Surface sealing as influenced by slope angle and position of simulated stones in the top layer of loose sediments

The influence of five different slope angles and two different positions of simulated stones in the top layer of a sandy and a silty sediment on surface sealing intensity is examined in the laboratory. Sealing intensity is assessed by studying changes of percolation rate through a sediment layer with simulated rainfall duration and by measuring cohesion of the 5 mm thick upper sediment layer, a measure of seal strength, by means of a torvane. Slope has a negative influence on sealing intensity. For a constant per cent of simulated stone cover, sealing intensity is lowest in the case of stones placed on the sediment surface compared to the case of stones pushed into the surface layer. Explanations for these findings are given and some implications are further discussed.     

Etude des Déformations et Inclinaisons du Sous-sol: Développements Instrumentaux et Applications dans la Région Sismique d’Arette,France

We present a modified version of a tilt and strain meter conceived to have great sensibility and good stability. These instruments were deployed in a cave at the seismic Pyrenean region of Arette (France). We set in evidence several types of phenomena, of which deformations brought about by water recharge filling up fissures on the massif are of importance. Owing to the redundance in the data, the study of the co-seismic deformations allows one to separate instrumental displacements and local readjustments from regional motions.     

From subduction to transform motion: a seabeam survey of the Hellenic trench system

Preliminary results of a multi-narrow beam survey of the Hellenic trench system, in the Eastern Mediterranean, are presented. The southwestern Ionian branch is divided in small basins, partly filled with Pleistocene sediments. The morphology suggests that the basins are deformed by a compressional stress acting roughly perpendicularly to the trench along N50°E. This direction is the direction of the regional slip vector of the shallow thrust-type earthquakes. The structure of the southeastern Pliny-Strabo branch is quite different. Narrow en-e´chelon slots, oriented N40°E, have been mapped within the main troughs oriented N60°E. The regional earthquake slip vector is also oriented along N40°E. We conclude that the Hellenic trench system is an active subduction system, dominated by thrust along the Ionian branch and by transform motion along the Pliny-Strabo branch.     

The Néel transition and magnetic properties of terrestrial,synthetic, and lunar ilmenites

The magnetic susceptibility of a terrestrial, synthetic and lunar ilmenite specimen has been measured from 4 to 300 K. All specimens had a single Néel temperature transition which ranged from 56 to 57.7 K. In one case the powdered specimen was partially aligned in the magnetic field prior to the susceptibility measurements and the Néel transition was observed to shift to 60 K indicating magnetic anisotropy. A study of several magnetic parameters calculated from the experimental data showed gross impurities in the terrestrial specimen, single-domain to multi-domain metallic iron in the synthetic specimen, and a small amount of superparamagnetic metallic iron in the lunar sample. No multidomain iron was observed in the lunar ilmenite. The results of electron spin resonance measurements were also in general agreement with these findings. Because of the absence of Fe³⁺ compared to most terrestrial samples it is suggested that the anisotropic magnetic parameters be determined on lunar ilmenite when a large enough single crystal becomes available.     

87Rb-86Sr age of rocks from the Apollo 15 landing site and significance of internal isochrons

Internal isochrons for two Apollo 15 rocks give an age of(3.34 ± 0.09)and(3.46 ± 0.04) × 10⁹ years with an identical⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr initial ratio of 0.69928. Considering the possibility for the line obtained in a⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr,⁸⁷Rb/⁸⁶Sr diagram to be a mixing line, the significance of these results are discussed.     

Présentation d'un capteur classeur de particules à lame unique et d'un capteur absolu permettant de l'étalonner

Résumé Dans le capteur monolame à un seul jet proposé ici, l'air est projeté obliquement sur la lame de verre en amont du jet; ce capteur permet ainsi d'obtenir un prélèvement de particules classées suivant leurs dimensions sur une grande surface d'une seule lame. Par ailleurs ce capteur, en plexiglas, permet de surveiller la lame en cours de prélèvement. Les coefficients de captation pour des gouttelettes de différentes dimensions ont été déterminés en comparant les prélèvements obtenus avec le capteur monolame à ceux obtenus avec un capteur à deux jets identiques en série, réalisé afin de permettre un comptage de toutes les gouttelettes déposées sur les parois intérieures. On a de la même façon déterminé les coefficients de captation d'un cascade impactor. Les coefficients du capteur monolame et du cascade impactor sont trouvés assez peu différents, et leurs valeurs restent comprises entre 40 et 86% pour des gouttelettes de 1 à 30 de rayon. Enfin un paragraphe de cette communication indique comment peut être utilisé le capteur monolame lors de prélèvements dans un nuage.

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Summary In the monoslide and monojet impactor here proposed, the air is obliquely projected on the slide, up the jet; thus this impactor gives samples of particles classified according to their sizes on a large surface of only one slide. On another way, this impactor, made of plexiglas, allows the supervision of the slide during the sampling. The different size droplets sampling coefficients have been determined by comparison of samples obtained with an impactor having two identical jets in series, this impactor being realized in order to permit a counting of all the droplets settled in the interior walls. On the same way the sampling coefficients of a cascade impactor have been determined. The monoslide impactor coefficients and these of the cascade impactor have been found nearly identical and their values remain included between 40 and 86% for 1 to 30 radius droplets. Lastly a paragraph of this paper shows how the monoslide impactor can be used when sampling in a cloud.