Soil-geochemical factors controlling the distribution and oral bioaccessibility of nickel,vanadium and chromium in soil

Geogenic nickel (Ni), vanadium (V) and chromium (Cr) are present at elevated levels in soils in Northern Ireland. Whilst Ni, V and Cr total soil concentrations share common geological origins, their respective levels of oral bioaccessibility are influenced by different soil-geochemical factors. Oral bioaccessibility extractions were carried out on 145 soil samples overlying 9 different bedrock types to measure the bioaccessible portions of Ni, V and Cr. Principal component analysis identified two components (PC1 and PC2) accounting for 69% of variance across 13 variables from the Northern Ireland Tellus Survey geochemical data. PC1 was associated with underlying basalt bedrock, higher bioaccessible Cr concentrations and lower Ni bioaccessibility. PC2 was associated with regional variance in soil chemistry and hosted factors accounting for higher Ni and V bioaccessibility. Eight percent of total V was solubilised by gastric extraction on average across the study area. High median proportions of bioaccessible Ni were observed in soils overlying sedimentary rock types. Whilst Cr bioaccessible fractions were low (max = 5.4%), the highest measured bioaccessible Cr concentration reached 10.0 mg kg⁻¹, explained by factors linked to PC1 including high total Cr concentrations in soils overlying basalt bedrock.     

中国七大古都的地球化学环境特征

以全国水系沉积物地球化学调查成果为基础,讨论中国七大古都安阳、西安、洛阳、开封、南京、杭州、北京的环境地球化学背景特征,结果表明,与中国水系沉积物元素含量均值相比,七大古都所在地相对富集镁、钙、硼、锫、银、钴、钡、钠、锶和磷,以人体必需营养元素为主;同时相对贫化镉、钼、锑、铅、钨、铋、砷、锰、铌和汞等,以人体有害元素为主.根据土壤地球化学特征,欧洲的主要国都可分为波罗的海型和地中海型,具有不同的元素分布模式.在中国古都延续时间与元素偶比值之间可建立回归方程Y=0.206X+376,X=(CaO×Fe2O3×V×Co×106)/(SiO2×Pb×Hg×Cd);在欧洲国都与元素偶比值之间也可建立类似的回归方程.充分说明首都的选址还受到地球化学环境的制约.     

Biogeochemistry of Cadmium: Anthropogenic Dispersion,Bioaccumulation, and Ecotoxicity

The article considers biogeochemical features of cadmium as one of the most dangerous elements. Data on its concentrations in waters of small lakes in the European Russia (from the tundra to deserts) and large river systems (Volga, Severnaya Dvina, Pechora) are given. It is shown that, despite the relatively low concentrations of the element in waters, its enrichment factor is hundreds and thousands of units, especially in the northern regions and regions subjected to the influence of non-ferrous metallurgy. Data are presented on the bioaccumulation of cadmium within fish body systems, which is determined by the concentration of the element in waters, as well as by the water pH and the calcium content. It is proved that the highest Cd concentrations are accumulated in kidneys and liver of whitefish and salmon, causing pathological disturbances. Data are reported on the accumulation of cadmium in kidneys and liver of human population of the industrially developed Northern region under impacts of copper–nickel smelters. The similarity in tendencies of the Cd accumulation and pathological disturbances in fish and the population consuming water from contaminated sources makes it possible to recommend fish as a bioindicator of the environmental pollution by cadmium.     

甘肃大桥金矿地球化学异常特征对比

通过对大桥金矿成矿地质特征研究的基础上,对矿区1∶20万区域化探异常特征、1∶5万水系沉积物测量异常特征及1∶1万土壤测量异常特征进行了分析和对比,认为该区化探工作随着比例尺的增大,异常元素增多,异常强度增强,异常浓集中心更加明显,显示出主成矿元素异常和相关伴生元素的继承性和多样性。异常元素组合显示,矿区中、大比例尺化探工作圈定的异常中,金、汞、砷、锑、银等中、低温元素异常发育,成为大桥金矿重要的找矿指示元素和直接找矿指标。原生晕特征标明,金及伴生元素异常展布与矿体产状基本一致,而异常强度在顶、底板明显减弱,说明赋矿层位和岩性对矿体的分布控制作用明显。本文旨在探讨该矿床不同介质系列化探异常特征,为西秦岭区化探找金工作提供新的范例。     

贵州地表土壤及沉积物中镉的地球化学与环境问题

镉(Cd)是对人体有害的微量元素。镉含量过高会给动植物带来危害,镉过量可导致人体多种疾病或中毒死亡。本文综述了镉的化学性质及其在自然界的分布规律、存在形式及生物地球化学效应,利用区域化探扫面成果资料,特别分析了贵州地表覆盖的土壤和水系沉积物等介质中镉的地球化学分布特征。研究表明,贵州的镉主要分布在碳酸盐岩及其风化的土壤和沉积物中,镉的高含量异常与中低温热液成矿作用中的锌和有机物含量密切相关。镉的化学结合形态有多种,但以可溶态和可交换态形式存在的镉才能具有生物地球化学效应。贵州应重视和防止镉及汞、砷、铅、铊等生命有害元素发生“化学定时炸弹”的可能性。     

The geochemistry of arsenic and its use as an indicator element in geochemical prospecting

The geochemistry of arsenic is reviewed, and the use of the element as an indicator in geochemical prospecting for various types of mineral deposits is outlined.Arsenic is a widespread constituent of many types of mineral deposits, particularly those containing sulphides and sulpho-salts. In these and other deposits arsenic commonly accompanies Cu, Ag, Au, Zn, Cd, Hg, U, Sn, Pb, P, Sb, Bi, S, Se, Te, Mo, W, Fe, Ni, Co, and Pt metals. Under most conditions arsenic is a suitable indicator of deposits of these elements, being particularly useful in geochemical surveys utilizing primary halos in rocks, and secondary halos and trains in soils and glacial materials, stream and lake sediments, natural waters, and vegetation. Some of the natural arsenic compounds (e.g., arsine, dimethylarsine) are volatile, but methods utilizing gaseous arsenic halos for geochemical prospecting have not yet been developed.     

地带性人群砷中毒的环境背景因素及其研究现状

地带性人群砷中毒主要发生在高砷背景地质体或矿床附近及下游平坦低洼地域垢居民区,是受人为活动影响的自然环境现象。人类的矿业活动是激活砷等有害重金属元素迁移能力的重要因素,水是最主要的传输媒介,其迁移转化受地球化学规律和当地水文动态所支配。研究中应重视与砷地球化学习性相似的其他重金属元素与砷一起对人体的联合作用,以及兼顾不同价态砷各自的生物化学效应。     

Distribution of chemical elements in calc-alkaline igneous rocks,soils, sediments and tailings deposits in northern central Chile

This study follows the paths of 32 chemical elements in the arid to semi-arid realm of the western Andes, between 27° and 33° S, a region hosting important ore deposits and mining operations. The study encompasses igneous rocks, soils, river and stream sediments, and tailings deposits. The chemical elements have been grouped according to the Goldschmidt classification, and their concentrations in each compartment are confronted with their expected contents for different rock types based on geochemical affinities and the geologic and metallogenic setting. Also, the element behavior during rock weathering and fluvial transport is here interpreted in terms of the ionic potentials and solubility products. The results highlight the similarity between the chemical composition of the andesites and that of the average Continental Crust, except for the higher V and Mn contents of the former, and their depletion in Mg, Ni, and Cr. The geochemical behavior of the elements in the different compartments (rocks, soils, sediments and tailings) is highly consistent with the mobility expected from their ionic potentials, their sulfates and carbonates solubility products, and their affinities for Fe and Mn hydroxides. From an environmental perspective, the low solubility of Cu, Zn, and Pb due to climatic, chemical, and mineralogical factors reduces the pollution risks related to their high to extremely high contents in source materials (e.g., rocks, altered zones, tailings). Besides, the complex oxyanions of arsenic get bound by colloidal particles of Fe-hydroxides and oxyhydroxides (e.g., goethite), thus becoming incorporated to the fine sediment fraction in the stream sediments.     

Geochemistry and potential correlation of Silurian (Telychian) metabentonites from Ireland and SW Scotland

New occurrences of metabentonites from the Telychian Stage of the Silurian successions in SW Scotland, Co. Down and Co. Mayo, Ireland, are described in terms of their biostratigraphical setting and geochemical characteristics. The Co. Mayo occurrence extends the known distribution of Telychian metabentonites in Europe by 280 km WSW from the coast of Co. Down. Comparisons between samples based on selected trace element ratios suggest three potential correlations. One is between a tuffaceous clay from the Finny School Member, Upper Kilbride Formation of Co. Mayo, and a metabentonite from the Tara Sandstone Formation, Gala Group, Co. Down. One pair of metabentonites from the Carghidown Formation of Kirkcudbrightshire can be related to one pair from the Ardglass Formation of Co. Down. In addition, a unique alkaline chemical composition is identified in two samples from the Kirkmaiden Formation of Kirkcudbrightshire and one sample from the Ballyquintin Formation of Northern Ireland, which implies the existence of a local extensional tectonic regime at that time, consistent with a back‐arc basin. These metabentonites extend across at least two Caledonian suspect terranes and a variety of different sedimentary facies. These data may assist future discoveries and be able to improve stratigraphic correlations across three terranes. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Fortran IV program for grey-level mapping of spatial data

Afortran iv computer program for grey-level mapping of spatial data using a CDC 6600 is described. The program produces maps for irregularly distributed data in as many as 10 intensity levels which are displayed in grey tones by a lineprinter. Unlimited map size and unrestricted data input provide for as many as 5000 data points per 13-in.-wide strip of map. The program is easily modified for other installations. Examples are given of geochemical analyses of stream sediments in Northern Ireland.     

溴、碘、砷、镉等有益有害元素形态分析技术及生态环境地球化学应用

率先在国土资源领域培育并形成相对稳定的元素化学形态(价态、金属有机化合物等)分析及其生态环境地球化学应用研究团队,采用高效液相色谱-电感耦合等离子体质谱联用技术,开展生态环境地球化学样品中痕量溴、碘、砷、镉、汞、锡、铅、铬、硒等有益有害元素的价态、金属有机化合物等形态分析方法研究,初步建立了有益有害元素形态分析体系。建立的形态分析方法灵敏度高、检出限低,具有创新性和实用性,工作成果在国内外期刊发表论文20篇。形态分析方法在我国环境地球化学研究中得到应用并取得了良好的应用成果,从形态分析水平上表征元素的环境地球化学及其健康效应在国内外属于探索性工作。     

Investigating the spatial distribution of antimony geochemical anomalies located in the Yunnan-Guizhou-Guangxi region,China

The Yunnan-Guizhou-Guangxi region is well known for its abundant mineral resources, and low-temperature hydrothermal mineralization represented by the elemental association of gold, arsenic, antimony and mercury is widely developed there. Many studies on the geological-geochemical characteristics of gold have been conducted, but a comprehensive understanding of the antimony geochemical pattern is still lacking. This paper studied the Sb distribution characteristics and the cause of geochemical anomalies based on the geochemical data of stream sediments and rocks in the study area. In addition, the geochemical data of Au, As, Sb and Hg were centered and log-ratio transformed to eliminate the closure effect, and then random forest regression (RFR) with Au, As and Hg as the characteristic variables was used to investigate the ore-related geochemical anomalies of Sb. Seven geochemical provinces were delineated from the original geochemical data, and they are not entirely consistent with the known deposits. Sb moves from the rocks to the stream sediments during weathering. The variation trend in the Sb background values in stream sediments in each tectonic unit is consistent with that in the rocks themselves, implying that Sb in the stream sediments is inherited from the background rocks. The distributions of Sb predicted by RFR are similar to the distribution pattern of Sb in stream sediments. Of the three elements considered, the influence of As on the variations in the Sb geochemical background is the greatest, followed by Au and then Hg. The geochemical anomalies extracted by the residuals produced in this algorithm are consistent with where the known Sb metallogenic district is located, indicating that this method of recognizing geochemical anomalies is feasible and effective and has theoretical and practical significance.     

从岩石到土壤再到水系沉积物：风化过程的岩性地球化学基因

不活动元素的稳定性使得风化岩石、土壤和水系沉积物等风化产物能够保留新鲜母岩的元素特征,它们之间的含量变化趋势有可能从母岩传递到其风化产物中,这类似于生物学中基因遗传。仿照生物学中基因的特性提出了地球化学基因的概念及其构建方法,为了比较地球化学基因的相似程度进而提出基因相似度的概念及其计算方法。以风化过程中11种不活动元素为例,基于中国酸性岩、中性岩、基性岩的元素丰度数据构建了表征岩石及其风化产物地球化学特性的岩性地球化学基因,其元素序列为：Al2O3→SiO2→P→Ti→La→Fe2O3→Th→Zr→Nb→Y→U。利用豫西熊耳山地区安山岩风化剖面、残坡积—沟系土剖面、化探详查水系沉积物和区域化探水系沉积物4种比例尺尺度的样品对构建的岩性地球化学基因进行了检验,结果发现岩性地球化学基因在风化过程中具有很好的遗传性(从岩石到风化产物)和继承性(从土壤到其源岩),利用岩性地球化学基因可以对土壤样品进行物源示踪。源自同一母岩的水系沉积物和土壤之间在岩性地球化学基因方面具有很好的相似性(同源风化产物之间)。基于中国区域化探水系沉积物调查数据,可以构建岩性地球化学基因库来对岩石及其风化产物样品进行溯源分析,在地质、环境、法庭等科学领域具有潜在应用前景。     

Exploring the joint compositional variability of major components and trace elements in the Tellus soil geochemistry survey (Northern Ireland)

The complexity of modern geochemical data sets is increasing in several aspects (number of available samples, number of elements measured, number of matrices analysed, geological-environmental variability covered, etc), hence it is becoming increasingly necessary to apply statistical methods to elucidate their structure. This paper presents an exploratory analysis of one such complex data set, the Tellus geochemical soil survey of Northern Ireland (NI). This exploratory analysis is based on one of the most fundamental exploratory tools, principal component analysis (PCA) and its graphical representation as a biplot, albeit in several variations: the set of elements included (only major oxides vs. all observed elements), the prior transformation applied to the data (none, a standardization or a logratio transformation) and the way the covariance matrix between components is estimated (classical estimation vs. robust estimation). Results show that a log-ratio PCA (robust or classical) of all available elements is the most powerful exploratory setting, providing the following insights: the first two processes controlling the whole geochemical variation in NI soils are peat coverage and a contrast between “mafic” and “felsic” background lithologies; peat covered areas are detected as outliers by a robust analysis, and can be then filtered out if required for further modelling; and peat coverage intensity can be quantified with the %Br in the subcomposition (Br, Rb, Ni).     

镉同位素体系及其在地球科学和环境科学中的应用

镉是典型的亲硫元素,常赋存于各种硫化物矿床中.在环境体系中,镉是微生物所需的营养物质,其元素的循环受生物活动的影响.已有研究表明蒸发/冷凝过程、生物及无机过程都会导致镉同位素发生分馏,因此镉同位素研究在地球科学、环境科学具有独特的应用前景.与此同时,多接收器电感耦合等离子体质谱(MC-ICP-MS)技术的应用成功地实现了地质样品中镉同位素组成的高精度测量,使得镉同位素地球化学研究获得了蓬勃发展.本文基于当前最新研究成果,对镉同位素体系进行了详细综述,重点探讨镉的地球化学行为及同位素分馏机制,镉同位素在各物质储库中的分布特征及其在地球科学、环境科学中的应用,镉同位素测试技术.镉同位素地球化学的研究尚处于起步阶段,深入开展镉同位素分馏机理、完善镉同位素在各物质储库中的分布、建立统一的同位素标准体系的研究,将推动镉同位素在地球科学和环境科学领域的广泛应用.     

冀北上黄旗地区水系沉积物地球化学背景特征与找矿远景

在1∶50 000水系沉积物测量的基础上,从元素地球化学参数特征、不同地质单元中元素分布特征、元素地球化学场分布等方面对上黄旗地区地球化学背景特征进行了探讨,指出区内Ag、Pb、Zn、Au、Mo后期叠加富集特征明显,是本区今后勘查找矿工作的主攻矿种;古元古代变质地层和变质侵入岩中Pb、Zn、Ag等元素富集且含量变异系数大,是铅、锌、银多金属矿的潜在矿源层;圈定了闯王沟门铅、锌、银、钼等多金属矿找矿远景区6处。     

湘西茶庵铺地区地球化学特征及找矿方向

在1∶5万水系沉积物测量的基础上,初步总结了湘西茶庵铺地区的地球化学特征。通过元素含量特征、变异系数等分析探讨了元素的成矿可能性,通过相关分析得出了多种元素组合,进而圈定了19处综合地球化学异常。AS10异常区经初步查证发现了3条较大规模的金多金属矿体。通过成矿地质条件和区域成矿规律分析,确定了沃溪式金多金属矿和沉积型钼钒多金属矿为主要矿产预测类型,圈定了3处找矿远景区。结果表明:水系沉积物测量方法在湘西地区有较好的金多金属矿找矿效果。     

因子分析法对内蒙古查巴奇地区水系沉积物地球化学分区的应用研究

利用R型因子分析方法对内蒙古查巴奇地区1∶5万水系沉积物数据资料进行分析,提取了具有代表性的8个因子,绘制了因子得分图及地球化学分区图,结果显示:地球化学分区结果与地质特征对应较好。As、Sb、Cu、Zn组合主要反映了林西组地层,其子区展布方向与林西组地层的NE走向一致,而Pb、Zn子区在光华组英安岩及安山岩、老龙头组变质岩和早侏罗世英云闪长岩中均有分布,总体呈NE向展布;Ag、W子区除在研究区北侧有相对较小面积的分布外,主要分布在研究区南部晚侏罗世二长花岗岩中,表明Ag、W类与该位置的花岗岩体密切相关。通过野外实际调查发现,一个Au矿点及一个Pb、Zn矿点分别位于As、Sb、Cu、Zn子区和Pb、Zn子区内。通过对研究区进行地球化学分区,明确了各类子区特定的地质地球化学意义及其相互关系,为勘查地球化学方法找矿提供有利信息。     

National-scale estimation of potentially harmful element ambient background concentrations in topsoil using parent material classified soil:stream–sediment relationships

Regulatory authorities require estimates of ambient background concentrations (ABCs) of potentially harmful elements (PHEs) in topsoil; such data are currently not available in many countries. High resolution soil geochemical data exist for only part of England and Wales, whilst stream sediment data cover the entire landscape. A novel methodology is presented for estimating soil equivalent ABCs for PHEs from high-resolution (HR) stream sediment geochemical data grouped by common parent materials (PM), using arsenic (As) as an example. Geometric mean (GM) values for local PM groups are used to investigate different approaches for transforming sediment to soil equivalent concentrations. Holdout validation is used to assess: (i) the optimum number of samples for calculating local GM values, and (ii) the optimum scale at which to group data when using linear regression analysis to estimate GM soil ABCs from local sediment geochemical values. Holdout validation showed that the smallest differences were generally observed when five observations were used to calculate the GM and that these should be grouped over the smallest possible area in order to encompass soils over PMs with elevated GM As concentrations. Geometric mean ABCs are estimated and mapped for As in mineral soil across all of England and Wales within delineations of PM polygons. Errors for the estimation of soil equivalent GM As ABCs based on sediment data for an independent validation set were of a similar magnitude to those from holdout validation applied to the original data suggesting the approach is robust. The estimates of soil equivalent ABCs suggest that As exceeds the regulatory threshold used in risk assessments for residential land use (20 mg kg⁻¹) across 16% of the landscape of England and Wales. The applicability of the method for cognate landscapes, and potential refinements is discussed.