The dependence on ionic strength of protonation of L-aspartic acid and its complexation withdioxouranium(VI) is reported in sodium perchlorate solution as a background salt. The measurementshave been performed at 25 ± 0.1 °C and various ionic strengths in the range 0.1 to 1.0 mol dm-3, using acombination of potentiometric and spectrophotometric techniques. The overall analysis of the present an...

To gain understanding on how alluvial zones modify water and nutrient export from semiarid catchments, we compared monthly discharge as well as stream chloride, carbon, and nitrogen dynamics between a hillslope catchment and a valley-bottom catchment with a well-developed alluvium. Stream water and solute fluxes from the hillslope and valley-bottom catchments showed contrasting patterns between...

[1] The role of upslope soil pore water pressure on lateral subsurface storm flow dynamics is poorly understood. Further development of hillslope hydrologic models requires new understanding from field understanding. In particular, we need new, quantifiable measures that link upslope soil pore pressure and water table dynamics to the timing and volume of subsurface storm flow. Here we examine t...

A new heuristic approach is put forward for tackling container loading problems where the cargo involved has varying degrees of load bearing strength. In such cases the placement rules must ensure that the weight resting on an item remains below the maximum it can withstand without suffering crushing damage. The construction heuristic proposed is embedded in a search algorithm which seeks to op...

The purpose of this study is to construct a fuzzy lithology system from well logs to identify formation lithology of a groundwater aquifer system in order to better apply conventional well logging interpretation in hydro-geologic studies because well log responses of aquifers are sometimes different from those of conventional oil and gas reservoirs. The input variables for this system are the g...