Molecular and isotopic compositions of bitumens in Silurian tar sands from the Tarim Basin,NW China: Characterizing biodegradation and hydrocarbon charging in an old composite basin

Biodegradation and oil mixing in Silurian sandstone reservoirs of the Tarim Basin, one of the largest composite basins in China, were investigated by analyzing the molecular characteristics and stable carbon isotopic signatures of low-molecular-weight (LMW) saturated hydrocarbons and high-molecular-weight (HMW) asphaltenes. Detection of 25-norhopanes and 17-nortricyclic terpanes in most Silurian tar sands from the Tabei Uplift in the Tarim Basin suggests a much greater degree of biodegradation here than in the Tazhong Uplift. This explains the relatively more abundant tricyclic terpanes, gammacerane, pregnane and diasteranes in tar sands from the Tabei Uplift than in those from the Tazhong Uplift. Hence, care must be taken when assigning oil source correlations using biomarkers in tar sands because of the biodegradation and mixing of oils derived from multiple sources in such an old composite basin. Asphaltenes in the tar sands seem to be part of the oil charge before biodegradation, depending on the relative anti-biodegradation characteristics of asphaltenes, the similarity in carbon isotopic signatures for asphaltenes and their pyrolysates, and the consistent product distribution for flash pyrolysis and for regular steranes in asphaltene pyrolysates, regardless of whether the tar sands were charged with fresh oil. According to the relative distributions of regular steranes and the relatively abundant 1,2,3,4-tetramethylbenzene significantly enriched in ¹³C, the oil sources for asphaltenes in the tar sands might be related to lower Paleozoic marine source rocks formed in euxinic conditions. Nevertheless, the relatively low abundance of gammacerane and C₂₈ regular steranes observed in asphaltene pyrolysates and residual hydrocarbons, within limited samples investigated in this work, made a direct correlation of oils originally charged into Silurian tar sands with those Cambrian source rocks, reported so far, seem not to be possible. Comparison of carbon isotopic signatures of n-alkanes in asphaltene pyrolysates with those of LMW saturated hydrocarbons is helpful in determining if the abundant n-alkanes in tar sands are derived from fresh oil charges after biodegradation. The limited carbon isotopic data for n-alkanes in LMW saturated hydrocarbons from the tar sands can be used to classify oils charged after biodegradation in the composite basin into four distinct groups.     

八卦庙金矿床地质特征及找矿方向

八卦庙金矿是产于秦岭泥盆系地层中的超大型金矿床,区域地质构造及其演化对成矿起了重要作用,尤其是脆-韧性剪切带及其与断裂的交汇部位,常常控制着金矿化的程度和范围.本文在综合分析矿区地质、矿床地质及成矿条件等的基础上,总结其成矿规律,提出了进一步找矿的方向.     

Generalised formulation of composite filters and their application to earthquake engineering test systems

This paper addresses the problem of generating unmeasured kinetic data—and/or providing improvements in existing data—for the enhancement of performance characteristics of earthquake engineering test systems, such as shaking tables, reaction walls and other custom‐made test rigs. The approach relies upon the use of composite filters (CF), a method of data fusion that was originally conceived via transfer function formulation. The current work generalises the CF concept and extends its formulation into the state‐space domain, thereby providing a wider basis for application to test systems and their controllers, including those of a multivariable (coupled, multi‐axis) nature. Comparative simulation studies of shaking table control are presented that demonstrate the design techniques for state‐space CF and also their effectiveness for signal synthesis, noise suppression and performance improvement. Specific examples include the use of CF for displacement demand signal generation, velocity feedback generation and acceleration control. In each case, the essential principles behind CF—output signals with zero bias and zero drift—are consistently upheld. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

安徽省东至地区金矿类型及找矿方向

安徽省东至地区位于扬子陆块北缘,跨下扬子前陆带和江南隆起带两个次级构造单元,独特的大地构造环境造就了本区有利的金矿成矿地质条件,形成多种类型的金矿床,其成因类型主要包括岩浆热液型和风化壳型,工业类型主要有破碎带蚀变岩型、含金石英脉型、微细粒浸染型及红土型。各类型金矿分类聚集,形成两个主要的金矿成矿带。沿赵家岭断层带以破碎带蚀变岩型为主,伴有含金石英脉型,中畈—戴家一带,赵家岭—杨家山一带均具较大找矿潜力,是本区金矿勘查重点地区,九华庄等地也具一定的找矿潜力;沿高坦断裂以微细粒浸染型为主,伴有破碎带蚀变岩型及红土型,查册桥地区是其重点勘查区,铜锣尖、小河等地找矿潜力也较大。     

CFG桩在高速公路建设工程中的应用

对CFG桩的工作机理、主要优点及应用范围进行探讨,并通过其在工程实践中的应用,提出了施工中应该注意的事项。     

皖南天井山金矿床地质-地球化学特征及找矿前景

皖南地区山高林密,地质工作条件差,基础地质工作相对还很薄弱,金矿的找寻工作一直没有取得大的突破.本文选取皖南休宁县天井山金矿为切入点,对该矿床地质、地球化学特征进行了分析,基本理清了本区与金成矿相关的各种因素,对矿床成因进行了剖析,并对其找矿前景作了探讨.系统统计分析区内地层、岩浆岩、矿石的主微量元素、稀土元素特征,讨...     

On the enhanced confining pressure aproach to the mechanics of reinforced soil

Summary A review is presented of conceptual approaches that are currently in use for interpreting the operation of reinforced soil. The concepts of enhanced confining pressure and of reduced normal tensile strains are found to be closely related to current experimental and theoretical investigations as well as to the design methodologies available at present for reinforced soil applications. Focusing on the enhanced confining pressure concept, analytical expressions are developed that allow the estimation of the value of equivalent confining stress increase when the properties of soil and reinforcement and the state of stresses acting on a cylindrical reinforced soil element are known. The derived expressions can also be utilized for estimating the soil-reinforcement friction angle from the results of triaxial tests on cylindrical samples reinforced with horizontal layers of reinforcement.     

中国海相探矿权区块定量评价方法

在研究了我国海相油气探矿权区块基本油气地质条件、勘探程度、技术经济条件等要素和特点的基础上,给出了48个评价参数和归一化取值参照表,建立了探矿权区块评价工作流程、评分参数及计算公式。提出对我国海相勘探层探矿权区块评价应该注意:与国外海相碳酸盐岩评价的差别;与国内陆相碎屑岩评价的差别;成藏组合的划分;评价内容的有效性、不确定性和评价参数的可信度;成败经验的总结和勘探程度的研究。     

秦岭——大别造山带区域地壳Sm-Nd同位素组成及其意义

对秦岭—大别造山带大量Nd同位素资料进行统计,获得了该地区陆壳基底和区域花岗岩类的147Sm/144Nd平均值,分别为0.136和0.108。基于区域资料获得的二阶段亏损地幔模式年龄(T2DM)比用147Sm/144Nd=0.118做参数的计算结果要普遍偏老,两种结果的差异随着模式年龄的偏老明显偏大。本研究获得的该区域地壳147Sm/144Nd组成特征与元素丰度资料之间存在较大差异,结合稀土元素综合对比,表明前人获得的该区域元素丰度资料偏酸性。     

广西南丹县大厂矿田铜坑锡矿成矿地球化学模型和找矿预测标志

广西大厂锡矿是一个成矿物质多来源、控矿因素多样化和矿床类型多种类的超大型锡多金属矿床。对其成矿过程中各类组分的分配特征和规律,各类微量元素、有机烃气异常在纵向上的展布特征和异常综合分带模型,深部盲矿预测标志等方面进行了剖析和总结。经研究发现,该区成矿组分复杂,具有多期次脉动成矿的特征,各组分在纵向上产生明显的轴向分带和多个浓集中心。根据区内成矿元素的分带规律预测,认为本区深部还存在铜、锌矿化体。