第四纪冰川遗迹的判别标准与方法问题——兼论蒙山巨砾堆积堤之成因

判断中国东部中低山地冰川作用遗迹的真伪,只能通过科学实践检验和学术争鸣加以解决。利用实地考察所测数据资料,证明山东蒙山确无第四纪冰川遗迹。包括蒙山在内的山东中低山丘陵,迄今为止没有发现符合判别标准的末次冰期冰川地貌三要素组合。蒙山兰溪峡谷的谷形指数（0.07~0.24）与世界各地真正的冰川槽谷不符,被当作冰川证据的蒙山兰溪峡谷谷壁擦痕和拦马墙巨砾堆积堤砾石擦痕,不具有作为冰川地貌证据的唯一性或专属性,而是砾石沿河谷滚动、拖拽摩擦和撞击的结果。不连续、不对称分布于兰溪下游凹岸的拦马墙巨砾堆积堤,沿流向延伸或呈流线构造,具有平行主流的平顶、陡坡砾石堆和立石等景观,砾石的圆度、分选和砾组构造均指向泥石流堆积堤或特大洪水巨石边滩。它可能是1668年7月25日郯城大地震保存下来的群发性灾害遗迹。     

钾玄岩系列:藏东玉龙铜矿带含矿斑岩元素地球化学特征

西藏东部玉龙铜矿带,包括玉龙、扎拉尕、莽总、多霞松多和马拉松多等斑岩型Ｃｕ,Ｍｏ,Ｐｂ,Ｚｎ,Ａｕ,Ａｇ和Ｐｔ等多金属矿床．由于分析技术条件的限制,前人所获得的含矿斑岩微量元素数据精度较低．采用先进的ＰＥＥｌａｎ６０００型电感耦合等离子质谱仪（ＩＣＰ－ＭＳ）分析微量元素（包括稀土元素）,结果表明含矿斑岩和共生的钾质碱性深成岩、火山岩和煌斑岩在时空上具一致性,岩石化学成分均富碱（ｗ（Ｋ２Ｏ）＋ｗ（Ｎａ２Ｏ）＞８％）,高钾和ｗ（Ｋ２Ｏ）／ｗ（Ｎａ２Ｏ）比值远大于１,微量元素富集Ｓｒ,Ｂａ等大离子亲石元素和轻稀土元素等,均显示出钾玄岩系列岩石的特征,暗示西藏东部玉龙铜矿带的含矿斑岩属于典型的钾玄岩系列的斑岩     

Elemental composition of PM2.5 and PM10 at Mount Gongga in China during 2006

In order to investigate the chemical characteristics of atmospheric aerosols in a regional background site, PM_2.5 and PM₁₀ were collected at Mount Gongga Station once a week in 2006. The concentrations of fifteen elements including Na, Mg, Al, K, Ca, V, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Ag, Ba, Tl, and Pb were detected by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS). The results showed that Na, Mg, Al, K, Ca, Fe were the major components of elements detected in PM_2.5 and PM₁₀, occupied 89.5% and 91.3% of all the elements. Crustal enrichment factor (EF) calculation indicated that several anthropogenic heavy metals (Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Ag, Tl, Pb) were transported long distances atmospherically. The concentrations of all elements (except Na) measured in PM_2.5 and PM₁₀ in spring and winter were higher than those in summer and autumn. The backward air mass trajectory analysis suggests that northeast India may be the source region of those pollutants.     

Temporal Variability of Major and Trace Element Concentrations in the Groundwaters of Mt. Etna (Italy): Effects of Transient Input of Magmatic Fluids Highlighted by Means of Cluster Analysis

Data for major, minor and trace elements in groundwaters from Mt. Etna volcano collected in 1994, 1995 and 1997 were analyzed using Cluster Analysis (CA). Two groups of sampling sites were identified (named clusters A and B), mainly on the basis of their different salinity and content of dissolved CO₂. The highest levels of both of these parameters were observed in the sites of cluster A, located in the lower south-western and central eastern flanks of the volcano. For both of the statistical groups CA was repeated, taking into account the mean values of each parameter in time, and the results allowed us to recognize four distinct groups of parameters for each group of sites on the basis of their temporal patterns. Four different types of temporal patterns were recognized: concave, convex, increasing, decreasing. The observed changes were basically interpreted as a result of the different response of dissolved chemical elements to changes in the aqueous environment and/or in their solubility/mobility in water due to different rates of input of magmatic gases to Etna’s aquifers. The main changes occurred in 1995, when Etna’s volcanic activity resumed after a two-year period of rest. The temporal changes of the majority of the studied parameters (water temperature, water conductivity, Eh, pH, Al, Mg, B, Ca, Cl⁻, Hg, Mn, Mo, Na, Ni, Se, Si, Sr, Cr Zn and pCO₂) were not cluster-dependent, therefore they were not apparently affected by differences in water salinity between the two groups of sampling sites. A limited number of parameters (Ti, K, Li, HCO₃⁻, As, Fe, SO₄²⁻, Cu and V), however, manifested different behaviors, depending on the cluster of sites to which they belonged, thus suggesting their apparent dependency on water salinity.     

珠峰地区雨季对流层大气的特征分析

利用2007年7月中国科学院珠穆朗玛峰综合观测站的边界层塔、无线电探空和风温廓线仪观测资料,分析了珠穆朗玛峰地区雨季低层大气风温湿等特征.珠峰地区雨季近地层风速、风向、温度等有明显的日变化.近地层风的日变化有两个很明显的阶段,00:00～14:30受谷风的影响而刮偏北风,14:30～24:00受冰川风的影响以偏南风为主.白天的冰川风比夜间的谷风要强些.中午13:30在600m以下存在强水平风速垂直切变,这可能是珠峰地区发生降雨的重要原因之一.低空急流在夏季比较常见.对流层平均降温率为0.685K/100m.低层大气的相对湿度一般有两个峰值高度,最大值在4000m以下,第二峰值高度不固定,到16000m以后相对湿度超不过10%.各层大气的风速风向差别较大.     

Numerical Modeling of the Coupled Mechanical and Hydrological Processes during Deformation and Mineralization in the Mount Isa Block, Australia

Mount Isa is a major Australian and world Pb‐Zn‐Ag mineral province. The wide varieties of mineralization in the province are believed to be closely related to the geodynamic processes of Isan Orogeny, which occurred between ca 1500 and 1620 Ma. In order to understand the geodynamic processes associated with the Isan Orogeny and the giant mineralization systems in the Mount Isa district, a series of numerical models has been constructed to simulate coupled mechanical–hydrological processes, using Fast Lagrangian Analysis of Continua (FLAC), a finite difference computer code. The numerical modeling results have demonstrated that the most probable far‐field stress orientation during the Isan Orogeny is the asymmetrical E–W shortening, which led to greater easternward tectonic movement at the west boundary of the district in comparison with westward movement at the east boundary. During the initial and early stage of the Isan Orogeny, the mechanical and hydrological conditions in the Leichardt Fault Trough of the West Fold Belt are much more favorable for fluid accumulation and mineralization than in the East Fold Belt. The Mount Isan fault zone developed as a high dilation shear zone where the fluids were focused. As the asymmetrical shortening progressed, shortening deformation and shear strain localization became intensified in the eastern part of the orogenic district. The eastern region therefore became a more favorable locality for hydrothermal mineralization. This structural development feature seems to explain why mineralization in the East Fold Belt is generally later than in the West Fold Belt. Fluid production from the Williams–Naraku granites could result in fluid over‐pressuring, and this probably contributed to the extensive brecciation and related mineralization in the East Fold Belt.     

西藏玉龙斑岩铜钼矿床区域地球化学异常特征和找矿标志

研究了西藏玉龙斑岩铜矿矿床的区域地球化学特征,结合地质条件综合分析了区域地球化学异常分布规律与矿床的关系,提出了地质、地球化学找矿标志。这对玉龙成矿带进一步勘查找矿有一定的意义。     

崂山花岗岩晶洞与天然石臼成因探讨

近年来,一种基岩表面石臼状微地貌(天然石臼)引起了学术界的关注,由此中国东部第四纪冰川问题再度掀起争论。关于天然石臼成因大体有: 壶穴说、冰臼说、风蚀穴说、风化坑说,等等。显然,在不同情况下,其成因可能是不同的。笔者对青岛崂山考察发现,这里的晶洞花岗岩本来原生洞穴(晶洞或气泡洞)非常发育,它们对天然石臼的形成存在重要影响。不但几厘米的晶洞可以经过风化作用拓展成相当大的石臼,甚至一些较大的晶洞(气泡洞)与石臼在形态、尺度和分布上比较接近。因此推断,崂山的天然石臼是岩石原生洞穴沿节理和裂隙崩塌破坏后,暴露出来经风化作用改造而成,甚至有的石臼基本是晶洞破坏后的直接产物,而非所谓的"冰臼"。     

航磁资料在澳大利亚昆士兰州艾萨山选区成矿预测中的应用

高精度航磁测量相对简单,获得的信息丰富,是开展大面积成矿预测的有利工具。澳大利亚艾萨山选区地质资料较少,地面物探工作开展较难。利用高精度航磁资料,对该地区航磁数据进行了处理与解释,推断出断裂构造及岩体分布。结合区域成矿地质、构造环境和金属矿床时空分布特点,识别出成矿有利地区的航磁异常特征,划分了有利航磁异常分布带。在航磁有利异常分布图的基础上,结合矿床、矿点位置情况,进一步圈定出成矿远景区,为该地区成矿预测工作提供了依据。     

Taxonomy and biogenicity of Archaean spheroidal microfossils (ca. 3.0 Ga) from the Mount Goldsworthy–Mount Grant area in the northeastern Pilbara Craton, Western Australia

Microstructures recently reported from an Archaean sedimentary succession (ca. 3.0 Ga) in the Mount Goldsworthy–Mount Grant area in the northeastern Pilbara Craton meet the criteria for compelling evidence of biogenicity [Sugitani, K., Grey, K., Allwood, A., Nagaoka, T., Mimura, K., Minami, M., Marshall, C.P., Van Kranendonk, M.J., Walter, M.R., 2007. Diverse microstructures from Archaean chert from the Mount Goldsworthy–Mount Grant area, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia: microfossils, dubiofossil, or pseudofossils. Precambrian Res. 158, 228–262]. The structures are morphologically diverse. Although they were tentatively classified into five major morphological types (thread-like, film-like, small (<15 μm) and large (>15 μm) spheroidal, and spindle-like), the possible taxonomic significance of these groups was not discussed. Building on our earlier analysis, we focus on the morphology of the larger spheroids, as well as presenting further evidence relating spindles and several bizarre forms, and attempt to group them taxonomically and adduce additional evidence for their biogenicity.Taphonomic features were identified in each of the various morphological groups, but the range of morphological diversity of the spheroids cannot be attributed solely to taphonomic alteration. Four subdivisions of spheroids are proposed: (1) simple single-walled spheroids, (2) thin-walled spheroids having a diffuse envelope, (3) thick-walled spheroids, and (4) spheroids having an extensively folded wall. Simple single-walled spheroids, 15–60 μm in diameter, with various wall textures but commonly lacking envelopes or appendages form the dominant subgroup. Other complex morphologies are present and include aligned or associated bodies of thin-walled spheroids with diffuse envelopes, and spindle-like structures containing inner spheroidal bodies. The degree of morphological complexity and associations between structures suggest the presence of reproductive phases. If correct, this implies that the early Earth (ca. 3.0 Ga) showed a higher level of biodiversity than is currently postulated.