Untersuchungen der Wärmeleitfähigkeitsanisotropie von Sandsteinen,Grauwacken und Quarziten

Zusammenfassung An Sandsteinen, Grauwacken und Quarziten werden die Wärmeleitfähigkeit und die Wärmeleitfähigkeitsanisotropie bestimmt. Es werden Modellberechnungen durchgeführt, um die Zusammenhänge zwischen Anisotropiekoeffizient und Gefügeregelung zu klären. Es zeigt sich, dass die Gesamtanisotropie ein Summeneffekt von drei Faktoren ist: einer Kornformanisotropie, einer Kornbauanisotropie und einer Anisotropie des Porensystems bzw. der Intergranularen. Die Messergebnisse bestätigen die Modellberechnungen und zeigen deutliche Beziehungen zum Grad der diagenetischen Verfestigung und der tektonischen Deformation. Die Gesamtanisotropie der vermessenen Proben lässt sich in zwei Typen mit hexagonaler bzw. rhombischer bis monokliner Symmetrie teilen. Die Wärmeleitfähigkeit reagiert sehr empfindlich auf eine Gefügeregelung, auch wenn diese optisch noch nicht eindeutig erkennbar ist.

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Summary Thermal conductivity and anisotropy of thermal conductivity of sandstones, graywackes and quarzites are determined. Model computations yield three factors responsible for total anisotropy: grain-size-anisotropy, grain-structure-anisotropy and anisotropy of the poresystem. Measurements prove model computations. The anisotropy-coefficients depend on the degree of diagenesis and tectonic deformation. There are two types of total anisotropy with hexagonal and rhombic or monoclinic symmetry. Thermal conductivity is very sensitive with respect to rock fabric.

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Vortrag, gehalten auf dem X. Symposium des Vereins Ungarischer Geophysiker vom 14. bis 20. September 1964 in Budapest.     

Freshwater inflow and estuarine variability in the Gamtoos Estuary, South Africa

The Gamtoos is a shallow flood-tidal estuary located on the south coast of South Africa. Even though it has an extensive catchment area, dams limit runoff and mean freshwater inflow is estimated at less than 1 m³ s^?1, and the flood tidal deltas constrict and at times even close the mouth. The results presented here derive from an intensive measurement program carried out over a 3-wk period at the end of 1992, immediately after good rains in the Gamtoos catchment region. Freshwater inflow increased to more than 10 m³ s^?1, driving the salt wedge downstream and resulting in intense haloclines in the mid-estuary region. The program monitored the return to more average estuarine structures, and even though tidal exchange was restricted, marked differences occurred in stratification at neap and spring tides; tidal exchanges provided the dominant mixing forces. It is found that the shallower upper reaches of the estuary are flushed with relatively small increases in freshwater inflow, though a balance exists with the tidal exchanges through the constricted mouth. The variation in the position of the salt wedge and in the salinity stratification can have substantial implications for biota.     

Bacterial methane in the Atzbach-Schwanenstadt gas field (Upper Austrian Molasse Basin), Part I: Geology

Bacterial methane gas accumulations occur in Upper Oligocene to Early Miocene clastic deepwater sediments in the Austrian Molasse Basin. Methane gas is produced from the Upper Puchkirchen Fm. (Aquitanian) in the Atzbach-Schwanenstadt gas field which is one of the largest gas fields in this basin.     

High-resolution methane profiles across anoxic brine–seawater boundaries in the Atlantis-II, Discovery, and Kebrit Deeps (Red Sea)

A decrease in temperature (ΔT up to 45.5 °C) and chloride concentration (ΔCl up to 4.65 mol/l) characterises the brine–seawater boundary in the Atlantis-II, Discovery, and Kebrit Deeps of the Red Sea, where redox conditions change from anoxic to oxic over a boundary layer several meters thick. High-resolution (100 cm) profiles of the methane concentration, stable carbon isotope ratio of methane, and redox-sensitive tracers (O₂, Mn⁴⁺/Mn²⁺, Fe³⁺/Fe²⁺, and SO₄²⁻) were measured across the brine–seawater boundary layer to investigate methane fluxes and secondary methane oxidation processes.

Substantial amounts of thermogenic hydrocarbons are found in the deep brines (mostly methane, with a maximum concentration up to 4.8×10⁵ nmol/l), and steep methane concentration gradients mainly controlled by diffusive flow characterize the brine–seawater boundary (maximum of 2×10⁵ nmol/l/m in Kebrit Deep). However, locally the actual methane concentration profiles deviate from theoretical diffusion-controlled concentration profiles and extremely positive δ¹³C–CH₄ values can be found (up to +49‰ PDB in the Discovery Deep). Both, the actual CH₄ concentration profiles and the carbon-13 enrichment in the residual CH₄ of the Atlantis-II and Discovery Deeps indicate consumption (oxidation) of ¹²C-rich CH₄ under suboxic conditions (probably utilizing readily available—up to 2000 μmol/l—Mn(IV)-oxihydroxides as electron acceptor). Thus, a combined diffusion–oxidation model was used to calculate methane fluxes of 0.3–393 kg/year across the brine–seawater boundary layer. Assuming steady-state conditions, this slow loss of methane from the brines into the Red Sea bottom water reflects a low thermogenic hydrocarbon input into the deep brines.     

Die Herkunft der „Porphyr“-Gerölle im Rotliegenden Süd-Hessens

Zusammenfassung Mit Hilfe petrographischer und geochemischer Untersuchungsmethoden wurde versucht, die Liefergebiete der Gerölle saurer Vulkanite im Unter-Perm des sdlichen Hessischen Troges zu ermitteln. Dabei zeigte sich, daß Rhyolith-Gerölle, angeliefert von den Rhyolithvorkommen der Odenwald-Spessart-Rhön-Schwelle, nur auf das schmale Gebiet der Schwellenrand-Sedimente beschränkt sind. Im eigentlichen Becken der Wetterau führen die Konglomerate nahezu ausschließlich Keratophyr-Gerölle, die von der nördlich gelegenen Taunus-Schwelle stammen.Die Verteilung der Rhyolith- und Keratophyr-Gerölle in den Rotliegend-Konglomeraten deutet auf eine stete Dominanz der Taunus-Schwelle gegenüber der Spessart-Schwelle. Es läßt sich ferner wahrscheinlich machen, daß die Taunus-Schwelle durch eine N-S-streichende Querdepression gegliedert war, die die spätere Hessische Senke bereits vorzeichnet. Der Spessart-Schwelle war im basalen Unter-Rotliegenden eine Barriere nördlich vorgelagert (Nördliche Gneise), die im Laufe des Rotliegenden in den Ablagerungsraum einbezogen wurde.

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Petrographical and geochemical investigations were carried out to determine the source areas of volcanite pebbles in the Lower Permian Hessischer Trog (southern Chattia, West-Germany). The pebbles of rhyolites have been derived from the Permian rhyolites of the Odenwald-Spessart-Rhön-Uplift in the south. They are restricted to marginal deposits, which accompanied the uplift in a narrow zone. In the corresponding Wetterau-Basin only pebbles of keratophyres have been found, which originated in the Taunus-Uplift in the north.The distribution of pebbles of rhyolites and keratophyres in the Lower Permian conglomerates points out the dominance of the Taunus-Uplift during the Lower Permian. The Taunus-Uplift probably had been devided by a N/S-directed depression which traced out the later Hessische Senke. At the very beginning of the Lower Permian (Unter-Rotliegendes) a barrier had existed in front of the Spessart-Uplift — probably composed of the Nordliche Gneise — which became an area of deposition later on in the Lower Permian.

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Résumé Cette étude a pour but de rechercher la source des cailloux volcaniques du Permien inférieur du bassin méridional d'Hesse à l'aide des méthodes pétrographiques et géochimiques. Les cailloux rhyolithiques, dérivés du haut-fond Odenwald-Spessart-Rhön se rencontrent seulement dans les sédiments d'une zone étroite au bord de ce haut-fond. Dans le bassin de la Wetterau les conglomérats contiennent prèsque exclusivement des cailloux keratophyriques qui proviennent de la partie septentrionale du haut-fond du Taunus.La distribution des cailloux rhyolithiques et keratophyriques démontre que toujours le haut-fond du Taunus a été plus important que le seuil du Spessart. En outre il est probable que le haut-fond du Taunus a été subdivisé par une dépression transversale de direction N-S qui indique déjà la future Hessische Senke. Au début du Rotliegend inférieur une barrière a existé devant le seuil du Spessart qui avait été compris dans la région de la sédimentation au cours du Rotliegend.

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Karst morphology and groundwater vulnerability of high alpine karst plateaus

High alpine karst plateaus are recharge areas for major drinking water resources in the Alps and many other regions. Well-established methods for the vulnerability mapping of groundwater to contamination have not been applied to such areas yet. The paper characterises this karst type and shows that two common vulnerability assessment methods (COP and PI) classify most of the areas with high vulnerability classes. In the test site on the Hochschwab plateau (Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria), overlying layers are mostly absent, not protective or even enhance point recharge, where they have aquiclude character. The COP method classifies 82% of the area as highly or extremely vulnerable. The resulting maps are reasonable, but do not differentiate vulnerabilities to the extent that the results can be used for protective measures. An extension for the upper end of the vulnerability scale is presented that allows identifying ultra vulnerable areas. The proposed enhancement of the conventional approach points out that infiltration conditions are of key importance for vulnerability. The method accounts for karst genetical and hydrologic processes using qualitative and quantitative properties of karst depressions and sinking streams including parameters calculated from digital elevations models. The method is tested on the Hochschwab plateau where 1.7% of the area is delineated as ultra vulnerable. This differentiation could not be reached by the COP and PI methods. The resulting vulnerability map highlights spots of maximum vulnerability and the combination with a hazard map enables protective measures for a manageable area and number of sites.     

The Stellar Ages of Elliptical Galaxies

Integrated broad-band colors and metallic lines cannot discriminate clearly between the effects of age and Z in old stellar populations. Such data are more sensitive to Z than to age. The Hβ feature provides a way to break this degeneracy. New measurements indicate that the mean stellar ages of typical E galaxy nuclei are fairly young, ranging from 2 to ∼12 Gyr. The outer parts of E galaxies are both older and more metal-poor than nuclei, consistent with the formation of E galaxies via mergers and starbursts. Age effects contribute strongly to the classic color-line strength sequence of E galaxies. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Authigenic carbonates in sediments from the Gulf of Mexico

The carbon isotopic composition of diagenetic dolomite and calcite in some sediments of the Gulf of Mexico varies between “normal-marine” (δ¹³C ca. 0‰) and −14.6‰ which suggests that biogenic CO₂ contributed to the carbonate formation. The δ¹³O values of dolomite and coexisting calcite are very similar but variable down-core.Dolomite and calcite precipitated early from pore water where SO₄²⁻ was not reduced. However, during (and after?) SO₄²⁻ reduction dolomite and calcite still formed and there are at least two generations of carbonate minerals present.     

Effective seed distribution pattern of an upward shift species in alpine tundra of Changbai Mountains

The vegetation of alpine tundra in the Changbai Mountains has experienced great changes in recent decades. Narrowleaf small reed(Deyeuxia angustifolia), a perennial herb from the birch forest zone had crossed the tree line and invaded into the alpine tundra zone. To reveal the driven mechanism of D. angustifolia invasion, there is an urgent need to figure out the effective seed distribution pattern, which could tell us where the potential risk regions are and help us to interpret the invasion process. In this study, we focus on the locations of the seeds in the soil layer and mean to characterize the effective seed distribution pattern of D. angustifolia. The relationship between the environmental variables and the effective seed distribution pattern was also assessed by redundancy analysis. Results showed that seeds of D. angustifolia spread in the alpine tundra with a considerable number(mean value of 322 per m2). They were mainly distributed in the low elevation areas with no significant differences in different slope positions. Effective seed number(ESN) occurrences of D. angustifolia were different in various plant communities. Plant communities with lower canopy cover tended to have more seeds of D. angustifolia. Our research indicated reliable quantitative information on the extent to which habitats are susceptible to invasion.     

The Far‐Infrared Emission of Galaxies

C01 Study of local infrared bright galaxies with HERSHCEL‐PACS C02 PDR modeling of the COBE Far‐Infrared data of the Milky Way C03 MAMBO observations of BzK‐selected vigorous starburst galaxies at z ∼ 2 C04 Starburst galaxies in the far‐infrared. Modelling the line, PAH and dust continuum emission C05 The SED from isothermal clouds C06 PDRs in M83 and M51: The road to HIFI/Herschel and SOFIA C07 Large Scale Mapping of Molecular Gas in the Vicinity of 30 Doradus in the Large Magellanic Cloud C08 Modelling far‐infrared emission from dust in gas‐rich galaxies C09 [CII]/CO(1‐0) Line Ratio at low Metallicities C10 Gas, Stars and Dust in the Spiral Arms of M51 C11 The ISOPHOT 170 micron Serendipity Survey (ISOSS) catalog of optically identified galaxies C12 Spitzer Images of M33: A Probe to Radio‐FIR Correlation C13 Observations of far‐infrared emission from dust in gas‐rich galaxies C14 Dust and Gas in Nearby Galaxies: First Results from SINGS and THINGS C15 Sequential Starburst in Arp220?