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The Microbial Community Structure In Petroleum-Contaminated Sediments Corresponds To Geophysical Signatures, Jonathan P. Allen, Estella A. Atekwana, Eliot A. Atekwana, Joseph W. Duris, D. Dale Werkema, Silvia Rossbach May 2007

The Microbial Community Structure In Petroleum-Contaminated Sediments Corresponds To Geophysical Signatures, Jonathan P. Allen, Estella A. Atekwana, Eliot A. Atekwana, Joseph W. Duris, D. Dale Werkema, Silvia Rossbach

Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The interdependence between geoelectrical signatures at underground petroleum plumes and the structures of subsurface microbial communities was investigated. For sediments contaminated with light non-aqueous-phase liquids, anomalous high conductivity values have been observed. Vertical changes in the geoelectrical properties of the sediments were concomitant with significant changes in the microbial community structures as determined by the construction and evaluation of 16S rRNA gene libraries. DNA sequencing of clones from four 16S rRNA gene libraries from different depths of a contaminated field site and two libraries from an uncontaminated background site revealed spatial heterogeneity in the microbial community structures. Correspondence analysis showed …


Reconciliation Of Measured Fully Differential Single Ionization Data With The First Born Approximation Convoluted With Elastic Scattering, Michael Schulz, M. Dürr, B. Najjari, R. Moshammer, J. D. Ullrich Jan 2007

Reconciliation Of Measured Fully Differential Single Ionization Data With The First Born Approximation Convoluted With Elastic Scattering, Michael Schulz, M. Dürr, B. Najjari, R. Moshammer, J. D. Ullrich

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

An analysis of experimental fully differential data for single ionization in 100 MeV/amu C6++He collisions is reported. We present a convolution of the first Born approximation with elastic scattering by using an event generator technique. Furthermore, the calculation is convoluted with all known experimental resolutions. Our analysis shows that elastic scattering is a viable explanation for surprising structures observed in the fully differential cross sections outside the scattering plane. Furthermore, it may even explain discrepancies in the “recoil peak” frequently observed for both ion and electron impact.