Water pollution: A view from ecology     

Gino Sabatini  Brian M. Marcotte 《Marine pollution bulletin》1983,14(7):254-256

The results of various methods typically used by governments to assess the environmental impact of potential pollutants do not give comparable results. It is argued that the cause is not the assessment techniques themselves but rather the paradigm of ecology from which they spring.  相似文献   

Analysing Lava Risk for the Etnean Area: Simulation by Cellular Automata Methods     

Crisci  G. M.  Di Gregorio  S.  Rongo  R.  Spataro  W.  Nicoletta  F. 《Natural Hazards》1999,20(2-3):215-229

The model SCIARA, based on the Cellular Automata paradigm, is a versatile instrument whose scope is to analyse volcanic risk from lava flows.The possible fields of intervention are:[(a)] Long term forecasting of the flow direction at various eruption rates and points of emission by locating potential risk areas and permitting the creation of detailed maps of risk;[(b)] The possibility to follow the progress of an event and predict its evolution;[(c)] The verification of the possible effects of human intervention on real or simulated flows in stream deviation.A risk scenario has been developed for the Etnean territories of the towns of Nicolosi, Pedara and S. Alfio, simulating possible episodes with different vent locations along the fracture opened in the 1989 eruption and successively activated in the 1991–1993 eruption.The main characteristics of lava flows, that might be dangerous to the inhabited areas, have been analysed on the basis of the carried out Cellular Automata.  相似文献   

Monte guardia sequence: a late-pleistocene eruptive cycle on Lipari (Italy)     

G. M. Crisci  R. De Rosa  G. Lanzafame  R. Mazzuoli  M. F. Sheridan  G. G. Zuffa 《Bulletin of Volcanology》1981,44(3):241-255

This paper documents a complex sequence of interbedded lapilli-fall, base-surge, and pyroclastic-flow deposits, here named the Monte Guardia sequence, that erupted from volcanic centers in the southern part of Lipari (Aeolian Island Arc). Radiocarbon data from ash-flow tuffs above and below this sequence bracket its eruption between 22,600 and 16,800 years ago. Geologic evidence, however, suggests that this single eruptive cycle had a more restricted duration of years to tens-of-years. The basis for our interpretations comes from data measured at 38 detailed sections located throughout the island. The Monte Guardia sequence rests on a series of lower rhyolitic endogenous domes in the southern part of Lipari and it covers the oldest lavas, lahars, and pyroclastic flows in the north. Only in the northeast part of the island is it covered by younger deposits which there consist of lapilli tuffs and lavas of the Monte Pilato rhyolitic cycle. The deposit ranges in thickness from more than 60 m surrounding the vents in the south to less than a few decimeters at 10 km distance in the north. Throughout most of the island the Monte Guardia sequence overlies a thin andesitic lapilli-fall layer which is a key bed for correlation. This lapilli tuff probably erupted from a volcanic center on another island of the Aeolian Arc (possibly Salina). The principal activity of the Monte Guardia sequence started with an explosion that formed a continuous breccia blanket covering most of the island. Some pumiceous blocks within this breccia are composed of alternating bands of acidic and andesitic composition suggesting that the initiation of pyroclastic activity could have been triggered by magma mixing. Typical Monte Guardia sequence consists of explosive products that grade from magmatic (pumice-fall) to phreatomagmatic (base-surge) character. The eruptive cycle is characterized by a number of energy decreasing megarhythms that start with a lapilli-fall bed and end with a base-surge set that progresses through sand-wave, massive, and planar beds. Isopach maps of the fall and surge deposits indicate that both types were directed to the northwest by prevailing winds. Existing topographic relief was an additional factor that affected the emplacement of surge products. At the end of the cycle andesitic pyroclastic flows and rhyolitic endogenous domes were emplaced above the Monte Guardia deposits near the vent.  相似文献   

Glacier inventory of the Gran Campo Nevado Ice Cap in the Southern Andes and glacier changes observed during recent decades   总被引：2，自引：2，他引：0  

Christoph Schneider  Michael Schnirch  Csar Acua  Gino Casassa  Rolf Kilian 《Global and Planetary Change》2007,59(1-4):87

The Gran Campo Nevado (GCN) forms an isolated ice cap on the Península Muñoz Gamero (PMG) located 200 km to the south of the Southern Patagonia Icefield (SPI). We present a glacier inventory of the GCN made up by 27 drainage basins (in total 199.5 km²) and other small cirque and valley glaciers of the southern part of PMG (in total 53 km²). The glacier inventory is based on a digital elevation model (DEM) and ortho-photos. Contour lines from maps, relief information derived from Landsat TM satellite imagery from 1986 and 2002 and stereoscopic data from aerial photos were combined in a knowledge-based scheme to obtain a DEM of the area. A digital ortho-photo map based on aerial photos from 1998 and several ortho-photos based on aerial photos from 1942 and 1984 could be produced from the initial DEM. A geographical information system (GIS) served to outline the extent of the present glaciation. All major glaciers of the GCN show a significant glacier retreat during the last 60 yr. Some of the outlet glaciers lost more than 20% of their total area during this period. Overall glacier retreat amounts to 2.8% of glacier length per decade and the glacier area loss is 2.4% per decade in the period from 1942 to 2002. We hypothesise that GCN glaciers may have reacted faster and more synchronously with the observed warming trend during recent decades when compared with the SPI.  相似文献   

Influence of pyroclastic soil on epikarst formation: a test study in southern Italy   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Fulvio Celico  Gino Naclerio  Antonio Bucci  Valentina Nerone  Paolo Capuano  Massimiliano Carcione  Vincenzo Allocca  Pietro Celico 《地学学报》2010,22(2):110-115

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Variazioni delle latitudini terrestri e fenomeni geofisici     

Prof. Dr. Gino Cecchini 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》1950,18(1):78-98

Riassunto Esposti brevemente i fondamenti teorici dello spostamento dell'asse istantaneo di rotazione terrestre nella massa della Terra, ed accennato alle prove sperimentali che hanno condotto a stabilire la realtà del fenomeno, sono analizzate le variazioni delle latitudini terrestri, che comprendono una variazionepolare ed una variazionenon polare. La variazione non polare appare dovuta principalmente ad anomalie rifrazionali, aventi sede nell'atmosfera terrestre e caratteristiche locali. La variazione polare comprende due oscillazioni essenziali: una avente origine meccanica (nutazione culeriana), modificata dall'elasticità terrestre; l'altra avente origine geofisica, e dipendente da spostamenti annuali dell'asse di massimo momento d'inerzia della Terra (asse di figura). L'analisi della variazione polare mostra perturbazioni strettamente connesse con la costituzione della Terra e con fenomeni geofisici. In tutti i suoi aspetti il problema della variazione delle latitudini terrestri implica la considerazione di fenomeni geofisici aventi sede nell'atmosfera, alla superficie e all'interno della Terra.

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Summary Having briefly set forth the theoretical principles of the displacement of the istantaneous axis of rotation of the Earth in the interior of the same, and made reference to the experimental tests that have shown the reality of the phenomenon, the variations of the terrestrial latitudes, which include apolar and anon polar variation, are analyzed. The non polar variation seems to have its origin mainly in refractional anomalies, that have their place in the atmosphere and local characteristics. The polar variation includes two fundamental oscillations: one having mechanical origin (Eulerian nutation), modified by the elasticity of the Earth, and another having geophysical origin and depending on annual displacements of the axis of the maximum momentum of inertia of the Earth (axis of figure). The analysis of the polar motion shows perturbations hightly connected with the constitution of the Earth and with geophysical phenomena. In all its appearances the problem of the variation of the terrestrial latitudes implies the consideration of geophysical phenomena occurring in the atmosphere, at the surface, and in the interior of the Earth.

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Use of molecular approaches in hydrogeological studies: the case of carbonate aquifers in southern Italy     

Antonio Bucci  Emma Petrella  Fulvio Celico  Gino Naclerio 《Hydrogeology Journal》2017,25(4):1017-1031

Waterborne pathogens represent a significant health risk in both developed and developing countries with sensitive sub-populations including children, the elderly, neonates, and immune-compromised people, who are particularly susceptible to enteric infections. Annually, approximately 1.8 billion people utilize a faecally contaminated water source, and waterborne diseases are resulting in up to 2.1 million human mortalities globally. Although groundwater has traditionally been considered less susceptible to contamination by enteric pathogens than surface water due to natural attenuation by overlying strata, the degree of microbial removal attributable to soils and aquifers can vary significantly depending on several factors. Thus, accurate assessment of the variable presence and concentration of microbial contaminants, and the relative importance of potentially causative factors affecting contaminant ingress, is critical in order to develop effective source (well) and resource (aquifer) protection strategies. “Traditional” and molecular microbiological study designs, when coupled with hydrogeological, hydrochemical, isotopic, and geophysical methods, have proven useful for analysis of numerous aspects of subsurface microbial dynamics. Accordingly, this overview paper presents the principal microbial techniques currently being employed (1) to predict and identify sources of faecal contamination in groundwater, (2) to elucidate the dynamics of contaminant migration, and (3) to refine knowledge about the hydrogeological characteristics and behaviours of aquifer systems affected by microbial contamination with an emphasis on carbonate aquifers, which represent an important global water supply. Previous investigations carried out in carbonate aquifers in southern Italy are discussed.  相似文献   

Hypersaline groundwater genesis assessment through a multidisciplinary approach: the case of Pozzo del Sale Spring (southern Italy)   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

Fulvio Celico  Paolo Capuano  Vincenzo De Felice  Gino Naclerio 《Hydrogeology Journal》2008,16(7):1441-1451

A tool, based on a multidisciplinary field investigation approach for studying the characteristics of a hypersaline spring, was developed and its effectiveness tested on a spring in southern Italy; a preliminary model of the aquifer system at medium and local scale was derived. Hydrologic measurements, vertical electric soundings, and chemical and isotopic (δ¹⁸O, δ²H, ³H) analyses were undertaken, along with microbiological analyses and species identification. These demonstrate the coexistence of hypersaline and fresh water, generating a significant diversification of the groundwater hydrochemical signature. The isotopic signature shows that both types of water have a meteoric origin. Microbial contamination of fecal origin indicates the mixing of hyper- and low- saline water related to local infiltration. The hypersaline groundwater flows in confined horizons within a sequence that is mainly of fractured clays. These horizons are probably concentrated where well-developed fracture network and dissolution openings within evaporitic rocks enhance fluid flow. In a wider context, this study determines that microbiological pollution of saline groundwater may not be detected if using nonhalophilic bacterial indicators such as fecal coliforms. Fecal enterococci are better indicators, due to their higher halotolerance.  相似文献   

Le variazioni di latitudine e il movimento del polo di rotazione terrestre     

Gino Cecchini 《Journal of Geodesy》1951,25(3):275-297

Sommario Sono esposti i risultati ottenuti (sulla base delle riduzioni delle osservazioni fatte nelle Stazioni Internazionali di Latitudine situate nei due emisferi sia riguardo alle latitudini media concluse per ciascun Gruppo osservato, sia riguardo al movimento del polo di rotazione della Terra, per il biennio 1949–1950. La presente pubblicazione costituisce il seguito e il completamento della precedente, che figura nel ?Bulletin Géodésique?, n. 17, 1950. Nonostante l'aggiunta di un notevole materiale osservativo (e cioè: 13 mesi di osservazioni eseguite alla Stazione di Kitab e 8 mesi di osservazioni effettuate nelle altre Stazioni (Mizusawa, Carloforte, Gaithersburg e Ukiah, oltre due anni di osservazioni effettuatè a La Plata), i risultati precedentemente pubblicati non subiscono che modificazioni insignificanti nei riguardi della polodia relativa al periodo gennaio 1949-aprile 1950; ed ogni conclusione tratta dalla precedente elaborazione risulta pienamente confermata. L'ampiezza dell'oscillazione del polo di rotazione della Terra, già notevole nel 1949, appare ancora accresciuta nel 1950. Publié avec le concours financier de l'U.N.E.S.C.O.  相似文献   

Movements and survival of sonically tagged farmed Atlantic salmon released in Cobscook Bay, Maine, USA     

Whoriskey  Frederick G.; Brooking  Paul; Doucette  Gino; Tinker  Stephen; Carr  Jonathan W. 《ICES Journal of Marine Science》2006,63(7):1218-1223

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