Ground and airborne magnetic data are severely disturbed due to random susceptibility variations in Deccan flood basalts. However, Magnetic Satellite (MAGSAT) data over the Deccan flood basaltic region of the Indian subcontinent exhibit filtering of surficial noise. Three passes over Deccan traps show a low at about 20°N latitude and a high at about 23°N latitude. Spectral analysis of these passes and an available 2-D MAGSAT vertical intensity map indicate a deep (40±4 km) magnetic interface. It is interesting to note that the determination of Curie-depth from MAGSAT matches and confirms the geothermal data model. The estimates correspond to the Moho depth derived from gravity and deep seismic sounding studies. The study suggests a continental shield-like geothermal gradient of about 14°C/km below the area. 相似文献
Despite the recognition of the importance of phosphorus (P) in regulating marine productivity in some modern oceanic systems and over long timescales, the nature of particulate P within the ocean is not well understood. We analyzed P concentration in particulate matter from sediment traps and selected core tops from a wide range of oceanic regimes: open ocean environments (Equatorial Pacific, North Central Pacific), polar environments (Ross Sea, Palmer Deep), and coastal environments (Northern California Coast, Monterey Bay, Point Conception). These sites represent a range of productivity levels, temporal (seasonal to annual) distributions, and trap depths (200–4400 m). P associations were identified using an operationally defined sequential extraction procedure. We found that P in the sediment traps is typically composed of reactive P components including acid-insoluble organic P ( 40%), authigenic P ( 25%), and oxide associated and/or labile P ( 21%), with lesser proportions of non-reactive detrital P depending on location ( 13%). The concentrations and fluxes of all particulate P components except detrital P decrease or remain constant with depth between the shallowest and the deepest sediment traps, indicating some regeneration of reactive P components. Transformation from more labile forms of P to authigenic P is evident between the deepest traps and core top sediments. Although for most sites the magnitudes of reactive P fluxes are seasonally variable and productivity dependent, the fractional associations of reactive P are independent of season. We conclude that P is transported from the upper water column to the sediments in various forms previously considered unimportant. Thus, acid-insoluble organic P measurements (typically reported as particulate organic P) likely underestimate biologically related particulate P, because they do not include the labile, oxide-associated, or authigenic P fractions that often are or recently were biologically related. Organic C to reactive P ratios are typically higher than Redfield Ratio and are relatively constant with depth below 300 m suggesting that preferential regeneration of P relative to C occurs predominantly at shallow depths in the water column, but not deeper in the water column (> 300 m). The view of P cycling in the oceans should be revised (1) to include P fractions other than acid-soluble organic P as important carriers of reactive P in rapidly sinking particles, (2) to include the efficient transformation of labile forms of P to authigenic P in the water column as well as in sediments, and (3) to consider the occurrence of preferential P regeneration at very shallow depths. 相似文献
This paper presents a review of the past decade's highlights of research on the isolation and characterisation of particulate
organic matter (POM) in the world's oceans. The emphasis is on chemical studies but, in keeping with the growing interdisciplinary
nature of marine science, advances in other disciplines are also discussed, particularly those in biological sciences. Increasing
evidence for the importance of picoplankton, bacteria and viruses as POM constituents is highlighted, including the recent
recognition of large populations of autotrophic bacteria able to harvest light for energy. The transport of POM to bottom
waters was thought to be largely confined to large, rapidly sinking faecal pellets. However, recent studies have highlighted
the importance of organic aggregates and flocs formed by diatoms such as Rhizosolenia and other microalgae. Ascending particles have also been discovered, many of which are lipid-rich. Several studies have shown
that resuspension of bottom sediments and lateral advection of material from continental shelves can lead to anomalously high
particle fluxes measured in sediment traps moored in deep water. Many new approaches for characterizing POM have emerged,
such as pyrolysis gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and direct temperature-resolved mass spectrometry for analysis of higher
molecular weight materials and biopolymers. Lipid biomarker techniques have also advanced, exciting new possibilities being
raised by the ability to measure stable and radioactive carbon isotopes for individual compounds. The techniques of molecular
biology, such as the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), are being increasingly applied to provide complementary information
to more conventional microscopy and flow cytometry on the identity of organisms in the sea. The combination of these techniques
with advanced chemical analysis methods promises to greatly increase our knowledge of the origins, transport and fate of organic
matter in the oceans.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
Thermochemical plumes form at the base of the lower mantle as a consequence of heat flow from the outer core and the presence of local chemical doping that decreases the melting temperature. Theoretical and experimental modelling of thermochemical plumes show that the diameter of a plume conduit remains practically constant during plume ascent. However, when the top of a plume reaches a refractory layer, whose melting temperature is higher than the melt temperature in the plume conduit, a mushroom-shaped plume head develops. Main parameters (melt viscosity, ascent time, ascent velocity, temperature differences in the plume conduit, and thermal power) are presented for a thermochemical plume ascending from the core–mantle boundary. In addition, the following relationships are developed: the pressure distribution in the plume conduit during the ascent of a plume, conditions for eruption-conduit formation, the effect of the P–T conditions and controls on the shape and size of a plume top, heat transfer between a thermochemical plume and the lithosphere (when the plume reaches the bottom of a refractory layer in the lithosphere), and eruption volume versus the time interval t1 between plume formation and eruption. These relationships are used to determine thermal power and time t1 for the Tunguska syneclise and the Siberian traps as a whole.
The Siberian and other trap provinces are characterized by giant volumes of lavas and sills formed a very short time period. Data permit a model for superplumes with three stages of formation: early (variable picrites and alkali basalts), main (tholeiite plateau basalts), and final (ultrabasic and alkaline lavas and intrusions). These stages reflect the evolution of a superplume from the ascent of one or several independent plumes, through the formation of thick lenses of mantle melts underplating the lithosphere and, finally, intrusion and extrusion of differentiated mantle melts. Synchronous syenite–granite intrusions and bimodal volcanism abundant in the margins of the Siberian traps are the result of melting of the lower crust at depths of 65–70 km under the effect of plume melts. 相似文献
A 2-year (October 2003–October 2005) high-resolution sediment trap study was conducted in Sacrower See, a dimictic hardwater
lake in northeastern Germany. Geochemical and diatom data from sediment trap samples were compared with a broad range of limnological
and meteorological parameters to quantify the impact of single parameters on biochemical calcite precipitation and organic
matter production. Our goals were to disentangle how carbonaceous varves and their sublaminae form during the annual cycle
to better understand the palaeorecords and to detect influences of dissolution, resuspension as well as of global radiation
and stratification on lake internal particle formation. Total particle fluxes in both investigated years were highest during
spring and summer. Sedimentation was dominated by autochthonous organic matter and biochemically precipitated calcite. Main
calcite precipitation occurred between April and July and was preceded and followed by smaller flux peaks caused by resuspension
during winter and blooms of the calcified green algae Phacotus lenticularis during summer. In some of the trap intervals during summer up to 100% of the precipitated calcite was dissolved in the hypolimnion.
High primary production due to stable insolation conditions in epilimnic waters began with stratification of the water column.
Start and development of stratification is closely related to air and water surface temperatures. It is assumed that global
radiation influences the onset and stability of water column stratification and thereby determining the intensity of primary
production and consequently of timing and amount of calcite precipitation which is triggered by phytoplanktonic CO2 consumption. Sediment fluxes of organic matter and calcite are also related to the winter NAO-Index. Therefore these fluxes
will be used as a proxy for ongoing reconstruction of Holocene climate conditions. 相似文献
The origin of PGE-Cu-Ni sulfide deposits of Norilsk and Talnakh located in the northwest flank of the Triassic basalt trap formation of Siberia is considered.It is shown that ore elements of these deposits (probably,except Fe) are derived from the crust rather than from the mantle.They entered the basalts owing to a remobilization (recycling) of ore elements from the Paleoproterozoic sediments and from the rocks of the Siberian platform's basement.Prospecting criteria for similar deposits are as follows:(1) a presence of a large Paleoproterozoic aulacogen and a related magmatic sulfide Cu-Ni mineralization; (2) a confinement of perspective areas to troughs associated with long-lived deep fault zones; (3) association with mobile orogenic belts,island-arc systems and tectonomagmatic activation zones; (4) temporal association with boundaries of global periods characterized by active processes of continental breakup and large-scale trap magmatism.A combination of several factors (the first one is obligatory) is favorable for the discovery of a large ore body. 相似文献