中国东南沿海金、银矿床区域成矿规律

中国东南沿海的金、银(银铅锌)矿床平行东海岸线分带,东带以银矿化为主,西带以金矿化为主。金、银矿床(点)明显地受断裂构造和火山构造所控制,矿床类型主要有变质热液型、火山(含次火山)热液型、地热水溶滤型和岩浆—热液型。成矿物质是多来源的,主要来自前寒武纪基底变质岩系或古大陆壳。成矿水介质除变质热液型金矿床以变质水为主外,其他类型矿床大气降水起着重要作用。在此认识的基础上,探讨区域金、银矿床的成矿作用,提出成矿作用图式。     

HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF RIME ICE DEPOSITS IN THE COLORADO ROCKIES1

ABSTRACT Observations and measurements were made during storm periods at mountain top sites in the Colorado Rockies during the winter of 1981-1982. On average, liquid clouds occurred with and without snowfall for, respectively, 75 percent and 15 percent of the observations. On average, the rime ice deposition rates were measured to be seven times the precipitation rates. The rime deposits were estimated to contribute 10 percent to the water content of the snowpack. Combining this figure with the estimated rime deposits on falling snow crystals (up to 50 percent by mass), up to 60 percent of the water content of the annual snowpack in the mountains near Steamboat Springs, Colorado, could be due to rime ice deposits.     

淮北地区矽卡岩型铁铜矿床控矿条件分析与成矿模式

淮北地区位于安徽省北部,是重要金属成矿区之一.地质构造单元归属华北陆块,其矽卡岩型矿床的控矿条件和成矿模式既与华北地区邯邢式接触交代型铁矿床相似而又有区别.邯邢式铁矿主要围岩地层为奥陶系,矿石成分简单,以磁铁矿为主.淮北地区部分矿床具有这一特征,而另一部分矿床的特征与此有较大差异:围岩地层为寒武系,矿石成分复杂,以铁铜矿为主,并含有金、钼等其它有益元素,岩体分叉侵入,多层成矿,矿体产于燕山中期石英二长闪长玢岩与寒武系中上统内接触带及正接触带,镁质矽卡岩较发育,含铜矽卡岩可见于外接触带.为了与邯邢式铁矿区别,称其为前常式铁铜矿.本区矽卡岩型矿床的赋矿层位为中上寒武统-下奥陶统.其中,寒武系铁矿比例43.39%、铜矿比例92.67%、金矿比例100%,奥陶系铁矿比例56.61%、铜矿比例7.33%.本文在介绍地质背景的基础上、较系统地分析了控矿条件和成矿模式,提出了岩浆侵入活动中心(或活动带)与寒武系接触带为重点找矿方向的观点,并明确指出远离侵入中心(带)的岩床,其成矿性差.文中还介绍了覆盖区识别岩浆侵入活动中心(或活动带)的方法.     

湖南澧阳平原黑褐色土的稀土元素地球化学特征及其环境意义

通过对澧阳平原大量的野外考察、典型剖面玉成(YC)黑褐色土壤剖面的系统取样和室内粒度、稀土元素地球化学分析,以及OSL和AMS14C年代测定,探讨了黑褐色土的稀土地球化学特征,揭示了黑褐色土的形成年代、形成过程与形成环境.研究结果表明,黑褐色土层XREE变化范围分布在184.63-264.261μg·g-1,其平均值为207.93μg·g-1;低于剖面的∑REE总平均值219.87Pμg·g-1,与洞庭盆地的红土∑REE平均值(211.6μg·g-1)大体相当,但明显高于镇江下蜀黄土(207.7μg·g-1)和黄土高原黄土(159.2μg·g-1),表明YC剖面黑褐色土上经过了相对较强的风化成壤作用.YC剖面黑褐色土的稀土分布模式与该剖面黄土层、黄土高原黄土、镇江下蜀黄土和洞庭盆地风成红土等典型风成沉积物的分布模式具有一致性,而与河流沉积物、湖泊沉积物和基岩风化红土在稀土的分布模式上具有明显差别.而且,YC剖面沉积物粒度频率曲线呈明显的单峰分布,与典型河流相的双峰粒度频率分布存在显著差异;YC剖面位于澧阳平原中部台地上,比周边高5-10m,不可能是洪水作用沉积物;野外调查进一步表明,沉积物无水流作用痕迹;OSL和AMS14C年代测定表明,黑褐色土层形成的年代对应于23.8-10.6 ka BP,此年代对应于末次冰期的晚期,其形成于相对冷湿的气候环境.因此,黑褐色土层及其上、下部的黄土层均为风成堆积物.     

Lead in particulate deposits and in leaves of roadside plants, Karachi, Pakistan

Lead concentrations were determined for particulates which were deposited during one year on the leaves of roadside plants in Karachi. The particulates were collected from the leaves at a height of one metre. The lead accumulated by the leaves of different species was also measured. A statistically significant correlation was found between the number of passing petrol driven vehicles and the lead concentration in the deposits at different designated sites. However, no significant correlation was found between the concentration in the deposits and the lead accumulated by the leaves. A lead concentration of 30.00±6.6 ppm was recorded as the highest concentration in the particulate deposits, while maximum lead accumulated by the leaves was noted as 3.12±1.09 ppm.     

Self-enforcing environmental agreements and trade in fossil energy deposits

The literature on self-enforcing environmental agreements (SIEAs) focuses on de- mand-side emission-reduction policies. To our knowledge, Harstad (2012) is the only study on SIEAs, in which countries purchase fossil-energy deposits to prevent their exploitation. He finds that for any coalition size there exists a (small) subset of parameters, different for each size, such that the coalition of that size is stable. However, the comparison of Harstad's results with the prevailing demand-side SIEA analyses is hampered by major differences in the structure of the respective game models. This paper develops a game model with a deposit market and deposit purchases for preservation that is in line with some demand-side SIEA literature. It turns out that either no coalition is stable or the grand coalition is the only stable coalition. We compare the outcome of our model not only with Harstad's model but also with Eichner and Pethig's (2015) model of the formation of SIEAs in which climate policy takes the form of (demand-side) emissions taxes.     

Sources and Sinks of Phosphorus for a Perturbed Stream and the Effects of Mineral Deposits1

Effler, Steven W., Anthony R. Prestigiacomo, David A. Matthews, and Feng Peng, 2012. Sources and Sinks of Phosphorus for a Perturbed Stream and the Effects of Mineral Deposits. Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA) 48(2): 321‐335. DOI: 10.1111/j.1752‐1688.2011.00617.x Abstract: Patterns of concentrations and loading rates of multiple forms of phosphorus (P) are resolved and analyzed along Ninemile Creek, New York, a stream perturbed by a domestic waste discharge and residual effects of a closed industry. This analysis is based on biweekly monitoring of total, dissolved, and soluble reactive P (SRP) for 19 months at four sites that bracket each of these effects, and 15 years of biweekly measurements at the two sites that bound industrial deposits. The minerogenic particle populations of the stream and the surficial sediments along the reach with extensive CaCO₃ and clay mineral deposits are characterized with an individual particle analysis technique. Mass balance analyses depict: (1) increasing nonpoint inputs of particulate and dissolved organic P along the stream length; (2) input of P from a domestic waste facility, almost entirely in the form of SRP; and (3) a compensating downstream loss of SRP over the reach with the extensive industrial deposits of CaCO₃. The downstream sink process for SRP is attributed to sorption processes with minerogenic deposits. The domestic waste‐based source and the compensating industrial waste‐based sink are noteworthy fluxes relative to other prevailing loads received by downstream Onondaga Lake, for which a major rehabilitation program targeting cultural eutrophication is underway. The P source/sink conditions of this stream are considered in the context of this rehabilitation program.     

Geochemical Associations of Sellafield-Derived Radionuclides in Saltmarsh Deposits of the Solway Firth

This paper describes a study of the geochemical associations of Sellafield waste radionuclides in saltmarsh sediments from south-west s]Scotland. The contaminant radionuclides are transported to this environment in association with particulate material and ¹³⁷Cs was found to be predominantly (80-98%) non-extractable. In the case of ^239+240Pu there was a redistribution from the oxalate extractable oxide fraction to the pyrophosphate extractable organic fraction as a consequence of on-shore transfer of contaminated sediment. The relatively aggressive nature of the chemical extractants required to remove the radionuclides from the sediments suggests that they were in a form which was unlikely to result in their being released into the aquatic environment or taken up by plants. Plutonium had a greater potential mobility or bioavailability than Cs. Values of K^D for the desorption of ¹³⁷Cs from the sediment by freshwater, groundwater and seawater were all approximately 10⁵ L kg^-1, confirming its immobility in this environment. The desorption K_D values for stable ¹³³Cs were all approximately 10⁶ L kg^-1, so the stable Cs did not have a significant influence on the radiocaesium in this sediment.     

Landfill mining: a critical review of two decades of research

Landfills have historically been seen as the ultimate solution for storing waste at minimum cost. It is now a well-known fact that such deposits have related implications such as long-term methane emissions, local pollution concerns, settling issues and limitations on urban development. Landfill mining has been suggested as a strategy to address such problems, and in principle means the excavation, processing, treatment and/or recycling of deposited materials. This study involves a literature review on landfill mining covering a meta-analysis of the main trends, objectives, topics and findings in 39 research papers published during the period 1988-2008. The results show that, so far, landfill mining has primarily been seen as a way to solve traditional management issues related to landfills such as lack of landfill space and local pollution concerns. Although most initiatives have involved some recovery of deposited resources, mainly cover soil and in some cases waste fuel, recycling efforts have often been largely secondary. Typically, simple soil excavation and screening equipment have therefore been applied, often demonstrating moderate performance in obtaining marketable recyclables. Several worldwide changes and recent research findings indicate the emergence of a new perspective on landfills as reservoirs for resource extraction. Although the potential of this approach appears significant, it is argued that facilitating implementation involves a number of research challenges in terms of technology innovation, clarifying the conditions for realization and developing standardized frameworks for evaluating economic and environmental performance from a systems perspective. In order to address these challenges, a combination of applied and theoretical research is required.     

A critical review of hydrological data collection for assessing preservation risk for urban waterlogged archaeology: A case study from the City of York, UK

Environmental change caused by urban development, possibly augmented by climate change, may result in accelerated decay of in situ archaeological resources. Damage may be related to changes in hydrological processes. Such archaeological resources have to be considered in environmental planning. In this paper we highlight the need for improved hydrological data from urban archaeological sites using the case study of the City of York, UK, arguably one of the most well studied and well preserved urban archaeological environments globally. We suggest that the quality of hydrological data collected during routine surveys and experimental work must be improved and standardised in order for us to produce reliable archaeological risk models for urban sites.