Metamorphic and post-metamorphic fluid flow in the low-grade rocks of the Harlech Dome, north Wales

A combination of fluid inclusion, stable isotope and geochemical techniques has been used to study the nature of fluids present and their behaviour during Caledonian low-grade metamorphism of the Harlech Dome, north Wales. Fluid inclusion studies show that in most of the metasedimentary sequence the peak metamorphic fluid was an aqueous Na–K–Cl brine but in the graphitic Clogau Formation and in parts of the overlying Maentwrog Formation immiscible H₂O-rich and CH₄-rich fluids coexisted. Late-stage inclusions are of calcium-rich brine and a dilute aqueous fluid. The chemical composition of chlorite in metamorphic veins and rocks varies between different formations and quartz-oxygen isotopic compositions show considerable variation between different units. Both of these features are taken to indicate that there was little or no pervasive movement of fluid between different units at the peak of metamorphism. After the metamorphic peak there was focused flow of fluid upward through the sequence along fractures, in response to end-Caledonian uplift and unloading. Where the migrating fluid crossed the graphitic shales, interaction between the fluid and the shales gave rise to the formation of the auriferous veins of the Dolgellau Gold Belt. Subsequent to this mineralizing event there was widespread development of ¹⁸O-enriched calcites and micas. In the case of vein minerals it is possible that these crystallized directly from late-stage fluids at lower temperature than the quartz in the same veins. Alternatively, the original vein minerals may have re-equilibrated with later ¹⁸O-enriched or cooler fluid. In the case of muscovites in the rock matrix it is proposed that the isotopically heavy compositions are the result of re-equilibration of initially light grains with an introduced fluid, requiring considerable influx of fluid. This event may relate to either of two late-stage fluids observed as inclusions.     

一次广东典型龙舟水暴雨过程的扰动形势分析

“龙舟水”期间的极端降水,常以近似平行的多条雨带出现,过量的降水会造成流域的或大范围的洪涝灾害。分解大气中的基本变量为瞬变气候与瞬时扰动两个部分,用后者揭示龙舟水期间强降水的区域分布特征。2020年6月5—9日出现在广东省中部和北部地区的多条近似平行的雨带和闪电高密度带只是华南和江南区域降水过程中的一个片段。分析结果表明:控制这片区域雨带活动的是南北两侧缓慢东移的扰动反气旋环流系统。在黄海扰动反气旋环流的南边缘和南海扰动反气旋环流的北边缘各形成了一条扰动风切变线与湿涡度扰动线对应,在它们之间形成了一个扰动低压气流区和其中的多个湿涡度扰动条带,决定了其中条状雨带的走向。分解欧洲中期天气预报中心(ECMWF)模式产品可以提前1~5天获得指示两个扰动反气旋环流系统和扰动低压气流区中湿涡度扰动分布的信息。      

一种新型微泡套铣冲砂液的研制

针对渤海油田在大修井过程中出现的地层漏失严重、井下工具打捞困难、套铣进尺缓慢等问题,根据泡沫钻井的理论知识及其应用特点,研究开发了一种新型的环保型的套铣冲砂液,与传统的暂堵液相比,其黏度低、切力小、携砂能力好,润滑系数低、循环摩阻小,易于溶解,不会结块憋泵,后期不需要破胶等等.其主要配比为：0.5％BH-VIS＋3％FPJ-12＋3％XJW-1 ＋2％YS-A.它主要以微泡作为分散相,低黏胶液作为连续相,依靠泡沫承托能力强以及泡沫和生物聚合物的双层封堵的特点,达到一种良好的冲砂、降漏失效果.该技术在渤海油田得到了成功的应用,保证了大修作业的顺利进行.     

天津市华苑产业园区地热流体化学特征及质量评述

华苑产业园区的热储层主要为新近系明化镇组、馆陶组和奥陶系,通过地球化学分析,推断其地热流体均属于大气降水成因,化学组分均表现出自东向西或自北东向南西、由山前到盆地中心的水平分带特征。本区各热储层地热流体及浅层第四系地下水在垂向上有较大变化,经分析,明化镇组有接受上覆第四系地下水的越流补给可能,而馆陶组热流体则在凸起区接受了下伏基岩热流体的顶托补给。经推断,地热流体补给源位于华苑产业园东侧或东北侧,补给缓慢。本区地热流体具有轻微-强腐蚀性,有硫酸钙结垢趋势,不宜直接作为饮用水源和渔业用水,也不适宜农业灌溉用水;但明化镇组适合大多数工业用水。可喜的是,各层热流体中偏硅酸和氟的含量都较高,经过一定的处理,可具医疗价值,如在此开发温泉旅游,将带来良好的经济效益。     

福山油田保护油气层钻井完井液技术研究

福山油田为典型凝析油气藏,储层孔隙度10%～20%,平均渗透率35?10-3 μm2,属于中孔低渗储层,部分为低孔特低渗储层,且水敏、易塌。通过试验选用了以XZD-Ⅱ为暂堵剂的屏蔽暂堵钻井完井液实施油气层保护,取得了较好的保护效果。     

Constraints on the composition of ore fluids and implications for mineralising events at the Cleo gold deposit,Eastern Goldfields Province,Western Australia

The Cleo gold deposit, 55 km south of Laverton in the Eastern Goldfields Province of Western Australia, is characterised by banded iron‐formation (BIF)‐hosted ore zones in the gently dipping Sunrise Shear Zone and high‐grade vein‐hosted ore in the Western Lodes.There is evidence that gold mineralisation in the Western Lodes (which occurred at ca 2655 Ma) post‐dates the majority of displacement along the Sunrise Shear Zone, but it remains uncertain if the ore in both structures formed simultaneously or separately. Overall, the Pb, Nd, Sr, C, O and S isotopic compositions of ore‐related minerals from both the Western Lodes and ore zones in the Sunrise Shear Zone are similar. Early low‐salinity aqueous‐carbonic fluids and late high‐salinity fluids with similar characteristics are trapped in inclusions in quartz veins from both the Sunrise Shear Zone and the Western Lodes. The early CO₂, CO₂–H₂O, and H₂O‐dominant inclusions are interpreted as being related to ore formation, and to have formed from a single low‐salinity aqueous‐carbonic fluid as a result of intermittent fluid immiscibility. Homogenisation temperatures indicate that these inclusions were trapped at approximately 280°C and at approximately 4 km depth, in the deeper epizonal range. Differences between the ore zones are detected in the trace‐element composition of gold samples, with gold from the Sunrise Shear Zone enriched in Ni, Pb, Sn, Te and Zn, and depleted in As, Bi, Cd, Cu and Sb, relative to gold from the Western Lodes. Although there are differences in gold composition between the Sunrise Shear Zone and Western Lodes, and hence the metal content of ore fluids may have varied slightly between the different ore zones, no other systematic fluid or solute differences are detected between the ore zones. Given the fact that the ore fluids in each zone have very similar bulk properties, the considerable differences in gold grade, sulfide mineral abundance, and ore textures between the two ore zones most likely result from different gold‐deposition mechanisms. The association of ore zones in the Sunrise Shear Zone with pyrite‐replaced BIF suggests that wall‐rock sulfidation was the most significant mechanism of gold precipitation, through the destabilisation of gold‐bisulfide complexes. The Western Lodes, however, do not exhibit any host‐rock preference and multistage veins commonly contain coarse‐grained gold. Fluid‐inclusion characteristics and breccia textures in veins in the Western Lodes suggest that rapid pressure changes, brought about by intermittent release of overpressured fluids and concomitant phase separation, are likely to have caused the destabilisation of gold‐thiocomplexes, leading to formation of higher‐grade gold ore zones.     

The instability of precessing flow

Abstract

An explanation is put forward for the instability observed within a precessing, rotating spheroidal container. The constant vorticity solution for the flow suggested by Poincaré is found to be inertially unstable through the parametric coupling of two inertial waves by the underlying constant strain field. Such resonant couplings are due either to the elliptical or shearing strains present which elliptically distort the circular streamlines and shear their centres respectively. For the precessing Earth's outer core, the shearing of the streamlines and the ensuing shearing instability are the dominant features. The instability of some exact, linear solutions for finite precessional rates is established and used to corroborate the asymptotic analysis. A complementary unbounded analysis of a precessing, rotating fluid is also presented and used to deduce a likely upperbound on the growth rate of a small disturbance. Connection is made with past experimental studies.     

The structure of separated flow past a circular cylinder in a rotating frame

Abstract

This paper examines the detailed E ^1/4-layer structure of separated flow past a circular cylinder in a low-Rossby-number rotating fluid as the Ekman number E tends to zero. This structure is based on an initial proposal by Page (1987) but with some modifications in response to further evidence, outlined both in this paper and elsewhere, on the behaviour of E ^1/4-layer flows in this context. Numerical calculations for flow in an E ^1/4 shear layer along the separated free streamline are described and the mass flux from this layer is then used to calculate the higher-order flow within the separation bubble. The flow structure is found to have two forms, depending on the value of the O(1) parameter λ, and these are compared with results from published “Navier-Stokes” type calculations for the flow at small but finite values of E.