探索奥秘与服务社会的地质学——第31届国际地质大会综述

1　会议概况第 31届国际地质大会于 2 0 0 0年 8月 6～ 1 7日在巴西里约热内卢举行 ,大会的主题是“地质学与可持续发展 :第三个千年的挑战”,表明国际地质学界对未来的责任感。下面我将对巴西会议学术交流的几个重点问题作简要的综述。这是首次在南美召开的国际地质大会 ,由此终于在 2 0世纪完成了六个大洲轮流开会的完整局面 ,进一步扩大了地质科学的全球视野。也许还可以说 ,第三世界国家的地质科学在进一步的崛起 ,因为在过去的近 50年内先后由阿尔及利亚、墨西哥、印度、中国和巴西等五国主办过这样的大会。大会学术活动包括大会主旨报告、大会特别报告、专题报告、专题讨论会和面上讨论会 ,以及讲习班、研讨会、会前—会间—会后野外考察和大量学术团体的业务会议。与大会召开的同时 ,还举办了2 0 0 0年地质博览会。学术活动的安排非常丰富 ,包括了当代地质科学的前沿、热点和交叉学科问题 ,同时体现了地质科学的多学科特色 ,几乎覆盖了地质科学的各个分支领域以及相关学科问题。本次大会的新特点可以归纳为 :对理论与技术成就的跨世纪的回顾与展望 ,对未来面临的矿产资源、能源、环境、灾害和社会经济可持续发展的更进一步的关注。...     

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A prominent Western specialist on the geology of the oil and gas deposits of Russia provides an interpretation of the genesis of the West Siberian basin, relying, in part, on most recent Russian studies as well as information made available in 1994 evaluating the reserves of Russia's most important producing province. From Late Carboniferous through Middle Jurassic time, the region of West Siberia passed through orogenic, rift, and early platform stages. A domal high was present in the region during the orogenic stage, arising from cratonization of the Ural-Mongolian fold belt. Early Triassic rifting was part of a global rifting event and was a precursor to the subsequent crustal sagging that produced the West Siberian basin. The Early-Middle Jurassic was a time of cyclical marine and continental deposition, the sea moving back and forth from the north. The Talinskoye oil field occurs in Lower-Middle Jurassic sandstones that have the form of a river channel that extends more than 200 km. The Priobskoye field is associated with a Lower Cretaceous clinoform that has been traced N–S for more than 300 km. It is suggested that: (a) the oil in the Lower Cretaceous Neocomian sandstones was sourced by bituminous clays that interfinger with these sandstones on the west; and (b) that Upper Cretaceous Cenomanian gas was sourced in part by deeply buried Paleozoics and by overlying Upper Cretaceous Turonian clays. Predicted discoveries in West Siberia include several thousand small fields with reserves of less than 10 million tons, 250 to 300 medium-sized fields, and several large fields with 30 to 100 million tons.     

The XIV International Workshop on Marine Geology

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Establishment of Mathematical Geology in Russia: Some Brush Strokes in the Portrait of the Founder of Mathematical Geology, Prof. A. B. Vistelius

This paper presents a concise historic overview of the establishment and pathways of development of mathematical geology. Its very existence is largely due to the activity of Russian geologist Prof. Vistelius (1915–1995) who was the first president of the International Association of Mathematical Geology. Presented are important facts of biography of A. B. Vistelius, as well as the history of his scientific investigations. It is elucidated that in the USSR, mathematical geology, like genetics or cybernetics, was hardly accepted by the ideology that dominated at that time from its very appearance in the 40s. Both mathematical geology and its creator could not be squeezed into the tight limits of the Soviet ideology. But the difficulties only benefited his bright individuality and hardened his style of scientific reasoning, leadership, and fight for purity of science. Vistelius believed that mathematical geology would be the paradigm for geoscience in the 21st century. It is ascertained that the scientific ideology of conceptual modeling of geologic processes and objects suggested by Vistelius has totally proved itself. However, its further propagation is impeded by those geologists whose thinking is traditional and whose paradigm is old. This situation must be changed to enter the coming century equipped with economically reliable concepts ensuring sustainable development. It could be unprofitable and even dangerous to ignore the concepts developed by Prof. Vistelius. This paper focuses on the principal ideas of Prof. Vistelius and detailed large-scale program of development of mathematical geology in the foreseeable future. This program is fulfilled in the Institute of Mathematical Geology (IMAG) of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, founded by Prof. Vistelius.     

Geology of the Kochiu Tin-Field, Yunnan A Preliminary Sketch

The geology of Kochiu tin-field, the largest tin-producing districtin China, is little known inspite of its being frequently visited by profes-sional experts. Both Collins and Draper did some intensive study inKochiu, but their accounts are chiefly dealing with native methods of     

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