Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited / During the month of July 1987 an acoustical experiment was conducted by the United States Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in the East Greenland Sea Marginal Ice Zone (MIZ) . Ambient noise "hot spots" or concentrated areas of relatively high noise levels were found along the ice edge using a towed array. Ambient noise levels were obtained on 27 and 28 July using AN/SSQ-57A and AN/SSQ-57XN5 calibrated sonobuoys . The temperature structure of the area was determined using XBT (ship) and AXBT (P3C aircraft) buoys placed inside and outside the ice edge. The ice edge was determined from coincident satellite photos, 90 GHz microwave imagery and P3 radar ice edge maps. Weather data (sea state and wind speed and direction) were recorded on the ship. The data seem to indicate a correlation between the high ambient noise levels of the hot spots and the presence of a large topographically controlled mesoscale eddy located at the southeastern extent of the MIZ. / http://archive.org/details/spatialvariabili00bigg / Lieutenant, United States Navy

UA Open Access Publishing Fund / We examined a secondary contact zone between two species of desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizii and G. morafkai. The taxa were isolated from a common ancestor during the formation of the Colorado River (4–8 mya) and are a classic example of allopatric speciation. However, an anomalous population of G. agassizii comes into secondary contact with G. morafkai east of the Colorado River in the Black Mountains of Arizona and provides an opportunity to examine reinforcement of species’ boundaries under natural conditions. We sampled 234 tortoises representing G. agassizii in California (n = 103), G. morafkai in Arizona (n = 78), and 53 individuals of undetermined assignment in the contact zone including and surrounding the Black Mountains. We genotyped individuals for 25 STR loci and determined maternal lineage using mtDNA sequence data. We performed multilocus genetic clustering analyses and used multiple statistical methods to detect levels of hybridization. We tested hypotheses about habitat use between G. agassizii and G. morafkai in the region where they co-occur using habitat suitability models. Gopherus agassizii and G. morafkai maintain independent taxonomic identities likely due to ecological niche partitioning, and the maintenance of the hybrid zone is best described by a geographical selection gradient model.

A pre-flashover fire is very different from a post-flashover fire. The main difference is that in a pre-flashover fire the gas temperature and the radiation temperature differ. One thing that makes it a lot different is that the thermal exposure induced by a pre-flashover fire is largely affected by the smoke gas layer. These smoke gases can be very hot and therefore they emit heat radiation to their surroundings. The theory used, to calculate the thermal exposure of a pre-flashover fire, in this thesis relies on using thermal resistances to describe the heat transfer from the smoke gases. By doing so it is possible to calculate the temperatures of the smoke gases and the surfaces in touch with the smoke gases. Another approach is to use CFD software to numerically calculate the temperatures and in this thesis the two-zone model are compared to FDS, a CFD software. The two-zone model are also compared to a reduced-scale test. The comparisons gave good results, the two-zone model produced similar results compared to re reduced-scale test and FDS. This method of calculating thermal exposure can thereby be used to evaluate evacuation safety and save a lot of calculation time compared to calculating the thermal exposure with CFD software such as FDS.

The murine subventricular zone (SVZ) in a brain contains a population of stem cells and daily produces tens of thousands of neurons throughout lifetime. However, the mechanisms of SVZ neural stem/progenitor cell (NSPC) maintenance, differentiation and cell-fate specification are still not clear. To understand these parameters via histone methylations with bivalent mechanism, the SVZ NSPCs were first isolated by using a culture technique called neurosphere assay (NSA). It has been a challenge to culture pure cell populations of SVZ subtypes, so the NSA was initially validated. The H3K27me3 mark, which has a dominant role in the bivalent mechanism, has not been studied in postnatal and adult SVZ in vivo, yet their role has been implicated to control the shift of embryonic cortical neurogenesis to gliogenesis. Therefore, we have first investigated whether H3K27me3 marks are present in the postnatal and adult SVZ NSPC population and whether their marks have been changed after stroke or demyelination in central nervous system (CNS) by immunohistrochemistry. With the confirmation of H3K27me3 mark present in SVZ NSPCs, the presence of H3K27me3 catalyzer, called polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) core components (Eed, Ezh2, Suz12) including Jarid2, was investigated and confirmed in postnatal SVZ in vitro by qRT-PCR and Western blot. To understand the role of PRC2 enzymatic activity in postnatal SVZ neurosphere self-renewal and multipotency, Eed was down-regulated by using lentiviral mediated delivery of shRNA. Also, PRC2 dependent or independent function of Jarid2 was examined via knockdown approach. The lack of Eed in the neurospheres resulted the attenuation of self-renewal and oligodendrogenesis, whereas the Jarid2 knockdown neurospheres showed the decreased proliferation with no SVZ NSPC differentiation. Based on these knockdown studies, it suggests Eed and Jarid2 might not share their function in the postnatal SVZ NSPCs to govern postnatal SVZ NSPC self-renewal and multipotency.

This thesis describes volcanic records from the Andean southern volcanic zone, based on the collection of field data between Calbuco and Puyuhuapi volcanic centres, with a particular focus on the Hualaihue peninsula, combined with existing records from the region as a whole. These data, extending the understanding of the volcanic history of southern Chile, are examined for evidence of spatial or temporal variability, which may be used to explore underlying controls on volcanic processes. All three volcanoes on the Hualaihue peninsula have been active in the Holocene. A large mafic scoria unit from Apagado is unusually primitive, providing a potential window into primary magma generation in the arc. Dynamically similar eruptions occurred at Hornopirén and widely along the regional scale Liquiñe-Ofqui fault zone (LOFZ). Although the Hualaihue centres are closely related, petrological evidence indicates a complex magmatic storage system. Effusive activity is predominant at Yate and Hornopirén, and the tephrostratigraphy of the Hualaihue area is dominated by units from Calbuco volcano, to the north. The 2008 eruption of Chaitén provided an analogue for past large explosive eruptions in the region, with tephra deposition reflecting variable eruption intensity in a changing wind field. The regional tectonic setting and the LOFZ influence dyke ascent, volcano morphology and, as demonstrated at Yate, edifice stability, determining the orientation of collapse. Explosive eruption records over the post-glacial period also indicate a limited response of volcanism to deglaciation, suggesting a control on magma storage arising from changing crustal stress regimes, both at the arc front and along the LOFZ. On short timescales, large earthquakes are shown to influence eruption rate across the arc, implying a triggering role for dynamic seismic stresses. This work demonstrates the existence of a range of external forces affecting Chilean arc volcanism, but the degree to which these are quantifiable is strongly constrained by the quality of the available data.

This study combines structural field data with microstructural observations in an analysis of a mid-crustal shear zone related to the emplacement of the Misty pluton during a high-flux magmatic event in Northern Fiordland, New Zealand. These high-flux magmatic events transport massive amounts of heat and material as they develop along accretionary continental margins, and represent a primary source of continental crust. Fiordland, New Zealand possesses, perhaps, the most extensive middle and lower crustal exposure of these systems on earth. Therefore, this study area provides a significant opportunity to understand processes of continental crust formation in the mid-crust and how these events relate to the broader construction of continents. Herein, I document the four-stage geologic history of the Cozette Burn field area. Pre-existing structures along the Gondwana accretionary margin hosted a regional flare-up magmatic event that produced the Misty pluton and several other large plutons of the West Fiordland Orthogneiss (WFO). This study primarily focuses on the mid-crustal emplacement of the Misty pluton during oblique convergence along the accretionary margin, forming the upper-amphibolite facies Misty Shear Zone (MSZ). The exposures of the MSZ within the Cozette Burn preserve rare structural relationships between host rock and the intrusive Misty pluton. Together, these structures developed during end-stage contractional tectonics that constructed a long-lived (~270+ Ma) composite batholith. Heterogeneous ductile shearing defines the MSZ, with microstructural evidence indicating an interplay of high-temperature crystal plastic deformation along with partial melting of host rock and melt channeling. This resulted in focused, melt-assisted shearing under regional transpressive deformation. These accommodative processes provided an efficient mechanism for moving heat, fluids and magma sourced from the lower crust/mantle boundary into the mid-crust during 15-25 km of crustal thickening related to arc flare-up magmatism. This flare up magmatism and MSZ formation occurred during the final stages of crustal thickening along Gondwana continental margin. High-strain, mylonitic- ultramylonitic shear zones developed in a later phase of deformation, cutting MSZ fabrics near contacts between the Misty pluton and host rock. These more localized shear zones can be attributed to either accommodation of localized melt-pressure buildup or the shift to extensional tectonics. Brittle faulting cut these structures with oblique-thrust in the Tertiary. These mid-crustal structures carry economic relevance: thickened-crust events along accretionary continental margins produce deep-crustal sourced, metal-bearing magmas that are transferred into mid-crust prior to their hydrothermal emplacement as ore deposits in the upper crust. The lasting influence of these processes warrants consideration when assessing continental crust architecture at all scales.

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Ces travaux contribuent à caractériser des compartiments environnementaux (i.e. eau, sol et solution du sol, substrat, macrophytes à l’échelle individuelle et des communautés) et leur fonctionnement pour in fine améliorer l’efficacité de zones humides construites (CW) à décontaminer une masse d’eau contaminée en cuivre. Les connaissances sur le maintien de l’homéostasie de Cu chez les végétaux ainsi que sa phytotoxicité aux expositions élevées sont résumées. Les principaux mécanismes physico-chimiques et biologiques intervenant en phytoremédiation d’eaux contaminées en Cu en CW sont également discutés. Plusieurs solutions de phytoremédiation de type phytostabilisation aidée ont été évaluées en lysimètres in situ sur un site de traitement du bois contaminé au Cu, afin d’établir le potentiel de certains amendements à sorber Cu dans le substrat des CW. Les concentrations en éléments traces potentiellement toxiques (PTTE, dont Cu) et macroéléments des lixiviats migrants vers les horizons aquifères ont été quantifiées. Un laitier sidérurgique de type Linz-Donawitz enrichi en P (LDS, 1%) a permis le meilleur développement de Lemna minor L., utilisé ici comme bioindicateur, exposée aux lixiviats. En parallèle, les communautés de macrophytes ont été suivies le long du parcours de la Jalle d’Eysines, une rivière urbaine contaminée en Cu et autres PTTE. Les concentrations en PTTE ont été déterminées dans le sol, l’eau, l’eau interstitielle et les feuilles de 7 espèces de macrophytes. Un modèle statistique multivarié (analyse discriminante linéaire, LDA) a ensuite été élaboré sur la base des concentrations foliaires en PTTE pour biosurveiller l’exposition des macrophytes. Des populations de macrophytes ont aussi été prélevées sur des zones humides de contamination croissante en Cu en Europe (France, Espagne, Portugal et Italie), Biélorussie et Australie. La production de racines chez les macrophytes exposées pendant 3 semaines à des concentrations croissantes en Cu (0,08 ; 2,5 ; 5 ; 15 et 25 µM Cu) montre une variabilité intra-spécifique de la tolérance au Cu pour des populations de Juncus effusus, Schoenoplectus lacustris et Phalaris arundinacea. A l’inverse, une réponse similaire à une tolérance constitutive a été obtenue chez Typha latifolia et Iris pseudacorus, deux espèces à forte production de rhizomes. L’importance des rhizomes est discutée. Phragmites australis produit également des rhizomes, mais a présenté une variabilité intra-spécifique dans sa production racinaire en réponse à une exposition au Cu. En CW, à l’échelle du mésocosme (110 dm3), jusqu’à 99% du Cu de la masse d’eau (concentration initiale: 2.5µM Cu) ont été éliminés dans les trois modalités plantées de Juncus articulatus, P. arundinacea et P. australis, ainsi que dans le contrôle non planté. Les rôles du biofilm microbien, du substrat et des macrophytes en CW ainsi que leurs interactions sont discutés. La sélection d’écotypes de macrophytes tolérants aux PTTE pour leur utilisation en zone humide construite ainsi que les mécanismes moléculaires impliqués dans la variabilité intra-spécifique de cette tolérance, notamment chez P. australis, sont deux thèmes de recherche à promouvoir. / This work aims at characterizing environmental compartments (i.e. water, soil and soil pore water, substrate, macrophytes at the individual and community scale) and their functioning to in fine improve the effectiveness of constructed wetlands (CW) for cleaning Cu-contaminated waters. Knowledge on the homeostasis of Cu in plants and its phytotoxicity at medium and high exposures are summarized. The main physico-chemical and biological mechanisms involved in the phytoremediation of Cu-contaminated water in CW are discussed. Several aided-phytostabilisation options were in situ evaluated in lysimeters at a Cu-contaminated wood preservation site to assess the potential of four amendments to sorb Cu in a CW substrate. Concentrations of potentially toxic trace elements (PTTE, including Cu) and macronutrients of leachates migrating from the root zone to the aquifers were quantified. Based on the responses of Lemna minor L. used as a bioindicator, exposed to the leachates,.Linz-Donawitz slag spiked with P (LDS, 1%) best performed to sorb labile Cu in the root zone. In parallel, macrophyte communities were monitored along the Jalle Eysines River, an urban river slightly contaminated by Cu and other PTTE. The PTTE concentrations were determined in the soil, water, soil pore water, and in the leaves of seven macrophyte species. A multivariate statistical model was developed based on the foliar PTTE concentrations for biomonitoring macrophyte exposures. Populations of macrophytes were also collected in wetlands displaying an increasing Cu contamination in Europe (France, Spain, Portugal, and Italy), Belarus and Australia. Root production of macrophytes exposed for 3 weeks at increasing Cu concentrations (0.08, 2.5, 5, 15 and 25 µM Cu) shows an intra-specific variability of Cu tolerance in populations of Juncus effusus, Schoenoplectus lacustris and Phalaris arundinacea. In contrast, a similar response to constitutive tolerance occurred for Typha latifolia and Iris pseudacorus, two species with high production of rhizomes. The rhizome influence is discussed. Phragmites australis also produces rhizomes but showed intra-specific variability in response to Cu exposure. In a CW at mesocosm scale (110 dm3), up to 99% of Cu in water (initial concentration: 2.5μM Cu) was removed after 2 weeks in the three modalities planted with Juncus articulatus, P. arundinacea and P. australis, and in the unplanted control. The influences of microbial biofilms, the substrate, and the macrophyte species and their interactions in CW are discussed. The selection of PTTE-tolerant macrophytes for their used in CW and the understanding of molecular mechanisms underlying the intra-specific variability in PTTE- tolerance, i.e for P. australis, require further investigations.

Master of Arts / Department of Geography / Max Lu / Many rural areas throughout the Great Plains and Midwest have been affected by a “brain drain,” or the outward migration of highly trained or well-educated people. This hurts many facets of rural communities, including local schools, economies, and available services. In response to a negative outlook for rural areas, in 2012 the State of Kansas implemented the Rural Opportunity Zone (ROZ) Program to encourage young, college-educated adults to move to rural counties. The ROZ program provides tax waivers and student loan repayments to those willing to relocate to participating counties. This research looks at what influences young educated adults to participate in the program as well as how the ROZ’s financial benefits potentially outweigh the drawbacks associated with rural life. The research employed a survey of Kansas State University students as well as interviews with local economic development officials who manage the program. Survey results reveal that even though the majority of students have a stated rural preference most do not view themselves as likely to participate in the program. Despite student interest in the program benefits most view the lack of services and employment opportunities in rural Kansas to be too much of a drawback. County officials expressed similar feelings. Interviews revealed that, though the program primarily benefits those though were already intending to live in a rural area, the program rarely attracts newcomers. In addition, the program is poorly funded in many areas and the lack of affordable housing or high paying jobs limits population growth in a way that the benefits of the ROZ cannot outweigh. Findings from this research will allow communities to make changes that build upon their attributes as well as limit their undesirable characteristics. This research also highlights the need for changes to be made by the State of Kansas concerning the program’s benefits and awareness.