Paleoseismological investigation of the Kichera Fault Zone in the northern Baikal region

In the recent structure of the Baikal Rift Zone, the Kichera Fault serves as the northwestern boundary of the Angara-Kichera aggradation depression. A seismotectonic scarp 60 m high was formed as a result of normal faulting during the late Pleistocene and Holocene. The erosion-aggradation and seismic landforms testify to the nonuniform growth of this scarp. To study the character of the seismic activity in the Kichera Fault Zone, we excavated two trenches across the seismotectonic scarp. The Holocene stage of the seismotectonic activation within the fault zone and the preceding period of relative quiescence were outlined from the character of the deformations in the trench sections and previous geomorphic investigations. According to our preliminary estimations, the active stage that started at the end of the late Pleistocene and that has remained incomplete until now was accompanied by at least three rupture-forming earthquakes.     

兰坪盆地水泄铜(钴)矿床石英的40Ar-39Ar快中子活化年龄

选取水泄铜(钴)矿床主成矿阶段的石英样品进行⁴⁰Ar-³⁹快中子活化法同位素地质年龄测定,获得坪年龄59.2±0.8Ma,对应的等时年龄为59.8±0.5Ma,反等时线年龄为59.9±0.1Ma,三者在误差范围内完全一致,都可代表矿石的形成年龄。该年龄与兰坪盆地铜多金属矿集区的矿床形成时代一致,反映包括水泄铜(钴)矿床在内的区域矿床形成于喜马拉雅造山运动早期统一的构造地质背景之下,受同一期构造—热演化事件的制约。     

The effects of strain rate and saturation on a micro-cracked marble

It is well known rock masses contain several types of weakness planes varying from micro-fissure to fault in size. The fracture frequency, degree of saturation and time are the basic rock parameters affecting its behaviour. However, in most cases, it is practically difficult to test heavily fractured rock in laboratory environment. In this study, the effects of micro cracks, strain rate and water saturation on strength are discussed using a small-scale physical experiments. It is attempted to detach the grain boundaries of coarse-grained rock specimens of the Mu?la marble by thermal treatment that would serve as a small-scale physical simulation of fractures in rock masses and enable a discussion of the variations in time dependent mechanical behaviour. An experimental study was conducted on marble specimens induced thermally by micro-cracks in different frequencies. The thermal treatment periods being 24 h in inert atmospheric condition were varied for each test specimen except categories A and G. Effective porosity increased up to 2.4% after the last thermal cycle of category F. Then conventional compression tests with different strain rates were carried out using a servo-controlled testing machine on both dry and saturated specimens. It is concluded that both lowering strain rates and increasing porosity related with thermally induced micro cracks have important effects on strength and failure path. The progressive failure entirely occurs along the grain boundaries fissured by cyclical treatment and inter-granular deformation depends upon degree of thermal influence. The small-scaled laboratory model enabled to demonstrate that parameters such as joint frequency, time and saturation have a significant effect on mechanical behaviour of rock masses.     

Trace element geochemistry of altered volcanic ash layers (tonsteins) in Late Permian coal-bearing formations of eastern Yunnan and western Guizhou Provinces, China

Trace element compositions were determined (by instrumental neutron activation analysis; INAA) in 30 samples of synsedimentary volcanic ash-derived tonsteins and detrital claystones from coal seams within the late Permian coal-bearing formation of eastern Yunnan and western Guizhou Provinces, China. The characteristics of trace-element geochemistry in the tonsteins can be distinguished from those of detrital claystones because of the former's unique volcanic-ash origin. The detrital claystones are characterized by their relatively high content of V, Ti, Sc, Cr, Co and Ni, relatively low content of Th and U, Th/U ratio, and small negative Eu anomaly (Eu/Eu* 0.63–0.93). Overall, these trace element characteristics are consistent with a mafic source similar to the composition of basalt rocks in the erosional region on the western edge of the study area. In contrast, the tonsteins are low in V, Ti, Sc, Cr, Co and Ni contents and have a high Th/U ratio with a distinct negative Eu anomaly (Eu/Eu* normally in the range of 0.2–0.4), consistent with a silicic magmatic source.Within the group of tonsteins, those from the lower section (P_2.1) of the coal-bearing formation are relatively high in Ti, Zr, Hf, Nb, Ta and rare earth elements (REE), as compared to those from the middle and upper sections (P_2.2+3). In trace-element discrimination diagrams (scatter plots) of Hf–Ta, Ti–Ta, Ti–V, Hf–Sc, Lu–Hf and Lu–Th, tonsteins from the P_2.1 horizon always fall in isolated distribution areas, separate from the tonsteins of the P_2.2+3 horizon. These results suggest that the source materials of tonsteins from the two separate horizons were probably derived from volcanic ash falls of two distinctly different natures. Based on a comparison of the concentrations and assemblages of trace elements between various magmatic rocks, the source materials of tonsteins from P_2.1 horizon were mostly composed of calc-alkalic, silica-poor volcanic ash (similar to rhyodacitic magma), whereas those from P_2.2+3 were apparently more siliceous and K-rich (rhyolitic magma). Thus, tonsteins from the two different horizons are characterized by unique geochemical properties, which remain constant over a wide lateral extent. Integration of trace-elemental compositions with mineralogical and textural observations makes possible the establishment of tonstein stratigraphy, thus, facilitating more precise and reliable coal-seam correlations.     

新疆阿克提什坎金矿床石英^40Ar／39Ar快中子活化年龄及其意义

对新疆北阿尔泰诺尔特地区阿克提什坎金矿床主成矿阶段的石英样品进行40Ar/39Ar快中子活化法测年,其坪年龄为138.5±2.1Ma, 等时年龄为135.4±4.2Ma,坪年龄代表石英的形成年龄.结合本区及邻区其他年代学测试结果认为,新疆北阿尔泰地区可能存在燕山期金的成矿作用,且燕山期可能是诺尔特地区金成矿的主要时期.     

无源微波遥感用于地震预测及物理机理研究

对不同岩性的岩石进行了无源微波遥感用于地震预测的实验研究,实验在等温过程加载条件下进行．实验得出岩石的微波辐射能量随岩石的应力状态变化而显著变化,这个变化完全由应力引起,与温度无关．将介质所处的应力状态同介质的微波辐射能量变化与物理机理直接地联系了起来,为无源微波遥感观测地球表层应力场分布和预测地震奠定了物理基础,并提供了实验依据．本文提出了无源微波遥感预测地震的两种物理机理,即热能激发机理和机械能激发机理;提出了由无源微波遥感探测结果,反演介质应力状态和温度状态的方法．     

WC类硬质合金胎体材料的试验研究

介绍一种ＷＣ类硬质合金胎体材料配方,在胎体材料中添加了微量磷元素,通过其活化作用,使硬质合金材料在１０６０℃温度下烧结成型,并通过调节配方中的Ｃｏ－Ｎｉ含量,使其具 备了所需要的机械性能。并扼要介绍了以ＹＧ１２－Ｎｉ８－Ｐ０．２硬质合金为胎体材料的人造金刚石复合体。     

河南信阳上天梯膨润土制备高效活性白土试验研究

上天梯膨润土属于钙基膨润土,主要矿物成分是钙质蒙脱石。矿石的胶体分散性较差,阳离子交换总量较低,主要的可交换阳离子是钙、镁离子。蒙脱石的晶体化学结构研究表明,蒙脱石有较高的有序度和较大的层电荷,因此,上天梯膨润土适合于制备高效活性白土。试验讨论了酸性活化、固液比及活化时间对产品质量的影响,确定了最佳工艺条件。对原矿进行捣浆提纯后,用16％～20％的硫酸溶液对膨润土进行活化,活化时间 6～8小时,固液比1∶2。制得的活性白土的脱色力达156～218,活性度大于222m.mol/100g ,其质量达到和超过了国家行业标准和同行业该产品的指标,脱色效果良好。     

不连续面激活与巷道围岩破坏区关系的探讨

岩体的破坏往往是其中不连续面滑移与扩展的结果。在不连续面有效剪应力概念的基础上,提出了巷道临空不连续面激活的观点。分析了圆形断面巷道围岩中临空不连续面的激活深度,认为不连续面的激活深度与其倾角及抗剪强度有关,其中,抗剪强度对激活深度的影响较大,同样倾角的不连续面在巷道不同部位的激活深度也并不相同。采用岩体断裂力学的理论,分析了临空不连续面横向翼形裂纹扩展的模式,认为产生翼形裂纹最大可能的部位就是激活临界点。因此,巷道围岩中最大可能的破坏区深度即为不连续面的激活深度。     

Tephrochronology of recent events in the Andean Range (northern Patagonia): spatial distribution and provenance of lacustrine ash layers in the Nahuel Huapi National Park

Tephrochronology is a powerful tool for dating sedimentary sequences, especially in Patagonia, where a large number of active volcanoes have produced frequent historical eruptions. Short lacustrine sedimentary sequences were extracted from the lakes Moreno Oeste and Ton?ek (Nahuel Huapi National Park). Seventeen volcanic ash layers were identified in both cores, ²¹⁰Pb and ¹³⁷Cs were used for dating techniques, and historical volcanic records were employed for correlation. White pumice and glass shards from the tephras were characterised by measuring major and trace element contents by instrumental neutron activation analysis. Two volcanic sources – the Cordón Caulle and the Calbuco volcanoes – were recognised as the prevailing systems that impacted the area in the past 800–1000 a. The Calbuco volcano was mainly responsible for the nine tephras identified in the Lake Ton?ek sequence. Four of these nine tephras also contained material from the Cordón Caulle complex, and could be interpreted as composite tephras or possible reworked ones. The Calbuco volcano showed predominant influences in the Lake Moreno Oeste sequence. Six of the eight tephras identified in such a sequence were from the Calbuco volcano, and three of these six contained material from the Cordón Caulle complex. The other two were from the Cordón Caulle complex, with contributions from the Calbuco volcano in one of them. These findings show that the high frequency of volcanic events in the study region demands an accurate characterisation of the products generated by each source, as well as an evaluation of their spatial distribution, to obtain a consistent framework for dating recent environmental changes. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.