO 2 from 2.5× present atmospheric levels (PAL) to 4.6× PAL, and yields a pronounced negative δ13C excursion in the atmosphere ( 2.4‰), vegetation ( 2.4‰) and the surface ocean ( 1.2‰), but not for the deep ocean ( 0.9‰). Release of CO 2 initiates a short-term warming of the atmosphere (up to 14.4 °C, with a duration of 1628 yr), which is consistent with the magnitude and length of an observed Toarcian excursion event. These results indicate that peat combustion is a plausible mechanism for driving negative δ13C excursions in the rock record, even during times of elevated pCO 2. 相似文献
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