Sequential extraction and leaching characteristics of heavy metals in abandoned tungsten mine tailings sediments

The chemical speciation of potentially toxic elements (As, Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn) in the contaminated soils and sulfides-rich tailings sediments of an abandoned tungsten mine in Korea was evaluated by conducting modified BCR sequential extraction tests. Kinetic and static batch leaching tests were also conducted to evaluate the potential release of As and other heavy metals by acidic rain water and the leaching behaviors of these heavy metals. The major sources of the elements were As-, Zn- and Pb-bearing sulfides, Pb carbonates (i.e., cerussite), and Pb sulfates (i.e., anglesite). The biggest pollutant fraction in these soil and tailing samples consists of metals bound to the oxidizable host phase, which can be released into the environment if conditions become oxidative, and/or to residual fractions. No significant difference in total element concentrations was observed between the tailings sediments and contaminated soils. For both sample types, almost no changes occurred in the mobility of As and the other heavy metals at 7 days, but the mobility increased afterwards until the end of the tests at 30 days, regardless of the initial pH. However, the mobility was approximately 5–10 times higher at initial pH 1.0 than at initial pHs of 3.0 and 5.0. The leached amounts of all the heavy metal contents were higher from tailings sediments than from contaminated soils at pH > 3.0, but were lower at pH < 3.0 except for As. Results of this study suggest that further dissolution of heavy metals from soil and tailing samples may occur during extended rainfall, resulting in a serious threat to surface and groundwater in the mine area.     

Tomography Imaging of Near-Surface Velocity Structure Experiment and Its Application in the Ore Concentrate Area of the Lower and Middle Yangtze River

利用矿集区获得的小道距、长排列接收的地震反射初至波走时数据,运用层析成像方法,首次得到长江中下游典型金属矿集区——庐枞火山岩盆地近地表1000 m以上的交叉速度结构.各剖面精细的速度结构揭露出庐枞矿集区隐伏的正长岩体顶界面深度与起伏形态,发现岩体顶面凸起及陡变化部位与矿体分布存在着明显的对应关系,罗河铁矿、小岭铁矿、龙桥铁矿、马鞭山铁矿处对应着高速层顶界面的凸起位置.罗河断裂在lz06-1线与lz06-3线表现为明显的横向速度变化界面.这些结果表明,长排列的深地震反射初至波走时层析成像方法能够为金属矿集区深部隐伏矿床的勘探研究提供丰富的地壳浅表结构(0～1000 m)信息.     

Monitoring and analysis of geological hazards in Three Gorges area based on load impact change

Natural Hazards - Geological hazard monitoring is essential to the prevention and control of geological hazards, yet conventional monitoring is often conducted for local geological hazards, and the...     

Unstable Climate Oscillations during the Late Holocene in the Eastern Bransfield Basin, Antarctic Peninsula

Core A9-EB2 from the eastern Bransfield Basin, Antarctic Peninsula, consists of pelagic (diatom ooze-clay couplets and bioturbated diatom ooze) and hemipelagic (bioturbated mud) sediments interbedded with turbidites (homogeneous mud and silt–clay couplets). The cyclic and laminated nature of these pelagic sediments represents alternation between the deposition of diatom-rich biogenic sediments and of terrigenous sediments. Sediment properties and geochemical data explain the contrasting lamination, with light layers being finer-grained and relatively rich in total organic carbon and biogenic silica content. Also, the high-resolution magnetic susceptibility (MS) variations highlight distinct features: high MS values coincide with clastic-rich sections and low MS values correspond to biogenic sections. The chronology developed for core A9-EB2 accounts for anomalous ages associated with turbidites and shows a linear sedimentation rate of approximately 87 cm/10³ yr, which is supported by an accumulation rate of 80 cm/10³ yr calculated from ²¹⁰Pb activity. The late Holocene records clearly identify Neoglacial events of the Little Ice Age (LIA) and Medieval Warm Period (MWP). Other unexplained climatic events comparable in duration and amplitude to the LIA and MWP events also appear in the MS record, suggesting intrinsically unstable climatic conditions during the late Holocene in the Bransfield Basin of Antarctic Peninsula.     

牧牛钨矿岩石地球化学特征与成矿作用

牧牛钨矿主要受断裂和NW向韧性剪切带的控制,空间上含矿构造自西向东逐步收敛,具有"帚"状特征.牧牛矿区先后发现5条含矿石英脉.通过岩石化学研究,里尔峪组为火山陆源碎屑沉积建造;矿区花岗岩属壳源成因,为中浅成侵入深度;斜长角闪岩和透辉岩属幔源成因.钨成矿与印支期岩浆岩有关,成矿作用具有多阶段性.钨矿的成矿温度275～400℃,为中-高温热液矿床.     

Application of the artificial bee colony algorithm-based projection pursuit method in statistical rock mass stability estimation

Because of the complexity of factors that affect rock mass stability, the design and decision-making in related engineering cannot rely solely on theoretical analysis and numerical calculation, but depend on the comprehensive judgment of experts. In pursuit of a statistical approach that may improve this disparity, an artificial bee colony algorithm-based projection pursuit (ABC-PP) method is presented for rock mass stability determination. The ABC-PP method is a powerful tool to deal with high-dimension problems, which characterize rock mass stability assessment practice. Two experiments are employed to demonstrate the efficiency of the ABC-PP method. In the first case, the state of stability is classified at two levels: stable and failed, whereas in the second case stability is classified at five levels (1–5) to test the capability of multi-level prediction of the ABC-PP method. Results show that the ABC-PP method could predict the rock mass stability accurately and may also provide the relative importance of specific controls on stability.     

人工阶梯-深潭破坏案例与稳定性分析

通过2006—2010年4个修建人工阶梯-深潭系统的治理山区河流案例,总结其治理效果和最终破坏原因.以单个阶梯为分析对象,给出其受力表达式,建立单个阶梯-深潭的简化稳定性模型,进而分析来流量和冲刷角变化对其稳定性的影响.单个阶梯的稳定性取决于关键石块粒径、河道坡降、流量和冲刷角.洪水期的洪峰流量和阶梯下游冲刷是阶梯破坏的主要原因,上游来流量增加和冲刷角越大,阶梯越易发生破坏.人工阶梯-深潭系统在洪水期的稳定性是其发挥长期治理效果的关键.     

漳州盆地水热系统氚同位素研究

本文依据26个天然水样品的氚同位素测试数据,分析了漳州盆地地下热水及其它天然水的氚值特征及其形成条件;利用“活塞模型”方法计算了漳州盆地地下水和地下热水的年龄;为弄清全盆地地下水的补给、迳流和排泄的总体格局和揭示地下热水的成因提供了依据。     

新疆绿柱石宝石辐照致色机制的吸收光谱研究

本文对新疆阿尔泰天然淡蓝、浅蓝宝石级绿柱石辐照前后及退火处理伴随着颜色改变的吸收光谱等进行了分析讨论,认为天然淡蓝、浅蓝色绿柱石经~(60)Co-γ辐照变成黄绿色,其原因主要归因于遂道中Fe~(2-)向Fe~(3+)的转变和八面体中Fe~(3+)和配位体O~(2-)的电荷转移。