Geochemical and mineralogical properties of sulfide-bearing fine-grained sediments in Finland

 The geochemical and mineralogical characteristics of bulk samples and various size fractions of sulfide-bearing fine-grained sediments in the Petalax area, western Finland, were studied with ICP-AES (aqua regia digestion and "total" digestion) and X-ray diffraction. The sediments, which are dominated by particles <0.06 mm (clay and silt size), are composed of phyllosilicates (micas, kaolinite, chlorite, vermiculite), quartz, feldspars, amphiboles, organic matter, and secondary S minerals. The chemical analyses show that Na, Ca, and Sr are enriched in the silt and sand fractions, that Zr is enriched in the silt fraction, and that the concentrations of all other studied metals (Al, Ba, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, K, La, Mg, Mn, Nb, Ni, Sc, Th, Ti, V, Y, and Zn) increase from the sand to the clay fraction. Sodium, Ca, and Sr occur largely in poorly dissolved feldspars, which explains the distribution of these metals in the sediments. The increase in the concentrations of most metals in the clay fraction is interpreted to be the result mainly of an increase in phyllosilicates in this size fraction. A geochemical comparison between the sulfide-bearing fine-grained sediments and glacial till shows that the former are enriched in several potentially toxic metals. It is therefore argued that the hydrological and ecological problems associated with the sulfide-bearing sediments are related not only to the production of acidity in oxidized layers, but also to mobilization and dispersion of toxic metals. Strategies to minimize damage of freshwater systems in areas covered with sulfide-bearing fine-grained sediments are suggested. Received: 20 February 1997 · Accepted: 25 August 1997     

On the Scale-dependence of the Gradient Richardson Number in the Residual Layer

We present results of a technique for examining the scale-dependence of the gradient Richardson number, Ri, in the nighttime residual layer. The technique makes use of a series of high-resolution, in situ, vertical profiles of wind speed and potential temperature obtained during CASES-99 in south-eastern Kansas, U.S.A. in October 1999. These profiles extended from the surface, through the nighttime stable boundary layer, and well into the residual layer. Analyses of the vertical gradients of both wind speed, potential temperature and turbulence profiles over a wide range of vertical scale sizes are used to estimate profiles of the local Ri and turbulence structure as a function of scale size. The utility of the technique lies both with the extensive height range of the residual layer as well as with the fact that the sub-metre resolution of the raw profiles enables a metre-by-metre ‘sliding’ average of the scale-dependent Richardson number values over hundreds of metres vertically. The results presented here show that small-scale turbulence is a ubiquitous and omnipresent feature of the residual layer, and that the region is dynamic and highly variable, exhibiting persistent turbulent structure on vertical scales of a few tens of metres or less. Furthermore, these scales are comparable to the scales over which the Ri is less than or equal to the critical value of Ri _c of 0.25, although turbulence is also shown to exist in regions with significantly larger Ri values, an observation at least consistent with the concept of hysteresis in turbulence generation and maintenance. Insofar as the important scale sizes are comparable to or smaller than the resolution of current models, it follows that, in order to resolve the observed details of small Ri values and the concomitant turbulence generation, future models need to be capable of significantly higher resolutions.     

通化两类基岩区风化土壤元素组合特征与人参生长关系研究

研究区位于长白山山脉的浅山地带上,是我国人参的重要生产基地。已有资料表明,基岩化学建造与人参产量之间有一定的对应关系,为了消除由于人工施肥而造成的影响,选择土壤样品采集区的人参种植不施肥,采用传统的伐林栽参技术。把基于早元古代的中深变质岩和下白垩统流纹质火山岩这两种不同类型的岩石风化后形成的土壤中栽种过不同参龄的元素变化作为讨论人参种植选地的依据,并在此基础上说明通化市磨齿村、比干沟村人参产量高的原因。研究结果表明,磨齿村参壤与干沟村参壤的主要差别在于Ca,K,Mn,P,V;人参生长过程中,土壤中特别是第二年的无机元素比例起到很大的作用,为人参的测土种植与施肥提供依据。     

Predicted wavelengths of coronal transitions in the configurations 3s 23p 2, 3s 23p 3 and 3s 23p 4

The level intervals in the ground configurations 3s ²3p ^k(k = 2, 3, 4) have been studied through the isoelectronic sequences up to Ni. Semiempirical expressions for the parameters F ₂(pp) and _p, are derived from observed data and the intervals are recalculated from interpolated or extrapolated values of the parameters. As a result, predicted wavelengths of magnetic-dipole transitions within the configurations are obtained with an estimated uncertainty of one or two Å.     

甘新蒙北山地区构造格局及演化

甘新蒙北山地区地处天山东段、北山及阿拉善地区 ,为古生代哈萨克斯坦板块、塔里木板块和华北板块交汇地带。可分为 7个二级构造单元 (构造区 )、2 6个三级构造单元 (地块、褶皱带 )。该区构造演化史漫长而复杂。太古宙时期 ,是古陆核形成萌芽阶段 ,古元古代初陆壳开始生成 ,出现薄壳结构的宽广的裂陷活动带 ,到了中、新元古代后期显露出板块构造运动 ,新元古代晚期经历重大热事件———晋宁运动 ,发生陆块间汇聚—碰撞并形成了榴辉岩—花岗岩岩浆带。震旦纪在晋宁期的拼合古陆上再一次裂解 ,经历了板块构造演化史。晚古生代 ,本区主体转入板内构造时期 ,以开合构造为主 ,花岗岩浆活动广泛发育。中、新生代进入板内造山和现今的盆山构造格局时期