A. Morris   《Tectonophysics》2003,377(1-2):211

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H. Sommer  A. Kröner  C. Hauzenberger  S. Muhongo  M. T. D. Wingate 《Journal of Metamorphic Geology》2003,21(9):915-934

New data on the metamorphic petrology and zircon geochronology of high‐grade rocks in the central Mozambique Belt (MB) of Tanzania show that this part of the orogen consists of Archean and Palaeoproterozoic material that was structurally reworked during the Pan‐African event. The metamorphic rocks are characterized by a clockwise P–T path, followed by strong decompression, and the time of peak granulite facies metamorphism is similar to other granulite terranes in Tanzania. The predominant rock types are mafic to intermediate granulites, migmatites, granitoid orthogneisses and kyanite/sillimanite‐bearing metapelites. The meta‐granitoid rocks are of calc‐alkaline composition, range in age from late Archean to Neoproterozoic, and their protoliths were probably derived from magmatic arcs during collisional processes. Mafic to intermediate granulites consist of the mineral assemblage garnet–clinopyroxene–plagioclase–quartz–biotite–amphibole ± K‐feldspar ± orthopyroxene ± oxides. Metapelites are composed of garnet‐biotite‐plagioclase ± K‐feldspar ± kyanite/sillimanite ± oxides. Estimated values for peak granulite facies metamorphism are 12–13 kbar and 750–800 °C. Pressures of 5–8 kbar and temperatures of 550–700 °C characterize subsequent retrogression to amphibolite facies conditions. Evidence for a clockwise P–T path is provided by late growth of sillimanite after kyanite in metapelites. Zircon ages indicate that most of the central part of the MB in Tanzania consists of reworked ancient crust as shown by Archean (c. 2970–2500 Ma) and Palaeoproterozoic (c. 2124–1837 Ma) protolith ages. Metamorphic zircon from metapelites and granitoid orthogneisses yielded ages of c. 640 Ma which are considered to date peak regional granulite facies metamorphism during the Pan‐African orogenic event. However, the available zircon ages for the entire MB in East Africa and Madagascar also document that peak metamorphic conditions were reached at different times in different places. Large parts of the MB in central Tanzania consist of Archean and Palaeoproterozoic material that was reworked during the Pan‐African event and that may have been part of the Tanzania Craton and Usagaran domain farther to the west.  相似文献   

    

Eduard A. Koster 《GeoJournal》2000,51(3):274-275

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Stephen P. Carter  Donald A. Davidson 《Geoarchaeology》2000,15(5):499-502

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Comment on “Outbreak of enteroviruses and groundwater contamination in Taiwan: concept of biomedical hydrogeology” (Jean 1999) – A question of barriers and epidemiology     

P. Gale  C. Young  K. Lewin 《Hydrogeology Journal》2000,8(3):348-349

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D.O. Olago  F.A. Street-Perrott  R.A. Perrott  M. Ivanovich  D.D. Harkness 《Journal of African Earth Sciences》2000,30(4):1113

In this paper, a sequence of five Late Quaternary tephras occurring as discrete, well-preserved horizons in lake sediments on the northeastern flank of Mount Kenya are characterised and their ages determined by a combination of high-resolution indirect radiocarbon dating and direct dating. The grain size characteristics suggest that the tephras are of fairly local origin. These Na---K-rich alkali pyroclasts with a trachytic chemical composition have a highly correlated chemistry and mineralogy, suggesting that they were probably derived from the same genetic series and possibly erupted from a single source vent. Morphological differences are attributed to the peculiar characteristics of each eruption episode. The magma source was probably a small, highly differentiated magma chamber following the olivine basalt-trachyandesite-trachyte-phonolite series, which broadly reflects the Quaternary rock suite of Mount Kenya.  相似文献   

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Michael A. Phedorin  Evgeny L. Goldberg  Vladislav A. Bobrov  Oleg M. Khlystov  Michael A. Grachev 《Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research》2000,24(2):217-226

A new technique for the determination of uranium and thorium in lacustrine sediments is based on non-destructive synchrotron radiation X-ray fluorescence analysis (SR-XRF) of sediment samples using monochromatic beams of different energies as excitation sources, with the recording and subsequent iterative processing of the X-ray fluorescence spectra. The technique has a multielement capability and enables fast, simultaneous analysis of a few tens of elements. The proposed SR-XRF technique was tested against INAA and ICP-MS methods and showed a number of advantages with a generally good correlation of results by the three methods. Uranium and Th profiles have been measured at a time resolution of 2 kyr in a drill core (BDP-96) from Lake Baikal bottom sediments deposited between 780 and 40 kyr B P. During this time span, peaks in the U and U/Th concentration marked warm climates. Oscillations of U and U/Th in Baikal bottom sediments during the Brunhes chron reflect climate-induced global change in the volume of polar ice, controlled by long-term cyclicity of the Earths orbital parameters. The response of these warm periods is similar to that observed earlier in shorter cores that span the two last interglacials (220-0 kyr BP).  相似文献   

    

Kenneth B. Raposa  Candace A. Oviatt 《Estuaries and Coasts》2000,23(1):46-55

Three factors affecting the structure of nekton communities 9fishes and decapod crustaceans) in eelgrass beds were identified and evaluated: contiguous shoreline type, distance from shore, and macrophyte biomass. Throw traps (1 m²) were used to sample eelgrass nekton at seven locations in Great South Bay (New York, U.S.) along Fire Island National Seashore from May through October 1995. Abundances ofGobiosoma ginsburgi, Apeltes quadracus, andOpsanus tau were significantly higher in eelgrass beds adjacent to salt marshes.Menidia menidia, Syngnathus fuscus, Pseudopleuronectes americanus, andPalaemonetes pugio were significantly more abundant in eelgrass adjacent to beaches. Regression analyses indicated thatSyngnathus fuscus, Pseudopleuronectes americanus, andAnguilla rostrata abundances were positively related to eelgrass biomass, andApeltes quadracus andGobiosoma ginsburgi abundances were highest at moderate levels of macroalgae biomass. The distance of an eelgrass bed from shore was also important. Species generally associated with salt marshes (Fundulus heteroclitus, Cyprinodon variegatus, Lucania parva, andPalaemonetes pugio) were more abundant in eelgrass near the marsh shore. Abundances ofApeltes quadracus, Syngnathus fuscus, Menidia menidia, Hippolyte pleuracanthus, andCrangon septemspinosa increased with distance from the shoreline. Shoreline type, distance from shore, and macrophyte biomass appear to affect the abundance and distribution of some nekton species. The effect of shoreline type may be related to the distribution of macrophyte biomass; the biomasses of eelgrass and macroalgae were significantly higher along beach and marsh shorelines, respectively. Explaining within-habitat variability and identifying microhabitat preferences for nekton will aid in the proper design of future studies and habitat restoration efforts.  相似文献   

    

L. D. Akulenko  S. A. Kumakshev  Yu. G. Markov  L. V. Rykhlova 《Astronomy Reports》2002,46(1):74-82

Refined analytical expressions for the frequencies corresponding to the Chandler motion of the pole and the diurnal rotation of the deformable Earth are derived. Numerical estimates of the period and amplitude of the polar oscillations are presented. The trajectory of the Chandler polar motion derived via numerical modeling is in qualitative and quantitative agreement with experimental data from the International Earth Rotation Service (IERS). An evolutionary model describing slow variations in the Earth’s rotation parameters under the action of the dissipative moments of the tidal gravitational forces on time scales considerably longer than the precession period of the Earth’s axis is constructed. The axis of the Earth’s figure tends to approach the angular momentum vector of the proper rotation.  相似文献   

    

Said A. El-Nisr  Mohamed M. El-Sayed 《Chemie der Erde / Geochemistry》2002,62(3):216-236

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