Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD
Résumé : We present an experimental study of relations between hydraulic properties of clayey rocks and their deformation at bulk and micro scale. The experimentation is based on triaxial deformation of kaolinitic core samples, on permeability measurements, and on several methods of analysis of the microstructure. To produce the samples, remoulded kaolinite material is consolidated by axial loading up to 20 MPa in an oedometric cell. Then, in a triaxial cell, an undrained stress path is applied in order to induce shearing damage in the sample. The permeability of the sample is measured by fluid flow across the sample. Before and after these hydro-mechanical tests, the evolution and the homogeneity of the pore space and moreover the texture of the material are analysed by X-ray tomography, environmental scanning electron microscopy and thermic neutron diffraction. Contrary to expectations, the permeability at the sample scale does not vary significantly, although quite large deformation is reached. The final deformation is heterogeneous, with well-developed shear bands. It appears that the development of compacting and dilating zones generates a heterogeneous permeability field, which results in a negligible variation of the bulk permeability at the sample scale.
International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Science

hal-00496407
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00496407
DOI : 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2010.04.007

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Elsevier
Résumé : International audience
Carbonation of peridotite is a widespread process in nature, with emerging societal and environmental implications through geological storage of CO2. We studied the micro- and nano-scale structures associated with the carbonation of peridotite pervaded by a CO2-rich water and the induced changes of its hydrodynamic properties. Focused ion beam (FIB) nanotomography was coupled with scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) observations. An experimental sample of dunite core percolated by a CO2-rich fluid (pCO2 = 11 MPa) at 160 °C was compared with a naturally carbonated sample from the Atlantic Ridge (Exp. IODP 304). Results of the 8-days percolation experiment show continuous alteration of olivine into magnesite locally associated with a poorly crystalline serpentine-type mineral referred to as proto-serpentine. The experiment is also characterized by an overall decrease in rock porosity (from 7.7 to 6.4%) and permeability (from 8.5 × 10− 16 to 1.7 × 10− 16 m2). The primary inter-granular porosity (1 to 10 μm) is progressively filled with magnesite, leading to the overall decrease of permeability. At the same time, a secondary small-scale porosity (10 nm to 1 μm) is created at the tip of the dissolution features along the (010) cleavage planes of olivine grains. Carbonate crystals grow within these etch-pit structures behind the dissolution front. Dissolution and precipitation occur at a relative rate that maintains the secondary porosity over the timescale of the experiment (i.e. carbonate growth has to be the slowest one). This process is interpreted as an interface coupled dissolution-precipitation mechanism of olivine carbonation. Proto-serpentine is only formed in highly reduced flow areas, such as small olivine etch-pits (10 to 500 nm wide), which are more isolated from CO2 input. SEM-FIB analyses show the 3D preferential orientation of the dissolution-precipitation planes within a given olivine grain. It suggests the formation of lateral connections between the etch-pits (infra-micrometric “channels”) providing access to reactants and removing reaction products at the reaction sites. The experimental results show that olivine dissolution and magnesite precipitation converge to a quasi-steady state resulting in a constant carbonation rate controlled by reaction kinetics and not by mass transfer for this flow regime. The system self-regulates, independently of the porosity change at least during this incipient stage of olivine carbonation. Similar textures are observed in natural samples collected at 170 m-depth in the vicinity of veinlets driving late fluids down into the cooling oceanic lithosphere. This suggests that similar mechanisms are active in nature and can play an important role in the late, low temperature alteration stages of fractured peridotite. These results also highlight the critical role of nm-scale spatial arrangement of dissolution and precipitation features on mass transfers and on the sustainability of olivine carbonation through coupled dissolution-precipitation processes.
ISSN: 0009-2541

hal-01684733
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01684733
DOI : 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.11.013

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Elsevier
Résumé : International audience
Four fibers from banana-trees (leaf, trunk) and coconut-tree (husk, fabric) were examined before their incorporation in cementitious matrices, in order to prepare insulating material for construction. Their botanical compositions have been determined following a method described previously. Thermal degradation of these fibers were studied between 200 and 700 °C under nitrogen gas flow. Temperature of pyrolysis was the experimental parameter investigated. The solid residues obtained were analyzed by classical elemental analysis, Fourier Transform Infra Red (FTIR) spectroscopy and were observed by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). This study has shown (1) the relation between botanical, chemical composition with both localization of fibers in the tree and type of tree; (2) the rapid and preferential decomposition of banana fibers with increasing temperature of pyrolysis and (3) the rough samples are made of hollow fibers.
ISSN: 0960-8524

hal-00809780
https://hal.univ-antilles.fr/hal-00809780
DOI : 10.1016/j.biortech.2005.11.030

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD American Geophysical Union (AGU) American Geophysical Union
Résumé : International audience
Environmental magnetism of speleothems is still in its early stage of development. Here we report on our investigation of the environmental and paleomagnetic information that has been recorded in speleothems, and what are the factors that control its preservation and reliability. To address these issues, we used a multidisciplinary approach, including rock magnetism, petrography, scanning electron microscopy, stable carbon and oxygen isotope compositions, and major and trace element concentrations. We applied this to a set of samples from different stages of speleothem evolution: present-day dripwater (glass plates), a weathered stalactite, a fresh stalagmite, cave sediments, and terra rossa soils. These samples come from the Penico and Excentricas caves, located in two distinct aquifers of the Algarve region, South Portugal. Our results show that the main magnetic carriers of the speleothems under study are primary (detrital) and consist of maghemite (and magnetite?). Similarities in coercivity and temperature dependence of the studied set of samples suggest that iron oxides are inherited from the terra rossa soils that cap the cave and were transported to the speleothems by dripwater. Hence, they represent a regional environmental signature. Interestingly, a stable and probably detrital remanent magnetization could be isolated in the fresh stalagmite, whereas the weathered stalactite yielded chaotic magnetic directions and very low remanent intensities. We propose that these low intensities can be the result from (i) different remanence acquisition mechanisms between stalagmite and stalactite and/or (ii) iron dissolution by fungal activity. We also suggest that magnetic properties and color and the content in detrital elements in the fresh speleothem inform about environmental processes acting on the interface of rock (soil)-atmosphere, while oxygen isotope composition and alkaline-earth element concentrations inform about calcite-water interaction processes. These results provide a better understanding of how environmental information is recorded in speleothems and what the factors are that control the reliability of the paleomagnetic and paleo-environmental signal.
ISSN: 0148-0227

hal-01114953
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01114953
DOI : 10.1002/2014JB011381

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Magnolia Press
Résumé : International audience
A new species of the genus Cocconeis is described. Cocconeis sawensis sp. nov. was observed as epiphyte on the macrophyte Chara Linn. sp., collected from a saline lake in Iraq (Sawa Lake). Description of the new species is based on details observed with light and scanning electron microscopy. Cocconeis sawensis belongs to a group of taxa similar to Cocconeis euglypta Ehrenberg, but differs in a number of fine ultrastructural features including stria density and hymenes, raphe, valve shape and rim, valvocopula, hymen perforations and fimbriae shape as well as a presence of a pore-like structure reminiscent of a vestigial raphe in the sternum valve. A comparison with closely related taxa is given.
ISSN: 1179-3155

hal-01296895
https://hal-univ-perp.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01296895
DOI : 10.11646/phytotaxa.181.4.2

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Oxford University Press (OUP)
Résumé : International audience
The organogenesis, histogenesis and growth of larvae of the fighting conch Strombus pugilis (Linne, 1758) were studied over a period of 30 d after hatching in laboratory culture. Early development of S. pugilis was examined by light and scanning electron microscopy. Rearing was conducted at 27 +/- 1 degrees C. Veligers were reared at 200 larvae l(-1) in 4-l containers. Larvae were fed with the microalgae Isochrysis galbana and Nanochloropsis oculata at a concentration of 1,000 cell l(-1). The protoconch at hatching measured 212 +/- 12.14 mu m in length and the shell reached 1,100 +/- 29.11 mu m 29 d after hatching. Development characteristics are described from hatching to settlement. Newly hatched veligers possess two velar lobes, a larval shell consisting of 1.5 whorls, eyespots and a single right tentacle. Late veligers (5-d old larvae) have four velar lobes and two shell whorls and the left tentacle appears. Pediveligers show a functional adult heart at 11 d. Crawling behaviour and settlement were observed from 27 to 31 d. Plantigrades were observed after 29 d, when a functioning proboscis is observed and the velar lobes are lost. This study will facilitate the identification of gastropod larval shells in the plankton and of juveniles in the meiobenthos and will aid aquaculture of Strombus species.
ISSN: 0260-1230

hal-01545910
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01545910
DOI : 10.1093/mollus/eyv011

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Integrated Ocean Drilling Program
Résumé : International audience
A detailed study of magnetic properties was carried out on ~60 samples from three holes cored during Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition 324, Shatsky Rise. The measurements include scanning electron microscopy (SEM), hysteresis, and first-order reversal curve (FORC) diagrams, as well as measurements of susceptibility at high and low temperatures and variation of saturation isothermal magnetization at low temperature. SEM measurements show the presence of a complex mixture of Fe-Ti oxides with various Ti content x, which is confirmed by the measurements of susceptibility variation with temperature and low-temperature measurements. According to FORC diagrams, the magnetization is carried by single-domain to pseudosingle-domain grains.
ISSN: 1930-1014

hal-00795484
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00795484
DOI : 10.2204/iodp.proc.324.201.2013

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD North Carolina State University
Résumé : Few studies have been conducted about relation between cellulose parameters and biomechanical properties of wood in tropical angiosperms species. For this purpose, on 13 trees from 3 species of French Guyana tropical rainforest in a clear active process of restoring verticality, i) growth strains were measured in situ in order to determine the occurrence of tension wood within samples and ii) cellulose structural parameters were estimated on all the samples using X-ray diffraction method. Crystallite size was estimated from the full-width at half-maximum of the Miller index (002) arc diffraction and angle T was measured following Cave's method. Relationships between these parameters and growth stresses were good and the variations between normal and tension wood were significant, i.e. a lower angle T and a larger crystallite size in tension wood. In order to have a good estimation of the microfibril angle in the main layer of the secondary wall for each species, an experimental calibration was done between angle T and microfibril angle observed with scanning electron microscopy.
ISSN: 19302126

hal-01031799
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01031799
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01031799/document
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01031799/file/42-575-1-PB.pdf

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Magnolia Press
Résumé : International audience
The genus Notomicrus Sharp, 1882 is recorded from Guadeloupe for the first time. Examination of recently collected material revealed the presence of four species, of which three are described as new species so far endemic to Guadeloupe. Notomicrus sabrouxi sp. n. is akin to the continental Neotropical species N. gracilipes Sharp, 1882 and N. traili Sharp, 1882. Notomicrus chailliei sp. n. and N. femineus sp. n. are sibling species which diverge from each other by 3.4% of observed distance in cytochrome oxidase 1 sequences. The latter species seems to be comprised of only females, and is suspected to reproduce by obligate parthenogenesis. The fourth species is N. sharpi Balfour-Browne, 1939. These species are morphologically described notably through scanning electron microscopy study, and data on their distribution in the Guadeloupe archipelago and habitat preferences are presented and discussed.
ISSN: 1175-5326

hal-01544477
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01544477

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Pergamon
Résumé : This paper presents an experimental study of the deformation of Beaucaire marl subjected to drained triaxial tests under a wide range of confining pressure. Several methods of observation have been used: X-ray computed tomography, scanning electronic microscopy, quantitative image analysis of thin sections and mercury porosimetry. The analysis at the grain scale shows the existence of various deformation modes depending on the mean stress level. These modes are classified with reference to the brittle and ductile regimes. In specimens deformed under low confining pressure, macro-cracks are localised in a band more contracting than the rest of the specimen. In specimens deformed under moderate confining pressure, a series of micro-scale shear bands characterised by a grain re-orientation towards the direction of macro-shear is detected in the zones of localised deformation. The material in between the micro-scale shear bands is contracting more than the rest of the specimen in some cases; in other cases, a schistosity is detected also in the rest of the specimen outside the localisation zones. In the specimen deformed under high confining pressure, no localisation occurs, and a schistosity is observable throughout the specimen.
ISSN: 1365-1609

hal-00411208
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00411208
DOI : 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2007.08.007

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Elsevier
Résumé : International audience
The potential effects of the mineralogical composition of sediment on the degradation of oil buried on sandy beaches were investigated. Toward that purpose, a laboratory experiment was carried out with sandy sediment collected along NW Iberian Peninsula beaches, tar-balls from the Prestige oil spill (NW Spain) and seawater. The results indicate that the mineralogical composition is important for the physical appearance of the oil (tar-balls or oil coatings). This finding prompted a reassessment of the current sequence of degradation for buried oil based on compositional factors. Moreover, the halo development of the oil coatings might be enhanced by the carbonate concentration of the sand. These findings open new prospects for future monitoring and management programs for oiled sandy beaches.
ISSN: 0025-326X

hal-01122779
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01122779
DOI : 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.06.040

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Wiley
Résumé : International audience
The embryonic development in Chione cancellata, from fertilization to straighthinge D-stage veliger larva, occurs in 24 h at 251C. Transmission (TEM) and scanning (SEM) electron microscopy show that morphogenetic processes result in a gastrula with two depressions, 4 h after fertilization (T014 h). Two hours later, one depression, located at the animal pole, develops into an open cave, the floor of which becomes the shell field, characterized by scarce microvilli, located below the lower face of the prototrochal pad. The invagination located at the vegetal pole is characterized by regular microvilli and constitutes the digestive tract. At T018 h, the late gastrula differentiates into a typical motile trochophore, possessing a well-developed prototroch delimiting anterior and posterior embryonic regions. At T019h, the shell field, located between the prototroch and the telotroch, appears as a saddle-shaped region with a wrinkled surface extending on both sides of the embryo, establishing bilateral symmetry. From TEM observations, the apical surface of the underlying cells possesses a modified glycocalyx featuring a dense pellicle overlapping the cells of the shell field. At T0112 h, the prototroch is displaced toward the anterior region by outgrowth of the shell material. TEM views show that the wrinkled surface observed with SEM corresponds to the periostracum, attached dorsally to the hinge and ventrally to the cells of the future mantle edge. At T0115 h, an alveolar matrix of proteinaceous material, which could contain calcite crystals, appears between the periostracum and the mantle. At T0124 h, prodissoconch I formation is completed and the D-stage larvae possess a calcified shell. At this stage of development, only one mantle fold is present, representing the outer fold. The periostracumsecreting cells are in contact with the marginal cells of the velum. This functional velum is composed of four bands of cilia. Our TEMobservations confirm previous descriptions of the velum ciliary bands obtained only from SEM analyses, such as described in other bivalves. The apical sense organ and the digestive tract are poorly developed. From observations at the ultrastructural level of shell differentiation in C. cancellata, we propose a new interpretation of shell differentiation, including hinge and ligament for bivalves as opposed to that described for gastropods.
ISSN: 1077-8306

hal-00755283
https://hal.univ-antilles.fr/hal-00755283
DOI : 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2006.00036.x

Résumé : Ce travail porte sur l'inhibition de l'acier C38 en milieu acide HC1 1M par les extraits alcaloïdes issus de 2 plantes : aspidosperma album et geissospermum laeve. Biodégradables et respectueux de l'environnement, les alcaloïdes pourraient être utilisés temporairement pour prévenir la corrosion de l'acier C39 avec des taux d'inhibition supérieurs à ceux décrits dans la littérature. Dans la première partie du travail, l'influence de la concentration, du temps d'immersion et de la température sur le processus de corrosion de l'acier C38 en milieu HC1 1M en absence de polarisation et spectroscopie d'impédance électrochimique. Les analyses de surface effectuées par microscopie électronique a balayage montrent la présence d'une couche constituée d'un mélange d'oxyde de fer incorporant les alcaloïdes et qui conduit à la diminution de la vitesse de corrosion. La deuxième partie de ce travail a été consacrée à l'isolement des alcaloïdes des deux extraits afin de déterminer le ou les alcaloïdes responsables de l'activité inhibitrice et ainsi remonter aux mécanismes d’adsorption. Il a été montré que l'alcaloïde majoritaire des extraits est responsable de l'inhibition
This work is devoted to the corrosion inhibition of C38 steel in 1M HCL acid medium by alkaloids extracts from two plants : aspidosperma album and geissospermum laeve. Biodegradable and environmentally friendly, alkaloids could be used temporarily to prevent the corrosion of C38 steel with inhibition rates higher than those described in the literature. The first part of this work studies the influence of concentration, immersion time and temperature on the corrosion inhibitor by electrochemical measurements : polarization curves and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. The surface analyses conducted by scanning electron microscopy showed the presence of a layer composed of an iron oxide mixture incorporating alkaloids extracts and which leads to the decrease of the corrosion rate. The second part of this work was devoted to the isolation of alkaloids of two extracts in order to determine the alkaloids responsible of the inhibitory activity and thus to determine the adsorption mechanisms. It was showed that the major alkaloids of two extracts is responsible of the inhibition activity

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