Response of detrital zircon and monazite,and their U–Pb isotopic systems,to regional metamorphism and host‐rock partial melting,Cooma Complex,southeastern Australia

Progressive Early Silurian low‐pressure greenschist to granulite facies regional metamorphism of Ordovician flysch at Cooma, southeastern Australia, had different effects on detrital zircon and monazite and their U–Pb isotopic systems. Monazite began to dissolve at lower amphibolite facies, virtually disappearing by upper amphibolite facies, above which it began to regrow, becoming most coarsely grained in migmatite leucosome and the anatectic Cooma Granodiorite. Detrital monazite U–Pb ages survived through mid‐amphibolite facies, but not to higher grade. Monazite in the migmatite and granodiorite records only metamorphism and granite genesis at 432.8 ± 3.5 Ma. Detrital zircon was unaffected by metamorphism until the inception of partial melting, when platelets of new zircon precipitated in preferred orientations on the surface of the grains. These amalgamated to wholly enclose the grains in new growth, characterised by the development of {211} crystal faces, in the migmatite and granodiorite. New growth, although maximum in the leucosome, was best dated in the granodiorite at 435.2 ± 6.3 Ma. The combined best estimate for the age of metamorphism and granite genesis is 433.4 ± 3.1 Ma. Detrital zircon U–Pb ages were preserved unmodified throughout metamorphism and magma genesis and indicate derivation of the Cooma Granodiorite from Lower Palaeozoic source rocks with the same protolith as the Ordovician sediments, not Precambrian basement. Cooling of the metamorphic complex was relatively slow (average ～12°C/10⁶y from ～730 to ～170°C), more consistent with the unroofing of a regional thermal high than cooling of an igneous intrusion. The ages of detrital zircon and monazite from the Ordovician flysch (dominantly composite populations 600–500 Ma and 1.2–0.9 Ga old) indicate its derivation from a source remote from the Australian craton.     

Travel time controls the magnitude of nitrate discharge in groundwater bypassing the riparian zone to a stream on Virginia's coastal plain

Groundwater that bypasses the riparian zone by travelling along deep flow paths may deliver high concentrations of fertilizer‐derived NO₃^? to streams, or it may be impacted by the NO₃^? removal process of denitrification in streambed sediments. In a study of a small agricultural catchment on the Atlantic coastal plain of Virginia's eastern shore, we used seepage meters deployed in the streambed to measure specific discharge of groundwater and its solute concentrations for various locations and dates. We used values of Cl^? concentration to discriminate between bypass water recharged distal to the stream and that contained high NO₃^? but low Cl^? concentrations and riparian‐influenced water recharged proximal to the stream that contained low NO₃^? and high Cl^? concentrations. The travel time required for bypass water to transit the 30‐cm‐thick, microbially active denitrifying zone in the streambed determined the extent of NO₃^? removal, and hydraulic conductivity determined travel time through the streambed sediments. At all travel times greater than 2 days, NO₃^? removal was virtually complete. Comparison of the timescales for reaction and transport through the streambed sediments in this system confirmed that the predominant control on nitrate flux was travel time rather than denitrification rate coefficients. We conclude that extensive denitrification can occur in groundwater that bypasses the riparian zone, but a residence time in biologically active streambed sediments sufficient to remove a large fraction of the NO₃^? is only achieved in relatively low‐conductivity porous media. Instead of viewing them as separate, the streambed and riparian zone should be considered an integrated NO₃^? removal unit. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

论宁夏金场子渗流热卤水-表生改造型金矿床的矿源

稳定同位素、岩石微量元素(金)和地质特征研究的结果,表明金场子金矿床的成矿物质来源系上地壳源,并且金、银、铅、铜等金属和硫、硒、砷、氯、氟、碳等来源于石炭纪和泥盆纪沉积岩。成矿流体是大气水和沉积地层水的混合溶液。金矿化与地热流体渗流热卤水成矿作用和表生风化成矿作用有关。     

反循环中心取样雾化钻探应用于砾岩型金矿取样地质效果及其编录方法

中心取样钻探是一种全新的钻探方法，具有效率快、取样准确、岩样采取率高的特点。可用于砾岩型金矿勘探评价，获取的矿层深度、品位、厚度、岩心采取率等均能满足地质要求，利用回返物质能够进行正常地质编录。     

吉林省浑江市荒沟山区花岗岩成因类型探讨

本文根据吉林省浑江市荒沟山区中生代花岗岩的岩石学、地球化学及同位素地质学研究，论述了该区花岗岩的成因类型，即老秃顶子岩体、梨树沟岩体、草山岩体均为同熔型。     

哈密盆地区域地貌的基本特征

本文对哈密盆地的现代地貌进行了成因分类，并系统地讨论了地貌结构特征，同时结合灾害地貌过程和资源特点提出了合理利用资源的几点意见。     

西北地区太阳辐射量变化的研究

根据西北地区１５个日射甲种站观测的近３０年来到达地面的太阳辐射量观测资料，经方差分析表明：太阳散射辐射量有２／５的地区在增加，２／５的地区在减少，还有１／５的地区太阳散射、直接辐射量在时间变化上差异都不明显；太阳直接辐射量有４／５的地区在显著减减少；太阳总辐射量几乎各地都在减少，这种减少趋势大致从１９７８年开始，并且用太阳辐射倾向率的形式概括出３种太阳辐射量季节变化类型。     

湖北大别山区土地资源生产力估算

本文以湖北大别山区为例,提出了自然条件复杂,资料缺乏的山区土地资源第一性生产力的估算方法,并计算了湖北大别山区土地资源的生产力。即在土地资源带及类型(组合)区划分的基础上,以资源类型(组合)区为基本单元,通过典型地区抽样获取资料,运用多种数学模型测算,并经过综合判定,求得各类型(组合)区,资源带主要作物的第一性生产力。     

吉林省夹皮沟金矿地质特征及成因探讨

夹皮沟金矿产于晚太古宙绿岩带的下部层位。北西向的韧性剪切带控制着金矿田和矿床分布,而矿体主要受叠加于韧性剪切带之上的脆性断裂构造制约。金主要来源于围岩。华力西晚期—燕山早期为主要成矿期。属多源、多期的叠生型金矿床。     

缝合线构造的成因类型

在研究和分析缝合线成因假说的基础上,提出将缝合线的成因类型划分为两大类四亚类:原生缝合线,包括同生(沉积)缝合线和唯同生(成岩)缝合线;次生缝合线,包括构造缝合线和非构造缝合线。在观察和研究各地、各地区时代地层中的缝合线构造的基础上,指出了原生缝合线和次生缝合线各具不同的地质标志。