芙蓉锡矿床及骑田岭A型花岗岩Pb同位素来源示踪

芙蓉超大型锡矿床与骑田岭A型花岗岩在成因上密切相关。研究表明，该矿床中几种矿石矿物的Pb同位素特征为正常铅，且具有同源性，与“南岭燕山期锡矿床”Pb同位素特征吻合。骑田岭岩体不同单元花岗岩的长石铅和全岩铅亦为正常铅，其特征与“南岭省含锡花岗岩”长石铅同位素特征相似。矿石铅和长石铅主要来源为上地壳，混有少量的下地壳和地幔源铅，且两者间也具有同源性。     

济南泉域浅层地下水水化学同位素研究

文章系统地分析了济南泉域浅层地下水(第四系孔隙水)和地表水的水化学成分和氢氧稳定同位素,并结合当地地形和水文条件,研究了不同地段浅层地下水和地表水的不同补给来源,揭示了浅层地下水与岩溶水的水力联系,得出浅层地下水在市区和东郊以降水入渗补给为主;在西郊和平安店则以岩溶水顶托补给和地表水(河水和水库水)入渗补给为主、当地降水入渗为辅的结论。为保护泉水、优化泉域内地下水开采方案提供了重要依据。     

Iron isotopes in natural carbonate minerals determined by MC-ICP-MS with a Fe-Fe double spike

We have developed a method for iron isotope analysis by multiple-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (MC-ICP-MS) using a ⁵⁸Fe-⁵⁴Fe double spike. A 20 min analysis produces mass-bias-corrected iron isotope data with an external reproducibility of ±0.05 (2 SD) on δ⁵⁶Fe, which represents a decrease in analysis time compared to sample-standard bracketing techniques. The estimation of external reproducibility is based on replicate analysis of the ETH hematite in-house standard. The double spike method has two advantages. First, matrix effects during MC-ICP-MS analysis are decreased with tests showing that accurate iron isotope data can, in some cases, be obtained even when matrix levels exceed iron concentration (Na/Fe, Mg/Fe, and Ca/Fe up to 5, 2, and 0.1, respectively). Because chemical separation reduces matrix/Fe to levels more than three orders of magnitude lower than this, measured Fe isotope compositions are unlikely to be compromised by matrix effects. Second, it is possible to spike samples before chemical purification, which enables any isotopic fractionation effect because of incomplete recovery of iron from a sample to be accounted for. This may be important where obtaining quantitative iron yields from samples is difficult, such as the extraction of dissolved iron from water samples. Fe isotope data on a set of standard reference materials (igneous rocks, ferromanganese nodules, sedimentary rocks, and ores) are presented, which are in agreement with previously published data considering analytical uncertainties. Mantle-derived standard rock samples that are the source of iron for surficial, (bio)geochemical cycling yield a mean δ⁵⁶Fe of 0.041 ± 0.11‰ (n = 8; 2 SD) with reference to IRMM-14. Hydrothermal and metamorphic calcium carbonate rocks with a relatively low iron content (100-4000 ppm) have δ⁵⁶Fe = −1.25 to −0.07‰. Structural Fe(II) in hydrothermal calcites has δ⁵⁶Fe = −1.25 to −0.27‰. The light iron in this range of carbonate minerals may reflect the iron isotope composition of the hydrothermal fluids from which the carbonate precipitated, or the presence of Fe(III) and/or organic material in the hydrothermal fluids during calcite precipitation.     

Mineralogical alteration and associated permeability changes induced by a high-pH plume: Modeling of a granite core infiltration experiment

Within the framework of the HPF project (Hyperalkaline Plume in Fractured Rock) at the Grimsel Test Site (Switzerland), a small scale core infiltration experiment was performed at the University of Bern. A high-pH solution was continuously injected, under a constant pressure gradient, into a cylindrical core of granite containing a fracture. This high-pH solution was a synthetic version of solutions characteristic of early stages in the degradation of cement. The interaction between the rock and the solutions was reflected by significant changes in the composition of the injected solution and a decrease in the permeability of the rock. Changes in the mineralogy and porosity of the fault gouge filling the fracture were only minor. One-dimensional reactive transport modeling, using a modified version of the GIMRT code, was used to interpret the results of the experiment. Dispersive and advective solute transport, mineral reaction kinetics and a coupling between porosity and permeability changes were taken into account. In order to obtain a reasonable agreement between models and experimental results, reactive surface areas of the order of 10⁵ m²/m³ rock had to be used. These values are much smaller than the values measured for the fault gouge filling the fracture, which are in the order of 10⁶–10⁷ m²/m³ rock. However, the results could be improved by adding a small fraction of fine grained mineral, which could explain the high initial peaks in Al and Si concentration. With the inclusion of this fine grained fraction, the initial surface areas in the model were within the range of the measured specific surface areas of the fault gouge. The fact that the decrease in permeability was significant despite the minor changes in mineralogy, suggests that permeability may be controlled by changes in the structure of the rock (pore geometries) rather than by only the bulk volumetric (porosity) changes.     

Tracing the sources of strontium in karst groundwater in Chongqing, China: a combined hydrogeochemical approach and strontium isotope

Groundwater quality in karst regions is largely controlled by natural processes and anthropogenic activities. Over the past 10?years, dissolved Sr and its radiogenic isotope, ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr, were widely used to trace the sources of solutes in groundwater. However, there is little research about hydrogeochemistry and Sr isotopic compositions of the karst groundwater in Chongqing karst area. In this paper, thirty-five representative karst groundwater samples were collected from different aquifers (limestone and dolomite) and various land use types. Hydrochemical types of karst groundwater in Chongqing were mainly of the Ca-HCO₃ type or Ca(Mg)-HCO₃ type. The dissolved Sr concentrations of the studied groundwater ranged from 0.57 to 15.06???mmol/L, and the ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr varied from 0.70751 to 0.71627. The groundwater samples from different aquifers and land use types showed distinctive dissolved Sr concentrations and ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr. The very positive relationship between Ca/Sr and Mg/Sr in dolomite and limestone aquifers suggests that Ca, Mg and Sr element come mainly from the release of carbonate rock under the groundwater?Crock?CCO₂ gas interaction. According to the ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratio, the Sr element in karst groundwater in Chongqing was controlled by the weathering of limestone, dolomite and silicate rock (allogenic water in a non-karst area). The relationship ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr versus Sr²⁺/[K⁺?+?Na⁺] shows that the anthropogenic inputs also obviously contribute to the Sr contents. The research results show that the karst groundwater in Chongqing is facing serious crisis of water quality, and needs to be protected further.     

The effects of diagenesis on the redistribution of strontium isotopes in shales

The rubidium-strontium method has often been used in attempts to date shales, but has yielded mixed results. In order to explore the effects of diagenesis on this system, samples of a Miocene shale section collected from an oil well drilled in coastal Louisiana were separated into fractions and analyzed for Sr⁸⁷/Sr⁸⁶, Rb and Sr. The diagenetic changes involve the destruction of detrital mica and feldspar and the formation of an illite-rich clay from smectite. Strontium from interstitial waters, calcium carbonate and adsorbed on the clay minerals is released and then sequestered by the newly forming phases, together with the strontium mobilized from the silicate minerals. Attending these changes there is a trend towards the homogenization of the shale with respect to its strontium isotopes, but diagenesis and homogenization are not complete in the deepest part (5523 m) of the section studied. Therefore, the interpretation of rubidium-strontium shale dates remains uncertain, but the dates in many cases most probably represent the time equal to or younger than the time of the major construction of new phases and the attendant homogenization of the strontium isotopes.     

Hydrogeochemistry of sulfur isotopes in the Kalix River catchment,northern Sweden

The³⁴S-to-³²S ratio in dissolved SO₄ has been studied in the Kalix River, Northern Sweden, and its catchment. Weekly sampling over 17 months revealed temporal variations from +5.3‰ up to +7.4‰ in the δ³⁴S values in the river. Snow and rain samples showed lower δ³⁴S values (average +5.6‰ and +5.0‰, respectively). The atmosphere is the major source for S in surface waters in the catchment, and the heavier δ³⁴S values in the river are a result of SO₄ reduction within the catchment.Most of the temporal variations in the δ³⁴S value in the river are caused by a mixing of water from the mountain areas (relatively light δ³⁴S) and the woodland. The δ³⁴S value is relatively heavy in the woodland tributaries because of bacterial SO₄ reduction in peatland areas influenced by groundwater.The highest δ³⁴S values were measured during the spring flood, in June and in November. These heavy δ³⁴S values are related to different types of water with diverse origins.The heavy δ³⁴S values coinciding with the early spring flood originate from peatland areas in the woodland. Relatively heavy δ³⁴S values (up to +14.4‰) were registered in mire water. Smaller variations of the δ³⁴S value during summer and early autumn most likely were caused by the input of ground-mire water during heavy rains. A correlation between increased TOC concentrations and increased δ³⁴S values was observed.The heavy δ³⁴S values in June and November probably originate from SO₄ reduction in bottom water and sediments in lakes within the catchment. Bottom water, enriched in³⁴SSO₄, was transported in the river during the spring and autumn overturn.     

The effect of weathering on the distribution of strontium isotopes in weathering profiles

The strontium isotope ratio in sea water has varied through geologic time owing to the input of strontium from rock weathering. To evaluate the possibility that $\text{Sr}{}^{87}\text{Sr}{}^{86}$ ratios might be altered during weathering, seven weathering profiles developed on Mesozoic arkoses located along the length of New Zealand were investigated. The rubidium-strontium-strontium isotope relations in these profiles give ‘isochron’ ages less than the ages of deposition of the arkoses. These ages appear to result from the weathering of a homogeneous source rock. The age calculated from the rubidium-strontium system (t′) is related to the original age (t) by the equation t′/t = (n ? 1)/n, where n is the ratio of the amounts of common and radiogenic strontium leached from the rock. Shales formed by the accumulation of these residual solids may inherit misleading isochron relationships which may not be erased during deposition or early diagenesis. The strontium which goes into solution and is transported to the sea is slightly less radiogenic than the strontium in the unweathered rock, while the residual clays may be much more radiogenic.     

内蒙古兴安盟杜尔基地区花岗岩矿物学特征和Hf同位素研究

杜尔基花岗岩基位于大兴安岭中南段,且处在大兴安岭一个大型多金属矿集区(Au-Ag-Cu-Zn-Sn-Fe)中。区内岩浆活动复杂,成矿元素多样,其中,杜尔基花岗岩是本地区出露面积较大(约190 km2)的岩体之一。为厘清区内不同花岗质岩石的源区特征及其与成矿的关系,文章对杜尔基地区花岗岩的主要岩性单元二长花岗岩和正长花岗岩进行了系统的矿物学和Hf同位素组成研究。结果表明:二长花岗岩的主要矿物为斜长石(32%)、钾长石(45%)、石英(20%),次要矿物为黑云母、角闪石和辉石等暗色矿物(3%);正长花岗岩的主要组成矿物为石英(10%~15%)、钾长石(60%~70%)和斜长石(30%),次要矿物为黑云母(5%),在这两种花岗岩中均广泛发育条纹长石。黑云母主要为铁质黑云母和铁叶云母,角闪石为韭闪石和普通角闪石,辉石为普通辉石。矿物学特征均指示杜尔基花岗岩主要为I型花岗岩。二长花岗岩εHf为-1.6~17.6,正长花岗岩εHf为-3.3~12.2。杜尔基花岗岩Hf同位素特征指示其源区为新生的地壳物质,可能是来自地幔的底侵玄武质岩浆发生重熔的结果。     

Lead and strontium isotopes in rocks of the Absaroka volcanic field,Wyoming

The Absaroka volcanic field is comprised of predominant andesitic volcaniclastic rocks and less abundant potassium-rich mafic lavas (shoshonites and absarokites). Strontium and lead isotopic variations preclude a simple derivation from an isotopically uniform source: Sr⁸⁷/Sr⁸⁶, 0.7042 to 0.7090; Pb²⁰⁶/Pb²⁰⁴, 16.31 to 17.30; Pb²⁰⁸/Pb²⁰⁴, 36.82 to 37.64. We postulate that these rocks were derived from a lower crust or upper mantle which underwent a preferential loss of uranium relative to lead approximately 2800±200 m.y. ago. Variations in lead and strontium isotopic compositions are thought to reflect small inhomogeneities in U/Pb and Rb/Sr ratios in the source.Publication authorized by the Director, U.S. Geological Survey.     

Metal sources of the large Nezhdaninsky orogenic gold deposit, Yakutia, Russia: Results of high-precision MC-ICP-MS analysis of lead isotopic composition supplemented by data on strontium isotopes

A collection of galena from the Nezhdaninsky gold deposit (62 samples), as well as galena from the Menkeche silver-base-metal deposit and the Sentyabr occurrence and K-feldspar from intrusive rocks of the Tyry-Dyby ore cluster have been studied using the high-precision (±0.02%) MC-ICP-MS method. Particular ore zones are characterized by relatively narrow variations of isotope ratios (no wider than σ_6/4 = 0.26%). Vertical zoning of Pb isotopic composition is not detected. Variation in Pb isotope ratios mainly depends on the type of mineral assemblage. Galena of the gold-sulfide assemblage dominating at the Nezhdaninsky deposit is characterized by the following average isotope ratios: ²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb = 18.472, ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁴Pb = 15.586, and ²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁴Pb = 38.605. Galena from the regenerated silver-base-metal assemblage is distinguished by less radiogenic lead isotope ratios: 18.420, 15.575, and 38.518, respectively. In lead from the Nezhdaninsky deposit, the component, whose source is identified as Permian host terrigenous rocks, is predominant. The data points of isotopic composition of lode lead make up a linear trend within the range of μ₂ = 9.5-9.6. K-feldspar of granitic rocks has less radiogenic and widely varying lead isotopic composition compared to that of galena. The isotopic data on Pb and Sr constrain the contribution of Late Cretaceous granitic rocks as a source of gold mineralization at the Nezhdaninsky deposit. The matter from the Early Cretaceous fluid-generating magma chamber participated in the ore-forming system of the Nezhdaninsky deposit. The existence of such a chamber is confirmed by the occurrence of Early Cretaceous granitoid intrusions on the flanks of the Nezhdaninsky ore field. The greatest contribution of magmatic lead (～30%) is noted in galena from the silver-base-metal mineral assemblage. This component has isotopic marks characteristic of lower crustal lead: the elevated ²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁶Pb ratio relative to the mean crustal value and the lower ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁴Pb ratio. Taken together, they determine a high Th/U ～ 4.0 in the source and μ₂ = 9.37–9.50. This conclusion is consistent with the contemporary tectonic model describing evolution of the South Verkhoyansk sector of the Verkhoyansk Foldbelt and the Okhotsk Terrane.     

利用两种指纹因子判别小流域泥沙来源

为精确识别黄土高原丘陵沟壑区典型小流域泥沙来源,分析了流域内“源-汇”地区土壤的理化性质及生物标志物（正构烷烃）作为潜在指纹识别因子,并建立了复合指纹模型。结果显示:单独的土壤理化指纹及正构烷烃均不能有效识别泥沙来源;土壤理化指纹和正构烷烃分别在林地、农地及沟道的辨别上显示出其局限性。多元化的复合指纹（碳优势指数CPI、Ca、TP、C₂₀、C₂₉、Fe）则能辨别90.5%的泥沙来源。模型结果显示沟道是该流域泥沙的主要来源,占60.8%,其次为农地占20.7%,林地占11.3%,草地占7.2%。研究表明,结合生物标志物的复合指纹法能更精确地反映泥沙来源,适用于各泥沙源头的地质条件差异较小的流域,对黄土高原小流域水土流失治理具有指导意义。     

Using environmental isotopes in the study of the recharge-discharge mechanisms of the Yarmouk catchment area in Jordan

The recharge sources, the flow mechanisms and discharge areas of the different groundwater bodies underlying the Yarmouk River catchment area in Jordan, have, until now, not been adequately explained, although a wide range of hydrological, hydrogeological, and hydrochemical studies have been done. Along the Jordanian part of the catchment area of the Yarmouk River, groundwater issues from different aquifers with a variety of chemistries and types within the same aquifer and in between the different aquifers. Conventional recharge/discharge mechanisms, water balances and chemical analyses did not adequately explain the chemical variations and the different water types found in the area. Applying environmental isotopic tools combined with their altitude effects due to topographic variations (250–1,300 m a.s.l. within a distance of 20 km), and taking into consideration re-evaporation effects on the isotopic depletion and enrichment of rainwater, has greatly helped in understanding the recharge discharge mechanisms of the different aquifers. Precipitation along the highlands of an average of 600 mm/year is found to be depleted in its isotopic content of O¹⁸ = –7.0 to –7.26 and D = –32.2 to –33.28, whereas that of the Jordan Valley of 350 mm/year is highly enriched in isotopes with O¹⁸ = –4.06 and D = –14.5. The groundwater recharged along the highlands is depleted in isotopes (O¹⁸ = ~ –6, D = ~ –30), groundwater at the intermediate elevations is enriched (O¹⁸ = ~ –5, D = ~ –23) and that of the Jordan Valley aquifers containing meteoric water is highly enriched (O¹⁸ ~ –3.8, D = ~ –18). The deep aquifers in the Jordan Valley foothills are depleted in isotopes (O¹⁸ –18 = –6, D = –30) and resemble those of the highland aquifers. Only through using isotopes as a tool, were the sources of the different groundwater bodies and recharge and discharge mechanisms unambiguously explained. It was found that recharge takes place all over the study area and produces groundwater, which, from the highlands towards the Jordan Valley, shows increasing enrichment in isotopes. The highlands aquifer, with its groundwater depleted in isotopes, becomes confined towards the Jordan Valley; and, due to its confining pressure, leaks water upwards into the overlying aquifers causing their water to become less enriched in isotopes. Water depleted in its isotopic composition also seeps upward to the ground surface at the mountain foothills through faults and fissures.

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Resumen Las fuentes de recarga, los mecanismos de flujo y las áreas de descarga de los diferentes cuerpos de agua subterránea que subyacen el área de la cuenca del Río Yarmouk en Jordania, se han explicado de manera no ambigua únicamente mediante la aplicación de los isótopos como herramienta. A lo largo de la parte Jordana del área de la cuenca del Río Yarmouk el agua subterránea emerge de diferentes acuíferos con una variedad de tipos y composiciones, ya sea que provengan del mismo acuífero o de diferentes acuíferos. Los mecanismos convencionales de recarga/descarga, balances hídricos y variaciones químicas no han podido explicar las variaciones químicas y los diferentes tipos de aguas. La aplicación de herramientas de isótopos ambientales combinadas con los efectos de altitud derivados de variaciones topográficas (250 hasta 1,300 m s.n.m. en una distancia de 20 km) y tomando en consideración los efectos de re-evaporación en el empobrecimiento de isótopos y enriquecimiento del agua de lluvia han ayudado fuertemente en el entendimiento de los mecanismos de recarga/descarga de los diferentes acuíferos. La precipitación en el área varía de 600 mm/año, a lo largo de las tierras altas, a 350 mm/año en el área del Valle Jordán. El flujo de agua subterránea ocurre de las tierras altas hacia el Valle Jordán. El agua subterránea de las tierras altas está empobrecida en isótopos (O¹⁸ =~ –6, D =~ –30), el agua subterránea de elevaciones intermedias está enriquecida (O¹⁸ =~ –5, D =~ –23), y el agua de los acuíferos del Valle Jordan contiene agua meteórica que se encuentra altamente enriquecida (O¹⁸ =~ –3.8, D =~ –18). Los acuíferos profundos que se localizan al pie de las tierras altas del Valle Jordán están empobrecidos en isótopos (O¹⁸ =~ –6, D =~ –30) y son similares a los acuíferos de las tierras altas. Solo al aplicar los isótopos ambientales como herramienta pudo explicarse de manera inequívoca las fuentes de los diferentes cuerpos de agua subterránea y los mecanismos de recarga y descarga.

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Résumé Les zones de recharge, les mécanismes découlement et les zones de décharges des différentes masses deau souterraine sous le bassin versant de la rivière Yarmouk en Jordanie, étaient expliquées de manière ambiguë par les seuls outils isotopiques. Le long de la parti Jordanienne du bassin versant de la rivière Yarmouk leau souterraine provient de différents aquifères et se distinguent par leur type et leur composition chimique, selon que leau provient du même ou des différents aquifères. Les mécanismes conventionnels de recharge et de décharge, bilan hydrologique ne donnaient pas dexplications satisfaisantes concernant les variations chimiques et les différents types deau. En appliquant les isotopes environnementaux combinés aux effets de laltitude sur les variations des teneurs isotopiques (laltitude varie de 250 à 1,300 m sur une distance de 20 km.) et en prenant en considération les effets de ré-évaporation sur lappauvrissement et lenrichissement isotopique des eaux pluviales ont fortement contribués à une meilleure compréhension des mécanismes de recharge des différents aquifères. Les précipitations annuelles sont comprises entre 600 mm dans les zones en altitude et 350 mm dans la vallée de la Jordanie. Les écoulements de leau souterraine sont dirigés des zones en altitude vers la vallée de la Jordanie. Les eaux souterraines des zones en altitude sont isotopiquement appauvries (O¹⁸ = ~ –6, D = ~ –30), les eaux souterraines des zones de moyenne altitude sont enrichies (O¹⁸ = ~ –5, D = ~ –23) et les eaux de la vallée très enrichies (O¹⁸ ~ –3.8, D = ~ –18). Les aquifers profonds dans la vallée de la Jordanie sont appauvris (O¹⁸ –18 = –6, D = –30) et se confondent avec les eaux des zones situées en altitude. En appliquant uniquement les isotopes environnementaux comme des outils de compréhension des phénomènes hydrogéologiques, la source des différentes masses deau souterraines, les mécanismes de la recharge et de la décharge pourraient être expliqués de manière ambiguë.

     

The use of strontium and lead isotopes to identify sources of water beneath the Fresh Kills landfill,Staten Island,New York,USA

A study was undertaken to explore whether the isotopic compositions of Pb and Sr are useful to distinguish mixtures of uncontaminated groundwater, seawater, and landfill leachate at the Fresh Kills landfill, Staten Island, New York. Ratios of ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ranged from 0.7088 to 0.7137 and could be used to distinguish Sr that was derived from seawater from that in uncontaminated groundwater. Lead isotopic abundances did not vary systematically among the different water sources. Plots of ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr versus dissolved organic C, B, and NH₄⁺ defined perpendicular trends, documenting where leachate or sea water mixed with uncontaminated groundwater, and demonstrating that leachate has not contaminated groundwater in aquifers beneath the landfill.     

Identifying granite sources by SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronology: an application to the Lachlan foldbelt

The potential genetic link between granites and their host sediments can be assessed using zircon age inheritance patterns. In the Lachlan fold belt, southeastern Australia, granites and associated high-grade metasedimentary rocks intrude low-grade Ordovician country rock. This relationship is well-exposed in the Tallangatta region, northeast Victoria (part of the Wagga-Omeo Metamorphic Complex). In this region granites (two I-types and two S-types) have intruded during the mid-late Silurian between approximately 410–430 Ma based on the ages of magmatic zircons. The age spectra for inherited zircons from the granites have been compared with those of detrital zircons from the enclosing low- and high-grade metasediments. In broad terms, both for detrital zircons in all four sediments and for inherited zircons in three of the four granites, the dominant ages are early Paleozoic and Late Precambrian, with sporadic older Precambrian ages extending up to 3.5 Ga. The ages of the youngest detrital zircons from the low-grade Lockhart and Talgarno terranes limit the time of sedimentation to ca. 466 Ma or younger. The youngest detrital zircons from two samples of the high-grade Gundowring terrane are 473 Ma, making these sediments Ordovician or younger, not Cambrian as originally suggested. However, the individual age spectra for the four selected metasediments are not well matched when closely examined. The age spectra of the inherited zircons in the granites also do not adequately match those in any of the metasediments. Thus, the metasediments might not be representative of the actual source rocks of the granites. While the exact source of the granites cannot be identified from the analysed samples, the existence of a large population of ca. 495 Ma inherited zircon grains in the S-type granites requires that the granite source contains a significant proportion of Cambrian or younger material. This does not preclude the existence of a Precambrian basement to the Lachlan fold belt but indicates that at the level of S-type magma generation, a Cambrian and/or younger protolith is required. Received: 28 August 1998 / Accepted: 7 July 1999     

Use of Sr isotopes as a tool to decipher the soil weathering processes in a tropical river catchment,southwestern India

River water composition (major ion and ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratio) was monitored on a monthly basis over a period of three years from a mountainous river (Nethravati River) of southwestern India. The total dissolved solid (TDS) concentration is relatively low (46 mg L⁻¹) with silica being the dominant contributor. The basin is characterised by lower dissolved Sr concentration (avg. 150 nmol L⁻¹), with radiogenic ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr isotopic ratios (avg. 0.72041 at outlet). The composition of Sr and ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr and their correlation with silicate derived cations in the river basin reveal that their dominant source is from the radiogenic silicate rock minerals. Their composition in the stream is controlled by a combination of physical and chemical weathering occurring in the basin. The molar ratio of SiO₂/Ca and ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr isotopic ratio show strong seasonal variation in the river water, i.e., low SiO₂/Ca ratio with radiogenic isotopes during non-monsoon and higher SiO₂/Ca with less radiogenic isotopes during monsoon season. Whereas, the seasonal variation of Rb/Sr ratio in the stream water is not significant suggesting that change in the mineral phase being involved in the weathering reaction could be unlikely for the observed molar SiO₂/Ca and ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr isotope variation in river water. Therefore, the shift in the stream water chemical composition could be attributed to contribution of ground water which is in contact with the bedrock (weathering front) during non-monsoon and weathering of secondary soil minerals in the regolith layer during monsoon. The secondary soil mineral weathering leads to limited silicate cation and enhanced silica fluxes in the Nethravati river basin.     

中国萤石矿床锶同位素、氢氧同位素地球化学特征

通过对前人所做典型萤石矿床和区域萤石矿床锶、氢氧同位素地球化学资料的综合研究,从锶、氢氧同位素地球化学特征角度分析了中国萤石矿床的物质来源和萤石矿形成时成矿流体的性质及来源.由锶同位素地球化学资料综合分析得出:以灰岩为主要围岩的沉积改造型及部分热液充填型萤石矿床成矿物质主要来源于其围岩灰岩;以火山岩、火山碎屑岩为主要围...     

Water content of a granite magma deduced from the sequence of crystallization determined experimentally with water-undersaturated conditions

The sequence of crystallization in a biotite-granite from the Bohus batholith of Norway and Sweden, deduced from its texture, was magnetite, plagioclase, microcline, quartz, and finally biotite. Several sequences of crystallization were determined experimentally at 2 kb in the presence of varying only for H₂O contents below 1.2% by weight. The rock was fused to a homogeneous glass, and each experiment included samples of finely crushed rock and glass. The samples were reacted in Ag-Pd capsules with measured H₂O content in coldseal pressure vessels with NNO buffer. With excess H₂O (more than 6.5%) the crystallization interval extends from 865° C to 705° C. In the H₂O-deficient region, the solidus temperature remains unchanged as long as a trace of vapor is present, but the liquidus temperature increases as H₂O content decreases; with 0.8 % H₂O the liquidus temperature is 1125° C, the crystallization interval is 420° C, and a separate aqueous vapor phase is evolved only a few degrees above the solidus at 705° C. The biotite phase boundary increases slightly from 845° C with excess H₂O to 875° C with 1% H₂O, and it intersects the steep phase boundaries for quartz and feldspars; the sequence of crystallization changes at each intersection point. Similar diagrams at various pressures for related rock compositions involving muscovite, biotite and amphibole will provide grids useful in defining limits for the water content of granitic and dioritic magmas. Applications are considered for the Bohus batholith, other granitic rocks, and rhyolites. The Bohus magma could have been formed by crustal anatexis as a mobile assemblage of H₂O-undersaturated liquid and residual crystals with initial total H₂O content less than 1.2%, or it could have been derived by fractionation of a more basic parent with low H₂O content from mantle or subduction zone, but it could not have been derived from a primary andesite generated from mantle peridotite. We consider it unlikely that the H₂O content of large granitic magma bodies exceeds about 1.5% H₂O; these magmas are H₂O-undersaturated through most of their histories. Uprise and progressive crystallization of magma bodies produces H₂O-saturation around margins and in the upper regions of magma chambers. H₂O-saturated rhyolitic and dacitic magmas with phenocrysts can be tapped from the upper parts of the magma chambers.     

硫和氧同位素示踪黄河及支流河水硫酸盐来源

为了准确识别河水硫酸盐受自然风化和人为活动影响的过程,做好地表水资源管理,选择黄河小浪底水库以下干流和支流河水为主要研究对象,分期采集河水样品,采用硫酸盐硫和氧同位素,结合水化学组成及潜在硫酸盐来源硫和氧同位素范围,判定黄河及支流河水硫酸盐的来源及混入比例。结果表明:① 研究区黄河河水硫酸盐主要来源于第四纪黄土中易溶硫酸盐,干流河水SO₄2-含量均值为2.23 mmol/L,δ34S_SO4和δ18O_SO4均值分别为+8.9‰和+10.4‰;② 研究区沁河丰水期河水硫酸盐24%来源于大气降水,61%来源于土壤硫酸盐溶解,15%来自于石膏溶解;平水期河水硫酸盐39%来源于大气降水,36%来源于土壤硫酸盐溶解,25%来源于石膏溶解。沁河河水SO₄2-含量均值为2.44 mmol/L,δ34S_SO4和δ18O_SO4均值分别为+9.8‰和+9.7‰;③ 研究区洛河河水硫酸盐受生活污水影响较大,伊河河水硫酸盐受到土壤硫酸盐溶解和化学肥料溶解的共同影响,伊洛河河水SO₄2-含量均值为1.27 mmol/L,δ34S_SO4和δ18O_SO4均值分别为+10.4‰和+6.5‰。蒸发盐类矿物溶解以及土壤硫酸盐溶解等自然风化过程是控制区域河水硫酸盐来源的重要过程,人为活动对伊洛河河水硫酸盐的贡献不容忽视。