胶西北新城金矿床二长花岗岩岩石地球化学、锆石U-Pb年龄及Lu-Hf同位素组成

胶东是我国最重要的金矿集区,也是环太平洋中、新生代金成矿系统的重要组成部分,其内花岗质岩石分布广泛,95%以上的金资源储量赋存在晚侏罗世玲珑型花岗岩和早白垩世早期郭家岭型花岗质岩中。关于花岗岩类的成因,尤其是早白垩世花岗质岩的岩石类型及其源区仍存有争议。新城金矿床位于胶东西北部焦家断裂带北段,是迄今为止在胶东矿集区内发现的赋存在早白垩世花岗质岩中最大的金矿床,其内已探明金资源储量大于200t。该金矿床的赋矿围岩为新城花岗岩体,由中细粒石英二长岩和中粗粒似斑状二长花岗岩组成,形成于127~132Ma。进一步的地质观察表明中粗粒似斑状二长花岗岩两侧的岩石粒度逐渐变细,斑晶逐渐变小,长英质矿物增多,明显不同于中粗粒似斑状二长花岗岩,应为中细粒似斑状二长花岗岩。论文对该中细粒似斑状二长花岗岩进行了系统的岩石地球化学、锆石LA-ICP-MS定年和Lu-Hf同位素组成研究,并进一步探讨了该类岩石的地球化学类型、形成时代、岩浆源区性质及其与新城花岗岩体的关系。岩石地球化学研究表明中细粒似斑状二长花岗岩具有高的SiO2(71.18%~73.72%)、全碱(K2O+Na2O=7.07%~8.64%)、Ba(793×10-6)、Sr(729×10-6)和轻稀土含量(71.14×10-6),低的Al2O3(13.57%~15.73%)、MgO(0.22%~0.39%)、Rb(91.7×10-6)、Th(7.4×10-6)、U(4.51×10-6)、Nb(4.49×10-6)、Ta(0.26×10-6)、Y(3.67×10-6)和重稀土含量(7.47×10-6),无明显的铕异常,明显亏损Nb、Ta、P、Ti等高场强元素,显示出典型的高Ba-Sr花岗岩所具有的地球化学特征,属高BaSr花岗岩。锆石LA-ICP-MS定年结果表明中细粒似斑状二长花岗岩形成于123±1Ma,而石英二长岩和中粗粒似斑状二长花岗岩的锆石LA-ICP-MS年龄为127±2Ma~132±1Ma,3种类型岩石具有相似的主量元素组成及稀土和微量元素分布模式,表明新城花岗岩体的形成时代应为123±1Ma~132±1Ma。Lu-Hf同位素测试结果显示中细粒似斑状二长花岗岩岩浆锆石的εHf(t)为-20.76~-18.66,二阶段模式年龄tDM2为2351~2479Ma;在εHf(t)-锆石U-Pb年龄图解中,所有数据点均落在球粒陨石演化线之下的壳源区域。金矿床已有石英二长岩、中粗粒似斑状二长花岗岩和区域玲珑型花岗岩Hf同位素组成及该中细粒似斑状二长花岗岩中2个太古代(2629±14Ma、2402±18Ma)和3个中生代(150±7Ma、151±1Ma、147±1Ma)的继承锆石年龄,表明新城金矿床内中细粒似斑状二长花岗岩应来源于前寒武纪变质基底岩石,岩浆上升过程中遭受了上地壳(主要是玲珑黑云母花岗岩)的混染。     

内蒙古巴林右旗胡都格绍荣岩体的年代学、地球化学、Hf同位素特征及构造背景

大兴安岭地区晚中生代的大地构造背景一直存在争议,通过对内蒙古巴林右旗胡都格绍荣岩体进行锆石U-Pb测年、岩石地球化学以及锆石Lu-Hf同位素分析,探讨其形成时代及构造背景.胡都格绍荣岩体主体岩性为似斑状黑云母二长花岗岩,LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年确定其加权平均年龄为129.9±1.4 Ma(MSWD=0.91),指示其侵位于早白垩世.花岗岩具有高SiO₂、Na₂O、K₂O含量,低CaO、MgO含量,富集Cs、Rb、K、Th、U、Zr,亏损Ba、Sr、P、Ti,轻稀土富集,具明显Eu负异常(δEu=0.35~0.44),10 000×[w(Ga)/w(Al)]为2.08~3.05,表明其为典型的A型花岗岩.Hf同位素分析结果显示,锆石具有正的ε_Hf(t)值(2.24~9.41),Hf两阶段模式年龄为1 030~570 Ma,平均为809 Ma,结合其微量元素特征,认为岩浆来源于新元古代地壳的部分熔融.胡都格绍荣花岗岩指示研究区在早白垩世为伸展构造背景,可能与蒙古-鄂霍茨克洋闭合关系更为密切.      

南阿尔金玉苏普阿勒克塔格花岗岩体锆石U-Pb年代学、地球化学特征及地质意义

玉苏普阿勒克塔格岩体是南阿尔金出露面积较大的花岗岩体之一.为了查明该岩体的成因与形成的构造环境,探讨南阿尔金地区的岩浆演化过程,对该岩体进行了岩石学、地球化学及锆石U-Pb年代学方面的研究.研究结果表明玉苏普阿勒克塔格岩体主要由中粗粒似斑状黑云二长花岗岩及中细粒含斑黑云二长花岗岩组成.本次研究获得中粗粒似斑状黑云二长花岗岩的锆石U-Pb年龄为442~448 Ma,中细粒含斑黑云二长花岗岩的锆石U-Pb年龄为423~430 Ma.岩石地球化学显示,早期花岗岩具有准铝质特征（A/CNK=0.97）,晚期花岗岩具有弱过铝质特征（A/CNK=1.04）.两期花岗岩均属于高钾钙碱性Ⅰ型花岗岩,轻稀土富集重稀土亏损,具有Eu的弱负异常.两期花岗岩都富集Rb、Th、K等元素,亏损Ba、P、Sr、Ti等元素.根据两期花岗岩的形成时代,结合区域地质背景认为玉苏普阿勒克塔格岩体形成于活动大陆边缘环境,是早古生代南阿尔金洋向北俯冲碰撞,在构造体制转换阶段幔源岩浆上涌新生地壳发生部分熔融形成.      

内蒙古东乌珠穆沁旗查干敖包花岗岩体时代、成因及地质意义

内蒙古东乌珠穆沁旗北部的查干敖包岩体可分解为灰黄色细粒花岗岩单元和灰黄色中细粒似斑状含二云母花岗岩单元。前者锆石U-Pb加权平均年龄为(306.4±2)Ma,为晚石炭世岩浆活动产物,后者锆石U-Pb加权平均年龄为(278.3±2)Ma,为早二叠世岩浆活动产物。两期花岗岩具有相似的地球化学特征,主量元素均具有富Si,贫Ti、Mg、Ca,且有较高的碱/铝(NK/A)比值等特征;均表现出明显的负Eu异常;微量元素富集Rb、Th、U、K,弱富集P、Zr及Hf,强烈亏损Ba、Sr及Ti。通过分析讨论,认为晚石炭世晚期细粒花岗岩单元和早二叠世中细粒似斑状花岗岩单元的成因类型均为I-S过渡型钙碱性花岗岩。岩石化学、岩体产状、分布特点和源岩特征都表明,查干敖包岩体晚石炭世晚期和早二叠世花岗岩构造背景环境一致,均为晚古生代中亚造山大地构造背景下碰撞后转换期构造—岩浆事件产物。     

青海三江北段治多地区印支期花岗岩的成因及锆石U-Pb定年

青海三江北段治多地区开展的1∶25万区域地质调查显示该地区大面积出露的侵入岩的形成时代主要为晚三叠世,治多县东北部巴颜喀拉岩区内花岗闪长岩单颗粒锆石U-Pb法年龄为(212.38±7.1)Ma,似斑状二长花岗岩单颗粒锆石U-Pb年龄为(196.8±0.3)Ma:治多西南部分布于金沙江蛇绿构造混杂岩带内石英闪长岩的单颗粒锆石U-Pb年龄为(215.4±0.8)Ma。通过岩体地质特征、岩石学及岩石地球化学特征结合区域构造演化特点可以初步确定这些地区晚印支—早燕山阶段花岗岩形成于后碰撞阶段,岩浆具有多源区特点,形成可能与岩石圈的拆沉作用有关。     

内蒙古东乌旗索纳嘠铅锌银矿区花岗岩地球化学特征及其构造与成矿意义

内蒙古东乌旗索纳嘎铅锌银矿区赋矿侵入岩为一由中粗粒花岗岩、细粒黑云母花岗岩和似斑状钾长花岗岩组成的杂岩体.三种岩石的锆石U-Pb同位素年龄依次为(319.6±4.1)Ma、(172.5±1.4)Ma和(165.5±1.8)Ma.三者均以高钾、富碱、贫镁为特征,均属钙碱性、准铝质-弱过铝质岩石,分异程度较高.岩石稀土总量较高,轻稀土相对富集,均具负铕异常;均富集U、Th,Rb/Sr值大于壳源Rb/Sr值,应属S型花岗岩.根据花岗岩地球化学和区域地质特征分析认为,中粗粒花岗岩形成于晚石炭世后碰撞伸展构造环境;中侏罗世细粒黑云母花岗岩和似斑状钾长花岗岩产于板内伸展构造环境,为同源岩浆演化不同阶段的产物.似斑状钾长花岗岩富含成矿元素Pb和Zn,而且其成岩年龄与辉钼矿(163.4±2.4) Ma～(166.6±2.4) Ma的Re-Os同位素年龄基本一致,可能为成矿母岩.     

川西太阳河黑云母二长花岗岩的锆石U-Pb年龄、岩石地球化学特征及其地质意义

为揭示松潘-甘孜造山带构造演化及花岗岩成矿作用特征,对太阳河岩体进行了锆石U-Pb定年及地球化学研究。结果显示,岩性主要为黑云母二长花岗岩和黑云母花岗闪长岩,锆石U-Pb年龄为(206.7±1.3)Ma,表明岩体形成于中生代印支末期。岩石的A/CNK为1.01～1.15,具有较低的Sr含量,Rb/Sr值较低,为0.12～0.36。大离子亲石元素Rb、Ba相对富集,Sr元素则呈现出较为明显的负异常。高场强元素Nb、Hf、P亏损,La、Ce、Nd、Sm、Zr等呈正异常而明显富集。岩体稀土总量为238×10~(-6)～1057×10~(-6),轻稀土富集,重稀土亏损。La_N/Yb_N值为39.85～192.16,δEu=0.64～0.92,δCe=0.89～1.06。岩石地球化学特征显示,该岩体具有过铝质S型花岗岩特征,源区为杂砂岩,形成于陆内汇聚-推覆造山阶段的后碰撞环境。     

皖南休宁县里东坑似斑状花岗闪长岩成岩成矿特征分析

提要：通过野外考察、岩石地球化学、锆石U-Pb测年和Re-Os同位素测试等手段,对里东坑似斑状花岗闪长岩及钼矿床的成因类型、成岩机制以及与壳幔作用的关系进行了分析讨论。测试结果显示：赋矿似斑状花岗闪长岩的LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄为（153.01±0.90） Ma（MSWD=1.14）,辉钼矿Re-Os模式年龄为（144.9±1.9） Ma（MSWD=2.0）,成岩与成矿均发生于燕山早期。主微量元素分析结果显示：岩石富Si和K,贫Mg、Ca、P等元素,具有高Rb、低Yb+Ta的特征,稀土元素具有轻微负Eu异常,轻稀土富集;辉钼矿样品Re含量主要介于24.17～27.92μg.g-1。说明赋矿似斑状花岗闪长岩具有I型花岗岩的特征,并经历了壳幔混合作用,判断里东坑似斑状花岗闪长岩为碰撞花岗岩类,形成于挤压背景,具备良好的成矿条件。     

西昆仑西北缘大洋斜长花岗岩带的岩石地球化学特征、成因及其构造环境

大洋斜长花岗岩一般作为蛇绿岩的组成部分,发育规模往往较小,目前世界上不与蛇绿岩共生或有成因关系的斜长花岗岩实例较少,关于不发育蛇绿岩的大规模大洋斜长花岗岩的报道更是少见。本文通过岩石学、岩石地球化学、锆石UPb定年和Hf同位素研究,论证西昆仑造山带西北缘发育着大规模由英云闪长岩、石英闪长岩和奥长花岗岩组成的大洋斜长花岗岩带。以该斜长花岗带中奥依塔克岩体和萨罗依岩体为研究对象,测得其锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb年龄分别为322.8±2.2Ma、319.0±1.7Ma,锆石均具较高的正εHf(t)值(11.06~16.93),模式年龄为320~540Ma(平均值为396.1Ma),大于其形成年龄。岩石具低的Al2O3、高Ca O和Mg O含量,强烈的富钠贫钾,稀土元素总量较低,LREE稍亏损或平坦型配分型式,通过与世界典型大洋斜长花岗岩的对比,该斜长花岗岩带属于典型大洋斜长花岗岩,但相对具负Eu异常,富集K、Rb,亏损Nb、Ta元素。对该大规模斜长花岗岩的成因研究进行了探索,认为该斜长花岗岩带不是传统的玄武质岩浆结晶分异成因,而是在低压(0.1GPa)低温(737~781℃)条件下镁铁质洋壳发生部分熔融的产物,残留相为斜长石+角闪石±斜方辉石±钛铁矿(无石榴石)。结合区域资料,西昆仑西北缘斜长花岗岩带是在晚石炭世弧后盆地的伸展裂解环境下以乌鲁阿特组(玄武岩夹沉积岩)为代表的早石炭世新生镁铁质洋壳部分熔融所形成的产物。     

内蒙古头道桥大牛圈—乌其哈锡岩体SHRIMP年代学研究及其地质意义

内蒙古鄂温克旗头道桥地区的大牛圈—乌其哈锡岩体主要由二长花岗岩组成,石英二长闪长岩、花岗闪长岩、花岗岩在岩体中零星出露,石英二长闪长岩锆石的~(206)Pb/~(238)U年龄的加权平均值为(285±6)Ma;二长花岗岩锆石的~(206)Pb/~(238)U年龄的加权平均值分别为(259±11)Ma、(292±6)Ma、(288.3±2.9)Ma;花岗岩锆石的~(206)Pb/~(238)U年龄的加权平均值为(303±8)Ma。根据上述年龄分布情况及该岩体岩石学、岩石化学及地球化学均表现出同源、同期的产物特征,故认为该岩体的结晶年龄为(285±6)Ma。结合区域构造背景分析大牛圈—乌其哈锡地区造山晚期花岗岩体应该是兴安微板块与松嫩微板块碰撞拼合晚期阶段的产物,故两微板块的拼合时间发生在至少285 Ma以前。     

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.     

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.     

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).     

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.     

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.     

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.     

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     

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.     

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.