Assessment of shallow landsliding by using a physically based model of hillslope stability     

Marco Borga  Giancarlo Dalla Fontana  Carlo Gregoretti  Lorenzo Marchi 《水文研究》2002,16(14):2833-2851

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Sediment trace metals and PCB input history in Lake Anna, Virginia, USA     

Ben K. Odhiambo  Virginia Brown  Gayle Armentrout  Leanna C. Giancarlo  Chelsea Wegner 《Environmental Earth Sciences》2013,69(6):2103-2117

Damming of the North Anna River in 1972 created Lake Anna, a cooling water source for the Dominion nuclear power plant as well as a popular recreation site in Spotsylvania and Orange counties, Virginia, USA. Previously dated (210-Pb) sediment cores from seven locations within the lake and three locations in the adjoining Waste Heat Treatment Facilities (WHTF) were analyzed for trace metals (Al, Ba, Zn, Cd, Cu, Fe, Mn and Pb) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) to examine the environmental evolution of the reservoir system. The reservoir has a history of mining activities in its watershed and unusually elevated concentrations of PCBs were found in fish tissues from previous studies. Therefore, dated sediment cores provided the framework for both the temporal and spatial analysis of possible sources and flux histories for both trace metals and PCBs. The trace metals results suggest that, though the upper reaches are relatively less impacted, the old mine tailings from the now ceased mining activities in the watershed of Contrary Creek tributary continue to dominate the sediment chemistry of the lower portion of the lake basin, signified by sediment enrichment of Pb, Cd, Cu, and Zn. Lagoon-2 of the WHTF also seems to be receiving unusually high loadings of Cd (12.5 ± 1.07 μg/g) that is probably associated with waste materials from the nuclear power plant that maintains the lagoons. PCB sediment concentrations were relatively low in the lower sections of the basins with values typically being <3.5 ng/g. The upper reaches of the basin had several PCB hotspots, with the surface sediments of Terry’s Run tributary having values as high as 53.13 ng/g. The spatial distribution of PCBs seems to suggest the upper reaches of the basin as the probable source, with the unusually high concentrations near bridges suggesting a possible link between the PCBs and old bridge fill materials. The oldest lacustrine sediments also had relatively high trace metals and PCB values signifying a probable role of soil disruption and sediment reconcentration during reservoir construction.  相似文献   

High‐P tectono‐metamorphic evolution of mylonites from the Variscan basement of the Northern Apennines,Italy          下载免费PDF全文

Deborah Lo Pò  Roberto Braga  Hans‐Joachim Massonne  Giancarlo Molli  Alessandra Montanini  Giuseppe M. Bargossi 《Journal of Metamorphic Geology》2018,36(1):23-39

Strain localization within shear zones may partially erase the rock fabric and the metamorphic assemblage(s) that had developed before the mylonitic event. In poly‐deformed basements, the loss of information on pre‐kinematic phases of mylonites hinders large‐scale correlations based on tectono‐metamorphic data. In this study, devoted to a relict unit of Variscan basement reworked within the nappe stack of the Northern Apennines (Italy), we investigate the possibility to reconstruct a complete pressure (P)–temperature (T)–deformation (D) path of mylonitic micaschist and amphibolite by integrating microstructural analysis, mineral chemistry and thermodynamic modelling. The micaschist is characterized by a mylonitic fabric with fine‐grained K‐white mica and chlorite enveloping mica‐fishes, quartz, and garnet pseudomorphs. Potassic white mica shows Mg‐rich cores and Mg‐poor rims. The amphibolite contains green amphibole+plagioclase+garnet+quartz+ilmenite defining S₁ with a superposed mylonitic fabric localized in decimetre‐ to centimetre‐scale shear zones. Garnet is surrounded by an amphibole+plagioclase corona. Phase diagram calculations provide P–T constraints that are linked to the reconstructed metamorphic‐deformational stages. For the first time an early high‐P stage at >11 kbar and 510°C was constrained, followed by a temperature peak at 550–590°C and 9–10 kbar and a retrograde stage (<475°C, <7 kbar), during which ductile shear zones developed. The inferred clockwise P–T–D path was most likely related to crustal thickening by continent‐continent collision during the Variscan orogeny. A comparison of this P–T–D path with those of other Variscan basement occurrences in the Northern Apennines revealed significant differences. Conversely, a correlation between the tectono‐metamorphic evolution of the Variscan basement at Cerreto pass, NE Sardinia and Ligurian Alps was established.  相似文献   

The  E_peak–E_iso  plane of long gamma-ray bursts and selection effects     

G. Ghirlanda  L. Nava  G. Ghisellini  C. Firmani  J. I. Cabrera 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2008,387(1):319-330

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A preparatory study on subsurface exploration on Mars using GPR and microwave tomography     

Francesco Soldovieri  Giancarlo Prisco  Svein-Erik Hamran 《Planetary and Space Science》2009,57(8-9):1076-1084

The exploitation of ground penetrating radar in Mars subsurface exploration is becoming assessed in remote sensing observations and is of timely interest for high resolution in situ prospecting of the first meters of the underground.In this framework, we deal with a novel processing approach based on microwave tomography. Aiming to achieve accurate and reliable “images” of the investigated subsurface region in order to detect, localize and possibly determine the extent and the geometrical features of the embedded layers while reducing at the minimum possible the “interpretation” of the diagnostics result.The feasibility of the microwave tomographic approach has been tested in realistic cases dealing with conditions analogue to the Mars subsurface ones. In particular, we will present the tomographic reconstruction results achieved by experimental data collected in a field survey at Svalbard Islands (Norway) with a time-domain GPR.  相似文献   

A unifying view of gamma-ray burst afterglows     

G. Ghisellini  M. Nardini  G. Ghirlanda  A. Celotti 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2009,393(1):253-271

We selected a sample of 33 gamma-ray bursts detected by Swift , with known redshift and optical extinction at the host frame. For these, we constructed the de-absorbed and K -corrected X-ray and optical rest-frame light curves. These are modelled as the sum of two components: emission from the forward shock due to the interaction of a fireball with the circumburst medium and an additional component, treated in a completely phenomenological way. The latter can be identified, among other possibilities, as a 'late prompt' emission produced by a long-lived central engine with mechanisms similar to those responsible for the production of the 'standard' early prompt radiation. Apart from flares or re-brightenings, that we do not model, we find a good agreement with the data, despite of their complexity and diversity. Although based, in part, on a phenomenological model with a relatively large number of free parameters, we believe that our findings are a first step towards the construction of a more physical scenario. Our approach allows us to interpret the behaviour of the optical and X-ray afterglows in a coherent way, by a relatively simple scenario. Within this context, it is possible to explain why sometimes no jet break is observed; why, even if a jet break is observed, it is often chromatic and why the steepening after the jet break time is often shallower than predicted. Finally, the decay slope of the late prompt emission after the shallow phase is found to be remarkably similar to the time profile expected by the accretion rate of fall-back material (i.e.  ∝ t ^−5/3  ), suggesting that this can be the reason why the central engine can be active for a long time.  相似文献   

Single-crystal polarized FTIR spectroscopy and neutron diffraction refinement of cancrinite     

Giancarlo Della Ventura  G. Diego Gatta  Gunter J. Redhammer  Fabio Bellatreccia  Anja Loose  Gian Carlo Parodi 《Physics and Chemistry of Minerals》2009,36(4):193-206

We relate a single-crystal FTIR (Fourier transform infrared) and neutron diffraction study of two natural cancrinites. The structural refinements show that the oxygen site of the H₂O molecule lies off the triad axis. The water molecule is almost symmetric and slightly tilted from the (0001) plane. It is involved in bifurcated hydrogen bridges, with Ow···O donor–acceptor distances >2.7 Å. The FTIR spectra show two main absorptions. The first at 3,602 cm^?1 is polarized for E ⊥ c and is assigned to the ν₃ mode. The second, at 3,531 cm^?1, is also polarized for E ⊥ c and is assigned to ν₁ mode. A weak component at 4,108 cm^?1 could possibly indicate the presence of additional OH groups in the structure of cancrinite. Several overlapping bands in the 1,300–1,500 cm^?1 range are strongly polarized for E ⊥ c, and are assigned to the vibrations of the CO₃ group.  相似文献   

An attenuation study using earthquakes from the 1997 Umbria-Marche sequence     

Raúl R. Castro  Giancarlo Monachesi  Luca Trojani  Marco Mucciarelli  Massimo Frapiccini 《Journal of Seismology》2002,6(1):43-59

We studied spatial and temporal characteristics of seismic attenuation inCentral Italy using S- and coda- waves recorded by the MarchesanSeismograph Network from earthquakes located in the epicentral area ofthe 1997 Umbria-Marche sequence. The amplitude decay of the S waveswith distance was defined calculating empirical attenuation functions at 15frequencies between 1 and 25 Hz. We analyzed separately foreshocks andaftershocks and we found the same attenuation functions, suggesting thatthe possible temporal variations could be confined in a small area. Thefrequency dependence of Q _S was approximated by the equation Q _S=18 · f ^2.0between 1 and 10 Hz. At higher frequencies (10–25 Hz), the frequencydependence of Q _s weakens, having an average value of Q _S=990. We also estimated Q from coda waves (Q _C) using the single-scattering models of Aki andChouet (1975) and Sato (1977). We found that Q _C=77 · f ^0.6, (between 2 and 20Hz) at the western side of the mountain chain, using either foreshocks oraftershocks. This relation is consistent with previous estimates of Q _Creported for the Central Apennines. For a volume sampling the Colfioritobasin, the Apennines and the Marche region we found that Q _C=55 · f ^0.8,indicating highattenuation below the mountain belt. To detect small temporal changes ofQ, we calculated spectral ratios of 5 temporal doublets located in theepicentral area and recorded at the closest station. We found temporalchanges of Q that vary from 27% to 56%, depending on the locationof the doublets. This variability suggests that the temporal change ofattenuation may depend on the spatial variation of Q and perhaps on thespatial distribution of tectonic stress in the epicentral area.  相似文献   

The petrochemistry of ophiolite gabbroic complexes. A key for the classification of ophiolites into low-Ti and high-Ti types     

Giancarlo Serri 《Earth and Planetary Science Letters》1981,52(1):203-212

Ophiolites have been divided into two groups: high-Ti and low-Ti types. These can be discriminated by studying the fractionation trends of both gabbroic complexes (this work) and lavas and dykes [16], particularly in the TiO₂/M.I. diagram. The first type typically shows MORB-like magmas whereas in the second the magma types have a spectrum of composition from mid-ocean ridge basalts to island arc tholeiites and boninite-like magmas often occur.High-Ti ophiolites are petrologically and geochemically similar to major oceanic and ensialic back-arc basin crusts as well as oceanic crust generated during the intermediate and late-stage opening of intraoceanic back-arc basins.Parental magmas and fractionation processes of low-Ti ophiolites fit with an hypothesis of their formation in the early stage of opening of intraoceanic back-arc basins.  相似文献   

Theory and technology of a geothermal field     

Giancarlo Facca  Franco Tonani 《Bulletin of Volcanology》1964,27(1):143-189

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