浅层折射法在陕北侏罗纪煤田松散层调查中的应用及效果

陕北侏罗纪煤田榆神府处于鄂尔多斯地台东部,毛乌素沙漠东南缘。由于煤层埋藏浅．积沙厚,沙层含水量大,易于发生突水溃沙事故,给矿井安全生产带来较大威胁。陕西省煤田地质局物探测量队在石圪台矿井、活鸡兔矿井、大柳塔矿等矿区先后进行了以地震折射为主的勘探工作,不仅获得了各勘探区内基岩面、潜水面等松散层的地质信息,还掌握了其古河床、古冲沟的分布情况。在石圪台矿井勘探中,根据浅部1^-2煤层反射波对折射记录续至波的干涉情况,定性圈定区内1^-2的赋存范围。经钻孔验证,连续观测浅层折射法确定的潜水面深度、基岩面深度、风化层厚度等对综采有较大影响的主要界面绝对误差均小于10m,相对误差在3％左右。     

Identification of buried sinkholes using refraction tomography at Ft. Campbell Army Airfield,Kentucky

Karst aquifers are highly susceptible to contamination, with numerous points of entry for contaminants through recharge features such as sinkholes, swallow holes and solutionally enlarged fractures. These recharge features may be filled or obscured at the surface, requiring the use of geophysical or remote sensing techniques for their identification. This study uses seismic refraction data collected at the Ft. Campbell Army Airfield (CAAF), Kentucky, USA, to test the hypothesis that refraction tomography is a useful tool for imaging bedrock depressions beneath thick overburden (greater than 20 m of unconsolidated sediment). Southeast of the main taxiway of CAAF seismic velocity tomograms imaged a bedrock low, possibly a closed depression, at a depth of 25 m that had been earlier identified through delay-time analysis of the same refraction data. Tomography suggests the bedrock low is about 250-m wide by 10-m deep at its widest point. High rates of contaminant vapor extraction over the western extension of this feature suggest a high concentration of contaminants above, and within, this filled bedrock low, the base of which may contain solutionally enlarged fractures (i.e. karst conduits) that could funnel these contaminants to the upper or lower bedrock aquifers. This study thus demonstrates the viability of seismic refraction tomography as a tool for identification of filled sinkholes and bedrock depressions in karst areas.     

Geologic weathering and its implications on the age of the sphinx

The Great Sphinx of Giza is considered by Egyptologists to have been excavated by the Pharaoh Kephren nearly 4500 years ago. Schoch and West (1991) have suggested that the Sphinx is much older, based primarily upon the rounded profile of the strata of the Sphinx thorax and the deep channels present in the walls surrounding the Sphinx ditch. These features, according to them, are due to “precipitation-induced weathering” formed when the Sahara still experienced a humid climate at least 7000 years ago. In this article we show how weathering in an arid environment can produce the rounded profile given the gradual change in lithology of the alternating hard and soft limestone strata. We show further that the channels are actually the pre-Pliocene karst features formed by underground water and exposed due to the excavation of the Sphinx ditch. We propose therefore that, for now, the Sphinx may still be regarded as of pharaonic origin. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Investigation of the weathering layer using seismic refraction and high-resolution seismic reflection methods, NE of Riyadh city

Five seismic refraction and five high-resolution seismic reflection (HRSR) profiles were carried out in northeastern part of Riyadh city to investigate depth of the weathering layer. Results obtained from seismic refraction survey reveal the depths of weathering layer at 12, 25, 17, 12, and 16?m, respectively. On the other hand, HRSR stack sections illustrate the depths of weathering layer at 14, 28, 20, 13, and 18?m, respectively. The weathering layer is composed of alluvial sediments and gravel, which is underlain by a sequence of limestone and dolomite layer. Seismic results from site no. 2 have been found to be in good agreement with lithological information reported from the adjacent water well. The HRSR data generally reveal better signal-to-noise ratio and enhanced resolution compared to the refraction data. Although, the HRSR data failed in achieving high-quality common midpoint (CMP) stacking profile at site no. 3, it provide an improved image of the subsurface features than the refraction data, recognizing it as a potential seismic technique.     

Identification of cross-valley faults in the Maynardville Limestone,Oak Ridge Reservation,Tennessee, using seismic refraction tomography

First arrival times from P-wave refraction and reflection seismic surveys along Bear Creek Valley on the Oak Ridge Reservation, Tennessee, were inverted to produce refraction tomographic velocity images showing seismic velocity variations within thinly mantled karstic bedrock to a depth of approximately 20 m. Inverted velocities are consistent with two distinct bedrock groups: the Nolichucky Shale (2,730–5,150 m/s) and Maynardville Limestone (3,940–7,575 m/s). Low-velocity zones (2,700–4,000 m/s) in the tomographic images correspond to previously inferred cross-valley strike-slip faults; in places, these faults create permeability barriers that offset or block groundwater flowing along Bear Creek Valley. These faults may also force groundwater contaminants, such as dense non-aqueous phase liquids, to migrate laterally or downward, spreading contamination throughout the groundwater system. Other, previously unmapped cross-valley faults may also be visible in the tomographic images. Borehole logs suggest the low-velocity values are caused by low rigidity fractured and vuggy rock, water zones, cavities and collapse features. Surface streams, including Bear Creek, tend to lie directly above these low-velocity zones, suggesting fault and fracture control of surface drainage, in addition to the subsurface flow system. In some cases, fault zones are also associated with bedrock depressions and thicker accumulations of unconsolidated sediment.     

综合地震勘探方法在陕北煤田采空区探测中的应用

基于陕北黄土塬煤层采空区地震勘探方法研究项目,在该类复杂地质背景和地震地质条件下进行了煤层采空区多种地震探测方法的应用。探测中依据不同的地震勘探方法原理,针对同一目标地质体,提取了识别其地震波场的响应特征:①在地震反射时间剖面上呈现反射波组中断缺失、不连续特征;②在折射层析速度剖面上反射为低速异常;③面波记录出现强能量基阶面波传播中止(波散),面波速度剖面呈现为低速异常,频散曲线发生畸变(呈"之"字型回折);④煤层采空区边界显现出散射波特征。这些地震波场特征在鄂尔多斯等地的煤层采空区探测中也已得到验证。陕北煤田采空区探测实例表明,采用综合地震勘探方法探测可有效解决单一方法的多解性问题,提高其成果的准确性和可靠性。     

综合物探方法在309国道马石店隧道勘察中的应用

在309国道马石店隧道勘察中,利用高密度电阻率法和浅层地震波法进行勘察,为勘察设计提供依据.实践表明以高密度电法为主、浅层地震折射波法相辅助进行物探勘测,通过综合比较,在查明风化层和基岩分界及隐伏构造方面,取得了不错的效果.     

Multichannel analysis of surface waves (MASW) for seismic site characterization using 2D genetic algorithm at Bahrah area,Wadi Fatima,Saudi Arabia

The present study deals with the seismic site classification of Bahrah area, Wadi Fatima, to characterize the local site conditions. The dynamic behavior of sediments was studied by the application of surface wave inversion. The multichannel analysis of surface waves (MASW) shallow geophysical technique was utilized for site classification. MASW survey was carried out at 66 sites along with 13 seismic refraction profiles at suitable localities. MASW and seismic refraction profiles were processed and compared with the available borehole data. The integration of MASW techniques with seismic refraction and borehole data progressively enhanced the subsurface visualization and reliability of the shear wave velocity estimation in the subsurface in the study area. The subsurface shear-wave velocity model was achieved by the solution of an inverse problem-based dispersion of surface waves and propagation in a vertically heterogeneous medium. The 2D genetic algorithm was employed for the inversion of dispersion curves to obtain velocity and thickness of subsurface layers. The depth to engineering bedrock and velocity of shear waves in the first 30 m was deciphered and mapped. The depth of bedrock in study area varies from 4 to 30 m, and V _{S 30} ranges from 320 to 800 m/s. The most of study area falls in B and C class categories in addition to few sites of D class according to the NEHRP guidelines.     

The determination of joint directions by seismic refraction measurements at the Avedat plateau (Israel)

A seismic refraction experiment was conducted in an area at a site where joints had been mapped in detail in order to determine whether velocity anisotropy could be correlated with joint directions. The purpose was to assess the possibility of using seismic refraction techniques for mapping joint directions in alluvium-covered areas.The results of the experiment show that a velocity anisotropy can be detected by simple seismic refraction measurements, and that the anisotropy can be correlated with the dominant joints. It is believed that the technique is applicable to the determination of joint directions in alluvium-covered areas.     

汶川八级地震触发何家沟碎屑流滑坡基本特征及形成机理

汶川地震造成大量次生斜坡地质灾害,包含崩塌、滑坡及泥石流等灾种,其中以滑坡分布最为广泛、破坏力最强,且多以高速碎屑流为表现形式,何家沟滑坡即是其中典型例证。滑坡距发震断裂——映秀-北川南枝断裂不足5km,震前斜坡为双向临空的单薄山脊,其走向与断裂走向小角度相交,岩层走向与坡面斜交,中风化基岩结合紧密,结构面延伸性较好,强风化基岩较破碎,浅表部残坡积物较为松散。调查分析表明：残坡积物与强风化基岩是碎屑流滑坡的物质基础;中风化基岩面构成碎屑流滑坡滑床;斜坡临空面是滑坡产生的地形条件;高强度、长历时强震是导致滑坡产生的根本因素。滑坡的形成经历以下4个阶段：强震导致坡体表层残坡积物与强风化基岩松弛和解体;在强震作用下滑体从高位整体下错;松散物质沿中风化基岩面溃滑形成碎屑流和碎屑流堆积阶段。碎屑流产生后,受地形限制,停积于沟床内,在随后的“9．24”特大暴雨过程中进一步转化为泥石流次生灾害。     

黔北新蒲红色风化壳剖面的粒度分布特征--兼论岩溶区上覆土层的物质来源

粒度分析在风化壳物源示踪方面是一种新的尝试,具有指示直接的特点。尤其当常规的地球化学、矿物学等方法难以直观反映母岩的不均一性对风化壳的影响时,粒度分布特征却可以建立两者的对应关系,从而更为合理地指示风化壳和下伏基岩的关系。黔北新蒲剖面的下伏基岩为局部夹碎屑岩薄层的连续型碳酸盐岩,本文通过对其酸不溶物及上覆红色风化壳粒度分布特征的研究,表明基岩的垂向不均一,导致上覆风化壳粒度分布特征的差异性,同时存在与下伏不同基岩酸不溶物粒度分布特征相对应的风化壳,指示了碳酸盐岩为其上覆风化壳的成土母岩。化学风化指标在剖面的变化也支持了粒度分析结果,即风化壳母岩的不均一性。从碎屑岩夹层和碳酸盐岩对风化壳提供物源的相对份额中指出碳酸盐岩的酸不溶物对上覆风化壳的优势贡献。从粒度参数角度进一步诠释了连续型碳酸盐岩风化残积成土的现实性,为正确理解中国西南岩溶区红色风化壳的成因提供了新的探索手段。综合资料显示,碳酸盐岩特别是连续型碳酸盐岩酸不溶物构成中国西南岩溶区上覆红色风化壳的主要物质来源也是可能的。     

Seismic investigation of near-surface geological structure in the Paducah, Kentucky, area: application to earthquake hazard evaluation

Seismics method were used to evaluate shallow geological conditions at 33 sites in the vicinity of Paducah, Kentucky. A combined set of P- and S-wave seismic refraction and reflection soundings were used, in addition to local borehole information, to produce structure maps of (1) a shallow (< 30 m deep) horizon believed to represent an unconformity surface at the top of the Eocene, and (2) the Paleozoic bedrock surface (< 85 to > 160 m deep). Shear-wave velocity contrasts across the shallow unconformity were generally 2-to-1 while the contrast at the top of the Paleozoic bedrock exceeds 5-to-1. These seismic boundaries have been determined to be very important in modelling and interpreting earthquake ground motion amplification in the Paducah area. The quality and accuracy of the data, and the cost effective nature of the methods, suggest that other communities in areas at risk to damage from seismic activity, with foundation conditions comparable to Paducah, might benefit from similar characterization in order (1) to identify seismically hazardous, near-surface, geological conditions, and (2) to develop geological models that could be used in computer simulations of site response.     

Seismic vulnerability assessment in the new urban area of Diriyah Governorate,Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Nine seismic refraction profiles were conducted and processed to study the near-surface sediments in the new urban area of Diriyah. The 2D geoseismic models illustrate two layers: a surface layer of soft sediments and weathered to hard limestone bedrock. Moreover, microtremor measurements were performed at 38 sites for 40 min using three-component seismographs and processed to assess the peak spectral amplitude and the corresponding fundamental resonance frequency. The seismic vulnerability index at each measurement site was estimated. These results correlate well with the geotechnical borehole data. The north-western zone is highly vulnerable due to the great thickness of the soft sediments.     

中国东部陆相断陷盆地成熟探区油气勘探新领域分析*

经过50多年勘探开发,中国东部陆相油气田均已进入勘探中后期阶段,受石油地质认识局限性和勘探技术的限制,待发现目标日趋隐蔽,油气勘探难度日益增大。针对中国东部陆相断陷盆地深层低孔渗—致密砂岩储集层评价方法的局限性、深部砂砾岩储集体成因模式问题以及基岩风化壳形成和分布的复杂性问题,作者经过近几年的探索和总结,取得以下主要研究进展: (1)基于砂岩储集层物性演化动力学原理,提出了致密砂岩储集层动态评价的新思路和新方法,指出过去评价较低的深部凹陷带低孔渗—致密砂岩体仍然具有较大的勘探潜力; (2)运用地震地层学方法,通过建立断陷盆地陡坡带斜向大型扇三角洲沉积模式,指出斜向大型扇三角洲砂砾岩是断陷盆地深层有利的储集体,可以作为下一步有利勘探方向; (3)根据基岩风化壳双层结构新模式,结合风化壳储集层改造—破坏—保存机理的动力学新模型,指出断陷盆地中低部位是最有利风化壳储集层发育带,断陷盆地缓坡内带(洼槽区)风化壳是下一步油气勘探的重要新领域。文中提出的上述3大勘探新领域不仅是对断陷盆地油气成藏模式的补充和发展,更重要的是展现出中国东部断陷盆地深层常规和非常规油气勘探领域的巨大潜力,为深化东部成熟盆地油气勘探指出了明确的方向。     

中国东部陆相断陷盆地成熟探区油气勘探新领域分析*

经过50多年勘探开发,中国东部陆相油气田均已进入勘探中后期阶段,受石油地质认识局限性和勘探技术的限制,待发现目标日趋隐蔽,油气勘探难度日益增大。针对中国东部陆相断陷盆地深层低孔渗—致密砂岩储集层评价方法的局限性、深部砂砾岩储集体成因模式问题以及基岩风化壳形成和分布的复杂性问题,作者经过近几年的探索和总结,取得以下主要研究进展: (1)基于砂岩储集层物性演化动力学原理,提出了致密砂岩储集层动态评价的新思路和新方法,指出过去评价较低的深部凹陷带低孔渗—致密砂岩体仍然具有较大的勘探潜力; (2)运用地震地层学方法,通过建立断陷盆地陡坡带斜向大型扇三角洲沉积模式,指出斜向大型扇三角洲砂砾岩是断陷盆地深层有利的储集体,可以作为下一步有利勘探方向; (3)根据基岩风化壳双层结构新模式,结合风化壳储集层改造—破坏—保存机理的动力学新模型,指出断陷盆地中低部位是最有利风化壳储集层发育带,断陷盆地缓坡内带(洼槽区)风化壳是下一步油气勘探的重要新领域。文中提出的上述3大勘探新领域不仅是对断陷盆地油气成藏模式的补充和发展,更重要的是展现出中国东部断陷盆地深层常规和非常规油气勘探领域的巨大潜力,为深化东部成熟盆地油气勘探指出了明确的方向。     

特殊地质地貌区填图物化探技术应用

基于物化探技术方法在特殊地质地貌区填图中的应用实验,介绍从区域物化探数据提取地质填图信息的方法,指出重磁与氡-汞气测联合应用是覆盖区探测隐伏岩体、断裂的高效低成本物化探技术组合。运用基于地球化学理论方法的元素地球化学判别技术,在强烈风化区定量划分风化等级为:基岩-弱风化-中度风化-强风化-全风化-残积土等;指出风化壳元素地球化学行为对原生矿物分解、次生矿物形成具有示踪效应;不同风化层稀土元素富集分异显著,强烈富集于全风化层（岩土界面或风化岩石顶界）中的稀土元素分布模式,可作为界定风化壳分层的重要地球化学判别指标。      

Seasonality of bedrock weathering chemistry and CO2 consumption in a small watershed, the White River, Vermont

The draw down of CO₂ from the atmosphere during mineral weathering plays a major role in the global budget of this greenhouse gas. Silicate minerals remove twice the CO₂ of carbonate minerals per mole of calcium in runoff during weathering. Bedrock weathering chemistry was investigated in the White River watershed of northeastern USA to investigate whether there are seasonal differences in carbonate and silicate weathering chemistry. Geographic Information Systems analyses of bedrock geology were combined with major element concentrations in river waters to gain an understanding of the consistency of mineral weathering during three seasons. The percent of carbonate mineralogy comprising the bedrock in tributaries of the White River varied from less than 5% to 45% by area. A mass balance calculation using major element concentrations in waters was applied to estimate the seasonal relationships between bedrock geology and bicarbonate flux. In all tributaries and the main stem of the White River the highest calculated percent of bicarbonate from carbonate mineral weathering was measured in the late fall. The results suggest that carbonate and silicate bedrock weathering processes are seasonally controlled. Thus single season sampling could not accurately represent an entire year's geochemical budget. In the White River, water samples obtained solely during the summer would consistently underestimate the total yearly source of bicarbonate from carbonate bedrock weathering. The same sample set would also provide data that would lead to an underestimation of the yearly atmospheric CO₂ draw down by bedrock weathering in the watershed. For example at four of the seven locations studied there was an almost two-fold difference between summer and spring calculated atmospheric CO₂ consumption rates.     

Basin Structure and Numerical Simulation for the Mechanisms of Seismic Disasters

In the present study seismic wave propagation in heterogeneous media is numerically simulated by using the pseudospectral method with the staggered grid RFFT differentiation in order to clarify the cause for the complicated distribution characteristics of strong ground motion in regions with basin structure. The results show that the maximum amplitudes of simulated ground acceleration waveforms are closely related to the basin structure. Interference of seismic waves in the basin strongly affects the distribution of maximum seismic waveforms, which may result in peak disasters during earthquakes. Peak disasters might be away from basin boundaries or earthquake faults. Seismic energy transmitted into the basin from the bedrock can hardly penetrate the bottom of the basin and then travel back into the bedrock region. The seismic energy is absorbed by basin media, and transferred into the kinematical energy of seismic waves with great amplitude in the basin. Seismic waves between basins may result in seriou     

滇西临沧花岗岩中段离子吸附型稀土矿成矿特征研究

滇西临沧花岗岩中段岩性主体为黑云母二长花岗岩,是离子吸附型稀土矿的天然成矿母岩。研究区湿热的气候使得在地势相对平缓的中山地区形成巨厚的花岗岩风化带,依据风化程度由地表至基岩依次分为腐殖土层、亚黏土层、全风化层、半风化层、弱风化层和新鲜基岩。全风化层是本区离子吸附型稀土矿的主要赋矿层位,该层位元素地球化学特征显示,经过风化后稀土元素发生了富集和分馏,稀土矿化是以轻稀土为主。轻稀土又以La和Ce这两种元素为主。依据本区不同地貌类型建立了倾缓的山脊、平缓的山顶和低缓的山丘3种离子吸附型稀土矿成矿模式。     

Assessment of Grouting Efficiency for Treatment of Underground Cavities

Ground subsidence incidents occurred in a residential suburb in an arid desert terrain due to sinkholes. Several investigation programs were conducted to understand the cause of the incidents attributed to the dissolution of the limestone bedrock and the subsequent ravelling of the overburden soil cover. A pilot area within the affected locale of the residential suburb in the state of Kuwait was selected for implementing treatment measures. The main purpose of the treatment measures was to fill the uppermost layer of the limestone bedrock in order to eliminate the risk of recurrence of ground subsidence. Cavity filling and permeation cement grouts were injected from the ground surface for filling the underground cavities and the fractured rocks. Results of the implemented grouting measures for treating underground voids and the GIN concept are presented in the paper. Reduction in the porosity of the bedrock layer due to the applied treatment measures was verified and percentage of treatment fill volume for the entire pilot area was estimated. An assessment method for the efficiency of the treatment measures coupled with the properties of grout materials, and lessons learned from the implemented treatment are also presented herein.