冷泉气体渗漏过程海洋多电极电阻率法探测效果模拟分析

为分析评价一种新型海洋多电极电阻率法对海底沉积物中冷泉气体渗漏过程的探测能力,根据前人理论研究,结合具体实例构建沉积物中快速及慢速冷泉气体汇聚、渗漏、喷发阶段地电模型,模拟采用海洋多电极电阻率法进行探测,利用数值计算方法得到理论剖面图像,并和室内实验实测剖面图像进行对比分析。研究结果表明,在快速冷泉探测剖面图像中,含气层和渗漏通道会因冷泉气体扩散状态不同表现为不同的电阻率异常特征,但易于识别。在慢速冷泉探测剖面图像中,浅层沉积物中气体富集区呈明显的高阻异常区,随着气体渗漏异常区逐步消失。两种喷发过程形成的微地貌特征也可在探测图像中得到反映。海洋多电极电阻率法是一种可以图化描述沉积物中含气层、渗漏通道及气液界面空间分布位置的有效方法。     

电阻率法监测黄河口海床沉积物固结过程现场试验研究

为了研究黄河口海床沉积物固结过程中电阻率同工程力学性质指标的对应关系,探索海床土体固结过程的新型原位监测技术,本文在黄河刁口流路三角洲叶瓣潮坪上,现场取土配置黄河口快速沉积形成的流体状沉积物和观测研究粉质土海床的固结过程。利用静力触探、十字板剪切试验、孔隙水压力监测等原位土工测试手段,实时测定固结过程中海床土强度变化和孔隙水压力消散过程;同时通过埋置自行研制的环形电极探杆,实时测定海床土固结过程中的电阻率变化。通过对比分析海床土电阻率与工程力学性质指标的同步测定数据发现:黄河口饱和粉土的电阻率与微型贯入试验测得的土体贯入强度,静力触探试验测得的比贯入阻力,十字板剪切试验测得的不排水抗剪强度(峰值强度、残余强度)均呈乘幂关系,且相关性良好;海床沉积物在固结过程中的电阻率与孔隙水压力呈负线性相关性。     

The geometrical factor of a marine resistivity probe with four ring electrodes

Electrical resistivity (or conductivity) is often a useful parameter for investigating the marine sedimentary environment. The resistivity of unconsolidated sediment is usually measured in the laboratory from sample cores. Since the resistivity of sediment is highly dependent upon the pore arrangement and water contents, the laboratory values may not represent those under undisturbed conditions. Because of many practical difficulties and the costs involved, however, in situ resistivity determination for marine sediments is still rare.     

舟山海洋沉积物及沿海沉积物流动相石油污染的电阻率特性及其影响因素研究

海洋沉积物作为难以降解的石油类污染物的最终归宿,其污染程度的监测至关重要。本文通过现场采集舟山海洋沉积物及沿海沉积物(包括中砂、粉砂质砂和粉砂),以流动相原油为代表,采用单因素分析法室内配制标准污染沉积物样品测定电阻率,探讨沉积物类型、含水率、含油率、时间因素对石油污染海洋及沿海沉积物的电阻率影响及变化规律。结果显示,未污染和原油污染后海洋沉积物中砂、粉砂质砂、粉砂的电阻率随含水率的升高均呈幂函数降低趋势,并符合Archie公式。在含水率15%时,电阻率随含油率总体上升;而在含水率5%时,中砂电阻率呈现一个小幅上升的趋势;粉砂电阻率先小幅下降后略上升再小幅下降,粉砂质砂电阻率则是先大幅下降后略上升再小幅下降。15%含水率污染沉积物的电阻率随时间增加持续上升;5%含水率污染沉积物电阻率先上升后略下降再大幅上升。研究成果可为海洋及沿海沉积物石油污染电阻率法快速监测提供理论支持,以期为海洋环境管理部门提供相应的决策依据。     

Small perturbation method of high-frequency bistatic volumescattering from marine sediments

The first-order small perturbation method (Born approximation), as frequently applied to high-frequency scattering from marine sediments, is critically reviewed, tested for accuracy and extended. The sediment is modeled as an acoustic-fluid half space with random fluctuations in density and compressibility. Several cases of volume scattering from typical marine sand and mud sediments are presented to illustrate the effects of two important assumptions: (1) the effects of assuming the density and compressibility fluctuations are proportional, and (2) half-space effects. By relaxing the assumption that the sediment density and compressibility are proportional, the bistatic scattering cross section is significantly altered. The effects of properly modeling the sediment as a random half space (as opposed to an infinite continuum) are also discussed. In the context of first-order perturbation theory, half-space effects manifest themselves as a “modified” spectra for density and compressibility fluctuations. It is shown that, for lossy sediments and for scattering near the specular direction, half-space effects are significant and cannot be neglected. This result is significant because current models of sediment volume scattering do not include half-space effects. In addition to the theoretical model, exact numerical simulations are used to evaluate the accuracy of the perturbation model for a limited number of cases     

海洋沉积物的顺序淋滤萃取分析研究现状与发展趋势

在过去几十年里,为了探索海洋沉积物中元素的赋存形态,发展了很多分离沉积物中不同元素结合态的淋滤萃取方法。这些方法对于了解沉积物中微量元素的来源、迁移、分散、活动、生物化学及物理化学行为等特征具有重要的意义,并且在海洋地球化学和海洋环境污染研究中已得到广泛应用。本文综合论述了海洋沉积物的顺序淋滤萃取分析方法的研究进展,介绍了两种影响较大的方法,对其选用的萃取试剂以及分析流程进行了详细讨论,并比较了方法的优点和不足。     

FICUS,a new in-situ probe for resistivity measurements in unconsolidated marine sediments

Physical properties of shallow sediments measured at a particular site can not easily be extrapolated over a given profile. The number of samples required to define sediment properties adequately can then become time-consuming and expensive. Laboratory and in-situ experimentations have shown that electrical probing provides a useful complementary technique to extrapolate results from cores. These experiments have pointed out the need for quantitative, easily-transportable and fast resistivity measurements combining high vertical resolution with azimuthal resolution and full coverage, in the shallow subsurface. A new prototype probe called FICUS (Formation Imaging and Coring for Unconsolidated Sediments) has been developed to bridge this gap. FICUS is designed to provide in-situ high resolution electrical resistivity images of the upper few meters of shallow unconsolidated sediments.Laboratory experiments have been completed to test the feasibility of this technique to provide resistivity images of unconsolidated sediments. Laboratory images agree with theoretical predictions from numerical modelling. The obtained cm-scale resolution could be used for petrophysical and sedimentary purposes. The probe may offer additional information about changes in porosity and pore morphology caused by climatic cycles, since electrical resistivity is known to be especially sensitive to these changes. The probe could also allow to detect and map organic pollutants in the future.     

舟山潮差带海相沉积物的物理和化学特征

为舟山潮差带海相沉积物固结机理的深入研究提供物质基础,采用激光粒度仪分析了海相沉积物的粒度组成,并测试了海相沉积物的化学元素、化合物种类及其相对含量,还使用X-射线衍射技术分析了海相沉物的矿物组成。结果表明:海相沉积物含水率高、初始孔隙比大、呈流塑状,为低液限粉质黏土;活性指数为12.4,属于活动黏性土,矿物的亲水性较好;全盐含量高达9～11.2 g/kg,阳离子交换能力不强,有机质含量(5.82～12.7 g/kg)较高;pH值为7.35～8.36,呈弱碱性,加上孔隙水中K^+,Na^+,Ca²⁺,Mg²⁺的存在,使得高岭石常不稳定,有向伊利石、蒙脱石或绿泥石转化的趋势。     

酸化过程对海洋沉积物中有机碳同位素分析的影响

海洋沉积物中有机碳同位素(δ13C)可以示踪海洋生态系统中有机质来源,对环境研究具有重要意义。分析沉积物中有机物的δ13C,需要对样品进行酸化,以去除无机碳的影响。由于不同来源的沉积物中无机碳的含量和组份存在差异,需要针对样品性质,优化酸化处理过程。本研究分别选取了无机碳含量不同的温带与热带河口、海湾沉积物样品,比较了3种不同酸化过程对有机物δ13C分析的影响。研究结果表明:方法1(酸洗法)中6%H_2SO_3和1mol/L H_3PO_4对无机碳含量较高的热带河口、海湾样品去除效率较低,而2mol/L HCl去除无机碳酸盐的效果较理想。方法2(酸蒸法)并不适用于无机碳含量较高的热带河口、海湾样品;而对于无机碳含量相对较低的温带河口、海湾样品,9h酸蒸较为适宜。方法3(非原位酸洗)的结果较方法1和方法2偏正,表明其对含13C丰富的有机组分破坏较小,且方法3中残留的酸对δ13C的分析没有影响。因此,方法3是去除海洋沉积物中无机碳较理想的方法。     

海洋沉积物粒度参数3种计算方法的对比研究

海洋沉积物粒度参数是反映沉积物物质来源及水动力条件的敏感性指标。目前国内对海洋沉积物粒度参数计算方法并不完全统一,制约了粒度数据的整合和使用。利用长江口外近海348个表层沉积物粒度数据,分别使用Folk和Ward的图解法公式、Collias等的矩法公式和McManus的矩法公式进行了粒度参数的计算。运用相关分析和基本统计分析等方法,讨论了不同方法计算结果间的差异和影响因素。结果显示:图解法与矩法计算的平均粒径和分选系数分别呈显著线性相关,且不受沉积物物质来源的影响。对于偏态和峰态,3种不同方法计算结果的相关性较低,甚至表现为不相关。不同方法计算的沉积物粒度参数的差异性均与沉积物类型和频率曲线分布形态有关。当物质组成均匀、频率曲线近正态分布时,不同方法计算的粒度参数的相关性显著提高。当沉积物较粗或较细时,粒度分布偏离正态且具有明显尾部特征,用不同方法计算结果的差异会随之增大。对3种不同公式综合对比认为Collias等的矩法公式反映沉积物粒度分布特征更加灵敏、可靠,建议在进行资料整合时采用。     

Pore pressures in marine sediments: An overview of measurement techniques and some geological and engineering applications

Pore pressures in the seabed are extremely sensitive to any imposed stress because of the low permeabilities commonly exhibited by marine sediments. Consequently, the measurement of sediment pore pressures can be used to infer either the nature of the imposed stress (if the sediment properties are known) or the physical properties of the sediment (if the imposed stresses are known). Stresses of many different types may be exerted on the seabed either through hydrostatic forces (e.g. tidal and wave effects), or directly by lithospheric forces (e.g. tectonic and thermal forces). Several techniques for measuring in situ pore pressures in the upper few metres of sediments have been developed, and one instrument, the PUPPI, will operate autonomously in water depths up to 6000 m. Basic sediment properties and processes can already be inferred from pore pressure responses using this technique. However, further application and development could greatly enhance its capability, especially for long-term monitoring of sediment conditions. In this Chapter, pore pressure measurement techniques are briefly reviewed and problems are highlighted. An outline is given of some of the many ways in which pore pressure measurements could be used to gain further insight into geological processes and to determine some of the pertinent sediment properties more accurately for engineering applications.     

南沙海洋沉积物中脂肪酸地球化学研究

本文对南沙海洋岩芯和层样品中的脂肪酸进行了分离和鉴定，研究了脂肪酸的组成和分布特征，探讨了沉积物中有机质的来源及脂肪酸的早期成岩变化。结果表明，脂肪酸的组成和分布，反映了沉积有机质主要来自浮游生物和细菌，陆源高等植物的贡献较少；低碳及不饱和脂肪酸相对含量随埋深降低可能与化学和生物化学降解作用有关。／     

Composition of fluids expelled during compaction of Mississippi delta sediments

Fluids discharged from subaerial springs along faults on a sediment diapir near the mouth of the Mississippi River are derived from buried marine pore waters which have been extensively altered chemically by processes of bacterial respiration, mineral precipitation and, possibly, by fractionation due to the presence of clays of high exchange capacity. Vertical mass transport of dissolved components in many shallow marine sediments is controlled by long-term compaction, diffusion and bioturbation. In areas of rapid sediment deposition, however, these processes can be overwhelmed by catastrophic episodes of sediment failure, vertical mixing and upward discharge of water, gas and dissolved species.     

海洋沉积物不同相态中Sr、Nd同位素提取方法研究

海洋沉积物中Fe-Mn氧化物相和残渣态的Sr、Nd同位素组成能够敏感地指示洋流循环及物质来源,但实验室对沉积物中上述相态的Sr和Nd同位素的提取易产生过量或提取不完全,进而影响同位素测定结果的准确性,因此制定有效的提取流程显得非常重要。本文采用不同浓度盐酸羟胺(Hydroxylamine Hydrochloride,HH)与醋酸(Acetic Acid,HAc)混合溶液对中印度洋海盆深海沸石黏土、北极半深海沉积物以及安达曼海近海沉积物的Fe-Mn氧化物相进行提取,残渣态用HNO3-HF高压密闭消解法溶融,测定了各相态的主微量元素含量及Sr、Nd同位素组成,通过分析不同实验条件下得到的Fe-Mn氧化物相与残渣态的稀土元素(REE)配分模式、Al/Nd含量比值及Sr、Nd同位素组成,建立了3种不同成因类型海洋沉积物不同相态的化学提取方法。提取深海沸石黏土中Fe-Mn氧化物相的理想试剂条件为0.25 mol/L HH和15%HAc,北极半深海沉积物和安达曼海近海沉积物的试剂条件为0.5 mol/L HH和15%HAc。该方法可以准确获得沉积物中Fe-Mn氧化物相与残渣态的Sr、Nd同位素组成信息,为古海洋学的研究提供方法支持。     

海底底质声学性质原位测量技术研究

系统介绍了海底底质声学性质原位测量技术，提出了新的原位测量方法，并根据这一测量方法，初步设计制作了相应的海底原位测量仪器。利用初步制作的测量仪器在实验室内对砂质沉积物进行了模拟测量试验，仪器测量得到的沉积物声速与直接透射法测量获得的声速基本一致。在宁波近海海域进行了海上实际测量试验，获得了该测量区域海底底质的声速，验证了此测量技术的可行性，为进一步研发先进的海底原位测量仪器奠定了基础。     

海洋沉积物/颗粒物在生源要素循环中的作用及生态学功能

海洋沉积物/颗粒物是生源要素循环过程中的关键源与汇,沉积物/颗粒物一方面是海水生源要素的主要归宿,生源要素从溶解态经复杂的生物-化学过程转变为颗粒态,颗粒物质再沉降形成沉积物,另一方面,海洋沉积物/颗粒物经过微生物-浮游动物-底栖生物作用分解形成溶解态的生源要素,并释放到海水中再次被浮游植物利用,进入下一轮循环,所以,海洋沉积物/颗粒物具有异常重要的生态学功能。浮游植物是海水溶解态生源要素的利用者和海源颗粒态生源要素的初始形成者,浮游动物通过摄食浮游植物或其他有机颗粒物可释放出溶解态生源要素或形成更大的颗粒物,颗粒物沉降后形成的沉积物又通过底栖生物摄食-扰动-破碎等过程将颗粒生源要素释放进入水体参与再循环。生态系统不同类群的生物在颗粒生源要素的释放-沉降中所起的作用不同而又相互关联,其中浮游动物-底栖生物的摄食与代谢、微生物参与的分解过程起着非常重要的作用。所以,海洋沉积物/颗粒物生态学功能研究作为支撑海洋环境和资源的持续利用的科学基础,已成为海洋科学的前沿领域,必将获得跨越发展。     

Acoustic reflectors in the surface layers of deep sea sediments

Using ultrasonic scanning it is possible to display the position of an acoustic discontinuity within a sediment core and the amplitude of the reflected signal which results from it. From these results it has been possible to examine the effect of variations in the geotechnical properties on the reflection of compressional waves at normal incidence within the core at a frequency of 100 kHz. The occurrence of acoustic reflectors in the surface layers of North Atlantic sediments has also been examined.Two ultrasonic scanning systems for the non-destructive testing of marine sediment cores have been developed. The performance of the two systems has been evaluated using the results from measurements made on a suite of marine sediment cores from the North Atlantic in conjunction with X-ray scanning and geological analysis of the same cores.     

海南岛近海表层沉积物分散元素的富集特征与污染评价

对海南岛周边海域表层沉积物中7种分散元素镓(Ga)、锗(Ge)、铷(Rb)、铊(Tl)、镉(Cd)、碲(Te)和硒(Se)的分布与富集特征,及其与沉积物粒度、总有机碳和有机氮的相关性进行了较系统的分析,并分别利用内梅罗综合指数法和污染负荷指数法对这些元素的污染情况进行了初步评价。结果表明,分散元素的富集与沉积物粒度、有机碳和有机氮的含量有密切关系,除Te外,其它6种分散元素均表现出在粉砂或黏土质,以及有机碳和有机氮含量高的沉积物中趋于富集;沉积物的分散元素污染总体上呈轻微程度,但在局部海域(如海南岛西北部、西部、东南部近海海域以及陵水和三亚段海域)接近中等污染程度,说明这些区域受人类活动的影响较大,应引起海洋环境保护主管部门的重视。     

Sediment Stripping Correction to Marine Gravity Data

The knowledge of the bedrock topography (instead of the ocean-floor relief) is required in various geoscience studies investigating the evolution and structure of the oceanic lithosphere. The gross density structure and thickness of marine sediments were obtained from ocean drilling data or seismic surveys. Alternatively, marine gravity data corrected for the ocean and sediment density contrasts can be used for a detailed mapping of the bedrock topography. In this study, we compute and apply the sediment stripping correction to marine gravity data. The sediment density distribution is approximated by a 3-D density model derived based on the analysis of density samples from the Deep Sea Drilling Project. Methods for a spherical harmonic analysis and synthesis are utilized in computing the sediment stripping correction. Results show that this correction varies between 0 and 32 mGal. We also demonstrate that the approximation of heterogeneous sediment structures by a uniform density model yields large errors. The spectral analysis reveals a high correlation (>0.75) between the sediment-stripped marine gravity data and the bedrock topography. The application of the sediment stripping correction to marine gravity data enhanced the gravitational signature of the sediment-bedrock interface.     

On the use of acoustics for measuring shallow water suspendedsediment processes

Acoustics have the promise of being able to have a significant impact on our understanding of coastal sedimentary processes, which play such an important role in the dynamics of the coastal and shallow water environment. Due to this, the application of acoustics for remotely measuring suspended sediments, over ranges from metres to tens of metres, is gaining acceptance within the sediment community. This recognition of the use of acoustics to the area of sediment processes is based on advances which have been made decade in the understanding of the interaction of sound with marine suspended sediments, and also due to ongoing field observations which have shown the unique ability of the acoustic technique to measure suspended sediment profiles. In the present work acoustic measurements of suspended sediments have been conducted at 1, 2.5, 3, and 5 MHz in a number of different shallow water environments. The interpretation of the acoustic data to obtain suspended sediment concentration is presented, and some of the difficulties when inverting the acoustic information to obtain the suspended load are considered. Some discussion is also given to future uses of acoustics for studying sediment processes, and how one may utilize the application of underwater sound to manage our coastal environment more effectively