The Gulf of Cádiz area has been extensively surveyed in recent years and several gas-related fluid escape seafloor structures
have been identified. In this study, gravity cores, collected during the ANASTASYA/00 and ANASTASYA/01 cruises, on mud volcanoes,
hemipelagic sediments and dredged material from diapiric structures, have been studied. A comparative mineralogical analysis
by XRD and SEM of samples from different areas has been performed in order to determine whether there is a characteristic
mineralogy related to these fluid escape structures, and also to determine the origin of the mud matrix and constrain the
depth of the parent units. The mineralogical analysis reflects the different origins of the different units described in the
cores: hemipelagic material of the slope, clays that underlie the mud volcanoes and are discharged at the sea bottom surface,
and authigenic and diagenetic minerals possibly involved in the anaerobic oxidation of methane in the mud volcano sediments. 相似文献
Spatial patterns and replacement in ten cacti were studied on an island of the coastal desert of Sinaloa, México. Four platyopuntias had 74–92% of their individuals beneath shrub canopies, whereas three globose cacti, one columnar cactus and two cylindropuntias had similar or higher percentages of individuals in open spaces. This study advances the idea that open-space colonization is enhanced by less harsh physical and biotic conditions in coastal deserts, and by certain morphological and physiological adaptations of cacti. The absence of nurse-shrub replacement is understood as a result of induced co-existence by physical damage from cyclones in the coastal zone. 相似文献
Chile has a rich, but poorly known history of placer gold mining. At present, this sector is almost nonexistent and there are some restrictions for its revival: disperse and partial information on existing resources and limited technical expertise to assess the potential of placer gold mine sites. This paper presents the background, methodology and results of the prioritization process of known prospects of this kind in Chile. This research was part of a publicly funded project aimed to incentivize the development of this industry. The ranking was carried out using the analytic hierarchy process, which allowed to include different quantitative and qualitative variables related to the economic potential, technical aspects, contextual viability and socioeconomic factors in the analysis. The results show that, despite the increasing relevance of environmental and community issues in mining development, the business potential and the economic/technical aspects are the main factors in the early selection of a site to advance in exploration and development activities. Both variables represented around 40% and 37% of weights in the final selection, respectively. In contrast, contextual viability and local socioeconomic impacts only accounted for the remaining 23%. This study also shows that the inclusion of experts with different backgrounds in the process enriches the analysis and does not significantly distort the final outcome of the prioritization. Finally, the relevance of using MCDM tools when assessing the attractiveness of mine sites for their development is highlighted, particularly when public funds for subsequent exploration activities are committed.
High-resolution geochemical analysis of a 6-m-long sediment core from Zoñar Lake, southern Spain, provides a detailed characterization of major changes in lake and watershed processes during the last 4,000 years. Geochemical variables were used as paleolimnological indicators and complement Zoñar Lakes’s paleoenvironmental reconstruction based on sedimentological and biological proxies, which define periods of increasing allochthonous input to the lake and periods of dominant autochthonous sedimentation. Chemical ratios identify periods of endogenic carbonate formation (higher Ca/Al, Sr/Al and Ba/Al ratios), evaporite precipitation (higher S/Al, Sr/Al ratios), and anoxic conditions (higher Mo/Al, U/Th ratios and Eu anomaly). Higher productivity is marked by elevated organic carbon content and carbonate precipitation (Mg/Ca). Hydrological reconstruction for Zoñar Lake was based on sedimentological, mineralogical and biological proxies, and shows that lower lake levels are characterized by Sr-rich sediments (a brackish lake with aragonite) and S-rich sediments (a saline lake with gypsum), while higher lake levels are characterized by sediments enriched in elements associated with alumino-silicates (Al, K, Ti, Fe, trace and rare earth elements), reflecting fresher conditions. Geochemical indicators also mark periods of higher detrital input to the lake related to human activity in the watershed: (1) during the Iberian Roman Humid Period (650 BC–AD 300), around the onset of the Little Ice Age (AD 1400), during the relatively drier Post-Roman and Middle Ages (AD 800–1400), and over the last 50 years, due to mechanized farming practices. Heavy metal enrichment in the sediments (Cu and Ni) suggests intensification of human activities during the Iberian Roman Period, and the use of fertilizers during the last 50 years. 相似文献
The Sierra de Cameros is an intracontinental orogen and represents the north‐western part of the Iberian Range in Northern Spain. It comprises a thick sequence of syn‐rift continental sediments (mainly sandstones and carbonates) deposited during lower Cretaceous times. A unique characteristic of the Sierra de Cameros in relation to the rest of the Iberian Range is the presence of low‐grade metamorphism in certain parts of the basin, an event that predates basin inversion. This paper describes the presence, textural relationships and geochemical aspects of authigenic and/or metamorphic monazite within different lithologies from the deepest parts of the basin. Sensitive high resolution ion microprobe (SHRIMP) U–Pb dating of monazite records the presence of two age populations: the first with 206Pb/238U ages ranging from 122 to 116 Ma which is considered as diagenetic in origin, whilst the second is dated at 99 ± 2 Ma and postdates the metamorphic climax. 相似文献
Summary Four groups of spinels have been identified in Madeira Island alkaline basalts: 1) Al-rich chromian-spinels (Cr#<0.15; 51<Mg#<62) characteristic of olivine xenocrysts from dismembered, high-pressure, cognate, ultramafic xenoliths; 2) Al-poor chromian-spinel/magnesiochromite/chromite (Cr#>31; 30<Mg#<61) included in olivine phenocryst cores; 3) chromian-titanomagnetites included in olivine phenocryst rims (11<Mg#<34) and chromian-titanomagnetites to titanomagnetites in clinopyroxene phenocrysts (6<Mg#<25) and in the groundmass (3<Mg#<36); 4) rare, TiO2-poor, MnO-rich titanomagnetite inclusions in green-core clinopyroxene xenocrysts, derived from metasomatized upper mantle xenoliths. Chemical variations among spinel groups 1) to 3) largely reflect physical conditions and the extent of fractionation of crystallising magmas. Extensive solid solution among chromian-spinel – ulvospinel – magnetite and the ulvospinel enrichment exhibited by titanomagnetite evolutionary trends are attributed to the combined effects of low-aSiO2 and oxidizing conditions (0.2log(fO2)NNO1.8) during crystallisation from Madeira alkaline magmas. Pressure does not seem to have a direct influence on the stability of high-Al spinels; however, Cr/Al contrasts between spinels in high-pressure olivine xenocrysts and those in olivine phenocryst cores are envisaged as reflecting compositional effects of distinct crystallisation sequences during polibaric fractionation of Madeira magmas. 相似文献
The geomagnetic field variation pattern in the second and third quarters of the first millennium BC is obtained from data on ceramic material sampled in the Los Villares multilayer archaeological monument (Spain). The analysis of available data on the geomagnetic field variation in Spain over the last seven millennia shows that it is similar to the geomagnetic variation pattern observed in other Eurasian regions. The amplitude of the “fundamental” (8000-yr) oscillation (≈20 μT) estimated from the Spain data exceeds significantly its amplitudes in other regions, which supports the previously noted tendency to a westward increase in the amplitude of the fundamental oscillation. 相似文献