Direct measurements of volume transports through Fram Strait   总被引：9，自引：1，他引：9  

Eberhard Fahrbach  Jens Meincke  Svein Østerhus  Gerd Rohardt  Ursula Schauer  Vigdis Tverberg  Jennifer Verduin 《Polar research》2001,20(2):217-224

Heat and freshwater transports through Fram Strait are understood to have a significant influence on the hydrographic conditions in the Arctic Ocean and on water mass modifications in the Nordic seas. To determine these transports and their variability reliable estimates of the volume transport through the strait are required. Current meter moorings were deployed in Fram Strait from September 1997 to September 1999 in the framework of the EU MAST III Variability of Exchanges in the Northern Seas programme. The monthly mean velocity fields reveal marked velocity variations over seasonal and annual time scales, and the spatial structure of the northward flowing West Spitsbergen Current and the southward East Greenland Current with a maximum in spring and a minimum in summer. The volume transport obtained by averaging the monthly means over two years amounts to 9.5 ± 1.4 Sv to the north and 11.1 ± 1.7 Sv to the south (1 Sv = 10⁶ m³s⁻¹). The West Spitsbergen Current has a strong barotropic and a weaker baroclinic component; in the East Greenland Current barotropic and baroclinic components are of similar magnitude. The net transport through the strait is 4.2 ± 2.3 Sv to the south. The obtained northward and southward transports are significantly larger than earlier estimates in the literature; however, within its range of uncertainty the balance obtained from a two year average is consistent with earlier estimates.  相似文献   

Location and height of intertidal bars on macrotidal ridge and runnel beaches     

Gerhard Masselink  Edward J. Anthony 《地球表面变化过程与地形》2001,26(7):759-774

Previous studies devoted to the morphology and hydrodynamics of ridge and runnel beaches highlight characteristics that deviate from those initially postulated by King and Williams (Geographical Journal, 1949, vol. 113, 70–85) and King (Beaches and Coasts, 1972, Edward Arnold). Disagreements on the morphodynamics of these macrotidal beaches include the position of the ridges relative to the mean neap and spring tide levels, the variation in the height of the ridges across the intertidal profile and, most importantly, whether the ridges are formed by swash or surf zone processes. The morphological characteristics of ridge and runnel beaches from three locations with varying wave, tidal and geomorphic settings were investigated to address these disagreements. Beach profiles from each site were analysed together with water‐level data collected from neighbouring ports. It was found that the ridges occur over the entire intertidal zone. On one site (north Lincolnshire, east England), the ridges are uniformly distributed over the intertidal beach, whereas on the two other sites (Blackpool beach, northwest England, and Leffrinckoucke beach, north France) there is some indication that the ridges appear to occur at preferential locations. Most significantly, the locations of the ridge crests were found to be unrelated to the positions on the intertidal profile where the water level is stationary for the longest time. It was further found that the highest ridges generally occur just above mid‐tide level where tidal non‐stationarity is greatest. These findings argue against the hypothesis that the ridges are formed by swash processes acting at stationary tide levels. It is tentatively suggested that the ridges are the result of a combination of swash and surf zone processes acting across the intertidal zone. Elucidation of the morphodynamic roles of these two types of processes, and other processes such as strong current flows in the runnels, requires further comprehensive field measurements complemented by numerical modelling. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Climatic change and design criteria in water resources management a regional case study     

Gerd Frch  Friedhelm Garbe  Jürgen Jensen 《Atmospheric Research》1996,42(1-4)

As a result of the anthropogenic greenhouse effect there is fear of alterations of the world climate, which also may result in hydrological changes and consequently in water resources management. In a case study it was investigated if such changes could be identified for a regional catchment area. Summarized it may be said that the regional analysis of hydro-meteorological data in the catchment area of the Sieg showed the expected effects of the anthropogenic climate change on the regional water cycle. Rises in annual mean temperature and precipitation could be observed over a period from 1892 until 1993. However, a significant relation between evident changes and greenhouse effect could not be stated. Changes in discharge do not show consistent behavior. Especially apparent contradictions show that additional examinations are necessary in order to make the complex natural inter-relationships between climate and regional water cycle with the impacts of existing anthropogenetic interferences visible and applicable for practical engineering tasks.  相似文献   

Decadal variability on the northwest european shelf     

Jürgen Sündermann  Gerd Becker  Peter Damm  Dries van den Eynde  Alexander Frohse  Remi Laane  Wim van Leussen  Thomas Pohlmann  Wim van Raaphorst  Günther Radach  Helga Schultz  Marijke Visser 《Ocean Dynamics》1996,48(3-4):365-400

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Schwefel-, Kohlenstoff- und Sauerstoff-Isotopenuntersuchungen am Kupferschiefer als Beitrag zur genetischen Deutung     

Gerd Marowsky 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》1969,22(4):290-334

The isotopic composition of sulfur, carbon and oxygen was determined in 106 samples mainly from profiles of Kupferschiefer occurences in N.W. Germany and N. Holland. From the bulk samples pyrite, non-pyritic sulfides and gypsum have been concentrated for isotopical analysis. C¹³/C¹²-ratios were measured in carbonates and in organic carbon and O¹⁸/O¹⁶-ratios in carbonates and in sulfates. Analytical data on CO₂, C, S in all samples and on Fe, Cu, Zn and Pb in a part of the profile samples are presented.Primary sulfates can be distinguished from sulfates formed from oxydized sulfides by their sulfur and oxygen isotopic composition. The abundance of light carbon and sulfur as well as the correlation between the S- and C-values are strong indications for bacterial sulfate reduction. Highly S³²-enriched metal sulfides (S³⁴ averages –30 to –35) have fixed the H₂S from bacterial production at its starting conditions. A large variation of the sulfide-S-values (–4 to –44) and the occurence of S³⁴-enriched residue-sulfates from closed systems (+11 to +26) support the above mentioned theory. A systematic fractionation of sulfur between the sulfur minerals as observed in hydrothermal deposits (increasing S³⁴ in the sequence: pyrite>sphalerite>chalcopyrite>galena) has not been detected. In our case the regular difference in S³⁴ between the sulfides is consistent with the idea of a successive precipitation of the metals due to their different solubility with increasing bacterial H₂S production. In such a sequence the increase of S³⁴ is due to the consumption of light sulfate by bacterial reduction after the transition from an open to a closed system.It is alternately discussed, whether bacterial reduction and metal precipitation took place in bodies of stagnant sea water above or within the sediment. Presuming a precipitation of metals in a closed water-reservoir observations of other authors concerning the vertical sequence of metals and of the present author regarding the accumulation of S³⁴ in the sequence of precipitated sulfides can be easily explained.Evidence from isotope fractionation in sediment sequences favours the assumption of a precipitation of metals in the sediment: light carbon above the zone rich in carbonates (with a marine carbon composition) and metals. This characteristic change in the C¹³/C¹²-ratio is due to the increasing influence of light carbon dioxide of biogenic origin. Assuming the production of H₂S as restricted to the sediment, the transition from the open to the closed system as a result of growing thickness of the sediment (with lowered permeability for sulfate- and metalbearing water) controls the sequence of carbon composition. The restriction of metal precipitation in the sediment causes difficulties in interpreting regular zoning of metals and the metal supply. Especially the numerous exchanges of pore water required for the supply of sulfate and metals in the bituminous sediment with very low permeability cannot be explained.The assumption of a syngenetic sulfide precipitation is confirmed by the results of the carbon isotope analysis. The trend to heavy carbonates in the sequence of the profiles can be interpreted as due to rising marine influence with time in the early Zechstein basin. This trend is only interrupted several times in the Kupferschiefer-sediment by the occurence of light carbonates of biogenic origin above zones of sulfide accumulation. A model of epigenetic metal supply forming this regular pattern of correlated sulfur and carbon distribution and composition cannot be constructed. The evidence from our data favours the assumption of concurring processes of carbon fixation in carbonates and in organic substances and sulfur precipitation as sulfides during the formation of the sediment.

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Herrn Prof. Dr. K. H. Wedepohl danke ich für die Stellung des Themas, Überlassung des Probenmaterials und für sein reges Interesse am Fortgang der Arbeit. Meinen Dank möchte ich auch allen Mitarbeitern der mineralogischen Anstalten und des Zentrallabors aussprechen, die mich durch vielerlei Anregungen und Diskussionsbereitschaft unterstützt haben. Die massenspektrometrischen Untersuchungen wurden von der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft durch die Einrichtung des Zentrallabors für Geochemie der Isotope an der Universität Göttingen ermöglicht.  相似文献   

The monosaccharide spectra of natural waters     

Kenneth Mopper  Rodger Dawson  Gerd Liebezeit  Venu Ittekkot 《Marine Chemistry》1980,10(1):55-66

Monosaccharides were determined in waters and sediment pore waters from a wide variety of environments and locations. Desalting was performed by electrodialysis and concentrated extracts were analyzed by two forms of liquid chromatography. At least 12 sugars were identified. Glucose and fructose were the dominant monosaccharides in nearly all samples examined. Analyses of over 150 seawater and sediment pore water samples showed that fructose is highly significantly correlated (>0.99) with glucose concentrations. Laboratory kinetic experiments on the epimerization reaction, glucose ? fructose, in sterilized natural seawater in the dark, yielded a forward rate constant, k₁, of 1.2 × 10^?5 h^?1 at 25°C and 1.6 × 10^?7 h^?1 at 2°C. The approximate time required to attain equilibrium at 25°C was 1.1 y and at 2°C, 15.4 y; the measured equilibrium constant was in the range 0.3–0.4. The actual ratio of fructose to glucose in natural water samples was usually in the range 1.0–1.4/l, independent of the total monosaccharide concentrations, which varied in the samples by a factor of ～100. Several possible explanations for the apparent discrepancy in the determined and found ratios are discussed: the presence of universal, as yet, undiscovered major biological sources for fructose in marine environments; preferential utilization of glucose; preferential incorporation of fructose into or onto inorganic colloids; and preferential formation of fructose-transition metal ion associations.  相似文献   

Thermal modeling of Carboniferous to Triassic sediments of the Karawanken Range (Southern Alps) as a tool for paleogeographic reconstructions in the Alpine–Dinaridic–Pannonian realm     

Gerd?RantitschEmail author  Thomas?Rainer 《International Journal of Earth Sciences》2003,92(2):195-209

Vitrinite reflectance was measured in Late Carboniferous to Triassic shales, siltstones and marls of the Karawanken Range. Thermal models of the central South-Karawanken Range were calibrated on the basis of these data. They suggest an eroded overburden of more than 3,200 m of Jurassic to Cretaceous sediments and a heat flow in the range of 42 to 60 mW m^?2 during the time of maximum subsidence. Because the reconstructed thermal history of the South-Karawanken Range is very similar to the thermal history of the Generoso basin (western Southern Alps), these data provide strong evidence for a deep basinal position of the Southern Karawanken Range during Jurassic to Cretaceous times. A vitrinite reflectance anomaly at the northern margin of the South-Karawanken Range is explained by advective heat transport during the Oligocene. The heat source for the anomalies at the western margin of the Seeberg Rise and in the area between the Periadriatic Lineament and the Donat Fault Zone is unknown. Vitrinite reflectance in Late Triassic sediments indicates the South-Karawanken Range and the South-Zala Unit of the Pannonian basement as exotic blocks in the Sava Composite Unit. This is explained by Miocene displacement of structural units, which were derived from different paleogeographical segments of the Permo-Mesozoic western Tethyan margin.  相似文献   

The future of industrial cities and regions in central and eastern Europe     

Gerd Lintz  Bernhard Müller  Karl Schmude 《Geoforum》2007,38(3):512-519

Economic transition in central and eastern Europe (CEE) has had a particularly strong impact on industrial cities and regions. Following their economic collapse, most of them are now confronted with serious problems such as high unemployment and vast ecological damage. The paper presents findings from a pan European research project that investigated the problems of these cities and regions as well as the strategies being adopted to cope with structural change. It examines the differences in approaches and addresses the question whether existing EU policy is suitable for supporting the redevelopment of old industrial cities and regions in CEE countries. The paper concludes with recommendations for future directions in policy making.  相似文献   

A Discussion of IGS Solutions and Their Impact on Geodetic and Geophysical Applications   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Jan Kouba  Yves Mireault  Gerhard Beutler  Tim Springer  Gerd Gendt 《GPS Solutions》1998,2(2):3-15

The International Association of Geodesy officially established the International GPS Service (IGS) on Janaury 1, 1994. Its prime objective is to provide support and a rerefence system for a wide variety of scientific and practical applications involving GPS. To fulfill its role the IGS also generates, in addition to its fundamental products (orbital/staion positions and consistent Earth orientation parameters), additional reference-system products providing the necessary infrastructure, standards, and means of calibrations for timing and various atmospheric applications of GPS. The generation and efficient application of IGS products and their impact on a number of positioning and atmospheric applications, including low earth orbit satellites, is reviewed and discussed. @ 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.  相似文献   

The Bayesian approach to an internally consistent thermodynamic database: theory, database, and generation of phase diagrams     

Niranjan D. Chatterjee  Ralf Krüger  Gerd Haller  Walter Olbricht 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》1998,133(1-2):149-168

An internally consistent thermodynamic dataset has been derived for 148 endmember phases (145 solids and 3 fluids) comprising the elements Li, Na, K, Be, Mg, Ca, Ti, Cr, Mn, Fe, Zn, Al, Si, C, H, and O. This has been achieved by simultaneous treatment of phase property (like standard enthalpy of formation, standard entropy, molar heat capacity, molar volume, thermal expansivity, bulk modulus etc.) and reaction reversal data by the Bayesian method. The theory underlying the approach, and the computational methods involved, are briefly outlined. (For the benefit of readers unfamiliar with inference statistics, the basic concepts of the Bayes method are also presented in such a way that they can be grasped intuitively.) Although not yet addressed, this method can be extended to refine the thermodynamic mixing properties of crystalline solutions. The sources of the input data, culled from the literature, are summarized in the Appendix. The resulting database is succinctly documented in this paper. It includes the enthalpies of formation and entropies, their uncertainties, and the correlation among them. The database allows calculation of P-T, T-X _CO2, P-X _CO2, and T-f _O2 sections, with error propagation into the computed phase diagrams on a routine basis. A user-friendly computer program has been written to generate such phase diagrams. It is public domain software. The software and the thermodynamic database (which includes a complete documentation of the thermodynamic data above and beyond those listed (Table 2, here) may be downloaded from the web site http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/niranjan.chatterjee/Index.htm. Examples of computed phase diagrams are given to illustrate the quality of the data and the capabilities of the software. Received: 11 March 1998 / Accepted: 11 June 1998  相似文献