COMBINED GEOELECTRICAL AND DRILL‐HOLE INVESTIGATIONS FOR DETECTING FRESH‐WATER AQUIFERS IN NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI

Geophysics ◽  
1974 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 340-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reinhard K. Frohlich

A geoelectrical investigation was conducted in an area of northwestern Missouri which was previously explored by drill holes. The purpose of the survey was to evaluate the effectiveness of the method in locating potable groundwater. It was found that resistivity depth soundings using the Schlumberger arrangement can partially localize and determine the thickness and depth of both near‐surface and basal fresh‐water‐bearing gravel bodies in glacial deposits. The basal gravel is usually confined to preglacial stream channels and has a particular importance as a fresh‐water aquifer. Only in a few cases does the resistivity increase at the depth of the bedrock. More often the depth soundings show an appreciable increase of resistivity at a depth well within the bedrock. High permeability and porosity at a lower water conductivity in the gravel is compensated by lower permeability and porosity at a higher water conductivity in the bedrock. This can explain why the formation resistivities found from depth soundings are basically the same. An increase of resistivity in the deeper bedrock occurs due to a tightening of fissures containing salt water. In one particular well, which penetrates a basal gravel, it can be shown that the salt content of the well water originates from salt water encroachment, most likely from the bedrock.

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Paryanta Paryanta ◽  
Widyo Ari Utomo ◽  
Deta Wahyu Herlambang

<p><em>Aquarium sea water is a place to keep the fish that live in sea water. Setting levels of salt in the water is one of the problems that often occur. The intensity of the impact on the salt content of appetite that can lead to stress fish so that the fish will die. This thesis will be made the design and realization of the regulator saline seawater aquarium. The main characteristics of the sensor voltage values salinity is issued is inversely proportional to the value of the water levels are detected. If the salt content the higher the voltage value becomes lower. The sensors used in the form of parallel metal pieces which serves as a detector of the change in resistance. The output of the censor will be the input to the ADC. While calculations using ATmega16 microcontroller and the result is displayed on the LCD. If the value of the salt content of sea water aquarium turned microcontroller ATmega16 control valves salt water and fresh water faucet to stabilize the salinity at a certain value. With this thesis is realized, it is expected to reduce the problems in the maintenance of saltwater fish.</em></p>


Author(s):  
Raveesha P ◽  
K. E. Prakash ◽  
B. T. Suresh Babu

The salt water mixes with fresh water and forms brackish water. The brackish water contains some quantity of salt, but not equal to sea water. Salinity determines the geographic distribution of the number of marshes found in estuary. Hence salinity is a very important environmental factor in estuary system. Sand is one major natural aggregate, required in construction industry mainly for the manufacture of concrete. The availability of good river sand is reduced due to salinity. The quality of sand available from estuarine regions is adversely affected due to this reason. It is the responsibility of engineers to check the quality of sand and its strength parameters before using it for any construction purpose. Presence of salt content in natural aggregates or manufactured aggregates is the cause for corrosion in steel. In this study the amount of salinity present in estuary sand was determined. Three different methods were used to determine the salinity in different seasonal variations. The sand sample collected nearer to the sea was found to be high in salinity in all methods.  It can be concluded that care should be taken before we use estuary sand as a construction material due to the presence of salinity.


2018 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Serena J. Randolph ◽  
Alan D. Maccarone

Abstract Predation on bivalve mollusks by gastropod mollusks is common in coastal regions of the United States; however, few previous studies have examined whether drilling gastropods exhibit prey selection. In 2016, shells with small holes drilled by as many as two gastropod predators were collected at three sites separated by 30 km along the Texas Upper Gulf Coast on the Bolivar Peninsula (29° 40′N, 94° 90′W). The likeliest predators in these waters are the southern oyster drill (Stramonita haemastoma Linnaeus 1767) and the moon snail (Neverita duplicate Say 1822). Collected shells were identified to species and measurements were taken to examine statistical relationships between predators and prey species. These measurements included drill-hole diameter, shell thickness, drill-hole completeness, number of drill attempts, and collection site. Across the three locations, 17 different species of shells with drill holes were collected; of these, we focused on the ten most abundant species (n = 277 shells). The sample showed high variation in drill-hole diameter, shell thickness, and drill-hole completeness. Both the total number of holes and mean drill-hole diameter differed significantly among prey species (ANOVA, both P &lt; 0.0001). In addition, drill-hole diameter correlated directly with prey shell thickness (P &lt; 0.0001). Shells whose drill holes were complete were significantly thinner than shells with incomplete holes (P &lt; 0.0001). Mean prey shell thickness, mean drill-hole diameter, and mean number of drill holes all differed significantly by collection site (all P &lt; 0.0001). Ecological and morphological implications related to gastropod predation on mollusks are discussed.


1772 ◽  
Vol 62 ◽  
pp. 90-92 ◽  
Keyword(s):  

The materials necessary for this process are the following; a copper or iron pot of 15 or 20 gallons, an empty cask, some sheet lead, a small jar, a few wood-ashes or soap, and billet-wood for fewel.


2021 ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Yaru Guo ◽  
Yuanlong Li ◽  
Fan Wang ◽  
Yuntao Wei

AbstractNingaloo Niño – the interannually occurring warming episode in the southeast Indian Ocean (SEIO) – has strong signatures in ocean temperature and circulation and exerts profound impacts on regional climate and marine biosystems. Analysis of observational data and eddy-resolving regional ocean model simulations reveals that the Ningaloo Niño/Niña can also induce pronounced variability in ocean salinity, causing large-scale sea surface salinity (SSS) freshening of 0.15–0.20 psu in the SEIO during its warm phase. Model experiments are performed to understand the underlying processes. This SSS freshening is mutually caused by the increased local precipitation (~68%) and enhanced fresh-water transport of the Indonesian Throughflow (ITF; ~28%) during Ningaloo Niño events. The effects of other processes, such as local winds and evaporation, are secondary (~18%). The ITF enhances the southward fresh-water advection near the eastern boundary, which is critical in causing the strong freshening (> 0.20 psu) near the Western Australian coast. Owing to the strong modulation effect of the ITF, SSS near the coast bears a higher correlation with the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (0.57, 0.77, and 0.70 with Niño-3, Niño-4, and Niño-3.4 indices, respectively) than sea surface temperature (-0.27, -0.42, and -0.35) during 1993-2016. Yet, an idealized model experiment with artificial damping for salinity anomaly indicates that ocean salinity has limited impact on ocean near-surface stratification and thus minimal feedback effect on the warming of Ningaloo Niño.


Geophysics ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 1126-1131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa Whitten Bryan ◽  
Kenneth W. Holladay ◽  
Clyde J. Bergeron ◽  
Juliette W. Ioup ◽  
George E. Ioup

An airborne electromagnetic survey was performed over the marsh and estuarine waters of the Barataria basin of Louisiana. Two inversion methods were applied to the measured data to calculate layer thicknesses and conductivities: the modified image method (MIM) and a nonlinear least‐squares method of inversion using two two‐layer forward models and one three‐layer forward model, with results generally in good agreement. Uniform horizontal water layers in the near‐shore Gulf of Mexico with the fresher (less saline, less conductive) water above the saltier (more saline, more conductive) water can be seen clearly. More complex near‐surface layering showing decreasing salinity/conductivity with depth can be seen in the marshes and inland areas. The first‐layer water depth is calculated to be 1–2 m, with the second‐layer water depth around 4 m. The first‐layer marsh and beach depths are computed to be 0–3 m, and the second‐layer marsh and beach depths vary from 2 to 9 m. The first‐layer water conductivity is calculated to be 2–3 S/m, with the second‐layer water conductivity around 3 to 4 S/m and the third‐layer water conductivity 4–5 S/m. The first‐layer marsh conductivity is computed to be mainly 1–2 S/m, and the second‐ and third‐layer marsh conductivities vary from 0.5 to 1.5 S/m, with the conductivities decreasing as depth increases except on the beach, where layer three has a much higher conductivity, ranging up to 3 S/m.


Foods ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 2047
Author(s):  
Kamil Drabik ◽  
Tomasz Próchniak ◽  
Damian Spustek ◽  
Karolina Wengerska ◽  
Justyna Batkowska

The aim of the study was to evaluate the possibility of reducing changes in the quality of consumer hen eggs by storing them in various package type and under various temperature conditions (room and refrigeration). The material consisted of 960 chicken eggs packed in cardboard or plastic boxes, 10 pcs in each. Half of the packages were stored at room temperature (21 °C), the rest in the refrigerator (5 °C). The eggs were stored for 28 days qualitatively evaluated at 14-day intervals. The characteristics of whole egg (weight, specific weight, proportion of morphological elements, air cell depth) as well as of shell (weight, color, crushing strength, thickness, density, water conductivity), albumen (height, Haugh units, weight, pH) and yolk (weight, color, pH) were analyzed. The fatty acids profile of yolks was also evaluated as a freshness indicator. Packaging types available on the market, apart from its marketing and eggs protection function, can also influence the quality and stability of the product during storage. The use of plastic boxes can help to maintain higher eggs quality during the storage period, even after a significant extension of the storage time. Eggs stored in plastic boxes at room temperature had very similar results to those stored under refrigeration using conventional cardboard boxes. This effect is probably related to the lower permeability of plastic boxes in comparison to cardboard ones, but detailed research work in this direction is necessary to verify this relation.


1955 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-34
Author(s):  
W.G. Beeftink

Characteristic symptoms of salt water flood damage are described for apples, pears, plums, cherries, currants, gooseberry, walnuts, grapes and mulberries. In general the crops showed symptoms of drying out, indicating their inability to absorb enough water. A table of the approximate sensitivity of the fruit crops, and also of apple and pear varieties was compiled; there was a wider range of sensitivity in apples than in pears. The sensitivity of the chief Malling rootstocks did not appear to run parallel to their vigour. The salt content of the soil moisture was the limiting factor for apple and pear recovery; 7-8 g. per litre for apples, and 11-12 g. for pears were the limits beyond which trees could not be saved. Flooding had no influence on the growth condition of apples and pears until after it had lasted 8 or 9 weeks. Tree age had no clear effect on sensitivity, though apple trees of 25 years and over had less resistance. Deep cultivation before flooding, soil exhaustion, and general neglect had detrimental effects on tree resistance. (Abstract retrieved from CAB Abstracts by CABI’s permission)


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