Protracted Environmental Issues on a Proposed Titanium Minerals Development in Kenya's South Coast

This study takes cognizance of the fact that the TIOMIN (TIOMIN Resources Inc. of Canada) project has resulted in controversy over its handling of environmental issues and especially the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). The authors address many of the protracted issues that have slowed the development of the mining project in Kwale. The main emphasis is on the impacts of the mining and mineral separation processes on the environment, including the governing legislation, the role of consultation and public participation, and socioeconomic issues. In their public documents TIOMIN has specified neither the type of minerals it wants to extract from the area nor their chemical composition. It is well known, however that the titanium minerals and zircon targeted have impurities of iron, thorium and uranium. In the absence of an Environmental Management Plan, the effects of stockpiling radioactive wastes and other impurities that could possibly lead to environmental degradation in both the terrestrial and marine environments have not been publically addressed. The measures proposed to mitigate ecological damage as a result of the establishment of a minerals processing plant in the area seem inadequate. Pollution resulting from accidental spillage or breakage could have significant impact on marine life and residents living near the mining site. Other issues that have not been addressed satisfactorily pertain to the use of surface and underground water. The area already faces a huge water deficit and the calculations presented on aquifer recharge and stream flow rates do not indicate the large quantities of water that would be required in the mineral processing plant. The project, if approved in its present state, risks violation of international conventions. Furthermore, it could cause a conflict between Kenya and Tanzania in the event of an oil spill at the proposed ship loading facility at Shimoni. The proposed mining area includes the district's most fertile land, is home to many fisherfolk and is a major tourist destination. An analysis of the effects of this project on other available opportunities must be thoroughly understood to ascertain the economic and environmental benefits and costs of the mining venture. The proposed compensation rate of $1,000 per acre, for resettlement for example, appears to be grossly inadequate. Compensation should take into account family size and structure family assets and the cost of relocation.     

东太平洋沉积物U的地球化学

本文对地矿部“海洋四号”科学考察船１９８７－１９８９年在东赤道太平洋ＣＣ区所取得的２７个深海表层沉积样品进行Ｕ的地球化学分析，探讨了Ｕ在深海沉积中的地球化学行为，结果表明，不同类型沉积的Ｕ含量不同，平均值由大至小的次序的含沸石粘土（２．１６×１０＾－６），硅质粘土（１．９５×１０＾－６），硅质软泥（１．６５×１０＾－６），钙质硅质粘土（１．５９×１０＾－６），在同类型沉积中Ｕ的分散性较大；Ｕ在区域     

一种提高粘土矿物去除赤潮生物能力的新方法

在研究粘土颗粒与赤潮生物絮凝作用的基础上，建立了粘土表面改性对其絮凝作用影响的理论模型，认为改变粘土颗粒的表面性质提高其去除赤潮生物能力的主要途径，提出在粘土中引入ＰＡＣＳ（聚羟基氯化铝）的改性方法。结果表明，对于微型原甲藻（Ｐｒｏｒｏ－ｃｅｎｔｒｕｍ ｍｉｎｉｍｕｎ）体系，粘土中引入微量ＰＡＣＳ后，其去除率达９０％以上的高岭土用量由原来的２ｇ／Ｌ降至０．１ｇ／Ｌ，去除效率提高近２０倍。考察了ＰＡ     

粘土矿物对海水中主要营养盐的吸附研究

对海水中磷盐和硝酸盐在粘土矿物上的吸附行为的研究发现，海水体系中高岭土对磷酸盐的吸附能力大于蒙脱土，其原因为，粘土颗粒的表层铝／硅结构比是控制磷酸盐吸附的主要因素，其中铝含量越高，肿附能力越大。考察ＰＨ、粘土酸改性处理等因素对吸附作用的影响，结果表明，ＰＨ＜８．５的磷酸盐吸附ＰＨ曲线呈峰形，其吸附作用以阴离子交换为主；ＰＨ＞８．５时磷酸盐的吸附作用以沉淀吸附为主。酸改性蒙脱土可提高吸附磷酸盐的能力     

大西洋中脊热液硫化物的矿物学研究

利用１９８９年在大西洋热液活动区采集的块状硫化物样品，采用矿相显微镜、电子显微镜和电子探针等手段，进行了矿物共生组合、矿物形态与成分标型及其演化特征研究。结果表明，大西洋热液成矿作用可以划分为热液期与沉积期两个成矿期，和石英－黄铁矿阶段、黄铁矿阶段、多金属硫化物阶段、胶状黄铁矿阶段和非晶质ＳｉＯ２阶段等５个成矿阶段；不同成矿阶段黄铁矿的共生矿物和矿物特征不同，在晶体形态上具有从单形晶－聚形晶－胶状     

应用于砂岩型铀矿找矿的遥感-航测信息集成模型构建

应用遥感-航测(航放和航磁)信息集成技术,针对砂岩型铀矿找矿的几个重要条件:如盆地内部构造、含矿目的层、水文条件和矿化条件,构建了构造、岩性、水文和矿化4种信息集成模型.将这4种信息集成模型应用于示范区,在已知的矿化地段得到的结果与实际勘探的成果符合较好,提高了预测的准确性.     

喀什凹陷中生代以来的构造事件对中-下侏罗统铀矿化的影响

喀什凹陷是我国西部重要的含铀区,自中生代以来主要发生过5次重大构造事件,对该地区中-下侏罗统铀矿成矿及保矿具有重要意义,即晚三叠世有利的构造背景,早-中侏罗世有利的构造-沉积环境形成的有利岩性-岩相建造,晚侏罗世构造掀斜与古层间氧化带及铀矿化的形成,白垩纪-古近纪的保矿作用及新近纪以来的构造破坏与局部层间氧化带的形成与叠加,从而很可能在中-下侏罗统中形成一定规模受层间氧化带控制的砂岩型铀矿床。指出主要找矿靶区为库孜贡苏断陷以西的南天山山前,同时还有托云盆地。     

外生铀矿成矿系统研究与古水动力分析

分析了砂岩型铀矿的国内外研究现状和发展趋势,尝试从成矿系统演化论的角度提出新的研究思路：即,以系统观为指导,以物质迁移的动力学为主线,从区域地质背景演化,特别是构造动力演化、岩相古地理等方面入手,恢复矿前期、成矿期、矿后期的区域古地形格局。运用融入了地下水流动系统理论的古水文地质分析方法,重建区域演化进程中各地质时期的古流场。着重从区域尺度上研究矿质的源-迁移-汇（成矿）-保存的动力学过程。     

浅析库车前陆盆地水文地质条件与铀成矿作用

根据库车前陆盆地水文地质条件,分析了地下水的铀成矿作用,并通过热力学计算等方法,对水中铀的存在形式及铀的溶解、迁移和沉淀富集过程作了较为详细的论述,阐明了盆地水化学及铀水文地球化学环境,并提出了成矿有利地段和有利层位。