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Jianfeg Wang 《中国地球化学学报》1984,3(3):260-271
Uranium is so intimately associated with carbonaceous matter in marine black shales and some sands tone-type uranium deposits that it is said to be “fixed” by organic matter. But different kinds of organic matter are not of equal importance in the geochemistry of uranium. The nature and origin of organic matter in uranium deposits and its role in the transport and concentration of uranium are different from place to place. The reason why uranium is closely associated with certain types of organic matter (for example, humus or bitumen) is described in this paper from geochemical viewpoint. Many uranium deposits and uranium occurrences have been found both at home and abroad. The distribution and existing forms of uranium in these deposits, and the concentration of uranium and element association in the ore are directly or indirectly related to organic matter. This paper is intended to discuss the types of natural organic matter and the mechanism of uranium transport and enrichment by organic matter, on the basis of author’s research work in conjunction with previous data. 相似文献
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文章以修水地区下寒武统王音铺组至观音堂组下部富铀黑色页岩地层钻孔样品（U含量为9.37×10-6~202×10-6） 为研
究对象,进行了细致的显微观察和分析,并对该区下寒武统地层中U含量与沉积环境因素（沉积盆地中的生物生产力、底
层水体的氧化还原状态、及盆地与广海间的流通性） 之间的关系进行了探讨。结果表明,这些钻孔样品显示明显的沉积成
岩特征,未发现明显热液叠加/淋积作用现象,说明本区下寒武统地层只经历了沉积成岩作用,而没有经历过明显的热液作
用或者淋积作用。研究地层大部分样品中的U含量与TOC含量呈正相关,王音铺组上部U含量最高（202×10-6） 的样品沉积
时的初级生物生产力也最高。经扫描电镜观察和电子探针分析,发现其中有机质中包裹着沥青铀矿,两者关系密切,推测
U与有机质很可能是一起沉积-成岩富集的;在缺氧硫化的强还原沉积环境下沉积的王音铺组地层的U含量,明显高于在
缺氧非硫化环境下沉积的观音堂组下部地层中的U含量,而且在强还原硫化环境下,沉积时盆地处于开放流通性程度较高
时期的样品,其U含量明显高于盆地处于开放程度较低时期的样品。综合这些观察和分析得出,早寒武世王音铺组上部地
层沉积时,高生物生产力所形成的有机质降解时大量耗氧,导致底层水沉积环境处于强还原硫化状态,同时,沉积盆地处
于适当的开放程度,与广海之间水流交换使盆地上层含U氧化水体得到补充,U最终在底层水体强还原硫化环境下沉淀于
沉积物中,可达到较高程度的富集乃至矿化的水平。 相似文献
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Late Cretaceous epicontinental phosphorites, porcelanites/cherts, dark-coloured shales, glauconitic sandstones and bioclastic and fine-grained carbonate rocks in Egypt are examined in terms of their overall depositional and diagenetic framework and stable isotopic and organic geochemical characteristics. Two main depositional realms are interpreted and correlated through sequence stratigraphic analysis: (1) a shallow hemipelagic environment accompanying initial stages of marine transgression and conducive to the formation of organic carbon-rich shales, biosiliceous sediments and thick phosphorites, and (2) a relatively high energy depositional regime accompanying sea-level fall during which deltas advanced, glauconites were reworked seaward and prograding oyster banks became periodically exposed to episodes of fresh water diagenesis, thereby promoting solution-collapse phenomena in associated cherts. Lenticular to massive phosphorites are viewed as the result of current winnowing and concentration of authigenic grains initially precipitated in associated reducing shales and biosiliceous sediments. In eastern Egypt the phosphorites form winnowed lag layers, some of which may have been redeposited down slope in structural lows. In the west, these sands were concentrated into giant phosphorite sand waves built by reworking of penecontemporaneously deposited phosphatic muds during marine transgression. Carbon isotopic results substantiate interpretations from modern deposits for limitation of phosphate mineral precipitation with depth in sediments as a result of lattice poisoning. However, direct desorption of phosphorus to pore waters from detrital iron-oxyhydroxide phases also may have been important in the Cretaceous setting, the iron reduced in this process being available for incorporation in glauconites. The main locus for authigenic glauconite precipitation appears to be where iron fluxes from regions of lateritic weathering were highest and near the boundary between oxygenated and reduced waters. This study suggests a model for the common coexistence of glauconites and phosphorites in the geological record. Although upwelling is often advocated as the origin of nearly all giant phosphorite deposits, we suggest that some of these may have been strongly influenced by fluvially derived phosphorus borne on particulates and desorbed from these compounds upon flocculation and/or reduction in bottom waters or pore waters. 相似文献
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海相优质烃源岩发育的主要影响因素及沉积环境 总被引：6，自引：1，他引：6
对海洋生物、现代海洋沉积和古代海相地层中有机质含量分布特征和实验室模拟实验的结果表明,水体中高生物生产率是海相环境形成富有机质沉积的关键因素;沉积和早期成岩作用期间水体的相对还原环境是有机质富集保存的有利条件;海底深部流体的活动是造成富有机质沉积的不可忽视的因素;沉积速率是影响海相沉积有机质富集的主要因素。现有研究表明,在海相盆地中最有利形成优质烃源岩的沉积环境主要有欠补偿浅水—深水盆地、台缘斜坡、半闭塞—闭塞欠补偿海湾和蒸发潟湖。 相似文献
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The Tazheran lakes are located compactly in the small Tazheran steppe area. Their bottom sediments are predominantly various calcite-dolomite carbonates, and their waters are rich in uranium. The studies have shown that the main process in these lakes is chemogenic carbonate precipitation with the participation of carbon dioxide formed through the bacterial destruction of organic matter. For thermodynamic modeling of the composition of bottom sediments, we chose two lakes with different basic parameters. Calculations were made for the 15-component heterogeneous system H2O-Na-Ca-Mg-K-Sr-Ba-Si-Al-Cl-C-S-Fe-U-Mn including particles in the solution, minerals, and gases at 25 °C and 1 bar. As starting information, we used the obtained analytical data on the natural composition of waters and bottom sediments. The results show that calcite-dolomite carbonates are predominant in the bottom sediments and the destruction of organic matter results in reducing conditions. This confirms the hypothesis of the formation of mineral phases of U(IV) during diagenetic processes in the bottom sediments of the studied lakes. 相似文献
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Uraniferous Holocene sediments occur in the Carson Range of Nevada and California, U.S.A., between Lake Tahoe and Carson Valley. The hosts for the uranium include peat and interbedded organic-rich sand, silt, and mud that underly valley floors, fens, and marshes along stream valleys between the crest of the range and the edge of Lake Tahoe. The known uranium accumulations extend along the Carson Range from the area just southeast of South Lake Tahoe northward to the area just east of Carson City; however, they almost certainly continue beyond the study area to the north, west, and south. Due to the young age of the accumulations, uranium in them is in gross disequilibrium with its highly radioactive daughter products. These accumulations have thus escaped discovery with radiation detection equipment in the past. The uranium content of these sediments approaches 0.6 percent; however, the average is in the range of 300–500 ppm. Waters associated with these sediments locally contain as much as 177 ppb uranium. Modest levels of helium and radon also occur in these waters.Uraniferous waters are clearly entering the private and public water supply systems in some parts of the study area; however, it is not known how much uranium is reaching users of these water supplies. Many of the waters sampled in the study area exceed the published health effects guidance level of the Environmental Protection Agency. Regulatory standards for uranium in waters have not been published, however.Much uranium is stored in the sediments along these stream valleys. Estimates for a marsh and a fen along one drainage are 24,000 and 15,000 kg, respectively. The potential effects of man-induced environmental changes on the uranium are uncertain. Laboratory studies of uraniferous sediment rich in organic matter may allow us to evaluate the potential of liberating uranium from such sediments and creating transient increases in the level of uranium moving in water in the natural environment. 相似文献
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位于两大构造单元结合带的查干德勒苏地区，中元古代在近EW向裂陷槽内接受了巨厚的含炭质、白云质和火山物质的渣尔泰群滨浅海相沉积建造，铀元素得到第一次预富集；大约1.4Ga前的白云鄂博运动，出现大量中酸性岩浆侵入和广泛的区域变质作用、混合岩化作用，铀元素得到第二次预富集；晚石炭世末的中华力西运动第Ⅱ幕，形成罕乌拉、英巴岩基的主体，铀元素得到第三次预富集；早白垩世早期的陆相断陷盆地沉积，含有较多的有机质，铀元素得到第四次预富集；新生代喜马拉雅构造运动期，气候干旱炎热，在地表地下水的作用下，铀元素出现了一次大规模的活化、迁移和富集，成为查干德勒苏地区砂岩型铀矿的主要矿化期。 相似文献
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海相碳酸盐岩优质烃源岩发育的主要影响因素 总被引：30，自引：4，他引：26
我国近3×106km2的海相碳酸盐岩分布区长期被认为是潜在的油气勘探区,近年来虽然我国在海相碳酸盐岩地层的油气勘探有了一些突破,但与广泛分布的海相碳酸盐岩区相比,取得的成果还不令人满意。其关键问题是海相碳酸盐岩沉积盆地优质烃源岩发育相带不明,控制优质烃源岩发育的主要因素不清。本文根据海洋生物、现代海洋沉积和古代海相地层中有机质含量分布特征和实验室模拟实验结果,提出影响海相沉积有机质富集的主要因素有:沉积物形成时水体中生物生产率、沉积速率、沉积阶段及早期成岩作用阶段的氧化还原环境、海底深部流体作用等。其中,水体中高生物生产率是海相环境形成富有机质沉积的关键因素,沉积阶段和早期成岩作用阶段水体的相对还原环境有利于有机质富集保存,海底深部流体的活动是形成富集有机质沉积的不可忽视的因素。沉积速率是影响海相沉积有机质富集的主要因素,适当的沉积速率是海相沉积富集的有利条件。 相似文献
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A quantitative reconstruction of organic matter and nutrient diagenesis in Mediterranean Sea sediments over the Holocene 总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2
Daniel C. Reed Caroline P. Slomp Gert J. de Lange 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》2011,75(19):5540-5558
A multicomponent diagenetic model was developed and applied to reconstruct the conditions under which the most recent sapropel, S1, was deposited in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Simulations demonstrate that bottom waters must have been anoxic and sulphidic during the formation of S1 and that organic matter deposition was approximately three times higher than at present. Nevertheless, most present day sediment and pore water profiles — with the exception of pyrite, iron oxyhydroxides, iron-bound phosphorus and phosphate — can be reproduced under a wide range of redox conditions during formation of S1 by varying the depositional flux of organic carbon. As a result, paleoredox indicators (e.g., Corg:S ratio, Corg:Porg ratio, trace metals) are needed when assessing the contribution of oxygen-depletion and enhanced primary production to the formation of organic-rich layers in the geological record. Furthermore, simulations show that the organic carbon concentration in sediments is a direct proxy for export production under anoxic bottom waters.The model is also used to examine the post-depositional alteration of the organic-rich layer focussing on nitrogen, phosphorus, and organic carbon dynamics. After sapropel formation, remineralisation is dominated by aerobic respiration at a rate that is inversely proportional to the time since bottom waters became oxic once again. A sensitivity analysis was undertaken to identify the most pertinent parameters in regulating the oxidation of sapropels, demonstrating that variations in sedimentation rate, depositional flux of organic carbon during sapropel formation, bottom water oxygen concentration, and porosity have the largest impact. Simulations reveal that sedimentary nutrient cycling was markedly different during the formation of S1, as well as after reoxygenation of bottom waters. Accumulation of organic nitrogen in sediments doubled during sapropel deposition, representing a significant nitrogen sink. Following reventilation of deep waters, N2 production by denitrification was almost 12 times greater than present day values. Phosphorus cycling also exhibits a strong redox sensitivity. The benthic efflux of phosphate was up to 3.5 times higher during the formation of S1 than at present due to elevated depositional fluxes of organic matter coupled with enhanced remineralisation of organic phosphorus. Reoxygenation of bottom waters leads to a large phosphate pulse to the water column that declines rapidly with time due to rapid oxidation of organic material. The oxidation of pyrite at the redox front forms iron oxyhydroxides that bind phosphorus and, thus, attenuate the benthic phosphate efflux. These results underscore the contrasting effects of oxygen-depletion on sedimentary nitrogen and phosphorus cycling. The simulations also confirm that the current conceptual paradigm of sapropel formation and oxidation is valid and quantitatively coherent. 相似文献
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G. J. De Lange 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1986,50(12):2543-2561
Measured pore-water concentrations of iron in interbedded pelagic and turbiditic sediments from the Nares Abyssal Plain are in excellent agreement with sediment colour and measured redox potential. The organic carbon content of these sediments appears to define the redox conditions and consequently the porewater and solid-phase concentration of constituents that are involved in early diagenetic reactions. In the turbiditic sediments the concentration of NO3− generally goes to zero within a sediment depth of 1 m, whereas at 8 m in a pelagic core from the same area the concentration of NO3− is still higher than it is in the bottom water. The pore-water concentration of Mn2+ in the turbiditic sediments increases sharply down to a depth of approximately 3 m and from thereon remains nearly constant due to saturation with respect to Mn, Ca-CO3. The pore water of the turbiditic sediments is also saturated with respect to calcite. The few “diagenetic spikes” in the pore-water concentration of NO3− and Mn2+ and the concentration/depth profile of dissolved iron, H4SiO4 and phosphate all clearly demonstrate the inhomogeneous nature of interbedded pelagic and turbiditic sediments. The simultaneous occurrence of peaks of dissolved iron/silica and of sediment intervals with a relatively high organic carbon content is attributed to enhanced early diagenetic reactions associated with the decomposition of organic matter in these specific intervals. Linked with these reactions is the irregular pore-water concentration of phosphate, which is shown to originate partly from the oxidation of organic matter, but mainly from the desorption of phosphate from iron oxide. Potential concentrations of phosphate are calculated from the stoichiometric early diagenetic reactions and compared with measured concentrations. Due to the unique combination of low porosity and relatively high sedimentation rates, the sediments from the Nares Abyssal Plain are an ideal basis for the study of such interbedded sequences of pelagic and turbiditic deposits. 相似文献
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Organic matter contained in particulate matter in Lake Michigan waters and sediments has been characterized by ratios and by distributions of biomarker fatty acids, alkanols, sterols, and aliphatic hydrocarbons. Differences in organic constituents of particulate matter from various depths and distances from shore indicate a complex interaction of production, transformation, and destruction of the organic matter contained in sinking particles. Near-surface material contains important contributions of landderived organic matter, presumably of eolian input. Midwater particles have predominantly aquatic organic material of algal origin. At the sediment-water interface, selective suspension of the finer fractions of surficial sediments enriches bottom nepheloid layers with these sediment size classes. As a result, near-bottom particulate matter has an aquatic biomarker character. Organic matter associated with sinking particles undergoes substantial degradation during passage to the bottom of Lake Michigan, and aquatic components are selectively destroyed relative to terrigenous components. 相似文献
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Abundances of organic carbon, sulfur, and reactive iron in sediments of three upwelling environments (Peru, Oman and Benguela) suggest that organic carbon/reduced sulfur ratios (C/S-ratios) in this category of marine sediments deviate considerably from previously established empirical ratios in normal marine sediments. To clarify the discrepancies, we investigated those components of the diagenetic system that limit the formation of pyrite: sulfate concentrations and reduction rates in pore waters, availability of reactive iron, and the quantity and quality of organic matter. All three limitations are evident in our sample pools. The results suggest that C/S-ratios in recent and fossil marine sediments rich in organic matter may be unsuitable as paleoenvironmental indicators. 相似文献
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The paper reviews data (acquired in 2007–2016) on aliphatic and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in comparison with data on concentrations of lipids, Corg, and chlorophyll a in the water and bottom sediments the river–sea geochemical barrier (for the Northern Dvina, Ob, Yenisei, and Lena rivers). It was established that the concentrations of anthropogenic hydrocarbons decrease and these compounds precipitate like other organic compounds and particulate matter, where riverine and marine waters mix. Relatively pure water flows in the pelagic zones of seas. In spite of low temperatures in the Arctic, anthropogenic hydrocarbons transform so rapidly that natural compounds dominate in the water and bottom sediments: autochthonous in the seawater and allochthonous in the bottom sediments. 相似文献
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Uranium in Phosphorites 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
The uranium concentration in phosphorites on continents and modern seafloor varies from 0.nto n· 102ppm (average 75 ppm). The average uranium concentration is 4–48 ppm in Precambrian and Cambrian deposits, 20–90 ppm in Paleozoic and Jurassic deposits, 40–130 ppm in Late Cretaceous–Paleogene deposits, 30–130 ppm in Neogene deposits, and 30–110 ppm in Quaternary (including Holocene) deposits. On the whole, the variation range is almost similar for phosphorites of different ages. The U/P2O5ratio in phosphorites ranges from less than unity to 24 · 10–4(average 3.2 · 10–4). Major phosphorite deposits of the world with ore reserves of approximately 250 Gt (or 58 Gt P2O5) contain up to 19 Mt of uranium. Uranium is present in phosphorites in the tetra- and hexavalent, i.e., U(IV) and U(VI) forms, and their ratio is highly variable. At the early diagenetic stage of the formation of marine phosphorites in a reductive environment, U(VI) diffuses from the near-bottom water into sediments. It is consequently reduced and precipitated as submicroscopic segregations of uranium minerals (mainly uraninite) that are probably absorbed by phosphatic material. During the subsequent reaction between phosphorites and aerated water and the weathering in a subaerial environment, uranium is partly oxidized and lost. The uranium depletion also occurs during catagenesis owing to a more complete crystallization of calcium phosphate and replacement of nonphosphatic components. 相似文献
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The sedimentary rocks of the Metlaoui Formation in the Gafsa basin (southern Tunisia), which may be grouped in three units: the basal (Thèlja), middle (Chouabine) and upper unit (Kef Eddour), provide a record of preserved sedimentary, authigenic and biological processes. This paper presents the findings of sedimentological investigations of the biosiliceous deposits of the middle unit. This unit contains either well-preserved (Opal-A) or diagenetically altered (Opal-CT, clinoptilolite, quartz and even clays) diatom frustules. Such diagenetic changes are commonly described in marine and lacustrine biosiliceous deposits. The fossil content of theses diatomaceous layers implies shallow-marine conditions.The opal-rich sediments, and the associated facies record the transgressive transitions associated with high organic productivity, probably enhanced by seasonal input of nutrients, and high sea level stands, and a close association with stratified water column conditions. The formation of bedded diatomaceous sediments is known to require either high organic productivity or anoxic conditions in bottom/intermediate water, and eventually both processes. The initial organic content of the biogenic deposits was impoverished in early stages of sedimentation and diagenesis. A large part of the organic matter could have been destroyed during early diagenetic processes and from further oxidation in outcrops. 相似文献
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The features and similarities in the geology of paleovalley-related uranium mineralizing systems in Australia and China can be used to refine strategies for exploration. Paleovalley-related uranium resources include sandstone-, lignite- and calcrete-style deposits that are developed within the host sediments deposited in paleovalleys. The paleovalleys incise either crystalline bedrock or older sedimentary rocks, and uranium was deposited and concentrated by the influx of oxidized/reduced groundwaters flowing in aquifers within the paleovalley fill. The critical features of paleovalley-related uranium deposits include sediment and uranium sources, geological setting, depositional environment, age and relative timing of mineralization, aquifer characteristics, availability and distribution of reductants, and preservation potential of the uranium mineral system. This set of information provides a basis to establish the uranium mineralization model, which can then be used to assist with generating targets for uranium exploration and prospectivity analysis of a region. With respect to Sino-Australian examples, paleovalley-related uranium deposits form mostly around the margins of sedimentary basins and the mineralization is commonly hosted within channel fills contained within paleovalleys developed upon, or proximal to, Precambrian crystalline rocks that contain primary uranium sources. The deposits that have been well studied show remarkably similar factors that controlled the formation of paleovalley-related uranium deposits. Basement/bedrocks with above-background (2.8 ppm U) levels of uranium (10–100 ppm) that are linked to, and/or, incised by paleovalleys are associated with these deposits and are the inferred source of the uranium. In these regions, extensive fluvial systems developed particularly during Mesozoic and Cenozoic times, uranium from the bedrock was first dispersed into the sediments, and then concentrated to form deposits through successive chemical remobilization, precipitation and concentration. The deposits formed in continental or marginal marine environments, and commonly are associated with reduced lithologies, containing pyrite and dispersed organic matter and/or seams of lignite, or show evidence of infiltrated hydrocarbons. The mineralization is developed where oxidizing fluids (carrying dissolved U) reacted with reductants in the sediments. Geological, geophysical and geochemical features of the paleovalleys and related uranium deposits are used to construct models to understand host sediment distribution, fluid flow and ore genesis that can assist exploration for paleovalley-hosted uranium deposits. Precise geometric definition of the basin margin and paleovalley architecture is important in identifying exploration targets and improving the effectiveness of drilling. Refinements in remote sensing, geophysical and data processing techniques, in combination with sedimentological and depositional interpretations, provide an efficient approach for outlining the principal drainage patterns and channel dimensions. To help reduce risk, an exploration strategy should combine these technologies with a detailed understanding of the physicochemical parameters controlling uranium mobilization, precipitation and preservation. 相似文献
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In Greece, several occurrences of phosphates have been located in Mesozoic and Cenozoic sedimentary rocks. The aim of the present paper is to describe the mineralogy, geochemistry and the origin of the phosphates deposited in marine and lacustrine basins of Neogene age in Greece. Phosphates of marine origin formed in an outer shelf-upper slope environment (Palliki Peninsula, Kefalonia Island) as well as in a hemipelagic environment (Heraklion, Crete Island). In both the deposits, the phosphate minerals belong to the apatite group. In Kefalonia Island, phosphatic material accumulations occur in the field as scattered or accumulated vertebrate bones, fish teeth and other biogenic components, hosted in a sandy limestone of Upper Tortonian age. On a microscopic scale, in the groundmass of the limestone, phosphate minerals are present as fillings and secondarily as replacements of foraminiferal and other calcareous microfossil tests. In Crete Island, burrowed cobbles and phosphatic concretions up to 10 cm in diameter have been detected east of Heraklion town. The phosphatic material is hosted in a sandy marlstone that is interbedded with diatomaceous rocks of Middle Pliocene age. Phosphates of lacustrine origin have been formed in the NW–SE-oriented Upper Miocene basins of Florina–Ptolemais and Elassona–Sarantaporo, located, respectively, in western Macedonia and Thessaly, Greece. The phosphate minerals are mainly represented by Ca/Fe phosphates such as anapaite and mitridatite and secondarily by Ca phosphates of the apatite group that are hosted in a thick succession of clayey diatomite rock. They usually form lenticular layers, asymmetric lenses, nodular and botryoidal aggregates, and faecal pellet replacements.
The major and trace element content of a representative set of rocks was studied. Their geochemistry was found to be controlled by the presence of detrital minerals, the host rock mineralogies, and the types of phosphate minerals present. The relatively high amounts of uranium, arsenic and barium detected in some of the phosphate rocks studied are mainly related with organic matter and are comparable to those detected in other phosphate deposits worldwide.
In the deposits studied, phosphogenesis was mainly promoted by the decay of organic substances derived from diatoms, fishes and other vertebrates, leaves and trunks, and faecal pellets in a highly reducing environment on or just below the sea or lake bottom, and secondarily by the feeding of the basin with phosphate-bearing nutrients that originated in the land. 相似文献
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通过分析铀迁移、沉淀、富集的成矿特点,结合伊犁盆地南缘铀矿床中铀矿石成分研究,分析了砂岩型铀矿成矿机理.指出在层间氧化带砂岩型铀矿床中,铀主要以碳酸铀酰络合物形式迁移,在富含有机质、硫化物、硫化氢等有效还原剂的条件下,形成强烈的地化反差还原地球化学障环境,铀还原沉淀,最后富集成矿.为指导普查找矿、开展铀矿床矿石成分研究提供参考依据. 相似文献
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《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1999,63(11-12):1723-1734
Factors controlling the burial of organic carbon (OC) in Late Quaternary sediments on the NW Mexican continental margin are assessed using a suite of box and piston cores strategically located on the shelf-slope rise with respect to the intense oxygen minimum in this region. An OC concentration maximum occurs on the mid-slope, below the core of an intense water-column O2 minimum, due to current winnowing on the outer shelf, the preferential accumulation of organic matter in fine-grained deposits, and the offshore decrease in the settling flux of organic detritus. The organic matter at all water depths is overwhelmingly marine. Hydrogen indices (HI) are higher on the slope (>300 mg HC/g TOC) than on the shelf (<300 mg HC/g TOC), where current winnowing has promoted organic matter degradation, but there is no difference in HI in slope sediments accumulating under well oxygenated and O2-deficient conditions. The degree of winnowing appears to be the primary factor affecting the preservational quality of organic matter deposited on this margin.Rates of accumulation of OC and opal are all higher in the interglacial intervals when compared with the glacial deposits over the last 140,000 yr. However, matrix-corrected HI values in the mid- and lower-slope cores are invariant and are similar to values in the laminated intervals from the oxygen-minimum site. Thus, cyclic changes in organic carbon accumulation on this margin have been controlled by production variations rather than differential preservation. HI values in Late Quaternary sediments from several continental margins, including NW Mexico, and euxinic basins correspond to type II kerogen, irrespective of bottom water O2 concentrations. Therefore, the preservation of oil-prone kerogen in productive margin settings does not appear to be restricted to sediments deposited under conditions of low bottom water O2 concentrations as envisioned in models of petroleum source-rock deposition. 相似文献