Late Holocene Moisture Changes in the Core Area of Arid Central Asia Reflected by Rock Magnetic Records of Glacier Lake Kalakuli Sediments in the Westernmost Tibetan Plateau and their Influences on the Evolution of Ancient Silk Road     

WU Xudong  LIU Xingqi  Erwin APPEL 《《地质学报》英文版》2020,94(3):658-667

The evolution of Ancient Silk Road(ASR) was deeply influenced by late Holocene moisture changes in Arid Central Asia(ACA). Nevertheless, controversies in Holocene moisture change pattern of ACA and poorly–constrained age models of related studies have made the discussion about late Holocene moisture changes in ACA and their influences on the evolution of ASR difficult. Recently, a high–resolution age model during the late Holocene was established for Kalakuli Lake, a small glacier lake located in the core area of ACA. A thorough rock magnetic investigation was carried out on Kalakuli Lake sediments based on this age model. The magnetic mineral assemblage of Kalakuli Lake sediments is still dominated by primary magnetite despite minor diagenetic effects. Comparisons of rock magnetic records to parameters previously used as indicator of glacier fluctuations suggest that clastic input to Kalakuli Lake was high(low) and magnetic grain size is relatively larger(smaller), when glaciers on Muztagh Ata advanced(retreated). The ARM/SIRM ratio, a magnetic grain size proxy, is directly related to lake hydrodynamics, which are ultimately controlled by glacier fluctuations on Muztagh Ata as the result of regional moisture changes. Late Holocene moisture changes indicated by the ARM/SIRM ratio are consistent with cool/wet and warm/dry oscillations indicated by the unweighted average of biomarker hydrogen isotopic data of the C_(26) and C_(28) n–alkanoic acids in a previous study about Kalakuli Lake, most moisture change records of the core area of ACA and winter insolation of the Northern Hemisphere, but opposite to Asian monsoon evolution. Given Asian monsoon and the westerlies are mutually inhibited, we propose that late Holocene moisture changes in the core area of ACA were controlled by the intensity of Asian monsoon versus the westerlies under the governance of solar insolation. Generally increased moisture since the late Holocene indicated by the ARM/SIRM ratio favored cultural exchange and integration between the western and the eastern Eurasia, which paved the way for the formation of ASR. Coincidence between significant increase in moisture at ～200 BC suggested by the ARM/SIRM ratio and the formation of ASR indicates moisture as an important factor that facilitated the formation of ASR. The onsets of three prosperity periods of ASR in the history generally correspond to periods when moisture was relatively high, nevertheless, stagnant periods of ASR do not coincide with periods when moisture was relatively low in the core area of ACA. Disorganized correlations between stagnant periods of ASR and moisture changes in the core area of ACA suggest that moisture is not the decisive factor influencing the evolution of ASR.  相似文献   

Interaction of organic compounds with calcium carbonate-II. Organo-carbonate association in Recent sediments     

Erwin Suess 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1973,37(11):2435-2447

Surface area measurements as well as organic carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus analyses on various grain size fractions of carbonate mud samples confirm that in natural environments of carbonate deposition, surface sorption processes take place which are similar to those described earlier for dissolved organics and artificially suspended calcite particles in both seawater and synthetic solutions.The specific surface area of the sediment increases from 1.8m²/g for the coarse-grained fraction to 12.5 m²/g for the fine material; likewise organic carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus increase with increasing surface area so that there are 1.20 mg C, 0.175 mg N and 0.06–0.20 mg P associated with every square meter of carbonate surface irrespective of the mineralogy of the sediment particles.It appears that the organic matter in these sediments is similar in composition, structure and quantity to the organic layers produced in sorption experiments. With their apparently defined structure and ubiquitous nature, these layers could determine the mineralogy and orientation of submarine carbonate cement or could even be a prerequisite to calcification in general.  相似文献   

Ionization of the earth’s atmosphere by solar and galactic cosmic rays   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Ilya G. Usoskin  Laurent Desorgher  Peter Velinov  Marisa Storini  Erwin O. Flückiger  Rolf Bütikofer  Gennady A. Kovaltsov 《Acta Geophysica》2009,57(1):88-101

A brief review of the research of atmospheric effects of cosmic rays is presented. Numerical models are discussed, that are capable to compute the cosmic ray induced ionization at a given location and time. Intercomparison of the models, as well as comparison with fragmentary direct measurements of the atmospheric ionization, validates their applicability for the entire atmosphere and the whole range of the solar activity level variations. The effect of sporadic solar energetic particle events is shown to be limited on the global scale, even for the most severe event, but can be very strong locally in polar regions, affecting the physical-chemical properties of the upper atmosphere, especially at high altitudes. Thus, a new methodology is presented to study cosmic ray induced ionization of the atmosphere in full detail using realistic numerical models calibrated to direct observations.  相似文献   

Magnetic signature of hydrocarbon-contaminated soils and sediments at the former oil field H?nigsen, Germany     

Moti L. Rijal  Katharina Porsch  Erwin Appel  Andreas Kappler 《Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica》2012,56(3):889-908

Magnetic properties of hydrocarbon (HC) containing soils and sediments from two sites (Site A and B) of the former oil-field H?nigsen were analyzed in order to determine whether magnetic methods can be employed to delineate HC contamination of soils and sediments. Magnetic parameters such as magnetic susceptibility and induced isothermal remanent magnetizations, as well as soil and sediment properties such as pH, iron content and water content, HC content and most probable number counts of iron-metabolizing microorganisms were determined. The magnetic concentration-dependent parameters for HC contaminated samples were 25 times higher in soils from Site A than in sediment samples from Site B. However, at Site B the magnetic susceptibility was still four times higher in comparison to lithologically similar non-contaminated sediment samples from a third Site C. Newly formed magnetite containing mainly single domain particles was responsible for the magnetic enhancement, whereas superparamagnetic grains represented only a minor component. Site A had an acidic pH compared to neutral pH at Site B, and a higher crystalline and bioavailable total iron content. Nevertheless, Site B samples contained significant numbers of both iron(II)-oxidizing and iron(III)-reducing microorganisms indicating that microbial iron cycling might have taken place at this site and potentially played a role for iron mineral transformation, including magnetite (trans)formation. The content of total non-polar hydrocarbons (TNPH) at Site A was one order of magnitude higher than at Site B. Only at Site A magnetic susceptibility correlated well with TNPH. Our results demonstrate that HC contaminated samples had an enhanced magnetite content compared to non-contaminated soils and sediments. Therefore, magnetic methods may provide a quick and cost-effective way to assess HC contamination in soils and sediments. However, more field sites and laboratory investigations are needed to reveal the complex nature of the processes involved.  相似文献   

The HST/ACS Coma Cluster Survey – V. Compact stellar systems in the Coma Cluster     

J. Price  S. Phillipps  A. Huxor  N. Trentham  H. C. Ferguson  R. O. Marzke  A. Hornschemeier  P. Goudfrooij  D. Hammer  R. B. Tully  K. Chiboucas  R. J. Smith  D. Carter  D. Merritt  M. Balcells  P. Erwin  T. H. Puzia 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2009,397(4):1816-1835

The Hubble Space Telescope /Advanced Camera for Surveys ( HST /ACS) Coma Cluster Treasury Survey is a deep two-passband imaging survey of the nearest very rich cluster of galaxies, covering a range of galaxy density environments. The imaging is complemented by a recent wide field redshift survey of the cluster conducted with Hectospec on the 6.5-m Monolithic Mirror Telescope (MMT). Among the many scientific applications for these data is the search for compact galaxies. In this paper, we present the discovery of seven compact (but quite luminous) stellar systems, ranging from M32-like galaxies down to ultra-compact dwarfs (UCDs)/dwarf to globular transition objects (DGTOs).
We find that all seven compact galaxies require a two-component fit to their light profile and have measured velocity dispersions that exceed those expected for typical early-type galaxies at their luminosity. From our structural parameter analysis, we conclude that three of the samples should be classified as compact ellipticals or M32-like galaxies, and the remaining four being less extreme systems. The three compact ellipticals are all found to have old luminosity weighted ages (≳12 Gyr), intermediate metallicities  (−0.6 < [Fe/H] < −0.1)  and high [Mg/Fe] (≳0.25).
Our findings support a tidal stripping scenario as the formation mode of compact galaxies covering the luminosity range studied here. We speculate that at least two early-type morphologies may serve as the progenitor of compact galaxies in clusters.  相似文献   

Dependence of microbial magnetite formation on humic substance and ferrihydrite concentrations     

Annette Piepenbrock  Erwin Appel 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》2011,75(22):6844-6858

Iron mineral (trans)formation during microbial Fe(III) reduction is of environmental relevance as it can influence the fate of pollutants such as toxic metal ions or hydrocarbons. Magnetite is an important biomineralization product of microbial iron reduction and influences soil magnetic properties that are used for paleoclimate reconstruction and were suggested to assist in the localization of organic and inorganic pollutants. However, it is not well understood how different concentrations of Fe(III) minerals and humic substances (HS) affect magnetite formation during microbial Fe(III) reduction. We therefore used wet-chemical extractions, magnetic susceptibility measurements and X-ray diffraction analyses to determine systematically how (i) different initial ferrihydrite (FH) concentrations and (ii) different concentrations of HS (i.e. the presence of either only adsorbed HS or adsorbed and dissolved HS) affect magnetite formation during FH reduction by Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. In our experiments magnetite formation did not occur at FH concentrations lower than 5 mM, even though rapid iron reduction took place. At higher FH concentrations a minimum fraction of Fe(II) of 25-30% of the total iron present was necessary to initiate magnetite formation. The Fe(II) fraction at which magnetite formation started decreased with increasing FH concentration, which might be due to aggregation of the FH particles reducing the FH surface area at higher FH concentrations. HS concentrations of 215-393 mg HS/g FH slowed down (at partial FH surface coverage with sorbed HS) or even completely inhibited (at complete FH surface coverage with sorbed HS) magnetite formation due to blocking of surface sites by adsorbed HS. These results indicate the requirement of Fe(II) adsorption to, and subsequent interaction with, the FH surface for the transformation of FH into magnetite. Additionally, we found that the microbially formed magnetite was further reduced by strain MR-1 leading to the formation of either dissolved Fe(II), i.e. Fe²⁺, in HEPES buffered medium or Fe(II) carbonate (siderite) in bicarbonate buffered medium. Besides the different identity of the Fe(II) compound formed at the end of Fe(III) reduction, there was no difference in the maximum rate and extent of microbial iron reduction and magnetite formation during FH reduction in the two buffer systems used. Our findings indicate that microbial magnetite formation during iron reduction depends on the geochemical conditions and can be of minor importance at low FH concentrations or be inhibited by adsorption of HS to the FH surface. Such scenarios could occur in soils with low iron mineral or high organic matter content.  相似文献   

International Mineralogical Association,Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names: Definition of a mineral     

Dr. E. H. Nickel 《Mineralogy and Petrology》1995,55(4):323-326

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Magnetic-Polarity Stratigraphy of Siwalik Group Sediments of Tinau Khola Section In West Central Nepal, Revisited     

Pitambar Gautam  Erwin Appel 《Geophysical Journal International》1994,117(1):223-234

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Global tidal parameters     

Erwin Groten 《Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica》1994,38(3):221-234

Summary Global tidal parameters are shown to have recently increased in accuracy, after more than twenty years of LLR and a decade of superconducting gravimetry, whereas the numerical values for the Earth have not changed substantially. Numerical values of Love numbers for terrestrial planets and the moon are also given for degrees higher than four as load numbers are basically linear combinations of Love numbers, at least for spherical non-rotation approximations. Numerical values for planetary moons, as far as they are known, have also been included in the paper. The static and dynamic behaviour of long-period and pole tide is discussed. Inner solid and outer fluid core effects are critically reviewed, also in view of a century of terrestrial tide observations of the classical type. The separation of long-period tides from secular effects (on a rotating Earth) such as J_n (n<5), is considered.Dedicated to the Memory of M. S. Molodensky  相似文献   

Magnesium in the marine sedimentary environment: Mg---NH₄ ion exchange     

Marta T. Von Breymann  Erwin Suess 《Chemical Geology》1988,70(4):359-371

The release of exchangeable Mg in marine sediments from displacement by ammonium ions was estimated by way of experimentally determining the parameters that govern this ion-exchange equilibrium on solid geochemical phases: smectite, humic acid, illite and opal.

We showed that: (a) both the conditional selectivity constant as well as the solid concentration are important parameters in determining the relative contribution of ammonium-exchangeable Mg from smectite, organic matter, illite and opal; and (b) that, except in the cases where opal or organic matter concentrations are very high, the clays are the dominant carrier phases for labile Mg which is exchangeable by ammonium.

A model, based on the sum of the contributions from the major geochemical phases present in the sediment reliably predicts the amount of Mg released by exchange with ammonium in marine sediments.  相似文献