Die äquatoriale Beschleunigung bei Sonne,Jupiter und Saturn nebst Betrachtungen über die Form der Kontinente

Zusammenfassung Ausgehend von derEmden'schen Theorie der äquatorialen Beschleunigung der Sonne und einer früheren Anwendung derselben auf den Planeten Jupiter, wird auch die Beschleunigung bei Saturn hier erstmalig diskutiert und der Versuch gemacht, dieselbe Theorie zur Erklärung der Ostabweichung der Kontinente der Erde im äquatorialen Gebiet anzuwenden. Das ist nur möglich, wenn man 1.) auf die archaische Periode der Erdentwicklung zurückgreift, bei der aber die wesentlichen Höhenunterschiede der Erdoberfläche schon ausgebildet waren, 2.) der Pol im wesentlichen die jetzige Lage hatte und 3.) der Reibungskoeffizient der festen Erdkruste aber wesentlich geringer war: 10¹⁴ gegen etwa 10²⁰ c.g.s.

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Summary The hypothesis ofR. Emden to explain the equatorial acceleration of the sun has newly been discussed by the author and 11 years ago applied to the rotation ot the planet Jupiter. It is possible to apply her also to the planet Saturn and to the earth in the archaic period of evolution. The earth shows a striking eastern curvature of the continents in the equatorial zone, which possibly has originatet in times, when the earth crust was capable to yield to the same forces, which drive the equatorial zone forwards in rotating gaseous and liquid spheres, as the sun and the great planets. It is nenessary to suppose an invariable position of the pole and the principal height differences of the crust already developed. It is found, that the viscosity of the earth in that time has been small in comparison to its present value (10¹⁴ to 10²⁰ c.g.s.).

     

Eine einfache Methode zur rechnerischen Ermittlung der Verschiebungen eines Hohlraumrandes

ZusammenfassungEine einfache Methode zur rechnerischen Ermittlung der Verschiebung eines Hohlraumrandes In diesem Artikel wird gezeigt, daß bei dem im Gebirge oft zulässigen vereinfachten Näherungsansatz für das statische System als unendlich ausgedehnte, im Unendlichen mit einer vertikalen und einer horizontalen Gleichlast belastete, gelochte, isotrope Scheibe die Verschiebung des Hohlraumrandes infolge des Felsausbruches mit einer einfachen Formel gefunden werden können. Im ersten Teil wird die theoretische Ableitung nach der Scheibentheorie kurz dargelegt, im zweiten Teil wurden die Formeln für die praktische Anwendung zusammengestellt und an Hand eines Beispieles erläutert. Mit dieser Methode ist es für den projektierenden Ingenieur auch ohne Kenntnis der Scheibentheorie leicht, Richtung und Größenordnung der zu erwartenden Verschiebungen bei Schaffung eines Felshohlraumes zu bestimmen und den Einfluß der gewählten Querschnittsform auf die Deformationen zu untersuchen.

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SummaryA Simple Method for the Calculation of the Boundary Displacements of an Excavation A simple formula is presented for the boundary displacements of a hole in an infinite homogeneous isotropic perfectly elastic two-dimensional body with uniform external pressures at infinity. This mathematical model is often permissible for tunnels or other long excavations in rock. In the first part the formula is derived, while the second part gives an example for practical application. The method enables the projecting engineer to evaluate quickly and easily the boundary displacements in direction and magnitude and consequently to investigate the influence of the chosen cross-sectional shape on the displacements of the walls.

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RésuméUne méthode simple pour évaluer les déplacements du contour d'une cavité Une formule simple est présentée pour les déplacements du contour d'une cavité dans un corps infini, élastique, isotrope, à deux dimensions, soumis à une pression uniforme à l'infini. Ce modèle mathématique est souvent acceptable pour les tunnels ou autres cavités allongées dans la roche. En première partie, la formule est développée; la seconde partie donne un exemple d'application pratique. Cette méthode permettra à l'ingénieur projeteur de déterminer promptement et facilement les déplacements de la paroi en direction et en grandeur et d'examiner l'influence de la section transversale choisie sur ces déplacements.

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Beobachtungen über die Eientwicklung des Blaufelchens (Coregonus lavaretus wartmanni) im Bodensee-Obersee

Lake Constance whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus wartmanni) spawn in the water column. The demersal eggs develop at the mud-water interface at depths down to 250 m. Samples were taken by dredging areas of 100 m². Mortality, developmental stages and rate of malformations were determined. Incubation period lasts roughly from December to March. The percentage of dead eggs increased from 52% in January to 74% in February. Among living eggs deformations of the trunk raised from 4% to 31% during the same time. It is assumed that larvae with anomalities of the trunk will have no survival chances. Total losses were 91.7% in the average of all samples.      

Paleo-environment of iron-rich sedimentary rocks

It is possible to apply actualistic principles to the interpretation of the paleoenvironment of iron-rich sedimentary rocks, although few iron-rich sediments form today. The sedimentary textures and structures of cherty iron-formations, Minette-tpye ironstones and limestones are similar. These similarities prove that the hydrodynamic processes of the deposition of the three rock types are the same. Therefore, it is possible to define facies of cherty iron-formations and Minette-type ironstones on the basis of their sedimentary textures and structures, disregarding mineralogy, and to interprete the formative environment by comparison with Recent limestones. Shaly sulfide iron-formation and sideritic clay ironstones are ferriferous mudstones. Methods applied to the interpretation of iron-poor shales may also be applied to these two rock types. The mineralogy of iron-rich sedimentary rocks is determined by diagenetic processes. Depositional organic content of the sediment, sediment texture (which controls diffusivity and permeability) and the groundwater flow system during diagenesis are the primary controls of iron-mineral diagenesis. Paleogeography and basin bathymetry are indirect controls of iron mineralogy, because they affect organic content and sediment texture.     

Über den Wert oder Unwert der Spurenelement-Analyse für die Lagerstättenforschung,Minerogenese und Petrogenese

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Mitigation of atmospheric perturbations and solid Earth movements in a TerraSAR-X time-series

The TerraSAR-X (TSX) synthetic aperture radar (SAR) marks the recent emergence of a new generation of spaceborne radar sensors that can for the first time lay claim to localization accuracies in the sub-meter range. The TSX platform’s extremely high orbital stability and the sensor’s hardware timing accuracy combine to enable direct measurements of atmospheric refraction and solid Earth movements. By modeling these effects for individual TSX acquisitions, absolute pixel geolocation accuracy on the order of several centimeters can be achieved without need for even a single tiepoint. A 16-month time series of images was obtained over a fixed test site, making it possible to validate both an atmospheric refraction and a solid Earth tide model, while at the same time establishing the instrument’s long-term stability. These related goals were achieved by placing trihedral corner reflectors (CRs) at the test site and estimating their phase centers with centimeter-level accuracy using differential GPS (DGPS). Oriented in pairs toward a given satellite track, the CRs could be seen as bright “points” in the images, providing a geometric reference set. SAR images from the high-resolution spotlight (HS) mode were obtained in alternating ascending and descending orbit configurations. The highest-resolution products were selected for their small sample dimensions, as positions can be more precisely determined. Based on the delivered product annotations, the CR image positions were predicted, and these predictions were compared with their measured image positions both before and after compensation for atmospheric refraction and systematic solid Earth deviations. It was possible to show that when the atmospheric distortion and Earth tides are taken into account, the TSX HS products have geolocation accuracies far exceeding the specified requirements. Furthermore, this accuracy was maintained for the duration of the 16-month test period. It could be demonstrated that with a correctly calibrated sensor, and after accounting for atmospheric and tidal effects, tiepoint-free geolocation is possible with TSX with an absolute product accuracy of about 5 cm.     

The haze and methane distributions on Uranus from HST-STIS spectroscopy

We analyzed a unique, three-dimensional data set of Uranus acquired with the STIS Hubble spectrograph on August 19, 2002. The data covered a full afternoon hemisphere at 0.1 arc-sec spatial resolution between 300 and 1000 nm wavelength at 1 nm resolution. Navigation was accurate to 0.002 arc-sec and 0.02 nm. We tested our calibration with WFPC2 images of Uranus and found good agreement. We constrained the vertical aerosol structure with radiative transfer calculations. The standard types of models for Uranus with condensation cloud layers did not fit our data as well as models with an extended haze layer. The dark albedo of Uranus at near-infrared methane windows could be explained by methane absorption alone using conservatively scattering aerosols. Ultraviolet absorption from small aerosols in the stratosphere was strongest at high southern latitudes. The uppermost troposphere was almost clear, but showed a remarkable narrow spike of opacity centered on the equator to 0.2° accuracy. This feature may have been related to influx from ring material. At lower altitudes, the feature was centered at 1-2° latitude, suggesting an equatorial circulation toward the north. Below the 1.2 bar level, the aerosol opacity increased some 100 fold. A comparison of methane and hydrogen absorptions contradicted the standard interpretation of methane band images, which assumes that the methane mixing ratio is independent of latitude and attributes reflectivity variations to variations in the aerosol opacity. The opposite was true for the main contrast between brighter high latitudes and darker low latitudes, probing the 1-3 bar region. The methane mixing ratio varied between 0.014 and 0.032 from high to low southern latitudes, while the aerosol opacity varied only moderately with latitude, except for an enhancement at −45° latitude and a decrease north of the equator. The latitudinal variation of methane had a similar shape as that of ammonia probed by microwave observations at deeper levels. The variability of methane challenges our understanding of Uranus and requires reconsideration of previous investigations based on a faulty assumption. Below the 2 bar level, the haze was thinning somewhat. Our global radiative transfer models with 1° latitude sampling fit the observed reflectivities to 2% rms. The observed spectra of two discrete clouds could be modeled by using the background model of the appropriate latitude and adding small amounts of additional opacity at levels near 1.2 bar (southern cloud) and levels as high as 0.1 bar (northern cloud). These clouds may have been methane condensation clouds of low optical depth (∼0.2).     

Geomorphic expression of neotectonic activity in a low relief area in an Airborne Laser Scanning DTM: A case study of the Little Hungarian Plain (Pannonian Basin)

The NW corner of the Little Hungarian Plain, which lies at the junction of the Eastern Alps, the Pannonian Basin and the Western Carpathians, is a neotectonically active region linking the extrusional tectonics of the Eastern Alps with the partly subsiding Little Hungarian Plain. The on-going deformation is verified by the earthquake activity in the region. An extremely flat part of the area, east of Neusiedlersee, the so-called Seewinkel, has been investigated with Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS, also known as airborne LiDAR) techniques, resulting in a digital terrain model (DTM) with a 1 m grid resolution and vertical precision of better than 10 cm. The DTM has been compared with known and inferred neotectonic features.Potential neotectonic structures of the DTM have been evaluated, together with geological maps, regional tectono-geomorphic studies, geophysical data, earthquake foci, as well as geomorphological features and the Quaternary sediment thickness values of the Seewinkel and the adjacent Parndorfer plateau. A combined evaluation of these data allows several tectonic features with a relief of < 2 m to be recognized in the DTM. The length of these linear geomorphological structures ranges from several hundred meters up to several kilometers. The most prominent feature forms a 15 km long, linear, 2 m high NE–SW trending ridge with gravel occurrences having an average grain size of ca. 5 cm on its top. We conclude this feature to represent the surface expression of the previously recognized Mönchhof Fault. In general, this multi-disciplinary case study shows that ALS DTMs are extremely important for tectono-geomorphic investigations, as they can detect and accurately locate neotectonic structures, especially in low-relief areas.