Abtragung,Transport und Sedimentation in der östlichen Beltsee (Ostsee)

Ohne ZusammenfassungEine ausführliche Darstellung erscheint in Die Küste, Bd. 3, 1955.     

The North-Chilean Coast Range — an example for the development of an active continental margin

Analysis of extended plutons in the Coast Range of North Chile between 25°30′ and 26°35′ led to the recognition of a complex magmatic and structural evolution from the Upper Paleozoic to the Tertiary. The ascension of the intrusive bodies is dictated by deep-seated block tectonics. Generally the chemistry changes from S-type magmas in the Paleozoic to I-type magmas in the Mesozoic and Cainozoic. This is accompanied by a change in the structural geology of the continental margin which we present in six hypothetic phases (Devonian-Tertiary). We are only at the beginning of an encompassing synthesis of the genesis of the Andean orogen.     

Volcanic dykes in the north Chilean Coast Range

Dense swarms of predominantly mafic dykes outcrop in the north Chilean Coast Range. These rocks are not lamprophyres. They mark channelways used by Jurassic-to-Lower Cretaceous extrusives.The dykes can be divided into three groups according to their petrography, major and trace element compositions. Rocks of the oldest group (series I) are essentially andesitic with high Na, K, Fe, Ti, Mn, P, V and low Al and Sr values. The rocks of series II are normal calc-alkaline basalts and andesites, whereas the rocks of series III are rhyodacites with calc-alkaline affinities.It is proposed that the series I dykes are genetically related to a continental fault system, whereas the dykes of series II and III are directly related to the post-Triassic evolution of the Andean active continental margin.

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Zusammenfassung Die nordchilenische Küstenkordillere wird von einem dichten Netz vorwiegend mafischer Gänge durchzogen. Es sind dies keine Lamprophyre, sondern sie stellen Zufuhrsysteme effusiver Tätigkeit im Zeitraum Jura bis Unterkreide dar.Die Ganggesteine lassen sich petrographisch und aufgrund Haupt- und Spurenelementchemischer Charakteristika in drei Serien einteilen. Die ältere alkaline Serie I zeichnet sich durch erhöhte Na-, K-, Fe-, Ti-, Mn-, P-, V- sowie niedrige Al- und Sr-Gehalte aus. Die Basalte und Andesite der zweiten Serie hingegen zeigen eine normale kalkalkaline Entwicklung, die sich in den Rhyodaziten der dritten Serie fortsetzen dürfte.Während die Magmen der ersten Serie Affinitäten zu Basaltassoziationen kontinentaler Bruchsysteme aufzeigen, sind die kalkalkalinen Zusammensetzungen für die Magmenentwicklung des andinen, aktiven Kontinentalrandes seit dem Jura typisch.

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Resumen La Cordillera de la Costa en el Norte de Chile es atravesada por una densa red de filones principalmente máficos. No se trata de rocas lamprofidicas sino representan sistemas de conductión de un volcanismo Jurásico/Cretácico Inferior.Basandose en sus caracteristicas petrográficas y geoquímicas las rocas filonianas se pueden dividir en tres series. La serie I, la más antigua, demuestra altas concentraciones de los elementos Na, K, Fe, Ti, Mn, P y V así como bajos contenidos de Al y Sr. Al contrario, las rocas basálticas y andesíticas de la serie II son caracterizadas por un desarollo calco-alcalino normal, lo cual habrá continuado en las rocas riodacíticas de la serie III.Mientras los magmas de la primera serie se pueden comparar con asociaciones basálticas de sistemas de fallas continentales, las series calco-alcalinas, por el contrario, son tipicas para un magmatismo que actuó en el borde continental activo andino desde el Jurásico.

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Prof. Dr. W. Zeil zum 65. Geburtstag gewidmet     

Validation of daily increment deposition in the otoliths of spot (Leiostomus xanthurus)

The otoliths of 200 postlarval spot (Leiostomus xanthurus) were marked by immersing the fish for 24 hr in a solution of 0.4 g tetracycline HCl l^?1 of salt water (15 ‰). The resulting time-mark could later be identified under ultraviolet (UV) light with an epifluorescence microscope. Spot were held in the laboratory or in the field for up to 30 d. Two validation methods were employed to document daily increment formation. The total number of increments per otolith, or the number of increments formed after the time-mark, were regressed against days held in an experiment. The hypothesis of one increment per day would result in a regression coefficient not significantly different from 1.0. In the field both the total count method (b=1.05) and the time-mark method (b=0.90) supported a one-increment-per-day hypothesis and were not significantly different from each other (p>0.05). In the laboratory the total count method (b=0.56) and the time-mark method (b=0.36) were significantly different from 1.0 (p<0.05), and thus did not support the one-increment-per-day hypothesis. Failure to resolve a one-increment-per-day deposition rate in the laboratory was primarily attributed to food limitation in the experiments.     

Experimental and texture-derived P-wave anisotropy of principal rocks from the TRANSALP traverse: An aid for the interpretation of seismic field data

A representative suite of deformed, metamorphic rocks from the TRANSALP reflection seismic traverse in the Eastern Alps was studied in the laboratory with respect to elastic properties and whole-rock texture. Compressional wave (P-wave) velocities and their anisotropies were measured at various experimental conditions (dry, wet, confining pressure), and compared to the texture-related component of anisotropy. Here ‘texture’ refers to crystallographic preferred orientations (CPOs), which were determined by neutron texture goniometry. In gneisses and schists P-wave anisotropies are mainly controlled by the microcrack fabric. In marbles and amphibolites CPO contributes very significantly to anisotropy. At 200 MPa confining pressure the degree of anisotropy is between 5% and 15%, depending on rock composition and/or CPO intensity. Special emphasis was also put on discussing possible effects of fluids on seismic velocity and anisotropy. Distributions of water-filled microcracks and pores are distinctly anisotropic, with maximum contribution to bulk rock velocity mostly parallel to the foliation pole. Decreasing P-wave velocity and increasing anisotropy of immersed samples may be explained by crack-induced changes of the elastic moduli of bulk rock. The main conclusion regarding interpretation of TRANSALP data is that strong reflections in the deep Alpine crust are probably due to marble–gneiss and metabasite–gneiss contacts, although P-wave anisotropy and boundaries between zones of ‘dry’ or ‘wet’ series may contribute to reflectivity to some extent.     

Late Paleozoic deformation and exhumation in the Sierras Pampeanas (Argentina): 40Ar/39Ar-feldspar dating constraints

International Journal of Earth Sciences - Systematic 40Ar/39Ar feldspar data obtained from the Sierras Pampeanas are presented, filling the gap between available high-...     

Unsuitability of TAC management within an ecosystem approach to fisheries: An ecological perspective

Fisheries management in European waters is gradually moving from a single-species perspective towards a more holistic ecosystem approach to management (EAM), acknowledging the need to take all ecosystem components into account. Prerequisite within an EAM is the need for management processes that directly influence the ecological effects of fishing, such as the mortality of target and non-target species. Up until recently, placing limits on the quantities of fish that can be landed, through the imposition of annual total allowable catches (TACs) for the target species, has been the principal management mechanism employed. However, pressure on non-target components of marine ecosystems is more closely linked to prevailing levels of fishing activity, so only if TACs are closely related to subsequent fishing effort will TAC management serve to control the broader ecosystem impacts of fishing. We show that in the mixed fisheries that characterise the North Sea, the linkage between variation in TAC and the resulting fishing effort is in fact generally weak. Reliance solely on TACs to regulate fishing activity is therefore unlikely to mitigate the impacts of fishing on non-target species. Consequently, we conclude that the relationship between TACs and effort is insufficient for TACs to be used as the principal management tool within an EAM. The implications, and some alternatives, for fisheries management are discussed.     

Microdistribution of boron: particle-track images from samples of a Caledonian igneous complex

⁷Li recoil tracks in Lexan^R formed as a product of irradiation with thermal neutrons give an image of in sifu-microdistribution of boron in dioritic to granitic rocks of the Caledonian Ballachulish zoned complex and in a carbonate rock from its contact aureole. The images exhibit a polyphase incorporation of boron into primary and secondary minerals. The boron microdistribution is inhomogeneous. Isomorphous incorporation of boron into pyroxene and plagioclase during the main stage of crystallization cannot be established, because the boron distribution is blurred by secondary alteration. In contrast to the intracrystalline feature, the crystal interfaces are enriched in boron. Increased concentrations are also disclosed by overgrowths of primary crystals, exsolution lamellae in alkali feldspar and alteration rims of clinopyroxene. The highest amounts of boron in a siliceous dolomite marble of the contact aureole are found in the alteration products of olivine.