Role of Storm in Ramgarh and West Bokaro Coalfields and Its Implication in Adjacent Peninsular Gondwana Coalfields, India

The Permian Gondwana sediments in the Damodar-Koel Valley, Rajmahal and Deoghar basins were deposited on a northwest palaeoslope in broad valleys within uplands (e.g. Aravalli-Vindhyan, Chattisgarh, Chotanagpur and Santhal Parganas upland). The main winds during Permian Period were mostly the westerly winds coming from the northwest low pressure belt in the Tethys, which found no barrier between the Vindhyan and Santhal Parganas uplands and then changing its direction, moving towards east. Frequent storm activity also took place from the northwest Tethyan low pressure belt and followed the same path of wind. Possibly there was a barrier in the form of a dense rain forest or elevated land at the place of East Bokaro coalfield and its adjoining southern part, which acted as a deterrent and minimized the effect of storm towards further east of the Damodar Valley. Intense tropical hurricanes for the generation of storm generated bedforms, cannot be ruled out, which probably, in some cases, causes marine inundation/flooding deep into the landmass and also mass (?) uprooting of trees.     

Stability of slopes in a fire-prone mine in Jharia Coalfield, India

Stability of slope in an opencast mine is always associated with safety and economics. The steeper slope is always preferred from economic point of view but prone to failure, whereas flatter slopes are uneconomical. A proper understanding of slope which will be a steep enough to be stable is required for safety, economy, and stability of men and machineries. The Rajapur opencast mine is one of the important mines in terms of good quality coal but has problems of water seepage, fire, and weak overburden materials. The existing coal mine has three working seams which are mostly thick and occur at shallow depths of about 50–60 m. Overall slope angle of the working faces as well as final pit is very steep which leads to failures. In the present paper, an attempt has been made to characterize the materials of the mine for simulation of existing slopes. The rock samples from the coal measures were collected to determine the petrophysical characteristics of various rock units. All the pertinent geological parameters from the exposed face were also collected during field visit to assess the slope mass rating (SMR). A two-dimensional finite difference tool was employed to simulate the existing slope geometry as well as relevant parameters of the rock units. The numerical simulation indicates various vulnerable points which are prone to failure as well as displacements at various points along the slope. The results of simulations are corroborated with the SMR value. The results are well matching with the field condition.     

贵州晚二叠世各煤田含煤性分析

贵州地处扬子地台的西南缘,晚古生代受南北向挤压产生黔中隆起,同时在隆起南侧形成EW向纳雍—瓮安断裂,以此断裂为界,北部隆起,南部坳陷。在黔北台隆区内分布有毕节煤田、黔北煤田、黔东北煤田;黔南坳陷区分布有六盘水煤田、黔南煤田、黔东南煤田、织纳煤田、贵阳煤田。受构造控制,黔北台隆区晚二叠世含煤地层沉积厚度普遍小于黔南坳陷区,含煤性也较黔南坳陷差。根据含煤地层沉积环境差异,自西向东分为宣威相区（陆相）、龙潭相区（过渡相）和吴家坪相区（湾相）。黔北、六盘水、织纳煤田为海陆交互相沉积环境,三角洲发育,特别是织纳煤田受一组共轭剪切断裂及黔中断裂影响,整体呈三角坳陷,有利于碎屑物堆积,在其广阔的三角洲间湾发育了较好的泥炭沼泽,聚煤条件好,形成50余层煤,平均总厚度38.76m。陆相区的毕节煤田以河流相沉积为主,含煤10余层,煤层厚度变化大。黔东北、黔南、黔东南煤田以海相沉积为主,黔东北、黔东南煤田仅在底部含煤,层数少,仅一层可采。古构造、沉积环境是影响各煤田含煤性差异的主要因素。     

Multivariate statistical approach for assessment of subsidence in Jharia coalfields,India

Indian coalfields, one of the major coal producers, are facing serious problem of subsidence now-a-days. This paper attempts to investigate various factors and their influence on magnitude and extent of subsidence. The study was conducted in the Jharia coalfields, India where extraction of thick seams at shallow depths has damaged the ground surface in the form of subsidence. For precise pre-estimation of subsidence, it is therefore necessary to know the contribution of each factor to the occurrence of subsidence. In order to achieve the objectives of this study, several multivariate statistical techniques such as factor analysis (FA), principal component analysis (PCA) and cluster analysis (CA) have been used. Two factors were extracted using FA. Factor 1 and factor 2 account for 42.327% and 24.661% of the variability respectively. Factor 1 represents “natural factor” whereas factor 2 represents “subsidence coefficient”. Spatial variations in regarding susceptibility to the subsidence were determined from hierarchical CA using the linkage distance. Further, the findings of this study would be helpful for prediction of magnitude of subsidence empirically.     

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。     

郯庐断裂带对辽中煤田构造的控制作用初探

郯庐断裂是我国东部一条大型的超壳断裂,它影响和控制了沿带的主要沉积特征和构造演化。随着新的勘查成果和矿区生产资料的积累,郯庐断裂带对辽中煤田沉积和构造控制作用等方面的认识也进一步深入,分析认为郯庐断裂带中、新生代以来的发育史分为三期,即晚侏罗世—早白垩世左行平移期、晚白垩世—古近纪伸展期和新近纪以来的右行挤压期。同时详细分析了各个时期郯庐断裂带对辽中煤田(红阳煤田、永乐煤田、沈北煤田、本溪煤田等)构造样式的影响,研究结果对煤炭资源进一步勘查具有指导意义。     

Low level of stratospheric ozone near the Jharia coal field in India

The Indian reserve of coking coal is mainly located in the Jharia coal field in Jharkhand. Although air pollution due to oxides and dioxides of carbon, nitrogen and sulphur is reported to have increased in this area due to large-scale opencast mining and coal fires, no significant study on the possible impact of coal fires on the stratospheric ozone concentration has been reported so far. The possible impact of coal fires, which have been burning for more than 90 years on the current stratospheric ozone concentration has been investigated using satellite based data obtained from Upper Atmospheric Research Satellite (UARS MLS), Earth Observing System Microwave Limb Sounder (EOS MLS) and Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) in this paper. The stratospheric ozone values for the years 1992–2007, in the 28–36 km altitude range near Jharia and places to its north are found to be consistently lower than those of places lying to its south (up to a radius of 1000 km around Jharia) by 4.0–20%. This low stratospheric ozone level around Jharia is being observed and reported for the first time. However, due to lack of systematic ground-based measurements of tropospheric ozone and vertical ozone profiles at Jharia and other far off places in different directions, it is difficult to conclude strongly on the existence of a relationship between pollution from coal fires and stratospheric ozone depletion.     

“华北型”煤田岩溶水害及防治现状

“华北型”煤田的开采普遍受到煤层底板岩溶承压水的威胁，近年来，煤田岩溶水害的机理研究取得突破性进展，认为岩溶裂隙水网络是发生突水的物质基础，隔水层的岩石水学性质及厚度是突水的制约因素，断裂构造是突水的关键因素，采矿活动是突水的诱发因素；在水害防治方面，采用疏水降压、注浆改造、帷幕截流等技术方法，取得了明显的技术效果，本文旨在介绍水害现状，分析探讨治理对策，为治理煤田水害提供参考。     

古气候中的沙尘变化及其气候影响

大气中的沙尘通过对太阳光的吸收和散射对地表温度产生影响,进而对大气环流和降水等也产生影响,但是在地球的不同历史时期尤其是深时地球大气中的沙尘量如何变化以及如何影响气候还有很多不清楚的地方。本文通过模式模拟对地球上4个不同时期的沙尘变化及其气候影响进行了研究,这4个时期分别是陆地植被还没有出现的前寒武时期、有植被且全球气温较高的盘古超大陆时期、大陆分布接近现代但气候较寒冷的末次盛冰期和气候较温暖的中全新世。在前寒武时期,由于陆地起沙面积大,大气中的沙尘含量可以达到现代地球的近10倍,使得全球地表温度下降也有近10 ℃。在盘古超大陆时期,由于在副热带的陆地面积比现代稍大,因此大气沙尘量也比现代稍大,对全球平均温度的影响很小。在末次盛冰期,由于寒冷干燥,沙尘量是现代的约两倍,但是它对全球有强烈的增温作用,如果没有沙尘,全球温度可能降低约2.5 ℃。在中全新世,观测显示全球沙尘量比现代少很多,模拟显示,采用现代沙尘和把沙尘全部去掉对全球平均温度的影响可以忽略,但是大西洋经向翻转流有显著变化。     

滇东晚二叠世煤田中火山灰蚀变粘土岩夹矸(TONSTEIN)的锆石特征

本文就滇东晚二叠世含煤沉积中同沉积火山灰蚀变粘土岩夹矸和正常沉积粘土岩的锆石进行了统计学和形态学研究.该两种不同成因类型的粘土岩中锆石含量及形态面貌有显著区别.tonsteins中锆石形态参数统计规律因层位而异;同层位tonstein的锆石含量和形态参数在平面上呈有规律地变化.系统研究含煤建造剖面上各类岩石(包括tonsteins)中的锆石特征,能够用以确定物质来源、性质、成因以及以此为基本建立正常地层层序并精确对比层位,因而具有理论和实用意义.     

Contamination levels assessment of potential toxic metals in road dust deposited in different types of urban environment

A total of 42 samples of road dust were collected along ring road, city centre, city side, and freeway in Urumqi, China. Total concentrations of Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, Mn, Be, Co, Zn, and U were determined by using the inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry in order to assess and to compare road dust contamination levels of metals among the four roads. The results show that, among the four categories of roads, mean concentrations of Co and U vary little. City centre locations show strong enrichments of Cd, Cu, Pb, and Be. Along the ring road, the highest mean concentrations were found for Cr, Ni, Mn, and Co. However, the highest concentrations of Zn and U were found along the freeway. The cluster analysis shows that three main groups can be distinguished. Every group may be associated with different main sources and concentrations of the metals. The results of contamination assessment reveal that, among all of the potential toxic metals, Cd, Cu, and Zn pollution were obviously heavier with moderate or high contamination indices for most road dust samples, while Cr, Ni, and Pb contamination were lower along the four categories of roads. Compared with the city side, Cd, Cu, Pb, Ni, and Zn contamination were heavier along the ring road, the city centre, and the freeway with high traffic density. Low Pb contamination or no contamination in all the road dust samples may be related to the increasing usage of lead-free petrol.     

大青山、大同煤田太原组流纹质沉凝灰岩的发现及地层对比

作者依据镜下岩矿鉴定，首次在大青山煤田和大同煤田太原组中发现一层高岭石化流纹质沉凝灰岩。地球化学分析资料也证明了它的存在。火山灰可能来自大同煤田东北方向。根据火山事件层及植物群特征，作者对两个煤田的太原组进行了对比。     

Accumulation Dynamics Mechanism and Gas Origin of Coalbed Methane in Huainan and Huaibei Coalfields, Eastern China

<正>Coalbed gas or coalbed methane as a clean nonconventional natural gas has been caused a widely attention in the world.Although there were many countries engaging in the coalbed gas exploration and development,only few countries,such as America,Canada and Australia have achieved commercialized development.Based on the coalbed gas genetic type,the     

Effect of different industrial activities on heavy metal concentrations and chemical distribution in topsoil and road dust

The development of industrial activity in recent years has promoted the pollution in this environment causing health problems to workers and the neighbourhood nearby. In order to determine the influence of different industrial activities in metals concentration and behaviour in soil and road dust, samples from three different industrial areas (service industry; refinery, fertilizer and power industry; and tannery industry) and a natural area were collected. Physical–chemical properties, metal content (Pb, Zn, Cu, Cr, Co, Ni) and the chemical distribution of metals were carried out. Results show largest accumulation of metals in road dusts samples for all industrial areas, being Zn, Pb, Cr and Cu the metals with highest concentrations. Each industrial activity contributes differently to the concentration of metals in soil and dust, and the highest concentrations of Cr were found from tannery industries, while Pb and Zn showed the highest concentration from refinery and fertilizer industry. It has been showed that industrial activity has influence on the physicochemical properties of soil and road dust and on the bioavailability of all metals. Chemical partitioning indicates that Pb, Zn, Cu and Cr distribution in the different solid phases is affected by industrial activity, while Co and Ni distribution is not affected by the industrial activity.     

Characterisation of pore water in crystalline rocks

The mass of pore water present in the rock matrix of a crystalline rock mass is significant and its influence on fracture groundwater and future deep repositories needs to be understood. Yet, the rock matrix has a hydraulic transmissivity generally well below 10⁻¹⁰ m² s⁻¹ inhibiting sampling of pore water by conventional sampling techniques. Various innovative techniques for the chemical and isotopic characterisation of pore water in crystalline rocks are applied and evaluated. Direct sampling of pore water was facilitated by collecting seepage water in a specially designed borehole located at a depth of 420 m in the Äspö underground research laboratory (Äspö HRL), Sweden, over a period of 7.5 a. During the entire time span, seepage waters collected from different sampling sections showed constant, but individual chemical and isotopic compositions. Compositional differences compared to nearby fracture groundwaters indicate that the collected waters originated from the low-permeability rock mass without mutual influence via more conductive microfractures within the metre scale. They are interpreted as representing pore water in a transient state of diffusive interaction with different types of old palaeowaters which have periodically characterised the fracture network at the Äspö HRL over geological times (thousands to hundreds of thousands of years).     

Comparison of different methods for assessing heavy metal contamination in street dust of Xianyang City, NW China

Street dust is one of the important indicators that reflect the status of urban environmental pollution. There are many studies of heavy metals contamination of street dust in capital cities; however, little attention has been paid to this kind of study in medium cities, including China. The dust samples were collected in the district of traffic crossroads in Xianyang city, Shaanxi Province. Pb, Cd, Cu, Ni, Zn, Cr and Mn concentrations were determined using atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS). The results indicate that the concentrations of heavy metals are higher than the background values of soils in Shaanxi Province. The contamination level of heavy metals is assessed by potential ecological risk index (E _r), geoaccumulation index (I _geo), enrichment factor (EF) and pollution index (Pi). The low I _geo, EF, E _r, Pi and PI_n (integrated pollution index) for Mn in street dusts indicate an absence of distinct Mn pollution. The high EF, Pi and PI_n of Cu and Zn indicate that there is considerable Cu and Zn pollution. It is suggested that more attention should be paid to heavy metals contamination of Cu and Zn. The assessment results of Pi and PI_n suggest that Pb, Ni and Cr present strong pollution; however, their EFs indicate that they cause moderate pollution and their I _geo indicates that they are unpolluted to moderately polluted. The contamination class value with different assessing methods is of the order: Pi ≈ PI_n > EF > I _geo > E _r.     

Evaluation of shale gas reservoir in Barakar and barren measures formations of north and south Karanpura Coalfields,Jharkhand

India recognizes the strategic importance for developing shale gas resources like other countries in the world. Shale gas reservoirs are known to be difficult for extracting gas in comparison to conventional reservoirs. Recently, due to high prices of gas, rising demand and enhancement in recovery technologies has attracted the Indian energy industries to explore the shale gas resource. Coal and lignite are the prime source of energy in India and these resources are well explored, while shale is ignored, despite it being associated with coal and lignite bearing formations. The paper presents reservoir characteristics of shale horizons in Barren Measures and Barakar formations of north and south Karanpura coalfields. Shale core samples were collected from exploratory boreholes in air tight canisters. In-situ gas content and adsorption capacities ascertained to be 0.51–1.69 m³/t and 3.90–5.82 m³/trespectively. Desorbed gas derived from canisters contains CH₄, C₂H₆, C₃H₈, CO₂, N₂ and O₂ and varies from 76.19–82.63, 0.38–0.76, 0.10–0.50, 8.65–12.34, 9.89–19.34 and 0.56–2.24 vol. % respectively. The permeability and porosity determined under reservoir simulated confining pressure is varying from 0.41–0.75 mD and 0.89–2.28 % respectively. The plots of Rock Eval S₂vs TOC and HI against Calc. VRo% indicates that all shale samples belong to Type III kerogen, which is prone to generate gas. It is evaluated that insitu gas content, sorption capacity, saturation level and low permeability of shale beds are critical parameters for development of shale gas resource in the studied area.