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River inputs. The riverine endmember is most often highly variable. Fluctuations of the chemical signature of river water discharging into an estuary are clearly critical to determine the effects of estuarine mixing. The characteristics of U- and Th-series nuclides in rivers are reviewed most recently by Chabaux et al. (2003). Important factors include the major element composition, the characteristics and concentrations of particular constituents that can complex or adsorb U- and Th-series nuclides, such as organic ligands, particles or colloids. River flow rates clearly will also have an effect on the rates and patterns of mixing in the estuary (Ponter et al. 1990 Shiller and Boyle 1991). 

One of the projects planned for the next decade is Darwin, to be organised by ESA. Darwin will be a flotilla of four or five spacecraft that will search for Earth-like planets around other stars and analyse their atmospheres for the chemical signature of life. Three of the spacecraft will carry 3 1 m space telescopes , which will form the Infrared Space Interferometer IRSI they will be stationed 1.5 million kilometres from Earth, in the opposite direction from the Sun, at the Lagrangian Point L2 (a libration point at which the gravitational forces of the Earth and the sun cancel out). 

With few exceptions, the additives that are intended for the modification of the SEI usually have high reduction potentials, which ensure that these additives are reduced on the anode surface before the bulk electrolyte components are involved. In other words, during the first charging of a lithium ion cell, an SEI with the chemical signature from an additive would have been formed before the potential of the carbonaceous anode reached the onset reduction... 

The combinatorial effects of such chemical variability of chromatin, can be used as an informational tool or to directly modulate the physical and thermodynamic constraints of this nucleoprotein assembly. In the first instance a chemical signature can be used as a targeting mechanism to allow the recognition of regulatory regions by traw -acting factors or by ATP-dependent (i.e., SWI/SNF) or... 

Figure 8.5 Adulterated pharmaceutical blister pack containing a single rogue tablet (A) Visible image showing that visually the tablets are virtually indistinguishable and (B) NIR PCA score image highlighting the single tablet that has a different chemical signature.

The TNB case study shows that iron oxides from till samples down-ice from Ni-Cu massive sulfides have a similar chemical signature to that in magmatic Ni-Cu deposits. Further testing of additional till samples from varying distances down-ice of the TNB would provide further insights into the TNB Ni-Cu deposit signatures and glacial transport distances. 

With emission source chemical signatures and corresponding aerosol or rainwater sample measurements PLS can be used Co calculate a chemical element mass balance (CEB). Exact emission profiles for the copper smelter and for a power plant located further upwind were not available for calculation of source contributions to Western Washington rainwater composition. This type of calculation Is more difficult for rainwater Chan for aerosol samples due Co atmospheric gas to particle conversion of sulfur and nitrogen species and due Co variations In scavenging efficiencies among species. Gatz (14) has applied Che CEB to rainwater samples and discussed Che effect of variable solubility on the evaluation of Che soil or road dust factor. 

However, the molecules percolating up into the boundary layer from beneath the soil surface tend to become trapped in the stagnant laminar sublayer of the boundary layer. This sublayer is usually much thinner than the overall turbulent boundary layer, since it is dominated by viscous and surface tension forces, rather than by velocity. Phelan and Webb call this the chemical boundary layer and state categorically that there will generally be no chemical signature above this chemical boundary layer [1, p. 52],... 

Other factors do intervene. Significant solar heating of the soil surface, so that the soil becomes warmer than the air, causes vertical thermal convection currents to develop within the boundary layers. This introduces turbulence or instability that acts to move the chemical signature up into the free air. When the molecules are moved into the free flow of the air, the effect is to reduce the concentration by dilution. Conversely, when the soil surface is cooler than the air, thermal convection is inhibited, with the result that the molecules are effectively trapped in the boundary layer. This effect is strengthened by the cooling of the air adjacent to the surface, which increases its viscosity. Higher viscosity lowers the Reynold s number, thus decreasing boundary layer thickness. 

Thus, we can expect that the flux of molecules that form the chemical signature at any given location will vary with time and weather conditions. This can even include intermittent transients. 

Surface Source or Hidden Source Sometimes source munitions are hidden, either intentionally or unintentionally, with neither soil nor water above them. In this case, we may expect that chemical signatures will be found in the vapor state. It is possible that sampling of surfaces could lead to detection, but normally a search will be in air. Many animals routinely face this same task. Whether looking for a meal or a mate, a common approach is to follow an odor plume to its source. 

If the explosive molecules are metabolized, the plant may produce some characteristic chemical signature that could aid in locating the source. If the molecules are concentrated, then it may be plausible to use the plant as a preconcentrator and sample the plant tissue to search for explosive compounds. 

Phelan, J. M, P. J. Rodacy, and J. L. Barnett. Explosive Chemical Signatures from Military Ordnance. Sandia National Laboratories Report SAND2001-0755, Albuquerque, NM, April 2001. 

J. Pennington, and T. Berry. Analysis of Explosive-Related Chemical Signatures in Soil Samples Collected Near Buried Landmines. U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center—Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, ERDC-CRREL, Report ERDC TR-00-5, Hanover, NM, March 2000. 

Phelan, J. M. and S. W. Webb. Environmental Fate and Transport of Chemical Signatures from Buried Landmines—Screening Model Formulation and Initial Simulations. Sandia National Laboratories Report, SAND97-1426, Albuquerque, NM, June 1997. 

During World War II, copious quantities of ordnance were lost into the harbor at Halifax, Nova Scotia. Decades later, these UUXO now present a significant environmental contamination problem. Studies conducted on this ordnance by Sandia National Laboratories [1] suggest that there may be sufficient concentrations of explosive chemical signature compounds emanating from UUXO to enable detection with chemical sensors. Some UUXO in Halifax Harbor have been shown to produce parts-per-billion levels of explosives in the water near the ordnance. In addition to the parent explosive compound (TNT), other explosive-related compounds such as 2,4-dinitrotoluene (2,4-DNT) were detected, as were degradation products of TNT such as 4-amino-2,6-dinitrotoluene (4-ADNT), and... 

Data supporting the conclusion that mine chemical signatures do not remain localized in the immediate vicinity of mines were collected at an arid test facility in the United States. In this test, multiple soil samples were collected along a line that ran perpendicular to the length of a mine lane. This line was selected so that... 

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