scholarly journals Characteristics of Trace Elements in Volcanic ash of Kelud Eruption in East Java, Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diah Dwiana Lestiani ◽  
Revi Apryani ◽  
Linda Lestari ◽  
Muhayatun Santoso ◽  
Eko Prabowo Hadisantoso ◽  
...  

The eruption of Mount Kelud that occurred on February 13, 2014, ejected a huge plume of ash and sand exceeding 26 km into the air which moved west over the island. The elements content in volcanic ash is important information for further study such as the possibility to utilize the ash. In this study, the volcanic ashes collected from four affected areas in Java were analyzed using neutron activation analysis (NAA) with HPGe detector and X-ray fluorescence. Method validation was applied using the standard reference material SRM NIST 2711a Montana Soil with recovery and accuracy in a good agreement for all elements. The analysis results of volcanic ashes showed a wide range of elements, major elements Al, Ca, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Na, Si and Ti, trace elements As, Cd, Cu, Co, Cr, V, Zn, Hf, Th and U, and rare earth elements were identified. The results showed heavy metals As, Cd, Cu, Co, Cr, and Pb were ranged 3.23–4.42, 17.63–24.09, 49.26–77.10, 10.86–16.03, 11.19–17.79 and 31.4–42.7 mg/kg, respectively, while rare earth elements such as Ce, Eu, La, and Sm were 9.84–18.43, 0.73–1.02, 2.25–5.66 and 1.34–2.63 mg/kg respectively. Comparison with other volcanic ashes from Indonesia such as Merapi and Sinabung and world volcanic ashes were applied. The results of the characteristic of elements in Kelud volcanic ash would be valuable information as reference data for their potential utilization.

2019 ◽  
Vol 486 (5) ◽  
pp. 583-587
Author(s):  
A. M. Agashev

The paper presents the results of major and trace elements composition study of garnet megacrysts from Mir kimberlite pipe. On the major elements composition those garnets classified as low Cr and high Ti pyropes. Concentrations of TiO2 show a negative correlation with MgO и Cr2O3 contents in megacrysts composition. Fractional crystallization modeling indicates that the most appropriate melt to reproduce the garnet trace elements signatures is the melt of picritic composition. Composition of garnets crystallized from kimberlite melt do not correspond to observed natural garnets composition. Kimberlites contain less of Ti, Zr, Y and heavy REE (rare earth elements) but more of very incompatible elements such as light REE, Th, U, Nb, Ba then the model melt composition that necessary for garnet crystallization.


2001 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 1255
Author(s):  
S. PANILAS ◽  
G. HATZIYANNIS

Multivariate statistical analysis was used on existing geochemical data of the Drama lignite deposit, eastern Macedonia, Greece. Factor analysis with varimax rotation technique was applied to study the distribution of major, trace and rare earth elements in the lignite and 850°C lignitic ash, to find a small set of factors that could explain most of the geochemical variability. The study showed that major elements AI, Na, Κ, contained in the lignite samples, presented high correlation with most of the trace and rare earth elements. In 850°C lignitic ashes major and trace elements present different redistribution. Only Al remained correlated with the trace elements Co, Cr, Rb, Ta, Th, Ti, Sc and rare earths related with inorganic matter in the lignite beds. Trace elements Fe, Mo, U, V, W, and Lu were associated with organic matter of lignite and had also been affected by the depositional environment.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 406-421
Author(s):  
K.V. Lobanov ◽  
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A.V. Grigoryeva ◽  
A.V. Volkov ◽  
M.V. Chicherov ◽  
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The article presents the investigations in the Pechenga ore region — one of the largest industrial regions in the Arctic zone of Russia, located on the territory of the Murmansk area. The researchers obtained new data on the chemical composition of the main ore minerals, the content of trace elements, including rare earths (REE), in the ores of the Pilguyarvi and Vostok deposits and late polymetallic veins of the Pechenga region. They found that the main textural types of ores (massive, veined and disseminated) differ significantly in chemical composition and content of rock and ore-forming components. They also revealed the enrichment of ores with a wide range of trace elements. In comparison with the upper crust, the Pechenga ores are clearly enriched with chalcophilic and siderophilic trace elements. The enrichment coefficients of ore elements reach mainly tens (Cr, Au, Cd) hundreds (Ag, Se, Re, Pt) and thousands (Ni, Cu, Ir) times. The distribution of trace elements in various types of Cu-Ni ores has a great similarity, which indicates their geochemical affinity and synchronous participation in ore formation. The geochemical features are in good agreement with the mineral composition of the ores. The concentration of rare earth elements in the main types of ores, with the exception of massive ores and late polymetallic veins, exceeds the level of the chondrite standard and the REE fractionation is weak. The composition of the REE in ores came by from the host rocks. The research has established the high enrichment of all types of Re, Bi and Cd ores, which are potentially industrially significant as high-tech metals and are of considerable interest for associated mining.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory Pope ◽  
Jennifer Callanan ◽  
Jason Darley ◽  
Michael Flood ◽  
Jeffrey Wear ◽  
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<p>The wood ash contribution to soils represents a unique and important part of soil organic carbon following fires.  Wood ash imparts chemical and physical changes to the soil, evident in elements other than carbon.  Our case studies are from recent wildfires and experimental burns in mixed hardwood forests in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania, USA.  In these studies, we identified increases in most of the major elements and some minor elements in soils following forest fires, analyzed with ICP-MS. Elements such as Mn, Mg, Na, Ca, Na, K, Cu, and Ba, derive from an infusion of biomass ash, with variable contribution depending on, for instance, tree species. In the case of Ba and Cu, their presence is distinctly different from any mineral parent material contribution to the soil, and therefore unique signatures of fire contribution. Signature post-fire elements persist in some cases over one year following the fire, and are found in both topsoil horizons and into illuvial soil horizons.</p><p>In the course of these investigations, we also found a curious depletion of all rare earth elements (REEs) and certain trace elements from the soil following forest fires, and in adjacent stream and wetland sediments. The post-fire difference in REE concentration was statistically significant (p < 0.10, N=51) in all but Eu and U, with light REEs La, Ce and Pr showing the most significant decreases. Among other trace elements, Sc (which behaves similarly to REEs), V, Cr, Ga, and Rb also exhibited statistically significant decreases (though other elements Cu and Sr increase along with the ash input). The reasons for the depletions are unclear. Other authors report that REE dynamics in soils are poorly understood, but may be associated with phosphates, carbonates, and silicates in the soil. These are relatively enriched via post-fire biomass ash, yet the associated REEs are missing. It is unlikely that the elements would have preferentially translocated through and below the soil profile. Erosion is ruled out, otherwise the ash-associated major and trace elements would also be depleted. Two possible causes for post-fire REE loss are 1) volatilization from the soil during the fire, and 2) rapid uptake by post-fire succession plants, notably ferns, which are known to bioaccumulate REEs. Further research is warranted, following the ongoing post-fire vegetation recovery, and the dynamics of REEs within the soil profile.       </p>


2021 ◽  
Vol 87 (12) ◽  
pp. 5-10
Author(s):  
E. Yu. Savonina ◽  
O. N. Katasonova ◽  
T. A. Maryutina

Trace elements in oils are the natural markers of the oil origin of and the mechanism of oil genesis. Direct determination of rare earth elements (REE) in crude oils is rather difficult due to their low concentrations (10–6 wt. %). Information about the forms of trace elements in oils is of particular interest. The goal of the study is determination of the content of acid-soluble forms of REE in oils from various fields of the Volga-Ural oil and gas province. Six samples of oils of heavy and medium density and viscosity were analyzed. Extraction of acid-soluble forms of REE was carried out using rotating coiled columns in 0.5 M aqueous solution of nitric acid. Toluene was used to dilute the oils up to the necessary values of the density and viscosity providing the possibility of extraction in the system aqueous acid solution – oil. The content of REE was determined by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry on an Agilent 7900 spectrometer. Their content in an acid-soluble form in oil samples under study ranged within 172 – 2173 ng/kg. Such a wide range of values is attributed to the difference in the geology and age of deposit formation. The highest content of acid-soluble forms of REE (2173 ng/kg) was observed in the oil sample from the Novo-Elkhovsky field, whereas the lowest value (172 ng/kg) was measured in the oil sample of the Pioneer field. It is shown that the content of acid-soluble forms of REE depends on tectonic zoning, productive horizons and layers, as well as on the physical and chemical properties of oils. The distribution of acid-soluble forms of light and heavy REE was evaluated. Most of the REE (75 – 99%) determined in the analyzed oil samples are light REE. It is noted that systematization of the data on the properties of oils, geological and geochemical characteristics of the deposits will provide reliable forecasting of the various forms of REE present in oils.


1991 ◽  
Vol 28 (7) ◽  
pp. 1050-1057 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luc Harnois ◽  
Raymond Mineau

The Île Cadieux alnöite, a small Cretaceous intrusion, is a member of the Monteregian Hills Petrographic Province. Mineral chemistry was determined for olivine, spinel, clinopyroxene, melilite, and a potassium–iron–nickel sulphide akin to djerfisherite. Whole rocks were analysed for major elements and 24 trace elements (including rare-earth elements). The Île Cadieux alnöitic rocks have greater MgO/Al2O3 ratios than most alnöites but are otherwise similar to typical alnöites with respect to major and trace elements. Comparison of spinel and whole-rock chemical compositions from the Île Cadieux and Île Bizard (located 15 km to the northeast) alnöitic intrusions suggests that these magmas were generated under different physicochemical conditions of melting, or alternatively that they are fractions of a single magma which crystallized under different conditions.


2013 ◽  
Vol 807-809 ◽  
pp. 2155-2158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Shu Li ◽  
Yi Ke Zhang ◽  
Cheng Lin Yang ◽  
Jiao Jiao Chen ◽  
Dong Ming Yang ◽  
...  

In Yinchanggou lead-zinc mining area, Ningnan county, Sichuan province, there are many cherts in Dengying formation of upper Sinian series. By means of research on geological survey on field, petrology, major elements, trace elements and rare earth elements of the cherts, its proved that the cherts are chiefly composed of opal, jade and quartz, total amount of rare earth elements of the cherts for 1.36× 10-6, which is the light rare earth enrichment. For Fe/Ti is between 48.751and 194.44, (Fe+Mn)/Ti between 51.143 and 197.22, Al/(Al+Fe+Mn) between 0.03 per cent, the cherts is mainly formed by hydrothermal sedimentation.


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