Formación de sepiolita-paligorskita en litofacies lutítico-carbonáticas en el sector de Borox-Esquivias (cuenca de Madrid)

According to lithological composition three units were stablished in the area studied: a) Clayey unit. Green and pinkish clays with sandy beds and early formation of calcretes. Clay minerals association: smectite-mixed-layers (kerolite-stevensite) sepiolite-illite-kaolinite. b) Clayey calcareous unit Green clays with calcretes and a sandy level at bottom of the unit. Clay minerals association: smectite-illite-palygorskite-sepiolite-kaolinite. c) Clayey-dolomitic unit. Green clays with dolomicrites. Clay minerals association: smectiteillite-palygorskite-sepiolite. Results let us to stablish a sepiolite and palygorskite genesis related to lacustrine paludine environments where pedodiagenetic processes (v.s. carbonation, dolomitization, silicification, vertic features) were responsible of smectite instability, with development of palygorskite or sepiolite, according to their respectively di or triocthedral character.En el área estudiada, desde un punto de vista litológico se han diferenciado tres tramos: a) Lutítico. Lutitas verdes y rosáceas con intercalaciones samíticas e incipiente desarrollo de calcretas. la asociación de minerales de la arcilla es: esmectita-interestratificados (kerolitaestevensita)-sepiolita-illita-caolinita. b) Lutítico-calcáreo. Lutitas verdes y calcretas con un nivel samítico en la base del tramo. La asociación de minerales de la arcil1a es: esmectita-illita-paligorskita-sepiolita-eaolinita. c) Lutítico-dolomítico. Lutitas verdes y dolomicritas. La asociación de minerales de la arcilla es: esmectita-illita-paligorskita-sepiolita. Los resultados permiten establecer una génesis de sepiolita y paligorskita en relación con ambientes lacustres-palustres, donde los procesos edafodiagenéticos (carbonatación, dolomitización, silicificación, vertisolización) provocan la desestabilización de fases esmectíticas precursoras. De acuerdo con el carácter di o trioctaédrico de la esmectita se propicia la formación de paligorskita o sepiolita, respectivamente

O-C Study of 545 Lunar Occultations from 13 Double Stars

International audienceIn this article, we have studied the reports of lunar occultations by this project observation's teams (named APTO) in comparison with other observations of the objects. Thirteen binary stars were selected for this study. All the previous observations of these stars were also collected. Finally, an analysis of O-C of all reports were performed

Observational and Theoretical Studies of 27 δ Scuti Stars with Investigation of the Period–luminosity Relation

The multi-color CCD photometric study of 27 δ Scuti stars is presented. By using approximately three years of photometric observations, we obtained the times of maxima and magnitude changes during the observation time interval for each star. The ephemerides of our δ Scuti stars were calculated based on the Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) method using the observed times of maxima and the period of the stars’ oscillations. We used the Gaia EDR3 parallaxes to calculate the luminosities and also the absolute magnitudes of these δ Scuti stars. The fundamental physical parameters of all the stars in our sample such as masses and radii were estimated. We determined the pulsation modes of the stars based on the pulsation constants. Moreover, the period–luminosity (P–L) relation of δ Scuti stars was investigated and discussed. Then, by using a machine learning classification, new P–L relations for fundamental and overtone modes are presented. © 2021. The Astronomical Society of the Pacific. All rights reserved.This work was supported by the Ministry of Science and Education, FEUZ-2020-0030. Popov A.A. acknowledges support by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation under the grant 075-15-2020-780. The machine learning section of this study has been performed according to the scientific agreement with Raderon Lab Inc. (https:// raderonlab.ca) with contract number R\AST\2021\1001. The authors would like to appreciate Dr. Fahri Alicavus and Dr. Somayeh Khakpash for their contributions to the research. Also, great thanks to Paul D. Maley for editing the text. The authors would like to thank the reviewer for comments and suggestions that helped to improve the paper

Interspecific comparisons of C\u3csub\u3e3\u3c/sub\u3e turfgrass for tennis use: I. Wear tolerance and carrying capacity under actual match play

Previous studies in the evaluation of wear tolerance have been conducted using wear simulators. Research to investigate wear tolerance of C3 turfgrasses under actual playing conditions and their carrying capacity is limited. Three grass tennis courts (replicates) maintained as official size (single) courts were constructed. Eight species and cultivars were randomized within the three courts (blocks): (1) ‘Keeneland’ Kentucky bluegrass (KB, Poa pratensis L.), (2) ‘Rubix’ KB, (3) ‘Villa’ velvet bentgrass (VBG, Agrostis canina L.), (4) ‘Puritan’ colonial bentgrass (CL, Agrostis capillaris L.), (5) ‘007’ creeping bentgrass (CB, Agrostis stolonifera L.), (6) fine fescue (FF, Festuca spp.) mixture, (7) ‘Karma’ perennial ryegrass (PR, Lolium perenne L.), and (8) ‘Wicked’ PR. Injury at the baseline was measured by counting healthy grass on four dates in 2017 and 2019 using an intersect grid. Carrying capacity at the baseline was derived as hours of play to sustain 90, 80, 70, and 60% grass cover. After 6 wk of actual tennis play involving \u3e120 participating players in 2017 and 2019, KB and PR were superior to other C3 turfgrass for wear tolerance and carrying capacity. These two species exhibited four times the carrying capacity of FF species and nearly 60% more carrying capacity than bentgrass (BG) species. Species of BG afforded higher shoot density and better traction than KB and PR, with VBG exhibiting the best traction, and FF and PR exhibiting the poorest traction. In 2017, greater cell wall content increased wear tolerance and carrying capacity. Velvet bentgrass was as good as KB and PR in overall wear tolerance and carrying capacity under actual match play

Evaluating the effect of four unknown parameters included in a latitudinal energy balance model on the habitability of exoplanets

Among different models for determining the habitable zone (HZ) around a star, a Latitudinal Energy Balance Model (LEBM) is very beneficial due to its parametricity which keeps a good balance between complexity and simulation time. This flexibility makes the LEBM an excellent tool to assess the impact of some key physical parameters on the temperature and the habitability of a planet. Among different physical parameters, some of them, up until now, cannot be determined by any method such as the planet’s spin obliquity, diurnal period, ocean-land ratio, and pressure level. Here we apply this model to study the effect of these unknown parameters on the habitability of three exoplanets located in the inner, outer, and middle of their optimistic HZ. Among the examined parameters, the impact of pressure is more straightforward. It has a nearly direct relation with temperature and also with the habitability in the case of a cold planet. The effect of other parameters is discussed with details. To quantify the impact of all these unknown parameters we utilize a statistical interface which provides us with the conditional probability on habitability status of each planet