粒组含量对钙质砂压缩变形特性影响的宏细观研究

钙质砂是一种海洋生物成因的特殊岩土介质,其颗粒形态与基本性质较一般陆源砂有很大的不同。一方面通过钙质砂及石英砂的显微镜三维成像试验,对比研究了钙质砂的三维颗粒形态特征。发现相比石英砂,钙质砂颗粒棱角更显著,轮廓趋于扁平。另一方面,对两砂进行一维压缩试验,分析了各粒组含量对钙质砂压缩特性的影响规律,并利用三维形态分析从细观上解释了钙质砂的压缩宏观特性。发现相同级配、密实度下,钙质砂的压缩性比石英砂高约60%～160%（以av1-2表征）,且粗粒组（5～1 mm）含量对钙质砂的压缩性影响最为显著;当粗粒组含量<25%,中、细粒组质量比值M一定时,存在最劣粗粒含量使钙质砂压缩性最大,且该值随着M的增大而减小,并提出了一个经验公式。     

钙质砂抗剪强度特性的环剪试验

珊瑚礁沉积的钙质砂与石英砂的物理力学性质有较大差别。对取自南海岛礁的钙质砂进行了单次往返环剪试验以分析钙质砂的抗剪强度特性,试验中考虑了相对密实度和竖向应力对结果的影响,并与相同级配和试验条件下的石英砂进行对比分析。结果表明：钙质砂正向剪切时应力-位移曲线为软化型,具有明显的残余强度特性,而反向剪切时则表现为硬化型,正向和反向剪切强度基本一致;石英砂正向剪切和反向剪切均表现为软化型。钙质砂正向剪切和反向剪切残余强度与峰值强度的比值在0.75～0.93之间;石英砂正向剪切和反向剪切残余强度与对应峰值强度的比值在0.89～0.96之间。相同级配和试验条件下,钙质砂残余强度均大于石英砂,且强度比值基本保持在1.05～1.3之间。在100、200 kPa竖向荷载作用下,钙质砂0.5～2.0 mm的颗粒发生了破碎,破碎率分别为4%和6%。     

波浪荷载作用下饱和钙质砂孔压特性及累积损失能量试验研究

钙质砂是一种海洋生物成因土,为我国南海岛礁吹填的主要材料。研究其动力特性对开发南海资源意义重大。实际工程中,钙质砂主要受到幅值和主应力方向均变化的波浪荷载作用,其作用效果与一般定轴剪切试验有较大不同。因此,利用空心圆柱扭剪仪模拟波浪荷载,开展一系列饱和钙质砂的不排水试验,重点研究循环应力比CSR和相对密实度Dr对钙质砂孔压特性的影响,并与石英砂对比分析,发现颗粒形态差异导致了两类砂土不同的孔压发展模式。同时,引入能量法,初步探究钙质砂累积损失能量变化规律。在此基础上,建立了考虑不同相对密实度的钙质砂孔压-累积损失能量模式。     

钙质砂室内载荷试验研究

为保护和开发海洋资源,在珊瑚礁上进行工程建设时必须要查明岛礁上钙质砂地基的承载力和变形特性。室内载荷试验的结果表明,相同密实度的钙质砂具有比石英砂大得多的承载力和变形模量,变形量则小得多;钙质砂的承载力随着相对密实度的增大而增大,破坏时的变形量显著减小;相同密实度下饱和钙质砂比干燥钙质砂的承载力和变形模量低很多。钙质砂地基中土压力随深度急剧衰减,荷载的有效影响深度为2～3倍基础宽度;随着荷载的增大,土压力从表层逐渐传递到更深的土层。     

基于动力触探的钙质土相对密实度研究

圆锥动力触探试验（DCPT）是一种用来预测地基土相对密实度的方法。然而,现有的预测公式主要针对石英土。为解决这一问题,通过现场以及室内模型试验,得到了轻型动力触探贯入指标与钙质土相对密实度之间的关系。可知相比于石英土,粒径对钙质土贯入指标的影响较为显著。若采用现有公式计算钙质土的相对密实度,得到的数值偏大,结果偏于危险。为了便于工程应用,基于Butterfield改进的量纲分析理论,建立了一种可将不同形式DCPT的贯入指标进行相互转化的方法,实现了轻型与重型动力触探指标之间的相互转换,进而得到了重型动力触探贯入指标与钙质土相对密实度之间的关系。根据现场重型动力触探试验数据可知,上述关系的计算结果与现场实测结果吻合良好。     

钙质土的剪切特性试验研究

钙质土因其颗粒形状不规则、易破碎、高孔隙比等特征,其力学性质较为特殊。采用室内大型直接剪切试验设备,对取自南海珊瑚礁和三亚岸礁的粗颗粒钙质土进行了直剪试验,研究了粗颗粒钙质土在不同含水率、不同密度和不同矿物组成条件下的钙质土剪切特性。结果表明,粗颗粒钙质土表现出与常规无黏性土截然不同的力学性质,即（1）与石英砂相比,表观黏聚力较大,内摩擦角较高,软化性较弱;（2）表观黏聚力随着平均粒径的增大而增大,内摩擦角随着干密度的增大而增大;（3）与峰值强度相比,土体剪切破坏后其残余强度的表观黏聚力锐减而内摩擦角仅略有减小。研究成果可为岛礁工程建设提供借鉴,也可为其他粗颗粒土的研究提供参考。     

安宁系的时代、成因类型和环境

本文对我国新生代地层中颇具争议的安宁系进行了综合对比分析,确认安宁系位于中新统咸水河底砾岩之上,早更新世初黄河阶地砾石层之下,为中新世中期至上新世沉积。沉积构造、粒度和石英砂表面特征等一致表明,安宁系是与干热气候相应的风砂活动的产物。安宁系及与之同时并存的中国东部风成红土说明,第三纪晚期中国大陆已存在沙漠-风成红土的分异格局。推测第三纪晚期,兰州附近地区处于副热带北侧,西风带南缘,半干旱草原至干旱荒漠草原环境。     

Lithology, Biostratigraphy, and Magneto stratigraphy of Gas Hydrate-Bearing Sediments in the Eastern Nankai Trough

Abstract: Stratigraphic controls on the formation and distribution of gas hydrates were examined for sediments from a BH-1 well drilled in the landward slope of the Nankai Trough, approximately 60 km off Omaezaki, Japan. Three lithologic units were recognized in the 250 m-thick sequence of sediments: Unit 1 (0–70 mbsf) consists of calcareous silt and clay with thin volcanic ash layers, Unit 2 (70–150 mbsf) consists of calcareous silt and clay with volcanic ash and thin sand layers, and Unit 3 (150–250 mbsf) consists of weakly consolidated calcareous silt and clay with thick and frequent sand layers. Soupy structures and gas bubbles in the sediments indicate the presence of two hydrate zones between 40 and 130 mbsf and below 195 mbsf. Nannofossil biostratigraphy and magnetostratigraphy indicate that the sequence recovered at the BH-1 well is mostly continuous and represents sediments deposited from 0 to 1.5 Ma. Calculation of the sedimentation rate reveals a condensed section between 65 and 90 mbsf. The inferred distribution of gas hydrates in the BH-1 well appears to be strongly controlled by the stratigraphy and lithology of the sediments. Thick, gently inclined sand layers in Unit 3 provide a conduit for the migration of gases from deeper regions, and are considered responsible for the formation of the hydrate zone below 195 mbsf. At shallower levels, thin, gently inclined sand layers are also considered to allow for the migration of gases, leading to the formation of the upper hydrate zone between 40 and 130 mbsf. The overlying sub-horizontal silt and clay of the condensed section, truncating the underlying gently inclined sand and silt/clay layers, may provide an effective trap for gases supplied through the sand layers, further contributing to hydrate formation in the upper hydrate zone.     

钙质砂的休止角研究与工程应用

砂土的天然休止角对土堆设计、基坑设计和边坡稳定性研判有重要的指导意义。砂土的天然休止角受土颗粒的摩擦特性、颗粒形状、粒径和含水状态等诸多因素的影响。开展了钙质砂的天然休止角试验,研究了多种因素对钙质砂天然休止角的影响规律。结果表明：钙质砂3种常见颗粒形状中,片状休止角最大,枝棒状次之,块状最小;钙质砂天然休止角随着粒径的增大而增大;当平均粒径相同时,天然休止角随着不均匀系数的增大而增大,随着曲率系数的增大而减少;通过与标准石英砂的对比试验发现,石英砂的天然休止角小于钙质砂天然休止角。对现场钙质砂边坡测量后表明,钙质砂地基经过振冲挤密后基坑开挖最大坡角略大于室内测得的天然休止角。研究结果对钙质砂土堆和基坑设计等工程实践有一定指导意义。     

Simple Shear Behavior of Calcareous and Quartz Sands

The monotonic and cyclic simple shear behavior of several loose skeletal calcareous sands is investigated and compared to that of common Nevada and Ottawa quartz sands in order to draw contrasts between these types of materials and to develop stiffness and modulus degradation curves for quasi-nonlinear ground response analysis. Mobilized frictional resistance and cyclic strength are generally higher for the calcareous sands, whereas shear modulus and damping are larger for quartz sand at strain levels between 0.05 and 1%. Degradation properties do not appear to be very sensitive to the initial cyclic stress ratio. Differences in behavior between the calcareous and quartz sands are presumably due to contrasts in grain geometry, hardness, gradation and the amount of intraparticle voids.     

钙质砂破碎过程及其微观机制试验研究

为了掌握南海钙质砂压缩变形特征及其微观机制,对3种不同粒组(S1:1.43~2mm、S2:0.5~1mm、S3:0.5~2mm)的钙质砂进行100~3200kPa压力范围的压缩试验,利用自制的砂土微观结构提取装置和图像处理软件(PCAS)获得并分析了钙质砂压缩过程中微观结构。结果表明:(1)钙质砂的大小、形状和级配对颗粒的破碎具有显著影响,当压力较低时(＜800kPa),粒径较大的S1组以砂颗粒棱角破碎为主;粒径较小的S2组没有明显破裂,相对规则的颗粒形态使S2粒组在该压力范围内主要因颗粒的滚动与重分布导致压缩;级配良好的S3组除部分低宽度断肢状颗粒外其余大小、形态颗粒无明显破裂。(2)当压力较大时(＞800kPa),S1组钙质砂逐渐转向以颗粒的整体破坏为主的破碎形式;S2、S3两组试样随着密实度的提高,砂颗粒的破坏以整体破碎为主。基于对破碎过程中试样微观结构变化的提取与分析,总结并提出了控制钙质砂颗粒破碎的4种接触模式:点-线接触、线-面接触、面-面接触和复合接触,可用于判断不同条件下的颗粒破碎形式。最后,讨论了钙质砂在破碎过程中颗粒几何参数的变化。     

细颗粒组分含量对钙质砂抗剪强度的影响

由于吹填过程的水力分选作用钙质砂土地基颗粒分布不均匀,容易形成分布不均、形态各异的以不同细粒含量的粉细砂层为主的细粒汇集层,引起钙质砂土地基承载力和不均匀沉降问题。开展不同细粒含量的粉细砂三轴固结排水剪切试验,分析细粒含量对钙质砂土力学特性的影响。研究结果表明,（1）当细粒含量增加时相同围压下土样剪胀性逐渐减弱,且峰值偏应力也逐渐减小;（2）各组试样干密度为1.40 g/cm3状态下各含量粉细砂均表现出应变软化特征,当细粒含量为10%时粉细砂土体强度稳定性最差,之后稳定性随细粒含量增加而逐渐增大;（3）钙质细砂由于颗粒咬合作用,具有表观黏聚力,当细粒含量小于40%时,随着细粒含量增加,颗粒之间的咬合作用显著降低,表观黏聚力线性减小。研究成果可为粉细砂层的地基处理及边坡稳定分析提供参考。     

钙质砂一维冲击响应及吸能特性试验

钙质砂为海相沉积的多孔介质,是防护工程分配层的理想填充材料。利用改进的铝制分离式霍普金森压杆（split Hopkinson pressure bar,简称SHPB）,分别对颗粒级配以及相对密实度相同的南海钙质砂和福建石英砂进行了83组一维冲击试验,得到了应力波透射率、冲击响应和吸能效率曲线,分析了应变率、相对密实度和含水率对两种砂冲击特性的影响。结果表明,相同的荷载和边界条件下,钙质砂的刚度仅为石英砂的1/10。由于内孔隙的存在,钙质砂对冲击波的衰减作用大于石英砂,在承载性能允许的情况下,适当减小相对密实度、增加含水率可有效提高分配层消能效果。     

Some observations on the geochemistry of gold mineralization in the weathered zone at Norseman, Western Australia

At Norseman Au mineralization is hosted by parallel easterly dipping quartz reefs in a westerly dipping sequence of Archaean basaltic flows and As is strongly correlated with this mineralization. Near-surface exploration is hampered by an extensive cover of deeply weathered soils and a veneer of silty calcareous material, probably of aeolian origin, which, because of its low Fe content of < 5%, has a very low (< 10 ppm) and often indiscernible As signature over mineralization. At a test traverse over the southern end of the Mararoa quartz reef, drill sampling to 10 m depth in highly weathered in situ material beneath the calcareous veneer produced As anomalies which are strongly correlated with the extrapolation to surface of a shear zone hosting Au mineralization which is probably blind. The As anomalies can be extended into the surface horizon by manipulating the data to compensate for the low Fe content of the calcareous layer.The Au values in the drill samples were very low and poorly correlated with the extrapolation to surface of the Mararoa shear. However, the absence of a Au halo (at a 10 ppb detection limit) may be due to the shear being barren near surface, or may be due to the samples being taken from the strongly leached zones of a laterite profile. In the area of the test traverse at the southern Mararoa area, the upper horizons of the original laterite profile have been eroded away and the remaining horizons covered by a veneer of calcareous material. There is a better correlation of the Au values of the shallow drill samples with the projection to surface of a porphyry, which hosts minor low-grade Au mineralization.The results for Au dispersion around the Mararoa shear contrast with dispersion at the nearby Hinemoa Mine where gold mineralization crops out. Channel sampling in costeans showed that an Au anomaly (threshold 40 ppb) extends 50 to 150 m into oxidized wall rocks. This well defined halo may be due to the secondary dispersion of Au from the quartz reef into the ferruginous zone of the laterite profile.Gold in the leaves and twigs of Melaleuca pauperiflora F. Muell. from the traverse at the southern end of the Mararoa shear was determined by neutron activation analysis and found to be broadly correlated with the projected Au mineralization. However, the lack of correlation with the soil Au values to 10 m may be due to the plants taking up most of their water from below the depth of sampling.     

地下水曝气-砂滤处理产生的废弃石英砂中铁砷含量与形态分布

高铁高砷地下水严重威胁饮水质量,曝气-砂滤法因处理效果好且成本低在农村地区得到广泛应用。砂滤过程石英砂表面富集铁和砷后需定期更换,然而废弃石英砂堆置具有砷释放风险。本文以江汉平原某水厂砂滤池废弃石英砂为研究对象,采用激光剥蚀-等离子体质谱(LA-ICP-MS)、拉曼光谱(Raman)、X射线衍射(XRD)和分步化学提取等手段,研究了砂样中的Fe和As含量及形态分布。结果表明,砂粒表面形成了一层厚度为20100 μm的高铁砷薄层,薄层内部Fe和As含量显著高于两侧,Fe和As分布高度相关(R²=0.985)。砂样表面铁矿物以无定型/弱结晶型为主,同时检出赤铁矿和臭葱石等矿物。砂样中Fe和As总含量分别为20.1 mg/g和53.4 μg/g。砂样表面铁主要以易溶解态、碳酸盐结合态和易还原态为主,As主要吸附在铁矿物上。研究区降雨充沛,当废弃石英砂遭遇雨水冲刷或淹没时,可能导致铁砷薄层中As解吸或随Fe矿物还原溶解而释放。     

闽南-台湾浅滩陆架沉积砂中石英颗粒表面的微结构

石英颗粒表面微结构的研究是随着电子显微镜应用到地质学上而发展起来的。近年来利用扫描电镜观察石英颗粒表面形态特征及差异来研究沉积物物质来源、搬运方式和沉积环境已在我国开展起来。本文是在对闽南-台湾浅滩陆架的地形、沉积物粒度研究基础上,用JSM-50A扫描电镜观察、研究石英颗粒表面微结构时,发现调查海区的(中砂)沉积物中的石英颗粒具有各种微结构,反映特有的沉积环境。     

水泥胶结钙质砂地层中单桩竖向承载特性试验研究

钙质砂属于岩土工程中一种特殊的岩土材料,除具有颗粒形状不规则、易破碎等特征,还具有胶结性。针对钙质砂具有胶结性的地质现状,通过室内模型试验研究了胶结钙质砂地层中钢管桩的承载能力、沉降情况及其影响因素,同时与未胶结钙质砂中的桩基承载特性进行了对比。研究结果表明：与未胶结钙质砂中的钢管桩相比,胶结钙质砂的相对密实度对桩基承载力影响程度明显减弱,桩的承载形式依然表现为端承桩,随着钙质砂胶结程度的提升,桩端阻力承载占比越来越高;胶结程度较高的钙质砂地层中桩身侧摩阻力发挥存在异步过程,这是因为桩基沉降时桩身下部破坏砂层形成了更为紧密的新接触面,该接触面对桩身的径向膨胀更为敏感;胶结钙质砂中桩基 q_s-S_u 线没有出现明显的硬化阶段,与未胶结钙质砂地层中桩基的 q_s-S_u多段折线变化规律不同,胶结钙质砂地层中桩基的 q_s-S_u曲线更为接近双曲线线型。     

Experimental study on the mechanical behaviors and particle breakage characteristics of calcareous sand from South China Sea under repeated one-dimensional impacts

The behavior of calcareous sand under repeated impact considerably differs from that of silica sand. Notably, calcareous sand is important in engineering projects in the South China Sea, such as pile driving. To understand the behavior of calcareous sand under multiple impacts, the improved split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) system was selected for one-dimensional impact tests of silica and calcareous sand with particle sizes of 0.25–0.50 mm. The sand specimens were impacted 1, 3, 7 and 10 times. The test results reveal that the dynamic apparent stiffness of silica sand is approximately 6–8 times that of calcareous sand. The dynamic apparent modulus values of the two sands increase with an increase in the number of impacts, N. For calcareous sand, the compression index C_c decreases with an increase in N, and silica sand shows the opposite trend. The yield pressure p_c of calcareous sand under impact loading is approximately 40% of that of silica sand. With an increase in N, the energy absorption capacity, energy dissipation rate and damage variables of the two sands exhibit a downward trend. In addition, the energy absorption efficiency of calcareous sand is better than that of silica sand. During the process of impact, a large number of sand particles will break, and particle breakage will change the particle size distribution (PSD), thereby significantly affecting the physical and mechanical properties of the corresponding soil. Based on the test results and fractal theory, an evolution model is established to characterize the PSD evolution in the breakage state for uniformly graded calcareous sand. Moreover, a Markov chain model is proposed to describe the PSD evolution of nonuniformly graded specimens. The predicted results of both models show agreement with the experimental values.

     

Processes and kinetics of Cd2+ sorption by a calcareous aquifer sand

The rate of Cd²⁺ sorption by a calcareous aquifer sand was characterized by two reaction steps, with the first step reaching completion in 24 hours. The second step proceeded at a slow and nearly constant rate for at least seven days. The first step includes a fast adsorption reaction which is followed by diffusive transport into either a disordered surface film of hydrated calcium carbonate or into pore spaces. After 24 hours the rate of Cd²⁺ sorption was constant and controlled by the rate of surface coprecipitation, as a solid solution of CdCO₃ in CaCO₃ formed in recrystallizing material. Desorption of Cd²⁺ from the sand was slow. Clean grains of primary minerals, e.g. quartz and aluminosilicates. sorbed much less Cd²⁺ than grains which had surface patches of secondary minerals, e.g. carbonates, iron and manganese oxides. Calcite grains sorbed the greatest amount of Cd²⁺ on a weight-normalized basis despite the greater abundance of quartz. A method is illustrated for determining empirical binding constants for trace metals at in situ pH values without introducing the experimental problem of supersaturation. The binding constants are useful for solute transport models which include a computation of aqueous speciation.     

Chert occurrences in carbonate turbidites: examples from the Upper Jurassic of the Betic Mountains (southern Spain)

In Upper Jurassic carbonate turbidites of the Betic mountains (southern Spain), chert occurs in three morphologies: bedded chert, nodular chert and mottled chert. The last refers to a weak dispersed and selective silification which gives a speckled appearance to the rock. The three types of chert are formed by replacement of limestones and are associated with different calcareous facies. Turbidite packstones of Saccocoma and peloids, and turbidite lime mudstones of pelagic material contain bedded and nodular cherts. The silicification textures are mainly micro- and cryptocrystalline quartz, with local chalcedonic quartz (both length-fast and length-slow) which is more common in the packstones. Only mottled chert is produced where calcareous breccia beds are silicified. Mottled chert consists of micro- and cryptocrystalline quartz, length-slow chalcedonic quartz and mosaics or individual crystals of euhedral megaquartz. Beds and nodules are the result of early diagenetic silicification, with silica derived from the calcitization and dissolution of radiolarians and, subordinately, sponge spicules, whereas mottled chert is the consequence of later silicification in a probably Mg-rich environment. Early silicification is mainly confined to turbidite beds and only rarely occurs in the interbedded pelagic limestones. Turbidite sedimentation favours silicification because rapid burial of the transported siliceous tests prevents silica from the dissolution of tests passing into overlying sea water. A silica-rich interstitial fluid develops in the turbidite layer and this migrates to more permeable zones giving rise to bedded and nodular chert.