The early Eocene global warming events: Implications from ODP Leg 208 Walvis Ridge depth transect

Five sections drilled in multiple holes over a depth transect of more than 2200 m at the Walvis Ridge (SE Atlantic) during Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Leg 208 resulted in the first complete early Paleogene deep-sea record. Here we present high-resolution stratigraphic records spanning a ~4.3 million yearlong interval of the late Paleocene to early Eocene. This interval includes the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum (PETM) as well as the Eocene thermal maximum (ETM) 2 event. A detailed chronology was developed with nondestructive X-ray fluorescence (XRF) core scanning records and shipboard color data. These records were used to refine the shipboard-derived spliced composite depth for each site and with a record from ODP Site 1051 were then used to establish a continuous time series over this interval. Extensive spectral analysis reveals that the early Paleogene sedimentary cyclicity is dominated by precession modulated by the short (100 kyr) and long (405 kyr) eccentricity cycles. Counting of precession-related cycles at multiple sites results in revised estimates for the duration of magnetochrons C24r and C25n. Direct comparison between the amplitude modulation of the precession component derived from XRF data and recent models of Earth's orbital eccentricity suggests that the onset of the PETM and ETM2 are related to a 100-kyr eccentricity maximum. Both events are approximately a quarter of a period offset from a maximum in the 405-kyr eccentricity cycle, with the major difference that the PETM is lagging and ETM2 is leading a 405-kyr eccentricity maximum. Absolute age estimates for the PETM, ETM2, and the magnetochron boundaries that are consistent with recalibrated radiometric ages and recent models of Earth's orbital eccentricity cannot be precisely determined at present because of too large uncertainties in these methods. Nevertheless, we provide two possible tuning options, which demonstrate the potential for the development of a cyclostratigraphic framework based on the stable 405-kyr eccentricity cycle for the entire Paleogene.

Early Eocene benthic carbon isotope data of ODP Site 208-1263

The early Eocene represents a time of major changes in the global carbon cycle and fluctuations in global temperatures on both short- and long-time scales. These perturbations of the ocean-atmosphere system have been linked to orbital forcing and changes in net organic carbon burial, but accurate age models are required to disentangle the various forcing mechanisms and assess causal relationships. Discrepancies between the employed astrochronological and radioisotopic dating techniques prevent the construction of a robust time frame between ~49 and ~54 Ma. Here we present an astronomically tuned age model for this critical time period based on a new high-resolution benthic d13C record of ODP Site 1263, SE Atlantic. First, we assess three possible tuning options to the stable long-eccentricity cycle (405-kyr), starting from Eocene Thermal Maximum 2 (ETM2, ~54 Ma). Next we compare our record to the existing bulk carbonate d13C record from the equatorial Atlantic (Demerara Rise, ODP Site 1258) to evaluate our three initial age models and compare them with alternative age models previously established for this site. Finally, we refine our preferred age model by expanding our tuning to the 100-kyr eccentricity cycle of the La2010d solution. This solution appears to accurately reflect the long- and short-term eccentricity-related patterns in our benthic d13C record of ODP Site 1263 back to at least 52 Ma and possibly to 54 Ma. Our time scale not only aims to provide a new detailed age model for this period, but it may also serve to enhance our understanding of the response of the climate system to orbital forcing during this super greenhouse period as well as trends in its background state.

Sapientia, 2000, Vol. LV, nº 208 (número completo)

Contenido: Estructuras mentales y principios racionales / Lorenzo Vicente Burgoa – Autonomía moral y deliberación en Santo Tomás de Aquino / Ciro E. Schmidt Andrade – Thomas Aquinas and the reality of time / Steven C. Snyder – Fe y razón en Ramón Llull / Marc Egea I Ger – Idealismo y personalismo en Husserl / Francisco Leocata – El discurso no consensuado de Jürgen Habermas / Marisa Villalba de Tablón – Hacia el tercer milenio : el clima posmoderno y la recuperación de la naturaleza humana del hombre (observaciones tomistas) / William R. Darós – Razón, voluntad y praxis / María Celestina Donadío Maggi de Gandolfi – Meditación sobre la felicidad / Alberto Caturelli – “Y llegarán a ser virtuosos” : ley jurídica positiva penal y educación / Héctor H. Hernández – Todos los hombres desean la felicidad / Ignacio E. M. Andereggen – Justicia y derecho en Ley Natural y Derechos Naturales de John Finnis / Carlos I. Massini Correas – El itinerario antiguo y medieval de la negación nominalista de la metafísica / Mario Enrique Sacchi – Notas y comentarios -- Bibliografía

退火对He注入及随后~(208)Pb~(27+)辐照的Al_2O_3单晶PL谱的影响

利用高能离子研究了110keV的He+注入Al2O3单晶及随后230MeV的208Pb27+辐照并在不同温度条件下退火样品的光致发光的特性.从测试结果可以清楚地看到在375nm,390nm,413nm和450nm出现了强烈的发光峰.经过600K退火2h后测试结果显示,390nm发光峰增强剧烈,而别的发光峰显示不明显.在900K退火条件下,390nm的发光峰开始减弱相反在510nm出现了较强的发光峰,到1100K退火完毕后390nm的发光峰完全消失,而510nm的发光峰相对增强.从辐照样品的FTIR谱中看到,波数在460—510cm-1间的吸收是振动模式,经过离子辐照后,吸收带展宽,随着辐照量的增大,Al2O3振动吸收峰消失,说明Al2O3振动模式被完全破坏.1000—1300cm-1之间为Al-O-Al桥氧的伸缩振动模式,辐照后吸收带向高波数方向移动.退火后的FTIR谱变化不大.

高温注氦及随后230MeV的~(208)Pb~(27+)辐照Al_2O_3的光致发光谱的研究

主要研究了110keV的He~+高温注入Al_2O_3单晶及1.1MeV/u的~(208)Pb~(27+)辐照注氦Al_2O_3样品的光致发光的特性。从测试结果可以清楚地看到在375nm,413nm和450nm处出现了强烈的发光峰。并且在600K,5×10~(16) ions/cm~2剂量点,样品的发光峰是最强的。这表明He~+注入Al_2O_3后使带隙中深的辐射中心复合的效率大幅度提高,极大的增强了其发光强度,而且发光伴随着蓝移现象。而经过高能~(208)Pb~(27+)辐照后的样品,在390nm出现了新的发光峰,从FTIR谱中我们能够看到,可能是~(208)Pb~(27+)辐照相对沉积膜出现一定的晶化,其中含有许多纳米尺寸的Al_2O_3晶粒所致。