Erratum to “Plant impacts on nitrogen and carbon cycling in the Monte Phytogeographical Province,Argentina” [Journal of Arid Environments 73 (2009) 192–201]     

A.L. Carrera  M.J. Mazzarino  M.B. Bertiller  H.F. del Valle  E.M. Carretero 《Journal of Arid Environments》2009,73(4-5):596

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Characterization of high molecular weight biomarkers in crude oils     

Michael Hsieh  R. Paul Philp  J. C. del Rio 《Organic Geochemistry》2000,31(12):794

High-temperature gas chromatography (HTGC) has enhanced our ability to characterize hydrocarbons extending to C₁₂₀ in crude oils. As a result, hydrocarbons in waxes (> C₂₀) have been observed to vary significantly between crude oils, even those presumed to originate from the same source. Prior to this development, microcrystalline waxes containing hydrocarbons above C₄₀ were not characterized on a molecular level due to the analytical limitations of conventional gas chromatography. Routine screenings of high pour-point crude oils by high-temperature gas chromatography has revealed that high molecular weight hydrocarbons (> C₄₀) are very common in most oils and may represent 2% of the crude oil. Precise structures, origins, and significance of these high molecular weight compounds remain elusive. As a preliminary step to expand our knowledge of these compounds their general molecular structures and formulas have been investigated in this study. Initial results suggest that the major high molecular weight compounds include a homologous series of n-alkanes, methylbranched alkanes, alkylcyclopentanes, alkylcyclohexanes, alkylbenzenes and alkylcycloalkanes.  相似文献   

Quiet-time periods observed by EPHIN/SOHO during the minimum of the 22nd solar cycle     

Gómez-Herrero  Raúl  RodrÍguez-FrÍas  M. Dolores  del Peral  Luis  Sequeiros  Juan  Müller-Mellin  Reinhold  Kunow  Horst  Sierks  Holger 《Solar physics》2000,194(2):405-413

An analysis of the hydrogen and helium isotopic composition from EPHIN data, during the quiet-time period from January 1 to June 1, 1996, is presented. An isotopic discrimination and background rejection have been applied and relationships between the abundances of ²H/¹H, ³He/⁴He, and ⁴He/¹H have been calculated. The energy spectra in the 4–50 MeV nucl^–1 range have been obtained and the contribution of the different spectral components have been analysed in this energy range. We conclude that the main contribution to the ⁴He spectrum is of anomalous origin, while the proton and ³He spectra have contributions mainly from particles of solar origin at low energies and from the galactic cosmic radiation modulated by the heliosphere at high energies. The deuterium spectrum is mainly of galactic origin.  相似文献   

New insights into the dust properties of the Taurus molecular cloud TMC-2 and its surroundings     

C. del Burgo  R. J. Laureijs 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2005,360(3):901-914

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The Intertidal Burrowing Crab <Emphasis Type="Italic">Neohelice</Emphasis> (=<Emphasis Type="Italic">Chasmagnathus</Emphasis>) <Emphasis Type="Italic">granulata</Emphasis> Positively Affects Foraging of Rodents in South Western Atlantic Salt Marshes     

Alejandro?D.?Canepuccia  Maria?S.?Fanjul  Eugenia?Fanjul  Florencia?Botto  Oscar?O.?Iribarne  Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas  Departamento de Biología  Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata  Mar del Plata  Argentina 《Estuaries and Coasts》2008,31(5):920-930

The role of positive and indirect interactions is often crucial in communities with intense abiotic stress such as salt marshes. The burrowing crab, Neohelice (=Chasmagnathus) granulata, is the dominant benthic macroinvertebrate of southwest Atlantic marshes (southern Brazil to Northern Argentinean Patagonia), having strong direct and indirect effects on marsh soil and, in consequence, on marsh vegetation and primary consumers. In this work, we investigate if this crab indirectly modifies habitat use by the granivorous rodents, Akodon azarae and Oligoryzomys flavescens, by increasing nutrient availability and thus enhancing seed production by the marsh plant Spartina densiflora. The study was conducted at the Mar Chiquita Coastal Lagoon, Argentina (37°32′ S). Rodent frequencies in S. densiflora were positively correlated with crab densities throughout the low and middle marsh. Additionally, the highest quality of S. densiflora and inflorescence density was recorded at the highest crab densities. Experimental manipulation of crab densities shows that N. granulata indirectly enhances the performance of S. densiflora (e.g., decreased fiber content and C/N ratios) and increases density of seeds. Moreover, N. granulata also facilitates S. densiflora seed availability to rodents by concentrating them in sediment mound at their burrows entrances. Experimental rodent exclusions showed that rodent species used S. densiflora seeds, a variable positively related to crab burrow density. Thus, our results show that N. granulata drives the granivorous rodent distribution and the intensity of seeds–rodent interaction trough facilitative and indirect interactions in marsh community.  相似文献   

Geochemical modelling of the weathering zone of the “Mina Fe” U deposit (Spain): A natural analogue for nuclear spent fuel alteration and stability processes in radwaste disposal     

D. Arcos  L. Pérez del Villar  J. Bruno  C. Domènech 《Applied Geochemistry》2008

The “Mina Fe” U deposit (Salamanca, Spain) has been studied in the context of Enresa’s programme for U-mine sites restoration and also as a natural analogue for processes in high-level nuclear waste (HLNW) geological disposal. The investigations encompassed an array of geoscience disciplines, such as structural geology, mineralogy, hydrogeology and elemental and isotopic geochemistry and hydrogeochemistry of the site. Based on the obtained results, a conceptual mineralogical and geochemical model was performed integrating the main geochemical processes occurring at the site: the interaction between oxidised and slightly acidic water with pyrite, pitchblende, calcite and dolomite, as essential minerals of the U fracture-filling mineralisation, and hydroxyapatite from the host rock, as the main source of P. This conceptual model has been tested in a systematic numerical model, which includes the main kinetic (pyrite and pitchblende dissolution) and equilibrium processes (carbonate mineral dissolution, and goethite, schoepite and autunite secondary precipitation). The results obtained from the reactive-transport model satisfactorily agree with the conceptual model previously established. The assumption of the precipitation of coffinite as a secondary mineral in the system cannot be correctly evaluated due to the lack of hydrochemical data from the reducing zone of the site and valid thermodynamic and kinetic data for this hydrated U(IV)-silicate. This precipitation can also be hampered by the probable existence of dissolved U(IV)-organic matter and/or uranyl carbonate complexes, which are thermodynamically stable under the alkaline and reducing conditions that prevail in the reducing zone of the system. Finally, the intense downwards oxic and acidic alteration in the upper part of the system is of no relevance for the performance assessment of a HLNW disposal. However, the acidic and oxidised conditions are quickly buffered to neutral–alkaline and reducing at very shallow depths, of relevance for the performance assessment of a HLNW repository, even in a natural or artificially perturbed geological environment as “Mina Fe”.  相似文献   

Stratigraphic evidence of an upper Pleistocene TST to HST complex on the Gulf of Cádiz continental shelf (south-west Iberian Peninsula)     

F. Lobo  F. Hernández-Molina  L. Somoza  V. Díaz del Río  J. Dias 《Geo-Marine Letters》2002,22(2):95-107

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Measures of the Soft X-ray Excess as an Eigenvector 1 Parameter for Active Galactic Nuclei     

K. Bensch  A. del Olmo  J. Sulentic  J. Perea  P. Marziani 《Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy》2015,36(4)

We present a preliminary analysis of X-ray data of quasars in the context of the 4D eigenvector 1 parameter space (Sulentic et al. 2000a, b). 4DE1 serves as a surrogate H-R diagram for representing empirical diversity among quasars and identifying the physical drivers of the diversity. The soft X-ray spectral index (Γ_soft) was adopted as one of the key 4DE1 that correlates contrasting extremes in Type 1 properties. 4DE1 motivated the hypothesis of two quasar populations (A and B) divided by L/L _EDD≈0.2. Pop. A is a largely radio-quiet population with FWHM H β<4000 km/s and often showing a soft X-ray excess. Pop. B is a mix of radio-quiet and a majority of RL quasars shows only a hard X-ray power-law SED. The X-ray separation was based upon earlier ROSAT and ASCA data but we now confirm this dichotomy with large samples of X-ray spectra obtained with XMM-Newton and SWIFT. One popular idea connects the soft excess in Pop. A quasars as a signature of thermal emission from a hot accretion disk in sources radiating close to the Eddington limit.  相似文献   

Long-term study of at-sea distribution of seabirds and marine mammals in the Scotia Sea,Antarctica     

Jos Luis Orgeira  Mariela del Carmen Alderete  Yohana Gisell Jimnez  Juan Cruz Gonzlez 《极地研究(英文版)》2015,(2)

The Scotia Sea is one of the most biologically rich regions of Antarctica, and it hosts a large community of upper trophic-level predators. Long-term at-sea monitoring provides valuable information on ...  相似文献   

A long-lived cyclone in Saturn’s atmosphere: Observations and models     

T. del Río-Gaztelurrutia  J. Legarreta  S. Pérez-Hoyos 《Icarus》2010,209(2):665-681

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