A multiple spot model for simultaneous solution of light curves and distorted line profiles of spotted stars

This paper is devoted to the effects of dark starspots on observed light curves and line profiles. A new formulation of the starspot model with multiple spots and arbitrary spot shapes is derived which allows for a numerical solution of light and colour curves and distorted line profiles simultaneously. The effects of differential rotation and the existence of a penumbra have also been considered. A parameter study demonstrates the influences of different spot parameters on the theoretical light curves and rotation profiles. The computer code is applicable for single stars as well as for eclipsing close binaries allowing for ellipticity effect and reflection effect.     

Mineralogy and petrography of amoeboid olivine aggregates from the reduced CV3 chondrites Efremovka,Leoville and Vigarano: Products of nebular condensation,accretion and annealing

Abstract— Amoeboid olivine aggregates (AOAs) from the reduced CV chondrites Efremovka, Leoville and Vigarano are irregularly‐shaped objects, up to 5 mm in size, composed of forsteritic olivine (Fa_<10) and a refractory, Ca, Al‐rich component. The AOAs are depleted in moderately volatile elements (Mn, Cr, Na, K), Fe, Ni‐metal and sulfides and contain no low‐Ca pyroxene. The refractory component consists of fine‐grained calcium‐aluminum‐rich inclusions (CAIs) composed of Al‐diopside, anorthite (An₁₀₀), and magnesium‐rich spinel (～1 wt% FeO) or fine‐grained intergrowths of these minerals; secondary nepheline and sodalite are very minor. This indicates that AOAs from the reduced CV chondrites are more pristine than those from the oxidized CV chondrites Allende and Mokoia. Although AOAs from the reduced CV chondrites show evidence for high‐temperature nebular annealing (e.g., forsterite grain boundaries form 120° triple junctions) and possibly a minor degree of melting of Al‐diopside‐anorthite materials, none of the AOAs studied appear to have experienced extensive (>50%) melting. We infer that AOAs are aggregates of high‐temperature nebular condensates, which formed in CAI‐forming regions, and that they were absent from chondrule‐forming regions at the time of chondrule formation. The absence of low‐Ca pyroxene and depletion in moderately volatile elements (Mn, Cr, Na, K) suggest that AOAs were either removed from CAI‐forming regions prior to condensation of these elements and low‐Ca pyroxene or gas‐solid condensation of low‐Ca‐pyroxene was kinetically inhibited.     

Lake Machattie,a weathered H5 chondrite find from Queensland,Australia

Abstract— Lake Machattie is an H5a chondrite find. The 2.6-kg stone is heavily weathered; unoxidized metal occurs only as 10-μm-size blebs enclosed in olivine.     

The Travis County,Texas, meteorites

Abstract— Studies of 52 specimens recovered from the find site of the original Travis County meteorite reveal the presence of two distinct meteorites. Travis County (a), which includes the original Travis County meteorite, is the more abundant meteorite and is classified as an H5(S4) shock-blackened chondrite. Travis County (b) is classified as an H4(S2) chondrite with rare chondritic clasts of H group parentage, indicating that the meteorite is a breccia.     

THE GALATIA,KANSAS, CHONDRITE

The Galatia meteorite was found in August, 1971, approximately 7 km ENE of Galatia, Barton County, Kansas (98° 53′W., 38° 39.5′N). The single stone weighed 23.9 kg and is partially weathered. Olivine (Fa_24.9) and pyroxene (Fs_20.9) compositions indicate L-group classification, and textural observations indicate that the stone is of petrologic type 6. Galatia is similar in many respects to the Otis L6 chondrite (found 20 km to the west), but it does not have the brecciated structure of Otis and, thus, it is not part of the same fall.     

RELATIVE ABUNDANCES OF CHONDRULE PRIMARY TEXTURAL TYPES IN ORDINARY CHONDRITES AND THEIR BEARING ON CONDITIONS OF CHONDRULE FORMATION

A petrographic survey of > 1600 chondrules in thin-sections of 12 different mildly to highly unequilibrated H-, L-, and LL-chondrites, as well as morphological and textural study of 141 whole chondrules separated from 11 of the same chondrites, was used to determine the relative abundances of definable chondrule primary textural types. Percentage abundances of various chondrule types are remarkably similar in all chondrites studied and are ～ 47–52 porphyritic olivine-pyroxene (POP), 15–27 porphyritic olivine (PO), 9–11 porphyritic pyroxene (PP), 3–4 barred olivine (BO), 7–9 radial pyroxene (RP), 2–5 granular olivine-pyroxene (GOP), 3–5 cryptocrystalline (C), and ≤ 1 metallic (M). Neither chondrule size nor shape is strongly correlated with textural type. Compound and cratered chondrules, which are interpreted as products of collisions between plastic chondrules, comprise ～ 2–28% of nonporphyritic (RP, GOP, C) but only ～ 2–9% of porphyritic (POP, PO, PP, BO) chondrules, leading to a model-dependent implication that nonporphyritic chondrules evolved at number densities (chondrules per unit volume of space) which were 10² to 10⁴ times greater than those which prevailed during porphyritic chondrule formation (total range of ～ 1 to ～ 10⁶ m^?3). Distinctive “rims” of fine-grained sulfides and/or silicates occur on both porphyritic and nonporphyritic types and appear to post-date chondrule formation. Apparently, either the same process(es) contributed chondrules to all unequilibrated ordinary chondrites or, if genetically different, the various chondrule types were well mixed before incorporation into chondrites. Melting of pre-existing materials is the mechanism favored for chondrule formation.     

Structural evidence of orogen-parallel strike slip displacements in the Precordillera of northern Chile

The Chilean Precordillera, situated between the Longitudinal Valley and the Western Cordillera of northern Chile, is made up of several elongate basement ridges following the trend of the Andes. These ridges, which morphologically rise above the Mesozoic-Tertiary cover rocks, are developed as anticlinal cores or as pressure ridges bounded by reverse faults and, thus, show considerable orogennormal shortening. Several nearly vertical faults cut through the Precordillera, parallel or at a very low angle to the mountain ranges. From the following structures it can be inferred that orogen-parallel transcurrent movements took place along the faults: (a) asymmetric en echelon fault arrays, (b) stratigraphic and structural discontinuities across major faults, (c) fabrics in fault rocks, and (d) vertical folds. A dextral displacement of the order of tens of km is probable. The orogen-parallel strikeslip movements as well as the orogen-normal shortening are considered as phenomena of magmatic arc tectonics due to the focussing of central Andean igneous activity on the Precordillera from the Late Cretaceous until the paroxysm of deformation (45-30 Ma). Deformation along the Precordilleran Fault System is related with the development of the large porphyry copper ore deposits of that area. The structural evolution of the Precordillera can be explained by oblique subduction resulting in dextral transpression.

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Zusammenfassung Die nordchilenische Präkordillere, zwischen Längstal und Westkordillere gelegen, ist aus mehreren langgestreckten prämesozoischen Grundgebirgsrücken aufgebaut, die sich als Antiklinalkerne oder als aus diesen hervorgegangene, durch Aufschiebungen begrenzte Rücken über das mesozoisch-tertiäre Deckgebirge erheben. Das Gebiet ist durchzogen von einem System steiler, parallel oder in spitzem Winkel zu diesen Einengungsstrukturen verlaufenden Störungen. Folgende Strukturen zeigen, daß es an diesen Störungen Seitenverschiebungen gegeben hat: (a) asymmetrische en-echelon-Störungsanordnungen, (b) stratigraphische und strukturelle Diskontinuitäten an Störungen, (c) Gefüge der Störungsgesteine und (d) Schlingen. Ein dextraler Versatz von mehreren Zehnern von km ist wahrscheinlich. Orogenparallele Seitenverschiebungen und Orogen-normale Einengung können als Phänomene der Magmatic-Arc-Tektonik gesehen werden, da von der höchsten Oberkreide bis zum Höhepunkt der Deformation (45-30 Ma) die magmatische Aktivität der Anden in der Präkordillere lag. In diesem Zusammenhang stehen auch die Vererzungen der großen porphyry-copper-Lagerstätten des Gebietes. Schiefe, zu dextraler Transpression führende Subduktion wird für die Strukturbildung der Präkordillere verantwortlich gemacht.

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Resumen La Precordillera del norte chileno, situada entre el Valle Longitudinal y la Cordillera Occidental, esta constituida de uno o más dorsales de basamento, los que forman núcleos de grandes anticlinales o pilares en compresión que se elevan morfologicamente sobre las rocas mesozóicas y terciarias de su cobertura. Varias fallas más o menos verticales cortan a la Precordillera paralelamente o con angulo agudo a su rumbo. Las siguientes estructuras permiten deducir que se produjeron movimientos transcurrientes paralelos al orogeno en las fallas: (a) juegos asimétricos escalonados de fallas, (b) discontinuidades estratigráficas y estructurales ligados a la falla, (c) fábricas de las rocas de falla y (d) pliegues con ejes verticales. Un desplazamiento dextral de decinas de kilométras es probable. Las fallas de desplazamiento en el rumbo paralelas al orógeno asi como el acortamiento normal al orógeno se consideran como fenomenos de la tectónica de arco magmático, puesto que desde el Cretácico superior hasta el tiempo de la deformatión (45-30 Ma), la actividad magmática de los Andes Centrales estuvo ubicada en la Precordillera. La deformación en el sistema de fallas de la Precordillera está tambien relacionada con la mineralizatión de los grandes yacimientos de pórfidos cupriferos de la zona. La evolutión tectónica de la Precordillera puede haber sido originada por subductión oblicua produciendo transpresión dextral.

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Hurricane Gilbert: The storm of the century

Hurricane Gilbert has been labelled the storm of the century because of the many meteorological records it set. These include size, straightness of track, atmospheric pressure, precipitation, and total energy. After ravaging Jamaica as a Force 3 storm, Gilbert made landfall in Yucatan as a Force 5, one of only three hurricanes of such magnitude to do so in North America this century. In spite of a death toll of 318 and property damage in the billions of dollars, Gilbert's impacts were eclipsed by the extensive publicity that accompanied Hurricane Hugo's landfall in South Carolina the following year (1989).     

Average ice crystal size and bulk short-wave single-scattering properties of cirrus clouds

The bulk single-scattering properties of cirrus clouds required for driving the radiation scheme in large-scale climate models are computed with respect to various size distributions and ice crystal shapes. It is shown that the average ice crystal size, defined as the ratio of total volume to the total projected area, can well-characterize the effect of various size distributions in determining the bulk radiative properties of cirrus clouds. Details of the size distributions are not significant in specifying the radiative properties of these clouds if the effective average size is thus defined. Therefore, the ratio of the total volume to the total projected area is an ideal parameter for describing the bulk single-scattering properties. The effect of ice crystal shape is not critical in the parameterization of the extinction coefficient and single-scattering albedo. However, the various crystal habits must be accounted for in the parameterization of the asymmetry parameter. The resulting parameterization is intended for radiative transfer calculations involving cirrus clouds in large-scale models.     

Control of gas emissions in underground coal mines

A high level of knowledge is now available in the extremely relevant field of underground gas emissions from coal mines. However, there are still tasks seeking improved solutions, such as prediction of gas emissions, choice of the most suitable panel design, extension of predrainage systems, further optimization of postdrainage systems, options for the control of gas emissions during retreat mining operations, and prevention of gas outbursts. Research results on these most important topics are presented and critically evaluated. Methods to predict gas emissions for disturbed and undisturbed longwall faces are presented. Prediction of the worked seam gas emission and the gas emission from headings are also mentioned but not examined in detail. The ventilation requirements are derived from the prediction results and in combination with gas drainage the best distribution of available air currents is planned. The drainage of the gas from the worked coal seam, also referred to as predrainage, can be performed without application of suction only by over or underworking the seam. But in cases where this simple method is not applicable or not effective enough, inseam-boreholes are needed to which suction is applied for a relatively long time. The reason for this is the low permeability of deep coal seams in Europe. The main influences on the efficiency of the different degasing methods are explained. Conventional gas drainage employing cross measure boreholes is still capable of improvement, in terms of drilling and equipment as well as the geometrical borehole parameters and the operation of the overall system. Improved control of gas emissions at the return end of retreating faces can be achieved by installation of gas drainage systems based on drainage roadways or with long and large diameter boreholes. The back-return method can be operated safely only with great difficulty, if at all. Another method is lean-gas drainage from the goaf. The gas outburst situation in Germany is characterized by events predominantly in the form of ‘nonclassical' outbursts categorized as ‘sudden liberation of significant quantities of gas'. Recent research results in this field led to a classification of these phenomena into five categories, for which suitable early detection and prevention measures are mentioned.