Zum System der Meeresströmungen in den höheren Breiten

Zusammenfassung Es wird gezeigt, daß in den höheren Breiten zwischen dem ozeanischen Stromfeld und der Windverteilung beträchtliche Unterschiede bestehen. Daher wird als Ursache des Strömungssystems nicht das Windfeld, sondern die Süßwasserzufuhr vom Festland angesehen, welche als Salzgehaltsstörung das küstennahe Massenfeld beherrscht und entsprechend dem Theorem nach Bjerknes ein Gradientstromsystem bedingt, welches dem beobachteten entspricht.

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A contribution to the system of ocean currents in the higher latitudes

Summary It is demonstrated that in the high latitudes, considerable differences exist between the oceanic current system and the wind distribution. It is, therefore, supposed that it is not the windfield that gives rise to the existing current system but the supply of fresh water from the continent which, as a salinity disturbance, plays a dominant part in the field of mass near the coast. According to Bjerknes' theorem, the disturbance of salinity conditions a gradient current system; this is in good agreement with the observations.

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Sur le système de courants marins par les hautes latitudes

Résumé On montre qu'il existe par les hautes latitudes de différences considérables entre le système de courants océaniques et la distribution des vents. Pour cette raison, on suppose que c'est l'afflux d'eau douce venant du continent et non le champ du vent qui engendre le système de courants dominant, sous la forme d'une perturbation de salinité, le champ de masse près des côtes. D'après le théorème de Bjerknes le système de courants de gradient est la conséquence nécessaire de la perturbation de salinité ce qui est en bon accord avec les observations faites dans ce domaine.

     

Über stratigraphische Untersuchungsmethoden in rezenten Tiefseesedimenten

Zusammenfassung Durch Bestimmung der Foraminiferenanzahl in I g Sediment wird die biostratigraphische Untersuchungsmethode, die mittels einer qualitativen und quantitativen Erfassung der Foraminiferenfauna in den Tiefseekernen der deutschen Meteor-Expedition und schwedischen Albatroß-Expedition durchgeführt werden ist, auf ihre Richtigkeit hin geprüft. Die Untersuchung hat die Anwendbarkeit dieser stratigraphischen Methode bestätigt. Sie hat daneben wiederum gezeigt, daß die Verbreitung und Entwicklung der einzelnen Foraminiferenarten vor allem von der Temperatur des Meerwassers abhängig sind; andere Faktoren wie Phosphatgehalt des Wassers usw. scheinen in dieser Hinsicht eine mehr untergeordnete Rolle zu spielen. Unter gewissen Voraussetzungen können Tiefseekerne durch Bestimmung der Foraminiferenanzahl je 1 g Sediment in groben Zügen stratigraphisch gegliedert werden; auch kann die Individuenanzahl der einzelnen Foraminiferenarten aus der Foraminiferenanzahl in 1 g Sediment und aus der prozentualen Zusammensetzung der Gesamtfauna errechnet werden. Mit den hier gewonnenen Erkenntnissen wird versucht, die engen Bezichungen zwischen dem prozentualen Anteil der Warmwasserforaminiferen in der Gesamtfauna und dem CO₂-Gehalt des Sedimentes, dieOvey im Kern 241 der schwedischen Albatroß-Expedition beobachtet hat, zu deuten.Herrn Professor Dr.Carl W. Correns zum 60. Geburtstag gewidmet.     

Über die Sedimentationsgeschwindigkeit rezenter Tiefseesedimente

Zusammenfassung Nach einer kurzen Erörterung der wichtigsten Methoden, die die Sedimentationsgeschwindigkeit in rezenten Tiefseeablagerungen auf verschiedenen Wegen zu erfassen versuchten, werden die Werte über die Absatzgeschwindigkeit näher besprochen, die sich aus der Stratigraphie der Meeresablagerungen im äquatorialen Atlantischen Ozean an der Hand der Grundproben der Meteor-Expedition ergeben. Um zuverlässige Werte über die Sedimentationsmenge der heutigen ozeanischen Ablagerungen zu erhalten, ist es zu allererst erforderlich, die stratigraphischen Verhältnisse im Sediment festzulegen, d. h. die gleichzeitig abgelagerten Horizonte auszuscheiden, aus deren Mächtigkeit die Sedimentationsgeschwindigkeit berechnet werden kann. Danach wird auf dem äquatorialen Atlantischen Tiefseeboden seit dem Ausgang des Diluviums durchschnittlich 1 cm in 1000 Jahren sedimentiert (Tab. 1). - Auf Grund der im äquatorialen Atlantischen Ozean gewonnenen stratigraphischen Erkenntnisse wird nach einigen Grundproben der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition die Sedimentationsgeschwindigkeit im südlichen Indischen Ozean etwas genauer als bisher festgelegt. Sie ist sehr viel geringer als in der atlantischen Äquatorialzone (Tab. 2). Für den äquatorialen Atlantischen Ozean ist außerdem die Absatzgeschwindigkeit während der letzten Diluvialzeit angegeben und das Sedimentationsverhältnis zwischen Blauschlick, Globigerinenschlamm und Rotem Ton. Dies Verhältnis hat sich seit der letzten Eiszeitperiode nicht geändert.Die Arbeit erscheint auch in englischer Sprache im Symposium on Recent Sediments", herausgegeben vom United States National Research Council in Washington.     

Artificial Maturation of Organic Matter from Recent Venezuelan Sediments

Laboratory simulation of the catagenesis of organic matter in sedimentary rocks has been used to provide an understanding of the processes involved in petroleum generation. Several of these studies have focused on the thermal evolution of organic matter (OM) present in Recent sediments. This study examines the geochemical characteristics and experimental thermal evolution of primary organic matter from two organic facies that are thought to be major contributors to Venezuelan hydrocarbon source rocks. A third facies, generally considered unimportant for petroleum formation, is used to contrast the experimental results. Hydrous pyrolysis maturation experiments were performed for three intermediate temperatures. The products of the final 330°C stage are shown in this paper because they best illustrate the changes in the OM during catagenesis. Results from the hydrous pyrolysis experiments show that at 280°C and higher all three samples yield liquid hydrocarbons similar in composition to natural crudes and the transformed organic matter is similar to kerogen that occurs in natural source rocks. Chromatograms from the saturated fraction of extracts at 330°C are similar to natural crudes with respect to n-alkane distribution and abundance of beta; and beta;alpha; hopanes. The only difference seems to be the relative abundance of 22R over 22S isomers, which indicates immature oil. This is in contrast to indications from the R _o and T _max parameters measured on the accompanying kerogen.     

Cartography and the others – aspects of a complicated relationship

ABSTRACT

Cartographic visualizations have been known for thousands of years and have brought forth a wealth of different map projections and cartographic products. Yet, cartography as an independent science has been established only about 100 years ago and sometimes its position among the spatial disciplines is challenged by the scientific community. In this respect it is a young science based on a very long tradition of map making, globe production, and the development of map projections. Maps and map related visualizations play an important and indispensable role in many other spatial disciplines such as geography and geodesy. Cartography has many overlaps with these traditional disciplines as well as with the more recent ones of photogrammetry and remote sensing. This paper reviews fundamental aspects of the conception of space and time throughout human history, the historic development of cartography from a technique of map making to a spatial science, highlighting major milestones in the history of the discipline. As a young science and confronted with major technological developments in the late 20^th century cartography underwent several crises as to what exactly is cartography and how it relates to other spatial sciences, in particular to geographic information systems. Major pitfalls and misconceptions are discussed and the three major scientific pillars of cartography are identified. The relationships of cartography with neighboring disciplines are discussed and the position of cartography vis a vis the others is delineated. Finally, desirable future developments of scientific cartography are discussed.     

Atmospheric superrotation on Saturn and Jupiter

The problem is discussed whether atmospheric superrotation is driven by internal or external torques. An integral constraint is derived which under certain conditions forbids geostrophic flow, and suggests corkscrew-shaped motion along zones of constant latitude. A momentum balance consideration restricts effective viscosities in the upper atmospheres to be much smaller than maximal eddy viscosity, perhaps as small as molecular viscosity.     

The effect of mechanical waves on empirical solar models

Empirical solar models contain the effect of heating due to radiative energy loss from acoustic waves. We estimate here the temperature difference between the radiative equilibrium model and the empirical model. At optical depth ₅₀₀₀ = 0.1 this difference is small, but near the temperature minimum (₅₀₀₀ = 10^–4) it reaches between 53 and 83 K. The temperature difference between the equator and the poles caused by a hypothetical difference in the heating is estimated.     

The concentrations of the noble metals in Southern African flood-type basalts and MORB: implications for petrogenesis and magmatic sulphide exploration

Concentrations of the platinum-group elements have been determined in several suites of southern African flood-type basalts and mid-ocean ridge basalt (MORB), covering some 3 Ga of geologic evolution and including the Etendeka, Karoo, Soutpansberg, Machadodorp, Hekpoort, Ventersdorp and Dominion magmas. The magmas cover a compositional range from 3.7 to 18.7% MgO, 26–720 ppm Ni, 16–250 ppm Cu, and <1–255 ppb total platinum-group elements (PGE). The younger basalts (Etendeka, Karoo) tend to be depleted in PGE relative to Cu, while most of the older basalts (Hekpoort, Machadodorp, Ventersdorp, Dominion) show no PGE depletion relative to Cu. Further, the younger basalts tend to have lower average Pt/Pd ratios than the older basalts, and the MORBs have lower average Pt/Pd than the continental basalts within the broad groupings of "old" and "young" basalts. This may reflect (1) a decreasing degree of mantle melting through geologic time, and (2) source heterogeneity, in that the MORBs are derived from predominantly asthenospheric mantle, whereas the continental basalts also contain a lithospheric mantle component enriched in Pt. In addition to these factors, some PGE fractionation also occurred during differentiation of the magmas, with Pd showing incompatible behaviour and the other PGE variably compatible behaviour. The examined southern African flood-type basalts and MORB appear to offer limited prospects for magmatic sulfide ores, largely because they show little evidence for significant chalcophile metal depletion that could be the result of sulphide extraction during ascent and crystallization.Editorial responsibility: I. Parsons     

Benthic carbonate factories of the Phanerozoic

Marine carbonate precipitation occurs in three basic modes: abiotic (or quasi-abiotic), biotically induced, and biotically controlled. On a geologic scale, these precipitation modes combine to form three carbonate production systems, or "factories" in the benthic environment: (1) tropical shallow-water factory, dominated by biotically controlled (mainly photo-autotrophic) and abiotic precipitates; (2) cool-water factory, dominated by biotically controlled (mainly heterotrophic) precipitates; and (3) mud-mound factory, dominated by biotically induced (mainly microbial) and abiotic precipitates. Sediment accumulations of the factories differ in composition, geometry, and facies patterns, and some of these differences appear prominently in seismic data, thus facilitating subsurface prediction. The characteristic accumulation of the tropical factory is the flat-topped, often reef-rimmed platform. In cool-water systems, reefs in high-energy settings are scarce and hydrodynamic influence dominates, producing seaward-sloping shelves and deep-water sediment drifts often armored by skeletal framework. The typical accumulation of the mud-mound factory is groups of mounds in deeper water. Where the mud-mound factory expands into shallow water, it forms rimmed platforms similar to the tropical factory. The tropical factory is most productive; the mud-mound factory reaches 80–90%, and the cool-water factory 20–30% of the tropical growth rate. The three factories represent end members connected by transitions in space. Transitions in time are linked to biotic evolution.     

NOAA AR 8210: EVOLUTION AND FLARES FROM MULTIBAND DIAGNOSTICS

NOAA 8210 has been a region showing a remarkable level of activity well before solar maximum. Dominated by a large, rapidly rotating spot, it produced several intense flares during its disk passage at the end of April–beginning of May 1998. We examine the development of AR 8210 in H and white light (WL) and study the evolution of its complex magnetic topology. While the other principal flares are briefly reviewed, the great X1.1/3B flare of 2 May, which was observed at Kanzelhöhe Solar Observatory during a SOHO/UVCS ground support campaign, is studied in detail. This event has been documented in full-disk H and Na-D intensitygrams, Dopplergrams, and magnetograms, with a time cadence of one minute each. The flare was associated with a CME and produced significant geomagnetic effects. Furthermore, we point out the perspectives for our planned Flare Monitoring and Alerting System, since the two new instruments (Magneto-Optical Filter and Digital H camera), which made their first operational run with the campaign, are crucial components for this program.