Understanding water balances is essential for sustainable water resource management, especially in semi-arid basement complex areas where there are large demands for water supplies, but the complex hydrogeological conditions limit groundwater development. This research presents an approach for water balance estimation based on the conceptual and computational modelling of six major landscape unit’s which have been classified on the basis of their differing hydrological responses. Detailed conceptual models of the hydrological processes operating in each of the different landscapes in a catchment and the processes that control water movement between the different landscapes are developed based on data analysis, fieldwork and literature. Two computational models (the WaSim soil water balance model and a new water balance model for bare rock) are used to estimate the daily water balance of each of the landscape units taking cognisance of their interconnectivity which includes runoff becoming run-on. Water balance simulations were run for the individual landscapes using input data from the semi-arid Sokoto Basin in Northwest Nigeria, and outputs for representative wet and dry years are used to demonstrate the reliability of model responses. The individual landscapes outputs were subsequently integrated, taking account of their area weighted contributions, to give a catchment-scale water balance which compares favourably with the observed river discharge at Fokku. The catchment water balance results reveal that AET accounts for the largest loss in the catchment at 72 % of the average rainfall for 37 years. This is followed by the groundwater flow to rivers, then runoff to rivers, representing 16% and 11 % of the average rainfall. This research has provided valuable insights into hydrological behaviour of the basement complex system and the effect of landscape variability on the water balance of these areas. The research suggested a rational approach to groundwater resource management in the basement complex areas that takes cognizance of the hydrological behaviour of different landscape units, focussing on areas with deep weathered material within the catchment identified in this research. The research specifically stresses the need to apply methods of water conservation during excess rainfall for future use in the dry season.

This diploma thesis aims to design a project documentation for a realization of a newbuild hotel. The building is in Sigord recreation ground, near Kokosovce village in Slovakia. The object is a detached building with three storeys and a partial basement. An entrance hall, offices, bar and a restaurant are situated on the ground floor. The hotel is on the first and the second floors. Foundations of the building are made of jamb blocks and a reinforced concrete beam foundation. Construction system is skeletal, consisting of concrete poles and reinforced concrete beams, filling and vertical constructions are made of Ytong aerated concrete blocks. Horizontal constructions are made from Spiroll precast panels, with reinforced concrete ceilings. The building is finished off with a single ply roof with a standard order of layers.

An integrated field , microstructure, fracture statistic , geochemistry , and laboratory permeability study of the East Fork and White Rock fault zones , of similar age and tectonic regime but different structural level and hydrogeologic history , provides detailed information about the internal deformation and fluid flow processes in fault zones . The primary conclusions of this research are: 1) Fault zones can be separated into subzones of protolith, damaged zone , and gouge /cataclasite , based on physical morphology and permeability structure . At deep structural levels, gouge/cataclasite zones are more evolved (thicker with increased grain size reduction) due to strain localization , higher pressure and temperature, and fluid/rock interaction ; 2) Deformation mechanisms evolved from primarily brittle fracturing and faulting in the damaged zone to extreme, fluid-enhanced chemical breakdown and cataclasis which localized strain in the fault core. Deformation in the deep-level-fault core may be a combination of frictional and quasiplastic mechanisms, and is largely controlled by extremely fine-grained clays, zeolites , and other phyllosilicates that may have acted as a thermally pressurized, fluid-saturated lubricant; 3) Permeability in fault zones was temporally heterogeneous and anisotropic (permeability of damaged zone>protolith>gouge /cataclasite, permeability along fault> permeability across fault); 4) Volume loss was concentrated in the fault cores and was negligible at intermediate structural levels and high at deep structural levels in the semi-brittle to brittle regime ; 5) Fluid flow and solute transport were concentrated upwards and subparallel to the fault in the damaged zone ; 6) Faults at both the local and regional scale acted as fluid flow conduit/barrier systems depending upon the evolutionary stage and interval in the seismic cycle ; 7) Fluid/rock volume ratios , fluid flux , and fluid/rock volume ratios over time ranged from ⋍ 103 to 104, 10-6 ms-1 to 10-9 ms-1, and 0.05 L/m3 rock•yr to 0.50 L/m3 rock•yr, respectively, suggesting that enormous quantities of fluids passed through the fault zones; 8) Box counting fractal analyses of fault zone fractures showed that fracture spatial and density distribution is scale-invariant at the separate scales of outcrop , hand-sample , and thin section, but self-affine from outcrop to thin-section scale; 9) Linear fractal analysis depicts clustering and density distribution as a function of orientation, and may be a quick, robust method of estimating two-dimensional fracture permeability; and 10) Fractal analysis of fractures is not a comprehensive statistical method, but can be used as another supplemental statistical parameter.

Bibliography: leaves 243-267. / xxiv, 268, [32] leaves, [25] leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Special methods for the ultrastructural localization of basal lamina laminin and type IV collagen in animal oral mucosa were developed in a series of experiments aimed at determining optimim methods for tissue fixation, dehydration, embedding and immunoincubation. The results provide a tool enabling further understanding of the molecular organization of normal oral mucosal basal lamina and bassal lamina in squamous cell carcinomas. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Dentistry, 1994?

<p>Two fundamental structural elements, basement architecture and basal decollement, play a significant role in the evolution of a tectonically active region. Using different approaches (field data, literature review and analogue models) this thesis demonstrates that these two elements affected the deformation style in the Zagros fold-thrust belt during Mesozoic extensional and Cenozoic contractional episodes. </p><p>Reassessment of available data suggests a new configuration for the basement to Zagros basin that consists of basement faults with three different trends. Complicated interrelationships of these basement faults divide the Zagros basin into two major basement blocks, active and passive. This model associated with geological evidence suggests that deformation in the basement due to the convergence between Arabia and Iran is not restricted to the Zagros Mountains but already involves a considerable part of the Arabian platform. However, deformation in the cover units is not only governed by the deformation in the basement, which are decoupled from each other by the Hormuz salt in many parts in the Zagros fold-thrust belt. </p><p>Geological evidence shows that there is a clear relationship between activity of the Hormuz structures and the basement faults in the Zagros basin. Extended analogue models indirectly show how Hormuz types of basal decollement associated with the opening of Neo-Tethys can control the distribution, number, width and geometry of faults, penetrative strain, and diapirism. Analogue models shortened from one-end show that the spatial distribution of the Hormuz salt in the Zagros belt map viscous and frictional decollements to the thin-skinned deformation. Shortening of the cover results in formation of partitioning of strain into transpressional zones, different topographic wedges and differential sedimentation of growth sediments along the Zagros belt. Model results supported by geological and geophysical data sets suggest that some of the faults previously attributed to basement could have developed above the initial lateral boundaries between viscous and frictional basal decollements.</p>

The domestic dog, Canis lupus familiaris, plays many roles in the lives of humans. Additionally, the dog is recognized for its potential as a model for many human hereditary diseases. Thus, the genetics and genomics of the dog are being studied extensively in order to facilitate its use as a model, as well as to help the dog for its own sake. As part of this research effort, our laboratory has added type I markers (i.e., the acidic and basic keratins, c-kit, type I and IV collagens, and the gene encoding uromodulin) to the emerging map of the canine genome. The mapping of genes, particularly those in large gene families such as the collagens, is valuable because it rapidly increases the density of gene loci on the map and provides insight regarding conservation of synteny between the dog and other mammals. The major focus of work reported here is the genetics of X-linked Alport syndrome (XLAS), a terminal renal disease that affects the human and the dog. The disease results from mutations in COL4A5, a type IV collagen gene. Reported here are the 1) sequencing and mapping of the canine cDNA encoding uromodulin, 2) mapping of the type I and type IV collagen genes, 3) sequencing of the full-length cDNA of canine COL4A5, 4) identification of a 10 bp deletion in COL4A5, causative for XLAS in our colony of mixed breed dogs, 5) development of a genetic test for identification of affected and carrier dogs in the colony and 6) assessment of gene expression in the kidneys of normal and XLAS-dogs. This assessment was performed using a canine-specific oligonucleotide microarray. XLAS dogs demonstrated up-regulation of many genes involved in extracellular matrix reorganization, cell structure, and immune response, as expected in a glomerulopathy with tubulointerstitial nephritis. Trends were verified by quantitative RT-PCR. A review of the current status of canine genetics research, and current understanding of hereditary diseases in the dog, concludes this dissertation.

Two fundamental structural elements, basement architecture and basal decollement, play a significant role in the evolution of a tectonically active region. Using different approaches (field data, literature review and analogue models) this thesis demonstrates that these two elements affected the deformation style in the Zagros fold-thrust belt during Mesozoic extensional and Cenozoic contractional episodes. Reassessment of available data suggests a new configuration for the basement to Zagros basin that consists of basement faults with three different trends. Complicated interrelationships of these basement faults divide the Zagros basin into two major basement blocks, active and passive. This model associated with geological evidence suggests that deformation in the basement due to the convergence between Arabia and Iran is not restricted to the Zagros Mountains but already involves a considerable part of the Arabian platform. However, deformation in the cover units is not only governed by the deformation in the basement, which are decoupled from each other by the Hormuz salt in many parts in the Zagros fold-thrust belt. Geological evidence shows that there is a clear relationship between activity of the Hormuz structures and the basement faults in the Zagros basin. Extended analogue models indirectly show how Hormuz types of basal decollement associated with the opening of Neo-Tethys can control the distribution, number, width and geometry of faults, penetrative strain, and diapirism. Analogue models shortened from one-end show that the spatial distribution of the Hormuz salt in the Zagros belt map viscous and frictional decollements to the thin-skinned deformation. Shortening of the cover results in formation of partitioning of strain into transpressional zones, different topographic wedges and differential sedimentation of growth sediments along the Zagros belt. Model results supported by geological and geophysical data sets suggest that some of the faults previously attributed to basement could have developed above the initial lateral boundaries between viscous and frictional basal decollements.

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The domestic dog, Canis lupus familiaris, plays many roles in the lives of humans. Additionally, the dog is recognized for its potential as a model for many human hereditary diseases. Thus, the genetics and genomics of the dog are being studied extensively in order to facilitate its use as a model, as well as to help the dog for its own sake. As part of this research effort, our laboratory has added type I markers (i.e., the acidic and basic keratins, c-kit, type I and IV collagens, and the gene encoding uromodulin) to the emerging map of the canine genome. The mapping of genes, particularly those in large gene families such as the collagens, is valuable because it rapidly increases the density of gene loci on the map and provides insight regarding conservation of synteny between the dog and other mammals. The major focus of work reported here is the genetics of X-linked Alport syndrome (XLAS), a terminal renal disease that affects the human and the dog. The disease results from mutations in COL4A5, a type IV collagen gene. Reported here are the 1) sequencing and mapping of the canine cDNA encoding uromodulin, 2) mapping of the type I and type IV collagen genes, 3) sequencing of the full-length cDNA of canine COL4A5, 4) identification of a 10 bp deletion in COL4A5, causative for XLAS in our colony of mixed breed dogs, 5) development of a genetic test for identification of affected and carrier dogs in the colony and 6) assessment of gene expression in the kidneys of normal and XLAS-dogs. This assessment was performed using a canine-specific oligonucleotide microarray. XLAS dogs demonstrated up-regulation of many genes involved in extracellular matrix reorganization, cell structure, and immune response, as expected in a glomerulopathy with tubulointerstitial nephritis. Trends were verified by quantitative RT-PCR. A review of the current status of canine genetics research, and current understanding of hereditary diseases in the dog, concludes this dissertation.

Terrane discrimination in polycyclic continental basement rocks is challenging due to high-grade metamorphism and intense deformation. Based on early USGS mapping the Blue Ridge basement in the Dellwood quadrangle of the eastern Great Smoky Mountains was proposed to consist of augen orthogneisses of Laurentian (Grenvillian) affinity interfolded with migmatitic hornblende and biotite paragneisses (“Carolina Gneiss”) and amphibolites of uncertain affinity. However, detailed study reveals that the hornblende gneiss of Hadley and Goldsmith (1963) is a heterogeneous map unit consisting of (1)metaplutonic rocks; (2) variably foliated and folded felsic orthogneisses; (3) strongly migmatitic, folded Hbl+Bt-bearing gneisses; (4) foliated and lineated garnet amphibolites Field relations, petrology, and geochemistry demonstrate that felsic orthogneisses are related to metaplutonic rocks via (post-Taconian) progressive deformation and reconstitution. Whole rock XRF geochemistry reveals likely protoliths of Hbl gneiss and Bt gneiss are geochemically similar and have common sources. U-Pb zircon geochronology and field relationships suggest felsic orthogneisses (1050 Ma,1150-1190 Ma, 1250-1300 Ma) are components of the Mesoproterozoic Grenville basement, and not part of a metamorphosed Neoproterozoic syn-rift Laurentian margin cover sequence. A previously unknown age mode for Mesoproterozoic plutonism in the southern Appalachians was discovered (~1250-1300 Ma) suggesting the presence of a component exotic to pre-Grenvillian Laurentia (Amazonia?).