Luftelektrische Tagesgänge und Massenaustausch im Hochgebirge der Alpen

Zusammenfassung Es wird über die Ergebnisse luftelektrischer Untersuchungen auf dem Jungfraujoch (Schweiz) und ihre Deutung berichtet. Während zweier Meßperioden von je mehrwöchiger Dauer wurden das luftelektrische Potentialgefälle und der vertikale Leitungsstrom registriert; bearbeitet sind zunächst die Tagesgänge an klaren Tagen mit Hochdruckwetter. Die Tagesvariationen der drei luftelektrischen Elemente: Potentialgefälle, Vertikalstrom und Leitfähigkeit zeigen, daß auf dem Jungfraujoch im Sommer und im Herbst zwei ganz verschiedene Typen des luftelektrischen Verhaltens zu erkennen sind: Im Sommer herrscht auch an dieser Höhenstation der von den Tieflandstationen bekannte Typ vor, bei dem das Potentialgefälle angenähert invers zur Leitfähigkeit und zum Vertikalstrom verläuft. Im Herbst dagegen verlaufen Potentialgefälle und Vertikalstrom im wesentlichen gleichsinnig bei gegensinniger, aber schwächer ausgeprägter Tagesvariation der Leitfähigkeit. Im Sommer herrscht also auch in Jungfrauhöhe in den Alpen derkontinentale Typ, während sich im Herbst die Verhältnisse demozeanischen Typ annähern. Eine genauere Analyse ergibt, daß im Sommer die Tagesvariation desSäulenwiderstandes (columnar resistance) über dem Jungfraujoch in enger Korrelation zum örtlichen Widerstand der Luft an der Meßstelle (Reziprokwert der Leitfähigkeit) steht, während dies im Herbst nicht mehr der Fall ist.Zur Deutung dieser Feststellungen ist folgendes anzunehmen: Im Hochsommer wirkt die Tagesschwankung des vertikalen Massenaustausches aerosolverändernd bis in die Höhe des Alpenkammes, erkennbar daran, daß die Steuerung der luftelektrischen Tagesvariationen im wesentlichen von den unteren Schichten her erfolgt. Im Herbst dagegen ist dieser Einfluß in Kammhöhe der Alpen nahezu geschwunden; die Austauschvariation dringt nicht mehr bis in diese Höhen vor. Die verbleibenden Variationen der Leitfähigkeit deuten auf advektiven Luftaustausch hin. Das Verhalten des Dampfdruckes auf dem Jungfraujoch im Sommer und Herbst stützt diese Deutung.

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Summary The present paper gives an account of researches on atmospheric electricity carried out at Jungfraujoch (Switzerland). During two periods of several weeks each the potential gradient and the vertical air-earth current have been recorded. In the first place the diurnal variations on fine days at high pressure weather situation are elaborated. The daily variations of the three elements: potential gradient, vertical current, and conductivity, show that in summer and autumn two different types of the conditions of atmospheric electricity can be discerned: In summer the well-known type of the lowland stations is predominating also at this high altitude station, the type where the potential gradient is very nearly inverse to conductivity and vertical current. In autumn on the contrary the potential gradient and the vertical current are essentially parallel since the conductivity shows a slight diurnal variation in contrary sense. Thus, in summer prevails at the altitude of Jungfraujoch in the Alps thecontinental type, whilst in autumn the conditions approach to theoceanic type. It results from a rigorous analysis that in summer the diurnal variation of thecolumnar resistance on Jungfraujoch is in close correlation to the local air resistance (the reciprocal figure of conductivity) at the measuring point, whereas in autumn this is no longer the case.To explain these results we must assume as follows: In midsummer the diurnal variation of vertical mass exchange produces alterations of the aerosol up to the altitude of the crest of the Alps, which is perceptible from the fact that diurnal variations of atmospheric electricity start essentially from the lower layers. In autumn this influence has almost disappeared in the summit altitude of the Alps, as the daily variation of exchange does not advance to this altitude. The remaining variations of the conductivity point at an advective exchange of air. The behaviour of vapour pressure in summer and autumn at Jungfraujoch gives support to this interpretation.

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Résumé L'article traite des résultats de recherches d'électricité atmosphérique au Jungfraujoch (Suisse) et de leur interprétation. Deux périodes de mesures de plusieurs semaines chacune ont été consacrées à l'enregistrement du gradient de potentiel et du courant vertical. On décrit tout d'abord la variation diurne lors des jours sereins de temps anticyclonique. On distingue an Jungfraujoch en été et en automne respectivement deux types très différents de la marche diurne du gradient de potentiel, du courant vertical et de la conductibilité. En été le type bien connu des stations de plaine pour lequel le gradient de potentiel varie à peu près inversement à la conductibilité et au courant vertical s'observe aussi au Jungfraujoch. Par contre en automne le gradient de potentiel et le courant vertical varient en général dans le même sens, tandis que la conductibilité varie, elle, en sens contraire, bien que faiblement. Il y a donc à l'altitude du Jungfraujoch en été le «type continental», alors qu'en automne les conditions se rapprochent du «type océanique». Une analyse plus détaillée montre qu'en été la variation diurne de la «résistance tubulaire» (columnar resistance) au-dessus du Jungfraujoch est en liaison étroite avec la résistance locale de l'air au point de mesure (inverse de la conductibilité), tandis qu'en automne ce n'est plus le cas.Pour interpréter ces résultats il faut admettre ce qui suit: En été la variation diurne de l'échange vertical turbulent modifie les aérosols jusqu'au niveau de la crête alpine, ce que l'on reconnaît au fait que les variations diurnes des phénomènes d'électricité atmosphérique sont largement conditionnés par les couches basses. En automne par contre cet effet a disparu sur les Alpes, car la variation de l'échange turbulent n'a plus d'influence à ce niveau. La variation de la conductibilité qui subsiste suggère un échange d'air par advection. L'allure de la pression de vapeur d'eau au Jungfraujoch en été et en automne confirme cette hypothèse.

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Méthode de comparaison des régimes pluviaux en météorologie synoptique

Résumé On développe une méthode basée sur le dénombrement des jours de pluite communs à deux stations données et sur l'écart avec leur probabilité. Une formule simple définit l'indice de similitude de deux régimes pluviaux, indice qui peut varier de –1 à +1 et qui caractérise la plus ou moins grande similitude des distributions chronologiques de la pluie en deux endroits quelconques. L'application de la méthode conduit à établir une loi de décroissance de l'indice avec la distance séparant les stations comparées. Dans la région alpine cette loi présente une anomalie résultant de l'effet orographique.

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Summary A method of obtaining a synoptic view of the distribution of precipitation (rain- and snowfall) is developed. It is based on the number of days on which precipitation occurs at both of two places more or less distant from each other. A mathematical definition is given of an index of similarity, which latter varies between –1 and +1. These, limiting, figures signify in the case of –1 that precipitation is least likely to occur on any one day at both of two different places, in the case of +1 that it is most likely to occur, and that when the index of similarity is 0 no relation at all can be established for the likelihood of precipitation at both places on the same day. The index shows a sharp decline as the distance between places increases. In general it shows less relationship in regard to the simultaneous occurrence of rain-and snowfall between places lying on opposite sides of the Alps than between places on the same side, showing once more how the Alps act as a weather partition. The results, based on observations at 9 places in Switzerland and 8 in other European countries, are valid for the Temperate Zone; for other climatic regions they may be different.

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Zusammenfassung Von der Anzahl der gleichzeitigen Niederschlagstage an zwei Beobachtungsstationen und von der Abweichung ihrer Wahrscheinlichkeit ausgehend, wird eine Methode zum Vergleiche der Niederschlagstypen im synoptischen Sinne entwickelt. Der sogenannte Ähnlichkeitsindex, der zwischen –1 und +1 variieren kann, wird mathematisch definiert. Je nach dem Wert desselben ist die zeitliche Verteilung der Niederschlagstage an zwei Orten gleich (+1), indifferent (0) oder entgegengesetzt (–1). Bei der Anwendung der Methode tritt eine gesetzmäßige Abnahme des Index mit der Entfernung auf. Ein entgegengesetztes Verhalten des Ähnlichkeitsindex beiderseits der Alpen veranschaulicht die Rolle, welche die Alpen bekanntlich als Wetterscheide spielen.

     

Helophyte zonation in two regulated estuarine areas in the Netherlands: Vegetation analysis and relationships with hydrological factors

The relationship between hydrological conditions and riparian helophyte vegetation was studied in two freshwater estuaries that differed in tidal regulation in order to assess the effects of large-scale hydrological regulation on the fringe vegetation. Vegetation and environmental variables were sampled for 206 sites in the Rhine-Meuse estuary (146 sites) and the IJsselmeer region (60 sites) in the Netherlands. These samples were classified into 10 vegetation types, all of which were dominated by tall helophytes. The most common vegetation types were dominated byPhragmites australis andTypha angustifolia, which formed both monospecific stands and mixtures. Tall Cyperaceae dominated three vegetation types (dominated individually bySchoenoplectus lacustris, Bolboschoenus maritimus, andSchoenoplectus tabernaemontani).Acorus calamus. Principal components analysis of the species composition of vegetation fringing open-water areas and associated environmental data revealed complex gradients incorporating differences in water depth, water-level fluctuation, were exposure, and sedimentation and/or erosion. The composition of the helophyte belts varied among the areas as the result of the differing times at which regulation occurred. Based on historical data, hydrological regulation of the estuaries has resulted in deterioration of intertidalSchoenoplectus andBolboschoenus stands, due to erosion and predation.P. australis stands have been invaded by terrestrial plant species or have been replaced byT. angustifolia. A scheme is presented of helophyte vegetation development under the influence of changes in the hydrological regime.     

Salinisation de l’aquifère libre de la Chaouia côtière (Azemmour-Tnine Chtouka), Maroc

L’aquifère libre de la Chaouia côtière constitue un exemple des aquifères les plus exploités au Maroc. Ce travail est consacré à l’étude des processus de la salinisation des eaux souterraines par l’analyse physico-chimique de 39 puits répartis dans la zone. Deux types de faciès ont été révélés, l’un est chloruré-sodique dans la frange côtière ; l’autre faciès est de type chloruré bicarbonaté-calcique caractérisant les eaux exploitées dans les calcaires marneux du Crétacé. L’influence marine (aérosols et intrusion marine), la dissolution/précipitation de la roche aquifère et l’infiltration des eaux d’irrigation, sont parmi les causes de l’augmentation de la salinité des eaux souterraines, en plus de l’exploitation excessive de l’eau souterraine.     

Uncertainty analysis and probabilistic segmentation of electrical resistivity images: the 2D inverse problem

In this paper, we present the uncertainty analysis of the 2D electrical tomography inverse problem using model reduction and performing the sampling via an explorative member of the Particle Swarm Optimization family, called the Regressive‐Regressive Particle Swarm Optimization. The procedure begins with a local inversion to find a good resistivity model located in the nonlinear equivalence region of the set of plausible solutions. The dimension of this geophysical model is then reduced using spectral decomposition, and the uncertainty space is explored via Particle Swarm Optimization. Using this approach, we show that it is possible to sample the uncertainty space of the electrical tomography inverse problem. We illustrate this methodology with the application to a synthetic and a real dataset coming from a karstic geological set‐up. By computing the uncertainty of the inverse solution, it is possible to perform the segmentation of the resistivity images issued from inversion. This segmentation is based on the set of equivalent models that have been sampled, and makes it possible to answer geophysical questions in a probabilistic way, performing risk analysis.     

Geochemical constraints on the origin and tectonic setting of the serpentinized peridotites from the Paleoproterozoic Nyong series,Eseka area,SW Cameroon

Serpentinized rocks closely associated with Paleoproterozoic eclogitic metabasites were recently discovered at Eseka area in the northwestern edge of the Congo craton in southern Cameroon. Here, we present new field data, petrography, and first comprehensible whole-rock geochemistry data and discuss the protolith and tectonic significance of these serpentinites in the region. The studied rock samples are characterized by pseudomorphic textures, including mesh microstructure formed by serpentine intergrowths with cores of olivine, bastites after pyroxene. Antigorite constitutes almost the whole bulk of the rocks and is associated (to the less amount) with tremolite, talc, spinel, and magnetite. Whole-rock chemistry of the Eseka serpentinites led to the distinction of two types. Type 1 has high MgO (> 40 wt%) content and high Mg# values (88.80) whereas Type 2 serpentinite samples display relatively low MgO concentration and Mg# values (< 40 and 82.88 wt%, respectively). Both types have low Al/Si and high Mg/Si ratios than the primitive mantle, reflecting a refractory abyssal mantle peridotite protolith. Partial melting modeling indicates that these rocks were derived from melting of spinel peridotite before serpentinization. Bulk rock high-Ti content is similar to the values of subducted serpentinites (> 50 ppm). This similarity, associated with the high Cr contents, spinel-peridotite protolith compositions and Mg/Si and Al/Si ratios imply that the studied serpentinites were formed in a subduction-related environment. The U-shaped chondrite normalized-REE patterns of serpentinized peridotites, coupled with similar enrichments in LREE and HFSE, suggest the refertilized nature due to melt/rock interaction prior to serpentinization. Based on the results, we suggest that the Eseka serpentinized peridotites are mantle residues that suffered a high degree of partial melting in a subduction-related environment, especially in Supra Subduction Zone setting. These new findings suggest that the Nyong series in Cameroon represents an uncontested Paleoproterozoic suture zone between the Congo craton and the São Francisco craton in Brazil.

     

Toward the understanding of the treatment of textile industries’ effluents by clay: adsorption of anionic dye on kaolinite

Clays, particularly kaolinite, are promising adsorbents for the treatment of textile effluents, but there is a need of better understanding the mechanisms of adsorption, especially in the case of anionic dyes. Thus, the removal of RR120 anionic dye was investigated using Tunisian raw clay (TBK) composed of kaolinite and illite, and a standard kaolinite (KGa-2), and conducting batch experiments by varying different parameters (contact time, ionic strength, concentration, temperature). We investigated the clays’ surface charges by electrophoretic mobility measures and the dye-clay interactions during adsorption, by the streaming-induced potentials (SIP). The results showed that KGa-2 has higher adsorption capacity for RR120 dye than TBK clay, moreover enhanced by increasing the ionic strength and/or lowering the pH of the aqueous. The SIP results showed an increase of negative charges for both clays, reflecting the adsorption of the anionic dye on the positive charges of the amphoteric surfaces of the clays. The SIP magnitudes indicated a higher adsorption rate for KGa-2 in accordance with the kinetic study. The Sips model that described the best adsorption isotherms indicates lateral interactions of the dye molecules, stronger in the case of KGa-2 than TBK. Also, the dye molecules form a thinner layer on KGa-2 surfaces. In addition, the dye molecule’s structure was not altered, as verified by mass spectrometry. The adsorption process was feasible and spontaneous and favored at ambient temperature. Thus, kaolinite-rich clays are effective in the removal of anionic dyes in aqueous solution and potential good adsorbents in wastewater treatment.