This paper discusses the state of European research in historical climatology. This field of science and an overview of its development are described in detail. Special attention is given to the documentary evidence used for data sources, including its drawbacks and advantages. Further, methods and significant results of historical-climatological research, mainly achieved since 1990, are presented. The main focus concentrates on data, methods, definitions of the “Medieval Warm Period” and the “Little Ice Age”, synoptic interpretation of past climates, climatic anomalies and natural disasters, and the vulnerability of economies and societies to climate as well as images and social representations of past weather and climate. The potential of historical climatology for climate modelling research is discussed briefly. Research perspectives in historical climatology are formulated with reference to data, methods, interdisciplinarity and impacts. 相似文献
Summary The Julianehåb granite has its greatest extent between Kobbermine Bay and Igaliko Fjord. His formation took place over a long space of time in the Precambrian. It is possible to distinguish Ketilidian (older) and Sanerutian (younger) granites. The older types are supposed to be autochthonous, whereas the younger show traces of older granites. In the Sanerutian period a strong reactivation is recognizable which even led to allochthonous intrusions.
Zusammenfassung Der Julianehåb Granit hat seine größte Ausdehnung zwischen Kobbermine Bugten und Igaliko Fjord. Seine Bildung erstreckte sich über lange Zeiträume im Präkambrium. Es lassen sich Ketilidische (ältere) und Sanerutische (jüngere) Granite abgliedern. Während die älteren Typen meist durch synorogene Granitisation (autochthon) erklärbar sind, lassen die jüngeren teilweise noch Spuren von älteren Graniten erkennen. Im Sanerut ist jedenfalls eine starke Reaktivierung des Grundgebirges zu verzeichnen, die auch zu allochthonen Intrusionen führte.
Dedicated to Prof.H. Leitmeier on the occasion of his 80th birthday. 相似文献
Zusammenfassung Abweichend zu den bisher bekannten Pumpellyitparagenesen in vorwiegend basischen Gesteinen, wird hier das etwas überraschende Auftreten von Pumpellyit in Granitmiarolen des harzes beschrieben. Pumpellyit schiebt sich in der Sukzession und danach wohl auch im Bildungsverlauf zwischen Epidot und Zeolithen ein. Das Mineral, oft übersehen oder nicht richtig erkannt, ist ebenso in granitischen Miarolen anderer Gebiete zu erwarten, wie auch seine Erkennung als Schwermineral erst in den Anfängen steckt.
Summary In contrast to hitherto known parageneses of pumpellyite in predominantly basic rocks, the somewhat surprising occurrence of pumpellyite in miaroles of granite of the Harz mountains is here reported. Pumpellyite enters in the succession between epidote and zeolite. This mineral, often overlooked or not correctly recognized, can also be expected to occur in miaroles of granites in other areas. It is only beginning to be recognized as a heavy mineral.
Herrn Professor Dr.F. Machatschki zum 70. Geburtsag gewidmet. 相似文献
Australian climate-proxy reconstructions based on tree rings from tropical and subtropical forests have not been achieved so far due to the rarity of species producing anatomically distinct annual growth rings. Our study identifies the Australian Red Cedar (Toona ciliata) as one of the most promising tree species for tree-ring research in Australasia because this species exhibits distinct annual tree rings, a prerequisite for high quality tropical dendroclimatology. Based on these preliminary studies, we were able, for the first time in subtropical and tropical Australia, to develop a statistically robust, precisely dated and annually resolved chronology back to AD1854. We show that the variability in ring widths of T. ciliata is mainly dependent on annual precipitation. The developed proxy data series contains both high- and low-frequency climate signals which can be associated with the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation (IPO). A comparison of different data sets (Brisbane precipitation, tree rings, coral luminescence record from the Great Barrier Reef, ENSO and IPO) revealed non-stationary correlation patterns throughout the twentieth century but little instability between the new tree-ring chronology and Brisbane precipitation. 相似文献
A nonlinear parallel-bonded stress corrosion (NPSC) model is proposed to simulate the fatigue characteristics of artificial rock (concrete) during cyclic loading. Numerical simulations of fatigue tests replicate the main mechanical features of concrete specimens subjected to cyclic loading observed in the laboratory. A nonlinear reduction speed of the bond diameter between two bonded particles represents the damage rate induced by the fatigue load. The damage rate is proportional to the maximum cyclic load level when the minimum cyclic load level is fixed. Compared with laboratory data, a logarithmic function of bond diameter in the NPSC model resulted in the best fit to simulate the fatigue behaviour of concrete. The simulation includes acoustic emission (AE) monitoring during fatigue tests. The axial strain of the assembly is governed by the evolution of bond breakages. The sum of released bond strain energy is documented as value proportional to cumulative AE energy. The simulation results show very similar evolution compared with laboratory data, which verifies the effectiveness of AE energy simulation.
Monthly mean surface pressure patterns in the European area are reconstructed for those winter and summer seasons of the 16th century with outstanding climatic anomalies being either widespread over Europe or remarkably intensive in some European regions. From the available documentary information about weather characteristics and their sequences, it proved possible to infer prevalent processes of lower tropospheric advection of typical air masses and to assess the position and strength of major surface pressure centres on a monthly scale. For comparison with modern pressure patterns, monthly mean sea level pressure (SLP) grids from the 20th century have been selected for seasons with similar climatic anomalies. There are broad coincidences between these pressure patterns of the 16th and the 20th centuries except for cold summer seasons. Finally, results from the 16th century are discussed in terms of circulation dynamics (different phases of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) in winter, decreasing frequency of anticyclonic ridging in summer). 相似文献