秦岭——大别造山带与江南造山带的差异隆升过程:来自江汉盆地中新生代沉积记录的证据

江汉叠合盆地地处扬子地区中部,夹持于秦岭--大别造山带与江南造山带中段之间,是中生代中期以来在扬子浅海台地基础上发育起来的典型海陆交互相-陆相叠合盆地,其中充填了厚逾10000m的中三叠世-新近纪陆源碎屑岩系。据印支期以来的造山活动历程与成盆演化特点,将盆山耦合过程划分为造山前期、主造山期、造山后期与非造山期4个阶段,将盆地充填层序划分为陆架边缘、前陆、断陷和坳陷4个(盆地世代)超层序。依据盆内沉积物碎屑组份分析,发现中三叠世江南造山带进入强造山活动期,白垩纪末进入造山带坍塌后的活动平静期;秦岭--大别造山带的主造山活动阶段为晚三叠-早侏罗世,古近纪末处于非造山活动相对平静阶段。盆区整体呈现东部造山活动早,山带隆升早,持续时间长,剥露地层较快较早进入变质岩层段;西部造山活动时间晚,隆升时间相对较晚,剥露地层在早侏罗世初期才依次切入变质岩层段;盆地南、北缘山带总体呈现多幕式差异隆升过程。     

The northern Upper Rhine Graben: basin geometry and early syn-rift tectono-sedimentary evolution

A large-scale transfer zone subdivides the northern parts of the Upper Rhine Graben into a northern and a southern sub-basin. These sub-basins display the geometry of asymmetric half-grabens with opposing tilt directions. The transfer zone connects the western master fault of the northern half-graben with the eastern master fault of the southern half-graben. In the northern Upper Rhine Graben early syn-rift sedimentation (Late Priabonian to Late Rupelian) was controlled by the tectonically induced subsidence of these half-grabens (autogenetic), as well as by regional third-order sea level variations (allogenetic). Within the graben, lateral changes in subsidence rates (in dip and strike direction of fault blocks) controlled the development of accommodation space and thus, sediment thickness and facies. Furthermore, a low-displacement segment along the western border fault acted as a sediment entry point. Tectonics controlled the distribution of early syn-rift deposits and the palaeogeography of the northern Upper Rhine Graben.     

Fluid-dynamics driving saline water in the North East German Basin

In several areas of the North German Basin, saline water comes close to, or even reaches the surface. Available data from wells indicate that brine stratification is under unstable conditions in the deeper underground. In order to analyse the possible transport mechanisms, 3D thermohaline simulations have been carried out for two different scenarios. The 3D regional model (230×330 km) indicates that salty water is driven to the surface by hydrostatical forces from the surrounding highlands. In addition, a smaller scale model (10×10 km) has been constructed with a grid resolution accounting for possible convective flow. The results indicate that convective flow may play a dominant role in areas with minor topography. In summary, the complex pattern of near surface occurrences of saline water probably results from the interaction of hydrostatic and thermal forces.     

Geochemical characterisation, provenance, source and depositional environment of ‘Roches Argilo-Talqueuses’ (RAT) and Mines Subgroups sedimentary rocks in the Neoproterozoic Katangan Belt (Congo): Lithostratigraphic implications

The chemical characteristics of sedimentary rocks provide important clues to their provenance and depositional environments. Chemical analyses of 192 samples of Katangan sedimentary rocks from Kolwezi, Kambove–Kabolela and Luiswishi in the central African Copperbelt (Katanga, Congo) are used to constrain (1) the source and depositional environment of RAT and Mines Subgroup sedimentary rocks and (2) the geochemical relations between the rocks from these units and the debate on the lithostratigraphic position of the RAT Subgroup within the Katangan sedimentary succession. The geochemical data indicate that RAT, D. Strat., RSF and RSC are extremely poor in alkalis and very rich in MgO. SD are richer in alkalis, especially K₂O. Geochemical characteristics of RAT and Mines Subgroups sedimentary rocks indicate deposition under an evaporitic environment that evolved from oxidizing (Red RAT) to reducing (Grey RAT and Mines Subgroup) conditions. There is no chemical difference between RAT and fine-grained clastic rocks from the lower part of the Mines Subgroup. The geochemical data preclude the genetic model that RAT are syn-orogenic sedimentary rocks originating from Mines Group rocks by erosion and gravity-induced fragmentation in front of advancing nappes.     

福建省泉州市第四纪沉积物粒度特征及沉积环境分析

对福建省泉州市钻孔,进行详细的第四纪沉积物粒度分析,同时结合地质背景、岩性等资料,得出了研究区第四纪以来沉积环境及其演变的认识。采用MS-2000型激光粒度分析仪进行测试,所测数据利用计算机整理,绘制出沉积物粒度频率曲线、概率累积曲线和粒度众数分布曲线图。根据曲线变化情况,进行沉积环境及其演变解释。区内第四纪沉积环境和沉积物的成因类型分为3个类型,晋江河道以冲积相为主,山前高地以洪冲积为主,盆地主体区域以海湾相为主。第四纪以来泉州盆地环境演化经历了:更新统中期龙海组洪积和洪冲积→更新统晚期东山组洪积和洪冲积→全新统长乐组海湾相沉积。     

Refinement of three-dimensional multilayer models of basins and crustal environments by inversion of gravity and magnetic data

The sensitivity of gravity and magnetic data to deep structures and the broad availability of regional data sets and surveys of high resolution make them suitable for determining detailed three-dimensional (3D) models of the subsurface. However, the sole consideration of gravity and magnetic information cannot properly resolve heterogeneous 3D environments. Advocated to solve this problem, we present an automated refinement technique for three-dimensional multilayer models as conditioned by gravity and magnetic data and by meaningful geometrical and physical constraints. We construct our model by an aggregate of rectangular prisms and aim to estimate their bottom depths, which define the geological layers. We summarize mathematically our concept of refinement in an objective function that includes the misfit to the data, the similitude to an a priori geological–geophysical model, and the smoothness of the relief of the layers. Importantly, our objective function also includes inequality constraints that prevent the superposition of layers and integrate the surface and borehole geology with the multilayer deep model. The objective function is solved using quadratic programming in a stable iterative scheme. The resulting algorithm is tested on synthetic data and applied to crustal and sedimentary basin environments from southern Baja California, Mexico. The assimilation of the geological and geometrical constraints to the inversion process produces models that correlate with the surface geology and reveal the three-dimensional features of the subsurface.     

L'Arenig–Llanvirn du Haut Atlas occidental et central (Maroc). Environnements sédimentaires,paléogéographie et contrôle de la sédimentation

The sedimentological study of Arenig–Llanvirn successions of Aït Lahsen (western High Atlas), Tizi-n-Tichka and Imini (central High Atlas) allow us to recognise two independent epeiric seas. In the western High Atlas, the sedimentation occurred in a wave- and storm-influenced delta, alimented by a source situated at the present-day location of the Argana corridor, under the control of sea-level fluctuations and subsidence. In the central High Atlas, the sedimentation occurred in an influenced tide and episodic storm delta, alimented by sources situated at the present-day location of the Siroua and Ouzellagh Massifs under the control of sea-level fluctuations and tectonics. To cite this article: C. Chacrone, N. Hamoumi, C. R. Geoscience 337 (2005).     

鄂尔多斯盆地胡尖山-耿湾地区延长组长4+5油层组沉积特征及有利相带预测

以岩心观察为依据,结合储集层岩性、沉积构造和粒度分析等方法对鄂尔多斯盆地胡尖山—耿湾地区长4 5油层组进行沉积相分析.研究结果表明:研究区长4 5油层组为三角洲前缘沉积,水下分流河道、河口坝、分流间湾、远砂坝及前缘席状砂构成其主要沉积微相.长4 52期水下分流河道砂体之间交叉叠合连片,但水下分流河道、叠置水下分流河道分割性较强,随着湖盆短暂的扩张,长4 51期水下分流河道缩小,分流间湾进一步扩大.在沉积相研究的基础上对长4 52期进行有利相带预测,共预测出5个有利储集相带发育区,为该地区进一步勘探提供依据.     

准噶尔盆地中S区西山窑组沉积微相与油气勘探

准噶尔盆地中部S区块是老油盆的新区块,其重点勘探层位西山窑组,已有工业性油气产出.综合分析了沉积微相与油气勘探的关系,采用"点-线-面"的立体空间研究思路,作出了三维的微相划分和相关的4种有利储层类型划分.中S区西山窑组沉积特征是,整体处于水退的环境中,兼有短期的水进,其中Y1井区主要经历了浅湖-湖沼-辫状河三角洲前缘-滨湖相,最有利微相是2砂组的辫状河三角洲前缘水下分流河道.     

我国历史时期的湖泊围垦与湖泊退缩

根据历史资料记载,我国历史时期的湖泊围垦可分为三个时期,即魏晋——南北朝、南宋和明末清初。近乎90％的古湖泊消失于这些时期。大多数学者认为,人口增长导致湖泊围垦、退缩。本文进一步的研究表明,湖泊田垦时期与气候干旱期、黄河和长江的低水位期相吻合:与此同时,湖泊也处于低水位期。