Thermo-elastic behaviour of Be2BO3OH (hambergite) up to 7 GPa and 1,100 K     

G. Diego Gatta  Paolo Lotti  Fabrizio Nestola  Marco Merlini  Daria Pasqual  Andrea Lausi 《Physics and Chemistry of Minerals》2013,40(5):401-409

The thermo-elastic behaviour of Be₂BO₃(OH)_0.96F_0.04 (i.e. natural hambergite, Z = 8, a = 9.7564(1), b = 12.1980(2), c = 4.4300(1) Å, V = 527.21(1) ų, space group Pbca) has been investigated up to 7 GPa (at 298 K) and up to 1,100 K (at 0.0001 GPa) by means of in situ single-crystal X-ray diffraction and synchrotron powder diffraction, respectively. No phase transition or anomalous elastic behaviour has been observed within the pressure range investigated. P?V data fitted to a third-order Birch–Murnaghan equation of state give: V ₀ = 528.89(4) ų, K _T0 = 67.0(4) GPa and K′ = 5.4(1). The evolution of the lattice parameters with pressure is significantly anisotropic, being: K _T0(a):K _T0(b):K _T0(c) = 1:1.13:3.67. The high-temperature experiment shows evidence of structure breakdown at T > 973 K, with a significant increase in the full-width-at-half-maximum of all the Bragg peaks and an anomalous increase in the background of the diffraction pattern. The diffraction pattern was indexable up to 1,098 K. No new crystalline phase was observed up to 1,270 K. The diffraction data collected at room-T after the high-temperature experiment showed that the crystallinity was irreversibly compromised. The evolution of axial and volume thermal expansion coefficient, α, with T was described by the polynomial function: α(T) = α ₀ + α ₁ T ^?1/2. The refined parameters for Be₂BO₃(OH)_0.96F_0.04 are: α ₀ = 7.1(1) × 10^?5 K^?1 and α ₁ = ?8.9(2) × 10^?4 K ^?1/2 for the unit-cell volume, α ₀(a) = 1.52(9) × 10^?5 K^?1 and α ₁(a) = ?1.4(2) × 10^?4 K ^?1/2 for the a-axis, α ₀(b) = 4.4(1) × 10^?5 K^?1 and α ₁(b) = ?5.9(3) × 10^?4 K ^?1/2 for the b-axis, α ₀(c) = 1.07(8) × 10^?5 K^?1 and α ₁(c) = ?1.5(2) × 10^?4 K ^?1/2 for the c-axis. The thermo-elastic anisotropy can be described, at a first approximation, by α ₀(a):α ₀(b):α ₀(c) = 1.42:4.11:1. The main deformation mechanisms in response to the applied temperature, based on Rietveld structure refinement, are discussed.  相似文献   

The DEM or Mt. Etna: geomorphological and structural implications     

Massimiliano Favalli  Fabrizio Innocenti  Maria Teresa Pareschi  Giorgio Pasquarè  Stefano Branca 《Geodinamica Acta》2013,26(5):279-290

Abstract

A Digital Elevation Model (DEM) of Mt. Etna is presented; it has altimetric and planimetric resolution of 1 m and 5 m, respectively, and covers an area of about 120 km . This 3-D view of Mt. Etna allowed both recognition and location of the main morphostructural and volcano-tectonic features of the volcano. A slope map has been generated from the DEM; on the basis of slope distributions and surface textures, five acclivity domains have been recognized. The largest domain, south of the summit craters, reflects the occurrence of old plateau lavas, distinct from central volcanoes which built the present Etnean volcanic system. Interaction between the central volcanoes, with their summit calderas and failed slopes, produced the other recognised domains. Furthermore, newly identified relevant morphostructural lines are discussed. © Elsevier, Paris  相似文献   

Historical Comparison of Fish Community Structure in Lower Chesapeake Bay Seagrass Habitats   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Kathryn L. Sobocinski  Robert J. Orth  Mary C. Fabrizio  Robert J. Latour 《Estuaries and Coasts》2013,36(4):775-794

Seagrass beds provide important habitat for fishes and invertebrates in many regions around the world. Accordingly, changes in seagrass coverage may affect fish communities and/or populations, given that many species utilize these habitats during vulnerable early life history stages. In lower Chesapeake Bay, seagrass distribution has contracted appreciably over recent decades due to decreased water clarity and increased water temperature; however, effects of changing vegetated habitat on fish community structure have not been well documented. We compared fish community composition data collected at similar seagrass sites from 1976–1977 and 2009–2011 to investigate potential changes in species richness, community composition, and relative abundance within these habitats. While seagrass coverage at the specific study sites did not vary considerably between time periods, contemporary species richness was lower and multivariate analysis showed that assemblages differed between the two datasets. The majority of sampled species were common to both datasets but several species were exclusive to only one dataset. For some species, relative abundances were similar between the two datasets, while for others, there were notable differences without directional uniformity. Spot (Leiostomus xanthurus) and northern pipefish (Syngnathus fuscus) were considerably less abundant in the contemporary dataset, while dusky pipefish (Syngnathus floridae) was more abundant. Observed changes in community structure may be more attributable to higher overall bay water temperature in recent years and other anthropogenic influences than to changes in seagrass coverage at our study sites.  相似文献   

Intensity measures for the seismic response prediction of base-isolated buildings   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

Fabrizio Mollaioli  Andrea Lucchini  Yin Cheng  Giorgio Monti 《Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering》2013,11(5):1841-1866

Base isolation has become a widely applied technique for protecting buildings located in highly seismic areas. Due to the strongly non-linear constitutive behaviour typical of many isolation devices, the seismic response of base-isolated buildings is usually evaluated through non-linear dynamic analysis. In this type of analysis a suitable set of ground motions is needed for representing the earthquake loads and for exciting the structural model. Many methods can be found in the literature for defining the ground motions. When natural accelerograms are used, the methods mainly differ from each other based on the intensity measures used for scaling the records to the defined earthquake intensity level. Investigations have been carried out for evaluating the predictive capability of the intensity measures used in these methods: while many studies focused on ordinary buildings, only a few focused on base-isolated ones. The objective of this paper is to evaluate the most commonly used intensity measures, which are currently available in the literature, with respect to their capability to predict the seismic response of base-isolated buildings. Selected for the investigation are two frame structures characterized by a different number of storeys and base-isolated with systems having different properties. Two sets of accelerograms, consisting of ordinary and pulse-like near-fault records, are used in the analyses and in the evaluation of the intensity measures. Modified versions of existing intensity measures are also proposed, with the intent of improving the correlations between the considered intensity measures and response quantities.  相似文献   

Mapping Titan's surface features within the visible spectrum via Cassini VIMS     

Graham Vixie  Jason W. Barnes  Jacob Bow  Stéphane Le Mouélic  Sébastien Rodriguez  Robert H. Brown  Priscilla Cerroni  Federico Tosi  Bonnie Buratti  Christophe Sotin  Gianrico Filacchione  Fabrizio Capaccioni  Angioletta Coradini 《Planetary and Space Science》2012,60(1):52-61

Titan shows its surface through many methane windows in the 1–5 $\mathrm{\mu }\mathrm{m}$ region. Windows at shorter wavelengths also exist, polluted by scattering off of atmospheric haze that reduces the surface contrast. At visible wavelengths, the surface of Titan has been observed by Voyager I, the Hubble Space Telescope, and ground-based telescopes. We present here global surface mapping of Titan using the visible wavelength channels from Cassini's Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS). We show global maps in each of the VIMS-V channels extending from 0.35 to 1.05 $\mathrm{\mu }\mathrm{m}$. We find methane windows at 0.637, 0.681, 0.754, 0.827, 0.937, and $1.046\mathrm{\mu }\mathrm{m}$ and apply an RGB color scheme to the 0.754, 0.827 and $0.937\mathrm{\mu }\mathrm{m}$ windows to search for surface albedo variations. Our results show that Titan appears gray at visible wavelengths; hence scattering albedo is a good approximation of the Bond albedo. Maps of this genre have already been made and published using the infrared channels of VIMS. Ours are the first global maps of Titan shortward of $0.938\mathrm{\mu }\mathrm{m}$. We compare the older IR maps to the new VIMS-V maps to constrain surface composition. For instance Tui Regio and Hotei Regio, referred to as $5\text{‐}\mathrm{\mu }\mathrm{m}$ bright spots in previous papers, do not distinguish themselves at all visible wavelengths. The distinction between the dune areas and the bright albedo spots, however, such as the difference between Xanadu and Senkyo, is easily discernible. We employ an empirically derived algorithm to remove haze layers from Titan, revealing a better look at the surface contrast.  相似文献   

Efficiency of a wide-area survey in achieving short- and long-term warning for small impactors     

Davide Farnocchia  Fabrizio Bernardi  Giovanni B. Valsecchi 《Icarus》2012,219(1):41-47

We consider a network of telescopes capable of scanning all the observable sky each night and targeting Near-Earth objects (NEOs) in the size range of the Tunguska-like asteroids, from 160 m down to 10 m. We measure the performance of this telescope network in terms of the time needed to discover at least 50% of the impactors in the considered population with a warning time large enough to undertake proper mitigation actions. The warning times are described by a trimodal distribution and the telescope network has a 50% probability of discovering an impactor of the Tunguska class with at least one week of advance already in the first 10 yr of operations of the survey. These results suggest that the studied survey would be a significant addition to the current NEO discovery efforts.  相似文献   

Subsidence history from a backstripping analysis of the Permo‐Mesozoic succession of the Central Southern Alps (Northern Italy)     

Fabrizio Berra  Eugenio Carminati 《Basin Research》2010,22(6):952-975

Seven tectonic subsidence curves, based on outcrop data, have been calculated in order to constrain the geodynamic evolution of the Permian–Mesozoic sedimentary succession (up to 10 km thick) of the Central Southern Alps basin (Italy). The analysis of the tectonic subsidence curves, covering a time span of about 200 Ma, allowed us to quantify the subsidence rates, to document the activity of syndepositional fault systems and calculate their slip rates. Different stages, in terms of duration and magnitude of subsidence‐uplift trends, have been identified in the evolution of the basin. The fault activity, reconstructed by comparing subsidence curves from adjacent sectors, resulted as highly variable both temporally and spatially. Strike‐slip tectonics was coeval to Permian sedimentation, as suggested by the strong differences in the subsidence rates in the sections. The evolution and subsidence rates suggest a continental shelf deposition from Early Triassic to Carnian, when subsidence came to a stop. A rapid resumption of subsidence is observed from the Norian, with a subsidence pulse in the Late Norian, followed by the regional uplift, in the Late Rhaetian. The following Early Jurassic subsidence is characterized by tectonic subsidence similar to that of the Norian. The Norian and Early Jurassic pulses were characterized by the highest slip rates along growth faults and are identified as two distinct tectonic events. The Norian–Rhaetian event is tentatively related to transtensional tectonics whereas the Early Jurassic event is related to crustal extension. The Early Jurassic subsidence records a shift in space an time of the beginning of the extensional stage, from Late Hettangian to the east to Late Pliensbachian–Toarcian to the west. From the Toarcian to the Aptian, the curves are compatible with regional thermal subsidence, later followed (Albian–Cenomanian) by uplift pulses in a retrobelt foreland basin (from Cenomanian onward).  相似文献   

Probabilistic seismic demand model for nonstructural components          下载免费PDF全文

Andrea Lucchini  Paolo Franchin  Fabrizio Mollaioli 《地震工程与结构动力学》2016,45(4):599-617

Past earthquakes have shown the importance for critical facilities to remain functional during seismic events. In the performance assessment of these facilities, it is therefore essential to accurately evaluate the seismic demand of nonstructural components. Evaluation of these components is also important when estimation of nonstructural repair costs is a concern. In this paper, the use of a multivariate demand model for nonstructural components is proposed, in which demand is expressed in terms of both interstory drifts and floor acceleration spectra. A model is built using statistics of the demand vector derived from the results of a limited number of inelastic response history analyses of a structure. The model is then used to simulate any number of additional realizations of the demand vector required for an accurate estimation of the probability of functionality loss. A new proposal for a predictive equation to generate approximate realizations of floor response spectra is presented. A reinforced concrete frame is selected as an illustrative example to show the implementation of the probabilistic seismic demand model and to evaluate the proposed predictive equation for the floor response spectra. The results of the case study are used to demonstrate the importance of accounting for the correlation among the demand parameters when realizations of the seismic demand of nonstructural components are simulated. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Insights into eruption dynamics from textural analysis: the case of the May, 2008, Chaitén eruption     

Fabrizio Alfano  Costanza Bonadonna  Lucia Gurioli 《Bulletin of Volcanology》2012,74(9):2095-2108

The May, 2008, Chaitén (southern Chile) eruption was characterized by several explosive events, each associated with plumes which reached up to about 19?km above sea level on May 6. A study of the textural and physical features of the juvenile clasts erupted during the climactic phase of the 2008 eruption of Chaitén is presented. Pumice clasts show unimodal density distribution (main mode at 600?kg/m³), average vesicularity of about 69?%, a glassy groundmass with no microcrystals, and vesicles with dimension between ～1?μm and ～2?mm. They also show a unimodal vesicle size distribution with most frequent vesicle size in the range 0.05–0.08?mm and an estimated vesicle number density of 1.3?±?0.5?×?10⁵?mm^?3 related to a rapid nucleation event produced during the late phases of magma rise. This is confirmed by the absence of microcrystals that could otherwise have delayed vesicle formation and allowed the magma to maintain a low viscosity and a supersaturation in volatiles. Vesiculation and fragmentation were triggered by a sudden decompression of the melt associated with the opening of the volcanic conduit (～10?MPa?s^?1).  相似文献   

High-frequency maximum observable shaking map of Italy from fault sources     

Gaetano Zonno  Roberto Basili  Fabrizio Meroni  Gemma Musacchio  P. Martin Mai  Gianluca Valensise 《Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering》2012,10(4):1075-1107

We present a strategy for obtaining fault-based maximum observable shaking (MOS) maps, which represent an innovative concept for assessing deterministic seismic ground motion at a regional scale. Our approach uses the fault sources supplied for Italy by the Database of Individual Seismogenic Sources, and particularly by its composite seismogenic sources (CSS), a spatially continuous simplified 3-D representation of a fault system. For each CSS, we consider the associated Typical Fault, i.e., the portion of the corresponding CSS that can generate the maximum credible earthquake. We then compute the high-frequency (1–50?Hz) ground shaking for a rupture model derived from its associated maximum credible earthquake. As the Typical Fault floats within its CSS to occupy all possible positions of the rupture, the high-frequency shaking is updated in the area surrounding the fault, and the maximum from that scenario is extracted and displayed on a map. The final high-frequency MOS map of Italy is then obtained by merging 8,859 individual scenario-simulations, from which the ground shaking parameters have been extracted. To explore the internal consistency of our calculations and validate the results of the procedure we compare our results (1) with predictions based on the Next Generation Attenuation ground-motion equations for an earthquake of M_w 7.1, (2) with the predictions of the official Italian seismic hazard map, and (3) with macroseismic intensities included in the DBMI04 Italian database. We then examine the uncertainties and analyse the variability of ground motion for different fault geometries and slip distributions.  相似文献