Structural architecture of the ocean–continent boundary at an oblique transform margin through deep-imaging seismic interpretation and gravity modelling: Equatorial Guinea, West Africa

Along the Rio Muni transform margin, the transition from continental to oceanic crust occurs across a region of approximately 75-km width. The crust in this transition region, termed proto-oceanic crust (POC), is neither purely oceanic nor continental in composition and structure. Improved seismic reflection images from the PROBE deep-imaging dataset, combined with gravity modelling, have shed new light on the structural architecture of the margin and the composition of the POC. On these newly migrated seismic reflection sections, four fracture zones associated with large steps in the Moho are identified, splitting the POC into three segments. Models in which these segments are composed of oceanic or stretched continental crust do not provide satisfactory predictions of the gravity anomaly. A model of serpentinized peridotite for two segments of POC, with the third segment composed of oceanic crust in between, does satisfy the observed gravity anomaly. Three alternative geological scenarios are proposed to explain the segmentation and composition of the POC: (a) serpentinized upper mantle becoming unroofed and emplaced at basement surface level along detachment surfaces confined to discrete segments by the fracture zones, (b) oblique-slip on transform faults that allow the circulation of water into the mantle and emplacement of serpentinized upper mantle material; or (c) intense faulting of anomalous oceanic crust as a result of magma depletion allowing hydrothermal circulation and the emplacement of serpentinized peridotites.     

云南罗平富乐厂铅锌矿床地质特征及深部找矿推测

通过地层、岩性、构造、蚀变及物化探异常等方面,分析富乐厂铅锌矿区矿床地质特征和控矿因素,认为该区铅锌矿含矿层具有多层性,推测矿区深部具有良好的找矿前景,应特别注重断层构造切割石炭纪地层之空间地段的地质找矿.     

Soil geochemical prospecting prediction method based on deep convolutional neural networks-Taking Daqiao Gold Deposit in Gansu Province,China as an example

A method is proposed for the prospecting prediction of subsurface mineral deposits based on soil geochemistry data and a deep convolutional neural network model.This method uses three techniques(window offset,scaling,and rotation)to enhance the number of training data for the model.A window area is used to extract the spatial distribution characteristics of soil geochemistry and measure their correspondence with the occurrence of known subsurface deposits.Prospecting prediction is achieved by matching the characteristics of the window area of an unknown area with the relationships established in the known area.This method can efficiently predict mineral prospective areas where there are few ore deposits used for generating the training dataset,meaning that the deep-learning method can be effectively used for deposit prospecting prediction.Using soil active geochemical measurement data,this method was applied in the Daqiao area,Gansu Province,for which seven favorable gold prospecting target areas were predicted.The Daqiao orogenic gold deposit of latest Jurassic and Early Jurassic age in the southern domain has more than 105 t of gold resources at an average grade of 3-4 g/t.In 2020,the project team drilled and verified the K prediction area,and found 66 m gold mineralized bodies.The new method should be applicable to prospecting prediction using conventional geochemical data in other areas.     

浅层弯线地震勘探采集与处理技术

在浅层地震勘探中,测线常常由于场地的限制而不能沿直线布设.而弯线地震勘探施工过程中炮检中点比较分散,影响共面元道集的叠加和最终剖面的真实性.加之浅层地震资料又有其自身的特殊性,所以选择合理有效的浅层弯线采集与处理技术非常必要.本文以甘肃陇南山区新文县一中测线为例,结合弯线共中心点面元叠加的时间、空间条件,在采集和处理两个环节分析控制炮检中点分散范围的具体方法,获得了真实且高品质的地震剖面.剖面有效波的能量较好,同向轴连续清晰,各种干扰波得到了压制,说明浅层弯线地震勘探的方法在理论上和技术上都是可行的.     

Structural characteristics of the Altar Basin,Northwest Sonora,Mexico

Eight two-dimensional, multichannel seismic reflection lines were acquired, processed, and interpreted to study the structure of the Altar Basin, which is part of the Salton Trough tectonic province. We identified two basin-bounding zones characterized by different degrees of strain: the Cerro Prieto–Altar deformation zone (CPADZ) and the Altar–Caborca deformation zone (ACDZ). The CPADZ is bounded on the west by the Cerro Prieto fault and on the east by the Altar fault. To the north, the strike of both faults changes slightly from a NW to more NNW direction. In the CPADZ, the thickness of the crust decreases southward towards the Gulf of California, and is associated with a deformation-developing fault. The CPADZ has a rotation component orientating these faults in an oblique direction to the Cerro Prieto fault, whereas within the ACDZ, a geometric coherence of synthetic and antithetic faults exists, creating horsts and graben striking N37° W. The Altar fault is recognized by basement interruption, with a vertical component of ～1 km, striking at N37° W and dipping 83° SW. On the northeastern side of the Altar Basin, the basement configuration shows that the minimum time of basement record (～0.4 s of two-way travel time) and the time curve gradient decrease in the NE–SW direction. The depocentre is ～6 km deep in the central-west portion of the basin. We identified a graben between the Rosario and Tinajas Altas mountains (Rosario Basin). The extension–connection of the Altar and Rosario basins to the south is not well defined; nevertheless, these basins could represent the link between the Colorado River and the Gulf of California during the late Miocene, whereas this link was abandoned in the Pliocene as subsidence migrated towards the northwest into the Cerro Prieto and Laguna Salada basins.     

Seismic evidence of up to 200 m lake‐level change in Southern Patagonia since Marine Isotope Stage 4

Maar lake Laguna Potrok Aike is located north of the Strait of Magellan (south‐eastern Patagonia). Seismic reflection profiles revealed a highly dynamic palaeoclimate history. Dunes were identified in the eastern part of the lake at approximately 30 to 80 m below the lake floor, overlying older lacustrine strata, and suggest that the region experienced dry conditions probably combined with strong westerly winds. It is quite likely that this can be linked to a major dust event recorded in the Antarctic ice cores during Marine Isotope Stage 4. The dunes are overlain by a series of palaeo‐shorelines indicating a stepwise water‐level evolution of a new lake established after this dry period, and thus a change towards wetter conditions. After the initial, rapid and stepwise lake‐level rise, the basin became deeper and wider, and sediments deposited on the lake shoulder at approximately 33 m below present‐day lake level point towards a long period of lake‐level highstand between roughly 53·5 ka cal. bp and 30 ka cal. bp with a maximum lake level some 200 m higher than the desiccation horizon. This highstand was then followed by a regressional phase of uncertain age, although it must have happened some time between approximately 30 ka cal. bp and 6750 yrs cal. bp . Dryer conditions during the Mid‐Holocene are evidenced by a dropping lake level, resulting in a basin‐wide erosional unconformity on the lake shoulder. A second stepwise transgression between ca 5·8 to 5·4 ka cal. bp and ca 4·7 to 4 ka cal. bp with palaeo‐shorelines deposited on the lake shoulder unconformity again indicates a change towards wetter conditions.     

四川盆地东北部某储卤构造深层卤水资源量容积法评价的改进模型研究

深层地下卤水资源量的评价具有较大难度,一方面由于深部地质及水文地质参数难以准确获取,另一方面地下卤水资源量评价方法尚无规范可循。传统的深层卤水区域资源量评价方法一般采用容积法,但容积法对储卤层空间形态描述较简单,同时也无法处理深层卤水各参数严重不均一的问题,容易引起误差的累积。提出了容积法的一种改进模型,首先利用Opengl API三维渲染技术来建立储卤层三维模型,再利用克里格法对储卤层三维模型进行网格化,建立模拟单元,用模拟的方法来解决各参数的不均一性,进而求取资源量。该方法继承了资源量评价中"圈区算量"的基本思想,可以获得更准确的计算结果。为了便于该方法的应用,进行了软件实现,并以四川盆地东北部某储卤构造为例对该构造资源量进行了试算。结果表明该方法能更充分地利用深部地质参数,是对容积法的一种有效改进。     

深埋公路隧道在双向地震动作用下的最大动力反应分析

为了解地震对深埋公路隧道的影响,以有限元软件MIDAS/GTS对武罐高速公路小石村隧道深埋段进行了单向、双向地震动作用和自重作用下的数值分析.地震动输入采用隧址区经过基线校正的50年10％超越概率的加速度时程.结果表明:双向地震作用对隧道结构的影响明显大于单向地震作用;隧道拱脚和拱顶处为地震作用下的最危险部位;纵向与竖向地震力的共同作用对隧道结构的影响最大.地震对深埋隧道的影响不可忽略.     

太平洋板块俯冲对中国东北深浅震影响机理的数值模拟

本文采用与深度有关的不同分层结构模型, 并考虑太平洋板块俯冲角度差异等特征, 建立太平洋板块向中国东北地区俯冲的2D纵向静力学模型。 以太平洋板片俯冲速度为约束条件, 通过变化俯冲板块的俯冲角度, 数值模拟太平洋板块向中国东北的俯冲过程, 探讨太平洋板块俯冲作用对于我国东北深浅震的影响, 得到不同俯冲角度模型的深浅部应力场分布, 揭示区域构造应力场的总体特征和断裂带局部特性, 并讨论了活动断裂带以及邻近区域对东北地区深浅部构造应力场的响应。 结果表明, 太平洋板块俯冲角度的变化对于中国东北地区深浅震的地震活动格局具有重要影响, 断裂带构造环境是浅源地震孕育的基本条件。