High-resolution sediment echosounding off Peru: Late Quaternary depositional sequences and sedimentary structures of a current-dominated shelf     

Reinhardt  L.  Kudrass  H.-R.  Lückge  A.  Wiedicke  M.  Wunderlich  J.  Wendt  G. 《Marine Geophysical Researches》2002,23(4):335-351

About 6000 km of both bathymetric and high-resolution acoustic profiles were acquired on the shelf and upper slope offshore Peru between 9° S and 14° S. Two new sediment echosounder systems – SEL-96 and SES-2000DS – provided details of the sedimentary structures of the Quaternary sequences within the Sechura-Salaverry, Huacho and Pisco Basins. To a great extent, the poleward undercurrent determines the distribution of sediments. The undercurrent has generated numerous erosional unconformities, it has winnowed hardgrounds and has created mudwaves common between 250 m and 400 m water depth. Distinct subbottom reflectors within sedimentary units represent hiatuses due to periods of intensified winnowing or non-deposition. Erosional unconformities usually marked by pronounced reflectors suggest shifts of the undercurrent system related to climatic changes and eustatic variations of sea level. On a larger scale, the stacked prograding depositional sequences reflect the sea-level cycles of the Middle Pleistocene to the Holocene. Based on the stratigraphy of our piston cores and that of Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Site 680, the depositional sequences limited by extended unconformities were assigned to oxygen isotope stages 1 to 7. Other sedimentary structures are small straight channels that were conduits for downslope sediment transport. Deformed sediments associated with synsedimentary normal faults result from creep movements indicating beginning slope failure.  相似文献   

Compositional variation in Hg-bearing sphalerite from the polymetallic Eskay Creek deposit, British Columbia, Canada   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Tassos A. Grammatikopoulos  Oleg Valeyev  Tina Roth 《Chemie der Erde / Geochemistry》2006,66(4):307-314

The Eskay Creek, British Columbia, Canada, is a polymetallic, gold- and silver-rich, volcanic-hosted, massive sulfide deposit. The ore in the deposit is divided into subzones distinguished by mineralogy, texture, grade and metallurgical characteristics. This study presents the results of a mineralogical examination of three composite field samples, with emphasis on the chemistry of sphalerite. Sphalerite is associated with variable amounts of Hg-tetrahedrite and cinnabar, and an array of sulfides, sulphosalts and non-opaque minerals. Electron micro probe analyses of sphalerite in the three composite samples reveal wide variations in compositions. The Hg content in sphalerite in the three samples varies between 0.08 and 16.35 wt%, whereas the Fe content ranges from 0.33 to 2.29 wt%. The chemical formula of the sphalerite shows the compositional range (Zn_0.89–0.98Hg_0.01–0.09.Fe_0.005–0.02)S. Sphalerite exhibits an almost perfect substitution of Hg and Zn, as shown by the negative covariance between them. Sphalerite with the highest Hg contents tends to have the lowest Fe concentrations. The highest Hg contents in sphalerite are recorded in the samples with the highest bulk Hg concentrations and with the highest cinnabar contents.

The compositional variations of sphalerite are important because they can be used in mapping ore forming fluids and indicate possible temporal variations. Second, determination of the compositional variation of the sphalerite in the mine has metallurgical implications because the mineral is an important Zn source. The mineralogical data indicate that non-physical processes (e.g. pyrometallurgy) must be used to separate Hg from Zn concentrates, with direct environmental implications, that is, release of metals, such as Hg, into the environment during mining and processing.  相似文献   

Lower crustal melting and the role of open-system processes in the genesis of syn-orogenic quartz diorite–granite–leucogranite associations: constraints from Sr–Nd–O isotopes from the Bandombaai Complex, Namibia     

Tina van de Flierdt  Stephan Hoernes  Stefan Jung  Peter Masberg  Edgar Hoffer  Urs Schaltegger  Hans Friedrichsen 《Lithos》2003,67(3-4):205-226

The Bandombaai Complex (southern Kaoko Belt, Namibia) consists of three main intrusive rock types including metaluminous hornblende- and sphene-bearing quartz diorites, allanite-bearing granodiorites and granites, and peraluminous garnet- and muscovite-bearing leucogranites. Intrusion of the quartz diorites is constrained by a U–Pb zircon age of 540±3 Ma.

Quartz diorites, granodiorites and granites display heterogeneous initial Nd- and O isotope compositions (_{Nd (540 Ma)}=−6.3 to −19.8; δ¹⁸O=9.0–11.6‰) but rather low and uniform initial Sr isotope compositions (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr_initial=0.70794–0.70982). Two leucogranites and one aplite have higher initial ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios (0.70828–0.71559), but similar initial _Nd (−11.9 to −15.8) and oxygen isotope values (10.5–12.9‰). The geochemical and isotopic characteristics of the Bandombaai Complex are distinct from other granitoids of the Kaoko Belt and the Central Zone of the Damara orogen. Our study suggests that the quartz diorites of the Bandombaai Complex are generated by melting of heterogeneous mafic lower crust. Based on a comparison with results from amphibolite-dehydration melting experiments, a lower crustal garnet- and amphibole-bearing metabasalt, probably enriched in K₂O, is a likely source rock for the quartz diorites. The granodiorites/granites show low Rb/Sr (<0.6) ratios and are probably generated by partial melting of meta-igneous (intermediate) lower crustal sources by amphibole-dehydration melting. Most of the leucogranites display higher Rb/Sr ratios (>1) and are most likely generated by biotite-dehydration melting of heterogeneous felsic lower crust. All segments of the lower crust underwent partial melting during the Pan-African orogeny at a time (540 Ma) when the middle crust of the central Damara orogen also underwent high T, medium P regional metamorphism and melting. Geochemical and isotope data from the Bandombaai Complex suggest that the Pan-African orogeny in this part of the orogen was not a major crust-forming episode. Instead, even the most primitive rock types of the region, the quartz diorites, represent recycled lower crustal material.  相似文献   

Hot Spots of Nitrification in the Elbe Estuary and Their Impact on Nitrate Regeneration     

Tina Sanders  Andreas Schöl  Kirstin Dähnke 《Estuaries and Coasts》2018,41(1):128-138

Estuaries act as an organic matter and nutrient filter in the transition between the land, rivers and the ocean. In the past, high nutrient and organic carbon load and low oxygen concentration made the Elbe River estuary (NW Europe) a sink for dissolved inorganic nitrogen. A recent reduction in loads and subsequent recovery of the estuary changed its biogeochemical function, so that nitrate is no longer removed on its transition towards the coastal North Sea. Nowadays in the estuary, nitrification appears to be a significant nitrate source. To quantify nitrification and determine actively nitrifying regions in the estuary, we measured the concentrations of ammonium, nitrite and nitrate, the dual stable isotopes of nitrate and net nitrification rates in the estuary on five cruises from August 2012 to August 2013. The nitrate concentration increased markedly downstream of the port of Hamburg in summer and spring, accompanied by a decrease of nitrate isotope values that was clearest in summer exactly at the location where nitrate concentration started to increase. Ammonium and nitrite peaked in the Hamburg port region (up to 18 and 8 μmol L^?1, respectively), and nitrification rates in this region were up to 7 μmol L^?1 day^?1. Our data show that coupled re-mineralization and nitrification are significant internal nitrate sources that almost double the estuary’s summer nitrate concentration. Furthermore, we find that the port of Hamburg is a hot spot of nitrification, whereas the maximum turbidity zone (MTZ) only plays a subordinate role in turnover of nitrate.  相似文献   

50 Jahre Kontinentalverschiebungstheorie- von Wegener bis Runcorn     

H. G. Wunderlich 《International Journal of Earth Sciences》1962,52(1):504-513

Zusammenfassung Die Geologische Vereinigung war das berufene Gremium, vor dem vor 50 JahrenAlfred Wegener zum ersten Male seine Gedanken zur Entstehung der Kontinente und Ozeane entwickelt hat. Auch die umfassende Diskussion anläßlich der Atlantis-Tagung 1939 galt diesem Thema. Im Gedenken an eine geniale Forscherpersönlichkeit erhebt sich die Frage, was nach einem halben Jahrhundert ausWegeners Idee geworden ist.

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A survey of the development ofWegeners Continental Drift Theory since the time of her creation is outlined. The theory was first offered 50 years ago.

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Résumé La Geologische Vereinigung fut l'assemblée devant laquelle, il y a 50 ans,Alfred Wegener a, pour la première fois, exposé ses idées sur la genèse des continents et océans. C'est là aussi que fut organisée une discussion générale sur le même sujet lors de la session sur l'Atlantique en 1939.En souvenir de la personnalité géniale de ce chercheur, on se doit de se demander ce que l'idée deWegener est devenue après un demi-siècle.

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Mass,Ablauf und Ursachen orogener Einengung am Beispiel des Rheinischen Schiefergebirges,Ruhrkarbons und Harzes     

Prof. Dr. H. G. Wunderlich 《International Journal of Earth Sciences》1965,54(2):861-882

Zusammenfassung Ausgehend von einer Bilanz der effektiv erzielten Einengungsbeträge bei Gebirgsbildungsvorgängen — dargelegt am Beispiel wichtiger Teilstücke des Varistischen Gebirges in Mitteleuropa — wird der Frage nach dem Ablauf dieser Krusteneinengung und ihren Ursachen nachgegangen. Für das Ruhrgebiet im Bereich der Abb. 1 ist eine Verkürzung um 9 km auf heute 50 km quer zum Streichen, für das Rheinische Schiefergebirge im Querprofil Wiesbaden-Mülheim eine solche um 130 km auf heute 180 km anzunehmen. Für den Harz ergeben sich vergleichbare Werte.Dieser gewaltige Einengungsbetrag kann nicht in einer oder wenigen kurzfristigen tektonischen Phasen erreicht worden sein, sondern setzt langfristige Einengungsvorgänge in der Erdkruste voraus, die über große Zeiträume des Karbons, ja wohl auch schon des Oberdevons andauern. Entgegen der Auffassung, daß sich im Laufe der Entwicklung des Varistischen Gebirges und seiner Vorgeschichte Zeiten ruhiger epirogener Trogabsenkung und Geosynklinalfüllung mit kurzfristigen Akten gleichsam ruckartiger Faltung abwechseln, läßt die fazielle Analyse eher darauf schließen, daß Absenkung und Sedimentation der Saumsenke und Einengung des werdenden Gebirges mindestens seit dem Dinant III alpha zeitlich nebeneinander hergehen. Dabei rückt der Faltungsbereich im langfristigen Mittelwert jährlich um einige (etwa 1–3 mm) nach außen, in Richtung auf das Vorland vor. Als Ursache dieser Bewegungen kommt wohl nur langsames, aber nahezu stetiges Strömen des subkrustalen Substrates in Betracht, dem die Erdkruste passiv ausgesetzt ist.

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Starting with the ascertainment of effective balance of shortening resulting on account of compression during the orogeny, with examples quoted for the important parts of Hercynian Orogen (Varistisches Gebirge) in Middle Europe, the question of the shortening of the crust, its causes and effects were investigated. In Ruhr area (Ruhrgebiet) shown in fig. 1 an amount of shortening of 9 km to 50 km today is ascertained in a direction perpendicular to the strike direction of the structure. For the Rheinisches Schiefergebirge the amount of shortening in a cross-section from Wiesbaden to Mulheim/Ruhr (Germany) is estimated 130 km today to 180 km. Such a huge amount of shortening due to compression in one or a few short-termed tectonic phases is not possible, but it is rather due to a long continous compression in the Earsts Crust. This may have lasted for a long time; from the Carboniferous periods or may be from the time of Upper Devonian. In contrary to the opinion that during the time of Hercynian Orogeny and its prehistory, a calm epeirogenic subsidence and sedimentation in the geosyncline with minor disturbances due to diastrophism took place, the analysis of the facies early shows that subsidence and sedimentation in the foredeep (Saumsenke) and shortening in the growing orogen took place at least till Dinantian III alpha simultaneously. It is further noticeable that the region of diastrophism advances in a long-termed medium range with an yearly average of (1–3 mm) outwards in the direction of foreland. The possible considerable causes of these movements may be only due to the slow but continous streaming of the subcrustel substratum to which the Earths Crust reacts passively.

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Résumé Partant de valeurs du rétrécissement effectivement reconnues lors des processus de formation des chaînes montagneuses — par exemple dans des portions importantes de la chaîne varisque en Europe Centrale — l'auteur s'interroge sur le déroulement de ce raccourcissement de l'écorce et sur ses causes. On peut admettre un raccourcissement transversal de 9 Km sur les 50 Km actuellement mesurés pour la région de la Ruhr dans les limites du tableau 1, et de 130 Km pour le massif schisteux rhénan suivant le profil Wiesbaden-Mülheim dont la longueur actuelle est de 180 Km. Pour le Harz les valeurs obtenues sont comparables.Ce rétrécissement important n'a pu être atteint au cours d'une seule ou de quelques phases tectoniques de faible durée; il suppose par contre des processus de rétrécissement de longue durée dans l'écorce terrestre et qui persistent pendant de longues périodes au Carbonifère et même déjà au Dévonien supérieur. Contrairement à l'idée qu'au cours de l'évolution de la chaîne hercynienne et lors de son histoire antérieure, des périodes calmes de subsidence épirogénique et de remplissage géosynclinal alternent avec de brèves interventions à plissement saccadé, l'analyse des facies permet plutôt de conclure que affaissement et sédimentation dans la fosse limitrophe et rétrécissement dans la chaîne naissante s'effectuent simultanément tout au moins dès le Dinantien III alpha. Le domaine de plissement se propage donc vers l'extérieur en direction de l'avantpays, à la moyenne annuelle de quelques mm (1 à 3) calculée pour une longue période. Quant à la cause de ces mouvements, on en vient à penser à un courant du fond infracrustal, lent mais sensiblement constant, auquel l'écorce est passivement exposée.

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Die Bedeutung der Süddeutschen Großscholle in der Geodynamik Westeuropas     

Prof. Dr. Hans G. Wunderlich 《International Journal of Earth Sciences》1974,63(2):755-772

The crustal plate of Southern Germany models, in a highly instructive way, the real behaviour of continental crustal plates in the immediate foreland of an active orogenic mountain belt. The frontier line between alpidic and outer-alpine strain pattern crossed this first order tectonic unit. During Upper Tertiary times, the crustal plate of Southern Germany shows an anticlockwise rotation of the direction of maximal principal stress (from NNE/SSW through NNW/SSE to NW/SE), nearly contemporaneous to the transition from alpine Flysch-to Molasse-to postorogenic sedimentation. From prae-Upper Cretaceous to Oligocene, NNE-SSW-plate movement follows a direction more or less parallel — not perpendicular — to the North Atlantic midocean ridge. Since the Pliocene, the axis of tectonic transport (a in rock fabrics nomenclature) turns to a more northwesterly-southeasterly position, so nearly becoming to the well known sea-floor spreading concept. But, at that time, alpine orogenesis comes to an end. Today, neither in the Alps nor in their foreland, any adequate subduction zone to counterbalance the opening of the North Atlantic (as supposed by means of paleomagnetic data) still exists. Since early Pliocene time, the Southern Germany crustal plate shows, in spite of the overburden by thick Molasse sediments, neither any subsidence nor underthrusting the Alps, but, on the contrary, uplifting in a magnitude up to more than fivehundred meters, while the opening of the North Atlantic seems to continue. So we find some serious inconsistencies between the so called new global tectonics and the tectonic evolution of the Southern Germany crustal plate.  相似文献   

Deep-sea coral aragonite as a recorder for the neodymium isotopic composition of seawater     

Tina van de Flierdt  Laura F. Robinson 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》2010,74(21):6014-6032

Deep-sea corals have been shown to be useful archives of rapid changes in ocean chemistry during the last glacial cycle. Their aragonitic skeleton can be absolutely dated by U-Th data, freeing radiocarbon to be used as a water-mass proxy. For certain species of deep-sea corals, the growth rate allows time resolution that is comparable to ice cores. An additional proxy is needed to exploit this opportunity and turn radiocarbon data into rates of ocean overturning in the past.Neodymium isotopes in seawater can serve as a quasi-conservative water-mass tracer and initial results indicate that deep-sea corals may be reliable archives of seawater Nd isotopes. Here we present a systematic study exploring Nd isotopes as a water-mass proxy in deep-sea coral aragonite. We investigated five different genera of modern deep-sea corals (Caryophyllia, Desmophyllum, Enallopsamia, Flabellum, Lophelia), from global locations covering a large potential range of Nd isotopic compositions. Comparison with ambient seawater measurements yields excellent agreement and suggests that deep-sea corals are reliable archives for seawater Nd isotopes.A parallel study of Nd concentrations in these corals yields distribution coefficients for Nd between seawater and coral aragonite of 1-10, omitting one particular genus (Enallopsamia). The corals and seawater did however not come from exactly the same location, and further investigations are needed to reach robust conclusions on the incorporation of Nd into deep-sea coral aragonite.Lastly, we studied the viability of extracting the Nd isotope signal from fossil deep-sea corals by carrying out stepwise cleaning experiments. Our results show that physical removal of the ferromanganese coating and chemical pre-cleaning have the highest impact on Nd concentrations, but that oxidative/reductive cleaning is also needed to acquire a seawater Nd isotope signal.  相似文献   

Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of Holocene coastal sediments adjacent to archaeological ruins in Aqaba,Jordan     

Alivia J. Allison  Tina M. Niemi 《Geoarchaeology》2010,25(5):602-625

Stratified cultural remains from the Early Roman/Nabataean to Byzantine periods in the coastal zone of Aqaba, Jordan, and analyses of thirteen sediment cores provide evidence for changes in the depositional environment during the Holocene. The overall trend in subsurface sediments is a basal marine transgressive layer overlain by a regressional sequence of embayment lagoonal sediments identified from microfossil analyses, and backshore pond, alluvium, and eolian deposits until the 1st century B.C., when mudbrick structures appear. Based on two radiocarbon dates, a brackish water coastal embayment formed prior to ca. 5900–5700 B.C. and was subsequently filled by siltation. Local tectonic subsidence along faults of the Dead Sea transform may have helped form the lagoon. Freshwater Candona sp. ostracods found in sand layers in the lagoon facies show signs of having been transported and redeposited. These data indicate that lakes or marshes were likely located inland of the study area. Supporting faunal and floral evidence for wetter climatic conditions, wetland habitats, and extensive water diversion and agricultural terraces has been excavated at late Chalcolithic (4000–3500 B.C.) sites in the Aqaba region (Khalil & Schmidt, 2009 ). By the 8th century B.C., the depositional environment along the coastal plain of Aqaba was dominated by distal alluvial fan and eolian sedimentation and the shoreline had prograded about 400m seaward. The migration of human settlements since the 8th century B.C. from the center of the valley toward the southeast may be driven by the changing course of Wadi Yutim and conditions along the coastal plain. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.  相似文献   

Comparison of seismic activity for Llaima and Villarrica volcanoes prior to and after the Maule 2010 earthquake     

Cindy Mora-Stock  Martin Thorwart  Tina Wunderlich  Stefan Bredemeyer  Thor H. Hansteen  Wolfgang Rabbel 《International Journal of Earth Sciences》2014,103(7):2015-2028

Llaima and Villarrica are two of the most active volcanoes in the Chilean Southern Volcanic Zone and presently show contrasting types of activity. Llaima is a closed vent edifice with fumarolic activity, while Villarrica has an open vent with a lava lake, continuous degassing and tremor activity. This study is focused on characterizing the relationships between volcanic and seismic activity in the months before and after the 2010 M8.8 Maule earthquake, which was located in NNW direction from the volcanoes. Time series for tremors, long-period and volcano-tectonic events were obtained from the catalogue of the Volcanic Observatory of the Southern Andes (OVDAS) and from the SFB 574 temporary volcanic network. An increase in the amount of tremor activity, long-period events and degassing rates was observed at Villarrica weeks before the mainshock and continued at a high level also after it. This increase in activity is interpreted to be caused by enhanced magma influx at depth and may be unrelated to the Maule event. In Llaima, an increase in the volcano-tectonic activity was observed directly after the earthquake. The simultaneous post-earthquake activity at both volcanoes is consistent with a structural adjustment response. Since this enhanced activity lasted for more than a year, we suggest that it is related to a medium-term change in the static stress. Thus, the Maule earthquake may have affected both volcanoes, but did not trigger eruptions, from which we assume that none of the volcanoes were in a critical state.  相似文献