Grain structure of the Earth's inner core

The coarsening rate of an initial grain structure is calculated and compared to the inner core growth rate. An estimate of the present size of the grains in the centre of the core varies from 560 m to 12 km, depending on the value taken for the diffusion coefficient of iron in the core. Regardless of the hypotheses chosen, this size is homogeneous inside the inner core.     

Propagation of P and S-waves in magmas with different crystal contents: Insights into the crystallinity of magmatic reservoirs

Increasing amount of crystals tends to reduce the mobility of magmas and modifies its elastic characteristics (e.g. [Caricchi, L. et al., 2007. Non-Newtonian rheology of crystal-bearing magmas and implications for magma ascent dynamics. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 264: 402–419.; Bagdassarov, N., Dingwell, D.B. and Webb, S.L., 1994. Viscoelasticity of crystal- and bubble-bearing rhyolite melts. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interior, 83: 83–99.]). To quantify the effect of crystals on the elastic properties of magmas the propagation speed of shear and compressional waves have been measured at pressure and temperatures relevant for natural magmatic reservoirs. The measurements have been performed in aggregates at variable particle fractions (? = 0–0.7). The measurements were carried out at 200 MPa confining pressure and temperatures between 300 K and 1273 K (i.e. across the glass transition temperature (Tg) from glass to melt). The specimens were mixtures of a haplogranitic melt containing 5.25 wt.% H₂O and variable amounts of sub-spherical alumina particles. Additional experiments were carried out on a sample containing both, crystals and air bubbles. The temperature derivatives of the shear (dVs/dT) and compressional wave (dVp/dT) velocities for pure glass and samples with a crystal fraction of 0.5 are different below and above the glass transition temperature. For a crystal fraction 0.7, only dVp/dT changed above the Tg. In the presence of gas bubbles, Vp and Vs decrease constantly with increasing temperature. The bubble-bearing material yields a lower bulk modulus relative to its shear modulus. The propagation velocities of compressional and shear waves increase non-linearly with increasing crystal fraction with a prominent raise in the range 0.5 < ? < 0.7. The speed variations are only marginally related to the density increase due to the presence of crystals, but are dominantly related to the achievement of a continuous crystal framework. The experimental data set presented here can be utilized to estimate the relative proportions of crystals and melt present in a magmatic reservoir, which, in turn, is one of the fundamental parameters determining the mobility of magma and, consequently, exerting a prime control on the likelihood of an eruption from a sub-surficial magma reservoir.     

Deformation and seismic anisotropy of the lithospheric mantle in the southeastern Carpathians inferred from the study of mantle xenoliths

Peridotite xenoliths with a broad range of textures provides evidence for consistent microstructural evolution in a vertical transect of the shallow lithospheric mantle (35–55 km depth) beneath the Persani Mountains, SE Carpathians, Romania, due to ongoing plate convergence in the Carpathian Arc nearby. The recrystallized grain size, crystal preferred orientations strength, and resulting seismic anisotropy vary continuously and display a strong correlation to equilibrium temperatures, suggesting a continuous change in deformation conditions with depth. The shallowmost xenoliths have microstructures typical of high stress deformation, marked by strong recrystallization to fine grain sizes, which results in weak crystal preferred orientations and anisotropy. The deepest xenoliths have coarse-grained porphyroclastic microstructures and strong crystal preferred orientations. Replacive orthopyroxene structures, consuming olivine, and high H₂O concentrations in the pyroxenes are observed in some xenoliths indicating limited percolation of fluids or volatile-rich melts. Despite the high stress deformation and high H₂O contents in some of the studied xenoliths, analysis of olivine crystallographic orientations indicates that [100] slip systems, rather than “wet” [001] accommodate most of the deformation in all samples. Seismic anisotropy estimated from the measured olivine and pyroxene crystal preferred orientations suggests that the strike-parallel fast SKS polarization directions and ~ 1 s delay times measured in the SE Carpathians are likely the consequence of convergence-driven belt-parallel flow in the lithospheric mantle.     

菊花石及其他两种放射状形貌对比研究

通过天青石菊花石形貌与红柱石菊花石钟乳石截面放射状形貌的对比,找出它们形成的共同规律,并从形貌细节差异上分析了其形成机制和条件的差别。     

Three Stages of Zircon Growth in Magmatic Rocks from the Pingtan Complex, Eastern China

Morphological and chemical studies on zircon grains from gabbro and granite of the Pingtan magmatic complex, Fujian Province, eastern China, show that there are three stages of zircon growth. The early stage of zircon growth is characterized by colorlessness, high transparence and birefringence, low and dispersive Ipr and Ipy, weak and homogeneous BSE brightness, lower Hf content and depletion of U, Th and Y; the middle stage is characterized by abruptly increasing lpy, progressively strong and sectoral-zoning BSE brightness, higher Hf content and enrichment of U, Th and Y with Th/U 〉 1; the late stage of growth is characterized by brownish color, poor transparence, low birefringence, highest Ipr and Ipy, middle and oscillatorily-zoning BSE brightness, highest contents of Hf, U and Y with Th/U 〈 1. The stages are considered to be formed in a deep magma chamber, ascent passage and emplacement site, respectively. Due to the more or less long residual time of the magma chamber, the difference in age between the early and late stages of zircon might be great enough to be distinguished, which can be attributed to tectonic constraint for the magnlatism.     

三维对流云催化数值模式人工冰晶参数化方案的改进与个例模拟试验

在中国科学院大气物理研究所的三维全弹性对流风暴云催化数值模式(简称为IAP-CSM3D)的基础上,对模式中催化部分的参数化方案进行了改进,推导出人工冰晶与其它粒子之间相互作用的微物理过程的参数化方程。改进后的模式将催化产生的人工冰晶单独作为预报量进行处理,把人工冰晶与自然冰晶区分开,且考虑的人工冰晶谱型为双参数粒子谱,使模式更符合实际。利用改进后的模式模拟了2005年7月8日发生在辽宁省朝阳市的一次冰雹云天气过程,着重分析了催化云人工冰晶的微物理过程、空间分布和谱型,以及对冰相降水粒子的贡献。数值试验表明,自然雹云模拟结果与观测事实相吻合,说明改进后的模式对冰雹云具有较可靠的模拟能力。模拟分析表明,冻滴是该例自然雹云冰雹胚胎的主要来源,对该冰雹云进行AgI催化可明显地减少降雹量,特别是在云中冰雹形成初期进行催化防雹效果最好,既可产生最大的防雹作业效果又不至于过度减少降雨量。催化减雹的主要原因是催化显著地减少了云中冻滴向冰雹胚胎的转化总量。进一步研究发现,人工冰晶在云的不同阶段对各种冰相降水粒子的贡献是不同的。人工冰晶对雪花总质量的贡献较小,对霰总质量的贡献有所增大,而对冻滴总质量的贡献较大。模拟的冰晶粒子谱可较好地反映出人工冰晶谱型较窄,浓度较大,尺度较小的特征。     

过冷云风洞中初始冰晶的初步研究

本着重研究了在过冷云风洞中，温度为－４—１６℃，含水量为１．４ｇｍ＾－３，爆泡后增长４５ｓ的初始冰晶的一些特性。结果表明：（１）初始冰晶质量在－４—１３℃有两个峰值，它们是－５．７℃时的１．８×１０＾－８与－１１．４℃时的６．３×１０＾－８ｇ，而在－８．４℃和－１３℃时出现的极小值分别为２×１０－９ｇ和５×１０＾－９ｇ。（２）初始冰晶的浓度值随着温度的降低出现三个递减的峰值，它们分别是－４．２℃     

勉略宁三角区晚太古代结晶基底特征

本文通过对原鱼洞子群的系统研究,将其解作为以太古界表壳岩为主体的鱼洞子岩群和太古代TTG高级变质片麻岩套,认为本区太古代结晶基底为花岗-绿岩-高级变质表壳岩地体,指出本区太古代已存在类刚性板块构造。     

三维冰雹云数值催化模式改进与个例模拟研究

鉴于播撒冰核形成的冰晶与自然冰晶谱型不同,对三维冰雹云催化模式人工引晶物理过程参数化部分进行了改进,将人工引入的冰晶单独作为预报量处理,导出人工冰晶与其他粒子发生的微物理过程的参数化方程。分析了改进模式的催化功能及人工冰晶的微物理过程及其在催化防雹中的作用。结果表明,在同样催化条件下,改进模式的催化效果优于原模式。水汽在碘化银粒子上核化是产生人工冰晶的主要过程。人工冰晶的空间分布特征表明,它与云水和雨水接触的比例要比自然冰晶高得多,因此人工冰晶收集过冷云水增长是其与自然冰晶最大的差别。与自然冰晶相比,人工冰晶向霰转化的数量多,通过人工冰晶形成的冻滴也多。自动转化是消耗人工冰晶的最重要的物理过程。人工冰晶减雹机制是:对雹云催化后,人工冰晶增加使雪、霰和冻滴增加,转化成冰雹的数量也增加,冰雹的尺度减少,降雹强度和降雹动能通量就减少。     

玻璃球动弹性模量特性试验和数值模拟研究

堆石料颗粒形状较为复杂,且存在明显的颗粒破碎特征。为剔除颗粒形状对堆石料动力特性的影响,在不考虑颗粒破碎的情况下,采用玻璃球模拟堆石料进行动三轴试验,分析了试验围压对玻璃球动弹性模量的影响。基于动三轴试验成果,开展了细观数值模拟研究。研究表明：玻璃球的动弹性模量变化规律与堆石料的基本一致;三维颗粒流方程能较好地模拟该材料的动弹性模量特性;随着粗细颗粒直径跨度增大,试样级配关系增强,最大动弹性模量随之增大;细颗粒直径变小和粗颗粒直径变大都将引起最大动弹性模量的增大。试样的动弹性模量随着细观剪切模量的增大而增大,近似为幂函数关系,动应变降低。