Influence of particle composition on thorium scavenging in the marginal China seas     

YANG Weifeng  CHEN Min  CAO Jianping  QIU Yusheng  ZHANG Run  MA Qiang  TONG Jinlu  YANG Junhong  YANG Zhi  L&#; E 《海洋学报(英文版)》2009,28(2):45-53

Thorium-234 and particle composition (organic matter, biogenic silica, carbonate and lithogenic component) were examined in the East China Sea (ECS) and the northern South China Sea (NSCS) in order to constrain the particle types scavenging thorium isotopes. Good positive correlations between particulate organic matter (POM) or carbonate and thorium-234 in suspended particulate matter (SPM) indicates that POM and carbonate are efficient to scavenge thorium-234. No relationship between biogenic silica and thorium-234 suggests that geochemical behavior of thorium-234 may be not influenced by biogenic silica. A simple model was used to evaluate the affinity of thorium-234 to different particle components. The results show that POM is the most efficient scavenger for thorium-234 in the ECS and the NSCS, followed by carbonate. The authors'' results lend support to the utility of thorium-234 as a proxy of POC and carbonate in the upper layer. However, the strong dependence of thorium scavenging on particle composition challenges thorium-230 as a constant flux proxy.  相似文献   

从太平洋中部热液矿物的发现探讨热液活动的广泛性     

杨慧宁  萧绪琦 《岩石矿物学杂志》1995,(2)

位于太平洋中部的克利帕顿和克拉里昂断裂带之间的研究区处于远离大陆的远洋深水环境，区内断裂构造和火山活动非常发育，热水活动强烈，由此形成一系列与热液活动及蚀变沉积有关的矿物，如磷灰石、碳磷灰石、稀士磷灰石、磷铝锶石、重晶石、碳酸钡矿、泡铋矿及非晶质ＳｉＯ＿２球。这都说明大洋中热水溶液活动并不仅限于洋脊轴部和裂谷地区，只要有较大规模的断裂存在．机会有热水溶液活动或海底热泉出现，随之会形成一系列与热液活动有关的矿物。  相似文献