Quaternary climate change and Heinrich events in the southern Balkans: Lake Prespa diatom palaeolimnology from the last interglacial to present   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Aleksandra Cvetkoska  Zlatko Levkov  Jane M. Reed  Bernd Wagner  Konstantinos Panagiotopoulos  Melanie J. Leng  Jack H. Lacey 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2015,53(2):215-231

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Drainage in heterogeneous sand columns with different geometric structures     

M. Vasin  P. Lehmann  A. Kaestner  R. Hassanein  W. Nowak  R. Helmig  I. Neuweiler 《Advances in water resources》2008

This paper discusses multi-step drainage experiments in two heterogeneously packed sand columns (10 × 10 × 20 cm³). Different packing structures were generated using two different sand types. One purpose of the study was to test the influence of packing structures on the movement of water. The second purpose was to assess the quality of predictions for the outflow curves in both columns made with an upscaled model. The heterogeneous structures of the columns can be considered as two opposing extremes. The first column was packed with a random arrangement of two sand types that is not stochastically homogeneous and where a cluster running through the column exists for both materials. The second column was packed with a periodic pattern of coarse-sand inclusions in a fine-sand background and has a clearly defined unit cell. The depth-averaged (2D) spatial distribution of the water content in the columns was monitored during the whole multi-step outflow experiment using neutron radiography. The 3D water content was measured at the steady states by neutron tomography. The experimental results are compared with the model predictions of an upscaled model derived with the homogenization theory. The parameters for the upscaled model are calculated from the hydraulic parameters of the two sand types. These hydraulic parameters were first identified in independent measurements on samples of the two individual sand types, separately. Additionally, the hydraulic parameters of both sands were identified by fitting a numerical model to the measured outflow curves. The different column structures showed a significant effect on water retention and the effective retention function, as water was trapped in the coarse-sand inclusions of the periodic structure. We included this trapping effect in the effective retention function of the upscaled model with an apparent air entry pressure. Contrary to the retention, the different packing structures had no large effect on the dynamic behavior of the outflow. The effective conductivity of the columns is therefore not significantly influenced by the structure. The upscaled models predicted the movement of the averaged water content in the two columns well. This confirms the applicability of upscaled models even if the underlying requirements are not strictly met.  相似文献   

Geochemical behaviour of some heavy metals of the Grot flotation tailing, Southeast Serbia   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

Bo?idar V. Djoki?  Vidojko Jovi?  Milun Jovanovi?  Aleksandra ?iri?  Dragan Jovanovi? 《Environmental Earth Sciences》2012,66(3):933-939

Grot tailing dump has the highest altitude of all tailing dumps in the Republic of Serbia. About 5.5 million tons of hydrocycloned sand was deposited in the tailing dump. This material was formed by flotation processing of ore from the Blagodat ore field. Vegetation was not developed in any part of the tailing. Minerals determined by X-ray diffraction analyses of representative samples form the tailing are quartz, clay minerals, calcite, feldspars, hematite, siderite, pyrite, sphalerite, galena and chalcopyrite. No regularities were noticed in their quantitative distribution. Statistical analysis of chemical fluctuations of lead, zinc, copper, arsenic and manganese concentrations showed that those with the highest concentrations are usually found on the central plateau. Lead displays the largest concentration range in the whole tailing. Maximal concentrations are found on the central and minimal in the south-western plateau. Zinc concentrations are up to 5,000 mg/kg, except in the central plateau where they reach extreme several times higher values. Copper concentrations are increased in the central plateau. In other parts of the tailing, concentrations are uniform and several times lower. Arsenic concentrations are mostly uniform, with the exception of extreme values in the north-western parts of the central plateau. Manganese shows uniform concentrations, somewhat increased on the south-eastern plateau. Chemical heterogeneity of the tailing material was influenced by the chronological discontinuity of the deposition and resedimentation. Resedimentation was the main cause of the fluctuation in the concentrations of the most mentioned heavy metals.  相似文献   

Biogenic and abiogenic low-Mg calcite (bLMC and aLMC): Evaluation of seawater-REE composition,water masses and carbonate diagenesis     

Karem Azmy  Uwe Brand  Paul Sylvester  Sara A. Gleeson  Alan Logan  Maria Aleksandra Bitner 《Chemical Geology》2011,280(1-2):180-190

The ΣREE and shale-normalized (PAAS) REE_SN values of modern brachiopods (biogenic low-Mg calcite: bLMC) represented by several species from high- to low latitudes, from shallow- to deep waters and from warm- and cold-water environments, define three distinct average ‘seawater’ trends. The warm- and cold-water brachiopods define two indistinguishable (p < 0.050) groups that mimic open-ocean seawater REE chemistry, exhibiting the typical LREE enrichment with a slightly positive to negative Ce anomaly followed by an otherwise invariant series. Other recent brachiopods from an essentially siliciclastic seabed environment are distinct in both ΣREE and REE_SN trends from the previous two populations, showing a slight enrichment in the MREEs and an increasing trend in the HREEs. Other groups of modern brachiopods are characterized by elevated REE_SN trends relative to the ‘normal’ groups as well as by complexity of the series trends. The most characteristic feature is the decrease in the HREEs in these brachiopods from areas of unusual productivity (i.e., such as upwelling currents, fluvial input and aerosol dust deposition). Preserved brachiopods from the Eocene and Silurian exhibit REE_SN trends and Ce anomalies similar to that of the ‘open-ocean’ modern brachiopods, although, their enriched ΣREE concentrations suggest precipitation of bLMC influenced by extrinsic environmental conditions.Preservation of the bLMC was tested by comparing the ΣREE and REE_SN trends of preserved Eocene brachiopods to those of Oligocene brachiopods that were altered in an open diagenetic system in the presence of phreatic meteoric-water. The altered bLMC is enriched by approximately one order of magnitude in both ΣREE and REE_SN trends relative to that in bLMC of their preserved counterparts. Similarly, the ΣREE and REE_SN of preserved Silurian brachiopod bLMC were compared to those of their enclosing altered lime mudstone, which exhibits features of partly closed system, phreatic meteoric-water diagenesis. Despite these differences in the diagenetic alteration systems and processes, the ΣREEs and REE_SN trends of the bLMC of altered brachiopods and of originally mixed mineralogy lime mudstones (now diagenetic low-Mg calcite) are enriched by about one order of magnitude relative to those observed in the coeval and preserved bLMC.In contrast to the changes in ΣREE and REE_SN of carbonates exposed to phreatic meteoric-water diagenesis, are the REE compositions of late burial calcite cements precipitated in diagenetically open systems from burial fluids. The ΣREE and REE_SN trends of the burial cements mimic those of their host lime mudstone, with all showing slight LREE enrichment and slight HREE depletion, exhibiting a ‘chevron’ pattern of the REE_SN trends. The overall enrichment or depletion of the cement REE_SN trends relative to that of their respective host rock material reflects not only the openness of the diagenetic system, but also strong differences in the elemental and REE compositions of the burial fluids. Evaluation of the (Ce/Ce*)_SN and La = (Pr/Pr*)_SN anomalies suggests precipitation of the burial calcite cements essentially in equilibrium with their source fluids.  相似文献   

Organic geochemistry of Miocene source rocks from the Banat Depression (SE Pannonian Basin, Serbia)     

Sanja Mrki?Ksenija Stojanovi?  Aleksandar Kosti?Hans Peter Nytoft  Aleksandra Šajnovi? 《Organic Geochemistry》2011,42(6):655-677

The origin, depositional environment and maturity of petroleum source rocks were determined via conventional whole rock and biomarker analysis of samples from wells in the Banat Depression, where the most important Serbian oil and gas fields are located. The organic matter (OM) in organic-rich upper Tertiary siltstones and marls consists predominantly of Type II kerogen. Numerous biomarker parameters indicated mixed algal-terrestrial OM, related to a brackish or freshwater environment, whose salinity decreased from Middle to Upper Miocene. The OM was deposited under variable redox conditions, reducing to sub-oxic.The wells in the Banat Depression experienced variable high rates of rapid heating, providing an opportunity for examining the applicability of different thermal indicators in a hyperthermal basin. Rock-Eval and numerous biomarker parameters indicate that the main stage of oil generation begins at ca.130 °C and vitrinite reflectance (Rc) ca. 0.63% and reaches a maximum at ca.145-150 °C and Rc ca. 0.72-0.75%, while the late stage of oil generation starts at ca.155 °C and ca. Rc 0.78%, which corresponds, depending on geothermal gradient, to relative depths of 2100-2300 m, 2600-2900 m and 3050-3100 m, respectively. The naphthalene and phenanthrene maturity parameters proved to be less applicable than the biomarker ratios, particularly in the early to moderate maturation range. The newly proposed parameter C(14a)-homo-26-nor-17α(H)-hopane/C₃₀hopane (C₃₀HH/C₃₀H) proved applicable to a wide range of maturity.  相似文献   

Magma hybridization in the Western Tatra Mts. granitoid intrusion (S-Poland, Western Carpathians)     

Jolanta Burda  Aleksandra Gaw?da  Urs Kl?tzli 《Mineralogy and Petrology》2011,103(1-4):19-36

In the Variscan Western Tatra granites hybridization phenomena such as mixing and mingling can be observed at the contact of mafic precursors of dioritic composition and more felsic granitic host rocks. The textural evidence of hybridization include: plagioclase?CK-feldspar?Csphene ocelli, hornblende- and biotite-rimmed quartz ocelli, plagioclase with Ca-rich spike zonation, inversely zoned K-feldspar crystals, mafic clots, poikilitic plagioclase and quartz crystals, mixed apatite morphologies, zoned K-feldspar phenocrysts. The apparent pressure range of the magma hybridization event was calculated at 6.1?kbar to 4.6?kbar, while the temperature, calculated by independent methods, is in the range of 810°C?770°C. U-Pb age data of the hybrid rocks were obtained by in-situ LA-MC-ICP-MS analysis of zircon. The oscillatory zoned zircon crystals yield a concordia age of 368?±?8?Ma (MSWD?=?1.1), interpreted as the age of magma hybridization and timing of formation of the magmatic precursors. It is the oldest Variscan magmatic event in that part of the Tatra Mountains.  相似文献   

Planetary scientific target detection via deep learning: A case study for finding shatter cones in Mars rover images     

Andreas Bechtold  Gerhard Paar  Filippo Garolla  Rebecca Nowak  Laura Fritz  Christoph Traxler  Oliver Sidla  Christian Koeberl 《Meteoritics & planetary science》2023,58(9):1274-1286

Past, present, and forthcoming planetary rover missions to Mars and other planetary bodies are equipped with a large number of scientific cameras. The very large number of images resulting from this, combined with tight time constraints for navigation, measurements, and analyses, pose a major challenge for the mission teams in terms of scientific target evaluation. Shatter cones are the only macroscopic evidence for impact-induced shock metamorphism and therefore impact craters on Earth. The typical features of shatter cones, such as striations and horsetail structures, are particularly suitable for machine learning methods. The necessary training images do not exist for such a case; therefore, we pursued the approach of producing them artificially. Using PRo3D, a viewer developed for the interactive exploration and geologic analysis of high-resolution planetary surface reconstructions, we virtually placed shatter cones in 3-D background scenes processed from true Mars rover imagery. We use PRo3D-rendered images of such scenes as training data for machine learning architectures. Terrestrial analog studies in Ethiopia supported our lab work and were used to test the resulting neural network of this feasibility study. The result showed that our approach with shatter cones in artificial Mars rover scenes is suitable to train neural networks for automatic detection of shatter cones. In addition, we have identified several aspects that can be used to improve the training of the neural network and increase the recognition rate. For example, using background data with a higher resolution in order to have equal resolution of object (shatter cone) and Martian background and increase the number of objects that can be placed in the training data set. Also using better lighting reconstructions and a better radiometric adaption between object and Martian background would further improve the results.  相似文献   

An integrative approach to robust design and probabilistic risk assessment for CO<Subscript>2</Subscript> storage in geological formations     

Sergey Oladyshkin  Holger Class  Rainer Helmig  Wolfgang Nowak 《Computational Geosciences》2011,15(3):565-577

CO₂ storage in geological formations is currently being discussed intensively as a technology with a high potential for mitigating CO₂ emissions. However, any large-scale application requires a thorough analysis of the potential risks. Current numerical simulation models are too expensive for probabilistic risk analysis or stochastic approaches based on a brute-force approach of repeated simulation. Even single deterministic simulations may require parallel high-performance computing. The multiphase flow processes involved are too non-linear for quasi-linear error propagation and other simplified stochastic tools. As an alternative approach, we propose a massive stochastic model reduction based on the probabilistic collocation method. The model response is projected onto a higher-order orthogonal basis of polynomials to approximate dependence on uncertain parameters (porosity, permeability, etc.) and design parameters (injection rate, depth, etc.). This allows for a non-linear propagation of model uncertainty affecting the predicted risk, ensures fast computation, and provides a powerful tool for combining design variables and uncertain variables into one approach based on an integrative response surface. Thus, the design task of finding optimal injection regimes explicitly includes uncertainty, which leads to robust designs with a minimum failure probability. We validate our proposed stochastic approach by Monte Carlo simulation using a common 3D benchmark problem (Class et al., Comput Geosci 13:451–467, 2009). A reasonable compromise between computational efforts and precision was reached already with second-order polynomials. In our case study, the proposed approach yields a significant computational speed-up by a factor of 100 compared with the Monte Carlo evaluation. We demonstrate that, due to the non-linearity of the flow and transport processes during CO₂ injection, including uncertainty in the analysis leads to a systematic and significant shift of the predicted leakage rates toward higher values compared with deterministic simulations, affecting both risk estimates and the design of injection scenarios.  相似文献   

Phase relations and liquid lines of descent of an iron-rich peralkaline phonolitic melt: an experimental study   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

Christopher Giehl  Michael Marks  Marcus Nowak 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》2013,165(2):283-304

We experimentally investigated the phase relations of a peralkaline phonolitic dyke rock associated with the Ilímaussaq plutonic complex (South Greenland). The extremely evolved and iron-rich composition (magnesium number = 2, alkalinity index = 1.44, FeO* = 12 wt%) may represent the parental magma of the Ilímaussaq complex. This dyke rock is therefore perfectly suited for performing phase-equilibrium experiments, since in contrast to the plutonic rocks of the complex, no major cumulate formation processes complicate defining a reasonable starting composition. Experiments were carried out in hydrothermal rapid-quench cold-seal pressure vessels at P = 100 MPa and T = 950–750 °C. H₂O contents ranging from anhydrous to H₂O saturated (~5 wt% H₂O) and varying fO₂ (~ΔlogFMQ ?3 to +1; where FMQ represents the fayalite–magnetite–quartz oxygen buffer) were applied. Reduced and dry conditions lead to substantial crystallization of alkali feldspar, nepheline, hedenbergite-rich clinopyroxene, fayalite-rich olivine and minor amounts of ulvøspinel-rich magnetite, which represent the phenocryst assemblage of the natural dyke rock. Oxidized and H₂O-rich conditions, however, suppress the crystallization of olivine in favor of magnetite and clinopyroxene with less or no alkali feldspar and nepheline formation. Accordingly, combined low fO₂ and aH₂O force the evolution of the residual melt toward decreasing SiO₂, increasing FeO* and alkalinity index (up to 3.55). On the contrary, high fO₂ and aH₂O produce residual melts with relatively low FeO*, high SiO₂ and a relatively constant alkalinity index. We show that variations of aH₂O and fO₂ lead to contrasting trends regarding the liquid lines of descent of iron-rich silica-undersaturated peralkaline compositions. Moreover, the increase in FeO* and alkalinity index (reduced and dry conditions) in the residual melt is an important prerequisite to stabilize late-magmatic minerals of the dyke rock, for example, aenigmatite (Na₂Fe₅TiSi₆O₂₀), coexisting with the most evolved melts at 750 °C. Contrary to what might be expected, experiments with high aH₂O and interlinked high fO₂ exhibit higher liquidus T’s compared with experiments performed at low aH₂O and fO₂ for experiments where magnetite is liquidus phase. This is because ulvøspinel-poor magnetite crystallizes at higher fO₂ and has a higher melting point than ulvøspinel-rich magnetite, which is favored at lower fO₂.  相似文献   

The significance of Chara vegetation in the precipitation of lacustrine calcium carbonate     

Mariusz Pełechaty  Andrzej Pukacz  Karina Apolinarska  Aleksandra Pełechata  Marcin Siepak 《Sedimentology》2013,60(4):1017-1035

A significant portion of calcium carbonate is deposited in lake sediments as a result of biological processes related to the photosynthetic activity of phytoplankton in the pelagic realm and, in addition, macrophytes in the littoral zone. Lake Wigry, one of the largest lakes in Poland (north‐east Poland), is characterized by: (i) carbonate sediments with a CaCO₃ content exceeding 80% within the littoral zone; and (ii) large areas of submerged vegetation dominated by charophytes (macroscopic green algae, Characeae family). It is claimed that charophytes are highly effective in utilizing HCO₃^? and forming thick CaCO₃ encrustations. Thus, this study was aimed at evaluating the CaCO₃ production by dense Chara stands overgrowing the lake bottom reaching a depth of 4 m. In late July 2009, the fresh and dry mass of plants, the percentage contribution of calcium carbonate and the production of CaCO₃ per 1 m² were investigated along three transects at three depths (1 m, 2 m and 3 m, with each sample area equal to 0·0625 m²) per transect. The composition and structure of phytoplankton and the physico‐chemical properties of the water analysed in both the littoral and pelagic zones served as the environmental background and demonstrated moderately low fertility in the lake. The greatest dry plant mass exceeded 1000 g m^?2 and CaCO₃ encrustations constituted from 59% to over 76% of the charophyte dry weight. Thus, the maximum and average values of carbonates precipitated by charophytes were 685·5 and 438 g m^?2, respectively, which exceeded previously reported results. A correlation of carbonate production with the depth of Chara stands was detected, and intermediate depths offered the most favourable conditions for carbonate precipitation (589 g m^?2 on average). As precipitated carbonates are ultimately stored in bottom deposits, the results highlight the significance of charophytes in lacustrine CaCO₃ sedimentation.  相似文献