Fluid generation, vein formation and the degree of fluid–rock interaction during decompression of high-pressure terranes: the Schistes Lustrés, Alpine Corsica, France

Centimetre‐ to decimetre‐wide quartz+calcite veins in schistes lustrés from Alpine Corsica were formed during exhumation at 30–40 Ma following blueschist facies metamorphism. The δ¹⁸O and δ¹³C values of the veins overlap those of the host schistes lustrés, and the δ¹⁸O values of the veins are much higher than those of other rocks on Corsica. These data suggest that the vein‐forming fluids were derived from the schistes lustrés. Fluids were probably generated by reactions that broke down carpholite, lawsonite, chlorite and white mica at 300–350 °C during decompression between c. 1400 and 800 MPa. However, the δ¹⁸O values of the veins are locally several per mil higher than expected given those of their host rocks. The magnitude of oxygen isotope disequilibrium between the veins and the host rock is inversely proportional to the δ¹⁸O value of the host rock. Additionally, calcite in some schists is in isotopic equilibrium with calcite in adjacent veins, but not with the silicate fraction of the schists. Locally, the schists are calcite bearing only within 1–20 cm of the veins. The vein‐forming fluids may have been preferentially derived from calcite‐bearing, high‐δ¹⁸O rocks that are common within the schistes lustrés and that locally contain abundant (>15%) veins. If the fluids were unable to completely isotopically equilibrate with the rocks, due to relatively rapid flow at moderate temperatures or being confined to fractures, they could form veins with higher δ¹⁸O values than those of the surrounding rocks. Alteration of the host rocks was probably inhibited by isolation of the fluid in ‘quartz‐armoured’ veins. Overall, the veins represent a metre‐ to hectometre‐scale fluid‐flow system confined to within the schistes lustrés unit, with little input from external sources. This fluid‐flow system is one of several that operated in the western Alps during exhumation following high‐pressure metamorphism.     

Self‐similar solution of a plane‐strain fracture driven by a power‐law fluid

This paper analyses the problem of a hydraulically driven fracture, propagating in an impermeable, linear elastic medium. The fracture is driven by injection of an incompressible, viscous fluid with power‐law rheology and behaviour index n?0. The opening of the fracture and the internal fluid pressure are related through the elastic singular integral equation, and the flow of fluid inside the crack is modelled using the lubrication theory. Under the additional assumptions of negligible toughness and no lag between the fluid front and the crack tip, the problem is reduced to self‐similar form. A solution that describes the crack length evolution, the fracture opening, the net fluid pressure and the fluid flow rate inside the crack is presented. This self‐similar solution is obtained by expanding the fracture opening in a series of Gegenbauer polynomials, with the series coefficients calculated using a numerical minimization procedure. The influence of the fluid index n in the crack propagation is also analysed. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

大洋硅藻席沉积与冰期旋回中的碳-氮循环

成席硅藻勃发与沉积埋藏过程链接了海洋有机碳生成-输出-埋藏以及大洋深部溶解无机碳的生成与储存的全过程,该过程及其对大洋碳-氮循环的潜在重大影响正引起学术界的关注。通过搜集整理一系列文献及数据,对成席硅藻在细胞层面的特殊功能、勃发机制以及硅藻席沉积物的时空分布特征进行了总结,尝试讨论硅藻席沉积对轨道时间尺度上全球碳-氮循环的潜在影响。由于成席硅藻具有一系列特点,包括在弱光条件下生存、利用大液泡来存储营养盐和调控浮力、与固氮蓝细菌共生、尿素循环等,导致成席硅藻在寡营养的层化水体中或者大洋锋面处容易获得生存竞争优势并发生勃发。根据沉积记录,在第四纪冰期,热带-亚热带大西洋以及热带西太平洋-东印度洋出现大规模的Ethmodiscus rex硅藻席勃发并向海洋内部输出大量有机碳。有机碳中的绝大部分都在水柱中发生降解,只有少部分保存到海底沉积物中。推测硅藻席勃发贡献了冰期深海内部“呼吸碳库”的增长以及大气二氧化碳浓度的降低。由于E. rex勃发加快了海洋上层营养盐的周转速率,因此也可能促进了冰期海洋氮储库的扩张。此外,氧同位素14/12期和4/2期间同时出现大洋无机碳碳同位素重值事件和热带-亚热带硅藻席勃发事件,二者之间可能存在机制上的关联。因此,成席硅藻是耦合大洋碳-氮循环的重要组成部分,进一步厘清地质历史时期硅藻席勃发规模及其在海洋元素循环中的作用,有助于解开冰期旋回尺度上的全球碳-氮循环之谜。     

天然气水合物的上界面——硫酸盐还原-甲烷厌氧氧化界面

定义了海域天然气水合物成矿带的上界面。指出在地球深部存在最原始的、从根本上不依靠光合作用来生存的生命系统。根据对ODP岩心样品中微生物数量的统计,海底以下沉积层中的生物数量可能占据全球原核生物总量的70%,其生物总碳量和地球表面所有植物的碳总量相当。地球内部如此巨大的生物总量应该在地壳中的气体分布等方面起着重要作用。甲烷在地壳层中广泛存在,并主要是微生物成因的。微生物产甲烷的途径主要有两个,一是二氧化碳还原,另一个是醋酸盐发酵。相应地,参与产甲烷的微生物菌群主要是产甲烷菌和食醋酸菌。甲烷在沉积层中的厌氧氧化是一个不争的事实。该过程发生在海底以下一个非常局限的区带,称为硫酸盐还原-甲烷厌氧氧化区带。通常,这个区带很窄,仅为一个面,因此,硫酸盐还原-甲烷厌氧氧化区带又称硫酸盐还原-甲烷厌氧氧化界面。这是一个基本的生物地球化学界面,在功能上它起到屏蔽甲烷向海底和大气逸散的作用,是一个巨大的甲烷汇。甲烷的厌氧氧化同样是一个由微生物介导的过程,参与此过程的微生物主要是食甲烷古菌和硫酸盐还原菌。硫酸盐还原-甲烷厌氧氧化界面在海洋沉积层中一般深可达海底以下上百米,浅可至海底。此界面为天然气水合物的上界面,该界面以上没有甲烷水合物存在。     

实验研究岩石圈深部流体及相关科学问题

实验研究地球岩石圈深部流体和对地球深部流体的观测发现,水溶液在跨越临界态时有许多特殊性质.使用水热金刚石压钻在200~800 MPa,300~700℃条件下,可观测到NaCl-H2O溶液两相不混溶相区的结构和近临界态现象.测量高温高压下NaCl溶液的电导率,在近临界和跨越临界态时发现最大电导率值.在对大洋中脊热水观测中可发现大多数喷口是在2200m深.喷口正在近临界态条件下喷出含矿流体.这些临界态研究对于重新分析岩石圈的地球物理测量结果和对认识大陆岩石圈内流体性质有很大意义.     

胶西北金成矿区He、Ar同位素组成及成矿流体来源研究

胶东半岛西北地区是我国重要的金成矿区,主要受三山岛断裂、焦家断裂、招平断裂带控制。为探讨3条主要成矿带成矿流体的来源与区别,对成矿带内典型矿床载金黄铁矿中流体包裹体进行了He、Ar同位素测试。结合前人数据表明三山岛成矿带3He/4He均值为1. 95 Ra,焦家成矿带³He/⁴He均值为1. 74 Ra,招平成矿带³He/⁴He均值为1. 54 Ra,从西往东逐渐降低,说明地幔流体参与成矿自西往东逐渐降低。黄铁矿流体包裹体中放射性成因Ar所占比例范围三山岛成矿带1. 17%～87. 12%,平均33. 04%,焦家成矿带15. 57%～90. 00%,平均55. 75%,招平成矿带7. 94%～92. 69%,平均44. 23%,说明在成矿过程中,地壳成矿流体参与成矿作用焦家成矿带最高,招平成矿带次之,三山岛成矿带最低。结合H、O稳定同位素研究,认为成矿流体主要来源于地壳,并有地幔流体加入,具地壳流体和地幔流体混合特征,上升过程中可能还有少量大气降水的参与。     

高盐度,高温和高成矿金属的岩浆成矿流体—以格拉斯伯格Cu—Au矿为例

印度尼西北格拉斯伯格Ｃｕ－Ａｕ矿是与斑状的石英二长岩体有关的斑岩矿床,石英二长岩遭受了钾化为主的们随有绢云图和磁铁矿化的蚀变,Ｃｕ－Ａｕ矿化可分为网脉型和浸染型,以前者为主,含金的黄铜矿石英脉切穿了岩体和钾化蚀变带。本次研究见到四类包裹体,即岩民裹体、含子矿物包裹体、所体包裹体和液体包裹体,与矿化有关的是含子矿物包裹体和气体裹体,这两类包裹体的均一温度从４００℃到〉７００℃,含子包裹体和液体包裹体     

Steady Response of a Ventilated Thermocline to Enhanced Ekman Pumping

The steady response of the ventilated thermocline to an increase in Ekman pumping is investigated, focusing on the effect of the mixed layer depth distribution on the subsurface density anomaly. We consider only the subtropical gyre, and the mixed layer is assumed to be deep in the northwest and shallow elsewhere with a narrow transition zone separating the deep and shallow mixed layer regions. At the intersection of this narrow transition zone and the outcrop line, low potential vorticity fluid is subducted into and ventilates the thermocline. In such a situation, an enhancement of the Ekman pumping confined to the northern subtropical gyre leads to pronounced subsurface cold anomalies in the southern subtropics, which is free of anomalous forcing. These density anomalies are much greater than those that occur when either the mixed layer depth is zonally uniform or the Ekman pumping is enhanced in the whole subtropical gyre. They are caused by anomalous changes in the trajectory of the low potential vorticity fluid in response to anomalous Sverdrup flow. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

俯冲带硫的地球化学行为及硫循环SCIEI北大核心CSCD

俯冲带是全球最大的物质循环系统,控制着硫(S)在地球内部圈层及表层的循环,影响着大气圈、水圈、生物圈、岩石圈的稳定性以及地球的宜居性。厘清S在俯冲带中的地球化学行为和循环特征对理解地球各储库的氧化还原状态、岩浆作用与演化、成矿物质聚集、以及地球大气成分等具有重要意义。本文首先总结了进入俯冲带之前的大洋岩石圈的S结构模型,对S在大洋板片中的分布状态和地球化学特征进行了系统归纳。随后,系统阐述了俯冲带高压-超高压变质岩记录的板片变质及脱水过程中硫的地球化学行为。岩石学研究表明俯冲板片中的S多以硫化物相存在,硫酸盐矿物在弧前深度就已被释放或分解。相较于熔体,俯冲带流体中S的溶解度更高,是运移硫的更有效方式。DEW模型计算结果显示,流体中S含量总体较低,但在俯冲板片~90km处其含量有一个峰值(浓度0.5%~1.0%)。岩相学证据、地球化学测试结果、磷灰石S近边吸收结构(S-XANES)特征以及模拟结果都显示俯冲深部流体中S多以HS^(-)及H_(2)S形式存在,不含大量的SO_(4)^(2-)及硫酸盐;中f_(S_(2))流体有利于S迁移出俯冲板片,从而促进俯冲带大规模S循环,而高f_(S_(2))流体在流-岩交换过程沿流体通道发生S的锁固作用而不利于俯冲带S循环。质量平衡计算显示全球俯冲带S输入通量为4.65×10^(13)g/yr,弧下深度板片S输出通量为2.91×10^(12)g/yr,板片-岛弧S循环效率仅6.3%。俯冲板片在弧下深度可能存在一个短暂高效的S释放窗口,释放流体的δ^(34)S值为-2.1±3.0‰。基于高压-超高压变质岩中硫化物的研究,初步厘清了俯冲板片中S的地球化学行为,首次从板片角度全面、定量地限定了俯冲带的脱硫通量、效率、种型和同位素特征,提出俯冲带循环的S不是岛弧岩浆的氧化剂,与岛弧环境的正δ^(34)S值也无直接因果联系,对解析俯冲带S循环和理解地球长期的S循环具有重要意义。最后,本文还展望了俯冲带S循环的未来发展方向,应在俯冲带流体氧化还原性质(硫酸盐的命运)、俯冲沉积物对S循环的制约、俯冲带环境下多硫同位素的分馏效应、S循环与其它挥发分(如C等)循环之间的耦合关系、地球历史上深部S循环等方向做出探索,更深入地理解俯冲带及全球S循环过程。     

A hybrid method for size characterization of coarse subsurface fluvial sediments

This paper introduces and evaluates a novel method for ascertaining the grain‐size distribution of subsurface sediments that involves profoundly less sampling effort than standard methods. It is based on hybrid sampling principles previously applied to the construction of synthetic surface grain‐size distributions. The method is developed from an empirical demonstration of the approximate similarity of surface and subsurface grain‐size distributions when compared over a common range of sizes. Subsurface hybrid models are found to provide good facsimiles of grain‐size distributions de?ned using standard criteria and to yield distribution percentiles with millimetre accuracy. The technique is presented as an expedient alternative to standard methods for large, perennial gravel‐bed rivers. As this is a new technique, prudent application is advised in lieu of further investigation. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.