Load–Deflection response of transversely isotropic piles under lateral loads

In general, pile materials are assumed to be isotropic during the analysis of the load–deflection response of piles under lateral loads. However, commonly used materials such as reinforced concrete and timber as well as potentially promising new pile materials such as fiber reinforced polymers are typically transversely isotropic materials. Experimental studies have shown that transversely isotropic materials have a high ratio of section longitudinal modulus to the section in‐plane shear modulus (E_zz/G_xz) compared to the value for isotropic materials. The high modulus ratio leads to a more significant shear deformation effect in beam bending. To account for the shear deformation effect, the Timoshenko Beam Theory has been adopted in deriving the solutions for the load–deflection response of transversely isotropic piles under lateral loads instead of the Classical (Euler–Bernoulli) Beam Theory. The load–deflection responses depend on the shear effect coefficient, the lateral soil resistance, the embedment ratio, and the boundary conditions. The deflection of the pile, if the shear deformation effect is considered, is always larger than if it is neglected. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Fe–Mg partitioning between ringwoodite and magnesiowüstite and the effect of pressure, temperature and oxygen fugacity

 The partitioning of Mg and Fe between magnesiowüstite and ringwoodite solid solutions has been measured between 15 and 23 GPa and 1200–1600 ^∘C using both Fe and Re capsule materials to vary the oxidation conditions. The partitioning results show a clear dependence on the capsule material used due to the variation in Fe³⁺ concentrations as a consequence of the different oxidation environments. Using results from experiments performed in Fe capsules, where metallic Fe was also added to the starting materials, the difference in the interaction parameters for the two solid solutions (W _FeMg ^mw−W _FeMg ^ring) is calculated to be 8.5±1 kJ mol⁻¹. Similar experiments performed in Re metal capsules result in a value for W _FeMg ^mw−W _FeMg ^ring that is apparently 4 kJ higher, if all Fe is assumed to be FeO. Electron energy-loss near-edge structure (ELNES) spectroscopic analyses, however, show Fe³⁺ concentrations to be approximately three times higher in magnesiowüstite produced in Re capsules than in Fe capsules and that Fe³⁺ partitions preferentially into magnesiowüstite, with K _{D Fe3+} ^ring/mw estimated between 0.1 and 0.6. Using an existing activity composition model for magnesiowüstite, a least–squares fit to the partitioning data collected in Fe capsules results in a value for the ringwoodite interaction parameter (W _FeMg ^ring) of 3.5±1 kJ mol⁻¹. The equivalent regular interaction parameter for magnesiowüstite (W _FeMg ^mw) is 12.1±1.8 kJ mol. These determinations take into account the Fe³⁺ concentrations that occur in both phases in the presence of metallic Fe. The free energy change in J mol⁻¹ for the Fe exchange reaction can be described, over the range of experimental conditions, by 912 + 4.15 (T−298)+18.9P with T in K, P in kbar. The estimated volume change for this reaction is smaller than that predicted using current compilations of equation of state data and is much closer to the volume change at ambient conditions. These results are therefore a useful test of high pressure and temperature equation of state data. Using thermodynamic data consistent with this study the reaction of ringwoodite to form magnesiowüstite and stishovite is calculated from the data collected using Fe capsules. Comparison of these results with previous studies shows that the presence of Fe³⁺ in phases produced in multianvil experiments using Re capsules can have a marked effect on apparent phase relations and determined thermodynamic properties. Received: 13 September 2000 / Accepted: 25 March 2001     

Static compression of the hydrous magnesium silicate phase D to 30 GPa at room temperature

Phase D is a dense hydrous magnesium silicate (ideal formula MgSi₂H₂O₆) which contains silicon cations exclusively in octahedral coordination. Measurements of the unit cell parameters of phase D were made to pressures of 30 GPa using a diamond anvil cell and employing synchrotron X-ray diffraction. A neon pressure medium was used. Using a third order Birch-Murnaghan equation of state the isothermal bulk modulus of phase D was determined as 166(±3) GPa with K′ equal to 4.1(±0.3). The compression of phase D is anisotropic with the c-axis twice as compressible as the a-axis. Above 20 GPa, however, the c/a ratio becomes pressure independent. Received: 29 July 1998/ Revised, accepted: 5 August 1998     

Compositional effects on element partitioning between Mg-silicate perovskite and silicate melts

High-pressure melting experiments were performed at ~26 GPa and ~2,200–2,400°C on synthetic peridotite compositions with varying FeO and Al₂O₃ contents and on a synthetic CI chondrite analogue composition. Peridotite liquids show a crystallisation sequence of ferropericlase (Fp) followed down temperature by Mg-silicate perovskite (MgPv) + Fp, which contrasts a sequence of MgPv followed by MgPv + Fp observed in the chondritic composition. The difference in crystallisation sequence is a consequence of the different bulk Mg/Si ratios. MgPv/melt partition coefficients for major, minor and trace elements were determined by electron microprobe and secondary ion mass spectrometry. Partition coefficients of tri- and tetravalent elements increase with increasing Al concentration in MgPv. A lattice strain model indicates that Al³⁺ substitutes predominantly onto the Si-site in MgPv, whereas most elements substitute onto the Mg-site, which is consistent with a charge-compensating coupled substitution mechanism. MgPv/melt partition coefficients for Mg (D_Mg) and Si (D_Si) are related to the melt Mg/Si ratio such that D_Si becomes lower than D_Mg at low Mg/Si melt ratios. We use a crystal fractionation model, based on upper mantle refractory lithophile element ratios, to constrain the amount of MgPv and Ca-silicate perovskite (CaPv) that could have fractionated during a Hadean magma ocean event and could still be present as a chemically distinct heterogeneity in the lower mantle today. We show that a fractionated crystal pile composed of 96% MgPv and 4% CaPv could comprise up to 13 wt% of the entire mantle.     

SD-1型数字大地电磁记录系统

SD-1型数字大地电磁测深仪是一种用途较广的地球物理勘探仪器,可用于研究地壳上地幔结构,普查石油、天然气田构造,寻找热田及监视地震前地壳电阻率随时间的变化。该仪器已于1982年8月通过国家鉴定。鉴定以后又在华南地区作了大地电磁测深工作。本文只是简述一下仪器的基本结构、几个主要的技术问题及鉴定前后用该仪器所     

Thermodynamic study of the association and separation of copper and gold in the Shizishan ore field, Tongling, Anhui Province, China

The Shizishan ore field is the largest gold–copper ore field in the Tongling ore district of Anhui Province, China. Copper and gold deposits in the district are present as one-commodity deposits or as deposits with both commodities. Copper and gold mineralization are either cogenetic or are temporally and spatially distinct. We present the results of systematic geochemical analysis of fluid inclusions from typical Au–Cu deposits in the Shizishan ore field; these data are used to determine the solubility of Cu and Au in the ore-forming fluids and to ascertain the mechanisms and factors that controlled variations in the association and separation of copper and gold mineralization. Our results indicate that copper in the ore-forming fluids was transported as CuCl₂⁻ and CuCl⁰ complexes and that the solubility of copper was controlled by variations in Cl⁻ concentration. In addition, the precipitation of copper was controlled by changes in temperature, pH, fO₂, and fO₂. In comparison, gold in the ore-forming fluids was transported as Au(HS)₂⁻ and Au₂S(HS)₂²⁻ complexes, and the solubility of gold was controlled by variations in total sulfur concentration; the precipitation of gold was controlled by temperature, pH, fO₂, and fO₂. These differences between the two elements meant that copper and gold in the ore-forming fluids responded in different ways to changes in physicochemical conditions. Copper precipitated under relatively acidic conditions at high temperatures, while gold precipitated under weakly alkaline conditions at relatively low temperatures; this dissociation resulted in the temporal and spatial separation and zonation of copper and gold mineralization in the Shizishan ore field.     

The effect of cadmium on fulvic acid adsorption to Bacillus subtilis

The effects of Cd on the adsorption of an aquatic fulvic acid (FA) to the surface of Bacillus subtilis were investigated from pH 2.5 to 7.0, at fixed ionic strength (0.1 M NaClO₄) and at ambient temperature (22 °C). Cd (14 mg/l) had no effect on FA adsorption at pH<5 but increased FA adsorption at pH>6. The effects of Cd (0, 14 mg/l) on FA adsorption to B. subtilis were further examined as a function of initial FA concentration (0–45 mg C/l) at pH 6.5. FA adsorption isotherms also were measured at pH 6.5 as a function of dissolved Cd concentration (0–14 mg/l) at three initial FA concentrations (4, 8, 22 mg C/l). At all FA concentrations studied at pH 6.5, FA adsorption increased with increasing initial total Cd concentration.

Under all studied conditions, preferential adsorption of high- to intermediate-molecular-weight FA components to B. subtilis resulted in a fractionation of the FA pool, with lower-molecular-weight components remaining in solution. At pH>6, Cd further enhanced the adsorption of high- to intermediate-molecular-weight FA components but did not significantly enhance the adsorption of lower-molecular-weight components. Hence, the overall process of adsorptive fractionation was not altered significantly by the presence of Cd.

Overall, the results of this study (1) demonstrate that FA adsorption to bacterial surfaces can be altered by the presence of a metal cation, and (2) provide further evidence that microbe–metal–ligand interactions may significantly affect the mobility and fate of natural organic matter in the subsurface.     

黑龙江省多宝山斑岩型铜(钼)矿床成矿流体特征及演化

黑龙江省多宝山斑岩铜(钼)矿床位于小兴安岭西北部,是中亚-兴蒙造山带北东段最大的斑岩型铜(钼)矿床,矿体产于加里东期花岗闪长岩和中奥陶世多宝山组安山岩、凝灰岩中。铜矿化与绢英岩化关系密切,而钼矿化主要产于钾硅化带中。矿区内脉体广泛发育,从早到晚依次为:石英+钾长石脉、早阶段石英+辉钼矿脉、晚阶段石英+辉钼矿脉、石英+黄铜矿+黄铁矿脉、石英+黄铁矿脉和方解石+石英脉。脉石英中广泛发育流体包裹体,包括气液两相水溶液包裹体(W型)、纯气相包裹体(G型)、含CO2三相包裹体(C型)及含子矿物多相包裹体(S型)。石英+钾长石脉中仅发育气液两相包裹体,均一温度峰值﹥550℃、盐度为16.2%～18.1%NaCleqv;早阶段石英+辉钼矿脉中发育大量气液两相包裹体和含子矿物多相包裹体,并见少量含CO2三相包裹体,均一温度集中在350～450℃、盐度变化于1.1%～﹥65.3%NaCleqv;晚阶段石英+辉钼矿脉体发育大量含CO2三相包裹体和含子矿物多相包裹体,另有少量气液两相包裹体,均一温度集中在270～350℃、盐度为0.8%～42.4%NaCleqv;石英+黄铜矿+黄铁矿脉中发育丰富的气液两相包裹体,见少量含子矿物多相包裹体、含CO2三相包裹体和纯气相包裹体,均一温度峰值在230～330℃、盐度为0.8%～42.4%NaCleqv;石英+黄铁矿脉和方解石+石英脉中仅发育气液两相包裹体,均一温度变化于110～200℃、盐度为3.9%～8.4%NaCleqv。成矿流体在古深度4.1km左右,温度在230～450℃之间、压力在10～41MPa之间,发生了强烈的流体沸腾作用,大量CO2等气体从流体中释放出来,黄铜矿、斑铜矿和辉钼矿等巨量沉淀下来,形成了铜(钼)矿体。成矿流体总体上属H2O-CO2-NaCl体系,多期次的流体沸腾作用是该矿床的主要成矿机制。