Remobilisation of deep Na-Cl waters by a regional flow system in the Alps: Case study of Saint-Gervais-les-Bains (France)

The hydrothermal system of Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, France is located in a south western low-elevation point of the Aiguilles Rouges crystalline Massif. The crystalline rocks are not directly outcropping in the studied area but certainly exist beyond 300 m depth. Uprising waters are pumped from two different aquifers below the Quaternary deposits of the Bon Nant Valley. In the Lower Trias-Permian aquifer crossed by De Mey boreholes (27–36 °C), the ascending Na-SO₄ and high-Cl thermal water from the basement (4.8 g/L) is mostly mixed by a Ca-SO₄ and low-Cl cold water circulating in the autochthonous cover of the Aiguilles Rouges Basement. The origin of the saline thermal water probably results from infiltration and circulation in the basement until it reaches deep thrust faults with leaching of residual brines or fluid inclusions at depth (Cl/Br molar ratio lower than 655). The dissolution of Triassic halite (Cl/Br > 1000) is not possible at Saint-Gervais-les-Bains because the Triassic cold waters have a low-Cl concentration (< 20 mg/L). Water–rock interactions occur during the upflow via north–south strike-slip faults in the basement and later on in the autochthonous cover. For the De Mey Est borehole, gypsum dissolution is occurring with cationic exchanges involving Na, as well as low-temperature Mg dissolution from dolomite in the Triassic formations. The aquifer of imbricated structures (Upper-Middle Trias) crossed by the Lépinay well (39 °C) contains thermal waters, which are strongly mixed with a low-Cl water, where gypsum dissolution also occurs. The infiltration area for the thermal end-member is in the range 1700–2100 m, close to the Lavey-les-Bains hydrothermal system corresponding to the Aiguilles Rouges Massif. For the Ca-SO₄ and low-Cl end-member, the infiltration area is lower (1100–1300 m) showing circulation from the Mont Joly Massif. The geothermometry method indicates a reservoir temperature of probably up to 65 °C but not exceeding 100 °C.     

湘东北地区连云山花岗岩的成因及地球动力学暗示

江南古陆是华南地区一个重要的花岗岩和金及金多金属矿床集中区。位于该区中段的连云山晚中生代花岗岩具有高的SiO₂ (69.41%~75.14%)和Al₂O₃ (13.61%~17.46%)、相对偏低的铁镁质 (0.92%~3.14%)以及变化范围较大的Na₂O (2.04%~3.83%)、K₂O (1.94%~4.94%)和CaO (0.82%~3.24%)等氧化物含量;在微量元素和稀土元素组成上,Y (5.2×10^-6~18.0×10^-6)和Yb (大多数在0.29×10^-6~0.70×10^-6)丰度普遍偏低、而Sr/Y (多数在55与82之间)和(La/Yb)_N (大多数在31与111之间)比值较高,且普遍表现LREE强烈富集的REE配分特征。结合Sr (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr_i=0.71008~0.73852)-Nd (ε_Nd(t)=-9.95~-12.37)-Pb (²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb _i=17.972~19.959)同位素组成,以及野外地质和岩相学特征,连云山岩体为典型的强过铝质花岗岩,并显示埃达克质岩地球化学亲和性,是玄武质岩浆底侵作用下由加厚的下地壳部分熔融产生的岩浆经同化混染和分异结晶而形成,其源岩可能主要为变杂砂岩、长英质片麻岩和变英云闪长岩。结合区域构造演化,我们推测晚中生代连云山花岗岩是三叠纪时期华北板块和扬子板块碰撞导致地壳加厚及随后的太平洋板块向华南大陆俯冲导致华南大陆伸展、减薄的联合作用构造背景下,主要由古元古代连云山群(?)物质部分融熔而产生。连云山花岗岩的成因及地球动力学背景的研究将有助于深刻揭示湘东北地区金和金多金属矿产形成的地球动力学机制。     

关于地下水地质作用

地下水是地球物质的一个组成部分,并与环境介质不断地进行着相互作用。这种作用既是地下水形成演化过程,又是对岩石圈改造过程。这二者是同步发生的。这种水一岩相互作用的过程及结果即是地下水的地质作用。 不同地质环境对水-岩间相互作用会产生不同影响,并在地下水和岩石中形成特异的特征(产物),认识这些特征的标志意义即可从中获取有用信息。目前对地下水传递的信息价值认识还很不够。为此进一步研究水-岩相互作用机制及不同地质作用中地下水活动的特点、习性及作用是很有益的。本文是以地质循环及岩浆、变质和成矿作用为例,对地下水活动特点、习性及其相互关系的概述。以此说明水—岩相互作用中彼此的密切联系。     

生物中碳氢化合物的结晶（英文）

文章专门讨论与特定成岩作用伴生的铬、铂和硫化物矿床形成的内生因素。该类成岩作用对矿石富集有显著影响。矿床的巨大规模起因于与广泛强烈的成岩过程有关的特殊的成矿作用。这些作用导致产在超基性杂岩中的特殊纯橄榄岩（铬矿石）、基性超基性层状侵入体中的低硫层和铁镁橄榄石纯橄榄岩（铂族金属矿床）的形成,以及富铁火成分异岩的透岩浆硫化作用（Ｃｕ Ｎｉ硫化物和Ｃｕ Ｚｎ Ｐｂ硫化物矿石）。还根据巨型矿床的成因模型提出了矿物学岩石学的找矿标志     

Controls on soil pore water solutes: An approach for distinguishing between biogenic and lithogenic processes

Spatial and temporal variations in pore water compositions are characterized for a deep regolith profile developed on a marine terrace chronosequence near Santa Cruz California. Variations are resolved in terms of the dominance of either a lithogenic process, i.e. chemical weathering, or a biogenic process, i.e. plant nutrient cycling. The concept of elemental fractionation is introduced describing the extent that specific elements are mobilized and cycled as a result of these processes.     

Predicted equilibrium constants for solid and aqueous selenium species to 300 °C: applications to selenium-rich mineral deposits

In this study, an attempt has been made to assess aqueous speciation of selenium and solubility product constants of common selenides at elevated temperatures (up to 300 °C) by using various extrapolation methods. This study predicts that reduced selenium species are dominant species in many geological processes even under relatively oxidized conditions such as those dictated by the magnetite–hematite buffer. On the basis of extrapolated equilibrium constants and solubility product constants for common Se-bearing mineral phases, critical ∑Se/∑S ratios (molal ratios) in mineralizing fluids are proposed for independent selenium mineralization. The minimum ∑Se/∑S ratios in mineralizing fluids for independent selenium mineralization should be at least 10⁻⁶, 10⁻⁵ and 10⁻⁴ at 100, 200 and 300 °C, respectively. For giant independent selenium deposits such as the La'erma and Qiongmo Au–Se deposits in the western Qingling mountains, and Yutangba Se deposits in Hubei Province, China, the mineralizing fluids have reached much higher ∑Se/∑S ratios ranging from 10⁻¹ to 10⁻³ at 200 °C. This study also suggests that the equilibrium assemblage of pyrite–ferroselite among the common ore minerals requires the highest ∑Se/∑S ratios in mineralizing fluids, followed in decreasing order by the assemblages of stibnite–antimonselite, galena–clausthalite, cinnabar–tiemannite, and acanthite/argentite–naumannite. The assemblage of pyrite–ferroselite can also be formed under relatively oxidizing conditions where [∑H₂Se]/[∑H₂S] ratios can be high enough for the formation of independent ferroselite.     

Dissolution-precipitation reactions controlling fast formation of dolomite under hydrothermal conditions

In laboratory experiments, the precipitation of dolomite at ambient temperature is virtually impossible due to strong solvation shells of magnesium ions in aqueous media and probably also due to the existence of a more intrinsic crystallization barrier that prevents the formation of long-range ordered crystallographic structures at ambient surface conditions. Conversely, dolomite can easily form at high temperature (>100 °C), but its precipitation and growth requires several days or weeks depending on experimental conditions. In the present study, experiments were performed to assess how a single heat-ageing step promotes the formation of dolomite under high-carbonate alkaline conditions via dissolution-precipitation reactions. This reaction pathway is relevant for the so-called hydrothermal dolomite frequently observed in carbonate platforms, but still ill-defined and understood. Our precipitation route is summarized by two main sequential reactions: (1) precipitation of Mg-calcite at low temperature (∼20 °C) by aqueous carbonation of synthetic portlandite (Ca(OH)₂) in a highly alkaline medium (1 M of NaOH and 1 M of MgCl₂), leading to precipitation of oriented nanoparticles of low- and high-Mg calcite (∼79 wt%) coexisting with aragonite (∼18 wt%) and brucite (∼3 wt%) after 24 h; (2) fast dolomitization process starting from 1 h of reaction by a single heat-ageing step from ∼20 to 200, 250 and 300 °C. Here, the Mg-calcite acts as a precursor that lowers the overall kinetics barrier for dolomite formation. Moreover, it is an important component in some bio-minerals (e.g. corals and seashells). Quantitative Rietveld refinements of XRD patterns, FESEM observations and FTIR measurements on the sequentially collected samples suggest fast dolomite precipitation coupled with dissolution of transient mineral phases such as low-Mg calcite (Mg < 4 mol%), high-Mg calcite (Mg > 4 mol%), proto-dolomite (or disordered dolomite; Mg > 40 mol%) and Ca-magnesite. In this case, the dolomite formation rate and the time-dependent mineral composition strongly depend on reaction temperature. For example, high-purity dolomitic material (87 wt% of dolomite mixed with 13 wt% of magnesite) was obtained at 300 °C after 48 h of reaction. Conversely, a lower proportion of dolomite (37 wt%), mixed with proto-dolomite (43 wt%), Ca-magnesite (16 wt%) and high-Mg calcite (4 wt%), was obtained at 200 °C after 72 h. The present experiments provide an additional mechanism for the massive dolomite formation in sedimentary environments (ex. deep sea organic-rich carbonate-sediments) if such sediments are subjected to significant temperature variations, for example by hot fluid circulations related to volcanic activity. In such systems, organic degradation increases the carbonate alkalinity (HCO₃⁻) necessary to induce the dolomitization process at low and high temperature.     

Groundwater processes and sedimentary uranium deposits

 Hydrologic processes are fundamental in the emplacement of all three major categories of sedimentary uranium deposits: syngenetic, syndiagenetic, and epigenetic. In each case, the basic sedimentary uranium-enrichment cycle involves: (1) leaching or erosion of uranium from a low-grade provenance; (2) transport of uranium by surface or groundwater flow; and (3) concentration of uranium by mechanical, geochemical, or physiochemical processes. Although surface flow was responsible for lower Precambrian uranium deposits, groundwater was the primary agent in upper Precambrian and Phanerozoic sedimentary uranium emplacement. Meteoric or more deeply derived groundwater flow transported uranium in solution through transmissive facies, generally sands and gravels, until it was precipitated under reducing conditions. Syndiagenetic uranium deposits are typically concentrated in reducing lacustrine and swamp environments, whereas epigenetic deposits accumulated along mineralization fronts or tabular boundaries. The role of groundwater is particularly well illustrated in the bedload fluvial systems of the South Texas uranium province. Upward migration of deep, reducing brines conditioned the host rock before oxidizing meteoric flow concentrated uranium and other secondary minerals. Interactions between uranium-transporting groundwater and the transmissive aquifer facies are also reflected in the uranium mineralization fronts in the lower Tertiary basins of Wyoming. Similar relationships are observed in the tabular uranium deposits of the Colorado Plateau. Received, May 1998 · Revised, July 1998 · Accepted, September 1998     

陆地生态系统碳-氮-水耦合循环的基本科学问题、理论框架与研究方法

陆地生态系统碳循环、氮循环和水循环是生态系统生态学和全球变化科学研究长期被关注的三大物质循环,它们表征着全球、区域及典型生态系统的能量流动、养分循环和水循环。然而,自然界的生态系统碳循环、氮循环和水循环是相互联动、不可分割的耦合体系,在生态学、生理学、生物化学等方面受多个生物、物理、化学和生物学过程的调节和控制。本文在综合论述陆地生态系统碳-氮-水耦合循环研究的理论和实践意义的基础上,探讨了陆地生态系统碳-氮-水耦合循环的关键过程,提出该研究领域的基本科学问题,重点分析了植被-大气、土壤-大气和根系-土壤3个界面上碳、氮、水交换的生物物理过程,典型生态系统碳-氮-水耦合循环的生物学化学过程,制约典型生态系统碳-氮-水循环耦合关系的生态系统生态学机制,以及制约生态系统碳-氮-水循环空间格局耦联关系的生物地理生态学机制。在现有科学研究的基础上,构建了陆地生态系统碳-氮-水耦合循环机制的逻辑框架系统,讨论了开展陆地生态系统碳-氮-水耦合循环研究的主要技术途径与方法。     

Systematic errors in the medium range prediction of the Asian summer monsoon circulation

The present study describes an analysis of Asian summer monsoon forecasts with an operational general circulation model (GCM) of the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), U.K. An attempt is made to examine the influence of improved treatment of physical processes on the reduction of systematic errors. As some of the major changes in the parameterization of physical processes, such as modification to the infrared radiation scheme, deep cumulus convection scheme, introduction of the shallow convection scheme etc., were introduced during 1985–88, a thorough systematic error analysis of the ECMWF monsoon forecasts is carried out for a period prior to the incorporation of such changes i.e. summer monsoon season (June–August) of 1984, and for the corresponding period after relevant changes were implemented (summer monsoon season of 1988). Monsoon forecasts of the ECMWF demonstrate an increasing trend of forecast skill after the implementation of the major changes in parameterizations of radiation, convection and land-surface processes. Further, the upper level flow is found to be more predictable than that of the lower level and wind forecasts display a better skill than temperature. Apart from this, a notable increase in the magnitudes of persistence error statistics indicates that the monsoon circulation in the analysed fields became more intense with the introduction of changes in the operational forecasting system. Although, considerable reduction in systematic errors of the Asian summer monsoon forecasts is observed (up to day-5) with the introduction of major changes in the treatment of physical processes, the nature of errors remain unchanged (by day-10). The forecast errors of temperature and moisture in the middle troposphere are also reduced due to the changes in treatment of longwave radiation. Moreover, the introduction of shallow convection helped it further by enhancing the vertical transports of heat and moisture from the lower troposphere. Though, the hydrological cycle in the operational forecasts appears to have enhanced with the major modifications and improvements to the physical parameterization schemes, certain regional peculiarities have developed in the simulated rainfall distribution over the monsoon region. Hence, this study suggests further attempts to improve the formulations of physical processes for further reduction of systematic forecast errors.