Climatic and structural controls on Late-glacial and Holocene rockfall occurrence in high-elevated rock walls of the Mont Blanc massif (Western Alps)

In the Mont Blanc massif (European Western Alps), rockfalls are one of the main natural hazards for alpinists and infrastructure. Rockfall activity after the Little Ice Age is well documented. An increase in frequency during the last three decades is related to permafrost degradation caused by rising air temperatures. In order to understand whether climate exerts a long-term control on rockfall occurrence, a selection of paleo-rockfall scars was dated in the Glacier du Géant basin [>3200 m above sea level (a.s.l.)] using terrestrial cosmogenic nuclides. Rockfall occurrence was compared to different climatic and glacial proxies. This study presents 55 new samples (including replicates) and 25 previously-published ages from nine sampling sites. In total, 62 dated rockfall events display ages ranging from 0.03 ± 0.02 ka to 88.40 ± 7.60 ka. Holocene ages and their uncertainties were used to perform a Kernel density function into a continuous dataset displaying rockfall probability per 100 years. Results highlight four Holocene periods of enhanced rockfall occurrence: (i) c. 7–5.7 ka, related to the Holocene Warm Periods; (ii) c. 4.5–4 ka, related to the Sub-boreal Warm Period; (iii) c. 2.3–1.6 ka, related to the Roman Warm Period; and (iv) c. 0.9–0.3 ka, related to the Medieval Warm Period and beginning of the Little Ice Age. Laser and photogrammetric three-dimensional (3D) models of the rock walls were produced to reconstruct the detached volumes from the best-preserved rockfall scars (≤0.91 ± 0.12 ka). A structural study was carried out at the scale of the Glacier du Géant basin using aerial photographs, and at the scale of four selected rock walls using the 3D models. Two main vertical and one horizontal fracture sets were identified. They correspond respectively to alpine shear zones and veins opened-up during long-term exhumation of the Mont Blanc massif. Our study confirms that climate primarily controls rockfall occurrence, and that structural settings, coincident at both the massif and the rock wall scales, control the rock-wall shapes as well as the geometry and volume of the rockfall events. © 2020 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

鄂尔多斯盆地宜川地区二叠纪孢粉化石组合特征

通过对延长油矿延223井晚古生代孢粉组合研究以及古植被的恢复,探讨了该区晚古生代孢粉植物化石组合的地层学和古气候意义。根据孢粉化石主要属种的时代分布及其在各样品中百分含量的规律性变化,自下而上建立了3个孢粉组合:Gulisporites cochlearius-Laevigatosporites minimus组合、Sinulatisporites-Florinites组合和Lueckeisporites permianus-Platysaccus radialis组合。根据对划分孢粉组合的特征分析,通过与邻区及华北地区晚古生代孢粉组合的对比,探讨了孢粉组合的时代意义。通过孢粉组合,推测了相应时期的古植被类型,并与前人在相同地质时期所建立的大植物化石带进行了对比,分析了各地质时期植被的兴起、发展、繁盛以及衰退绝灭的历史过程,研究区二叠纪植物群属于典型的华夏植物群,反映了一种温暖潮湿的热带雨林气候,二叠纪晚期随着松柏类植物所占比例的增加,气候有变干旱的趋势。     

Carbon and oxygen isotopic composition of car- bonate cements of different phases in terrigenous siliciclastic reservoirs and significance for their origin： A case study from sandstones of the Triassic Yanchang Formation, southwestern Ordos Basin, China

Early carbonate cements in the Yanchang Formation sandstones are composed mainly of calcite with relatively heavier carbon isotope （their δ^18O values range from -0.3‰- -0.1‰） and lighter oxygen isotope （their δ^18O values range from -22.1‰- -19.5‰）. Generally, they are closely related to the direct precipitation of oversaturated calcium carbonate from alkaline lake water. This kind of cementation plays an important role in enhancing the anti-compaction ability of sandstones, preserving intragranular volume and providing the mass basis for later disso- lution caused by acidic fluid flow to produce secondary porosity. Ferriferous calcites are characterized by relatively light carbon isotope with δ^13C values ranging from -8.02‰ to -3.23‰, and lighter oxygen isotope with δ^18O values ranging from -22.9‰ to -19.7‰, which is obviously related to the decarboxylation of organic matter during the late period of early diagenesis to the early period of late diagenesis. As the mid-late diagenetic products, ferriferous cal- cites in the study area are considered as the characteristic authigenic minerals for indicating large-scaled hydrocarbon influx and migration within the clastic reservoir. The late ankerite is relatively heavy in carbon isotope with δ^13C values ranging from -1.92‰ to -0.84‰, and shows a wide range of variations in oxygen isotopic composition, with δ^18O values ranging from -20.5‰ to -12.6‰. They are believed to have nothing to do with decarboxylation, but the previously formed marine carbonate rock fragments may serve as the chief carbon source for their precipitation, and the alkaline diagenetic environment at the mid-late stage would promote this process.     

鄂尔多斯盆地三叠系延长组长7段物源区分析

随着鄂尔多斯盆地长7段油藏勘探的不断突破,对其物源方向和母岩区性质的分析尤显重要.三叠世延长期鄂尔多斯盆地周缘存在多个古陆,包括北缘的阴山古陆、西北缘的阿拉善古陆、西南缘的陇西古陆及南缘的祁连-秦岭古陆等,它们都是盆地碎屑沉积物的主要供给源.通过碎屑组分、岩屑组分、重矿物、微量元素和稀土元素分析等研究,认为研究区长7段存在东北、西北、西及西南、南部4个方向的物源.轻、重矿物组合综合分析认为,盆地北部母岩主要为太古宙—古生代中—深变质岩和中基性火成岩,西南及南部母岩主要为元古宙—古生代浅变质岩、碳酸盐岩和碎屑岩.微量及稀土元素分析表明母岩以大陆上地壳的长英质岩石为主,并混有一定数量的含长石较高的中—基性岩浆岩如安山岩、碱性玄武岩,母岩中太古代古老地层占有相当大的比重.     

鄂尔多斯盆地南缘砂岩型铀矿找矿潜力分析

鄂尔多斯盆地铀资源丰富,但其南缘的铀矿工作程度较低。笔者在总结近年来该地区的铀矿勘查工作成果基础上,通过对区内新发现的双龙铀矿床及建庄、焦坪等铀矿(化)点的产出地质特征进行研究,认为该地区的铀成矿条件十分有利,具备发现大型砂岩型铀矿床的找矿潜力。     

内蒙古鄂尔多斯盆地下白垩统罗汉洞组剑龙类化石新材料

鄂尔多斯盆地下白垩统志丹群产出丰富的四足类动物化石:龟类、离龙类、鳄形类、鹦鹉嘴龙类、剑龙类、甲龙类、兽脚类、鸟类和早期哺乳类。采自内蒙古杭锦旗老龙豁子志丹群罗汉洞组剑龙类关联的荐椎与肠骨化石新标本,其形态特征显示该标本可被归为鄂尔多斯乌尔禾龙(Wuerhosaurus ordosensis)。该标本解剖学研究表明,鄂尔多斯乌尔禾龙腰带还具有以下特征:上髋臼面前缘向后凹而后缘内侧更加内凹。鄂尔多斯乌尔禾龙(Wuerhosaurus ordosensis)和新疆准噶尔盆地的平坦乌尔禾龙(Wuerhosaurus homheni)在腰带上存在明显区别:(1)鄂尔多斯乌尔禾龙肠骨前突延伸较短,肠骨前突背缘向后逐渐向背侧拱曲、高度逐渐加大,而平坦乌尔禾龙肠骨前突后端背腹缘大致平行;(2)鄂尔多斯乌尔禾龙上髋臼面较小;(3)鄂尔多斯乌尔禾龙左右肠骨前突延伸方向与中轴线之间的夹角略小于平坦乌尔禾龙。这些区别进一步表明,鄂尔多斯乌尔禾龙和平坦乌尔禾龙是不同的种。     

利用Q型聚类分析研究鄂尔多斯盆地多种能源矿产间的关系

为揭示鄂尔多斯盆地多种能源矿产间的关系,根据盆地石油、油气伴生水以及煤、煤层夹矸、铀矿及围岩样品的氯仿沥青中57种元素的分析结果,进行了Q型聚类分析。结果表明:侏罗系下统延安组石油、侏罗系中统直罗组石油与三叠系延长组石油有相近的成因特征;三叠系延长组石油沥青、三叠系延长组含油砂岩沥青与侏罗系中统直罗组石油沥青具有类似的成因特征;神木侏罗系下统延安组煤沥青、东胜侏罗系中统直罗组煤沥青、铜川陈家山侏罗系下统延安组煤层石油以及铜川陈家山侏罗系下统延安组煤沥青成因特征相近;铜川陈家山侏罗系下统延安组煤层石油沥青可能与准格尔黑岱沟石炭二叠系煤沥青具有成因上的联系;侏罗系下统延安组石油沥青与放射性铀矿的形成具有密切关系;天然气的物质来源复杂,且与石油和煤的进一步演化有一定关系。鄂尔多斯盆地多种能源矿产成因较复杂、相互间关系密切,且具有多源性成藏(矿)特征。     

鄂尔多斯盆地南部三叠系延长组深水重力流沉积特征及其石油地质意义*

通过大量岩心观察、钻测井资料分析及野外露头观察,对鄂尔多斯盆地南部延长组长6—长7深水重力流沉积特征、触发机制、沉积过程、沉积模式及石油地质意义进行了系统分析。研究结果表明:研究区共存在滑动岩体、滑塌沉积、砂质碎屑流沉积、浊流沉积及泥质碎屑流沉积5种类型的重力流沉积物,各类型的沉积物特征明显。不同类型重力流沉积物垂向组合可分为5类,研究区重力流的形成过程可分为5个阶段:三角洲前缘沉积阶段、滑动阶段、滑塌变形阶段、砂质碎屑流及泥质碎屑流形成阶段以及浊流形成阶段。滑动、滑塌砂体多呈孤立透镜体状,砂质碎屑流砂体多以扇沟道的形式展现出来,浊流砂体多分布在扇沟道的前端或侧翼,呈席状砂展布。深水重力流砂体垂向叠置厚度大,可形成规模大的油藏,大大扩展了深湖的勘探范围。研究区长6、长7油层组砂质碎屑流砂体储集层物性较好,含油性好,是重点勘探层位。     

鄂尔多斯盆地燕山运动及其与油气关系

鄂尔多斯盆地是中国中西部重要的含油气盆地之一。燕山期是盆地油气运移和聚集的主要时期。通过晚中生代及其周缘地区沉积格局、构造变形、晚侏罗世—早白垩世的岩浆及热事件的分析 ,认为晚侏罗世以前盆地主要受特提斯构造域的控制 ,古太平洋板块对盆地格局的影响在晚侏罗世晚期以后才有所表现。深部地幔蠕散是盆地古地温场变化的主要原因。它不但导致了盆地地温梯度的急剧升高 ,而且还对后期盆地周缘的地壳浅层次构造变形有一定的影响 ,也是造成晚中生代山西地区与鄂尔多斯盆地差异的重要因素 ,还对油气的运移和聚集起着控制作用。综合燕山期盆地古应力场、古地温场及构造变形特点 ,可以认为燕山期构造运动对鄂尔多斯盆地的油气分布至关重要     

~(40)Ar/~(39)Ar dating of shear deformation of the Xianshuihe fault zone in west Sichuan and its tectonic significance

TheNW-SEstrikingXianshuihefaultzoneslicesthesoutheasternTibetanPlateauandconnectssoutheastwardwiththeAnninghe-Zemuhe-Xiaojiangfaultzone,whichformahuge,activesinistralstrike-slipfaultzone(fig.1).ThisfaultzoneisanimportantseismicfaultineastTibet[1-5].EarthquakegeologystudiesandoffsetpatternsofyounggeologicalfeatureshaveshownthatlateQuaternarysinistralsliprateoftheXianshuihefaultzonereaches13mm/a[1,2].TheXianshuhefaultzoneconsistsoftwomainbranches,theDaofufaultbranchinthewestandtheXianshuih…