Taphonomic analysis of small mammal bone remains preyed upon by wildcats (Carnivora: Felidae) from the central Monte Desert (Mendoza,Argentina)          下载免费PDF全文

José Manuel López  María I. Rosi  Solana Tabeni  Benjamín Bender  Horacio Chiavazza 《Boreas: An International Journal of Quaternary Research》2017,46(2):282-293

The present study analysed the taphonomic characteristics of small mammal bone accumulations produced by small felids in an area from the central Monte Desert (Mendoza, Argentina). In order to provide criteria to identify the role that these predators had in the formation of zooarchaeological assemblages, the anatomical representation, bone breakage patterns and degrees of digestive corrosion were evaluated. The main taphonomic results are: low average values for the relative abundance of skeletal elements; greater representation of mandibles, maxillae, isolated incisors, humeri and femora than the remaining elements; preponderance of cranial elements with high proportion of isolated teeth; elevated frequencies of proximal limb bones compared with distal parts; high degree of breakage in all skeletal elements and digestive corrosion on almost all diagnostic bones (mainly moderate and heavy). The values of the studied taphonomic variables indicate that small felids in this area made severe alterations to the bones of their prey (mainly rodents), attributable to the category of extreme modifier, while preserving enough skeletal elements to allow their taphonomic characterization. Tooth marks or grooves on bone surfaces produced by scratching and chewing were not detected. The low relative abundance of skeletal elements, the high degree of breakage and the elevated frequency of elements with digestion traces represent general taphonomic patterns that fall within those reported for other South American small carnivores.  相似文献   

Geomorphic monitoring and response to two dam removals: rivers Urumea and Leitzaran (Basque Country,Spain)          下载免费PDF全文

Askoa Ibisate  Alfredo Ollero  Daniel Ballarín  Jesús Horacio  Daniel Mora  Amaia Mesanza  Carles Ferrer‐Boix  Vanesa Acín  David Granado  Juan Pedro Martín‐Vide 《地球表面变化过程与地形》2016,41(15):2239-2255

Dam removal has been demonstrated to be one of the most frequent and effective fluvial restoration actions but at most dam removals, especially of small dams, there has been little geomorphological monitoring. The results of the geomorphological monitoring implemented in two dams in the rivers Urumea and Leitzaran (northern Spain) are presented. The one from the River Urumea, originally 3.5 m high and impounding 500 m of river course, was removed instantaneously whereas that in the River Leitzaran, 12.5 m high, and impounding 1500 m of river course, is in its second phase of a four‐stage removal process. Changes in channel morphology, sediment size and mobility and river bed morphologies were assessed. The monitoring included several different techniques: topographical measurements of the channel, terrestrial laser scanner measurements of river bed and bars, sediment grain size and transport; all of them repeated in four (May, August, November 2011 and May 2012) and five (July and September 2013, April and August 2014 and June 2015) fieldwork campaigns in the River Urumea and River Leitzaran, respectively. Geomorphic responses of both dam removals are presented, and compared. Morphological channel adjustments occurred mainly shortly after dam removals, but with differences among the one removed instantaneously, that was immediate, whereas that conducted by stages took longer. Degradational processes were observed upstream of both dams (up to 1.2 m and 4 m in the River Urumea and River Leitzaran, respectively), but also aggradational processes (pool filling), upstream of Inturia Dam (2.85 m at least). Less evident aggradational processes were observed downstream of the dams (up to 0.37 m and 0.50 m in the River Urumea and River Leitzaran, respectively). Flood events, especially a 100 year flood registered during the monitoring period of Mendaraz Dam removal, reactivated geomorphological processes as incision and bank erosion, whereas longitudinal profile recovery, grain‐size sorting and upstream erosion took longer. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

The equivalent width of the Hβ emission line and the evolution of the Hii regions     

Horacio A. Dottori 《Astrophysics and Space Science》1981,80(2):267-280

The synthetic equivalent width (W _H) of the line H in emission is obtained for Hii regions opaque to the Lyman photon flux, with embedded OB associations with different initial chemical compositions and initial mass functions. The variation ofW _H as a function of the evolution of the ionizing stars is analysed. The observations ofW _H for M33, M101, and M51 by Searle (1971) are discussed.  相似文献   

3D NIR spectroscopy at subarcsecond resolution     

Ruben J. Diaz  Horacio Dottori  Evencio Mediavilla  Maria Aguero  Damian Mast 《New Astronomy Reviews》2006,49(10-12):547

We present a scientific case approached through high quality 3D NIR spectroscopy performed with CIRPASS, attached to the Gemini South telescope. A binary mass concentration at the nucleus of the galaxy M 83 was suggested by Thatte et al. [A&A 364 (2000) L47] and Mast et al. [BAAA 45 (2002) 98. Astroph#0505264] determined the possible position of the hidden secondary mass concentration with 2D H-alpha kinematics. The preliminary results of the NIR study presented here are based in almost 1500 spectra centered in the wavelength 1.3 μm, with a spectral resolving power of 3200. They allow us to unveil, with 0.36″ (6.4 pc) sampling and subarcsecond resolution, the velocity field in a region of 13″ × 9″ around the optical nucleus. We confirm that the optical nucleus is not located at the most important center of symmetry of the ionized gas velocity field. The largest black hole that could fit to the circular motion in this kinematic center should have a mass not larger than 3 × 10⁶(sin i)⁻¹ M solar masses.  相似文献   

Behaviour of hexachlorocyclohexane isomers and Zn,Cu and Cd in the freshwater-seawater mixing area     

JoséLuis Sericano  Horacio V Zubillaga  Adán E Pucci 《Marine pollution bulletin》1984,15(8):288-294

Dissolved and suspended concentrations of hexachlorocyclohexane isomers, α, γ and δ HCH, and Zn, Cu and Cd have been measured in the Napostá Grande stream, located in the Blance Bay area, Argentina, for the purpose of studying the behaviour of these compounds in the freshwater-seawater mixing zone. The aim was to establish the mobilization processes, according to their distribution over the dissolved and suspended forms, in order to obtain a better understanding of their impact on organochlorine and heavy metal levels in the marine environment. It is concluded that the compounds studied are removed from solution by suspended matter which is afterwards precipitated during the freshwater-seawater mixing process. Seawater and surface sediment concentrations of these pollutants for two sampling sites in Blanca Bay, Argentina, are also reported.  相似文献   

Burst of star formation in detached extragalactic Hii regions: A qualitative analysis     

Horacio A. Dottori 《Astrophysics and Space Science》1983,90(2):385-389

A calibration previously determined for the evolution of the equivalent width of the emission line H with age for Hii regions (Dottori, 1981) is applied to detached extragalactic Hii regions. The frequency distribution of ages seems to indicate that some of these regions had other bursts of star formation so important as the observed last one.  相似文献   

Lyman continuum photons emission from hot stars     

Horacio A. Dottori 《Astrophysics and Space Science》1980,73(1):175-177

The number of Lyman continuum photons emitted from stars with temperatures between 15 000K and 50 000K for several values of the surface gravity are calculated on the basis of Kurucz's new models of stellar atmospheres. Results are compared with previous data.  相似文献   

DDO photometry and metallic abundances of E and SO galaxies and globular clusters of the LMC and SMC     

Horacio A. Dottori  Miriani G. Pastoriza  Eduardo L. D. Bica 《Astrophysics and Space Science》1983,91(1):79-91

Metallicity of 8 E and SO galaxies as well as that of red globulars of the LMC and SMC were obtained by means of DDO integrated photometry calibrated with galactic globular clusters (Bica and Pastoriza, 1983; hereafter referred to as Paper I). A correction was obtained in order to reduce the colors of the galaxies to zero redshift. The relation metallicity vsM _V for the galaxies is analyzed (adding to our sample the observations of McClure and Van den Bergh, 1968; and Faber, 1973a). For the Magellanic Clouds we found metallicity ranging from intermediate to poor.  相似文献   

Interval‐Based Diagnosis of Biological Systems – a Powerful Tool for Highly Uncertain Anaerobic Digestion Processes     

Víctor Alcaraz‐González  Rubén Horacio López‐Bañuelos  Jean‐Philippe Steyer  Hugo Oscar Méndez‐Acosta  Víctor González‐Álvarez  Carlos Pelayo‐Ortiz 《洁净——土壤、空气、水》2012,40(9):941-949

Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a highly nonlinear time‐varying process commonly used for biological wastewater treatment, which is subject to large disturbances of both influent concentrations, and flow rates that may lead the process to a breakdown. In order to compensate the effect of these disturbances, the dynamics of the main state variables – including biomass – must be closely monitored and used to improve the process performance. However, AD processes still suffer from a lack of reliable and cheap sensors of key process variables to insure the right process operation. This has led to the development of estimation schemes, which infer the information of such key variables from the available measurements. Nevertheless, reliable measurements are not always possible to get because these readings may be corrupted by noise or erroneous due to sensor failures and as a consequence, they may lead to deteriorated control efforts and the eventual crash of the AD process. In this article, we propose an integrated system for the detection, isolation, and analysis of faults in AD processes by using interval observers (IO). The proposed approach was experimentally implemented on a 1‐m³ pilot scale anaerobic digester. Based on the comparison between the measured outputs and their corresponding estimates, results show that this approach was able to detect sensor failures as well as faults in the basic hypotheses made during the design step.  相似文献   

The Use of Rank Histograms and MVL Diagrams to Characterize Ensemble Evolution in Weather Forecasting     

Jorge A. REVELLI  Miguel A. RODR  Horacio S. WIO 《大气科学进展》2010,27(6):1425-1437

Rank Histograms are suitable tools to assess the quality of ensembles within an ensemble prediction system or framework. By counting the rank of a given variable in the ensemble, we are basically making a sample analysis, which does not allow us to distinguish if the origin of its variability is external noise or comes from chaotic sources. The recently introduced Mean to Variance Logarithmic (MVL) Diagram accounts for the spatial variability, being very sensitive to the spatial localization produced by infinitesimal perturbations of spatiotemporal chaotic systems. By using as a benchmark a simple model subject to noise, we show the distinct information given by Rank Histograms and MVL Diagrams. Hence, the main effects of the external noise can be visualized in a graphic. From the MVL diagram we clearly observe a reduction of the amplitude growth rate and of the spatial localization (chaos suppression), while from the Rank Histogram we observe changes in the reliability of the ensemble. We conclude that in a complex framework including spatiotemporal chaos and noise, both provide a more complete forecasting picture.  相似文献