Iron and phosphorus effects on the growth of Cryptomonas sp. (Cryptophyceae) and their availability in sediments from the Pearl River Estuary, China

Based on lab-culture experiments analyzing limitation and combination of iron and phosphorus on the growth of Cryptomonas sp. (Cryptophyceae), and the study of accumulation and release of Fe-bound P in sediment cores collected from the marine region of the Pearl River Estuary, China, reasons for the high frequency of phytoplankton bloom therein are discussed. Results show that the combined effect of Fe and P can obviously accelerate algal development, and the optimum culture conditions maintaining maximum growth rate are 0.05 μM Fe and 50 μM P. Cellular contents of Fe and P is consistent and the P:Fe molar ratio is 159:1. The optimum range of the P:Fe molar ratio in culture experiments for cell incubation is 500–1400. The vertical trends of total Fe and total P variations in sediments are parallel. Fe-bound P is the main species of inorganic sedimentary P. Through continuous leaching with agitation, 34–80% of exchangeable P and 4–23% of exchangeable Fe are concurrently released from the surficial sediments. This is a possible way by which nutrients are made available to phytoplankton. These factors might be responsible for a high frequency of harmful algal blooms in the Pearl River Estuary.     

Digital quantification of the miospore coloration to assess the thermal maturity: Novel RGB-based measuring technique

The post depositional thermal maturity and its related chemical changes induce the sporomorphs color alteration, which is a common useful tool in the optical microscopy of the organic matters (OM) and their pre-geochemical studies. The present contribution uses the modern available opportunity of digital technology to achieve a quantifying system technique, which includes color measurements and their possible graphic presentation. The normal digital images of sporomorphs from several ages and geological settings are used to obtain color measurements in the form of digital Red, Green and Blue triple color system (RGB). These measurements were accomplished using some software programs such as Photoshop™^© or ImageJ with employing average microscope setup. The triple RGB color readings are plotted on a ternary diagram, which is divided into three fields. These fields express the maturity levels. The presented new RGB-based quantifying technique is economic and provides a simple examination for maturity, which is linked to the hydrocarbon generation. This can partially replace or walk side by side with the vitrinite reflectance microscopy.     

湘西合仁坪钠长石-石英脉型金矿床围岩蚀变及质量平衡

湘西柳林汊一带钠长石-石英脉型金矿十分发育。为了揭示该区金矿的成矿物质来源、成矿过程及成矿流体信息,对该区最典型的合仁坪钠长石-石英脉型金矿床围岩蚀变特征进行研究,并利用标准化Isocon图解法,对围岩蚀变过程中物质带入、带出进行质量平衡计算。结果表明:合仁坪金矿床的围岩蚀变主要包括绢云母化(褪色化)、黄铁矿化和绿泥石化,其中褪色化分布最为广泛,是该区金矿床最重要的蚀变类型;在合仁坪金矿床形成过程中,围岩中的Al2O3为惰性组分,Na2O、Sr、V、Cr、W、Nb、Th及部分挥发分(S、CO2和H2O)等组分被带入围岩中,而SiO2、Fe2O3、K2O、CaO、MgO、Cu、As、Pb、Zn、Ni、Co、Sb、Li、Rb、Ba等组分从围岩中迁出;轻稀土元素的迁出程度远远大于重稀土元素,围岩蚀变过程中轻、重稀土元素发生强烈的分异;矿脉中钠长石的钠质并非来自赋矿围岩,而是由成矿流体从外界带入的;矿脉石英中硅质则部分来自赋矿围岩。     

铁还原过程对栖热腔菌Thermosipho ferrireducens JL129W03T的厌氧发酵代谢影响

本研究以分离自西北印度洋深海热液硫化物的铁还原栖热腔菌(Thermosipho ferrireducens) JL129W03T为研究对象,在以四方纤铁矿(β FeOOH)为电子受体条件下,测定了不同培养时间的细胞生长量和主要的代谢产物,并结合其基因组信息预测了主要代谢途径。结果表明,厌氧糖酵解是该菌的主要代谢途径,发酵代谢产物包括乙醇、乙酸、乳酸、丁酸和CO2。同时,该菌含有\[Fe Fe\]型氢酶,可以利用厌氧发酵过程产生的还原态铁氧还蛋白获得电子产生H2。在培养基中添加四方纤铁矿后,促进了菌株的最大细胞生长量(3.17×107 cells/mL至2.19×108 cells/mL),也促进了菌株对淀粉和纤维素的利用率(分别提高了100%和34%)。同时,培养基中添加四方纤铁矿后,菌株JL129W03的乙醇产量增加了76%,而丁酸的产量却降低了73%,对H2、乙酸、乳酸的产生影响较小。本研究对了解Thermosipho ferrireducens JL129W03T的生理代谢特点和进一步应用开发清洁能源(H2、乙醇等)奠定了基础。     

数值模拟在沂水铁矿区地下水环境影响评价中的应用

地下水数值模拟在矿区地下水环境评价中应用较少,通过对山东沂水铁矿矿区进行水文地质详细勘察,建立了尾矿库及矿区地下水水流及水质数学模型,预测和评价了该矿建设实施过程中对地下水环境可能造成的直接影响和间接危害。结论为矿山建设阶段和运行阶段正常情况下,尾矿区水位水质变化对地下水环境没有明显的影响,非正常情况或者事故状态下,预测污染因子在泄漏点附近一定范围出现超标现象;采矿区矿井排水对当地浅层地下水位影响较大。针对这种影响和危害提出防治措施,为沂水铁矿建设项目选址决策、工程设计和环境管理提供科学依据。     

曹妃甸浅滩表层砂体插桩深度研究

曾妃甸浅滩原为古滦河三角洲,三角洲废弃后,海底表层沉积物在波浪潮流的簸选及自重应力作用下,沉积物颗粒粗化,粒度单一,且堆积紧密,工程强度较高。平台在该海医插桩时往往难以贯穿该层,其实际插桩深度较预定深度存在较大偏差。本文对此类砂体的形成机制、插桩过程中土体的压实作用对砂体强度的影响进行了分析,在对砂体力学参数做出适当调整后,运用太沙基地基极限荷载公式进行计算,得到了与实际情况较为一致的结果。     

鲁西潘店地区矽卡岩型铁矿成矿规律初探

近年来,在鲁中隆起区西北部潘店地区的铁矿勘查工作取得了重大进展。该区发育有明显的航磁异常及航空重力异常,且具有"重磁同源性"特征;通过对航磁异常的分析,可分为李屯、潘店、大张和薛官屯4个次级磁异常。勘查工作表明,区内巨厚新生界覆盖层下发育有矽卡岩型铁矿床,总体表现为"地层、岩体和构造"联合控矿的特征,即铁矿体受控于奥陶纪马家沟群碳酸盐地层、中生代燕山晚期闪长岩体、以及地层与岩体接触处形成的各种类型(构造)接触带。区内铁矿体赋存位置多样,主要为接触带赋存式、断裂充填式、层间充填式、裂隙贯入式、捕虏体构造式等;其成矿时代为早白垩世(130~131Ma),与济南、莱芜、金岭地区矽卡岩型铁矿形成时代基本一致;铁矿物质主要来源于中—基性侵入岩体。在整体表现为具有(剩余)重力异常高值处、(化极)磁异常明显部位,以及高—低电阻率转换带的地段进行铁矿勘查工作较为有利。     

Properties of iron at the Earth's core conditions

Summary. The phase diagram of iron up to 330 GPa is solved using the experimental data of static high pressure (up to 11 GPa) and the experimental data of shock wave data (up to 250 GPa). A solution for the highest triple point is found ( P = 280 GPa and T = 5760 K) by imposing the thermodynamic constraints of triple points. This pressure of the triple point is less than the pressure of the inner core–outer core boundary of the Earth. These results indicate that the density of iron at the inner core–outer core boundary pressure is close to 13 g cm⁻³, which lies close to the seismic solutions of the Earth at that pressure. It is thus concluded that the Earth's inner core is very likely to be virtually pure iron in its hexagonal close packed (hcp) phase.
It is shown that four properties of the Earth's inner core determined from seismology are close in value to the corresponding properties of hcp iron at inner core conditions: density, bulk modulus, longitudinal velocity, and Poisson's ratio. The density–pressure profile of hcp iron at inner core conditions matches the density–pressure profile of the inner core as determined by seismic methods, within the spread of values given by recent seismic models.
This indicates that the Earth is slowly cooling, the Earth's inner core is growing by crystallization, and the impurities of the core are concentrated in the outer core. The calculated temperature at the Earth's centre is 6450 K.     

河北中关矽卡岩铁矿床钴元素分布规律与沉淀机制研究及意义

河北中关铁矿是“邯邢式”矽卡岩铁矿的代表矿床,本文将中关铁矿床成矿过程划分为5个阶段：干矽卡岩阶段、湿矽卡岩阶段、氧化物阶段、铁铜硫化物阶段和铅锌硫化物阶段。对湿矽卡岩阶段、氧化物阶段和铁铜硫化物阶段的金属矿物（包括黄铁矿、磁铁矿、赤铁矿等）开展电子探针测试,并且对这三个成矿阶段的代表性磁铁矿进行LA-ICP-MS微量元素测试,旨在查明中关铁矿床中Co的赋存状态以及在矿床不同成矿阶段的分布规律,探讨Co元素迁移演化-沉淀机制。研究结果表明,Co主要以类质同象的形式存在于黄铁矿中。不同成矿阶段的Co元素分布不均匀,氧化物阶段黄铁矿和磁铁矿中的Co含量最高,分别为0.12%~1.39%、41×10-6~76×10-6;铁铜硫化物阶段黄铁矿大量出现,且Co含量相对较高,为BDL~0.45%,同时期条带状磁铁矿为32×10-6~71×10-6,故此阶段为Co元素最主要的富集阶段。湿矽卡岩阶段为较高温、弱氧化条件,氧化物阶段温度逐渐降低,氧逸度增加,Co可能主要以CoCl42?形式络合迁移;铁铜硫化物阶段温度进一步降低,但还原性增加,Co可能主要以CoCl42?和Co(HS)+形式络合迁移。温度降低以及氧化还原条件的变化可能是控制Co沉淀的重要因素。