The magnetic properties of Serbian loess and its environmental significance

This paper reports a loess-paleosol sequence located in the Danube River basin,Serbia,which formed at least since the latest part of the early Pleistocene,and before the paleomagnetic B/M boundary.Various magnetic parameters of the Serbian V-L1-V-S4 loess-paleosol sequence have been measured and analyzed in the Titel Loess Plateau.These parameters show a very similar magnetic behavior compared with that of the Chinese loess.There is a general positive relationship between magnetic susceptibility() and pedogenesis.The main contributors to are the magnetic grains of SP(superparamagnetic) and SD(single domain) magnetic domains,while MD(multi domain) contributes only a small percentage.The difference in between loess and paleosol mainly is caused by pedogenesis.The very fine magnetic minerals increase gradually with increasing soil development(from loess to soil),and they lead to higher.The thermomagnetic curves show thatmagnetic minerals in the loess layers are magnetite and maghemite,both providing a major contribution to.In contrast the paleosol layers mainly are composed of magnetite,with almost no or a very small amount of maghemite,as implied by a reversible thermomagnetic behavior.This indicates that pedogenic conditions during V-S3 and V-S4 strong soil development have resulted in maghemite that is no longer stable,and has been resolved or converted to other stable phase minerals.This likely indicates that soil moisture during V-S3 and V-S4 development exceeded a critical condition of maghemite stability.     

Magnetic characteristics and its environmental implications of core YSJD-86GC sediments from the southern South China Sea

Sediments of core YSJD-86GC （referred to as 86GC） collected from the southern South China Sea were selected for environmental magnetic studies. Combined with the published chronological framework, sediment magnetic properties were revealed for the study area since the MIS3 stage. The rock magnetic results indicate that low-coercivity magnetite is the main magnetic mineral within the sediments. Also, a certain amounts of hematite are present. The King plot and Day plot, which reflect the magnetic particle size, show that fine-grained pseudo-sin- gle-domain phase magnetic particles dominate the magnetic minerals in the sediments. Comparison of magnetic parameters and geochemical indicators show that magnetic properties of core 86GC sediments reflect a terrigenous input. Simultaneously, magnetic characteristics of the stud- ied sediment are influenced by the quantity of terrigenous sediment input, oxidation-reduction conditions of the provenance area, and the transportation environment and distance. Sea level fluctuation caused by global climate change was the main factor for variation in concentration of magnetic minerals and magnetic particle size of thestudied core sediments. Thus, variation of sediment magnetic properties in the study area can be used as an indirect indicator of sea level fluctuation.     

Susceptibility variations of multiple origins of loess from the Ily Basin (NW China)

The magnetic susceptibility of loess from the Ily Basin,northwestern China shows maximum values in S0 paleosols but minimum values in other paleosols,the mechanism of which has been well debated.In this work,systematic magnetic measurements were made on a representative section from Neleke county.The results show that the loess horizons(L1,L2 and L3) have multi-domain magnetite grains of aeolian origin,S0 is characterized by production of pedogenetic ultrafine-grained ferrimagnetic minerals,and the other paleosols(S1,S2,and S3) are characterized by the formation of nonferrimagnetic minerals associated with waterlogging.The correlation between the low concentration of ferrimagnets,high paramagnetic content,high magnetic coercivity remanence,fine ferrimagnetic grain size and intensified pedogenesis suggest two competing processes of pedogenetic enhancement and pedogenetic depletion in the lower paleosols.Pedogenetic depletion dominates and is responsible for the low susceptibility.Changes in magnetic grain size distribution occur during pedogenetic depletion.The susceptibility variations are of multiple origins in the loess of the Ily Basin.Pedogenetic enhancement,pedogenetic depletion,and allochthonous input of magnetic minerals should all be taken into account to explain the variations of magnetic parameters.     

Mechanism of variations in environmental magnetic proxies of lake sediments from Nam Co, Tibet during the Holocene

High-resolution environmental records from the Tibetan Plateau are essential to understand past global climatic and environmental changes. Magnetic minerals in lake sediments are important proxies to reconstruct environmental and climatic changes. Nam Co (lake) is a typical great lake in the transitional region of southwest monsoon in the Tibetan Plateau. Previous studies have extensively focused on geochemistry, microfossils, sedimentology and biochemistry analysis of Nam Co, which provides sound interpretation of paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental changes. However, up to now, no systematic environmental magnetic studies have been carried out. Therefore, high-resolution and systematic magnetic studies combined with geochemical parameters were carried on lake sediments of core NC 08/01 from Nam Co for the Holocene period (11.3 cal ka BP) in order to explore how magnetic properties of the sediments respond to climatic changes. Based on variations of magnetic proxies, the sequence can be separated into 3 units. Unit 1 (236-199 cm, 11.3-7.8 cal ka BP) contains dominantly coarse-grained magnetite with homogeneous grain size. A positive correlation between magnetite and Ti strongly suggests that these coarse-grained detrital magnetites reflect detrital input signals due to insignificant effects of postdepositional dissolution processes on these coarse-grained magnetite particles. For Unit 2 (198-102 cm, 7.8-2.1 cal ka BP), magnetic grain size is finer and the corresponding concentration of magnetite is also reduced. This is mainly due to significant dissolution of these fine-grained detrital magnetite particles, which were transported under reduced water flow conditions during this period. For Unit 3 (101-0 cm, 2.1-0 cal ka BP), the bulk magnetic properties are dominated by a mixture of single domain biogenic magnetite and detrital magnetite. The concentration of magnetic minerals is not correlated with the Ti content. In conclusion, the preservation of magnetic minerals in the lake sediment and thus the corresponding magnetic properties are related to the initial grain size. Combination of magnetic properties (including variation of grain size and concentration) and other proxies of detrital inputs (e.g. Ti) can be used to infer the variation of redox conditions in Nam Co. These results provide a viable framework for reconstructing the paleoenvironmental changes of this lake.     

金属粒子/绝缘体系的力学性质(续)

Figure 1　Effective dielectric constant of a sim ple tetragonal lattice with spacing d in the Z direction and w in the X and Y direction as a f unction of spacing/radius(d/R) at constant volume fraction (f).Full circ les indi cate the result of dipole approximation and open circles are from the extended R ayleigh identity. 　　Figure 2　Calculated stress,in units of Pascal,plotted as a func tion of strain i.e.,the title angle θ as defined in the inset.The parameters us ed in the calculation are εp/εf=5.0,E=2.0 kV/mm,f=0.2,and RM/R=0.985. 　　Figure 3　Shear modulus G vs applied electric field E0 .Solid l ine indicates the shear modulus of the new ideal ER system and the dashed line s hows that of the traditional one (RM=0). 　　Figure 4　Shear modulus G divided by εf vs ε p/εf for v arious thickness of dielectric coating,RM/R=0.985(open circles) and RM /R=0.955(full circles).     

Environmental magnetism and paleoclimatic interpretation of the Sanmenxia loess-paleosol sequence in the southeastern extremity of the Chinese Loess Plateau

This is a report of multi-parameter mineral magnetic results of the Sanmenxia loess-pa-leosol couplets in the SE extremity of the Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP) over the interval of L1- L13 spanning the last 1 Ma. These results show that mass-specific magnetic susceptibility (X), XARM and SIRM and their ratios exhibit parallel stratigraphic variations. Since superparamagnetic (SP) particles have significant contribution to X but no contribution to remanence, e.g., ARM and SIRM, the strong linear correlations between X and remanence (e.g., ARM and SIRM) suggest that the pedogenesis-produced magnetic grains are predominantly in small single domain range. Consequently, the significant contribution of SP particles to the bulk X as supposed in previous studies has been obviously overestimated. XARM/X data in Sanmenxia and median grain size records of typical loess sections from the hinterland of the CLP display a strong resemblance, implying that XARM/X may be regarded as a reliable indicator for monitoring the variations of ferrimagnetic grain sizes. The results of S-ratio and HIRM ((SIRM IRM-0.3T)/2) measurements indicate that there is significant enhancement of both soft magnetite/maghemite and hard hematite/goethite in paleosols associated with pedogenesis.     

Magnetic properties of street dust and topsoil in Beijing and its environmental implications

Environmental magnetic measurements were carried out on the sanrhples of street dust and topsoil, which were collected along the roadway in the urban and suburb of Beijing, including magnetic susceptibility （X）, anhysteretic remanent magnetization （ARM）, isothermal remanent magnetization （IRM） of all samples and temperature-dependence of magnetic susceptibilities and magnetic hysteresis parameters of representative samples. Obvious differences exist between the samples of street dust and those of topsoil. Compared with topsoil samples, the concentration of magnetic particles and high-coercivity components in street dust samples are higher, and the magnetic grains are coarser. Both dust and topsoil samples are dominated by ferrimagnetic minerals, and iron particles are only detected in some dust samples. These results suggest that street dust samples reflect the characteris- tic of particles produced by industrial and traffic activities, and the magnetic property of topsoil sam- ples represents the characteristic of particles from both anthropogenic and natural sources. The distribution of magnetic parameters is influenced by the environment where the samples are collected, like industry, traffic density and other road conditions. Hard isothermal remanent magnetization （HIRM） may be used as an indicator of particles produced by traffic activity. Dust storm samples collected on 17 and 18 April, 2006 have different magnetic properties from street dust and natural particles, like loess and paleosol, which indicate that the dust storm might be mixed with anthropogenic particulates during transport and falling.     

Magnetic properties of surface soils across the southern Tarim Basin and their relationship with climate and source materials

The magnetic susceptibility (χ) of surface soils on the Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP) has strong positive correlation with mean annual precipitation.It is widely accepted that ultrafine magnetite/maghemite grains produced during pedogenesis are responsible for the enhancement of χ,and loess χ on the CLP has been widely used as a proxy for the intensity of the East Asian summer monsoon.However,few works have investigated mechanisms for the enhancement of χ in the case of surface aeolian sediments in westerly-dominated inland China,north of the Tibetan Plateau.Here detailed rock magnetism and grain size studies of 49 surface samples taken across the southern Tarim Basin for different rainfall/temperature/altitude conditions are presented.The results show that samples taken from desert have the lowest χ values and that χ of loessic sand and loess samples decreases with increasing altitude.In addition,the rock magnetism studies suggest that the magnetic properties of surface soils across the southern Tarim Basin are mainly controlled by the concentration of coarse aeolian ferrimagnetic minerals.The contribution of ultrafine pedogenically produced magnetic grains to χ is very limited.     

Ferroelectric polarization,domains structures and magnetic property of Y1-xInxMnO3

The vortex domains, structural properties and ferroelectric polarization in Y1-xInxMn O3 with 0 B x B 0.6have been extensively investigated in well-characterized samples. X-ray diffraction measurements demonstrated that the lattice parameters change continuously following the substitution of In for Y. Measurements of magnetic susceptibilities revealed that In substitution could visibly affect the magnetic transition and low-temperature magnetic properties. Transmission electron microscopy study showed that In substitution could result in notable decrease of the size of ferroelectric vortex domains. Cs-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy observations and our careful analysis on atomic-poling configurations demonstrate that the ferroelectric polarizations of Y1-xInxMn O3 are suppressed with the increase of In content.     

Effect of desliming on the magnetic separation of low-grade ferruginous manganese ore

In the present investigation, magnetic separation studies using an induced roll magnetic separator were conducted to beneficiate low-grade ferruginous manganese ore. The feed ore was assayed to contain 22.4% Mn and 35.9% SiO₂, with a manganese-to-iron mass ratio (Mn:Fe ratio) of 1.6. This ore was characterized in detail using different techniques, including quantitative evaluation of minerals by scanning electron microscopy, which revealed that the ore is extremely siliceous in nature and that the associated gangue minerals are more or less evenly distributed in almost all of the size fractions in major proportion. Magnetic separation studies were conducted on both the as-received ore fines and the classified fines to enrich their manganese content and Mn:Fe ratio. The results indicated that the efficiency of separation for deslimed fines was better than that for the treated unclassified bulk sample. On the basis of these results, we proposed a process flow sheet for the beneficiation of low-grade manganese ore fines using a Floatex density separator as a pre-concentrator followed by two-stage magnetic separation. The overall recovery of manganese in the final product from the proposed flow sheet is 44.7% with an assay value of 45.8% and the Mn:Fe ratio of 3.1.     

徐州城市表层土壤的磁学特征

城市表层土壤由于受到人为活动的强烈影响而表现出与自然土壤不同的磁学特征.徐州城市表层土壤的环境磁学研究表明,表层土壤的磁学特征主要是由人为产生的多畴/单畴的亚铁磁性矿物主导;同时含有一定数量不完整的反铁磁性矿物的贡献.提取典型土壤样品中磁性矿物的SEM/EDX分析结果表明：人为产生的磁性矿物一般呈球形且粒径较大.柱状样品的磁学特征显示,人为输入的磁性矿物主要集中在表层0～30 cm范围,因此,0～30 cm表层土壤的磁学性质可以指示外源输入磁性矿物的压力强度.     

矿物光谱特征谱段识别方法与应用

 矿物光谱识别所使用的光谱参量在不同影响因素下的稳定性对矿物识别效果影响很大。基于特征谱段峰谷相关系数法,提出了高光谱矿物识别的新算法,建立了提取稳定光谱参量（峰谷位置）的数学模型和操作流程。该算法通过提取矿物参考光谱峰谷的位置,计算矿物特征谱段的峰和谷与待测矿物光谱相应谱段的相关系数,并以此作为比较矿物光谱相似程度的主要依据。以甘肃北山方山口地区拾金坡金矿床为例,研究并比较新算法与典型算法的蚀变矿物识别。结果表明,本文算法的正确识别率为85%,较典型算法有更好的识别效果。     

Magnetic records of Core MD77-181 in the Bay of Bengal and their paleoenvironmental implications

Located in the low latitude region of the northeastern Indian Ocean, the Bay of Bengal represents one of the largest marginal seas in the world. The Bengal Fan hosts erosional products mostly from Himalayas and is under the influence of the Indian monsoon system. The Bengal Fan has thus been one of the ideal places for studying the uplift of the Tibet Plateau and the history of the Indian monsoon[1―8]. The intensity of the Indian monsoon is controlled by secular variations in insola- ti…     

信阳典型非金属矿矿物学特性及其吸附Pb~(2+)性能研究

对河南信阳上天梯地区的膨胀珍珠岩、膨润土及沸石等3种典型非金属矿物的化学组分和物相组成进行分析,采用多晶X-射线粉末衍射(XRD)和扫描电子显微镜(SEM)对矿物的结构及微观形貌进行表征,并研究了3种矿物对溶液中Pb2+吸附性能.结果表明,3种矿物的主要组成分别是非晶态Si O2、钙基膨润土和斜发沸石.3种矿物在30℃下即可对Pb2+有较好的吸附能力,其饱和吸附量可分别达到2.0、9.8和7.6 mg/g.     

Magnetic Properties of Soils of the Ljubljana Basin Chronosequence, Slovenia

Pedogenic processes can explain the trends in magnetic susceptibility and soil magnetic mineralogy of the Ljubljana Basin chronosequence. The chronosequence formed in predominantly carbonate sandy gravel outwash terraces ranging from 5 to 1800 ka. Magnetic susceptibility enhancement can be attributed to the formation of secondary superparamagnetic (SP) and single domain (SD) ferrimagnetic minerals in eluvial horizons. Magnetic minerals that form in illuvial horizons are predominantly antiferromagnetic. Downward migration of pedogenic iron compounds with clay (formation of ferri-argillans) causes thickening of the enhanced zone with soil age. In contrast to other published soil chronosequence studies, magnetic susceptibility values do not increase with soil-age (duration of pedogenesis). Nevertheless, frequency dependence of magnetic susceptibility (FD%) and indices such as maximum eluvial magnetic susceptibility (MS) divided by minimum illuvial MS (Max. E / Min. IX_(lf) and maximum eluvial MS minus minimum illuvial MS (Max. E -Min. IX_(lf)) increase with the logarithm of soil age suggesting that the magnetic mineral transformations continue with time, but that their rate decreases. These indices are useful for comparisons, and may be useful for age correlations. Hypothesis that magnetic susceptibility enhancement and precipitation have a positive correlation seems to be valid until the precipitation exceeds the critical value of 100-150 cm/year. The critical value in different settings may depend on the temperature regime and on the yearly distribution of precipitation.