TY - GEN A1 - Agarwal, Ankit A1 - Marwan, Norbert A1 - Maheswaran, Rathinasamy A1 - Öztürk, Ugur A1 - Kurths, Jürgen A1 - Merz, Bruno T1 - Optimal design of hydrometric station networks based on complex network analysis T2 - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe N2 - Hydrometric networks play a vital role in providing information for decision-making in water resource management. They should be set up optimally to provide as much information as possible that is as accurate as possible and, at the same time, be cost-effective. Although the design of hydrometric networks is a well-identified problem in hydrometeorology and has received considerable attention, there is still scope for further advancement. In this study, we use complex network analysis, defined as a collection of nodes interconnected by links, to propose a new measure that identifies critical nodes of station networks. The approach can support the design and redesign of hydrometric station networks. The science of complex networks is a relatively young field and has gained significant momentum over the last few years in different areas such as brain networks, social networks, technological networks, or climate networks. The identification of influential nodes in complex networks is an important field of research. We propose a new node-ranking measure – the weighted degree–betweenness (WDB) measure – to evaluate the importance of nodes in a network. It is compared to previously proposed measures used on synthetic sample networks and then applied to a real-world rain gauge network comprising 1229 stations across Germany to demonstrate its applicability. The proposed measure is evaluated using the decline rate of the network efficiency and the kriging error. The results suggest that WDB effectively quantifies the importance of rain gauges, although the benefits of the method need to be investigated in more detail. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - 951 KW - identifying influential nodes KW - climate networks KW - rainfall KW - streamflow KW - synchronization KW - precipitation KW - classification KW - events Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-471006 SN - 1866-8372 IS - 951 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Arnous, Ahmad A1 - Zeckra, Martin A1 - Venerdini, Agostina A1 - Alvarado, Patricia A1 - Arrowsmith, Ramón A1 - Guillemoteau, Julien A1 - Landgraf, Angela A1 - Gutiérrez, Adolfo Antonio A1 - Strecker, Manfred T1 - Neotectonic Activity in the Low-Strain Broken Foreland (Santa Bárbara System) of the North-Western Argentinean Andes (26°S) T2 - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe N2 - Uplift in the broken Andean foreland of the Argentine Santa Bárbara System (SBS) is associated with the contractional reactivation of basement anisotropies, similar to those reported from the thick-skinned Cretaceous-Eocene Laramide province of North America. Fault scarps, deformed Quaternary deposits and landforms, disrupted drainage patterns, and medium-sized earthquakes within the SBS suggest that movement along these structures may be a recurring phenomenon, with yet to be defined repeat intervals and rupture lengths. In contrast to the Subandes thrust belt farther north, where eastward-migrating deformation has generated a well-defined thrust front, the SBS records spatiotemporally disparate deformation along structures that are only known to the first order. We present herein the results of geomorphic desktop analyses, structural field observations, and 2D electrical resistivity tomography and seismic-refraction tomography surveys and an interpretation of seismic reflection profiles across suspected fault scarps in the sedimentary basins adjacent to the Candelaria Range (CR) basement uplift, in the south-central part of the SBS. Our analysis in the CR piedmont areas reveals consistency between the results of near-surface electrical resistivity and seismic-refraction tomography surveys, the locations of prominent fault scarps, and structural geometries at greater depth imaged by seismic reflection data. We suggest that this deformation is driven by deep-seated blind thrusting beneath the CR and associated regional warping, while shortening involving Mesozoic and Cenozoic sedimentary strata in the adjacent basins was accommodated by layer-parallel folding and flexural-slip faults that cut through Quaternary landforms and deposits at the surface. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - 1008 Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-480183 SN - 1866-8372 IS - 1008 SP - 1 EP - 25 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Ayzel, Georgy A1 - Scheffer, Tobias A1 - Heistermann, Maik T1 - RainNet v1.0 BT - a convolutional neural network for radar-based precipitation nowcasting T2 - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe N2 - In this study, we present RainNet, a deep convolutional neural network for radar-based precipitation nowcasting. Its design was inspired by the U-Net and SegNet families of deep learning models, which were originally designed for binary segmentation tasks. RainNet was trained to predict continuous precipitation intensities at a lead time of 5min, using several years of quality-controlled weather radar composites provided by the German Weather Service (DWD). That data set covers Germany with a spatial domain of 900km × 900km and has a resolution of 1km in space and 5min in time. Independent verification experiments were carried out on 11 summer precipitation events from 2016 to 2017. In order to achieve a lead time of 1h, a recursive approach was implemented by using RainNet predictions at 5min lead times as model inputs for longer lead times. In the verification experiments, trivial Eulerian persistence and a conventional model based on optical flow served as benchmarks. The latter is available in the rainymotion library and had previously been shown to outperform DWD's operational nowcasting model for the same set of verification events. RainNet significantly outperforms the benchmark models at all lead times up to 60min for the routine verification metrics mean absolute error (MAE) and the critical success index (CSI) at intensity thresholds of 0.125, 1, and 5mm h⁻¹. However, rainymotion turned out to be superior in predicting the exceedance of higher intensity thresholds (here 10 and 15mm h⁻¹). The limited ability of RainNet to predict heavy rainfall intensities is an undesirable property which we attribute to a high level of spatial smoothing introduced by the model. At a lead time of 5min, an analysis of power spectral density confirmed a significant loss of spectral power at length scales of 16km and below. Obviously, RainNet had learned an optimal level of smoothing to produce a nowcast at 5min lead time. In that sense, the loss of spectral power at small scales is informative, too, as it reflects the limits of predictability as a function of spatial scale. Beyond the lead time of 5min, however, the increasing level of smoothing is a mere artifact – an analogue to numerical diffusion – that is not a property of RainNet itself but of its recursive application. In the context of early warning, the smoothing is particularly unfavorable since pronounced features of intense precipitation tend to get lost over longer lead times. Hence, we propose several options to address this issue in prospective research, including an adjustment of the loss function for model training, model training for longer lead times, and the prediction of threshold exceedance in terms of a binary segmentation task. Furthermore, we suggest additional input data that could help to better identify situations with imminent precipitation dynamics. The model code, pretrained weights, and training data are provided in open repositories as an input for such future studies. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - 964 KW - weather KW - models KW - skill Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-472942 SN - 1866-8372 IS - 964 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Baes, Marzieh A1 - Sobolev, Stephan Vladimir A1 - Gerya, Taras V. A1 - Brune, Sascha T1 - Plume-induced subduction initiation BT - Single-slab or multi-slab subduction? T2 - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe N2 - Initiation of subduction following the impingement of a hot buoyant mantle plume is one of the few scenarios that allow breaking the lithosphere and recycling a stagnant lid without requiring any preexisting weak zones. Here, we investigate factors controlling the number and shape of retreating subducting slabs formed by plume-lithosphere interaction. Using 3-D thermomechanical models we show that the deformation regime, which defines formation of single-slab or multi-slab subduction, depends on several parameters such as age of oceanic lithosphere, thickness of the crust and large-scale lithospheric extension rate. Our model results indicate that on present-day Earth multi-slab plume-induced subduction is initiated only if the oceanic lithosphere is relatively young (<30-40 Myr, but >10 Myr), and the crust has a typical thickness of 8 km. In turn, development of single-slab subduction is facilitated by older lithosphere and pre-imposed extensional stresses. In early Earth, plume-lithosphere interaction could have led to formation of either episodic short-lived circular subduction when the oceanic lithosphere was young or to multi-slab subduction when the lithosphere was old. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - 1167 KW - subduction zone KW - plume KW - numerical model KW - singleslab KW - multi-slab Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-522742 SN - 1866-8372 IS - 2 ER - TY - THES A1 - Barrionuevo, Matías T1 - The role of the upper plate in the Andean tectonic evolution (33-36°S): insights from structural geology and numerical modeling T1 - El rol de la placa superior en la evolución tectónica andina (33-36°S): aportes desde la geología estructural y el modelado numérico T1 - Die Rolle der oberen Platte in der tektonischen Entwicklung der Anden (33-36°S): Erkenntnisse aus der Strukturgeologie und der numerischen Modellierung N2 - Los Andes Centrales del Sur (33-36°S) son un gran laboratorio para el estudio de los procesos de deformación orogénica, donde las condiciones de borde, como la geometría de la placa subductada, imponen un importante control sobre la deformación andina. Por otro lado, la Placa Sudamericana presenta una serie de heterogeneidades que también imparten un control sobre el modo de deformación. El objetivo de esta tesis es probar el control de este último factor sobre la construcción del sistema orogénico andino. A partir de la integración de la información superficial y de subsuelo en el área sur (34°-36°S), se estudió la evolución de la deformación andina sobre el segmento de subducción normal. Se desarrolló un modelo estructural que evalúa el estado de esfuerzos desde el Mioceno hasta la actualidad, el rol de estructuras previas y su influencia en la migración de fluidos. Con estos datos y publicaciones previas de la zona norte del área de estudio (33°-34ºS), se realizó un modelado numérico geodinámico para probar la hipótesis del papel de las heterogeneidades de la placa superior en la evolución andina. Se utilizaron dos códigos (LAPEX-2D y ASPECT) basados en elementos finitos/diferencias finitas, que simulan el comportamiento de materiales con reologías elastoviscoplásticas bajo deformación. Los resultados del modelado sugieren que la deformación contraccional de la placa superior está significativamente controlada por la resistencia de la litósfera, que está definida por la composición de la corteza superior e inferior y por la proporción del manto litosférico, que a su vez está definida por eventos tectónicos previos. Estos eventos previos también definieron la composición de la corteza y su geometría, que es otro factor que controla la localización de la deformación. Con una composición de corteza inferior más félsica, la deformación sigue un modo de cizalla pura mientras que las composiciones más máficas provocan un modo de deformación tipo cizalla simple. Por otro lado, observamos que el espesor inicial de la litósfera controla la localización de la deformación, donde zonas con litósfera más fina es propensa a concentrar la deformación. Un límite litósfera-astenósfera asimétrico, como resultado del flujo de la cuña mantélica tiende a generar despegues vergentes al E. N2 - The Southern Central Andes (33°-36°S) are an excellent natural laboratory to study orogenic deformation processes, where boundary conditions, such as the geometry of the subducted plate, impose an important control on the evolution of the orogen. On the other hand, the South American plate presents a series of heterogeneities that additionally impart control on the mode of deformation. This thesis aims to test the control of this last factor over the construction of the Cenozoic Andean orogenic system. From the integration of surface and subsurface information in the southern area (34-36°S), the evolution of Andean deformation over the steeply dipping subduction segment was studied. A structural model was developed evaluating the stress state from the Miocene to the present-day and its influence in the migration of magmatic fluids and hydrocarbons. Based on these data, together with the data generated by other researchers in the northern zone of the study area (33-34°S), geodynamic numerical modeling was performed to test the hypothesis of the decisive role of upper-plate heterogeneities in the Andean evolution. Geodynamic codes (LAPEX-2D and ASPECT) which simulate the behavior of materials with elasto-visco-plastic rheologies under deformation, were used. The model results suggest that upper-plate contractional deformation is significantly controlled by the strength of the lithosphere, which is defined by the composition of the upper and lower crust, and by the proportion of lithospheric mantle, which in turn is determined by previous tectonic events. In addition, the previous regional tectono-magmatic events also defined the composition of the crust and its geometry, which is another factor that controls the localization of deformation. Accordingly, with more felsic lower crustal composition, the deformation follows a pure-shear mode, while more mafic compositions induce a simple-shear deformation mode. On the other hand, it was observed that initial lithospheric thickness may fundamentally control the location of deformation, with zones characterized by thin lithosphere are prone to concentrate it. Finally, it was found that an asymmetric lithosphere-astenosphere boundary resulting from corner flow in the mantle wedge of the eastward-directed subduction zone tends to generate east-vergent detachments. N2 - Die südlichen Zentralanden (33°-36°S) sind eine ausgezeichnete, natürliche Forschungsumgebung zur Untersuchung gebirgsbildender Deformationsprozesse, in der Randbedingungen, wie die Geometrie der subduzierten Platte, einen starken Einfluss auf die Evolution des Gebirges besitzen. Anderseits sind die Deformationsmechanismen geprägt von der Heterogenität der Südamerikanischen Platte. In dieser Arbeit wird die Bedeutung dieses Mechanismus für die Herausbildung der Anden während des Känozoikums untersucht. Im südlichen Teil (34-36°S), in dem die subduzierte Platte in einem steileren Winkel in den Erdmantel absinkt, wird die Entwicklung der Andendeformation mithilfe von oberflächlich aufgezeichneten und in tiefere Erdschichten reichenden Daten untersucht. Das darauf aufbauende Strukturmodell ermöglicht die Abschätzung der tektonischen Spannungen vom Miozän bis in die Neuzeit und den Einfluss der Bewegungen von magmatischen Fluiden, sowie Kohlenwasserstoffen. Auf Grundlage dieser Daten und solcher, die von Wissenschaftlern im nördlichen Bereich des Untersuchungsgebietes (33-34°S) erfasst wurden, wurde eine geodynamische, numerische Modellierung durchgeführt, um die Hypothese des Einflusses der Heterogenität der oberen Platten auf die Gebirgsbildung der Anden zu überprüfen. Die genutzte geodynamische Softwares (LAPEX-2D und ASPECT) simulieren das Verhalten von elasto-viskoplastischen Materialien, wenn diese unter Spannung stehen. Die Modellierungsergebnisse zeigen, dass die Kontraktionsprozesse hauptsächlich durch die Stärke der Lithosphäre beeinflusst werden. Diese Kenngröße wird aus der Zusammensetzung von Ober- und Unterkruste und dem Anteil des lithosphärischen Mantels, der durch vorhergehende tektonische Vorgänge überprägt ist, bestimmt. Diese räumlich begrenzten tektono-magmatischen Events definieren ebenfalls die Zusammensetzung und die Geometrie der Erdkruste, welche einen großen Einfluss auf das räumliche Auftreten von Deformationsprozessen hat. Eine eher felsische Unterkruste führt vorrangig zu pure-shear, während eine eher mafisch zusammengesetzte Unterkruste primär zu einem Deformationsmechanismus führt, der simple-shear genannt wird. Weiterhing wurde beobachtet, dass die Dicke der Lithosphäre vor der Deformation einen fundamentalen Einfluss auf die räumliche Eingrenzung von Deformation hat, wobei Regionen mit einer dünnen Lithosphärenschicht verstärkt Deformation aufweisen. Eine asymmetrische Grenzschicht zwischen Lithosphäre und Asthenosphäre ist das Resultat von Fließprozessen im Erdmantel, im Keil zwischen der obenliegenden Platte und der sich ostwärts absinkenden Subduktionszone, und verstärkt die Herausbildung von nach Osten gerichteten Abscherungen in der Erdkruste. KW - structural geology KW - tectonics KW - subduction KW - geodynamic modeling KW - geodynamische Modellierung KW - Strukturgeologie KW - Subduktion KW - Tektonik Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-515909 ER - TY - THES A1 - Biedermann, Nicole T1 - Carbonate-silicate reactions at conditions of the Earth’s mantle and the role of carbonates as possible trace-element carriers N2 - Carbonates play a key role in the chemistry and dynamics of our planet. They are directly connected to the CO2 budget of our atmosphere and have a great impact on the deep carbon cycle. Moreover, recent studies have shown that carbonates are stable along the geothermal gradient down to Earth's lower mantle conditions, changing their crystal structure and related properties. Subducted carbonates may also react with silicates to form new phases. These reactions will redistribute elements, such as calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), iron (Fe) and carbon in the form of carbon dioxide (CO2), but also trace elements, that are carried by the carbonates. The trace elements of most interest are strontium (Sr) and rare earth elements (REE) which have been found to be important constituents in the composition of the primitive lower mantle and in mineral inclusions found in super-deep diamonds. However, the stability of carbonates in presence of mantle silicates at relevant temperatures is far from being well understood. Related to this, very little is known about distribution processes of trace elements between carbonates and mantle silicates. To shed light on these processes, we studied reactions between Sr- and REE-containing CaCO3 and Mg/Fe-bearing silicates of the system (Mg,Fe)2SiO4 - (Mg,Fe)SiO3 at high pressure and high temperature using synchrotron radiation based μ-X-ray diffraction (μ-XRD) and μ-X-ray fluorescence (μ-XRF) with μm-resolution in a laser-heated diamond anvil cell. X-ray diffraction is used to derive the structural changes of the phase reactions whereas X-ray fluorescence gives information on the chemical changes in the sample. In-situ experiments at high pressure and high temperature were performed at beamline P02.2 at PETRA III (Hamburg, Germany) and at beamline ID27 at ESRF (Grenoble, France). In addition to μ-XRD and μ-XRF, ex-situ measurements were made on the recovered sample material using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and provided further insights into the reaction kinetics of carbonate-silicate reactions. Our investigations show that CaCO3 is unstable in presence of mantle silicates above 1700 K and a reaction takes place in which magnesite plus CaSiO3-perovskite are formed. In addition, we observed that a high content of iron in the carbonate-silicate system favours dolomite formation during the reaction. The subduction of natural carbonates with significant amounts of Sr leads to a comprehensive investigation of the stability not only of CaCO3 phases in contact with mantle silicates but also of SrCO3 (and of Sr-bearing CaCO3). We found that SrCO3 reacts with (Mg,Fe)SiO3-perovskite to form magnesite and gained evidence for the formation of SrSiO3-perovskite. To complement our study on the stability of SrCO3 at conditions of the Earth's lower mantle, we performed powder X-ray diffraction and single crystal X-ray diffraction experiments at ambient temperature and up to 49 GPa. We observed a transformation from SrCO3-I into a new high-pressure phase SrCO3-II at around 26 GPa with Pmmn crystal structure and a bulk modulus of 103(10) GPa. This information is essential to fully understand the phase behaviour and stability of carbonates in the Earth's lower mantle and to elucidate the possibility of introducing Sr into mantle silicates by carbonate-silicate reactions. Simultaneous recording of μ-XRD and μ-XRF in the μm-range over the heated areas provides spatial information not only about phase reactions but also on the elemental redistribution during the reactions. A comparison of the spatial intensity distribution of the XRF signal before and after heating indicates a change in the elemental distribution of Sr and an increase in Sr-concentration was found around the newly formed SrSiO3-perovskite. With the help of additional TEM analyses on the quenched sample material the elemental redistribution was studied at a sub-micrometer scale. Contrary to expectations from combined μ-XRD and μ-XRF measurements, we found that La and Eu were not incorporated into the silicate phases, instead they tend to form either isolated oxide phases (e.g. Eu2O3, La2O3) or hydroxyl-bastnäsite (La(CO3)(OH)). In addition, we observed the transformation from (Mg,Fe)SiO3-perovskite to low-pressure clinoenstatite during pressure release. The monoclinic structure (P21/c) of this phase allows the incorporation of Ca as shown by additional EDX analyses and, to a minor extent, Sr too. Based on our experiments, we can conclude that a detection of the trace elements in-situ at high pressure and high temperature remains challenging. However, our first findings imply that silicates may incorporate the trace elements provided by the carbonates and indicate that carbonates may have a major effect on the trace element contents of mantle phases. N2 - Karbonate spielen eine wesentliche Rolle in der Chemie und Dynamik unseres Planeten. Sie stehen im direkten Zusammenhang mit dem CO2-Haushalt unserer Atmosphäre und dem tiefen, erdinneren Kohlenstoff-Kreislauf. Darüber hinaus haben jüngste Studien gezeigt, dass subduzierte Karbonate entlang des geothermischen Gradienten bis hinunter zu unteren Erdmantelbedingungen stabil sind, wobei sich ihre Kristallstruktur und die damit verbundenen Eigenschaften ändern. Ebenso können subduzierte Karbonate mit Mantelsilikaten reagieren. Diese Reaktionen führen zu einer Umverteilung von Elementen, welche von den subduzierten Karbonaten hinunter in die Tiefen der Erde transportiert werden. Die Elemente, um die es sich hauptsächlich handelt, sind dabei Calcium (Ca), Magnesium (Mg), Eisen (Fe) und Kohlenstoff (C). Aber auch Spurenelemente, wie beispielsweise Strontium (Sr) und Seltene Erdelemente (REE), können über Karbonate in den unteren Erdmantelbereich gelangen. Die Stabilität der Karbonate in Gegenwart von Mantelsilikaten bei relevanten Erdmantelbedingungen ist jedoch bei Weitem nicht bekannt. Ebenso ist nur sehr wenig über die Verteilungsprozesse von Spurenelementen zwischen Karbonaten und Mantelsilikaten bekannt. Um diese Prozesse zu beleuchten, wurden Reaktionen zwischen Sr- und REE-haltigem CaCO3 und Mg/Fe-haltigen Silikaten aus dem System (Mg,Fe)2SiO4 - (Mg,Fe)SiO3 unter hohem Druck und hoher Temperatur mit μm-aufgelöster Röntgenbeugung (μ-XRD) und Röntgenfluoreszenz (μ-XRF) in einer lasergeheizten Diamantstempelzelle durchgeführt. Dabei wird Röntgenbeugung verwendet, um die strukturellen Änderungen der Phasenreaktionen abzuleiten, während Röntgenfluoreszenz Informationen über die chemischen Änderungen in der Probe liefert. Unsere Untersuchungen zeigen, dass sowohl SrCO3 als auch CaCO3 in Gegenwart von Mantelsilikaten bei über 1700 K instabil sind und eine Reaktion stattfindet, bei der Magnesit und CaSiO3-Perowskit bzw. SrSiO3-Perowskit gebildet werden. Ein Vergleich der räumlichen Intensitätsverteilungen von XRF Signalen vor und nach dem Heizen zeigt eine Änderung in der Elementverteilung von Sr und eine Zunahme der Sr-Konzentration um den neugebildeten SrSiO3-Perowskit. Zusätzliche Aufnahmen am zurückgewonnenen, abgeschreckten Probenmaterial mittels Transmissionselektronenmikroskopie (TEM) lieferten weitere Erkenntnisse zur Reaktionskinetik. Entgegen den Erwartungen eines Einbaus der Seltenen Erdelemente in die neugebildeten Mantelsilikate, haben wir aus kombinierten μ-XRD-, μ-XRF- und TEM-Messungen festgestellt, dass La und Eu entweder isolierte Oxidphasen (Eu2O3, La2O3) oder Hydroxyl-Bastnäsit (La(CO3)(OH)) bilden. Zusätzlich war zu beobachten, dass (Mg,Fe)SiO3-Perowskit sich während der Druckentlastung in Clinoenstatit umgewandelt hat. Die monokline Struktur dieser Phase ermöglicht den Einbau von Ca und, im geringerem Maße, Sr, wie durch zusätzliche EDX-Analysen gezeigt wurde. Ergänzend zu unserer Studie führten wir Pulver-Röntgenbeugung in Kombination mit Einkristall-Röntgenbeugung bei Umgebungstemperatur und bis zu 49 GPa am Endglied Strontianit (SrCO3) durch. Wir beobachteten eine Umwandlung von SrCO3-I in eine neue Hochdruckphase SrCO3-II bei etwa 26 GPa mit Pmmn-Kristallstruktur und einem Kompressionsmodul von 103(10) GPa. Solche Informationen sind sehr wichtig, da sie Aufschlüsse sowohl über das Phasenverhalten als auch über die Stabilität von Karbonaten in Gegenwart von Mantelsilikaten geben und helfen, sie vollständig zu verstehen. Basierend auf den Erkenntnissen aus unseren Experimenten können wir schließen, dass ein Nachweis von Spurenelementen in-situ unter hohem Druck und hoher Temperatur eine Herausforderung bleibt. Unsere Ergebnisse deuten jedoch darauf hin, dass Silikate die Spurenelemente, welche von den Karbonaten transportiert werden, aufnehmen können und demzufolge Karbonate einen wesentlichen Einfluss auf den Spurenelementgehalt von Mantelphasen haben. T2 - Karbonat-Silikat-Reaktionen bei Erdmantelbedingungen und die Rolle der Karbonate als mögliche Spurenelementträger KW - laser-heated Diamond Anvil Cell KW - Carbonate-Silicate reactions KW - Earth's mantle KW - Karbonat-Silikat-Reaktionen KW - Erdmantel KW - laser-geheizte Diamantstempelzelle Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-482772 ER - TY - THES A1 - Borghini, Alessia T1 - Melt inclusions in mafic rocks as witnesses of metasomatism in the Bohemian Massif N2 - Orogenic peridotites represent portions of upper subcontinental mantle now incorporated in mountain belts. They often contain layers, lenses and irregular bodies of pyroxenite and eclogite. The origin of this heterogeneity and the nature of these layers is still debated but it is likely to involve processes such as transient melts coming from the crust or the mantle and segregating in magma conduits, crust-mantle interaction, upwelling of the asthenosphere and metasomatism. All these processes occur in the lithospheric mantle and are often related with the subduction of crustal rocks to mantle depths. In fact, during subduction, fluids and melts are released from the slab and can interact with the overlying mantle, making the study of deep melts in this environment crucial to understand mantle heterogeneity and crust-mantle interaction. The aim of this thesis is precisely to better constrain how such processes take place studying directly the melt trapped as primary inclusions in pyroxenites and eclogites. The Bohemian Massif, crystalline core of the Variscan belt, is targeted for these purposes because it contains orogenic peridotites with layers of pyroxenite and eclogite and other mafic rocks enclosed in felsic high pressure and ultra-high pressure crustal rocks. Within this Massif mafic rocks from two areas have been selected: the garnet clinopyroxenite in orogenic peridotite of the Granulitgebirge and the ultra-high pressure eclogite in the diamond-bearing gneisses of the Erzgebirge. In both areas primary melt inclusions were recognized in the garnet, ranging in size between 2-25 µm and with different degrees of crystallization, from glassy to polycrystalline. They have been investigated with Micro Raman spectroscopy and EDS mapping and the mineral assemblage is kumdykolite, phlogopite, quartz, kokchetavite, phase with a main Raman peak at 430 cm-1, phase with a main Raman peak at 412 cm-1, white mica and calcite with some variability in relative abundance depending on the case study. In the Granulitgebirge osumilite and pyroxene are also present, whereas calcite is one of the main phases in the Erzgebirge. The presence of glass and the mineral assemblage in the nanogranitoids suggest that they were former droplets of melt trapped in the garnet while it was growing. Glassy inclusions and re-homogenized nanogranitoids show a silicate melt that is granitic, hydrous, high in alkalis and weakly peraluminous. The melt is also enriched in both case studies in Cs, Pb, Rb, U, Th, Li and B suggesting the involvement of crustal component, i.e. white mica (main carrier of Cs, Pb, Rb, Li and B), and a fluid (Cs, Th and U) in the melt producing reaction. The whole rock in both cases mainly consists of garnet and clinopyroxene with, in Erzgebirge samples, the additional presence of quartz both in the matrix and as a polycrystalline inclusion in the garnet. The latter is interpreted as a quartz pseudomorph after coesite and occurs in the same microstructural position as the melt inclusions. Both rock types show a crustal and subduction zone signature with garnet and clinopyroxene in equilibrium. Melt was likely present during the metamorphic peak of the rock, as it occurs in garnet. Our data suggest that the processes most likely responsible for the formation of the investigated rocks in both areas is a metasomatic reaction between a melt produced in the crust and mafic layers formerly located in the mantle wedge for the Granulitgebirge and in the subducted continental crust itself in the Erzgebirge. Thus metasomatism in the first case took place in the mantle overlying the slab, whereas in the second case metasomatism took place in the continental crust that already contained, before subduction, mafic layers. Moreover, the presence of former coesite in the same microstructural position of the melt inclusions in the Erzgebirge garnets suggest that metasomatism took place at ultra-high pressure conditions. Summarizing, in this thesis we provide new insights into the geodynamic evolution of the Bohemian Massif based on the study of melt inclusions in garnet in two different mafic rock types, combining the direct microstructural and geochemical investigation of the inclusions with the whole-rock and mineral geochemistry. We report for the first time data, directly extracted from natural rocks, on the metasomatic melt responsible for the metasomatism of several areas of the Bohemian Massif. Besides the two locations here investigated, belonging to the Saxothuringian Zone, a signature similar to the investigated melt is clearly visible in pyroxenite and peridotite of the T-7 borehole (again Saxothuringian Zone) and the durbachite suite located in the Moldanubian Zone. N2 - Die Präsenz orogener Peridotite - metamorphosierte Bestanteile des Mantels -, die in Gebirgen auftreten, belegt, dass der Erdmantel an Kontinent-Kontinent-Kollisionen beteiligt sein kann. Solche orogenen Peridotite sind häufig heterogen, da sie Pyroxenit- und Eklogitlagen und Linsen enthalten, d.h. Hochdruckgesteine, die aus Granat und Klinopyroxen bestehen. Die meisten Prozesse, die für diese Heterogenität verantwortlich sind, involvieren Schmelzen, die durch den Mantel migrieren und dabei zu dessen Metasomatose oder zu der Anreicherung von Granat und Klinopyroxen in Adern und Kanälen führen. Ein weiterer Prozess kann auch das Recyceln subduzierter ozeanischer Kruste im Erdmantel sein. Im Allgemeinen finden all diese Prozesse während der Subduktion der Kruste in Manteltiefe statt. Unter diesen Bedingungen stehen die Krustengesteine im direkten Kontakt mit den Mantelgesteinen und die dabei freigesetzten Fluide oder Schmelzen können mit den Peridotiten wechselwirken. Letztere können anschließend von den Krustengesteinen aufgenommen und zur Erdoberfläche exhumiert werden, wo sie untersucht werden können. Diese Arbeit fokussiert sich vor allem auf die Untersuchung der Pyroxenit- und Eklogitbildung sowie auf die Wechselwirkung zwischen Schmelze und Gestein während der Subduktion der Kontinentalkruste in Manteltiefe. Dafür ist das Böhmische Massiv die ideale geologische Umgebung, da es erhebliche Mengen an Pyroxeniten und Eklogiten enthält, die sich in einigen Fällen in orogenen Peridotiten befinden, und die alle in einer ehemals tief subduziertern kontinentalern Kruste eingegliedert wurden. Um die Zielstellung zu erreichen, wurde die Schmelze mit einem neuartigen Ansatz untersucht, wobei diese hier direkt in primären Schmelzeinschlüssen, die im Granat eingeschlossenen sind, untersucht wird. Es wurden zwei Gebiete mit Pyroxeniten und Eklogiten, die Schmelzeinschlüsse enthalten, ausgewählt, ein Pyroxenit aus dem Granulitgebirge und ein Ultrahochdruck-Eklogit aus dem Erzgebirge (Sachsen, Deutschland). Die Einschlüsse bestehen aus einer granitischen, wasserhaltigen Schmelze krustaler Herkunft. Das Auftreten der im Granat unregelmäßig verteilten Einschlüsse bestätigt das Vorhandensein von Schmelze während der Peakmetamorphose. Da die Schmelzen in beiden Fällen ähnlich sind, schlussfolgern wir daraus, dass beide Gesteinsarten durch metasomatische Prozesse infolge der Wechselwirkung von silikatreicher Schmelze und mafischen Lagen gebildete wurden. Im Granulitgebirge ging die Schmelze eine Wechselwirkung mit mafischen Lagen im Mantel ein und erst später wurde der Wirtsperidotit einschließlich der neugebildeten Pyroxenit- und Eklogitlagen in die subduzierte Kruste eingebaut. Im Fall der Pyroxenite und Eklogite des Erzgebirges fand die Metasomatose stattdessen in der kontinentalen Kruste statt. Hier ging die Schmelze eine Wechselwirkung mit mafischen Lagen ein, die sich bereits vor der Subduktion in der Kruste befunden hatten. Im letzteren Fall belegt der Hinweis auf ehemaligen Coesit , d. h. auf ein Mineral, das Tiefen >95 km anzeigt, welches anwesend war während der Metasomatose, dass die Prozesse in größeren Tiefen stattfanden als im Granulitgebirge. T2 - Schmelzeinschlüsse in mafischen Gesteinen als Zeugen von Metasomatose im Böhmischen Massiv KW - Petrology KW - Petrologie KW - Metamorphism KW - Melt inclusions KW - Metasomatism KW - Metamorphose KW - Schmelzeinschlüsse KW - Metasomatose Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-473639 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Coesfeld, Jacqueline A1 - Kuester, Theres A1 - Kuechly, Helga U. A1 - Kyba, Christopher C. M. T1 - Reducing variability and removing natural light from nighttime satellite imagery: A case study using the VIIRS DNB T2 - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe N2 - Temporal variation of natural light sources such as airglow limits the ability of night light sensors to detect changes in small sources of artificial light (such as villages). This study presents a method for correcting for this effect globally, using the satellite radiance detected from regions without artificial light emissions. We developed a routine to define an approximate grid of locations worldwide that do not have regular light emission. We apply this method with a 5 degree equally spaced global grid (total of 2016 individual locations), using data from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Day-Night Band (DNB). This code could easily be adapted for other future global sensors. The correction reduces the standard deviation of data in the Earth Observation Group monthly DNB composites by almost a factor of two. The code and datasets presented here are available under an open license by GFZ Data Services, and are implemented in the Radiance Light Trends web application. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - 1181 KW - airglow KW - artificial light KW - calibration KW - VIIRS DNB KW - nightlights KW - remote sensing Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-524397 SN - 1866-8372 IS - 11 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Crisologo, Irene A1 - Heistermann, Maik T1 - Using ground radar overlaps to verify the retrieval of calibration bias estimates from spaceborne platforms T2 - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe N2 - Many institutions struggle to tap into the potential of their large archives of radar reflectivity: these data are often affected by miscalibration, yet the bias is typically unknown and temporally volatile. Still, relative calibration techniques can be used to correct the measurements a posteriori. For that purpose, the usage of spaceborne reflectivity observations from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) and Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) platforms has become increasingly popular: the calibration bias of a ground radar (GR) is estimated from its average reflectivity difference to the spaceborne radar (SR). Recently, Crisologo et al. (2018) introduced a formal procedure to enhance the reliability of such estimates: each match between SR and GR observations is assigned a quality index, and the calibration bias is inferred as a quality-weighted average of the differences between SR and GR. The relevance of quality was exemplified for the Subic S-band radar in the Philippines, which is greatly affected by partial beam blockage. The present study extends the concept of quality-weighted averaging by accounting for path-integrated attenuation (PIA) in addition to beam blockage. This extension becomes vital for radars that operate at the C or X band. Correspondingly, the study setup includes a C-band radar that substantially overlaps with the S-band radar. Based on the extended quality-weighting approach, we retrieve, for each of the two ground radars, a time series of calibration bias estimates from suitable SR overpasses. As a result of applying these estimates to correct the ground radar observations, the consistency between the ground radars in the region of overlap increased substantially. Furthermore, we investigated if the bias estimates can be interpolated in time, so that ground radar observations can be corrected even in the absence of prompt SR overpasses. We found that a moving average approach was most suitable for that purpose, although limited by the absence of explicit records of radar maintenance operations. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - 863 KW - Weather KW - Band KW - Reflectivity KW - Algorithm KW - Uncertainties KW - Methodology KW - Kwajalein Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-459630 SN - 1866-8372 IS - 863 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Dommain, René A1 - Andama, Morgan A1 - McDonough, Molly M. A1 - Prado, Natalia A. A1 - Goldhammer, Tobias A1 - Potts, Richard A1 - Maldonado, Jesús E. A1 - Nkurunungi, John Bosco A1 - Campana, Michael G. T1 - The Challenges of Reconstructing Tropical Biodiversity With Sedimentary Ancient DNA BT - A 2200-Year-Long Metagenomic Record From Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda T2 - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe N2 - Sedimentary ancient DNA has been proposed as a key methodology for reconstructing biodiversity over time. Yet, despite the concentration of Earth’s biodiversity in the tropics, this method has rarely been applied in this region. Moreover, the taphonomy of sedimentary DNA, especially in tropical environments, is poorly understood. This study elucidates challenges and opportunities of sedimentary ancient DNA approaches for reconstructing tropical biodiversity. We present shotgun-sequenced metagenomic profiles and DNA degradation patterns from multiple sediment cores from Mubwindi Swamp, located in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest (Uganda), one of the most diverse forests in Africa. We describe the taxonomic composition of the sediments covering the past 2200 years and compare the sedimentary DNA data with a comprehensive set of environmental and sedimentological parameters to unravel the conditions of DNA degradation. Consistent with the preservation of authentic ancient DNA in tropical swamp sediments, DNA concentration and mean fragment length declined exponentially with age and depth, while terminal deamination increased with age. DNA preservation patterns cannot be explained by any environmental parameter alone, but age seems to be the primary driver of DNA degradation in the swamp. Besides degradation, the presence of living microbial communities in the sediment also affects DNA quantity. Critically, 92.3% of our metagenomic data of a total 81.8 million unique, merged reads cannot be taxonomically identified due to the absence of genomic references in public databases. Of the remaining 7.7%, most of the data (93.0%) derive from Bacteria and Archaea, whereas only 0–5.8% are from Metazoa and 0–6.9% from Viridiplantae, in part due to unbalanced taxa representation in the reference data. The plant DNA record at ordinal level agrees well with local pollen data but resolves less diversity. Our animal DNA record reveals the presence of 41 native taxa (16 orders) including Afrotheria, Carnivora, and Ruminantia at Bwindi during the past 2200 years. Overall, we observe no decline in taxonomic richness with increasing age suggesting that several-thousand-year-old information on past biodiversity can be retrieved from tropical sediments. However, comprehensive genomic surveys of tropical biota need prioritization for sedimentary DNA to be a viable methodology for future tropical biodiversity studies. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - 970 KW - sedimentary ancient DNA KW - tropical biodiversity KW - DNA preservation KW - sediment KW - tropical swamp KW - shotgun sequencing KW - metagenomic analysis Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-474305 SN - 1866-8372 IS - 970 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Fernandez-Palomino, Carlos Antonio A1 - Hattermann, Fred A1 - Krysanova, Valentina A1 - Vega-Jacome, Fiorella A1 - Bronstert, Axel T1 - Towards a more consistent eco-hydrological modelling through multi-objective calibration BT - a case study in the Andean Vilcanota River basin, Perú T2 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe N2 - Most hydrological studies rely on a model calibrated using discharge alone. However, judging the model reliability based on such calibration is problematic, as it does not guarantee the correct representation of internal hydrological processes. This study aims (a) to develop a comprehensive multi-objective calibration framework using remote sensing vegetation data and hydrological signatures (flow duration curve - FDC, and baseflow index) in addition to discharge, and (b) to apply this framework for calibration of the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) in a typical Andean catchment. Overall, our calibration approach outperformed traditional discharge-based and FDC signature-based calibration strategies in terms of vegetation, streamflow, and flow partitioning simulation. New hydrological insights for the region are the following: baseflow is the main component of the streamflow sustaining the long dry-season flow, and pasture areas offer higher water yield and baseflow than other land-cover types. The proposed approach could be used in other data-scarce regions with complex topography. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - 1377 KW - Andes KW - eco-hydrology KW - SWAT KW - hydrological signatures KW - remote sensing KW - equifinality Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-568766 SN - 1866-8372 IS - 1 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Foster, William J. A1 - Garvie, Christopher L. A1 - Weiss, Anna M. A1 - Muscente, A. Drew A1 - Aberhan, Martin A1 - Counts, John W. A1 - Martindale, Rowan C. T1 - Resilience of marine invertebrate communities during the early Cenozoic hyperthermals T2 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe N2 - The hyperthermal events of the Cenozoic, including the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, provide an opportunity to investigate the potential effects of climate warming on marine ecosystems. Here, we examine the shallow benthic marine communities preserved in the late Cretaceous to Eocene strata on the Gulf Coastal Plain (United States). In stark contrast to the ecological shifts following the end-Cretaceous mass extinction, our data show that the early Cenozoic hyperthermals did not have a long-term impact on the generic diversity nor composition of the Gulf Coastal Plain molluscan communities. We propose that these communities were resilient to climate change because molluscs are better adapted to high temperatures than other taxa, as demonstrated by their physiology and evolutionary history. In terms of resilience, these communities differ from other shallow-water carbonate ecosystems, such as reef communities, which record significant changes during the early Cenozoic hyperthermals. These data highlight the strikingly different responses of community types, i.e., the almost imperceptible response of molluscs versus the marked turnover of foraminifera and reef faunas. The impact on molluscan communities may have been low because detrimental conditions did not devastate the entire Gulf Coastal Plain, allowing molluscs to rapidly recolonise vacated areas once harsh environmental conditions ameliorated. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - 1410 KW - eocene thermal maximum KW - gulf coastal plain KW - climate-change KW - ocean acidification KW - extinction event KW - carbon-cycle KW - heat-stress KW - origination KW - ecosystems KW - diversity Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-516011 SN - 1866-8372 IS - 1 ER - TY - THES A1 - Friese, André T1 - Biogeochemistry of ferruginous sediments of Lake Towuti, Sulawesi, Indonesia N2 - Ferruginous conditions were a prominent feature of the oceans throughout the Precambrian Eons and thus throughout much of Earth’s history. Organic matter mineralization and diagenesis within the ferruginous sediments that deposited from Earth’s early oceans likely played a key role in global biogeochemical cycling. Knowledge of organic matter mineralization in ferruginous sediments, however, remains almost entirely conceptual, as modern analogue environments are extremely rare and largely unstudied, to date. Lake Towuti on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia is such an analogue environment and the purpose of this PhD project was to investigate the rates and pathways of organic matter mineralization in its ferruginous sediments. Lake Towuti is the largest tectonic lake in Southeast Asia and is hosted in the mafic and ultramafic rocks of the East Sulawesi Ophiolite. It has a maximum water depth of 203 m and is weakly thermally stratified. A well-oygenated surface layer extends to 70 m depth, while waters below 130 m are persistently anoxic. Intensive weathering of the ultramafic catchment feeds the lake with large amounts of iron(oxy)hydroxides while the runoff contains only little sulfate, leading to sulfate-poor (< 20 µM) lake water and anoxic ferruginous conditions below 130 m. Such conditions are analogous to the ferruginous water columns that persisted throughout much of the Archean and Proterozoic eons. Short (< 35 cm) sediment cores were collected from different water depths corresponding to different bottom water redox conditions. Also, a drilling campaign of the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP) retrieved a 114 m long sediment core dedicated for geomicrobiological investigations from a water depth of 153 m, well below the depth of oxygen penetration at the time of sampling. Samples collected from these sediment cores form the fundament of this thesis and were used to perform a suite of biogeochemical and microbiological analyses. Geomirobiological investigations depend on uncontaminated samples. However, exploration of subsurface environments relies on drilling, which requires the use of a drilling fluid. Drilling fluid infiltration during drilling can not be avoided. Thus, in order to trace contamination of the sediment core and to identify uncontaminated samples for further analyses a simple and inexpensive technique for assessing contamination during drilling operations was developed and applied during the ICDP drilling campaign. This approach uses an aqeous fluorescent pigment dispersion commonly used in the paint industry as a particulate tracer. It has the same physical properties as conventionally used particulate tracers. However, the price is nearly four orders of magnitude lower solving the main problem of particulate tracer approaches. The approach requires only a minimum of equipment and allows for a rapid contamination assessment potentially even directly on site, while the senstitivity is in the range of already established approaches. Contaminated samples in the drill core were identified and not included for further geomicrobiological investigations. Biogeochemical analyses of short sediment cores showed that Lake Towutis sediments are strongly depleted in electron acceptors commonly used in microbial organic matter mineralization (i.e. oxygen, nitrate, sulfate). Still, the sediments harbor high microbial cell densities, which are a function of redox conditions of Lake Towuti’s bottom water. In shallow water depths bottom water oxygenation leads to a higher input of labile organic matter and electron acceptors like sulfate and iron, which promotes a higher microbial abundance. Microbial analyses showed that a versatile microbial community with a potential to perform metabolisms related to iron and sulfate reduction, fermentation as well as methanogenesis inhabits Lake Towuti’s surface sediments. Biogeochemical investigations of the upper 12 m of the 114 m sediment core showed that Lake Towuti’s sediment is extremely rich in iron with total concentrations up to 2500 µmol cm-3 (20 wt. %), which makes it the natural sedimentary environment with the highest total iron concentrations studied to date. In the complete or near absence of oxygen, nitrate and sulfate, organic matter mineralization in ferruginous sediments would be expected to proceed anaerobically via the energetically most favorable terminal electron acceptors available - in this case ferric iron. Astonishingly, however, methanogenesis is the dominant (>85 %) organic matter mineralization process in Lake Towuti’s sediment. Reactive ferric iron known to be available for microbial iron reduction is highly abundant throughout the upper 12 m and thus remained stable for at least 60.000 years. The produced methane is not oxidized anaerobically and diffuses out of the sediment into the water column. The proclivity towards methanogenesis, in these very iron-rich modern sediments, implies that methanogenesis may have played a more important role in organic matter mineralization thoughout the Precambrian than previously thought and thus could have been a key contributor to Earth’s early climate dynamics. Over the whole sequence of the 114 m long sediment core siderites were identified and characterized using high-resolution microscopic and spectroscopic imaging together with microchemical and geochemical analyses. The data show early diagenetic growth of siderite crystals as a response to sedimentary organic matter mineralization. Microchemical zoning was identified in all siderite crystals. Siderite thus likely forms during diagenesis through growth on primary existing phases and the mineralogical and chemical features of these siderites are a function of changes in redox conditions of the pore water and sediment over time. Identification of microchemical zoning in ancient siderites deposited in the Precambrian may thus also be used to infer siderite growth histories in ancient sedimentary rocks including sedimentary iron formations. N2 - Während des Präkambriums und damit während des Großteils der Erdgeschichte, zeichneten sich die Ozeane durch ihren hohen Eisengehalt aus. Sowohl die Remineralisierung von organischem Material, als auch die Diagenese in den Sedimenten, die in den frühen Ozeanen der Erde abgelagert wurden, hatte höchstwahrscheinlich bedeutende Auswirkungen auf die globalen biogeochemischen Stoffkreisläufe. Unser Verständnis des Abbaus von organischem Material in eisenhaltigen Sedimenten ist jedoch sehr begrenzt, da moderne Analogsysteme extrem selten sind und bis heute nicht erforscht wurden. Der Towutisee auf der Insel Sulawesi in Indonesien ist ein solches modernes Analogsystem und Ziel dieser Doktorarbeit war es, die Raten und Pfade des Abbaus von organischem Material in den modernen eisenhaltigen Sedimenten des Towutisees zu erforschen. Der Towutisee ist der größte tektonische See in Südostasien und ist von mafischen und ultramafischen Gesteinen des Ost-Sulawesi-Ophioliten umgeben. Er hat eine maximale Wassertiefe von 203 m und ist schwach thermisch stratifiziert. Bis zu einer Tiefe von 70 m herrschen oxische Bedingungen, während die Wassersäule unterhalb von 130 m permanent anoxisch ist. Intensive Verwitterungsprozesse des ultramafischen Einzugsgebietes führen zu einem hohen Eintrag von Eisen(oxy)hydroxiden, während der Oberflächenabfluss nur wenig Sulfat enthält. Die Konzentrationen von Sulfat in der Wassersäule sind daher außergewöhnlich gering (< 20µM). Diese physikochemischen Verhältnisse sind analog zu denen der Ozeane des Archaikums und des Proterozoikums. Kurze (< 35 cm) Sedimentkerne wurden von verschiedenen Wassertiefen und unterschiedlichen Redox-Bedingungen des Bodenwassers entnommen. Darüber hinaus, wurde, im Zuge einer Bohrkampagne des International Continental Scientific Drilling Programs (ICDP) am Towutisee, ein 114 m langer Sedimentkern aus einer Wassertiefe von 153m, also deutlich unterhalb des Sauerstoffgradienten, erbohrt. Dieser war ausschließlich für geomikrobiologische Probenahmen und Untersuchungen vorgesehen. Die Proben, die aus diesen Sedimentkernen entnommen wurden, bilden das Fundament dieser Doktorarbeit und wurden für biogeochemische und mikrobiologische Untersuchungen verwendet. Unkontaminierte Proben sind für geomikrobiologische Untersuchungen unabdingbar. Das Erforschen von Gebieten unterhalb der Oberfläche ist jedoch auf Bohrungen angewiesen, welche wiederum den Einsatz einer Bohrspülung erfordern. Leider ist es unvermeidlich, dass diese im Zuge des Bohrprozesses in den erbohrten Sedimentkern eindringen. Die einzige Möglichkeit unkontaminierte Proben zu gewinnen ist es daher, den Grad der Kontamination des Bohrkerns nachzuverfolgen und unkontaminierte Proben für weitere Analysen zu identifizieren. Dazu wurde im Zuge dieser Doktorarbeit eine einfache und kostengünstige Methode zur Kontaminationskontrolle während Bohroperationen entwickelt und während der ICDP Bohrkampagne auf dem Towutisee angewandt. Als Tracer kam eine Farbe zum Einsatz, deren physikalische Eigenschaften denen von partikulären Tracern ähnelt. Der Preis dieser Farbe ist im Vergleich zu bisher verwendeten partikulären Tracern, jedoch vier Größenordnungen geringer und löst damit das Hauptproblem dieser Tracer. Die Methode benötigt nur ein Mindestmaß an Equipment und ermöglicht eine schnelle Identifizierung von Kontaminationen, möglicherweise sogar vor Ort. Die Sensitivität der Methode ist im Bereich von etablierten Kontaminationskontrollen. Kontaminierte Proben des erbohrten Sedimentkerns wurden mit dieser Methode identifiziert und nicht für weitere geomikrobiologische Untersuchungen verwendet. Biogeochemische Analysen der Kurzkerne zeigen, dass die Sedimente des Towutisees sehr arm an Elektronenakzeptoren sind, die für den mikrobiellen Abbau von organischem Material verwendet werden (d.h. Sauerstoff, Nitrat und Sulfat). Nichtsdestotrotz zeichnen sich die Sedimente des Towutisees durch hohe Zellzahlen aus, die von den Redox-Bedingungen des Bodenwassers abhängig sind. In niedrigen Wassertiefen führt oxygeniertes Bodenwasser zu einem erhöhten Eintrag von labilem organischen Material sowie Elektronenakzeptoren wie Eisen und Sulfat, wodurch hohe Zellzahlen resultieren. Mikrobiologische Analysen zeigen, dass die Sedimente des Towutisees durch eine vielseitige, mikrobielle Gemeinschaft bevölkert werden, die in der Lage ist, Stoffwechsel, wie Eisenreduktion, Sulfatreduktion, Fermentation sowie Methanogenese auszuführen. Biogeochemische Untersuchungen der oberen 12 m des 114 m langen Sedimentkerns zeigen, dass die Sedimente des Towutisees mit 2500 µM cm-3 extrem hohe Eisengehalte (20 Gew. %) aufweisen und damit das eisenreichste natürliche sedimentäre System sind, welches bisher erforscht wurde. Nach unserem bisherigen Verständnis über biogeochemische Stoffkreisläufe sollte, in Abwesenheit von Sauerstoff, Nitrat oder Sulfat, organisches Material über den energetisch günstigsten verfügbaren Elektronenakzeptoren abgebaut werden – in dem Fall Eisen (III). Erstaunlicherweise jedoch, ist Methanogenese der dominante (> 85 %) Remineralisierungsprozess in den Sedimenten des Towutisees. Mikrobiell theoretisch verfügbares reaktives Eisen (III) hingegen bleibt stabil über die oberen 12 m des Sedimentkerns und damit über mehr als 60.000 Jahre. Produziertes Methan wird nicht anaerob oxidiert und diffundiert aus dem Sediment in die Wassersäule. Die Dominanz von Methanogenese in diesen eisenreichen Sedimenten impliziert, dass dieser Prozess im Präkambrium vermutlich eine viel bedeutendere Rolle in der Remineralisierung von organischem Material eingenommen hat, als bisher angenommen. Methan, als bedeutendes Treibhausgas, war demnach möglicherweise ein wichtiger Regulator des Klimas in der frühen Erdgeschichte. T2 - Biogeochemie eisenreicher Sedimente des Lake Towuti, Sulawesi, Indonesien KW - Geomicrobiology KW - Biogeochemistry KW - Organic matter mineralization KW - Early Earth KW - Contamination Control KW - Biogeochemie KW - Kontaminationskontrolle KW - Frühe Erdgeschichte KW - Geomikrobiologie KW - Mikrobieller Abbau von organischen Material Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-475355 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Herzschuh, Ulrike T1 - Legacy of the Last Glacial on the present-day distribution of deciduous versus evergreen boreal forests T2 - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe N2 - Issue Despite their rather similar climatic conditions, eastern Eurasia and northern North America are largely covered by different plant functional types (deciduous or evergreen boreal forest) composed of larch or pine, spruce and fir, respectively. I propose that these deciduous and evergreen boreal forests represent alternative quasi-stable states, triggered by their different northern tree refugia that reflect the different environmental conditions experienced during the Last Glacial. Evidence This view is supported by palaeoecological and environmental evidence. Once established, Asian larch forests are likely to have stabilized through a complex vegetation-fire-permafrost soil-climate feedback system. Conclusion With respect to future forest developments, this implies that Asian larch forests are likely to be governed by long-term trajectories and are therefore largely resistant to natural climate variability on time-scales shorter than millennia. The effects of regional human impact and anthropogenic global warming might, however, cause certain stability thresholds to be crossed, meaning that irreversible transitions occur and resulting in marked consequences for ecosystem services on these human-relevant time-scales. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - 1190 KW - boreal forests KW - Glacial refugia KW - Holocene KW - Larix larch KW - permafrost ecosystems KW - Palaeoecology KW - Siberia KW - vegetation‐climate‐fire‐soil feedbacks KW - vegetation states KW - vegetation trajectories Y1 - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-524057 SN - 1866-8372 IS - 2 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Jones, Benjamin M. A1 - Arp, Christopher D. A1 - Grosse, Guido A1 - Nitze, Ingmar A1 - Lara, Mark J. A1 - Whitman, Matthew S. A1 - Farquharson, Louise M. A1 - Kanevskiy, Mikhail A1 - Parsekian, Andrew D. A1 - Breen, Amy L. A1 - Ohara, Nori A1 - Rangel, Rodrigo Correa A1 - Hinkel, Kenneth M. T1 - Identifying historical and future potential lake drainage events on the western Arctic coastal plain of Alaska T2 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe N2 - Arctic lakes located in permafrost regions are susceptible to catastrophic drainage. In this study, we reconstructed historical lake drainage events on the western Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska between 1955 and 2017 using USGS topographic maps, historical aerial photography (1955), and Landsat Imagery (ca. 1975, ca. 2000, and annually since 2000). We identified 98 lakes larger than 10 ha that partially (>25% of area) or completely drained during the 62-year period. Decadal-scale lake drainage rates progressively declined from 2.0 lakes/yr (1955-1975), to 1.6 lakes/yr (1975-2000), and to 1.2 lakes/yr (2000-2017) in the ~30,000-km(2) study area. Detailed Landsat trend analysis between 2000 and 2017 identified two years, 2004 and 2006, with a cluster (five or more) of lake drainages probably associated with bank overtopping or headward erosion. To identify future potential lake drainages, we combined the historical lake drainage observations with a geospatial dataset describing lake elevation, hydrologic connectivity, and adjacent lake margin topographic gradients developed with a 5-m-resolution digital surface model. We identified ~1900 lakes likely to be prone to drainage in the future. Of the 20 lakes that drained in the most recent study period, 85% were identified in this future lake drainage potential dataset. Our assessment of historical lake drainage magnitude, mechanisms and pathways, and identification of potential future lake drainages provides insights into how arctic lowland landscapes may change and evolve in the coming decades to centuries. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - 1376 KW - Arctic lakes KW - drained lake basins KW - lake drainage KW - permafrost regions KW - thermokarst lakes Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-610435 SN - 1866-8372 IS - 1 ER - TY - THES A1 - Karamzadeh Toularoud, Nasim T1 - Earthquake source and receiver array optimal configuration T1 - Optimale Konfiguration von Quell- und Empfängerarray für Erdbeben N2 - Seismic receiver arrays have variety of applications in seismology, particularly when the signal enhancement is a prerequisite to detect seismic events, and in situations where installing and maintaining sparse networks are impractical. This thesis has mainly focused on the development of a new approach for seismological source and receiver array design.The proposed approach deals with the array design task as an optimization problem. The criteria and prerequisite constraints in array design task are integrated in objective function definition and evaluation of a optimization process. Three cases are covered in this thesis: (1) a 2-D receiver array geometry optimization, (2) a 3-D source array optimization, and (3) an array application to monitor microseismic data, where the effect of different types of noise are evaluated. A flexible receiver array design framework implements a customizable scenario modelling and optimization scheme by making use of synthetic seismograms. Using synthetic seismograms to evaluate array performance makes it possible to consider additional constraints, e.g. land ownership, site-specific noise levels or characteristics of the seismic sources under investigation. The use of synthetic array beamforming as an array design criteria is suggested. The framework is customized by designing a 2-D small scale receiver array to monitor earthquake swarm activity in northwest Bohemia/ Vogtland in central Europe. Two sub-functions are defined to verify the accuracy of horizontal slowness estimation; one to suppress aliasing effects due to possible secondary lobes of synthetic array beamforming calculated in horizontal slowness space, and the other to reduce the event's mislocation caused by miscalculation of the horizontal slowness vector. Subsequently, a weighting technique is applied to combine the sub-functions into one single scalar objective function to use in the optimization process. The idea of optimal array is employed to design a 3-D source array, given a well-located catalog of events. The conditions to make source arrays are formulated in four objective functions and a weighted sum technique is used to combine them in one single scalar function. The criteria are: (1) accurate slowness vector estimation, (2) high waveform coherency, (3) low location error and (4) high energy of coda phases. The method is evaluated by two experiments, (1) a synthetic test using realistic synthetic seismograms, (2) using real seismograms, and for each case optimized SA elements are configured using the data from the Vogtland area. The location of a possible scatterer in the velocity model, that makes the converted/reflected phases, e.g. sp-phases, is retrieved by a grid search method using the optimized SA. The accuracy of the approach and the obtained results demonstrated that the method is applicable to study the crustal structure and the location of crustal scatterers when the strong converted phases are observed in the data and a well-located catalog is available. Small aperture arrays are employed in seismology for a variety of applications, ranging from pure event detection to monitor and study of microcosmic activities. The monitoring of microseismicity during temporary human activities is often difficult, as the signal-to-noise ratio is very low and noise is strongly increased during the operation. The combination of small aperture seismic arrays with shallow borehole sensors offers a solution. We tested this monitoring approach at two different sites, (1) accompanying a fracking experiment in sedimentary shale at 4~km depth, and (2) above a gas field under depletion. Arrays recordings are compared with recordings available from shallow borehole sensors and examples of detection and location performance of the array are given. The effect of different types of noise at array and borehole stations are compared and discussed. N2 - Seismische Arrays haben eine Vielzahl von Anwendungen in der Seismologie, insbesondere wenn die Signalverbesserung eine Voraussetzung ist für die seismische Ereignisse erkennen, und in Situationen, in denen die Installation und Wartung spärlicher Netzwerke ist unpraktisch. Diese Arbeit hat sich vor allem auf die Entwicklung eines neuen Ansatzes für seismologische Quellen und Empfänger-Array-Design konzentriert. Der vorgeschlagene Ansatz beschäftigt sich mit der Array-Design-Aufgabe als Optimierungsproblem. Die notwendigen Kriterien und Randbedingungen, die für die seismologische Array-Design-Aufgabe wichtig sind, werden in die objektive Funktionsdefinition und Bewertung eines Optimierungsprozesses integriert. In dieser Arbeit werden drei Fälle behandelt. (1) eine 2-D-Empfänger-Array-Geometrieoptimierung, (2) eine 3D-Quellfeldoptimierung, und (3) eine Array-Anwendung zum Überwachen mikroseismischer Daten, wobei die Auswirkungen verschiedener Arten von Lärm werden bewertet. Ein flexibles Empfänger-Array-Design-Framework wird eingeführt, das ein anpassbares Szenario-Modellierungs- und Optimierungsschema unter Verwendung synthetischer Seismogramme implementiert. Die Verwendung synthetischer Seismogramme zur Bewertung der Array-Leistung ermöglicht es, zusätzliche Einschränkungen, wie z.B. Landbesitz, zu berücksichtigen, standortspezifische Lärmpegel oder Eigenschaften der seismischen Quellen unter Berücksichtigung von Untersuchung. Die Verwendung von synthetischem Array-Strahlformung als Array-Design-Kriterium wird vorgeschlagen. Das Array-Design-Framework wird durch die Entwicklung eines 2-D-Kleinempfänger-Arrays zur Überwachung der Erdbebenschwarmaktivität im Vogtland in Mitteleuropa angepasst. Es werden zwei Teilfunktionen definiert, um die Genauigkeit der horizontalen Langsamkeitsschätzung zu überprüfen. Eine zur Unterdrückung von Aliasing-Effekten aufgrund möglicher Nebenkeulen der synthetischen Strahlformung, berechnet im horizontalen Langsamkeitsraum, und zum anderen, um die Fehlstellung des Ereignisses durch eine Fehlberechnung des horizontalen Langsamkeitsvektors zu reduzieren. Anschliessend wird eine Gewichtungstechnik angewendet, um die Kombination von die Unterfunktionen zu einer einzigen skalaren Zielfunktion zusammenfassen, die in der Optimierungsprozess verwendet werden kann. Die Idee des Array Optimal Design wird verwendet, um ein 3-D Source Array zu entwerfen, das einen gut lokalisierten Katalog von Erdbebenereignissen enthält. Die Bedingungen für die Herstellung von Quellarrays werden in vier Zielfunktionen formuliert, und eine gewichtete Summentechnik wird verwendet, um sie in einer einzigen skalaren Funktion zu kombinieren. Die Kriterien sind: (1) genaue Langsamkeitsvektorschätzung, (2) hohe Wellenform-Kohärenz, (3) niedriger Ortsfehler und (4) bis hohe Energie der Coda-Phasen. Die Methode wird durch zwei Experimente bewertet, (1) ein synthetischer Test mit realistischen synthetischen Seismogrammen, (2) mit realen Seismogrammen und optimierte SA-Elemente werden für jeden Fall unter Verwendung der Daten aus dem Vogtland gefunden. Die Position eines möglichen Streuers im Geschwindigkeitsmodell, der die konvertierten/reflektierten Phasen, z.B. sp-Phasen, erzeugt, wird durch ein Rastersuchverfahren mit dem optimierten SA ermittelt. Die Genauigkeit des Ansatzes und die erhaltenen Ergebnisse sind überzeugend, dass die Methode anwendbar ist, um die Krustenstruktur und die Position von Krustalstreuern zu untersuchen, wenn die stark konvertierten Phasen in den Daten beobachtet werden und ein gut lokalisierter Katalog verfügbar ist. Die Überwachung der Mikroseismizität bei solchen temporären menschlichen Aktivitäten ist oft schwierig, da der Signal-Rausch-Verhältnis sehr niedrig ist und das Rauschen während des Betriebs stark erhöht wird. Die Kombination von seismischen Arrays mit kleiner Apertur und flachen Bohrlochsensoren bietet eine Lösung. Wir haben diesen Überwachungsansatz an zwei verschiedenen Standorten getestet. (1) Begleiten eines Fracking-Experiments in sedimentärem Schiefer in 4 km Tiefe und (2) über einem Gasfeld unter Erschöpfung. Die Aufzeichnungen von Arrays werden mit den Aufzeichnungen von flachen Bohrlochsensoren verglichen, und es werden Beispiele für die Detektions- und Standortleistung der Arrays gegeben. Die Auswirkungen verschiedener Arten von Lärm an Array- und Bohrlochstationen werden verglichen und diskutiert. KW - seismic array KW - earthquake source array KW - array design KW - optimal array configuration KW - source array optimal design KW - scatterer location KW - scattered phases KW - seismicity modelling KW - synthetic array beam power KW - Array-Entwurf KW - Erdbebenquellen-Array KW - optimale Array-Konfiguration KW - gestreute Phasen KW - Standort des Streuers KW - seismisches Array KW - Seismizitätsmodellierung KW - Quell-Array optimales Design KW - synthetische Array-Strahlleistung Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-459828 ER - TY - THES A1 - Kaya, Mustafa T1 - Cretaceous-Paleogene evolution of the proto-Paratethys Sea in Central Asia BT - mechanisms and paleoenvironmental impacts BT - Mechanismen und paläoökologische Auswirkungen N2 - Unlike today’s prevailing terrestrial features, the geologic past of Central Asia witnessed marine environments and conditions as well. A vast, shallow sea, known as proto-Paratethys, extended across Eurasia from the Mediterranean Tethys to the Tarim Basin in western China during Cretaceous to Paleogene times. This sea formed about 160 million years ago (during Jurassic times) when the waters of the Tethys Ocean flooded into Eurasia. It drastically retreated to the west and became isolated as the Paratethys during the Late Eocene-Oligocene (ca. 34 Ma). Having well-constrained timing and paleogeography for the Cretaceous-Paleogene proto-Paratethys sea incursions in Central Asia is essential to properly understand and distinguish the controlling mechanisms and their link to Asian paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic change. The Cretaceous-Paleogene tectonic evolution of the Pamir and Tibet and their far-field effects play a significant role on the sedimentological and structural evolution of the Central Asian basins and on the evolution of the proto-Paratethys sea fluctuations as well. Comparing the records of the sea incursions to the tectonic and eustatic events has paramount importance to reveal the controlling mechanisms behind the sea incursions. However, due to inaccuracies in the dating of rocks (mostly continental rocks and marine rocks with benthic microfossils providing low-resolution biostratigraphic constraints) and conflicting results, there has been no consensus on the timing of the sea incursions and interpretation of their records has been in question. Here, we present a new chronostratigraphic framework based on biostratigraphy and magnetostratigraphy as well as a detailed paleoenvironmental analysis for the Cretaceous and Paleogene proto-Paratethys Sea incursions in the Tajik and Tarim basins, in Central Asia. This enables us to identify the major drivers of marine fluctuations and their potential consequences on regional and global climate, particularly Asian aridification and the global carbon cycle perturbations such as the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM). To estimate the paleogeographic evolution of the proto-Paratethys Sea, the refined age constraints and detailed paleoenvironmental interpretations are combined with successive paleogeographic maps. Regional coastlines and depositional environments during the Cretaceous-Paleogene sea advances and retreats were drawn based on the results of this thesis and integrated with existing literature to generate new paleogeographic maps. Before its final westward retreat in the Eocene, a total of six Cretaceous and Paleogene major sea incursions have been distinguished from the sedimentary records of the Tajik and Tarim basins in Central Asia. All have been studied and documented here. We identify the presence of marine conditions already in the Early Cretaceous in the western Tajik Basin, followed by the Cenomanian (ca. 100 Ma) and Santonian (ca. 86 Ma) major marine incursions far into the eastern Tajik and Tarim basins separated by a Turonian-Coniacian (ca. 92-86 Ma) regression. Basin-wide tectonic subsidence analyses imply that the Early Cretaceous invasion of the sea into the Tajik Basin is related to increased Pamir tectonism (at ca. 130 – 90 Ma) in a retro-arc basin setting inferred to be linked to collision and subduction. This tectonic event mainly governed the Cenomanian (ca. 100 Ma) sea incursion in conjunction with a coeval global eustatic high resulting in the maximum geographic extent of the sea. The following Turonian-Coniacian (ca. 92-86 Ma) major regression, driven by eustasy, coincides with a sharp slowdown in tectonic subsidence related to a regime change in Pamir tectonism from compression to extension. The Santonian (ca. 86 Ma) major sea incursion was more likely controlled dominantly by eustasy as also evidenced by the coeval fluctuations in the west Siberian Basin. During the early Maastrichtian, the global Late Cretaceous cooling is inferred from the disappearance of mollusk-rich limestones and the dominance of bryozoan-rich and echinoderm-rich limestones in the Tajik Basin documenting the first evidence for the Late Cretaceous cooling event in Central Asia. Following the last Cretaceous sea incursion, a major regional restriction event, marked by the exceptionally thick (≤ 400 m) shelf evaporites is assigned a Danian-Selandian age (ca. 63-59 Ma). This is followed by the largest recorded proto-Paratethys sea incursion with a transgression estimated as early Thanetian (ca. 59-57 Ma) and a regression within the Ypresian (ca. 53-52 Ma). The transgression of the next incursion is now constrained as early Lutetian (ca. 47-46 Ma), whereas its regression is constrained as late Lutetian (ca. 41 Ma) and is associated with a drastic increase in both tectonic subsidence and basin infilling. The age of the final and least pronounced sea incursion restricted to the westernmost margin of the Tarim Basin is assigned as Bartonian–Priabonian (ca. 39.7-36.7 Ma). We interpret the long-term westward retreat of the proto-Paratethys Sea starting at ca. 41 Ma to be associated with far-field tectonic effects of the Indo-Asia collision and Pamir/Tibetan plateau uplift. Short-term eustatic sea level transgressions are superimposed on this long-term regression and seem coeval with the transgression events in the other northern Peri-Tethyan sedimentary provinces for the 1st and 2nd Paleogene sea incursions. However, the last Paleogene sea incursion is interpreted as related to tectonism. The transgressive and regressive intervals of the proto-Paratethys Sea correlate well with the reported humid and arid phases, respectively in the Qaidam and Xining basins, thus demonstrating the role of the proto-Paratethys Sea as an important moisture source for the Asian interior and its regression as a contributor to Asian aridification. We lastly study the mechanics, relative contribution and preservation efficiency of ancient epicontinental seas as carbon sinks with new and existing data, using organic rich (sapropel) deposits dated to the PETM from the extensive epicontinental proto-Paratethys and West Siberian seas. We estimate ca. 1390±230 Gt organic C burial, a substantial amount compared to previously estimated global total excess organic C burial (ca. 1700-2900 Gt) is focused in the proto-Paratethys and West Siberian seas alone. We also speculate that enhanced organic carbon burial later over much of the proto-Paratethys (and later Paratethys) basin (during the deposition of the Kuma Formation and Maikop series, repectively) may have majorly contributed to drawdown of atmospheric carbon dioxide before and during the EOT cooling and glaciation of Antarctica. For past periods with smaller epicontinental seas, the effectiveness of this negative carbon cycle feedback was arguably diminished, and the same likely applies to the present-day. N2 - Im Gegensatz zu den heute vorherrschenden kontinentalen Bedingungen war die geologische Vergangenheit Zentralasiens auch Zeuge marin dominierter Phasen. Ein riesiges Schelfmeer, bekannt als Proto-Paratethys, erstreckte sich während der Kreidezeit bis zum Paläogen über Eurasien - von der Tethys im Mittelmeer bis zum Tarimbecken im Westen Chinas. Dieses Meer bildete sich vor etwa 160 Millionen Jahren während der Jurazeit, als das Wasser des Tethys-Ozeans nach Eurasien strömte. Es zog sich drastisch nach Westen zurück und wurde während des späten Eozän-Oligozäns (ca. 34 Ma) als Paratethys isoliert. Eine gut eingegrenzte zeitliche Einordnung und Paläogeographische Charakterisierung für die kretazisch-paläogenen proto-Paratethys-Meerestransgressionen in Zentralasien ist unerlässlich, um die Kontrollmechanismen und ihre Verbindung mit den paläoökologischen und paläoklimatischen Veränderungen in Asien richtig zu verstehen und zu unterscheiden. Die kreidezeitlich-paläogene tektonische Entwicklung des Pamir und Tibets und ihre Fernfeldeffekte spielen eine bedeutende Rolle für die Entwicklung der zentralasiatischen Becken und der proto-paläozoischen Meeresschwankungen. Aufgrund von Ungenauigkeiten bei der Datierung der Gesteine und widersprüchlichen Ergebnissen gab es jedoch bislang keinen Konsens über den Zeitpunkt der Meerestransgressionen. Die Interpretation der dabei abgelagerten Sedimentfolgen wurde in Frage gestellt. Hier präsentieren wir eine neue, zeitliche Einordung auf Grundlage von Biostratigraphie und Magnetostratigraphie sowie eine detaillierte Paläoumweltanalyse für die Transgressionen des kreidezeitlichen und paläogenen proto-Paratethys-Meeres im tadschikischen und Tarimbecken in Zentralasien. Dies ermöglicht es uns, die wichtigsten Triebkräfte der marinen Fluktuationen und ihre möglichen Auswirkungen auf das regionale und globale Klima zu identifizieren - insbesondere die asiatische Aridifizierung und die Störungen des globalen Kohlenstoffkreislaufs etwa während des paläozän-eozänen thermischen Maximums (PETM). Beckenweite tektonische Senkungsanalysen deuten darauf hin, dass die frühkretazische Transgressionsphase im Tadschikischen Becken mit einer Intensivierung der Kollisionstektonik im Pamir (zwischen ca. 130 und 90 Ma) und der damit verbundenen Bildung eines Retro-Arc-Beckens in Zusammenhang stehen. Die globale Abkühlung der Spätkreide wird aus dem Verschwinden von molluskenreichen Kalksteinen und der Dominanz von bryozoen- und echinodermenreichen Kalksteinen im Tadschikischen Becken abgeleitet. Dies liefert den ersten Nachweis für das Abkühlungsereignis der Spätkreide in Zentralasien. Wir interpretieren die langfristige paläogene Regression des Proto-Paratethys-Meeres Richtung Westen ab ca. 41 Ma mit den tektonischen Fernfeldeffekten der indo-asiatischen Kollision und der Hebung des Pamir/Tibetischen Plateaus. Die transgressiven und regressiven Intervalle der proto-Paratethys-See korrelieren gut mit den bekannten feuchten und ariden Phasen im Qaidam- bzw. Xining-Becken, was die Rolle der proto-Paratethys-See als wichtige Feuchtigkeitsquelle für das asiatische Binnenland und ihren Rückzug als Mitverursacher der asiatischen Aridifizierung verdeutlicht. Schließlich untersuchen wir die Wirkungsfaktoren, den relativen Beitrag und die Erhaltungseffizienz alter epikontinentaler Meere als Kohlenstoffsenken mit neuen und bestehenden Daten. Dabei verwenden wir organik-reiche Ablagerungen aus den ausgedehnten epikontinentalen Proto-Paratethys- und westsibirischen Meeren, die auf das PETM datiert sind. Wir schätzen eine Einlagerung von ca. 1390±230 Gt organischer Kohlenstoffverbindungen. Das stellt eine beachtliche Menge, verglichen mit der zuvor geschätzten globalen Gesamtmenge an überschüssiger organischer Kohlenstoffeinlagerung (ca. 1700-2900 Gt) dar, welche sich allein auf die Proto-Paratethys und die westsibirischen Meere konzentriert. Für vergangene und zukünftige Perioden mit kleineren epikontinentalen Meeren würde die Wirksamkeit dieser negativen Rückkopplung des Kohlenstoffkreislaufs wohl abnehmen. T2 - Kreidezeit - Paläogene Entwicklung des Proto-Paratethys-Meeres in Zentralasien KW - Geology KW - Paleoclimatology KW - Sedimentology KW - Stratigraphy KW - Paleogeography KW - Geologie KW - Paläoklimatologie KW - Sedimentologie KW - Stratigraphie KW - Paläogeographie Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-483295 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Klose, Tim A1 - Chaparro, M. Carme A1 - Schilling, Frank A1 - Butscher, Christoph A1 - Klumbach, Steffen A1 - Blum, Philipp T1 - Fluid flow simulations of a large-scale borehole leakage experiment T2 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe N2 - Borehole leakage is a common and complex issue. Understanding the fluid flow characteristics of a cemented area inside a borehole is crucial to monitor and quantify the wellbore integrity as well as to find solutions to minimise existing leakages. In order to improve our understanding of the flow behaviour of cemented boreholes, we investigated experimental data of a large-scale borehole leakage tests by means of numerical modelling using three different conceptual models. The experiment was performed with an autoclave system consisting of two vessels bridged by a cement-filled casing. After a partial bleed-off at the well-head, a sustained casing pressure was observed due to fluid flow through the cementsteel composite. The aim of our simulations is to investigate and quantify the permeability of the cement-steel composite. From our model results, we conclude that the flow occurred along a preferential flow path at the cement-steel interface. Thus, the inner part of the cement core was impermeable during the duration of the experiment. The preferential flow path can be described as a highly permeable and highly porous area with an aperture of about 5 mu m and a permeability of 3 . 10(-12) m(2) (3 Darcy). It follows that the fluid flow characteristics of a cemented area inside a borehole cannot be described using one permeability value for the entire cement-steel composite. Furthermore, it can be concluded that the quality of the cement and the filling process regarding the cement-steel interface is crucial to minimize possible well leakages. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - 1372 KW - borehole leakage KW - sustained casing pressure KW - permeability test KW - cement KW - modelling Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-573539 SN - 1866-8372 IS - 1 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Kumar, Rohini A1 - Hesse, Fabienne A1 - Rao, P. Srinivasa A1 - Musolff, Andreas A1 - Jawitz, James A1 - Sarrazin, Francois A1 - Samaniego, Luis A1 - Fleckenstein, Jan H. A1 - Rakovec, Oldrich A1 - Thober, S. A1 - Attinger, Sabine T1 - Strong hydroclimatic controls on vulnerability to subsurface nitrate contamination across Europe T2 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe N2 - Subsurface contamination due to excessive nutrient surpluses is a persistent and widespread problem in agricultural areas across Europe. The vulnerability of a particular location to pollution from reactive solutes, such as nitrate, is determined by the interplay between hydrologic transport and biogeochemical transformations. Current studies on the controls of subsurface vulnerability do not consider the transient behaviour of transport dynamics in the root zone. Here, using state-of-the-art hydrologic simulations driven by observed hydroclimatic forcing, we demonstrate the strong spatiotemporal heterogeneity of hydrologic transport dynamics and reveal that these dynamics are primarily controlled by the hydroclimatic gradient of the aridity index across Europe. Contrasting the space-time dynamics of transport times with reactive timescales of denitrification in soil indicate that similar to 75% of the cultivated areas across Europe are potentially vulnerable to nitrate leaching for at least onethird of the year. We find that neglecting the transient nature of transport and reaction timescale results in a great underestimation of the extent of vulnerable regions by almost 50%. Therefore, future vulnerability and risk assessment studies must account for the transient behaviour of transport and biogeochemical transformation processes. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - 1352 KW - travel time distributions KW - groundwater vulnerability KW - flux tracking KW - transit-time KW - water age KW - nitrogen KW - model KW - dynamics KW - pollution KW - patterns Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-549875 SN - 1866-8372 IS - 1 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Lehr, Christian A1 - Lischeid, Gunnar T1 - Efficient screening of groundwater head monitoring data for anthropogenic effects and measurement errors T2 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe N2 - Groundwater levels are monitored by environmental agencies to support the sustainable use of groundwater resources. For this purpose continuous and spatially comprehensive monitoring in high spatial and temporal resolution is desired. This leads to large datasets that have to be checked for quality and analysed to distinguish local anthropogenic influences from natural variability of the groundwater level dynamics at each well. Both technical problems with the measurements as well as local anthropogenic influences can lead to local anomalies in the hydrographs. We suggest a fast and efficient screening method for the identification of well-specific peculiarities in hydrographs of groundwater head monitoring networks. The only information required is a set of time series of groundwater heads all measured at the same instants of time. For each well of the monitoring network a reference hydrograph is calculated, describing expected “normal” behaviour at the respective well as is typical for the monitored region. The reference hydrograph is calculated by multiple linear regression of the observed hydrograph with the “stable” principal components (PCs) of a principal component analysis of all groundwater head series of the network as predictor variables. The stable PCs are those PCs which were found in a random subsampling procedure to be rather insensitive to the specific selection of the analysed observation wells, i.e. complete series, and to the specific selection of measurement dates. Hence they can be considered to be representative for the monitored region in the respective period. The residuals of the reference hydrograph describe local deviations from the normal behaviour. Peculiarities in the residuals allow the data to be checked for measurement errors and the wells with a possible anthropogenic influence to be identified. The approach was tested with 141 groundwater head time series from the state authority groundwater monitoring network in northeastern Germany covering the period from 1993 to 2013 at an approximately weekly frequency of measurement. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - 1424 KW - streamflow variability KW - principal components KW - united states KW - time-series KW - water KW - network KW - nonstationarity KW - fluctuations KW - rotation Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-511992 SN - 1866-8372 IS - 2 ER -