A numerical study of comparison of two one-state-variable,rate-and state-dependent friction evolution laws

The two one-state-variable, rate-and state-dependent friction laws, i.e., the slip and slowness laws, are compared on the basis of dynamical behavior of a one-degree-of-freedom spring-slider model through numerical simulations.Results show that two(normalized) model parameters, i.e., Δ(the normalized characteristic slip distance) and β-α(the difference in two normalized parameters of friction laws), control the solutions.From given values of Δ, β, and α, for the slowness laws, the solution exists and the un...     

Characteristics of Upper Mantle Activity in the South China Sea Region and the Indochina Mantle Plume

According to computed results of the mantle traction field beneath the lithosphere based on satellite-modelled gravity anomalies of different degrees, it has been revealed that the three types of mantle convection on different scales existing in the South China Sea region is the key factor controlling the geodynamics. The mantle convection models on large and middle scales have been proved by natural seismic S-wave tomographic data and interpreted by using the present mantle plume concept In consideration of other relevant geological and geophysical data, the authors put emphasis on discussing the expression form, origin and age of the Indochina mantle plume and its important effect on the conversion of organic matter and hydrocarbon accumulation in Cenozoic basins.     

Pulsation Solution to the Equation of Earth's Gravitational Field (Main Outcome)

Using d'Alembert equation as the approximation of Einstein's equation, a solution is given in this paper to the time-dependent gravitational equation of the Earth in consideration of the Earth's features, which describes the characteristics of pulsation of the Earth and the structures of spherical layers of its interior, thus providing a theoretical basis for establishing the idea of mantle pulsation.     

~(40)Ar/~(39)Ar Age and Geological Significance of Lamprophyres in Pishan on the SW Margin of the Tarim Terrane, NW China

The dike swarm of lamprophyres at Pishan on the SW margin of the Tarim terrane is composed of ultra-potassic lamprophyres that have intruded into the Proterozoic hornblende schists. 40Ar/39Ar dating data suggest that the isochron ages for phlogopite and whole rock separates of the lamprophyres are 231.7±0.3 Ma and 228.5±0.3 Ma, respectively. Geochemical data indicate that the dikes were derived from a subduction-related or metasomatized mantle. During the Middle-Late Triassic the western Kunlun area entered the post-orogeny period, and thus the occurrence of the dike swarm in the study area may have been controlled by underplating.     

Use of standard vocabulary services in validation of water resources data described in XML

The machine readable encoding language XML is used in water informatics to describe resources and observational data, such as the Water Data Transfer Format (WDTF). WDTF is part of an Australian initiative, established by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology in collaboration with CSIRO, to collate water resources data from multiple data providers into a national water information system. A common way of validating XML data is by defining a schema using XML Schema Definition language (XSD) and performing validation using standard XSD tools. However, XSD validation lacks the ability to perform content validation to assert context, domain and organizational rules such as soft-typing, co-constraints, and code-list or vocabulary checking, which is required in the validation of WDTF data. In this paper, we describe a validation service for validating water resources data encoded in WDTF, which combines structural and content validation. We also describe the use of a vocabulary service with the WDTF validation service to perform code-list and vocabulary checking.     

Geologic relationships and mineralization of peralkaline/alkaline granite-syenite of the Zargat Na’am ring complex, Southeastern Desert, Egypt

Tungsten-bearing hydrothermal veins range from tensional veinlets to lodes containing multiple injections of hydrothermal quartz veins. Major composite lodes display greisen alteration envelopes characterized by enrichments in volatiles, K2O, Al2O3, Rb, L…     

REGRESSION ON MULTIVARIATE IMAGES:PRINCIPAL COMPONENT REGRESSION FOR MODELING,PREDICTION AND VISUAL DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS

Regression between two blocks(usually called‘dependent’or Y and‘independent’or X)of data is a veryimportant scientific and data-analytical tool.Regression on multivariate images is possible and constitutesa meaningful addition to existing univariate and multivariate techniques of image analysis.The regressioncan be used as a modeling tool or for prediction.The form of the regression equation chosen is dependentupon problem specification and information at hand.This paper describes the use of principal componentregression(PCR).Both model building and prediction are presented for continuous Y-variables.The finalgoal is to supply new image material that can be used for visual inspection on a screen.Also,visual toolsfor diagnosis of model and prediction are provided,often based on derived image material.Examplesof modeling and prediction are given for six channels in a seven-channel satellite image     

Mineralization at the Wallah Wallah Silver Mine,Rye Park,New South Wales and its metallogenic significance

Summary The Wallah Wallah lead-zinc-silver deposit near Rye Park, New South Wales, Australia, consists of epigenetic, vein-type mineralization developed in deformed Ordovician host rocks by deposition from medium temperature (280–380°C), low salinity fluids. In addition to dominant sphalerite, galena and arsenopyrite, the ores contain Ag-rich tetrahedrite, Ag-bearing stannite, teallite and trace cassiterite. The mineralogy and geochemistry of the ores, together with features of the geological setting and the regional metallogeny indicate that the oreforming fluids and metals were largely derived from a fractionated granitoid source, in or along the western margin of the Wyangala Batholith. The deposit appears to be part of a wider, but sporadically developed, magmatic-hydrothermal mineralising system, not previously recognised in this area.With 5 Figures     

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