Implications of elemental concentrations for provenance, redox conditions, and metamorphic studies of shales and limestones near Pueblo, CO, USA

Major element and some trace element compositions (including the REE) of shales, carbonate-rich shales, and limestones of Late Cretaceous age have been analyzed at two outcrops near Pueblo, CO. Elemental ratios that are characteristic of the provenance of terrigenous debris that are the least variable with changing percent acid insoluble residue vs. percent calcite are Th/Cr, La/Co, (La/Lu)_cn, and Eu/Eu*. The Ce/Ce*, La/Sc, and La/Cr ratios, however, are only constant when greater than 30% of a sample is composed of acid insoluble residue. At less than 30% acid insoluble residue, these elemental ratios increase markedly. The Th/Co and Th/Sc ratios are fairly constant from nearly 0% to about 60% acid-insoluble residue. Above 60% residue, these ratios increase due to the high concentration of Th in the Graneros to Hartland shales at Everhart Ranch. The average of the Th/Co, Th/Sc, Th/Cr, La/Co, La/Sc, and La/Cr ratios are similar to those of the MCS (mid-continent shales) and PAAS (Post-Archean Australian shales). Thus, these carbonate-rich to carbonate poor rocks analyzed in this study contain terrigenous debris that has been derived from granitoids similar to those that supplied debris to the MCS and PAAS. The Ce/Ce* ratios are lower and the Mn* (Mn*=log[(Mn_sample/Mn_shales)/(Fe_sample/Fe_shales)]) values are more positive in the more calcite-rich Bridge Creek and Ft. Hays limestones than in the other units, suggesting that they formed in an oxidizing environment. The Ce/Ce* are the highest and the Mn* values are the most negative in the Graneros to Hartland shales, suggesting that they formed under more reducing conditions.The elemental concentration of one sample relative to that of another sample over a few meters distance usually vary in small amounts (e.g., medians of the ratios of the same elements between adjacent samples ranges from 1.06 to 1.70). However, the ratio of elemental concentrations between adjacent samples can sometimes be quite large. The least variation of elemental ratios between adjacent samples often occurs within the more carbonate-poor shales; the greatest variation occurs within the limestones. Thus, trying to decipher local movement of elements due to metamorphism in similar carbonate shale-limestone sequences should be done cautiously since local elemental variation due to sedimentary processes can be large.     

赣江入湖三角洲上的网状河流体系研究

中国南方的冲积河流有许多属于分汊河流，这已被许多研究者进行过比较深入的分析研究，但赣江在其入湖三角洲上的多河道体系与分汊河道有着明显的不同，它的形成是河流自发调整的结果，而不象分汊河流那样由节点控制。它具有网状河流所具有的地貌和沉积物特征，属于典型的网状河流体系。虽然是低含沙河流，但由于其水动力较弱及汛期基准面的上升，洪泛频繁，可输入河间地以大量的泥沙并在低能环境中发生沉积，使河道及河间地能够协调加积升高，并维持多河道体系的稳定性。     

Combining stochastic facies and fractal models for representing natural heterogeneity

Sedimentary deposits are often characterized by various distinct facies, with facies structure relating to the depositional and post-depositional environments. Permeability (k) varies within each facies, and mean values in one facies may be several orders of magnitude larger or smaller than those in another facies. Empirical probability density functions (PDFs) of log(k) increments from multi-facies structures often exhibit properties well modeled by the Levy PDF, which appears unrealistic physically. It is probable that the statistical properties of log(k) variations within a facies are very different from those between facies. Thus, it may not make sense to perform a single statistical analysis on permeability values taken from a mix of distinct facies. As an alternative, we employed an indicator simulation approach to generate large-scale facies distributions, and a mono-fractal model, fractional Brownian motion (fBm), to generate the log(k) increments within facies. Analyses show that the simulated log(k) distributions for the entire multi-facies domain produce apparent non-Gaussian log(k) increment distributions similar to those observed in field measurements. An important implication is that Levy-like behavior is not real in a statistical sense and that rigorous statistical measures of the log(k) increments will have to be extracted from within each individual facies. Electronic Publication     

沙丘背风侧气流的变化特征及其意义

对腾格里沙漠东南缘格沙丘主、副梁和新月形形沙丘表面气流的野外发现分离流、附着未偏向流和附着偏向流等３种背风坡次生气流。前者以弱的反向流为特征，多发生在横向气流条件下，坡度较陡的背风坡上；后二者具有相对高的风速，多发生在坡度缓和的背风坡上，其方向在横向气流条件下保持原来的方向，在斜向气流作用下发生偏转，且其强度为原始风入射角的余统函数，根据３种次生气流强度，方向等特征，阐述了其相应的风成沉积过程和可能产生的层理类型，并对利用风成交错层理恢复古气流环境中的有关问题作了初步探讨。     

测井曲线Milankovitch周期分析与应用

利用沿井剖面滑动时窗内的ＦＦＴ和最大熵谱估计算法，选择合适的滤波器、窗长和步长，从测井曲线中分析出了Ｍｉｌａｎｋｏｖｉｔｃｈ周期．研究了波长比，谱峰等特征与周期的关系，确定出沉积速率的渐变与突变，求出了沉积速率，经分析，与岩性结果相符合．     

西湖凹陷第三纪盆地演化及沉积特征

第三纪,西湖凹陷经历了弧后盆地、残余弧后盆地至前陆盆地的发展过程。不同盆地类型具有不同的构造格局和构造活动特征。不同的控相机制导致不同的盆地充填方式和沉积特征。本文从弧后扩张、扩张停止及岩浆弧造山作用应力机制出发,讨论了西湖凹陷盆地结构发展过程及其对沉积特征的控制作用。     

全新世中期以来黄土高原中部生物多样性研究

根据孢粉分析、古文献记载、生物地名考证以及对现今物种群多样性等方面的研究资料，结合气候变迁，论述了全新世以来，在自然和人为因素影响下，黄土高原中部地区景观和生物多样性的演变过程及其恢复和保护措施。     

Santa Bárbara Formation (Early Paleozoic, Caçapava do Sul, southern Brazil): Petrographic and Sm–Nd isotopic provenance parameters

Integrated petrographic and Sm–Nd isotopic data were applied in order to constrain the provenance of the Early Paleozoic Santa Bárbara Formation, Sul-rio-grandense Shield, southern Brazil. This unit comprises continental sandstones, conglomerates and siltstones deposited under semi-arid climate in a rift or pull-apart basin. Samples were collected within a stratigraphic framework composed of three sequences, in which the two basal ones present northeastwards paleoflow, and the third one marks the inversion of basin filling. Samples from sequence I show, in the south, a strong influence of intermediate volcanic (Hilário Formation) sources, and a significant increase in quartz and metamorphic fragments upsection. In the northern deposits, there is a possible influence of juvenile units (Cambaí/Vacacaí), and a more significant input of Paleoproterozoic-sourced sedimentary rocks (e.g. Maricá Formation) upsection. Samples collected from the topmost deposits of sequence II present a clear increase in the amount of volcanic fragments (mostly acidic), reflecting denudation of the “Caçapava high”. Data obtained in sequence III (Pedra do Segredo) show a progressive decrease in quartz content and a significant increase in feldspathic, plutonic fragments. A more evolved phase of denudation of the “Caçapava high”, exposing leucogranitoids of the Caçapava do Sul complex, is proposed for this interval.     

Developing conceptual hydrogeological model for Potsdam sandstones in southwestern Quebec,Canada

A hydrogeological study was conducted in Potsdam sandstones on the international border between Canada (Quebec) and the USA (New York). Two sandstone formations, arkose and conglomerate (base) and well-cemented quartz arenite (upper), underlie the study area and form the major regional aquifer unit. Glacial till, littoral sand and gravel, and marine silt and clay discontinuously overlie the aquifer. In both sandstone formations, sub-horizontal bedding planes are ubiquitous and display significant hydraulic conductivities that are orders of magnitude more permeable than the intact rock matrix. Aquifer tests demonstrate that the two formations have similar bulk hydrologic properties, with average hydraulic conductivities ranging from 2?×?10^?5 to 4?×?10^?5 m/s. However, due to their different lithologic and structural characteristics, these two sandstones impose rather different controls on groundwater flow patterns in the study area. Flow is sustained through two types of fracture networks: sub-horizontal, laterally extensive fractures in the basal sandstone, where hydraulic connectivity is very good horizontally but very poor vertically and each of the water-bearing bedding planes can be considered as a separate planar two-dimensional aquifer unit; and the more fractured and vertically jointed system found in the upper sandstone that promotes a more dispersed, three-dimensional movement of groundwater.