Metalliferous Sediment and a Silica-Hematite Deposit within the Blanco Fracture Zone,Northeast Pacific     

James R. Hein  David A. Clague  Randolph A. Koski  Robert W. Embley  Rachel E. Dunham 《Marine Georesources & Geotechnology》2013,31(4):317-339

A Tiburon ROV dive within the East Blanco Depression (EBD) increased the mapped extent of a known hydrothermal field by an order of magnitude. In addition, a unique opal-CT (cristobalite-tridymite)-hematite mound was discovered, and mineralized sediments and rock were collected and analyzed. Silica-hematite mounds have not previously been found on the deep ocean floor. The light-weight rock of the porous mound consists predominantly of opal-CT and hematite filaments, rods, and strands, and averages 77.8% SiO₂ and 11.8% Fe₂O₃. The hematite and opal-CT precipitated from a low-temperature (≥ 115° C), strongly oxidized, silica- and iron-rich, sulfur-poor hydrothermal fluid; a bacterial mat provided the framework for precipitation.

Samples collected from a volcaniclastic rock outcrop consist primarily of quartz with lesser plagioclase, smectite, pyroxene, and sulfides; SiO₂ content averages 72.5%. Formation of these quartz-rich samples is best explained by cooling in an up-flow zone of silica-rich hydrothermal fluids within a low permeability system. Opal-A, opal-CT, and quartz mineralization found in different places within the EBD hydrothermal field likely reflects decreasing silica saturation and increasing temperature of the mineralizing fluid with increasing silica crystallinity.

Six push cores recovered gravel, coarse sand, and mud mineralized variously by Fe or Mn oxides, silica, and sulfides. Total rare-earth element concentrations are low for both the rock and push core samples. Ce and Eu anomalies reflect high and low temperature hydrothermal components and detrital phases.

A remarkable variety of types of mineralization occur within the EBD field, yet a consistent suite of elements is enriched (relative to basalt and unmineralized cores) in all samples analyzed: Ag, Au, S, Mo, Hg, As, Sb, Sr, and U; most samples are also enriched in Cu, Pb, Cd, and Zn. On the basis of these element enrichments, the EBD hydrothermal field might best be described as a base- and precious-metal-bearing, silica-Fe-oxide-barite deposit. Such deposits are commonly spatially and temporally associated with volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) ores. A plot of data for pathfinder elements shows a large hot spot at the northwestern margin of the field, which may mark a region where moderate to high temperature sulfide deposits are forming at depth; further exploration of the hydrothermal field to the northwest is warranted.  相似文献   

Twentieth century eutrophication of the St. Croix River (Minnesota–Wisconsin,USA) reconstructed from the sediments of its natural impoundment     

Mark B. Edlund  Daniel R. Engstrom  Laura D. Triplett  Brenda Moraska Lafrancois  Peter R. Leavitt 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2009,41(4):641-657

Evaluation of land-use effects on coastal and marine ecosystems requires better understanding of the role of rivers in regulating mass transport from terrestrial to oceanic environments. Here we take advantage of the presence of a riverine lake to use paleoecological techniques to quantify impacts of logging, European-style agriculture, urbanization and continued terrestrial disturbance on mass transport and water quality in the northern drainage of the Mississippi River. Two 2-m sediment-cores recovered in 1999 from Lake St. Croix, a natural impoundment of the St. Croix River, were dated using ²¹⁰Pb and ¹³⁷Cs, and analyzed for historical changes (c. 1840–present) in sediment magnetic susceptibility, inorganic and organic matter content, biogenic silica, fossil pigments, and diatom microfossils. Inorganic sediment accumulation increased threefold between the mid-1800s and present, whereas clear signs of eutrophication were only evident after the mid-twentieth century when biogenic silica accumulation increased sixfold, diatom accumulation rates increased 20- to 50- fold, and the diatom community shifted from predominantly benthic species to assemblages composed mainly of planktonic taxa. Similarly, fossil pigment concentrations increased during the 1960s, and diatom-inferred total phosphorus (DI-TP) increased from ~30 μg TP l⁻¹ c. 1910 to ~60 μg l⁻¹ since 1990, similar to historical records since 1980. Together, these patterns demonstrate that initial land clearance did not result in substantive declines in water quality or nutrient mass transport, instead, substantial degradation of downstream environments was restricted to the latter half of the twentieth century. This is one of eight papers dedicated to the “Recent Environmental History of the Upper Mississippi River” published in this special issue of the Journal of Paleolimnology. D. R. Engstrom served as guest editor of the special issue.  相似文献   

Saudi Arabian White Silica as a Good Adsorbent for Pollutants          下载免费PDF全文

Islam Hamdy Abd El Maksod  Hassan M. AlBishri  Abdullah Saad Al‐bogami 《洁净——土壤、空气、水》2014,42(4):480-486

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Ecological variations in diatom assemblages in the Paleo-Kathmandu Lake linked with global and Indian monsoon climate changes for the last 600,000 years     

Tatsuya Hayashi  Yoshihiro Tanimura  Yoshihiro Kuwahara  Masao Ohno  Mami Mampuku  Rie Fujii  Harutaka Sakai  Toshiro Yamanaka  Takeshi Maki  Masao Uchida  Wataru Yahagi  Hideo Sakai 《Quaternary Research》2009,72(3):377-387

Variations in fossil diatom assemblages and their relationship with global and Indian monsoon climate changes for the last 600,000 yr were investigated using a core of ancient lake (Paleo-Kathmandu Lake) sediments drilled at the Kathmandu Basin, Nepal Himalaya. Chronological scales of the core were constructed by tuning pollen wet and dry index records to the SPECMAP δ¹⁸O stack record. Examinations of biogenic silica contents and fossil diatom assemblages revealed that variations in productivity and compositions of diatom assemblages were closely linked with global and Indian monsoon climate changes on glacial and interglacial time scales. When summer monsoonal rainfall increased during interglacials (interstadials), diatom productivity increased because of increased inputs of terrestrial nutrients into the lake. When summer monsoonal rainfall reduced and/or winter monsoonal aridification enhanced during glacials (stadials), productivity of the diatoms decreased and lake-level falling brought about changes in compositions of diatom assemblages. Monospecific assemblages by unique Cyclotella kathmanduensis and Puncticulata versiformis appeared during about 590 to 390 ka. This might be attributed to evolutionary fine-tuning of diatom assemblages to specific lake environmental conditions. Additionally, low-amplitude precessional variations in monsoon climate and less lake-level changes may have also allowed both species to dominate over the long periods.  相似文献   

High‐resolution synchrotron X‐ray fluorescence investigation of calcite coralloid speleothems: Elemental incorporation and their potential as environmental archives     

Valentina Vanghi  Andrea Borsato  Silvia Frisia  Daryl L. Howard  Gertruida Gloy  John Hellstrom  Petra Bajo 《Sedimentology》2019,66(7):2661-2685

Synchrotron high‐resolution and micro‐X‐ray fluorescence elemental mapping of two coeval coralloid speleothems from Lamalunga Cave (Italy) are complemented with petrographic, morphological and microstratigraphic studies. The importance of these speleothems relies on their direct and indirect association with a complete Neanderthal skeleton (‘Altamura Man’) found inside the cave. The coralloids grew discontinuously between 64·6 ka and the Holocene and reveal exceptionally high concentrations of Mg, Sr and Si, particularly on convex surfaces, where evaporation is more intense. The incorporation of trace elements depends on several factors including location, shape and geometrical evolution during their growth, as well as climate and environmental parameters. This resulted in calcite precipitation with Sr compositions from 100 to 1200 ppm and an average concentration of 7000 ppm Mg. An unusually high Si content (up to 16%) is possibly derived from volcanic ash transported as particulate and in solution inside the cave. The most common fabrics observed consist of non‐fluorescent elongated columnar calcite forming clean isopachous bands and fluorescent fibre‐like crystals associated with laminated, lenticular bands high in Sr, Mg and Si. Variability in Sr, Mg and Si concentrations appears to induce fabric changes in the coralloids. Elongation and lattice distortion of the crystals was found to coincide with high Mg concentrations. The transition from compact elongated to open to fibre‐like, is here interpreted as due to high concentrations of Si and Sr, which are preferentially incorporated in the speleothem at crystal boundaries and intra‐laminae. It is here inferred that coralloid fabric changes and their elemental content potentially record local rainfall variations through time, with the clean compact calcite marking high infiltration and open fibre‐like and micrite fabrics recording dry periods.  相似文献   

山东青岛和日照滨岸潮间带现代生物遗迹组成与分布特征^*          下载免费PDF全文

王海邻  胡斌  宋慧波 《古地理学报》2017,19(4):663-676

在山东青岛和日照滨岸潮间带可见到现代生物营造的各种遗迹。通过分析这些生物遗迹与其沉积背景的关系,取得以下成果: (1)研究区生物遗迹中,层面遗迹以腹足类动物的拖迹为主,层内遗迹以居住迹丰度最高,且类型多样。(2)建立了2个生物遗迹组合: 一是高潮区组合,主要遗迹类型包括珠带拟蟹守螺拖迹、沙蚕的拖迹、摄食迹和居住迹、四角蛤的居住迹、弹涂鱼的爬行迹和居住迹、鸭嘴海豆芽的居住迹以及螃蟹的居住迹和摄食迹;该组合产生的沉积物底层具有含泥量较高,水、氧、有机质含量均较丰富及基底较稳固等特点。二是中低潮区组合,主要由斑玉螺的拖迹和停息迹、扁玉螺的爬行迹和停息迹、寄居蟹的爬行迹、长竹蛏的居住迹、虾蛄的爬行迹和居住迹、鸭嘴海豆芽的居住迹以及螃蟹的居住迹和摄食迹组成;该组合产生的沉积物底层具有含泥量较低、粒度较粗、间隙水不易保存、有机质含量低等特点;研究区潮间带为急剧多变的海洋环境,该遗迹组合可指示温带季风气候条件下的海洋潮间带沉积环境。(3)通过分析各种造迹生物及其遗迹的组成和空间分布特征以及其与底层沉积物和沉积环境的关系,建立了研究区潮间带沉积中的生物遗迹组合及其沉积环境分布模式。  相似文献   

High resolution transmission electron microscopy evaluation of silica glaze reveals new textures   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

K. A. Langworthy  D. H. Krinsley  R. I. Dorn 《地球表面变化过程与地形》2010,35(13):1615-1620

We present the first nanoscale investigation of silica glaze. High resolution transmission electron microscopy of a rock coating from the Ashikule Basin, Tibetan Plateau, reveals the presence of spheroids composed predominantly of silicon and oxygen with diameters ranging from 20 nm to 70 nm. While silica glaze spheroids co‐exist with manganese‐rich rock varnish in the same sample, the different rock coatings are texturally and physically distinct at the nanoscale. These observations are consistent with a model of silica glaze formation starting with soluble aluminum‐silicon (Al‐Si) complexes [Al(OSi(OH)³)²⁺], mobilized with gentle wetting events such as dew or frost. The transition between complete and partial wetting on silica surfaces rests at about 20–70 nm for liquid droplets. Upon crossing this transition, a metastable wetting film would be ruptured, initiating formation of silica glaze through spheroid deposition. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Amorphous silica mobilization by inter‐rill erosion: insights from rainfall experiments          下载免费PDF全文

Wim Clymans  Eric Struyf  An Van den Putte  Christoph Langhans  Zhengang Wang  Gerard Govers 《地球表面变化过程与地形》2015,40(9):1171-1181

Amorphous silica (ASi) carried in suspension by rivers is an important component in the global Si budget. Water erosion processes in cultivated catchments are likely to drive ASi delivery to the river system. However, no studies have investigated the controls on ASi mobilization by erosional processes in croplands. Rainfall experiments were performed on split fields (i.e. a part conventionally ploughed and a part under reduced tillage) to simulate ASi mobilization by inter‐rill erosion in croplands, and identify its dependency on soil, field and rainfall characteristics. The ASi content of the soil and the inter‐rill erosion rate were determined as the major controls on ASi mobilization. Variables such as tillage technique and crop type did not have a consistent direct or indirect effect. Inter‐rill erosion is clearly selective with respect to ASi, indicating association of ASi with the fine soil fraction and with soil organic carbon. Our experiments demonstrate that erosion increases due to human perturbation will increase the delivery of reactive Si to aquatic systems. We estimate that globally, c. 7% of all reactive Si that enters aquatic systems is derived from erosion of agricultural soils. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Determination of Copper in Water Samples after Solid‐phase Extraction Using Dimethylglyoxime‐modified Silica     

Burcu Anilan  Tevfik Gedikbey  Sibel Tunali Akar 《洁净——土壤、空气、水》2010,38(4):344-352

This work describes the modification of silica gel with dimethylglyoxime, in order to prepare an effective sorbent for the preconcentration and determination of copper. The sorption capacity of dimethylglyoxime‐modified silica‐gel (DMGMS) was 71.37 mg g^–1 and the optimum pH for the quantitative recovery of copper was found to be 5.0. The optimum flow rate, sorbent amount, and sample volume were 1 mL min^–1, 300 mg, and 50 mL, respectively. 10 mL of 0.1 mol L^–1 HCl was the most suitable eluent. The detection limit of copper was 6.0 ng mL^–1. The recommended method, for the determination of copper, is simple and reliable, without any notable matrix effect and can be successfully applied to environmental water samples. Copper recovery in the range from 99–100% was obtained from seawater and thermal spring water using this method. The method was applied to standard reference materials, NIST‐1515 (apple leaves) and NIST‐1643e (simulated fresh water), for the determination of copper and the results were in good agreement with certified values.  相似文献   

Internal Structure of the Incised Valley Fill in the Hangzhou Bay, Eastern China and Its Geological Implications     

LIN Chunming  LI Guangyue  WANG Baichang  GU Lianxing  ZHUO Hongchun Department of Earth Sciences  State Key Laboratory of Ore Deposit Research  Nanjing University  Nanjing  Jiangsu 《《地质学报》英文版》2004,78(3):715-719

This paper presents the sedimentary facies and formation of the Qiantangjiang and Taihu incised valleys, and the characteristics of shallow gas reservoir distribution, based on a large number of data of drilling, static sounding and chemical analysis obtained from the present Hangzhou Bay coastal plain. The incised valleys were formed during the last glacial maximum and were subsequently filled with fluvial facies during the post-glacial period. All commercial gases are stored in the flood plain sand lenses of the incised valleys.  相似文献