High‐precision Determination of Gold Mass Fractions in Geological Reference Materials by Internal Standardisation     

Huai Cheng  Zaicong Wang  Kang Chen  Keqing Zong  Zongqi Zou  Tao He  Zhaochu Hu  Mario Fischer‐Gdde  Yanhong Liu 《Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research》2019,43(4):663-680

Determination of gold abundances in natural rock is critical for applications, but very challenging. Here, we report a method for determining gold with a very low mass fraction (> 0.01 ng g^?1) in rocks. The method involves Carius tube digestion with reverse aqua regia, chromatographic separation to remove most of the sample matrix and measurement by high‐sensitivity ICP‐MS. The mono‐isotopic element gold was quantified by external calibration using an internal standardisation of gold to platinum that was precisely determined by isotope dilution. The method is robust and the obtained results are indistinguishable (< 5–10%, 2s) from those independently obtained by a standard addition technique on the same solution. The results from reference materials TDB‐1 and GPt‐2 are consistent with the certified values and those determined by HF‐aqua regia digestion, confirming the validity of the method. TDB‐1 (n = 20), GPt‐2 (n = 6), BHVO‐2 (n = 9) and other mafic RMs are homogenous for gold (10–20%, 2s) at the 2 g test portion level; however, sample heterogeneity affects some RMs. Gold and platinum‐group elements also display different extents of sample heterogeneity for different RMs. Given the homogeneity observed for TDB‐1, GPt‐2 and BHOV‐2, they are recommended as well‐suited RMs for inter‐laboratory comparison studies of gold.  相似文献   

Molecular and isotopic fractionation of light hydrocarbons between oil and gas phases     

B. Carpentier  P. Ungerer  I. Kowalewski  C. Magnier  J.P. Courcy  A.Y. Huc 《Organic Geochemistry》1996,24(12):1115-1139

Oil-gas phase equilibria is likely to represent one of the main causes of observed compositional heterogeneities in fields. Our research has been focused mainly on the light C₁₄-hydrocarbons fraction and can be divided into two parts. The first part was performed with a fluid mixture of a Middle East crude oil and a synthetic gas, and includes PVT experiments, high resolution-gas chromatography (HR-GC) and ¹³C gas chromatography-combustion-isotopic ratio mass spectrometry (GC-C-IR-MS) analyses. Our observations show that under a given set of PT conditions there is a preferential separation of aromatics into the oil phase and isoalkanes into the gas phase. Moreover, the data from ¹³C GC-C-IRMS suggest a small isotopic fractionation between the two phases, with the gas being relatively isotopically lighter. The second part is theoretical, and uses Equation of State (EOS) calculations which successfully simulate the previous experiment.  相似文献   

土地利用空间格局的图形信息表达初步研究   总被引：15，自引：1，他引：15  

刘湘南  许红梅 《地理研究》2001,20(6):752-760

土地利用表现为在自然要素和人类活动的综合作用下的一系列异质性的图形。不同的土地利用空间格局的地学形成机制、生态功能、演化方向和对环境的影响各不相同,其空间图形也千差万别。运用景观生态学原理、地理图形信息理论,以位于中国北方农牧交错带的吉林省前郭县作为研究区,在GIS的支持下,归纳、抽象了各主要土地利用类型斑块形状及其描述参数,探讨了土地利用空间格局和空间分布的表达方法(VCM曲线),实现了土地利用空间格局图形的数量化描述和分析。其结果为从图形信息机理的角度研究土地利用格局的地学形成机制及生态功能、时空演化等方面奠定了基础  相似文献   

Historical 1942 Ecuador and 1942 Peru subduction earthquakes and earthquake cycles along Colombia-Ecuador and Peru subduction segments     

Jennifer L Sennson  Susan L. Beck 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》1996,146(1):67-101

Two large shallow earthquakes occurred in 1942 along the South American subduction zone inclose proximity to subducting oceanic ridges: The 14 May event occurred near the subducting Carnegie ridge off the coast of Ecuador, and the 24 August event occurred off the coast of southwestern Peru near the southern flank of the subducting Nazca ridge. Source parameters for these for these two historic events have been determined using long-periodP waveforms,P-wave first motions, intensities and local tsunami data.We have analyzed theP waves for these two earthquakes to constrain the focal mechanism, depth, source complexity and seismic moment. Modeling of theP waveform for both events yields a range of acceptable focal mechanisms and depths, all of which are consistent with underthrusting of the Nazca plate beneath the South American plate. The source time function for the 1942 Ecuador event has one simple pulse of moment release with a duration of 22 suconds, suggesting that most of the moment release occurred near the epicenter. The seismic moment determined from theP waves is 6–8×10²⁰N·m, corresponding ot a moment magnitude of 7.8–7.9. The reported location of the maximum intensities (IX) for this event is south of the main shock epicenter. The relocated aftershcks are in an area that is approximately 200 km by 90 km (elongated parallel to the trench) with the majority of aftershocks north of the epicenter. In contrast, the 1942 Peru event has a much longer duration and higher degree of complexity than the Ecuador earthquake, suggesting a heterogeneous rupture. Seismic moment is released in three distinct pulses over approximately 74 seconds; the largest moment release occurs 32 seconds after rupture initiation. the seismic moment as determined from theP waves for the 1942 Peru event is 10–25×10²⁰N·m, corresponding to a moment magnitude of 7.9–8.2. Aftershock locations reported by the ISS occur over a broad area surrounding the main shock. The reported locations of the maximum intensities (IX) are concentrated south of the epicenter, suggesting that at least part of the rupture was to the south.We have also examined great historic earthquakes along the Colombia-Ecuador and Peru segments of the South American subduction zone. We find that the size and rupture length of the underthrusting earthquakes vary between successive earthquake cycles. This suggests that the segmentation of the plate boundary as defined by earthquakes this century is not constant.  相似文献   

尕斯库勒油田N1—N2^1油藏砂西区Ⅱ油组储层非均质特征评价   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

蒋晓红 《四川地质学报》2003,23(3):160-163

储层非均质特征评价是储层特征研究很重要的一部分内容，储层非均质特征是描述储层的参数变化及非均质特性，非均质性的强弱直接影响着开发方案的设计和实施。本文以尕斯库勒油田N1—N2^1油藏砂西区Ⅱ油组为例，研究储层非均质性特征。用来描述储层非均质性的特征参数主要有：连通系数、重叠系数、夹层厚度、夹层频数以及均值、最大值、最小值、变异系数、级差、非均质系数。  相似文献   

A new surface runoff parameterization with subgrid-scale soil heterogeneity for land surface models   总被引：7，自引：0，他引：7  

Xu Liang  Zhenghui Xie 《Advances in water resources》2001,24(9-10)

Soil heterogeneity plays an important role in determining surface runoff generation mechanisms. At the spatial scales represented by land surface models used in regional climate model and/or global general circulation models (GCMs) for numerical weather prediction and climate studies, both infiltration excess (Horton) and saturation excess (Dunne) runoff may be present within a studied area or a model grid cell. Proper modeling of surface runoff is essential to a reasonable representation of feedbacks in the land–atmosphere system. In this paper, a new surface runoff parameterization that dynamically represents both Horton and Dunne runoff generation mechanisms within a model grid cell is presented. The new parameterization takes into account of effects of soil heterogeneity on Horton and Dunne runoff. A series of numerical experiments are conducted to study the effects of soil heterogeneity on Horton and Dunne runoff and on soil moisture storage under different soil and precipitation conditions. The new parameterization is implemented into the current version of the hydrologically based variable infiltration capacity (VIC) land surface model and tested over three watersheds in Pennsylvania. Results show that the new parameterization plays a very important role in partitioning the water budget between surface runoff and soil moisture in the atmosphere–land coupling system. Significant underestimation of the surface runoff and overestimation of subsurface runoff and soil moisture could be resulted if the Horton runoff mechanism were not taken into account. Also, the results show that the Horton runoff mechanism should be considered within the context of subgrid-scale spatial variability of soil properties and precipitation. An assumption of time-invariant spatial distribution of potential infiltration rate may result in large errors in surface runoff and soil moisture. In addition, the total surface runoff from the new parameterization is less sensitive to the choice of the soil moisture shape parameter of the distribution.  相似文献   

Nd-isotope systematics of ∼2.7 Ga adakites, magnesian andesites, and arc basalts, Superior Province: evidence for shallow crustal recycling at Archean subduction zones     

Ali Polat  Robert Kerrich 《Earth and Planetary Science Letters》2002,202(2):345-360

An association of adakite, magnesian andesite (MA), and Nb-enriched basalt (NEB) volcanic flows, which erupted within ‘normal’ intra-oceanic arc tholeiitic to calc-alkaline basalts, has recently been documented in ∼2.7 Ga Wawa greenstone belts. Large, positive initial ?_Nd values (+1.95 to +2.45) of the adakites signify that their basaltic precursors, with a short crustal residence, were derived from a long-term depleted mantle source. It is likely that the adakites represent the melts of subducted late Archean oceanic crust. Initial ?_Nd values in the MA (+0.14 to +1.68), Nb-enriched basalts and andesites (NEBA) (+1.11 to +2.05), and ‘normal’ intra-oceanic arc tholeiitic to calc-alkaline basalts and andesites (+1.44 to +2.44) overlap with, but extend to lower values than, the adakites. Large, tightly clustered ?_Nd values of the adakites, together with Th/Ce and Ce/Yb systematics of the arc basalts that rule out sediment melting, place the enriched source in the sub-arc mantle. Accordingly, isotopic data for the MA, NEBA, and ‘normal’ arc basalts can be explained by melting of an isotopically heterogeneous sub-arc mantle that had been variably enriched by recycling of continental material into the shallow mantle in late Archean subduction zones up to 200 Ma prior to the 2.7 Ga arc. If the late Archean Wawa adakites, MA, and basalts were generated by similar geodynamic processes as their counterparts in Cenozoic arcs, involving subduction of young and/or hot ocean lithosphere, then it is likely that late Archean oceanic crust, and arc crust, were also created and destroyed by modern plate tectonic-like geodynamic processes. This study suggests that crustal recycling through subduction zone processes played an important role for the generation of heterogeneity in the Archean upper mantle. In addition, the results of this study indicate that the Nd-isotope compositions of Archean arc- and plume-derived volcanic rocks are not very distinct, whereas Phanerozoic plumes and intra-oceanic arcs tend to have different Nd-isotopic compositions.  相似文献   

Numerical models of the evolution of accretionary wedges and fold‐and‐thrust belts using the distinct‐element method     

D. R. Burbidge  J. Braun 《Geophysical Journal International》2002,148(3):542-561

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下地幔侧向不均匀及绝对板块运动对大地水准面的影响     

李金文  管泽霖 《武汉大学学报(信息科学版)》1991,(2)

本文提出并研究了板块上大地水准面受下地幔侧向不均匀性及板块绝对运动的影响而随时间变化的问题。利用已有的下地幔侧向不均匀性模型、板块绝对运动速度模型进行了计算,并分核幔边界不存在起伏和存在起伏两种情况进行了讨论。结果表明,在相当长时间内,其垂直变化绝对幅度可达 200米。确定古大地水准面应考虑这一变化。  相似文献   

Variational principles for surface wave propagation on a laterally heterogeneous Earth—I. Time-domain JWKB theory     

Jeroen Tromp  F. A. Dahlen 《Geophysical Journal International》1992,109(3):581-598

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