抚顺南部早前寒武纪变质杂岩的地质事件序列

抚顺南部早前寒武纪变质杂岩是华北克拉通北缘辽北-吉南早前寒武纪变质地块的一个重要组成部分,主要由浑南群石棚子组角闪岩相变质火山岩、火山碎屑岩及相伴生的沉积岩等表壳岩系和侵位于其中的石英闪长质片麻岩、英云闪长质-奥长花岗质-花岗闪长质(TTG)片麻岩和花岗闪长岩-二长花岗岩-钾长花岗岩岩石组合组成。LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb同位素分析结果显示,侵位于表壳岩中的石英闪长质片麻岩样品12LN39-3的岩浆结晶年龄为2571±7Ma,指示存在老于该年龄的表壳岩系。英云闪长质片麻岩样品12LN04-1和奥长花岗质片麻岩样品13LB49-3的岩浆结晶年龄分别为2544±4Ma和2550±10Ma,记录了一期重要的英云闪长质-奥长花岗质片麻岩侵位事件。斜长角闪岩(样品12LN25-2)的岩浆结晶的最小年龄为2530±5Ma,指示另一火山喷发阶段。晚期钾长花岗岩样品12LN01-1和奥长花岗质片麻岩样品12LN27-1分别侵位于2522±4Ma和2518±23Ma,说明它们的岩浆作用发生于同一时期。而采自于晚期未变形侵入体的石英闪长岩样品12LN30-2的岩浆结晶年龄为2496±18Ma,与上述表壳岩和深成侵入体的主要变质作用(2510~2470Ma)同期发生。这些年代学结果表明,抚顺南部地区新太古代大规模的铁镁质火山喷发作用在大于2571±7Ma已经发生,紧接着2571±7Ma发生石英闪长质岩浆侵位,在2550±10Ma~2544±4Ma之间发生英云闪长质-奥长花岗质岩浆侵位。接下来铁镁质火山再度喷发(~2530±5Ma),随后为钾长花岗岩和奥长花岗质岩浆的侵位(2522±4Ma~2518±23Ma)。晚期为角闪岩相变质作用时期(2510~2470Ma),伴随一定规模的石英闪长岩侵位。     

山东胶南-威海造山带荣成岩套花岗质片麻岩的形成时代——锆石SHRIMPU-Pb定年

胶南-威海造山带荣成岩套花岗质片麻岩由闪长质片麻岩-石英闪长质片麻岩-英云闪长质片麻-一奥长花岗质片麻岩-花岗闪长质片麻岩-黑云二长花岗质片麻岩-二长花岗质片麻岩类组成,早期为TTG质花岗岩,晚期为二长花岗岩类。自早到晚存在明显的富钾演化特征。根据新的SHRIMPU-Pb锆石定年结果,该岩套早期闪长质片麻岩年龄为（741±10）Ma,英云闪长质片麻岩年龄为780-760Ma。晚期二长花岗质片麻岩年龄为760-714Ma。所以,可把荣成岩套花岗岩时代限定在800-700Ma之间（南华纪）,其形成与华北克拉通岩石圈减薄有关。     

阿拉善变质基底中的早二叠世岩浆热事件——来自同位素年代学的证据

在阿拉善变质基底中发现了大量的早二叠世的弱变形花岗岩类。采自阿拉善东部的闪长质片麻岩(AL0705-1)、含石榴英云闪长质片麻岩(AL0709-1)、英云闪长岩(AL0718-1)、条痕状黑云斜长片麻岩(AL0822-1)和片麻状花岗岩(AL0822-3)的锆石U-Pb年龄分别为270±1.6Ma、276±1.8Ma、269±2.4Ma、276±2.4Ma和287±2.5Ma。采自阿拉善变质基底西部的花岗闪长质片麻岩(AL0805-1)、闪长质片麻岩(AL0805-4)、粗粒花岗闪长质片麻岩(AL0810-1)和中粒闪长质片麻岩(AL0810-2)的锆石LA-ICP-MSU-Pb年龄分别为284±3Ma、289±3Ma、276±2Ma和279±2Ma。尽管早二叠世花岗岩的岩石类型和化学成分不同,但它们都形成于269～289Ma一个较短的时间范围,属于同一期岩浆热事件的产物。早二叠世花岗岩的形成年龄与基底变质岩中角闪石39Ar-40Ar的坪年龄277～288Ma近于一致,表明这期岩浆热事件对基底变质岩石产生了改造,使角闪石等变质矿物的Ar-Ar同位素体系发生了重置。在阿拉善变质基底中大量早二叠世花岗岩类侵入体的发现表明,阿拉善变质基底在古生代晚期受到中亚造山带碰撞造山作用的强烈影响和改造。     

东阿拉善地块前寒武纪变质基底中晚古生代变质杂岩:来自波罗斯坦庙杂岩LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年的新证据

波罗斯坦庙杂岩是东阿拉善地块典型的中-高级变质杂岩之一,它的深入研究对进一步认识阿拉善地块起源、形成与演化过程具有十分重要的科学意义.通过对波罗斯坦庙杂岩中石英闪长质片麻岩、斜长角闪岩与花岗伟晶岩的野外观察、岩石学与锆石U-Pb定年发现,波罗斯坦庙杂岩中石英闪长质片麻岩、斜长角闪岩与花岗伟晶岩的岩浆锆石加权平均年龄分别为284±2 Ma、278±3 Ma,276±2 Ma、271±3 Ma与242±7 Ma,该组年龄被解释为其原岩成岩时代.石英闪长质片麻岩与斜长角闪岩中变质锆石加权平均年龄分别为274±6 Ma、272±5 Ma与269±3 Ma、268±2 Ma,代表它们遭受了晚古生代变质作用的时间.综合以上分析与前人研究资料,初步认为以往曾被认为是新太古代-古元古代的波罗斯坦庙杂岩,实际上可能是一个古元古代-晚古生代中-高级变质杂岩,并遭受了280~260 Ma角闪岩相变质作用,指示它们曾被卷入到中亚造山带晚古生代造山作用过程.      

西藏聂荣微陆块奥陶纪和侏罗纪岩浆事件的年龄证据

为了加深对班公湖-怒江缝合带构造演化过程的认识,选择聂荣微陆块内的花岗质片麻岩和花岗闪长质片麻岩中的锆石进行LA-ICP-MS U-Pb定年,结果主要显示两组206Pb/238U的加权平均年龄:一组为453.7±2.5 Ma; 另一组为176.6±1.1 Ma和178.04±0.8 Ma.花岗质片麻岩中黑云母和花岗闪长质片麻岩中白云母的40Ar-39Ar定年结果显示,坪年龄分别为161.8±1.1 Ma和178.9±1.2 Ma.上述年龄结果表明,聂荣微陆块主要经历了晚奥陶世和早侏罗世两期岩浆事件,这两期岩浆事件分别与冈瓦纳大陆北缘早古生代的造山作用和班公湖-怒江洋壳的俯冲闭合存在密切的动力学关系.      

内蒙古大青山地区新太古代晚期岩浆作用:来自锆石SHRIMP U-Pb定年的证据

本文报道了华北克拉通西部大青山地区新太古代晚期变质深成侵入岩的锆石SHRIMP年龄。本文涉及的3个样品取自大青山的石拐南部,岩性为黑云母二长花岗质片麻岩、紫苏石英闪长质片麻岩和闪长质片麻岩。根据矿物组合,黑云母二长花岗质片麻岩和紫苏石英闪长质片麻岩遭受高角闪岩相-麻粒岩相变质,闪长质片麻岩遭受角闪岩相变质。锆石具核-幔-边或核-边结构。岩浆锆石年龄为2484±7Ma、2494±12Ma和2495±10Ma,考虑到岩石遭受后期构造热事件强烈改造,岩浆锆石发生不同程度变质重结晶,振荡环带变得模糊,年龄很可能偏年轻,岩浆锆石真实的形成年龄应更大一些,形成于新太古代晚期。2个样品记录早期变质锆石年龄为2441±7Ma和2481±10Ma;2个样品记录晚期变质锆石年龄为1847±35Ma和为1919±73Ma。结合前人工作,可得出如下结论:1)石拐地区存在新太古代晚期二长花岗岩、石英闪长岩和闪长岩等不同类型变质深成侵入岩。新太古代晚期岩浆作用在整个大青山地区很可能广泛发育,古元古代晚期孔兹岩带是在太古宙基底之上或其邻区发展起来的。2)与大青山地区其它古元古代早期以前的地质体类似,新太古代晚期变质深成侵入岩普遍遭受古元古代早期和晚期构造热事件叠加改造。     

晋陕交界涑水杂岩LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄和Hf同位素组成及其地质意义

涑水杂岩作为华北克拉通南部早前寒武纪变质基底杂岩的重要组成部分,以中条山地区出露最好且研究程度最高。在晋陕交界处的韩城和河津地区也有零星的古老变质基底杂岩出露,通常认为是中条山地区涑水杂岩的西延。用LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb方法测得研究区内的基底岩石角闪斜长片麻岩、透辉斜长片麻岩和二长花岗片麻岩原岩的形成年龄分别为2260±28Ma、2053±34Ma和2098±27Ma,表明晋陕交界处涑水杂岩的形成年龄明显小于中条山地区的涑水杂岩,其形成时代主要应为古元古代早期,而非太古宙。锆石Hf同位素显示,所分析的锆石多数具有低ε_(Hf)(t)值,最低可达-6,其二阶段模式年龄为2630~2933Ma,表明这些形成于古元古代的岩石为太古宙岩石再循环的产物,暗示在晋陕交界处可能存在太古宙的古老地壳物质,同时也支持华北克拉通南部太古宙地块划分的推论。     

大兴安岭地区德尔布干断裂带北段构造年代学研究

德尔布干断裂带是大兴安岭隆起西侧NE向的重要断裂带,处在海拉尔-拉布达林-根河盆地西缘,是著名德尔布干成矿区东南边界断裂带.为了确定德尔布干断裂带运动性质、活动时间,深入探讨该断裂带与中生代海拉尔-拉布达林-根河盆地及大兴安岭盆山格局、认识德尔布干断裂带多金属矿床成因等问题,本文应用锆石SHRIMP和云母40Ar/39Ar定年技术,分别对断裂带内的细粒黑云母花岗岩侵入体、韧性变形的花岗闪长质片麻岩、白云母石英片岩,进行了同位素年代学研究.其中花岗闪长质片麻岩岩浆型锆石SHRIMP谐和年龄300.6±9.3Ma,为花岗闪长质片麻岩海西期的侵位年龄;而花岗闪长质片麻岩中黑云母40Ar/39Ar坪年龄是130.9±1.4Ma,白云母石英片岩的白云母40Ar/39Ar坪年龄是115.6±1.6Ma,代表早白垩世伸展构造变形年龄;细粒黑云母花岗岩侵入体岩浆型锆石SHRIMP谐和年龄130.1±1.4Ma,为同伸展构造变形侵位的岩浆事件.上述地质年代说明德尔布干断裂带是早白垩世(110～130Ma)该区最年轻的重大伸展构造变形产物.控制NE向大兴安岭隆起和中生代海拉尔-拉布达林-根河等火山沉积盆地的发育格局、以及中生代以来的地壳演化与成矿类型.     

中条山涑水杂岩中TTG片麻岩的锆石Hf同位素特征及其形成环境

中条山前寒武纪涑水杂岩主要由西姚和寨子英云闪长质-奥长花岗质-花岗闪长质(TTG)片麻岩、横岭关和北峪钙碱性花岗质岩石组成。SHRIMP锆石U-Pb年代学研究表明,西姚石英闪长质片麻岩~(207)Pb/~(206)Pb加权平均年龄为2536±8Ma,是新太古代的产物;西姚和寨子TTG片麻岩及横岭关和北峪钙碱性花岗质岩石岩浆锆石Hf同位素组成ε_(Hf)(t)全为正值,且在t-ε_(Hf)(t)图解上,落在2.6～3.1Ga地壳演化线范围内。北峪钙碱性花岗质岩石中三个继承锆石核的~(207)Pb/~(206)Pb加权平均年龄为2633±84Ma,其锆石ε_(Hf)(t)值为-2.0～ 5.6。前寒武纪涑水杂岩中花岗质岩石的SHRIMP锆石U-Pb年代学和锆石Hf同位素特征揭示它们最可能形成于新太古代到古元古代,岩浆主要来源于约2650Ma初生地壳的部分熔融,并有更古老的地壳物质的加入。     

冀北红旗营子杂岩的锆石、独居石年代学及地质意义

较为详细的SHRIMP、LA-ICPMS锆石U-pb年代学和独居石电子探针Th-U-b化学法定年揭示，隆化-山地块的石英闪长质片麻岩和石榴黑云二长花岗质片麻岩分别形成于2484Ma和2180Ma，同时存在3164～2553Ma的锆石记录和约1854Ma的变质改造事件；细粒二长花岗岩形成于413Ma，独居石内核记录了约628Ma的继承年龄。凤山-宁地块的钾长花岗质糜棱片麻岩、角闪黑云石英闪长质片麻岩和黑云母二长花岗岩分别形成于1876Ma、1838Ma和1810Ma，其中存在2042-1904Ma的捕获锆石，遭受了1756Ma、1694Ma和313．5Ma的多期改造，其中晚古生代的构造-浆-质事件的改造尤为强烈。赤城-礼地块的角闪黑云花岗闪长质片麻岩分别形成于2535Ma和2529-2480Ma，石榴英云闪长质片麻岩和石榴黑云斜长变粒岩分别形成于1871Ma和1841Ma，发现有约2602Ma的继承锆石，并记录了从古元古代到晚古生代多阶段的改造事件，尤其清楚地记录了343-320Ma的地质事件。结合前人的年代学资料，综合分析上述地质年代学的特征，认为红旗营子杂岩从东到西可能由不同来源的微陆块组成，这些微陆块都经历了晚古生代的构造-岩浆-变质事件，可能在古生代晚期才与华北克拉通北缘拼贴。     

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.     

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     

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。     

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.     

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.     

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。     

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.