Can pseudotachylytes be used to infer earthquake source parameters? An example of limitations in the study of exhumed faults   总被引：1，自引：2，他引：1  

Giulio Di Toro  Giorgio Pennacchioni  Giordano Teza 《Tectonophysics》2005,402(1-4):3

Tectonic pseudotachylytes might be used to constrain earthquake source parameters, such as dynamic shear stress resistance, average dynamic friction and slip-weakening distance. Estimation of dynamic shear stress resistance and dynamic friction from field studies is based on the assumption that the volume of melt produced during coseismic slip is proportional to the frictional work converted to heat on the fault surface. Conditions conducive to a realistic estimate of dynamic shear resistance are: (i) the presence of large outcrop exposures that allow for estimation of the volume of pseudotachylyte; (ii) the presence of structural markers offset by faults in order to relate the displacement accommodated by the fault with the volume of melt produced; (iii) data that provide an estimate of the initial melt temperature; and (iv) determination of host-rock temperature and pressure conditions that may have existed during seismic faulting. An independent indication that steady-state friction in the presence of melts might be achieved during coseismic slip arises from the dependence of the fractal dimension of the fault profile (intersection of the fault surface with the outcrop surface) with displacement. This relation could also indicate the slip-weakening distance (Hirose, T., Shimamoto, T., 2003. Fractal dimension of molten surfaces as a possible parameter to infer the slip-weakening distance of faults from natural pseudotachylytes. Journal of Structural Geology 25, 1569–1574).The above conditions are all satisfied in the case of the Gole Larghe Fault Zone, which consists of hundreds subparallel strike-slip faults that cut tonalites of the Adamello batholith (Italy). The thickness of pseudotachylyte-bearing faults increases with displacement. From displacement/thickness ratios and energy balance calculations, we determined the dynamic shear resistance for several pseudotachylyte-bearing faults. In the same faults, the fractal dimension of the fault profile increases from 1.0 to 1.16 with displacement. This was also observed in experiments where steady-state friction in the presence of melt was achieved (Hirose, T., Shimamoto, T., 2003. Fractal dimension of molten surfaces as a possible parameter to infer the slip-weakening distance of faults from natural pseudotachylytes. Journal of Structural Geology 25, 1569–1574). However, we will show that the estimate of the dynamic shear stress resistance, average dynamic friction and slip-weakening distance in the studied faults is limited by the uncertainties to attribute the measured displacement to a single seismic rupture. Since many pseudotachylytes in the upper seismogenic crust overprint preexisting cataclasites, it is suggested that future field and experimental work should be addressed to determine microstructural indicators (i.e. evolution of cataclastic fabric with displacement) within cataclasites, which might constrain the contribution of the cataclastic, pre-pseudotachylyte displacement to the total displacement accommodated by the fault.  相似文献   

Tectonic and sedimentary evolution of the Lower Pliocene Periadriatic foredeep in Central Italy     

Stefano Carruba  Raffaele Casnedi  Cesare R. Perotti  Milly Tornaghi  Giorgio Bolis 《International Journal of Earth Sciences》2006,95(4):665-683

The Periadriatic foredeep (Italy) was generated by Neogene downbending of the Adria Plate under the Apennine Chain. The basin is filled with Plio-Pleistocene siliciclastic turbidites. Its substratum consists of the carbonate succession of the southwestern Adria Plate margin. The influence of the basin’s morphology on sedimentation and subsequent tectonic evolution is investigated in the Abruzzo sector of the foredeep (Cellino Basin). The substratum is composed of Messinian evaporites that dip towards the Apennines (W). A NNW component along the depocentral axis is divided into four blocks with different depths. The substratum was also affected by a Messinian extensional fault system, not involving the overlying Pliocene sequence. This morphology controlled the distribution of the turbidites in the lower part of the Cellino Basin. The Plio-Pleistocene compressional deformation of the foredeep produced an inner complex structure (Internal Structure), involving the foredeep substratum and an outer imbricate thrust system (Coastal Structure), detached over the faulted Messinian evaporites. This thrust system is parallel to the extensional faults, suggesting a strong influence of the substratum morphology on the development of the compressional structures. The overall structural setting was validated with a balanced cross-section. Out-of-sequence thrusting and non-coeval deformation within each thrust sheet characterize the local tectonic history.  相似文献   

Flood probability analysis for un-gauged watersheds by means of a simple distributed hydrologic model     

Giorgio Boni  Luca Ferraris  Francesca Giannoni  Giorgio Roth  Roberto Rudari 《Advances in water resources》2007

A methodology is proposed for the inference, at the regional and local scales, of flood magnitude and associated probability. Once properly set-up, this methodology is able to provide flood frequencies distributions at gauged and un-gauged river sections pertaining to the same homogeneous region, using information extracted from rainfall observations. A proper flood frequency distribution can be therefore predicted even in un-gauged watersheds, for which no discharge time series is available.  相似文献   

Expected loss‐based alarm threshold set for earthquake early warning systems Earthquake Engng Struct. Dyn. 2007 (DOI: 10.1002/eqe.675)     

Iunio Iervolino  Massimiliano Giorgio  Gaetano Manfredi 《地震工程与结构动力学》2007,36(9):I-I

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Evidence for crustal assimilation,mixing of magmas,and a87Sr-rich upper mantle     

G. Ferrara  M. Preite-Martinez  H. P. Taylor Jr.  S. Tonarini  B. Turi 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》1986,92(3):269-280

¹⁸O/¹⁶O,⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr and chemical analyses were made on 39 lavas and ignimbrites from M. Vulsini, the most northerly district of the K-rich Quaternary Roman Province of Italy. These rocks belong mainly to the undersaturated, leucite-bearing (High-K) series, but also included are samples from the less abundant, SiO₂-saturated, hypersthene-(quartz)-normative (Low-K) series. The effects of post-eruption alteration on the ¹⁸O of these lavas were taken into account by analyzing phenocrysts or by using the extrapolation procedure developed for the nearby Alban Hills center. Because of the high Sr contents (500–2400 ppm), the⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios of these rocks were little affected by such alteration processes. The M. Vulsini volcanics have Sr- and O-isotopic ratios much less uniform, and on the average much higher, than at any of the other volcanic centers of the province:⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr=0.7097 to 0.7168; ¹⁸O=6.5 to 13.8. This is attributable to the fact that M. Vulsini is one of the sites of greatest crustal assimilation and hybridism between K-rich Roman magmas and SiO₂-rich Tuscan anatectic magmas. The High-K series parent magmas at M. Vulsini had a very high and uniform⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr=0.7102 to 0.7104, and a somewhat more variable ¹⁸O=+5.5 to +7.5; they must have come from an upper mantle source region previously metasomatically enriched in⁸⁷Sr and LIL elements. These¹⁸O/¹⁶O and⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios are identical to the parent magma at the Alban Hills, 120 km to the south, where Low-K lavas are absent. Low-K series magmas at M. Vulsini originated from a lower-⁸⁷Sr source region than the High-K series (<0.7097); a similar relationship is observed in all of the other localities in Italy where the two magma series coexist.Contribution No. 4167, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology  相似文献   

Mercury in the Mediterranean basin     

Romano Ferrara  Biancaelena Maserti 《Marine pollution bulletin》1986,17(12):533-534

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Quelques appareils pour l'étude de la structure physique des brouillards et des nuages     

Giorgio Fea 《Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics》1955,8(3):293-298

Résumé L'auteur décrit un appareil permettant de déterminer le contenu en eau liquide des brouillards et des nuages, dont il discute le principe thermodynamique. En plus, on décrit un tunnel placé au Monte Cimone (2164 m) qui, par sa tourelle tournante, permet d'observer et de mesurer la structure physique des nuages sous les conditions de la circulation naturelle. Enfin, on montre la construction d'une chambre à expansion qui permet d'étudier en laboratoire les différentes phases de développement des gouttelettes sous les conditions d'une expansion qui se produit d'une manière aussi lente qu'elle est observée dans la nature.

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Summary The author describes an apparatus for the determination of the content of liquid water in fogs and clouds and discusses its thermodynamic principle. Further, a wind channel placed on Mount Cimone (2164 m) is described which, owing to a revolving turret, allows to observe and measure the physical structure of the clouds under the natural conditions of the circulation. Finally, the construction of an expansion chamber is shown, which can be used for investigating in the laboratory the different phases in the formation of droplets, this under conditions happening as slowly as in nature.

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Zusammenfassung Es wird eine Apparatur zur Bestimmung des Gehaltes von Nebeln und Wolken an flüssigem Wasser beschrieben und ihr thermodynamisches Prinzip erläutert. Sodann wird ein Windkanal beschrieben, der auf dem Monte Cimone (2164 m) aufgestellt ist und dank seinem Drehturm gestattet, die physikalische Struktur der Wolken unter den Bedingungen der natürlichen Strömung zu beobachten und zu messen. Schließlich wird die Konstruktion einer Expansionskammer entwickelt, mit der die verschiedenen Phasen der Tröpfchenentwicklung im Laboratorium untersucht werden können, und zwar unter den Bedingungen einer Expansion, die so langsam verläuft wie in der Natur.

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Mycobiota associated with the rhodophyte alien species Asparagopsis taxiformis (Delile) Trevisan de Saint‐Léon in the Mediterranean Sea          下载免费PDF全文

Laura Garzoli  Giorgio Gnavi  Giovanna C. Varese  Anna M. Picco 《Marine Ecology》2015,36(4):959-968

This study is the first to investigate and characterize the mycobiota associated with the alien species Asparagopsis taxiformis, a rhodophyte classified as one of the ‘100 worst invasive species’ in the Mediterranean Sea by the Hellenic Center for Marine Research, as it threatens biodiversity. Fungal endophyte and epiphyte communities were investigated on algal specimens from two sampling sites on the island of Linosa (Marine Protected Area Isole Pelagie, Italy). 87% of the 24 specimens that were analysed for epiphytes displayed a microfungal colonization. No endophytes were found. Only a small amount of microfungi was found to be associated with this alga. Only five fungal taxa were isolated; two of which are sporadically associated with the alga, while three, Eurotium rubrum, Cladosporium cladosporioides and Cladosporium pseudocladosporioides, seem to be related to A. taxiformis. This scarcity could be related to algal chemical composition.  相似文献   

Groundwater-driven temperature changes at thermal springs in response to recent glaciation: Bormio hydrothermal system,Central Italian Alps     

Giorgio Volpi  Fabien Magri  Paolo Frattini  Giovanni B. Crosta  Federico Riva 《Hydrogeology Journal》2017,25(7):1967-1984

Thermal springs are widespread in the European Alps, with hundreds of geothermal sites known and exploited. The thermal circulation and fluid outflows were examined in the area around Bormio (Central Italian Alps), where ten geothermal springs discharge from dolomite bodies located close to the regional Zebrù thrust. Water is heated in deep circulation systems and upwells vigorously at a temperature of about 40 °C. Heat and fluid transport is explored by steady and transient three-dimensional finite-element simulations taking into account the effect of the last glaciation, which in the study area was recognized to end around 11,000–12,000 years ago. The full regional model (ca. 700 km²) is discretized with a highly refined triangular finite-element planar grid. Numerical simulations suggest a reactivation of the system following the end of the Last Glacial Maximum. Results correctly simulate the observed discharge rate of ca. 2,400 L/min and the spring temperatures after ca. 13,000 years from deglaciation, and show a complete cooling of the aquifer within a period of approximately 50,000 years. Groundwater flow and temperature patterns suggest that thermal water flows through a deep system crossing both sedimentary and metamorphic lithotypes along a fracture network associated with the thrust system. This example gives insights into the influences of deep alpine structures and glaciations on groundwater circulation that control the development of many hydrothermal systems not necessarily associated with convective heat flow.  相似文献   

Alternative stable states in mountain forest ecosystems: the case of European larch (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Larix decidua</Emphasis>) forests in the western Alps     

Jose V. Moris  Giorgio Vacchiano  Davide Ascoli  Renzo Motta 《山地科学学报》2017,14(5):811-822

European larch (Larix decidua) forests of the western Alps form extensive cultural landscapes whose resilience to global changes is currently unknown. Resilience describes the capacity of ecological systems to maintain the same state, i.e., the same function, processes, structure, and composition despite disturbances, environmental changes and internal fluctuations. Our aim is to explore the resilience of larch forests to changes in climate and land use in the western Italian Alps. To do so, we examined whether larch forests can be described as an alternative stable state in mountain forest ecosystems. We used tree basal area data obtained from field forest inventories in combination with topography, forest structure, land use, and climate information. We applied three different probabilistic methods: frequency distributions, logistic regressions, and potential analyses to infer the resilience of larch forests relative to that of other forest types. We found patters indicative of alternative stable states: bimodality in the frequency distribution of the percent of larch basal area, and the presence of an unstable state, i.e., mixed larch forests, in the potential analyses. We also found: (1) high frequency of pure larch forests at high elevation, (2) the probability of pure larch forests increased mostly with elevation, and (3) pure larch forests were a stable state in the upper montane and subalpine belts. Our study shows that the resilience of larch forests may increase with elevation, most likely due to the altitudinal effect on climate. Under the same climate conditions, land use seems to be the main factor governing the dominance of larch forests. In fact, subalpine larch forests may be more resilient, and natural succession after land abandonment, e.g., towards Pinus cembra forests, seems slower than in montane larch forests. In contrast, in the upper montane belt only intense land use regimes characterized by open canopies and forest grazing may maintain larch forests. We conclude that similar approaches could be applied in other forest ecosystems to infer the resilience of tree species.  相似文献