Development of secondary porosity in the Fairholme carbonate complex (southwest Alberta, Canada)

Because of their economic importance as hydrocarbon reservoirs, the Upper Devonian dolomitized carbonate reefs in southwest Alberta have been the subject of several studies. Still, there is no consensus on the process of matrix dolomitization and furthermore, the process of vug development is not often addressed. The studied outcrops show features of an early diagenetic matrix-selective dolomitization by a Late Devonian seawater-derived fluid. Seepage reflux dolomitization combined with latent reflux is proposed, which best explains most chemical characteristics. The cements in the vugs are precipitated from warm saline, ⁸⁷Sr-enriched fluids and testify to thermogenic sulphate reduction based on the presence of sulphur, CO₂ and H₂S in inclusions, relatively high homogenization temperatures and depleted δ¹³C values, which sets constraints on the timing of vug formation. Secondary porosity may be created by the mixing of formation water with a tectonically and topographically driven fluid and by the dissolution of anhydrite nodules.     

四川盆地东北部三叠系飞仙关组高含硫气藏H2S成因研究

四川盆地东北部宣汉－开县地区的下三叠统飞仙关组气藏埋深3000－4500m,地温在100℃左右,天然气中H2S含量为12％－17％。这些H2S为飞仙关组气藏附近的硬石膏经硫酸盐热化学还原作用（TSR）而成。与TSR有关的硬石膏,H2S,S^0和FeS2的δ^24S分别为＋30.4‰, 12.9‰, 19.1‰和＋19.4‰,交代硬石膏的方解石的δ^13C为－7.26‰,δ^18O为－6.41‰,其内所含两相流体包裹体的均一温度为109－151℃。这些高含硫气藏的天然气和储层沥青的热演化程度比其他地区飞仙关组气藏的更高。该区飞仙关组最大埋藏温度超过180℃,但由于后期构造抬升,大于104℃地温的埋藏时间小于20Ma,故气藏H2S含量低于20％。     

Export of Acidity in Drainage Water from Acid Sulphate Soils

Disturbed acid sulphate soils are potent sources of acidity in coastal waterways. Monitoring studies of the drainage water for sites at East Trinity, Cairns and Pimpama, south-east Queensland indicate that considerable acidity is found in the drainage water from these sites. Hydrogen (H⁺), ferrous (Fe²⁺) and aluminium (Al) ions are the dominant acid cations involved. When drainage water is mixed with fresh or marine waters the effect of H⁺ on acidity generation is immediate. Aluminium can release acidity on hydrolysis, while the oxidation of Fe²⁺ to Fe³⁺ both acidifies and removes dissolved oxygen from the water. Strongly acidic waters with low levels of dissolved oxygen concentration are undesirable for most forms of aquatic life. Export of acidity from acid sulphate soil is likely to have a major effect on inshore fisheries and breeding grounds especially in periods of flood following drought or periods of low rainfall, where large volumes of acidity can be flushed/leached into sensitive aquatic/marine habitats. Impacts may include low dissolved oxygen, fish kills, epizootic ulceration syndrome and damage to oysters. During the processes of oxidation and hydrolysis, iron and aluminium flocs form, that can smother benthic communities. Heavy metals are found in the drainage water at elevated levels and may also be of concern for aquatic organisms. Chronic effects such as habitat degradation, mortality of marine worms, bivalves, invasion of acid tolerant species (both plant and animal) and avoidance of habitat have been documented elsewhere. These areas require further research.     

塔中原油超高二苯并噻吩硫特征及其控制因素

塔中相当部分原油具有高丰度芳香硫——二苯并噻吩(DBTs)特征,其在原油中的绝对丰度高达26 859μg/g,在芳烃中的相对丰度高达58.2%,主要分布在塔中I号构造带下奥陶统、塔中4(TZ4)和塔中1-6(TZ1-6)井区。采用综合地球化学研究途径,对该区原油的高DBTs特征及其主控因素进行初步探讨。分析表明,研究区母源岩较强地控制DBTs的丰度,纯泥岩、页岩中DBTs丰度不高,灰岩、云岩等烃源岩DBTs丰度偏高或超高;观察到在正常油窗范围内,烃源岩和相关原油随成熟度增加DBTs丰度增加,而塔中型高-过熟原油中DBTs丰度有先增加后减小的趋势,表明热成熟作用对该化合物有较强的控制作用;发现生物降解、水洗可使原油中DBTs丰度降低,但对塔中原油中DBTs影响较小;观测到塔中相当部分原油的DBTs含量与硫酸盐热化学还原作用——TSR的作用产物H2S、硫醇、长链烷基四氢噻烷有一定正相关性。对比研究认为,有多种因素控制塔中原油中DBTs丰度与分布,热成熟作用、TSR是导致塔中下奥陶统部分原油高DBTs特征的重要原因,前者可能是主要因素,特殊母源岩因素相对较少,尽管尚不能排除。TZ4井区等石炭系高DBTs原油主要来自深部地层,与下奥陶统抑或更深层高DBTS原油的混入有关。本研究对于该区深层油气勘探具有重要意义。     

Biota: sediment partitioning of aluminium smelter related PAHs and pulp mill related diterpenes by intertidal clams at Kitimat, British Columbia

The question of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) bioavailability and its relationship to specific PAH sources with different PAH binding characteristics is an important one, because bioavailability drives PAH accumulation in biota and ultimately the biochemical responses to the PAH contaminants. The industrial harbour at Kitimat (British Columbia, Canada) provides an ideal location to study the bioavailability and bioaccumulation of sediment hydrocarbons to low trophic level biota. Samples of soft shell clams (Mya arenaria) and intertidal sediment collected from multiple sites over six years at various distances from an aluminium smelter and a pulp and paper mill were analysed for 106 PAHs, plant diterpenes and other aromatic fraction hydrocarbons. Interpretation using PAH source ratios and multivariate data analysis reveals six principal hydrocarbon sources: PAHs in coke, pitch and emissions from anode combustion from the aluminium smelter, vascular plant terpenes and aromatised terpenes from the pulp and paper mill, petroleum PAHs from shipping and other anthropogenic activities and PAHs from natural plant detritus. Harbour sediments predominantly contain either pitch or pyrogenic PAHs from the smelter, while clams predominantly contain plant derived PAHs and diterpenes from the adjacent pulp mill. PAHs from the smelter have low bioavailability to clams (Biota-Sediment Accumulation Factors; BSAFs <1 for pitch and coke; <10 for anode combustion, decreasing to ∼0.1 for the mass 300 and 302 PAHs), possibly due to binding to pitch or soot carbon matrices. Decreases in PAH isomer ratios between sediments and clams likely reflect a combination of variation in uptake kinetics of petroleum PAHs and compound specific metabolism, with the importance of petroleum PAHs decreasing with increasing molecular weight. Plant derived compounds exhibit little natural bioaccumulation at reference sites, but unsaturated and aromatised diterpenes released from resins by industrial pulping processes are readily accumulated by the clams (BSAFs >500). Thus while most of the smelter associated PAHs in sediments may not be bioavailable to benthic organisms, the plant terpenes (including retene, totarol, ferruginol, manool, dehydroabietane and other plant terpenes that form the chemical defence mechanism of conifers) released by pulp mills are bioavailable and possess demonstrated toxic properties. The large scale release of plant terpenes by some of the many pulp mills located in British Columbia and elsewhere represents a largely undocumented risk to aquatic biota.     

含钾岩石的综合开发利用及其潜在经济价值

含钾岩石泛指含氧化钾、氧化铝较高的一类铝硅酸盐岩石,它潜在着相当大的经济价值,对其进行综合开发利用。可生产出钾肥、金属铝、纯碱以及水泥等产品,既能缓解工农业对钾肥和金属铝的迫切需要,又能创造良好的经济效益,使矿产资源能得到充分合理的利用。     

Fate of aluminium released by sacrificial anodes – Contamination of marine sediments by environmentally available compounds

To protect their steel structures from corrosion by cathodic protection, many harbours use aluminium sacrificial anodes, which induces aluminium release and potential contamination of the surrounding waters and sediments. To study the impact on Al mobility, a natural marine sediment was artificially contaminated with aluminium from different sources: sulphate or chloride salts, or sacrificial anodes. To estimate Al mobility in sediments, single (HCl) and sequential (F6) extractions were performed; they highlighted that aluminium is poorly mobile in natural sediment (HCl-leachable: 2% and F6-leachable: 9%). Contamination by aluminium salts inhibits HCl-leachability (≤ 2%), whereas the Al F6-leachability is intensified up to 18%, suggesting that the additional aluminium is scavenged in a mobile fraction that HCl is not able to solubilise. In case of aluminium anode contamination, sediments present surging Al HCl-leachable (15%) and F6-leachable (32%) fractions, which are related to aluminium mineralogical speciation. Indeed, contrary to the Al naturally present or introduced by salts, Al released by anodes is partly bound to the acid-soluble fraction, probably because of the integration of the released Al into the calcareous deposit produced at the anodes surfaces that finally comes away and gets mixed up with the sediment. The presence of aluminium in the acid-soluble fraction of sediments could have an important environmental impact as this fraction is easily available. Indeed, Al scavenged in the acid-soluble fraction of sediments participates in enhancing Al lability near the sacrificial anodes and may affect the surrounding ecosystems.     

The Effect of Additives on Crystal Size of Sodium Sulphate

正1 Introduction Anhydrous sodium,mainly produced in the United States,Canada,Japan,is indispensable commodities and raw materials in daily life and industry.In recent years,anhydrous sodium sulfate of general size was much oversupplied[1].However particles anhydrous sodium sulphate of large size is not adequate to the demand for its