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Abstract
Abstract. Sources of sulfur dioxide, sulfates, and organic sulfur compounds, such as fossil fuels, volcanic eruptions, and animal feeding operations, have attracted considerable attention. In this study, we collected particles carried by geogas flows ascending through soil, geogas flows above the soil that had passed through the soil, and geogas flows ascending through deep faults of concealed sulfide ore deposits, and analysed them using transmission electron microscopy. Numerous crystalline and amorphous sulfur-containing particles or particle aggregations were found in the ascending geogas flows. In addition to S, the particles contained O, Ca, K, Mg, Fe, Na, Pb, Hg, Cu, Zn, As, Ti, Sr, Ba, Si, etc. Such particles are usually a few to several hundred nanometres in diameter with either regular or irregular morphology. The sulfur-containing particles originated from deep-seated weathering or faulting products of concealed sulfide ore deposits. The particles suspended in the ascending geogas flow migrated through faults from deep-seated sources to the atmosphere. This is a previously unknown source of the atmospheric particles. This paper reports, for the first time, the emission of sulfur-containing particles into the atmosphere from concealed sulfide ore deposits. The climatic and ecological influences of these sulfur-containing particles and particle aggregations should be assessed.
Highlights
Sources of sulfur oxides, sulfates, and organic sulfur compounds are diverse and associated with natural and anthropogenic activities
Known sources of sulfur are volatile sulfur compounds derived from animal feeding operations (Trabue et al, 2008), and aerobic decomposition of food waste (Wu et al, 2010), biogenic sulfur from rice paddies (Yang et al, 1996, 1998) and the subantarctic and Antarctic oceans (Berresheim, 1987), sulfur gas (H2S and SO2) from geothermal fields (Kristmannsdottir et al, 2000), organic sulfur compounds from sediments and immature crude oil (Sinninghe Damsté et al, 1988), sulfur oxides from the oxidation of fossil fuels (Soleimani et al, 2007), and sulfur dioxide from acid factories and volcanic eruptions (Wong, 1978; Sweeney et al, 2008)
Particles carried by an ascending geogas flow above the soil, in the soil, and in deepseated faults, were collected at the Dongshengmiao polymetallic sulfide deposit in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China
Summary
Sulfates, and organic sulfur compounds are diverse and associated with natural and anthropogenic activities. Known sources of sulfur are volatile sulfur compounds derived from animal feeding operations (Trabue et al, 2008), and aerobic decomposition of food waste (Wu et al, 2010), biogenic sulfur from rice paddies (Yang et al, 1996, 1998) and the subantarctic and Antarctic oceans (Berresheim, 1987), sulfur gas (H2S and SO2) from geothermal fields (Kristmannsdottir et al, 2000), organic sulfur compounds from sediments and immature crude oil (Sinninghe Damsté et al, 1988), sulfur oxides from the oxidation of fossil fuels (Soleimani et al, 2007), and sulfur dioxide from acid factories and volcanic eruptions (Wong, 1978; Sweeney et al, 2008).
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