Auswirkungen des Ablassens von Hochwasserrückhaltebecken auf deren Limnochemie und Phytoplankton-Biozönose

Reservoirs have to be released when repairing of the dams is necessary. In 1995, two reservoirs in Baden-Württemberg (Germany) of similar age and volume (Lake Herrenbach near Göppingen, 1.0 Mio. m³ and Lake Breitenau near Heilbronn, 2.3 Mio. m³) were emptied. This allowed the singular possibility to investigate the effects of drainage and refilling on the limnochemistry and the phytoplankton biocoenosis of such artificial lakes.Before the drainage of the reservoirs, both lakes showed phosphorus release from the sediment during summer stagnation. Phosphorus values of Lake Herrenbach were regularly higher than those of Lake Breitenau (Lake Herrenbach 88 μg/l, Lake Breitenau 33 μg/l). During release, both lakes indicated higher phosphorus and chlorophyll concentrations as well as rising biomasses. Remarkable differences were observed during refilling of the reservoirs: while Lake Herrenbach showed higher transparency and lower phosphorus concentrations, Lake Breitenau progressed towards eutrophication (total phosphorus during summer 1996: Lake Herrenbach 30 μg/l, Lake Breitenau 55 μg/l). One reason for the reaction of Lake Breitenau was the reduced ground drainage during the refilling, which caused an accumulation of nutrients in the hypolimnion. Another reason was the mineralisation of vegetation which covered great parts of the dry lake sediment. The limnological change of Lake Herrenbach was not as clear but could be caused by the restauration of the pre-reservoir which was drainaged and dredged before the emptying of the main reservoir started as well as many other facts which differed Lake Herrenbach from Lake Breitenau.     

The product spectra of gravity and barometric pressure in Europe

A total of 111 000 hourly values of gravity and barometric pressure from stations in Europe is analysed. The data consist of two sets of records from Brussels, an early set of 36 000 h length and a more recent set of 21 000 h length, a set of records from Bad Homburg of 24 000 h length, and a set of records from Strasbourg of 30 000 h length. All of the gravity measurements were made with similar superconducting instruments and the pressure data were recorded simultaneously at each superconducting gravimeter site. The four sets of records have different time bases, and to bring out common features and suppress individual station systematic errors, the product spectrum is introduced. Spectral density estimates are first computed for a common spectral window for each record, and the product spectrum is formed by multiplying individual spectral estimates across records. The cumulative distribution function is found for the product spectrum and confidence intervals are calculated from it by iteration. The product spectrum in gravity reveals a triplet of resonances in the subtidal band which are shown by an automated computer search to be uniquely associated with the translational modes of the solid inner core. The product spectrum in barometric pressure clearly reveals the first 10 solar heating tides in the atmosphere, but otherwise does not show common features with the gravity product spectrum. In particular, the triplet of resonances in the subtidal band of the gravity product spectrum do not show up in the product spectrum of barometric pressure, climinating the atmosphere as their source.     

Zur Baugeschichte der Ardennen I

Zusammenfassung Die bereits kaledonisch gefalteten Massive in den Ardennen wurden von der variscisdien Tektogenese (asturische Phase) mehr oder weniger überprägt. Vorstellungen über diese Überprägung älterer Strukturen und deren Vergitterung mit jüngeren Verformungsrichtungen sowie über den Einfluß der kaledonischen Kerne (Unterstockwerk) auf das Faltenstreichen der devonischen Mantel-Schichten (Oberstockwerk) lassen sich vor allem in der Antiklinalzone der Hochardennen im Massiv von Rocroi, im Massiv von Serpont und im Massiv von Stavelot gewinnen.

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Résumé Les massifs des Ardennes, déjà plissés à l'ère caledonienne furent plus ou moins remaniés par la tectogénèse hercynienne (phase asturienne). C'est surtout dans la zone anticlinale des hautes Ardennes, dans le massif de Rocroi, dans le massif de Serpont et dans le massif de Stavelot qu'on peut se faire une idée en bons affleurements de ce remaniement de structures plus anciennes et de leurs interférences avec des directions de déformation plus jeunes ainsi que de l'influence des anciens massifs calédoniens (étage inférieur) sur la direction du plissement des couches de revêtement dévoniennes (étage supérieur).Dans ces massifs, les couches du dévonien sont plus ou moins fortement plissés ou disposés par écailles avec le socle calédonien. Dans le massif de Rocroi, dans le massif de Serpont et dans la partie ouest du massif des Stavelot les couches du socle présentent des structures qui sont totalement différentes des couches de revêtement dévoniennes et coupé de façon discordante des couches gedinniennes inférieures.Dans le massif de Rocroi et surtout dans le massif de Serpont, la tectogénèse hercynienne a exercé le même effet que l'orogénèse calédonienne plus ancienne sous l'influence d'un plan d'efforts semblable orienté Nord-Sud. L'auteur, à l'aide d'un exemple, celui du massif de Serpont, essaye d'analyser la structure du plissement calédonien originel déroulement des plis des couches gedinniennes et reformation constructive de la déformation conditionnée par le clivage hercynien.A la différence des deux massifs occidentaux, dans le massif de Stavelot, les structures de plissement calédoniens orientées d'est en ouest furent remaniées sous angle oblique par la tectogénèse hercynienne. Ce mouvement a entraîné, à différents endroits, le déplacement des axes calédoniens en direction hercynienne. C'est ce qui a produit un style de mouvement et de structure étranger aux autres massifs. Le fort rétrécissement hercynien eut pour conséquence des charriages à différents endroits.

     

Zur Deckentektonik des Hochbalkans

Zusammenfassung Im Botewgebiet der Stara Planina (Hochbalkan) liegt inmitten paläozoischer, mesozoischer und tertiärer Schichten ein 30 km langer und 12 km breiter Granitkomplex, der als autochthone Einheit, aber auch als Deckscholle gedeutet worden ist. Die Deckennatur des Komplexes wird durch die großtektonischen Verhältnisse eindeutig belegt. Der Bewegungsplan besitzt meridionale Symmetrie, die tektonischen Haupttransporte erfolgten von S nach N. Groß- und Kleingefüge entsprechen einander. Das Liegende der Decke besitzt keine einheitliche Prägung. Diskordante Lagerungsverhältnisse lassen variszische, kimmerische, kretazische, laramische und pyrenäische Bewegungen erkennen.     

Lithic fragments,glasses and chondrules from Luna 16 fines

Bulk compositions of igneous and microbreccia lithic fragments, glasses, and chondrules from Luna 16 fines as well as compositions of minerals in basaltic lithic fragments were determined with the electron microprobe. Igneous lithic fragments and glasses are divided into two groups, the anorthositic-noritic-troctolitic (hereafter referred to as ANT) and basaltic groups. Chondrules are always of ANT composition and microbreccia lithic fragments are divided into groups 1 and 2. The conclusions reached may be summarized as follows: (1) Luna 16 fines are more similar in composition to Apollo 11 than to Apollo 12 and 14 materials (e.g. Apollo 11 igneous lithic fragments and glasses fall into similar ANT and basaltic groups; abundant norites in Luna 16 and Apollo 11 are not KREEP as in Apollo 12 and 14; Luna 16 basaltic lithic fragments may represent high-K and low-K suites as is the case for Apollo 11; rare colorless to greenish, FeO-rich and TiO₂-poor glasses were found in both Apollo 11 and Luna 16; Luna 16 spinels are similar to Apollo 11 spinels but unlike those from Apollo 12). (2) No difference was noted in the composition of lithic fragments, glasses and chondrules from Luna 16 core tube layers A and D. (3) Microbreccia lithic fragments of group 1 originated locally by mixing of high proportions of basaltic with small proportions of ANT materials. (4) Glasses are the compositional analogs to the lithic fragments and not to the microbreccias; most glasses were produced directly from igneous rocks. (5) Glasses show partial loss of Na and K due to vaporization in the vitrification process. (6) Luna 16 chondrules have ANT but not basaltic composition. It is suggested that either liquid droplets of ANT composition are more apt to nucleate from the supercooled state; or basaltic droplets have largely been formed in small and ANT droplets in large impact events (in the latter case, probability for homogeneous and inhomogeneous nucleation is larger. (7) No evidence for ferric iron and water-bearing minerals was found. (8) Occurrence of a great variety of igneous rocks in Luna 16 samples (anorthosite, noritic anorthosite, anorthositic norite, olivine norite, troctolite, and basalt) confirm our earlier conclusion that large-scale melting or partial melting to considerable depth and extensive igneous differentiation must have occurred on the moon.     

Ariégite,Spinell-Peridotite und Phlogopit-Klinopyroxenite aus dem Tuff von Tobaj im südlichen Burgenland

Zusammenfassung Der nephelinbasanitische Tuff von Tobaj im südlichen Burgenland führt Einschlüsse von Ariégiten, Spinell-Peridotiten und Phlogopit-Klinopyroxeniten. Chemische Untersuchungen an den Gesteinen und ihren koexistierenden Mineralphasen führen zu der Annahme, daß die Spinell-Peridotite und Ariégite in Bereichen des oberen Erdmantels im Zusammenhang mit der Bildung basischer Schmelzen entstanden sind. Die Bildung der Phlogopit-Klinopyroxenite fand dagegen unter Bedingungen, die tieferen Krustenbereichen entsprechen, statt.

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Ariégites, spinel-peridotites, and phlogopite-clinopyroxenites from the Tuff of Tobaj, southern Burgenland, Austria

Summary Nephelinbasanitic tuffs near Tobaj, Burgenland (Austria), contain inclusions of ariégites, spinel-peridotites, and phlogopite-clinopyroxenites. The chemical compositions of the rocks and of their coexisting minerals are indications for a probable formation from a basic magma of both the ariégites and the spinel-peridotites in the upper earth mantle. The phlogopiteclinopyroxenites were formed in the deeper part of the earth crust.

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Herrn Prof. DDr.H. Wieseneder zum 65. Geburtstag gewidmet.     

Composition and origin of lithic fragments and glasses in apollo 11 samples

Approximately 100 glasses and 52 lithic fragments from Apollo 11 lunar fines and microbreccias were analyzed with the electron microprobe. Ranges in bulk composition of lithic fragments are considerably outside the precision (<±1%) and accuracy (±2–5%) of the broad electron beam technique. Results of this study may be summarized as follows: i) A large variety of rock types different from the hand specimens (basalt) were found among the lithic fragments, namely anorthosites, troctolitic and noritic anorthosites, troctolites, and norites (different from Apollo 12 norites). ii) In analogy to the hand specimens, the basaltic lithic fragments may be subdivided into low-K and high-K groups, both of which extend considerably in composition beyond the hand specimens. iii) Glasses were divided into 6 groups: Group 1 are the compositional analogs of the anorthositic-troctolitic lithic fragments and were apparently formed in single-stage impact events directly from parent anorthosites and troctolites. iv) Group 2 glasses are identical in composition to Apollo 12 KREEP glass and noritic lithic fragments, but have no counterparts in our Apollo 11 lithic fragment suite. Occurrence of KREEP in Apollo 11,12, and 14 samples is indicative of its relatively high abundance and suggests that the lunar crust is less depleted in elements that are common in KREEP (e.g. K, rare earths, P) than was originally thought on the basis of Apollo 11 basalt studies. v) Group 3 glasses are the compositional analogs of the basaltic lithic fragments, but low-K and high-K glasses cannot be distinguished because of loss of K (and Na, P) by volatilization in the vitrification process. vi) Group 4 glasses have no compositional analogs among the lithic fragments and were probably derived from as yet unknown Fe-rich, moderately Ti-rich, Mg-poor basalts. vii) Group 5 (low Ti-high Mg peridotite equivalent) and 6 (ilmenite peridotite equivalent) glasses have no counterparts among the Apollo 11 lithic fragments, but rock equivalents to group 5 glasses were found in Apollo 12 samples. Group 6 glasses are abundant, have narrow compositional ranges, and are thought to be the products of impact melting of an as yet unrecognized ultramafic rock type. iix) The great variety of igneous rocks (e.g. anorthosites, troctolites, norites, basalts, peridotites) suggests that large scale melting or partial melting to considerable depth must have occurred on the moon.