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Bulk composition of ferromanganese nodules from the pelagic environment of the Pacific Ocean is apparently related to nodule-growth rate, sediment-accumulation rate, and biologic productivity in the overlying seawater. Nodules with a high MnFe ratio and high Ni and Cu concentrations tend to occur in areas where primary productivity in the surface layer of the ocean is high and the sediment-accumulation rate low. Nodules with a low MnFe ratio and low Ni and Cu concentrations occur in areas either where sediment-accumulation rate is high or biologic productivity is low. They may have a MnFe ratio as low as one and accrete at rates as low as 1 mm106yrs. Nodules with a larger MnFe ratio apparently have growth rates that are greater by as much as a factor of 10.  相似文献   

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Manganese deposits from the Madagascar Basin, the Crozet Basin and the basins west of the Madagascar Ridge around southern Africa differ chemically from one another. This appears to be largely because of differences in the degree of oxygenation of the environment; most highly oxidizing is the Madagascar Basin, where the MnFe ratio is very low and where the manganese deposits probably consist largely of “birnessite”.Continental-margin samples differ from basin samples in having higher MnFe ratios, probably because of diagenetic remobilization processes within the sediment column. The ratios of Mn and Fe to certain metals (MnNi, MnZn, FeCo and FeAs) are the opposites of those found in other continental-margin environments, suggesting either a difference in the diagenetic process, or an additional metal source, off southern Africa. Both seawater and bottom sediments of the southern African margin are metal-enriched, and could act as sources of metals for growing manganese nodules and encrustations.  相似文献   

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The dominant physical and chemical processes that control Fe, Mn and Zn are explored by comparing the compositions of sediments and their sources. The MnFe and ZnFe ratios in sediment are found to be largely unaffected by local hydraulic sorting (unlike the actual concentrations of Fe, Mn and Zn) and thus are useful indicators of origin. The sediments in northern Chesapeake Bay have markedly lower MnFe and ZnFe ratios than those found in the Susquehanna River (dissolved plus suspended) under ordinary flow, but not under high flow conditions. Since high flow conditions dominate sediment transport, seaward loss of a major fraction of the river-derived Mn and Zn need not be invoked to reconcile sediment and river compositions. Sediments in the seaward end of the northern bay have higher MnFe and ZnFe ratios than their principal external source, the eroding shore deposits. The excess Zn appears to be derived from the atmosphere; the required depositional flux of Zn is consistent with measurements of the total atmospheric flux. The excess Mn can be explained by remobilization of roughly 5% of the river-borne Mn from sediments in the landward part of the northern bay. Because rare floods influence sediment composition markedly, comparing suspended particles in the river at ordinary stages with resuspended sediment in the estuary would lead to the false interpretation that Mn and Zn were being desorbed in the saltwater.  相似文献   

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In June 1981, dissolved Zn, Cd, Cu, Ni, Co, Fe, and Mn were determined from two detailed profiles in anoxic Baltic waters (with extra data for Fe and Mn from August 1979). Dramatic changes across the O2H2S interface occur in the abundances of Cu, Co, Fe, and Mn (by factors of ?100). The concentrations of Zn, Cd, and Ni at the redox front decrease by factors between 3 to 5.Equilibrium calculations are presented for varying concentrations of hydrogen sulfide and compared with the field data. The study strongly supports the assumption that the solubility of Zn, Cd, Cu, and Ni is greatly enhanced and controlled by the formation of bisulfide and(or) polysulfide complexes. Differences between predicted and measured concentrations of these elements are mainly evident at lower ΣH2S concentrations.Cobalt proved to be very mobile in anoxic regions, and the results indicate that the concentrations are limited by CoS precipitation. The iron (Fe2+) and manganese (Mn2+) distribution in sulfide-containing waters is controlled by total flux from sediment-water interfaces rather than by equilibrium concentrations of their solid phases (FeS and MnCO3). The concentrations of these metals are therefore expected to increase with prolonged stagnation periods in the basin.  相似文献   

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The contents of seven major components (TiO2, Fe2O3, MgO, CaO, Na2O, K2O and P2O5) and 15 trace elements (Sc, V, Cr, Ni, Cu, Sr, Y, Zr, Ba, La, Ce, Nd, Eu, Yb and Th) were determined by ICP-AE spectrometry in 27 samples of manganese nodules, micronodules as well as abyssal clay collected by dredging from an area of nearly 1,9802 nautical miles in the central Clarion-Clipperton abyssal plain at a depth of about 4,500 m. Statistical analyses were used to compare among individual as well as pooled datasets, in addition to different indicators such as La/Th, Ni/Cu and LREE/HREE ratios for the Clarion-Clipperton samples, as well as between these and corresponding values for the upper continental crust (UCC), North America Shale Composite (NASC), and igneous Indian and Pacific Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalts (MORBs). The results show significant correlations between major components in the Clarion-Clipperton samples and Pacific Ocean MORB, whereas trace elements (excepting Ni and Cu) correlate better with the UCC and NASC. There is also depletion in LREEs, together with a Ce negative anomaly for all Clarion-Clipperton samples. The nodule, micronodule and abyssal clay datasets each reveal typical clusters of components such as P2O5 and Y, La, Nd, Eu, Tb, or Ni and Cu. Compared to abyssal clay, the nodule as well as micronodules show significant enrichment in Ni and Cu; nevertheless, an essentially constant Ni/Cu ratio indicates that all samples come from the sediment surface. The distributions of major components as well as trace elements for the Clarion-Clipperton samples present, to different degrees, characteristics common to both the upper continental crust and Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalt, strongly implying a hydrothermal origin, most probably from East Pacific Rise material transported by the Pacific North Equatorial Current.  相似文献   

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Five fresh, two weathered, and two metamorphosed basalt pillows with a presently or originally glassy outermost layer, together with a weathered and a metamorphosed basalt fragment without an originally glassy layer, all from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, were investigated in detail. Fresh pillows usually show only very slight compositional heterogeneity, except for the glassy outermost layer where the total iron and MgO contents are higher and the K2O content and the Fe2O3FeO ratio are lower than the interior. In particular, the K2O content of the glassy outermost layer is only about a half of that of the core in some pillows. In weathered pillows the surface layer shows higher total iron, TiO2, P2O5 and H2O contents and a higher Fe2O3FeO ratio and a much lower CaO content than the interior. Most of the compositional heterogeneity observed in metamorphosed pillows may be ascribed to chemical migration during weathering, though metamorphism also may cause considerable heterogeneity.  相似文献   

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The concentrations of Ni, Mn, Cr, Cu, Co, Zn, Fe, Pb and organic carbon have been determined in sediments of the Pagassitikos Gulf. They vary with the ‘sand equivalent’ content, s′, characteristic of the grain size, and are related to it by the equation,
c = c1·k·s′d
in which the constants c1, k and d depend on the element. Consequently, since the metal concentrations in a sample are much less representative of the area from which it has been taken than its ‘sand equivalent’ content, a contour map of the latter constitutes a reliable guide to the general pattern of the elements. Superimposed on it, we detect isolated patches of moderate pollution close to the harbour of Volos and a few, slight, natural anomalies, such as increased Mn and Ni, the former in the east and the latter in the south of the Gulf.  相似文献   

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本文主要研究太平洋CC区多金属结核CCA33,CCB29,CCC50,CCC14生长过程中锰、铁、镍、铜的通量(FMn),FFe,FNi,FCu)的变化规律.研究表明:1.结核生长过程中Mn,Fe,Ni和Cu的通量都是波动性的;2.FMn与FFe,FNi,FCu均呈正相关性;3.结核的元素通量与结核的成因类型和生长阶段密切相关,并记录了海底缺氧事件;4.结核的元素通量存在区域性差异,是沉积环境不同的反映。  相似文献   

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A degradation-mixing model has been developed to aid in the interpretation of geochemical processes occurring in sewage-contaminated marine sediment near San Pedro, California. The nitrogen isotope ratio (1514N) is shown to be an effective tracer of sewage discharge-on the San Pedro Shelf. Isotopic fractionation of 15N14N during release of amino compounds or ammonia (as a consequence of bacterial degradation of organic detritus) appears to be negligible. The nitrogen isotope ratio, therefore, may be considered a conservative component for tracing the source of organic matter deposited in marine sediment.Uranium enrichment from seawater is shown not to occur in the highly reducing sewage-contaminated sediments. The content of uranium in the effluent particulates (18 ppm) is large compared with the content in the uncontaminated sediment (3 to 5 ppm). This allows the content of uranium to also be used as a tool for tracing the deposition of sewage particles in marine sediment. Uranium and nitrogen are shown to be incorporated in the organic fraction of sewage effluent and are released during bacterial degradation of the organic matter. Cadmium and sulphur are shown not to be mobilised during sewage deposition and degradation. The stable isotope ratio of sulphur (34S32S) is used to demonstrate that sulphur enrichment occurs in the sediment by in situ reduction of seawater sulphate. The data summarised by Morel et al. (1975) are presented and discussed in accordance with the above model.  相似文献   

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In the Central Indian Basin manganese nodule abundance was variable in all sediment types. Mean abundance varied from 1.5 in calcareous ooze to 10.2 kg/m2 in terrigenous-siliceous ooze sediments. Nodule grade and growth rates are positively correlated only up to 10 mm/My (million years), and grade shows no distinct relationship with abundance. Relationships between the morphochemical characteristics of the nodules and host sediment types are subtle. Both hydrogenetic and diagenetic nodules (with smooth and rough surfaces respectively) occur on almost all sediments, but in variable proportions. Thus, the overall distribution pattern shows that small nodules (<4-cm diameters) of lower grade (average value Ni+Cu+Co=1.21%) with smooth surfaces are more common on red clay, terrigenous, and terrigenous-siliceous ooze transition-zone sediments. By contrast, large nodules (>4-cm diameters) of higher grade (average value Ni+Cu+Co=1.80%) with rough surfaces are more prevalent on siliceous ooze, siliceous ooze-red clay, and calcareous ooze-red clay transition-zone sediments. This implies an enhanced supply of trace metals from pore waters to rough-surface nodules during early diagenesis.  相似文献   

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The stable isotope ratio of sulfur (34S/32S) in dissolved sulfate and hydrogen sulfide was measured for 20 water samples from two deep hydrocasts from the south-central Black Sea. The isotope ratio of total reduced sulfur was also measured for surface sediment collected below each hydrocast. The range in the δ34S measurements for sulfate was +18.20 to +20.17‰ and for hydrogen sulfide ?38.71 to ?4.85‰. The distribution pattern for δ 34S in both sulfate and sulfide appears to be the result of in situ sulfate reduction.  相似文献   

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The major and minor element compositions of a suite of abyssal sea-floor ferromanganese nodules and associated sediments from the eastern central Pacific have been used to examine inter-element relationships and the mineralogy of the nodules, the relationship between the composition of nodules and their associated sediments and regional variations in composition with respect to likely modes of formation of such deposits. Apart from Mn and Fe, significant proportions of the total Ti, Ca, Mg, K, Ba, Sr, Th and Y and almost all the P, As, Ce, Co, Cu, Mo, Ni, Pb, Zn and Zr are present in the oxide fractions of the nodules. The Mg, Ba, Cu, Mo, Ni and Zn contents are significantly correlated with the Mn content, while Ti, P, As, Pb, Sr, Y and Zr are similarly correlated with the total Fe content.Nodules from the northeastern tropical Pacific have Mn/Fe ratios higher than those in the oxide fractions of their associated sediments, todorokite as the principal Mn phase and relatively high concentrations of minor elements associated with Mn. Nodules from the south central Pacific have Mn/Fe ratios similar to those in the oxide fractions of the associated sediments, δ-MnO2 as the only Mn-phase, and relatively high concentrations of minor elements associated with Fe. There appears to be a smooth gradation in composition in the tropical Pacific between these two end members.The regional compositional variation is interpreted as a reflection of different sources of metals for, and different growth mechanisms of, sea-floor nodules. The oxide precipitate from sea water consists of δ-MnO2, has a relatively low Mn/Fe ratio and minor element contents related to the total Fe and Mn(δ-MnO2) content. The oxide precipitate forming in areas of very low sedimentation as a result of diagenetic remobilisation in the surface sediment consists of todorokite, and has a high Mn/Fe ratio and enhanced metal content in the Mn-(todorokite)phase. Available information on the morphology and compositional variation of individual nodules from the tropical Pacific corroborates these contrasting metal sources and suggests that they can be resolved on the scale of an individual oxide concretion.  相似文献   

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The Am-241Pu-239 + 240 ratio is at least a factor of two higher in the particulate phases of California coastal waters than the values previously reported for unfiltered waters and sediments. These results are attributed to a greater water solubility for plutonium relative to americium species. The values of the ratio in mussels indicate primarily a particulate uptake of these transuranics. Sorption experiments of these two elements from seawater to glass beads, rayon fibres and filter papers are consistent with an uptake of the particulate phases.  相似文献   

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R. Dal Cin 《Marine Geology》1976,20(2):95-116
Factor analysis of grain-size percentages was conducted on 179 samples collected along beaches with erosion or accretion tendency. Four factors account for 95.7% of the initial information. These primarily represent the following populations: fine and very fine sands, medium-fine sands, medium-coarse sands and the fractions lying between 2.25 and 2.50 ?. By making various comparisons among the four factors, diagrams which adequately distinguished receding from advancing beaches were obtained. The results indicate that advancing beaches are particularly rich in fine and medium-fine sands; receding beaches are richer in medium-coarse and medium sands.The factorial analysis was also made on nine grain-size parameters obtained from the same beaches. Four factors account for 96.9% of the total information. The diagrams obtained from these factors also permit the identification of the two types of beaches. Advancing beaches generally show high mean (?), 99th percentile (?) and pelite percentage values. Receding beaches usually present an elevated kurtosis, higher negative (or lower, if positive) values of skewness and mean cubed deviation and a higher 1st5th percentile ratio (mm).It is hypothesized that the principal causes of the variations of the factors obtained are the differing energy level and the varying sediment supply on the two types of beaches; in addition, the initial grain size of the available material must be considered.  相似文献   

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过渡金属元素Cu、Co、Ni在铁锰结核(壳)中富集的控制因素   总被引:7,自引:0,他引:7  
在不同生成环境下生成的铁锰结核(壳)吸收不同的过渡金属元素。在成岩作用形成的铁锰结核中,Cu、Ni主要以锰相形式存在,而Co则以铁相的形式存在;在水成作用形成的铁锰结核(壳)中Cu、Co、Ni均以锰相的形式存在。这些过渡金属元素在成岩作用形成的结核中的存在与铁锰结核(壳)中锰矿物和铁的氧化物、氢氧化物的晶体化学特征密切相关,而在水成作用形成的铁锰结核(壳)中的富集与锰矿物和铁的氧化物、氢氧化物的晶体化。学特征关系不大。同时铁锰结核(壳)中锰矿物和铁的氧化物、氢氧化物又严格地受结核(壳)的生成环境的制约,因此,过渡金属元素Cu、Co、Ni在铁锰结核(壳)中的富集在一定程度上受结核(壳)生成环境的控制。  相似文献   

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The concentration of Ni in C. edule ranges from 17·8 μg/g to 53·82 μg/g with the highest concentration in the gills and mantle and the lowest in the foot and adductor muscles. The concentration does not change with either size or season.There is no significant increase in mortality even in the highest Ni concentration (100 μg/litre), nor is body condition correlated with experimental Ni concentrations. The rate of uptake of Ni (y) is described by the equation:
y=?16·903+11·674x1+0·437x2
where x1 = Ni concentration (μg/litre) and x2 = time (h).The respiration rates did not significantly change up to the highest Ni concentration used (1000 μg/litre).It is postulated that the main pathway for Ni uptake is through the gills, possibly through mucus sheet or transmembrane absorption, with a secondary uptake route via the viscera.C. edule may therefore be a suitable indicator species for Ni.  相似文献   

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Manganese nodule distribution is primarily influenced by seafloor topography. Nodule distribution at 479 locations vis‐à‐vis seabed topography is studied by superimposing sampling location on the topographic profile and assigning appropriate domain (hilltop, valley, slope, or plain) for the sampling location. Highest mean abundance is observed at the valleys (6.94 kg /m2), followed by hilltops, slopes, and least on plains. Frequency distributions are regular (Gaussian) on plains, whereas on valleys and hilltops they are irregular (Rayleigh type). Fe and Co content is highest in nodules from hilltops and lowest in those from plains. Conversely, Mn, Cu, and Ni content is highest on plains and least on valleys. Fe: Mn and Co: Mn are negatively correlated in all the domains. Mn and total metal content (Ni + Cu + Co) show direct relationship in all the domains. An inverse relation between nodule abundance and composition is found. Cluster analysis on chemical and abundance data shows two distinct groups in all domains. Abundance and Fe and Co content typically form one group, while all other elements form another group. Genesis of nodules depends on the availability of supply of transition elements to the abyssal environment, maintenance of nodules in the sediment‐water interface, and sedimentation rates.  相似文献   

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The results are presented from three hydrogrpahic surveys in April 1979 of a 40 × 50 km region of the Celtic Sea, centred at 7°W and 51°N, using a towed undulating sensor system. In the 512 days between Surveys 1 and 2, the seasonal thermocline was established, with surface to bottom temperature differences reaching 1.5°C, the average surface chlorophyll a level increased from ~ 1 to ~ 5.5 mg m?3 due mainly to the growth of diatoms, and the surface nitrate concentration decreased from 6 to 1 μM. The third survey was carried out after a further two days and, although surface properties changed little, there was a general deepening of the mixed layer due to stronger winds, and a further increase in the standing stock of phytoplankton.By applying appropriate techniques of horizontal spatial averaging, which took into account possible advective effects, a quantitative comparison was made of the changes at two positions in the survey area which showed significant differences in the rate of development of the phytoplankton population. A simple model of phytoplankton growth was then developed, based on calculations of eddy diffusivity, on measurements of rates of photosynthetic carbon assimilation, and on observations of carbon to chlorophyll ratios, subsurface light attenuation and inorganic nutrient levels. In the absence of any data on zooplankton populations, the loss of phytoplankton by grazing was left as a free parameter.The model was only partly successful in reproducing the observed changes in chlorophyll concentrations during the first 512 days and showed serious limitations for the subsequent 2 days. However, it emphasised several features of the dynamics of spring phytoplankton populations which require further experimental or observational investigation. These include more precise measurements of carbon to chlorophyll ratios and grazing pressure to which the model is sensitive over a rather narrow range (this has important implications in terms both of control by grazing and nutrient limitation), the potential significance of physiological photoadaptation by the plant cells in determining their vertical distribution, and the role of eddy diffusion across the developing thermocline in relation to the sinking of phytoplankton cells and the upward mixing of inorganic nutrients.  相似文献   

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Abstract

Studies on different‐sized polymetallic nodules from the Central Indian Ocean Basin reveal that chemical composition is largely related to the nodule diameter which show systematic decrease in Mn, Cu, and Ni content with increase in nodule size. S and I type nodules are more abundant than B, L, and V types. Nodules grouped according to their size have common morphological, mineralogical, and geochemical characteristics and all six groups have distinguishing properties. There is evidence which suggests that the smaller (M and I) nodules are diagenetic and the larger (S, B, L, and V) are hydrogenetic, exhibiting variations in todorokite abundance and in chemical composition. There is also substantial evidence that the nodules of high economic value (Cu + Ni + Co%) can be sorted out on the basis of simple morphological parameters.  相似文献   

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