Precise Determination of Silicon Isotopes in Silicate Rock Reference Materials by MC‐ICP‐MS

A HF‐free sample preparation method was used to purify silicon in twelve geological RMs. Silicon isotope compositions were determined using a Neptune instrument multi‐collector‐ICP‐MS in high‐resolution mode, which allowed separation of the silicon isotope plateaus from their interferences. A 1 μg g^‐1 Mg spike was added to each sample and standard solution for online mass bias drift correction. δ³⁰Si and δ²⁹Si values are expressed in per mil (‰), relative to the NIST SRM 8546 (NBS‐28) international isotopic RM. The total variation of δ³⁰Si in the geological reference samples analysed in this study ranged from ‐0.13‰ to ‐0.29‰. Comparison with δ²⁹Si values shows that these isotopic fractionations were mass dependent. IRMM‐17 yielded a δ³⁰Si value of ‐1.41 ± 0.07‰ (2s, n = 12) in agreement with previous data. The long‐term reproducibility for natural samples obtained on BHVO‐2 yielded δ³⁰Si = ‐0.27 ± 0.08‰ (2s, n = 42) on a 12 month time scale. An in‐house Si reference sample was produced to check for the long‐term reproducibility of a mono‐elemental sample solution; this yielded a comparable uncertainty of ± 0.07‰ (2s, n = 24) over 5 months.     

GSD‐1G and MPI‐DING Reference Glasses for In Situ and Bulk Isotopic Determination

This paper contains the results of an extensive isotopic study of United States Geological Survey GSD‐1G and MPI‐DING reference glasses. Thirteen different laboratories were involved using high‐precision bulk (TIMS, MC‐ICP‐MS) and microanalytical (LA‐MC‐ICP‐MS, LA‐ICP‐MS) techniques. Detailed studies were performed to demonstrate the large‐scale and small‐scale homogeneity of the reference glasses. Together with previously published isotopic data from ten other laboratories, preliminary reference and information values as well as their uncertainties at the 95% confidence level were determined for H, O, Li, B, Si, Ca, Sr, Nd, Hf, Pb, Th and U isotopes using the recommendations of the International Association of Geoanalysts for certification of reference materials. Our results indicate that GSD‐1G and the MPI‐DING glasses are suitable reference materials for microanalytical and bulk analytical purposes.     

Diffuse Baryons in Cosmic Structures

I review the processes that govern the amount and the thermal state of the hot plasma pervading clusters and groups of galaxies: the gravitational heating driven by the DM merging histories, the radiative cooling of baryons, and the energy fed back by SNe and by AGNs or quasars. I argue that the X-ray emissions and the entropy levels now observed from clusters to groups require the AGNs to contribute substantially to preheat the gas before it falls into clusters, and the quasars to blow some plasma out of groups and galaxies.     

ICP算法及其在建筑物扫描点云数据配准中的应用

ICP算法是三维激光扫描数据处理中点云数据配准的一种高水平的数学方法。本文全面地回顾了ICP算法的研究背景,并重点阐述了迭代最近点法ICP的计算过程及其主要的改进算法;通过建筑物三维激光扫描数据的采集,对基于ICP算法的点云数据配准过程进行了详细地分析。实验分析表明三维激光扫描数据配准后的点云数据质量较大程度上依赖于专业技术人员的数据处理经验和专业知识。     

The Geological Significance of a Tuffite Interlayer in the Cretaceous Port Island Formation in Northeastern Hong Kong

The Port Island Formation(PIF), a typical Cretaceous red bed in Hong Kong, is dominated by non-fossiliferous, reddish clastic rocks, making it difficult to determine the sedimentary age of PIF precisely. Previous studies assigned the PIF to Late Cretaceous provisionally only on the basis of its stratigraphic sequence and lithology. This study identified a tuffite interlayer in the PIF and a zircon UPb age of 128.2±2.7 Ma by LA-ICP-MS method was obtained. It's the first time to date the depositional age of the PIF with a reliable chronological constraint. With the support of stratigraphic evidence, we concluded that the geological age of PIF should be Early Cretaceous rather than Late Cretaceous. Based on the volcanic history of Hong Kong and Southeast China and the distribution of the PIF in Mirs Bay, it is believed that there was no volcanic activity in Hong Kong in ca. 128 Ma. The tuffite interlayer discovered in PIF was formed by the deposition of volcanic ash, which might originate from remote region outside Hong Kong, in an aquatic environment on Port Island. The identification of the tuffite interlayer, as the response to a volcanic event, has great significance not only to the studies of establishment and regional correlation of the strata system and the geological evolution in Hong Kong,but also to the study of volcanic activities in Southeast China.     

内蒙古东乌旗达亚纳钨-钼矿成岩成矿时代及其岩体地球化学研究

内蒙古东乌旗达亚纳钨-钼矿是近年来正在勘查的一个规模有望达中型的新矿床,矿床位于兴蒙造山带中西部,矿床类型为典型的石英脉型黑钨-钼矿,黑钨矿石英脉以近于直立(75°)的平直脉体产出在黑云母花岗岩内或岩体与地层的外接触带,并向下尖灭于岩体内部,主要的矿化蚀变类型有云英岩化、钾长石化、钠长石化、硅化等。伴随黑钨矿化共生大量的辉钼矿,辉钼矿化多产出在黑钨矿石英脉两侧或石英脉内。本文在系统研究矿床地质特征的基础上,对成矿岩体——黑云母花岗岩进行了高精度LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年及地球化学分析,U-Pb测年结果显示,两件黑云母花岗岩样品(DYN-19、DYN-30)有着一致的U-Pb谐和年龄,分别为134±1Ma(MSWD=0.41)、135±1Ma(MSWD=0.52)。地球化学特征显示,岩体富硅、富碱,SiO_2平均74.43%,Na_2O+K_2O平均8.33%,Na_2O/K_2O平均0.73,明显富钾,属高钾钙碱性系列;Al_2O_3平均为12.72%,铝饱和指数A/CNK全部近1.0,为准铝质到弱过铝质花岗岩类,相对贫Mg;稀土总量较低,ΣREE变化于63.68×10~(-6)~91.11×10~(-6),表现为右倾稀土元素配分模式,弱富集轻稀土,并具有明显的负铕异常,高场强元素Th、U、Nd、Hf明显富集,而Ba、Sr、P、Ti、Nb显著亏损;为壳源重熔型花岗岩的地球化学特征。锆石Hf同位素分析显示,~(176)Hf/~(177)Hf值0.28295~0.28302,ε_(Hf)(t)值+6.4~+8.8,二阶段模式年龄值408~540Ma,年轻的二阶段模式年龄和不大的ε_(Hf)(t)正值,指示了其岩浆源区可能为新生下地壳。同时对矿区7件辉钼矿样品进行了铼-锇同位素分析测试,获得等时线年龄为133±3Ma,MSWD值为2.2。可见成岩年龄和成矿年龄在误差范围内具有一致性,为同一期地质作用的产物,即成岩成矿时代为早白垩世,属燕山期构造岩浆活动的产物。     

Assessment of Nanosecond Laser Ablation Multi‐Collector Inductively Coupled Plasma‐Mass Spectrometry for Pb and Sr Isotopic Determination in Archaeological Glass: Mass Bias Correction Strategies and Results for Corning Glass Reference Materials

This work presents an evaluation of various methods for in situ high‐precision Sr and Pb isotopic determination in archaeological glass (containing 100–500 μg g^?1 target element) by nanosecond laser ablation multi‐collector‐inductively coupled plasma‐mass spectrometry (ns‐LA‐MC‐ICP‐MS). A set of four soda‐lime silicate glasses, Corning A–D, mimicking the composition of archaeological glass and produced by the Corning Museum of Glass (Corning, New York, USA), were investigated as candidates for matrix‐matched reference materials for use in the analysis of archaeological glass. Common geological reference materials with known isotopic compositions (USGS basalt glasses BHVO‐2G, GSE‐1G and NKT‐1G, soda‐lime silicate glass NIST SRM 610 and several archaeological glass samples with known Sr isotopic composition) were used to evaluate the ns‐LA‐MC‐ICP‐MS analytical procedures. When available, ns‐LA‐MC‐ICP‐MS results for the Corning glasses are reported. These were found to be in good agreement with results obtained via pneumatic nebulisation (pn) MC‐ICP‐MS after digestion of the glass matrix and target element isolation. The presence of potential spectral interference from doubly charged rare earth element (REE) ions affecting Sr isotopic determination was investigated by admixing Er and Yb aerosols by means of pneumatic nebulisation into the gas flow from the laser ablation system. It was shown that doubly charged REE ions affect the Sr isotope ratios, but that this could be circumvented by operating the instrument at higher mass resolution. Multiple strategies to correct for instrumental mass discrimination in ns‐LA‐MC‐ICP‐MS and the effects of relevant interferences were evaluated. Application of common glass reference materials with basaltic matrices for correction of ns‐LA‐MC‐ICP‐MS isotope data of archaeological glasses results in inaccurate Pb isotope ratios, rendering application of matrix‐matched reference materials indispensable. Correction for instrumental mass discrimination using the exponential law, with the application of Tl as an internal isotopic standard element introduced by pneumatic nebulisation and Corning D as bracketing isotopic calibrator, provided the most accurate results for Pb isotope ratio measurements in archaeological glass. Mass bias correction relying on the power law, combined with intra‐element internal correction, assuming a constant ⁸⁸Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratio, yielded the most accurate results for ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr determination in archaeological glasses     

Determination of In and Sn Mass Fractions in Sixteen Geological Reference Materials by Isotope Dilution MC‐ICP‐MS

Mass fractions of Sn and In were determined in sixteen geological reference materials including basaltic/mafic (BCR‐2, BE‐N, BHVO‐1, BHVO‐2, BIR‐1, OKUM, W‐2, WS‐E), ultramafic (DTS‐2b, MUH‐1, PCC‐1, UB‐N) and felsic/sedimentary reference materials (AGV‐2, JA‐1, SdAR‐M2, SdAR‐H1). Extensive digestion and ion exchange separation tests were carried out in order to provide high yields (> 90% for Sn, > 85% for In), low total procedural blanks (~ 1 ng for Sn, < 3 pg for In) and low analytical uncertainties for the elements of interest in a variety of silicate sample matrices. Replicate analyses (n = 2–13) of Sn–In mass fractions gave combined measurement uncertainties (2u) that were generally < 3% and in agreement with literature data, where available. We present the first high‐precision In data for reference materials OKUM (32.1 ± 1.5 ng g^?1), DTS‐2b (2.03 ± 0.25 ng g^?1), MUH‐1 (6.44 ± 0.30 ng g^?1) and PCC‐1 (3.55 ± 0.35 ng g^?1) as well as the first Sn data for MUH‐1 (0.057 ± 0.010 μg g^?1) and DTS‐2b (0.623 ± 0.018 μg g^?1).     

应用改进的ICP算法检测工业封头表面变形

由于工业封头变形使得采集到的两期点云重心不一致,受点云重心变化的干扰,传统ICP算法出现局部收敛的情况,本文提出了一种基于点对间欧氏距离计算点云加权重心的ICP改进算法。该方法通过给不同距离的点对赋予权值,变形区域的点对距离较大,赋予的权值相对小,有效地消除了变形区域的点云对重心位置的影响。实验结果表明,该方法大大提高了ICP算法的精准性,有效消除重心变化的影响,从而可以准确地检测出工业封头变形区域。     

大巴山南部房县东河辉绿玢岩LA ICP MS 锆石U Pb测年及其构造意义

大巴山构造带位于秦岭造山带和扬子板块的过渡部位,形成于印支-燕山期,定型于喜山期。前人对北大巴山地区基性岩年代学已有研究,但对大巴山南部地区基性岩却很少高精度年龄报道。本文对大巴山南部房县东河地区的辉绿玢岩脉进行LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄测定,结果表明,东河辉绿玢岩形成于439.3Ma,相当于早志留世。与北大巴山镇坪地区辉绿岩,紫阳-岚皋地区基性岩及火山岩形成时代基本一致。结合前人的研究结果表明,大巴山南部地区在早志留世处于张裂状态,东河地区的基性岩为岩石圈处于拉张状态下大陆裂谷作用产物。此处439.3Ma的年龄值,也说明此时扬子板块北缘普遍处于拉张的构造环境,代表了在早志留世大巴山南部裂谷盆地的伸展裂陷幅度达到最大。本次研究所获得的年龄数据,确定了围岩竹山组形成不晚于早志留世,限定地层时代为寒武纪-奥陶纪。