A natural tracer investigation of the hydrological regime of Spring Creek Springs, the largest submarine spring system in Florida

This work presents results from a nearly two-year monitoring of the hydrologic dynamics of the largest submarine spring system in Florida, Spring Creek Springs. During the summer of 2007 this spring system was observed to have significantly reduced flow due to persistent drought conditions. Our examination of the springs revealed that the salinity of the springs' waters had increased significantly, from 4 in 2004 to 33 in July 2007 with anomalous high radon (²²²Rn, t_1/2=3.8 days) in surface water concentrations indicating substantial saltwater intrusion into the local aquifer. During our investigation from August 2007 to May 2009 we deployed on an almost monthly basis a continuous radon-in-water measurement system and monitored the salinity fluctuations in the discharge area. To evaluate the springs' freshwater flux we developed three different models: two of them are based on water velocity measurements and either salinity or ²²²Rn in the associated surface waters as groundwater tracers. The third approach used only salinity changes within the spring area. The three models showed good agreement and the results confirmed that the hydrologic regime of the system is strongly correlated to local precipitation and water table fluctuations with higher discharges after major rain events and very low, even reverse flow during prolong droughts. High flow spring conditions were observed twice during our study, in the early spring and mid-late summer of 2008. However the freshwater spring flux during our observation period never reached that reported from a 1970s value of 4.9×10⁶ m³/day. The maximum spring flow was estimated at about 3.0×10⁶ m³/day after heavy precipitation in February-March 2008. As a result of this storm (total of 173 mm) the salinity in the spring area dropped from about 27 to 2 in only two days. The radon-in-water concentrations dramatically increased in parallel, from about 330 Bq/m³ to about 6600 Bq/m³. Such a rapid response suggests a direct connection between the deep and the surficial aquifers.     

东天山黄山西含铜镍矿镁铁-超镁铁岩体岩浆地幔源区特征研究

新疆黄山-镜儿泉铜镍成矿带位于中亚造山带东天山晚古生代造山带,铜镍总储量达百万吨,是我国仅次于金川硫化物矿床的铜镍矿基地.黄山西铜镍矿床是该成矿带内一个大型矿床,Cu平均品位是0.31％,总储量18.8×104t,Ni平均品位是0.49％,总储量32×104t.黄山西岩体岩石地球化学特征与塔里木大火成岩省镁铁-超镁铁侵入岩和玄武岩存在明显差异;较之塔里木大火成岩省镁铁-超镁铁岩体( 269～ 274Ma),黄山-镜儿泉铜镍成矿带镁铁-超镁铁岩体的形成更早(274～298Ma);此外,成矿带内并没有早二叠溢流玄武岩大量出露.黄山西岩体各岩相的MORB标准化微量元素蛛网图显示明显的Nb、Ta、Ti负异常,(87Sr/86Sr)269Ma值较低(0.7034～0.7037),而εNd(269Ma)较高(5.14～ 7.14),这些地球化学特征难以用地壳混染来解释,而显示其原始岩浆来自于交代地幔的部分熔融,表明原始岩浆可能形成于活动大陆边缘.然而,黄山西岩体的岩相学特征与阿拉斯加型岩体存在差别,因此,不能排除交代地幔的部分熔融发生于碰撞造山后的伸展阶段的可能,软流圈的上涌可能起到重要作用.     

南阿尔金山清水泉镁铁-超镁铁质侵入体LA-ICP-MS 锆石U-Pb同位素定年及其意义

清水泉镁铁-超镁铁质层状侵入体位于南阿尔金山阿帕—茫崖构造带中-北部的清水泉地区,其北部与南阿尔金山超高压变质带紧邻。该岩体包含有3～4个由辉石橄榄岩-角闪辉长岩构成的岩浆旋回,与元古宙变质沉积岩系呈侵入接触关系。对其中的角闪辉长岩进行了LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb同位素测年,其206Pb/238U表面年龄为(461±2)Ma～(471±2)Ma,其加权平均值为(467.4±1.4)Ma(n=21,MSWD=2.5),所测锆石具有明显的岩浆振荡环带,Th/U比值为0.32～1.16(平均0.64)。测年结果显示,清水泉镁铁-超镁铁质岩体的形成时代晚于南阿尔金山超高压变质岩的峰期变质时代(504～487 Ma),而老于该地区A型花岗岩的时代(425 Ma左右)。分析认为,伴随着同时代的"双峰式"岩浆侵入作用及广泛的变质热事件,大约465 Ma时的南阿尔金山已经由前期的陆-陆碰撞造山阶段转入到了碰撞后的裂谷伸展作用阶段。     

新疆坡十铜镍硫化物含矿岩体岩浆源区特征及构造背景探讨

新疆坡北辉长岩体位于塔里木古陆东北缘的北山裂谷带中,坡一和坡十铜镍硫化物含矿超镁铁岩体位于坡北岩体内.尽管坡十超镁铁岩体与坡北辉长岩呈侵入接触,但两者的微量元素和同位素组成显示良好 的一致性,表明两岩相虽然分不同阶段侵入就位,但仍为同源岩浆的产物.MnO-TiO2-R2O5及Th-Hf-Ta判别图解显示坡北及坡十岩体的...     

漳浦县旧镇梅宅村海水入侵的动力系统模型研究

用简化动力系统模型模拟海水入侵,评估未来漳浦县旧镇梅宅村海水入侵的发展趋势,提出减缓和预防海水入侵的措施,并预测监测点海水入侵的矿化度.结果表明:要减缓海水入侵的速度需要8 a时间,矿化度变为6.243 0 g/L,这表明如果发生海水入侵,恢复的时间比较漫长.但通过增加淡水水源,并淡水水头水位保持在6.2个单位(1单位...     

Geochemistry and genesis of magmatic PGE-bearing Cu-Ni sulphide deposit in Wadi Bayhan,southeastern Yemen

The Wadi Bayhan mafic-ultramafic intrusions associated with magmatic PGE-bearing Cu-Ni sulphide deposit are located in the south margin of the Arabian-Nubian Shield,SW Yemen.The intrusions consist of dunite,olivine-pyroxenite,lherzolite,hornblendite,gabbro and gabbronorite.The dunite and lherzolite are the main host rock for the Cu-Ni ores.The new data of the chemical compositions of the rocks have SiO2(50%-53.6%),Al2O3(0-32%) and MgO(4%-28%),and relatively low TiO2(0-3.2%) and K2O+Na2O(0.04%-5.2%).The geoc...     

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Magmatic oxide deposits in the～260 Ma Emeishan Large Igneous Province(ELIP),SW China and northern Vietnam,are important sources of Fe,Ti and V.Some giant magmatic Fe-Ti-V oxide deposits, such as the Panzhihua,Hongge,and Baima deposits,are well described in the literature and are hosted in layered mafic-ultramafic intrusions in the Panxi region,the central ELIP.The same type of ELIP- related deposits also occur far to the south and include the Anyi deposit,about 130 km south of Panzhihua,and the Mianhuadi deposit in the Red River fault zone.The Anyi deposit is relatively small but is similarly hosted in a layered mafic intrusion.The Mianhuadi deposit has a zircon U-Pb age of～260 Ma and is thus contemporaneous with the ELIP.This deposit was variably metamorphosed during the Indosinian orogeny and Red River faulting.Compositionally,magnetite of the Mianhuadi deposit contains smaller amounts of Ti and V than that of the other deposits,possibly attributable to the later metamorphism.The distribution of the oxide ore deposits is not related to the domal structure of the ELIP.One major feature of all the oxide deposits in the ELIP is the spatial association of oxide-bearing gabbroic intrusions,syenitic plutons and high-Ti flood basalts.Thus,we propose that magmas from a mantle plume were emplaced into a shallow magma chamber where they were evolved into a field of liquid immiscibility to form two silicate liquids,one with an extremely Fe-Ti-rich gabbroic composition and the other syenitic.An immiscible Fe-Ti-(P) oxide melt may then separate from the mafic magmas to form oxide deposits.The parental magmas from which these deposits formed were likely Fe-Ti-rich picritic in composition and were derived from enriched asthenospheric mantle at a greater depth than the magmas that produced sulfide-bearing intrusions of the ELIP.     

关于“小岩体为什么有利于成矿”的探讨

2012年在西安召开了一次学术会议,系统地总结了小岩体成大矿的现象和理论。笔者从另一个方面探讨小岩体成矿的理论问题．但是仅涉及与花岗岩有关的小岩体成矿问题,不涉及镁铁和超镁铁质小岩体成矿的问题。关于岩体与成矿的关系,可以从3个层面上去探讨：第一个层面是小岩体成大矿。小岩体成大矿是事实,也是特殊的事实。绝大多数小岩体不成矿,少数小岩体成小矿,个别小岩体成大矿。第二个层面是小岩浆大流体成矿,基本思想是：小岩浆无流体不成矿,小岩浆有小流体成小矿,小岩浆有大流体成大矿。因此,笔者认为成矿的根本在于流体的大小。第三个层面是流体成矿。如果不考虑岩体的因素,只要有大流体即可成大矿。文中指出,从小岩体成大矿,到小岩浆大流体成矿,到流体成矿。表明成矿的本质在流体,无流体不成矿,有流体才可能成矿。流体是成矿的必要条件．温度是成矿的充分条件,二者缺一不可,只有满足了这两个条件才能成矿。     

赣南鹅婆岩体的年代学和岩石地球化学特征及其地质意义

赣南鹅婆岩体位于南岭东西向构造岩浆带与武夷山北北东向构造带结合部位,地处于都—青塘古生代盆地西缘,出露面积达200 km2。岩体主体为黑云母二长花岗岩,其构造位置特殊,周边成矿条件有利,西侧银坑矿田内部和外围分别发育金银铅锌贵多金属矿和钨多金属矿。本文在岩体地质工作的基础上,应用激光剥蚀多接收器电感耦合等离子体质谱(LA-MC-ICP-MS)技术对鹅婆黑云母二长花岗岩进行了锆石U-Pb定年;结合元素地球化学数据讨论了其岩浆系列和岩石成因;并与区内成矿岩浆岩进行对比,探讨其成矿潜力。鹅婆花岗岩体的侵入年龄为(412.5±1.7)Ma,花岗岩中含富铝矿物,主量和微量元素地球化学显示其属于高钾钙碱性-钾玄岩系列,为强过铝质的S型花岗岩,是新元古代壳层沉积变质泥岩在加里东晚期重熔侵入的产物。与加里东期和燕山期成钨锡花岗岩的对比研究表明,鹅婆岩体在形成过程中发生了W、Sn等成矿元素的富集。本文研究结果一方面证明前人获得的全岩Rb-Sr等时线年龄(307 Ma)代表的是成岩期后所经历的一次地质事件;同时表明加里东期花岗岩也有钨锡矿成矿的潜力。     

膨胀土干湿循环过程孔径分布试验研究及其应用

采用压汞法对膨胀土干湿循环过程孔隙大小分布的演化规律进行了试验研究,结果表明,随着循环次数的增加,膨胀土的总孔隙体积、孔隙率和平均孔径等微结构参数均递增;分析了试验结果产生偏差的原因,其一是干湿循环过程中膨胀土试样的体积收缩,其二是孔隙形状和测试压力有限的影响,在此基础上对试验数据进行了合理修正。结合毛细管模型,利用修正的孔径分布曲线推算了膨胀土干湿循环过程中的土-水特征曲线,并分析了干湿循环过程中基质吸力的变化规律：以含水率28%为分界点,含水率大于该值时基质吸力随循环次数N的增加而线性递增,含水率小于该值时基质吸力随循环次数N的增加而线性递减;在此基础上,建立了基质吸力与循环次数之间的关系,为解释膨胀土力学特性的干湿循环效应开辟了一条新途径。