Groundwater and surface-water interactions in a confined alluvial aquifer between two rivers: effects of groundwater flow dynamics on high iron anomaly

In a confined alluvial aquifer located between two rivers, discrete zones of anomalously high concentrations of redox species such as iron, are thought to be a result of groundwater flow dynamics rather than a chemical evolution along continuous flow paths. This new hypothesis was confirmed at a study site located between Nan and Yom rivers in Phitsanulok, Thailand, by analyzing concentrations of redox species in comparison with dynamic groundwater flow patterns. River incision into the confined alluvial aquifer and seasonally varying river stages result in truncated flow paths. The groundwater flow dynamics between two rivers has four phases that are cyclic, including: aquifer discharge into both rivers, direct flow from one river toward another, aquifer recharge from both rivers, and reverse of river-to-river flow. The resulting groundwater flow direction has a zigzag pattern and its general trend is almost parallel to the river flow. High iron anomaly appears as discrete zones in the transition areas of the confined alluvial aquifer because the lateral recharge from rivers penetrates into the aquifer only by tens of meters. The high iron anomaly, which is nearly constant in space and time, is a result of groundwater/surface-water interactions and related groundwater flow dynamics.     

Plio-Pleistocene climatic transition and the lifting of the Teton Range, Wyoming

Fine-grained lacustrine, riverine and ash-fall sediments of the Shooting Iron Formation, whose late Pliocene age is established by Blancan gastropods and vertebrates, yield a pollen flora that is essentially similar in composition to the modern pollen rain in the Jackson Hole area. The Pliocene assemblage suggests a climate like that of the Jackson valley and foothills today. These spectra also resemble a Pliocene pollen flora from Yellowstone Park dated at ∼ 2.02 Ma. However, the underlying Miocene Teewinot sediments differ by containing pollen of four exotic deciduous hardwoods (Tertiary relicts) that suggest a summer-moist climate, unlike that of today. The Shooting Iron sediments lie with an angular unconformity on and above the Miocene lake sediments of the Teewinot Formation. Both of these deposits probably preceded the main uplift of the Teton Range based on the absence of Precambrian clasts in the Tertiary valley deposits. Because the Pliocene floras were modern in aspect, a Plio-Pleistocene transition would be floristically imperceptible here. The sequence denotes a protracted period of relative stability of climate during Teewinot time, and a shift in vegetational state (summer-wet trees drop out) sometime between the latest Miocene and latest Pliocene. The Pliocene spectra suggest a dry, cooler climate toward the end of Shooting Iron time.     

Regional-scale Proterozoic IOCG-mineralized breccia systems: examples from the Wernecke Mountains, Yukon, Canada

A large scale Proterozoic breccia system consisting of numerous individual breccia bodies, collectively known as Wernecke Breccia, occurs in north-central Yukon Territory, Canada. Breccias cut Early Proterozoic Wernecke Supergroup sedimentary rocks and occur throughout the approximately 13 km thick deformed and weakly metamorphosed sequence. Iron oxide–copper–gold ± uranium ± cobalt mineralization is associated with the breccia bodies and occurs as veins and disseminations within breccia and surrounding rocks and locally forms the breccia matrix. Extensive sodic and potassic metasomatic alteration occurs within and around breccia bodies and is overprinted by pervasive calcite and dolomite/ankerite, and locally siderite, alteration, respectively. Multiple phases of brecciation, alteration and mineralization are evident. Breccia bodies are spatially associated with regional-scale faults and breccia emplacement made use of pre-existing crustal weaknesses and permeable zones. New evidence indicates the presence of metaevaporitic rocks in lower WSG that may be intimately related to breccia formation. No evidence of breccia-age magmatism has been found to date.

Iron Diffusion in Single-Crystal Diopside

 Iron tracer diffusion experiments in diopside have been performed using natural and synthetic single crystals of diopside, and stable iron tracers enriched in ⁵⁴Fe, at temperatures in the range 950–1100 °C, total pressure 1 atm, for times up to 29 days. Iron isotope diffusion profiles were determined with an ion microprobe. For experiments performed at log pO₂ = −13, in directions parallel to the c axis and the b axis of two natural, low iron (Fe ∼ 1.8 at %) diopsides, the data obey a single Arrhenius relationship of the form D = 6.22_−5.9 ^+49.6×10⁻¹⁵ exp(−161.5 ± 35.0 kJ mol⁻¹/RT) m² s⁻¹. A single datum for iron diffusion in iron-free, single-crystal diopside at 1050 °C, is approximately 1 order of magnitude slower than in the natural crystals. The pO₂ dependence of iron diffusion in natural crystals at 1050 °C (power exponent = 0.229 ± 0.036) indicates a vacancy mechanism; this is consistent with the results of unpublished atomistic simulation studies. There is no evidence of anisotropy for iron diffusion in diopside. Received: 16 March 1999 / Accepted: 10 April 2000     

铁(II)-5-Br-PADAP-乳化剂OP体系析相光度法测定微量铁的应用研究

研究了铁 (Ⅱ ) 5 Br PADAP 乳化剂OP体系中的析相、显色反应的条件及其吸收光谱的分析特征 ,拟定了直接测定不同种类样品中痕量铁的分析方法。在pH =5 .0的HAC NaAC缓冲溶液中 ,Fe(Ⅱ ) 5 Br PADAP络合物具有两个吸收峰 ,分别位于λ1 =5 6 1nm与λ2 =75 4nm处。本文选择λ =75 4nm进行测定 ,其摩尔吸光系数为 :ε75 4 =3.9× 10 4L·mol- 1 ·cm- 1 。铁含量在 0～ 2 4μg范围内服从比尔定律。此方法用于样品中痕量铁的测定 ,结果准确     

改进的快速中值滤波算法在图像去噪中的应用

在图像处理中,传统的中值滤波算法都是建立在排序理论上,并没有充分考虑到各数据之间的相关性。提出一种改进的快速中值滤波算法,充分利用数据的相关性,避免传统算法因排序所需大量数据比较。先用分治法计算第一个窗口的中值,然后利用数据的相关性计算余下窗口的中值,大大提高了效率。最后分别用传统的中值滤波算法和改进的快速中值滤波算法对同一幅有椒盐噪声的图像做去噪实验。实验表明,该算法能快速实现图像去噪。     

温度和电子传递体AQDS对铁还原细菌Shewanella putrefaciens CN32矿化产物的影响

微生物矿化产生的超顺磁性(SP)磁铁矿是沉积物和土壤中磁性矿物的重要来源.本文比较了三个不同温度下(20℃,30℃,37℃)纯培养铁还原细菌Shewanella putre aciens CN32还原水合氧化铁形成SP磁铁矿的矿化特征.在实验体系中加入细菌CN32后,体系的氧化还原电位Eh迅速下降,酸碱度pH和亚铁离子...     

Experimental evidence for rapid biotic and abiotic reduction of Fe (III) at low temperatures in salt marsh sediments: a possible mechanism for formation of modern sedimentary siderite concretions

Fe (III) reduction is a key component of the global iron cycle, and an important control on carbon mineralization. However, little is known about the relative roles and rates of microbial (biotic) iron reduction, which utilizes organic matter, versus abiotic iron reduction, which occurs without carbon mineralization. This paper reports on the capacity for salt marsh sediments, which typically are rich in iron, to support abiotic reduction of mineral Fe (III) driven by oxidation of sulphide. Sediment was reacted with amorphous FeS under strictly anaerobic conditions at a range of temperatures in biotic and abiotic microcosm experiments. Fe (III) reduction driven by sulphide oxidation occurs abiotically at all temperatures, leading to Fe (II) and elemental sulphur production in all abiotic experiments. In biotic experiments elemental sulphur is also the oxidized sulphur product but higher bicarbonate production leads to FeCO₃ precipitation. Abiotic reduction of Fe (III) occurs at rates that are significant compared with microbial Fe (III) reduction in salt marsh sediments. The solid phases produced by coupled abiotic and biotic reactions, namely elemental sulphur and FeCO₃, are comparable to those seen in nature at Warham, Norfolk, UK. Furthermore, the rates of these processes measured in the microcosm experiments are sufficient to generate siderite concretions on the rapid time scales observed in the field. This work highlights the importance of abiotic Fe (III) reduction alongside heterotrophic reduction, which has implications for iron cycling and carbon mineralization in modern and ancient sediments.     

智利Rodados Negros铁矿床地质特征、成矿机理与找矿前景分析

通过对智利Rodados Negros铁矿床地质特征实地考察和对地质资料综合分析,阐明了智利海岸山脉成矿带铁氧化物-铜-金型矿床的成矿机理,对该类型矿床的找矿前景进行了初步探讨并提出找矿思路.