Formation of carbonate concretions in surface sediments of two mud mounds,offshore Costa Rica: a stable isotope study     

Vasileios?MavromatisEmail author  Reiner?Botz  Mark?Schmidt  Volker?Liebetrau  Christian?Hensen 《International Journal of Earth Sciences》2014,103(7):1831-1844

The surface sediments of two mud mounds (“Mound 11” and “Mound 12”) offshore southwest Costa Rica contain abundant authigenic carbonate concretions dominated by high-Mg calcite (14–20 mol-% MgCO₃). Pore fluid geochemical profiles (sulfate, sulfide, methane, alkalinity, Ca and Mg) indicate recent carbonate precipitation within the zone of anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) at variable depths. The current location of the authigenic carbonate concretions is, however, not related to the present location of the AOM zone, suggesting mineral precipitation under past geochemical conditions as well as changes in the flow rates of upward migrating fluids. Stable oxygen and carbon isotope analysis of authigenic carbonate concretions yielded δ¹⁸O_carbonate values ranging between 34.0 and 37.7 ‰ Vienna standard mean ocean water (VSMOW) and δ¹³C_carbonate values from ?52.2 to ?14.2 ‰ Vienna Pee Dee belemnite (VPDB). Assuming that no temperature changes occurred during mineral formation, the authigenic carbonate concretions have been formed at in situ temperature of 4–5 °C. The δ¹⁸O_carbonate values suggest mineral formation from seawater-derived pore fluid (δ¹⁸O_porefluid = 0 ‰ VSMOW) for Mound 12 carbonate concretions but also the presence of an emanating diagenetic fluid (δ¹⁸O_porefluid ≈5 ‰) in Mound 11. A positive correlation between δ¹³C_carbonate and δ¹⁸O_carbonate is observed, indicating the admixing of two different sources of dissolved carbon and oxygen in the sediments of the two mounds. The carbon of these sources are (1) marine bicarbonate (δ¹³C_porefluid ≈0 ‰) and (2) bicarbonate which formed during the AOM (δ¹³C_porefluid ≈?70 ‰). Furthermore, the δ¹⁸O_porefluid composition, with values up to +4.7 ‰ Vienna standard mean ocean water (VSMOW), is interpreted to be affected by the presence of emanating, freshened and boron-enriched fluids. Earlier, it has been shown that the origin of ¹⁸O-enriched fluids are deep diagenetic processes as it was indicated by the presence of methane with thermogenic signature (δ¹³C_CH4 = ?38 ‰). A combination of present geochemical data with geophysical observations indicates that Mounds 11 and 12 represent a single fluid system interconnected by deep-seated fault(s).  相似文献   

Program News Bright Prospects for a Significant Improvement of the Earth's Gravity Field Knowledge     

Reiner Rummel 《Marine Geodesy》2000,23(3):219-220

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Total waterborne carbon export and DOC composition from ten nested subarctic peatland catchments—importance of peatland cover,groundwater influence,and inter‐annual variability of precipitation patterns     

David Olefeldt  Nigel Roulet  Reiner Giesler  Andreas Persson 《水文研究》2013,27(16):2280-2294

Waterborne carbon (C) export from terrestrial ecosystems is a potentially important flux for the net catchment C balance and links the biogeochemical C cycling of terrestrial ecosystems to their downstream aquatic ecosystems. We have monitored hydrology and stream chemistry over 3 years in ten nested catchments (0.6–15.1 km²) with variable peatland cover (0%–22%) and groundwater influence in subarctic Sweden. Total waterborne C export, including dissolved and particulate organic carbon (DOC and POC) and dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC), ranged between 2.8 and 7.3 g m^–2 year^–1, representing ~10%–30% of catchment net ecosystem exchange of CO₂. Several characteristics of catchment waterborne C export were affected by interacting effects of peatland cover and groundwater influence, including magnitude and timing, partitioning into DOC, POC, and DIC and chemical composition of the exported DOC. Waterborne C export was greater during the wetter years, equivalent to an average change in export of ~2 g m^–2 year^–1 per 100 mm of precipitation. Wetter years led to a greater relative increase in DIC export than DOC export due to an inferred relative shift in dominance from shallow organic flow pathways to groundwater sources. Indices of DOC composition (SUVA₂₅₄ and a₂₅₀/a₃₆₅) indicated that DOC aromaticity and average molecular weight increased with catchment peatland cover and decreased with increased groundwater influence. Our results provide examples on how waterborne C export and DOC composition might be affected by climate change. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Potential of groundwater contamination by polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in a sensitive bedrock aquifer (Canada)     

Jana Levison  Kent Novakowski  Eric J. Reiner  Terry Kolic 《Hydrogeology Journal》2012,20(2):401-412

It is necessary to understand the presence, movement, and persistence of contaminants in aquifers to develop adequate groundwater protection plans. Fractured bedrock aquifers with thin overburden cover are very sensitive to contamination, and little is known about transport processes from the ground surface to depth in this setting. This study was undertaken to investigate the potential of groundwater contamination by polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), which are flame retardants, in a natural fractured bedrock aquifer in Canada proven to be sensitive to contamination. PBDEs, which had not been previously measured in groundwater in detail, were detected in the study aquifer at concentrations greater than those observed in surface-water bodies. Potential sources include manure, septic tanks, and the atmosphere. From this scoping study, it is evident that additional surveys of PBDE concentrations in groundwater are warranted, especially in settings with high potential source concentrations coupled with sensitive aquifers.  相似文献   

Program News Bright Prospects for a Significant Improvement of the Earth's Gravity Field Knowledge     

Reiner Rummel 《Marine Geodesy》2013,36(3):219-220

Concern over the impact of change in sea level is of topical interest internationally, but for the small island states of the Caribbean, a significant increase would prove to be catastrophic. The potential problem is being addressed as part of the much larger issue of climate change, and just this year a regional Climate Change Centre was established in Belize. Means of adapting to accommodate change will be considered under the Mainstream Adaptation to Climate Change (MACC) project, but initially the threat needs to be quantified. While meteorological offices have been accumulating weather data in some parts of the region for many years, sea level data is more scarce. This work puts least squares methods to test by applying them to spectral analysis of intermittent data sets acquired over periods of 6 and 9 years at two locations in Trinidad. The resulting sea level models that include 13 periodic components, datum bias, trend and atmospheric pressure are validated using fundamental historical information and observations that form the subject of discussion among local professional surveyors. Results show that while sea level at a location in North Trinidad is rising at the rate of about 1 mm a year, the change at a Southern site is about four times this amount. Horizontal movement has been measured across a tectonic fault that parts the island, and it is now apparent that there may be some vertical motion on this or some other fault lines in the region.  相似文献   

Circular Polarization Observed in Interplanetary Type III Radio Storms     

M. J. Reiner  J. Fainberg  M. L. Kaiser  J.-L. Bougeret 《Solar physics》2007,241(2):351-370

We report the detection and analysis of circular polarization in solar type III radio storms at hectometric-to-kilometric wavelengths. We find that a small (usually less than 5%), but statistically significant, degree of circular polarization is present in all interplanetary type III radio storms below 1 MHz. The sense of the polarization, which is right-hand circular for some storms and left-hand circular for others, is maintained for the entire duration of the type III storm (usually many days). For a given storm, the degree of circular polarization peaks near central meridian crossing of the associated active region. At a given time, the degree of circular polarization is found to generally vary as the logarithm of the observing frequency. The radiation characteristics, including the polarization, for one interplanetary type III storm exhibits an unusual 1.6 hour oscillation. Based on the standard plasma emission theory of type III radiation, we discuss the implications of these observations for the magnitude and radial dependence of the solar magnetic field above active regions on the Sun.  相似文献   

The Jovian atmospheric window at 2.7 μm: A search for H₂S     

Harold P. Larson  D. Scott Davis  Reiner Hofmann  Gordon L. Bjoraker 《Icarus》1984,60(3):621-639

The atmospheric transmission window at 2.7 μm in Jupiter's atmosphere was observed at a spectral resolution of 0.1 cm^?1 from the Kuiper Airborne Observatory. From analysis of the CH₄ abundance (～80m-am) and the H₂O abundance (<0.0125cm-am) it was determined that the penetration depth of solar flux at 2.7 μm is near the base of the NH₃ cloud layer. The upper limit to H₂O at 2.7 μm and other recent results suggest that photolytic reactions in Jupiter's lower troposphere may not be as significant as was previously thought. The search for H₂S in Jupiter's atmosphere yielded an upper limit of ～0.1cm-am. The corresponding limit to the elemental abundance ratio [S]/[H] was ～1.7 × 10^?8, about 10^?3 times the solar value. Upon modeling the abundance and distribution of H₂S in Jupiter's atmosphere it was concluded that, contrary to expectations, sulfur-bearing chromophores are not present in significant amounts in Jupiter's visible clouds. Rather, it appears that most of Jupiter's sulfur is locked up as NH₄SH in a lower cloud layer. Alternatively, the global abundance of sulfur in Jupiter may be significantly depleted.  相似文献   

Bastille Day Event: A Radio Perspective     

Reiner  M.J.  Kaiser  M.L.  Karlický  M.  Jiřička  K.  Bougeret  J.-L. 《Solar physics》2001,204(1-2):121-137

We describe the radio signatures that led up to and concluded the solar eruptive event of 14 July 2000 (Bastille Day Event). These radio signatures provide a means of remotely sensing the associated solar activity and transient phenomena. For many days prior to the Bastille Day Event kilometric Type III radio storm emissions were observed that were presumably associated with the active region NOAA 9077. These storm emissions continued until the X5.7 flare at ∼ 10 UT on 14 July 2000 that characterized the Bastille Day Event, then ceased abruptly. The Bastille Day Event itself produced very intense, complex, long-duration Type III-like radio emissions, which appear to have been associated with electrons generated (accelerated) deep in the solar corona. The coronal mass ejection (CME) associated with the Bastille Day Event generated decametric to kilometric Type II radio emissions as the CME propagated through the solar corona and interplanetary medium. The frequency drift of these Type II radio emissions are related to the dynamics of the propagating CME and indicate that the CME experienced significant deceleration as it propagated from the high corona into the interplanetary medium.  相似文献   

Shifting frames for local people and forests in a global heritage: the Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary in the context of Thailand’s globalization and modernization     

Reiner Buergin 《Geoforum》2003,34(3):375-393

Focusing on the case of the World Heritage Site and Wildlife Sanctuary Thung Yai Naresuan, the paper sketches the interdependences of international and national forest and conservation policies in Thailand since the middle of the 19th century. In the context of Thailand’s globalization and modernization, these policies resulted in a coercing conservationism which focuses increasingly on the so-called ‘hill tribe’ ethnic minority groups. The shifting cultural and political framings of the area that became a national wildlife sanctuary and a ‘global heritage’ reflect external economic, political, and ideological interests. The people of the Karen ethnic minority group who live in the sanctuary are conceived of as a disruptive factor and never have had a chance to participate in these framings. After the designation of the area as a World Heritage Site, the remaining villages face increasing pressure from the Royal Forest Department which is trying to remove them with the help of the Military. Drawing on the different vested interests and the relativity of cultural conceptualizations, the paper questions the external framing, pointing to three major problems that are raised with regard to Thung Yai, but are symptomatic of modern conservationism at large: inconsistencies between normative claims and political practice; distortions of scale between conceptions designed at different levels of social space from the local to the global, and; the problem to reconcile conflicting cultural patterns and conceptualizations. The paper argues for a reframing of the conflict to conceive the Karen in Thung Yai as an integral part of the ‘global heritage’.  相似文献   

Mobilization of Ti-Nb-Ta during subduction: Evidence from rutile-bearing dehydration segregations and veins hosted in eclogite, Tianshan, NW China   总被引：15，自引：0，他引：15  

Jun Gao  Reiner Klemd 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》2007,71(20):4974-4996

Field evidence from the western Tianshan subduction complex in northwestern China indicates that the high field strength elements Ti, Nb, and Ta were mobilized and thereby fractionated from Zr and Hf during the dehydration process that transformed blueschist into eclogite. Both a segregation with a depletion halo, thought to represent initial mobilization during dehydration, and a transport vein, indicative of the long distance transport were investigated. In each case, centimeter-sized rutile grains grew as needle-like crystals in the segregation and as prismatic crystals in the vein. Within the host rock of the segregation, the Ti contents of garnet and omphacite, the modal abundances of rutile and titanite and the bulk rock Ti, Nb, and Ta contents decrease towards the segregation. These observations are consistent with transport of Ti, Nb, and Ta from the host rock into the segregation. Textural and geochemical data for the eclogite-facies vein minerals indicate that Ti-Nb-Ta-rich fluids were transported over long-distances (at minimum meter-scale) during fracture-controlled fluid flow. Complex forming ligands (e.g., Na-Si-Al polymers and F⁻) may have enhanced the solubility of Ti, Nb, and Ta in the fluid. Changes in fluid composition (e.g., X_CO2) may both precipitate rutile and fractionate Ti, Nb, and Ta from LILE and REE.  相似文献