Melilite-type and melilite-related compounds: structural variations along the join Sr_2?xBa_xMgSi₂O₇ (0?≤?x?≤?2) and high-pressure behavior of the two end-members     

Matteo Ardit  Michele Dondi  Marco Merlini  Giuseppe Cruciani 《Physics and Chemistry of Minerals》2012,39(3):199-211

The structural variations along the solid solution Sr_2−x Ba _x MgSi₂O₇ (0 ≤ x ≤ 2), combined to the high-pressure characterization of the two end-members, have been studied. A topological change from the tetragonal (melilite-type) to the monoclinic (melilite-related) structure along the join Sr₂MgSi₂O₇ (e.g., P[`4]2₁ m P\bar{4}2_{1} m )–Ba₂MgSi₂O₇ (e.g., C2/c) occurs with a Ba content higher than 1.6 apfu. Favored in the crystallization from a melt, the tetragonal form has a tetrahedral sheet topology exclusively based on five-membered rings, which provide a regular “4 up + 4 down” ligand arrangement. In contrast, the melilite-related structure, favored by solid-state reaction synthesis, is made by alternating six- and four-membered tetrahedral rings, which give an asymmetric arrangement of alternated “5 up + 3 down” and “3 up + 5 down” ligands around Sr or Ba. This latter configuration is characterized by an additional degree of freedom with Ba polyhedra hosted in the interlayer with a more irregular and compact coordination and longer Ba–O bond distances. Further insights into the relationships between the two melilite typologies were achieved by investigating the in situ high-pressure behavior of these systems. The synchrotron high-pressure experiments allowed to calculate the elastic moduli for the Sr melilite-type end-member and for the Ba monoclinic polymorph (Sr₂MgSi₂O₇: K _T0 = 107, K _a=b  = 121, and K _c  = 84 GPa; m-Ba₂MgSi₂O₇: K _T0 = 85, K _a  = 96, K _b  = 72, and K _c  = 117 GPa) and compare them with those reported in the literature for ?kermanite (Ca₂MgSi₂O₇). The results show that, although the volume of Ba polyhedron in tetragonal polymorphs is larger than in the monoclinic forms, the interlayer compressibility is significantly lower in the former structures due to the occurrence of very short Ba–O distances. This unfavored Ba environment also makes tetragonal Ba₂MgSi₂O₇ a metastable phase at room conditions, possibly favored by high pressure. However, no phase transition occurs from monoclinic to tetragonal form due to kinetic hindrance in reconstructing the sheet topology.  相似文献   

Production of amorphous hydrated impure magnesium carbonate through ex situ carbonation     

Andrea Orlando  Matteo Lelli  Luigi Marini 《Applied Geochemistry》2012

The evaluation of the feasibility of ex situ carbonation in landfills utilizing raw natural substances (namely serpentinites as Mg-source and the CO₂-rich fraction of biogas as C-source) was tested through a laboratory procedure comprising three steps. The first step is the acid attack of a serpentinite at 70 °C, by means of HCl 2 M, to get MgCl₂-rich solutions. Attacks of different durations were performed to evaluate the time needed. The second step is the neutralization of the MgCl₂-rich solution by addition of concentrated ammonia. The third (carbonation) step is mixing of the neutralized MgCl₂-rich solution with a solution of ammonium carbonate. This was produced in a landfill by absorption of CO₂ contained in biogas in a solution of ammonia. The neutralization of acid MgCl₂-rich solutions caused the precipitation of ferrihydrite with secondary ammonium carnallite and salammoniac, whereas abundant precipitation of Amorphous Hydrated Impure Magnesium Carbonate (AHIMC), sometimes with minor nesquehonite, occurred in the third step. This solid carbonate acts as a stable CO₂ sink up to 380 °C. The geochemical behavior of some minor elements was also investigated during the experimental processes revealing that Al, Cr and Ni were removed during neutralization (second step), in contrast to Ca which remained in the circumneutral MgCl₂-rich solution and entered into the structure of AHIMC. During the carbonation step, precipitation of artinite, hydromagnesite, lansfordite, magnesite and nesquehonite was thermodynamically impossible as the aqueous phase was undersaturated with respect to these solid phases upon separation of AHIMC.  相似文献   

Mission-constrained design drivers and technical solutions for the MAGIA satellite     

Giorgio Perrotta  M. Stipa  D. Silvi  S. Coltellacci  G. Curti  G. Colonna  T. Formica  V. Casali  T. Fossati  F. Di Matteo  M. Zelli  M. Rinaldi  L. Ansalone  A. Di Salvo 《Experimental Astronomy》2011,32(1):63-82

The Mission MAGIA (Missione Altimetrica Geofisica GeochImica lunAre) was proposed in the framework of the ??Bando per Piccole Missioni?? of ASI (Italian Space Agency) in 2007. The mission was selected for a phase A study by ASI on February 7th 2008. The tight budget allocation, combined with quite ambitious scientific objectives, set challenging requirements for the satellite design. The paper gives a fast overview of the payloads complement and of the mission-constrained design drivers, including cost minimization, risk reduction, and AIT flexibility. The spacecraft architecture is then outlined, along with an overview of the key subsystems and trade-offs. Some details are given of a Moon gravitometric experiment based on a mother?Cdaughter satellite configuration with the daughter being a subsatellite released from the MAGIA satellite and intended to circle the Moon at a very low altitude. Budgets are appended at the end of the paper showing the key study results.  相似文献   

The Rosetta Marbles from Fesleğen, Ören Unit,SW Anatolia     

Franziska Scheffler  Roland Oberhänsli  Amaury Pourteau  Osman Candan  Matteo Di Lucia 《International Journal of Earth Sciences》2014,103(2):485-486

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Natural Cr(VI) contamination of groundwater in the Cecina coastal area and its inner sectors (Tuscany,Italy)     

Matteo Lelli  Sergio Grassi  Michele Amadori  Fabrizio Franceschini 《Environmental Earth Sciences》2014,71(9):3907-3919

A detailed hydrogeochemical study of groundwater in the Cecina coastal plain (Livorno province, Italy) and its inner sectors was undertaken in 2008, as chemical analyses carried out on groundwater since 2006 have revealed Cr(VI) concentrations of up to 49 μg/L (well above the permissible limit of 5 μg/L). Ophiolite outcrops are present throughout the study area, and their fragments likely represent a significant portion of the existing multilayered aquifer skeleton. Waters delivered by the serpentinite outcrops have a typically Mg–HCO₃ composition, whereas those of the coastal plain are prevailingly of the Ca/Mg–HCO₃ type with significant Mg contents. Significant NO₃ contamination characterises the studied coastal plain, and an interesting negative correlation exists between Cr(VI) and both NO₃ and SO₄ deriving from the widespread use of (NH₄)₂SO₄ as a farm fertilizer. Chromium speciation calculations carried out using the EQ3NR code reveal that the prevailing Cr(VI) species in solution is CrO₄ ^2?; however, CaCrO₄° and MgCrO₄° neutral complexes represent significant percentages (up to 42 %). These findings suggest that the mobility and consequently the bioavailability of Cr(VI) can be significantly enhanced by these neutral complexes, which are not considered to be affected by adsorption/desorption processes. The Cr(VI) source, investigated by means of the Mg/SiO₂ molar ratio, seems to be represented mainly by Mg-bearing minerals of the chlorite group. Petrographic observations confirm the occurrence of this mineral group. The interaction between rainwater and the local serpentinite rock was simulated at different $P_{{{\text{CO}}_{ 2} }}$ and $P_{{{\text{O}}_{ 2} }}$ conditions by reaction path modelling using the EQ3/6 software package. $P_{{{\text{O}}_{ 2} }}$ was varied in accordance with the assumption that redox conditions are determined in part by NO₃. Results are in good agreement with experimental data on spring waters and subordinately with data on some coastal plain groundwater, which plot in a rather wide $P_{{{\text{CO}}_{ 2} }}$ and $P_{{{\text{O}}_{ 2} }}$ field. Although the dissolved Cr content is mostly of natural origin, fertilization may affect its fate.  相似文献   

“The ESA XMM-Newton Science Operations Centre: Making Basic Space Science Available to the Whole Scientific World”     

Carlos Gabriel  Matteo Guainazzi  Leo Metcalfe 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2006,305(3):315-320

XMM-Newton is a major X-ray observatory of the European Space Agency (ESA). Its observing time is open to astronomers from the whole scientific community on a peer reviewed competitive basis. The Science Operations Centre, located at ESA’s premises in Villafranca del Castillo, Spain, is responsible for the instrument operations, as well as for all the tasks related to facilitating the scientific exploitation of the data which the mission has been producing since its launch in December 1999. Among them, one may list:

•	distribution of scientific data in different formats, from raw telemetry, up to processed and calibrated high-level science products, such as images, spectra, source lists, etc;
•	development and distribution of dedicated science analysis software, as well as of continuously updated instrument calibration;
•	regular organisation of training workshops (free of cost), for potential users of XMM-Newton data, where the procedures and techniques to successfully reduce and analyze XMM-Newton data are introduced;
•	access to the data through state-of-the-art, in-house-developed archival facilities, either through the Internet or via CD-ROM;
•	continuously updated documentation on all aspects of spacecraft and instrument operations, data reduction and analysis;
•	maintenance of a comprehensive set of project web pages;
•	a competent and responsive HelpDesk, providing dedicated support to individual XMM-Newton users.

Everyone can be an XMM-Newton observer. So far, astronomers from 36 countries submitted observing programs. Public data can be accessed by every scientist in the world through the XMM-Newton Science Archive (XSA).Despite all these efforts, one can’t help noticing an asymmetric level of scientific exploitation in the realm of X-ray astronomy between developing and developed countries. The latter have traditionally enjoyed the comparative advantage of deeper know-how, deriving from direct experience in hardware and mission development. The XMM-Newton Science Operations Centre’s efforts act to alleviate this situation through, for example, increasing the usage of the web for data and information dissemination, as well as by supporting actively such initiatives as the COSPAR Capacity-Building Workshops, specifically designed to create long-lasting bridges between researchers in developing and developed countries.  相似文献   

Coastal deformation between the Versilia and the Garigliano plains (Italy) since the last interglacial stage     

Marco F. Nisi  Fabrizio Antonioli  Giuseppe Dai Pra  Gabriele Leoni  Sergio Silenzi 《第四纪科学杂志》2003,18(8):709-721

The opening of the north‐central Tyrrhenian Sea is the result of the Cretaceous–Paleogene alpine collision, which triggered a series of regional uplift, subsidence and transcurrent tectonic mechanisms along the coastal Tyrrhenian sectors of peninsular Italy. These tectonic processes, in conjunction with the effects of glacio‐ and hydro‐isostasy during the Quaternary, produced substantial crustal responses that, in some cases, reached metres in extent. In the study of coastal neotectonics, geomorphological markers of the last interglacial maximum, corresponding to marine isotope stage 5.5, are generally used to quantify the magnitude of the vertical crustal displacements that have occurred since 125 kyr. Through altimetrical, palaeoenvironmental and chronological reinterpretation of the most significant works published since 1913, combined with an additional set of data reported here, a detailed reconstruction of the shoreline displacements evident along 500 km of coast between northern Tuscany and southern Latium is presented. The reconstruction was carried out by quantifying the vertical movement since the last interglacial period and by identifying the tectonic behaviour of different coastal sectors. This has been done by carefully choosing the eustatic marker, among those available at each study site, in order to minimize the margin of error associated with the measurements. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Testing the accuracy of the hydrodynamic particle-mesh approximation in numerical simulations of the Lyman α forest     

Matteo Viel  Martin G. Haehnelt  Volker Springel 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2006,367(4):1655-1665

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The formerly X-ray reflection-dominated Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 6300   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Matteo Guainazzi 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2002,329(1):L13-L17

In this paper, a BeppoSAX observation of the bright Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 6300 is presented. The rapidly variable emission from the active nucleus is seen through a Compton-thin     absorber. A Compton-reflection component with an unusually high reflection fraction     , and the comparison with a reflection-dominated spectrum measured by RXTE two and half years earlier suggest that NGC 6300 belongs to the class of 'transient' active galactic nucleus, undergoing long and repeated periods of low activity. The spectral transition provides support to the idea that Compton-thick and Compton-thin X-ray absorbers in Seyfert 2 galaxies are decoupled, the former being most likely associated with the 'torus', whereas the latter is probably located at much larger distances.  相似文献   

The influence of a new artificial structure on fish assemblages of adjacent hard substrata     

Elisa Cenci  Matteo PizzolonNicole Chimento  Carlotta Mazzoldi 《Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science》2011

Deployed for diverse purposes, artificial substrata can, theoretically, act as fish attractors or as fish producers. We tested these hypotheses by comparing fish assemblages on two artificial hard substrata, the Ca’ Roman and Sottomarina jetties, before (1994 and 2003) and after (2005 and 2006) the deployment of a new breakwater in the area. Our results support the fish production hypothesis. A remarkable increase in richness and abundance of sedentary species was observed on the extant substrata with the presence of the new barrier. More mobile species showed less definite trends. The net result has been a total increase in abundance and richness in the area. While fish assemblage showed important temporal variation in composition before deployment (Ca’ Roman, comparison between 1994 and 2003), clear trends of increasing abundance were concurrent with the presence of the new barrier. This increase in abundance, particularly of sedentary species, may be attributed to enhanced connectivity and/or an improvement in larval retention due to the changes in water circulation connected with the new breakwater, or to an increase in juveniles and/or adults promoted by changes in environmental conditions. Indeed, changes in benthic cover were recorded, with an increase of uncovered rock and the appearance of previously unrecorded algae after breakwater deployment.  相似文献