Comparative Study of Acid and Alkaline Stimulants with Granite in an Enhanced Geothermal System

The Enhanced Geothermal System (EGS) is an artificial geothermal system that aims to economically extract heat from hot dry rock (HDR) through the creation of an artificial geothermal reservoir. Chemical stimulation is thought to be an effective method to create fracture networks and open existing fractures in hot dry rocks by injecting chemical agents into the reservoir to dissolve the minerals. Granite is a common type of hot dry rock. In this paper, a series of chemical stimulation experiments were implemented using acid and alkaline agents under high temperature and pressure conditions that mimic the environment of formation. Granite rock samples used in the experiments are collected from the potential EGS reservoir in the Matouying area, Hebei, China. Laboratory experimental results show that the corrosion ratio per unit area of rock is 3.2% in static acid chemical experiments and 0.51% in static alkaline chemical experiments. The permeability of the core is increased by 1.62 times in dynamic acid chemical experiments and 2.45 times in dynamic alkaline chemical experiments. A scanning electron microscope analysis of the core illustrates that secondary minerals, such as chlorite, spherical silica, and montmorillonite, were formed, due to acid-rock interaction with plagioclase being precipitated by alkaline-rock interactions. Masking agents in alkaline chemical agents can slightly reduce the degree of plagioclase formation. A chemical simulation model was built using TOUGHREACT, the mineral dissolution and associated ion concentration variation being reproduced by this reactive transport model.     

西大别地区显著的新元古代岩浆热事件:变花岗岩U-Pb年代学、地球化学及Nd-Hf同位素约束

扬子陆块北缘西大别山地区变质岩系中广泛保留有新元古代岩浆岩,为厘清其原岩成因,对扬子陆块北缘大别区基底性质及新元古代构造-岩浆热事件提供约束,对其中的3处变花岗岩体(五岳山、熊店和方店)的岩石进行了年代学和地球化学分析.结果 显示,3处岩体的原岩均为变质程度较低的二长花岗岩,它们的锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb年龄分别为(742±2)Ma、(739±3) Ma和(766±4) Ma,与区域红安岩群和定远组双峰式火山沉积建造在时限上具有可对比性.在地球化学组成上,3处花岗岩均具有较高的SiO2(11.72％～15.26％)和总碱(6.40％～8.70％)含量,K2O/Na2O＞1;富集轻稀土(LaN/YbN为22.98～28.64),负Eu异常不明显,亏损Ba、Nb、Ta、P、Ti和Y元素;Nd同位素初始比值εNd(t)为-15.2～-10.6,tDM2为2.68～2.28 Ga;锆石的Hf同位素初始比值εHf(t)为-13.9～-5.1,tDM2为2.32～1.83 Ga.结合岩石矿物组成、地球化学和Nd-Hf同位素分析认为,3处变花岗岩的原岩均可能为(钙碱性)分异的Ⅰ型花岗岩,系起源于中等深度(压力)条件下的古老地壳物质的重熔.东、西大别地区广泛出露的新元古代中期(780～720 Ma)岩浆岩指示为主动大陆裂谷-拉张伸展背景下构造热事件,可能与Rodinia地幔柱活动有关.     

微束分析测试技术十年(2011~2020)进展与展望

现代地球科学研究的重大突破在很大程度上取决于观测和分析技术的创新。新世纪以来,我国地球科学领域引进了一批高性能新型微束分析仪器设备,建立了一批高规格的实验室。本文回顾了近十年来微束分析技术与方法的主要进展及其在地球科学研究中的应用实例,包括电子探针、扫描电镜、透射电镜、大型离子探针、纳米离子探针、飞行时间二次离子质谱、激光剥蚀等离子体质谱、激光诱导原子探针、原子探针技术、显微红外光谱、同步辐射等,这些分析技术的进步和广泛应用极大地提高了我们对地球和行星演化历史及许多地质过程的理解。今后,应加快微束分析的新技术、新方法和新标准的开发,特别是高水平人才队伍建设,提高创新能力并在国际学术舞台上发挥重要作用。     

Failure mechanisms and dynamics of the Shanzao rockslide in Yongjia County,China on 10 August 2019

Landslides - At about 04:00 on 10 August 2019, the heavy rainfall carried by Typhoon Lekima induced a catastrophic rockslide in Shanzao Village, Yongjia County, China. The heavy rainfall triggered...     

河北平原廊固凹陷ACX03孔晚上新世以来地层与沉积*

基于河北平原廊固凹陷东北部ACX03孔(深300.0 m)浅部¹⁴C年龄和磁性地层,建立钻孔第四纪地层格架,依据ACX03孔岩心沉积物、测井曲线和微体古生物特征划分沉积层段并分析沉积环境。研究结果表明: ACX03孔B/M(布容/松山)、M/G(松山/高斯)极性界线分别位于83.8 m、220.2 m,孔底年龄约3.2 Ma,划分13个沉积层段。上新统(220.2~300.0 m)为河道、河漫滩夹湖泊沉积,下更新统(85.2~220.2 m)为河道、湖泊、河漫滩沉积,中更新统(61.5~85.2 m)为分支河道夹河漫滩及河间洼地—湖沼沉积,上更新统(23.2~61.5 m)为河漫滩、分支河道沉积,全新统(0~23.2 m)为泛滥平原、河曲—牛轭湖沉积。对比ACX03孔与邻近钻孔第四纪地层认为,河北平原廊坊—固安一带早更新世差异性沉降最强,之后一直到全新世越来越弱。     

银额盆地石板泉西石炭系白山组碳酸盐岩地球化学特征及其环境意义

对银额盆地石板泉西石炭系白山组碳酸盐岩进行详细的地球化学分析,探讨各特征元素对古环境、古气候的指示意义。地球化学测试结果显示：除样品CH3外,其余样品主量元素中的Al及微量元素中的Ti、Zr、Th等典型陆源特征元素的含量较低,Y/Ho平均值为45.58,反映研究区白山组碳酸盐岩较少受陆源物质输入的影响;δCe与δEu、w（ΣREE）、（La/Sm）_N未见良好的相关性,也不具备Eu正异常,说明研究区白山组碳酸盐岩受成岩作用和热液作用的影响也较为有限。碳酸盐岩中所含微量元素主要为海水自生成因,能够反映原始沉积环境。根据特征元素对古水深、古盐度、古气候、古氧相和古水温进行研究,显示研究区白山组碳酸盐岩段虽然岩性较为单一,但其地球化学特征可以反映早晚的沉积古环境差异。研究区白山组碳酸盐岩总体经历了1个大的海侵海退旋回,沉积于正常海水,气候潮湿,弱氧化—弱还原环境,古水温为8.51~27.10℃,早期水温低,晚期水温升高。     

多主体建模在水资源管理中的应用:进展与展望

多主体建模作为研究"人类与自然耦合系统"等复杂适应性系统的重要工具,已经被广泛地应用于水资源管理领域.在调研国内外重要研究的基础上,回顾了多主体建模的基础理论、建模工具和框架,并对多主体建模在城市水资源管理、农业水资源管理和流域水资源综合管理3个方面的研究和应用进行了阶段性总结.针对当前研究的不足和难点,结合我国水资源管理的研究现状,提出以下4个研究重点:①加强主体行为决策规则刻画;②加强模型验证和评估研究;③开展代表性流域多主体建模研究;④推动学科交叉和综合集成研究.多主体建模能够揭示人类活动—水文循环的互馈机制,为水资源及水环境的可持续利用和管理提供政策建议,加强多主体建模在水资源管理领域的研究可为水资源管理提供新的思路,推动我国水资源的可持续发展.     

巴音戈壁盆地塔木素铀矿床含矿砂岩成岩作用类型、演化序列及其对铀成矿的约束

勘查和研究发现部分砂岩型铀矿床中不仅有表生氧化流体作用还存在深部流体的参与,这类砂岩型铀矿床蚀变类型多样且成因复杂.塔木素砂岩型铀矿表生流体和深部流体活动都很明显,砂岩普遍固结且后生蚀变类型独特,因此,恢复成岩成矿事件及其演化过程,对揭示铀沉淀富集机理至关重要.本文通过镜下鉴定、电子探针、扫描电镜分析等,系统研究了塔木素矿床含矿砂岩成岩作用特征与后生蚀变矿物生成序列,重塑了成岩成矿事件的演化过程.研究结果显示,塔木素矿床砂岩中压实作用较弱而胶结作用很强,重结晶作用普遍,是造成目的层致密的主要原因,赤铁矿、褐铁矿化、碳酸盐化、石膏化是该地区主要的胶结类型.将该地区的成岩演化划分为沉积-早成岩阶段、早期氧化流体作用阶段、热流体改造阶段和晚期氧化流体弱改造阶段.成岩环境由弱碱性向酸性环境转变的过程中的氧化还原过渡部位是造成铀沉淀的关键,大规模的氧化作用是矿床形成的基础,后期热流体活动对早期形成的低品位铀矿石进行叠加改造,是成矿的关键环节.     

Geochronological and geochemical evidence for a Late Ordovician to Silurian arc-back-arc system in the northern Great Xing'an Range,NE China

The early Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the Xing'an-Mongolian Orogenic Belt is dominated by two oceanic basins on the northwestern and southeastern sides of the Xing'an Block,i.e.,the Xinlin-Xiguitu Ocean and the Nenjiang Ocean.However,the early development of the Nenjiang Ocean remains unclear.Here,we present zircon U-Pb geochronology and whole-rock elemental and Sr-Nd isotopic data on the gabbros in the Xinglong area together with andesitic tuffs and basalts in the Duobaoshan area.LA-ICP-MS zircon U-Pb dating of gabbros and andesitic tuffs yielded crystallization ages of 443-436 Ma and 452-451 Ma,respectively.The Early Silurian Xinglong gabbros show calc-alkaline and E-MORB affinities but they are enriched in LILEs,and depleted in HFSEs,with relatively low U/Th ratios of 0.18-0.36 andεNd(t)values of-1.6 to+0.5.These geochemical features suggest that the gabbros might originate from a mantle wedge modified by pelagic sediment-derived melts,consistent with a back-arc basin setting.By contrast,the andesitic tuffs are characterized by high MgO(>5 wt.%),Cr(138-200 ppm),and Ni(65-110 ppm)contents,and can be termed as high-Mg andesites.Their low Sr/Y ratios of 15.98-17.15 and U/Th values of 0.24-0.25 and moderate(La/Sm)_n values of 3.07-3.26 are similar to those from the Setouchi Volcanic Belt(SW Japan),and are thought to be derived from partial melting of subducted sediments,and subsequent melt-mantle interaction.The Duobaoshan basalts have high Nb(8.44-10.30 ppm)and TiO2 contents(1.17-1.60 wt.%),typical of Nb-enriched basalts.They are slightly younger than regional adakitic rocks and have positiveεNd(t)values of+5.2 to+5.7 and are interpreted to be generated by partial melting of a depleted mantle source metasomatized by earlier adakitic melts.Synthesized with coeval arc-related igneous rocks from the southeastern Xing'an Block,we propose that the Duobaoshan high-Mg andesitic tuffs and Nbenriched basalts are parts of the Late Ordovician and Silurian Sonid Zuoqi-Duobaoshan arc belt,and they were formed by the northwestern subduction of the Nenjiang Ocean.Such a subduction beneath the integrated Xing'an-Erguna Block also gave rise to the East Ujimqin-Xinglong igneous belt in a continental back-arc basin setting.Our new data support an early Paleozoic arc-back-arc model in the northern Great Xing'an Range.     

Coupled three-dimensional discrete element–finite difference simulation of dynamic compaction

Discrete element method has been widely adopted to simulate processes that are challenging to continuum-based approaches. However, its computational efficiency can be greatly compromised when large number of particles are required to model regions of less interest to researchers. Due to this, the application of DEM to boundary value problems has been limited. This paper introduces a three-dimensional discrete element–finite difference coupling method, in which the discrete–continuum interactions are modeled in local coordinate systems where the force and displacement compatibilities between the coupled subdomains are considered. The method is validated using a model dynamic compaction test on sand. The comparison between the numerical and physical test results shows that the coupling method can effectively simulate the dynamic compaction process. The responses of the DEM model show that dynamic stress propagation (compaction mechanism) and tamper penetration (bearing capacity mechanism) play very different roles in soil deformations. Under impact loading, the soil undergoes a transient weakening process induced by dynamic stress propagation, which makes the soil easier to densify under bearing capacity mechanism. The distribution of tamping energy between the two mechanisms can influence the compaction efficiency, and allocating higher compaction energy to bearing capacity mechanism could improve the efficiency of dynamic compaction.