Thesis (M.A.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1971. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

The Toba caldera located in north Sumatra, Indonesia, is the source of the largest volcanic eruption in the Quaternary (Rose & Chesner 1987). Its enormous volume of 2800 km3 has been a matter of debate for decades and it is still unclear where and how the Toba magma was assembled. This study documents oxygen isotope data for a suite of whole rocks and minerals erupted as part of the Young Toba Tuff (YTT), some 74 ka ago (cf. Chesner et al. 1991). Oxygen isotope data has been obtained in-situ from quartz crystals (SIMS), whole rocks (conventional), as well as quartz, feldspar, amphibole and biotite (laser fluorination). In combination with cathodoluminescence (CL) imaging on the quartzes, the data are used to test the relative roles of shallow magmatic processes such as crystal fractionation, magma-crust interaction and crystal recycling within the Toba magmatic system. In addition, thermobarometric calculations have been performed on plagioclase and amphibole phenocrysts from the YTT to help unravel the magma storage and plumbing system that gave rise to the YTT. The combined evidence will be used to derive a model for shallow magma evolution and storage at Toba some 74 ka ago. The CL images of quartz crystals exhibit defined patterns of magmatic zoning, which broadly coincide with fluctuations in δ18O values in the quartz crystals, allowing correlation of textural and compositional data. Measured δ18Oquartz values range from 6.7 ‰ to 9.4 ‰, independent of position on crystal core or rim. Values for δ18Omagma have been calculated from quartz phenocrysts (assuming Δquartz-magma is 0.7 ‰ at magmatic temperatures). The lowest magma value is 6.0 ‰, apparently reflecting a primitive isotopic signal (Taylor & Sheppard 1986). The maximum calculated magma value is 8.7 ‰, indicating a significant crustal component and thus multiple sources to the Toba magmatic system. Several crystals, however, show internal zoning with gradually lower values towards the rims, pointing to a late-stage low-δ18O input, most probably from the shallow volcanic edifice. The crystals therefore record a complex and heterogeneous origin of the YTT magma, comprising a primitive and an evolved magmatic component topped up with several substantial crustal contributions to finally assemble the massive volume of the 74 ka Toba eruption.

Universiẗat, Diss.--Münster (Westfalen), 2006.

The ~ 73 ka ‘super-eruption’ of the Toba caldera in Sumatra is the largest known eruption of the Quaternary. The products of this eruption, the Youngest Toba Tuff (YTT), have been implicated in global and regional climate deterioration with widespread ecological effects. In this thesis I study the YTT co-ignimbrite ashfall, in particular the mechanisms of transport, sedimentation and preservation of ash deposits. I use distal marine and terrestrial ash sediments: a) to estimate the volume of YTT ash fallout; b) to quantify variability in the geochemistry of YTT ash; c) to assess the reliability of YTT ash as a chronostratigraphic marker; and d) to determine local influences on the reworking of YTT ash deposits. Following the introductory chapters, I address topics a) and b) through detailed investigations of published physical and chemical evidence. Chapter three shows that particle size and sediment thickness do not decline exponentially with distance from the eruption vent, highlighting the limitations of current methods of volume estimation for co-ignimbrite super-eruptions. Chapter four analyses geochemical variation in 72 YTT samples, and reveals the signatures of magma chamber zonation and post-depositional alteration. I address topics c) and d) through fieldwork in six locations, and detailed analysis of ash samples from a wide variety of local depositional environments. Chapter five uses high-resolution stratigraphic analysis of the YTT layer in the Son Valley, India, to show that variable deposition and sediment reworking may compromise the reliability of the ash layer as an isochronous marker for interpreting archaeological sequences. Chapter six combines a new understanding of the mechanisms of reworking, using new data on microscopic characteristics of reworked ash at four sites in Malaysia to demonstrate the necessity of accounting for reworking in palaeoenvironmental reconstructions. I conclude that accurate analyses of distal ash deposits can reliably determine the chemical properties of the YTT eruption, and that a detailed understanding of deposition and reworking processes is essential to inference of the environmental impacts of super-eruptions.

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En las narraciones actuales de los toba (qom) del Chaco argentino es frecuente encontrar paralelismos entre relatos de inspiración bíblica y los mitos que narran los orígenes de los seres humanos, sus transformaciones corporales y las diferencias entre diversos tipos de seres. Ciertos acontecimientos descritos en la Biblia suelen ser hilados con elementos del pasado mítico qom generando una lectura bíblica del pasado indígena y nuevas lecturas sobre los orígenes humanos, las diferencias entre los seres y el rol del cuerpo en la constitución de la especificidad humana. En este trabajo, nos proponemos analizar algunas de dichas narraciones en las que los mitos y las historias bíblicas son entrelazados dando lugar a actualizaciones de la noción de cuerpo-persona y devenir. / Parallelisms between stories of biblical inspiration and myths that describe the origins of the human beings, their corporal transformations and the differences between diverse types of beings can be found in contemporary narrations of the Toba people (Qom) of the Argentinean Gran Chaco. Events described in the Bible are usually spun with elements of the mythical past of Toba people, therefore generating a biblical reading of the indigenous past and new readings on the human origins, of the differences between beings and of the importance of the body in the constitution of human specificity. This paper examines some of these narrations where myths and Biblical stories are interlaced giving rise to new notions of body and person.

En este trabajo analizamos distintas estrategias morfosintácticas de codificación de evidencialidad y modalidad epistémica en toba del este y del oeste de Formosa, Argentina, desde la perspectiva tipológico-funcional (Chafe 1986; Bybee et al. 1994; Givón 2001; De Haan 2001, 2005; Aikhenvald 2004; etc.). En toba del este, se describe un evidencial de tipo reportativo a partir de una forma fosilizada del verbo ‘decir’, y el uso de dos adverbios de modalidad epistémica: ʔegoʔ~ʔekoʔ ‘parece que’ e yataqta ‘es cierto’. En toba del oeste, se analiza el uso de las raíces demostrativas más el prefijo ho-, pospuestas al elemento modificado (nombre, verbo, adverbio, o cláusula), como una estrategia de codificación de modalidad epistémica, específicamente de baja certeza subjetiva. / This paper analyzes morphosyntactic strategies that encode evidentiality and epistemic modality in eastern and western Toba (Formosa, Argentina), from the functional typological perspective (Chafe 1986; Bybee et al. 1994; Givón 2001; De Haan 2001, 2005; Aikhenvald 2004; etc.). In eastern Toba, a reportative derived from a grammaticalyzed ‘say’-verb, and the use of two epistemic adverbs –ʔegoʔ~ʔekoʔ ‘apparently’ and yataqta ‘certainly’– are described. In western Toba, demonstrative roots plus the prefix ho-, after the modified element (noun, verb, adverb, or clause), are analyzed as a strategy of encoding epistemic modality, specifically low subjective certainty.

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This thesis attempts to develop our understanding of volcanic magma plumbing systems and the magmatic processes that operate within them, such as fractional crystallisation, crustal partial melting, assimilation, and magma mixing. I utilise petrology, rock and mineral geochemistry, and isotope systematics to seek to improve our ability to forecast the eruptive frequency and style of active volcanoes, an aspect often lacking in current volcano monitoring efforts. In particular, magma reservoir dynamics are investigated from a mineral scale at Katla volcano in Iceland, to a sub-mineral scale at Merapi, Kelud, and Toba volcanoes in Indonesia. The magma plumbing architecture of Katla volcano on Iceland is explored in the first part of this thesis. Crystalline components within tephra and volcanic rock preserve a record of the physical and chemical evolution of a magma, and are analysed through oxygen isotopic and thermobarometric techniques to temporally constrain changes in reservoir depth and decode the petrogenesis of the lavas. We find both prolonged upper crustal magma storage and shallow level assimilation to be occurring at Katla. The results generated from combining these analytical strands reveal the potential for unpredictable explosive volcanism at this lively Icelandic volcano. The second part of this thesis examines the magma plumbing systems of Merapi, Kelud and Toba volcanoes of the Sunda arc in Indonesia at higher temporal and petrological resolution than possible for Katla (e.g., due to the crystal poor character of the rocks). For this part of the thesis, minerals were analysed in-situ to take advantage of sub-crystal scale isotopic variations in order to investigate processes of shallow-level assimilation in the build-up to particular eruptions. We find that intra-crystal analyses reveal an otherwise hidden differentiation history at these volcanoes, and establish a better understanding as to how they may have rapidly achieved a critical explosive state. The outcomes of this thesis therefore deepen our knowledge of evolutionary trends in magma plumbing system dynamics, and highlight the importance of understanding the geochemical processes that can prime a volcano for eruption. Lastly, I emphasise the vital contribution petrology can make in current volcano monitoring efforts.

The research main goal was to obtain data and analyze the morphology and reproduction of small mammals. Since little data is available, it was analyzed the relation between small mammals body structure (dimensions) and the forest strata. The population variation and its reproduction were analyzed with regard to the season, as well as to its reproductive parameters, such as sexual dimorphism, offspring and testicles size. Although currently the animals are in a museum (UFSM), they were previously captured using 72 pitfalls, which were positioned in three areas. This was done for 5 days every month, from December 2000 to September 2002. External measurements, such as body size, arm, leg, tail, ear, whiskers, toe size and biggest toe, were taken for all species with adequate number of adults. The most frequent species found were the rodents Akodon toba, Calomys cf. callosus, Oecomys bicolor and Oryzomys nitidus. The genders were analyzed separately due to the existing differences in sex. The sizes were then compared through the Multivariate Analysis of Covariance (MANCOVA) between species. A Discriminant Analysis was performed to verify which morphological variable better explain the difference between the samples. The characteristic that better explained the differences between the species was the tail, which was relatively short for terrestrial species (such as Akodon toba e Calomys cf. callosus) and comparatively long (similar to the body size) for the species Oecomys bicolor e Oryzomys nitidus. The wider foot and longer whiskers for O. bicolor, the bigger toe for O. nitidus, longer tail and toes for both are characteristics which are probably related to their arboreal and scansorial habitat, respectively. These species were more abundant in the warm season and beginning of the cold season, there have not been major differences between males and females. There was, though, a difference between youngsters and adults for A. toba e O. nitidus. Akodon toba had more youngsters in the warm season, while the O. nitidus had it during the cold season. Available resources influenced the reproduction of males and females, as well as the occurrence of young and adults in the population. Callomys cf. callosus presented larger nesting (5.17) while O. bicolor had smaller ones (2.33). Only Callomys cf. callosus presented sexual dimorphism with regard to the body length and tail, with males bigger in size. That shows a promiscuous mating system for these species. The testicles analysis (internal measurement) with reference to the scrotal testes (external measurement) had no difference for these species, but they were bigger for bigger body size for each species. / Visando obter dados a respeito da morfometria e reprodução de pequenos mamíferos neotropicais, devido aos poucos estudos disponíveis, foi analisada a relação das dimensões do corpo com o uso do estrato vertical em uma área de floresta estacional no oeste do Brasil e a variação populacional e reprodutiva em relação à estação climática, bem como seus parâmetros reprodutivos, tais como o dimorfismo sexual, tamanho de prole e tamanho de testículos. Embora os espécimes tenham sido obtidos de museu (UFSM), foram utilizadas 72 armadilhas de queda para a captura de pequenos mamíferos, as quais foram posicionadas em três áreas. As coletas foram realizadas em fases mensais, com cinco dias de duração, de dezembro de 2000 a setembro de 2002. Medidas externas (mm) como tamanho do corpo, braço, perna, cauda, orelha, vibrissas, comprimento e largura do pé e maior dedo foram mensuradas nas espécies com maior número de indivíduos adultos. As espécies mais abundantes foram os roedores Akodon toba, Calomys cf. callosus, Oecomys bicolor e Oryzomys nitidus. Os sexos foram analisados separadamente devido o dimorfismo sexual nas espécies. Estas medidas corporais foram comparadas através da análise de covariância multivariada (MANCOVA) entre as espécies. Uma Análise Discriminante foi feita para verificar quais variáveis morfológicas explicam as diferenças entre os grupos. A característica que melhor explicou as diferenças entre as espécies foi a cauda que se mostrou relativamente curta para espécies reconhecidamente terrestres (Akodon toba e Calomys cf. callosus) e relativamente longa (semelhante ao comprimento do corpo) para as espécies Oecomys bicolor e Oryzomys nitidus. A maior largura do pé e comprimento das vibrissas para O. bicolor, o maior comprimento do pé para O. nitidus, cauda e dedos mais longos para ambas as espécies, são medidas relacionadas provavelmente ao hábito semi-arbóreo e escansorial destas espécies, respectivamente. A abundância de todas as espécies foi maior ao longo da estação quente e início da estação fria, não havendo diferença significativa entre machos e fêmeas. Porém, houve diferença para jovens e adultos de A. toba e O. nitidus. Akodon toba apresentou maior número de jovens na estação quente enquanto O. nitidus apresentou na estação fria. Efeitos diretos da disponibilidade de recursos foram relacionados à atividade reprodutiva de machos e fêmeas e à presença de jovens e adultos nas populações. Callomys cf. callosus apresentou maior tamanho de ninhada (5,17) enquanto O. bicolor apresentou menor (2,33). Apenas Calomys cf. callosus apresentou dimorfismo sexual quanto ao comprimento do corpo e cauda, sendo machos maiores em tamanho. Isto indica a presença de um sistema de acasalamento promíscuo para a espécie. A análise dos testículos (medidas internas) em relação aos escrotos (medidas externas) não apresentou diferença para nenhuma das espécies, porém foram maiores quanto maior o tamanho corporal de determinada espécie.