From aqueous solution to solid solutions: A process oriented review of the work performed within the FUNMIG project

The Fundamentals of Radionuclide Migration (FUNMIG) project was organised in some Research and Technological Development Components (RTDCs) integrated by a number of Work Packages (WP’s) attempting to cover the key migration processes at different scales (laboratory to repository) and in different geological media, mainly clay and granite, but also some salt rock related work was performed. The main RTDCs of interest for this review paper are numbers 1 and 2, which concerned laboratory studies of well-established and less-established migration processes. Some additional interesting outcomes arise also from RTDCs 3, 4 and 5 devoted to the upscaling and applicability of migration processes to clay, granite and salt rock environments, respectively. This review discusses the contribution of the various parts of the FUNMIG project in the process oriented context of understanding the mechanistic approximation to what can be seen as the final and thermodynamically stable stage of the long chain of processes which are covered under the general term of sorption and that culminate in the formation of solid solutions.     

基于SIG的地质资料社会化服务的构建与思考

地质资料社会化服务已日益受到各级政府和公众的关注。在充分分析和对比国内外地质资料社会化服务的基础上,提出了基于空间信息网格（SIG）的地质资料社会化服务的构架模式,以解决目前地质资料社会化服务中存在的诸多矛盾,希望起到抛砖引玉之作用。     

基于SIG的地质资料社会化服务的构建与思考

地质资料社会化服务已日益受到各级政府和公众的关注.在充分分析和对比国内外地质资料社会化服务的基础上,提出了基于空间信息网格(SIG)的地质资料社会化服务的构架模式,以解决目前地质资料社会化服务中存在的诸多矛盾,希望起到抛砖引玉之作用.     

基于SIG的地质资料社会化服务的构建与思考

地质资料社会化服务已日益受到各级政府和公众的关注。在充分分析和对比国内外地质资料社会化服务的基础上,提出了基于空间信息网格（SIG）的地质资料社会化服务的构架模式,以解决目前地质资料社会化服务中存在的诸多矛盾,希望起到抛砖引玉之作用。     

Thermodynamic properties of glaucophane new data from calorimetric and spectroscopic measurements

New data concerning glaucophane are presented. New high temperature drop calorimetry data from 400 to 800 K are used to constrain the heat capacity at high temperature. Unpublished low temperature calorimetric data are used to estimate entropy up to 900 K. These data, corrected for composition, are fitted for C _p and S to the polynomial expressions (J · mol^?1 · K^?2) for T> 298.15 K: $$\begin{gathered} C_p = 11.4209 * 10^2 - 40.3212 * 10^2 /T^{{1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2}} - 41.00068 * 10^6 /T^2 \hfill \\ + 52.1113 * 10^8 /T^3 \hfill \\ \end{gathered} $$ $$\begin{gathered} S = 539 + 11.4209 * 10^2 * \left( {\ln T - \ln 298.15} \right) - 80.6424 * 10^2 \hfill \\ * \left( {T^{ - {1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2}} - 1/\left( {298.15} \right)^{{1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2}} } \right) + 20.50034 * 10^6 \hfill \\ * \left( {T^{ - 2} - 1/\left( {298.15} \right)^2 } \right) - 17.3704 * 10^8 * \left( {T^{ - 3} - \left( {1/298.15} \right)^3 } \right) \hfill \\ \end{gathered} $$ IR and Raman spectra from 50 to 3600 cm^?1 obtained on glaucophane crystals close to the end member composition are also presented. These spectroscopic data are used with other data (thermal expansion, acoustic velocities etc.) in vibrational modelling. This last method provides an independent way for the determination of the thermodynamic properties (C_p and entropy). The agreement between measured and calculated properties is excellent (less than 2% difference between 100 and 1000 K). It is therefore expected that vibrational modelling could be applied to other amphiboles for which spectroscopic data are available. Finally, the enthalpy of formation of glaucophane is calculated.     

Thermodynamic data for phases in the FeO-MgO-SiO2 system and phase relations in the mantle transition zone

Based on the available experimental data on phase equilibria in the FeO -MgO -SiO₂ system the mixing properties of the solid solutions (olivine, β- and γ-spinel, pyroxene, majorite, ilmenite and perovskite and magnesiowustite), the enthalpies of FeO and fictive FeSiO₃ phases with ilmenite and majorite structures have been assessed. The entropies, temperature dependance of heat capacities for fictive FeSiO₃ end-members were estimated from structural analogies. The calculated phase diagrams for Mg₂SiO₄-Fe₂SiO₄ and MgSiO₃ — FeSiO₃ systems at pressures up to 30 GPa and temperatures between 1000 and 2100 K are quite consistent with the available experimental determinations except for the fine features of the phase diagram at 2073 K.     

矿产资源调查评价项目实物地质资料筛选

矿产资源调查评价项目是以金属、非金属矿产为主要勘查对象的战略性矿产勘查评价工作,是一项公益性地质工作。所取得的实物地质资料(钻孔岩矿心)具有很高的科学研究价值和应用价值,必须得到应有的保护和保存。实物地质资料储存、维护成本很高,在一定范围内相同或类似的实物地质资料会大量重复产生,这是实物地质资料必须进行筛选的2个主要理由。典型性、代表性、系统性是实物地质资料筛选的根本原则。合理划分成矿区域,选取区域内重要成矿远景区中主要矿化、矿床类型的典型实物地质资料是矿产资源调查评价项目实物地质资料筛选的主要工作方法。     

Navigating through SPASE to heliospheric and magnetospheric data

Virtual observatories have been introduced by the astrophysics community as an environment connecting distributed data sources with a unified interface. The heliophysics community soon recognized that they faced a similar problem of many distributed data sets with varying amount of information about them and several discipline specific virtual observatories have been established. Two of them, the virtual heliospheric observatory (VHO) and the virtual magnetospheric observatory (VMO), share a common architecture design with development efforts oriented towards a structured data search. This paper describes the VHO/VMO middleware and its components from metadata preparation and processing to the user interface.     

Spatial and temporal characteristics of nutrient and phytoplankton dynamics in the York River Estuary, Virginia: Analyses of long-term data

Ten years (1985–1994) of data were analyzed to investigate general patterns of phytoplankton and nutrient dynamics, and to identify major factors controlling those dynamics in the York River Estuary, Virginia. Algal blooms were observed during winter-spring followed by smaller summer blooms. Peak phytoplankton biomass during the winter-spring blooms occurred in the mid reach of the mesohaline zone whereas peak phytoplankton biomass during the summer bloom occurred in the tidal fresh-mesohaline transition zone. River discharge appears to be the major factor controlling the location and timing of the winter-spring blooms and the relative degree of potential N and P limitation. Phytoplankton biomass in tidal fresh water regions was limited by high flushing rates. Water residence time was less than cell doubling time during high flow seasons. Positive correlations between PAR at 1 m depth and chlorophylla suggested light limitation of phytoplankton in the tidal fresh-mesohaline transition zone. Relationships of salinity difference between surface and bottom water with chlorophylla distribution suggested the importance of tidal mixing for phytoplankton dynamics in the mesohaline zone. Accumulation of phytoplankton biomass in the mesohaline zone was generally controlled by N with the nutrient supply provided by benthic or bottom water remineralization.     

Assessment of the availability of near-real time open weather data provided by networks of surface stations in Spain

The aims of this research are: (i) to check availability of weather observations from automated stations in Spain, (ii) to qualitatively and quantitatively describe the networks identified, (iii) to analyze availability of the observations gathered for 3 different networks [two government (GOV): AEMET with national coverage and CASTILLA Y LEÓN on a regional level; and METEOCLIMATIC, a network of volunteer weather observation (VWO) stations on a national level], and (iv) to undertake a spatial redundancy and lacunarity analysis of them. The results reveal: the existence of heterogeneous VWO networks complementing the GOV, differences within and among networks as far as data acquisition frequency, varying delays in their publication, and semantic differences in the observations made. An inventory was made of 24 networks (16 GOV and 8 VWO) with 3,908 stations deployed in Spain. An analysis of observations from 3 networks reveals that 88 % of the stations in the volunteer network record more than two observations per hour. 56 % of the AEMET stations report more than 48 observations every day, 31 % report between 25 and 48 observations a day. Conversely, the CASTILLA Y LEÓN network records data every half hour. The redundancy analysis reveals a 3,429-drop in the number of unduplicated stations. Following the lacunarity analysis of spatial distribution, it is possible to conclude that 60.72 % of the cells do not contain any stations.     

郑州地下水均衡试验场的改建工程——主要测试设施与数据自动化采集

郑州地下水均衡试验场的改建,是由中国地质环境监测院主持的国家地下水监测工程中地下水均衡试验场的改建项目之一,由河南省环境地质监测院具体负责实施。科学技术的发展,为试验场观测数据采集的自动化奠定了良好基础。试验场数据采集需要自动化的有:3m高主杆气象站测试系统;太阳全辐射、太阳净辐射、太阳直射观测仪,E—601蒸发仪,5TM含水率、温度传感器,自动补水仪,负压测量仪。除后两项外,其他需要数据采集仪器已经市场化。后两项是作者的发明与实用专利。自动补水仪是用来模拟地下水位埋深的设备,它是以传统的马里奥特瓶补水原理为基础,采用控制电路使其可以自动补给因蒸发而消耗的水量,同时还可以记录降水的历时过程。负压测量是利用空气运动黏度约大于水运动黏度的15倍这一特性,即当水刚通过多孔瓷头时,气体不能通过多孔瓷头,据此设计了在包气带中能测定负压的传感器。数据采集则应用了惠斯登电桥平衡的补偿原理。由于控制、供电、采集数据的电缆过多,因此数据自动化采集系统应用了三级采集、逐级集成的方案。     

Thermodynamic and experimental data on stability of gypsum,hennihydrate, and anhydrite under hydrothermal conditions

Experimentally, gypsum remains stable at temperatures up to 110°C, whereupon it is replaced by hemihydrate [plaster of Paris], which in turn is replaced by anhydrite at 140°C and over. However, the hemihydrate proves to be metastable by thermodynamic calculations. Anhydrite, by the calculations 6 is a highly stable mineral; its decomposition begins at temperatures exceeding 1385°C. — Author.     

Imaging of the Moho depth in Madagascar through the inversion of gravity data: geodynamic implications

Several E-W profiles of Bouguer anomalies across the Precambrian basement were inverted by applying a linearized inversion procedure in the spectral domain and using a simplified two-layer model with a crust-upper mantle interface of constant density contrast. From these inverted profiles, a contour map of Moho topography has been constructed which covers the area of exposed Precambrian basement in the eastern and central parts of the island. Such imaging of the Moho depth in particular exhibits a N20°E-trending zone of substantially thinned crust along the axis of the island. This parallels the east coast margin which resulted from the northward motion of India relative to Madagascar in the Upper Cretaceous. From combined analysis of geological, tectonic and metamorphic observations, this prominent crustal feature in the Precambrian basement of Madagascar is interpreted as the relic of continental lithospheric extension and thinning possibly related to Panafrican collapse tectonics on the eastern edge of the Mozambique belt. This extensional feature would have been reactivated only in part during the rifting and dislocation stages of the Madagascar and India continental blocks as evidenced by an axis of Cretaceous volcanism emphasized by the Ankaratra and Itasy massifs. Final separation nevertheless occurred further east, at the site of the east coast margin.     

Permeation of hydrogen through platinum: A re-evaluation of the data of Chou et al

The calculations of Chou et al. are revised to include effects that were neglected in the original work. The measured data are associated with permeability rather than diffusivity. The hydrogen concentration in the platinum membrane is assumed to be proportional to the square root of the hydrogen fugacity in the gas phase in conformity with experimental measurements at lower pressures. An approximate solution to the resulting mass transport equations is derived which simplifies the data analysis. The calculated permeabilities agree within experimental uncertainty with those determined by time lag experiments.     

Advanced interpretation of interferometric SAR data to detect,monitor and model ground subsidence: outcomes from the ESA-GMES Terrafirma project

Land subsidence is a common natural hazard striking extensive areas worldwide, with severe impacts on economy and environment. Subsidence has been recognized as one of geohazards needing research efforts and knowledge transfer at international level, especially when urban fabrics and infrastructures are directly involved in the land settling. Policies and solutions for land subsidence management can be different. Despite this variability, where mitigation methods need to be adopted, mapping, monitoring and simulation of subsidence have to precede their design and implementation. In this framework, Earth Observation (EO) and remote sensing have a major role to play. Satellite Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry, thanks to its wide spatial coverage and its millimeter accuracy, provides a valuable contribution in the management of hazard posed by subsidence-related deformation. The ESA-GMES Terrafirma project (2003–2014) has worked for the promotion of the persistent scatterer interferometry, a family of techniques ideally suited for the assessment of magnitude of surface deformations associated with subsidence phenomena. Within the Terrafirma Project a series of products, based on the integration of EO technologies and in situ data, has been established and delivered to a wide community of end user. Three case studies, outcomes of the Terrafirma project, are presented: the wide area of Rome (Italy), the Anthemountas basin and the Kalochori village (Greece). These case studies have been selected with the purpose of showing the essential contribution of interferometric data during the main activities that must be covered when dealing with geohazard investigations (i.e., mapping, monitoring and modeling). These three case studies are meant to be representative of the suite of services delivered by the Terrafirma project to specific end users with the legal mandated to manage the geohazard.     

The Diavik waste rock project: Water flow through mine waste rock in a permafrost terrain

A field experiment is being carried out at the Diavik diamond mine in northern Canada to investigate the influence of unsaturated flow behavior on the quality of drainage from mine waste rock piles in a region of continuous permafrost. This paper is part of a series describing processes affecting the weathering of waste rock and transport of reaction products at this site; here the focus is on unsaturated water flow and its role in mass loading. Two 15 m-high instrumented test piles have been built on 60 m by 50 m collection systems, each consisting of lysimeters and a large impermeable high-density polyethylene (HDPE) liner. Collection lysimeters are installed nearby to investigate infiltration in the upper 2 m of the waste rock. Porosity, water retention curves, and hydraulic conductivity functions are estimated from field measurements and for samples ranging in size from 200 cm³ to 16 m³. Net infiltration in 2007 is estimated to have been 37% of the rainfall for mean annual rainfall conditions. Early-season infiltration freezes and is remobilized as the waste rock thaws. Wetting fronts migrate at rates of 0.2–0.4 m d⁻¹ in response to common rainfall events and up to 5 m d⁻¹ in response to intense rainfall. Pore water and non-reactive solutes travel at rates of <10⁻² to 3 × 10⁻² m d⁻¹ in response to common rainfall events and up to 0.7 m d⁻¹ in response to intense rainfall. Time-varying SO₄ mass loading from the base of the test piles is dictated primarily by the flow behavior, rather than by changes in solute concentrations.