Evolution of Mount Cameroon volcanism: Geochemistry,mineral chemistry and radiogenic isotopes (Pb,Sr, Nd)

Mount Cameroon volcano has erupted several times in the 20th Century with documented eruptions in 1909, 1922, 1954, 1959, 1982, 1999 and 2000. Evidence of historic volcanism is represented by several older lava flows and lahar deposits around the flanks of the volcano. This study aims to assess the evolution of Mount Cameroon volcanism through its eruptive history via interpretation of mineralogical, whole rock geochemical and Pb, Sr, Nd isotope data generated from historic and recent lava flows. In this study, samples were collected from the 1959, 1982, 1999 and 2000 eruptions and from several historic eruption sites with unknown eruption dates.Evaluation of major and trace element data demonstrates that Mount Cameroon is geotectonically associated with within-plate Ocean Island Basalt Settings. More than 90% of the studied historic lavas (n ​= ​29) classify as tephrites and basanites whereas the modern lavas (n ​= ​38) are predominantly trachybasalts, demonstrating evolution from primitive to evolved lavas over time typically in response to fractional crystallization. Petrographically, the lavas are porphyritic with main mineral phases being olivine, clinopyroxene, plagioclase feldspars and Fe–Ti–Cr oxides. The 1982 lavas are predominantly aphyric and dominated by lath-shaped flow-aligned plagioclase in the groundmass. Olivine chemistry shows variable forsterite compositions from Fo_60–89. Clinopyroxenes vary from diopside through augite to titanaugite with chemical composition ranges from Wo₄₅En₃₂Fs₇ to Wo₅₁En₄₇Fs₁₇. Plagioclase feldspars vary from labradorite (An_56–70) to bytownite (An_80–87). For the Fe–Ti–Cr oxides, calculated ulvöspinel component shows a wide variation from ulv_38–87. CIPW-normative classification on the Di-Ol-Hy-Qz-Ne system shows that all Mount Cameroon lavas are nepheline-normative (Ne ranges from 4.20 wt.% to 11.45 ​wt.%).Radiogenic isotope data demonstrate that Mount Cameroon lavas are HIMU (or high μ ​= ​²³⁸U/²⁰⁴Pb), characterized by ²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb ​= ​20.19–20.46, ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁴Pb ​= ​15.63–15.69, ²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁴Pb ​= ​40.01–40.30, ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ​= ​0.70322–0.70339 (ε_Sr ​= ​−21.37 to −18.96) and ¹⁴³Nd/¹⁴⁴Nd ​= ​0.51276–0.51285 (ε_Nd ​= ​+2.29 to +4.05). The historic lavas show stronger HIMU signature relative to the modern lavas, suggesting evolution towards less HIMU signatures over time. This study has revealed that Mount Cameroon volcanism has evolved from primitive magmas characterized by stronger HIMU signatures with high ^206/204Pb and ^208/204Pb isotopes, low SiO₂ and high Mg, Ni, Cr content towards lower HIMU signatures with relatively higher SiO₂, lower Mg, Cr and Ni compositions. The geochemical and isotopic changes, which account for the evolution of magmatism on Mount Cameroon occur over long periods of time because all the modern lavas erupted within the last 100 years are isotopically homogeneous, with very limited variation in SiO₂ compositions.     

《卫生宝鉴》中治疗脾胃病方剂用药规律

目的：基于数据挖掘分析《卫生宝鉴》中治疗脾胃病方剂的用药规律。方法：运用中医传承辅助平台（TCMISS）V2.5,采用频次统计、关联规则和聚类分析等数据挖掘方法,对《卫生宝鉴》中所载脾胃病的用药规律进行分析。结果：共收集处方151首,中药168味。频次≥17次的中药有21味,排前5位的依次是陈皮、白术、炙甘草、木香、干姜;温性中药使用频次最高,其次是寒性、平性中药;辛味药出现最多,其次是苦味、甘味药;排前5位的中药归经依次是脾、胃、肺、大肠、心经;频次≥14次的中药组合24个,对药物组合进行关联规则分析得到中药组合17个;聚类分析得到新方聚类的中药组合5组,对应新方组合5组。结论：通过中医传承辅助平台分析得出,《卫生宝鉴》中所载治疗脾胃病的处方注重甘辛温补、健脾消滞,慎用苦寒药,该研究结果可为临床治疗脾胃病开发新药物提供一定的参考     

Evaluation of the flushing rates of Apalachicola Bay, Florida via natural geochemical tracers

We used naturally occurring radium isotopes as tracers of water exchange in Apalachicola Bay, a shallow coastal-plain estuary in northwestern Florida. The bay receives fresh water and radium from the Apalachicola River, and mixes with Gulf of Mexico waters through four inlets. We deployed moored buoys with attached Mn-fibers at several stations throughout the estuary during two summer and two winter periods. After deployment for at least one tidal cycle we measured the ratio of the two short-lived radium isotopes ²²³Ra (half-life = 11 d) and ²²⁴Ra (3.6 d) to estimate “radium ages” of the water in the bay.During our four seasonal deployments the river discharge ranged from 338 to 1016 m³ s^− 1. According to our calculations the water turnover time in the bay during these samplings ranged from 6 to 12 days. Age contours in the bay showed that winds and tides as well as river discharge influence the water movement and the residence time of freshwater in the bay. We also calculated the mean age of river water in the bay which was between 5 to 9 days during the studied periods. We suggest that this approach can be used to quantify transport processes of dissolved substances in the bay. For example, soluble nutrient or pollutant transport rates from a point source could be examined. We conclude that the radium age technique is well suited for flushing rate calculations in river dominated shallow estuaries.     

对虾与鱼、贝类封闭式综合养殖的实验研究

于1995－1999年采用陆基实验围隔法系统地研究了对虾与鱼、贝类封闭式综合养殖的基础问题，所选取的材料为中国对虾、台湾红罗非鱼、缢蛏与海湾扇贝，研究出了4种优化结构养殖模式。结果表明，4种模式的组成及各成分间生物量（收获前）的比值分别为：对虾的养殖效果都比同样条件下的对虾单养模式显著优越；其中最好的虾、鱼、贝三元综合养殖模式将产量提高了28％，投入氮的利用率提高了85％。同时采取封闭式的养殖方法，向浅海输出的氮只占养殖输入氮的6％－8％，从而显著降低了对浅海的污染。     

初论我国浊积岩金矿床

以浊积岩为容矿围岩的金矿床是世界上一种重要类型的金矿床。本文较系统地阐述了我国浊积岩金矿床的分布、地质地球化学特征及成矿作用。作者认为,浊积岩金矿床在我国分布广泛,其成矿时期横跨晚太古代至中、新生代,并具有一些独特的成矿特点,因此,有很大的找矿潜力。     

基于"元素含量-面积"模型方法的地球化学场的多重分形模式分析

从多重分形理论出发,在赤峰地区的2个区域应用"元素含量-面积(C-A)"模型方法.对"元素含量-面积"双对数图的形态进行分析,将地球化学异常多重分形特征模式分为3种类型:模式Ⅰ为可拟合为2条直线段的简单多重分形模式,具有该模式的元素在研究区内没有成矿富集的趋势,不存在实质性的致矿异常;模式Ⅱ为可以拟合为3条直线段的高富集多重分形模式,它在模式Ⅰ的基础上叠加有高含量的异常场,具有该模式的元素在研究区内存在较强的局部富集,成矿的可能性很大;模式Ⅲ为可拟合成3条直线段的低富集多重分形模式,它在模式Ⅰ的基础上叠加的是较弱的异常场,具有该模式的元素在研究区内有较弱的矿化作用.在此基础上,分析了元素的成矿富集规律和空间分布特征,确定了区域异常和局部异常的异常下限,划分了地球化学背景、区域异常和局部异常.     

Geochemical characterization of the Biga Peninsula thermal waters (NW Turkey)

Thermal water chemistry from the Biga Peninsula (NW Turkey) was investigated in order to discriminate among hydrochemical facies, and isotopic groups and identify the major geochemical processes. A systematic hydrogeochemical survey was carried out, incorporating new data as well as results from the previous studies. Results were used to further develop hydrogeological and geochemical models. Thermal water compositions were classified into four groups and the processes affecting evolution of water compositions were interpreted. Types 1, 2 and 3 are representatives of water corresponding to sulfate dominant fluids (mainly NaSO₄-type), chloride dominant fluids (mainly NaCl-type), and bicarbonate dominant fluids (Na- or CaHCO₃-type), respectively. Group 4 comprises the fluids with compositions that are not dominated by any distinctive anion. Groundwater infiltrates and circulates through the marbles of the Paleozoic basement. The isotopic composition of thermal waters revealed that deep infiltration of meteoric water took place in periods of changed climatic conditions.     

Borehole water and hydrologic model around the Nojima fault, SW Japan

The active fault drilling at Nojima Hirabayashi after the 1995 Hyogoken-nanbu (Kobe) earthquake (M_JMA = 7.2) provides us with a unique opportunity to investigate subsurface fault structure and the in-situ properties of fault and fluid. The borehole intersected the fault gouge of the Nojima fault at a depth interval of 623 m to 625 m. The lithology is mostly Cretaceous granodiorite with some porphyry dikes.The fault core is highly permeable due to fracturing. The borehole water was sampled in 1996 and 2000 from the depth interval between 630 and 650 m, just below the fault core. The chemical and isotopic compositions were analyzed. Carbon and oxygen isotope ratios of carbonates from the fault core were analyzed to estimate the origin of fluid.The following conclusions were obtained. (1) The ionic and isotopic compositions of borehole water did not change from 1996 to 2000. They are mostly derived from local ground water as mentioned by Sato and Takahashi [Sato, T., Takahashi, M., 2000. Chemical and isotopic compositions of groundwater obtained from the Hirabayashi well. Geological Survey of Japan Interim Report No. EQ/00/1, 187–192.]. (2) Geochemical speciation revealed that the borehole water was derived from a relatively deep reservoir, which may be situated at a depth of 3 to 4 km where the temperature is about 80–90 °C. (3) The shallower part of the Nojima fault (shallower than the reservoir depth) has not been healed from the hydrological viewpoints 5 years after the event, in contrast to the rapid healing detected by S wave splitting [Tadokoro, K., Ando, M., 2002. Evidence for rapid fault healing derived from temporal changes in S wave splitting, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, 10.1029/2001GL013644.]. (4) Precipitation of calcite from the present borehole water since drilling supports the idea of precipitation of some calcite in coseismic hydraulic fractures in the fault core [Boullier, A-M., Fujimoto, K., Ohtani, T., Roman-Ross, G., Lewin, E., Ito, H., Pezard, P., Ildefonse, B., 2004. Textural evidence for recent co-seismic circulation of fluids in the Nojima fault zone, Awaji Island, Japan., Tectonophysics, 378, 165–181.]. (5) Carbon and oxygen isotope ratios of calcite indicated that the meteoric water flux had been localized at the fault core. (6) A difference in the carbon isotope ratio between the footwall and the hanging wall suggests that the fault has been acted as a hydrologic barrier, although the permeability along the fault is still high.     

西安市大降水环流特征分析

病虫害是农业气象灾害衍生灾害，是危害农业生产的重要自然灾害，往往使农作物生长和发育受到抑制和损害，造成农作物产量减少或品质下降。通过对农业病虫害的发生特点及相关农业气象条件进行分析，对农业增产增收、可持续发展具有重要意义。     

安徽新桥块状硫化物矿床地球化学特征

新桥块状硫化物矿床发育双层结构,地球化学特征也呈现出明显的“二元性”和垂向变化。下部网脉状蚀变矿化岩石SiO₂、Al₂O₃、K₂O和Na₂O等含量较高,上部层状块状矿石和含矿岩石Fe₂O₃、FeO、CaO、MgO及SiO₂等明显富集。稀土含量相对较低,上部层状块状矿层平均值为10.73×10^-6,下部通道相蚀变矿化岩石平均值为126.1×10^-6。重晶石δ³⁴S值为+16.2‰,硬石膏δ³⁴S值为+11.2‰,黄铁矿δ³⁴S值为+1.5‰～+4.7‰。含矿硅质岩δ¹⁸O为+12.0‰～+13.9‰,下部通道相含黄铁矿石英脉δ¹⁸O值为+13.3‰～+18.6‰。自下部网脉状矿化到上部层状块状矿层,从粗晶细晶到变胶状胶状黄铁矿,δ³⁴S、δ¹⁸O和δ30Si值逐渐降低,²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb、²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁴Pb和²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁴Pb平均值逐渐增高。