Major element concentrations in spinel, olivine and pyroxene from peridotites of ODP Hole 210-1277 of the Newfoundland margin

Serpentinized spinel peridotites of the Newfoundland margin drilled during ODP Leg 210 at Site 1277 have preserved, relic mineral compositions similar to the most depleted abyssal peridotites worldwide and different from those of the conjugate Iberian margin. The samples are derived from mass flows containing clasts of peridotite and gabbro and from in-situ basement, and are mostly mylonitic cpx-poor spinel harzburgites with Cr-rich spinels (Cr#0.35-0.66). Melting of the Newfoundland mantle occurred in the spinel peridotite field and probably exceeded the cpx-out phase boundary for some samples. Using proposed spinel peridotite melting models and experimentally derived phase diagrams, the Newfoundland harzburgites can be modeled as a residue after extraction of 14 to 20-25% melting. Basalts that are interleaved with mass flow deposits on top of the peridotite basement resemble normal to transitional mid-ocean ridge basalt. This, together with the unusually high Cr# of some spinel harzburgites suggest that the formation of basalts and partial melting of the underlying peridotite are not cogenetic. Among mantle samples some of the Newfoundland harzburgites approach mineral compositions of the Bay of island ophiolite and ophiolites from Japan that represent peridotites formed in an arc-setting. Thus, the peridotites drilled at Site 1277 may represent inherited (Caledonian or older) subarc mantle that was exhumed close to the ocean floor during the rifting evolution of the Atlantic. Compared to the spinel harzburgites from Newfoundland, the peridotites from the conjugate Iberian margin are, on average, less depleted and provide evidence for local equilibration in the plagioclase stability field. This can either be explained by an inherited, primary, Ca-richer composition of the Iberia peridotite, or, alternatively, by local melt impregnation and stagnation during continental rifting, and thus refertilizing previously depleted (arc-related) peridotite.

Major, trace and rare earth element concentration of ODP Site 210-1277 basalts, Newfoundland margin

Drilling of the distal Newfoundland margin at Ocean Drilling Program Site 1277 recovered part of the transition between exhumed sub-continental mantle lithosphere and normal mid-ocean-ridge basalt (N-MORB) volcanism perhaps related to the initiation of seafloor spreading, which may have occurred near the Aptian/Albian boundary, coincident with the final separation of subcontinental mantle lithosphere. Subcontinental mantle lithosphere was recovered near the crest of a basement high, the Mauzy Ridge. This ridge lies near magnetic Anomaly M1 and is inferred to be of Barremian age. The recovered section is dominated by serpentinized spinel harzburgite, with subordinate dunite and minor gabbroic intrusives, and it includes inferred high-temperature ductile shear zones. The serpentinite is capped by foliated gabbro cataclasite that is interpreted as the product of a major seafloor extensional detachment. The serpentinized harzburgite beneath is highly depleted subcontinental mantle lithosphere that was exhumed to create new seafloor within the ocean-continent transition zone. After inferred removal of overlying brittle crust, the detachment was eroded, producing multiple mass flows that were dominated by clasts of serpentinite and gabbro in a lithoclastic and calcareous matrix. Basaltic lavas were erupted spasmodically, mainly as sheet flows, with subordinate lava breccia, hyaloclastite, and possible pillow lava. The sedimentary-volcanic succession and the exhumed mantle lithosphere experienced later high-angle extensional fracturing and probably faulting. Extensional fissures opened incrementally and were filled with silt-sized carbonate, basalt-derived clastic sediment, and hyaloclastite, forming neptunian dykes and geopetal structures. Chemical analysis of representative basalts for major elements and trace elements were made using a high-precision, high-accuracy X-ray fluorescence method (utilizing increased count times) and by whole-rock inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry that yielded additional evidence for rare earth elements. The analyses indicate N-MORB to slightly enriched compositions. The MORB was produced by relatively high degree melting of a fertile mantle source that differed strongly from the cored serpentinized peridotites. The basalts exhibit a distinct negative Nb anomaly on MORB-normalized plots that can be explained by prior extraction of melt from upper mantle that had previously been affected by subduction, possibly during closure of the Iapetus or Rheic oceans. In the proposed interpretation, mantle lithosphere was exhumed to the seafloor and experienced mass wasting to form serpentinite-rich mass flows. The interbedded MORB records the beginning of a transition to "normal" seafloor spreading. This interpretation takes into account drilling results from the Iberia-Galicia margin and the Jurassic Alps-Apennines.

Ar and U-Th-Pb age determinations for minerals from ODP Holes of ODP Legs 173 and 210

We report U-Pb and 39Ar-40Ar measurements on plutonic rocks recovered from the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Legs 173 and 210. Drilling revealed continental crust (Sites 1067 and 1069) and exhumed mantle (Sites 1070 and 1068) along the Iberia margin and exhumed mantle (Site 1277) on the conjugate Newfoundland margin. Our data record a complex igneous and thermal history related to the transition from rifting to seafloor spreading. The results show that the rift-to-drift transition is marked by a stuttering start of MORB-type magmatic activity. Subsequent to initial alkaline magmatism, localized mid-oceanic ridge basalts (MORB) magmatism was again replaced by basin-wide alkaline events, caused by a low degree of decompression melting due to tectonic delocalization of deformation. Such "off-axis" magmatism might be a common process in (ultra-) slow oceanic spreading systems, where "magmatic" and "tectonic" spreading varies in both space and time.

Paleomagnetic and rock magnetic characterization of ODP Leg 210 cores

We conducted an integrated paleomagnetic and rock magnetic study on cores recovered from Ocean Drilling Program Sites 1276 and 1277 of the Newfoundland Basin. Stable components of magnetization are determined from Cretaceous-aged sedimentary and basement cores after detailed thermal and alternating-field demagnetization. Results from a series of rock magnetic measurements corroborate the demagnetization behavior and show that titanomagnetites are the main magnetic carrier. In view of the normal polarity of magnetization and radiometric dates for the sills at Site 1276 (~98 and ~105 Ma, both within the Cretaceous Normal Superchron) and for a gabbro intrusion in peridotite at Site 1277 (~126 Ma, Chron M1), our results suggest that the primary magnetization of the Cretaceous rocks is likely retained in these rocks. The overall magnetic inclination of lithologic Unit 2 in Hole 1277A between 143 and 180 meters below seafloor is 38°, implying significant (~35° counterclockwise, viewed to the north) rotation of the basement around a horizontal axis parallel to the rift axis (010°). The paleomagnetic rotational estimates should help refine models for the tectonic evolution of the basement. The mean inclinations for Sites 1276 and 1277 rocks imply paleolatitudes of 30.3° ± 5.1° and 22.9° ± 12.0°, respectively, with the latter presumably influenced by tectonic rotation. These values are consistent with those inferred from the mid-Cretaceous reference poles for North America, suggesting that the inclination determinations are reliable and consistent with a drill site on a location in the North America plate since at least the mid-Cretaceous. The combined paleolatitude results from Leg 210 sites indicate that the Newfoundland Basin was some 1800 km south of its current position in the mid-Cretaceous. Assuming a constant rate of motion, the paleolatitude data would suggest a rate of 12.1 mm/yr for the interval from ~130 Ma (Site 1276 age) to present, and 19.6 mm/yr for the interval from 126 Ma (Site 1277 age) to recent. The paleolatitude and rotational data from this study are consistent with the possibility that Site 1276 may have passed over the Canary and Madeira hotspots that formed the Newfoundland Seamounts in the mid-Cretaceous.

Nannofossil biostratigraphy of ODP Site 210-1276 sediments

Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Leg 210 is one of very few deep-sea legs drilled along the eastern Canadian continental margin. Most other drilling on this margin has been carried out by the petroleum industry on the shallow-water regions of the Scotian shelf and the Grand Banks (see Doeven, 1983, for nannofossil studies). Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) Leg 12 Site 111 and ODP Leg 105 Site 647 were drilled in the general vicinity of Leg 210 but recovered no appreciable Lower Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) sediments. Site 111 yielded indurated limestones dated tentatively as late Albian-early Cenomanian, whereas Site 647 encountered no Albian-Cenomanian sediments. Two sites (Sites 1276 and 1277) were drilled during Leg 210 in the Newfoundland Basin with the primary objective of recovering basement rocks to elucidate the rifting history of the North Atlantic Basin. The location for Leg 210 was selected because it is conjugate to the Iberia margin, which was drilled extensively during DSDP/ODP Legs 47B, 103, 149, and 173. A secondary but equally important objective was to recover the overlying sediments with the purpose of studying the postrift sedimentation history of this margin.

Simplificação do regime jurídico do pequeno empresário: análise do projeto de lei complementar nº 210/2004

Análise do projeto de lei complementar nº 210, de 2004, de iniciativa do poder executivo, que institui regime tributário, previdenciário e trabalhista especial à microempresa com receita bruta anual de até R$36.000,00 e dá outras providências.

A reforma (im)possível : uma análise da resistência parlamentar à proposta de reforma política apreciada pela Câmara dos Deputados sob a forma do Projeto de Lei nº 1.210/2007

Analisa as razões da rejeição da proposta de adoção de listas partidárias preordenadas fechadas, componente da reforma política expressa no Projeto de Lei nº 1.210/2007. Apresenta e avalia os seguintes motivos : divergência quanto ao diagnóstico dos problemas institucionais do país; incerteza quanto aos impactos da reforma na possibilidade pessoal de reprodução eleitoral; preocupação casuística com as eleições presidenciais de 2010; perda de vantagens pessoais que detêm com as regras atuais.

Diário da Constituinte [gravação de vídeo] : [programa n. 210 A]

O Presidente da CONTAG José Francisco defende a emenda popular da Reforma Agrária no Plenário da Assembleia Nacional Constituinte (ANC). O Presidente da Sociedade Rural Brasileira Flávio Teles Menezes defende a emenda dessa entidade, que prevê a desapropriação apenas das terras não produtivas. José Mendonça (PFL-PE) relata que a imissão de posse é uma violação ao direito de cada cidadão de defender a sua propriedade. O Deputado Renato Johnson (PMDB-PR) explica que a imissão de posse pode concretizar uma arbitrariedade contra o proprietário rural, cuja propriedade é produtiva. O representante da CUT Valdir Ganzer informa que é contra o pagamento em dinheiro no caso de terras desapropriadas que não estão cumprindo sua função social. O Presidente da Associação Brasileira de Imprensa (ABI) Barbosa Lima Sobrinho defende o monopólio estatal do petróleo e deseja o fim dos contratos de risco. Um dos temas que mais tem recebido emendas é o do sistema de governo. O Deputado Expedito Machado (PMDB-CE) deseja o presidencialismo, com um Poder Legislativo forte. O Deputado Mário Assad (PFL-MG) acredita que o parlamentarismo tem dado bons resultados em países evoluídos e que o presidencialismo é gerador de crises. O Deputado Jorge Leite (PMDB-RJ) define-se como presidencialista, porque o parlamentarismo exigiria partidos fortes. O Deputado Brandão Monteiro (PDT-RJ) afirma que o mundo caminha para novas formas de governo que busquem uma realidade mais próxima do funcionamento harmônico e autônomo dos poderes. O Senador Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB-SP) considera que chegou o momento de deixar de lado os preconceitos e experimentar o parlamentarismo.

Diário da Constituinte [gravação de vídeo] : [programa n. 210]

O prazo de entrega para emendas ao substitutivo foi adiado. O Presidente da Assembleia Nacional Constituinte (ANC), Deputado Ulysses Guimarães explica que o prazo foi estendido para o consenso nas questões polêmicas. Apresentação do novo cronograma de trabalho da Assembleia Nacional Constituinte. Constituintes querem que um plebiscito popular aprove a nova Carta. O Deputado Gastoni Righi (PTB-SP) informa que é inviável um plebiscito de toda a Constituição. O Deputado José Genoíno (PT-SP) e o Senador Carlos Chiarelli (PFL-RS) defendem a consulta popular em relação aos temas polêmicos. O Deputado Mário Covas (PMDB-SP) é favorável a um referendo de toda a Constituição e pensa que, além da escolha do sistema de governo, o tempo de mandato presidencial também poderia fazer parte de um plebiscito. Debate das emendas populares que pedem a manutenção do sistema SESI/SESC/SENAI/SENAC. O Vice-presidente da FIESP Carlos Eduardo Moreira declara que é contra a estatização dessas entidades. Albano Franco (PMDB-SE), Presidente da CNI e Senador, confia na aprovação da emenda popular.

Generation of 210 fs laser pulses at 1093 nm by a self-starting mode-locked Yb:GYSO laser

We report the first demonstration, to our knowledge, of the femtosecond laser operation by using a new alloyed Yb:GYSO crystal as the gain medium. With a 5 at. % Yb3+-doped sample and chirped mirrors for dispersion compensation, we obtained pulses as short as 210 fs at the center wavelength of 1093 nm. The average mode-locking power is 300 mW, and the pulse repetition frequency is 80 MHz. (C) 2008 Optical Society of America