A method of estimating time scales of atmospheric piston and its application at DomeC (Antarctica)

Get Complete Project Material File(s) Now! » Parameters for the viewing condition and their dependence on turbulence The viewing conditions at an observatory site relate to two major aspects. The first aspect is the resolution attainable with long exposures and...

Atmospheric composition from absorptive VUV stellar occultations

Get Complete Project Material File(s) Now! » UVIS data The channels in UVIS can operate in different configurations and this results in different types of data products. The result of the measurements performed during a time range and with a...

TECTONIC VERSUS CLIMATIC CONTROLS ON EXHUMATION IN THE VENEZUELAN ANDES

Get Complete Project Material File(s) Now! » Current tectonic models for the origin of the Venezuelan Andes From the work of Gansser (1973) it is clear that the Venezuelan Andes are a distinct mountain chain, separated from the Eastern Cordillera...

Potential evaporation estimation through an unstressed surface-energy balance and its sensitivity to climate change

Get Complete Project Material File(s) Now! » The Evaporation Concept In the first place, the evaporation concept will be explained. We will go through different types of evaporation, like the actual, potential and reference ones. We will then focus on...

Natural recharge heterogeneity in weathered fractured crystalline rock

Get Complete Project Material File(s) Now! » Scaling up fracture properties It follows from the above paragraphs that fractures exist over a broad range of scales, ranging from the rock grain to the scale of tectonic plates. Interestingly, it has...

Characterization and comparison of landslide dynamics in different tectonic and climatic settings 

Get Complete Project Material File(s) Now! » Triggering of landslides by increase of load applied to the slope An increase in the weight of the landslide may be due to erosion processes or rainfall. For instance, Chigira and Yokoyama (2005)...

Invasion patterns during two-phase flow in deformable porous media 

Get Complete Project Material File(s) Now! » Experimental study of flow in complex systems There are many methods and challenges in researching flow of fluids in complex systems such as granular materials. However, real-world systems are difficult to analyze; obviously...

Analysis of plastic zones and influence of weak geological materials

Get Complete Project Material File(s) Now! » Seismic activity and observed damage Up to now, no rockbursts neither other major failures have been observed in the studied area of Lappberget orebody. Most of visible damage occur within stope openings or...

Organic petrography and pore structure characterization of natural low-mature and gas-mature marine mudstones: insights into porosity controls in organic-rich source rocks.

Get Complete Project Material File(s) Now! » Early OM diagenesis and formation of kerogen After deposition, the OM is mainly composed of biomolecules inherited from living organisms such as lipids, proteins or carbohydrates. During the first few hundred meters of...

Effects of hydrological regime and land use on in-stream Escherichia coli concentration in the Mekong basin, Lao PDR

Get Complete Project Material File(s) Now! » Environmental factors When present in the environment, FIB is exposed to various environmental stressors, considerably different than their primary habitats. A significant number of studies have been exploring the relationships between the FIB...