Storm solute behaviour in a montane Mediterranean forested catchment     

Anna vila  Josep Piol  Ferran Rod  Colin Neal 《Journal of Hydrology》1992,140(1-4):143-161

The results of an extensive study of streamwater chemistry during stormflow events, for a montane Mediterranean area, are presented. Four groups of variables are identified as having contrasting behaviour: alkalinity and pH; nitrate and potassium; sulphate and chloride; sodium, calcium and magnesium. The results show a complex pattern of response to flow that can be broadly linked to: (1) antecedent hydrological conditions; (2) rainfall intensity; (3) supplies of water from chemically distinct areas within the catchment. However, comparisons between this study and a parallel one which examined the composition of waters within the catchment, show that it is presently impossible to quantify the relative supplies from each part of the catchment. The findings are reviewed in relation to analogous studies within a European setting and in relation to modelling initiatives.  相似文献   

EPA's Approach to Vadose Zone Monitoring at RCRA Facilities     

Neal D. Durant  Vernon B. Myers  Lawrence A. Eccles 《Ground Water Monitoring & Remediation》1993,13(1):151-158

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently proposed to amend federal regulations to require vadose zone monitoring at certain hazardous waste facilities. To support this proposal, EPA evaluated previous policy on vadose zone monitoring and examined advances in vadose zone monitoring technology. Changes in EPA vadose zone monitoring policy were driven by demonstrated advances in the available monitoring technology and improvements in understanding of vadose zone processes/When used under the appropriate conditions, currently available direct and indirect monitoring methods can effectively detect contamination that may leak from hazardous waste facilities into the vadose zone. Direct techniques examined include soil-core monitoring and soil-pore liquid monitoring. Indirect techniques examined include soil-gas monitoring, neutron moderation, complex resistivity, ground-penetrating radar, and electrical resistivity. Properly designed vadose zone monitoring networks can act as a complement to saturated zone monitoring networks at numerous hazardous waste facilities. At certain facilities, particularly those in arid climates where the saturated zone is relatively deep, effective vadose zone monitoring may allow a reduction in the scope of saturated zone monitoring programs.  相似文献   

The interaction of magnesium with calcite during crystal growth at 25–90°C and one atmosphere     

Amitai Katz 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1973,37(6):1563-1586

Calcite crystals were grown in a closed system by recrystallization of synthetic and natural aragonite crystals, in the presence of various CaCl2-MgCl2 solutions with and without NaCl.The distribution of Mg2+ between calcite and solution at the entire temperature range is heterogeneous, closely following the Doerner-Hoskins (Doerner and Hoskins, 1925) distribution law. λMg2+C is strongly dependent on temperature, being: 0·0573 ± 0·0017 at 25°C, 0·0681 ± 0·0019 at 35°C, 0·0778 ± 0.0022 at 50°C, 0·0973 ± 0·0021 at 70°C, and 0·1163 ±0 ·0034 at 90°C. λMg2+C is independent of the absolute concentration of Ca2+ in solution as well as of the presence of NaCl.Relatively high λMg2+C values are obtained during the initial reaction stages when too-highly reactive synthetic aragonites are recrystallized. SEM micrographs show that calcite crystals grown from such aragonites are imperfect and that their earlier formed Mg-rich cores redissolve later, resulting in apparently inconsistent λMg2+C values.Calculations applying the new λMg2+C value for 25°C and the solubility data for magnesian calcites (Chaveet al., 1962) demonstrate that although no calcite should be expected to precipate directly from open sea water, its direct precipitation (or recrystallization from aragonite) is possible in closed diagenetic systems which still contain marine solutions, provided a temporary increase in the dissolved calcium concentration takes place.The λMg2+C values obtained allow for a new insight into processes of calcite cementation of reefs and a variety of other carbonate sediments, and for a more precise definition of dedolomitization chemistry.  相似文献   

Predicting the surface transport of oil pollutants in the Gulf of Mexico     

Peter Grose  Fred Everdale  Lita Katz 《Marine pollution bulletin》1983,14(10):372-377

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William R. Normark  Neal E. Barnes 《Geo-Marine Letters》1984,3(2-4):223-224

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The geotechnical effects of long human habitation (2000< years): Earthquake induced landslide hazard in the city of Zefat, northern Israel     

Oded Katz  Onn Crouvi   《Engineering Geology》2007,95(3-4):57-78

This work studies the effects of long human habitation on site geotechnical conditions. It is focused on the city of Zefat that is located on the borders of the Dead Sea Transform in northern Israel. The city of Zefat, suffered severe damage and loss of life in historical earthquakes, as a consequence of earthquake induced landslides (EILS). In this work we evaluate the current EILS hazard for the city of Zefat using a GIS-based regional Newmark analysis, with calibration of the calculated Newmark displacement (representing EILS hazard) using maps of field evidence and historical documents testifying to slope instability that occurred in historical earthquakes.

We found that the core city of Zefat is built on a layered anthropogenic material, few meters deep which, was deposited as a result of more than 2000 years of human habitation. The anthropogenic material is mechanically weak, susceptible to slope failure and to amplification of seismic-shaking. It is responsible for the city's devastation in historical earthquakes and it is the source for the current high seismic hazard as well.

Our model shows that earthquakes of magnitudes (M_w) 5, 6 and 7 at distances of up to 10 km, 50 km and more than 100 km, respectively, are likely to induce landslides in the core city of Zefat. The current engineering status of the city is poor, and as a consequence severe damage and loss of life are expected in future earthquakes due to EILS, unless major engineering efforts are made. Cities in the Eastern Mediterranean with comparable long habitation histories (e.g., Jerusalem, Tiberias, Nablus, Amman) are expected to have similar geotechnical problems in their old sections and are advised to take appropriate engineering steps to reduce damage and loss of life in future earthquakes.

Evaluation of historical earthquake magnitudes based on reported local-damage may, however, lead to overestimated magnitudes where the damaged sites are built on anthropogenic talus (a common setting in the vicinity of the Dead Sea Transform).  相似文献   

Large-eddy simulation of plant canopy flows using plant-scale representation     

Wusi Yue  Marc B. Parlange  Charles Meneveau  Weihong Zhu  René van Hout  Joseph Katz 《Boundary-Layer Meteorology》2007,124(2):183-203

Turbulent flow in a corn canopy is simulated using large-eddy simulation (LES) with a Lagrangian dynamic Smagorinsky model. A new numerical representation of plant canopies is presented that resolves approximately the local structure of plants and takes into account their spatial arrangement. As a validation, computational results are compared with experimental data from recent field particle image velocimetry (PIV) measurements and two previous experimental campaigns. Numerical simulation using the traditional modelling method to represent the canopy (field-scale approach) is also conducted as a comparison to the plant-scale approach. The combination of temporal PIV data, LES and spatial PIV data allows us to couple a wide range of relevant turbulence scales. There is good agreement between experimental data and numerical predictions using the plant-scale approach in terms of various turbulence statistics. Within the canopy, the plant-scale approach also allows the capture of more details than the field-scale approach, including instantaneous gusts that penetrate deep inside the canopy.  相似文献   

On the flow structure and turbulence during sweep and ejection events in a wind-tunnel model canopy     

Weihong Zhu  Rene van Hout  Joseph Katz 《Boundary-Layer Meteorology》2007,124(2):205-233

Particle image velocimetry (PIV) data obtained in a wind-tunnel model of a canopy boundary layer is used to examine the characteristics of mean flow and turbulence. The vector spacing varies between 1.7 and 2.5 times the Kolmogorov scales. Conditional sampling based on quadrants, i.e. based on the signs of velocity fluctuations, reveals fundamental differences in flow structure, especially between sweep and ejection events, which dominate the flow. During sweeps, the downward flow generates a narrow, highly turbulent, shear layer containing multiple small-scale vortices just below canopy height. During ejections, the upward flow expands this shear layer and the associated small-scale flow structures to a broad region located above the canopy. Consequently, during sweeps the turbulent kinetic energy (TKE), Reynolds stresses, as well as production and dissipation rates, have distinct narrow peaks just below canopy height, whereas during ejections these variables have broad maxima well above the canopy. Three methods to estimate the dissipation rate are compared, including spectral fits, measured subgrid-scale (SGS) energy fluxes at different scales, and direct measurements of slightly underresolved instantaneous velocity gradients. The SGS energy flux is 40–60% of the gradient-based (direct) estimates for filter sizes inside the inertial range, while decreasing with scale, as expected, within the dissipation range. The spectral fits are within 5–30% of the direct estimates. The spectral fits exceed the direct estimates near canopy height, but are lower well above and below canopy height. The dissipation rate below canopy height increases with velocity magnitude, i.e. it has the highest values during sweep and quadrant 1 events, and is significantly lower during ejection and quadrant 3 events. Well above the canopy, ejections are the most dissipative. Turbulent transport during sweep events acts as a source below the narrow shear layer within the canopy and as a sink above it. Transport during ejection events is a source only well above the canopy. The residual term in the TKE transport equation, representing mostly the effect of pressure–velocity correlations, is substantial only within the canopy, and is dominated by sweeps.  相似文献   

Cygnus A: stars, dust and cones     

Neal Jackson  Clive Tadhunter  & William B. Sparks 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》1998,301(1):131-141

We present new Hubble Space Telescope ( HST  ) continuum and spectral line images of the radio galaxy Cygnus A. The images show much complex structure in the central kpc². Continuum images show the central dust lane in detail, allowing detailed maps of E ( B  −  V ) to be constructed; the dust appears to follow a roughly Galactic extinction law. The emission-line components are resolved in the line images and investigated in detail. A clear 'opening cone' morphology is found, especially in the lines of Hα and [O  i ]. Blue condensations are seen in the south-eastern emission component and surrounding the central region. These are almost certainly due to star formation, which began <1 Gyr ago as deduced from the colour of the regions. More extended blue continuum is also seen and corresponds to the blue polarized component detected by other recent spectropolarimetric observations.  相似文献   

H₂ formation on interstellar grains in different physical regimes     

Biham  Furman  Katz  Pirronello  & Vidali 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》1998,296(4):869-872

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