An attempt to separate anthropic and natural fire signals in an archaeological context-The case of the Mousterian site Grotta Reali (Rocchetta a Volturno Molise, Central Italy)     

Qiaoyu Cui  Laurent Marquer  Marta Arzarello  Vincent Lebreton 《Frontiers of Earth Science》2009,3(2):171-174

This paper presents an image analysis method for automated quantification of charcoal total area, focusing on the charcoal fractions less than 160 μm observed on 14 pollen slides from Grotta Reali samples. Four fire signals were recorded with 4 high values in the microcharcoal concentration curve. On the basis of modern microcharcoal study, mean length/width ratio of the microcharcoal particles was applied in an archeological context as an indicator of vegetal type (wood, grass or leaves). Therefore, the 4 fire signals were separated into two types: high concentration with high length/width ratio, and high concentration with low length/width ratio. Two fire signals might be interpreted as anthropic fire based on hearth or combustion areas, as inferred from archeological remains.  相似文献   

Does Manila clam cultivation affect habitats of the engineer species Lanice conchilega (Pallas, 1766)?     

Toupoint N  Godet L  Fournier J  Retière C  Olivier F 《Marine pollution bulletin》2008,56(8):1429-1438

The major French site of Manila clam Ruditapes philippinarum (Adams and Reeves, 1850) cultivation is located in the Chausey Archipelago where the associated practices are highly mechanized: every steps of production are made with tractor-driven machinery. The Manila clam concessions are concentrated on Lanice conchilega (Pallas, 1766) bioherms, which are known to increase alpha-diversity and to locally modify sediment dynamics. This study focus on the impacts of Manila clam cultivation on (i) the natural populations of L. conchilega and on (ii) the structure of the associated benthic assemblages during the different steps of the farming production cycle. We found that the L. conchilega populations are significantly affected within the concessions where their total abundances drastically decrease, their spatial patterns are modified and the associated benthic assemblages are significantly altered. Our results are discussed in a context of a sustainable management of the Manila clam cultivation in coastal areas.  相似文献   

Spectroscopic properties of \hbox {Cr}^{3+} in the spinel solid solution \hbox {ZnAl}_{2-x}\hbox {Cr}_{x}\hbox {O}_4     

Louisiane Verger  Olivier Dargaud  Gwenaelle Rousse  Emese Rozsályi  Amélie Juhin  Delphine Cabaret  Marine Cotte  Pieter Glatzel  Laurent Cormier 《Physics and Chemistry of Minerals》2016,43(1):33-42

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ISOCAM Observations of a Galaxy Merging Sequence     

V. Charmandaris  O. Laurent  I.F. Mirabel  P. Gallais 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2001,276(1):55-56

Photometry of the X-ray transient XTE J1859+226, obtained during outburst,showed at least 3 minioutbursts. During the second one, the source exhibiteda 0.3 mag modulation with QPO flaring activity during the minimum.  相似文献   

Magmatic and hydrothermal R.E.E. fractionation in the Xihuashan granites (SE China)     

Patricia Maruéjol  Michel Cuney  Laurent Turpin 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》1990,104(6):668-680

The Xihuashan stock (South Jiangxi, China) is composed of cogenetic granitic units (granites Xe, a, c, d and b) and emplaced during the Yanshanian orogeny (153±0.2 Ma). They are two feldspars, Fe-rich biotite±garnet and slightly peraluminous granites. Primary accessory minerals are apatite 1, monazite, zircon, uranothorite±xenotime in granites Xe and a, zircon, uranothorite, uraninite, betafite, xenotime 1; hydrothermal minerals are monazite altered into parisite and apatite 2, Y-rich parisite, yttroparisite, Y-rich fluorite and xenotime 2 in granites c and b. Petrographic observations, major element, REE, Y and Rb–Sr isotropic data point to a magmatic suite (granites Xe and a granites c and d granite b) distinct from hydrothermal Na-or K-alteration of b. From granite Xe to granite b, LREE, Eu, Th and Zr content are strongly depleted, while HREE, Y and U content increase. During K-alteration of b, these variations are of minor importance. Major and accessory mineral evidences, geochemical and fluid inclusion results indicate two successive alteration fluids interacting with b, (1) a late-magmatic F^– and CO₂–rich fluid and (2) a post-magmatic, aqueous and slightly saline fluid. The depletion of LREE and Th content and the increase in HREE, Y and U content correspond, in the magmatic suite to the early fractionation of monazite in the granites where there is no hydrothermal alteration (granites Xe and e) and to the hydrothermal alteration of monazite into parisite and secondary apatite, intense new formation of yttroparisite, Y enrichment and U loss in the uranothorite and late crystallization of uraninite in the granites c and b. Moreover, simulated crystallization of monazite and temperature of monazite saturation show early fractionation of monazite from the magma in the less evolved granites (Xe and e) and prevailing hydrothermal leaching of monazite in the most evolved granites (c-d and b) related to a late-magmetic event. The slight variations of REE, Y, Th and U content in the K-altered granites compared to granite b emphazes the distinct chemical nature of the successive hydrothermal fluids. Rb–Sr and Sm–Nd isotopic results point to a 30 Ma period of time between the late-magmatic and the post-magmatic fluid circulation.  相似文献   

Constraints on the ore fluids in the Sando Alcalde AuAg epithermal deposit,southwestern Peru: fluid inclusions and stable isotope data     

Anne-Sylvie André-Mayer  Laurent Bailly  Catherine Lerouge  Alain Chauvet  Jacques Leroy  Éric Marcoux 《Comptes Rendus Geoscience》2005,337(8):745-753

The Sando Alcalde ore deposit (southwestern Peru) has been studied in order to characterize the physicochemical parameters of the ore fluids and to determine the fluid process (mixing or boiling) which involves the precious metal mineralization. Mineralogy, ${\delta }^{18}{\mathrm{O}}_{\mathrm{quartz}}$ isotopic values and fluid inclusion data give arguments in favour of a boiling phenomenon. This conclusion corroborates fluid inclusion studies previously performed in this area on the low-sulphidation epithermal deposits of Arcata, Orcopampa and Apacheta, where boiling has been described as the main factor for ore deposition. To cite this article: A.-S. André-Mayer et al., C. R. Geoscience 337 (2005).  相似文献   

Fe(II)-Na(I)-Ca(II) Cation Exchange on Montmorillonite in Chloride Medium: Evidence for Preferential Clay Adsorption of Chloride – Metal Ion Pairs in Seawater     

Laurent?Charlet  Christophe?TournassatEmail author 《Aquatic Geochemistry》2005,11(2):115-137

Fe(II)–Ca(II), Fe(II)–Na(I), and Fe(II)–Ca(II)–Na(I) exchange experiments on montmorillonite were performed in chloride background. These experiments show the possible sorption of Fe²⁺ and FeCl⁺ ion pairs in exchange site positions, a result confirmed with 77 K ⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer experiments. The sorption data were modeled and the cation exchange selectivity for Fe(II) were found to be nearly equal to that of Ca(II). Vanselow selectivity coefficients, for Na–Fe²⁺ and Na–FeCl⁺ reactions, were found to be equal to 0.4 (0.5 for Ca²⁺) and 2.3 (2.5 for CaCl⁺) respectively. High affinity of montmorillonite for chloride ion pairs seems to be a common mechanism as first stated by Sposito et al., (Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 47, 51–56, 1983a), and should have implications e.g., on the chemistry of suspended particles in seawater. Exchange selectivity coefficients derived from this study and others were used to model experimental data on river water and seawater equilibrated particles. The agreement between simulations and experimental data is very good. The simulation shows the predominance of monovalent ion (Na⁺ and chloride ion pairs) sorption on clay particles in seawater. This sorption of monovalent ions leads to the dispersion of particles in seawater and to the extension of a plume of particles spreading away from river deltas, such as that of the River Amazon.  相似文献   

Controlling boundary conditions with a four-dimensional variational data-assimilation method in a non-stratified open coastal model   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

Vincent?Taillandier  Vincent?Echevin  Laurent?Mortier  Jean-Luc?DevenonEmail author 《Ocean Dynamics》2004,54(2):284-298

An innovative way to take the large-scale circulation influence into account in coastal primitive-equation models is explored by an inverse modelling approach. Restricted to barotropic external forcing, this work is a first step in the development of a four-dimensional variational (4DVAR) data-assimilation approach to estimate the best initial and open-boundary conditions that force a coastal model according to interior observations. This development is founded on the OPA modelling system which representation of barotropic coastal dynamics is restricted to motions of long time scales ( a day) due to its rigid lid approximation. Twin experiments are performed in an academic configuration of the Gulf of Lions (located in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea) to study the sensitivity of a remote barotropic forcing to different observational networks measuring surface currents deployed in this area. Three monitoring designs are tested for a large-scale barotropic perturbation in the hindcast mode. It is shown that the space and time distribution of observations acts on the efficiency of the 4DVAR method and then allows coarser datasets.Responsible Editor: Phil Dyke  相似文献   

The giant clam Tridacna maxima communities of three French Polynesia islands: comparison of their population sizes and structures at early stages of their exploitation     

Gilbert  Antoine; Andrefouet  Serge; Yan  Laurent; Remoissenet  Georges 《ICES Journal of Marine Science》2006,63(9):1573-1589

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Diagnoses of vertical transport in a three-dimensional finite element model of the tidal circulation around an island     

Laurent White  Eric Deleersnijder   《Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science》2007,74(4):655

A three-dimensional finite element model is used to investigate the formation of shallow-water eddies in the wake of Rattray Island (Great Barrier Reef, Australia). Field measurements and visual observations show that stable eddies develop in the lee of the island at rising and falling tides. The water turbidity downstream of the island suggests the existence of strong upwelling that would be responsible for carrying bed sediments up to the sea surface. We first propose to look at the upwelling velocity and then use the theory of the age to diagnose vertical transport. The water age is defined as the time elapsed since particles of water left the sea bottom, where the age is prescribed to be zero. Two versions of this diagnosis are considered. Although the model predicts upwelling within the eddies, it is not sufficiently intense to account for vertical transport throughout the water column during the life span of the eddies. As mesh resolution increases, this upwelling does not intensify. However, strong upwelling is then resolved off the island's tips, which is confirmed by the results obtained with the age. This study also shows that the finite element method, together with unstructured meshes, performs well for representing three-dimensional flow past an island.  相似文献