Neue Vorstellungen über den Tiefbau von Vorsenken

Zusammenfassung Der geologische Tiefenbau und die Entwicklungsgeschichte der Kopetdag-, Terek-Kaspi-, Indol-Kuban- und Karpaten-Vorsenke sind ähnlich. Es zeigt sich, daß die genannten Vorsenken keine Zonen kurzzeitiger Durchbiegungen sind, die sich in der orogenen Schlußentwicklungsetappe des alpidischen Faltengebietes gebildet haben, sondern daß sie langlebige negative Strukturen darstellen. Die Intensität ihrer Durchbiegung zu Beginn des alpidischen geotektonischen Zyklus (in der Jura und Kreidezeit) ist mit der Größe der Absenkung im Neogen-Quartär vergleichbar. Im Verlaufe des gesamten alpidischen Zyklus entwickelten sich die Senken posthum.Überall dort, wo notwendige geophysikalische Untersuchungen durchgeführt wurden, wurde unter diesen Senken unterhalb eines mächtigen alpidischen Gesteinskomplexes ein genauso mächtiger Sedimentkomplex variszischen Alters festgestellt. Territorial fallen die Zonen der maximalen Mächtigkeiten des variszischen und alpidischen Gesteinskomplexes zusammen.

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Structure and development of the Pre-Copetdag, Terek-Caspian, Indol-Kuban, and Pre-Carpathian fore deeps are similar. The fore deeps were not zones of short term subsidence during the final stage of orogenic development of the Alpine folded belt, but they were long term subsidence zones. The rates of subsidence at the beginning of the Alpine geotectonic cycle (during Jurassic and Cretaceous) and at the end of the cycle (during Neogene and Quaternary) are comparable.Wherever geophysical investigations were carried out in this zone, beneath the Alpine sediments a Hercynian sediment complex of equal thickness was found. The areas of maximum thickness in both complexes coincide.

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Résumé La structure géologique et le développement historique des avant-fosses de Copetdag, Terek-Caspienne, Indol-Kouban et des Carpates sont semblables. Il appert que ces dépressions ne sont pas des zones d'inflexion de courte durée qui se sont formées pendant l'étape finale du plissement alpin, mais qu'ils présentent des structures négatives de longue durée. L'intensité de leur affaissement au commencement du cycle géotectonique alpin (au Jurassique et au Crétacé) est comparable, en grandeur, avec celui de la période néogène-quaternaire. Au cours de l'ensemble du cycle alpin, les dépressions se sont développées de façon posthume.Partout où ont eu lieu des explorations géophysiques, nous avons découvert sous ces avant-fosses, un épais complexe de roches alpines, et sous elles un complexe aussi puissant de sédiments varisques. Spatialement les zones des puissances maximum des complexes alpins et varisques coïncident.

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Source function of stress waves of a spherical explosive source

Summary The source functions of the stress wave patterns at an elastic source of these waves are analysed. The comparison of the properties of the functions with the stress wave records obtained earlier showed that their parameters do not satisfy, to a greater or lesser extent, the stress wave patterns in the neighbourhood of explosive sources. For this reason a new source function (1) was defined, which fully approximates the observed stress wave patterns in gravel sandy soil. The coefficientsP ₀, , , and were experimentally determined as functions of the distance from the source, its size and the radius of the elastic source in the medium considered. The properties of source function (1) are demonstrated on an example.Paper presented at the XIIIth General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission, Braov (Romania), 28 August to 6 September, 1972.     

Seismic hazard estimate for a low seismicity region — Example of Bohemia

The contribution reviews basic concepts of earthquake hazard assessment for sites of nuclear power plants. Taking into account the delineation of earthquake source regions, intensity-frequency relations, upper intensity thresholdsI _max and intensity attenuation curves, we determine the seismic hazard for a site in south Bohemia and calculated the quantities defining the seismic hazard, i.e. return period in years, probability of exceedance for different intensities and different periods of interest. The adopted procedure has some limitations due to the poor definition of seismogenic zones (boundaries,N(I),I _max) and lack of strong motion observations in Central Europe.Communication presented at the XVII General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission in Budapest, 21–29 August 1980.     

On the problem of standardization of the magnitude-frequency relation

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Définition morphologique de la phase des composantes de l'écoulement en italie

Résumé Les moyennes mensuelles des débits mesurés à 229 stations de jaugeage des cours d'eau italiens ont permis le calcul de la composante annuelle et de la composante semi-annuelle par la méthode des combinaisons linéaires d'ordonnées de M. et MmeH. Labrouste. L'examen de la répartition géographique de la phase de chacune de ces composantes fait ressortir les différentes influences du relief continental et de la forme des côtes sur la mise en place dans le temps de ces deux fractions permanentes de l'écoulement.

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Summary The monthly average values of the run-off of italian rivers, measured in 229 gauging stations enabled the autors to calculate the annual component and the semi-annual component by the linear combinations of ordinates method (established by M. and MmeH. Labrouste). The geographical repartition of the phase of each component shows the different bearings of continental relief and coast outline on the time-distribution of these two permanent fractions of the flow.

     

Detection of the Long-Term Microwave `Darkening' Before the 14 July 2000 Flare

The latitudinal distribution of sunspot groups over a solar cycle is investigated. Although individual sunspot groups of a solar cycle emerge randomly at any middle and low latitude, the whole latitudinal distribution of sunspot groups of the cycle is not stochastic and, in fact, can be represented by a probability density function of the distribution having maximum probability at about 15.5°. The maximum amplitude of a solar cycle is found to be positively correlated against the number of sunspot groups at high latitude (35°) over the cycle, as well as the mean latitude. Also, the relation between the asymmetry of sunspot groups and its latitude is investigated, and a pattern of the N-S asymmetry in solar activity is suggested.     

Stability Analysis of the Climate-Vegetation System in the Northern High Latitudes

The stability of the climate-vegetation system in the northern high latitudesis analysed with three climate system models of different complexity: A comprehensive 3-dimensional model of the climate system, GENESIS-IBIS, and two Earth system models of intermediate complexity (EMICs), CLIMBER-2 andMoBidiC. The biogeophysical feedback in the latitudinal belt 60–70° N, although positive, is not strong enough to support multiple steady states: A unique equilibriumin the climate-vegetation system is simulated by all the models on a zonal scale for present-day climate and doubled CO₂ climate.EMIC simulations with decreased insolation also reveal a unique steady state. However, the climate sensitivity to tree cover, T_F, exhibits non-linear behaviour within the models. For GENESIS-IBIS and CLIMBER-2, T_F islower for doubled CO₂ climate than for present-day climate due to a shorter snow season and increased relative significance ofthe hydrological effect of forest cover. For the EMICs, T_F is higher for low tree fraction than for high treefraction, mainly due to a time shift in spring snow melt in response to changes in tree cover. The climate sensitivity to tree coveris reduced when thermohaline circulation feedbacks are accounted for in the EMIC simulations. Simpler parameterizations of oceanic processes have opposite effects on T_F: T_F is lower in simulations with fixed SSTs and higher in simulations with mixed layer oceans. Experiments with transient CO₂ forcing show climate and vegetation not in equilibrium in the northern high latitudes at the end of the 20thcentury. The delayed response of vegetation and accelerated global warming lead to rather abrupt changes in northern vegetation cover in the first halfof the 21st century, when vegetation cover changes at double the present day rate.