郯庐深大断裂两侧主要矿产成矿特征研究

郯城—庐江深大断裂构造演化控制着东西两侧主要矿产的产布规律。有其相同的矿种，相似的矿床类型，但在其矿床规模上有所差异，郯庐深大断裂东侧产出大型的招掖型金矿床，大型东海型水晶矿，还有辽南瓦房店金刚石矿和宽甸蓝宝石矿；西侧产有大型的蒙阴型金刚石矿，大型昌乐型蓝宝石矿，也有沂南金矿床和大别山区麻城霍山紫水晶矿的分布。深入研究郯庐断裂构造演化与成矿特征，有望扩大找矿的前景。     

不同结构网囊特性的初步研究

为了测定不同拖网网囊结构对网囊的几何形状、同目张开、网目形状和拖网阻力的影响,设计和制作了4种网囊,一种是传统的菱形同目（DM）网囊,另三种是新型网囊：方形同目（SM）网囊,菱、方形网目混合二片式（DSM2）网囊和菱、方形同目混合四片式（DSM4）网囊。于1996年9月11～12日在中山大学试验水槽进行了同模试验,结果表明：1）各网囊阻力相差不大,且随拖速和渔获的增加而增大。2）新型网囊的几何形状和同目的张开及其形状均优于传统菱形网目网囊。3）空网时,各种网囊均呈圆筒状。当网囊中有了渔获后,传统菱形同目网囊的端部变为球状,除了球状部分的网目有较大张开外,其余同目张开很小,网囊使用直径也小,而新型网囊始终保持筒状,且网目充分张开,网囊使用直径也大。4）新型例翼的几何形状及使用直径和网目的张开及形状几乎不受拖速大小、有无渔获和渔获多少的影响。     

PDC超硬复合材料的研究

在总结前人ＰＤＣ复合材料研究工作基础上，论述了ＰＤＣ材料复合途径及合成过程中几个关键技术问题，阐明了大直径优质ＰＤＣ复合材料合成中存在的问题及其应采取的措施。     

金刚石微粉的用途及其发展趋势

金刚石微粉是一种超硬精细磨料，在科学和工业上的应用越来越广泛。由于高新技术发展的需要，金刚石微粉的生产出现一些值得注意的发展趋势。     

胶辽台隆金刚石原生矿多旋回成矿作用讨论

辽东复县和鲁西蒙阴金刚石原生矿带产于中朝准地台的胶辽台隆次级凸起与凹陷的衔接带。胶辽台隆自晚前寒武纪以来,经历了扬子、晚加里东、华力西、印支、燕山等构造岩浆旋回,并在地台多旋回升降运动中,由于地壳产生减薄和水平引张作用,使富镁铁橄榄岩浆沿岩石圈断裂反复上涌,充填于基底断裂和盖层断裂中,形成了金伯利岩管和岩脉。依此,金刚石的成矿作用可划分为4个旋回;前寒武纪成矿旋回;加里东成矿旋回;华力西成矿旋回;燕山成矿旋回,其中以晚加里东—华力西成矿旋回和燕山成矿旋回最为重要。     

Geology of the Mwadui kimberlite, Shinyanga district, Tanzania

The Mwadui pipe represents the largest diamondiferous kimberlite ever mined and is an almost perfectly preserved example of a kimberlitic crater in-fill, albeit without the tuff ring.

The geology of Mwadui can be subdivided into five geological units, viz. the primary pyroclastic kimberlite (PK), re-sedimented volcaniclastic kimberlite deposits (RVK), granite breccias (subdivided into two units), the turbidite deposits, and the yellow shales listed in approximate order of formation. The PK can be further subdivided into two units—lithic-rich ash and lapilli tuffs which dominate the succession, and lithic-poor juvenile-rich ash and lapilli tuffs. The lower crater is well bedded down to at least 684 m from present surface (extent of current drill data). The bedding is defined by the presence of juvenile-rich lapilli tuffs vs. lithic-rich lapilli tuffs, and the systematic variation in granite content and clast size within much of the lithic-rich lapilli tuffs. Four distinct types of bedding have been identified in the pyroclastic deposits. Diffuse zones characterised by increased granite abundance and size, and upward-fining units, represent the dominant types throughout the deposit.

Lateral heterogeneity was observed, in addition to the vertical changes, suggesting that the eruption was quite heterogeneous, or that more than one vent may have been present. The continuous nature of the bedding in the pyroclastic material and the lack of ash-partings suggest deposition from a high concentration (ejecta), sustained eruption column at times, e.g. the massive, very diffusely stratified deposits. The paucity of tractional bed forms suggest near vertical particle trajectories, i.e. a clear air-fall component, but the poorly sorted, matrix-supported nature of the deposits suggest that pyroclastic flow and/or surge processes may also have been active during the eruption.

Available diamond sampling data were examined and correlated with the geology. Data derive from the old 120 (37 m), 200 (61 m), 300 (92 m) and 1200 ft (366 m) levels, pits sunk during historical mining operations, drill logs, as well as more recent bench mapping. Correlating macro-diamond sample data and geology shows a clear relationship between diamond grade and lithology. Localised enrichment and dilution of the primary diamond grade has taken place in the upper reworked volcaniclastic deposits due to post-eruptive sedimentary in-fill processes. Clear distinction can be drawn between upper (re-sedimented) and lower (pyroclastic) crater deposits at Mwadui, both from a geological and diamond grade perspective.

Finally, an emplacement model for the Mwadui kimberlite is proposed. Geological evidence suggests that little or no sedimentary cover existed at the time of emplacement. The nature of the bedding within the pyroclastic deposits and the continuity of the bedding in the vertical dimension suggest that the eruption was continuous, but that the eruption column may have been heterogeneous, both petrologically as well as geometrically. Volcanic activity appears to have ceased thereafter and the crater was gradually filled with granite debris from the unstable crater walls and re-sedimented volcaniclastic material derived from the tuff ring.

The Mwadui kimberlite exhibits marked similarities compared to the Orapa kimberlite in Botswana.     

Diamond precipitation from ascending reduced fluids in the Kaapvaal lithosphere: Thermodynamic constraints

Previous research has shown that the Kaapvaal lithospheric mantle is generally reduced and characterised by a decreasing redox state with increasing depth. As a consequence, C-O-H fluids in the Kaapvaal lithospheric mantle are dominated by H₂O, CH₄, and C₂H₆. Thermodynamic calculations demonstrate that diamond precipitation from such a fluid during ascend is possible as it is exposed to a more oxidised environment and both CH₄ and C₂H₆ are oxidised. However, the calculations also demonstrate that the diamond precipitation potential from such a fluid decreases when: (1) the mantle is either more reduced or oxidised compared to the Kaapvaal mantle, or (2) the change in temperature with pressure is smaller compared to that of the Kaapvaal mantle. Therefore, the presence of reduced mantle fluid species and a generally decreasing oxygen fugacity with increasing depth do not necessarily warrant diamond precipitation from a rising reduced fluid.     

天然金刚石结构中氢的赋存状态

利用振动光谱（IR、RAMAM）研究金刚石结构中的含氢物相，发现金刚石结构中存在晶格氢和间隙氢两种。其中HF的存在为首次提出。同时不同的含氢物相在金刚石结构中的赋存状态不尽相同。     

Concepts for diamond exploration in “on/off craton” areas—British Columbia, Canada

The tectonic setting of British Columbia (BC) differs from classic diamond-bearing intracratonic regions such as the Northwest Territories and South Africa. Nevertheless, several diamond occurrences have been reported in BC. It is also known that parts of the province are underlain by Proterozoic and possibly Archean basement. Because the continents of today are composites of fragments of ancient continents, it is possible that some of the regions underlain by old crystalline basement in eastern British Columbia were associated with a deep crustal keel. The keel may have predated the break-up of the early Neoproterozoic supercontinent called Rodinia and was preserved possibly until the Triassic. Some of these old continental fragments may have been displaced relative to their position of origin and dissociated from their keel, or the keel may have since been destroyed. Such fragments represent favourable exploration grounds in terms of the “Diamondiferous Mantle Root” model (DMR model) if they were intersected by kimberlites or lamproites prior to displacement or destruction of their underlying deep keel. Therefore, extrapolation of fragments of the diamond-bearing Precambrian basement from the Northwest Territories or Alberta to BC provides a sufficient reason for initiating reconnaissance indicator mineral surveys. The “Eclogite Subduction Zone” model (ES model) predicts formation of diamonds at lower pressure (i.e., depth) than required by the DMR model in convergent tectonic settings. Although not proven, this model is supported by thermal modeling of cold subduction zones and recent discoveries of diamonds in areas characterized by convergent tectonic settings. If the ES model is correct, then the parts of BC with a geological history similar to today's “cold” subduction zones, such as Honshu (Japan), or to continental collision zones, such as Kokchetav massif (Kazakhstan) and the Dabie–Sulu Terrane (east central China), may be diamondiferous. The terranes where geological evidences suggest an ultrahigh pressure (UHP) metamorphic event followed by rapid tectonic exhumation (which could have prevented complete resorption of diamonds on their journey to the surface) are worth investigating. If UHP rocks were intercepted at depth by syn- or post-subduction diamond elevators, such as kimberlites, lamproites, lamprophyres, nephelinites or other alkali volcanic rocks of deep-seated origin, the diamond potential of the area would be even higher.     

Determinism within human–environment research and the rediscovery of environmental causation

The popularity of the work Guns, germs and steel (GGS) has served to bring the question of human–environment connections once again to the forefront of popular thought. We assert that the recent success of GGS represents both a persistence of environmental determinist logic and a contemporary trend that privileges the environment as the primary influence on human–environment relationships. The historical development of the human–environment field is reviewed from the cultural and political ecology (CAPE) perspective, with particular attention to illustrating the varying emphasis between humans and their environment. GGS is situated within this developing field through a critical analysis of the arguments and methods forwarded by Jared Diamond. The book is found to mirror earlier environmental determinism by failing to take into account many of the advances in human–environmental thought since the early twentieth century. Its popular success suggests the pitfalls of failures to acknowledge the complex, intertwined and indivisible relationship that exists among humans and their environment. Furthermore, there is evidence that the environmental determinism espoused in GGS has caught the attention of international development policymakers potentially influencing future outlays of aid and assistance to the developing world. These conclusions raise cautionary flags against repeating past theoretical mistakes by accepting simplistic, causal explanations based largely on a deterministic conception of the natural environment.