Geochemical characteristics of the Yufuin outflow plume, Beppu hydrothermal system, Japan

Thermal water at Yufuin (Kyushu Island, Japan) is tapped through about 820 shallow wells and used mainly for hot-spring bathing purposes. Chemical and isotopic data for fluids from wells and fumaroles in Yufuin and Beppu indicate that the thermal activity at Yufuin represents a dilute, westward-flowing hydrothermal outflow plume from the Beppu hydrothermal system. Two other (eastward-flowing) outflow plumes have long been recognized at Beppu, but the Yufuin outflow plume is first recognized here. The Yufuin outflow plume is apparently a mixture of two end-member fluids: (1) deep high-temperature (250–300°C) fluid from the Beppu system having high chloride concentration (1400–1600 mg/L) and a δ¹⁸O value near −6.0%, and (2) meteoric water having low chloride concentration (≤7 mg/L) and a δ¹⁸O value near −9.2%.A permeable conduit for the vertical and lateral transport of deep fluid from the Beppu system is provided by the Yufuin Fault zone, which extends westward from the southern flank of Mt. Tsurumi volcano to the town of Yufuin. Stable isotope ratios and chloride concentrations for shallow groundwaters near the eastern end of the fault, at an elevation near 700 m, are consistent with those required for the low-chloride meteoric end-member of the Yufuin thermal waters. Recharge of this meteoric water, as well as mixing with the Beppu deep fluid, may occur along the Yufuin Fault. Enthalpy-chloride relations indicate additional conductive heating of the Yufuin waters, in the amount of 350–500 kJ/kg beyond that which can be accounted for by mixing between Beppu deep fluid and meteoric water. This could be a result of conductive heating with convection to a depth of 1–2 km. Estimates of the magnitude of the heat source for the Beppu hydrothermal system should take into account the heat being discharged at Yufuin.     

新疆三塘湖盆地侏罗系煤有机地球化学特征

有机地球化学和有机岩石学研究结果表明，新疆三塘湖盆地侏罗系煤中富集孢子体和角质体（３．０％～６．０％，全岩体积百分比），对煤中氯仿沥青“Ａ”组成中较高的总烃馏分（３０％～５０％）和饱芳比（０．６～３．０）产生了影响。煤的聚集环境是影响煤的显微组分组成及生油特性的关键因素。三塘湖盆地侏罗系煤属于“晚生晚排”叠加有“早生早排”类型的烃源岩。     

Geochemical approach to the Bou Hadjar hydrothermal system (NE Algeria)

The Bou Hadjar low-temperature hydrothermal system is located in northeast Algeria. The four main thermal springs that are the subject of the study emerge ith temperatures between 32 and 60°C from allochthonous formations. The reservoir temperature has been estimated from chemical compositions by utilizing simultaneously the silica, gas and sulfate-water oxygen isotope geothermometers, fluid-mineral equilibrium calculations, and a mixing model. According to these thermometric methods, the most probable subsurface temperature is in the range 75–106°C. The mixing model suggests a temperature of 125°C for the parent water.     

Accumulation and Mixing of Oils in Jinghu Sag of Subei Basin： Constraints from Thermal Maturity Parameters

Oils in Jinghu sag are abundant with high content of polar compounds and have a low ratio of saturate to aromatic hydrocarbons and a high ratio of resin to asphaltene. The gross composition of oils in the Jinghu sag suggests typical immature to low mature characteristics. Some compounds with low thermal stability were identified. Light hydrocarbons, a carbon preference index, an odd even index, n-alkane and hopane maturity parameters show mature features and little differences in the maturity level among oils. Sterane isomerization parameters indicate an immature to low mature status of oil. Transfer of the sedimentary center during sedimentation has led to different thermal histories among subsags and thus generated oils with different maturities. On the basis of source analyses, four migration and accumulation patterns with different maturity can be classified. Combined with available information on mergers of source, reservoir and long distance oil lateral migration, mixing conditions were present in the Jinghu sag. Experimental results indicate that maturity variations are caused by mixtures of hydrocarbons with different maturity.     

Trace element geochemistry of the Obed Mountain deposit coals, Alberta, Canada

This study reports on the elemental concentrations and vertical variation of coal seams from the Obed Mountain deposit, Alberta Foothills, Canada. Results from two sections of Seam 1 show that the major elements (i.e. Al, Fe, Mg, K, Na, Ti, and Si) have high concentrations in intervals having high ash content, with the only exception of Ca. Similarities are apparent, in both sections, in the vertical variations of Th, U, Se, and Zn; Rb, Cs, and K; Sb, Mo, and W; Mn and Sr; and Ba, Cr, Co, Hf, and Sc. These similarities are also evident among the REEs, notably between Ce and La; also between Dy, Eu, and Sm. Most elements, with the exception of Ba and Sr are slightly more concentrated in Section 2 of Seam 1, located approximately 1.5Fig. km away from Section 1. Compared to Seam 1, Seam 2 has lower mean concentrations of elements. Boron in the coal ranges from 27 to 100 ppmw, though most values are less than 50 ppmw. Boron concentrations suggest a freshwater depositional environment. The element is depleted in the sedimentary partings (12–29 ppmw only) and is enriched in the coal interval near the roof and immediately beneath the partings. This enrichment shows possible downward mobilization of boron. Vertical variations of elements are helpful in delineating the boundaries between coal and sedimentary partings in the succession. The Obed Mountain coals are “clean” by world standards and their elemental concentrations are comparable with those in coals of a lower rank from the same coal formation used for power generation in Alberta. All sedimentary partings have low concentrations of Ba, Hf, Sc, Sr, Ta, Th, U, and REEs; this, along with the absence of an Eu negative anomaly suggests a non-volcanic origin for the partings.     

阜阳市东南部土壤地球化学特征及土壤质量评价

通过1∶250 000多目标区域地球化学调查、采样和化验,获得了阜阳市东南部地区表层、深层土壤中22项指标的土壤地球化学背景值、基准值等数据,研究其分布特征,并依据相应规范进行土壤质量评价。结果显示,与邻区(淮北-亳州)土壤基准值相比,N、Mn、I、Cr等8种元素(指标)土壤基准值略高,而P、MgO、S、Cd等8种元素(指标)则低于邻区;N、Corg和Mn土壤背景值高于邻区的土壤背景值;而P、CaO、MgO、S等8种元素(指标)土壤背景值低于邻区。土壤养分主要处于中等水平、土壤环境质量以清洁为主,仅存在少量轻微污染土壤,影响土壤环境的地球化学指标主要为Cd。区内土壤质量综合评价以优质等级为主,约占研究区总面积的76.33%;其次为良好等级,占研究区总面积的23.67%,就此提出了土地资源分质利用的建议。     

乐红铅锌矿床综合找矿模型的建立及重要性

通过对云南乐红铅锌矿已知矿床的地质、地球物理、地球化学特征的研究,构建了地质—地球物理—地球化学的综合找矿模型。该模型的建立,对Pb、Zn金属成矿带预测、地球物理、地球化学异常评价及解释具有重要的意义,并能较好地指导区域找矿及勘查工作。     

MAPGIS二次开发在化探元素异常提取中的应用

地球化学元素的异常下限值确定在矿产勘查中非常重要,本文在MAPGIS二次开发的基础之上采用非线性算法分形含量面积来圈定地球化学元素异常,可以使地球化学空间信息数据和图形进行快捷地转换。其中,通过分形含量面积来确定的异常下限与传统方法对比,得到的异常下限值更加精确。同时,通过MAPGIS二次开发使地球化学元素异常圈定更加自动化和智能化。本文以湖北省铜绿山铜铁矿为例,取得了较好的效果。     

Metric concepts and implications in describing compositional changes for world river's water chemistry

The paper is designed to give the reader an outline that is useful for understanding the importance of distance, as a metric concept, and its implications when compositional (geochemical) data are managed from a statistical point of view in a given sample space. Application examples are shown by considering the construction of confidence regions and mixing models. The analyzed data are related to the chemistry of the most important rivers of the world as referring to the GEMS/WATER Global Register of River Inputs when each sample (river) is represented as a composition. A compositional vector of d parts, x=[x₁,x₂,…,x_d], is defined as a vector in which the only relevant information is contained in the ratios between its components. All the components of the vector are assumed positive and are called parts (variables), while the whole compositional vector, with the sum of the parts equal to a constant, represents the composition. In this case data are not represented by variables free to vary from −∞ to +∞ within a Euclidean space but occupy a restricted part of it called the simplex. The d-part simplex, S^d, is a subset of a d-dimensional real space. In this context the metric of the R space, with the definition of basic algebraic operations and of inner product, norm and distance, thus giving an Euclidean vector space structure, cannot be applied since the scale is relative and not absolute.     

Trace and Rare Earth Element Geochemistry of Micrite Mound Carbonates and Other Related REE Mineralized Carbonates from Bayan Obo Area in Inner Mongolia

Whatismicritemound?Itisthegeological body,whichismadefrommicro carbonate,micro andothersubstancesformedataspecificenviron ment,whoseshapeislikesmallhill[1,2].However, itcannotbefoundinthepre Cambriansedimentary rocksduetotheverystrongalterationduringthe…