Geological interpretation of current subsidence and uplift in the London area,UK, as shown by high precision satellite-based surveying

Long term planning for flood risk management in coastal areas requires timely and reliable information on changes in land and sea levels. A high resolution map of current changes in land levels in the London and Thames estuary area has been generated by satellite-based persistent scatterer interferometry (PSI), aligned to absolute gravity (AG) and global positioning system (GPS) measurements. This map has been qualitatively validated by geological interpretation, which demonstrates a variety of controlling influences on the rates of land level change, ranging from near-surface to deep-seated mechanisms and from less than a decade to more than 100,000 years’ duration.     

1:500万非洲地区遥感地质解译数据集

该数据集以Landsat-7 ETM⁺卫星数据为主要数据源,在已有地质矿产资料分析研究的基础上,采用计算机技术和GIS技术相结合的方法,完成了非洲地区约3020万km²面积的1∶500万遥感地质解译。提取了地层、火山岩、中酸性侵入岩、基性岩或超基性岩、线性构造和环形构造等与成矿有密切关系的地质要素,划分出7个重要成矿带。形成了包含非洲地区Landsat-7 ETM⁺遥感影像图,非洲地区1∶500万遥感地质解译图和非洲地区1∶500万重要成矿带划分图在内的数据集,卫星数据分辨率为30 m,为在非洲地区开展基础地质研究和矿产勘查投资提供重要参考。     

全国边海防地区基础地质遥感调查

为满足全国边海防地区经济建设与国防建设对地质信息的需求,自2011年起,中国地质调查局国土资源航空物探遥感中心(简称航遥中心)联合全国相关地调中心与省级地质调查研究院、行业地质调查部门、高等院校和边海防地区国防建设应用与研究等24家单位,利用遥感技术快速获取了东北、西北、西南和南海三沙等边海防重点地区95万km²基础地质、工程地质、水文地质、矿产地质以及地质灾害等9类地质专题信息,编制了32类1:5万与1:25万服务于经济建设和国防建设的地质应用专题图件,形成了边海防地区遥感地质调查技术体系、共享数据库和应用成果,解决了边海防地区地质调查工作难点问题,创新了军民融合地质调查方式。该文围绕“全国边海防地区基础地质遥感调查”的目标任务,阐述了实施的技术路线和取得的成果,并对未来的工作进行了展望。     

An overview of the resources and environment conditions and major geological problems in the Yangtze River economic zone,China

Focusing on the Yangtze River economic zone, the previous geological researches are systematically summarized, resources and environment conditions and major geological problems which are needing to be concerned in land planning and construction are studied. The results show that the resource conditions of cultivated land, shale gas, geotherm, lithium and so on are superior in the Yangtze River economic zone, and the resources and environment conditions are conducive to develop the modern agriculture, clean energy industry and strategic emerging industries. 3×10¹³ m² farmlands without heavy metal pollution are concentrated; there are three national level shale gas exploration and development bases with explored reserves of 5.441×10¹¹ m³; geothermal availability is 2.4×10⁹ t of standard coal each year, equivalent to 19% of the amount of coal in 2014; Asia’s largest energy lithium metal ore deposit is found. In some parts of Yangtze River economic zone, there are some major geological problems such as active faults, karst collapse, ground subsidence, landslide-collapse-debris flow, affecting the river-crossing channels, high-speed railway, urban agglomeration and green ecological corridor planning and construction. Those problems should be concerned, and the relevant suggestions and countermeasures are put forward. Meanwhile, the ideas to further support the development of the Yangtze River economic zone are put forward.     

当前地质找矿工作的某些新动向与岩矿测试的新贡献

近年来地质找矿取得了一系列的新进展,也出现了以人为本的新趋势,现代的矿产地质工作面临着不分地区、不分矿种、不分专业的新动向,开拓国内和国外两个市场,利用国内和国外两种资源的新格局,要求地质找矿工作与岩矿测试工作密切结合.地质人员要充分了解现代测试技术的特点,充分发挥实验室和仪器设备的作用;实验室也需要主动为地质找矿工作提供支撑,针对“现、散、快、廉、难、全”的新特点研发相应的分析测试技术与设备,而不是被动地“来样品、出数据”;主管部门也需要在制定政策、规划立项时就安排好地质与测试工作的结合.     

我国海洋地质分析测试技术

21世纪是海洋开发和利用的新世纪,随着国家对海洋地质调查工作的日益重视,海洋地质分析测试技术迎来了快速发展时期。本文对我国海洋地质分析测试技术的最新进展进行了简要评述:为满足海洋区域调查、海岸带地质调查的需要,建立了以大型分析仪器为主的多元素同时分析海洋地质样品的快速高效分析方法体系;针对新能源天然气水合物样品,开展了异常识别测试技术和应用测试技术研究,建立了用离子色谱法快速测定孔隙水中阴离子Cl^-、Br^-、SO₄^2-和阳离子Na⁺、NH₄⁺、K⁺、Ca²⁺、Mg²⁺ 的方法,开发出了以声学、电阻、时域反射(Time Domain Reflectometry, 简称为TDR)三种探测技术为主的适用于天然气水合物模拟实验的探测新技术;对于海洋沉积物中有机污染物样品,采用复合固相萃取净化柱,对海洋沉积物萃取液样品进行净化分离,依次选用正己烷和正己烷－二氯甲烷混合液淋洗固相萃取净化柱,可有效保留基体杂质,实现了海洋环境地质调查中基质复杂沉积物样品的同时净化、分离与测试,可显著提高实验效率;同时在大洋矿产样品分析技术、海洋地质标准物质研制、船载与原位化学探测技术等方面也取得了重要进展。本文还提出在海洋调查和监测的应用中,船载及原位测试技术将愈趋重要,加强海洋化学传感器的性能和检测集成化技术是今后的一个重要发展方向。     

Field meeting report: the geology of some West London Churches, 22nd September 2012

This excursion report describes briefly the ecclesiastical geology of seven localities in West London. It reveals that building stones related to local geology were particularly important in the construction of early churches. For this reason wall building fabric analyses of churches are also able to indicate an enormous amount of local geological information. Where London Basin rocks were unsuitable for structural aspects of these churches it was sometimes necessary to use rock types from more distant sources.     

Quantitative Geoscience and Geological Big Data Development: A Review

After long-term development, mathematical geology has today become an independent discipline. Big Data science, which has become a new scientific paradigm in the 21 st century, gives rise to the geological Big Data, i.e. mathematical geology and quantitative geoscience. Thanks to a robust macro strategy for big data, China’s quantitative geoscience and geological big data’s rapid development meets present requirements and has kept up with international levels. This paper presents China’s decade-long achievements in quantitative prediction and assessment of mineral resources, geoscience information and software systems, geological information platform development, etc., with an emphasis on application of geological big data in informatics, quantitative mineral prediction, geological environment and disaster management, digital land survey, digital city, etc. Looking ahead, mathematical geology is moving towards "Digital Geology", "Digital Land" and "Geological Cloud", eventually realizing China’s grand "Digital China" blueprint, and these valuable results will be showcased on the international academic arena.     

Pleistocene Rhine–Thames landscapes: geological background for hominin occupation of the southern North Sea region

This paper links research questions in Quaternary geology with those in Palaeolithic archaeology. A detailed geological reconstruction of The Netherlands' south‐west offshore area provides a stratigraphical context for archaeological and palaeontological finds. Progressive environmental developments have left a strong imprint on the area's Palaeolithic record. We highlight aspects of landscape evolution and related taphonomical changes, visualized in maps for critical periods of the Pleistocene in the wider southern North Sea region. The Middle Pleistocene record is divided into two palaeogeographical stages: the pre‐Anglian/Elsterian stage, during which a wide land bridge existed between England and Belgium even during marine highstands; and the Anglian/Elsterian to Saalian interglacial, with a narrower land bridge, lowered by proglacial erosion but not yet fully eroded. The Late Pleistocene landscape was very different, with the land bridge fully dissected by an axial Rhine–Thames valley, eroded deep enough to fully connect the English Channel and the North Sea during periods of highstand. This tripartite staging implies great differences in (i) possible migration routes of herds of herbivores as well as hominins preying upon them, (ii) the erosion base of axial and tributary rivers causing an increase in the availability of flint raw materials and (iii) conditions for loess accumulation in northern France and Belgium and the resulting preservation of Middle Palaeolithic sites. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

地质构造三维可视化模型探讨

地质构造的三维可视化技术包括数学建模和可视化显示两方面。建立地质构造三维可视化模型的典型方法包括三维规则网格法、TIN表面法、四面体法以及综合法。针对地质构造模型中断层处理的特殊性，提出了基于TIN表面法的局部法和整体法两种处理技术。将地质构造三维模型的可视性归纳为5种方式。     

农业地质主攻方向初探

本文对农业地质的学科属性，国内外农业地质的发展历史作了简要的介绍，并对农业地质的主攻方向，从四个方面作了具体、初步的探讨，建议建立农业地质信息系统空间数据库，旨在推动对农业地质的重视和研究。     

数量化理论在工程地质领域中的应用综述

工程地质问题的影响因素多而复杂,兼有定性和定量指标,要精确地进行量化极其困难。数量化理论提供了将定性数据和定量数据进行量化进而建立预测评价模型的方法,为工程地质问题分析提供了便利。本文论述了数量化理论原理及其发展概况,综述了数量化理论在工程地质领域的应用现状,数量化理论在该领域的应用主要集中在影响因素的识别和提取、建立工程地质预测评价模型、地质因素的判别分析、相关性分析等方面。文章根据实际应用中遇到的问题分析了数量化理论的局限性:区域间的迁移性、评价的后验性以及指标选取的科学性,并针对性的提出两种处理方法:(1)对大量样本进行部分细致的工程评价,建立与评价对象符合的模型,利用模型进行快速评价; (2)根据大量不同类别样本建立的不同模型,实际应用时根据实际样本情况,选取针对性的计算模型对地质模型进行评价。最后,本文结合工程地质发展趋势,以及各种方法手段的引入介绍,论述了数量化理论在工程地质领域的应用前景。     

长江经济带资源环境条件与重大地质问题

本文系统梳理了长江经济带以往地质研究成果,对长江经济带资源环境条件和国土规划建设中应关注的重大地质问题进行了研究。研究结果表明,长江经济带耕地、页岩气、地热、锂等资源条件优越,0.3亿hm2无重金属污染耕地集中分布,拥有3个国家级页岩气勘查开发基地,探明储量5441亿m3,每年地热可利用量折合标准煤2.4亿t,相当于2014年燃煤量的19%,发现亚洲最大的能源金属锂矿床,资源环境条件有利于发展现代农业、清洁能源产业和战略新兴产业;长江经济带部分地区存在活动断裂、岩溶塌陷、地面沉降、滑坡崩塌泥石流等重大地质问题,影响过江通道、高速铁路、城市群和绿色生态廊道规划建设,应予以关注,本文提出了相关建议和对策,同时,提出了下一步支撑服务长江经济带发展地质工作设想。     

工程地质钻孔信息模型及数据库研究

为了建立结构规范统一的工程地质勘察信息数据库,提出了“用户”与“系统”两级数据库相互映射的技术,把用户对数据的操作和计算机处理数据的过程分离开来。其中用户数据库面向用户的需要,系统数据库则满足信息管理的要求。在系统数据库中采用“块-层”结构的地层数据模型,对钻探区域进行了“地层层序”优化。“块-层”模型把钻探区域的“优化地层层序”作为一个基本块,针对性强,层次清晰地表达了复杂多变的地层信息,将有不同地层层序的各个钻探点统一成相同的结构,解决了在地层模型中难以表达地层翻转、缺失信息的问题,极大地方便了后续的信息处理和钻孔数据插值的进行。     

雄安新区自然资源与环境-生态地质条件分析

提要:自然资源、环境本底及生态地质条件调查是城市地质调查的基础,可为城市国土空间规划、建设及精细化管理提供有效的基础地质支撑.随着雄安新区城市进程的加快,使得其自然资源与生态环境发生了翻天覆地的变化.本文基于雄安新区综合地质调查成果,明确了雄安新区自然资源与生态环境本底条件,分析了建设周期内自然资源变化趋势,探讨了未来...     

Statistical techniques and their application in palynology

The basic principals of hypothesis testing are reviewed, including the development of the hypothesis, the statistical assumptions made, and the test of the hypothesis. The appropriate experimental design and sampling technique for evaluation of hypotheses posed are discussed. Because the analysis of variance involving the F-test should be used in a wide variety of geological experiments, emphasis is placed on this analysis. Many geological experiments result in the measurement of one or more factors on a continuous scale, whereas others are recorded in a discrete fashion. This necessitates the use of a covariance analysis to evaluate the effect of discrete and continuous factors in the same model. Orthogonal comparisons are discussed as they are used to evaluate specific hypotheses following the general test of hypothesis in the analysis of variance or covariance. All procedures discussed are illustrated using actual palynofloral data.     

龙子湖水文工程地质条件分析与渗漏控制

在详细分析了龙子湖地区水文地质条件和工程地质条件的基础上,根据龙子湖的设计方案,指出龙子湖建成后可能存在渗漏量过大的问题,从而影响该区的生态环境等环境地质问题。本文建立了三维渗流数值模型,通过数值模拟证实了龙子湖建成后确实存在渗漏量过大的问题,并为解决这些环境地质问题提供参考方案,还预测分析了环境水文地质条件改变后可能进一步出现的问题并提出了相应的解决方案。     

Quaternary Earth-science and Palaeolithic conservation initiatives in the Tejo (Tagus), Portugal: Comparison with the Lower Thames,UK

Geoconservation measures in the River Tejo, the Portuguese reach of the Tagus, are compared with those in the Thames downstream of London (UK). Both are fluvio-estuarine reaches with staircases of Pleistocene depositional terraces, each with important sedimentary, palaeontological and archaeological records. In both rivers, conservation measures are in place that aim to protect these records, promote research and inform the public. Inevitably there are differences in approach. Whereas Thames Quaternary interests are protected by a network of British statutory site designations, outreach is to the fore in the Tejo. Contrasting examples are highlighted here. The Tejo has interpretative materials in local museums and detailed explanatory displays at the low-terrace archaeo-geological site of Foz do Enxarrique, near the border with Spain, and at other sites. The Thames, in contrast, has few examples of physical outreach provision and limited formal protection for Pleistocene archaeological material outside the geological network, although extensive informal protection is provided by interaction between local geological groups and county and local-authority administrations. There is also a considerable difference in the degree of threat, with the Tejo above Lisbon being a relatively undeveloped valley, albeit with sporadic quarrying for aggregate, whereas the Lower Thames is an established area for infrastructure development, lying to the east of London, close to the river crossing of the orbital motorway. The different climate in the two regions profoundly influences the longevity of exposures in Quaternary deposits, with significant implications for management strategies. The comparison exercise reveals that each region would benefit from greater development of approaches used more prominently in the other; outreach measures in the Portuguese style would greatly enhance some of the Thames sites, but formal designation of Tejo exposures could prevent damaging operations being undertaken by owners who lack knowledge of their value, as exemplified by a case study of sites at Alpiarça, ~ 130 km upstream from Lisbon.     

工程地质中基于OpenCASCADE的地表和地层三维建模

为了更加直观和准确地分析工程地质中的地质信息,通过对比分析传统三角网建模方法的优缺点,展示了OpenCASCADE曲面建模技术在三维模型中的连续程度、光滑度、细腻度等方面的优势.利用该技术建立三维地表和地层层面模型,并通过地层层面的求交和缝合技术完成了地层层间实体模型构建.基于OpenCASCADE几何造型库在VC＋＋平台下实现了地表、地层模型的三维可视化和场景控制功能.通过桥梁工程地质的实例应用,结果表明：三维地表地层模型的应用可以有效提高工程建设中地质分析和地质解译的直观性和可靠性.     

GOCAD三维可视化在深部地质调查中的应用

通过介绍三维地质建模的意义以及应用GOCAD软件进行三维建模的原理和方法,以本溪地区深部地质调查为例,对本溪地区的地层、构造、岩体进行分析并建立三维模型.每个地质三维模型都能更好地反映地质体在三维空间的分布形态,同时也可以根据研究目标不同,建立所需的目标地质体的三维形态.深部地质三维模型的建立除了依靠地表信息外,还要靠钻孔、地球物理等先进的技术手段的约束来不断修正、完善模型,共同建立一个符合地质规律、能真正反映客观地质现象的三维模型,为以后地质技术人员认识地质现象提高效率.