The Néel transition and magnetic properties of terrestrial,synthetic, and lunar ilmenites

The magnetic susceptibility of a terrestrial, synthetic and lunar ilmenite specimen has been measured from 4 to 300 K. All specimens had a single Néel temperature transition which ranged from 56 to 57.7 K. In one case the powdered specimen was partially aligned in the magnetic field prior to the susceptibility measurements and the Néel transition was observed to shift to 60 K indicating magnetic anisotropy. A study of several magnetic parameters calculated from the experimental data showed gross impurities in the terrestrial specimen, single-domain to multi-domain metallic iron in the synthetic specimen, and a small amount of superparamagnetic metallic iron in the lunar sample. No multidomain iron was observed in the lunar ilmenite. The results of electron spin resonance measurements were also in general agreement with these findings. Because of the absence of Fe³⁺ compared to most terrestrial samples it is suggested that the anisotropic magnetic parameters be determined on lunar ilmenite when a large enough single crystal becomes available.     

Die Roßfeldschichten: Ein Beispiel für Sedimentation im Bereich einer tektonisch aktiven Tiefseerinne aus der kalkalpinen Unterkreide

Zusammenfassung Im Mittelabschnitt der Nördlichen Kalkalpen (Ostalpen), zwischen den Flüssen Saalach und Traun, in einer streichenden Verbreitung von 50 km, entwickeln sich in der Unterkreide aus den neokomen Aptychenschichten (Schrambachschichten) die terrigenen Gesteine der Roßfeldschichten. In dieser Studie wurde das Profil der Typlokalität am Roßfeld südlich von Salzburg untersucht.Die Unteren Roßfeldschichten bestehen in ihrem tieferen Abschnitt aus einer ca. 175 m mächtigen Mergelgruppe. Darüber folgen 10–15 m dünnbankige Sandsteine, die in eine 70–80 m mächtige, dickbankige Sandsteingruppe übergehen. Die Oberen Roßfeldschichten setzen abrupt mit grobklastischen Gesteinen ein. Die gesamte Schichtfolge zeigt eine Kornvergröberung gegen das Hangende.Eine erste stichprobenartige mikropaläontologische Bearbeitung hat im tieferen Anteil des Profiles gut auswertbare Foraminiferenvergesellschaftungen erbracht, die mit einer Reihe stratigraphisch wertvoller Unterkreidearten das von den Roßfeldschichten dieser Region nach ihrer Ammonitenfauna bekannte Alter Obervalendis—Hauterive bestätigt.Das Profil konnte im Vergleich mit rezenten Faziesverteilungen als eine vorstoßende Serie eines Tiefseerinnen-Environments interpretiert werden. An Subenvironments sind der Bereich der Hauptrinne (= dickbankige Sandsteingruppe), ein beckenwärts gelegener Damm (dünnbankige Sandsteinfazies) und daran anschließend ein submarines Überflutungsgebiet (= Mergelgruppe) zu unterscheiden. Von der Beckenabhangseite her hat sich ein kleinräumiges Fächersystem mit Grobklastika und Slumping-Ablagerungen vorgeschoben Obere Roßfeldschichten).Das terrigene Material der Roßfeldschichten ist durch das Auftreten von Chromspinell und grüner Hornblende in den Schwermineralspektren charakterisiert. Besonders interessant sind vereinzelt vorkommende rotbraune Hornblenden (Kaersutit), welche auf ein Vorkommen von Alkaligesteinen im Liefergebiet Hinweis geben. Die Anlieferung des terrigenen Materials erfolgte von einer südlich gelegenen Provinz, die eine orogeninterne Position innehatte. Die Position entspricht nicht jener des Ultrapienidischen Rückens im Cenoman und zur Zeit der tieferen Gosauschichten.

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Summary The Lower Cretaceous Roßfeld Formation, which is exposed in the central Northern Calcareous Alps (East Alps) between Saalach river and Traun river over a distance of about 50 km, was studied in a profile in the type locality at the Roßfeld south of Salzburg. The terrigeneous rocks of the Roßfeld Formation arise gradually from the Neocomian Aptychus beds (Schrambachschichten).In its deeper part the Lower Roßfeld Fm. consists of gray marls of about 175 m thickness. Above that 10–15 m thin-bedded sandstones and then 70–80 m thick-bedded ones follow. The Upper Roßfeld Fm. starts abruptly with coarse-grained sediments. The complete sequence is a coarsening-upward unit.As a result of an initial micropaleontological study well evaluable foraminifera associations were found in the lower part of the section. Some stratigraphically significant species of Lower Cretaceous age attest the range from Upper Valanginian to Hauterivian already established by ammonites in this region.According to modern facies distributions the Roßfeld Fm. can be interpreted as a prograding deep sea channel facies. The following subenvironments are observed: The axial channel (= Thick-bedded sandstone group), and a seaward levee (= thin-bedded unit) passing into a submarine overbank facies (= marly unit). At the slopeward side of the channel there was a narrow fan system consisting of coarse-grained components and slump-deposits (= Upper Roßfeld Fm.).The heavy mineral spectra of the terrigeneous material of the Roßfeld Fm. are characterized by the occurrence of chromium spinell and green amphiboles. Very interesting are few reddishbrown amphiboles (kaersutite), which are considered to indicate alkaline rocks in the source area. This source area was lying in the south in an internal position of the East Alpine system. This position was not the same as that of the Ultrapienidic Ridge of Cenomanian or early Gosauian age.

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Résumé Dans le partie moyenne des Alpes Calcaires Septentrionales entre les rivières Saalach et Traun, les couches terrigènes de la Formation de Rossfeld se développent à partir de la série marneuse de Schrambach (couches à Aptychus) du Néocomien. Cette étude présente les résultats de l'examen de la localité typique des couches de Rossfeld au sud de Salzburg.Les couches inférieures de Rossfeld sont formées à leur base par des marnes grises d'une épaisseur de 175 m environ. Au-dessus suivent 10–15 m d'un grès en minces bancs qui passe à des grès en gros bancs d'une épaisseur totale de 70–80 m. Les couches supérieures de Rossfeld commencent brusquement avec des sédiments grossiers. La série complète montre une augmentation de la granularité vers le haut.Une étude micropaléontologique préliminaire révèle des faunes à foraminifères à espèces typiques du Crétacé inférieur (Valenginien à Hauterivien) dans la partie inférieure de cette section des couches de Rossfeld.Par comparaison avec des répartitions de facies récentes, on peut interpréter la formation de Rossfeld comme facies d'une série qui s'avance dans la région d'une fossé abyssal. On peut définir les régions spéciales suivantes: Un canal axial avec des grès en gros bancs, une levée du côté du bassin avec des grès en bancs minces et, lié à cela, un terrain de débordement sousmarin avec la série marneuse. Un éventail plus local à matériel détritique plus grossier et avec des structures de slumping s'avançait à partir du flanc du bassin: ce sont les couches supérieures de Rossfeld.Le spectre des minéraux denses de la formation de Rossfeld est caractérisé par l'existence du spinelle chromé et d'amphiboles vertes. Particulièrement intéressantes sont des amphiboles rouge-brun très rares (Kaersutites), lesquelles montreraient l'existence de roches alcalines dans le domaine nourricier. Le matériel détritique a une origine méridionale et provient donc d'une région ayant une position interne dans l'orogène, ce qui ne correspond pas avec la position du seuil ultrapiénidique du crétacé supérieur.

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Arbeit durchgeführt im Rahmen des IGCP-Projektes Mid-Cretaceous Events 73/ I/58.     

Employment in retailing: A case study of employment in suburban shopping centres

There have been many studies of the retail industry in recent years, and of the impact that retailing has had on the spatial arrangement of urban areas and on consumer behaviour. Little attention has been paid, however, to employment in retailing, which is disturbing in view of its growing importance and its rapidly changing nature and composition. This paper examines the nature of the broad structural changes within the industry, and investigates their spatial consequences through a case study of employment generation within a system of suburban retail centres in Canberra, Australia. It is shown that the evolution of suburban centres, particularly those of a regional variety, has had an important and enriching impact on the suburban labour market. The regional centres are also seen to be the focus of the major structural employment changes currently affecting the retail industry. This has some important implications for urban planning.     

The origin of the Nicaraguan depression

A conspicuous graben extends for 800 kilometers through El Salvador and western Nicaragua to the Caribbean Sea in northeastern Costa Rica. Like the smaller but structurally similar Semangko and Toba Depressions of northern Sumatra, the trough is clearly related to voluminous volcanic eruptions during Late Tertiary time. In the region around Lakes Managua and Nicaragua, where the depression is best defined and reaches its greatest dimension, a thick series of Tertiary sediments and volcanic rocks provides a means of interpreting the Cenozoic history of the region. Following a long period of intermittent volcanic activity and sedimentation, extensive sheets of andesitic and dacitic ignimbrites were erupted during Late Miocene time from fissure sources which appear to have been located near the now-subsided central portion of the graben. Near the coast, ignimbrites flowed across a flat lagunal shore overwhelming and burying the tropical vegetation and finally coming to rest in shallow water. Unusual textures and chaotic mixtures of pumice with sediments and silicified wood characterize the bases of many of the water-laid ignimbrites. Subsidence of the graben does not appear to have occurred concurrently with the ignimbrite eruptions but followed them closely near the end of the Miocene or the beginning of Pliocene time. Subsequent activity has been confined to relatively smaller eruptions from central vents near the boundary faults of the graben.     

“Spectral ω2 model” and variable absorption coefficient

Summary Aki's spectral ² model[1] is used to estimate the amplitude field at epicentral distances up to 1000 km in the case of an absorption coefficient of seismic waves which varies with distance. Velocity spectra, the periods of the maximum of these spectra and the maximum velocity amplitudes are obtained. The results are compared with[2] and it is shown that the divergence of the amplitude field decreases if a variable absorption coefficient is used. The theoretical results, obtained in this case, approach the results seen in practice. The possibility of determining the limits of epicentral distances, at which the amplitude field may be considered as linear, is given.     

Glaciation and ~ 770 Ma Ediacara (?) Fossils from the Lesser Karatau Microcontinent,Kazakhstan

The Cambrian explosion, c. 530–515 Ma heralded the arrival of a diverse assembly of multicellular life including the first hard-shelled organisms. Fossils found in Cambrian strata represent the ancestors of most modern animal phyla. In contrast to the apparent explosiveness seen in the Cambrian fossil record, studies of molecular biology hint that the diversification observed in Cambrian strata was rooted in ancestry extending back into the Ediacaran (635–542 Ma). Fossil evidence for this mostly cryptic phase of evolution is derived from the soft-bodied fossils of the Ediacaran biota found throughout the world and bilaterian embryos found in the Doushantuo lagerstätte in South China. The first appearance of Ediacara fauna is thought to have followed the last of the ~ 750–635 Ma Neoproterozoic glacial episodes by 20–30 million years. In this paper, we present evidence for the oldest discovery of the ‘Ediacara’ discoidal fossils Nimbia occlusa and Aspidella terranovica (?) that predate the early Cryogenian glaciations by more than fifty million years. There is considerable disagreement over the significance of discoidal Ediacaran fossils, but our findings may support earlier suggestions that metazoan life has roots extending deeper into the Proterozoic Eon. We also confirm the presence of a Late Cryogenian (e.g. “Marinoan”) glaciation on the Lesser Karatau microcontinent including dropstones and striated clasts within the glacial strata.     

The Holocene–Anthropocene transition in lakes of western Spitsbergen,Svalbard (Norwegian High Arctic): climate change and nitrogen deposition

Lake sediments from four small lakes on western Spitsbergen (Svalbard Archipelago, Norwegian High Arctic) preserve biostratigraphic and isotopic evidence for a complex suite of twentieth century environmental changes. At Lake Skardtjørna and Lake Tjørnskardet on Nordenskiöldkysten, there is a marked diatom floristic change coupled to increased diatom concentrations beginning around 1920. At Lake Istjørna and Lake Istjørnelva, 25 km southwest of Longyearbyen, both diatom total valve and chrysophyte stomatocyst concentrations have increased dramatically since the beginning of the 1900s. The early twentieth century changes are probably related to climate warming after the Little Ice Age. However, the most pronounced changes in diatom assemblages seem to have occurred in the last few decades. At the same time, nitrogen stable isotopes in sediment organic matter in two of the lakes became progressively depleted by ~2‰, which is consistent with diffuse atmospheric inputs from anthropogenic sources and attendant fertilization. These data suggest that climate change and nitrogen deposition may be acting together in driving these lakes towards new ecological states that are unique in the context of the Holocene.     

Using a Bayesian estimator to combine information from a cluster analysis and remote sensing data to estimate high-resolution data for agricultural production in Germany

In Germany, a county-resolution data set that consists of 35 land-use and animal-stock categories has been used extensively to assess the impact of agriculture on the environment. However, because such environmental effects as emission or nutrient surplus depend on the location, even a county resolution might produce misleading results. The aim of this article is to propose a Bayesian approach which combines two sorts of information, with one being treated as defining the prior and the other the data to form a posterior, used to estimate a data set at a municipality resolution. We define the joint prior density function based on (i) remote sensing data, thus accounting for differences in county data and missing data at the municipality level, and (ii) the results of a cluster analysis that was previously applied to the micro-census, whereas the data are defined by official statistics at the county level. This approach results in a fairly accurate data set at the municipality level. The results, using the proposed method, are validated by the national research data centre by comparing the estimates to actual observations. The test statistics presented here demonstrate that the proposed approach adequately estimates the production activities.