PROSPECTING FOR SUBSURFACE WATER IN THE CENTRAL VOLCANIC HIGHLAND OF ARMENIA BY GEOPHYSICAL METHODS*

Work carried out in several volcanic areas in Armenia has led to a combination of geophysical methods for hydrogeological problems. Prospecting of interlava and sublava water flows is done by electrical profiling and vertical electrical sounding. When mapping the relief of sublava water-resisting rocks, the electrical sounding (ES) method is widely used. This is based on the evaluation of lava resistivity. The method discussed allows to determine the most probable value of this parameter, by using statistical methods.     

A STUDY OF ABYSSAL FRACTURES IN THE UKRAINIAN SHIELD BY GEOPHYSICAL METHODS*

According to data presented by YU.A. Kosigin, 84% of all endogenous mineral deposits are in some direct or indirect relation with the fractures of the earth's crust. Therefore the discovery and the study of the spatial disposition of the fractures is the most important object for geophysicists. Abyssal fractures are of particular interest. By geophysical methods one can find the geometrical parameters of abyssal fractures such as their extent, the depth of formation, the breadth of the zones, and the amplitude of the relative displacement of separated blocks. The methods determining these parameters are widely known. A calculation of the difference in the levels of the erosion cuts of the blocks are of particular interest under shield conditions. A method to calculate this difference by gravity interpretation of “step” anomalies and by using the gradient model of the earth's crust is proposed. A comparision of the results of gravimetry and magnetometry with those of deep seismic soundings shows that the fractures of the first and the second order in the Ukrainian shield cut the earth's crust and part of the upper mantle so they can be qualified as abyssal fractures. In the Ukrainian shield the spatial regularities of the fractures determined by geophysical methods can be used for the prognosis of the ore deposits.     

冲绳海槽海底结构的地球物理调查

冲绳海槽位于东中国海的东部,琉球群岛之西,NE—NEE弧形走向,是西太平洋内弧盆体系中一个典型的弧后盆地。据作者计算,冲绳海槽莫霍面深度在15—23公里深处,属过渡型地壳。海槽的南、北段,在地壳结构、海底热流和火山作用等方面都有差异。南段地壳薄不超过17公里,热流值高一般大于3HFU,火山作用显著,构造破坏和地形起伏都较大。严格说来,冲绳海槽的南段才是构造定义的海槽(即弧后盆     

APPLICATION OF GEOPHYSICAL METHODS FOR STUDYING THE TECHNICAL STATUS OF EARTH DAMS*

Earth dams are constructed on a wide scale for hydrotechnical and reclamative purposes. However, the great water permeability of soils and their bad gradation are frequently responsible for the development of mechanical suffusion and other phenomena resulting in dam destruction. Geophysical observations allow under certain conditions to forecast the development of adverse factors. They thus are, as practice shows, an important tool to observe the technical status of dams. The difference in propagation velocities of elastic waves in the zone of aeration and full saturation determines the applicability of the reflected wave method for determining the depth of seepage flow in the dam supporting mass. This can be also achieved by electrical sounding and induced polarization methods since the resistivity and polarizability of air-dry and water-saturated grounds differ considerably. Maps of equal potentials measured on the dam slope reflect the configuration of the contours of water table of the water flow passing through the dam. This makes it possible to obtain data on the direction and intensity of flow as well as on the presence of heterogeneous grounds filling the dam supporting mass. Besides, regime observations conducted according to the SP method allow to forecast the development of suffusion and observe the redeposition of grounds. If the SP anomalies do not increase with time, the suffusion processes can be regarded as fading out. Enhanced amplitude and increasing areas of anomalies show the intensification of these processes. Combined application of some of the above mentioned methods allowed to obtain many practical results on a number of dams in Transcaucasia and Central Asia. The true position of the depression surface determined in the dam of one of the high-mountain water reservoirs, for instance, considerably differed from the designed one. The configuration of the seepage flow surface and its fluctuation caused by the rise and drop of the water level in the reservoir have been studied in detail on another dam situated on a plain. The sites of the most intensive outwash of fine material have also been located and the processes of soil redeposition in the dam supporting mass characterized. The data of the geophysical investigations were used to plan hydroinsulation and repair work.     

GEOPHYSICAL CATEGORIZATION OF THE PRECAMBRIAN IN SOUTH INDIA*

The ground follow-up of a magnetic and radiometric air survey had to cope with the usual dilemma to check a great number of anomalies within a short time. A limited aggregate of magnetic anomalies, expected to correspond to magnetite quartzites was statistically selected for ground identification by this method: the ratios length/width times amplitude were listed for all coherent contours and the calculation of the standard deviation per unit area resulted in different key-numbers for a new lithological “Salem Unit” and for the charnockitic or gneissic environment. The ground work thus directed and reduced by 85% yielded a substantial potential of iron ore. This was supported by by abundant determinations of the magnetic susceptibilities, confirming the sources of anomalies and revealing the amenabilities of iron ores for the magnetic separation process. The lines of truncation of anomalies were found to represent a system of local and regional faults and shear zones, which segregated the area into different tectonic blocks. These sutures have also provided the ways of intrusion for alkaline and basic magmae in the style of a “Rift” structure, housing several carbonatites and impregnations of metal sulphides. The airborne radiometrics obtained many uranium indications by gamma ray spectrometry. However, they led only to disseminated uranium-silicates, associated with syenites, granites and pegmatites, each emanating a characteristic photon energy spectrum. But in general the radiation of thorium prevails, marking northern Madras as a “Thorium Province”.     

THE POSSIBILITIES OF GEOPHYSICAL METHODS APPLIED FOR INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT OF MAN ON THE GEOLOGICAL MEDIUM*

Geophysical methods can be applied to investigate the harmful effect of man's activities on the environment: the study of specific electrical resistivities and natural electric fields of filtrational origin makes it possible to control the penetration of exogenic pollutants into soil as well as desalinization and secondary salinization of soils; electrometric and seismometric methods allow to observe the groundwater level near water reservoirs thus evaluating the harmful effect of backing up natural groundwater flow; contrasting properties of bedrocks and rocks in a landslide body permit application of seismic and electrical prospecting methods. Observation of the changes in specific electrical resistivities with time on the slopes of quarries is an effective method of assessing slope stability and predicting landslide hazard. Mining activities, groundwater pumping, and oil extraction are the main causes of endogenic pollution of geological medium; surface and borehole geophysical methods make it possible to assess vertical and horizontal displacements of the interfaces between salty and fresh subterranean waters resulting from an extensive exploitation of water supply sources; activation of geodynamic processes associated with mining activities is determined from the data of ‘regime’ electrometric, seismometric, gravimetric, and inclinometric observations. Geophysical methods are applied widely for studying the intensification of physico-geological processes under the impact of man. A specific object of electrometric investigations is degradation of permafrost and intensification of karst processes in soluble rocks. The principal advantage of geophysical investigations lies in the possibility of creating high spatial and temporal density of observations permitting an extensive employment of statistical methods in the assessment of the impact of man on the geological medium.     

CORRELATION METHODS OF TRANSFORMATION AND INTERPRETATION OF GEOPHYSICAL ANOMALIES*

The methods of anomaly transformations considered are based on a system of combined analysis of the geophysical field and a priori) information on the structure of a geological object. The methods involve calculation of a transformative polynomial (describing geophysical noise) which makes it possible to separate the residual field component related to the geological characteristic under study in a correlatively optimal way. The structure of the transformative polynomial is determined by the nature of the geophysical noise that is eliminated by the field transformation. Various correlation methods of anomaly transformations arise, depending on the structure of the transformative polynomial chosen. By way of example, the correlation method employed for separating the geophysical anomalies is shown to be highly effective in investigating the local geological structure.     

塔里木盆地中部地震转换波测深及其解释

沿塔里木盆地中部的库车—塔中—塔南测线,首次进行了地震转换波测深。探测结果表明,本区岩石圈具有明显的层状－块体结构,地壳厚度４０～５０ｋｍ,隆起区约为４０ｋｍ,凹陷区约为５０ｋｍ。上地壳的厚度在盆地中部明显减薄,中地壳波速相对偏高（ＶＰ＝６．４～６．５ｋｍ／ｓ）,下地壳上部普遍存在低速薄层,结晶地壳的速度高于周围青藏高原和天山地区的波速,波速结构表明地壳具有陆壳性质,地壳内存在具有逆冲性质的深部断裂。综合解释认为,自新生代以来,在印度－欧亚板块边界的强大挤压力作用下,岩石圈内包括结晶基底面和莫霍面在内的各深部界面（岩层）的准同步挠曲变形和地壳刚性块体沿深部逆冲断裂的调整运动,是塔里木盆地岩石圈中主要的深部动力学过程     

STATISTICAL MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF AIRBORNE GEOPHYSICAL DATA ON THE SE BORDER OF THE CENTRAL LAPLAND GREENSTONE COMPLEX*

Statistical multivariate methods for the integrated processing of airborne geophysical data were tested. The data consisted of magnetic, electromagnetic and gamma radiation measurements, to which cluster analysis, principal components analysis and discriminant analysis were applied. Also, auxiliary variables were derived from the original ones and their value was tested. Although the frequency distributions of the data do not favour statistical analysis, the practical results are acceptable. Principal component analyses show geological and technical aspects that are difficult to obtain from the original observations. In cluster analyses, the sources of measured fields control the grouping of variables. Discriminant analysis was applied to the automatic identification of rocks by geophysical data. The rocks investigated are metasediments and metavolcanics, some magnetic and others conductive. When all available geophysical data were included, correct identifications were made in more than 60% of cases. In particular, gamma ray observations were found to improve the discrimination of non-magnetic and non-conductive rocks. The geophysical similarity of rocks studied by cluster analysis depends on electrical and magnetic properties as well as on their origin; the content of radioactive elements in turn is related to the origin.     

南海中部地球物理特征与地壳结构

自20世纪50年代以来,南海地区的地质构造一直为地学界所关注.本文根据南海的地球物理场特征,讨论了南海中部的基底岩相类型,并将它划分为5个基底岩相区.在中央海盆,分析了高精度磁测异常和卫星测高重力资料,并使用海底扩张磁条带异常相关分析方法,鉴别出扩张脊、转换断层和各磁条带地层的年代,揭示出许多有意义的而过去显示不清楚的特征.进一步提取深部地球物理信息,包括磁性、密度、层速,以及一些界面的深度值,如基底面深度、居里面深度、莫霍面深度等,综合分析并探讨了南海中部的地壳深部地质.认为南海经历了长期地质演变形成了过渡性地壳结构.     

金属矿地球物理勘探的三十年

本文给出了三十年来各种地球物理方法在我国普查和勘探金属矿工作中的应用。叙述了一些成功和不成功的事例、经验和教训。 根据我国金属矿地区的地形、地质和成矿条件,提出今后技术发展的方向,强调对新方法的基本研究。     

金属矿地球物理勘探的三十年

本文给出了三十年来各种地球物理方法在我国普查和勘探金属矿工作中的应用。叙述了一些成功和不成功的事例、经验和教训。 根据我国金属矿地区的地形、地质和成矿条件,提出今后技术发展的方向,强调对新方法的基本研究。     

INTERPROFILE CORRELATION AND SELF-SETTING FILTRATION METHODS OF ANALYSIS OF GEOPHYSICAL DATA *

Application of statistical methods of analysis of geophysical data is often helpful for the detection of weak anomalies against a noisy background. The processing and analysis of areal geophysical data by two such methods are presented. The advantage of these methods are illustrated with the help of two field examples.     

黑岚沟金矿的综合地球物理研究

综合地球物理方法寻找隐伏金矿是一种行之有效的方法。由于各种地球物理方法都是建立在各自的岩石物性基础之上的,如何将各种地球物理方法有效的组合在一起,充分发挥各自的方法优势,逐步缩小勘探靶区,最终达到勘探隐伏金矿的目的一直是勘探地球物理工作者追寻的目标。     

小江断裂带中段晚新生代构造盆地演化阶段

小江断裂带中段的盆地可以划分三个阶段,即Ｎ２－Ｑ１,Ｑ２末－Ｑ３初和Ｑ３－Ｑ４。这些盆地受小江断裂带左旋走滑运动控制。     

PROBLEMS IN THE USE OF GEOPHYSICAL INFORMATION WHEN INTERPRETING THE DATA OF SPACECRAFT OBSERVATIONS*

Observations made from space have become almost a standard method of geologic investigation. However, interpretation of space photographs is not always unambiguous. Particularly, the nature and spatial location of various objects photographed from space remain obscure. It is especially difficult to investigate territories where basement rocks are overlain by sedimentary cover. From the example of investigations carried out in the central part of the Russian Platform it is shown how separate lineaments and ovoids reflect the peculiar features of geologic, hydrogeologic and geophysical structure of the region. It has been established that—within the sedimentary cover—they correspond usually to zones of increased fissuredness and are associated with low-amplitude tectonic dislocations. The authors concentrate on the elucidation of the transfer of deep geologic information to the surface. The sedimentary cover is regarded as a communication channel which makes it possible to employ the concepts of information theory for assessing its “transparency”. The contrast due to heterogeneities of the sedimentary cover in space photographs and, consequently, the degree of their manifestation in geologic and physical fields, depends on the water content of the rocks composing the section. Along with hydrogeologic characteristics, geo-electric parameters, such as specific electric resistivity, longitudinal conductivity and transverse resistivity, can serve as criteria of the degree of rock moistening. When the location of lineaments does not coincide with the plane axes of geophysical anomalies, an inclination of the fault plane can be supposed. The angle of inclination is characterized by the deviation of the lineament from the axis of the anomaly. The data resulting from the investigation of selected standard structures were used to develop a classification based on the degree of their expression in hydrodynamic, geoelectric, gravitational, and magnetic fields and depending on the spatial position and peculiarities of geologic arrangement. For geophysical investigations of unknown structures detected by space observations, this classification can be used as the basis for solving inverse problems by the methods of mathematical statistics.     

探测大城市活断层的地球物理方法

简要地介绍了开展大城市地震活断层探测的意义及世界各国开展活断层探测的基本情况。城市及邻近地区地震活断层引起的直下型地震 ,将会给大城市造成巨大的地震灾害。准确地探测出大城市的活断层分布 ,采取有效措施 ,可大大降低地震时的损失。文中重点介绍了开展地震活断层探测的地球物理方法的类型和主要特点 ,在区域探查与初步鉴定阶段、详细探测与精确定位阶段、孕震构造探测阶段可能涉及到的各种地球物理探测方法、适用范围及所能解决的主要问题     

SIGNIFICANCE OF INFORMATION UNCERTAINTY IN SETTING UP THE INTERPRETATIVE PATTERNS OF GEOPHYSICAL DATA*

Geophysical interpretation consists of the identification of geological parameters carried out in the state of uncertainty. From this follows that the identificative model must correspond to the degree of uncertainty. As uncertainty measure of the surveyed material the informative distance between different interpretive models is introduced. The influence of the measurement noise and the accuracy of measurement devices as well as the number of measurement sets worked out simultaneously for this survey is analyzed. Numerical examples indicate that the material considered to be not interpretable from the point of view of a certain accurate model may be interpreted by the use of a less accurate model.     

GEOPHYSICAL METHODS USED IN SOLVING SOME GEOLOGICAL PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TREBIšNJIGA WATER POWER PLANT (in YUGOSLAVIA) *

The design and construction of hydroelectric works, and more particularly of storage reservoirs and dams, in karst areas pose extremely varied and complex engineering, geological and hydrogeological problems, for the solution of which no widely applied techniques have yet been developed. In addition to conventional geological and hydrogeological methods for the study of karst phenomena, the application of more efficient methods of a primarily geophysical nature is called for. These methods, which provide the best means for solving the complex problems encountered in karst, are steadily gaining acceptance. The Miru?e storage reservoir and the Gran?arevo dam are the key structures in the Trebi?njica hydroelectric complex and are located in an area of typical Dinaric karst. Many of the engineering, geological and hydrogeological problems connected with their design and construction were solved with the aid of electrical geophysical prospecting methods (especially the resistivity method). The investigations provided data on the depth of karstification (the relief of the base level of karst erosion), the position of intensively karstified and tectonically broken zones, as well as on the general orientation of the process of karstification. All these data were helpful in providing a more accurate insight into the impermeability of the rocks that formed the storage reservoir (in relation to the proposed impounding level); they also enabled the consolidation structures (impervious curtains), aimed at preventing excessive losses due to seepage, to be designed more economically.     

中国地球物理学会1992年学术活动概况

中国地球物理学会1992年主持召开了5次国内学术会议。5次会议共收到845篇论文,出席会议的代表共780人次。本文分别介绍了各次会议的基本情况、主要内容及学术水平等。