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华北克拉通南缘中条山-嵩山地区1.78Ga基性岩墙群的地球化学特征及构造环境 总被引：8，自引：6，他引：2
幔源岩浆侵位产生的基性岩墙群是地壳伸展裂解的重要标志。华北克拉通南缘中条山-嵩山地区出露有大量的中元古代基性岩墙群,对其研究将有助于深入了解华北克拉通中元古代构造演化特征。其岩石类型以辉绿岩为主,少量辉长辉绿岩和辉绿玢岩;主要造岩矿物为斜长石和单斜辉石,其它矿物包括角闪石、Fe-Ti氧化物、磷灰石、黑云母、碱性长石和石英。锆石SHRIMPU-Pb年龄为1785±18Ma,代表岩墙的结晶年龄。岩石K2O+Na2O含量为3.63%～6.18%,K2O/Na2O比值为0.73～1.38,FeOT含量较高(10.03%～13.59%),属于拉斑玄武岩系列。岩石的稀土元素含量高(142×10-6～381×10-6),亏损Nb、Ta、Zr、Hf等高场强元素,富集Rb、Ba、La等大离子亲石元素,全岩εNd(t)值为-6.2～-8.1。岩墙的固结指数(SI)和MgO含量呈明显的正相关关系,说明幔源岩浆发生过明显的结晶分异作用。地球化学分析表明,研究区基性岩墙属于板内拉斑玄武岩系列,与熊耳群火山岩有相似的地球化学特征;基于两者紧密的产出关系,我们认为该区岩墙可能是熊耳群火山岩的通道岩墙,共同代表了华北克拉通东、西陆块碰撞后伸展事件。 相似文献
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内蒙古北山老硐沟金多金属矿床闪长玢岩年代学、地球化学及其成矿意义 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
内蒙古北山老硐沟金多金属矿床原生矿化与闪长玢岩脉时空-成因关系密切,部分闪长玢岩形成工业矿体,但其地球化学特征、岩石成因及精确的成岩时代仍不清楚.笔者在详细野外地质调研基础上,选取3个闪长玢岩体进行全岩主量元素、微量元素、锆石U-Pb年龄及Lu-Hf同位素研究.闪长玢岩具斑状结构,斑晶主要为斜长石、角闪石,少量黑云母,基质主要为斜长石和角闪石,w(SiO2)介于62.87％～65.33％,地球化学特征显示其属于高钾钙碱性或超钾质系列.矿化闪长玢岩、蚀变未矿化闪长玢岩、弱蚀变闪长玢岩中锆石206Pb/238U年龄分别为(243.0±1.0)Ma、(237.8±1.2)Ma和(233.8±0.9)Ma,表明闪长玢岩的岩浆活动持续了至少9 Ma,并可能发育多幕侵位,成矿时代约为243 Ma.其锆石Hf同位素组成均一,εHf(t)值基本一致,介于0.05～5.67,暗示矿化与未矿化的闪长玢岩具有相同的岩浆源区.二阶段模式年龄(tDM2)介于905～1258 Ma,表明岩浆可能起源于中新元古代地壳的部分熔融.三叠纪受造山后地壳伸展减薄影响,基性岩浆底侵带来的热导致新生地壳的部分熔融.岩浆经历分离结晶作用并受到地壳物质的混染,顺区域断裂上升侵位至构造薄弱地段形成闪长玢岩并沉淀矿质.而不同期次的闪长玢岩可能是岩浆持续脉动侵位的结果. 相似文献
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新疆西准噶尔克拉玛依岩体中暗色岩墙的形成时代及地质意义 ——来自锆石LA-ICP-MS和角闪石Ar-Ar定年的证据 总被引：3，自引：2，他引：1
新疆西准噶尔克拉玛依岩体以及周围地层中存在着大量暗色闪长玢岩岩墙,是岩浆物质贯入3组走向不同的裂隙形成的。对其中一个闪长玢岩岩墙样品进行锆石LA-ICP-MS年代学测试,得到303.1±1.2Ma的锆石206Pb/238U加权平均年龄,对从该闪长玢岩中分离出的角闪石进行Ar-Ar年代学测试,得到312.1±2.8Ma的坪年龄(1120～1400℃)和313.6±6.9Ma的反等时线年龄。对该闪长玢岩岩墙附近的含角闪石黑云母二长花岗岩进行的锆石LA-ICP-MS年代学测试,获得其206Pb/238U加权平均年龄为319.0±1.0Ma。对侵入石炭纪地层的一个花岗斑岩岩脉样品进行锆石LA-ICP-MS年代学测试,得到了315.3±1.0Ma的206Pb/238U加权平均年龄。上述年代学测试结果表明克拉玛依市以西地区的暗色岩墙形成时代是石炭纪末期,不是前人所说的二叠纪。在这些岩墙形成之前,该区在石炭纪晚期还发育以克拉玛依岩体及附近酸性岩脉为代表的花岗质岩浆活动。上述围岩和岩墙的年代学资料揭示出该区闪长玢岩岩墙所占据的裂隙形成时代在315～303Ma之间,为新疆西准噶尔地区晚古生代地球动力学背景及岩浆活动的深入研究,提供了时间方面的约束。 相似文献
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北阿尔金拉配泉米兰群片麻岩及其中两期基性岩墙群LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄及地质意义 总被引：2，自引：1，他引：1
北阿尔金拉配泉北侧米兰群混合角闪斜长片麻岩被2期基性岩墙群(辉绿玢岩和棕闪煌斑岩)侵位。本次分别对三者进行了LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb同位素侧年。混合岩化角闪斜长片麻岩中锆石结晶年龄为2007Ma±25Ma,结合西北地区2.0Ga左右广泛的构造-热事件,可能与Columbia超大陆汇聚有关。辉绿玢岩和棕闪煌斑岩的年龄结构相似,锆石较老年龄组分分别为1962～2093Ma和1804～2038Ma,系在侵位时从围岩(混合角闪斜长片麻岩)中捕获的锆石的年龄;最年轻的年龄组分(79～94Ma)代表基性岩墙群的侵位时间,与阿尔金北缘断裂伸展活动有关;古生代年龄(288～504Ma)为岩墙群上侵过程中同化混染北阿尔金蛇绿混杂岩带部分岩石的年龄。 相似文献
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新疆克拉玛依中基性岩墙群的地质地球化学和K-Ar年代学 总被引：33，自引：0，他引：33
新疆克拉玛依中基性岩墙群出现在后碰撞花岗岩(锆石U-Pb年龄约为300～320Ma)及其下石炭统火山岩-硅质岩围岩之中,空间分布受区域构造裂隙控制,总体走向以280°～300°为主,K-Ar表观年龄为241.3～271.5Ma。岩墙群属于亚碱性系列,根据岩性和Mg#的不同,可分为辉绿岩岩墙、高Mg#闪长玢岩岩墙和低Mg#(石英)闪长玢岩岩墙等三组。主元素、稀土元素和其他微量元素等资料表明,形成岩墙群的岩浆起源于亏损地幔,由部分熔融作用形成的原始玄武质岩浆在侵位过程中发生了分离结晶作用,但同时还受到同化混染作用的影响,致使克拉玛依岩墙群具有较典型的AFC过程的成因特征。克拉玛依岩墙群形成于新疆北部后碰撞伸展构造环境,是幔源岩浆活动的产物,因而可以作为地壳垂向生长的标志之一。 相似文献
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灵山岛早白垩世岩浆活动及其大地构造意义 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
灵山岛位于胶东半岛以南约16km处,构造上处于扬子和华北克拉通结合部位——苏鲁造山带东端。早白垩世晚期,灵山岛岩浆活动极为强烈,大量发育流纹岩和火山角砾岩,不整合覆盖于底部碎屑沉积岩层之上;同时,区内广泛发育基性岩墙(辉绿玢岩),沿北东-南西向侵入于碎屑沉积岩地层之中。本文选取流纹岩和辉绿玢岩样品进行了岩石地球化学和年代学研究。结果表明,流纹岩具有富钾(K_2O=4.10%～4.42%)、富碱(Na_2O+K_2O=8.83%～9.06%)、贫钙(CaO=0.10%～0.46%)、低钛(TiO 2=0.08%～0.09%)、低镁(MgO=0.12%～0.15%)和铁(Fe_2O_3~T=0.79%～0.83%)的特征,属于弱过铝质高钾钙碱性岩石系列;岩石稀土总量较低(∑REE=109.0×10~(-6)～128.8×10~(-6)),轻重稀土元素分异较弱((La/Yb)N=6.42～8.09),Eu显著负异常(δEu=0.27～0.28)。辉绿玢岩SiO_2含量为(51.17%～51.97%),具有富碱(Na_2O+K_2O=5.01%～6.07%)和高Mg#值(67.6～69.4)的特征,属于钾玄岩系列;岩石稀土总量较高(∑REE=160.6×10~(-6)～173.5×10~(-6)),轻重稀土元素分馏较为明显((La/Yb)N=11.1～11.6),显示弱Eu正异常(δEu=1.12～1.18),它们在球粒陨石标准化稀土元素图解和原始地幔标准化微量元素图解上与OIB类似。上述地球化学特征指示流纹岩和辉绿玢岩可能均形成于伸展减压背景下。LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年结果表明,流纹岩和辉绿玢岩的形成时代分别为118±2Ma和109±3Ma,属于早白垩世岩浆活动的产物。锆石Hf同位素分析结果显示,流纹岩具有负的ε_(Hf)(t)值(-31.0～-24.5),表明其来源于古老地壳物质部分熔融。辉绿玢岩的岩浆锆石具有负的ε_(Hf)(t)值(-31.2～-28.8)和正的ε_(Hf)(t)值(+7.1～+8.1),指示其来源于有深部亏损软流圈地幔物质加入的富集地幔源区。综合本文研究结果和同时期区域构造演化推测,受伊泽奈崎板块和古太平洋板块俯冲方向改变的影响,中生代期间中国东部构造体制发生转变。早白垩世晚期,华北东部处于伸展构造背景,形成了一系列与之对应的超浅成相-喷出相辉绿玢岩岩墙和流纹岩,是燕山运动在胶东地区的地质表现。 相似文献
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青海祁漫塔格地区晚泥盆世辉绿岩墙群LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄及其构造意义 总被引：3，自引：1，他引：2
东昆仑造山带是横亘青海省中部的一条复合造山带,北部祁漫塔格一带有大量NW向延伸的辉长岩、辉绿岩及辉绿玢岩呈岩墙分布.其中,有一期侵入到元古宙—志留纪地质体中的基性岩墙TiO2平均含量为1.63％,为典型的高钛基性岩,岩石地球化学成分与板内玄武岩一致,大离子亲石元素富集,高场强元素较低,微量元素蛛网图呈现出明显的Ba、Ta和Nb“谷”.利用激光等离子体质谱法(LA-ICP-MS),获得辉绿岩中22颗岩浆锆石的206Pb/238U年龄加权平均值为380.3Ma±1.5Ma (MSWD=1.4),精确地表明中晚泥盆世东昆仑—祁漫塔格地区进入陆内伸展阶段,区域构造由志留纪—早泥盆世的碰撞挤压体制转变为后造山伸展环境. 相似文献
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东昆仑造山带中灶火地区镁铁质岩墙群以闪长玢岩为主,含少量闪斜煌斑岩、辉绿玢岩及辉绿岩,LA-ICPMS锆石U-Pb年代学指示该套岩墙群结晶侵位年龄为(249±1)Ma。稀土元素含量整体较高,富集轻稀土元素(∑REE=99.9×10-6~173.9×10-6,(La/Yb)N=3.5~9.3);微量元素表现出富集大离子亲石元素(LILE),亏损高场强元素(HFSE)的特征;源区分析表明,镁铁质岩浆为俯冲洋壳析出的流体交代富集地幔的结果,且在岩石成因中部分熔融起到主导作用,地壳混染和分离结晶作用对岩浆成分分异起到的作用有限。构造环境分析表明,岩石的形成与俯冲作用有关,结合区域构造演化认为镁铁质岩墙群的成因为:早三叠世,在古特提斯洋向北俯冲的环境下,俯冲板片释放的流体交代富集地幔,诱发地幔部分熔融形成镁铁质岩浆,受弧后伸展的动力学背景影响,岩浆最终上升侵位形成镁铁质岩墙群。 相似文献
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E. M. Prasolov S. A. Sergeev B. V. Belyatsky E. S. Bogomolov K. A. Gruzdov I. N. Kapitonov R. Sh. Krymsky V. O. Khalenev 《Geochemistry International》2018,56(1):46-64
This paper reports the first results of a study of 11 isotope systems (3He/4He, 40Ar/36Ar, 34S/32S, 65Cu/63Cu, 62Ni/60Ni, 87Sr/86Sr, 143Nd/144Nd, 206–208Pb/204Pb, Hf–Nd, U–Pb, and Re–Os) in the rocks and ores of the Cu–Ni–PGE deposits of the Norilsk ore district. Almost all the results were obtained at the Center of Isotopic Research of the Karpinskii All-Russia Research Institute of Geology. The use of a number of independent genetic isotopic signatures and comprehensive isotopic knowledge provided a methodic basis for the interpretation of approximately 5000 isotopic analyses of various elements. The presence of materials from two sources, crust and mantle, was detected in the composition of the rocks and ores. The contribution of the crustal source is especially significant in the paleofluids (gas–liquid microinclusions) of the ore-forming medium. Crustal solutions were probably a transport medium during ore formation. Air argon is dominant in the ores, which indicates a connection between the paleofluids and the atmosphere. This suggests intense groundwater circulation during the crystallization of ore minerals. The age of the rocks and ores of the Norilsk deposits was determined. The stage of orebody formation is restricted to a narrow age interval of 250 ± 10 Ma. An isotopic criterion was proposed for the ore-bearing potential of mafic intrusions in the Norilsk–Taimyr region. It includes several interrelated isotopic ratios of various elements: He, Ar, S, and others. 相似文献
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奥地利安东帕有限公司 《岩矿测试》2009,28(3):306-306
最新的流行病学研究表明,空气中较高浓度的悬浮细颗粒可能对人类的健康有不利的影响。根据该项研究显示,由于心脏病、慢性呼吸问题和肺功能指标恶化而导致死亡率的升高与细尘粒子有关。这些研究结果已经促使欧盟于1999年4月出台了限制空气中二氧化硫、二氧化氮、氧化氮、铅和颗粒物含量的法案(1999/30/EC),对各项指标包括对可吸入PM10颗粒的浓度提出了新的限制性指标。PM10颗粒是指可以通过预分级器分离采集的气体动力学直径小于10μm的细颗粒。目前研究的兴趣重点逐步偏向PM2.5这些更细微颗粒物,PM2.5这种颗粒物对健康有明显的不利影响。在欧盟指令2008/50/EC中,对PM10和PM2.5都提 相似文献
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S. Viswanathan K. Surya Prakash Rao B. Mahabaleswar 《Journal of the Geological Society of India》2013,82(6):621-627
Komatiites are mantle-derived ultramafic volcanic rocks. Komatiites have been discovered in several States of India, notably in Karnataka. Studies on the distribution of trace-elements in the komatiites of India are very few. This paper proposes a simple, accurate, precise, rapid, and non-destructive wavelength-dispersive x-ray fluorescence (WDXRF) spectrometric technique for determining Sc, V, Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Rb, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Ba, Pb, and Th in komatiites, and discusses the accuracy, precision, limits of detection, x-ray spectral-line interferences, inter-element effects, speed, advantages, and limitations of the technique. The accuracy of the technique is excellent (within 3%) for Sc, V, Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Rb, Sr, Zr, Nb, Ba, Pb, and Th and very good (within 4%) for Y. The precision is also excellent (within 3%) for Sc, V, Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Rb, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Ba, Pb, and Th. The limits of detection are: 1 ppm for Sc and V; 2 ppm for Cr, Co, and Ni; 3 ppm for Cu, Zn, Rb, and Sr; 4 ppm for Y and Zr; 6 ppm for Nb; 10 ppm for Ba; 13 ppm for Pb; and 14 ppm for Th. The time taken for determining Sc, V, Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Rb, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Ba, Pb, and Th in a batch of 24 samples of komatiites, for a replication of four analyses per sample, by one operator, using a manual WDXRF spectrometer, is only 60 hours. 相似文献
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Most sulfide-rich magmatic Ni-Cu-(PGE) deposits form in dynamic magmatic systems by partial melting S-bearing wall rocks with variable degrees of assimilation of miscible silicate and volatile components, and generation of barren to weakly-mineralized immiscible Fe sulfide xenomelts into which Ni-Cu-Co-PGE partition from the magma. Some exceptionally-thick magmatic Cr deposits may form by partial melting oxide-bearing wall rocks with variable degrees of assimilation of the miscible silicate and volatile components, and generation of barren Fe ± Ti oxide xenocrysts into which Cr-Mg-V ± Ti partition from the magma. The products of these processes are variably preserved as skarns, residues, xenoliths, xenocrysts, xenomelts, and xenovolatiles, which play important to critical roles in ore genesis, transport, localization, and/or modification. Incorporation of barren xenoliths/autoliths may induce small amounts of sulfide/chromite to segregate, but incorporation of sulfide xenomelts or oxide xenocrysts with dynamic upgrading of metal tenors (PGE > Cu > Ni > Co and Cr > V > Ti, respectively) is required to make significant ore deposits. Silicate xenomelts are only rarely preserved, but will be variably depleted in chalcophile and ferrous metals. Less dense felsic xenoliths may aid upward sulfide transport by increasing the effective viscosity and decreasing the bulk density of the magma. Denser mafic or metamorphosed xenoliths may also increase the effective viscosity of the magma, but may aid downward sulfide transport by increasing the bulk density of the magma. Sulfide wets olivine, so olivine xenocrysts may act as filter beds to collect advected finely dispersed sulfide droplets, but other silicates and xenoliths may not be wetted by sulfides. Xenovolatiles may retard settling of – or in some cases float – dense sulfide droplets. Reactions of sulfide melts with felsic country rocks may generate Fe-rich skarns that may allow sulfide melts to fractionate to more extreme Cu-Ni-rich compositions. Xenoliths, xenocrysts, xenomelts, and xenovolatiles are more likely to be preserved in cooler basaltic magmas than in hotter komatiitic magmas, and are more likely to be preserved in less dynamic (less turbulent) systems/domain/phases than in more dynamic (more turbulent) systems/domains/phases. Massive to semi-massive Ni-Cu-PGE and Cr mineralization and xenoliths are often localized within footwall embayments, dilations/jogs in dikes, throats of magma conduits, and the horizontal segments of dike-chonolith and dike-sill complexes, which represent fluid dynamic traps for both ascending and descending sulfides/oxides. If skarns, residues, xenoliths, xenocrysts, xenomelts, and/or xenovolatiles are present, they provide important constraints on ore genesis and they are valuable exploration indicators, but they must be included in elemental and isotopic mass balance calculations. 相似文献
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《Applied Geochemistry》2001,16(2):137-159
Five hundred and ninety-eight samples of terrestrial moss (Hylocomium splendens and Pleurozium schreberi) collected from a 188,000 km2 area of the central Barents region (NE Norway, N Finland, NW Russia) were analysed by ICP-AES and ICP-MS. Analytical results for Al, B, Ba, Ca, K, La, Mg, Mn, Na, P, Rb, Si, Sr, Th, U and Y concentrations are reported here. Graphical methods of data analysis, such as geochemical maps, cumulative frequency diagrams, boxplots and scatterplots, are used to interpret the origin of the patterns for these elements. None of the elements reported here are emitted in significant amounts from the smelting industry on the Kola Peninsula. Despite the conventional view that moss chemistry reflects atmospheric element input, the nature of the underlying mineral substrate (regolith or bedrock) is found to have a considerable influence on moss composition for several elements. This influence of the chemistry of the mineral substrate can take place in a variety of ways. (1) It can be completely natural, reflecting the ability of higher plants to take up elements from deep soil horizons and shed them with litterfall onto the surface. (2) It can result from naturally increased soil dust input where vegetation is scarce due to harsh climatic conditions for instance. Alternatively, substrate influence can be enhanced by human activity, such as open-cast mining, creation of ‘technogenic deserts’, or handling, transport and storage of ore and ore products, all of which magnify the natural elemental flux from bedrock to ground vegetation. Seaspray is another natural process affecting moss composition in the area (Mg, Na), and this is most visible in the Norwegian part of the study area. Presence or absence of some plant species, e.g., lichens, seems to influence moss chemistry. This is shown by the low concentrations of B or K in moss on the Finnish and Norwegian side of the (fenced) border with Russia, contrasting with high concentrations on the other side (intensive reindeer husbandry west of the border has selectively depleted the lichen population). 相似文献
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Mercury,arsenic, antimony,and selenium contents of sediment from the Kuskokwim River,Bethel, Alaska,USA 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
The Kuskokwim River at Bethel, Alaska, drains a major mercury-antimony metallogenic province in its upper reaches and tributaries. Bethel (population 4000) is situated on the Kuskokwim floodplain and also draws its water supply from wells located in river-deposited sediment. A boring through overbank and floodplain sediment has provided material to establish a baseline datum for sediment-hosted heavy metals. Mercury (total), arsenic, antimony, and selenium contents were determined; aluminum was also determined and used as normalizing factor. The contents of the heavy metals were relatively constant with depth and do not reflect any potential enrichment from upstream contaminant sources. 相似文献
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《Chemical Geology》2007,236(1-2):13-26
We examined the coprecipitation behavior of Ti, Mo, Sn and Sb in Ca–Al–Mg fluorides under two different fluoride forming conditions: at < 70 °C in an ultrasonic bath (denoted as the ultrasonic method) and at 245 °C using a Teflon bomb (denoted as the bomb method). In the ultrasonic method, small amounts of Ti, Mo and Sn coprecipitation were observed with 100% Ca and 100% Mg fluorides. No coprecipitation of Ti, Mo, Sn and Sb in Ca–Al–Mg fluorides occurred when the sample was decomposed by the bomb method except for 100% Ca fluoride. Based on our coprecipitation observations, we have developed a simultaneous determination method for B, Ti, Zr, Nb, Mo, Sn, Sb, Hf and Ta by Q-pole type ICP-MS (ICP-QMS) and sector field type ICP-MS (ICP-SFMS). 9–50 mg of samples with Zr–Mo–Sn–Sb–Hf spikes were decomposed by HF using the bomb method and the ultrasonic method with B spike. The sample was then evaporated and re-dissolved into 0.5 mol l− 1 HF, followed by the removal of fluorides by centrifuging. B, Zr, Mo, Sn, Sb and Hf were measured by ID method. Nb and Ta were measured by the ID-internal standardization method, based on Nb/Mo and Ta/Mo ratios using ICP-QMS, for which pseudo-FI was developed and applied. When 100% recovery yields of Zr and Hf are expected, Nb/Zr and Ta/Hf ratios may also be used. Ti was determined by the ID-internal standardization method, based on the Ti/Nb ratio from ICP-SFMS. Only 0.053 ml sample solution was required for measurement of all 9 elements. Dilution factors of ≤ 340 were aspirated without matrix effects. To demonstrate the applicability of our method, 4 carbonaceous chondrites (Ivuna, Orgueil, Cold Bokkeveld and Allende) as well as GSJ and USGS silicate reference materials of basalts, andesites and peridotites were analyzed. Our analytical results are consistent with previous studies, and the mean reproducibility of each element is 1.0–4.6% for basalts and andesites, and 6.7–11% for peridotites except for TiO2. 相似文献
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S. M. Moosavirad J. Rasouli M. R. Janardhana M. R. Moghadam M. Shankara 《Arabian Journal of Geosciences》2013,6(10):3623-3634
This paper discusses the result of the detailed investigations carried out on the coal characteristics, including coal petrography and its geochemistry of the Pabedana region. A total of 16 samples were collected from four coal seams d2, d4, d5, and d6 of the Pabedana underground mine which is located in the central part of the Central-East Iranian Microcontinent. These samples were reduced to four samples through composite sampling of each seam and were analyzed for their petrographic, mineralogical, and geochemical compositions. Proximate analysis data of the Pabedana coals indicate no major variations in the moisture, ash, volatile matter, and fixed carbon contents in the coals of different seams. Based on sulfur content, the Pabedana coals may be classified as low-sulfur coals. The low-sulfur contents in the Pabedana coal and relatively low proportion of pyritic sulfur suggest a possible fresh water environment during the deposition of the peat of the Pabedana coal. X-ray diffraction and petrographic analyses indicate the presence of pyrite in coal samples. The Pabedana coals have been classified as a high volatile, bituminous coal in accordance with the vitrinite reflectance values (58.75–74.32 %) and other rank parameters (carbon, calorific value, and volatile matter content). The maceral analysis and reflectance study suggest that the coals in all the four seams are of good quality with low maceral matter association. Mineralogical investigations indicate that the inorganic fraction in the Pabedana coal samples is dominated by carbonates; thus, constituting the major inorganic fraction of the coal samples. Illite, kaolinite, muscovite, quartz, feldspar, apatite, and hematite occur as minor or trace phases. The variation in major elements content is relatively narrow between different coal seams. Elements Sc,, Zr, Ga, Ge, La, As, W, Ce, Sb, Nb, Th, Pb, Se, Tl, Bi, Hg, Re, Li, Zn, Mo, and Ba show varying negative correlation with ash yield. These elements possibly have an organic affinity and may be present as primary biological concentrations either with tissues in living condition and/or through sorption and formation of organometallic compounds. 相似文献