Sunspot-like and ENSO/NAO-like periodicities in lacustrinelaminated sediments of the Pliocene Villarroya Basin (La Rioja,Spain)     

Arsenio Muñoz  Jorge Ojeda  Belén Sánchez-Valverde 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2002,27(4):453-463

This is a study of an extremely good outcrop of 1745 varves inthe Villarroya Pliocene Basin (Spain). The thicknesses of the light and darklayers, which were obtained from enlarged photograph negatives, are dealt withseparately, and three time series, of light, dark, and the sum of both layers,are performed. Periodicities of about 12, 6–7 and 2–3 years havebeen obtained. The origin of the recurrent behaviour of the sediments withthese periods could be related to natural phenomena like sunspot cycles, ElNiño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) andQuasi-biennial Oscillation (QBO), as these phenomena are capable of modulatingthe climate in this frequency band. From our point of view, there could be aclose relationship between sedimentation in the Villarroya Basin and thesenatural phenomena, which is moved through climate. The light layers record therun-off of gastropods, ostracods and charophytes from a seasonal productivitycycle, and are generated during late summer and autumn. It seems clear that theclimatic information provided by these cycles corresponds mainly to summertime, which would be translated into a variation of the light layer thicknessdue to a more or less intense development of the flora and fauna, being thickerin years of higher temperatures and thinner in years of lower temperatures.Considering the results, we would suggest that the sedimentation of thesematerials in the Pliocene was driven by solar activity or/and ENSO, NAO, andQBO phenomena. Nowadays these phenomena produce rainfall and temperaturechanges with the cyclicities shown in this study and we think they could haveoperated in the same way in Pliocene times.  相似文献   

Spatial competition and the new governance framework in Mabibi (Maputaland): implications for development     

Sylvain Guyot 《The Geographical journal》2002,168(1):18-32

The evolution of the demarcation of the political territories in South Africa has resulted in spatial competition between political structures, conservation authorities and local communities. The current multi-governance policies are attempting to overcome the problems created by the political structures of the apartheid era – during which time the declaration of natural areas for conservation resulted in forced removals and negative perceptions of conservation. The case study of Mabibi, within the confines of the Maputaland coast, is a typical example that reflects the history of the past and the conflicts of the present.  相似文献   

The implementation of fog water collection systems in South Africa     

J. Olivier  C. J. de Rautenbach   《Atmospheric Research》2002,64(1-4)

Two fog water collection systems (FWCS) have been implemented in South Africa. Both are located in areas where communities experience acute water shortages but which are prone to frequent fog episodes. The first was located at a high elevation site at the Tshanowa Junior Primary (JP) School in the Soutpansberg located in the Northern Province and the other near a small rural community at Lepelfontein along the West Coast. The former represents a mountainous site, while the latter is located on a low level coastal plain. The principal aim of the projects was to implement operational FWCSs to supply the communities with water. During the period 1999 to 2001 the total recorded cloud water yields at the Tshanowa JP School and Lepelfontein water collection sites were in the region of 72 422 and 148 691 l, respectively. This is equivalent to just over 2 l m⁻² day⁻¹ at the Tshanowa JP School and 4.6 l m⁻² day⁻¹ at the Lepelfontein site. Despite the relatively low average daily yields recorded, the total water volume collected on a particular day may be considerable. In fact, at both sites the maximum daily yield exceeded 3800 l. Fog deposition accounted for around 25% and 88% of the total water yield measured at the Tshanowa JP School and Lepelfontein sites, respectively. Both experiments indicated that fog water collection holds considerable potential as an alternative water source in the mountainous regions and along the West Coast of South Africa.  相似文献   

Late Quaternary western Mediterranean pollen records and African winds     

D. Magri  I. Parra   《Earth and Planetary Science Letters》2002,200(3-4):401-408

Late Quaternary vegetation changes of regional and global significance in the Mediterranean region are generally interpreted as being controlled by changes in the circulation patterns of North Atlantic air masses. However, the possibility cannot be excluded that they may also be related to winds blowing from Africa. Long pollen records from southwest Europe show that Cedrus pollen of northwest African provenance is found during the glacial periods, and occasionally during abrupt deforestation events in the forest-dominated periods of the interglacials. A pollen concentration record from central Italy shows that during the Holocene the presence of Cedrus pollen coincides with two abrupt deforestation events, around 8.1 and 4.2 cal kyr BP. These observations raise the question of a possible influence of eolian activity on arboreal vegetation during phases of climatic stress towards aridity, and suggest the use of modern pollen monitoring as a strategy for revealing tendencies towards aridification in southwestern Europe.  相似文献   

皖南龙潭阶与长兴阶界线的一种确定方法──层序地层学应用尝试     

吴基文  陈资平 《地层学杂志》1995,19(2):136-139

以层序地层学理论为指导，通过对皖南地区晚二叠世地层沉积层序特征的综合分析。可知该区晚二叠世存在两次海水进退过程，发育两个层序，两层序之界面即为龙潭阶和长兴阶的分界，该界线在视电阻率测井曲线上有较明显的反映，据此可方便地进行地层划分。  相似文献   

Peristerite compositions in quartzofeldspathic schists, Franz Josef-Fox Glacier Area, New Zealand     

RODNEY GRAPES  MASAYUKI OTSUKI 《Journal of Metamorphic Geology》1983,1(1):47-61

Plagioclase compositions vary from An_0.1–2.5 to An₃₂ with increasing grade in chlorite zone to oligoclase zone quartzofeldspathic schists, Franz Josef-Fox Glacier area, Southern Alps, New Zealand. This change is interrupted by the peristerite composition gap in rocks transitional between greenschist and amphibolite facies grade. Oligoclase (An_20-24) and albite (An_0.1–0.5) are found in biotite zone schists below the garnet isograd. With increasing grade, the plagioclase compositions outline the peristerite gap, which is asymmetric and narrows to compositions of An₁₂ and An₆ near the top of the garnet zone. In any one sample, oligoclase is the stable mineral in mica-rich layers above the garnet isograd, whereas albite and oligoclase exist in apparent textural equilibrium in adjacent quartz-plagioclase layers. The initial appearance of oligoclase in both layers results from the breakdown of epidote and possibly sphene. Carbonate is restricted to the quartz-plagioclase rich layers and probably accounts for the more sodic composition of oligoclase in these layers. The formation of more Ca-rich albite and more Na-rich oligoclase near the upper limit of the garnet zone coincides with the disappearance of carbonate and closure of the peristerite gap. Garnet appears to have only a localized effect on Ca-enrichment of plagioclase in mica-rich layers within the garnet zone. The Na-content of white mica increases sympathetically with increasing Ca-content of oligoclase and metamorphic grade. Comparison of the peristerite gap in the Franz Josef-Fox Glacier schists and schists of the same bulk composition in the Haast River area, 80 km to the S, indicates that oligoclase appears and epidote disappears at lower temperatures, and that the composition gap between coexisting albite and oligoclase is narrower in the Franz Josef-Fox Glacier area. It is suggested that a higher thermal gradient (38-40°C/km) and variations in Si/Al ordering during growth of the plagioclases between the two areas may account for these differences. In the Alpine schists the peristerite gap exists over a temperature and pressure interval of about 370-515°C and 5.5-7 kbar (550-700 MPa) P_H2O.  相似文献   

On the theory of the East African Low Level Jet Stream     

John E. Hart 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》1977,115(5-6):1263-1282

Several theoretical models for the East African Low Level Jet Stream are described. They all share the notion that the northward advection of planetary vorticity across the equator, coupled with the presence of a north-south mountain barrier, leads to the formation of a low-level western boundary current (akin to the Gulf-Stream) along the equatorial east coast of Africa. They differ in the manner in which the planetary vorticity advection is balanced to obtain a quasi-steady state. A purely inertial model predicts the correct cross-stream scale of the jet, but does not reproduce the observed inner shear layer which reduces the jet velocity to zero inland near the highlands. The lateral friction model can produce a realistic jet profile if the horizontal eddy viscosity (appearing as a free parameter) is chosen appropriately. However this solution shows a recirculation, i.e., northerly flow, off the coast that has not yet been observed. Finally, a model that includes bottom friction over variable topography also can give realistic jet profiles. If one accepts that the mountains, the Beta effect, and some form of inertial or frictional acceleration act together to produce the cross-equatorial low level jet stream, then one can formulate the types of observations needed to distinguish between the various theories.  相似文献   

ANTARCTIC SEA ICE AND THE POLAR VORTEX INDEX:TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL CHARACTERISTICS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1       下载免费PDF全文

卞林根  陆龙骅  贾朋群 《Acta Meteorologica Sinica》1995,(1)

The cluster analysis method has been used to divide the Antarctic sea ice variation field into 5 sectors.Then,foreach of these sectors,the corresponding indexes of vortex area and vortex intensity on the 500 hPa level have been calcu-lated.These data were used to analyse the temporal and spatial characteristics of both Antarctic sea ice and the vortexindex variations and their relationship.Our results show that substantial differences are presented in the climatic patternand interannual variations of the sea ice data and vortex index in different sectors.The maximum sea ice extent varia-tions appear in sector 1 and sector 4.Oscillation periods of 2—2.5 and 5—7 years exist in the variations of sea ice extentand vortex index in most sectors.A positive trend is only found in sector 1 sea ice extent while the other sectors shownegative trends.The average extent of the Antarctic sea ice as a whole has retreated at a rate of 1.6 latitudes per 100years.The vortex areas for all sectors have decreased.Nevertheless,the vortex intensities in 3 sectors have increased.Therelationship between sea ice and vortex characters in each sector is obvious,but a little complex.Sectors 1 and 5,whichare located in the Southeast Pacific and South Atlantic,are the most sensitive areas in terms of sea ice/atmosphereinteraction.  相似文献   

Quantitative relationships between uplift and relief parameters for the Southern Alps,New Zealand,as determined by fission track analysis     

J. Mark Tippett  Peter J. J. Kamp 《地球表面变化过程与地形》1995,20(2):153-175

The Southern Alps mountain chain, New Zealand, has formed as a consequence of late Cenozoic collision of the continental parts of the Pacific and Australia plates. Fission track analysis has yielded estimates of the amount, age of initiation, and rate of late Cenozoic rock uplift for 82 surface samples taken from transects across the Southern Alps. The mean surface, summit and valley elevations in the vicinity of each of the rock sample sites have also been measured. Regression of the geomorphic variables on the uplift variables has been used to establish quantitative relationships between uplift and geomorphology. There are strong and consistent linear associations between uplift and the elevations of the mean surface, summits and valleys. The preferred regression models have uniform slope but varying elevation response between transects. Substitution of space for time has allowed the evolution of landforms to be studied. To the east of the Main Divide, elevation and relief are proportional to, and closely related to, the age of initiation of rock uplift (‘uplift age’) and the amount of rock uplift (r² > 0·8). Mean surface uplift was delayed for ～2 Ma after the start of rock uplift, a result of the stripping of a soft cover rock succession that, prior to rock uplift, overlaid the harder greywacke basement. Inter-transect variations in regression response and x-intercept are inferred, therefore, to reflect the variable preuplift thickness of cover rocks. However, the regular regression slope for the transects reflects the consistent nature of the interaction between uplift and the erodibility of greywacke basement. Uplift of the mean surface proceeded at 0·4 km/km and 0·4 km/Ma of rock uplift, while the rock uplift rate was 0·8 km/Ma. Summit elevations have increased at a rate of 0·6 km/Ma and valley elevations have increased at 0·2 km/Ma. Regression lines relating mean surface, summit and valley elevations to rock uplift and uplift age diverge from common intercepts; it is concluded, therefore, that the mountains east of the Main Divide have continued to increase in elevation and relief and change in form over time since the start of mean surface uplift. Mountain elevation has little relationship with late Cenozoic mean rock uplift rates of 0·8–1·0 km/Ma or inferred contemporary rock uplift rates (r² ～ 0·3). In contrast, to the west of the Main Divide, elevation is shown to be closely related to rock uplift rate (r² > 0·3). In contrast, to the west of the Main Divide, elevation is shown to be closely related to rock uplift rate (r² > 0·8). Transects with higher rock uplift rates support higher topography. Landforms are therefore in a stable equilibrium with rock uplift rate, and the landscape contains no residual evidence of the total amount of rock uplift, or the age of uplift. Lithological variation appears to have no relationship with elevation.  相似文献   

辽宁东平金矿床地质特征及找矿方向   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

杨宏宇  杨烨宇  杨晓波  韩珂 《地质与资源》1992,28(3):246-251

南秦岭南部构造带具备较好的金矿成矿条件与成矿背景，是该区域规模较大金矿带.金沟矿段是黄龙金矿床最主要的组成部分，该矿段矿石中磁黄铁矿和黄铁矿发育，其中磁黄铁矿矿石是矿床中含量最高的硫化物矿石.磁黄铁矿存在两种产出状态，分别为早期形成的呈浸染状、团块状分布的磁黄铁矿与晚期形成的脉状磁黄铁矿.成分分析结果表明以单斜磁黄铁矿为主.该矿床属中-低温矿床.微量元素结果显示富Co贫Ni，与金矿化关系密切.在含金性方面，脉状产出的磁黄铁矿优于团块状分布的磁黄铁矿，且脉体越细含金性越好，因此细脉状磁黄铁矿可作为该区重要的找矿标志.  相似文献