Untersuchungen über die Fruchtbarkeit des Blaufelchens (Coregonus wartmanni Bloch) im Bodensee

Ohne Zusammenfassung Herrn Prof. Dr. P. Meyer-Waarden zum 60. Geburtstag gewidmet Mit Unterstützung des Ministeriums für Ern?hrung, Landwirtschaft und Forsten, Baden-Württemberg, und des Bayerischen Staatsministeriums für Ern?hrung, Landwirtschaft und Forsten.     

A general method for an explicit determination of the shape of the earth from gravimetric data

Summary The principal formulae of the geophysical geodesy are based on the famous explicit expression of Stokes (1849). Up to now, there has been no method for a computation of the corresponding explicit expression of a (non-spherical) surface with masses outside the geoid. In this paper there is a solution of this problem. Another paper on this subject was presented to “Nordiska geodetm?tet” in Copenhagen May 1959 (in Swedish).     

Long-wavelength heterogeneities in the upper mantle as seen by satellites

Modern satellite methods have made it possible to study the gravity field of the earth with methods that primarily give increased information of the lower harmonics in a spherical harmonic expansion. For areas covered with water we have recently obtained very interesting results from the SEASAT-satellite. Earlier studies of the gravity field have mainly resulted in geophysical evaluations for the very low degrees, which mostly reflect information from the core and the lower mantle. Now available studies seem to give evidence for geophysical activities which originate from convection currents as well as glacio-isostatic uplifts. Most of this information is probably generated in the upper mantle. Methods for mapping of the terrestrial gravity field with satellite technique are presented and some of the problems with the geophysical evaluation are further discussed.     

RbSr total rock isotope studies on Precambrian charnockitic gneisses from South Norway: evidence for isochron resetting during a low-grade metamorphic-deformational event

The quartzo-feldspathic charnockitic orthogneisses within the Bamble sector of the so-called Sveconorwegian (1.2–0.9 b.y.) zone are highly fractionated in K and Rb such that they comprise two chemically contrasting zones — one highly K, Rb-deficient and the other with values of the same order as upper crustal lithologies.Eight series of samples, each collected from single outcrops, have yielded Rb-Sr total rock apparent ages in two distinct groups, at ～1540 and ～1060 m.y. Outcrops in both the K-deficient and normal-K suites have produced examples of each age. The older age relates to the high-grade charnockite event, and the younger to a superimposed low-grade event which occurred at the same time as the intrusion of undeformed granite sheets and pegmatite dikes; one of the granites has yielded an isochron age of 1063 ± 20 m.y. The low-grade event involved only the partial alteration of orthopyroxenes to chlorite and/or serpentine, coupled with some corrosion of biotite; the alterations were initiated along narrow, irregularly spaced, cracks and it was their development which facilitated open system behaviour of the total rock isotopic systems at some localities. The degree of rehomogenisation is a function of the intensity of the secondary alterations.Confirmation of resetting at ～1060 m.y. is given by four mineral + host rock isochrons all yielding ages within error of the age for the intrusive granite; two of these are from outcrops where the rocks retain the older ～1540-m.y. age.The secondary total rock isotopic homogenisation cannot be explained adequately by Rb mobility or by simple mixing with a fluid having its own initial⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr composition. The primary mineralogy may have determined whether individual localities and/or samples suffered net increases or net decreases in⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr.An important implication of the results is that in this, or any similar geological situation, there would be a very real possibility of drawing erroneous conclusions from regionally-collected samples, particularly if the full significance of the later, relatively minor P-T event remained undetected and/or the scale of isotopic (re-)homogenisation, were unknown. It is only because of the methods adopted that it can be stated that there is no isotopic evidence for a high grade Sveconorwegian (Grenvillian) event in this part of southern Norway.     

The age of the sub Mid-Jurassic tropical weathering profile of andoya,northern Norway,and the implications for the late palaeozoic palaeography in the North Atlantic region

Results are given of a programme of K-Ar age determinations from an equatorial weathering profile beneath the Mid-Jurassic unconformitiy of Anøya, northern Norway. A model is presented where the original age of weathering is considered as Lower Carboniferous with partial resetting of ages during subsequent diagenesis. It is concluded that the Kaolinite of the weathering profile became a closed system of⁴⁰Ar diffusion in late Triassic times, and that a sufficient thickness of Mesozoic-Tertiary strata was never developed to occasion the resetting of the ages. The implication of the results is that a former thick cover of Upper Palaezoic age formerly existed in the region which was effectively removed by erosion in late Triassic — early Jurassic times. The results of the study are reviewed in a context of North Atlantic palaeogeographical evolution.

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Zusammenfassung Aus einem fossilen Bodenprofil unterhalb der mitteljurassischen Diskordanz in Nordnorwegen wurden K-Ar-Alter bestimmt, die auf eine Verwitterung während des Unterkarbons hinweisen. Während der folgenden Diagenese sind die Alter teilweise neu eingestellt worden. Dabei zeigt sich, daß der Kaolinite des ursprünglichen Bodenprofils erst ab Obertrias einem für Ar⁴⁰-Diffusion geschlossenen System angehört. Es folgt weiter, daß während des Mesozoikums und Tertiärs keine größere Sedimentbedeckung mehr über diesen Profilen möglich war, wohingegen eine erhebliche Mächtigkeit von jungpaläozoischen Sedimenten ehedem vorlag, die während der Obertrias abgetragen wurde. Diese Beobachtungen können mit der paläogeographischen Entwicklung des Nord-Atlantik in Zusammenhang gebracht werden.

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Résumé On a déterminé les âges K-Ar, donnés par un sol d'alteration formé pendant le Carbonifère inférieur et sous-jacent à la discordance du jurassique moyen, au nord de la Norvège. Les âges ont été en partie de nouveau déterminés, lors des diagénèses suivantes. Il en ressort que la Kaolinite du profil du sol originel n'appartient à un système fermé de diffusion Ar⁴⁰ qu'à partir du Trias supérieur. Il s'ensuit qu'un recouvrement sédimentaire épais n'a pu se déposer sur ce profil au cours du Secondaire et du Tertiaire, tandis qu'une épaisseur considérable de sédiments du Paléozoique supérieur existait, enlevès ensuite par érosion au Trias supérieur. Ces observations peuvent être mises en rapport avec le développement paléogéographique de l'Atlantique-Nord.

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Variation in si4+-content of phengites through a three stage deformation sequence

Three important phases of deformation (D₁-D₃) affect the Precambrian metamorphic rocks of the Strathgordon region, S.W. Tasmania. Textural analysis has related phengite development to the deformation events in quartz + phengite phyllites. Phengite chemistry suggests a prograde metamorphic history at about 4 kb from 400°C at D₁ to 450°C at D₂. The significant feature of this work is that a sharp break in conditions, shown by a marked change in the composition of the phengites, occurs from D₂ to D₃, the latter taking place at about 250°C and at a pressure <4 kb. A pronounced hiatus in the deformation history is indicated for the D₂/D₃ interval. During D₃ water was introduced.     

Avalanche Run-Out on Counter-Slopes

Counter-slopes in avalanche paths influence avalanche flow in similarways as defence structures. Measurements and calculations of run-outon such slopes will improve our understanding of retaining damdesign. We have studied three different, well described avalancheevents; for each case we have calculated the run-out distance usingthe Noren, Irgens and Schieldrops continuum model (NIS), adjustingthe parameters to fit the simulated avalancheto the observed one. Using the same parameters, the run-out onidentical terrain, but without counter-slope, is computed. Comparisonbetween the energy dissipation in these different cases tells us whichtopography most efficiently retards an avalanche. With a smoothly curved valley bottom, the energy dissipation at agiven point on the opposite slope is less than on a flatrun-out. The explanation to this is that, when gravity retards anavalanche, a smaller portion of the energy loss is due to dissipationfrom viscous (velocity dependent) friction. When the avalanche travelsover a retaining dam, with much smaller curvature radii, a significantportion of the energy is dissipated. The consequence of this is that defence structures are not sodependent on the counter-slope inclination as on the curvature radiusin the transition to up-gradient. Further, introduction of acounter-slope in an avalanche path may conserve energy rather thancausing dissipation – if the inclination is not altered abruptlyenough. If the counter-slope is smooth, and not large enough tocompletely stop the avalanche, it will not reduce destructive energyon the downstream side. In fact, the destructive energy may bepartially conserved until the run-out.     

On a relativistic geodesy

Theoretical formulas for relativistic estimation of geopotential differences are given. The relativistic geoid is defined. A technique for measuring potential differences with high precision clocks (masers or equivalent) is described. The method can operate over arbitrary terrestrial distances. Two clocks are used. The drift between the clocks is estimated by using closed loops. The clocks are used in an operational mode during the whole measuring interval. No satellite links are necessary but VLBI, GPS and ANIK-links can be used in combination with the method.