Dating of Late Pleistocene terrace deposits of the River Rhine using Uranium series and luminescence methods: Potential and limitations

Uranium-series dating of pedogenic carbonate crusts from fluvial gravels is tested using Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) ages as references. OSL dating yielded ages of 30–15 ka and 13–11 ka, which correlate with the cold periods of the Last Glacial Maximum and the Younger Dryas. These ages are internally coherent and consistent with the geological background and are thus regarded as reliable. Most of the U/Th results scatter widely in the ²³⁰Th/²³²Th vs. ²³⁴U/²³²Th isochron diagram, making regression unrealistic. Semiquantitative age estimates from the data were found to be mostly older than the OSL ages and the geological context. It is suggested that a heterogeneous initial ²³⁰Th input, not relatable to a detrital component, is responsible for the observed discrepancies. This input may be due to bacterial activities and Th transport on organic colloids. It appears necessary to avoid samples where bacteria could have contributed to carbonate precipitation. Further, the relative importance of this problem decreases with sample age, so that U/Th dating of sinters is expected to be more reliable in the >100 ka age range.     

Sedimentary impacts from landslides in the Tachia River Basin, Taiwan

A case study of coseismic landslides and post-seismic sedimentary impacts of landslides due to rainfall events was conducted in the Tachia River basin, Taichung County, central Taiwan. About 3000 coseismic landslides occurred in the basin during the M_L 7.3 Chi-Chi earthquake in 1999. The deposits from these landslides provided material for numerous debris flows induced by subsequent rainfall events. The estimated 4.1 × 10⁷ m³ of landslide debris produced in the upland area caused sediment deposition in riverbeds, and flash floods inundated downstream areas with sediment during torrential rains. The landslide frequency-size distributions for the coseismic landslides and the subsequent rainfall-induced landslides were analyzed to determine the sediment budgets of the post-seismic geomorphic response in the landslide-dominated basin. Both the coseismic and the rainfall-induced landslides show a power–law frequency-size distribution with a rollover. It was found that the rainfall-induced landslide magnitude was smaller than the coseismic one, and that both have comparable negative scaling exponents in cumulative form, of about − 2.0 for larger landslides (> 10^− 2 km²). This may be attributed to ongoing movement or reactivation of old landslides, and a natural stabilisation of small landslides between 10^− 4 and 10^− 2 km². It is proposed that the characteristics of geological formations and rainfall as well as changes in landslide area are reflected in the power–law distribution.     

澜沧江某冰水堆积体演化过程及工程地质问题探讨

第四纪冰期大型山岳冰川运动遗留下的大型冰水堆积体是我国西南高山峡谷地区一类重要的第四系堆积物.本世纪以来,随着该地区大型基础工程的陆续上马,这种大型冰水堆积体的存在常常成为工程建设必须面临的工程地质问题,这些冰水堆积体因其形成演化过程的特殊性,使得其在结构、物质组成、力学特性、水理特性等诸多方面与一般松散堆积体存在显著差别,因而研究其结构特征、形成演化过程以及带来的工程地质问题具有重要意义.以澜沧江某电站坝前冰水堆积体为例,在调查分析其结构特征的基础上,对冰水堆积体的形成演化过程进行分析和研究,并对冰水堆积体的工程特性,以及带来的工程地质问题进行了探讨,认为该冰水堆积体的工程特性明显好于其他第四系松散堆积体,电站蓄水后整体失稳的可能性较小,但其前缘仍存在局部失稳的可能.     

东北地区泥炭表层沉积中植硅体分布特征

表土沉积物中的植硅体分析是了解第四纪沉积物中植硅体组成的重要途径,也是重建第四纪古环境的基础。对东北地区跨越3个气候带、6个地区的41处泥炭地表土中的植硅体进行提取,鉴定出东北泥炭表土中主要发育哑铃型、扇型、鞍型、方型、长方型、梯型、尖型、帽型、齿型、棒型和其它等11种植硅体类型。分析显示,它们的分布与纬度、地形和温热条件具有明显关系,即哑铃型、鞍型、扇型、方型、长方型和梯型植硅体随纬度和海拔较高而含量较小,其余类型反之;较高温度条件对应扇型、哑铃型植硅体含量较高,较高湿度对应扇型植硅体含量较高。     

地质界面对桂中凹陷区铅锌矿床的控制意义

桂中凹陷大地构造条件特殊, 其北为桂北台隆, 与扬子地台接壤, 其西与右江再生地槽连接, 其东和南与大瑶山隆起相连.在区域性范围内, 广西大部分铅锌矿床分布于桂中凹陷的边缘.其中, 河池-南丹成矿带几十个大-中型和特大型铅锌铜矿床位于凹陷的西部及西北部边缘, 在凹陷的东南部和东部边缘有武宣-象州成矿带的几十个大-中型和特大型铅锌铜矿床, 在凹陷的南、北和东南、东北部边缘地带则连续分布着宾阳、贵县、锡基坑、北山、泗顶等若干个大-中型铅锌铜矿床.在矿区范围内, 铅锌矿体主要产于不整合面附近、多组断裂的交汇部位、岩体的周围、沉积岩相变带、不同岩性接触面等.不论在宏观的区域范围内, 还是在微观的矿区范围内, 矿床的成矿作用和分布明显受到地质界面的控制, 其主要特征与美国MVT铅锌矿床相似.地质界面是地球内部能量集中、汇集、传递、转化和释放的地带, 是地球物质变化、活化、迁移和沉淀富集的部位, 也是成矿作用发生的场所.桂中凹陷与周边地质构造单元接合处的地质界面是“ MVT型”铅锌矿床形成的有利地段.      

试论大火成岩省与成矿作用

根据组成大火成岩省的岩浆类型不同,大火成岩省可以分为两类,一是以基性火成岩为主的镁铁质大火成岩省（MLIPs）,二是以酸性火成岩为主的长英质大火成岩省（SLIPs）。它们都是由于在异常高的地幔热流参与下导致地幔或地壳大规模熔融形成的。大火成岩省独特的巨量岩浆活动是引起多层次物质和能量交换的重要场 所。成矿物质的聚集导致成矿作用和矿床的形成是必然的,因此大火成岩省本身就是一个大成矿系统。在这个成矿系统中,由于物源、成分、温度、压力、流体和氧逸度等条件的差异性,形成不同种类的矿化和矿床,并构成一定的成矿系列。镁铁质大火成岩省中形成的矿床类型有岩浆硫化物型Cr-Cu-Ni-PGE矿床和Ti-Fe 氧化物型V-Ti-Fe 矿床,热液型的Cu-Pb-Zn-Au-Ag矿床,以及远程低温热液矿床等。长英质大火成岩省形成的矿床类型为岩浆和交代型、热液型Cu-Pb-Zn-Au-Ag,W-Sn,U-Th-REE矿床,以及Sb-As矿床等。加强对大火成岩省及其成矿机理的研究,有望形成新的成矿理论和加速超大型矿床的发现。     

运用铀同位素研究砂岩型铀矿的几个问题

通过砂岩铀矿矿卷前锋铀同位素特征和512矿床含矿层铀同位素特征的研究,对砂岩型铀矿形成过程、铀同位素找矿标志进行了讨论。研究结果表明,砂岩铀矿的形成是一个多期次、滚动式、由氧化向还原环境推进的动态成矿过程,矿体主要定位于Ⅲ区段。根据铀同位素样品在不同氧化还原分带中的分布和矿体的滚动性特征,认为A区定名为地球化学矛盾区更为恰当。     

花垣铅锌矿床成矿流体特征及动态

花垣铅锌矿床是近年来发现的产于上寒武统清虚洞组藻灰岩－鲕粒灰岩中的大型密西西比型（ＭＶＴ）铅锌矿床。根据矿床中大量流体包裹体的详细研究,成矿流体为高盐度的低温 水,流体报相组分中,Ｈ２Ｏ占有主要部分,ＣＯ２＋ＣＨ４约为５％,１ｇｆｏ２稳定在－４８．０￣－４９．００之间,ｐＨ为４．３￣５．８,Ｅｈ为－０．０７￣－０．１ｅＶ,此外,流体组分中,钠离子的含量大于甲离子,钙离子大于镁离子,而氯离子大于氟离