V-R diagram for spiral galaxies. New insights into the hubble sequence     

M. Prieto  A. Campos Aguilar  C. García 《Astrophysics and Space Science》1989,157(1-2):321-329

We examine the relation between the global parameters of spiral galaxies and their morphological type. We have represented the rotational velocityV at a radius of 25 mag arc sec^–2 against this radiusR for a sample of 56 galaxies. Different types of galaxies appear separated on this diagram. We have plotted above theV-R diagram isolines of total mass, angular momentum and mean surface density for isolated galaxies with circular motion in centrifugal equilibrium showing: (1) That the parameter that represents the morphological type is the mean surface density or its observational parameterV ²/R. (2) From aV-R diagram we can easily see what kinds of correlations we expect to find between the global properties of galaxies and their morphological type. (3) For every morphological type of galaxies there is a critical mass above which there is a change in its dynamical behaviour. Finally, consideringV ²/R as representative of the morphological type, we can deduce theoretically the empirical Tully-Fisher relation and the dependence of the slope and the zero point on the morphological type. The separation in logV that we expect to find for different types of galaxies for a constant luminosity is the same order as the experimental errors in the determination of logV. This explains the tight power-law relationship observed between this and the luminosity.  相似文献   

Evaluation of susceptibility for terrain collapse and subsidence in karst areas,municipality of Iraquara,Chapada Diamantina (BA), Brazil     

Lucas de Queiroz Salles  Paulo Galvão  Luiz Rogério Bastos Leal  Ricardo Galeno Fraga de Araujo Pereira  Carlos Gleidson Campos da Purificação  Fernando Verassani Laureano 《Environmental Earth Sciences》2018,77(16):593

The morphological evolution of the karstic systems is associated with a set of physical and chemical processes, triggered by the dissolution of the rocks, related to percolation of groundwater and surface water, which consequently open underground voids and carve out peculiar forms of relief. Due to environmental and geotechnical aspects, this system is naturally more fragile and vulnerable than other natural systems and, therefore, has increasingly received the attention of the scientific community over the past decades. The objective of the study was to delimit zones with varying degrees of susceptibility for collapses and subsidence of sinkholes in the municipality of Iraquara, Chapada Diamantina (BA), Brazil, and to understand their geological and morphological determinant factors. Geological data, karst phenomenon map, and visual analysis in the field were used to categorize zones with different types of susceptibilities to the nucleation of new sinkholes based on a Hazard Index. This index was defined from the sum of geological hazard factors, lineament density, and sinkhole density. The areas that presented the highest susceptibility for terrain collapse and subsidence corresponded to regions where carbonate rocks outcrop, with high density of photolineaments and 2.62 sinkholes/km². Processes associated with terrain collapse and subsidence in karst areas consisted of a combination of various factors, hindering precise predictions. However, zones of different types of susceptibilities to terrain collapse and subsidence can be delimited when the relationships between these processes and their factors are understood. The Hazard Index proposed does not provide quantitative values for the probability of hazard susceptibility, but rather indicates areas that are more susceptible to terrain subsidence and collapse.  相似文献   

Waveshapes of continuing currents and properties of M-components in natural negative cloud-to-ground lightning from high-speed video observations   总被引：2，自引：1，他引：2  

Leandro Z.S. Campos  Marcelo M.F. Saba  Osmar Pinto  Jr.  Maurício G. Ballarotti   《Atmospheric Research》2007,84(4):302-310

Continuing current is a continuous mode of charge transfer to ground in a lightning flash. The extent to which the continuing current contributes to the total negative charge lowered to earth is large. In order to study the waveshape of the continuing currents of natural flashes, we developed a computational algorithm that analyzes the pixels of the images obtained by a high-speed camera and plots luminosity-versus-time. Tower measurements have shown that during the continuing current phase of the flash the luminosity of the channel is directly proportional to the current that flows through it. Using this information it was possible to infer the continuing current waveshape for 63 natural discharges and classify them into six different types. Statistics on some characteristics of 345 M-components (that occurred during the same 63 events) are also presented. As far as we know, this is the first study on waveshapes of continuing currents for natural lightning.  相似文献   

On the dynamics of rocking motion of single rigid‐block structures     

F. Peña  F. Prieto  P. B. Lourenço  A. Campos Costa  J. V. Lemos 《地震工程与结构动力学》2007,36(15):2383-2399

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Anionic sorption onto modified natural zeolites using chemical activation     

V. Campos  P. M. Buchler 《Environmental Geology》2007,52(6):1187-1192

The sorption of arsenate on modified-natural zeolites was investigated at varying chemical pretreatment. Zeolites were used extensively for water softening, however, a few arsenic studies have been conducted with zeolites. Arsenic pollution of the environment has received renewed attention due to toxicological evidence of its potential health hazards to humans. The ability of modified natural zeolites (stilbite and laumontite) to remove inorganic anion was investigated. The zeolites used in this work are stilbite-laumontite from Zeolitic Zone of the Corda Formation. Experiments were conducted to evaluate the relationships of the arsenate in the modified natural zeolites. Laboratory experiments were conducted examining the effect of the sorption of cationic surfactants and coagulant on stilbite-laumontite mixtures and on the subsequent sorption of arsenate by modified zeolites. Removal of arsenate using hexadecyltrimethylammonium (HDTMA)-modified zeolites was satisfactory whereas ethylhexadecyldimethylammonium (EHDDMA) and ALUM-modified zeolites were not removed with the same efficiency.  相似文献   

Magmatic Fluid Inclusions from the Zaldivar Deposit, Northern Chile: The Role of Early Metal-bearing Fluids in a Porphyry Copper System     

Eduardo A. Campos    Jacques L. R. Touret  Igor Nikogosian 《Resource Geology》2006,56(1):1-8

Abstract. The occurrence of a distinct type of multi-solid, highly-saline fluid inclusions, hosted in igneous quartz phe-nocrysts from the Llamo porphyry, in the Zaldivar porphyry copper deposit of northern Chile is documented. Total homoge-nization of the multi-solid type inclusions occurs at magmatic temperatures (over 750C), well above the typical temperatures of hydro thermal fluids (less than 600C) usually recorded in porphyry copper systems. The analysis of this type of fluid inclusions, using a combination of non-destructive microthermometry, Raman and PIXE techniques and the identification of daughter minerals by SEM method, indicates that the trapped fluid was a dense, complex chloride brine in which Cl, Na, K, Fe, Cu, and Mn are dominant. The high chlorine and metal contents indicate that the metals were separated from the crystallizing magma as homogeneous aqueous chloride-rich solutions that represent the primary magmatic fluids exsolved at high temperatures and depth during the crystallization of the parental intrusive.
The multi-solid type inclusion illustrates the mechanism by which ore components are sequestered from the crystallizing parental magma and concentrated in the exsolved magmatic aqueous fluids. These fluids are significant with respect to the origin of porphyry copper deposits, as they are responsible for the first enrichment of metals and represent the precursors of metal-bearing hydrothermal fluids in a porphyry copper system.  相似文献   

The uranium ore from Mina Fe (Salamanca, Spain) as a natural analogue of processes in a spent fuel repository     

L. Prez del Villar  J. Bruno  R. Campos  P. Gmez  J. S. Czar  A. Garraln  B. Buil  D. Arcos  G. Carretero  J. Ruiz Snchez-Porro  P. Hernn 《Chemical Geology》2002,190(1-4):395-415

In the frame of the ENRESA natural analogue programme, the uranium ore from the “Mina Fe” (Salamanca, Spain) has been studied as a natural analogue of radioactive spent fuel behaviour. This uranium mine is hosted in highly fractured schistose rocks, a geological setting that has not been envisaged in the Spanish options for radioactive waste burial. However, some analogies with the processes that might be involved in the evolution of these geological repositories suggested this investigation.

The pitchblende–pyrite–carbonate paragenesis has been studied “in situ” as natural analogue of the nuclear spent fuel behaviour under extremely oxidative dissolution conditions. Similarly, secondary Fe oxyhydroxides and clay minerals have also been considered as relevant analogue materials for the retention of uranium and other analogous trace metals. A multidisciplinary characterisation of the site has been performed in order to study these processes.

Though the intense mining activities in the site hindered precise determination of the original hydrogeological and hydrochemical features of the investigated zone (Boa fault zone), the mineralogy and geochemistry of fracture fillings, mineralisation and associated clayey materials have allowed the geochemical evolution of the system to be established. Three geochemical zones have been clearly differentiated: (i) the oxidised zone, from the surface to approximately 20 m depth, (ii) the redox transition zone, from 20 to 50 m depth, and (iii) the reduced zone, located below the transition zone.

The oxidised zone is characterised by the presence of the typical mineral association resulting from the strong acid conditions caused by the total oxidation of pyrite and other sulphides. The total oxidation, dissolution and leaching of U(IV), as uranyl–sulphate aqueous complexes, prevailed in this oxidised zone. The redox transition zone is characterised by the coexistence of the primary uranium paragenesis, oxidised minerals, as well as numerous secondary solid phases as a result of the physico-chemical changes in the environment. The optimal physico-chemical conditions for the coffinitisation of pitchblende and the co-precipitation of Fe(III)–U(VI) took place in this zone. In the reduced zone, where the primary uranium paragenesis is present, we currently find the necessary physico-chemical conditions to stabilise pitchblende, pyrite and carbonates.

The physico-chemical conditions of the oxidised zone are not relevant to disposal conditions. In the transition zone, two main geochemical processes take place: (i) the coffinitisation of pitchblende, which may be an important process for the stability of spent fuel in reducing conditions, and (ii) the co-precipitation of the Fe(III) and U(VI) as oxyhydroxides, another relevant mechanism for the retention of uranium. The physico-chemical conditions that prevail below 50 m depth should be sufficient to stabilise a spent nuclear fuel repository, in the same way as they have been able to preserve the 34-Ma-old uranium deposit of the Mina Fe.  相似文献   

Mercury exposure through fish consumption in the urban area of Alta Floresta in the Amazon Basin     

Sandra Hacon  Elaine R.R. Rochedo  Reinaldo R.R. Campos  Luis Drude Lacerda 《Journal of Geochemical Exploration》1997,58(2-3)

This work addresses the mercury exposure scenarios through fish consumption in the urban area of Alta Floresta, by comparing the different patterns of mercury exposure from fish ingestion for different population groups. This study was based on field surveys that could provide background information, such as the characteristics of Hg sources, characteristics of local and regional environment, Hg concentrations in different media, and the characterization of the local urban population. The urban area of Alta Floresta is one of the most important gold-trading centers in Amazonia, where approximately 1 ton of gold has been commercialized monthly. The general adult urban population is exposed to low-level mercury concentration via fish consumption with an average daily intake of 0.2 μg/kg (b.w.) and an estimated hazard quotient of 0.7. However, the fishermen families present an average daily intake of 2.2 μg/kg (b.w.) and a hazard quotient of 8.6. The children of fishermen families between 5 and 14 years old are the main risk group for Hg exposure via fish ingestion. Based on the uncertainty analysis, the Hg fish concentrations and the fish ingestion rate were found to be the main parameters affecting the variability of the model outputs.  相似文献   

Removal of chromate from drinking water using powder carbon steel   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

V. Campos  P. M. Büchler 《Environmental Geology》2005,47(7):926-930

This paper presents the possible alternative removal options for the development of safe drinking water supplies in areas affected by hexavalent chromium. Chromate is a matter of great environmental concern due to its extensive contamination and carcinogenic toxicity. In this study, the conventional adsorption with various types of adsorbent method were used for chromate removal, but only powder carbon steel was compatible with household water treatment and can be designated based on high removal efficiency and affordable cost. Home powder carbon steel with granular activated carbon (PCS–GAC) treatment systems are quite simple. Water needing treatment passes through the cartridge or filter candles contacting PCS–GAC on its way to the faucet. This method is based on the use of powder carbon steel, ML 90 Bombril S.A, as a cleaning agent. Granular activated carbon filters have been employed in home water purification systems essentially for the removal of taste, odor, and color. The effect of pH, redox potential, time, and adsorbate concentration on the uptake carbon steel were observed. The lack of desorption suggests that anion chromium is irreversibly sorbed by the powder carbon steel.  相似文献   

Heavy metal contamination in coastal sediments and soils near the Brazilian Antarctic Station, King George Island   总被引：7，自引：0，他引：7  

Santos IR  Silva-Filho EV  Schaefer CE  Albuquerque-Filho MR  Campos LS 《Marine pollution bulletin》2005,50(2):185-194

This paper investigates the natural and anthropogenic processes controlling sediment chemistry in Admiralty Bay, King George Island, Antarctica, emphasizing the area affected by the Brazilian Antarctic Station Comandante Ferraz (Ferraz). Total and bioavailable concentrations of sixteen elements were determined in 32 sediment and 14 soils samples. Factor analysis allowed us to distinguish three groups of samples: (1) Ferraz sediments, with higher content of total trace metals and organic matter; (2) control sediments, with intermediate characteristics; (3) Ferraz soils, with higher bioavailability of most metals due to its oxidizing condition and low organic matter content. Major elements such as Fe, Al, Ca and Ti presented similar levels in all three groups. Enrichment factor calculations showed that paints, sewage and petroleum contamination enhanced metal concentrations in Ferraz surface sediments as follows: B, Mo, and Pb (>90%); V and Zn (70-80%); Ni, Cu, Mg, and Mn (30-40%). Despite evidence of contamination in these sediments, the low bioavailability, probably caused by iron-sulfide, indicates small environmental risks.  相似文献