Studies related to satellite thermal control: Measurements of earth-reflected sunlight and stability of thermal-control coatings

As part of a study of satellite thermal control, data were obtained on earth-reflected solar radiation and on the stability of thermal-control coatings. The intensity distribution of incoming solar radiation to earth was found to be shifted toward the ultraviolet region upon reflection by the atmosphere. As a result of the shift, the intensity of reflected radiation reaches a maximum in the near ultraviolet. At shorter wavelengths in the ultraviolet region, the intensity drops sharply to zero as a result of absorption of incoming radiation by ozone in the upper atmosphere. Comparisons of calculated intensity distributions with measured distributions for two different atmospheric conditions gave good agreement, except at the shorter ultraviolet wavelengths where the calculations did not adequately include the effect of ozone absorption. Measurements of stability of thermal-control coatings showed a lower degradation rate of white paints than was obtained on other flight experiments flown outside of the protective influence of earth's magnetosphere. The differences in degradation rate were much larger than expected, indicating that further study is required in the development of white coatings for spacecraft thermal control.     

A pollution history of Chesapeake Bay

Present day anthropogenic fluxes of some heavy metals to central Chesapeake Bay appear to be intermediate to those of the southern California coastal region and those of Narragansett Bay. The natural fluxes, however, are in general higher. On the bases of Pb-210 and Pu-239 + 240 geochronologies and of the time changes in interstitial water compositions, there is a mixing of the upper 30 or so centimeters of the sediments in the mid-Chesapeake Bay area through bioturbation by burrowing mollusks and polychaetes. Coal, coke and charcoal levels reach one percent or more by dry weight in the deposits, primarily as a consequence of coal mining operations.     

Spectroscopic binaries near the North Galactic pole

Photoelectric radial-velocity measurements show that 6 Boötis undergoes small periodic variations of velocity. An orbit with a 2.6-year period and a semi-amplitude of little more than 1 km s^-1 is derived. The amplitude is smaller by a factor of two than that of any plausible orbit previously derived from radial velocities.     

Spectroscopic binaries near the north Galactic pole paper 8: HD 121844

Photoelectric radial-velocity measurements show that HD 121844 is a spectroscopic binary with a period of 303 days, a high eccentricity (0.49) and a high negative γ-velocity (- 61 km s^-1).     

A spectroscopic orbit for 26 Comae

Photoelectric radial-velocity measurements show that 26 Comae is a spectroscopic binary with a very eccentric orbit and a period of 972 days. An erratum to this article is available at .     

Broadband Submillimeter Spectroscopy of HCN, NH3, and PH3in the Troposphere of Jupiter

We report measurements of the Jupiter brightness spectrum in the 850-μm and 1100-μm atmospheric windows with a spectral resolution of 125 MHz, obtained with a Fourier transform spectrometer on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope. Three results were obtained. First, the predicted absorption features due to the rotational lines of HCN at 266 and 354 GHz were not detected within our error limits of less than 1%. We establish new upper limits for the HCN abundance in the jovian troposphere for five assumed abundance distributions and for two assumed NH₃abundances. The upper limits are 1.7 to 13 times smaller than the abundance value obtained in the only reported detection of HCN in Jupiter prior to the impact of Shoemaker–Levy 9. Second, the continuum brightness temperature spectrum at 850 μm was determined and is in agreement with previous measurements, but has large error bars due to uncertainties in the photometric calibration. We estimate the ammonia abundance in the 1–2 bar region to be 1.7 times solar, but this result is tentative since scattering by NH₃cloud particles and absorption by gaseous H₂S were neglected in our atmospheric model. Finally, the first rotational line of PH₃at 267 GHz was not detected, a result which we demonstrate is consistent with the statistical noise level in these measurements, with current values of the spectroscopic parameters, and with phosphine measurements at other wavelengths.     

Alkaline rocks and carbonatites of Amba Dongar and adjacent areas,Deccan Alkaline Province,Gujarat, India. 2. Complexly zoned clinopyroxene phenocrysts

Summary Clinopyroxene phenocrysts in six samples, representing the compositional range in the alkaline rocks of the region, range overall from aluminian titanian diopside (mg = Mg/[Mg + Fe _t ] = 92) to aegirine (mg = 17), but Ca-pyroxenes are dominant (90% of 851 analyses), Ca-Na pyroxenes minor ( 10%) and Na-pyroxenes rare ( 1%). Pyroxenes in associated subalkaline rocks (dolerites and basalts) are lower-Ca augites of distinct trend. Al and Ti correlate positively in the alkaline rock pyroxenes, but negatively with Si, mirroring decreasing CaTiAl₂O₆ and CaSiAl₂O₆ components in more felsic host-rocks. Although the most evolved pyroxenes in each host-rock show increasingna (Na/[Na + Ca]) and Zr and decreasingmg as host-rock mg decreases, the most primitive pyroxenes in each host-rock do not change, implying they are not at equilibrium. Over 40 paired logitudinal and lateral traverses across 21 phenocrysts reveal very complex zoning, in which up to five growth zones can be recognized in one crystal, separated by either sharp contacts or gradual transitions. These individual zones may show one of seven zoning trends:normal (na asmg moving outwards towards the rim),reverse (na asmg ),inverse (na asmg ),converse (na asmg ),unzoned (no change),symmetric (na andmg display complementary and trends), oroscillatory (superimposed on normal, reverse or unzoned). Ten distinct crystal types can also be recognized, showing particular sequences of zoning trends: for example, Type 1 shows a green, relatively sodic core surrounded by a more primitive rim or overgrowth, and has similar longitudinal and lateral zoning; whereas Type 6 shows extremely erratic variations which differ longitudinally and laterally. Up to four of these types were found in one host-rock, with little pattern in their distribution between different host-rocks. These pyroxenes are believed to record an intricate history of stop-start differentiation, complicated by magma-mixing, entry or disappearance of coprecipitating phases, and inheritance of high-pressure precipitates. Apparently random superimposed variations of Al, Ti and Si within some individual growth zones most probably reflect kinetic (disequilibrium) effects, due to rapid growth and/or supercooling.

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Alkaligesteine und Karbonatite von Amba Dongar und Umgebung Deccan Alkali-Provinz, Gujarat, Indien. 2. Komplex zonierte Klinopyroxenkristalle

Zusammenfassung Klinopyroxenkristalle in sechs Proben, die das ganze Spektrum der Zusammensetzung der Alkaligesteine des Gebietes repräsentieren, schwanken von Aluminium-Titandiopsid (mg = Mg/[Mg + Fe _t ] = 92) bis Aegirin (mg = 17), aber C-Pyroxene dominieren (90% von 851 Analysen). Ca-Na-Pyroxene sind Nebengemengteile (10%) und Na-Pyroxene sind selten ( 1%). Pyroxene in assoziierten subalkalischen Gesteinen (Dolerite und Basalte) sind Ca-arme Augite eines eigenständigen Trendes. Al und Ti korrelieren positiv in den Pyroxenen der Alkaligesteine, aber negativ mit Si, und dies spiegelt abnehmende CaTiAl₂O₆ und CaSiAl₂O₆ Komponenten in den mehr felsischen Wirtsgesteinen wider. Obwohl Pyroxene in jedem Wirtsgestein zunehmende na-Werte (Na/[Na + Ca]) und Zr-Gehalte und mit demmg des Wirtsgesteines auch abnehmendemg-Werte zeigen, lassen die primitivsten Pyroxene in jedem Wirtsgestein keine Änderung erkennen. Dies weist darauf hin, daß sie nicht im Gleichgewicht sind. Über vierzig paarweise angelegte Längs- und Quertraversen über 21 Kristalle zeigen sehr komplexen Zonarbau, in dem bis zu fünf Wachstumszonen in einem Kristall erkannt werden können, die entweder von scharfen Kontakten oder von graduellen Übergangszonen getrennt werden. Diese individuellen Zonen können einen der folgenden sieben Trends erkennen lassen: Normal (na ;mg ; von innen gegen den Rand zu), reverse (na ,mg ), invers (na undmg ), konvers (na ,mg ), unzoniert (keine Änderung), symmetrisch (na undmg zeigen komplementäre und Trends), oder oszillierend (überlagert den normalen, reversen oder unzonierten Trend). Weiters können zehn definierte Kristalltypen erkannt werden, die besondere Abfolgen von Trends der Zonierung erkennen lassen. Zum Beispiel zeigt Typ 1 einen grünen, relativ Na-reichen Kern, umgeben von einem mehr primitiven Rand oder Überwachsungen, wobei die Zonierung in Längs- und Querrichtung ähnlich ist. Demgegenüber zeigt Typ 6 außerordentlich unregelmäßige Zonierungen, die in Längs- und Querschnitten verschieden sind. Bis zu vier dieser Typen wurden in einem Wirtsgestein nachgewiesen, und sie ließen keine deutlichen Verteilungsmuster zwischen verschiedenen Wirtsgesteinen erkennen. Es wird angenommen, daß diese Pyroxene eine komplexe geschichte von stop-start Differentiation wiedergeben, die durch Magmamischung, durch die Zufuhr oder das Verschwinden von gleichzeitig ausfallenden Phasen und durch die Übernahme von Hochdruck-Bildungen weiter kompliziert wird. Unregelmäßig überlagerte Variationen von Al, Ti und Si innerhalb einzelner Wachstumszonen reflektieren sehr wahrscheinlich kinetische (Ungleichgewicht) Effekte, die auf sehr rasches Wachstum und/oder Überkühlung zurückgehen.

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Age and geochemistry of contrasting peridotite types in the Dabie UHP belt,eastern China: Petrogenetic and geodynamic implications

The Dabie ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) metamorphic belt, central China, contains two contrasting types of ultramafic–mafic complex. The Bixiling peridotite in the southern Dabie terrane contains abundant garnet (21–32 vol.%) and thus has high CaO +Al₂O₃ (9.94–15.3 wt.%). The peridotite also has high REE contents with flat REE patterns, high contents of S and other incompatible trace elements, together with low-Mg^# olivine and pyroxene and low Ni and PGE contents. Zircons from this peridotite mostly have low Th/U ratios, interpreted to reflect a metamorphic origin, and give dominantly Triassic ages (ca. 210 Ma). Other zircons with high Th/U ratios give upper intercept ages of 745 Ma. Most zircons have positive ?_Hf (+- 3.6 ～ +- 8.1) values with depleted-mantle model ages (T_DM) of 0.6–1.0 Ga (mean 0.8 Ga) and crustal model ages (T_crust) of 0.8–1.4 Ga (mean 1.1 Ga). We interpret that the Bixiling complex was formed as cumulates in a Neoproterozoic asthenosphere-derived magma chamber in the continental crust, and was later carried to garnet-stable depths (ca. ～ 4.4 GPa) during the subduction of the Yangtze Craton in the Triassic. In contrast, the Raobazhai peridotite in the northern Dabie terrane was metamorphosed at lower P/T conditions (i.e. 15 Kb and 1000 °C). All zircon grains from the peridotite yield Triassic ages (ca. 212 Ma) and have negative ?_Hf values (? 16.6 ～ ? 3.2), Mesoproterozoic model ages (T_DM = 1.0–1.5 Ga) and Paleoproterozoic crustal model ages (T_crust = 1.5–2.3 Ga). The peridotite is enriched in LREE ((La/Yb)_n ≈ 3.5), has high-Mg^# olivine and pyroxene, high Ni and PGEs but low Pd/Ir (mean 3.0). It represents a highly refractory residue of partial melting (up to 18%) of primitive mantle, and is similar to the cratonic mantle xenoliths in Phanerozoic igneous rocks from the eastern North China Craton (e.g. Mengyin and Hebi areas). Negative Ce, Eu and HFSE anomalies in the peridotites suggest that their protolith was derived from the shallow part of the mantle wedge (e.g. plagioclase-stable field) of the North China Craton, and was pulled to a deeper level (e.g. spinel-stable field) during the subduction of the Yangtze Craton. The mantle wedge, like peridotitic xenoliths in the Jurassic Xinyang diatremes at the southern edge of the North China Craton, was metasomatised by fluids/melts released from the subducted continental crust. The fragments of this modified mantle wedge were incorporated into the Yangtze crust during its subduction.     

Assessing the abilities of intrinsic and specific vulnerability models to indicate groundwater vulnerability to groups of similar pesticides: a comparative study

With continued population growth and increasing use of fresh groundwater resources, protection of this valuable resource is critical. A cost effective means to assess risk of groundwater contamination potential will provide a useful tool to protect these resources. Integrating geospatial methods offers a means to quantify the risk of contaminant potential in cost effective and spatially explicit ways. This research was designed to compare the ability of intrinsic (DRASTIC) and specific (Attenuation Factor; AF) vulnerability models to indicate groundwater vulnerability areas by comparing model results to the presence of pesticides from groundwater sample datasets. A logistic regression was used to assess the relationship between the environmental variables and the presence or absence of pesticides within regions of varying vulnerability. According to the DRASTIC model, more than 20% of the study area is very highly vulnerable. Approximately 30% is very highly vulnerable according to the AF model. When groundwater concentrations of individual pesticides were compared to model predictions, the results were mixed. Model predictability improved when concentrations of the group of similar pesticides were compared to model results. Compared to the DRASTIC model, the AF model more accurately predicts the distribution of the number of contaminated wells within each vulnerability class.