Testing Helioseismic-Holography Inversions for Supergranular Flows Using Synthetic Data

Supergranulation is one of the most visible length scales of solar convection and has been studied extensively by local helioseismology. We use synthetic data computed with the Seismic Propagation through Active Regions and Convection (SPARC) code to test regularized-least squares (RLS) inversions of helioseismic-holography measurements for a supergranulation-like flow. The code simulates the acoustic wavefield by solving the linearized three-dimensional Euler equations in Cartesian geometry. We model a single supergranulation cell with a simple, axisymmetric, mass-conserving flow. The use of simulated data provides an opportunity for direct evaluation of the accuracy of measurement and inversion techniques. The RLS technique applied to helioseismic-holography measurements is generally successful in reproducing the structure of the horizontal-flow field of the model supergranule cell. The errors are significant in horizontal-flow inversions near the top and bottom of the computational domain as well as in vertical-flow inversions throughout the domain. We show that the errors in the vertical velocity are due largely to cross talk from the horizontal velocity.     

A GIS FOR THE ANTARCTIC SPECIALLY MANAGED AREA OF ADMIRALTY BAY,KING GEORGE ISLAND,ANTARCTICA

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A GIS-based glacier inventory for the Antarctic Peninsula and the South Shetland Islands —A first case study on King George Island

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Helium,neon, and argon in the iron meteorites Dongling,Nantan and Ningbo

The light noble gases He, Ne and Ar have been measured in the iron meteorites Dongling, Nantan and Ningbo. Dongling and Ningbo show a deficit of cosmic-ray that produced³He of ca. 30% and 10%, respectively, which is argued to be caused by the loss of³H (tritium) from the meteoroids during the time of their exposure to the cosmic radiation. Nantan has the lowest content of noble gases as yet reported for any iron meteorite. Cosmogenic³He and³⁸Ar are only about 1/5000 of those in Dongling which has particularly interesting implications if the two meteorites belong to the same fall^[2]. In addition, Nantan contains nonspallogenic⁴He which we believe to be of radiogenic origin. This radiogenic⁴He, together with a U-content of 2.6×10⁻¹¹ g/g^[20] yields a⁴He retention age close to the cosmic-ray exposure age of Dongling. If Dongling and Nantan were part of the same meteoroid^[2], this result would indicate that He retention in the meteoroid age were 4,500 Ma, a U-content of less than 7.2×10⁻¹³ g/g is required to explain the non-cosmogenic₄He present. An upper limit to the number of transuranium or superheavy-element atoms which have decayed by α-emission in Nantan since onset of He retention is 2×10¹⁰ per gram.     

The origin of ozone-rich air in the middle stratosphere observed over Europe at the end of January 1979

Daily ozone soundings over Switzerland in the winter of 1979 showed, at the end of January some extremely high values of the ozone mixing ration around the 10 mb level-9 to 10 ppm compared with a climatological mean of 6 ppm. At the same time, the temperature and ozone mixing ratio was measured by the LIMS experiment (Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere) on Nimbus 7. The single LIMS ozone profiles, as well as the LIMS 10 mb ozone maps, also showed extreme ozone maxima. Ozone transport was investigated by trajectory computations based on the LIMS geopotential height fields. Displacements and deformations of air parcel chains in 48 h were used to construct ozone maps, using the distribution on a previous day. The correspondence of such kinematically-constructed ozone maps using the actual LIMS maps is striking. This method is, thus, a strong indication of the self-consistency of the different LIMS products (ozone, temperature, geopotential) and explains the unusual ozone observations.     

Lithologic control of bedrock meander dimensions in the appalachian valley and ridge province: A comment on a comment

Abrahams' comment relates meander length to channel cross-section shape and recurrence interval so that meander length can be both directly and inversely proportional to rock resistance. This reply notes that either meander length is directly proportional to rock resistance or it is not; one cannot have it both ways. Many Appalachian Valley and Ridge bedrock meanders are shown to be the same size as alluvial meanders, and appear to be somewhat underfit. A hypothesis is proposed where modest discharge increases may have accelerated bedrock meander cutting although present streams remain capable of slowly cutting the meanders.     

Mikrosondenuntersuchungen von Saussuriten in Abhängigkeit vom Metamorphosegrad und vom geochemischen Milieu

Zusammenfassung In einem Profil ansteigender Metamorphose werden im Stavanger-Gebiet/SW-Norwegen zwei Gesteinstypen, repräsentiert durch 17 Meta-Arkosen und Quarz-Feldspat-Gneise, sowie 19 metamorphe Tuffe und Tuffite, modellhaft auf ihre Saussuritparagenesen hin analysiert.Mikroskopische und mikroanalytische Untersuchungen zeigen eine weitestgehende Eduktabhängigkeit der Saussuritparagenesen. In calcitarmen granitoiden Edukten bilden sich schon im sehr schwach-metamorphen Stadium folgende mit Ab-reichem Plagioklas koexistierende Saussuritmineralien: 4 An-reicher Plagioklas+K-Feldspat+4 Eisenhydroxid + H₂O 2 Fe(III)Al₂-Epidot+Muskovit+Hämatit+2 Quarz. In calcitführenden Meta-Arkosen gewinnt die Mineralreaktion: An-Plagioklas+K-Feldspat+2 Eisenhydroxid+CO₂Calcit+Muskovit+ Hämatit+Quarz an Bedeutung. Im reduzierenden geochemischen Milieu der Meta-Tuffe und -Tuffite tritt in diesem metamorphen Bereich als charakteristische Neubildung Biotit neben Muskovit auf. Auch in den calcitreichen tuffitischen Proben koexistieren die Saussuritkomponenten Calcit, Muskovit, Hämatit, Quarz und Biotit.Die mikroanalytisch untersuchten Saussuritmineralien Plagioklas und Epidot zeigen anhand von annähernd 800 chemischen Vollanalysen in der Entwicklung ihrer Chemismen während der Metamorphose für beide Sedimente gleiche Trends. Im niedrigtemperierten Bildungsstadium der Saussurite können die An-Gehalte der Feldspäte in Abhängigkeit vom Edukt und aufgrund unterschiedlich intensiver Rekristallisation der Sedimente relativ stark schwanken. Die Epidote sind je nach primärem Fe(III)-Angebot mehr oder weniger eisenreich. In Richtung ansteigender Metamorphose stellen sich in den Epidoten beim Übergang zu oligoklasführenden Paragenesen maximale Fe(III)-Gehalte ein, die in Form eines rhythmischen Zonarbaus die wechselnden -Bedingungen im Verlauf der Metamorphose widerspiegeln. Bereits hier setzt der retrograde Saussuritisierungsprozeß ein: es reagieren Fe(III)Al₂-Epidot, Muskovit, Quarz, Hämatit und Albit/Oligoklas zu anorthitreicherem Plagioklas, Biotit und Wasser. Zusätzlich bildet sich durch die Zersetzung des Al-reichen Epidots Mikroklin.Die Untersuchung zur Wechselbeziehung zwischen dem Eisengehalt des Eduktes und dem der Epidote ergibt, daß die Fe(III)-Einbaurate der Epidote in keiner Weise von den Fe(III)-Konzentrationen der Meta-Sedimente beeinflußt wird, vielmehr können eduktspezifische Intervalle für die Eisenanreicherung der Epidote nachgewiesen werden.

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Electron microprobe investigations of saussurites dependent on metamorphic stage and geochemical environment

In a profile of ascending metamorphism, the saussuritic parageneses of two characteristic rock types, 17 acid meta-arkoses and 19 basic meta-tuffs and meta-tuffites, were investigated by microscopical and microanalytical methods.Microscopic studies reveal that the specific saussurite mineral association is dependent on the petrographic substratum. In very low stage metamorphism, granitic rocks show the following saussurite minerals coexisting with albite-rich plagioclase: 4 An-rich plagioclase+K-feldspar +4 ironhydroxide+H₂O2 Fe (III) Al₂-epidote + muscovite + hematite + 2 quartz. Phyllitic and calciferous meta-arkoses exhibit predominantly the following saussurite reaction: An-plagioclase + K-feldspar + 2 ironhydroxide + CO₂ calcite + muscovite + hematite + quartz. In the reducing environment of the meta-tuffs and meta-tuffites, biotite is formed in addition to muscovite.The changing chemical composition of the saussurite minerals (plagioclase and epidote) at different stages of metamorphism was determined by 800 quantitative electron microprobe analyses. The changes found in both rock types are nearly the same. During low metamorphic stage, the An-content of the plagioclases depends on the substratum and the variable intensity of recrystallization. The Fe-content of the epidotes is dependent on the amount of iron available.The epidotes are enriched in Fe toward the transition to oligoclase-bearing parageneses. These Fe-contents cause rhythmical zoning, representing varying conditions during metamorphism. With increasing metamorphic grade the retrograde process of saussuritization is initiated. The reactants are Fe (III) Al₂-epidote, muscovite, quartz, hematite, and albite/ oligoclase. The decomposition of these minerals leads to An-rich plagioclase, biotite, microcline, and H₂O.

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Herrn Prof. Dr. G. Müller, Clausthal, danke ich für viele anregende Diskussionen sowie für die kritische Durchsicht des Manuskriptes.

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Mein Dank gilt auch Herrn Dr. A. Schneider, Geochemisches Institut der Universität Göttingen, der mir freundlicherweise das Rucklidge-Korrekturprogramm für Silikatanalysen zur Verfügung stellte. Zu danken habe ich auch Herrn Dr. F. Wurm, Geologisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg, für sein großzügiges Entgegenkommen und die tatkräftige Unterstützung bei der ergänzenden Probennahme im Gebiet der nordwestlichen Inseln des Boknfjords.

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Der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft schulde ich Dank für die finanzielle Unterstützung dieser Arbeit.     

Zur Bedeutung der Fische als Umweltindikatoren,Laboratoriumsversuche an Karpfen (Cyprinus carpio L.) mit Quecksilber

– Durch Experimente erzielte Anreicherungsfaktoren für Quecksilber in Karpfen bestätigen, daß eine Rüekrechnung von gemessenen Quecksilberkonzentrationen im Fisch auf solche im Wasser mit Hilfe der Faktoren nicht ohne weiteres möglich ist; – dagegen zeichnet sich ab, daß ein Vergleich verschiedener quecksilberhaltiger Fischorgane gewisse Rückschlüsse auf die vorangegangene Art (chronisch oder akut) der Quecksilber-belastung ermöglicht; – die Höhe der Quecksilberaufnahme der Karpfenkiemen bei akut-toxischer Quecksilberkonzentration im Wasser hing von der Queckeilberbelastung der Karpfen ab. Ebenso wurde biervon die Manifestationszeit beeinflußt     

The production of circumstellar26Al by massive stars

We investigate the production of²⁶Al during hydrogen burning and its ejection by massive single and binary stars. Effects of convection and rotation are studied. We discuss the importance of RSGs, LBVs and WR stars to the total Galactic²⁶Al production, and the detection probability of the²⁶Al decay in individual objects as P Cygni, Velorum and Carinae.