Dust transport and palaeoclimate during the Oldest Dryas in Central Europe — implications from varves (Lake Constance)     

Frank Niessen  Guy Lister  Federico Giovanoli 《Climate Dynamics》1992,8(2):71-81

This paper evaluates evidence for seasonal loess deposits in peri-Alpine Lake Constance at the end of the last Glacial (Oldest Dryas chronozone). The usefulness of such lacustrine deposits for palaeoclimatic interpretations is discussed. The sedimentology of laminated couplets comprising yellow and grey silts has been investigated to test the hypothesis that the couplets are varves (i.e. annual rhythmites) comprising alternations of loess and glacial silt and clay. The laminae are mostly less than 1 mm thick and include from bottom to top: (1) a matrix of well-sorted, non-graded fine yellow silt with sand-size intraclasts, (2) coarsening-upward grey silt with a cap of fining-upward silt to clay. The latter is typical for varves in modern proglacial lakes and reflects summer and winter deposits (silt and clay, respectively). We propose that the lack of grading and the matrix supported fabric is indicative of aeolian transport and therefore interpret the yellow laminae as loess deposits. Volcanic glass intraclasts in the loess layers are probably derived from volcanic terrain to the west of the lake, indicating an easterly palaeowind direction. Deposition of loess in the lake occurred regularly at the beginning of each annual cycle, suggesting that the palaeowinds were associated with winter and/or spring conditions. Two transport scenarios are suggested to explain the sand grains scattered in this deep-water lacustrine record. 1. The grains may have been transported as bedload over the annual winter ice-cover of the lake under moderate wind strengths, frozen into the ice, and released for deposition during spring melt. 2. The sand grains were blown directly out onto the lake water by very strong winds during spring. The first scenario is contrary to the general view that loess was transported during summer, and that loess deposits thus reflect summer conditions only. Loess input to the lake shows a transitional decrease after ca. 14.3 kyr BP and cessation at ca. 14 kyr BP, probably as a result of a change of wind behaviour, increased humidity and/or vegetational changes during the Oldest Dryas in central Europe.This paper was presented at Clima Locarno 90, the International Conference on Past and Present Climate Dynamics: Reconstruction of Rates of Change, held in Locarno, Switzerland, September 24 to 28, 1991, supported by a grant from the Swiss Academy of Sciences. It was convened jointly by the Swiss National Climate Program - ProClim, the Swiss Committee for the IGBP, the Swiss COL, the Swiss SCOPE Committee, and the Swiss CCA. Guest editor for the papers published following the conference is Dr. K. Kelts (see also Climate Dynamics 6:3/4, Jan. 1992)  相似文献   

The skeleton of a straight-tusked elephant,Palaeoloxodon antiquus (Falconer and Cautley, 1847) from Selsey,England, and growth and variation in Palaeoloxodon of the European Pleistocene     

Elizabeth E. Erkek  Adrian M. Lister 《第四纪科学杂志》2021,36(2):211-223

A partial skeleton of straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) excavated at Selsey beach (Sussex, UK) in 1961 is one of very few from Marine Isotope Stage 7 (MIS 7), ca. 240–200 ka, in Europe. Dental morphometrics, including X-ray micro-computed tomography, confirms the species identification. Age determination through dental wear and skeletal morphology, sex determination through pelvic anatomy, and body-size measurements, together identify the individual as a female of approximately 30 years old with a live shoulder height of ca. 3 m and a body mass of ca. 5 t. Dental mesowear indicates mixed feeding with a significant proportion of grass, indicating selective feeding in a predominately forested environment. Although taphonomic conclusions are limited by the nature of the excavation, identification of 107 recovered skeletal elements indicates predominant preservation of the right side of the animal, suggesting death or burial on the right side in a shallow, slow-moving freshwater environment, with possible removal of other elements by scavenging or decay. Combining the Selsey data with 29 comparative skeletons from across Europe, we demonstrate the validity of pelvic proportions for determining sex and provide a graphical representation of variation and growth rate in males and females of this species.  相似文献   

Interaction between groundwater, the hyporheic zone and a Chalk stream: a case study from the River Lambourn, UK     

David J. Allen  W. George Darling  Daren C. Gooddy  Daniel J. Lapworth  Andrew J. Newell  Ann T. Williams  Debbie Allen  Corinna Abesser 《Hydrogeology Journal》2010,18(5):1125-1141

Understanding the processes controlling groundwater/surface-water interaction is essential for effective resource management and for protecting sensitive ecosystems. Through intensive monitoring of Chalk groundwater, shallow gravel groundwater and surface water in the River Lambourn, UK, using a combination of hydrochemical and hydrophysical techniques, a complex pattern of interactions has been elucidated. The river is broadly in hydraulic contact with the streambed sediments and adjacent gravels and sands, but these deposits are mainly hydraulically separate from the underlying Chalk at the site. The hydraulic relationship between the river and underlying alluvium is variable, involving components of groundwater flow both parallel and transverse to the river and with both effluent and influent behaviour seen. While the gravel aquifer is significant in controlling groundwater/surface-water interaction, its importance as a route for flow down the catchment is likely to be modest compared with river discharge. The hydrological complexity revealed in a geological setting typical of lowland UK Chalk streams has implications both for investigation methods and for management such as in the setting of environmental objectives in the European Water Framework Directive.  相似文献   

Serendipitous Asteroid Lightcurve Survey Using SuperWASP     

N. R. Parley  N. McBride  S. F. Green  C. A. Haswell  W. I. Clarkson  D. J. Christian  A. Collier-Cameron  N. A. Evans  A. Fitzsimmons  C. Hellier  S. T. Hodgkin  K. Horne  J. Irwin  S. R. Kane  F. P. Keenan  T. A. Lister  A. J. Norton  J. P. Osborne  D. Pollacco  R. Ryans  I. Skillen  R. A. Street  R. G. West  P. J. Wheatley 《Earth, Moon, and Planets》2005,97(3-4):261-268

The SuperWASP project is an ultra-wide angle search for extra solar planetary transits. However, it can also serendipitously detect solar system objects, such as asteroids and comets. Each SuperWASP instrument consists of up to eight cameras, combined with high-quality peltier-cooled CCDs, which photometrically survey large numbers of stars in the magnitude range 7–15. Each camera covers a 7.8 × 7.8 degree field of view. Located on La Palma, the SuperWASP-I instrument has been observing the Northern Hemisphere with five cameras since its inauguration in April 2004.The ultra-wide angle field of view gives SuperWASP the possibility of discovering new fast moving (near to Earth) asteroids that could have been missed by other instruments. However, it provides an excellent opportunity to produce a magnitude-limited lightcurve survey of known main belt asteroids. As slow moving asteroids stay within a single SuperWASP field for several weeks, and may be seen in many fields, a survey of all objects brighter than magnitude 15 is possible. This will provide a significant increase in the total number of lightcurves available for statistical studies without the inherent bias against longer periods present in the current data sets.We present the methodology used in the automated collection of asteroid data from SuperWASP and some of the first examples of lightcurves from numbered asteroids.  相似文献   

SuperWASP-North extrasolar planet candidates between 3^h < RA < 6^h     

W. I. Clarkson  B. Enoch  C. A. Haswell  A. J. Norton  D. J. Christian  A. Collier Cameron  S. R. Kane  K. D. Horne  T. A. Lister  R. A. Street  R. G. West  D. M. Wilson  N. Evans  A. Fitzsimmons  C. Hellier  S. T. Hodgkin  J. Irwin  F. P. Keenan  J. P. Osborne  N. R. Parley  D. L. Pollacco  R. Ryans  I. Skillen  P. J. Wheatley 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2007,381(2):851-864

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The impact of correlated noise on SuperWASP detection rates for transiting extrasolar planets     

A. M. S. Smith  A. Collier Cameron  D. J. Christian  W. I. Clarkson  B. Enoch  A. Evans  C. A. Haswell  C. Hellier  K. Horne  J. Irwin  S. R. Kane  T. A. Lister  A. J. Norton  N. Parley  D. L. Pollacco  R. Ryans  I. Skillen  R. A. Street  A. H. M. J. Triaud  R. G. West  P. J. Wheatley  D. M. Wilson 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2006,373(3):1151-1158

The evolution of the Alfvén turbulence due to three-wave interactions is discussed using kinetic theory for a collisionless, thermal plasma. There are three low-frequency modes, analogous to the three modes of compressible magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). When only Alfvén waves are considered, the known anisotropy of turbulence in incompressible MHD theory is reproduced. Inclusion of a fast mode wave leads to the separation of turbulence into two regimes: small wave numbers where three-wave processes involving a fast mode are dominant, and large wave numbers where the three Alfvén wave process is dominant. Possible application of the anisotropic Alfvén turbulence to the interstellar medium and dissipation of magnetic energy in magnetars are discussed.  相似文献   

Late middle pleistocene interglacial deposits at upper strensham,worcestershire, england     

C. de Rouffignac  D. Q. Bowen  G. R. Coope  D. H. Keen  A. M. Lister  D. Maddy  J. E. Robinson  G. A. Sykes  M. J. C. Walker 《第四纪科学杂志》1995,10(1):15-31

Pleistocene deposits containing the disarticulated skeleton of a mammoth, and associated faunal and floral remains, were discovered in July 1990 at Upper Strensham, Worcestershire. The environmental evidence from the fauna and flora together with limited geological evidence, indicates that the deposits accumulated within a low energy fluvial environment with a surrounding marsh and restricted tree cover on, or close to, the floodplain. The patchy occurrence of trees in a species-rich grassland is discussed, and the climatic significance of the fauna and flora is considered. The Strensham site lies within the valley of the River Avon, which is known to contain at least five altitudinally distinct river terraces. The deposits at Strensham lie beneath a terraced surface that cannot be accommodated within the existing framework of terrace development in the valley, and evidence is presented which may suggest that these deposits form a previously unrecognised fluvial unit, the Strensham Member of the Avon Valley Formation. Amino-acid age estimates from shells taken from the fossiliferous sediments of the Strensham Member suggest a correlation with Oxygen Isotope Stage 7. This correlation suggests that the temperate deposits at this site should be correlated with the temperate phase recorded at Marsworth, Buckinghamshire and Stoke Goldington in the valley of the Great Ouse.  相似文献   

Searching for planetary transits in the field of open cluster NGC 6819 – I     

R. A. Street  Keith Horne  T. A. Lister  A. J. Penny  Y. Tsapras  A. Quirrenbach  N. Safizadeh  D. Mitchell  J. Cooke  A. Collier Cameron 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2003,340(4):1287-1297

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Controls on runoff components on a forested slope and implications for N transport     

J. M. Buttle  S. W. Lister  A. R. Hill 《水文研究》2001,15(6):1065-1070

Transfer of atmospheric N deposition on shallow‐soil forested basins on the Canadian Shield to receiving water bodies may be enhanced by rapid preferential flow along the soil–bedrock interface (BR runoff) on basin slopes. Controls on BR runoff, partitioning of event and pre‐event water contributions to this flow, and implications of this partitioning for N fluxes in BR runoff were studied under natural and artificial inputs to an instrumented slope. BR runoff as a fraction of water inputs to the slope increased with antecedent soil wetness and input depth. Event water contributions to BR runoff initially increased with antecedent soil wetness, but then declined at large antecedent soil wetness. Export of applied NH₄⁺ from the slope was maximized when event water contributions containing large NH₄⁺ concentrations dominated BR runoff; however, there was no relationship between the fraction of NO₃^? application transported in BR runoff and either application input or the event water fraction of that runoff. The applicability of our results to other shallow‐soil areas of the Canadian Shield is limited by artificial N inputs to the slope in excess of natural loads and by low rates of N mineralization and negligible nitrification in the slope's soils. Nevertheless, the study reinforces the need to consider how the hydrologic, geometric and pedologic properties of forest slopes interact with biotic and abiotic soil processes to control N transport and transformation. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

geneGIS: Geoanalytical Tools and Arc Marine Customization for Individual‐Based Genetic Records     

Dorothy M. Dick  Shaun Walbridge  Dawn J. Wright  John Calambokidis  Erin A. Falcone  Debbie Steel  Tomas Follett  Jason Holmberg  C. Scott Baker 《Transactions in GIS》2014,18(3):324-350

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