个旧老厂Sn-Cu矿床内外接触带矿体原生晕分带与深部矿体预测模型

矿床的原生晕通常形成在矿体周围,与蚀变矿物和矿石矿物同时形成。矿床原生晕的分带规律能够提供较为准确的找矿目标。一些金属矿床的原生晕具有示踪隐伏矿体的作用,从而为探测深埋矿体提供了重要的线索。老厂大型锡多金属矿床是个旧巨型锡多金属矿床的重要组成部分,以广泛发育夕卡岩化矿化为其特征。根据其空间分布夕卡岩矿化可分为两类:内夕卡岩矿化和外夕卡岩矿化。前者发生在侵入体内蚀变带,后者主要形成于侵入体附近的蚀变碳酸盐岩中。它们在地球化学特征上有以下异同:(1)内夕卡岩和外夕卡岩矿体的轴向分带序列(从矿体的头部到尾部)分别为Ag-As-Bi-Cu-F-Pb-Sn-Zn-B→Ba-Co-Cr-Ni-Sb-V→Be-Mo-W和F-B-Ba-W→Cu-Sb-Be-Cr→Sn-Pb-Zn-Ni-Ag→Co-Mo-Bi-As。这表明异常元素的种类具有高度一致性,但轴向分带序列存在很大差异。(2)统计分析表明内夕卡岩矿化具有三种主要成矿元素组合:(a)As-B-Be-Co-Sn组合代表发育在花岗岩内蚀变带的云英岩化有关的锡石-硫化物-电气石蚀变矿化组合;(b)Mo-W代表与高温夕卡岩化相关的辉钼矿-白钨矿矿化组合;(c)Ag-Pb-Cu-Zn代表后期叠加于内蚀变带角银矿-方铅矿-闪锌矿-黄铜矿矿化组合。(3)外夕卡岩矿化也具有三种主要成矿元素组合:(a)Ag-Bi-Sn-Cu代表发育在外夕卡岩带角银矿-辉铋矿-黄锡矿(锡石)-黄铜矿中低温矿化组合;(b)As-Zn-Pb代表发育在外夕卡岩带毒砂-闪锌矿-方铅矿中温硫化物组合;(c)F-Be-W-Mo代表靠近侵入体一侧萤石-绿柱石-白钨矿-辉钼矿高温矿化组合。上述表明矿化具有多期多阶段特点。最后,在原生晕轴向分带序列的基础上,分别建立了内、外夕卡岩带深部矿体预测模型,为深部成矿预测提供强有力工具。     

内蒙古拜仁达坝-维拉斯托银多金属矿床的矿相学特征

拜仁达坝和维拉斯托是近年来在内蒙古东部地区发现的2个大型银多金属矿床。文章通过岩相学、BSE图像与电镜能谱等手段对其矿相学特征进行了系统研究。笔者结合矿床地质特征,厘清了2个矿区金属矿物的种类、产出状态及生成顺序,共确定3期4个阶段的矿化作用。第1期成矿作用主要形成胶状黄铁矿,代表低温热（水）的沉积环境。第2期成矿作用是一次中高温热液成矿作用,以高温矿物毒砂与锡石为标志,形成As-S金属硫化物矿化：黄铁矿+闪锌矿+方铅矿+磁黄铁矿+黄铜矿+毒砂+锡石,随后经历了强烈的构造破碎和强烈的糜棱岩化,形成了一系列具有脆性变形-角砾状和塑性变形-糜棱状结构构造特征的矿石类型。第3期成矿作用包括2个成矿阶段：第1阶段为中高温热液成矿阶段,形成一系列富S的金属矿化和Bi+Ag的金属硫化物：毒砂→黄铁矿→自然Bi+硫银铋矿→方铅矿+磁黄铁矿+闪锌矿+黄铜矿等;第2阶段为中-低温热液活动,形成一系列贫S富Sb+Ag的金属硫化物：磁黄铁矿+方铅矿+闪锌矿→纤硫锑铅矿+银黝铜矿→六方锑银矿+锑银矿→自然银。其中铅锌矿化与第2、3期成矿作用有关,而银矿化主要与第3期成矿作用的第4阶段有关。     

湖北省铜山口铜(钼)矿床成矿流体水岩反应数值模拟

湖北省铜山口铜(钼)矿床是一典型的夕卡岩 斑岩复合型矿床。通过对其流体包裹体的系统研究,确定了成矿流体的成分及温压条件;结合矿床学的研究,将成矿过程分解为两个平行的成矿阶段,即夕卡岩型矿化阶段和斑岩型矿化阶段。根据Johnson和Reed等人建立的水 岩反应模型,对该矿床的成矿流体与围岩的反应并析出金属沉淀的过程进行了数值模拟计算。结果表明:在斑岩型矿化阶段,成矿流体系统出现等焓减压沸腾过程并沉淀出大量的金属矿物,成矿流体分异为低盐度流体和高盐度流体;在夕卡岩型成矿阶段,沉淀出典型的夕卡岩矿物;在整个成矿过程中,成矿流体的pH值逐渐升高。模拟计算结果与实际地质现象非常吻合,说明所建立的水 岩反应模型可以为理解这一类复合型金属热液矿床的形成机制提供一个新的思路。     

滇西镇康放羊山Cu-Pb-Zn多金属矿床矿物稀土元素地球化学特征及意义

放羊山矿床是近年来在滇西镇康矿集区内发现的首个以富Cu为特征的Cu-Pb-Zn多金属矿床,本文在详细的矿床地质特征研究基础上厘定了成矿期次,将成矿作用划分为以Fe-Zn矿化热液成矿期和以Cu-Pb-Zn矿化为主的叠加改造期,其中热液成矿期可进一步划分为阶段Ⅰ(石英-白云石-黄铁矿-毒砂)、阶段Ⅱ(石英-方解石-闪锌矿-绿泥石)和阶段Ⅲ(石英.萤石-磁黄铁矿-黄铜矿).对热液成矿期各阶段和叠加改造期不同金属硫化物及脉石矿物稀土元素地球化学特征的研究表明,热液成矿期阶段Ⅰ黄铁矿、阶段Ⅱ闪锌矿、阶段Ⅱ方解石、阶段Ⅲ黄铜矿均具有轻稀土富集的"右倾型"稀土配分特征,且负Eu异常明显;叠加改造期的方解石、闪锌矿和方铅矿稀土配分模式同样为"右倾型",具正Eu异常.以上特征指示热液成矿期成矿环境具还原性,而叠加改造期矿物淀积环境则与之相反,两期成矿作用的物质来源可能与地层有关.放羊山Pb-Zn-Cu多金属矿床中金属硫化物Y/Ho值较为集中,热液成矿期阶段Ⅰ黄铁矿(23.86～28.95)、阶段Ⅱ闪锌矿(23.75～31.33)、阶段Ⅲ黄铜矿(25.42～26.70)和叠加改造期方铅矿(29.2～29.63)、闪锌矿(23.75～31.33)基本落入区域花岗岩(24.58～29.63)Y/Ho值变化区间,脉石矿物方解石(热液成矿期阶段Ⅱ32.76～40.06,叠加改造期32.67～36.54)与大陆东部地壳Y/Ho值(20～35)变化范围相同,表明热液成矿期与叠加改造期成矿流体具有同源性,主要为深部岩浆热液,而方解石的形成可能有上地壳流体的参与.     

内蒙古克什克腾旗长岭子铅锌矿床流体包裹体及矿床成因类型研究

内蒙古克什克腾旗长岭子铅锌矿床是大兴安岭南段新发现的一个矿床,矿体赋存于下二叠统大石寨组海相火山岩建造中,矿体受夕卡岩控制。根据手标本中脉体穿插关系和岩石薄片中观察的矿物共生组合特征,文中将长岭子铅锌矿的成矿过程划分为4个阶段：干夕卡岩阶段、湿夕卡岩磁铁矿阶段、石英硫化物阶段和石英碳酸盐阶段,分别以石榴子石±透辉石±硅灰石、石英+绿帘石+电气石+磁铁矿、石英+黄铁矿±磁黄铁矿±黄铜矿±方铅矿±闪锌矿和石英±方解石的矿物组合为标志。长岭子矿床主要发育水溶液包裹体(W型)和含子矿物多相包裹体(S型),前者可进一步划分为富液相(WL型)和富气相(WV型)两个亚类。干夕卡岩阶段辉石中主要发育S型和WL型包裹体,湿夕卡岩磁铁矿阶段绿帘石和石英中主要发育WL型、WV型和S型包裹体,石英硫化物阶段石英中可见所有类型的包裹体,石英碳酸盐阶段的石英±方解石脉中仅见WL型包裹体。干夕卡岩阶段辉石中流体包裹体的均一温度和盐度分别为387~524 ℃和10.7%~52%(NaCleqv.);湿夕卡岩磁铁矿阶段包裹体均一温度为312~533 ℃,盐度为11.3%~60%(NaCleqv.);石英硫化物阶段包裹体均一温度介于182~329 ℃,盐度介于4.7%~38%(NaCleqv.);石英碳酸盐阶段包裹体均一温度为124~199 ℃,盐度介于3.1%~22.4%(NaCleqv.)。上述矿床地质和成矿流体特征表明长岭子铅锌矿为夕卡岩型矿床。成矿流体经历了自夕卡岩阶段高温、高盐度岩浆热液向石英碳酸盐阶段低温、低盐度大气降水热液的转变。石英硫化物阶段发育沸腾包裹体组合,表明成矿流体发生了沸腾作用,这可能是成矿物质沉淀的主要机制。     

新疆哈密卡拉塔格块状硫化物矿床金银赋存状态研究

新疆哈密红海黄土坡VMS矿床位于东天山卡拉塔格隆起带,是卡拉塔格矿集区内新发现的块状硫化物矿床。矿体产于卡拉塔格隆起带核部火山沉积岩建造中,具有典型的VMS型矿床“上层下脉”二元结构特征。该矿床中含金硫化物矿石主要有块状黄铁矿黄铜矿、块状黄铁矿黄铜矿闪锌矿、块状黄铁矿闪锌矿黄铜矿和块状闪锌矿。文中在对各类含金硫化物矿石进行详细的矿相学研究基础上,结合扫描电子显微镜与能谱仪联用技术(SEM/EDS),对硫化物样品中金、银的赋存状态进行研究。结果表明,4种块状硫化物中的主要矿物形成于多个期次,主要包括VMS成矿期(黄铁矿阶段、闪锌矿黄铜矿黝铜矿方铅矿阶段、石英重晶石阶段)、热液叠加期(石英黄铁矿黄铜矿闪锌矿方铅矿阶段)和表生期(铜蓝纤铁矿阶段)。矿区首次发现4颗金银金属互化物(银金矿、碲银矿),其较大的化学成分差异指示了热液环境由中酸性中性转变为更有利于Au、Ag迁移沉淀的偏碱性。后期的偏碱性热液对VMS成矿期形成矿物产生了交代作用,使得Au、Ag活化再富集。由于后期热液叠加改造,红海VMS型矿床中Au、Ag不仅赋存于VMS成矿期后期中低温闪锌矿黄铜矿阶段,也赋存于VMS成矿期早期中高温黄铁矿阶段,并贯穿整个热液叠加期。各含金矿物组合中除4颗金银金属互化物外Au多呈显微不可见状态,推测Au、Ag主要以原子或离子形式赋存于矿物晶格中或矿物空位处。     

湘南黄沙坪铜锡多金属矿床与隐伏花岗斑岩有关的矿化-蚀变分带模式

【研究目的】黄沙坪铜锡多金属矿床是湘南地区岩浆热液成矿系统的典型矿床之一。为了深化研究该矿床成岩成矿机制、高效指导深部找矿勘查,需要揭示与隐伏花岗斑岩有关的多金属矿化-蚀变分带规律,构建深部矿化-蚀变空间分带模式。【研究方法】应用热液矿床的大比例尺蚀变岩相定位找矿预测方法,开展矿区内-136 m、-176 m、-256 m中段典型穿脉剖面的矿化蚀变测量和矿物岩石地球化学研究,剖析了矿化-蚀变的强弱变化、矿物共生组合及其空间分带特征,探讨了成矿元素、元素组合及其元素比值变化规律。【研究结果】构建了矿化-蚀变空间分带模式：从花岗斑岩体（内带）→接触带→围岩（外带）,依次为钨钼（黄铁）矿化-硅化-绢云母化花岗斑岩带（Ⅰ）→磁铁（钨锡）矿化石榴石矽卡岩带（Ⅱ-1）→钨钼-磁黄铁矿化石榴石矽卡岩带（Ⅱ-2）→铅锌矿化结晶灰岩带（Ⅲ）→强方解石化灰岩带（Ⅳ）的分带规律,各带对应的主要矿物组合为：石英+（黄铁矿+绢云母）→磁铁矿+透辉石+硅灰石+绿帘石+绿泥石+（白钨矿+锡石+黄铁矿+石榴石）→白钨矿+辉钼矿+磁黄铁矿+（锡石+黄铜矿+黄铁矿+闪锌矿+方铅矿）+石榴石+符山石+透辉石+角闪石+萤石+...     

大井锡多金属矿床矿石矿物成分及时空演化

文章总结和划分了矿床的矿石类型、矿化阶段及其在空间上的分布；对不同阶段、不同地段和不同类型的黄铁矿类、毒砂、黄铜矿、闪锌矿、方铅矿和锡石等6种主要矿石矿物进行了电子探针微区分析。结果显示，矿床中主要矿石矿物的化学成分明显受时间因素控制，尤其是黄铁矿类和锡石。毒砂、闪锌矿、黄铜矿和方铅矿等硫化物，更具空间上的分带性，总体上，老区东部－北区南部的矿物成分特征显示出其形成温度较高，可能是本区的重要矿化中心，而南区和西区可能还存在其他的矿化中心。     

辽宁青城子矿集区铅锌-银-金矿床硫化物化学成分及找矿意义

对辽宁青城子铅锌-银-金矿床的主要矿石矿物方铅矿、闪锌矿和黄铁矿进行了显微鉴定、电子探针和ICP-MS分析,获得它们的固结顺序为：黄铁矿早于闪锌矿,二者早于方铅矿（闪锌矿交代黄铁矿,方铅矿交代前两者）。从硫化物成分空间分布可以判断成矿流体以甸南-榛子沟为中心分别向二道-喜鹊沟和大地-白云迁移。根据方铅矿固结温度（327℃）参考石英流体包裹体均一温度（322℃）,限定以方铅矿为主的矿床其硫化物形成温度约为322～327℃;利用Cd在方铅矿-闪锌矿分配系数温度计获得铅锌矿成矿温度在344～464℃之间,结合闪锌矿出溶黄铜矿温度（高于350℃）,参考石英流体包裹体均一温度（300～360℃）,并参考黄铁矿发生脆性变形温度（400℃）,获得以闪锌矿为主的矿床硫化物形成温度约为360～400℃,银铅锌矿床的成矿温度被限定在390～400℃;由于自然金主要赋存在黄铁矿微裂隙中,利用黄铁矿发生脆性变形温度并结合石英流体包裹体温度（230～370℃）约束金成矿温度约为370～400℃。成矿温度较高可能归因于样品采集位置较深所致;最后利用矿石矿物、侵入岩、围岩微量元素对比分析判断成矿流体与中生代（特别是印支期）侵入岩具有亲缘性,根据印支期岩浆混合特征认为岩浆混合作用可能对本地区成矿作用具有重要贡献。     

北京西湖村锰-银多金属矿床地质地球化学特征及其成因

北京西湖村锰-银多金属矿床产于花岗细晶岩与寒武系府君山组灰岩的接触带中,是一个典型的接触交代矿床。成矿阶段大体上可以划分为夕卡岩阶段和硫化物阶段,夕卡岩阶段发育一套特殊的含锰矿物组合：蔷薇辉石+锰透辉石+锰铝榴石+锰橄榄石+菱锰矿;硫化物阶段发育有硫锰矿+闪锌矿+方铅矿+黄铁矿+磁黄铁矿+黄铜矿+银矿物c流体包裹体研究表明,夕卡岩阶段的成矿温度在260～100℃。氢、氧、硫、碳同位紊的研究表明,早期成矿热液自岩浆,较高的δ¹⁸O和δ^{34S值暗示了花岗细晶岩可能为地壳沉积物的重熔产物。稀土元素和微量元素的研究表明,Mn主要由围岩提供,而Pb、Zn、Ag则来自岩浆。}     

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.     

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.     

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。     

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。     

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.     

Regional distribution of Al,B, Ba,Ca, K,La, Mg,Mn, Na,P, Rb,Si, Sr,Th, U and Y in terrestrial moss within a 188,000 km2 area of the central Barents region: influence of geology,seaspray and human activity

Five hundred and ninety-eight samples of terrestrial moss (Hylocomium splendens and Pleurozium schreberi) collected from a 188,000 km² area of the central Barents region (NE Norway, N Finland, NW Russia) were analysed by ICP-AES and ICP-MS. Analytical results for Al, B, Ba, Ca, K, La, Mg, Mn, Na, P, Rb, Si, Sr, Th, U and Y concentrations are reported here. Graphical methods of data analysis, such as geochemical maps, cumulative frequency diagrams, boxplots and scatterplots, are used to interpret the origin of the patterns for these elements. None of the elements reported here are emitted in significant amounts from the smelting industry on the Kola Peninsula. Despite the conventional view that moss chemistry reflects atmospheric element input, the nature of the underlying mineral substrate (regolith or bedrock) is found to have a considerable influence on moss composition for several elements. This influence of the chemistry of the mineral substrate can take place in a variety of ways. (1) It can be completely natural, reflecting the ability of higher plants to take up elements from deep soil horizons and shed them with litterfall onto the surface. (2) It can result from naturally increased soil dust input where vegetation is scarce due to harsh climatic conditions for instance. Alternatively, substrate influence can be enhanced by human activity, such as open-cast mining, creation of ‘technogenic deserts’, or handling, transport and storage of ore and ore products, all of which magnify the natural elemental flux from bedrock to ground vegetation. Seaspray is another natural process affecting moss composition in the area (Mg, Na), and this is most visible in the Norwegian part of the study area. Presence or absence of some plant species, e.g., lichens, seems to influence moss chemistry. This is shown by the low concentrations of B or K in moss on the Finnish and Norwegian side of the (fenced) border with Russia, contrasting with high concentrations on the other side (intensive reindeer husbandry west of the border has selectively depleted the lichen population).     

NEW SET OF LOW CONCENTRATION STANDARDS FOR LA, CE, SM, YB, LU, Y, SC, V, NB AND TA IN SILICATES

We have developed a set of four synthetic standards for the rare earth and high field strength elements designed for use in the determination of those elements in silicates. The base material is a glass nominally at the eutectic of the MgO-Al₂O₃-SiO₂ ternary system. The nominal doping level was 2 wt% of the elements as oxides. To avoid problems associated with peak interference, the elements were doped in four separate glasses.     

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.