Hydrographic changes in the southern Kattegat (Scandinavia) during the early Holocene transgression     

CHRISTIAN CHRISTIANSEN  KELD CONRADSEN  EMIL EMELYANOV  EGIS TRIMONIS  JAN HEINEMEIER  NIELS RUD 《Boreas: An International Journal of Quaternary Research》1993,22(4):349-356

Detailed sedimentological, micropalaeontological, mineralogical and geochemical investigations as well as ¹⁴C datings were carried out on a core from the southern part of the Kattegat Sea. According to the micropalaeontological interpretations, sea level rose by approximately 20 m in the period c. 9610 BP to 8200 BP. The core therefore provides evidence of the hydrographical conditions in the southern Kattegat during the early Holocene transgression. In the sediment there is geochemical evidence of strong stratification in the water column possibly related to inflow of saline water around 9080 BP. After the sediments dated to 8200 BP there is a hiatus followed by very young (<300 BP?) sediments. It is suggested that this hiatus might be associated with the opening of the Danish Straits.  相似文献   

The Ymer-Formation - an interglacial sequence in northeasternmost Greenland     

CHRISTIAN HJORT  ROLF W. FEYLING-HANSSEN 《Polar research》1987,5(3):347-350

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TRENDS IN THE URBANIZATION PROCESS     

CHRISTIAN WICHMANN MATTHIESSEN Ph. D. 《Geografisk tidskrift / udgivet af Bestyrelsen for Det Kongelige danske geografiske selskab》2013,113(1):98-101

Matthiessen, Christian Wichmann: Trends in the urbanization process. The Copenhagen case. Geografisk Tidsskrift 80: 98–101. Copenhagen, June 1980.

Within the framework of the international comparative research project (Cost of Urban Growth) new trends in urban development have recently been observed. The object of this article is to discuss the trends and give impirical evidence on Danish data.  相似文献   

Prediction uncertainty of conceptual rainfall-runoff models caused by problems in identifying model parameters and structure     

STEFAN UHLENBROOK  JAN SEIBERT  CHRISTIAN LEIBUNDGUT  ALLAN RODHE 《水文科学杂志》2013,58(5):779-797

Abstract

The uncertainties arising from the problem of identifying a representative model structure and model parameters in a conceptual rainfall-runoff model were investigated. A conceptual model, the HBV model, was applied to the mountainous Brugga basin (39.9 km”) in the Black Forest, southwestern Germany. In a first step, a Monte Carlo procedure with randomly generated parameter sets was used for calibration. For a ten-year calibration period, different parameter sets resulted in an equally good correspondence between observed and simulated runoff. A few parameters were well defined (i.e. best parameter values were within small ranges), but for most parameters good simulations were found with values varying over wide ranges. In a second step, model variants with different numbers of elevation and landuse zones and various runoff generation conceptualizations were tested. In some cases, representation of more spatial variability gave better simulations in terms of discharge. However, good results could be obtained with different and even unrealistic concepts. The computation of design floods and low flow predictions illustrated that the parameter uncertainty and the uncertainty of identifying a unique best model variant have implications for model predictions. The flow predictions varied considerably. The peak discharge of a flood with a probability of 0.01 year^?1, for instance, varied from 40 to almost 60 mm day^?1. It was concluded that model predictions, particularly in applied studies, should be given as ranges rather than as single values.  相似文献   

The Purple Saxifrage, Saxifraga oppositifolia, in Svalbard: two taxa or one?     

ANNE K. BRYSTING  TOVE M. GABRIELSEN  OVE SØRLIBRÅTEN  ODDMUND YTREHORN  CHRISTIAN BROCHMANN 《Polar research》1996,15(2):93-105

Several studies have demonstrated high levels of genetic (DNA), ecophysiological, ecological, and morphological variation within the species Purple Saxifrage, Saxifraga oppositifolia , in Svalbard. It has recently been proposed that S. oppositifolia is represented by two conspicuously different subspecies in this archipelago: ssp. reptans , a late-flowering, prostrate ecotype of snow-protected, damp habitats, and ssp. pulvinata , an early-flowering, cushion-like ecotype of dry, wind-exposed heaths and ridges. It has also been suggested that the subspecies may be differentiated at the tetraploid and diploid levels, respectively, which would promote reproductive isolation. These hypotheses are tested by examining variation in morphology, ecology, and pollen size and stainability in 150 plants of S. oppositifolia growing in 50 vegetation samples at four sites in the Kongsfjorden area. Although analyses of the various data sets demonstrated the large variation within the species, the material could not be separated into distinct groups. The morphological variation was continuous along local ecological gradients. The pollen grains were fully stainable and the pollen diameter data showed a unimodal distribution, suggesting that the plants analysed represent only one ploidal level. These results reject a hypothesis that the morphologically intermediate plants are hybrids between two taxa at different ploidal levels. Thus, the conspicuous variation in S. oppositifolia in Svalbard probably results from local, in situ ecoclinal differentiation. Although this variation clearly is without taxonomic significance, it is important in the broader context of arctic conservation biology and the potential impact of global warming on arctic vegetation.  相似文献   

Late Pleistocene and Holocene glacial history of James Ross Island, Antarctic Peninsula   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

ÓLAFUR INGÓLFSSON  CHRISTIAN HJORT  SVANTE BJÖRCK  R. I. LEWIS SMITH 《Boreas: An International Journal of Quaternary Research》1992,21(3):209-222

Studies of Quaternary glacial stratigraphy and morphology around the Antarctic Peninsula have shown that James Ross Island in the western Weddell Sea probably has the best occurrences of stratigraphic sections with dateable material in the region. The stratigraphy includes sections with indefinite radiocarbon age, and three separate aminozones can be recognized. Except for indications of an early deglaciation around c . 10,000 BP, the field evidence from northern James Ross Island suggests a glacial readvance around 7000 BP. It is concluded that the readvance reflects the combined effects of eustatic sea level rise and Holocene warming, leading to increased precipitation and a positive mass balance. The most recent large-scale deglaciation in the area took place around 6000–5000 BP. This confirms the evidence from lake sediments and moss banks in other parts of the Antarctic Peninsula region, which shows that, in most cases, the initiation of organic deposition took place after c . 6000 BP. The literature on the Holocene glacial and environmental history of the region is reviewed in light of the new field evidence.  相似文献   

Burrows and trails produced by Quinqueloculina impressa Reuss, a benthic foraminifer, in fine-grained sediment     

KENNETH P. SEVERIN  STEPHEN J. CULVER  CHRISTIAN BLANPIED 《Sedimentology》1982,29(6):897-901

The benthic foraminifer Quinqueloculina impressa Reuss, was buried in various types of sediment in order to assess its capability for producing sediment disturbances and thus, ichnofossils. Silts and silty-clays showed distinct burrows; fine sands did not. Two types of burrows were produced: fairly straight, vertical burrows from 4 cm below the water-sediment interface to within 1 cm of the sediment surface, and a horizontal and vertical maze-like burrow system in the top centimetre of the sediment. Individuals moving on the sediment surface also produced visible trails. When the sediments were dried the burrows were always destroyed; in some cases the surface trails were preserved. We propose that the vertical burrows are escape structures and that the horizontal and vertical maze-like structures are living burrows. Ichnofossils similar to the escape structures and surface structures have been described. Presence of these ichnofossils indicates a low energy sedimentary environment and a lack of macrofaunal bioturbation. The presence of escape structures may indicate a pulsatory pattern of sedimentation.  相似文献   

Palaeoecological significance of Hippophaë rhamnoides, with an example of the protocratic vegetational stage in NE Fennoscandia     

CHRISTIAN REYNAUD 《Boreas: An International Journal of Quaternary Research》1976,5(1):9-24

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The subfossil occurrence of Mytilus edulis L. in central East Greenland     

CHRISTIAN HJORT  SVEND FUNDER 《Boreas: An International Journal of Quaternary Research》1974,3(1):23-33

The subfossil occurrence of Mytilus edulis in central East Greenland has been C¹⁴-dated to roughly between 8000 B.P. and 5500 B.P.; compared with other areas this is a short period. Its immigration coincides with the final deglaciation of the innermost fjords, and its disappearance is contemporaneous with an increase in cold-climate plants, as shown by pollen spectra. It is suggested that it immigrated from the Svalbard area rather than from southeast Greenland, and that the central East Greenland fjord zone forms an isolated oasis, where more southerly species like Mytilus and Chlamys islandica can or could live, even if this was not possible along the surrounding and more hostile outer coasts. The reason for the absence of Mytilus edalis from the region today is probably not the local climate.  相似文献   

Cloud condensation nuclei spectra derived from size distributions and hygroscopic properties of the aerosol in coastal south-west Portugal during ACE-2   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：1  

ULRIKE DUSEK  DAVID S. COVERT  ALFRED WIEDENSOHLER  CHRISTIAN NEUSÜSS  DIANA WEISE  WILL CANTRELL 《Tellus. Series B, Chemical and physical meteorology》2003,55(1):35-53

In this work we propose and test a method to calculate cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) spectra based on aerosol number size distributions and hygroscopic growth factors. Sensitivity studies show that this method can be used in a wide variety of conditions except when the aerosol consist mainly of organic compounds. One crucial step in the calculations, estimating soluble ions in an aerosol particle based on hygroscopic growth factors, is tested in an internal hygroscopic consistency study. The results show that during the second Aerosol Characterization Experiment (ACE-2) the number concentration of inorganic ions analyzed in impactor samples could be reproduced from measured growth factors within the measurement uncertainties at the measurement site in Sagres, Portugal.
CCN spectra were calculated based on data from the ACE-2 field experiment at the Sagres site. The calculations overestimate measured CCN spectra on average by approximately 30%, which is comparable to the uncertainties in measurements and calculations at supersaturations below 0.5%. The calculated CCN spectra were averaged over time periods when Sagres received clean air masses and air masses influenced by aged and recent pollution. Pollution outbreaks enhance the CCN concentrations at supersaturations near 0.2% by a factor of 3 (aged pollution) to 5 (recent pollution) compared to the clean marine background concentrations. In polluted air masses, the shape of the CCN spectra changes. The clean spectra can be approximated by a power function, whereas the polluted spectra are better approximated by an error function.  相似文献