scholarly journals Understanding Long-Term Solute Transport in Sedimentary Basins: Simulating Brine Migration in the Alberta Basin. Final Report

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alicia M. Wilson
Geofluids ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 608-620 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Gupta ◽  
A. M. Wilson ◽  
B. J. Rostron

1985 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-22 ◽  

Isostearyl Neopentanoate, the ester of Isostearyl Alcohol and Neopentanoic Acid, is used in cosmetic products as an emollient at concentrations up to 50 percent. The undiluted ingredient at doses up to 4 ml/kg was shown to be relatively non-toxic in short-and long-term feeding studies. Test data from animal and clinical studies indicate the undiluted ingredient is neither an irritant nor a sensitizer. A cosmetic formulation containing 16 percent Isostearyl Neopentanoate produced no phototoxicity and no photoallergenicity. Mutagenicity, carcinogenicity, and teratogenicity data were not available. Isostearyl Neopentanoate was not considered to be a significant comedogenic agent. On the basis of available data, it is concluded that this ingredient is safe as a cosmetic ingredient in its present practices of use.


1992 ◽  
Vol 28 (10) ◽  
pp. 2799-2809 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hesham Kandil ◽  
Cass T. Miller ◽  
R. Wayne Skaggs

1998 ◽  
Vol 2 (2/3) ◽  
pp. 159-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Kooi ◽  
J. J. de Vries

Abstract. A one-dimensional model is used to investigate the relationship between land subsidence and compaction of basin sediments in response to sediment loading. Analysis of the model equations and numerical experiments demonstrate quasi-linear systems behaviour and show that rates of land subsidence due to compaction: (i) can attain a significant fraction (>40%) of the long-term sedimentation rate; (ii) are hydrodynamically delayed with respect to sediment loading. The delay is controlled by a compaction response time τc that can reach values of 10-5-107 yr for thick shale sequences. Both the behaviour of single sediment layers and multiple-layer systems are analysed. Subsequently the model is applied to the coastal area of the Netherlands to illustrate that lateral variability in compaction-derived land subsidence in sedimentary basins largely reflects the spatial variability in both sediment loading and compaction response time. Typical rates of compaction-derived subsidence predicted by the model are of the order of 0.1 mm/yr but may reach values in excess of 1 mm/yr under favourable conditions.


2021 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 98-105
Author(s):  
L. P. Alekseeva ◽  
S. V. Alekseev

The purpose of this study is to identify the major formation processes of the ionic and isotopic composition of chloride brines in the sedimentary basins of the Siberian platform. The object and subject of research are deep-seated strong, very strong and extremely saturated brines as well as their strontium content and the ratio of Sr stable isotopes. The groundwater ionic-salt composition was determined by traditional methods (titrimetric, gravimetric, flame photometry), the 87Sr/86Sr isotopic ratio was measured using mass-spectrometers (Irkutsk, Russia and Canada). The brines lying at the depth of 1500–3000 m were tapped and classified into saline and subsalt hydrogeological formations. Their feature is high salinity (385–530 g/L) and high content of strontium (2.3–7 g/L). The 87Sr/86Sr isotopic ratio ranges from 0.708 to 0.713062. By isotopic composition most of the brine samples are close to the waters of the Vendian-Cambrian paleoocean. However, some brine samples from the subsalt part of the sedimentary section of the basin are significantly enriched in the isotope 87Sr compared to the paleoocean waters and other samples. It could be due to the substantial input of 87Sr into the brines during the long-term interaction of groundwater with the host Lower Cambrian sandstones.


2001 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon J. Davies

Objective Peritoneal membrane function influences dialysis prescription and clinical outcome and may change with time on treatment. Increasingly sophisticated tools, ranging from the peritoneal equilibration test (PET) to the standard permeability analysis (SPA) and personal dialysis capacity (PDC) test, are available to the clinician and clinical researcher. These tests allow assessment of a number of aspects of membrane function, including solute transport rates, ultrafiltration capacity, effective reabsorption, transcellular water transport, and permeability to macromolecules. In considering which tests are of greatest value in monitoring long-term membrane function, two criteria were set: those that result in clinically relevant interpatient differences in achieved ultrafiltration or solute clearances, and those that change with time in treatment. Study Selection Clinical validation studies of the PET, SPA, and PDC tests. Studies reporting membrane function using these methods in either long-term (5 years) peritoneal dialysis patients or longitudinal observations (> 2 years). Data Extraction Directly from published data. Additional, previously unpublished analysis of data from the Stoke PD Study. Results Solute transport is the most important parameter. In addition to predicting patient and technique survival at baseline, there is strong evidence that it can increase with time on treatment. Whereas patients with initially high solute transport drop out early from treatment, those with low transport remain longer on treatment, although, over 5 years, a proportion develop increasing transport rates. Ultrafiltration capacity, while being a composite measure of membrane function, is a useful guide for the clinician. Using the PET (2.27% glucose), a net ultrafiltration capacity of < 200 mL is associated with a 50% chance of achieving less than 1 L daily ultrafiltration at the expense of 1.8 hypertonic (3.86%) exchanges in anuric patients. Using a SPA (3.86% glucose), a net ultrafiltration capacity of < 400 mL indicates ultrafiltration failure. While there is circumstantial evidence that, with time on peritoneal dialysis, loss of transcellular water transport might contribute to ultrafiltration failure, none of the current tests is able to demonstrate this unequivocally. Of the other membrane parameters, evidence that interpatient differences are clinically relevant (permeability to macro-molecules), or that they change significantly with time on treatment (effective reabsorption), is lacking. Conclusion A strong case can be made for the regular assessment by clinicians of solute transport and ultrafiltration capacity, a task made simple to achieve using any of the three tools available.


Elements ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 311-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel F. Stockli ◽  
Yani M. R. Najman

A dvances in detrital noble gas thermochronometry by 40Ar/39Ar and (U–Th)/He dating are improving the resolution of sedimentary provenance reconstructions and are providing new insights into the evolution of Earth’s surface. Detrital thermochronometry has the ability to quantify tectonic unroofing or erosion, temporal and dynamic connections between sediment source and sink, sediment lag-times and transfer rates, the timing of deposition, and postdepositional burial heating. Hence, this technique has the unique ability to use the detrital record in sedimentary basins to reconstruct Earth’s dynamic long-term landscape evolution and how basins are coupled to their hinterlands.


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