Frühdiagenetische Karbonatzementation in glazigenen und fluviatilen Sedimenten des Wesertales NW Hameln

In the Weser valley NW Hameln early diagenetic carbonate cementation is present in the upper Elsterian to Drenthe sediments. Examination of the calcite cement indicated a multiphase formation. Cementation occured mainly in vadose environment above ground-water table. This process generated predominantly brown calcite cement with a crystal size of <5 to 20pm. Next to meniscus-cement this fine-crystalline calcite forms further cements typical for vadose zone. In one layer of the „Mittelterrasse'-sediments, deposited in the late Elsterian age, a calcite cement is present, which may already have formed in the Holstein Interglacial. Cementation started in the upper-most layers of the „Mittelterrasse'-sediments in a late phase of „Mittelterrasse“-accumulation in this area. The so formed consolidated layers were deformed by the Drentheglacier. After ice melting cementation continued in at least 3 phases, creating nonluminiscent phreatic, orange to red luminiscent vadose and nonluminiscent vadose calcite cement.

Der Schwermineral-Gehalt von Saale-zeitlichen Moränen- und Schmelzwasser-Ablagerungen des Münsterlandes

This article is a first summary of the heavy-mineral content of moraine and meltwater deposits of the Saalian glaciation in the Münsterland and its northeastern extension (NW Germany). In the beginning the appearance and distribution of both types of sediments are described (E. Speetzen), then the heavy mineral composition of selected outcrops is reported and the results are compared (D. Henningsen). Generally the predominant heavy minerals are garnet, minerals of the epidote group, zircon, and ordinary hornblende. The heavy mineral contents of moraine sediments sometimes are similar to that of meltwater deposits, in other cases they are different. Obviously there exists no relation between the heavy mineral composition and various advances of the Scandinavian ice sheet and their sediments, the content of heavy minerals rather depends on local influences.

Der Kauffunger Kalkstein (Bober-Katzbach Gebirge, Polen): Petrographie, Fossilinventar, Stratigraphie

In the Western Sudetes (Mts.) in SW Poland carbonate rocks occur which are well known in the older German literature as ’’Kauffung Limestone” or ’’Wojcieszow Limestone” in recent publications, respectively. They are intercalated in sedimentary (shales) and volcanic (greenstone) successions and are, presumed - due to the lack of index fossils - to be Cambrian in age. These deposits occur in a variety of isolated massifs in the Bober-Katzbach Mts. where they have been mined in many quarries in the past. In a single location (Polom quarry near Wojcieszow) they are exploited up until today. The predominantly calcitic rocks display a wide variety of different lithologies and are, consequently, subdivided into the following lithological units which differ in textural characteristics, mineral constituents, and different grades of diagenetic and metamorphic alteration: 1. Calcite Marble: massive, calcitic, chiefly metamorphic recrystallized. 2. Zebra Limestone: dolomitic-calcitic, certain content of metasomatic silica, fine bedding as a result of microbial calcite precipitation or of diagenetic to metamorphic separation of carbonate and silica constituents. 3. Massive matrix Dolomite: compact, of diagenetic to metamorphic origin. 4. Dolomite Marble: metamorphic. 5. Hydrothermal Dolomite: hydrothermal alteration of limestone, postdating the tectonic deformation. The recent appearance of ’’Kauffung Limestone” is mainly a result of regional metamorphosis at low temperature up to about 300°C and locally high pressure. The typical textural features are stress induced, mostly protomylonitic calcite recrystallisation and generally slowly or not infected dolomite crystals. The different reactions of the two carbonate phases are attributed to their mineral properties. Rhyolitic and dacitic dykes penetrating the carbonate rocks are interpreted as a result of post- orogenic, probably Carboniferous or Permian volcanism. Microprobe investigation on the carbonates revealed a stochiometric composition of dolomite and calcite. The stable isotope content (8 c 0,8* ^C) reflects increased crystallisation temperature of the carbonate minerals (8 O von -7,75 bis -15,78). A variety of fossil remains have been extracted from bulk samples, consisting of sponge needles, floral components, foramini- fera, and vertebrate remains the latter two of which indicate a depositional age younger than Ordovician. Due to the stratigraphic re-attribution of the Kauffung Limestone, the hypothesis of a Cambrian/Ordovician rifting in the Western Sudetes should be abandoned.

Aufbau und Untergliederung des Niederterrassenkörpers der Unterelbe

Das untere Elbtal hat während der Weichsel-Kaltzeit (120.000-10.000 vor heute) als nordwestliche Fortsetzung der drei großen mitteldeutschen und polnischen Urstromtäler gedient (GIRARD 1855). Die drei Urstromtäler sind jeweils der Haupteisrandlage einer Vereisungsphase zuzuordnen und nacheinander in Funktion gewesen (KEILHACK 1887, 1898). Die drei Urstromtäler vereinigen sich nahe dem Elbknie bei Havelberg. Von dort aus sind die Schmelzwässer des skandinavischen Inlandeises gemeinsam mit den Flußwässern aus dem mitteldeutschen Einzuggebiet der Elbe zur Nordsee abgeflossen. Dazugekommen sind Schmelzwasserabflüsse vom Eisrand, der während des Höchststandes der Vereisung nur etwa 10 km vom Elbtal entfernt gelegen hat. Trotz der wichtigen Funktion des Elbe-Urstromtales bei der Entwässerung Mitteleuropas hat es bisher keine zusammenfassende Bearbeitung der weichselkaltzeitlichen Urstromtal - Ablagerungen gegeben. Ausgangspunkt für die vorliegende Arbeit ist die Frage gewesen, ob sich die weichselkaltzeitlichen Urstromtalabiagerungen, die als Niederterrassen-Ablagerungen bezeichnet werden, petrographisch von liegenden Schichteinheiten abtrennen lassen. Weitere thematische Schwerpunkte sind die Anlage und Entwicklung des Elbe-Urstromtales sowie die Untergliederung der dazugehörigen Sedimente. Geographischer Ausgangspunkt der Untersuchungen ist der Raum Gorleben. Dort wurde die kiespetrographische Gliederung der quartären Schichten erarbeitet, unter maßgeblicher Mitwirkung von Frau Dipl.-Geol. C. KABEL (in Duphorn 1980, 1983). Von Gorleben aus wird der Verlauf der Niederterrasse anhand von 11 Querprofilen bis in die Deutsche Bucht verfolgt.