Volcanic particles in agriculture and gardening          下载免费PDF全文

Valentin R. Troll  Juan Carlos Carracedo  Beatrice Jägerup  Michael Streng  Abigail K. Barker  Frances M. Deegan  Francisco Perez‐Torrado  Alejandro Rodriguez‐Gonzalez  Harri Geiger 《Geology Today》2017,33(4):148-154

Volcanic pyroclasts of small size, such as lapilli and small pumice stones, are widely used in agriculture, gardening, and for pot plants as natural inorganic mulch. The technique of using pyroclasts to enhance topsoil stems from the eighteenth century, and specifically from the ad 1730–1736 eruption on Lanzarote. Critical observations on plant development during and after the eruption showed that the vegetation died when buried under a thick layer of lapilli, but grew vigorously when covered thinly. While the agriculture of Lanzarote was restricted to cereals before the eruption, it diversified to many kinds of fruit and vegetables afterwards, including the production of the famous Malvasía wines in the Canaries. The population of Lanzarote doubled in the years after the eruption, from about 5000 in 1730 to near 10 000 in 1768, predominantly as a result of the higher agricultural productivity. This outcome led to widespread use of lapilli and pumice fragments throughout the islands and eventually the rest of the globe. Lapilli and pumice provide vesicle space for moisture to be retained longer within the planting soil, which can create an environment for micro‐bacteria to thrive in. Through this route, nutrients from volcanic matter are transported into the surrounding soil where they become available to plant life. The detailed processes that operate within the pyroclasts are less well understood, such as the breakdown of nutrients from the rock matrix and transport into the soil by biological action. Further studies promise significant potential to optimize future agricultural efforts, particularly in otherwise arid areas of the globe.  相似文献   

ROBUST: The ROle of BUffering capacities in STabilising coastal lagoon ecosystems     

Rutger de Wit  Lucas J. Stal  Bente Aa. Lomstein  Rodney A. Herbert  Hans van Gemerden  Pierluigi Viaroli  Victor-Ugo Cecherelli  Francisco Rodríguez-Valera  Marco Bartoli  Gianmarco Giordani  Roberta Azzoni  Bart Schaub  David T. Welsh  Andrew Donnelly  Ana Cifuentes  Josefa Antn  Kai Finster  Lise B. Nielsen  Anne-Grethe Underlien Pedersen  Anne Turi Neubauer  Marina A. Colangelo  Sander K. Heijs 《Continental Shelf Research》2001,21(18-19)

“Buffer capacities” has been defined in ecology as a holistic concept (e.g., Integration of Ecosystem Theories: A Pattern, second ed. Kluwer, Dordrecht, 1997, 388pp), but we show that it can also be worked out in mechanistic studies. Our mechanistic approach highlights that “buffering capacities” can be depleted progressively, and, therefore, we make a distinction between current and potential “buffering capacities”. We have applied this concept to understand the limited “local stability” in seagrass ecosystems and their vulnerability towards structural changes into macro-algal dominated communities. We explored the following processes and studied how they confer buffering capacities to the seagrass ecosystem: (i) net autotrophy is persistent in Zostera noltii meadows where plant assimilation acts as a sink for nutrients, this contrasted with the Ulva system that shifted back and forth between net autotrophy and net heterotrophy; (ii) the Z. noltii ecosystem possesses a certain albeit rather limited capacity to modify the balance between nitrogen fixation and denitrification, i.e., it was found that in situ nitrogen fixation always exceeded denitrification; (iii) the nitrogen demand of organoheterotrophic bacteria in the sediment results in nitrogen retention of N in the sediment and hence a buffer against release of nitrogen compounds from sediments, (iv) habitat diversification in seagrass meadows provides shelter for meiofauna and hence buffering against adverse conditions, (v) sedimentary iron provides a buffer against noxious sulfide (note: bacterial sulfide production is enhanced in anoxic sediment niches by increased organic matter loading). On the other hand, in the coastal system we studied, sedimentary iron appears less important as a redox-coupled buffer system against phosphate loading. This is because most inorganic phosphate is bound to calcium rather than to iron. In addition, our studies have highlighted the importance of plant–microbe interactions in the seagrass meadows.  相似文献   

A tertiary fold and thrust belt in the Valle del Cauca Basin, Colombian Andes     

C.A. Alfonso  P.E. Sacks  D.T. Secor  J. Rine  V. Perez 《Journal of South American Earth Sciences》1994,7(3-4)

Surface geology and heophysical data, supplemented by regional structural interpretations, indicate that the Valle del Cauca basin and adjacent areas in west-central Colombia form a west-vergent, basement-involved fold and thrust belt. This belt is part of a Cenozoic orogen developed along the west side of the Romeral fault system. Structural analysis and geometrical constraints show that the Mesozoic ophiolitic basement and its Cenozoic sedimentary cover are involved in a “thick-skinned” west-vergent foreland style deformation. The rocks are transported and shortened by deeply rooted thrust faults and stacked in imbricate fashion. The faults have a NE---SW regional trend, are listric in shape, developed as splay faults which are interpreted as joining a common detachment at over 10 km depth. The faults carry Paleogene sedimentary strata and Cretaceous basement rocks westward over Miocene strata of the Valle del Cauca Basin. Fold axes trend parallel or sub parallel to the thrust faults. The folds are westwardly asymmetrical with parallel to kink geometry, and are interpreted to be fault-propagation folds stacked in an imbricate thrust system. Stratigraphic evidence suggests that the Valle del Cauca basin was deformed between Oligocene and upper Miocene time. The kinematic history outlined above is consistent with an oblique convergence between the Panama and South American plates during the Cenozoic.A negative residual Bouguer anomaly of 20–70 mgls in the central part of the Valle del Cauca basin indicates that a substantial volume of low density sedimentary rocks is concealed beneath the thrust sheets exposed at the land surface. The hydrocarbon potential of the Valle del Cauca should be reevaluated in light of the structural interpretations presented in this paper.  相似文献   

Electrical conductivity of igneous rocks: Composition and temperature relations     

R. Alvarez  J. Perez Reynoso  L. Javier Alvarez  M. Lopez Martinez 《Bulletin of Volcanology》1978,41(4):317-327

The conductivity of four igneous rocks with, 49, 65, 77, and 84% SiO₂ was measured as a function of temperature in the interval from 20° to 1280°C; measurements were made in a vacuum of 10^?3 torr. No simple relationships were found between conductivity and SiO₂ content or versus major element groupings such as Na₂O=K₂O=CaO and TiO₂=Cr₂O₃=Al₂O₃=Fe₂O₃=FeO. An analytical expression was obtained between conductivity and the albite-quartz ratio, valid for temperatures between 300° and 1200°C. It was necessary to compute the CIPW norm in order to obtain the albite and quartz percentages. The onset of melting apparently occurred between 600° and 700°C. Petrography performed on two samples after cooling showed 70 and 85% partial melting. Three conduction regions were identified: 1) below 300°C, 2) between 300°C and 600°C, and 3) above 600°C. Different activation energies obtained for the heating and cooling intervals confirm that the sample undergoes textural changes in the heating-cooling cycle. Activation energy increments of 0.1 and 0.2 eV per decade of albite-quartz ratio were obtained.  相似文献   

Robust system identification of an irrigation main canal     

R. Rivas Perez  V. Feliu Batlle  L. Sanchez Rodriguez 《Advances in water resources》2007

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Spatial Analysis of Airborne Geophysical Data Applied to Geological Mapping and Mineral Prospecting in the Serra Leste Region, Carajás Mineral Province, Brazil     

Carlos Roberto de Souza Filho  Alfredo Rossetto Nunes  Emilson Pereira Leite  Lena Virgínia Soares Monteiro  Roberto Perez Xavier 《Surveys in Geophysics》2007,28(5-6):377-405

The Serra Leste region, located in the northeast portion of Carajás Mineral Province (PA), hosts important chrome-PGE, Au–Pd–Pt, Cu–Mo–Au, iron, and manganese deposits and occurrences related to different geological settings. We present a regional prospective model with focus on PGE mineralizations based on airborne geophysics (magnetometry, gamma-ray spectrometry and time domain electromagnetometry) and geological data. Geological and geophysics data analysis indicate a plausible correspondence between areas with meta-mafic–ultramafic rocks and low values in gamma spectrometry, mainly for the thorium channel. The meta-ultramafic units of the complexes, the main host rock of the PGE mineralization, are well defined by analytic signal from the anomalous magnetic field and by the apparent conductance anomalies derived from the GEOTEM system. The combination of the derivative products with updated geological data of the Serra Leste region and PGE-Luanga deposit enable to establish a regional prospective model for PGE and the identification of new targets within the studied area.  相似文献   

Later Holocene vegetation history of the Isles of Scilly,UK: coastal influence and human land use in a small island context          下载免费PDF全文

Marta Perez  Ralph M. Fyfe  Dan J. Charman  W. Roland Gehrels 《第四纪科学杂志》2015,30(8):764-778

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Evaluating the performance of CMIP3 and CMIP5 global climate models over the north-east Atlantic region     

Jorge Perez  Melisa Menendez  Fernando J. Mendez  Inigo J. Losada 《Climate Dynamics》2014,43(9-10):2663-2680

One of the main sources of uncertainty in estimating climate projections affected by global warming is the choice of the global climate model (GCM). The aim of this study is to evaluate the skill of GCMs from CMIP3 and CMIP5 databases in the north-east Atlantic Ocean region. It is well known that the seasonal and interannual variability of surface inland variables (e.g. precipitation and snow) and ocean variables (e.g. wave height and storm surge) are linked to the atmospheric circulation patterns. Thus, an automatic synoptic classification, based on weather types, has been used to assess whether GCMs are able to reproduce spatial patterns and climate variability. Three important factors have been analyzed: the skill of GCMs to reproduce the synoptic situations, the skill of GCMs to reproduce the historical inter-annual variability and the consistency of GCMs experiments during twenty-first century projections. The results of this analysis indicate that the most skilled GCMs in the study region are UKMO-HadGEM2, ECHAM5/MPI-OM and MIROC3.2(hires) for CMIP3 scenarios and ACCESS1.0, EC-EARTH, HadGEM2-CC, HadGEM2-ES and CMCC-CM for CMIP5 scenarios. These models are therefore recommended for the estimation of future regional multi-model projections of surface variables driven by the atmospheric circulation in the north-east Atlantic Ocean region.  相似文献   

Passing volume calculation system (PVCS): computer software for managing data on watersheds that produce mud flows and the case of Quebrada La Cadena,Antofagasta, Chile     

F. Jorge Ramirez  P. Carlos Perez 《Natural Hazards》2011,59(1):149-166

Severe storms in desert regions, especially along the coastal area of the Chilean desert, produce very destructive mud flows that last a few hours and constitute the only surface run-off in these events. To date, there is no simple or practical methodology for assessing such mud flows. Given the settlement of mining fields and creation of desert campgrounds, it is increasingly necessary to understand how these water and/or mud flows behave in order to develop structural and non-structural mitigation plans. Thus, herein, we present software known as PVCS, which provides a system for calculating mud volumes after a strong storm. This hydrological and computer tool allows us to calculate the structure and volume of mud passing through the mouth of a hydrographic watershed after a desert rainstorm. To use this software, it is necessary to know the hydrological, meteorological, and morphometric parameters of the watershed under study. These data are entered into a model that estimates the amount of mud that will pass through the mouth with each hour of rain. Simulations can be done with historical data or data designed for future events, thereby allowing the preparation of measures to protect people and property. We use the watershed Quebrada La Cadena to exemplify the use of this software. This drainage basin is located on the western slope of the Chilean Coastal Range in Antofagasta, a city in northern Chile. Here, rain in June 1991 produced a destructive flood that killed nearly one hundred people living at the main mouth of the watershed and caused huge economic losses. Data from this catastrophe have significantly improved the understanding of such flows, and this has been incorporated into the software. The principal value of PVCS lies in its ability to forecast the volume of mud that will result from a storm and hourly outflows that will pass through a specific populated area, mining camp, or industrial plant located in the mouth of a watershed of any size. This information is used to determine the most critical moment, i.e., the time of the largest outflows, which can then be used to organize timely evacuations to safe places for people, animals, and machines. Moreover, the program is methodologically valuable since, in order to implement PVCS, the user must structure information in a hydrological way. In summary, this program simulates different rain scenarios, thereby allowing us to design structural mitigation projects and contingency plans.  相似文献   

On the nature of high luminosity ULIRGs     

Josefa Masegosa  Isabel MÁrquez 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2003,284(2):483-486

We present the preliminary results for a sample of 21 high luminosity ULIRGs (L_IR > 10^12.3 L⊙), selected from the 1Jy sample. Based on R band imaging we have performed an analysis of their morphologies. The main result obtained is that about half of the host galaxies are represented by spheroids and in the other half an exponential disk has been detected or they show still trace of a merging process going on. Regarding the relation between morphology and nuclear activity it seems that more advanced mergers appear in the most active galaxies. Hence the data support the evolutionary scheme proposed by Sanders 15 years ago that ULIRGs can be the earliest precursors of optical QSOs. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.  相似文献