Progress in Danube Loess and Paleoenvironment Study     

Xuechao Wu  Qingzhen Hao  B Marković Slobodan  Yu Fu  Namira  Yang Song  Zhengtang Guo 《地球科学进展》2020,35(4):363-377

Danube loess, located at the westernmost part of the widespread Eurasian loess belt, is one of the most well-preserved aeolian dust deposits in Europe with the basal age dating back over 1 Ma. Owing to its unique location and formation processes, Danube loess plays an important role in understanding the linkage of climate changes in different climate regimes over Eurasian continent and paleoclimatic changes in middle-high northern latitudes. Major research advances of the Danube loess, including compositions, provenance, chronology, stratigraphy and paleoenvironment changes were systematically reviewed and the focuses of future research were suggested. To better understand loess provenance, the compositions of sediments in all the potential source areas should be investigated, and methodological study of provenance indicators and application of multi-proxies approaches need to be carried out. Chronologically and stratigraphically, feldspar luminescence dating and tephrochronology methods should be widely used, and the establishment of a uniform stratigraphic framework and correlation scheme should be constrained by precise chronology. In terms of the paleoenvironment, it is necessary to conduct high-resolution multi-proxies reconstruction of paleoenviroment for the entire loess-paleosol sequence, extending from the last interglacial period (130 ka to present) to interval of last 1 Ma. The future progress in Danube loess is crucial to improving the study of continental paleoclimate comparison and paleoclimate dynamics over the Eurasian loess region.  相似文献   

Experimental investigation of seismic behaviour of the ancient Protiron monument model     

Željana Nikolić  Lidija Krstevska  Pavao Marović  Hrvoje Smoljanović 《地震工程与结构动力学》2019,48(6):573-593

Throughout history, dry-stone masonry structures have been strengthened with different types of metal connectors in order to increase their resistance which enabled their survival, especially in the seismically active area. One such example is the ancient Protiron monument placed in the Peristyle square of the Diocletian's Palace in Split, Croatia. The Protiron was built at the turn of the 3rd century as a stone masonry structure with dowels embedded between its base, columns, capitals and broad gable. The stone blocks in the broad gable were connected by metal clamps during restoration at the beginning of the 20th century. In order to study the seismic performance of the strengthened stone masonry structures, an experimental investigation of seismic behaviour of a physical model of the Protiron was performed on the shaking table. The model was designed as a true replica model in a length scale of 1:4 and exposed to representative earthquake with increasing intensities up to collapse. The tests provided a clear insight into system behaviour, damage mechanism and failure under intensive seismic load, especially into the efficiency of connecting elements, which had a special role in increasing seismic resistance and protection of the structure from collapse. Additionally, this experiment provided valuable data for verification and calibration of numerical models for strengthened stone masonry structures.  相似文献   

Forecasting hourly particulate matter concentrations based on the advanced multivariate methods     

M. Perišić  D. Maletić  S. S. Stojić  S. Rajšić  A. Stojić 《International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology》2017,14(5):1047-1054

In this study, several multivariate methods were used for forecasting hourly PM₁₀ concentrations at four locations based on SO₂ and meteorological data from the previous period. According to the results, boosted decision trees and multi-layer perceptrons yielded the best predictions. The forecasting performances were similar for all examined locations, despite the additional PM₁₀ spatio-temporal analysis showed that the sites were affected by different emission sources, topographic and microclimatic conditions. The best prediction of PM₁₀ concentrations was obtained for industrial sites, probably due to the simplicity and regularity of dominant pollutant emissions on a daily basis. Conversely, somewhat weaker forecast accuracy was achieved at urban canyon avenue, which can be attributed to the specific urban morphology and most diverse emission sources. In conclusion to this, the integration of advanced multivariate methods in air quality forecasting systems could enhance accuracy and provide the basis for efficient decision-making in environmental regulatory management.  相似文献   

Informing and public awareness on waste separation: a case study of the City of Niš (Serbia)     

V. Miltojević  I. Ilić Krstić  A. Petković 《International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology》2017,14(9):1853-1864

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Possibility for hydroenergetic utilization of relatively researched water streams     

Uroš M. Karadžić  Vuko V. Kovijanić  Radoje V. Vujadinović 《Water Resources》2014,41(6):774-781

Small mountain water streams are lately more interesting from the aspect of hydroenergetic exploitation. Catchments area of smaller rivers and creeks are mostly not enough researched from hydroenergetic aspect, so the most difficult task for small hydropower plant designers is to determine hydroenergetic potential of discussed water streams, from short period of hydrological observations. Very often happens that existing measurement stations on discussed water streams are placed few kilometers from potentially place of water intake and the value of flow is drastically different on these two locations. In this work, two methods for determination of hydrological picture for the chosen location of water intake on discussed river are shown, correlation method and analogy method. Using these methods it is possible to use data that describes measured values of discharge from the old measurement stations, that is exists on the same or adjacent river, to determine flow duration curve on the place of interests. Results given from these two methods are compared with measured values of discharge and precipitation from last period that are collected from location of planed intake. Based on the good agreement of theoretical and measured values, it was concluded that these two methods can be also applied to the adjacent basins. Suggestion of hydroenergetic utilization of discussed water stream and its economic justification is also presented in this work.  相似文献   

A kinematic model of vertical geomagnetic field variation resulting from a steady convective flow     

Alexandra Marsenić 《地球物理与天体物理流体动力学》2014,108(2):191-212

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Use of Mosses as Biomonitors of Major,Minor and Trace Element Deposition Around the Largest Thermal Power Plant in Serbia          下载免费PDF全文

Mirjana Ćujić  Snežana Dragović  Marko Sabovljević  Latinka Slavković‐Beškoski  Milan Kilibarda  Jelena Savović  Antonije Onjia 《洁净——土壤、空气、水》2014,42(1):5-11

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Rock-slides on road cuttings in the Dinaric karst of Croatia: processes and factors   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

T. Roje-Bonacci  P. Miščević  D. Števanić 《Environmental Geology》2009,58(2):359-369

The northern Adriatic coast, which forms part of the Dinaric karst system, is bordered by high mountains. Here, the occurrence of rock-slides and rock-falls in road sections with high cuttings excavated in recent times and more than one century ago has been documented. Some of these old slopes were stable for a long time before rock-slides started to occur. We propose that these mass movements are favoured by karstification processes acting along joints in the exposed rock mass. The stress changes induced by overburden removal (excavation) cause dilation in the mass joint systems reducing the rock mass strength and facilitating the circulation of aggressive water. Changes in water pressure and temperature, wetting and drying cycles, and corrosion processes along discontinuity planes entail a reduction through time of the shear strength of potential failure surfaces.  相似文献   

Determination of Emerging Substances in the Danube and Potential Risk Evaluation          下载免费PDF全文

Nevena N. Grujić Letić  Maja Lj. Milanović  Nataša B. Milić  Mirjana B.Vojinović Miloradov  Jelena R. Radonić  Ivana J. Mihajlović  Maja M. Turk Sekulić 《洁净——土壤、空气、水》2015,43(5):731-738

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Short-term Tests of Potassium dIdD Vector Magnetometer     

Eugen Vujić 《Acta Geophysica》2015,63(5):1276-1295

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