Geochemistry of ODP Hole 111-504B basalts (Table 2)

Fifty samples of basalt recovered during ODP Leg 111 from the dikes (Layer 2C) of Hole 504B (1350.0-1562.3 m below seafloor) were analyzed by X-ray-fluorescence techniques. All of the samples are highly depleted in magmaphile elements relative to other mid-ocean ridge basalts, with TiO2 = 0.75-1.24 wt%, Na2O = 1.59-2.22 wt%, Zr = 38-64 ppm, Nb = 0.3-1.5 ppm, and Y = 20-30 ppm (for samples containing 0%-2% phenocrysts), but have ratios of highly incompatible elements similar to normal Type I mid-ocean ridge basalts (e.g., Zr/Nb > 30). Abundances of compatible elements are similar to those of typical mid-ocean ridge basalts, with MgO = 7.2-9.2 wt%, Fe2O3* = 9.3-12.5 wt%, Ni = 55-164 ppm, and Cr = 26-388 ppm. Approximately 2% of the samples recovered from the top part of Hole 504B are similar to normal Type I or Type II ocean floor basalts. However, all of the analyzed Leg 111 samples from Hole 504B are depleted basalts. Aphyric dike rocks from Leg 111 are virtually identical to the depleted aphyric samples recovered from the pillow lavas and dikes in the upper 1075 m of Hole 504B during DSDP Legs 69, 70, and 83, with the exception of elements readily altered by seawater (Sr, Rb, and K). These elements reach a maximum in both abundance and variability in the pillow lavas of the upper 571.5 m of Hole 504B and decline to more constant values in the dike system sampled on Legs 83 and 111, apparently as a result of a decrease in porosity and increase in alteration temperatures relative to the pillow lavas. Based on compositional similarities to the vast majority of the pillows and flows, the dikes sampled on Leg 111 appear to be the feeder system for the pillow lavas in the upper part of Hole 504B. The incompatible-element-depleted compositions of the Costa Rica Rift Zone basalts are consistent with multistage melting of a normal mid-ocean ridge source.

Paleomagnetic properties of basalts of ODP Hole 111-504B (Table 3)

Downhole magnetic field measurements were conducted in Hole 504B on the Costa Rica Ridge during ODP Leg 111. Three magnetic groups within oceanic basement at this site are tentatively defined, based on the interval mean values of the downhole magnetic field. Statistical analyses show that there are significant differences in the inclinations of natural remanent magnetization (NRM) among the three magnetic groups. Although this could be caused by various factors, we explain the inclination difference among the three groups by simple tectonic displacements of basement by faulting after its formation, about 5.9 Ma ago. Based on the intensities of NRM and inclinations measured in the basement core samples drilled in Hole 504B on DSDP Legs 69, 70, and 83 and ODP Leg 111, the investigated section of basement formation can be divided into three or four magnetic zones that parallel the zones defined by the downhole magnetic field, alteration, and lithology. Downhole magnetic field and paleomagnetic data generally correlate positively, in spite of some discrepancies. The magnetic susceptibility values of the core samples were used to derive the insitu NRM from the downhole magnetic field data.

(Table 1) Sulfur and oxygen isotopes from two anhydrite samples recovered from DSDP Hole 70-504B

The first anhydrite reported from oceanic basalts occurs in altered basalts drilled during DSDP Leg 70 from Hole 504B. Anhydrite has been identified in several samples, two of which were studied in detail. Anhydrite in Sample 504B-40-3 (130-135 cm), which was acquired at 310 meters sub-basement, occurs in a dolerite at the center of a vug rimmed by saponite and calcite. Red iron-hydroxide-rich alteration halos occur from 0 to 310 meters sub-basement; primary sulfides in these halos are oxidized, and the rocks have lost large amounts of sulfur. The anhydrite in this sample has a d34S value of 18.5 per mil, and it is interpreted to have formed from a fluid containing a mixture of seawater sulfate (20.9 per mil) and basaltic sulfur (0 per mil) released during the oxidation of primary sulfides. Anhydrite in Sample 504B-48-3 (14-18 cm), which was found at 376 meters sub-basement, occurs intergrown with gyrolite at the center of a 1-cm-wide vein that is rimmed by saponite and quartz. At sub-basement depths below 310 meters to the bottom of the Leg 70 section (562 m sub-basement), the rocks exhibit the effects of anoxic alteration with common secondary pyrite. Anhydrite in Sample 504B-48-3 (14-18 cm) has a d34S value of 36.7 per mil, and it is interpreted to have formed from seawater-derived fluids enriched in 34S through sulfate reduction. Temperatures of alteration calculated from oxygen isotope data range from 60 to 100°C. Sulfate reduction may have occurred in situ, or elsewhere at higher temperature, possibly deeper in the crust. The secondary mineral paragenetic sequence indicates a progressive decrease in Mg and increase in Ca in the circulating fluids. This eventually led to anhydrite formation late in the alteration process.

Genes for albicidin biosynthesis and resistance span at least 69 kb in the genome of Xanthomonas albilineans

All Tn5 insertion mutants of Xanthomonas albilineans, the cause of leaf scald disease of sugar cane, which failed to produce albicidin antibiotics failed to cause chlorosis in inoculated sugar cane but- remained resistant to albicidin. Southern analysis revealed that mutants deficient in albicidin production carried the transposon on different chromosomal restriction fragments spanning at least: 50 kb in the X. albilineans genome, which is larger than any reported cluster of genes involved in the production of a bacterial phytotoxin. Albicidin-resistant cosmid clones from a Tox(-) Tn5 insertion mutant did not carry the transposon, and the subcloned albicidin resistance gene did not hybridize to any of the restriction fragments carrying Tn5 in the Tox(-) mutants, indicating that the albicidin biosynthesis and resistance genes are not closely linked in X. albilineans.

Unesp Informa, 2015, número 69

Boletim elaborado pela Assessoria de Comunicação e Imprensa da Reitoria da UNESP

Unesp Ciência, 2015, ano 7, número 69

Revista elaborada pela Assessoria de Comunicação e Imprensa da Reitoria da UNESP

Reabilitação do edifício localizado na rua Miguel Bombarda nº 69 em Loulé

Trabalho Final de Mestrado para a obtenção do grau de Mestre em Engenharia Civil na Área de Especialização de Edificações

Caso 1/2013: homem de 69 anos com dor súbita em dorso e membro inferior direito e choque

MSM, homem, 69 anos, procurou atendimento médico por dor em dorso esquerdo e membro inferior direito. A radiografia de tórax revelou alargamento do mediastino. Estava em observação quando apresentou rebaixamento da consciência e choque. Foi observado enfisema subcutâneo em hemitórax esquerdo e abolição do murmúrio vesicular em base do mesmo pulmão. Foi feita a intubação orotraqueal e realizada drenagem de hemitórax esquerdo, com saída de líquido serossanguinolento. O ecocardiograma revelou ventrículo esquerdo (D/S): 44/29 mm; septo 12 mm; parede posterior 13 mm; discreta dilatação em raiz da aorta, presença de lâmina de dissecção e hematoma periaórtico. As valvas e pericárdio eram normais. O paciente foi transferido para o InCor. O exame físico (21 out 2004: 10h45) revelou paciente sedado, com intubação orotraqueal, com palidez cutânea, frequência cardíaca 90 bpm, pressão arterial 130 x 80 mmHg, drenagem torácica sanguinolenta do dreno tórax. Eletrocardiograma - frequência 90 bpm, ritmo sinusal, baixa voltagem no plano frontal e diminuição de voltagem em derivações esquerdas (fig. 1). A tomografia revelou enfisema subcutâneo bilateral, aorta torácica com contornos imprecisos na sua porção descendente (da artéria subclávia até porção média), colapso do pulmão esquerdo e grande coleção de características hemáticas em mesmo hemitórax e no mediastino médio e posterior. Pequeno pneumotórax à direita; pequeno derrame pleural à direita com alterações do parênquima subjacente. A análise do coração foi prejudicada pela presença do hemotórax. Durante a realização de tomografia apresentou ausência de pulsos, midríase, com assistolia, sem resposta às manobras de ressuscitação e faleceu (21 out 2011; 15h).