海拉尔盆地中-上地壳电性结构特征研究

本文通过对横穿海拉尔盆地的一条长约222km的北西—南东向大地电磁测深剖面数据的定性分析及二维定量反演解释,首次获得了海拉尔盆地高精度大范围的电性结构图.海拉尔盆地中-上地壳电性结构纵向上具有典型的分层特性,总体可分为四层,即低阻层-高阻层-低阻层-高阻层,而横向上又具有分块特点.海拉尔盆地边缘及内部分布的众多断裂将盆地划分为隆起与坳陷相间的格局,并发现盆地内部坳陷区也存在有小规模凸起,每一构造单元内部电性结构各具特点.海拉尔盆地中-上地壳低阻层底面最深达28km,通常在6~16km之间,但厚度变化不大,在4~10km之间,且隆起区与坳陷区底面埋深差别较大.据电性结构模型推测出两条新断裂F8和F9,且断裂F9规模较大,为基底断裂.中-上地壳的低阻层可能在一定程度上控制着海拉尔盆地内油气田的分布格局.     

华北坳陷中南部深部结构大地电磁探测

为研究华北坳陷中南部河南地区的深部电性结构和该区3次破坏性地震的深部孕震背景，采用宽频带大地电磁测深法对该区深部的电性结构进行探测。使用NLCG二维反演方法对TE、TM模式进行联合反演，最终获得研究区的深部电性结构。结果显示，以新乡-商丘断裂为界，其北部的北华北坳陷中的内黄隆起、东濮凹陷的电性结构相对简单，为低阻、高阻2层结构，与该区地壳由沉积盖层和基底整体性较好的坚硬地块结晶基底组成相对应。新乡-商丘断裂以南的南华北坳陷中的构造单元深部的电性结构相对复杂，纵向上表现为低—高—低3层结构，横向上高阻、低阻交互出现，分析其可能与受到扬子板块与华北板块南缘相互俯冲碰撞影响有关。而北华北坳陷因边界断裂———新乡-商丘断裂的调控，受到扬子板块和秦岭-大别造山带造山作用的影响较小。1342年和1918年河南通许2次破坏性地震的震源位于太康隆起下方的高、低阻边界交接区域，1737年河南封丘■级地震的震源位于壳内高、低阻梯度带附近。     

宁-芜矿集区及其西缘深部结构初探

为了探查宁(南京)-芜(湖)矿集区及其西缘地区上地壳结构及其与区域成矿作用的关系,在宁芜矿集区及其西缘布设两条大地电磁测深剖面(江宁区-姑山,巢湖-当涂),通过数据处理、分析和反演,获得了宁芜矿集区10 km以内地壳电性结构模型.大地电磁测深及重力多尺度边缘检测结果表明:(1)宁芜矿集区自南向北表现为低-高-低的电性结构特征,南段深部存在低阻体,向上延伸至浅部,中段深部发育巨型高阻体上隆至浅部,倾向南西,推测可能是巨型花岗岩体,北段低阻体发育深度大,向上延伸至浅部时分叉并上升至地表;(2)揭示了滁河断裂和长江断裂带的存在; 3线剖面东段与2线南段的低阻体位置较为一致,推测为岩浆喷发通道,在含山附近发现两条电性梯度带,3线剖面的电性结构特征可能反映了区域经历了先挤压、后拉伸的演变过程.     

宁芜火山岩盆地及邻区上地壳电性结构研究

为了较全面、客观地认识宁芜矿集区上地壳电性结构,研究"玢岩铁矿"成矿规律与深部地球物理、地质结构的对应关系,为探索深部"第二找矿空间"提供物性参数,我们完成了6条宽频大地电磁测深剖面.通过分析各剖面电性成像结果,讨论了"长江断裂带"与矿集区成矿的关系,并且认为围岩、岩浆及其上侵通道是区内矿床的控矿因素.此外,结合姑山铁矿床的位置以及铁矿床成矿规律判断宁芜火山岩盆地南部低阻条带为矿集区姑山火山-岩浆旋回的岩浆(导矿)通道,而盆地东部邻区的倾斜"叠瓦状"电性特征说明该区在经历了印支期褶皱构造运动后发育了逆冲推覆构造.     

佳木斯地块及东缘岩石圈电性结构特征

佳木斯地块及东缘是中国东北地区的重要地质构造单元. 为探测该地区地壳深部结构与构造关系，沿桦南—饶河实施了240 km的大地电磁测深的探测研究. 采用光滑模型二维反演方法对桦南—饶河大地电磁剖面的探测数据进行了二维反演和综合地球物理解释. 研究结果揭示了研究区断面域的电性结构：(1)剖面西段具有稳定的高阻特征且具有稳定的岩石圈厚度（约90km），在十几公里深度范围存在壳内高导层，该区段对应佳木斯地块. (2)剖面中部具有明显的电性梯度带，该梯度带反映了佳木斯地块的东界位置及其深部的结构形态. (3)剖面东段电性特征揭示了佳木斯地块以东区段浅部为逆冲推覆体，深部为多个高阻块体和低阻条带相间的电性结构，这些高阻块体可能为早期俯冲的岩石圈残片.     

滇东北地区三维电性构造研究

滇东北地区位处不同构造分区的交界地带,发育有多样的断裂构造,其中昭通—鲁甸断裂和小江断裂带的部分区段均具备积累高应力的条件,具有较强的孕震潜力.本文基于覆盖巧家、东川、鲁甸等地区采集的区域大地电磁阵列观测数据,通过大地电磁三维反演,获得了该地区的三维电性结构的水平和垂直切片,完整地揭示了滇东北地区的深部电性结构特征.反演结果表明,昭通—鲁甸断裂在10 km深度以内发育有多个局部高阻区,小江断裂带的巧家—东川段的东侧、东西两支交汇处在上地壳均表现为高阻,这些区域均展示出更强的孕震能力.根据低阻异常的分布,推测昭通—鲁甸断裂和小江断裂下方的低阻构造在中下地壳的多个位置发生连通.本文将研究区的地表热流、岩石圈有效弹性厚度、地震与电性结构结合分析,推测在滇东北深部低阻层可能存在下地壳流,并且下地壳流的塑性流动为鲁甸的地震活动提供了深部动力来源.     

滇西三江构造带电性结构特征——以福贡—巧家剖面为例

为查明滇西三江构造带及邻区复杂的构造特征,并揭示该区深部电性结构,沿福贡—巧家布设了一条长约410 km的大地电磁剖面.共观测到61个物理点,其中宽频大地电磁测点41个,长周期大地电磁测点20个.通过对采集到的数据进行一系列的处理、反演,得到了沿剖面的壳幔电性结构模型.并结合研究区内区域地质资料及其他地球物理资料,对剖面所经过的各个主要地质构造单元及主要断裂带进行了综合解释.电性结构模型揭示沿剖面地壳电性层次复杂,深部电性结构由西往东呈分块展布,横向变化大,壳内广泛发育低阻异常.在中甸构造带(香格里拉地块)和盐源—永胜构造带深部壳幔存在大规模低阻异常,这可能与地下局部熔融体和地热流有关;康滇构造带壳幔存在大规模高阻异常,表明地壳中曾经有地幔物质侵入;在大凉山构造带地下10~50 km深处存在一呈横向“半月形”展布的低阻体,电阻率值不满10Ωm,结合地质资料与前人的研究成果,推测该低阻体成因应与青藏高原东南缘“地壳管道流”有一定关联.     

祁连山东端冷龙岭隆起及邻区深部电性结构与孕震构造背景

祁连山东端冷龙岭隆起及其附近地区是青藏高原东北缘与阿拉善地块强烈相互挤压碰撞区域,也是历史地震活动极为强烈区域.为了揭示冷龙岭隆起及其附近区域的断裂深部延伸状况、强震孕育构造背景以及区域动力学特征等,我们在已有大地电磁数据的基础上,新近在冷龙岭隆起附近以及西南侧区域进行了数据采集,获得了一条自西南向北东穿过西秦岭地块、陇西盆地、祁连山冷龙岭隆起和阿拉善地块的长约460 km的大地电磁剖面(LJS-N)数据,并利用三维电磁反演成像技术对全剖面数据进行了反演,同时也对位于该剖面西侧约80 km外的一条大地电磁剖面(DKLB-M)数据进行了三维反演成像.2条电磁探测剖面结果均揭示了祁连—西海原断裂带展现为略向西南倾斜的大型超壳电性边界带,该断裂是祁连山东端冷龙岭隆起区域最重要的主边界断裂,其北东侧和西南侧地块的深部电性结构呈现出截然不同电阻率分布特征,其西南侧的南祁连地块、陇西盆地以及西秦岭地块在地壳尺度展示为埋深深浅不一的高-低-次高阻结构特点,而其北东侧古浪推覆体表现为西南深、东北浅“鼻烟壶”状较完整的高阻结构特征,再往北到阿拉善地块则呈现为高-低-次高水平三层结构样式.1927年M 8.0古浪、1954年M 7.0民勤和2016年M 6.4门源地震的震源都处于统一的高阻古浪推覆体之中.在青藏高原北东向挤压作用的控制下,祁连山东端冷龙岭隆起区域的祁连—西海原断裂、祁连山北缘断裂和红崖山—四道山断裂以叠瓦状向北北东向顺序推覆拓展到阿拉善地块,这种拓展作用是该区中强地震的动力来源.     

郯庐断裂带安丘、莒县电磁台 地壳电性结构研究

郯庐断裂带中段的沂沭断裂带发生过多次中强地震,其结构复杂,是地震研究者重点关注的区域。山东安丘和莒县电磁台都具有综合地电场和地磁场观测,两台分别位于沂沭断裂带内的安丘-莒县断裂和昌邑-大店断裂上。山东无棣电磁台位于郯庐断裂带西侧,属冀东-渤海断块,距安丘台230km,但此前未曾对该台站的地壳深部电性结构进行过探测研究。文中利用大地电磁测深方法(MT)对这3个电磁台站及其附近区域的探测数据进行研究,结果表明,3个台站的地壳电性结构有明显的差别,分别与台站区域地质构造及其地震活动性存在对应关系。在每个台站及其附近的4个测点分别得到优良的视电阻率和阻抗相位等数据,经过一维和二维反演,获得了3个台站的地壳深部电性结构,并可与直流对称四级电阻率测深法得到的近地表的电性结构进行对比。无棣台及其附近具有稳定地块的成层性地壳深部结构,而安丘和莒县电磁台分别具有复杂的地壳电性结构,呈现出活动地块边界带的结构特点。安丘台和莒县台附近区域可分别以安丘-莒县断裂和昌邑-大店断裂为界,将地壳电性结构分成2部分,在断裂西侧即郯庐断裂带内部的中下地壳低阻层更发育,昌邑-大店断裂西侧的低阻体可能含丰富的流体,在区域的地震孕育发展过程中起着重要作用。     

青藏高原东缘龙门山逆冲构造深部电性结构特征

通过对汶川地震前观测的碌曲—若尔盖—北川—中江大地电磁剖面的数据处理和反演解释,揭示了沿剖面的松潘—甘孜地块、川西前陆盆地、龙门山构造带及秦岭构造带50 km深度的电性结构特征及相互关系,表明青藏高原东缘向东挤压,迫使向东流动的地壳物质沿高原东缘堆积,并向扬子陆块逆冲推覆.龙门山恰好位于松潘—甘孜地块与扬子陆块对挤部位,主要受松潘—甘孜地块壳内高导层滑脱和四川盆地基底高阻体阻挡的约束,地壳深部存在着西倾且连续展布的壳内低阻层,表明龙门山深部确实存在着逆冲推覆构造,其逆冲断裂系中的三条断裂不仅以不同的倾角向西北倾斜,并且向深部逐渐汇集,但茂县—汶川断裂可能在深部与北川—映秀断裂是分离的.龙门山两翼的四川盆地和松潘甘孜褶皱带的电性结构既具有明显差异性,又具有一定的相关性.四川盆地显示巨厚的低阻沉积盖层和连续稳定的高阻基底的二元电性结构,而松潘—甘孜地块则表现为反向二元结构,即上部大套高阻褶皱带,下部整体为低阻的变化带,龙门山逆冲构造带本身又表现为松潘地块逆冲上覆在四川盆地之上,构成上部高阻褶皱带、中部低阻逆冲断裂带和底部盆地高阻基底的三层电性结构.对比龙门山逆冲构造断裂带的西倾延伸上下盘两侧的两个反对称的二元电性结构,松潘区块深部推断的结晶基底与龙门山断裂带下盘推断的下伏盆地结晶基底又存在某种内在对应关系,推断可能存在一个西延至若尔盖地块的泛扬子陆块.因此,龙门山构造带地壳电性结构研究对于揭示青藏高原东缘陆内造山动力过程,探索汶川大地震的深部生成机理都具有重要意义.     

Erosional unloading,hillslope geometry,and the height of the Cascade Range,Washington State,USA

Peaks in the Cascade Range in northern Washington State are on average ～800 m higher than in southern Washington. The influences of differential valley excavation and variations in hillslope length and average slope on these altitudinal trends were tested using a 3‐dimensional model for isostatic rock uplift and calculations of hillslope length and slope respectively. The magnitude of isostatic peak uplift calculated by the model is highly dependent on the flexural rigidity (D) and the related effective elastic thickness (T_e) of the crust of this region. Crustal rigidity was constrained using published estimates and by estimating the depth of the seismogenic zone in the area (D > 1 × 10²³ Nm and T_e > 24 km). With these constraints, isostatic compensation due to differential erosion added < 700 m and 300 m, or < 25% overall, of height to peaks in the northern and southern Cascades, respectively. Deeper valley incision in the northern Cascades accounts for < 300 m of the 800 m difference in peak altitudes between north and south. Similarly, variation in valley spacing and slope account for < 350 m of the difference in mean altitude between northern and southern regions. Hence, at least several hundred m difference in altitude between the northern and southern regions of the Cascades in Washington must be due to tectonic, geologic, or geophysical factors rather than surficial and geomorphic effects like isostatic response to valley incision and hillslope geometry. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Volcanoes, the stratosphere, and climate

A list of volcanic eruption plumes observed to ascend into or near the stratosphere since 1883 shows that the volcanoes divide readily into two groups, one at low and one at higher latitudes. A model for the rise of a buoyant volcanic plume rise as applied to volcanic eruptions is corrected for realistic temperature profiles and for the finite vertical extent of the resultant debris clouds. The utility of the model can be questioned, however, owing to the highly uncertain and variable nature of the efficiency of use of heat energy of buoyant rise. The observed correlation of stratospheric plumes with climatic effects indicates that those plumes nearer the equator have the largest impact on surface temperatures. Analysis of the observations also suggests that injection of debris into the stratosphere is more important in determining the effect on climate than either the total volcanic explosivity of the eruption or the actual height reached within the stratosphere.     

On the theory of the axially-symmetric,time-average,state of the atmosphere

Summary A possible formal approach to a closed steady-state theory of the mean axially-symmetric variables is outlined. The approach involves alternating iterative solutions of the energy and momentum equations. In these equations the effects of transient eddy phenomena of all frequencies are assumed to be parameterized in terms of the mean symmetric variables.     

Subducted lithosphere,hotspots, and the geoid

The earth's largest positive geoid height anomalies are associated with subduction zones and hotspots. Although the correlation with subduction has been noted for many years, the correlation with hotspots is fully evident only when the subduction-related geoid highs are removed from the observed field. Using the assumption that subducted lithospheric slabs are uncompensated and are thermally re-equilibrated with the asthenosphere at the maximum depth of earthquakes, the expected geoid anomaly over subduction zones is calculated. This field provides a satis-factory fit to the observed circum-Pacific high. Subtraction of this predicted anomaly leaves a residual field which is correlated, at greater than the 99% confidence level, with the distribution of hotspots. Broad residual geoid highs occur over the central Pacific and the Africa/eastern Atlantic regions, the same areas where the hotspots are concentrated. The mass anomalies associated with hotspots and subducted slabs apparently control the location of the earth's spin axis.     

Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni and Pb in the water column and sediments of the Ob-Irtysh Rivers, Russia

Concentrations of Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni and Pb were determined in filtered water, suspended particulate matter, and bottom sediments from a 2000 km section of the Ob and Irtysh Rivers. Dissolved Cd, Cr, Cu and Ni concentrations are similar to, or higher than, results from other Russian Arctic and large world river-estuaries. Concentrations of Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni and Pb in suspended particulate matter are generally comparable to results from other Russian Arctic and large world rivers and estuaries. Comparison of trace metal ratios in crustal material and suspended particulate matter and bottom sediment suggests that the source of Cr, Cu and Ni is continental weathering. Particulate Cd and Pb are elevated relative to their crustal abundance, suggesting a source of these metals to the Ob-Irtysh in addition to continental weathering.     

Pore water testing and analysis: the good,the bad,and the ugly

The increasingly common practice of collecting and assessing sediment pore water as a primary measure of sediment quality is reviewed. Good features of this practice include: pore water is a key exposure route for some organisms associated with sediments; pore water testing eliminates particle size effects; pore water analyses and tests can provide useful information regarding contamination and pollution. Bad features include: pore water is not the only exposure route; pore water tests lack chemical or biological realism: their "sensitivity" relative to other tests may be meaningless due to manipulation and laboratory artifacts; many sediment and surface dwelling organisms are not directly influenced by pore water. Bad features can become ugly if: other exposure pathways are not considered (for toxicity or bioaccumulation); manipulation techniques are not appropriate; pore water tests are inappropriately linked to population-level effects. Pore water testing and analyses can be effective tools provided their limitations are well understood by researchers and managers.     

Hydrocarbons in the water, particulate matter, seston, and bottom sediments of the White Sea in the late summer

Aliphatic and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons were studied in water, filtration and separation particulate matter, seston, and bottom sediments with the aim to determine their concentrations and origin and compare them with the concentrations of lipids and C_org (August 2006). The effect of anthropogenic hydrocarbons was identified mostly in the Northern Dvina mouth area and in the apex of Dvina Bay. In other parts of the sea, natural compounds dominate in all examined objects, since anthropogenic hydrocarbon cannot pass through the Northern Dvina-the White Sea geochemical barrier. The low temperatures in the high-latitude water areas are shown not to reduce the rate of diagenetic processes in the sedimentary strata.