Mafic igneous rocks are widespread in the Nevado-Filábride Complex, the lowermost metamorphic unit of the internal zones
of the Betic Cordilleras. They form intrusive, small, discontinuous bodies, predominantly dikes with subordinate small lava
flows. The entire complex underwent alpine compressional metamorphism during the Paleogene continental collision, resulting
in eclogites and blueschists in the mafic bodies and high-pressure assemblages in the intruded metasediments. Locally, weakly
metamorphosed or completely unmetamorphosed igneous rocks with the same textural features occur as patches surrounded by eclogitized
igneous rocks. The bulk rock chemistry of unmetamorphosed and completely metamorphosed mafic igneous rocks is consistent with
an alkaline to transitional tholeiitic magmatism with typical within-plate geochemical characteristics. All but a few samples
are nepheline normative and display REE and trace element characteristics typical of continental, rift-related magmatism.
This conclusion is strongly supported by the mineral chemistry of the major constituents, in particular the calcic Ti-rich
character of clinopyroxene, the lack of orthopyroxene, and the occurrence of kaersutitic amphibole. Incompatible trace element
abundances and Sr and Nd isotopes support the provenance of these magmas from a variably metasomatized previously depleted
sub-continental lithospheric mantle source.
Received: 5 July 1999 / Accepted: 28 February 2000 相似文献
This paper focuses on the shrinkage behavior of soil specimens involving sand, kaolinite, and kaolinite/sand mixtures subjected to desiccation under controlled conditions. Both, free and restrained shrinkage conditions are studied. The experiments show that pure soils do not curl upon unrestrained shrinkage; however, (under the same conditions) kaolinite/sand mixtures exhibited a marked curling. Furthermore, the mixture with the higher sand content broke through the middle of the sample after displaying a significant curling. Soils subjected to restricted shrinkage developed cracks with slight curling. To simulate the observed behavior, a mechanical model able to reproduce the detachment of the soil sample from the mold is proposed in this work and implemented in a fully coupled hydro-mechanical finite-element code. It is concluded that suction and differential shrinkage are key factors influencing the curling behavior of soils. The proposed framework was able to satisfactorily explain and reproduce the different stages and features of soil behavior observed in the experiments.
The enormous quantity of plant waste produced from greenhouse tomato crops is an environmental problem that should be solved by recycling that waste into valuable organic products through low-cost technologies, such as vermicomposting. Feasibility of vermicomposting greenhouse tomato-plant waste (P) using paper-mill sludge (S) as complementary waste was investigated by this study. Earthworm development in P, S, and two mixtures of both wastes was monitored over 24 weeks and compared with that in cow dung (D), an optimum organic-waste to be vermicomposted. The effectiveness of vermicomposting to biostabilize those wastes was assessed by analysing phospholipid fatty acid composition, chemical features, plant-nutrient content, metal concentration, enzyme activities, and germination index (GI). A commercial vermicompost was also analyzed and taken as a reference of vermicompost quality. Earthworms did not survive in P alone, but a mixture of P with S at a ratio of 2:1 or 1:1 resulted in earthworm development similar to that observed in D. Phospholipid fatty acid analysis revealed that earthworm activity strongly transformed initial microbiota inhabiting the wastes, giving rise to vermicompost microbial communities which were similar to that of a commercial vermicompost. Both mixtures of P and S were properly biostabilized through vermicomposting, as indicated by decreases in their C:N ratio and enzyme activities together with increases in their degree of maturity (GI ~ 100 %) after the process. This study demonstrates that the vermicomposting of tomato-plant waste together with paper-mill sludge allows the recycling of both wastes, thereby improving the environmental sustainability of greenhouse crops. 相似文献
We present major and trace element compositions of mineral concentrates comprising garnet xenocrysts,ilmenite,phlogopite,spinel,zircon,and uncommon minerals (ti... 相似文献
Heavy metal concentrations were studied in the scales of recent and subrecent (2–25 years old) fish buried in the oxbow lake
sediments of the Morava River. The samples were taken from two cores up to 4-m deep and analysed using laser ablation inductively
coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) and an electron microprobe analysis (EMPA). The results were compared with heavy
metal concentrations of bulk samples of the embedding sediment. The study has revealed substantial differences in heavy metal
contents existing between the recent and subrecent fish scales documenting an extreme rapidity of the diagenesis/fossilization
processes. The most apparent features of the early fossilization include the quick loss of the mucous envelope, collagen and
magnesium and an enormous increase in the heavy metal concentrations in particular iron, which is connected with a colour
change. The variations in heavy metal contents in fish scales within a sample are attributed to variations in heavy metal
content in the environment and variable amounts of organic matter in the embedding sediment. In contrast to the contamination
of the embedding sediment, no general increase in heavy metal concentrations in fish scales was observed down to the cores.
It is inferred that the rapid sorption stabilizes the biologic hydroxyapatite of the fish scales, which thus rapidly attain
a thermodynamic equilibrium with the embedding water-saturated sediment. The results show that the processes of sorption,
fossilization and stabilization of hydroxyapatite can act very quickly over a time scale of several years and represent thus
a great advantage in the preservation of the original signals of the ancient environments. 相似文献
Labour shortage was an integral feature of the communist system of economic management and one that seemed most unlikely to
persist in the face of systemic transformation. A casual examination of the unemployment rates that have emerged throughout
most of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) during the course of the past decade might suggest that this early assumption was
correct. However, within the region the aggregate rate of joblessness, as well as the behaviour of national output, mask the
fact that certain, major urban centres appear to have weathered well the storms caused by exposure to western markets and
stringent fiscal and monetary policies. In these centres transformation has meant, to a greater or lesser degree, industrial
modernisation and this begs the question of whether the human capital portfolios of the inherited labour force match up to
the requirements of the new environment. This paper examines the meaning of the concept of labour shortage and presents the
findings from a survey of employers in four leading cities of three major CEE economies designed to elicit if, and how, manpower
requirements are being met in the present climate. The results indicate that, somewhat paradoxically, labour shortage persists
in the more flexible markets of the post-communist era and that firms do not expect the situation to change radically in the
near future.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献