Search results for "LCA"

Understanding Degassing Pathways Along the 1886 Tarawera (New Zealand) Volcanic Fissure by Combining Soil and Lake CO2 Fluxes

2019

CO2 flux measurements are often used to monitor volcanic systems, understand the cause of volcanic unrest, and map sub-surface structures. Currently, such measurements are incomplete at Tarawera (New Zealand), which erupted with little warning in 1886 and produced a ∼17 km long fissure. We combine new soil CO2 flux and C isotope measurements of Tarawera with previous data from Rotomahana and Waimangu (regions also along the 1886 fissure) to fingerprint the CO2 source, understand the current pathways for degassing, quantify the CO2 released along the entire fissure, and provide a baseline survey. The total CO2 emissions from the fissure are 1227 t⋅d–1 (742–3398 t⋅d–1 90 % confidence interval…

Carlo V e la città di Alcamo

2012

Nell’estate del 1535 Carlo V, reduce dalla vittoriosa impresa di Tunisi faceva ritorno in Sicilia. Dopo essersi trattenuto a Trapani e prima di raggiungere Monreale, lungo il tragitto fra Trapani e Palermo, l’imperatore e il suo seguito sostavano per alcuni giorni ad Alcamo, un piccolo centro che faceva parte dei possedimenti siciliani del conte di Modica, Fadrique Enriquez grande Almirante di Castiglia. Ben poco sappiamo dell’ingresso e del breve soggiorno del monarca in città di cui riferiscono le fonti, ma possiamo immaginare la portata dell’evento e l’effetto a distanza che l’episodio ha prodotto nella realtà urbana innescando una serie di iniziative pubbliche intrapresa dopo questa dat…

Carrera profesional del maestro de obras del rey en el Reino de Valencia en época de los en la época de los Austrias: la sucesión al cargo que ocupó …

2009

El maestro de obras reales en el Reino de Valencia se ocupó de la supervisión de los trabajos en los bienes inmuebles del patrimonio regio, que incluía arquitectura e ingeniería civil, militar e hidráulica. Presentamos el informe enviado por el virrey en 1622 sobre los tres candidatos al cargo: Antonio Picó, Jerónimo Negret y Francisco Arboreda (o Arboleda). Resulta especialmente interesante la información sobre este último, que lo ocupó hasta 1636, pues en la exposición de méritos, por un lado, ofrece información sobre las obras realizadas por sus ancestros, Joan Arboreda, que identificamos con el Joan Navarro que ocupó el mismo cargo en las décadas centrales del siglo XVI, y Jerónimo Arbo…

Proteinaceous Surface Layers ofArchaea: Ultrastructure and Biochemistry

2014

The cell walls of the Archaea are composed of different polymers such as glutaminylglycan, heterosaccharide, methanochondroitin, pseudomurein, protein, glycoprotein, or glycocalyx. The S-layer glycoprotein of Halobacterium salinarum was the first glycoprotein discovered in bacteria and archaea. Initially, the novel cell wall structures were viewed as curiosities, and their taxonomic significance was not realized until the concept of the Archaea was published. At this time, the results of cell wall studies supported the new view of the phylogeny of the Bacteria and Archaea. Many archaea possess proteinaceous surface layers (S layers), which form two-dimensional regular arrays. The chemical s…

The Caribbean Plateau and OAE2: Resolution of timing and trace metal release

2013

Europa marcha atrás / 1. El malentendido de la ampliación

2004

Overview of the JET results

2015

Since the installation of an ITER-like wall, the JET programme has focused on the consolidation of ITER design choices and the preparation for ITER operation, with a specific emphasis given to the bulk tungsten melt experiment, which has been crucial for the final decision on the material choice for the day-one tungsten divertor in ITER. Integrated scenarios have been progressed with the re-establishment of long-pulse, high-confinement H-modes by optimizing the magnetic configuration and the use of ICRH to avoid tungsten impurity accumulation. Stationary discharges with detached divertor conditions and small edge localized modes have been demonstrated by nitrogen seeding. The differences in…

Coupled petrological-geodynamical modeling of a compositionally heterogeneous mantle plume

2018

Abstract Self-consistent geodynamic modeling that includes melting is challenging as the chemistry of the source rocks continuously changes as a result of melt extraction. Here, we describe a new method to study the interaction between physical and chemical processes in an uprising heterogeneous mantle plume by combining a geodynamic code with a thermodynamic modeling approach for magma generation and evolution. We pre-computed hundreds of phase diagrams, each of them for a different chemical system. After melt is extracted, the phase diagram with the closest bulk rock chemistry to the depleted source rock is updated locally. The petrological evolution of rocks is tracked via evolving chemi…

Dinuclear chloroneodymium quinolinylcarboxylates: The molecular structures affected by water and the catalytic behavior toward isoprene polymerization

2016

Abstract A series of dinuclear chloroneodymium quinolinylcarboxylate compounds was synthesized and characterized. The nature and importance of metal-organic aggregations have been considered as an important factor regarding the molecular structure and catalytic performance. The neodymium center in all the title compounds exhibits the coordination numbers of 8. Cage aggregation was observed in the solid state, and the cyclic arrangement was achieved when water molecules were incorporated into the structure. Upon the activation with Al(i-Bu)3, all the title neodymium compounds form the efficient catalysts for isoprene polymerization. The catalytic activities are not strongly affected by the m…

Double Laser LIBS and micro-XRF spectroscopy applied to characterize materials coming from the Greek-Roman theater of Taormina

2009

The laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is an applied physical technique that has shown, in recent years, its great potential for rapid qualitative analysis of materials. The possibility to implement a portable instrument that perform LIBS analysis makes this technique particularly useful for in situ analysis in the field of cultural heritages. The aim of this work is to compare the results, obtained by LIBS measurements with X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) ones, on calcareous and refractory materials coming from the Greek-Roman theater of Taormina. Calibration curves for LIBS and XRF were obtained by measuring certified reference materials and using them as standards. LIBS measurements we…