Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility (AMS) of the Quaternary Faults, SE Korea: Application to the Determination of Fault Slip Sense and Paleo-stress Field

한반도 남동부 일원에는 주요 지질구조선(양산단층대, 울산단층, 연일구조선, 오천단층계 등)을 따라 제4기 단층들이 도처에 분포하고 있으며, 이들의 기하와 운동학적 특징은 한반도의 제4기 지각변형사와 현생응력상태 등을 이해하는 데 중요한 정보들을 제공한다. 이번 연구에서는 진티단층, 모화단층, 수성지2단층 그리고 왕산단층을 대상으로 대자율이방성 방법을 적용하여 단층가우지의 미세구조를 분석하고 단층의 운동감각을 해석하였으며, 그 결과를 바탕으로 단층암의 미세구조 발달과정과 제4기 응력장에 대해 논의하였다. 대자율이방성 측정을 통해 구해진 자기미세구조로부터 단층의 운동감각을 분석한 결과, 왕산단층을 제외한 나머지 세 단층은 모두 역이동성이 우세한 단층운동에 의한 미세구조가 발달되어 있다. 단층면에 거의 평행한 편평형의 미세구조가 발달하는 점과 이방성정도가 클수록 편평형의 정도가 증가하는 특징에 근거할 때, 단층가우지의 미세구조는 점진적인 변형에 의한 최종응력변형이 기록된 것으로 해석된다. 또한, 최후기에 재활된 역단층운동으로 기존의 단층가우지 내에 존재하는 미세구조들은 모두 지워지고 최후기의 운동에 의한 미세구조만이 기록된 것으로 판단된다. 단층가우지의 자기미세구조 분석을 통해 유추된 운동감각으로부터 구해진 고응력장은 동북동-서남서 방향의 압축력이며, 이 응력장은 지진원 메커니즘, 수압파쇄시험 그리고 단층 지구조분석결과를 통해 구해진 한반도 남동부의 고응력장과 부합된다. 결론적으로 한반도 일원은 제4기 동안 동-서 내지 동북동-서남서 방향의 압축성 응력장이 지배적이었던 것으로 해석된다. 【The Quaternary faults are extensively observed along major inherited fault zones (i.e. Yangsan Fault System, Ulsan Fault, Yeonil Tectonic Line, Ocheon Fault System) in SE Korea. Their geometry and kinematics provide a very useful piece of information about the Quaternary crustal deformation and stress field in and around Korean Peninsula. Using magnetic fabrics (AMS), we attempted to determine the slip senses of Jinti, Mohwa, Suseongji2, and Wangsan faults and then interpreted the fabric development process of fault gouge and the characteristics of stress field during the Quaternary. All the magnetic fabrics of the faults, except the Wangsan Fault, consistently indicate a dominant reverse-slip sense with weak strike-slip component. Most of the oblate fabrics are nearly parallel to the fault surface and the anisotropy degrees generally increase in proportion to the oblatenesses. These results suggest that the fabrics of the fault gouges resulted from a progressive deformation due to continuous simple shear during the last reactivation stage as reverse faulting. It is also interpreted that the pre-existing fabrics were overwhelmed and obliterated by the re-activated faulting. Paleostress field calculated from the fault slip data indicates an ENE-WNW compressive stress, which is in accord with those determined from previous fault tectonic analysis, focal mechanism solution, and hydraulic fracturing test in and around Korean Peninsula. 】
The Response of Soil Moisture to Long-Term Variability of Precipitation

Abstract Soil hydrology is a widely recognized low-pass filter for the interaction between land and atmosphere. However, the lack of adequate long-term measured data on soil moisture profiles has precluded examination of how soil wetness responds to long-term precipitation variations. Such a response can be characterized by its amplitude damping, phase shifting, and increasing persistence with soil depth. These should be correlated with the climate spectra through the interactions between the land and the atmosphere. The major objective of this study is to investigate how precipitation signals are manifested in vertical soil moisture profiles in the context of timescales. Thus, the natural variability of soil moisture profiles is documented using 16 yr of field observational data of soil moisture measured at 11 levels of various depths down to 2.0 m at 17 locations over Illinois. Detailed statistic analyses are made of the temporal variations of soil moisture profiles and concurrently measured precipitati.
Structure and Secretion of the Graptolite Prosicula, and its Application for Biostratigraphical and Evolutionary Studies

Studies on graptolite taxonomy and phylogeny in recent years have placed great emphasis on the proximal development of the rhabdosome, particularly the presence or absence of a virgella and early thecal growth patterns. As the prosicula was the earliest part of the graptolite skeleton to be secreted, it may also reveal fundamental information about evolutionary relationships within the Graptoloidea. The prosiculae from a variety of Ordovician taxa ranging in age from Tremadoc to Caradoc have been examined using a combination of light microscopy, SEM and TEM. Parameters investigated include the overall morphology, transition into the nema, pattern of longitudinal ridges and spiral line. Taxa show a change from early Tremadoc graptoloids which have a low diaphragm, prominent spiral line and lack longitudinal ridges, through late Tremadoc and early Arenig taxa which have longitudinal cortical bandages or spiralled, paired longitudinal ridges, into later Arenig and Llanvirn forms which have simple longitudinal ridges and indistinct spiral line and diaphragm. With additional work at higher stratigraphical levels, graptolite prosiculae may prove to be useful biostratigraphically when more complete material is absent, such as in palynomorph preparations from subsurface studies.
Effect of three‐dimensional topography on seismic motion

We present a semianalytical, seminumerical method to calculate the diffraction of elastic waves by an irregular topography of arbitrary shape. The method is a straightforward extension to three dimensions of the approach originally developed to study the diffraction of SH waves [Bouchon, 1985] and P-SV waves [Gaffet and Bouchon, 1989] by two-dimensional topographies. It relies on a boundary integral equation scheme formulated in the frequency domain where the Green functions are evaluated by the discrete wavenumber method. The principle of the method is simple. The diffracted wave field is represented as the integral over the topographic surface of an unknown source density function times the medium Green functions. The Green functions are expressed as integrals over the horizontal wavenumbers. The introduction of a spatial periodicity of thc topography combined with the discretization of the surface at equal intervals results in a discretization of the wavenumber integrals and in a periodicity in the horizontal wavenumber space. As a result, the Green functions are expressed as finite sums of analytical terms. The writing of the boundary conditions of free stress at the surface yields a linear system of equations where the unknowns are the source density functions representing the diffracted wave field. Finally, this system is solved iteratively using the conjugate gradient approach. We use this method to investigate the effect of a hill on the ground motion produced during an earthquake. The hill considered is 120 m high and has an elliptical base and ratios of height-to-half-width of 0.2 and 0.4 along its major and minor axes. The results obtained show that amplification occurs at and near the top of the hill over a broad range of frequencies. For incident shear waves polarized along the short dimension of the hill the amplification at the top reaches 100% around 10 Hz and stays above 50% for frequencies between 1.5 Hz and 20 Hz. For incident shear waves polarized along the direction of elongation of the topography, the maximum amplification occurs between 2 Hz and 5 Hz with values ranging from 50% to 75%. The results also show that the geometry of the topography exerts a very strong directivity on the wave field diffracted away from the hill and that at some distance from the hill this diffracted wave field consists mostly of Rayleigh waves.
A synthesis of remote sensing data on Wilkins Ice Shelf, Antarctica

Wilkins Ice Shelf has an area of 16000 km2 and lies off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula bounded by Alexander, Latady, Charcot and Rothschild islands. Several ice shelves, including Wilkins, exist close to a climatic limit of viability. The recent disintegration of the neighbouring Wordie Ice Shelf has been linked to atmopsheric warming observed on the Antarctic Peninsula. The limit of ice-shelf viability thus appears to have migrated south. Should this continue, the question arises; how long will Wilkins Ice Shelf survive? Compared with the other ice shelves on the Antarctic Peninsula, few surface glaciological data have been collected on Wilkins Ice Shelf. We compare, contrast and combine a variety of remotely sensed data: the recently declassified GEOSAT Geodetic Mission altimetry, Landsat MSS and TM imagery, and radio-echo sounding data (RES), to study its structure and mass balance regime. We find that this shelf has an unusual mass balance regime and relies heavily for sustenance on in situ accumulation. Its response to a continued atmospheric warming may be significantly different from that of Wordie Ice Shelf. Wordie Ice Shelf was fed by several dynamic outlet glaciers which accelerated the disintegration process when the ice shelf fractured. Wilkins Ice Shelf by contrast is almost stagnant and is expected to respond by normal calving at the ice front. Changes in the accumulation rate or basal melt-rate may, however, dominate any dynamic effect. Over the last two decades the ice front positions have remained stable.
Secondary aerosols in Switzerland and northern Italy: Modeling and sensitivity studies for summer 2003

[1] The formation and transport of secondary aerosols during a 4-day period in summer 2003 were studied using the 3-dimensional air quality model CAMx (Comprehensive Air quality Model with eXtensions) over an area covering regions north and south of the Swiss Alps with different air pollution characteristics. The modeled components were particulate sulfate, nitrate, ammonium, primary (POA) and secondary organic aerosols (SOA) and elemental carbon (EC) with a particle diameter smaller than 2.5 μm. Highest concentrations were predicted in northern Italy. The modeled sum of particle mass concentrations was in general lower than PM2.5 measurements most probably due to an underestimation of organic aerosols. Differences between the regions in the north and the south of the Alps are discussed with respect to the aerosol concentrations and to the sensitivity of aerosol formation. Sensitivity tests using reduced NH3 and NOx emissions suggest that in northern Switzerland secondary aerosol formation is unlikely to be limited by NH3 but rather by HNO3. On the other hand, aerosol formation around Milan seems to be similarly dependent on HNO3 and NH3 most of the time. However, there are times when limitation by NH3 is stronger. The contribution of biogenic sources to SOA was predicted to be rather high, about 80% in the north, matching the measurements whereas it was lower in southern Switzerland (40%).
Single‐crystal elastic properties of the spinel phase of Mg2SiO4

The single-crystal elastic moduli of the spinel (gamma) phase of Mg2SiO4 have been experimentally determined from Brillouin spectroscopy at ambient conditions. They are C11 = 327, C44 = 126, and C12 = 112 (GPa) yielding a bulk modulus of 184. and a shear modulus of 119 GPa. This value of bulk modulus is lower than expected from previous measurements. The elastic properties of the spinel and modified spinel (beta) phases of Mg2SiO4 are quite similar with the greatest differences related to the c axis of the beta which is relatively soft under compression. The polycrystal 1ine acoustic velocities differ by only 1% for these two phases. Thus there should be no seismic discontinuity associated with the beta to gamma phase transition in the mantle. The similarity of elastic properties of these two phases suggests that effects of pressure, temperature, and iron content on the elastic properties should be similar for both phases. Estimates of the effect of iron content are made from the extant data on fayalite spinel in conjunction with the data presented here. The derivatives of elastic moduli with respect to iron content are very similar to those observed for the olivine phase. Based on comparisons with aluminate analogue compositions in the spinel structure, there is no justification to predict the pressure or temperature derivatives of the elastic moduli of these high pressure phases at this time.
Origin of transient self‐potential signals associated with very long period seismic pulses observed during the 2000 activity of Miyakejima volcano

Origin of the previously reported transient geoelectrical (self‐potential, SP) signals in the Miyakejima 2000 activity, that repeatedly occurred concurrently with very long period (VLP) seismic pulses, was investigated. SP waveforms stacked across repeated VLP events showed a step‐like rise followed by a gradual decay at all stations spread over the island of 8 km diameter. Within a realistic range of hydrological diffusivity, the short time constants of the SP signals cannot be explained by the electrokinetic effect caused by fluid flow within a limited volume, proposed earlier as a fluid injection hypothesis. On the other hand, poroelasticity predicts an island‐wide distributed flow field to occur almost instantaneously upon VLP events due to the step of strain field imposed by the mechanical event. We propose that the observed SP signals resulted from the streaming current by this island‐wide flow field. Our quantitative model, assuming a vertical tensile crack as a mechanical source, which has been suggested by preceding seismic studies, can explain the time constants and the amplitude of the SP signals (both spatial pattern and absolute amplitude), within a reasonable range of rock properties and the scalar moment of the mechanical source (VLP event). Location and attitude of the mechanical source were well constrained by grid search and are consistent with those estimated earlier from other types of data.
Palaeogene evolution of the Ymir and Wyville Thomson ridges, European North Atlantic margin

Abstract The region to the SW of the Faroe Islands is an enigmatic area where the structural trends of the Faroe–Shetland and North Rockall basins meet. The Munkagrunnur, Wyville Thomson and Ymir ridges are major tectonic features within the area and arc approximately perpendicular to the primary Caledonian structural trend. Previous studies have suggested that these ridges formed as a result of compressive forces during the Eocene, Oligocene and Miocene. However, this study suggests that these ridges were initiated by a transient rifting event in the early Paleocene. This rifting event was accompanied by an igneous phase which emplaced large volumes of intrusive and extrusive igneous rocks. The igneous centres within the study area are located on older structural features, indicating exploitation of pre-existing structural weaknesses. The same structural weaknesses were later exploited by compressive events, which resulted in the generation of Ymir Ridge South, and also influenced the orientation and shape of the other segments of Ymir Ridge and the Wyville Thomson Ridge.
New Altimetric Estimates of Mode-1 M2 Internal Tides in the Central North Pacific Ocean

Abstract New estimates of mode-1 M2 internal tide energy flux are computed from an extended Ocean Topography Experiment (TOPEX)/Poseidon (T/P) altimeter dataset that includes both the original and tandem tracks, improving spatial resolution over previous estimates from O(500 km) to O(250 km). Additionally, a new technique is developed that allows separate resolution of northward and southward components. Half-wavelength features previously seen in unseparated estimates are shown to be due to the superposition of northward and southward wave trains. The new technique and higher spatial resolution afford a new view of mode-1 M2 internal tides in the central North Pacific Ocean. As with all altimetric estimates, only the coherent or phase-locked signals are detectable owing to the long repeat period of the tracks. Emanating from specific generation sites consistent with predictions from numerical models, internal tidal beams 1) are as narrow as 200 km and 2) propagate a longer distance than previously observ.
The role of the oceans in climate

The ocean is increasingly seen as a vital component of the climate system. It exchanges with the atmosphere large quantities of heat, water, gases, particles and momentum. It is an important part of the global redistribution of heat from tropics to polar regions keeping our planet habitable, particularly equatorward of about 30°. In this article we review recent work examining the role of the oceans in climate, focusing on research in the Third Assessment Report of the IPCC and later. We discuss the general nature of oceanic climate variability and the large role played by stochastic variability in the interaction of the atmosphere and ocean. We consider the growing evidence for biogeochemical interaction of climatic significance between ocean and atmosphere. Air–sea exchange of several radiatively important gases, in particular CO2, is a major mechanism for altering their atmospheric concentrations. Some more reactive gases, such as dimethyl sulphide, can alter cloud formation and hence albedo. Particulates containing iron and originating over land can alter ocean primary productivity and hence feedbacks to other biogeochemical exchanges. We show that not only the tropical Pacific Ocean basin can exhibit coupled ocean–atmosphere interaction, but also the tropical Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Longer lived interactions in the North Pacific and Southern Ocean (the circumpolar wave) are also reviewed. The role of the thermohaline circulation in long‐term and abrupt climatic change is examined, with the freshwater budget of the ocean being a key factor for the degree, and longevity, of change. The potential for the Mediterranean outflow to contribute to abrupt change is raised. We end by examining the probability of thermohaline changes in a future of global warming. Copyright © 2003 Royal Meteorological Society
Phlogopite and Coesite Exsolution from Super-Silicic Clinopyroxene

We document the exsolution of phlogopite and coesite/quartz from pre-existing super-silicic clinopyroxene in dolomite marble from the Kokchetav massif, northern Kazakhstan. The exsolution texture was formed by clinopyroxene decomposition through the reaction (3enstatite + 2KalSi2O6)cpx = phlogopite + 4coesite. Phlogopite exsolution must have occurred at pressures less than 8.0 GPa (at 1000°C), where the garnet + super-silicic clinopyroxene + phlogopite assemblage was stable, based on experimentally defined phase relations. Observations described in this report suggest that the precursor clinopyroxene was stable at pressures higher than 8 GPa (>1000°C), implying that the dolomite marble was subducted to mantle depths greater than 240 km. Such pro-found subduction could be an important mechanism to transport abundant H2O and potassium into the deep Earth.
“A Patrimony for the Children”: Low-Income Homeownership and Housing (Im)Mobility in Latin American Cities

Data are presented from a 2007 restudy of some 300 low-income self-builder owner households across eight settlements in Bogotá and Mexico City originally interviewed in the early and late 1970s, published in the mid-1980s (Gilbert and Ward 1985). Framed within a longitudinal perspective, the article analyzes the level of turnover of household owners living in irregular settlements over a period of thirty years; the current (2007) housing arrangements of households in dwellings and on plots; and the expectancies of ownership and inheritance of (now) adult children and grandchildren. The findings from the resurvey show minimal land-use changes and that more than 80 percent of the original families remain living on the lot. Densities have increased significantly, as has the average number of households sharing the lot. In Mexico City, sharing a lot is almost exclusively done with close kin (adult children), whereas in Bogotá it is both kin as well as renters. Self-estimated property values and tax office assessments show that house values in these consolidated settlements are often so high as to make it very difficult to sell, thereby reducing residential mobility. Also, the use value, and the inheritance expectations for second- and third-generation households living on the lots, gives little incentive (or option) to sell up and exit the settlement. Some of the social, judicial (tenure and inheritance), and housing policy implications and challenges are discussed.
Determining Euzonus mucronata Burrowing Rates with Application to Ancient Macaronichnus segregatis Trace-makers

Assessing the temporal significance of invertebrate ichnofossils is essential in interpreting ancient organism behaviors, depositional settings, and bioturbation and sedimentation rates. The trace fossil, Macaronichnus segregatis, is known to represent the work of deposit-feeding polychaetes and commonly occurs as a pervasive structure in shallow-marine sandstone deposits. This study uses the polychaete Euzonus mucronata, which produces M. segregatis-like structures, as a modern analogue to the trace-making counterparts. Field measurements from Pachena Beach, Vancouver Island, Canada, included assessment of population densities and worm behaviors. Volumetric burrowing rates were obtained from a thin-walled aquarium constructed in the laboratory. The burrowing rate calculated for 5 Euzonus (0.089 cm3/hr) was extrapolated to populations (approximately 1,400–5,000 worms/m2) estimated from Pachena Beach, which require 70–300 days to completely rework 0.1 m3 of sediment. Calculated rates are dependent upon the limitations of simulating a natural setting in an aquarium, the population density assessment, and the particular characteristics of the worm population and foreshore at Pachena Bay. However, these initial estimates can still be applied to rock record examples such as the Macaronichnus segregatis found in the Appaloosa Sandstone of Alberta, Canada. In this unit, ancient worms persisted in dense populations and reworked sediment at a rate that exceeded deposition during overall foreshore aggradation.
Dendroclimatological Investigations of Sea Buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) and Reconstruction of the Equilibrium Line Altitude of the July First Glacier in the Western Qilian Mountains, Northwestern China

Radial growth characteristics of a high-elevation shrub species, sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides), were investigated at four sites in a river valley at altitudes ranging from 3,333 to 3,820 m a.s. l. close to the terminus of the July First Glacier in the western Qilian Mountains of northwestern China. Radial growth of the sea buckthorn was significantly and positively correlated with the mean monthly temperature in June of the current growing season. Based on the fact that fluctuations in the shrub's radial growth and the glacier's equilibrium-line altitude (ELA) are affected by climatic variables, a tree-ring width chronology of the four sites was used to reconstruct the ELA from 1950 to 2003. The resulting ELA model explained more than 55.3% of the variance in the ELA of the July First Glacier series. On a decadal time scale, the cumulative-departure curve of the reconstructed ELA series showed an increasing trend from the 1950s to the mid-1960s, followed by a descending trend from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s. The ELA appears to have remained stable from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s, but has displayed dramatic variations during the past decade.