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Opposing shear senses in a subdetachment mylonite zone: Implications for core complex mechanics
[1] Global studies of metamorphic core complexes and lowâangle detachment faults have highlighted a fundamental problem: Since detachments excise crustal section, the relationship between the mylonitic rocks in their footwalls and the brittle deformation in their hanging walls is commonly unclear. Mylonites could either reflect ductile deformation related to exhumation along the detachment fault, or they could be a more general feature of the extending middle crust that has been âcaptured â by the detachment. In the first case we would expect the kinematics of the mylonite zone to mirror the sense of movement on the detachment; in the second case both the direction and sense of shear in the mylonites could be different. The northern Snake Range dĂ©collement (NSRD) is a classic Basin and Range detachment fault with a wellâdocumented topâeast of displacement. We present structural, paleo-magnetic, geochronological, and geothermometric evidence to suggest that the mylonite zone below the NSRD locally experienced phases of both east â and westâdirected shear, inconsistent with movement along a single detachment fault. We therefore propose that the footwall mylonites represent a predetachment dis-continuity in the middle crust that separated localized deformation above from distributed crustal flow below (localizedâdistributed transition (LDT)). The mylonites were subsequently captured by a moderately dipping brittle detachment that soled down to the middle crust and exhumed them around a rolling hinge into a subhorizontal orientation at the surface, produc-ing the presentâday NSRD. In this interpretation the brittle hanging wall represents a series of rotated upper crustal normal faults, whereas the mylonitic footwall represents one or more exhumed middl
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A Spectrophotometric Study on Uranyl Nitrate Complexation to 150â°C
The formation constant of the mononitratouranyl complex was studied spectrophotometrically at temperatures of 25, 40, 55, 70, 100 and 150â°C (298, 313, 328, 343, 373 and 423 K). The uranyl ion concentration was fixed at approximately 0.008 molâ
kgâ1 and the ligand concentration was varied from 0.05 to 3.14 molâ
kgâ1. The uranyl nitrate complex, UO2NO 3 + , is weak at 298 K but its equilibrium constant (at zero ionic strength) increases with temperature from logâ10 ÎČ 1=â0.19±0.02 (298 K) to 0.78±0.04 (423 K
An Analysis of the Relationship between Price and Variance for Homogeneous Housing Stock
This study examines the structure of price variance for homogeneous residential housing stock, where homogeneous is defined as economically equivalent, not necessarily physically identical. Assessed values, obtained from ad valorem tax rolls, are used as the basis for identifying properties considered to be economically equivalent. From these data an investigation of the distribution of sale price and variance for housing in selected value ranges is conducted. Subsequently, ANOVA is performed to determine the composition of variance through time and across cities within one metropolitan housing market. In line with conventional wisdom, we find that variance increases with price over the entire data set. The increase, however, is not constant nor does it exhibit a simple proportional relationship to price. Variance increases at an increasing rate in the lower to mid-price ranges and continues to increase but at a decreasing rate in the upper price ranges. From this it was determined that the functional relationship between price and variance is best approximated by a quadratic function in the lower to mid-price ranges and a cubic function when higher price properties are included. ANOVA results indicate that variance is significantly different through time and across location. The interactive term was also significant. The findings of this study would appear to have implications for fee appraisers, assessors, investors, and mortgage lenders.
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The Effect of Mechanical Remoulding on the compression and strength characteristics of a Mercia Mudstone
A series of laboratory tests have been undertaken as part of a larger study into the effect of continuous flight auger pile installation on the soil-pile interface in the Mercia Mudstone Group [1]. This paper reports the results of stress path triaxial tests on bulk samples of the mudstone which have been subjected to varying amounts of mechanical remoulding representing the remoulding that occurs due to the action of the auger. In addition, the water content at which remoulding takes place has been varied. The tests were undertaken to investigate whether the silt sized aggregates of clay particles that exist [2] within this soil could be broken up by the mechanical remoulding and whether this would affect the compression and strength properties of the mudstone. It was found that both mechanical remoulding and the water content at which this is carried out affect the subsequent response of the soil
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Remoulding of the Mercia Mudstone Group around CFA pile shafts
A field test has been undertaken to investigate changes to in situ Mercia Mudstone at the pile soil interface after installation of four 5.5 m long 350 mm diameter CFA piles. The test investigated whether a remoulded zone exists, the extent of the zone, changes caused by remoulding and the effect of the installation method. The piles and surrounding soil were excavated after installation to a depth of just under 2 m. The sections of pile and surrounding soil were returned to the laboratory where a variety of detailed observations at both micro and macroscopic scales were undertaken, together with chemical and mineralogical analysis. It was found that a remoulded zone existed in all piles but that this varied in thickness both laterally and vertically around a pile. Across all piles the maximum thickness observed was 55 mm. The average thickness, fabric and texture were all affected by installation method. A distinctive vertically orientated fabric was observed in which up to four vertically orientated layers could be distinguished. There was evidence of changes in texture/fabric, structure, colour, mineralogy and chemistry
X-ray Timing of PSR J1852+0040 in Kesteven 79: Evidence of Neutron Stars Weakly Magnetized at Birth
The 105-ms X-ray pulsar J1852+0040 is the central compact object (CCO) in SNR
Kes 79. We report a sensitive upper limit on its radio flux density of 12 uJy
at 2 GHz using the NRAO GBT. Timing using XMM and Chandra over a 2.4 yr span
reveals no significant change in its spin period. The 2 sigma upper limit on
the period derivative leads, in the dipole spin-down formalism, to an energy
loss rate E-dot < 7e33 ergs/s, surface magnetic field strength B_p < 1.5e11 G,
and characteristic age tau_c = P/2P-dot > 8 Myr. This tau_c exceeds the age of
the SNR by 3 orders of magnitude, implying that the pulsar was born spinning at
its current period. However, the X-ray luminosity of PSR J1852+0040, L(bol) ~
3e33(d/7.1 kpc)^2 ergs/s is a large fraction of E-dot, which challenges the
rotation-powered assumption. Instead, its high blackbody temperature,
0.46+/-0.04 keV, small blackbody radius ~ 0.8 km, and large pulsed fraction, ~
80%, may be evidence of accretion onto a polar cap, possibly from a fallback
disk made of supernova debris. If B_p < 1e10 G, an accretion disk can penetrate
the light cylinder and interact with the magnetosphere while resulting torques
on the neutron star remain within the observed limits. A weak B-field is also
inferred in another CCO, the 424-ms pulsar 1E 1207.4-5209, from its steady spin
and soft X-ray absorption lines. We propose this origin of radio-quiet CCOs:
the B-field, derived from a turbulent dynamo, is weaker if the NS is formed
spinning slowly, which enables it to accrete SN debris. Accretion excludes
neutron stars born with both B_p 0.1 s from radio pulsar
surveys, where B_p
40 Myr) or recycled pulsars. Finally, such a CCO, if born in SN 1987A, could
explain the non-detection of a pulsar there.Comment: 8 pages, 3 figures, to appear in The Astrophysical Journa
Echo-Doppler And Electrogram Correlation: A Guide For The Invasive Management Of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
Atrial fibrillation is a multivariable disease [1]. It is generally considered that in young patients without cardiac abnormalities AF may represent a primary electropathy with triggers in the pulmonary vein [2]. Whereas in older patients with structural heart disease left atrial enlargement ascribed to chronic pressure overloads is thought to cause a secondary substrate abnormality allowing the propitiation of this arrhythmia. Despite this simplistic paradigm much overlap exists with some patients in the former group failing to benefit from ablation therapy (expected to be successful without substrate abnormalities) and others with severe atrial enlargement unexpectedly responding well to ablation. In this pictorial report we describe the association of echo Doppler based diastolic function data being an accurate predictor of primary electropathy and thus benefit from ablation procedures [3]
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