皖南旌德花岗闪长岩与暗色包体的成因: 地球化学、锆石U-Pb年代学与Hf同位素制约

旌德复式岩体位于安徽南部,主体相花岗闪长岩中发育暗色包体。本文对花岗闪长岩与暗色包体进行了岩相学观察、全岩主微量元素分析、锆石U-Pb定年与Hf同位素测试。岩相学观察发现暗色包体为典型岩浆岩结构,且发育针状磷灰石。主量元素分析数据表明花岗闪长岩的SiO₂含量为66.04%~67.80%;暗色包体的SiO₂含量为54.63%~54.77%,为二长闪长岩。花岗闪长岩的Mg^#=38~40;暗色包体的Mg^#=44~45。微量元素分析数据表明花岗闪长岩与暗色包体的REE球粒陨石标准化图呈右倾型,Eu负异常;大离子亲石元素富集,高场强元素亏损。锆石U-Pb年代学与Hf同位素研究表明,花岗闪长岩与暗色包体的年龄分别为139.7±1.3Ma和142.3±1.7Ma,在误差范围内一致。花岗闪长岩锆石的ε_Hf(t)为-2.5~0.4,地壳模式年龄(t_DM^C)为1170~1350Ma;暗色包体锆石的ε_Hf(t)为-5.2~1.8,地壳模式年龄(t_DM^C)为1090~1530Ma。两者的t_DM^C峰值都在1.2~1.3Ga。这些数据表明花岗闪长岩中的暗色包体为同源岩浆混合成因,源区为年轻地壳,有可能为中新元古代古华南洋壳俯冲扬子板块形成的火山岛弧。旌德花岗闪长岩在Pearce et al.(1984)的构造判别图上落在岛弧花岗岩区。在Sr/Y-Y图解上落在经典岛弧岩浆岩区。花岗闪长岩的岩浆Zr饱和温度低(630~680℃),与锆石钛温度计(630~720℃)给出的结果基本一致。锆石的Ce(Ⅳ)/Ce(Ⅲ)高(240~530),指示岩浆具有高的氧逸度。旌德岩体的低温与高氧逸度特征说明岩体的源区物质受到过洋壳俯冲的影响。旌德岩体的成因可能与太平洋板块后撤诱发的地壳部分熔融有关。     

江西大湖塘钨矿床似斑状白云母花岗岩锆石U-Pb年代学、地球化学及成因研究

江西省大湖塘钨(钼、铜、锡)矿集区位于江南造山带中段,九岭山脉中段北部之武宁、修水、靖安三县交界区域,是目前世界最大的钨矿之一。本文对该矿床中与成矿关系密切的似斑状白云母花岗岩进行了详细的锆石U-Pb年代学、云母矿物化学、主量元素、微量元素以及Sr-Nd同位素研究。结果表明,LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年测得大湖塘似斑状白云母花岗岩成岩年龄为144.2±1.3Ma。岩体中白云母显示原生白云母的特征;黑云母属于富铁黑云母,其物质来源是地壳物质,Fe³⁺/Fe²⁺组成表明岩浆氧逸度很低。岩石地球化学特征表明似斑状白云母花岗岩为强过铝质的S型花岗岩,表现为高的SiO₂(72.88%~73.33%),轻重稀土分馏明显,Eu负异常明显,亏损Nb、Ta,Rb/Sr比值高。似斑状白云母花岗岩的ε_Nd(t)值变化于-7.47~-7.78之间,两阶段模式年龄t_DM^C为1543~1568Ma, 推测其源区很可能来源于双桥山群的富泥质岩石,双桥山群可能是大湖塘钨矿的初始矿源层。九岭燕山期的岩浆活动发生在侏罗纪和白垩纪之交的早白垩世早期,花岗岩形成于拉张的构造环境。     

湘南宝山铅锌多金属矿区花岗闪长斑岩及其暗色包体成因：锆石U-Pb年代学、岩石地球化学和Sr-Nd-Hf同位素制约

本文对湘南宝山铅锌多金属矿区花岗闪长斑岩及其暗色包体进行了系统的锆石U-Pb年代学、岩石地球化学和Sr-Nd-Hf同位素研究,探讨其岩石成因和构造意义。LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年表明,宝山花岗闪长斑岩成岩年龄为156~158Ma,暗色包体的形成年龄为155.2±1.4Ma,与寄主岩的成岩年龄一致。宝山花岗闪长斑岩为准铝质花岗岩,富集K、Rb、U等大离子亲石元素,亏损Nb、Ti、P等元素,Nb/Ta平均比值为11.3,（⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr）_i值为0.7095~0.7115,ε_Nd（t）值为-7.3~-5.0,t_2DM（Nd）值为1.35~1.54Ga,锆石ε_Hf（t）值为-14.0~-9.0。暗色包体呈细粒结构,具浑圆的外形,与寄主花岗闪长斑岩接触界线清晰,具暗色的冷凝边,常见针状磷灰石。暗色包体具较低的SiO₂含量（55.46%~57.30%）,较高的K₂O含量（5.86%~6.90%）,富集Rb、Ba、Th、U等大离子亲石元素,亏损Nb、Ta、Ti等元素,Nb/Ta平均比值为15.3,（⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr）_i值为0.7062~0.7063,ε_Nd（t）值为-2.1~-1.9,锆石ε_Hf（t）值为-12.1~-4.7。与寄主花岗闪长斑岩相比,暗色包体含有较高的Fe、Mg、V、Cr等相容元素。主微量元素和同位素特征表明,宝山花岗闪长斑岩是由来自经俯冲沉积物熔体交代过的富集岩石圈地幔且富水富钾的底侵基性岩浆与由其引起的下地壳部分熔融形成的长英质岩浆发生混合形成,暗色包体则是来自该底侵基性岩浆与少量长英质岩浆发生混合形成。Sr-Nd同位素模拟表明,宝山花岗闪长质岩浆由大约20%~30%的富集地幔物质和70%~80%的地壳物质组成。892±20Ma继承锆石核的ε_Hf（t）值为+6.0,t_DM（Hf）年龄为1.21Ga,与江南造山带东段新元古代岛弧岩浆的Hf同位素特征一致,推断在花岗闪长斑岩的源岩部分熔融过程中有新元古代岛弧岩浆岩物质的加入,新元古代岛弧岩浆带及扬子与华夏陆块弧陆碰撞带从萍乡向南延伸部分可能与郴州-临武断裂相接。在燕山早期（190~150Ma）,受古太平洋板块俯冲作用影响,南岭地区处于岩石圈伸展-减薄的构造环境,由于地幔玄武质岩浆底侵至古老地壳源区,诱发地壳发生部分熔融作用,伴随着壳幔岩浆混合作用,形成了该区众多花岗质岩石。     

吕梁地区古元古代花岗片麻岩成因及变质时代:锆石和独居石U-Pb年龄及锆石Hf同位素证据

吕梁地区在华北克拉通前寒武纪研究中具有重要位置,出露大量的古元古代变质表壳岩和花岗质岩石,对研究华北克拉通古元古代地质演化历史具有重要意义。本次研究选择吕梁地区白家滩花岗片麻岩进行锆石和独居石U-Pb年代学以及锆石Hf同位素研究,2个花岗片麻岩的岩浆锆石U-Pb年龄分别为2182±16Ma和2185±24Ma,代表了其侵位时代。独居石U-Pb年龄分别为1898±7Ma和1899±14Ma,明显比锆石增生边的谐和²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁶Pb年龄（2180~2032Ma）年轻,说明独居石对后期变质作用的响应程度比锆石强,其U-Pb年龄更能反映白家滩花岗片麻岩经历了~1900Ma的退变质作用,与华北克拉通中部造山带的变质作用时间一致。花岗片麻岩的锆石Hf同位素亏损地幔模式年龄（t_DM）为2473~2598Ma,两阶段亏损地幔模式年龄（t_DM^C）分别为2646~2839Ma,ε_Hf（t）值分布于-1.3~+1.8之间,未显示同期幔源物质的加入,而是新太古代地壳物质部分熔融的产物,结合已有的古元古代中期（2.2~2.1Ga）的岩浆岩锆石Hf同位素数据,华北克拉通新太古代地壳在2.2~2.1Ga期间发生了广泛的重熔作用,这期岩浆活动在华北克拉通吕梁、中条、五台以及胶-辽-吉等地区广泛发育,可能形成于陆内裂谷环境。     

西秦岭温泉钼矿区含钼花岗斑岩锆石U-Pb年龄、Hf同位素组成及岩浆物质来源讨论

温泉钼矿床位于西秦岭造山带北缘,是西秦岭地区唯一斑岩型钼矿床。矿体产于花岗斑岩体及其与围岩接触带内。对温泉钼矿含矿花岗斑岩开展锆石U-Pb年代学与原位Hf同位素研究,有助于精确约束含钼花岗斑岩时代,揭示岩浆演化信息,深化温泉钼矿床成因的认识。本文利用LA-ICPMS锆石U-Pb定年方法,对温泉钼矿区含钼岩体进行精确同位素定年。结果表明：花岗斑岩的锆石环带结构明显,Th/U比值较大（0.41~0.88）,为典型的岩浆锆石,含钼花岗斑岩侵位年龄为212.43~213.4 Ma,其侵入的似斑状二长花岗岩年龄（围岩）则为219.9 Ma,均属晚三叠世岩浆活动的产物。温泉矿区花岗斑岩锆石Hf同位素组成较为一致,ε_Hf（t）值均为负值,介于-1.89~-0.63,平均-1.59,在ε_Hf（t）-t图解中,样点集中分布于球粒陨石以及亏损地幔线之下,暗示其岩浆源区较单一,应为经改造过的地壳物质部分熔融的产物。二阶段模式年龄（T_DM2）主要集中在1291~1408 Ma,表明中元古代地壳物质可能为岩体主要来源。     

福建漳州角美花岗岩与闪长质包体的岩石成因及意义

本文选择福建沿海漳州地区的角美花岗岩和包体进行了锆石U-Pb年代学和Hf同位素地球化学研究。结果表明,黑云母花岗闪长岩(106.4±1.8Ma)和岩体中的闪长质包体(105.6±1.0Ma 和106.5±1.0Ma)具有相同的锆石U-Pb年龄,为同期岩浆作用的产物,它们都是高钾钙碱性系列偏铝质岩石。花岗闪长岩具有相对较为均一的锆石Hf同位素组成(ε_Hf(t)=2.2~3.7),表明其为新生地壳部分熔融的产物。闪长质包体具有更亏损的锆石Hf组成(ε_Hf(t)=0.9~5.5)。地球化学数据结合野外证据表明岩体形成过程中经历了岩浆混合作用。福建沿海地区96~106Ma岩浆作用的发育处于古太平洋板片俯冲造成的伸展背景。     

中冈底斯成矿带龙根铅锌矿床含矿斑岩年代学与地球化学特征

龙根铅锌矿床是在西藏中冈底斯成矿带中段发现的一个矽卡岩型矿床。对该矿床含矿斑岩进行了LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年,主量、微量元素分析和Sr-Nd-Hf同位素组成研究,首次获得中冈底斯成矿带中段铅锌银矿床的矿化时代。含矿斑岩锆石U-Pb年龄明显可分为2组,²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U加权平均年龄分别为（70.5±2.0） Ma和（61.4±1.2） Ma,前者记录了印-亚板块俯冲大陆边缘弧后伸展过程中的早期岩浆-流体成矿事件,后者代表了印-亚板块主碰撞聚合中的主成矿期岩浆-流体成矿作用时代。斑岩具富硅、富钾,贫钛、贫磷等特征,铝饱和指数（A/CNK）为1.11~1.16,富集大离子亲石元素Rb、Th、U,亏损高场强元素Zr、Nd、Sm等,与冈底斯成熟大陆地壳物质相比具相对高的ε_Nd（t）值（-6.42~-6.05）和相对低的（⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr）_i值（0.708 026~0.709 071）,并具不均一的锆石ε_Hf（t）值（-3.34~-1.12）以及古老的锆石Hf同位素地壳模式年龄（T^C_DM=1.06~1.19 Ga）,属于过铝质“S”型花岗岩类。笔者认为中冈底斯成矿带中段晚白垩世—古新世岩浆活动和成矿作用很可能是与雅鲁藏布江洋盆闭合之后的印-亚板块俯冲大陆边缘弧后伸展和主碰撞聚合诱发幔源岩浆底侵导致的冈底斯地体古老地壳物质部分熔融有关,岩浆在上升过程中有不同程度的分离结晶。     

河西走廊晚泥盆世地层中冥古宙碎屑锆石的发现

河西走廊地区晚泥盆统中宁组地层中,利用LA-ICP-MS法测年获得了3.9Ga和4.0Ga两颗碎屑锆石,其Th/U依次为1.01和0.58,均为岩浆锆石。两颗锆石稀土元素呈轻稀土(LREE)亏损、重稀土(HREE)富集,均具有Ce正异常,其中4.0Ga锆石具有Eu负异常,3.9Ga锆石无Eu负异常。利用锆石中⁴⁹Ti的含量计算原岩岩浆温度分别为792±36℃(3.9Ga)和967±45℃(4.0Ga)。3.9Ga锆石获得原位Hf同位素结果,¹⁷⁶Hf/¹⁷⁷Hf_i=0.280169,ε_Hf(t)=-3.6,t_DM=4139Ma, t_DM^C=4319Ma。这两颗>3.9Ga碎屑锆石为西北地区首次发现,其微量元素特征说明在冥古宙时地球上可能存在地壳;结合前人古生物和古地磁研究结果,说明河西走廊在晚泥盆世时同澳大利亚西北部可能具有亲缘性。     

西藏波密花岗岩体的年代学、地球化学特征及其意义

波密岩体位于西藏东南部,处于班公湖-怒江蛇绿混杂岩带与印度河-雅鲁藏布蛇绿混杂岩带之间,整体呈NW向延伸,面积约29km²。本文对波密花岗岩体进行了系统的岩石学、地球化学及同位素年代学研究。结果显示,波密岩体主要以黑云母石英闪长岩与黑云母花岗闪长岩为主,两个花岗闪长岩的LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄分别为113.1±2.3Ma和113.4±2.1Ma。花岗岩类SiO₂介于64.11%~66.63%,K₂O+Na₂O=6.36%~7.54%,全碱含量较高,属于高钾钙碱系列。稀土元素含量为114.9×10^-6~182.8×10^-6,分配曲线均呈右倾趋势。另外,A/CNK为0.80~0.95,波密岩体有高K,高Si,低P的特点,大离子亲石元素(Rb、K)富集,高场强元素(Nb、Ta、P、Ti)亏损,属于偏铝质I型花岗岩。2件样品37个测点的锆石ε_Hf(t)值不均一,几乎全为负值(-13.72~-0.08),反映岩浆可能源于古老地壳;地壳模式年龄(t_DM^C)集中于891~2047Ma之间。综合分析波密岩体地球化学及锆石年龄数据,均与中冈底斯及弧背断隆带中早白垩世的岩体特征相似。因此本文推断波密岩体的成因为中冈底斯早白垩世带状岩浆大爆发事件在东部的延续。     

广东园珠顶铜钼矿床花岗斑岩年代学、地球化学特征及锆石Hf同位素

园珠顶铜钼矿床位于钦杭成矿带南段的大瑶山隆起北缘,为大型斑岩型铜钼矿床。通过LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb同位素测年,获得了花岗斑岩的高精度成岩年龄,为（154.3±1.7） Ma （n=12,MSWD=3.1）,为晚侏罗世岩浆活动的产物,与辉钼矿的Re-Os同位素年龄155 Ma相吻合。岩石地球化学分析表明,园珠顶花岗斑岩高硅〔w（SiO₂）为68.81%~70.21%〕、富碱〔w（Na₂O）+w（K₂O）为6.78%~8.01%〕、准铝质-弱过铝质（A/CNK为0.96~1.04）;稀土元素总量中等（ΣREE 为142.15×10^-6~170.83×10^-6）,富集轻稀土元素（ΣLREE 为135.05×10^-6~162.34×10^-6）,轻重稀土元素分馏明显〔（La/Yb）_N=30.97~32.10〕,弱的Eu负异常（δEu=0.86~0.89）,稀土元素配分模式总体右倾;岩石相对富集Rb、K等大离子亲石元素（LILE）及高场强元素Th、U,亏损Nb、Ta、P、Ti等高场强元素（HFSE）及部分大离子亲石元素Ba、Sr。LA-MC-ICP-MS锆石Hf 的原位分析表明,¹⁷⁶Hf/¹⁷⁷Hf值变化于0.282 500~0.282 801之间,ε_Hf（t）值介于-6.27~4.19。综合分析表明,园珠顶花岗斑岩为准铝质-弱过铝质的I型花岗岩,具有壳幔混合源成因,锆石ε_Hf（t）值反映了园珠顶花岗斑岩的成岩源区较为复杂,总体具亏损岩浆源区的特征,以幔源物质为主,但在岩浆侵位过程中遭受了古老地壳物质的混染。结合区域构造背景和前人研究成果,认为园珠顶斑岩体及铜钼矿,与钦杭成矿带北段的永平铜矿具有一致的成岩成矿构造背景,形成于板块俯冲环境。     

Police, politics, and the right to the city

Space and spatiality have recently been at the core of debates concerning the political possibilities of the city. The arguments advanced in this paper might be seen as an attempt to contribute to these debates through a reflection on the spatiality of (in) justice, politics, and the right to the city. The case of French urban policy, with its focus on distressed urban areas, and the `suburban problem' in France are used as examples to make arguments more concrete.     

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.     

Influences of the unsaturated,saturated, and riparian zones on the transport of nitrate near the Merced River,California, USA

Transport and transformation of nitrate was evaluated along a 1-km groundwater transect from an almond orchard to the Merced River, California, USA, within an irrigated agricultural setting. As indicated by measurements of pore-water nitrate and modeling using the root zone water quality model, about 63% of the applied nitrogen was transported through a 6.5-m unsaturated zone. Transport times from recharge locations to the edge of a riparian zone ranged from approximately 6 months to greater than 100 years. This allowed for partial denitrification in horizons having mildly reducing conditions, and essentially no denitrification in horizons with oxidizing conditions. Transport times across a 50–100-m-wide riparian zone of less than a year to over 6 years and more strongly reducing conditions resulted in greater rates of denitrification. Isotopic measurements and concentrations of excess N₂ in water were indicative of denitrification with the highest rates below the Merced River. Discharge of water and nitrate into the river was dependent on gradients driven by irrigation or river stage. The results suggest that the assimilative capacity for nitrate of the groundwater system, and particularly the riverbed, is limiting the nitrate load to the Merced River in the study area.     

扬子北缘马元铅锌矿床闪锌矿微量元素及S-Pb-He-Ar-C同位素地球化学研究

马元铅锌矿床是近年扬子陆块北缘铅锌找矿的新突破。矿体呈层状、似层状产于碑坝隆起翼部震旦系灯影组角砾状白云岩层间构造带中,围岩蚀变很弱。矿石中硫化物以闪锌矿、方铅矿为主,中粗粒晶质结构,充填于白云岩角砾间。闪锌矿富集Cd、Ge、Ag,贫In、Tl、Se,Ga/In为6~132,Ge/In多1000,成矿温度以中-低温为主。金属硫化物ε~(34)S值相对集中,为12.9‰~19.4‰,平均为17.4‰,来自于海相硫酸盐的还原。铅同位素组成稳定,~(206)Pb/~(204)Pb为17.858~17.918:~(207)Pb/~(204)Pb为15.603~15.694;~(208)Pb/~(204)Pb为37.756~38.046,具有造山带和上地壳铅的特征,震旦系可能提供了金属成矿物质。闪锌矿中流体包裹体的~3He/~4He为0.03Ra~1.05Ra,~(40)Ar/~(36)Ar为326.1~765.1,~(38)Ar/~(36)Ar为0.183~0.204,表明成矿流体主要为地壳流体和饱和大气水(大气降水或海水)的混合。闪锌矿内流体包裹体挥发分δ~(13)C_(CH_4)值为-36.01‰~-28.80‰,δ~(13)C_(C_2H_6)值为-27.72‰~-22.44‰,δ~(13)C_(CO_2)值为-23.24‰~-9.68‰,表明有机流体参与了成矿作用。石英、方解石的H-O同位素结果表明具有海水和有机水混合的特征。可见,成矿流体具有两种流体混合的特征,一为蒸发海水与围岩反应所形成的盆地卤水,二为有机流体。推测矿区可能存在一个古油气藏,由于TSR生成一高硫气藏,为区内还原性有机流体的主要来源。当富含Pb、Zn等成矿物质的成矿流体运移至富含CH_4和H_2S的还原性流体的矿区角砾岩带时,两种流体混合,Pb、Zn等遇到H_2S发生反应而沉淀成矿,并伴生热液白云石等,形成了马元铅锌矿床。综上所述,我们认为马元矿床属MVT型铅锌矿床。     

Rb-Sr, K-Ar, H-and O-Isotope systematics of the Middle Riphean shales from the Debengda Formation, the Olenek Uplift, North Sibera

Clay subfractions (SFs) of <0.1, 0.1–0.2, 0.2–0.3, 0.3–0.6, 0.6–2 and 2–5 μm separated from Middle Riphean shales of the Debengda Formation are studied using the TEM, XRD, K-Ar and Rb-Sr isotopic methods. The oxygen and hydrogen isotope compositions in the SFs are studied as well. The low-temperature illite-smectite is dominant mineral in all the SFs except for the coarsest ones. The XRD, chemical and isotopic data imply that two generations of authigenic illite-smectite different in age are mixed in the SFs. The illite crystallinity index decreases in parallel with size diminishing of clay particles. As compared to coarser SFs, illite of fine-grained subfractions is enriched in Al relative to Fe and Mg, contains more K, and reveals higher K/Rb and Rb/Sr ratios. The Rb-Sr age calculated by means of the leachochron (“inner isochron”) method declines gradually from 1254-1272 Ma in the coarsest SFs to 1038-1044 Ma in finest ones, while the K-Ar age decreases simultaneously from 1225–1240 to 1080 Ma. The established positive correlation of δ¹⁸O and δD values with dimensions of clay particles in the SFs seems to be also consistent with the mixing systematics. The isotopic systematics along with data on mineral composition and morphology lead to the conclusion that mixedlayer illite-smectite was formed in the Debengda shales during two periods 1211–1272 and 1038–1080 Ma ago. The first period is likely close to the deposition time of sediments and corresponds to events of burial catagenesis, whereas the second one is correlative with the regional uplift and changes in hydrological regime during the pre-Khaipakh break in sedimentation.     

Delivery of Trace Metals (Al,Fe, Mn,V, Co,Ni, Cu,Cd, Ag,Pb) from the Trinity River Watershed Towards the Ocean

The Trinity River (Texas, USA) contains in its watershed 23 different reservoir lakes, the largest one being Lake Livingston situated in the lower Trinity River watershed and two potentially polluting metroplexes, Dallas and Houston. In order to determine fluxes of nutrients and trace metals to Galveston Bay, a survey that included 24 discreet samples collected over a year and at various stages of discharge was carried out during 2000–2001. Geochemical (i.e., sorption by Fe oxyhydroxides), biological (i.e., seasonal uptake by sinking algae in Lake Livingston), and hydrological (i.e., dilution effects by increasing flow rates) controls were found to be mainly responsible for variations in dissolved trace metal concentrations rather than pollution sources. The Trinity River loads of suspended sediments and pollutant trace metals entering Galveston Bay at Anahuac were <20% of those reaching Lake Livingston, and only a few percent of the total upstream trace metal load is entering the Gulf of Mexico. Thus, during the transit through the 23 man-made lakes and an estuary, >96% of the pollutant trace metal load is lost to sediments.     

海南长塘岭矿区大坡岩体岩石学、地球化学特征及其含矿性初探

海南大坡岩体位于五指山褶皱带内,主要受昌江—琼海构造带、琼西构造带与潭爷断陷构造带控制.岩石地球化学及岩石学研究表明,大坡岩体形成于海西-印支晚期,岩性单一,主要为中细粒似斑状黑云母二长花岗岩.岩体显示为Ⅰ型花岗岩与S型花岗岩的混合,主体以地壳物质部分熔融为主,形成过程有少量地幔物质加入.元素对的比值及稀土元素配分特征说明岩体钨锡等多金属含矿性可能较差.     

贵州岑巩羊桥罗家塘杷榔动物群的发现及其后生动物早期演化的意义

岑巩县羊桥乡罗家塘杷榔组仅出露中-上部地层,岩性单一,均为青灰、灰绿色粉砂质泥、页岩.在其上部层位发现了俞氏贵州始海百合(Guizhoueocrinus yui Zhao,Parsley et Peng,2007),计有棘皮动物始海百合、腕足动物、软体动物-软舌螺、节肢动物-三叶虫等8属9种,包括了2个未定名的新种和1...     

Breakthroughs in the biodiversity, biogeography, biostratigraphy, and basin analysis of the Beaufort group

Over the past decade researchers working on the rocks of the Beaufort Group in the main Karoo Basin of South Africa have vastly increased our understanding of this important Permo-Triassic sequence. Many new fossil forms have been discovered, allowing for breakthroughs into the biodiversity, biogeography and biostratigraphy of the group. Taxonomic and phylogenetic advances are many and varied, and cover most of the vertebrate taxa, but with emphasis placed on the temnospondyl amphibians, archosauriforms and non-mammalian synapsids, in particular the anomodontia. Biostratigraphic breakthroughs have centered on the Middle Permian Eodicynodon and Tapinocephalus assemblage zones, the Late Permian Dicynodon Assemblage Zone, and the Triassic Lystrosaurus and Cynognathus assemblage zones. Correlation of these biozones with better dated sequences in Europe, Russia and China has allowed for many chronostratigraphic refinements, which are in turn vital for sequence stratigraphical analysis of the basin fill. Based on fossil data, both the lower (Ecca–Beaufort) and upper (Beaufort–Molteno) contacts of the group have been proved to be highly diachronous. The refined chronostratigraphic framework has also allowed for a better analysis of the basin evolution through time, particularly in terms of the correlation of external stimuli that affect basin sedimentation patterns.