Der Einfluss chinesischer Spaltproduktaerosole auf den in Stuttgart-Hohenheim gemessenen radioaktiven Befall

Zusammenfassung Am 9. Mai wurde der dritte chinesische Kernwaffenversuch durchgeführt. Als Folge konnte etwa vierzehn Tage nach dem Explosionszeitpunkt in Stuttgart-Hohenheim eine deutliche Zunahme des radioaktiven Befalls festgestellt werden. Für die gewonneuen Niederschlags-, Staub- und Luftfilterproben, sowie für ein Heisses Teilchen wurdent ^–(1+x )-Kurven gemessen, diex-Werte bestimmt und gammaspektrometrisch die Nuklidzusammensetzung untersucht. An den aufgefundenen Nukliddiskriminierungen ist bemerkenswert, dass das Heisse Teilchen eine deutliche⁹⁵Zr-⁹⁵ Nb-Anreicherung aufwies.

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Summary The results of an investigation of the deposition of nuclear weapon debris from the third Chinese test explosion are discussed.t ^–(1+x )-curves were measured and the values of the parameterx are presented. The dry and precipitation fallout samples and a hot particle were gammaspectrometrically examined. Fractionation phenomena were studied.

     

Tektonische Untersuchungen am Westrand der Eifeler Nord-Süd-Zone zwischen Untermaubach und Heimbach

Zusammenfassung Die Abbiegung der SE-Flanke des Vennsattels zum Westrand der Eifeler N-S-Zone wird von einem Störungsbündel begleitet, das die Achsenflexur zu einem Staffelbruch fortbildete und mehrmals posthum in Tätigkeit trat. Methoden werden entwickelt, um aus der Verstellung der feintektonischen Elemente nicht sichtbare Verwerfungen zu erschließen.     

The Application of a Diatom-based Transfer Function to Evaluate Regional Water-Quality Trends in Minnessota Since 1970

Significant population growth over the last three decades, as well as efforts to improve surface-water quality mandated by the Clean Water Act, potentially have had opposing influences on aquatic ecosystems in the U.S. Because historical data on water-quality trends are limited over this time period, we developed a diatom-based transfer function to reconstruct chloride, color, acid neutralizing capacity (ANC), total phosphorus (TP), and pH in 55 Minnesota lakes. The lakes span three different ecoregions, as well as the Twin Cities metropolitan area, and differ in their history of settlement and land use, and in surficial geology, climate, and vegetation. Lakes in the Northern Lakes and Forest ecoregion are nearly pristine, whereas those in the other regions likely are strongly affected by urban or agricultural pollutants. Reconstructions of water-chemistry trends since 1970 suggest that recent human activities have had substantial impacts in both urban and rural areas. Chloride concentrations have increased in many Metro lakes, which may be due to road salts, and phosphorus levels have been steady or rising in agricultural regions. The majority of Metro lakes show some decline in TP, although many of the changes are not statistically significant based on our reconstruction techniques. There is no evidence that atmospheric deposition of sulfate or nitrate has caused acidification or changes in trophic state for remote lakes in the northeastern part of the state.     

Palynology suggests hydrocarbon mobilization in Ordovician of Kasba Tadla Basin,Morocco

Palynological analysis of twelve wells shows that the metamorphic gradient of the pre-Mesozoic in the Kasba Tadla Basin of Morocco increases rapidly northwest-, southeast-, and eastward, from the center of the Basin. In the center, the Ordovician may still be releasing mobile hydrocarbons.

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Zusammenfassung Eine palynologische Untersuchung von zwölf Bohrungen zeigt, daß der thermale Gradient sich im Premesozoikum des Kasba-Tadla-Beckens in Marokko vom Zentrum des Beckens aus nach Nordwesten, Südosten und Osten schnell vergrößert. Es ist sehr wohl möglich, daß das Ordovizium des Beckenzentrums noch flüssige und gasförmige Kohlenwasserstoffverbindungen abgibt.

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Résumé L'analyse palynologique de 12 sondages montre que le gradient métamorphique du pré-Mésozoïque dans le Basin du Kasba Tadla, au Maroc, augmente à partir du centre du Bassin vers le nordouest, le sudest et vers l'est. Il est possible que l'Ordovicien de la partie centrale du Bassin produise encore des hydrocarbures liquides et gaseux.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge support of this project through Grant GF-32510-X from the National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.     

Subglacial tunnel valleys in the Alpine foreland: an example from Bern, Switzerland

The morphology of the Alpine and adjacent landscapes is directly related to glacial erosion and associated sediment transport. Here we report the effects of glacio-hydrologic erosion on bedrock topography in the Swiss Plateau. Specifically, we identify the presence of subsurface valleys beneath the city of Bern and discuss their genesis. Stratigraphic investigations of more than 4,000 borehole data within a 430 km²-large area reveal the presence of a network of >200 m-deep and 1,000 m-wide valleys. They are flat floored with steep sided walls and are filled by Quaternary glacial deposits. The central valley beneath Bern is straight and oriented towards the NNW, with valley flanks more than 20° steep. The valley bottom has an irregular undulating profile along the thalweg, with differences between sills and hollows higher than 50–100 m over a reach of 4 km length. Approximately 500 m high bedrock highlands flank the valley network. The highlands are dissected by up to 80 m-deep and 500 m-broad hanging valleys that currently drain away from the axis of the main valley. We interpret the valleys beneath the city of Bern to be a tunnel valley network which originated from subglacial erosion by melt water. The highland valleys served as proglacial meltwater paths and are hanging with respect to the trunk system, indicating that these incipient highland systems as well as the main gorge beneath Bern formed by glacial melt water under pressure.