Using a mathematical model of a weathering clast to explore the effects of curvature on weathering
Using a mathematical model of a weathering clast to explore the effects of curvature on weathering
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利用风化碎屑的数学模型探讨曲率对风化的影响
DOI:
10.1016/j.chemgeo.2015.03.027
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发表时间:
2015
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影响因子:
3.9
通讯作者:
Brantley, S.L.
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作者:
Lebedeva, M.I.;Sak, P.B.;Ma, L.;Brantley, S.L.
For the first time, we show that rind thicknesses developed on surfaces of a clast with different values of curvature can be used to estimate the duration of clast weathering. To obtain an analytical expression for the velocity of the curvilinear weathering front on a clast of arbitrary shape, we approximate our previous multi-mineral reactive-diffusion model and explore a simplified 2-D model numerically and analytically.Our analysis documents that with increasing curvature of the weathering front, the mathematical description of weathering advance is equivalent to that derived for advection as the dominant solute transport mechanism, even for the case where transport is occurring by diffusion only. Specifically, for a curvilinear weathering front with constant curvatureK< 0, diffusivity (D), and porosity (ϕ), the normal component of the weathering advance rate can be calculated using an advection-like term where the advection velocityvcan be expressed asv=Dϕ|K|. Therefore, at points along the rind–core interface withK< 0, rind thickness is directly proportional to the absolute value of the curvature of the core–rind interface. The reaction front thickness also increases withK. These inferences are in agreement with field observations. This quantitative analysis allows an assessment of the duration of weathering if certain parameters are known. For example, using the difference in curvature observed at two positions for a clast that weathered in Guadeloupe (0.12 mm− 1and 0.018 mm− 1) and the corresponding rind thickness difference (35.8 mm and 20.6 mm), we estimated the duration of weathering to be about 118 ky, which is consistent with the weathering ages previously determined by U-series isotope disequilibrium.
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影响因子:
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作者:
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通讯作者:
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DOI:
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发表时间:
2003
期刊:
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
影响因子:
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作者:
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作者:
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