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Sedimentology, Taphonomy, and Palaeoecology of a Laminated
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 243 (2007) 92–117 www.elsevier.com/locate/palaeo Sedimentology, taphonomy, and palaeoecology of a laminated plattenkalk from the Kimmeridgian of the northern Franconian Alb (southern Germany) ⁎ Franz Theodor Fürsich a, , Winfried Werner b, Simon Schneider b, Matthias Mäuser c a Institut für Paläontologie, Universität Würzburg, Pleicherwall 1, 97070 Würzburg, Germany LMU b Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie and GeoBio-Center , Richard-Wagner-Str. 10, D-80333 München, Germany c Naturkunde-Museum Bamberg, Fleischstr. 2, D-96047 Bamberg, Germany Received 8 February 2006; received in revised form 3 July 2006; accepted 7 July 2006 Abstract At Wattendorf in the northern Franconian Alb, southern Germany, centimetre- to decimetre-thick packages of finely laminated limestones (plattenkalk) occur intercalated between well bedded graded grainstones and rudstones that blanket a relief produced by now dolomitized microbialite-sponge reefs. These beds reach their greatest thickness in depressions between topographic highs and thin towards, and finally disappear on, the crests. The early Late Kimmeridgian graded packstone–bindstone alternations represent the earliest plattenkalk occurrence in southern Germany. The undisturbed lamination of the sediment strongly points to oxygen-free conditions on the seafloor and within the sediment, inimical to higher forms of life. The plattenkalk contains a diverse biota of benthic and nektonic organisms. Excavation of a 13 cm thick plattenkalk unit across an area of 80 m2 produced 3500 fossils, which, with the exception of the bivalve Aulacomyella, exhibit a random stratigraphic distribution. Two-thirds of the individuals had a benthic mode of life attached to hard substrate. This seems to contradict the evidence of oxygen-free conditions on the sea floor, such as undisturbed lamination, presence of articulated skeletons, and preservation of soft parts. -
Read and Understand These Archi- Ves
IAS Newsletter 203 April 2006 SUPER SEDIMENTOLOGICAL EXPOSURES The extensional Corinth-Patras basin evolution from Pliocene to present and the different coarse-grained fan-delta types along Corinth sub-basin Introduction to 30 km and 20 km wide, respectively) due to a NE-trending rifted sub-basin (Rion sub-basin, 15 The Corinth–Patras basin is a late km long and up to 3 km wide; Fig. Pliocene to Quaternary WNW 1B). Both sub-basins (Corinth and trending extensional basin that Patras) show high rates of subsidence extends for 130km across the Greek along the southern, more active mainland. It formed by late Cenozoic margins. Changes in predominant back-arc extension behind the stress directions at this time led to Hellenic trench (Fig. 1A; Zelilidis, the Rion sub-basin acting as a transfer 2000). During the Pliocene, zone between the extending Patras extension formed the Corinth– and Corinth sub-basins. Due to the Patras basin, and the resulting WNW- above-mentioned different fault directed basin was relatively uniform trends in the area of the Rion sub- in width and depth along its axis (Fig. basin, the Corinth–Patras basin 1B). locally became very narrow and The Corinth–Patras basin was shallow, forming the Rion Strait separated into two WNW-trending which influences sedimentological sub-basins (Corinth and Patras sub- evolution of the whole basin (Figs 2 basins, 90 km and 30 km long and up and 3). 3 IAS Newsletter 203 April 2006 Figure 1. (A) Sketch map of Greece: black area indicates the studied area (shown in B and C). -
Functional Anatomy and Mode of Life of the Latest Jurassic Crinoid Saccocoma
Functional anatomy and mode of life of the latest Jurassic crinoid Saccocoma MICHAŁ BRODACKI Brodacki, M. 2006. Functional anatomy and mode of life of the latest Jurassic crinoid Saccocoma. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51 (2): 261–270. Loose elements of the roveacrinid Saccocoma from the Tithonian red Rogoża Coquina, Rogoźnik, Pieniny Klippen Belt, Poland, are used to test the contradictory opinions on the mode of life of Saccocoma. The investigated elements belong to three morphological groups, which represent at least two separate species: S. tenella, S. vernioryi, and a third form, whose brachials resemble those of S. vernioryi but are equipped with wings of different shape. The geometry of brachials’ articu− lar surfaces reveals that the arms of Saccocoma were relatively inflexible in their proximal part and left the cup at an angle of no more than 45°, then spread gradually to the sides. There is no evidence that the wings were permanently oriented in either horizontal or vertical position, as proposed by two different benthic life−style hypotheses. The first secundibrachial was probably more similar to the first primibrachial than to the third secundibrachial, in contrast to the traditional assump− tion. The winged parts of the arms were too close to the cup and presumably too stiff to propel the animal in the water effi− ciently. Swimming was probably achieved by movements of the distal, finely branched parts of the arms. The non− horizontal attitude of the winged parts of the arms is also not entirely consistent with the assumption that they functioned as a parachute. Moreover, the wings added some weight and thus increased the energy costs associated with swimming. -
Engineering Geology of Dam Foundations in North - Western Greece
Durham E-Theses Engineering geology of dam foundations in north - Western Greece Papageorgiou, Sotiris A. How to cite: Papageorgiou, Sotiris A. (1983) Engineering geology of dam foundations in north - Western Greece, Durham theses, Durham University. Available at Durham E-Theses Online: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/9361/ Use policy The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that: • a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in Durham E-Theses • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders. Please consult the full Durham E-Theses policy for further details. Academic Support Oce, Durham University, University Oce, Old Elvet, Durham DH1 3HP e-mail: [email protected] Tel: +44 0191 334 6107 http://etheses.dur.ac.uk ENGINEERING GEOLOGY OF DAM FOUNDATIONS IN NORTH - WESTERN GREECE by Sotiris A. Papageorgiou B.Sc.Athens, M.Sc.Durham (Graduate Society) The copyright of this thesis rests with the author. No quotation from it should be published without his prior written consent and information derived from it should be acknowledged. A thesis submitted to the University of Durham for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy 1983 MAIN VOLUME i WALLS AS MUCH AS YOU CAN Without consideration, without pity, without shame And if you cannot make your life as you want it, they have built big and high walls around me. -
Thickness of the Lithosphere Beneath Turkey and Surroundings from S-Receiver Functions
Solid Earth, 6, 971–984, 2015 www.solid-earth.net/6/971/2015/ doi:10.5194/se-6-971-2015 © Author(s) 2015. CC Attribution 3.0 License. Thickness of the lithosphere beneath Turkey and surroundings from S-receiver functions R. Kind1,2, T. Eken3, F. Tilmann1,2, F. Sodoudi1, T. Taymaz3, F. Bulut4, X. Yuan1, B. Can5, and F. Schneider1 1Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ, Potsdam, Germany 2Freie Universität, Fachrichtung Geophysik, Berlin, Germany 3Department of Geophysical Engineering, The Faculty of Mines, Istanbul Technical University, 34469 Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey 4Istanbul Aydın University, AFAM D. A. E. Research Centre, Istanbul, Turkey 5Bogaziçi University, Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute (KOERI), Istanbul, Turkey Correspondence to: R. Kind ([email protected]) Received: 9 March 2015 – Published in Solid Earth Discuss.: 10 April 2015 Revised: 8 July 2015 – Accepted: 15 July 2015 – Published: 31 July 2015 Abstract. We analyze S-receiver functions to investigate lies on studies that examined the data from several temporary variations of lithospheric thickness below the entire region and permanent seismic networks (e.g., Angus et al., 2006; of Turkey and surrounding areas. The teleseismic data used Sodoudi et al., 2006, 2015; Gök et al., 2007, 2015; Vanacore here have been compiled combining all permanent seismic et al., 2013; Vinnik et al., 2014). Interpretations from these stations which are open to public access. We obtained almost studies are either confined to a limited region or to a limited 12 000 S-receiver function traces characterizing the seismic depth extent, i.e., to crustal depths only. Thus, the variations discontinuities between the Moho and the discontinuity at of lithospheric thickness have not yet been homogeneously 410 km depth. -
54. Mesozoic–Tertiary Tectonic Evolution of the Easternmost Mediterranean Area: Integration of Marine and Land Evidence1
Robertson, A.H.F., Emeis, K.-C., Richter, C., and Camerlenghi, A. (Eds.), 1998 Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, Vol. 160 54. MESOZOIC–TERTIARY TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE EASTERNMOST MEDITERRANEAN AREA: INTEGRATION OF MARINE AND LAND EVIDENCE1 Alastair H.F. Robertson2 ABSTRACT This paper presents a synthesis of Holocene to Late Paleozoic marine and land evidence from the easternmost Mediterra- nean area, in the light of recent ODP Leg 160 drilling results from the Eratosthenes Seamount. The synthesis is founded on three key conclusions derived from marine- and land-based study over the last decade. First, the North African and Levant coastal and offshore areas represent a Mesozoic rifted continental margin of Triassic age, with the Levantine Basin being under- lain by oceanic crust. Second, Mesozoic ophiolites and related continental margin units in southern Turkey and Cyprus repre- sent tectonically emplaced remnants of a southerly Neotethyan oceanic basin and are not far-travelled units derived from a single Neotethys far to the north. Third, the present boundary of the African and Eurasian plates runs approximately east-west across the easternmost Mediterranean and is located between Cyprus and the Eratosthenes Seamount. The marine and land geology of the easternmost Mediterranean is discussed utilizing four north-south segments, followed by presentation of a plate tectonic reconstruction for the Late Permian to Holocene time. INTRODUCTION ocean (Figs. 2, 3; Le Pichon, 1982). The easternmost Mediterranean is defined as that part of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea located east ° The objective here is to integrate marine- and land-based geolog- of the Aegean (east of 28 E longitude). -
Life and Death of Saccocoma Tenella (GOLDFUSS)
Swiss J Geosci (2011) 104 (Suppl 1):S99–S106 DOI 10.1007/s00015-011-0059-z Life and death of Saccocoma tenella (GOLDFUSS) Hans Hess • Walter Etter Received: 15 September 2009 / Accepted: 25 June 2010 / Published online: 19 April 2011 Ó Swiss Geological Society 2011 Abstract The morphology of the small stalkless Sacco- Das Skelett ist a¨ußerst leicht gebaut; die proximalen coma tenella is unique among crinoids. It is characterized Armglieder tragen seitlich abstehende ‘‘Schwimmplatten’’ by an extremely light skeleton with dish-like lateral wings oder Flu¨gel, die distalen gepaarte vertikale Fortsa¨tze wel- on the proximal brachials and peculiar paired vertical che die Nahrungsfurche flankieren. Die Arme sind reich processes flanking the food grooves of more distal verzweigt. Die Flu¨gel dienten offensichtlich zur vertikalen brachials. The arms are heavily branched. The lateral wings Bewegung. Die vertikalen Fortsa¨tze wurden als Fu¨hrung obviously were involved in vertical movement. For the fu¨r das Einrollen der Arme zu einem ‘‘Schnapp-Schwim- vertical processes a ‘‘baffle rail’’ function for arm curling men’’ gedeutet. Dabei wa¨ren sie durch Muskeln verbunden and ‘‘snap swimming’’ has been postulated, with muscles gewesen. Da Indizien fu¨r Muskeln zwischen den vertikalen between the processes. However, there is no evidence that Fortsa¨tzen fehlen, wird zur Nahrungsaufnahme das Modell the processes were connected by muscles. For food col- eines in der Wassersa¨ule ‘‘pulsierenden Trichters’’ vor- lection a ‘‘pulsating funnel’’ model in the water column is geschlagen, mit Fang von Plankton zwischen den Fortsa¨tzen advocated, with the processes serving to collect plankton wa¨hrend der Aufwa¨rtsbewegung der Arme. -
THE ECHINODERM NEWSLETTER Number 22. 1997 Editor: Cynthia Ahearn Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History Room
•...~ ..~ THE ECHINODERM NEWSLETTER Number 22. 1997 Editor: Cynthia Ahearn Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History Room W-31S, Mail Stop 163 Washington D.C. 20560, U.S.A. NEW E-MAIL: [email protected] Distributed by: David Pawson Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History Room W-321, Mail Stop 163 Washington D.C. 20560, U.S.A. The newsletter contains information concerning meetings and conferences, publications of interest to echinoderm biologists, titles of theses on echinoderms, and research interests, and addresses of echinoderm biologists. Individuals who desire to receive the newsletter should send their name, address and research interests to the editor. The newsletter is not intended to be a part of the scientific literature and should not be cited, abstracted, or reprinted as a published document. A. Agassiz, 1872-73 ., TABLE OF CONTENTS Echinoderm Specialists Addresses Phone (p-) ; Fax (f-) ; e-mail numbers . ........................ .1 Current Research ........•... .34 Information Requests .. .55 Announcements, Suggestions .. • .56 Items of Interest 'Creeping Comatulid' by William Allison .. .57 Obituary - Franklin Boone Hartsock .. • .58 Echinoderms in Literature. 59 Theses and Dissertations ... 60 Recent Echinoderm Publications and Papers in Press. ...................... • .66 New Book Announcements Life and Death of Coral Reefs ......•....... .84 Before the Backbone . ........................ .84 Illustrated Encyclopedia of Fauna & Flora of Korea . • •• 84 Echinoderms: San Francisco. Proceedings of the Ninth IEC. • .85 Papers Presented at Meetings (by country or region) Africa. • .96 Asia . ....96 Austral ia .. ...96 Canada..... • .97 Caribbean •. .97 Europe. .... .97 Guam ••• .98 Israel. 99 Japan .. • •.••. 99 Mexico. .99 Philippines .• . .•.•.• 99 South America .. .99 united States .•. .100 Papers Presented at Meetings (by conference) Fourth Temperate Reef Symposium................................•...... -
Tectonics and Magmatism in Turkey and the Surrounding Area Geological Society Special Publications Series Editors
Tectonics and Magmatism in Turkey and the Surrounding Area Geological Society Special Publications Series Editors A. J. HARTLEY R. E. HOLDSWORTH A. C. MORTON M. S. STOKER Special Publication reviewing procedures The Society makes every effort to ensure that the scientific and production quality of its books matches that of its journals. Since 1997, all book proposals have been refereed by specialist reviewers as well as by the Society's Publications Committee. If the referees identify weaknesses in the proposal, these must be addressed before the proposal is accepted. Once the book is accepted, the Society has a team of series editors (listed above) who ensure that the volume editors follow strict guidelines on refereeing and quality control. We insist that individual papers can only be accepted after satisfactory review by two independent referees. The questions on the review forms are similar to those for Journal of the Geological Society. The referees' forms and comments must be available to the Society's series editors on request. Although many of the books result from meetings, the editors are expected to commission papers that were not presented at the meeting to ensure that the book provides a balanced coverage of the subject. Being accepted for presentation at the meeting does not guarantee inclusion in the book. Geological Society Special Publications are included in the ISI Science Citation Index, but they do not have an impact factor, the latter being applicable only to journals. More information about submitting a proposal and producing a Special Publication can be found on the Society's web site: www.geolsoc.org.uk. -
Slab Segmentation and Late Cenozoic Disruption of the Hellenic Arc Leigh H
Slab segmentation and late Cenozoic disruption of the Hellenic arc Leigh H. Royden, Dimitrios J. Papanikolaou To cite this version: Leigh H. Royden, Dimitrios J. Papanikolaou. Slab segmentation and late Cenozoic disruption of the Hellenic arc. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, AGU and the Geochemical Society, 2011, 12 (3), 10.1029/2010GC003280. hal-01438679 HAL Id: hal-01438679 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01438679 Submitted on 17 Jan 2017 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. The documents may come from émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou privés. Article Volume 12, Number 3 29 March 2011 Q03010, doi:10.1029/2010GC003280 ISSN: 1525‐2027 Slab segmentation and late Cenozoic disruption of the Hellenic arc Leigh H. Royden Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT, 54‐826 Green Building, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139 USA ([email protected]) Dimitrios J. Papanikolaou Department of Geology, University of Athens, Panepistimioupoli Zografou, 15784 Athens, Greece ([email protected]) [1] The Hellenic subduction zone displays well‐defined temporal and spatial variations in subduction rate and offers an excellent natural laboratory for studying the interaction among slab buoyancy, subduction rate, and tectonic deformation. In space, the active Hellenic subduction front is dextrally offset by 100– 120 km across the Kephalonia Transform Zone, coinciding with the junction of a slowly subducting Adria- tic continental lithosphere in the north (5–10 mm/yr) and a rapidly subducting Ionian oceanic lithosphere in the south (∼35 mm/yr). -
A Remote Sensing Perspective
Δελτίο Ελληνικής Γεωλογικής Εταιρίας τομ. XLIV, 2011 54 Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece vol. XLIV, 2011 Geomorphological and Environmental changes in West- ern Greece: a remote sensing perspective (1) (1) EMMANUEL VASSILAKIS & EFTHIMIA VERYKIOU - PAPASPYRIDAKOU ABSTRACT Several rapid geomorphological changes can be detected on the landscape of western Greece since the area is adjacent to the highly active Hellenic trench, where major geodynamic phenomena occur. At this part of the Hellenides, various active structures have been affecting the shallow layers of the overriding plate, due to tectonic movements and in some cases gypsum diapirism. Additionally, lots of environmental implications have been reported since a significant amount of development infrastructure is still being constructed in this area for more than the last twenty years, affecting the slower physical ongoing processes. The outcropping erodible lithologies of flysch in conjunction with the existence of high energy rivers reveal a rapidly evolving area with dynamic topography, which can be identified by using the appropriate methodologies. Remote sensing techniques prove to be the ideal way to locate changes at the physical geography of the studied area, especially when multi- temporal interpretation is implemented. In this paper we try to locate and analyze these changes by using medium resolution satellite images (Landsat TM and ETM+) of different temporal periods (1992, 2000 and 2005). After special interpretation of the acquired remote sensing images, which involves detailed co-registration and spectral analysis, the identified changes can be temporally cate- gorized between the three acquisition dates. The methodology requires the compilation of new sepa- rate datasets, one for each spectral channel from the three Landsat images, in order to detect chang- es in the absorption and reflection spectra for specific bandwidths. -
GSA TODAY Cordilleran, P
Vol. 10, No. 1 January 2000 INSIDE • 2000 Section Meetings North-Central, p. 12 Rocky Mountain, p. 16 GSA TODAY Cordilleran, p. 29 • 1999 Annual Meeting, p. 21 A Publication of the Geological Society of America • New Members, Fellows, Associates, p. 37 1999 Izmit, Turkey Earthquake Was No Surprise Robert Reilinger, Nafi Toksoz, Simon McClusky, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, [email protected] Aykut Barka, Istanbul Technical University, Eurasian Earth Science Institute, Ayazaga, Istanbul, Turkey ABSTRACT The magnitude (M) 7.4 Izmit earthquake was the largest and most deadly earthquake in Turkey in the past 60 years, and the most destructive in terms of property damage in Turkey’s recorded history. It struck on a seg- ment of the North Anatolian fault ~100 km east of Istanbul, one of the most heavily pop- ulated and industrially developed regions of the country. The earthquake caused a 120 km surface rupture (with an unmapped extension beneath Izmit Bay) with right-lat- eral offsets of 1.5–5 m. Apart from the loss of life and property, the Izmit earthquake is remarkable in being the latest in a series of 11 major (M >6.7) earthquakes this century that have broken more than a 1000 km length Figure 1. Simplified tectonic map of eastern Mediterranean superimposed on topography and bathymetry. Solid lines—strike-slip faults; lines with tick marks—normal faults, ticks on down- of the North Anatolian fault from near the thrown block; lines with triangles—thrust faults, triangles on overriding block.