Fracture-related hydrothermal alteration of metagranitic rock and associated changes in mineralogy, geochemistry and degree of oxidation: a case study at Forsmark, central Sweden

Red-staining of rocks due to fluid–rock interaction during hydrothermal circulation in fractures is a common feature in crystalline sequences. In this study, red-stained metagranitic rock adjacent to fractures in Forsmark, central Sweden, has been studied with emphasis on the mineral reactions and associated element mobility occurring during the alteration. The main mineral reactions associated with the hydrothermal alteration are an almost complete saussuritization of plagioclase accompanied by total chloritization of biotite. Magnetite has been partly replaced by hematite whereas quartz and K-feldspar were relatively unaffected by the hydrothermal alteration. We show that redistribution of elements on the whole rock scale was very limited and is mainly manifested by enrichment of Na₂O and volatiles and depletion of CaO, FeO and SiO₂ in the red-stained rock. However, on the microscale, element redistribution was more extensive, with both intragranular and intergranular migration of e.g. Ca, K, Na, Al, Si, Fe, Ba, Cs, Rb, Sr, Ti and REEs. The altered rock shows a shift towards higher total oxidation factors, but the change is smaller than 1σ and the red-staining of the rock is due to hematite dissemination rather than a significant oxidation of the rock. An increase in the connected porosity is also observed in the altered rock.     

Properties of altered coals associated with Carboniferous red beds in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin and their tentative classification

In the Czech and Polish parts of the Upper Silesian Coal Basin, red beds associated with the pre-Neoide tectonic structures are found. The occurrence of these beds is connected with changes in the development of the coal seams, in the macroscopic and microscopic character of coal and with its chemical and technological properties. These changes are due to the thermal and oxidation alteration of coal as a result of geological processes which, up to now, have not been clarified unambiguously. These altered coals were divided into groups according to their chemical and physical properties and vitrinite reflectance using statistical multicomponent methods. Coal samples classified as belonging to one of these groups correspond to a certain type of coal, characterized by a particular grade of thermal and oxidation alteration and petrographical composition.     

Comparative study of municipal solid waste treatment technologies using life cycle assessment method

The aim of the study is to analyze three different waste treatment technologies by life cycle assessment tool. Sanitary Landfill, Incineration and gasification-pyrolysis of the waste treatment technologies are studied in SimaPro software based on input-output materials flow. SimaPro software has been applied for analyzing environmental burden by different impact categories. All technologies are favorable to abiotic and ozone layer depletion due to energy recovery from the waste treatment facilities. Sanitary landfill has the significantly lower environmental impact among other thermal treatment while gases are used for fuel with control emission environment. However, sanitary landfill has significant impact on photochemical oxidation, global warming and acidification. Among thermal technology, pyrolysis-gasification is comparatively more favorable to environment than incineration in global warming, acidification, eutrophication and eco-toxicity categories. Landfill with energy recovery facilities is environmentally favorable. However, due to large land requirement, difficult emission control system and long time span, restriction on land filling is applying more in the developed countries. Pyrolysis-gasification is more environmental friendly technology than incineration due to higher energy recovery efficiency. Life cycle assessment is an effective tool to analyze waste treatment technology based on environmental performances.     

Differential Alteration of Ilmenite in a Tropical Beach Placer, Southern India: Microscopic and Electron Probe Evidences

Abstract. The study based on microscopic and microprobe techniques reveals that ilmenite of Manavalakurichi deposit has generally reached the alteration phase of 'leached ilmenite'. The XRD and bulk chemical analysis confirm the limited alteration undergone by ilmenite grains. Ilmenite alteration has been found to be a process of continuous leaching of iron from the mineral lattice and hydroxylisation. The enrichment of trace elements with progressive alteration is discussed. Si and Al are enriched by more than 100 fold. The prevalence of reducing environment at present in the deposit indicates that the oxidation of ferrous iron leading to pseudorutile formation would have occurred during transportation of sediments.     

A vibrational spectroscopic study of the oxidation of pyrite by molecular oxygen

In situ flow-through attenuated total reflectance (ATR) Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy has been used to investigate the formation, and step-wise oxidation, of sulfoxyanions at the pyrite surface during oxidation by molecular oxygen. The surface was studied under two different pH regimes (pH 2.5 and pH 5.6) and under two light conditions (dark and ultraviolet light). It was experimentally observed that multiple sulfoxyanions were present at the pyrite surface during oxidation by molecular oxygen, spectroscopically illustrating the concept of sulfur step-wise oxidation. The results from photochemical experiments were complex and suggest a dependence on both pH and surface speciation.     

Post-depositional migration of elements during diagenesis in brown clay and turbidite sequences in the North East Atlantic

Two cores from a NE Atlantic pelagic clay area of low accumulation rate each contain a single turbidite with different age, thickness and composition. Diagenesis following introduction of exotic turbidite material into the pelagic clay sequence has resulted in distinctive colour changes. The diagenetic process is thought to be driven by bacterially-mediated organic oxidation, and compositional differences in the turbidites and clays allow examination of the effects on metal concentrations of this process.In one core, a long turbidite section emplaced 330,000 years ago is overlain by clay. Organic oxidation has apparently proceeded from the turbidite top downwards and has maintained a U concentration peak below the oxidation front marked by a colour change. The U source is believed to be U initially associated with the organic matter in the oxidised section of the turbidite. Vanadium and Cu behave similarly, but upward migration of the redox-sensitive metals Mn and Ni is also seen. In the second core an 8 cm turbidite section was emplaced about 170,000 years ago in a clay column. In this case organic consumption now appears complete, but evidence for diagenetic effects is found in a 16 cm compositional alteration ‘halo’ of the underlying pelagic clay. Fe(II) has been enriched and the hydrogenous component of Mn, Co, Ni and Cu removed from the pelagic clay to form the halo.     

酒东盆地红山地区下白垩统新民堡群灰白色蚀变带特征及其与铀成矿的关系

研究区位于酒东盆地东北缘红山地区。通过对下白垩统新民堡群后生氧化改造作用的研究,认为灰白色弱氧化、强水解蚀变带是层间氧化带的一部分。铁和有机质是沉积岩中常见的色素,当含氧水进入目的层砂体时,砂体中的有机质、低价铁(Fe2+)等化合物被氧化,导致岩石褪色;同时氧化作用导致砂岩中长石水解,形成以高岭石为主的白色黏土矿物,使岩石增白。增白与褪色的双重作用是砂岩总体上变白的重要原因,其所形成的灰白色蚀变岩位于强氧化的紫红色-黄色蚀变亚带与灰色原生岩石带之间的一定范围内。铀矿化(体)产在弱氧化、强水解灰白色砂岩与原生灰色砂岩界面附近偏灰色岩石一侧[1-2]。灰白色蚀变带与铀成矿关系密切,可作为区域性白垩系砂岩型铀矿的找矿标志之一。     

基于混合像元分解提取多种类覆盖区遥感蚀变信息 ——以甘肃省岷县寨上金矿区为例

在多种类覆盖区,由于植被、河道、阴影、第四系等干扰因素影响,难于客观有效提取与成矿有关的遥感蚀变信息。应用混合像元分解的方法技术可以区分出混合像元中各类干扰信息的反射率值及其所占丰度值,从混合像元光谱中减去各干扰因素的反射率值及其所占份额,可以获取土壤或岩石的反射率值及其所占丰度值,将土壤或岩石反射率值除以其所占的份额...     

Isotopic evidence for the origin of an acid sulphate alteration,Styrian basin,Austria

The Gossendorf volcanic body is the only one in the Styrian basin that shows extensive hydrothermal alteration. K‐Ar dating of primary volcanic biotite and alteration products (alunite) suggests that the emplacement of the volcanic body and hydrothermal alteration took place synchronously, 15 Ma ago. The stable isotope compositions of the alteration products such as opal, barite, pyrite and alunite combined with crystallographia investigations indicate temperatures between 150 and 200 °C for the formation of the alteration zones. The calculated stable isotopic compositions of the parent fluid, responsible for the alteration, show an exogene marine component, which interacted with the host rock. Sulphur isotopic compositions of sulphur, sulphides and sulphates indicate disequilibrium, and progressive oxidation. This fact, combined with the mineral zonation of the alteration zone, reflects not only change in the pH but also change in the fO₂ of the ascending fluids.     

赣南河草坑铀矿田蚀变特征

文章着重对河草坑铀矿田近矿围岩蚀变特征、分带特征以及蚀变期次进行研究,结果表明：因表生氧化作用,近地表蚀变岩石多表现为紫色,向下转变为绿色;碱交代以钾交代为主,而钠交代较弱;矿田蚀变依据时间先后可划分为5个阶段。剖面系统取样分析结果揭示：在蚀变、矿化及成矿过程中U与Fe2O3、Be、Pb、W等呈正相关关系;U与Cu、Zn因矿化类型不同而表现出不同的相关关系,而U与Mo无明显关系。     

准噶尔盆地西北缘西山窑组烃类流体作用特征及其铀成矿意义

目前对准噶尔盆地西北缘西山窑组烃类流体的性质、类型、作用特征及机理还未开展过系统研究,从而导致砂岩绿色化成因及其与铀矿化的关系仍不是十分清楚.对西山窑组原生灰色砂岩和绿色蚀变砂岩进行了野外岩心观察、光薄片镜下鉴定、X射线衍射、扫描电镜、化学全分析、流体包裹体以及C、O稳定同位素分析测试.结果表明:绿色蚀变砂岩普遍发育较强的粘土化（主要为蒙脱石化和绿泥石化）、黄铁矿化和碳酸盐化;其高岭石相对含量明显减少,还原容量增高;碳酸盐胶结物δ13C_V-PDB明显偏负,为-12.8‰~-8.6‰,δ18OV-PDB为-11.7‰~-7.7‰;流体包裹体气体成分以CH₄为主,含少量CO₂.绿色蚀变砂岩遭受了偏碱性还原态烃类流体改造,进而掩盖保护了早期形成的古氧化带及古铀矿体,增加了找矿难度;且与近现代含氧含铀水相互作用形成了目前发现的铀矿体.      

基于ASTER 和ETM+数据的蚀变信息提取 比较研究———以西藏泽当矿田为例

利用ASTER和ETM+数据分别对西藏泽当矿田试验区进行了遥感数据矿物蚀变信息提取。根据研究区岩石矿物光谱特征,采用主成分分析法,提取了含三价Fe离子和粘土矿化蚀变信息,通过对两者提取的结果进行比较之后认为,ASTER数据比ETM+数据在矿化蚀变信息提取中能进一步识别不同类型的含羟基蚀变矿物,并且也能很好的提取含三价Fe离子蚀变信息,未来具有较大的优势。     

Mineral paragenesis of the Kalahari managanese field, South Africa

The mineralogy of the managanese ores of the giant Paleoproterozoic Kalahari manganese deposit of the Transvaal Supergroup has been subject of many studies and up to now 135 different ore and gangue minerals have been described, of which eight represent new mineral species. Through correlation of different mineral assemblages with specific geological events and by determining relative ages of minerals in outcrop, hand specimen and under the microscope an attempt is made in this publication to construct a paragenetic sequence for this complex mineral assemblage. Sedimentation and early diagenesis of the Hotazel Formation, composed of interbedded iron formation and braunite lutite, was followed by low-grade metamorphism and associated stratabound metasomatism. Braunite lutite of sedimentary origin, comprising 97% of the total ore reserve, is composed of braunite, hematite and kutnahorite, and abundant early diagenetic kutnahorite and manganoan calcite forming laminae and ovoids. Fluid flow during late diagenesis or lower greenschist facies metamorphism led to stratabound metasomatic oxidation of Mn-bearing carbonates to hausmannite and Mn-poor calcite. Three structurally controlled hydrothermal alteration events succeed metamorphism. These events are referred to as Wessels, Mamatwan and Smartt events. The Wessels alteration event is the oldest of the three events and it is of great economic importance because virtually all of the high-grade ore (> 42% Mn), 3% of the total ore reserve, formed during this event through alteration of carbonate-rich low-grade Mamatwan-type ore (braunite lutite) to high-grade, carbonate-poor Wessels-type manganese ore. This Wessels hydrothermal alteration event took place in the northwestern part of the Kalahari deposit, associated with a system of major north-south- and minor east-west-striking normal faults. The Mamatwan alteration event is observed throughout the Kalahari manganese deposit but alteration is very localized. Reduction halos and discolouration of braunite lutite around fracture or joint-hosted sulphide-carbonate mineralization are typical of the Mamatwan alteration event. In contrast, the Smartt alteration event is characterized by oxidation of braunite lutite and the formation of todorokite and manganomelane. Syn- and Post-Kalahari supergene alteration has taken place below the suboutcrop of the Hotazel Formation against the calcretized sediments of the Cenozoic Kalahari Formation. Cryptomelane and pyrolusite are the predominant products of surficial weathering.     

长白山地区水热蚀变分布与主要断裂带的空间关系

基于Landsat8 OLI数据,针对长白山地区综合使用比值法和主成分分析法提取水热蚀变信息,提取精度经野外验证为83.3%。利用等距分区加权叠加分析的统计方法对该地区水热蚀变分布和主要断裂带的空间关系进行了定量分析。研究结果表明水热蚀变的强度与该区域距断裂带的距离呈现负相关。新形成的断裂带附近以及断裂带的交汇处水热蚀变强度较大。     

造成香港空气污染的环流聚类特征及对细颗粒物的影响

对2012年5月至2013年5月香港空气污染期间89个污染日的天气环流形势通过模糊聚类的方法进行统计分类,得到大陆冷高压型、入海高压型、东北部热带气旋型和南部热带气旋型4种天气类型。结合细颗粒物(PM_2.5)及其主要组分、气态污染物的日变化特征以及气象参数的相关性分析不同天气型影响下的污染事件在不同季节的污染特征。入海高压型污染事件发生时PM_2.5主成分中二次水溶性无机离子(SIA)的占比明显比其他类型高,尤其是硝酸铵,可能与该天气型造成的高相对湿度、低温度的大气环境有关,进一步研究发现,春季污染事件中二次水溶性无机离子的增长与其前体物的非均相氧化反应有关;秋季硫酸盐的增长与均相氧化反应相关;冬季受季风影响,污染物的跨界输送贡献较大。大陆冷高压天气型造成大范围的下沉运动,静稳大气易导致污染物的积累,在PM_2.5主成分中二次水溶性无机离子和有机物(OM)占比均有增高,秋、冬季二次水溶性无机离子前体物的非均相氧化反应与有机物的光化学氧化反应是造成该污染特征的主要原因之一。在东北部热带气旋型污染事件中有机碳与元素碳质量浓度的比...     

胶东新立构造蚀变岩型金矿床元素地球化学行为

新立金矿位于华北克拉通东部胶东金矿省内,是一个典型的蚀变岩型(焦家型)金矿床,矿床受区域三山岛-仓上断裂带控制,产出于蚀变的玲珑花岗岩中。在主断裂带下盘蚀变矿化发育,可以划分为五个阶段:钾长石化阶段、绢英岩化阶段、黄铁绢英岩矿化阶段、多金属硫化物矿化阶段和碳酸盐化阶段。不同的蚀变矿化过程导致各阶段样品具有不同的矿物组合和地球化学特征。钾长石化花岗岩以高钾钠含量为特征,因为样品中含有新生成的二次钾长石及残留的钠长石;绢英岩的钙钠含量明显低于钾长石化花岗岩,是绢英岩化阶段斜长石蚀变分解所致;黄铁绢英岩FeT2O3含量普遍较高且SiO 2含量波动明显,与该阶段样品中大量黄铁矿的产出及部分样品中包含石英团块或石英脉相一致;多金属硫化物矿化样品的元素含量与黄铁绢英岩基本类似;碳酸盐化蚀变样品以高CaO含量为特征,与该阶段大量沉淀析出的方解石相符。在原始地幔标准化微量元素配分图上,不同阶段矿化蚀变样品,大离子亲石元素Rb、Ba、K、Sr差异性明显,而高场强元素Zr、Hf、Nb、Ta、P差异性较小,表明热液蚀变过程中大离子亲石元素活动性较强,高场强元素相对稳定。在稀土元素球粒陨石标准化图中,不同阶段样品均呈明显的右倾性,蚀变早期(钾长石化阶段)样品铕异常不明显,蚀变矿化主期(绢英岩化阶段至多金属硫化物矿化阶段)样品普遍具有负铕异常,而蚀变晚期(碳酸盐化阶段)样品普遍具有正铕异常。元素相关性分析表明,金与银、砷、铋和硫具明显正相关,与铜、铅具有一定的相关性。成矿元素因子分析也显示出金与砷、硫、铁、钴在矿化过程中具有类似的地球化学行为。实测剖面上不同位置样品元素地球化学特征的差异性主要受构造及蚀变矿化类型、强度控制,成矿元素在主断裂附近达到峰值,在远离主断裂方向上,其含量整体呈下降趋势,但在次级矿化断裂发育地段,含量又明显回升;另外在断裂附近由于微裂隙及节理相对发育,有利于热液的渗透,蚀变较强,对成矿元素的空间分布亦具有控制作用。     

松辽盆地东南部铀矿找矿目的层原生地球化学类型与后生蚀变作用

通过对松辽盆地东南部区域地质资料综合分析及铀资源区域钻探评价,基本查明了目的层泉头组、姚家组、四方台组岩相古地理、岩性与砂体特征。通过对目的层岩石形成的地球化学环境研究,识别和划分了原生地球化学类型和后生蚀变作用类型,原生地球化学类型有原生氧化和原生还原类型,后生蚀变作用类型有油气、煤层气还原作用和后生氧化作用类型。对比研究了原生地球化学类型及后生蚀变作用类型岩石、矿物及化学成分特征,提出了油气、煤层气还原后生蚀变作用识别标志。认为原生含炭质砂岩铀有强烈的沉积预富集,油气、煤层气还原作用中有铀的叠加富集。     

The role of biodegradation and photo-oxidation in the transformation of terrigenous organic matter

Microbial and photochemical decomposition are two major processes regulating organic matter (OM) transformation in the global carbon cycle. However, photo-oxidation is not as well understood as biodegradation in terms of its impact on OM alteration in terrigenous environments. We examined microbial and photochemical transformation of OM and lignin derived phenols in two plant litters (corn leaves and pine needles). Plant litter was incubated in the laboratory over 3 months and compositional changes to OM were measured using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. We also examined the susceptibility of soil organic matter (SOM) to ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Solid-state ¹³C NMR spectra showed that O-alkyl type structures (mainly from carbohydrates) decreased during biodegradation and the loss of small carbohydrates and aliphatic molecules was observed by solution-state ¹H NMR spectra of water extractable OM from biodegraded litters. Photochemical products were detected in the aliphatic regions of NaOH extracts from both litter samples by solution-state ¹H NMR. Photo-oxidation also increased the solubility of SOM, which was attributed to the enhanced oxidation of lignin derived phenols and photochemical degradation of macromolecular SOM species (as observed by diffusion edited ¹H NMR). Overall, our data collectively suggests that while biodegradation predominates in litter decomposition, photo-oxidation alters litter OM chemistry and plays a role in destabilizing SOM in soils exposed to UV radiation.     

Iodine-xenon analysis of Chainpur (LL3.4) chondrules

We present I-Xe analyses of ten chondrules from Chainpur LL3.4 by IR laser-stepped heating. Five chondrules provided isochrons of varying quality, giving a range of ages from 0.5 Ma before Shallowater to 17.8 after Shallowater. This confirms the extended range of Chainpur chondrule ages determined by previous data. We discuss evidence for fluid alteration, shock, and thermal events in explaining the chondrule ages and suggest that chondrule remelting events, presumably from bombardment of the parent body surface, are responsible for resetting the I-Xe chronometer. Previous data show a negative correlation between ¹³²Xe/¹²⁹Xe of the trapped Xe component and ¹²⁷I/¹²⁹I of an initial iodine component. This behaviour that requires the presence of a component with trapped ¹²⁹Xe/¹³²Xe lower than the planetary value has been cited as evidence for closed system evolution of the I-Xe system. We find no evidence of an unambiguous trapped component lower than planetary and no evidence of a negative correlation in our data. Therefore we suggest that open system behaviour more suitably explains the I-Xe systematics of Chainpur chondrules.     

激光荧光显微探针:方法及应用

近年来研究沉积有机物的激光诱导荧光特笥和发展基于激光的荧光显微探针技术日益受到人们的重视。采用ＦＡＭＭ－９８激光荧光显微探针研究了烃源岩显微组分。研究表明,激光荧光显微探针的微束特性使 乎可以对任何显微镜下呆辨认的有机物质颗粒进行微区分析。在激光的诱导下,所有显微组分都会产生可检测到的荧光讯号。显微组分受激光束辐照最终时刻的荧光强度（Ｆ４００）以及最终荧光强度／初始荧光强度比值（Ｆ４００／Ｆo）是