矿产微生物勘探法在美国加州梅斯基特金矿区的应用效果

近几年来,利用土壤中特有的蜡状芽孢杆菌寻找金矿已获得成功。本文介绍的是应用蜡状芽孢杆菌、壤中金及杂酚油植物金测量的地球化学方法在加州南部梅斯基特浸染型金矿上的试点测量结果。结果表明,蜡状芽孢杆菌孢子密度的增大与已知隐伏浸染型金矿的位量相对应,根据壤中金的含量圈出了地表和深部矿体的走向(但依杂酚油植物中的金,仅能圈定地表的矿化露头)。欲想在本区(极度干旱)寻找隐伏金矿并使之见效,则应在地表植被之下采集土壤样品,分析其金和蜡状芽孢杆菌孢子的含量。     

Microphysical Characteristics of Extreme-Rainfall Convection over the Pearl River Delta Region,South China from Polarimetric Radar Data during the Pre-summer Rainy Season

During the pre-summer rainy season, heavy rainfall occurs frequently in South China. Based on polarimetric radar observations, the microphysical characteristics and processes of convective features associated with extreme rainfall rates(ERCFs) are examined. In the regions with high ERCF occurrence frequency, sub-regional differences are found in the lightning flash rate(LFR) distributions. In the region with higher LFRs, the ERCFs have larger volumes of high reflectivity factor above the freezin...     

Active tectonics and erosional unloading at the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau

Introduction The eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau, adjacent to the Sichuan Basin (Figure 1), has become a testing ground for a variety of models that contrast mechanisms of extrusion and crustal thickening associated with the India-Asia collision (Avouac and Tapponnier 1993, England and Houseman 1986),but that also address the extent to which the upper crust and upper mantle are coupled (Royden et al. 1997, Holt 2000). The margin is characterized by topographic relief of over 5 km an…     

Properties and organic activation of ocean clay in the East Pacific

In order to make use of ocean clay reasonably and excavate its potential applications the properties of ocean clay in Chinese investigating area of the East Pacific have been tested with the chemical analysis, XRFS, ICP/MAS, granulometry and SSA, etc. The results show that the clay sediments of this area are rich in clay minerals, fine granularity, bigger SSA, bigger water absorbability and lower ion changing ability etc. To improve the adaptability of ocean clay and macromolecule materials, using the dry milling method with silane, aluminate, stearic acid coupling agents etc the properties of ocean clay are improved. The effect has been evaluated by testing the water absorbing of the modified ocean clay and their dispersing in paraffin liquid. The result is that KH550 is better than any other active reagents, and the best activation technics is that 1.5% (volume) of KH550 quantity, 20min of milling time. The DTA, XRD, SEM and IR analyses and SSA testing show that the organic activation can not change the mineral structure but can densify the structure of clay, and activation mechanism is chemical covered mainly and chemical combined secondly.     

Significance test for empirical orthogonal function (EOF) analysis of meteorological and oceanic data

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里奥格兰德裂谷南部地壳结构的地球物理约束

里奥格兰德裂谷仍有地质活动发生的证据,主要有第四纪断层作用、地震活动和裂谷低速扩张。利用绘制的地壳厚度与地震波速比所生成的约束地壳模型横剖面,来突出里奥格兰德裂谷南部的区域扩张。计算了147个台站的接收函数和它们的叠加,使用的数据包括地球透镜计划美国台阵移动阵列、以前收集的美国西南部数据,并使用克里金插值方法对地壳和速度结果进行了插值。再将上述接收函数结果作为反演密度剖面的一个约束条件,得到了一个新的、优化的重力反演方法。最终,得到了约束地壳模型。该模型显示里奥格兰德裂谷南部地区存在浅层莫霍面(30km),此结果比前人得到的要厚。在盆岭区,里奥格兰德裂谷西部地壳分层,接近大平原的里奥格兰德裂谷东部存在较厚的地壳,且伴有密度大的低速层。我们也发现特拉华盆地表现出显著的地球物理异常,其原因可能是该盆地存在厚的饱和沉积物。考虑到其他研究中并没有发现该区域有深部地幔异常,本文提出裂谷可能是上地幔小尺度对流的结果,并得出里奥格兰德裂谷处于盆岭区和大平原的最小边界处,也可能是板块俯冲的终点。     

土壤的冷生构造及其对阿拉斯加土地利用的意义

Cryogenic structure (patterns made by ice inclusions) in seasonally frozen and permafrost-af-fected soils result from ice formation during freezing. Analysis of cryogenic structures in soils is essential to our understanding of the cryogenic processes in soils and to formulating land use management interpretations. When soils freeze, the freezing front moves downward and attracts water moving upward resulting in mainly horizontal lenticular ice formation. Platy and lenticular soil structures form between ice lenses in upper active layer. The reticular soil structure usually forms above the permafrost table caused by freeze-back of the permafrost. The upward freeze-back resulted in platy soil structure and the volume changes following the annual freeze-thaw cycle resulted in vertical cracks. The combined result is an ice-net formation with mineral soils embedded in the ice net. The upper permafrost layer that used to be a part of the active layer has an ice content exceeding 50% due to repeated freeze-thaw cycles over time. The mineral soils appear in blocks embedded in an ice matrix. The permafrost layer that never experienced the freeze-thaw cycle often consists of alternate layers of thin ice lens and frozen soils with extreme hard consistence and has relatively lower ice content than the ice-rich layer of the upper permafrost. Ice contents and thaw settling potentials associated with each cryogenic structure should be considered in engineering and land use interpretations.     

回顾30年来的油气地球化学勘探

在美国采用地球化学方法勘探油气已有30年了,已经取得了大量的成果。壤中吸附烃抽提技术以及其测量分析都已得到了发展提高。实验表明,在首次测量后数年重新采样,异常可以重现;另一方面,随着油田的开采,烃异常逐渐变弱,最后趋于消失。尽管与大型油气藏相联系的晕圈(halo)这种基本异常模式继续被发现,亦已认识到其他类型的烃分布模式。烃测量技术有助于评价穹隆构造翼部的含油性,在获得适当的资料后,可以在构造顶部布钻。如例案所述,烃测量后指出在刺穿型穹隆构造的翼部有一油气藏分布。