Geophysical Investigations in the Bransfield Strait and in the Bellingshausen Sea—Antarctica

1990 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. A. P. Gambôa ◽  
P. R. Maldonado
Keyword(s):  
Bransfield Strait ◽  
Bellingshausen Sea ◽  
Geophysical Investigations

scholarly journals Cryptophyte and Photosynthetic Picoeukaryote Abundances in the Bransfield Strait during Austral Summer

Water ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 185
Author(s):  
Vladimir Mukhanov ◽  
Evgeny Sakhon ◽  
Alexander Polukhin ◽  
Vladimir Artemiev ◽  
Eugene Morozov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Properties ◽  
Austral Summer ◽  
Weddell Sea ◽  
Significant Shift ◽  
Bransfield Strait ◽  
Bellingshausen Sea ◽  
Diverse Community ◽  
Physical And Chemical ◽  
The Antarctic ◽  
And Chemical Properties

A remarkable shift in the species composition and size distribution of the phytoplankton community have been observed in coastal waters along the Antarctic Peninsula over the last three decades. Smaller photoautotrophs such as cryptophytes are becoming more abundant and important for the regional ecosystems. In this study, flow cytometry was used to quantify the smallest phytoplankton in the central Bransfield Strait and explore their distribution across the strait in relation to physical and chemical properties of the two major water masses: the warmer and less saline Transitional Zonal Water with Bellingshausen Sea influence (TBW), and the cold and salty Transitional Zonal Water with Weddell Sea influence (TWW). Pico- and nano-phytoplankton clusters were distinguished and enumerated in the cytograms: photosynthetic picoeukaryotes, cryptophytes (about 9 µm in size), and smaller (3 µm) nanophytoplankton. It was shown that nanophytoplankton developed higher abundances and biomasses in the warmer and less saline TBW. This biotope was characterized by a more diverse community with a pronounced dominance of Cryptophyta in terms of biomass. The results support the hypothesis that increasing melt-water input can potentially support spatial and temporal extent of cryptophytes. The replacement of large diatoms with small cryptophytes leads to a significant shift in trophic processes in favor of the consumers such as salps, which able to graze on smaller prey.

Tidal internal waves in the Bransfield Strait, Antarctica

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. E. Khimchenko ◽  
D. I. Frey ◽  
E. G. Morozov
Keyword(s):  
Internal Waves ◽  
Bransfield Strait

scholarly journals Geophysical investigations for stability and safety mitigation of regional crude-oil pipeline near abandoned coal mines

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-162
Author(s):  
B Butchibabu ◽  
Prosanta Kumar Khan ◽  
P C Jha
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Crude Oil ◽  
Seismic Refraction ◽  
High Resolution Imaging ◽  
Weak Zone ◽  
Near Surface ◽  
Oil Pipeline ◽  
Refraction Tomography ◽  
Geophysical Investigations ◽  
Resolution Imaging

Abstract This study aims for the protection of a crude-oil pipeline, buried at a shallow depth, against a probable environmental hazard and pilferage. Both surface and borehole geophysical techniques such as electrical resistivity tomography (ERT), ground penetrating radar (GPR), surface seismic refraction tomography (SRT), cross-hole seismic tomography (CST) and cross-hole seismic profiling (CSP) were used to map the vulnerable zones. Data were acquired using ERT, GPR and SRT along the pipeline for a length of 750 m, and across the pipeline for a length of 4096 m (over 16 profiles of ERT and SRT with a separation of 50 m) for high-resolution imaging of the near-surface features. Borehole techniques, based on six CSP and three CST, were carried out at potentially vulnerable locations up to a depth of 30 m to complement the surface mapping with high-resolution imaging of deeper features. The ERT results revealed the presence of voids or cavities below the pipeline. A major weak zone was identified at the central part of the study area extending significantly deep into the subsurface. CSP and CST results also confirmed the presence of weak zones below the pipeline. The integrated geophysical investigations helped to detect the old workings and a deformation zone in the overburden. These features near the pipeline produced instability leading to deformation in the overburden, and led to subsidence in close vicinity of the concerned area. The area for imminent subsidence, proposed based on the results of the present comprehensive geophysical investigations, was found critical for the pipeline.

scholarly journals Magnetometer data from the GRACE satellite duo

2021 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nils Olsen
Keyword(s):  
Mean Squared Error ◽  
Incident Angle ◽  
Magnetic Data ◽  
Grace Data ◽  
Magnetometer Data ◽  
Geophysical Investigations ◽  
Grace Satellites ◽  
Grace Satellite ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Grace Mission

AbstractThis paper describes and discusses the preprocessing and calibration of the magnetic data taken by the navigational magnetometers onboard the two GRACE satellites, with focus on the almost 10 years period from January 2008 to the end of the GRACE mission in October 2017 for which 1-Hz magnetic data are available. A calibration of the magnetic data is performed by comparing the raw magnetometer sensor readings with model magnetic vector values as provided by the CHAOS-7 geomagnetic field model for the time and position of the GRACE data. The presented approach also accounts for magnetic disturbances produced by the satellite’s magnetorquer and for temperature effects, which are parametrized by the Sun incident angle. The root-mean-squared error of the difference between the calibrated data and CHAOS-7 model values is about 10 nT, which makes the GRACE magnetometer data relevant for geophysical investigations.

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