Plant assemblage from Opole,southern Poland: New data on Late Cretaceous vegetation of the northern part of the European Province     

Bartosz J. Płachno  Agata Jurkowska  Grzegorz Pacyna  Elżbieta Worobiec  Przemysław Gedl  Ewa Świerczewska-Gładysz 《Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. Geologists' Association》2018,129(2):159-170

This paper presents the results of studies on plant macroremains found in the upper Turonian of the Folwark Quarry, Opole, Poland, associated with palynological studies of the host rocks. In addition to a few macrofossils (gymnosperm wood, conifer Geinitzia reichenbachii and fern ?Didymosorus) rich sporomorphs (bryophyte, lycopod and fern spores, conifer and angiosperm pollen grains) and marine palynomorphs (mainly dinoflagellate cysts) were recorded. The palynological analysis revealed that the vegetation on the neighbouring land (the East Sudetic Island) in the late Turonian was much more diverse than could be reconstructed based on only macrofossil remains. The latter are taxonomically restricted and dominated by one gymnosperm species (Geinitzia reichenbachii), which make them similar to most neighbouring, coeval Central European assemblages. Its over representation is, thus, a result of taphonomy.  相似文献   

Quantile regression C-vine copula model for spatial extremes     

Salaheddine El Adlouni 《Natural Hazards》2018,94(1):299-317

A spatial quantile regression model is proposed to estimate the quantile curve for a given probability of non-exceedance, as function of locations and covariates. Canonical vines copulas are considered to represent the spatial dependence structure. The marginal at each location is an asymmetric Laplace distribution where the parameters are functions of the covariates. The full conditional quantile distribution is given using the Joe–Clayton copula. Simulations show the flexibility of the proposed model to estimate the quantiles with special dependence structures. A case study illustrates its applicability to estimate quantiles for spatial temperature anomalies.  相似文献   

Quantifying land use/land cover spatio-temporal landscape pattern dynamics from Hyperion using SVMs classifier and FRAGSTATS®     

Salim Lamine  Sudhir Kumar Singh  Szilárd Szabó  Nour El Islam Bachari  Prashant K. Srivastava 《国际地球制图》2018,33(8):862-878

This study aims to quantify the landscape spatio-temporal dynamics including Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) changes occurred in a typical Mediterranean ecosystem of high ecological and cultural significance in central Greece covering a period of 9 years (2001–2009). Herein, we examined the synergistic operation among Hyperion hyperspectral satellite imagery with Support Vector Machines, the FRAGSTATS^® landscape spatial analysis programme and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) for this purpose. The change analysis showed that notable changes reported in the experimental region during the studied period, particularly for certain LULC classes. The analysis of accuracy indices suggested that all the three classification techniques are performing satisfactorily with overall accuracy of 86.62, 91.67 and 89.26% in years 2001, 2004 and 2009, respectively. Results evidenced the requirement for taking measures to conserve this forest-dominated natural ecosystem from human-induced pressures and/or natural hazards occurred in the area. To our knowledge, this is the first study of its kind, demonstrating the Hyperion capability in quantifying LULC changes with landscape metrics using FRAGSTATS^® programme and PCA for understanding the land surface fragmentation characteristics and their changes. The suggested approach is robust and flexible enough to be expanded further to other regions. Findings of this research can be of special importance in the context of the launch of spaceborne hyperspectral sensors that are already planned to be placed in orbit as the NASA’s HyspIRI sensor and EnMAP.  相似文献   

Contribution of remote sensing and GIS to analysis of the risk of flooding in the Zat basin (High Atlas-Morocco)     

Bouaida  Jihad  Witam  Omar  Ibnoussina  Mounsif  Delmaki  Abd El Fettah  Benkirane  Myriam 《Natural Hazards》2021,105(2):1835-1859

Natural Hazards - Despite the controversy regarding their use, school buildings are often assigned as emergency evacuation shelters, temporary accommodation and aid distribution hubs following...  相似文献   

Seepage Through Earth Dams with Internal Cut Off     

Attia  Michael  Abdel Razek  Mohamed  Salam  Adel Abdel 《Geotechnical and Geological Engineering》2021,39(8):5767-5774

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering - Failure in earth dams mainly occurs due to seepage to the unprotected downstream face of the dam. Therefore, many precautions are taken into consideration...  相似文献   

Structural Setting and Kinematic Analysis of the Halaban Region,Eastern Arabian Shield,Saudi Arabia     

Osama M. KASSEM  Yousef A. ALAMRI  Faisal K. ZAIDI  Abdel Aziz M. AL BASSAM  Mansour H. AL-HASHIM 《《地质学报》英文版》2021,95(3):750-760

The vorticity analysis technique was applied to measure the different lithological units,such as schist,metagranite and metavolcano-sedimentary rocks,which are present in the Halaban region.This work aims to interpret the relationship between the different lithologies and the tectonic setting,in order to elucidate the nature of kinematic analysis in the Halaban region.The kinematic analyses were applied to feldspar porphyroclasts,quartz and hornblende for twentysix samples.The kinematic vorticity number (W_m) for deformed rocks in the study area ranged from～0.6 to 0.9.The direction of the long axes for finite strain data (X axes) revealed a WNW trend with shallow dipping.The direction of the short axes for finite strain data (Z axes) were represented by vertical with associated horizontal foliation.The results of the kinematic vorticity and strain analyses are characterized by simple shear with different degrees of deformation in the Halaban region.Furthermore,our finite strain data shows no significant volume change during deformation.The subhorizontal foliation was synchronized with thrusting and deformation.Furthermore,throughout the overlying nappes,the same attitudes of tectonic contacts are observable,the nappes in the orogens being formed from simple shear deformation.  相似文献   

Field study on the behavior of pre-bored grouted planted pile with enlarged grout base     

Zhou  Jia-jin  Yu  Jian-lin  Gong  Xiao-nan  El Naggar  M. Hesham  Zhang  Ri-hong 《Acta Geotechnica》2021,16(10):3327-3338

This paper presents the results of field tests performed to investigate the compressive bearing capacity of pre-bored grouted planted (PGP) pile with enlarged grout base focusing on its base bearing capacity. The bi-directional O-cell load test was conducted to evaluate the behavior of full scale PGP piles. The test results show that the pile head displacements needed to fully mobilize the shaft resistance were 5.9% and 6.4% D (D is pile diameter), respectively, of two test piles, owing to the large elastic shortening of pile shaft. Furthermore, the results demonstrated that the PHC nodular pile base and grout body at the enlarged base could act as a unit in the loading process, and the enlarged grout base could effectively promote the base bearing capacity of PGP pile through increasing the base area. The normalized base resistances (unit base resistance/average cone base resistance) of two test piles were 0.17 and 0.19, respectively, when the base displacement reached 5% D_b (D_b is pile base diameter). The permeation of grout into the silty sand layer under pile base increased the elastic modulus of silty sand, which could help to decrease pile head displacement under working load.

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Fossil cyclic calcrete in the Kuwait Group clastic deposits (Mio-Pleistocene) of Kuwait,Arabian Gulf     

E. I. Khalaf  M. I. El-Sayed 《International Journal of Earth Sciences》1989,78(2):525-536

An investigation of the upper Kuwait Group clastic sequence (Mio-Pleistocene) exposed along the Jal Az-Zor escarpment in north Kuwait revealed several horizons of fossil calcrete. Field occurrences and textural characteristics of the studied sequence indicated that the fossil calcrete was hosted in cyclic fluviatile muddy sandstones and developed through diagenesis during inter-fluvial periods. Depositional and diagenetic features of the calcretized fluviatile sandstone units suggested that each cycle started with the deposition of a fluviatile muddy host sandstone during a humid period. This was followed by a period of semi-aridity during which calcrete profiles developed. The upper part of the calcrete profiles was weathered and terra rosa type soil was formed during wet seasons. This was succeeded by a severe arid climate and the deposition of desert aeolian sand sheets. Fossil nodular calcrete was only developed within the fluviatile muddy sandstones. The calcretized sandstones were lithified in two stages of diagenesis-an early stage that was responsible for the authigenesis of microcrystalline calcite and the development of calcrete nodules, and a later stage during which macrocrystalline calcite cement was precipitated as an intergranular cement displacing and replacing the clay matrix of the host sediments and filling fractures and cavities in the calcrete nodules. The findings and conclusions of the present study will help in understanding the lithostratigraphic setting of the Kuwait Group clastic sequence in the northern Arabian Gulf region.

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Zusammenfassung Eine Untersuchung der klastischen Sequenz der oberen Kuwait-Gruppe, die entlang der Jal Az-Zor Zone in Nordkuwait aufgeschlossen ist, ergab mehrere Horizonte fossilen Kalksinters. Geländebeobachtungen und texturelle Charakteristik der Sequenz deuten an, daß der fossile Kalksinter in Zyklen eines feinkörnigen fluviatilen Sandsteines eingebettet ist und diagenetisch während interfluviatilen Stadien gebildet wurde. Merkmale der Ablagerungsverhältnisse und der Giagenese des verkalkten fluviatilen Sandsteines sprechen dafür, daß jeder Zyklus mit der Sedimentation des Sandsteines unter humiden Klimabedingungen begann. Auf dieses Stadium folgte eine Phase semiariden Klimas, während dessen sich die Kalksinterprofile entwickelten. Der obere Teil der Kalksinterabschnitte verwitterte in Regenzeiten, dabei bildeten sich »terra rosa«-Böden. Während des folgenden rauhen ariden Klimas wurden wüstenähnliche äclische Sande sedimentiert. Den fossilen knotigen Kalksinter findet man nur innerhalb des fluviatilen Sandsteines. Die Lithifizierung der Sandsteine erfolgte in zwei diagenetischen Phasen: In der frühen Phase wurde auhigener, mikrokristalliner Calcit und die Kalksinterknoten gebildet. Während der späteren Diagenesephase fiel makrokristalliner Calcit als intergranularer Zement aus, der die tonige Ausgangsmatrix substituierte und Klüfte sowie Hohlräume innerhalb der Kalksinterknoten ausfüllte. Beobachtungen und Interpretationen dieser Studie werden das Verständnis um den lithostratigraphischen Zusammenhang der klastischen Sequenz der Kuwait-Gruppe in der Region des nördlichen Arabischen Golfes erleichtern.

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Résumé La série élastique du groupe supérieur du Koweit (MioPleistocène), exposée le long de l'escarpement de Jal Az-Zor (nord du Koweit) montre plusieurs horizons de calcrètes fossiles. Les relations de terrain et les caractères structuraux de cette série montrent que ces calcrètes se sont formées dans des sables argileux fluviatiles cycliques, par un processus de diagenèse intervenu au cours de périodes interfluviales. Les caractères sédimentologiques et diagénétiques de ces roches suggèrent que chaque cycle a débuté par le dépôt, en période humide, des sables argileux fluviatiles et s'est poursuivi en période de semi-aridité par le développement des calcrètes. La partie supérieure des calcrètes a subi une altération atmosphérique avec formation d'un sol de type »terra rossa« au cours des saisons humides. Le cycle se termine par l'installation d'un climat strictement aride, avec dépôt de sables éoliens désertiques. Les calcrètes, nodulaires, se sont formées uniquement dans les sables argileux fluviatiles. Leur lapidification s'est opérée en deux stades: un premier stade responsable de l'apparition de calcite authigène microcristalline et du développement de nodules carbonates; un second stade marqué par la précipitation d'un ciment intergranulaire de calcite macrocristalline qui s'est substitué à la matrice argileuse du sédiment primaire et a rempli les fissures et cavités des nodules. Les résultats de cette étude permettent de mieux comprendre l'édification lithostratigraphique de la série clastique du Groupe du Koweit dans la région septentrionale du Golfe Arabique.

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Dedolomitization of dolocrete deposits in Kuwait,Arabian Gulf     

F. I. Khalaf  M. S. Abdal 《International Journal of Earth Sciences》1993,82(4):741-749

Dedolomitization of a dolocrete profile hosted in Mio-Pleistocene siliciclastic deposits in the area of Kuwait City, Arabian Gulf was investigated. Dolocrete dolomite crystals vary considerably in size, shape and internal structure; however, they are mostly zoned. Zonation is usually due to the alteration of cloudy and clear zones. The cloudy zones, which are mostly formed of disordered metastable dolomite, are more susceptible to dedolomitization than the stable, well ordered clear zones. Two modes of dedolomitization were recognized; the first involves complete dissolution of the metastable dolomite followed by precipitation of intracrystalline cavity-filling calcite. The second is a pseudomorphic replacement of dolomite by calcite. This replacement takes place by the simultaneous dissolution of dolomite and precipitation of calcite in such a manner that the original dolomite fabrics are inherited in the dedolomite. Exposed and near-surface dolocrete profile (less than 5 m deep) are almost completely dedolomitized and altered to secondary calcrete whereas subsurface profiles are slightly dedolomitized. Dedolomitization of the sub surface dolocrete profiles may indicate the effect of flushing by fresh groundwater; which flows from west to east, whereas the alteration of the exposed dolocrete profile could be attributed to be an effect of meteoric water. A new mode of calcrete genesis by dedolomitization and/or complete calcitization of precursor dolocrete is suggested.  相似文献   

Evaporitic sedimentation and microbial mats in a salina system (Port Fouad,Egypt)     

A. G. Taher  S. Abdel Wahab  G. Philip  W. E. Krumbein  A. M. Wali 《International Journal of Salt Lake Research》1995,4(2):95-116

A salina system along the Mediterranean coast of Egypt was investigated. Five sedimentary facies are described. For each facies, the evaporitic sedimentation and the biological conditions are considered. Comparisons of evaporite precipitates in the salina with ancient deposits are made.  相似文献