Coronal electron density maps for 7 March, 1970, derived from Mgx λ625 spectroheliograms

We have analyzed daily Mgx 625 spectroheliograms acquired by the Harvard College Observatory experiment on OSO-6 for a 28-day period centered on 7 March, 1970, the date of a well-observed total solar eclipse. These data are used to construct maps of the variation across the solar disk of the electron density at the base of the corona. The correspondence of high and low density regions with regions of enhanced and reduced emission in white light and Mgx pictures made during or near the time of the eclipse are described.     

A risky business: Mining, rent and the neoliberalization of “risk”

Natural resource investment in the mining sector is often mediated through conflicts over rent distribution between corporate capital and landowner states. Recent rounds of neoliberal policy promoted by the World Bank have highlighted the need for landowner states to offer incentives in order to attract “high risk” capital investment. In Sub-Saharan Africa, in particular, countries have been pushed to offer attractive fiscal terms to capital, thereby lowering the proportion traditionally called rent. This paper examines how the concept of “risk” has been mobilized to legitimate such skewed distributional arrangements. While certain conceptions of social and ecological “risk” have been prevalent in political and social theoretic discourse on mining, such focus elides the overwhelming contemporary power of our notion of “neoliberal risk” – or the financial/market risks – in actually setting the distributional terms of mineral investment. We illustrate our argument by examining the nexus of World Bank mining policy promotion and Tanzanian policy in the late 1990s meant to attract foreign direct investment in gold production. In closing, we suggest that just as “risk” is used to legitimate attractive fiscal terms for investment, recent events highlight how skewed distribution of benefits may set into motion risks that corporate capital had not bargained for.     

Geoelektrische Tiefenmessungen in Tälern

Zusammenfassung Für ein idealisiertes Tal mit halbkreisförmigem Profil werden einige für dieWenner-Anordnung der Elektroden sich ergebende Widerstandskurven berechnet. Sie besitzen den Habitus gewisser Dreischichtkurven, können aber wenigstens für große Werte des Widerstandsverhältnisses doch nicht leicht mit diesen verwechselt werden, weil sie einen doppelt so großen Anstieg aufweisen als die entsprechenden Zweischichtkurven.

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Summary Resistance curves for the arrangement of electrodes as indicated byWenner are calculated for the case of an idealized valley with a semicircular profile. They resemble certain three-layer curves, but cannot easily be mistaken for those, at least not for high values of the resistance ratio, as they show a slope twice as great as the corresponding two-layer curves.

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Résumé On calcule quelques courbes de résistance concernant des électrodes disposées selon le schéma deWenner dans une vallée idéale à profil semi-circulaire. On connaît l'allure de certaines courbes relatives à trois couches, mais on ne peut les confondre avec celles dont il est question, au moins pour les fortes valeurs du rapport de résistance, car ces dernières présentent une pente deux fois plus grande que les courbes correspondantes relatives à deux couches.

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Über den Einfluß der Bodenfeuchtigkeit auf geoelektrische Tiefenmessunen

Zusammenfassung Verschiedene Beobachtungen einer an sich schon naheliegenden Beeinflussung des speizifischen Widerstandes des Bodens durch wechselnden Wassergehalt bilden den Anlaß zur Konstruktion einer neuen Art von Zweischichtkurven unter der Annahme, daß der spezifische Widerstand der obersten Schichte nach einem exponentiellen Gesetz variiert. Diese Wiederstandskurven werden mit den bekannten Zweischicht-und Dreischichtkurven verglichen und an einigen Beispielen die Fehler angegeben, die man für die Tiefenangaben begeht, wenn man jene mit Hilfe der letzteren auswertet. Für ihre Klassifikation erweist sich die Lage ihrer Asymptoten als maßgebend. Durch diese neuen Widerstandskurven dürften vielleicht in manchen Fällen die Widersprüche zwischen den Ergebnissen der geoelektrischen Tiefenmessungen und der Bohrungen beseitigt werden können.

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Summary Observations concerning the obvious influence of varying water contents upon the specific resistance of the soil led to the construction of a new species of double-layer curves, assuming that the specific resistance of the uppermonst layer obeys an exponental law. These resistance curves are confornted with the known double and triple-layer curves and, by means of several examples, the erros of depth easurements caused by applying the latter curves are indicated. The position of their asymptotes results to be a determining factor for their classification. In different cases the divergences between geoelectric measurements and results of boring may be eliminated by making use of these new resistance curves.

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Résumé Différentes observations d'une influence—prévisible a priori—de la teneur variable en eau sur la résistance spécifique dsu sol fournissent l'occasion d'établir de nouveaux types de courbes de résistance de couches doubles, dans l'hypothèse que la résistance des couches supérieures varie selon une loi exponentielle. On compare ces courbes de résistance aux courbes connues de couches doubles ou triples, et on donne des exemples d'errerus commises dans les indications de profondeur lorsqu'on les tire de ces courbes. Pour la classification des courbes la position des asymptotes est déterminante. On pourra peut-être sur la base de ces nouvelles courbes expliquer dans bien des cas les divergences existant entre les résultats de calculs de profondeur par des méthodes géoélectriques et ceux que donnent les forages directs.

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DOI for geoscience data - how early practices shape present perceptions

The first minting of Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) for research data happened in 2004 in the context of the project “Publication and citation of primary scientific data” (STD-DOI). Some of the concepts and perceptions about DOI for data today have their roots in the way this project implemented DOI for research data and the decisions made in those early days still shape the discussion about the use of persistent identifiers for research data today. This project also laid the foundation for a tighter integration of journal publications and data. Promoted by early adopters, such as PANGAEA, DOI registration for data has reached a high level of maturity and has become an integral part of scientific publishing. This paper discusses the fundamental concepts applied in the identification of DOI for research data and how these can be interpreted for alternative and future applications of persistent identifiers for research data.     

The major Baltic inflow in January 1993 — Measurements and modelling results

Summary Major Baltic inflows (from the Kattegat) represent the only possibility for deep water renewal in the Baltic Sea that is generally characterised by stable stratification. Such an inflow occurred in January 1993 for the first time in 16 years. Observations were made by a moored station at Darß Sill and, for the first time since investigations into major Baltic inflows began, by a research vessel. In addition, the event has been simulated in an operational model.

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Der Salzwassereinbruch vom Januar 1993 in die Ostsee-Messungen und Modellergebnisse

Zusammenfassung Für die im allgemeinen stabil geschichtete Ostsee bilden Salzwassereinbrüche (aus dem Kattegat) die einzige Möglichkeit zur Erneuerung des Tiefenwassers. Ein solcher Salzwassereinbruch ereignete sich nach 16 Jahren Unterbrechung erst wieder im Januar 1993. Dieser Vorgang wurde durch Messungen von einer permanenten Station auf der Darßer Schwelle und — erstmals in der Geschichte der Erforschung von Salzwassereinbrüchen —einem Forschungsschiff registriert. Außerdem liegt eine numerische Simulation mit einem operationellen Modell vor.

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Insertion d'eau salée dans la mer Baltique en janvier 1993. Mesures et exploitation d'un modèle numérique

Résumé L'apport d'eau salée en provenance du Kattegat reste la seule possibilité de renouvellement des eaux profondes des couches stables de la mer Baltique. Un telle insertion d'eau salée ne s'est produite qu'au mois de janvier 1993 après une interruption de 16 ans. Ce processus a été enregistré par des mesures d'une station permanente (Darßer Schwelle) et, pour la première fois dans l'histoire de l'étude des insertions d'eau salée, par un navire scientifique. En outre une simulation numérique à l'aide d'un modèle opérationnel est présentée.

     

Reclassification of four aubrites as enstatite chondrite impact melts: Potential geochemical analogs for Mercury

We present petrologic and isotopic data on Northwest Africa (NWA) 4799, NWA 7809, NWA 7214, and NWA 11071 meteorites, which were previously classified as aubrites. These four meteorites contain between 31 and 56 vol% of equigranular, nearly endmember enstatite, Fe,Ni metal, plagioclase, terrestrial alteration products, and sulfides, such as troilite, niningerite, daubréelite, oldhamite, and caswellsilverite. The equigranular texture of the enstatite and the presence of the metal surrounding enstatite indicate that these rocks were not formed through igneous processes like the aubrites, but rather by impact processes. In addition, the presence of pre‐terrestrially weathered metal (7.1–14 vol%), undifferentiated modal abundances compared to enstatite chondrites, presence of graphite, absence of diopside and forsterite, low Ti in troilite, and high Si in Fe,Ni metals suggest that these rocks formed through impact melting on chondritic and not aubritic parent bodies. Formation of these meteorites on a parent body with similar properties to the EHa enstatite chondrite parent body is suggested by their mineralogy. These parent bodies have undergone impact events from at least 4.5 Ga (NWA 11071) until at least 4.2 Ga (NWA 4799) according to ³⁹Ar‐⁴⁰Ar ages, indicating that this region of the solar system was heavily bombarded early in its history. By comparing NWA enstatite chondrite impact melts to Mercury, we infer that they represent imperfect petrological analogs to this planet given their high metal abundances, but they could represent important geochemical analogs for the behavior and geochemical affinities of elements on Mercury. Furthermore, the enstatite chondrite impact melts represent an important petrological analog for understanding high‐temperature processes and impact processes on Mercury, due to their similar mineralogies, Fe‐metal‐rich and FeO‐poor silicate abundances, and low oxygen fugacity.     

Reported sulfate mineral in lunar meteorite PCA 02007 is impact glass

A grain of light‐blue sulfate material was reported in the lunar highlands regolith meteorite PCA 02007 (Satterwhite and Righter 2013). Allocated grains of that material are, in fact, aluminosilicate glass with a chemical composition like that of the bulk meteorite and other lunar highlands regoliths. The calcium sulfate detected in PCA 02007 was likely a surface coating, and reasonably of Antarctic (not lunar) origin.     

Climate changes during the last glacial termination inferred from diatom-based temperatures and pollen in a sediment core from Längsee (Austria)

A sediment core section from Längsee, a small meromictic lake in the southern Alpine lowland (Carinthia, Austria) close to the Würmian ice margin, was investigated by means of diatoms and pollen. The main aims of the study were to reconstruct water temperature as a signal of climate change during the last glacial termination, compare the aquatic and terrestrial response to the changing climate, and place our findings into a climatic frame on the northern hemispheric scale. A calibration data set (ALPS06) of 116 lakes was constructed using data from newly studied lakes and from two previously published data sets and we established a transfer function for predicting summer epilimnetic water temperatures (SEWT). A locally weighted weighted average regression and calibration model (R _jack ²  = 0.89; RSMEP = 1.82°C) was applied to the fossil diatom assemblages in order to reconstruct SEWT. Three major sections were distinguished in the time window of approximately 19–13 cal ka BP, which fitted well with the oxygen isotope curve and the isotope-event stratigraphy from the Greenland ice-core GRIP. The first section was a warming period (SEWT range from 11.6 to 18.0°C; average 15.8°C = ca. 6°C below present) called the Längsee oscillation, which probably correlates with the warmer sub-section (GS-2b) of the Greenland Stadial 2. The subsequent section represents a climate cooling, called the Längsee cold period (SEWT range between 10.6 and 15.9°C; average 12.9°C), which probably corresponds with the sub-section GS-2a of the Greenland Stadial 2, the Heinrich 1 cold event of the North Atlantic, and partially the Gschnitz Stadial in the Alps. The Längsee cold period shows a tri-partition: Two colder phases are separated by a warmer inter-phase. The passive ordination of the core sample scores along maximum water depth indicated that the Längsee cold period was drier than the Längsee oscillation. Strong short-term fluctuations during the Längsee oscillation and the Längsee cold period indicate climate instability. The third section represented climate warming during the Längsee late glacial interstadial (=Greenland Interstadial 1, GI-1) with an average SEWT of 17.5°C. From the minor climatic fluctuations during this interstadial, mainly indicated by pollen, the fluctuation most likely related to the Gerzensee oscillation showed a SEWT decline. During the early immigration and expansion period of shrubs and trees, aquatic and terrestrial records showed distinct discrepancies that might have arose because of time lags in response and differences in sensitivity.