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斑岩型钼矿床的形成机制与地球化学过程   总被引:1,自引:1,他引:0  
斑岩型钼矿床是世界钼矿床中最重要的种类,其中90%以上的钼矿床都和斑岩有关。斑岩型钼矿床主要分布于环太平洋成矿带和特提斯成矿带上,主要与板块俯冲过程有关,可以分为斑岩铜钼矿床、高氟型斑岩钼矿床和低氟型斑岩钼矿床。我们通过对全球斑岩型钼矿床的时空分布与钼元素地球化学性质分析,认为斑岩型钼矿床的物质来源是钼元素通过表生地球化学作用进行初始富集后形成的富钼沉积物。新元古代晚期(750~542Ma)大气氧再次升高之后,富钼的黑色页岩等才大量出现,因此斑岩型钼矿床主要形成于500Ma之后。富钼黑色页岩等沉积物在板块俯冲过程中脱水,形成富含Mo和Re的变质流体,同时两者发生分异。这种变质流体交代上覆地幔楔使Mo和Re留存在其中。随着俯冲洋壳的部分熔融,形成富Cu(Au)的岩浆,穿过富含Re(Mo)的上覆地幔楔,形成斑岩型铜钼矿床,因此这类矿床的辉钼矿Re含量更高。而随后出现的板块后撤,使软流圈上涌,板片上大量多硅白云母分解,形成了富含F的岩浆,穿过富含Mo的上覆地幔楔,进而形成高氟型斑岩矿床。低氟型钼矿床很可能与俯冲关系较小,富钼沉积物通过造山过程被深埋,在适当的条件下形成低氟型斑岩钼矿床。  相似文献   

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板块俯冲与斑岩铜金成矿   总被引:1,自引:1,他引:0  
张丽鹏  李贺  王鲲 《岩石学报》2020,36(1):113-124
绝大多数斑岩铜金矿床分布在汇聚板块边缘。研究表明高氧逸度和洋壳部分熔融是控制斑岩铜金矿床形成的两个关键因素。作为亲硫元素,铜金的性质主要受还原态的硫(S~(2-))控制,而硫的价态和性质则强烈受氧逸度的影响。矿床学家很早就发现氧逸度ΔFMQ+2是斑岩铜金矿床成矿的魔幻数字。研究发现其原因是硫的性质在此氧逸度附近发生巨变,在低氧逸度时,硫主要以硫化物的形式存在,但是当氧逸度在ΔFMQ+1. 5以上时,硫主要以硫酸根的形式存在。硫酸盐在岩浆中的溶解度通常是硫化物的10倍左右,因此在部分熔融过程中,高氧逸度可以大幅度提高硫在岩浆中的溶解度,有利于源区硫化物被破坏,以硫酸根的形式被熔出,从而大幅度提高初始岩浆中的铜(金)含量;与此同时,硫化物在岩浆演化过程中可以保持不饱和状态,有利于作为中度不相容元素的铜(金)通过岩浆演化进一步富集。在磁铁矿结晶等过程中,岩浆体系的氧逸度降低,硫酸根被还原,还原态的硫(S~(2-))将岩浆中的铜金萃取,富集到流体相,从而形成斑岩铜金矿床。这种高氧逸度岩浆通常出现在汇聚板块边缘。由于洋壳铜、金、硫含量远高于陆壳和地幔,而且俯冲带氧逸度高出地幔和下地壳约2个数量级,因此俯冲洋壳部分熔融形成岩浆的初始铜、金、硫含量远高于陆内岩浆,有利于成矿。年轻洋脊的俯冲因其高热量是显生宙以来最容易发生俯冲洋壳部分熔融的地质过程,且同时具有高氧逸度,因此洋脊俯冲是形成大型、超大型斑岩铜金矿床的最佳途径。统计结果显示,全球主要超大型斑岩铜金矿床均与洋脊俯冲有关。  相似文献   

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鹿鸣钼矿是伊春-延寿成矿带内近年发现的大型斑岩钼矿,矿区主要出露含矿的二长花岗岩、花岗斑岩,不含矿的花岗闪长岩及似斑状花岗闪长岩四种岩性。二长花岗岩与花岗斑岩具有相似的低Sr高Y等地球化学特征,形成于194.8±0.7Ma~184Ma前后的早侏罗世,是斑岩型矿床的赋矿围岩。花岗闪长岩及似斑状花岗闪长岩含有暗色岩包体,主要为高钾钙碱性系列岩石,但以高Sr、低Y及富Na为特征,部分地球化学指标与中国东部埃达克岩极为相似,形成于176.2±2.1Ma并与辉钼矿Re-Os法获得的成矿年龄一致,被认定为斑岩型矿床的成矿母岩。高Sr和低Sr两类花岗岩形成于不同的构造背景,与中生代时期中国东部及其邻区几次重大地质事件密切相关。鹿鸣斑岩型钼矿床与中侏罗世太平洋板块俯冲在高氧逸度条件下熔融形成的埃达克质岩浆高侵位有关。鹿鸣矿区埃达克岩的发现表明中侏罗世太平洋板块已经发生了萎缩与消减,与之相关的岩浆作用及成矿应该具有广泛的区域性,扎实的岩石学工作可为区域更多斑岩型矿床的发现提供线索。  相似文献   

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陈伟  毛景文  徐兆文  曲晓明  于旸 《地球科学》2018,43(12):4638-4650
系统总结西大别白垩纪赋钼花岗岩的岩石成因,并结合这些岩体的岩石地球化学特征对西大别钼矿床形成条件进行探讨,对认识西大别钼成矿带的地球化学动力学背景具有重要意义.在白垩纪时期,西大别含钼花岗岩成岩作用与东大别地区相似,可分为早、晚两个阶段.早阶段岩体(早于132 Ma)形成于加厚地壳环境,晚阶段岩体(晚于130 Ma)形成于非加厚地壳环境.这种岩石成因上的差别是导致该地区钼矿成矿条件差异的根本原因.结合钼元素的地球化学属性和中央造山带的演化特征,认为晚古生代时期位于造山带南侧的古秦岭洋可能为地壳中Mo元素在表生风化过程中提供有利的沉积环境,并且在三叠纪时期伴随扬子板块一起俯冲到华北板块之下,富钼沉积物与扬子地壳一起部分熔融形成富钼的岩浆,最终形成西大别白垩纪时期大规模的含钼成岩作用.   相似文献   

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地球氧逸度     
地球是一个"氧化性"的星球。在太阳系所有行星中,只有地球大气中含有高浓度的O_2(约占21%)。研究表明,地球演化的早期,其大气组成与火星等类地行星相似,都是以CO_2为主,O_2含量可以忽略不计。在大约24-21亿年前,地球大气中O_2含量突然大幅度升高,一度超过现今O_2含量的1%,而后又在中元古代回落到现今O_2含量的0.1%以下。沉积物中氧化还原敏感元素的含量变化显示,大约6.3亿年前雪球地球结束之后,地球大气中的O_2含量再次大幅度升高至20%左右,而后在显生宙经历一系列复杂变化并最终演化至现今的水平。Re/Os比值显示,硅酸盐地球的氧逸度远高于月球,也高于火星。考虑到月球与地球分异发生在45亿年前,月球的低氧逸度暗示地球早期的氧逸度可能也较低。可以影响地球氧逸度的元素主要有O、H、Fe、S和C等。控制地球氧逸度变化的主要过程包括:核幔分异、板块俯冲和火山喷发去气等。在核幔分异以前,金属Fe可能是控制硅酸盐地球及其表生环境低氧逸度的关键因素。核幔分异过程中,Fe是控制氧逸度变化的关键元素。核幔分异将金属Fe与铁氧化物分开,造成地幔Fe~(3+)/Fe~(2+)比值升高。尤其是在下地幔,Fe~(2+)在高压下发生歧化反应,形成金属Fe和Fe~(3+)。其中Fe~(3+)赋存在布里奇曼石中,导致下地幔氧逸度低。在板块俯冲过程中,当有板片进入下地幔时,布里奇曼石会因体积补偿,被运移到上地幔,并发生分解,释放出Fe~(3+),导致周围地幔氧逸度的升高。但是,V/Sc和Zn/Fe等元素比值则显示在过去30多亿年以来,地幔的氧逸度变化不大,可能与上、下地幔间氧化还原缓冲层或者是上述元素比值对氧逸度不够敏感有关。在地球演化早期,金刚石是最早形成的矿物。由于金刚石的密度在上地幔高于地幔橄榄岩熔体,而在下地幔小于地幔橄榄岩熔体,因此在岩浆海阶段,金刚石倾向于在上地幔底部富集,成为一个富金刚石的储层。在板块俯冲阶段,这些金刚石会被布里奇曼石分解所释放的Fe~(3+)所氧化,形成富碳酸盐和CO:的层位,同时起到稳定上地幔氧逸度的作用。俯冲带地幔橄榄岩和岛弧火山岩的氧逸度均高于板内环境,因此一般认为板块俯冲会导致氧逸度升高。在板块俯冲过程中,氧逸度主要受到Fe和H_2O(水分解释放出H_2)的控制。蚀变大洋岩石圈中含有大量的H_2O,板块俯冲过程中脱水会导致地幔楔蛇纹石化。蛇纹石化过程会形成磁铁矿,释放出味,使局部在短时间内氧逸度降低。但是,由于H_2很容易逸散到大气中,而磁铁矿则保留在地幔楔中,其结果导致岩石中Fe~(3+)/Fe~(2+)比值升高,从而在发生部分熔融时形成高氧逸度岩浆。板块俯冲对氧逸度的影响是多方面的,还与俯冲板块的年龄、沉积物的性质等有关。对于富含有机物的沉积物俯冲过程,C是主要的氧逸度控制元素。在板块俯冲的浅部,有机物分解,释放出CH_4等还原性气体,造成上覆岩石圈氧逸度下降。富含铁锰结核等氧化性沉积物的俯冲则可以导致地幔楔氧逸度的升高,这一过程中Fe和Mn是控制氧逸度的主要元素。火山喷发可以释放出CH_4、CO_2、H_2S和SO_2等气体,也可以影响大气中O_2的含量。有研究认为,火山气体中的H_2S随岩浆房压力增加而增加,SO_2则随压力的增加而减少,因此岩浆房压力可以影响其排气的氧化-还原性,进而影响大气的O_2含量。一种观点认为,正是由于太古宙末期大量出现陆相火山岩,导致了大氧化事件,在这一模型中,S是控制氧逸度的关键。氧逸度对多种成矿作用均具有重要的控制作用。其中,斑岩铜金矿床的形成往往与高氧逸度的埃达克岩有关。这是由于当岩浆的氧逸度高于AFMQ+1.5时,岩浆中S主要以硫酸盐的形式存在。由于硫酸盐在岩浆中的溶解度远远高于硫化物,因此,在俯冲洋壳部分熔融过程中形成的高氧逸度埃达克质岩浆可以熔出更多的亲硫元素,有利于成矿。锡矿床的形成则往往与还原性岩浆有关。这是因为在高氧逸度岩浆中,Sn主要呈Sn~(4+),易于在岩浆结晶早期进入矿物中;而在还原性岩浆中,Sn主要以Sn~(2+)形式存在,表现为不相容元素,倾向于在岩浆中富集,并在岩浆期后热液阶段富集成矿。其他氧化还原敏感元素,如U、V、Mo、Re、Sb和Fe等,可以在表生过程中富集,有利于进一步富集成矿。  相似文献   

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任志  周涛发  袁峰  张怀东 《地学前缘》2020,27(2):353-372
东秦岭—大别钼成矿带斑岩钼矿床的成矿地球动力学、地球化学背景和成岩成矿机制等备受研究学者的重视,但仍有许多成矿学问题需要加强研究,特别是超大型钼矿床成矿系统的组成特征、形成与演化等还需要加以系统总结。本文以翟裕生院士的成矿系统理论为指导,选取具有代表性的沙坪沟斑岩钼矿床作为研究对象,在总结前人研究成果和作者前期工作的基础上,归纳沙坪沟钼矿床地质特征,分析成矿系统的构成,通过综合对比研究,提取系统成矿特色。沙坪沟钼矿床形成于陆内伸展环境,是中国东部中生代大规模岩浆-成矿事件的产物,其含矿斑岩起源于古老下地壳+大别杂岩+岩石圈地幔,钼主要源自古老下地壳+大别杂岩,岩浆演化与热液活动持续了约24 Ma,形成了一个直径约为3 km左右的球状巨型斑岩钼成矿系统。成矿流体经历了由早期的高温、中盐度、较高氧逸度、低碱度、低pH值、低密度,中期的中高温-中温、低盐度与高盐度共存、低密度与高密度共存、低氧逸度、富CO2,向晚期的低温、低盐度、贫CO2、较高氧逸度、较高碱度、较高pH值、较高密度进行演化的过程,含Cl络合物由于温度、氧逸度下降和流体沸腾产生的相分离导致Mo的沉淀,形成了巨量钼金属的聚集。与国内外主要的斑岩钼成矿系统相比,沙坪沟钼矿床的成矿系统具有单矿体、巨系统、先天富、长孕育、多来源、高演化、多期次、超富集等鲜明的成矿特色。应用成矿系统理论,不断深入研究这一世界级超大型高品位斑岩型钼矿床的成矿作用和成矿过程,对于全面揭示斑岩型钼矿床的成因以及同类矿床的找寻都具有十分重要的意义。  相似文献   

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刘翼飞  江思宏 《矿床地质》2017,36(3):557-594
兴蒙造山带及其南侧受古亚洲洋南向俯冲所影响的华北板块北缘内各有1条显著的中生代斑岩钼成矿带,并在东西两侧首尾相连。文章综述了伸展环境下的斑岩钼矿床的研究进展,对兴蒙造山带及华北板块北缘内这2条钼成矿带的成矿背景、分布规律、矿床共生组合特点、成矿岩浆的属性、巨量金属和水的来源以及斑岩铜、钼矿化的异同等进行了总结,并从成矿岩浆源区塑造过程的角度初步探讨了巨型钼成矿带的形成特点。这2条钼成矿带在地质特征和区域矿床组合上非常相似,具有相似的启动时间和峰值时间,与区域内的斑岩铜矿化在时代上具有不共生的特点,矿化特征也与美国科罗拉多地区产出的高F型斑岩钼化类似,二者构成了统一的整体。元素地球化学对比研究显示,南、北2条钼成矿带的成矿岩浆与古生代斑岩铜成矿岩浆以及中生代的碱性岩浆均具有相似的特征,为脱水熔融的产物,并与古老陆下岩石圈地幔包体、新生代软流圈地幔玄武岩具有显著的差别。研究认为,南钼矿带的岩浆源区是亏损金属和水的古老岩浆源区在古生代洋片俯冲过程脱水交代改造后的产物,北钼矿带的岩浆源区是古生代洋片俯冲增生形成的富水源区。成(含)矿岩石Sr同位素研究显示,南、北2条钼成矿带成矿源区均启动于Rb/Sr比值较低的源区,受到上部高Rb/Sr比值地壳的混染;Nd同位素特征的对比研究显示,二者初始Nd值差别极大,但是Sm/Nd比值非常相似,显示放射性成因Nd的积累在三叠纪以后是一致的,也说明初始Nd值的差别是成矿源区塑造前所形成和继承的,同时也说明初始Nd值的差异可能掩盖了Mo成矿岩浆形成的真正原因。通过与世界范围内其他典型钼成矿带的对比研究,认为南、北2条钼成矿带成矿的岩浆源区位于陆下岩石圈地幔,古生代期间古亚洲洋向南、北两侧的俯冲在其形成过程中具有重要作用,主要体现在塑造富集型源区、水化造山带和增厚岩石圈等几个方面。俯冲改造、加厚并富集了水和大离子亲石元素的陆下岩石圈获得了地球化学上的不稳定性,在伸展构造环境(可能有多期伸展)驱动下,脱水熔融以达到稳定的趋势,在这个过程中,其化学成分将逐渐与古老陆下岩石圈地幔的化学成分趋于一致。因此,水化的陆下岩石圈地幔在伸展过程中的低程度批式脱水部分熔融,形成的富含金属和水的高分异型岩浆构成了成矿岩浆,并在岩石圈的不同尺度经过多阶段结晶分异-同化混染后,就位成为近矿岩浆房。陆下岩石圈脱水熔融的结束也意味着巨型热液钼矿化作用的结束,并决定了俯冲后巨型热液成矿带总的生命周期,这也与兴蒙造山带及华北板块北缘钼矿化(甚至其他热液型矿化)在早白垩世(约130 Ma)趋于减弱并熄灭的现象一致,也使得新生代的碱性岩浆岩不具有显著的脱水熔融特征。综上,笔者认为兴蒙造山带及华北板块北缘的斑岩钼矿化为一个统一的整体,属于古亚洲洋俯冲作用水化的源区在后期强烈伸展环境下部分熔融的产物,是古亚洲洋俯冲成矿作用的延续和发展,也是古生代塑造的富集型源区在中生代伸展构造驱动下的复合成矿作用。  相似文献   

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温泉斑岩钼矿床位于西秦岭东段,是该区发现的一个具有大型矿前景的斑岩型钼矿床。围岩温泉复式岩体发育5个岩相单元(Ⅰ~Ⅴ),钼矿体(化)主要赋存于复式岩体Ⅱ单元富含镁铁质包体的黑云母二长花岗斑岩和Ⅲ单元富含镁铁质包体的似斑状二长花岗岩及其接触带内,其余岩相(包括单元Ⅴ似斑状正长花岗岩)很少发育矿化。该研究使用全岩地球化学数据和锆石微量元素含量数据,计算得到不同岩相单元的氧逸度。Ⅱ单元和Ⅲ单元含矿斑岩相对氧逸度ΔFMQ分别为1.35和1.38。Ⅰ单元黑云母花岗岩和Ⅳ单元二长花岗斑岩相对氧逸度ΔFMQ分别为-0.61和-0.73,明显低于含矿斑岩。富集地幔物质的加入与否可能是造成不同岩相之间氧逸度差异的主要原因。高氧逸度的熔体可以将秦岭地区古生代富钼沉积物中的钼氧化萃取出来,并使钼与高价态硫络合,不断在熔体中高度富集,最终成矿。氧逸度较低的熔体很难萃取和保存足够的钼,因而很少发育矿化。  相似文献   

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通过对矿区地质及矿床地质特征的分析,认为罗村斑岩体由中心细粒花岗斑岩、中环带角砾岩和外环带花岗闪长岩组成,钼矿主要位于中环带角砾岩中。燕山中-晚期陆内造山俯冲作用导致下地壳熔融与地幔楔分熔,形成富钼熔浆,并沿黑沟-栾川断裂带上侵,晚期岩浆期后热液对中环带角砾岩进行充填和交代,形成斑(角砾)岩型罗村钼矿床。  相似文献   

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中国是世界第一大钼生产国和资源国,同时也是铅、锌的重要资源国。中国东部燕山期斑岩型钼矿床及热液脉型、夕卡岩型铅锌(银)矿床是中国钼、铅、锌的主要来源。前人基于斑岩钼和热液型铅锌(银)矿床的地质、地球化学研究,提出了中国东部燕山期斑岩型钼-热液型铅锌(银)成矿系统的新认识,但对该成矿系统的岩浆起源、成矿物质来源等仍存在认识上的分歧。近年来,越来越多的地质、地球化学证据表明,斑岩钼矿的成矿可能与幔源岩浆活动有关,成矿斑岩的Sr、Nd、Pb同位素组成也显示有幔源物质的贡献。碳酸岩作为典型的幔源岩浆岩,是研究地幔物质组成的探针岩石,源自俯冲交代富集地幔的碳酸岩是已知Mo含量最高的岩浆岩,同时其Pb、Zn、Ag含量也很高,并具有富水、富F、富S、富CO2的特征。中国东部与斑岩钼矿同期的碳酸岩、基性岩的地球化学研究表明,中国东部中生代地幔为经历了俯冲交代的富集地幔,富集地幔的部分熔融可能为斑岩钼-热液型铅锌(银)成矿系统提供了成矿岩浆、成矿金属,同时还可能提供了S、F和成矿流体。  相似文献   

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铀的地球化学性质与成矿——以华南铀成矿省为例   总被引:1,自引:1,他引:1  
铀是强不相容元素,随着岩浆演化而不断富集,在岩浆演化末期受结构氧增加影响进入独居石、磷钇矿等副矿物中。岩浆演化通常无法直接形成达到工业品位的铀矿床。铀是对氧逸度敏感的变价元素。在表生风化过程中岩体(层)中的铀被氧化为UO_2~(2+)而极易溶解进入水体中,并可在还原环境沉淀而富集成矿,氧化还原界面是找矿的理想选区。大气水可通过断裂构造系统进入一定深度,并受热源作用形成高氧逸度的热液而萃取出岩体(层)中的铀在还原位置沉淀富集形成矿床。新元古代氧化事件以及Marinoan冰期结束使得表生风化过程中更多的U进入水体;而寒武纪生命大爆发,易在沉积盆地底部形成还原环境,有利于U的沉淀富集。受上述三方面因素控制,在华南形成了广泛分布的富铀黑色页岩层,并被之后的沉积物覆盖,成为华南各型铀矿床的铀源层。印支期构造运动使部分富铀黑色页岩层发生部分熔融形成了富铀的S型花岗岩,该类岩石亦是之后铀成矿作用的铀源岩。燕山运动后期华南发生伸展构造背景下的岩浆热事件为以大气水为主的高氧逸度热液的形成并作用于铀源岩(层)提供了有利条件,促使华南各类型铀矿床开始在白垩纪集中形成。  相似文献   

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Rare earth element distributions in Precambrian iron-formations show evidence of evolving oxidation states for the elements europium and cerium. Chemical sediments older than about 1900m.y. are enriched in Eu compared to their contemporaneous clastic sediments. This indicates that at some time during the weathering, transportation and/or deposition of the rare earth elements, a considerable proportion of the Eu was present as Eu2+ rather than totally as Eu3+. Sea water prior to 1900m.y. was probably enriched in Eu because of this. At some time or interval between 1900 and about 800 m.y. Eu was totally converted under surficial conditions to the +3 state and its behavior ceased to be anomalous. The Eu-enriched nature of Precambrian sediments may be partly explained by Eu enrichment of sea water prior to 1900 m.y.Cerium exhibits anonalous abundances in Proterozoic chemical sediments as old as 2300 m.y., but is not anomalous in Archean rocks. Oxidation of Ce to the +4 state is thus indicated during the early Proterozoic and implies the presence of Mn nodules in early Proterozoic seas. Mn distributions, however, would appear to contradict the presence of Mn nodules as there is no evidence for Mn oxidation states higher than +2 at this time.Rare earth element contents in Precambrian iron-formations are very low and may indicate that ferric iron precipitation was not accompanied by trace element scavenging as it is today.  相似文献   

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黔中早石炭世九架炉组铝土矿含矿岩系富集Ti、Li、Sc、V、Ga、Nb、Ta、Zr、Hf、Th和稀土(REEs)等"三稀金属",具有成为独立矿床或伴生资源的潜力。这些元素大部分与九架炉组共有同一母岩,且富集程度受母岩的成分和风化作用控制。本研究选取九架炉组母岩乌当娄山关群白云岩和纳雍牛蹄塘组泥质白云岩的现代风化剖面为研究对象,研究元素在风化作用过程中的迁移特征及分布规律,进而为九架炉组微量元素的富集机制提供启示。研究获得以下认识:1)依据剖面结构、ZrHf、Nb-Ta、Y-Ho二元图特征及REE配分曲线和Eu/Eu*值的相似性表明研究区土层主要来源于基底或母岩的风化; 2)白云岩风化成土过程中Si、Fe、Cr、As、Sb、Ti、Nb、Ta、Zr、Hf、Th、REEs等元素化学性质相对稳定,富集程度较高,而Ca、Mg、Na、K、Sr、P、Mo、Cd等元素化学性质活泼,容易淋失亏损; 3)纳雍剖面REEs~(3+)和Ca~(2+)半径差与REEs富集系数相关性良好,表明碳酸盐岩风化过程中,含钙矿物磷灰石是稀土元素分配的重要控制因素; 4)九架炉组的母岩也是Ti、Li、Sc、V、Ga、Nb、Ta、Zr、Hf、Th等微量元素的主要物质来源,母岩风化过程中,这些微量元素首先在副矿物、黏土矿物、铝矿物及磷灰石等矿物相中初步富集,之后随风化碎屑物一起沉积形成微量元素超常富集地层; 5)纳雍剖面地表和地下水提供了部分P、Be、Zn、Sb、Pb、Y及REEs来源,指示水体迁入作用也是九架炉组REEs富集的重要原因。研究表明黔中九架炉组微量元素的来源较复杂,风化-沉积过程中,化学性质稳定的元素残留在风化碎屑物中并被搬运-沉积在负地形中,而化学性质活泼的元素首先被带入水体,在沉积-成岩过程中特定条件下发生二次富集作用(例如次生矿物的形成及吸附)形成微量元素富集的地层。  相似文献   

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Some comparative marine chemistries of rhenium, gold, silver and molybdenum   总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1  
Four metals, Re, Au, Ag and Mo, whose dissolved forms in seawater can potentially be reduced to insoluble states, have been measured in a variety of solids depositing under anoxic conditions: hydrothermal sulfides; coastal sediments; and phosphorites. For comparative purposes these elements have also been determined in ferromanganese minerals and pelagic sediments which have accumulated under oxidizing conditions. Rhenium appears to be a unique sentinel for identifying reducing depositional environments, where enrichments of greater than three orders of magnitude above crustal concentrations are found. Molybdenum follows Re in these sediments but Mo is enriched also in those that accumulate under oxidizing conditions. The reported Mo crustal concentrations appear low in comparison to our measured sedimentary values. Gold and Ag are concentrated in hydrothermal deposits and sulfides appear to be involved in the precipitation of these elements. Coastal sediments adjacent to a domestic outfall of Los Angeles, California contain extraordinary high accumulations of anthropogenic Au, Ag and Pt. The study seeks an understanding of the mobilities and sinks of these metals in the marine environment during the major weathering cycle. Further, anthropogenic contributions to their sedimentary concentrations are identified.  相似文献   

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During weathering, elements enriched in black shale are dispersed in the environment by aqueous and mechanical transport. Here a unique evaluation of the differential release, transport, and fate of Fe and 15 trace elements during progressive weathering of the Devonian New Albany Shale in Kentucky is presented. Results of chemical analyses along a weathering profile (unweathered through progressively weathered shale to soil) describe the chemically distinct pathways of the trace elements and the rate that elements are transferred into the broader, local environment. Trace elements enriched in the unweathered shale are in massive or framboidal pyrite, minor sphalerite, CuS and NiS phases, organic matter and clay minerals. These phases are subject to varying degrees and rates of alteration along the profile. Cadmium, Co, Mn, Ni, and Zn are removed from weathered shale during sulfide-mineral oxidation and transported primarily in aqueous solution. The aqueous fluxes for these trace elements range from 0.1 g/ha/a (Cd) to 44 g/ha/a (Mn). When hydrologic and climatic conditions are favorable, solutions seep to surface exposures, evaporate, and form Fe-sulfate efflorescent salts rich in these elements. Elements that remain dissolved in the low pH (<4) streams and groundwater draining New Albany Shale watersheds become fixed by reactions that increase pH. Neutralization of the weathering solution in local streams results in elements being adsorbed and precipitated onto sediment surfaces, resulting in trace element anomalies.Other elements are strongly adsorbed or structurally bound to solid phases during weathering. Copper and U initially are concentrated in weathering solutions, but become fixed to modern plant litter in soil formed on New Albany Shale. Molybdenum, Pb, Sb, and Se are released from sulfide minerals and organic matter by oxidation and accumulate in Fe-oxyhydroxide clay coatings that concentrate in surface soil during illuviation. Chromium, Ti, and V are strongly correlated with clay abundance and considered to be in the structure of illitic clay. Illite undergoes minimal alteration during weathering and is concentrated during illuvial processes. Arsenic concentration increases across the weathering profile and is associated with the succession of secondary Fe(III) minerals that form with progressive weathering. Detrital fluxes of particle-bound trace elements range from 0.1 g/ha/a (Sb) to 8 g/ha/a (Mo). Although many of the elements are concentrated in the stream sediments, changes in pH and redox conditions along the sediment transport path could facilitate their release for aqueous transport.  相似文献   

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Elevated concentrations of Mo are present in both the waters and sediments of Tenmile Creek, downstream from the large Mo deposit at Climax. Colorado. Concentrations of Mo reach a maximum of 10mg/1 in the water and 384μ/g in the (?) 80 mesh fraction of the sediment. The Mo anomaly extends for more than 80 km downstream from Climax, and results from the mining and milling at Climax. Background Mo concentrations in the nearby mountainous area are < 10μg/l (water) and < 5μg/g (sediment). Immediately below three small unmined Mo-rich orebodies elsewhere in Colorado < 3μg/l Mo are present in the waters and 20–30μg/g Mo in the fine fraction of the sediments.The Mo in the sediment of Tenmile Creek is chiefly adsorbed on coatings of amorphous Fe oxyhydroxide. and is similar to its form below two small, unmined Mo deposits. Mining has not changed the character of the chemical processes responsible for Mo dispersion from the Climax site.A modified version of the WATEQF computer program (Plummeret al., 1976) predicts that Tenmile Creek is undersaturated with respect to ferrimolybdite. molybdenite, powellite, and ilsemannite. The Mo in the stream water occurs as the molybdate ion which can be adsorbed on amorphous Fe oxyhydroxides. These predictions are supported by the absence of Mo minerals in the sediment of Tenmile Creek.  相似文献   

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We present the iron isotope composition of primary, diagenetic and metamorphic minerals in five samples from the contact metamorphosed Biwabik Iron Formation. These samples attained peak metamorphic temperatures of <200, <340, ∼500, <550, and <740°C respectively. δ56Fe of bulk layers ranges from −0.8 to +0.8‰; in some samples the layers may differ by >1‰ on the millimeter scale. Minerals in the lowest grade samples consistently show a sequence in which δ56Fe of magnetite > silicate ≥ carbonate. The inter-mineral Fe isotope differences vary in a fashion that cannot be reconciled with theoretical temperature-dependent fractionation factors. Textural evidence reveals that most, if not all, magnetite in the Biwabik Formation is diagenetic, not primary, and that there was tremendous element mobility during diagenesis. The short duration of contact metamorphism allowed diagenetic magnetite compositions to be preserved throughout prograde metamorphism until at least the appearance of olivine. Magnetite compositions therefore act as an isotope record of the environment in which these sediments formed. Larger-scale fluid flow and longer timescales may allow equilibration of Fe isotopes in regionally metamorphosed rocks to lower temperatures than in contact metamorphic environments, but weakly regionally metamorphosed rocks may preserve small-scale Fe isotopic heterogeneities like those observed in the Biwabik Iron Formation. Importantly, Fe isotope compositions that are characteristic of chemical sedimentation or hydrothermal processes are preserved at low grade in the form of large inter-mineral variations, and at high grade in the form of unique bulk rock compositions. This observation confirms earlier work that has suggested that Fe isotopes can be used to identify sedimentary processes in the Precambrian rock record. An erratum to this article can be found at  相似文献   

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Geochemistry of Peruvian near-surface sediments   总被引:6,自引:0,他引:6  
Sixteen short sediment cores were recovered from the upper edge (UEO), within (WO) and below (BO) the oxygen minimum zone (OMZ) off Peru during cruise 147 of R/V Sonne. Solids were analyzed for major/trace elements, total organic carbon, total inorganic carbon, total sulfur, the stable sulfur isotope composition (δ34S) of pyrite, and sulfate reduction rates (SRR). Pore waters were analyzed for dissolved sulfate/sulfide and δ34S of sulfate. In all cores highest SRR were observed in the top 5 cm where pore water sulfate concentrations varied little due to resupply of sulfate by sulfide oxidation and/or diffusion of sulfate from bottom water. δ34S of dissolved sulfate showed only minor downcore increases. Strong 32S enrichments in sedimentary pyrite (to −48‰ vs. V-CDT) are due to processes in the oxidative part of the sulfur cycle in addition to sulfate reduction. Manganese and Co are significantly depleted in Peruvian upwelling sediments most likely due to mobilization from particles settling through the OMZ, whereas release of both elements from reducing sediments only seems to occur in near-coastal sites. Cadmium, Mo and Re are exceptionally enriched in WO sediments (<600 m water depth). High Re and moderate Cd and Mo enrichments are seen in BO sediments (>600 m water depth). Re/Mo ratios indicate anoxic and suboxic conditions for WO and BO sediments, respectively. Cadmium and Mo downcore profiles suggest considerable contribution to UEO/WO sediments by a biodetrital phase, whereas Re presumably accumulates via diffusion across the sediment-water interface to precipitation depth. Uranium is distinctly enriched in WO sediments (due to sulfidic conditions) and in some BO sediments (due to phosphorites). Silver transfer to suboxic BO sediments is likely governed by diatomaceous matter input, whereas in anoxic WO sediments Ag is presumably trapped due to sulfide precipitation. Cadmium, Cu, Zn, Ni, Cr, Ag, and T1 predominantly accumulate via biogenic pre-concentration in plankton remains. Rhenium, Sb, As, V, U and Mo are enriched in accordance with seawater TE availability. Lead and Bi enrichment in UEO surface sediments is likely contributed by anthropogenic activity (mining). Accumulation rates of TOC, Cd, Mo, U, and V from Peruvian and Namibian sediments exceed those from the Oman Margin and Gulf of California due to enhanced preservation off Peru and Namibia.  相似文献   

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