北祁连扎柯山寒武纪高镁安山岩地球化学及构造动力学特征

北祁连扎柯山高镁安山岩铷锶同位素年龄为早—中寒武世[(516±7)Ma(1σ)],高镁安山岩类(SiO_2=51.45%～59.62%,平均为56.33%),具有比典型岛弧安山岩更高的MgO(4.85%～9.64%,平均为6.2%,Mg~#=66.68～74.15,平均为71.44),高Cr(21.6×10~(-6)～476×10~(-6),平均为196.26×10~(-6))、高Ni(14×10~(-6)～102×10~(-6),平均为56.14×10~(-6)),低Al贫Ca(Al_2O_3=13.22%～17.37%,均值为15.69%,CaO=2.01%～10.33%,均值为5.64%),富Na、贫K(Na_2O=1.57%～5.2%,K_2O=1.04%～2.79%,Na_2O/K_2O=0.59～5.0,均值为2.36),弱负Eu异常以及富集Rb、Th、K大离子不相容元素(LILE),亏损Sr、Ti、P、Nb、Ta等高场强元素(HFSE),富集LREE,强烈亏损HREE,LREE/HREE=7.19～13.58,Yb=1.47×10~(-6)～3.26×10~(-6),Y=11.6×10~(-6)～22.5×10~(-6),含有较低的Sr(119×10~(-6)～278×10~(-6),平均为193×10~(-6))。综合区域地质背景等资料研究表明,扎柯山寒武纪高镁安山岩可能是蚀变洋壳和俯冲的沉积物熔融进入地幔楔诱发橄榄岩部分熔融的产物,形成于岛弧环境。     

内蒙古东部马鞍山地区早石炭世高镁安山岩特征及地质意义

内蒙古东部马鞍山地区发育早石炭世高镁安山岩,其LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年结果为346.4±1.4Ma,指示其形成于早石炭世。马鞍山高镁安山岩属于钙碱性岩石系列,SiO_2含量为53.22%~54.22%,MgO为7.21%~10.03%,Al_2O_2为14.37%~15.94%,CaO为4.81%~5.94%,富Na、贫K(Na_2O为3.87%~4.34%、K_2O为0.49%~0.93%)、低TFeO/MgO(1.5)、高Cr(364×10~(-6)~429×10~(-6))、Ni(204×10~(-6)~211×10~(-6))。所有样品均显示轻稀土元素富集,具轻微的负Eu异常,富集大离子亲石元素Rb、K、Ba、Sr,亏损高场强元素Nb、Zr、Ti、Y、Yb、Lu等,地球化学特征与赞岐岩相似。由此可知,马鞍山地区早白垩世高镁安山岩是由地幔橄榄岩与消减洋壳板片部分熔融产生的富Si质熔体平衡反应的产物,暗示其形成于与俯冲消减有关的构造背景,是古亚洲洋闭合过程中洋陆转化的产物。     

大兴安岭扎兰屯地区晚古生代格根敖包组埃达克岩的发现及地质意义

大兴安岭中段扎兰屯地区晚古生代埃达克岩主要岩石类型为安山岩、粗面安山岩、英安岩和粗面英安岩,取得一个安山岩样品的LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄为(316.9±2.4)Ma,代表火山岩喷发的年龄.岩石具有较高Si(Si O2=54.97%~63.80%),富碱并相对略富Na(Na2O/K2O1),富Al(Al_2O_3=14.97%~17.69%),高Sr(715.98×10~(-6)~2100×10~(-6)),低Y(12×10~(-6)~18.41×10~(-6))和Yb(1.02×10~(-6)~1.91×10~(-6))的特点.在原始地幔标准化蛛网图中,富集LREE,亏损HREE,Eu呈微弱正异常(δEu=0.97~1.30).同时Mg值介于0.35~0.57,平均0.46.总体特征属于高钾钙碱性埃达克岩(为C型埃达克岩的一种),来源于增厚的玄武质下地壳的部分熔融.扎兰屯地区晚古生代高钾钙碱性埃达克岩的发现,为兴安地块与松嫩地块的拼贴作用提供了新的线索,对正确认识区域地壳演化有着重要的构造意义,为本区寻找与埃达克岩有关的矿产提供了线索.     

祁连造山带东段中寒武世深沟组中-基性火山岩锆石U-Pb年龄、地球化学特征及构造环境

拉脊山构造带南东端磨沟地区出露一套变安山岩夹片理化变玄武岩组合,其原岩分别为亚碱性拉斑系列安山岩和玄武岩。研究表明,变安山岩锆石U-Pb年龄为503.1±6.6Ma,形成于中寒武世。玄武岩稀土元素总量为93.40×10~(-6)～135.39×10~(-6),(La/Yb)_N值为2.76～3.64,δEu为0.87～1.00,微量元素蛛网图具有不相容元素富集特征,没有明显的Nb、Ta负异常,与板内火山岩特征相似。安山岩稀土元素总量低于玄武岩,而微量元素蛛网图具有富集大离子亲石元素Cs、Rb、Ba等,亏损高场强元素Nb、Ta、Ti等特征。岩石成因研究表明,玄武岩没有经历显著的地壳混染,为软流圈地幔石榴子石+尖晶石二辉橄榄岩低程度部分熔融的产物,而安山岩为地壳部分熔融的产物。构造环境判别表明,深沟组火山岩形成于大陆裂谷环境,表明祁连地块中部的拉脊山构造带南东端可能没有发育成熟的洋盆系统,随后在南祁连洋早古生代俯冲消减过程中以裂谷型岩石圈碎片的方式构造侵位于中祁连地块南缘。     

云南香格里拉浪丁岩体锆石U-Pb年龄及地球化学特征

香格里拉地区广泛分布印支期中-中酸性浅成-超浅成岩体,位于西斑岩带的浪丁岩体主要由角闪闪长玢岩、石英闪长玢岩、含辉石角闪闪长玢岩组成。锆石U-Pb年龄显示岩体侵位于206.4±3.9 Ma。其地球化学特征与埃达克岩相似:SiO_2含量为56.66%～64.84%,平均60.42%; Eu异常不明显(Eu/Eu*为0.90～1.23,平均为1.08);富集轻稀土元素和大离子亲石元素,亏损重稀土元素,贫高场强元素;高Sr(490～1165×10~(-6),平均842×10~(-6))、Sr/Y(37.4～77.2,平均56.9)、La/Yb(21.7～28.4,平均25.6),低Y(13.1×10~(-6)～17.4×10~(-6),平均14.6×10~(-6))、Yb(1.20×10~(-6)～1.56×10~(-6),平均1.37×10~(-6))。年代学和地球化学研究结果显示,浪丁岩体形成于岛弧环境下,其形成与晚三叠世甘孜理塘洋壳板片的部分熔融有关,该地区的甘孜-理塘洋壳向西俯冲时,可能以较低的角度进入中咱地块之下。     

右江盆地晚侏罗世钾玄质高镁安山岩的厘定及其构造意义

右江盆地在大地构造上处于特提斯和滨太平洋构造域的结合部位。本文报道了该盆地东部杨屯安山岩的岩相学、年代学和地球化学特征。杨屯安山岩具斑状结构和气孔状构造,斑晶主要为辉石,基质以针状斜长石微晶为主,含少量辉石。LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年结果表明杨屯安山岩的喷发时代为159.3±2.8Ma,即晚侏罗世。样品的Si O2含量为53.13%~55.71%,具高MgO(6.74%~8.85%)、Mg#值(63~72)、Cr(416×10~(-6)~565×10~(-6))和Ni(207×10~(-6)~246×10~(-6)),低Fe OT/MgO(0.83~1.23)等特征,与典型高镁安山岩的特征相似。所有样品具高K2O(3.39%~4.77%)和K2O/Na2O(1.31~2.33),同时也具钾玄质岩石的地球化学特征。样品强烈富集大离子亲石元素和轻稀土元素,而亏损高场强元素,具较高的Rb/Sr(0.20~0.46)和较低的Ba/Rb(7.17~9.30),富集的Sr-Nd同位素组成((87Sr/86Sr)i=0.70738~0.70739,εNd(t)=-3.6~-3.4)。元素和同位素特征表明杨屯钾玄质高镁安山岩是含金云母的富集岩石圈地幔部分熔融的产物,形成于板内伸展环境而不是岛弧环境。晚侏罗世杨屯钾玄质高镁安山岩的厘定,反映了该时期右江地区处于岩石圈伸展-减薄阶段。     

巴颜喀拉中部三叠纪称多高镁闪长岩的地球化学特征、岩石成因及其构造意义

本次研究通过对巴颜喀拉中部称多地区三叠纪高镁闪长岩开展系统的锆石U-Pb年代学、岩石学和地球化学综合研究,深入剖析其岩石成因,在此基础上与北羌塘地体北部同时期典型高镁闪长岩进行对比,进而为深入理解巴颜喀拉-松潘-甘孜地体三叠纪岩浆岩的成因及其地球动力学背景提供重要证据。通过锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb同位素测年方法获得该闪长岩的结晶年龄为216±2 Ma,与北羌塘地区三叠纪典型高镁闪长岩的形成年龄在误差允许范围内基本一致。岩石样品具有显著高的MgO (3.2%～5.03%)、Mg~#(51%～58%)、Cr(75.8～127.6×10~(-6))、 Ni(10～41.5×10~(-6))、Yb_N(6.53～8.51×10~(-6))和Y(17.79～22.65×10~(-6))以及相对低的(La/Yb)_N和Sr/Y比值(分别为7.63～13.16和12.50～18.38),可与日本Steouchi地区赞歧质高镁安山岩和北羌塘三叠纪典型的高镁闪长岩成分类比。所有岩石样品轻重稀土分异较强,轻稀土(LREE)相对富集,并且具有中等程度的Eu负异常。样品在微量元素组成上相对于原始地幔要明显富集Th和REE,亏损Nb,Ta,P和Ti,整体上表现俯冲带岩浆岩的成分特征。综合岩石学、地球化学以及区域上多学科研究结果,可以确定研究区及周缘这些三叠纪高镁闪长岩很可能形成与板块俯冲有关的环境中,并且与与受俯冲增生楔沉积物熔体交代的地幔橄榄岩的部分熔融有关。     

西藏班公湖-怒江缝合带西段野马去申拉组富Nb火山岩的发现及其指示意义

以班公湖-怒江缝合带西段的去申拉组玄武岩和安山岩为研究对象,进行了岩石锆石测年和地球化学研究。测年结果显示,安山岩形成于108.5±1.5Ma,属于早白垩世晚期。岩石地球化学特征表明,野马去申拉组玄武岩Nb含量为10.5×10-6～11.1×10~(-6),Al_2O_3含量为17.63%～17.96%(平均值17.74%),属于富Nb高铝玄武岩,为中钾钙碱性系列;安山岩属于高钾钙碱性系列岩石。野马火山岩轻、重稀土元素分异明显,其中玄武岩稀土元素总量为119.20×10~(-6)～120.49×10~(-6),(La/Yb)_N值为5.17～5.53;安山岩稀土元素总量为179.97×10~(-6)～184.75×10~(-6),(La/Yb)_N值为13.83～15.12;二者在微量元素上表现出不同程度的富集轻稀土元素和大离子亲石元素,Nb、Ta、Ti等高场强元素相对亏损,具低Cr、Ni,高Sr、Nb、Zr含量,发育岛弧火山岩相关特征。其岩浆源区受俯冲流体的影响较大,后经历了不同程度的铁镁矿物的结晶分离作用。综合分析认为,野马去申拉组火山岩可能形成于弧后盆地构造环境下,是班公湖-怒江特提斯洋岩石圈南向俯冲过程中板片断离导致软流圈地幔上涌,诱发弧后拉张背景下的直接岩浆响应。     

新疆北部的富镁火成岩

本文重点讨论的富镁安山岩(MAs)是指 SiO_2>53%,Mg~#≥55的安山岩,也包括富镁英安岩和富镁闪长岩。阿尔泰南的富锾安山岩形成于中泥盆世,东、西天山和阿拉套山的富镁安山岩形成于石炭纪。本区富镁安山岩 SiO_2 53%～65%,TiO_2含量低于1%(0.21%～1.08%),平均0.72%;MgO 平均5.90%,与国外玻安岩平均值相比,Mg 含量较低,Ti、K、Na 含量较高。稀土元素总合量低(<100×10~(-6),范围15～95×10~(-6)),相对富重稀土(La/Yb)_N0.98～6.4,多数在4±;Eu 弱亏损到无亏损(Eu/Eu~*0.65～1.15)。相容微量元素 Cr、Ni 含量高,分别为72×10~(-6)～790×10~(-6)和29×10~(-6)～276×10~(-6);高场强元素 Nb、Ta、Ti 明显亏损;相对富集流体中富集的大离子亲石元素 Rb、K、Pb;Y 含量较高(>15×10~(-6));Sr/Y 比值较低(4.4～6.2)。(~(143)Nd/~(144)Nd)_i 值变化范围较大0.51221～0.51255,ε_(Nd)(t) 0.28- 7.2,Nd 模式年龄 t_(DM)485～1220Ma;(~(87)Sr/~(86)Sr)_i 值变化范围较大0.7029～0.7065,在ε_(Nd)(t)-(~(87)Sr/~(86)Sr)_i 图解中位于第一象限。上述特点表明,本区富镁安山岩源区为复合源,包括有蚀变洋壳、弧前增生棱柱的不成熟、新生地壳物质及地幔楔橄榄岩。成岩作用具复合性,既有俯冲洋壳板片的部分熔融,又有俯冲板片熔体对地幔楔橄榄岩的熔体交代作用。形成于特殊构造环境:高地热梯度和富挥发分;导致弧前增生棱柱俯冲的俯冲剥蚀作用;由俯冲板片撕裂、断离所形成的软流圈窗或洋脊俯冲。     

华夏早古生代俯冲作用(Ⅱ):大爽高镁-镁质安山岩新证据

早古生代加里东期造山运动(广西运动)的性质是华南大地构造演化长期争议的重大地质问题.桂东南岑溪大爽一带出露一套早古生代玄武安山岩-安山岩火山岩系.玄武安山岩-安山岩SiO₂含量为47.8%~58.8%,Al₂O₃含量为13.35%~14.25%,CaO含量为3.79%~5.61%,TiO₂含量为0.46%~0.56%,而MgO(4.39%~9.96%)、Ni(141×10-6~210×10-6)和Cr(427×10-6~750×10-6)的含量明显偏高,属钙碱性到过渡系列的高镁-镁质玄武安山岩-安山岩.轻稀土富集,轻重稀土分异明显, δEu弱负异常(0.73~0.92),(La/Yb)_N为3.4~7.9,(La/Sm)_N为3.15~4.95.大离子亲石元素Rb、Ba、Th、U、K、Pb明显富集,高场强元素Nb、Ta、Ti相对亏损,具较低Ti/V(14.7~21.8),表现为高镁-镁质玄武安山岩-安山岩(赞岐岩)的典型特征.镁质安山岩由LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb法获得的成岩年龄为443±4 Ma,表明这套火山岩系形成于晚奥陶世-早志留世.上述研究表明,大爽玄武安山岩-安山岩系为晚奥陶世-早志留世形成于洋壳俯冲岛弧弧前环境的高镁-镁质玄武安山岩-安山岩系,其发现为华南扬子与华夏之间存在早古生代洋壳俯冲作用提供了重要证据.      

Wavelength-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometric determination of Sc, V, Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Rb, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Ba, Pb, and Th in komatiites

Komatiites are mantle-derived ultramafic volcanic rocks. Komatiites have been discovered in several States of India, notably in Karnataka. Studies on the distribution of trace-elements in the komatiites of India are very few. This paper proposes a simple, accurate, precise, rapid, and non-destructive wavelength-dispersive x-ray fluorescence (WDXRF) spectrometric technique for determining Sc, V, Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Rb, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Ba, Pb, and Th in komatiites, and discusses the accuracy, precision, limits of detection, x-ray spectral-line interferences, inter-element effects, speed, advantages, and limitations of the technique. The accuracy of the technique is excellent (within 3%) for Sc, V, Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Rb, Sr, Zr, Nb, Ba, Pb, and Th and very good (within 4%) for Y. The precision is also excellent (within 3%) for Sc, V, Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Rb, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Ba, Pb, and Th. The limits of detection are: 1 ppm for Sc and V; 2 ppm for Cr, Co, and Ni; 3 ppm for Cu, Zn, Rb, and Sr; 4 ppm for Y and Zr; 6 ppm for Nb; 10 ppm for Ba; 13 ppm for Pb; and 14 ppm for Th. The time taken for determining Sc, V, Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Rb, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Ba, Pb, and Th in a batch of 24 samples of komatiites, for a replication of four analyses per sample, by one operator, using a manual WDXRF spectrometer, is only 60 hours.     

硅酸盐类样品中硅、铁、铝、钛、锰、钙、镁、钾、钠和磷的x射线荧光光谱测定

本文拟定了一种以熔融法制备样片,用X射线荧光光谱测定硅酸盐类样品中Si、Fe、Al、Tj、Mn、Ca、Mg、K、Na、P等元素的分析方法。在对不同靶材X光管和分光晶体实验对比的基础上,选择了最佳的测量条件。该法具有快速、准确,测量范围广,检测限低,价格便宜等优点。经过近百个各种类型标样或管理样品的分析对比表明,本法不仅适用于硅酸盐类岩石样品的分析,还适用于铁矿、铝土矿、碳酸盐类岩矿样品以及水泥、耐火材料等样品的分析。     

高压微波消解法测定醋酸纤维过滤器采集的微尘粒子中的砷镉钴铬铜铁锰镍铅钒锌

最新的流行病学研究表明,空气中较高浓度的悬浮细颗粒可能对人类的健康有不利的影响。根据该项研究显示,由于心脏病、慢性呼吸问题和肺功能指标恶化而导致死亡率的升高与细尘粒子有关。这些研究结果已经促使欧盟于1999年4月出台了限制空气中二氧化硫、二氧化氮、氧化氮、铅和颗粒物含量的法案(1999/30/EC),对各项指标包括对可吸入PM10颗粒的浓度提出了新的限制性指标。PM10颗粒是指可以通过预分级器分离采集的气体动力学直径小于10μm的细颗粒。目前研究的兴趣重点逐步偏向PM2.5这些更细微颗粒物,PM2.5这种颗粒物对健康有明显的不利影响。在欧盟指令2008/50/EC中,对PM10和PM2.5都提     

Isotopic systematics of He,Ar, S,Cu, Ni,Re, Os,Pb, U,Sm, Nd,Rb, Sr,Lu, and Hf in the rocks and ores of the Norilsk deposits

This paper reports the first results of a study of 11 isotope systems (³He/⁴He, ⁴⁰Ar/³⁶Ar, ³⁴S/³²S, ⁶⁵Cu/⁶³Cu, ⁶²Ni/⁶⁰Ni, ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr, ¹⁴³Nd/¹⁴⁴Nd, ^206–208Pb/²⁰⁴Pb, Hf–Nd, U–Pb, and Re–Os) in the rocks and ores of the Cu–Ni–PGE deposits of the Norilsk ore district. Almost all the results were obtained at the Center of Isotopic Research of the Karpinskii All-Russia Research Institute of Geology. The use of a number of independent genetic isotopic signatures and comprehensive isotopic knowledge provided a methodic basis for the interpretation of approximately 5000 isotopic analyses of various elements. The presence of materials from two sources, crust and mantle, was detected in the composition of the rocks and ores. The contribution of the crustal source is especially significant in the paleofluids (gas–liquid microinclusions) of the ore-forming medium. Crustal solutions were probably a transport medium during ore formation. Air argon is dominant in the ores, which indicates a connection between the paleofluids and the atmosphere. This suggests intense groundwater circulation during the crystallization of ore minerals. The age of the rocks and ores of the Norilsk deposits was determined. The stage of orebody formation is restricted to a narrow age interval of 250 ± 10 Ma. An isotopic criterion was proposed for the ore-bearing potential of mafic intrusions in the Norilsk–Taimyr region. It includes several interrelated isotopic ratios of various elements: He, Ar, S, and others.     

Viscous, cohesive, non-Newtonian, depositing, radial slurry flow

Mining induced subsidence can significantly affect mining costs where major surface facilities and natural environment need to be protected. Overburden grout injection is a technology used to control coal mine subsidence by injecting the mine waste material extracted from the coal back into the inter-burden rock during longwall mining. The flowing slurry is here categorised as a nonlinear viscous cohesive (Bingham plastic) fluid. During longwall mining the grout slurry is pumped into the separated beds of the rock mass through a central vertical borehole, which is drilled deep into the inter-burden rock strata above the coal seam. However, a blockage can occur in the injection system when the slurry velocity falls below a certain critical threshold velocity, indicating a material phase change from cohesive-viscous to cohesive-frictional. In situ field injection tests through boreholes have been simulated at a smaller scale at the CSIRO laboratory in Brisbane by pumping the slurry through a radial disk (gap = 4 mm) from its centre. Laboratory experiments indicate a general, nonlinear, cohesive, viscous, frictional model for shear behaviour of the slurry, in which the material shear parameters are functions of the disk radial distance. Complete dimensional and dimensionless analytical solutions have been developed based on an approach related to Bingham–Herschel–Bulkley fluid mechanics. The derived formulae include relations for minimum pump pressure, local pressure and pressure gradient, wall shear stress, volume rate, velocity and velocity gradient. The theoretical results match the experimental measurements. The experiments covered slurries with maximum particle sizes of 0.5 to 2 mm with about 50% being larger than 100 µm. The viscosities at the various solids concentrations were measured with a standard torsion viscometer. This study differs from the previous research in several distinct aspects, namely, consideration of the variable shear parameters rather than fixed values, inclusion of total nonlinear behaviour, and implementation of a friction function to mimic behaviour of the deposited and consolidating stiff slurry, which can cause a significant pressure rise as a result of the increased shear resistance.     

硅酸盐中铁、锰、钛、钙、钾、磷、硅、铝、镁、钠、锶、铷、钡的X-射线荧光光谱定量测定

本文介绍样品经四硼酸锂熔融制成玻璃小饼。采用Lachance模式和理论a系数来校正元素间的效应,由3080E型X-射线荧光谱仪和DF-350B数据处理系统完成硅酸盐中十三个项目的测定。     

岩石密度和超高压岩石折返速率

在常温常压条件下对中国大陆科学钻CCSD主孔100-3000米岩心样品进行了密度测量,建立了密度连续剖面,并界定了不同超高压岩石的密度值。通过对比高温高压物性实验资料,岩石密度随着退变程度增强而降低,榴辉岩密度变化序列为3.52g/cm3→3.49g/cm3→3.07g/cm3→2.93g/cm3。超高压长英质岩石密度变化序列为3.00g/cm→2.80g/cm3→2.65g/cm3。上述实验资料是讨论不同折返阶段岩石所受浮力的基础,为研究折返速率大小提供了基本参数。本文通过折返板块运动平衡时,上浮力与粘滞力平衡这一关系式,定量研究了大陆俯冲板块的折返速率,认为密度差产生上浮力从而引起折返,温度对板块折返速率的影响最为显著;密度差大小、折返角度、折返板块大小对折返速率也有直接的影响。定量模拟分析表明,在温度高于850℃时,板块的折返速率可以超过100mm/a;当温度降至700℃时,折返速率则低于1.5mm/a。作者认为在折返早期,温度较高,板块快速折返至60-70km榴辉岩相深度;随着传导散热,温度降低,板块以较慢的速率折返至中下地壳。折返速率的估算表明,浮力是板块折返第一阶段(从>100km深部折返至<40km的中下地壳)的主要驱动力。     

Bellechester,Minnesota, USA,lagoon collapses

Bellechester, Minnesota, is a small community of approximately 155 residents located on the county line between Goodhue and Wabasha counties in southeast Minnesota's karst region. Bellechester is served by a 21-year-old wastewater treatment facility (WWTF) consisting of three waste-stabilization ponds. On 28 April 1992 six sinkholes were discovered to have drained cell 2 of the WWTF resulting in the loss of approximately 8.7×10⁶ 1 of partially treated effluent and about 600 m³ of soil into previously undetected subsurface voids of unknown dimensions. In the week following the collapse, approximately 200 water wells located within a 5-km radius of the WWTF were sampled in an after-the-fact, emergency sampling program. Twelve samples with elevated fecal coliform levels, 18 samples with nitrate-nitrogen greater than the 10 mg/1 standard, and no samples with elevated chlorides were found. However, the elevated levels could not be unambiguously attributed to the WWTF collapse. This is the third WWTF to fail by sinkhole collapse in southeast Minnesota since 1974. All three collapsed lagoons have been located in similar geomorphic and stratigraphic settings. However, at least two lagoons have collapsed in the adjacent area in northeast Iowa, and these lagoons are located at different stratigraphic positions. Twenty-two WWTFs constructed in southeast Minnesota's karst region in the last 25 years have been identified as subject to potential sinkhole collapse. An unknown but significant number of manure storage lagoons, flood control structures, etc., have also been constructed in the karst region and are at risk. Public agencies are beginning to develop plans to deal with the risk associated with existing and future waste lagoons in this environment. The critical hydrogeologic parameters that can be used to prioritize the risk of collapse at existing facilities include: (1) the lithology of the first bedrock beneath each lagoon, (2) the thickness of surficial materials between the lagoon and the bedrock surface, (3) the presence and construction of liners (seepage rate), and (4) the proximity to existing sinkholes.     

Mercury,arsenic, antimony,and selenium contents of sediment from the Kuskokwim River,Bethel, Alaska,USA

The Kuskokwim River at Bethel, Alaska, drains a major mercury-antimony metallogenic province in its upper reaches and tributaries. Bethel (population 4000) is situated on the Kuskokwim floodplain and also draws its water supply from wells located in river-deposited sediment. A boring through overbank and floodplain sediment has provided material to establish a baseline datum for sediment-hosted heavy metals. Mercury (total), arsenic, antimony, and selenium contents were determined; aluminum was also determined and used as normalizing factor. The contents of the heavy metals were relatively constant with depth and do not reflect any potential enrichment from upstream contaminant sources.     

滇东南花岗岩与锡、银、铜、铅、锌多金属矿床的成因关系

滇东南锡、银、铅、锌多金属矿床主要分布在个旧、白牛厂、都龙3个矿区,而滇东南较大的3个花岗岩体又分别出露在3个矿区或附近.花岗岩体均形成于燕山晚期,岩石化学、矿物成分相似,富含锡、银、铅、锌、钨、铜等成矿元素.矿床主金属元素组合与岩体之间的距离由远而近出现由锡、钨、(铍、铌、钽)→锡、钨、(铁)、铜、铟→锡、铅、锌、银、铟、(锑)有规律的变化.花岗岩浆是成矿物质来源和成矿热源.岩浆侵入初期使上覆地层隆起产生背斜(凹陷部位成向斜);同时使地层产生一系列裂隙、压性断层或层间断裂;岩浆侵入晚期,这些断层再次活动,表现为张性,岩浆产生的含矿热液沿由其活动所造成的断裂迁移、充填、交代、沉淀而形成矿床.