Deep melting and sodic metasomatism underneath the highly oblique-spreading Lena Trough (Arctic Ocean)

Abyssal peridotites collected along the highly oblique-spreading Lena Trough north of Greenland and Spitsbergen have mineral compositions that are similar to residual abyssal peridotites, except for high sodium concentrations in clinopyroxene (cpx). Most samples are lherzolites with light rare earth element (REE)-depleted cpx trace element patterns, but significantly fractionated middle to heavy REE ratios at relatively high heavy REE concentrations. Such characteristics can only be explained by initial melting of a garnet peridotite followed by low degrees of melting in the stability field of spinel peridotite. The residual garnet signature requires either a high potential temperature of the upwelling mantle, or elevated solidus-lowering water contents. The limited spinel field melting suggests a deep cessation of melt extraction, possibly because of the presence of a thick lithospheric cap. This is consistent with the extremely low effective spreading rate and the vicinity to a passive continental margin, which allow conductive cooling to reach deeper levels than commonly estimated for faster mid-ocean ridges. High sodium concentrations in cpx are neither explainable by melt refertilization, nor by a simple diffusion mechanism. The efficient fractionation of sodium from the light REE requires post-melting metasomatism, which is typically restricted to the subcontinental lithosphere. This might imply that the Lena Trough peridotites represent unroofed subcontinental mantle, from which no melt was extracted during the opening of the Lena Trough. It is more likely that sodic metasomatism occurred after partial melting underneath the Lena Trough, and that such an enrichment process is responsible for elevated sodium concentrations in abyssal peridotites elsewhere. Sodium in cpx of residual peridotites can therefore not serve as an indicator of partial melting or melt refertilization.     

热液中银、铅、锌共生分异的实验研究

对NaCl—HCl—H2O体系中银、铅、锌氯络合物稳定性进行实验研究，结果表明：热液中银、铅、锌氯络合物的稳定性受体系温度、pH、Eh以及组分浓度的控制。相同温度下，H^ 、Cl^-浓度降低，还原硫增加，均使络合物趋于不稳定，发生不同程度的沉淀分异。当t=300℃,[Cl^-]=0.24mol/L,pH＝6．86时，铅氯络合物的沉淀量达55％，锌氯络合物的沉淀量超过92％。热液体系中硫化物的存在，对银的影响最大，溶液中的银氯络合物几乎沉淀完全，浓度可降至检测限以下。而铅和锌的氯络合物相对稳定。热力学计算表明：溶液中的银是以硫化银或自然银的形式沉淀析出。因此，还原硫的存在是导致热液体系中银与铅锌发生分异的重要因素。     

两种质谱仪在辉钼矿铼-锇年龄测定中的应用比较

对同一地区但Re、Os含量不同的一组辉钼矿样品,分别采用电感耦合等离子体质谱(ICP-MS)和负离子热表面电离质谱(NTIMS)对其Re-Os年龄进行了测定比较。结果表明,该组样品的平均Re-Os模式年龄分别为(138.3±4.0)Ma和(141.0±3.6)Ma(2σ,n=9),采用ISOPLOT软件的模式1进行等时线计算,得到等时线年龄分别为(138.6±2.9)Ma(2σ,n=9)和(141.6±1.9)Ma(2σ,n=9),两者在目前水平下的误差范围内基本一致。另外,分别采用ICP-MS和NTIMS对辉钼矿Re-Os年龄国家一级标准物质GBW04435和GBW04436进行了测定,所得的结果吻合也较好。     

宝石中常见过渡金属离子致色的理论解释

从晶体场理论或配位场理论出发，应用群论的方法，从理论上系统地解释了宝石中常见的因过渡金属离子在不同的配位场环境下而引起的能级分裂，并详细地阐述了这一理论分析的程序，最后列举实例并给予了理论解释。     

Hydrogen Isotopes of Glassy and Phyllosilicate Spherules in Al Rais (CR) and Orgueil (CI) Chondrites

The hydroxyl in phyllosilicate minerals is the most common occurrence of water in primitive meteorites. Direct hydrogen isotopic analysis of this water component using an ion microprobe has been made in some glassy or phyllosilicate spherules from the Al Rais (CR) and Orgueil (CI) chondrites. The spherules from Al Rais show large deuterium excesses (δD = +200 -+800‰) relative to terrestrial standards, whereas deuterium-enrichments in the spherules from Orgueil are much smaller (δD = +40 - +130‰). The phyllosilicate spherules are products of     

Turbidites in the Upper Carboniferous Ross Formation, western Ireland: reconstruction of a channel and spillover system

ABSTRACT The Upper Carboniferous deep‐water rocks of the Shannon Group were deposited in the extensional Shannon Basin of County Clare in western Ireland and are superbly exposed in sea cliffs along the Shannon estuary. Carboniferous limestone floors the basin, and the basin‐fill succession begins with the deep‐water Clare Shales. These shales are overlain by various turbidite facies of the Ross Formation (460 m thick). The type of turbidite system, scale of turbidite sandstone bodies and the overall character of the stratigraphic succession make the Ross Formation well suited as an analogue for sand‐rich turbidite plays in passive margin basins around the world. The lower 170 m of the Ross Formation contains tabular turbidites with no channels, with an overall tendency to become sandier upwards, although there are no small‐scale thickening‐ or thinning‐upward successions. The upper 290 m of the Ross Formation consists of turbidites, commonly arranged in thickening‐upward packages, and amalgamated turbidites that form channel fills that are individually up to 10 m thick. A few of the upper Ross channels have an initial lateral accretion phase with interbedded sandstone and mudstone deposits and a subsequent vertical aggradation phase with thick‐bedded amalgamated turbidites. This paper proposes that, as the channels filled, more and more turbidites spilled further and further overbank. Superb outcrops show that thickening‐upward packages developed when channels initially spilled muds and thin‐bedded turbidites up to 1 km overbank, followed by thick‐bedded amalgamated turbidites that spilled close to the channel margins. The palaeocurrent directions associated with the amalgamated channel fills suggest a low channel sinuosity. Stacks of channels and spillover packages 25–40 m thick may show significant palaeocurrent variability at the same stratigraphic interval but at different locations. This suggests that individual channels and spillover packages were stacked into channel‐spillover belts, and that the belts also followed a sinuous pattern. Reservoir elements of the Ross system include tabular turbidites, channel‐fill deposits, thickening‐upward packages that formed as spillover lobes and, on a larger scale, sinuous channel belts 2·5–5 km wide. The edges of the belts can be roughly defined where well‐packaged spillover deposits pass laterally into muddier, poorly packaged tabular turbidites. The low‐sinuosity channel belts are interpreted to pass downstream into unchannellized tabular turbidites, equivalent to lower Ross Formation facies.     

HYDROGEN ION CONCENTRATION IN RAIN WATER

Continuous measurements of pH precipitation falling from cumulus clouds in semi-arid region(Colorado,USA),and in wet temperate zone(Bologna,Italy)were made.In Colorado the pHwas constant at 7.3 for a period of time,and later changed to 7.0 and remained constant at thisvalue during the remainder of the storm.In Italy the pH fluctuated continuously between theapproximate values of 5.7 and 6.4 during the storm.The changes in hydrogen ion concentrationreflect the chemical composition of cloud condensation nuclei and of scavenged aerosol particles andgases presented in the region.     

地面电晕离子对空中引雷始发过程的影响

利用已建立的“地面电晕离子的演化模式”对甘肃省平凉地区一次雷暴过程的空中电荷密度和环境电场的演化情况进行了模拟,发现地面尖端产生的电晕离子如果不被俘获便可在１ｍｉｎ左右内到达５００ｍ的高度上。对空中引雷火箭发射前的空中电场分析表明,引雷成功的关键除有足够长的导线以使导线两端的电场产生畸变外,另一个重要的条件是火箭－导线系统顶端能处于强的环境电场中以满足顶部流光的产生和持续传输。另外,低空较强的环境电场对火箭－导线系统下端下行流光的发展和空气间隙的击穿有重要的促进作用。一次空中引雷触发高度上的电场大于５０．０ｋＶ／ｍ,火箭－导线系统下行正流光持续传输的电场值为１９．０ｋＶ／ｍ,放电过程首先起始于火箭－导线系统下端正流光的产生。根据多年的实验资料,建议实际引雷试验时,以５００ｍ高度上的电场为参考来决定火箭的发射时刻,北方雷暴大于５０ｋＶ／ｍ,南方雷暴大于２５ｋＶ／ｍ。     

Behavior Mechanism on Sulfide Solid-Liquid Interface and Its Application

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The calculation of TV, VT, VV, VV′ - rate coefficients for the collisions of the main atmospheric components

The first-order perturbation approximation is applied to calculate the rate coefficients of vibrational energy transfer in collisions involving vibrationally excited molecules in the absence of non-adiabatic transitions. The factors of molecular attraction, oscillator frequency change, anharmonicity, 3-dimensionality and quasiclassical motion have been taken into account in the approximation. The analytical expressions presented have been normalized on experimental data of VT-relaxation times in N₂ and O₂ to obtain the steric factors and the extent of repulsive exchange potentials in collisions N₂–N₂ and O₂–O₂. The approach was applied to calculate the rate coefficients of vibrational-vibrational energy transfer in the collisions N₂–N₂, O₂–O₂ and N₂–O₂. It is shown that there is good agreement between our calculations and experimental data for all cases of energy transfer considered.