RECOVERY AND CLASSIFICATION OF THIRTY NEW METEORITES FROM ROOSEVELT COUNTY,NEW MEXICO

We report the discovery and classification of 30 new meteorites found in or close to Roosevelt County, New Mexico, including two H3 chondrites and a ureilite; the others are equilibrated ordinary chondrites. Over 160 meteorites representing at least 100 different falls have been recovered from this region, mostly from wind blowout areas. As in Antarctica, small specimens predominate and irons, achondrites and C and E chondrites are rare. Paired specimens are also very difficult to identify.     

Peak Horizontal-to-Vertical Acceleration Ratio and Local Amplification of Strong Ground Motion

Residuals of the peak horizontal acceleration for site-independent attenuation relations are shown to have weak positive correlation with the average observed peak horizontal/vertical acceleration ratio (q) at the recording site. This ratio systematically increases as the hardness of the soil decreases. Taking the average observed q at the recording station into account reduces the scatter of data slightly in fitting the assumed peak acceleration attenuation law. If the soil classification of the data is available, soil dependence is found to be weaker if the data are corrected for the effect of q prior to regression. This correction reduced the mean value of q = 1.85 for the Dinarides area to q = 1.52, which, on the average, is characteristic of rock sites.     

Denitrification and the stoichiometry of nutrient regeneration in Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts

To determine the removal of regenerated nitrogen by estuarine sediments, we compared sediment N₂ fluxes to the stoichiometry of nutrient and O₂ fluxes in cores collected in the Childs River, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The difference between the annual PO₄ ³⁻ (0.2 mol P m⁻² yr⁻¹) and NH₄ ⁺ (1.6 mol N m⁻² yr⁻¹) flux and the Redfield N∶P ratio of 16 suggested an annual deficit of 1.5 mol N m⁻² yr⁻¹. Denitrification predicted from O₂∶NH₄ ⁺ flux ratios and measured as N₂ flux suggested a nitrogen sink of roughly the same magnitude (1.4 mol N m⁻² yr⁻¹). Denitrification accounted for low N∶P ratios of benthic flux and removed 32–37% of nitrogen inputs entering the relatively highly nutrient loaded Childs River, despite a relatively brief residence time for freshwater in this system. Uptake of bottom water nitrate could only supply a fraction of the observed N₂ flux. Removal of regenerated nitrogen by denitrification in this system appears to vary seasonally. Denitrification efficiency was inversely correlated with oxygen and ammonium flux and was lowest in summer. We investigated the effect of organic matter on denitrification by simulating phytoplankton deposition to cores incubated in the lab and by deploying chambers on bare and macroaglae covered sediments in the field. Organic matter addition to sediments increased N₂ flux and did not alter denitrification efficiency. Increased N₂ flux co-varied with O₂ and NH₄ ⁺ fluxes. N₂ flux (261±60 μmol m⁻² h⁻¹) was lower in chambers deployed on macroalgal beds than deployed on bare sediments (458±70 μmol m⁻² h⁻¹), and O₂ uptake rate was higher in chambers deployed on macroalgal beds (14.6±2.2 mmol m⁻² h⁻¹) than on bare sediments (9.6±1.5 mmol m⁻² h⁻¹). Macroalgal cover, which can retain nitrogen in the system, is a link between nutrient loading and denitrification. Decreased denitrification due to increasing macroalgal cover could create a positive feedback because decreasing denitrification would increase nitrogen availability and could increase macroalgae cover.     

Simple procedure for quantification of the gravitational stress field in fractured hard rock massifs

In this paper, a quantitative procedure for evaluating the gravitational stress field in a hard rock massif is presented, using only a geological hammer and compass. Using the orientation of the fracture planes and their statistical distribution, a method for calculating of the tendency of the fractures to reactivate under gravitational load is proposed, based on Coulomb failure criterion. The method is applicable for assessing the most stable layout of the underground excavations and for evaluating the geometry of the stress field at a point during the initial stage of rock failure.     

Seiches induced by storms in the English Channel

Investigation of an extreme storm surge event revealed the presence of an oscillation in sea level with a period of 2-6 h. The English Channel is well known for its quarter- and sixth-diurnal tides, and it was expected that these oscillations were simply the result of tide-surge interactions. However, results of model experiments permitted the reproduction of oscillations from wind forcing alone. The forcing used was from an extreme wind event in December 1989. In this article we describe these oscillations, and in particular their spatial characteristics. It is shown that the dominant response is a transverse mode of the English Channel, with minimum amplitude in the central Channel and maximum amplitude in the Baie de Seine and the Golfe de St Malo.     

Precipitation of electrons after geomagnetic substorms

Summary Precipitating electrons E_e>10 keV and E_e>30 keV and protons E_p=150 to 300 keV are analyzed using data obtained from the low-altitude polar-orbiting satellite Interkozmos-17 after the magnetic storm of December 2, 1977. On December 3, an isolated substrom occurred, and strong electron precipitation was observed in the midnigt sector, while the sequence of substorms of December 5 expanded its longitudinal extent from 22 MLT through the morning to 12 MLT. The different character of the precipitation, in the two cases mentioned, is discussed in relation to the changes of conditions for the generation of cyclotron instability as well as to the effect of particle injection. Proton precipitation occurred only in the night sector, most probably just inside the plasmapause.

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Seismic zoning map of Czechoslovakia — version 1987

Summary A new version of the seismic zoning map of Czechoslovakia is presented mainly for use with the revised Building Code SN 730 036 (Seismic Loads on Buildings). In principle, the map contains the expected maximum intensities according to the macroseismic scale MSK-64. The map is based on all historical macroseismic observations in Czechoslovakia, as well as on models of macroseismic fields. The assessment of expected intensities has also been completed by a seismotectonic analysis. It is not feasible to relate the map to a particular time interval, i.e. to estimate the probability of expected maximum intensities, because of the unknown recurrence of extreme events on the territory of Czechoslovakia.

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热处理低温钠长石的EPR和X射线衍射研究

利用电子顺磁共振(EPR)和X射线衍射方法研究了天然和热处理钠长石单晶。热处理在500—850℃水热条件下完成。在外加磁场B平行于晶体c~*轴的方向上,测量了加热前后Fe~(3+)的EPR谱和线宽△B随温度和加热时间的变化。结果显示,线宽随Al、Si无序的增大而增加。由此得出结论,在低温钠长石中,Fe~(3+)位于Al~(3+)占据的T_1(o)位置,在被研究的温度范围内,Fe~(3+)未参与四面体位置T间Al、Si交换。谱线的加宽主要是由在Fe~(3+)邻近位置上Al、Si无序的增大引起的,同时与观测到的晶胞参数变化有关。在Al、Si无序更强的晶体中,Fe~(3+)谱变得极宽。