The Aouelloul crater,Mauritania: On the problem of confirming the impact origin of a small crater     

CHRISTIAN KOEBERL  WOLF UWE REIMOLD  STEVEN B. SHIREY 《Meteoritics & planetary science》1998,33(3):513-517

Abstract— The impact origin of small craters in sedimentary rocks is often difficult to confirm because of the lack of characteristic shock metamorphic features. A case in point is the 3.1 Ma Aouelloul crater (Mauritania), 390 m in diameter, which is exposed in an area of Ordovician Oujeft and Zli sandstone. We studied several fractured sandstone samples from the crater rim for the possible presence of shock metamorphic effects. In thin section, a large fraction of the quartz grains show abundant subplanar and planar fractures. Many of the fractures are healed and are evident only as fluid inclusion trails. A few grains showed sets of narrow and densely spaced fluid inclusions trails in one (rarely two) orientations per grain, which could be possible remnants of planar deformation features (PDFs), although such an interpretation is not unambiguous. In contrast, an impact origin of the crater is confirmed by Re-Os isotope studies of the target sandstone and glass found around the crater rim, which show the presence of a distinct extraterrestrial component in the glass.  相似文献   

Beyond annual budgets: carbon flux at different temporal scales in fire-prone Siberian Scots pine forests   总被引：5，自引：0，他引：5  

CHRISTIAN WIRTH  CLAUDIA I. CZIMCZIK  E.-DETLEF SCHULZE 《Tellus. Series B, Chemical and physical meteorology》2002,54(5):611-630

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Grundmoräne versus Schlammoräne— two types of lodgement till in the Alpine Foreland of Switzerland     

CHRISTIAN SCHLÜCHTER 《Boreas: An International Journal of Quaternary Research》1977,6(2):181-188

In the Aare River Valley between Berne and Thoune a mud till unit occurs together with lacustrine sediments in a complex relationship. The high content of fine material in the mud till is due to incorporation of lake sediments by the advancing Aare glacier probably during the most extensive glaciation of the Swiss Alps. Special attention is given to the evolution of the grain size parameters in vertical sequences in sections at Raintalwald and Räbli. The trend of vertical variation of the parameters reflects the origin of the mud till. Ground moraine and mud till may both be lodgement till but are texturally quite distinct, and the incorporation of pre-existing sediments in the mud till is clearly demonstrated by the use of the grain size parameters.  相似文献   

Holocene shoreline displacement at Agardhbukta, eastern Spitsbergen, Svalbard     

OTTO SALVIGSEN  JAN MANGERUD 《Polar research》1991,9(1):1-7

An emergence curve based on nine radiocarbon dated samples of mosses, shells, whale bones and driftwood has been constructed for Agardhbukta. Beach sediments and delta deposits were found up to c. 50 m above sea level, and the oldest date goes back to about 10, 000 yrs BP. However, the possibility of a higher marine limit cannot be excluded. The Agardhbukta curve shows a nearly linear uplift during the entire Holocene. It differs from the western Spitsbergen curves, where a transgression occurs, and is more similar to curves from areas further east in the Svalbard archipelago.  相似文献   

Morphology and facies architecture of a falling sea level strandplain, Umiujaq, Hudson Bay, Canada   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

CHRISTIAN FRASER  PHILIP R. HILL  MICHEL ALLARD† 《Sedimentology》2005,52(1):141-160

Coastal strandplain deposits near Umiujaq, eastern Hudson Bay, Canada, were formed under falling relative sea level conditions resulting from postglacial isostatic uplift. Ground-probing radar profiles across the strandplain reveal a lower progradational unit (LPU) discordantly overlain by an upper progradational unit (UPU), which were correlated with stratigraphic sections exposed in incised valley walls. The discordance is a wave erosion surface (WES) that separates fine shoreface sands of the LPU from coarse-sand and gravel of the UPU. Major basal downlap surfaces can be traced updip into marine terraces and define downstepping wedges. The downstepping is interpreted as representing ‘autocyclic’ morphological reconfiguration rather than a response to changes in the rate of sea level fall. The internal architecture is strongly dependent on the accommodation and thus on antecedent topography. A conceptual model for strandplain deposition under falling sea level incorporates a bipartite shallowing-upward sandy succession when sufficient accommodation is available. Where accommodation space is limited, a sharp-based bar-and-beach sandbody directly overlies muddy deeper water deposits and the WES resembles a regressive surface of erosion.  相似文献   

Palaeoenvironments and changes in relative sea level during the last interglaciation at Langelandselv, Jameson Land, East Greenland     

HENRIK VOSGERAU  SVEND FUNDER  MICHAEL KELLY  KAREN LUISE KNUDSEN  CHRISTIAN KRONBORG  HANNE BIRGIT MADSEN  HANS PETTEK SEJRUP 《Boreas: An International Journal of Quaternary Research》1994,23(4):398-411

Coastal cliffs and stream cut sections at Langelandselv on Jameson Land show a 22 m thick sedimentary succession reflecting the development of shallow marine and fluvial environments during the last interglaciation. The shallow marine sediments were deposited in upper shoreface, back-barrier, and delta environments during a rise in the relative sea level from 0 to 18 m. The interglacial succession ends with glaciotectonically dislocated fluvial sand, and is capped by alternating beds of lodgement till and fluvial sand, deposited during the Early Weichselian. The age is determined by palacoceanographic correlation of molluse and foraminifer faunas with isotopic substage 5e in the deep sea record, supported by luminescencs and U/Th dates and amino acid analysis.  相似文献   

The beetles of Greenland - and how they might have got there     

CHRISTIAN HJORT 《Boreas: An International Journal of Quaternary Research》1989,18(3):244-244

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The Weichselian glaciation in Svalbard before 15,000 B.P.*     

OTTO SALVIGSEN  REIDAR NYDAL 《Boreas: An International Journal of Quaternary Research》1981,10(4):433-446

Th/U dating and radiocarbon dating of 'old' shells are discussed, and amino acid ratios from shells are used as a method of relative-age dating. The Svalbard area has been completely covered by an extensive ice sheet at leats once. New data from Sjuøyane indicate that such glaciation took place in the Early Weichselian. The Middle Weichselian was a period of interstadial conditions. Series of beaches of assumed Middle Weichselian age occur in several places in western Spitsbergen while no such beaches are known in the eastern part of the archipelago. The maximum glaciation in the Late Weichselian is assumed to have taken place about 18,000 B.P. In the western part of Spitsbergen, the Late Weichselian glaciation was limited and local, while the eastern part of the archipelago was covered by an ice sheet. Kongsøya has a pattern of Holocene shoreline displacement which indicates that the centre of this ice sheet was east of kong karts Land.  相似文献   

Relationship between Late Pleistocene sea‐level variations,carbonate platform morphology and aragonite production (Maldives,Indian Ocean)     

ANDREAS PAUL  JOHN J. G. REIJMER  JÖRN FÜRSTENAU  HANNO KINKEL  CHRISTIAN BETZLER 《Sedimentology》2012,59(5):1640-1658

A piston core from the Maldives carbonate platform was investigated for carbonate mineralogy, grain‐size distributions, calcium carbonate content and organic carbon. The sedimentary record was linked to Late Pleistocene sea‐level variations, using an age model based on oxygen isotopes obtained from planktonic foramanifera, nannofossil biostratigraphy and ¹⁴C age determinations. The correlation between the sedimentary record and Late Pleistocene sea‐level showed that variations in aragonite and mud during the past 150 000 years were clearly related to flooding and sea floor exposure of the main lagoons of the atolls of the Maldives carbonate platform. Platform flooding events were characterized by strongly increased deposition of aragonite and mud within the Inner Sea of the Maldives. Exposure events, in contrast, can be recognized by rapid decreases in the values of both proxy records. The results show that sediments on the Maldives carbonate platform contain a continuous record of Pleistocene sea‐level variations. These sediments may, therefore, contribute to a better understanding of regional and even global sea‐level changes, and yield new insights into the interplay between ocean currents and carbonate platform morphology.  相似文献   

Mineral chemistry of lava flows from Linga area of the Eastern Deccan Volcanic Province,India     

SOHINI?GANGULYEmail author  JYOTISANKAR?RAY  CHRISTIAN?KOEBERL  THEODOROS?NTAFLOS  MOUSUMI?BANERJEE 《Journal of Earth System Science》2012,121(1):91-108

Several basaltic lava flows have been identified in the study area in and around Linga, in the Eastern Deccan Volcanic Province (EDVP) on the basis of distinctly developed structural zones defined by primary volcanic structures such as columnar joints and vesicles. These basaltic lava flows are spatially distributed in four different sectors, viz., (i) Bargona–Gadarwara (BG) sector (ii) Shikarpur–Linga (SL) sector (iii) Arjunvari–Survir Hill (AS) sector and (iv) Kukrachiman–Morand Hill (KM) sector. A three-tier classification scheme has been adopted for the characterization and classification of individual lava flows. Each lava flow consists of a Lower Colonnade Zone (LCZ) overlain by the Entablature Zone (EZ) and Upper Colonnade Zone (UCZ). The LCZ and UCZ grade into a distinct/indistinct Lower Vesicular Zone (LVZ) and Upper Vesicular Zone (UVZ), respectively. The LCZ and UCZ of the flows are characterized by columnar joints while the EZ is marked by multi-directional hackly jointing. The geometry of different joint patterns corresponds to different styles of cooling during solidification of lava flows. Detailed petrographic studies of the investigated lava flows reveal inequigranular phenocrystal basalts characterized by development of phenocrystal phases including plagioclase, clinopyroxene and olivine, whereas groundmass composition is marked by tiny plagioclase, clinopyroxene, opaque mineral and glass. Electron microprobe analyses indicate that the olivine has a wide range ∼Fo₂₂ to Fo₆₆ revealing a wide spectrum of compositional variation. Pyroxene compositions are distinctly designated as Quad pyroxenes. Phenocrystal pyroxenes are mostly diopsidic, while the groundmass pyroxenes mainly correspond to augite with a minor pigeonite component. Pyroxene phenocrysts are characterized by a prominent Ti-enrichment. Phenocrystal plagioclase grains are calcic (An_52.7–An_72.9), whereas groundmass plagioclase are relatively sodic (An_39.2–An_61.6). Groundmass opaque minerals are characteristically found to be Ti–magnetite/ilmenite/pyrophanite. Pyroxene thermometry reveals a temperature span of 850°C to 1280°C for the studied lavas while olivine–clinopyroxene thermometry yields a temperature range from 1040°–1160°C. The variation of temperature for the lava flows is ascribed to their normal cooling history after eruption.  相似文献