Geochronological problems related to polymetamorphism in the Limpopo Complex, South Africa     

D.D. Van Reenen  R. Boshoff  C.A. Smit  L.L. Perchuk  J.D. Kramers  S. McCourt  R.A. Armstrong 《Gondwana Research》2008,14(4):644

The integration of new and published geochronologic data with structural, magmatic/anatectic and pressure–temperature (P–T) process information allow the recognition of high-grade polymetamorphic granulites and associated high-grade shear zones in the Central Zone (CZ) of the Limpopo high-grade terrain in South Africa. Together, these two important features reflect a major high-grade D₃/M₃ event at ~ 2.02 Ga that overprinted the > 2.63 Ga high-grade Neoarchaean D₂/M₂ event, characterized by SW-plunging sheath folds. These major D₂/M₂ folds developed before ~ 2.63 Ga based on U–Pb zircon age data for precursors to leucocratic anatectic gneisses that cut the high-grade gneissic fabric. The D₃/M₃ shear event is accurately dated by U–Pb monazite (2017.1 ± 2.8 Ma) and PbSL garnet (2023 ± 11 Ma) age data obtained from syntectonic anatectic material, and from sheared metapelitic gneisses that were completely reworked during the high-grade shear event. The shear event was preceded by isobaric heating (P = ~ 6 kbar and T = ~ 670–780 °C), which resulted in the widespread formation of polymetamorphic granulites. Many efforts to date high-grade gneisses from the CZ using PbSL garnet dating resulted in a large spread of ages (~ 2.0–2.6 Ga) that reflect the polymetamorphic nature of these complexly deformed high-grade rocks.  相似文献   

Groundwater flow in the vicinity of two artificial recharge ponds in the Belgian coastal dunes     

A. Vandenbohede  Emmanuel Van Houtte  Luc Lebbe 《Hydrogeology Journal》2008,16(8):1669-1681

Since July 2002, tertiary treated wastewater has been artificially recharged through two infiltration ponds in the dunes of the Belgian western coastal plain. This has formed a lens of artificially recharged water in the dunes’ fresh water lens. Recharged water is recovered by extraction wells located around the ponds. Hydraulic aspects of the artificial recharge and extraction are described using field observations such as geophysical borehole loggings and a tracer test. Borehole logs indicate recharged water up to 20 m below surface, whereas the tracer test gives field data about the residence times of the recharged water. Furthermore, a detailed solute transport model was made of the area surrounding the ponds. Groundwater flow, capture zone, residence times and volume of recharged water in the aquifer are calculated. This shows that the residence time varies between 30 days and 5 years due to the complex flow pattern. The extracted water is a mix of waters with different residence times and natural groundwater, assuring a relatively stable water quality of the extracted water.  相似文献   

Climate response of rainfed versus irrigated farms: the bias of farm heterogeneity in irrigation     

Janka Vanschoenwinkel  Steven Van Passel 《Climatic change》2018,147(1-2):225-234

Researchers who do not take into account farm heterogeneity in implementing specific climate change adaptation options might significantly bias their findings. To prove this point, this paper focusses on irrigation as an adaptation option to climate change and highlights the fact that there is no such thing as “irrigation.” Instead, different farms consider water management options across a spectrum that ranges from purely rainfed farms to purely irrigated farms with in between the extreme practices such as supplemental irrigation, water conservation practices, and different irrigation techniques. Accounting for such differences is necessary, yet difficult due to a lack of farm-specific data on water management and irrigation. This paper uses unique Farm Accountancy Data Network data of Western European farmers on the proportion of farmland that each farm irrigates. Unlike previous work, this allows taking into account some within-irrigation heterogeneity instead of simply categorizing farms as being “irrigated.” We estimate and compare climate response models based on the Ricardian cross-sectional method for a large range of irrigation categories. The results give insights into how the farm irrigation climate response can be significantly different depending on how irrigation is defined. This proves that ignoring within-adaptation differences when comparing non-adaptation with adaptation (in this case, rainfed versus irrigated agriculture) might lead to biased conclusions with regard to effectiveness of adaptation strategies. We therefore argue that it might be more relevant to understand at which point and under which circumstances irrigated agriculture is more or less beneficial than rainfed agriculture.  相似文献   

The cost of achieving South Africa’s ‘fair share’ of global climate change mitigation     

Hugo Van Zyl  Yvonne Lewis  James Kinghorn  James Reeler 《Climate Policy》2018,18(10):1327-1339

Global climate change mitigation action is hampered by systematic under-assessment of national ‘fair shares’, largely on the basis of perceived national interests. This paper aims to inform discussions centred on South Africa’s nationally determined contribution (NDC) by estimating (1) emissions reduction pathways for the country using the Climate Equity Reference Calculator (CERC) assuming a maximum 2°C aggregate warming target and (2) the likely economy-wide net mitigation costs or savings associated with reaching these pathways if known lower-cost mitigation measures, identified through the national mitigation potential analysis, are prioritised. The cumulative net savings associated with achieving the CERC ‘fair share’ emissions pathway, assuming the moderate use of low carbon power generation measures, would reach $5.3 billion by 2030. Net savings could be substantially greater reaching $46.8 billion by 2030 assuming power generation focuses on moving towards full decarbonisation. An unconditional commitment to the mitigation action implied by the ‘fair share’ emissions pathway therefore seems reasonable and prudent purely from the point of view of net country-wide savings. Only if power generation moves towards full decarbonisation would there be a reasonable chance of achieving the more ambitious CERC domestic emissions pathway. However, the significant additional cost associated with achieving the domestic emissions pathway should be conditional on international assistance.

Key policy insights

• South Africa can only achieve its ‘fair share’ of the global mitigation effort if greater use is made of renewable energy options, and can realise significant net savings if it does so.

• Further emissions reductions would incur costs and require significant upscaling of the share of renewable energy and full implementation of all non-power generation mitigation measures available.

• Committing to this further mitigation action contingent on international finance would both strengthen the nation’s position in climate negotiations and support the provision of finance for those vulnerable developing nations that bear little or no responsibility for climate change.

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Comparative study on the organoleptic quality of wild and farmed large yellow croaker Larimichthys crocea     

Ma  Rui  Meng  Yuqiong  Zhang  Wenbing  Mai  Kangsen 《中国海洋湖沼学报》2020,38(1):260-274

Journal of Oceanology and Limnology - To fill the blank in systematic study on the organoleptic quality of large yellow croaker Larimichthys crocea, we analyzed the organoleptic quality of the fish...  相似文献   

Effects of vitamin C deficiency or excess on growth performance,anti-oxidative response and fatty acid composition of juvenile abalone Haliotis discus hannai Ino     

Li  Xinxin  Feng  Xiuni  Luo  Kai  Ma  Shuoli  Deng  Junming  Zhang  Wenbing  Mai  Kangsen 《中国海洋湖沼学报》2020,38(6):1936-1944

Journal of Oceanology and Limnology - A 240-day feeding trial was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary vitamin C on growth performance, anti-oxidative response, and fatty acid...  相似文献   

Positional drift within groups of Type I solar radio bursts     

J. Van Nieuwkoop 《Solar physics》1986,103(1):129-140

In the dynamic spectrograms of the 60-channel solar radiospectrograph at Dwingeloo coherent groups of Type I bursts have been selected. At 243 MHz the positions of the bursts were measured. Within many groups the bursts showed a systematic angular displacement with time. Movements with apparent velocities up to 15000 km s^–1 have been observed. The burst positions have been obtained with a two-element interferometer. A special data reduction method used the amplitude variation of the Type I bursts as a parameter for selection against the background radiation.  相似文献   

Prominence condensation and magnetic levitation in a coronal loop     

G. Van Hoven  Y. Mok  J. F. Drake 《Solar physics》1992,140(2):269-287

We describe the results of a model dynamic simulation of the formation and support of a narrow prominence at the apex of a coronal magnetic loop or arcade. The condensation process proceeds via an initial radiative cooling and pressure drop, and a secondary siphon flow from the dense chromospheric ends. The anti-buoyancy effect as the prominence forms causes a bending of the confining magnetic field, which propagates toward the semi-rigid ends of the magnetic loop. Thus, a wide magnetic hammock or well (of the normal-polarity Kippenhahn-Schlüter-type) is formed, which supports the prominence at or near the field apex. The simplicity of this 1.5-dimensional model, with its accompanying diagnostics, allows one to comprehend the various contributions to the nonlinear dynamics of prominence condensation and levitation.  相似文献   

The relevance of the ballooning approximation for magnetic,thermal, and coalesced magnetothermal instabilities     

R. A. M. Van der Linden  M. Goossens  A. W. Hood 《Solar physics》1992,140(2):317-342

Approximate solutions of the linearized non-adiabatic MHD equations, obtained using the ballooning method, are compared with exact numerical solutions of the full equations (including the effects of optically thin plasma radiation). It is shown that the standard ballooning method, developed within the framework of ideal linear MHD, can be generalized to non-ideal linear MHD. The localized (ballooning) spectrum has to be used with caution, but can give valuable (though limited) information on non-ideal stability.The numerical analysis also confirms and quantifies the interesting connection between magnetic and thermal instabilities. The existence of such a coupling is inherent in many qualitative discussions of magnetic disruptions. Finally, the hitherto unrecognized role of the thermal continuum in the unstable part of the magnetothermal spectrum is investigated.Research Assistant of the National Fund for Scientific Research, Belgium.  相似文献   

How climate metrics affect global mitigation strategies and costs: a multi-model study     

Mathijs J. H. M. Harmsen  Maarten van den Berg  Volker Krey  Gunnar Luderer  Adriana Marcucci  Jessica Strefler  Detlef P. Van Vuuren 《Climatic change》2016,135(2):203-209

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