Deriving Star Formation Histories: Evolutionary or Population Synthesis Codes versus Color-Magnitude Diagrams     

Danielle Alloin  Carme Gallart  Emmanuel Fleurence  Emanuela Pompei  Daniel Raimann  Uta Fritze- Von Alvensleben  Sukyoung Yi 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2002,281(1-2):109-113

The goal of this project is to analyze the integrated-light spectrum of a region in the LMC bar, for which HST images are already available yielding color-magnitude diagrams reaching the oldest main-sequence turnoff. Then, we can derive the star formation history in this field through evolutionary/population synthesis of the integrated light from 330 to 990 nm by a variety of independent methods and compare the results with the - in principle - more reliable results derived from the analysis of the color-magnitude diagram (CMD). This confrontation is the key ‘truth-test’ needed for the understanding of the abilities and the limitations of the evolutionary/population synthesis methods that must be applied of necessity to unresolved nearby and far-away galaxies. We report here on the observational part of the project. This revised version was published online in September 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.  相似文献   

GPR survey to confirm the location of ancient structures under the Valencian Cathedral (Spain)     

Vega Prez Gracia  Jos Antonio Canas  Lluis G. Pujades  Jaume Claps  Oriol Caselles  Francesc García  Raul Osorio 《Journal of Applied Geophysics》2000,43(2-4)

This paper describes the ground-penetrating radar (GPR) survey performed inside the Cathedral of Valencia, Spain. It is part of historical studies performed in the Cathedral in order to add information to old maps and documents in the Cathedral Archives and also to analyze the extent and importance of potentially destructive moisture areas that were appearing on the floor. The construction of the Cathedral of Valencia occurred in three stages, all of which are well-documented in the Cathedral Archives with detailed drawings, maps, and charts. The radar data were successful in locating crypts, ossuaries, sepulchers, and graves, and the location of ancient walls that existed before the final Cathedral expansion. Three cultural layers corresponding to the three periods of construction were also identified corresponding to the Roman, Arabian and Middle Age Epochs. Measurements of relative sub-floor moisture were obtained by comparing dielectric permittivity changes and radar velocity differences between materials in humid and non-humid areas.  相似文献   

Seven young star clusters in the inner region of the Small Magellanic Cloud     

Andrés E. Piatti  Doug Geisler  Ata Sarajedini  Carme Gallart  Marina Wischnjewsky † 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2008,389(1):429-440

We present CCD photometry in the Washington system C and T ₁ passbands down to   T ₁∼ 22  in the fields of L35, L45, L49, L50, L62, L63 and L85, seven poorly studied star clusters in the inner region of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). We measured T ₁ magnitudes and   C − T ₁  colours for a total of 114 826 stars distributed throughout cluster areas of 13.7 × 13.7 arcmin² each. Cluster radii were estimated from star counts distributed throughout the entire observed fields. The seven clusters are generally characterized by a relatively small angular size and by a high field star contamination. We performed an in-depth analysis of the field star contamination of the colour–magnitude diagrams (CMDs), and statistically cleaned the cluster CMDs. Based on the best fits of isochrones computed by the Padova group to the  ( T ₁,  C − T ₁)  CMDs, we derive ages for the sample, assuming Z = 0.004, finding ages between 25 Myr and 1.2 Gyr. We then examined different relationships between positions in the SMC, age and metallicity of a larger sample of clusters including our previous work whose ages and metallicities are on the same scale used in this paper. We confirm previous results in the sense that the further a cluster is from the centre of the galaxy, the older and more metal poor it is, with some dispersion; although clusters associated with the Magellanic Bridge clearly do not obey the general trend. The number of clusters within ∼ 2° of the SMC centre appears to have increased substantially after ∼2.5 Gyr ago, hinting at a burst.  相似文献   

Stir bar sorptive extraction-thermal desorption-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry: An effective tool for determining persistent organic pollutants and nonylphenol in coastal waters in compliance with existing Directives   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Juan Sánchez-Avila  Francesc Ventura  Carlos M. Duarte 《Marine pollution bulletin》2010,60(1):103-160

A multi-residual method based on stir bar sorptive extraction coupled with thermal desorption-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (SBSE-TD-GC-MS) has been developed to measure 49 organic pollutants (organochlorine pesticides, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls, polybrominated diphenyl ethers and nonylphenol) in seawater. Using 100 ml of water, the method exhibited good linearity, with recoveries between 86% and 118% and relative standard deviation between 2% and 24% for almost all compounds. The method was applied to determine target contaminants in Catalonian seawater, including coastal areas, ports and desalination plant feed water. Overall individual compound levels oscillated between 0.16 and 597 ng l⁻¹; PAHs and nonylpenol were the compounds found at the highest concentrations. The method provided LODs between 0.011 and 2.5 ng l⁻¹, lower than the Environmental Quality Standards (EQS) fixed by Directive 2008/105/EC. In compliance with the directive, this method can be used as a tool to survey target compounds and is aimed at protecting coastal ecosystems from chemical pollution.  相似文献   

Biofilm growth and nitrogen uptake responses to increases in nitrate and ammonium availability     

Miquel Ribot  Daniel von Schiller  Francesc Sabater  Eugènia Martí 《Aquatic Sciences - Research Across Boundaries》2015,77(4):695-707

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Spatial assessment of fishing effort around European marine reserves: implications for successful fisheries management   总被引：7，自引：0，他引：7  

Stelzenmüller V  Maynou F  Bernard G  Cadiou G  Camilleri M  Crec'hriou R  Criquet G  Dimech M  Esparza O  Higgins R  Lenfant P  Pérez-Ruzafa A 《Marine pollution bulletin》2008,56(12):2018-2026

We examined the spatial dynamic of artisanal fishing fleets around five European marine protected areas (MPAs) to derive general implications for the evaluation of MPAs as fisheries management tools. The coastal MPAs studied were located off France, Malta and Spain and presented a variety of spatial designs and processes of establishment. We developed a standardized methodology to define factors influencing effort allocation and to produce fishing effort maps by merging GIS with geostatistical modelling techniques. Results revealed that in most cases the factors “distance to the no-take”, “water depth”, and “distance to the port” had a significant influence on effort allocation by the fishing fleets. Overall, we found local concentration of fishing effort around the MPA borders. Thus, neglecting the pattern of fishing effort distribution in evaluating MPA benefits, such as spillover of biomass, could hamper sound interpretation of MPAs as fisheries management tools.  相似文献   

Aqua temporaria incognita     

H. J. Ilja van Meerveld  Eric Sauquet  Francesc Gallart  Catherine Sefton  Jan Seibert  Kevin Bishop 《水文研究》2020,34(26):5704-5711

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Competition effects in cation binding to humic acid: Conditional affinity spectra for fixed total metal concentration conditions     

Calin David  Carlos Rey-Castro  Encarnació Companys  José Salvador  Joan Cecilia  Francesc Mas 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》2010,74(18):5216-18046

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Geological characterization of the Prestige sinking area     

Ercilla G  Córdoba D  Gallart J  Gràcia E  Muñoz JA  Somoza L  Vázquez JT  Vilas F;Prestige Group 《Marine pollution bulletin》2006,53(5-7):208-219

The tanker Prestige sank off NW Iberia on the 19th November 2002. The stern and bow of the Prestige wreck are located on the southwestern edge of the Galicia Bank, at 3565 m and 3830 m water depths, respectively. This bank is a structural high controlled by major faults with predominant N-S, NNE-SSW, and NNW-SEE trends. It is characterized by moderate to low seismic activity. The faults have controlled the local depositional architecture, deforming, fracturing, relocating and distributing sediments since the Valangian (early Cretaceous). The Prestige sinking area corresponds to an asymmetric half-graben structure with a N-S trend, which conditions the present-day morphology. The faulted flank outcrops and its activity and erosion have favoured the occurrence of mass-movements (slumps, slump debris, mass-flows and turbidity currents), building valleys and depositional lobes. Nearsurface sediments comprise mostly terrigenous and biogenous turbiditic muds and sands with a minor presence of hemipelagic muds, except on the fault scarp where pelagites predominate. Potential geological hazards resulting from tectonic and sedimentary processes affect almost the entire Prestige sinking area.  相似文献   

The influence of environmental characteristics on fish larvae spatial patterns related to a marine protected area: The Medes islands (NW Mediterranean)     

ngel Lpez-Sanz  Vanessa Stelzenmüller  Francesc Maynou  Ana Sabats 《Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science》2011,92(4):187

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