Unearthing earthquakes and their tsunamis using multiple proxies: the 22 June 1932 event and a probable fourteenth-century predecessor on the Pacific coast of Mexico

Tsunami deposits have been widely studied in temperate latitudes, but the intrinsic difficulties associated with tropical coastal environments, and the intensity of bioturbation in these habitats, limit the possibilities of analysing these formations. Here, we investigate the deposits on the Colima coast of Mexico, which overlies the subducting Rivera and Cocos Plates, in order to reconstruct the tsunami inundation history and related hazard. We developed a multi-proxy study aimed to recognize and date historical and palaeotsunami deposits, including historical data on the effects of a known tsunami, geomorphological mapping, stratigraphic, grain size, organic matter content, diatoms, geochemical composition, magnetic susceptibility, and anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility, together with radiometric dating (²¹⁰Pb and ¹⁴C). We identified two probable tsunami deposits at Palo Verde estuary including a historical event associated with the Mw 6.9 earthquake on 22 June 1932 and a palaeotsunami most likely generated by a similar event in the fourteenth century. This work shows that it is possible to identify both historical and palaeotsunamis in the tropical environment of Mexico’s Pacific coast. These data will serve to enhance our understanding of tsunami deposits in tropical environments and of the regional tsunami hazard.     

Coastal boulder deposit as evidence of an ocean-wide prehistoric tsunami originated on the Atacama Desert coast (northern Chile)

A Late Holocene cliff-top deposit of large boulders well above the limits of modern storm waves is described from the southern coast of the Atacama Desert (northern Chile). The largest moved boulder weighs >40 t and field data point to a flood height >18·5 m above high tide level and an inland penetration greater than 284 m from the cliff edge. The minimum flow velocity needed for particle entrainment was estimated as 10·1 ms⁻¹ and the most likely processes of sediment deposition for different boulders were deduced. The boulder distribution, sorting and orientation of imbricated debris, together with the significant wave height of extreme storms reported and the occurrence of interplate earthquakes in the study area indicate that the deposit records a single event, interpreted here as a tsunami wave train rather than exceptional storm waves. The boulder field was dated to between the 13th and the 16th Centuries ce and possibly correlates with the 1420 Oei orphan tsunami, that affected the eastern coast of Japan. A magnitude of 8·8 to 9·4 has been estimated for the earthquake, which may be one of the larger events of a super-cycle of earthquakes in the southern Atacama Desert. These cycle-ending earthquakes involve large rupture areas (lengths in excess of 600 km) and highly destructive ocean-wide tsunamigenic events.     

Historical tsunamis and storms recorded in a coastal lowland,Shizuoka Prefecture,along the Pacific Coast of Japan

Four sand units deposited by tsunamis and one sand unit deposited by storm surge(s) were identified in a muddy marsh succession in a narrow coastal lowland along the Pacific coast of central Japan. Tsunamis in ad 1498, 1605, 1707 and 1854 that were related to large subduction‐zone earthquakes along the Nankai Trough, and storm surges in 1680 and/or 1699 were responsible for the deposition of these sand units. These sand units are distinguished by lithofacies, sedimentary structures, grain‐size and mineral composition, and radiocarbon ages; their ages are supported by events in local historical records. The tsunami deposits in the study area are massive or parallel‐laminated sands, with associated intraclasts, gravels, draping mud layers and, rarely, a return‐flow subunit. The storm surge deposits are devoid of these characteristics, and are composed of groups of thin, current ripple‐laminated sand layers. The differences in sedimentary structures between the tsunami and storm surge deposits are attributed to the different characteristics of tsunami and storm waves.     

昆阳磷矿沉积环境与矿床地球化学

滇东地区昆阳磷矿床是特征海相沉积大型磷矿床,位于扬子古地块西南缘,矿区内广泛出露下寒武统筇竹寺组(ε13q),为含磷岩系顶板岩系;中谊村组(ε12z)含磷岩系和小歪头山组(ε11x),含磷岩系底板岩系;寒武系沉积基底为上震旦统灯影组(Zbdn),其间均具有冲刷面,显示舍磷岩系出现在地球变暖期,即海进旋回沉积早期.磷矿沉...     

Geologic sources and geographic distribution of sand tempers in prehistoric potsherds from the Mariana Islands

Temper sands in prehistoric potsherds of the Mariana Islands include terrigenous detritus derived from Paleogene volcanic bedrock and calcareous grains derived chiefly from modern fringing reefs, but also in part from uplifted Neogene limestones overlying volcanic bedrock. Calcareous sands are nondiagnostic of island of origin, but volcanic sands and the terrigenous component of hybrid sands composed of mixed terrigenous and calcareous grain types can be traced to geologic sources on Saipan and Guam, the only occupied islands where volcanic bedrock is extensively exposed. Quartzose tempers of several types were derived exclusively from dacitic volcanic rocks on Saipan. Nonquartzose tempers of andesitic parentage derive from both Saipan and Guam, but abundance of orthopyroxene as well as clinopyroxene is diagnostic of Saipan andesitic tempers, the presence of olivine is diagnostic of selected tempers from Guam, and placer temper sands rich in heavy ferromagnesian minerals occur only in sherds on Guam. Temper analysis documents widespread ceramic transfer from Saipan to other islands throughout Mariana prehistory, and more restricted ceramic transfer from Guam to nearby Rota, although the origin of some andesitic temper types is petrographically indeterminate. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

河南省钙红土风化壳型铝土矿沉积规律及找矿远景概论

河南省是我国第二产铝大省,采用目前已查明的75个大中型铝土矿床勘查资料和样品测试结果,通过铝土矿成矿物质来源;矿床沉积环境及形成方式;矿床成矿规律等三方面对河南省铝土矿沉积规律进行全面阐述.然后应用所得成果总结了河南省铝土矿的分布规律,运用六个影响铝土矿找矿的因素:①成矿时代找矿;②沉积环境找矿③古地理找矿;④古岛边缘的分布规律;⑤沉积盆地内的喀斯特地貌;⑥构造控矿条件.划出了进一步找矿中的三个大的重点找矿远景区.     

贵州古风化壳沉积型铝土矿的沉积方式和成矿作用

铝土矿沉积方式为胶体沉积及碎屑沉积,古红土化及沼泽化是形成铝土矿的主要成矿作用,地下潜水面以下200 m不是铝土矿深部找矿的红线。     

Hawaiian volcanic propagation and Hawaiian swell asymmetry: evidence of northwestward flow of the deep upper mantle

Bathymetry and the geoid anomaly of the northern flank of the Hawaiian swell is broader and higher than the southern flank, and it is characterized by higher heat flow than the axis or southern flank. It is here proposed that the northern flank of the Hawaiian swell has been augmented by heat conducted from the hotspot conduit into the upper mantle then transported northward of the volcanic axis by flow in the upper mantle (325°) that is more northerly than Pacific plate motion (292°). By assuming that the deep upper mantle is decoupled from the Pacific plate and is flowing at 325° to the northwest, changes in direction and rate of volcanic propagation and in geochemistry along individual volcanic segments of the Hawaiian volcanic chain can be interpreted in terms of tank experiment results showing that a volcanic hotspot conduit breaks into diapirs when tilted by mantle flow. Hawaiian volcanoes are aligned in en-echelon segments, and the Hawaiian Islands are the two most recent segments. For an individual segment, older northwestern volcanoes are aligned nearly parallel to the 292° plate motion direction, and they propagated to the southeast at approximately the same rate as the 92 km/m.y. speed of northwestward plate motion. In contrast, the alignment of the younger southeastern volcanoes is close to 325°, and they show a conspicuous acceleration in propagation of volcanism marked by out-of-sequence eruptions. Within the model proposed here, diapirs rise from instability nodes that develop along the tilted conduit of a mantle hotspot plume as it is sheared in the direction of deep upper-mantle flow and each diapir gives rise to a single volcanic center. As tilting progresses, diapirs form at lower levels along the conduit in more upstream positions of the mantle flow zone, rise sequentially into the decoupled lithosphere, erupt sequentially, and are translated in the direction of plate motion (older, northwestern Hawaiian Islands). Eventually, flow in the highly tilted conduit is impeded to the degree that the remaining upstream conduit breaks into a number of diapirs that rise together into the lithosphere. These late diapirs, translated as a group aligned in the direction of horizontal mantle flow, erupt over a relatively short time span and show out-of-sequence volcanism (younger, southeastern Hawaiian Islands). At this stage, a new cycle of rising and tilting will initiate the next en-echelon segment.     

An Analysis of the Recent Severe Storm Surge Disaster Events in China

The economic loss caused by the storm surgedisasters is much higher than that caused by anyother marine disaster in China, the loss from the severestorm surge disaster being the highest. Statistics showthat there were 62 typhoon landings over the east-southeastcoast of China since 1990, three of which,occurring in 1992, 1994 and 1997, respectively, caused themost severe damage. The direct economic lossesdue to these events are 9.3, 17.0 and 30 billion yuan(RMB, or about 1.7, 2.6 and 3.8 billion USD,respectively), which is much greater than the loss of 5.5billion yuan (RMB) on an average every year duringthe 1989–1991 period. This paper makes a comparativeanalysis of the damage caused by the three events andpresents an overview of progress of precautions againststorm surge disaster in China. The suggestedcounter measures to mitigate the loss from the severe stormsurge disasters in China is as follows: (1) Raisethe whole society awareness of precaution against severestorm surge disaster; (2) Work out a new plan forbuilding sea walls; (3) Improve and perfect the availablewarning and disaster relief command system; (4)Develop the insurance service in order to promptly mitigatethe loss caused by severe storm surge disaster event.     

渭河盆地新生代沉积相研究

渭河盆地位于鄂尔多斯地块南缘与秦岭造山带的交接部位,为一新生代盆地,古近系和新近系沉积厚度几千米,沉积类型多样,通过钻井及大量野外剖面的详细观察及实测,开展了地层、沉积相及岩相古地理学的研究。对渭河盆地新生代地层单位进行了重新厘定,并根据沉积特征划分为冲积扇沉积、河流沉积、湖泊沉积、三角洲沉积及风成沉积5种沉积类型。研究认为:整个沉积过程,盆地边断、边陷、边充填,纵向上极不对称,沉积中心偏南,平面上西窄东宽,盆地边部以冲积扇沉积为主,向中心由三角洲沉积逐渐过渡为湖相沉积。盆地从始新世开始沉积,渐新世后期抬升并存在沉积间断,中新世冷水沟期接着开始沉积,水体逐渐扩大,寇家村期湖泊广泛发育,至灞河期沉积范围达到最大,上新世游河期盆地存在西安、固市两大沉积凹陷区,边部开始出现风成沉积,第四纪西部隆起,湖泊沉积范围开始缩小,中更新世至全新世,盆地内湖泊萎缩成区域上的小型洼地。     

四川雷波矿集区磷矿沉积特征及成矿规律研究

四川雷波地区磷矿属于中国昆阳式海相沉积型磷矿,赋存于下寒武统梅树村阶麦地坪组地层中。通过野外实测剖面,重点研究其岩石学和沉积相特征,在矿集区建立了潮坪沉积体系,判断麦地坪组以潮下带沉积为主,潮间带和潮上带沉积不发育,总体表现为海侵-海退-海侵的垂向沉积组合。沉积相在矿集区呈环带状分布,磷矿层厚度与地层厚度大体呈正相关关系。磷矿床的岩相古地理类型直接影响了磷质颗粒的物理富集过程,其中潮下高能带为磷矿沉积的最有利相带,是今后勘探开发的重点区域。     

浙江八面山特大型萤石矿床的沉积成矿特征

八面山萤石矿床是近年来发现的特大型萤石矿床,通过成矿地质背景,矿体与矿石特征,容矿岩系岩石化学组成特征,岩石与矿石稀土元素特征,钐—钕同位素特征等研究,探讨了矿床的沉积成矿特点。结果充分说明,八面山萤石矿床是一个以沉积为主,后经热液改造的特大型萤石矿床。依据上述分析数据,同时结合容矿围岩和矿体的地质特征,可以推测, 八面山萤石矿床是寒武系沉积岩作为矿源层,为萤石矿床的形成提供了必要的物源。后期岩浆作用只是对部分矿体进行了不同程度的改造,局部形成了构造带中的陡倾斜脉状矿体。     

伊犁科古琴山地区南华系沉积特征研究

西天山伊犁科古琴山地区出露较完整新元古代南华纪地层,自下而上为库鲁铁列克提组、吐拉苏组和别西巴斯套组,可划为两个冰期和一个间冰期沉积.下冰碛地层库鲁铁列克提组为一套冰碛砾岩、含砾凝灰岩组合.上冰碛地层别西巴斯套组岩性主要为冰碛砾岩、含砾凝灰质岩屑砂岩.两冰碛地层间间冰期沉积吐拉苏组主要为一套粉砂岩、细砂岩和凝灰岩沉积.通过岩相学分析,认为研究区南华系整体处于浅海陆棚环境,伴有冰川作用和火山活动.可划出冰川沉积相、海相和火山喷发相3种沉积相,其中冰川沉积相又可细划为基底冰碛岩亚相、冰前滨海亚相和冰筏海洋亚相.海相主要划为浅海碎屑沉积亚相和浅海碳酸盐岩亚相.     

南川铝土矿沉积相特征

通过野外观察,在南川地区铝土矿含矿岩系中识别出一层底砾岩和一层分流河道沉积,结合岩性特征和B、Sr、Ba、Ga、Rb、MnO、TiO₂等的地球化学特征,对南川地区铝土矿含矿岩系的沉积相进行了划分。认为南川地区铝土矿形成于中二叠世海侵过程中的陆缘近海湖环境,为沉积型铝土矿床。     

沉积叠加改造型矿床的物源及富集机制的地球化学研究

通过对长江中下游及邻区震旦系－早生古界内一些沉积叠加改造型锑－金矿床,银多金属矿床的物源及富集机制的地球化学研究认识到,在研究该类矿床的成矿作用时,不能仅仅局限在传统的认识和思维模式上,而是应该从更大的时,空域,用地球化学的思维去观察,去分析,它们的“源,运,储”,该类矿床成矿的有利因素,除了矿源层的物源基础外,其决定因素还在于后期叠加改造作用对成矿元素浓集能力的高低和效率强弱的控制。     

中国南方海相油气成藏模式分析

分析了油气藏形成的四个重要时期,即加里东、印支、燕山、喜马拉雅油气聚集期,和两个主要的油气藏破坏期,即中燕山运动期和晚燕山—喜马拉雅运动期,依据生烃期的早晚和油气在完成初次聚集后至最终成藏定型是否突破了原始封闭体系,提出了新的成藏模式划分方案,将中国南方海相油气成藏模式划分为原生型、次生型和再生型成藏模式3种类型,并分析了各类成藏模式的分布情况。     

21世纪前中期三江源地区极端气候事件变化趋势分析

利用国家气候中心发布的IPCC SRES A1B温室气体排放情景下水平分辨率为25 km的连续气候变化模拟试验数据, 分析了三江源地区极端气候事件变化趋势.结果显示: 2001-2050年冷暖等级呈显著增高趋势, 其中以夏季变化最为明显, 冬季变化最小; 极端高温事件发生频次呈显著增多趋势, 而极端低温事件总体呈显著减少趋势; 干湿等级呈不显著增高趋势, 四季中只有冬季干湿等级呈减小趋势, 其余三季均呈升高趋势; 干燥和暴雨事件发生频次均呈显著增多趋势.地形尤其是经、 纬度和海拔对极端气候事件的变化趋势有明显的影响.     

浙江安吉港口多金属矿床铅物质来源初探——铅同位素证据

位于浙西北安吉港口的铅锌银(钼)多金属矿床,是新近在钦杭成矿带东北缘发现的一个产于大陆环境且具较好前景的矿床.文章通过对矿区坞山关杂岩体三套岩性单元、细粒花岗岩和方铅矿铅同位素的全面对比研究,探讨了矿床的铅物源岩浆岩.矿区中的方铅矿为含较高放射性成因铅的J-型铅,在铅同位素的V1-V2和△γ-Δβ图解中,本次研究的样品分别落入华南和岩浆作用上地壳混合地幔铅范围,显示出方铅矿与华南地球化学省壳幔混合岩浆作用的密切关系.矿区铅锌矿体的方铅矿铅同位素比值显示其具有共同的物质来源,并基本保持了细粒花岗岩206Pb/204Pb值的特征,而207Pb/204Pb值具有坞山关杂岩体和细粒花岗岩混合的特征,208Pb/204Pb和208Pb/206Pb值则仅显示出与细粒花岗岩最相近.方铅矿铅同位素比值特征和比值等值线分布形式显示,铅主要来源于细粒花岗岩,杂岩体对铅成矿贡献了少量的206Pb和207Pb,矿区地层对铅成矿贡献了一定的208Pb.安吉矿区进一步针对铅的找矿工作围绕细粒花岗岩展开,取得成果的可能性更大.     

重庆市巫山县桃花赤铁矿岩相古地理初探

重庆市巫山县桃花赤铁矿属于沉积铁矿床,矿床的形成主要受岩相古地理条件控制。本文介绍了铁矿赋存层位的沉积相。通过古气候、古水深、古构造、沉积环境及氧化还原条件等方面的研究,编制了巫山县桃花赤铁矿岩相古地理图,讨论了铁矿的生成条件,为后期的找矿工作起到了指导作用。