Molecular formulae of marine and terrigenous dissolved organic matter detected by electrospray ionization Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry

The chemical structure of refractory marine dissolved organic matter (DOM) is still largely unknown. Electrospray ionization Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (ESI FT-ICR-MS) was used to resolve the complex mixtures of DOM and provide valuable information on elemental compositions on a molecular scale. We characterized and compared DOM from two sharply contrasting aquatic environments, algal-derived DOM from the Weddell Sea (Antarctica) and terrigenous DOM from pore water of a tropical mangrove area in northern Brazil. Several thousand molecular formulas in the mass range of 300-600 Da were identified and reproduced in element ratio plots. On the basis of molecular elemental composition and double-bond equivalents (DBE) we calculated an average composition for marine DOM. O/C ratios in the marine samples were lower (0.36 ± 0.01) than in the mangrove pore-water sample (0.42). A small proportion of chemical formulas with higher molecular mass in the marine samples were characterized by very low O/C and H/C ratios probably reflecting amphiphilic properties. The average number of unsaturations in the marine samples was surprisingly high (DBE = 9.9; mangrove pore water: DBE = 9.4) most likely due to a significant contribution of carbonyl carbon. There was no significant difference in elemental composition between surface and deep-water DOM in the Weddell Sea. Although there were some molecules with unique marine elemental composition, there was a conspicuous degree of similarity between the terrigenous and algal-derived end members. Approximately one third of the molecular formulas were present in all marine as well as in the mangrove samples. We infer that different forms of microbial degradation ultimately lead to similar structural features that are intrinsically refractory, independent of the source of the organic matter and the environmental conditions where degradation took place.     

Über interne Wellen in der Nähe der Trägheitsperiode

Zusammenfassung Für winderzeugte interne Wellen wird gezeigt, daß bei der Trägheitsperiode in erster Näherung Resonanz eintritt, die in zweiter Näherung in zwei symmetrisch zur Trägheitsperiode liegende Resonanzen zerfällt. Der Effekt wächst mit zunehmender Schichtung und ist außerdem abhängig vom virtuellen Austauschkoeffizienten und der WellenlängeL der internen Wellen. Die Näherung erfolgt in Termen des Verhältnissesd ² H ² (d=Dicke der winderzeugten Grenzschicht,H=Wassertiefe).

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On internal waves near the inertia period

Summary Wind-generated internal waves are shown to have a resonance at the inertia period to first order of an analytical approximation which, to second order, splits into two resonances lying symmetrically to the inertia period. The effect is large for strong stratification and depends also on the Austausch coefficient and the wave lengthL of the internal waves. The approximation is done in terms ofd ² H ² whered=thickness of the wind-generated boundary layer andH=water depth.

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Sur les ondes internes près de la période d'inertie

Résumé On montre que pour les ondes internes dues au vent, il se produit en première approximation, à la période d'inertie, une résonance qui, en deuxième approximation, se décompose en deux résonances symétriques par rapport à la période d'inertie. L'effet augmente avec une stratification croissante et dépend en outre du coefficient de turbulence virtuel et de la longueur d'ondeL des ondes internes. L'approximation s'obtient en termes du rapportd ² H ² (d=épaisseur de la couche-limite due au vent,H=profondeur de l'eau).

     

Early Palaeozoic deep subduction of continental crust in the Kyrgyz North Tianshan: evidence from Lu–Hf garnet geochronology and petrology of mafic dikes

High-pressure and ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) eclogite-bearing metamorphic assemblages in the North Tianshan of Kyrgyzstan are known from the Aktyuz and Makbal areas, where eclogites and garnet amphibolites are associated with continental rocks such as granitoid gneisses in Aktyuz and shallow-water clastic (passive margin?) metasediments in Makbal. We present the first Lu–Hf isotope data for an eclogite and two garnet amphibolite samples from the two metamorphic terranes which, combined with petrological analysis, tightly constrain the age of high-pressure metamorphism in the Kyrgyz North Tianshan. A five-point isochron for an Aktyuz eclogite sample provides a Lu–Hf age of 474.3 ± 2.2 Ma, and a four-point isochron on a Makbal sample corresponds to 470.1 ± 2.5 Ma. A prograde, subduction-related path is inferred for both samples with peak P–T conditions ranging from 1.4 to 1.6 GPa and 610–620 °C. A further Makbal sample provided a significantly older Lu–Hf age of 486 ± 5.4 Ma, most likely due to late alteration in the sample (late addition of unradiogenic Hf). We conclude that garnet growth in all three samples occurred around ca. 474 Ma and that these rocks likely experienced UHP metamorphism contemporaneously. Our results support previous geochronological evidence for an Early Ordovician collision belt in the North Tianshan and allow refinement of a tectonic model involving subduction of thinned continental crust to considerable depth along the margin of a small microcontinent.     

Zur Theorie der sogenannten Kopfwellen mit unendlich kleinen Amplituden

Zusammenfassung der mathematischen Ergebnisse Die von uns erhaltenen annäherndD' Alembert'schen Lösungsformen der Wellengleichung (1) sind mit den Formeln (11), (14) und (25) dargestellt; die Bedingungen für ihre Existenz sind im Hauptsatz gegeben.

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Summary Case of two reflected waves in Seismology and in general Mechanics. Four types of waves near to a surface. The general properties of the concept «wave». Thermic and geometric extinction of a wave. Conditions a) that an aggregate of waves has the properties of a wave, and b) that the so formed aggregate has no more these properties. A new case of solution near to the type ofD' Alembert; some applications. Interference of two waves and impossibility of such interference of two ensembles of waves, in the general case.

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Resumé Deux ondes réflechies en Séismologie et en Mécanique générale. Quatro types des ondes près d'une surface. Les propriétés générales de la notion d' «onde». Amortissement thermique et géométrique d'une onde. Les conditions où un agrégat des ondes fornie une onde et où cet agrégat n'est pas une onde. Un nouvel cas de la solution de l'équation d'ondes proche à la solution deD' Alembert. Quelques applications. L'interférence de deux ondes et l'impossibilité de l'interference dans le cas général de deux ensembles des ondes.

     

Pleistocene/Holocene climate change, re-establishment of fluvial drainage network and increase in relief in the Swiss Alps

ABSTRACT Data are presented about modern sediment discharge of the Swiss rivers and related to the size of catchments. The information reveals that the Central Alps have experienced denudation rates of ≈0.15 mm yr⁻¹ in the foreland, and ≈0.5 mm yr⁻¹ in the Alpine core. Mapping, however, indicates that modern erosion only affects 30–50% of the Alpine surface, and that fluvial and associated hillslope processes have focused erosion in 50–200-m-deep valleys. These valleys are incised into the glacial surface. If this limited spatial extent of erosion is considered, then effective erosion rates are significantly higher than average denudation rates. These effective rates equal or locally exceed modern rates of rock uplift. This implies that the modification of erosional processes related to the Pleistocene/Holocene climate change has resulted in an increase in the relief at a local scale. At a drainage basin scale, however, the relief appears not to change at present.     

Geomorphological findings on the build-up of pleistocene glaciation in Southern Tibet and on the problem of inland ice —

Summary The last Ice Age (Würm) glacier cover was reconstructed on the basis of standard geomorphological indicators in S Tibet between the S slope and N slope of the Himalaya by way of the Tibetan Himalaya to the Transhimalaya (28° – 29° 50' N/85° 40' – 91° 10' E). At the same time, though subject to varying density of data, the process of Late and Post-Glacial deglaciation to Neo-Galacial and Recent glacier cover was considered. Evidence of an almost total glaciation of S Tibet was found in indicators like glaciated knobs, trough valleys with pronounced flank polishings and limits of glacial scouring on nunataks, as well as in findings of erratics, lateral moraines, end moraines, and terraces of outwash plains. This total glaciation took the form of an ice-stream network and attained a thickness of at least 1200 m. Ice-free to about 87° – 86° E, the Tsangpo valley with its sander deposits occupied the gap between the glacier areas of the Tibetan and High Himalayas in the S (I 3) and those of the Transhimalaya in the N (I 2). In the light of recently glaciated Late Glacial terminal moraines and ice marginal rapms it has been possible to estimate a glacio-isostatic uplift of c. 400 m during 10 x 10³ years (an average of 40 mm/year) following deglaciation. It is about 3 to 8 times greater than the tectonic uplift of the High Himalaya. The post-glacially intensified uplift of the S Tibetan Plateau by comparison with the High Himalaya is attributed to the much greater glacier burden during the Ice Age.In the area under investigation a High Glacial ELA depression (equilibrium line altitude depr.) of at least 1200 (1180) m was reconstructed for a mean altitude of about 4700 (4716) m asl. Assuming constant hygric conditions and a gradient of 0.7° C/100 m, the temperature drop at the time would have been 8.4° C. Since precipitation during the Ice Age must, if anything, have been less, a drop in summer temperature of about 10° C may be regarded as probable.