Dissolved organic matter (DOM) and iron in a moorland stream were determined at 8-hour intervals over a 6-month period to examine relationships with streamflow. Regression of both solutes on discharge were positive and explained 50–70 per cent of the variance in the solute data, but better predictions were obtained in both cases when a covariate reflecting temporal variation in the relationships was introduced (explained variance 80–90 per cent). Variations in the regression of Fe on DOM were also identified, indicating differences in the complexing power of DOM for Fe and possible variations in the chemical composition of the DOM. 相似文献
The primary factors that control the concentration of total reduced (inorganic) sulfide in coastal sediments are believed
to be the availability of reactive iron, dissolved sulfate and metabolizable organic carbon. We selected nine sites in shallow
(<3 m), close to sub-tropical, estuaries and bays along the central Texas coast that represented a range in sediment grain
size (a proxy for reactive iron), salinity (a proxy for dissolved sulfate), and total organic carbon (a proxy for metabolizable
organic carbon). Based on these parameters a prediction was made of which factor was likely to control total reduced sulfide
at each site and what the relative total reduced sulfide concentration was likely to be. To test the prediction, the sediments
were analyzed for total reduced sulfide, acid volatile sulfide, and citrate dithionate-extractable, HCl-extractable and total
Fe in the solid phase. Using solid-state gold–mercury amalgam microelectrodes and voltammetry, we determined pore water depth
profiles of Fe(II) and ΣH2S and presence or absence of FeS(aq). At five of the nine sites the calculated degree of sufildization of citrate dithionite-reactive-iron was close to or greater
than 1 indicating that rapidly reactive iron was probably the limiting factor for iron sulfide mineral formation. At one site
(salinity = 0.9) dissolved Fe(II) was high, ΣH2S was undetectable and the total reduced sulfide concentration was low indicating sulfate limitation. At the last three sites
a low degree of sulfidization and modest total reduced (inorganic) sulfide concentrations appeared to be the result of a limited
supply of metabolizable organic carbon. Fe(II)–S(-II) clusters (FeS(aq)) were undetectable in 10 out of 12 bay sediment profiles where ΣH2S was close to or below detection limits, but was observed in all other porewater profiles. Acid volatile sulfide, but not
total reduced sulfide, was well correlated with total organic carbon and ranged from being undetectable in some cores to representing
a major portion of total reduced sulfide in other cores. Although predicted controls on total reduced sulfide were good for
very low salinity water or sandy sediments, they were only right about half the time for the other sediments. The likely reasons
for the wrong predictions are the poor correlation of total organic carbon with grain size and differing fractions of metabolizable
organic carbon in different sedimentary environments. Differences in sediment accumulation rates may also play a role, but
these are difficult to determine in this region where hurricanes often resuspend and move sediments. This study demonstrates
the need to examine more complex and often difficult to determine parameters in anoxic “normal marine” sediments if we are
to understand what controls the concentration and distribution of sulfides. 相似文献
The middle to late Archean Iron Ore Group rocks occurring along the western margin (the Western Iron Ore basin) of the Singhbhum Granite massif in the Singhbhum craton were deformed during Iron Ore orogeny and are disposed in a horseshoe-shaped synclinal structure in the eastern part of the Indian shield. The Western Iron Ore basin hosts almost all the major high-grade iron ore deposits of eastern India. Contrary to the established view, present analysis emphasizes that the horseshoe fold in reality is a synclinorium consisting of a syncline–anticline fold pair which were later cross-folded along an east–west axis.
Structural analysis in the eastern anticline of the ‘horseshoe synclinorium’ suggests that the BIF hosting the high-grade iron ore bodies are disposed in three linear NNE–SSW trending belts, each showing an open synclinal geometry. Later cross folding produced development of widespread dome and basin pattern at the sub-horizontal hinge zones of these synclinal fold belts. The major iron ore deposits in the eastern anticline at the present level of erosion are preferentially localized within shallow elongated basinal structures only. The axis of the adjoining western syncline was similarly uplifted as partial culminations where cross-folded against E–W anticlinal axes. But here, the BIF-iron ore bodies are preferentially localized within elongated domal structures in contrast to the basinal sites in the adjacent eastern anticline. Such an inference based on structural analysis could probably be utilized as a potential tool for all future explorations, reserve estimation and recovery of the iron ore deposits in the terrain. 相似文献
Phase relations in Mg0.5Fe0.5SiO3 and Mg0.25Fe0.75SiO3 were investigated in a pressure range from 72 to 123 GPa on the basis of synchrotron X-ray diffraction measurements in situ at high-pressure and -temperature in a laser-heated diamond-anvil cell (LHDAC). Results demonstrate that Mg0.5Fe0.5SiO3 perovskite is formed as a single phase at 85–108 GPa and 1800–2330 K, indicating a high solubility of FeO in (Mg,Fe)SiO3 perovskite at high pressures. Post-perovskite appears coexisting with perovskite in Mg0.5Fe0.5SiO3 above 106 GPa at 1410 K, the condition very close to the post-perovskite phase transition boundary in pure MgSiO3. The coexistence of perovskite and post-perovskite was observed to 123 GPa. In addition, post-perovskite was formed coexisting with perovskite also in Mg0.25Fe0.75SiO3 bulk composition at 106–123 GPa. In contrast to earlier experimental and theoretical studies, these results show that incorporation of FeO stabilizes perovskite at higher pressures. This could be due to a larger ionic radius of Fe2+ ion, which is incompatible with a small Mg2+ site in the post-perovskite phase. 相似文献