ORIGIN OF CARBONATE MATERIALS IN THE NORTHERN BASIN OF LAKE BAIKAL AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO HOLOCENE PALEOCLIMATE

Fine-grained disseminated carbonate was found in Holocene sediments in a core taken from the northern basin of Lake Baikal. The core had two distinct facies. a terrigenous blue-clay overlain by a diatomaceous silt. Oxygen and carbon stable isotope analyses, combined with SEM , X-ray diffraction and .palynology, show that the carbonate in the blue-clay layer is pedogenic in origin, rather than biogenic or authigenic . The S C values in the blue clay suggest that the carbonate is derived from a single source , while the carbonate in the diatom-rich layer might be transported by winds from different sources. On the assumption that the carbonate was formed during the post-glacial age and was transported primarily by river runoff, the 18O isotopic values suggest that the annual temperature in the northern Baikal drainage area was about 3℃ warmer during the middle Holocene (8500-7000 a, B. P.) than during the early Holocene (11 000-8 500a, B.P.) when the blue clay was being deposited . This interpretation is     

阿尔金断裂带康西瓦段晚第四纪以来的左旋滑移速率及其大地震复发周期的探讨

在高分辨率Ikonos卫星影像（1m分辨率）分析基础上,结合野外考察和定量测量,详细研究了阿尔金断裂带西段康西瓦段三十里营房地区晚第四纪以来的变形特征,在三十里营房东侧塔尔萨依吉勒尕河下游地区,断裂切割了一系列发育完好的冲积扇和阶地。6级不同阶地陡坎和邻近冲积扇面上冲沟的左旋位错量分别为251±4m,250±5m,198±4m,22±2m,12±1m和约6m。T2表面的放弃年龄约10.9±0.2ka（10Be）所限定的位错量22²00m,得到左旋滑移速率为2¹8mm/a;而T4阶地的最大累积位错可能达500m,暗示的左旋滑移速率约4⁵mm/a。最近一次大地震造成的最新地貌左旋水平位错量约6m,该地震同震地表破裂带沿喀拉喀什河谷延伸长达100km,估算为Mw7.4地震,约12m的位错量可能是公元975¹020年（AMS14C）以来最近两次大地震的累积同震地表位错,约6m的特征滑移量暗示该地段发生类似约Mw7.4地震的复发周期约370⁵00 a。这些结果表明,在青藏高原北缘,阿尔金断裂带西段为大型的左旋走滑断裂,它吸收了印度/欧亚大陆碰撞产生的较大部分应变,并使高原西部物质向东运移。     

用于拟合生产动态数据的现有储层模型重构(英文)

计算机能力的提升和历史拟合方面的最新进展促进了对先前建立的储层模型的重新检验。为了节省工程师和CPU的时间,我们开发了4种独特的算法,来允许无需重新进行储层研究而重建现有模型。这些算法涉及的技术包括:优化、松弛、Wiener滤波或序贯重构。基本上,它们被用来确定一个随机函数和一系列随机数。给定一个随机函数,一族随机数将产生一个实现,这个实现和现有的储层模型十分接近。一旦随机数已知,现有的储层模型将被提交到一个历史拟合过程中,以此来改进数据拟合度或者考虑新收集到的数据。我们关注的是先前建立的相储层模型。虽然我们对模型模拟的方式一无所知,但是我们可以确定一系列随机数,再用多点统计模拟方法来建造一个和现有储层模型十分接近的实现。然后运行一种新的历史拟合程序来更新现有的储层模型,使其拟合两口新生产井的流量数据。     

Depositional Controls on the Ichnology of Ordovician Wave-dominated Marine Facies: New Evidence from the Shirgesht Formation, Central Iran

The Lower Ordovician Shirgesht Formation in central Iran is composed of siliciclastic and carbonate rocks deposited in diverse coastal and marine shelfal environments (tidal flat, lagoon, shoreface, offshore-shelf and carbonate ramp). Five facies associations contain diverse ichnofossil assemblages that show distinct proximal to distal trends formed in a wide range of physical-chemical conditions. The ethological groups of trace fossils in the Shirgesht Formation reflect a gradient of depositional stress conditions across a wave-influenced shoreline and shelf. Deposits of wave-influenced environments make up a significant component of the geological record of shallow marine settings, and the ability to determine paleoenvironments in detail in such successions is critical for reconstruction of depositional histories and sequence-stratigraphic interpretation.The Cruziana ichnofacies of the study shows highly diverse suites that record the establishment of a benthic community under stable conditions and a long-term colonization window. The Skolithos ichnofacies recognized is a low diversity opportunistic ichnocommunity suite that resulted from colonization after tempestite deposition in a stressed environment. The strata record an onshore to offshore replacement of the Cruziana ichnofacies (with abundant feeding traces of deposit-feeders) by the Skolithos ichnofacies (dominated by suspension-feeders and predators). A transitional zone between the two ichnofacies coincides with the offshore-transition/distal lower-surface deposits. The distribution of ichnofacies, the diversity and range of ethological characteristics reflected by the ichnogenera, and the wide range of wave-dominated coastal facies demonstrate the potential to use individual trace fossils and ichnofacies for significantly refined palaeoenvironmental analysis of wave-dominated coastal settings, particularly in Ordovician successions.     

金刚石中钙钛矿结构的CaSiO_3指示洋壳再循环至下地幔

正关于地幔深部矿物组成的认识通常基于实验模拟结果和地震学数据。虽然有些在下地幔深度形成的矿物已经在"超深"(super-deep)金刚石中发现,但是具有钙钛矿结构的钙硅酸盐同质多相矿物(perovskite-structured CaSiO_3,即CaPv)在自然界中一直没有被发现,前人认为该超高压矿物在     

Nanomineralogy of evaporative precipitation of efflorescent compounds from coal mine drainage

Efflorescent nanophases(NPs)are found as a transitory accumulation of potentially hazardous elements(PHEs),particularly in tropical climates.The central objective of this study was to investigate the distribution of PHEs with NPs through the evaporative formation structures(EFS)of enormously PHEs-rich coal-mine drainages(CMD).The EFS were studied in natural coal mine drainage for five months in order to determine their geochemical and ecological structures and to assess their position in the reduction of PHEs in nature.The largest coal-fired power plant in South America,located in south Brazil,is used as an example of such a problem.In this work,a novel methodology for the analysis of PHEs in CMD precipitates is proposed for this affected coal area.The analytical method,combining X-Ray Diffraction(XRD)and advanced electron microscopies,shows the importance of nanomineralogy in understanding different circumstances of coal contamination.Several ultrafine-nanoparticles(UNPs)were identified in the sampled soils and river sediments together with the PHEs.A decrease in PHEs was identified in association with UNPs.However,further investigations are required with regard to the mobility of PHEs in water,atmosphere,soils,and sediments.The EPS was thoroughly studied,acquiring suitable understanding with investigational facts for Ca and Fe-sulphates,pickeringite,and several amorphous phases.     

Multiobjective analysis of a public wellfield using artificial neural networks

As competition for increasingly scarce ground water resources grows, many decision makers may come to rely upon rigorous multiobjective techniques to help identify appropriate and defensible policies, particularly when disparate stakeholder groups are involved. In this study, decision analysis was conducted on a public water supply wellfield to balance water supply needs with well vulnerability to contamination from a nearby ground water contaminant plume. With few alternative water sources, decision makers must balance the conflicting objectives of maximizing water supply volume from noncontaminated wells while minimizing their vulnerability to contamination from the plume. Artificial neural networks (ANNs) were developed with simulation data from a numerical ground water flow model developed for the study area. The ANN-derived state transition equations were embedded into a multiobjective optimization model, from which the Pareto frontier or trade-off curve between water supply and wellfield vulnerability was identified. Relative preference values and power factors were assigned to the three stakeholders, namely the company whose waste contaminated the aquifer, the community supplied by the wells, and the water utility company that owns and operates the wells. A compromise pumping policy that effectively balances the two conflicting objectives in accordance with the preferences of the three stakeholder groups was then identified using various distance-based methods.