An approach to mass movements in the Jiuzhaigou catchment

This paper presents a preliminary study of the main types, features, genesis, and countermeasures of mass movements in the Jiuzhaigou catchment, which is one of the most scenic regions in China. The main features are debris flows, rock-segment flows, landslides, and avalanches. Rough relief, fractured rocks, drifts, steep slopes, intensive rainstorms, and earthquakes produced their geneses. Countermeasures should include the integration of engineering and biological projects.     

Isotopic compositional Characteristics of Terrigenous Natural Gases in China

The C and H isotopic compositions of the methane in more than 160 gas samples from 10 basins in China are presented in this paper.The natural gases are classified as four types: biogenic gas ,bio-thermocatalytic transitional gas, gas associated with condensate oil ,and coal-type gas. The isotopic compositions of these gases closely related to the depositional basins, the types of organic matter,the stages of thermal evolution and the genetic characteristics of different gas reservoirs.Studies of the C and H isotopic compositions of terrigenous natural gases will provide valua-ble information on the prospecting and development of natural gases of different genetic types.     

庐山-彭山地区伸展构造演化及其对矿产形成的制约

庐山-彭山地区原是一个经受印支早期伸展机制下所形成的变质核。它在后期又经受了挤压和伸展的多期构造叠加,致成今日面貌。印支早期所形成的伸展拉覆断层为庐、彭及其相关地区的燕山期矿液活动提供了良好的导矿和储矿空间,对矿产的形成与分布起着重要制约。     

纽蒙特矿业公司经营活动的特色

纽蒙特矿业公司是世界上人于南非的著名的黄金勘探。生产企业、集采、逸、冶、科、工、贸于一身,从该公司海外开拓、生产与勘探的关系,环境保护意识及勘探和科研费用投入４个方面介绍了其发展史及成功的基本要素。     

江苏中部淤泥质潮滩潮汐层理成因机理和风暴沉积判别标志

通过对江苏中部淤泥质潮滩潮汐纹层发育过程的实地观测,以及对所采样品在室内进行的落淤量的计算与颗粒的粒度、磨圆度分析等,揭示出江苏中部海岸淤泥质潮滩沉积中的潮汐层理的成因机理:毫米级薄砂泥互层层理为半日潮的产物,厘米级厚的厚砂泥互层层理为半月天文潮的产物。此外,通过对9711号台风引致的风暴潮影响前后的滩面进行了现场观测,发现江苏中部淤泥质潮滩上部存在一个即使在风暴潮期间也不发生侵蚀的地带。该带的风暴沉积与正常的潮滩沉积比较,具有粒度较粗,分选较差,磨圆稍好,递变现象明显,平行层理或波状交错层理发育比较典型的特征。     

北京市老城区雨洪控制与利用示范工程运行中的水质研究

以北京市老城区雨洪控制与利用示范工程为背景．对天然降雨、不同下垫面雨水径流、示范工程处理过程雨水径流以及地下水水质进行分析研究,通过示范工程对雨洪的处理利用效果,探讨雨水回灌至地下能否对地下水环境产生负面影响。     

The foreshock sequence of haicheng earthquake and earthquake swarm—the use of foreshock sequences in earthquake prediction

We have compared the Haicheng foreshock sequence with several earthquake swarms which occurred in its neighborhood. The spatial distribution of the earthquakes is relatively concentrated. For the most part, the events occurred within a few kilometers of each other. The focal mechanisms are comparatively stable. However, there are several swarms in which the variations of focal mechanisms are quite obvious after the occurrence of the largest event of the sequence, which would allow it to be recognized as a swarm. However, there are also swarms whose focal mechanisms are no less stable throughout the sequence compared to the Haicheng foreshock sequence. This feature could thus not be used to identify a foreshock sequence. The temporal distributions of foreshocks and swarms are quite similar in some cases. This is again not a definite criterion for identifying foreshocks, but is worthy of further study. Thus, no definite criterion for identifying foreshock sequences has been found. However, some earthquake swarms may be recognized in their later stage.Finally, we introduced a magnitude sequence with gaps which can be used to see whether a large event is still forthcoming. This method (in conjunction with other methods) could be used in areas prone to large earthquakes, immediately before a large event, to improve the probability of predicting the occurrence of a large event. We also report that the temporal distribution of all the sequences showed a 12-hour recurrence pattern that corresponded with the earth tides, indicating that tidal forces might be influencing foreshocks and earthquake swarm occurrence.     

Oxygen isotopes in mantle related and geothermally altered magmatites of the Transhimalayan (Gangdese) ranges

In closed magma systems SiO₂ approximately measures differentiation progress and oxygen isotopes can seem to obey Rayleigh fractionation only as a consequence of the behaviour of SiO₂. The main role of ¹⁸O is as a sensitive indicator of contamination, either at the start of differentiation ( ¹⁸O_init) or as a proportion of fractionation in AFC. Plots of ¹⁸O vs SiO₂-allow to determine initial ¹⁸O values for different sequences for source comparison. For NBS-28=9.60, the ¹⁸O at 48% SiO₂-varies between a high 6.4 for Kiglapait (Kalamarides 1984), 5.9 for Transhimalaya, 5.8 for Hachijo-Jima (Matsuhisa 1979), 5.6 for Koloula (Chivas et al. 1982) and a low 5.3 for the Darran Complex, New Zealand. The Transhimalayan batholiths (Gangdese belt) were emplaced in the Ladakh-Lhasa terrane, between the present-day Banggong-Nujiang, and Indus-Yarlung Tsangbo suture zones, after its accretion to Eurasia. The gradient of the least contaminated continuous ( ¹⁸O vs SiO₂-igneous trend line is similar to that of Koloula, and AFC calculations suggest a low secondary assimilation rate of less than 0.05 times the rate of crystallisation. Outliers enriched in ¹⁸O are frequent in the Lhasa, and apparently rare in the Ladakh transsect. Low- ¹⁸O (5.0–0) granitoids and andesites on the Lhasa-Yangbajain axis are the result of present day or recent near-surface geothermal activity; their quartzes still trace the granitoids to the Transhimalaya ¹⁸O trend line, but the distribution of low total rock or feldspar ¹⁸O values could be a guide to more recent heat flow and thermally marked tectonic lineaments. Two ignimbrites from Maqiang show hardly any ¹⁸O-contamination by crustal material.