We have studied the chemical zoning of plagioclase phenocrysts from the slow-spreading Mid-Atlantic Ridge and the intermediate-spreading
rate Costa Rica Rift to obtain the time scales of magmatic processes beneath these ridges. The anorthite content, Mg, and
Sr in plagioclase phenocrysts from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge can be interpreted as recording initial crystallisation from a primitive
magma (~11 wt% MgO) in an open system. This was followed by crystal accumulation in a mush zone and later entrainment of crystals
into the erupted magma. The initial magma crystallised plagioclase more anorthitic than those in equilibrium with any erupted
basalt. Evidence that the crystals accumulated in a mush zone comes from both: (1) plagioclase rims that were in equilibrium
with a Sr-poor melt requiring extreme differentiation; and (2) different crystals found in the same thin section having different
histories. Diffusion modelling shows that crystal residence times in the mush were <140 years, whereas the interval between
mush disaggregation and eruption was ≤1.5 years. Zoning of anorthite content and Mg in plagioclase phenocrysts from the Costa
Rica Rift show that they partially or completely equilibrated with a MgO-rich melt (>11 wt%). Partial equilibration in some
crystals can be modelled as starting <1 year prior to eruption but for others longer times are required for complete equilibration.
This variety of times is most readily explained if the mixing occurred in a mush zone. None of the plagioclase phenocrysts
from the Costa Rica Rift that we studied have Mg contents in equilibrium with their host basalt even at their rims, requiring
mixing into a much more evolved magma within days of eruption. In combination these observations suggest that at both intermediate-
and slow-spreading ridges: (1) the chemical environment to which crystals are exposed changes on annual to decadal time scales;
(2) plagioclase crystals record the existence of melts unlike those erupted; and (3) disaggregation of crystal mush zones
appears to precede eruption, providing an efficient mechanism by which evolved interstitial melt can be mixed into erupted
basalts. 相似文献
Abstract— We report the first production of non‐mass‐dependently fractionated silicate smokes from the gas phase at room temperature from a stream of silane and/or pentacarbonyl iron in a molecular hydrogen (or helium) flow mixed with molecular oxygen (or nitrous oxide). The smokes were formed at the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) at total pressures of just under 100 Torr in an electrical discharge powered by a Tesla coil, were collected from the surfaces of the copper electrodes after each experiment and sent to the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) for oxygen isotopic analysis. Transmission electron microscopy studies of the smokes show that they grew in the gas phase rather than on the surfaces of the electrodes. We hypothesize at least two types of fractionation processes occurred during formation of the solids: a mass‐dependent process that made isotopically lighter oxides compared to our initial oxygen gas composition followed by a mass‐independent process that produced oxides enriched in 17O and 18O. The maximum Δ17O observed is + 4.7‰ for an iron oxide produced in flowing hydrogen, using O2 as the oxidant. More typical displacements are 1–2‰ above the equilibrium fractionation line. The chemical reaction mechanisms that yield these smokes are still under investigation. 相似文献
Systematic and random error and their growth rate and different components of growth rate budget in energy/variance form are
investigated at wavenumber domain for medium range tropical (30‡S-30‡N) weather forecast using daily horizontal wind field
of 850 hPa up to 5-day forecast for the month of June, 2000 of NCEP (MRF) model. Part I of this paper deals with the study
at physical domain. The following are the major findings in this paper:
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•Tropical systematic error is associated with large scale wave of wavenumber 2, unlike the tropical random error, in which
case dominant spectra of random error are observed at higher spectral band of wavenumbers 4–7 in comparison to that of systematic
error.
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•Systematic error growth rate peak is observed at wavenumber 2 up to 4-day forecast then the peak is shifted to wavenumber
1 at 5-day forecast. Random error energy shows maximum growth at wavenumber 4 for 2-day forecast, wavenumber 6 for 3–4 day
forecasts and at wavenumber 7 for 1-day and 5-day forecasts.
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•In the error growth rate budget, flux of systematic error shows the net increase of error energy at wavenumber 1 through
the triad interactions with the pairs of waves of other wavenumbers. Flux and pure generation of random error energy are found
to be accumulated at wavenumber 4. Resolving the possible triads in wavenumber 4 associated with these terms, it is shown
that the wave receives more energy from the pairs of waves of different wavenumbers than it loses, leading to the error energy
peak at wavenumber 4. However, the significant triad interaction occurs among the wavenumber 2 and higher wavenumbers in systematic
error energy flux.
The Gondwana basins of peninsular India are traditionally considered as extensional-rift basins due to the overwhelming evidence
of fault-controlled synsedimentary subsidence. These basins indeed originated under a bulk extensional tectonic regime, due
to failure of the attenuated crust along pre-existing zones of weakness inherited from Precambrian structural fabrics. However,
disposition of the basins and their structural architecture indicate that the kinematics of all the basins cannot be extensional.
To maintain kinematic compatibility with other basins as well as the bulk lateral extension, some basins ought to be of strike-slip
origin. The disposition, shape and structural architecture of the Satpura basin, central India suggest that the basin could
be a pull-apart basin that developed above a releasing jog of a left-stepping strike-slip fault system defined by the Son-Narmada
south fault and Tapti north fault in consequence to sinistral displacement along WSW-ENE. Development of a sedimentary basin
under the above-mentioned kinematic condition was simulated in model experiments with sandpack. The shape, relative size,
stratigraphic and structural architecture of the experimental basin tally with that of the Satpura basin. The experimental
results also provide insights into the tectono-sedimentary evolution of the Satpura basin in particular and pull-apart basins
in general. 相似文献
Summary Hindcasts for the Indian summer monsoons (ISMs) of 2002 and 2003 have been produced from an ensemble of numerical simulations
performed with a global model by changing SST. Two sets of ensemble simulations have been produced without vegetation: (i)
by prescribing the weekly observed SST from ECMWF (European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting) analyses, and (ii)
by adding weekly SST anomalies (SSTA) of April to the climatological SST during the simulation period from May to August.
For each ensemble, 10 simulations have been realized with different initial conditions that are prepared from ECMWF data with
five each from April and May analyses of both the years. The predicted June–July monsoon rainfall over the Indian region shows
good agreement with the GPCP (observed) pentad rainfall distribution when 5 member ensemble is taken from May initial conditions.
The All-India June–July simulated rainfall time series matches favourably with the observed time series in both the years
for the five member ensemble from May initial condition but drifts away from observation with April initial conditions. This
underscores the role of initial conditions in the seasonal forecasting. But the model has failed to capture the strong intra-seasonal
oscillation in July 2002. Heating over equatorial Indian Ocean for June 2002 in a particular experiment using 29th May 12
GMT as initial conditions shows some intra-seasonal oscillation in July 2002 rainfall, as in observation. Further evaluation
of the seasonal simulations from this model is done by calculating the empirical orthogonal functions (EOFs) of the GPCP rainfall
over India. The first four EOFs explain more than 80% of the total variance of the observed rainfall. The time series of expansion
coefficients (principal components), obtained by projecting on the observed EOFs, provide a better framework for inter-comparing
model simulations and their evaluation with observed data. The main finding of this study is that the All-India rainfall from
various experiments with prescribed SST is better predicted on seasonal scale as compares to prescribed SST anomalies. This
is indicative of a possible useful seasonal forecasts from a GCM at least for the case when monsoon is going to be good. The
model responses do not differ much for 2002 and 2003 since the evolution of SST during these years was very similar, hence
July rainfall seems to be largely modulated by the other feedbacks on the overall circulation. 相似文献
Summary A shallow and short-lived subsynoptic cyclone is discussed as one of typical events causing natural disasters over Saudi Arabia
on 5 January 2002 using the Japan Meteorological Agency global analysis dataset. The main cause for its formation was vorticity
stretching. On the same day widespread rainfall over Saudi Arabia with enhanced precipitation over the mountainous Jeddah
region was also observed using the Global Precipitation Climatology Project dataset. Owing to eastward-moving wintertime synoptic-scale
Mediterranean disturbances, this rainfall was associated with frontal activity, modified by the local orography. 相似文献
We present new experimental data on Mg tracer diffusion in oriented single crystals of forsterite (Fo100) and San Carlos olivine (Fo92) between 1000–1300° C. The activation energies of diffusion are found to be 400 (±60) kJ/mol (96 kcal/mol) and 275 (±25) kJ/mol (65 kcal/ mol) in forsterite and San Carlos olivine, respectively, along [001] at a fO2 of 10–12 bars. There is no change in activation energy of Mg tracer diffusion within this temperature range. Mg tracer diffusion in a nominally pure forsterite is found to be anisotropic (Dc > Da > D b) and a function of fO2. This fO2 dependence is different from that in olivine containing Fe as a major element, which suggests that the diffusion mechanism of Mg in forsterite is different from that in Fe-bearing olivine at least over some range of fO2. The diffusion mechanism in nominally pure forsterites may involve impurities present below the limits of detection or alternately, Si or Fe3+ interstitial defects, Fe being present as impurity (ppm level) in forsterite. Pressure dependence of Mg tracer diffusivity in forsterite measured to 10 GPa in a multianvil apparatus yields an activation volume of approximately 1–3.5 cm3/ mol. It is found that presence of small amounts of hydrogen bearing species in the atmosphere during diffusion anneal (fH2 0.2 bars, fH20 0.24 bars) do not affect Mg tracer diffusion in forsterite within the resolution of our measurement at a total pressure of 1 bar. The observed diffusion process is shown to be extrinsic; hence extrapolation of the diffusion data to lower temperatures should not be plagued by uncertainties related to change of diffusion mechanism from intrinsic to extrinsic. 相似文献
The Permian Barakar Formation in the Mohpani coalfield, Satpura Gondwana basin, is composed of three broad lithologies that occur repetitively and are iterdigitated: (1) several metres thick coarse- to medium-grained sandstone bodies with scoured bases, (2) 5-20 m thick medium- to fine-grained sandstone bodies and (3) 5-20 m thick mudstone-dominated packages with variable proportions of centimetre- to decimetre-scale, fine- to medium-grained sandstone, carbonaceous shale and coal. The Barakar strata were previously interpreted as deposits of braided rivers and associated inter-channel flood basin in a continental setting. However, this study recognizes signatures of tidal current from the mudstone-dominated packages implying marine influence during Barakar sedimentation.
The mudstone-dominated sediment bodies are the focus of this paper and comprise of three lithofacies that bear imprints of tidal processes during Barakar sedimentation: (1) heterolith, (2) sandstone, and (3) coal-carbonaceous shale, which alternate with one another within individual bodies. The heterolithic facies show interlayering of sandstone and claystone resembling flaser, wavy and lenticular bedding, as well as pinstripe stratification. Successive sandstone-mudstone couplets indicate periodic waxing and waning of flows. Within individual heterolithic packages, the sandstone:claystone ratio along with the bedding style, varies cyclically upwards giving rise to alternate sandstone-dominated and claystone-dominated intervals suggesting tidal velocity fluctuation reflective of spring-neap lunar cycle. Thickness plots of successive sand-mud couplets also reveal cyclic variation with a conspicuous periodicity of around 12 couplets per cycle, which corroborates the spring-neap-spring (or neap-spring-neap) lunar cycle. Presence of abundant desiccation cracks indicates periodic emergence and points towards an intertidal setting. The sandstone facies is characterized by a variety of wave-generated features such as bundled and chevron upbuilding of lamina, bi-directional foreset orientations, offshooting and draping laminae, scour-and-drape feature, swollen lens-like geometries suggesting their emplacement under storm-induced combined-flow on the tidal-flat. The coal-carbonaceous shale facies represent supratidal marsh environment. 相似文献