Scattering Attenuation of the Martian Interior through Coda-Wave Analysis

ABSTRACT We investigate the scattering attenuation characteristics of the Martian crust and uppermost mantle to understand the structure of the Martian interior. We examine the energy decay of the spectral envelopes for 21 high-quality Martian seismic events from sols 128 to 500 of InSight operations. We use the model of Dainty, Toksöz, et al. (1974) to approximate the behavior of energy envelopes resulting from scattered wave propagation through a single diffusive layer over an elastic half-space. Using a grid search, we mapped the layer parameters that fit the observed InSight data envelopes. The single diffusive layer model provided better fits to the observed energy envelopes for high-frequency (HF) and very-high-frequency (VF) than for the low-frequency and broadband events. This result is consistent with the suggested source depths (Giardini et al., 2020) for these families of events and their expected interaction with a shallow scattering layer. The shapes of the observed data envelopes do not show a consistent pattern with event distance, suggesting that the diffusivity and scattering layer thickness is nonuniform in the vicinity of InSight at Mars. Given the consistency in the envelope shapes between HF and VF events across epicentral distances and the trade-offs between the parameters that control scattering, the dimensions of the scattering layer remain unconstrained but require that scattering strength decreases with depth and that the rate of decay in scattering strength is the fastest near the surface. This is generally consistent with the processes that would form scattering structures in planetary lithospheres.

Control of chemically-driven convective dissolution by differential diffusion effects

<p>We numerically study the effect of differential diffusion in chemically-driven convective dissolution that can occur upon the reaction of a dissolving species A in a host phase when the chemical reaction destabilizes an otherwise stable density stratification. For example, an A+B→C reaction is known to trigger such convection when, upon dissolution into the host solution, A reacts with B present in the solution to produce C if the difference between C and B in the contribution to the solution density is above a critical threshold. We show that differential diffusivities impact the convective dynamics substantially giving rise to additional convective effects below the reaction front, where C is generated. More specifically, we show that below the reaction front either double-diffusive or diffusive-layer convection can arise, modifying the local Rayleigh-Taylor instability. When B diffuses faster than C, a double-diffusive instability can develop below the reaction front, accelerating the convective dynamics and conversely, when B diffuses slower than C, diffusive-layer convection modes stabilize the dynamics compared to the equal diffusivity case. Our results are relevant for various geological applications or engineering set-ups that involve non-reactive stable density stratifications where transport can be enhanced by reaction-induced convection.</p>

Subsurface diffusion in crystals and effect of surface permeability on the atomic step motion

A new theoretical approach to characterize the diffusion of both surface and bulk point defects in crystals is presented. In our model, atomic steps are considered as sources and sinks not only for adatoms and advacancies but also for self-interstitials and bulk vacancies, providing a new mechanism for bulk point defect generation and annihilation. It is shown that the creation and annihilation of self-interstitials and vacancies occur at atomic steps and can be described by introducing a diffusive layer of the bulk point defects adsorbed just below the surface. The atomic step rate of advance is studied taking into account finite permeability of the surface for bulk and surface point defects. The surface permeability results in the appearance of the dependence of the total step rate of advance not only on the supersaturation in vapor phase but also on the supersaturation of point defects in the bulk.

Features of the kinetics of degradation of dark gray podzolized soil of Lviv Roztochia

The kinetics of mechanical, water degradation and deflation of dark gray podzolized soils of Lviv Roztochia has been investigated. By the equation of the velocity of these processes, their constant of the reaction and order has been determined: for deflation (V=4.0645·C0.8625), water degradation (V=0.2829·C0.7559), mechanical degradation (V=0.7363·C1.5173). The processes of disaggregation of soil particles due to water and wind degradation of dark gray podzolized soil had been occurred as unilateral first-order reactions. Mechanical degradation in the soil is a more complex process of heterogeneity (n = 1.5), in which the formation of nuclei (particles <0.25 mm in size) on the surface of the soil aggregate occurs in several stages. Has been established that in the mechanical degradation of dark gray podzolized soil the equilibrium state reaches through 2–3 minutes, after deflation – after 10 minutes of wind action at a speed of 2.2 m/s, for water degradation – after 12 minutes, when the micro aggregate particles are 25 %, 16 % and 2 % respectively. Hence, dark gray podzolized soils exhibit a lower ability to aqueous deformation than to deflation, which is confirmed by a light-grit granulometric composition, brylove. First of all, this has been due to the slowest response among these processes. Secondly, the dissolution of soil aggregates has been due to the thickness, the area of the diffusive layer and the diffusion coefficient. Low anti-erosion resistance of dark gray podzolized soil due to mechanical degradation is associated with two-stage, cloakiness and low bending of brylove. Key words: degradation, kinetics, macro and micro aggregates, equilibrium constant.

Studi Metode Diffusive Gradient In Thin Film dengan Binding Gel Titanium Dioksida-Chelex untuk Penyerapan Logam Besi(II) dan Fosfat Secara Simultan

Tingginya konsentrasi fosfor sebagai fosfat ke dalam sistem akuatik mengakibatkan eutrofikasi yang berujung pada terjadinya algae blooming. Input fosfat dalam sistem akuatik ini dicurigai dipengaruhi oleh pelepasan fosfat yang terikat pada besi(III) hidroksida ketika tereduksi menjadi besi(II) di sedimen, sehingga diperlukan pengukuran fosfat dan besi(II) secara simultan. Teknik diffusive gradient in thin film (DGT) merupakan salah satu metode pengukuran in-situ yang dikembangkan untuk pengukuran fosfat dan logam.Teknik DGT diteliti menggunakan binding gel campuran TiO2-Chelex. Metode baru ini memperkenalkan penggunakan TiO2 hasil sintesis melalui metode sol-gel sebagai agen pengikat fosfat dan resin Chelex-100 sebagai agen pengikat logam Fe(II). DGT yang terdiri dari diffusive layer dan binding layer diuji kemampuannya dalam menyerap logam labil besi(II) dan fosfat secara terpisah, kemudian diuji homogenitasnya. DGT dengan binding gel TiO2-Chelex diuji pada sejumlah variasi waktu pengukuran, konsentrasi larutan, dan pH.Hasil analisis menggunakan spektrofotometer AAS untuk logam besi dan spektrofotometer UV-Vis untuk fosfat menunjukkan bahwa waktu optimum untuk pengukuran DGT adalah 24 jam. DGT dengan binding gel TiO2-Chelex optimum mengukur fosfat pada larutan dengan pH 5.2 dan pH 6 dan optimum mengukur besi(II) pada pH netral (pH 7). DGT TiO2-Chelex memiliki kapasitas pengukuran 5.86 mg/L untuk fosfat dan 53.41 mg/L untuk logam besi(II). Sehingga dapat disimpulkan bahwa, binding gel campuran TiO2-Chelex yang telah dibuat dalam sistem DGT dapat menyerap logam Fe(II) dan fosfat secara simultan dengan baik. The high phosphorus as phosphate input into aquatic systems causes eutrophication which leads to the occurrence of algae blooming. Phosphate input in aquatic systems is influenced by the release of suspected phosphate bound to iron(III) when reduced to iron(II) in the sediment. Diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT) technique is one of the in-situ measurement methods developed for the measurement of phosphate and metals. DGT technique was studied using gel bindings mixture of TiO2-Chelex. This new method introduces the use synthesis of TiO2 via sol-gel method and resin Chelex-100 as phosphate and iron(II) binding agents, respectively. DGT composed of diffusive and binding layer was tested for their ability to absorb iron(II) and phosphate separately, and homogeneity. DGT with bindings TiO2-Chelex gel was tested at various measurement time, solution concentration, and pH. The results of the analysis using AAS for iron and UV - Vis spectrophotometer for phosphate showed that the optimum time for DGT measurement is 24 hours. Optimum measurement of DGT with bindings gel TiO2-Chelex was reached at pH around pH 5.2 and 6 for phosphate, and neutral (pH 7) for iron(II). TiO2-Chelex DGT measurement capacity was 5.86mg/L and 53.41 mg/L for phosphate and iron (II), respectively. In conclusion, the TiO2-Chelex mixed binding gel that was made can absorb iron (II) and phosphate simultaneously.

Writing of nanowires via high viscosity-induced nano diffusive layer

A nano reduced diffusive layer was firstly presented for printing nanostructures of materials by using a millimeter-sized chemical pen.

Determination of mercury in aquatic systems by DGT device using thiol-modified carbon nanoparticle suspension as the liquid binding phase

DGT device using SH-CNPs as the liquid binding phase and cellulose acetate membrane as the diffusive layer is demonstrated for determination of Hg2+ in natural waters.

Impact of Thermally Driven Turbulence on the Bottom Melting of Ice

Direct numerical simulation and laboratory experiments are used to investigate turbulent convection beneath a horizontal ice–water interface. Scaling laws are derived that quantify the dependence of the melt rate of the ice on the far-field temperature of the water under purely thermally driven conditions. The scaling laws, the simulations, and the laboratory experiments consistently yield that the melt rate increases by two orders of magnitude, from ⋍101 to ⋍103 mm day−1, as the far-field temperature increases from 4° to 8°C. The strong temperature dependence of the melt rate is explained by analyzing the vertical structure of the flow: For far-field temperatures below 8°C, the flow features a stably stratified, diffusive layer next to the ice that shields it from the warmer, turbulent outer layer. The stratification in the diffusive layer diminishes as the far-field temperature increases and vanishes for far-field temperatures far above 8°C. Possible implications of these results for ice–ocean interfaces are discussed. The drastic melt-rate increase implies that turbulence needs to be considered in the analysis of ice–water interfaces even in shear-free conditions.