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Anmerkung: Contents I Review of Current Concepts 1 Introduction 1.1 Sequence Stratigraphy: A New Paradigm? 1.2 From Sloss to Vail 1.3 Problems and Research Trends: The Current Status 1.4 Stratigraphic Terminology 2 Methods for Studying Sequence Stratigraphy 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Erecting a Sequence Framework 2.2.1 The Importance of Unconformities 2.2.2 Facies Cycles 2.2.3 Stratigraphic Architecture: The Seismic Method 2.3 Methods for Assessing Regional and Global Changes in Sea Level, Other Than Seismic Stratigraphy 2.3.1 Areas and Volumes of Stratigraphic Units 2.3.2 Hypsometric Curves 2.3.3 Backstripping 2.3.4 Sea-Level Estimation from Paleoshorelines and Other Fixed Points 2.3.5 Documentation of Meter-Scale Cycles 2.4 Integrated Tectonic-Stratigraphic Analysis 3 The Four Basic Types of Stratigraphic Cycle 3.1 Introduction 3.2 The Supercontinent Cycle 3.3 Cycles with Episodicities of Tens of Millions of Years 3.4 Cycles with Million-Year Episodicities 3.5 Cycles with Episodicities of Less Than One Million Years 4 The Basic Sequence Model 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Terminology 4.3 Depositional Systems and Systems Tracts 4.4 Sequence Boundaries 4.5 Other Sequence Concepts 5 The Global Cycle Chart II The Stratigraphic Framework 6 Cycles with Episodicities of Tens to Hundreds of Millions of Years 6.1 Climate, Sedimentation, and Biogenesis 6.2 The Supercontinent Cycle 6.2.1 The Tectonic-Stratigraphic Model 6.2.2 The Phanerozoic Record 6.3 Cycles with Episodicities of Tens of Millions of Years 6.3.1 Intercontinental Correlations 6.3.2 Tectonostratigraphic Sequences 6.4 Main Conclusions 7 Cycles with Million-Year Episodicities 7.1 Extensional and Rifted Clastic Continental Margins 7.2 Foreland Basin of the North American Western Interior 7.3 Other Foreland Basins 7.4 Forearc Basins 7.5 Backarc Basins 7.6 Cyclothems and Mesothems 7;7 Carbonate Cycles of Platforms and Craton Margins 7.8 Evidence of Cyclicity in the Deep Oceans 7.9 Main Conclusions 8 Cycles with Episodicities of Less Than One Million Years 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Neogene Clastic Cycles of Continental Margins 8.3 Pre-Neogene Marine Carbonate and Clastic Cycles 8.4 Late Paleozoic Cyclothems 8.5 Lacustrine elastic and Chemical Rhythms 8.6 Clastic Cycles of Foreland Basins 8.7 Main Conclusions III Mechanisms 9 Long-Term Eustasy and Epeirogeny 9.1 Mantle Processes and Dynamic Topography 9.2 Supercontinent Cycles 9.3 Cycles with Episodicities of Tens of Millions of Years 9.3.1 Eustasy 9.3.2 Dynamic Topography and Epeirogeny 9.4 Main Conclusions 10 Milankovitch Processes 10.1 Introduction 10.2 The Nature of Milankovitch Processes 10.2.1 Components of Orbital Forcing 10.2.2 Basic Climatology 10.2.3 Variations with Time in Orbital Periodicities 10.2.4 Isostasy and Geoid Changes 10.2.5 The Nature of the Cyclostratigraphic Data Base 10.2.6 The Sensitivity of the Earth to Glaciation 10.2.7 Glacioeustasy in the Mesozoic? 10.2.8 Nonglacial Milankovitch Cyclicity 10.3 The Cenozoic Record 10.4 Late Paleozoic Cyclothems 10.5 The End-Ordovician Glaciation 10.6 Main Conclusions 11 Tectonic Mechanisms 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Rifting and Thermal Evolution of Divergent Plate Margins 11.2.1 Basic Geophysical Models and Their Implications for Sea-Level Change 11.2.2 Some Results from the Analysis of Modern Data Sets 11.3 Tectonism on Convergent Plate Margins and in Collision Zones 11.3.1 Magmatic Arcs and Subduction 11.3.2 Tectonism Versus Eustasy in Foreland Basins 11.3.2.1 The North American Western Interior Basin 11.3.2.2 The Appalachian Foreland Basin 11.3.2.3 Pyrenean and Himalayan Basins 11.3.3 Rates of Uplift and Subsidence 11.3.4 Discussion 11.4 Intraplate Stress 11.4.1 The Pattern of Global Stress 11.4.2 In-Plane Stress as a Control of Sequence Architecture 11.4.3 In-Plane Stress and Regional Histories of Sea-Level Change 11.5 Basement Control 11.6 Other Speculative Tectonic Hypotheses 11.7 Sediment Supply and the Importance of Big Rivers 11.8 Environmental Change 11.9 Main Conclusions IV Chronostratigraphy and Correlation: Why the Global Cycle Chart Should Be Abandoned 12 Time in Sequence Stratigraphy 12.1 Introduction 12.2 Hierarchies of Time and the Completeness of the Stratigraphic Record 12.3 Main Conclusions 13 Correlation, and the Potential for Error 13.1 Introduction 13.2 The New Paradigm of Geological Time? 13.3 The Dating and Correlation of Stratigraphic Events: Potential Sources of Uncertainty 13.3.1 Identification of Sequence Boundaries 13.3.2 Chronostratigraphic Meaning of Unconformities 13.3.3 Determination of the Biostratigraphic Framework 13.3.3.1 The Problem of Incomplete Biostratigraphic Recovery 13.3.3.2 Diachroneity of the Biostratigraphic Record 13.3.4 The Value of Quantitative Biostratigraphic Methods 13.3.5 Assessment of Relative Biostratigraphic Precision 13.3.6 Correlation of Biozones with the Global Stage Framework 13.3.7 Assignment of Absolute Ages 13.3.8 Implications for the Exxon Global Cycle Chart 13.4 Correlating Regional Sequence Frameworks with the Global Cycle Chart 13.4.1 Circular Reasoning from Regional Data 13.4.2 A Rigorous Test of the Global Cycle Chart 13.4.3 A Correlation Experiment 13.4.4 Discussion 13.5 Main Conclusions 14 Sea-Level Curves Compared 14.1 Introduction 14.2 The Exxon Curves: Revisions, Errors, and Uncertainties 14.3 Other Sea-Level Curves 14.3.1 Cretaceous Sea-Level Curves 14.3.2 Jurassic Sea-Level Curves 14.3.3 Why Does the Exxon Global Cycle Chart Contain So Many More Events Than Other Sea-Level Curves? 14.4 Main Conclusions V Approaches to a Modern Sequence-Stratigraphic Framework 15 Elaboration of the Basic Sequence Model 15.1 Introduction 15.2 Definitions 15.2.1 The Hierarchy of Units and Bounding Surfaces 15.2.2 Systems Tracts and Sequence Boundaries 15.3 The Sequence Stratigraphy of Clastic Depositional Systems 15.3.1 Pluvial Deposits and Their Relationship to Sea-Level Change 15.3.2 The Concept of the Bayline 15.3.3 Deltas, Beach-Barrier Systems, and Estuaries 15.3.4 Shelf Systems: Sand Shoals and Condensed Sections 15.3.5 Slope and Rise Systems 15.4 The Sequence Stratigraphy of Carbonate Depositional Systems 15.4.1 Platform Carbonates: Catch-Up Versus Keep-Up 15.4.2 Carbonate Slopes 15.4.3 Pelagic Carbonate Environments 15.5 Main Conclusions 16 Numerical and Graphical Modeling of Sequences 16.1 Introduction 16.2 Model Design 16.3 Selected Examples of Model Results 16.4 Main Conclusions VI Discussion and Conclusions 17 Implications for Petroleum Geology 17.1 Introduction 17.2 Integrated Tectonic-Stratigraphic Analysis 17.2.1 The Basis of the Methodology 17.2.2 The Development of an Allostratigraphic Framework 17.2.3 Choice of Sequence-Stratigraphic Models 17.2.4 The Search for Mechanisms 17.2.5 Reservoir Characterization 17.3 Controversies in Practical Sequence Analysis 17.3.1 The Case of the Tocito Sandstone, New Mexico 17.3.2 The Case of Gippsland Basin, Australia 17.3.3 Conclusions: A Modified Approach to Sequence Analysis for Practicing Petroleum Geologists and Geophysicists 17.4 Main Conclusions 18 Conclusions and Recommendations 18.1 Sequences in the Stratigraphic Record 18.1.1 Long-Term Stratigraphic Cycles 18.1.2 Cycles with Million-Year Episodicities 18.1.3 Cycles with Episodicities of Less Than One Million Years 18.2 Mechanisms 18.2.1 Long-Term Eustasy and Epeirogeny 18.2.2 Milankovitch Processes 18.2.3 Tectonic Mechanisms 18.3 Chronostratigraphy and Correlation 18.3.1 Concepts of Time 18.3.2 Correlation Problems, and the Basis of the Global Cycle Chart 18.3.3 Comparison of Sea-Level Curves 18.4 Modern Sequence Analysis 18.4.1 Elaboration of the Basic Sequence Model 18.4.2 Numerical and Graphical Modeling of Stratigraphic Sequences 18.5 Implications for Petroleum Geology 18.6 The Global-Eustasy Paradigm: Working Backwards from the Answer? 18.6.1 The Exxon Factor 18.6.2 Conclusions . 18.7 Recommendations References Author Index Subject Index

Anmerkung: Contents: Introduction: Roald Amundsen and the Belgica expedition. - 1 The Atlantic crossing. - 2 In South America. - 3 In the straits of Tierra del Fuego. - 4 Geographic discoveries. - 5 Trapped in the ice. - 6 Polar night. - 7 Return of the sun. - 8 Summer. - 9 Escape from the ice. - 10 Return home. - Further Reading. - Appendix. , Aus dem Niederländ. übers.

Anmerkung: Contents: The role of atmospheric circulation in the formation of air temperature anomalies on climatic scale in the Arctic / A. I. Voskresensky, A. A. Girs. - Some features of contemporary climatic variations in the Arctic / A. N. Lyubarsky, L. S. Petrov. - Structure of long-term variations of the snowless period in the Soviet Arctic / E. I. Aleksandrov, N. N. Briazgin, A. N. Lyubarsky. - Seasonal display of turbulent heat transfer in the Arctic Ocean / K. I. Chukanin. - Nature of causal relationship between the polar ice and the thermal conditions in the atmosphere / V. F. Zakharov. - Climate modelling and polar regions / A. I. Voskresensky, A. P. Nagurny. - Climatic change forecasting and polar regions / A. P. Nagurny. - Some features of the present evolution of the Arctic ice sheet / V. F. Zakharov, A. A. Kirillov. - Determination of the synchronous climate variation regions by the method of expansion in natural orthogonal functions (by example of the northern area of Ob' river basin) / E. I. Aleksandrov, N. N. Briazgin, A. N. Lyubarsky. - Climatic variations in the northern areas of Ob' and Yenisey river basins and in Karskoye more (Kara Sea) during the last decades / L. S. Petrov, V. V. Subbotin. , In kyrill. Schr.

Anmerkung: Arrangement of Volume III: Part VIII Germany. - Part IX Federal Republic of Germany. - Part X Japan. - Part XI New Zealand. - Part XII Norway. - Part XIII Peru. - Part XIV Poland. - Part XV South Africa. - Part XVI Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. - Part XVII United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. - Part XVIII United States of America. - Part XIX Uruguay.

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Anmerkung: Contents: Figures. - Tables. - Preface. - Illustrations. - 1. Introduction. - 1.1 Background. - 1.2 Scope of the text. - 1.3 World vegetation types. - 1.3.1 Vegetation formations and zones. - 1.3.2 Zonobiomes. - 1.3.3 Exoclimates. - 1.3.4 The Canadian vegetation classification system. - 1.3.5 Ecozones. - 1.3.6 Floristic realms. - 1.3.7 Plant species nomenclature. - 1.4 Soil classification and soil systems. - 1.5 Climatic parameters. - 1.5.1 The role of climate. - 1.5.2 Moisture indices. - 1.5.3 Climate diagrams. - 1.6 Plant strategies. - 1.6.1 Competition. - 1.6.2 Hydrature and moisture regulation. - 1.6.3 Life forms. - 1.6.4 Leaf morphology and adaptation. - 1.7 Biomass and net primary productivity. - 2. Tundra 2.1 Tundra distribution. - 2.2 Climate. - 2.3 Soils. - 2.4 Tundra in North America. - 2.4.1 Ecoclimatic sub-provinces and regions. - 2.4.2 High and mid-Arctic. - 2.4.3 Low Arctic. - 2.5 Tundra in other Northern Hemisphere locations. - 2.5.1 Arctic Tundra. - 2.5.2 Typical Tundra. - 2.5.3 Southern Tundra. - 2.5.4 Tundra on Arctic Islands. - 2.6 Tundea in the Southern Hemisphere. - 2.6.1 The Antarctic Subregion. - 2.6.2 The Sub-Antarctic Subregion. - 2.7 Alpine Tundra. - 2.7.1 Temperate-latitude alpine Tundra. - 2.7.2 Low-latitude (equatorial) alpine Tundra. - 2.8 Primary production and phytomass in Tundra. - 3. Forest-Tundra or Boreal-Tundra Ecotone. - 3.1 Definitions. - 3.2 Distribution. - 3.3 Climate. - 3.4 Soils. - 3.5 Forest-Tundra in Canada. - 3.5.1 Ecoclimatic sub-provinces. - 3.5.2 The shrub subzone (Northern Forest-Tundra). - 3.5.3 The forest subzone (Southern Forest Tundra). - 3.6 Eurasian Forest-Tundra. - 3.7 Primary production and phytomass in forest-Tundra. - 4. Boreal Forest (Taiga) and Mixed Forest Transition. - 4.1 Distribution. - 4.2 Climate. - 4.3 Soils. - 4.4 Boreal forest in North America. - 4.4.1 Open Lichen Woodland. - 4.4.2 Northern Coniferous Forest. - 4.4.3 Mixed-Forest (Boreal-Broadleaf ecotone). - 4.4.4 Mixed-Forest transition to grassland (Northern Mixedwoods). - 4.5 Eurasian Boreal. - 4.5.1 The European Boreal. - 4.5.2 The Siberian Boreal. - 4.5.3 Northwest Pacific Fringe Boreal. - 4.6 Primary production and phytomass in boreal forest. - 5. Prairie (Steppe). - 5.1 Distribution. - 5.2 Climate. - 5.2.1 North America. - 5.2.2 Climate in Eurasia and elsewhere. - 5.3 Soils. - 5.4 Prairie in North America. - 5.4.1 The Canadian Prairie. - 5.4.2 Prairie in the USA. - 5.5. Eurasian Steppe. - 5.6 Southern Hemisphere Grasslands. - 5.6.1 The High Veldt. - 5.6.2 The Pampas/Campos Grasslands. - 5.7 Primary production and biomass. - 6. Cordilleran Environments in Western North America. - 6.1 Canada's Cordilleran ecoclimatic provinces. - 6.1.1 Distribution. - 6.1.2 Climate. - 6.1.3 Soils. - 6.1.4 Pacific Coastal Mesothermal Forest. - 6.1.5 Pacific Coastal Subalpine Forest. - 6.1.6 Cordilleran Forest Region. - 6.1.7 Cordilleran Cold Steppe and Savanna Forst. - 6.1.8 Canadian Cordilleran Subalpine Forest. - 6.1.9 Alpine Tundra and Boreal Forest. - 6.2 The Cordilleran Region in the USA. - 6.2.1 Distribution. - 6.2.2 Northwest Coast Conifer-Hardwood Forests. - 6.2.3 Montane Pine Forests. - 6.2.4 Sagebrush and Grasslands. - 6.2.5 Interior Hemlock-Douglas-Fir-Larch. - 6.2.6 Subalpine Forest. - 6.3 Primary Production and Phytomass. - 7. Temperate Deciduous Forests. - 7.1 Distribution. - 7.2 Climate. - 7.3 Soils. - 7.4 Temperate Deciduous Forest in North America. - 7.4.1 Canada. - 7.4.2 United States of America. - 7.4.3 Southern Mexico and South America. - 7.5 Europe. - 7.5.1 Atlantic Deciduous Forest. - 7.5.2 Central European Deciduous Forest. - 7.5.3 East European Deciduous Forest. - 7.6 Asia. - 7.7 Southern Hemisphere. - 7.8 Primary Production and Phytomass. - 8. Wetlands. - 8.1 Introduction. - 8.2 Climate. - 8.3 Soils. - 8.4 Canadian Wetland Classification. - 8.4.1 Canadian Wetland Classification System. - 8.4.2 Wetland classes. - 8.4.3 Wetland forms and types. - 8.5 Canadian Wetlands. - 8.5.1 Arctic Wetlands. - 8.5.2 Subarctic Wetlands. - 8.5.3 Boreal Wetlands. - 8.5.4 Prairie Wetlands. - 8.5.5 Temperate Wetlands. - 8.5.6 Oceanic Wetlands. - 8.5.7 Mountain Wetlands. - 8.6 Wetlands in the USA. - 8.7 Eurasian Wetlands. - 8.7.1 European Wetlands. - 8.7.2 Asian Wetlands. - 8.8 Central and South American Wetlands. - 8.9 African Wetlands. - 8.10 Austromalesian and Pacific Wetlands. - 8.11 Phytomass and Primary Production. - 9. Conclusion. - Appendix: Biomials and their local names as used in the text. - Bibliography. - Index.

Anmerkung: Contents: Preface. - Chapter 1 A global view. - Chapter 2 Thermodynamics of gases. - Chapter 3 The second law and its implications. - Chapter 4 Heterogeneous systems. - Chapter 5 Transformations of moist air. - Chapter 6 Hydrostatic equilibrium. - Chapter 7 Hydrostatic stability. - Chapter 8 Atmospheric radiation. - Chapter 9 Aerosol and clouds. - Chapter 10 Atmospheric motion. - Chapter 11 Atmospheric equations of motion. - Chapter 12 Large-scale motion. - Chapter 13 The planetary boundary layer. - Chapter 14 Atmospheric waves. - Chapter 15 The general circulation. - Chapter 16 Hydrodynamic instability. - Chapter 17 The middle atmosphere.

Anmerkung: Contents: Preface. - List of Symbols. - 1 Groundwater flow. - 1.1 Darcy's law. - 1.1.1 The limits of Darcy's law. - 1.1.2 Driving forces for groundwater flow. - 1.2 Crustal permeability. - 1.2.1 Permeability versus porosity. - 1.2.2 Heterogeneity and anisotropy. - 1.2.3 Scale dependence. - 1.2.4 Depth dependence. - 1.2.5 Time dependence. - 1.2.6 Some limiting values. - 1.3 Conceptualizing groundwater systems. - 1.4 The continuum approach. - 1.5 The groundwater flow equation. - 1.5.1 Conservation of mass. - 1.5.2 The storage term. - 1.5.3 Various forms of the groundwater flow equation Problems. - 2 Solute transport. - 2.1 Governing equations. - 2.1.1 Molecular diffusion. - 2.1.2 Advection. - 2.1.3 Mechanical dispersion. - 2.1.4 Mass balance equation. - 2.1.5 Chemical reactions. - 2.1.6 Initial and boundary conditions. - 2.2 Numerical solution techniques. - 2.3 Density-driven flow. - 2.4 Multicomponent diffusion. - 2.5 Multicomponent reactive transport. - 2.5.1 Rate-based reactions. - 2.5.2 Surface reactions. - 2.5.3 Homogeneous reactions. - 2.5.4 Heterogeneous reactions. - 2.5.5 Solution algorithms Problems. - 3 Heat transport. - 3.1 Governing equations. - 3.1.1 Choice of dependent variables. - 3.1.2 Statements of mass and energy conservation. - 3.1.3 A form of Darcy's law for two-phase flow of compressible fluids. - 3.1.4 Conductive heat flux. - 3.1.5 One-dimensional forms of the governing equations. - 3.1.6 Extending the governing equations to three dimensions. - 3.1.7 Assumptions. - 3.1.8 Fluid properties. - 3.1.9 Numerical solution. - 3.2 Initial and boundary conditions. - 3.3 Temperature-based formulations. - 3.4 One-dimensional groundwater flow. - 3.4.1 Steady vertical flow. - 3.4.2 Flow in a confined aquifer or fault zone. - 3.5 Dimensionless numbers. - 3.5.1 Nusselt number. - 3.5.2 Peclet number. - 3.5.3 Rayleigh number. - 3.6 Buoyancy-driven flow. - 3.7 Heatpipes Problems. - 4Regional-scale flow and transport. - 4.1Sources and sinks of fluid. - 4.1.1 Geologic forcing. - 4.1.2 Anomalous fluid pressures. - 4.1.3 Hydraulic fracturing. - 4.1.4 The Gulf Coast. - 4.1.5 Accretionary prisms. - 4.2 Regional-scale solute transport. - 4.2.1 Groundwater age. - 4.2.2 Large-scale dispersion. - 4.2.3 Evolution of regional groundwater chemistry. - 4.3 Regional-scale heat transfer. - 4.3.1 The conductive regime in sedimentary basins. - 4.3.2 Thermal effects of groundwater flow in sedimentary basins. - 4.3.3 Some case studies of sedimentary basins. - 4.3.4 An example from volcanic terrane. - 4.3.5 The stress-heat flow paradox of the San Andreas fault Problems. - 5 Ore deposits. - 5.1Mississippi Valley-type deposits. - 5.1.1 Evidence for regional-scale brine migration. - 5.1.2 The salt problem. - 5.1.3 Controls on ore deposition. - 5.1.4 Driving forces for fluid flow. - 5.1.5 The Irish MVTs. - 5.2 Sediment-hosted uranium. - 5.2.1 Redox control of uranium solubility. - 5.2.2 Tabular uranium deposits. - 5.2.3 Unconformity-type uranium deposits. - 5.3 Supergene enrichment of porphyry copper. - 5.4 Colombian emeralds. - Problems. - 6 Hydrocarbons. - 6.1 Maturation. - 6.1.1 The oil window. - 6.1.2 Groundwater flow and the thermal regime. - 6.2 Migration. - 6.2.1 Capillary effects. - 6.2.2 Primary migration. - 6.2.3 Secondary migration. - 6.3 Entrapment. - 6.4 Governing equations for immiscible multiphase flow. - 6.5 Case studies. - 6.5.1 The Uinta basin. - 6.5.2 The Los Angeles basin. - Problems. - 7 Geothermal processes. - 7.1 Crustal heat flow. - 7.1.1 Measurement. - 7.1.2 Lateral and vertical variations. - 7.1.3 Perturbations due to groundwater flow. - 7.2 Magmatic-hydrothermal systems. - 7.2.1 Magmatic heat sources. - 7.2.2 Heat transfer from magma to groundwater. - 7.2.3 Fluid circulation near magma bodies. - 7.2.4 Permeabilities in near-magma environments. - 7.3 Fluid flow and heat transport near the critical point. - 7.3.1 One-dimensional pressure-enthalpy paths. - 7.3.2 Two-dimensional convection. - 7.4 Multiphase processes. - 7.4.1 Phase separation. - 7.4.2 Vapor-dominated zones. - 7.4.3 Pressure transmission. - 7.4.4 Boiling point-depth curves. - 7.5 Hotsprings. - 7.6 Geysers. - 7.7 Geothermal resources. - 7.8 Ore deposits. - 7.9 Subsea hydrothermal systems. - 7.9.1 Importance to the Earth's thermal budget. - 7.9.2 Influence on ocean chemistry. - 7.9.3 Quantitative description. - Problems. - 8 Earthquakes. - 8.1 Effective stress. - 8.2 Coulomb's law of failure. - 8.3 Induced seismicity. - 8.3.1 The Rocky Mountain arsenal. - 8.3.2 Rangely,Colorado. - 8.4 Fluid pressures at seismogenic depths. - 8.4.1 Hubbert and Rubey. - 8.4.2 Irwin and Barnes model for the San Andreas. - 8.4.3 Byerlee and Rice models for the San Andreas. - 8.5 Earthquake-induced hydrologic phenomena. - 8.5.1 Stream flow and springs. - 8.5.2 Well behavior. - 8.5.3 Geysering. - 8.6 Effect of earthquakes on crustal permeability. - 8.6.1 Analysis of the Loma Prietacase. - 8.6.2 State-of-stress and the orientation of conductive fractures. - Problems. - 9 Evaporites. - 9.1 Evaporite formation. - 9.1.1 The marine evaporite problem. - 9.1.2 Groundwater inflow. - 9.1.3 CaCl2 brines. - 9.1.4 Magnesium depletion. - 9.1.5 Continental evaporites. - 9.1.6 Groundwater outflow. - 9.2 Bedded evaporites. - 9.3 Saltdomes. - 9.3.1 Variable-density convection. - 9.3.2 Caprock formation. - Problems. - 10 Diagenesis and metamorphism. - 10.1 Reaction-Flow coupling. - 10.2 Diagenesis of siliciclastic sequences. - 10.2.1 Diagenesis in sedimentary basins. - 10.2.2 Silica cementation by thermal convection. - 10.3 Diagenesis of carbonate platforms. - 10.3.1 Dolomitization. - 10.3.2 Mixing-zone dissolution. - 10.4Local-scale diagenetic features. - 10.4.1 Mechanochemical coupling. - 10.4.2 Geochemical banding. - 10.5 Metamorphism. - 10.5.1 The evidence for voluminous fluid fluxes. - 10.5.2 The nature of permeability in metamorphic environments. - 10.5.3 Contact metamorphism at Skaergaard. - 10.5.4 Low-pressure metamorphic belts. - Problems. - References. - Index.

Anmerkung: Contents: Preface to the Second Edition. - Preface to the First Edition. - 1. INTRODUCTION AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND. - History. - The Discovery of X-Rays. - The Discovery of X-Ray Diffraction. - History of Clay Mineralogy. - The Importance of Clay Mineralogy. - Box 1.1 Clay Minerals as Catalysts. - The Literature of Clay Mineralogy. - Summary. - References. - 2. NATURE AND PRODUCTION OF X-RAYS. - Box 2.1 Other Methods. - Safety and Protection. - Box 2.2 Defining a Dose of Radiation. - The Nature or X-Rays. - Continuous or White Radiation. - Characteristic Radiation. - General Absorption of X-Rays. - Characteristic Absorption. - Equipment for Producing and Recording X-Rays. - Stabilizing the Voltage. - Generating X-Rays. - The Diffractometer. - Step-Scanning with Automated Diffractometers. - The Single-Crystal Monochromator. - The Detector. - Signal Processing Circuitry. - The Strip-Chart Recorder. - An Example of a Checklist for Operating XRD Equipment. - Summary. - References. - 3. X-RAY DIFFRACTION. - Scattering. - Interference. - Scattering from a Row of Atoms. - Scattering from a Three-Dimensional Array of Atoms. - Bragg's Law. - Box 3.1 Diffraction and Reflection. - The Arithmetic of Scattering. - The Summation of Scattering Amplitudes. - The Structure Factor F. - Information from Intensity. - The Reciprocal Lattice. - Real versus Idealized Peaks on XRD Tracings. - The Interference Function F: Diffraction from a Crystal. - Whose Unit Cell Has a Unitary Scattering Factor. - The Lorentz-Polarization Factors. - Putting It All Together—Building an 001 Diffraction Pattern. - Exercise: Calculation of the Intensity from d(001) for Illite. - Points to Remember. - References. - 4. STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES: GENERAL TREATMENT. - General Structural Features. - Tetrahedral Sheets. - Octahedral Sheets. - Dioctahedral and Trioctahedral. - Joining the Sheets. - Stacking the Layers. - Properties. - Total Charge, Layer or Permanent Charge, and Variable Charge. - Electric Double Layer. - Exchangeable Ions or Cation-Exchange Capacity. - Interaction of Water with Clay Mineral Surfaces. - Interaction with Organic Compounds. - Classification. - Box 4.1 Nomenclature. - References. - 5. STRUCTURE, NOMENCLATURE, AND OCCURRENCES OF CLAY MINERALS. - The Individual Clay Minerals. - The 1:1 Layer Type. - Serpentine minerals. - Berthierine. - Odinite. - Kaolin minerals. - Box 5.1 Uses of Kaolinite. - Allophane and imogolite. - The 2:1 Layer Type, x = 0. - The 2:1 Layer Type, x ~ 1. - The trioctahedral subgroup. - The dioctahedral subgroup. - The 2:1 Layer Types with x 〈 1. - Illite. - Glauconite. - Smectite. - Box 5.2 Alteration of Ash-Fall Layers. - Vermiculite. - Chlorite. - Mixed-Layered Clay Minerals. - Mixed-layering, interlayering, and interstratification. - Illite/smectite (I/S). - Box 5.3 Reichweite or Ordering. - Models for smectite-to-illite transition. - MacEwan crystallite model. - Fundamental particle model. - Two-solid-solution model. - Chlorite/smectite (C/S). - Serpentine/chlorite. - Kaolinite/expandables (K/E). - Sepiolite and Palygorskite. - The Origin of Clay Minerals. - Summary. - Exercise: Calculating Structural Formulas. - Exercise: Making Structural Models of Layer Silicates. - References. - 6. SAMPLE PREPARATION TECHNIQUES FOR CLAY MINERALS. - Evaluating the Sample. - Disaggregating the Rock. - Separating Clay Minerals from Clastic Rocks. - Separating Clay Minerals from Carbonate Rocks. - Separating Clay Minerals from Sulfate Rocks. - Separating Clay Minerals from Unconsolidated Materials. - Box 6.1 Glacial Deposits, North American Interior. - Chemical Pretreatments. - Removal of Iron Oxides. - Removal of Organic Materials. - Saturating the Clay Minerals with Different Cations. - Particle-Size Separation. - Preparing the Oriented Clay Mineral Aggregates. - The Glass Slide Method. - The Smear Mount Method. - The Millipore® Filter Transfer Method. - The Centrifuged Porous Plate Method. - Dealing with Curlers or Peelers. - Making the Random Powder Mount. - Everyday random powder packs. - Freeze-dried random powder packs. - Ethylene Glycol Solvation. - Final Note. - References. - IDENTIFICATION OF CLAY MINERALS AND ASSOCIATED MINERALS. - Clay Mineral Identification—General Principles. - Illite and Glauconite. - Chlorite and Kaolinite. - Vermiculite. - Smectite. - Sepiolite, Palygorskite, and Halloysite. - 060 Reflections. - The Use of hkl Reflections for the Determination of Polytypes. - Chlorite Polytypes. - The Kaolin Polytypes. - The Micas, Illite, and Glauconite. - Nonclay Minerals. - Silica Minerals. - Feldspar. - Zeolites. - Carbonates. - Apatite, Pyrite, and Jarosite. - Gypsum, Anhydrite, Celestite, and Barite. - Lepidocrocite, Goethite, Gibbsite, and Anatase. - Summary. - References. - 8. IDENTIFICATION OF MIXED-LAYERED CLAY MINERALS. - Méring's Principles and Mixed-Layered Nomenclature. - The Q Rule, a Broadening Descriptor. - Mixed-Layered Clay Minerals. - Illite/Smectite. - Chlorite/Smectite and Chlorite/Vermiculite. - Kaolinite/Smectite. - Serpentine/Chlorite. - Mica/Vermiculite. - Summary. - References. - 9. QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS. - Required Sample Characteristics. - Sample Length. - Sample Thickness. - Sample Position. - Homogeneity of the Sample. - Equations for Quantitative Analysis. - Basic Quantitative Diffraction Equation. - Derivation of a Working Form of the Equation for Analysis. - The Method of the Orienting Internal Standard. - Mineral Reference Intensities. - General Comments. - Calculated Mineral Reference Intensities. - Practical Examples of the Application of Reference. - Intensities. - Measurement of Peak Intensity. - Comments and Summary. - References. - 10. DISORDER IN SMECTITE, ILLITE/SMECTITE, AND ILLITE. - Small Crystals in Reciprocal Space. - Turbostratic Disorder. - Theory. - Smectite. - Illite/Smectite. - Rotational Disorder in Illite and Illite/Smectite. - Cis-Vacant Elite and Interstratified Cis- and Trans-Vacant. - Illite/Smectite. - Conclusions. - References. - APPENDIX: MODELING ONE-DIMENSIONAL X-RAY PATTERNS. - The Input Variables. - Simulating the Instrument. - Describing the Clay Mineral. - Theory. - Structures of the Component Layers. - Advanced Techniques. - Pure Minerals. - Compositional Superstructures. - Layer Types Not Specifically Included. - Atom Types Not Incorporated in the Model. - Defect Broadening. - References. - INDEX.

Anmerkung: Zugl.: Potsdam, Univ., Diss., 1998

Anmerkung: Einleitung: Paläoklima und aktuelles Klima / Jörg F. W. Negendank. - Prozesse im rezenten Klimasystem / Ernst Augstein. - Stabile Kohlenstoffisotope und Nährsalzgehalt des Südatlantiks im Spätquartär / Andreas Mackensen, Hannes Grobe, Hans-Wolfgang Hubberten. - Klimainformation aus dem grönländischen Inlandeis / Sepp Kipfstuhl. - Die Quartärfolge der Großtagebaue Mitteldeutschlands als Klima-Archiv / Frank Wolfgang Junge, Tatjana Böttger, Achim Hiller. - See-Sedimente und Paläoklimarekonstruktionen / Bernd Zolitschka. - Einflüsse solarer Aktivität auf die Sedimentation in Maarseen / Heinz Vos, Ana Sánchez, Jörg F. W. Negendank, Bert Rein, Bernd Zolitschka. - Kohlenstoffisotope von Bäumen als Klimaindikatoren / Gerd. H. Schleser, Gerd Helle, Achim Bräuning. - Klimazustände und Klimaänderungen in der Vergangenheit / Peter Trimborn, Josef Lipp. - Klimazyklen, Erdkerndynamik und Schwerefeld / Horst Jochmann, Hans Greiner-Mai. - Wärme- und Wasserdampfaustausch zwischen Atmosphäre und Erdboden / Franz Fiedler, Gerhard Adrian, Aurelia Müller. - Wirkungen des Luftverkehrs auf das Klima / Robert Sausen, Michael Ponater, Ines Köhler, Sabine Brinkop. - Die Bedeutung des Wassers in der Atmosphäre / Erhard Raschke, Ute Karstens. - Klimaveränderungen und Kohlenstoffhaushalt / Uwe Franko und Burkhard Oelschlägel.

Anmerkung: Contents: Preface. - PART I FUNDAMENTALS. - 1 Ordinary Differential Equations. - 1.1 Ordinary Differential Equations (definitions; introductory examples). - 1.2 Initial-Value and Boundary-Value Problems (definitions; comparison of local and global analysis; examples of initialvalue problems). - 1.3 Theory of Homogeneous Linear Equations (linear dependence and independence; Wronskians; well-posed and ill-posed initial-value and boundary-value problems). - 1.4 Solutions of Homogeneous Linear Equations (how to solve constant-coefficient, equidimensional, and exact equations; reduction of order). - 1.5 Inhomogeneous Linear Equations (first-order equations; Variation of Parameters; Green's functions; delta function; reduction of order; method of undetermined coefficients). - 1.6 First-Order Nonlinear Differential Equations (methods for solving Bernoulli, Riccati, and exact equations; factoring; integrating factors; substitutions). - 1.7 Higher-Order Nonlinear Differential Equations (methods to reduce the order of autonomous, equidimensional, and scale-invariant equations). - 1.8 Eigenvalue Problems (examples of eigenvalue problems on finite and infinite domains). - 1.9 Differential Equations in the Complex Plane (comparison of real and complex differential equations). - Problems for Chapter 1. - 2 Difference Equations. - 2.1 The Calculus of Differences (definitions; parallels between derivatives and differences, integrals, and sums). - 2.2 Elementary Difference Equations (examples of simple linear and nonlinear difference equations; gamma function; general first-order linear homogeneous and inhomogeneous equations). - 2.3 Homogeneous Linear Difference Equations (constant-coefficient equations; linear dependence and independence; Wronskians; initial-value and boundary-value problems; reduction of order; Euler equations; generating functions; eigenvalue problems). - 2.4 Inhomogeneous Linear Difference Equations (Variation of parameters; reduction of order; method of undetermined coefficients). - 2.5 Nonlinear Difference Equations (elementary examples). - Problems for Chapter 2. - PART II LOCAL ANALYSIS. - 3 Approximate Solution of Linear Differential Equations. - 3.1 Classification of Singular Points of Homogeneous Linear Equations (ordinary, regulär singular, and irregulär singular points; survey of the possible kinds of behaviors of Solutions). - 3.2 Local Behavior Near Ordinary Points of Homogeneous Linear Equations (Taylor series Solution of first- and second-order equations; Airy equation). - 3.3 Local Series Expansions About Regulär Singular Points of Homogeneous Linear Equations (methods of Fuchs and Frobenius; modified Bessel equation). - 3.4 Local Behavior at Irregulär Singular Points of Homogeneous Linear Equations (failure of Taylor and Frobenius series; asymptotic relations; Controlling factor and leading behavior; method of dominant balance; asymptotic series expansion of Solutions at irregular singular points). - 3.5 Irregulär Singular Point at Infinity (theory of asymptotic power series; optimal asymptotic approximation; behavior of modified Bessel, parabolic cylinder, and Airy functions for large positive x). - 3.6 Local Analysis of Inhomogeneous Linear Equations (illustrative examples). - 3.7 Asymptotic Relations (asymptotic relations for oscillatory functions; Airy functions and Bessel functions; asymptotic relations in the complex plane; Stokes phenomenon; subdominance). - 3.8 Asymptotic Series (formal theory of asymptotic power series; Stieltjes series and integrals; optimal asymptotic approximations; error estimates; outline of a rigorous theory of the asymptotic behavior of Solutions to differential equations). - Problems for Chapter 3. - 4 Approximate Solution of Noniinear Differential Equations. - 4.1 Spontaneous Singularities (comparison of the behaviors of Solutions to linear and nonlinear equations). - 4.2 Approximate Solutions of First-Order Nonlinear Differential Equations (several examples analyzed in depth). - 4.3 Approximate Solutions to Higher-Order Nonlinear Differential Equations (Thomas-Fermi equation; first Painleve transcendent; other examples). - 4.4 Nonlinear Autonomous Systems (phase-space interpretation; Classification of critical points; one- and two-dimensional phase space). - 4.5 Higher-Order Nonlinear Autonomous Systems (brief, nontechnical survey of properties of higher-order Systems; periodic, almost periodic, and random behavior; Toda lattice, Lorenz model, and other Systems). - Problems for Chapter 4. - 5 Approximate Solution of Difference Equations. - 5.1 Introductory Comments (comparison of the behavior of differential and difference equations). - 5.2 Ordinary and Regular Singular Points of Linear Difference Equations (Classification of n = ∞ as an ordinary, a regular Singular, or an irregular singular point; Taylor and Frobenius series at ∞). - 5.3 Local Behavior Near an Irregulär Singular Point at Infinity: Determination of Controlling Factors (three general methods). - 5.4 Asymptotic Behavior of n! as n → ∞: The Stirling Series [asymptotic behavior of the gamma function Γ(x) as x → ∞ obtained from the difference equations Γ(x + 1) = xΓ(x)]. - 5.5 Local Behavior Near an Irregular Singular Point at Infinity: Full Asymptotic Series (Bessel functions of large order; Legendre polynomials of large degree). - 5.6 Local Behavior of Nonlinear Difference Equations / (Newton's method and other nonlinear difference equations; Statistical analysis of an unstable difference equation). - Problems for Chapter 5. - 6 Asymptotic Expansion of Integrals. - 6.1 Introduction (integral representations of Solutions to difference and differential equations). - 6.2 Elementary Examples (incomplete gamma function; exponential integral; other examples). - 6.3 Integration by Parts (many examples including some where the method fails). - 6.4 Laplace's Method and Watson's Lemma (modified Bessel, parabolic cylinder, and gamma functions; many other illustrative examples). - 6.5 Method of Stationary Phase (leading behavior of integrals with rapidly oscillating integrands). - 6.6 Method of Steepest Descents (steepest ascent and descent paths in the complex plane; saddle points; Stokes phenomenon). - 6.7 Asymptotic Evaluation of Sums (approximation of sums by integrals; Laplace's method for sums; Euler-Maclaurin sum formula). - Problems for Chapter 6. - PART III PERTURBATION METHODS. - 7 Perturbation Series. - 7.1 Perturbation Theory (elementary introduction; application to polynomial equations and initialvalue problems for differential equations). - 7.2 Regular and Singular Perturbation Theory (Classification of perturbation problems as regulär or Singular; introductory examples of boundary-layer, WKB, and multiple-scale problems). - 7.3 Perturbation Methods for Linear Eigenvalue Problems (Rayleigh-Schrödinger perturbation theory). - 7.4 Asymptotic Matching (matched asymptotic expansions; applications to differential equations, eigenvalue problems and integrals). - 7.5 Mathematical Structure of Perturbative Eigenvalue Problems (singularity structure of eigenvalues as functions of complex perturbing Parameter; level crossing). - Problems for Chapter 7. - 8 Summation of Series. - 8.1 Improvement of Convergence (Shanks transformation; Richardson extrapolation; Riemann zeta function). - 8.2 Summation of Divergent Series (Euler, Borel, and generalized Borel summation). - 8.3 Pade Summation (one- and two-point Pade summation; generalized Shanks transformation; many numerical examples). - 8.4 Continued Fractions and Pade Approximants (efficient methods for obtaining and evaluating Pade approximants). - 8.5 Convergence of Pade Approximants (asymptotic analysis of the rate of convergence of Pade approximants). - 8.6 Pade Sequences for Stieltjes Functions (monotonicity; convergence theory; moment problem; Carleman's condition). - Problems for Chapter 8. - PART IV GLOBAL ANALYSIS. - 9 Boundary Layer Theory. - 9.1 Introduction to Boundary-Layer Theo

Anmerkung: In kyrillischer Schrift

Anmerkung: Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Einführung 1.1 Übersicht 1.2 Modernes naturwissenschaftliches Klimaverständnis 1.3 Modelle in der Klimaforschung 2 Klimarelevante Prozesse 2.1 Energie und Strahlung 2.1.1 Strahlung 2.1.2 Wärmetrausporte 15 2.1.3 Transport von Energie im Wasserkreislauf 2.2 Dynamik der Atmosphäre 2.2.1 Erzeugung von Bewegung 2.2.2 Vertikalstruktur der Atmosphäre 2.2.3 Allgemeine Zirkulation 2.2.4 Regionale Strukturen 2.2.5 Turbulenz 2.2.6 Aerosolpartikel 2.2.7 Wolken und Niederschlag 2.3 Zirkulation des Ozeans 2.3.1 Meeresoberflächenströmungen 2.3.2 Tiefenzirkulation 2.3.3 Wellen und Wirbel 2.4 Spurenstoffkreisläufe 2.4.1 Wasserdampf 2.4.2 Kohlendioxid 2.4.3 Methan 2.4.4 Stickstoffverbindungen 2.5 Kryosphäre 3 Natürliche Klimavariabilität 3.1 Jahres- und Tagesgang 3.2 Wetter 3.3 Interannuale Klimaschwankungen 3.3..1 ENSO-Phänomen 3.3.2 Nordatlantische Oszillation 3.3.3 Temperaturentwicklung seit 1900 3.3.4 Die Frage der Sonnenflecken 3.1 Homogenitätsproblematik 3.5 Historische Klimavariationen 3.6 Paläoklimatologie 3.6.1 Vereisungen 3.6.2 Klimarekonstruktion der Kalt- und Warmzeiten 3.6.3 Milanković-Theorie 4 Konzeptionelle Modelle 4.1 Klimazonen 4.2 Ein exemplarisches Energiebilanzmodell 4.2.1 Vereinfachte Bilanzgleichung für Energie 4.2.2 Diskretisierung 4.2.3 Schließung der Gleichung 4.2.4 Berechnungen: Integration 4.3 Physikalisch orientierte Modelle 4.4 Nichtlinearität und Chaos 4.5 Fluktuationen als stochastische Vorgänge 4.6 Wechselwirkungen verschiedener Prozesse 4.6.1 Gedämpftes System mit Störungen 4.6.2 Wirkung von positiven Rückkopplungen 5 Grundlagen von Strömungsmodellen 5.1 Grundgleichungen der Strömungs- und Thermodynamik 5.1.1 Zustandsvariablen 5.1.2 Gesetz der Massenerhaltung 5.1.3 Prinzip der Energieerhaltung 5.1.4 Impulserhaltung 5.1.5 Massenbilanzen für Beimengungen 5.1.6 Zustandsgleichungen 5.1.7 Zusammenfassung 5.2 Diskretisierung 5.2.1 Räumliche Diskretisierung 5.2.2 Zeitliche Diskretisierung 5.3 Parametrisierung und subskalige Prozesse 5.3.1 Schließungsproblem 5.3.2 Beispiel 1: Turbulenz 5.3.3 Beispiel 2: Konvektion und Wolkenbildung 5.3.4 Kritische Übersicht 5.4 Numerische Integration 6 Realitätsnahe Modelle des Klimasystems 6.1 Wettervorhersagemodelle 6.2 Modelle zur Klimasimulation 6.2.1 Methodik von Simulationen 6.2.2 Wechselwirkung von Atmosphäre und Ozean 6.2.3 Klimadrift und Flußkorrektur 6.2.4 Technische Details 6.2.5 Modellierung von Stoffkreisläufen und Biosphäre 6.3 Simulationen von Klimazuständen 6.3.1 Kontrollsimulationen des derzeitigen Klimas 6.3.2 Rekonstruktion von Paläoklimaten 6.3.3 Klimate anderer Planeten 6.3.1 Regionale und lokale Strukturen 6.4 Numerische Experimente mit Modellen 6.1.1 Zielsetzung 6.4.2 Wirksamkeit von Prozessen 6.4.3 Einschwingzeit der Atmosphäre 6.4.4 Sensitivität gegenüber Randbedingungen 6.5 Anwendung zur Klimavorhersage 6.5.1 Prognosen des ENSO-Phänomens 6.5.2 Großskalige Ölbrände in Kuwait 6.6 Beurteilung der Klimamodelle 7 Anthropogene Klimänderung 7.1 Übersicht 7.2 Emissions- und Konzentrations-Szenarien 7.2.1 Szenarien zukünftiger Emissionen 7.2.2 Erwartete Konzentrationen der Treibhausgase 7.3 Klimaszenarien realitätsnaher Modelle 7.3.1 Transiente Szenarienrechnungen 7.3.2 Ergebnisse eines exemplarischen Klima-Szenarios 7.3.3 Problem Kaltstart 7.3.4 2 x CO2-Simulationen 7.3.5 Informationswert von Szenarienrechnungen 7.3.6 Kritische Bewertung der Szenarien 7.4 Nachweis anthropogener Klimabeeinflussung 7.4.1 Zielsetzung 7.4.2 Natürliche Variabilität 7.4.3 Gewichtungsmuster und Nachweisvariable 7.4.4 Nachweis 7.4.5 Beurteilung 7.5 Lokale und regionale Szenarien 7.5.1 Hochaufgelöste Zeitscheibenexperimente 7.5.2 Regionalmodelle 7.5.3 Empirische Modelle 7.5.4 Implikationen 8 Klima und Gesellschaft 8.1 Übersicht 8.2 Historischer Überblick : gesellschaftliche Vorstellungen zum Einfluß von Klima 8.3 Klimafolgenforschung 8.3.1 Grundproblematik 8.3.2 Direkt beeinflußte Systeme 8.3.3 Indirekt beeinflußte Systeme 8.4 Ökonomische Aspekte des Klimawandels 8.4.1 Klimaänderung als Kostenfaktor 8.4.2 Ein zeitabhängiges Sechs-Komponenten-Modell 8.4.3 Beurteilung 8.4.4 Übersicht Klimapolitik 8.5 Vorstellungen von Klimawandel 8.5.1 Problemstellung 8.5.2 Natürliche Variabilität versus Kausalitätsdenken 8.5.3 Die Kempton-Studie 8.5.4 Soziale Interpretationsmechanismen 9 Résumé 10 Anhang 11 Literatur Stichwortverzeichnis

Anmerkung: Contents Observed Climatic Variability: Time Dependence / J. M. WALLACE Observed Climatic Variability: Spatial Structure / J. M. WALLACE Predictability of the Atmosphere and Oceans: From Days to Decades / T. N. PALMER Mechanisms for Decadal-to-Centennial Climate Variability / E. S. SARACHIK, M. WINTON and F. L. YIN Long-Term Coordinated Changesin the Convective Activity of the North Atlantic / R. DICKSON, J. LAZIER, J. MEINCKE and P. RHINES Mechanism for Decadal Climate Variability / M. LATIF, A. GROTZNER, M. MUNNICH, E. MAIER-REIMER, S. VENZKE and T. P. BARNETTA The Climate Response to the Changing Greenhouse Gas Concentration in the Atmosphere / L. BENGTSSON Analysis of Thermohaline Feedbacks / J. MAROTZKE An Overview of Century Time-Scale Variability in the Climate System: Observations and Models / T. F. STOCKER Steady States and Variability in Oceanic Zonal Flows / D. OLBERS and C. VOLKER Spectral Methods: What They Can and Cannot Do for Climatic Time Series / M. GHIL and P. Yiou Subject Index List of Participants

Anmerkung: Inhaltsverzeichnis: 1 Falsche Propheten. - 2 Wetter jeder Art - wie wird das Wetter?. - 2.1 Erst Diagnose - dann Prognose. - 3 Voraussetzung für die Wettervorhersage - Beobachten und Messen. - 3.1 Meteorologische Größenordnungen (Scales). - 3.2 Messen der Wetterelemente in Bodennähe - eine Wetterstation. - 3.3 Messen der Wetterelemente in der Atmosphäre - die 3. Dimension. - Geschichtliches: Meßverfahren für die ganze Atmosphäre. - Vom Boden aus wird die dritte Dimension erschlossen. - Flächenhafte Messung aus der Ferne - vom Satelliten aus. - Meßgeräte der neuen Generation. - 3.4 Meßnetze. - 4 Nowcasting - die ersten zwei Stunden. - 4.1 Großer Aufwand für Nowcasting - Wetterüberwachung (Monitoring). - 4.2 Wann löst sich der Nebel auf? Wie gefährlich wird das Gewitter?. - 4.3 Nutzung empirischer Verfahren. - 5 Meilensteine der modernen Wettervorhersage. - 5.1 Die Suche nach dem wahren Zustand der Atmosphäre. - 5.2 Die geniale Idee des Breslauer Physikers Brandes. - 5.3 Ist der Krieg doch "der Vater aller Dinge"?. - 5.4 Wetterdienste in Aktion - Warum Deutschland Schlußlicht war. - 5.5 Das Bjerknes-Programm - die Geburtsstunde der modernen Wettervorhersage. - 5.6 Richardson - der Rückschlag und die Konsequenzen. - 5.7 Charney und Neumann - der Durchbruch. - 5.8 Hinkelmann - der deutsche Aufbruch. - 6 Grundlagen und Besonderheiten der mittelfristigen Wettervorhersage. - 6.1 Das EZMW-Modell näher betrachtet. - 6.2 Das Prognosemodell. - 6.3 Datenassimilation. - 6.4 Noch einmal zum Maßstabsproblem. - 6.5 Instabilitäten wohin man schaut. - 6.6 Unvermeidliche Fehlerquellen. - 7 Aktuelle Herausforderungen und erste Antworten. - 7.1 Die Entdeckung der Grenzen in der Vorhersage. - 7.2 Die Antwort heißt: Stochastik. - 7.3 EPS - der gesteuerte Zufall. - Steigerung der Vorhersagegüte. - Quantifizierung der Unbestimmtheit. - 7.4 Muß das EPS erweitert werden?. - 7.5 Die Automatisierung der Wettervorhersage. - AFREG. - 7.6 Die MIX-Philosophie. - 8 Prognosenprüfung - Wie gut oder schlecht sind Wettervorhersagen?. - 8.1 Verifikation tut not. - 8.2 Wozu Prognosenprüfung?. - 8.3 Interessen contra Objektivität. - 8.4 Wie erkennt man Blindlingsprognosen?. - Was heißen nun Persistenz und Klimaerwartung?. - 8.5 Die Geister scheiden sich. - 8.6 Zahlen statt Begriffe - die Wende. - 8.7 Maßzahlen der Güte. - Wirtschaftsprognosen - ist da etwas dran?. - Bewertung von Alternativprognosen. - 8.8 Zur aktuellen Güte der Wettervorhersage. - 1. Schwankt die Prognosegüte im Laufe eines Jahres?. - 2. In welchem Monat sind die Wettervorhersagen am genauesten?. - 3. Wie gut werden Niederschläge vorhergesagt?. - 4. Wie verhalten sich Mensch und Maschine bei der Vorhersage anderer Wetterelemente?. - 5. Wie gut sind mittelfristige Wettervorhersagen?. - 6. Wo liegt gegenwärtig die zeitliche Grenze der Vorhersagbarkeit?. - 7. Zum Trend der Prognosengüte. - 8. Wird der Fortschritt anhalten?. - 9 Wettervorhersage - Einblick und Ausblick. - 9.1 Das Mensch-Maschine-Problem in der Wettervorhersage. - 9.2 Die Zukunft der Wettervorhersage. - 10 Langfristvorhersage. - 10.1 Einige historische Anmerkungen zu Langfristvorhersagen. - 10.2 Gegenwärtiger Stand der Langfristvorhersage. - Extratropische Langfristvorhersagen. - 11 Klimaprognosen. - 11.1 Der Klimabegriff. - 11.2 Komponenten unseres Klimasystems. - Wenigstens auf die Sonne ist Verlaß. - Die Atmosphäre - ein warmer Mantel. - Der Mantel ist vielschichtig. - Es wird noch komplexer!. - Der Kohlenstoffkreisl. als Schlüssel zum Verständnis unseres Klimas. - Physikalischer Kohlenstoffkreislauf. - Der organische Kohlenstoffkreislauf - Ozeane als Schlüsselfaktor. - 11.3 Mögliche Ursachen von Klimaänderungen. - Historische und prähistorische Klimaänderungen. - Historische Aufzeichnungen. - Laminierte Sedimente (Warven). - Ablagerungen in Großtagebauen. - Kohlenstoffisotope von Bäumen als Klimaindikatoren. - Untersuchungen der Eisbohrkerne auf Grönland. - Klimabedingungen aus Rattenkot. - Samen- und Pollenanalysen. - Wo ist das CO2 der Uratmosphäre geblieben und warum gibt es überhaupt noch CO2?. - Einige Eiszeittheorien. - 11.4 Methoden der Klimaprognose. - Statistische Modelle. - Boxmodelle. - Zirkulationsmodelle. - 11.5 Regionalisierung von großräumigen Klimaprognosen. - 1. Regionale Klimamodelle. - 2. Statistische Verfahren. - 3. Gekoppelte dynamische und statistische Verfahren. - 11.6 Ergebnisse von Klimaprognosen. - Werden wir den CO2-Ausstoß wirklich weltweit reduzieren?. - Literatur. - Glossar. - Index.

Anmerkung: Introduction 1 Definitions 2 Historical Development of the Term Rockglacier 3 Rockglaciers: Description and Morphometry 3.1 General Description 3.2 Form Types 3.3 Morphometric Parameters 3.3.1 Rockglacier Sizes 3.3.2 Tongue-Shaped Rockg1aciers 3.3.3 Lobate Rockg1aciers 3.3.4 Rockglacier Thickness 3.3.5 Surface Relief 3.3.6 Rockglacier Surface and Source Area 4 Rockglacier Taxonomy 5 Rockglacier Distribution 5.1 General Information 5.2 Local Rockglacier Distribution 5.2.1 The Alps 5.2.2 The Mountains of Northern Europe 5.2.3 The Pyrenees 5.2.4 North American Mountains 5.2.5 The Andes of Central and South America 5.2.6 The Mountains of Asia 5.2.7 The Southern Alps 5.2.8 Antarctic Mountains 5.2.9 Conclusions 6 Rockglacier Material, Surficial Fabric and Internal Structure 6.1 Rock Type and Grain Size at and below the Surface 6.1.1 Rock Type 6.1.2 Grain Sizes at the Surface 6.1.3 Development of the Bouldery Mantle 6.1.4 Surface Fabric 6.1.5 Grain Sizes below the Bouldery Mantle 6.2 Internal Structure 6.2.1 Direct Information 6.2.1.1 Excavations, Outcrops, Tunnels 6.2.1.2 Smaller Boreholes 6.2.1.3 The Deep Borehole through the Rockglacier Murtel I 6.2.2 Indirect Information 6.2.2.1 Seismic Information 6.2.2.2 Geoelectric Soundings 6.2.2.3 Radio-Echo Soundings 6.2.2.4 Gravimetry 6.2.2.5 Borehole Geophysics and Related Measurements 6.2.2.6 BTS Measurements 6.2.2.7 Summary: The Inner Core of an Active Rockglacier 6.3 The Active Layer on Rockglaciers 7 Rockglacier Movement, Velocity, and Rheology 7.1 The Horizontal and Vertical Movement of Active Rockglaciers 7.1.1 Measurement Methods 7.1.2 Annual Horizontal Displacement 7.1.3 Long-Term Annual Averages 7.1.4 Long-Term Estimates 7.1.5 Longer Time Series 7.1.6 Monthly and Seasonal Measurements 7.1.7 Vertical Displacement 7.1.8 Conclusion 7.2 Geometry of Movement 7.2.1 The General Flow Patterns of Active Rockglaciers 7.2.1.1 Gruben Rockglacier 7.2.1.2 Macun Rockglacier 7.2.1.3 Arapaho Rockglacier 7.2.2 Horizontal Velocity on Longitudinal and Cross-Sectional Profiles 7.2.3 Surface and Subsurface Velocity 7.3 Rheologic Considerations 7.3.1 Shear Stress and Strain Rates in Active Rockglaciers 7.3.2 The Rheological Description of Active Rockglaciers 7.4 Rockglacier Movement and Climate 7.5 Discussion of Rockglacier Movement 8 Rockglacier Genesis and the Relation to Similar-Looking Landforms 8.1 Rockglacier Genesis 8.1.1 The Formation of Active Rockglaciers 8.1.1.1 Talus Rockglaciers 8.1.1.2 Debris Rockglaciers 8.1.1.3 Special Rockglaciers 8.1.1.4 Problematic Cases 8.1.2 Inactive Rockglaciers 8.1.3 Relict (Fossil) Rockglaciers 8.2 Published Hypotheses of Rockglacier Formation 8.2.1 Mass-Movement Hypotheses 8.2.1.1 The Bergsturz Hypothesis in General 8.2.1.2 Landslide Influences 8.2.2 The Glacial Hypothesis 8.2.2.1 Debris-Covered Glaciers and Thermokarst 8.2.2.2 Transition from True Glaciers to Rockglaciers? 8.2.2.3 The Moraine Hypothesis 8.2.3 The Periglacial (Blockstream) Hypothesis 8.3 True Rockglaciers under Wrong Labels 8.3.1 The Ostrem Ice-Cored Moraine Concept 8.3.2 The Protalus Rampart Concept 9 The Age of Rockglaciers 9.1 The Age of Active Rockglaciers 9.2 The Age of Climatic Inactive Rockglaciers 9.3 The Age of Relict (Fossil) Rockglaciers 10 Rockglaciers and the High Mountain Environment 10.1 Active Rockglaciers and Mountain Permafrost 10.2 Rockglaciers in the Coarse Debris Cycle 10.2.1 Rockglaciers and Talus Production 10.2.2 Rockglacier Size and Source Area 10.2.3 Rockglaciers as a Debris Transport System 10.3 Rockglaciers and Climate 10.3.1 Rockglaciers and Present Climate 10.3.2 Relict Rockglaciers and Paleoclimate Reconstruction 10.3.3 Reactivation of Inactive or Relict Rockglaciers 10.3.4 Rockglaciers and Climatic Change 10.4 Rockglaciers in the Alpine Hydrological Cycle 10.4.1 Rockglaciers as a Water Store 10.4.2 Discharge from Rockglacier Permafrost 10.4.3 Fluctuations in Rockglacier Permafrost Storage 10.5 Rockglaciers as Hazards in Alpine Environments 10.6 The Environment of Active Rockglaciers 11 Summary and Outstanding Problems 12 References Index of Place Names Subject Index

Anmerkung: Inhaltsverzeichnis Vorwort 5. SAE Gefangene der Insel / Günter Skeib 6. SAE Hauptobservatorium Mirny / Stephan Klemm Auf Empfangsstation an der Prawda-Küste / Peter Glöde 7. SAE Ein ganz unnormaler schöner Tag / Joachim England 8. SAE Südliche Sterne im Fadenkreuz / Joachim Liebert Das Inferno / Günter Leonhardt 10. SAE Schwereanschlußmessung Potsdam-Mirny / Claus Elstner Unterwegs auf dem Inlandeis / Tankred Schmidt 13. SAE Wie die ersten Bilder entstanden / Peter Glöde Antarktika aus kosmischer Sicht / Hartwig Gernandt, Joachim Hofmann 14. SAE Wostok - ein Jahr im Inneren des Kontinents / M. Manfred Schneider Nachts, wenn der Himmel leuchtet / Hans Driescher 17. SAE Das Lager am Abendberg / Reinhard Dietrich 8000 Kilometer über Eis und Schnee / Artur Zielke Kreuz und quer über die Berge der Freundschaft / Klaus Dreßler Helikopter-Sprünge / Siegfried Meier 19. SAE Das Hüttendreieck auf dem Inlandeis / Georg Dittrich Temperaturprofile im Gletscherwind / Alfred Helbig An den Nunatakkern der Prinz-Charles-Berge / Joachim Hofmann 20. SAE Beobachtungen eines Arztes / Georg Schrader 21. SAE Ein Observatorium entsteht / Hartwig Gernandt Radionuklide in Antarktika / Detlef Hebert 22. SAE Als Geologe in den Read Mountains / Hans-Jürgen Paech 23. SAE Im Spaltennetz des Hays-Gletschers / Rainer Hoyer Der Marsch durch die Oase / Gerhard Strauch 24. SAE Expeditionsglück, Expeditionsleid / Klaus Peukert 25. SAE Warum Robben und Pinguine gezählt werden / Klaus Odening Auf in neue unbekannte Gebiete / Werner Passehl 26. SAE Aus der Werkstatt der Expeditionen / Bodo Tripphan Die Antarktis im Licht der Weltpolitik / M. Manfred Schneider Register

Anmerkung: Inhaltsverzeichnis: 1. Theoretische Grundlagen der angewandten Gravimetrie und Magnetik / Dr. rer. nat. habil. Rolf Rösler. - 1.1. Einleitung. - 1.1.1. Zielstellung. - 1.1.2. Die potentielle Energie. - 1.1.3. Die Potentialfunktion. - 1.2. Das NEWTONsche Volumenpotential. - 1.2.1. NEWTONsches Gravitationspotential. - 1.2.1.1. Das Gravitationsgesetz und die Bestandteile des Schwerevektors. - 1.2.1.2. Einige Eigenschaften der Äquipotentialflächen. - 1.2.2. Die räumliche und flächenhafte Massenverteilung. - 1.2.2.1. Das Potential einer räumlichen Massenverteilung. - 1.2.2.2. Die Ableitungen des Volumen- und des Flächenpotentials. - 1.2.3. Das Potential im Inneren. - 1.2.3.1. Die Existenz des Potentials. - 1.2.3.2. Das Potential einer masseerfüllten Kugel. - 1.2.4. Die BOUGUER-Plattenwirkung. - 1.2.4.1. Die Schwerewirkung einer Kreisscheibe. - 1.2.4.2. Die ebene BOUGUER-Platte. - 1.2.4.3. Die sphärische BOUGUER-Platte. - 1.2.5. Einige Störkörperformeln. - 1.2.5.1. Die Kugel. - 1.2.5.2. Der Quader. - 1.2.5.3. Die vertikale halbunendliche Säule. - 1.2.5.4. Die horizontale halbunendliche Säule. - 1.2.5.5. Die Viertel-Platte. - 1.2.5.6. Höhere Potentialableitungen für den Quader und seine Spezialfalle. - 1.2.5.7. Weitere Störkörperformeln. - 1.3. Dipol- und Multipol-Potentiale. - 1.3.1. Das Dipolpotential. - 1.3.2. Das Potential einer Doppelschicht. - 1.3.3. Die Entwicklung des Volumenpotentials in Multipolpotentiale. - 1.3.3.1. Das Multipolpotential. - 1.3.3.2. Eine Reihenentwicklung des reziproken Abstandes. - 1.3.3.3. Die Reihenentwicklung des Gravitationspotentials der Erde. - 1.3.3.4. Die Entwicklung des Magnetfeldes der Erde nach Kugelfunktionen. - 1.3.4. Das Potential und das Magnetfeld magnetisierter Körper. - 1.3.4.1. Das Problem der Berechnung geomagnetischer Anomalien. - 1.3.4.2. Der Zusammenhang mit dem Schwerepotential. - 1.3.4.3. Die Anomalien des magnetischen Feldes. - 1.3.5. Einige Störkörperformeln für magnetische Anomalien. - 1.3.5.1. Die Kugel. - 1.3.5.2. Der Quader. - 1.3.5.3. Spezialfälle des Quaders. - 1.4. Ebene Potentialfelder. - 1.4.1. Das logarithmische Potential. - 1.4.2. Die Ableitungen des Potentials. - 1.4.2.1. Körper beliebigen Querschnitts. - 1.4.2.2. Die ebene Flächenmasse. - 1.4.2.3. Die Darstellungen des Potentialgradienten mittels komplexer Funktionen. - 1.4.3. Einige Störkörperformeln. - 1.4.3.1. Horizontaler, homogener Kreiszylinder. - 1.4.3.2. Die halbunendliche, dünne Platte. - 1.4.3.3. Das horizontale Rechteck-Prisma. - 1.4.3.4. Die senkrechte Stufe. - 1.4.3.5. Die geneigte Stufe. - 1.4.3.6. Das Prisma mit Polygonquerschnitt. - 1.4.3.7. Die geneigte Platte. - 1.4.4. Störkörperformeln für magnetische Anomalien (ebener Fall). - 1.4.4.1. Der horizontale Kreiszylinder. - 1.4.4.2. Die geneigte Stufe. - 1.4.4.3. Weitere Störkörperformeln. - 1.5. Grundlagen der Interpretation. - 1.5.1. Die Mehrdeutigkeit der Interpretation. - 1.5.2. Feldtransformationen. - 1.5.2.1. Die Aufgabe der Feldtransformationen. - 1.5.2.2. Die Feldfortsetzung. - 1.5.2.3. Die Berechnung höherer vertikaler Ableitungen. - 1.5.2.4. Die Spektraldarstellung des Potentials und seiner Ableitungen mittels FOURIER-Transformation. - 1.5.2.5. Die Transformation magnetischer Anomalien. - 1.5.2.6. Die Glättung der transformierten Feldgrößen. - 1.5.2.7. Anwendung auf ebene Probleme. - 1.5.3. Inverse Aufgaben. - 2. Angewandte Gravimetrie / Dr. rer. nat. Harald Lindner ; Dr. rer. nat. habil. Heinz Militzer ; Dr. mont. Georg Walach. - 2.1. Geophysikalische, geologische und ingenieurtechnische Grundlagen. - 2.1.1. Das Schwerefeld der Erde. - 2.1.2. Ursache und Größenordnung von Schwereanomalien. - 2.1.3. Aufgabenstellung, Einsatzkriterien und Grenzen der Anwendung. - 2.2. Meßgrößen und Meßgeräte. - 2.2.1. Meßgrößen. - 2.2.2. Gravimeter. - 2.2.3. Gradientenmesser. - 2.3. Vorbereitung und Durchführung von Messungen. - 2.3.1. Eichung. - 2.3.2. Bezugs- und Anschlußpunkte, Schwerenetze. - 2.3.3. Gangbestimmung. - 2.3.4. Punktabstand. - 2.3.5. Regionalaufnahme. - 2.3.6. Spezialaufnahme. - 2.3.7. Mikroaufnahme. - 2.3.8. Messungen unter besonderen Bedingungen. - 2.3.8.1. See- und Flugzeugmessungen. - 2.3.8.2. Schacht- und Bohrlochmessungen. - 2.3.8.3. Untertagemessungen. - 2.3.9. Gradientenmessungen. - 2.4. Reduktionen und Anomalien. - 2.4.1. Zielstellung. - 2.4.2. Normalschwerereduktion. - 2.4.3. Freiluftreduktion. - 2.4.4. Geländereduktion für Messungen über- und untertage. - 2.4.5. BOUGUER-Reduktion. - 2.4.6. Isostatische Reduktion. - 2.4.7. BOUGUER-Anomalie. - 2.4.8. Freiluft-Anomalie. - 2.4.9. Isostatische Anomalie. - 2.5. Petrophysikalische Grundlagen der angewandten Gravimetrie. - 2.5.1. Klassifikation von Dichten. - 2.5.2. Dichtewerte verschiedener Gesteine. - 2.5.3. Dichtebestimmung mit Labormethoden. - 2.5.4. Dichtebestimmung mit gravimetrischen Methoden. - 3. Angewandte Magnetik / Dr. rer. nat. habil. Heinz Militzer ; Dipl.-Geophys. Reiner Scheibe ; Dr. phil. Wolfgang Seiberl. - 3.1. Geophysikalische, geologische und ingenieurtechnische Grundlagen. - 3.1.1. Magnetfeld der Erde und magnetische Anomalien. - 3.1.2. Aufgabenstellung und Einsatzkriterien. - 3.2. Meßgrößen und Meßgeräte. - 3.2.1. Meßkomponenten. - 3.2.2. Mechanisch-optische Magnetometer (Feldwaagen). - 3.2.3. Sättigungskernmagnetometer (Ferrosonde, FÖRSTER-Sonde, fluxgate-Magnetometer). - 3.2.4. Kernpräzessionsmagnetometer (Protonenmagnetometer, Kerninduktionsmagnetometer). - 3.2.5. Absorptionszellenmagnetometer (Quantenmagnetometer, Magnetometer mit optisch gepumpten Gasen). - 3.2.6. Apparative, zweckgebundene Besonderheiten. - 3.3. Vorbereitung und Durchführung von Messungen. - 3.3.1. Eichung. - 3.3.2. Anschluß der Messungen, magnetische Netze. - 3.3.3. Fehlerbestimmung. - 3.3.4. Profil- und Punktabstand. - 3.3.5. Regionalaufnahme. - 3.3.6. Spezialaufnahme. - 3.3.7. Mikroaufnahme. - 3.3.8. Gradientenmessung. - 3.3.9. Messungen unter besonderen Bedingungen. - 3.3.9.1. Aeromessungen. - 3.3.9.1.1. Magnetometereinbau im Fluggerät. - 3.3.9.1.2. Flugwegbestimmungen. - 3.3.9.1.3. Flughöhenbestimmung. - 3.3.9.1.4. Aeromagnetisches Flugnetz. - 3.3.9.2. Seemessungen. - 3.3.9.3. Untertagemessungen. - 3.3.9.4. Bohrlochmessungen. - 3.4. Korrekturen und Reduktionen. - 3.4.1. Zielstellung. - 3.4.2. Variationskorrektur. - 3.4.3. Instrumentengangkorrektur. - 3.4.4. Normalfeldreduktion. - 3.4.5. Höhenreduktion. - 3.4.6. Geländereduktion. - 3.4.7. Kompilation von aeromagnetischen und seemagnetischen Messungen. - 4. Paläo- und Archäomagnetik / Dr. mont. Hermann Mauritsch. - 4.1. Einleitung. - 4.2. Physikalische Grundlagen. - 4.3. Physikalische Theorie des Gesteinsmagnetismus. - 4.4. Remanente Magnetisierung natürlicher Gesteine. - 4.5. Spannungseffekte und Anisotropie. - 4.6. Die magnetischen Mineralien. - 4.7. Die Magnetisierung natürlicher Gesteine. - 4.8. Die Probennahme. - 4.9. Messung der Remanenz. - 4.10. Verfahren der magnetischen Reinigung. - 4.11. Feldfreier Raum. - 4.12. Zuverlässigkeitstest paläomagnetischer Ergebnisse. - 4.13. Statistische Analyse. - 4.14. Vergleich paläomagnetischer Daten. - 4.15. Berechnung des paläomagnetischen Pols. - 4.16. Darstellung paläomagnetischer Ergebnisse. - 4.17. Paläointensitätsmessungen. - 4.18. Ergebnisse paläomagnetischer Untersuchungen. - 4.18.1. Magnetostratigraphie. - 4.18.2. Polwanderung und Kontinentaldrift. - 4.18.3. Paläogeographie. - 4.19. Praktische Anwendungsbeispiele. - 4.20. Archäomagnetik. - 5. Bearbeitung und Interpretation der gravimetrischen und magnetischen Meßergebnisse / Dr. rer. nat. Harald Lindner ; Dr. rer. nat. habil. Heinz Militzer ; Dr. rer. nat. habil. Rolf Rösler ; Dipl.-Geophys. Reiner Scheibe. - 5.1. Zielstellung. - 5.2. Bearbeitungsverfahren und Interpretationsbeispiele. - 5.2.1. Verfahren der Feldtransformation. - 5.2.1.1. Regional- und Lokalfeld. - 5.2.1.2. Wellenlängenfilt

Anmerkung: Inhaltsverzeichnis: Vorwort. - 1. Alexander v. Humboldt und die Vorfahren von Alfred Wegener. - 2. Der Lebensweg von Alfred Wegener. - Berlin und die Studienjahre (1880-1904). - Lindenberg (1905-1906). - Marburg (1908-1918). - Hamburg (1919-1924). - Graz (1924-1930). - 3. Die Grönland-Reisen. - Die dänische "Danmark"-Expedition unter Leitung von L. Mylius-Erichsen (1906-08). - Die Durchquerung Nordgrönlands mit J. P. Koch (1912/13). - Die Vorexpedition nach Westgrönland unter Leitung von A. Wegener (1929). - Deutsche Grönland-Expedition Alfred Wegener, Hauptexpedition (1930/31). - Eine Schuldfrage?. - Rückblick auf die Grönland-Reisen. - 4. Alfred Wegener und Island. - Islands "Spalten" und die Drifthypothese. - 5. Das wissenschaftliche Lebenswerk von Alfred Wegener. - Der vielseitige Meteorologe. - Das Hauptwerk: Die wandernden Kontinente. - Kontinentalverschiebung und das Klima der Vorzeit. - Der ideale Schwiegervater. - Paläoklima und Kontinentalverschiebung. - Die Strahlungskurven von Milankovitch. - Warum Eiszeiten und Eiszeitalter?. - Ein Rückblick auf Köppen. - 6. Die ersten 40 Jahre der "wandernden Kontinente". - Der erste Vortrag und das erste Buch über kontinentale Drift. - Der Prophet gilt nichts in seinem Vaterlande. - Continental drift debate in New York, 1926. - Konvektionsströmungen: Ampferer, Schwinner, Holmes. - Africa forms the key. - Geodätische Beweise. Wegeners Irrtum. - 7. Die Wiedergeburt der "Kontinentalverschiebung": die Plattentektonik. - Tiefseeforschung und Paläomagnetismus. - Plattentektonik und Wegeners "Kontinentalverschiebungshypothese. - Gebirgsbildung und Pangaea. - Von der abstrakten Kunst zur Demoskopie. - Ein faszinierendes Gesamtbild. - 8. Ruhm und Nachruhm von Alfred Wegener. - 9. Schrifttum. - Verzeichnis der wichtigsten Schriften von A. Wegener. - Größere Veröffentlichungen über A. Wegener und seine letzte Grönlandfahrt. - Nachrufe, Gedenkaufsätze, Kurzbiographien, Film. - Einige Veröffentlichungen zur allgemeinen Einführung in die Plattentektonik. - Herkunft der Abbildungen. - 10. Anmerkungen. - Lebensdaten von A. Wegener. - 11. Register. - Namensverzeichnis. - Sachverzeichnis.

Anmerkung: Contents Preface Part I Introduction 1 Applications and uses of diatoms: prologue / EUGENE F. STOERMER AND JOHN P. SMOL Part II Diatoms as indicators of environmental change in flowing waters and lakes 2 Assessing environmental conditions in rivers and streams with diatoms / R. JAN STEVENSON AND YANGDONG PAN 3 Diatoms as indicators of hydrologic and climatic change in saline lakes / SHERILYN C. FRITZ, BRIAN F. CUMMING, FRANQOISE GASSE, AND KATHLEEN R. LAIRD 4 Diatoms as mediators of biogeochemical silica depletion in the Laurentian Great Lakes / CLAIRE L. SCHELSKE 5 Diatoms as indicators of surface water acidity / RICHARD W. BATTARBEE, DONALD F. CHARLES, SUSHIL S. DIXIT, AND INGEMAR RENBERG 6 Diatoms as indicators of lake eutrophication / ROLAND I. HALL AND JOHN P. SMOL 7 Continental diatoms as indicators of long-term environmental change / J. PLATT BRADBURY 8 Diatoms as indicators of water level change in freshwater lakes / JULIE A. WOLIN AND HAMISH C. DUTHIE Part III Diatoms as indicators in extreme environments 9 Diatoms as indicators of environmental change near arctic and alpine treeline / ANDRE F. LOTTER, REINHARD PIENITZ, AND ROLAND SCHMIDT 10 Freshwater diatoms as indicators of environmental change in the High Arctic / MARIANNE S. V. DOUGLAS AND JOHN P. SMOL 11 Diatoms as indicators of enviromental change in antarctic freshwaters / SARAH A. SPAULDING AND DIANE M. MCKNIGHT 12 Diatoms of aerial habitats / JEFFREY R. JOHANSEN Part IV Diatoms as indicators in marine and estuarine environments 13 Diatoms as indicators of coastal paleoenvironments and relative sea-level change / LUC DENYS AND HEIN DE WOLF 14 Diatoms and environmental change in brackish waters / PAULI SNOEIJS 15 Applied diatom studies in estuaries and shallow coastal environments / MICHAEL J. SULLIVAN 16 Estuarine paleoenyironmental reconstructions using diatoms / SHERRI R. COOPER 17 Diatoms and marine paleoceanography / CONSTANCE SANCETTA PartV Other applications 18 Diatoms and archeology / STEVEN JUGGINS AND NIGEL CAMERON 19 Diatoms in oil and gas exploration / WILLIAM N. KREBS 20 Forensic science and diatoms / ANTHONY J. PEABODY 21 Toxic and harmful marine diatoms / GRETA A. FRYXELL AND MARIA C. VILLAC 22 Diatoms as markers of atmospheric transport / MARGARET A. HARPER 23 Diatomite / DAVID M. HARWOOD Part VI Conclusions 24 Epilogue: a view to the future / EUGENE F. STOERMER AND JOHN P. SMOL Glossary, and acronyms Index