太平洋多金属结核勘查——DY85—1航次简介

DY85—1航次(1992年5月24日—11月21日)由地矿部广州海洋地质调查局利用《海洋四号》船实施的我国“八五”期间在东太平洋我国申请区的开辟区(东太平洋海盆西部,夏威夷岛东南海域,其地理坐标大致是8°52.5′—11°22.5′N,151°7.5′—153°22.5′W)内进行的第一个航次调查,也是我国以中国大洋矿产资源研究开发协会(简称大洋协会)的名义,向联合国国际海底管理局筹委会申请作为先驱投资者并获批准后实施的首次调查,其目的是在“七五”调查工作的基础上,对开辟区西部进行进一步的勘探,圈定出区内富矿区,计算出多金属结核的资源量,对多金属结核资源进行评价,同时为“海洋”地质科学研究和采矿,选矿与冶炼试验研究采集样品,具体任务有: 1.通过地质取样、海底照相、多频探测和其它地球物理方法的调查,以及结核样品的测试分析,查明多金属结核类型、形状、丰度、覆盖率、品位及其分布规律,计算出资源量。 2.通过较详细的测深资料,查清区内地形、地貌特征,以及区内结核分布(丰度、品位变化)与宏观、微观地形,地貌、水深的关系,依照调查精度,圈出坡度大于5°的地形障碍物。 3.采集足够的结核和沉积物样品,查清区内沉积物类型、结构、分布特征及其工程地质特征。     

深海浅地层剖面特及其与多金属结核富集度的关系

对东太平洋ＣＣ区内１万多公里的浅地层剖面探测资料进行了统计分析,并对深海浅地层剖面特征及其与多金属结核丰度的关系作了研究。结果表明：Ｑ我金属结核的富集度与海镀声反经呈正比关系,影响和控制结核丰度的主要因素是海底地形。一般透明层愈厚,结核愈富集,但不是对应关系;层状层或散射层发育,则多金属结核富集,反之则不富集。     

深海浅地层剖面特征及其与多金属结核富集度的关系

对东太平洋 Ｃ Ｃ 区内 １ 万多公里的浅地层剖面探测资料进行了统计分析, 并对深海浅地层剖面特征及其与多金属结核丰度的关系作了研究, 结果表明： 多金属结核的富集度与海底声反射率呈正比关系, 影响和控制结核丰度的主要因素是海底地形。一般透明层愈厚, 结核愈富集, 但不是对应关系; 层状层或散射层发育, 则多金属结核富集, 反之则不富集     

地形坡度对多金属结核分布的控制作用

选取我国东太平洋多金属结核开辟区内的一个区域作为研究区,利用人工神经网络中应用最为广泛的BP网络,建立控制多金属结核分布的地质因素与多金属结核分布之间的映射关系,探讨地形坡度对多金属结核分布的控制作用.结果表明,在经度、纬度、水深、坡度四个因素中,坡度对结核分布影响程度最大;多金属结核主要分布于坡度小于5°的地方;当坡度小于5°时,丰度与地形坡度呈正相关,品位与地形坡度呈负相关,丰度与品位呈负相关;品位与坡度似呈指数关系,坡度增大,品位降低.     

东太平洋多金属结核的一般特征与影响因素

本文主要阐述了东太平洋海盆国家海洋局调查区内多金属结核的物性特点、形态分区、粒级分布、矿物成分以及结核丰度、品位与生成环境因素的关系，并指出了勘探与选冶的较佳区块。     

中国多金属结核西示范区的结核小尺度分布特征

利用在中国多金属结核西示范区加密调查中获取的海底视像资料,通过水下定位数据处理和结核覆盖率计算,并结合多波束地形测量数据,从结核覆盖率分布角度对多金属结核的小尺度分布特征进行研究。研究结果表明:多金属结核分布与地形有一定的对应关系,在地形平缓区域,结核覆盖率变化较平缓,而在某些地形陡峭区域,由于块状结壳的形成,结核/结壳覆盖率出现明显的跃升;西示范区为结核高覆盖率分布区,结核覆盖率沿东西方向变化不大,由北向南呈增高趋势;地形坡度对结核分布有明显的影响,在区内0°~3.6°的坡度范围内,坡度越大,结核覆盖率越高。     

中太平洋海山富钴结壳与基岩关系的研究

对我国首次取得的中太平洋海山基岩和富钴结壳样品的结构构造、矿物和化学组成特征的研究表明,该区主要基岩类型为碱性玄武岩、磷块岩、磷酸盐化碳酸盐岩和燧石等,碱性玄武岩分布最广,并均有不同程度的风化.观察表明,富钴结壳的载体可以是各种岩性的基岩.玄武岩、风化火山岩和磷块岩上的结壳厚度比燧石的大,有较高的经济价值,是选矿冶炼的主要对象.对于调查区内富钴结壳形态总体上可分为三种类型:板状、砾状和结核状结壳.从以下四个方面探讨结壳与基岩之间的关系:(1)海水、基岩和结壳中主要金属元素含量特点;(2)通过聚类分析方法探讨结壳与基岩之间的亲疏程度;(3)结壳的分布特征;(4)不同基岩类型对结壳生长的影响.分析结果表明,调查区内的火山岩及磷块岩对结壳形成的贡献大(比其他类型岩石).     

东太平洋多金属结核的叠层石包壳及其沉积环境意义

对东太平洋C-C区深海多金属结核的叠层石包壳、多金属结核的表面类型及其分布规律进行了详细研究和合理解释,认为叠层石的形态学特征既是建造叠层石的微生物种类差异的表现,也是环境水动力条件和溶解氧含量不同的反映,这些因素共同决定了多金属结核的表面类型,而南极底流是造成海底水体能量环境、氧化还原电位和微生物种类变化的根本原因.为多金属结核的分布规律和成矿预测提供科学依据.     

中太平洋海盆多金属结核分布及其与CC区中国多金属结核开辟区多金属结核特征对比

在综合分析航次调查资料的基础上,总结了中太平洋海盆多金属结核的矿产资源特征与分布规律,并与CC区中国多金属结核开辟区结核特征进行对比。结果发现:CP区多金属结核以S型水成成因为主,具有较高的丰度与覆盖率,但品位较低;而CC区结核S型(西区)、S+R型、R型(东区)三者均有,以混合成因和成岩成因为主,尽管丰度、覆盖率稍低,但品位较高。多金属结核中锰相矿物差异、表层沉积物类型及南极底流的影响是造成两区多金属结核差异的主要因素。     

近20a广东省海岛海岸带土地利用变化及驱动力分析

在采用遥感和地理信息系统技术对1985年和2005年广东省海岛海岸带土地利用数据处理的基础上,对海岛海岸带土地利用变化及其驱动因子进行分析.分析表明:(1)各土地利用类型中,农用地面积变化最大,减少了2 048 km2,占研究区内1985年农用地总面积的31.4%;(2)研究区内共围填海370 km2,其中粤东、粤西和...     

太平洋CC区多金属结核的分类问题

本文论述了多金属结核分类的目的及应遵循的原则，结合DY85－4航次对结核的调查研究，依据结核的表面构造特征将结核分为：光滑型、粗糙型及光滑十粗糙型。详细地叙述了不同类型多金属结核的特征及形成环境。通过对前人关于多金属结核分类的回顾和评述，指出了前人分类的某些缺点和不足，并着重强调了我们采用分类的优点和可行性。     

The statistical distributions for the elevation,velocity and acceleration of the surface of wind waves

Water surface elevations(t), vertical surface velocities and vertical surface acceleration of wind-generated waves have been measured in a laboratory wind wave channel by using resistance-type wave gauges combined with an electronic differentiation circuits. Probability distributions of the values of(t), , and have been determined from the wave records.In an initial stage of wave generation,i.e., when wind waves are generated at short fetches and low wind speeds, the observed distributions for(t), and are appreciately good fit to the distributions given by successive sum of a Gram-Charlier series, which has been derived following the formulation ofLonguet-Higgins (1963), by taking the weakly nonlinear effect into account.However, when wind waves develop with increasing wind speeds and fetches, the observed distributions deviate gradually from the Gram-Charlier series. Particularly, the deviations are remarkable for the distribution of .When the wind speed increases, the observed distributions of(t), and show the following characteristics: (i) the skewnesses of the distributions of(t) and decrease slightly, (ii) the skewness of changes, at some wind speed, from positive small values to relatively large negative values, (iii) the kurtosis of the distribution of(t) decreases slightly but that of increases slightly and these characteristics seem to depend not so much on fetches, (iv) the kurtosis of the distribution of increases rapidly.     

利用微区XRF技术的大洋固体矿产成分快速无损检测

深海固体矿产主要由铁锰结核、富钴结壳和多金属热液硫化物组成,元素在矿产中原位的分布和含量,对了解矿物成因、品位以及评估其经济价值有重要指示作用。本研究利用微区XRF分析技术对铁锰结核、富钴结壳、热液硫化物3种大洋类型矿产样品,进行高分辨、原位和无损的多元素空间分布检测,结果显示了不同元素在3种类型矿物中的空间分布特征。通过对测试数据进一步处理和优化成图流程,可以获得特定元素在矿物中半定量分布图,并对不同元素在矿物空间分布的差异性和相关性进行对比分析,从而建立一种肉眼可见的测试大洋矿产资源样品中元素原位分布的新方法。     

Ferromanganese Nodules and their Associated Sediments from the Central Indian Ocean Basin: Rare Earth Element Geochemistry

The rare earth element (REE) distribution in nine deep-sea ferromanganese nodules and their associated siliceous sediments from the Central Indian Ocean Basin (CIOB) have been studied to elucidate the REE relationship among them. Total REE concentration varies from 398-928 ppm in the nodules and 137-235 ppm in the associated sediments, suggesting two- to four-fold enrichment in the nodules compared to associated sediments. REE of nodules and their associated sediments show a positive correlation, suggesting REE are supplied from a common source such as seawater. The positive correlation between REE of nodules and sediments from the CIOB is contrary to the competitive scavenging of REE between nodules and sediment in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. REEs in the nodules are carried by Fe, P, and Ti, whereas in the sediment they are carried by P and Mn phases. A similar REE fractionation pattern with middle REE enrichment over heavy and light REE in both the nodules and their associated sediment suggest fractionation is independent of REE abundance and their carrier phases.     

Distribution pattern and morphochemical relationships of manganese nodules from the Central Indian Basin

In the Central Indian Basin manganese nodule abundance was variable in all sediment types. Mean abundance varied from 1.5 in calcareous ooze to 10.2 kg/m² in terrigenous-siliceous ooze sediments. Nodule grade and growth rates are positively correlated only up to 10 mm/My (million years), and grade shows no distinct relationship with abundance. Relationships between the morphochemical characteristics of the nodules and host sediment types are subtle. Both hydrogenetic and diagenetic nodules (with smooth and rough surfaces respectively) occur on almost all sediments, but in variable proportions. Thus, the overall distribution pattern shows that small nodules (<4-cm diameters) of lower grade (average value Ni+Cu+Co=1.21%) with smooth surfaces are more common on red clay, terrigenous, and terrigenous-siliceous ooze transition-zone sediments. By contrast, large nodules (>4-cm diameters) of higher grade (average value Ni+Cu+Co=1.80%) with rough surfaces are more prevalent on siliceous ooze, siliceous ooze-red clay, and calcareous ooze-red clay transition-zone sediments. This implies an enhanced supply of trace metals from pore waters to rough-surface nodules during early diagenesis.     

Ferromanganese Nodules and their Associated Sediments from the Central Indian Ocean Basin: Rare Earth Element Geochemistry

Abstract

The rare earth element (REE) distribution in nine deep-sea ferromanganese nodules and their associated siliceous sediments from the Central Indian Ocean Basin (CIOB) have been studied to elucidate the REE relationship among them. Total REE concentration varies from 398–928 ppm in the nodules and 137–235 ppm in the associated sediments, suggesting two- to four-fold enrichment in the nodules compared to associated sediments. REE of nodules and their associated sediments show a positive correlation, suggesting REE are supplied from a common source such as seawater. The positive correlation between REE of nodules and sediments from the CIOB is contrary to the competitive scavenging of REE between nodules and sediment in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. REEs in the nodules are carried by Fe, P, and Ti, whereas in the sediment they are carried by P and Mn phases. A similar REE fractionation pattern with middle REE enrichment over heavy and light REE in both the nodules and their associated sediment suggest fractionation is independent of REE abundance and their carrier phases.     

Alkenone distribution in surface sediments of the southern Yellow Sea and implications for the {\text{U}}^{{{\text{K}}\prime}}_{{37}} thermometer

The \textU^\textK￠₃₇ {\text{U}}^{{{\text{K}}\prime}}_{{37}} index has been widely applied for sea surface temperature (SST) reconstruction in open ocean environments, but has inherently limited applications at smaller, regional scales including some marginal seas where both historical and reconstructed SST records are urgently needed for understanding regional climate evolution. We determined the spatial distribution of alkenone contents in surface sediments from the southern Yellow Sea to assess the regional \textU₃₇^\textK￠ {\text{U}}_{{{37}}}^{{{\text{K'}}}} —SST relationship for paleo-SST reconstructions. C_37:2 and C_37:3 alkenones were detected at all 36 sites covering most of the southern Yellow Sea. Alkenone content ranges from 17 to 1,063 ng/g, with high values (ca. 400 to 1,000 ng/g) at deep water sites and a decreasing trend shoreward. For six samples at shallower depths near the coast and further offshore, the values were too low for statistical evaluation. This spatial pattern of alkenone contents is consistent with existing knowledge on the spatial distribution and productivity of alkenone-producing coccolithophorid species in the region. There is a significant positive relationship ( \textU₃₇^\textK￠ = 0.059\textSST - 0.350 {\text{U}}_{{{37}}}^{{{\text{K'}}}} = 0.059{\text{SST}} - 0.350 , R = 0.912, n = 30) between the \textU₃₇^\textK￠ {\text{U}}_{{{37}}}^{{{\text{K'}}}} values and satellite-derived annual mean SSTs (0 m) for the last 27 years, providing support for the application of a region-specific \textU₃₇^\textK￠ {\text{U}}_{{{37}}}^{{{\text{K'}}}} index as paleothermometer in the southern Yellow Sea. However, the slope of the southern Yellow Sea calibration (0.059) is considerably larger than that of the well-known global core-top calibration (0.033). This implies that global SST trends may not adequately encompass regional SST patterns and/or that environmental factors other than temperature may gain importance in explaining coccolithophore dynamics in marginal seas.     

Relationship between polymetallic nodule genesis and sediment distribution in the KODOS (Korea Deep Ocean Study) Area, Northeastern Pacific

Polymetallic nodule and sediment characteristics were investigated for two blocks (KR2 and KR5) in the Korea Deep Ocean Study (KODOS) area in order to better understand nodule distribution and the potential effects of sediments on nodule genesis. The northern block (KR2) is dominated by hydrogenetic nodules, whereas the southern block (KR5) is dominated by diagenetic nodules. Sediments in the study area are assigned to three major lithologic units which are distinctive in color and texture. The northern block is characterized by a thick, metalpoor Unit 1 sediment, which is thin in the southern block, where metal-rich Units 2b and 3 occur close to the surface. The distribution of different nodule genetic types in the northern and southern blocks can be attributed to topographic variations (topographic high near seamounts in KR2 and abyssal plain in KR5) and different sedimentation rates (0.1 and 0.32 mm/kyr in blocks KR2 and KR5, respectively). The southern block has a geologic setting more conducive to diagenetic nodule formation, such as flat topography and sediment composition. Nodule distribution in the studied blocks might also be explained by the distribution of the sediment units of different metal contents. The northern block, in which Unit 1 is thicker, has more abundant hydrogenetic nodules, possibly because Unit 1 prevents metals that are remobilized from the underlying sediments from reaching the seabed where the nodules are forming.