The Egyptian older and younger granitic rocks emplaced during pre- and post-collision stages of Neoproterozoic Pan-African orogeny, respectively, are widely distributed in the southern Sinai Peninsula, constituting 70% of the basement outcrops. The Wadi El-Akhder, southwestern Sinai, is a mountainous terrain exposing two granitoid suites, namely the Wadi El-Akhder Older Granites (AOG) and the Homra Younger Granites (HYG). The AOG (granodiorites with subordinate tonalite compositions) have geochemical characteristics of medium-K calc-alkaline, metaluminous to mildly peraluminous granitoids formed in an island-arc environment, which are conformable with well-known Egyptian older granitoids rocks, whereas the HYG display calc-alkaline to slightly alkaline nature, peraluminous syeno-, monzogranites and alkali feldspar granites matching well those of the Egyptian younger granites. With respect to the AOG granitoids, the HYG granites contain lower Al2O3, FeO*, MgO, MnO, CaO, TiO2, Sr, Ba, and V, but higher Na2O, K2O, Nb, Zr, Th, and Rb. The AOG are generally characterized by enrichment in LILE and LREE and depletion in HFSE relative to N-MORB values (e.g., negative Nb and Ta anomalies). The geochemical features of the AOG follow assimilation-fractional crystallization (AFC) trends indicative of extensive crustal contamination of magma derived from a mantle source. The chemical characteristics of the AOG are remarkably similar to those of subduction-related granitoids from the Arabian-Nubian Shield (ANS). The compositional variations from monzogranites through syenogranites to alkali feldspar granite within HYG could not be explained by fractional crystallization solely. Correlating the whole-rock composition of the HYG to melts generated by experimental dehydration melting of meta-sedimentary and magmatic rocks reveals that they appear to be derived by extended melting of psammitic and pelitic metasediments, which is similar to the most of younger granitic suites in the ANS. 相似文献
Mount Pinatubo volcano erupted in June 1991 in the main island of Luzon belonging to the Philippines archipelago. Huge economic
losses and population exodus have followed. This major crisis has been relayed with other crises due to rain-fed lahars which
have been supplied with eruption deposits. These lahars have occurred every year since 1991 during the rainy season. They
will probably last until 2005. After a brief presentation of the Philippine official response system to disasters, this paper
draws up a critical analysis of the different kinds of institutional and social responses deployed to manage the different
crisis and post-crisis phases of this event. Based on three viewpoints: from population, media and other actors, this analysis
attempts to point out the strengths and weaknesses of the official management system, especially by studying the efficiency
and the range of the solutions taken. So, it appears that the management of the June 1991 main crisis (eruption) was a success.
On the other hand, difficulties have occurred with lahars risk management. Indeed, these lahars have obliged the authorities
to protect and relocate thousands of people. In spite of persistent problems, the management system (monitoring/warning/evacuation)
of lahar crises improves year after year. Failures appear especially within the rehabilitation program (protection/rehousing).
Many direct (lack of means, preparedness, coordination, dialog, etc.) and indirect (politico-administrative, socio-economic,
cultural contexts) factors come together to lock the wheels of the institutional response system. They defer the socio-economic
start of this vital northern Philippines area.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献