岔路口特大型钼多金属矿床的发现及其意义

黑龙江岔路口矿床是近年来在大兴安岭地区北部找到的一处特大型斑岩钼多金属矿床,其产出规模已居中国北方钼多金属矿床之首.钼多金属矿化大部分在侏罗系火山-沉积岩中,呈细脉状、细脉浸染状产出,并与晚侏罗世石英斑岩、花岗斑岩和隐爆角砾岩具有密切的时空分布关系.初步研究表明,该矿床无论是在产出环境、地质特征上,还是在含矿侵入岩岩石...     

Paleoclimatic inference of the mid-Holocene record of monk seal (Monachus monachus) in the Cantabrian Coast

The mid-Holocene has been widely used to test the performance of the numerical models that are commonly employed to estimate the future evolution of world climate. This period, as the pollen record shows, was characterized by higher temperatures than present in northern and Central Europe, while cooler conditions occurred in the south of the continent. This pattern is challenging numeric algorithms that widely fail to replicate the paleoclimate data of southern Europe. Here we report the discovery of a fragmented bone of a temperate water phocid (Monachus monachus) dated to 5540 ± 40 BP that was hunted and consumed on the Cantabrian Coast during that period. This find implies a hitherto unnoted phase of warm conditions associated with strengthened advention of subtropical waters to the region. As a consequence, the possibility that the oceanographic regime from that time in the Bay of Biscay was similar to the current one is reinforced, a fact that could modify our view of mid-Holocene climate in the Iberian Peninsula and have important implications in climate change studies.     

Terrestrial sensitivity to abrupt cooling recorded by aeolian activity in northwest Ohio, USA

Lower slopes of the Sandia Mountains are characterized by granitic corestone topography and weathering-limited slopes with thin grusy colluvium and weakly developed soils. In contrast, thick soils with illuvial clay and pedogenic carbonate have developed below aplite outcrops. Aplite is resistant to chemical decomposition, but physically weathers to blocky clasts that enhance surface roughness and erosional resistance of colluvium, promoting accumulation of eolian fines. Thick B horizons on aplite slopes indicate limited erosion and prolonged periods of stability and soil development. Accretion of eolian material limits runoff and prevents attainment of a steady-state balance between soil production and downslope transport.     

Long-term river discharge and multidecadal climate variability inferred from varved sediments, southwest Alaska

Sedimentological analyses of 289 years (AD 1718-2006) of varved sediment from Shadow Bay, southwest Alaska, were used to investigate hydroclimate variability during and prior to the instrumental period. Varve thicknesses relate most strongly to total annual discharge (r² = 0.75, n = 43, p < 0.0001). Maximum annual grain size depends most strongly on maximum spring daily discharge (r² = 0.63, n = 43, p < 0.0001) and maximum annual daily discharge (r² = 0.61, n = 43, p < 0.0001), while varve thickness is poorly correlated with maximum annual grain size (r² = 0.004, n = 287, p = 0.33). Relations between varve thickness and annual climate variables (temperature, precipitation, North Pacific (NP) and Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) indices) are insignificant. On multidecadal timescales, however, regime shifts in varve thickness and total annual discharge coincide with shifts in NP and PDO indices. Periods with increased varve thickness and total annual discharge were associated with warm PDO phases and a strengthened Aleutian Low. The varve-inferred record of PDO suggests that any periodicity in the PDO varied over time, and that the early 19th century marked a transition to a more frequent or detectable shifts.     

Isotopic tracers of paleohydrologic change in large lakes of the Bolivian Altiplano

We have developed an ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr, ²³⁴U/²³⁸U, and δ¹⁸O data set from carbonates associated with late Quaternary paleolake cycles on the southern Bolivian Altiplano as a tool for tracking and understanding the causes of lake-level fluctuations. Distinctive groupings of ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios are observed. Ratios are highest for the Ouki lake cycle (120-95 ka) at 0.70932, lowest for Coipasa lake cycle (12.8-11.4 ka) at 0.70853, and intermediate at 0.70881 to 0.70884 for the Salinas (95-80 ka), Inca Huasi (~ 45 ka), Sajsi (24-20.5 ka), and Tauca (18.1-14.1 ka) lake cycles. These Sr ratios reflect variable contributions from the eastern and western Cordilleras. The Laca hydrologic divide exerts a primary influence on modern and paleolake ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios; waters show higher ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios north of this divide. Most lake cycles were sustained by slightly more rainfall north of this divide but with minimal input from Lake Titicaca. The Coipasa lake cycle appears to have been sustained mainly by rainfall south of this divide. In contrast, the Ouki lake cycle was an expansive lake, deepest in the northern (Poópo) basin, and spilling southward. These results indicate that regional variability in central Andean wet events can be reconstructed using geochemical patterns from this lake system.     

青藏高原东北缘囊谦古近纪盆地沉积特征及盆地演化研究

野外露头岩石学与地层学研究表明,青藏高原东北缘囊谦古近纪盆地贡觉组自下而上可分为5个岩性段,它们构成两套由粗变细的沉积序列,主要形成于冲积扇-河流-湖泊-三角洲沉积环境。不同的岩性段具有不同的岩石组合,反映其形成于不同的沉积环境:第一岩性段分布局限,为滨浅湖相沉积;第二岩性段、第四岩性段和第五岩性段形成于近源、快速堆积环境;第三岩性段为面积分布广泛的干旱-炎热气候条件下的河流-湖泊沉积环境产物。由于盆地沉积的不对称性及所处沉积环境的不同,各岩性段在盆地内的出露也不相同,总体反映盆地经历了早期挤压推覆前陆盆地、中期走滑拉分盆地、晚期走滑挤压推覆前陆盆地的演化历史。     

四川盆地古近纪沙漠沉积特征及古风向意义

基于前人研究成果,通过野外地质调查、室内分析测试对四川盆地古近系柳嘉组红层沉积物的性质、结构、原生沉积构造及石英颗粒表面结构进行了系统分析,分析结果进一步证明了本区古沙漠的存在.将其沙漠沉积分为沙丘和丘间两种沉积类型,对丘间又细分为干丘间和湿丘间,针对不同的沉积类型也明确了相应的识别标志.通过对沙丘前积层倾向的测量,重...     

滴西12井区储集层伤害机理研究及防膨效果评价

针对滴西12井区勘探开发中可能存在的储层伤害问题,通过开展储层敏感性特征、注水适应性评价及防膨稳定剂效果评价等综合研究,结合该区块储层具体情况,明确现场注水伤害类型及程度,推出相对合适、匹配、经济实用的防膨稳定剂,减小注水开发过程中储层敏感性伤害,增强注水开发效果,从而达到高效、合理开发滴西12井区油藏目的.     

滇东南老寨湾金矿地质特征及成因探讨

老寨湾金矿位于云南省东南部,地处著名的"滇黔桂金三角"内,是云南迄今为止唯一进行详查并大规模开发的"卡林型"金矿.现已探明矿床规模为中大型,目前,矿山已建成云南省首座吨金矿山,具有良好的成矿条件和找矿前景.本文通过对矿区地质背景、地质特征、地球化学特征、矿石特征进行了分析,推断矿床成因为后期热液改造形成,属沉积型后期热...     

四川省阿坝县小石头山银多金属矿地质特征及找矿方向

以四川省阿坝县小石头山银多金属矿为研究对象,阐述了四川省阿坝县小石头山银多金属矿所处的地质背景、矿床地质特征。结合已发现的矿化类型及分布特征,确立找矿标志,提出找矿方向,可望实现新的突破。