Search results for "LCA"

Coverage intervals for trace elements in human scalp hair are site and also gender-specific

2015

Hair analysis is a powerful tool for assessing human exposure to metals and metalloids (MM). The basis for interpreting laboratory results lie on the use of coverage intervals (CI), computed between the 0.025 and 0.975 fractiles, from a well-defined group of reference individuals reflecting normal and healthy people. A critical point in efficient use of CI, when used for comparative decision-making processes, forensic and clinic considerations, is constituted by confounding factors as the specific living site of study population and gender of participants. Our study aims to demonstrate that hair levels of trace elements are site specific and also gender specific. We have taken into account …

The use of tree-rings and foliage as an archive of volcanogenic cation deposition.

2007

Tree cores (Pinus nigra ssp. laricio) and leaves (Castanea sativa) from the flanks of Mount Etna, Sicily were analysed by ICP-MS to investigate whether volcanogenic cations within plant material provide an archive of a volcano's temporal and spatial depositional influence. There is significant compositional variability both within and between trees, but no systematic dendrochemical correlation with periods of effusive, explosive or increased degassing activity. Dendrochemistry does not provide a record of persistent but fluctuating volcanic activity. Foliar levels of bioaccumulated cations correspond to modelled plume transport patterns, and map short-term volcanic fumigation. Around the fl…

Major and trace elements in Boletus aereus and Clitopilus prunulus growing on volcanic and sedimentary soils of Sicily (Italy)

2017

The aim of this study was to determine and compare the content of 28 elements (Ag, Al, As, Ba, Be, Bi, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, K, Li, Mg, Mn, Mo, Na, Ni, Pb, Rb, Sb, Se, Sr, Tl, U, V and Zn) in fruiting bodies of Boletus aereus Bull. and Clitopilus prunulus P. Kumm collected from eleven unpolluted sites of Sicily (Italy) and, also to relate the abundance of chemical elements in soil with their concentration in mushrooms. Median concentrations of the most abundant elements in Boletus aereus ranged from 31,290 μg/g (K) to 107 μg/g (Zn) in caps and from 24,009 μg/g (K) to 57 μg/g (Zn) in stalks with the following abundance order: K > Na > Ca > Mg > Fe > Al > Rb > Zn. The s…

Ocean Acidification studies in the Baia di Levante (Vulcano island, Italy). Advantages and disadvantages of the “in situ” approach.

2014

Years of scientific research have shown that acidification of oceans (OA) is an undisputed fact. Why is it so important to increase knowledge about OA? Because many animals and plants in the ocean have calcium carbonate skeletons or shells, and a decreasing in pH can affect their population health state and the marine-ecosystem structure. Another point of view about OA which must to be considered is that it may alter the behavior of sediment-bound metals, modifying their bioavailability and thus toxicity. The toxic free-ion concentration of metals such as copper may increase by as much as 115% in coastal waters in the next 100 years due to reduced pH. Since increasing atmospheric CO2 over t…

Active geodynamic in the central Mediterranean: Transfer of mantle fluids across the eastern Sicily

2018

Outgassing of mantle fluids across an tectonically active crustal segment in between two volcanic systems (Etna and Aeolian arc): the Nebrodi-Pelorit…

2018

Mantle-degassing occurs primarily through active volcanic systems and young oceanic lithosphere. Mantle-volatiles are also released by tectonically active continental regions, but the magnitude of this phenomenon is far less characterised. Helium (He) is a powerful tracer to track deep volatile degassing, because the mantle contains more 3He than the crust/atmosphere systems, which are dominated by radiogenic 4He produced in the crust. Here, we studied the volatiles in thermal manifestations discharged along the Nebrodi- Peloritani chain in north-eastern Sicily, with the aim of investigating the origin of thermalism and the related fluids. Thisseismically active region connects the African-…

Preliminary results of systematic sampling of gas manifestations in geodynamically active areas of Greece

2016

Greece is located on a convergent plate boundary comprising the subduction of the African Plate beneath the Eurasian, while the Arabian plate approaches the Eurasian in a northwestward motion. It is considered to be one of the most tectonically active regions of Earth with a complex geodynamic setting, deriving from a long and complicated geological history. Due to this specific geological background, conditions for the formation of many thermal springs are favoured. In the past years, almost all the already known sites of degassing (fumaroles, soil gases, mofettes, gas bubbling in cold and thermal waters) located in the Hellenic area were sampled at least one time. Collected samples were a…

Distribution and air-sea exchange of mercury (Hg) in polluted marine environments

2012

Mercury (Hg) is emitted in the atmosphere by anthropogenic and natural sources, these last accounting for one third of the total emissions. Since the pre-industrial age, the atmospheric deposition of mercury have increased notably, while ocean emissions have doubled owing to the re-emission of anthropogenic mercury. Exchange between the atmosphere and ocean plays an important role in cycling and transport of mercury. We present the preliminary results from a study on the distribution and evasion flux of mercury at the atmosphere/sea interface in the Augusta basin (SE Sicily, southern Italy), a semi-enclosed marine area affected by a high degree of contamination (heavy metals and PHA) due to…

Classifying Major Explosions and Paroxysms at Stromboli Volcano (Italy) from Space

2021

Stromboli volcano has a persistent activity that is almost exclusively explosive. Predominated by low intensity events, this activity is occasionally interspersed with more powerful episodes, known as major explosions and paroxysms, which represent the main hazards for the inhabitants of the island. Here, we propose a machine learning approach to distinguish between paroxysms and major explosions by using satellite-derived measurements. We investigated the high energy explosive events occurring in the period January 2018–April 2021. Three distinguishing features are taken into account, namely (i) the temporal variations of surface temperature over the summit area, (ii) the magnitude of the …

Pyridylcarbene formation by thermal decomposition of 7-bromo-3-methyl-[1,2,3]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridine under pressure

2007

7-Bromo-3-methyl-[1,2,3]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridine 1 at 1.7 atm and 100ºC decompose to form a pyridylcarbene intermediate by nitrogen expulsion. The carbene stabilization give 2-bromo-6- vinylpyridine 2, 1-(6-bromopyridin-2-yl)ethanol 3, 1-(6-Bromopyridin-2-yl)ethanone 4, 2- bromo-6-[2-(6-bromopyridin-2-yl)-2-methyl-trans-cyclopropyl]pyridine 5, and 2-bromo-6-[2-(6- bromopyridin-2-yl)-2-methyl-cis-cyclopropyl]pyridine 6. Abarca Gonzalez, Belen, Belen.Abarca@uv.es ; Ballesteros Campos, Rafael, Rafael.Ballesteros@uv.es