近千年全球气候变化的长积分模拟试验

近千年全球气候变化的长积分模拟试验是全球气候模拟研究的新领域,它不仅将现代器测资料与过去代用指标序列进行了有机的衔接,而且对过去百年和年代际尺度的气候变化可进行动力学解释,探讨其主要控制因素及其导致的区域响应差异。由于这类长积分模拟对计算机技术和气候模式本身的要求较高,目前能进行这类研究的国家为数不多。重点介绍了德国马普气象研究所的全球海气耦合气候模式ECHO G,以及利用该模式进行的千年长积分模拟试验结果。首先,应用全球120年的器测资料对模拟结果进行了检验,论证了该模型较强的气候模拟能力;其次,根据全球地表2 m气温的千年模拟结果,揭示了中世纪暖期—小冰期—20世纪暖期三段式气候变化时段,然后讨论了中世纪暖期和小冰期鼎盛期全球及中国的温度分布特点;最后根据对各控制因子的拟合分析与比较,初步揭示了近千年来的温度变化主要受太阳有效辐射的变化控制,而温室气体含量的增加对100年来温度的快速上升起着主导作用。      

Seawater transport and reaction in upper oceanic basaltic basement: chemical data from continuous monitoring of sealed boreholes in a ridge flank environment

Osmotically pumped fluid samplers were deployed in four deep-sea boreholes that were drilled during Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Leg 168 on the eastern flank of the Juan de Fuca Ridge. Samplers were recovered from ODP Sites 1024 and 1027 and aliquots were analyzed for a variety of dissolved ions. Results from both of the samplers show a drastic change in the major ion composition within the first 20-40 days after the borehole was sealed at the seafloor followed by a more gradual change in composition. This gradual change ceased after 820 days at Site 1024 but continued throughout the 3-year deployment at Site 1027. We modeled this change in composition to estimate the flux of formation fluid through the open borehole. The rapid early change requires a flow of ∼1500 kg of formation fluid per day. The more gradual later change requires flow rates of 38 kg/day at Site 1024 and 17.5 kg/day at Site 1027. The latter fluxes require a minimum average specific discharge of meters to hundreds of meters per year through the surrounding basaltic matrix. Trace element data show surprisingly little contamination given the presence of steel casing, Li-organic-rich grease at each joint, cement, and drilling muds. Observed changes in trace element concentrations relative to those of bottom seawater provide a measure for the global significance of cool (23°C; ODP Site 1024) ridge flank hydrothermal systems relative to warm (64°C; Baby Bare and ODP Site 1027) hydrothermal systems and illustrate the importance of these cooler systems to global geochemical budgets.     

Rezente Sedimente im Küstenbereich der Halbinsel Kaloum,Guinea

Zusammenfassung Es wurden rezente Sedimente aus dem unmittelbaren Küstenraum Guineas untersucht, in dessen Hinterland ausgeprägte lateritische Verwitterung herrscht. Von den erbohrten Tonen und Sanden wurden die Korngrößenverteilung, die chemische und mineralogische Zusammensetzung sowie die Kationsorption bestimmt.Neben Quarz, Kaolinit und Illit enthalten die Tone, die ein ungewöhnlich hohes Sorptionsvermögen haben, deutliche Anteile an Hydrargillit. Die Sande enthalten einen hohen Anteil Fe-reicher Körner, die auf eine Neubildung von Chamosit aus Brauneisen nach der Ablagerung hinweisen.

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Summary Recent marine sediments from the coastal area of Guinea, a country with intensive lateritic weathering, have been investigated. The grainsize distribution, chemical and mineralogical composition and the cation-exchange of the drilled clay-and sand-samples were determined. The clays have an anomally high cation-sorption and contain noticeable amounts of gibbsite besides quartz, kaolinite and illite. In the sands a new formation of chamosite from goethite after deposition is probable.

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

Benthonic foraminifera as indicators of the paleoposition of the Subarctic Convergence in the Norwegian-Greenland Sea

A method is presented for correlating benthonic foraminiferal communities in Late Quaternary marine sediments on continental shelves and in coastal areas with the planktonic foraminiferal stratigraphy of the North Atlantic and Norwegian Sea deep-sea sediments.     

Bakterienvermehrungsmessungen in aufbereiteten Wässern verschiedener Herkunft

Bacterial growth measurements in treated waters from different origins. Measuring growth curves of bacteria in a drinking water gives information on the regrowth potential of the water in the pipe system. The method which was developed by Werner was used for analyzing drinking waters from different origins. As a negative control high purity water and as positive control acetate were used. It is proposed to use acetate-C-equivalents for quantification because the biodegradable part of total dissolved organic carbon (DOC) is mostly below 0,1 mg/1 in treated waters. The analyses of treated surface waters showed results from 40–80 μg/1 acetate-C-equivalents, whereas in treated waters from ground water and bankfiltrates the concentration of easily biodegradable organic carbon was between 10 and 20 μg/1 acetate-C-equivalents. This is in the region of high purity water, where in average 9 μg/1 acetate-C-equivalents are detected, which therefore is the detection limit of the method. These waters normally do not show any regrowth problems.