Historical Climatology In Europe – The State Of The Art

This paper discusses the state of European research in historical climatology. This field of science and an overview of its development are described in detail. Special attention is given to the documentary evidence used for data sources, including its drawbacks and advantages. Further, methods and significant results of historical-climatological research, mainly achieved since 1990, are presented. The main focus concentrates on data, methods, definitions of the “Medieval Warm Period” and the “Little Ice Age”, synoptic interpretation of past climates, climatic anomalies and natural disasters, and the vulnerability of economies and societies to climate as well as images and social representations of past weather and climate. The potential of historical climatology for climate modelling research is discussed briefly. Research perspectives in historical climatology are formulated with reference to data, methods, interdisciplinarity and impacts.     

Notes on the Julianehåb granite of eqaluit Peninsula,Julianehåb district,Southern Greenland

Summary The Julianehåb granite has its greatest extent between Kobbermine Bay and Igaliko Fjord. His formation took place over a long space of time in the Precambrian. It is possible to distinguish Ketilidian (older) and Sanerutian (younger) granites. The older types are supposed to be autochthonous, whereas the younger show traces of older granites. In the Sanerutian period a strong reactivation is recognizable which even led to allochthonous intrusions.

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Zusammenfassung Der Julianehåb Granit hat seine größte Ausdehnung zwischen Kobbermine Bugten und Igaliko Fjord. Seine Bildung erstreckte sich über lange Zeiträume im Präkambrium. Es lassen sich Ketilidische (ältere) und Sanerutische (jüngere) Granite abgliedern. Während die älteren Typen meist durch synorogene Granitisation (autochthon) erklärbar sind, lassen die jüngeren teilweise noch Spuren von älteren Graniten erkennen. Im Sanerut ist jedenfalls eine starke Reaktivierung des Grundgebirges zu verzeichnen, die auch zu allochthonen Intrusionen führte.

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Dedicated to Prof.H. Leitmeier on the occasion of his 80th birthday.     

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Pumpellyit in Miarolen des Granits vom Königskopf bei Braunlage im Harz,Deutschland

Zusammenfassung Abweichend zu den bisher bekannten Pumpellyitparagenesen in vorwiegend basischen Gesteinen, wird hier das etwas überraschende Auftreten von Pumpellyit in Granitmiarolen des harzes beschrieben. Pumpellyit schiebt sich in der Sukzession und danach wohl auch im Bildungsverlauf zwischen Epidot und Zeolithen ein. Das Mineral, oft übersehen oder nicht richtig erkannt, ist ebenso in granitischen Miarolen anderer Gebiete zu erwarten, wie auch seine Erkennung als Schwermineral erst in den Anfängen steckt.

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Summary In contrast to hitherto known parageneses of pumpellyite in predominantly basic rocks, the somewhat surprising occurrence of pumpellyite in miaroles of granite of the Harz mountains is here reported. Pumpellyite enters in the succession between epidote and zeolite. This mineral, often overlooked or not correctly recognized, can also be expected to occur in miaroles of granites in other areas. It is only beginning to be recognized as a heavy mineral.

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Herrn Professor Dr.F. Machatschki zum 70. Geburtsag gewidmet.     

Interdecadal modulation of the relationship between ENSO,IPO and precipitation: insights from tree rings in Australia

Australian climate-proxy reconstructions based on tree rings from tropical and subtropical forests have not been achieved so far due to the rarity of species producing anatomically distinct annual growth rings. Our study identifies the Australian Red Cedar (Toona ciliata) as one of the most promising tree species for tree-ring research in Australasia because this species exhibits distinct annual tree rings, a prerequisite for high quality tropical dendroclimatology. Based on these preliminary studies, we were able, for the first time in subtropical and tropical Australia, to develop a statistically robust, precisely dated and annually resolved chronology back to AD1854. We show that the variability in ring widths of T. ciliata is mainly dependent on annual precipitation. The developed proxy data series contains both high- and low-frequency climate signals which can be associated with the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation (IPO). A comparison of different data sets (Brisbane precipitation, tree rings, coral luminescence record from the Great Barrier Reef, ENSO and IPO) revealed non-stationary correlation patterns throughout the twentieth century but little instability between the new tree-ring chronology and Brisbane precipitation.     

雅鲁藏布江缝合带区域性构造-沉积特征

沿雅鲁藏布江缝合带的蛇绿岩套出露状态可分为3种类型,如在岗仁波齐和白朗地区完整出露大套基性 超基性岩体,层状堆晶岩,辉绿岩质岩席、岩墙,以及层状深海沉积建造。而在仁布地区的蛇绿岩露头规模迅速收敛,仅剩少量地幔岩体表现为串珠状排列的小岩株向东延伸并逐渐尖灭。在拉萨地区蛇绿岩套则完全缺失,相应位置出露一套同时代中 酸性火山岩建造。为探讨雅鲁藏布江蛇绿岩带的大地构造性质,笔者选择蛇绿岩套出露巨厚、迅速收敛和完全缺失3种不同的构造位置开展构造-沉积剖面研究。初步结果显示：白朗大规模蛇绿岩套核心区保留基底构造窗,且局部可直接观察到深海沉积建造与上下围岩复理石的沉积整合接触关系。仁布地区的镁铁 超镁铁岩体具有保留完好的原生侵位构造形迹,岩体与围岩常呈侵位时的牵引平行或者低角度斜交接触关系,地幔岩与围岩接触带保留典型烘烤边等热接触变质带（晕）等。两剖面的岩石均处于区域性脆性 韧脆性变形和低绿片岩相变质作用,缺乏统一的区域性构造极性,因而整体属于原地系统,并非经历板块俯冲-碰撞-反逆冲的外来残余洋壳岩片。拉萨地区在蛇绿岩带向东延线位置出露侏罗-白垩系中 酸性火山建造,大剖面南北两侧的中 新生代沉积建造的岩性组合,构造样式和沉积环境演变过程具有明显的相似性和时间上的宏观对应性,应当记录了同一个盆地的完整演化旋回。上述构造-沉积地质特征说明雅鲁藏布江蛇绿岩套并不代表中生代近万公里宽阔洋壳的残余构造岩片,新特提斯洋实际上属于一条中生代不均一洋壳化的弧后裂陷盆地。     

青藏高原大型走滑断裂带晚新生代构造地貌生长及水系响应

大型走滑断裂带对调节印度板块和亚洲板块碰撞后产生的陆内构造变形和地貌生长起着非常重要作用。本文分析了沿青藏高原北缘主要大型左旋走滑断裂带：东昆仑、康西瓦和鲜水河-小江断裂带发育的错断地质体、大型错断水系或水系拐弯等新构造地貌特征,表明这些大型走滑断裂带在晚新生代以来发生了大规模的左旋走滑运动：前新生代地质体错位距离为80～120 km,大型水系累积的位移量可达80～90 km。根据这些走滑断裂带的长期走滑速率为8～12 mm/a,估算上述大型走滑断裂带的左旋走滑运动开始于中新世晚期：东昆仑和康西瓦断裂带左旋走滑运动开始于10±2 Ma; 鲜水河-小江断裂带甘孜-玉树段的左旋走滑运动的开始时间约为8～115 Ma。同样,如果大型水系的沿断裂带出现的大型错位或拐弯能够代表断裂带累积错位的上限,表明发源于青藏高原的黄河、金沙江、喀拉喀什河和玉龙喀什河等一级水系上游大致开始形成于9～7 Ma±。西昆仑山前盆地中河流相沉积的最早响应时间为8～6 Ma,与喀拉喀什河和玉龙喀什河等西昆仑山地区一级水系的形成时间基本一致,表明这些大型水系初始形成时间与左旋走滑构造运动的开始时间准同时。这表明中新世中晚期青藏高原构造演化发生了重要转变。     

东北印度洋两类主要的深水沉积序列及其对喜马拉雅隆升的响应

东北印度洋存在两种典型的深水沉积序列,它们分别分布在孟加拉深海扇与东经90°海岭。深海扇以浊流沉积和半远洋沉积作用为主,沉积组份主要来自喜马拉雅山系直接剥蚀的物质材料; 海岭以远洋沉积作用为主,沉积组份主要来自海洋环境下生成的钙质浮游生物壳体。两类沉积序列在物质组成和形成机理上存在着根本差别,但在聚积过程中都受到以喜马拉雅隆升为代表的构造运动的显著影响。本文应用DSDP218、ODP717、ODP758及其它来自东北印度洋的资料和样品,通过沉积学、微古生物学与古海洋学的综合研究,实现了9 Ma以来扇区近源相、远源相和岭区沉积记录中的事件对比。我们的工作表明,在东北印度洋所记录的众多与喜马拉雅山系隆升有关的地质事件中, 35 Ma和08 Ma代表了最具规模和影响的两个演化阶段。