Die Sturmfluten vom 9. und 10. Februar 1949 an der deutschen Nordseeküste

Zusammenfassung Es wird der Verlauf des Wasserstandes am 9. und 10. Februar 1949 an der deutschen Nordseeküste an Hand von Pegelaufzeichnungen mehrerer Orte verfolgt. Die zugehörige Wetterlage wird mittels besonderer, zeitlich engabständiger Wetterkarten für die Deutsche Bucht untersucht. Aus der Wetterentwicklung ist der ungewöhnliche Verlauf der Sturmfluten zu erklären. Sie wurden durch das Sturmfeld eines Tiefdrucktroges hervorgerufen, das sich an der nordfriesischen Küste besonders stark auswirken konnte, weil die zugehörige Zyklone im entscheidenden Entwicklungsstadium der Sturmflut am 9. Februar nördlich von Sylt nahezu stationär die Deutsche Bucht nach Norden hin absperrte. Die Wasserstandsaufzeichnungen von Husum und Hamburg, die besonders betrachtet werden, zeigen, da das meteorologische Geschehen den Gezeitenablauf völlig überdecken und Höchst wasserstände unabhängig von diesem erzeugen kann.

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The storm surges of February 9th and 10th, 1949 on the German coast of the North Sea

Summary By the aid of tide gauge records the development of the water level on the German coast of the North Sea on February 9th and 10th, 1949, is discussed. Special weather charts for the German Bight for short intervals are plotted in order to elucidate this unusual development of the tide. Its chief cause was the stormfield of a trough of low pressure whose greatest effect was on the coast of North Friesland, because on February 9 th, at the decisive stage of the tide wave, the storm centre was almost stationary off the Island of Sylt, blocking the outflow of water from the German Bight towards the north. Inspection of the tide curves of Husum and Hamburg demonstrates that the effect of air pressure and wind can mask the normal tides and produce maximum heights independently of the the tidal curve.

     

Petrographie und Mineralfazies einer konglomeratischen Tanner Grauwacke aus dem Unterharz

A very coarse grained graywacke from Strassberg in the Lower Harz Mountains (Germany) consists of rock-fragments, feldspars, quartz, chlorites, micas, accessories and ores. Low grade metamorphic mineral reactions are indicated by the formation of 2M-muscovite +chlorite+sphene+albite in the matrix of the graywacke, by prehnite+chlorite+ sphene+calcite+sericite+albite (±quartz) in volcanic rock-fragments, and by prehnite +calcite+quartz along fine fissures. The newly formed minerals in the coarse grained graywacke belong to the laumontite-prehnite-quartz-facies of the burial metmorphism. However, the formation of the low grade minerals is caused by thermal metamorphism in outer contact zones of the Ramberg granite intrusion in the Strassberg area.     

Reports from the Smithsonian’s Global Volcanism Network, October 2009

Information included in this summary is based on more detailed reports published in the Bulletin of the Global Volcanism Network, vol. 34, no. 10, October 2009 (on the Internet at ). Edited by scientists at the Smithsonian, this bulletin includes reports provided by a worldwide network of correspondents. The reports contain the names and contact information for all sources. Please note that these reports are preliminary and subject to change as events are studied in more detail. The Global Volcanism Program welcomes further reports of current volcanism, seismic unrest, monitoring data, and field observations.     

Oil seepage and carbonate formation: A case study from the southern Gulf of Mexico

Oil seeps from the southern Gulf of Mexico can be regarded as natural laboratories where the effect of crude oil seepage on chemosynthesis‐based communities and carbonate precipitation can be studied. During R/V Meteor cruise 114 the seep sites UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) Ridge, Mictlan Knoll and Tsanyao Yang Knoll (Bay of Campeche, southern Gulf of Mexico) were investigated and sampled for authigenic carbonate deposits containing large amounts of liquid oil and solid asphalt. The δ¹³C values of individual carbonate phases including: (i) microcrystalline matrix aragonite and calcite; (ii) grey, cryptocrystalline to microcrystalline aragonite; and (iii) clear, fibrous aragonite cement, are between ?30‰ and ?20‰, agreeing with oil as the primary carbon source. Raman spectra reveal that residual heavy oils from all sites are immature and most likely originate from the same reservoir. Geochemical batch modelling using the software code PHREEQC demonstrates how sulphate‐driven oxidation of oil‐derived low‐molecular to high‐molecular weight hydrocarbons affects carbonate saturation state, and shows that the oxidation state of carbon in hydrocarbon compounds and oxidation rates of hydrocarbons control carbonate saturation and precipitation at oil seeps. Phase‐specific trace and rare earth element contents of microcrystalline aragonite and calcite, grey cryptocrystalline aragonite and clear aragonite were determined, revealing enrichment in light rare earth elements for grey aragonite. By comparing trace element patterns of carbonates with those of associated oils, it becomes apparent that liquid hydrocarbons constitute an additional source of trace metals to sedimentary pore waters. This work not only demonstrates that the microbial degradation of oil at seeps may result in the precipitation of carbonate minerals, it also elucidates that trace metal inventories of seep carbonates archive diagnostic elemental patterns, which can be assigned to the presence of heavy hydrocarbons in interstitial pore waters.     

Reports from the Smithsonian’s Global Volcanism Network,March 2009

Information included in this summary is based on more detailed reports published in the Bulletin of the Global Volcanism Network, vol. 34, no. 3, March 2009 (on the Internet at http://www.volcano.si.edu/). Edited by scientists at the Smithsonian, this bulletin includes reports provided by a worldwide network of correspondents. The reports contain the names and contact information for all sources. Please note that these reports are preliminary and subject to change as events are studied in more detail. The Global Volcanism Program welcomes further reports of current volcanism, seismic unrest, monitoring data, and field observations.