世界砂岩型铀矿探明资源的分布及特征

最新核电发展规划显示未来我国对铀资源的需求很大。长久来看在继续加大国内勘探力度的同时,需尽快了解国外已探明铀资源尤其是砂岩型铀资源的分布,以更好地从全球视角完善我国的铀资源供应链。我国北方砂岩型铀矿大规模勘探始于本世纪初,起点较晚,在实际勘探和研究中也遇到较多难题及困惑。因此与全球同类型矿床的对比研究亟需展开,亦要求首先了解世界各国砂岩型铀矿的分布和基本特征。本文通过大量文献和最新勘探形势的调研整理,对比分析了近年来全球主要产铀国砂岩型铀矿资源量的变化,系统全面地编制了全新的全球和各国(或各大洲)已发现砂岩型铀矿床及其容矿层位分布图,总体可较精细地反映迄今全球各国已探明砂岩型铀矿分布面貌的现状,同时提炼了重点矿床的主要地质特征。最后总结出全球已发现砂岩型铀矿时空分布具有五大特征:(1)全球分布广泛但不均衡,跨欧亚存在东西向巨型铀矿带;(2)规模因地而异、(超)大型矿床较多;(3)平面分布与气候环境耦合明显;(4)容矿层时代跨度长、成矿时间相对较晚;(5)主要赋存于含油气或聚煤能源盆地中。本文提供了一份可以快速了解和全面把握全球砂岩型铀资源分布及其重要地质特征的材料,为科研人员提供可对比研究的国外矿床实例,同时也为我国企业"走出去"和"走向哪里"提供科学依据。     

Optimal location of piles in slope stabilization by limit analysis

Many studies have been conducted to establish the optimal location of a row of piles to reinforce and stabilize slopes. However, the results obtained are very different, and in some cases even inconsistent and contradictory. The factor of safety of piled slopes is determined by the magnitude of resistive forces exerted by the piles on the slope. At the same time, the maximum retaining forces provided by the piles are also affected by the pile position. In this paper, the problem of the optimal location of piles used to stabilize slopes is analyzed using a combination of limit slope stability analysis and the theory of Ito and Matsui (Soils Found 15:43?C59, 8) to calculate limit lateral loads on piles. Using an illustrative example slope, some of the issues including the most effective position, the most suitable position, and the position with the largest safety factor are discussed. The results show that the most effective pile position, the most suitable pile position, and pile position where the factor of safety can take maximum value are different from each other for a given slope.     

江苏淤泥质潮滩剖面演变现场观测

为探究江苏中部沿海双凸型剖面演变特性,在江苏盐城川东港南侧潮间带布设了10个水准观测站,2012年9月至2013年11月对该潮滩剖面演变过程开展了现场观测.结果表明:该潮滩剖面呈现出双凸型特征,平均高、低潮位线附近的滩涂形成淤积率较高的地形凸点;潮间上带受潮流影响小,滩面高程相对稳定;平均高、低潮位之间的区域滩面高程季节性变化明显,总体呈现冲刷状态;潮间下带冲刷显著,滩面坡度增大.全剖面自岸向海呈现"稳定—淤积—稳定—淤积—冲刷"的双凸型剖面特征.     

聚苯乙烯轻质混合土的压缩变形特性试验研究

聚苯乙烯轻质混合土是一种新型的填土材料,国内对其压缩变形特性的试验研究较少。在无侧限抗压强度试验基础上,分析了聚苯乙烯轻质混合土的破坏应变、变形系数与抗压强度的关系;依据单向固结压缩试验,分析了不同配比条件混合土的压缩变形特性,得到压缩屈服应力和压缩模量,可为工程应用提供参考依据     

沉积条件和埋藏过程对深层地层超压的影响

针对沉积条件和埋藏过程对深层地层超压影响缺乏定量化的认识问题,通过构建反映不同沉积条件和不同埋藏过程的地质模型,运用盆地模拟软件数值模拟了不同岩性组合、不同上覆盖层厚度、不同埋藏方式和不同沉积速率条件下深层不同岩性地层超压的分布,并定量分析总结了沉积条件和埋藏过程对深层地层超压的影响。结果表明,随着沉积速率和上覆盖层厚度的各自增大,深层地层中形成的超压强度都会随之增大,并且这种增大作用在深层泥岩中比在深层砂岩中稍大;随着地层中泥岩含量的增大,深层地层中形成的超压强度也会随之增大,相比沉积速率和上覆盖层厚度,地层中泥岩含量的增大引起的深层地层中超压强度的增大作用更为明显;地层埋藏方式的改变可不同程度地引起深层地层中超压强度的改变,这种超压强度的大小改变规律在深层砂岩和泥岩之间、深层不同埋深泥岩之间不一定具有一致性,这与不同埋藏方式下地层中超压的形成同时受到多种演变规律不同因素的叠加效应有关。该研究可为深化认识深层地层超压的形成机制提供重要依据。     

致密油储层核磁共振测井响应机理研究

中国西部某盆地致密油储层孔隙结构差,而核磁共振测井T2谱宽,其复杂的核磁测井响应认识不清,且响应机理也不明确.本文基于致密油储层的特性,通过对三组岩样不同系列的实验测量,包括核磁共振、毛管压力曲线、X衍射矿物分析和润湿性实验,主要研究了碳酸盐岩矿物含量对T2谱的影响和由润湿性引起的T2弛豫机制.根据实验结果分析和讨论,明确了致密油岩石核磁共振响应的影响因素及孔隙流体的弛豫机制.综合分析认为,所述的核磁测井响应特征是由两方面因素综合作用的结果,一是水的T2信号主要取决于表面弛豫,低表面弛豫率的碳酸盐岩矿物导致水的T2信号的长弛豫分量增多;二是由于岩石亲油孔隙表面的存在且其弛豫率低于亲水孔隙表面的弛豫率,使得油的T2信号由表面弛豫和体弛豫贡献.     

2014年8月云南鲁甸MS 6.5地震典型地表破裂特征

北京时间2014年8月3日16时30分,云南省鲁甸县发生了M_S 6.5地震,本次地震的发震构造为包谷垴-小河断裂。野外调查发现,王家坡不稳定斜坡上的地表破裂在整个破裂带中比较具有代表性,其地表破裂带整体走向N45°W-N50°W,并且由剪切破裂、张剪切破裂、压剪切破裂、张性破裂以及鼓包等典型地表破裂组成。其中左、右地表破裂边界与发震断层的出露位置一致,由断层错动造成;而部分地表破裂与断层的位置不重合,其成因分为2种,一种是发震断层导致的一些次级地表破裂,另一种是地震引发的滑坡后缘破裂。地表破裂类型和基本组合特征显示出王家坡潜在不稳定斜坡上的地表破裂带具有左旋走滑的性质。     

Copula-based identification of the non-stationarity of the relation between runoff and sediment load

It is important to identify the non-stationarity in the relation between runoff and sediment load under the backdrop of the changing environment. This relation helps to further understand the mechanisms of runoff and sediment yield. A copula-based method was used to detect possible change points in the relation between runoff and sediment load in the Wei River Basin (WRB), China, where soil erosion is a very severe issue. The modified Mann-Kendall trend test method was applied to obtain the trends of runoff and sediment load spanning 1960–2010 at monthly and annual timescales. Finally, the causes of the identified non-stationarity of the relation between runoff and sediment load were roughly analyzed from the perspective of climate change and human activities. Results indicated that:(1) the runoff and sediment load in the Jinghe and Wei rivers were generally characterized by noticeably decreasing trends at both monthly and annual timescales;(2) both the Jinghe and Wei rivers had a common change point (2002), implying that the stationarity of the relation between runoff and sediment load in the Jinghe and Wei River was invalid; (3) human activities including increasing water consumption and growing application of soil conservation practices are dominant factors resulting in non-stationarity in the rela-tion between runoff and sediment load in the WRB. This study provides a new idea for identifying the non-stationarity of multivariate relation in the hydro-meteorological field under the background of the changing environment.     

Quantitative analysis of the impact of droughts and floods on internal wars in China over the last 500 years

Although many large-N quantitative studies have evidenced the adverse effects of climatic extremes on social stability in China during the historical period, most of them rely on temperature and precipitation as major explanatory variables, while the influence of floods and droughts on social crises is rarely measured. Furthermore, a comparison of the climate-society nexus among different geographic regions and at different temporal scales is missing in those studies. To address this knowledge gap,this study examines quantitatively the influence of floods and droughts on internal wars in three agro-ecological(rice, wheat,and pastoral) regions in China in AD1470–1911. Poisson regression and wavelet transform coherence analyses are applied to allow for the non-linear and non-stationary nature of the climate-war nexus. Results show that floods and droughts are significant in driving internal wars in historical China, but are characterized by strong regional variation. In the rice region, floods trigger internal wars at the inter-annual and multi-decadal time scales. In the wheat region, both floods and droughts cause internal wars at the inter-annual and multi-decadal time scales. In the pastoral region, internal wars are associated with floods only at the multi-decadal time scale. In addition, the multi-decadal coherence between hydro-climatic extremes and internal wars in all three of the agro-ecological regions is only significant in periods in which population density is increasing or the upper limit of regional carrying capacity is being reached. The above results imply that the climate-war nexus is mediated by regional geographic factors such as physical environmental setting and population pressure. Hence, we encourage researchers who study the historical human-climate relationship to boil down data according to geographic regions in the course of statistical analysis and to examine each region individually in follow-up studies.     

Effects of different spatial distributions of physical soil crusts on runoff and erosion on the Loess Plateau in China

The response of runoff and erosion to soil crusts has been extensively investigated in recent decades. However, there have been few attempts to look at the effects of spatial configuration of different soil crusts on erosion processes. Here we investigated the effects of different spatial distributions of physical soil crusts on runoff and erosion in the semi‐arid Loess Plateau region. Soil boxes (1.5 m long × 0.2 m wide) were set to a slope of 17.6% (10°) and simulated rainfall of 120 mm h^?1 (60 minutes). The runoff generation and erosion rates were determined for three crust area ratios (depositional crust for 20%, 33%, and 50% of the total slope) and five spatial distribution patterns (depositional crust on the lower, lower‐middle, middle, mid‐upper, and upper slope) of soil crusts. The reduction in sediment loss (‘sediment reduction’) was calculated to evaluate the effects of different spatial distributions of soil crusts on erosion. Sediment yield was influenced by the area ratio and spatial position of different soil crusts. The runoff rate reached a steady state after an initial trend of unsteadily increasing with increasing rainfall duration. Sediment yield was controlled by detachment limitation and then transport limitation under rainfall. The shifting time of erosion from a transport to detachment‐limiting regime decreased with increasing area of depositional crust. No significant differences were observed in the total runoff among treatments, while the total sediment yield varied under different spatial distributions. At the same area ratio, total sediment yield was the largest when the depositional crust was on the upper slope, and it was smallest when the crust was deposited on the lower slope. The sediment reduction of structural crust (42.5–66.5%) was greater than that of depositional crust (16.7–34.3%). These results provide a mechanistic understanding of how different spatial distributions of soil crusts affect runoff and sediment production. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.