SAMAKALEEN HINDI UPANYAS MEIN ITIHASBODH KA VISHLESHAN

Department of Hindi, Cochin University of Science and Technology

STRI VIMARSH KE SANDARBH MEIN PRABHA KHAITAN KA UPANYAS EK VISHLESHAN

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Timing and emplacement dynamics of newly recognised mass flow deposits at ~ 8–12 ka offshore Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat : how submarine stratigraphy can complement subaerial eruption histories

This contribution describes two mass movement deposits (total volume ~0.5 km3) identified in seven marine cores located 8 to 15 km offshore southern Montserrat, West Indies. The deposits were emplaced in the last 35 ka and have not previously been recognised in either the subaerial or distal submarine records. Age constraints, provided by radiocarbon dating, show that an explosive volcanic eruption occurred at ca 8–12 ka, emplacing a primary eruption-related deposit that overlies a large (~0.3 km3) reworked bioclastic and volcaniclastic flow deposit, formed from a shelf collapse between 8 and 35 ka. The origin of these deposits has been deduced through the correlation of marine sediment cores, component analysis and geochemical analysis. The 8–12 ka primary volcanic deposit was likely derived from a highly-erosive pyroclastic flow from the Soufrière Hills volcano that entered the ocean and mixed with the water column forming a water-supported density current. Previous investigations of the eruption record suggested that there was a hiatus in activity at the Soufrière Hills volcano between 16 and 6 ka. The ca 8–12 ka eruptive episode identified here shows that this hiatus was shorter than previously hypothesised, and thus highlights the importance of obtaining an accurate and completemarine record of events offshore from volcanic islands and incorporating such data into eruption history reconstructions. Comparisons with the submarine deposit characteristics of the 2003 dome collapse also suggests that the ~8–12 ka eruptive episode was more explosive than eruptions from the current eruptive episode.

Climatic records over the past 30 ka from temperate Australia – a synthesis from the Oz-INTIMATE workgroup

Temperate Australia sits between the heat engine of the tropics and the cold Southern Ocean, encompassing a range of rainfall regimes and falling under the influence of different climatic drivers. Despite this heterogeneity, broad-scale trends in climatic and environmental change are evident over the past 30 ka. During the early glacial period (∼30–22 ka) and the Last Glacial Maximum (∼22–18 ka), climate was relatively cool across the entire temperate zone and there was an expansion of grasslands and increased fluvial activity in regionally important Murray–Darling Basin. The temperate region at this time appears to be dominated by expanded sea ice in the Southern Ocean forcing a northerly shift in the position of the oceanic fronts and a concomitant influx of cold water along the southeast (including Tasmania) and southwest Australian coasts. The deglacial period (∼18–12 ka) was characterised by glacial recession and eventual disappearance resulting from an increase in temperature deduced from terrestrial records, while there is some evidence for climatic reversals (e.g. the Antarctic Cold Reversal) in high resolution marine sediment cores through this period. The high spatial density of Holocene terrestrial records reveals an overall expansion of sclerophyll woodland and rainforest taxa across the temperate region after ∼12 ka, presumably in response to increasing temperature, while hydrological records reveal spatially heterogeneous hydro-climatic trends. Patterns after ∼6 ka suggest higher frequency climatic variability that possibly reflects the onset of large scale climate variability caused by the El Niño/Southern Oscillation.

Timing, origin and emplacement dynamics of mass flows offshore of SE Montserrat in the last 110 ka : implications for landslide and tsunami hazards, eruption history, and volcanic island evolution

Mass flows on volcanic islands generated by volcanic lava dome collapse and by larger-volume flank collapse can be highly dangerous locally and may generate tsunamis that threaten a wider area. It is therefore important to understand their frequency, emplacement dynamics, and relationship to volcanic eruption cycles. The best record of mass flow on volcanic islands may be found offshore, where most material is deposited and where intervening hemipelagic sediment aids dating. Here we analyze what is arguably the most comprehensive sediment core data set collected offshore from a volcanic island. The cores are located southeast of Montserrat, on which the Soufriere Hills volcano has been erupting since 1995. The cores provide a record of mass flow events during the last 110 thousand years. Older mass flow deposits differ significantly from those generated by the repeated lava dome collapses observed since 1995. The oldest mass flow deposit originated through collapse of the basaltic South Soufriere Hills at 103-110 ka, some 20-30 ka after eruptions formed this volcanic center. A ∼1.8 km3 blocky debris avalanche deposit that extends from a chute in the island shelf records a particularly deep-seated failure. It likely formed from a collapse of almost equal amounts of volcanic edifice and coeval carbonate shelf, emplacing a mixed bioclastic-andesitic turbidite in a complex series of stages. This study illustrates how volcanic island growth and collapse involved extensive, large-volume submarine mass flows with highly variable composition. Runout turbidites indicate that mass flows are emplaced either in multiple stages or as single events.

Map of the Novo-Shvedsʻka colony

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Map of the Staro-Shvet︠s︡ka colony

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Map of the Shvedsʻka- Poli︠a︡na colony

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渤海南部 Lz908 孔250 ka 以来的环境演化研究

本文主要针对 250 ka 以来渤海南部Lz908 孔的沉积序列进行年代学和沉积 学研究，通过年代框架的建立、环境代用指标的意义解读，并与区域和全球变 化相对比，讨论了渤海南部晚中更新世以来的环境过程和驱动因素。主要结论 如下： 1. 沉积物粒度对比试验表明，是否去除碳酸盐，对于渤海南部海岸带沉积 物的粒度分析结果产生了显著的影响。未去除碳酸盐的沉积物样品，显著增加 了黏土粒级、超细粒组分的含量；但就粒度分布而言，是否去除碳酸盐不会改 变粒度分布的基本形态。通过实验对比，我们认为，粒度测量的前处理过程去 除碳酸盐是必要的。 2. 粒度参数的计算方法主要有图解法和矩值法两种，为了比较不同方法计 算结果的差异，利用LZ908 孔岩心，在粒度分析的基础上，综合运用相关分析、 回归分析、聚类分析等统计方法，从参数计算过程、沉积物粒度分布形态（多 峰态粒度特征）等方面讨论了两种参数估计方法对计算结果的可能影响及其影 响因素。结果表明：平均粒径、标准偏差相互替代的程度高，而偏度、峰度相 互替代的程度低，或者不可替代；两者的差异是由各自本身的计算过程引起的， 是沉积物粒度分布特征的一种反映，并且与沉积水动力条件密切相关。 3. 释光年代学的研究表明，钻孔0-25 米内未见大的沉积间断，可以通过线 性内插的方式获得各个层位的年龄。25-54 米的海相地层，因为钻孔位于构造 稳定的沉降区，沉积物源单一，因此通过线性外推获得年龄。确定钻孔海侵层 渤海南部Lz908 孔250 ka 以来的环境演化研究 的底部年龄为为 250 ka。根据建立的渤海地区首条释光标准生长曲线，推测光 释光简单多片再生剂量法的理论测年上限为350 ka。 4. 粒度、磁化率等指标间的关系，以及区域和全球的对比表明：沉积物中 细颗粒组分代表了夏季风的变化，但细颗粒含量增高时，指示了夏季风的强盛， 反之则减弱；粗颗粒组分含量和磁化率与冬季风相关，粗颗粒组分含量增加、 磁化率升高时，代表了冬季风的强盛，反之则弱；与黄土-古土壤序列、石笋氧 同位序列和深海氧同位素序列在轨道尺度上对比良好；沉积序列包含27 ka 和 126 ka 的显著周期成分，暗示了区域环境变化是由太阳辐射驱动控制的。

Effect of Ka-band microwave on the spin dynamics of electrons in a GaAs/Al0.35Ga0.65As heterostructure

We report experimental results of the effect of Ka-band microwave on the spin dynamics of electrons in a two-dimensional electron system (2DES) in a GaAs/Al0.35Ga0.65As heterostructure via time-resolved Kerr rotation measurements. While the microwave reduces the transverse spin lifetime of electrons in the bulk GaAs, it significantly increases that in the 2DES, from 745 to 1213 ps, when its frequency is close to the Zeeman splitting of the electrons in the magnetic field. Such a microwave-enhanced spin lifetime is ascribed to the microwave-induced electron scattering which leads to a "motional narrowing" of spins via D'yakonov-Perel' mechanism.