Deformation Mechanism and Stability of a Rocky Slope

A high slope is located on the side of the spillway at a hydropower station in Southwest China, which has some weak inter-layers inclining outwards. Parts of the slope show heavy weathering and unloading. There appeared deformation and tensile crack either on the surface or on the afteredge of the slope during excavation, and under a platform （elev. 488 m）, two levels of slopes collapsed on the downriver side. Based on the investigation in situ and the analysis of the geological structure, the conceptual model of deformation and failure mechanism was erected for this slope. Furthermore, the deformation characteristics were studied with FLAC^3D numerical simulation. Comprehensive analysis shows that the whole deformation of the slope is unloading rebound in certain depth scope and the whole body does not slide along any weak interlayer. In addition, two parts with prominent local deformation in the shallow layer of the slope show the models of ＂creep sfiding-tensile cracking＂ and ＂slidlng-tensile cracking＂, respectively. Based on the above analysis, the corresponding project of support and reinforcement is proposed to make the slope more stable.     

南秦岭东江口、柞水岩体岩石谱系单位划分及演化

南秦岭东江口、柞水岩体位于南丹断裂带南侧,为华力西期岩基。通过1：5万地质填图,将东江口老体划分为5个岩石谱系单位,柞水岩体划分为3个岩石话系单位,共圈定出36个侵入体。分别建立了东江口超单元和排水超单元。依据接触关系,结构构造,包体特征确定了其侵入序次,构成了两个完整的“S”型岩浆演化序列,在岩石矿物组成、岩石化学成分、微量元素及稀土元素组成上,各具有明显的独特岩浆演化特征,分别形成于南秦岭晚古生代被动陆线构造环境。     

南秦岭佛坪隆起的成因探讨——构造解析的证据

通过对佛坪隆起基底及其周围地区构造面理和线理的系统测量和统计,恢复其古应力场,揭示区域构造应力场的分布规律,进而探讨佛坪隆起的成因机制。研究结果表明,佛坪隆起主体及其北部龙草坪隆起区外围地层中的构造片理呈外倾的封闭环状展布,结合古构造应力场分析,证明佛坪基底抬升主要生成于穹状隆起,这种穹状隆升与该区岩浆侵入活动密切相关。综合区域构造解析与古应力场分析表明,佛坪穹隆是在早期近垂向的穹状隆升的基础上,叠加了后期南北向挤压构造才奠定了其基本构造面貌。     

Erratum to: Iron isotope variations in spinel peridotite xenoliths from North China Craton: implications for mantle metasomatism

Iron isotopes, together with mineral elemental compositions of spinel peridotite xenoliths and clinopyroxenites from Hannuoba and Hebi Cenozoic alkaline basalts, were analyzed to investigate iron isotopic features of the lithospheric mantle beneath the North China Craton. The results show that the Hannuoba spinel peridotite xenoliths have small but distinguishable Fe isotopic variations. Overall variations in δ⁵⁷Fe are in a range of −0.25 to 0.14‰ for olivine, −0.17 to 0.17‰ for orthopyroxene, −0.21 to 0.27‰ for clinopyroxene, and −0.16 to 0.26‰ for spinel, respectively. Clinopyroxene has the heaviest iron isotopic ratio and olivine the lightest within individual sample. No clear linear relationships between the mineral pairs on “δ-δ” plot suggest that iron isotopes of mineral separates analyzed have been affected largely by some open system processes. The broadly negative correlations between mineral iron isotopes and metasomatic indexes such as spinel Cr#, (La/Yb)_N ratios of clinopyroxenes suggest that iron isotopic variations in different minerals and peridotites were probably produced by mantle metasomatism. The Hebi phlogopite-bearing lherzolite, which is significantly modified by metasomatic events, appears to be much heavier isotopically than clinopyroxene-poor lherzolite. This study further confirms previous conclusions that the lithospheric mantle has distinguishable and heterogeneous iron isotopic variations at the xenoliths scale. Mantle metasomatism is the most likely cause for the iron isotope variations in mantle peridotites.     

Genesis of the Jinchuan PGE deposit, China: evidence from fluid inclusions, mineralogy and geochemistry of precious elements

Summary The Jinchuan deposit is a platinum group element (PGE)-rich sulfide deposit in China. Drilling and surface sampling show that three categories of platinum group element (PGE) mineralization occur; type I formed at magmatic temperatures, type II occurs in hydrothermally altered zones of the intrusion, and type III in sheared dunite and lherzolite. All ore types were analyzed for Os, Ir, Ru, Rh, Pd, Pt and Au, as well as for Cu, Ni, Co and S. Type I ore has (Pt + Pd)/(Os + Ir + Ru + Rh) ratios of <7 and relatively flat chondrite-normalized noble metal patterns; the platinum group minerals (PGM) are dominated by sperrylite and moncheite associated with chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite and pentlandite. Type II has (Pt + Pd)/(Os + Ir + Ru + Rh) ratios from 40 to 330 and noble metal distribution patterns with a positive slope; the most common PGM are sperrylite and Pd bismuthotelluride phases concentrated mostly at the margins of base metal sulfides. Type III ores have the highest (Pt + Pd)/(Os + Ir + Ru + Rh) ratios from 240 to 710; the most abundant PGM are sperrylite and phases of the Pt–Pd–Te–Bi–As–Cl system. It is concluded that the Jinchuan deposit formed as a result of primary magmatic crystallization followed by hydrothermal remobilization, transport, and deposition of the PGE.     

Yanshanian Magma-Tectonic-Metallogenic Belt in East China of Circum-Pacific Domain (Ⅰ):Igneous Rocks and Orogenic Processes

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浙江花岗岩类地球化学与地壳演化——Ⅱ.元古宙花岗岩类

浙江元古宙花岗岩类包括神功期（1．8－1．9Ga）和晋宁晚期（0．6—0．9Ga）。研究了浙江元古宙花岗岩类的主元素、微量元素、稀土元素和Rb、Sr同位素组成特征及岩石成因，探讨了浙江地壳的演化。浙江地壳形成于太古亩和元古宙，地壳增生的时期为2．6－2．7、0．8-1．1和0.1－0.12Ga。随时间演化浙江地壳组成有变化，但分异演化不明显。沿江-绍断裂分布的晋宁晚期慢源和壳幔混合中酸性岩是普宁期俯冲碰撞的证据。加里乐和印支期是两次规模不大的构造运动。     

内蒙古敖脑达坝斑岩型铜银锡多金属矿床围岩蚀变特征研究

在给出明确的命名原则基础上，将矿床的蚀变围岩划分为五类：黄玉石英交代岩、绿泥石石英交代岩、绢云母石英交代岩、电气石绿泥石化花岗斑岩、钾长石化花岗斑岩。在平面上岩体中心部位为黄玉石英蚀变带，其两侧为绿泥石石英蚀变带；在剖面上由上向下依次出现绿泥石石英蚀变带→黄玉石英蚀变带→绢英岩化带→钾化带→（电气石）绿泥石化带。从蚀变岩石地球化学角度阐述了铜银锡各自不同的成矿部位。     

北秦岭榴辉岩Sm-Nd同位素年龄

采自陕豫交界秦岭群中的榴辉岩主要由石榴子石和绿辉石组成，同时还含有少量的角闪石和金红石。本工作由四个单矿物和全岩五个样，测得Sm－Nd等时年龄为400±16Ma，（r＝0．997575），εNd＝十3．6，说明在加里东期北秦岭造山带发生过高压变质事件。     

甘肃新生代气候环境变化与哺乳动物群演替

甘肃省境内新生代沉积中富含动物化石,以早渐新世晚期、晚渐新世、早中新世早期、中中新世晚期、晚中新世、早更新世和晚更新世的哺乳动物化石最为丰富.新生代青藏高原形成、快速隆升,改变了东亚的大气环流和中国的地理格局,使甘肃的气候和地理面貌发生了巨变.甘肃省境内的哺乳动物群在这些变化背景下发生了一次次的更替.本文通过对不同时代...