Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1976. / Vita. "Joint Program in Oceanography, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, April, 1976." "June, 1976."--Cover. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 1981. / Supervised by John M. Edmond. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 225-239).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1985. / "April 1985." Bibliography: p. 292-301.

This thesis is concerned with analytical studies on the trace analytes barium, cadmium, cobalt, chromium, copper, iron, manganese, nickel, lead, vanadium and zinc, present in high purity and highly complex matrices. The technique utilises activated alumina microcolumns in a flow injection (FI) system, to perform analyte enrichment and matrix removal. The analytes, after retention on the microcolumn are subsequently eluted and quantified by inductively coupled plasma-emission spectrometry (ICP-ES).Initial studies focus on trace analytes in caesium iodide, however a selection of the alkali metal salts, lithium nitrate, potassium bromide, sodium fluoride and sodium chloride, are investigated. New methodology for the ultratrace determination of high purity alkali metal salts is thus provided. The microcolumn enrichment technique with ICP-ES detection is robust, utilises limited sample handling and simultaneously preconcentrates and separates the analytes from matrix components. Hence possible matrix interferences are eliminated and limits of detection are significantly improved, in comparison to conventional ICP-ES analysis. A technique for the determination of the total content of eleven trace analytes present in natural waters (mineral, reservoir), using microcolumns of activated alumina in a FI-ICP-ES is investigated. The use of the complexing agent tartaric acid is shown to be effective in improving analyte retention. The procedure is successfully applied to determination of these analytes in a certified river water reference material (SLRS-1). Due to low retention and elution efficiencies, the total content of the analytes Fe and V present in Buxton, Redmires and Langsett samples could not be accurately determined by this technique. Activated alumina microcolumns are utilised as a new field sampling tools. Samples are collected in the field and processed through the alumina microcolumns for the effective retention of desired analytes. Hence, an alumina microcolumn sampling stage to effect concentration and isolation prior to analytical measurement is at the core of the investigation. The overall aim is to extend the application of alumina microcolumns, and in particular to provide a new multi-element field sampling device, which gives high sample integrity and preconcentration.

This dissertation provides elementary facts about trace forms over finite fields of characteristic two in order to generalize some results concerning Gold functions. Then determines new set of maximal Artin-Schreier curves with possible pair of invariants, finds possible trace forms with specific co-dimemntion and provides a new family of binary sequences having low correlation values.

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abstract: The present understanding of the formation and evolution of the earliest bodies in the Solar System is based in large part on geochemical and isotopic evidences contained within meteorites. The differentiated meteorites (meteorites originating from bodies that have experienced partial to complete melting) are particularly useful for deciphering magmatic processes occurring in the early Solar System. A rare group of differentiated meteorites, the angrites, are uniquely suited for such work. The angrites have ancient crystallization ages, lack secondary processing, and have been minimally affected by shock metamorphism, thus allowing them to retain their initial geochemical and isotopic characteristics at the time of formation. The scarcity of angrite samples made it difficult to conduct comprehensive investigations into the formation history of this unique meteorite group. However, a dramatic increase in the number of angrites recovered in recent years presents the opportunity to expand our understanding of their petrogenesis, as well as further refine our knowledge of the initial isotopic abundances in the early Solar System as recorded by their isotopic systematics. Using a combination of geochemical tools (radiogenic isotope chronometers and trace element chemistry), I have investigated the petrogenetic history of a group of four angrites that sample a range of formation conditions (cooling histories) and crystallization ages. Through isotope ratio measurements, I have examined a comprehensive set of long- and short-lived radiogenic isotope systems (26Al-26Mg, 87Rb-87Sr, 146Sm-142Nd, 147Sm-143Nd, and 176Lu-176Hf) within these four angrites. The results of these measurements provide information regarding crystallization ages, as well as revised estimates for the initial isotopic abundances of several key elements in the early Solar System. The determination of trace element concentrations in individual mineral phases, as well as bulk rock samples, provides important constraints on magmatic processes occurring on the angrite parent body. The measured trace element abundances are used to estimate the composition of the parent melts of individual angrites, examine crystallization conditions, and investigate possible geochemical affinities between various angrites. The new geochemical and isotopic measurements presented here significantly expand our understanding of the geochemical conditions found on the angrite parent body and the environment in which these meteorites formed. / Dissertation/Thesis / Ph.D. Geological Sciences 2012

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