Element and isotope composition of selected volcanics from the Bicol arc, Philippines

Pliocene to recent volcanic rocks from the Bulusan volcanic complex in the southern part of the Bicol arc (Philippines) exhibit a wide compositional range (medium- to high-K basaltic-andesites, andesites and a dacite/rhyolite suite), but are characterised by large ion lithophile element enrichments and HFS element depletions typical of subduction-related rocks. Field, petrographic and geochemical data indicate that the more silicic syn- and post-caldera magmas have been influenced by intracrustal processes such as magma mixing and fractional crystallisation. However, the available data indicate that the Bicol rocks as a group exhibit relatively lower and less variable 87Sr/86Sr ratios (0.7036-0.7039) compared with many of the other subduction-related volcanics from the Philippine archipelago. The Pb isotope ratios of the Bicol volcanics appear to be unlike those of other Philippine arc segments. They typically plot within and below the data field for the Philippine Sea Basin on 207Pb/204Pb versus 206Pb/204Pb and 208Pb/204Pb versus 206Pb/204Pb diagrams, implying a pre-subduction mantle wedge similar to that sampled by the Palau Kyushu Ridge, east of the Philippine Trench. 143Nd/144Nd ratios are moderately variable (0.51285-0.51300). Low silica (<55 wt%) samples that have lower 143Nd/144Nd tend to have high Th/Nd, high Th/Nb, and moderately low Ce/Ce* ratios. Unlike some other arc segments in the Philippines (e.g. the Babuyan-Taiwan segment), there is little evidence for the involvement of subducted terrigenous sediment. Instead, the moderately low 143Nd/144Nd ratios in some of the Bicol volcanics may result from subduction of pelagic sediment (low Ce/Ce*, high Th/Nd, and high Th/Nb) and its incorporation into the mantle wedge via a slabderived partial melt.

T-REX: Bare electro-dynamic tape-tether technology experimetn on sounding rocket S520

The project to verify the performance of space tether technology was successfully demonstrated by the launch of the sounding rocket S520 the 25tu. The project is the space demonstration of science and engineering technologies of a bare tape electrodynamic tether (EDT) in the international campaign between Japan, USA, Europe and Australia. Method of "Inverse ORIGAMI (Tape tether folding)" was employed in order to deploy the bare tape EDT in a short period time of the suborbital flight. The deployment of tape tether was tested in a various experimental schemes on ground to show high reliability of tape tether deployment. The rocket was launched on the summer of 2010 and deployed a bare electro-dynamic tape tether with length 132.6 m, which is the world record of the length deployment of tape tether. The verification of tether technology has found a variety kind of science and technology results as the first in the humankind and will lead a large number of applications of space tether technologies

Recherches sur la priorité de la découverte des pays situés sur la côte occidentale d'Afrique, au-dela du cap Bojador, et sur les progrés de la science geographique, après les navigations des Portugais, au XVe siècle;

Bibliographical foot-notes.

Memorias chronologicas authenticas dos alcaides mores da villa de Santarem, desde o principio da monarquia ate' o prezente.

Pamphlet.

Memoria sobre a prioridade dos descobrimentos dos protuguezes na costa occidental d'Africa.

"Parte segunda; extracto da Memoria do snr. visconde de Santarem":p.[29]-64.

CEPAL Review no. 118

Special issue: 40 years of CEPAL Review

Proceso para la obtención y purificación de B-Ficoeritrina

Proceso en tres etapas para la obtención y purificación de la proteína B-ficoeritrina procedente de la microalga Porphyridium cruentum caracterizado por su alto rendimiento. La primera etapa consiste en una ruptura celular encaminada a liberar el material citoplasmático mediante un proceso de choque osmótico usando un tapón de ácido acético/acetato sódico. La segunda etapa utiliza un proceso cromatográfico en lecho expandido desarrollado en un columna de absorción rellena con un soporte absorbente iónico denominado Streamline-DEAE. Por último, la tercera etapa es un proceso adicional cromatográfico en columna de intercambio iónico de tipo clásico que utiliza como fase estacionaria un lecho de DEAE-celulosa DE-52.

Procedimiento para fijar dióxido de carbono mediante la utilización de un cultivo de cianobacterias

El objeto de la presente invención es un proceso para fijar dióxido de carbono (CO2), mediante el cultivo de cualquier cianobacteria fijadora de nitrógeno, halotolerante, y capaz de producir un exopolisacárido que se excreta al medio. La utilización de dicho procedimiento permite reducir o eliminar emisiones de CO2 que proceden de procesos industriales, por ejemplo de las centrales de generación eléctrica. Otro objeto de la presente invención lo constituye la utilización como biocombustible de un exopolisacárido producido mediante el cultivo de la cianobacteria Anabaena, que posee un alto poder calorífico. La utilización de dicho exopolisacárido como biocombustible permitiría reducir el consumo de combustibles fósiles en aquellos procesos industriales que los emplean.