金沙江上游快速隆升河段复杂结构岩体灾变特征与机理

横断山脉北麓金沙江上游河段沟壑纵横,水能资源丰富。中、晚更新世以来,快速隆升的新构造活动导致该河段复杂结构岩体在重力场的持续作用下灾变频繁。笔者阐述了该河段高地应力的基础地质背景与金沙江板块构造结合带蛇绿岩套的复杂结构岩体基本特征,提出了快速隆升河段的基本认知,建议将≥5 mm/a作为快速隆升河段的界限值;列举了21.4 km河段内不同时期、不同类型4处大规模堵江事件的证据和基本特征,阐述了其与快速隆升之间的关系;运用地质过程机制法分析了4个堵江体的致灾机理,指出早期堵江残体为未来人类工程活动的潜灾体。     

Surface evidences supporting a probable new concept for the river systems evolution in Egypt: a remote sensing overview

Compilation between the previous studies about the river systems evolution and integrating them with the remotely sensed data-based landscape analysis provide a new vision to the river systems evolution in Egypt during the Cenozoic Era. Relics of geomorphologic features left in the old basins related to these rivers suggest the existence of a natural dam between Nag Hammadi City and Wadi El-Assuiti. This barrier was separating two river systems during Late Miocene time: (1) the Qena River System and (2) the newly suggested North Egypt River System. The North Egypt River is supposed to be started by the Wadi El-Assuiti drainage basin, which flowed first in a westward direction, from its source in the Eastern Limestone Plateau to continue in a northward direction across the Nile Canyon (along the course of the Nile) to join the drainage system of Wadi Tarfa and Wadi Sannur and to end, finally, in the depression of Wadi El-Natrun to constitute the Wadi El-Natrun Miocene Delta. The present interpretation on the existence of a North Egypt River System, with the presence of an old natural dam to the south of Nag Hammadi City, necessitates a revision of the concepts used for groundwater exploration in Upper Egypt.     

Groundwater of Egypt: “an environmental overview”

Although Egypt has the great Nile River, which is the main supply of water, Egypt’s water is limited to 55.5 billion m³ per annum. Owing to the rapid growth of the population and the increasing consumption of water in agriculture, industry, domestic use, etc., it is expected that Egypt will rely to some extent on groundwater to develop the new projects such as Tushka in Upper Egypt and East Oweinat. Issues related to groundwater in Egypt are identified with the common geological features associated with formation of the aquifers and demonstrating the location of the main resources of groundwater, followed by the main objective of this paper, which is addressing the environmental issues related to groundwater in Egypt. Several studies have been reviewed and personal communication made with the authorities to introduce this work and provide an overview of the groundwater quality problems in Egypt with examples from different parts of the country.     

Geomorphic characteristics of a bedrock river inferred from drainage quantification,longitudinal profile,knickzone identification and concavity analysis: a DEM-based study

An examination of river channels has ability to provide substantial information regarding the geomorphic characteristics, control of lithology, tectonic uplift and geomorphic evolution during the geological past of an area. In this paper, a detailed study of geomorphic and structural investigation has been carried out for Pravara basin, Maharashtra, with the help of 90-m resolution SRTM DEM and geospatial techniques. Drainage network analysis performed in this paper demonstrates the general geomorphic characteristics, while the analysis of longitudinal profile synthesises lithological control over Pravara basin. Pravara is a 6th order drainage basin, encompassing an area of 2637 km². Bifurcation ratio reveals low to moderate structural control. Due to the hard rock lithology, the drainage density and stream frequency are low, and it indicates higher permeability in the sub-surface layers. The shape parameters denote that Pravara is highly elongated and it is easier to control floods in this basin. Relief parameters show very steep slope and higher vulnerability to the slope failure in some areas. Upstream of Pravara river has shown that series of breaks and knickzones indicate active erosion and acute lithological control on the channel. Major breaks are observed only in the main channel whereas in two major tributaries, no such breaks found, instead these tributaries are characterised by several knickzones which indicate regional variation in the lithological physiognomies. Different lithological stages on knickpoint and channel incision substantiate rejuvenation of Pravara river in several phases during geological past. The geospatial methodology carried out in this study can be pragmatic elsewhere around this world to recognise the geomorphic appearances and lithological control of a drainage basin.     

Rejuvenation of dry paleochannels in arid regions in NE Africa: a geological and geomorphological study

Although the River Nile Basin receives annually ca. 1600 billion cubic meters of rainfall, yet some countries within the Basin are suffering much from lack of water. The great changes in the physiography of the Nile Basin are well displayed on its many high mountains, mostly basement rocks that are overlain by clastic sediments and capped by volcanics in eastern and western Sudan. The central part of the Nile Basin is nearly flat including volcanics in the Bayuda Mountains and volcanic cones and plateaus in southwestern Egypt. The high mountains bordering the Nile Basin range in elevation from 3300 to 4600 m.a.s.l. in the Ethiopian volcanic plateau in the east to ca. 3070 m.a.s.l. in the western Gebel Marra, and 1310 m.a.s.l. in the Ennedi Mountains in northwestern Sudan. In central Sudan, the Nile Valley rises approximately 200–300 m.a.s.l. In Egypt, the River Nile is bounded by the Red Sea Mountains in the east, assuming ca. 1000–2600 m.a.s.l., mostly of basement rocks, which are covered to the north of Aswan by Phanerozoic sediments sloping to the west, passing by the Nile Valley and continuing through the Western Desert. The Phanerozoic cover on both sides of the Nile is known as the Eastern and Western Limestone Plateaus. These plateaus assume elevations varying from 300 to 350 m.a.s.l. near the eastern bank of the Nile to 400–500 m.a.s.l. south Luxor at Esna and west of Aswan. The nearly flat Sahara west of the Nile Valley rises gradually westward until it reaches Gebel Uweinat in the triple junction between Egypt, Sudan, and Libya. Gebel Uweinat has an elevation of 1900 m.a.s.l. sloping northward towards the Gilf Kebir Plateau, which is 1100 m.a.s.l. The high mountains and plateaus in the southern and western Egypt slope gradually northward where the Qattara Depression is located near the Mediterranean coast. The depression is ?134 m.b.s.l., which is the lowest natural point in Africa. All these physiographic features in Sudan and Egypt are related to (i) the separation of South America from Africa, which started in the Late Paleozoic and continued up to the Cretaceous, giving rise to several generally E–W-oriented tectonic features inside Africa, (ii) the uplift of the Red Sea Mountains and their continuation inside Africa resulted in the East African Rift System (EARS), (iii) the Guinea–Nubia Lineament crossing Africa from the Atlantic to the Red Sea where many havoc trends, mostly E–W-trending faults, and uplifted basement features pierce the overlying sediments, (iv) parallel and longitudinal structures associated with volcanic plateaus and cones extend from west Sudan (Gebel Marra) to Ethiopian Plateau, passing by volcanics and plume features in between and the basins in east Africa were subjected to wrench related inversions, and (v) the Sudd linear E–W area stretching more than 1000 km between Gebel Marra in the west, passing by South Sudan and reaching southwestern Ethiopia. Here, fluviatile and subsurface waters led to ponds, lakes, and wet areas that are hard to exploit. The impact of these features led to the present south to north River Nile, but passing by many changes in the direction of its many tributaries and slope reversal of some of the major extinct rivers, either sectors of the main Nile or the rivers once flowed into the main river. The paleoclimatic changes during the Quaternary period: wet and dry have a great effect on the physiographic features and slope reversal of the Nile Basin drainage system.     

Meandering and bank erosion of the River Nile and its environmental impact on the area between Sohag and El-Minia, Egypt

The present work deals with meandering and bank erosion of the River Nile of Egypt and its environmental impact between Sohag and El-Minia, Egypt. The study depends on using Landsat imagery acquired on 1987–2000 and field observations. Field observations, remote sensing, and GIS analysis and sinuosity index were used in this study to investigate river meandering and the associated processes of erosion of river bank and islands, deposition of sediments and formation of new islands. The analysis of Landsat imagery revealed the migration of river course with time and space. Some islands disappear completely in the study area whereas new islands appear in other places. The lateral erosion on the river banks led to a decrease in agricultural lands bordering the river banks and decrease in the areas of the river islands which in turn reduces the agricultural production. Depositional processes create new floodplains on the convex sides of the river course and new islands and sand bars. Protection methods are recommended to protect the river bank from further movement and erosion. The present conditions of river meandering and the associated processes of erosion and deposition accelerated with human activities have its impact on the environment. The most prominent hazard problem is reduction of agricultural lands and loss of property as well as navigation problems. River control is recommended to weaken the secondary currents created by the river bends. It is recommended to regularly monitor the river banks and islands and measure the rates of erosion and deposition. Sand bars and subsurface islands should be monitored and identified with flash lights to mitigate navigation problems.     

西昆仑山前河流阶地的形成及其构造意义

西昆仑山前河流普遍发育6级阶地,利用光释光（OSL）与热释光（TL）方法对采自西昆仑山前几条主要河流的低阶地堆积物样品进行年代测定。研究结果显示,主要河流低阶地的形成具有同时性,构造活动是河流阶地形成的主要控制因素。河流阶地的年龄测定结果表明,西昆仑山前河流阶地最早形成于约1.2Ma,T4、T3、T2阶地分别形成于约39ka、18ka和5ka。多级阶地的形成反映了河流自早更新世中期开始下切于活动抬升的西昆仑山。河流阶地的发育及区域对比揭示了西昆仑第四纪晚期以来的隆升过程,区域构造活动明显地影响河流的形态与行为。河流阶地的分布、地貌特征及区域对比表明,河流阶地的形成与演化受新构造活动、山脉隆升、气候变化等多种因素的影响。     

宜昌黄陵隆起构造演化及其对中下扬子页岩气勘探的启示

2013年以来,在四川盆地周缘黄陵隆起南部斜坡带的下寒武统、震旦系取得页岩气勘查的重大发现和突破,开拓了盆外复杂构造区页岩气勘查新方向。依据已有研究成果、区域地质资料、物探资料和钻井资料等,提出黄陵隆起从元古界以来经历了前震旦纪结晶基底形成、震旦纪初的岩体侵入、震旦纪—中侏罗世沉降沉积与隆升剥蚀交替发展、晚侏罗世—古近纪快速隆升削顶4个构造演化阶段。黄陵隆起独特的构造演化史对页岩气成藏起到了重要作用,其中震旦纪—中侏罗世沉降沉积与隆升剥蚀交替发展使早期烃源岩埋深适当,热演化程度和孔隙度适中;而强硬基底则保护了沉积盖层的相对完整性和连续性。考虑构造演化史、基底特征、盖层发育以及烃源岩等因素,对中、下扬子地区类似古隆起进行系统梳理分析,发现四川盆地外围的雪峰隆起、黔中隆起与南华北盆地的霍邱隆起石油地质条件较好,通过进一步的地质地球物理和钻探工作,有望取得油气调查的发现和突破。     

Late Neogene Mountain Building of Eastern Kunlun Orogen: Constrained by DEM Analysis

Topography, as a net result of the dynamic interaction between endogenesis and exogenesis, holds immense information on tectonic uplift, surface erosion and thus mountain building. The eastern Kunlun (昆仑) orogen, which experienced significant Late Neogene tectonic uplift and is located in an arid environment, is advantageous for morphotectonlc analysis based on well-preserved tectonic landforms. The digital elevation model (DEM) analysis was carried out for the central segment of the eastern Kunlun orogen based on shuttle radar topography mission (SRTM) data. River longitudinal profile analysis indicates that major rivers across the orogen are characterized by high river gradient indexes and intensive tectonic uplift. Differential uplift was also identified in swath-topography analysis in the studied area, which can be divided into three major tectonic-geomorphic units by orogenicstrike-parallel faults. It is indicated that the most active region is located to the south of the Xidatan (西大滩) fault with significant differential uplift. Another identified fault with differential uplift is the Middle Kuninn fault; however, the timing of which is suggested to be much older than that of the Xidatan fault. These analyses are eoneordantly supported by both field survey and studies of thermochronology, which in turn indicates that the DEM analysis bears great potential in morphotectonic analysis.     

Short note: The Faya basin (N Chad,Africa) – A possible impact structure?

The Faya basin, an almost circular structure, has been discovered by remote sensing using Landsat and Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission (SRTM) data. It is centred on 18°11′ N and 19°34′ E, about 55 km ENE of the city of Faya (Largeau), and has a diameter of ∼2 km. The Faya basin is a singular geological feature that formed in sandstones of most likely Late Devonian age. As so far observed and interpreted in satellite imagery and digital elevation models, the Faya basin exhibits various structural features and the typical morphology of small, complex impact craters: an elevated rim surrounded by concentric faults, an annular depression, and a central topographic high. It is difficult to explain the formation of the Faya basin by common geological processes. No volcanic features are known in this area. Eroded magmatic intrusions and volcanic calderas should usually be different in size and shape, and should show an inhomogenic rock distribution on satellite images. Further, no salt diapirs, sinkhole structures, or glacial erosion features have been reported in this region. Therefore, we suppose that the Faya basin might have an impact origin, but final confirmation will require studies of rock samples from the structure.     

黄土坡滑坡形成与变形的地质过程机制

巴东黄土坡滑坡是三峡库区重大滑坡之一, 规模大, 而且形成与变形地质过程机制复杂.是与三峡库区构造强烈隆升、河流急剧下切、斜坡重力卸荷等各种作用相伴生的地质过程的结果; 其中的Ⅰ号崩滑堆积体在回水条件下深层蠕动变形较明显, 受到多方面的关注.采用地质过程类比分析方法, 通过对滑坡形成、回水前变形破坏、回水条件下变形的地质过程机制分析, 预测了深层蠕动变形使其中部和前部产生较大变形的发展趋势, 目前发现Ⅰ号崩滑堆积体的深层蠕动变形问题, 主要是库水升降的动态过程与降雨效应耦合作用的结果.      

甘肃疏勒河断裂中段核废物处置库稳定性研究

本文利用遥感图像解译、地质调研和物探等技术手段，对甘肃疏勒河断裂带中段的地质特征及其稳定性进行了研究。通过研究，对疏勒河断裂带的认识有了新的进展，取得了较好的效果。     

Gravity Investigation in Area East of River Nile （Khartoum State）

The purpose of the study is to investigate the subsurface geology of the area. For quantitative interpretation of the resulting Bouguer anomalies, borehole data are explored. This is done along several profiles obtained from software program G.model @ version 2.2 No.175. This program is base don two -dimensional mass distribution. The interpretation reveals two basinal features filling depressions in the basement complex named as Abu Harira basin and Kabbashi basin. They are structurally related to Khartourn basin. As a result, a geological/structural map of the area in east of the Nile is produced. The basinal features in the study area are considered as parts of the central Sudan (Khartourn basin) that had been subjected to several tectonic events that resulted in the formation of several fracture systems associated with block subsidence and formation of these basins.     

Geomorphology,geology and palaeohydrology of the broad alluvial valleys of the Salt River System,Western Australia

The Salt River System forms the connection between the saline lakes of the Yilgarn River catchment in the east and the rejuvenated Avon River System in the west. Judging from the age of the deposits in the palaeochannels of the Salt River after the Darling uplift and from the deltaic deposits of the river before the uplift, it appears that the river has been occupying this same course since the Early Tertiary. The uplift dammed the course of the river and caused the formation of large inland lakes. The inland lake at Yenyening persisted for a long time until the opening of the northern outlet of the Avon. This explains the absence of sedimentary deposits from the Avon in the Perth Basin during the closure time. The relatively thick sediments that fill up the palaeochannels comprise three formations of the Salt River Group: South Caroline Clay, Yenyening Formation and Quairading Sandstone. The reconstruction of the palaeoriver showed that the river was occupying a steep gorge about 70 m deep with a slope of about 0.35 m km^‐1.     

苏丹哈佳吉金矿区地质特征及控矿因素浅析

哈佳吉金矿区位于尼罗河大型韧性剪切带次级构造带上,属岩浆热液破碎带蚀变岩型金矿床。该文通过论述矿区地质特征,总结控矿因素,证实该区矿体严格受构造蚀变带控制,近EW向韧性剪切构造,尤其是构造转弯部位、构造膨大部位、不同级别构造复合部位,以及多期成矿作用叠加部位是矿床形成的有利空间。并与岩性和蚀变矿化关系密切,赋存于黄铁矿化碎裂岩、黄铁矿化硅化变粒岩质碎裂岩带中,产状与蚀变矿化带一致。     

鄂西黄陵穹隆新生代隆升特征及其环境效应

位于湖北省西缘的黄陵穹隆具有基底加盖层双层结构,其暴露的基底主要以黄陵花岗岩为代表。该穹隆对长江三峡的形成演化、四川－江汉盆地一带构造格局的形成,以及三峡大坝的安全性等方面均具有重要控制和影响作用。本文通过对黄陵花岗岩的裂变径迹特征分析,结合野外实测阶地地貌数据,获得了黄陵穹隆65Ma以来的隆升速率、隆升高度和剥蚀速率等方面的数据：1)65-7Ma,隆升速率为24.6-7.4m/Ma,隆升高度为1426.8-429.2m;2)7Ma至今,平均隆升速率为204.1m/Ma,隆升高度为1428.7m。而0.73-0.01Ma以来隆升速率由0.058m/Ka增加为1.033m/Ka,平均隆升速率为0.134m/Ka,显示出早期隆升较慢,后期加快的趋势。65Ma以来,至少总的剥蚀厚度为2455.5m-1457.9m,其中7Ma以来剥蚀的厚度为1028.7m,剥蚀速率为0.147mm/a。研究结果约束了长江三峡的形成时间和过程,证实了三峡是一年轻的河谷。     

库车坳陷东部晚白垩世古隆起及构造应力场恢复

库车坳陷东部具有丰富的油气资源,其构造变形机制与南天山造山带密切相关。综合采用露头共轭节理及白垩系残余厚度分布,分析了库车坳陷东部晚白垩世古隆起特征及构造应力场属性。吐格尔明、克孜勒努尔沟、库车河、卡普沙良河、吉迪克以及库车河西6条剖面的共轭节理分析表明,库车坳陷东部新生代构造挤压应力为NNW-SSE向,而中生代的构造挤压应力为NE-SW向。原型盆地恢复显示,库车坳陷白垩纪的沉积中心大致位于大北1井―吐北2井―克拉2井一线,且发育秋里塔格―新和―牙哈―提尔根古隆起带,白垩系原始沉积厚度总体上北厚南薄。在晚白垩世区域抬升剥蚀的构造背景下,坳陷东部受压隆升遭受剥蚀,白垩系残余厚度减薄,呈西厚东薄的趋势。位于坳陷东部的吐格尔明背斜在石炭纪―三叠纪为一个长期存在的继承性沉积古隆起,晚白垩世进一步隆升形成构造古隆起,背斜周缘的白垩系残余厚度进一步减薄。吐格尔明背斜和背斜周缘白垩系残余厚度等值线以及库北1井和库车河剖面周缘白垩系残余厚度等值线的长轴方向均为NW-SE向,进一步证实了库车坳陷东部晚白垩世的构造应力为NE-SW向。库车坳陷东部晚白垩世古隆起与构造应力场属性主要与特提斯造山带中地体增生和...     

豫东平原区的地球物理特征及找煤远景

豫东平原区勘探手段多样，地质资料丰富，通过对豫东平原区重力场、磁力场、地震反射波等地球物理特征综合分析，并进行联合反演及钻探资料对比一区域地质研究和综合地质解释的成果表明，该区构造型式多样．挤压式、伸展式、走滑式均有表现，但以伸展式断裂为主；构造线可见三组发育方向，近EW向构造形成最早，NNE-NE向构造形成最晚，而NW向构造则介于二者之间，且具有左行平移走滑性质；该区总体恪局为“两坳夹一隆”，即开封坳陷、周口坳陷、通许隆起，其煤炭资源丰富，埋藏深度变化较大；隆、坳中发育很多结构不同的次级凸起和凹陷，正确认识这些隆、坳中的次级构造单元及结构，是预测找矿的关键。     

Geological applications potential of DEM,ETM+, and gravity data in arid and semi-arid regions with special reference to south Western Desert,Egypt

The study area comprises the southeastern part of the Western Desert of Egypt. The aims of the present study are to delineate the major surface and subsurface structures and to evaluate tectonic framework of the study area. Surface studies of the present work are based mainly on data from two different types of remote sensing systems: 15 cloud-free Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) images and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) DEM data. The remote sensing data were used to recognize and extract geological lineaments by calculating and interpreting DEM derivatives, including shaded relief maps, slope maps, and traverse profiles. A Bouguer anomaly map (scale 1:500,000) was used to delineate a detailed picture of the subsurface structure in the study area. The analysis of surface data, including SRTM DEM and ETM+, was combined with subsurface data, including Bouguer anomaly map, and gave new insight into the tectonic and structure patterns of the study area.     

The Nubian Aquifer in Southwest Egypt

Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images, and topographic and groundwater data are used to understand heterogeneities of the Nubian Aquifer between 20–24.5°N and 25–32°E in southwest Egypt. New fluvial and structural interpretations emphasize that the desert landscape was produced by fluvial action, including newly mapped alluvial fans. In central locations, braided channels are spatially aligned with a NE structural trend, suggesting preferential water flow paths that are consistent with the local direction of groundwater flow. The alluvial fans and structurally enclosed channels coincide with gentle slopes and optimal recharge conditions (1–5%) derived from the new Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission (SRTM) slope map, indicating that these areas have high groundwater potential. The SAR interpretations are correlated with anomalies observed in groundwater data from 383 wells. Results suggest a relationship between the spatial organization of fluvial and structural features and the occurrence of low-salinity groundwater. Low-salinity water exists adjacent to the alluvial fans and in SW reaches of the structurally enclosed channels. Wells in the vicinity of structures contain low-salinity water, emphasizing that knowledge of structural features is essential to understand groundwater flow paths. The new approach is cost effective and noninvasive and can be applied throughout the eastern Sahara to assist in resource management decisions and support the much needed agricultural expansion.