Multi-Collector SIMS Determination of Trace Lanthanides in Zircon

A method is presented for the determination of rare earth elements (REE) in zircon (ZrSiO₄) using a multi-collector equipped ion-microprobe operating at moderately high mass resolution (M/ΔM ˜ 3900). The low abundance light REE (La-Eu) were measured simultaneously in six ion counting electron multipliers, reducing analytical time to less than half of that in a monocollection routine. Effective mass filtering, moderate energy filtering and careful set up of detector parameters in order to minimise background counts, yielded a highly coherent set of analyses from the 91500 zircon reference sample.     

Type-II xenoliths and related metasomatism from the Nógrád-Gömör Volcanic Field, Carpathian-Pannonian region (northern Hungary–southern Slovakia)

Xenoliths from the upper mantle and lower crust are abundant in Plio–Pleistocene alkali basalts of the Nógrád-Gömör Volcanic Field (NGVF; northern Pannonian Basin, northern Hungary/southern Slovakia), representing a valuable ‘probe’ of lithospheric structures and processes. Ultramafic xenoliths have been divided into two groups: (1) Type-I, composed mostly of olivine with subsidiary orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene and spinel, and (2) Type-II, containing mostly Al- and Ti-rich clinopyroxene with subordinate olivine, spinel and plagioclase. Both types often contain amphibole and, to a lesser extent, mica. The refractory character of Type-I xenoliths suggests they represent mantle depleted by prior episodes of partial melting. In contrast, Type-II series (wehrlites, olivine clinopyroxenites, clinopyroxenites and plagioclase-bearing ultramafic lithologies), on the basis of their textural features, thermobarometric histories and major and trace element variation, appear to have formed as magmatic cumulates. Petrologic and geochemical studies of Type-II xenoliths from Nógrád-Gömör suggest they crystallized from basaltic melts emplaced within the lithospheric mantle and lower crust, prior to the onset of Plio–Pleistocene volcanic activity. After their consolidation, metasomatic agents reacted with the anhydrous cumulate phases producing amphiboles and micas at the expense of olivine and clinopyroxene. The metasomatic agents appear to have been adakitic rather than basaltic in composition, possibly linked to a retreating arc–forearc system. Large-scale contamination of the lithospheric mantle can therefore be attributed to fluid and melt fractions related to subduction beneath the outer Carpathian arc.     

无色散原子荧光法直接测定海水中的痕量镉

利用硫脲和Co2 对镉易挥发组分的形成有增强作用,建立了无色散原子荧光光谱直接测定海水中痕量镉的方法,检出限为0.044 μg/L,对镉含量为2.08 μg/L的样品进行11次测定,RSD为4.0%,线性范围为0～20 μg/L.对国家二级海水标准物质进行测定,结果与标准值相符.     

悬浮进样石墨炉原子吸收法测定纳米氧化锆粉体中的微量铝

采用水介质直接分散纳米氧化锆粉体悬浮进样，以水标准溶液绘制校正曲线，石墨炉原子吸收法测定其中的微量Al。系统研究了Al的原子化和灰化行为，不同分散介质及基体元素对测定Al的影响，获得了测定Al的优化条件。方法对Al的检测限为0．5ng／g，Al的线性范围为0～2．5mg／L，基体ZrO2的质量浓度小于2g／L时，对Al的测定无干扰，悬浮进样直接测定的RSD(n=5)为6．0％。样品的测定结果与其他方法对比基本一致。     

保山长岭岗固体废物填埋场右附坝稳定性评价

通过对保山市隆阳区长岭岗固体废物安全填埋场右附坝坝址地形、地层、构造、水文地质、工程地质条件的勘察评价和分析,获得斜坡稳定性的可靠数值。明确提出斜坡在荷载条件下产生失稳的可能性和相应防治措施。     

老厂矿区构造应力场分析

老厂矿区位于老厂一圭山盆地北半部，应力场属于曲靖台褶束和师宗．罗平褶断束过渡带的合力场。除东西向挤压作用外，还存在三个右旋应力场同时作用的影响，由此处于拉张开放条件，对煤层气储存运移有利。本文将老厂矿区划分成五个区块，并优选有利于煤层气勘探部位。     

高精度电磁频谱法在滇东煤层气勘探中的应用

使用高精度电磁频谱探测方法,对滇东恩洪、老厂地区的煤层气作实地探测。取得煤系地层中的地球物理响应。由此建立煤层、围岩的岩性与物性的关系,进而利用大地电磁频谱探测技术了解煤层的埋深、厚度。使煤层气的勘探工作有了新的科学勘探技术方法。     

Processes of normal fault evolution in a siliciclastic sequence: a case study from Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia

Detailed field observations of normal faults formed at shallow depth in a deltaic sand–clay sequence near Miri, Sarawak are used to study the main structural elements during the early stages of fault development. We studied over 450 segmented faults, many of which contain clay smear, in an excellent outcrop exposing a collapsed crest structure.In agreement with previous studies we find that important elements of fault zone evolution are: (i) clay smear, (ii) telescoping on parallel strands, and (iii) preferred deformation of fault-bounded lenses. We model the consequences of telescoping on parallel strands and conclude that the reliability of juxtaposition diagrams can decrease dramatically in the presence of undetected multiple fault strands. The across fault connectivity can either increase or decrease depending on small variations in many of the input parameters.All the faults studied have a continuous clay smear over the interval studied, except for the places where a sand bed has an offset smaller than its thickness, and therefore has not moved past clay. Although on average the clay content observed correlates well with the average clay content of the faulted section, there are large variations in clay content controlled by local complexity in deformation. Understanding of this local complexity is a prerequisite for further improvement of clay smear in the subsurface.     

Accurate quantification of melt inclusion chemistry by LA-ICPMS: a comparison with EMP and SIMS and advantages and possible limitations of these methods

Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICPMS) has recently emerged as a powerful in situ microanalytical technique for major to trace elements in heterogeneous samples such as fluid and melt inclusions. Here, a rigorous comparison of melt inclusion (MI) data acquired by electron microprobe (EMP), ion microprobe (the secondary ion mass spectrometry, SIMS) and LA-ICPMS is used to evaluate the applicability and advantages/drawbacks of these approaches. We are specifically interested in determining if LA-ICPMS data on entire, unexposed, crystallized MI that cannot be homogenized in the lab are accurate and of a useful precision.

Quantification of LA-ICPMS MI signals requires the use of an internal standard, i.e., the concentration of one element, or an element ratio, at the time of MI entrapment must be known independently, in order to derive the pure MI composition from the MI plus host mixed signal. Analysis of plagioclase-hosted glassy MI of a mid-ocean ridge basalt (MORB) sample from the East Pacific Rise illustrates that melt inclusion chemistry can be accurately quantified by LA-ICPMS, including the correction for postentrapment sidewall crystallisation of the host mineral without prior reheating in the lab.

The LA-ICPMS data obtained on crystallized MI demonstrate agreement with the EMP and SIMS data on exposed glassy MI at the 1 standard deviation uncertainty level except for a few elements close to their limits of detection. LA-ICPMS data reduction schemes include the quantification of analytical uncertainty on each element of single MI. Therefore, weighted average element concentrations can be obtained for MI assemblages, at precisions that compare well with those of average element concentrations obtained by EMP and SIMS.

Simple sample preparation minimizing inclusion loss through polishing combined with the analytical efficiency of 50 inclusions plus neighbouring host mineral at up to 40 elements per day enable the collection of statistically relevant datasets by LA-ICPMS. These allow to recognize nonrepresentative MI (e.g., heterogeneous entrapment). Application to individual clinopyroxene crystals from the AD79 pumice horizon of Mt. Somma-Vesuvius reveals chemical variability that exceeds the analytical precision on single melt inclusions. This variability was not obvious from the limited data set obtained by SIMS and EMP.

The largest source of nonquantifiable error for EMP and SIMS data stems from the requirement of reheating the melt inclusions in the lab in order to reverse postentrapment crystallisation onto inclusion walls or growth of crystallites. For LA-ICPMS analysis of unexposed MI, the reliability with which the internal standard (IS) element concentration is known determines the quality of the data. LA-ICPMS, however, cannot analyse H₂O, F, S and Cl reliably, has higher limits of detection (LODs) than SIMS for some elements for MI below 25 μm, has lower spatial resolution than both EMP and SIMS and consumes much more sample per analysis. Therefore, EMP, SIMS and LA-ICPMS are complementary in MI research, and the type of application will determine the analytical method or methods of choice.