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   

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   

Phosphorites,glass ramps and carbonate factories: The evolution of an epicontinental sea and a late Palaeozoic upwelling system (Phosphoria Rock Complex)     

Edward J. Matheson  Tracy D. Frank 《Sedimentology》2020,67(6):3003-3041

The Permian Phosphoria Rock Complex of the western USA contains an enigmatic assemblage of bioelemental rocks (i.e. phosphorites and cherts) that accumulated in a depositional system with no modern analogue. This study utilizes detailed sedimentological, stratigraphic and petrographic examination to evaluate the genetic relations of phosphorites, spiculitic chert and carbonates of the Ervay cycle (depositional sequence) and propose a unified oceanographic model for their deposition. The Ervay cycle contains three marine and one terrestrial facies association, each of which composes the bulk of a single lithostratigraphic unit. The marine facies associations include: (i) granular phosphorites (Retort Member); (ii) spiculitic cherty dolostones (Tosi Member); and (iii) marine to peritidal carbonates (Ervay Member). Red beds and intercalated gypsum (Goose Egg Formation) accumulated in the vast desert adjacent to the sea. The three marine members are chronostratigraphically distinct, successive and conformably stacked. They are not coeval facies belts. They reflect the progressive evolution of the epicontinental sea from the location of: (i) authigenic phosphogenesis (lowstand to transgression); to (ii) a glass ramp with biosiliceous (sponge) deposition (transgression); to (iii) a carbonate ramp (regression). This succession of switching biochemical sediment factories records the evolution of sea-level, nutrient supply, upwelling, oxygenation and dissolved Si. Intense upwelling, potentially coupled with aeolian input, led to sedimentary condensation and phosphogenesis. Decreased upwelling intensity during transgression increased oxygenation sufficiently for a siliceous sponge benthos. Sponges were favoured over biocalcifiers due to elevated dissolved silica and a low carbonate saturation state. The cessation of sponge dominance and transition to a carbonate ramp occurred due to decreasing upwelling intensity, Si drawdown and an increased carbonate saturation state. These results provide insight into the role of Si loading in faunal turnover on glass ramps and highlight how differences in dissolved Si utilizers in pre-Cretaceous versus post-Cretaceous upwelling systems influence the resultant deposits.  相似文献   

浅谈影响铝土矿中二氧化硅测试质量的因素     

陆杰芬 《南方国土资源》2002,15(2):76-78

文章分析、总结了影响铝土矿中二氧化硅测试质量的因素 ,即操作因素、样品因素、温度及试剂因素 ,提出了提高铝土矿中二氧化硅测试质量的办法  相似文献   

口径20厘米蜂窝熔石英平面镜制造及加工情况简介     

李德培 《天文学报》1994,35(2):215-218,T001

本文叙述了口径２０．７厘米，厚３厘米，采用蜂窝结构的熔石英平面镜坯的制造与磨制情况。给出了最后面形的干涉图及阴影图。  相似文献   

Measurements of Atmospheric Formaldehyde (HCHO) and Acetaldehyde (CH3CHO) during POPCORN 1994 Using 2.4-DNPH Coated Silica Cartridges     

L. Benning  A. Wahner 《Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry》1998,31(1-2):105-117

The 2.4-dinitrophenylhydrazine coated silica cartridge technique (DSC) was used for the measurements of HCHO and CH3CHO during the POPCORN campaign in August 1994. A total number of 505 measurements was carried out using an automatic sampling system. The sampling time for each measurement was 30 minutes. During the first two weeks of the campaign samples were taken every 3 hours and during the last two weeks every 30 minutes. No significant diurnal variation of HCHO and CH3CHO was observed. The average mixing ratios of HCHO and CH3CHO were 1.8 ±1.0 ppb and 1.4 ±1.3 ppb. The results for HCHO are in a good agreement with simultaneous measurements by differential optical absorption spectroscopy (DOAS). The absence of a strong diurnal variation of the HCHO mixing ratio can be explained by production and destruction processes during day and night. The measured mixing ratios of HCHO and CH3CHO, especially the mixing ratios during night, are a strong indication that during the POPCORN campaign the maize was a local source of HCHO and CH3CHO.  相似文献   

The preparation of silica from the olivine process and its possible use as a catalyst support     

D. J. Lieftink  J. W. Geus 《Journal of Geochemical Exploration》1998,62(1-3)

The production of silica from the dissolution of olivine in sulphuric acid has been studied. Variations in grainsize of the olivine result in different specific surface areas of the silica. The microporosity of the silica supports an aggregative growth model responsible for the increasing particle size. The silica is used in the preparation of a nickel catalyst. The performance of the produced catalyst is equal to a nickel catalyst based on commercially available silica  相似文献   

硅微粉增韧环氧树脂的研究   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4  

余志伟 《华东地质学院学报》1998,21(2):137-142

增韧硅微粉是为增韧环氧树脂而研制开发的一种电工级专用填料。本文着重论述了硅微粉增韧的配方、工艺条件和增韧处理过程;通过对填充增韧硅微粉的环氧树脂固化物的冲击试验,证明了增韧硅微粉对环氧树脂具有明显的增韧效果;初步探讨了增韧硅微粉对环氧树脂增韧的机理。  相似文献