Geochemical Features of Vein Anhydrite from the Kakkonda Geothermal System, Northeast Japan

Abstract. Cathodoluminescence (CL) color, rare earth element (REE) content, sulfur and oxygen isotopes and fluid inclusions of anhydrite, which frequently filled in hydrothermal veins in the Kakkonda geothermal system, were investigated to elucidate the spatial, temporal and genetical evolution of fluids in the deep reservoir. The anhydrite samples studied are classified into four types based on CL colors and REE contents: type-N (no color), type-G (green color), type-T (tan color) and type-S (tan color with a high REE content). In the shallow reservoir, only type-N anhydrite is observed. In the deep reservoir, type-G anhydrite occurs in vertical veins whereas type-T and -N in lateral veins. Type-S anhydrite occurs in the heat-source Kakkonda Granite. The CL textures revealed that type-G anhydrite deposited earlier than type-T in the deep reservoir, implying that fracture system was changed from predominantly vertical to lateral.
Studies of fluid inclusions and δ³⁴S and δ¹⁸O values of the samples indicate that type-N anhydrite deposited from diluted fluids derived from meteoric water, whereas type-G, -T and -S anhydrites deposited from magmatic brines derived from the Kakkonda Granite with the exception of some of type-G with recrystallization texture and no primary fluid inclusion, which deposited from fossil seawater preserved in the sedimentary rocks. Type-G, -T and -S anhydrites exhibit remarkably different chondrite-normalized REE patterns with a positive Eu anomaly, with a convex shape (peak at Sm or Eu) and with a negative Eu anomaly, respectively. The difference in the patterns might result from the different extent of hydrothermal alteration of the reservoir rocks and contribution of the magmatic fluids.     

Distribution of titanium atoms in oxy-kaersutite

The distribution of Ti atoms in oxy-kaersutite has been studied by the neutron diffraction method. The cation distribution over the three octahedral sites determined by the x-ray method (Kitamura and Tokonami, 1971) is as follows; M1∶0.40MG+0.60 FE, M2∶0.75 MG+0.25 FE, M3∶0.50 MG+0.50 FE, where MG and FE represent (Mg+Al) and (Fe+Ti), respectively. The neutron diffraction study indicates that Ti atoms are enriched in the M1 site more than M2 and M3 sites as follows; M1∶0.40 MG+0.33 Fe+0.27 Ti, M2∶ 0.75 MG+0.23 Fe+0.02 Ti, M3∶0.50 MG+0.46 Fe+0.04 Ti. This distribution agrees with the result based on the Madelung energy of oxy-kaersutite by Whittaker (1972).     

初夏热带西太平洋对流云团周期性西北传播与梅雨带的变动

为了了解来自低纬度的气象因素对梅雨带季节内变化的影响,文中对1985年和1986年6～7月份的个例进行了细致诊断,并针对有关问题用历史资料做了统计和合成.发现(1)梅雨雨带的向北位移与10～15°N/140°E附近的热带对流云团向西移动有连带关系,当热带对流云团向西北移动时副热带高压也向西北扩张,顺次由东向西影响梅雨带北抬.(2)低纬度向西北方向移动的对流云团具有准8,18以及30 d周期.(3)中国江淮梅雨的入梅也与6月份第一次出现这种对流云团周期性(8,18以及30 d)西北移动有密切关系.     

南海及其邻近地区夏季风爆发的特征及其机制的初步研究

利用ＯＬＲ和ＴＢＢ资料,提出一个指标,确定了１９７５～１９９３年间南海夏季风爆发日期,发现与风向转变的日期比较一致。在此基础上,讨论了南海夏季风爆发的过程。随后,还讨论了南海夏季风爆发与海温异常、高原热状况和海陆温差变化的关系,发现它与４月份南海、东太平洋赤道以及３０～４０°ＮＳＳＴＡ有关,与海陆温差由冬季的冷陆暖海转变到热陆冷海有关。