Palynology on profile Rotmoss at Obergurgl in Austria

Die pollenanalytische Untersuchung des Rotmooses in Verbindung mit C-14 Daten hat ergeben, daß die organogenen Sedimente nachwärmezeitliche Bildungen sind. Ein Gletschervorstoß um 2500 v. Chr. konnte mit Hilfe der C-14 Daten eingegrenzt und mit anderen Fundstellen parallelisiert werden. Weitere pollenanalytisch festgestellte Gletscher und auch Waldgrenzschwankungen konnten festgestellt, müssen aber noch genau datiert und parallelisiert werden.

(Table 1) Properties of grab sampled sediments from the Nha Trang Bay

General characteristics of macrobenthos of muddy sediments of the subtidal (19-24 m) zone in the Nha Trang Bay (South Vietnam) were described based on the survey performed in April-May 2002. The mean abundance of organisms was 637 ind/m**2 and the mean biomass was 2.3 g/m**2. Sixty-seven macrobenthic species were found during the study. The main structural features of the macrobenthos were high species diversity, low species recurrence, and high evenness of species structure with the absence of clearly manifested dominants. The number of species encountered regularly increased with the increase in the total area sampled from 210 to 5000 cm**2, though the relation did not reach saturation. Similarities and differences between the macrobenthos structures in the Nha Trang Bay and those in some tropical and boreal soft-bottom communities are discussed.

Pore water geochemistry of ODP Hole 169-1037B and Site 196-1038

Data were presented to compare pore fluids from Sites 1037 and 1038 in the Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge. Site 1037 constitutes the reference site, and Site 1038 is the hydrothermally affected site. The program was undertaken for two purposes: (1) to make a detailed analysis of the halide chemistry of these two sites, with the specific aim of discerning any potential differences in the generation of dissolved halides as a result of sediment diagenesis in these drill sites and (2) to investigate the geochemistry of Ba2+ and Mn2+ at these two sites to discover potential hydrothermal effects reflected in the concentration-depth distributions of these elements.

Oxygen isotopic composition of interstitial waters from ODP Leg 207 sites

We determined oxygen isotopic compositions of interstitial water (IW) recovered during Ocean Drilling Program Leg 207. Five sites were cored (3200- to 1900-m water depth) on Demerara Rise off Suriname, South America, recovering a Cenomanian-Paleogene sedimentary sequence consisting of black shales and chalks. A total of 115 IW oxygen isotopic analyses are presented.