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Application of thermomagnetic analysis to picroilmenite investigation

Picroilmenite samples from five kimberlite pipes of the Yakutian kimberlite province have been studied. Point microprobe analyses of two mutually perpendicular profiles of each sample were carried out to study the compositional inhomogeneity of picroilmenite. Thermomagnetic curves were also recorded for each sample. A model for the processing of thermomagnetic curves is proposed on the basis of the relationship between the Curie point of picroilmenite and the content of the hematite end-member. The compositions determined by the thermomagnetic curves and microprobe analysis are rather similar. The conclusion has been drawn that thermomagnetic analysis can be used for the rapid determination of the picroilmenite composition. The possibilities and restrictions of this method are shown.     

A LANDSCAPE-TYPOLOGY REGIONALIZATION OF MONGOLIA BASED ON SPACE IMAGERY

A joint Soviet-Mongolian project of 1978-80 using space imagery for the mapping of Mongolia's natural resources is described. The novelty of using space photographs called for the development of new techniques. The remote sensing approach enabled the investigators to compile within a relatively short time a map of natural territorial complexes of Mongolia, distinguished by a high degree of detail, and to gain a new understanding about many aspects of the Mongolian Physical environment. Translated from: Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, seriya geograficheskaya, 1984, No. 4, pp. 5-14.     

An experimental study of structures arising in convective roll flows of magma melts in peripheral chambers of volcanoes

The morphology and internal convective structure of continuous roll flows in magma melts were experimentally studied with regard to peripheral (shallow) magma chambers and downgoing circular gravity flows in conduits. We found properties of continuous convective mixing in a magma melt in a peripheral chamber due to convective roll flows. We investigated the mechanism that is responsible for cumulus generation at the bottom of a peripheral chamber when homogeneous and heterogeneous melts are emplaced. We conducted an experimental study of how the contact surface is formed at the cumulus-melt boundary. We made a qualitative study of the mechanism that affects the composition of magma melts over time in a peripheral and a mantle (deeper) chamber owing to crystallization, as well as the special mechanism that is responsible for cumulus generation in the peripheral chamber.     

Formation of systems of incompact bands parallel to the compression axis in the unconsolidated sedimentary rocks: A model

Uniaxial compression of poorly lithified rocks leads to the formation of thin incompact layers (or bands, in the two-dimensional case) parallel to the compression axis, which are characterized by increased porosity. The standard model of the formation of such bands, as well as deformation bands of other types, associates them with the narrow zones of localization of plastic deformations. In the case of decompaction, it is assumed that transverse tensile deformations are localized within the band, which cause the band to dilate. Here, the formation of a band of localized deformations is treated as a loss-of-stability phenomenon. Based on observations, we propose a fundamentally different model of incompact bands formation, according to which the microdefects in sediment packing (pores) rather than the deformations are localized in the narrow zones. The localization of pores, which are initially randomly distributed in the medium, occurs as a result of their migration through the geomaterial. The migration and subsequent localization of pores are driven by a common mechanism, namely, a trend of a system to lower its total energy (small variations in total energy are equal to the increment of free energy minus the work of external forces). Migration of a single pore in a granular sedimentary rock is caused by the force f driving the defect. This force was introduced by J. Eshelby (1951; 1970). An important feature of our model is that the formation of an incompact band here does not have a sense of a loss of stability. Quite the contrary, the formation of incompact bands is treated as a gradual process spread over time. In this context, the origination of incompact band systems directly follows from our model itself, without any a priori assumptions postulating the existence of such systems and without any special tuning of the model parameters. Moreover, based on the proposed model, we can predict the incompact bands to always occur in the form of systems rather than as individual structures. A single incompact band may only be formed when the force resisting the pore motion, f _c , is absent.     

Tectonics and Mechanisms of Uplift in the Central Uplift Belt of the Huimin Depression

The Huimin (惠民) depression is a third-level tectonic element of the Bohai (渤海) Bay basin in eastern China. The central uplift belt is the most important oil and gas accumulation zone in the depression, but the lack of adequate geological studies in the area has greatly hindered exploration and development. In this article, using seismic data, fracture mechanics, and a combination of data on fault growth indices and fault throws, we present an analysis of tectonic activity in the central uplift belt and adja...     

Prolonged Variscan to Alpine history of an active Eurasian margin (Georgia, Armenia) revealed by Ar/Ar dating

Variscan to Alpine magmatic activity on the North Tethys active Eurasian margin in the Caucasus region is revealed by ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar ages from rocks sampled in the Georgian Crystalline basement and exotic blocs in the Armenian foreland basin. These ages provide insights into the long duration of magmatic activity and related metamorphic history of the margin, with: (1) a phase of transpression with little crustal thickening during the Variscan cycle, evidenced by HT-LP metamorphism at 329–337 Ma; (2) a phase of intense bimodal magmatism at the end of the Variscan cycle, between 303 and 269 Ma, which is interpreted as an ongoing active margin during this period; (3) further evolution of the active margin evidenced by migmatites formed at ca. 183 Ma in a transpressive setting; (4) paroxysmal arc plutonic activity during the Jurassic (although the active magmatic arc was located farther south than the studied crystalline basements) with metamorphic rocks of the Eurasian basement sampled in the Armenian foreland basin dated at 166 Ma; (5) rapid cooling suggested by similar within-error ages of amphibole and muscovite sampled from the same exotic block in the Armenian fore-arc basin, ascribed to rapid exhumation related to extensional tectonics in the arc; and finally (6) cessation of ‘Andean’-type magmatic arc history in the Upper Cretaceous. Remnants of magmatic activity in the Early Cretaceous are found in the Georgian crystalline basement at c. 114 Ma, which is ascribed to flat slab subduction of relatively hot oceanic crust. This event corresponds to the emplacement of an oceanic seamount above the N Armenian ophiolite at 117 Ma. The activity of a hot spot between the active Eurasian margin and the South Armenian Block is thought to have heated and thickened the Neo-Tethys oceanic crust. Finally, the South Eurasian margin was uplifted and transported over this hot oceanic crust, resulting in the cessation of subduction and the erosion of the southern edge of the margin in Upper Cretaceous times. Emplacement of Eocene volcanics stitches all main collisional structures.     

Nonstationary dynamic control of seismic activity of platform regions by mid-ocean ridges

The plot of temporal variation in the seismic activity level in the central and eastern North American platform (NAP) is shown to be similar to that for the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR). This fact was previously noted for Fennoscandia [Skordas et al., 1991]. The characteristic features of the MAR plot recur approximately every three years for Fennoscandia and every four to eight years for the NAP. These data indicate that the mid-ocean ridge largely controls the seismic activity of the adjacent platforms. The control is provided by the ridge push force. As a result of variations in this force due to the nonstationary process of dike intrusion in the axial zone of the ridge, disturbances of the stationary stress-strain state of the lithosphere migrate from the ridge. Using the Elsasser model, the observed time shift can be used for estimating the viscosity of the asthenosphere, amounting to 10¹⁷ Pa s with an accuracy of ±30% in the case considered. The disturbance amplitudes decaying away from the ridge are high enough to change the seismic activity of the adjacent platforms.     

The territory of Georgia and surrounding countries in the Upper Cretaceous: paleomagnetic data

Paleomagnetic researches of the Upper Cretaceous rocks, collected from 24 cross-sections (530 samples) of Georgia have shown that only nine samples are suitable for the paleotectonic problem to be solved. The method of thermomagnetic cleaning was used for the paleomagnetic directions of these rocks to be determined. Magnetic-mineralogical data and the tests of paleomagnetic accuracy have proved the ancient age of the stable part of the natural remnant magnetization (NRM) that is close to the initial one. The study results have demonstrated that the position of the areas studied in the Upper Cretaceous time was located 11°–18° southward from their modern latitudinal position; the distance between structures of the Great Caucasus and Trans-Caucasus was 10°–14°. The wide variations of the paleoinclinations are connected with the local turns of tectonic blocks