Chromium speciation in oxide-type compounds: application to minerals,gems, aqueous solutions and silicate glasses

Cr K-edge XANES spectra were obtained for a variety of Cr-bearing model compounds containing Cr(II), Cr(III), Cr(IV), Cr(V) and Cr(VI), in which the Cr-site symmetry is D4h, Oh and Td. The centroid position of the pre-edge feature is a better indicator of the Cr valence than the edge position. In Cr-rich oxides, higher-energy transitions must be excluded in order to refine a robust valence for Cr. The pre-edge for chromates is not unique and varies as a function of the CrO₄ ^2? moiety distortion, which is often related to Cr-polymerization (monochromate vs. dichromate). Both the analogy with the Mn K-pre-edge information and ab initio FEFF calculations of the pre-edge feature for Cr(III) and Cr(VI) confirm the experimental trends. This methodology is applied to the Cr K-edge pre-edge feature collected in gems (emerald, spinel and ruby), the layered minerals fuchsite and kämmererite, two Cr-bearing aqueous solutions and a set of sodo-calcic silicate glasses used for bottling sparkling white wine. In emerald and fuchsite, the Cr-site is differently distorted than its ruby or spinel counterpart. In a Cr(III)-bearing aqueous solution and sodo-calcic glass, no evidence for Cr(III) with Td and C3v symmetry is detected. However, minor amounts of chromate moieties (most likely monomeric) are detected in a glass synthesized in air. Preliminary spectra for the wine bottle glass suggest that only trace amounts of chromates might possibly be present in these glasses.     

柴达木盆地中深层混积岩储层形成机制

通过岩心观测、普通薄片、铸体薄片、扫描电镜、电子探针和岩石物性等分析,系统阐述了柴达木盆地典型中深层(西北区南翼山构造E₃²-N₁)混积岩的岩石学、储集空间/物性和成岩作用等特征,在此基础上讨论了储层形成机制。结果表明,混积岩以(泥质)泥晶灰岩、钙质含量较高的砂岩和粉砂岩及其混积岩为主;储集空间以溶蚀改造的裂缝和粒间溶蚀孔隙为特征,物性总体表现为低孔-特低孔、超低渗-非渗透;有利于形成储层的成岩作用是溶蚀和构造裂缝作用;储层形成机制可归纳为"岩性是基础,裂缝是条件,溶蚀是关键"。这可为区域中深层混积岩储层,乃至陆相湖泊混合沉积储层的研究与油气勘探开发提供借鉴与参考。     

冻土未冻水含量的量热法试验研究

冻土未冻水含量不但是评价冻土中水分迁移特性的重要指标,而且也是冻土热工计算中常用的参数。采用未冻水测量方法中的经典量热法对采自中俄石油管道工程大庆－漠河段沿线大兴安岭多年冻土带的6类典型土样（共76个）进行了-0.5、-2、-5、-10℃左右负温下的未冻水含量测试。分析了负温温度t、土质类型和初始含水率wo对未冻水含量wu的影响及其变化规律。通过统计分析,给出了6类土在上述4个给定温度下的未冻水含量代表值及其幂函数wu=at-b方程中的参数值。将黏土、粉质黏土、粉土和泥炭质土各给定温度下的未冻水含量对塑限wp归一化,得到各土类各温度下未冻水量系数值。对其进行幂函数拟合得到wu-wp-t经验计算公式。将温度、土质条件和初始含水率3影响因素进行综合分析,得到各类土在给定温度下的wu-wo-wp关系的二元一次线性回归经验方程式,为实际工程应用提供参考。     

Environmental problems and geological implications derived from evaporite dissolution in the Barbastro salt anticline (NE Spain)

The halite-bearing Barbastro Formation crops out in the core of the Barbastro Anticline (Ebro Tertiary Basin). This anticline is traversed perpendicularly by some of the most important Pyrenean drainages such as the Cinca and Noguera-Ribagorzana Rivers. The terrace sequences of these fluvial systems have been used as markers to identify and assess dissolution-induced subsidence and salt tectonics. In the limbs of the anticline, terrace deposits underlain by detrital bedrock do not show any evidence of deformation and have a consistent thickness of less than 10 m. The deposits of certain terrace levels of the Noguera-Ribagorzana River and its tributary, the Lo Reguer Creek, are locally thickened filling basins generated by dissolution-induced synsedimentary subsidence up to several kilometers long and more than 100 m deep. Conversely, terraces of the Cinca River do not show anomalously high thicknesses, but local uplifts related to differential upward flow of the halite-bearing bedrock. Locally, a minimum uplift rate of 0.3 mm/year has been estimated from a 64-ka terrace tilted away from the valley. The subsidence hazards occur chiefly in areas where the ground receives artificial water recharge. Serviceability of some canals has been notoriously affected by evaporite karstification. The problem has been mitigated to acceptable levels by grouting. Numerous buildings of Ivars de Noguera are severely damaged by dissolution subsidence, and possibly, by hydrocompaction of gypsiferous silts. The pipe network has been replaced to ameliorate the subsidence risk. In the Cinca River valley, cavities with a total volume of about 180,500 m³ have been created by solution mining at depths greater than 500 m. No investigation methods are applied in the brine field to monitor the distribution and evolution of artificial voids. Substantial increase in salinity of the Cinca River is another evidence of subjacent evaporite dissolution.     

Internally consistent calibrations for geothermobarometry of high-grade Mg-Al rich rocks in the system MgO-Al2O3-SiO2 and their application to sapphirine-spinel granulites of Eastern Ghats, India and Enderby Land, Antarctica

Sixty-three internally consistent geothermobarometers for mineral equilibria involving sapphirine (2:2:1 and 7:9:3), pyrope, cordierite, enstatite, Mg-tschermak orthopyroxene, quartz, spinel and sillimanite have been calibrated in the MAS system. The updated thermodynamic data of these minerals are consistent, within limits of error, with highP-T experiments on several mineral equilibria and calorimetric data. TheP-T conditions of the granulite facies metamorphism, spanning a range of 700 to more than 1000°C and 4 to more than 10 kbar, can be estimated simultaneously from these geothermobarometers andP-T-t trajectories can be deduced from the reaction coronas well preserved in these rocks because of the refractory nature of aluminous phases. The geothermobarometers have been applied to sapphirine-spinel granulites of Eastern Ghats and Enderby Land. TheP-T conditions of metamorphism (a-prograde/thermal peak and b-retrograde isothermal/isobaric decompression/cooling) estimated for these granulites are: (1) Eastern Ghats (Visakhapatnam): Paderu- (a) 900°C/8.3kbar, (b-1) 900°C/6.8kbar and (b-2) 740°C/5.4 kbar; Anantgiri- (a) prograde anticlockwise 930°C/6.2 kbar and (b) 870°C/6.8 kbar, 820°C/6.1 kbar; Anakapalle- (b) 845°C/8.5-6.2 kbar; and Araku- (b) 840°C/6.2 kbar to 795°C/5.9 kbar. Enderby Land (Napier complex): Spot height 945, Tula Mts.- (a) 970°C/9.1 ± 0.6 kbar, isobaric cooling (b) 885°C/ 7.75 kbar, isothermal decompression (b) 880°C/6.85 kbar; Mt. Hardy, Tula Mts.- (b) 885°C/6.75 kbar; Mt. Riiser-Larsen, Amundsen bay- (a) 1000°C/7.0 kbar prograde anticlockwise; Mt. Sones- (b) 920°C/ 6.8 kbar; Forefinger Point, SW Enderby Land- (b) 840°C/6.7 kbar, 810°C/6.5 kbar and 775°C/5.0 kbar. The estimatedP-T andP-T-t are mostly consistent with those inferred from the granulites of these areas.     

湖南省煤的热谱特征及其研究意义

煤的热谱(DTA、DSC、TG)特征与煤的其他物化特征参数一样,是煤大分子结构特征的反映,可作为研究煤化作用的参考和无烟煤分类的辅助标志。本文介绍了湖南省不同变质程度煤的热谱特征和试验所发现的热谱曲线、峰温与煤及瓦斯突出强度、无烟煤三小类的关系,并试验证明利用热分析曲线进行煤层对比的可能性。     

河流稀土元素地球化学研究进展

河流系统中,稀土元素(REE)受区域地质背景、风化作用、溶液化学以及水与颗粒物相互作用等因素的影响发生分异。河流悬浮物显示轻稀土(LREE)适度富集;河水显示重稀土(HREE)富集,或在HREE富集的基础上又有适度的中稀土(MREE)富集;与其它微量元素相比,REE在河水与颗粒物之间有较小的分配系数(K≈10-6);河流沉积物多显示平坦的REE配分模式。     

Possibilities for the detection of hydrogen peroxide-water-based life on Mars by the Phoenix Lander

The Phoenix Lander landed on Mars on 25 May 2008. It has instruments on board to explore the geology and climate of subpolar Mars and to explore if life ever arose on Mars. Although the Phoenix mission is not a life detection mission per se, it will look for the presence of organic compounds and other evidence to support or discredit the notion of past or present life.The possibility of extant life on Mars has been raised by a reinterpretation of the Viking biology experiments [Houtkooper, J. M., Schulze-Makuch, D., 2007. A possible biogenic origin for hydrogen peroxide on Mars: the Viking results reinterpreted. International Journal of Astrobiology 6, 147-152]. The results of these experiments are in accordance with life based on a mixture of water and hydrogen peroxide instead of water. The near-surface conditions on Mars would give an evolutionary advantage to organisms employing a mixture of H₂O₂ and H₂O in their intracellular fluid: the mixture has a low freezing point, is hygroscopic and provides a source of oxygen. The H₂O₂-H₂O hypothesis also explains the Viking results in a logically consistent way. With regard to its compatibility with cellular contents, H₂O₂ is used for a variety of purposes in terran biochemistry. The ability of the anticipated organisms to withstand low temperatures and the relatively high water vapor content of the atmosphere in the Martian arctic, means that Phoenix will land in an area not inimical to H₂O₂-H₂O-based life. Phoenix has a suite of instruments which may be able to detect the signatures of such putative organisms.     

秦巴山区根类中药材气候适宜性区划

2008年秋冬季节长治市出现了严重的干旱。本文通过对2008年11月-2009年1月份北半球500hPa位势高度场和距平场的分析,发现西太平洋副高较常年强度偏强、脊线偏北、位置较常年同期偏东,西南暖湿气流异常不活跃是造成长治市长时期无降水的主要原因。通过对长治市2008年秋冬季气候要素的描述,分析了大气异常环流造成长治市秋冬季严重干旱的成因,并对秋冬季干旱对农业的影响作了详细分析,提出了干旱应对措施。     

Homogeneous freezing of single sulfuric and nitric acid solution drops levitated in an acoustic trap

The freezing temperatures of single supercooled drops of binary and ternary sulfuric and nitric acid solutions were measured while varying the acid concentration. An acoustic levitator was used which allows to freely suspend single solution drops in air without electrical charges thereby avoiding any electrical influences which may affect the freezing process. The drops of typically 500 µm in radius were monitored by a video camera during cooling cycles down to − 85 °C to simulate the upper tropospheric and stratospheric temperature range. The present data confirm that liquid solution droplets can be supercooled far below the equilibrium melting point by approximately 35 °C. They follow the general trend of the expected freezing temperatures for homogeneous ice nucleation.