Lateral heterogeneities in the upper and mid-mantle conductivity in Argentina

Regional studies of Sq variations measured at five permanent observatories in Argentina were performed to estimate the distribution of the electrical conductivity of the upper and mid-mantle, reaching a depth of approximately 800 km. After separating the total field into its parts of external and internal origin, the in duced field was modeled, applying two-dimensional techniques. Additionally, induction arrows and an equivalent apparent resistivity curve were calculated A north-south heterogeneity was detected, showing an increase of the conductivity of the shallower layers north of the profile, which may be related to the presence of high volcanic activity in the area.Also at CONICET (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas).     

Site amplifications in the city of Benevento (Italy): comparison of observed and estimated ground motion from explosive sources

A hybrid approach is applied to construct 2-D synthetic seismograms for explosive sources. The computation of the signals has been performed with a hybrid technique, that couples the modal summation method, describing the P-SV propagation from the source to a target area, to the finite difference method, allowing the computation of the 2-D response of the target area. We use this technique to study the site response in the city of Benevento (Southern Italy). The results are compared both with those obtained for the same model, but considering an extended double-couple source and SH wave propagation and with those derived from a direct analysis of experimental data obtained during the Benevento Seismic Risk Project, funded by the Commission of European Communities. The type and depth of the source and the source-receiver distance can provide different excitations, but the response of the target area, in terms of ratios of response spectra, remains in general stable in the high frequency range (>2 Hz). The explosive source does not excite lower frequencies and is therefore unable to provide estimates of site effects in this frequency range. We also show that it is important to consider both P-SV and SH waves when assessing site effects. Finally, a very good definition of a structural model from geological data is fundamental in order to explain the observed data in the time domain. The observed data validate our synthetic modelling for evaluating the site effects and for a tentative seismic microzonation of the city of Benevento.     

从强化弱化性质建立大理岩本构模型

强化和弱化性质在岩石变形过程中对立统一,分别或同时主导了应力及时间效应下形变特征,在上地壳温压条件下,弱化和强化的微观观机制主要是裂纹扩展和位错滑移及成核,本文在关于大理岩等应变率循环中载全过程的实验结果基础上,通过含有强化弱化函数的弹粘塑模型与无穷个弹簧连续夫并联的力学物理模型,建立和描述了大理岩的流变本构关系,根据该模型,可由等应变率的实验结果,预测出蠕变曲线。     

岩石圈流变结构的一种新的应变率约束

对目前存在的3种应变率约束条件（常应变率,常构造力,与应变率有关的构造力约束）进行了讨论,它们都不能真实地反映岩石圈内的应变率分布及实际观测.基于近几年GPS测量的研究结果,提出利用GPS实测应变率对岩石圈流变结构进行约束的新方法.对华北地区实际流变剖面的计算结果表明,本文方法克服了上述三种约束条件的不足,利用它所确定的岩石圈流变结构更为合理,在流变性质上较好地反映了与大地构造的对应关系,而且一定程度上反映岩石圈内各种状态参量及物质参量对流变结构的影响.同时还讨论了这种约束存在的问题.     

青藏高原腹地中新世从造山阶段向造高原阶段的转变及其动力学机制

通过对前人研究的综述,发现青藏高原新生代地质演化与高原东南缘构造演化密切相关.俯冲下插的印度地壳在藏南发生部分熔融并注入青藏高原中部地壳,这些塑性流变的地壳物质在高原东南缘先后沿两个通道流出高原内部：早期为印支通道,开放时间为35 Ma以前并持续到12 Ma;后期为川滇通道,开放时间为12 Ma至今.由于喜马拉雅东构造结与四川盆地之间强烈的挤压,印支通道不断变窄,并在12 Ma被关闭.两个通道的差异,通道的打开和关闭,造成高原中地壳物质流出速率在中新世发生明显变化,在23 Ma以来流出速率小于注入速率,在12 Ma流出速率最小,部分熔融的印度地壳物质不断滞留于高原地壳内部,使得地势相对平坦、面积巨大的青藏高原逐渐形成并分别向南和向北扩展.通过简单的力学分析,本文将高原腹地变形划分为两个阶段：大于35~23 Ma的造山阶段,受控于造山机制;23 Ma至今的造高原阶段,受控于造高原机制.     

大陆下地壳麻粒岩的流变学研究进展

大险下地壳麻粒岩的流变学研究可以解释地壳变形、壳幔物质交换以及岩石圈深部动力学过程等科学问题.前人通过研究各矿物的显微构造变形特征与变形机制,运用广义混合流变律探讨多矿物复合岩石的流变性质,结合水与流体对岩石变形强度的弱化作用,阐明在大陆下地壳变形环境下复矿麻粒岩的塑性变形和韧性流变性质.目前人们致力于对天然变形岩石和...     

Recent development in stratigraphic forward modelling and its application in petroleum exploration

In order to better predict the geometry and spatial distribution of reservoir facies and permeability barriers, it is critical to understand stratigraphic geometries and architecture at all scales within a basin. Stratigraphic forward modelling (SFM) allows geologists to forward project the deposition and evolution of sedimentary facies within a stratigraphic framework with given prior boundary conditions. The method can approximate depositional processes while taking into consideration a range of factors that affect basin evolution and sedimentation. This paper presents an overview of recent developments in stratigraphic forward models that are currently available and have been successfully employed in simulating stratigraphic development, including geometric models, diffusion models, Fuzzy Logic models and hydraulic models. In addition, the paper discusses SFM used in the simulation of the behaviour of natural sedimentary systems and verification of the potential for hydrocarbon entrapment and accumulation in a basin using an example from the Ordos Basin, western China.     

基于随机介质模型的储层非均质性分析

本文利用随机介质模型对复杂岩性储层进行了非均质性描述.利用模型特征量即非均质纵横比、纵向谱指数、横向谱指数以及扰动标准差等来模拟不同的随机介质.在前人工作的基础上,由某油气田的两口井资料估计储层非均质性能谱,从能谱曲线上提取储层纵向大小尺度非均质谱指数.通过将二维随机介质模拟的合成井记录互相关系数与实际井记录互相关系数进行分析比较,分别得到大小尺度非均质情况下最佳拟合时的横向谱指数和非均质性纵横比.以上求得的各种特征量从不同角度定量分析了储层非均质性的纵横向变化,为储层横向预测提供了依据.