Peculiarities of the kinematics of the South Uralian suture zones as a cause of the formation of the convergent structure of the East Uralian megazone

The structure of the suture zones surrounding the East Uralian megazone in the South Urals is reviewed. The analysis of mesoscale structures allowed us to prove their strike-slip nature. Their kinematics changed from left-lateral in the Early Carboniferous into right-lateral in the Mesozoic. The age of these dislocations was determined after the age of synkinematic intrusions. The suture zones have divergent structures in contrast to the convergent East Uralian megazone that is located between them.     

东北晚中生代断陷盆地储层次生孔隙形成机制

次生孔隙在东北晚中生代断陷盆地J₃-K₁储层中占有很大比例,主要类型为粒间溶孔、粒内溶孔、铸模孔、胶结物内溶孔和裂缝等。通过对二连、海拉尔、松辽等东北主要含油气断陷盆地储层次生孔隙的研究,总结出其形成机制主要有四种:1与泥岩有机质热演化有关;2与地表水和地下水的渗滤作用有关;3与晚期火山活动有关;4与构造作用和成岩作用有关。明确了寻找次生孔隙发育带的方向为:1成岩强度为早成岩阶段B亚期和晚成岩阶段A、B亚期的砂岩段中;2沉积间断面附近;3地温较高地段岩浆热液影响附近;4在致密砂岩、泥岩和基岩中寻找裂逢发育带。     

Investigating the spatial pattern of the characteristics of the onset and cessation of the rains in Nigeria

The characteristics of the onset and cessation of the rains investigated in this study are early, normal and late onset and cessation. The spatial pattern of these parameters were investigating for Nigeria using rainfall and potential evapotranspiration data analyzed for the period between 1959– 1990. Furthermore, 4 major rainfall producing mechanisms that could be responsible for the observed pattern of these parameters in Nigeria were also investigated using the stepwise multiple regression analysis. It was found that Inter-Tropical Discontinuity appeared as the most significant rainfall producing factor for predicting the spatial variation in the characteristics of the onset and cessation of the rains in Nigeria. This finding corroborates the zonal (north-south) pattern evident in the spatial distribution of the early, normal and late onset and cessation of the rains in the country. However, it was found that the combination of ITD and disturbance line together proved significant for explaining the spatial variation in the characteristics of the onset and cessation of the rains in Nigeria. Consequently, a south-northeast trend in the spatial pattern of each of early, normal and late onset and cessation of the rains is evident for the country. The combination of the 3 factors-ITD, disturbance line and relief were found to be significant for predicting the late onset and early cessation of the rains. However, the contribution due to relief factor is extremely low. It is observed that the occurrence of onset and cessation of the rains in Nigeria is generally erratic. The study showed further that the probability of the deviation of onset and cessation of the rains from normal is higher in the north than the southern part of the country. The significance of the observations of the study to selection of crops for cultivation and schedule of planting dates have been noted.     

东营凹陷南坡沙四上亚段滩坝储层碳酸盐胶结壳发育特征及控制因素

砂-泥岩界面是砂-泥岩互层储层水-岩相互作用的活跃地带。东营凹陷南坡沙四上亚段发育了广泛的滨浅湖滩坝沉积,储层碳酸盐胶结作用强烈,常在砂-泥岩界面富集形成致密胶结壳。综合利用钻井、物性及黏土矿物资料,结合铸体薄片观察,对储层碳酸盐胶结壳的发育规律及控制因素进行了系统的研究。碳酸盐具有多期胶结的特征,砂-泥岩接触界面处胶结物含量高,多为基底式胶结。向砂体内部胶结物含量逐渐减少,砂体中部胶结物含量少且相对稳定,以孔隙式胶结为主。半干旱碱性水体环境形成的滨浅湖泥岩中的高碳酸盐含量流体、泥岩黏土矿物转化和有机质演化析出有机-无机组分、碳酸盐胶结作用发生所需的可容空间、砂-泥岩之间的物质传递能力、砂体的厚度及岩相组合控制了储层胶结壳的发育程度。胶结壳对储层质量并非简单的"破坏性成岩作用",早期碳酸盐胶结对储层的抗压实效应以及致密层构成的异常压力系统对储层后期溶蚀孔隙的发育以及油气的充注和保存提供了有利的条件。     

Geodynamics of the Riphean stage in the evolution of the northern passive margin of the East European Craton

The nearly parallel northwest-trending Onega-Kandalaksha, Kerets-Leshukonsky, and Barents paleorift zones located in the northeastern part of the East European Platform are interpreted as a common structural assemblage that was formed in the Middle-Late Riphean as a result of horizontal extension of the continental margin. Therefore, it is reasonable to combine these paleorift structural features into the common White Sea Rift System instead of subdividing them into two or more systems as done previously. The White Sea Rift System originated owing to the breakup of the ancient Paleopangea supercontinent 1300–1240 Ma ago. The latter event occurred as a result of the divergence of the Baltia and Laurentia continental plates that most probably was caused by mantle spreading within the hot equatorial belt of the Earth. The diffuse rifting of that time occurred in the form of near-parallel rifts developing progressively from the inner part of the continental plate toward its margin. A pericratonic sedimentary basin eventually formed at the passive margin of Baltia as a system of roughly parallel rift zones. The geologic and geophysical data show that the passive margin of the East European Platform formed in the Riphean, a phenomenon that corresponds with a model of large-scale extension of the lithosphere after the stage of early ocean-floor spreading. In the course of this process, the brittle upper crust was detached from the ductile lower crust. The geodynamic regime of the Riphean passive margin of the East European Platform probably was similar to the regime of the present-day Atlantic-type passive margins. The White Sea Rift System differs from the transverse Mid-Russian Paleorift System both in origin and age. The Mid-Russian Paleorift System is considered to have formed in the Late Riphean as a result of transtension along a mobile zone in the ancient basement. The lithosphere of northeastern Fennoscandia has experienced horizontal extension since the Middle Riphean, a phenomenon that is closely related to the evolution of the White Sea Rift System, i.e., to the formation of the passive margin of the Baltia continent.     

东濮凹陷北部沙河街组三段中亚段沉积环境分析

东濮凹陷北部沙三中亚段广泛发育盐岩和烃源岩,这两个看似不能共存的物质却在这里互层共生。该时期研究区沉积特征为多盐韵律与多层烃源岩互层共生、连续沉积,单个盐韵律厚度从几米到十几米,烃源岩有机质丰度高、类型好。平面上,两者在湖盆沉积沉降中心共生;垂向上,高有机质丰度、好干酪根类型与高盐度地层具有较好的对应关系。因而成为恢复古气候和古环境的重要研究对象。通过岩石学、古生物学以及Sr/Ba、B/Ga、(V+Ni+Mn)、Fe/Mn、Sr/Cu、Mg/Ca、V/(V+Ni)、稀土元素含量和氯同位素等方法对凹陷北部沙三中亚段的沉积环境进行研究。结果表明,凹陷北部沙三中亚段为深水沉积的还原环境,古盐度较高,达到半咸水-咸水沉积;微量元素和孢粉化石特征表明研究区沙三中亚段为温暖潮湿的环境。     

Zircon geochronology of the Klyuchevskoi gabbro-ultramafic massif and the problem of the age of the Mohorovicic paleoboundary in the Central Urals

The Klyuveskoi gabbro-ultramafic massif is the most representative ophiolite complex on the eastern portion of the Uralian paleoisland arc part. The massif is composed of dunite-harzburgite (tectonized mantle peridotites) and dunite-wehrlite-clinopyroxenite-gabbro (layered part of the ophiolite section) rock associations. The U-Pb age was obtained for the accessory zircons from the latter association using a SHRIMP-II ion microprobe at the Center for Isotopic Research at the Karpinskii Russian Geological Research Institute. The euhedral zircon crystals with thin rhythmic zoning from dunites are 441.4 ± 5.0 Ma in age. Zircons from olivine clinopyroxenite show three age clusters with sharply prevalent grains 449.0 ± 6.8 Ma in age. Two points give 1.7 Ga, which is probably related to the age of the mantle generating the layered complex. One value corresponds to 280 Ma, which possibly reflects exhumation of ultramafic rocks in the upper crust during the collision of the Uralian foldbelt. Thus, dunites and olivine pyroxenites from the Klyuchevskoi massif are similar in age at 441–449 Ma. The bottom of the layered part of the ophiolite section corresponds to the M paleoboundary and, consequently, the age of the Mohorovicic discontinuity conforms with the Ordovician-Silurian boundary in this part of the Urals.     

Estimation of the heat-impact potential for stimulating the development of the deposits of the Bazhenov Formation according to the results of experimental studies

The influence of temperature on rock samples of the Bazhenov Formation is shown. The samples underwent pyrolysis at 300–480°C, as well as in closed autoclaves in the presence of water under formation pressure. The temperature impact at 400°C resulted in a decrease in the S2 pyrolytic peak by 90–95% and almost complete formation of the generation potential of the rocks. Microtomographic studies of samples combined with raster electron microscopy revealed a correlation between the variable reservoir properties of the rocks. At 350°C, the rocks are characterized by a system of fractures; as a result of impacts, the porosity and permeability can increase from several to several tens of times. Our results will allow more precise modeling of the influence of tertiary processes on the rocks of the Bazhenov Formation in order to increase the final oil recovery of the bed.     

鄂尔多斯盆地东北部下石盒子组盒8段辫状河三角洲沉积特征

中二叠统下石盒子组盒8段为鄂尔多斯盆地东北部天然气的主产层位,其储集砂体受控于沉积相带的展布。通过对野外露头、岩心及测井曲线等综合分析,笔者认为研究区内主要以发育辫状河三角洲为特征,并对其沉积特征、影响其形成和发育的机理,以及岩相和砂体的展布特征进行深入研究。认为该区盒8段三角洲为辫状河-浅水型湖泊三角洲,在三角洲平原相区储集砂体为分流河道沉积;而在三角洲前缘相区则为水下分流河道沉积,河口坝、席状砂及远砂坝等沉积微相不发育。     

The glacial topography in the area of the middle-lower reaches of the Yangtze river

The Quaternary glacial landforms, such as cirques, glacial troughs, rockdrumlins and lateral moraines are discovered in the area of the middle-lower reaches of the Yangtze river. The isograms of gravels in the moraines reveal that the a-axes of the gravels are mostly parallel to the trends of the valleys. The inclinations of the a-axes of the gravels are 18°–23°. The tendency of the ab-pianes is varied. The inclinations of ab-planes are 15°–20°. The fine grains in the moraines are of bimodal form in the size-frequency curves. The surface of the quartz grains of the moraines possess typical characteristics of glacial sands. Based on the feature of glacial landforms and the data of analysis of the experiment in the laboratory, authors divide the climatic period of Quaternary in this area into four glacial stages.     

Analysis of errors in the tracking mechanisms of the 1.25-m telescope of the Crimean Laboratory of the SAI and the 1.5-m telescope of the Maidanak Observatory

Low-frequency (0–0.5 Hz) errors in the positions of stars in the focal plane of the ZTE 1.25-m telescope of the Crimean Laboratory of the Sternberg Astronomical Institute and the AZT-22 1.5-m telescope of the Maidanak Observatory in Uzbekistan are analyzed using data obtained during the operation of two optical compensators designed to correct the tilt of incoming wave fronts. A spectral analysis is used to identify possible origins of these errors. The amplitudes of periodic errors in the main worm-and-worm gears of the tracking mechanisms have been measured to be 1.5″ (a period of 240 s) for the 1.25-m telescope and 0.15″ (167 s) for the 1.5-m telescope. The rates of constant drifts have also been determined.     

广昆铁路复线秀宁隧道大皮坡—中村段岩溶塌陷成因

塌陷灾害的发生直接影响着秀宁隧道大皮坡-中村段沿线工农业生产和城镇居民生活,本研究以地质环境与隧道建设活动为基础,分析了区内塌陷的发育特征,揭示本区塌陷在隧道建设前后存在三个发生期:缓慢出现期、集中爆发期、后续影响期;本区塌陷发育存在四个阶段:初始稳定阶段、应力初步变化阶段、塌陷阶段、阶段性稳定阶段,并得出月累积降雨量210～290 mm为本区塌陷发生的临界降雨强度;进一步对本区岩溶富水带塌陷发育模式、断裂带塌陷发育模式进行了讨论,并通过引入塌陷斜率因子μ对区内不同地段潜在塌陷能力进行了对比分析,据此提出了防治措施。     

塔里木盆地塔中地区奥陶系地层沉积特征

新疆塔里木盆地塔中地区是重要石油天然气产区。奥陶系是烃源岩，也是主要勘探层系之一，具有分布广，纵、横向变化大的特点。下奥陶统与寒武系相似，碳酸盐台地发育，以灰岩、白云岩为主。中上奥陶统岩性分区以塔中Ⅰ号断裂为界，分为两大地层、岩性区。为碳酸盐台地与外源碎屑岩同时发育时期。寒武－下奥陶统是该区分布最广的烃源岩，中上奥陶统烃源岩只分布在浅海台地区。     

准噶尔盆地南缘郝家沟剖面下侏罗统三工河组辫状河三角洲沉积特征

对准噶尔南缘郝家沟剖面下侏罗统三工河组的沉积相与层序地层特征进行了详细的研究,确认三工河组发育辫状河三角洲沉积。辫状河三角洲包括辫状河三角洲平原亚相、辫状河三角洲前缘亚相和前辫状河三角洲亚相。辫状河三角洲前缘亚相又可进一步划分为水下分流河道、水下分流河道间、席状砂和河口坝等微相类型。三工河组辫状河三角洲沉积除一些层位的辫状河道沉积物颗粒较粗外,主体沉积物以砂岩、粉砂岩和泥岩为主,为砂质辫状河三角洲。运用高分辨率层序地层学基准面旋回划分原理,将三工河组划分为2个中期基准面旋回,下部中期基准面旋回又可划分为4个短期基准面旋回,上部中期基准面旋回发育不完整。     

歧口凹陷中部古近系沙三一亚段水下扇沉积体系内部构成分析

歧口凹陷中部古近系沙三一亚段是重要的含油层段,其内部发育水下扇沉积体系。本文通过岩心、测井、地震资料及室内分析测试等手段,对研究区水下扇沉积体系进行了精细解剖。研究发现其内部可识别出扇面水道、非限制性朵叶体和开阔湖泊三种成因相组合,其中扇面水道由主干扇面水道和分支扇面水道两种成因相构成,非限制性朵叶体由近端朵叶体和远端朵叶体两种成因相构成。主干扇面水道切割近端朵叶体,将沉积物向盆地内部输送,在坡折带其所携带的沉积物可能在重力作用下发生再次分配,形成新的扇面水道和非限制性朵叶体;分支扇面水道多发育于远端朵叶体上部,被开阔湖泊泥岩所包围。在区域背景及生物相资料分析基础上,指出沙三一亚段歧口凹陷中部处于断陷盆地的裂陷幕,在构造坡折带或陡坡带,由于断层活动等因素影响,在半深湖-深湖背景下形成水下扇沉积体系。歧口凹陷沙三一亚段水下扇沉积体系的研究对于该区有利储集体预测具有重要指导意义。     

江西修水地区早震旦世末期冰碛相分析

<正> 修水地区属于扬子地台江南台褶带的一部分,南频华南加里东褶皱系。早震旦世末期冰碛岩分布较广,出露齐全,沉积岩相类型多样。过去,对该区冰碛岩相的研究较贫乏,对其地层的划分和对比一直存有分歧,最突出的焦点是南沱组内是否存在间冰期及是否存在多期间冰期沉积。此外,在扬子地台区的湘、黔、桂等地的间冰期地层中赋藏丰富的     

Duration of the first biozone in the Siberian hypostratotype of the Vendian

The first biozone (Anabarites trisulcatus Assemblage Zone) in the Siberian hypostratotype of the Vendian (northwestern slope of the Olenek Uplift) is represented by the Turkut Formation of the Khorbusuonka Group and most of the Syhargalakh Formation of the Kessyusa Group. The lower part of the Kessyusa Group in some of the sections includes stratiform breccia coeval with the middle part of the Syhargalakh Formation. The breccia is shown to be the alteration product of tuff breccia, which is widely distributed in the region and occurs as diatremes. A U-Pb zircon date of 543.9 ± 0.24 Ma for tuff breccia provides the best constraint on the age of the boundary between the Anabarites trisulcatus and Purella antiqua Assemblage Zones. The first appearance of small skeletal fossils Cambrotubulus decurvatus (which define the base of the Anabarites trisulcatus Assemblage Zone) is 1.4 m above the lower boundary of the Turkut Formation. Ichnofabric in the underlying Khatyspyt Formation is globally distributed in the strata 553-551 million years old, always predating the first appearance of small skeletal fossils of the Anabarites trisulcatus Assemblage Zone. The base of the Anabarites trisulcatus Assemblage Zone is therefore younger than 553-551 Ma, whereas the duration of the assemblage zone does not exceed six million years.     

依牙形刺论Gallowayinella()的时代和长兴阶的底界

类Ｇａｌｏｗａｙｉｎｅｌａ长期以来被当作长兴阶的带化石，是长兴阶底界的标志。江西上高七宝山剖面表明Ｇａｌｏｗａｙｉｎｅｌａ富集层并非像以往认为的那样是稳定的一层，在此剖面上至少有二层：下层在Ｃｌａｒｋｉｎａｌｅｖｅｎｉ带之下，其上下均有典型的吴家坪期的菊石（Ｋｏｎｇｌｉｎｇｉｔｅｓ等）；上层与吴家坪期的牙形刺Ｃｌａｒｋｉｎａｏｒｉｅｎｔａｌｉｓ，Ｃ．ｇｕａｎｇｙｕａｎｅｎｓｉｓ，Ｃ．ｄｅｍｉｃｏｒｎｉｓ，Ｃ．ｌｉａｎｇｓｈａｎｅｎｓｉｓ共存。这一事实表明Ｇａｌｏｗａｙｉｎｅｌａｍｅｉｔｉｅｎｅｎｓｉｓ是吴家坪期的而不是长兴期的。为此建议，长兴阶的底界不用类定义，而以牙形刺Ｃｌａｒｋｉｎａｓｕｂｃａｒｉｎａｔａ和／或Ｃ．ｗａｎｇｉ的首次出现为准。     

Global repeating events in the history of the Earth and the motion of the Sun in the Galaxy

Chronological analyses of correlations between certain global repeating events (mass extinctions of marine organisms, meteorite impacts, and flashes in the frequency of geomagnetic reversals) during the Phanerozoic Eon and the motion of the solar system in the Galaxy are presented for five rotationally symmetrical models for the regular Galactic gravitational field. Thirteen of sixteen mass-extinction events can be described by a repetition interval of 183±3 million years. This is in agreement with the anomalistic period (interval between two subsequent passages of the Sun through the apocenter of its Galactic orbit) in the model of Allen and Martos. The positions of the minima and maxima in Gaussian functions approximating the frequency distribution for geomagnetic reversals also agree with the times of passage of the Sun through the apocenter and pericenter, respectively, of its Galactic orbit in this model. The maximum in the distribution of the deviations of the dates of mass extinctions from the nearest dates of impacts of large, crater-forming bodies is close to zero, providing evidence that many such events are correlated. As a rule, extinctions follow impact events. The impacts of large bodies have occurred most often when the solar system passes through the Galactic plane, while mass extinctions occur more often at some distance from the Galactic plane (about 40 pc). As a rule, intervals of increases in the frequency of geomagnetic reversals coincide with dates of impacts of large bodies. At the same time, these intervals do not show a clear correlation with the dates of mass extinctions. The intensity of mass extinctions, like the energy released by impacts, is consistently higher in periods when the Sun is moving from the apocenter toward the pericenter of its orbit, than when it is moving from the pericenter toward the apocenter. Thus, there is evidence for a variety of relationships between repeating global events in the Phanerozoic and the motion of the Sun in the Galaxy. Long-period variations in the frequency of geomagnetic reversals are correlated with the orbital motion of the Sun, and increases in the frequency of geomagnetic reversals are correlated with impacts. Mass extinctions are correlated with the impacts of large bodies, whose motions may have been perturbed by clouds of interstellar material concentrated toward the Galactic plane and by the shock front associated with the Perseus spiral arm, through which the solar system passes. The velocity of the Sun relative to the spiral pattern is estimated.