Combining dissolved, suspended and bed load stream geochemistry to explore for volcanic massive sulfide deposits: Big Salmon Complex, northern British Columbia

Exploration successes for volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposits, such as Kudz Ze Kayah, Wolverine and Fyre Lake in the Yukon–Tanana Terrane and Slide Mountain Terrane (southern Yukon Territory) have spurred interest in the correlative rocks in the Big Salmon Complex in northern British Columbia. In an effort to further the utility of multi-media stream geochemistry in exploration frontiers that are forested, heavily drift covered, or buried, the primary streams of 19 watersheds from the East Teslin Lake (National Topographic System (NTS): 104N/9, 16) and Teh Creek areas (NTS: 104O/11, 12, 13, 14) of the Big Salmon Complex were analyzed for Cu, Pb, and Zn and other parameters in the dissolved load, suspended load and bed load. Traditionally, exploration based on stream geochemistry has employed the bed load and more recently the dissolved load chemistry, but almost never the suspended load despite strong differences in the geochemical signatures of the three media. Here, we document that copper, lead, and zinc partition into the dissolved, suspended, and bed loads differently and that the magnitude of anomalies is different for each media. The adsorbing capacity of the suspended load may make it a more sensitive indicator of mineral deposits on a regional basis than either the trace-element-poor dissolved load or the bulk-rock-diluted bed load which are likely better indicators of local mineralization. It is clear that each phase contributes unique information about the distribution of elements in the watershed that could be considered in exploration models.We also show that summing standardized element concentrations and summing the sums across media appears to be an effective method to reduce the data without loss of important information. We likewise investigated the utility of calculating major element normalized enrichments for exploration and find that it is a promising approach.     

云南省金沙江流域作物病虫灾害区划研究

选取5个指标,运用模糊聚类方法进行了云南金沙江流域作物病虫灾害区划,将该流域划分为3个病虫灾害 区、8个病虫灾害亚区,揭示了该流域病虫灾害的地域差异性,为因地制宜地制定病虫灾害防治规划及减灾防灾措施 提供了科学依据。     

Uncertainties of geochemical codes and thermodynamic databases for predicting the impact of carbon dioxide on geologic formations

Numerical codes are applied to calculate chemical reactions following geologic carbon sequestration in deep formations and CO₂ leakage in shallow formations. However, using different thermodynamic databases generates variations in the simulation results, which are referred to as the model uncertainty. The PHREEQC and The Geochemist's Workbench codes were used to simulate anorthite dissolution for storage, retention, transfer, and near-surface formation waters in the respective geological units. For each of the formation waters, a simple one-dimensional scenario was simulated using eight different thermodynamic databases. Groundwaters in shallow aquifers commonly exhibit low ionic strengths (<0.5 mol/kgw) and low temperatures, whereas storage formation waters are characterized by high ionic strength (>1.0 mol/kgw) and high temperatures. In storage formations, mineral trapping is the most efficient process for long-term CO₂ storage. However, with respect to the geological formations and the time needed for anorthite dissolution, the model uncertainties associated with using different combinations of numerical codes and thermodynamic databases were largest (∼90%) for the storage formation waters at 58 °C and I = 6.5 mol/l. Conversely, in near-surface formation waters, the model uncertainty was less than 1%. Due to CO₂ dissolution, the calculated pH of the formation waters decreased to a range between pH 4.0 and 5.5. In this pH range, the dissolution mechanism of anorthite switches from the slow neutral mechanism to the faster acid mechanism, causing dissolution time length variations. The calculated pH variation further increased with rising ionic strength. A detailed examination of the reasons revealed the activity coefficient calculation method of the main aquatic species to have the largest impact on the simulated model results. The calculation method of the CO₂ activity coefficient had the second largest impact. Via calibration with the experimental data, a specific thermodynamic database can be chosen to represent these experimental results. However, the calibration of thermodynamic databases is not possible for all potential reactions in more complex geological systems at large ranges of temperature, ionic strength and pressure conditions. The uncertainties associated with using thermodynamic databases quantified in this study for CO₂ storage systems will therefore persist independently from previously conducted calibrations of thermodynamic databases with experimental or field data. In view of these model uncertainties, the modeller is encouraged to include a routine in the simulations for quantification of the model uncertainty depending on the specific scenario or to assess the simulation results as a range of values that represent a soft outcome.     

多元统计在化探数据分析中的应用——以沂源县鲁村镇崮山村地区土壤化探测量为例

地球化学元素的多元统计分析可以推测地球化学元素在复杂的成矿过程中的组合及演化特征,从而为预测找矿提供有用的微观信息。应用多元统计方法,对沂源县鲁村镇崮山村地区土壤、岩石地球化学测量数据进行研究分析,得出:与中国东部岩石丰度对比,研究区岩石背景特征为Au,Ag,Pb,Sb,As,Hg元素富集,Cu,Zn贫化;与山东省土壤背景值对比,研究区土壤背景值中Au,Ag,Cu,Pb,Zn元素都出现了不同程度的富集。区内成矿元素组合特征表现为:Ag,Pb,Zn元素之间相关性较强,其中Ag、Pb元素之间的相关性最强,反应出了组合成矿的可能性;而Au与其他元素几乎不具相关性,Cu元素与Ag,Pb,Zn元素均具有弱相关性。通过因子分析得出成矿元素的富集与矿化过程大致可以划分3个阶段:Ag-Pb-Zn元素组合的富集与矿化;Cu元素的富集与矿化;Au元素的富集与矿化;反映出了该区多期富集或蚀变矿化特点。利用因子得分圈定元素组合异常,通过异常分析,并结合地质背景、地质构造特征,最终圈定找矿有利靶区,为进一步找矿提供了科学依据。     

Heavy metals in Oka river sediments (Urdaibai National Biosphere Reserve, northern Spain): lithogenic and anthropogenic effects

 The Oka River basin is located in the Urdaibai National Biosphere Reserve, North Spain. In order to obtain a preliminary view of its environmental conditions, nitric acid extractable Fe, Mn, Zn, Pb, Cu, Cr, Ni and Co, organic matter content (L.O.I.), geochemical fractionation of heavy metals and mineralogical composition were analysed in surficial sediments (fraction <63 μm) collected in October 1991. Relatively high concentrations of metals occurred in a sampling site upstream, due to a local natural enrichment controlled by weathering of volcanic rocks. Geochemical fractionation confirmed the lithogenic origin of metals, which were mainly associated to the detrital phase. The significant increase of heavy metals found in some samples collected in the municipal area of Gernika suggested a pollution effect, related to anthropogenic wastes. Large amounts of metallic slags have been found mixed with the sediments upstream from this locality. Nevertheless, in view of their composition, it is unlikely that these slags constitute a significant source of heavy metals in the studied area. In a second sampling in October 1997 an apparent decreasing trend in some heavy metal levels was noted, particularly for Pb and Cu. Nowadays, enrichment factors relative to background values confirm moderate anthropogenic influence on Zn, Pb, Cu, Cr and Ni concentrations. However, heavy metal levels in the Oka river sediments are much lower than those detected in other major rivers of the Basque Country (Nervión, Urumea, Deba). Received: 7 July 1997 · Accepted: 4 July 1998     

山东省土壤地球化学基准值

自2003年开始,历时15余年,在山东省开展了深层土壤地球化学调查,基本查明了全省土壤地球化学基准值。深层土壤样品采样密度为1点/4 km~2,16 km~2组合成1件分析样,分析测试Ag,As,Au,B等54项指标;统计并研究了这些指标土壤地球化学参数,确定了山东省土壤地球化学基准值,为山东省基础地质研究及地质找矿与区划等提供了基础数据。     

基于数据挖掘分析《类证治裁》治疗脾胃病的用药规律

目的：基于数据挖掘分析林珮琴《类证治裁》治疗脾胃病的用药规律,为中医药治疗脾胃病及新方研发提供参考。方法：运用中医传承计算平台构建《类证治裁》治疗脾胃病的方剂数据库,并对其进行用药频次、性味、归经、功效、高频组合与核心组合的分析。结果：共纳入方剂123首,涉及药物142味。用药频次≥20次的共8味,其中甘草应用频次最多。四气以温、寒、平为主,五味以甘、苦、辛为主,归经以脾、肺、胃为主。药物功效以补虚类为主。通过关联规则分析得到药物高频组合16组,通过聚类分析得到药物核心组合3组。结论：林珮琴治疗脾胃病始终秉持“以补益脾胃为本”的理念,补行并重,补清兼顾,为现代中医学诊治脾胃病提供了一定的理论依据。     

贵州1∶5万耕地质量地球化学调查评价方法技术

利用矩阵的分块及矩阵的奇异值分解,探讨了矩阵及其扰动后的矩阵阶数不同时特征值的扰动界,得到了Hermite矩阵特征值的Wielandt-Hoffman-残差型扰动界。进一步将所得结果推广到可对称化矩阵,给出了可对称化矩阵特征值新的Wielandt-Hoffman-残差型扰动界,且所得结论推广了原有结果。     

贵州省镇宁县耕地土壤地球化学背景值研究

贵州西部茅口组石灰岩地层广泛分布,岩溶发育强烈。通过收集资料、野外地质调查、试验和钻探等手段,运用统计学方法,对贵州西部茅口组岩溶发育特征进行了分析与探讨。分析结果表明岩溶发育在平面上和垂向上都具有不均匀性。平面上呈现研究区中部的六盘水区域岩溶发育十分强烈,西部的威宁地区发育相对较弱的规律;垂向上呈现随着茅口组灰岩埋深的增大,岩溶发育程度先增强后减弱的规律。该研究结果对今后贵州西部岩溶区重大工程建设、岩溶灾害的治理及岩溶地质环境的保护具有一定的指导作用和参考价值。