Explosive gas pressure and work

Conclusion The inference is that work produced by an explosive tends to be a result of explosive generated gas pressure rather than the more constant shock energy.The breakage and adiabatic work respond to calculated borehole pressure relationships with a very high correlation. This indicates that the primary mechanism for rock breakage is explosive generated gas pressure.     

中国地热资源研究的进展

Based on recent year's advances of geothermal resources studies and explorations in China,this paper reviews the basic distributive characteristics of hot springs in the uplifted area and geothermal water in the Meso一Cenozonic sedimentary basins,suggests that two hydrothermal activity concentrated zones (S Tibet Autonomous Region-W Sichuan Province-W Yunnan Province and coastal area of SE China)，one large basin (North China Basin) and two smaller basins (Weihe Basin and Leiqiong Basin) are major areas of studies and explorations of geothermal resources in China continent, corysiders that geothermal resources in China have certain potential of exploitation and should be used，but thescale of exploitation seems to be limited, they cannot occupy an importan position in energy supply and can only be regarded as a supplementary energy source.     

北京小汤山地区第四系高氟地下水与地热水关系研究

北京小汤山地区第四系深层地下水氟含量普遍超标, 严重制约区域供水。在收集整理基础地质、水文地质、地热地质资料基础上, 开展第四系高氟地下水与地热水之间关系研究工作。研究表明: 小汤山地区位于复式背斜的核部区域, 该区热储层与第四系地层直接接触并形成水力“天窗”, 受构造应力影响在热储层发育大量张性裂隙, 加之上覆第四系盖层结构松散且厚度较薄, 导致该区成为地热富集带; 在高温高压环境下, 地热水中氟化物含量普遍较高, 地热水上涌同第四系深层地下水发生热流-冷流的混合作用, 导致第四系深层地下水中氟化物含量升高, 形成第四系高氟地下水。     

钻井与压裂液用摩芋粉的改性试验研究

魔芋胶以其固有的水溶性好、水溶胶粘度高、破胶残渣少且对地层无污染而得到水文地质钻井行业的广泛应用。在前人研究的基础上，采用化学改性与物理改性相结合的方法，提高了魔芋胶的水溶性以及护壁性能，降低了其破胶残渣     

周至深井水震波数字化记录与地震波记录的对比研究

介绍了周至深井井孔概况和水位观测的仪器设备配置，通过对2000年10月6日日本本州7．3级地震的水震波数字化记录的频谱分析，与陕西数字地震台网同一地震事件进行对比研究，结果表明，周至深井可以记录到周期大于2s的水震波，对地动位移的放大倍率约为200倍，带宽大于DK-1地震仪和FBS-3地震计，相当于一台深井宽带地震仪。     

Shear-wave splitting and reservoir crack characterization: the Coso geothermal field

This paper aims to improve current understanding of the subsurface fracture system in the Coso geothermal field, located in east-central California. The Coso reservoir is in active economic development, so that knowledge of the subsurface fracture system is of vital importance for an accurate evaluation of its geothermal potential and day-to-day production. To detect the geometry and density of fracture systems we applied the shear-wave splitting technique to a large number of high-quality seismograms from local microearthquakes recorded by a permanent, 16-station, down-hole, 3-component seismic array running at 480 samples/s. The analysis of shear-wave splitting (seismic birefringence) provides parameters directly related to the strike of the subsurface fractures and their density (number of cracks per unit volume), and, consequently, is an important technique to outline zones of high permeability. Three major fracture directions N10–30W, N0–20E, and N40–50E, of which the first and the second are the most prominent, were identified from the seismograms recorded by the 16-station down-hole array. All orientations are consistent with the known strike of local sets of faults and fractures in local wells and at the surface, as well as with previous analyses of seismic anisotropy in the region. The high quality of the recordings has allowed us to launch an unprecedented investigation into the characteristics of the temporal variations in crack polarization and crack density in a producing geothermal environment. Preliminary results point to significant temporal changes in shear-wave time delays, probably influenced by temporal changes in crack density within a period of 5 years (1996–2000). They are tentatively interpreted as due to a local 3% increase in shear-wave velocity in the southwestern part of the field during 1999.     

Petrographic features of a high-temperature granite just newly solidified magma at the Kakkonda geothermal field, Japan

A 3729-m-deep geothermal research well, WD-1a, provides us with a unique opportunity to study initial petrographic features of a high-temperature granite just after solidification of magma. The well succeeded in collecting three spot-cores of the Kakkonda Granite that is a pluton emplaced at a shallow depth and regarded as a heat source of the active Kakkonda geothermal system. The core samples were collected at the present formation temperatures of 370, 410 and over 500°C. These samples are granodiorite to tonalite consisting mainly of plagioclase, quartz, hornblende, biotite and K-feldspar. A sample collected at a formation temperature of over 500°C possesses the following remarkable petrographic features compared to the other two samples. Interstitial spaces are not completely sealed. K-feldspar exhibits no perthite by the exsolution of albite lamella. Quartz includes glassy melt inclusions without devitrification. Hornblende is less intensively altered to actinolite, and biotite is not altered. This study directly confirmed that perthite in K-feldspar is a recrystallization texture formed at 410–500°C based on a comparison of the in situ temperatures of the samples. Chemical compositions of minerals were analyzed to compare temperatures determined from geothermometers in several publications to the in situ temperatures of the samples.     

CSAMT与地热勘查

CSAMT(可控源音频大地电磁测深)方法以其探测深度大、分辨能力高等特点广泛应用于地下水资源勘查、金属矿产勘查、石油勘查等领域,可取得常规电法所无法比拟的勘查效果,尤其适用于圈定地下水资源的空间赋存位置、规模、属性、连通性等钻前勘查工作;近年来我院在全国各地所承担的地下水及地热勘查工作,采用CSAMT方法均取得了良好的应用效果;本文从方法的原理特点出发,总结了该方法应用于地热勘查的主导思想及所需注意的问题,最后给出了部分实例以资借鉴.     

临江市老三队地热水形成条件及成因探讨

介绍了临江市老三队地热水的自然地理概况和区域地质水文地质概况,分析了它的物理化学特征,含水岩组,补、径、排条件以及热储层、隔热盖层、地热水源等,最后探讨了其形成条件及成因。     

Extensional shear zones as imaged by reflection seismic lines: the Larderello geothermal field (central Italy)

The Larderello geothermal field is located in the Inner Northern Apennines, in an area which has been subject to extension since the Early Miocene. The latest extensional episode (Pliocene–Present) has resulted in the formation of NW-trending, NE-dipping listric normal faults, whose geometry is controlled down to 3 km by borehole data. In this paper, we integrate a new interpretation of seismic reflection lines with existing seismic, field, and borehole data to analyse the relations among listric normal faults, the top of the brittle–ductile transition, and the migration of geothermal fluids.In accordance with previous interpretations, we consider the strong reflector (K-horizon) marking the top of the reflective mid-lower crust, and located at a depth of 3–5 km in the geothermal area, to represent the top of the brittle–ductile transition. Its reflectivity most probably derives from the presence of overpressured fluids. We identify three main NW-trending, NE-dipping extensional brittle shear zones, showing listric geometry and soling out in the vicinity of the K-horizon. The latter appears to be dislocated in correspondence of the soling out of the shear zones. These shear zones, because of the associated intense fracturing, represent the most natural channels of upward migration of geothermal fluids from the magmatic sources located below the K-horizon.We suggest that these two conclusions—that listric normal faults root at or near the brittle–ductile transition, and that they act as preferential upward migration paths for magmatic fluids—may be of general validity for geothermal fields located in extensional settings.