Chemical variation from biolipids to sedimentary organic matter in modern oceans and its implication to the geobiological evaluation of ancient hydrocarbon source rocks

Understanding the dynamics of organic matter in modern marine water columns greatly favors the geobiological evaluation of hydrocarbon source rocks. Biolipids could make great contribution to petroleum hydrocarbons due to their comparable chemical components and the slightly refractory characteristics of biolipids during the microbial/thermal degradation. A variety of environmental factors such as temperature, CO₂ and salinity could affect the biochemical contents in microorganisms. As a result, microorganisms living in a changing environmental condition might have a different contribution to the petroleum formation. Organic carbon flux is shown to bear a positive correlation with the primary productivity only within a certain range of biomass volumes in a specific biohabitat. Furthermore, organic matter is degraded much quickly in a water column with oxic conditions. Therefore, the anoxic condition, along with the enhanced biological productivity, would be one of the significant factors in the formation of high-quality hydrocarbon source rocks. The formation of biofilms and microbial mats favors the preservation of sedimentary organic matter by decreasing the degradation rate of organic matter. Identification of biofilms and microbial mats in sedimentary rocks will thus greatly help to understand the depositional processes of organic matter finally preserved in hydrocarbon source rocks. __________ Translated from Earth Science—Journal of China University of Geosciences, 2007, 32(6): 748–754 [译自: 地球科学—中国地质大学学报     

Stress induced time dependent behavior of clayey soils

It is shown that time compression curve obtained from one-dimensional consolidation curve in the laboratory may include six phases. These are initial compression, first primary compression, transition from first primary compression to second primary compression, second primary compression, and transition from second primary compression to creep and lastly creep. This paper attempts to identify the quantitative beginnings and characteristics of these phases. A mathematical characteristic of all the soils that follow primary consolidation as per Terzaghi’s one dimensional consolidation theory is derived. It is known as the constant of primary consolidation. It is used to study the beginning of secondary consolidation and its effects on primary consolidation. Another characteristic of soils for creep and total absence of primary compression is derived. Methods are suggested for the determination of coefficients of Primary and Secondary consolidations and the compression index.     

Characteristics of seasonal and spatial variations of primary production over the southeastern Bering Sea shelf

In situ primary production data collected during 1978–1981 period and 1997–2000 period were combined to improve understanding of seasonal and spatial distribution of primary production in the southeastern Bering Sea. Mean daily primary production rates showed an apparent seasonal cycle with high rates in May and low rates in summer over the entire shelf of the southeastern Bering Sea except for oceanic region due to lack of data. There was also an increasing trend of primary production rates in the fall over the inner shelf and the middle shelf. There was a decreasing trend of primary production rates between late April and mid-May over the inner shelf while there was an abrupt increase between late April and mid-May over the middle shelf and the outer shelf. In the shelf break region, there was an increasing pattern in late May. These suggest that there was a gradual progression of the development of the spring phytoplankton bloom from the inner shelf toward the shelf break region. There was also a latitudinal variability of primary production rate over the middle shelf, probably due to either spatial variations of the seasonal advance and retreat of sea ice or horizontal advection of saline water in the bottom layer. Annual rates of primary production across the southeastern Bering Sea shelf were 121, 150, 145, 110, and 84 g C m⁻² yr⁻¹ in the inner shelf, the middle shelf, the outer shelf, the shelf break, and oceanic region, respectively. High annual rates of primary production over the inner shelf can be attributed to continuous summer production based on regenerated nitrogen and/or a continuous supply of nitrogen at the inner front region, and to fall production. There were some possibilities of underestimation of annual primary production over the entire shelf due to lack of measurement in early spring and fall, which may be more apparent over the shelf break and oceanic region than the inner shelf, the middle, and the outer shelf. This study suggests that the response of primary production by climate change in the southeastern Bering Sea shelf can be misunderstood without proper temporal and seasonal measurement.     

高陂区童子岩组沉积与聚煤特征

从野外第一手资料入手,分析了本区的童子岩组第三段中亚段的沉积特征。在此基础上,归纳出本区主采煤层沉积环境,并研究了主采煤层的聚煤特征。     

沉积有机质激光热裂解色谱质谱探针分析技术的尝试及其前景探讨

激光热裂解－色谱－质谱分析方法具有从技术层面上融合分子地球化学方法和有机岩石学方法的潜能。通过抚顺煤镜质组分和树脂体的研究实例，介绍了激光热裂解－色谱－质谱探针分析的基本原理及测试方法。抚顺煤显微组分的微区热裂解产物特征中，镜质组和树脂体热解产物的正烷烃、烷基萘和四氢化萘的总体面貌相似，但树脂体中正烷烃含量较低，而烷基四氢化萘明显较高，这可能反映显微组分形成过程中发生过低分子烃类在各显微组分之间的混合作用。除此之外，还把激光热裂解－色谱－质谱探针技术与传统的分子地球化学方法、有机岩石学方法进行比较。探讨了激光热裂解－色谱－质谱探针技术的应用前景以及尚待解决的技术问题。落射到样品表面的激光束能量（温度）和控制和激光辐射时间的，激光束斑大小、热解产物量、色谱－质谱检验灵敏度极限三者关系等，都是限制新技术应用的技术问题。     

滇黔桂微细粒金矿床开发利用问题讨论

根据矿石加工技术性能，可把微细粒金矿分为原生矿和氧化矿。原生矿难选，成本高，尚未有效开发利用，氧化矿易选冶，成本低，是目前主要开采对象，也是今后勘查重点，根据产出特征可把氧化矿分为原地，残积，塌积氧化矿，其中塌积氧化矿毫无例外地产出碳酸盐岩喀斯特洼地第四系风化土中，习称“红土型”金矿，经深入研究后认为是以碳酸盐岩为底板的整合原生矿，因岩溶塌陷而形成的塌积氧化矿，其成因与国外典型红土型金矿不同，不宜称为红土型金矿，因其首先发现于大厂地区，可称之为“大厂型”金矿，矿床规模一般为小型，个别可达中型，产出形态受控于下伏微喀斯特起伏面，复杂多变，只宜边探边采。     

东马珠穆沁旗中铁陨石表面的角砾状橄榄石的特征

东乌珠穆沁旗中铁陨石中有二种橄榄石。一种是陨石中基质橄榄石，另一种是镶嵌在陨石表面的角砾状橄榄石。电子探针成分分析结果表明，两种橄榄石中的FeO和MnO比值，包体矿物种类，包体铁纹石和镍纹石中Fe,Ni的含量等，均有较大区别。陨石中基质橄榄石矿物是本陨石中原物质，而角砾状橄榄石是宇宙中物质。他们是两块自由翱于宇宙中的物质碰撞混合而形成的东乌珠穆旗陨石中这种现象。     

Qualitative and quantitative aspects of the evolution of the planktonic populations in Lake Lugano

This study is a summary of all available information on the long-term and on the more recent development of the planktonic populations in Lago di Lugano with regard to its trophic evolution. The first effects of the lake eutrophication became manifest beginning in the 1950's and brought to important changes in the planktonic community as the appearance and the rapid increase of the filamentous algaeOscillatoria rubescens andStephanodiscus hantzschii, and the disappearance of the zooplanktonic Diaptomidae. Since 1980 the phosphorus concentration began to decrease in lake's epilimnion and the planktonic community showed a new composition, evidencing the presence of others predominant species:Oscillatoria redekei, Lyngbya limnetica, Stephanodiscus sp. (little form). Since 1989 algal standing crop reduced its value below 2 g m^–2 (dry weight); furthermore a strong decrease of the Cyanophceae and the appearance of new predominant species (Tabellaria fenestrata, div. Ulotrichales) occurred. At the same time an increase of the herbivorous zooplankton (Daphnia hyalina) and the come-back of the Diaptomidae was observed. Only in the northern basin a decrease tendency of the primary production was observed, changing from 480 to about 300 g C m^–2 yr^–1 during the last 10 years.     

山东金刚石原生矿找矿前景探讨

金刚石形成于地幔深处,含金刚石的岩石只是一种运载和保存"工具",凡是来自上地幔的岩石均有可能携带早已形成的金刚石而形成金刚石原生矿床.世界上已知金刚石原生矿除金伯利岩、钾镁煌斑岩型外,尚在橄榄岩、橄榄玄武岩、千枚岩、科马提岩、榴辉岩等岩石中发现了金刚石,可能存在金刚石原生矿新的岩石类型.山东位于华北地台的南东部,鲁西、鲁东基底属A型克拉通,幔源岩浆活动强烈,具备良好的金刚石原生矿成矿地质条件,已获得的大量的成矿信息和找矿线索表明,除已发现的蒙阴金伯利岩型金刚石原生矿外,应该存在着尚未发现的金刚石原生矿,找矿前景广阔,应进一步加强金刚石原生矿勘查工作.     

胶东邓格庄金矿床地质特征及深部化探预测

通过分析胶东邓格庄金矿的区域地质、矿床地质及矿化富集规律，以Ⅱ号矿体为主，运用化探预测深部矿体，最终说明金矿床地球化学原生晕轴向分带的复杂性。