Crustal attenuation in the Southern Andean retroarc (38°–39°30′ S) determined from tectonic and gravimetric studies: The Lonco-Luán asthenospheric anomaly

The western retroarc of the Southern Andes between 38° and 40° S is formed by a NNW-elongated ridge not associated with stacked thrust sheets. On the contrary, during the last 4–3 Ma this ridge was affected by extensional deformation, regional uplift and related folding on a very broad scale. Receiver function analysis shows that the drainage divide area and adjacent retroarc lie over an attenuated crust. Expected crustal thickness at these latitudes is around 38 km, whereas in this part of the retroarc the thickness is less than 32 km. The causes for such attenuation have been linked to a moderate steepening of the subducted Nazca plate beneath the South American plate, which is suggested by a westward shift and narrowing of the magmatic arc during the last 4 to 5 Ma. Gravimetric studies show that the upper plate did not react homogeneously to slab steepening, but ancient sutures and lithospheric discontinuities deeply buried under Mesozoic to Cenozoic sequences in the retroarc were locally reactivated. These processes resulted in an asthenospheric anomaly that correlates at the surface with the area of Pliocene to Quaternary doming, widespread extension and three radial troughs. Two of the troughs have accommodated substantial amounts of extension, but the third was probably aborted at an early stage. Moreover, the presence of an anomalous concentration of calderas and large volcanic centers over the proposed asthenospheric anomaly, and their age distribution, may indicate minor migration of the asthenospheric anomaly between 4 and 2 Ma through the western South American plate.     

赣东北地区矽卡岩典型矿物形成与演化的光谱证据:以朱溪钨多金属矿为例SCIEI北大核心CSCD

朱溪是近年来在江西塔前-赋春成矿带发现的一个世界级超大型钨铜矿床。本文采用短波红外+热红外光谱技术对矿区13个钻孔进行了光谱测量,结合岩石-矿物地球化学分析,探讨了朱溪矿床矽卡岩中典型蚀变矿物的形成与演化过程,厘定了矽卡岩形成不同阶段矿物组合的光谱特征,构建了朱溪矿床的短波红外+热红外光谱勘查模型。研究发现:(1)区内不同矿物组合形成了明显的蚀变分带,由内向外依次为绢云母(富Si)+长石(岩体顶层蚀变,多期流体叠加综合作用)→外矽卡岩:钙铝榴石+透辉石+(绢云母)→透辉石+蛇纹石+绿泥(帘)石+滑石→绢云母(富Al)+绿泥(帘)石(基底不整合面蚀变);(2)Al-OH波长的移动可指示成矿流体压力、温度及pH值的变化;(3)研究区透辉石的形成、演化与矿体之间关系密切,虽然富矿体赋存于矽卡岩形成早期的透辉石-石榴子石蚀变带,但大量矿体则赋存于矽卡岩退蚀变阶段的蛇纹石-绿泥石蚀变带;(4)矿体的形成与流体的混合作用关系极大,伊利石光谱吸收特征能够指示外部冷水(大气降水或地下水)的灌入轨迹。     

东北大兴安岭多年冻土区工程地质特征及评价

土体在冻结状态具有极高的压缩模量, 具有弹性体的工程地质特征。但是在冻土地温升高过程中, 这种特征急剧衰减, 产生蠕变和流变, 建筑物地基强度降低, 导致建筑物基础破坏。同时土体在冻结过程中产生的冻胀作用也将导致建筑物基础的破坏。东北大兴安岭地区多年冻土为高纬度低海拔多年冻土, 其分布具有明显纬度地带性特点。本文在分析该区多年冻土分布特征及冻土工程地质特点的基础上, 对由于土体的冻胀和融沉导致的建筑物基础的危害进行分类研究, 针对性的提出了用热棒降低土体温度以保证多年冻土稳定及用排水的方法减少水对建筑物地基多年冻土影响的工程病害处理措施。     

Mineralogical characteristics of upper Jurassic Mikulov Marls,the Czech Republic,in relation to their thermal maturity

The Upper Jurassic Marls of Mikulov present a formation that is considered to be the most promising strata to produce hydrocarbons in the Vienna basin. The marls are composed of dark pelagic marlstones that frequently contain layers of limestone with thickness reaching several hundreds of meters. Twenty-seven core samples from selected wells located in the south-eastern portion of the Czech Republic representing depths ranging from 2300 to 4500 m were analyzed by x-ray diffraction to assess bulk mineralogy and the progress of smectite illitization.Bulk mineralogy of the Mikulov Marls comprises carbonates (mean value = 54.4 mass%), clay minerals (26.6 mass%), quartz (15.0 mass%), and feldspar (1.6 mean%). In the decreasing order, the clay mineral fraction is composed of illite/mica, kaolinite, illite-smectite, and chlorite. The amount of smectite in illite-smectite decreases with depth from 70% to 28%. There is a change from random to ordered interstratification at the depth of 3300 m. The transition from short-range ordering (R1) to long-range ordering (R3) occurs at depths greater than 4,500 m.There was a good correspondence between thermal maturity parameters: the percentage of smectite in illite-smectite structures and vitrinite reflectance as a parameter of organic matter. The increase of the metamorphic grade was compared in respect to the geothermal gradient with adjacent basins.     

热穹隆构造及其对金矿的控矿作用

热穹隆构造是在一个构造活动（逆冲）带中,由沿走向发生的地壳差异性升降运动（走向波浪机制）产生的构造穹隆中的热（液）活动事件,或是在这些部位由于中浅成岩浆岩的底辟式侵入而产生的热力性穹隆构造,它对金矿成矿的控制机理主要体现在适宜的浅层构造空间,贯深性构造通道及深源（下地壳）的岩浆源和矿质热液源的有机统一,主要的容矿空间为穹隆构造所产生的放射状（或束状）及环状构造裂隙系统。     

High-temperature X-ray investigation of natural columbites

Structural investigations at high temperature were carried out on natural columbite samples across the join Fe(Nb_0.95Ta_0.05)₂O₆–Mn(Nb_0.95Ta_0.05)₂O₆. The samples were preliminarily annealed to attain the complete cation-ordered state and avoid the superimposition of the effects of cation ordering during high-temperature studies. Unit-cell parameters of three columbites with different X_Fe content were measured at regular intervals in the temperature range 25–900 °C using single-crystal X-ray diffraction techniques. The crystal structures of completely ordered ferrocolumbite and manganocolumbite were also refined from intensity data collected at room temperature, 300 and 600 °C. Structural thermal expansion coefficients show positive, linear expansion of a, b, c lattice constants and cell volume. In general, slightly higher expansion occurs along a and c directions. However, anisotropy decreases sharply with decreasing Fe content. Reversibility of thermal expansion in the investigated temperature range was checked by high-temperature diffraction studies under heating-up and cooling-down conditions. Impurities do not play an important role in thermal expansion of columbites; expansion coefficients measured on two crystals of the same sample characterized by different Ti content are in fact almost identical. Structural changes with temperature essentially affect bond lengths: volumes of both A and B octahedral sites increase linearly with temperature, whereas interpolyhedral geometrical parameters do not vary significantly.     

Analysis on the law of occurrence of shallow geothermal energy in Zhoukou City of Henan Province,China

In this paper, through data collection and field investigation, the development and utilization status of shallow geothermal energy in Zhoukou urban area was discussed. Based on the analysis of hydrogeological conditions, rock and soil structure characteristics and field test research, the spatial distribution characteristics of rock and soil in the study area were summarized. The study shows that Zhoukou City is located in the alluvial plain of Huanghuai, and the loose deposits of river alluvial genesis range 0-200 m. These loose deposits and groundwater stored in their pores are the main carriers of shallow geothermal energy. In the central part of the Yinghe River in the middle of the study area, the aquifer thickness is within 200 m, the particle size is coarser, the water-bearing degree and recharge capacity is better. On this basis, the paper uses AHP to evaluate the suitability of shallow geothermal energy development and utilization to guide the rational development and utilization of shallow geothermal energy resources.     

Mallow Springs,County Cork,Ireland

Because of its copious and reliable rainfall, Ireland has an abundance of springs. Many of the larger ones issue from the Carboniferous limestone that occurs in over 40% of the country. The spring water is mainly a calcium bicarbonate type with a temperature of about 10°C. In the 18th century, warm and cold springs were developed as spas in various parts of Ireland. The popularity of these springs was short and most were in major decline by 1850. Today only one cold spa at Lisdoonvarna, Co. Clare is still operating. Springs in Ireland were places of religious significance for the pre-Christian Druidic religion. In the Christian period they became holy wells, under the patronage of various saints. Cures for many different ailments were attributed to water from these wells.     

云南巧家仓房沟铅锌矿矿床成矿模式

铅锌矿赋存于灯影组硅质条带白云岩中,局部产于筇竹寺组,脉状、透镜状,与峨眉山玄武岩喷发关系密切,属岩浆晚期热液成因。     

热对流成岩作用的基本特征与研究意义

介绍了热对流产生的条件与地质背景,指出火成侵入体、盐丘和活跃断层周围等温线陡倾斜场所易发生热对流成岩作用。综述了岩浆成因热对流的岩石学记录,包括热变质作用、突然升温—逐渐降温的自生矿物组合和相对高温的自生矿物类型,分析了自生伊利石的K/Ar年龄在热对流成岩作用研究中的作用。阐述了热对流成岩作用对盆地动力学、砂岩储层和油气运移研究的意义。