available online at http://meteoritics.org 1761 © The Meteoritical Society, 2006. Printed in USA. Petrographic studies of “fallout” suevite from outside the Bosumtwi impact structure, Ghana Daniel BOAMAH† and Christian KOEBERL* Department of Geological Sciences, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, A-1090 Vienna, Austria †Present address: Geological Survey Department, P.O. Box M80, Accra, Gh...

Quartz porphyry of rhyolitic composition though a volumetrically minor is an important component metavolcanic successions in the Gadag schist belt western Dharwar craton. The quartz porphyries are calc-alkaline, enriched light rare earth elements (Lan/Ybn ~ 10–20) and with strong negative Eu anomaly (Eu/Eu*N=0.45–0.58). These features, coupled high K2O/Na2O (0.8 to 1.46), low Nb/Th (<1), Lan/Sm...

In the context of agricultural nitrogen excesses in northwestern France, pyrite-bearing weathered schist aquifers represent important hydrological compartments due to their capacity to eliminate nitrate (NO3-). Under oxygen-free conditions, nitrate is reduced simultaneously with the oxidation of pyrite leading to the release of sulfate (SO4/2-). The aim of the present study is to identify the h...

Gold production in New Zealand has been significant since the mid 1800s, totalling 900 t (29 Moz) to 2005. In addition, there is potential for a further 1230 t (39.5 Moz) of gold in known and undiscovered deposits. Most of the gold has originated from epithermal and mesothermal (orogenic) hydrothermal systems. Epithermal gold occurs in the Northland, Coromandel and Taupo volcanic zones in quart...

The value of surface complexation modeling of radionuclide adsorption in supporting the selection of KI values should be given wider recognition within the performance assessment modeling process. Studies of uranium(Vl) adsorption by a weathered schist and specimen mineral phases that comprise the schist were conducted as a function of aqueous chemical conditions in laboratory experiments. The ...

The available shock-wave data for solid .a quartz in the stishovite pressure regime are reduced to a 25øC isotherm and an adiabat, centered at standard conditions, using recent standard density, enthalpy, and coefficient of thermal expansion data. The calculated isothermal bulk modulus, 3 Mb, as determined from the Bireh-Murnaghan equation, depends critically on the value of (dK/dP)•, at zero p...