[1] Observations of fresh impact craters by the Opportunity rover and in high‐resolution orbital images constrain the latest phase of granule ripple migration at Meridiani Planum to have occurred between ∼50 ka and ∼200 ka. Opportunity explored the fresh Resolution crater cluster and Concepción crater that are superposed on and thus younger than the ripples. These fresh craters have small dark ...

Using in situ field measurements, laboratory analyses, and numerical modeling, we test the potential efficacy of thermal stress weathering in the flaking of millimeter-thick alteration rinds observed on cobbles and boulders of Ferrar Dolerite on Mullins Glacier, McMurdo Dry Valleys (MDV). In particular, we examine whether low-magnitude stresses, arising from temperature variations over time, re...

in the present work, the integral equations method is used to calculate transport properties of polar fluids. for this goal, we use the stockmayer potential and examine theoretically the thermal conductivity of several refrigerant mixtures such as r125+r134a, r125+r32, r125+r152a, r134a+r32, r152a+r32, r134a+r143a, and r125+r143a. we solve numerically the ornstein-zernike (oz) equation using th...

solute transport in unsaturated porous media can be viewed as a coupled phenomenon with waterand heat transport, together with mechanical behaviour of media. in this paper, solute transport is formulatedmathematically considering heat and water flow in deformable porous media. advection, dispersion anddiffusion of chemical species in the liquid phase are considered. convection and conduction fo...

abstract the concept of armouring is used to discuss the coarse surface layer in rivers. selective erosion in an alluvial channel reach for which there is no upstream sediment supply can lead to formation of a layer coarser than the under laying material. this phenomenon inhibits sediment transport from the reach.numerical modeling of armouring river bed, provides an approach to simulation of t...

a book review is presented on numerical simulation of groundwater flow and solute transport, edited by l. elango, published by allied publishers pvt. ltd. in 2005, 245 pp, hardback isbn 81-7764-923-x.

the sources of groundwater pollution such as, industrial effluents, sewage and extensive farming have lead to agrochemical pollution. mathematical modeling helps to analyze the existing situation, allows forecasting, and to evaluate the effects of changes in the surrounding water quality. the present research has been focused mainly towards understanding the various processes affecting the tran...

in a greenhouse experiment, the effects of glomus intraradices and indigenous mycorrhizal isolates from soils under plow and no-till treatments on the uptake of 32p placed at 1, 2.5 and 4 cm from the roots of white clover (trifolium repens) in 23, 37 or 46 days after planting were compared.spores of the indigenous fungi were mostly a mixture of glomus mossea, g. clarum, g. caledonium and g....

electron transport system (ets) activity was found to be related to the initial inoculum size,culturability and viability of e. coli. in this experiment, ets activity of flexibacter chinensis was measuredby int-method under a variety of conditions such as starvation media with different amendments anddifferent temperatures. the relation between ets activity, cell culturability, and viability wa...