Climate and human impact on a meromictic lake during the last 6,000 years (Montcortès Lake,Central Pyrenees,Spain)     

Juan Pablo Corella  Ana Moreno  Mario Morellón  Valentí Rull  Santiago Giralt  María Teresa Rico  Ana Pérez-Sanz  Blas Lorenzo Valero-Garcés 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2011,46(3):351-367

Sedimentological, mineralogical and compositional analyses performed on short gravity cores and long Kullenberg cores from meromictic Montcortès Lake (Pre-Pyrenean Range, NE Spain) reveal large depositional changes during the last 6,000 cal years. The limnological characteristics of this karstic lake, including its meromictic nature, relatively high surface area/depth ratio (surface area ~0.1 km²; z _max = 30 m), and steep margins, facilitated deposition and preservation of finely laminated facies, punctuated by clastic layers corresponding to turbidite events. The robust age model is based on 17 AMS ¹⁴C dates. Slope instability caused large gravitational deposits during the middle Holocene, prior to 6 ka BP, and in the late Holocene, prior to 1,600 and 1,000 cal yr BP). Relatively shallower lake conditions prevailed during the middle Holocene (6,000–3,500 cal years BP). Afterwards, deeper environments dominated, with deposition of varves containing preserved calcite laminae. Increased carbonate production and lower clastic input occurred during the Iberian-Roman Period, the Little Ice Age, and the twentieth century. Although modulated by climate variability, changes in sediment delivery to the lake reflect modifications of agricultural practices and population pressure in the watershed. Two episodes of higher clastic input to the lake have been identified: 1) 690–1460 AD, coinciding with an increase in farming activity in the area and the Medieval Climate Anomaly, and 2) 1770–1950 AD, including the last phase of the Little Ice Age and the maximum human occupation in late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.  相似文献   

Vegetation changes in the southern Pyrenean flank during the last millennium in relation to climate and human activities: the Montcortès lacustrine record     

Valentí Rull  Penélope González-Sampériz  Juan Pablo Corella  Mario Morellón  Santiago Giralt 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2011,46(3):387-404

We report vegetation changes of the last millennium inferred from palynological analysis of a sediment core from Lake Montcortès, situated at ~1,000 m elevation in the southern pre-Pyrenean flank. The record begins in the Middle Ages (~AD 800) and ends around AD1920, with an average resolution of ~30 years. The reconstructed vegetation sequence is complex and shows the influence of both climate and humans in shaping the landscape. Pre-feudal times were characterized by the presence of well-developed conifer forests, which were intensely burned at the beginning of feudal times (AD 1000) and were replaced by cereal (rye) and hemp cultivation, as well as meadows and pastures. In the thirteenth century, a relatively short period of warming, likely corresponding to the Medieval Warm Period, was inferred from the presence of a low Mediterranean scrub community that is today restricted to <800 m elevation. This community disappeared during Little Ice Age cooling in the fifteenth century, coinciding with a decline in human activities around the lake. Forest recovery began around AD 1500, at the beginning of the Modern period, coinciding with wetter climate. Forests, however, declined again during the seventeenth century, coinciding with maximum olive and hemp cultivation. This situation was reversed in post-Modern times (nineteenth century), characterized by an intense agricultural crisis and a significant decline in population that favored forest re-expansion. Correlations with nearby Estanya Lake, situated about 350 m below, provide a regional picture of environmental change. Besides some climate forcing evident in both sequences, human activities seem to have been the main drivers of landscape and vegetation change in the southern Pyrenean flank, in agreement with conclusions from other studies in high-mountain environments.  相似文献   

Multi-method assessment of connectivity between surface water and shallow groundwater: the case of Limarí River basin,north-central Chile   总被引：2，自引：1，他引：1  

Ricardo Oyarzún  Felisa Barrera  Pamela Salazar  Hugo Maturana  Jorge Oyarzún  Evelyn Aguirre  Pablo Alvarez  Hervé Jourde  Nicole Kretschmer 《Hydrogeology Journal》2014,22(8):1857-1873

A study that tests the applicability and consistency of independent but complementary approaches in the assessment of interactions between surface water and shallow groundwater within a water-stressed basin is described. The mostly agricultural Limarí basin in arid north-central Chile was chosen as a suitable case study. The analyses involved: (1) a connectivity index method, (2) hydrochemistry, and (3) water isotopic geochemistry. Chemical and isotopic data were obtained from two sampling campaigns conducted in April (fall) and December (summer) of 2011 in 22 sampling locations, which included surface water and groundwater. The results obtained by each of the methodologies were mutually consistent and indicate high connectivity conditions. Additionally, the relative contribution by different sources was assessed through end-member mixing analysis, and for reaches of the river that showed gaining conditions, the contribution of groundwater inflow to stream discharge was estimated. It is suggested that this multi-method approach is useful for the characterization of surface-water–groundwater interactions, since it at least represents a suitable starting point for obtaining basic information on these relationships. Thus, it may become the base for further studies in arid and semi-arid basins facing water management challenges.  相似文献   

Measurements of Turbulence and Dispersion in Three Idealized Urban Canopies with Different Aspect Ratios and Comparisons with a Gaussian Plume Model     

Pablo Huq  Pasquale Franzese 《Boundary-Layer Meteorology》2013,147(1):103-121

Water-tunnel measurements of velocity, turbulence and scalar concentration for three model urban canopies with aspect ratios A _r of building height-to-width of 0.25, 1 and 3 are presented. The measurements for the canopies with A _r = 1 and 3 are new, while the measurements for A _r = 0.25 were previously published. A passive scalar was continuously released from a near-ground point source, and the concentration was measured at several distances from the source and at different heights above the ground. Plume spreads, concentration and distance from the source were non-dimensionalized using length, time and velocity scales reflecting the geometry of the buildings. The scaling collapses the data for all aspect ratios and is valid when the vertical extent of the plume is smaller than the canopy height. The observed plume spreads are compared with analytical relations, which predict linear growth in both transverse and vertical directions. The observed mean concentration is compared with a Gaussian dispersion model that predicts a ?2 power-law decay with distance from the source.  相似文献   

Measurement of the gravitational potential evolution from the cross-correlation between WMAP and the APM Galaxy Survey     

Pablo Fosalba †  Enrique Gaztañaga 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2004,350(3):L37-L41

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Ruprecht 55: an OB association at the edge of our Galaxy     

Guillermo Bosch  †‡  Rodolfo Barbá  ‡§  Nidia Morrell  †‡§  Virpi Niemela  †‡¶  Pablo Ostrov  ‡  Marcelo Arnal  §  Cristina Cappa  §  Ricardo Morras §  Guillermo Giménez de Castro 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2003,341(1):169-178

We present new spectroscopy in the optical range and 21-cm H  i data covering the Ruprecht 55 (Ru 55) field in the Puppis window where several authors have proposed the existence of one (or two) clusters.
We have determined new MK spectral types for about 50 stars in the region, finding 43 OB-type stars among them. LS 985 was found to be an O9 V + O9.5 III binary and it is the earliest type of star in our observed sample.
We have identified a stellar OB association (Ru 55), which is most likely related to a depletion detected in our H  i data, as: (i) they are located at the same distance (6 kpc), within observational errors; (ii) both have similar radial velocities (∼67 km s⁻¹); (iii) current OB stars could have provided the energy needed to blow the cavity; (iv) the dynamical time-scale for the hole buildup matches the age estimated for the earliest OB stars; and (v) LS 985 might be responsible for ionizing the H  i cavity inner walls close to it.  相似文献   

The use of mobile phones as a survival strategy amongst nomadic populations in the Oriental region (Morocco)     

Pablo Vidal-González  Badiha Nahhass 《GeoJournal》2018,83(5):1079-1090

Nomadic populations are undergoing a critical transformation, induced by globalization, new forms of urban life, and climatic changes, which are accelerating desertification. One of the most successful technologies introduced into their extensive cattle-raising regions is the mobile phone. This paper focus on the use of this technology in Oriental region of Morocco, primarily inhabited by sheepherders of the Beni Guild tribe, and its impact on the daily life of shepherds and cattle breeders, as well as their families. The results indicate a major improvement in social cohesion amongst the populations, and an increase in flock size, but also a greater presence of large foreign flocks, and resultant overgrazing.  相似文献   

Using beryllium-7 to evaluate soil erosion processes in agricultural lands in semiarid regions of Central Argentina     

Juan Pablo de Rosas  Alexander Dario Esquivel  Diego Martinez Heimann  Agustin E. Negri  Flavia Lohaiza  Diego Leonardo Valladares  Alejandro I. Zavala  Hugo Huck  Jimena Juri Ayub 《Environmental Earth Sciences》2018,77(16):587

This work presents the results of a soil erosion study using the ⁷Be technique. This technique estimates the water erosion/deposition from the comparison between ⁷Be soil content of a reference site and an eroded or sedimented site. The soil samples were collected from an agricultural area of the semiarid region of Argentina near San Luis City, which has a marked rainfall season. The area has been used for crop cultivation, being subjected to plowing practices. The ⁷Be in the Reference Site was in the first centimeter of soil, showing the typical exponential decreasing of ⁷Be soil content with depth, with the ⁷Be inventories value being 340?±?50 Bq m^?2 for the dry season and 571?±?48 Bq m^?2 for the rainy season. The ⁷Be technique was applied to a potential eroded site subjected to traditional tillage practices (plowing). A net soil erosion value of 13.5 t ha^?1 (1.35 kg m^?2) was obtained. From the assumptions of the applied technique, we can draw the inference that this erosion was caused by rains produced in the month prior to the date of soil sampling.  相似文献   

A precessing jet model for the PN K 3 − 35: simulated radio-continuum emission     

Pablo F. Velázquez  Yolanda Gómez  Alejandro Esquivel  Alejandro C. Raga 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2007,382(4):1965-1970

The bipolar morphology of the planetary nebula (PN) K 3 − 35 observed in radio-continuum images was modelled with 3D hydrodynamic simulations with the adaptive grid code yguazú-a . We find that the observed morphology of this PN can be reproduced considering a precessing jet evolving in a dense AGB circumstellar medium, given by a mass-loss rate     and a terminal velocity   v _w= 10 km s⁻¹  . Synthetic thermal radio-continuum maps were generated from numerical results for several frequencies. Comparing the maps and the total fluxes obtained from the simulations with the observational results, we find that a model of precessing dense jets, where each jet injects material into the surrounding CSM at a rate     (equivalent to a density of 8 × 10⁴ cm⁻³), a velocity of 1500 km s⁻¹, a precession period of 100 yr and a semi-aperture precession angle of 20° agrees well with the observations.  相似文献   

Hydrochemical appraisal of ice‐ and rock‐glacier meltwater in the hyperarid Agua Negra drainage basin,Andes of Argentina     

Karina L. Lecomte  Juan Pablo Milana  Stella M. Formica  Pedro J. Depetris 《水文研究》2008,22(13):2180-2195

The Agua Negra drainage system (30 12′S, 69 50′ W), in the Argentine Andes holds several ice‐ and rock‐glaciers, which are distributed from 4200 up to 6300 m a.s.l. The geochemical study of meltwaters reveals that ice‐glaciers deliver a HCO₃^?? Ca²⁺ solution and rock‐glaciers a SO₄^2?? HCO₃^?? Ca²⁺ solution. The site is presumably strongly influenced by sublimation and dry deposition. The main processes supplying solutes to meltwater are sulphide oxidation (i.e. abundant hydrothermal manifestations), and hydrolysis and dissolution of carbonates and silicates. Marine aerosols are the main source of NaCl. The fine‐grained products of glacial comminution play a significant role in the control of dissolved minor and trace elements: transition metals (e.g. Mn, Zr, Cu, and Co) appear to be selectively removed from solution, whereas some LIL (large ion lithophile) elements, such as Sr, Cs, and major cations, are more concentrated in the lowermost reach. Daily concentration variation of dissolved rare earth elements (REE) tends to increase with discharge. Through PHREEQC inverse modelling, it is shown that gypsum dissolution (i.e. sulphide oxidation) is the most important geochemical mechanism delivering solutes to the Agua Negra drainage system, particularly in rock‐glaciers. At the lowermost reach, the chemical signature appears to change depending on the relative significance of different meltwater sources: silicate weathering seems to be more important when meltwater has a longer residence time, and calcite and gypsum dissolution is more conspicuous in recently melted waters. A comparison with a non‐glacierized semiarid drainage of comparable size shows that the glacierized basin has a higher specific denudation, but it is mostly accounted for by relatively soluble phases (i.e. gypsum and calcite). Meltwater chemistry in glacierized arid areas appears strongly influenced by sublimation/evaporation, in contrast with its humid counterparts. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献