Diagenetic evolution of the volcaniclastic deposits: an example from Neoproterozoic Dokhan Volcanics in Wadi Queih basin,central Eastern Desert,Egypt

Wadi Queih basin hosts a ～2,500-m thick Neoproterozoic volcanoclastic successions that unconformably lie over the oldest Precambrian basement. These successions were deposited in alluvial fan, fluviatile, lacustrine, and aeolian depositional environments. Diagenetic minerals from these volcaniclastic successions were studied by X-ray diffractometry, scanning electron microscopy, and analytical electron microscopy. The diagenetic processes recognized include mechanical compaction, cementation, and dissolution. Based on the framework grain–cement relationships, precipitation of the early calcite cement was either accompanied or followed by the development of part of the pore-lining and pore-filling clay cements. Secondary porosity development occurred due to partial to complete dissolution of early calcite cement and feldspar grains. In addition to calcite, several different clay minerals including kaolinite, illite, and chlorite with minor smectite occur as pore-filling and pore-lining cements. Chlorite coating grains helps to retain primary porosity by retarding the envelopment of quartz overgrowths. Clay minerals and their diagenetic assemblages has been distinguished between primary volcaniclastics directly produced by pyroclastic eruptions and epiclastic volcaniclastics derived from erosion of the pre-existing volcanic rocks. Phyllosilicates of the epiclastic rocks display wider compositional variations owing to wide variations in the mineralogical and chemical compositions of the parent material. Most of the phyllosilicates (kaolinite, illite, chlorite, mica, and smectite) are inherited minerals derived from the erosion of the volcanic basement complex, which had undergone hydrothermal alteration. Smectites of the epiclastic rocks are beidellite–montmorillonite derived from the altered volcanic materials of the sedimentary environment. Conversely, phyllosilicate minerals of the pyroclastic rocks are dominated by kaolinite, illite, and mica, which were formed by pedogenetic processes through the hydrothermal influence.     

Time dependent chemical study of contracting interstellar clouds. III. the charge distribution in interstellar clouds

We have constructed a chemical reaction model in a contracting interstellar cloud including 104 species which are involved in a network of 557 reactions. The chemical kinetic equations were integrated as a function of time by using gear package. The evolution of the system was followed in the density range 10–10⁷ particles cm^-3.The calculated fractional abundances of the charged species are in good agreement with those given by other investigators. The charge density has been followed in diffuse, intermediate and dense regions. The most dominant ionic species are metallic ions, HCO⁺ and H ₃ ⁺ in the shielded regions and atomic ions H⁺, C⁺, Si⁺, He⁺, S⁺ and metal ions in the diffuse and intermediate regions. The abundances of negatively charged ions were found to be negligible. The results of the calculations on the different metallic ions are interpreted.     

A Tortonian onset for the Algerian margin inversion: Evidence from low‐temperature thermochronology

In North Africa, the Algerian margin is made of basement blocks that drifted away from the European margin, namely the Kabylia, and docked to the African continental crust in the Early Miocene. This young margin is now inverted, as dated Miocene (17 Ma) granites outcrop alongshore, evidencing kilometre‐scale exhumation since their emplacement. Age of inversion is actually unknown, although Pliocene is often considered in the offshore domain. To decipher the exhumation history of the margin between 17 and 5 Ma, we performed a coupled apatite fission track (AFT) and (U–Th–Sm)/He (AHe) study in the Cap Bougaroun Miocene granite. AFT dates range between 7 ± 1 and 10 ± 1 Ma, and mean AHe dates between 8 ± 2 and 10 ± 1 Ma. These data evidence rapid and multi‐kilometre exhumation during Tortonian times. This event cannot be related to slab break‐off but instead to the onset of margin inversion that has since developed as an in‐sequence north‐verging deforming prism.     

Time dependent chemical study of contracting interstellar clouds. I. Abundances of nitrogen- and carbon-bearing molecules

We have constructed a reaction system containing the chemical families of H, C, O, N, S, Si, Cl, metals (Me) and grains. A total of 104 species have been included and a network of 557 reactions has been studied. The chemical kinetic equations were integrated as a function of time by using gear program. The chemical reaction system was followed at low, intermediate and high cloud densities i.e. from 10–10⁷ particles cm^-3. The calculated fractional abundances of N₂, CN, HCN, and CH which are in good agreement with the results of observations and with those of previous theoretical studies.     

The rosseland mean opacity of interstellar grains

We have calculated the opacity of interstellar grains in the temperature range 10–1500 K. Two composite grain models have been considered. One of them consists of silicate coated with an ice mantle and the second has a graphite core coated also with an ice mantle. These models are compared with isolated grain models. An exact analytical and computational development of Güttler's formulae for composite grain models has been used to calculate the extinction coefficient.It has been found that the thickness of the mantle affects the opacity of the interstellar grains. The opacity of composite models differs from that of the isolated models. The effect of the different species (ice, silicate, and graphite) is also clear.     

Detection and forecast of climate change effect on siltation using copulas

Theoretical and Applied Climatology - Being a subject of a worldwide growing importance, climate change and its impact on future water-management-solutions have become crucial to the planet’s...     

An objective Bayesian analysis of the change point problem

The Bayesian literature on the change point problem deals with the inference of a change in the distribution of a set of time-ordered data based on a sample of fixed size. This is the so-called retrospective or off-line analysis of the change point problem. A related but different problem is that of the sequential change point detection, mainly analyzed from a frequentist viewpoint. While the former typically focuses on the estimation of the position in which the change point occurs, the latter is a testing problem which has a natural formulation as a Bayesian model selection problem. In this paper we provide such a Bayesian formulation, which generalizes previous formulations such as the well-known CUSUM stopping rule. We show that the conventional improper priors (also called non-informative, objective or default), cannot be used either for sequential detection of the change or for retrospective estimation. Then, we propose objective intrinsic prior distributions for the unknown model parameters. The normal and Poisson cases are studied in detail and examples with simulated and real data are provided.