Die horizontale Verteilung von Chlorophyll im Bielersee

Chlorophyll content of mixed samples taken between 0 und 10 m was measured on 14 days at 15 stations. The purpose of that study was to assess the validity of measurements taken at one single sampling station.      

Coexisting Ca-poor pyroxenes in the Main Zone of the Bushveld Complex

Electron microprobe analyses of Ca-poor pyroxenes in gabbroic rocks of the Main Zone of the Bushveld Complex reveal that inverted pigeonites have lower Mg/Fe ratios than coexisting hypersthenes. Textural relationships, however, indicate that the two Ca-poor pyroxenes did not crystallize simultaneously from the magma. Early pigeonite reacted with the magma to form hypersthene and the difference in the Mg/Fe ratio of these two pyroxenes reflects the difference of this ratio between early pigeonite and the magma at the time of reaction. Some of the grains of early pigeonite, now inverted to hypersthene, evidently escaped this reaction with the magma. Bulk compositions of pyroxenes intermediate between that of pigeonite and hypersthene are postulated on the grounds of varying amounts of exsolved augite in the hypersthene which has originated from pigeonite by reaction with magma.     

Geochemical processes controlling the relationship between Co,Mn, and Fe in early diagenetic deep-sea nodules

Early diagenetic manganese nodules from the northeast Pacific nodule belt and from the southeast Pacific (Peru Basin) show primary growth features of dendritic microtextures consisting of alternating laminae of crystalline 10-Åmanganate (A1 substance) and amorphous material which is composed of an intimate mixture of ferric hydroxide, silicate, and δ-MnO₂ (A2 substance). The formation of rhythmic sequences of A1 and A2 microlayers is explained by physico-chemical changes in the peneliquid sediment layer and in the microenvironment of the accreting nodule surface: (a) upward diffusion of Mn²⁺ in the interstitial water as a result of decay of organic matter and Mn mobilization; (b) oxidation of Mn²⁺ and formation of 10-Åmanganate in the upper part of the peneliquid sediment layer, leading to pH depression in the microenvironment of the nodule surface which decreases the mobility of silicate, resulting in formation of A2 layers; (c) restoration of pH and renewed precipitation of 10-Åmanganate.Based on data of 171 bulk analyses and on electron microprobe investigations, interelement relationships between Co, Mn, and Fe are pointed out. Fe and Co show a significant positive correlation (r = 0.84), while Mn and Co are poorly negatively correlated (r = ?0.21), assuming linear regression. The enrichment of Co within the amorphous A2 phase is attributed to specific surface adsorption and subsequent oxidation of Co²⁺ to Co³⁺ in the strong electric field of Si⁴⁺. Robust complexes of Co(III) and ≡ FeH₂SiO₄^? prevent most of the Co from being available for the 10-Åmanganate precipitation. Concerning the relation between Mn and Fe and Co respectively, the highest correlation coefficients are obtained using an inverse logarithmic regression. Under early diagenetic conditions, the concentration and precipitation of Mn²⁺ in the interstitial water depends on the redox gradient which is controlled by the amount of decomposing organic matter. The Nernst equation describes the relationship as a reciprocal logarithmic function. However, the quantities of colloidal ferric hydroxide and of dissolved silicate are not affected by variations of the redox potential. These different characteristics in the precipitation of Mn and the Fe- and Si-rich colloidal phase may cause the significantly negative logarithmic correlation of Mn versus Fe and Co, respectively.     

Competition for the general cargo transports of Sweden's foreign trade

The object of the paper is to analyze changes in modal and port allocation of general cargo flows in Sweden's foreign trade between 1960 and 1976. It summarizes some results of a forthcoming report on the project ‘Tendencies in Liner Shipping’ financed by the ‘Transport Research Delegation’, Stockholm.     

Zur Tektonik am Nordostrand der Münchberger Gneismasse bei Hof

Zusammenfassung In der Umgebung von Hof wird unterschieden eine ältere Pressungstektonik in der sudetischen Phase der variskischen Orogenese und eine jüngere Zerrungstektonik. Die Pressungstektonik ist dem NW-Rahmen der Münchberger Gneismasse ähnlich, jedoch von geringerer Intensität. In einer 1. Phase kommt es zu einer Schicht- und Schieferungsfaltung, in einer unmittelbar anschließenden 2. Phase besonders an den Grenzen größerer Schichtkomplexe zu Überschiebungen mit NW- bis N-Vergenz. Die Überschiebungen reißen öfter an NW streichenden Blattverschiebungen auseinander, wodurch das Gefüge im Uhrzeigersinn verdreht wird. Durch die jüngere Zerrungstektonik wurden viele dieser Blattverschiebungen in SW fallende Abschiebungen umgewandelt. Der Wartturmberg wird als autochthone Aufpressung aus der Tiefe gedeutet.     

Petrographische Untersuchungen am nordwestdeutschen Posidonienschiefer

Zusammenfassung Die vorliegende Arbeit gibt eine Beschreibung der petrographischen Verhältnisse im Posidonienschiefer. An neuen Mineralien wurden anomale zweiachsige Calcite und Whewellit festgestellt. Die Feinschichtung läßt sich nach Zählung von dickeren Lagen als Warvenschichtung erkennen. Kleine Strömungen haben Erosionsrinnen geschaffen. Von besonderem Interesse ist ein Gliederungsversuch der organischen Substanz, die sich in der differentiellen Thermoanalyse als besonders vielfältig erweist. Durch verschiedene Vorgänge bei der Diagenese wird organische durch anorganische Substanz ersetzt. Eine ganze Reihe von solchen diagenetischen Reaktionen werden beschrieben. Der stete Wechsel zwischen Sapropel—Gyttja und sogar sauerstoffreichem Wasser läßt vermuten, daß das Sediment immer wieder ein Stadium durchlief, in dem die Erdölbildung stattfinden konnte. Es kommt also als Erdölmuttergestein voraussichtlich in Frage. Weitere Untersuchungen sind abzuwarten.     

On statistical dissipation in GCM-climate

This work studies the dissipation that affects the statistical behavior of a climate variable. The hypothesis tested is that the statistical dissipation of large-scale variables in a climate model is significantly influenced by the temporal variations of the models small scale variables. The test is made with the T21 ECHAM4 atmospheric GCM by varying models representation of small-scale variables in two different ways. First, the strength of the horizontal diffusion is modified. Secondly, white noise unrelated to the state of the large-scale variables is added to variables with the smallest scales (wave numbers equal to and smaller than 18). It is found that the statistical dissipations of large-scale variables (e.g., vorticity at wave numbers equal to and larger than six) depend on the intensity of small-scale fluctuations, no matter whether they are induced by modifying the horizontal diffusion or by adding noise. The stronger the small-scale fluctuations, the stronger are the dissipations of the large-scale variables. This result suggests that the simulation of low-frequency climate variations and the prediction of climate change responses depend on the model representation of small-scale climate components.     

The determination of cloud altitudes using SCIAMACHY onboard ENVISAT

This letter shows first results for the application of a recently developed semianalytical cloud retrieval algorithm for the determination of cloud top heights from space. The technique is based on the measurements of the top-of-atmosphere reflectance in the oxygen A-band. The depth of the band depends on the cloud top height and its geometrical thickness. The data obtained are compared to ground-based measurements of the cloud top height using a cloud-profiling radar.     

A metric of background candidate assessment for spectral target signature transforms

Previous studies examined and tested a number of statistics-based registration-free transforms to find targets amid cluttered backgrounds. These transforms temporally evolve spectral target signatures under global, varying conditions using collected imagery of regions of similar objects and content distribution from datasets gathered at two different times. The transformed target signature is then inserted into the matched filter to search for targets. Although critical for transforming spectral target signatures, finding two suitable candidate regions is often difficult, computationally intensive, and may require the aid of an image analyst. This is the first study to examine a metric to help identify suitable areas for spectral target transformation. Specifically, this study examines and finds that the average correlation coefficient between the corrected histograms of the multispectral image cube collected at two times can help assess the similarity of the areas and indicate the target-to-clutter ratio, a metric shown to predict target detection performance in matched filter searches for targets.     

Chemistry, small-scale inhomogeneity, and formation of moldavites as condensates from sands vaporized by the Ries impact

The formation of the Ries impact and the moldavites have identical radiogenic ages of 14.3 Ma. According to this conformity in age moldavites are generally regarded as products of the Ries impact. This paper, which is divided into two sections, deals with two aspects of the moldavite-forming process: the formation of moldavite bodies by accretion of small precursors, and the physical and chemical conditions under which these primary units originated from sands which covered the Ries impact site.First, the chemical inhomogeneity of moldavite glasses is investigated in sections of 11 moldavites, using back scattered electron (BSE) images and electron microprobe analyses on 0.4-2.7 mm long traverses. Schlieren and lechatelierite particles are interpreted as relics of small, chemically different precursors, which accumulated to larger moldavite bodies at temperatures too low to be efficient for mixing. The patterns of schlieren and lechatelierite inclusions represent two successive rheological regimes: Small agglomerating primary melt units were extended into thin lamellae and threads under conditions of laminar flow. As evidenced by folded textures, these fluidal arrays were later plastically deformed under conditions of compressional stress.To elucidate the production of the primary melt units by the Ries impact, in the second section the geologic situation of the Ries area is considered with regard to possible source materials. The site of the Ries impact, situated at the northern border of the pre-Alpine Molasse basin, was covered at the time of the impact by fluviatile sediments of the lower sequence of the Obere Süßwasser-Molasse (OSM) Formation of Middle Miocene age, consisting of sands, marly sands and clays. Chemical analyses for major and trace elements of 38 moldavites from Bohemia and Moravia, and of 28 samples of the OSM Formation, collected from outcrops and drill holes, immediately south of the Ries crater and south of the Danube, show chemical conformity of moldavites and sand samples with regard to the major parameters SiO_2,Al₂O₃+ FeO, and MgO + CaO, indicating that these sands were the essential source material of moldavites. But, differences in contents of individual major and trace elements between moldavites and sands show that the formation of moldavites from sands involved a specific chemical differentiation which can not be explained by selective vaporization or melting, nor by selective condensation from melt or vapeur. Because large ions were enriched and small ones depleted in moldavites, the ionic radius has controlled the distribution of elements between sands and moldavites. We assume that moldavites originated from a plasma that the impact produced at its encounter with the surficial sand formation at the impact site, and that the primary units formed as early condensates in which large ions were preferentially trapped.