Antidune and chute and pool structures in the base surge deposits of the Laacher See area, Germany

Grey tuffs of late Pleistocene age form broad fans radiating from the Laacher See basin. They were derived from phreatomagmatic outbursts, and transported in turbulent pyroclastic flows, in contrast with the underlying white pumice tuffs of air fall origin. Flow origin of the grey tuffs is inferred from the well-bedded plane parallel to cross-bedded tephra characteristic of base surge deposits, and a variety of other sedimentary structures, as well as grain size distributions. We recognize a tentative sequence of five main kinds of dune structures or cross-bedded strata. With some reservations these may be compared with the high flow-regime alluvial bedforms produced experimentally in flumes. Most of the cross-bedded structures in the Laacher See deposits resemble antidunes, with steep stoss sides and very low-dipping lee sides. Upcurrent migration of antidune crests is dominant close to the source, but changes to downcurrent migration at greater distances, presumably because of decay in flow energy. The most spectacular cross-bedding is somewhat similar to chute and pool structures formed under experimental condition in alluvial flumes, but not recognized in ancient sedimentary rocks. We suggest that these structures of the Laacher See tuffs formed during deposition from phreatic pyroclastic flows of very high flow energy and high sediment concentration. The antidunes apparently formed at lesser flow velocity than chute and pool structures, although interpretation of velocity conditions by examination of the deposits is difficult because of other factors such as the cohesiveness of wet material erupted by explosive phreatic volcanic activity. The large wave lengths of the dune-like structures, however, suggest unusually high velocities. The Laacher See magmas were of phonolitic to tephritic composition, and may have erupted with greater explosive energy and in greater volume than comparable basaltic eruptions.     

Granulite-facies metabasite ejecta in the Laacher See area,Eifel, West Germany

Near the village of Engeln, Laacher See area, garnet-bearing pyriclasite and pyribolite ejecta were recognized as constituents of alkaline basaltic tuffs; they are interpreted as fragments of the lowermost crust. During the first main stage of granulite facies metamorphism, assemblages with garnet (Alm₄₇Pyr₃₄Spess₂Gross + Andr₁₇), clinopyroxene (Wo₃₇En₃₅Fs₁₅Ts_8.5Jd_4.5), orthopyroxene I (En₃₄Fs₃₈Ts₄Jd₂), and plagioclase I (An₄₀-An₆₀) were formed in a temperature range of 730–850°C and rock pressures somewhere between 6.5 and 12 kb, $\text{P}{}_{\mathrm{tot}}\text{>}\text{P}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>H</mtext>}}{}_2\text{O}\text{> 0}$. The rare sulfate-rich meionite, and at least a part of the ubiquitous brown hornblende were presumably also formed during this stage. A retrograde metamorphic event under slightly lower pressures and temperatures led to the breakdown of the assemblage garnet + clinopyroxene thereby forming coronas of plagioclase II $\text{(}\text{An}{}_{75}\text{) +}\text{orthopyroxene}\text{II +}\text{Ti-magnetite}\text{±}\text{brown hornblende}$.     

Impact of the Late Glacial Eruption of the Laacher See Volcano, Central Rhineland, Germany

Within a period of a few weeks toward the end of the Allerød Interstadial, the major Plinian eruption of the Laacher See volcano produced some 20 km³ of eruptiva, covering and preserving the late-glacial landscape in the German Central Rhineland over an area of more than 1000 km². Correlation of terrestrial archives with the Greenland ice-core records and improved calibration of the radiocarbon timescale permit a precise, accurate age determination of the Laacher See event some 200 yr before the onset of the Younger Dryas cold episode. Carbonized trees and botanical macrofossils preserved by Laacher See Tephra permit detailed regional paleoenvironmental reconstruction and show that open woodland were typical for the cool and humid hemiboreal climatic conditions during the late Allerød. This woodland provided the habitat for a large variety of animal species, documented at both paleontological and Final Paleolithic archeological sites preserved below Laacher See deposits. Of special interest are numerous animal tracks intercalated in Middle Laacher See deposits at the south of the Neuwied Basin. This knowledge may help to evaluate possible supraregional impacts of this volcanic event on northern hemispheric environment and climate during the late Allerød.     

Mineralogical and Chemical Zonation of the Laacher See Tephra Sequence (East Eifel, W. Germany)

The late Quaternary Laacher See Tephra (LLST, MLST, ULST: Lower,Middle, Upper Laacher See Tephra) of the East Eifel volcanicfield (W. Germany) is zoned from highly evolved, volatile-richand crystal-poor phonolite at its base towards a mafic, crystal-richphonolite at the top of the deposit. This is shown by phenocrystabundances, major and trace element chemistry of whole rocks,matrix-glass and some mineral compositions. MgO content in wholerocks ranges from 0.07 wt. per cent in lower LLST to 0.85 wt.per cent in ULST phonolite. Late mafic hybrid pyroclasts containup to 7.0 wt. per cent MgO. Na₂O shows a reverse trend from11.7 wt. per cent in LLST to 5.1 per cent in ULST. Trace elementsare divided into depleted (compatible) elements (e.g. Sr, Sc,Co), and enriched (incompatible) elements (e.g. Zn, Zr, Nb).‘Semi-compatible’ elements (Ta, Y) show minimumconcentrations at an intermediate stratigraphic level (MLST).All compositional gradients are smooth showing a major compositionalinterface between LLST/MLST and ULST. Twelve phenocryst phasesoccur: sanidine, plagioclase, hauyne, amphibole, clinopyroxene,sphene, apatite, Ti-magnetite, biotite, nepheline, cancriniteand zircon. The latter three are restricted to LLST phonolite.There is a steep gradient in mineral abundances from the LLSTand MLST to the mafic ULST phonolite. Microprobe analyses definetwo phenocryst populations: (a) Fe, Na and Mn-rich evolved phenocrysts(hastingsite, aegirine-augite, Ab-rich plagioclase) which predominatewithin highly differentiated (LLST) phonolite; (b) Mg and Ti-richand Fe, Na, Mn-poor phenocrysts, which are most abundant inULST. This compositional zonation is interpreted as the resultof continuous eruption from a zoned magma column; highly evolvedearly magma representing the upper part and mafic late phonoliticmagma representing the lower part of a stratified magma chamberemplaced at shallow, crustal levels.     

Petrogenesis of the Zoned Laacher See Tephra

The late Quaternary Laacher See phonolitic tephra deposit (EastEifel, W. Germany) is mineral-ogically and chemically zonedfrom highly evolved, volatile-rich and crystal-poor at its basetowards a mafic, crystal-rich phonolite at the top (Wörner& Schmincke, 1984). This zonation is interpreted as theresult of a continuous eruption from a zoned magma column. Majorand trace element evidence shows that the last erupted maficULST (Upper Laacher See Tephra) phonolite can be derived froma basanite parent magma via fractional crystallization of 30per cent clinopyroxene, 24 per cent amphibole, 4 per cent phlogopite,3.8 per cent magnetite, 2.5–3.0 per cent olivine and 1per cent apatite, leaving a derivative of 30 per cent evolvedmagma. Starting from the mafic (ULST) phonolite as a parent, the zonedsequence is postulated to have been formed by progressive fractionalcrystallization of the observed phenocryst phases. This modelwas tested by a series of 7 step-by-step mass balance fractionationcalculations. Abundance, modal composition and relative variationsof calculated fractionated phases agree well with the observedphenocryst abundances: sanidine followed by plagioclase andminor amounts of mafic phases are to be fractionated to givethe observed zoned sequence. The most evolved phonolite, however, cannot be generated bysubtraction of phenocrysts from the underlying phonolite. Processessuch as liquid-state differentiation may therefore have chemicallymodified the upper part (cupola) of the Laacher See magma columnsubsequent to crystal fractionation. The erupted phonolite magma (5.3 km³) was calculated to havestarted with a volume of 56 km³ of parental basanite magma whichfractionated to form 16.6 km³ of mafic phonolite. This magmafurther differentiated to give a 5.3 km³ zoned (erupted) phonolitecolumn. The non-erupted volume of 50 km³ is postulated to forma cooling cumulate body below the present day Laacher See volcano. The Laacher See magma system represents a complex end-membertype of a highly evolved small volume composition ally zonedmagma chamber with steep major and trace element gradients,the uppermost volatile rich magma layer resembling the stableroof part of rhyolitic chambers.     

Trace element abundances and mineral/melt distribution coefficients in phonolites from the Laacher See volcano (Germany)

Twenty six whole rocks, seven matrix and fifty three mineral separates from the compositionally zoned late Quaternary Laacher See tephra sequence (East Eifel, W Germany) were analyzed by instrumental neutron activation. These data document the chemical variation within the Laacher See magma chamber prior to eruption with a highly fractionated phonolite at the top and a more mafic phonolite at its base as derived from other data. Incompatible elements such as Zn, Zr, Nb, Hf, U, light and heavy rare earths are extremely enriched towards the top whereas compatible elements (e.g. Sr, Sc, Co, Eu) are strongly depleted. Semicompatible elements (Ta and some middle REE) are depleted at intermediate levels. This chemical variation is shown by whole rock and matrix data indicating the phonolite liquid was compositionally zoned regardless of phenocryst content. Hybrid rocks (phonolite-basanite) show the largest concentrations for compatible elements. All elements (except Rb) display continuous compositional variations with regard to the stratigraphic position of pumice samples. From these data we are able to distinguish three main units: An early erupted highly fractionated magma, the main volume of evolved phonolite and a mafic phonolite as the final products. The extreme variation of trace element distribution coef ficients (K) for 9 mineral phases with respect to stratigraphic position (resp. matrix composition) cannot be explained by conventional mechanisms. We postulate a significant modification of the trace element content of the phonolite melt by liquid-liquid controlled differentiation processes subsequent to and/or contemporaneous with (fractional) crystallization which caused disequilibrium between phenocrysts and host matrix. Therefore, our “distribution coefficients” deviate from equilibrium partition coefficients equivalent to the amount of this post crystallization modification of the matrix composition. The relationship between varying K and matrix composition is demonstrated by a ΔK-ΔM-diagram (variation of K versus variation of matrix, M). Different parts of this diagram relate to different parameters (T, P, polymerization, complex-building, equilibrium crystallization in a zoned magma column and post crystallization disequilibrium effects) which are responsible for the variation of distribution coefficients in general. The ΔK-ΔM-diagram may allow to distinguish between different processes affecting the distribution coefficients measured in natural volcanic rocks from a differentiating magma system.     

The Laacher See Tephra discovered in southernmost Sweden

We present the first geochemically confirmed finding of the Laacher See Tephra (LST) on the Swedish mainland, now the northernmost extension of the LST. Sediments were sampled at the Körslättamossen fen, southernmost Sweden, and a high‐concentration cryptotephra occurrence (>65 000 shards cm^?3) of the LST was found in a sequence of calcareous gyttja. Tephra identification was confirmed by geochemical analysis using field‐emission electron probe microanalysis and through comparison of the results with published LST data from proximal sites and distal sites north‐east of Laacher See. The LST has previously been divided into eruption phases suggested to have spread in several dispersal fans, but it was not possible to confidently determine the phase of the tephra here closer than to the MLST or ULST. The finding of the LST presented here further strengthens the potential of tephrochronological studies in the south Scandinavian region.

     

The occurrence of Laacher See Tephra in Pomerania, NW Poland

A millimetre-thick bed of highly vesiculated pumiceous clasts was found in two peat bogs in Pomerania (NW Poland). Their phonolitic composition confirms the correlation with the Laacher See Tephra (LST). Based on the various CaO-Na₂O-K₂O content, most of these clasts can be linked with the Lower Laacher See Tephra (LLST), and some with the Middle Laacher See Tephra B (MLST-B). ¹⁴C dates obtained on peat samples are in agreement with an Allered stratigraphic position of that tephra. In several localities in NW Poland, it was found that there was no occurrence of tephra in peat bogs. Thus the presence of the LST is restricted to the northwestern fringes of Pomerania.     

Stable isotope relations in an open magma system,Laacher See,Eifel (FRG)

¹⁸O/¹⁶O and D/H ratios have been measured for matrix glasses and phenocrysts from the zoned phonolitic Laacher See tephra sequence (11000 y.b.p., East Eifel volcanic field, FRG) to study open-system behaviour of the associated magma system. Mineral and glass ¹⁸O values appear to be largely undisturbed by low-temperature, secondary alteration, record isotopic equilibrium and confirm previous conclusions, based on radiogenic isotope evidence, of early, small-scale crustal assimilation during differentiation of parental magmas in a crustal magma chamber. One sanidine-glass pair possibly documents the late stage influx of meteoric fluids into the topmost magma layer prior to eruption. A sealing carapace of chilled magma, which itself was strongly contaminated, prevented large-scale fluid exchange up to the point prior to eruption when this carapace was fractured and meteoric water gained access to parts of the magma system. D/H measurements of various glass types (glass inclusions, dense and pumiceous glass) and amphiboles gave conflicting results suggesting a combination of degassing, volatile exchange with country rocks and hydration. Stable isotope ratios for primitive parental magmas ( ¹⁸O=+5.5 to 7.0) and mantle megacrysts ( ¹⁸O=+ 5.5 to +6.0, D=–21 to –38, for amphiboles and phlogopite, resp.) suggest a rather variable fluid composition for the sub-Eifel mantle.     

The impact of the Laacher See Tephra on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems in the Black Forest,southern germany

Late-glacial lake sediments containing the Laacher See Tephra (LST, 11000 yr BP) have been analysed for pollen and diatoms at two sites (Hirschenmoor, Rotmeer) in the montane belt of the Black Forest (southern Germany) in order to detect the possible impact of this major volcanic eruption on terrestrial and aquatic biota. The pollen assemblages at both sites show a minor increase in grasses and sedges following the tephra deposition, whereas the pollen of aquatic macrophytes do not show any consistent pattern. Partial redundancy analysis and Monte Carlo permutation tests suggest, however, that the LST had no statistically significant effect either on the terrestrial or aquatic pollen assemblages at either site when the effects of time and climatic change are allowed for statistically. The diatom assemblages at both sites changed after the deposition of the LST and diatominferred pH estimates suggest a short but non-significant excursion towards lower values. Multivariate analyses of the diatom data indicate a statistically significant impact of the deposition of the LST and associated changes in sediment lithology on the diatom assemblages when the effects of climatic change and time are allowed for statistically. However, owing to the interaction between tephra and lithology it is not possible to conclude if the diatom changes were caused by the deposition of the LST or by lithological changes.     

Zoning and exsolution in alkali feldspars from Laacher See volcano (Western Germany): constraints on temperature history prior to eruption

Compositional zoning and exsolution patterns of alkali feldspars in carbonatite-bearing cognate syenites from the 6.3 km³ (D.R.E) phonolitic Laacher See Tephra (LST) deposit in western Germany (12.9 ka) are reported. These rocks represent the cooler outer portion and crystal-rich products of a cooling magma reservoir at upper crustal levels. Major and trace-element difference between cores and rims in sanidine crystals represent two generations of crystal growth separated by unmixing of a carbonate melt. Trace-element differences measured by LA–ICP–MS are in accordance with silicate–carbonate unmixing. Across the core–rim boundary, we extracted gray-scale profiles from multiple accumulations of back-scattered electron images. Gray scales directly represent K/Na ratios owing to low concentrations of Ba and Sr (<?30 ppm). Diffusion gradients are modeled to solve for temperature using known pre-eruptive U–Th zircon ages (0–20 ky) of each sample (Schmitt et al., J Petrol 51:1053–1085, 2010). Estimated temperatures range from 630 °C to 670 °C. For the exsolution boundaries, a diffusive homogenization model is constrained by the solvus temperature of ~ 712^_725 °C and gives short time scales of only 15–50 days. Based on our results, we present a model for the temperature–time history of these rocks. The model also constrains the thermal variation across the cooling crystal-rich carapace of the magma reservoir over 20 ka and suggests a thermal reactivation of cumulates, the cooling carapace, and probably the entire system only a few years prior to the explosive eruption of the remaining molten core of the phonolitic magma reservoir.     

Experimental constraints on storage conditions in the chemically zoned phonolitic magma chamber of the Laacher See volcano

Phase relations of three samples of the Laacher See Tephra (LST) have been determined experimentally as a function of temperature (760 to 880 °C), pressure (200, 300 and 400 MPa), water content of the melt and oxygen fugacity (ƒO₂). The crystallization experiments were carried out at ƒO₂=NNO buffer and at NNO=+ 2.3 log units. The melt water contents varied between 6 and more than 8 wt% H₂O, corresponding to water-undersaturated and water saturated conditions respectively. The synthetic products are compared to the natural phases to constrain pre-eruptive conditions in the Laacher See magma chamber. The major phases occurring in the LST have been reproduced. The stability of hauyne is favoured at high ƒO₂ (≈NNO + 2.3). The CaO contents in melt and plagioclase synthesized under water-saturated conditions are significantly higher than in the natural phases, implying that most of the differentiation of the phonolites took place under water-undersaturated conditions. However, this does not exclude the presence of a S-, Cl- and CO₂-rich fluid phase in the upper parts of the magma chamber. The phase relationships and the TiO₂ contents of melts show that the temperature was lower than 760 °C in the upper part of the magma column (probably down to 720 °C in the most differentiated levels) and that temperatures above 840–860 °C prevailed in the lower part. The variation of the X _Mg of ferromagnesian minerals observed in both natural and experimental phases reflects the strong variations in ƒO₂ in the lower magma chamber just prior to eruption (probably variation of about 2 log units). The most probable explanation for these ƒO₂ variations is the injection of an oxidized alkali-rich magma, containing Mg-rich phenocrysts, at the base of a chemically zoned and more reduced magma column prior to eruption. Although the amount of injected magma may not have been very important, it was sufficient to change the ƒO₂ conditions locally, explaining the heterogeneous X _Mg of ferromagnesian minerals and the formation of hauyne at the base of the chamber. Received: 30 May 2000 / Accepted: 12 August 2000     

海拉尔盆地乌尔逊凹陷无机CO2气储层的岩石学与碳氧同位素特征

海拉尔盆地乌尔逊凹陷无机CO2气储集砂岩中含有大量片钠铝石,是查明无机CO2气注入对砂岩的改造和形成的自生矿物组合的理想砂岩。通过偏光显微镜、扫描电镜、X-射线衍射分析和MAT253稳定同位素质谱仪等,确定了含片钠铝石砂岩中的胶结物与自生矿物类型、成岩共生序列和引起片钠铝石形成的CO2的成因。CO2气注入前形成的自生矿物组合主要为方解石、次生加大石英和高岭石,在次生加大石英形成过程中发生了第一期油气注入。CO2气注入晚于第一期油气注入,CO2气注入后形成的自生矿物组合主要为片钠铝石和铁白云石。第二期油气注入发生在CO2气注入后。片钠铝石的δ^13C为-5．3- -1．5‰PDB,与片钠铝石平衡的δ^13CCO2为-10．7- -7．0‰PDB,与海拉尔盆地C02气的δ^13CO2值（-11．36- -8．02‰PDB）一致,表明形成片钠铝石的CO2和气藏中的CO2均来源于无机CO2与有机CO2混合背景,总体上以无机CO2为主。结合含片钠铝石砂岩与CO2气的分布都受控于深大断裂和啪花岗岩的特点,CO2气和形成片钠铝石的CO2绝大部分属于幔源-岩浆型。含片钠铝石砂岩中保存了CO2驱油的迹象。     

Collapse structures in the Permian of the Saar-Nahe area,Southwest Germany

Volcanic breccias near an intrusive rhyolite dome in the Permian Saar-Nahe trough of southwest Germany have been identified as complex pipe-like subsidence-structures occupying the site and immediate neighbourhood of explosive volcanoes.At the Rödern, at first fine-grained, well-bedded and later coarser-grained and poorly bedded pyroclastic materials were deposited on top of a lava flow that formed the regional surface. Collapse along a ringfault with differential subsidence of 500 to 700 m produced a saucer-shaped structure in which steeply dipping pyroclastic beds still overlie the lava flow on which they were originally deposited. In the actual feeder, large blocks of country-rock subsided individually prior to wholesale subsidence of the entire feeder-content. Intrusion of a high alumina quartz tholeiite into the pyroclastic beds terminated the activity.The Hirschberg structure has essentially the same history, but is more fragmented. Subsidences vary between 150 and 260 m. Intrusion of petrographically and chemically similar basalt took place mainly near the margin of the ringfault.Three smaller structures also contain bedded pyroclastic deposits that subsided approximately 600, 1100, and 1400 m. The surface expressions of these five collapse structures are assumed to have been small collapse-calderas with diameters of several 100 m. to 1.5 km.

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Zusammenfassung Vulkanische Brekzien im Rotliegenden der Umgebung des Donnersberges in der Saar-Nahe-Senke/Pfalz liegen in Einbruchsstrukturen vor, die den ursprünglichen Schlot und seine unmittelbare Umgebung einnehmen.Am Rödern wurden ehemals auf einer Olivin-Basalt-Lava feinkörnige und spÄter grobkörnige Pyroclastica abgelagert. Einbruch an einem Ringbruch und differentielle Absenkung zwischen 500 und 700 m führte zur Anlage der trichterförmigen Struktur der geschichteten Pyroclastica. Trotz der Absenkung liegen sie immer noch mit ungestörtem Kontakt, jedoch nun steil einfallend, dem mitabgesenkten Olivin-Basalt auf.Am ursprünglichen Schlot ist Absenkung einzelner gro\er Nebengesteinsschollen und nachfolgend des gesamten Schlotinhaltes festzustellen. Die vulkanische AktivitÄt wurde durch Intrusion eines high-alumina Quarz-Tholeiites abgeschlossen.Der Hirschberg weist im wesentlichen die gleiche Struktur und Entwicklungsgeschichte auf, ist jedoch in mehrere Schollen untergliedert. Die BetrÄge der differentiellen Absenkung liegen zwischen 150 und 260 m. Infolge der Zerblockung innerhalb des Ringbruches intrudierte Basalt vorwiegend im Bereich der Verwerfungen, also am Ringbruch und zwischen einzelnen Schollen.Drei kleinere Strukturen enthalten ebenfalls geschichtete Pyroclastica und weisen maximale AbsenkungsbetrÄge von 600, 1100 und 1400 m auf.Im Bereich der ursprünglichen ErdoberflÄche müssen infolge der Einbrüche tiefe Krater vorgelegen haben, die als kleine Einbruchscalderen bezeichnet werden können.

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Résumé Aux alentours du «Donnersberg» dans la «Saar-Nahe-Senke» (Palatinat, Sudouest de l'Allemagne) des brèches volcaniques du Permien inférieur sont conservées à l'intérieur de structures d'effondrement. Celles-ci se trouvent au lieu mÊme de la cheminée originale et à ses alentours immédiats.Une de ces structures, le «Rödern», est caractérisée par des dépÔts pyroclastiques — fins à la base et plus grenus vers le sommet — couvrant des laves basaltiques à olivine. L'effondrement à l'intérieur d'une faille annulaire et une subsidence différentielle de 500 à 700 m ont eu comme résultat une structure rappelant un entonnoir. Les dépÔts pyroclastiques stratifiés reposent, quoiqu'avec un pendage fort, toujours en superposition normale et non faillés sur les basaltes à olivine qui eux aussi ont été affectés par la subsidence.A la cheminée mÊme on constate l'affaissement de grands panneaux de roches encaissantes suivi de l'effondrement de tout le remplissage de cheminée. L'activité s'achève par des venues d'une «high-alumina Quarz-Tholeiite».Le «Hirschberg», dont la structure et l'évolution ressemblent à celles du «Rödern», est caractérisé par une fragmentation du bloc effondré. L'affaissement de différents panneaux varie entre 150 et 260 m. Suite à la fragmentation de nouvelles venues basaltiques prennent place, soit le long de la faille annulaire, soit le long des failles entre les differents panneaux.Des dépÔts pyroclastiques stratifiés sont conservés encore dans trois autres structures plus petites. L'affaissement à l'intérieur de ces structures est de 600, 1100 et 1400 m au maximumQuant à la morphologie de la région après l'effondrement, on peut supposer qu'elle était caractérisée par l'existence de cratères profonds (caldères d'effondrement).

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Well-based hydraulic and geochemical monitoring of the above zone of the CO2 reservoir at Ketzin, Germany

In order to detect hydraulic and geochemical impact on the groundwater directly above the CO₂ storage reservoir at the Ketzin pilot site continuous monitoring using an observation well is carried out. The target depth (446 m below ground level, bgl.) of the well is the Exter formation (Upper Triassic, Rhaetian) which is the closest permeable stratigraphic overlying formation to the CO₂ storage reservoir (630–636 m bgl. at well location). The monitoring concept comprises evaluation of hydraulic conditions, temperature, water chemistry, gas geochemistry and δ¹³C values. This is achieved by a tubing inserted inside the well with installed pressure sensors and a U-tube sampling system so that pumping tests or additional wireline logging can be carried out simultaneously with monitoring. The aquifer was examined using a pump test. The observation well is hydraulically connected to the regional aquifer system and the permeability of about 1.8 D is comparatively high. Between Sept. 2011 and Oct. 2012, a pressure increase of 7.4 kPa is observed during monitoring under environmental conditions. Drilling was carried out with drilling mud on carbonate basis. The concentration of residual drilling mud decreases during the pump test, but all samples show a residual concentration of drilling mud. The formation fluid composition is recalculated with PHREEQC and is comparable to the literature values for the Exter formation. The gas partial pressure is below saturation at standard conditions and the composition is dominated by N₂ similar to the underlying storage reservoir prior to CO₂ injection. The impact of residual drilling mud on dissolved inorganic carbon and the respective δ¹³C values decreases during the monitoring period. The pristine isotopic composition cannot be determined due to calcite precipitation. No conclusive results indicate a leakage from the underlying CO₂ storage reservoir.     

Domal structures and hydrothermal uranium deposits of the Erzgebirge,Saxony, Germany

The domal structures of the Erzgebirge in Saxony, Germany, which control localization of the Variscan hydrothermal U, Sn, W, and base-metal deposits, started to form in the Late Riphean in the course of folding, regional metamorphism, and granitization and were eventually created at the end of the Paleozoic, when an enormous mass of granitic melts was emplaced and cooled. As is illustrated by the world’s largest Schlema-Alberoda vein uranium deposit, the fractures that determined the localization of ore-bearing veins were formed in the outer contact zones of the Variscan granites related to domal uplifts. Beyond the zones of contact metamorphism, the orientation of ore-bearing fractures changes, their morphology simplifies, the amplitude of displacements decreases, and most fractures pinch out. Such a zoning is explained by development of faults around growing granitic domes.     

塔里木盆地柯坪断隆断裂构造分析

柯坪断隆内断裂发育，笔者根据野外及地震数据对各主要断裂和二级断裂进行了分析，认为柯坪塔格断裂形成于晚第三纪，沙井子断裂早期与柯坪塔格具有不同的发育历史，阿合奇断裂形成于挤压而非走滑的背景下，皮羌断裂和印干走滑断裂其实是协调作用的捩断层。萨尔干断裂是一条假走滑断层，实际上应该是一条撕裂断层。在挤压背景下形成了二类主要的断裂构造组合样式；叠瓦推覆体、构造窗。笔者认为柯坪断隆上的构造其实是印度板块和欧亚板块远程碰撞造山和板内变形的一种表现。     

Growth of salt-induced structures in the Norwegian-Danish basin

Five relatively deep-seated salt plugs, situated in the Norwegian-Danish Basin, have been investigated. The Zechstein salt has pierced the Triassic and probably also the Jurassic strata in the area. In two of the structures salt has also intruded Lower Cretaceous strata. Otherwise, however, the relative upward movement of the salt has only resulted in the formation of salt-induced dome-shaped structures in the Lower Cretaceous and younger sediments overlying the salt plugs.Isopach maps, based on seismic reflection data, show that, as a rule, relative upward movement of the salt plugs has occurred during sedimentation. Such movements find their expression in local thinning of the interval, superimposed, as a rule, on a regional thickening.Using on-structure and off-structure thickness data, a quantity called the “convergence” can be calculated which numerically measures the proportional thinning of an interval over a given structure. The convergence values, thus calculated, show that there was continuous structural growth in all four structures that can be investigated in this way in Lower Cretaceous and later times except in Eocene times when there possibly was no growth at all in any of the four investigated structures.It is also found that a typical time-rate of growth during the post-Jurassic for these salt-induced structures is 1 mm per 1000 years (1 · 10⁻³ mm/year) except for the Eocene where the rate of growth was possibly zero.     

Investigation of the geochemical impact of CO2 on shallow groundwater: design and implementation of a CO2 injection test in Northeast Germany

A small scale and temporally limited CO₂ injection test was performed in a shallow aquifer to investigate the geochemical impact of CO₂ upon such aquifers and to apply and verify different monitoring methods. Detailed site investigation coupled with multiphase simulations were necessary to design the injection experiment and to set up the monitoring network, before CO₂ was injected over a ten-day period at three injection wells, at a depth of 18?m below surface level into a quaternary sand aquifer located close to the town of Wittstock in Northeast Germany. Monitoring methods comprised groundwater sampling and standard analyses, as well as trace element analyses and isotope analyses; geoelectrical borehole monitoring; passive samplers to analyse temporally integrated for cations and multi-parameter probes that can measure continuously for dissolved CO₂, pH and electrical conductivity. Due to CO₂ injection, total inorganic carbon concentrations increased and pH decreased down to a level of 5.1. Associated reactions comprised the release of major cations and trace elements. Geoelectrical monitoring, as well as isotope analyses and multi-parameter probes proved to be suitable methods for monitoring injected CO₂ and/or the alteration of groundwater.