Spatial Analysis Techniques as Successful Mineral-Potential Mapping Tools for Orogenic Gold Deposits in the Northern Fennoscandian Shield,Finland

Geoscientific Information Systems (GIS) provide tools to quantitatively analyze and integrate spatially referenced information from geological, geophysical, and geochemical surveys for decision-making processes. Excellent coverage of well-documented, precise and good quality data enables testing of variable exploration models in an efficient and cost effective way with GIS tools. Digital geoscientific data from the Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) are being used widely as spatial evidence in exploration targeting, that is ranking areas based on their exploration importance. In the last few years, spatial analysis techniques including weights-of-evidence, logistic regression, and fuzzy logic, have been increasingly used in GTK’s mineral exploration and geological mapping projects. Special emphasis has been put into the exploration for gold because of the excellent data coverage within the prospective volcanic belts and because of the increased activity in gold exploration in Finland during recent years. In this paper, we describe some successful case histories of using the weights-of-evidence method for the Au-potential mapping. These projects have shown that, by using spatial modeling techniques, exploration targets can be generated by quantitatively analyzing extensive amounts of data from various sources and to rank these target areas based on their exploration potential.     

中国沿海省区中心城市服务业水平及发展规律分析

将中国沿海省区17个中心城市服务业水平分为全面发展型、发达型、次发达型和欠发达型。通过服务业以及服务业与城市之间的关系分析得出：发达型、次发达型服务业的人均服务产品占有量与增加值比重以及就业比重均呈正相关关系,且相关性随着服务业绝对水平的提高而增强;欠发达型服务业的人均服务产品占有量与增加值比重以及就业比重均呈负相关的关系;任何水平类型的服务业的增加值比重与就业比重之间都为正相关。服务业绝对水平与城市人均GDP、城市综合竞争力、城市规模之间都呈正相关;比重规模与城市经济水平之间无明显相关性。     

Andean evolution at the Guañacos and Chos Malal fold and thrust belts (36°30′–37°s)

The Andes between 36°30′ and 37°S represent a Cretaceous fold and thrust belt strongly reactivated in the late Miocene. Most of the features that absorbed Neogene shortening were already uplifted in the late Cretaceous, as revealed by field mapping and confirmed by previous fission track analysis. This Andean section is formed by two sectors: a western-inner sector generated by the closure of the upper Oligocene-lower Miocene intra-arc Cura Mallín basin between the middle and late Miocene (Guañacos fold and thrust belt), and an eastern-outer sector, where late Triassic-early Jurassic extensional depocenters were exhumed in two discrete phases of contraction, in the latest early Cretaceous and late Miocene to the Present, respectively (Chos Malal fold and thrust belt). Late Miocene deformation has not homogeneously reactivated Cretaceous compressive structures, being minimal south of 37°30′S through the eastern-outer sector (southern continuation of the Chos Malal fold and thrust belt). The reason for such an inhomogeneous deformational evolution seems to be related to the development of a late Miocene shallow subduction regime between 34°30′ and 37°45′S, as it was proposed in previous studies. This shallow subduction zone is evidenced by the eastward expansion of the arc that was accompanied by the eastern displacement of the orogenic front at these latitudes. As a result, the Cretaceous fold and thrust belt were strongly reactivated north of 37°30′S producing the major topographic break along the Southern Central Andes.     

Volcanoes of the Tibesti massif (Chad,northern Africa)

The Tibesti massif, one of the most prominent features of the Sahara desert, covers an area of some 100,000 km². Though largely absent from scientific inquiry for several decades, it is one of the world’s major volcanic provinces, and a key example of continental hot spot volcanism. The intense activity of the TVP began as early as the Oligocene, though the major products that mark its surface date from Lower Miocene to Quaternary (Furon (Geology of Africa. Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh (trans 1963, orig French 1960), pp 1–377, 1963)); Gourgaud and Vincent (J Volcanol Geotherm Res 129:261–290, 2004). We present here a new and consistent analysis of each of the main components of the Tibesti Volcanic Province (TVP), based on examination of multispectral imagery and digital elevation data acquired from the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER). Our synthesis of these individual surveys shows that the TVP is made up of several shield volcanoes (up to 80 km diameter) with large-scale calderas, extensive lava plateaux and flow fields, widespread tephra deposits, and a highly varied structural relief. We compare morphometric characteristics of the major TVP structures with other hot spot volcanoes (the Hawaiian Islands, the Galápagos Islands, the Canary and Cape Verdes archipelagos, Jebel Marra (western Sudan), and Martian volcanoes), and consider the implications of differing tectonic setting (continental versus oceanic), the thickness and velocity of the lithosphere, the relative sizes of main volcanic features (e.g. summit calderas, steep slopes at summit regions), and the extent and diversity of volcanic features. These comparisons reveal morphologic similarities between volcanism in the Tibesti, the Galápagos, and Western Sudan but also some distinct features of the TVP. Additionally, we find that a relatively haphazard spatial development of the TVP has occurred, with volcanism initially appearing in the Central TVP and subsequently migrating to both the Eastern and Western TVP regions. Electronic supplementary material Supplementary material is available in the online version of this article at and is accessible for authorized users.     

Cooling rate effect as a cause of systematic overestimating of the absolute Thellier paleointensities: A cautionary note

Cooling rate (CR) effects on the intensity of thermoremanent magnetization has been documented for archaeomagnetic materials, where cooling in laboratory conditions is generally much faster compared to natural cooling rates. Since the latter condition also applies to many volcanic rocks, we have investigated in this study the influences of the CR on the determination of absolute paleointensity using recent basaltic rocks. We used magnetically and thermally stable samples mainly containing Ti-poor pseudo-singledomain titanomagnetites (the most widely used material for Thellier paleointensity experiments). These samples previously succeed in retrieving the strength of laboratory field intensities with the Coe’s version of the Thellier method in a simulated paleointensity experiment using similar cooling rates. Our experimental results indicate that the cooling rate effects produce systematic and significant overestimates of the absolute intensity up to 70%. The effect can be much larger than predicted by Neél theory for non-interacting single-domain grains.     

河北沽源—多伦地区中生代含铀火山岩地球化学

沽源和多伦地区是燕辽多金属成矿带的重要组成部分，中生界主要发育上侏罗统白旗组、张家口组，下白垩统大北沟组和花吉营组。张家口组火山岩分布广、厚度大，是铀（钼）矿床的主要含矿主岩。中生代火山岩属于钙碱性系列，化学成分富硅、偏碱，δ值1.17-7.60。稀土元素特征反映火山岩有壳幔混合和壳源改造两种成因。火山岩形成于弱造山环境，其年龄与库拉—太平洋板块向亚洲板块俯冲的时间吻合。张家口组酸性火山岩具有我国相山产铀火山杂岩富硅、富钾，铕极亏损的地球化学特征。     

楚雄盆地中—新生界构造变形特征

根据近年笔乾研究，楚雄盆地中生代以后经历三期变形作用：早期（燕山期）主要发育于密者挤压逆冲带，显示横向置换特征，中期（喜马拉雅早期）是主变形期，西带显示由SW向NE逆冲，以叠瓦状闻和冲构造系统为其特征，晚期（喜马拉雅中晚期）发育于陡坡和深切割区，表现为重力滑动构造，这些构造期次的确定为研究该盆的发展，演化提供理论依据，亦为寻找油气资源提供靶区。     

对江西晚白垩世赣州群茅店组的重新厘定

根据1：5万区调最新成果资料，对《江西省岩石地层》中的赣州群茅店组进行了重新厘定，在原茅店组正层型剖面上，识别出了5种不同性质的沉积界面，即沉积不整合界面、超覆不整合界面、平行不整合界面、相转变面、同相叠复面，从而将原茅店组划分为两个不同的组级岩石地层单位。按照岩石地层单位的命名原则，超覆不整合面之下的原茅店组中下部层位划归赣州群茅店组，其中发育的一套玄武岩－火山碎屑沉积岩组合单独划出，新建为陈坑火山岩段；超覆不整合面之上的原茅店组上部层位的粗碎屑沉积岩，则划归晚白垩世灌溪群宏冈组。重新厘定的茅店组仅相当于原正层型茅店组的中、下部层位，且可细分为下段、陈坑火山岩段和上段。     

江西安远路迳金伯利质煌斑岩筒的Rb-Sr同位素年龄及其地质意义

报道了赣南安远县路迳金伯利质煌斑岩筒的 Rb-Sr等时线地质年龄 :t=( 3 7.6± 2 .2 ) Ma,初始值 [n( 87Sr) / n( 86Sr) ] i=0 .70 5 17± 0 .0 0 0 12。     

河北省国土资源开发、管理的机遇与挑战--加入WTO的思考

中国加入WTO后,将对河北省国土资源开发管理带来重大影响.其主要表现为,土地资源需求扩大,土地开发企业竞争加剧,有利于矿产开采业的升级,但对环境保护提出了严峻的挑战,对现行的国土资源管理体制、调控机制,政企不分和市场法规不健全将产生冲击.应采取的对策包括着力解决提高国土资源管理效率,加大资源开发和引进外资力度.加强宏观调控的科学性、系统性和全面性,加强法制建设,建立国土资源信息化服务体系,积极培育世贸组织适用人才.