罗布泊地区第四纪岩石地层、磁性地层和气候地层

罗布泊地区的AK1孔,是目前为止该区唯一的、最深的钻孔,深465.55m。依据AK1孔的岩性特征、热释光年龄、古地磁极性倒转、磁化率变化和Fe2O3含量的研究,将该地区第四纪地层划分如下:全新世为灰色—浅灰绿色色系,与晚更新世的界线划在深8.80m处,年龄值为11.5kaBP;晚更新世为杂色色系,与中更新世的界线在牙买加反向极性亚带的底界面上,深66.25m,年龄值为0.20MaBP;中更新世为褐黄色—土黄色色系,与早更新世的界线划在布容正向极性带—松山反向极性带的界面上,深235.00m,年龄值为0.73MaBP;早更新世为灰色色系,与上新世的界线在松山反向极性带—高斯正向极性带的界面上,357.50m深,年龄值为2.48MaBP;上新世为土黄色与灰色交替色系,顶部为厚8.78m的土黄色粘土层,与下更新世底部厚25.27m的灰色粗砂和含砾粗砂层相接,界限清晰。本区第四纪岩石地层、磁性地层和气候地层的底界,完全一致。因此,它是一条具有全球等时性的界线,可用以与世界其他地区的第四纪地层进行对比。     

塔里木盆地西部白垩纪—古近纪海相地层框架及对重大地质事件的记录

塔里木盆地西部白垩纪—古近纪发生了大规模的海侵事件,形成一个喇叭状向西开口的海湾,该海湾属于东特提斯洋的一个分支。该地区白垩纪—古近纪海相地层记录了东特提斯洋演化和一系列重大地质事件,具有重要的研究价值,但对其地层的研究仍相对薄弱,对重大地质事件的研究还不够深入。本文拟通过详细的岩石地层、生物地层和其他地层方法,完善地层划分与对比框架,并在此基础上讨论Cenomanian/ Turonian界线大洋缺氧事件(OAE2)、白垩纪/古近纪界线(K/Pg)、古新世—始新世极热事件(PETM)、特提斯海进与海退等一系列重大地质事件。塔里木盆地白垩纪—古近纪海相或海陆过渡相地层自下而上为克孜勒苏群、库克拜组、乌依塔克组、依格孜牙组、吐依洛克组、阿尔塔什组、齐姆根组、盖吉塔格组、卡拉塔尔组、乌拉根组和巴什布拉克组,上述地层中含有丰富的有孔虫、介形虫、钙质超微、沟鞭藻、孢粉、双壳类、腹足类等化石,以及少量菊石、腕足类、海胆和鲨鱼牙齿等化石。综合的生物地层和年代地层研究表明,克孜勒苏群的时代为早白垩世Barremian-Albian期,库克拜组—依格孜牙组的时代为晚白垩世Cenomanian-Maastrichtian期(Cenomanian/Turonian界线可能位于库克拜组三段),吐依洛克组的时代为白垩纪—古近纪过渡期;阿尔塔什组的时代为古新世早中期,齐姆根组为古新世晚期—始新世最早期,盖吉塔格组—乌拉根组的时代为中始新世中晚期,巴什布拉克组的时代为晚始新世,但不排除最上部进入渐新世早期。塔里木盆地的海侵开始于克孜勒苏群中上部沉积期(Albian晚期—Aptian早期),但规模很有限,大规模的海侵始于晚白垩世Cenomanian早期;从晚白垩世—古新世,共经历了5次大规模的海侵—海退事件;大约41 Ma前后,海水退出盆地南部的昆仑山山前,34 Ma前后,海水退出盆地北部的天山山前。上述海侵—海退事件可能受构造和全球海平面变化的双重影响,但构造事件对海侵的启动和结束可能更具决定性的影响。阐述了塔里木盆地西部白垩纪—古近纪海相地层所记录的OAE2、K/Pg界线、PETM和特提斯海侵—海退等事件,其中笔者及团队第一次在塔里木盆地西部齐姆根组中所发现和报道的PETM事件,将有助于揭示全球近岸地区PETM的特征和生物-环境响应。在未来的研究中,需要进一步厘清塔里木盆地西部地层序列,建立更加精细的生物地层和年代地层框架,加强对PETM和特提斯海侵—海退等重大地质事件的研究。     

寒武纪年代地层的研究现状和研究方向

全球寒武系的底、顶界层型已被确定 ,但寒武系内的统和阶一级的全球标准划分尚待进行。介绍了国际地层委员会寒武系分会有关建阶的意见和推荐的 13个分阶的层位 ;同时介绍了劳亚大陆新近提出的 4统 6阶的年代地层划分方案。回顾了我国的建阶过程 ,指出我国现有的阶一级单位实质上仍然是岩石地层单位 ,具有建立在单位层型上、底界被粗略界定因而时间意义不明确、对比性差、与岩石地层单位重名和不利于竞争国际标准阶和GSSPs等一系列缺点。在湘西、黔东地区新建的 5个阶可取代我国现有的中—晚寒武世年代地层系统。建议暂将我国寒武系划分为 3统和 9个阶 ,即 :下寒武统梅树村阶、筇竹寺阶、沧浪铺阶和龙王庙阶 ;中寒武统台江阶和王村阶 ;上寒武统酉水阶、瓦儿岗阶和桃源阶。     

太阳系形成及演化研究方法

通过对陨石的研究,说明太阳系的形成与演化历史,包括太阳星云的凝聚过程、高温加热熔融事件和低温蚀变过程,陨石母体的热变质作用、熔融分异作用以及冲击变质作用等。对太阳星云的化学组成和同位素组成不均一性、前太阳物质的存在及其意义、太阳系形成和演化的同位素绝对年龄、间隔年龄以及宇宙射线暴露年龄等进行了讨论。结合太阳系形成和演化的研究,特别对电子探针、离子探针、透射电子显微镜以及拉曼光谱等微束分析技术在该领域的应用和相关问题进行了讨论。     

南华系建系问题探讨

南华系的研究与关于成冰系的研究配合不多,把南华系简单地理解为原震旦系下统,侧重于原震旦系下统底界年龄的测定,把国外给定的关于"成冰系"的起始年龄值(即850Ma)看得过重,忽略了它的不确定性。对于作为南华系主体的新元古代冰期地层的研究比较薄弱,与国际冰川沉积学研究水平差距大。为此,有必要根据界线层型剖面的要求开展建系工作,重点深入研究新元古代冰川沉积地层的基本特征,包括层序地层学、同位素地层学、磁性地层学、岩石地层学、化学地层学、生物地层学和年代地层学等,明确其内涵,寻找全球对比的界线标志。建议以贵州黎平肇兴剖面为代表开展候选层型剖面和层型点所需内容研究。     

鄂尔多斯盆地定边-吴旗地区前侏罗纪古地貌与油藏

应用印模法恢复了鄂尔多斯盆地前侏罗纪古地貌形态。研究表明，区内古地貌格局由“三斜坡、三河谷、两河间丘和一梁”组成，即姬塬东斜坡、定边斜坡、靖边斜坡，宁陕河谷、蒙陕河谷、甘陕河谷，吴旗河间丘、金鼎河间丘和新安边梁。前侏罗纪古地貌控制着下侏罗统延安组早期沉积。延10段属河流相沉积环境，发育的沉积微相有主河道、支流河道、河漫滩、河漫沼泽。延9段沉积环境为三角洲到湖泊环境，沉积相主要由三角洲平原亚相、三角洲前缘亚相组成，沉积微相以分流河道、分流间洼地、水下分流河道和分流间湾为主。相同的古地貌单元、不同的沉积环境，必然造成储集砂体形态特征及分布规律的变化，进一步影响油藏的形成和分布。古地貌油藏的形成除受油源、圈闭等基本条件制约外，古地貌 沉积组合和油气运移通道也是形成不同类型古地貌油藏的重要条件。依据已探明油田的空间分布结合古地貌、上覆地层沉积环境、砂体展布、运移通道类型等多种因素归结出定边-吴旗地区古地貌油藏三种成藏模式，即斜坡区-三角洲平原组合成藏模式、河间丘区-三角洲前缘组合成藏模式和斜坡区-三角洲前缘组合成藏模式。     

渤海湾盆地冀中坳陷寒武纪岩相古地理及其演化

冀中坳陷位于渤海湾盆地西部,是发育在华北地台之上的中新生代沉积坳陷,在寒武系主要发育海相碳酸盐岩。从寒武系露头剖面入手,结合钻井地层,建立露头和钻井之间的地层对比格架。对单井相、地震相、连井相的研究表明,冀中坳陷在寒武纪构造活动平缓,各区域的地层厚度差异小。通过野外露头剖面实测、岩心观察、样品分析以及各岩性含量的统计,识别出了台地、缓坡、陆棚等3种相类型。台地相中可以识别出潮坪、局限台地、开阔台地、鲕粒滩、竹叶状砾屑滩等5种类型。潮坪主要指潮上坪和潮间坪,并进一步识别出了潮上泥坪、潮上云坪、潮上云灰坪、潮间灰坪等类型。基于各沉积相类型的分析,建立了冀中坳陷寒武系的碳酸盐岩沉积相模式,并编制了9张岩相古地理图。对古地理的研究表明,冀中坳陷在府君山期开始海侵,发育了局限台地和潮坪;至馒头期、毛庄期海侵进一步发展,主要发育了潮上泥坪;到徐庄期以后,潮坪、鲕粒滩共存,并在张夏期海侵达到高潮。崮山期开始海退,潮坪沉积又开始出现。长山期、凤山期进一步海退,分别发育了竹叶状砾屑滩和潮上云坪、潮间灰坪等。     

我国主要积雪区AMSR-E被动微波雪深算法对比验证研究

采用高级微波扫描辐射计(AMSR-E)亮温数据, 选取Chang算法、GSFC 96算法、AMSR-E SWE 算法、青藏高原改进算法和Savoie算法等5种雪深反演算法, 利用2010年2月10-12日3 d的气象站台雪深观测数据, 对比分析了5种雪深反演算法在新疆地区、青藏高原、内蒙古地区、东北地区、西北地区和华北平原的精度和适用性. 结果表明:总体验证中, 青藏高原改进算法3 d的结果均优于其他算法, 其均方根误差(RMSE)为9.16 cm、9.96 cm和9.63 cm, 平均相对误差(MRE)分别为59.77%、52.79%和48.47%. 分区验证中, 结果最佳的算法分别为:在新疆地区, GSFC 96算法RMSE为6.85~7.48 cm;内蒙古地区, 青藏高原改进算法的RMSE分别为5.9 cm、6.11 cm和5.46 cm;东北地区, 青藏高原改进算法RMSE为6.21~7.83 cm;西北地区和华北平原5种算法的适用性不佳;青藏高原由于缺乏实测数据, 无法得到该区验证统计结果.     

全球石炭纪-二叠纪植物群的演化和分布特征

在全球范围内，石炭纪和二叠纪植物群可以划分为五个植物群，即早石炭世（杜内期、维宪期和纳缪尔Ａ期）的全球性拟鳞木植物群（Ｌｅｐｉｄｏｄｅｎｄｒｏｐｓｉｓｆｌｏｒａ）和晚石炭世（纳缪尔Ｂ—Ｃ期、威斯发期和斯蒂芬期）至二叠纪的华夏植物群、欧美植物群、安加拉植物群和冈瓦纳植物群。早石炭世拟鳞木植物群广泛分布于世界许多地区，具有全球一致性，以Ｌｅｐｉｄｏｄｅｎｄｒｏｐｓｉｓ，Ｓｕｂ ｌｅｐｉｄｏｄｅｎｄｒｏｎ，Ａｒｃｈａｅｏｓｉｇｉｌａｒｉａ，Ａｒｃｈａｅｏｃａｌａｍｉｔｅｓ，Ｃａｒｄｉｏｐｔｅｒｉｄｉｕｍ，Ｒｈｏｄｅｏｐｔｅｒｉｄｉｕｍ，Ｒｈａ ｃｏｐｔｅｒｉｓ，Ａｄｉａｎｔｉｔｅｓ，Ｔｒｉｐｈｙｌｏｐｔｅｒｉｓ等为特征。拟鳞木植物群逐渐从泥盆纪植物群分离出来，繁盛于早石炭世早期，绝灭于早石炭世末期。在早石炭世和晚石炭世的转换期，全球性气候变化和构造运动导致早石炭世拟鳞木植物群典型分子的绝灭和晚石炭世植物群先驱分子的出现。因此，华夏植物群、欧美植物群、安加拉植物群和冈瓦纳植物群衍生于早石炭世全球一致性拟鳞木植物群，但它们各自发展在不同的环境中。     

红层泥岩及其改良填料路基动力响应试验研究

基床作为路基结构的重要组成部分,其填料的质量对路基、轨道、列车的动力响应影响显著。在实际工程中,基床填料通常可根据设计规范取为A、B组填料,但考虑到经济因素、力学性能等,也可采用既有填料或改良的既有填料。为了研究红层泥岩,A、B组填料,石灰改良红层泥岩分别作为基床填料时对路基动力响应的影响,进行了不同基床填料的现场激振试验。通过对动应力、加速度及沉降等数据的对比分析,得到以下结论：红层泥岩作为基床填料时,动应力与路基沉降在加载激振次数内可满足设计要求;与红层泥岩相比,当基床填料为A、B组填料与石灰改良红层泥岩时,路基表面的动应力与加速度分布更加均匀,因而此时路基的整体承载性能更优越。除此之外,后两种填料时路基内部动应力与加速度的衰减相对前者更显著,并且路基的沉降变形更小,特别是为石灰改良红层泥岩时。     

贵州台江八郎凯里组层序地层及海平面变化初探

贵州台江八郎凯里组以含钙质泥岩—泥灰岩、含钙质泥岩—粉砂岩和含钙质泥岩—灰岩等3种韵律性沉积为主,沉积体系域类型主要包含有大陆边缘体系域、海侵体系域和早期高水位体系域。在凯里组沉积初期,台江地区的水体相对较浅、生物相对较少;随着海平面的上升,生物在分异度和丰度上的大大增加,构成了台江生物群;当海平面升至最高点时,台江沉积区处于一个相对深水的环境,以大量的浮游类和较强游泳能力的生物为特征,成为了凯里生物群的开始;海平面逐渐下降,浮游生物逐渐减少;至凯里组沉积晚期,海平面的下降使台江地区的水体再度变浅、生物化石相对稀少。在台江八郎剖面上,凝缩段之下早寒武世的三叶虫Bathynotus消失,Orycto-cephalusindicus等三叶虫在凝缩段底界出现。凝缩段底界与下、中寒武统界线基本一致,表明了凝缩段是该区下、中寒武统地层划分、对比的关键。     

Evaporative systems and diagenetic patterns in the Calatayud Basin (Miocene,central Spain)

This paper concerns the evaporite units, depositional systems, cyclicity, diagenetic products and anhydritization patterns of the Calatayud Basin (nonmarine, Miocene, central Spain). In outcrop, the sulphate minerals of these shallow lacustrine evaporites consist of primary and secondary gypsum, the latter originating from the replacement of anhydrite and glauberite. In the evaporative systems of this basin, gypsiferous marshes of low salinity can be distinguished from central, saline lakes of higher salinity. In the gypsiferous marsh facies, the dominant, massive, bioturbated gypsum was partly replaced by synsedimentary chert nodules and siliceous crusts. In the saline lake facies, either cycles of gypsiferous lutite‐laminated gypsarenite or irregular alternations of laminated gypsum, nodular and banded glauberite, thenardite and nodular anhydrite precipitated. Early replacement of part of the glauberite by anhydrite also occurred. Episodes of subaerial exposure are represented by: (1) pedogenic carbonates (with nodular magnesite) and gypsiferous crusts composed of poikilitic crystals; and (2) nodular anhydrite, which formed in a sabkha. Additionally, meganodular anhydrite occurs, which presumably precipitated from ascending, highly saline solutions. The timing of anhydritization was mainly controlled by the salinity of the pore solutions, and occurred from the onset of deposition to moderate burial. Locally, a thick (>200 m) sequence of gypsum cycles developed, which was probably controlled by climatic variation. A trend of upward‐decreasing salinity is deduced from the base to the top of the evaporite succession.     

中国煤中的九种金属元素

在煤的加工利用过程中,煤中金属元素进入大气、水体和土壤,以致污染环境,这是人们关心的事。本文将介绍镉、钴、铬、铜、锰、钼、镍、铅、锌等九种元素在我国煤中的分布和赋存情况。     

中国黄土磁性地层与生物地层对比

本文统计了中国黄土地层中发现的哺乳动物化石并对一些发现较丰富哺乳动物化石的黄土剖面进行了磁性地层学研究，分析了磁性地层与生物地层对比结果，讨论了黄土层中哺乳动物化石的时空分布，以及有关气候环境问题。     

泰国、老挝南部和越南中部的非海相白垩纪双壳类生物地层学

泰国、老挝和越南白垩纪沉积全属非海相,它们广泛分布于泰国北部、东北部、西南部和南部,老挝北部、中部和南部,越南东北部、西北部、中部和南部。泰国南部的白垩纪地层分为Lam Thap,Sam Chom和Phun Phin组;其他地区,特别是西北部的呵叻高原地区的白垩系属呵叻群的Phra Wihan,Sao Khua,Phu Phan,Khok Kruat,Maha Sarakham及Phu Thok组。在老挝,万象盆地的白垩系由老挝呵叻群的NamSet,Phu Phanang,Ban Ang,Champa和Ban Thalat组与丰洪群的Thangon和Saysomboun组组成;沙湾拿吉(东兴)盆地的白垩系由南通(河)群的Nam Phouan,Nam Xot,Nam Noy和Nong Boua组组成。越南的白垩系在西北部分为Nam Na,Yen Chau,Van Chan和Ngoi Thia组,东北部为Ban Hang组,中部分为NhaTrang,Mu Gia和Dong Dzuong组,南部则为Phu Quoc组。三国白垩系的岩性普遍以红棕色至浅灰色砂岩、砾(岩质)砂岩、粉砂岩、泥岩和砾岩为主。泥岩中具有钙质结核和硅结砾岩,但盐和石膏仅见于Maha Sarakham,Saysomboun和Yen Chau组内。过去,这些白垩纪地层的生物地层没有经过详细研究。根据地层层序和化石对比,在泰国东北部呵叻高原和南部半岛地区及老挝南部沙湾拿吉(东兴)盆地中识别出了2个标记非海相白垩纪的类三角蚌类化石组合:阿普特期(但可上延至阿尔必期)的Trigonioides(Trigonioides)kobayashi-Plicatounio(Guangxiconcha)suzukii组合,阿普特阿尔必期(但主要为阿尔必期)的Trigonioides(Diversitrigonioides)diversicostatus-Pseudohyria subovalis组合。越南中部可能也产早白垩世阿普特阿尔必期的类三角蚌类双壳类Plisatouniosp.-Trigonioidessp.组合。通过双壳类组合,并结合包括孢粉和恐龙在内的其他化石的对比,泰国北部和南部、老挝南部和越南中部的非海相白垩纪地层得到了定年和对比,从而揭示了东南亚非海相白垩纪盆地的演化历史。     

A review of Lower and Middle Palaeozoic biostratigraphy in west peninsular Malaysia and southern Thailand in its context within the Sibumasu Terrane

Fossils from the Cambrian to Devonian rocks of southern Thailand, the Langkawi Islands, mainland Kedah, Perlis, north Perak and central West Peninsular Malaysia are listed and reviewed, and their stratigraphy and correlation reassessed. The hitherto anomalous record of the trilobite Dalmanitina from Malaysia is reviewed and found to be of latest Ordovician (Hirnantian) age, rather than Lower Silurian age as previously reported, and is considered a probable synonym of the widespread Mucronaspis mucronata. A new stratigraphical nomenclature is erected for part of the Langkawi, mainland Kedah and Perlis area successions, in which the term Setul Limestone (which stretched from the Ordovician to the Devonian) is abandoned and replaced by the Middle Ordovician Kaki Bukit Limestone, the late Ordovician and early Silurian Tanjong Dendang Formation, the Silurian Mempelam Limestone, and the early Devonian Timah Tasoh Formation, all underlying the paraconformity with the late Devonian Langgun Red Beds. There was a single depositional basin in the generally shallow-water and cratonic areas of southern Thailand, Langkawi, and mainland Kedah and Perlis, in contrast to the deeper-water basin of north Perak. Only Silurian rocks are dated with certainty within another basin in central West Malaysia, near Kuala Lumpur, which were also cratonic and shallow-water, although to the east in west Pahang there are basal Devonian deeper-water sediments with graptolites. The area is reviewed in its position within the Sibumasu Terrane, which, in the Palaeozoic, also included central and northern Thailand, Burma (Myanmar) and southwest China (part of Yunnan Province).     

Land degradation assessment based on environmental geoindicators in the Fortaleza metropolitan region,state of Ceará, Brazil

This paper summarizes the results obtained by land degradation assessment in the Fortaleza Metropolitan Region, in the state of Ceará, Brazil. Area assessment was done in a two-phase study: the characterization of the environmental components by field and laboratory work, and a more detailed study in the degraded sites. Environmental geoindicators were used to classify the degradation level for each drainage basin as low, intermediate, or high. Coastal erosion, gravitational mass movements, dune movements, water erosion, sedimentation, water pollution, sanitary landfills in inappropriate sites, caves and abandoned mines of aggregates exploitation and occupation in swamp areas are the main land degradation sources registered in the region. Among the drainage basins for degradation level, 5 were classified as high, 3 as intermediate, and 4 as low. These problems have affected the people living in the region and demanded heavy investments to rehabilitate degraded areas.     

浙东南晚中生代花岗岩的锆石U-Pb年代学、地球化学及其地质意义

浙东南地区（江绍断裂带东南）是位于华南东北部濒太平洋的沿海地区,是理解古太平洋板块俯冲作用的重要地区。本次研究选取岩坦、梁弄、新铺3个典型的岩体进行岩相学、锆石年代学和地球化学研究,并结合前人对该地区花岗岩体的研究结果,探讨古太平洋板块俯冲与岩浆活动之间的关系。LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年结果显示：新铺花岗岩的年龄为(145.8±1.4) Ma,表明浙东南地区晚侏罗世仍存在岩浆活动的记录;梁弄花岗岩和岩坦花岗岩的形成时代分别为（106.2±1.4）和（94.7±1.4） Ma,代表早白垩世晚期典型的岩浆活动。地球化学特征上,3个岩体均富SiO₂、Al₂O₃,具有高的A/CNK,属高钾钙碱性花岗岩;稀土元素球粒陨石标准化分布型式图中具显著的负Ｅu异常,稀土元素总量偏低;微量元素原始地幔标准化分布型式图中富集Rb、Cs、U、Th、Pb,亏损Ba、Sr、Nb、Ti,为典型的壳源型花岗岩。结合已有的资料,本次研究表明,新铺花岗岩形成在由侏罗纪挤压向白垩纪伸展转变的构造背景下,梁弄花岗岩和岩坦花岗岩形成在岩石圈减薄的伸展构造背景下,它们形成均受到了古太平洋板块俯冲作用的影响。     

Biogeography of the Saharan Gretaceous and Paleocene epicontinental transgressions

The first trans-Saharan epicontinental transgression began in the Late Cenomanian and peaked in the Early Turonian. The sea entered through rifts (Nigeria) and subsiding areas (north Africa) and, at maximum extent, spilled out onto stable craton. The central Sahara was land in late Early Turonian time; the sea seems to have remained in the central part of the Benue rift, to sally forth again during the minor Coniacian transgressive pulse. The Coniacian transgression went no further than eastern and central Niger Republic. For a short time during the Cenomanian-Turonian link-up between the Tethys and the South Atlantic, some organisms (mainly ammonites and pelecypods) passed across the Sahara. The Coniacian marine deposits of eastern Niger contain several elements typical of the Mungo River Formation of Cameroun, and coastal Nigeria. These faunistic indications imply that the topographical obstacle formed by the Zambuk ridge of northeastern Nigeria was swamped at maximum transgression. A third, very extensive epicontinental transgression began in latest Campanian time and reached its acme in the Early Maastrichtian. In the central Sahara, at least, there was a retreat of the sea in later Maastrichtian times. A final transgression peaked during the Paleocene, after which the sea withdrew permanently from the northwest African hinterland. The same marine ostracod associations occur in the Paleocene of coastal Nigeria, the Sokoto embayment, Mali and Libya, thus providing strong evidence of a marine connexion, albeit brief, between the South Atlantic and the Tethys, despite the lack of outcrop evidence in the crucial Niger valley region.     

Arsenic and other Trace Metals in Sediments from the Kara Sea and the Ob and Yenisey Estuaries, Russia

Major (Al and Fe), minor (Mn) andtrace (As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Hg, Li, Mo, Ni, Pb, Sb, Vand Zn) metals along with material of grain size<63 m, TOC and TN have been determined insediment grab and core samples from the Kara Sea, andthe Ob and Yenisey estuaries, Russia. Surprisingly,the levels of trace metals, with the exception of As,were much lower than was anticipated from speculativereports of extensive contamination in the Arcticmarine areas adjacent to the Siberian coastline ofRussia. Lithium normalization indicates that theabundance and distribution of the metals, with theexception of As and Mo, are controlled by theaccumulation of their fine grained aluminosilicatehost minerals at sites determined by hydrodynamicconditions in the Kara Sea and in the estuaries. Metallevels in the Kara Sea and the Ob and Yeniseyestuaries, except for some anomalous As, Cu and Nivalues, are close to natural baseline levels of otherEurasian Arctic shelf sediments. High levels of As,however, occur in surface and subsurface sediments.The accumulation of As, as well as Mo, can beattributed to the post-depositional diagenetic effectsof Fe-Mn cycling both at and near the sediment waterinterface. Subsurface As and Fe maxima and minimasuggest alternating oxic and anoxic water conditionsduring post-glacial rises in sea level. In contrast tothe results from the adjacent Pechora Sea, in the KaraSea there is no correlation between the levels of Asand radionuclides in the sediments.