Palynology of Triassic–Jurassic boundary sections in northern Switzerland     

Elke Schneebeli-Hermann  Nathan Looser  Peter A. Hochuli  Heinz Furrer  Achim G. Reisdorf  Andreas Wetzel  Stefano M. Bernasconi 《Swiss Journal of Geoscience》2018,111(1-2):99-115

A first palynostratigraphic scheme of Upper Triassic deposits in northern Switzerland was established based on spore-pollen associations and dinoflagellate cyst records from the upper part of the Upper Triassic Klettgau Formation and the lower part of the Lower Jurassic Staffelegg Formation. Drill cores from the Adlerberg region (Basel Tabular Jura) and from Weiach (northern part of Canton Zurich) as well as from an outcrop at the Chilchzimmersattel (Basel Folded Jura) were studied and five informal palynological associations are distinguished. These palynological associations correlate with palynological association of the Central European Epicontinental Basin and the Tethyan realm and provide a stratigraphic framework for the uppermost Triassic sediments in northern Switzerland. Throughout the uppermost Triassic to Jurassic palynological succession a remarkable prominence of Classopollis spp. is observed. Besides Classopollis spp. the three Rhaetian palynological associations A to C from the Upper Triassic Belchen Member include typical Rhaetian spore-pollen and dinoflagellate taxa (e.g., Rhaetipollis germanicus, Geopollis zwolinskae, Rhaetogonyaulax rhaetica, and Dapcodinium priscum). Association B differs from association A in a higher relative abundance of the sporomorph taxa Perinopollenites spp. and the consistent occurrence of Granuloperculatipollis rudis and Ricciisporites tuberculatus. Spore diversity is highest in the late Rhaetian palynological association C and includes Polypodiisporites polymicroforatus. A Rhaetian age for the Belchen Member is confirmed by palynological associations A–C, but there is no record of the latest Rhaetian and the earliest Jurassic. In contrast to the Rhaetian palynological associations the Early Jurassic associations W and D include Pinuspollenites spp., Trachysporites fuscus (in association W), and Ischyosporites variegatus. In the view of the end-Triassic mass extinction and contemporaneous environmental changes the described palynofloral succession represents the pre-extinction phase (associations A and B) including a distinct transgression, the extinction phase (association C) associated with a regression, and the post-extinction phase (association W).  相似文献   

Low reproductive success for copepods during a bloom of the non‐aldehyde‐producing diatom Cerataulina pelagica in the North Adriatic Sea     

Adrianna Ianora  Raffaella Casotti  Mauro Bastianini  Christophe Brunet  Giuliana D’Ippolito  Francesco Acri  Angelo Fontana  Adele Cutignano  Jefferson T. Turner  Antonio Miralto 《Marine Ecology》2008,29(3):399-410

Egg production rates and/or hatching success in the copepods Acartia clausi, Calanus helgolandicus and Temora longicornis were negatively affected by a late spring (May–June 2003) phytoplankton bloom in the North Adriatic Sea, dominated mainly by the large diatom Cerataulina pelagica. Highest total concentrations of 3.3·10⁴ cells·ml^?1 were located in the vicinity of the Po River, which also corresponded to the area where the highest numbers of phaeophorbides were measured (0.779, 0.528 and 0.419 μg·l^?1, respectively, compared to an average of the remaining stations of 0.183 ± 0.049 SD), suggesting some grazing on the bloom. Phytoplankton biomass in terms of carbon was dominated by diatoms, representing on average 42% of total phytoplankton carbon and more than 80% at several stations. Cerataulina pelagica, Cyclotella spp., Chaetoceros spp. and small unidentified centric diatoms dominated the diatom community numerically but C. pelagica was by far the dominant diatom in terms of carbon due to its large cell size. This species represented more than 60% of the diatom biomass at nine of the 14 stations sampled, and was absent only at one station, which was the most offshore station sampled during the cruise. Although polyunsaturated aldehydes (PUAs) were not detected, other oxylipins which are hydroxy and keto derivatives of eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids that affect copepod reproduction were found in these samples. Hence, we can attribute the negative impact of diatoms not only to PUAs, as previously believed, but also to these compounds. This is the first direct evidence of the presence of oxylipins other than PUAs in marine blooms dominated by diatoms.  相似文献   

Fluid flow and pore pressure development throughout the evolution of a trough mouth fan,western Barents Sea     

Jaume Llopart  Roger Urgeles  Carl Fredrik Forsberg  Angelo Camerlenghi  Maarten Vanneste  Michele Rebesco  Renata Giulia Lucchi  Denise Christina Rüther  Hendrik Lantzsch 《Basin Research》2019,31(3):487-513

Using a combination of geophysical and geotechnical data from Storfjorden Trough Mouth Fan off southern Svalbard, we investigate the hydrogeology of the continental margin and how this is affected by Quaternary glacial advances and retreats over the continental shelf. The geotechnical results show that plumites, deposited during the deglaciation, have high porosities, permeabilities and compressibilities with respect to glacigenic debris flows and tills. These results together with margin stratigraphic models obtained from seismic reflection data were used as input for numerical finite element models to understand focusing of interstitial fluids on glaciated continental margins. The modelled evolution of the Storfjorden TMF shows that tills formed on the shelf following the onset of glacial sedimentation (ca. 1.5 Ma) acted as aquitards and therefore played a significant role in decreasing the vertical fluid flow towards the sea floor and diverting it towards the slope. The model shows that high overpressure ratios (up to λ ca. 0.6) developed below the shelf edge and on the middle slope. A more detailed model for the last 220 kyrs accounting for ice loading during glacial maxima shows that the formation of these aquitards on the shelf focused fluid flow towards the most permeable plumite sediments on the slope. The less permeable glacigenic debris flows that were deposited during glacial maxima on the slope hinder fluid evacuation from plumites allowing high overpressure ratios (up to λ ca. 0.7) to develop in the shallowest plumite layers. These high overpressures likely persist to the Present and are a critical precondition for submarine slope failure.  相似文献   

Geological mapping reveals the role of Early Jurassic rift architecture in the dispersal of calciturbidites: New insights from the Central and Northern Apennines     

Angelo Cipriani  Martina Caratelli  Massimo Santantonio 《Basin Research》2020,32(6):1485-1509

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Community structure of infaunal macrobenthos around vestimentiferan thickets at the San Clemente cold seep,NE Pacific     

Angelo F. Bernardino  Craig. R. Smith 《Marine Ecology》2010,31(4):608-621

The San Clemente cold seep lies within 100–200 km of other reducing habitats in the NE Pacific, offering an opportunity to compare diversity and species overlap among reducing habitats (i.e. whale‐, kelp‐, and wood‐falls) at similar depths within a single region. Video observations from the research submersible Alvin at the San Clemente seep (1800 m depth) indicated clumps (‘thickets’) of vestimentiferans distributed as meter‐scale patches interspersed with vesicomyid clam beds and black sediments. Sediment‐core samples were collected at distances of 0 to 80–200 m along randomly oriented transects radiating outward from vestimentiferan thickets to evaluate changes in macrofaunal community structure from thickets into the background community. Macrofaunal abundance was elevated at distances of 0–1 m compared to 80–200 m (i.e. the ‘background’ community). The tube‐building frenulate worms Siboglinum spp., along with peracarid crustaceans, dominated sediments within 1 m of vestimentiferan thickets. Species diversity was depressed within 1 m of thickets but with high rates of species accumulation, suggesting that seep sites greatly increase sediment heterogeneity and facilitate colonization by non‐background macrofaunal species. Stable isotope data indicate chemosynthetic nutrition for some dominant macrofaunal species within 1 m of tubeworm thickets. The macrofaunal community near vestimentiferan thickets in San Clemente seep contains intermediate levels of species richness and diversity compared to other deep‐sea seep areas in the northeast Pacific. There was low species overlap between the San Clemente seep macrofauna and communities in reducing habitats near wood‐, whale‐, and kelp‐falls at similar depths within the region, suggesting that seeps harbor a distinct infaunal community.  相似文献   

Archaean gold mineralization in central eastern Brazil: a review   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

A. Bernasconi 《Mineralium Deposita》1985,20(4):277-283

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Three-dimensional petrographical investigations on borehole rock samples: a comparison between X-ray computed- and neutron tomography     

P. Christe  M. Bernasconi  P. Vontobel  P. Turberg  A. Parriaux 《Acta Geotechnica》2007,2(4):269-279

Technical difficulties associated with excavation works in tectonized geological settings are frequent. They comprise instantaneous and/or delayed convergence, sudden collapse of gallery roof and/or walls, outpouring of fault-filling materials and water inflows. These phenomena have a negative impact on construction sites and their safety. In order to optimize project success, preliminary studies on the reliability of rock material found on site are needed. This implies in situ investigations (surface mapping, prospective drilling, waterflow survey, etc.) as well as laboratory investigations on rock samples (permeability determination, moisture and water content, mineralogy, petrography, geochemistry, mechanical deformation tests, etc.). A set of multiple parameters are then recorded which permit better insight on site conditions and probable behavior during excavation. Because rock formations are by nature heterogeneous, many uncertainties remain when extrapolating large-scale behavior of the rock mass from analyses of samples order of magnitudes smaller. Indirect large-scale field investigations (e.g. geophysical prospecting) could help to better constrain the relationships between lithologies at depth. At a much smaller scale, indirect analytical methods are becoming more widely used for material investigations. We discuss in this paper X-ray computed tomography (XRCT) and neutron tomography (NT), showing promising results for 3D petrographical investigations of the internal structure of opaque materials. Both techniques record contrasts inside a sample, which can be interpreted and quantified in terms of heterogeneity. This approach has the advantage of combining genetic parameters (physico-chemical rock composition) with geometric parameters resulting from alteration or deformation processes (texture and structure). A critical analysis of such 3D analyses together with the results of mechanical tests could improve predictions of short- and long-term behavior of a rock unit. Indirect methods have the advantage of being non-destructive. However, as it is the case with large-scale geophysical surveying, XRCT and NT are affected by several error factors inherent to the interaction of a radiation modality (X-ray or neutron beam) with the atomic structure of the investigated materials. Recorded signals are therefore in particular cases not artifact-free and need to be corrected in a subsequent stage of data processing.  相似文献   

La risoluzione dell'equazione di Laplace nel campo esterno a uno sferoide     

Carlo Bernasconi 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》1958,39(1):26-34

Riassunto L'Autore dimostra che, nel sistema di coordinate polari , , , si possono determinare un numeros di funzioni della sola variabile :Q ₁,Q ₃, ....Q _2s–1 tali che la sommatoria delleQ _2i–1/^2i–1 rappresenti il potenzialeV di un geoide di rotazione. La condizione di armonicità determina ciascunaQ (che si riduce a un polinomio nelle potenze di sen ) a meno di una costante arbitraria; si dispone pertanto dis costanti che servono per soddisfare la natura dellaV sulla superficie del geoide. Come esempio l'Autore ha determinato la gravità sul geoide sferico, confermando i risultati delSomigliana, e su uno sferoide generico dove ha ritrovato la relazione diClairaut.

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Summary The Author proofs that, in the system of polar coordinates , , , it is possible to determine a numbers of functions only of the variable :Q ₁,Q ₃ ....Q _2s–1 in such a way as to make the summatory of theQ _2i–1/^2i–1 represent the potential function of a rotational geoid. The condition of harmonicity determines, saving an arbitrary constant, each of theQ which is reduced to a polynom developed by the sin powers; therefore one disposes of a number of constants to make use for satisfing theV on the geoid. To illustrate his theory the Author determines the gravity on the spherical geoid, thus confirmingSomigliana's formulas and on a spheroidal on which he pointed outClairaut's relations.

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Azimut di una geodetica ellissoidica passante per due punti molto lontani fra loro     

Dr. Carlo Bernasconi 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》1955,32(1):1-6

Riassunto L'Autore presenta un procedimento per la ricerca dell'azimut di una geodetica ellissoidica passante per due punti molto lontani fra loro. Istituisce dapprima una corrispondenza fra la geodetica ed un arco di cerchio massimo, corrispondenza definita con l'imporre uguali coordinate agli estremi dei due archi e la latitudine sferica normale uguale a quella ellissoidica. Sviluppa poi la longitudine ellissoidicaw in funzione di quella sferical, e poichè l fra gli estremi dell'arco di cerchio deve essere uguale a w, ne deduce una equazione per ricavare l'azimut.

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Summary The Author outlines a procedure to research the azimuth of an ellipsoidal geodesic, which passes through two points far distant from another. A corrispondence is first instituted between the geodesic and a bow of maximum circle; this correspondence may be defined by imposing the same coordinates to the extreme parts of the two bows and the spherical normal latitude equal to the ellipsoidal one. The ellipsoidal longitudew is next developed as a function of the spherical onel and, as l between the extreme parts of the circle bow must equal w, an equation is hereby deduced to find out the azimuth.

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Un procedimento per l'aggiustamento delle grandi triangolazioni     

Dr. Carlo di Bernasconi 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》1955,30(1):1-7

Riassunto In una nota diA. Marussi è stato rilevato che se, dopo aver compensato una triangolazione con le sole condizioni intrinseche, si impongono ulteriori condizioni come la coincidenza di alcuni vertici in punti prefissati, è possible determinare con sufficiente precisione le coordinate dei rimanenti vertici attraverso corrispondenze analitiche che soddisfino le condizioni di contorno e col requisito di limitare gli errori lineari e angolari. — L'Autore della presente nota propone una nuova corrispondenza, cioè quella atta a rappresentare le deformazioni di una membrana o rete elastica sottoposta ad assumere una data configurazione; stabilisce le equazioni per la rete elastica piana e sferica; mette in evidenza come il principio fisico della minima energia e quello matematico dei minimi quadrati conducano alle medesime equazioni.

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Summary A. Marussi has pointed out that if, after having compensated a triangulation with the intrinsic conditions only, we impose further conditions as the coincidence of some vertex in prefixed points, we can determinate the coordinates of the other vertex: that happens through analytical connections fulling contour conditions and limiting linear and angular errors.The present Author proposes a new connection, which is apt to represent the deformations of an elastic network which is to get a given configuration. He fixes the equations for the spherical and plane networks; points out how the physical principle of the least energy and the mathematical one of the least squares may give the same equations.

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