K-Ar ages of basic rocks in the Patia Valley, southwest Colombia

The Patia Valley situated between the Western and Central Cordilleras of the southwest Colombian Andes contains two areas in which Mesozoic basic and ultrabasic rocks crop out in abundance. Late Cretaceous Diabase Group pillow basalts which make up much of the Western Cordillera are at least 81 ± 5 Ma in the E1 Tambo-E1 Peñol area. 105-97 Ma hornblende and whole-rock dates from the ophiolitic Los Azules complex indicate an Albian age of formation, although many dates are lower (65-62 Ma) owing the low-grade ocean-floor metamorphism. The metamorphic age distribution here supports an end of Cretaceous emplacement for the complex rather than the Early-Mid Cretaceous emplacement suggested for North Colombian ophiolites similarly aligned along the Romeral fault system. Tertiary dacites intruding the Low Azules complex are 36-15 Ma.     

The sulphur isotope systematics of the Taolin lead-zinc ore deposit,China

Sulphur isotope data from coexisting sulphides and sulphates from the Taolin Pb-Zn ore deposit have been used to estimate the temperatures of sulphur mineral precipitation. The data indicate that sulphide was the dominant sulphur species in solution at high temperatures and that sulphate was dominant at low temperatures. Also the data show that the δ³⁴S value of total sulphur in solution was close to zero at high temperatures (~325°C) but had high positive values (+15%.) at low temperatures (~250°C). We interpret this phenomenon in terms of the effects of mineral precipitation on the isotopic composition of the solution. The increase in the δ³⁴S value of total sulphur with decreasing temperature was brought about by the removal from the system, by precipitation, of isotopically light sulphides.     

北半球夏季全球热带和副热带200hPa平均辐散环流的研究

大气的运动场或风场包括两部分:一是旋转部分,另一是辐散部分。虽然旋转部分的方差占总运动场方差的大部分(约占80％),但与辐散风相联系的垂直环流对于天气系统的发展是重要的。Krishna-murti等人最早研究了全球热带的辐散环流。最近他的研究表明,辐散风场的大部分是属于纬向的行星尺度垂直环流的水平分支,这意味着行星尺度系统总是热力直接环流,并且以纬向环流为主。Van der Boogard计算了7月多年平均的速度势场,发现对流层上层最强的辐散中心在中南半岛上空。     

山东角07井注(漏)水诱发地震——地表宏观现象与震群活动特点

本文介绍了1985年底发生在山东胜利油田角07井的一次注水诱发型小震群的活动情况,论述了地表宏观现象,分析与讨论了这次诱发型震群的活动特点     

华北板块接触交代型铁矿成矿规律及成矿预测

接触交代型铁矿在我国铁矿床类型中占有较重要的地位。华北板块区接触交代型铁矿在我国该类型铁矿中,不论在探明储量和研究程度上均取得很大进展。目前本区该类型矿床的地质研究及找矿工作已近尾声,但仍有很多问题尚待进一步深入,新区的找矿工作有待于老区工作经验的借鉴。因此,进一步总结和提高认识仍有必要。本文将着重从区域和矿床成矿规律及预测成矿有望地区略加探讨。不正之处,请予指正。一、控矿围岩     

AN ANALYSIS OF THE CAUSES OF MEANDERING TRACKS OF TYPHOONS

Criteria of the free meandering tracks of typhoons are derived from the genera! solutions of typhoon motion equations. It is suggested that the meandering motion of a typhoon is caused by the combination of the internal force, the initial speed of the typhoon and the average pressure gradient force of the typhoon volume affected by the environmental pressure field. It is also revealed that under specified circumstances, the meandering may be caused only by the typhoon's internal force. Finally two examples of fitting calculation are given for illustration.     

Evolution of polycyclic alkanes in the Espirito Santo Basin

The distributions of polycyclic alkanes were monitored in a Neocomian sequence (well 1-ESS-34) from the Espirito Santo Basin, southeast Brazil. The profiles included, apart from regular hopanes, significant concentrations of 18α(H), 28,30-bisnorhopane and subordinate amounts of gammacerane. Sterane concentrations, normally with hopane/sterane <5, were compatible with other geochemical data indicating a predominantly planktonic/microbial source of the deposited organic matter. Sample maturities ranged from very immature to the onset of oil generation, allowing biomarker distributions to be followed along a broad maturation range. The ability of certain molecular ratios (e.g. C₂₇ 17α(H)/17β(H)hopanes) to reflect a maturity sequence with depth in the closely-spaced strata of the immature upper levels (Jiquiá Stage) showed the value of molecular techniques over classical geochemical methods (e.g. vitrinite reflectance) for the study of immature sequences. The presence in the oils of southern Espirito Santo of 28,30-bisnorhopane, gammacerane and methyl steranes in similar concentrations as in extracts of the deepest levels of the 1-ESS-34 well qualify the Jiquia Stage as the probable source rock of oils accumulated in the basin.     

Bacterial contribution to sedimentary organic matter; a comparative study of lipid moieties in bacteria and Recent sediments

A systematic study of the lipid composition of thirteen bacterial species and three Recent sediments (methanogenic sediment, cyanobacterial mat and evaporative gypsum crust) was undertaken in an attempt to recognize bacterial organic matter in sediments. A sequential method, which distinguishes between three different modes of occurrence of lipid moieties (free, OH⁻- and H⁺-labile), was applied. The acid-labile fractions are discussed.The three main groups of bacteria, archaebacteria, gram-positive eubacteria and gram-negative eubacteria, are easily distinguished. Methanogenic and extremely halophilic archaebacteria are characterized by the presence of diphytanyl glyceryl ether and the absence of fatty acids. The gram-positive eubacteria contain primarily iso- and anteiso-branched fatty acids whereas the gram-negative bacteria and sediments are dominated by β- and α-hydroxy fatty acids. A wide variety of H⁺-labile hydroxy fatty acids was observed which included several, as yet unknown, structures.β-Hydroxy fatty acids in this H⁺-labile mode of occurrence are exclusively present in bacteria. Their distribution patterns in sediments are considered “fingerprints” of past and present bacterial populations. The specific differences in β -hydroxy fatty acid compositions observed in the different bacteria and the three sediments investigated, suggest that amide-linked β-hydroxy fatty acid patterns are useful as markers of bacterial populations and therefore of environmental conditions.     

Coastal slope terracing and relative sea-level changes: Deductions based on computer simulations

Although a traditional geological survey of terraced coastal slopes is an essential part of studies aimed to reconstruct relative sea-level changes, the stratigraphic and chronological data so obtained frequently prove inadequate to completely unravel the sometimes very complex history of sea-level fluctuation, especially where erosion has prevailed over deposition and/or deposits are difficult to date. On the basis of our experience we think that much additional information can be gained through geomorphological interpretation of the profiles of those slopes. In order to facilitate such interpretation, a computer simulation model is developed that is able to predict the morphogenic response to a variety of possible relative-sea-level histories. The results can be used to envisage some new interpretation keys for the analysis of real situations and, hopefully, as bases for the conception of general models of coastal slope evolution under the action of a variable sea level. Though preliminary, the results so far obtained permit identification of the geomorphological consequences (in terms of resulting slope profile) of ordered successions of transgressions and regressions of different amplitude, rate, order and style. Moreover they provide interesting insights into the role that different styles of tectonic uplift may play in the phenomenon of multiple terracing of coastal slopes.     

三山岛金矿矿柱的稳定分析

本文基于三山岛金矿工程地质条件，针对设计所提出的采场和矿柱的尺寸，提出了分析矿柱稳定性的一种新的方法，并应用该方法分析了矿柱的稳定性；同时，提出了提高矿柱承载能力的一种有效途径。另外，还详细讨论了矿柱顶点的深度与长度之间存在的关系。