Glacial drainage towards the Mediterranean during the Middle and Late Pleistocene   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

STANISLAV A. ARKHIPOV  JÜRGEN EHLERS  ROBERT G. JOHNSON  HERBERT E. WRIGHT  Jr. 《Boreas: An International Journal of Quaternary Research》1995,24(3):196-206

To a varying degree the Middle and Late Pleistocene ice sheets in northern Eurasia redirected the drainage of major catchments in Europe and western Siberia from the North Sea and Arctic Ocean south to the Caspian, Black Sea, and ultimately the Mediterranean. During the Late Weichselian, glacial meltwater reached the Mediterranean through the Dniepr and Don catchments and to a minor extent through the Danube. During the Warthe Substage of the Saalian, meltwater from the Volga was most likely added. During the Drenthe Substagc of the Saalian the watershed shifted Par to the east, and meltwater reached the Mediterranean also from the Oh. Irtysh, Yenisei, and Tunguska catchments in Siberia. Depending on the extent of the ice sheets, the increase in freshwater supply during deglaciations resulted in reductions of Mediterranean overflow into the North Atlantic. Such overflow reductions may have reduced vapour transport to the ice sheets and thus accelerated wastage.  相似文献   

LA GRAVIMETRIE DE HAUTE PRECISION APPLICATION AUX RECHERCHES DE CAVITES*     

ROBERT NEUMANN 《Geophysical Prospecting》1967,15(1):116-134

High precision gravity surveys have to be examined at different points of view: the accuracy which one can expect on the final results, regardless to their distribution, the shape and amplitude of the expected anomalies, depending on these factors, which grid of stations is convenient in each particular case. Under certain condition, using an appropriate procedure, involving strict criteria, it is possible to get on the Bouguer map the same accuracy as the reading one. However an accuracy closed to 0,01 mgal does not imply that anomalies as 0,01 or 0,02 mgal deserved attention. Numerous factors limit our appreciation of significant anomalies to 0,05 mgal, may be a little less. When cavites are concerned, it is always necessary to define the extreme dimensions an depth of volumes which may give detectable anomalies. Some example are given illustrating different aspects of this particular type of geophysical prospecting.  相似文献   

THE CARBONATE FRACTION OF BEACH AND DUNE SANDS   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

ORRIN H. Pilkey    ROBERT W. MORTON  JOHN LUTERNAUER 《Sedimentology》1967,8(4):311-327

The sand size carbonate fractions of beach and dune sands from the southeastern U.S. Atlantic coast were investigated from the standpoint of mineralogy, roundness and size distribution. The carbonate fractions of beach-dune sands used in this study range in abundance from less than 1% to over 40% and average about 10%. Calcium carbonate is least abundant in Georgia beaches and increases slightly to the north and greatly to the south. The size distribution of the carbonate fraction is similar to that of the non-carbonate fraction since both have been distributed by the same processes. The variable flat shape of calcareous fragments causes the carbonate fraction to be usually coarser and more poorly sorted than the acid insoluble residues of the samples. No regional relationship between roundness and wave energies was found in sand size materials although field observations indicate high energies strikingly round gravel sized calcareous fragments. There is some tendency for angularity to increase with decreasing grain size in the sand sizes as with quartz grains. The mineralogy of beach sand carbonate fractions is characterized by the almost total absence of high My calcite. Aragonite is the dominant mineral.  相似文献   

Relationships between sand input from rivers and the composition of sands from the beaches of Southern California*     

ROBERT M. RICE  DONN S. GORSLINE  ROBERT H. OSBORNE 《Sedimentology》1976,23(5):689-703

During the period from 1967 through 1972, a sampling programme was completed to determine the economic potential of heavy metals in the beach and river sands of the southern California coastal zone. These samples were employed to test the hypothesis that sand composition in a given beach cell is dominantly controlled by the provenance draining into that cell and is not strongly influenced by longshore leakage from upcurrent cells. Sample sets obtained before and after the exceptional flood of 1969 made it possible to compare the sediment supplied by normal river flow with that supplied by a major flood. Multivariate statistical analysis of the heavy mineral distribution of southern California beaches and rivers indicate that the sand composition of the two northern cells is controlled by the dominantly sedimentary Transverse Range provenance, whereas the composition of the three southern cells is controlled by the dioritic Peninsular Ranges. Some leakage occurs between the two northern cells around the Point Dume-Hueneme-Mugu Canyon Zone, whereas no important southward mixing occurs between cells around the Palos Verdes-Redondo Canyon Zone. Even though the Santa Clara River flows mostly through sedimentary terrains, samples from this river strongly reflect the granodioritic source present in its headlands. Although the basic sand composition within each cell persists during major flooding, leakage between cells may increase following flooding and the compositional packages present may show evidence of greater mixing.  相似文献   

Anomalous luminescence of subglacial sediment at Haut Glacier d'Arolla,Switzerland – a consequence of resetting at the glacier bed?     

DARREL A. SWIFT  DAVID C. W. SANDERSON  PETER W. NIENOW  ROBERT G. BINGHAM  IAN C. COCHRANE 《Boreas: An International Journal of Quaternary Research》2011,40(3):446-458

Swift, D. A., Sanderson, D. C. W., Nienow, P. W., Bingham, R. G. & Cochrane, I. C. 2010: Anomalous luminescence of subglacial sediment at Haut Glacier d'Arolla, Switzerland – a consequence of resetting at the glacier bed? Boreas, Vol. 40, pp. 446–458. 10.1111/j.1502‐3885.2010.00196.x. ISSN 0300‐9483. Luminescence has the potential to elucidate glacial geomorphic processes because primary glacial sediment sources and transport pathways are associated with contrasting degrees of exposure to light. Most notably, sediment entrained from extraglacial sources should be at least partially reset, whereas sediment produced by glacial erosion of subglacial bedrock should retain substantial luminescence commensurate with a geological irradiation history. We set out to test the validity of this assumption at Haut Glacier d'Arolla, Switzerland using sediment sampled extraglacially and from the glacier bed. Contrary to our expectations, the subglacial samples exhibited natural signals that were substantially lower than those of other sample groups, and further (albeit limited) analyses have indicated no obvious differences in sample‐group luminescence characteristics or behaviour that could account for this observation. For glaciological reasons, we can eliminate the possibilities that the subglacial sediment has been extraglacially reset or exposed in situ to heat or light. We therefore advocate investigation of possible resetting processes related to subglacial crushing and grinding, and speculate that such processes, if more generally present, may enable the dating of subglacially deposited tills using luminescence‐based techniques.  相似文献   

Quaternary records of the dire wolf, Canis dirus, in North and South America     

ROBERT G. DUNDAS 《Boreas: An International Journal of Quaternary Research》1999,28(3):375-385

The dire wolf was an important large, late Pleistocene predator in North and South America, well adapted to preying on megaherbivores. Geographically widespread, Canis dirus is reported from 136 localities in North America from Alberta, Canada, southward and from three localities in South America (Muaco, Venezuela; Talara, Peru; and Tarija, Bolivia). The species lived in a variety of environments, from forested mountains to open grasslands and plains ranging in elevation from sea level to 2255 m (7400 feet). Canis dirus is assigned to the Rancholabrean land mammal age of North America and the Lujanian land mammal age of South America and was among the many large carnivores and megaherbivores that became extinct in North and South America near the end of the Pleistocene Epoch.  相似文献   

Circulation regime fluctuations and their effect on intraseasonal variability in the ECHAM climate model     

MICHAEL PONATER  WINFRIED KÖNIG  ROBERT SAUSEN  FRANK SIELMANN 《地球，A辑:动力气象学与海洋学》1994,46(3):265-285

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The Jura glaciers: palaeogeography in the Würmian circum-Alpine zone     

MICHEL CAMPY  ROBERT ARN 《Boreas: An International Journal of Quaternary Research》1991,20(1):17-27

Since the first studies on the glacial formations of the Jura mountains there have been two concepts concerning type of glaciation and ice origin during the Würmian glaciation. Some authors believed that the Jura was totally inundated by ice of Alpine origin, while others believed that the Jura had its own glaciers, originating from a single ice-cap. Several recent studies on both the NW and SE slopes of the range define the problem more accurately. This paper presents a synthesis of the new results from mapping the moraine systems and studying the stratigraphic relationships between Alpine and Jura tills. It is concluded that even the highest level of Alpine glaciers could not lead to a penetration of the Jura. A reconstruction of the extension of the Jura glaciers and their relationship with the Alpine glaciers is given, and we conclude that at the Würmian maximum a local ice-cap was present.  相似文献   

'Deforming bed conditions on the Danischer Wohld Peninsula, northern Germany': Reply to comments     

JANE K. HART  FIONA CANE  ROBERT J. WATTS 《Boreas: An International Journal of Quaternary Research》1997,26(1):79-80

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The effect of fractional cloudiness on the oxidation of SO₂     

JAN MATTHIJSEN  KARSTEN SUHRE  PETER BECHTOLD  ROBERT ROSSET 《Tellus. Series B, Chemical and physical meteorology》1997,49(4):343-356

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