A stable isotope study of serpentinization and metamorphism in the Highland Border Suite,Scotland, U.K.     

Nicholas P Ikin  Russell S Harmon 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1983,47(2):153-167

$\text{D}\text{H}$ and ${}^{18}\text{O}{}^{16}\text{O}$ ratios have been measured for whole-rock samples and mineral separates from the mafic and ultramatic rocks of the Cambro-Ordovician Highland Border Suite. The H- and O- isotopic compositions of these rocks record individual stages in a relatively complex 500 Myr old hydrothermal/metamorphic history. Lizardite serpentinites (δD ～ ? 105‰; δ¹⁸O ～ + 6.2‰) record a premetamorphic history and indicate that parent harzburgites, dunites, and pyroxenites were serpentinized through low-temperature interaction with meteoric waters during cooling. The other rocks of the Highland Border Suite record subsequent interaction with metamorphic fluids. Amphibolite facies hornblende schists were produced through thrust-related (dynamothermal) metamorphism of spilitic pillow lavas. During dehydration, D-enriched fluids were driven off from the spilites thus leaving the hornblende schists to equilibrate with a relatively D-depleted internal fluid reservoir (δD ～ ? 45‰). The expelled D-enriched fluids may have mixed with more typical Dalradian metamorphic waters which then exchanged with the remaining mafic rocks and lizardite serpentinites during greenschist facies regional metamorphism to produce antigorite serpentinites (δD ～ ? 62‰; δ¹⁸O ～ + 8‰) and greenschist metaspilites (δD ～ ? 57‰; δ¹⁸O ～ + 7.3‰) with similar H- and O-isotopic compositions. Serpentinites which have been only partially metamorphosed show intermediate H-isotopic compositions between that of metamorphic antigorite (δD ～ ? 62‰) and non-metamorphic lizardite δD ～ ? 105‰) end members.  相似文献   

The geochemical evolution of the Pleistocene Lake Lisan-Dead Sea system     

Amitai Katz  Yehoshua Kolodny  Arie Nissenbaum 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1977,41(11):1609-1626

The geochemical history of Lake Lisan, the Pleistocene precursor of the Dead Sea, has been studied by geological, chemical and isotopic methods.Aragonite laminae from the Lisan Formation yielded (equivalent) Sr/Ca ratios in the range 0.5 × 10^?2?1 × 10^?2, Na/Ca ratios from 3.6 × 10^?3 to 9.2 × 10^?3, $\text{δ}{}^{18}\text{O}{}_{\mathrm{PDB}}$ values between 1.5 and 7%. and $\text{δ}{}^{13}\text{C}{}_{\mathrm{PDB}}$ from ?7.7 to 3.4%..The distribution coefficient of Na⁺ between aragonite and aqueous solutions, $\text{λ}{}^{\mathrm{A}}{}_{\mathrm{Na}}$, is experimentally shown to be very sensitive to salinity and nearly temperature independent. Thus, Na/Ca in aragonite serves as a paleosalinity indicator.Sr/Ca ratios and $\text{δ}{}^{18}\text{O}$ values in aragonite provide good long-term monitors of a lake's evolution. They show Lake Lisan to be well mixed, highly evaporated and saline. Except for a diluted surface layer, the salinity of the lake was half that of the present Dead Sea (15 vs 31%).Lake Lisan evolved from a small, yet deep, hypersaline Dead Sea-like, water body. This initial lake was rapidly filled-up to its highest stand by fresh waters and existed for about 40,000 yr before shrinking back to the present Dead Sea. The chemistry of Lake Lisan at its stable stand represented a material balance between a Jordan-like input, an original large mass of salts and a chemical removal of aragonite. The weighted average depth of Lake Lisan is calculated, on a geochemical basis, to have been at least 400, preferably 600 m.The oxygen isotopic composition of Lake Lisan water, which was higher by at least 3%. than that of the Dead Sea, was probably dictated by a higher rate of evaporation.Na/Ca ratios in aragonite, which correlate well with $\text{δ}{}^{13}\text{C}$ values, but change frequently in time, reflect the existence of a short lived upper water layer of varying salinity in Lake Lisan.  相似文献   

Distribution,abundance and carbon isotopic composition of gaseous hydrocarbons in Big Soda Lake,Nevada: An alkaline,meromictic lake     

Ronald S. Oremland  David J. Des Marais 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1983,47(12):2107-2114

Distribution and isotopic composition (δ¹³C) of low molecular weight hydrocarbon gases were studied in Big Soda Lake (depth = 64 m), an alkaline, meromictic lake with permanently anoxic bottom waters. Methane increased with depth in the anoxic mixolimnion (depth = 20–35 m), reached uniform concentrations (55 μM/l) in the monimolimnion (35–64 m) and again increased with depth in monimolimnion bottom sediments (>400 μM/kg below 1 m sub-bottom depth). The μ¹³C[CH₄] values in bottom sediment below 1 m sub-bottom depth (<?70 per mil) increased with vertical distance up the core (δ¹³C[CH₄] = ?55 per mil at sediment surface). Monimolimnion δ¹³C[CH₄] values (?55 to ?61 per mil) were greater than most δ¹³C[CH₄] values found in the anoxic mixolimnion (92% of samples had δ¹³C[CH₄] values between ?20 and ?48 per mil). No significant concentrations of ethylene or propylene were found in the lake. However ethane, propane, isobutane and n-butane concentrations all increased with water column depth, with respective maximum concentrations of 260, 80, 23 and 22 nM/l encountered between 50–60 m depth. Concentrations of ethane, propane and butanes decreased with depth in the bottom sediments. Ratios of $\text{CH}{}_4\text{[C}{}_2\text{H}{}_6\text{+ C}{}_3\text{H}{}_8\text{]}$ were high (250–620) in the anoxic mixolimnion, decreased to ~161 in the monimolimnion and increased with depth in the sediment to values as high as 1736. We concluded that methane has a biogenic origin in both the sediments and the anoxic water column and that C₂-C₄ alkanes have biogenic origins in the monimolimnion water and shallow sediments. The changes observed in δ¹³C[CH₄] and $\text{CH}{}_4\text{(C}{}_2\text{H}{}_6\text{+ C}{}_3\text{H}{}_8\text{)}$ with depth in the water column and sediments are probably caused by bacteria] processes. These might include anaerobic methane oxidation and different rates of methanogenesis and C₂ to C₄ alkane production by microorganisms.  相似文献   

O18O16 of feldspars in carbonate rocks     

J.R Lawrence  M Kastner 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1975,39(2):97-102

Six authigenic feldspars and three detrital feldspars in limestones and dolostones of Eocene to Preeambrian ages were analyzed for their $\text{O}{}^{18}\text{O}{}^{16}$ content. The difference in δO¹⁸ between the authigenic feldspars (δO¹⁸range = + 18.2 to + 24.7%.) and carbonate host rocks, both limestones and dolostones, was found to be ?0.5 to ?1.4%. Detrital feldspars (δO¹⁸ = + 11.2, + 22.5 and + 17.0%.) exhibit Δ^feldspar_carbonate values of ?12.0, ?2.4 and ?1.6‰, respectively, and appear to have undergone increased isotopic exchange as a function of decreased grain size under solid-state conditions.  相似文献   

High-¹⁸O granitic plutons from the Frontenac Axis,Grenville province of ontario,Canada     

Yuch-Ning Shieh 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1985,49(1):117-123

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Carbon,hydrogen, and oxygen isotope studies of the regional metamorphic complex at Naxos,Greece     

Robert O. Rye  Roelof D. Schuiling  Danny M. Rye  J.Ben H. Jansen 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1976,40(9):1031-1049

At Naxos, Greece, a migmatite dome is surrounded by schists and marbles of decreasing metamorphic grade. Sillimanite, kyanite, biotite, chlorite, and glaucophane zones are recognized at successively greater distances from the migmatite dome. Quartz-muscovite and quartz-biotite oxygen isotope and mineralogie temperatures range from 350 to 700°C.The metamorphic complex can be divided into multiple schist-rich (including migmatites) and marblerich zones. The δ¹⁸O values of silicate minerals in migmatite and schist units and quartz segregations in the schist-rich zones decrease with increase in metamorphic grades. The calculated δ¹⁸O_H2O values of the metamorphic fluids in the schist-rich zones decrease from about 15‰ in the lower grades to an average of about 8.5‰ in the migmatite.The δD values of OH-minerals (muscovite, biotite, chlorite, and glaucophane) in the schist-rich zones also decrease with increase in grade. The calculated δD_H2O values for the metamorphic fluid decrease from ?5‰ in the glaucophane zone to an average of about ?70‰ in the migmatite. The δD values of water in fluid inclusions in quartz segregations in the higher grade rocks are consistent with this trend.Theδ¹⁸O values of silicate minerals and quartz segregations in marble-rich zones are usually very large and were controlled by exchange with the adjacent marbles. The δD values of the OH minerals in some marble-rich zones may reflect the value of water contained in the rocks prior to metamorphism.Detailed data on 20 marble units show systematic variations of δ¹⁸O values which depend upon metamorphic grade. Below the 540°C isograd very steep δ¹⁸O gradients at the margins and large δ¹⁸O values in the interior of the marbles indicate that oxygen isotope exchange with the adjacent schist units was usually limited to the margins of the marbles with more exchange occurring in the stratigraphic bottom than in the top margins. Above the 540°C isograd lower δ¹⁸O values occur in the interior of the marble units reflecting a greater degree of recrystallization and the occurrence of Ca-Mg-silicates.Almost all the δ¹³C values of the marbles are in the range of unaltered marine limestones. Nevertheless, the δ¹³C values of most marble units show a general correlation with δ¹⁸O values.The $\text{CO}{}_2\text{H}{}_2\text{O}$ mole ratio of fluid inclusions in quartz segregations range from 0.01 to 2. Theδ¹³C values of the CO₂ range from ?8.0 to 3.6‰ and indicate that at some localities CO₂ in the metamorphic fluid was not in carbon isotopic equilibrium with the marbles.  相似文献   

Hydrogen and carbon isotopes of petroleum and related organic matter     

Hsueh-Wen Yeh  Samuel Epstein 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1981,45(5):753-762

$\text{D}\text{H}$ and ${}^{13}\text{C}{}^{12}\text{C}$ ratios were measured for 114 petroleum samples and for several samples of related organic matter. δD of crude oil ranges from ?85 to ?181‰, except for one distillate (?250‰) from the Kenai gas field; δ¹³C of crude oil ranges from ?23.3 to ?32.5‰, Variation in δD and δ¹³C values of compound-grouped fractions of a crude oil is small, 3 and 1.1%., respectively, and the difference in δD and δ¹³C between oil and coeval wax is slight. Gas fractions are 53–70 and 22.6–23.2‰ depleted in D and ¹³C, respectively, relative to the coexisting oil fractions.The δD and δ¹³C values of the crude oils appear to be largely determined by the isotopic compositions of their organic precursors. The contribution of terrestrial organic debris to the organic precursors of most marine crude oils may be significant.  相似文献   

Isotopic and textural discrimination between hypogene,ancient supergene,and modern sulfates at the Questa mine,New Mexico     

Andrew R. Campbell  Virgil W. Lueth 《Applied Geochemistry》2008

Chemical and mineralogical changes due to pyrite weathering are of interest with respect to understanding long-term physical stability of mine rock piles at the Questa mine, New Mexico. The ability to discriminate between ancient and modern processes is important for establishing the extent of modern weathering within the piles. Initial inventories of sulfur minerals and representative isotope compositions in rocks from orebodies, the hydrothermal alteration zones associated with orebodies, hydrothermal alteration scars, and mine rock piles were determined. Ore body sulfides have δ³⁴S_CDT of 0 ± 4‰, typical for sulfides formed by magmatic processes in stockwork Mo systems. Pyrite from alteration scars has a wide range of δ³⁴S values from 0.0‰ to −13.6‰. Sulfate from the ore body has markedly positive δ³⁴S (5–10‰) accompanied by positive δ¹⁸OSO₄${\delta }^{18}{\text{O}}_{{\text{SO}}_4}$ values (6–15‰) reflecting equilibrium formation from magmatic fluids. Sulfates from alteration scars have δ³⁴S values over a broad range, similar to alteration scar pyrites, from −10.6‰ to 0‰ and δ¹⁸OSO₄${\delta }^{18}{\text{O}}_{{\text{SO}}_4}$ of 0 ± 3‰. Sulfates with fine grained, delicate, and euhedral mineral habits suggesting recent formation within the mine rock piles, have δ³⁴S values similar to orebody pyrite and alteration scars but more negative δ¹⁸OSO₄${\delta }^{18}{\text{O}}_{{\text{SO}}_4}$ values (−3‰ to −10‰). Sulfates from all three sources occur in these piles, and their stable isotope values have proven useful in differentiating them and their environments of formation (i.e., hypogene, ancient supergene, and recent weathering). Correlating the isotopic compositions with textures allows petrographic assessment for the origins of sulfate minerals in the rock piles, but this must be applied with caution because some sulfate mineral recycling has occurred.  相似文献   

Light hydrocarbons in Red Sea brines and sediments     

Roger A. Burke  James M. Brooks  William M. Sackett 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1981,45(5):627-634

Light hydrocarbon (C₁-C₃) concentrations in the water from four Red Sea brine basins (Atlantis II, Suakin, Nereus and Valdivia Deeps) and in sediment pore waters from two of these areas (Atlantis II and Suakin Deeps) are reported. The hydrocarbon gases in the Suakin Deep brine (T = ~ 25°C, $\text{Cl}{}^{\mathrm{?}}\text{= ~ 85‰}$, $\text{CH}{}_4\text{=}\text{~ 71}\text{1}$) are apparently of biogenic origin as evidenced by $\text{C}{}_1\text{(C}{}_2\text{+ C}{}_3$) ratios of ~ 1000. Methane concentrations (6–8 μl/l) in Suakin Deep sediments are nearly equal to those in the brine, suggesting sedimentary interstitial waters may be the source of the brine and associated methane.The Atlantis II Deep has two brine layers with significantly different light hydrocarbon concentrations indicating separate sources. The upper brine (T = ~ 50°C, $\text{Cl}{}^{\mathrm{?}}\text{= ~ 73‰}$, CH₄ = ~ 155 μl/l) gas seems to be of biogenic origin [$\text{C}{}_1\text{(C}{}_2\text{+ C}{}_3\text{) = ~1100}$], whereas the lower brine (T = ~ 61°C, $\text{Cl}{}^{\mathrm{?}}\text{= ~ 155‰}$, CH₄ = ~ 120μl/l) gas is apparently of thermogenic origin [$\text{C}{}_1\text{(C}{}_2\text{+ C}{}_3\text{) = ~ 50}$]. The thermogenic gas resulting from thermal cracking of organic matter in the sedimentary column apparently migrates into the basin with the brine, whereas the biogenic gas is produced in situ or at the seawater-brine interface. Methane concentrations in Atlantis II interstitial waters underlying the lower brine are about one half brine concentrations; this difference possibly reflects the known temporal variations of hydrothermal activity in the basin.  相似文献   

Strontium isotopic contamination and oxidation during ocean floor hydrothermal metamorphism of the ophiolitic rocks of the Troodos Massif,Cyprus     

E.T.C. Spooner  H.J. Chapman  J.D. Smewing 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1977,41(7):873-890

Twenty-six new high precision ${}^{87}\text{Sr}{}^{86}\text{Sr}$ratio determinations and existing analyses are used to discuss the strontium isotopic composition of the Upper Cretaceous ophiolitic rocks of the Troodos Massif, Cyprus. Relative to initial magmatic ${}^{87}\text{Sr}{}^{86}\text{Sr}$ ratios (0.70338 ± 0.00010 to 0.70365 ± 0.00005), the hydrothermally metamorphosed pillow lavas and dyke complex have been contaminated by isotopically heavier strontium.This observation confirms the hypothesis that hydrothermal metamorphism was a consequence of sea water-rock interaction, since sea water was the only readily accessible reservoir of isotopically heavier strontium. The fact that metagabbros and altered trondhjemites were also Sr isotopically contaminated shows that sea water penetrated approximately 2 km into the oceanic crust represented by the ophiolitic sequence.The amount of Sr isotopic contamination requires that the bulk sea water: rock ratio was at least ~15:1 and shows that water-rock interaction occurred in a flow system. The degree of oxidation decreases with increasing depth. This shows that the vertical component of fluid flow was downward. The absolute bulk water/rock ratio (for water at S.T.P.), as estimated from the oxidation profile, may have been as large as ~3 × 10³:1 —a large figure which independently confirms that rocks showing strong δ¹⁸O shifts have interacted with large volumes of water.The sites of discharge of the hot fluid, which must have come out of the system, are identified as the cupriferous pyrite ore deposits. This process of mass transfer corresponds to hydrothermal convection in a permeable medium with an open upper boundary surface.  相似文献   

Hydrological budget,carbon sources and biogeochemical processes in Lac Pavin (France): Constraints from δO of water and δC of dissolved inorganic carbon     

N. Assayag  D. Jézéquel  M. Ader  E. Viollier  G. Michard  F. Prévot  P. Agrinier 《Applied Geochemistry》2008

Lac Pavin (French Massif Central) is a permanently stratified lake: the upper water layers (mixolimnion, from 0 to 60 m depth) are affected by seasonal overturns, whereas the bottom water layers (monimolimnion, from 60 to 90 m depth) remain isolated and are never mixed. Hence, they are capable of storing important quantities of dissolved gases, mainly CO₂. With the aim of better constraining the water balance and of gaining new insights into the carbon cycle of Lac Pavin, an isotopic approach is used. The δ¹⁸OH₂O$\delta {}^{18}{\text{O}}_{{\text{H}}_2\text{O}}$ profiles lead the authors to give a new evaluation of the evaporation flow rate (8 L s⁻¹), and to propose and characterize two sub-surface springs. The sub-surface spring located at the bottom of the lake can be deduced from the 1% isotopic difference between the upper water layers (mean δ¹⁸OH₂O$\delta {}^{18}{\text{O}}_{{\text{H}}_2\text{O}}$ value: −7.3‰) and the bottom water layers (δ¹⁸OH₂O=-8.4‰$\delta {}^{18}{\text{O}}_{{\text{H}}_2\text{O}}=-8.4‰$). It is argued that this sub-surface spring has isotopic and chemical characteristics similar to those of the magmatic CO₂-rich spring (i.e. Fontaine Goyon, δ¹⁸OH₂O=-9.4‰$\delta {}^{18}{\text{O}}_{{\text{H}}_2\text{O}}=-9.4‰$), and we calculate its flow rate of 1.6 L s⁻¹. The second sub-surface spring is located around 45 m depth, with a composition close to those of the water surface streams (δ¹⁸OH₂O<-7.6‰$\delta {}^{18}{\text{O}}_{{\text{H}}_2\text{O}}<-7.6‰$).  相似文献   

Isotopic abundances of water of crystallization of gypsum from the Miocene evaporite formation,Carpathian Foredeep,Poland     

S. Hałas  H.R. Krouse 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1982,46(2):293-296

For sulfates of Miocene evaporites in the Carpathian Foredeep, the waters of crystallization of gypsum (w.c.g.) have $\text{δD = ?38 to ?113\%.}$ and $\text{δ}{}^{18}\text{O = 0 to ?11\%.}$ (SMOW). The $\text{δ}{}^{34}\text{S}$ and $\text{δ}{}^{18}\text{O}$ values of the sulfates are uniform and consistent with a marine origin. It is proposed that the original w.c.g. was equilibrated with marine water. Subsequently, it re-equilibrated towards very isotopically light water (δD ～ ?100%., δ¹⁸O ～ ?14%) during a glacial or postglacial period and is now trending towards current waters circulating through the deposits (δD ～ ?50%., δ¹⁸ ～ ?7%). The extent of reequilibration increased with decreasing crystal size.  相似文献   

Stable isotopic investigations of early development in extant and fossil chambered cephalopods I. Oxygen isotopic composition of eggwater and carbon isotopic composition of siphuncle organic matter in Nautilus     

Kimberley C. Crocker  Michael J. DeNiro  Peter D. Ward 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1985,49(12):2527-2532

Eggwaters from the chambered cephalopod Nautilus are depleted in both ¹⁸O and deuterium relative to ambient seawater. Eggwaters from six other species, including the related chambered cephalopod Sepia, do not show such depletion. These observations indicate that the previously observed step towards more positive $\text{δ}{}^{18}\text{O}$ values in calcium carbonate laid down after Nautilus hatches, relative to carbonate precipitated prior to hatching, can be explained by equilibration of the carbonate with water in the egg before hatching and with seawater after hatching. The presence of an oxygen isotope difference between eggwater and seawater for Nautilus and its absence for Sepia suggest that hatching will be recorded in the $\text{δ}{}^{18}\text{O}$ values of shell carbonates for some but not all extinct and extant chambered cephalopods.The $\text{δ}{}^{13}\text{C}$ values of the organic fraction of the siphuncle in Nautilus do not show any consistent pattern with regard to the time of formation before or after hatching. This observation suggests that the minimum in $\text{δ}{}^{13}\text{C}$ values previously observed for calcium carbonate precipitated after Nautilus hatches is not caused by a change in food sources once the animal becomes free-swimming, as has been suggested.  相似文献   

Hydrogen,oxygen and carbon isotopic evidence for the origin of rodingites in serpentinized ultramafic rocks     

David B. Wenner 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1979,43(4):603-614

$\text{D}\text{H}$, ${}^{18}\text{O}{}^{16}\text{O}$ and ${}^{13}\text{C}{}^{12}\text{C}$ analyses were made of 14 whole rock and 28 mineral samples of rodingites associated dominantly with lizardite-chrysotile serpentinites from the West Coast of the U.S.A., New Zealand, and the Northern Appalachian Mtns. The δD values of the rodingite minerals are in three groupings: 5 monomineralic veins of pectolite, ?281 to ?429; 8 monomineralic veins of xonotlite, ?112 to ?135; all other minerals, including hydrogarnet, idocrase, prehnite, actinolite, nephrite, and chlorite, ?34 to ?80. Most calcites in rodingites have δ¹⁸O (+9.3 to +14.4) and (δ¹³C (?6.7 to +0.9) values similar to calcites in other Franciscan rocks, but distinct from the very low temperature calcite veins in serpentinites. The $\text{D}\text{H}$ data, combined with δ¹⁸O values of xonotlite (+5.7 to +10.9) and pectolite (+8.9 to +12.4) suggest formation from meteoric-type waters at low temperatures; the $\text{D}\text{H}$ depletion of pectolite, however, is anomalous. Rodingite whole rock values range from δ¹⁸O = +4.1 to +11.5 and δD = ?50 to ?86; one sample containing minor amounts of lizardite-chrysotile serpentinite has δD = ?92, outside this range. However, most rodingites of basaltic or gabbroic parentage are more restricted in δ¹⁸O (+4.1 to +8.6). Such a wide range in δ¹⁸O is consistent with the idea that most rodingites form over a relatively broad range of hydrothermal temperatures. Hydrogen isotopic data for most rodingite minerals (except xonotlite and pectolite) and for whole rocks are suggestive of non-meteoric waters. These $\text{D}\text{H}$ data overlap those observed for veins of hydrous minerals found in Franciscan igneous rocks studied by Margaritz and Taylor (1976, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta40, 215–234), possibly suggesting evolved D-enriched, connate type metamorphic waters generated during high P, low T Franciscan-type metamorphism at temperatures (250–500°C) comparable to estimates based on mineral stabilities. Such an interpretation is supported by the ${}^{18}\text{O}{}^{16}\text{O}$ and ${}^{13}\text{C}{}^{12}\text{C}$ data for calcite in rodingites.The isotope data appear to contradict some of the conclusions derived from geologic and petrologic studies that indicate concomitant metasomatism and serpentinization of their presently observed host rock. These data appear most consistent with the interpretation that most rodingite minerals, with the exception of late-stage veins of xonotlite and possibly pectolite, may involve metasomatism in association with antigorite serpentinization of ultramafic rock. Subsequent upward tectonic transport in many instances may result in incorporation of the rodingites into their presently observed lizarditechrysotile host rock during or subsequent to pervasive shallow level serpentinization by meteoric waters.  相似文献   

Estimation of the dielectric constant of H2O from experimental solubilities of quartz,and calculation of the thermodynamic properties of aqueous species to 900°C at 2 kb     

William F. McKenzie  Harold C. Helgeson 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1984,48(11):2167-2177

Experimental quartz solubilities in H₂O (Anderson and Burnham, 1965, 1967) were used together with equations of state for quartz and aqueous species (Helgesonet al., 1978; Walther and Helgeson, 1977) to calculate the dielectric constant of H₂O () at pressures and temperatures greater than those for which experimental measurements (Heger, 1969; Lukashovet al., 1975) are available ($\text{0.001 ? P ? 5}\text{kb}$ and $\text{0 ? T ? 600°C}$). Estimates of computed in this way for 2 kb (which are the most reliable) range from 9.6 at 600°C to 5.6 at 800°C. These values are 0.5 and 0.8 units greater, respectively, than corresponding values estimated by Quist and Marshall (1965), but they differ by <0.3 units from extrapolated values computed from Pitzer's (1983) adaptation of the Kirkwood (1939) equation. The estimates of generated from quartz solubilities at 2 kb were fit with a power function of temperature, which was then used together with equations and data given by Helgeson and Kirkham (1974a,b, 1976) Helgesonet al. (1981), and Helgeson (1982b, 1984) to calculate Born functions, Debye Hückel parameters, and the thermodynamic properties of Na⁺, K⁺, Mg⁺⁺, Ca⁺⁺, and other aqueous species of geologic interest at temperatures to 900°C.  相似文献   

The Hemlo gold deposit,Ontario: A geochemical and isotopic study     

Eion M. Cameron  Keiko Hattori 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1985,49(10):2041-2050

The Hemlo deposit, near Marathon, Ontario, is one of the largest gold deposits in North America. It is stratiform within Archean metamorphosed volcano-sedimentary rocks. The main ore zone is composed of pyritic, sericitic schist, and massive barite. This is the first report of stratiform barite in the Archean of North America, but other occurrences have since been found west of Hemlo. The mineralization is substantially enriched in Au, Mo, Sb, Hg, Tl and V and lacks carbonate. Because of metamorphism and deformation of the body its genesis is uncertain.${}^{87}\text{Sr}{}^{86}\text{Sr}$ of .7017 for barite from the deposit is similar to that of the sedimentary barite west of Hemlo and to initial ratios of contemporaneous volcanic rocks. At the base of the main ore zone, barite with δ^34S of +8 to +12%. was deposited with ~0%. pyrite. Upward, both barite and pyrite get isotopically lighter, with minimum values for pyrite, to ?17.5%, in non-baritic schist forming the upper part of the ore zone. In drill section, Au grades correlate with the isotopic composition of pyrite. This, and the association of fractionated sulphide with sulphate, suggests that Au, pyrite and barite were deposited contemporaneously. The linked, asymmetric distributions of S minerals and isotopic distributions, which are continuous from section to section, and the isotopic similarity of the Hemlo and western barites are consistent with a syngenetic depositional model.Two sources for the S minerals are considered. In the first, exogenous sulphate from a restricted basin were partially reduced in a geothermal system to form ³⁴S-depleted sulphide. In the second, the sulphate and sulphide are of magmatic-hydrothermal origin. Sulphate and fractionated sulphide are uncommon in Archean rocks, but one or both occur with unusual frequency in major Archean gold deposits. Hydrothermal fluids of moderately high , containing sulphate and permitting isotopic fractionation between oxidized and reduced S species, may have favoured the dissolution, transport and precipitation of Au.  相似文献   

Geochemistry and petrogenesis of lamproites,late cretaceous age,Woodson County,Kansas, U.S.A.     

Robert L. Cullers  Subramanian Ramakrishnan  Pieter Berendsen  Tom Griffin 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1985,49(6):1383-1402

Lamproite sills and their associated sedimentary and contact metamorphic rocks from Woodson County, Kansas have been analyzed for major elements, selected trace elements, and strontium isotopic composition. These lamproites, like lamproites elsewhere, are alkalic (molecular $\text{K}{}_2\text{O + Na}{}_2\text{O}\text{Al}{}_2\text{O}{}_3\text{= 1.6–2.6}$), are ultrapotassic $\text{(}\text{K}{}_2\text{O}\text{Na}{}_2\text{O}\text{= 9.6–150)}$, are enriched in incompatible elements (LREE or light rare-earth elements, Ba, Th, Hf, Ta, Sr, Rb), and have moderate to high initial strontium isotopic compositions (0.7042 and 0.7102). The silica-saturated magma (olivine-hypersthene normative) of the Silver City lamproite could have formed by about 2 percent melting of a phlogopite-garnet lherzolite under high $\text{H}{}_2\text{O}\text{CO}{}_2$ ratios in which the Iherzolite was enriched before melting in the incompatible elements by metasomatism. The Rose Dome lamproite probably formed in a similar fashion although the extreme alteration due to addition of carbonate presumably from the underlying limestone makes its origin less certain. Significant fractional crystallization of phases that occur as phenocrysts (diopside, olivine, K-richterite, and phlogopite) in the Silver City magma and that concentrate Co, Cr, and Sc are precluded as the magma moved from the source toward the surface due to the high abundances of Co, Cr, and Sc in the magma similar to that predicted by direct melting of the metasomatized Iherzolite.Ba and, to a lesser extent, K and Rb and have been transported from the intrusions at shallow depth into the surrounding contact metamorphic zone. The Silver City lamproite has vertical fractionation of some elements due either to volatile transport or to variations in the abundance of phenocrysts relative to groundmass most probably due to flow differentiation although multiple injection or fractional crystallization cannot be conclusively rejected.  相似文献   

Petrography and stable isotope ratios from Archaean stromatolites,Mushandike Formation,Zimbabwe     

P.I. Abell  J. McClory  A. Martin  E.G. Nisbet  T.K. Kyser 《Precambrian Research》1985,27(4):385-398

The Mushandike Sanctuary, near Masvingo (Fort Victoria), Zimbabwe, contains well-preserved, but metamorphosed stromatolitic limestones of Archaean age. Despite the metamorphism, textural preservation is excellent to a scale as fine as c. 100–200μ. Cores recovered from the stromatolites have $\text{δ}{}^{18}\text{O = ?15‰}$ (PDB), approximately, and δ¹³C = 0.0 to 0.5‰ (PDB), in less weathered samples. The results are consistent with a metamorphic history involving volatile loss at 200°C or less, from an original source rock which may have been isotopically similar to the Cheshire stromatolites, Belingwe.  相似文献   

Geochimie et teneurs isotopiques des systèmes saisonniers de dissolution de la calcite dans un sol sur craie     

L. Dever  R. Durand  J.Ch. Fontes  P. Vachier 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1982,46(10):1947-1956

In a soil developed on the Cretaceous chalk of the Eastern Paris basin, calcite dissolution begins at the surface. The soil water is rapidly saturated in calcite. Calcite dissolution follows two different pathways according to seasonal pedoclimatic conditions.During winter: the soil is only partly saturated in water and the CO₂ partial pressure is low (Ca 10^?3 atm.). As a consequence total inorganic dissolved carbon (TIDC) is a hundred times the carbon content of the gaseous phase. Equilibrium is usually observed between the two phases. It is a closed system. The measured carbon 14 activity (87,5%) and ¹³C content ($\text{δ}{}_{\mathrm{tidc}}{}^{13}\text{C = ?12,2\%0}$) of the drainage water are very close to theoretical values calculated for an ideal mixing system between gaseous and mineral phases (respectively characterized by the following isotopic values: $\text{δ}{}_{\mathrm{G}}{}^{13}\text{C = ?21,5\%0}$; $\text{A}{}_{\mathrm{G}}{}^{14}\text{C = 118\%}$; $\text{δ}{}_{\mathrm{M}}{}^{13}\text{C = +2,9\%0}$; $\text{A}{}_{\mathrm{M}}{}^{14}\text{C = 28\%}$).During spring and summer: the soil moisture decreases, the input of biogenic CO₂ induces an increase of the soil CO₂ partial pressure (Ca from 3.10^?3 atm to 7.10^?3 atm). The carbon content of the gaseous phase is higher by an order of magnitude compared to winter conditions. Therefore the aqueous phase is undersaturated in CO₂ with respect to the latter. This disequilibrium occurs as a result of unbalanced rates of CO₂ dissolution and CO₂ effusion toward atmosphère. It is an open system. The carbon isotopic ratio of the aqueous phase is regulated by that of the gaseous phase, as demonstrated by the agreement between measured and calculated isotopic compositions (respectively δ_{L mes} = from ?9,4%0 to ?11,5%0, δ_{l calc} = from ?9,8%0 to ?13,9%0 A_{L mes} = 119%, A_{L calc} = from 119% to 125%).The solutions originating from both systems (open and closed) move downwards without significant mixing together. It has also been observed that no significant variation of the TIDC isotopic composition occurs during precipitation of secondary calcite.  相似文献   

Annual periodicity of the 18O16O and 13C12C ratios in the coral Montastrea annularis     

Richard G. Fairbanks  Richard E. Dodge 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1979,43(7):1009-1020

The isotopic ratios ${}^{18}\text{O}{}^{16}\text{O}$ and ${}^{13}\text{C}{}^{12}\text{C}$ show an annual periodicity in the coral Montastrea annularis from Bermuda, Jamaica and Barbados. The abundances of ¹⁸O and ¹³C are positively correlated in the Jamaica and Barbados samples, but inversely related in the Bermuda sample. Annual high density growth bands are formed during the season of warmest water temperature at all 3 sites and are enriched in ¹⁶O. M. Annularis has a constant displacement from oxygen isotopic equilibrium and accurately records seasonal temperature variations via the temperature-dependent aragonite-water fractionation factor. Light intensity, through the activity of the coral's endosymbiotic algae, regulates the depth-dependent and seasonal variations in the skeletal carbon isotopic composition.  相似文献