Müller-Vonmoos, M., Kahr, G., Bucher, F. and Madsen, F.T., 1990. Investigation of Kinnekulle K. bentonite aimed at assessing the long-term stability of bentonites under repository conditions. Eng. Geol., 28: 269–280.
The mineral formula, the content of fixed potassium and the average interlayer charge of the montmorillonite–illite mixed layer part of four Ordovician K-bentonite samples from Kinnekulle (Sweden) were investigated. The content of fixed potassium was found to decrease from 84% to 50% with increasing depth and distance from the Permian basalt intrusion about 100 m above the bentonite beds. The interlayer charge of the mixed layer is smectitic, i.e. below 0.5 charges per formula unit. The swelling pressures of air-dried, gently grinded and uniaxially compressed specimens with dry densities between 1.5 Mg/m3 and 2 Mg/m3 range from 1 N/mm2 to 15 N/mm2. This is about 20% of the swelling pressure values of identically treated Ca-montmorillonite. Following ultrasonic treatment, air-drying, gently grinding and compaction, increased swelling pressures of of about 70% of those Ca-montmorillonite were obtained. The reason for this increase in swelling pressure was investigated by dispersion experiments and determinations of water vapour adsorption isotherms of ultrasonically treated and untreated material. 相似文献
Kalundborg Fjord is a Danish marine area which has been heavily oil polluted by refinery effluent, leading to accumulation of petroleum hydrocarbons in the surface sediments. A study of the occurrence in the sediment of heterotrophic bacteria, yeasts and filamentous fungi has been carried out, and the physiological composition of the microbial community has been recorded. Though the abundance of oil-degrading microorganisms was significant, a correlation between the number of these and the oil content of the sediment could not be demonstrated. 相似文献
TIMS-ID and SIMS U–Pb dating on zircons from metaplutonic rocks involved in the Pan-African nappe of southern Cameroon allow definition of three groups of subduction-related intrusions: group-I intrusions represented by the Masins metagabbro in the Lomie region yielded 666 ± 26 Ma; group-II intrusions represented by the Mamb metasyenogabbro and the Yaoundé pyriclasite yielded ca. 620 Ma and are broadly coeval with the deposition of the Yaoundé metasediments; group-III intrusions represented by the Elon augen metagranite and the Ngaa Mbappe metamonzodiorite yielded ca. 600 Ma. The onset of the nappe tectonics occurred under high-grade conditions in the range 616 to 610 Ma and continued around 600 Ma with the emplacement of the shallowest nappes. Finally, the construction of southern Cameroon proceeded by a multi-stage evolution characterized by a long-lived development of magmatic arcs associated with rapid opening and closure of sedimentary marginal basins in relation to a northward subduction. 相似文献
Fragmentation of grazing ranges and ensuing rise in edge effects decrease forage range quality for large herbivores. A method is proposed to quantify, in ecological cost‐benefit terms, the negative impact of fragmentation by linear structures with special emphasis on summer ranges of semi‐domesticated reindeer (Rangifer t. tarandus). The method is also applicable to other terrestrial species and on different scales. The term ‘reachability’ is introduced for this measurement, which integrates forage quality, quantity and availability, as well as the costs of the animal's movement in a variable landscape and across fragmenting linear structures. The method uses a cost‐distance algorithm, commonly available in GIS software. Effective distances and reachability over large areas are calculated from evenly distributed sample points. Effects of varying sample point distance, fragmenting structure friction weight and density, and edge effect depth were analysed for model calibration. In an example the model was used for estimation of reachability alteration due to linear structures in the summer ranges of the Handölsdalen reindeer herding district in Sweden, where hourly GPS positions of 10 free‐ranging female reindeer were available. In these data the reindeer population density appeared to decrease up to 1 km away from roads, but no effect from hiking trails was detected. The reachability model quantified a loss of 2.2–2.7% in range quality due to range fragmentation. 相似文献
For reliable monitoring of environmental improvement, the PCB contaminated bay Orserumsviken on Sweden's Baltic coast was investigated prior to remediation. We examined PCB congener patterns and the relative toxic potential of PCBs in extracts of three matrices: bottom sediment, settling particulate matter and the dissolved phase (obtained from semi-permeable membrane devices). Congener patterns were similar in all matrices. Three fractions were isolated from the extracts: (1) aliphatic and monocyclic aromatic compounds (MAC-fraction), (2) dicyclic aromatic compounds (DAC-fraction), including PCBs, and (3) polycyclic aromatic compounds (PAC-fraction), including PAHs. Total extracts and fractions were injected into newly fertilised rainbow trout eggs. At larval stage, hepatic EROD activities were quantified. Though high, the PCB contamination could explain only an estimated 1-5% of the total EROD induction. The order of EROD induction potential was: total extract > PAC-fraction > DAC-fraction > MAC-fraction in all matrices, suggesting that in Orserumsviken PACs made a larger contribution to the EROD induction potential than PCBs and other DACs. 相似文献
The incorporation of hydrogen into ferrosilite, Fe-bearing enstatite and orthopyroxene containing different trivalent cations (Cr3+ and Al3+, Cr3+ and Fe3+) was investigated experimentally at 25 kbar. Hydrogen concentration was determined by FTIR-spectroscopy on oriented crystal sections and by secondary ion mass spectroscopy, whereas Mößbauer spectroscopy and optical spectroscopy were used to characterise the valence state of Fe in orthopyroxene. Results suggest that hydrogen incorporation in ferrosilite is achieved by a similar mechanism as in pure enstatite. In Cr-bearing samples, however, hydrogen incorporation is reduced by the presence of other trivalent cations by an increased tendency to form Tschermaks substitutions, e.g. SiT4+ + MgM12+ ? AlT3+ + CrM13+. Thus, hydrogen solubility in natural orthopyroxenes from the Earth’s mantle, containing significant amounts of Cr3+, Al3+, and Fe3+, may be much more limited than expected from their trivalent cation content, as a large fraction of the trivalent cations does not participate in H-incorporating reactions as 2 MgM12+ ? MM13+ + VM1 + Hi+. 相似文献