Mn content of reservoir calcite cement: A novel inorganic geotracer of secondary petroleum migration in the tectonically complex Junggar Basin (NW China)

Electronic probe microanalysis(EPMA) results of reservoir calcite cement from fourteen core samples in the Junggar Basin show that Mn-content varies largely between different samples from below the detect limitation to 4.14%,while it displays a generally good correlation with oil-gas shows.This,therefore,likely indicates that concentration of the Mn-content of the calcite cement has a close rela-tion to the intensity of petroleum fluid charging during hydrocarbon secondary migration.In order to assess this hypothesis,oxygen and strontium isotopic measurements on sixteen calcite veins host in source sequences were carried out to investigate the feature of the oil-source petroleum fluid.Analytical results imply that during hydrocarbon generation and migration,deep hot fluid has dissolved volcanic minerals interlined between mudstone source rocks.As Mn is a kind of typical trace element enriched in volcanic rocks,it is reasonable to conclude that the petroleum fluid formed in the source sequences would be Mn-rich.Consequently,calcite cements precipitated from such Mn-rich petroleum fluid would be Mn-rich accordingly.Due to the geologic chromatographic effect during migration along reservoir rocks,the decreasing of the Mn-content of the reservoir calcite cements indicates the migration direction.Then,this novel geotracer was further successfully applied in the study of hydrocarbon migration in the Junggar Basin in combination with organic geochemical analyses during the hydrocarbon migration.The Mn content of the reservoir calcite cement appears promising as a novel inorganic geotracer for the petroleum migration.This paper represents a search for novel indicators of secondary petroleum migration in tectonically complex basins based on fundamentals of the reservoir fluid-rock interactions.     

Spatial patterns of terrestrial net ecosystem productivity in China during 1981–2000

As the third largest country in the world, China has highly variable environmental condition and ecological pattern in both space and time. Quantification of the spatial-temporal pattern and dynamic of terrestrial ecosystem carbon cycle in China is of great significance to regional and global carbon budget. In this study, we used a high-resolution climate database and an improved ecosystem process-based model to quantify spatio-temporal pattern and dynamic of net ecosystem productivity (NEP) in China and its responses to climate change during 1981 to 2000. The results showed that NEP increased from north to south and from northeast to southwest. Positive NEP (carbon sinks) occurred in the west of Southwest China, southeastern Tibet, Sanjiang Plain, Da Hinggan Mountains and the mid-west of North China. Negative NEP (carbon sources) were mainly found in Central China, the south of Southwest China, the north of Xinjiang, west and north of Inner Mongolia, and parts of North China. From the 1980s to 1990s, the increasing trend of NEP occurred in the middle of Northeast China Plain and the Loess Plateau and decreasing trends mainly occurred in a greater part of Central China. In the study period, natural forests had minimal carbon uptake, while grassland and shrublands accounted for nearly three fourths of the total carbon terrestrial uptakes in China during 1981–2000. Supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (G2002CB412507), the Major Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.30590384), the “Hundred Talent” Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and K C WONE Education Foundation     

R/S分析及其在地震磁效应研究中的应用

将重标极差法（R／S，Rescaled range analysis）这一时间序列分析方法引入到地震地磁前兆观测资料的处理和分析当中，并应用该方法对陕西关中地区3个地磁台站在1996～1998年间Z分量观测数据进行处理。分析了地磁Z分量赫斯特指数变化与1998年1月5日泾阳肘。4．8地震的关系，发现地震前2～4个月地磁Z分量出现明显小于0．5的异常变化，背离了地磁场正常的长程相关趋势性增强的变化规律，预示了此次地震的发生。这些结果表明该方法能够挖掘出丰富的地磁前兆信息，在地震前兆观测资料的非线性处理中具有良好的应用前景。     

Carbon isotopic composition of modern soil and paleosol as a response to vegetation change on the Chinese Loess Plateau

The relationship between the carbon isotopic composition of paleosols and pale-ovegetation on the Loess Plateau is still unclear. One of the main reasons is that we are short of knowledge about the characteristics of the carbon isotopic composition of modern soil in this area. A preliminary investigation of the carbon isotopic compositions of the modern soil and the loess/paleosol sequence on the Loess Plateau shows that the carbon isotopic composition of modern soil is consistent with the distribution of modern plants on the Loess Plateau, where the ecosystem is dominated by a mixture of C4 and C3 plants. Comparing the δ13C values of modern soil and loess-paleosol sequences from the Xunyi profile, we conclude that C3 plants dominated the landscape during loess sediment stages, while C4 plants expanded during paleosol stages.     

Nitrogen isotopic geochemical characteristics of crude oils in several basins of China

Nitrogen occupies a high content in crust and in atmospheric circle. It is one of the main elements in organism and an important element in sedimentary circle. Although nitrogen is little in crude oil, to a cer-tain degree, it influences the physical and chemical properties of oil, such as viscosity and density[1]. In reservoir the nitrogen-bearing compounds can form ion bonds or hydrogen bonds with substances on rock and form van der Vaals’ force among moleculae so they affect and alter the …     

关中地区垂直形变场和应力场的特征

本文利用关中盆地1972—1986年的4期大面积垂直形变资料,采用经典静态平差方法,求出该盆地相对于1972年的垂直位移量,并作出位移等值线图。据此讨论了近年来该盆地的垂直形变场的变化特征。结果表明,该地区现今的地壳垂直形变基本上继承了第四纪时期的特征,但在盆地西部有差异。本文将关中盆地简化为一个平面力学模型,采用有限元法反演关中盆地1976年、1980年和1986年相对于1972年的应力值,研究了该盆地的应力场分布特征。     

Fault proximity surveys in coal using guided seismic waves—Numerical modelling

Guided seismic waves are generated at lateral discontinuities in coal seams as an integral part of the mechanics of scattering downgoing body waves from a surface energy source.Numerical and laboratory model studies undertaken for both thin and thick coal seam waveguides show that small faults generate recognizable diffraction patterns by convertingP andS waves into channel wave arrivals at in-seam geophones on a walkawayVSP profile.These results suggest that in-seam geophones can be used during subsequent surface reflection surveys so as to improve mine profitability by optimising longwall layout in faulted ground.     

西藏格林错断层带的基本特征

格林错断层带是一条晚白垩纪以前形成,第四纪以来具明显活动性质的右旋走滑断层。断层带由4条次级走滑断层呈右行右阶羽列排列而成,在两条次级走滑断层的连接部位分别形成孜桂错、格林错、瓦昂错拉分区。格林错断层带是西藏中部地区的主要发震断层之一,全新世以来,至少有4期地震地表破裂沿该断层带发生。第四纪晚期,断层具明显的分段活动性质,并且断层活动有从北西向南东、向南迁移的迹象     

The Cenozoic mantle magmatism and motion of lithosphere on the north margin of the Tibetan Plateau

Geodynamic properties and evolution of the lithosphere on the north margin of the Tibetan Plateau are recently hot topics to geoscientists in the world. Have the northern plates been subducting underneath the Plateau? It is still an unsolved problem. One of the keys to solving this problem is to understand the genetic processes of Cenozoic magmas on the north margin of the Tibetan Plateau. However, there is no enough evidence supporting the subduction model. In contrast, a series of evidence indicates that collision-induced huge shearing faults and large-scale crust shortening played a main role in lithosphere motion on the north margin of the Tibetan Plateau. The mantle-derived igneous rocks strictly distribute at the intersections of large strike-slip faults on the north margin of the Plateau. Generation of magmas may be related to local extensional condition induced by strike-slipping faults, which lead to lithosphere gravitational instability and collapse, as well as upwelling of the deep hot material. Heat induced by shearing and carried by upwelling hot material may cause partial melting on H₂O-bearing mantle.     

GNSS在天津地震监测中的发展与初步应用

近年来,GNSS观测技术在天津地区获得了迅速发展.截止目前,天津已建成由11个连续GNSS观测站组成的地壳运动观测网,并获得超过2年的连续GNSS观测资料.本文详细阐述了以GNSS观测技术为主要观测手段的天津市地壳运动观测网络的组网过程和布网原则,并对其数据处理结果进行了初步分析.结果表明,天津市地壳运动观测网能够满足mm级地壳运动监测的要求.其对日本“3.11”地震有较强反应,远场同震位移幅度达到7-9mm;同时GNSS连续站可成功观测到站点地面沉降变化趋势,最大年沉降量接近100mrn/a.