Deposition rates, mixing intensity and organic content in two contrasting submarine canyons

The hydrographically different conditions characterising the Western Iberian Margin (NE Atlantic) and the Gulf of Lions (Mediterranean) may play an important role in determining the biogeochemical characteristics of the sediments. To investigate this, we compared the Nazaré and Cap de Creus canyons, and their respective adjacent open slopes in terms of the organic carbon (C_org) contents, chlorophyll-a (chl-a) concentrations, C:N and chl-a:phaeopigment ratios, and also in terms of modelled mixing intensities, chl-a and ²¹⁰Pb deposition and background concentrations in sediments. Chlorophyll-a and ²¹⁰Pb profiles were fitted simultaneously with a reactive transport model to estimate mixing intensity, deposition and background concentrations. Further, to account for the possibility that the decay of chl-a may be lower in the deep sea than in shallow areas, we estimated the model parameters with two models. In one approach (model 1), the temperature dependent decay rate of chl-a as given by Sun et al. [Sun, M.Y., Lee, C., Aller, R.C. (1993) Laboratory Studies of Oxic and Anoxic Degradation of chlorophyll-a in Long-Island sound sediments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 57, 147-157] for estuaries was used. In the other approach (model 2), an extra parameter was estimated to derive the chlorophyll-a degradation rate. An F-test, taking into account the different number of parameters in the models, was used to single out the model that significantly fitted the data best. In most cases, the model parameters were best-explained with model 1, indicating the empirical relationship by Sun et al. (1993) is a valid means to estimate the chlorophyll-a degradation rate in deep sea sediments. To assess the robustness with which the model parameters were estimated we provide a first application of Bayesian analysis in the modelling of tracers in sediments. Bayesian analysis allows calculating the mean and standard deviation for each model parameter and correlations among parameters. The model parameters for stations for which ²¹⁰Pb and chlorophyll-a profiles were available were robustly fitted as evidenced by an average coefficient of variation of 0.22. C_org contents, chl-a concentrations, chl-a:phaeo ratios, mixing intensities, depositions and background concentrations of chl-a and ²¹⁰Pb indicated that the Cap de Creus canyon and adjacent slope were less active in terms of organic matter accumulation and burial than the Nazaré canyon and respective open slope.     

扬子板块北缘马元铅锌矿床有机地球化学特征及成矿作用

近年来,有机质与金属成矿关系研究备受关注.扬子板块北缘马元矿床铅锌矿体分布与古油藏、沥青在空间上叠置,是探索有机质与铅锌成矿关系的理想地区.矿区发育分散有机质、沥青、气态烃类等不同赋存形式的有机质,生物标志化合物特征明显,以低碳数正构烷烃为主,具浅海环境藻类来源特征,均处于过成熟演化程度.沥青206Pb/204Pb值为...     

西准噶尔构造带包古图地层小区上泥盆统红山梁组的建立及地质意义

西准噶尔构造带包古图地层小区白碱滩北红山梁剖面上新发现一套晚泥盆世红色“硅质岩、粉砂质硅质岩、凝灰质硅质岩”海相沉积组合,与上覆包古图组深灰色—灰黑色含碳粉砂岩呈整合接触。经区域对比确认,该套地层显著有别于研究区乃至整个西准噶尔构造带地层分区已发现的全部上泥盆统各组岩石地层,符合“野外可识别、界面可区别、区域可对比、图面可表达”的原则,据此新建红山梁组。本次于红山梁组枕状玄武岩、玄武岩、安山岩中分别获得365. 9±5. 0 Ma、370. 6±7. 4 Ma和374. 6±3. 6 Ma的LA- ICP- MS锆石U- Pb年龄,佐证其时代为晚泥盆世。红山梁组与包古图组连续沉积之确认,消除了包古图组老于希贝库拉斯组这一存疑,建立了完整的下石统地层序列,新增了包古图地层小区泥盆纪的沉积记录,为区域沉积与构造演化研究提供了新资料。     

伟晶岩中不同副矿物U-Pb同位素定年和示踪的问题与应用

定年和示踪一直是伟晶岩成岩成矿过程和稀有金属富集机制研究的关键问题。副矿物不仅是伟晶岩中稀有稀土元素的重要载体,还蕴含丰富的微量元素并常常具有较高的U- Th含量,是研究伟晶岩年代学、成岩成矿过程和物质源区的“理想探针”。伟晶岩中常用的适合于U- Pb同位素定年的副矿物有锆石、铌钽铁矿、独居石、锡石、榍石、褐帘石、磷钇矿和磷灰石等。由于封闭温度、矿物学特性和不同性质流体中元素行为的差异,伟晶岩中不同副矿物的U- Pb系统常表现出复杂的年龄谱系,可能记录了伟晶岩中潜在的后期地质过程,如：自交代、后期变质与流体改造等。因此,基于前期光学显微镜、扫描电镜、冷阴极发光、激光拉曼光谱分析等矿物微观结构研究,对不同期次或世代的副矿物进行原位微区U- Pb定年及主微量元素和同位素地球化学分析,对于全面认知多期地质事件和伟晶岩成岩成矿过程演化历史,进而更准确地构建其构造- 岩浆- 热液- 成矿作用时空框架具有重要的科学意义。     

云南金顶铅锌矿床成矿流体与流体的稀土元素研究

金顶铅锌矿床流体包裹体的显微测温和流体的稀土元素特征表明:金顶矿区成矿流体均一温度为54℃～309℃,平均143℃,盐度(ω(NaCl),下文同)为1.6%～18.0%,平均6.0%.在矿区,由东向西、由北向南温度逐渐降低,而盐度从东向西稍有降低,但是从北向南却是增加的.从第一矿化阶段到第三矿化阶段,稀土总量和LREE/HREE都是逐步增加的,轻稀土富集程度逐步增强,并且轻、重稀土内部分异程度也由轻稀土分馏程度大于重稀土分馏程度变为重稀土分馏程度大于轻稀土分馏程度,并且流体有从还原环境向氧化环境转变的趋势.     

珠江口盆地惠州凹陷古近纪源汇过程及其控储作用

源汇系统定量化研究是沉积学领域的前缘,是精细重构源汇过程、指导油气储层预测的重要手段。利用重矿物和锆石U Pb年龄对珠江口盆地惠州凹陷惠州27转换带进行物源示踪、定量恢复源区沉积物相对贡献,进而重构古近纪源汇过程,探讨源汇控储作用。研究结果表明,中始新统文昌组重矿物类型复杂、ZTR指数(碎屑岩中碎屑锆石（Zircon）、电气石（Tourmaline）、金红石（Rutile）在透明重矿物碎屑中所占的比例)小,上始新统恩平组重矿物类型简单、ZTR指数大。研究区文昌组—恩平组主要受盆内中生界岩浆岩基底和盆外珠江水系供源。其中文昌组沉积物98%来自于盆内中生界岩浆岩基底;下恩平组沉积物58.4%来自于盆外珠江东北部支流、36.5%来自于盆内中生界岩浆岩基底;上恩平组沉积物73.7%来自于盆外珠江东北部支流、22.2%来自于盆内中生界岩浆岩基底。研究认为,恩平组沉积期现代珠江尚未形成,但珠江东北部支流（即古珠江）已独立发育且携带大量华夏地块碎屑物质汇入惠州凹陷,导致了惠州27转换带“文昌期盆内近源—恩平期盆外、盆内混源”的源汇转换过程,而非简单的“盆内近源—盆外远源”转换。源汇转换过程改变了恩平组储层的岩石组分,进而改善了储层物性,也使得其储层非均质性变强。本研究定量解析了惠州凹陷古近纪源汇转换过程,为陆相断陷盆地定量源汇及其应用提供了新视角。     

Recent sedimentary histories of shallow lakes in the guatemalan savannas

Shallow basins in the savannas of Peten, Guatemala filled with water after 305±55 BP (calibrated age+1430–1660 AD). Aguadas Chimaj and Chilonche possess dilute waters and iron-rich, clayey sediments that are poor in Ca and Mg, reflecting the highly weathered nature of riparian soils. Low ²¹⁰Pb flux rates to Chimaj (0.085 pCi cm^-2 yr^-1) and Chilonche (0.134 pCi cm^-2 yr^-1) are attributed to low ²²²Rn emission rates from the nearby Caribbean Sea. Mean sediment accumulation rates in Chimaj and Chilonche for the past 150 years are 0.015 g cm^-2 yr^-1 and 0.047 g cm^-2 yr^-1 respectively. Forest expansion after 305 BP is documented in pollen profiles from the small aguadas and larger Lake Oquevix. Regional reforestation postdates the 9th century Classic Maya collapse and coincides with indigenous depopulation that was a consequence of European intrusion that began in the early 1500s. The timing of forest regrowth indicates the importance of historical anthropogenic factors in controlling Peten's vegetation. Nevertheless, other sedimentological lines of evidence (e.g. lithology, algal remains and charcoal particles) suggest that changing climate and/or local hydrology may have played a role in the reforestation process.     

Pb Isotope Compositions of Shibaqinghao Gold Deposit in Central Inner Mongolia, China

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秦岭泥盆系中铅锌矿床的热水沉积成因

秦岭泥盆纪铅锌成矿带提供了一种沉积岩中热水沉积矿床形成的典型构造背景,成矿作用发生在被动大陆边缘上的裂陷盆地中,与盆地造山前的发展和演化有关。同沉积期断裂控制着成矿洼地的发育,地热异常促使热水系统形成,已经识别出来若干古地热异常存在的标志。碰撞造山过程中盆地封闭,含矿沉积物受到不同程度的变形和变质改造。 可以把泥盆纪地层中的各种金属矿床纳入一个热水沉积成矿系列中,铅锌主要是在热水系统释放到海底时的沉积成岩过程中富集的,铜和金则表现有在热水系统晚期相中或后期改造中富集的趋势。     

Diurnal Variation in Radon Concentration and Mixing-Layer Depths

Variation of 222Rn, its short-lived daughters and 212Pb concentrations in the atmosphere, and conditions of the lower atmosphere were observed simultaneously at Kamisaibara Village in Japan. The variation of 222Rn concentration and the ratio of the concentrations of 212Pb and the short-lived daughters of 222Rn during nighttime is explained by sodar echoes and temperature profiles obtained by an instrumented tethered balloon. Depths of the convective mixing layer estimated using the 222Rn concentration, using the surface sensible heat flux, and obtained by low-level sondes are compared and found to be in approximate agreement.