用ICP-AES和重量法测试了中太平洋M海山不同水深范围内(1300~3000 m)25个富钴结壳样品的稀土元素和常量元素。结果显示M海山富钴结壳为水成结壳,稀土元素总量平均为2084.69μg.g-1,LREE/HREE平均为4.84,具有正的Ce异常。ΣREE(不含Ce)随水深增加而增加,而Ce和LREE/HREE比值则以文石溶跃面为界(水深2000 m)呈现不同的变化,稀土元素这些变化除了与海洋背景颗粒的吸附清扫有关外,还与稀土元素在海水中的行为有关。富钴结壳Ce虽随水深变化,但与水深关系不明显,可能反映其通量恒定。富钴结壳中Ce基本全为Ce(Ⅳ),表明氧化富集过程,这一过程受动力学因素控制。
The REE and major elements of twenty-five cobalt-rich crusts obtained from different depths of Mid-Pacific M seamount were analyzed using ICP-AES and Gravimetric method. The results showed that they were hydrogenous crusts with average ∑ REE content of 2084.69 μg·g^-1 and the LREE/HREE ratio of 4.84. The shale-normalized REE patterns displayed the positive Ce anomalies. The total content of strictly trivalent REEs increased with water-depth. The Ce content and LREE/HREE ratios in Fe-Mn crusts above 2000 m were lower than those below 2000 m. The change of REE with water depth could be elucidated with two processes: adsorptive scavenging by setting matters and the behaviors of REE in seawater. However, it was clear that there was not obvious correlation between-Ce abundance and water-depth, which reflected the constant Ce flux. The Ce in crusts existed mainly as Ce( Ⅳ ), implying that the oxidative enriching process was controlled by kinetic factors.