Los asentamientos de pequeño tamaño de la Edad del Bronce en tierras valencianas: a propósito del Cabezo del Polovar (Villena, Alicante)

Se presentan los datos obtenidos de las excavaciones en el yacimiento de la Edad del Bronce de Cabezo del Polovar (Villena), conocido desde los años 1960 gracias a los trabajos realizados por J. Mª Soler en Villena. Los trabajos llevados a cabo han permitido conocer mejor las características de los pequeños asentamientos del “Bronce Valenciano”, así como obtener datos preliminares sobre la organización de estas comunidades.

L’assentament ibèric del Cabeçó de Mariola (Alfafara, Alacant; Bocairent, València): plantejaments i primers resultats de la recerca

S’hi presenten les recerques realitzades a l’assentament fortificat ibèric del Cabeçó de Mariola (Alfafara, Alacant; Bocairent, València). S’hi han realitzat prospeccions superficials, geofísica i sondejos arqueològics assistits amb tecnologies geoespacials, a més de la inserció del lloc en el seu entorn territorial mitjançant els SIG. Els resultats mostren una àmplia seqüència d’ocupació, datada entre els segles IX i I aC, d’un important centre fortificat que controla un pas estratègic per a les comunicacions comarcals. Durant el període Ibèric tardà, en els segles II-I, presenta una intensa reestructuració de l’habitatge i les fortificacions que acabarà amb una violenta destrucció en el primer terç del s. I aC.

Carta philosophica sobre el terremoto que se sintio en Madrid ...

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Dissertacion phisica y reflexiones curiosas, sobre el terremoto acaécido en el dia primero de noviembre del año 1755 : explicase la causa, y modo de la produccion de este phenomeno ... /

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Dissertacion physica : origen y formacion del terremoto, padecido el dia primero de noviembre de 1755 ... /

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Explicacion physico-mechanica de las causas del temblor de tierra como constan de la doctrina del principe de los philosophos Aristoteles ... /

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Respuesta que dio a una carta del Doctor D. Joseph Zevallos, en assumpto de varios escritos impressos sobre el terremoto, el Illmo. y Rmo. Señor Don Fr. Miguel de San Joseph, Obispo de Guadix y Baza ... /

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Libros en que estan reatados [sic] diferentes quadernos physicos, medicos, astrologicos, poeticos, morales, y mysticos que años passados dio al publico en producciones pequeñas /

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Relacion, y observaciones physicas-mathematicas, y morales sobre el general terremoto, y la irrupcion del mar del dia primero de noviembre de este año de 1755, que comprehendiò à la ciudad, y gran puerto de S.ta Maria, y a toda la costa, y tierra firme del reyno de Andalucìa /

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Carta africana, ó sea discurso histórico natural y político sobre lo que se verá en ella /

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MESSIAS EXORCISTA: COMBATE AOS ESPÍRITOS IMUNDOS E A ESTRUTURA DO EVANGELHO DE MARCOS (Exegese de Mc 1.21-28)

Pertence ao senso comum atribuir-se à forças malévolas os dissabores que ocorrem ao ser humano, desde intentos pessoais que não dão certo até fenômenos naturais, tais como terremotos, enchentes, etc. A Deus, credita-se a paz entre os povos e as bem-aventuranças da vida. A imaginação do demoníaco é sempre muito forte, evocando imagens de seres horrendos que aparecem com asas de morcego, chifres, rabo e em cores flamejantes e tenebrosas que, apesar de assombrar o dia-a-dia das pessoas, acabam sendo nada mais do que tentativas de explicar e personalizar a realidade abstrata do mal. Este estudo tem por objetivo fazer uma análise literária do texto de Marcos 1.21-28, procurando investigar uma possível influência de tradições populares de povos e culturas antigas sobre a redação do Evangelho segundo Marcos em sua forma de descrever os relatos de exorcismo (Para isto, examinaremos as concepções do mal em várias correntes de tradição numa seqüência histórica relativa para vislumbrar como ao longo do tempo os povos têm imaginado o mal). A hostilidade, o dualismo, a luta cósmica parecem constituir elementos comuns percebidos nas fontes literárias da antiguidade. Todavia, o Evangelho de Marcos tende a fazer um uso particular da figura de demônios e espíritos imundos contrapondo-os a Jesus. Na Bíblia Hebraica, Satanás e os demônios fazem parte do cenário, mas são quase que ignorados e servem aos propósitos soberanos de Iahweh, enquanto que nos relatos de exorcismo tais figuras adquirem uma importância fundamental. Tudo o que ameaça a ordem estabelecida por aquele grupo social onde a narrativa se concentra acaba sendo identificado como manifestações de demônios e espíritos malignos.(AU)

Estudo da estrutura subsuperficial da província Borborema com correlação de ruído sísmico

Ambient seismic noise has traditionally been considered as an unwanted perturbation in seismic data acquisition that "contaminates" the clean recording of earthquakes. Over the last decade, however, it has been demonstrated that consistent information about the subsurface structure can be extracted from cross-correlation of ambient seismic noise. In this context, the rules are reversed: the ambient seismic noise becomes the desired seismic signal, while earthquakes become the unwanted perturbation that needs to be removed. At periods lower than 30 s, the spectrum of ambient seismic noise is dominated by microseism, which originates from distant atmospheric perturbations over the oceans. The microsseism is the most continuous seismic signal and can be classified as primary – when observed in the range 10-20 s – and secondary – when observed in the range 5-10 s. The Green‘s function of the propagating medium between two receivers (seismic stations) can be reconstructed by cross-correlating seismic noise simultaneously recorded at the receivers. The reconstruction of the Green‘s function is generally proportional to the surface-wave portion of the seismic wavefield, as microsseismic energy travels mostly as surface-waves. In this work, 194 Green‘s functions obtained from stacking of one month of daily cross-correlations of ambient seismic noise recorded in the vertical component of several pairs of broadband seismic stations in Northeast Brazil are presented. The daily cross-correlations were stacked using a timefrequency, phase-weighted scheme that enhances weak coherent signals by reducing incoherent noise. The cross-correlations show that, as expected, the emerged signal is dominated by Rayleigh waves, with dispersion velocities being reliably measured for periods ranging between 5 and 20 s. Both permanent stations from a monitoring seismic network and temporary stations from past passive experiments in the region are considered, resulting in a combined network of 33 stations separated by distances between 60 and 1311 km, approximately. The Rayleigh-wave, dispersion velocity measurements are then used to develop tomographic images of group velocity variation for the Borborema Province of Northeast Brazil. The tomographic maps allow to satisfactorily map buried structural features in the region. At short periods (~5 s) the images reflect shallow crustal structure, clearly delineating intra-continental and marginal sedimentary basins, as well as portions of important shear zones traversing the Borborema Province. At longer periods (10 – 20 s) the images are sensitive to deeper structure in the upper crust, and most of the shallower anomalies fade away. Interestingly, some of them do persist. The deep anomalies do not correlate with either the location of Cenozoic volcanism and uplift - which marked the evolution of the Borborema Province in the Cenozoic - or available maps of surface heat-flow, and the origin of the deep anomalies remains enigmatic.

Medium change monitoring using ambient seismic noise and coda wave interferometry: examples from intraplate NE Brazil and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

This thesis presents and discusses the results of ambient seismic noise correlation for two different environments: intraplate and Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The coda wave interferometry method has also been tested for the intraplate data. Ambient noise correlation is a method that allows to retrieve the structural response between two receivers from ambient noise records, as if one of the station was a virtual source. It has been largely used in seismology to image the subsurface and to monitor structural changes associated mostly with volcanic eruptions and large earthquakes. In the intraplate study, we were able to detect localized structural changes related to a small earthquake swarm, which main event is mR 3.7, North-East of Brazil. We also showed that the 1-bit normalization and spectral whitening result on the loss of waveform details and that the phase auto-correlation, which is amplitude unbiased, seems to be more sensitive and robust for our analysis of a small earthquake swarm. The analysis of 6 months of data using cross-correlations detect clear medium changes soon after the main event while the auto-correlations detect changes essentially after 1 month. It could be explained by fluid pressure redistribution which can be initiated by hydromechanical changes and opened path ways to shallower depth levels due to later occurring earthquakes. In the Mid-Atlantic Ridge study, we investigate structural changes associated with a mb 4.9 earthquake in the region of the Saint Paul transform fault. The data have been recorded by a single broadband seismic station located at less than 200 km from the Mid-Atlantic ridge. The results of the phase auto-correlation for a 5-month period, show a strong co-seismic medium change followed by a relatively fast post-seismic recovery. This medium change is likely related to the damages caused by the earthquake’s ground shaking. The healing process (filling of the new cracks) that lasted 60 days can be decomposed in two phases, a fast recovery (70% in ~30 days) in the early post-seismic stage and a relatively slow recovery later (30% in ~30 days). In the coda wave interferometry study, we monitor temporal changes of the subsurface caused by the small intraplate earthquake swarm mentioned previously. The method was first validated with synthetics data. We were able to detect a change of 2.5% in the source position and a 15% decrease of the scatterers’ amount. Then, from the real data, we observed a rapid decorrelation of the seismic coda after the mR 3.7 seismic event. This indicates a rapid change of the subsurface in the fault’s region induced by the earthquake.

Medium change monitoring using ambient seismic noise and coda wave interferometry: examples from intraplate NE Brazil and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

This thesis presents and discusses the results of ambient seismic noise correlation for two different environments: intraplate and Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The coda wave interferometry method has also been tested for the intraplate data. Ambient noise correlation is a method that allows to retrieve the structural response between two receivers from ambient noise records, as if one of the station was a virtual source. It has been largely used in seismology to image the subsurface and to monitor structural changes associated mostly with volcanic eruptions and large earthquakes. In the intraplate study, we were able to detect localized structural changes related to a small earthquake swarm, which main event is mR 3.7, North-East of Brazil. We also showed that the 1-bit normalization and spectral whitening result on the loss of waveform details and that the phase auto-correlation, which is amplitude unbiased, seems to be more sensitive and robust for our analysis of a small earthquake swarm. The analysis of 6 months of data using cross-correlations detect clear medium changes soon after the main event while the auto-correlations detect changes essentially after 1 month. It could be explained by fluid pressure redistribution which can be initiated by hydromechanical changes and opened path ways to shallower depth levels due to later occurring earthquakes. In the Mid-Atlantic Ridge study, we investigate structural changes associated with a mb 4.9 earthquake in the region of the Saint Paul transform fault. The data have been recorded by a single broadband seismic station located at less than 200 km from the Mid-Atlantic ridge. The results of the phase auto-correlation for a 5-month period, show a strong co-seismic medium change followed by a relatively fast post-seismic recovery. This medium change is likely related to the damages caused by the earthquake’s ground shaking. The healing process (filling of the new cracks) that lasted 60 days can be decomposed in two phases, a fast recovery (70% in ~30 days) in the early post-seismic stage and a relatively slow recovery later (30% in ~30 days). In the coda wave interferometry study, we monitor temporal changes of the subsurface caused by the small intraplate earthquake swarm mentioned previously. The method was first validated with synthetics data. We were able to detect a change of 2.5% in the source position and a 15% decrease of the scatterers’ amount. Then, from the real data, we observed a rapid decorrelation of the seismic coda after the mR 3.7 seismic event. This indicates a rapid change of the subsurface in the fault’s region induced by the earthquake.

Estudo da sismicidade na barragem do Açu no período de 2012 a 2013

The seismic activity in the Northeastern of Brazil has been a constant target of study, since it is the most active region of the country. However, some areas have their earthquakes related to human action, what means they are induced. The Açu dam is a classic example of reservoir-induced seismicity and it has been the subject of several studies. Recently, after a considerable period of inactivity, the LabSis / UFRN recorded events related to the dam, which led to the installation of a network around the reservoir. From the data provided by this network, it was observed that the seismic activity is related to a new epicental area inside the lake. The epicentral parameters and the focal mechanism were determined. It was found that the events were related to the reactivation of a basement structure in a new seismogenic subvertical fault with NE-SW-striking subparallel to the São Rafael Fault. These results were used in the preparation of a scientific paper, which discussed the relationship between this seismicity with the geology of the region and with the reservoir water level. The paper showed that the diffusion of pore pressure was the main mechanism that controlled the triggering of the induced seismicity at the reservoir.