Geology, geochemistry, and age of volcanites of the Tunguda Volcanic Formation: The problem of the Archean-Proterozoic boundary in North Karelia

The geological, geochemical, and isotopic-geochronological data obtained for Sumian moderate-basic metavolcanites of Shombozero and Lekhta structures of the Panayarvi-Vygozero belt shows that the Tunguda Formation is confined to the Paleoproterozoic structural and material complex. This formation is represented by the complex of weakly differentiated andesitobasalts and andesites of calc-alkaline series with higher contents of MgO and moderate contents of Al₂O₃ and rare earth elements. The rocks of the Tunguda Formation are different from the Late Archean basic rocks of the Hiziyarvi Formation represented mainly by tholeiitic basalts with low REE contents and undifferentiated spectrum of REE distribution. The age of volcanites of the Tunguda Formation was determined to be 2439 ± 21 Ma. The xenogenic zircons from metaandesites of the Tunguda Formation have Neoarchean age according to the ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁶Pb ratio (from 2536 ± 4 to 2825 ± 7 Ma). The Neoarchean zircons, a negative value of ?_Nd (?3.8), and indicative geochemical parameters are evidence that the crustal component took part in formation of the protolith of the studied rocks.     

Lithostratigraphy and depositional environment of the Permian Nowra Sandstone in the southwestern Sydney Basin,Australia

Lithofacies in the mid‐Permian Nowra Sandstone indicate a middle/upper shoreface to foreshore environment of deposition under the influence of storm‐generated waves and north‐northeasterly directed longshore currents. Palaeogeographic reconstruction for the Nowra Sandstone portrays a sand‐dominated high energy shelf and offshore shoal forming a sequence thickening seaward away from the western shore of the Sydney Basin. The shoal‐crest at the outer edge of the shelf trends north‐northeast. It is characterized by fine‐ to medium‐grained sandstone with upper flow regime structures and a high proportion of conglomerate, whereas coarser sandstone with lower energy bedforms occurs along the seaward side of the shoal. In the deeper water to the east, the lower Nowra Sandstone becomes rapidly thinner as it passes seaward, via bioturbated storm redeposited sandstone beds, into the shelf deposits of the Wandrawandian Siltstone. This sequence accumulated during a regressive event and the base of the formation becomes progressively younger eastward. The sand may have been supplied by rivers along the western coast but the major source was south of the study area. The lower Nowra Sandstone is separated from the upper part of the formation by an extensive ravinement surface overlain by the Purnoo Conglomerate Member. In contrast to the lower unit, the upper Nowra Sandstone forms a westward thickening wedge that represents a backstepping nearshore sand facies that accumulated during a transgression. The upper Nowra Sandstone passes vertically and laterally eastward into the Berry Siltstone. Thus both boundaries of the Nowra Sandstone are diachronous, first younging eastward and then westward as a response to a regressive‐transgressive episode.     

Petrology and geochemistry of gabbro and picrites from the Altai collisional system of Hercynides: Evidence for the activity of the Tarim plume

We present petrological, isotopic, and geochronological data on gabbro-picrite plutons from the Altai collisional system of Hercynides (eastern Kazakhstan). The geological, geochemical, and geochronological data suggest that these rocks are indicators of the activity of the Tarim plume. The gabbro and picrites formed in two stages (~293 and 280 Ma) in an acid-to-basic succession, explained by a model for the interaction of thermochemical plumes with the lithosphere. Early igneous activity, which gave rise to subalkalic gabbro plutons, reflects the first interaction between the ascending plume and the lithosphere, with low-melting sublithospheric protoliths. Further interaction was characterized by the sublithospheric spread of the plume head with intense heating of the lithospheric base and possible intrusion of deep melts, which resulted in the formation of Cu–Ni–PGE gabbro-picrite plutons in the Altai collisional system and Northwest China.     

Geothermobarometry in albite-garnet orthogneisses: A case study from the Gran Paradiso nappe (Western Alps)

The aim of this paper is to estimate syntectonic P-T conditions within albite- and garnet-bearing orthogneisses. These rocks are generally characterized by the assemblage quartz + albite + biotite + phengite + CaFe-garnet + epidote + titanite. Garnet contains up to 55 mole per cent of grossular. K-feldspar is a relict magmatic phase.

P-T conditions are estimated using several independent methods. First, it is shown that exchange reactions based on the Fe---Mg partitioning between garnet and biotite or garnet and phengite cannot be used to estimate temperatures in these rocks, due to the high grossular content of garnet. Second, maximum and minimum pressures are constrained, respectively, by the occurrence of albite instead of jadeite + quartz and by the assemblage phengite + biotite + quartz. Third, phase equilibria in albite- and garnet-bearing metagranites are modelled in the system K₂O---CaO---FeO---Al₂O₃---SiO₂---H₂O. Equilibrium curves are calculated for the observed phase compositions. Uncertainties in P-T estimates mainly result from the choice of appropriate non-ideal solution models for the garnet.

An application is developed for granites from the Gran Paradiso nappe (Western Alps). These granites show an heterogeneous deformation of Alpine age expressed by mylonitic shear zones cutting across weakly deformed domains. Estimated P-T conditions for the synkinematic assemblages are 10–16 kbar at 550±50°C.     

下寺湾油田柳洛峪地区长8储层配伍性实验研究

柳洛峪地区长8地层水属CaCl2型,地层结垢伤害主要为BaSO4垢引起。注入水为长2地层水,水型及组成与长8地层水类似。配伍实验结果表明:单一水样在不同温度和压力下表现为随着温度、压力的升高,出现CaCO3结垢趋势变大,而BaSO4结垢趋势减弱。注入水与磨碎的岩心混合后生成的白色沉淀物主要为BaSO4和CaCO3。不同比例混配水样实验结果显示,提高注入水的比例可以有效地减少混合液产生的沉淀量。同时,随着注入水的不断注入,岩心渗透率变化较小,表明混配水几乎不会对储层造成伤害。     

断裂应力特征及其转折控油气规律研究——以南堡凹陷为例

为了分析断裂对油气宏观分布规律的控制作用,寻找有勘探潜力的油气富集带,文中以地质力学理论为指导,对南堡凹陷断裂组合应力特征、断裂转折及成因进行解析,并结合砂体分布和古今构造应力场分布特征,对南堡凹陷东营组油气分布规律和有利勘探区带做了研究。结果表明:断裂转折部位对油气分布有着控制作用,东营组已探明的油气主要在帚状断裂系、入字形断裂系、交织式断裂系转折轴部高曲率附近呈环带状分布;断裂转折凹面一侧控油性明显,从宏观上来看,油气具有沿沉积相带由细到粗的构造脊高点以及弧形断裂转折凹面一侧的选择性运移的特征,断裂转折轴部高曲率高孔、高渗域与高孔、高渗砂体沉积相带的有利对置决定了油气的主流向;综合研究指出,南堡凹陷北堡构造带是今后优势勘探的首要区带,其次是南堡构造带和南堡4号蛤坨构造带南部。     

Rare-element composition of pyropes and lamproites and ancient dispersion haloes of the southwestern Siberian platform

The problem of heterogeneity of the mantle lithosphere of the southwestern portion of the Siberian Platform has been considered, and the diamond content in potential mother lodes within this area has been estimated based on original geochemical data on the rare-element composition of pyropes from diamondiferous lamproites of the Ingashin field within the Prisayan region and ancient dispersion haloes of minerals accompanying diamonds in the area between the Angara and Uda rivers. Pyropes from lamproites are characterized by low concentrations of Zr (0.18–9.05 ppm), Hf (0.03–0.37 ppm), and rare earth elements (Sm 0.04–0.49, Eu 0.02–0.16, and Dy 0.05–0.96 ppm). Pyropes from the Lower Carboniferous Baeron Formation within the Tangui-Chuksha area are significantly different from pyropes of the Ingashin lamproites in high contents of Zr (30.36–139.23 ppm) and Hf (0.4–2.22 ppm). These pyropes are characterized by elevated concentrations of rare earth elements (Sm 1.34–3.68, Eu 0.53–1.17, and Dy 1.0–2.05 ppm). The distribution patterns of rare incompatible elements in pyropes of the Lower Carboniferous Mura massif within the Mura area manifest even stronger differences with pyropes of the Ingashin lamproites and in many respects with pyropes from Lower Carboniferous sediments of the Baeron Formation within the Tangui-Chuksha area. The results obtained indicate that there is no large-scale regional spreading of pyropes from Mid-Riphean lamproite bodies in the course of washout of these bodies and that the mantle lithosphere in the southwestern portion of the Siberian Platform is laterally heterogeneous in mineralogical-geochemical terms. The chemical composition and the peculiar distribution pattern of rare elements in pyropes from lamproites of the Prisayan region indicate a depleted, primarily lherzolite composition of the upper mantle that was transformed through low-temperature potassium metasomatosis. In terms of the chemical and rare-element compositions, pyropes from Lower Carboniferous sediments of the Tangui-Chuksha and Mura areas belong to a wider range of mantle rocks: depleted peridotites, metasomatic peridotites under low (900–1000°C) and high (>1000°C) temperature conditions, and megacrysts. This suggests that the composition of the lithospheric mantle in this area of the southern portion of the Siberian Platform is characterized by a considerably differentiated stratification of mantle rocks, some of which were credibly formed in the diamond stability field.     

NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF STRUCTURAL FRACTURES CONTROLLED BY PIQIANG STRIKE-SLIP FAULT

在深入探讨皮羌走滑断裂对构造裂缝控制作用的基础上,应用ANSYS有限元方法,模拟区域差应力、走滑断裂宽度和走向等因素影响下构造裂缝分布发育的规律.模拟结果表明,构造裂缝带宽随区域差应力增大呈线性增大,随断裂带宽度增大呈线性减小,随断裂走向与区域差应力夹角增大呈线性减小;施加的区域差应力值是影响构造裂缝发育的主要因素.