Crustal architecture of central Victoria: results from the 2006 deep crustal reflection seismic survey

A ～400 km long deep crustal reflection seismic survey was acquired in central Victoria, Australia, in 2006. It has provided information on crustal architecture across the western Lachlan Orogen and has greatly added to the understanding of the tectonic evolution. The east-dipping Moyston Fault is confirmed as the suture between the Delamerian and western Lachlan Orogens, and is shown to extend down to the Moho. The Avoca Fault, the boundary between the Stawell and Bendigo Zones, is a west-dipping listric reverse fault that intersects the Moyston Fault at a depth of about 22 km, forming a V-shaped geometry. Both the Stawell and Bendigo Zones can be divided broadly into a lower crustal region of interlayered and imbricated metavolcanic and metasedimentary rocks and an upper crustal region of tightly folded metasedimentary rocks. The Stawell Zone was probably part of a Cambrian accretionary system along the eastern Gondwanaland margin, and mafic rocks may have been partly consumed by Cambrian subduction. Much of the Early Cambrian oceanic crust beneath the Bendigo Zone was not subducted, and is preserved as a crustal-scale imbricate thrust stack. The seismic data have shown that a thin-skinned structural model appears to be valid for much of the Melbourne Zone, whereas the Stawell and Bendigo Zones have a thick-skinned structural style. Internal faults in the Stawell and Bendigo Zones are mostly west-dipping listric faults, which extend from the surface to near the base of the crust. The Heathcote Fault Zone, the boundary between the Bendigo and Melbourne Zones, extends to at least 20 km, and possibly to the Moho. A striking feature in the seismic data is the markedly different seismic character of the mid to lower crust of the Melbourne Zone. The deep seismic reflection data for the Melbourne Zone have revealed a multilayered crustal structure that supports the Selwyn Block model.     

Structural and timing constraints on molybdenum and tungsten mineralisation at Yea,Victoria

The molybdenite and scheelite mineralisation in the Native Dog Pluton at Monkey Gully near Yea is hosted within an I-type (post-orogenic) pluton, which shows extensive fractionation and magma mixing, and was emplaced in an extensional environment. The pluton comprises four principal rock types: tonalite, granodiorite, dacite and leucogranite. Emplacement of the pluton was in an extensional northwest to southeast paleostress field. Early extensional quartz veins, related to cooling, are overprinted by both dacitic dykes and late-stage quartz sheeted veins. The late-stage veins host the molybdenum and tungsten mineralisation in the deposit. ²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U zircon ages of 356 ±14 Ma and 375 ± 22 Ma place pluton formation and mineralisation at the onset of the Kanimblan Orogeny and later than other major molybdenum deposits in Victoria. Key factors governing the source for the granite and its associated mineralisation are: (1) the presence of a highly fractionated and sulfur-rich leucogranite; and (2) the pluton's location in a regional jog overlying the Selwyn basement block. Finally, a model is developed to explain the differences between this Melbourne Zone molybdenum and tungsten deposit compared with other metallogenic porphyry deposits.     

扬子西南缘盐边群时代及构造环境: 来自碎屑沉积岩的约束

出露于扬子地块西南缘的盐边群为一套火山-沉积岩系,其深入研究对探讨扬子西缘新元古代构造环境具有重要意义.本文对盐边群中碎屑沉积岩进行了较系统的岩石学、碎屑物质组成和地球化学研究,并从小坪组和乍古组中各选取了1件变质砂岩样品进行锆石U-Pb年龄和Hf同位素分析.变质砂岩主要由棱角状-次棱角状火山岩岩屑、石英和长石矿物碎屑组成.碎屑沉积岩Al2O3/SiO2值为0.12～0.4,K2O/Na2O值范围为0.14 ～9.45(其中板岩K2O/Na2O值多大于1.0,而变质砂岩中多数样品的K2O/Na2O值小于1.0).所有样品具有轻-中等程度的轻重稀土元素分异((La/Yb)N=1.6 ～9.37),多数样品具有明显的负Eu异常.εNd(t)值范围为-1.77～ +5.01.变质砂岩碎屑锆石U-Pb年龄峰值为900～ 910Ma,同时存在少量太古代-古元古代碎屑锆石.小坪组和乍古组变质砂岩中年轻碎屑锆石206pb/238U年龄加权平均值分别为888±8Ma和884±14Ma.碎屑物质组成、地球化学和锆石U-Pb年龄结果共同表明,盐边群碎屑沉积为近源沉积,物源区主要为岛孤中酸性火山岩和花岗岩.结合关刀山岩体(857Ma)和荒田组玄武岩(880～830Ma)研究结果,进一步限定盐边群的时代为880～830Ma,形成于弧后盆地环境,其沉积物源区为华夏地块向扬子地块俯冲过程中,扬子西南缘形成的火山岛孤.     

阴山地块晚太古代岩浆作用、变质作用对地壳演化及BIF成因的启示

阴山地块是华北克拉通西部太古代基底出露最大最完整的地区.固阳地区是阴山地块最具代表性的地区,主要由中西部低级别变质的晚太古代花岗-绿岩地体和东部的高级变质杂岩地体组成.统计结果表明,无论是绿岩带,花岗岩类侵入体,还是高级别变质杂岩的原岩都形成于晚太古代末期(2562 ～ 2510Ma),形成时间上相互重叠,在～2500Ma,～2480Ma分别经历了两期变质事件,第一期为逆时针的P-T轨迹,与洋脊俯冲有关;第二期则表现顺时针的P-T轨迹,与晚期碰撞造山有关.科马提岩-科马提质玄武岩、高镁安山岩-富Nb火山岩、TFG和Sanukitoid多种具有特殊构造意义的岩石同时发育.综合已有资料获得如下启示,阴山地块在晚太古代受板块体制控制,并先后经历了洋脊俯冲和碰撞造山过程.将区域内的BIF与相关岩石联系起来考虑,得出BIF的形成与洋脊俯冲有关,BIF中的Si来源于绿岩带底部的玄武岩,Fe来源于同层位的科马提岩.     

A partition‐based serial algorithm for generating viewshed on massive DEMs

As increasingly large‐scale and higher‐resolution terrain data have become available, for example air‐form and space‐borne sensors, the volume of these datasets reveals scalability problems with existing GIS algorithms. To address this problem, a kind of serial algorithm was developed to generate viewshed on large grid‐based digital elevation models (DEMs). We first divided the whole DEM into rectangular blocks in row and column directions (called block partitioning), then processed these blocks with four axes followed by four sectors sequentially. When processing the particular block, we adopted the ‘reference plane’ algorithm to calculate the visibility of the target point on the block, and adjusted the calculation sequence according to the different spatial relationships between the block and the viewpoint since the viewpoint is not always inside the DEM. By adopting the ‘Reference Plane’ algorithm and using a block partitioning method to segment and load the DEM dynamically, it is possible to generate viewshed efficiently in PC‐based environments. Experiments showed that the divided block should be dynamically loaded whole into computer main memory when partitioning, and the suggested approach retains the accuracy of the reference plane algorithm and has near linear compute complexity.     

基于Surpac的乌山铜钼矿模型优化研究

利用矿业软件Surpac,收集矿山在开采过程中的生产勘探数据和南矿段补勘所采集的钻孔资料,更新了地质数据库;对乌山铜钼矿矿床模型进行了优化研究;为边际品位指标优化提供了地质资源基础;同时也作为储量估算和境界圈定的依据。     

赞比亚东北部陇都地区首次发现中元古代辉长岩:哥伦比亚超大陆裂解在班韦乌卢地块的响应

赞比亚东北部陇都地区位于班韦乌卢地块中东部,区内首次发现中元古代基性岩浆侵入事件,对于了解班韦乌卢地块中元古代构造演化历史及哥伦比亚超大陆的重建具有重要意义.针对研究区的辉长岩进行了系统的岩相学、LA-MC-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年代学、岩石地球化学和锆石Hf同位素研究.结果表明,辉长岩锆石中17粒具有他形板柱状,内...     

Evaluation of rock slope stability for Yujian River dam site by kinematic and block theory analyses

Lithological information, rock mass fracture data and discontinuity shear strength obtained through field investigations have been used to conduct kinematic and block theory analyses for the rock slopes that exist in the dam site to evaluate the stability of the slopes. The analyses were performed using mean discontinuity set orientations for each rock mass region under gravitational loading to calculate the maximum safe slope angles (MSSA) for different cut slope directions. Results show that final MSSAs obtained from kinematic analysis are less than or equal to that obtained from block theory analysis. The following conclusions have been made based on the block theory analysis results, which are closer to the reality: (1) The final MSSA range between 30° and 47°, 44° and 70°, 47° and 69° for cut slope dip directions of 20–30°, 105–210°, and 270–355°, respectively; (2) For cut slope dip directions of 20–30°, 200–210° and 275–315°, wide ranges of values have been obtained for the final MSSA reflecting the influence of variability of fracture orientations on MSSA; (3) Apart from the region R-d-1 for slope dip directions in the range 20–30°, rest of the regions at the dam site seem to be stable for slope angles less than 40°. Detailed comparisons are given between the kinematic and block theory analyses covering both the theoretical concepts and application results. Also a brief comparison is included between the laboratory and in situ discontinuity shear strength results.     

羊拉铜矿里农矿段控矿因素及矿体分布规律

复杂的矿体空间分布影响矿山生产和找矿勘探。总结里农矿段控矿因素,重点分析主要矿体空间分布规律及地质背景,进一步指明找矿标志。     

扬子北缘镇巴—高川地区两类不同二叠系对比及区域构造意义

通过1∶50 000陕西镇巴—高川地区区域地质调查,发现镇巴地区和高川地区二叠系具有完全不同的岩石组合特征及生物化石,前者主要为一套稳定的碳酸盐岩相沉积,后者主要为一套较深水相黑色岩系沉积。经对典型地区实测剖面、古生物及岩石组合特征详细对比研究,发现二者虽然时代相同,但是不能横向对比,应为同期异相的产物。在综合区域地质资料基础上,探讨上述二叠系所表征的区域构造意义。两套二叠系岩相的差异性说明镇巴地区和高川地区当时曾分处在不同的沉积-构造环境:镇巴周缘以米仓山和星子山地层小区为代表的物质建造与扬子地块整体升降和海水的频繁进退密切相关,而高川周缘以褚河地层小区为代表的物质建造则更可能与早期地壳隆升、晚期地壳张裂成盆和海水贯入有关。综合区域地质资料研究认为,高川地区地层系统与勉略带地层系统相似,表明其早期与勉略带有着大致相同的构造演化史,也表明高川盆地曾经是晚古生代勉略裂谷—有限洋的一部分,只是被后期构造改造而残存于现今高川一隅。