Magnetic remanence in the Murchison meteorite     

Gunther KLETETSCHKA  Tomas KOHOUT  Peter J. WASILEWSKI 《Meteoritics & planetary science》2003,38(3):399-405

Abstract— The Murchison meteorite is a carbonaceous chondrite containing a small amount of chondrules, various inclusions, and matrix with occasional porphyroblasts of olivine and/or pyroxene. It also contains amino acids that may have served as the necessary components for the origin of life. Magnetic analyses of Murchison identify an ultrasoft magnetic component due to superparamagnetism as a significant part of the magnetic remanence. The rest of the remanence may be due to electric discharge in the form of lightning bolts that may have formed the amino acids. The level of magnetic remanence does not support this possibility and points to a minimum ambient field of the remanence acquisition. We support our observation by showing that normalized mineral magnetic acquisition properties establish a calibration curve suitable for rough paleofield determination. When using this approach, 1–2% of the natural remanence left in terrestrial rocks with TRM and/or CRM determines the geomagnetic field intensity irrespective of grain size or type of magnetic mineral (with the exception of hematite). The same method is applied to the Murchison meteorite where the measured meteorite remanence determines the paleofield minimum intensity of 200–2000 nT during and/or after the formation of the parent body.  相似文献   

Image analysis applied to quantitative evaluation of chromatic impact generated by open-pit quarries and mines     

Victor Pinto  Xavier Font  Miquel Salgot  Jose Tapias  Tomas Mañá 《Environmental Geology》2002,41(5):495-503

One of the most important environmental impacts resulting from opencast mining, and especially quarries, is the visual impact. Evaluation of this impact considers two aspects: first, the area occupied by the quarry as seen by an observer from a specific place, and, second, the chromatic contrast existing between landscape and exploitation. In this study we develop a methodology to assess the chromatic impact in an objective and comparable form. To assess this impact we developed a method based on image analysis that allows us to obtain from a picture or image its equivalent as a function of chromatic impact, according to the sensibility of the human eye to different wavelengths. The methodology was applied to the Martinenca limestone quarry (Alcanar, Tarragona) and to Cerro Kori Kollo mine, La Joya district (Bolivia).  相似文献   

Advances in lithium analysis in solids by means of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy: an exploratory study     

Cécile Fabre  Marie-Christine BoironJean Dubessy  Aliouka ChabironBernard Charoy  Tomas Martin Crespo 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》2002,66(8):1401-1407

Lithium is an important geochemical tracer for fluids or solids. However, because the electron microprobe cannot detect Li, variations of Li abundance at the micrometric scale are most often estimated from bulk analyses. In this study, the Li intense emission line at 670.706 nm in optical emission spectroscopy was used to perfect the analysis of Li at the micrometric scale by means of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS). To estimate lithium content for different geological materials, LIBS calibration of the emission line at 670.706 nm was achieved by use of synthetic glasses and natural minerals. The detection limit for this method is ∼5 ppm Li. Three applications to geological materials show the potential of LIBS for lithium determination, namely for Li-bearing minerals, melt inclusions, quartz, and associated fluid inclusions.For spodumene and petalite from granite pegmatite dikes (Portugal), the Li₂O concentrations are 7.6 ± 1.6 wt% and 6.3 ± 1.3 wt%, respectively, by use of LIBS. These values agree with ion microprobe analyses, bulk analyses, or both. For eucryptite crystals, the Li concentrations are scattered because grain size is smaller than the LIBS spatial resolution (6 to 8 μm). Lithium concentrations of melt inclusions from the Streltsovka U deposit (Siberia) are in the range of 2 to 6.2 wt% (Li₂O) for Li-rich daughter minerals. Lithium estimations on silicate glasses display values between 90 and 400 ppm.Lithium was also analyzed as a trace element in quartz. Transverse profiles were performed in hydrothermal barren quartz veins from the Spanish Central System (Sierra de Guadarrama). The highest Li concentrations (250 to 370 ppm) were found in specific growth bands in conjunction with the observed variation in optical cathodoluminescence intensity. Considering the fluid inclusion analysis, the source of fluid responsible to the Li enrichment in quartz is probably high-salinity fluids derived from sedimentary basins.  相似文献   

Aquatic chemistry: 3rd ed. by W. Stumm and J. J. Morgan. A Wiley-Interscience Publication, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1996, xvi + 1022p., US $29.95 (ISBN 0-471-51184-6)     

Tomas Pa?es 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1996,60(24):5158-5159

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Geochemical characteristics of the Gacka River karstic springs (Dinaric karst,Croatia) with macroinvertebrate assemblages overview     

Natalija Matić  Krešimir Maldini  Damir Tomas  Renata Ćuk  Simana Milović  Igor Miklavčić  Siniša Širac 《Environmental Earth Sciences》2016,75(19):1308

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An autochthonous Avalonian basement source for the latest Ordovician Brenton Pluton in the Meguma terrane of Nova Scotia: U–Pb–Hf isotopic constraints and paleogeographic implications     

Duncan Keppie  J.  Gregory Shellnutt  J.  Dostal  Jaroslav  Fraser Keppie  D. 《International Journal of Earth Sciences》2018,107(3):955-969

International Journal of Earth Sciences - The Ediacaran–Ordovician Meguma Supergroup was thrust over Avalonia basement prior to the intrusion of post-Acadian, ca. 370 Ma, S-type...  相似文献   

Geochemistry of basic dikes in the Lanzo massif (Western Alps): Petrogenetic and geodynamic implications     

J.L. Bodinier  M. Guiraud  C. Dupuy  J. Dostal 《Tectonophysics》1986,128(1-2)

The Alpine peridotite massif of Lanzo (Italy) contains three generations of basic dikes (gabbros and basalts). The older gabbros are plagioclase-rich mantle segregates while the younger gabbro dikes are cumulates very similar in chemical composition to recent oceanic gabbros and gabbros from ophiolitic complexes. They both were derived from the N-type mid-ocean ridge basalt (MORB) magmas which were progressively more depleted in incompatible elements and were probably generated during a dynamic melting of a rising mantle diapir. The basaltic dikes are the N-type MORB and closely resemble the Alpine-Apennine ophiolitic basalts. They were derived from a different upper mantle source than the parental magmas of the gabbros. The source of the basalts was less depleted in light REE. The presence of basic magmas with N-type MORB affinities in the Lanzo massif is consistent with the close genetic relationship between the Alpine peridotite body and the ophiolites of the Liguro-Piemontese basin.  相似文献   

Geochemistry of the Adamello massif (northern Italy)   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

C. Dupuy  J. Dostal  M. Fratta 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》1982,80(1):41-48

The Tertiary Adamello massif, outcropping over an area of more than 550 km² in the southern Alps (northern Italy) is composed mainly of granitoid rocks (granodiorite, tonalite, quartz diorite) with minor amounts of diorite and gabbro. The major and trace element composition of these rocks is comparable to calc-alkaline volcanic rocks of continental margins. The granitoid rocks display spatial and temporal variations in their composition, particularly in Na, P, Sr, La, Nb and Y contents and ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios. The variations were probably produced by concurrent contamination/wall-rock assimilation and fractional crystallization of high-alumina basaltic magma.  相似文献   

Uranium and thorium in paleozoic basalts of Nova Scotia (Canada)     

C. Dupuy  J. Dostal 《Bulletin of Volcanology》1983,46(2):125-133

In the Paleozoic basalts of Nova Scotia (Canada) metamorphosed to a greenschist facies grade, U and Th are closely associated with immobile elements (e.g. Zr and Nb). The coherence of these elements with K, typical of igneous rocks is, however, absent, U and Th are apparently not affected by greenschist facies metamorphism as are alkali and alkali earth elements and their variation thus reflects primary magmatic processes. It seems that during the early stages of metamorphism, U and Th were retained together with several other incompatible elements (Zr, Nb, La and Ce) in stable secondary phases or alternatively these elements may be held in primary accessory minerals such as zircon and apatite.  相似文献   

Transient Soil Vapor Extraction from a Pressure-Controlled Well     

Tomas Perina  Tien-Chang Lee 《Ground Water Monitoring & Remediation》2007,27(1):47-55

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