We argue that fracture surfaces may exhibit anomalous dynamic scaling properties akin to what occurs in some models of kinetic roughening. We determine the complete scaling behavior of the local fluctuations of a brittle fracture in a granite block from experimental data. We obtain a global roughness exponent x51.2 which differs from the local one, x loc50.79. Implications on fracture physics a...

Nitrate in surface (187 samples) and ground (126 samples) waters collected in Sardinia (Italy) shows a large range of concentrations: from <1 to 249 mg/L. The highest median value of nitrate occurs in groundwater samples, especially in shallow wells, and spring waters circulating in granite environments. In surface waters, nitrate generally increases as flow increases following intense precipit...

A new species of black fly, Simulium (Inaequalium) marins (Diptera: Simuliidae), is described based on the male, female, pupa and larva. This new species was collected from two localities: a small stream on the Pico dos Marins, a high mountain with granite outcrops in Piquete County, state of São Paulo, and in a small stream in the Serra dos Orgãos National Park, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.