Veinticinco años de investigaciones glaciológicas nórdico-árticas bajo la dirección de Hans W. Son Ahlmann

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Truncated horseshoes and formal languages in chaotic scattering

In this paper we study parameter families of truncated horseshoes as models of multiscattering systems which show a transition to chaos without losing hyperbolicity, so that the topological features of the transition are completely describable by a parameterized family of symbolic dynamics. At a fixed parameter value the corresponding horseshoe represents the set of orbits trapped in the scattering region. The bifurcations are a pure boundary effect and no other bifurcations such as saddle center bifurcations occur in this transition scenario. Truncated horseshoes actually arise in concrete potential scattering under suitable conditions. It is shown that a simple scattering model introduced earlier can realize this scenario in a certain parameter range (the "truncated sawshoe") . For this purpose, we solve the inverse scattering problem of finding the central potential associated to the sawshoe model. Furthermore, we review classification schemes for the transition to chaos of truncated horseshoes originating from symbolic dynamics and formal language theory and apply them to the truncated double horseshoe and the truncated sawshoe.Comment: 39 pages postscript; use uudecode and uncompress ! 4 figures available as hardcopies on reques

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Changing eruptive styles and textural features from phreatomagmatic to strombolian activity of basaltic littoral cones: Los Erales cinder cone, Tenerife, Canary Islands

Montaña Los Erales is a 70 m high Quaternary cinder cone in the Bandas del Sur region, south Tenerife. Field observations on excavated sections and SEM analysis of tephra samples from the cone suggest that the eruption style of this vent changed progressively from an initial hydrovolcanic phase, through a transitional stage, to one that was entirely strombolian. Clast sizes increase from ≤1 cm angular lapilli in hydrovolcanic samples to 15 cm bombs in strombolian samples. Vesicles also increase in size from 0.5 mm to 1.2 mm, becoming more rounded in the strombolian samples. Palagonitization, extensive in the hydrovolcanic deposits, becomes less noticeable in strombolian deposits. To investigate the causes for and the nature of these changes in eruptive style, products from each major unit were analysed for their morphology, using scanning electron microscopy with both SE and BSE imaging as tephra morphologies are known to reflect the eruptive regime and degree of explosivity at the time of eruption. SEM imaging of hydrovolcanic samples illustrate angular fragments that have been rapidly quenched and contain high levels of palagonitisation and zeolitisation, whereas strombolian samples appear to be less altered and display larger clast sizes and vesicles. Our results confirm that the initial phase of activity was largely driven by magma-water (coolant) interaction, where magma may have interacted with a lens of fresh ground or surface water, causing intense fragmentation of the magma. With proceeding eruptive activity the water became exhausted, giving rise to an entirely strombolian eruptive style. Additionally, fossil diatoms were found in hydrovolcanic samples, further emphasising the influence of a, probably fluvial, water source during the early phase of emplacement.La Montaña de Los Erales es un cono de cínder del Cuaternario de 70 m de altura situado en la zona de las Bandas del Sur, en el litoral meridional de la isla de Tenerife. Observaciones de campo en secciones excavadas en los flancos del cono y análisis SEM de las muestras de tefra sugieren que el estilo eruptivo de este aparato volcánico cambió progresivamente durante la erupción de una fase inicial hidrovolcánica a una final enteramente estromboliana, con estadios intermedios transicionales. El tamaño de los clastos aumenta de ≤1 cm de lapilli angular en las muestras hidrovolcánicas a bombas de 15 cm en las estrombolianas. Las vesículas también aumentan en tamaño desde 0,5 mm a 1,2 mm, volviéndose más redondeadas en las muestras estrombolianas. Los intensos procesos de palagonitización de los depósitos hidrovolcánicos son menos significativos en las fases estrombolianas. Con objeto de investigar la naturaleza y las causas de estos cambios se analizó la morfología de los productos de las principales fases. Se han utilizado para ello imágenes de microscopía electrónica (SE y BSE), ya que se sabe que las diferentes morfologías de estos piroclastos reflejan el régimen eruptivo y el grado de explosividad durante la erupción. Las imágenes SEM de las muestras hidrovolcánicas presentan fragmentos angulares que se han enfriado rápidamente y con elevado grado de palagonitización y zeolitización. Las estrombolianas, en cambio, aparecen menos alteradas y muestran mayor tamaño de clastos y vesículas. Los resultados obtenidos indican que la fase inicial de la erupción se caracteriza por una importante interacción magma-agua (refrigerante), probablemente relacionada con una cantidad limitada de agua superficial o freática que produjo la intensa fragmentación del magma. En el transcurso de la erupción la fuente de agua se agotó, dando lugar a las fases finales de carácter enteramente estromboliano. Fósiles de diatomeas, que se han encontrado asociados a las muestras hidrovolcánicas, refuerzan la posibilidad de que el agua fuera de origen superficial, probablemente el cauce de un barranco

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Dissipative chaotic scattering

We show that weak dissipation, typical in realistic situations, can have a metamorphic consequence on nonhyperbolic chaotic scattering in the sense that the physically important particle-decay law is altered, no matter how small the amount of dissipation. As a result, the previous conclusion about the unity of the fractal dimension of the set of singularities in scattering functions, a major claim about nonhyperbolic chaotic scattering, may not be observable.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, revte

Strontium isotope systematics of experimentally produced melts: understanding magma-carbonate interaction at Merapi volcano, Indonesia

There is considerable evidence for ongoing, late-stage interaction between the magmatic system at Merapi volcano, Indonesia, and local crustal carbonate. In order to resolve the interaction processes in detail, we have performed a series of time-variable carbonate dissolution experiments in silicate melt using Merapi basaltic-andesite and local limestone as starting materials, at magmatic pressure and temperature. Major element profiling of the experimental products has identified strongly contrasting compositional domains of glass: a Ca-enriched zone containing up to 36 wt% CaO, and an unaffected, Ca-normal zone containing 8 to 10 wt% CaO. To investigate the systematics of strontium isotopes and trace elements (TE) during carbonate assimilation, we have used micro-sampling and high-precision analytical techniques to measure 87Sr/86Sr ratios and TE concentrations over the magma-carbonate and intra-melt interfaces in two of our experimental products. The isotope variation between the different glass compositions is distinct, with 87Sr/86Sr ranging from 0.705641 in the Ca-normal glass to 0.706532 in the Ca-enriched glass. The upper end of this range is considerably more radiogenic than the range reported for Merapi whole rock volcanic products (0.70501 to 0.70583, Gertisser & Keller, 2003 J Pet, 44, 457-489). Our data hence support a model of assimilation of crustal carbonate with highly radiogenic 87Sr/86Sr (0.708799) at Merapi volcano. Given that the starting materials used in the experiments have markedly distinct 87Sr/86Sr values we here present new and detailed insights about the behaviour of Sr isotopes during carbonate assimilation, with a focus on the processes that operate across the carbonate-melt interface and the intra-melt transitions. Strontium is a reliable tracer of magma-crust interaction and so we anticipate that our results will significantly help to quantify our comprehension of magma-carbonate interaction processes occurring at Merapi volcano

Magma–Carbonate Interaction Processes and Associated CO2 Release at Merapi Volcano, Indonesia: Insights from Experimental Petrology

There is considerable evidence for ongoing, late-stage interaction between the magmatic system at Merapi volcano, Indonesia, and local crustal carbonate (limestone). Calc-silicate xenoliths within Merapi basaltic-andesite eruptives display textures indicative of intense interaction between magma and crustal carbonate, and Merapi feldspar phenocrysts frequently contain individual crustally contaminated cores and zones. In order to resolve the interaction processes between magma and limestone in detail we have performed a series of time-variable de-carbonation experiments in silicate melt, at magmatic pressure and temperature, using a Merapi basaltic-andesite and local Javanese limestone as starting materials. We have used in-situ analytical methods to determine the elemental and strontium isotope composition of the experimental products and to trace the textural, chemical, and isotopic evolution of carbonate assimilation. The major processes of magmacarbonate interaction identified are: i) rapid decomposition and degassing of carbonate, ii) generation of a Ca-enriched, highly radiogenic strontium contaminant melt, distinct from the starting material composition, iii) intense CO2 vesiculation, particularly within the contaminated zones, iv) physical mingling between the contaminated and unaffected melt domains, and v) chemical mixing between melts. The experiments reproduce many of the features of magmacarbonate interaction observed in the natural Merapi xenoliths and feldspar phenocrysts. The Carich, high 87Sr/86Sr contaminant melt produced in the experiments is considered as a pre-cursor to the Ca-rich (often “hyper-calcic”) phases found in the xenoliths and the contaminated zones in Merapi feldspars. The xenoliths also exhibit micro-vesicular textures which can be linked to the CO2 liberation process seen in the experiments. This study, therefore, provides well-constrained petrological insights into the problem of crustal interaction at Merapi and points toward the substantial impact of such interaction on the volatile budget of the volcano

Petrogenesis of the Loch Bà ring-dyke and Centre 3 granites, Isle of Mull, Scotland

The project was supported by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) and by the Swedish Research Council (VR). Open Access funding provided by Uppsala University.The Loch Bà ring-dyke and the associated Centre 3 granites represent the main events of the final phase of activity at the Palaeogene Mull igneous complex. The Loch Bà ring-dyke is one of the best exposed ring-intrusions in the world and records intense interaction between rhyolitic and basaltic magma. To reconstruct the evolutionary history of the Centre 3 magmas, we present new major- and trace-element, and new Sr isotope data as well as the first Nd and Pb isotope data for the felsic and mafic components of the Loch Bà intrusion and associated Centre 3 granites. We also report new Sr, Nd and Pb isotope data for the various crustal compositions from the region, including Moine and Dalradian metasedimentary rocks, Lewisian gneiss, and Iona Group metasediments. Isotope data for the Loch Bà rhyolite (87Sr/86Sri = 0.716) imply a considerable contribution of local Moine-type metasedimentary crust (87Sr/86Sr = 0.717–0.736), whereas Loch Bà mafic inclusions (87Sr/86Sri = 0.704–0.707) are closer to established mantle values, implying that felsic melts of dominantly crustal origin mixed with newly arriving basalt. The Centre 3 microgranites (87Sr/86Sri = 0.709–0.716), are less intensely affected by crustal assimilation relative to the Loch Bá rhyolite. Pb-isotope data confirm incorporation of Moine metasediments within the Centre 3 granites. Remarkably, the combined Sr–Nd–Pb data indicate that Centre 3 magmas record no detectable interaction with underlying deep Lewisian gneiss basement, in contrast to Centre 1 and 2 lithologies. This implies that Centre 3 magmas ascended through previously depleted or insulated feeding channels into upper-crustal reservoirs where they resided within and interacted with fertile Moine-type upper crust prior to eruption or final emplacement.Publisher PDFPeer reviewe