Fluid Inclusion research, volume 20

Role of fluid and melt inclusion studies in geologic research

Although fluid inclusions were apparently known to early naturalists, actual research on fluid and melt inclusions began only in the mid-1800s and grew very slowly for the next 100 years. Russian scientists began systematic studies of inclusions in the 1930s, but it was not until about 1960 that publications mentioning or using fluid inclusions began to increase from a few each year to the pres...

Volume 20

The source of equine-virulent strains of Venezuelan equine encephalitis (WE) virus that sporadically cause epidemics and equine epizootics is unknown. This is the most important unanswered scientific and public health question relating to VEE virus. One possibility is that epizootic virions exist at low levels in populations of enzootic strains. These virions could then break out into a visible...

Cerebrospinal fluid volume analysis for hydrocephalus diagnosis and clinical research

In this paper we analyze volumes of the cerebrospinal fluid spaces for the diagnosis of hydrocephalus, which are served as reference values for future studies. We first present an automatic method to estimate those volumes from a new three-dimensional whole body magnetic resonance imaging sequence. This enables us to statistically analyze the fluid volumes, and to show that the ratio of subarac...

Volume 20, Number 4

Re-Equilibration Processes in Fluid Inclusion Assemblages

Post-entrapment modifications reduce the reliability of fluid inclusions to determine trapping conditions in rock. Processes that may modify fluid inclusion properties are experimentally identified in this study using synthetic fluid inclusions in quartz with a well-defined composition and density. Modifications are characterized with microthermometry (homogenization and dissolution temperature...