Lacustrine Arcellinida (testate lobose amoebae) as bioindicators of arsenic concentration within the Yellowknife City Gold Project,Northwest Territories,Canada     

《Limnologica》2021

Arcellinida (testate lobose amoebae) were examined in near-surface sediment samples from 30 lakes located within the Gold Terra Resource Corporation (GTRC) Yellowknife City Gold Project, Northwest Territories, Canada, to assess the applicability of using the group as a robust tool to assess Arsenic (As) contamination. Lake contamination by As is of concern in the Yellowknife area because it is derived from geogenic (bedrock) and anthropogenic sources (legacy pollution from former mining operations, particularly the Giant Mine [1948–2004]). Statistical multivariate analyses (cluster analysis, non-metric multidimensional scaling [NMDS], and redundancy analysis [RDA]) were performed on geochemical (inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry [ICP-MS]) and organic (loss-on-ignition) data to identify geochemical and hydrogeological controls on the arcellinidan distribution in the lakes. Three distinct faunal assemblages were identified using Cluster analysis and NMDS: 1) Elevated Arsenic Assemblage (EAA; Approximately Unbiased (AU) p-value = 97 %; median As =272.4 mg/kg, range = 42–1353 mg/kg ; n = 9); 2) Centropyxid-Dominated Assemblage (CDA; AU p-value = 87 %; median As =169.7 mg/kg, range 60–233 mg/kg ; n = 9); and, 3) Difflugiid-Dominated Assemblage (DDA; AU p-value = 95 %; median As =61.3 mg/kg, range = 16–316 mg/kg ; n = 12). Six statistically significant controls on assemblage structure were identified using RDA. These were As, calcium, iron, strontium, water depth, and total organic carbon (Arcellinida variance explained = 36.2 %) — As is the most significant control (12.2 %; p-value < 0.002). Stress-tolerant centropyxids dominate in lakes characterized by elevated sedimentary As concentrations (64 % centropyxids in EAA; 40 % centropyxids in CDA), while stress-sensitive taxa thrived in samples associated with lower As concentrations (DDA). Our results corroborate the findings of previous Arcellinida studies in subarctic Canada and confirms the reliability of using Arcellinida as a reconnaissance tool for tracking As contamination in impacted lakes.  相似文献   

Accumulation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) associated with bottom sediments in larvae of Chironomus riparius Meigen     

《Limnologica》2021

Patterns of bioaccumulation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) by chironomid larvae (Chironomus riparius Meigen) were studied under laboratory conditions. Larvae were maintained for 20 days, separately in two batches of natural bottom sediments sampled from Rybinsk Reservoir (Russia), each differing in PCB content (425.6 μg / kg or 24.8 μg / kg dry weight, respectively). The study revealed that chironomid larvae accumulated PCBs at levels comparable to the PCB content measured in sediments from each exposure. The bioaccumulation coefficient (1.11 and 1.59, respectively, as per dry weight for compared sediment batches) depended directly on the sum PCB content in sediments. At high sediment PCB content, the ratios of homologous groups of PCBs in larvae and sediment were identical and corresponded to the Aroclor 1254 congeners profile; at lower PCB content, pronounced differences were revealed. In larvae, the ratios of 3, 4, 5, and 6CB homologues were evenly distributed at levels of 20–34 %, while the 4CB homologues prevailed (47 %) in sediments. The content of the latter compounds in larvae was lower than in sediments, and higher for the other homologous groups. The study indicates selective bioaccumulation of various homologous groups of PCBs under conditions of low sediment PCB content.  相似文献   

年轻沉积物³⁶Cl测年研究进展     

张楠  安树清  林源贤 《岩矿测试》2013,32(3):353-357

宇宙成因核素36Cl对第四纪地层及第四纪时代的厘定具有独特的优势.近年来随着加速器质谱(AMS)技术的不断发展,36Cl已经能被高灵敏测量,使得36Cl测年技术前景广阔.本文介绍了36Cl测年的研究现状和研究难点,对于陆相沉积物的36Cl测年方法进行了探索,对制约其发展的测年公式中早期放射性比度I0对测年精度的影响以及在地球科学中的应用前景进行了探讨,进一步提出不同海拔高度对I0存在叠加效应.同时介绍了36Cl样品的制备流程,该流程采用离子交换树脂驱除试样中的硫和可能产生“盐效应”的常量金属元素,有效地排除了36S对36Cl的干扰,建立了动态的AgCl制样技术流程,方法高效快捷.  相似文献   

Grain-size distribution,morphoscopy and elemental chemistry of suspended sediments of Pindari Glacier,Kumaon Himalaya,India     

SHIV KUMAR PANDEY  ABHAY KUMAR SINGH  S. I. HASNAIN 《水文科学杂志》2013,58(2):213-226

Abstract

Suspended sediment concentrations in the meltwater of Pindari Glacier were determined at regular intervals in four ablation seasons. The late ablation periods (September 1994 and October 1995) were characterized by a reduced level of sediment concentration, while the sampling periods of early ablation (May 1994 and July 1995) showed very high concentrations of suspended sediment in the meltwater. Grain size distribution shows the dominance of medium and coarse silt fractions of the mean size of the suspended sediments between 4.35 and 5.82 ø. Clay size constitutes about 7% of the total size population. The majority of the samples are poorly sorted, symmetrically to finely skewed and mesokurtic in nature. The grain shows texture of mechanical and chemical origin, in which mechanical texture is predominant on most of the grains. It was observed that the grains were mostly subangular to subrounded in shape with variable size ranges. Bulk sediment chemistry consists mostly (>70%) of the five elements, Si, Al, K, Fe and Mg. Iron (Fe) and Mn are dominant heavy metals and sediments show the elemental abundance in the order of Fe > Mn > Zn > Cu > Ni > Pb. The Chemical Index of Alteration (CIA) of suspended sediments (57) is relatively higher than in the case of average unweathered upper continental crust (~50) indicating a higher degree of weathering due to glacier grinding and crushing action. Quartz is the most dominant mineral, followed by mica, illite, feldspar and kaolinite.  相似文献   

Distributions and vertical variation patterns of sound speed of surface sediments in South China Sea     

《Journal of Asian Earth Sciences》2014

The distributions of sound speed show different characteristics in continental shelf, continental slope and Nansha Trough. The differences have closely related to the distributions of sediment physical properties in the southern South China Sea. According to the analysis of sound speeds and physical properties variation characteristics with buried depth, the vertical variations of sound speed are closely related to sediment texture, sedimentary environment, transport, erosion, compaction, consolidation, etc. The comparison results indicate 3 vertical variation patterns of sound speed: increasing model, invariant model and complicate variation model. The above 3 variation models represent the vertical distribution characteristics of sound speed in different depositional environments. Different variation patterns have different key factors which generally contain porosity or grain size. The calculated sound speeds with Buckingham’s theory of compressional waves in fluid-like marine sediments follows the trend of measured speeds accurately.  相似文献   

Analysis of ore-bearing properties of major stratigraphic units in Harlik area of Xinjiang Province     

LIU Liang  ZHANG Jie  LI Jiangtao  MA Yunchao  DAI Yuan  XU Tao 《中国地质调查》2014,7(3):45-54

The Harlik metallogenic belt is a favorable area for polymetallic mineralization of Cu,Au, W, Sn, Mo, Fe, Mn, Ni and Co. In order to further study the ore-bearing properties of each stratum in the metallogenic belt, based on the 1:50 000 stream sediment measurements in Hami area of Tianshan Mountains, the authors analyzed the characteristic parameters, distribution and evolution of 17 elements, and the ore-bearing properties of 7 stratigraphic units. The results show that Au, Sb and Bi are of extremely uneven distribution (C_v≥1.5), and As, Hg and W are of uneven distribution (1.5>C_v≥1.0). There are four distribution types of elements in the region: symmetry, positive bias, negative bias and bimodal. The concentration coefficients of these elements and oxides show a wavy and tortuous change in each stratigraphic unit. Iron group elements are mainly enriched in Daliugou Formation and Tousuquan Formation. Tungsten and molybdenum group elements are mainly enriched in Tousuquan Formation. Au is mainly enriched in Daliugou Formation and Dananhu Formation. Au, Cu, W, Bi, Fe, Mn and Zn are the dominant mineral resources in the study area after comprehensive analysis. And the main mineralizing elements are Au, Cu and Fe, and their optimum enrichment age is Ordovician, followed by Devonian. The Daliugou Formation of Ordovician is the main ore-bearing stratum.  相似文献   

Aeolian component records in lacustrine sediments and its atmospheric circulation significance for evolution of Qarhan salt lake,NE Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau     

AN Fuyuan  LAI Zhongping  FAN Qishun  WEI Haichen  MA Haizhou 《《地质学报》英文版》2014,88(Z1):1-2

正1 Introduction The Qarhan Playa of Qaidam Basin is located at the northeastern QinghaiTibetan Plateau(QTP),in which thick lacustrine and evaporate sediments deposited since the late Pleistocene(Chen et al.,1985,1986).As surrounded by capacious Gobi and yardang fields and suffered strong westerly-northwesterly wind,abundant aeolian materials were trapped in these sediment sequences in the  相似文献   

Ostracodes from Recent Surface Deposits in Tibet,Response to Environmental Changes     

SONG Gao  WANG Hailei 《《地质学报》英文版》2014,88(Z1):24-26

正1 Introduction Ostracodes are good materials for studying palaeoenvironmental evolution because of their sensitive response to environment changes.At present,the environmental implications of ostracodes are mainly based  相似文献   

Uranium distribution in the lacustrine calcareous clastic-evaporite sequence in the western Qaidam Basin,and implications for U behavior in concentration of closed water     

YANG Yibo  FANG Xiaomin  LI Minghui  APPEL Erwin  ZHANG Weilin  LIU Xiaoming 《《地质学报》英文版》2014,88(Z1):168-169

正Uranium(U)provides especially useful information for reconstructing paleoredox conditions due to its unique geochemical properties and behavior in supergene environments.The proxy potential under suboxic-oxic  相似文献   

Signatures of slope failures and river‐delta collapses in a perialpine lake (Lake Lucerne,Switzerland)     

Michael Hilbe  Flavio S. Anselmetti 《Sedimentology》2014,61(7):1883-1907

Historical reports from the 17th Century document two destructive tsunamis with run‐ups exceeding 5 m, affecting proximal basins of Lake Lucerne (Switzerland). One event in ad 1601 is coeval with a strong nearby earthquake (M_W ca 5·9) which caused extensive slope failures in many parts of the lake. The second event in ad 1687 is associated with an apparently spontaneous partial collapse of the Muota river delta. This study combines high‐resolution bathymetry, reflection seismic and lithological data to document the sedimentary and morphological signatures of the two subaqueous mass movements that probably generated the observed tsunamis. Such mass movements are significant as a common sedimentation process and as a natural hazard in fjord‐type lakes and similar environments. The deposits, covering large parts of the basins with thicknesses reaching >10 m, consist of two subunits: A lower ‘massflow deposit’ contains variably deformed sediments from the source areas. Its emplacement affected pre‐existing sediments, incorporating thin sediment slices into the deposit and increasing its volume. Deep‐reaching deformation near basin margins is expressed as bulges on the lake floor. An overlying ‘megaturbidite’, featuring a graded, sandy base and a thick homogeneous muddy part, was deposited from suspended particles. The source area for the ad 1601 event, gently dipping lateral slopes with an unconsolidated hemipelagic sediment cover, hosts a pronounced slide scar with sharp escarpments and sliding surfaces. The source area for the ad 1687 event on an active delta slope has been overprinted by continued sedimentation and does not show an unambiguous scar. The case studies are exemplary for end‐member types of source areas (lateral versus delta slopes) and trigger mechanisms (seismic versus aseismic); they show that morphological mapping and reconstructions of past events are key components of a hazard assessment for mass movement‐generated tsunamis.  相似文献