陇山杂岩变沉积岩的沉积时代、物源及构造意义：来自地球化学、碎屑锆石U-Pb年代学和Lu-Hf同位素的证据

陇山杂岩位于秦-祁结合部位，长期以来该杂岩的形成时代及构造归属仍存在较大争议，对其进行详细的研究对于理解该地区的构造演化历史具有重要意义。本文对陇山杂岩中的5个变沉积岩样品进行了全岩主微量元素分析、碎屑锆石U-Pb定年及Lu-Hf同位素分析，在此基础上对其原岩类型、沉积时限、物源及其构造归属进行了探讨。初步判断陇山杂岩变沉积岩的原岩可能为杂砂岩。根据样品中最年轻的岩浆成因碎屑锆石的加权平均年龄值，结合陇山杂岩中侵入体的年龄，可以限定陇山杂岩变沉积岩的沉积时限在491～463Ma之间。变沉积岩中碎屑锆石的年龄分布存在593～486Ma、1294～634Ma两个主要区间，以及1876～1528Ma、2594～2027Ma两个次要区间；与之对应的两个主要年龄群的ε_Hf(t)值分别为-21.69～11.48和-28.52～20.74,次要年龄群的ε_Hf(t)分别为-11.88～8.81和-7.97～5.99;且5个样品中约70%以上的ε_Hf(t)值均为负值，表明锆石的母岩浆主要来源于古老地壳的部分熔融和少量年轻地壳物质的加入；结...     

桂北地区丹洲期与南华冰期之间沉积转换的年代学记录

文章通过碎屑锆石U-Pb测年和Hf同位素研究,揭示桂北地区丹洲期与南华冰期之间沉积转换的年代学记录。分别对丹洲群合桐组、拱洞组以及南华系长安组进行碎屑锆石U-Pb年龄和Hf同位素分析。结果表明,丹洲群合桐组和拱洞组具有相似的碎屑锆石年龄谱系,U-Pb年龄集中在720~1000 Ma、1700~2300 Ma和2400~2700 Ma。而南华系长安组的U-Pb年龄集中在650~720 Ma和720~1000 Ma,明显区别于丹洲群。丹洲群合桐组和拱洞组具有相似的Hf同位素特征,其ε_Hf(t)以负值为主,且多数锆石的二阶段Hf模式年龄（T_DM2）大于2400 Ma。而南华系长安组的Hf同位素特征区别于丹洲群,其ε_Hf(t)以正值为主,T_DM2值集中于1000~1300 Ma和1400~2200 Ma。碎屑锆石U-Pb年龄谱系和Hf同位素组成的不同,以及锆石形态和物源的差异,表明“雪峰不整合面”上下的南华冰期与丹洲期沉积地层之间存在明显的沉积转换。     

赣东北景德镇双桥山群火山碎屑凝灰岩锆石U-Pb年龄及Hf同位素特征

为探讨赣东北景德镇地区双桥山群的沉积时代与物质来源,对该区双桥山群安乐林组地层中发育的一套变火山碎屑凝灰岩夹层进行了年代学、地球化学及锆石Lu-Hf同位素研究。结果显示,该套火山碎屑凝灰岩的岩性主要为英安岩、安山岩,凝灰岩的LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄为(809±2)Ma,表明该套岩石形成于新元古代。凝灰岩锆石的Hf同位素组成变化范围较广,其中二阶模式年龄为1426~2313 Ma,主要集中于1.7~2.3 Ga之间,其ε_(Hf)(t)均为负值-2.6~-16.5,t_(DM2)模式年龄远大于U-Pb年龄,表明该组岩石的岩浆来源于元古代地壳物质的再循环。     

冀北张-宣地区后城组、张家口组火山岩锆石U-Pb年龄和Hf同位素

冀北张家口-宣化地区(张-宣地区)分布着中生代后城组和张家口组火山岩.锆石的LA-ICPMS U-Pb年龄和LA-MC-ICPMS Hf同位素分析结果表明, 后城组英安岩的结晶年龄为(130±1)Ma, 为早白垩世, 而不是前人所认为的晚侏罗世.张家口组流纹岩的结晶年龄为(126±1)Ma, 也为早白垩世.后城组英安岩中锆石Hf同位素组成为ε_Hf(t)=-18.8~-25.5, Hf平均地壳模式年龄为T_DMC=2.78~2.37 Ga, 平均2.54 Ga, 与冀北分布的基底岩石Nd、Hf模式年龄相同, 考虑到华北克拉通东部地壳生长的主要时期为晚太古代, 我们初步认为后城组粗安岩可能主要来源于晚太古代地壳物质的重熔作用; 而张家口组流纹岩中锆石Hf同位素组成为ε_Hf(t)=-15.1~-18.5, Hf平均地壳模式年龄为T_DMC=2.34~2.13 Ga, 明显比后城组火山岩年轻.张家口火山岩来源于太古代的地壳物质和部分幔源物质混合.这些年代学数据和锆石Hf同位素表明张-宣地区大面积的后城组和张家口组火山岩是华北克拉通东部晚中生代岩石圈强烈减薄作用的结果.      

内蒙古额尔古纳红水泉地区奥陶系乌宾敖包组沉积时代及物源区分析:碎屑锆石U-Pb年代学,Lu-Hf同位素地球化学证据

选取内蒙古额尔古纳红水泉地区奥陶系乌宾敖包组石英砂岩进行碎屑锆石U-Pb年龄、原位Lu-Hf同位素研究,尝试限定该地层形成时代及碎屑物质来源,并探讨其沉积大地构造环境。结果显示,采自该地层的2个砂岩样品中的碎屑锆石多数发育典型的岩浆振荡生长环带,呈自形–半自形且具有较高的Th/U值(0.12~1.63),均暗示它们多数为岩浆成因。结合微量元素特征及稀土元素配分模式图,认为碎屑锆石寄主岩石应为花岗质杂岩体。2个砂岩样品具有相似的年龄和Hf同位素组成,锆石年龄分布大致可分为3个主要年龄区间:(1)440~540 Ma,主峰值年龄约为492 Ma和506 Ma,次峰值年龄为447 Ma;ε_Hf(t)值介于?2.77~+11.73之间,Hf的两阶段模式年龄为680~1636 Ma;(2)750~950 Ma,主峰值年龄为805 Ma,次峰值年龄为825 Ma和961 Ma;ε_Hf(t)值介于?1.14~+11.43之间,Hf的两阶段模式年龄为1100~1824 Ma;(3)1700~2000 Ma,峰值年龄为1787 Ma;ε_Hf(t)值介于?9.18~?2.75之间,Hf的两阶段模式年龄为2682~3016 Ma。所有样品碎屑锆石ε_Hf(t)值为?9.18~+11.73,Hf的两阶段模式年龄为680~3016 Ma,大部分锆石的Hf同位素组成集中于球粒陨石与亏损地幔标准线之间,表明沉积物源以早古生代和新元古代新增生地壳物质为主,同时存在少量中元古代晚期古老地壳物质的活化改造。结合前人已报道的邻区相关岩体年代学及地球化学资料,研究区乌宾敖包组的沉积时代不早于晚奥陶世,沉积物主要来自额尔古纳和兴安地块的近缘碎屑物,其形成与早古生代时期古亚洲洋演化过程中额尔古纳与兴安地块碰撞拼贴以及随后的伸展垮塌相关。     

扬子板块西缘早中生代“绿豆岩”成因及构造启示：锆石U-Pb年龄、微量元素及Hf同位素约束

为了研究早中生代“绿豆岩”的火山灰来源,及其与古特提斯弧火山活动的时空联系,对滇东北乌蒙山地区两件绿豆岩样品进行了锆石U-Pb年代学及Hf同位素分析。结果显示：嘉陵江组绿豆岩谐和年龄为(250.0±2.8) Ma,ε_Hf(t)值为-18.1～-9.5,二阶模式年龄T_DM2为2 141～1 674 Ma;关岭组底部绿豆岩锆石谐和年龄为(247.0±1.2) Ma,ε_Hf(t)值为-16.4～-7.5,对应的T_DM2范围为2 050～1 559 Ma。两层绿豆岩相似的年代学数据、Hf同位素组成和模式年龄分布,表明两层绿豆岩具有相同的物质来源,均为古—中元古代地壳物质熔融产物。锆石微量元素具有酸性岩浆锆石特征,表明绿豆岩原岩为长英质岩石。通过与区域数据对比,确定“绿豆岩”火山灰来源于三江造山带,且有证据显示在早—中三叠世期间,沿西南三江—宋马—十万大山一带存在一条由古特提斯洋发生俯冲消减形成的岩浆弧,两层绿豆岩都是古特提斯洋俯冲背景下的火山活动记录。结合野外地质特征及项目研究成果,限定古特提斯弧火山作用至...     

内蒙古商都地区白云鄂博群尖山组碎屑锆石U-Pb年代学和Hf同位素研究:对华北克拉通西部陆块北缘前寒武纪地壳演化的制约

华北克拉通前寒武纪地壳生长过程是地质学的研究热点。本文对华北克拉通西部陆块北缘的白云鄂博群尖山组进行了碎屑锆石U-Pb定年和Hf同位素分析,并在此基础上对尖山组的沉积时限、物源及西部陆块北缘的前寒武纪地壳生长过程进行了探讨。样品TM33中碎屑锆石年龄主要集中在1872～2100Ma (n=64),并有～1960Ma的主年龄峰值和～2000Ma的次年龄峰值,Hf同位素分析结果显示锆石的εHf(t)值在-2.6～7.9之间(除1个测点为-17.6),Hf同位素二阶段模式年龄(tDM2)变化范围在2240～4386Ma之间。样品Z1724中碎屑锆石年龄分布于1784～2200Ma(n=44),并有～1965Ma的主年龄峰值和～2080Ma次年龄峰值。谐和线上最年轻一组锆石的加权平均年龄为1794±73Ma(n=2),εHf(t)在-5.4～3.2之间,Hf同位素二阶段模式年龄(tDM2)变化范围在2584～3203Ma之间。基于以上数据,结合侵入白云鄂博群底部1670Ma的辉长岩以及白云鄂博群底部全岩207Pb-206Pb等时线年龄为1649Ma的沉积碳酸盐岩,尖山组的沉积时间被限定在1800～1650Ma。尖山组的物源主要来自固阳、西乌兰不浪地区新太古代基底以及大青山和卓资地区古元古代晚期孔兹岩带。综合前人对研究区及邻区中新元古代沉积地层中碎屑锆石的Hf同位素研究结果,认为华北克拉通西部陆块北缘可能存在2600～2750Ma、～2500Ma和2000～2100Ma三期主要的地壳生长事件,且最后一次规模可能小于前两次。     

鄂北耿集-板桥地区新元古代变火山岩系地层归属——来自锆石U-Pb测年、Hf同位素的证据

扬子克拉通北缘、鄂北枣阳市耿集-板桥地区震旦系—奥陶系中相间出露两套变火山岩系,其地层归属存在武当群和花山群的争议且长期缺乏深入研究。耿集-板桥地区野外调查、变火山岩系LA-ICPMS锆石U-Pb测年、Lu-Hf同位素分析结果表明:耿集地区变火山岩系主要为浅灰色、灰白色变酸性含砾晶屑岩屑凝灰岩、晶屑凝灰岩、玻屑凝灰岩、粉砂岩,与打鼓石群硅质条带叠层石白云岩共生,其中变酸性晶屑凝灰岩锆石年龄为821.7 Ma、ε_Hf(t)值为-2.44～9.70,其可能是扬子克拉通前南华纪基底青白口系花山群组成部分;板桥地区变火山岩系主要由灰白色变酸性晶屑岩屑凝灰岩、火山凝灰岩、酸性火山岩、粉砂岩组成,内部发育大量基性侵入岩,其中变酸性火山岩锆石年龄为741.2 Ma,ε_Hf(t)值为4.62～9.56,其应归属为南秦岭造山带南华系武当群,可能是印支期逆冲到扬子克拉通盖层上的残块。     

扬子陆块西南缘早前寒武纪撮科杂岩记录的多期岩浆-变质事件

撮科杂岩是最近在滇中地区发现的早前寒武纪基底杂岩,对深入探究扬子陆块早期演化具有重要意义.报道了4件代表性岩石样品的锆石U-Pb年代学和Hf同位素新数据.奥长花岗质片麻岩样品的结晶年龄为2 845±33 Ma,具有正的锆石ε_Hf（t）值（1.7~4.6）和相对年轻的亏损地幔二阶段（T_DM2）模式年龄（2.97~3.12 Ga）,表明其形成于新生地壳的重熔.变二长花岗岩和片麻状花岗岩样品的结晶年龄分别为2 401±15 Ma和2 320±16 Ma,显示负的锆石ε_Hf（t）值（-6.2~-0.8）和明显老的T_DM2模式年龄（2.90~3.11 Ga）,指示其来自古老地壳物质的重熔.斜长黑云碎粒岩的变质锆石的年龄为1 948±16 Ma,结合已有变质年龄揭示一期1.96~1.95 Ga区域变质作用.扬子陆块西南缘存在太古代结晶基底,并保留了与Nuna超大陆聚合有关的多期构造-岩浆事件的记录.      

扎河坝蛇绿岩锆石U-Pb年龄、Hf-O同位素组成及其地质意义

扎河坝蛇绿岩位于准噶尔北缘,是扎河坝—阿尔曼太蛇绿混杂岩带的一部分。通过对蛇绿混杂岩中堆晶辉长岩和凝灰岩夹层的锆石U-Pb年龄及Hf-O同位素进行研究,获得堆晶辉长岩的结晶年龄为485±4Ma,凝灰岩的喷发年龄为401±2.5Ma。辉长岩极度亏损Hf同位素,εHf(t)为13~20,δ~(18)O峰值为+5.37‰,显示其具有地幔特征。凝灰岩锆石的Hf同位素亏损程度低于堆晶辉长岩,εHf(t)为1.4~9.2。扎河坝蛇绿岩具有典型的SSZ型蛇绿岩特征,是通过俯冲增生到洋内弧弧前的蛇绿岩。     

Intervening in the environment of the everyday

This paper seeks to explore the radical democratic potential in urban artistic interventions. It does so through bringing Gramsci’s concept of nature together with his ‘cultural writings’ and broader debates around avant-garde artistic practice. Empirically, I focus on the work of City Mine(d), a Brussels-based interventionist collective, and Siraj Izhar, a London-based artist-activist. Within Gramsci’s writings, I argue, socio-natural relationships emerge through sensuous activity or work. Making a somewhat more ambitious claim, I suggest that Gramsci’s concept of nature rests on what geographers have come to understand as the production of nature. Whilst attention has only recently turned to this implicit political ecology, much greater attention has been focussed on Gramsci’s cultural insights. For Gramsci, cultural struggles are an integral part of the effort to shape a new reality. Whilst he emphasises the ‘bottom up’ nature of such struggles, the intervention of enlightened outsiders is often a necessary and frustrating complement. However, by turning attention to the manner in which hegemony relates to the production of nature, and through bringing this into dialogue with radical artistic practice, such implicit elitism might be challenged. City Mine(d) and Izhar, I argue, develop a non-vanguardist politics that sees the contestation of hegemony as a struggle integral to the day-to-day nature of cities.     

Using environmental isotopes in the study of the recharge-discharge mechanisms of the Yarmouk catchment area in Jordan

The recharge sources, the flow mechanisms and discharge areas of the different groundwater bodies underlying the Yarmouk River catchment area in Jordan, have, until now, not been adequately explained, although a wide range of hydrological, hydrogeological, and hydrochemical studies have been done. Along the Jordanian part of the catchment area of the Yarmouk River, groundwater issues from different aquifers with a variety of chemistries and types within the same aquifer and in between the different aquifers. Conventional recharge/discharge mechanisms, water balances and chemical analyses did not adequately explain the chemical variations and the different water types found in the area. Applying environmental isotopic tools combined with their altitude effects due to topographic variations (250–1,300 m a.s.l. within a distance of 20 km), and taking into consideration re-evaporation effects on the isotopic depletion and enrichment of rainwater, has greatly helped in understanding the recharge discharge mechanisms of the different aquifers. Precipitation along the highlands of an average of 600 mm/year is found to be depleted in its isotopic content of O¹⁸ = –7.0 to –7.26 and D = –32.2 to –33.28, whereas that of the Jordan Valley of 350 mm/year is highly enriched in isotopes with O¹⁸ = –4.06 and D = –14.5. The groundwater recharged along the highlands is depleted in isotopes (O¹⁸ = ~ –6, D = ~ –30), groundwater at the intermediate elevations is enriched (O¹⁸ = ~ –5, D = ~ –23) and that of the Jordan Valley aquifers containing meteoric water is highly enriched (O¹⁸ ~ –3.8, D = ~ –18). The deep aquifers in the Jordan Valley foothills are depleted in isotopes (O¹⁸ –18 = –6, D = –30) and resemble those of the highland aquifers. Only through using isotopes as a tool, were the sources of the different groundwater bodies and recharge and discharge mechanisms unambiguously explained. It was found that recharge takes place all over the study area and produces groundwater, which, from the highlands towards the Jordan Valley, shows increasing enrichment in isotopes. The highlands aquifer, with its groundwater depleted in isotopes, becomes confined towards the Jordan Valley; and, due to its confining pressure, leaks water upwards into the overlying aquifers causing their water to become less enriched in isotopes. Water depleted in its isotopic composition also seeps upward to the ground surface at the mountain foothills through faults and fissures.

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Resumen Las fuentes de recarga, los mecanismos de flujo y las áreas de descarga de los diferentes cuerpos de agua subterránea que subyacen el área de la cuenca del Río Yarmouk en Jordania, se han explicado de manera no ambigua únicamente mediante la aplicación de los isótopos como herramienta. A lo largo de la parte Jordana del área de la cuenca del Río Yarmouk el agua subterránea emerge de diferentes acuíferos con una variedad de tipos y composiciones, ya sea que provengan del mismo acuífero o de diferentes acuíferos. Los mecanismos convencionales de recarga/descarga, balances hídricos y variaciones químicas no han podido explicar las variaciones químicas y los diferentes tipos de aguas. La aplicación de herramientas de isótopos ambientales combinadas con los efectos de altitud derivados de variaciones topográficas (250 hasta 1,300 m s.n.m. en una distancia de 20 km) y tomando en consideración los efectos de re-evaporación en el empobrecimiento de isótopos y enriquecimiento del agua de lluvia han ayudado fuertemente en el entendimiento de los mecanismos de recarga/descarga de los diferentes acuíferos. La precipitación en el área varía de 600 mm/año, a lo largo de las tierras altas, a 350 mm/año en el área del Valle Jordán. El flujo de agua subterránea ocurre de las tierras altas hacia el Valle Jordán. El agua subterránea de las tierras altas está empobrecida en isótopos (O¹⁸ =~ –6, D =~ –30), el agua subterránea de elevaciones intermedias está enriquecida (O¹⁸ =~ –5, D =~ –23), y el agua de los acuíferos del Valle Jordan contiene agua meteórica que se encuentra altamente enriquecida (O¹⁸ =~ –3.8, D =~ –18). Los acuíferos profundos que se localizan al pie de las tierras altas del Valle Jordán están empobrecidos en isótopos (O¹⁸ =~ –6, D =~ –30) y son similares a los acuíferos de las tierras altas. Solo al aplicar los isótopos ambientales como herramienta pudo explicarse de manera inequívoca las fuentes de los diferentes cuerpos de agua subterránea y los mecanismos de recarga y descarga.

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Résumé Les zones de recharge, les mécanismes découlement et les zones de décharges des différentes masses deau souterraine sous le bassin versant de la rivière Yarmouk en Jordanie, étaient expliquées de manière ambiguë par les seuls outils isotopiques. Le long de la parti Jordanienne du bassin versant de la rivière Yarmouk leau souterraine provient de différents aquifères et se distinguent par leur type et leur composition chimique, selon que leau provient du même ou des différents aquifères. Les mécanismes conventionnels de recharge et de décharge, bilan hydrologique ne donnaient pas dexplications satisfaisantes concernant les variations chimiques et les différents types deau. En appliquant les isotopes environnementaux combinés aux effets de laltitude sur les variations des teneurs isotopiques (laltitude varie de 250 à 1,300 m sur une distance de 20 km.) et en prenant en considération les effets de ré-évaporation sur lappauvrissement et lenrichissement isotopique des eaux pluviales ont fortement contribués à une meilleure compréhension des mécanismes de recharge des différents aquifères. Les précipitations annuelles sont comprises entre 600 mm dans les zones en altitude et 350 mm dans la vallée de la Jordanie. Les écoulements de leau souterraine sont dirigés des zones en altitude vers la vallée de la Jordanie. Les eaux souterraines des zones en altitude sont isotopiquement appauvries (O¹⁸ = ~ –6, D = ~ –30), les eaux souterraines des zones de moyenne altitude sont enrichies (O¹⁸ = ~ –5, D = ~ –23) et les eaux de la vallée très enrichies (O¹⁸ ~ –3.8, D = ~ –18). Les aquifers profonds dans la vallée de la Jordanie sont appauvris (O¹⁸ –18 = –6, D = –30) et se confondent avec les eaux des zones situées en altitude. En appliquant uniquement les isotopes environnementaux comme des outils de compréhension des phénomènes hydrogéologiques, la source des différentes masses deau souterraines, les mécanismes de la recharge et de la décharge pourraient être expliqués de manière ambiguë.

     

On the wind power potential in the northwest of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico

Wind power density, vertical velocity profiles, and other wind characteristics were established using a 51 m meteorological mast located very close to the shoreline on the northwest of the Yucatan peninsula in the Gulf of Mexico. A comparative study of the wind power density was carried out using information obtained between September 2010 and September 2011. The wind speed probability density function was found to be bimodal due to sea-land breezes, a characteristic that becomes less evident as the vertical distance to the ground increases. The distinction between these two wind regimes was used to fit the Weibull-Weibull curve using a linear least-squares criterion in the parameters. In addition, numerical simulations from a mesoscale model are in close agreement with measurements above z = 50 m (z is the vertical distance to the ground). This result suggests that some mesoscale simulations may serve as a preliminary wind energy assessment tool in coastal zones with extended low-lying areas.     

Recent advances in the study of the Mesoproterozoic geochronology in the North China Craton

The Mesoproterozoic successions in the North China Craton (NCC) and the Qinling–Qilian–Kunlun Orogens have been revised using the new and highly reliable age data. Many Proterozoic strata in the Qinling–Qilian–Kunlun Orogens, such as the Qinling, Jinshuikou and Beidahe groups that have been ascribed to be Paleoproterozoic are actually of Mesoproterozoic Era. The most significant advances are recent geochronological studies on the Mesoproterozoic stratigraphy and magmatic events in the NCC. The boundary age between the Dahongyu Formation and the overlying Gaoyuzhuang Formation is well constrained to be ∼1600 Ma, corresponding to the boundary age between Statherian and Calymmian. The boundary between the Tieling Formation and the overlying Xiamaling Formation is best positioned at ∼1400 Ma, which is coeval with the boundary between Calymmian and Ectasian, and is about 400 Myrs older than the conventional value of 1000 Ma originally defined by the All China Commission of Stratigraphy. Hence the Jixianian System, including the Gaoyuzhuang, Yangzhuang, Wumishan, Hongshuizhuang and Tieling formations in ascending order, is comparable with the Calymmian System in the International Stratigraphic Chart. The lower boundary of the Changchengian System, the first system of the Mesoproterozoic in China Regional Stratigraphic Chart, also needs revision from the conventional 1800 Ma to ∼1650 Ma well constrained by the zircon U–Pb ages 1673 ± 10 Ma (LA-MC-ICP-MS) and 1669 ± 20 Ma (SHRIMP) of a granite-porphyry dike that was overlain unconformably by the basal conglomerate of the Changzhougou Formation, the first formation of the Changchengian System. Therefore, the earliest Mesoproterozoic sequence in the NCC represented by the Changchengian and Jixianian Systems in the Yanliao Aulacogen is identical to that of the Vindhyan Supergroup in Central Indian and the Riphean Series in Russia. On the other hand, a series of 1.8–1.6 Ga anorogenic magmatic records were well-preserved around the NCC, which marked the initial rifting of the Columbia Supercontinent in the NCC. The magmatic events can thus be subdivided into three phases with peaks at ca 1.77 Ga, ca 1.70 Ga and ca 1.63 Ga, respectively. In addition to 1.8–1.6 Ga magmatic events, some minor volcanic eruptions at ca 1.56 Ga and 1.44 Ga, and wide-spread bi-modal magmatic intrusions at 1.35–1.32 Ga have been recognized in the northern NCC, marking the continued rifting of the Columbia Supercontinent since ∼1.8 Ga.     

The role of climate in the accumulation of lithium-rich brine in the Central Andes

Lithium-rich brine within the sub-surface of the Salar del Hombre Muerto (SHM) salt pan in the Andes of northwestern Argentina has a chemical and isotopic composition which is consistent with Li derived from several sources: the modern halite saturated lagoon, Li-rich salts and brines formed recently, and dissolution of halite which precipitated from ancient saline lakes. SHM lies in the closed basin that includes part of the massive Cerro Galán caldera which is drained by the Río los Patos, which is responsible for 90% of surface runoff into the salar. The low Li isotope composition, +3.4‰, of this river is consistent with significant contributions of geothermal spring water. As water drains through the volcaniclastic deposits which cover a large proportion of the basin, Li removal, as indicated by decreasing Li/Na, occurs but without significant isotope fractionation. This indicates a mechanism of surface sorption onto smectite or ferrihydrite rather than Li incorporation into octahedral structural sites of clays. These observations suggest that conditions in this high altitude desert have limited the dilution of hydrothermal spring water as well as the formation of clay minerals, which jointly have allowed the Li resource to accumulate rapidly. Changes in climate on a multi-millennial time scale, specifically in the hydrologic budget, have resulted in solute accumulation rates that have been variable through time, and decoupled Li and Na fluxes. Inflow to the salar under modern conditions has high Li/Na (7.9 × 10⁻³ by wt) with δ⁷Li indistinguishable from basement rocks (−0.3‰ to +6.4‰), while under pluvial climate conditions the Li/Na of the saline lake was 40 times lower than the modern lagoon (0.1–0.3 × 10⁻³ compared to 10.6–13.4 × 10⁻³) with slightly higher δ⁷Li, +6.9‰ to +12.3‰, reflecting the uptake of ⁶Li into secondary minerals which formed under a wetter climate.     

Some observations on the prediction of the dynamic parameters of debris flows in pyroclastic deposits in the Campania region of Italy

Over the last 20 years, many tools have been developed for the prediction of the post-failure behaviour of rapid landslides. However, as pointed out by several researchers, knowledge may be improved by the performance of back-analyses using different models and the evaluation of their reliability. This paper reports the back-analysis, conducted using numerical models, of 57 rapid landslides that have occurred in the Campania region. The back-analysis has been performed using the 2-D DAN_W code (version 2003) with two different rheological models: the Voellmy and the frictional models. The latter has been immediately discarded because it did not match the observed data. Instead, using the Voellmy model, the best-fit values of the parameters (friction μ and turbulence ξ) for different types of flow (channelled, un-channelled and mixed flows) have been researched. With these values a parametric study has been carried out on four representative slope profiles of the Campania region, enabling the prediction of runout, velocity and depth of flow (dynamic parameters) of potential debris flows.

Duration of the first biozone in the Siberian hypostratotype of the Vendian

The first biozone (Anabarites trisulcatus Assemblage Zone) in the Siberian hypostratotype of the Vendian (northwestern slope of the Olenek Uplift) is represented by the Turkut Formation of the Khorbusuonka Group and most of the Syhargalakh Formation of the Kessyusa Group. The lower part of the Kessyusa Group in some of the sections includes stratiform breccia coeval with the middle part of the Syhargalakh Formation. The breccia is shown to be the alteration product of tuff breccia, which is widely distributed in the region and occurs as diatremes. A U-Pb zircon date of 543.9 ± 0.24 Ma for tuff breccia provides the best constraint on the age of the boundary between the Anabarites trisulcatus and Purella antiqua Assemblage Zones. The first appearance of small skeletal fossils Cambrotubulus decurvatus (which define the base of the Anabarites trisulcatus Assemblage Zone) is 1.4 m above the lower boundary of the Turkut Formation. Ichnofabric in the underlying Khatyspyt Formation is globally distributed in the strata 553-551 million years old, always predating the first appearance of small skeletal fossils of the Anabarites trisulcatus Assemblage Zone. The base of the Anabarites trisulcatus Assemblage Zone is therefore younger than 553-551 Ma, whereas the duration of the assemblage zone does not exceed six million years.     

Context of the suboxic layer in the Arabian Sea

The setting of the Arabian Sea is reviewed in order to examine which of the circumstances causing large oxygen depletion in the ocean are responsible for the suboxic layer (concentrations < 0.1 ml 1⁻¹) in the northern thermocline there. The wind field forces circulations that restrict but do not exclude exchange with the south, and a recent box-model interpretation of trichlorofluoromethane measurements indicates a modest throughflow for the layer of about 5 × 10⁶m^{3s −1}.The associated oxygen-flux divergence is roughly consistent with biochemical determinations of local oxygen-consumption rates, both approaches giving values (3–6 pl 1⁻¹ s^τ-1) that are modest in comparison with estimates elsewhere in the world ocean. Despite the high mean-annual surface productivity in the region (nearly 1gCm⁻² day⁻¹), it seems plausible that too little of this particulate matter is consumed at thermocline depths to cause an inflated oxygen demand there. Since the layer is neither an isolated pool, nor a sluggish backwater, nor a conspicuous oxygen sink, the suboxic concentrations must be due (as earlier proposed) to the low concentration in the water entering the layer from the south. That depletion in turn seems due to moderate consumption as the water travels the very long trajectories from its zone of sea-surface renewal (Lats. 40–50°S). Although large seasonal variations are expected in both throughflow volume transport and surface productivity (suggesting comparable changes in consumption rate), the volume of the suboxic layer seems big enough to buffer the oxygen levels there against any very noticeable overall variability.     

On the source of the iron in the Lahn ore deposits

A brief summary on the geology and the iron ore deposits of the Devonian Lahn Geosyncline (West Germany) is followed by the examination of the iron variation in the eruptive rocks in this area and in analogous magmatic associations elsewhere. A major strong point is the sporadic appearance of xenolithic inclusions of hematite in some keratophyres of the Lahn area. As a result, analytical, mineralogical and textural evidence is against dependence of the iron in the ore deposits on the contemporaneous femic rocks, whereas, in the keratophyre, another source of that iron is indicated. Thus two periods of magmatic events are derived. Special attention is called to the effects and conditions in the earlier period, and it may be suggested that three magmatic units corresponding to keratophyre, weilburgite and iron ore, owe their origin to the specific hydromagmatic conditions of a spilitic differentiation process in that early period.

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Zusammenfassung Im Anschluß an einen kurzen Überblick über die geologischen Verhältnisse und über die Eisenerzlagerstätten im Devon der Lahnmulde wird die Variation des Eisens in den Eruptivgesteinen an der Lahn und in anderen petrographisch vergleichbaren Gebieten untersucht. Besonders aufschlußreich ist in einer Anzahl der Lahn-Keratophyre das sporadische Auftreten xenolitischer Hämatit-Akkumulate. Chemische, mineralogische und strukturelle Merkmale sprechen gegen die Herleitung des Eisens in den Lagerkomplexen aus den gleichaltrigen femischen Eruptivgesteinen, wohingegen sich in den Fremdeinschlüssen von Hämatit im Keratophyr eine andere Quelle für dieses Eisen anzeigt. Im magmatischen Geschehen zeichnen sich zwei Perioden deutlich voneinander ab. Vornehmlich berücksichtigt sind die der Frühperiode zugehörigen Hinweise und Vorgänge, und vermutlich lassen sich Keratophyr, Weilburgit und Eisenerz als drei magmatische Einheiten auf die spezifischen hydromagmatischen Bedingungen spilitischer Differentiation zurückführen.