ALBERT

Description: Vertical phytoplankton distribution, temperol fluctuations and sedimentation rates were studied in the central Baltic Sea during the "Baltic Sea Patchiness Experiment 1986" (PEX'86). Vertical particle flux was measured with free sediment traps deployed at 30 and 60m depth for ten April/May 1986 within the PEX grid (20 x 40 nautical drifting days in miles). In the vicinity of one drifting trap water samples were collected in 10-12 depths down to 70m and vertical profiles of temperature, salinity, beam attenuation and light intensity were measured at three hour intervals. Water samples were analyzed for Chl.a, POC and PON content, dry weight and nutrients. Particulate parameters including the activity of 137 Cs were measured in trap samples. Suspended and sedimented particulates were counted under an inverted microscope. Precision and accuracy of the microscopical counts are discussed and confidence limits are calculated for different spec1es and applied counting schemes. Errors in all cases were smaller than the observed in situ variability. A general description of spring blooms in the central Baltic is given and the particular situation of spring 1986 is summarized. Within the station grid of PEX'86 an anticyclonic eddy was observed in which this study was conducted. Here the phytoplankton had reached peak concentrations and mass sedimentation of diatoms was about to start. The bloom was dominated by Thalassiosira levanderi and Chaetoceros spp. (lOµm size). Achnantes taeniata, Mesodinium rubrum, Gonyaulax catenata and an autotrophic Gymnodinium species (26-30µm) were also abundant. Horizontal patchiness and advection caused greater variability in the distribution of phytoplankton biomass blooms as well as temperature and attenuation during the first days than during the latter half of the investigation period. In four different areas within the PEX grid different developed independently. On still smaller time and space scales, the phytoplankton species composition also changed. The degree of patchiness was different for different species. General concepts explaining vertical distribution patterns of phytoplankton by physical and biological mechanisms are discussed. The species-specific distribution of selected diatoms, dinoflagellates and of the funktionally autotrophic ciliate M.rubrum are described. None of the species were homogeneously distributed although no vertical density stratification was observed. Whereas the diatoms and M.rubrum were present within the whole trophogenic layer, the dinoflagellates were only found in the upper 30m. The vertical distribution was different for concentrations were encountered each at species and different maximum depths respectively. Mechanisms affecting species-specific distribution of mobile and non-mobile phytoplankters in isopycnal layers are discussed in light of the particular situation of this study. Diurnal vertical migration is shown for two dinoflagellates and the phytociliate and triggering factors are discussed. All three species migrated upwards during the day and downwards at night. In its detail, however, the migratory behaviour differed between species and also within single populations. Different strategies of adaptation of phytoplankton to changing environmental conditions are suggested: Wheras diatoms adapt to fluctuations of the light climate by physiological adaptations, mobile organisms have the possibility to stay in an isolume layer. The significance of turbulence, of chainformation and of resting stages in the life cycles of phytoplankton is also evaluated. Trap deployments reveiled that only T.levanderi and Chaetoceros spp. sedimented. Their daily relative sedimentation rates (losses as % of standing stocks) increased over time and were species-specific (for T.levanderi max. 50%). Since part of the T.levanderi population was actively dividing (20% of the standing stock was found as paired cells) their suspended concentration decreased slower than that of Chaetoceros spp., although the daily sedimentation of the latter species was only about 30% of the standing stock. T.levanderi occured in chains in the water column but only single cells were found in sedimented material and paired cells were never found in the trap samples. Chaetoceros spores were rare in the water column and only sporadically collected by the sediment traps. The relative sedimentation rate of all other species was less than 5% per day. The settling velocity of the cells was estimated in different independent ways to be about 40-60m/d. This high sinking speed was attributed to aggregate formation. The results indicate that aggregate formation is not only species-specific but also differs between life-stages within one species. Variability of sedimentation rates on a timescale of hours was high, suggesting a diurnal pattern. Sedimentation did not change the vertical distribution patterns, indicating that cells were sinking with similar rates from all depths. The advantages of a Lagrangian sampling strategy (time series measurements 1n the vicinity of a free drifting buoy) for investigating phytoplankton development in time are evaluated and compared to a sampling at a moored station (Eulerian approach). In an environment that exhibits an intense patchiness even at spatial scales of lOOm, as encountered in this study, the influence of advection and patchiness on a time-series with a resolution of hours to days can not be neglected even if the Lagrangian approach is followed. Furthermore, in this study the variability of var1ous parameters measured in an Eulerian mode was not generally higher than that following the Lagrangian one, as one would have expected.

Description: The Owen Ridge south of Oman represents oceanic crust that was uplifted by compressional tectonic forces in the early Miocene. Build-out of the Indus Fan led to deposition of a thick sequence of turbidites over the site of the Ridge during the late Oligocene and early Miocene. Early Miocene uplift of the Ridge led to a pelagic cap of nannofossil chalks. Two short sequences of turbidites from the pre- and syn-uplift phases were chosen for detailed grain size analysis. The upper Oligocene section at Site 731 is composed of thin (centimeter-decimeter scale) graded mud turbidites separated by relatively thick (decimeter-meter scale) intervals of homogeneous, non-bioturbated clayey siltstones. These finer intervals are unusually silt-rich (about 60%) for ungraded material and were probably deposited as undifferentiated muds from a series of turbidity current tails. By contrast, the lower Miocene section at Site 722 is comprised of a sequence of interbedded turbidites and hemipelagic carbonates. Sharp-based silt turbidites are overlain by burrow-mottled marly nannofossil chalks. The Oligocene sequence may have accumulated in an overbank setting on the middle fan - the local topographic position favoring frequent deposition from turbidity current tails and occasional deposition from the body of a turbidity flow. Uplift of the Ridge in the early Miocene led to pelagic carbonate deposition interrupted only by turbidity currents capable of overcoming a topographic barrier. Further uplift eventually led to entirely pelagic carbonate deposition.

Description: Titanomagnetites separated from 15 different rock samples (including ocean-floor basalts from DSDP Legs 37, 45 and 46) were analyzed together with whole-rock samples by instrumental neutron-activation analysis for Sc, Cr, Co, Zn, Hf, Ta, Th and the REE La, Ce, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Tm, Yb and Lu. In titanomagnetities from ocean-floor basalts and some other rocks, REE are enriched with respect to the whole-rock composition by factors of between 1.5 and 3 for light REE and between 1.0 and 1.9 for heavy REE; that is, REE with larger ionic radii are preferentially incorporated into the magnetite lattice. Three magnetite samples are REE depleted. Their whole-rock samples contain P in appreciable amounts, so apatite, an important REE-accumulating mineral, could have captured REE to some extent. All titanomagnetites show a marked negative Eu anomaly, this is most probably caused by discrimination of Eu(2+) from the magnetite lattice. Co, Zn, Hf and Ta are significantly enriched in magnetites. The distribution behaviour of Sc and Cr is masked chiefly by the crystallization of clinopyroxene and therefore is not easy to estimate. Ulvöspinel contents of about 70% for the titanomagnetites from ocean-floor basalts were estimated from qualitative microprobe analysis. Ulvöspinel contents of all other samples varied in a wide range from 20% to about 90%. No correlation could be observed between this and the REE contents of the magnetites. Ilmenite exsolution lamellae could only be observed in titanomagnetites from a doleritic basalt from Leg 45.

Description: Times of vein mineral deposition in the ocean crust have been determined both by Rb-Sr isochron ages of vein smectites and by comparison of 87Sr/86Sr ratios of vein calcites with the known variations of seawater 87Sr/86Sr ratio with time. Results from drilling sites 105, 332B and 418A, Atlantic Ocean, which have basement formation ages of 155 m.y., 3.5 m.y., and 110 m.y., respectively, show that vein deposition is essenrially complete within 5-10 m.y. after formation of the basaltic crust. This provids direct evidence that hydrothermal circulation of sea-water through the oceanic crust is an important process for only 5-10 m.y. after crust formation.

Description: REE abundances in gabbros and peridotites from Site 334 of DSDP Leg 37 show that these rocks are cumulates produced by fractional crystallization of a primitive oceanic tholeiite magma. They may be part of a layered oceanic complex. The REE distributions in the residual liquids left after such a fractionation are similar to those of incompatible element-depleted oceanic tholeiites. The REE data indicate that the basalts which overlie the gabbro-peridotite complex, are not genetically related to plutonic rocks.

Description: 143Nd/144Nd ratios have been determined on 37 samples of oceanic basalt, with a typical precision of +/- 2-3 * 10**-5 (2 sigma). Ocean island and dredged and cored submarine basalts are included for which reliable measurements of 87Sr/86Sr ratios exist in the literature or have been measured as part of this study. A strong negative correlation exists between 143Nd/144Nd and 87Sr/86Sr ratios in basalts from Iceland and the Reykjanes Ridge, but such a clear correlation does not exist for samples from the Hawaiian Islands. However, when other ocean island basalts from the Atlantic are included there is an overall correlation between these two parameters. Increases and decreases in Rb/Sr in oceanic basalt source regions have in general been accompanied by decreases and increases respectively in Sm/Nd ratios. The compatibility of the data with single-stage models is assessed and it is concluded that enrichment and depletion events, which are consistent with transfer of silicate melts, are responsible for the observed variation.

Description: The book is devoted to investigations of benthic fauna and geology of the Southern Atlantic Ocean. These works have been carried out in terms of exploring biological structure of the ocean and are of great importance for development of this fundamental problem. They are based on material collected during Cruise 43 of R/V Akademik Kurchatov in 1985-1986 and Cruise 43 of R/V Dmitry Mendeleev in 1989. Problems of quantitative distribution, group composition and trophic structure of benthos in the Southern Scotia Sea, along the east-west Transatlantic section along 31°30'S, and offshore Namibia in the area of the Benguela upwelling are under consideration in the book. Authors present new data on fauna of several groups of deep-sea bottom animals and their zoogeography. Much attention is paid to analysis of morphological structure of the Scotia Sea floor considered in terms of plate tectonics. Bottom sediments along the Transatlantic section and facial variation of sediments in the area of South Shetland Islands and of the continental margin of Namibia are under consideration.

Description: Comparison of rates of accumulation of organic carbon in surface marine sediments from the central North Pacific, the continental margins off northwest Africa, northwest and southwest America, the Argentine Basin, and the western Baltic Sea with primary production rates suggests that the fraction of primary produced organic carbon preserved in the sediments is universally related to the bulk sedimentation rate. Accordingly, less than 0.01% of the primary production becomes fossilized in slowly accumulating pelagic sediments [(2 to 6 mm (1000 y)**-1] of the Central Pacific, 0.1 to 2% in moderately rapidly accumulating [2 to 13 cm (1000 y)**-1] hemipelagic sediments off northwest Africa, northwest America (Oregon) and southeast America (Argentina), and 11 to 18% in rapidly accumulating [66 to 140 cm (1000 y)**-1] hemipelagic sediments off southwest America (Peru) and in the Baltic Sea. The emiprical expression: %Org-C = (0.0030*R*S**0.30)/(ps(1-Theta)) implies that the sedimentary organic carbon content (% Org-C) doubles with each 10-fold increase in sedimentation rate (S), assuming that other factors remain constant; i.e., primary production (R), porosity and sediment density (ps). This expression also predicts the sedimentary organic carbon content from the primary production rate, sedimentation rate, dry density of solids, and their porosity; it may be used to estimate paleoproductivity as well. Applying this relationship to a sediment core from the continental rise off northwest Africa (Spanish Sahara) suggests that productivity there during interglacial oxygen isotope stages 1 and 5 was about the same as today but was higher by a factor of 2 to 3 during glacial stages 2, 3, and 6.

Description: Recent studies of abyssal peridotites (Johnson et al., 1990, doi:10.1029/JB095iB03p02661), mid-ocean-ridge basalts (MORBs) (McKenzie, 1985, doi:10.1016/0012-821X(85)90001-9) and their entrained melt inclusions (Sobolev and Shimizu, 1993, doi:10.1038/363151a0; Humler and Whitechurch, 1988, doi:10.1016/0012-821X(88)90055-6) have shown that fractional melting of the upwelling sub-oceanic mantle produces magmas with a much wider range of compositions than erupted MORBs. In particular, it seems that strongly depleted primary magmas are routinely produced by melting beneath ridges (Johnson et al., 1990, doi:10.1029/JB095iB03p02661). The absence of strongly depleted melts as erupted lavas prompts the question of how long such magmas survive beneath ridges, before their distinctive compositions are concealed by mixing with more enriched magmas. Here we report mineral compositions from a unique suite of oceanic cumulates recovered from DSDP Site 334 (Aumento et al., doi:10.2973/dsdp.proc.37.1977), which indicate that the rocks crystallized from basaltic liquids that were strongly depleted in Na, Ti, Zr, Y, Sr and rare-earth elements relative to any erupted MORB. It thus appears that the magmatic plumbing system beneath the Mid-Atlantic Ridge permitted strongly depleted magmas to accumulate in a magma chamber and remain sufficiently isolated to produce cumulate rocks. Even so, spatial heterogeneity in the compositions of high-calcium pyroxenes suggests that in the later stages of solidification these rocks reacted with infiltrating enriched basaltic liquids.

Description: Refractory megacrysts of olivine, plagioclase, chromian diopside and Cr-Al spinel, which were not in equilibrium with the host oceanic tholeiite on eruption, are present in samples from several dredge sites and DSDP drill sites in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. They have multiple origins: (1) cognate or accidental mantle fragments; (2) relict fragments from fractional crystallization of parental liquids considerably more primitive than oceanic tholeiite; and most commonly (3) the fractional crystallization products of such liquids mixed with oceanic tholeiite magma. Melt inclusions in chrome-spinel phenocrysts provide evidence for this postulated Mg- and Ca-rich magma which has counterparts in the Scottish Tertiary Province and in west Greenland.

Description: Nodule samples obtained were described and studied on board for 1) observation of occurrence and morphology in and outside samplers, size classification, measurement of weight and calculation of population density (kg/m2); 2) photographing whole nodules on the plate marked with the frames of unit areas of both 0cean-70 (0.50 m2) and freefall grab (0.13 m2), and that of typical samples on the plate with a 5 cm grid scale: 3) observation of internal structures of the nodules on cut section; and 4) determination of mineral composition by X-ray diffractometer. The relation between nodule types and geological environment or chemical composition was examined by referring to other data of related studies, such as sedimentology. acoustic survey, and chemical analysis.

Description: Ziel dieser Arbeit war es am Beispiel zweier Schleswig-Holsteinischer Marschsedimente die Veränderungen des gestaltlichen Porengefüges bei geostatischer Kompaktion zu quantifizieren. In einem Vergleich mit Ergebnissen aus pF- und ku- Untersuchungen von Sedimenten derselben Standorte durch GUENTHER (1991) sollte überprüft werden, welche Parameter des gestaltlichen Gefüges die Veränderungen der funktionalen Eigenschaften bestimmen. Der Vergleich fand beispielhaft an unkompaktierten und kompaktierten Bodenproben statt. ff

Description: DSDP Leg 337 was planned as an attemp at deep penetration of the igneous section of the oceanic crust on the western flank of the FAMOUS (Franco- American Mid-Ocean Undersea Study) area of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 36°N. Site 332 is located in Deep Drill Valley approximately 30 km west of the axis of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 36°52'N latitude. The principal goal at this site was deep penetration into layer 2 of the ocean crust by multiple re-entry. Site 334 was drilled on a steep east-facing slope in a small, deep basin near the middle of magnetic anomaly 5. In this area, breccias with gabbro and peridotite clasts in a nannofossil-foram ooze matrix are interlayered with the plutonic rocks and may reflect exposure of a melange in or near the Median Valley of the Mid- Atlantic Ridge prior to burial by later basaltic extrusions.

Description: Analyses of Pb from mid-ocean ridge basalts obtained from DSDP Leg 37 lie on a line of near-zero-age slope. The data seem consistent with an evolutionary model of three stages, the beginning of the second stage being at about 600 m.y. - the model age obtained for the least radiogenic Pb. The beginning of the third stage of evolution at the time of formation of the rocks apparently did not change the average Th/U ratio since measured values are consistent with the ratio deduced from Pb isotope ratios. Ratios of U/Pb are not consistent with Pb isotope ratios, however, thus ruling out a simple two-stage evolutionary model.

Description: A detailed geochemical-petrological examination of layer 2 basalts recovered during Leg 37 of the DSDP has revealed that the original distribution, form and abundance of igneous sulfide have been profoundly altered during low-grade oxidative diagenesis. The net result appears to have been a rather pervasive remobilization of igneous sulfide to form secondary pyrite accompanied by a bulk loss of sulfur equivalent to about 50-60% of the original igneous value, assuming initial saturation. It is suggested that during infiltration of seawater into the massive crystalline rock, igneous sulfide has experienced pervasive oxidation, under conditions of limited oxidation potential, to form a series of unstable, soluble sulfur species, primarily in the form of SO3[2-] and S2O3[2-]. Spontaneous decomposition of these intermediate compounds through disproportionation has resulted in partial reconstitution of the sulfur as secondary pyrite and the generation of SO4[2-] ion, which, due to its kinetic stability, has been lost from the basalt system and ultimately transferred to the ocean. This model not only satisfies the geochemical and petrological observations but also provides a suitable explanation for the highly variable delta34S values which characterize secondary sulfides in deep ocean floor basalts.

Description: Oceanic crustal drilling by R. V. Glomar Challenger at 15 sites in the North Atlantic has led to a complex picture of the upper half kilometer of the crust. Elements of the picture include the absence of the source for linear magnetic anomalies, marked episodicity of volcanic activity, ubiquitous low temperature alteration and evidence for large scale tectonic disturbance. Comparison sections in the Pacific and much deeper crustal drilling are needed to attack problems arising from the North Atlantic results.

Description: The Aminoil Group drilled a 10,000 ft - well a few kilometers off the Krakatau volcano in 1973. The well bottomed in Pliocene sediments after penetrating a more than 8,000 ft thick Upper Pliocene section of mainly claystones with interbedded sand-, siltstones and pyroclastics. On the basis of temperature surveys and BHT's measured during logging, a static formation temperature in excess of 450° F was extrapolated for the bottom of the hole. Tue high temperatures caused some deterioration in the mud properties, but otherwise no serious drilling problems. Owing to overpressures a high salinity oil mud and controlled drilling had to be employed. The well was P&A because no economic hydrocarbon accumulations could be expected in the high temperature regimes.

Description: In der vorliegenden Arbeit werden Untersuchungen zur Verteilung des elektrischen Widerstandes in den südlichen zentralen Anden vorgestellt. Gestützt auf eine breite Datenbasis konnten mit Hilfe von ein- und überwiegend zweidimensionalen Modellierungen für Daten der Magnetotellurik und der Erdmagnetischen Tiefensondierung Modelle zur Verteilung des elektrischen Widerstandes in der andinen Kruste erstellt werden. Sie erlauben qualitative und quantitative Aussagen zur elektrischen Struktur in der Kruste. Im Andensegment von 21° bis 25° S wurden für einzelne Meßpunkte und für fünf mehrere 100 km lange Profile aus Nord-Chile, Süd-Bolivien und Nordwest-Argentinien Leitfähigkeitsmodelle erarbeitet. Elektromagnetische Untersuchnungen werden an einem aktiven Kontinentalrand durch den ’Küsteneffekt’ stark erschwert. Um den Küsteneffekt zu berücksichtigen, wurde der Pazifische Ozean bei einem zweidimensionalen Modell für ein Profil von der Küste bis in die Hochkordillere als ’Randbedingung’ mitmodelliert. Aus drei zweidimensional modellierten W-E-Profilen konnte ein alle morphostrukturellen Einheiten der Anden querendes Gesamtmodell auf der Breite von ca. 21°30’ S abgeleitet werden. Folgende Hauptmerkmale werden im Modell von W nach E beobachtet: • Unterhalb der Küstenkordillere ist der Widerstand mit größer als 3000 ihn relativ hoch. In diesem Bereich wird aber parallel zur Streichrichtung ein guter Leiter in der oberen Kruste gefunden, der lamelliert vorliegen muß. • Der Widerstand der ’normalen’ andinen Kruste ist bis in große Tiefen mit Werten von 50 bis 200 Ωm relativ gering. • Eine große Leitfähigkeitsanomalie liegt unterhalb der Westkordillere in geringer Tiefe. Sie erreicht eine integrierte Leitfähigkeit von ca. 25000 S. • Eine weitere Leitfähigkeitsanomalie mit einer integrierten Leitfähigkeit von ca. 14000 S wird unterhalb des Altiplano in der unteren Kruste beobachtet. Sie steigt von W nach E in die obere Kruste auf, und die integrierte Leitfähigkeit nimmt im westlichen Teil der Ostkordillere deutlich zu. Die Anomalie endet abrupt östlich von La Quiaca (ca. 65°30’ W). Im Ostteil der Ostkordillere wird ein relativ hoher Widerstand (ca. 500 Ωm) von der Oberfläche bis in große Tiefen beobachtet. • Das Vorland der Anden ist durch eine gut leitende Bedeckung charakterisiert. Der Widerstand der Lithosphäre nimmt von W nach E auf mehr als 3000 Ωm zu. Als Ursache der erhöhten elektrischen Leitfähigkeit werden für den guten Leiter unter der Küstenkordillere Kluftsysteme angesehen, in denen das in der subduzierten Platte vorhandene freie Wasser aufsteigt. Der extrem gute Leiter unter der Westkordillere kann im Einklang mit seismischen und gravimetrischen Untersuchungen als partiell geschmolzene Kruste interpretiert werden. Die Leitfähigkeitsanomalie unterhalb des Altiplano und der westlichen Ostkordillere könnte hingegen teilweise durch massive Vererzungen aber auch durch tektonische Ursachen begründet sein, wie z.B. tiefreichende Auf- und Abschiebungshorizonte, in denen Fluide vorhanden sind.

Description: The purpose of the present work is the research regarding the distribution of the electrical resistivity in the southern part of Central Andes. Supported by a considerable database and with the aid of one- and two-dimensional modelling tools developed for magnetotelurics and deep geomagnetical sounding, several models of the distribution of the electrical resistivity in the Andean crust were developed. They allow qualitative and quantitative insights related to the electrical structure within it. In the Andean segment between 21° and 25° S, several isolated measure stations and five regional profiles each of several 100 km length were processed to establish conductivity models for northern Chile, southern Bolivia and northwestern Argentina. Within this research work the ’coast effect’ at an active plate margin has to be taken into account and for this purpose, the Pacific Ocean was included as a boundary condition in a 2D model extending from the Pacific up to the High Andes. Based on three 2D modelled E-W oriented profiles, a greater model could be derived that involves all the present morphostructural units at a latitude of 21° 30’ S. These models showed mainly that: • below the Coastal Cordillera, the resistivity ranging within 3000 Ωm is comparatively high. Nevertheless, in this region a strike-parallel oriented conductor in the upper crust could be identified, which has to be lamellated. • down to great depths the resistivity of the ’normal’ Andean crust is relatively small, having values of 50 to 200 Ωm. • beneath the Western Cordillera, a shallow conductivity anomaly reaches total conductance of about 25000 S. • another conductivity anomaly with a total conductance of ca. 14000 S has been identified in the lower crust below the Altiplano. This anomaly reaches shallower levels to the east, and in the western part of the Eastern Cordillera, the total conductance increases. Eastwards of La Quiaca (ca. 65° 30’ W) the anomaly terminates abruptly. In the eastern part of the Eastern Cordillera a relatively high resistivity from the surface down to great depths was observed. • the Andean foreland shows a cover with good conductivity values. Beneath, the resistivity increases downward up to more than 3000 ßm from W to E. As a cause of the increased conductivity beneath the Coastal Cordillera, joint systems could account for the uprise of free water generated during the subduction of the Nazca plate. The extremely good conductor below the Western Cordillera can be interpreted together with gravity and seismic evidences as a partial melted crust. Besides, the conductivity anomaly beneath the Altiplano and the western Eastern Cordillera can be explained partly through the existence of ore deposits but also in terms of thrust tectonics, where the detachment zones are characterized by the presence of fluids.

Description: thesis

Description: DFG, SUB Göttingen

Description: Für die dreidimensionale Konstruktion und Visualisierung gestörter geologischer Schichtverbände wurde ein Systemverbund zur graphisch-interaktiven 3D-Flächenmodellierung auf der Basis geologischer Profildaten geschaffen. Die Verifizierung des Systems erfolgte anhand der Konstruktion eines 3D-Flächenmodells der Erftscholle (Niederrheinische Bucht). Zunächst wird die geologische Entwicklung und die heutige Situation des Untersuchungsgebietes beschrieben. Es werden auf die verwendete Datenbasis, bestehend aus Profilen, Bohrungen und Tiefenlinienpläne sowie die Interpretation, Aufarbeitung, Erfassung und Verwaltung der Daten eingegangen. Es schließt sich die Erläuterung des Systemverbundes an, der unter einer programmierbaren Anwenderoberfläche sowohl kommerzielle als auch freie Software vereinigt. Dieses anwendungsspezifisch gestaltbare System vereinigt Funktionen des Datenbankmanagements, der Visualisierung und der interaktiven 3D-Flächenkonstruktion auf CAD-Basis miteinander. Der offene modulare Aufbau des Systemverbundes ermöglicht die Anpassung an die spezifischen geologischen Anforderungen und die aktuellen Aufgabenstellungen. Dabei erlaubt die Interaktivität bei der Konstruktion und Visualisierung das Einbringen von Fachkenntnissen und Zusatzwissen in den Modellierungsprozess sowie eine gezielte Analyse komplexer 3D-Sachverhalte. Methodische Grundlagen der angewendeten Flächenkonstruktion auf der Basis irregulärer Dreiecksvermaschungen werden erläutert, und auf unterschiedliche Ansätze der Triangulierung eingegangen. Die Approximation natürlicher Flächen geschieht dabei durch ebene polygonale Facetten. Aufbauend auf diesen Grundlagen erfolgt die 3D-Flächenkonstruktion ausgewählter Schicht- und Störungsflächen aus dem Bereich der Erftscholle. Die einzelnen Arbeitsgänge von der Datenselektion über die Konstruktion bis zur Analyse des Flächenverbandes werden besprochen, um sowohl die gewählten Konstruktionsansätze, als auch die Funktionalität des Systemverbundes zu beschreiben.

Description: A soft and hardware system was combined for construction and visualisation of faulted geological strata units. Based on geological cross-sections, the system enables the graphical interactive 3D-surface modeling. By constructing the 3D-layermodel of the Erftblock (Lower Rhine Basin, Germany) the system was verified. First a description of the geological evolution and the present situation of the exploration area is provided. In addition the used data will be explained. This consists of cross-sections, wells, isopleth maps as well as the interpretation, processing, recording and management of the data. Then follows an illustration of the system. It joins commercial and free software under a programable user interface, which allows an optimisation of this tool depending on the necessary applications. The system unifies functions of database management, 3D-visualisation and interactive 3D-construction based on CAD-methods. The open and modular design of the system enables the adaption to specific geological requirements and current tasks. In particular, the interaction in terms of construction and visualisation allows the insertion of expert knowledge and additional facts into the modeling process. It also provides the possibility for exact analysis of complex 3D-objects. Methodical elements of the used construction process that are based on irregular triangulation will be explained. References to diferent approaches of triangulation will be revealed. In this work the approximation of natural surfaces is realized by means of flat and polygonal facets. This method form the base of the 3D-construction of the Erftblock, by which certain selected fault- and strata-boundaries are considered. To describe the function of the system and the approach for construction the singel steps of modeling will be pointed out. The process of modeling consists of data selection, construction, and finaly the analysis of the 3D-surface arrangement.

Description: thesis

Description: DFG, SUB Göttingen

Description: Radiocarbon ages on CaCO3 from deep-sea cores offer constraints on the nature of the CaCO3 dissolution process. The idea is that the toll taken by dissolution on grains within the core top bioturbation zone should be in proportion to their time of residence in this zone. If so, dissolution would shift the mass distribution in favor of younger grains, thereby reducing the mean radiocarbon age for the grain ensemble. We have searched in vain for evidence supporting the existence of such an age reduction. Instead, we find that for water depths of more than 4 km in the tropical Pacific the radiocarbon age increases with the extent of dissolution. We can find no satisfactory steady state explanation and are forced to conclude that this increase must be the result of chemical erosion. The idea is that during the Holocene the rate of dissolution of CaCO3 has exceeded the rain rate of CaCO3. In this circumstance, bioturbation exhumes CaCO3 from the underlying glacial sediment and mixes it with CaCO3 raining from the sea surface.

Description: High-resolution records of the concentration and mass accumulation rate (MAR, or flux) of biogenic sediments from core RC11-210 in the central equatorial Pacific are compared for the entire late Pleistocene. The fluxes of calcium carbonate and organic carbon correlate well. The opal flux pattern shows no direct correlation with the other two; rather, opal flux maxima correlate with slopes of (i.e. both precede and follow) the organic carbon and carbonate MAR peaks. Organic carbon and calcite therefore may both be better indicators of past productivity than opal, which is an indicator of transition at this location. We interpret the sequence low biogenic fluxes, high opal fluxes, high carbonate, carbon, and opal fluxes as representing the transition from low to high sea surface biological productivity. The phase relationships for eccentricity of the biogenic sedimentation records were compared to those of other climatic indications including the oxygen isotope record of ice volume, the ice core CO2 record, the Pacific delta13C record, the deep nutrient (Cd/Ca) record, and the eolian grain-size record of wind intensity. We find that starting from maximum ice volume (phase angle of 0°) the phase relationships of the 100,000-year periodicity show, in the first quadrant, maximum wind intensity (30°) and maximum calcite and carbon flux (45°) occurring first, followed by maximum opal flux (75°) and then maximum deep nutrients (95°). Minimum Pacific delta13C occurs at a phase angle of 155°, the maximum CO2 in the Vostok record and minimum ice volume is at 180°. Thus, in the eccentricity climate cycle, glacial conditions lead to stronger wind-driven circulation which enhances productivity which in turn results in enhanced oceanic and atmospheric carbon dioxide and minimum ice volume.

Description: Oxygen isotopic and microfaunal analyses and shell size variations of Orbulina universa in two Indian Ocean cores indicate that the position of the Subtropical Convergence has fluctuated between a northern limit north of 31°S during glacial stages and its present, maximum southern limit. The northward displacement of the Subtropical Convergence to a position off Durban, South Africa, reflects the general weakness of the Agulhas Current during glacial stages and parts of interglacial stages, representing about 65 percent of the past 540,000 years.

Description: The Milankovitch theory of climate change predicts that variations of the climate system should match the dominant frequencies of the orbital forcing in the 41 and 23 kyr**-1 frequency bands. Such a linear theory would predict that the amplitude variations of the climate response in these bands should match amplitude variations in orbital forcing. Here we compare amplitude variations of the marine oxygen isotope record with orbital forcing in these bands over the last 700,000 years and find systematic changes through time. We express these amplitude mismatches as variations in the glacial response time, a measure of the climate system's sensitivity to orbitally induced insolation changes. Variations in the glacial response time occur in all frequencies bands without strong concentration of variance in any given band, and have a 'red' spectrum with larger variations at the longer periods. The response time is coherent with delta18O at periods of 100 and 41 kyr, which suggests that the variations in glacial response time in part reflect internal feedback mechanisms of the global climate system. The phase relationship between the estimated glacial response time and the delta18O (ice volume) record is very different at these two frequencies, which suggests at least two separate feedback mechanisms. The first mechanism enhances the 100,000-year climate cycle by increasing rates of change during major glacial terminations. Candidates for this feedback include lithospheric depression and rebound, enhanced ice calving from large marine based ice sheets, and possibly others. A second set of mechanisms, which is detected in the response to the 41,000-year orbital cycle of Earth's obliquity, accelerates ice growth events and slows glacial melting. Some models which include feedbacks between ice sheets, sea ice, and deep ocean temperatures predict early rapid ice growth, followed by slower growth, and this general feature is consistent with our analysis. While we can not at present identify the specific feedbacks leading to asymmetry of growth and decay rates at different frequency bands, the finding of this ice-growth acceleration mechanism in the 41,000-year frequency band suggests that high-latitude processes, where insolation varies most strongly at this rhythm, may be involved. Our finding of systematic changes in climate sensitivity has implications for orbitally tuned chronologies in Pleistocene sediments. Instead of a constant phase shift within a frequency band between orbital forcing and glacial response, as has been assumed in the past, we suggest a variable phase. The largest changes in age estimates for isotopic events are at the glacial terminations, which in our chronology are as much as 3500 years older that estimated previously.