{"title":"Predictability of water resources with global climate models. Case of Northern Tunisia","authors":"Mustapha Besbes, Jamel Chahed","doi":"10.5802/crgeos.219","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5802/crgeos.219","url":null,"abstract":"The objective of the research is to explore the predictability of water resources directly with GCMs by analysing long-term effects of climate change on Northern Tunisia’s blue and green water. Hydrologic impacts rely on a rainfall-runoff lumped model using outputs of CMIP6 GCMs within the framework of the ssp2-45 scenario. Among the 30 CMIP6 models, the composite cnrm-esm2-1 and fgoals-g3 best restore observed runoff from 1995 to 2014 and give the best GCM. Hydrologic projections 2015–2100 show significant drops in rainfall (9%), runoff (21%), groundwater recharge (15%), as well as for green water (6%). The results show that the use of raw GCMs predictions on large basins is possible and provides precisions comparable to what is produced when using Regional Climate Models in medium size basins.","PeriodicalId":50651,"journal":{"name":"Comptes Rendus Geoscience","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136310421","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Alpine, Variscan, eo-Variscan belts: comparison between hot and cold orogens from the examples of French segments","authors":"Michel Faure","doi":"10.5802/crgeos.215","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5802/crgeos.215","url":null,"abstract":"The Cenozoic Alpine, and Paleozoic Variscan and eo-Variscan collisional belts are compared in the framework of the Wilson cycle considering differences between cold and hot orogens. The W. Alps result of the opening and closure of the Liguro-Piemonte ocean, whereas the Paleozoic Eo-variscan and Variscan orogenies document multiple ocean openings and collisions in space and a polyorogenic history in time. Jurassic or Early Ordovician break-up of Pangea or Pannotia megacontinents led to the formation of passive continental margins, and the opening of Liguro-Piemonte, or Rheic, Tepla-Le Conquet, and Medio-European oceans, respectively. In Paleozoic or Mesozoic, microcontinents such as Apulia and Sesia or Armorica and Saxo-Thuringia were individualized. The oceanic convergence stage was associated with the development of arcs and back-arc basins in the Variscan belt but magmatic arcs are missing in the W. Alps, and inferred in the Eo-variscan one. Though the nappe stack is mainly developed in the subducted European or Gondwana crust in the western Alps and Eo-variscan cases, the Moldanubian nappes formed in the upper plate in the Variscan case. The Alpine and Variscan metamorphic evolutions occurred under ca. 8 °C/km and 30 °C/km gradients, respectively. During the late- to post-orogenic stages, all belts experienced “unthickening” accommodated by extensional tectonics, metamorphic retrogression, and intramontane basin opening. The importance of crustal melting, represented by migmatites, granites, and hydrothermal circulations in the Variscan and Eo-Variscan belts is the major difference with the W. Alpine one. The presence, or absence, of a previous Variscan or Cadomian continental basement might have also influenced the rheological behavior of the crust.","PeriodicalId":50651,"journal":{"name":"Comptes Rendus Geoscience","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135300468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
O S Chumakova, S N Nasonova, Y V Frolova, E A Stepanova, E A Mershina, V E Sinitsyn, D A Zateyshchikov, I V Zhirov
{"title":"[A rare variant in the TTR gene (p.E112K) is associated with systemic amyloidosis and a new symptom - skin hyperemia in response to ethanol intake: family segregation analysis, literature review, and a clinical case. Case report].","authors":"O S Chumakova, S N Nasonova, Y V Frolova, E A Stepanova, E A Mershina, V E Sinitsyn, D A Zateyshchikov, I V Zhirov","doi":"10.26442/00403660.2023.04.202160","DOIUrl":"10.26442/00403660.2023.04.202160","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR-amyloidosis) is a systemic disorder associated with extracellular deposition in the tissues and organs of amyloid fibrils, transthyretin-containing insoluble protein-polysaccharide complexes. The change in transthyretin conformation, leading to its destabilization and amyloidogenicity, can be acquired (wild type, ATTRwt) and hereditary due to mutations in the <i>TTR</i> gene (variant, ATTRv) [1, 2]. Hereditary ATTR-amyloidosis has an earlier onset and greater phenotypic diversity. The age of the manifestation, the predominant phenotype, and the prognosis are often determined by the genetic variant. To date, more than 140 variants in the <i>TTR</i> gene have been identified; however, most of them are described in single patients and do not have clear evidence of pathogenicity. The prospects of a new pathogenetic treatment of ATTR-amyloidosis [3], especially effective in the early stages of the disease, increases the relevance of timely diagnosis, which is challenging due to physicians' lack of awareness. This article presents a clinical case of ATTRv-amyloidosis associated with a rare pathogenic variant in the <i>TTR</i> gene and a newly described skin symptom. This article is a literature review.</p>","PeriodicalId":50651,"journal":{"name":"Comptes Rendus Geoscience","volume":"336 1","pages":"335-340"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2023-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75930636","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Laurent Guillou-Frottier, Gaétan Milesi, Vincent Roche, Hugo Duwiquet, Audrey Taillefer
{"title":"Heat flow, thermal anomalies, tectonic regimes and high-temperature geothermal systems in fault zones","authors":"Laurent Guillou-Frottier, Gaétan Milesi, Vincent Roche, Hugo Duwiquet, Audrey Taillefer","doi":"10.5802/crgeos.213","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5802/crgeos.213","url":null,"abstract":"The potential of high-temperature (>150°C) geothermal systems in crustal fault zones (fault cores and hundreds of meters wide networks of interconnected fractures in the damage zone) is underestimated. Based on numerical models, we show that topography-driven, poroelasticity-driven as well as buoyancy-driven forces play a significant role in the establishment of shallow (1–4 km) thermal anomalies in fault zones. We investigate the role of permeability, topography, fault dip, tectonic regime and fault geometry on the amplitude of thermal anomalies. Favorable conditions include: (i) a damage zone thickness > 100 m, (ii) a minimum cumulative displacement of 100–150 m and (iii) fault zone lengths of at least one kilometer. Based on these parameters, we propose new potential targets for the geothermal exploration of fault zones in Western Europe.","PeriodicalId":50651,"journal":{"name":"Comptes Rendus Geoscience","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134988638","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Plastics on the rocks: the invisible but harmful footprint of shoe soles","authors":"Philippe Cecchi","doi":"10.5802/crgeos.199","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5802/crgeos.199","url":null,"abstract":"Outdoor recreational activities for leisure and for sport training have grown in popularity. Their environmental impacts remain little studied, especially the waste generated by over-frequentation. Our objective was to document how frequentation of a short mountain hiking trail can lead to significant quantities of waste. To this aim, all small objects found along a three-kilometer trail were collected and their origin determined. Polymers were predominant, and were mostly shoe sole fragments. This has never been documented and must be publicized due to the potential harmfulness to terrestrial and riparian ecosystems, and to increase the walkers’ awareness.","PeriodicalId":50651,"journal":{"name":"Comptes Rendus Geoscience","volume":"7 1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136292902","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mafalda M. Miranda, Jasmin Raymond, Chrystel Dezayes
{"title":"Estimating theoretical stress regime for engineered geothermal energy systems in an arctic community (Kuujjuaq, Canada)","authors":"Mafalda M. Miranda, Jasmin Raymond, Chrystel Dezayes","doi":"10.5802/crgeos.193","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5802/crgeos.193","url":null,"abstract":"In remote northern regions, lacking deep geothermal exploratory boreholes, a theoretical approach to provide a first-order estimate of the stress regime seems a useful tool. Literature data was used in this context to evaluate the orientation of the stress components and empirical relationships were applied to calculate their magnitude in a community of Nunavik, northern Quebec. A Monte Carlo-based sensitivity analysis was carried out due to the uncertainty of the input parameters. Mohr–Coulomb friction and slip tendency analyses were additionally undertaken to assess the stress state and potential reactivation of existing fractures. The results highlight how the poor knowledge of the stress field has an important impact on the design and development of engineered geothermal energy systems in the Canadian off-grid community of Kuujjuaq.","PeriodicalId":50651,"journal":{"name":"Comptes Rendus Geoscience","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135963447","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of integration time steps of rain drop size distribution on their double-moment normalization: a case study in northern Benin","authors":"Sounmaïla Moumouni, Fulgence Payot Akponi, Eric-Pascal Zahiri, Agnidé Emmanuel Lawin, Marielle Gosset","doi":"10.5802/crgeos.200","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5802/crgeos.200","url":null,"abstract":"This study analyzed the sensitivity of the double-moment normalization of rain drop size distributions (DSDs) to their integration time steps. Six DSD datasets measured at different integration time steps were modeled by the double-moment normalization method. Six couples of reference moments are used for the normalization. Three DSD models (gamma, generalized gamma and lognormal) are used for modeling. Statistical criteria are used to assess the estimation of the moments of the DSDs made by the models. As results, the analysis highlighted the dependence of the shape function parameters on the DSD integration time step. It is also noted that the three DSD models are well adapted to the data used. Nevertheless, the generalized gamma model is recommended because of the independence of the moment estimation errors with respect to the integration time step, which is not the case for the other models.","PeriodicalId":50651,"journal":{"name":"Comptes Rendus Geoscience","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136172364","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anne Jost, Shuaitao Wang, Thomas Verbeke, François Colleoni, Nicolas Flipo
{"title":"Hydrodynamic relationships between gravel pit lakes and aquifers: brief review and insights from numerical investigations","authors":"Anne Jost, Shuaitao Wang, Thomas Verbeke, François Colleoni, Nicolas Flipo","doi":"10.5802/crgeos.181","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5802/crgeos.181","url":null,"abstract":"Supply of aggregate materials for every construction requires mining of sand and gravel, which leads to the formation of a myriad of freshwater lakes, a now common feature of the landscape in the valleys of large rivers. Typically small in size and shallow, they are filled with waters from the adjacent aquifers and directly exposed to the atmosphere. The creation of gravel pit lakes has various and contrasting effects on their immediate environment. This article first provides a review of these impacts from the hydrodynamic point of view, and illustrates them on simple numerical test cases. It also introduces the gravel pit lake module developed for the occasion within the integrated modelling platform CaWaQS, which formulation was tested on the same test cases against the Lak package, its Modflow counterpart. By accurately simulating gravel pit lake interactions with groundwater in different configurations, this modelling exercise also aims to identify the preponderant factors leading water level fluctuations of those artificial lakes, whose temporal monitoring will soon be accessible to satellite observation.","PeriodicalId":50651,"journal":{"name":"Comptes Rendus Geoscience","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136197938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Agathe Roullé, Marie Baillet, Didier Bertil, Cécile Cornou
{"title":"Site effects observations and mapping on the weathered volcanic formations of Mayotte Island","authors":"Agathe Roullé, Marie Baillet, Didier Bertil, Cécile Cornou","doi":"10.5802/crgeos.151","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5802/crgeos.151","url":null,"abstract":"Since the 2000s, local seismic hazard studies have shown that Mayotte Island presented superficial geological formations prone to lithological site effects. The seismic sequence initiated in May 2018 confirmed the importance of such effects, both in terms of intensity and spatial extension. The analysis of the recorded strong motions showed that weathered volcanic formations are prone to significant site effects with mean amplification factors for peak ground acceleration (PGA) between 1.4 and 4.9 and that a complex combination of lithological and topographic site effects is in action. We thus implement a regional scale map of site effects for the fast calculation of strong motion and damage maps for crisis management purposes. We also provide a first estimate of key site parameters for eight stations: surface geology, resonance frequency, an amplification factor proxy for PGA, a V S,30 value, if available, and an estimated EC8 soil class. Supplementary Materials: Supplementary material for this article is supplied as a separate file: crgeos-151-suppl.pdf Depuis les années 2000, les études d’aléa sismique local réalisées à Mayotte ont montré que les formations géologiques superficielles présentes sur l’île étaient susceptibles de présenter des effets de site lithologiques. La séquence sismique initiée en mai 2018 a confirmé l’importance de ces effets, aussi bien en termes d’intensité que d’étendue spatiale. L’analyse des enregistrements des mouvements forts a montré notamment que les formations volcaniques altérées pouvaient être soumises à des effets de site significatifs avec des facteurs d’amplification moyens du PGA compris entre 1,4 et 4,9, et que ces effets résultaient probablement d’une combinaison complexe d’effets lithologiques et topographiques. Nous avons ensuite produit une carte d’effets de site à l’échelle régionale pour permettre le calcul en temps réel de cartes de mouvements forts et de dommages à des fins de gestion de crise. Enfin, pour les 8 sites de stations sismologiques étudiés dans cet article, nous proposons une première estimation des paramètres de sites clefs, à savoir : la géologie superficielle, la fréquence de résonance, un facteur d’amplification du PGA, une valeur du paramètre V S,30 , si disponible, et une estimation de la classe de sol EC8 au site. Compléments : Des compléments sont fournis pour cet article dans le fichier séparé : crgeos-151-suppl.pdf","PeriodicalId":50651,"journal":{"name":"Comptes Rendus Geoscience","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135481521","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jairo Guerrero, Luis Montes, E. Jaillard, A. Kammer
{"title":"Seismic interpretation of the Cretaceous unconformities and sequences in the Middle Magdalena Valley and the western margin of the Eastern Cordillera, Colombia","authors":"Jairo Guerrero, Luis Montes, E. Jaillard, A. Kammer","doi":"10.5802/CRGEOS.47","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5802/CRGEOS.47","url":null,"abstract":"Geoscientists commonly focus on Tertiary units to understand the Andean uplift and deformation of the eastern Cordillera of Colombia, whereas the Cretaceous evolution remains poorly known. Cretaceous units are exposed in western Eastern Cordillera, but outcrops are scarce in the Middle Magdalena Valley. Recent seismic acquisition programs and new wells drilled through the Cretaceous succession led to a better understanding of unconformities and sequences in both the Middle Magdalena Valley and the western flank of the Eastern Cordillera. This paper identifies unconformities bounding seismic sequences and deciphers Cretaceous structural deformation in the Middle Magdalena Valley and western Eastern Cordillera based on the interpretation of sizable seismic reflection sections and well information. The analysis of sedimentary sequences and unconformity surfaces allowed identification of stages of pre-Eocene deformation. Regional correlations of sequences and unconformities recognized here with those identified by other authors support the occurrence of Cretaceous regional tectonic events.","PeriodicalId":50651,"journal":{"name":"Comptes Rendus Geoscience","volume":"353 1","pages":"155-172"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2021-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47561393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}