Abstract— Distinguishing between components (stomatal conductivity, mesophyll conductivity, carbon dioxide fixation in chloroplasts, and respiration) of the complex biochemical mechanism of plant photosynthesis is a challenging problem. To solve it, we used both experimental data obtained in natural conditions (time series of recorded indicators) and a specially designed experiment: determination of

Abstract Geochemical processes controlling hydrochemical evolution of shallow groundwater (<200 m) were studied in the Chahan Lake Basin, China. A combination of chemical and isotopic tracers (δ2H, δ18O, 87Sr/86Sr, 3H and 14C), along with inverse geochemical modeling were applied. Shallow groundwater primarily originates from local precipitation, and has negligible mixture with deep groundwater. Shallow

Kola nuclear power plant, which discharges warm water into one of the bays of sub-arctic Lake Imandra, significantly changes the fish habitat, creating temperature gradient from 2 to 8°C compared to water temperature in the other part of the lake. The permeation, metabolism and bioaccumulation of elements in the stenothermal cold-water species (Coregonus lavaretus L.) in warm water impact zone are

The paper reports chemical data on the atmospheric precipitation within the studied area of the Valdai National Park during monitoring in 2015–2018. The main parameters of atmospheric precipitation as well as major and trace-element compositions of waters are analyzed. Seasonal dynamics and possible pathways of element uptake in atmospheric precipitation are considered. Multidimensional statistical

Abstract— The paper presents a concept of the sustainability of aquatic ecosystems, their disorganization when impacted by anthropogenic pollution, and evolutionary development after the effect of the toxicants decreased. The general laws of the ecosystem transformations are explained from the viewpoint of the ecological theory and the mechanism of thermodynamic ordering of matter in living systems

Abstract— The concept of toxicity is analyzed from the standpoints of theoretical biogeochemistry and geochemical ecology. The phenomenon of toxicity is demonstrated to appear and be able to significantly manifest itself only as a consequence of anthropogenic disturbances of self-regulation systems and dynamic equilibria that existed in natural biogeochemical cycles throughout the whole history of

The paper addresses the removal of chemical elements by suprasoil and subsoil phytomasses of herbaceous phytocenoses and their subsequent return to soil during decomposition of plant remnants. The obtained results allowed us to evaluate the biogeochemical cycles of essential (Zn, Cu) and toxic (Pb, Cd) elements in natural biogeocenoses of the Middle Urals. It has been shown that the intensity of such

Abstract— The paper presents data on seasonal fluctuations in hydrochemical characteristics and the supply dynamics of biogenic elements in four hypersaline lakes in Crimea: Sasyk-Sivash, Oiburg, Konrad, and Sakskoe (eastern basin) in 2017. The migration pathways of biogenic elements in the hypersaline lakes are determined depending of natural and anthropogenic factors. The role of the elements in

The higher accumulation of Mo, W, Cu and Re by soils and organisms in the Baksan River basin owing to the anthropogenic contamination by the former Tyrnyauz W–Mo industrial complex and migration of the metals with natural waters are discovered during biogeochemical studies of W–Mo mining landscapes of the North Caucasus and background territories. The man-made transformed soils of the Baksan River

Pallasite Seymchan contains three morphological types of olivine grains, which occur in a FeNi matrix and have rounded, angular, and fragmental shape. Sometimes the rounded grains form clusters. The texture and mineralogical features of the olivine cluster in pallasite Seymchan were studied by optical microscopy, EMPA, and SEM. The data obtained indicate an imposed impact event in the Seymchan history

Abstract—The Karasu Stream is located in the province of Sakarya in Turkey. It flows into the Black Sea with an output of 10 m3/s. Chemical compositions of surface and ground waters change following interaction with geological units and chemical weathering at the surrounding rocks. This change may be realized as passing of the ions mobilized from the rocks and soil into the water. Hence, concentrations

Abstract—The authors have previously developed the separation principles of filtering water samples rich in colloids into size fractions by the method of cascade filtration and by studying the migration of trace elements with them. Data acquired by studying the migration of a great number (forty to sixty) elements and organic matter (OM) of riverine runoff show that the method is highly promising for

Ore-bearing rocks and natural waters of the Pitkäranta ore district (near the “Arsenic” shaft, the Hopunvaara mine field) were sampled and analyzed. The permanganate value as well as iron and manganese contents in surface water are higher than MPC values, while water samples from the “Arsenic” shaft have the elevated contents of zinc, copper, and arsenic. The Fe, Mn, Cu, Zn, Cr, As, and Ni speciation

Abstract—Data obtained on carbonates and metaterrigenous rocks of the Devonian complex of the Sultan-Uizdag Range, northwestern Uzbekistan, which are carbonized in local deformation zones, are used in a generalized interpretation of the genesis of carbonaceous matter by means of decomposition of carbonates under the effect of seismogenic movements. The release of free carbon is facilitated by synchronous

Comparison of trace element distribution in bulk samples from the North-Western Caucasus mud volcanoes with PAAS (average Australian post-Archean shale) showed their depletion in many elements. The contents of most elements in sediments of the mud volcanoes are comparable with those of the Middle Maikopian clay. Compared to the Upper Maikopian clay, most of the studied samples have much higher concentrations

The bismuth distribution was studied in the landscape of the Sherlova Gora ore district and in the organs of congested cinquefoil (Potentilla acervata Sojak). The bismuth content in all landscape components is much higher than its average content in the Earth’s crust, soils and plants. In soils of the Sherlova Gora ore district, its average content is 95.11 mg/kg, which is 475.5 times higher than the

Based on geological, geochemical, and isotope-geochronological studies, the geodynamic nature of the island-arc magmatic associations of the Predivinsk terrane of the Yenisei Ridge has been established. It is shown that the Predivinsk terrane consists of two blocks, which differ in age and composition of rock associations. The Eastern Block is composed of the following associations: (1) typical island-arc

This paper addresses the vertical distribution of total mercury and its thermoforms in the Holocene–Upper Pleistocene sedimentary rocks from the Dead Dog active hydrothermal field in the Middle Valley, Juan de Fuca Ridge, Pacific Ocean. Sediment samples were taken from the core of Hole 858B drilled during ODP leg on the top of a sulfide hill, in a zone of ascending hydrothermal fluid, in the vicinity

The distribution of dissolved major- and trace elements in the mixing zone of the Ural River and the North Caspian waters was studied based on the natural observations data from 2016–2017. Conservative behavior was established for most of major ions (Na, K, Mg, SO4) and some trace elements (Li, Rb, Cs, Sr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Sb, Ga, Y, U, B, F, Cr, Ge, Mo, W) with common parameters of relationships between

AbstractThe paper presents data on the chemical composition of waters and bottom sediments in lakes variably affected by liquid wastes from facilities of the Olkon Joint-Stock Company in Olenegorst, Murmansk oblast, which mines and processes iron ores. Since Olkon started operating, the composition of water in nearby water bodies has underwent significant changes. The mineralization (TDS) and pH of

The natural hydrous sodium−magnesium sulfate blödite (astrakhanite) Na2Mg(SO4)2 · 4H2O from sediments of saline Lake Bai Shagyr (Russia) is studied. The stages of its decomposition on heating are distinguished using thermal analysis, X-ray diffraction, IR and Raman spectroscopy. The enthalpy of formation of blödite from elements (\({{\Delta }_{f}}H_{{el}}^{0}\) (298.15 K) = –3845 ± 13 kJ/mol) is determined

AbstractThe paper presents data on the involvement of local populations of bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus) in the biogeochemical cycles of Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb at territories strongly chemically polluted by large nonferrous metallurgical plant in the Middle Urals (in 1990–1992) and after a significant decrease in its emissions (in 2015–2017). At maximally polluted areas (impact zone), the animal-controlled

AbstractThe paper presents data on dolerite dikes in the Murmansk block in the northeastern Kola Peninsula. The dikes belong to a Middle Paleozoic flood-basalt association, which is a principal element of the large-scale plume–lithospheric process in the area of the Barents Sea. According to their geological, petrological, and geochemical features, the dolerite dikes are classified into two groups:

Concentrations and carbon isotope composition of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) and isotope composition (δD, δ18O) of waters were studied in the eastern East Siberian Sea, along two submeridional sections extending from the Indigirka and Kolyma mouths to the edge of perennial ice. Estimated contents of river waters, sea ice meltwater, and modified waters showed that the eastern part of the shelf

AbstractThe paper presents data on the composition of organic matter (OM) in the surface layer of bottom sediments (BS) in two small estuaries in the southwestern part of the Tatar Strait (as of summer of 2014 and 2016). The concentration of hydrocarbons (HC) varied from 0.01 to 2.0 mg/g. The HC content in the uniform silt–psammite sediments (0.55–1.47 mg/g) was higher than the biogenic background

AbstractUnderstanding the chemical composition of gases trapped in rocks is important in a wide variety of earth science studies and gases are often extracted from rock samples and analyzed. Gas chromatography (GC) and mass spectrometry (MS) are the most frequently used analytical techniques for measuring gases extracted from rock samples, but these techniques have rarely been coupled except for gas

The element distribution is analyzed in the “atmospheric precipitation–crown waters–soil waters–lake” system of the Lake Gusinoe drainage system in the Valdaysky National Park. The chemical composition of the atmospheric precipitations, crown, soil, and lacustrine waters, as well as soils is determined. The input and output element fluxes in genetic soil horizons are calculated by months and their

Aliphatic hydrocarbons (HCs) were studied in water and bottom sediments sampled during cruises 67th and 68th (August–September 2016 and July–August 2017, respectively) of the R/V Akademik Mstislav Keldysh in the Barents Sea to determine the lateral and interannual variability of their concentrations and composition. It has been established that the HC distribution in water was mainly determined by

AbstractGabal El Fereyid area, represents a promising area for monzogranite and pegmatites hosted rare-metal mineralization. Microscopically, monzogranite and pegmatites consist of K-feldspar, albite, and quartz with few biotite +/– hornblende. The radiometric studies of anomalous pegmatite samples show that their eU-contents reached up to 149 ppm while their eTh-contents reached up to 375 ppm, in

AbstractThe paper discusses water–rock interaction in areas where wastes of tungsten ore processing are stored, as exemplified by the Dzhida and Bom-Gorkhon mining and processing complexes. Pore waters at the tailing dumps become acidic, and the solutions are enriched in decomposition products of the sulfide minerals and rocks. When the wastes are stored for a long enough time, interaction between

AbstractInteraction between amphibole and H2O–HCl fluid was experimentally studied in an internally heated pressure vessel (IHPV) at 650–800°C and 5–7 kbar. The stability of the anorthite–amphibole association was approved to be constrained at T = 650–800°C, (P = 5–7 kbar) within a range of HCl fugacity (fHCl) 50 < fHCl < 400 bar. At higher fHCl, the amphibole is replaced by gedrite (or cordierite

AbstractThe paper presents petrochemical, geochemical, and mineralogical data on rocks of the phoscorite–carbonatite complex in the Kovdor alkaline–ultramafic massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. In contrast to what is usually thought, trace elements were determined to be concentrated not in the carbonatites themselves but in the related phoscorites. The paper presents data on the evolution of the compositions

The results of electron-probe and spectrophotometric study of five porous micrometeorites found on the Novaya Zemlya glacier are presented. Their reflectance spectra are compared with those of terrestrial serpentines and several carbonaceous chondrites. The possibility of discovery and identification of mineralogical absorption bands in the reflectance spectra of micrometeorite particles is demonstrated

Abstract—The paper considers the content and geochemical mobility of 226Ra in surface waters, bottom sediments, and radioactively contaminated soils (podzolic and alluvial–soddy) of the northern taiga subzone in the area of former radium production site. It is established that the level or radioactive contamination and specific activity of geochemically mobile radium in the podzolic soil is higher

Abstract—A set of experiments was carried out in the system NaAlSi3O8–FeO–NiO–CoO–SiC–NaH2PO4 at 1550°C, 4 GPa, and oxygen fugacity (fO2) 0.5–2.9 log. units below the iron–wüstite (IW) buffer to estimate how C–O–H components can affect Ni, Co, and P partition between silicate melt and a liquid metallic phase at redox conditions under which the metallic phase is segregated into melting products of the

Abstract—A weathering profile of phyllite shales with an original Ag concentration of 10–5 wt % (the average Ag concentration in the Earth’s crust is 7 × 10–6 wt %) was numerically simulated with the SELECTOR program package. Under oxidizing conditions, Ag occurs in the solutions dominantly in the form of the \({\text{Ag}}_{{({\text{aq}}{\text{.}})}}^{ + }\) cation and a few percent of the anion ,

Abstract—The distribution of Sc, Co, Hf, Cr, Th, and rare-earth elements in samples of surface sediments collected during cruises 67th and 68th of the R/V Akademik Mstislav Keldysh in the Barents Sea and in its bays is analyzed. The results obtained suggest that the predominant part of the bottom sediments of the Barents Sea is composed of thin-grained siliciclastics that was supplied with suspended

AbstractThe geogas field can reflect the deep-seated tectonic constructing information. Geogas method can be applied to the exploration of deep geothermal resources. In this paper, based on the advanced geogas model of metal ore, a set of simulation model of geogas transportation for hot spring is built. In the model, hot spring water collected from Wuning, JiangXi province, China is used to simulate

Abstract—The diagenesis of organic matter (OM) is studied in bottom sediments taken in February, 2018 from therapeutic mud deposits of the Uglovoi Bay and Voevoda and Ekspeditsiya bights (Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan). The carbonate system of bottom sediments and pore water were analyzed for the contents of nutrients, dissolved organic carbon, humic substance, and concentrations of sulfates and

Abstract—The paper presents U–Pb zircon dates (SHRIMP-II) and isotopic-geochemical data (SIMS and Sm–Nd method) on detrital zircon and its sedimentary host rocks of the Daldyn Group at the Anabar Shield. The rocks were metamorphosed to the granulite facies. The oldest Eoarchean (3.7 Ga) source of terrigenous material (determined based on single zircon grains) is confirmed by the Nd model age of the

Abstract—Data on the water quality and the contents of a large group of elements in small lakes are reported for three regions of the Arctic basin: European Russia (Kola region), Western (Yamal–Nenets district) and Eastern (Norilsk region) Siberia. All studied waters are low-salinity and oligotrophic. The air pollution in the lake waters caused the elevated concentrations of many elements. The waters

Abstract—Alkaline and subalkaline granites of the Keivy megablock belong to the potassic alkali-calcic ferroan rocks enriched in large-ion lithophile, high-field strength and rare-earth elements. Based on these criteria, they correspond to A2-type granites (Eby, 1992). The granites have elevated Y/Nb (1.9–2.5) and Yb/Ta (3.4–3.7) ratios typical of crustally derived granites. The initial 176Hf/177Hf

AbstractGabbros, sheeted dikes and volcanic rocks of the Meydan ophiolite in the South-east Anatolian orogenic belt were examined to determine their U–Pb zircon ages, whole-rock, mineral chemistry and Nd‒Sr–Pb isotope compositions. The new U–Pb dating of zircon separates yielded a 88.3 ± 1.3 Ma crystallization age for gabbroic rocks of Meydan ophiolite. The ophiolite includes tectonites, ultramafic-mafic

Abstract—The paper presents data obtained on the production rates of cosmogenic radionuclides of different half-life in 42 chondrites that fell in 1959–2016. A quantitative approach is developed for using cosmogenic radionuclides as natural detectors of galactic cosmic rays (GCR) for different time periods and for different heliocentric distances. A long set of homogeneous data is compiled on 54Mn

Abstract—The influence of industrial emissions on the content of ash elements in the biogeochemical food chain “snow cover–soil–willow bushes–willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus L.)” was investigated in the northern Norilsk plateau. A significant enrichment in metal pollutants (Ni, Cu, Co, Fe) and deficiency in Mn was found in the leaves of Salix lanata L. and the browse of the willow ptarmigan, indicating

Abstract—The lithological-facies zonality of the Neo- and Eopleistocene sediments from two main areas of the Cordilleran submarine margin is described for the first time. Processing of corresponding maps and isopach schemes using A.B. Ronov’s volumetric method made it possible to calculate the quantitative parameters of sedimentation for the distinguished types of Pleistocene sediments. Terrigenous

Abstract—One of the processes that can locally be involved in forming the composition of aromatic hydrocarbons in oils is the reaction of electrophilic methylation of aromatic cycles. Up to 40% of the original oil compounds can be transformed into methylation products. Methylation is demonstrated to most likely proceed during catagenesis, after the generation of the fluid that had produced a given

Abstract—Reproducing the geological evolution of the Yenisei Range is important not only to understand how mobile belts at boundaries between ancient cratons tectonically evolved but also to gain an insight into how the Siberian craton was incorporated into the Nuna and Rodinia supercontinents. The paper presents geological, geochemical, and isotope geochronologic evidence of Meso- to Neoproterozoic

Abstract—The contents of ions of basic salt composition (Na+, K+, Mg2+, Ca2+, \({\text{C}}{{{\text{l}}}^{ - }}{\text{,}}\)\({\text{SO}}_{{\text{4}}}^{{{\text{2}} - }}{\text{,}}\)\({\text{HCO}}_{{\text{3}}}^{ - }\)), dissolved nutrients (Si, P), and trace elements (Li, Rb, Cs, Sr, Ba, B, V, Ge, As, Mo, Mn, Fe, Co, Cu, Zn, Cd, Sb, Tl, Pb, Al, Ga, Ti, Zr, Hf, U, Y, REE) were determined for the first time

AbstractThe study aims to fill the gap of knowledge in the literature concerning submarine hydrothermal activity on the eastern part of Hellenic Volcanic Arc. Hydrothermal fluids were collected by scuba diving in active shallow hydrothermal venting areas on Kos Island in the Aegean Sea in East Mediterranean. Analysis was carried out in suspended particles for Fe, Mn, Cu, Pb, Cd, Ca, Ba, Sr, Li, Al

AbstractThe significant geochemical characteristics of the groundwater quality assessment including the impact of monsoon variation of chemical composition of groundwater were determined. 44 groundwater samples were collected in the Arani Taluk of South India and all important physico-chemical parameters including trace metals were determined to characterize and evaluate the hydrogeochemical nature

Abstract—The paper presents newly acquired data on the mineral and chemical composition of the crystal surface layers of arsenopyrite and pyrite from the Natalkinskoe gold deposit, northeastern Russia. Data on arsenopyrite and pyrite grains from metasomatites and from quartz veins and veinlets were obtained using a scanning electron microscope equipped with an energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer (SEM-EDX)

Abstract—Experiments on REE, Y, Sc, and Li partition between aluminosilicate (L) and aluminofluoride (LF) melts in the granite system at 800°C and 1, 2 kbar, containing up to 18 wt % F and 2 to 13 wt % H2O, show that all REE, Y, Sc, and Li are preferably distributed into the aluminofluoride melt, regardless of the experimental conditions. The partition coefficients of the elements Kd REE = \(C_{{{

Abstract—The paper presents recently acquired data on the chemical composition of mineral springs in the Pamirs (Firuza-MGU and Garm-Chashma) and the foothills of the Tien Shan (Tandykul, Obigarm, and Khodzhaobigarm) and discusses their geological settings. The first data are acquired on the trace-element composition of the waters of the springs. The calculated B/Cl, B/Br, and Li : Rb : Cs ratios are

Abstract—The composition and content of hydrocarbons (HCs) in the waters three raised bogs of the south taiga subzone of Western Siberia: the Bolshoe bog, Central bog, and Bakchar bog (which is part of the Great Vasyugan mire) were determined by IR spectrometry, fluorimetry, and chromatography–mass spectrometry. The waters of the bogs are demonstrated to contain hydrocarbons coming from peat deposits

Abstract—Bottom sediment cores from the Langtibeito (Yamal Peninsula) and Gol’tsovoe (Gydan Peninsula) background arctic lakes are studied. The sedimentation rate estimated from 210Pb and 137Cs accounted for 0.17 and 0.20 cm/y, respectively. The element composition, grain-size composition, and loss on ignition were determined layer-by-layer in both cores. The element concentrations in the bottom sediments

Abstract—The lithological-facies zonality of the Neo- and Eopleistocene sediments from two main areas of the Andean submarine margin is described for the first time. Processing of corresponding maps and isopach schemes using A.B. Ronov’s volumetric method made it possible to calculate the quantitative parameters of sedimentation for distinguished types of Pleistocene sediments. Terrigenous sedimentation

AbstractIn this paper, the capabilities of demotic unsupervised learning approaches were investigated to improve the procedure of geochemical anomaly identification. The separation of anomalous concentrations from the background is a crucial task in the mathematical analysis of geochemical data. The conventional methods rely on the statistical thresholds routinely; however, determining such boundary

Abstract—The Nadayansky Flow is one of the main markers of the volcanic pile of the Siberian Trap Province and covers an area of approximately 48 000 km2 at an average thickness of 30 to 50 m. The paper is the first to present data demonstrating the constancy of the major- and trace-element composition of the Nadayansky Flow, typifying basalt lava flows in the province. The flow makes up the bottom

Abstract—The paper systematizes methods used to determine trace concentrations (1n to 1000n ppb) of PGE and Au in geochemical materials. The methods involve various techniques of sample preparation for analysis and instrumental determination of elements. Each of the methods is briefly characterized, and the analytical possibilities of the application of the suggested approaches in solving various fundamental