Chemistry of volcanic ash from Celebes and Sulu Sea Basins

During Leg 124, off the Philippines, volcanic material was recovered in deep-sea sediments dating from the late Oligocene in the Celebes Sea Basin, and from the early Miocene in the Sulu Sea Basin. Chemical and petrological studies of fallout ash deposits are used to characterize volcanic pulses and to determine their possible origin. All of the glass and mineral compositions belong to medium-K and high-K calc-alkaline arc-related magmatic suites including high-Al basalts, pyroxene-hornblende andesites, dacites, and rhyolites. Late Oligocene and early Miocene products may have originated from the Sunda arc or from the Sabah-Zamboanga old Sulu arc. Late early Miocene Sulu Sea tuffs originated from the Cagayan arc, whereas early late Miocene fallout ashes are attributed to the Sulu arc. A complex magmatic production is distinguished in the Plio-Quaternary with three sequences of basic to acidic lava suites. Early Pliocene strata registered an important activity in both Celebes Sea and Sulu Sea areas, from the newly born Sangihe arc (low-alumina andesite series) and from the Sulu, Zamboanga, and Negros arcs (high-alumina basalt series and high-K andesite series). In the late Pliocene and the early Pleistocene, renewal of activity affects the Sangihe-Cotobato arc as well as the Sulu and Negros arcs (same magmatic distinctions). The last volcanic pulse took place in the late Pleistocene with revival of all the present arc systems.

Geochemistry and petrology of the volcanic rocks from the Sulu Sea

Major-, trace-, and rare-earth element analyses of the basaltic rocks recovered from the basement of the Sulu Sea and of lithic clasts from the pyroclastic unit representing the acoustic basement of the Cagayan Ridge, are presented. The major and trace elements were measured by X-ray fluorescence techniques, and rare-earth elements by instrumental neutron activation analysis. These data show that the Sulu Sea basalts are back-arc tholeiites and the lithic clasts are basalts, basaltic andesites, and andesites typical of volcanic arc suites erupted on continental crust. Petrogenetic modeling is used to show that the Sulu Sea basalts were derived from a heterogeneous mantle, probably representing subcontinental lithosphere, with contributions from a subduction component. The Sulu Sea is interpreted as a back-arc basin formed by rifting of an Oligocene to early Miocene volcanic arc leaving the Cagayan Ridge as a remnant arc. This event occurred during northward subduction of the Celebes Sea basement beneath the Oligocene to early Miocene arc.

GMRT observations of the group Holmberg 124: Evolution by tidal forces and ram pressure?

We report new radio continuum and 21 cm HI observations using the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) of the group Holmberg 124 ( Ho 124) comprising four late-type galaxies, namely NGC 2820, Mrk 108, NGC 2814 and NGC 2805. The three galaxies, NGC 2820, Mrk 108 and NGC 2814 which are closely located in the sky plane have clearly undergone tidal interactions as seen from the various morphological tidal signatures and debris. Moreover we note various features in the group members which we believe might be due to ram pressure. In this paper, we describe four interesting results emerging from our observations: a) detection of the tidal radio continuum bridge at 330 MHz connecting the galaxies NGC 2820+ Mrk 108 with NGC 2814. The radio bridge was discovered at 1465 MHz by van der Hulst & Hummel ( 1985, A& A, 150, 17). We find that the bridge has a fairly steep spectrum with a spectral index alpha(S proportional to nu(alpha)) of - 1.8(-0.2)(+0.3) which is much steeper than the - 0.8 quoted by van der Hulst & Hummel ( 1985); b) detection of other tidal features like the tilted HI and radio continuum disk of NGC 2814, a HI streamer and a radio continuum tail arising from the south of NGC 2814. We also report the detection of a possible tidal dwarf galaxy in HI; c) sharp truncation in the HI distribution in the south of NGC 2820 and in the HI and radio continuum distribution in the north of NGC 2814. The optical disks in both the cases look undisturbed. As pointed out by Davis et al. ( 1997, AJ, 114, 613), ram pressure affects different components of the interstellar medium to varying degrees. Simple estimates of pressure in different components of the interstellar medium ( radio continuum, Ha and HI) in NGC 2820 indicate that ram pressure will significantly influence HI; d) detection of a large one-sided HI loop to the north of NGC 2820. No radio continuum emission or Ha emission is associated with the HI loop. We discuss various scenarios for the origin of this loop including a central starburst, ram pressure stripping and tidal interaction. We do not support the central starburst scenario since the loop is not detected in ionized gas. Using the upper limit on X-ray luminosity of Ho 124 (Mulchaey et al. 2003, ApJS, 145, 39), we estimate an upper limit on the intragroup medium (IGrM) density of 8.8 x 10(-4) cm(-3). For half this electron density, we estimate the ram pressure force of the IGrM to be comparable to the gravitational pull of the disk of NGC 2820. Since tidal interaction has obviously influenced the group, we suggest that the loop could have formed by ram pressure stripping if tidal effects had reduced the surface density of HI in NGC 2820. From the complex observational picture of Ho 124 and the numerical estimates, we suggest that the evolution of the Ho 124 group may be governed by both tidal forces due to the interaction and the ram pressure due to motion of the member galaxies in the IGrM and that the IGrM densities should not be too low (i.e. >= 4 x 10(-4)). However this needs to be verified by further observations.

Sapientia, 1977, Vol. XXXII, nº 124 (número completo)

Contenido: El subjetivismo historicista e irracionalista contemporáneo / Octavio N. Derisi – El ser en Santo Tomás y en la Fenomenología / Vicente O. Ciliberto – La Palabra / Octavio N. Derisi – Ética, teología y religión / Victorino Rodríguez – El poeta del Santísimo Sacramento / Sisto Terán – Notas y comentarios -- Bibliografía

Diário da Constituinte [gravação de vídeo] : [programa n. 124]

Os constituintes do Norte e Nordeste querem mais recursos para as suas regiões. Querem o aumento de dois para cinco por cento de recursos destinados aos órgãos de desenvolvimento regional. Rubem Branquinho (PMDB-AC) relata sobre as diferenças regionais de desenvolvimento e cita o potencial do Estado do Acre. Geraldo Fleming (PMDB-AC) acredita que a proposta de 5% seja aprovada na Comissão de Sistematização da Assembleia Nacional Constituinte (ANC). Asdrubal Bentes (PMDB-PA) também defende maiores recursos para o desenvolvimento da Amazônia, tal como ocorreu na Constituição de 1946. Na sessão O Povo Pergunta, cidadã quer saber o que muda no ensino. Paulo Almada (PMDB-MG) responde que a Constituinte tem soluções para melhorar a assistência do Estado ao ensino universitário e ao ensino de primeiro grau. Bernardo Cabral (PMDB-AM), após conversa com Afonso Arinos (PFL-RJ), fala com a imprensa e afirma que o anteprojeto até agora é o resultado dos trabalhos das comissões temáticas e que só em agosto apresenta seu substitutivo. Demonstrou também seu posicionamento favorável ao parlamentarismo e pretende diminuir o número de artigos da Constituição. União estável de um homem com uma mulher será reconhecida como família. Além disso, o casamento religioso também terá efeito legal e o Estado deverá facilitar a celebração do casamento civil. Cid Carvalho (PMDB-MA) esclarece que é inovador o conceito de família que está prevalecendo no projeto de Constituição.

'Fa Tsai', a Chinese edible Nostoc in market. [Translation from: Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Phycology 8 124-126, 1960. ]

The Nostoc 'Fa Tsai' is sometimes seen in Chinese cooking materials stores. It is investigated what 'Fa Tsai' consists of and where it originates.

Colpodella pugnax Cienk., Protomonas amyli Cienk., Protomonas spirogyrae Borzi and Protomonas huxleyi Haeckel [Translation from: Die Pilzthiere oder Schleimpilze (ed. W. Zopf), pp. 115-124. Breslau, Eduard Trewendt, 1885]

Morphological observations are given for Colpodella pugnax Cienk., Protomonas amyli Cienk., Protomonas spirogyrae Borzi and Protomonas huxleyi Haeckel.