The Validity of Dynamical Models of the Solar Atmosphere

Important results on the structure and dynamics of the nonmagnetic solar chromosphere are based on hydrodynamic models that oversimplify either the geometry of the atmosphere or the interaction of radiation and matter. Although the observed granulation pattern is well reproduced by the three-dimensional (3D) models, oversimplification of radiative relaxation leads to the prediction of temperature fluctuations that are too high (by a factor of 10 to 100) and result in a monotonic decrease with height in the chromosphere of the horizontally and temporally averaged temperature, and hence in the prediction of absorption lines at wavelengths where only emission lines are observed on the Sun. New values of solar abundances of oxygen and other metals are based on 3D hydrodynamic models with temporal and spatial fluctuations that are far greater than those observed. These new abundances destroy the previous agreement of observed modes with acoustic eigenmodes that had been predicted for the old abundances from a solar model for which the sound speed throughout most of the Sun was determined to an accuracy of a few parts in 10⁴. One expects that, when radiative relaxation is properly accounted for, 3D models will reproduce the essential characteristics of the solar atmosphere, among them a positive temperature gradient in the outward direction and hence exclusively emission lines in the extreme ultraviolet at all times and positions in the nonmagnetic chromosphere. A?minimum characteristic length of 0.1?arcsec is identified for the solar atmosphere, below which there is no significant structure in the actual Sun, only in wave models of the Sun. This criticism does not detract from the notable success of hydrodynamic modeling to explain the mechanism by which chromospheric H_2V and K_2V bright points are formed.     

Ein Modell zur alpidischen Evolution und Orogenese des Tauernfensters

Zusammenfassung Die drei großen der jüngst vonSchlager &Schöllnberger für die Nördlichen Kalkalpen herausgearbeiteten stratigraphischen Wenden, die jeweils eigene Entwicklungsstadien einleiten, lassen sich auch in den im Tauernfenster vorliegenden Serien des Mesozoikums feststellen.Die Adneter Wende, die zeitlich mit dem Aufreißen der kontinentalen Kruste und der Herausbildung der Bündner Schiefer-Geosynklinale zusammenfällt, die die europäische von der ostalpinen (austroalpinen) Platte trennt, ist für den betrachteten Raum das wichtigste Ereignis zwischen variszischer und alpidischer Gebirgsbildung.Die altalpidische Orogenese setzt in der mittleren Kreide ein und erreicht in der Oberkreide mit der Subduktion der europäischen Platte unter die Sedimente der Geosynklinalfüllung (Bündner Schiefer) sowie derselben unter die ostalpine (austroalpine) Platte ihren Höhepunkt. Der Zuschub der heute im Tauernfenster vorliegenden Serien war im Campan abgeschlossen. Ebenso ist die Deckengliederung in Venedigerdecke (Zentralgneis-Komplexe mit Sedimenthülle und höhere Teildecken), Glocknerdecke (vorwiegend aus Bündner Schiefern mit Ophiolithen bestehend) und Ostalpin bereits auf die kretazischen plattentektonischen Vorgänge zurückzuführen.Die alttertiäre Regionalmetamorphose hat während ihres Höhepunktes am Ende des Eozäns die heute im Tauernfenster aufgeschlossenen Serien bis in Tiefen von 15 km oder mehr versenkt. Die anschließende, durch weitere Einengung verursachte Aufwölbung der Tauernkuppel führt zum Einströmen heißen, tiefkrustalen sauren Materials in den Kern des Antiklinoriums und — in heute noch nicht angeschnittenem Niveau -zur Anatexis.Der Flysch der Ostalpen ist aus einem paläogeographisch nördlich der Zentralgneiszone beheimateten Gebiet abzuleiten.

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The Mesozoic series of the Tauern Window are characterized by three changes in the sedimentation conditions dividing the stratigraphic evolution in four periods.In Middle and Upper Cretaceous time, the European plate is subducted under the Austroalpine plate. In Campanian time, the series of the Tauern Window are wholly covered by the Austroalpine Nappe. Three great tectonic units can be distinguished: i. e., the Venediger Nappe (consisting of Zentralgneis and its cover as well as smaller nappes and schuppen), the Glockner Nappe (mainly consisting of the Bündner Schiefer with ophiolites), and the Austroalpine nappes.The Lower Tertiary regional metamorphism culminates at the end of the Eocene at which time the series of the Tauern Window are brought into depths of 15 km or more. The succeeding arching of the Tauern cupola by continuing compression causes influx of hot acid crustal material and anatexis in the core of the anticlinorium.The flysch of the Eastern Alps derives from a zone situated paleogeographically north of the Zentralgneis zone.

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Résumé Les séries secondaires de la fenêtre des Hohe Tauern sont caractérisées par trois changements dans les conditions de la sédimentation divisant ainsi l'évolution stratigraphique en quatre périodes. Pendant le Crétacé moyen et supérieur la plaque Européenne est subductée sous les Schistes lustrés de la fosse eugéosynclinale qui, de son côté, est subductée sous la plaque Austroalpine. La formation des grandes unités tectoniques s'est achevée pendant le Crétacé supérieur, c'est-à-dire la Nappe de Venediger (constituée par le Zentralgneis et sa couverture aussi que des nappes et des écailles particulières), la Nappe du Glockner (surtout constituée par des Schistes lustrés avec des ophiolites), et les nappes Austroalpines.Le métamorphisme tertiaire culmine à la fin de l'Eocène, au terme duquel les séries de la fenêtre des Hohe Tauern sont enfouies à un profondeur de 15 km ou plus. La formation de la voûte des Hohe Tauern commence immédiatement après par rétrécissement continuel, provoquant l'admission de materiel chaud de la croûte acide et l'anatéxie dans l'intérieur de l'anticlinorium.Le flysch des Alpes orientales dérive d'une zone située paléogéographiquement au nord de la zone du Zentralgneis.

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IV. Stratigraphie Die fazielle Einstufung fossilführender Sedimente

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Matrix hydrodynamic properties of carbonate rocks from the Betic Cordillera (Spain)

Laboratory tests performed on 181 rock samples from boreholes drilled in different areas of the Betic Cordillera allow us to calculate their hydraulic conductivity and open porosity values. Higher values are generally associated with Miocene calcareous sandstones, although hydraulic conductivity reaches its highest values in some isolated limestone and dolostone samples. Lower values were found in marly limestones and marbles. Specific yield ranged from 0 to 0·0798, with a mean value of 0·00579. A total of 79 samples did not release water during the specific yield test, while another 11 samples released water for more than 30 min. Such wide ranges of variation show the great diversity of behaviour that the matrix of the carbonate rocks can have, referring to water storage and transfer, and its influence on pollutants spread, for example. A weak relation between interconnected porosity and hydraulic conductivity was found. The relation between interconnected porosity and specific yield is slightly stronger, except in the case of the dolomites, where a high correlation was found. No dependence on depth was found for hydraulic conductivity and interconnected porosity. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Cretaceous–Tertiary Rhenodanubian flysch wedge (Eastern Alps): clues to sediment supply and basin configuration from zircon fission-track data

The provenance of Cenomanian to Eocene flysch deposits accreted along the northern margin of the Eastern Alps has been investigated by means of zircon fission-track (FT) geochronology and zircon morphology. The Rhenodanubian flysch and Ybbsitz klippen zone comprise several nappes representing the Main flysch and Laab basins. The Laab basin received sediments of stable European provenance, indicated by pre-Variscan, Variscan, and Permian–Triassic zircon FT ages, and was thus located in the immediate south of the European margin. The Main flysch basin was supplied mainly from the evolving Eastern Alps and was therefore situated south of the Laab basin. Zircon populations with Permian to Jurassic cooling ages in the Main flysch basin are related to increased heat fluxes during the break-up of Pangaea and are probably derived from the northwestern part of the Eastern Alps. The dominant Cretaceous zircon FT cooling ages reflect Eoalpine metamorphism in the Austroalpine realm.     

A 16-ka δ18O record of lacustrine sugar biomarkers from the High Himalaya reflects Indian Summer Monsoon variability

We investigated a late glacial–Holocene lacustrine sediment archive located at 4,050 m a.s.l. in the small carbonate-free catchment of Lake Panch Pokhari, Helambu Himal, Nepal. A δ¹⁸O sugar biomarker record was established by applying novel compound-specific δ¹⁸O analysis of plant sugar biomarkers (Zech and Glaser in Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom 23:3522–3532, 2009). This method overcomes analytical challenges such as extraction and purification faced by previous methods aimed at using δ¹⁸O of aquatic cellulose as a paleoclimate proxy. The δ¹⁸O results for sugar biomarkers arabinose, xylose and fucose agree well and reveal a pronounced trend towards lower δ¹⁸O values during the deglaciation and the onset of the Bølling/Allerød interstadial. By contrast, the period of the Younger Dryas is characterized by higher δ¹⁸O values. The early Holocene again reveals lower δ¹⁸O values. We suggest that our lacustrine δ¹⁸O record reflects coupled hydrological and thermal control. It is strongly related to changes in the oxygen isotopic composition of paleo-precipitation and resembles the δ¹⁸O records of Asian speleothems. With respect to the ‘amount effect,’ the record is interpreted as reflecting the Indian Summer Monsoon intensity. The precipitation signal is, however, amplified in our record by evaporative ¹⁸O enrichment that is controlled by the ratio of precipitation to evaporation. We suggest that our δ¹⁸O record reflects the variability of the Indian Summer Monsoon, which was strong during the Bølling/Allerød interstadial and early Holocene, but weak during the Younger Dryas stadial. This interpretation is corroborated by a pollen-based index for Lake Panch Pokhari that estimated the strength of the Indian Summer Monsoon versus the strength of the Westerlies. Millennial-scale synchronicity with the Greenland δ¹⁸O temperature records highlights the previously suggested strong teleconnections between the Asian Monsoon system and North Atlantic climate variability.