Calcification, photosynthesis and growth of the bloom-forming coccolithophore, Emiliania huxleyi

Measurements were made of photosynthesis and calcification in a bloom of coccolithophores in the Gulf of Maine as well as in laboratory batch cultures of the Emiliania huxleyi strain 88E. The¹⁴C technique for measuring calcification was evaluated with calcifying and noncalcifying coccolithophore strains. Shipboard bloom observations showed physiological evidence of stratification between surface and deep populations within the surface mixed layer. Photosynthesis and calcification rates were enhanced within hours of addition of KNO₃ or nitrate-rich deep water (to the same final concentration). Such rates were strongly temperature dependent in laboratory cultures, decreasing over a factor of two from 15 to 20°C. Calcification was considerably less light-dependent than photosynthesis and consistently had a measurable dark rate. In culture, maximum calcification rates and degree of cell plating were limited to logarithmic growth phase. This was followed by rapid increase in the coccolith shedding rate 1 day prior to the onset of stationary phase which continued several days after cell division stopped. The regional significance of these features to total organic and inorganic carbon production as well as calcite burial is discussed.     

A radiative-conductive model for the prediction of radiation fog

A conductive-radiative model is used to predict the formation and growth of radiation fog. This is accomplished by solving numerically the heat and mass transport equations in conjunction with an approximate form of the radiative transfer equation. The equations of motion in simplified form are included in the physical system to make use of Blackadar's (1962) formulation of the exchange coefficient of the boundary layer.It is found for a number of hypothetical test cases that the model gives results which appear to represent real physical conditions. One actual situation is tested. Results show that the model reproduces better than qualitatively those parameters which are obtained from routine observations.     

The geology of part of an orogenic belt in western Sierra Leone,West Africa

Zusammenfassung Die Sierra Leone unterteilt sich in zwei Haupteinheiten. Die östliche ist ein Teil des festen präkambrischen westafrikanischen Kratons und besteht aus hochgradig metamorphem Gestein und Granitgneisen. Die Strukturen verlaufen in vorherrschend NE-Richtung. Der westliche Teil enthält Elemente eines orogenen Gürtels, nämlich der Rokeliden, die entweder im späten Präkambrium oder frühen Paläozoikum entstanden sind und nach NNW streichen. Die Gesteinsserien, die den orogenen Gürtel bilden, setzen sich aus dem Kasila-System, einer unbenannten Gneisgruppe östlich davon, den Rokel River Series und den Marampa Schists zusammen. Die sich an das Kasila-System, umbenannt in Kasila-Gruppe, anschließenden Gneise und wahrscheinlich auch die Kasila-Gruppe selbst können mit dem Gestein des Kratons verglichen werden, sind jedoch während der Entstehung der Rokeliden neu überprägt worden. Sie bilden die Basis der Mulde, die Sedimente und vulkanisches Gestein aus den Rokel River Series und den Marampa Schists enthält. Die Rokel River Series sind neu benannt und unterteilen sich in die Rokel River Gruppe mit sechs Formationen und in die Taban Formation, die aus nach-orogener Molasse besteht. Die Marampa Schists sind neu benannt in Marampa Formation. Das Ausmaß der Metamorphose steigert sich über die Rokeliden nach WSW, und die Marampa Formation ist der am stärksten metamorphisierte Teil der geosynklinalen Ausfüllung.

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Sierra Leone is divisible into two major structural units. The eastern one is part of the stable Precambrian West African craton and consists of high grade metamorphic rocks and granitic gneisses. The foliation has a dominantly NE trend. The western unit contains the elements of an orogenic belt named the Rokelides, which formed in either late Precambrian or early Palaeozoic, and trends NNW. The rock groups which comprise the orogenic belt are the Kasila System, an unnamed group of gneisses on the east of it, the Rokel River Series and the Marampa Schists. The gneisses adjacent to the Kasila System, renamed Kasila Group, and also, probably, the Kasila Group can be correlated with rocks in the craton, but were refoliated during the Rokelide orogenesis. They constituted the basement to the geosyncline which contained sediments and volcanic rocks of the Rokel River Series and Marampa Schists. The Rokel River Series is renamed, and divided into Rokel River Group which contains six formations, and the Taban Formation which is post-orogenic molasse. The Marampa Schists are renamed the Marampa Formation. The intensity of metamorphism and deformation increases across the Rokelides towards the WSW and the Marampa Formation is the most highly metamorphosed part of the geosynclinal infilling.

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Résumé Le Sierra Leone peut se diviser en deux principales sections structurales. La section orientale fait partie du craton stable précambrien de l'Afrique occidentale, formé de roches métamorphiques de haute qualité et de gneiss de granit. La foliation a principalement une direction NE. La section occidentale contient les éléments d'une ceinture orogénique appelée les Rokelides qui ont été formées soit vers la fin de la période précambrienne, soit au début de la période paléozoique et en direction NNW. Les groupes rocheux qui comprennent la ceinture orogénique sont le Kasila System, un groupe de gneiss sans nom situé à son côté est, la Rokel River Series et les Marampa Schists. Les gneiss avoisinant le Kasila System, renommé Kasila Group et en toute probilité le Kasila Group également peuvent être rattachés aux roches du craton mais auraient été refoliés pendant l'orogenèse Rokelide. Ils ont formé la base du géosynclinal qui contient des sédiments et des roches volcaniques de la Rokel River Series et des Marampa Schists. La Rokel River Series a été renommée et divisée en Rokel River Group qui contient six formations et la Taban Formation qui est la mollasse post-orogénique. Les Marampa Schists ont été renommés la Marampa Formation. L'intensité du métamorphisme et de la déformation augmente vers WSW à travers les Rokelides, et la Marampa Formation est la partie la plus métamorphosée de l'accumulation géosynclinale.

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Bitumens associated with lead,zinc and flnorite ore minerals in North Derbyshire,England

A bitumen deposit in north Derbyshire, England, is described and studied using the techniques of gas chromatography, infra-red spectrophotometry and elemental analysis. The bitumens are associated with lead-zinc-fluorite ore minerals concentrated along an unconformable contact between the Carboniferous Limestone and the overlying shales. Three varieties of bitumen are distinguished and are compared with the dispersed bitumens in both the Carboniferous Limestone and the Edale Shales, with crude oils believed to be derived from these shales, and with inclusions in the hydrothermal mineral fiuorite, associated with the limestone-shale contact. One of the varieties recognized, a brittle brown solid, contains aliphatic hydrocarbons very similar to those of the shales and to those of the crude oils likely derived from these shales. The other two are a viscous oil and a brittle, black solid, which geologic evidence suggests were originally derived from the limestone. They contain a very complex mixture of aliphatic hydrocarbons quite different from those in the limestone, however. Aliphatic hydrocarbons isolated from fluorite, which is hydrothermally formed, in nearby massive deposits are almost identical to those of the limestone and shale. This observation indicates that alteration of the aliphatic hydrocarbons in the sediment by hydrothermal fluids is an unlikely explanation for the origin of the complex mixtures of hydrocarbons in the viscous oil and brittle, black solid. On the basis of indirect evidence of high nitrogen content, presence of unsaturated hydrocarbons, and suitability of the environment for bacterial growth, it is suggested that selective bacterial alteration of the aliphatic hydrocarbons is the main process responsible for their present composition. A geologic history for the deposit is postulated that involves a two-phase introduction of bitumens. Each phase is suggested to have begun as a pulse of warm saline fluids migrating along the shale-limestone unconformity passed through the topographic high at Windy Knoll. Microbial oxidation of the bitumens may have taken place during the deposition process or, more likely, as a recent secondary oxidation process.