Structural evolution of an arc-basin: The Gravina Belt in central southeastern Alaska

Tectonics ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1245-1265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter J. Haeussler
1991 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 912-928 ◽  
Author(s):  
William C. McClelland ◽  
Lawrence M. Anovitz ◽  
George E. Gehrels

Thermobarometric data from amphibolite-facies metamorphic rocks west of the Coast Mountains batholith provide important constraints on the structural evolution of the mid-Cretaceous Sumdum–Fanshaw fault system and Late Cretaceous – Paleocene Le Conte Bay shear zone in central southeastern Alaska. Ductile structures that make up the Sumdum–Fanshaw fault system record the east-directed underthrusting of the Alexander terrane and Gravina belt beneath the Ruth assemblage (Yukon–Tanana terrane) and Taku terrane. These structures are truncated to the east by the Le Conte Bay shear zone. Temperature and pressure estimates calculated from the garnet–biotite geothermometer and garnet–rutile–ilmenite–plagioclase–quartz geobarometer suggest juxtaposition of the Gravina belt and Yukon–Tanana terrane at relatively deep levels (>7 kbar) during mid-Cretaceous time. Rocks west of the Le Conte Bay shear zone yield thermobarometric estimates of 465–890 ± 50 °C and 7.1–11.8 ± 1 kbar (1 kbar = 100 MPa). Late Cretaceous and Paleocene metamorphism associated with the Le Conte Bay shear zone reflects synkinematic emplacement of tonalitic intrusions along the western margin of the Coast Mountains batholith. Thermobarometric results from samples adjacent to the tonalite bodies record uplift and retrogression and suggest tonalite emplacement at 7.5–7.7 ± 1 kbar. An eastward increase in thermobarometric estimates observed in Thomas and Le Conte bays is inferred to record uplift and east-side-up tilting of rocks west of and within the Le Conte Bay shear zone during Late Cretaceous and Paleocene time. Rocks within the Le Conte Bay shear zone were apparently rapidly (1.5–2 mm/a) uplifted to shallow crustal levels prior to mid-Eocene time. Thermobarometric results for the Petersburg region are similar to those previously reported along the western flank of the northern Coast Mountains batholith.


Author(s):  
L.D. Schmidt ◽  
K. R. Krause ◽  
J. M. Schwartz ◽  
X. Chu

The evolution of microstructures of 10- to 100-Å diameter particles of Rh and Pt on SiO2 and Al2O3 following treatment in reducing, oxidizing, and reacting conditions have been characterized by TEM. We are able to transfer particles repeatedly between microscope and a reactor furnace so that the structural evolution of single particles can be examined following treatments in gases at atmospheric pressure. We are especially interested in the role of Ce additives on noble metals such as Pt and Rh. These systems are crucial in the automotive catalytic converter, and rare earths can significantly modify catalytic properties in many reactions. In particular, we are concerned with the oxidation state of Ce and its role in formation of mixed oxides with metals or with the support. For this we employ EELS in TEM, a technique uniquely suited to detect chemical shifts with ∼30Å resolution.


1996 ◽  
Vol 451 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. P. Moffat

ABSTRACTA variety of Cu/(Ni, Co) multilayers have been grown on Cu single crystals by pulse plating from an alloy electroplating bath. Copper is deposited under mass transport control while the iron group metal is deposited under interfacial charge transfer control. The structural evolution of these films is influenced by the morphological instability of the mass transport limited copper deposition reaction and the development of growth twins during iron-group metal deposition. Specular films have been obtained for growth on Cu(100) while rough, defective films were typically obtained for growth on Cu(111) and Cu(110).


2000 ◽  
Vol 629 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Loup Masson ◽  
Peter F. Green

ABSTRACTResearchers have shown that thin, nonwetting, liquid homopolymer films dewet substrates, forming patterns that reflect fluctuations in the local film thickness. These patterns have been shown to be either discrete cylindrical holes or bicontinuous “spinodal-like” patterns. In this paper we show the existence of a new morphology. During the early stage of dewetting, discrete highly asymmetric holes appear spontaneously throughout the film. The nucleation rate of these holes is faster than their growth rate. The morphology of the late stage of evolution, after 18 days, is characterized by a bicontinuous pattern, distinct form conventional spinodal dewetting patterns. This morphology has been observed for a range of film thicknesses between 7.5 and 21nm. The structural evolution of this intermediate morphology is discussed.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weihong Lai ◽  
Heng Wang ◽  
Quan jiang ◽  
Zichao Yan ◽  
Hanwen Liu ◽  
...  

<p>Herein, we develop a non-selective charge compensation strategy to prepare multi-single-atom doped carbon (MSAC) in which a sodium p-toluenesulfonate (PTS-Na) doped polypyrrole (S-PPy) polymer is designed to anchor discretionary mixtures of multiple metal cations, including iron (Fe<sup>3+</sup>), cobalt (Co<sup>3+</sup>), ruthenium (Ru<sup>3+</sup>), palladium (Pd<sup>2+</sup>), indium (In<sup>3+</sup>), iridium (Ir<sup>2+</sup>), and platinum (Pt<sup>2+</sup>) . As illustrated in Figure 1, the carbon surface can be tuned with different level of compositional complexities, including unary Pt<sub>1</sub>@NC, binary (MSAC-2, (PtFe)<sub>1</sub>@NC), ternary (MSAC-3, (PtFeIr)<sub>1</sub>@NC), quaternary (MSAC-4, (PtFeIrRu)<sub>1</sub>@NC), quinary (MSAC-5, (PtFeIrRuCo)<sub>1</sub>@NC), senary (MSAC-6, (PtFeIrRuCoPd)<sub>1</sub>@NC), and septenary (MSAC-7, (PtFeIrRuCoPdIn)<sub>1</sub>@NC) samples. The structural evolution of carbon surface dictates the activities of both ORR and HER. The senary MSAC-6 achieves the ORR mass activity of 18.1 A·mg<sub>metal</sub><sup>-1</sup> at 0.9 V (Vs reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE)) over 30K cycles, which is 164 times higher than that of commercial Pt/C. The quaternary MSAC-4 presented a comparable HER catalytic capability with that of Pt/C. These results indicate that the highly complexed carbon surface can enhance its ability over general electrochemical catalytic reactions. The mechanisms regarding of the ORR and HER activities of the alternated carbon surface are also theoretically and experimentally investigated in this work, showing that the synergistic effects amongst the co-doped atoms can activate or inactivate certain single-atom sites.</p>


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