Interstellar medium parameters derived from low-frequency variability     

F. Mantovani  R. Fanti  L. Gregorini  L. Padrielli  S. Spangler 《Astrophysics and Space Science》1990,169(1-2):247-249

Complete infraredJ andK light curves of the RS CVn system XY UMa have been obtained at the beginning of 1989. We point out some interesting morphological changes observed in these light curves.Paper presented at the 11th European Regional Astronomical Meetings of the IAU on New Windows to the Universe, held 3–8 July, 1989, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.  相似文献   

Remote sensing techniques for landslide studies and hazard zonation in Europe   总被引：11，自引：0，他引：11  

Franco Mantovani  Robert Soeters  C. J. Van Westen 《Geomorphology》1996,15(3-4)

An inventory is presented of researches concerning the use of remote sensing for landslide studies and hazard zonation as mainly carried out in the countries belonging to the European Community. An overview is given of the applicability of remote sensing in the following phases of landslide studies:

1. (1) Detection and classification of landslides. Special emphasis is given to the types of imagery required at different scales of analysis.

2. (2) Monitoring the activity of existing landslides using G.P.S., photogrammetrical techniques and radar interferometry.

3. (3) Analysis and prediction in space and time of slope failures. The different factors required in a landslide hazard study are evaluated, and the optimum remote sensing imagery for obtaining each of these factors is indicated.

Examples are given of research work carried out in these three phases from EC countries. Finally an evaluation is given of the aspects of uncertainty associated with the use of remote sensing data, and conclusions are given as to the incorporation of remote sensing techniques within the overall framework of techniques.  相似文献   

Some remarks on the deep seismicity in the southern Tyrrhenian and its geodynamic interpretation     

Enzo Mantovani  Daniele Babbucci  Ferruccio Farsi 《Ocean Dynamics》1984,37(2):45-56

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Analysis of a large extent aeromagnetic survey near the geomagnetic equator (Minas Gerais,Brazil)     

M. S. M. Mantovani  W. Shukowsky 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》1982,120(4):784-794

A large extent aeromagnetic survey, covering a 9°×9° degree of a Precambrian shield area in SE Brazil, was used to analyse long wavelength magnetic anomalies with the purpose of determining the magnetic structure of the lithosphere.Data analysis based on a novel approach to the estimation of the parameters in the statistical model ofSpector andGrant (1970), reveals a highly magnetized lower crust, bounded by an essentially non-magnetic upper mantle. The highly magnetized layer can be associated with a higher density lower crust model, derived from gravity and seismic data available in the area, suggesting a compositional transition from upper to lower crust.It was also verified that the operation of reduction to the pole, which is singular at the geomagnetic equator, performs quite satisfactorily at the low geomagnetic inclination of the area, bringing into accordance the long wavelength anomalies with the structural trends.  相似文献   

Classification of seismic strain estimates in the Mediterranean region from a 'bootstrap' approach     

Marcello Viti  Dario Albarello  Enzo Mantovani 《Geophysical Journal International》2001,146(2):399-415

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Pedogeochemical models on prognosis and control of radon fluxes from humid tropical landscapes over granite     

A.?M.?A.?RebeloEmail author  A.?V.?L.?Bittencourt  L.?E.?Mantovani  T.?B.?Rossi 《Environmental Geology》2003,44(2):158-168

The principal relationships between radon (²²²Rn and ²²⁰Rn) exhalation intensities and the morpho-dynamic elements of humid tropical landscapes have been established and analyzed with the objective of elaborating Rn exhalation models, which can be used on the scale of small habitational nuclei. The current radioactive processes of generation, emanation and migration of Rn, in relation to its exhalation rates on a landscape slope of granitic rock having normal U and Th contents, were correlated with the latosol-podzolic soil association developed as a product of supergene processes during geological and pedological times and also with the water regime of an overlying phreatic aquifer. This approach, encompassing pedogeochemical models of radionuclide dispersion linked to soil systems and surface geochemistry, was framed within a tridimensional, interdisciplinary and systemic focus, using concepts of nuclear physics, climate and hydrogeology. The characteristic signatures of elementary landscapes include (1) different landforms, namely eluvial, transeluvial and superaqual, (2) residual soils having varying types, thicknesses and perma-porosities and (3) radioanomalies corresponding to different U and Th concentrations, secondary hosting minerals and also to different pedological ages. Considering these factors and their spatial relationships and on the basis of moisture content of soils, it is postulated that the highest Rn exhalation rates, especially of ²²²Rn, are confined to superaqual and transeluvial landscapes. In an eluvial landscape, the Rn fluxes are found to be less important even though gamma anomalies exist mainly due to the presence of resistant minerals containing U and Th. In short, the products of supergene alteration organized in a sloping system can exhibit Rn exhaling intensities higher than that measured on unaltered subjacent rock. Hence, the understanding of U, Th, Ra and Rn behavior on a surface environment is fundamental for the formulation of prognostic Rn exhalation models associated with the elementary humid tropical landscapes. Further, the pedogeochemical information provides important clues supplementing the lithostructural data for delineating preferential sites of Rn fluxes especially on scales compatible to small habitational nuclei or unitary dwellings.  相似文献   

Further observations of radio sources from the BG survey. II. Mainly extragalactic     

F. Mantovani  M. Nanni  C. J. Salter  P. Tomasi 《Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy》1982,3(3):335-350

New observations of six fields from the low galactic latitude BG survey are presented. The radio sources within each of these fields appear to be of a predominantly extragalactic nature. However, one object is in close positional proximity to the pulsar 1922 + 20 and the possibility of their association is considered. The extended source BGE 0323 + 65 is shown to be unlikely to exist.  相似文献   

Lithosphere mechanical behavior inferred from tidal gravity anomalies: a comparison of Africa and South America     

Marta S.M. Mantovani  Wladimir Shukowsky  Silvio R.C. de Freitas  Benjamim B. Brito Neves 《Earth and Planetary Science Letters》2005,230(3-4):397-412

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Petrogenesis of an 800 m lava sequence in eastern Uruguay: insights into magma chamber processes beneath the Paraná flood basalt province     

S. P. Turner  L. A. Kirstein  C. J. Hawkesworth  D. W. Peate  S. Hallinan  M. S. M. Mantovani 《Journal of Geodynamics》1999,28(4-5)

Major and trace element along with representative Sr, Nd and Pb isotope data are presented for drill core samples which intersect an 800 m lava pile in eastern Uruguay. The lavas form part of the Paraná flood basalt province, are low-Ti in composition but distinct from the low-Ti Gramado magma type, and have been termed the Treinte Y Trés magma type. The lava pile overlies a large positive gravity anomaly inferred to reflect an east–west trending, mid-crustal mafic intrusive body with a calculated volume of 35,000 km³. Smooth up-section compositional variations in the basalts are interpreted to record magma evolution within this mid-crustal magma chamber. ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr and ²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb increase throughout the sequence yet Mg remains relatively constant in the lower 200 m of the sequence, suggesting a role for magma chamber recharge. Above this the lavas show a regular, up-section decrease in Mg coupled with increasing ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr and ²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb and this is interpreted to reflect crystal fractionation combined with crustal contamination. The data provide further evidence that contamination of flood basalt magmas in crustal magma chambers is a common phenomenon and calculations suggest that the amount of crustal addition may be as high as 60–70%. Nevertheless, the effects of this crustal contamination do not appear able to account for the discrepancy between key incompatible trace element ratios and isotope ratios of the lavas and those of any putative mantle plume. In fact, La/Ta decreases with decreasing Mg and increasing ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr indicating that the effects of crustal contamination were actually to reduce La/Ta and implying that the parental magmas had very high La/Ta (90). These constraints are clearly inconsistent with an asthenospheric origin for the parental magmas and so, consistent with mass balance calculations, it is inferred that they were derived from the lithospheric mantle.  相似文献   

An inversion approach to assimilation and fractional crystallisation processes     

M. S. M. Mantovani  C. J. Hawkesworth 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》1990,105(3):289-302

A numerical inversion program has been developed to investigate isotope and trace element variations in suites of related rocks in terms of assimilation and fractional crystallisation processes. Major element compositions constrain the degree of fractionation, and the program may be used to calculate the isotope and trace element composition of either the crustal contaminant, or of the parental magmas once the contaminant is known. The ratio of the rate of assimilation to the rate of fractional crystallisation, and the bulk partition coefficients, can be varied with changes in magma composition. The approach is illustrated with a suite of calc-alkaline rocks from the Cerro Galan centre in NW Argentina, and a suite of continental flood basalts from the southern Paraná in Brazil. Both exhibit striking increases in ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr with increasing SiO₂ consistent with progressive contamination during differentiation within the continental crust. In detail, both suites contain a subset of samples which have undergone relatively little contamination, and a subset characterised by relatively high SiO₂ and ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr reflecting larger crustal contributions. Individual samples within the more contaminated subset can be modelled in terms of assimilation with fractional crystallisation (AFC) processes, although no clear progressively contaminated liquid lines of descent are preserved. At both Cerro Galan and the southern Paraná, the associated dacites and rhyodacites appear to have similar compositions to the crustal contaminants. Thus the inversion program has been used to investigate the amount of contamination, the relationship between the amount of contamination and the amount of crystals removed by fractional crystallisation, and the isotope and trace element contents of the parental magmas prior to AFC. The latter are estimated to have had ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr=0.7055 and ¹⁴³Nd/¹⁴⁴Nd=0.51256 at Cerro Galan, and 0.7090 and 0.51226 respectively in the southern Paraná.  相似文献