Rekonstruktion der Abkühlungsgeschichte des Damara-Orogens in Südwest-Afrika mit Hilfe von Spaltspuren-Altern     

Dr. Udo Haack 《International Journal of Earth Sciences》1976,65(1):967-1002

Zusammenfassung Mit Hilfe der Spuren der spontanen Kernspaltung des Urans wurden 23 andraditreiche Granate, 10 Epidote, 4 Vesuviane und 61 Apatite datiert. Die Kombination dieser Daten mit denen klassischer radiometrischer Verfahren erlaubte es, die Abkühlungsgeschichte des jungpräkambrischen Damara-Orogens in Südwestafrika recht detailliert nachzuzeichnen. Dadurch, daß die effektiven Schließungstemperaturen der benutzten Minerale für Spaltspuren wesentlich unter derjenigen für Ar in Biotit liegen, konnte erstmals der Tieftemperaturbereich genauer erfaßt werden. Während im genannten Untersuchungsgebiet von ca. 80 000 km² die K/Ar-Biotit-Alter (Schließungstemperatur 300° C) recht einheitlich nahe 485 m. a. liegen, trifft dies auf die Spaltspurenalter überhaupt nicht zu. Bezüglich Granat (Schließungstemperatur 260 bis 280° C) kann man vielmehr einen Bereich niedriger Alter mit 300–350 m. a. von einem Bereich hoher Alter mit 490 m. a. (Konkordanz mit Biotit) unterscheiden. Ganz analog verteilen sich die Apatitalter (Schließungstemperatur 70–80° C): sie betragen 80–120 m. a. und 200–300 m. a. Die Bereiche hoher und niedriger Alter grenzen mit äußerst schmalen Übergangszonen von zum Teil weniger als 10 km Breite aneinander. Die niedrigen Alter finden sich dort, wo während der Metamorphose mit > 660° C die höchsten Temperaturen erreicht wurden. Es handelt sich um eine Art 300 km breites Plateau bei dem relativ niedrigen Druck von 3 kb. Der Sprung von niedrigen zu hohen Altern vollzieht sich dort, wo dieses Plateau zu Ende ist, wo also während der Metamorphose die Isothermen steil abtauchten und im heutigen Oberflächenausschnitt die Drucke wesentlich höher, die erreichten Temperaturen aber viel niedriger waren. Diese Übereinstimmung von Zonen hoher Temperatur mit niedrigen Spaltspurenaltern und umgekehrt wird noch dadurch akzentuiert, daß die absolut niedrigsten Alter (auch K/Ar) dort auftreten, wo auch beginnende Anatexis zu beobachten ist.Aus all diesen Befunden und den P-T-Daten wird gefolgert, daß das Gebirge zunächst durch relativ rasche Hebung und Abtragung auf einheitlich ca. 300° C abkühlte. Als dann diese Abtragung nahezu zum Stillstand kam, betrug die Abkühlungsgeschwindigkeit im Bereich der niedrigen Spaltspurenalter, der sich mit dem der höchsten Temperauren während der Metamorphose deckt, nur noch 2°/10 m. a. Dort nahmen die geothermischen Gradienten von ca. 60°/km auf 30–40°/km ab, außerhalb dieser Zone auf 15–20°/km. Die ursprüngliche Wärmequelle muß also noch aktiv gewesen sein, oder ein anderer Mechanismus zur Aufrechterhaltung der Gradienten muß diese Wärmequelle abgelöst haben. Denkbar ist, daß die riesigen Volumina intrusiver Granite und Pegmatite in diesem Gebiet eine Konzentrierung der radioaktiven Elemente bewirkten; diese könnten dann zu der beobachteten postorogenen Wärmeverteilung geführt haben, die der ursprünglichen sehr ähnelt.

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The fission track ages of 23 andradite rich garnets, 10 epidotes, 4 vesuvianites and 61 apatites were determined. The combination of these data with those from classical radiometric techniques permitted to reconstruct in great detail the cooling history of the young-Precambrian Damara-Orogen in South West Africa. By this method the low temperature region below 300° C (closing temperature for Ar in biotite) became accessible because the minerals used begin to retain tracks only at considerably lower temperatures.Whereas the K/Ar ages of biotite lie rather uniformly close to 485 m. y. in the whole area studied (approximately 80 000 km²) the contrary is true for the fission track ages: Low garnet ages (closing temperature -, 260–280° C) of 300–350 m. y. in one zone and high ages of 490 m. y. and concordance with K/Ar biotite ages in the other. The distribution of the apatite ages (closing temperature 70–80° C) is analogous: Low ages of 80–120 m. y. where garnet is young and ages of 200–300 m. y. where garnet is old. The two areas are separated from each other by a narrow transition zone which sometimes is less than 10 km wide. The low ages are found where the highest temperatures of > 660° C at 3 kb were reached during the peak of metamorphism. The high temperature plateau was about 300 km wide. The jump from low to high fission track ages occurs at the margin of the plateau, where the isotherms become steep during metamorphism and where — at the now exposed surface — the pressures were higher but the temperatures lower. This congruence of the high temperature zone with the region of low fission track ages is further accentuated by the observation that the absolutely lowest ages (track and K/Ar) are found only where incipient anatexis occurred.From the observations and from the P-T data it is concluded that the orogen in the beginning underwent relatively rapid uplift and erosion and had cooled down to uniformly 300° C about 485 m. y. ago. Erosion then ceased more or less for about 200 m. y. and further cooling proceeded very slowly by only 2°/10 m. y. in the area where the highest temperatures were reached during metamorphism and where the low ages are found. There the geothermal gradient of 60°/km which prevailed already during the peak of metamorphism decreased to 30–40°/km, outside this zone to 15–20°/km. Either the original heat source was still active then or another mechanism must be found which can maintain this gradient for such a long time. It is possible that the enormous volumes of granites and pegmatites which are confined to the area in question concentrated the radioactive elements in the upper crust. This could have caused a postorogenic heat distribution very similar to the original heat source.

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Résumé A l'aide des traces de fission spontanée de l'uranium on a pu déterminer l'âge de 23 grenats riches en andradite, 10 epidotes, 4 vésuvianites et 61 apatites. La combinaison de ces âges avec ceux des méthodes classiques de la radiométrie a permis de tracer d'une façon assez détaillée l'histoire du refroidissement de l'orogène du Damara du Précambrien supérieur de l'Afrique Sud-Ouest. Comme les températures effectives de fermeture des minéraux utilisés restent considérablement inférieures à celles concernant l'Ar dans la biotite, on pouvait pour la première fois saisir plus exactement la région des températures basses. Tandis que dans le territoire étudié d'environ 80.000 km² les âges K/Ar-biotite (température de fermeture 300° C) sont proches assez uniformement de 485 m. a., on constate que cela ne vaut plus du tout pour les âges des traces de fission. En ce qui concerne le grenat (température de fermeture 260–280° C), on peut distinguer une région à âges de 300–350 m. a. d'une autre région à âges plus élevés avec 490 m. a. (concordance avec biotite). Les âges de l'apatite (température de fermeture 70–80 °C) se répartissent de façon analogue: ils s'élèvent à 80–120 et 200–300 m. a. La zone de transition entre les deux régions est très étroite (parfois moins de 10 km de largeur). Les âges de faible valeur se trouvent là où, pendant le métamorphisme, les plus hautes températures > 660° C furent atteintes. Il s'agit d'une sorte de plateau de 300 km de largeur avec une pression relativement faible de 3 kb. Le saut des valeurs d'âge faibles aux valeurs fortes s'effectue là où ce plateau se termine, s'est-à-dire où, pendant le métamorphisme, les isothermes tombaient abruptement et où, dans la section actuellement exposée en surface, tes pressions étaient considérablement plus élevées, mais les températures atteintes beaucoup plus basses. Cette coïncidence de zones de haute température avec les âges faibles des traces de fission et inversement est encore accentuée par le fait que les âges absolus les plus faibles (aussi K/Ar) se trouvent exclusivement là où l'anatexis commençait.De tous ces rapports et des données P-T on peut conclure que le massif s'est refroidi d'abord uniformément jusqu'à 300° C environ à la suite d'un soulèvement et d'une érosion relativement rapides. Lorsque cette érosion fut à peu près arrêté, la vitesse de refroidissement dans la région des âges faibles des traces de fission, qui coïncide avec celle des plus hautes températures pendant le métamorphisme, s'élevait seulement à 2°/10 m. a. Là, les gradients géothermiques d'environ 60°/km ont diminué à 30–40°/km et dans la zone des âges élevés à 15–20°/km. Il faut donc que la source de chaleur originelle ait encore été active, ou qu'un autre mécanisme pour le maintien des gradients ait remplacé cette source de chaleur. On peut s'imaginer que les énormes volumes de granites et pegmatites dans cette région ont effectué une concentration des éléments radioactifs; il est ainsi possible que ceux-ci aient conduit à la distribution de chaleur postorogène que nous avons observée et qui ressemble beaucoup à la distribution de chaleur originelle.

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Teil einer von der Universität Göttingen angenommenen Habilitationsschrift.  相似文献   

Buchbesprechungen     

Christian Zimmermann  K. Wuhrmann  HR. Bürgi  Peter Perret  K. Klingler 《Aquatic Sciences - Research Across Boundaries》1973,35(1):196-200

Ohne Zusammenfassung  相似文献   

Ökologische und physiologische Untersuchungen an der planktischen BlaualgeOscillatoria rubescens D.C. unter besonderer Berücksichtigung von Licht und Temperatur     

Dr. Ulrich Zimmermann 《Aquatic Sciences - Research Across Boundaries》1969,31(1):1-58

Zusammenfassung Der Vierwaldst?ttersee (Horwer Bucht), Thunersee (H?he Faulensee), Luganersee (Bucht von Lugano) und Mauensee (ein Kleingew?sser im Schweizerischen Mitelland) wurden im Zeitabschnitt 1965 bis 1967 periodisch untersucht. Durch die chemische Analyse wurden die folgenden Komponenten erfasst: Sauerstoff, Nitrat— Stickstoff, Phosphat— Phosphor (PO₄−P), partikul?rer Phosphor (PP), SBV und pH-Wert. Das Phytoplankton wurde im umgekehrten Mikroskop ausgez?hlt, wobei der quantitativen Verteilung vonOscillatoria rubescens D. C. in den verschiedenen Tiefenstufen besondere Beachtung geschenkt wurde. Gleichzeitig wurden Temperatur und subaquatische Ver?nderungen des lichtes gemessen sowie mit der C¹⁴-Methode die Prim?rproduktion bestimmt. In mehr als 80% aller F?lle fielen dieOscillatoria rubescens-Maxima mit jenen Tiefenstufen zusammen, in denen weniger als 14°C gemessen wurde. In diesen Tiefenstufen wurde gleichzeitig in mehr als 65% aller F?lle weniger als 4% der Oberfl?chen-intensit?t des grünen Lichtes (VG 9) beobachtet. Der Einfluss von Licht und Temperatur auf das Wachstum vonOscillatoria rubescens wurde in einem Lichtthermostat experimentell untersucht. Bei temperaturabh?ngigenI _k-Werten zeigte sich, dass sich diese Alge bei einer Lichtintensit?t von 1500 Lux erst im Bereich von 30°C optimal entwickelt. Oberhalb 29°C wirkte sich eine Steigerung über 1500 Lux hinaus wieder hemmend aus. Aus diesen Beobachtungen wurde abgeleitet, dass es sich beiOscillatoria rubescens um eine eurytherme und oligophote Form handelt, und dass das Auftreten vonOscillatoria rubescens-Maxima in der vertikalen Verteilung des Phytoplanktons in einem See durch das Zusammenspiel der beiden Faktoren Licht und Temperatur bedingt wird.

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Summary The Lakes of Lucerne (Horw Bay), Thoune (Faulensee region), Lugano (Lugano Bay) and Lake Mauen, a small lake in central Switzerland, were investigated periodically from 1965 to 1967. The water was analysed in view of determining the following components: oxygen, nitrate-nitrogen, phosphate-phosphorus (PO₄−P), phosphorus incorporated in cell mass (PP), Langlier index. Phytoplankton was counted in an inverted microscope with special consideration to quantitative distribution ofOscillatoria rubescens D. C. at various depths. Temperature and light variations in function of depth were measured simultaneously and the production rate was determined by means of the C-14 method. In over 80% of all cases, theOscillatoria rubescens-maxima coincided with depths showing temperatures under 14°C. In over 65% of all cases, the intensity of green light (VG9) in such depths was less than 4% of the surface intensity. The influence of light and temperature on the growth ofOscillatoria rubescens was tested with a light thermostat. It was shown that maximum growth occurred at temperatures around 30°C and light intensities of 1500 Lux. Increase of light intensities above 1500 Lux had a negative effect on the growth rate at temperatures higher than 29°C. Our investigations lead to the conclusion thatOscillatoria rubescens is a eurythermal, oligophotic species and that the occurrence ofOscillatoria rubescens-maxima in the vertical distribution of the phytoplankton in a lake is caused by the combined effects of light and temperature.

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Effects of the Herbicide Metazachlor on Phytoplankton and Periphyton Communities in Outdoor Mesocosms     

Udo Noack  Thomas Geffke  Ramani Balasubramanian  Jutta Papenbrock  Mike Braune  Dirk Scheerbaum 《洁净——土壤、空气、水》2003,31(6):482-490

The effects of the chloroacetanilide herbicide metazachlor have been investigated in outdoor artificial mesocosms. Decreasing phytoplankton densities were caused by the application, however, the communities recovered after 30 to 35 days. Periphyton growth was found to be affected not only by the herbicide application but by the presence of species with different ability to grow on artificial substrates. Zooplankton diversity was small due to low density of ingestible algae species. Oxygen saturation was found to be correlated with the dosage levels of the herbicide in the second half of the study.  相似文献   

The relationship of the Cocos and Carnegie ridges: age constraints from paleogeographic reconstructions     

Martin Meschede  Udo Barckhausen 《International Journal of Earth Sciences》2001,90(2):386-392

Paleogeographic restorations for the oceanic crust formed by the Cocos-Nacza spreading center and its precursors were performed to reconstruct the history and ages of the submarine aseismic ridges in the Eastern Pacific Basin, the Carnegie, Coiba, Cocos, and Malpelo ridges. The bipartition of the Carnegie ridge reflects the shift from a precursor to the presently active Cocos-Nazca spreading center. The Cocos ridge is partly composed of products from the Galápagos hotspot but may also contain material from a second center of volcanic activity which is located approximately 600 km NE of Galápagos. The Malpelo ridge is a product of this second hotspot center, whereas the Coiba ridge probably formed at the Galápagos hotspot. The geometric relationship of the Cocos and Carnegie ridges indicates symmetric spreading and a constant northward shift of the presently active Cocos-Nazca spreading center.  相似文献   

Production and nutrient dynamics of aSyringodium filiforme Kütz. Seagrass bed in Indian River Lagoon,Florida     

F. T. Short  J. Montgomery  C. F. Zimmermann  C. A. Short 《Estuaries and Coasts》1993,16(2):323-334

A year-long analysis of the characteristics of the seagrassSyringodium filiforme and the associated dynamics of the nutrient pool in the sediment pore water was done to assess co-variation. Changes in seagrass growth rate and standing stock throughout the year were accompanied by seasonal changes in the nutrient pools. The link between plant production and morphometrics and the sediment nutrient pool was found to be predominantly physiological, with the plant balancing the ability to photosynthesize with the nutrients needed for maintaining production. Measurements of whole plant growth for this seagrass, rather than the more typical leaf growth measurements, show that the production of new shoots and rhizome elongation for these plants represents as substantial amount of growth that usually goes unmeasured. Further, these whole plant growth measures demonstrate the rapid lateral rhizome spread of this species, exceeding one meter per plant per year. The primary cause of seasonal variation in the yearly seagrass cycle was investigated. Correlation analysis supported the hypothesis that the major factor controlling seasonal variation in this seagrass was light. During the peak growing season, however, growth was not regulated by light but by nitrogen. Depletion of the sediment ammonium pool and reduction in pore water ammonium relative to adsorbed ammonium, as well as changes in N content of seagrass leaves, support our hypothesis of peak growing season nitrogen limitation. Our results forSyringodium filiforme in terrigenous sediments are in contrast to our recent findings of phosphorus limitation in this same species occurring in carbonate sediments.  相似文献   

Ozone measurements from the Balloon Intercomparison Campaign     

D. Robbins  J. Waters  P. Zimmermann  R. Jarnot  J. Hardy  H. Pickett  S. Pollitt  W. Traub  K. Chance  N. Louisnard  W. Evans  J. Kerr 《Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry》1990,10(2):181-218

Measurements of the Balloon Intercomparison Campaign (BIC), conducted during fall, 1982 (BIC-1) and summer, 1983 (BIC-2), are reported. Results of five remote and two in situ techniques agree (with a few exceptions) within 95% confidence level uncertainties and generally within 15% above 20 km. Weighted mean profiles, which best represent conditions during the capaign, are used as a comparison standard. Accuracies of experiments indicated by BIC generally confirm estimated uncertainites for ECC sondes, UV photometry, and microwave emission experiments, are somewhat better for far IR emission and IR absorption experiments, and are somewhat worse for IR emission and solar UV absorption experiments. The large collection of BIC measurements confirms a problem reported earlier with current theoretical modeling of ozone near 40 km where transport is negligible and the chemistry is believed to be simpler.  相似文献   

Application of infrared spectroscopy for rapid petroleum source rock evaluation     

O.T. Udo  E.E. Etuk 《Journal of Geochemical Exploration》1990,37(2)

This paper demonstrates the utility of infrared (IR) spectroscopy for rapid routine analysis of rock extracts for the purpose of evaluating the composition of petroleum generated in any given sedimentary sequence penetrated during exploratory drilling. Specifically, ratios of the areas of the IR absorption bands (obtained by planimetry) have been used to estimate both the quality and thermal maturity of the organic matter in the corresponding rock samples. Based on the cross-plots of some of the ratios of the areas of the IR absorption bands, evolution pathways which group the organic matter into source related groups have been proposed.  相似文献   

Die Petrographie des Knollenmergel,Mittlerer Keuper,Trias     

Prof. Dr. Friedrich Lippmann  Manfred Zimmermann 《International Journal of Earth Sciences》1983,72(3):1105-1133

In Württemberg, the upper part of the Middle Keuper is referred to as “Knollenmergel” (= “nodular marl”, a marly claystone containing carbonate nodules), 24 samples were studied from a test well located near Hechingen. X-ray diffraction was used for the determination of the mineral composition of whole rocks and of the clay fractions. The coarser fractions were studied under the petrographic microscope. The fractions < 2π Ø consist chiefly of an mixed-layer mineral with illite and expandable, montmorillonite-like layers as the components. There are about 30 % of expandable layers. A low-angle reflection near 31 Å is indicative of considerable order among component-layer species approaching that of rectorite. In the lower part of the section, moderate amounts of sudoite are present in addition. Illite as a discrete phase could not be determined with certainty. The microscopic fractions consist partly of monomineralic grains of quarz, dolomite, and calcite. In addition, they contain considerable amounts of polymineralic aggregates, which were not dispersed by the rather mild disintegration method used in the present study. Accordingly, the rocks are claystones characterized by the same degree of lithification as those occurring in other parts of the Keuper in Württemberg. The interstratified mineral is tentatively derived from the erosion of a uniform body of volcanogenic material of Paleozoic age. On the basis of grain-size distribution, the Knollenmergel is a water-laid sediment. Eolian transport as advocated by some geologists can be excluded. The difficulties experienced with the Knollenmergel as a building ground are explained by the high percentage of the expandable interstratified mineral and the dearth of a genuine sand fraction.  相似文献   

On the content and vertical distribution of K,Th and U in the continental crust     

Udo Haack 《Earth and Planetary Science Letters》1983,62(3):360-366

The content of K, Th and U in the continental crust is estimated based on the assumption that the concentration of these elements decreases with depth asA_x = A₀e^?x/D [11], withA_x andA₀ the heat production rates at depthx and at the surface, respectively. Taking the weighted mean heat production rate of the intrusive rocks of the upper crust asA₀ = 2.33 μWm^?3, that of the granulites representing the lower crust asA_x = 0.72 μWm^?3, and the mean scale heightD= 9.5km [1] the average vertical distancex = b between these intrusives and granulites is 11.2 km. Withb known and the average concentrations of K, Th and U in granulites and intrusive rocks of the upper crust the scale heights of the vertical distribution of these elements areD_K = 71km,D_Th = 9.5km,D_U = 5.8km. The knowledge of these parameters permits to calculate the average concentrations of these elements in a 33.3 km thick crust:K= 2.19%,Th= 4.43ppm,U= 0.66ppm; Th/U = 6.7 and K/U = 3.3 × 10⁴. The resulting heat flow is 23.0 mW m^?2 which is practically identical with the value deduced from heat flow measurements. Assuming that the Th/U ratio of the entire crust—including the sediments—is 3.9, the high ratio of 6.7 in the crystalline crust indicates that about 7.2 × 10¹² t U were extracted from it. All rocks with Th/U ratios <3.9 are possible sinks of this U. About half that amount is deposited in sedimentary rocks, mainly in black shales. The second important sink are the volcanic rocks of the continental margins.  相似文献