Basement-Cover Sequences within the UHP unit of the Dabie Shan

Field data define two lithologically distinct basement‐cover sequences within the ultrahigh‐pressure metamorphic (UHPM) unit of the Dabie Shan, eastern China. One of the cover units, the Changpu unit, comprises calc‐arenitic metasediments in stratigraphic contact with a basement consisting of gneisses of the Yangtze craton. The second cover unit, the Ganghe unit, consists of felsic‐intermediate metavolcanics and clastic metasediments. Basement exposure of the Ganghe unit is not known. Fold axes in the Ganghe unit are oblique to those of the Changpu unit, which are parallel to those of the Yangtze gneisses. Preservation of primary textures in some volcanic rocks, and tectonic separation from the Yangtze gneisses by a greenschist facies mylonite, support an interpretation of the Ganghe unit as a low‐strain domain. Protolith associations in the Ganghe and Changpu units are compatible with deposition in a rift setting and along a passive continental margin, respectively. A U–Pb single zircon age of 761 ± 33 Ma for volcanoclastic rocks of the Ganghe unit demonstrates a Neoproterozoic deposition age, concordant with inferred rifting at that time. Eclogite facies parageneses in the gneisses and both cover units, along with P–T data demonstrate regional UHPM in the Dabie Shan.     

Mesoscale Heat Transport Over Complex Terrain By Slope Winds – A Conceptual Model And Numerical Simulations

Vertical heat fluxes induced by mesoscale thermally driven circulations maycontribute significantly to the subgrid-scale fluxes in large-scale models (e.g.,general circulation models). However, they are not considered in these modelsyet. To gain insight into the importance and possible parameterisation of themesoscale flux associated with slope winds, an analytical (conceptual) modelis developed to describe the relationship between the mesoscale heat flux andatmospheric and land-surface characteristics. The analytical model allows usto evaluate the mesoscale flux induced by slope winds from only a few profilemeasurements within a domain. To validate the analytical model the resultingheat flux profiles are compared to profiles of highly resolved wind and temperaturefields obtained by simulations with a mesoscale numerical model.With no or moderate synoptic wind the mesoscale heat flux generated by the slopewind circulation may be as large as, or even larger than, the turbulent fluxes at thesame height. At altitudes lower than the crest of the hills the mesoscale flux is alwayspositive (upward). Generally it causes cooling within the boundary layer and heatingabove. Despite the simplifications made to derive the analytical model, it reproducesthe profiles of the mesoscale flux quite well. According to the analytical model, themesoscale heat flux is governed by the temperature deviation at the slope surface, thedepth of the slope-wind layer, the large-scale lapse rate, and the wavelength of thetopographical features.     

Experimental investigation of zoisite–clinozoisite phase equilibria in the system CaO–Fe2O3–Al2O3–SiO2–H2O

The system Ca₂Al₃Si₃O₁₁(O/OH)-Ca₂Al₂FeSi₃O₁₁(O/OH), with emphasis on the Al-rich portion, was investigated by synthesis experiments at 0.5 and 2.0 GPa, 500-800 °C, using the technique of producing overgrowths on natural seed crystals. Electron microprobe analyses of overgrowths up to >100 µm wide have located the phase transition from clinozoisite to zoisite as a function of P-T-X_ps and a miscibility gap in the clinozoisite solid solution. The experiments confirm a narrow, steep zoisite-clinozoisite two-phase loop in T-X_ps section. Maximum and minimum iron contents in coexisting zoisite and clinozoisite are given by X_ps^zo (max) = 1.9*10 ^{- 4} T+ 3.1*10 ^{- 2} P - 5.36*10 ^{- 2}{\rm X}_{{\rm ps}}^{{\rm zo}} {\rm (max) = 1}{\rm .9*10}^{ - 4} T{\rm + 3}{\rm .1*10}^{ - 2} P - {\rm 5}{\rm .36*10}^{ - 2} and X_ps^czo (min) = (4.6 * 10 ^{- 4} - 4 * 10 ^{- 5} P)T + 3.82 * 10 ^{- 2} P - 8.76 * 10 ^{- 2}{\rm X}_{{\rm ps}}^{{\rm czo}} {\rm (min)} = {\rm (4}{\rm .6} * {\rm 10}^{ - {\rm 4}} - 4 * {\rm 10}^{ - {\rm 5}} P{\rm )}T + {\rm 3}{\rm .82} * {\rm 10}^{ - {\rm 2}} P - {\rm 8}{\rm .76} * {\rm 10}^{ - {\rm 2}} (P in GPa, T in °C). The iron-free end member reaction clinozoisite = zoisite has equilibrium temperatures of 185ᇆ °C at 0.5 GPa and 0ᇆ °C at 2.0 GPa, with (H_r⁰=2.8ǃ.3 kJ/mol and (S_r⁰=4.5ǃ.4 J/mol2K. At 0.5 GPa, two clinozoisite modifications exist, which have compositions of clinozoisite I ~0.15 to 0.25 X_ps and clinozoisite II >0.55 X_ps. The upper thermal stability of clinozoisite I at 0.5 GPa lies slightly above 600 °C, whereas Fe-rich clinozoisite II is stable at 650 °C. The schematic phase relations between epidote minerals, grossular-andradite solid solutions and other phases in the system CaO-Al₂O₃-Fe₂O₃-SiO₂-H₂O are shown.     

Die Abhängigkeit des Großwetters von solaren Erscheinungen

Zusammenfassung Im ersten Abschnitt werden Einwände gegen die bisherigen Untersuchungen entkräftet. Im zweiten Abschnitt werden neue Belege für die doppelte Schwankung des Großwetters in der gemäßigten Zone während des Sonnenfleckenzyklus erbracht. Es wird gezeigt, daß die Sommer in Neuengland, die 3 bis 1 1/2 Jahre vor einem Fleckenminimum liegen, fast durchweg wärmer als normal sind und alle Hochsommer, die 2,8 bis 1,9 Jahre vor einem Fleckenextrem (Minimum oder Maximum) liegen und in denen weitere solare Bedingungen erfüllt sind, in Mitteleuropa trockener und wärmer als normal sind und übernormalen Luftdruck in Mittel- und Westeuropa aufweisen. Das gleiche gilt in den meisten dieser Jahre auch für den ganzen Sommer und auch für die südlicheren Teile Nordeuropas. Die relative Häufigkeit des Zusammentreffens dieser Großwettererscheinungen mit bestimmten solaren Bedingungen wird als überzufällig erwiesen; die Zusammenhänge werden physikalisch gedeutet.Im dritten Abschnitt wird ein überzufälliger Zusammenhang des Verlaufs der Sonnenflecken vom Vorwinter bis zum Herbst mit dem Temperaturgepräge des Folgewinters in Mitteleuropa dargestellt und erklärt.Im vierten Abschnitt wird aus der zur Erklärung der Doppelschwankung des Großwetters innerhalb des Sonnenfleckenzyklus aufgestellten Hypothese eine logische Folgerung gezogen, die sich auf die Stärke der zonalen Zirkulation in den gemäßigten Breiten in der Höhe der 500 mb-Flächevor einer länger anhaltenden Vermehrung der Sonnenflecken bis zur nächsten Sonnenrotation bezieht. Es wird festgestellt, daß diese rein theoretisch gezogene Schlußfolgerung in der Wirklichkeit mindestens im Winterhalbjahr tatsächlich erfüllt ist, womit ein neues Argument für die Richtigkeit der aufgestellten Theorie des Einflusses der von der Sonne ausgehenden Strahlungsschwankungen auf das Großwetter gewonnen wird. Die Beeinflussung des Großwetters geschieht nicht durch die korpuskularen Strahlungen der Sonne, die auf ionosphärische Vorgänge und dadurch auch auf den Erdmagnetismus wirken, sondern durch länger anhaltende Intensitätsänderungen der Wellenstrahlung, vor allem der ultravioletten Strahlung der Sonne.

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Summary In the first part objections against the former investigations are refuted. In the second part new arguments are given for the double variation of the large scale weather conditions (Großwetter) in the temperate zone during the sun spot cycle. It is shown that the summers in New England which lie 3 to 1 1/2 years before a sun spot minimum are almost without exception warmer than normal, and all midsummers which lie 2,8 to 1,9 years before a sun spot extremum (minimum or maximum) and in which further solar conditions are satisfied are drier and warmer than normal in Central Europe and show supernormal atmospheric pressure in Central and Western Europe. The same is true during most of the years also for the whole summer and also for the more southern parts of Northern Europe. The relative frequency of meeting of these large scale occurences with certain solar conditions are proved to be beyond chance; the relations are physically interpreted.In the third part a relation beyond chance of the course of the sun spots from the foregoing winter until autumn with the temperature-character of the following winter in Central Europe is described and explained.In the fourth part a logical conclusion is drawn from the hypothesis for explaining the double oscillation of the Großwetter within the sun spot cycle. This conclusion regards to the strength of the zonal circulation in the middle latitudes in the height of the 500 mb-area before a longer increasing of the sun spots until the next rotation of the sun. It is stated that this conclusion is fulfilled in the reality. This is a new argument for the correctness of the used theory concerning the influence of the variations of the sun's radiation upon the Großwetter. This influence is not caused by the corpuscular radiations of the sun which have an effect on the ionospheric occurences and by these also on the terrestrial magnetism, but by assiduous changes of the intensity of the undulatory radiation, especially of the ultra-violet radiation of the sun.

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Résumé La première partie de l'article réfute des objections soulevées par les études précédentes. La deuxième partie apporte de nouvelles preuves de la double variation du temps (à grande échelle) de la zone tempérée pendant le cycle des taches solaires. On montre qu'en Nouvelle-Angleterre les étés précédant de 3 à 1,5 ans un minimum de taches sont presque tous trop chauds et que tous les pleins-étés précédant de 2,8 à 1,9 ans un extremum de taches (minimum ou maximum) et pour lesquels d'autres conditions solaires sont remplies sont en Europe centrale trop secs et trop chauds avec pression supra-normale sur le centre et l'Ouest de l'Europe. La même relation existe dans la plupart de ces années également pour tout l'été et dans les régions plus méridionales de l'Europe septentrionale. La fréquence relative de ces conjonctures s'avère comme supérieure à celle du hasard pur; l'auteur en expose les bases physiques.La troisième partie traite d'une relation signifiante entre l'évolution des taches solaires du début de l'hiver à l'automne et l'allure de la température de l'hiver suivant en Europe centrale.Dans la quatrième partie, l'auteur tire de l'hypothèse expliquant la variation double du temps dans l'espace du cycle solaire une conséquence logique se rapportant à l'intensité de la circulation zonale aux latitudes moyennes, à l'altitude de la surface de 500 mb, avant l'augmentation durable des taches solaires jusqu'à la rotation suivante du soleil. Il montre que cette conséquence purement théorique se réalise en fait, au moins pendant le semestre hivernal, et qu'elle fournit ainsi un nouvel argument en faveur de la théorie qui prétend une influence des variations du rayonnement solaire sur la situation météorologique générale. Cette situation n'est pas influencée par le rayonnement corpusculaire du soleil qui intervient dans les phénomènes ionosphériques et dans le magnétisme terrestre, mais bien par les variations à longue période du rayonnement ondulatoire, et avant tout de l'ultra-violet solaire.

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Über den „Taucheffekt” bei der Lichtmessung über und unter Wasser

Zusammenfassung Das Verhältnis der meßbaren Intensitäten in einem Lichtmeßgerät flacher Bauart dicht unter und über Wasser wird Taucheffekt genannt. Dieses Verhältnis weicht von der wahren Relation der Lichtintensitäten innerhalb weiter Grenzen ab. Entsprechend den verschiedenen optisch-geometrischen Bedingungen bei Opal-, Klarglas- und Mattscheiben gibt es drei verschiedenartige Taucheffekte.Opal- und Mattscheiben verhalten sich gegensätzlich, ihre Taucheffektbereiche liegen unterhalb, bzw. oberhalb des gut definierbaren Klarglaswertes. Dieser bildet für Opalglas die obere, für Mattglas die untere Grenze. Die untere Grenze für Opalglas ist annähernd bestimmt, die obere Grenze für Mattglas nicht. Kunststoffgläser mit ihren niedrigeren Brechungszahlen ergeben noch breitere Taucheffektbereiche als Silikatgläser.Das Verhältnis der tatsächlichen Intensitäten liegt im Bereich des Opalglas-Taucheffekts. Es muß daher möglich sein, ein Opalglas herzustellen, mit dem ein Lichtmeßgerät über und unter Wasser richtig zeigt.Opal- und Mattgläser weisen einen Oberflächeneffekt, d. h. einen Totalreflexionsfehler in der Nähe der Wasseroberfläche auf, dessen Zusammenhang mit dem Taucheffekt geklärt wird.Es wird eine einfache Vorrichtung angegeben, um bei Taucheffekt-Bestimmungen den Totalreflexionsfehler zu vermeiden.

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Summary The ratio of light intensities just below and above a water surface as measured by a light meter of disk-shaped design is called immersion effect. This ratio differs within a wide margin from the ratio of the true intensities. According to the different optical-geometrical conditions of light transmission through opal, clear and ground glass three different types of the immersion effect can be distinguished.The immersion effect of opal glass is lower, and that of ground glass higher than the (well defined) value for clear glass. The latter is the upper margin for opal glass, and the lower margin for ground glass. The lower margin for opal glass is approximately defined while the upper margin for ground glass is indefinite. Plastic glasses with their low index of refraction cause an even wider range of the immersion effect than silicate glasses.The true ratio of light intensities lies within the range of the immersion effect of opal glass. Therefore, it should be possible to design a light meter with an opal filter which gives correct readings above and below the water surface.When placed closely beneath the water surface opal and ground glass show an additional surface effect. It is caused by total reflection at the water surface. Its relation to the immersion effect is discussed.A simple device is described which eliminates the surface effect and permits accurate determinations of the immersion effect.

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Résumé Le rapport entre les intensités mesurées par un photomètre plat directement sous la surface de l'eau et au-dessus de celle-ci est appelé «effet de plongée»; il diffère de la relation véritable des intensités lumineuses dans de larges limites. Par suite des propriétés optiques différentes des disques de verre opalin, transparent ou mat, il existe trois effets de plongée différents.Les disques opalins et mats se comportent de façon contraire; leurs domaines d'effet de plongée se trouvent au-dessous et au-dessus de la valeur bien définie correspondant au verre transparent. Celle-ci constitute pour le verre opalin la limite supérieure, pour le verre mat la limite inférieure. La limite inférieure pour le verre opalin est à peu près définie, la limite supérieure pour le verre mat ne l'est pas. Les verres synthétiques à indices bas ont des domaines d'effet de plongée encore plus larges que les verres à silicates.Le rapport véritable des intensités se trouve dans le domaine de l'effet de plongée du verre opalin. Il doit donc être possible de préparer un verre opalin à l'aide duquel un photomètre fonctionne correctement dans et sur l'eau.Les verres opalins et mats présentent un «effet de surface», c'est-àdire une erreur de réflexion totale au voisinage de la surface de l'eau, dont on explique la relation avec l'effet de plongée.On donne un dispositif simple permettant d'éviter l'erreur de réflexion totale.

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Diese Arbeit ist dem Andenken anFranz Sauberer gewidmet. Sie enthält manche Antwort auf methodische Grundfragen, um deren KlärungSauberer stets gewissenhaft bemüht war. Dem lieben, unvergessenen Kollegen sei damit wenigstens in memoriam der Dank erstattet, den ihm der Verfasser für Anregung und Kritik schuldet.     

Modeling of Contaminant Movement Near Pumping Wells: Saturated-Unsaturated Flow with Particle Tracking

A transient axisymmetric saturated-unsaturated numerical flow model was coupled with a particle tracking model to investigate the movement of contaminants when a shallow unconfined aquifer is pumped at a constant rate. The particle tracking model keeps track of locations and masses of solutes in the aquifer, and the time of capture by the well. At the end of each time-step the flow model solves the Richard's equation for the hydraulic head distribution from which elemental velocities are calculated. Solutes are then displaced for a period equivalent to the time-step using both the magnitude and direction of the elemental velocities. Numerical experiments were performed to investigate effluent concentrations in wells with screens of different length and in different positions relative to zones of stratified contamination. At early times of pumping the effluent concentrations were similar to the concentrations adjacent to the well screen, but at late times, the concentrations approached the vertically averaged concentration in the aquifer. Time to attain the vertically averaged concentration was determined by the well geometry, initial location of the contaminant plume in relation to the well screen, and hydraulic properties of the aquifer. The results are consistent with the hydraulics of flow to a pumping well and of particular importance, they demonstrate that short-term pump tests could give erroneous design concentrations for pump-and-treat systems. The model provides a means of quantifying arrival times and mixing ratios. It could therefore provide a useful means of designing production wells in aquifers with stratified contamination and more efficient recovery systems for aquifer remediation.     

Modification of air flow over an escarpment — Results from the Hjardemål experiment

Mean flow, turbulence, and surface pressure measurements over an escarpment are presented. The speed-up in the mean wind field shows the known dependence on stratification. Cross-sections of the standard deviation of horizontal and vertical wind components and of the friction velocity are derived from the data and compare favorably with the numerical model of Zeman and Jensen (1987). The modification of turbulent power spectra at intermediate frequencies can be explained by rapid distortion theory. At very low frequencies, there is a quasi-stationary response to the disturbance. Except for speed-up and standard deviations of the wind components, which are also shown for downslope wind, all results in this paper refer to upslope winds.An analysis of the vertical momentum flux reveals that upstream of the escarpment, most of the flux is transported in sweeps of fast, sinking motion to the ground. Downstream of the escarpment, ejections of slow, rising motion dominate the turbulent transport.     

Secondary production of the amphipod Ampelisca abdita mills and its importance in the diet of juvenile winter flounder (Pleuronectes americanus) in Jamaica Bay,New York

The benthic amphipod Ampelisca abdita dominates mudbottom benthic communities in Jamaica Bay (New York). In this study, we investigated the trophic role of Ampelisca in relation to winter flounder (Pleuronectes americanus) populations—the most frequently trawled fish species in Jamaica Bay. Flounders collected by trawl during summer 1989 were primarily juveniles. Stomach analyses indicated that amphipod crustaceans contributed >99% of prey individuals, with A. abdita making up 88%. Density and size frequency analyses of Ampelisca at three sites indicated two overlapping cohorts: a spring cohort released in June and a summer cohort released in late summer. Most overwintering survivors come from the summer cohort. Secondary production of Ampelisca was estimated at three sites using the cohort summation of biomass method. Estimates of annual production ranged from 25 g DW to 47 g DW m^?2 (mortality + residual biomass); production due to growth ranged from 20 g DW to 26 g DW. Simulations of spring cohort production using a range of plausible growth and mortality schedules suggested that P∶B may be more sensitive to variability in survivorship than growth. Ampelisca secondary production in Jamaica Bay is compared with other amphipod species and with macrobenthic production in other coastal and estuarine systems. We conclude that observed amphipod production is probably more than sufficient to support local winter flounder populations in Jamaica Bay, and we speculate that high nutrient loadings may indirectly stimulate amphipod production. *** DIRECT SUPPORT *** A01BY058 00010