Temperature observation of CORK installation during ODP Leg 168

Four boreholes, drilled a few tens of meters into igneous basement on the eastern flank of the Juan de Fuca Ridge during ODP Leg 168, were sealed and instrumented for long-term monitoring to observe the hydrologic state of young sediment-sealed oceanic crust. The thermal regime is dominated by the effects of rapid fluid circulation in uppermost igneous basement driven by very small non-hydrostatic pressure gradients. Upper basement temperatures are uniform laterally between pairs of holes over distances of hundreds of meters to kilometers. In the case of two holes drilled into a sediment-buried basement ridge and adjacent valley, basement temperatures differ by less than 2 K despite the 2.2 km lateral separation of the sites and the 2.5:1 contrast in sediment cover thickness. Under conductive conditions, upper basement temperatures would differ by roughly 50 K. By comparison with modeling results, the observed degree of isothermality suggests a fluid flux of at least 10**-6 m/s (30 m/yr), and an effective permeability in the range of 10**-10 to 10**-9 m**2 in the uppermost igneous crust. The pressure difference available to drive this rapid flux between the ridge and valley, estimated by comparing the observed pressures via the isothermal upper basement hydrostat that is inferred to connect the two sites, is small (~2 kPa) and also suggests high permeability. Relative to the hydrostats defined by the local conductive sediment geotherms, substantial super-hydrostatic pressure (+18 kPa) is present within the buried basement ridge, and sub-hydrostatic pressure is present in the adjacent valley (-26 kPa). Such pressure differentials are the direct consequence of the advection-dominated thermal regime and small pressure losses in high-permeability basement, and are available to drive fluid seepage through sediment sections vertically up above and horizontally away from buried ridges, and down above valleys. No constraints are provided by any of the observations on the depth in the crust to which thermally or chemically significant flow might extend, although just as in the overlying sediments, the pattern of deep flow may be affected by the near-isothermal and near-hydrostatic conditions present in the permeable uppermost crustal section.

Lithologic, mineral, chemical and isotopic compositions of altered rocks with increasing distance across the eastern flank of the Juan de Fuca Ridge, ODP Leg 168 data

During ODP Leg 168, 10 sites were drilled across the eastern flank of the Juan de Fuca Ridge (JdFR), to examine the conditions of fluid-rock interaction in three distinct hydrothermal regimes (referred to as the Hydrothermal Transition (HT), Buried Basement (BB) and Rough Basement (RB) transects), extending over a ~120 km linear transect perpendicular to the spreading ridge. This was carried out in an attempt to constrain the conditions and processes that control the location, style and magnitude of low temperature (<150°C) fluid-rock interaction within this setting. This paper presents new data on the petrology, mineral chemistry and whole rock strontium and oxygen isotopic compositions of basalts from the eastern flank of the JdFR, in order to investigate the extent, style and sequence of low-temperature hydrothermal alteration and to establish how the hydrothermal regime evolved with time. Throughout the flank, a progressive sequence of low-temperature hydrothermal alteration has been identified, marked by changes in the dominant secondary mineral assemblage, changing from: chlorite+chlorite/smectite; to iron oyxhydroxide+celadonite; to saponite+/-pyrite; culminating at present with Ca- to CaMg(+/-Fe,Mn)-carbonate. The changes in secondary mineralogy have been used to infer a series of systematic shifts in the conditions of alteration that occurred as the basement moved off-axis and was progressively buried by sediment. In general, hydrothermal alteration of the uppermost oceanic crust commenced under open, oxidative conditions, with interaction between unmodified to slightly modified seawater and basaltic crust, to a regime in which circulation of a strongly modified seawater-derived fluid was more restricted, and alteration occurred under non-oxidative conditions. Across the flank, petrological observations and microprobe analyses indicate that the observed ranges in secondary mineral composition are directly related to changes in the geochemical and textural characteristics of the basement, as well as to interaction between fluids and phases from the four stages of alteration. This is suggestive of an increase in fluid-rock increased with time. Whole rock 87Sr/86Sr and d18O analyses of basalts from across the eastern flank of the JdFR reinforce petrological observations, with 87Sr/86Sr and d18O values slightly elevated above accepted pristine MORB values for this region. These results are consistent with an increase in the amount of fluid-rock interaction with time. Across the flank, enrichment in the 87Sr/86Sr and d18O relative to MORB, is influenced by a number of factors, including: local and regional variations in the crustal lithology and structure; the age of the crust; the extent of bulk rock alteration; and theoretically, the relative abundance of different isotopically-enriched secondary mineral phases in the crust.

Sapientia, 1988, Vol. XLIII, nº 167-168 (número completo)

Contenido: El tema de la libertad en Santo Tomás : fuentes y desarrollo / Gustavo E. Ponferrada – Emergencia y sentido del hombre en la reflexión ética de la Suma contra Gentiles / Julio R. Méndez – Azar y contingencia / Juan J. Sanguineti – Indeterminismo y racionalidad : en torno al problema de la causalidad en física / Ramón Queraltó – La tridimensionalidad crítica de la reflexión completa / Stanislavs Ladusans – Humanismo y humanismos / Iulio Brandao – Limitación de la antropología filosófica / José M. de Estrada – Afectividad, obrar humano, moralidad / María C. Donadío de Gandolfi – Naturaleza y ética en Hobbes y Tomás de Aquino / María L. Lukac de Stier – Derecho, pensamiento y lenguaje / Carlos I. Massini-Correas – Derecho natural y positivismo jurídico / Ylves J. de Miranda Guimaraes – La verdad política es el ideal de una sociedad participativa / José P. Galvao de Sousa – Hombre y moral : la “pietas” patriótica / Héctor H. Hernández – Filosofía, teología y cultura cristiana en el pensamiento de San Agustín / Battista Mondin – Amor Ruibal, genial renovador de la filosofía cristiana / Emilio Silva de Castro – La problemática filosófica de las ciencias humanas / Edgardo J. Castro

Diário da Constituinte [gravação de vídeo] : [programa n. 168]

A Mesa da Assembleia Nacional Constituinte (ANC) alerta o governo sobre a necessidade de responder os pedidos de informação dos parlamentares sobre atos administrativos. O Deputado Amaury Muller (PDT-RS) cobra do governo a resposta ao pedido de informação que fez há cinco meses. José Reinaldo Tavares, Ministro dos Transportes, explica a demora na resposta aos pedidos de informação. Parlamentares afirmam que o silêncio do Poder Executivo pode atrapalhar os trabalhos da Constituinte. O Deputado Nelton Friedrich (PMDB-PR) declara que, num momento em que se desejam mudanças profundas e a volta das prerrogativas do Poder Legislativo, não é possível que o Executivo continue se comportando como no período autoritário. O Deputado Ruy Nedel (PMDB-RS) afirma que os membros da Constituinte precisam de dados do governo para que possam ter mais base de sustentação nos seus argumentos em matéria constitucional. Em Plenário, constituintes discutem o sistema de governo. O Deputado Bonifácio de Andrada (PDS-MG) é a favor do parlamentarismo por ser o sistema do diálogo e da responsabilidade política, enquanto que o presidencialismo é o regime do monólogo e da irresponsabilidade política. Para o Deputado Vivaldo Barbosa (PDT-RJ) a melhor forma no Brasil de hoje é o presidencialismo, no sentido de buscar a democracia e uma sociedade mais justa. Na sessão O Povo Pergunta, cidadã quer saber o que está sendo feito para acabar com a dívida externa. O Deputado Raimundo Bezerra (PMDB-CE) responde que está sendo feita uma auditoria da dívida externa do Brasil.

On new or insufficiently-known Chytridinae [Translation from: Archiv fur Protistenkunde 54 168-173 + pl.9, 1926]

This partial translation of a larger paper provides taxonomic descriptions of 5 fungal zoospores species: Olpidium vampyrellae, 0. pseudosporearum, 0. leptophrydis, Rhizophidium leptophrydis and Chytridium lateoperculatum.

双奇核~(168)Ta高自旋态能级结构

用能量为140MeV的27Al束流轰击145Nd氧化靶,通过145Nd(27Al,4nγ)168Ta熔合蒸发反应对双奇核168Ta的高自旋态进行了实验研究.扩展了基于πh11/2νi13/2和π5/2+[402]ν5/2+[642]准粒子组态下的转动带能级纲图.根据实验测量结果,对两转动带的准粒子顺排特征作了分析.通过B(M1)/B(E2)的理论与实验值比较以及168Ta相邻双奇核能级间隔系统性,进一步确定了两转动带的准粒子组态和能级的自旋宇称.

C 168 INST-D 2013. 349 Escenas clásicas del procesos del tejido y secado de la paja toquilla en Sandoná (Sandoná, Nariño)

10 fotografías, nueve a color.