Low-temperature hydrothermal alteration of intra-caldera tuffs,Miocene Tejeda caldera,Gran Canaria,Canary Islands     

Eleanor Donoghue  Valentin R. Troll  Chris Harris  Aoife O'Halloran  Thomas R. Walter  Francisco J. Pérez Torrado 《Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research》2008

The Miocene Tejeda caldera on Gran Canaria erupted ~ 20 rhyolite–trachyte ignimbrites (Mogán Group 14–13.3 Ma), followed by ~ 20 phonolitic lava flows and ignimbrites (Fataga Group 13–8.5 Ma). Upper-Mogán tuffs have been severely altered immediately within the caldera margin, whereas extra-caldera Mogán ignimbrites, and overlying Fataga units, are apparently unaltered. The altered intra-caldera samples contain minerals characteristic of secondary fluid–rock interaction (clays, zeolites, adularia), and relics of the primary mineral assemblage identified in unaltered ignimbrites (K-feldspar, plagioclase, pyroxene, amphibole, and groundmass quartz). Major and trace-element data indicate that Si, Na, K, Pb, Sr, and Rb, were strongly mobilized during fluid–rock interaction, whereas Ti, Zr, and Nb behaved in a more refractory manner, experiencing only minor mobilization. The δ¹⁸O values of the altered intra-caldera tuffs are significantly higher than in unaltered extra-caldera ignimbrites, consistent with an overall low-temperature alteration environment. Unaltered extra-caldera ignimbrites have δD values between − 110‰ and − 173‰, which may reflect Rayleigh-type magma degassing and/or post-depositional vapour release. The δD values of the altered intra-caldera tuffs range from − 52‰ to − 131‰, with ambient meteoric water at the alteration site estimated at ca. − 15‰. Interaction and equilibration of the intra-caldera tuffs with ambient meteoric water at low temperature can only account for whole-rock δD values of around − 45‰, given that ?D_clay–water is ca. − 30‰ at 100 °C, and decreases in magnitude at higher temperatures. All altered tuff samples have δD values that are substantially lower than − 45‰, indicating interaction with a meteoric water source with a δD value more negative than − 15‰, which may have been produced in low-temperature steam fumaroles. Supported by numerical modeling, our Gran Canaria data reflect the near-surface, epithermal part of a larger, fault-controlled hydrothermal system associated with the emplacement of the high-level Fataga magma chamber system. In this near-surface environment, fluid temperatures probably did not exceed 200–250 °C.  相似文献   

Classification of self-potential anomalies on volcanoes and possible interpretations for their subsurface structure     

Koki Aizawa 《Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research》2008

Self-potential (SP) surveys were conducted on 10 island-arc-type volcanoes in Japan. Large-scale SP anomalies that covered entire volcanic edifices and had simple shapes were observed. Neglecting the local fluctuations, we named the SP anomaly that shows voltage gradients anywhere on the flank a long spatial wavelength (LSW) SP anomaly. We first classified these anomalies into three types: 1) no anomaly (SP profile is flat): 2) “W”-shaped profile: and 3) “V”-shaped profile. In some volcanoes, one flank with a flat SP profile and another with half of the W-shaped SP profile coexist. Next, we compared LSW-SP anomalies with various factors that may be related to SP generation and found that the SP profile is approximately flat on the flank where geothermal manifestations exist. This relationship, which is new aspect of the SP data on volcanoes, is important because it can impose a constraint on the model for SP generation and the subsurface structure. Based on the discussion that SP is generated by an electrokinetic mechanism, we propose that resistivity, zeta potential, and hydraulic radius are the possible parameters that control the existence of LSW-SP anomalies. The new relationship between SP and geothermal manifestation are understood in terms of the presence of hydrothermal system. Although the structure of volcanic edifice is probably spatially complicated, the insight into the SP data presented in this study implies that the flanks with flat SP profiles are relatively weak and have high potential for sector collapse.  相似文献   

Record of complex scoria cone eruptive activity at Red Mountain,Arizona, USA,and implications for monogenetic mafic volcanoes     

N.R. Riggs  W.A. Duffield 《Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research》2008

Scoria cone eruptions are generally modeled as a simple succession from explosive eruption to form the cone to passive effusion of lava, generally from the base of the cone. Sector collapse of scoria cones, wherein parts of the cone are rafted on a lava flow, is increasingly recognized as common, but the reasons that a cone may not be rebuilt are poorly understood.  相似文献   

Tracing anthropogenically driven groundwater discharge into a coastal lagoon from southern Brazil     

Isaac R. Santos  Felipe Niencheski  William Burnett  Richard Peterson  Jeffrey Chanton  Carlos F.F. Andrade  Idel B. Milani  Axel Schmidt  Kay Knoeller 《Journal of Hydrology》2008,353(3-4):275-293

We investigated the distribution of naturally occurring geochemical tracers (²²²Rn, ²²³Ra, ²²⁴Ra, ²²⁶Ra, CH₄, δ¹⁸O, and δ²H) in the water column and adjacent groundwater of Mangueira Lagoon as proxies of groundwater discharge. Mangueira Lagoon is a large (90 km long), shallow (4–5 m deep), fresh, and non-tidal coastal lagoon in southern Brazil surrounded by extensively irrigated rice plantations and numerous irrigation canals. We hypothesized that the annual, intense irrigation for rice agriculture creates extreme conditions that seasonally change groundwater discharge patterns in the adjacent lagoon. We further supposed that dredging of irrigation canals alters groundwater fluxes.

While the activities of ²²²Rn in shallow groundwater were 2–3 orders of magnitude higher than in surface water, CH₄ and radium isotopes were only 1 order of magnitude higher. Therefore, ²²²Rn appears to be the preferred groundwater tracer in this system. Radon concentrations and conductivities were dramatically higher near the pump house of rice irrigation canals, consistent with a groundwater source. Modeling of radon inventories accounting for total inputs (groundwater advection, diffusion from sediments, and decay of ²²⁶Ra) and losses (atmospheric evasion, horizontal mixing and decay) indicated that groundwater advection rates in the irrigation canals (25 cm/d) are over 2 orders of magnitude higher than along the shoreline (0.1 cm/d). Nearly 75% of the total area of the canals is found in the southern half of the lagoon, where groundwater inputs seem to be higher as also indicated by methane and stable isotope trends. In spite of the relatively small area of the canals, we estimate that they contribute nearly 70% of the total (57,000 m³/d) groundwater input into the entire Mangueira Lagoon. We suggest that the dredging of these canals cut through aquitards which previously restricted upward advection from the underlying permeable strata. The irrigation channels may therefore represent an important but previously overlooked source of nutrients and other dissolved chemicals derived from agricultural practices into the lagoon.  相似文献   

Comparative petroleum hydrocarbons levels and biochemical responses in mussels from hydrothermal vents (Bathymodiolus azoricus) and coastal environments (Mytilus galloprovincialis)     

A. Serafim  B. Lopes  R. Company  A.M. Ferreira  M.J. Bebianno 《Marine pollution bulletin》2008,57(6-12):529

Aliphatic hydrocarbons and PAHs in the whole soft tissues of Bathymodiolus azoricus from three Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal vents (Menez-Gwen, Lucky Strike and Rainbow), and Mytilus galloprovincialis from three contaminated coastal sites in South Portugal were analysed, and its effects on the digestive gland microsomes mixed-function oxygenase system (MFO) were assessed.Aliphatic hydrocarbons levels were present in the same magnitude in both coastal and hydrothermal environments, while the UCM (unresolved complex mixture) for coastal mussels were higher than in vent mussels. In general, significantly higher PAHs concentrations were found in coastal mussels, compared to B. azoricus where low molecular weight PAHs (2–3 rings) represented the majority of PAHs contrarily to what was observed in M. galloprovincialis. The MFO components were present in both mussel species, and were detected in vent mussels for the first time. However this system seems to have different roles in species from these contrasting environments. In coastal mussels MFO responded to hydrocarbon contamination while response in hydrothermal organisms appeared to be related mainly to endogenous factors.  相似文献   

Near-inertial motions in and around the Palamós submarine canyon (NW Mediterranean) generated by a severe storm     

Antoni Jordi  Dong-Ping Wang 《Continental Shelf Research》2008,28(17):150-2534

During 9–16 November 2001 the western Mediterranean Sea was lashed by one of the most extreme storms of the last decades. Current meter data from seven moorings in the Palamós submarine canyon (northwestern Mediterranean) are analyzed to understand the vertical propagation of near-inertial energy generated by the storm. The daily inertial rotary components are examined for evidence of free and forced near-inertial oscillations. Free near-inertial motions are increased during the storm, although they are larger outside the canyon than inside. Conversely, forced near-inertial motions are relatively large inside the canyon but are almost negligible outside. Based on the results of a three-dimensional ocean circulation model, these differences are shown to be caused by the presence of a storm-generated alongshore front. The mechanisms by which near-inertial energy propagates are distinct at each side of the front. On the onshore side of the front (inside the canyon), free near-inertial motions are rapidly carried away by normal inertial waves, and wave reflection off canyon wall is responsible for the dissipation of free near-inertial motions and enhancement of forced near-inertial motions. On the offshore side of the front (outside the canyon), on the other hand, free near-inertial motions propagates first downward with anomalously low frequency internal waves and are then advected southward and offshore by the mean flow.  相似文献   

Dense shelf water cascades and sedimentary furrow formation in the Cap de Creus Canyon,northwestern Mediterranean Sea   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

P. Puig  A. Palanques  D.L. Orange  G. Lastras  M. Canals 《Continental Shelf Research》2008

To investigate the processes by which sediment is transported through a submarine canyon incised in a continental margin affected by recurrent dense shelf water cascading events, several instrumented moorings were deployed in the Cap de Creus Canyon from September 2004 to September 2005. This was done as part of the EuroSTRATAFORM Program that investigated sediment transport and accumulation processes in the Gulf of Lions. Results obtained in this observational study confirm that major cascading events can effectively contribute to the rapid export of sediment from the shelf and upper slope to deeper environments, and suggest that the associated strong currents carrying coarse particles are able to erode the canyon floor and generate sedimentary furrows. During winter 2004–2005, persistent northerly winds and the absence of river floods contributed to decrease the buoyancy of coastal waters and to dramatically enhance the intensity of dense shelf water cascades in the Gulf of Lions. Under such conditions, cascading continuously affected the entire Cap de Creus upper canyon section for more than a month and sustained cold temperatures and down-canyon steady currents >60 cm/s (up to 100 cm/s), showing periodic fluctuations that lasted between 3 and 6 days. Increases in suspended sediment concentrations were associated with dense shelf water cascading outbursts, but the magnitude of the concentration peaks decreased with time, suggesting a progressive exhaustion of the resuspendable sediments from the shelf and canyon floor. Grain size analyses of the particles caught by a near-bottom sediment trap show that dense shelf water cascades are able to transport coarse sediments (up to 65% sand) in suspension (and presumably as bed load), which have the potential to abrade the seafloor and generate erosive bed forms. The orientation of a large field of “wide” (i.e., widths about 1/2 spacing indicative of erosive formation) sedimentary furrows recently observed in the Cap de Creus Canyon clearly coincides with the preferential direction of highest velocities measured by the moored current meters, indicating a causative relationship between contemporary dense shelf water cascades and furrow formation.  相似文献   

内蒙古东伙房金矿床矿物包裹体研究和矿床成因     

石准立  谢广东 《现代地质》1998,12(4):477-484

摘　 要　 着重研究了东伙房金矿床矿物包裹体的空间分布, 并将其用于解释矿床成因。 研究 了成矿压力场、 温度场和热液沸腾与矿质沉淀的关系, 利用矿物包裹体气相和液相成分测定 结果讨论了金的搬运形式。 论述了碱性潜火山岩正长斑岩体与成矿的关系, 指出矿床形成于 印支期地幔热柱引发的张性成矿动力学背景之下, 矿床属于和碱性岩有关的中浅成高中温热 液矿床。  相似文献   

岩浆 热液过渡型矿床的若干特征   总被引：10，自引：0，他引：10  

林新多 《现代地质》1998,12(4):485-492

摘　 要　 在内生成矿作用中成矿流体有 3 种:岩浆、 热液和岩浆 热液过渡性流体。 从地质研 究、 矿物包裹体、 成矿实验 3 个方面简介了岩浆 热液过渡型矿床研究的进展。 指出岩浆 热 液过渡性流体有 2种形成方式:一是在岩浆结晶过程中挥发分不断集中而形成, 另一是由熔 离作用所形成。 并从矿体与岩浆岩的关系、 矿体与围岩的关系、 矿石的结构构造、 围岩蚀变、 分带现象、 矿物包裹体 6 个方面总结了岩浆 热液过渡型矿床的特征。  相似文献   

亦论韧性剪切变形与金的成矿作用——与邵世才《试论韧性剪切变形与金的成矿》一文的讨论   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

陈柏林  李中坚  董法先 《地质与资源》1998,7(3):228-232

剪切带型金矿是一种重要的金矿类型.韧性-超韧性深层次剪切变形是促使Au元素活化分异、形成动力变质含金热液的过程,中浅层次的韧脆性、脆性剪切变形区是Au元素聚集成矿部位.韧脆性剪切带的不同变形层次及其构造岩类型决定了剪切带型金矿床的矿化类型.剪切带型金矿床往往具有成矿时代滞后、空间规模差异、物源指示差异、韧性变形强度与Au元素含量反相关等异常特征.长期演化的造山带附近及边缘是寻找大型剪切带型金矿床的有利地区.  相似文献