Lake Tanganyika is an ancient, tropical, fresh water lake associated with the Great African Rift. Due to active deforestation in many areas surrounding Lake Tanganyika, there is a measurable increase in sediment discharge entering the lake. Certain protected areas (protected from fire and deforestation) allow for comparison of sediment discharge, including grain size distribution and lithologic...

Introduction: Ice grain size controls the geodynamic evolution of the ice I shells of large to mid-sized icy satellites. Grain size controls the viscosity of ice [1,2], and thus, the heat flux from the outer ice I shell by controlling the likelihood and efficiency of convection. In addition, the rheology of ice controls the depth to the brittle/ductile transition, which is a key control on endo...

The connection between local structure and the grain size distribution in nanophase palladium is studied by XAFS and x-ray diffraction (XRD). We show that there is a reduced average coordination number in all samples; this reduction is compatible with a size effect, cmtradicting previous XAFS measurements. Both a f i t shell analysis and a full analysis up to the 8th coordination shell, includi...

The pinning effect of small incoherent particles on grain growth in two-dimensional polycrystalline systems has been simulated using a phase field model. Simulations were performed for different sizes and area fractions of the second-phase particles and for two types of initial microstructure and different initial grain sizes. The grain size distribution and the number of particles located at g...