The Solar Oscillations Investigation - Michelson Doppler Imager

The Solar Oscillations Investigation (SOI) uses the Michelson Doppler Imager (MDI) instrument to probe the interior of the Sun by measuring the photospheric manifestations of solar oscillations. Characteristics of the modes reveal the static and dynamic properties of the convection zone and core. Knowledge of these properties will improve our understanding of the solar cycle and of stellar evolution. Other photospheric observations will contribute to our knowledge of the solar magnetic field and surface motions. The investigation consists of coordinated efforts by several teams pursuing specific scientific objectives.The instrument images the Sun on a 1024² CCD camera through a series of increasingly narrow spectral filters. The final elements, a pair of tunable Michelson interferometers, enable MDI to record filtergrams with a FWHM bandwidth of 94 m. Normally 20 images centered at 5 wavelengths near the Ni I 6768 spectral line are recorded each minute. MDI calculates velocity and continuum intensity from the filtergrams with a resolution of 4 over the whole disk. An extensive calibration program has verified the end-to-end performance of the instrument.To provide continuous observations of the longest-lived modes that reveal the internal structure of the Sun, a carefully-selected set of spatial averages are computed and downlinked at all times. About half the time MDI will also be able to downlink complete velocity and intensity images each minute. This high rate telemetry (HRT) coverage is available for at least a continuous 60-day interval each year and for 8 hours each day during the rest of the year. During the 8-hour HRT intervals, 10 of the exposures each minute can be programmed for other observations, such as measurements in MDI's higher resolution (1.25) field centered about 160 north of the equator; meanwhile, the continuous structure program proceeds during the other half minute. Several times each day, polarizers will be inserted to measure the line-of-sight magnetic field.MDI operations will be scheduled well in advance and will vary only during the daily 8-hour campaigns. Quick-look and summary data, including magnetograms, will be processed immediately. Most high-rate data will be delivered only by mail to the SOI Science Support Center (SSSC) at Stanford, where a processing pipeline will produce 3 Terabytes of calibrated data products each year. These data products will be analyzed using the SSSC and the distributed resources of the co-investigators. The data will be available for collaborative investigations.The MDI Engineering Team leaders include: D. Akin, B. Carvalho, R. Chevalier, D. Duncan, C. Edwards, N. Katz, M. Levay, R. Lindgren, D. Mathur, S. Morrison, T. Pope, R. Rehse, and D. Torgerson.     

青海省大柴旦镇红柳沟金矿床地质特征及其成因

通过对红柳沟金矿床地质特征及围岩蚀变的研究,总结了金矿控矿因素及其富集规律,认为该矿床的成因为动力变质热液型。     

88小时:美国地质调查局国家地震信息中心对2011年3月11日Mw9.0日本地震的响应

引言 2011年3月11日日本本州岛东海岸附近海域发生的M9．0地震（Tohoku earthquake,以下称“东日本大地震”——译者注）及其引发的海啸造成数以万计的人员死亡,造成的财产损失可能超过1万亿美元,这是有历史记录以来最严重的自然灾害之一。     

How do Canadian media report climate change impacts on health? A newspaper review

Climatic Change - Research on climate change media coverage is growing. Few studies, however, have investigated how the media portrays climate change impacts on human health. This review,...     

磺厂雄磺矿床地质特征及找矿方向

磺厂雄磺矿有千余年开采历史,是我国目前最大的雄磺-雌磺砷矿床。矿体赋存古岩溶漏斗(垂直溶管)内。矿石类型分块状矿石、角砾状矿石及浸染状矿石三种。矿体(化)与岩溶角砾岩、次生硅质岩关系密切。矿床成因属“岩溶漏斗低温热液充填(交代)型”矿床。并探讨了找矿方向。     

新疆阿合奇县布隆石英重晶石脉型金矿地质特征和硫、氦、氩同位素研究

位于新疆西南天山阿合奇县的布隆金矿赋存于上泥盆统细碎屑岩中,金矿体受层间缓倾斜破碎带控制,矿区内发育重晶石脉、石英大脉、石英重晶石脉,但金矿体只产于石英重晶石脉中,为一种比较少见的石英重晶石脉型金矿床。矿石中黄铁矿的 δ~(34)S 值变化于14.6‰～19.2‰,重晶石的 δ~(34)S 值介于35.0‰～39.6‰,反映硫来自于地层。黄铁矿流体包裹体的~3He/~4He 比值为0.24～0.82 R/Ra,趋近于地壳特征值。~(40)Ar/~(36)Ar=338～471,略高于大气氩的同位素组成。~(40)Ar/~4He 比值0.015～0.412,平均为0.153,与地壳~(40)Ar/~4He 比值(0.156)一致。成矿流体的He、Ar 同位素组成特征反映了成矿流体主要来源于地壳。     

Empirical evaluation of microtremor H/V spectral ratio

The objective of this work is to perform a purely empirical assessment of the actual capabilities of the horizontal-to-vertical (H/V) spectral ratio technique to provide reliable and relevant information concerning site conditions and/or site amplification. This objective has been tackled through the homogeneous (re)processing of a large volume of earthquakes and ambient noise data recorded by different research teams in more than 200 sites located mainly in Europe, but also in the Caribbean and in Tehran. The original recordings were first gathered in a specific database with information on both the sites and recorded events. Then, for all sites close to an instrumented reference, average site-to-reference spectral ratios (“spectral ratio method” (SSR)) were derived in a homogeneous way (window selection, smoothing, signal-to-noise ratio threshold, averaging), as well as H/V ratios (“HVSRE–RF”) on earthquake recordings. H/V ratios were also obtained from noise recordings at each site (either specific measurements, or extracted from pre- or post-event noise windows). The spectral curves resulting from these three techniques were estimated reliable for a subset of 104 sites, and were thus compared in terms of fundamental frequency, amplitude and amplification bandwidth, exhibiting agreements and disagreements, for which interpretations are looked for in relation with characteristics of site conditions. The first important result consists in the very good agreement between fundamental frequencies obtained with either technique, observed for 81% of the analyzed sites. A significant part of the disagreements correspond to thick, low frequency, continental sites where natural noise level is often very low and H/V noise ratios do not exhibit any clear peak. The second important result is the absence of correlation between H/V peak amplitude and the actual site amplification measured on site-to-reference spectral ratios. There are, however, two statistically significant results about the amplitude of the H/V curve: the peak amplitude may be considered as a lower bound estimate of the actual amplification indicated by SSR (it is smaller for 79% of the 104 investigated sites), and, from another point of view, the difference in amplitude exhibits a questioning correlation with the geometrical characteristics of the sediment/basement interface: large SSR/HV differences might thus help to detect the existence of significant 2D or 3D effects.     

赛坝沟金矿成矿特征及控矿条件

通过对青海赛坝沟岩金矿床的地质特征及其成矿地质条件的研究,笔者认为该矿床的成因类型为“与岩浆侵入及火山岩有关的中温热液矿床”。     

苏北云台群含蓝晶石岩石矿物组合特征及其地质意义

中上元古界云台群中的石英岩类、某些片岩类是含蓝晶石的层位。与蓝晶石共生的黄玉、天蓝石、磷钙铝石、叶腊石、金红石等矿物构成高压变质带里原岩为泥质、泥砂质的白片岩或类白片岩的一套矿物组合。它们将成为今后岩石学研究的新领域,同时也是今后寻找金刚石、刚玉、磷、镁等矿产的线索之一。     

川西北马脑壳金矿床流体包裹体研究及对成矿条件的制约

川西北的马脑壳金矿床为一赋存于三叠系碎屑岩、碳酸盐岩系的大型微细浸梁型金矿床,通过详细野外地质调查和室内综合研究,可将矿床的热液成矿作用划分为四个阶段,应用均一法测得：Ｉ、ＩＩ、ＩＩＩ、ＩＶ阶段的成矿温度分别为１７５～２３０℃,１７９～２５５℃,１５７～２０７℃,１２０～２００℃,峰值分别为１９０～２１０℃,２００～２３０℃,１７０～１９０℃,１３０～１７０℃,盐度变化范围,Ｉ、ＩＩ、ＩＩＩ、ＩＶ