Evolution of Eolian arc volcanism (Southern Tyrrhenian Sea)

The Eolian arc is located at the boundary between the converging African and European plates. Its volcanism is characterized by a marked evolution in a restricted time (less than 1 my). A progressive transition is observed from typical calc-alkaline series toward shoshonitic rocks produced by past and present activity (Vulcano and Stromboli). By comparison with circum-Pacific island arcs, the evolution of Eolian volcanism can be related to a rapid deepening of the Benioff zone. The occurrence of shoshonitic rocks and the continental nature of the crust on both sides of the plate boundary suggest that the Eolian arc is in a senile stage of evolution. Petrology and Sr isotopic data indicate a probable mantle source for Eolian volcanism.     

Temperature in volcanism

Direct or indirect temperature measurements of magmas erupted by volcanoes are still very scarse. All available thermal data have been measured in lava lakes and on volcanoes with limited explosive activity, i. e. the data refer to basic products. Explosive activity, which prevails for 80 % of the active volcanoes, prevents any measurement. The thermal data show that all basic magmas, whatever their origin and tectonic position may be, reach the surface within the same temperature interval. This seems to be related to the fact that all basic magmas are in equilibrium with some solid phases.The great improvement of physico-chemical knowledge of equilibrium conditions of artificial melts allows a more precise utilization of geologic thermometers. The plagioclase geothermometer can be used to evaluate the spreading rate of plates in oceanic rift zones.The heat of magmas offers an energy source of great importance for the future. The highest probability of finding high temperatures at relatively shallow depths for use as geothermal energy is obviously in the proximity of active volcanoes. Programs to extract energy directly from such shallow-seated magma sources have been taken into consideration in the Kamchatka peninsula/SU and on Hawaii/USA.

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Zusammenfassung Direkte und indirekte Temperaturmessungen von geschmolzenen Förderprodukten der Vulkane sind sehr spärlich. Solche Messungen sind bislang nur bei Eruptionen basischer Magmen ausgeführt worden, da diese von Natur aus wenig oder gar nicht explosiv sind. Hinzu kommen Messungen der Temperatur in den seltenen Lava-Seen. Alle diese Messungen zeigen, daß die magmatischen Produkte verschiedener Herkunft die Oberfläche immer im gleichen Temperatur-Intervall erreichen. Diese Tatsache dürfte darin ihren Grund haben, daß alle basischen Magmen im Gleichgewicht mit festen Phasen sehr ähnlicher Zusammensetzung stehen. Die indirekten Bestimmungen der Temperatur mittels geologischer Thermometer, wie z. B. die Zusammensetzung der erstausgeschiedenen Plagioklase in Basalten, die längs der sich öffnenden mittelozeanischen Rücken zu Tage kommen, können nützliche Hinweise geben auf die Geschwindigkeit des Auseinanderdriftens der Platten.Die Anwesenheit von bedeutenden Mengen hochtemperierter Magmen, die einen Teil ihrer Wärme an die Oberfläche abgeben, hat neuerdings zu Überlegungen geführt, wie daraus geothermische Energie nutzbar zu machen ist. Solche geothermisch nutzbaren Gebiete gibt es z. B. in Kamtchatka/UdSSR und auf Hawaii/USA.

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Riassunto Le misure dirette o indirette di temperatura dei materiali fusi emessi dai vulcani attivi sono molto scarse e si riferiscono solamente a eruzioni di magmi basici poco o punto esplosive o ai rari laghi di lava incandescente. Tutte le misure esistenti indicano comunque che prodotti magmatici di origine diversa arrivano in superficie nello stesso intervallo di temperature. Ciò può essere in relazione al fatto che tutti i magmi basici sono in equilibrio con fasi solide di composizione molto simile. Le misure indirette di temperatura eseguite con geotermometri, ad esempio la composizione del plagioclasio di cristallizzazione iniziale nei basalti delle zone di spreading oceanico, possono fornire utili indicazioni sulla velocità di allontanamento delle placche.La presenza di quantità importanti di magmi a temperatura elevata che dissipano parte del loro calore vicino alla superficie ha fatto recentemente prendere in considerazione la possibilità di sfruttamento di energia geotermica nelle aree di vulcani attivi sia negli USA che nell'URSS.

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Suspended sediment transport analysis in two Italian instrumented catchments

Suspended sediment transport in streams is an effective indicator of soil erosion at the watershed scale. This process was studied using the data obtained from two continuous monitoring stations installed in Italian watersheds, the Rio Cordon and Torrente Carapelle. The catchments have substantially different climatic, morphological and land use characteristics. The Rio Cordon, a small Alpine watershed, has been monitored since 1986, while in the Torrente Carapelle, a medium-size Mediterranean watershed, the monitoring station has provided data since 2007. Several flood events with suspended sediment transport were isolated in the two catchments, excluding those determined by snowmelt in the Rio Cordon as this process does not affect the Carapelle watershed. Analysis of the events showed different behavior in terms of hysteresis loop trends between water discharge (m³ s^-1) and suspended sediment concentration (g l^-1) values, as the Rio Cordon confirms clockwise relationships most frequently, while counter-clockwise trends represent the majority of cases for the Carapelle Torrent. The different behavior of the two watersheds was further analyzed by evaluating relationships between the main hydrological parameters related to suspended sediment transport. Runoff controls the total sediment budget in both catchments. In contrast, it was noted that the runoff process does not interfere in the magnitude of the suspended sediment transport in the Rio Cordon catchment, while variations due to the larger size of the catchment area characterize the events in the Carapelle watershed. Lastly, a flow peak threshold that determines the advance or delay of the hydrograph peak with respect to the sedigraph peak was established for the Carapelle Torrent, while it was not reported in the Rio Cordon.     

Identifying Wrinkle Ridges from Mars MGS and Viking Mission Data: Using GRASS GIS in Planetary Geology

During the past few decades, numerous missions to Mars have sent information about the red planet. The missions have shown that Mars has ice on its poles and that ice could be present all over the planet subsurface. The presence of ice on the subsurface could drive particular geological structures called ‘wrinkle ridges’. In this work, Viking image data and the latest Mars Global Suveyor (MGS) data have been imported and stored in a common geospatial database using GRASS GIS as a tool for planetary geology. This study has focused on a subregion of Solis Planum where wrinkle ridges have been localised and both Viking images and MGS altimetry and imagery data are available. Raster data at different resolutions and with different projection parameters have been imported into GRASS GIS and projected in a common reference system. Raw, unprojected data have been processed and rectified using the GRASS image modules. Imagery data have been used to detect planimetric features, whereas basic morphometrical analysis has been performed from the gridded elevation data coming from MGS Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter.     

Multiple intrusions in the Cima d'Asta pluton (Northern Italy)

The systematic modal analysis of four sectors of the Cima d'Asta pluton (North Italy) has shown the existence of multiple adjacent intrusions.The main data supporting this interpretation are reported. Some problems concerning the mechanism of adjacent intrusions and the plutonic magmatic evolution are also discussed in a preliminary way.This paper is published with the help of a grant from the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italia.     

Genèse des magmas du volcanisme plio-quaternaire des Apennins

Zusammenfassung Nach einer kurzen Übersicht des Vulkanismus in der Gegend des heutigen Appeninns im oberen Jura (basischer Vulkanismus im Tiefseegraben) und im Eozän (kalkalkaliner Vulkanismus während der Tektogenese) wird der pliozäne und quartäre, durch anatektische Magmen gespeiste Vulkanismus des unter Dehnung stehenden Orogens ausführlicher behandelt. Dieser Vulkanismus äußerte sich auf der thyrrhenischen Seite des Appennins zwischen dem Arno und dem Tiber im Zusammenhang mit dem Hochdringen mehrerer kleiner Granitstöcke, deren ältester 7 Millionen Jahre alt ist, während das Alter des jüngsten nur 3 1/2 Millionen Jahre beträgt. Der Beweis wird erbracht, daß es sich um anatektische Magmen handelt, und die mutmaßliche Ursache der unvollständigen Anatexis und der Differentiation der durch diese entstandenen Magmen besprochen. Eine Hypothese zur Erklärung der Entstehung von kalireichen, femischen Differentiaten wird vorgeschlagen. Danach wird, unter Berücksichtigung der quantitativen Beziehungen der einzelnen Magmatypen, ein Gesamtbild des aktiven Vulkanismus entworfen, der gesättigte und untersättigte kalireiche Magmen längs einer 300 km langen Zone vom nördlichen Latium bis zum Vesuv förderte. Es folgt eine Diskussion über das Problem des Stammagmas dieses Vulkanismus und der dazu vorgeschlagenen Hypothesen. Geologische, magmatologische und geochemische Tatsachen machen es wahrscheinlich, daß die mediterranen Magmatypen durch eine komplexe Differentation eines tief liegenden, anatektischen Magmas entstanden sind. Zum Schluß wird der Versuch unternommen, die Entstehung und Evolution der Magmen der periappenninischen Vulkane der Insel Capraia (Toskanischer Archipel), der Pontinischen Inseln und des einzigen, östlich vom Appennin liegenden Vulkans des Monte Vulture zu erklären.

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After a short survey of the volcanic activity around the chain of the Apennines during the upper Jurassic (basic and submarine ophiolitic volcanism) and during the Eocene (calc-alkaline volcanism of the early tectonic stages), a more detailed picture of plio-quaternary volcanism derived from anatectic magma during the distensive stage of orogenesis is given. This volcanic activity has taken place on the tyrrhenian side of the Apennines between the Arno and Tiber rivers and is connected with the uplift of some little granitic stocks, ranging between 7 m. y. and 3,5 m. y. Some arguments on the anatectic origin of magma, on its differentiation and on the possible causes of the incomplete anatexis are reported. An hypothesis is proposed to explain the genesis of some highly mafic and alkaline differenciates. A general picture is also given of the volcanic activity derived from saturated or undersaturated alkaline magma, along a zone of 300 km from northern Latium to Vesuvius. The parental magma origin of this volcanism and the several hypotheses regarding this problem are discussed. The geological, magmatological and geochemical data make probable the hypothesis that the mediterranean volcanic rocks were produced by a complex mechanism of differentiation of a deep-seated anatectic magma. Finally, some hypotheses on the origin and the evolution of magmas of the periapenninian volcanoes are given (Capraia and Pontine islands, and M. Vulture, the latter being the only recent volcano localized on the eastern side of the Apennines).

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Résumé Après une vue d'ensemble de l'activité volcanique dans la région de la chaîne des Apennins à la fin du Jurassique (volcanisme basique sousmarin) et au cours de l'Eocène (volcanisme alcali-calcique [calco-alcalin] pendant la tectogénèse), le volcanisme Pliocène et Quaternaire, nourri par des magmas anatectiques pendant le stade distensive de l'orogénèse est traité. Ce volcanisme du côté tyrrhénien de l'Apennin, entre l'Arno et le Tibre, est lié à la mise en place de plusieurs petits stocks granitiques, dont le plus vieux a 7 millions d'années, le plus récent n'en a que 3 1/2 millions.Il est prouvé que ce sont des magmas anatectiques; la raison pour l'anatexie régionale, la différenciation des magmas est traité. Une hypothèse qui pourrait expliquer l'origine des roches fémiques et potassiques est donné.Une vue plus générale du volcanisme actif, produisant des magmas potassiques saturés et sous-saturés le long d'une zone de 300 km du nord du Latium au Vsesuve est donné, bien regardant les relations quantitatives entre les types différents de magma. Le problème du magma primaire de cette activité volcanique et plusieurs hypothèses sont discutés. Des raisons géologiques, magmatologiques et géochimiques font supposer que les types de magma méditerrané sont dérivés par différenciation d'un magma d'anatexie resté en profondeur. Reste enfin à expliquer l'origine et l'évolution des magmas trouvés dans les volcans périapennins de l'île Capraia (Archipel Toscan), des îles Pontiennes et du Monte Vulture, seul volcan du côté oriental de la chaîne des Apennins.

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A test-bed implementation of an acquisition system for indoor positioning

Indoor GNSS signals are typically received with poor signal-to-noise ratio, which impairs the acquisition stage of common global positioning system (GPS) receivers. Extending the coherent integration time increases the acquisition sensitivity, but the data-bit-rate limits the maximum achievable performance. Non-coherent processing also improves the detection performance, but indoor signals require a large amount of accumulations resulting in significant squaring loss. Moreover, both strategies have high computational complexity which fixes demanding requirements for stand alone mass-market terminals operating in real time. A sensitivity–complexity trade-off is therefore mandatory. Assisted-GPS, which is included in 3GPP specifications, reduces the overall acquisition complexity and enhances sensitivity. In this paper we describe a low-complexity-assisted data-wipe-off technique that enables the high-sensitivity acquisition of GPS signals. The method is based on the acquisition of the strongest signal in order to obtain information that eases the acquisition of the weaker ones. The analysis also addresses sources of sensitivity loss, such as Doppler effects and local oscillator inaccuracies. A test campaign with real signals and integration times up to 2 s validates the method, demonstrating the effectiveness of the proposed technique in indoor environments.     

The influence of roughness geometry and Shields parameter on flow resistance in gravel-bed channels

The spatial variability of bed particles of a gravel-bed channel is analysed and treated experimentally in order to simulate the effects of the arrangement of coarse bed elements on the flow resistance law. For the studied bed patterns, characterized by the concentration Γ of coarser elements arranged on the bed layer, a particle arrangement parameter α is proposed. The α parameter is useful for estimating the intercept b₀ of the semi-logarithmic flow resistance law deduced by flume measurements carried out for the hydraulic condition of large-scale and transition roughness. The differences between the experimental friction factor parameter values and the ones calculated by the proposed semi-logarithmic relationship are explained by the ratio between the Shields parameter and its critical value. The analysis shows that estimates of the friction factor parameter are not improved by introducing the Froude number into the flow resistance law. © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.