Ultra-high pressure metamorphic rocks in the Dabie-Su-Lu region, China: Their formation and exhumation

Abstract Based on petrological, structural, geological and geochronological research, the authors summarize the progress of ultra-high pressure (UHP) metamorphic rock study since 1989 by Chinese geoscientists and foreign geoscientists in the Dabie-Su-Lu region. The authors introduce and discuss a two-stage exhumation process for the UHP metamorphic rocks that have various lithologies; eclogite, ultramafics, jadeitic quartzite, gneiss, schist and marble. The metamorphic history of UHP metamorphic rocks is divided into three stages, that is, the pre-eclogite stage, coesite eclogite stage, and retrograde stage. Prior to UHP metamorphism, the ultramafics had a high temperature environment assemblage of mantle and others had blueschist facies assemblages. The granulite facies assemblages, which have recorded a temperature increase event with decompression, have developed locally in the Weihai basaltic rocks. Isotopic ages show a long range from > 700 Ma to 200 Ma. The diversity in protoliths of UHP metamorphic rocks may be related to the variation of isotopic ages older than 400 Ma. The Sm-Nd dating of ~ 220 Ma could reflect the initial exhumation stage after the peak UHP metamorphism in relation to the collision between the Sino-Korean and Yangtze blocks and subsequent events. Petrological and structural evidence imply a two-stage exhumation process. During the initial exhumation, the UHP metamorphic rocks were sheared and squeezed up in a high P/T regime. In the second exhumation stage the UHP metamorphic rocks were uplifted and eventually exposed with middle crustal rocks.     

中国北方晚中生代陆相盆地红-黑岩系耦合产出对砂岩型铀矿成矿环境的制约

为研究中国北方陆相盆地红层-黑色岩系对砂岩型铀成矿的制约,文章研究了国内外红-黑岩系与砂岩型铀矿赋存岩层的时空关系,筛选了10万余m岩心钻探资料,选择准噶尔、鄂尔多斯和松辽盆地这3个典型产铀盆地,通过编制盆地钻孔柱状图、典型地区连井剖面图及关键岩层的地球化学测试等方法,对红-黑岩系和砂岩型铀矿的赋存岩层进行了垂向、横向上综合分析与对比。研究发现:北方陆相盆地自西向东铀矿赋存地层的时代由中侏罗世过渡到晚白垩世;晚中生代至少存在6次大规模的富氧红层沉积事件:Ⅰ中侏罗世—晚侏罗世早期(BathonianOxfordian),Ⅱ早白垩世早中期(Berriasian-Barremian),Ⅲ早白垩世中期(Barremian),Ⅳ晚白垩世早期(Cenomanian),Ⅴ晚白垩世中期(Coniacian)和Ⅵ晚白垩世晚期(Campanian)。其中第Ⅰ、Ⅴ和Ⅵ期红层之下沉积了时代相近的黑色层,与之构成"红-黑岩系"的沉积结构,是北方砂岩型铀成矿的3个重要层位。典型盆地内地球化学表明,红层与黑色层的B、Sr和Cu元素含量及Fe~(2+)/Fe~(3+)、B/Ga、Sr/Cu和FeO/MnO比值具有明显的差异,结合黑色岩层中草莓状黄铁矿、碳屑、油斑和红层中碳酸盐岩的发育,认为红层为相对较强氧化环境,黑色层为相对较还原环境。连井剖面资料显示红层、黑色层与砂岩型铀矿空间关系密切,铀矿多产于红层与黑色层之间过渡带上,呈板状矿体赋存于灰色、绿灰色砂岩和细砂岩中。一般红层与黑色层垂向距离超过500 m不利于成矿。晚中生代陆相盆地内耦合产出的黑色岩系和红色岩系是古沉积环境由还原向氧化转变形成的垂向分带,前者为铀矿物质沉淀提供了"障",后者为表生流体溶解铀矿提供了"场"。文章初步提出了红-黑岩系垂向环境变化制约着北方陆相盆地砂岩型铀大规模成矿作用的新认识。这些认识不仅对砂岩型铀矿成矿环境、成矿规律及成矿模式研究具有重要意义,更对目前正在开展的砂岩型铀矿勘查工作具有实践指导意义。     

Near-source noise suppression of AMT by compressive sensing and mathematical morphology filtering

In deep mineral exploration, the acquisition of audio magnetotelluric (AMT) data is severely affected by ambient noise near the observation sites; This near-field noise restricts investigation depths. Mathematical morphological filtering (MMF) proved effective in suppressing large-scale strong and variably shaped noise, typically low-frequency noise, but can not deal with pulse noise of AMT data. We combine compressive sensing and MMF. First, we use MMF to suppress the large-scale strong ambient noise; second, we use the improved orthogonal match pursuit (IOMP) algorithm to remove the residual pulse noise. To remove the noise and protect the useful AMT signal, a redundant dictionary that matches with spikes and is insensitive to the useful signal is designed. Synthetic and field data from the Luzong field suggest that the proposed method suppresses the near-source noise and preserves the signal well; thus, better results are obtained that improve the output of either MMF or IOMP.     

Flood-prone area mapping using machine learning techniques: a case study of Quang Binh province,Vietnam

Natural Hazards - Vietnam’s central coastal region is the most vulnerable and always at flood risk, severely affecting people’s livelihoods and socio-economic development. In...     

土壤类型及组分对热活化过硫酸盐氧化降解土壤中挥发性氯代烃的影响

为了探究高级氧化技术对土壤中有机氯代烃的氧化降解作用,为ISCO（in situ chemical oxidation）技术体系提供重要的理论依据和数据支撑,考察了热活化过硫酸盐（persulfate,PS）氧化降解不同类型土壤（砂类土壤、黏土类土壤）中挥发性氯代烃污染物（三氯乙烯（TCE）、三氯乙烷（TCA）、顺式-1,2-二氯乙烯（cis-1,2-DCE）、1,2-二氯乙烷（1,2-DCA））的效能;同时,通过硫酸盐与土壤相互作用过程研究,探究了不同土壤介质中有机质和无机组分在过硫酸盐消耗中所占比例。结果表明：在50℃时,热活化过硫酸盐可有效降解土壤中1,2-DCA、cis-1,2-DCE、TCA和TCE,砂类土壤介质中4种氯代烃降解效果依次为25%、89%、5%和61%,黏土类土壤介质中4种氯代烃降解效果依次为35%、86%、8%和63%;4种氯代烃的降解效果从高到低顺序依次为cis-1,2-DCE、TCE、1,2-DCA、TCA,砂类土壤中的氯代烃总体降解效果优于黏土类土壤中氯代烃的降解效果。另外,土壤中过硫酸盐氧化降解氯代烃反应研究发现,砂类和黏土类土壤介质组分中有机质消耗率分别为81.3%和72.6%,铁元素消耗率分别为80.5%和38.6%,表明土壤介质组分与过硫酸盐发生了氧化还原反应,从而导致过硫酸盐自身的大量消耗。由此可知,土壤介质中的有机质、铁元素等矿物质均参与过硫酸盐的消耗过程,且土壤有机质、铁元素与氯代烃之间在消耗过硫酸盐反应上存在竞争关系,土壤组分过多地消耗了过硫酸盐,导致了氯代烃的氧化降解效率较低。因此,针对实际有机氯代烃污染场地,采用过硫酸盐氧化技术进行修复时,过硫酸盐的实际投加量要远高于化学计量值,需充分考虑到土壤组分对过硫酸盐自身的消耗作用。     

西南某山区高速公路岩溶隧道的涌水灾害危险性研究

西南某山区高速公路越岭岩溶隧道所处区域地质环境条件复杂,全段不仅存在通过岩溶进行地下水近、远程补给而发生涌水突泥的风险,而且勘察发现进口段存在岩溶管道与临近龙湖存在水力联系,存在湖水倒灌的风险。因此,本文以隧道近场区地质建造和构造改造格架为分析物质基础,以地质作用过程机制为分析方法,通过调查、物探及钻探等手段基本查明隧址区环境地质条件,在此基础上建立水文地质原型,对地下水、地表水的补径排关系和渗流场特征,及岩溶空间展布特征展开分析研究,定性到半定量地进行了隧道涌水危险性预测评估,并以评价成果为依据对原隧道平纵布置进行了调整,以进一步降低建设和运营期间的涌水突泥危险性。     

台湾海峡西北部表层沉积物中有孔虫分布对沿岸上升流存在的响应

对台湾海峡西北部福建平潭岛附近海域337个表层沉积物样品中的有孔虫进行分析鉴定,研究结果表明浮游有孔虫优势种Globigerinoides sacculifer、G.ruber、Globigerina bulloides的分布及底栖有孔虫组合受到不同水团的影响。根据浮游有孔虫上升流指示种G.bulloides、底栖有孔虫组合和高营养盐深水种的分布特征,对研究区受夏季沿岸上升流的影响范围和程度进行评估。研究区沿岸上升流主要分布于东南部水深大于40 m的海域及平潭岛东部水深20 m附近,最远可达水深低于10 m的海湾内部分区域,但强度相对减弱,水深较浅的陆地和岛屿边缘附近未受沿岸上升流影响。平潭岛东北部到南日岛西南部水深10~30 m部分区域由于受到冬季浙闽沿岸流的影响,沿岸上升流在该区域的沉积记录缺失。     

德州市土地利用合理性分析

土地利用合理性主要是分析各类土地在全区范围内的分布是否合理,总结土地利用的特点和规律,为城市的规划提供参照。该文基于聚类分析方法对德州市城区建设用地进行分析,提出由分区变化率来推断分区建设用地的合理性。结果显示,运河开发区建设用地利用合理性最高。     

Predicting rock size distribution in mine blasting using various novel soft computing models based on meta-heuristics and machine learning algorithms

Blasting is well-known as an effective method for fragmenting or moving rock in open-pit mines. To evaluate the quality of blasting, the size of rock distribution is used as a critical criterion in blasting operations. A high percentage of oversized rocks generated by blasting operations can lead to economic and environmental damage. Therefore, this study proposed four novel intelligent models to predict the size of rock distribution in mine blasting in order to optimize blasting parameters, as well as the efficiency of blasting operation in open mines. Accordingly, a nature-inspired algorithm (i.e., firefly algorithm – FFA) and different machine learning algorithms (i.e., gradient boosting machine (GBM), support vector machine (SVM), Gaussian process (GP), and artificial neural network (ANN)) were combined for this aim, abbreviated as FFA-GBM, FFA-SVM, FFA-GP, and FFA-ANN, respectively. Subsequently, predicted results from the abovementioned models were compared with each other using three statistical indicators (e.g., mean absolute error, root-mean-squared error, and correlation coefficient) and color intensity method. For developing and simulating the size of rock in blasting operations, 136 blasting events with their images were collected and analyzed by the Split-Desktop software. In which, 111 events were randomly selected for the development and optimization of the models. Subsequently, the remaining 25 blasting events were applied to confirm the accuracy of the proposed models. Herein, blast design parameters were regarded as input variables to predict the size of rock in blasting operations. Finally, the obtained results revealed that the FFA is a robust optimization algorithm for estimating rock fragmentation in bench blasting. Among the models developed in this study, FFA-GBM provided the highest accuracy in predicting the size of fragmented rocks. The other techniques (i.e., FFA-SVM, FFA-GP, and FFA-ANN) yielded lower computational stability and efficiency. Hence, the FFA-GBM model can be used as a powerful and precise soft computing tool that can be applied to practical engineering cases aiming to improve the quality of blasting and rock fragmentation.     

Crustal structure of the southern Dabie ultrahigh-pressure orogen and Yangtze foreland from deep seismic reflection profiling

A new 140‐km‐long seismic reflection profile provides a high‐resolution crustal‐scale image of the southern Dabieshan high‐pressure (HP) metamorphic belt and the Yangtze foreland fold‐and‐thrust belt. The seismic image of the stacked section shows that the southern Dabieshan metamorphic terrane and Yangtze foreland belt are separated by a large north‐dipping fault. In the foreland the upper crust is dominated by a series of folds and thrusts formed during the collisional stage in the mid‐Triassic; it was reworked by crustal extension resulting in the formation of a late Jurassic and Cretaceous red‐bed basin. The southern Dabieshan profile shows stacked crustal slabs developed along the margin of the collisional orogenic belt. The Moho reflectors at 10–11 s (～30–33 km) are seismically prominent and segmented by a number of south‐verging thrusts that were probably developed by foreland‐directed thrusting of the deeply subducted continental crust during exhumation. The seismic reflection profile suggests that structures related to the Triassic–Jurassic subduction and exhumation of the Yangtze plate are preserved despite the severe crustal extension superimposed during the late Mesozoic and Cenozoic.