Ground water geochemistry of ²²⁸Ra, ²²⁶Ra and ²²²Rn     

Philip T. King  Jacqueline Michel  Willard S. Moore 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1982,46(7):1173-1182

²²⁸Ra, ²²⁶Ra, and ²²²Rn activities were determined on over 150 ground water samples collected from drilled, public water supply wells throughout South Carolina. A wide range of aquifer lithologies were sampled including the crystalline rocks of the Piedmont and sedimentary deposits of the Coastal Plain. A significant linear relationship between log ²²⁸Ra and log ²²⁶Ra (n = 182, r = 0.83) was indistinguishable between Piedmont and Coastal Plain ground water. Median ${}^{228}\text{Ra}{}^{226}\text{Ra}$ activity ratios for the Piedmont, 1.2, and Coastal Plain, 1.3, ground water are close to estimated average crustal ${}^{232}\text{Th}{}^{238}\text{U}$ activity ratios of 1.2 to 1.5 corresponding to Th/U weight ratios of 3.5 to 4.5. A linear correlation was also found between log ²²²Rn and log ²²⁶Ra for Piedmont (n = 68, r = 0.62) and Coastal Plain (n = 89, r = 0.64) ground water. However, the median ${}^{222}\text{Rn}{}^{226}\text{Ra}$ activity ratio for Piedmont ground water, 6100, was much higher than for Coastal Plain ground water, 230. Higher excess ²²²Rn activities may be due to greater retention of ²²⁶Ra by the chemically active Piedmont aquifers compared to the more inert sand aquifers sampled in the Coastal Plain. The relationship between log ²²⁸Ra and log ²²⁶Ra was used to predict total Ra (${}^{228}\text{Ra +}{}^{226}\text{Ra}$) distributions in Appalachian and Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain ground water. Predictions estimate that 2.4% of Appalachian and 5.3% of Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain ground water supplies contain total Ra activities in excess of the 5 pCi/l limit established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. These predictions also indicate that 40–50% of these ground water wells may be overlooked using the presently suggested screening activity of 3.0 pCi/l of ²²⁶Ra for ²²⁸Ra analysis.  相似文献   

Radium isotopes in saline seepages,south-western Yilgarn,Western Australia     

B.L Dickson 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1985,49(2):361-368

Water samples from saline seepages in the south-western Yilgarn Block of Western Australia contain high activities of the four naturally-occurring radium isotopes. Activities of up to 310 $\text{pCi}\text{l}$ for ²²⁶Ra and 1720 $\text{pCi}\text{l}$ for ²²⁸Ra were measured and the ${}^{228}\text{Ra}{}^{226}\text{Ra}$ ratio averaged 6.1. Activities of the two short-lived radium isotopes were also high. ²²³Ra activities of up to 94 $\text{pCi}\text{l}$ were found with an average ${}^{226}\text{Ra}{}^{223}\text{Ra}$ ratio of 3.3, considerably lower than the natural abundance ratio of 21.4. Activities of up to 23 $\text{pCi}\text{l}$²²⁷Ac, the long-lived ($\text{t}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}\text{= 22 years}$) grandparent of ²²³Ra, were also measured. The analysis of surface granite samples, the probable source rocks of the radium, gave $\text{Th}\text{U}$ activity ratios of around 1.5. The higher ${}^{228}\text{Ra}{}^{226}\text{Ra}$ ratios of the waters were attributed to readily leached ²²⁸Ra in the weathered granites as a result of thorium remaining after weathering. Leach experiments on U-Th ore by NaCl solutions showed that all four radium isotopes were equally leached. Sulphate anions reduced the ²²⁶Ra and ²²⁸Ra leaching to a greater extent than for ²²³Ra and ²²⁴Ra, suggesting that the latter isotopes were being supported in solution by parent isotopes. In particular this suggested ²²⁷Ac was leached into the sulphate solution but this does not fully account for the amount of ²²⁷Ac seen in the seepage waters.  相似文献   

Radium content and the ${}^{226}\text{Ra}{}^{228}\text{Ra}$ activity ratio in groundwater from bedrock     

Matti Asikainen 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1981,45(8):1375-1381

The relative abundance of ²²⁶Ra and ²²⁸Ra were determined in the groundwater from 125 drilled wells containing from < 0.1 to 51.3 pCi/l of ²²⁶Ra. The determination of ²²⁸Ra was carried out with a liquid scintillation counter by measuring only the weakly energetic β particles emitted from ²²⁸Ra. Thus the interference from the daughter nuclides of ²²⁶Ra was avoided, without specific separation of ²²⁸Ac. The direct measurement of ²²⁸Ra made the method decisively simpler and faster in terms of the chemistry involved.The concentration of ²²⁸Ra was found to be independent of the amount of ²²⁶Ra present in the samples. The concentrations of ²²⁸Ra were nearly the same over the whole range of ²²⁶Ra concentrations and the average $\text{sol}{}^{226}\text{Ra}{}^{228}\text{Ra}$ ratio sharply increased as the ²²⁶Ra content of water increased. The ${}^{226}\text{Ra}{}^{228}\text{Ra}$ ratio in the drilled wells varied from 0.3 to 26. Abnormally high ${}^{226}\text{Ra}{}^{228}\text{Ra}$ ratios were found in areas with known uranium deposits as well as in several drilled wells at other locations. The abnormally high ${}^{226}\text{Ra}{}^{228}\text{Ra}$ ratios present in groundwater suggest that the radioactivity anomaly is caused by uranium deposits and not by common rocks. In samples with a low radioactivity level the average ${}^{226}\text{Ra}{}^{228}\text{Ra}$ ratio was slightly below unity, corresponding to the typical U/Th ratio of granite, the most common kind of rock in the study area. The samples from the rapakivi area proved to be exceptional in that they had a low ${}^{226}\text{Ra}{}^{228}\text{Ra}$ ratio independent of the concentration of ²²⁶Ra.  相似文献   

State of disequilibrium between ²³⁸U, ²³⁴U, ²²⁶Ra and ²²²Rn in groundwater from bedrock     

Matti Asikainen 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1981,45(2):201-206

Approximately one thousand drilled wells were investigated for their natural radioactivity. The determinations of ²³⁸U, ²³⁴U, ²²⁶Ra and ²²²Rn from 310 samples showed a high state of radioactive disequilibrium between the members of the uranium series present in water. The ${}^{238}\text{U}{}^{226}\text{Ra}$ activity ratio usually fell in the range 1–20 and the ${}^{238}\text{U}{}^{222}\text{Rn}$ activity ratio in the range 1–20 × 10^?4, the highest activity ratios being from samples with an elevated uranium content. The ${}^{234}\text{U}{}^{238}\text{U}$ activity ratio varied between 0.76 and 4.67, the most frequent values showing a 60% excess of ²³⁴U in the samples. Most of the ${}^{234}\text{U}{}^{238}\text{U}$ activity ratios near unity were found in samples with a high uranium content. Several drilled wells with anomalously high uranium contents were found in southern Finland. The average ²²⁶Ra and ²²²Rn contents of these wells were not exceptionally high, which suggests high mobility of uranium in groundwater from the areas involved.  相似文献   

Anomalously high concentrations of uranium,radium and radon in water from drilled wells in the Helsinki region     

M Asikainen  H Kahlos 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1979,43(10):1681-1686

The concentrations of uranium. ²²⁶Ra and ²²²Rn were determined in 308 drilled and 58 dug wells in the Helsinki region. The study area was about 400 km² and geologically highly variable, with granites, amphibolites and migmatites the dominant rocks. The radioactivity of water in the dug wells was on a “normal” level, but in numerous drilled wells it was anomalously high. In 14 drilled wells the concentration of uranium exceeded 1000 μg/l, the highest concentration being 14,870 μg/l. For ²²²Rn the maximum concentration was 880,000 pCi/l. The ${}^{226}\text{Ra}{}^{228}\text{Ra}$ and ${}^{230}\text{Th}{}^{232}\text{Th}$ activity ratios showed the isotopes of the uranium series to be dominant in the study area. A state of disequilibrium between ²³⁸U and ²³⁴U was very common in the samples. The ${}^{234}\text{U}{}^{238}\text{U}$ activity ratios varied in the range 1.0–4.0 regardless of the amount of uranium in the water. The conclusion can be drawn from the isotopic data that the high radioactivity of water is in some cases caused by primary uranium mineralizations, but mostly by uranium deposited in fissures of the bedrock. The paper includes a summary of the results of two studies carried out between 1967 and 1977.  相似文献   

Thorium and radium isotopic relationships in manganese nodules and sediments at MANOP Site S     

Willard S Moore 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1984,48(5):987-992

Relationships among Th and Ra isotopes in nodule, sediment and water phases at MANOP Site S establish the most likely source for Th in the nodules, the frequency of nodule turning, and the similarity of micro and macro nodules. Manganese nodules and bottom waters have ${}^{230}\text{Th}{}^{232}\text{Th}$ activity ratios considerably higher than other phases at this site suggesting that sea water is the likely source of Th for the nodules. Similar ${}^{230}\text{Th}{}^{232}\text{Th}$ activity ratios in nodule tops and bottoms and in certain cases departure from expected ${}^{226}\text{Ra}{}^{230}\text{Th}$ activity ratios in nodule tops and bottoms indicate that the nodules rotate every one to ten thousand years. The micro nodules have diffusion coefficients of Ra similar to macro nodule bottoms. I suggest that they may act as a carrier phase for transporting metals through oxic sediments to nodules.  相似文献   

Redistribution of uranium and thorium series isotopes during isovolumetric weathering of granite     

Jacqueline Michel 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1984,48(6):1249-1255

Previous studies of the distribution of U and Th in parent versus weathered granites have shown both depletion and enrichment of these elements during weathering. In this study, the distribution of U and Th decay series isotopes was determined in a weathering profile of a granitic saprolite, which showed textural preservation indicating isovolumetric weathering. Two types of dissolution methods were used: a whole-rock dissolution and a sodium-citrate dithionite leach to preferentially attack noncrystalline phases of weathering products. Using volume-based activities, 45–70 percent of the total ²³²Th was gradually removed during weathering. Although the whole-rock ${}^{228}\text{Th}{}^{232}\text{Th}$ activity ratios were in equilibrium, there were large excesses of ²²⁸Th in the leachable fraction of both parent rock (${}^{228}\text{Th}{}^{232}\text{Th}\text{= 2.06}$) and partially weathered saprolite (${}^{228}\text{Th}{}^{232}\text{Th}\text{= 3–6.5}$), due to alpha recoil and release of daughter ²²⁸Th to the weathering rind of the mineral grain. For the most weathered sample, 81 percent of the thorium was in the teachable fraction and ${}^{228}\text{Th}{}^{232}\text{Th}\text{= 1}$, indicating that even the more resistant minerals were attacked.The total U activities showed as much variation in the six parent rock samples as in the weathered profile, and ${}^{234}\text{U}{}^{238}\text{U}$ were in equilibrium in both the whole-rock and leachable fractions. ²³⁰Th was deficient relative to ²³⁴U and ²²⁶Ra in both fractions, suggesting recent addition of U and Ra to the entire profile. The large variation in U was not from absorption onto the intermediate weathering products, because only 11–23 percent of the U was in the leachable fraction.  相似文献   

U-238 series radioactive disequilibrium in groundwaters: implications to the origin of excess U-234 and fate of reactive pollutants     

N. Hussain  S. Krishnaswami 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1980,44(9):1287-1291

The concentrations of ²³⁸U, ²³⁴Th, ²²⁶Ra, ²²²Rn and ²¹⁰Pb and ${}^{234}\text{U}{}^{238}\text{U}$ activity ratios have been measured in several groundwater samples from Gujarat, India. In the aqueous phase the abundances of ²³⁴Th and ²¹⁰Pb are grossly deficient relative to their parents, ²³⁸U and ²²²Rn respectively. The deficiency is ascribable to the impact adsorption of ²³⁴Th and ²¹⁰Pb atoms onto particle surfaces which are very abundant in the groundwater regimes. The scavenging residence times for both these nuclides is about a day, suggesting that irreversible removal of ‘reactive’ metals and pollutants in groundwaters can occur on very short time scales. The fast removal of ²³⁴Th onto particles necessitates that in these groundwaters ²³⁴U ‘excess’ has to originate through leaching of soil grains rather than through in situ decay of dissolved ²³⁴Th in the water.  相似文献   

Particle mixing rates in sediments of the eastern equatorial Pacific: Evidence from ²¹⁰Pb, ^239,240Pu and ¹³⁷Cs distributions at MANOP sites     

J.Kirk Cochran 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1985,49(5):1195-1210

Particle mixing rates (D_B) calculated from excess ²¹⁰Pb gradients in sediments of the east equatorial Pacific range from 0.04 to 0.5 cm²/y, with variation of a factor of 3–4 at a single site. Diffusion of the ²³⁶Ra daughter ²²²Rn may affect ²¹⁰Pb distributions under conditions of slow mixing and low ²¹⁰Pb flux to the seafloor, as shown by a siliceous ooze-clay core which contained the fallout radionuclides ^239,240Pu and ¹³⁷Cs but no excess ²¹⁰Pb (relative to ²²⁶Ra). There is no clear relationship between ²¹⁰Pbderived mixing rates and sediment type, accumulation rate or organic carbon flux to the sediments. Comparison of ²¹⁰Pb mixing rates with those calculated from ^239,240Pu and ¹³⁷Cs distributions reveals better agreement for a pulse input of the fallout radionuclides (D_B = 0.03?0.4 cm²/y) than for continuous input at a constant rate (D_B = 0.1?1.6 cm²/y), although the Pu and ¹³⁷Cs data are better fit by the latter model. The agreement may be fortuitous because ^239,240Pu and ¹³⁷Cs appear significantly deeper than ²¹⁰Pb in at least one core. Tracer separation could be caused by particle size-selective mixing by the benthic fauna or by chemical mobilization. If the fallout radionuclides are scavenged from surface waters by large, organic-rich particles such as fecal pellets, their release and migration may result from decomposition of the carrier in surface sediments. Either a relatively unreactive form of Pu (e.g. oxidized Pu) has been released by this process or a one-dimensional model is inadequate to explain its observed penetration into the sediments. Activity ratios of ${}^{\mathrm{239,240}}\text{Pu}{}^{137}\text{Cs}$ in the sediments decrease with increasing north latitude, and the trend reflects higher fluxes of ^239,240Pu near the weapons test site at Christmas Island (2°N). The ${}^{\mathrm{239,240}}\text{Pu}{}^{137}\text{Cs}$ ratios and fluxes to the sediment (assuming constant input) at the siliceous ooze-red clay site are consistent with published sediment trap data from a nearby site. Thus if fallout radionuclide fluxes to the sea floor were higher in the past, both ^239,240Pu and ¹³⁷Cs have been released from sinking particles.  相似文献   

Ra and Rn isotopes as natural tracers of submarine groundwater discharge in the patagonian coastal zone (Argentina): an initial assessment     

Américo I. Torres  Carlos F. Andrade  Willard S. Moore  Mauricio Faleschini  José L. Esteves  Luis F. H. Niencheski  Pedro J. Depetris 《Environmental Earth Sciences》2018,77(4):145

Submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) is herein recognized as a significant pathway of material transport from land to the coastal SW Atlantic Ocean and thus, it can be a relevant factor affecting the marine biogeochemical cycles in the region. This paper focuses on the initial measurements of ²²⁶Ra, ²²⁸Ra and ²²²Rn made in Patagonia’s coastal zone of Chubut and Santa Cruz provinces (42°S–48°S, Argentina). ²²⁶Ra activity ranged from 2.9 to 73.5 dpm 100 L^?1, and ²²⁸Ra activity ranged from 11.9 to 311.0 dpm 100 L^?1 in groundwater wells. The radium activities found in Patagonia’s marine coastal regions and adjacent shelf indicate significant enrichment throughout the coastal waters. Groundwater samples presented the largest ²²²Rn activity and ranged from 2.66 to 1083 dpm L^?1. Conversely, in the coastal marine environment, the ²²²Rn activity ranged from 1.03 to 6.23 dpm L^?1. The Patagonian coastal aquifer showed a larger enrichment in ²²⁸Ra than in ²²⁶Ra, which is a typical feature for sites where SGD is dominant, probably playing a significant role in the biogeochemistry of these coastal waters.  相似文献   

Comparison of 230Th-238U disequilibrium systematics in lavas from three hot spot regions: Hawaii,Prince Edward and Samoa     

S Newman  R.C Finkel  J.D Macdougall 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1984,48(2):315-324

²³⁰Th-²³⁸U disequilibrium systematics reveal several important characteristics of the mantle source regions and petrogenesis of volcanic rocks in the presumed hot spots of Hawaii, Marion Island (Prince Edward hot spot), and Samoa. The (${}^{230}\text{Th}{}^{232}\text{Th}$) activity ratios of lavas from these three hot spots (1.06 ± 0.07, 1.04 ± 0.08, and 0.81 ± 0.06, respectively) imply that the source regions are each nearly homogeneous with $\text{Th}\text{U}$ weight ratios of 2.9, 3.0, and 3.8. For Marion Island and Mauna Kea, Hawaii, negligible secular variation occurs in the (${}^{230}\text{Th}{}^{232}\text{Th}$) initial ratios. This supports other evidence for very short transfer time between source and surface. Significant residence time at depth prior to eruption cannot be ruled out for the Samoan lavas we have studied; however, the data for one of these flows deviate from the proposed (${}^{230}\text{Th}{}^{232}\text{Th}$)-${}^{87}\text{Sr}{}^{86}\text{Sr}$ correlation (Condomineset al., 1981a) in the opposite sense from that expected for such residence. If it is assumed that the measured (${}^{230}\text{Th}{}^{232}\text{Th}$) ratios of the young lavas reflect $\text{Th}\text{U}$ in their mantle sources, then the observed variations among these three hot spots, combined with those reported by other workers for Iceland, the Azores and Tristan de Cunha, suggest that these sources are characterized by $\text{Th}\text{U}$ ratios ranging from values similar to that of MORB source (~2.5) to values similar to those of bulk earth (~3.8). Mixing of different proportions of depleted and enriched mantle may be responsible for the observed range.  相似文献   

Ra-226 and Rn-222 in saline water compartments of the Aral Sea region     

《Applied Geochemistry》2015

The Aral Sea has been shrinking since 1963 due to extensive irrigation and the corresponding decline in the river water inflow. Understanding of the current hydrological situation demands an improved understanding of the surface water/groundwater dynamics in the region. ²²²Rn and ²²⁶Ra measurements can be used to trace groundwater discharge into surface waters. Data of these radiometric parameters were not previously available for the study region. We determined ²²²Rn activities after liquid phase extraction using Liquid Scintillation Counting (LSC) with peak-length discrimination and analyzed ²²⁶Ra concentrations in different water compartments of the Amu Darya Delta (surface waters, unconfined groundwater, artesian water, and water profiles from the closed Large Aral Sea (western basin).The water samples comprise a salinity range between 1 and 263 g/l. The seasonal dynamics of solid/water interaction under an arid climate regime force the hydrochemical evolution of the unconfined groundwater in the Amu Darya Delta to high-salinity Na(Mg)Cl(SO₄) water types. The dissolved radium concentrations in the waters were mostly very low due to mineral over-saturation, extensive co-precipitation of radium and adsorption of radium on coexisting solid substrates.The analysis of very low ²²⁶Ra concentrations (<10 ppq) at remote study sites is a challenge. We used the water samples to test and improve different analytical methods. In particular, we modified a procedure developed for the α-spectrometric determination of ²²⁶Ra after solid phase extraction of radium using 3M Empore™ High Performance Extraction Disks (Purkl, 2002) for the analysis of the radionuclide using an ICP sector field mass spectrometer. The ²²⁶Ra concentration of 17 unconfined groundwater samples ranged between 0.2 and 5 ppq, and that of 28 artesian waters between <0.2 and 13 ppq. The ICP-MS results conformed satisfactorily to analytical results based on γ-measurements of the ²²²Rn ingrowth after purging and trapping on super-cooled charcoal. The ²²⁶Ra concentrations were positively correlated with the salinity and the dissolved NaCl concentrations. The occurrence of unusually high ²²⁶Ra activities is explained by radium release from adsorption sites with increasing salinity. The inferred spatial variability of ²²²Rn in the Aral Sea and of ²²²Rn and ²²⁶Ra in the groundwater of the Amu Darya Delta is discussed in the context of our own previous hydrochemical studies in the study sites. Relatively low ²²²Rn activities in the unconfined GW (1–9.5 Bq/l) indicate the alluvial sediments hosting the GW to be a low-²³⁸U(²²⁶Ra) substrate. Positive correlations between U and ²²⁶Ra, and U and ²²²Rn are likely related to locally deposited Fe(Mn)OOH precipitates. The ²²²Rn activity of the GW, however, distinctly exceeds the ²²²Rn concentration in the Aral Sea (10 mBq/l), in principle, making ²²²Rn a sensitive tracer for the inflow of GW. The high water volume of the Large Aral Sea and wind induced mixing of its water body, however, hamper the detection of local groundwater inflow.  相似文献   

Growth of a manganese nodule from Peru Basin: A radiochemical anatomy     

J.L Reyss  N Lemaitre  T.L Ku  V Marchig  J.R Southon  D.E Nelson  J.S Vogel 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1985,49(11):2401-2408

Attempts have been made to study the entire growth history of a manganese nodule from the northern part of Peru Basin in the Pacific using radiochemical profiles of ${}^{230}\text{Th}{}^{232}\text{Th}$, ${}^{227}\text{Th}{}^{230}\text{Th}$, and ${}^{10}\text{Be}{}^9\text{Be}$. Combined with the observations on Fe-Mn contents and textural variation, the radiochemical data indicate that the nodule grew more or less concentrically throughout most of its existence since it formed 1.5 my ago, receiving Mn from both bottom water and pore water. This condition appeared to have changed about 180 ky ago when the growth became asymmetric in that the top and bottom sides became fixed in their relative positions on the sea floor. Since then, the bottom side accreted with a fast rate of close to 200 mm/my, apparently fueled by the supply of diagenetically remobilized Mn in pore water from the sediment substrate. In the meantime, the top side accumulated at about 6 mm/my, a value which is in the normal range for deep-sea nodules having their Mn supplied from the hydrogenous source.  相似文献   

⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar dating of inclusions from IAB iron meteorites     

Sidney Niemeyer 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1979,43(11):1829-1840

Silicate and troilite from IAB iron meteorites were dated by the ⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar technique. Silicate from four IAB meteorites gave well-defined apparent-age plateaus which accounted for 71–99% of the released ³⁹Ar. At low temperatures, only Copiapo showed appreciable loss of ⁴⁰Ar, while Mundrabilla and Woodbine released excess ⁴⁰Ar. The plateau ages are: 4.50 Byr for Copiapo, 4.57 Byr for Mundrabilla, 4.57 Byr for Woodbine, 4.54 Byr for unetched Pitts, and 4.57 Byr for etched Pitts; the 1σ error in each case is ± 0.03 Byr. A poorly-defined age plateau for Landes gives an age of 4.48 Byr, while the total K-Ar age (4.55 Byr) is significantly higher. The average $\text{(}{}^{40}\text{Ar/}{}^{36}\text{Ar)}$_trapped ratio for all silicate samples is 0.4 ± 0.4.Simple and undisturbed K-Ar systems are rare for meteorites, yet it appears to be a common feature for IAB silicates. In addition, plateau ages of IAB silicates are as old or older than the mean age of unshocked chondrites (4.47 Byr).Troilite samples yielded complex patterns which were evaluated via ⁴⁰Ar/³⁶Ar vs ³⁹Ar/³⁶Ar plots. Data for Pitts troilite are consistent with silicate and troilite retaining Ar at about the same time initially, but then 4.25 Byr ago nearly all the Ar in troilite was redistributed. The 700–1000°C points for Mundrabilla troilite define a line which gives an age of 6.2 Byr and $\text{(}{}^{40}\text{Ar/}{}^{36}\text{Ar)}{}_{\mathrm{trapped}}\text{= 42}$. This line may be an artifact, perhaps produced by homogenization of Ar and K.Approximate estimates of cosmic-ray exposure ages are 240 Myr for Landes, 130 Myr for Copiapo, 190 Myr for Woodbine, 170 Myr for Mundrabilla troilite, and 60 Myr for Pitts troilite.The I-Xe study of these same samples revealed a good correlation between well-defined I-Xe ages of silicates and Ni contents of metal (Niemeyer, 1979). The poorer resolution of the ⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar technique hampers a similar evaluation; nevertheless, plateau ages of the silicates suggest a systematic trend with Ni contents.  相似文献   

Radioelements,radiogenic helium and age relationships for groundwaters from the granites at Stripa,Sweden   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

J.N Andrews  I.S Giles  R.L.F Kay  D.J Lee  J.K Osmond  J.B Cowart  P Fritz  J.F Barker  J Gale 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1982,46(9):1533-1543

The solution of radioelements and radiogenic ⁴He by groundwaters in fractured rocks is dependent upon the radioelement distribution in the rock matrix and the extent of the rock-water interface. The ${}^{234}\text{U}{}^{238}\text{U}$ activity ratio and the dissolved U, Rn and He contents of such groundwaters respond to changes in the flow regime with time. Although ${}^{234}\text{U}{}^{238}\text{U}$ activity ratios change with groundwater residence time as a consequence of ²³⁴Th-recoil induced solution of ²³⁴U, the activity ratio is strongly influenced by the U distribution within fractures, by the extent of the rock-water interface and by the amount of ²³⁸U in solution. A model for the quantitative evaluation of these effects is presented.Groundwaters from depths up to 880 m in the Stripa granite have variable dissolved uranium contents and ${}^{234}\text{U}{}^{238}\text{U}$ activity ratios. The uranium geochemistry is primarily determined by variations in flow path rather than by groundwater age.Dissolved radiogenic ⁴He in the groundwaters increases with their depth of origin, and is dependent upon the U content of the granite and upon its fracture porosity. It increases with groundwater residence time but movement of ⁴He by diffusion and transport processes make the actual groundwater age indeterminate.  相似文献   

Rb-Sr provenance ages from weathered and stream transported quartz grains from the Harney Peak Granite,Black Hills,South Dakota     

Louise S. Powers  Hannes K. Brueckner  David H. Krinsley 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1979,43(1):137-146

Weathered quartz grus and stream transported quartz of the Harney Peak Granite, Black Hills, South Dakota, contain low concentrations of Rb (generally 0.3–6.8 ppm) and Sr (0.2–2.0 ppm) and variable Sr isotopic ratios (0.759–1.070).Six of seven single grains of large composite quartz grus which recently entered the weathering environment define an apparent isochron age (about 1800 Myr) and initial ${}^{87}\text{Sr}{}^{86}\text{Sr}$ ratio (0.7066) that approximate the whole-rock isochron age (1707 Myr) and initial ratio (0.7143) of the Harney Peak Granite. Apparently the Rb-Sr systematics of these grains were not significantly altered during initial weathering. Leached fluid inclusion material from a ca. 2 g aggregate of composite quartz grains contains very little Rb or Sr (0.019 and 0.17 μg, respectively) and has a very low ${}^{87}\text{Sr}{}^{86}\text{Sr}$ ratio (0.739). The Rb and Sr content of the quartz grains appears to be concentrated in minute, heterogeneously-distributed mineral inclusions.Five aggregates of more completely weathered, small non-composite quartz grains produce a widely scattered pattern on an isochron diagram with all samples plotting below the 1707 Myr isochron. Examination by SEM of these grains shows solution and precipitation features on their relatively large effective surface areas. The differential precipitation of Rb is believed to have been the major perturbating chemical process during weathering.Three aggregates of stream quartz grains define an apparent isochron age of 1777 Myr and an initial ${}^{87}\text{Sr}{}^{86}\text{Sr}$ ratio of 0.720 that suggest the initial ‘igneous’ Rb-Sr characteristics of the stream quartz were re-attained during their transportation, probably as a result of removal of the outer weathered surface by abrasion. The apparent resistance to chemical weathering of stream quartz and quartz which has just entered the weathering environment suggests that this mineral may be extremely useful in studies of provenance and the geochronology of strongly weathered terranes.  相似文献   

Noble gases in E-chondrites     

Jane Crabb  Edward Anders 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1981,45(12):2443-2464

Noble gas data are reported for 12 E-chondrites. Combined with literature data, they show that K-Ar ages are >4 Æ for 14 out of 18 meteorites, yet U, Th-He ages are often shorter, perhaps due to late, mild reheating. Cosmic-ray exposure ages differ systematically between types 4 and 6, with E4's mostly below 16 Myr and E6's above 30 Myr. This may mean that the E-chondrite parent body contains predominantly a single petrologic type on the (~ 1 km) scale of individual impacts, in contrast to the more thoroughly mixed parent bodies of the ordinary chondrites.The heavy noble gases consist of at least two primordial components: the usual planetary component (${}^{36}\text{Ar}{}^{132}\text{Xe}\text{~ 80}$) and a less fractionated, ‘subsolar’ component ($\text{2700 ≤}{}^{36}\text{Ar}{}^{132}\text{Xe}\text{≤ 3800}$). The latter is found in highest concentration in the E4 chondrite South Oman (³⁶Ar = 760 × 10^?8cc/g, ${}^{36}\text{Ar}{}^{132}\text{Xe}\text{= 2700}$). The isotopic compositions of both components are similar to typical planetary values, indicating that some factor other than mass controlled the noble gas elemental ratios. The heavy Xe isotopes occasionally show some of the lowest ${}^{134}\text{Xe}{}^{132}\text{Xe}$ and ${}^{136}\text{Xe}{}^{132}\text{Xe}$ ratios measured in bulk chondrites, suggestive of nearly fission-free Xe (e.g. ${}^{136}\text{Xe}{}^{132}\text{Xe}\text{= 0.3095 ± 0.0020}$). Amounts of planetary gas in E4 E6 chondrites fall in the range for ordinary chondrites of types 4–6, but, in contrast to the ordinary chondrites. fail to correlate with petrologic type or volatile trace element contents. Another unusual feature of E-chondrites is that primordial Ne is present even in most 4's and 5's (²⁰Ne_p ~ 1 to 7 × 10^?8cc/g). with an isotopic composition consistent with planetary Ne.Analyses of mineral separates show that the planetary gases are concentrated in an HF- and HCl-insoluble mineral similar to phase Q, the poorly characterized, HNO₃-soluble carrier of primordial gases in carbonaceous and ordinary chondrites. The subsolar gases, on the other hand, are located in an HCl- and HNO₃-resistant phase, possibly enstatite or a minor phase included in enstatite. Much of the ¹²⁹Xe_r (50% for E4's, > 70% for E6's) is in HCl-resistant but HF-soluble sites, suggestive of a silicate.A similar subsolar component may be responsible for the high ${}^{36}\text{Ar}{}^{132}\text{Xe}$ ratios of some C3's, unequilibrated ordinary chondrites, and the unique aubrite Shallowater. The planet Venus also has a high $\text{Ar}\text{Kr}$ ratio, well above the planetary range, and hence may have acquired its noble gases from an E-chondrite-like material, similar to South Oman.  相似文献   

The formation of caliche in soils of the Mojave Desert,California     

William H. Schlesinger 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1985,49(1):57-66

Radiocarbon and ²³⁰Th-²³⁴U dates of calcic horizons from calciorthid soil profiles in the Mojave Desert were used to calculate the rate of deposition of pedogenic CaCO₃. A major period of CaCO₃ deposition appears to have occurred about 20000 yBP forming calcic horizons below 100-cm depth during a climatic regime with greater effective rainfall than in the present. The overall rate of deposition has been 1.0 to 3.5 g CaCO₃/m²/yr during soil formation. This rate is consistent with present-day rates, assuming that the atmospheric deposition of Ca limits the process. Stable isotope ratios in calcic horizons indicate that CaCO₃ precipitated from a soil environment with CO₂ of ? 15.5%. ${}^{13}\text{C}{}^{12}\text{C}$ (vs. PDB) and H₂O of + 2.0%. ${}^{18}\text{O}{}^{16}\text{O}$ (vs. SMOW). These values suggest that CaCO₃ precipitates when seasonal drought simultaneously lowers soil pore pCO₂ and enriches soil water ¹⁸O by evaporation. The role of soil calcic horizons in the global geochemical cycle of carbon is discussed.  相似文献   

U-Pb investigations on zircons from pre-Variscan gneisses—I. A study from the Schwarzwald,West Germany     

Wolfgang A. Todt  Wilhelm Büsch 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1981,45(10):1789-1801

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Rare gases and ³⁶Cl in stony-iron meteorites: cosmogenic elemental production rates,exposure ages,diffusion losses and thermal histories     

F Begemann  H.W Weber  E Vilcsek  H Hintenberger 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1976,40(3):353-368

Metal and silicate portions from 13 mesosiderites, one pallasite, Bencubbin (“unique”) and Udei Station (‘iron with silicate inclusions’) have been analysed for their content of He, Ne and Ar; in most cases ³⁶Cl could be determined as well. ³⁶Cl-³⁶Ar cosmic ray exposure ages fall between 10 and 160 Myr. Half of the metal samples show a deficit of spallogenic ³He (up to 30%) which we ascribe to a loss of tritium. The observed depletion of ³He in the silicates is correlated with their mineralogical composition: feldspar has lost its ³He in all cases, pyroxene definitely in one and possibly in five others, while olivine has been affected in only two meteorites. The thermal histories during their exposure to the cosmic radiation have been different for different meteoroids. Nevertheless, with the exception of Veramin, the data are compatible with the assumption of a continuous diffusion loss during a considerable fraction of the exposure era. For Veramin, however, an episodic event late in the exposure history is required. The exceptionally high ${}^{39}\text{Ar}{}^{36}\text{Cl}$ ratio in the metal, which is due to a high ³⁹Ar activity, indicates that the event occurred during the last 500,000 years or so and resulted in an extremely excentric orbit (large aphelion).Production rates of ^38,39Ar from Ca and ^21,22Ne from Mg are given. The ratio $\text{P}{}^{38}{}_{\mathrm{Ca}}\text{P}{}^{21}{}_{\mathrm{Mg}}$ is close to unity. The ratios $\text{P}{}^{38}{}_{\mathrm{Ca}}\text{P}{}^{38}{}_{\mathrm{Fe}}$ vary between 20 and 50, and are not correlated with the absolute production rate of ³⁸Ar from metal. The ${}^{22}\text{Ne}{}^{21}\text{Ne}$ production ratio from Mg is found to be close to but below unity.Of the mesosiderites only Veramin shows unambiguous evidence for primordial rare gases with larger amounts and a higher ${}^{20}\text{Ne}{}^{36}\text{Ar}$ ratio in the olivine, suggesting in situ fractionation to have at least been partly responsible for the abundance pattern found. Bencubbin contains large amounts of strongly fractionated primordial gases, but again part of the fractionation may have occurred in situ. Udei Station shows an excess of (3.5 ± 0.6) × 10^?10 cm³ STP ¹²⁹Xe/g in the non-magnetic portion.  相似文献