简介:TheX-discontinuity,whichappearsatthedepthofapproximately300km,isanimportantseismicinterfacewithpositivevelocitycontrastsintheuppermantle.Detectingitspresenceandtopographycanbeusefultounderstandphasetransformationsofrelevantmantlemineralsunderthehigh-temperatureandhigh-pressurecircumstanceoftheEarth'sinterior.Inthisstudy,wedetecttheX-discontinuitybeneaththeRyukyusubductionzoneusingfiveintermediate-deptheventsrecordedbythedenseAlaskaRegionalNetwork(AK).TheX-discontinuityissuccessfullyrevealedfromtherobustslantstackingofthesecondarydown-goingandconvertingSdPphases.Fromthedepthdistributionofconversionpoints,wefindthattheX-discontinuity'sdepthrangesbetween269kmand313km,withanaveragedepthof295km.Alltheconversionpointsarelocatedbeneaththedown-dippingsideofthePhilippineSeaslab.Fromenergycomparisonsinvespagramsforobservedandsyntheticseismograms,thestrongconvertedenergyismorelikelyfromathinhigh-velocitylayer,andtheS-wavevelocityjumpsacrosstheX-discontinuityareupto5%to8%withanaverageof6.0%.Accordingtopreviouspetrologicalandseismologicalstudies,theX-discontinuitywedetectedcanbeinterpretedasthephasetransformationofcoesitetostishoviteineclogiticmaterialswithintheoceaniccrust.
简介:Thisstudyconcernsatwo-dimensionalmodelandthecorrespondingvirtualcrackclosuretechnique(VCCT)implementedtosolvethegeneralboundaryvalueproblemsthatmayexplainwhyinterfacediscontinuityhaseffectsonthefracturebehaviorinthesuperconductor-substratesystem.Theinterfacialdiscontinuitycanbeclassifiedaccordingtothematerialproperties'continuityandtheirderivatives'continuityattheinterface.Fornonhomogeneoussuperconductorandsubstratespecimenswithvariousmaterialproperties,aVCCTmethodisdevelopedtocalculatetheirfracturebehavior.Furthermore,theeffectsofappliedmagneticfieldamplitudeandnonhomogeneousparametersareextensivelyandparametricallystudiedintwoactivationprocesses(zero-fieldcoolingandfieldcooling).Theintegrativeandcomputationalstudypresentedhereprovideafundamentalmechanisticunderstandingofthefracturemechanisminthesuperconductor-substratesystemandshedslightontherationaldesignofinterfacialcontinuity.
简介:Thispaperisconcernedwithasingularlimitfortheone-dimensionalcompressibleradiationhydrodynamicsmodel.ThesingularlimitweconsidercorrespondstothephysicalproblemoflettingtheBouguernumberinfinitewhilekeepingtheBoltzmannnumberconstant.InthecasewhenthecorrespondingEulersystemadmitsacontactdiscontinuitywave,WangandXie(2011)[12]recentlyverifiedthissingularlimitandprovedthatthesolutionofthecompressibleradiationhydrodynamicsmodelconvergestothestrongcontactdiscontinuitywaveintheL∞-normawayfromthediscontinuitylineatarateofε14,asthereciprocaloftheBouguernumbertendstozero.Inthispaper,WangandXie’sconvergencerateisimprovedtoε7/8byintroducinganewaprioriassumptionandsomerefinedenergyestimates.Moreover,itisshownthattheradiationfluxqtendstozerointheL∞-normawayfromthediscontinuityline,ataconvergencerateasthereciprocaloftheBouguernumbertendstozero.
简介:Asglobaltemperaturesincreaseanddissolvedoxygen(DO)contentdecreasesinmarinesystems,indicesassessingsedimentDOcontentinbenthichabitatsarebecomingincreasinglyuseful.Onesuchmeasureisthedepthtotheapparentredoxpotentialdiscontinuity(aRPD),atransitionofsedimentcolorthatservesasarelativemeasureofsedimentDOcontent.WeexaminedspatiotemporalvariationofaRPDdepth,andthenatureoftherelationshipsbetweenaRPDdepthandbiotic(infaunaandepibenthicpredators)andabioticvariables(sedimentproperties),aswellastheavailabilityofresources(chlorophyllaconcentration,andorganicmattercontent)intheintertidalmudflatsoftheBayofFundy,Canada.aRPDdepthvariedsignificantlythroughspaceandtime,andacombinationofbiotic(sessileanderrantinfauna,aswellasepibenthicpredators),andabiotic(exposuretimeofaplot,sedimentparticlesize,penetrability,andwatercontent)variables,aswellastheavailabilityofresources(sedimentorganicmattercontent,andchlorophyllaconcentration)werecorrelatedwithaRPDdepth.Assuch,knowledgeofbothbioticandabioticvariablesarerequiredforaholisticunderstandingofsedimentDOconditions.AbioticvariableslikelydictateasuiteofpotentialaRPDdepthconditions,whilebiotaandresourceavailability,viabioturbationandrespiration,stronglyinfluencetheobservedaRPDdepth.AsDOconditionsinmarinesystemswillcontinuetochangeduetoglobalclimatechange,elucidatingtheserelationshipsareakeyfirststepinpredictingtheinfluencedecreasingDOcontentmayhaveuponmarinebenthos.&2017InternationalResearchandTrainingCentreonErosionandSedimentation/theWorldAssociationforSedimentationandErosionResearch.PublishedbyElsevierB.V.Allrightsreserved.
简介:代数课本中指出:“在a>0时,|x|>a(?)x<-a或x>a;|x|0”。其实,这一等价性在a≤0时也同样成立。现证明如下:①当a=0吋,i|x|>a即|x|>0的解集显然是:x<0或x>0即x<-a或x>a。