This study was performed to recognize the loess texture in Golestan Province, Iran using the microstructure analysis according to the electron microscopic images. Loess microstructure study allows for investigating the characteristics of particle shape, fabric, cement and porosity in microscopic images. In recent years, computer analysis has been replaced with manual calculation due to its high...

Samples of sea ice and snow cover on sea ice were collected with the icebreaker P/V Soya in early February 2007 in the southern Sea of Okhotsk in order to evaluate the amount of nutrients in the sea ice and snow. The concentration of nitrate + nitrite, phosphate and silicic acid in the samples was measured in conjunction with such physical parameters as temperature, salinity, oxygen isotopic ra...

Using the Monte Carlo (MC) method, this paper derives arithmetic and geometric means and associated variances of the net capillary drive parameter, G, that appears in the Parlange infiltration model, as a function of soil texture and antecedent soil moisture content. Approximate expressions for the arithmetic and geometric statistics of G are also obtained, which compare favourably with MC gene...

Arsenic (As) fractions in the sediments of seven lakes from East Plain Ecoregion and six lakes from Yungui Plateau Ecoregion, China, were investigated. Results indicated that the total As concentrations in sediment samples of lakes of the East Plain Lake Ecoregion are higher than those of Yungui Plateau Lake Ecoregion. Residual As is the main fraction in sediment samples of lakes from both ecor...

The rapid reorganization of global biodiversity has triggered an intense research effort to understand its consequences for ecosystem functioning. However, efforts monitor change and evaluate the outcomes states processes are currently poorly aligned. While most monitoring programs status by reporting measures taxonomic diversity, it is not number species but rather exhibited traits these that ...