中国大陆科学钻探主孔流体地球化学异常与远强震的关系

2001年11月14日发生的昆仑山口西 M_s 8.1级地震和2004年12月26日发生的印度尼西亚苏门答腊 M_s 8.7级地震前后,中国大陆科学钻探(CCSD)主孔流体组成出现明显的异常。两次远强震前后的流体异常幅度很大,并具有相似的演化趋势。异常始于震前2-7天,He、N_2/O_2、He/Ar、N_2/Ar 为负异常,Ar/O_2为正异常。远强震前后流体异常特征与 CCSD附近小震前后流体异常特征具有明显的区别,表明昆仑山口西 M_s 8.1级地震前后和苏门答腊 M_s 8.7级地震前后的 CCSD 主孔流体异常可能与两次远强震相关。认为 CCSD 主孔中的 He、N_2、Ar 是记录远强震的敏感载体,可能记录了震前长周期波传播至 CCSD 主孔时激发的流体变化,反映了震源区的应力变化,也可能反映了区域构造活动乃至地球深部构造活动产生的场兆、源兆信息。     

CCSD在线流体监测捕获的气体地球化学异常与2004年9．3级苏门答腊地震可能的超远程关系

中国大陆科学钻探工程在线流体地球化学监测在2004年12月10至2005年1月10日之间捕获到一段重要的气体地球化学异常。该异常从2004年12月24日晚上11点半开始到12月29日晚上7点半结束,其中在12月26日早上7点半到29日晚7点半这段异常非常特殊,表现出流体地球化学的剧烈变化。具体表现为流体组分从基本上不含Ar、He及N2跳跃到富含Ar、但亏损He和N2。该异常发生在2004年9.3级苏门答腊地震前1个半小时。由于CCSD现场离苏门答腊地震震中距离大于4170公里,大于该地震破裂长度1200公理的3倍,该地震在CCSD现场产生的静态应力变化微乎其微,不足以导致CCSD现场深部岩石或封闭破裂的岩石物理性质剧烈变化,因而可以排除静态激发效应的作用。在我国的云南和广东等地所观测到的地震异常和地下水位变化等表明2004年苏门答腊地震的动态激发效应主要沿东北方向,这和大地震的动态激发具有方向性一致。而CCSD现场就位于该方向上。我们推测2004年苏门答腊地震所产生的面波在CCSD现场激发的动态效应,导致库仑型失稳,增进深部岩石或破裂带的渗透率,释放富含Ar但亏损He和N2的流体,产生CCSD所观测到的气体异常。     

中国大陆科学钻探主孔0～2000米流体剖面及流体地球化学研究

地下深部流体的来源与演化的研究已成为国际地球化学领域的探索前沿和研究热点之一，中国大陆科学钻探(CCSD)为开展深部流体地球化学研究提供了珍贵的样品，构建了探索地下流体的研究平台。中给出了中国大陆科学钻探(CCSD)主孔He、Ar、N2、O2、H2、CH4、CO2流体地球化学剖面。CCSD主孔CH4浓度的变化与H2浓度的升降没有显相关性；CO2浓度的变化与钻井条件下的氧含量无显相关性；CO2浓度与CH4浓度的关系有三种情况：CO2浓度与CH4浓度不相关、CO2浓度与CH4浓度负相关、或CO2浓度与CH4浓度正相关；氦浓度的增加与CO2和CH4浓度的上升呈现一定的正相关。大气中N2、O2、Ar浓度太高，掩盖了井中N2、O2、Ar气体组分浓度变化，通常情况下N2、O2、Ar浓度变化难以作为深源气体的判据。CCSD流体与KTB流体中氧．氮关系基本一致，氧、氮线性相关(r=0.97)，表明这两种气体主要来源于大气。KTB中的CH4与乙烷、N2表现出非常强的线性关系，而在CCSD流体中CH4与乙烷、N2之间不存在线性相关性。两个地区间的流体成因、围岩相互作用机理等方面可能有所不同。在CCSD主孔中，目前已发现存在大量的CO2，及少量CO、CH4、C2H6、C3H8、C4H10和He、N2等气体。已确定300～2000米主孔出现多处来自于地下的气体异常，包括甲烷和C2～C4等烃类气体，一氧化碳与二氧化碳，稀有气体氦。根据流体各组分间相关性研究，可以判定异常中氧主要来源于大气，N2、Ar和CO2有一部分源于大气，一部分来源于地下。在流体显异常时，甲烷等烃类气体、氦、一氧化碳和绝大部分CO2来源于地下。出现显地下流体异常处，在岩石中存在裂隙、晶洞、破裂面、断层；它们作为流体迁移通道或存储空间，可能是流体存在的必要条件。某些CO2和He气异常与碳酸盐和铀矿石等围岩密切相关。     

中国大陆科学钻探主孔0～2000米的N2、Ar和He流体地球化学

CCSD主孔泥浆中He的含量在0.0006-0.029％之间变化,平均含量是9.7×10-4％,N2的含量在75.5-88.7％之间变化,平均含量是81.10％,Ar的含量在0.126-1.13％之间变化,平均含量是0.94％,N2/Ar比值在71.11-622.22之间变化,平均值为86.72。依据泥浆解吸气体中的N2、Ar、He浓度和N2/Ar比值与井深关系曲线,300m以下的主孔剖面可以分为6个区段:300-469m,469.5-891 m,891.5-1174 m,1203.5-1492 m,1520-1773 m,1773.5-2045 m。300-469m和1520-1773 m区段未见明显的外来流体加入,469.5-891 m、891.5-1174 m、1203.5-1492 m和1773.5-2045 m泥浆流体中可能有地下流体异常存在。根据N2/Ar比值的变化,首次报道了大陆科学钻钻进过程中存在N2、Ar异常。泥浆中N2、Ar和He含量的地球化学特征表明,泥浆的主要成分是富Ar的浅部循环大气降水(大气混染泥浆),大气N2、Ar的带入占泥浆气体的主要部分。从300 m到2045 m的钻进过程中,由于深部地震-构造作用,可能导致多种来源地下流体加入。     

CCSD中HP-UHP岩石稀有气体同位素地球化学及其对板块折返过程的示踪意义

利用高真空气相质谱系统测定了CCSD中HP-UHP变质岩中主要造岩矿物流体包裹体的稀有气体同位素组成,得出其3He/4He为(0.004~0.775)×10-6,相应R/Ra为0.003~0.553,40Ar/36Ar变化较大,为316.2~11358.8,高于大气40Ar/36Ar(295.5);20Ne/22Ne和21Ne/22Ne分别为9.47~12.4和0.026~0.051,而134Xe/132Xe和136Xe/132Xe分别为0.376~0.484和0.324~0.416,均高于其相应大气值。CCSD中HP-UHP岩石主要造岩矿物的He-Ar、Xe和Ne等同位素组成清楚显示其中流体包裹体主要由地壳变质流体和少量大气饱和水组成,而深源地幔流体组分很低,其中He主要来自地壳,Ar主要由壳源放射性成因40Ar*和少量(平均32.6%)大气Ar混合组成,少量Ne和Xe可能来自地幔。CCSD中HP-UHP岩石具有F40Ar相似文献   

苏鲁超高压变质岩区深部流体He-Ar的系统关系：中国大陆科学钻探工程在线流体监测的解析

中国大陆科学钻探工程在线监测从泥浆中分离出的气体地球化学组成揭示了一段重要的气体异常,从2004年12月24日夜里开始到12月29日晚上结束。从12月10日到24日晚上11点30分的气体的Ar、He和N2基本上沿着趋势A分布,而12月26日早上7点半到29日晚上7点半的数据沿趋势C分布。相对于趋势A,趋势C中的气体含有相对升高的Ar,Ar/He和Ar/N2的平均值分别为3653和0.0142,明显高于空气的比值1800和0.0119。趋势A中的气体的Ar/He和Ar/N2比值分别围绕1851和0.0118变化,其中的Ar/He比值稍微高于空气的比值,但Ar/N2比值近似于空气比值,表明背景地下流体含非常低的Ar,而He和N2主要是大气组分。在趋势A和趋势C之间的数据(时间段B)具有和空气接近的Ar/N2比值,但平均Ar/He比值为3265,明显高于空气比值,反映了该段气体具有相对亏损的He。苏鲁-大别山地区的热年代学研究已经表明云母和角闪石的Ar/Ar的冷却年龄大大地高于磷灰石或锆石的He的冷却年龄,说明Ar在超高压变质地体折返早期就已封闭,而He一直保持开放状态,直到超高压变质岩接近地表。这种Ar和He对温度变化的不同反应,导致大部分的He在超高压岩石折返过程中脱气并释放到空气中,Ar则相对圈闭在固体岩石或封闭的断裂带中。在He-Ar的系统关系上,表现为来自于超高压岩石或断裂带中的流体具有富集Ar、亏损He及升高的Ar/He比值。气体组分从趋势A向趋势C的骤然跳跃,反映了地下流体组分的强烈变化,即具有相对富集Ar的深部流体的贡献大大增强。     

中国大陆科学钻探主孔流体异常与其附近2次ML3.9级地震的关系

2001年11月30日和12月25日中国大陆科学钻探主孔(CCSD)附近发生了2次ML3．9级地震。从日均值图上看,地震前后中国大陆科学钻探主孔流体测值曲线存在明显的异常现象。通过流体组分的最大相关系数分析知道,除Ar和CO2组分两者相关性较差(最大相关系数平均值为0．632,均方差为0．223)之外,其他组分间的相关性较好,最大相关系数在地震前后均出现明显的异常波动。从日均值和最大相关系数异常来看,大陆科学钻探主孔中的地下流体异常与该区的地震活动可能存在一定关系。     

稀有气体同位素对岩浆侵入方向的制约:以夏日哈木镍铜硫化物矿床为例

我国东昆仑造山带新发现的夏日哈木镍铜硫化物矿床是造山带环境产出全球镍资源最大的岩浆镍铜矿床。含矿岩体不同类型岩石中橄榄石和辉石的He、Ne和Ar同位素组成表明:~3He/~4He(0.39~0.03Ra)和~(40)Ar/~(36)Ar比值(292.0~316.9)较低,~(20)Ne/~(22)Ne和~(21)Ne/~(22)Ne沿放射性成因Ne及大陆地壳线分布,表明岩浆起源演化过程中有大陆地壳组分和大气饱和流体在橄榄石结晶前加入。He和Ar同位素混合模型计算表明岩浆中有7.8%再循环洋壳组分和87.7%大气饱和流体的加入,再循环洋壳可能带入了大气及地壳组分。~3He/~4He和~(40)Ar/~(36)Ar比值的自西向东系统性降低,以及微量元素、成矿元素和稀有气体同位素的空间协同变化特征表明地壳物质的逐步加入,即岩浆可能自西向东方向侵入,侵位过程中地壳流体的加入促使硫饱和及硫化物的熔离成矿。     

罗布泊地下卤水中幔源稀有气体及其意义

采集于塔里木盆地东部罗布泊地区的地下卤水中稀有气体具有高于大气的值,显示出有高3He/4He值源区流体的贡献。这揭示了该区域深部存在壳-幔流体相互作用,深部地幔流体可能沿活动构造断裂带(比如阿尔金断裂带)上涌。其卤水释出气的4He/20Ne比值在0.572～2.105,略高于大气值至7倍于大气值,这表明罗布泊的地下卤水对大气是比较开放的,即受到近地表流体或大气的混染。同时,采集于塔里木盆地北缘库车盆地(又叫库车坳陷)的2件样品具有远低于大气的R值,其4He/20Ne比值为585.3～84.8,是大气值的数百倍,说明该区地下卤水源自于构造稳定的深部地壳,近地表流体对卤水的改造不明显而没有强烈地改变其R值。样品的40Ar/36Ar比值均接近于大气值(295.5),这揭示了近地表流体参与了源区卤水的运移与改造,只是库车盆地地下卤水受到近地表流体改造的程度较低。如果扣除大气(来自浅层流体)的混染,那么罗布泊地下卤水的R值将会比实际检测到的值更高,这进一步揭示了地幔流体参与了罗布泊地下卤水的形成演化。中国西北地区具有地壳厚、盆地长期稳定的特点,因此地幔流体活动不易出露于地表,但地幔流体所携带的地幔物源和热源会通过断裂带而影响地壳流体的特征。     

中国西部强震活动与武都应变变化关系分析

一、引言钻孔应力、应变方法是通过测量钻孔孔径变化测量地壳应力、应变状态的相对变化。武都地震台RZB-1型钻孔式压容应变仪自1992年投入观测以来,至今已多次记录到很好的震例。并根据资料出现的异常变化,较成功地预报了1999年2月宁夏同心M_S4.7地震,4月甘肃文县梨坪M_S4.7地震,9月青海河南M_S5.1地震。但由于我们对地震前兆响应距离的种种误解,至今对武都台出现的强震远兆没有作出很好的解释。因此笔者选取了自1993     

应用于地震预测的遥感气体地球化学

利用卫星高光谱技术可以监测到大震前后地下气体释放引起的气体地球化学异常。利用AIRS标准产品数据中CO和O3月平均数据构建全球9年(2003—2011年)平均CO月背景场和O3月背景场,运用差值法(地震发生当年数据—背景场数据)开展震例研究。通过调研全球自2003年以来7级以上震例,系统地进行2003年以来全球7级以上地震的震例分析,对典型震例进行分析,总结CO和O3时空异常特征。     

广东三水盆地天然气非烃组分同位素地球化学

根据广东省三水盆地天然气中氦、氩、二氧化碳和氮等非烃组分的稳定同位素地球化学特征,探讨了该区天然气的来源以及大地热流。测得天然气中3He/4He（R）值为（1.60-6.36）×10-6,比大气的3Ne/4He（Ra）值(1.4×10-6)大:氩的稳定同位素组成(40Ar/36Ar=450-841)较大气氩富40Ar;二氧化碳的δ13C（PDB）值在-20-2‰的范围内,δ13N（Air）值在-57-+95‰之间:根据（?）He,4He值求得研究区的大地热流值（Q）为72-82mWm-2。大地热流和非烃组分同位素组成的高值以及研究区特别发育的火山岩等地质资料表明三水盆地有较强的地球深部流体（物质的和热的）向上溢出。一些油气藏中相当一部分氦、氩和氮来自地幔,各种天然气中均混有地壳来源的非烃气体。贫13C的二氧化碳气主要为地层中有机质分解的产物;富13C的二氧化碳则主要来自岩石化学反应的产物,并混有深部来源的二氧化碳。相当一部分大地热流源于上地幔。     

Geochemistry of soil gas in the seismic fault zone produced by the Wenchuan Ms 8.0 earthquake, southwestern China

The spatio-temporal variations of soil gas in the seismic fault zone produced by the 12 May 2008 Wenchuan Ms 8.0 earthquake were investigated based on the field measurements of soil gas concentrations after the main shock. Concentrations of He, H₂, CO₂, CH₄, O₂, N₂, Rn, and Hg in soil gas were measured in the field at eight short profiles across the seismic rupture zone in June and December 2008 and July 2009. Soil-gas concentrations of more than 800 sampling sites were obtained. The data showed that the magnitudes of the He and H₂ anomalies of three surveys declined significantly with decreasing strength of the aftershocks with time. The maximum concentrations of He and H₂ (40 and 279.4 ppm, respectively) were found in three replicates at the south part of the rupture zone close to the epicenter. The spatio-temporal variations of CO₂, Rn, and Hg concentrations differed obviously between the north and south parts of the fault zone. The maximum He and H₂ concentrations in Jun 2008 occurred near the parts of the rupture zone where vertical displacements were larger. The anomalies of He, H₂, CO₂, Rn, and Hg concentrations could be related to the variation in the regional stress field and the aftershock activity.     

Regional and temporal variations in CO2/He,He/He and δC along the North Anatolian Fault Zone,Turkey

New He and C relative abundance, isotope and concentration results from nine geothermal locations situated along an 800-km transect of the North Anatolian Fault Zone (NAFZ), Turkey, that were monitored during the period November 2001–November 2004, are reported. The geothermal waters were collected every 3–6 months to study possible links between temporal geochemical variations and seismic activity along the NAFZ. At the nine sample locations, the He isotope ratios range from 0.24 to 2.3R_A, δ¹³C values range from −4.5 to +5.8‰, and CO₂/³He ratios range from 5 × 10⁹ to 5 × 10¹⁴. The following geochemical observations are noted: (1) the highest ³He/⁴He ratios are found near the Galatean volcanic region, in the central section of the NAFZ, (2) at each of the nine sample locations, the ³He/⁴He ratios are generally constant; however, CO₂/³He ratios and He contents both show one order of magnitude variability, and δ¹³C values show up to ∼4‰ variability, and (3) at all locations (except Re?adiye), δ¹³C values show positive correlations with CO₂ contents. The results indicate that at least three processes are necessary to account for the geochemical variations: (1) binary mixing between crustal and mantle-derived volatiles can explain the general characteristics of ³He/⁴He ratios, δ¹³C values, and CO₂/³He ratios at the nine sample locations; (2) preferential degassing of He from the geothermal waters is responsible for variations in CO₂/³He values and He contents at each sample location; and (3) CO₂ dissolution followed by calcite precipitation is responsible for variations in CO₂ contents and δ¹³C values at most locations. For each of the geochemical parameters, anomalies are defined in the temporal record by values that fall outside two standard deviations of average values at each specific location. Geochemical anomalies that may be related to seismic activity are recorded on June 28, 2004 at Yalova, where a M = 4.2 earthquake occurred 43 days earlier at 15 km distance from the sample location, and on April 7, 2003 at Efteni, where a M = 4.0 earthquake occurred 44 days later at a distance of 12 km. At both locations, the sampling periods containing geochemical anomalies were preceded by an increase in M ? 3 earthquakes occurring within 60 days and less than 40 km distance.     

Two anisotropic layers in the Slave craton

Four years of recording global earthquakes using a broadband seismometer located at the Ekati diamond mine revealed variations with earthquake azimuth in the arrival of SKS phases. These variations can be modeled assuming two distinct layers of anisotropy in the lithosphere. The lower layer probably lies in the mantle, and the anisotropy aligns with both North American plate motion and the strike of mantle structures identified by previous conductivity and geochemical analyses, at ˜N50°E. The upper layer is hypothesized to result from regional structures in the uppermost mantle and the crust; these trends are distinct from the mantle trends.     

Vesiculation and vesicle loss in mid-ocean ridge basalt glasses: He, Ne, Ar elemental fractionation and pressure influence

Sarda and Graham (1990) proposed that in mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORBs), degassing occurs through equilibrium vesiculation followed by various extents of vesicle loss. This model predicts that in a bulk sample of MORB glass with vesicles, the rare gases represent a binary mixture between a vesicle component and a component dissolved in the melt. As vesiculation is expected to produce very different rare gas concentrations and elemental ratios in gas and melt, binary mixing systematics should be recorded in the MORB rare gas abundance data. Indeed, a large range of ⁴He/⁴⁰Ar∗ ratios was known to exist, but these binary mixing systematics remained elusive because helium was used as a proxy for rare gas abundance because helium is not affected by air addition. Here we show that using Ar instead of He, the ⁴He/⁴⁰Ar∗ ratio is higher where the Ar concentration is lower, as expected from simple binary mixing systematics.Taking advantage of the growing Ne database, we further show that the predicted binary mixing is recorded by the He-Ar and He-Ne couples, provided He concentration is not used to trace vesicle abundance. This is because a significant part of helium remains in the melt due to its higher solubility. In contrast, Ar or Ne concentrations, which can both be corrected for air addition, clearly trace vesicles and yield binary mixing patterns that hold for ridges worldwide. The model of vesiculation and vesicle loss thereby finds geochemical support in the rare gas abundance data.The He-Ne-Ar concentration data is best explained by assuming the ratio of helium to neon or argon solubility is about 5 to 15 times higher than values measured in 1 bar laboratory experiments, due to higher He and lower Ne and Ar solubilities. We propose that this is a pressure effect, and vesiculation mainly occurs during magma ascent in the mantle after melting.     

Monitoring of earthquake precursors by multi-parameter stations in Eskisehir region (Turkey)

The objective of this study was to investigate the geochemical and hydrogeological effects of earthquakes on fluids in aquifers, particularly in a seismically active area such as Eskisehir (Turkey) where the Thrace–Eskisehir Fault Zone stretches over the region. The study area is also close to the North Anatolian Fault Zone generating devastating earthquakes such as the ones experienced in 1999, reactivating the Thrace–Eskisehir Fault. In the studied area, Rn and CO₂ gas concentrations, redox potential, electrical conductivity, pH, water level, water temperature, and the climatic parameters were continuously measured in five stations for about a year. Based on the gathered data from the stations, some ambiguous anomalies in geochemical parameters and Rn concentration of groundwater were observed as precursors several days prior to an earthquake. According to the mid-term observations of this study, well-water level changes were found to be a good indicator for seismic estimations in the area, as it comprises naturally filtered anomalies reflecting only the changes due to earthquakes. Also, the results obtained from this study suggest that both the changes in well-water level and gas–water chemistry need to be interpretated together for more accurate estimations. Valid for the studied area, it can be said that shallow earthquakes with epicentral distances of <30 km from the observation stations have more influence on hydrochemical parameters of groundwater and well-water level changes. Although some hydrochemical anomalies were observed in the area, it requires further observations in order to be able to identify them as precursors.     

WFSD-4S孔流体地球化学特征

本文开展汶川地震断裂带科学钻探现场流体研究,探讨了泥浆添加剂产生的化学反应以及钻孔中岩性变化引起的流体异常特征,并在排除这些影响因素的情况下,讨论地震期间流体的异常。研究表明在WFSD-4S钻进期间发生的两次较大地震前均伴有Rn、Ar、N2和O2等气体异常现象,其中氡的日均值均超出背景值的2.5倍。根据岩心观察得到WFSD-4S钻井地区主断层约在1084 m,而在断层之上931 m处开始出现了大量气体的高值异常,该异常可能是由于地震孕育过程中地下气体的运移通道被打开造成气体向上迁移,使断层气体的响应特征提前发生。