Geology,mineralogy, and genesis of palygorskite clay from Borshchevka deposit in the Kaluga Region and outlook for its technological use

In this paper we consider localization and paleogeographic conditions of palygorskite deposition in the Moscow Syneclise, which is regarded as a palygorskite province. The geology and mineralogy of the Borshchevka deposit are also characterized. Mineralogical and chemical analyses of rocks from the Steshevo Horizon (C_1st), which is the most promising for palygorskite and associated smectite, have been carried out. The morphology and crystal structure of palygorskite varieties differing in origin are characterized, as well as possible use of palygorskite from the Borshchevka deposit as a drilling mud, foundry sand, and sorbent.     

Environmental fragility evaluation and guidelines for environmental zoning: a study case on Ibiuna (the Southeastern Brazilian region)

Environmental fragility models are important decision tools for policy makers as they help quantify environmental sensitivity and understand the relationship between human activities and environmental quality. The objective of this study was to evaluate three different environmental fragility models within the Brazilian rainforest region and to use the results to develop environmental zone classes. Two rural river basins located in Ibiuna, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, were studied. Input variables, including slope class, relief dissection rate, soil class, lithology, land cover, and climate data, were used to compute environmental fragility classes using three standard models. The model outputs were evaluated on their ability to accurately predict the most sensitive and least sensitive areas. The best models for each region were used to derive environmental zoning maps, including restoration priorities, best regions for agriculture, and areas with high needs for soil management. These maps will help support land use strategies for environmental restoration. This study provides insight into territorial ordering and management of environmental services with a regional perspective.     

Lateglacial,early and middle holocene environments,human occupation,and resource use in the Atacama (Northern Chile)

Paleoenvironmental data from the Atacama Altiplano (21°–24°S) indicate that water, vegetation and animal resources were more abundant during lateglacial and early Holocene times than today. The rate of precipitation increased above 4000 m elevation to 400–500 mm/yr compared to the present 200 mm/yr. Dry conditions prevailed below 3500 m. Evidence of Paleoindian habitation is still missing, even though there is no evidence for environmental prohibitors during lateglacial time. The early Archaic hunters (10,820 yr B.P.-ca. 8500 yr B.P.) inhabited the Altiplano (high Puna) and its western slope, where water was available due to higher river runoff from the Altiplano, and the resources in different elevation zones were accessible. Natural resources decreased significantly during the middle Archaic period (8500-ca. 5000 yr B.P.). Lakes receded to today's levels, pedogenesis in the Altiplano terminated, and human activities were restricted to the most stable sites in the Río Lao and the Río Purifica catchments north of 23°S. The less stable oases south of 23°S (Salar de Atacama and Punta Negra) were abandoned. The climatic changes are best explained by shifts of the (sub)tropical circulation. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

中国(黄石)地矿科普大会盛大开幕

<正>11月1日上午,为期5天的中国(黄石)地矿科普大会盛大开幕。来自全国各地的专家学者和特邀外国嘉宾齐聚大冶湖畔,共商地矿科普大计,在新时代、新使命、新征程中,携手共创中国地矿科普事业的美好明天。中国地质学会前理事长、地质矿产部前部长宋瑞祥,湖北省政协副主席王振有,中国地质学会常务副理事长、中国     

The development of sediment threshold curves for unusual environments (Mars) and for inadequately studied materials (foram sands)

Generalized curves for grain threshold under liquid flow and under gas flow (air), based on laboratory data summarized in a previous paper, are utilized to generate a series of threshold curves for unusual sedimentary environments and little-studied sedimentary materials of interest to geologists. These are aeolian and water flow threshold on the planet Mars, and the threshold of foraminiferal sands in the deep-sea. Such extrapolations from the generalized curves are necessary because of the difficulty or impossibility of obtaining satisfactory data for these sediments or environments, and the procedures demonstrate the importance of the general threshold curves.     

A geographical information system managing geotechnical data for Athens (Greece) and its use for automated seismic microzonation

This article presents a geographical information system (GIS) which manages geotechnical data obtained from detailed geotechnical surveys as well as from in situ observations in Athens, Greece. Thoroughly examined data from more than 2,000 exploratory boreholes and trial pits located in the wider area of Athens have been incorporated using a relational database system. From the analysis of these results, thematic maps are compiled to illustrate the distribution of engineering geological information (e.g. the depth of the “Athens schist” head). In addition, a methodology for an automated GIS-aided seismic microzonation study is outlined and is being employed taking into account the aforementioned geotechnical and engineering geological information, as well as existing seismological data to estimate the variability of seismic ground motion for the southern part of Athens.     

The solubility of rhodochrosite (MnCO3) and siderite (FeCO3) in anaerobic aquatic environments

Natural groundwaters are often reported to be highly supersaturated with the carbonate minerals siderite (FeCO₃) and rhodochrosite (MnCO₃). The kinetics of precipitation and dissolution were determined in the light of new determinations of the solubility products of siderite and rhodochrosite. Laboratory experiments showed that the precipitation kinetics of siderite and rhodochrosite were much slower than that of calcite, and also much slower than their dissolution kinetics. Experiments with supersaturated solutions failed to reach steady state within 474 days in the case of siderite, whereas steady state for rhodochrosite was reached after 140 days. Suspensions of siderite and rhodochrosite crystals reached steady state after 10 and 80 days, respectively. The solubility product of siderite (−log K_S0(FeCO₃)) was 11.03 ± 0.10 for dried crystals and 10.43 ± 0.15 for wet crystals. For rhodochrosite the solubility product (−log K_S0(MnCO₃)) was 11.39 ± 0.14 for dried crystals and 12.51 ± 0.07 for wet crystals. The solubility product determined from supersaturated solutions was −log K_S0(MnCO₃)=11.65 ± 0.14. The observed slow precipitation kinetics of siderite and rhodochrosite might explain the apparent supersaturation that is often reported for anaerobic aquatic environments.     

九江西部岭下湾金(锑)矿地质特征及成因探讨

笔者根据多年对该区控矿地质特征的认识,类比国内同类型矿床,对矿床成因进行了初步探讨,建立As-Sb-Au成矿模式,以指导矿区深部和外围找矿工作。     

Geology and paleontology of late Cenozoic marine deposits in the Sacaco area (Peru)

Paleontologic, stratigraphic and geochronologic (K-Ar) evidence demonstrate the presence of both late Miocene and Pliocene marine deposits in the Pisco Formation in the area of Sacaco, Peru. Tuffaceous sandstone, siltstone, and shelly sandstone comprise the greater part of the ca. 350 meters sequence. The fine grained sediments have accumulated in large coastal lagoons, while coarser sediments were deposited in semiprotected littoral and nearshore environments. A rich marine vertebrate fauna from the Sacaco basin includes fossil selachians, teleost fishes, marine birds, cetaceans, marine carnivores, and a single edentate species. A diverse invertebrate fauna consists principally of venerid and muricid molluscs. Five vertebrate levels have been correlated with five provisionally defined molluscan zones. The vertebrate fauna has some affinity with faunas of the Miocene Yorktown Formation at the Lee Creek Mine of North Carolina (USA). Distinctive Miocene and Pliocene molluscan assemblages of the Pisco Formation and Pleistocene molluscan assemblages from overlying terrace deposits become progressively more similar to Chilean assemblages of equivalent age and less similar to Tethyan faunas of the Panamic and Caribbean regions.

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Zusammenfassung Paläontologische, stratigraphische und geochronologische (K-Ar) Daten belegen ein obermiozänes und pliozänes Alter der Pisco-Formation. Die Sequenz wird etwa 350 m mächtig und besteht aus tuffartigen Sandsteinen, Silten und Schillsanden. Die feineren Sedimente sind in großen Lagunen, die gröberen im geschützten Strandbereich abgelagert worden. Die reiche Fauna enthält Fische (Teleostei und Selachii), Meeres-Vögel, eine Edentata und an Wirbellosen hauptsächlich Veneriden und Muriciden. Fünf Wirbeltier-Horizonte lassen sich mit fünf vorläufig definierten Molluskenzonen korrelieren. Die Vertebratenfauna ähnelt der aus dem Unterpliozän von Nordkarolina (Yorktown Formation und Lee Creek Mine Formation — USA). Vom Miozän zum Pliozän verändert sich der Charakter der Molluskengesellschaften vom panamensisch-karibischen zu chilenischem Gepräge.

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Résumé Des preuves paléontologiques, stratigraphiques et géochronologiques (K-Ar) démontrent la présence de dépôts miocènes supérieur aussi bien que pliocènes dans la Formation Pisco dans la région de Sacaco (Pérou). La séquence est d'environ 350 mètres et se compose de grès tuffacés, de microgrès et de grès coquillers. Les sédiments à grains fins se sont accumulés à l'intérieur de grands lagons côtiers tandis que les sédiments plus grossiers furent déposés dans des environnements abrités littoraux et côtiers. La faune de Vertébrés de la région de Sacaco est riche et comprend essentiellement des Sélaciens, des Téléostéens, des Oiseaux marins et un Edenté. La faune d'Invertébrés est variée et se compose principalement de Mollusques Vénéridés et Muricidés. Cinq niveaux de Vertébrés ont été corrélés avec cinq zones de Mollusques définies provisoirement. La faune de Vertébrés présente des affinités avec celle de la Formation Yorktown du Pliocène inférieur de Lee Creek Mine en Caroline du Nord (USA). Les associations caractéristiques de Mollusques miocènes et pliocenes de la Formation Pisco et celles des dépôts de terrasses quaternaires sus-jacents sont de bas en haut, progressivement plus semblables aux associations chiliennes du même âge, différant des faunes téthysiennes des provinces panam eennes et caraïbéennes.

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Speciation analysis of metals （Tl, Cd and Pb） in Tl-containing pyrite and its cinder from Yunfu Mine, China, by ICP-MS with sequential extraction

The speciation of heavy metals such as thallium, cadmium and lead existing in pyrite and pyrite cinder was analyzed by ICP-MS with a sequential extraction procedure. The distribution patterns of these metals including exchangeable, reducible, oxidizable and residual fractions were obtained. Tl, Cd and Pb in pyrite and pyrite cinder samples from each extraction step were determined by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). Under the optimized instrumental conditions, detection limits of Tl, Cd and Pb in different matrices were within the range of 0.006–0.07 μg/L, and the relative standard deviations ranged from 0.8% to 1.2%. The accuracy of Tl, Cd and Pb determination was checked by analyzing two certified reference materials. The results demonstrate that trace Tl, Cd and Pb in the samples can be accurately determined. The sequential extraction results revealed that the percent contents of Tl, Cd and Pb in exchangeable, reducible and oxidizable fractions in pyrite cinder are different from those in pyrite and in pyrite cinder. Tl, Cd and Pb mostly are distributed in residual fraction. Therefore, the mobility of metals in pyrite is higher than that in pyrite cinder. Although distributions of Tl, Cd and Pb in the non-residual fraction are not dominant in pyrite cinder, the total concentrations of them could not be ignored. Consequently, attention must be paid to the risk of potential pollution by pyrite cinder.     

加载方式及抗拉强度对巴西圆盘试验影响的连续-非连续方法数值模拟

研究了集中加载、加载板加载和平台加载3种不同加载方式对巴西圆盘的宏观力学行为、开裂过程以及材料的抗拉强度的影响。对于平台加载方式给出了不同平台加载角时抗拉强度的修正系数。在数值模拟中,采用了自主开发的连续-非连续方法,该方法将拉格朗日元、变形体离散元及虚拟裂纹模型耦合在一起,既可以很好地模拟弹性阶段的变形,又可以较好地模拟材料的真实开裂过程。研究发现,采用平台加载方式,有利于圆盘中心起裂,而采用集中加载和加载板加载方式,圆盘的加载部位容易发生剪破坏。在圆盘中心起裂时,集中加载方式的抗拉强度的数值解最接近于选取的抗拉强度,然后是加载板加载方式,最后是平台加载方式。无论对于哪种加载方式,在材料的抗拉强度较小时,圆盘易于中心起裂,否则圆盘的加载部位将发生剪破坏。圆盘中心起裂后,众多微裂纹汇聚成的裂纹带在垂直方向不断扩展,直至贯穿整个圆盘,同时伴有应力波产生并传播。     

CCNBD断裂韧度试样的SIF新公式和在尺度律分析中的应用

根据国际岩石力学学会于1995年推荐的一种测试岩石断裂韧度的新型试样－人字形切槽巴西圆盘试样,对其断裂韧度计算公式中的关键参数即无量纲应力强度因子（SIF）提出了一个改进的计算公式。采用分片合成方法结合有限元法对CCNBD试样的应力强度因子进行了宽范围标定,结果以表格的形式给出;并采用数据线性回归的方法,将标定结果以一个指数函数的形式给出。结果表明,与标定值相比,无量纲应力强度因子新公式的误差较小,并且囊括了CCNBD试样的较宽范围的尺寸,且查表使用方便,也为理论分析提供了条件。在此基础上,对岩石断裂韧度测试的尺度律进行了更进一步的探索,结果表明,利用新公式进行的尺度律分析是有效的。     

Geology and Genesis of the Mafic—Ultramafic Complexes in the Huangshan—Jingerquan（HJ） Belt,East Xinjiang

More than twenty mafic-ultramafic complexes, which host several mediumor large-sized Cu−Ni deposits, occur along the Huangshan-Jingerquan (HJ) belt in East Xinjiang. Rock types in these complexes are predominated by peridotite, pyroxene peridotite, olivine pyroxenite, gabbronorite, orthopyroxene gabbro, troctolite, gabbro and diorite. The ultramafic rocks are relatively Fe-enriched and are characterized by an assemblage of olivine+orthopyroxene+clinopyroxene+hornblende±plagioclase without obvious metamorphic textures. Chemically, these complexes are relatively Fe-enriched and show a tholeiitic trend of evolution. The complexes in this belt are intruded under the extensional environment in a Mid-Carboniferous back-arc basin. They can be considered as a new type of mafic-ultramafic complexes in orogenic belts, as designated by the name of the East-Xinjiang-type complexes. This project was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.     

Geology and petrology of the Simav Magmatic Complex (NW Anatolia) and its comparison with the Oligo-Miocene granitoids in NW Anatolia: implications on Tertiary tectonic evolution of the region

The Oligo-Miocene granitic plutons and their related volcanic-subvolcanic successions form a NW–SE trending magmatic belt along the northern border of the Menderes Massif. This belt evolved within a nappe package consisting of the Menderes metamorphics, Sakarya Continent, Afyon Zone and Tav?anl? Zone and also intruded this nappe package. The Ezine, Evciler, Eybek, Kozak, Alaçam, Koyunoba, E?rigöz and the Baklan plutons emplaced along this belt and show similarities in their internal structures, emplacement mechanisms, and petrological characteristics. These different granitic plutons cut and stitch various combinations of the nappe package of the above-mentioned tectonic belts, and evolved during and following the Alpine collision. They all show characteristic map patterns of shallow-seated plutons and range from granite to monzogranite. The granitic plutons display calc-alkaline, I-type and post-collisional geochemical characteristics. The E?rigöz, Koyunoba plutons and their subvolcanic–volcanic phases (Simav Magmatic Complex) were studied in detail. The geochemical characteristics and field occurences of the Simav Magmatic Complex were compared to the other magmatic associations in western Anatolia and it was determined that it is of collisional origin and not related to an extensional tectonic regime as suggested in some recent studies.     

鄂尔多斯盆地晚三叠世延长组长6期湖盆坡折带特征及其地质意义

鄂尔多斯盆地晚三叠世湖盆西南缘及东北缘发育典型坳陷型湖盆坡折带。研究表明,在北东缘具有多级缓坡坡折带特征,坡度1°~3°,宽度15~25 km;西南缘具有单一陡坡坡折带特征,坡度3°~5°,宽度10~20 km。由于受湖盆收缩原因影响,坡折带平面展布局部会发生变化。与此同时,坡折带在对地层的超覆叠置、岩性纵向组合以及沉积体的纵横向展布上均具有重要的控制作用。以坡折带特征研究为基础,建立坡折带控制非构造圈闭展布模式,对于指导鄂尔多斯盆地晚三叠世地层的油气勘探具有重要意义。     

Electronic structures of iron(III) and manganese(IV) (hydr)oxide minerals: Thermodynamics of photochemical reductive dissolution in aquatic environments

Sunlight-induced reduction and dissolution of colloidal Fe-Mn (hydr)oxide minerals yields elevated concentrations of Fe²⁺ and Mn²⁺ in natural waters. Since these elements may be biolimiting micronutrients, photochemical reactions might play a significant role in biogeochemical cycles. Reductive photodissolution of Fe (hydr)oxide minerals may also release sorbed metals. The reactivity of Fe-Mn (hydr)oxide minerals to sunlight-induced photochemical dissolution is determined by the electronic structure of the mineral-water interface. In this work, oxygen K-edge absorption and emission spectra were used to determine the electronic structures of iron(III) (hydr)oxides (hematite, goethite, lepidocrocite, akaganeite and schwertmannite) and manganese(IV) oxides (pyrolusite, birnessite, cryptomelane). The band gaps in the iron(III) (hydr)oxide minerals are near 2.0-2.5 eV; the band gaps in the manganese (IV) oxide phases are 1.0-1.8 eV. Using published values for the electrochemical flat-band potential for hematite together with experimental pH_pzc values for the (hydr)oxides, it is possible to predict the electrochemical potentials of the conduction and valence bands in aqueous solutions as a function of pH. The band potentials enable semiquantitative predictions of the susceptibilities of these minerals to photochemical dissolution in aqueous solutions. At pH 2 (e.g., acid-mine waters), photoreduction of iron(III) (hydr)oxides could yield millimolal concentrations of aqueous Fe²⁺ (assuming surface detachment of Fe²⁺ is not rate limiting). In seawater (pH 8.3), however, the direct photo-reduction of colloidal iron(III) (hydr)oxides to give nanomolal concentrations of dissolved, uncomplexed, Fe²⁺ is not thermodynamically feasible. This supports the hypothesis that the apparent photodissolution of iron(III) (hydr)oxides in marines systems results from Fe³⁺ reduction by photochemically produced superoxide. In contrast, the direct photoreduction of manganese oxides should be energetically feasible at pH 2 and 8.3.     

新生代晚期青藏高原强烈隆起及其对周边环境的影响

青藏高原主夷平面形成的上限年龄为3.6MaB.P.,临夏盆地新生代湖相沉积同时结束,青藏运动开始,分为A(3.6MaB.P.),B(2.6MaB.P.)和C(1.7MaB.P.)3幕,A幕现代亚洲季风形成,B幕黄土开始堆积,C幕黄河出现;昆黄运动(1.2～0.6MaB.P.)使黄河干流切入青藏高原,大面积山地进入冰冻圈,可能导致中更新世之气候转型;共和运动造成黄河切穿龙羊峡,青海湖孤立,高原达到现代高度.中国三大自然区是高原隆升驱动大气环流改变而导致的中国最高层次的景观分异.本文讨论了8MaB.P.的有限高度隆升及亚洲干旱化的问题,亚洲夏季风22MaB.P.已经开始,是高原隆升及其它因素共同作用的结果,为亚洲古季风阶段.3.6MaB.P.才是现代亚洲季风真正开始的时期,可能北半球进入冰期也与此有密切关系.     

新疆鄯善县阿奇山铅锌（铜）矿床地质地球化学与成因探讨

新疆鄯善阿奇山铅锌(铜)矿位于东天山造山带西南缘。为探讨其矿床成因,在分析矿区地质特征的基础上,对矿体、矿石、典型矿物、蚀变分带及矽卡岩等进行了研究。结合成矿阶段划分、物质来源、同位素分析及小东山花岗斑岩锆石U-Pb定年数据,表明成矿与区内同源幔源岩浆作用及早石炭世雅满苏组矿源层关系密切,早石炭世花岗斑岩(331.5±2.0Ma)引起了雅满苏矿源层元素初始活化、局部富集,并提供了部分矿质,后期叠加了与小东山火山机构有关的受近东西向断裂构造控制的火山期后热液-交代充填成矿过程。综合上述信息,认为矿床受断裂构造控制,是与幔源岩浆岩有关的火山沉积-热液叠加改造型铅锌矿床。     

青海德令哈蓄集银铅矿床地质与S-Pb同位素组成及其成矿学意义

蓄集矿床是宗务隆构造带内发现的重要银铅矿床。蓄集银铅矿床赋存于石炭-二叠系宗务隆群果可山组灰岩夹千枚岩地层中,矿体呈脉状、透镜状、似层状,明显受近东西走向的断裂构造控制,矿体围岩蚀变主要为硅化和绢云母化,矿石矿物主要为方铅矿和银黝铜矿,脉石矿物主要为石英,矿石具有斑杂状和网脉状构造。对该矿床开展了S-Pb同位素组成分析。硫同位素分析结果表明矿石中硫化物矿物δ~(34)S值变化于5.0‰～8.4‰之间,显示硫主要为岩浆来源,有少量地层的贡献;铅同位素分析结果表明,矿石~(206)Pb/~(204) Pb=17.896～17.922,~(207)Pb/~(204) Pb=15.589～15.617,~(208) Pb/~(204) Pb=38.072～38.166,与围岩铅同位素组成(~(206) Pb/~(204) Pb=17.94～18.976,~(207)Pb/~(204) Pb=15.600～15.696,~(208) Pb/~(204) Pb=38.106～40.943)较为相似,而与蓄集峡口闪长岩铅同位素组成(~(206) Pb/~(204) Pb=18.144～18.589,~(207)Pb/~(204) Pb=15.623～15.636,~(208)Pb/~(204) Pb=38.790～39.033)相差较大,反映成矿物质主要来自围岩地层宗务隆群果可山组。综合分析认为,蓄集银铅矿床与宗务隆构造带晚二叠世岩浆活动关系密切,应属岩浆热液为主的热液充填-交代成因类型。