Multi-proxy reconstruction of the Holocene vegetation and land use dynamics in the Julian Alps,north-west Slovenia     

Nina Caf  Pierre Sabatier  Andrej Šmuc  Nives Ogrinc  Matej Dolenec  William Rapuc  Doris Potočnik  Ulrich von Grafenstein  Maja Andrič 《第四纪科学杂志》2023,38(1):107-122

Small mountain lakes are natural archives for understanding long-term natural and anthropogenic impact on the environment. This study focused on long-term (last ca. 13 000 years) vegetation changes and sedimentary processes in the catchment area of Lake Planina pri jezeru (1430 m a.s.l.) by using mineralogical, geochemical and palynological methods. Palynological results suggest that regional vegetation between 12 900 and 11 700 cal a bp was a herbaceous–forest tundra (Pinus, Artemisia, Poaceae ). Climate warming at the beginning of the Holocene (ca. 11 700 cal a bp ) caused the transition from a wetland (Cyperaceae) to an eutrophic lake with alternating anoxic (pyrite) and oxic conditions (gypsum). In addition, the surrounding area became forested (Picea, Larix, Ulmus). Fagus expanded at 10 200 cal a bp and Abies at 8200 cal a bp. Between 7500 and 4300 cal a bp , human impact on the environment was barely noticeable and mostly limited to grazing. During 4300–430 cal a bp human impact became more evident and gradually increased. The greatest influence was observed from 430 cal a bp onwards, when excessive exploitation of the surrounding area (logging and grazing) severely eutrophicated the lake.  相似文献   

Post‐stack diffraction imaging in vertical transverse isotropy media using non‐hyperbolic moveout approximations          下载免费PDF全文

M. Javad Khoshnavaz  Andrej Bóna  Milovan Urosevic 《Geophysical Prospecting》2018,66(2):273-281

Diffractions carry valuable information about local discontinuities and small‐scale objects in the subsurface. They are still not commonly used in the process of geological interpretation. Many diffraction imaging techniques have been developed and applied for isotropic media, whereas relatively few techniques have been developed for anisotropic media. Ignoring anisotropy can result in low‐resolution images with wrongly positioned or spurious diffractors. In this article, we suggest taking anisotropy into account in two‐dimensional post‐stack domain by considering P‐wave non‐hyperbolic diffraction traveltime approximations for vertical transverse isotropy media, previously developed for reflection seismology. The accuracy of the final images is directly connected to the accuracy of the diffraction traveltime approximations. We quantified the accuracy of six different approximations, including hyperbolic moveout approximation, by the application of a post‐stack diffraction imaging technique on two‐dimensional synthetic data examples.  相似文献   

Hyperboloidal precession of a dynamically symmetric satellite. Construction of normal forms of the Hamiltonian     

Ivan I. Shevchenko  Andrej G. Sokolsky 《Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy》1995,62(4):289-304

The Norma specialized program package, intended for normalization of autonomous Hamiltonian systems by means of computer algebra, is used in studies of small-amplitude periodic motions in the neighbourhood of regular precessions of a dynamically symmetric satellite on a circular orbit. The case of hyperboloidal precession is considered. Analytical expressions for normal forms and generating functions depending on frequencies of the system as on parameters are derived. Possible resonances are considered in particular. The 6th order of normalization is achieved. Though the intermediate analytical expressions occupy megabytes of computer's main memory, final ones are quite compact. Obtained analytical expressions are applied to the analysis of stability of small-amplitude periodic motions in the neighbourhood of hyperboloidal precession.  相似文献   

Microtremor HVSR study for assessing site effects in the Bovec basin (NW Slovenia) related to 1998 M_w5.6 and 2004 M_w5.2 earthquakes     

Andrej Gosar   《Engineering Geology》2007,91(2-4):178-193

The Bovec basin, which is filled with glacial and fluvial sediments, has recently been struck by two strong earthquakes (1998 and 2004) which caused extensive damage (VII–VIII EMS-98). Strong site effects resulted in large variations in damage to buildings in the area, which could not be explained by the surface variations in Quaternary sediments. The microtremor horizontal-to-vertical-spectral ratio (HVRS) method was therefore applied to a 200 m dense grid of free-field measurements to assess the fundamental frequency of the sediments. Large variations in the sediment frequency (3–22 Hz) were obtained, with most of the observed values in the range 6–12 Hz. The observed frequencies cannot be related to the total thickness of Quaternary sediments (sand, gravel), but can be explained by the presence of conglomerate or lithified moraine at shallow depths. The results were compared also with the velocity structure derived from seismic refraction data. Microtremor measurements performed in several two and some three- and four-storey houses (masonry with RC floors), which prevail in the Bovec basin, have shown that the main building frequencies in the area are in the range 7–11 Hz. This indicates that damage to houses in both earthquakes in some parts of the basin was enhanced by site amplification and soil-structure resonance. Areas of possible soil-structure resonance were identified in the settlements Bovec–Brdo, Bovec–Mala vas, Čezsoča and Kal-Koritnica. Considerable changes in fundamental frequencies within short distances were established in the town of Bovec. Their values are as high as 22 Hz in the central part of the town, but diminish to 6–11 Hz in the adjacent Brdo and Mala vas districts. This is in agreement with the distribution of damage in both earthquakes, which was considerably higher in Brdo and Mala vas, although the houses in the central part of the town are older.

Microtremor investigations have proved an effective tool for assessment of site effects in cases of complex geological structure commonly encountered in young Alpine basins filled with glaciofluvial sediments which are partly cemented. Lithified layers can considerably change the fundamental frequency and, consequently, the site effects. By taking additional measurements in buildings possible soil-structure resonance can be identified.  相似文献   

Magnetostratigraphy and fold tests from Račiška pečina and Pečina v Borštu caves (Classical Karst,Slovenia)     

Petr Pruner  Nadja Zupan Hajna  Andrej Mihevc  Pavel Bosák  Otakar Man  Petr Schnabl  Daniela Venhodová 《Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica》2010,54(1):27-48

Clastic and chemogenic cave sediments were sampled and analyzed from Račiška pečina and Pečina v Borštu caves of southwestern Slovenia. Samples were subjected to both thermal and alternating field demagnetization; specimens belonging to the same sample of the same layer produce identical results. Unblocking temperatures of 540 to 560°C on average suggests magnetite as the principal carrier of magnetization. These directions also pass a reversals test indicating the demagnetization results are free of secondary overprints and have adequately averaged out paleosecular variation. Normally magnetized clays containing fauna belonging to the MN17 mammal biozone at a depth of ∼ 4 m in Račiška pecina cave indicate these clays were deposited at the beginning of the Olduvai subchron (1.95 Ma). Correlation with the Geomagnetic Polarity Time Scale (GPTS) indicates the base of the speleothems in Račiška pečina terminate in the upper part of subchron C2An.3n with numerous breaks in deposition, lasting up to 250 ka and more. Therefore rates of speleothem growth cannot be calculated. Fold tests on dome-like stalagmites of differing sizes and ages (Pleistocene, Pliocene) from the two caves indicate the domelike structures are primary.  相似文献   

Optimum nets     

Lubomír Kubáček  Andrej Pázman  Reviewer B. Delong 《Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica》1974,18(2):91-102

Summary Within a given configuration of points of a geodetic net measurements may be carried out according to different designs. The selected design generates a certain value of the determinant of the covariance matrix of the estimate of the net parameters being determined. Of two designs which both require the same number of measurements, that which generates a smaller value of the determinant of the covariance matrix is considered the better. The paper describes the procedure which determines the best design by method of iteration, or determines the design which differs from the best negligibly.  相似文献   

Sedimentation rate of soil microparticles     

Milan Gomboš  Andrej Tall  Jarmila Trpčevská  Branislav Kandra  Dana Pavelkova  Lucia Balejčíková 《Arabian Journal of Geosciences》2018,11(20):635

The aim of the submitted paper is to identify the lower limit of Stokes’ law for calculating the deposition rate of soil microparticles. The authors’ hypothesis on the lower limit of Stokes’ law is based on the idea that with the gradual formation of the colloidal dispersion system, both the particle size and the sedimentation rate decrease. It is assumed that under the lower particle size limit, Stokes’ law does not apply. As a result of the diffusion, the state of the sedimentation equilibrium gradually emerges. The results of the experiment showed that in laboratory conditions, Stokes’ equation ceases to be valid for sedimentation of the particles sized d(90)?<?2 μm. During the experiment, a dynamic sedimentation equilibrium was reached at the particle size d(90)?=?0.27 μm. The scientific contribution of this knowledge is the accuracy of the determination of hydropedological characteristics dependent on the texture of the soil. In this context, the results stated in the paper define the lower limit of the validity for the laboratory procedures determining soil texture on the basis of the sedimentation methods. To identify the textures below this limit, it is necessary to choose the methods based on other principles. Determination of the lower limit is particularly important in clay soils containing a high proportion of clay particles (clay particles <?2 μm).  相似文献   

Decentralized and coordinate-free computation of critical points and surface networks in a discretized scalar field     

Myeong-Hun Jeong  Matt Duckham  Allison Kealy  Harvey J. Miller  Andrej Peisker 《International journal of geographical information science》2014,28(1):1-21

This article provides a decentralized and coordinate-free algorithm, called decentralized gradient field (DGraF), to identify critical points (peaks, pits, and passes) and the topological structure of the surface network connecting those critical points. Algorithms that can operate in the network without centralized control and without coordinates are important in emerging resource-constrained spatial computing environments, in particular geosensor networks. Our approach accounts for the discrepancies between finite granularity sensor data and the underlying continuous field, ignored by previous work. Empirical evaluation shows that our DGraF algorithm can improve the accuracy of critical points identification when compared with the current state-of-the-art decentralized algorithm and matches the accuracy of a centralized algorithm for peaks and pits. The DGraF algorithm is efficient, requiring O(n) overall communication complexity, where n is the number of nodes in the geosensor network. Further, empirical investigations of our algorithm across a range of simulations demonstrate improved load balance of DGraF when compared with an existing decentralized algorithm. Our investigation highlights a number of important issues for future research on the detection of holes and the monitoring of dynamic events in a field.  相似文献   

An IO-efficient parallel implementation of an R2 viewshed algorithm for large terrain maps on a CUDA GPU     

Andrej Osterman  Lucas Benedičič  Patrik Ritoša 《International journal of geographical information science》2014,28(11):2304-2327

A rapid and flexible parallel approach for viewshed computation on large digital elevation models is presented. Our work is focused on the implementation of a derivate of the R2 viewshed algorithm. Emphasis has been placed on input/output (IO) efficiency that can be achieved by memory segmentation and coalesced memory access. An implementation of the parallel viewshed algorithm on the Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA), which exploits the high parallelism of the graphics processing unit, is presented. This version is referred to as r.cuda.visibility. The accuracy of our algorithm is compared to the r.los R3 algorithm (integrated into the open-source Geographic Resources Analysis Support System geographic information system environment) and other IO-efficient algorithms. Our results demonstrate that the proposed implementation of the R2 algorithm is faster and more IO efficient than previously presented IO-efficient algorithms, and that it achieves moderate calculation precision compared to the R3 algorithm. Thus, to the best of our knowledge, the algorithm presented here is the most efficient viewshed approach, in terms of computational speed, for large data sets.  相似文献   

Mitigating depletion of a porous geothermal aquifer in the Pannonian sedimentary basin     

Nina Rman  Andrej Lapanje  Joerg Prestor  Michael J. O’Sullivan 《Environmental Earth Sciences》2016,75(8):723

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