Variation of albedo to soil moisture for sand dunes and biological soil crusts in arid desert ecosystems

Surface albedo plays a crucial role in the energy balance of soils. The surface albedo and surface soil moisture of bare sand and biological soil crusts (BSCs) were concurrently observed on field plots of shifting sand dune and in revegetated desert ecosystems at Shapotou, northwestern China, to study relationships between surface albedo, solar elevation angle, and surface soil moisture. Results indicated that rainfall exerted a remarkable lowering effect on the variation of surface albedo by increasing surface soil moisture. Surface albedo was an exponential function of solar elevation angle, and the normalized surface albedo (solar elevation angle effect was removed) decreased exponentially with the increase of surface soil moisture. Sand surface had a higher albedo (0.266) than BSCs (0.226) when the surfaces were very dry. However, sand surface albedo became increasingly lower than that of BSCs when the surfaces were in wet conditions and when the soil moisture exceeded a critical value. The changes in soil surface albedo from sand dune to BSCs after revegetation in shallow soil profiles associated with the variation of the surface soil moisture can be seen as an indicator of the degree of sand dune stabilization when compared with the original shifting sand dune soil.     

Reservoir characteristics and main controlling factors of oil sand in Houba area,northwestern Sichuan Basin,China

Houba oil sand in frontier Longmenshan Mountain is one of the most typically important unconventional resources. The basic reservoir characteristics of oil sand and the main factors affecting reservoir quality were examined in this article based on porosity, permeability, and mercury porosimetry measurements; thin section analyses; SEM observation; and X-ray diffraction analysis. This study shows that the oil-bearing sandstone reservoir is mainly medium?coarse-grained sublitharenite and litharenite. The main pore type is intergranular pores, including residual primary intergranular pores, dissolved intergranular pores, and dissolved intragranular pores; fractures are common in this study area. The quality of sandstone reservoir is of high porosity and high permeability with a high oil saturation of 89.84 %. It is indicated that the main controlling factors of the reservoir in the study area include deposition, diagenesis, and tectonism. Deposition laid a foundation to porosity evolution, and channel sand is the most favorable depositional facies for the reservoir. Diagenetic alterations are the keys to reservoir evolution; dissolution and chlorite coatings cementation play an effective role in the generation and preservation of pores. Compaction, carbonate cementation, and quartz overgrowth cause many damages to the reservoir porosity. Fractures caused by structural breakages can improve the reservoir permeability and they also can provide fluid migration pathways to the late corrosion, which formed a lot of corroded fissures as reservoir and percolation spaces.     

塔里木盆地油气地质调查新乌地1井钻探工艺技术

新乌地1井地处塔里木盆地西北缘乌什西构造带,断裂发育,且缺乏邻井参考资料,区域地质调查程度较浅,所钻遇地层复杂,漏失、破碎、缩径等现象时常发生,给钻探施工带来巨大挑战。针对该井井身结构设计缺乏依据、地层极端复杂、事故处理难度大等问题,研发应用了超前裸眼钻进、深厚覆盖层堵漏、井内事故处理和复杂地层冲洗液护壁等多项关键技术,解决了上述各项难题,降低了施工成本,形成了一套适宜于塔里木盆地西南与东南坳陷区复杂地层的小口径油气调查井钻探技术体系,为今后该地区同类钻探施工提供借鉴。     

内蒙古卓资县大苏计斑岩型钼矿床辉钼矿Re-Os同位素年龄及流体包裹体研究

内蒙古卓资县大苏计钼矿床位于华北克拉通北缘中段的凉城断隆内,是近年来在华北克拉通北缘发现的一个大型斑岩钼矿床,矿体主要产于印支期石英斑岩和正长花岗斑岩中。成矿过程可以划分为石英_钾长石_黄铁矿±辉钼矿±磁铁矿阶段(早阶段)、石英_绢云母_辉钼矿_黄铁矿阶段(中阶段)和石英_方解石_黄铁矿±闪锌矿±方铅矿阶段(晚阶段)。矿石中5件辉钼矿的Re_Os同位素模式年龄介于(223.6±3.1)Ma~(224.2±3.4)Ma之间,其加权平均值为(223.9±1.4)Ma(MSWD=0.017),等时线年龄为(223.5±5.5)Ma(MSWD=0.026),表明大苏计钼矿床形成于印支期。大苏计钼矿床发育富液型、富气型、H2O_CO2型、含子矿物型和纯气相包裹体。成矿早阶段主要发育富液型、富气型包裹体,另有少量H2O_CO2型包裹体,其均一温度介于342~430℃之间,盐度w(Na Cleq)介于3.4%~11.0%之间;中阶段主要发育富液型、富气型、H2O_CO2型和含子矿物型包裹体,另有少量纯气相包裹体,其均一温度为234~380℃之间,盐度w(Na Cleq)介于6.2%~34.9%之间;晚阶段仅发育富液型包裹体,其均一温度介于202~280℃之间,盐度w(Na Cleq)介于1.2%~11.7%之间,指示该阶段有大气降水的加入。成矿流体从早、中阶段的H2O_Na Cl_CO2体系演化为晚阶段的H2O_Na Cl体系。早、中阶段流体均为不混溶流体,流体沸腾是成矿物质沉淀的主要机制。集宁地区钼矿床主要为斑岩型,至少存在晚三叠世和晚侏罗世2期钼成矿事件。     

南海西部海底巨型麻坑活动性示踪研究

南海西部陆坡海域海底广泛发育麻坑,其规模和数量在世界范围内均属罕见,但关于它们目前的活动特征尚不清楚。通过对西沙隆起西南部麻坑区采集的两根沉积柱样孔隙水SO^2–4、K^＋、Mg^2＋、Ca^2＋、Sr^2＋以及溶解有机碳（DIC）含量随深度的变化特征的研究,揭示麻坑内与硫酸根消耗有关的生物地球化学过程,并推断麻坑目前的活动状况。采集于麻坑外的C9柱样SO^2–4浓度变化整体呈向下凹的形态降低,减少的硫酸根是被有机质硫酸盐还原作用消耗。采集于麻坑内的C14柱样SO^2–4浓度梯度呈现明显的三段式变化,0.00-0.66 m内SO2–4浓度变化主要受有机质硫酸盐还原作用控制,0.66-3.70 m受有机质硫酸盐还原和甲烷缺氧氧化共同控制,3.70 m以下部分主要受甲烷缺氧氧化作用的影响。根据C14柱样3.7 m以下孔隙水硫酸根浓度梯度计算的硫酸根-甲烷交接带（SMI）约在14.3 m处,甲烷向上扩散的通量约为0.0144 mol/（m^2·a）。此外,2个柱样沉积物孔隙水的Ca^2＋浓度均随深度明显降低,而Mg2＋浓度略微降低,主要与自生碳酸盐矿物沉淀有关。C14的Mg/Ca和Sr/Ca随深度变化指示该柱样沉积物中自生碳酸盐岩矿物主要为高镁方解石。2个柱样的孔隙水地球化学特征显示目前研究区麻坑活动不活跃, C14麻坑中含甲烷流体发生微弱渗漏,可能处于麻坑活动的衰落期。     

Investigation of karst hydrological processes by using grey auto-incidence analysis

The karst hydrological processes are the response of karst groundwater system to precipitation. The precipitation penetrates through the vadose zone, the subsequent groundwater pressure wave propagates to a spring outlet, and then, the spring discharge changes. This paper proposes a grey auto-incidence analysis for studying the karst hydrological processes. The method can detect the periodicity of a time series, for example, precipitation and spring discharge. Then the approach is applied to Liulin Springs Basin, China. The results show that the auto-incidence degree of precipitation reaches to the maximum (i.e., 0.816) when time delay equals to 8 years. The auto-incidence degree of spring discharge reaches to the maximum (i.e., 0.865) when time delay equals to 3 years. These results show that the periodicity of precipitation is 8 years, and of spring discharge is 3 years. The difference of periodicity between the precipitation and the spring discharge reveals that the processes of precipitation recharging groundwater and groundwater transport are regulated or controlled by karst aquifer. Because of heterogeneity of karst aquifer, the quick flow and base flow occur during the groundwater propagation, which causes the periodicity of spring discharge is not coincidence with of precipitation.     

On improving tropical cyclone track forecasts using a scale-selective data assimilation approach: a case study

A dynamical downscaling approach based on scale-selective data assimilation (SSDA) is applied to tropical cyclone (TC) track forecasts. The results from a case study of super Typhoon Megi (2010) show that the SSDA approach is very effective in improving the TC track forecasts by fitting the large-scale wind field from the regional model to that from the global forecast system (GFS) forecasts while allowing the small-scale circulation to develop freely in the regional model. A comparison to the conventional spectral-nudging four-dimensional data assimilation (FDDA) indicates that the SSDA approach outperforms the FDDA in TC track forecasts because the former allows the small-scale features in a regional model to develop more freely than the latter due to different techniques used. In addition, a number of numerical experiments are performed to investigate the sensitivity of SSDA’s effect in TC track forecasts to some parameters in SSDA, including the cutoff wave number, the vertical layers of the atmosphere being adjusted, and the interval of SSDA implementation. The results show that the improvements are sensitive in different extent to the above three parameters.     

广西苍梧社垌石英脉型钨钼多金属矿床流体演化及来源示踪

广西苍梧社垌矿床是大瑶山隆起南侧新发现的一个大型斑岩-矽卡岩-石英脉型钨钼多金属矿床。本文重点对其中的石英脉型矿床进行了研究,依据脉体穿插关系及矿物共生组合将成矿过程划分为I石英-黄铁矿阶段、II石英-白钨矿-辉钼矿阶段、III石英-多金属硫化物阶段以及IV石英-方解石-萤石阶段,其中II和III阶段为主成矿阶段。从早到晚,均一温度逐渐下降(第一阶段550℃→370℃,第二阶段370℃→330℃,第三阶段330℃→210℃,第四阶段190℃→150℃),流体密度逐渐上升(0.61g/cm3→0.72g/cm3→0.82g/cm3→0.94g/cm3),盐度先升后降(第一阶段5.86%～8.55%NaCleqv,第二阶段4.49%～43%NaCleqv,第三阶段0.53%～46.37%NaCleqv,第四阶段0%～12.85%NaCleqv)。激光拉曼成分分析显示,社垌石英脉型矿床的成矿流体属于H2O-NaCl体系,但是该体系的流体成分在成矿前后发生了较大的变化,反映第I阶段以氧化环境为主,(II、III、)IV阶段则为还原环境。氢氧同位素研究显示成矿流体来自于岩浆水,后期大气降水的加入导致矿质发生沉淀。此外金属硫化物的δ34S组成(-3.8‰～+1.7‰)平均为-0.46‰,接近于零值,也表明为岩浆来源。引起矿质沉淀的主要原因是流体混合导致的温度下降等环境条件的改变。总体而言,社垌石英脉型钨钼多金属矿床的成矿流体主要来自岩浆热液,为中高温、中低盐度、低密度的NaCl-H2O流体体系,钨钼等多金属成矿与区内加里东期岩浆作用密切相关。     

超级喷发(超级侵入)后成矿作用

本文仿照超级喷发的概念定义了超级侵入,并将超级火山对应于大型岩基.文章聚焦于这样一个科学问题:为什么大规模成矿作用发生在紧接着超级喷发和超级侵入之后？为此,首先探讨了峨嵋山地幔柱系统的活动规律.尽管少数学者对玄武质岩浆大规模喷出之前的千米级地壳隆升提出了质疑,峨嵋山火山岩系第一旋回底部玄武岩直接覆盖在喀斯特之上的新观察支持千米级隆升的认识.这表明,峨嵋山地幔柱快速上涌之初期,岩石圈子系统在相当长一段时间没有作出伸展响应,尽管局部已经发生了地壳岩石的部分熔融.因此,岩浆通道形成之后,首先喷出了巨厚层玄武岩,并且后者裹挟了部分长英质岩浆.此后,岩浆喷发的规模振荡性减小,直至消失和地表沉降.斜长石巨斑玄武岩和苦橄岩中橄榄石斑晶与基质间的不平衡表明这些晶体属于循环晶,暗示岩浆曾经在深部岩浆房滞留了相当长的时间,这将导致岩石圈受热膨胀和再次隆升以及岩浆的冻结.因此,下一阶段岩浆活动的开始要求有一个冻结岩浆房的活化机制.依据野外地质学和岩相学观察,文章详细描述了流体活化机制,并强调了提出这种机制的必要性.虽然多数作者偏好升温活化机制,流体活化机制对长英质和镁铁质岩浆成矿系统都是必需的.进而,结合地幔名义无水矿物的H₂O丰度及其对岩浆产生过程的贡献,提出岩浆产量与减压速率正相关而与流体产量反相关的观点.尽管水流体可以有效降低地幔橄榄岩的固相线温度从而有可能提高岩浆产量,新生代玄武岩中橄榄岩包体依然含有未分解的角闪石和云母且名义无水矿物依然含有较多的H₂O,表明快速减压条件下含水暗色矿物的分解反应和名义无水矿物的脱水作用都是低效的.将这种认识与峨嵋山地幔柱系统的振荡性运动结合在一起,结合成矿作用的基本解是成矿金属从流体中析出的认识,可以得出超大型矿床必然形成于超级喷发和超级侵入之后.攀枝花式铁矿的观察表明,两类代表性矿床都具有铁矿浆侵位发生在成矿系统演化最后阶段的特点.因此得出结论:超大型矿床的形成取决于岩浆通道向流体通道的转换.如果岩浆通道在尚未完全封闭之前被含矿流体所利用,大规模流体快速上升将产生超大型矿床.含矿流体透过残留于通道中的熔体上升,不仅冲刷通道中的残留熔体并使其聚集在火山岩系之下或侵位于其下部形成含矿小岩体,而且持续注入于小岩浆体中的含矿流体可以导致岩浆强烈分异形成层状岩体.当通道中残留熔体被消耗殆尽,沿着通道上升的只有含矿流体.这些含矿流体充填在自生长裂隙中并强烈排气,最终可形成矿浆型富矿体.考虑到通道的规模与关闭速率的关系,推测超级喷发/侵入发生时的岩浆主通道更容易转换为含矿流体通道,因而是圈定找矿靶区的首选目标.该模型似乎与观察结果相吻合,并可与岩浆成矿系统的复杂性、小岩体成大矿理论、透岩浆流体成矿理论和通道成矿假说有机地结合在一起,较合理解释了超级喷发/侵入后成矿作用的地球动力学背景和成矿过程.由于长英质和镁铁质岩浆系统中均可见岩基,我们建议将这类成矿作用统称为岩基后成矿作用.     

新元古代地幔柱事件在Rodinia超大陆西缘的响应:来自马达加斯加的初步证据

对于Rodinia超大陆西缘在裂解过程中是否发育巨长安第斯型陆弧存在较大争议.马达加斯加即位于古地理再造Rodinia的西缘位置,其太古宙结晶基底中出露有大量新元古代侵入体,是澄清这一争议的理想研究区.由于基性岩浆岩组分识别不足等原因,前人曾认为这些侵入岩形成于俯冲带陆弧环境.但笔者在中北部Alaotra湖地区野外考察期间发现了大量辉长质岩石,对其中典型岩体的LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年表明其结晶于798~778Ma之间(最大误差估计).因此,这些辉长岩体事实上与岛内其他新元古代侵入体构成了双峰式侵入岩套,暗示了可能的陆内伸展环境.在此基础上,笔者重新审视了前人已发表的地球化学数据,发现该双峰式侵入岩套的基性组分显示富钾特征和拉斑演化趋势,局部甚至发育了强烈地钒钛磁铁矿化;酸性组分则显示富铁、偏铝-过铝质和碱钙-钙碱性特征,并具有相对较高的K₂O/Na₂O和Ga/Al比值以及高场强元素含量,属于A型花岗岩(铁质花岗岩).这些特征进一步表明该双峰式侵入岩套形成于陆内伸展环境而非陆弧环境.结合本文的初步研究结果和区域地质演化历史,笔者认为马达加斯加这一双峰式侵入岩套很可能是新元古代地幔柱事件在Rodinia超大陆西缘的响应.