柴达木盆地北缘都兰地区旺尕秀辉长杂岩的锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb年龄及地质意义

详细的地球化学研究表明,柴北缘旺尕秀辉长杂岩(包括辉长岩、辉绿岩和斜长岩)具有岛弧火山岩的特征,形成于岛孤环境.对辉长岩中锆石的阴极发光图像和微量元素的研究显示,所有的锆石均具有相对宽缓的振荡环带结构和轻稀土元素亏损、重稀土元素明显富集的典型基性岩浆锆石的特征.通过锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Th-Pb同住素分析,得到~(206)pb/~(238)U加权平均年龄468 Ma±2 Ma,同时得到一个最大的谐和年龄522 Ma±9 Ma,表明旺尕秀辉长杂岩的形成时代应介于468～522 Ma之间.岛弧型旺尕秀辉长杂岩时代的确定,结合本区已有的研究成果,表明柴北缘确实存在古生代洋盆事件,至少从中奥陶世开始发生板块的俯冲消减作用,从侧面说明柴北缘陆壳深俯冲的时代不应早于460 Ma.     

柴达木盆地北缘都兰地区旺尕秀辉长杂岩的锆石LA—ICP—MS U—Pb年龄及地质意义

详细的地球化学研究表明,柴北缘旺尕秀辉长杂岩（包括辉长岩、辉绿岩和斜长岩）具有岛弧火山岩的特征,形成于岛弧环境。对辉长岩中锆石的阴极发光图像和微量元素的研究显示,所有的锆石均具有相对宽缓的振荡环带结构和轻稀土元素亏损、重稀土元素明显富集的典型基性岩浆锆石的特征。通过锆石LA—ICP—MSU-Th-Pb同位素分析,得到^206Pb／^238U加权平均年龄468Ma＋2Ma,同时得到一个最大的谐和年龄522Ma＋9Ma．表明旺尕秀辉长杂岩的形成时代应介于468-522Ma之间。岛孤型旺尕秀辉长杂岩时代的确定,结合本区已有的研究成果,表明柴北缘确实存在古生代洋盆事件,至少从中奥陶世开始发生板块的俯冲消减作用．从侧面说明柴北缘陆壳深俯冲的时代不应早于460Ma。     

北祁连冷龙岭蛇绿岩地质地球化学特征及构造意义

在北祁连造山带冷龙岭地区新发现一条蛇绿岩带,该蛇绿岩从下向上由地幔橄榄岩、辉长辉绿岩、玄武岩、硅质岩组成。岩石地球化学特征表明,玄武岩可分类高Ti和低Ti两类,其中高Ti玄武岩具有LREE富集的稀土配分型式,富集K、Rb、Ba、Th、Nb、Ta等不相容元素,呈现隆起型(驼峰式)分布型式,显示了典型的洋岛火山岩地球化学特征,为板内岩浆作用的产物。低Ti玄武岩具有LREE亏损,类似N-MORB的稀土配分模式,同时又具有相对于N-MORB富集的大离子亲石元素,亏损Nb、Ta等高场强元素的岛弧火山岩的地球化学特征,代表了弧后盆地环境岩石组合。蛇绿岩岩石组合和岩石地球化学特征显示该蛇绿岩套形成于弧后盆地环境,是早奥陶世北祁连洋的残留。     

柴达木盆地北缘都兰地区旺尕秀辉长杂岩的锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb年龄及地质意义

详细的地球化学研究表明,柴北缘旺尕秀辉长杂岩(包括辉长岩、辉绿岩和斜长岩)具有岛弧火山岩的特征,形成于岛弧环境。对辉长岩中锆石的阴极发光图像和微量元素的研究显示,所有的锆石均具有相对宽缓的振荡环带结构和轻稀土元素亏损、重稀土元素明显富集的典型基性岩浆锆石的特征。通过锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Th-Pb同位素分析,得到206Pb/238U加权平均年龄468 Ma±2 Ma,同时得到一个最大的谐和年龄522 Ma±9 Ma,表明旺尕秀辉长杂岩的形成时代应介于468~522 Ma之间。岛弧型旺尕秀辉长杂岩时代的确定,结合本区已有的研究成果,表明柴北缘确实存在古生代洋盆事件,至少从中奥陶世开始发生板块的俯冲消减作用,从侧面说明柴北缘陆壳深俯冲的时代不应早于460 Ma。     

辽东黑沟地区辽河群成因及其对辽吉造山带构造演化的制约

辽东黑沟地区出露大面积辽河群变质表壳岩系,本文通过对辽河群中浅粒岩、黑云变粒岩、斜长角闪岩以及辽吉花岗岩等岩石系统的岩石学、锆石U-Pb年代学,并结合斜长角闪岩的地球化学特征来制约其原岩形成、变质时代和沉积环境,进而探讨辽吉造山带的大地构造属性。研究区辽河群变质火山岩和侵入其中的辽吉花岗岩锆石U-Pb定年结果显示区内辽河群形成时代早于～2.16Ga,辽吉花岗岩及辽河群变质岩中的变质锆石定年结果显示区内峰期变质年龄为～1.85Ga左右。锆石阴极发光(CL)图像显示区内辽河群变质沉积岩中的锆石具有清晰震荡环带,说明其具有岩浆成因的碎屑锆石特征,锆石U-Pb年龄分布直方图上显示1987Ma、2182Ma、2505Ma的主峰和2080Ma、2658Ma、2732Ma、3000Ma的次峰,峰值年龄与区域上古元古代弧岩浆岩及太古宙基底年龄相吻合,暗示它们为辽河群沉积岩提供了重要物源。区内辽河群斜长角闪岩属于拉斑玄武岩系列,以低TiO_2和低MgO为特征,轻稀土轻微富集,并具有明显P以及轻微的Nb、Ta、Zr亏损,地球化学特征总体类似于MORB,同时兼具IAB的地球化学特征,不同于弧玄武岩和板内玄武岩,显示出有限的俯冲相关流体的交代作用,指示其形成于弧后盆地环境。结合前人对辽吉造山带内古元古代花岗岩和辽河群的研究成果,认为区内辽河群的沉积环境为活动大陆边缘弧后盆地,辽吉造山带的形成演化与弧-陆碰撞有关。     

柴北缘滩间山群火山岩岩石化学特征及构造环境

滩间山群海相火山-沉积岩广泛分布于柴北缘带,西起小赛什腾山,经过赛什腾山、绿梁山、锡铁山,一直延续到乌兰的赛坝沟,是一套活动型沉积,其中的火山岩构成了柴北缘地区早古生代火山弧。研究针对所采集的92件柴北缘滩间山火山岩样品进行主量元素,有49件属于钙碱系列、33件属于拉斑系列、10件属于碱性系列。再结合微量元素分析,结果主要有两种:1轻稀土中等富集,(La/Yb)N介于2~8之间,亏损Nb,Ta等高场强元素,以小赛什腾山和赛什腾山为例;2轻、重稀土分馏程度低,(La/Yb)N介于0.6~3之间,较弱或不亏损Nb,Ta等高场强元素,以绿梁山和双口山为例。最后结合年代学的系统综合分析认为,柴北缘滩间山群火山岩的稀土和微量元素标准化图型大体可以分为两种类型:第一种属拉斑系列,具有岛弧火山岩的大地构造属性,形成于晚寒武世的柴北缘洋盆俯冲消减;第二种与洋脊火山岩较为相似,具有弧后盆地的大地构造属性,形成于早奥陶世的弧后拉张。     

江南造山带东段新元古代登山群年代学及大地构造意义

为探讨江南造山带东段新元古代构造演化机制，对江南造山带东段登山群砂岩及火山岩进行锆石U-Pb年代学及地球化学研究.SHRIMP锆石U-Pb定年显示登山群高山组凝灰岩年龄为855.5±8.2 Ma，叶家组流纹岩年龄为798.1±7.8 Ma.地球化学数据显示高山组砂岩物源区为大陆岛弧，形成于弧后盆地；叶家组火山岩为双峰式火山岩，流纹岩轻稀土富集，重稀土亏损；高FeOt/（FeOt+MgO）和Ga/Al值、低CaO、MgO，ε_Hf（t）值为7.9~10.9，富集Ba、Th、U等大离子亲石元素和高场强元素，强烈亏损Sr、P、Ti的特征显示其为典型的A型花岗岩，来自初生地壳的部分熔融；玄武岩属拉斑玄武岩系列，具有OIB特征，富集轻稀土及大离子亲石元素，来自软流圈地幔的部分熔融.双峰式火山岩形成于板内伸展背景.年代学及地球化学结果表明新元古代江南造山带东段扬子与华夏板块拼贴时限为855~800 Ma之间.造山结束之后地幔物质上涌，华南板块进入裂谷期.      

新疆西准噶尔达尔布特蛇绿岩套柳树沟镁铁质杂岩SHRIMP锆石U-Pb年龄及地球化学特征

对新疆西准噶尔达尔布特蛇绿岩套柳树沟镁铁质杂岩中橄榄辉长岩、蛇纹石化橄榄辉长岩、辉长岩和蚀变辉长岩地球化学分析表明:辉长岩和蚀变辉长岩具有钙碱性和拉斑玄武岩的双重特征,橄榄辉长岩和蛇纹石化橄榄辉长岩属镁铁质堆积岩,为蛇绿岩组成单元;稀土总量较高,具微弱正Eu异常,稀土元素配分模式为略左倾平坦型,与SSZ型镁铁质堆晶岩稀土配分模式相同;微量元素蛛网图上,富集大离子亲石元素Cs、K、Th、U,相对亏损高场强元素Nb、Ta,可能代表俯冲板片的流体交代上覆地幔楔使地幔岩石发生部分熔融。地球化学构造环境判别柳树沟镁铁质岩石岩浆源区为亏损型地幔向富集型地幔过渡的适度富集型地幔,其形成的最佳模型是在成熟岛弧基础上裂谷化形成的一个不成熟的类似边缘海性质弧后盆地,不具成熟大洋或盆地那样的洋壳-上地幔结构,在盆地扩张初期岩浆具岛弧特征,随着盆地被进一步打开,镁铁质岩石具N-MORB特征。对辉长岩采用SHRIMP锆石U-Pb同位素年龄测试,获得特柳树沟镁铁质岩石的结晶时间为314.9±1.7 Ma。     

藏北羌塘泛非和印支事件的记录:来自俄久卖变质杂岩地球化学与锆石U-Pb年代学的证据

藏北羌塘盆地大地构造属性是长期争议的议题,深入研究有助于对该问题的探讨。俄久卖杂岩体产出于羌塘盆地中央隆起带北缘,包括夕线石片麻岩和片麻状花岗岩,以及侵位于其中的淡色花岗岩脉。在中央隆起北侧,高级变质岩仅发现于俄久卖杂岩体内。因此,该杂岩为研究羌塘盆地构造演化的重要窗口。在区域地质调查的基础上,本文重点对片麻状花岗岩和淡色花岗岩开展了岩石学、锆石U-Pb年代学与地球化学研究。其中,片麻状花岗岩加权平均年龄为476.6±4.8Ma,且岩石中大离子亲石元素Rb、Ba、Th和Pb相对富集,高场强元素Nb、Ta、Ti和P较亏损,显示弧火山岩的地球化学特征。淡色花岗岩中的锆石呈明显的核-幔-边环带结构,其核部测得年龄介于2052±25Ma~541±8Ma之间,幔部加权平均年龄为463.7±7.5Ma,边部内侧为214.6±2Ma,边部外侧为189.4±1.1Ma。地球化学特征表明该淡色花岗岩形成于典型的同碰撞构造环境。综合研究表明,俄久卖杂岩体包括早古生代泛非晚期岩浆事件产物(~470Ma),且在印支运动期遭受深埋作用并发生部分熔融,分别形成了~214Ma和~189Ma的淡色花岗岩。因此,羌塘盆地内泛非时期的地质记录可延伸至中央隆起带北缘。     

秦岭造山带宽坪群中的变铁镁质岩的成因、时代及其构造意义

地球化学分析结果显示,宽坪群变基性火山岩和斜长角闪岩SiO2含量均小于53%,TiO2的含量分别是0.87%~2.03%和0.92%~2.12%,MgO含量较低（Mg#=29~49）,原岩类型为亚碱性TH系列玄武质岩石。宽坪群变基性火山岩和斜长角闪岩的轻稀土、重稀土元素无明显分异,LREE呈现亏损—略富集,稀土元素配分模式呈平坦型,与E-MORB的配分模式相似。相对于N-MORB,宽坪群变基性火山岩和斜长角闪岩的大离子亲石元素（LILE, 如Sr、K、Rb和Ba）轻度富集,高场强元素（HFSE,如Ta、Nb、Zr、Hf、Ti等）既不富集也不亏损, 显示与E-MORB相类似的地球化学特征。宽坪群变基性火山岩和斜长角闪岩的初始锶比值比较分散,但其初始钕比值(143Nd/144Nd)(t)比较集中和均一,分别为0.511962~0.512192和0.512028~0.512157,??Nd(t)值均为正值,分别是+5.7~+10.2和+7.0~+9.5,表明2类岩石来自轻稀土和大离子亲石元素略呈亏损的源区。SHRIMP锆石U-Pb年代分析揭示,宽坪群变基性火山岩形成于晚新元古代Ediacaran期（611Ma±13Ma）,较老的残余晶核锆石可能是岩浆活动过程中捕获古老地壳成分的记录。黑云母40Ar/39Ar热年代学分析表明,宽坪群原岩变质时代为石炭纪Serpukhovian期（319.1Ma±3.6Ma）。认为宽坪群中的变铁镁岩块/片形成于晚新元古代被动陆缘裂谷洋盆,是华北陆块南缘大陆裂解作用的产物。     

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.     

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.