Earthquake Hazard and the Environmental Seismic Intensity (ESI) Scale     

Leonello Serva  Eutizio Vittori  Valerio Comerci  Eliana Esposito  Luca Guerrieri  Alessandro Maria Michetti  Bagher Mohammadioun  Georgianna C. Mohammadioun  Sabina Porfido  Ruben E. Tatevossian 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》2016,173(5):1479-1515

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Macroseismic effects highlight site response in Rome and its geological signature     

Paola Sbarra  Valerio De Rubeis  Emiliano Di Luzio  Marco Mancini  Massimiliano Moscatelli  Francesco Stigliano  Patrizia Tosi  Roberto Vallone 《Natural Hazards》2012,62(2):425-443

A detailed analysis of the earthquake effects on the urban area of Rome has been conducted for the L??Aquila sequence, which occurred in April 2009, by using an online macroseismic questionnaire. Intensity residuals calculated using the mainshock and four aftershocks are analyzed in light of a very accurate and original geological reconstruction of the subsoil of Rome based on a large amount of wells. The aim of this work is to highlight ground motion amplification areas and to find a correlation with the geological settings at a subregional scale, putting in evidence the extreme complexity of the phenomenon and the difficulty of making a simplified model. Correlations between amplification areas and both near-surface and deep geology were found. Moreover, the detailed scale of investigation has permitted us to find a correlation between seismic amplification in recent alluvial settings and subsiding zones, and between heard seismic sound and Tiber alluvial sediments.  相似文献   

PCBs in Central Vietnam coastal lagoons: levels and trends in dynamic environments     

Giuliani S  Piazza R  Bellucci LG  Cu NH  Vecchiato M  Romano S  Mugnai C  Nhon DH  Frignani M 《Marine pollution bulletin》2011,62(5):1013-1024

PCBs were analysed in surficial sediments and selected sediment cores collected between 2002 and 2008 in Central Vietnam coastal lagoons. The aim was to determine contamination levels and trends, and to evaluate the effects of anthropogenic pressures and natural events. Samples were mostly fine-grained with low total PCB concentrations (0.367-44.7 μg kg⁻¹). Atmospheric transport and post depositional processes modify to some degree the fingerprint of PCB inputs to the environment favouring the predominance of 3, 4 and 5 chlorinated congeners. The similarity of congener distributions in contemporary surficial samples also suggests the presence of a unique source over the entire study area, probably connected to mobilisation and long range transports from land-based stocks. The removal of consistent sediment layers is hypothesised based on repeated samplings of the same area. Natural meteorological events (such as typhoons) are suspected to be responsible for these sediment losses.  相似文献   

In vitro effects of nonylphenol on functional responses of haemocytes of the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri     

Matozzo V  Ballarin L 《Marine pollution bulletin》2011,62(10):2042-2046

The effects of nonylphenol (NP) on functional responses of haemocytes of the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri were evaluated. Haemocytes were exposed to 0.1, 1 and 10 μM NP and the effects on haemocyte viability, adhesion, morphology, lysosomal membrane stability, phagocytic activity and early apoptosis were evaluated. Haemocyte viability and adhesion were not affected by NP. Phagocytic activity and the amoebocytic index decreased significantly at all the concentrations tested, while exposure of haemocytes to 1 and 10 μM NP caused a significant increase in the diffusion of Neutral Red into the cytosol. The percentage of cells positive to Annexin-V (indicative of early apoptosis) increased significantly at 1 and 10 μM NP. Results obtained suggested a relationship between NP and alterations in functional responses of haemocytes in B. schlosseri. Biomarkers measured resulted sensitive, rapid and reproducible, even if their responsiveness will be evaluated after in vivo exposure of animals to NP.  相似文献   

Linear and angular momentum conservation in hydraulic jump in diverging channels     

Alessandro Valiani Valerio Caleffi 《Advances in water resources》2011,34(2):227-242

This paper addresses the integral conservation of linear and angular momentum in the steady hydraulic jump in a linearly diverging channel.The flow is considered to be divided into a mainstream that conveys the total liquid discharge, and a roller where no average mass transport occurs. It is assumed that no macroscopic rheological relationship holds, so mass, momentum and angular momentum integral balances are independent relationships. Normal stresses are assumed to be hydrostatic on vertical, cylindrical surfaces. Viscous stresses are assumed to be negligible with respect to turbulent stresses. Assuming that the horizontal velocity distribution in the mainstream is uniform and that the horizontal momentum and angular momentum in the roller are negligible with respect to their mainstream counterparts, an analytical solution is obtained for the free surface profile of the flow. This solution is fundamental for finding the sequent depths and their positions. Consequently, it permits solving for the length of the jump, which is assumed to be equal to the length of the roller. Mainstream and roller thicknesses can also be derived from the present solution. This model may also be theoretically used to derive the average shear stresses exerted by the roller on the mainstream and the power losses per unit weight. This second relationship, which returns the well-known classical expression for total power loss in the jump, demonstrates that the strongly idealized mechanical model proposed here is internally consistent.  相似文献   

Thermal history and origin of the Tanzanian Craton from Pb isotope thermochronology of feldspars from lower crustal xenoliths     

Jeremy J. Bellucci  William F. McDonough  Roberta L. Rudnick 《Earth and Planetary Science Letters》2011,301(3-4):493-501

Common and radiogenic Pb isotopic compositions of plagioclase and anti-perthitic feldspars from granulite-facies lower crustal xenoliths from the Labait Volcano on the eastern margin of the Tanzanian Craton have been measured via laser ablation MC-ICP-MS. Common Pb in plagioclase and a single stage Pb evolution model indicate that the lower crust of the Tanzanian Craton was extracted from mantle having a ²³⁸U/²⁰⁴Pb of 8.1 ± 0.3 and a ²³²Th/²³⁸U of 4.3 ± 0.1 at 2.71 ± 0.09 Ga (all uncertainties are 2σ). Since 2.4 Ga, some orthoclase domains within anti-perthites have evolved with a maximum ²³⁸U/²⁰⁴Pb of 6 and ²³²Th/²³⁸U of 4.3. The spread in Pb isotopic composition in the anti-perthitic feldspars yields single crystal Pb–Pb isochrons of ～ 2.4 Ga, within uncertainty of U–Pb zircon ages from the same sample suite. The Pb isotopic heterogeneities imply that these granulites resided at temperatures < 600 °C in the lower crust of the Tanzanian Craton from ca. 2.4 Ga to the present. In concert with the chemistry of surface samples, mantle xenoliths, and lower crustal xenoliths, our data imply that the cratonic lithosphere in Tanzania formed ca. ～ 2.7 Ga, in a convergent margin setting, and has remained undisturbed since 2.7 Ga.  相似文献   

Vitellogenin induction as a biomarker of exposure to estrogenic compounds in aquatic environments   总被引：14，自引：0，他引：14  

Marin MG  Matozzo V 《Marine pollution bulletin》2004,48(9-10):835-839

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Presence and origin of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon in sediments of nine coastal lagoons in central Vietnam     

Giuliani S  Sprovieri M  Frignani M  Cu NH  Mugnai C  Bellucci LG  Albertazzi S  Romano S  Feo ML  Marsella E  Nhon DH 《Marine pollution bulletin》2008,56(8):1504-1512

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Levels and spatial distribution of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in superficial sediment from 15 Italian Marine Protected Areas (MPA)     

Karla Pozo  Denise Lazzerini  Guido Perra  Valerio Volpi  Simonetta Corsolini  Silvano Focardi 《Marine pollution bulletin》2009,58(5):773-776

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Correlation between damage distribution and ambient noise H/V spectral ratio: the SESAME project results     

Nikolaos Theodoulidis  Giovanna Cultrera  Valerio De Rubeis  Fabrizio Cara  Areti Panou  Marco Pagani  Paula Teves-Costa 《Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering》2008,6(1):109-140

In the framework of the SESAME project one of the tasks was the compilation of all available ambient noise measurements within urban environments affected by historical or/and recent strong earthquakes in Europe. The aim of such a task was to give an answer to the question; “How does horizontal-to-vertical ambient noise spectral ratio compare with damage in modern cities?”. For this purpose five European urban areas, namely, Angra do Heroismo (Portugal), Fabriano and Palermo (Italy), Thessaloniki and Kalamata (Greece) were selected for which spatial damage information was available either in terms of modified Mercalli intensity or in EMS98 damage grades. The geological setting of the examined sites as well as the causative earthquakes are satisfactorily known. Ambient noise recordings compiled for all examined sites have been homogeneously processed by a technique developed and agreed upon SESAME project. Using a standard multivariate statistical analysis, namely, factor analysis and canonical correlation, the horizontal-to-vertical ambient noise spectral ratio (HVNSR) is correlated with damage pattern observed within examined urban areas. Results show that, in some cases (Thessaloniki, Palermo), the HVNSR seems to be able to differentiate between areas previously shown to be associated with higher damage. In other cases however (Angra do Heroismo, Fabriano, Kalamata), the correlation is not statistically significant indicating thus the complex character of the parameters involved, implying that currently there is no a straightforward way that a value of HVNSR can correctly predict the extent to which a given region will be associated with increased damage.  相似文献