Beiträge zur Geologie der Insel Salina (Äolischer Archipel,Sizilien)

Zusammenfassung Auf Salina beginnt die vulkanische Tätigkeit mit der Förderung von Labradorit-Andesiten und -Trachyandesiten, die den alten Pollara-Vulkan und den Vulkanstock des Mte. Rivi aufbauen. Der letzte wird von mindestens zwei größeren Vulkanen — dem südwestlichen und dem nordöstlichen Mte. Rivi-Vulkan — zusammengesetzt. Anschließend kam es im Südosten der Insel zu der Extrusion sauerer Laven in Form von Staukuppen und Staurücken (mit rhyodazitischem Chemismus).Im Bereich der alten Rivi-Vulkane und jenem der saueren Laven im SE-Teil von Salina sind marine Brandungsterrassen mit 2- bis 4 m mächtigen, groben Küstenkonglomeraten nachweisbar: sie haben Höhen von maximal + 30 m (NE-Teil von Salina) und + 10 bis + 15 m (SE-Teil der Insel). Da diese beiden Terrassensysteme auch auf anderen Inseln des Archipels ausgebildet sind, wird ihre Entstehung durch eustatische Spiegelschwankungen des Mittelmeeres während des Pleistozäns erklärt: die höheren Terrassen entsprechen dem Tyrrhenien I (Mindel/Riß-Interglazial — oberes Mittelpleistozän), die tieferen dürften dem Monastirien I/II (= Tyrrhenien II — Riß/Würm-Interglazial — mittleres Jungpleistozän) zuzuordnen sein. Der Beginn der vulkanischen Tätigkeit im Bereich des Äolischen Archipels muß damit wesentlich jünger als bisher angenommen angesetzt werden: nämlich nicht im Miozän und Frühpliozän, sondern erst im Quartär beginnend.Im jüngeren Quartär bildeten sich auf Salina etwa gleichzeitig die beiden großen Stratovulkankegel des Mte. dei Porri und der Fossa delle Felci, die nicht basischen Chemismus aufweisen, wie bisher angenommen wurde, sondern von rhyodazitischen Laven und Tuffen zusammengesetzt werden. Sie sind altersmäßig mit dem großen Stratovulkan auf Lipari — dem Mte. S. Angelo — zu parallelisieren.Als jüngstes vulkanisches Ereignis auf Salina fand die Aussprengung des großen Kraters von Pollara und die Förderung quarzlatitischer Bimssteine statt. Diese Bimsstein-Tuffe führen reichlich xenolithische Auswürflinge, unter denen granitische bis dioritische Tiefengesteine, kristalline Schiefer, Marmore, Kalksilikatfelse und thermometamorph sehr wenig veränderte, reichlichglobigerinen-führende mergelige Kalke des Tertiärs besonders auffallen. Als untermeerischer Sockel der Äolischen Inseln ist damit die NW-Fortsetzung der Kalabrisch-Peloritanischen Masse belegt.Der Vulkanismus der Äolischen Provinz ist durch die posthume quartäre Bruchtektonik im Raum der heutigen Tyrrhenis bedingt. Durch diese Schollenbewegungen entstanden Brüche, längs denen sialisch-anatektische Restmagmen pazifischer Sippe empordringen konnten.

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The volcanic activity on the island of Salina (Eolian archipelago) began with the eruption of labradorite-andesites and trachyandesites, which compose the old volcano of Pollara and that of Mte. Rivi. Thereupon endogenous domes with rhyodacitic chemism had been formed in the southeastern part of the island.In the region of the above mentioned old volcanoes and domes two old coastlines are developed: the higher is recognizable in the northeastern part of Salina and lies + 30 m above sea-level, the lower one is exposed in the southeastern part of the island and differs between + 10 and + 15 m above sea-level. These old coast-lines are likewise developed on other islands of the Eolian archipelago. By this fact their origin is interpreted by eustatic variations of the sea-level in the Mediterranian during the Pleistocene. The higher coast-lines are corresponding to the Tyrrhenian I (= upper part of the middle-Pleistocene), the lower ones are paralleled with the Monastirian I/II (= Tyrrhenian II = middle part of the upper-Pleistocene). By these facts it becomes apparently, that the volcanic activity in the Eolian archipelago began not in Miocene and lower Pliocene, but only in Quaternary times.The volcanism on Salina continued in the younger Quaternary with the approximately contemporaneous formation of two great strato-volcanoes (Mte. dei Porri and Fossa delle Felci), which are of rhyodacitic, but not of basaltic chemism as hitherto assumed. The youngest volcanic event was the ejection of quartz-latitic pumices and the formation of the great crater of Pollara. These pumice-tuffs are rich in xenolithic ejecta (as for instance granitic and dioritic rocks, gneisses, marbles, calc-silicate rocks formed by contact metamorphism, and slightly altered marly limestones of Tertiary age, rich in globigerines). These xenolithes are the proof, that the base of the Eolian Islands is represented by the continuation of the Calabrian-Peloritanian Massive.The volcanism of the Eolian volcanic province was caused by Quaternary tectonics, which were the result of subsidence of the Tyrrhenian Block. Along the fault fissures sialic-anatectic residual-magmas of Pacific rock suite were erupted.

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Résumé L'activité volcanique débute à Salina avec l'éruption d'andésites e trachyandésites à labradorite qui ont formé l'ancien volcan Pollara et le piton volcanique du Mte. Rivi. Ce dernier est composé d'au moins 2 grands volcans, le Mte. Rivi sudoccidental et nord-oriental. Vint en plus dans le sud-est de l'île une extrusion de laves acides en forme de coupoles et de crêtons (à chimisme rhyodacite).Dans la région de l'ancien volcan Rivi et de ces laves acides de la partie SE de Salina, on trouve des terrasses marines formées de conglomérats côtiers grossiers de 2 à 4 m d'épaisseur: leur altitude maximum est de + 30m (NE de Salina) et + 10 m à +15 (SE de l'île). Comme ces 2 systèmes de terrasses se rencontrent également sur d'autres îles de l'archipel, on explique leur origine par des variations eustatiques du niveau de la mer durant le Pléistocène: les terrasses supérieures appartiennent au Tyrrhénien I (Interglaciaire Mindel/Risspartie supérieure du Pléistocène moyen); les terrasses inférieures devraient appartenir au Monastirien I/II (=Tyrrhénien II ⦌- Interglaciaire Riss/Würm — partie moyenne du Pléistocène supérieur). L'activité volcanique dans l'archipel éolien aurait ainsi débuté nettement plus tard qu'on ne l'a considéré jusqu'ici: non pas au Miocène ou au début du Pliocène, mais seulement au Quaternaire.Au Quaternaire récent il s'est formé à Salina presque en même temps les 2 grands stratovolcans du Monte dei Porri et de la Fossa delle Felci, qui n'ont pas un chimisme basique comme on l'admettait jusqu'ici, mais qui sont composés de laves et tuffs rhyodacitiques. Du point de vue de l'âge ils sont à paralléliser avec le grand stratovolcan de Lipari, le Mte. S. Angelo.La manifestation volcanique la plus récente à Salina fut l'explosion du grand cratère de Pollara et l'émission de ponces de composition latitique acide. Ces tuffs contiennent de nombreux xénolithes parmi lesquels on remarque surtout des roches profondes granitiques à dioritiques, des schistes cristallins, des marbres, des roches à silicates calcaires, et des calcaires marneux du Tertiaire, riches en globigérines et très peu thermométamorphisés.Le socle sous-marin des îles éoliennes serait donc le prolongement NW de la masse calabro-péloritaine.Le volcanisme de la province éolienne est causé par la tectonique cassante quaternaire dans le cadre de la Tyrrhénide actuelle. Grâce aux mouvements de ces blocs, des cassures ont pris naissance par lesquelles ont pu monter les magmas résiduels sialiques-anatectiques appartenant à la série pacifique.

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Riassunto Sull'isola di Salina (archipelago Eoliano) l'attività vulcanica inizia con l'emissione di lave trachiandesiti- e andesiti-labradoritiche, che formano il vecchio vulcano di Pollara ed il massivo vulcanico del Mte. Rivi. L'ultimo è formato da almeno due grandi vulcani — il vulcano sudovest ed il vulcano nordest di Mte. Rivi — die adesso in maggior parte sono degradati e distrutti. Dopo c'è stata nella parte sudest dell'isola l'estrusione di lave acide, che formano le cupole all'occidente di Lingua (con chimismo riodazitico).Nella zona dei vecchi vulcani di Mte. Rivi e quella delle rocce acide nella parte sudest di Salina sono da constatare terrazze marine con grossi conglomerati litorale della potenza di 2–4 m. L'altitudine di queste terrazze marine è al massimo di + 30 m (parte NE di Salina) e tra + 10 e + 15 m (parte SE dell'isola). Poichè questi due sistemi di terrazze marine si trovano anche sull'altre isole dell'archipelago (Lipari, Panarea, Filicudi) si spiega la loro origine da oscillazioni eustatiche del Mediterraneo durante il Pleistocene: le terrazze superiori corrispondono al Tirreniano I (medio-Pleistocene superiore), le terrazze inferiori forse sono appartenenti al Monastiriano I/II (= Tirreniano II, medio tardo-Pleistocene). L'inizio dell'attività vulcanica nella provincia Eolia perció è più giovane come si pensava finora: cioè non è stato durante il Miocene e Pliocene inferiore, ma soltanto nel Quaternario.Nel Quaternario giovane si formarono a Salina quasi contemporaneamente i due grandi strato-vulcani del Mte. dei Porri e della Fossa delle Felci, che non dimostrano un chimismo basico come è stato scritto finora ma sono composti di lave e tufi riodazitiche. Nell'età essi corrispondono al grande strato-vulcano su Lipari — il Mte. S. Angelo.Il più giovane awenimento vulcanico a Salina è stato la formazione del grande cratere di Pollara con espulsione di pomice quarzlatitica. In questa pomice componenti xenolitici sono abbondanti per esempio tali di graniti, granodioriti, dioriti, scisti cristallini, marmi, rocce a calcare-silicatiche e calcari marnosi tertiari poco alterati termometamorfici con abbondante globigerine. Lo zoccolo sottomarino dell'archipelago Eoliano è così la continuazione ipotetica della massa calabro-peloritanica. Il vulcanismo della provincia Eolia è causato dalla tettonica germanotipica quaternaria nella zona del Tirreno. Per l'effetto dello sprofondamento della massa del Tirreno si formarono grandi faglie, lungo a queste salivano magmi sialici-anatectici pacifici.

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Sedimentationszyklen und stratigraphisch-fazielle Probleme der Randfazies des Unteren Muschelkalkes (Kernbohrung Mersch/ Luxemburg)

Zusammenfassung Ausgehend von einem Vergleich randnaher Normprofile und der faziellen Analyse eines vollständigen Bohrprofils wird für die Randfazies des Unteren Muschelkalkes ein Sedimentationsmodell entwickelt, das auf der Basis klimatisch und epirogenetisch bedingter Untergliederungen des Profils neue Parallelisierungsmöglichkeiten mit beckenwärtigen Faziesbereichen eröffnet.Hervorstechendste Merkmale des Bohrprofils sind rhythmisches Auftreten von Magnesit — der als sedimentäre Bildung bislang nur in Zusammenhang mit chloridischen Evaporiten bekannt war —, eine sedimentologisch und geochemisch begründete zyklische Gliederung sowie intensive Bioturbation und zugleich durchgehende Vergipsung.Die Zyklen sind formal gekennzeichnet durch Koppelung von tonigem Sandstein mit geringen Eisen- und hohen Magnesiumgehalten einerseits und von rotem Ton und Silt mit hohen Eisen- und niedrigen Magnesiumwerten andererseits. Die Zyklen werden als Wechselfolge von litoralen Sedimentationsphasen in subtropischem Klima und Abschnürungsphasen mit Hungersedimentation in aridem Klima interpretiert. Der syndiagenetisch gebildete Magnesit ist dabei Tonsedimentationsphasen genetisch zugeordnet. Anhand der Verteilung der vier nicht-detritischen Hauptminerale Dolomit, Gips, Anhydrit und Magnesit wird der Diageneseablauf rekonstruiert.Nach einer Diskussion der Bildungsumstände und der Korrelierbarkeit bieten sich die Werksteinzone der Randfazies und die Spiriferinabank der Beckenfazies als sedimentologische Zeitmarke an.

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A depositional model of the marginal facies of the Lower Muschelkalk (Middle Triassic) is developed by comparison of near-marginal profiles and a facies analysis of a complete drilling record. It is based upon climatologically and epirogenetically caused partitions of the profile and opens new possibilities of correlation with basinal areas.Significant features of the drilling record are rhythmic occurrences of magnesite in sediments only known in connection with chloridic evaporites, a cyclic deposition based on sedimentological and geochemical criteria, and intensive bioturbation with a gypsification throughout.The cycles are formally marked by the correlation of clayey sandstone with low iron and high magnesium contents at the one hand and of red clay and silt with high iron and low magnesium values at the other hand. The cycles are interpreted as an alternation of littoral sedimentation under a subtropical climate and of stages of lagoonal conditions or emersion under an arid climate. The magnesite syndiagenetically formed is genetically attached to stages of clay sedimentation. The process of diagenesis is reconstructed studying the distribution of four main non-detrital minerals: dolomite, gypsum, anhydrite, and magnesite.After discussion of the depositional conditions and the possibilities of correlation, the Werkstein-Zone of the marginal facies and the Spiriferina-Bank of the basinal facies are thought to be sedimentological time markers.

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Résumé Une conception de la formation du facies marginal du Muschelkalk inférieur est développée sur la base d'une comparaison entre les profils normés de la région de sondage Mersch/Luxembourg et l'analyse facielle du profil complet de la carotte de ce sondage. A partir des divisions en partie causées par les climats et par des mouvements épirogénétiques, cette conception donne une nouvelle possibilité de corrélation avec le facies situé plus au centre du bassin sédimentaire.Le forage étudié est caractérisé par la présence rythmique de magnésite, qui, jusqu'à présent, était seulement connu en tant que formation sédimentaire, avec des évaporites, par une répartition cyclique basée sur des observations sédimentologiques et géochimiques et par une bioturbation intensive ainsi qu'une gypsification générale.Les cycles sont caractérisés formellement par le couplage d'un grès argileux à faible teneur en fer et à forte teneur en magnésium d'une part et d'argile rouge à forte teneur en fer et à faible teneur en magnésium d'autre part. Les cycles sont interpretés comme une séquence alternante comprenant une sédimentation littorale en climat subtropical et une sédimentation lagunaire ou d'émersion en climat aride. La magnésite formée syndiagénétiquement est donc coordonnée à une phase sédimentaire argileuse. Le cours de la diagénèse est reconstruit à partir de l'étude de la répartition des quatre minéraux principaux non-détriques: dolomite, gypse, anhydrite et magnésite.A la suite de la discussion des conditions de formation et des possibilités de corrélation la « Werkstein-Zone » du facies marginal et la « Spiriferina-Bank » du facies central apparaissent comme des indicateurs sédimentologiques chronostratigraphiques.

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Denitrification rates measured along a salinity gradient in the eutrophic Neuse River estuary, North Carolina, USA

Denitrification rates along a salinity gradient in the eutrophic Neuse River Estuary, North Carolina, were quantified using membrane inlet mass spectrometry (MIMS) within short-term batch incubations. Denitrification rates within the system were highly variable, ranging from 0 to 275 μmol N m⁻² h⁻¹. Intrasite variability increased with salinity, but no significant differences were observed across the salinity gradient. Denitrification rates were positively correlated with sediment oxygen demand at the upstream sampling site where sediment organic carbon levels were lowest. This relationship was not observed in the more saline sampling sites. Denitrification rates were highest during winter. On an annual basis, denitrification accounted for 26% of the dissolved inorganic nitrogen and 12% of the total nitrogen supplied to the system.     

Zur Frage durchgepauster Tektonik

Zusammenfassung Es wird versucht, eine Vorstellung über die Möglichkeit der Durchpausung präexistierender flächiger oder körperhafter Inhomogenitäten eines tieferen Stockwerkes in das darüberliegende Deckgebirge bei neuerlicher Beanspruchung zu gewinnen. Zu diesem Zweck werden zunächst einige Beispiele, das Verhältnis von Tektonik und Vulkanismus betreffend, betrachtet. Schließlich wird an zwei konkreten Beispielen (Nordschwarzwald und Spessart) eine etwas eingehendere Analyse unternommen. Es läßt sich dabei die komplexe Natur von Art und Grad der Durchpausung erkennen, so daß bei ihrer Beurteilung größte Vorsicht am Platze ist. Ähnliches gilt für alle mit der Posthumität in der Tektonik zusammenhängende Fragen.     

A multiscaling‐based intensity–duration–frequency model for extreme precipitation

Rainfall intensity–duration–frequency (IDF) curves are a standard tool in urban water resources engineering and management. They express how return levels of extreme rainfall intensity vary with duration. The simple scaling property of extreme rainfall intensity, with respect to duration, determines the form of IDF relationships. It is supposed that the annual maximum intensity follows the generalized extreme value (GEV) distribution. As well known, for simple scaling processes, the location parameter and scale parameter of the GEV distribution obey a power law with the same exponent. Although, the simple scaling hypothesis is commonly used as a suitable working assumption, the multiscaling approach provides a more general framework. We present a new IDF relationship that has been formulated on the basis of the multiscaling property. It turns out that the GEV parameters (location and scale) have a different scaling exponent. Next, we apply a Bayesian framework to estimate the multiscaling GEV model and to choose the most appropriate model. It is shown that the model performance increases when using the multiscaling approach. The new model for IDF curves reproduces the data very well and has a reasonable degree of complexity without overfitting on the data.     

ON THE DETERMINATION OF THE ROUGHNESS COEFFICIENT IN NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL WATERWAYS

SYNOPSIS

It has always been a problem for the hydraulic engineer to obtain reasonable values for the roughness in a waterway. The writer feels that the idea put forward in this essay could help the parcticing engineer to obtain a roughness value without complicated procedure.     

Spectra of poorly resolved ocean data

Standard temperature and pressure sensors on Aanderaa RCM8 current meters have a resolution of 0.024 °C and 0.6 bar, each equal to 1 digital number (value) over a range of 1024. It is shown that an 11-month deep-ocean temperature record using only four values can contain useful spectral information on internal wave motions. This is partially due to the modulation of high-frequency data by non-zero low-frequency (subinertial) variations. This result follows from the comparison of this record with artificial three- and four-value data constructed from temperature records observed in stronger stratified waters nearby. These artificial records show main features of the internal wave band similar to those observed in the original data spectra. Peaks at tidal harmonic frequencies and enhancements at sum-tidal-inertial interaction frequencies are preserved in the artificial data, but overall noise level (and thus the continuum spectral slope) is enhanced with respect to the properly resolved records (using 15 and 100 values). As a demonstration of the stable accuracy of the temperature sensors, the poorly resolved records provided an estimate of mean stratification to within 5% of the estimate using Seabird CTD data.Responsible Editor: Hans Burchard     

Sampling Fauna in Stream Sediments as well as Groundwater Using One Net Sampler

Groundwater bores act as traps. Net samplers are regularly used for sampling this type of trap for fauna. To enable direct comparisons of faunal communities in groundwater bores and stream sediments, stream sediment tubes were built similar to groundwater bores and were sampled with net samplers for fauna. These stream sediment tubes consisted of a tube anchored in the stream sediment, also called interstitial space. To test the efficacy of this trap method in stream sediments, it was compared to another type of trap, Hahn's trap. Faunal communities sampled by a net in the stream sediment tubes did not differ hugely from fauna in Hahn's trap samples. Physical and chemical factors of sampled water in both the stream sediment tubes, the surrounding interstitial sediments and the second type of traps, Hahn's traps, showed that water in both the tubes and Hahn's traps was closely related to interstitial water. The net sampler is inexpensive and easy to handle. It is suggested that sampling stream tubes with nets may be an appropriate method for long‐term monitoring studies.     

Development of fouling communities on vertical structures in the Baltic Sea

The pillars of the bridge connecting the Island of Öland with the Swedish mainland were rebuilt between 1990 and 2000. The renovation produced pristine vertical concrete substrates, which became submerged in known years and seasons. The fouling communities on the pillars were examined in 2001 to determine whether the community structure could be explained in terms of either orderly successional development or of seasonal variation in the settlement of benthic organisms. As well, the communities on the pillars were compared to communities on the vertical surfaces of boulders in the area. The results indicated that an annual species composition is the final stage in the succession on the observed, vertical constructions. The few perennial species add to the variation between pillars as they increase in biomass (Polysiphonia fucoides) or become out-competed (Balanus improvisus). Also, observed seasonal differences in the biomass of these perennial species indicated that the time of year free space becomes available might be an important determinant of the future structure of the community. Comparison between the pillar and boulder communities showed that the artificial structures were not surrogates for the natural hard substrate: pillar communities differed in that they lacked most perennial algal species and had a high biomass of B. improvisus.