新疆北准噶尔苦橄岩的发现及其地质意义

在新疆北准噶尔构造带的乔夏哈拉—老山口地区发现了苦橄岩。苦橄岩、苦橄质玄武岩和玄武岩组成的熔岩层厚100～200m。在乔夏哈拉-老山口铁铜矿区,铁铜矿层于苦橄岩层内或其底板产出。苦橄岩SiO2为39.9%～46.78%,9个分析样品平均44.39%;MgO为16.4%～36.67%,平均22.01%;Na2O K2O为0.17%～1.47%,多数小于0.5%,平均0.59%;TiO2为0.28%～0.62%,个别达1.05%,平均0.50%。总体具有低硅、低铝、低钛、低碱、高镁的超镁铁喷出岩特征。其稀土元素总量小于45×10-6,轻稀土略富集,铕低正异常。微量元素Li、Be、U、Rb、Sr、Ba、V、F、Bi、Pb等明显富集,而Ni、Cr、Co和S明显亏损。表明经过一定程度的分异作用,并有上地壳成分的污染。铂族元素含量接近世界其他地区的苦橄岩,具有Pt/Pd<1和贫Os、Ir的特征。     

新疆阿尔泰东南缘哈拉乔拉镁铁质岩体地球化学特征与地质意义

哈拉乔拉镁铁质岩体位于新疆阿尔泰造山带东南缘, 主要岩石类型有辉长岩、辉长苏长岩、含长辉石岩、橄榄辉长岩和橄长岩.哈拉乔拉岩体具有低TiO₂(0.09%~1.28%)、低碱(Na₂O+K₂O=0.37%~0.78%)的特点, 属于拉斑玄武岩系列; 富集大离子亲石元素和轻稀土元素, 亏损高场强元素(Nb、Ta等), ε_Nd(t)为-2.62~-0.78, ε_Sr(t)为37.49~45.28.元素地球化学和Nd-Sr同位素组成表明, 岩浆源区为被消减板片交代改造过的富集型岩石圈地幔.原生岩浆为高镁拉斑玄武岩浆, 岩浆演化过程中主要发生了橄榄石、单斜辉石以及斜长石的分离结晶/堆晶, 后期有钛铁矿的析出.      

西藏罗布莎蛇绿岩中不同产出的纯橄岩及成因探讨

罗布莎蛇绿岩中的纯橄岩有三种产出情况,除了与豆荚状铬铁矿伴生的薄壳状纯橄岩外,还有产在方辉橄榄岩底部被认为是堆晶岩的厚层状纯橄岩和方辉橄榄岩中的透镜状纯橄岩。厚层状纯橄岩约700～1000m厚,以橄榄石富镁(Fo93～95),单斜辉石低铝富镁(Al2O30.47%～0.85%,Mg#95～97),铬尖晶石高铬低镁(Cr#值平均77,Mg#平均51)为特征。该纯橄岩中的浸染状铬铁矿也是高铬低镁型,但Mg#值(平均59)高于厚层状纯橄岩的副矿物铬尖晶石。薄壳状纯橄岩与厚层状纯橄岩成分相近,其橄榄石Fo92～94,单斜辉石Al2O3<1%和Mg#95～97;铬尖晶石的Cr#值平均71,Mg#值平均52。与薄壳状纯橄岩伴生的块状铬铁矿为高镁高铬型,但Mg#值(平均68)相对更高些,Cr#值平均79。透镜状纯橄岩的特征是橄榄石Fo(91～92)和铬尖晶石Cr#(60左右)均低于前两类纯橄岩,但单斜辉石的Al2O3(1.41%～1.71%)则高于前两者。透镜状纯橄岩的矿物成分与方辉橄榄岩重叠,两者为渐变过渡关系。研究对比表明,罗布莎厚层状纯橄岩不同于经典的蛇绿岩的超镁铁质堆晶岩,认为将其成因解释为拉斑玄武质熔体与地幔橄榄岩的反应较为合理。透镜状纯橄岩与方辉橄榄岩存在成生联系,可能是地幔橄榄岩高度部分熔融的产物,或熔体和方辉橄榄岩在原位发生反应的产物;薄壳状纯橄岩成因与厚层状纯橄岩相同,但与其相伴的块状铬铁矿是否由拉斑玄武质熔体与方辉橄榄岩反应形成,值得商榷。     

冀北小张家口基性-超基性杂岩的成因:岩石学、地球化学和Nd-Sr同位素证据

冀北小张家口基性-超基性杂岩体主要由辉石岩和次要的纯橄岩组成,并含有方辉橄榄岩透镜状捕掳体.岩石学和元素地球化学数据表明,辉石岩和纯橄岩可能是堆晶成因,而方辉橄榄岩可能是来自地幔源区的地幔岩捕掳体(抽取玄武质熔体之后的难熔残余).辉石岩和纯橄岩都表现出相当富集的Nd-Sr同位素特征,εND (t)=-2～10,ISr=0.7045～0.7081,表明它们的母岩浆来自富集的岩石圈地幔的部分熔融.化学成分和同位素成分一致表明,母岩浆在以橄榄石和辉石为主的分离结晶过程中,遭受下地壳不同程度的混染.辉石岩受显著混染,不能代表岩石圈地幔的同位素成分;而纯橄岩是最初的分离结晶体,仅受轻微下地壳混染,可近似反应岩石圈地幔源区的同位素成分.小张家口岩体的形成可能与古亚洲洋的缝合(240～250Ma)有关.     

滇西剑川OIB型苦橄玢岩:俯冲板块断离的产物?

滇西剑川地区出露小规模的OIB型苦橄质次火山岩,主要由橄榄石、单斜辉石和斜长石组成,其中橄榄石主要为贵橄榄石,Mg^#最高可达88.8。全岩SiO₂含量为43%~48%,MgO含量为12%~24%。根据橄榄石-熔体平衡原理,恢复的原始岩浆为苦橄质岩浆(MgO=13%,FeO=10%)。苦橄玢岩的微量元素标准化图解与洋岛玄武岩(OIB)相似,具有相对富集轻稀土(LREE)和大离子亲石元素(LILE)的特点。此外,斑晶橄榄石中普遍含有熔融包裹体和尖晶石包裹体。尖晶石属于富铬尖晶石,Cr^#最高可达69.0,且尖晶石具有较低的Al₂O₃(12.5%~18.6%)和较高的TiO₂(0.2%~1.7%)含量。微量元素模拟结果表明,苦橄质岩浆是高温高压(T≈1470℃,P≈2.7GPa)条件下石榴子石相橄榄岩低度部分熔融(4%~7%)的产物。结合苦橄玢岩的分布特征,推测苦橄质岩浆的形成可能与中新世时印度板块向欧亚板块高角度深俯冲过程中板片的断离导致软流圈物质沿着板片窗上涌而发生熔融有关。     

吉林红旗岭晚三叠世镁铁-超镁铁质侵入体矿物化学和岩石地球化学特征：对镍-铜成矿的启示

吉林红旗岭镁铁-超镁铁质侵入岩群位于中亚造山带东段南缘,由3个北西向岩带(I、II、III)组成,包括30多个小岩株,其中I-岩带的部分岩体伴有铜镍矿化,并且其1和7号岩体分别形成了中型和大型岩浆铜镍硫化物型矿床。矿床主要容矿岩石为辉橄岩、橄辉岩、斜方辉石岩、二辉石岩、苏长岩和辉长岩。主量元素方面,红旗岭岩群具有富镁(w(MgO)=20.7%～31.1%)、低钛(w(TiO₂)=0.33%～0.79%)、低碱(w(K₂O+Na₂O)=0.60%～2.29%)和硅(w(SiO₂)=40.0%～53.0%)变化范围大的特征;微量元素方面,红旗岭岩群呈现弱富集LREE和LILE(Th)以及亏损HREE和HFSE(Nb-Ta-Ti)。岩相学、地球化学和矿物(橄榄石、斜方辉石、单斜辉石、尖晶石、斜长石和角闪石)主微量元素特征表明,红旗岭岩群明显不同于洋岛型玄武岩、阿拉斯加型环状杂岩和科马提岩,但与岛弧玄武岩以及中亚造山带西段的“黄山西”和“黄山东”铜镍硫化物矿床的容矿超镁铁质岩相似,其母岩浆是一种富Mg、亏损...     

西秦岭同仁隆务峡蛇绿岩矿物成分特征及构造环境

同仁隆务峡蛇绿岩大地构造位置位于西秦岭造山带与中祁连带结合部,其组成为:地幔橄榄岩(纯橄岩、蛇纹石化纯橄岩)、超镁铁质堆晶单元(单辉橄榄岩、橄榄辉石岩)、镁铁质堆晶单元(含橄榄石辉长岩、辉长岩等)及少量辉绿岩,各单元均以断层接触,弱蚀变.镜下研究发现其岩浆结晶序列为橄榄石-单斜辉石-(斜方辉石)-斜长石,与典型的SSZ型(Supra-Subduction Zone type)蛇绿岩结晶序列吻合.对各单元矿物电子探针研究发现:橄榄石成分多为贵橄榄石,单斜辉石则多为普通辉石和透辉石,在利用其成分进行构造环境判别中,本区蛇绿岩形成于与挤压背景密切相关的环境.该蛇绿岩表现出轻稀土元素略富集、重稀土元素平坦的稀土元素配分形式,与MORB有较大差异.微量元素特征为相对富集大离子亲石元素Ba、Rb、K,而强烈亏损Nb、P,这恰与俯冲带组分特点吻合;同时高场强元素构造判别图解佐证了前述构造环境的判定.研究区的蛇绿岩应形成于成熟度较高的岛弧环境中.     

桐柏山造山带南麓橄长质岩墙（床）群的矿物化学、地球化学特征与成因意义

桐柏山造山带南麓随州枣阳地区的超镁铁镁铁质岩墙(床)群分为性质完全不同的两类:橄长质岩墙(床)群和变质的基性岩墙群。其中橄长质岩墙(床)群未经历过任何变形和变质作用的影响,其侵位时代应不早于区内高压超高压变质作用的时间(220~240Ma),可能属晚造山或后造山岩浆作用的产物。这些橄长质岩墙(床)群中主要造岩矿物为橄榄石、斜长石、斜方辉石和单斜辉石,含少量金云母。其中橄榄石的Fo介于72~78之间,为贵橄榄石;斜长石以倍长石为主,少数为拉长石;单斜辉石主要为普通辉石,少数为透辉石;金云母中含较高的Ti O2(3.36%),属钛金云母变种。橄榄石和普通辉石之间的平衡温度主要介于1120~1165℃之间,普通辉石的结晶温度为971~1079℃。橄长质岩墙(床)群在地球化学上以高Al2O3(17.25%~20.20%)和MgO(9.56%~15.30%)含量、高的MgO/FeO*值(1.26~1.76)以及低Ti O2(0.33%~0.58%)和低碱(Na2O K2O=1.64%~2.23%)为特征,过渡元素的丰度(Cr=70~125μg/g、Ni=251~518μg/g、Co=54~75μg/g)和Mg#值(54~67)均较高,其性质可近似代表上地幔部分熔融所形成的母岩浆。稀土元素含量低(ΣREE=18.66~35.42μg/g),轻、重稀土元素之间的分馏程度较强,(La/Yb)N=4.4~4.7,尤以强的Ba、Sr及Eu正异常(δEu=1.31~1.49)为显著特征,表明其中有较多的富钙斜长石聚集。高场强元素Nb、Ta、U、Th以及Zr和Hf无明显异常,不同于区内早古生代玄武岩所揭示的富集型上地幔的地球化学特征,而与造山带内及前、后陆地区古近纪玄武岩的地球化学特征非常相似,可能表明造山带山根拆沉后,发生过软流圈地幔与大陆岩石圈地幔强烈的相互作用。橄长质岩墙群的出现说明俯冲板块的后缘曾发生过岩石圈范围的强烈拉张作用。     

新疆北山地区漩涡岭镁铁质—超镁铁质层状岩体岩石学与矿物学研究

位于新疆北山地区的漩涡岭岩体是一堆晶层理发育的镁铁质-超镁铁质层状岩体。岩石类型主要有纯橄岩、橄长岩、橄榄辉长岩和辉长岩等。主要的造岩矿物有橄榄石、辉石、斜长石、铬尖晶石,岩相学特征表明岩浆在演化过程中经历了橄榄石、尖晶石、斜长石、斜方辉石和单斜辉石的分离结晶,结晶次序依次为橄榄石+尖晶石→斜长石→辉石,表明结晶时压力较低。漩涡岭岩体的纯橄岩中橄榄石的Fo高达90.1,这不同于新疆北部黄山岩带、喀拉通克岩体群以及甘肃金川岩体的橄榄石Fo组成,利用橄榄石最高Fo值估算得到漩涡岭岩体的母岩浆的Mg#为0.73~0.75,岩浆的液相线温度高达1330~1350℃,其岩浆为高温高Mg的苦橄质岩浆,这为塔里木东北部二叠纪地幔柱活动提供了新的证据。     

徐淮早白垩世埃达克质岩中含橄榄石单斜辉石岩的成因及其岩石学意义

报道了徐淮地区早白垩世埃达克质岩中首次发现的含橄榄石单斜辉石岩捕虏体的岩相学与矿物化学资料,该类捕虏体显示堆积结构、块状构造,主要由单斜辉石(~80%)、斜方辉石(~5%)、橄榄石(~5%)和普通角闪石(~10%)组成.橄榄石外侧发育有斜方辉石反应边,角闪石沿辉石粒间分布,呈嵌晶结构.矿物化学分析结果表明:橄榄石的镁橄榄石分子值(Fo)=77.7~79.3,Ni=623×10-6~773×10-6;斜方辉石的Mg#=75.6~80.2,Cr=161×10-6~684×10-6,Ni=79×10-6~708×10-6;单斜辉石的Mg#=84.5~86.4,CaO=21.59%~23.13%,Al2O3=1.72%~2.44%.上述矿物与中、新生代玄武岩中橄榄石、斜方辉石和单斜辉石斑晶以及堆积成因辉石岩中的斜方辉石和单斜辉石成分类似.此外,单斜辉石的稀土配分型式以相对富含中稀土元素的上凸型为特征,稀土元素含量较低(∑REE=10.14×10-6~12.71×10-6),无明显的铕异常(δEu=0.90~1.16),类似于新生代玄武岩中单斜辉石斑晶.捕虏体中的普通角闪石的Mg#=74.0~80.4、SiO2=43.2%~44.5%、Na2O=2.04%~2.29%,稀土元素分馏不明显,显示亏损高场强元素(HFSEs,如Nb、Ta、Zr、Hf),富集Sr、Rb、Ba的特征,与新生代玄武岩中角闪石捕虏晶成分不同.结合其嵌晶结构,普通角闪石应是寄主岩浆贯入结晶的产物.综合上述特征,可以看出含橄榄石单斜辉石捕虏体为镁铁质岩浆高压堆晶成因.结合华北克拉通东部早白垩世双峰式火山岩组合的出现,推断含橄榄石单斜辉石岩捕虏体可能是早白垩世基性岩浆底侵的产物.     

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.