Electron Probe Microanalysis of Environmental Samples: Preparation of Reference Materials, Correction for Particle Size Effects and Representative Results on Sediments Recovered from Snow, Power Station Fly Ash and Bone Samples

In this paper we report the results of electron probe X-ray microanalysis (EPMA) that was used to study environmental materials. The mode of preparation and certification of reference samples based on a basaltic glass matrix for environmental applications of EPMA is described. These samples were prepared containing scandium, strontium and barium (from 0.03 up to 7% m/m) and an evaluation was made of homogeneity, their stability to local heating, followed by analysis by independent methods for certification of composition. Matrix correction procedures for the EPMA technique have been developed for particles having a size commensurable with the volume of X-ray generation. An analytical equation for the size factor is proposed and two techniques for selecting optimum conditions for the analysis of environmental samples by EPMA are reported. These procedures provided satisfactory results when utilized in analysing sediments recovered from snow, coal fly ash and the bones of animals and fish, results from which can be used as indicators for evaluating the pollution level of the lower atmosphere, surface and ground water, as well as revealing pollution mechanisms.     

Geochemistry, mineralogy, and technological properties of the main Stephanian (Carboniferous) coal seams from the Puertollano Basin, Spain

This study is focused on the occurrence and distribution of mineral matter and major and trace elements in the high volatile bituminous coal from Puertollano (south-central Spain). The relationship between ash behaviour and inorganic composition, as well as the possible formation of fouling and slagging deposits in boilers during the conversion process, were investigated. The Puertollano coals do not exhibit plastic properties, despite their rank, probably because of their high ash and inertinite contents.The Puertollano coal has medium to low total S content (0.48% to 1.63% db, with a mean of 1.0% db) and is characterised by relatively high contents of Si, Pb, Sb, and Cs. Some elements such as As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Ge, Li, Mn, Ni, W, and Zn are also present in relatively high contents. The enrichment in a number of heavy metals could be attributed to the common sulphide ores occurring near the Puertollano coal deposit.The following trace elements affinities are deduced: (a) sulphide affinity: As, Co, Cd, Cu, Ni, Sb, Tl, and Zn; (b) aluminum–silicate affinity: K, Ti, B, Co, Cr, Cs, Cu Ga, Hf, Li, Nb, Rb, Sn, Ta, Th, V, Zr, and LREE; (c) Carbonate affinity: Ca, Mg, Mn, and B; (d) organic affinity: B.The very high Si levels and the anomalous enrichment in Cs, Ge, Pb, Sb, and Zn shown by the Puertollano coals account for the high contents of these elements in the Puertollano fly ash when compared with the other Spanish coal fly ashes.The chemical composition of the high temperature ash (HTA) is consistent with the trend shown by the ash fusion temperatures (AFT) and also with the predictive indices related to slagging and fouling propensities. Thus, the ash fusion temperatures increase with high values of Al₂O₃ as well as with the decrease in Fe₂O₃, CaO, and MgO.     

Further examination of the ragged edge of the Herrin Coal Bed, Webster County, Western Kentucky Coal Field

The Herrin (Western Kentucky No. 11) coal bed in the Dixon 7 1/2 min quadrangle, Webster County, Kentucky, displays another manifestation of the thinning margin of the coal bed. Previous studies in adjacent Hopkins County have demonstrated that the coal is brecciated as the margin is approached. The brecciated coal is not always thin; 1.5 m of brecciated, inertinite-rich coal was previously described to the southeast of the present study area. In general, the brecciated coals are considerably thinner than the 1.5–2-m-thick, “normal” Herrin coal. Both cores studied are thin (22.6 and 33 cm) and display petrographic characteristics different from thicker Herrin coals. The cores described in the present study show some signs of brecciation; in certain cases, the fragmented macerals are cemented by exsudatinite. Multiple generations of pyrite mineralization were noted in one core, with total sulfur exceeding 13% in the upper 8.48 cm lithotype.Overall, the cores investigated in this study, along with examples from previous studies, illustrate the progression of the Herrin coal from its absence, either through nondeposition or erosion, through thin, brecciated coals, to mineable coals. No other economic coal in western Kentucky shows as many examples of the depositional edge as does the Herrin. All of the examples studied are from cores, emphasizing the need to study more than just the thick, mineable coals if the total extent of the coal body is to be understood.     

遥感技术在鄂尔多斯盆地东南部煤层气勘探中的应用

从鄂尔多斯盆地黄土塬区煤层气勘探的实际需要出发,通过遥感解译,利用裂缝密度统计分析方法,对研究区煤层气高渗区带进行了预测,并对区内煤层气勘探的有利区带进行了初步评价,为煤层气勘探提供了重要的参考资料.     

关于构建矿山三维GIS的思考

根据煤矿生产的实际情况，分析了建立煤矿三维GIS的必要性，并针对当前GIS发展的状况，提出了建立矿山三维GIS的思路。     

应用高分辨率透射电镜研究煤显微组分的结构

应用高分辨率透射电镜研究变质系列镜质体和丝质体以及热解碳的物理结构特征表明,随煤级增高,镜质体的基本结构单元(BSU)的平均长度及缩聚芳香层平均环数NC呈增加的趋势;衍射环数增多,环的弥散程度减小,最终出现弧状;表明镜质体的BSU在变质过程中长大,定向性增强,VRo,max=6.50％是阶跃点,当VRo,max>6.50％,BSU突然定向排列。获得了很难获得的低煤化烟煤(VRo,max=0.66％)的高分辨图像,它的BSU尺寸小,无序排列。对丝质体和热解碳高分辨图像的首次研究发现,前者有序性差,随煤级演化的速度较镜质体慢,后者有序性好。     

中国含煤盆地的聚煤规律

含煤盆地是煤系形成的基本地质构造单元，含煤盆地的形成和演化与所处的板块构造位置有关，板块构造在中国含煤盆地的演化中具有重要的作用，因为它影响着含煤盆地的古地理，古气候及古植物的变化，因此板块构造演化控制了含煤盆地的煤系的形成和分布。     

沉积有机质的成烃热模拟实验研究

作者采用小玻管热模拟方法研究了煤及碳质泥岩中藻类体、基质镜质体、沥青质体、运移沥青、角质体、树脂体、孢子体、现代栓皮栎的木栓层,水生植物蓝藻(粘球藻)和水生动物虾蛄的成烃规律。并根据有机组分的荧光特性和显微傅利叶红外光谱特征初步建立了我国煤系源岩生油组分及现代海生生物蓝藻和虾蛄的生油模式。研究结果表明:结构藻类体生油晚,结束晚;不同类型的基质镜质体和沥青质体的成烃过程存在差异,且基质镜质体可早期生油;现代木栓组织的成烃模拟支持了木栓质体早期生油的观点;角质体、基质镜质体B的成烃具多阶段性的特点;现代粘球藻具生油晚,结束晚,且成烃范围宽;水生动物虾蛄具成烃早,结束早,且成烃范围窄的特点。     

煤成油地球化学研究现状与展望

重点评述与煤成油理论及勘探实践有密切关系、并在近几年取得重要进展的煤成烃演化模式、煤的生油能力及排油研究3方面的问题。指出：石油地质化学家已更深刻地认识到了煤成烃模式、阶段因地而异的复杂性;建立判别煤系源岩生油能力的标准是煤成油研究中最为重要的进展之一,其中以依据总生烃潜量（S1+S2）、氯仿沥青“A”和总烃含量与有机碳的相关关系建立的判别方案比较实用和有效;比较系统地评述了（与工业性煤成油气聚集有重要关系的）煤成烃排出问题的4种主要研究方法。进展、存在的问题和分歧。在此基础上,展望了对指导煤成油勘探有重要意义的煤系源岩的分布预测、倾油性的进一步判识及排出问题定量研究的发展趋势。     

刘房子盆地沉积环境及煤和膨润土赋存规律

刘房子盆地为松辽盆地东缘～断陷型盆地。盆内充填晚中生代陆相碎屑岩含煤建造,富含煤、膨润土。大羊草沟组为主要含煤层位;主要可采煤层形成于曲流河体系的岸后沼泽;钠基膨润土系河流搬运至浅水湖泊与沼泽中沉积成因;刘房子盆地的演化,既具区域发展的共性,又有其自身的特点。本文在综合分析基础上提炼出网结河体系与曲流河体系的聚煤模式;总结了煤和膨润土的赋存规律;并指明进一步勘探、开发、利用方向。