Statistical Analysis of Palaeomagnetic Data from the Last Four Centuries: Evidence of Systematic Inclination Shallowing in Lava Flow Records     

F. J. Pavón-Carrasco  E. Tema  M. L. Osete  R. Lanza 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》2016,173(3):839-848

The main objective of this work is to compare directional (declination and inclination) volcanic and archaeomagnetic data for the last four centuries (~1600–1990) with the historical geomagnetic predictions given by the GUFM1 model which spans from 1590 to 1990. The results show statistical agreement between archaeomagnetic data and directions given by the geomagnetic field model. However, when comparing the volcanic data with the model predictions, marked inclination shallowing is observed. This systematically lower inclination has already been observed in local palaeomagnetic studies (Italy, Mexico and Hawaii) for the 20th century, by comparing recent lava flows with the International Reference Geomagnetic Field (IGRF) model. Here, we show how this inclination shallowing is statistically present at worldwide scale for the last 400 years with mean inclination deviation around 3° lower than the historical geomagnetic field model predictions.  相似文献   

Effects of Physical Processes and Sampling Resolution on Fault Displacement Versus Length Scaling: The Case of the Cantarell Complex Oilfield,Gulf of Mexico     

Shunshan Xu  Angel F. Nieto-Samaniego  Gustavo Murillo-Muñetón  Susana A. Alaniz-Álvarez  José M. Grajales-Nishimura  Luis G. Velasquillo-Martinez 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》2016,173(4):1125-1142

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Modeling the Crust and Upper Mantle in Northern Beata Ridge (CARIBE NORTE Project)   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Diana Núñez  Diego Córdoba  Mario Octavio Cotilla  Antonio Pazos 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》2016,173(5):1639-1661

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Multichannel Seismic Imaging of the Rivera Plate Subduction at the Seismogenic Jalisco Block Area (Western Mexican Margin)     

Rafael Bartolome  Estefanía Górriz  Juanjo Dañobeitia  Diego Cordoba  David Martí  Alejandra L. Cameselle  Francisco Núñez-Cornú  William L. Bandy  Carlos A. Mortera-Gutiérrez  Diana Nuñez  Arturo Castellón  Jose Luis Alonso 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》2016,173(10-11):3575-3594

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Field Survey of the 2015 Chile Tsunami with Emphasis on Coastal Wetland and Conservation Areas     

Manuel Contreras-López  Patricio Winckler  Ignacio Sepúlveda  Adolfo Andaur-Álvarez  Fernanda Cortés-Molina  Camila J. Guerrero  Cyntia E. Mizobe  Felipe Igualt  Wolfgang Breuer  José F. Beyá  Hernán Vergara  Rodrigo Figueroa-Sterquel 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》2016,173(2):349-367

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3-D Inversion of MT Data for Imaging Deformation Fronts in NW Poland     

Katarzyna Ślęzak  Waldemar Jóźwiak  Krzysztof Nowożyński  Heinrich Brasse 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》2016,173(7):2423-2434

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Populus nigra L. establishment and fluvial landform construction: biogeomorphic dynamics within a channelized river          下载免费PDF全文

Dov Corenblit  Johannes Steiger  Gaspard Charrier  José Darrozes  Virginia Garófano‐Gómez  Alexandre Garreau  Eduardo González  Angela M. Gurnell  Borbála Hortobágyi  Frédéric Julien  Luc Lambs  Sébastien Larrue  Thierry Otto  Erwan Roussel  Franck Vautier  Olivier Voldoire 《地球表面变化过程与地形》2016,41(9):1276-1292

Populations of the riparian pioneer species Populus nigra L. which establish on alluvial bars within river channels modulate sediment dynamics and fluvial landforms. Dense cohorts of P. nigra have colonized gravel point bars along the channelized River Garonne, France, during the last 20 years and have enhanced the vertical, lateral and longitudinal development of the bars. For this period, the geomorphic characteristics of two wooded point bars on this laterally stable river are closely linked to the spatial distribution and intensity of establishment and resistance of different cohorts of P. nigra. Furthermore, P. nigra colonization dynamics were controlled by engineer effects of this same species. This relationship is illustrated by a significant correlation between key geomorphic and biological variables measured in situ and characterized with a set of four aerial photographs taken between 2000 and 2010. The development of wooded point bars, which are discrete biogeomorphic units, over the studied period, appear to result from a specific biogeomorphic positive feedback of matter aggregation and vegetation establishment related to sediment trapping and stabilization by pioneer engineer plants. We propose a conceptual model of biogeomorphic unit construction for channelized, lateral stable rivers. We consider the resultant biogeomorphic units as functional from an ecological point of view because P. nigra enhances at the cohort scale (i) its own inherent capacity to resist hydrogeomorphic disturbances, and (ii) its resilience capacity as a result of successful colonization, especially downstream of mature poplar stands. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Impacts of land use on the hydrological response of tropical Andean catchments          下载免费PDF全文

Boris F. Ochoa‐Tocachi  Wouter Buytaert  Bert De Bièvre  Rolando Célleri  Patricio Crespo  Marcos Villacís  Carlos A. Llerena  Luis Acosta  Mauricio Villazón  Mario Guallpa  Junior Gil‐Ríos  Paola Fuentes  Dimas Olaya  Paúl Viñas  Gerver Rojas  Sandro Arias 《水文研究》2016,30(22):4074-4089

Changes in land use and land cover are major drivers of hydrological alteration in the tropical Andes. However, quantifying their impacts is fraught with difficulties because of the extreme diversity in meteorological boundary conditions, which contrasts strongly with the lack of knowledge about local hydrological processes. Although local studies have reduced data scarcity in certain regions, the complexity of the tropical Andes poses a big challenge to regional hydrological prediction. This study analyses data generated from a participatory monitoring network of 25 headwater catchments covering three of the major Andean biomes (páramo, jalca and puna) and links their hydrological responses to main types of human interventions (cultivation, afforestation and grazing). A paired catchment setup was implemented to evaluate the impacts of change using a ‘trading space‐for‐time’ approach. Catchments were selected based on regional representativeness and contrasting land use types. Precipitation and discharge have been monitored and analysed at high temporal resolution for a time period between 1 and 5 years. The observed catchment responses clearly reflect the extraordinarily wide spectrum of hydrological processes of the tropical Andes. They range from perennially humid páramos in Ecuador and northern Peru with extremely large specific discharge and baseflows, to highly seasonal, flashy catchments in the drier punas of southern Peru and Bolivia. The impacts of land use are similarly diverse and their magnitudes are a function of catchment properties, original and replacement vegetation and management type. Cultivation and afforestation consistently affect the entire range of discharges, particularly low flows. The impacts of grazing are more variable but have the largest effect on the catchment hydrological regulation. Overall, anthropogenic interventions result in increased streamflow variability and significant reductions in catchment regulation capacity and water yield, irrespective of the hydrological properties of the original biome. Copyright © 2016 The Authors. Hydrological Processes. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.  相似文献   

Soil moisture dynamics at high temporal resolution in a semiarid Mediterranean watershed with scattered tree cover   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1       下载免费PDF全文

Javier Lozano‐Parra  N. L. M. B. van Schaik  Susanne Schnabel  Álvaro Gómez‐Gutiérrez 《水文研究》2016,30(8):1155-1170

Subsurface water flows play a key role in the distribution of water and solutes and thereby in the water availability for plants. However, the characterization of different flow processes (i.e. matrix and preferential flow), the frequency and factors that cause them, is relatively rare. This characterization enables a better understanding of spatio‐temporal variability of water resources and allows for the design of models to be improved. Using a method based on the time derivative of soil moisture variation known as maximum wetting slope, types of soil wetting processes were classified and quantified. For this, capacitance sensors, which registered the volumetric water content at high temporal resolution (30 min) for more than two hydrological years, were installed at different depths and placed in soil moisture stations with different vegetation covers, lithology and topographic position. Results indicated that there is a general behaviour or pattern of soil moisture dynamics in the catchment with a dominant occurrence of slower soil wetting processes (>50%), caused by matrix flows, and a low occurrence of those faster processes (<30%), originated by preferential flows. Nevertheless, when the total volume of water is considered, preferential flow becomes the dominant process, so that the ecological role of both flow types becomes prominent in water‐limited environments. Statistical multivariate analyses based on data‐mining techniques proved that although both flow types depend on variables associated with precipitation and antecedent soil moisture conditions, faster soil wetting processes are mainly related to variables such as rainfall intensity and topography, while slower soil wetting processes are related to flow velocity, soils or vegetation. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Stratigraphy, chemistry, and eruptive dynamics of the 12.4 ka plinian eruption of Apoyeque volcano, Managua, Nicaragua     

Denis Ramón Avellán  José Luis Macías  Giovanni Sosa-Ceballos  Gema Velásquez 《Bulletin of Volcanology》2014,76(2):1-19

Apoyeque volcano, located 9 km northwest of Managua city, erupted explosively at 12.4 ka. The Plinian eruption deposited a widespread pumice fall deposit known as the Upper Apoyeque Tephra (UAq). The UAq is massive, reversely graded, and consists of white juvenile pumice (~78 vol.%), a variety of cognate lithics and accidental altered lithics. The whole-rock pumice composition is rhyodacitic (SiO₂?=?66.9–68.5 wt.%) with a mineral paragenesis of plagioclase, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene, amphibole, titanomagnetite, and ilmenite in a rhyolitic glass groundmass (SiO₂?=?74.4?±?0.6 wt.%). The deposit’s dispersal axis is to the south, with the deposit covering a minimum area of 877 km² within the 50 cm isopach and has a total volume of 3 km³ (dense rock equivalent, 1.15 km³). The eruption column reached a maximum height of ca.28 km. The eruption ejected a total mass of 3?×?10¹² kg at an average rate of 2?×?10⁸ kg/s, and based on available models, we infer duration of almost 4 h. Petrographic and geochemical characteristics suggest that the eruption was triggered by magma mixing.  相似文献