Sample preparation methods and replicability in macroscopic charcoal analysis     

Kyle J. Schlachter  Sally P. Horn 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2010,44(2):701-708

We explored the use of hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) of different strengths (1, 3, 6, and 9%) in the preparation of lake-sediment samples for macroscopic charcoal determination. In previous work we found that soaking sediment samples in 3% H₂O₂ for 24 h disaggregates samples and removes or bleaches some non-charred organic material, making it easier to distinguish macroscopic charcoal particles from dark, non-charred organic matter. To determine whether this procedure alters charcoal particle abundances and size distributions, we tested the procedure on wood and grass samples containing a known number of laboratory-produced charcoal particles from different size classes (250–500, 500–1,000, and 1,000–2,000 μm). For both sample types, we found that post-treatment numbers were not statistically different from pre-treatment numbers. However, application of hydrogen peroxide solutions of 3, 6, and 9% to fossil charcoal assemblages in a sediment core from northwestern Costa Rica reduced charcoal concentrations markedly, by bleaching or removing particles that were not fully charred. We also tested the replicability of charcoal counts by conducting enumerations on multiple samples from the same stratigraphic depths in a core. Horizontally adjacent samples from the same core may vary in charcoal concentration. This finding has implications for establishing sample volume in macroscopic charcoal analysis.  相似文献   

The EU directive on port reception facilities for ship-generated waste and cargo residues: current availability of facilities in the North Sea     

Carpenter A  Macgill SM 《Marine pollution bulletin》2003,46(1):21-32

The aim of this paper is to evaluate the current availability of port reception facilities within the North Sea area. The evaluation is based primarily on original survey data from the summer of 2001, supplemented by existing information from surveys conducted by the International Maritime Organization. The EU Directive on port reception facilities for ship-generated waste etc. (Directive 2000/59/EC) requires that all ports provide facilities to meet the needs of those vessels normally calling in at them. In order for the Directive to be implemented effectively, the physical availability of such facilities is vital. This paper audits the wide range of port types within the region and also outlines the wide range of vessel types using these ports, and their requirements for a range of facilities. On the basis of this analysis, conclusions are drawn about the extent to which the provision requirement of the Directive is already being met.  相似文献   

Erratum to: Spatial variations of sea-level rise and impacts: An application of DIVA     

Sally Brown  Robert J. Nicholls  Jason A. Lowe  Jochen Hinkel 《Climatic change》2014,122(1-2):329-329

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Resolution dependence of tropical cyclone formation in CMIP3 and finer resolution models   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Kevin Walsh  Sally Lavender  Enrico Scoccimarro  Hiroyuki Murakami 《Climate Dynamics》2013,40(3-4):585-599

Detection of tropical lows is performed in a suite of climate model simulations using objectively-determined detection thresholds that are resolution-dependent. It is found that there is some relationship between model resolution and tropical cyclone formation rate even after the resolution-dependent tropical cyclone detection threshold is applied. The relationship is investigated between model-simulated tropical cyclone formation and a climate-based tropical cyclone Genesis Potential Index (GPI). It is found that coarser-resolution models simulate the GPI better than they simulate formation of tropical cyclones directly. As a result, there appears to be little relationship from model to model between model GPI and the directly-simulated cyclone formation rate. Statistical analysis of the results shows that the main advantage of increasing model resolution is to give a considerably better pattern of cyclone formation. Finer resolution models also simulate a slightly better pattern of GPI, and for these models there is some relationship between the pattern of GPI simulated by each model and that model’s pattern of simulated tropical cyclone formation.  相似文献   

Corrosion of metal roof materials related to volcanic ash interactions     

Christopher Oze  Jim Cole  Allan Scott  Thomas Wilson  Grant Wilson  Sally Gaw  Samuel Hampton  Colin Doyle  Zhengwei Li 《Natural Hazards》2014,71(1):785-802

Metal roofing material is commonly used for residential and industrial roofs in volcanically active areas. Increased corrosion of metal roofing from chemically reactive volcanic ash following ash deposition post-eruption is a major concern due to decreasing the function and stability of roofs. Currently, assessment of ash-induced corrosion is anecdotal, and quantitative data are lacking. Here, we systematically evaluate the corrosive effects of volcanic ash, specifically ash leachates, on a variety of metal roofing materials (i.e. weathered steel, zinc, galvanized steel, and Colorsteel©) utilizing weathering chamber experiments and direct acid treatments. Weathering chamber tests were carried out for up to 30 days, and visual, chemical, and surface analyses did not definitively identify significant corrosion in any of the test roofing metal samples. Direct concentrated acid treatments with hydrochloric (HCl), sulphuric (H₂SO₄), and hydrofluoric (HF) acids demonstrate that roofing materials are chemically resilient. Our experimental results suggest that ash-leachate-related corrosion is a longer-term process (>1 month), potentially related to a multitude of factors including increased ash leachate concentrations, the dissolution of the glass matrix of the ash, moisture retention at the ash-surface boundary, and potential reactions involving photo-oxidation. Overall, corrosion is not a simple process related to the short-term release of acid and/or salt leachates from the ash surface, but a product of dynamic interactions involving ash and water at the surface of metal roofing material for extended periods.  相似文献   

Tephrostratigraphy of the Bedded Tuff Member (Kapthurin Formation, Kenya) and the nature of archaeological change in the later middle Pleistocene     

Christian A. Tryon  Sally McBrearty   《Quaternary Research》2006,65(3):492-507

Correlation of volcaniclastic deposits of the Bedded Tuff Member (K4) of the Kapthurin Formation (Kenya) provides the means to assess the nature of archaeological change during the later middle Pleistocene, a time period critical to human evolution but poorly represented at other African localities. Field stratigraphic evidence, and petrographic and electron microprobe geochemical analyses of volcanic glass and phenocrysts, define eight subdivisions of K4 tephra. These include a succession of deposits from a local volcanic source that erupted intermittently, as well as other tuffs likely from different sources outside the Baringo basin. Upper portions of the Bedded Tuff Member date to 235,000 yr. The Bedded Tuff Member is underlain by sediments that include the Grey Tuff, dated to 509,000 ± 9000 yr. The tephrostratigraphic framework defined here is used to place Acheulian and Middle Stone Age (MSA) archaeological sites in chronological order. Results show the persistence of Acheulian large cutting tool manufacture after the advent of points, considered an MSA artifact type. Two assemblages from the site of Koimilot record the appearance at 200,000–250,000 yr of a variety of Levallois flake production methods, an integral if incompletely understood feature of the MSA, here likely derived from local technological antecedents. Combined evidence from the tools and flake production methods suggest an incremental and mosaic pattern of change in hominin adaptive strategies during the Acheulian–MSA transition.  相似文献   

An observation-based method to quantify the human influence on hydrological drought: upstream–downstream comparison     

Sally Rangecroft  Héctor Maureira  Koen Verbist  David M. Hannah 《水文科学杂志》2019,64(3):276-287

In this present era of the Anthropocene, human activities affect hydrology and droughts. Quantifying this human influence improves our understanding and builds fundamental knowledge for water resource management. Analysis of observation data is useful in progressing this knowledge as these human activities and feedbacks are intrinsically included. Therefore, here we present an observation-based approach, the upstream–downstream comparison, to quantify changes in hydrological drought downstream of a human activity. We demonstrate this approach in a basin in northern Chile, where a reservoir was introduced. A sensitivity analysis is performed to assess how different choices of drought analysis threshold can affect the results and interpretation. We find that many commonly used choices do not exclude human activities from the threshold and therefore could be underestimating the change detected due to the human influence. The upstream–downstream comparison avoids this through the application of the upstream station threshold rather than the human-influenced downstream station.  相似文献