Crystal chemistry of titanite-structured compounds: the CaTi1-x Zr x OSiO4 (x≤0.5) series

Inhomogeneous aggregates of late-stage titanite enriched in Zr have been described recently from post-magmatic parageneses in silica-undersaturated rocks. In the natural samples, simple isovalent substitution of the large Zr (^[vi]R⁴⁺=0.72 Å) for Ti (^[vi]R⁴⁺=0.605 Å) is limited to an empirical maximum of 0.25 afu (15.3 wt.% ZrO₂). As the natural material is not suitable for crystallographic study, a series of CaTi_1-xZr_xOSiO₄ titanite samples have been synthesized by standard ceramic methods at ambient pressure in air, and their crystal structure determined by Rietveld refinement of laboratory powder X-ray diffraction patterns. All of the synthetic Zr-doped titanite varieties adopt space group A2/a and consist of distorted CaO₇ polyhedra together with less distorted (Ti_1-xZr_x)O₆ octahedra and SiO₄ tetrahedra. Cell dimensions and atomic coordinates together with volumes and distortion indices are given for all polyhedra. The empirical limit for Zr substitution in synthetic (F,OH)-free titanite is 0.5 afu (29.6 wt.% ZrO₂). The existence of a Zr analogue of titanite in nature is considered to be unlikely.     

Geochemistry of Late Cretaceous （ 60 - 67 Ma） igneous activities in the Hebrides Terrace seamount （guyot） area, Scotland

Tholeiitic basalts in various stages of alteration were dredged from Late Cretaceous volcanic rocks (60 -67 Ma) in the Hebrides Terrace seamount area in the Atlantic Ocean. These rocks are extrusive olivine basalts, including high- and low-Al basalts. High-Al basalts are depleted in MgO, CaO, Cr,Sc, V, St, Zr and enriched in TiO2, Na2O, Nb, Rb as compared with low-A1 basalts. Petrography and bulk-rock composition (major, trace and rare-earth elements) data defined clear tholeiitic suites displaying possible liquid lines of descent related to different degrees of crystal fractionation and partial melting.Isotopic dating of dredged samples gave the guyot an age of 60 - 67 Ma, in support of the assumption that it was formed during the Late Cretaceous.     

土钉与锚杆联合支护在深基坑工程中的应用

结合深圳市星海阁办公楼的工程实例,从周边环境对深基坑支护的特殊要求及复杂的地质条件出发,论述了采用土钉与锚杆联合支护形式的依据.介绍了在深基坑支护施工中采取的具体措施后期效果.同时分析了这种联合支护结构形式的力学特点,通过将两者联合使用,可实现锚杆支护结构水平侧移小和土钉支护结构受力合理的优点.且土钉与锚杆联合支护,使得上部锚杆和中下部的土钉墙两者形成了统一的受力整体,共同抵抗荷载和变形.     

探地雷达在岩土工程应用中的进展

总结了探地雷达在仪器设备、数据处理方法技术以及在岩土工程中应用的新进展.在硬件方面,主要以改进天线性能为主要发展方向;在数据处理方面,主要研究提高信号信噪比及目的体定位方法;在应用方面,开展了精确测试方面的研究.     

现浇薄壁管桩复合地基非线性有限元分析

现浇薄壁管桩是处理大面积软土地基的一项新技术,目前已在沿海软土地区高速公路建设中得到了一定的应用,但其产生的时间较短,开展的研究相对较少,利用Plaxis岩土工程有限元软件对现浇薄壁管桩（PCC桩）的工作特性、荷载传递规律及其影响因素、加固机理等方面进行了详细的分析,结果表明,桩外壁摩阻力随桩深近乎呈线性分布,桩内壁摩擦力只在桩下端一定长度内有所发挥,桩芯土体具有较好的闭塞效应,研究成果具有较大的指导意义.     

福建省水氡观测资料变化规律与质量分析

本文对福建省水氡观测资料变化规律进行分析,并试图利用相对均方差、拟合噪声水平和相对年变幅等三项指标,对福建省8个水氡点的观测资料质量进行初步探索。     

Analysis on Bearing Capacity of Tunnel-Type Anchorage of a Long-Span Suspension Bridge

INTRODUCTION Tunnel typeanchoragehasobviousadvantages inbearingcapacityversusinvestment(LiuandHu,1996).However,itisrarelyusedinapracticalpro jectbecauseofitsrequirementofgoodrockcondi tions.Siduhebridge(Fig.1),whichliesintheBa dongmountainsinthewestplatea…     

珠江三角洲江村ZK2钻孔沉积物粒度的环境意义

运用MALVERN公司2000型粒度仪对珠江三角洲地区的江村ZK2钻孔作粒度分析，江村钻孔按粒度的偏态值可划分为两个河相与海相或湖泊沼泽相的沉积交替过程，同时与粒度参数、年代数据以及前人所做的孢粉等证据相结合，大致看出研究区气候变化的4个千年尺度的气候波动：第一阶段为较长时间的冷干期，该段时间约为20-10．7kaB．P．；第二阶段为回暖期，时间大致在10．7-7．5kaB．P.,总体比较湿润；第三阶段为升温期，该时期约在7．5-5kaB．P．之间，在此期间各有一次干湿交替；第四阶段为降温期，时间大约出现在5kaB．P．至今，这是一个波动性较大的时期，也各有一次干湿交替。     

How a wet tropical rainforest copes with repeated volcanic destruction

The Holocene Period for the province of West New Britain, Papua New Guinea, is characterised by periodic catastrophic volcanism. The region is mantled in dense wet tropical rainforest, and has been occupied by people since the Pleistocene. Analyses of peat from two nearby sites within a lowland rainforest environment provide us with a macro-level landscape account of the periodic destruction and recovery of the coastal forests during seven periods of volcanic activity in the latter part (2900 yr ago to present) of the Holocene. Radiocarbon dating shows the very close correlation of the peat and tephra layers at both sites, yet the pollen analysis reveals different vegetation communities. These initial results allow us to begin identifying the processes of recovery, and to recognise different ecological pressures placed on vegetation at these neighbouring sites. Evidence of hydrological changes are observed beginning with a marine incursion recorded at Garu Site 3 1360 ¹⁴C yr B.P. The distinct differences in the vegetation re-establishment and community regeneration rates suggest the greater level of disturbance at Garu Site 1 could be related to the depth of the ashfall, although the proximity of a known human settlement may also be a contributing factor. Of note, palynologically, we found that the fern spore flora is particularly rich and believe it will be useful for ecological interpretation.     

Analysis of pressuremeter geometry effects in clay using critical state models

The conventional interpretation methods of pressuremeter testing effectively approximate pressuremeter membranes as infinitely long. As a result, the effects of the two‐dimensional geometry of pressuremeters are ignored, leading to an overestimation of soil shear strength by pressuremeter testing, as demonstrated in several previous studies. This paper presents results of a numerical study of two‐dimensional geometry effects on self‐boring pressuremeter tests in undrained clay. The results are obtained using critical state soil models with an effective stress formulation. This is in contrast to most (if not all) existing studies on pressuremeter geometry effects, which were based on perfectly plastic soil models (e.g. Yu (Cavity expansion theory and its application to the analysis of pressuremeters. DPhil Thesis, The University of Oxford, 1990), Yeung and Carter (Proc. 3rd Int. Symp. on Pressuremeters, 1990), and Houlsby and Carter (Géotechnique, 1993; 43 (4):567–576)). The present study suggests that the overestimation of soil strength due to the neglect of finite pressuremeter length is significantly affected by the soil model used in the calculations. It is found that for clays with a high overconsolidation ratio (OCR) the strength overestimation predicted using critical state soil models could be considerably smaller than that predicted using perfectly plastic soil models. The main conclusion of this numerical study is that care must be exercised before directly applying any numerically determined pressuremeter geometry correction factors in practice. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.