Early Paleozoic continental crust accretion in the North Qinling: Evidences from geochronology,geochemistry and Sr-Nd-Hf isotopes of arc magmatic rocks in Taipingzhen areaSCIEI北大核心CSCD

二郎坪单元是位于北秦岭构造带中部的一个年轻地体,发育了大量的花岗岩类,是研究北秦岭早古生代大陆地壳增生的理想场所。本文对北秦岭构造带太平镇北英云闪长岩-奥长花岗岩体和蛮子营黑云母二长花岗岩体开展了岩石学、年代学、地球化学及Sr-Nd-Hf同位素研究。LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年表明,太平镇北奥长花岗岩和蛮子营黑云母二长花岗岩的形成时代分别为468.8±2.8Ma和462.2±1.9Ma。太平镇北岩体为高硅(71.79%-78.66%)、富钠贫钾(K_(2)O/Na_(2)O=0.27-0.77)的低钾拉斑-钙碱性系列岩石;蛮子营岩体为高硅(72.20%-74.90%)、富钾(K_(2)O/Na_(2)O=0.97-1.36)的高钾钙碱性岩石。两者轻重稀土分异均较明显,均具有富集Rb、Ba、Th、U、K等大离子亲石元素,而亏损Nb、Ta、P、Ti等高场强元素的特征。太平镇北岩体和蛮子营岩体具有类似的锆石εHf(t)值(奥长花岗岩8.2-12.7;黑云母二长花岗岩8.9-13.2)、全岩(87Sr/86Sr)i(奥长花岗岩0.704038-0.705221;二长花岗岩0.703876-0.705371)和全岩εNd(t)值(奥长花岗岩1.49-2.03;黑云母二长花岗岩1.68-1.92)。研究表明,太平镇北岩体岩浆源区为玄武质弧下地壳,岩浆结晶分异作用形成英云闪长岩和奥长花岗岩;蛮子营岩体岩浆为早期形成的英云闪长岩部分熔融形成。太平镇北岩体和蛮子营岩体均形成于洋内弧的构造环境,从弧玄武岩到富钠英云闪长岩、奥长花岗岩再到富钾的二长花岗岩,代表了地幔物质经过多阶段岩浆演化形成富硅富钾长英质地壳的过程。综上,认为洋内弧的形成和岩浆演化是北秦岭大陆地壳增生的重要方式之一。     

青海三江北段白马海印支期花岗岩地球化学、锆石微量特征及地质意义

白马海花岗岩位于青海三江北段下拉秀弧后前陆盆地内，侵位于早元古代宁多群(Pt₁N),形成于中三叠世早期，岩体锆石U-Pb同位素年龄为244.7～243.4 Ma。为探讨三江北段玉树地区的构造演化，本文对白马海花岗岩岩石地球化学及锆石微量进行测试分析。主量元素特征和岩石类型研究表明，白马海岩体岩石属准铝质-弱过铝质钙碱性系列I型花岗岩，分异指数和固结指数显示岩体具有较高分异程度，同时氧化物-lgSI值的相关关系表明岩体受到了一定程度的围岩混染；岩石地球化学和岩浆锆石微量元素特征及相关判别图解显示岩体形成于俯冲汇聚环境下的大陆地壳重熔结晶。综合研究认为，在岩体形成时的中三叠世早期，金沙江洋盆的俯冲消减即将结束，“硬碰撞”造山随即开启。     

东昆仑东段到木提岩体成因及构造意义：来自年代学及地球化学的约束

到木提岩体位于东昆仑造山带东段，主要岩性有二长花岗岩、花岗闪长岩及闪长岩。笔者对新发现的闪长岩进行了锆石U–Pb测年和岩石地球化学测试，以确定其形成时代及岩石成因，结合二长花岗岩和花岗闪长岩的岩石地球化学特征，综合探讨到木提岩体的侵位时代、岩石成因及构造演化程。LA–ICP–MS锆石U–Pb测年获得的闪长岩²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U年龄为(244.6±1.8)Ma，到木提闪长岩体结晶时代为早三叠世。二长花岗岩和花岗闪长岩的地球化学特征显示：里特曼指数小于3.3，具钙碱性–高钾钙碱性特征；铝饱和指数A/CNK值均小于1.1；岩石中P₂O₅含量普遍较低，且与SiO₂含量呈负相关性；富集K、Rb、La等LILE，亏损Nb、Ta、Ti、P等HFSE。地球化学特征表明，到木提岩体属于Ⅰ型花岗岩。综合分析认为，东昆仑东段到木提岩体是下地壳岩石发生部分熔融形成的火山弧花岗岩，阿尼玛卿洋俯冲作用可以持续到早—中三叠世，俯冲过程中形成区域性的地幔岩浆底侵就是导致下地壳熔融的热源，且幔源岩浆不同程度混入...     

南天山库米什南黄尖石山岩体的年代学、地球化学和Sr、Nd同位素组成及其成因意义

南天山北缘库米什地区铜花山南部黄尖石山岩体高 Na、Mg 和 Fe、准铝或过铝质(ACNK=0.91～1.35),它们相对富集 K、Rb、Th,贫 Zr、Hf 等 HFSE,略亏损 Nb、Ta 和 P,具典型岛弧钙碱性Ⅰ型花岗岩的元素地球化学特征。其锆石 U-Pb 年龄为423Ma,ε_(Nd)(t)=-3.70～-7.32,t_(2DM)=1.45～1.75Ga,表明它们是早古生代早志留纪晚期由先存中元古代幔源基性地壳物质熔融的产物。岩体的 Ba、Sr 和 P 等弱亏损,Nb 和 Y 丰度及 Rb/Zr 比值中等则指示是活动大陆边缘俯冲带岛弧演化到正常大陆弧环境的产物。因此,该岩体的形成标志着南天山洋盆于晚志留世时期已进入俯冲消减的活动大陆边缘演化阶段。     

甘肃阿克塞余石山铌钽矿区二长花岗岩成因和形成环境:来自年代学及地球化学的证据

余石山铌钽矿区位于北阿尔金-柴北缘-祁连的交汇部位,该区域构造演化复杂.为了揭示矿区内二长花岗岩的成因和形成环境,运用岩石学、岩石地球化学、锆石U-Pb年代学、锆石Lu-Hf同位素等理论及技术方法对该二长花岗岩进行了系统的研究.该二长花岗岩的详细定名为中细粒似斑状黑云二长花岗岩,暗色矿物以黑云母、角闪石为主.地球化学特征表明,余石山的二长花岗岩属于钾玄质准铝质-弱过铝质系列,富集Rb、Th、K等大离子亲石元素,相对亏损Nb、Sr、P、Ti等高场强元素,稀土元素配分曲线具有明显的负Eu异常,δEu的平均值为0.57,（La/Yb）_N的平均值为11.09,说明该二长花岗岩体岩浆部分熔融程度较高.根据岩石学及地球化学特征可判断该岩体为I型花岗岩.锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb定年显示,该二长花岗岩的结晶年龄为481.3±1.7 Ma,形成于早奥陶世.锆石Lu-Hf同位素分析表明,锆石ε_Hf（t）的值为+0.4~+11.8,均为正值,二阶段模式年龄的范围为675~1 308 Ma,指示其源岩主要为元古代新生地壳物质.该二长花岗岩的形成与早奥陶世时期北阿尔金洋壳俯冲中南祁连陆壳密切相关,在中南祁连陆壳边缘的余石山地区（弧后）,由于洋壳俯冲导致了陆壳的伸展从而产生了裂隙,俯冲产生的熔融岩浆通过裂隙上侵而形成了该二长花岗岩岩体.      

罗迪尼亚超大陆聚合在华南陆块北缘的镁铁质岩浆岩记录

超大陆的聚合必然伴随着从大洋俯冲、弧陆碰撞到陆陆碰撞等一系列板块汇聚和造山过程,这些不同阶段的俯冲和汇聚过程会产生不同特征的岩浆岩记录.华南陆块是新元古代罗迪尼亚超大陆的重要组成部分,在这个超大陆聚合过程中有格林维尔期洋壳俯冲及其伴随的壳幔相互作用.总结了华南陆块北缘记录的罗迪尼亚超大陆聚合不同阶段发生的岩浆活动,比较了其产物的地球化学特征,探讨了它们对应的构造环境.华南陆块北缘900~950 Ma的岩浆活动产物以镁铁质岩浆岩为主,伴随有少量斜长花岗岩,为洋壳俯冲作用的产物.当洋壳俯冲到大陆边缘之下形成安第斯型俯冲带,古老陆源沉积物也被携带进入俯冲带,由此部分熔融产生的含水熔体交代上覆地幔楔形成极度富集的造山带岩石圈地幔,其在新元古代中期发生部分熔融形成具有极负锆石ε_Hf（t）值的镁铁质岩浆岩.因此,在罗迪尼亚超大陆聚合过程中地幔楔被交代形成镁铁质-超镁铁质交代岩,其中一部分在俯冲阶段就发生部分熔融形成大洋弧或大陆弧镁铁质岩浆岩,另一部分在俯冲之后由于大陆裂断引起造山带岩石圈拉张使其与上覆地壳一起部分熔融形成双峰式岩浆岩.      

北秦岭新元古代后碰撞花岗岩的确定及其构造意义

应用LA ICPMS获得北秦岭蔡凹花岗岩体锆石U Pb年龄 ( 889± 1 0 )Ma ,代表岩体的形成时代。该岩体富集LILE、贫化HFSE ,显示活动陆缘俯冲带I型花岗岩体地球化学特征。同时岩体又具有富铝、高钾和锶、明显亏损Nb、Ti、P等元素的大陆造山带后碰撞演化阶段花岗岩特征。根据区域构造资料并结合岩体的变形特征分析 ,蔡凹岩体为碰撞造山过程地壳增厚背景下 ,在后碰撞拉张阶段由卷入有消减带物质的下部地壳部分熔融所形成 ,指示了秦岭在该时期已进入由主碰撞挤压转向后碰撞伸展演化阶段 ,为进一步精细确定北秦岭新元古代陆块汇聚碰撞造山过程提供了新的依据     

华北克拉通北缘中段赤峰撰山子矿区石炭纪-二叠纪侵入岩年代学和地球化学:对古亚洲洋构造演化的制约SCIEI北大核心CSCD

本文对华北克拉通北缘中段赤峰撰山子矿区二长闪长岩、花岗(斑)岩等进行了岩相学、地球化学、锆石U-Pb定年以及Hf同位素研究,以期对古亚洲洋演化形成制约。锆石U-Pb定年显示,二长闪长岩和花岗岩形成于早石炭世(341.0±2.2Ma、324.1±4.3Ma),花岗斑岩形成于晚二叠世(252.8±3.2Ma、252.0±1.5Ma)。岩石地球化学及Hf同位素表明,二长闪长岩为高钾钙碱性I型花岗岩,形成于火山弧环境,其源区可能是俯冲板片脱水交代的地幔楔部分熔融产生玄武质岩浆上涌,导致新生地壳物质的部分熔融,并有部分玄武质岩浆加入形成的产物;花岗岩及花岗斑岩均为高钾钙碱性A型花岗岩,花岗岩形成于火山弧环境,花岗斑岩形成于造山后伸展环境,二者皆为新生地壳部分熔融的产物。综合前人研究认为,早石炭世-晚二叠世,研究区经历了古亚洲洋俯冲、弧-陆碰撞以及造山后伸展等阶段。     

西藏冈底斯中段南木林地区始新世岩浆作用的厘定及其大地构造意义

选取南冈底斯中段南木林地区的二长花岗岩岩体进行了LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年和全岩地球化学分析。分析结果显示,研究区二长花岗岩体的锆石U-Pb年龄为50.24±0.68Ma,为始新世岩浆活动的产物,是冈底斯岩基的重要组成部分。岩石地球化学特征表明,里特曼指数为1.66～1.94,具有钙碱性特征,A/CNK=1.11～1.15,显示出过铝质的特征,同时具有高硅、高钾(可达钾玄岩系列)特征。微量元素强烈富集Rb、Th、U等大离子亲石元素(LILE)及La、Ce等轻稀土元素,亏损Nb、Ta、Zr等高场强元素(HFSE),表现出弧型或壳源岩浆岩的地球化学属性。Sm/Nd值为0.45～0.57,平均值为0.53,显示出岩浆的深源特征。稀土元素(La/Yb)N值较高,平均值为9.25,轻稀土元素相对富集,重稀土元素相对亏损,且具有较显著的负Eu异常特征。综合研究表明,南木林花岗岩体形成过程为俯冲至断离的特提斯洋壳发生脱水作用,导致上覆地幔楔发生部分熔融,玄武质岩浆形成,岩浆随后上涌底侵至莫霍面附近,巨大的热烘烤作用迫使下地壳(富黏土或泥质岩)发生部分熔融,之后玄武质与长英质岩浆发生了广泛的混合作用,最后侵位成岩形成南木林地区广泛的含基性包体的花岗岩体。这为特提斯洋闭合、印度-欧亚板块碰撞的时限提供了同位素年龄证据,也丰富了冈底斯岩体成岩模式和地球化学特征。     

班公湖-怒江缝合带西段沙木罗组地层中闪长玢岩脉的发现及其地质意义

为探讨班公湖-怒江缝合带西段沙木罗组地层中闪长玢岩脉的成因、构造环境及其对区域构造演化的指示,对其开展了年代学和全岩地球化学研究。结果表明,闪长玢岩的LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄为(103.5±1.5)Ma,具准铝质高钾钙碱性I型花岗岩特征,中等分异,稀土配分模式呈左陡右缓的右倾型,具中等负铕异常,相对富集不相容元素Rb、K、Th、Zr、Hf、U等,而亏损Ba、Nb、P、Ti高场强元素。结合区域地质背景认为,闪长玢岩形成于班公湖-怒江洋向北俯冲的大陆边缘弧,俯冲沉积物熔体交代地幔楔发生部分熔融形成幔源岩浆,在密度差的作用下幔源岩浆向上运移,底侵下地壳,引发下地壳物质部分熔融,并与之发生混合,形成了研究区闪长玢岩的母源岩浆;早白垩世晚期班公湖-怒江特提斯洋壳仍向北俯冲于南羌塘之下。     

Police, politics, and the right to the city

Space and spatiality have recently been at the core of debates concerning the political possibilities of the city. The arguments advanced in this paper might be seen as an attempt to contribute to these debates through a reflection on the spatiality of (in) justice, politics, and the right to the city. The case of French urban policy, with its focus on distressed urban areas, and the `suburban problem' in France are used as examples to make arguments more concrete.     

Isotopic systematics of He,Ar, S,Cu, Ni,Re, Os,Pb, U,Sm, Nd,Rb, Sr,Lu, and Hf in the rocks and ores of the Norilsk deposits

This paper reports the first results of a study of 11 isotope systems (³He/⁴He, ⁴⁰Ar/³⁶Ar, ³⁴S/³²S, ⁶⁵Cu/⁶³Cu, ⁶²Ni/⁶⁰Ni, ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr, ¹⁴³Nd/¹⁴⁴Nd, ^206–208Pb/²⁰⁴Pb, Hf–Nd, U–Pb, and Re–Os) in the rocks and ores of the Cu–Ni–PGE deposits of the Norilsk ore district. Almost all the results were obtained at the Center of Isotopic Research of the Karpinskii All-Russia Research Institute of Geology. The use of a number of independent genetic isotopic signatures and comprehensive isotopic knowledge provided a methodic basis for the interpretation of approximately 5000 isotopic analyses of various elements. The presence of materials from two sources, crust and mantle, was detected in the composition of the rocks and ores. The contribution of the crustal source is especially significant in the paleofluids (gas–liquid microinclusions) of the ore-forming medium. Crustal solutions were probably a transport medium during ore formation. Air argon is dominant in the ores, which indicates a connection between the paleofluids and the atmosphere. This suggests intense groundwater circulation during the crystallization of ore minerals. The age of the rocks and ores of the Norilsk deposits was determined. The stage of orebody formation is restricted to a narrow age interval of 250 ± 10 Ma. An isotopic criterion was proposed for the ore-bearing potential of mafic intrusions in the Norilsk–Taimyr region. It includes several interrelated isotopic ratios of various elements: He, Ar, S, and others.     

Influences of the unsaturated,saturated, and riparian zones on the transport of nitrate near the Merced River,California, USA

Transport and transformation of nitrate was evaluated along a 1-km groundwater transect from an almond orchard to the Merced River, California, USA, within an irrigated agricultural setting. As indicated by measurements of pore-water nitrate and modeling using the root zone water quality model, about 63% of the applied nitrogen was transported through a 6.5-m unsaturated zone. Transport times from recharge locations to the edge of a riparian zone ranged from approximately 6 months to greater than 100 years. This allowed for partial denitrification in horizons having mildly reducing conditions, and essentially no denitrification in horizons with oxidizing conditions. Transport times across a 50–100-m-wide riparian zone of less than a year to over 6 years and more strongly reducing conditions resulted in greater rates of denitrification. Isotopic measurements and concentrations of excess N₂ in water were indicative of denitrification with the highest rates below the Merced River. Discharge of water and nitrate into the river was dependent on gradients driven by irrigation or river stage. The results suggest that the assimilative capacity for nitrate of the groundwater system, and particularly the riverbed, is limiting the nitrate load to the Merced River in the study area.     

Rb-Sr, K-Ar, H-and O-Isotope systematics of the Middle Riphean shales from the Debengda Formation, the Olenek Uplift, North Sibera

Clay subfractions (SFs) of <0.1, 0.1–0.2, 0.2–0.3, 0.3–0.6, 0.6–2 and 2–5 μm separated from Middle Riphean shales of the Debengda Formation are studied using the TEM, XRD, K-Ar and Rb-Sr isotopic methods. The oxygen and hydrogen isotope compositions in the SFs are studied as well. The low-temperature illite-smectite is dominant mineral in all the SFs except for the coarsest ones. The XRD, chemical and isotopic data imply that two generations of authigenic illite-smectite different in age are mixed in the SFs. The illite crystallinity index decreases in parallel with size diminishing of clay particles. As compared to coarser SFs, illite of fine-grained subfractions is enriched in Al relative to Fe and Mg, contains more K, and reveals higher K/Rb and Rb/Sr ratios. The Rb-Sr age calculated by means of the leachochron (“inner isochron”) method declines gradually from 1254-1272 Ma in the coarsest SFs to 1038-1044 Ma in finest ones, while the K-Ar age decreases simultaneously from 1225–1240 to 1080 Ma. The established positive correlation of δ¹⁸O and δD values with dimensions of clay particles in the SFs seems to be also consistent with the mixing systematics. The isotopic systematics along with data on mineral composition and morphology lead to the conclusion that mixedlayer illite-smectite was formed in the Debengda shales during two periods 1211–1272 and 1038–1080 Ma ago. The first period is likely close to the deposition time of sediments and corresponds to events of burial catagenesis, whereas the second one is correlative with the regional uplift and changes in hydrological regime during the pre-Khaipakh break in sedimentation.     

扬子北缘马元铅锌矿床闪锌矿微量元素及S-Pb-He-Ar-C同位素地球化学研究

马元铅锌矿床是近年扬子陆块北缘铅锌找矿的新突破。矿体呈层状、似层状产于碑坝隆起翼部震旦系灯影组角砾状白云岩层间构造带中,围岩蚀变很弱。矿石中硫化物以闪锌矿、方铅矿为主,中粗粒晶质结构,充填于白云岩角砾间。闪锌矿富集Cd、Ge、Ag,贫In、Tl、Se,Ga/In为6~132,Ge/In多1000,成矿温度以中-低温为主。金属硫化物ε~(34)S值相对集中,为12.9‰~19.4‰,平均为17.4‰,来自于海相硫酸盐的还原。铅同位素组成稳定,~(206)Pb/~(204)Pb为17.858~17.918:~(207)Pb/~(204)Pb为15.603~15.694;~(208)Pb/~(204)Pb为37.756~38.046,具有造山带和上地壳铅的特征,震旦系可能提供了金属成矿物质。闪锌矿中流体包裹体的~3He/~4He为0.03Ra~1.05Ra,~(40)Ar/~(36)Ar为326.1~765.1,~(38)Ar/~(36)Ar为0.183~0.204,表明成矿流体主要为地壳流体和饱和大气水(大气降水或海水)的混合。闪锌矿内流体包裹体挥发分δ~(13)C_(CH_4)值为-36.01‰~-28.80‰,δ~(13)C_(C_2H_6)值为-27.72‰~-22.44‰,δ~(13)C_(CO_2)值为-23.24‰~-9.68‰,表明有机流体参与了成矿作用。石英、方解石的H-O同位素结果表明具有海水和有机水混合的特征。可见,成矿流体具有两种流体混合的特征,一为蒸发海水与围岩反应所形成的盆地卤水,二为有机流体。推测矿区可能存在一个古油气藏,由于TSR生成一高硫气藏,为区内还原性有机流体的主要来源。当富含Pb、Zn等成矿物质的成矿流体运移至富含CH_4和H_2S的还原性流体的矿区角砾岩带时,两种流体混合,Pb、Zn等遇到H_2S发生反应而沉淀成矿,并伴生热液白云石等,形成了马元铅锌矿床。综上所述,我们认为马元矿床属MVT型铅锌矿床。     

贵州岑巩羊桥罗家塘杷榔动物群的发现及其后生动物早期演化的意义

岑巩县羊桥乡罗家塘杷榔组仅出露中-上部地层,岩性单一,均为青灰、灰绿色粉砂质泥、页岩.在其上部层位发现了俞氏贵州始海百合(Guizhoueocrinus yui Zhao,Parsley et Peng,2007),计有棘皮动物始海百合、腕足动物、软体动物-软舌螺、节肢动物-三叶虫等8属9种,包括了2个未定名的新种和1...     

Breakthroughs in the biodiversity, biogeography, biostratigraphy, and basin analysis of the Beaufort group

Over the past decade researchers working on the rocks of the Beaufort Group in the main Karoo Basin of South Africa have vastly increased our understanding of this important Permo-Triassic sequence. Many new fossil forms have been discovered, allowing for breakthroughs into the biodiversity, biogeography and biostratigraphy of the group. Taxonomic and phylogenetic advances are many and varied, and cover most of the vertebrate taxa, but with emphasis placed on the temnospondyl amphibians, archosauriforms and non-mammalian synapsids, in particular the anomodontia. Biostratigraphic breakthroughs have centered on the Middle Permian Eodicynodon and Tapinocephalus assemblage zones, the Late Permian Dicynodon Assemblage Zone, and the Triassic Lystrosaurus and Cynognathus assemblage zones. Correlation of these biozones with better dated sequences in Europe, Russia and China has allowed for many chronostratigraphic refinements, which are in turn vital for sequence stratigraphical analysis of the basin fill. Based on fossil data, both the lower (Ecca–Beaufort) and upper (Beaufort–Molteno) contacts of the group have been proved to be highly diachronous. The refined chronostratigraphic framework has also allowed for a better analysis of the basin evolution through time, particularly in terms of the correlation of external stimuli that affect basin sedimentation patterns.     

海南长塘岭矿区大坡岩体岩石学、地球化学特征及其含矿性初探

海南大坡岩体位于五指山褶皱带内,主要受昌江—琼海构造带、琼西构造带与潭爷断陷构造带控制.岩石地球化学及岩石学研究表明,大坡岩体形成于海西-印支晚期,岩性单一,主要为中细粒似斑状黑云母二长花岗岩.岩体显示为Ⅰ型花岗岩与S型花岗岩的混合,主体以地壳物质部分熔融为主,形成过程有少量地幔物质加入.元素对的比值及稀土元素配分特征说明岩体钨锡等多金属含矿性可能较差.     

Delivery of Trace Metals (Al,Fe, Mn,V, Co,Ni, Cu,Cd, Ag,Pb) from the Trinity River Watershed Towards the Ocean

The Trinity River (Texas, USA) contains in its watershed 23 different reservoir lakes, the largest one being Lake Livingston situated in the lower Trinity River watershed and two potentially polluting metroplexes, Dallas and Houston. In order to determine fluxes of nutrients and trace metals to Galveston Bay, a survey that included 24 discreet samples collected over a year and at various stages of discharge was carried out during 2000–2001. Geochemical (i.e., sorption by Fe oxyhydroxides), biological (i.e., seasonal uptake by sinking algae in Lake Livingston), and hydrological (i.e., dilution effects by increasing flow rates) controls were found to be mainly responsible for variations in dissolved trace metal concentrations rather than pollution sources. The Trinity River loads of suspended sediments and pollutant trace metals entering Galveston Bay at Anahuac were <20% of those reaching Lake Livingston, and only a few percent of the total upstream trace metal load is entering the Gulf of Mexico. Thus, during the transit through the 23 man-made lakes and an estuary, >96% of the pollutant trace metal load is lost to sediments.