Stable isotopic signature of a palaeoaquifer, Mississippian Alamogordo Member limestones, Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico, USA

Nine stratigraphic sections, each ≈5 m thick, were sampled from the Alamogordo Member limestones of the Lake Valley Formation, Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico, USA. Four stratigraphic sections consist entirely of lime mudstone and wackestone, whereas the other five sections have a prominent layer of crinoidal packstone about 1 m thick at their base. Stable isotopic analyses reveal that the lime muds in the sections with basal packstone layers show a downward decrease in δ¹⁸O and constant δ¹³C values, whereas those in the sections solely composed of lime mudstone and wackestone have, in general, relatively uniform δ¹⁸O and δ¹³C values. The diagenesis of the Alamogordo Member limestones was previously believed to have been governed by the downward percolation of meteoric water from a regional pre-Pennsylvanian exposure surface ≈100 m above this unit. However, the uniform δ¹³C and downward decrease in δ¹⁸O values in the lime muds in the sections with basal packstones indicate that the meteoric water ascended within the Alamogordo Member, rather than descended from the overlying exposure surface. This indicates that the basal packstones were probably a conduit for meteoric water. This is further supported indirectly by the relatively uniform δ¹⁸O and δ¹³C values of the lime mud in the sections without basal packstones. The implications are that the oxygen isotopic gradients may be used to identify palaeoaquifers, flow directions within these aquifers and that meteoric diagenesis below an exposure surface could be governed by flow through a palaeoaquifer.     

Multi‐proxy constraints on the significance of covariant δ13C values in carbonate and organic carbon during the early Mississippian

This study investigates the covariation between carbonate and organic δ¹³C values in a proximal to distal transect of four outcrops in the Madison Limestone in the Western United States Rockies, combined with δ³⁴S values of carbonate associated sulphate, the concentration of acid‐insoluble material and measurements of total organic carbon. These new geochemical datasets not only allow for an evaluation of carbon isotope covariance during one of the largest perturbations to the global carbon cycle over the past 550 Myr, but also constrain the cause of the excursion in carbonate δ¹³C values. The results support the hypothesis that a period of anoxia did not play a role in generating the positive carbonate δ¹³C values, but rather favour interpretations by previous workers that the proliferation of land plants destabilized the Carboniferous carbon cycle, setting the stage for a significant change in the carbonate δ¹³C values of contemporaneous marine carbonates. These results also demonstrate that one of the largest perturbations to the global carbon cycle did not produce synchronous variations in carbonate and organic δ¹³C values, emphasizing the importance of local depositional controls on carbon isotope covariance in the geological record in both modern and ancient environments.     

Isotopic constraints on the genesis and age of autochthonous glaucony in the Oligo-Miocene Torquay Group, south-eastern Australia

The Oligo‐Miocene Torquay Group at Bird Rock in south‐eastern Australia comprises a sequence of fine‐grained skeletal carbonates and argillaceous and glauconitic sandstones, deposited in a cool‐water, mid‐shelf environment. The Bird Rock glaucony is autochthonous and consists predominantly of randomly interstratified glauconitic smectite, which constitutes bioclast infills and faecal pellet replacements. The results of Rb–Sr and oxygen isotopic analysis of samples taken from a single glauconitic horizon (the BW horizon) indicate that the glaucony developed through a series of simultaneous dissolution–crystallization reactions, which occurred during very early diagenesis in a closed or isochemical system, isolated from the ambient marine environment. The constituent ions of the glaucony were derived primarily from terrigenous clay minerals, but considerable potassium may have been sourced indirectly from sea water, through potassium enrichment of clay precursors. The pore fluids associated with glauconitization were marine derived, but progressively modified by the dissolution–crystallization of detrital clay minerals and autochthonous glaucony. Rb–Sr data for the BW horizon indicate that dating glauconies may be somewhat problematic, as co‐genetic glauconitic minerals can show a range of initial strontium compositions, which reflect the incorporation of strontium derived from mineralogical precursors and/or contemporaneous sea water. Rb–Sr isochrons indicate that the glaucony of the BW horizon formed at 23 ± 3 Ma. This age is in good agreement with both the established biostratigraphy and a ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr age for the horizon (23 ± 1 Ma), but could only be determined using the independent age constraint and the estimate of the ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratio of contemporaneous sea water provided by analysis of associated biogenic carbonate.     

Deep‐burial alteration of early‐diagenetic carbonate concretions formed in Palaeozoic deep‐marine greywackes and mudstones (Bardo Unit,Sudetes Mountains,Poland)

Carbonate concretions formed in bathyal and deeper settings have been studied less frequently than those formed in shallow‐marine deposits. Similarly, concretions affected by catagenetic conditions have rarely been reported. Calcite concretions in deep‐marine mudstones and greywackes of the Bardo Unit (Sudetes Mountains, Poland) formed during early diagenesis and were buried to significant depths. Petrographic and geochemical (elemental and stable C and O isotopic) analyses document their formation close to the sediment–water interface, prior to mechanical compaction within the sulphate reduction zone and their later burial below the oil window. Although the concretions were fully formed during early diagenesis, the effects of increased temperature and interaction with late‐diagenetic interstitial fluids can be discerned. During maximum burial, the concretions underwent thorough recrystallization that caused alteration of fabric and elemental and O isotope composition. The initial finely crystalline cement was replaced by more coarsely crystalline, sheaf‐like, poikilotopic calcite in the concretions. These large calcite crystals engulf and partially replace unstable detrital constituents. The extremely low δ¹⁸O values (down to ?21·2‰ Vienna Pee Dee Belemnite) in the concretions are the result of the increased temperature in combination with alteration of volcanic glass, both causing a significant ¹⁸O‐depletion of bicarbonate dissolved in the interstitial fluids. Recrystallization led to uniform O isotope ratios in the concretions, but did not affect the C isotope signature. The δ¹³C values of the late‐diagenetic cements precipitated in the greywacke and in cracks cutting through concretions imply crystallization in the catagenetic zone and decarboxylation as a source of the bicarbonate. These late‐diagenetic processes took place in a supposedly overpressured setting, as suggested by clastic dykes and hydrofractures that cut through both concretions and host rock. All of these features show how the effects of early and late diagenesis can be distinguished in such rocks.     

Isotopic Geochemistry of Cadmium: A Review

Cadmium (Cd) is a scarce, but not an extremely rare element in the Earth’s crust (crustal average: 0.2 ppm Cd). Geochemically, Cd exhibits thiophile, lithophile, and volatile behavior in different geologic processes. Biologically, it is a nutrient-like element that is closely related to P and Zn and is toxic element to organisms. Presently, Cd isotopes have been successfully utilized to trace Cd sources and nutrient cycling in marine systems in addition to unearthing other geochemical processes. Using published studies and our recent work, this survey summarizes the chemical preparation and mass spectrometry of Cd isotopes. It also reviews Cd isotopic compositions and fractionation mechanisms in nature as well as experiments.     

Isotopic constraints on fluid infiltration from an eclogite facies shear zone, Holsenøy, Norway

Granulite facies anorthosites on Holsenøy Island in the Bergen Arcs region of western Norway are transected by shear zones 0.1–100 m wide characterized by eclogite facies assemblages. Eclogite formation is related to influx of fluid along the shears at temperatures of c. 700d?C and pressures in excess of 1.7 GPa. Combined carbon and nitrogen stable isotope, ⁴⁰Ar/³⁶Ar, trace-element and petrological data have been used to determine the nature and distribution of fluids across the anorthosite-eclogite transition. A metre-wide drilled section traverses the eclogitic centre of the shear into undeformed granulite facies garnet-clinopyroxene anorthosite. Clinozoisite occurs along grain boundaries and microcracks in undeformed anorthosite up to 1 m from the centre of the shear and clinozoisite increases in abundance as the edge of the shear zone is approached. The eclogite-granulite transition, marked by the appearance of sodic pyroxene and loss of albite, occurs within the most highly sheared section of the traverse. The jadeite-in reaction coincides with increased paragonite activity in mica. The separation between paragonite and clinozoisite reaction fronts can be semiquantitatively modelled assuming advective fluid flow perpendicular to the shear zone. The inner section of the traverse (0.25 m wide) is marked by retrogressive replacement of omphacite by plagioclase + paragonite accompanied by veins of quartz-phengite-plagioclase. C-N-Ar characteristics of fluid inclusions in garnet show that fluids associated with precursor granulite, eclogite and retrogressed eclogite are isotopically distinct. The granulite-eclogite transition coincides with a marked change in CO₂ abundance and δ¹³C (<36ppm, δ¹³C=-2% in the granulite; <180 ppm, δ¹³C=-10% in the eclogite). The distribution of Ar indicates mixing between influxed fluid (⁴⁰Ar/³⁶Ar > 25 times 10³) and pre-existing Ar in the granulite (⁴⁰Ar/³⁶Ar < 8 times 10³). δ¹⁵N values decrease from +6% in the anorthosite to +3% within the eclogite shear. The central zone of retrogressed eclogite post-dates shearing and is characterised by substantial enrichment of Si, K, Ba and Rb. Fluids are CO₂-rich (δ¹³C ～ -5%) with variable N₂ and Ar abundances and isotopic compositions. Both Ar and H₂O have penetrated the underformed granulite fabric more than 0.5m beyond the granulite/eclogite transition during eclogite formation. Argon isotopes show a mixing profile consistent with diffusion through an interconnecting H₂O-rich fluid network. In contrast, a carbon-isotope front coincides with the deformation boundary layer, indicating that the underformed anorthosite was impervious to CO₂-rich fluids. This is consistent with the high dihedral angle of carbonic fluids, and may be interpreted in terms of evolving fluid compositions within the shear zone.     

基于GNIP的黄土高原区大气降水同位素特征研究

以GNIP为数据源,选取研究了黄土高原区7个站点(兰州、银川、靖边、西安、平凉、包头、太原)降水中稳定同位素的时空变化特征,分析了除靖边站之外的其他站点降水同位素与温度和降水量的关系,揭示了该地区降水中稳定同位素的变化规律。结果表明:(1)黄土高原大气降水稳定同位素在不同的区域有着相似的时间变化特征和不同的空间变化特征;(2)建立了黄土高原区域大气降水线方程δD=7.0δ18O+0.36‰;(3)黄土高原各站点降水同位素的温度效应和雨量效应表现出较为显著的空间特性;(4)黄土高原区在冬季风期间较夏季风期间风速大、湿度低且蒸发强烈。     

土壤-水混合实验同位素变化研究

土壤是一个复杂的系统,研究土壤对输入水分中氢氧稳定同位素组成的影响对了解水分在土壤中的运移机理及流域径流分割等具有重要作用。通过两种不同土壤与同一种输入水之间和同一种土壤与两种不同输入水之间的两组混合实验,研究土壤水与输入水达到同位素平衡的时间和引起二者同位素变化的原因。实验结果表明,土壤水与输入水之间同位素变化主要由混合作用引起;土壤对输入水氢氧同位素的吸附现象较难观测到,易被氢氧同位素测样误差掩盖,有待进一步研究;土壤水和输入水在混合搅拌条件下最快能在0.5～1h达到同位素平衡。     

莱州湾南岸卤水的稳定同位素与地球化学特征

莱州湾南岸卤水的开发利用始于20世纪50年代,如今卤水的含盐量比海水高出3～6倍。本文采用稳定同位素和水化学分析来鉴定卤水的盐分来源,为此在研究区内采集了9件卤水样品,采样井深度为30～80m。首先根据同位素盐效应,对卤水的δD和δ~(18)O值进行了校正。校正后的δD和δ~(18)O值关系图表明卤水的水分子来源于大气降水,而不是海水。δ~(18)O—Cl~-和Br~-—Cl~-关系表明卤水的盐分不同于海水蒸发的余留水。根据化学分水岭原理,卤水的Ca~(2+)/SO_(-4)~2和Ca~(2+)/Mg~(2+)值演化提示溶解盐起源不是蒸发的海水卤水。其它化学成分关系也证实了卤水的盐分源于海水蒸发盐的反复溶解。本研究说明卤水样品与海水盐分有关,但是与海水的水分子无关。     

Petrography and geochemistry of septarian carbonate concretions from the Boom Clay Formation (Oligocene,Belgium)

The septarian carbonate concretions from the Boom Clay (Belgium) consist mainly of authigenic minerals such as micrite ( 70% bulk volume) and pyrite framboids ( 3%). These mineral phases occur between detrital grains and fossils. The septarian cracks are lined with calcite, which is sometimes covered with pyrite. The preservation of delicate sedimentological features in the concretion matrix (hardly compacted faecal pellets, burrows and uncrushed shells) points to an early origin of the concretions. Systematic geochemical variations from concretion centre to edge suggest that growth continued during shallow burial. The13C values (–17.5 to –20.5) of the concretionary carbonate show that bacterial sulphate-reduction processes were dominant. Sulphate-reduction-derived HCO3- was diluted by marine-related HCO3-, derived from dissolved bioclasts. A slight enrichment in 13C during growth is caused by the decreasing influence of sulphate reduction because of the progressive closure of the diagenetic system due to shallow-burial compaction. The 18O values (–0.5 to +1.0) of the concretionary carbonate point to a marine origin. The slightly 18O-depleted signature with respect to time-equivalent marine-derived carbonate relates to the incorporation of an 18O-depleted component, originating from sulphate and organic matter. The slight decrease in 18O during growth relates to an increasing influence of this component and to a decreasing influence of seawater-derived oxygen during early diagenesis.     

Carbon and Oxygen Isotopic Signatures in Albian-Danian Limestones of Cauvery Basin, Southeastern India

The Albian-Danian limestones of Cauvery Basin show a wide range of d¹³C and d¹⁸O values (–13.2 to +1.1% and –9.0 to –2.5%, respectively). The cement samples show negative carbon and oxygen isotope values (–18.9 to –3.9% and –9.0 to –4.3%, respectively). The petrographic study reveals the presence of algae, molluscs, bryozoans, foraminifers and ostracods as major framework constituents. The limestones have microspar and equant sparry calcite cements. The pore spaces and vugs are filled with sparry calcite cement. The bivariate plot of d¹³C and d¹⁸O suggests that most of the samples fall in the freshwater limestone and meteoric field, while few samples fall in the marine limestone and soil calcite fields. The presence of sparry calcite cement, together with negative carbon and oxygen isotope values, indicates that these limestones have undergone meteoric diagenesis.     

Determination of the Tin Stable Isotopic Composition in Tin‐bearing Metals and Minerals by MC‐ICP‐MS

This study uses MC‐ICP‐MS for the precise analysis of the stable tin isotopic composition in ore minerals of tin (cassiterite, stannite), tin metal and tin bronze. The ultimate goal is to determine the provenance of tin in ancient metal objects. We document the isotope compositions of reference materials and compare the precision of different isotope ratios and the accuracy of different procedures of mass fractionation correction. These data represent a base with which isotopic data of future studies can be directly compared. The isotopic composition of cassiterite and stannite can be determined after reduction to tin metal and bronze, respectively. Both metals readily dissolve in HCl, but while the solutions of tin metal can be directly measured, the bronze solutions must be purified with an anion exchanger. The correction of the mass bias is best performed with an internal Sb standard and an empirical regression method. A series of Sn isotope determinations on commercially available mono‐element Sn solutions as well as reference bronze materials and tin minerals show fractionations ranging from about ?0.09‰ to 0.05‰/amu. The combined analytical uncertainty (2s) was determined by replicate dissolutions of reference materials of bronze (BAM 211, IARM‐91D) and averages at about 0.005‰/amu.     

川东北下三叠统飞仙关组鲕粒滩白云岩同位素地球化学特征*

川东北地区下三叠统飞仙关组为浅海碳酸盐岩夹泥页岩与蒸发岩序列,而在碳酸盐岩台地边缘通常发育一些白云石化的鲕粒滩。这些鲕粒滩白云岩储集层是川东北地区主要的产气层,一些学者认为该套白云岩为大气淡水与海水的混合水白云石化成因,另外一些学者将其视为回流—渗透白云石化成因。飞仙关组鲕粒滩白云岩稳定同位素氧值一般为-6.73‰～-3.65‰(PDB),平均值为-4.89‰(PDB)（罗家寨地区为-10.81‰(PDB)）,稳定同位素碳值一般为+0.57‰～+3.00‰(PDB)。对基质和孔洞中充填的鞍状白云石和亮晶白云石胶结物而言,稳定同位素⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr值为0.70735～0.70800。这些有关鲕粒滩白云岩的数据表明白云石化作用是在埋藏条件下进行的。在测定流体包裹体的均一化温度后,计算出白云石化流体稳定同位素氧成分(δ¹⁸O_白云石-δ¹⁸O_水=［3.2×10⁶ T^-2］-1.5,来自 Friedman 和 ONeil（1977）),其平均值约为+4‰(SMOW)。根据流体稳定同位素氧、碳成分与海水蒸发时流体盐度的正相关性,计算出流体δD平均值约为+25‰(SMOW)。流体包裹体盐度测定表明,白云石化流体是一种超盐度卤水,其盐度是海水的数倍,白云石化的温度为90～130℃。由于下三叠统鲕粒滩白云岩的稳定同位素氧和碳成分与上二叠统生物礁白云岩的稳定同位素氧和碳成分类似,因此,它们的白云石化流体很可能是同一来源。然而,这一结论还有待于进一步研究。     

Physical and chemical growth conditions of Ordovician organogenic deep-water dolomite concretions: implications for the δ18O of Early Palaeozoic sea water

The estimated depth of formation of authigenic dolomite concretions in the Middle Ordovician Cloridorme Formation, Quebec, ranges from < 1 m to 150–200 m below sea floor (mbsf) (mostly between < 1 and 25 mbsf), based on centre‐to‐margin variations in minus‐cement porosity (80–90% to 45–75%). Formation depths are > 350 mbsf (25–17% porosity) in the Lower Ordovician Levis Formation. Outward‐decreasing δ¹³C_VPDB values (10·2–0·8‰) suggest precipitation in the methane generation zone with an increasing contribution of light carbonate derived by advection from thermocatalytic reactions at depth. Anomalously low δ¹⁸O_VPDB values (centre‐to‐margin variations of ?0·4 to ?7·5‰) give reasonable temperatures for the concretion centres only if the δ¹⁸O of Ordovician sea water was negative (?6‰) and the bottom water was warm (> 15 °C). The 3–5‰ lower values for the concretion margins compared with the centres can be explained if, in addition, volcanic‐ash alteration, organic‐matter decomposition and/or advection of ¹⁸O‐depleted water lowered the δ¹⁸O of the pore water further by 2·0–4·0‰ during the first 25–200 m of burial. Reasonable growth temperatures for the margins of 17–20 °C are compatible with a lowering of the isotopic ratios by 1 to < 1·3‰ as a temperature effect. The systematic concentric isotope zonation of the concretions suggests that the well‐ordered near‐stoichiometric dolomite is a primary feature and not the result of recrystallization. Diagenetic dolomite beds of the Cloridorme Formation appear to have formed by coalescence of concretions, as shown by randomly sampled traverses that indicate formation at different subsurface depths. Growth of the Cloridorme dolomites was probably limited by calcium availability, at least 50% of which was derived from connate water, and the remainder by diffusion from sea water. Dolomite precipitation was favoured over calcite by very high sedimentation rates, the abundance of marine organic matter in the host sediment and a correspondingly thin sulphate reduction zone. Deep‐seated concretion growth in the Levis Formation required either internal sources for the participating ions (carbonate dissolution event) or porewater advection along faults.     

Geochemical and stable isotope resetting in shear zones from Täschalp: constraints on fluid flow during exhumation in the Western Alps

Fluid flow at greenschist facies conditions during exhumation of the western Alps occurred in several penecontemporaneous systems, including shear zones at lithological contacts, deformed contacts between serpentinite bodies and metabasalts, albite veins within metabasalts, and calcite + quartz veins within calcareous schists. Fluid flow in shear zones that juxtapose metasediments and ophiolitic rocks within the Piemonte Unit reset O and H isotope ratios. δ¹⁸O values are buffered by the wall rocks; however, calculated fluid δ²H values are similar within all the shear zones suggesting that they formed an interconnected network. The similarity of δ²H values of the sheared rocks and those of unsheared calcareous schists suggests that the fluids were derived from, or had equilibrated with, the schists that envelop the ophiolite rocks. Time‐integrated fluid fluxes at the sheared contacts estimated from changes in Si in metabasalts were up to 10⁵ m³ m^?2, with the fluid flowing up temperature driven either by topography or seismic pumping. Individual shear zones were active for c. 2–3 Myr, implying average fluid fluxes of up to 10^?9 m³ m^?2 s^?1. Rocks in shear zones within the ophiolite away from contacts with the metasediments show much less marked isotopic and geochemical changes, implying that fluid volumes decreased into the ophiolite unit, consistent with the source of fluids being the metasediments. Fluids were generated by dehydration reactions that were intersected during exhumation and, while many rocks show the affects of fluid–rock interaction, large‐scale fluid flow between major units was not common.     

Calcium Isotopic Compositions of Sixteen USGS Reference Materials

Calcium isotopic compositions of sixteen Ca‐bearing USGS geological reference materials including igneous and sedimentary rocks are reported. Calcium isotopic compositions were determined in two laboratories (GPMR, State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan; and CIG, Centre for Isotope Geochemistry, University of California, Berkeley) using the ⁴²Ca‐⁴⁸Ca double‐spike technique by thermal ionisation mass spectrometry. As opposed to common cation exchange resin, a micro‐column filled with Ca‐selective resin (DGA resin) was used in order to achieve high recovery (> 96%) and efficient separation of Ca from the sample matrix. The intermediate measurement precision was evaluated at 0.14‰ (2s) for δ^44/40Ca_SRM915a at GPMR, based on replicate measurements of pure Ca reference material NIST SRM 915a, NIST SRM 915b and seawater. Overall, the measurement uncertainties in both laboratories were better than 0.15‰ at the 2s level. Result validation was carried out for all available data sets. The Ca isotopic compositions of USGS reference materials are not only in agreement between GPMR and CIG, but also in agreement with previously published data within quoted uncertainties. The comprehensive data set reported in this study serves as a reference for both quality assurance and interlaboratory comparison of high precision Ca isotopic study.     

Determination of Gallium Isotopic Compositions in Reference Materials

The interest in the study of gallium (Ga) stable isotope fractionation in low‐ and high‐temperature environments has increased significantly in the last few years. However, a unified reference material (RM) is still lacking for the Ga isotope research community, which hinders interlaboratory comparison between different groups. Consequently, certification of Ga isotopic reference materials for interlaboratory comparison is of high priority. In this study, Ga isotope ratio data for ten geological RMs including silicates, shales and ferromanganese nodules, and two pure Ga RMs including NIST SRM 994 and NIST SRM 3119a reported by three different groups, were determined by MC‐ICP‐MS. Sample matrices of geological RMs were separated by a two‐column separation method with the use of AG MP‐1M and AG 50‐X8 resin, separately, and quantitative recoveries of > 99% Ga were obtained for all geological RMs. Instrumental mass bias was corrected by the combined calibrator‐sample bracketing and internal normalisation model. Validation of the proposed method was performed by analysing synthetic solutions. After normalisation of all available δ⁷¹Ga data of geological RMs to a single Ga RM, results obtained in our study are in agreement with previously reported results.     

北祁连山西段西柳沟铅锌矿稳定同位素特征

西柳沟铅锌矿位于北祁连山西段以钨、钼、铜、铅、锌等为主的多金属成矿带之西端。为探讨其成矿流体的来源,选择了该矿床主成矿期的9 件矿石样品,挑选其单矿物,并对保存于石英中的原生包裹体做了D, O 同位素分析,分析显示成矿流体的δDV-SMOW 值为-47‰ ~ -72‰;成矿期石英矿物的δ18O 介于11.9‰ ~ 14.1‰之间,与石英平衡的热液水的δ18OH2O‰值为-0.79‰ ~ 3.64‰之间（包裹体均一温度平均值为190℃）;矿体石英包裹体δ13CV-PDB‰值介于-6‰ ~ -4.2‰之间。成矿流体包裹体的均一温度为126℃ ~ 384℃,集中于140℃ ~ 200℃ ;盐度ω （NaCleq）为1.05% ~ 9.86%,多数为1.74%~ 6.45%。研究表明：西柳沟铅锌矿是浅成的中低温、低盐度、低密度岩浆期后热液型矿床,成矿流体来源主要是以岩浆水为主,大气降水为辅。     

小昌马河流域地表水地下水同位素与水化学特征及转化关系

利用小昌马河流域上游大雪山老虎沟冰雪融水及下游昌马洪积扇区地下水的稳定同位素和水化学资料, 对流域稳定同位素和水化学的组分特征和季节变化进行了分析. 结果表明: 小昌马河流域内从上游冰雪融水区到下游昌马洪积扇地下水排泄区矿化度不断增高, 水化学类型由HCO₃-Mg-Ca过渡到HCO₃-SO₄-Ca-Mg; 上游冰雪融水与下游地下水δ¹⁸O的季节变化基本一致, 洪积扇区地下水来源于冰雪融水的补给. 水文地球化学模型模拟显示地下水形成过程中水岩作用以析出方解石, 吸收二氧化碳, 溶解石膏、 岩盐和绿泥石等为主要特征, 溶蚀的含盐矿物使地下水中氯化物、 硫酸根和钠离子含量升高, 地下水水质恶化. 同位素和水化学证据均揭示了小昌马河流域地表水-地下水的化学环境转化关系.     

青藏高原及其毗邻地区降水中稳定同位素成分的经向变化

分析了从南亚经青藏高原到毗邻的我国西北地区一个经向剖面上降水中稳定同位素成分的时空分布以及与温度、降水量、水汽来源的关系.在青藏高原南部和南亚,温度效应均不存在.在所统计的站点中,大约一半的取样站具有降水量效应,但降水中稳定同位素比率的季节变化并不与降水量强度的变化相一致.在季节变化中,δ¹⁸O的最大值往往出现在雨季到来之前的春季,最小值则出现在雨季后期或雨季结束的秋季.在青藏高原中、北部和毗邻的我国西北地区,各取样站均具有显著的温度效应,且降水中δ¹⁸O的季节变化与温度的季节变化几乎一致.说明在这些地区,温度是制约降水中稳定同位素变化的主要影响因子.由于来自源区水汽的直接凝结,南亚地区降水中平均稳定同位素成分相对较重.稳定同位素比率的季节差异较小;从青藏高原南坡的坚景到唐古拉山,由于翻越喜马拉雅山时水汽受强烈的洗涤作用,降水中稳定同位素比率急剧减小,达经向分布中δ¹⁸O的最低值段;从31°N到青藏高原北部,降水中稳定同位素比率随纬度而增大,并最终过渡到与我国西北地区降水中稳定同位素比率的变化型相类似.