新疆东准噶尔卡拉麦里钾质玄武岩的地球化学特征、成因及其构造意义

卡拉麦里钾质火山岩位于准噶尔盆地的东北缘下石炭统巴塔玛依内山组内。这些火山岩以粗面玄武岩和玄武质粗面安山岩为主,SiO2含量稳定(46.29%～51.56%),具有较高的碱含量(K2O+Na2O=5.39%～6.96%)以及高K2O/Na2O比值(K2O/Na2O=0.5～1.4),TiO2含量相对稳定(0.94%～1.21%),显示钾玄质岩石特征。岩石地球化学表明,钾玄岩强烈富集LILE(如K、Rb和Sr)和LREE((La/Yb)N=4.39～6.25),Eu正异常明显(δEu=1.3～1.7),相对亏损HFSE(如Zr、Hf),Ta、Nb和Ti呈明显的"TNT"负异常,及较高Ba/Nb和Ba/Ta比值(分别为38～93,574～1470),显示典型岛弧岩浆特征,而Nd-Sr同位素显示亏损地幔源区特征。不相容元素(Nb/La)N和Ba/La比值(分别为0.33～0.41,11.07～18.82)以及高Nb含量(4.45×10-6～7.76×10-6),表明这些岩石来自一个交代作用富集的地幔源区。通过钾质火山岩环境的梯次判别图研究,发现巴塔玛依内山组钾玄岩形成于后碰撞环境,显示岛弧的岩石地球化学特征。在后碰撞期,由于陆内调整和均衡作用,东准噶尔东北缘的岩石圈伸展减薄,随着岩石圈地幔的减薄,前期交代富集的下部地幔楔(金云母和/或钾质角闪石-尖晶石相二辉橄榄岩)发生低度部分熔融形成钾玄质母岩浆,诱发了后碰撞型钾玄质岩浆活动(具有弧火山岩岩石地球化学特征),形成了卡拉麦里巴塔玛依内山组钾质玄武岩。     

东准噶尔卡拉麦里地区巴塔玛依内山组火山岩LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄

巴塔玛依内山组是一套以火山岩为主的陆相火山-沉积地层,在东准噶尔地区广泛分布,规模巨大,且形成时代久存争议。通过对卡拉麦里地区巴塔玛依内山组层型剖面的重新实测,以及对该组中下部层位玄武岩进行LA-ICP-MS测年,获得锆石U-Pb年龄为(338.7±7.7) Ma(MSWD=0.24)。所测锆石的CL图像上可见明显的震荡环带结构,且锆石Th/U比值为0.11～0.95,均大于0.10,13颗锆石的Th/U平均值为0.56,Th/U呈正相关,说明属岩浆锆石,指示其代表了巴塔玛依内山组的形成时代。结合前人的年代学数据及化石资料,将巴塔玛依内山组时代确定为早石炭世中期—晚石炭世初期,认为其中下部层位时代不晚于338.7 Ma。该成果进一步约束了区内陆相火山地层的时代,并为研究东准噶尔构造带的火山岩浆作用及其构造演化提供了新的年代学依据。     

东准噶尔巴塔玛依内山组火成岩锆石U-Pb年龄及其地质意义

以东准噶尔双井子地区巴塔玛依内山组和石钱滩组剖面为研究对象,通过岩矿鉴定、地球化学分析、锆石U-Pb定年和牙形刺挑选等方法,对巴塔玛依内山组和石钱滩组的年代学特征进行了研究。结果表明,巴塔玛依内山组火山岩的形成时间始于348. 7±2. 9Ma,318. 7±4. 2Ma之后结束,侵入岩的形成时间为255. 9±3. 5Ma,这些样品中普遍含有捕获锆石,这些锆石具有岩浆锆石的特征,年龄介于早石炭世杜内期和前寒武纪之间(354. 7～971. 2Ma),与盆地周边发育的岛弧火成岩和蛇绿岩年龄相仿,此外在石钱滩组灰岩内得到4颗牙形刺化石,分属于2个属,分别为Idiognathodus和Streptognathodus。以此为基础,通过搜集整理前人数据,得到如下结论:(1)巴塔玛依内山组火山岩地层是穿时的,从早石炭世到晚石炭世连续发育,形成时间介于348. 7±2. 9Ma～300. 4±1. 3Ma之间;(2)巴塔玛依内山组上部的石钱滩组形成于318. 7±4. 2Ma之后的晚石炭世;(3)卡拉麦里蛇绿岩所代表的准噶尔洋盆闭合时间在晚泥盆世法门期和348. 7Ma之间;(4)准噶尔盆地基底可能由岛弧和洋壳组成,且存在前寒武纪基底。本研究旨在确定巴塔玛依内山组和石钱滩组地层时代,并为卡拉麦里洋闭合时限以及盆地基底性质等问题的解决提供依据。     

卡拉麦里地区黑山头组火山岩地球化学特征及构造环境分析

黑山头组火山岩位于新疆东准噶尔卡拉麦里蛇绿岩带东北缘,主要为玄武岩、玄武质安山岩和安山岩,属钙碱性-高钾钙碱性系列.火山岩Mg#介于8.62～43.90,全碱含量较高(Na2O+K2O为4.19%～9.33%),且Na2O(2.20%～4.93%)>K2O(0.54%～4.40%),TiO2和P2O5含量较高(分别为0.68%～1.28%和0.10%～0.28%),轻稀土元素(LREE)相对重稀土元素(HREE)富集((La/Yb)N=1.06～3.56),无明显重稀土分馏((Gd/Yb)N=0.73～1.54),弱铕异常(δEu=0.60～1.17)和铈异常(δCe=0.89～0.95),强烈富集LILE(如Rb,Th),适度富集Ba,K等,强烈亏损HFSE(如Nb,Ta),弱亏损Zr,Hf和Ti,显示较明显TNT负异常,较高Ba/La(13.30～124.43)、Ba/Nb(11.48～161.29)和La/Nb(0.86～2.37)比值,较低的Nb/Y(0.2～0.4)、Nb/Ta(7～16)和Zr/Hf(17～37)比值.同位素年代学、地球化学特征及构造环境判别图解综合研究表明,卡拉麦里地区早石炭世岩浆活动显示板内岩浆演化特征,具弧火山岩地球化学痕迹,形成于后碰撞期伸展背景下,是软流圈物质上涌并发生部分熔融,形成岩浆在上升和侵位过程中受早石炭世弧组分混染的产物.     

东准噶尔石炭系巴塔玛依内山组火山岩全岩Sm-Nd等时线年龄及其构造意义

东准噶尔地区石炭系巴塔玛依内山组火山岩分布广泛,规模巨大,目前对其形成时代及构造背景的认识还存在着较大的争议。以火山岩中的玄武岩、玄武安山岩为研究对象,进行了岩石学、岩石地球化学和Sm-Nd同位素地球化学方面的研究。结果表明,该套火山岩属高钾钙碱性火山岩系,微量元素和稀土元素特征相似,(143Nd/144Nd)i变化幅度小,εNd(t)和T2DM近乎相同,具同源岩浆演化特征和良好的封闭条件。利用Sm-Nd等时线定年方法获得的玄武岩全岩等时线年龄为(319.7±5.9)Ma,(143Nd/144Nd)i=0.512414±0.000006,MSWD=0.34,与区域地质构造背景和已有化石证据基本吻合,代表了火山岩的形成时代。准噶尔地区晚古生代区域构造背景复杂。位于西伯利亚板块和哈萨克斯坦-准噶尔板块之间的古亚洲洋存在双向俯冲消减过程。南向俯冲带位于扎河坝-克拉玛依一线,俯冲作用至少延续至(319.7±5.9)Ma。持续的南向俯冲造就了东准噶尔地区扎河坝下泥盆统托让格库都克组火山岩代表的岛弧和卡拉麦里蛇绿岩代表的卡拉麦里不成熟弧后盆地的形成。东准噶尔地区石炭系巴塔玛依内山组火山岩就是该过程中不成熟弧后盆地的产物,成岩过程可能是:古亚洲洋持续南向俯冲,导致卡拉麦里地区幔源物质大量上隆并引起弧后扩张,并在消减沉积物和(或)俯冲洋壳脱水产生的流体作用下发生部分熔融,形成的玄武质岩浆不断底侵至壳幔边界,引起少量主体由古生代残余洋壳和岛弧体系组成的年轻下地壳物质部分熔融生成岩浆,并发生相互较完全的混合,而后随着混合岩浆的不断聚集和构造伸展作用的进一步持续,岩浆沿构造薄弱带快速上升至地表,喷发成岩。319.7~311 Ma左右的中亚造山带持续南向增生导致了卡拉麦里弧盆北侧古亚洲洋的消亡,并最终迫使卡拉麦里弧盆北向俯冲消减而闭合。     

东准噶尔早二叠世后碰撞岩浆活动:蕴都卡拉流纹岩SHRIMP U-Pb年代学、地球化学和Hf同位素的制约

东准噶尔扎河坝地区发育的大规模古生代中晚期中酸性火山岩的岩浆源区、岩石成因和构造环境以及年代学迄今尚未得到很好的约束,对上述问题的深入分析有助于揭示东准噶尔晚古生代的岩浆作用过程及中亚地壳生长方式.野外地质考察得出,东准噶尔蕴都卡拉地区展现北东-南西向区域性挤压构造变形,原巴塔玛依内山组为一套基性岩、中酸性岩以及火山碎屑岩组合.本文报道了东准噶尔扎河坝地区蕴都卡拉流纹岩的锆石SHRIMP U-Pb年代学、全岩地球化学和锆石Hf同位素分析结果.3个流纹岩的锆石SHRIMP U-Pb定年结果共同指示,蕴都卡拉流纹岩形成于276.0～ 279.8Ma.流纹岩高硅(SiO2=60.61％ ～ 78.07％)高碱(K2O+ Na2O=6.46％ ～9.28％),高Fe2O3T (0.70％ ～3.30％)、Ga/Al,低CaO(0.18％～2.79％)、MgO(0.13％～1.31％),富集轻稀土和高场强元素(Zr、Hf),亏损Ba、Sr、Eu,弱亏损Nb、Ta,具有A型过铝质中-高钾钙碱性花岗岩的特征.锆石具有正的εHf(t) (10.3～14.6)和年轻的地壳模式年龄(348～557Ma),表明其可能来源于年轻的下地壳物质的重熔.综合东准噶尔区域地质资料以及前人对本区蛇绿岩带的研究得出,蕴都卡拉地区在早二叠世处于伸展环境,该流纹岩可能是弧-弧或弧-陆后碰撞伸展背景下,软流圈物质上涌过程中造成年轻下地壳发生部分熔融产生的酸性岩浆在上升、侵位的过程中的产物,同时表明垂向生长在中亚造山带早二叠世地壳生长过程中占主导地位.     

新疆西准噶尔哈拉阿拉特山火山岩LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄、地球化学特征及意义

西准噶尔哈拉阿拉特山一带阿腊德依克赛组火山岩主要由玄武岩、玄武安山岩和安山岩组成。玄武岩LA ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄为303.8±2.4 Ma,MSWD=0.82(95%置信度),时代为晚石炭世。火山岩地球化学研究表明,SiO2含量为51.05%~59.31%,TiO2为0.90%~1.33%、全碱K2O+Na2O为3.97%~8.07%,富钠贫钾(Na2O/K2O2)。A12O3为16.58%~19.84%、MgO为2.50%~5.01%,Mg#为35.04~47.62,主体属于亚碱性系列。稀土元素总量高(∑REE=41.12×10-6~73.93×10-6),轻、重稀土分馏较强((La/Yb)N=2.01~5.33),具轻微负Eu异常(Eu/Eu*=0.72~0.88)。相对富集LILE(Ba、Th、K和Sr),轻微亏损HFSE(Zr、Hf),Nb和Ta强烈亏损,Ti轻微亏损。地球化学特征表明岩浆由亏损地幔部分熔融形成,受俯冲带流体的影响,属于博什库尔-成吉斯岩浆弧南部活动大陆边缘火山作用的产物。西准噶尔东部增生造山作用滞后于西部,这为进一步认识西准噶尔地区晚古生代构造演化提供了依据。     

东准噶尔晚石炭世双峰式火山岩年代学、地球化学及其构造意义

新疆东准噶尔卡拉麦里造山带晚石炭世双峰式火山岩很好地记录了中亚造山带晚古生代时期洋陆转换阶段复杂的岩浆作用过程,对该过程的详细剖析能更好地理解中亚造山带的地质历史.通过该区域晚石炭世巴塔玛依内山组火山岩详细的岩石学、地球化学、锆石U-Pb年代学和Sr-Nd-Pb同位素组成的研究,并结合区域上已有的研究成果,获得了如下认识:(1) 该套火山岩组合形成于晚石炭世早期320.2±4.2 Ma,为晚石炭世早期陆相喷发的产物.火山岩具明显的双峰式组合的特征,基性端元由碱性系列和拉斑系列的玄武岩、玄武质粗面安山岩组成;酸性端元由粗面岩和流纹岩组成,成分上相当于A型花岗岩;(2) 岩石地球化学和同位素特征显示,该套双峰式火山岩来源于不同的岩浆源区,基性岩来自于亏损的地幔源区,在岩浆上升过程中发生橄榄石及单斜辉石的分离结晶作用并遭受了地壳混染,而酸性岩来自于下地壳的部分熔融;(3) 该套双峰式火山岩产出于后碰撞末期的构造环境,由于洋壳的拆沉作用而引发软流圈上涌,使得上覆的地幔发生部分熔融产生岩浆,同时由于底侵作用导致地壳下部发生部分熔融,喷发出地表形成该双峰式火山岩套,这套双峰式火山岩的出现,标志着东准噶尔卡拉麦里地区造山作用进入尾声.      

准噶尔盆地东部北三台地区石炭系火山岩的锆石U-Pb年代学、地球化学特征及其构造意义

准噶尔盆地北三台地区钻井岩心获得的巴塔玛依内山组火山岩主要由玄武岩、玄武安山岩、安山岩和英安岩及部分火山碎屑岩组成。地球化学研究结果显示,火山岩为低TiO₂、高Na₂O的钙碱性系列,具低到中度轻、重稀土分馏的谱型,相对富集大离子亲石元素,贫高场强元素,明显亏损Nb和Ta、富集Pb;由基性到中酸性火山岩。Sr、Ti和P的亏损逐渐增大,证明是与大洋俯冲相关的岛弧环境同源岩浆演化的产物。LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年分别获得安山岩和英安岩325～321Ma和310 Ma的形成年龄,结合前人同层位获得基性火山岩300 Ma的形成年龄认为,准噶尔洋在盆地东部的俯冲作用一直延续至晚石炭世,大洋闭合可能发生在晚石炭世末期。     

东准噶尔卡拉麦里蛇绿岩带南侧侵入体的岩石学、地球化学及年代学特征

东准噶尔卡拉麦里蛇绿岩带南侧分布有大量的石炭纪侵入体,主要出露于五彩城、滴水泉一带及野马站地区。通过对卡拉麦里断裂以南侵入体岩石类型、锆石年代学、地球化学的综合分析,划分出早石炭世后碰撞I型花岗岩类及晚石炭世陆内双峰式侵入岩(碱长花岗岩+角闪辉长岩)。结合断裂以北黄羊山、老鸦泉岩体新近发表的数据及区域内火山岩的研究成果,对卡拉麦里地区石炭纪—二叠纪构造-岩浆演化过程给出了新认识,即卡拉麦里地区从后碰撞到陆内伸展的构造转换时间为早石炭世末期—晚石炭世早期,后碰撞阶段岩浆岩以钙碱性I型花岗岩、玄武安山岩、安山岩为特点,陆内伸展阶段以典型的双峰式岩浆岩(辉长岩+花岗岩、玄武岩+流纹岩)及A型花岗岩为特点,卡拉麦里地区具有正εNd值的花岗岩类来源于亏损地幔形成的年轻地壳的部分熔融。     

Roles of xenomelts,xenoliths, xenocrysts,xenovolatiles, residues,and skarns in the genesis,transport, and localization of magmatic Fe-Ni-Cu-PGE sulfides and chromite

Most sulfide-rich magmatic Ni-Cu-(PGE) deposits form in dynamic magmatic systems by partial melting S-bearing wall rocks with variable degrees of assimilation of miscible silicate and volatile components, and generation of barren to weakly-mineralized immiscible Fe sulfide xenomelts into which Ni-Cu-Co-PGE partition from the magma. Some exceptionally-thick magmatic Cr deposits may form by partial melting oxide-bearing wall rocks with variable degrees of assimilation of the miscible silicate and volatile components, and generation of barren Fe ± Ti oxide xenocrysts into which Cr-Mg-V ± Ti partition from the magma. The products of these processes are variably preserved as skarns, residues, xenoliths, xenocrysts, xenomelts, and xenovolatiles, which play important to critical roles in ore genesis, transport, localization, and/or modification. Incorporation of barren xenoliths/autoliths may induce small amounts of sulfide/chromite to segregate, but incorporation of sulfide xenomelts or oxide xenocrysts with dynamic upgrading of metal tenors (PGE > Cu > Ni > Co and Cr > V > Ti, respectively) is required to make significant ore deposits. Silicate xenomelts are only rarely preserved, but will be variably depleted in chalcophile and ferrous metals. Less dense felsic xenoliths may aid upward sulfide transport by increasing the effective viscosity and decreasing the bulk density of the magma. Denser mafic or metamorphosed xenoliths may also increase the effective viscosity of the magma, but may aid downward sulfide transport by increasing the bulk density of the magma. Sulfide wets olivine, so olivine xenocrysts may act as filter beds to collect advected finely dispersed sulfide droplets, but other silicates and xenoliths may not be wetted by sulfides. Xenovolatiles may retard settling of – or in some cases float – dense sulfide droplets. Reactions of sulfide melts with felsic country rocks may generate Fe-rich skarns that may allow sulfide melts to fractionate to more extreme Cu-Ni-rich compositions. Xenoliths, xenocrysts, xenomelts, and xenovolatiles are more likely to be preserved in cooler basaltic magmas than in hotter komatiitic magmas, and are more likely to be preserved in less dynamic (less turbulent) systems/domain/phases than in more dynamic (more turbulent) systems/domains/phases. Massive to semi-massive Ni-Cu-PGE and Cr mineralization and xenoliths are often localized within footwall embayments, dilations/jogs in dikes, throats of magma conduits, and the horizontal segments of dike-chonolith and dike-sill complexes, which represent fluid dynamic traps for both ascending and descending sulfides/oxides. If skarns, residues, xenoliths, xenocrysts, xenomelts, and/or xenovolatiles are present, they provide important constraints on ore genesis and they are valuable exploration indicators, but they must be included in elemental and isotopic mass balance calculations.     

Mountains,nations, parks,and conservation

Between 1985 and 1991, two new mountain protected areas (MTNPA) covering more than 35,000 km² and based on participatory management models — the Makalu-Barun National Park and Conservation Area, Nepal, and Qomolangma Nature Preserve, Tibet Autonomous Region — were successfully established through the collaborative efforts of Woodlands Mountain Institute and conservationists in China and Nepal. Characteristics common to both projects include the importance of establishing (1) effective rationales, (2) local support constituencies, (3) a senior advisory group, (4) a task force, (5) linkages between conservation and development, and (6) fund raising mechanisms. The lessons derived from the experiences of Woodlands Mountain Institute are of significant value to others in preserving MTNPA. Increased collaboration and communication between all interested in conservation, however, will remain a critical component for expanding mountain protected area coverage to throughout the world.     

Parents,permission, and possibility: Young women,college, and imagined futures in Gujarat,India

This article advances critical geographies of youth through examining the spatiality implicit in the imagined futures of young women in rural India. Geographers and other scholars of youth have begun to pay more attention to the interplay between young people’s past, present, and imagined futures. Within this emerging body of scholarship the role of the family and peer group in influencing young people’s orientations toward the future remain underexamined. Drawing on eleven months of ethnographic fieldwork, my research focuses on a first generation of college-going young women from socioeconomically marginalized backgrounds in India’s westernmost state of Gujarat. I draw on the “possible selves” theoretical construct in order to deploy a flexible conceptual framework that links imagined post-educational trajectories with motivation to act in the present. In tracing the physical movement of these young women as they navigate and complete college, my analysis highlights the ways in which particular kinds of spaces and spatial arrangements facilitate and limit intra- and inter-generational contact, and the extent to which this affects young women’s conceptions of the future. I conclude by considering the wider implications of my research for ongoing debates surrounding youth transitions, relational geographies of age, and education in the Global South.     

Coprecipitation of Ti,Mo, Sn and Sb with fluorides and application to determination of B,Ti, Zr,Nb, Mo,Sn, Sb,Hf and Ta by ICP-MS

We examined the coprecipitation behavior of Ti, Mo, Sn and Sb in Ca–Al–Mg fluorides under two different fluoride forming conditions: at < 70 °C in an ultrasonic bath (denoted as the ultrasonic method) and at 245 °C using a Teflon bomb (denoted as the bomb method). In the ultrasonic method, small amounts of Ti, Mo and Sn coprecipitation were observed with 100% Ca and 100% Mg fluorides. No coprecipitation of Ti, Mo, Sn and Sb in Ca–Al–Mg fluorides occurred when the sample was decomposed by the bomb method except for 100% Ca fluoride. Based on our coprecipitation observations, we have developed a simultaneous determination method for B, Ti, Zr, Nb, Mo, Sn, Sb, Hf and Ta by Q-pole type ICP-MS (ICP-QMS) and sector field type ICP-MS (ICP-SFMS). 9–50 mg of samples with Zr–Mo–Sn–Sb–Hf spikes were decomposed by HF using the bomb method and the ultrasonic method with B spike. The sample was then evaporated and re-dissolved into 0.5 mol l^− 1 HF, followed by the removal of fluorides by centrifuging. B, Zr, Mo, Sn, Sb and Hf were measured by ID method. Nb and Ta were measured by the ID-internal standardization method, based on Nb/Mo and Ta/Mo ratios using ICP-QMS, for which pseudo-FI was developed and applied. When 100% recovery yields of Zr and Hf are expected, Nb/Zr and Ta/Hf ratios may also be used. Ti was determined by the ID-internal standardization method, based on the Ti/Nb ratio from ICP-SFMS. Only 0.053 ml sample solution was required for measurement of all 9 elements. Dilution factors of ≤ 340 were aspirated without matrix effects. To demonstrate the applicability of our method, 4 carbonaceous chondrites (Ivuna, Orgueil, Cold Bokkeveld and Allende) as well as GSJ and USGS silicate reference materials of basalts, andesites and peridotites were analyzed. Our analytical results are consistent with previous studies, and the mean reproducibility of each element is 1.0–4.6% for basalts and andesites, and 6.7–11% for peridotites except for TiO₂.     

Comparative study of As,Cd, Cu,Cr, Mg,Mn, Ni,Pb and Zn concentrations between sediment and water from estuary and port

The contents of As, Cd, Cu, Cr, Mg, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn have been determined in sediment and water samples from Valle de las Garzas estuary and Port Manzanillo (Colima, Mexico) using ICP-AES. The concentrations of these elements were used for a comparative study to determine the distribution of heavy metals and to evaluate which elements reflect natural or anthropogenic backgrounds. For this purpose, seven sampling points were selected: Four of them correspond to the lagoon, and three were situated in the port. Statistical analysis of the mineral content was assessed. Initially, data comparison was assessed by statistical tests for each variable. Principal component analysis was then applied considering the influence of all variables at the same time by obtaining the distribution of samples according to their scores in the principal component space. In this way, four studies were carried out: (1) study of sediments collected during the dry season; (2) study of sediments collected during the rainy season; (3) comparative study between sediments from rainy and dry season; and (4) study of water composition collected during rainy season. From the results of the performed analyses, it can be concluded that metals distribution pattern reflected natural and anthropogenic backgrounds (e.g., sediments from the lagoon, situated at the beginning of the rain channel, presented high contents of Zn and Cu, perhaps related to anthropogenic activities or the influence of igneous sediments).     

Models,validation, and applied geochemistry: Issues in science,communication, and philosophy

Models have become so fashionable that many scientists and engineers cannot imagine working without them. The predominant use of computer codes to execute model calculations has blurred the distinction between code and model. The recent controversy regarding model validation has brought into question what we mean by a ‘model’ and by ‘validation.’ It has become apparent that the usual meaning of validation may be common in engineering practice and seems useful in legal practice but it is contrary to scientific practice and brings into question our understanding of science and how it can best be applied to such problems as hazardous waste characterization, remediation, and aqueous geochemistry in general. This review summarizes arguments against using the phrase model validation and examines efforts to validate models for high-level radioactive waste management and for permitting and monitoring open-pit mines. Part of the controversy comes from a misunderstanding of ‘prediction’ and the need to distinguish logical from temporal prediction. Another problem stems from the difference in the engineering approach contrasted with the scientific approach. The reductionist influence on the way we approach environmental investigations also limits our ability to model the interconnected nature of reality. Guidelines are proposed to improve our perceptions and proper utilization of models. Use of the word ‘validation’ is strongly discouraged when discussing model reliability.     

Partition coefficients of Hf,Zr, and REE between zircon,apatite, and liquid

Concentration ratios of Hf, Zr, and REE between zircon, apatite, and liquid were determined for three igneous compositions: two andesites and a diorite. The concentration ratios of these elements between zircon and corresponding liquid can approximate the partition coefficient. Although the concentration ratios between apatite and andesite groundmass can be considered as partition coefficients, those for the apatite in the diorite may deviate from the partition coefficients. The HREE partition coefficients between zircon and liquid are very large (100 for Er to 500 for Lu), and the Hf partition coefficient is even larger. The REE partition coefficients between apatite and liquid are convex upward, and large (D=10–100), whereas the Hf and Zr partition coefficients are less than 1. The large differences between partition coefficients of Lu and Hf for zircon-liquid and for apatite-liquid are confirmed. These partition coefficients are useful for petrogenetic models involving zircon and apatite.     

Pools,riffles, and channelization

The addition of regularly spaced deeps (pools) and shallows (riffles) that provide a variety of flow conditions, areal sorting of stream-bed material, cover for wildlife, and a positive aesthetic experience, may be desirable in many channel projects. Such designs will reduce adverse environmental impacts of stream channel modifications. Analysis of variance for pool-to-pool spacing data suggests that there is no significant difference with respect to channel width between pools that form in natural streams and those in streams affected by a variety of human uses. Short of channelization, which changes the channel width, pools and riffles, within limits, are not particularly sensitive to environmental stress. Experiments in Gum Branch near Charlotte, North Carolina, support the hypothesis that channel form and process evolve in harmony and that manipulation of cross-channel morphology can influence the development of desired channel processes. Planned manipulation of its channel form induced Gum Branch to develop as desired. Morphologic stability consisting of incipient point bars, pools, and riffles was maintained over a period of high magnitude flood events, only to be degraded later by a wave of sediment derived from upstream construction and stream-bank failures. Thus, environmentally desirable channel morphology in urban streams cannot remain stable if changes in the sediment load or storm-water runoff exceed the limits of the stream's ability to make internal adjustments while maintaining morphologic stability.     

Entropy,materials, and posterity

Materials and energy are the interdependent feedstocks of economic systems, and thermodynamics is their moderator. It costs energy to transform the dispersed minerals of Earth's crust into ordered materials and structures. And it costs materials to collect and focus the energy to perform work — be it from solar, fossil fuel, nuclear, or other sources. The greater the dispersal of minerals sought, the more energy is required to collect them into ordered states.But available energy can be used once only. And the ordered materials of industrial economies become disordered with time. They may be partially reordered and recycled, but only at further costs in energy. Available energy everywhere degrades to bound states and order to disorder — for though entropy may be juggled it always increases. Yet industry is utterly dependent on low entropy states of matter and energy, while decreasing grades of ore require ever higher inputs of energy to convert them to metals, with ever increasing growth both of entropy and environmental hazard.Except as we may prize a thing for its intrinsic qualities — beauty, leisure, love, or gold — low-entropy is the only thing of real value. It is worth whatever the market will bear, and it becomes more valuable as entropy increases. It would be foolish of suppliers to sell it more cheaply or in larger amounts than their own enjoyment of life requires, whatever form it may take. For this reason, and because of physical constraints on the availability of all low-entropy states, the recent energy crises is only the first of a sequence of crises to be expected in energy and materials as long as current trends continue.The apportioning of low-entropy states in a modern industrial society is achieved more or less according to the theory of competitive markets. But the rational powers of this theory suffer as the world grows increasingly polarized into rich, over-industrialized nations with diminishing resource bases and poor, supplier nations with little industry. The theory also discounts posterity, the more so as population density and percapita rates of consumption continue to grow. A new social, economic, and ecologic norm that leads to population control, conservation, and an apportionment of low-entropy states across the generations is needed to assure to posterity the options that properly belong to it as an important but voiceless constituency of the collectivity we call mankind.

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Zusammenfassung Rohstoffe und Energie sind die Grundlagen unseres ökonomischen Systems, das von den Gesetzen der Thermodynamik bestimmt wird. Es kostet Energie, um die auf der Erde verteilten Rohstoffe diesem System zuzuführen. Andererseits braucht man Rohstoffe, um die Energie nutzbar zu machen.Die verfügbare Energie kann nur einmal genutzt werden und das Material verbraucht sich. Verbrauchtes Material kann teilweise zur weiteren Nutzung zurückgeführt werden, das kostet wiederum Energie. Die verfügbare Energie nimmt überall ab, und einmal geschaffene Ordnung gerät wieder in Unordnung — das heißt, die Entropie des Systems nimmt ständig zu. Die Industrie ist jedoch abhängig von einem niedrigen Entropiezustand sowohl der Materie als auch der Energie.Je ärmer die Erze sind, um so höher wird die Energie sein, um sie in Metalle umzuwandeln, wobei die Entropie und die Belastung der Umwelt ständig zunimmt.Außer den Dingen, die wir wegen höherer ideeller Werte schätzen, ist eine niedrige Entropie der einzige realistische Wertmaßstab, und der wirkliche Wertzuwachs ist nur an einer höheren Entropie zu messen. Es ist unverantwortlich, Dinge, die eine höhere Entropie bedingen, billiger zu verkaufen oder in größerer Menge zu erzeugen, als unbedingt notwendig ist. Da wir dies heute in unserem Handeln nicht berücksichtigen, ist die derzeitige Energiekrise nur der Anfang einer Folge von Krisen, die Energie und Rohstoffe betreffen, solange wir nicht umdenken.Die Verteilung von niedriger Entropie in einer modernen Industriegesellschaft wird mehr oder weniger nach dem Prinzip der konkurrierenden Märkte erreicht. Das selbstregulierende System gerät jedoch mit zunehmender Polarisierung in reiche Industrienationen mit abnehmenden Ressourcen und armen Nationen mit geringer Industrialisierung in Unordnung. Dieses Prinzip berücksichtigt auch nicht die Nachwelt, vor allem wenn die Bevölkerungsdichte stetig zunimmt und die Konsumbedürfnisse anwachsen. Es sind neue soziale, ökonomische und ökologische Normen notwendig, die zur Populationskontrolle, zur Erhaltung der Umwelt und zu einem Zustand niedriger Entropie für zukünftige Generationen führen. Die nach uns kommenden Menschen haben ein Anrecht darauf.

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Résumé Matériaux et énergie sont les sources des systèmes économiques et sont régis par les lois de la thermodynamique. Il faut de l'énergie pour transformer les ressources minérales dispersées dans la croûte terrestre en matériaux et structures ordonnancées. Et il faut des matériaux pour receuillir et concentrer l'énergie, qu'elle soit solaire ou atomique, ou provienne de combustibles fossiles ou d'autres sources. Plus les minéraux recherchés sont dispersés et plus est côuteuse l'énergie pour leur donner une ordonnance.Or l'énergie disponsible ne peut être utilisée qu'une seule fois. Et les matériaux ordonnancés des économies industrielles se dégradent avec le temps. Ils peuvent être remis partiellement en état et recyclés, mais pour cela il faut de nouveau de l'énergie. Partout l'énergie disponible se dégrade et l'ordre devient désordre; -malgré toutes les jongleries possibles l'entropie augmente toujours.L'industrie dépend clairement d'états de basse entropie tant en ce qui concerne les matériaux que l'énergie, tandis que plus pauvres sont les minerais, plus; élevée est l'énergie à mettre en jeu pour en extraire les métaux, avec toujours augmentation à la fois de l'entropie et de la degradation des milieux.A l'exception de ce que nous apprécions pour leur valeur intrinsèque — la beauté, le loisir, l'amour ou l'or — la basse entropie est la seule chose de réelle valeur. Son prix est réglé par le marché, et sa valeur augmente au fur et à mesure que l'entropie s'accroît. Ceux qui en disposent seraient insensés de la vendre à bas prix ou en quantité supérieure à ce qu'exige leur propre niveau de vie. Pour cette raison, et à cause des contraintes physiques liées à la disponibilité en états de basse entropie, la récente crise d'énergie n'est, en ce qui concerne les matières premières et l'énergie, que la première d'une série de crises auxquelles il faut s'attendre aussi longtemps que se poursoit la marche actuelle des étènements.Dans les sociétés industrielles modernes, les approvisionnement en basse entropie s'effectuent plus ou moins conformément à la théorie de la concurrence des marchés. Cependant la rationalité de cette théorie se ressent de l'accentuation croissante de la polarisation, à l'échelle du monde, en nations riches, surindustrialisées, à ressources de base décroissantes, et en nations pauvres, sous-industrialisées, mais fournisseurs de resources-naturelles. De plus cette théorie ne tient pas compte de notre postérité, et ce, en face d'une densité de population et d'un taux de la consommation par tête d'habitant en augmentation continue.Nous avons donc besoin de nouvelles normes sociales, économiques et écologiques qui conduisent au contrôle de la population, à la conservation et à la répartition des états de basse entropie à travers les générations pour assurer à notre postérité les options qui leur riviennent de droit comme une constituante importante, mais encore muette, de la collectivité que nous appelons l'Humanité.

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Dedicated with appreciation to Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, distinguished economist, realist among cornucopians