SO2 emissions at Mt. Etna with particular reference to the period 1993–1995

The variations in sulfur dioxide (SO₂) emission from the Summit Craters of Mt. Etna were determined, with particular reference to the period 1993–1995. Vehicle-based weekly measurements of SO₂ flux, using a correlation spectrometer (COSPEC), suggest new input of magma into the main feeder system of the volcano between 1993 and 1995. Minimal flux values (<1000 t/day) preceded the two eruptive events in the period 1987–1995. Only approximately 9.5% of the magma that contributed the SO₂ emission was erupted during the same period. Received: 3 November 1997 / Accepted: 21 September 1998     

The structure of the Monte Amiata volcano-geothermal area (Northern Apennines, Italy): Neogene-Quaternary compression versus extension

The tectonic evolution of the Mt Amiata volcano-geothermal area is under discussion. Some authors state that this region, as well as the hinterland of the Northern Apennines, were affected by compression from the Cretaceous to the Quaternary. In contrast, most authors believe that extension drove the tectonic evolution of the Northern Apennines from the Early Miocene to the Quaternary. Field data, seismic analyses and borehole logs have been integrated in order to better define the structural features of the continental crust in the Mt Amiata geothermal area. In this paper I propose the hypothesis that the structure of the crust in the Mt Amiata volcano-geothermal area derives from two main geological processes: (1) contractional tectonics related to the stacking of the Northern Apennines (Cretaceous–Early Miocene), (2) subsequent extensional collapse of the hinterland of the mountain chain, and related opening of the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea (Early Miocene–Quaternary). Compressional and extensional structures characterise the Mt Amiata region, although extensional structures dominate its geological framework. In particular the extension produced: (a) Middle-Late Miocene boudinage of the previously stacked tectonic units; (b) Pliocene–Quaternary normal faulting which favoured the emplacement of a magmatic body in the middle-upper crust; and (c) the eruption of the Mt Amiata volcano, which gave rise to an acid and intermediate volcanic complex (0.3–0.19 Ma). The extension produced the space necessary to accommodate the Middle-Late Miocene marine and continental sediments. Pliocene and Quaternary normal and transtensional faults dissected the previous structures and influenced the Early Middle Pliocene marine sedimentation within the structural depressions neighbouring the Mt Amiata volcano. The magmatic body was emplaced at depth (about 6–7 km) during the Pliocene extension, and produced the eruption of the Mt Amiata volcano during the Late Pleistocene. This gave rise to local uplift, presently reaching about 3,000 m, as well as a negative Bouguer anomaly (−16 mgal), both centred on the Mt Amiata area. The crustal dome shows a good correspondence with the convex shape of the regional seismic marker known as the K-horizon, which corresponds to the 450°C isotherm, and the areas with greatest heat flow. This is probably a consequence of the above-cited magmatic body presently in the process of solidification. A Late Pleistocene eruption occurred along a crustal fissure striking N50° (Mt Amiata Fault), which crosscuts the crustal dome. Hydrothermal circulation, proven by the occurrence of thermal springs and gas vents (mainly CO₂ and H₂S), mainly occurs along the Mt Amiata Fault both in the northeastern ans southwestern sides of the volcano.     

贺兰山三叠纪盆地构造属性再分析

摘要：对贺兰山北段三叠系构造背景的理解具有重要的理论和实践意义,本文通过对该地区周边同期构造事件的分析,结合最近的研究成果,认为贺兰山北部三叠纪沉积的构造背景类似于新生代早、中期莺歌海拉分盆地形成的环境。晚三叠世－早侏罗世由于巴彦乌拉山－狼山韧性剪切带的左行走滑,致使巴彦乌拉山崛起,它类似于目前的红河－哀牢山剪切带中的哀牢山,而在贺兰山北部由于该断层的左行走滑形成了走滑拉分盆地,堆积了巨厚的上三叠统延长组和侏罗系碎屑岩。虽然在三叠纪地理上贺兰山地区与鄂尔多斯盆地可能相连,但两者的沉降机制并不相同,它们的关系可能类似与目前的莺歌海盆地与南海盆地的关系。在晚侏罗世,该地区的拉分盆地由于受到阿拉善地块的东向挤压而反转。造成巴彦乌拉山－狼山韧性剪切带左行活动的原因是晚三叠世－早侏罗世鄂尔多斯盆地相对于阿拉善地块的左行压扭运动,其动力则可能来自中朝板块与扬子板块的碰撞。该模型不仅可以解释贺兰山北段三叠纪区别于鄂尔多斯盆地本部的强烈伸展,还能解释该地区分布局限的板内拉斑玄武岩的原因,而且也能够将晚三叠世巴彦乌拉山的隆起与该地区同时期的沉积以及阿拉善地块南缘的变形联系起来,而从区域上也可以解释同时期南蒙古地区的发育的左行走滑构造及其相关沉积。     

太白山树木年轮宽度资料对过去生态气候要素的重建

采用太白山高山林线附近的太白落叶松树木年轮资料,按照树木年轮学要求和方法进行前期处理、交叉定年,建立树轮宽度指数序列.基于气候要素影响当年和次年树木生长的原理,利用多元回归技术探讨了树轮宽度指数与生态气候要素--温暖指数之间的相关关系,重建了太白山地区近3∞年的温暖指数.结果表明:1745～1765年、1845～1855年、1880～1900年以及1905～1915年为几个较为明显的冷期;1725～1745年、1765～1775年、1800～1810年、1865～1875年和1890～1905年相对而言属暖期.太白山地区气候的冷暖变化有大约30～40年的变化周期.将本项研究结果与国外相关研究对比还说明,太白山地区的气候变化可能具有一定的全球性特征.     

兰州马衔山北缘断裂带古地震初步研究

兰州马衔山北缘断裂带为一条全新世活动断裂 ,大致由 4条次级断裂段组成 .沿断裂带发现了多期古地震事件 ,其活动具有时空不均匀性 .其中东段的马衔山段可以确定 2次古地震事件 ,距今 5850± 50 0aB .P .,2 0 60± 42 0aB .P .,复发间隔约 380 0a ;震级 7～ 7.5级左右 .中段的七道梁段发现 2次古地震事件 ,距今 1 682 0± 80aB .P .,1 0 80 0± 1 40aB .P ..西段的雾宿山咸水沟段可以确定一次古地震事件 ,其年代为 1 2 45± 560aB .P .,结合史料考证结果 ,认为就是 1 1 2 5年兰州 7级地震 .从古地震活动年代及复发间隔分析 ,马衔山北缘断裂带未来的强震危险段应为东段的马衔山段和西段的雾宿山咸水沟段 .     

Rare earth element fractionation in magmatic Ca-rich garnets

Igneous garnets have the potential to strongly fractionate rare earth elements (REE). Yet informations on partition coefficients are very scant, and criteria for distinguishing between hydrothermal and magmatic garnets are ambiguous. To fill this gap, we present trace element and isotopic data for two types of Ca-rich garnets from phonolites (Mt. Somma-Vesuvius). Both Ca-garnet populations are different in their style and dynamics of fractionation: one population is progressively strongly depleted in HREE from core to rim, reflecting REE fractionation in the host phonolite via earlier-crystallized garnets. Such examples for extreme changes in HREE in garnets are only known for hydrothermal grandites by REE-bearing fluids. The second garnet population is homogeneous and formed in a closed system. Near-flat patterns between Sm and Lu confirm experimental data indicating lower D(Sm)/D(Lu) for Ca-rich garnets than for e.g. pyrope-rich garnets. It follows: D ^Grt/PhMelt for La = 0.5, Sm = 48 and Yb = 110.     

山西霍山山前断裂晚第四纪活动特征和1303年洪洞8级地震

霍山山前断裂是山西临汾盆地北半部主边界断裂。本文根据沿断裂带的1:1万地质填图结果,详细地研究了霍山山前断裂的活动历史、断裂的分段性及其构造活动特征、不同时期以来的右旋错动幅度和滑动速率以及与1303年洪洞8级地震的关系。最后,根据山西地堑系内已获得滑动速率值的几条北北东向主干断裂的构造特殊性,讨论了地堑系两侧的一级右旋运动水平     

西藏色齐拉山地区立体气候特征初步分析

利用西藏色齐拉山地区不同海拔高度的8个自动站和3个实测气象站1年的近地面观测资料,分析了该地区气温、地温、降水量、湿度和风速等气象要素的季节变化特征,探讨了东、西坡局地气候特征差异形成的原因。结果表明:色齐拉山地区1月为最冷月、7月为最暖月;月平均最高气温、最低气温与平均气温的季节变化一致。气温日较差大年较差小。年平均气温直减率东、西坡分别为0.54℃/100m和0.73℃/100m,西坡大于东坡。地气温差冬季西坡大于东坡,夏季东坡大于西坡。年、月平均地温直减率西坡仍大于东坡;东坡除夏季7、8月份外,地温直减率小于气温直减率;西坡除冬季(12月和1月),地温直减率大于气温直减率。降水量东坡比西坡多,海拔2500m以上地区4~10月降水总量随着海拔高度的升高呈增加趋势,增加率为20.9mm/100m。空气相对湿度冬季低夏季高,年变化呈单峰型。东、西坡冬季风速较强夏季相对较弱,初春风速最大。东、西坡气候差异与海拔高度、坡向、下垫面性质有关。     

Traces from the past: the Cenozoic regolith and intraplate neotectonic history of the Gun Emplacement,a ferricreted bench on the western margin of the Mt Lofty Ranges,South Australia

The Gun Emplacement is a small but distinctive bench on the Eden–Burnside Fault Escarpment near Anstey Hill, in the northeastern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia, occurring at an elevation of ～210–220 m asl. It is underlain by Middle Eocene North Maslin Sand and is capped by resistant, ferricreted colluvium. Paleomagnetic dating of hematitic mottles in the ferricreted colluvium, immediately underlying the emplacement, returned a Pliocene/Early Pleistocene age. This age is equivalent to that obtained for summit surface weathering. Fault scarps and exposures, including slickensides and fault gouge material, suggest that the Eden–Burnside Fault at this location has a strong en échelon pattern developed in response to reverse-sinistral oblique-slip faulting, reflecting continental stress fields. Remnants of ferricrete cappings forming stranded benches on the Eden–Burnside Fault Escarpment at elevations up to 25 m above the Gun Emplacement demonstrate recurrent tectonism of the South Mt Lofty Ranges related to intraplate deformation. There are at least four distinct ferricrete benches preserved on the eastern side of the active fault leading up from the Gun Emplacement surface. These benches demonstrate alternating periods of stability and tectonic activity disrupting and uplifting the ferricreted surfaces. A fresh surface rupture occurs and may be related to a recent seismic event.