Assessing conservation practices in Amalacaxco Gorge (Izta-Popo National Park,Central Mexico) using fallout ~(137)Cs and Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL)     

MU?OZ-SALINAS E  CASTILLO M 《山地科学学报》2018,(3)

This study aims to assess conservation practices in Izta-Popo National Park(Central Mexico) by evaluating the mechanisms of sediment transfer. We applied a methodology based on fallout ~(137)Cs and optically stimulated luminescence(OSL) analysis. This was tested in the upper catchment of Amalacaxco Gorge, selected for being one of the sectors of the park in which man-made actions have been implemented in last decades to favor forest growth in the alpine grassland and to reduce the effect of water runoff. We quantified the ~(137)Cs activity using gamma and beta spectrometry of fine sediment grains extracted from the surface of parcels of 0.4 m2 in areas of natural forest, natural alpine grassland, alpine grassland with conservation practices, ravines and trails. In general, ~(137)Cs values increases as local slope decreases as it was expected. The natural forest is the most stable area in terms of soil erosion and sediment accumulation and, mean ~(137)Cs activity was taken as reference to assess cumulative zones, with higher ~(137)Cs values and erosive, with lower. We found that trails are accumulative surfaces but in other areas, erosion predominates. Man-made ditches, trenches and afforestation in the alpine grassland have higher ~(137)Cs values than thenatural grassland, which indicates that conservation practices are limiting the sediment transfer from hillslopes to channels, however, soil retention is less than in the natural grassland. Additionally, we evaluated the luminescence(OSL) values obtained from samples extracted from the sediment transported in ravines that are cutting into different sectors of the study area to assess the grade of resetting of fluvial materials. These luminescence results indicated that the sediment transported in ravines that are cutting into the natural forest and alpine grassland is bleached more efficiently than the sediment transported in the alpine grassland with conservation practices. Results of fallout ~(137)Cs and luminescence strongly suggest that man-made actions in this part of the Izta-Popo National Park are dramatically modifying the natural mechanisms of sediment transfer and favoring soil erosion. We conclude that made ditches, trenches and afforestation are not an effective conservation practice in Amalacaxco Gorge because they are promoting soil erosion instead of reducing it.  相似文献   

Long term evolution of distant retrograde orbits in the Earth-Moon system   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Collin?BezroukEmail authorView author&#;s OrcID profile  Jeffrey?S.?Parker 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2017,362(9):176

This work studies the evolution of several Distant Retrograde Orbits (DROs) of varying size in the Earth-Moon system over durations up to tens of millennia. This analysis is relevant for missions requiring a completely hands off, long duration quarantine orbit, such as a Mars Sample Return mission or the Asteroid Redirect Mission. Four DROs are selected from four stable size regions and are propagated for up to 30,000 years with an integrator that uses extended precision arithmetic techniques and a high fidelity dynamical model. The evolution of the orbit’s size, shape, orientation, period, out-of-plane amplitude, and Jacobi constant are tracked. It has been found that small DROs, with minor axis amplitudes of approximately 45,000 km or less decay in size and period largely due to the Moon’s solid tides. Larger DROs (62,000 km and up) are more influenced by the gravity of bodies external to the Earth-Moon system, and remain bound to the Moon for significantly less time.  相似文献   

Evaluating coastal scenery using fuzzy logic: Application at selected sites in Western Black Sea coastal region of Turkey   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Ay?en Ergin  Fatma ?ahin 《Ocean Engineering》2010,37(7):583-591

Coastal areas of the world are under treat due to the conflicting requirements of functions such as habitation and/or recreation, which affect the strategic asset of coastal scenery itself. Coastal managers, together with planners, need coastal landscape inventories, where the quality of coastal scenery is a part of the inventory. In order to provide an evidence-based approach for sound coastal management decisions, [Ergin et al., 2004] and [Ergin et al., 2006] developed a novel technique ‘coastal scenic evaluation’ (CSE), which addresses the evaluation of coastal scenery. The CSE technique utilizes fuzzy logic to derive values obtained from a checklist of 26 physical and human parameters. The methodology enables the calculation of an evaluation index (D), which categorizes the scenic values of coastal sites into five distinct classes. Using this technique, coastal scenic evaluations were carried out at 34 selected sites on the Western Black Sea coast of Turkey. Based on the calculated D values, a five-class differentiation was obtained for the selected sites, to provide baseline information for any envisaged subsequent management plans for these areas.  相似文献   

Hydroacoustic analysis of spatial and temporal variability of bottom sediment characteristics in Lake Kinneret in relation to water level fluctuation   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

Ilia Ostrovsky  Jarosław Tęgowski 《Geo-Marine Letters》2010,30(3-4):261-269

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Erratum to: The analysis of 2004 flood on Kozdere Stream in Istanbul     

Hüseyin E. ?elik  Gonca Coskun  H. Kerem Cigizoglu  Necati A??ralio?lu  Abdurrahim Ayd?n  A. ?lker Esin 《Natural Hazards》2012,63(2):1279-1279

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GIS-based assessment of landslide susceptibility on the base of the Weights-of-Evidence model   总被引：4，自引：2，他引：2  

Bettina Neuh?user  Bodo Damm  Birgit Terhorst 《Landslides》2012,9(4):511-528

The major scope of the study is the assessment of landslide susceptibility of Flysch areas including the Penninic Klippen in the Vienna Forest (Lower Austria) by means of Geographical Information System (GIS)-based modelling. A statistical/probabilistic method, referred to as Weights-of-Evidence (WofE), is applied in a GIS environment in order to derive quantitative spatial information on the predisposition to landslides. While previous research in this area concentrated on local geomorphological, pedological and slope stability analyses, the present study is carried out at a regional level. The results of the modelling emphasise the relevance of clay shale zones within the Flysch formations for the occurrence of landslides. Moreover, the distribution of mass movements is closely connected to the fault system and nappe boundaries. An increased frequency of landslides is observed in the proximity to drainage lines, which can change to torrential conditions after heavy rainfall. Furthermore, landslide susceptibility is enhanced on N-W facing slopes, which are exposed to the prevailing direction of wind and rainfall. Both of the latter geofactors indirectly show the major importance of the hydrological conditions, in particular, of precipitation and surface runoff, for the occurrence of mass movements in the study area. Model performance was checked with an independent validation set of landslides, which are not used in the model. An area of 15% of the susceptibility map, classified as highly susceptible, “predicted” 40% of the landslides.  相似文献   

Versuch der Geschlechtsbestimmung beim Wels,Silurus glanis L., mit Hilfe der Diskriminanzanalyse von Brustflossendaten     

Wiesław Wiśniewolski  Janusz Górczyński  Wiesław Madry 《Aquatic Sciences - Research Across Boundaries》1989,51(3):249-259

Width of the first ray of the pectoral fin has been measured in two places for 154 young and 89 adult wels. Statistical relationships between the above characters and fish length as well as its maturity and sex have been proved. Three models of discriminant function for identification of adult fish sex have been derived and verified. The accuracy of sex separation has been 89,5% in a standard sample of wels, and 90,6% in a routine sample, after an adjustment in the procedure.  相似文献   

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E. Thorsen  K. Segadal  L. E. B. Stuhr  K. Troland  M. Gr?nning  et al. 《GeoJournal》1990,20(2):176-180

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Depositional mechanics of turbulent nuées ardentes (surges) from their grain sizes     

Fran?ois P Brissette  Jean Lajoie 《Bulletin of Volcanology》1991,53(1):60-66

The ability of turbulent nuées ardentes (surges) to transport coarse pyroclasts has been questioned on the basis that settling velocities of coarse fragments in the deposits are much too high for them to have been supported by turbulence in a dilute gas suspension. A computer model is used to evaluate the settling velocity of pyroclasts in suspensions of varying concentration and temperature. Since suspension of grains in low-concentration surges occurs if the shear velocity exceeds the settling velocity, the shear velocities related to the 16th and 84th percentiles, and the mean of the grain-size distribution are compared in surge deposits of the Vulsini, with the shear velocity necessary to move the coarsest grain on the bed surface (the Shields criterion). The results show that the settling velocities do not vary significantly in gaseous suspensions having volume concentrations lower than 15%, and that an increase in concentration to 25% is not sufficient to decrease the settling velocity of the coarser fraction, if it represents flow shear velocity. It is shown that the settling velocity of the mean grain size (M _z ) best depicts the shear velocity of a dilute turbulent suspension. Applying the results to the May 1902 paroxysmal nuées ardentes of Mount Pelée shows that the estimated mean velocities are well within the observed velocities, and sufficient to support all the clasts in dilute, turbulent suspensions.  相似文献   

A volcanic-carbonate association in the Góry Kaczawskie,Western Sudetes     

Dr. Zdzisław Baranowski  Dr. Stanbław Lorenc 《International Journal of Earth Sciences》1986,75(3):595-599

Amidst metavolcanic rocks and phyllites of the Góry Kaczawskie region occur isolated carbonate bodies known as the Wojcieszów limestones. The bodies enclosed in the metavolcanites show primary (sedimentary) contacts, while those in the phyllites do not have such contacts. The Wojcieszów limestones and metavolcanic rocks form sequences displaying mutual spatial and genetical relations. Submarine volcanic elevations were covered with chemical and biochemical carbonate precipitation, the intensity of which was stimulated and controlled by the volcanic activity.

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Zusammenfassung Inmitten der metavulkanischen Gesteine und Phyllite von Góry Kaczawskie erscheinen isolierte Karbonatgesteinskörper, die als Wojcieszów-Kalke bekannt sind. Die Karbonatgesteine innerhalb der Metavulkanite zeigen sedimentäre Kontakte, während die in den Phylliten eher tektonisch begrenzt sind. So kann man den Wojcieszów-Kalken und den Metavulkaniten eine räumliche und genetische Beziehung zusprechen. Submarine Erhebungen aus Vulkangesteinen waren mit chemischen und biochemisch gefällten Karbonatserien bedeckt, wobei die vulkanische Aktivität die Karbonatbildung unmittelbar beeinflu\te.

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Résumé Parmi les métavolcanites et les phyllites de la région du Góry Kaczawskie, il existe des corps carbonatés isolés connus sous le nom de »calcaires de Wojcieszów«. Ceux qui sont inclus dans les métavolcanites présentent des contacts sédimentaires, contrairement à ceux qui sont inclus dans les phyllites, dont les contacts sont tectoniques. Entre les calcaires de Wojcieszów et les roches métavolcaniques, il est donc possible d'établir des relations spatiales et génétiques. Des reliefs volcaniques sous-marins ont été le siège d'une précipitation carbonatée chimique et biochimique dont l'intensité dépendait de l'activité volcanique.

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