Major ion chemistry of the Ganga source waters: Weathering in the high altitude Himalaya

A systematic study of the major ion chemistry of the Ganga source waters—the Bhagirathi, Alaknanda and their tributaries—has been carried out to assess the chemical weathering processes in the high altitude Himalaya. Among major ions, Ca, Mg, HCO₃ and SO₄ are the most abundant in these river waters. These results suggest that weathering of carbonate rocks by carbonic and sulphuric acids dominates in these drainage basins. On an average, silicate weathering can contribute up to ∼ 30% of the total cations. The concentration of total dissolved salts in the Bhagirathi and the Alaknanda is 104 and 115mg/l, respectively. The chemical denudation rate in the drainage basins of the Bhagirathi and the Alaknanda is, respectively, 110 and 137 tons/km²/yr, significantly higher than that derived for the entire Ganga basin, indicating intense chemical erosion of the Himalaya.     

Geomorphological evidences of post-LGM glacial advancements in the Himalaya: A study from Chorabari Glacier,Garhwal Himalaya,India

Field geomorphology and remote sensing data, supported by Optical Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) dating from the Mandakini river valley of the Garhwal Himalaya enabled identification of four major glacial events; Rambara Glacial Stage (RGS) (13 ± 2 ka), Ghindurpani Glacial Stage (GhGS) (9 ± 1 ka), Garuriya Glacial Stage (GGS) (7 ± 1 ka) and Kedarnath Glacial Stage (KGS) (5 ± 1 ka). RGS was the most extensive glaciation extending for ~6 km down the valley from the present day snout and lowered to an altitude of 2800 m asl at Rambara covering around ~31 km² area of the Mandakini river valley. Compared to this, the other three glaciations (viz., GhGS, GGS and KGS) were of lower magnitudes terminating around ~3000, ~3300 and ~3500 m asl, respectively. It was also observed that the mean equilibrium line altitude (ELA) during RGS was lowered to 4747 m asl compared to the present level of 5120 m asl. This implies an ELA depression of ~373 m during the RGS which would correspond to a lowering of ~2°C summer temperature during the RGS. The results are comparable to that of the adjacent western and central Himalaya implying a common forcing factor that we attribute to the insolation-driven monsoon precipitation in the western and central Himalaya.     

Impacts of Climate Warming on Alpine Glacier Tourism and Adaptive Measures:A Case Study of Baishui Glacier No.1 in Yulong Snow Mountain,Southwestern China

Alpine glaciers usually feature with best hydrothermal condition in mountain climate,and present beautiful glacier scenery,various glacier landforms,rich biodiversity,and easier accessibility,compared with continental glaciers or ice sheets.Nevertheless,Alpine glaciers are more sensitive to climate warming,and climate warming has seriously affected Alpine glaciers and surroundingenvironment.The quality and attractiveness of Alpine glaciers to tourism has been and will continue to be diminished with tourists...     

漓江流域丰水期外源酸对岩溶化学风化碳汇的影响

于2020年4月对漓江流域主要干/支流进行采样及监测, 结合Gibbs图、离子比值、Galy模型和同位素特征值方法, 分析流域内水化学特征及外源酸对流域岩溶碳汇的影响。结果显示: (1)受碳酸盐岩风化影响所控制, 漓江水体主要水化学类型为HCO3-Ca; [Ca2++Mg2+]/[HCO– 3]的当量比均值为0.87, [Ca2++Mg2+]/ [HCO– 3+SO2– 4+NO– 3]的当量比均值为1.07, 指示碳酸盐岩风化过程受到外源输入的硫酸和硝酸影响; (2)漓江流域最终出口(阳朔断面)的碳汇通量为974.86×103 mol·(km2·a)–1。各支流碳汇量占总出口比例的波动较大, 比例最小为小溶江, 只占总通量1.44%, 而贡献比例最大则为良丰河35.74%, 甘棠江和良丰河贡献比例合计达57.04%。(3)流域内各支流CO2消耗量的占比均值为10.02%, 存在显著的空间变化, 受不同流域的地质分布和流量的影响明显。(4)外源酸风化碳酸盐岩的DIC贡献率介于13%~55%之间, 空间变化上, 大榕江和桃花江的贡献比例较大, 均高于50%, 而外源酸对阳朔断面DIC贡献率低至13%。     

Hydrogeochemistry of River Water in the Upper Reaches of the Datong River Basin,China: Implications of Anthropogenic Inputs and Chemical Weathering

This research investigated anthropogenic inputs and chemical weathering in the upper reaches of the Datong River Basin,a tributary of the upper Yellow River,NW China.Multiple approaches were applied to data from 52 water and12 soil samples from the Muli,Jiangcang,and Mole basins to estimate the chemical component concentrations and to analyze hydrochemical characteristics,distribution patterns,and origins in this coal mining-affected river basin.Coal mining has enhanced the weathering of the lithosphere in the study region.The total dissolved solids in the river range from145.4 to 701.9 mg/L,which is higher than the global average for rivers.Ion concentration spatial distributions increase around mining areas.River geochemistry is mainly controlled by coal mining activity,carbonate weathering,and silicate weathering,with variances of 33.4%,26.2%,and 21.3%,respectively.Ca~(2+),Mg~(2+),and HCO_3~-are mainly due to the dissolution of carbonate minerals (calcitedolomite);Si and K~+are mainly from potassium (sodium) feldspar weathering;and Na~+and SO_4~(2-)mainly from coal mine production.A conceptual model of the river water ion origins from the study area is presented and management implications for improving the adverse effects of coal mining are proposed.These results provide an important standard reference for water resource and environmental management in the study region.     

全球变暖背景下北美育空河流域化学风化增强

硅酸盐岩风化对气候变化和构造运动的反馈对长尺度气候变化可能起到重要的调节作用,对该反馈过程的定量认识有助于更确切理解地球碳循环的运行规律。通常认为风化类型可分为两种,分别是供应限制和动力学限制。全球变暖可能促进了动力学限制流域的化学风化作用,然而,关于这方面的认识仍很有限。育空河流域是典型的动力学限制风化区域,研究育空河的风化对气候变暖的响应有助于深入认识气候和大陆风化之间的相互作用。正演模型是区分河流风化端元的重要手段,文章利用正演模型对育空河流域从1975年到2019年的主要离子组成的数据集进行分析,并获得了该流域在过去几十年的化学风化速率的变化趋势。结果表明,育空河水化学性质主要受到碳酸盐岩风化和硅酸盐岩风化控制,两者多年平均碳汇通量分别为2.1×10¹¹ mol/yr和4.1×10¹⁰ mol/yr,处于世界主要大河碳汇通量的中间水平。更重要的是,在同一时期,伴随着2.2℃的温度增幅和13.7%的径流量增加,流域内的阳离子总通量增加了35.7%,其中硅酸盐岩和碳酸盐岩风化产生的阳离子通量分别增加了41%和35%,阳离子通量/风化速率对气候的敏感性与冰岛地区的研究结果符合的很好,与风化速率加快相对应的,硅酸盐岩风化碳汇通量相对增加了59.6%。尽管碳汇的增加在绝对通量上相比人类化石燃烧产生的碳排放通量微不足道,但是考虑到构造尺度内全球硅酸盐岩风化速率的增强,尤其是在较为寒冷的高纬度地区,额外的二氧化碳固定量可能对地球历史时期的全球气候产生重要影响。     

Tectono-metamorphic evolution of the European continental margin involved in the Alpine subduction: New insights from Alpine Corsica,France

In Corsica, continental units (the Lower Units) affected by high-pressure metamorphism represent the remains of the European margin deformed during the Alpine orogeny. In order to document how Alpine deformation and metamorphism changed along the European margin involved in the Alpine subduction, we selected three key areas: the Corte, Cima Pedani, and Ghisoni transects. The three transects show a broadly similar lithostratigraphy. They are characterized by a Variscan basement intruded by Permo-Carboniferous metagranitoids, and by a sedimentary cover including Mesozoic carbonates and middle to late Eocene breccias and sandstones. The three transects recorded a similar deformation history with three deformation phases. Thermo-baric estimations, instead, reveal that each unit was exhumed along an independent retrograde path within the orogenic Alpine wedge. In particular, the lowest units of the Lower Units stack were exhumed along an isothermal path, whereas those located at upper structural levels experienced progressive heating.     

喜马拉雅带片麻岩穹窿成矿作用——以扎西康矿集区错那洞穹窿为例

特提斯喜马拉雅发育与造山带平行的片麻岩穹窿构造带,其与喜马拉雅金锑、铅锌多金属、锡钨铍多金属矿具有密切的时空关系.西藏扎西康铅锌多金属矿集区是喜马拉雅造山带最具特色的矿集区,集中产出20余处不同规模的金锑、铅锌、锡钨铍多金属矿床.矿集区内矿床围绕错那洞穹窿呈规律性分布,体现为从穹窿核部向外依次分布铍钨锡稀有金属矿→铅锌多金属矿→金锑矿.这些矿床分布特征与区域1:5万区域水系沉积物分析结果一致,从错那洞片麻岩穹窿核部—淡色花岗岩内部及其接触带到外围表现为W、Sn、Bi、Rb等高温元素→Pb、Zn、Ag、Sb等中温元素→Au、Sb、Ag、Hg、As等中低温元素异常组合.错那洞穹窿形成于中新世,该时期伴有大量的淡色花岗岩(23～14 Ma)侵位,此时也迎来了扎西康矿集区"成矿大爆发"(21～12 Ma).矿集区内典型矿床的H-O同位素组成表明,各矿床均显示有岩浆热液不同程度的贡献.矿石矿物的Pb同位素特征表明,锡钨铍来自于淡色花岗岩,铅锌具有多源性,既可以来自于淡色花岗岩,亦可以来自于古老基底物质,而金锑主要来自于与幔源作用有关的基性岩及玄武岩.结合矿集区内矿床的时空分布特征、流体及物质来源特点,文章认为扎西康矿集区内多金属矿床形成是喜马拉雅带成穹作用引发的构造-岩浆-成矿事件,构成了受穹窿控制的金锑-铅锌-锡钨铍稀有多金属成矿系统.自中新世以来,喜马拉雅造山带处于伸展活动时期,发育多期次的淡色花岗岩深熔作用,并在错那洞侵位形成片麻岩穹窿.深熔淡色花岗岩具有较高的演化程度,演化后期出溶富集Be-W-Sn-Rb的岩浆流体.在岩浆侵位过程引发的高异常地热梯度作用下,岩浆流体向外扩散,在岩浆顶部形成伟晶岩型铍铷稀有金属矿,在岩体边部与大理岩交代形成矽卡岩型铍稀有多金属矿,在错那洞穹窿拆离断裂及近南北向张性断裂中形成锡石-硫化物脉型锡多金属矿.岩浆流体在向外渗流过程中,萃取各类地质体中的成矿元素,并与大气降水、地热循环水不同程度的混合,在外围的张扭性断裂中形成铅锌,在温度更低的压扭性断裂中形成金(锑)矿.     

湖北清江榨洞石笋中可溶硅的测定及其古气候意义研究

洞穴石笋蕴含着丰富的古气候信息，其正确解译有赖于各类古气候替代指标的开发，应用改进的硅钼兰分光光度法测定湖北清江榨洞石笋中痕量可溶硅，探讨其古气候指示意义。结果表明，石笋中可溶硅含量记录了岩溶地下水的硅酸组成，后进反映了气候控制下土壤的化学风化作用。因而，石笋可溶硅是一个潜在的古气候（特别是古湿度）替代指标。     

Arsenic Levels in Groundwater from Quaternary Alluvium in the Ganga Plain and the Bengal Basin, Indian Subcontinent: Insights into Influence of Stratigraphy

Late Quaternary stratigraphy and sedimentation in the Ganga Alluvial Plain and the Bengal Basin have influenced arsenic contamination of groundwater. Arsenic contaminated aquifers are pervasive within lowland organic rich, clayey deltaic sediments in the Bengal Basin and locally within similar facies in narrow, entrenched river valleys within the Ganga Alluvial Plain. These were mainly deposited during early-mid Holocene sea level rise. Arsenic was transported from disseminated sources as adsorbed on dispersed phases of hydrated-iron-oxide. These were preferentially entrapped as sediment coatings on organic-rich, fine-grained deltaic and floodplain sediments. Arsenic was released later to groundwater mainly by reductive dissolution of hydrated-iron-oxide and corresponding oxidation of sediment organic matter. Strong reducing nature of groundwater in the Bengal Basin and parts of affected middle Ganga floodplains is indicated by high concentration of dissolved iron (maximum 9-35 mg/l). Groundwater being virtually stagnant under these settings, released arsenic accumulates and contaminates groundwater. The upland terraces in the Bengal Basin and in the Central Ganga Alluvial Plain, made up of the Pleistocene sediments are free of arsenic contamination in groundwater. These sediments are weakly oxidised in nature and associated groundwater is mildly reducing in general with low concentration of iron (<1 mg/l), and thus incapable to release arsenic. These sediments are also flushed free of arsenic, released if any, by groundwater flow due to high hydraulic head, because of their initial low-stand setting and later upland terraced position.     

泰安新泰市地下水化学特征研究

针对新泰市区及周边村镇的水资源调查、水文取样及地下水的系统分析,综合运用相关分析和因子分析方法,研究了新泰市地下水水化学特征并揭示了其成因,指出NO3-、Cl-及SO42-浓度升高预示人为因素对地下水已经产生了一定的污染。     

祁连山党河南山扎子沟29号冰川区雪,降水和地表水化学特征研究

党河南山地区的气候以干冷为主要特征,但这里的冰川仍属亚极地型。目前雪线较过去粗略推断有所上升。对冰川表面雪层、冰川侧融水、冰川前河水和降水样品的主要阴、阳离子分析表明,地表水主要受地表物质成分所控制,化学特征为ＨＣＯ３、ＳＯ４－Ｃａ型,将降水和雪层中离子浓度与其它地区对比后认为,大气中离子来源主要为陆地,人类污染影响很小。     

水稳定同位素示踪的冰川流域水文模拟及不确定性研究

水文模拟不确定性长期以来是制约寒区水文发展的瓶颈问题。水稳定同位素示踪为认识冰川流域径流过程提供了重要“指纹”信息,但仍缺乏有效模型将该信息与冰川水文模型耦合,而且同位素信息对冰川流域水文模型不确定性的约束效果也有待检验。将水稳定同位素信息（δ¹⁸O）与冰川流域水文模型FLEX^G相耦合,实现对冰川流域水稳定同位素和径流过程的耦合建模（FLEX^G-iso）,并在乌鲁木齐河源1号冰川流域进行模拟检验和径流分割。结果表明：模型不仅对2013—2016年径流过程有良好的模拟效果,还可以重现水稳定同位素、冰川物质平衡等重要过程。利用水稳定同位素这一辅助数据,提高了模型参数的识别能力,减少了模拟过程中各水源的相互妥协效应和不确定性范围。2013—2016年1号冰川断面径流32%~34%来自融雪,48%~51%来自融冰,0%~7%来自地下水,12%~15%来自降雨径流。水稳定同位素对雪和冰川相关中间过程有明显的约束能力,原有模型对融冰贡献的模拟偏高约7%。FLEX^G-iso模型的建立有助于推动寒区水文学理论和方法的发展,以及寒区水资源、生态环境保护等相关决策制定。     

High-density nitrogen inclusions in barite from a giant siderite vein: implications for Alpine evolution of the Variscan basement of Western Carpathians, Slovakia

Contrasting compositions and densities of fluid inclusions were revealed in siderite–barite intergrowths of the Dro?diak polymetallic vein hosted in Variscan basement of the Gemeric unit (Central European Carpathians). Primary two‐phase aqueous inclusions in siderite homogenized between 101 and 165 °C, total salinity ranged between 18 and 27 wt%, and CaCl₂/(NaCl + CaCl₂) weight ratios were fixed at 0.1–0.3. By contrast, mono‐ and two‐phase aqueous inclusions in barite exhibited total salinities between 2 and 22 wt%, and the CaCl₂/NaCl ratios ranged from NaCl‐ to CaCl₂‐dominated compositions. The aqueous inclusions in barite were closely associated with very high‐density (0.55–0.745 g cm^?3) nitrogen inclusions, in some cases containing up to 16 mol.% CO₂. Crystallization P–T conditions of siderite (175–210 °C, 1.2–1.7 kbar) constrained by the vertical oxygen isotope gradient along the studied vein, isochores of fluid inclusions and the K/Na exchange thermometer corresponded to minimal palaeodepths between 4.3 and 6.3 km, assuming lithostatic load and average crust density of 2.75 g cm^?3. Maximum fluid pressure during barite crystallization attained 3.6–4.4 kbar at 200–300 °C, and the most dense nitrogen inclusions maintained without decrepitation the residual internal pressure of 2.2 kbar at 25 °C. Contrasting fluid compositions, increasing depths of burial (～4–14 km) and decreasing thermal gradients (～40–15 °C km^?1) during initial mineralization stages of the Dro?diak vein reflect Alpine orogenic processes, rather than an incipient Permian rifting suggested in previous metallogenetic models. Siderite crystallized at rising P–T in a closed, rock‐buffered hydrothermal system developed in the Variscan basement during the north‐vergent Cretaceous thrusting and thickening of the Gemeric crustal wedge. Variable salinities of the barite‐hosted inclusions reflect a fluid mixing in open hydrothermal system, and re‐equilibration textures (lengths of decrepitation cracks proportional to fluid inclusion sizes) correspond to retrograde crystallization trajectory coincidental with transpression or unroofing. Maximum recorded fluid pressures indicate ～12‐km‐thick pile of imbricated nappe units accumulated over the Gemeric basement during the Cretaceous collision.     

Cavernous Weathering in Aeolian Sandstones: An Example from the Yongningshan Hill of the Loess Plateau, Northwest China

Cavernous weathering is commonly found on sandstone slopes in different environments. Either a single dominant process or polygenetic agents require to be invoked in order to interpret the development. The Yongningshan hill of the central Loess Plateau is representative of cliff dwellings in Northwest China, which is characterized by well-developed cavernous weathering features and provides a good opportunity for the better understanding of sandstone weathering in the Loess Plateau. Multiple methods, including field survey, in-situ rock strength measurement, along with experiments on samples for microscopic observation, element composition and salt chemistry, were employed to investigate the controlling factors of cavernous weathering. The results show that cavern development is different on the four slopes with the western slope hosting massive honeycombs, tafoni and hardened surfaces. The porous and permeable aeolian sandstones are fundamental, because they provide space and pathways for the transportation of water and salt, honeycombs dominantly aligning within the lamination of cross-beds. The environmental factors such as the seasonal wetting and drying cycle, aeolian salt, moisture and water vapor are key factors for the development of cavernous weathering forms. The northern and northwestern wind-blown dust storms have brought abundant salts, the lengthier dry periods of the wetting and drying cycle being beneficial for salt accumulation within caverns, favoring salt weathering.     

青海北祁连冷龙岭地区水系沉积物元素地球化学特征及异常圈定

青海冷龙岭地区位于北祁连成矿段的东段,是形成与海相火山岩有关的块状硫化物矿床及岩浆热液型矿床的有利地区,具有良好的找矿潜力。在1∶5万水系沉积物测量成果的基础上,对青海冷龙岭地区Au、Cu、Pb、Zn等17种元素的地球化学特征进行了初步分析,发现本区Ag、Pb、Zn、W、Sn、Bi、Mo、Ba、Cd等元素丰度明显高于青海省及祁连地区水系沉积物的平均丰度值;元素分布特征显示下奥陶统阴沟群除Hg、La、Ce相对贫化外,各元素都呈现不同程度的浓集,加里东期侵入岩中Ag、Cu、Pb、Zn、W、Au、Sn、Bi等元素富集程度较高,海西期正长岩内Ba、La、Ce等元素富集程度较为显著;R型聚类分析和因子分析显示区内的主要成矿元素组合为Cu Pb Ag Mo Ba La Ce,Au具有独立成矿的潜力。结合元素地球化学参数及富集离散特征,认为本区Au、Ag、Cu、Pb、Zn、Mo、La、Ce等元素具有一定的找矿潜力。本次工作共圈定8个综合异常。根据研究区成矿地质背景、异常特征及查证成果,与该区域内浪力克铜矿床和青分岭金矿床的地质地球化学特征对比研究后,优选出干沙河和三道路圈—倒阳河2个成矿远景区。     

四川呷村VHMS矿床：从矿石化学分析到地球化学模型

中国四川呷村矿床是一个典型的含金富银多金属VHMS矿床，其主要成矿金属元素Cu,Zn,Pb,Ag,Au丰度型式均呈非正态分布，多由两重或多重母体构成，揭示矿床经历了两次以上的成矿作用过程。成矿金属元素总体上集中于块状矿带，但贱金属Cu,Zn,Pb没有明显的下部富Cu Zn、上部富Pb Zn的分带，贵金属Ag、Au没有显示明显的层位优选性。矿床构造恢复和化学结构图像显示，金属元素的空间分布和富集机制严格受海底凹陷盆地的基底张性断裂和热水喷口位置控制。至少有4条近SN走向的盆地基底断裂带构成海底下部热水流体的迁移－排泄通道和网脉状成矿带的容矿空间；近EW向断裂与4条SN向断裂的交汇部位，成为上排泄的热水流体在海底的主要喷口，控制了金属元素在海底凹地的空间分布。分别处于凹陷盆地东缘和西缘的热水喷口，因正地形地貌形态而形成山丘堆式矿体（mound-syle)，而处于凹陷盆地中心的热水喷口则积聚大量热水流体，构成卤水池，淀积席状块状矿体（sheet-style)。     

伊通盆地岔路河断陷地层水化学特征与油气保存关系

对伊通盆地岔路河断陷古近系地层水的矿化度、水型及变质系数、脱硫系数的研究表明,该区地层水总体为NaHCO3型水;总矿化度偏低;平面上,孤店斜坡的油气保存条件最差,梁家构造带最好,垂向上,具明显的垂向分带性,万昌组保存条件最差;变质程度高.对地层水化学特征平面及剖面展布的分析,不仅为测井解释提供了准确的参数,更重要的是结合其他地质因素能够指出油气保存的有利地区.     

Textural and Geochemical Characteristics of Proglacial Sediments: A Case Study in the Foreland of the Nelson Ice Cap, Antarctica

This paper presents a detailed study on the textural and geochemical characteristics of the proglacial sediments near the edge of modern Nelson Ice Cap, Antarctica. The grain size distributions of the proglacial sediments are characteristic of glacigenic deposits, but very different from those of aeolian and lacustrine sediments. Moreover, the grain size distributions of the proglacial sediments are fractal with a dimension of about 2.9, and the fractal dimensions can be used as another summary statistical parameter for quantifying the relative amounts of coarse and fine materials. Correlations between the absolute element abundances of the proglacial sediments are very weak due to mineral partitioning and other effects of glacial processes, but correlations between the element/Rb ratios are statistically significant. This finding indicates that element/Rb ratios can be used to reduce or eliminate the effects of glacial processes, evaluate geochemical data and determine the sediment provenance in the for     

Deformation history of the ophiolite sequence from the Balagne Nappe,northern Corsica: insights in the tectonic evolution of Alpine Corsica

In Alpine Corsica, the Jurassic ophiolites represent remnants of oceanic lithosphere belonging to the Ligure‐Piemontese Basin located between the Europe/Corsica and Adria continental margins. In the Balagne area, a Jurassic ophiolitic sequence topped by a Late Jurassic–Late Cretaceous sedimentary cover crops out at the top of the nappe pile. The whole ophiolitic succession is affected by polyphase deformation developed under very low‐grade orogenic metamorphic conditions. The original palaeogeographic location and the emplacement mechanisms for the Balagne ophiolites are still a matter of debate and different interpretations for its history have been proposed. The deformation features of the Balagne ophiolites are outlined in order to provide constraints on their history in the framework of the geodynamic evolution of Alpine Corsica. The deformation history reconstructed for the Balagne Nappe includes five different deformation phases, from D1 to D5. The D1 phase was connected with the latest Cretaceous/Palaeocene accretion into the accretionary wedge related to an east‐dipping subduction zone followed by a Late Eocene D2 phase related to emplacement onto the Europe/Corsica continental margin. The subsequent D3 phase was characterized by sinistral strike‐slip faults and related deformations of Late Eocene–Early Oligocene age. The D4 and D5 phases were developed during the Early Oligocene–Late Miocene extensional processes connected with the collapse of the Alpine belt. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.