Long Range Science Perspectives for the VLTI     

A. Eckart  T. Bertram  N. Mouawad  T. Viehmann  C. Straubmeier  J. Zuther 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2003,286(1-2):269-276

VLTI interferometry will allow imaging of galactic and extragalactic sources with milliarcsecond angular resolution. For moderately bright sources the spectral resolution will be of the order of 10000. These capabilities will allow detailed studies of solar system objects, stars, proto-planetary systems and the detection of hot extra-solar planets. The observations of galactic nuclei will allow unprecedented measurements of physical parameters in these systems. VLTI will be a prime instrument to study the immediate environment of the massive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. With the exception of a few `self-referencing' sources the observations of extragalactic nuclei will benefit from an extended capability for simultaneous measurements of nearby reference sources for fringe tracking. With beam combination instruments like AMBER, MIDI, PRIMA, and GENIE the VLTI will reach full maturity at a time when other interferometric instruments at different wavelengths will be fully operational. Most important are ALMA (in the mm- and sub-mm-domain), LOFAR and SKA (in the radio meter to centimeter domain) and of course VLB-networks in the radio, and other – at that time –well developed interferometers in the optical. A major scientific potential of future scientific VLTI programs will lie in an efficient combination of these high angular resolution capabilities. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.  相似文献   

The warped gas and dust lane in NGC 3718     

M. Krips  J.-U. Pott  A. Eckart  S. Leon  C. Straubmeier 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2003,284(2):511-514

We present the first observations of molecular line emission in NGC 3718 with the IRAM 30m and the Plateau de Bure Interferometer. This galaxy is an excellent example for a strongly warped gas disk harboring an active galactic nucleus (AGN). An impressive dust lane is crossing the nucleus and a warp is developing into a polar ring. The molecular gas content is found to be typical of an elliptical galaxy with a relatively low molecular gas mass content (∼ 4 × 10⁸ M _⊙). The molecular gas distribution is found to warp from the inner disk together with the HI distribution. The CO data were also used to improve the kinematic modeling in the inner part of the galaxy, based on the so-called tilted ring-model. The nature of NGC 3718 is compared with its northern sky `twin' Centaurus A and the possible recent swallowing of a small-size gas-rich spiral is discussed. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.  相似文献   

The DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey: the role of galaxy environment in the cosmic star formation history     

Michael C. Cooper  Jeffrey A. Newman  Benjamin J. Weiner  Renbin Yan  Christopher N. A. Willmer  Kevin Bundy  Alison L. Coil †  Christopher J. Conselice  Marc Davis  S. M. Faber  Brian F. Gerke  Puragra Guhathakurta  David C. Koo  Kai G. Noeske 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2008,383(3):1058-1078

Using galaxy samples drawn from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and the DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey, we study the relationship between star formation and environment at   z ∼ 0.1  and 1. We estimate the total star formation rate (SFR) and specific star formation rate (sSFR) for each galaxy according to the measured [O  ii ]λ 3727 Å nebular line luminosity, corrected using empirical calibrations to match more robust SFR indicators. Echoing previous results, we find that in the local Universe star formation depends on environment such that galaxies in regions of higher overdensity, on average, have lower SFRs and longer star formation time-scales than their counterparts in lower density regions. At   z ∼ 1  , we show that the relationship between sSFR and environment mirrors that found locally. However, we discover that the relationship between total SFR and overdensity at   z ∼ 1  is inverted relative to the local relation. This observed evolution in the SFR–density relation is driven, in part, by a population of bright, blue galaxies in dense environments at   z ∼ 1  . This population, which lacks a counterpart at   z ∼ 0  , is thought to evolve into members of the red sequence from   z ∼ 1  to ∼0. Finally, we conclude that environment does not play a dominant role in the cosmic star formation history at   z < 1  : the dependence of the mean galaxy SFR on local galaxy density at constant redshift is small compared to the decline in the global SFR space density over the last 7 Gyr.  相似文献   

Karst morphology and groundwater vulnerability of high alpine karst plateaus   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

Lukas Plan  Kurt Decker  Robert Faber  Michael Wagreich  Bernhard Grasemann 《Environmental Geology》2009,58(2):285-297

High alpine karst plateaus are recharge areas for major drinking water resources in the Alps and many other regions. Well-established methods for the vulnerability mapping of groundwater to contamination have not been applied to such areas yet. The paper characterises this karst type and shows that two common vulnerability assessment methods (COP and PI) classify most of the areas with high vulnerability classes. In the test site on the Hochschwab plateau (Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria), overlying layers are mostly absent, not protective or even enhance point recharge, where they have aquiclude character. The COP method classifies 82% of the area as highly or extremely vulnerable. The resulting maps are reasonable, but do not differentiate vulnerabilities to the extent that the results can be used for protective measures. An extension for the upper end of the vulnerability scale is presented that allows identifying ultra vulnerable areas. The proposed enhancement of the conventional approach points out that infiltration conditions are of key importance for vulnerability. The method accounts for karst genetical and hydrologic processes using qualitative and quantitative properties of karst depressions and sinking streams including parameters calculated from digital elevations models. The method is tested on the Hochschwab plateau where 1.7% of the area is delineated as ultra vulnerable. This differentiation could not be reached by the COP and PI methods. The resulting vulnerability map highlights spots of maximum vulnerability and the combination with a hazard map enables protective measures for a manageable area and number of sites.  相似文献   

Moho-offset beneath northern Scotland     

Sonja Faber  David Barnford † 《Geophysical Journal International》1981,67(3):661-672

Summary. Independent sets of LISPB data are presented, having as a common feature a local lateral variation in the Moho beneath northern Britain.
The evidence for this step-like feature on the Moho is taken from P and S travel times and from PS reflection times and phase velocities.
Another important observation is that a high-frequency Moho refraction is generated north of the step, whilst the refraction from the step region and south of it contains only low frequencies. This leads to the assumption that a change in the Moho structure exists in the same region as where the step has been deduced from travel-time interpretation. A numerical model is presented which generates a high-frequency refracted wave from an input signal which contains low- and high-frequency spectral energy.
The significance of this offset on the Moho, in particular its relationship to surface tectonics, is critically discussed.  相似文献   

Freshwater inflow and estuarine variability in the Gamtoos Estuary, South Africa     

Eckart H. Schumann  Meryl W. Pearce 《Estuaries and Coasts》1997,20(1):124-133

The Gamtoos is a shallow flood-tidal estuary located on the south coast of South Africa. Even though it has an extensive catchment area, dams limit runoff and mean freshwater inflow is estimated at less than 1 m³ s^?1, and the flood tidal deltas constrict and at times even close the mouth. The results presented here derive from an intensive measurement program carried out over a 3-wk period at the end of 1992, immediately after good rains in the Gamtoos catchment region. Freshwater inflow increased to more than 10 m³ s^?1, driving the salt wedge downstream and resulting in intense haloclines in the mid-estuary region. The program monitored the return to more average estuarine structures, and even though tidal exchange was restricted, marked differences occurred in stratification at neap and spring tides; tidal exchanges provided the dominant mixing forces. It is found that the shallower upper reaches of the estuary are flushed with relatively small increases in freshwater inflow, though a balance exists with the tidal exchanges through the constricted mouth. The variation in the position of the salt wedge and in the salinity stratification can have substantial implications for biota.  相似文献   

Jurassic and Cretaceous palaeogeography and stratigraphic comparisons in the North Greenland-Svalbard region     

Henning Dypvik  Eckart Håkansson  Claus Heinberg 《Polar research》2002,21(1):91-108

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Die Herkunft der „Porphyr“-Gerölle im Rotliegenden Süd-Hessens     

Dr. Peter Faber  Dr. Gotthard Kowalczyk 《International Journal of Earth Sciences》1979,68(2):805-824

Zusammenfassung Mit Hilfe petrographischer und geochemischer Untersuchungsmethoden wurde versucht, die Liefergebiete der Gerölle saurer Vulkanite im Unter-Perm des sdlichen Hessischen Troges zu ermitteln. Dabei zeigte sich, daß Rhyolith-Gerölle, angeliefert von den Rhyolithvorkommen der Odenwald-Spessart-Rhön-Schwelle, nur auf das schmale Gebiet der Schwellenrand-Sedimente beschränkt sind. Im eigentlichen Becken der Wetterau führen die Konglomerate nahezu ausschließlich Keratophyr-Gerölle, die von der nördlich gelegenen Taunus-Schwelle stammen.Die Verteilung der Rhyolith- und Keratophyr-Gerölle in den Rotliegend-Konglomeraten deutet auf eine stete Dominanz der Taunus-Schwelle gegenüber der Spessart-Schwelle. Es läßt sich ferner wahrscheinlich machen, daß die Taunus-Schwelle durch eine N-S-streichende Querdepression gegliedert war, die die spätere Hessische Senke bereits vorzeichnet. Der Spessart-Schwelle war im basalen Unter-Rotliegenden eine Barriere nördlich vorgelagert (Nördliche Gneise), die im Laufe des Rotliegenden in den Ablagerungsraum einbezogen wurde.

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Petrographical and geochemical investigations were carried out to determine the source areas of volcanite pebbles in the Lower Permian Hessischer Trog (southern Chattia, West-Germany). The pebbles of rhyolites have been derived from the Permian rhyolites of the Odenwald-Spessart-Rhön-Uplift in the south. They are restricted to marginal deposits, which accompanied the uplift in a narrow zone. In the corresponding Wetterau-Basin only pebbles of keratophyres have been found, which originated in the Taunus-Uplift in the north.The distribution of pebbles of rhyolites and keratophyres in the Lower Permian conglomerates points out the dominance of the Taunus-Uplift during the Lower Permian. The Taunus-Uplift probably had been devided by a N/S-directed depression which traced out the later Hessische Senke. At the very beginning of the Lower Permian (Unter-Rotliegendes) a barrier had existed in front of the Spessart-Uplift — probably composed of the Nordliche Gneise — which became an area of deposition later on in the Lower Permian.

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Résumé Cette étude a pour but de rechercher la source des cailloux volcaniques du Permien inférieur du bassin méridional d'Hesse à l'aide des méthodes pétrographiques et géochimiques. Les cailloux rhyolithiques, dérivés du haut-fond Odenwald-Spessart-Rhön se rencontrent seulement dans les sédiments d'une zone étroite au bord de ce haut-fond. Dans le bassin de la Wetterau les conglomérats contiennent prèsque exclusivement des cailloux keratophyriques qui proviennent de la partie septentrionale du haut-fond du Taunus.La distribution des cailloux rhyolithiques et keratophyriques démontre que toujours le haut-fond du Taunus a été plus important que le seuil du Spessart. En outre il est probable que le haut-fond du Taunus a été subdivisé par une dépression transversale de direction N-S qui indique déjà la future Hessische Senke. Au début du Rotliegend inférieur une barrière a existé devant le seuil du Spessart qui avait été compris dans la région de la sédimentation au cours du Rotliegend.

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Untersuchungen der Wärmeleitfähigkeitsanisotropie von Sandsteinen,Grauwacken und Quarziten     

Eckart Hurtig 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》1965,60(1):85-100

Zusammenfassung An Sandsteinen, Grauwacken und Quarziten werden die Wärmeleitfähigkeit und die Wärmeleitfähigkeitsanisotropie bestimmt. Es werden Modellberechnungen durchgeführt, um die Zusammenhänge zwischen Anisotropiekoeffizient und Gefügeregelung zu klären. Es zeigt sich, dass die Gesamtanisotropie ein Summeneffekt von drei Faktoren ist: einer Kornformanisotropie, einer Kornbauanisotropie und einer Anisotropie des Porensystems bzw. der Intergranularen. Die Messergebnisse bestätigen die Modellberechnungen und zeigen deutliche Beziehungen zum Grad der diagenetischen Verfestigung und der tektonischen Deformation. Die Gesamtanisotropie der vermessenen Proben lässt sich in zwei Typen mit hexagonaler bzw. rhombischer bis monokliner Symmetrie teilen. Die Wärmeleitfähigkeit reagiert sehr empfindlich auf eine Gefügeregelung, auch wenn diese optisch noch nicht eindeutig erkennbar ist.

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Summary Thermal conductivity and anisotropy of thermal conductivity of sandstones, graywackes and quarzites are determined. Model computations yield three factors responsible for total anisotropy: grain-size-anisotropy, grain-structure-anisotropy and anisotropy of the poresystem. Measurements prove model computations. The anisotropy-coefficients depend on the degree of diagenesis and tectonic deformation. There are two types of total anisotropy with hexagonal and rhombic or monoclinic symmetry. Thermal conductivity is very sensitive with respect to rock fabric.

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Vortrag, gehalten auf dem X. Symposium des Vereins Ungarischer Geophysiker vom 14. bis 20. September 1964 in Budapest.  相似文献   

High-resolution methane profiles across anoxic brine–seawater boundaries in the Atlantis-II, Discovery, and Kebrit Deeps (Red Sea)     

M. Schmidt  R. Botz  E. Faber  M. Schmitt  J. Poggenburg  D. Garbe-Sch  nberg  P. Stoffers 《Chemical Geology》2003,200(3-4):359-375

A decrease in temperature (ΔT up to 45.5 °C) and chloride concentration (ΔCl up to 4.65 mol/l) characterises the brine–seawater boundary in the Atlantis-II, Discovery, and Kebrit Deeps of the Red Sea, where redox conditions change from anoxic to oxic over a boundary layer several meters thick. High-resolution (100 cm) profiles of the methane concentration, stable carbon isotope ratio of methane, and redox-sensitive tracers (O₂, Mn⁴⁺/Mn²⁺, Fe³⁺/Fe²⁺, and SO₄²⁻) were measured across the brine–seawater boundary layer to investigate methane fluxes and secondary methane oxidation processes.

Substantial amounts of thermogenic hydrocarbons are found in the deep brines (mostly methane, with a maximum concentration up to 4.8×10⁵ nmol/l), and steep methane concentration gradients mainly controlled by diffusive flow characterize the brine–seawater boundary (maximum of 2×10⁵ nmol/l/m in Kebrit Deep). However, locally the actual methane concentration profiles deviate from theoretical diffusion-controlled concentration profiles and extremely positive δ¹³C–CH₄ values can be found (up to +49‰ PDB in the Discovery Deep). Both, the actual CH₄ concentration profiles and the carbon-13 enrichment in the residual CH₄ of the Atlantis-II and Discovery Deeps indicate consumption (oxidation) of ¹²C-rich CH₄ under suboxic conditions (probably utilizing readily available—up to 2000 μmol/l—Mn(IV)-oxihydroxides as electron acceptor). Thus, a combined diffusion–oxidation model was used to calculate methane fluxes of 0.3–393 kg/year across the brine–seawater boundary layer. Assuming steady-state conditions, this slow loss of methane from the brines into the Red Sea bottom water reflects a low thermogenic hydrocarbon input into the deep brines.  相似文献