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    Water, Vol. 4, Pages 389-429: Golf Course Irrigation with Reclaimed Water in the Mediterranean: A Risk Management Matter (2012)
    MDPI Publishing
    In: Water
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    Publication Date: 2012-04-12
    Description: Controversy regarding the amount of water consumed or saved as a result of human activity is currently paramount in water-scarce areas. In recent decades, golf—a land and water consuming activity—has been implanted in several areas of the Mediterranean basin, where the scarcity of water resources is well-known. As a result, the use of conventional water resources for golf course irrigation is increasingly contested and its replacement by reclaimed water has become essential. This paper examines the wide range of issues involved in its use on golf courses, including hazards—due to the presence of microorganisms and pollutants—and the corresponding risks that can appear. The resulting biological, chemical and physical water quality concerns are analyzed. Legal aspects related to the use of reclaimed water are also discussed and good reuse practices are suggested, including a detailed examination of risk assessment procedures and tools through observation or chemical, physical and microbiological analysis. The HACCP system—which focuses on quality determination in water samples from relevant control points—is described in detail, as it is generally accepted as one of the most scientific ways to detect health problems on a golf course. The paper concludes that, given the increasing availability of treated and reclaimed water and the water needs of golf courses, the future development of the sport in areas without surplus water resources—such as the Mediterranean basin—will predictably depend upon the use of reclaimed water. In recent years, risk assessment or analysis has emerged as an essential tool to guarantee the application of reclaimed water at an acceptable risk level. There certainly have been considerable advances and improvements in the tools that guarantee the safe use of reclaimed water, although current methods available require simplification for their practical application. Nevertheless, protocols applied at present seem to be adequate in order to address the key issue of enhancing the development of reclaimed water use on golf courses.
    Electronic ISSN: 2073-4441
    Topics: Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering
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    Earthquake distribution patterns in Africa: their relationship to variations in lithospheric and geological structure, and their rheological implications (2011)
    Oxford University Press
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    Publication Date: 2011-03-02
    Description: SUMMARY We use teleseismic waveform inversion, along with depth phase analysis, to constrain the centroid depths and source parameters of large African earthquakes. The majority of seismic activity is concentrated along the East African Rift System, with additional active regions along stretches of the continental margins in north and east Africa, and in the Congo Basin. We examine variations in the seismogenic thickness across Africa, based on a total of 227 well-determined earthquake depths, 112 of which are new to this study. Seismogenic thickness varies in correspondence with lithospheric thickness, as determined from surface wave tomography, with regions of thick lithosphere being associated with seismogenic thicknesses of up to 40 km. In regions of thin lithosphere, the seismogenic thickness is typically limited to ≤20 km. Larger seismogenic thicknesses also correlate with regions that have dominant tectonothermal ages of ≥1500 Ma, where the East African Rift passes around the Archean cratons of Africa, through the older Proterozoic mobile belts. These correlations are likely to be related to the production, affected by method and age of basement formation, and preservation, affected by lithospheric thickness, of a strong, anhydrous lower crust. The Congo Basin contains the only compressional earthquakes in the continental interior. Simple modelling of the forces induced by convective support of the African plate, based on long-wavelength free-air gravity anomalies, indicates that epeirogenic effects are sufficient to account for the localization and occurrence of both extensional and compressional deformation in Africa. Seismicity along the margins of Africa reflects a mixture between oceanic and continental seismogenic characteristics, with earthquakes in places extending to 40 km depth.
    Print ISSN: 0956-540X
    Electronic ISSN: 1365-246X
    Topics: Geosciences
    Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Deutsche Geophysikalische Gesellschaft (DGG) and the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS).
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    Earthquake depth distributions in central Asia, and their relations with lithosphere thickness, shortening and extension (2011)
    Oxford University Press
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    Publication Date: 2011-02-10
    Description: SUMMARY This paper examines the relationship between seismogenic thickness, lithosphere structure and rheology in central and northeastern Asia. We accurately determine earthquake depth distributions which reveal important rheological variations in the lower crust. These variations exert a fundamental control on the active tectonics and the morphological evolution of the continents. We consider 323 earthquakes across the Tibetan Plateau, the Tien Shan and their forelands as well as the Baikal Rift, NE Siberia and the Laptev Sea and present the source parameters of 94 of these here for the first time. These parameters have been determined through body wave inversion, the identification of depth phases or the modelling of regional waveforms. Lower crustal earthquakes are found to be restricted to the forelands in areas undergoing shortening, and to locations where rifting coincides with abrupt changes in lithosphere thickness, such as the NE Baikal Rift and W Laptev Sea. The lower crust in these areas is seismogenic at temperatures that may be as high as 600°C, suggesting that it is anhydrous, and is likely to have great long-term strength. Lower crustal earthquakes are therefore a useful proxy indicating strong lithosphere in places that are too small in areal extent for this to be confirmed independently by estimating effective elastic thickness from gravity–topography relations. The variation in crustal rheology indicated by the distribution of lower-crustal earthquakes has many implications ranging from the support of mountain belts and the formation of steep mountain fronts, to the localization and orientation of rifting. In combination, these processes can also be responsible for the separation of the front of the thin-skinned mountain belts from their hinterlands when continents separate.
    Print ISSN: 0956-540X
    Electronic ISSN: 1365-246X
    Topics: Geosciences
    Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Deutsche Geophysikalische Gesellschaft (DGG) and the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS).
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    Changes in Earth's albedo measured by satellite (2005)
    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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    Publication Date: 2005-05-10
    Description: NASA global satellite data provide observations of Earth's albedo, i.e., the fraction of incident solar radiation that is reflected back to space. The satellite data show that the last four years are within natural variability and fail to confirm the 6% relative increase in albedo inferred from observations of earthshine from the moon. Longer global satellite records will be required to discern climate trends in Earth's albedo.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wielicki, Bruce A -- Wong, Takmeng -- Loeb, Norman -- Minnis, Patrick -- Priestley, Kory -- Kandel, Robert -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2005 May 6;308(5723):825.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉NASA Langley Research Center, 21 Langley Boulevard, Hampton, VA 23681, USA. b.a.wielicki@nasa.gov〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15879211" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Print ISSN: 0036-8075
    Electronic ISSN: 1095-9203
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Computer Science , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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    Water, Vol. 4, Pages 389-429: Golf Course Irrigation with Reclaimed Water in the Mediterranean: A Risk Management Matter (2012)
    MDPI Publishing
    In: Water
    Details
    Publication Date: 2012-05-03
    Description: Controversy regarding the amount of water consumed or saved as a result of human activity is currently paramount in water-scarce areas. In recent decades, golf—a land and water consuming activity—has been implanted in several areas of the Mediterranean basin, where the scarcity of water resources is well-known. As a result, the use of conventional water resources for golf course irrigation is increasingly contested and its replacement by reclaimed water has become essential. This paper examines the wide range of issues involved in its use on golf courses, including hazards—due to the presence of microorganisms and pollutants—and the corresponding risks that can appear. The resulting biological, chemical and physical water quality concerns are analyzed. Legal aspects related to the use of reclaimed water are also discussed and good reuse practices are suggested, including a detailed examination of risk assessment procedures and tools through observation or chemical, physical and microbiological analysis. The HACCP system—which focuses on quality determination in water samples from relevant control points—is described in detail, as it is generally accepted as one of the most scientific ways to detect health problems on a golf course. The paper concludes that, given the increasing availability of treated and reclaimed water and the water needs of golf courses, the future development of the sport in areas without surplus water resources—such as the Mediterranean basin—will predictably depend upon the use of reclaimed water. In recent years, risk assessment or analysis has emerged as an essential tool to guarantee the application of reclaimed water at an acceptable risk level. There certainly have been considerable advances and improvements in the tools that guarantee the safe use of reclaimed water, although current methods available require simplification for their practical application. Nevertheless, protocols applied at present seem to be adequate in order to address the key issue of enhancing the development of reclaimed water use on golf courses.
    Electronic ISSN: 2073-4441
    Topics: Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering
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    Rossby wave-breaking, the upper-level jet and serial clustering of extratropical cyclones in Western Europe (2016)
    Wiley
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    Publication Date: 2016-12-07
    Description: Winter 2013/14 was the stormiest on record for the UK and was characterised by recurrent clustering of extratropical cyclones. This clustering was associated with a strong, straight and persistent North Atlantic jet and was also associated with Rossby wave-breaking (RWB) on both flanks, pinning the jet in place. The occurrence of RWB and cyclone clustering is further studied in 36 years of the ERA-Interim Reanalysis. Clustering at 55 o N is associated with an extended and anomalously strong eddy-driven jet flanked on both sides by RWB. However, clustering at 65(45) o N has a dominance of RWB to the south (north) of the jet, deflecting the jet northwards (southwards). A positive correlation was found between clustering and RWB occurrence to the north and south of the jet. However, there is considerable spread in these relationships.
    Print ISSN: 0094-8276
    Electronic ISSN: 1944-8007
    Topics: Geosciences , Physics
    Published by Wiley on behalf of American Geophysical Union (AGU).
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    Electronic Resource
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    Mapping the Hawaiian plume conduit with converted seismic waves (2000)
    [s.l.] : Macmillian Magazines Ltd.
    Nature 405 (2000), S. 938-941 
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    ISSN: 1476-4687
    Source: Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
    Notes: [Auszug] The volcanic edifice of the Hawaiian islands and seamounts, as well as the surrounding area of shallow sea floor known as the Hawaiian swell, are believed to result from the passage of the oceanic lithosphere over a mantle hotspot. Although geochemical and gravity observations indicate ...
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/35016054
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    Electronic Resource
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    Average lithospheric structure of southern Africa (1996)
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Geophysical journal international 127 (1996), S. 0 
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    ISSN: 1365-246X
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Geosciences
    Notes: We present a new 1-D earth model for the crust and upper mantle beneath the Archaean core of southern Africa. The crustal structure is constrained by published seismic refraction/reflection data and by the modelling of teleseismic receiver function data. The mantle structure is constrained by traveltime measurements for Pn and Sn waves, by waveform inversion of multimode surface waves, and by forward modelling of Pnl waveforms for regional earthquakes. The 42 km thick crust of southern Africa consists of four layers: a 2 km thick 5.05 km s-1 surface layer, a 5 km thick 6.08 km s-1 upper crust, a 20 km thick 6.30 km s-1 mid-crust and a 15 km thick 6.73 km s-1 lower crust. Below the crust there is an 80 km thick upper-mantle lid. Vp and Vs are 8.09 and 4.62 kin s-1 respectively, at the top of the lid, and the compressional- and shear-velocity gradients through the lid are 0.0008 s-1 and 0.0013 s-1, respectively. Below the lid there is a substantial shear-wave LVZ, with the shear-wave velocity dropping from 4.72 km s-1 in the lower part of the lid to 4.32 kms-1 at 250 km depth. The shear-wave LVZ is required to fit both the V***sn measurements and the regional surface waveforms. Forward modelling of Pnl suggests that no upper-mantle P-wave LVZ exists. There is an increase in the P-wave velocity gradient at 125 km depth to 0.0015 s-1 and a second increase at 250 km depth to 0.0035 s-1. Velocities and densities in the seismic model of the lid agree closely with velocity and density estimates from the geochemical analysis of garnet periodotite nodules from kimberlites of the Kaapvaal Craton, implying that the estimates from kimberlites are representative of a wider region of the Archaean core of southern Africa—not just of the restricted region beneath which the kimberlites are found. A comparison of the southern African seismic model with seismic models for other shield regions where nodule data are not available shows that the nodule results may also be representative of the upper mantle in those regions.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb04038.x
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    The Sino-Soviet Friendship Association (1952)
    Honolulu, etc. : Periodicals Archive Online (PAO)
    Pacific Affairs. 25:3 (1952:Sept.) 287 
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    ISSN: 0030-851X
    Topics: Political Science , Sociology , Economics
    Notes: NOTES AND COMMENT
    URL: http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pao:&rft_dat=xri:pao:article:5082-1952-025-03-000008
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    The 1984 Round Valley, California Earthquake Sequence (1988)
    Oxford University Press
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    Publication Date: 1988-11-01
    Print ISSN: 0956-540X
    Electronic ISSN: 1365-246X
    Topics: Geosciences
    Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Royal Astronomical Society.
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