采用硫酸氢钾(KHSO4)熔融-六氟硅酸(H2SiF6)浸泡的化学方法分离出长江、黄河河口不同粒级沉积物中的石英矿物,使用BrF5为氧化剂提取出石英矿物中的氧,在质谱计上测定石英中氧同位素比值(δ^18O值),结果表明:同一沉积物样品中随粒度由粗变细,石英δ^18O值逐渐增加,长江河口沉积物中石英的δ^18O值比黄河河口沉积物中的稍高,两条河流河口沉积物中相同粒级石英δ^18O值差别主要受流域沉积物物质来源和流域的气候环境差异的影响。
Quartz in sediments from the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers was separated by potassium hydrogen sulfate (KHSO4) fusing-hydrofluorosilic acid (He2iF6). Oxygen was extracted from the quartz fraction by BrF5 (used as oxidant), and then its isotopic composition was analyzed by mass-spectrometer, expressed as 8180 (180/160)values (relative to SMOW). The results show that 8180 values generally increase with grain size of quartz changing from coarse to fine. The oxygen isotope ratios (δ^18O) of quartz from the Yangtze River are higher than those from the Yellow River. The differences in δ^18O values of the same grain-size quartz between the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers may have resulted from different sediment sources and climate conditions along these two river basins.