The Quaternary history of the Wash fluvial network, UK

This paper appraises and compares the Middle-Upper Pleistocene sedimentary sequences preserved in the fluvial systems draining into the Fenland Basin and the Wash estuary. Of the main Fenland rivers the longest records, which extend back to the initial Anglian (glacial) formation of the basin, are found in the Great Ouse and its tributaries, particularly the Cam and the Nar. These sequences preserve sediments representing all four post-Anglian interglacials. The Nene also has an extensive post-Anglian history, with evidence for a Hoxnian estuary that is presumed to have been the precursor of the Wash. North of the Nene, however, the Welland and Witham (proto-Trent) have relatively short sequences, which are thought to commence with a later (post-Anglian-pre-Devensian) glaciation that affected Lincolnshire and fed the previously-recognized Tottenhill outwash delta south of Kings Lynn. Prior to Devensian deglaciation the Witham valley was occupied by the Trent, which was the trunk river of the late Middle Pleistocene Wash system. During periods of low sea level the river would have extended north-eastwards across what is now the floor of the North Sea, possibly via the Inner Silver Pit. Several of the central Fenland sequences show evidence of infrequent terrace formation during the late Quaternary, although this might in part be due to poor vertical separation between terraces, so that differentiating them has been difficult; this has been exacerbated by mixed biostratigraphical signals due to the preservation of sediments representing more than one interglacial beneath a single terrace surface. In several of the systems there is evidence for valley rejuvenation to the lowest terrace or valley-floor level during the MIS 4-3 transition. The observed differences within what, during the predominant periods of lower sea level, would have been a single Wash river system are difficult to explain.     

Lower and Middle Ordovician conodonts of Laurentian affinity from blocks of limestone in the Rosroe Formation,South Mayo Trough,western Ireland and their palaeogeographic implication

The Middle Ordovician Rosroe Formation consists of some 1350 m of coarse, mainly siliciclastic to volcaniclastic sedimentary rocks, deposited in a submarine fan environment, and is restricted to the southern limb of the South Mayo Trough, western Ireland. Discrete allochthonous blocks, reaching 5 m in size, are present in the formation at several localities. Conodonts recovered from these blocks, collected from two separate locations, are of late Early and mid Mid Ordovician age. The conodonts have high conodont‐alteration indices (CAI 5) indicative of temperatures as high as 300^o to max. 480 °C; some found in the Lough Nafooey area have abnormally high indices (CAI 6), which correspond to temperatures of about 360^o to max. 550 °C. The oldest fauna is dominated by Periodon aff. aculeatus and characterized by Oepikodus evae typical of the Oepikodus evae Zone (Floian Stage; Stage Slices Fl2–3, Lower Ordovician). The younger conodont assemblage, characterized by Periodon macrodentatus associated with Oistodella pulchra, is referred to the P. macrodentatus conodont Biozone (lower Darriwilian; Stage Slices Dw1–2). The Rosroe conodont assemblages are of Laurentian affinity; comparable faunas are well known from several locations along the east to south‐eastern platform margin of Laurentia and the Notre Dame subzone of central Newfoundland, Canada. The faunal composition from the limestone blocks suggests a shelf edge to slope (or fringing carbonate) setting. The faunal assemblages are coeval with, respectively, the Tourmakeady Formation (Floian–Dapingian) and Srah Formation (Darriwilian) in the Tourmakeady Volcanic Group in the eastern part of the South Mayo Trough and probably are derived from the same or similar laterally equivalent short‐lived carbonate successions that accumulated at offshore ‘peri‐Laurentian’ islands, close to and along the Laurentian margin. During collapse of the carbonate system in the late Mid Ordovician, the blocks were transported down a steep slope and into deep‐water by debris flows, mixing with other rock types now found in the coarse polymict clastics of the Rosroe Formation. The faunas fill the stratigraphical ‘gap’ between the Lower Ordovician Lough Nafooey Volcanic Group and the upper Middle Ordovician Rosroe Formation in the South Mayo Trough and represent a brief interval conducive to carbonate accumulation in an otherwise siliciclastic‐ and volcaniclastic‐dominated sedimentary environment. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

GIS-based hazard mapping and zonation of debris flows in Xiaojiang Basin,southwestern China

Debris flow sites were identified at 140 locations in the Xiaojiang Basin in Yunnan province, southwestern China. Their spatial distribution and catchment characteristics are described in detail on the basis of previous research, air photo interpretation, field investigation and mapping using Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Using a statistical approach, a quantitative model of hazards assessment and zonation was developed through synthesis analysis of basin areas, gradients, and the relative reliefs of these debris flow sites. In terms of debris flow hazard assessment, areas within the Xiaojiang Basin can be classified as severe, heavy and light hazard regions.     

山东胶莱盆地边缘层间滑动角砾岩型金矿地质特征及成矿动力学背景

以蓬家夼、大庄子和发云夼为代表的胶莱盆地北缘层间滑动角砾岩型金矿是近年来确立的一种新类型金矿。这种新类型金矿产出于走滑拉分盆地边缘,并受层间滑动断裂的控制。层间滑动断裂是在伸展构造环境下形成的,一般沿大理岩等相对脆性岩层产出,是一条由碎裂岩、角砾岩等张性构造岩构成、具有一定宽度的断裂构造岩带,具有倾向滑移的特点。层间滑动角砾岩型金矿化主要发生在大理岩质碎裂岩、角砾岩等张性构造岩胶结物内。地质研究及硫、碳及氢氧同位素证据表明,成矿物质和成矿流体具有多源性的特点,以源于下地壳及上地幔的深源成矿流体为主,下渗大气降水及盆地流体不同程度地参与了成矿作用过程,对金矿的形成起到了重要的作用。控矿断裂和金矿化的形成与中生代期间华北东部大地构造环境及胶莱盆地的形成演化密切相关。受区域构造应力场的影响,断裂经历了挤压—伸展—挤压的构造过程。中生代中晚期华北东部岩石圈的剧烈拉张减薄及郯庐断裂带的强烈活动为深源成矿流体的形成和大规模上升创造了聚集和运移的条件,金矿即与这次深源岩浆活动密切相关。     

热对流成岩作用的基本特征与研究意义

介绍了热对流产生的条件与地质背景,指出火成侵入体、盐丘和活跃断层周围等温线陡倾斜场所易发生热对流成岩作用。综述了岩浆成因热对流的岩石学记录,包括热变质作用、突然升温—逐渐降温的自生矿物组合和相对高温的自生矿物类型,分析了自生伊利石的K/Ar年龄在热对流成岩作用研究中的作用。阐述了热对流成岩作用对盆地动力学、砂岩储层和油气运移研究的意义。     

国外海相油气田勘探实例之三美国得克萨斯州法尔韦油田

美国法尔韦油田位于东得克萨斯盆地中心附近。油田发现于1960年,同年投入生产。原始地质储量为4亿桶,至2003年累计产油2.17亿桶。原油具挥发性,接近饱和。主要储层为下白垩统James组礁石灰岩,主要为骨架粒状灰岩/泥粒灰岩和富含双壳类粒泥状灰岩,各岩相的平均孔隙度一般在7%～11%,但平均渗透率在各岩相中不均,最高达(37～44)×10-3"m2。介绍了该油田的勘探史,描述了盆地构造演化史、含油气系统、地层沉积相和储层特征。     

Estimating the crush zone size under a cutting tool in coal

Summary As part of an effort to understand the mechanics of fine fragment formation in coal, which is important in studies of respirable dust due to mining, fracture toughness measurements and the strain energy density (SED) theory were applied to calculate the crush zone size under a cutting tool in coal. This zone is the major source of fine fragments in the 1 to 10 µm size range. The model used in these calculations is a boundary element program containing a failure criterion based on the SED theory. The boundary element program calculates linear elastic stresses at numerous points in the coal material ahead of a cutting bit. These stresses are then input to a subroutine called critical flaw length and orientation (CFLO) which uses the SED theory to determine the CFLO for a small crack at the boundary element stress computation point. The extent of crushing is based on earlier postulates about the role of inherent flaws in a fragmentation process. To form 1 to 10 µm fragments requires firstly a local stress strong enough to activate flaws with a characteristic length less than 1 to 10 µm and secondly, a flaw density sufficient to provide an average spacing between flaws also on the order of 1 to 10 µm. The locus of active 10 µm flaws represents the maximum possible extent of fine fragmentation in the 10 µm or less size range assuming that a sufficient inherent flaw density exists. The approach offers a first order approximation to the extent of crushing under a tool tip. The size and shape of the crush zone volume is affected by the attack angle and geometry of the tool.     

孙吴-嘉荫盆地东部太平林场组沉积相及烃源岩特征

上白垩统太平林场组是孙吴-嘉荫盆地油气勘探重点层位. 通过野外详细的观测描述, 对盆地东部太平林场组剖面进行了沉积学研究. 结果表明太平林场组发育的沉积相类型为湖泊相和扇三角洲相, 可进一步划分出3种沉积亚相和6种沉积微相. 应用多种有机地球化学测试方法对太平林场组剖面泥页岩岩石学和有机地球化学特征进行分析, 结果显示泥页岩矿物成分以石英为主, 属于长英质泥页岩类; 显微组分以腐泥组为主, 具有倾油性; 烃源岩为中等-好烃源岩, 有机质类型为Ⅱ1-Ⅱ2型, 处于低成熟-成熟阶段. 表明太平林场组烃源岩具有较好的生烃潜力. 研究结果可为盆地后续深入研究和油气勘探提供基础资料.     

川中地区侏罗系烃源岩和原油中三环萜烷分布特征及指示意义

借助气相色谱-质谱技术, 通过对川中地区侏罗系大安寨段烃源岩及原油样品的系统地球化学分析, 揭示了生物标志物中三环萜烷系列的分布特征, 并探讨了其对于沉积环境和生物来源的指示意义. 结果表明: 大安寨段烃源岩及原油姥植比Pr/Ph中等, C19-C26三环萜烷呈现C21优势. C19+20和C23的相对百分含量较低, C24TeT/C26TT值大于1, 指示大安寨段沉积时期水体较浅, 生源构成以菌藻生源为主, 兼有丰富的高等植物生源的混源输入, 形成于弱还原的淡水湖相环境.