Geochemical mass balances of major chemical constituents in the watershed of the Changhuajian River in China     

Yue Li 《Aquatic Geochemistry》1995,1(2):147-156

Based on the geological background, R-mode factor statistics, and the analysis of the stability diagram for the corresponding system, five weathering reactions controlling the surface-water chemical composition in the watershed of the Changhuajiang River are deduced. In the mass balance model, the precipitation accounts for some solute input, since the rainwater is dilute without pollution. Most of the Ca²⁺ and HCO ₃ ^– ions are from the dissolution of calcite, K⁺, Na⁺, H₄SiO₄ and some of the Mg²⁺ and HCO ₃ ^– come from albite and biotite weathering to kaolinite. The dissolution of dolomite and gypsum controls the mass balances of Mg²⁺ and SO ₄ ^2– . The dissolution of calcite is the dominant chemical weathering reaction in the watershed because of its reactivity and high concentration. In the watershed in 1986, the chemical weathering rate was 0.073 (kg/m² a), and the mechanical denudation rate is 0.093 (kg/m² a). The chemical weathering mass output proportion of carbonate rocks to silicate rocks was about three to one.  相似文献   

Differences of granitic weathering at the northern and southern feet of Dabie Mountains,Central China: Implication for tectonic and climatic environments   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

续海金  马昌前  刘凡  杨坤光 《中国科学D辑(英文版)》2003,46(7):641-651

Previous studies of weathering generally started with geochemistry[1—8] and mineralogy[9—12], and have been focused on chemical weathering rates[1—3], removability-enrichment of elements[3—6] during chemical weathering, and the age of weathering profi…  相似文献   

Modeling Biogeochemistry,the Key for Understanding Environmental Chemistry of a Semi－Arid Soil in Egypt     

Ahmed A. Melegy 《中国地球化学学报》2003,22(2):150-155

1IntroductionThecomponentsoftheenvironmentaredamagedbyagriculturalpractices.Soilslosstheirfer tilityandwaterdeterioratesduetopollution .Chemicalweatheringofmineralandsoiloccursattheinterfacesbetweentheliquidandsolidphases;consequentlythesurfaceareaandcompositionofthemineralsplayanimportantroleinthisprocess.GarrelsandMackenzie ( 1 96 7)suggestedthatincon gruentweatheringreactionswouldproducedissolvedspeciesandnewsolidsthataremorestableintheweatheringenvironmentthantheoriginalbedrockminerals.Ro…  相似文献   

Incipient weathering rind development on introduced machine‐polished granite discs in an Arctic alpine environment,northern Scandinavia     

John C. Dixon  Sean W. Campbell  Colin E. Thorn  Robert G. Darmody 《地球表面变化过程与地形》2006,31(1):111-121

Weathering rinds, zones of alteration on the exterior surfaces of rock outcrops and coarse unconsolidated surficial debris are widely used by geomorphologists and Quaternary geologists as indicators of the relative age of landforms and landscapes. Additionally they provide unique insights into the earliest stages of rock and mineral weathering, yet the origin of these alteration zones is relatively poorly understood. This lack of understanding applies especially to the initial stages of rind formation. The study reported in this paper has two principal objectives. The first is to use lightly polished granite discs inserted in soil profiles under several different plant communities in an Arctic alpine environment for a period of four or five years to investigate the nature of incipient weathering rind development. The second is to investigate the factors responsible for spatial variability in the nature and rates of rind formation. Incipient weathering rind development on the outer edges of the granite discs is observable and measurable over a period of time as short as four years in the mild Arctic alpine environment of Swedish Lapland. The earliest stages of rind development involve the development of a porous structure consisting of a combination of pits and fractures which have been solutionally enlarged and modified. Solution appears to be preferentially concentrated on the surfaces of feldspars and, to a lesser extent, quartz. In addition, iron oxides are present along grain boundaries and in grain interiors and are interpreted to have been derived from the oxidation of ferromagnesian minerals. Spatial variability in weathering rind development appears to be particularly driven by differences in moisture but is not related to soil pH. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Ten Years (1994–2004) of ‘potential’ weathering in Kärkevagge,Swedish Lapland     

Colin E. Thorn  John C. Dixon  Robert G. Darmody  Charles E. Allen 《地球表面变化过程与地形》2006,31(8):992-1002

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The interaction between armouring and particle weathering for eroding landscapes     

Saniya Sharmeen  Garry R. Willgoose 《地球表面变化过程与地形》2006,31(10):1195-1210

The interaction between particle weathering and surface armouring and its effect on erosion has been investigated. The effect of soil armouring is to decrease sediment transport with time by preferentially stripping away fine particles. On the other hand the effect of weathering, which breaks down the particles in the armour, is generally believed to increase erosion. By extending an existing armouring model, ARMOUR, and using a variety of published weathering mechanisms this interaction has been explored. The model predicts that while this is generally true, in some cases erosion can be decreased by weathering. When the particles generated by weathering were approximately of equal diameter, erosion increased while armouring decreased. When weathering produced very fine particles by spalling, erosion increased and armouring also increased. When weathering produced a range of particles from fine to coarse, the armour layer broke down and erosion decreased relative to the no‐weathering case. This latter decrease in erosion was due to the high entrainment of coarser transportable materials from the bed decreasing the sediment transport capacity of the flow. In these studies clear regimes could be identified where erosion was limited by either the energy of the flow alone (i.e. ‘transport‐limited’), or the rate of weathering (‘weathering‐limited’); however, for some mechanisms there was an interaction between the two, which we called ‘weathering/transport limited’. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

南京红层桩基持力层承载力初探     

赵忠岩  董平  刘翔  朱文斌 《水文地质工程地质》2006,33(4):28-30

南京红层岩性复杂，桩基持力层承载力难确定。依据南京某工程勘察资料，建立南京红层泥岩、泥质粉砂岩不同互层情况的地质模型，运用FLAC3D软件分析，并与载荷板试验结果进行对比表明：桩基持力层应选择在厚度大于两倍桩径的泥质粉砂岩地层上，避免放置于泥岩地层；载荷板试验结果偏于保守，设计时可以把这部分作为安全储备。  相似文献   

软岩填料的长期沉降变形特性及分析     

卿启湘  王永和  赵明华 《岩土工程技术》2006,20(6):282-286

通过现场试验路堤和室内模型试验研究了几种较有代表性的软岩填石料的长期沉降变形特性,证明了软岩填石料的长期变形性能除了与填石料的岩石特性和压实密度有关外,风化程度、干湿循环是影响填石料的长期变形性能的主要因素。  相似文献   

贵州西部中、上二叠统界线附近风化壳类型及成矿作用   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4  

杨瑞东  鲍淼  廖琍  王伟  魏怀瑞  王强 《矿物学报》2007,27(1):41-48

贵州西部中、上二叠统界线附近普遍存在不整合面,在不整合面上往往发育厚度不等的风化壳。风化壳主要可归纳为三种类型:茅口组顶部的喀斯特漏斗、洼地中堆积的红粘土风化壳,锰质(铁质)风化壳,峨眉山玄武岩喷发间断面上或玄武岩顶部与龙潭组(宣威组)之间的的高铝高岭石风化壳。喀斯特侵蚀面上的红土风化壳是红土型金矿的赋存层位,峨眉山玄武岩喷发间断面上的高铝高岭石风化壳是铜矿、铝土矿赋存层位,喀斯特侵蚀面上的锰质(铁质)风化壳是锰矿、铁矿赋存层位,而玄武岩顶部与龙潭组(宣威组)之间的高岭石粘土风化壳是稀土、硫铁矿、铝土矿赋存层位。中、上二叠统界线附近风化壳对金、铜、铝土、硫铁、锰和稀土有明显的控制作用。  相似文献   

Statistical empirical index of chemical weathering in igneous rocks: A new tool for evaluating the degree of weathering   总被引：6，自引：0，他引：6  

Tohru Ohta  Hiroyoshi Arai 《Chemical Geology》2007,240(3-4):280-297

Chemical weathering indices are useful tools in characterizing weathering profiles and determining the extent of weathering. However, the predictive performance of the conventional indices is critically dependent on the composition of the unweathered parent rock. To overcome this limitation, the present paper introduces an alternative statistical empirical index of chemical weathering that is extracted by the principal component analysis (PCA) of a large dataset derived from unweathered igneous rocks and their weathering profiles. The PCA analysis yields two principal components (PC1 and PC2), which capture 39.23% and 35.17% of total variability, respectively. The extent of weathering is reflected by variation along PC1, primarily due to the loss of Na₂O and CaO during weathering. In contrast, PC2 is the direction along which the projections of unweathered felsic, intermediate and mafic igneous rocks appear to be best discriminated; therefore, PC1 and PC2 represent independent latent variables that correspond to the extent of weathering and the chemistry of the unweathered parent rock. Subsequently, PC1 and PC2 were then mapped onto a ternary diagram (MFW diagram). The M and F vertices characterize mafic and felsic rock source, respectively, while the W vertex identifies the degree of weathering of these sources, independent of the chemistry of the unweathered parent rock.

The W index has a number of significant properties that are not found in conventional weathering indices. First, the W index is sensitive to chemical changes that occur during weathering because it is based on eight major oxides, whereas most conventional indices are defined by between two and four oxides. Second, the W index provides robust results even for highly weathered sesquioxide-rich samples. Third, the W index is applicable to a wide range of felsic, intermediate and mafic igneous rock types. Finally, the MFW diagram is expected to facilitate provenance analysis of sedimentary rocks by identifying their weathering trends and thereby enabling a backward estimate of the composition of the unweathered source rock.  相似文献