VARIABILITY OF DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGE IN EAST AFRICA DURING 1921–2010

This study investigates the long-term spatiotemporal variability of diurnal temperature range(DTR) in East Africa(EA). The study carries out non-parametric trend analysis of gridded DTR monthly data sourced from Climatic Research Unit(CRU). The DTR exhibits mixed signals in space and time over EA. The DTR correlates negatively with rainfall over EA. Reduction in DTR coincides with the summer season in the northern and southern hemispheres respectively, suggesting the influence of cloud cover on it. There was a non-uniform pattern of DTR changes across the region with time. Lake Victoria basin recorded the highest warming rates. The Indian Ocean coast recorded the least spatiotemporal variability in DTR. A reduction in DTR is evident in the two seasons: hot and cold. The start of the study period; 1921—1930, was the coolest decade in the study period. Most parts of EA recorded negative DTR anomalies in 1961—1970. The overall reduction in DTR throughout the study period highlights the ongoing warming which is a global phenomenon. There remains need for investigating the causation of the observed DTR variability for effective monitoring of the variability in future.     

塔吉克斯坦阿尔登-托普坎铅锌矿床地质特征及控矿因素分析

阿尔登–托普坎铅锌矿床（简称阿矿）,位于塔吉克斯坦第二大城市胡占德（苦盏）北东方向110 km处,是阿尔登–托普坎矿田主要矿床之一。该矿田勘查与开发历史悠久,是塔吉克斯坦境内最重要的铅锌矿集区,矿田内分布大小不等的十二个铅锌矿床,其中主要的矿床为三个,即派布拉克矿床、阿尔登–托普坎矿床及北阿尔登–托普坎矿床,三个主要矿床相距2 km以内（周叶,2010）。本文论述阿尔登–托普坎矿床的区域地质背景和主要成矿特征,分析其主要控矿因素,并对其成因类型进行归属研究,为塔吉克境内相同类型铅锌矿床的找矿勘查工作提供依据。     

Geochronological, Geochemical and Paleomagnetic Clues for Existence of a ~2.1Ga Dyke Generation in the Mashishing Area, South Africa

正Dyke swarms are widespread throughout the Kaapvaal Craton(KC)in South Africa and have been documented in some detail.Up to date,only the~2.9 Ga SE-trending and the~2.7 to~2.66 Ga radiating dyke arrays are recognized     

Meso-Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Talas-Fergana region of the Kyrgyz Tien Shan revealed by low-temperature basement and detrital thermochronology

This study provides new low-temperature thermochronometric data, mainly apatite fission track data on the basement rocks in and adjacent to the Talas-Fergana Fault, in the Kyrgyz Tien Shan in the first place.In the second place, we also present new detrital apatite fission track data on the Meso-Cenozoic sediments from fault related basins and surrounding intramontane basins. Our results confirm multistaged Meso-Cenozoic tectonic activity, possibly induced by the accretion of the so-called Cimmerian blocks to the Eurasian margin. New evidence for this multi-staged thermo-tectonic activity is found in the data of both basement and Meso-Cenozoic sediment samples in or close to the Talas-Fergana Fault.Zircon(U-Th)/He and apatite fission track data constrain rapid Late TriassiceE arly Jurassic and Late JurassiceE arly Cretaceous basement cooling in the Kyrgyz Tien Shan around 200 Ma and 130 -100 Ma respectively. Detrital apatite fission track results indicate a different burial history on both sides of the Talas-Fergana Fault. The apatite fission track system of the Jurassic sediments in the Middle Tien Shan unit east of the Talas-Fergana Fault is not reset, while the Jurassic sediments in the Fergana Basin and Yarkand-Fergana Basin, west of the fault zone, are partially and in some cases even totally reset. The totally reset samples exhibit Oligocene and Miocene ages and evidence the Cenozoic reactivation of the western Kyrgyz Tien Shan as a consequence of the India-Eurasia convergence.     

煤层气储层伤害机理与水平井双层管柱筛管完井技术

煤储层具有高吸附性、低渗透性、易压缩与易破碎的特征,煤层气水平井钻完井过程中常常造成煤储层伤害,导致煤层渗透率和单井煤层气产量大幅度降低。通过实验分析,揭示水平井钻完井液中的固相颗粒、流体流动诱导产生的固相成分对煤储层微裂隙堵塞成因,阐明煤层气水平井钻完井中储层伤害的机理。在此基础上,提出水平井双层管柱筛管完井技术,分析其减轻煤储层伤害的机理,即通过冲管水力冲击作用消除水平井壁钻井液泥饼,清除井壁附近堵塞微裂隙煤粉,并在近井地带产生应力增渗作用。相对于煤层气常规的多分支水平井及分段压裂水平井,水平井双层管柱筛管完井的稳定日产气量、稳产周期均大幅提升。该技术在沁水盆地南部部分区域推广应用显示,3号煤层气井平均日产气量提升到20 000 m3,同时实现15号煤层气的开发突破,平均日产气量提升到10 000 m3以上。研究成果对于降低煤层气水平井钻完井过程中的储层伤害,提高煤层气井产量具有重要的理论和实践意义。      

Age and Origin of Paleogene Granitoids from Western Yunnan Province, China: Geochemistry, SHRIMP Zircon Ages, and Hf-in-Zircon Isotopic Compositions

We report geochemical data, SHRIMP zircon ages and Hf-in-zircon isotopic compositions for Cenozoic granitoids from major fault systems in the Tethyan belt in western Yunnan Province, southwestern China.Four magmatic pulses occurred in the Paleogene, namely at ca.57 Ma, ca.50 Ma, 45–40 Ma, and 38–34 Ma.Early magmatism of this episode(57–50 Ma) produced S-type granites whose zircons yielded εHf(t) values of-5.0 to-0.3.In contrast, late magmatism of this episode reflects heterogeneous sources.Zircons from a granite porphyry along the Ailaoshan-Red River fault system have slightly positive εHf(t) values suggesting derivation from relatively young crust and/or a juvenile source.However, zircons from a granite along the Gaoligong fault system have strongly negative εHf(t) values and suggest derivation from a Paleoproterozoic crustal source.The composition of the granitoids varies with age(from ca.57 Ma to ca.34 Ma) from peraluminous to metaluminous and also suggests a change from syn-collisional to late-orogenic tectonic setting.A new tectonic model, impacting lithospheric wedge(ILW) is shown for the origin of Paleogene granitoids in this paper.     

Early Palaeozoic Deep Subduction of Continental Crust in the Kyrgyz North Tianshan: Evidence from Field Relationships and Geochronology

<正>High-and ultrahigh-pressure(UHP)eclogite-bearing metamorphic assemblages in the North Tianshan of Kyrgyzstan contain eclogite-bearing garnet amphibolites interlayered with phengite-beearing granitoid gneisses.The mafic rocks were previously interpreted as remnants of a Precambrianm ophiolite,but field relationships clearly     

碎石环梁与混凝土环梁超大储罐强夯地基沉降变形对比研究

地层沉降及不均匀沉降控制是储罐建造安全性保障的重要环节。本文重点分析了加设碎石环梁强夯地层的沉降变形特征,综合比较了碎石环梁与混凝土环梁加固储罐地基土的环向、径向沉降与不均匀沉降差异;指出地层差异能影响两类环梁基础的地基土加固效果;考察了碎石环梁弹性模量改变对储罐地基土沉降规律的影响;比较了截面为矩形的混凝土环梁与梯形碎石环梁对储罐地层的加固效果;并给出了碎石环梁加固储罐地基土的工程建议。研究成果可为类似工程建设提供借鉴参考。     

A Late Cretaceous ensimatic arc developed during closure of the northern branch of Neo-Tethys(central-northern Turkey)

Studies on differentiation of ensimatic arc units from melange units in the Northern Anatolian Ophiolitic Belt(NAOB) are very rare. The study area represents the southern edge of the central part of the NAOB.The aim of the study is to distinguish the main units of NAOB and to define the geotectonic setting of the Darmik Ensimatic Arc Association(DEAA). To study the ensimatic arc units as an independent tectonic unit is important and facilitates understanding of the geological evolution of the NAOB. During field studies, the contact relationships within the Darmik Ensimatic Arc Association(DEAA) units and also with other tectonic units were reviewed. Then, paleontological, geochronological, petrological and also geochemical properties of the DEAA have been defined. In the present study, ensimatic arc units have been distinguished from ophiolitic association for the first time, in the region. As a result of the study, the DEAA is divided into two levels and lower level named as the Kartal unit and upper level named as the izibüyük unit. In the Kartal unit, basaltic and andesitic lavas with their equivalent pyroclastic rock units are dominant. Radiolarite and mudstones interbedded within the Kartal unit of DEAA have Turonian and Santonian age. In addition, the age of basalt samples of DEAA are 98.7 ± 2.4 Ma, defined using the~(40)Ar/39 Ar method. The izibüyük unit of DEAA comprises conglomerate, sandstone, claystone, mudstone,clayey limestone, micritic limestone with volcanic interbeds and also calciturbidites. Santonian-Maastrichtian ages were obtained from this unit of the DEAA. In conclusion, the age of DEAA is widely accepted as Late Cretaceous. After the evaluation of the analysis, the volcanics of the DEAA originated from calcalkaline-basalts, which reflect ensimatic arc magmatism.