On the radiogenic heat production of metamorphic,igneous, and sedimentary rocks

Sedimentary rocks cover-73% of the Earth's surface and metamorphic rocks account for approximately91% of the crust by volume. Understanding the average behavior and variability of heat production for these rock types are vitally important for developing accurate models of lithospheric temperature. We analyze the heat production of ～204,000 whole rock geochemical data to quantify how heat production of these rocks varies with respect to chemistry and their evolution during metamorphism. The heat production of metaigneous and metasedimentary rocks are similar to their respective protoliths. Igneous and metaigneous samples increase in heat production with increasing SiO_2 and K_2 O, but decrease with increasing FeO, MgO and CaO. Sedimentary and metasedimentary rocks increase in heat production with increasing Al_2 O_3, FeO, TiO_2, and K_2 O but decrease with increasing CaO. For both igneous and sedimentary rocks, the heat production variations are largely correlated with processes that affect K_2 O concentration and covary with other major oxides as a consequence. Among sedimentary rocks,aluminous shales are the highest heat producing(2.9 μW~(-3)) whereas more common iron shales are lower heat producing(1.7 μW m~(-3)). Pure quartzites and carbonates are the lowest heat producing sedimentary rocks. Globally, there is little definitive evidence for a decrease in heat production with increasing metamorphic grade. However, there remains the need for high resolution studies of heat production variations within individual protoliths that vary in metamorphic grade. These results improve estimates of heat production and natural variability of rocks that will allow for more accurate temperature models of the lithosphere.     

The thermal structure and thickness of continental roots

We compare heat flow data from the Precambrian shields in North America and in South Africa. We also review data available in other less well-sampled Shield regions. Variations in crustal heat production account for most of the variability of the heat flow. Because of this variability, it is difficult to define a single average crustal model representative of a whole tectonic province. The average heat flow values of different Archean provinces in Canada, South Africa, Australia and India differ by significant amounts. This is also true for Proterozoic provinces. For example, the heat flow is significantly higher in the Proterozoic Namaqua–Natal Belt of South Africa than in the Grenville Province of the Canadian Shield (61 vs. 41 mW m⁻² on average). These observations indicate that it is not possible to define single value of the average heat flow for all provinces of the same crustal age. Large amplitude short wavelength variations of the heat flow suggest that most of the difference between Proterozoic and Archean heat flow is of crustal origin. In eastern Canada, there is no good correlation between the local values of heat flow and heat production. In the Archean, Proterozoic and Paleozoic provinces of eastern Canada, heat flow values through rocks with the same heat production are not significantly different. There is therefore no evidence for variations of the mantle heat flow beneath these different provinces. After removing the local crustal heat production from the surface heat flow, the mantle (Moho) heat flow was estimated to be between 10–15 mW m⁻² in the Archean, Proterozoic and Paleozoic provinces of eastern Canada. Estimates of the mantle heat flow in the Kaapvaal craton of South Africa may be slightly higher (≈17 mW m⁻²). Large-scale variations of bulk crustal heat production are well-documented in Canada and imply significant differences of deep lithospheric thermal structure. In thick lithosphere, surficial heat flow measurements record a time average of heat production in the lithospheric mantle and are not in equilibrium with the instantaneous heat production. The low mantle heat flow and current estimates of heat production in the lithospheric mantle do not support a mechanical (conductive) lithosphere thinner than 200 km and thicker than 330 km. Temperature anomalies with surrounding oceanic mantle extend to the convective boundary layer below the conductive layer, and hence to depths greater than these estimates. Mechanical and thermal stability of the lithosphere require the mantle part of the lithosphere to be chemically buoyant and depleted in radiogenic elements. Both characteristics are achieved simultaneously by partial melting and melt extraction.     

Compressional Wave Velocities in Some Volcanic Rocks at Pressure up to 4.5 GPa

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The human impact on natural rock reserves using basalt,anorthosite, and carbonates as raw materials in insulation products

Typical crustal rocks such as basalt, limestone, and anorthosite are used in stone wool insulation products. The raw materials for stone wool production are not specific to any rare mineral source but depend upon the mixture of materials having the correct chemical composition, exemplified by 40 wt% basalt, 20 wt% anorthosite, and 40 wt% cement-bonded renewable materials. This study provides an overview of the natural cycle of these resources, including their abundances in nature, and sets the consumption by the stone wool industry and other human activities in perspective.

Basalt, anorthosite, and carbonates are widespread on all continents. Although basaltic rocks cover most of the ocean floor, these reserves are hidden below several kilometres of water and therefore are regarded as inaccessible. Instead, large igneous provinces on land constitute major basaltic reserves useful for human rock exploration. Globally, anorthositic provinces comprise smaller volumes than do limestone or basalt, but still occur in sufficient amounts to supply for the production of insulation materials indefinitely. An evaluation of the modern consumption rates and reserves shows that the crustal inventories of these rock types are so large that they could supply current human demand for millions of years.

The natural degradation of surface rocks occurs by physical and chemical weathering creating sediment that is transported along rivers and deposited in the ocean. Sediments are either obducted with continental lithosphere or subducted with oceanic crust and recycled through the mantle by plate tectonics. Insulation products have a chemical composition similar to average crustal rocks and participate in the natural rock cycle. However, these products need not accumulate in nature, inasmuch as old insulation materials serve as excellent source materials for new products. Moreover, current production lines exploit more than 30 natural and 20–30 synthetic source materials that circumvent regional depletion and contribute to the recycling of other industrial materials.     

强反射能量屏蔽补偿在渤海C构造中的应用

在渤海海域西南部广泛分布着新生界的溢流相火成岩,高速层的能量屏蔽是造成火成岩发育区下覆地层地震波场信号弱的主要原因之一。传统的自动增益控制方法(AGC)在分时窗滑动补偿下覆地层被屏蔽的弱信号的同时,破坏了火成岩与下覆地层的能量关系,且时窗内火成岩层之间的弱信号也无法得到有效恢复。这里从反射系数与振幅补偿的关系出发,基于模型论证了利用射线追踪提取地震波传播路径上的反射系数来求取补偿因子,进而开展相对振幅补偿过程的有效性。在渤海油田多个构造的振幅补偿结果,较好地恢复了火成岩屏蔽地层的能量损失,且地层间的振幅关系也得到相对保持,取得了较好的实际应用效果。     

Geochemical characteristics of igneous rocks associated with epithermal mineral deposits—A review

Newly synthesized data indicate that the geochemistry of igneous rocks associated with epithermal mineral deposits varies extensively and continuously from subalkaline basaltic to rhyolitic compositions. Trace element and isotopic data for these rocks are consistent with subduction-related magmatism and suggest that the primary source magmas were generated by partial melting of the mantle-wedge above subducting oceanic slabs. Broad geochemical and petrographic diversity of individual igneous rock units associated with epithermal deposits indicate that the associated magmas evolved by open-system processes. Following migration to shallow crustal reservoirs, these magmas evolved by assimilation, recharge, and partial homogenization; these processes contribute to arc magmatism worldwide.Although epithermal deposits with the largest Au and Ag production are associated with felsic to intermediate composition igneous rocks, demonstrable relationships between magmas having any particular composition and epithermal deposit genesis are completely absent because the composition of igneous rock units associated with epithermal deposits ranges from basalt to rhyolite. Consequently, igneous rock compositions do not constitute effective exploration criteria with respect to identification of terranes prospective for epithermal deposit formation. However, the close spatial and temporal association of igneous rocks and epithermal deposits does suggest a mutual genetic relationship. Igneous systems likely contribute heat and some of the fluids and metals involved in epithermal deposit formation. Accordingly, deposit formation requires optimization of source metal contents, appropriate fluid compositions and characteristics, structural features conducive to hydrothermal fluid flow and confinement, and receptive host rocks, but not magmas with special compositional characteristics.     

东准噶尔滴西地区石炭系火成岩岩相特征及分布预测

含油气火成岩储层的研究为石油勘探开拓了更广阔的前景。东准噶尔滴西地区石炭系火成岩气藏是克拉美丽气田的主体部分,位于陆梁隆起东南部的滴南凸起西端。根据钻井取心、薄片观察及成像测井数据,对滴西地区石炭系的火成岩岩性进行了识别和类型划分; 结合测井、地震等资料,在单井相划分的基础上,以井震结合为方法,建立了不同岩相的地震相模式,并对其不同特征进行了分析; 通过建立地质-地震对应关系,运用时间切片、波形分类等地震属性分析技术对研究区岩相分布进行了预测。研究结果表明滴西地区火成岩发育火山通道相、爆发相、溢流相、火山沉积相和侵入相五种岩相; 研究区火山岩岩相分区性明显,整体呈现西北部以中-基性溢流相为主,中部以爆发相和火山沉积相为主、东南部以中-酸性溢流相为主的分布特点,滴西18井区为独立的侵入岩体,为浅成侵入相。     

区域岩石圈组成和热状态对岩浆作用和成矿的制约——以秦巴地区为例

遵循区域岩石圈系统的组成和状态制约区域各类地质—地球化学作用过程的性质和特征,以及各类地质—地球化学过程引起的物质分异和循环反映区域岩石圈发展和演化的构想,分析了秦巴地壳的化学和岩石组成特征及岩石圈的高热流状态,并据之阐明秦巴花岗岩类多具有Ⅰ型和Ⅰ—S混合型特征及该区缺乏与花岗岩类有关的典型岩浆期后热液矿床的原因,同时由该区花岗岩类岩石多具有黑云母组合和角闪石组合脱水熔融特征,揭示了多数花岗岩浆形成的较高熔融程度及有大量未经风化沉积旋回的岩浆岩加入了岩浆的源区,从而为秦巴上、下地壳化学成分差异小、物质分异弱找到了较合理的解释。本例表明在区域成岩和成矿研究中,区域岩石圈组成和状态的分析具有重要意义。     

Characteristics of Meso-Cenozoic Igneous Complexes in the South Yellow Sea Basin, Lower Yangtze Craton of Eastern China and the Tectonic Setting

The South Yellow Sea Basin is partially surrounded by the East Asian continental Meso-Cenozoic widespread igneous rocks belt. Magnetic anomaly and multi-channel seismic data both reveal the prevalent occurrence of igneous rocks. We preliminarily defined the coupling relation between magnetic anomalies and igneous rock bodies. Some igneous complexes were also recognized by using multi-channel seismic and drilling data. We identified various intrusive and extrusive igneous rock bodies, such as stocks, sills, dikes, laccoliths and volcanic edifice relics through seismic facies analysis. We also forecasted the distribution characteristics of igneous complexes. More than fifty hypabyssal intrusions and volcanic relics were delineated based on the interpretation of magnetic anomaly and dense intersecting multi-channel seismic data. It is an important supplement to regional geology and basin evolution research. Spatial matching relations between igneous rock belts and fractures document that extensional N–E and N–NE-trending deep fractures may be effective pathways for magma intrusion. These fractures formed under the influence of regional extension during the Meso-Cenozoic after the Indosinian movement. Isotopic ages and crosscutting relations between igneous rock bodies and the surrounding bedded sedimentary strata both indicate that igneous activities might have initiated during the Late Jurassic, peaked in the Early Cretaceous, gradually weakened in the Late Cretaceous, and continued until the Miocene. Combined with previous studies, it is considered that the Meso-Cenozoic igneous activities, especially the intensive igneous activity of the Early Cretaceous, are closely associated with the subduction of the Paleo-Pacific Plate.     

东海盆地的变质岩

东海盆地处于欧亚板块和太平洋板块的交接部位,是全球岩石圈结构和动力学机制研究中涉及众多基础问题的关键地区。它的生成及发展对深化中国东南陆缘地区地壳构造演化的认识,且为能源勘查,研究海平面变化,预测自然灾害,保护环境及国土主权均有重大意义。就其构造机制及性质说法不一,有待商榷。该盆地内已钻井30余口,随改革开放以来,局部凹陷对外公开招标,已施工10余口井,涉及变质岩的仅2口井。变质岩为黑云斜长片麻岩类,原岩恢复为变质火成岩(中性侵入岩,包括石英闪长岩及其相关的浅成岩),属吕梁期,原岩经多期变质或混合岩化作用所致,是中国大陆的自然延伸部位。     

井控主成分分析技术在储层预测中的应用

南堡凹陷中浅层火成岩类型多、非均质性强,利用单一技术方法难以有效刻画火成岩和砂岩储层的空间分布,制约了中浅层砂岩油气藏的勘探开发。在岩石物理交会分析基础上,利用对岩性响应敏感的纵波阻抗、伽马、泊松比和甜点4类地震属性和PCA主组分降维技术,对玄武岩、蚀变火成岩、砂岩、泥岩四类岩性进行了有效的区分,利用创新的井控综合解释技术获得了最终岩性体数据,达到在复杂岩性背景下准确识别砂岩储层的目的。结果表明,地震预测与实钻情况吻合程度较高,达到87.1%,预测的火成岩与砂岩分布特征与区域地质认识相匹配,为研究区滚动开发和开发调整提供了有力技术支撑。     

中国大陆地壳和岩石圈化学成分模型可信吗? ——来自大地热流值的检验

大地热流值是大陆地壳和岩石圈U，Th,K丰度的直接约束；根据地球化学元素丰度值推算出的大地构造单元的区域地壳热流值，必定不能大于区域的平均热流值，根据700余个实测大地热流数据，对目前发表的中国大陆地壳和岩石圈的化学成分模型进行了检验，结果表明，多数模型不能满足大地热充约束，如黎彤等的关于中国大陆及其内部构造单元的地壳和岩石圈成分模型，倪守斌等提出的新疆北部地壳生热率模型，以及高山等提出的扬子地台北缘地壳成分模型，这些模型的U，Th,K丰度值不太可靠，其他强不相容元素的丰度值的可信程度亦值得怀疑，而迟清华，鄢明才提出的华北地台地壳成分模型和高山等建立的中国东部及华北地台和秦岭造山带的地壳成分模型通过了区域大地热流的检验。     

金湖凹陷吕家庄地区地震资料重新处理效果及含油气远景评价

吕家庄构造上火成岩十分发育,给地震资料处理和解释带来很大的不确定性。经采用针对性的处理技术进行重新处理,基本消除了火成岩影响。在此基础上,经重新解释,对该构造的形成、内部火成岩的分布以及油气远景进行探讨。     

南海海盆IODP349钻井岩心的生热元素测试与应用研究

放射性生热率是岩石热物性参数之一,也是研究岩石圈热结构和构造热演化的重要参数。针对南海海盆区缺少岩石生热率资料的实际情况,本文通过整理和分析IODP349航次中的测井资料,测试钻井岩心样品的主要放射性生热元素,通过计算得出:玄武岩样品的生热率平均值为0.28±0.07μW/m~3,沉积碎屑岩样品的生热率为1.21±0.34μW/m~3,以及3个钻井的地热流值。获得以下认识:(1)本次研究的沉积碎屑岩样品生热率与中国东南沿海的同类岩石样品的生热率值相近,而洋壳中的基性火山岩生热率明显低于大陆碱性玄武岩。(2)用新资料计算南海西南次海盆段的岩石圈热结构得出其热岩石圈厚度约为39~42 km,平均壳幔热流比值为2.4%,说明西南次海盆岩石圈薄,海底热流主要受深部的地幔热源控制。(3)U1431D和U1433A钻井的热流密度值与附近探针热流密度值相近;而U1431C的热流密度值明显偏小,属于受地下水热循环影响所致。     

Heterogeneity of the Lithosphere in Tibetan Plateau on the Constraints of Magmatism

HETEROGENEITY OF THE LITHOSPHERE IN TIBETAN PLATEAU ON THE CONSTRAINTS OF MAGMATISM     

Iron in Precambrian rocks: implications for the global oxygen budget of the ancient Earth

Banded iron formations (BIF) are prominent in sediments older than 2 Ga. However, little is known about the absolute abundance of BIF in Archean and Early Proterozoic sediments, and the source of the Fe is still somewhat uncertain. Also unknown is the role that Fe may have played in the maintenance of low oxygen pressures in the Archean and Early Proterozoic atmosphere. An analysis of the chemical composition of Precambrian rocks provides some insight into the role of Fe in Precambrian geochemical cycles. The Fe content of igneous rocks is well correlated with their Ti content. Plots of Fe vs. Ti in Precambrian sandstones and graywackes fall very close to the igneous rock trend. Plots of Fe vs. Ti in Precambrian shales also follow this trend but show a definite scatter toward an excess of Fe. Phanerozoic shales and sandstones lie essentially on the igneous rock trend and show surprisingly little scatter. Mn/Ti relations show a stronger indication of Precambrian Mn loss, perhaps due to weathering under a less oxidizing early atmosphere. These data show that Fe was neither substantially added to nor significantly redistributed in Archean and early Proterozoic sediments. Enough hydrothermal Fe was added to these sediments to increase the average Fe content of shales by at most a factor of 2. This enrichment would probably not have greatly affected the near-surface redox cycle or atmospheric oxygen levels. Continued redistribution of Fe and mixing with weathered igneous rocks during the recycling of Precambrian sediments account for the excellent correlation of Fe with Ti in Phanerozoic shales and for the similarity between their Fe/Ti ratio and that of igneous rocks.     

火成岩覆盖区地震有效成像技术探讨及其在辽西金羊盆地油气调查中的应用

辽西金羊盆地是下辽河盆地外围盆地群中面积最大的中生代盆地,盆地浅层火成岩广泛发育、其厚度大、期次较多,受火成岩对地震信号屏蔽以及该地区复杂的地震地质条件的影响,使得地震勘探采集的原始资料信噪比低、火成岩下伏地层反射能量弱,给地震资料的有效成像带来了极大挑战。本文根据原始地震资料特点,采用针对性的采集、处理技术,首先从采集方面以大能量激发、低频检波器接收,并且处理中应用反射能量补偿、静校正、叠前多域去噪等几项技术进一步提高资料的深层反射能量和信噪比,最后通过高精度速度场建模与地震偏移成像技术的多种方法对比,优选叠前时间偏移技术进行最终成像。与以往地震资料比较,采用这套有效成像技术重新处理的地震剖面信噪比、分辨率明显提高,更重要的深层反射能量得以有效恢复,火成岩的下伏地层反射信号清晰、地层接触关系明确,特别是大倾角地层及断层的成像得以明显改善,为后续的构造解释和勘探潜力区评价提供了高质量的地震资料。     

苏北海中地区火成岩储层预测及其应用

海中地区火成岩发育，为含油层序，但地震地质条件复杂，受火成岩影响资料品质较差，火成岩与地层解释有较大难度。笔者应用测井、地球物理方法结合钻井资料，重点介绍利用火成岩的高速、高阻抗特征，应用STRATA测井约束反演对火成岩进行地震识别；应用EMERGE孔隙度反演技术，预测火成岩厚度与孔隙度。     

Patterns and controls on the distribution of diamondiferous intrusions in Australia

The distribution of kimberlite, lamproite and related alkaline volcanism in Australia can be broadly related to the structure of the Australian continent and lithosphere. Diamondiferous kimberlites and lamproites, with the apparent exception of the weakly diamondiferous Orrorro kimberlites in the Adelaide Fold Belt, lie within the large Precambrian shield where seismic tomographic models and heat flow data indicate the presence of relatively cold, high seismic wave speed lithosphere (tectosphere) typically some 200 km thick or more beneath the Archaean cratons and up to 300 km in parts of central Australia. Many of the diamondiferous intrusions appear to lie at the margins rather than in the centre of the lithosphere domains. The highest concentration of diamondiferous intrusions (kimberlites and lamproites) is on and around the Kimberley Craton where seismic data indicate crustal thicknesses of 35–40 km and a lithosphere up to 275 km thick that is distinct from Proterozoic northern Australia.

Many, but clearly not all, of the intrusions show evidence of regional and local structural controls. Some are spatially associated with known crustal structures, especially regional faults. Others are aligned, either singly or in clusters, along or near discontinuities and/or gradients evident in regional scale potential field data, especially the total horizontal gradients of gravity data continued upward tens to hundreds of kilometres. Many of these features are not evident in the original datasets as their signatures are masked by shorter wavelength (near surface) anomalies. In some cases, the kimberlites and associated rocks lie within crustal blocks and domains defined by discontinuities in the potential field data rather than at domain boundaries.

Our overview suggests that analysis of potential field data, especially horizontal gradients in upwardly continued potential field data, at all scales can assist definition of crustal and, potentially, lithospheric structures that may influence the distribution of diamond pipes. However, more definitive mapping of Australia's diamond prospective regions requires the integration of data on crustal structures, especially trans-lithospheric faults, and geodynamic settings with high resolution tomographic models and other geophysical, petrologic, and isotopic information on the nature of the lithosphere beneath the Australian continent.     

北黄海盆地某区块火成岩地震识别与预测

利用北黄海盆地某区块最新采集处理的三维地震资料,通过钻、测井资料综合分析建立井震关系。使用地震相分析、叠前反演以及多属性综合预测等技术刻画火成岩的形态和空间展布特征,总结本区火成岩在地震剖面上的响应特征及空间变化规律。综合预测结果显示研究区内东部发育有规模巨大的潜山型火成岩,西北部发育有侵入岩体刺穿,其他区域主要发育小规模岩株、岩墙或岩脉状侵入岩。