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《Chemical Geology》1999,153(1-4):53-79
Marine sediment sequences with CH4 hydrate are characterized by an atypical depth profile in dissolved Cl− squeezed from pore space: a shallow subsurface Cl− maximum overlies a lengthy and pronounced Cl− minimum. This pore water Cl− profile represents a combination of multiple processes including glacial–interglacial variations in ocean salinity, advection and diffusion of ions that are excluded during gas hydrate formation at depth, and release of fresh water from dissociation of hydrate during core recovery. In situ quantities of gas hydrate can be determined from a measured pore water Cl− profile provided the in situ pore water signature prior to core recovery can be separated. Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Site 997 was drilled into a large CH4 hydrate reservoir on the Blake Ridge in the western Atlantic Ocean. Previously we have constructed a high-resolution pore water Cl− profile at this location; here we present a `coupled chloride-hydrate' numerical model to explain basic trends in the Cl− profile and to isolate in situ Cl− concentrations. The model is based on thermodynamic and ecological considerations, and uses established equations for describing chemical behavior in marine sediment–pore water systems. The model incorporates four key concepts: (1) most gas hydrate is formed immediately below the SO42− reduction zone; (2) fluid, dissolved ions and gas advect upward through the sediment column; (3) CH4 hydrate dissociates at the base of hydrate stability conditions; and (4) seawater salinity fluctuates during glacial–interglacial cycles of the late Pliocene and Quaternary. Rates of upward advection in the model are sufficient to account for measured Br− and I− concentrations as well as CH4 oxidation at the base of the SO42− reduction zone. In situ pore water Cl− inferred from the model is similar to that determined by limited direct sampling; in situ CH4 hydrate amounts inferred from the model (an average of about 4% of porosity) are broadly consistent with those determined by direct gas sampling and indirect geophysical techniques. The model also predicts production of substantial quantities of free CH4 gas bubbles (>2.5% of porosity) at a depth immediately below the lowest accumulation of CH4 hydrate in the sediment column. Our explanation for the pore water Cl− profile at Site 997 is important because it provides a theoretical mechanism for understanding the distribution of interstitial water Cl−, gas hydrate, and free gas in a marine sediment column. 相似文献
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《Chemie der Erde / Geochemistry》2017,77(1):147-157
The study was carried out on the Sulejów dam reservoir (Central Poland). Water and sediment samples were collected between February and October 2006. Sulfur compounds in the sediment were chemically extracted and subjected to isotopic analysis.Large variability of SO42− concentration in the water column (from 10.3 to 36.2 mg/dm3) and the isotopic composition of sulfur (δ34S from 2.1 to 5.4‰) was observed. The main identified sources of SO42− were watercourses, surface runoff, and phosphorus fertilizers.Both oxidized sulfur species (SO42−) and its reduced forms were found in sediments. Particular sulfur forms were characterized by large variations in both, concentrations and the isotopic composition of sulfur. SO42− in the sediment and in the water column had different genesis. Bacterial oxidation of organic sulfur and its binding in SO42− were observed in the sediment. Under reducing conditions, oxidized and organic sulfur is converted to H2S which reacted with Fe or other metallic ions leading to metal sulfide precipitation. Monosulfides were shown to have a very low concentration, ranging up to 0.07 mg/g of sediment. The transformation of elemental sulfur from sulfides through their chemical oxidation occurred in the sediment. 相似文献
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《Applied Geochemistry》2001,16(5):531-539
Geomaterials can be cost-effective sorbents for use in water treatment. In this study, a heavily-weathered Tertiary soil from Xinzhou, China was used as a sorbent for defluoridation of high-fluoride drinking water. The soil is composed of quartz, feldspar, illite and goethite, with an Fe oxide content of 6.75%. Batch and column experiments were done to characterize the F− removal properties and to develop an optimal activation and regeneration procedure. The soil can be regenerated following a simple base-acid rinsing procedure. This can be performed in situ, i.e., by passing the rinsing solutions directly through the treatment column. The same regeneration procedure can be used to activate the pristine soil. Fluoride sorption is described by a Freundlich isotherm model and the bulk of the uptake occurs within 1.5 h. Iron oxide coatings on soil particles and perhaps ≡FeOH surface groups at particle edges of illite grains are likely responsible for the soil's F-sorption property. As collected in the field, the soil has a low permeability and is thus unsuitable for direct use in a flow-through column. Heat-treatment at 400–500°C for 2 h, however, produces a granular and permeable sorbent. Although the soil's sorption capacity (150 μg/g ) is about a quarter of the low end range of values reported for commercially-available activated alumina, the sorption for F− is specific. A batch sorption experiment in the presence of Cl−, SO42− and HCO3− shows little or no competition from these other anions. 相似文献
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《Applied Geochemistry》1998,13(1):89-94
Radon concentrations were continuously monitored in hot spring water in a 200-m-deep well in the Yugano hot spring area, Izu Peninsula, Japan from July to December 1995. Concentrations of Cl− and SO42− were measured in the hot spring water about once a month from May to December 1995. The Rn concentrations in the hot spring water increased significantly in September and October 1995, when the 1995 earthquake swarm off the E coast of the Izu Peninsula occurred at a distance of about 30 km from the observation well. The 1995 earthquake swarm began on 11 September and became most active from the end of September to the beginning of October. The Rn concentration rose gradually from 8 September, 3 days before the onset of the swarm activity, increasing by about 50% by 17 September. It remained high in October but had returned to normal by the end of November. However, Cl− and SO42− concentrations doubled suddenly from 22 to 23 September and remained high until the end of November. A good correlation between Cl− and SO42− concentrations suggests the same mechanism for their anomalous increases, probably mixing of water with high Cl− and SO42− concentrations caused by crustal deformation related to the seismic swarm activity. However, the anomalous increase in Rn concentration, which began 15 days before these anion increases, cannot be explained by the same water mixing mechanism. A possible mechanism for the anomalous Rn increase is the formation of microcracks caused by compressional stress, which preceded the onset of the earthquake swarm. 相似文献
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《Applied Geochemistry》2003,18(5):693-710
In experiments of 7 days duration using voltammetric and radiotracer measurement techniques, the role of different particle types in the sorption of dissolved metal species in a disturbed deep-sea bottom seawater system were investigated. Resuspension of oxic to suboxic surface sediment into the bottom water in the deep sea (either by natural events or industrial activities like Mn nodule mining) has been shown to be followed quickly by scavenging of dissolved heavy metals, e.g. released from interstitial water, on the resuspended particles. Compared to other deep-sea particles (like clay minerals, calcite and apatite), Mn and Fe oxides and oxyhydroxides were found to be by far the most important phases in scavenging many dissolved heavy metals. Only Pb was sorbed strongly on all particles used, with highest affinity to carbonate fluorapatite. Caesium+ was significantly scavenged only by clay minerals like illite. The sorption experiments support a simple electrostatic model: Hydrated cations and labile cationic chloro-complexes in seawater like Mn2+, MnCl+, Co2+, Ni2+, Cu2+, Zn2+, Ba2+, and PbCl+, are preferentially adsorbed or ion-exchanged on the negatively charged surfaces of Mn oxides. In contrast, oxyanions and neutrally or negatively charged complexes like HVO42−, MoO42−, HAsO42−, UO2(CO3)22−, and PbCO30 associate with neutral to slightly positive amphoteric Fe oxyhydroxide particles. Metals forming strong chloro-complexes in seawater like Cd (CdCl20), are less readily sorbed by oxides than others. A comparison of the results of voltammetric and radiotracer techniques revealed that after fast sorption within the first hour, isotopic exchange dominated reactions on MnO2-rich particles in the following days. This was especially pronounced for Mn and Co which are bound to the Mn oxide surface via a redox transformation. 相似文献
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《Applied Geochemistry》1998,13(2):269-280
A slow flow, plug-through reactor was developed for measuring equilibrium and kinetic parameters of biogeochemical reactions on intact sections of sediment cores. The experimental approach was designed to preserve the structural, geochemical and microbiological integrity of the sediment sections and, hence, retrieve reaction parameters that apply to in-situ conditions.Inert tracer breakthrough experiments were performed on a variety of unconsolidated surface sediments from lacustrine, estuarine and marine depositional environments. The sediments studied cover wide ranges of composition, porosity (46–83%) and mean grain size (10−4−10−2 cm). Longitudinal dispersion coefficients were determined from the breakthrough curves of Br−. The curves were also used to check for early breakthrough or trailing, that is, features indicative of non-ideal flow conditions. Sediment plugs that exhibited these features were eliminated from further experiments.Dimensionless equilibrium adsorption coefficients (K) of NH4+, were calculated from measured retardation times between the breakthrough of NH4+ and Br−. The values of K at 5°C vary between 0.3 and 2.3, with the highest value obtained in a fine-grained marine sediment, the lowest in a coarse-grained lake sediment. The values for the marine and estuarine sediments agree with values reported in the literature. The dependencies of K on ionic strength (range 0.2-0.7m) and temperature (range 5–25°C) in an estuarine sediment confirm that the main sorption mechanism for NH4+ is ion exchange.The reactor was used in recirculation mode to measure steady-state rates of dissimilatory SO42− reduction in a salt-marsh sediment. Recirculation homogenizes solute concentrations within the reactor, hence facilitating the derivation of reaction rate expressions that depend on solution composition. The rate of microbial S04− reduction was found to be nearly independent of the dissolved SO42− concentration in the range of 2.2−1 mM. Fitting of the experimental rates to a Monod relationship resulted in a maximum estimate of the half-saturation concentration, Ks, of 240 μM. This value is comparable to those reported for a pure culture of SO42−-reducing bacteria, but is significantly smaller than the only other Ks value reported in the literature for SO42− utilization in a natural marine sediment. 相似文献
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天然气水合物是近年来国际上发现的一种新型能源,大量赋存在海底沉积物中。西沙海槽位于南海北部陆坡区,周边有多个大型深水油气田区。对该区地形地貌、地质构造和沉积条件分析以及地球物理BSR分布表明,西沙海槽是我国海洋天然气水合物资源勘查的一个有利远景区。文章主要研究了位于西沙海槽最大BSR区内的XS-01站位沉积物孔隙水的地球化学特征,发现该站位孔隙水阴阳离子浓度和微量元素组成特征变化显示出可能与天然气水合物有关的明显地球化学异常,与国际上己发现有天然气水合物地区的异常相类似。因此,认为该站位是西沙海槽区最有利的天然气水合物赋存区,值得进一步的勘查工作。 相似文献
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We collected sediment samples and pore water samples from the surface sediment on the Daini Atsumi Knoll, and analyzed the sediments for CH4, C2H6, and δ13CCH4, and the pore fluids for CH4, C2H6, δ13CCH4, Cl−, SO42−, δ18OH2O, and δDH2O, respectively. A comparison of the measured concentration and isotopic composition of methane in pore water samples with those in sediment samples revealed that methane was present in the sediment samples at a higher concentration and was isotopically heavier than those in the pore water samples. It suggests that the effect of the release of a sorbed gas bound to organic particles when heated prior to analysis of hydrocarbons was larger than that of the degassing process. A large amount of a sorbed gas would be a significant source of natural gas. Two striking features are the chemical and isotopic composition of the pore water samples taken from the different sites around the Daini Atsumi Knoll. In the KL09, KL10, and KP07 samples, Cl− concentrations in the pore water samples showed depletion to a minimum of 460 mmol/kg, correspond to 17% dilution of seawater, however the latter was not enriched in CH4. The isotopic compositions of pore water samples suggested the low-Cl− fluids in the pore water were not derived from dissociation of methane hydrate, but were derived from input of meteoric water. In contrast, in the KP05 samples from the north flank of the Daini Atsumi Knoll, pore water were characterized by CH4 enrichment more than 370 μmol/kg, but not depleted in Cl− concentrations. The observed methane concentration in the KP05 samples is not sufficient for methane hydrate to form in situ, indicating that the existence of methane hydrate in the surface sediment is negligible, as supported by Cl− concentration. Based on the stable carbon isotope ratio of methane in the pore fluid from the KP05 site (δ13CCH4 < − 50‰PDB), methane is thought to be of microbial origin. The pore waters in the surface sediments in the north flank of the Daini Atsumi Knoll were not directly influenced by upward fluid bearing methane of thermogenic origin from a deeper part of the sedimentary layer. However, extremely high methane concentration in the north flank site as compared with the concentration of pore water taken from the normal seafloor suggests that the north flank site is not the normal seafloor. We hypothesize that upward migration of chemically-reduced fluids from a deeper zone of the sedimentary layer reduces chemically-oxidized solutes in the surface sediment. As a consequence methane production replaced sulfate reduction as the microbial metabolism in the reduced environment of the surface sediment. 相似文献
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The major ionic and dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) concentrations and the stable carbon isotope composition of DIC (δ13CDIC) were measured in a freshwater aquifer contaminated by produced water brine with petroleum hydrocarbons. Our aim was to determine the effects of produced water brine contamination on the carbonate evolution of groundwater. The groundwater was characterized by three distinct anion facies: HCO3−-rich, SO42−-rich and Cl−-rich. The HCO3−-rich groundwater is undergoing closed system carbonate evolution from soil CO2(g) and weathering of aquifer carbonates. The SO42−-rich groundwater evolves from gypsum induced dedolomitization and pyrite oxidation. The Cl−-rich groundwater is contaminated by produced water brine and undergoes common ion induced carbonate precipitation. The δ13CDIC of the HCO3−-rich groundwater was controlled by nearly equal contribution of carbon from soil CO2(g) and the aquifer carbonates, such that the δ13C of carbon added to the groundwater was −11.6‰. In the SO42−-rich groundwater, gypsum induced dedolomitization increased the 13C such that the δ13C of carbon added to the groundwater was −9.4‰. In the produced water brine contaminated Cl−-rich groundwater, common ion induced precipitation of calcite depleted the 13C such that the δ13C of carbon added to the groundwater was −12.7‰. The results of this study demonstrate that produced water brine contamination of fresh groundwater in carbonate aquifers alters the carbonate and carbon isotopic evolution. 相似文献
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The collection of large volumes of pore water (1–2 liters per 2 cm horizon of sediment) and low level radiochemical measurements of 239,240Pu and 137Cs have been combined to produce the first study of these fallout artificial radionuclides in marine pore waters. Profiles from box cores taken in June and September 1982 from Buzzards Bay, Mass., are reported along with profiles of many diagenetic constituents (i.e. SO42?, alkalinity, Fe, Mn, DOC, and nutrients).The 239,240Pu pore water profile is characterized by a subsurface maximum of about 0.28 dpm/100 kg lying between 3–11 cm. Overlying seawater, in contrast, has an activity of dpm/100 kg. Below about 11 cm, the pore water 239,240Pu distribution follows that of the solid phase which decreases rapidly with depth. The pore water profiles of 137Cs are characterized by a broad and deeply penetrating maximum where activities of about 35–40 dpm/100 kg extend from 3 to 20 cm. Overlying seawater, in contrast, has an activity of 17–24 dpm/100 kg. The 137Cs and 239,240Pu pore water data show that there is preferential downward transport of 137Cs and that 239,240Pu does not have an active diagenetic chemistry and is not significantly mobile in these coastal sediments. 相似文献
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Presented here are halogen concentrations (Cl, Br and I) in pore waters and sediments from three deep cores in gas hydrate fields of the Nankai Trough area. The three cores were drilled between 1999 and 2004 in different geologic regions of the northeastern Nankai Trough hydrate zone. Iodine concentrations in all three cores increase rapidly with depth from seawater concentrations (0.00043 mmol/L) to values of up to 0.45 mmol/L. The chemical form of I was identified as I−, in accordance with the anaerobic conditions in marine sediments below the SO4 reduction depth. The increase in I is accompanied by a parallel, although lesser increase in Br concentrations, while Cl concentrations are close to seawater values throughout most of the profiles. Large concentration fluctuations of the three halogens in pore waters were found close to the lower boundary of the hydrate stability zone, related to processes of formation and dissociation of hydrates in this zone. Generally low concentrations of I and Br in sediments and the lack of correlation between sediment and pore water profiles speak against derivation of I and Br from local sediments and suggest transport of halogen rich fluids into the gas hydrate fields. Differences in the concentration profiles between the three cores indicate that modes of transportation shifted from an essentially vertical pattern in a sedimentary basin location to more horizontal patterns in accretionary ridge settings. Because of the close association between organic material and I and the similarity of transport behavior for I− and CH4, the results suggest that the CH4 in the gas hydrates also was transported by aqueous fluids from older sediments into the present layers. 相似文献
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Yang Tao Jiang Shaoyong Ge Lu Yang Jinghong Ling Hongfei Wu Nengyou Zhang Guangxue Liu Jian Chen Daohua 《Frontiers of Earth Science》2007,1(2):212-217
Gas hydrate is a recently-found new source of energy that mostly exists in marine sediments. In recent years, we have conducted
gas hydrate exploration in the South China Sea. The Xisha trough, one of the promising target areas for gas hydrate, is located
in the northern margin of the South China Sea, adjacent to several large oil and gas fields. The Xisha trough extends 420
km long with the water depth of 1 500 m in the west part and 3 400 m in the east part and deposits thick sediments with organic
matter content of 0.41%–1.02%. Previous studies on topographical features, geological P-T conditions, structural geology,
sedimentary geology and geophysical bottom simulating reflectors (BSR) in the Xisha trough suggest that this area is favorable
for the formation and accumulation of gas hydrate. In this paper, we present geochemical analyses for the sediment and pore
water from a piston core at Site XS-01 in the Xisha trough. Seven pore water samples were analyzed for their anion (Cl−, SO4
2−, Br−, I−) contents, cation (Na, K, Ca, Mg) contents and trace element (Li, B, Sr, Ba, Rb, Mn) contents. Eight sediment samples were
analyzed for stable carbon and oxygen isotopic compositions. A number of geochemical anomalies such as anions (e.g. Cl−, SO4
2−), cations (e.g. Ca, Mg) and trace elements (e.g. Sr, Ba, B) were found in this study. For example, the concentrations of
Cl− and SO4
2− in pore water show a decreasing trend with depth. The estimated sulfate/methane interface (SMI) is only 18 m, which is quite
similar to the SMI value of 23 m in the ODP164 Leg 997 at Blake Ridge. The Ca, Mg and Sr concentrations of pore water also
decrease with depth, but concentrations of Ba, and Mg/Ca and Sr/Ca ratios increase with depth. These geochemical anomalies
are quite similar to those found in gas hydrate locations in the world such as the Blake Ridge and may be related to the formation
and dissociation of gas hydrates. The salt exclusion effect during the gas hydrate formation will cause an increase in major
ion concentrations in the pore waters that diffused upward such as Cl. The anaerobic methane oxidation (AMO) may lead to the
change of SO4
2− and other cations such as Ca, Mg, Sr and Ba in pore water. Low δ
13C value of authigenic carbonates is a good indicator for gas hydrate occurrence. However, the bulk sediment samples we analyzed
all show normal δ
13C values similar to biogenic marine carbonates, and this may also suggest that no gas hydrate-related authigenic carbonates
exist or their amount is so small that they are not detectable by using this bulk analytical method. In conclusion, we suggest
that the Site XS-01 in the Xisha trough of the northern margin of the South China Sea is a potential target for further gas
hydrate exploration.
Translated from Quaternary Sciences, 2006, 26(3): 442–448 [译自: 第四纪研究] 相似文献
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《Applied Geochemistry》2004,19(11):1837-1853
Iron monosulfide formation and oxidation processes were studied in the extensively drained acid sulfate soil environment of the Tweed River floodplain in eastern Australia. Porewater profiles of pH, Eh, SO42−, Fe2+, Fe3+, Cl−, HCO3−, and metals (Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn) were obtained using in situ dialysis membrane samplers (`peepers'). Concentrations of acid volatile S (AVS), pyrite, total S, reactive Fe, total and organic C, simultaneously extracted metals (SEMs) and total elemental composition by X-ray fluorescence, were determined on sediment samples. The oxidation of pyrite in the surrounding landscape provides a source of acidity, Fe, Al, SO4 and metals, which are exported into the drainage system where they accumulate in the sediments and porewaters. Negative porewater concentration gradients of SO42− and Fe2+, and large AVS concentrations in the sediments, indicate Fe monosulfides form rapidly under reducing conditions and consume acidity and metals. Oxidation of the sediments during previous drought episodes has resulted in the conversion of monosulfides and pyrite to oxidised Fe minerals and the release of acidity, SO42−, Fe3+, and metals to the surface waters. These formation and oxidation cycles show that Fe monosulfides play an important role in controlling water quality in the drainage system. 相似文献
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Guoqing Li Xinqing Wang Zhaoping Meng Haijun Zhao 《Environmental Earth Sciences》2014,71(12):4977-4987
Seawater inrush is deadly to undersea mine and it is very important to accurately assess the connectivity between seawater and the mine pit. With Xinli gold mine area as a case study, following the analysis of geological setting, a detailed hydrogeological survey and sampling were conducted and conservative ions test of mine water samples was carried out in the laboratory. Furthermore, the physical significances of ion concentration and ion ratios, such as Cl?, γSO4 2?/γCl? and γNa+/γCl?, were checked. The test data analysis, enhanced by the physical significance check and hierarchy clustering analysis, was used to assess the overlying seawater inrush into the mine pit. It was determined that the undersea rock masses in the Xinli mine area bear high-mineralization brine water. The ore-controlling fault gouge and a thin layer of clay in Quaternary block the seepage of overlying seawater into the undersea mine pit to a great extent. The mine water from surrounding rock of the northeast gopher drift is closer to seawater in hydrogeochemical features, which indicates that the connectivity between the northeast of footwall of the ore-controlling fault and seawater is relatively good and should be closely monitored in future production. The mine water from the southwest gopher drift and crosscuts is similar to the brine (salty) water in chemical features, drains the net reserves of brine (salty) water in bedrock fissures and will impose few impacts on production in the near future. This approach is feasible and cost-effective. 相似文献
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The sedimentology, mineralogy and pore fluid chemistry of seven cores from the Holocene sediments of Florida Bay were studied to determine the physical processes and diagenetic reactions affecting the sediments. The cores were taken in a transect from a shallow mudbank onto a small adjacent island, Jimmy Key. Steady state models of pore fluid chemistry are used to estimate the rates of various reactions. In the mudbank sediments, little carbonate mineral diagenesis is taking place. No change in sediment mineralogy is detectable and pore water profiles of Ca2+, Mg2+ and Sr2+ show only minor variation. Chloride concentrations indicate substantial biological mixing of seawater from the bay into the sediments in one of the cores. Pore water analyses of sulphate and alkalinity show only a low degree of sulphate depletion and a decreasing extent of sulphate reduction downcore. Models of sulphate reduction in the mudbank show that there is substantial chemical exchange between the sediment pore fluids and water from the bay probably as a result of bio-irrigation. The sulphate and alkalinity data also suggest that the underlying Pleistocene rocks contain water of near normal seawater composition. Stratigraphic analysis and δ13C analyses of the organic carbon in the sediments of the island cores show that the sediments were primarily deposited in a subtidal mudbank setting; only the upper 20–30 cm is supratidal in origin. Nevertheless, island formation had a significant effect on pore fluid chemistry and the types of diagenetic reactions throughout the sediment column. Chloride in the sediment pore fluids is more than twice the normal seawater concentrations over most of the depth of the cores. The constant, elevated chloride concentrations indicate that hypersaline fluids which formed in ponds on the island are advected downward through the sediments. Models of the chloride profiles yield an estimate of 2·5 cm yr?1 as a minimum advective velocity. Changes in pore water chemistry with depth are interpreted as indicating the following sequence of reactions: (1) minor high-Mg calcite dissolution and low-Mg calcite precipitation, from 0 to 35 cm; (2) Ca- or Mg-sulphate dissolution and low-Mg calcite precipitation, from 5 to 35 cm; (3) dolomite or magnesite precipitation together with sulphate reduction, from 35 to 55 cm; and (4) little reaction below 55 cm. In addition, one or more as yet unidentified reactions must be taking place from 5 to 55 cm depth as an imbalance in possible sources and sinks of alkalinity is observed. The imbalance could be explained if chloride is not completely conservative. Despite the pore fluid chemical evidence for diagenetic reactions involving carbonate minerals, no changes in sediment mineralogy were detected in X-ray diffraction analyses, probably because of the comparatively young age of the island. 相似文献
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Anwar Zahid M. Qumrul Hassan K.-D. Balke Matthias Flegr David W. Clark 《Environmental Geology》2008,54(6):1247-1260
Dissolved major ions and important heavy metals including total arsenic and iron were measured in groundwater from shallow
(25–33 m) and deep (191–318 m) tube-wells in southeastern Bangladesh. These analyses are intended to help describe geochemical
processes active in the aquifers and the source and release mechanism of arsenic in sediments for the Meghna Floodplain aquifer.
The elevated Cl− and higher proportions of Na+ relative to Ca2+, Mg2+, and K+ in groundwater suggest the influence by a source of Na+ and Cl−. Use of chemical fertilizers may cause higher concentrations of NH4+ and PO43− in shallow well samples. In general, most ions are positively correlated with Cl−, with Na+ showing an especially strong correlation with Cl−, indicating that these ions are derived from the same source of saline waters. The relationship between Cl−/HCO3− ratios and Cl− also shows mixing of fresh groundwater and seawater. Concentrations of dissolved HCO3− reflect the degree of water–rock interaction in groundwater systems and integrated microbial degradation of organic matter.
Mn and Fe-oxyhydroxides are prominent in the clayey subsurface sediment and well known to be strong adsorbents of heavy metals
including arsenic. All five shallow well samples had high arsenic concentration that exceeded WHO recommended limit for drinking
water. Very low concentrations of SO42− and NO3− and high concentrations of dissolved Fe and PO43− and NH4+ ions support the reducing condition of subsurface aquifer. Arsenic concentrations demonstrate negative co-relation with the
concentrations of SO42− and NO3− but correlate weakly with Mo, Fe concentrations and positively with those of P, PO43− and NH4+ ions. 相似文献
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This study describes the development of scallop shell synthesized ceramic biomaterial for phosphorus removal from water. The synthesized biomaterial was characterized by scanning electron microscope, Brunauer–Emmett–Teller and X-ray diffractometer methods. The influences of contact time, initial phosphate concentration, initial solution pH, co-existing ions and temperature for phosphorus removal were investigated by batch experiments. The results indicated that the equilibrium data can be fitted by the Langmuir isotherm model at temperatures ranging from 15 to 55 °C, with the maximum sorption capacity of 13.6 mg/g. Sorption kinetics followed a pseudo-second-order kinetic equation model. The sorption process was optimal at a wide range of solution pH (above 2.4), with a relatively high sorption capacity level. Phosphorus sorption was slightly impeded by the presence of F?, HCO3 ? and NH4 + ions, and significantly inhibited by Cl?, SO4 2? and NO3 ? ions. Sorption process appeared to be controlled by a chemical precipitation processes. The mechanism may be attributed to ion complexation during subsequent sorption of phosphorus on scallop shell synthesized ceramic biomaterial. 相似文献
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《Applied Geochemistry》1997,12(4):473-481
A compacted clay block of montmorillonite clay has been simultaneously subjected to heating and hydration by parallel and opposite fronts, in order to determine the physico-chemical effects of the thermohydraulic process on the clay and on its pore water.The pore waters of the clay have been extracted at ambient temperature after the thermal-hydration treatment by a compaction at high pressure (60 MPa) technique. They have been analyzed, and the chemistry has been evaluated by using the speciation program EQ3NR. The movement of salts towards hot areas has been observed as a result of the thermo-hydraulic gradients, but it is conditioned by anionic retention processes, which mainly affect the mobility of SO42− anions. The distributrion of the exchangeable cations is modified by the thermal gradient. 相似文献
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Hydraulic fracturing of shale deposits has greatly increased the productivity of the natural gas industry by allowing it to exploit previously inaccessible reservoirs. Previous research has demonstrated that this practice has the potential to contaminate shallow aquifers with methane (CH4) from deeper formations. This study compares concentrations and isotopic compositions of CH4 sampled from domestic groundwater wells in Letcher County, Eastern Kentucky in order to characterize its occurrence and origins in relation to both neighboring hydraulically fractured natural gas wells and surface coal mines. The studied groundwater showed concentrations of CH4 ranging from 0.05 mg/L to 10 mg/L, thus, no immediate remediation is required. The δ13C values of CH4 ranged from −66‰ to −16‰, and δ2H values ranged from −286‰ to −86‰, suggesting an immature thermogenic and mixed biogenic/thermogenic origin. The occurrence of CH4 was not correlated with proximity to hydraulically fractured natural gas wells. Generally, CH4 occurrence corresponded with groundwater abundant in Na+, Cl−, and HCO3−, and with low concentrations of SO42−. The CH4 and SO42−concentrations were best predicted by the oxidation/reduction potential of the studied groundwater. CH4 was abundant in more reducing waters, and SO42− was abundant in more oxidizing waters. Additionally, groundwater in greater proximity to surface mining was more likely to be oxidized. This, in turn, might have increased the likelihood of CH4 oxidation in shallow groundwater. 相似文献