Based on the analysis of main causes of rockburst,the compressive strength,tensile strength,elastic energy index of rock and the maximum tangential stress of the cavern wall are chosen as the criterion indexes for roc...Based on the analysis of main causes of rockburst,the compressive strength,tensile strength,elastic energy index of rock and the maximum tangential stress of the cavern wall are chosen as the criterion indexes for rockburst prediction.A new approach using neural method is proposed to predict rockburst occurrence and its intensity.The prediction results show that it is feasible and appropriate to use artificial neural network model for rockburst prediction.展开更多
The Cretaceous is among the most unusual eras in the geological past. Geoscience communities have been having great concerns with geological phenomena within this period, for example carbonate platforms and black shal...The Cretaceous is among the most unusual eras in the geological past. Geoscience communities have been having great concerns with geological phenomena within this period, for example carbonate platforms and black shales in the Early and Middle Cretaceous respectively, during the last decades. But few people have paid any attention to the set of pelagic redbeds lying on the black shales, not to mention the applications to paleoclimatology and paleoceanography. It is shown by the sedimentary records of redbeds, that they were deposited around the CCD, with both a higher content of iron and much lower concentrations of organic carbon, which implies conditions with a relatively high content of oxygen. Such redbeds occurred in the global oceans, mainly in the Tethyan realm, with different durations of deposition and a climax from the late Santonian to early Campanian. Global cooling and dramatic changes in ocean currents might help to increase the oxygen flux between the atmosphere and ocean, after the large scale organic carbon burial during the Middle Cretaceous, and therefore lead to the oxygenation of deep ocean and so the occurrence of late Cretaceous oceanic redbeds.展开更多
This paper presents new geological and geochemical data from the Shuanghu area in northern Tibet, which recorded the Early Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event. The stratigraphic succession in the Shuanghu area consists most...This paper presents new geological and geochemical data from the Shuanghu area in northern Tibet, which recorded the Early Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event. The stratigraphic succession in the Shuanghu area consists mostly of grey to dark-colored alternating oil shales, marls and mudstones. Ammonite beds are found at the top of the Shuanghu oil shale section, which are principally of early Toarcian age, roughly within the Harplocearas falciferrum Zone. Therefore, the oil shale strata at Shuanghu can be correlated with early Toarcian black shales distributing extensively in the European epicontinental seas that contain the records of an Oceanic Anoxic Event. Sedimentary organic matter of laminated shale anomalously rich in organic carbon across the Shuanghu area is characterized by high organic carbon contents, ranging from 1.8% to 26.1%. The carbon isotope curve displays the δ 13C values of the kerogen (δ 13Ckerogen) fluctuating from –26.22 to –23.53‰ PDB with a positive excursion close to 2.17‰, which, albeit significantly smaller, may also have been associated with other Early Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Events (OAEs) in Europe. The organic atomic C/N ratios range between 6 and 43, and the curve of C/N ratios is consistent with that of the δ 13Ckerogen values. The biological assemblage, characterized by scarcity of benthic organisms and bloom of calcareous nannofossils (coccoliths), reveals high biological productivity in the surface water and an unfavorable environment for the benthic fauna in the bottom water during the Oceanic Anoxic Event. On the basis of organic geochemistry and characteristics of the biological assemblage, this study suggests that the carbon-isotope excursion is caused by the changes of sea level and productivity, and that the black shale deposition, especially oil shales, is related to the bloom and high productivity of coccoliths.展开更多
Human activity duo to rapid increasing of the economy in China has become so wide and intense since 1980s that it comes to the most active factor affecting the earth surface geomorphology process and provoke the most ...Human activity duo to rapid increasing of the economy in China has become so wide and intense since 1980s that it comes to the most active factor affecting the earth surface geomorphology process and provoke the most important impact to environment in recent two decades. Some typical human-induced landslides are introduced. Their generalfeatures,including distribution,types,time series of occurrence and mechanism are summarized. A classification system of landslides is suggested based on their geological backgrounds and formation mechanism. Finally,some aspects of slope management and human activity control are discussed to different types of landslides.展开更多
Angular unconformity is one of the most direct and strongest evidences for approving the tectonic movements of the earth's crust. Its dynamic genesis process has been understood to be mainly related to the compres...Angular unconformity is one of the most direct and strongest evidences for approving the tectonic movements of the earth's crust. Its dynamic genesis process has been understood to be mainly related to the compressional setting for a long time. Especially, in a detailed structural analysis for a specific region, when an angular unconformity is discovered people would regard it as the result of orogenic movements of a certain period or a certain episode and neglect the extensional facts. Based on a dialectical point of view of extension-compression, this paper has proved that angular unconformities can be formed not only in compressional settings, but also in extensional ones. Further more, their geological features are compared and he possible genetic mechanisms for angular unconformity under different dynamic settings are studied.展开更多
Sedimentological, cyclic-stratigraphic, paleomagnetic, and clay-mineralogical studies on the early Oligocene Yaxicuo Group in the Hoh Xil Basin, the largest Cenozoic sedimentary basin in the hinterland of the Tibetan ...Sedimentological, cyclic-stratigraphic, paleomagnetic, and clay-mineralogical studies on the early Oligocene Yaxicuo Group in the Hoh Xil Basin, the largest Cenozoic sedimentary basin in the hinterland of the Tibetan Plateau, provide abundant information of paleoclimate changes. A 350-m thick section in the middle-lower Yaxicuo Group was analyzed to reveal the climatic history that occurred in the Hoh Xil region during the early Oligocene interval 31.30-30.35 Ma, dated with the paleomagnetic chronostratigraphy. The results indicate that arid and cold climate dominated the Hoh Xil region during the early Oligocene in general, being related to the global cooling and drying events that occurred in the earliest Oligocene. Within this period, relatively warm and wet climate accompanied by strong tectonic activity occurred in the 31.05-30.75 Ma interval; while arid and cold climate and relatively inactive tectonics occurred in the 31.30-31.05 and 30.75-30.35 Ma intervals. Furthermore, spectral analyses of high-temporal resolution paleoclimatic records show orbital periods including eccentricity, obliquity, and precession. It is concluded that paleoclimate changes during the early Oligocene in the Hoh Xil region were forced by both tectonic activity and orbital periods.展开更多
On the basis of a one-by-one latitude-longitude grid three-dimensional seismic velocity model, the crustal P-wave velocity structure in eastern China (105-125°E and 18-41°N) is obtained, and a set of geother...On the basis of a one-by-one latitude-longitude grid three-dimensional seismic velocity model, the crustal P-wave velocity structure in eastern China (105-125°E and 18-41°N) is obtained, and a set of geotherms for each grid is established for P-T correction on P-wave velocities. The average depths of sub-crustal layers and their average P-wave velocities of 18 tectonic units in eastern China are exhibited. Our result presents a 32-34 km thick crust beneath eastern China, which is thinner than previous studies, with an average velocity of 6.54 km/s, corresponding to a 5 kg/m3 variation in crustal mean density. The thicker upper but thinner middle and lower crust results in a lower average seismic velocity of eastern China. An intermediate crustal composition with a SiO2 content of 59.7 wt% has been estimated. However, there exists a significant lateral variation in the crustal structures among the tectonic units of eastern China. The structure and composition features of some regions in eastern China indicate that extension has played an important role in the continental crust evolution of eastern China.展开更多
Western Yunnan is the well-known polymetallic province in China. It is characterized by copper-gold mineralization related to Cenozoic alkali-rich porphyry. This paper analyzes the silicon isotope data obtained from f...Western Yunnan is the well-known polymetallic province in China. It is characterized by copper-gold mineralization related to Cenozoic alkali-rich porphyry. This paper analyzes the silicon isotope data obtained from four typical alkali-rich porphyry deposits based on the dynamic fractionation principle of silicon isotope. The study shows that the ore materials should originate mainly from alkali-rich magmas, together with silicon-rich mineralizing fluids. The process of mineralization was completed by auto-metasomatism, i.e. silicon-rich mineralizing fluids (including alkali-rich porphyry and wall-rock strata) replaced and altered the country rocks and contaminated with crustal rocks during the crystallization of alkali-rich magmas. Such a process is essentially the continuance of the metasomatism of mantle fluids in crust's mineralization. This provides important evidence of silicon isotopic geochemistry for better understanding the mineralization of the Cenozoic alkali-rich porphyry polymetallic deposits展开更多
Twelve paleocommunities dominated by benthic brachiopod are recognized in the Givetian-Frasnian stages of the Devonian in the Longmenshan area, southwestern China, in which two kinds of brachiopod community replacemen...Twelve paleocommunities dominated by benthic brachiopod are recognized in the Givetian-Frasnian stages of the Devonian in the Longmenshan area, southwestern China, in which two kinds of brachiopod community replacement are classified. One is the abrupt replacement, represented by abrupt alternation between the Leiorhynchus community and Zhonghuacoelia-Striatopugnax community in the Frasnian Tuqiaozi Formation. The other is the gradual one, developed in the Givetian Guanwushan Formation, which had been completed by the shift of the Independatrypa lemma-Uncinulus heterocostellis-Emanuella takwanensis community via the Sinospongophyllum irregulare-Pseudomicroplasma fongi community to the Clathrocoilona spissa-Hexagonaria composite reef community. According to analyses of the paleocommunities, either the abrupt or gradual paleocommunity replacement of the Middle-Upper Devonian in the Longmenshan area is suggested as a response to the 5th-order sea level fluctuation due to the replacements of the paleocommunities in a tracts-system of depositional sequence. It is supposed that changes of paleocommunity diversity, one of the results of paleocommunity replacement, are depended on the range and magnitude of sea level fluctuation, but there is not a linear relationship between them. Furthermore, a suggestion is proposed that the concept of paleocommunity succession seem to be abandoned in the paleocommunity analysis because it almost never be practiced to recover the information of community succession in the geological record at present.展开更多
Based on historical earthquake data, we use statistical methods to study integrated recurrence behaviors of strong earthquakes along 7 selected active fault zones in the Sichuan-Yunnan region. The results show that re...Based on historical earthquake data, we use statistical methods to study integrated recurrence behaviors of strong earthquakes along 7 selected active fault zones in the Sichuan-Yunnan region. The results show that recurrences of strong earthquakes in the 7 fault zones display near-random, random and clustering behaviors. The recurrence processes are never quasi-periodic, and are neither strength-time nor time-strength dependent. The more independent segments for strong earthquake rupturing a fault zone has, the more complicated the corresponding recurrence process is. And relatively active periods and quiescent periods for earthquake activity occur alternatively. Within the active periods, the distribution of recurrence time intervals between earthquakes has relatively large discretion, and can be modelled well by a Weibull distribution. The time distribution of the quiescent periods has relatively small discretion, and can be approximately described by some distributions as the normal. Both the durations of the active periods and the numbers of strong earthquakes within the active periods vary obviously cycle by cycle, leading to the relatively active periods having never repeated quasi-periodically. Therefore, the probabilistic assessment for middle- and long-term seismic hazard for entireties of active fault zones based on data of historical strong earthquakes on the fault zones still faces difficulty.展开更多
The complicated topography, morphology and geology are characteristic of South China, where the frequently covered waters and igneous bodies and widely exposed carbonates are difficult to seismic survey. This paper de...The complicated topography, morphology and geology are characteristic of South China, where the frequently covered waters and igneous bodies and widely exposed carbonates are difficult to seismic survey. This paper describes the effect of combining exploration of gravitational, magnetic and electric methods in the complicated hydrocarbon areas in South China by some case histories. Many year''s exploration practices in the exploring areas of more than 20 show that the non-seismic integrated (gravity/magnetic/electric) geophysical prospecting can play an important role not only in regional assessment, basin optimization and early basin evaluation,but also in finding objective of low resistance in areas of exposed carbonate with high resistance, contouring local structure, outlining igneous body and reef, and differentiating rock facies of basement. The results of the non-seismic integrated geophysical survey have pointed out the direction for deploying next prospecting in the specific areas of South China and the valuable experiences have been accumulated to carry out hydrocarbon-hunting in the future.展开更多
Mashan is a typical area, complex on the surface,steep of the formations and complicated with the structures. It is very difficult to carry out seismic surveying. The preliminary result of the seismic prospecting indi...Mashan is a typical area, complex on the surface,steep of the formations and complicated with the structures. It is very difficult to carry out seismic surveying. The preliminary result of the seismic prospecting indicated that only monoclines exist in the area. Drilling discovered Hetianhe gas field. After integrating non-seismic (gravity, magnetic and electromagnetic) prospecting, it was revealed that there exist two rows of structural highs, which were proved by the later seismic surveying. The paper analyzed all the data in the area and recognized that the integrated prospecting to be carried out in a complicated area is effective and necessary.展开更多
Experience gained in many years proved that oil explorations were very difficult to complete with seismic methods only in seismic-unfeasible areas. The expected results in these places could only be obtained with the ...Experience gained in many years proved that oil explorations were very difficult to complete with seismic methods only in seismic-unfeasible areas. The expected results in these places could only be obtained with the integrated geophysical surveys, the combination of gravity, electric, magnetic,geochemistry and seismic methods. The high-precision gravity,magnetic and electric techniques used in seismic-unfeasible areas in Qaidam Basin had achieved many astonishing results,which demonstrated a feasible way for oil exploration in Qaidam Basin and offered a basis for data interpretation in complex areas where seismic data was not able to acquire.展开更多
An algorithm is introduced in this paper for the synthesis of randomly layered earth models. Under the assumption that the layering and the physical parameters for a layer are random variables with truncated normal di...An algorithm is introduced in this paper for the synthesis of randomly layered earth models. Under the assumption that the layering and the physical parameters for a layer are random variables with truncated normal distributions, random numbers sampled from the distributions can be used to construct the layered structure and determine physical parameters for the layers. To demonstrate its application, random models were synthesized for the modelling of seismic ground motion amplification of a site with uncertainties in its model parameters.展开更多
The Qiangtang basin is one of the large-scale basins in China, which is located in the high-altitude and cold area. In 1994 the preliminary gravity, magnetic and electric prospecting work was undertaken in this area. ...The Qiangtang basin is one of the large-scale basins in China, which is located in the high-altitude and cold area. In 1994 the preliminary gravity, magnetic and electric prospecting work was undertaken in this area. Over three years the gravity, magnetic and electric reconnaissance work had been completed. The integrated interpretation of complex gravity, magnetic and electric data had identified the boundary of the basin. The relationship between the basin and mountains is a south-north ramp structure. The basin structure consisted of one uplift and two sags, five depressions and two arches. The complex evaluation showed that the regions of Baitanhu and Youyiquan in the Qiangtang basin were considered to be the most perspective ones in sense of oil-gas bearing.展开更多
The utilization of MT and CEMP methods has been extended from plains to mountainous areas. The rugged topography not only brings about difficulties in field electro-magnetic measurements but also affects data processi...The utilization of MT and CEMP methods has been extended from plains to mountainous areas. The rugged topography not only brings about difficulties in field electro-magnetic measurements but also affects data processing, interpretation and results. Analyzed in this paper were the 2D and 3D forward modeling of the fluctuated topography and the real examples to discuss the topographic effects on electric data and the practical methods to avoid these effects.展开更多
In 1997, the TZ- 162 well in Tazhong area of the Tarim basin hit the lower Paleozoic dolomite reservoir at a depth of 5,900 m. The distribution of the dolomite reservoir, however,was very difficult to delineate due to...In 1997, the TZ- 162 well in Tazhong area of the Tarim basin hit the lower Paleozoic dolomite reservoir at a depth of 5,900 m. The distribution of the dolomite reservoir, however,was very difficult to delineate due to the complex surface conditions and poor seismic properties. High-precision transient electromagnetic sounding (TEM) was conducted and good results obtained in this area. This paper discussed the principle,data processing and interpretation of this method. The resultsof studying the dolomite reservoirs demonstrated the effectiveness of the method in studying the low-resistance dolomite reservoirs in the high-resistance carbonates. This method should be an effective one to study reservoirs in areas with similar physical properties as well.展开更多
The problems existing in the present sampling method for weak layers in exploratory adits are discussed. At present, the confining pressure effect on engineering properties of weak layers is often neglected, but the a...The problems existing in the present sampling method for weak layers in exploratory adits are discussed. At present, the confining pressure effect on engineering properties of weak layers is often neglected, but the argillizational effect under ground water is emphasized. Ordinarily, samples of weak layers are obtained in exploratory adits. But the weak layers are easily affected by the stress relaxation after the excavation of exploratory adits. So the engineering properties of weak layers, based on laboratory or in-situ tests, are very poor. Obviously, the test results of samples from exploratory adits cannot reflect their engineering properties under natural ground stresses. To avoid the effect of stress relaxation on weak layers, a special sampling method in exploratory adits is adopted, which reveals that weak layers are of good engineering properties under confining pressure. Taking the weak intercalations at a giant hydroelectric station on Jinshajiang River as an example, the correlations between physical and mechanical indices and confining pressure indicate that confining pressure is the most important environmental factor to control the engineering properties of weak layers.展开更多
A typical gateway is analyzed using fully-deformable discrete element method. The fractured zone around the gateway is measured in field. Based on the measurement results and theoretical analysis, a comprehensive supp...A typical gateway is analyzed using fully-deformable discrete element method. The fractured zone around the gateway is measured in field. Based on the measurement results and theoretical analysis, a comprehensive support scheme adopting bolt and steel belt is proposed. Discrete element method is used to assess the bolting scheme, and displacement monitoring in field is also carried out. Having been put into practice, it is proved that the scheme is both successful and rational. According to theoretical analysis and monitoring in field, some important keynotes that should be noticed in gateway bolting practice are presented as well.展开更多
Radon concentrations in high background radiation areas in the south are higher than those of others in China, especially 220 Rn concentration is significantly high. Therefore, measurements of 222 Rn and...Radon concentrations in high background radiation areas in the south are higher than those of others in China, especially 220 Rn concentration is significantly high. Therefore, measurements of 222 Rn and 220 Rn concentrations should be carried out there. This paper introduces a large size collector of radon progeny and its applications. The collector is a sheet of polyvinyl chloride fiber with electrostatics of (-500 V)-(-700 V). Its size (60 mm in diameter) is larger than those of others (26 mm in diameter) that work with the same principle. The collector is more effective to adsorb radon progeny than most of others. The equipment of ZnS(Ag) Scintillation Counting System is available for large size collectors to detect radon progeny. Therefore, its sensitivity of measurement is higher than that of others. According to the different half lives of radon progeny, and based on both theory and experiments, a formula for discrimination and calculation of 222 Rn and 220 Rn concentrations is deduced. The 222 Rn and 220 Rn concentrations were surveyed with electrostatic collectors of radon progeny on the campus of commercial school and some other areas in Hainan, southern China. Neither 222 Rn nor 220 Rn concentration was found significantly high. However, several faults underground were delineated. The collector is also used to study radon transportation. Results indicate that radon changes regularly with date when it has transported for a certain distance. Velocities of radon migration in the four media are quite different. Radon migrates more quickly in vertical tube than in the horizontal tube.展开更多
基金Supported by Chinese National Natural Science Foundaion(49972091)
文摘Based on the analysis of main causes of rockburst,the compressive strength,tensile strength,elastic energy index of rock and the maximum tangential stress of the cavern wall are chosen as the criterion indexes for rockburst prediction.A new approach using neural method is proposed to predict rockburst occurrence and its intensity.The prediction results show that it is feasible and appropriate to use artificial neural network model for rockburst prediction.
基金The research is jointly supported by the Key Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.40332020)Prophase Special Research of Vital Projects in the Basic Research of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(No.2001CCA01 800)International Geological Correlation Program(IGCP463/494).
文摘The Cretaceous is among the most unusual eras in the geological past. Geoscience communities have been having great concerns with geological phenomena within this period, for example carbonate platforms and black shales in the Early and Middle Cretaceous respectively, during the last decades. But few people have paid any attention to the set of pelagic redbeds lying on the black shales, not to mention the applications to paleoclimatology and paleoceanography. It is shown by the sedimentary records of redbeds, that they were deposited around the CCD, with both a higher content of iron and much lower concentrations of organic carbon, which implies conditions with a relatively high content of oxygen. Such redbeds occurred in the global oceans, mainly in the Tethyan realm, with different durations of deposition and a climax from the late Santonian to early Campanian. Global cooling and dramatic changes in ocean currents might help to increase the oxygen flux between the atmosphere and ocean, after the large scale organic carbon burial during the Middle Cretaceous, and therefore lead to the oxygenation of deep ocean and so the occurrence of late Cretaceous oceanic redbeds.
文摘This paper presents new geological and geochemical data from the Shuanghu area in northern Tibet, which recorded the Early Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event. The stratigraphic succession in the Shuanghu area consists mostly of grey to dark-colored alternating oil shales, marls and mudstones. Ammonite beds are found at the top of the Shuanghu oil shale section, which are principally of early Toarcian age, roughly within the Harplocearas falciferrum Zone. Therefore, the oil shale strata at Shuanghu can be correlated with early Toarcian black shales distributing extensively in the European epicontinental seas that contain the records of an Oceanic Anoxic Event. Sedimentary organic matter of laminated shale anomalously rich in organic carbon across the Shuanghu area is characterized by high organic carbon contents, ranging from 1.8% to 26.1%. The carbon isotope curve displays the δ 13C values of the kerogen (δ 13Ckerogen) fluctuating from –26.22 to –23.53‰ PDB with a positive excursion close to 2.17‰, which, albeit significantly smaller, may also have been associated with other Early Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Events (OAEs) in Europe. The organic atomic C/N ratios range between 6 and 43, and the curve of C/N ratios is consistent with that of the δ 13Ckerogen values. The biological assemblage, characterized by scarcity of benthic organisms and bloom of calcareous nannofossils (coccoliths), reveals high biological productivity in the surface water and an unfavorable environment for the benthic fauna in the bottom water during the Oceanic Anoxic Event. On the basis of organic geochemistry and characteristics of the biological assemblage, this study suggests that the carbon-isotope excursion is caused by the changes of sea level and productivity, and that the black shale deposition, especially oil shales, is related to the bloom and high productivity of coccoliths.
基金Supported by Key Research Program of the National Science Foundation of China(No.90102002)and the Croucher Foundation of Hong Kong.
文摘Human activity duo to rapid increasing of the economy in China has become so wide and intense since 1980s that it comes to the most active factor affecting the earth surface geomorphology process and provoke the most important impact to environment in recent two decades. Some typical human-induced landslides are introduced. Their generalfeatures,including distribution,types,time series of occurrence and mechanism are summarized. A classification system of landslides is suggested based on their geological backgrounds and formation mechanism. Finally,some aspects of slope management and human activity control are discussed to different types of landslides.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation(grant 40373005)the Foundation of Sichuan Province for Training Outstanding Young Leaders of V arious Disciplines(No.02ZQ026-046)the Foundation of Sichuan Province for Training Scientific and Technological Leaders in the Year 2003(No.2200336)
文摘Angular unconformity is one of the most direct and strongest evidences for approving the tectonic movements of the earth's crust. Its dynamic genesis process has been understood to be mainly related to the compressional setting for a long time. Especially, in a detailed structural analysis for a specific region, when an angular unconformity is discovered people would regard it as the result of orogenic movements of a certain period or a certain episode and neglect the extensional facts. Based on a dialectical point of view of extension-compression, this paper has proved that angular unconformities can be formed not only in compressional settings, but also in extensional ones. Further more, their geological features are compared and he possible genetic mechanisms for angular unconformity under different dynamic settings are studied.
文摘Sedimentological, cyclic-stratigraphic, paleomagnetic, and clay-mineralogical studies on the early Oligocene Yaxicuo Group in the Hoh Xil Basin, the largest Cenozoic sedimentary basin in the hinterland of the Tibetan Plateau, provide abundant information of paleoclimate changes. A 350-m thick section in the middle-lower Yaxicuo Group was analyzed to reveal the climatic history that occurred in the Hoh Xil region during the early Oligocene interval 31.30-30.35 Ma, dated with the paleomagnetic chronostratigraphy. The results indicate that arid and cold climate dominated the Hoh Xil region during the early Oligocene in general, being related to the global cooling and drying events that occurred in the earliest Oligocene. Within this period, relatively warm and wet climate accompanied by strong tectonic activity occurred in the 31.05-30.75 Ma interval; while arid and cold climate and relatively inactive tectonics occurred in the 31.30-31.05 and 30.75-30.35 Ma intervals. Furthermore, spectral analyses of high-temporal resolution paleoclimatic records show orbital periods including eccentricity, obliquity, and precession. It is concluded that paleoclimate changes during the early Oligocene in the Hoh Xil region were forced by both tectonic activity and orbital periods.
基金supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.40104003)China Post-doctoral Science Foundationthe Chinese Academy of Sciences K.C.Wong Post-doctoral Research Award
文摘On the basis of a one-by-one latitude-longitude grid three-dimensional seismic velocity model, the crustal P-wave velocity structure in eastern China (105-125°E and 18-41°N) is obtained, and a set of geotherms for each grid is established for P-T correction on P-wave velocities. The average depths of sub-crustal layers and their average P-wave velocities of 18 tectonic units in eastern China are exhibited. Our result presents a 32-34 km thick crust beneath eastern China, which is thinner than previous studies, with an average velocity of 6.54 km/s, corresponding to a 5 kg/m3 variation in crustal mean density. The thicker upper but thinner middle and lower crust results in a lower average seismic velocity of eastern China. An intermediate crustal composition with a SiO2 content of 59.7 wt% has been estimated. However, there exists a significant lateral variation in the crustal structures among the tectonic units of eastern China. The structure and composition features of some regions in eastern China indicate that extension has played an important role in the continental crust evolution of eastern China.
文摘Western Yunnan is the well-known polymetallic province in China. It is characterized by copper-gold mineralization related to Cenozoic alkali-rich porphyry. This paper analyzes the silicon isotope data obtained from four typical alkali-rich porphyry deposits based on the dynamic fractionation principle of silicon isotope. The study shows that the ore materials should originate mainly from alkali-rich magmas, together with silicon-rich mineralizing fluids. The process of mineralization was completed by auto-metasomatism, i.e. silicon-rich mineralizing fluids (including alkali-rich porphyry and wall-rock strata) replaced and altered the country rocks and contaminated with crustal rocks during the crystallization of alkali-rich magmas. Such a process is essentially the continuance of the metasomatism of mantle fluids in crust's mineralization. This provides important evidence of silicon isotopic geochemistry for better understanding the mineralization of the Cenozoic alkali-rich porphyry polymetallic deposits
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant 40273014)has funded the project.
文摘Twelve paleocommunities dominated by benthic brachiopod are recognized in the Givetian-Frasnian stages of the Devonian in the Longmenshan area, southwestern China, in which two kinds of brachiopod community replacement are classified. One is the abrupt replacement, represented by abrupt alternation between the Leiorhynchus community and Zhonghuacoelia-Striatopugnax community in the Frasnian Tuqiaozi Formation. The other is the gradual one, developed in the Givetian Guanwushan Formation, which had been completed by the shift of the Independatrypa lemma-Uncinulus heterocostellis-Emanuella takwanensis community via the Sinospongophyllum irregulare-Pseudomicroplasma fongi community to the Clathrocoilona spissa-Hexagonaria composite reef community. According to analyses of the paleocommunities, either the abrupt or gradual paleocommunity replacement of the Middle-Upper Devonian in the Longmenshan area is suggested as a response to the 5th-order sea level fluctuation due to the replacements of the paleocommunities in a tracts-system of depositional sequence. It is supposed that changes of paleocommunity diversity, one of the results of paleocommunity replacement, are depended on the range and magnitude of sea level fluctuation, but there is not a linear relationship between them. Furthermore, a suggestion is proposed that the concept of paleocommunity succession seem to be abandoned in the paleocommunity analysis because it almost never be practiced to recover the information of community succession in the geological record at present.
文摘Based on historical earthquake data, we use statistical methods to study integrated recurrence behaviors of strong earthquakes along 7 selected active fault zones in the Sichuan-Yunnan region. The results show that recurrences of strong earthquakes in the 7 fault zones display near-random, random and clustering behaviors. The recurrence processes are never quasi-periodic, and are neither strength-time nor time-strength dependent. The more independent segments for strong earthquake rupturing a fault zone has, the more complicated the corresponding recurrence process is. And relatively active periods and quiescent periods for earthquake activity occur alternatively. Within the active periods, the distribution of recurrence time intervals between earthquakes has relatively large discretion, and can be modelled well by a Weibull distribution. The time distribution of the quiescent periods has relatively small discretion, and can be approximately described by some distributions as the normal. Both the durations of the active periods and the numbers of strong earthquakes within the active periods vary obviously cycle by cycle, leading to the relatively active periods having never repeated quasi-periodically. Therefore, the probabilistic assessment for middle- and long-term seismic hazard for entireties of active fault zones based on data of historical strong earthquakes on the fault zones still faces difficulty.
文摘The complicated topography, morphology and geology are characteristic of South China, where the frequently covered waters and igneous bodies and widely exposed carbonates are difficult to seismic survey. This paper describes the effect of combining exploration of gravitational, magnetic and electric methods in the complicated hydrocarbon areas in South China by some case histories. Many year''s exploration practices in the exploring areas of more than 20 show that the non-seismic integrated (gravity/magnetic/electric) geophysical prospecting can play an important role not only in regional assessment, basin optimization and early basin evaluation,but also in finding objective of low resistance in areas of exposed carbonate with high resistance, contouring local structure, outlining igneous body and reef, and differentiating rock facies of basement. The results of the non-seismic integrated geophysical survey have pointed out the direction for deploying next prospecting in the specific areas of South China and the valuable experiences have been accumulated to carry out hydrocarbon-hunting in the future.
文摘Mashan is a typical area, complex on the surface,steep of the formations and complicated with the structures. It is very difficult to carry out seismic surveying. The preliminary result of the seismic prospecting indicated that only monoclines exist in the area. Drilling discovered Hetianhe gas field. After integrating non-seismic (gravity, magnetic and electromagnetic) prospecting, it was revealed that there exist two rows of structural highs, which were proved by the later seismic surveying. The paper analyzed all the data in the area and recognized that the integrated prospecting to be carried out in a complicated area is effective and necessary.
文摘Experience gained in many years proved that oil explorations were very difficult to complete with seismic methods only in seismic-unfeasible areas. The expected results in these places could only be obtained with the integrated geophysical surveys, the combination of gravity, electric, magnetic,geochemistry and seismic methods. The high-precision gravity,magnetic and electric techniques used in seismic-unfeasible areas in Qaidam Basin had achieved many astonishing results,which demonstrated a feasible way for oil exploration in Qaidam Basin and offered a basis for data interpretation in complex areas where seismic data was not able to acquire.
文摘An algorithm is introduced in this paper for the synthesis of randomly layered earth models. Under the assumption that the layering and the physical parameters for a layer are random variables with truncated normal distributions, random numbers sampled from the distributions can be used to construct the layered structure and determine physical parameters for the layers. To demonstrate its application, random models were synthesized for the modelling of seismic ground motion amplification of a site with uncertainties in its model parameters.
文摘The Qiangtang basin is one of the large-scale basins in China, which is located in the high-altitude and cold area. In 1994 the preliminary gravity, magnetic and electric prospecting work was undertaken in this area. Over three years the gravity, magnetic and electric reconnaissance work had been completed. The integrated interpretation of complex gravity, magnetic and electric data had identified the boundary of the basin. The relationship between the basin and mountains is a south-north ramp structure. The basin structure consisted of one uplift and two sags, five depressions and two arches. The complex evaluation showed that the regions of Baitanhu and Youyiquan in the Qiangtang basin were considered to be the most perspective ones in sense of oil-gas bearing.
文摘The utilization of MT and CEMP methods has been extended from plains to mountainous areas. The rugged topography not only brings about difficulties in field electro-magnetic measurements but also affects data processing, interpretation and results. Analyzed in this paper were the 2D and 3D forward modeling of the fluctuated topography and the real examples to discuss the topographic effects on electric data and the practical methods to avoid these effects.
文摘In 1997, the TZ- 162 well in Tazhong area of the Tarim basin hit the lower Paleozoic dolomite reservoir at a depth of 5,900 m. The distribution of the dolomite reservoir, however,was very difficult to delineate due to the complex surface conditions and poor seismic properties. High-precision transient electromagnetic sounding (TEM) was conducted and good results obtained in this area. This paper discussed the principle,data processing and interpretation of this method. The resultsof studying the dolomite reservoirs demonstrated the effectiveness of the method in studying the low-resistance dolomite reservoirs in the high-resistance carbonates. This method should be an effective one to study reservoirs in areas with similar physical properties as well.
文摘The problems existing in the present sampling method for weak layers in exploratory adits are discussed. At present, the confining pressure effect on engineering properties of weak layers is often neglected, but the argillizational effect under ground water is emphasized. Ordinarily, samples of weak layers are obtained in exploratory adits. But the weak layers are easily affected by the stress relaxation after the excavation of exploratory adits. So the engineering properties of weak layers, based on laboratory or in-situ tests, are very poor. Obviously, the test results of samples from exploratory adits cannot reflect their engineering properties under natural ground stresses. To avoid the effect of stress relaxation on weak layers, a special sampling method in exploratory adits is adopted, which reveals that weak layers are of good engineering properties under confining pressure. Taking the weak intercalations at a giant hydroelectric station on Jinshajiang River as an example, the correlations between physical and mechanical indices and confining pressure indicate that confining pressure is the most important environmental factor to control the engineering properties of weak layers.
文摘A typical gateway is analyzed using fully-deformable discrete element method. The fractured zone around the gateway is measured in field. Based on the measurement results and theoretical analysis, a comprehensive support scheme adopting bolt and steel belt is proposed. Discrete element method is used to assess the bolting scheme, and displacement monitoring in field is also carried out. Having been put into practice, it is proved that the scheme is both successful and rational. According to theoretical analysis and monitoring in field, some important keynotes that should be noticed in gateway bolting practice are presented as well.
文摘Radon concentrations in high background radiation areas in the south are higher than those of others in China, especially 220 Rn concentration is significantly high. Therefore, measurements of 222 Rn and 220 Rn concentrations should be carried out there. This paper introduces a large size collector of radon progeny and its applications. The collector is a sheet of polyvinyl chloride fiber with electrostatics of (-500 V)-(-700 V). Its size (60 mm in diameter) is larger than those of others (26 mm in diameter) that work with the same principle. The collector is more effective to adsorb radon progeny than most of others. The equipment of ZnS(Ag) Scintillation Counting System is available for large size collectors to detect radon progeny. Therefore, its sensitivity of measurement is higher than that of others. According to the different half lives of radon progeny, and based on both theory and experiments, a formula for discrimination and calculation of 222 Rn and 220 Rn concentrations is deduced. The 222 Rn and 220 Rn concentrations were surveyed with electrostatic collectors of radon progeny on the campus of commercial school and some other areas in Hainan, southern China. Neither 222 Rn nor 220 Rn concentration was found significantly high. However, several faults underground were delineated. The collector is also used to study radon transportation. Results indicate that radon changes regularly with date when it has transported for a certain distance. Velocities of radon migration in the four media are quite different. Radon migrates more quickly in vertical tube than in the horizontal tube.
