当代造山带研究中值得重视的若干前沿问题

当代造山带研究正从以往以阐明板块运动历史和板块边界相互作用为主，转向并进入到了阐明造山带岩石圈及其之下地幔系统中各层圈相互作用过程和动力学的新阶段，大陆动力学正成为造山带研究的主要指导思想。在这种形势下，造山带研究正围绕着下列前沿问题展开工作：（１）碰撞后的造山过程：拆沉作用、伸展垮塌和深变质岩剥露；（２）造山带之下地幔的结构和演化；（３）壳内软层的性质和动力学作用；（４）造山带地壳的精细构造和演化；（５）巨量花岗岩的成因和侵位动力学；（６）沉积作用与造山过程：根据沉积特征对造山过程、造山事件的恢复再造；（７）新元古代超大陆。     

大陆裂谷研究中的几个前沿课题

本文强调研究大陆裂谷具有重要的理论和实践意义，重点评述了当前大陆裂谷研究中的几个前沿课题：（１）建立大陆裂谷深部结构模式，介绍了张性破裂模式和地幔柱模式；（２）研究大陆裂谷与板块构造关系，认为大陆裂谷的发育与变化的板块运动密切相关；（３）探讨大陆裂谷的热流作用，证实了裂谷深部存在高温驱动的流体和热循环，推测这里可能就是幼年大洋产生的地带；（４）总结大陆裂谷成因类型，根据地球动力学状态划分了五种类型；（５）完善大陆裂谷研究思路与方法，提出多数大陆裂谷为一复杂的动力体系，系统论是全面研究这一复杂动力体系的有效方法。     

由深源远震体波记录反演华北北部地壳上地幔速度结构

重点研究的地区为河北省北部包括京津地区，以及山西、内蒙的部分地区，在此区选取了２９个台站；在向东延伸的背景区，选取了６个台站。利用这些台站的深源远震体波记录资料，通过选取介质结构模型，计算理论地震图，与观测图进行拟合，以确定地震台下介质结构的可接受模型。在拟合时，对每个地震台站都选择若干次深源远震的体波记录作为观测图。对每个地震台站一般都算出６０个不同模型的理论图。实际上做出的结果比地壳深，为大约８０ｋｍ（即大致相当于岩石层或称岩石圈）厚度内的地壳上地幔介质结构，它们大都由１０层左右的介质组成。通过波形拟合共给出了上述３５个台站下的壳幔介质分层结构。并由此给出了Ｍｏｈｏ面的轮廓。     

山东沂沭裂谷系含金斑岩铜矿床成矿地质特征

沂沐裂谷是中国东部呈扇形展布的大陆裂谷系,从晚侏罗至白垩世裂谷岩浆活动强烈,发育了一套碱性、钙碱性火山建造,尤以中生代钙碱性火山活动具有特色,并常常形成许多巨大的古火山机体,本文通过对产于古火山机体中两个含金斑岩铜岩床研究,初步得出其主要成矿地质特征。     

我国首次发现的碳氢钠石

碳氢钠石是一种无水碱金属碳酸盐矿物,最初发现于美国的绿河盆地。一九八二年,在我国河南省泌阳凹陷首次发现。该矿物的化学成分是Na_2CO_3和NaHCO_3,分子式是:Na_2CO_3·3NaHCO_3。该矿物晶体呈板状,无色透明,主要产在重碳钠盐组成的碱矿层中。经测试确定,该矿物属二轴晶负光性,主折射率:Ng=1.531,Nm=1.524,Np=1.435,2V=31.45°;晶胞参数:a=10.046,b=15.633,c=3.492,a=92°8′,β=95。42′,γ=108°34′;最强的粉晶衍射线有:3.70(35),2.97(100),2.67(41),2.213(60);主要的红外光谱吸收带是:2616,1692,1662,1359,1048,1018,839,677cm_(-1)。据碳氢钠石的产状和共生组合特征,该矿物产于富钠,高P_(CO_2)的碳酸盐型内陆盐湖,是较高温度条件下快速蒸发的产物。     

A crustal seismic velocity model for the UK, Ireland and surrounding seas

A regional model of the 3-D variation in seismic P -wave velocity structure in the crust of NW Europe has been compiled from wide-angle reflection/refraction profiles. Along each 2-D profile a velocity–depth function has been digitised at 5 km intervals. These 1-D velocity functions were mapped into three dimensions using ordinary kriging with weights determined to minimise the difference between digitised and interpolated values. An analysis of variograms of the digitised data suggested a radial isotropic weighting scheme was most appropriate. Horizontal dimensions of the model cells are optimised at 40 × 40 km and the vertical dimension at 1 km. The resulting model provides a higher resolution image of the 3-D variation in seismic velocity structure of the UK, Ireland and surrounding areas than existing models. The construction of the model through kriging allows the uncertainty in the velocity structure to be assessed. This uncertainty indicates the high density of data required to confidently interpolate the crustal velocity structure, and shows that for this region the velocity is poorly constrained for large areas away from the input data.     

Mineralogical,geochemical and microfabric evidences of gypsum crusts: a case study from Budapest

High levels of SO₂ and particulate pollution enable the rapid development of gypsum-rich weathering crusts in Budapest. Two types of white crusts, thin and thick ones, and two forms of black crusts, laminar and framboidal ones, were studied in limestone buildings of the parliament and Citadella. The percentage of crust cover and damage categories were documented on selected walls. Petrographic, XRD, XRF and sulphur isotope analyses were performed under laboratory conditions to understand the mechanism of crust formation. White crusts found both on exposed and sheltered walls display a calcite-rich layer with gypsum, while black crusts are enriched with gypsum. The sulphur isotopic composition of white and black crusts overlaps, but the crusts are slightly enriched in heavy isotopes compared to rainwater. S content, Si/Al ratios and particulates in black crusts suggest that air pollution (SO₂, dust) contributes to black crust formation. The accumulation of sulphur and Zn enrichment of white crusts were also documented indicating that under high pollution levels, even these compound can accumulate on exposed facades.     

Comparison of element abundance between the exposed crust of the continent of China and the global averaged upper continental crust: Constraints on crustal evolution and some speculations

Based on the results of a study of regional element abundance in eastern China and the 1:200 000 geochemical surveys in northern Xinjiang, the element geochemical characteristics of the exposed crust in 23 tectonic units of the continent of China are summarized. Compared with the global average abundance of the upper continental crust, the exposed crust of the continent of China is compositionally more evolved than the upper crust of the island arc, but less evolved than the mature Precambrian Canadian shield. The exposed crust of the North China and Yangtze platforms has a lower SiO₂ content, but markedly higher CaO and MgO contents due to the presence of widespread carbonate strata, which suggests that we should not neglect the contribution of carbonate rocks in the study of the exposed crust and the element abundance of the upper crust. In comparison with two recently published average compositional models of the global upper continental crust, the exposed crust of the continent of China is depleted in Au, Hg, Mo, Sn, and W, which suggests that their abundance in the present global models is overestimated. The exposed crust of the North China platform and the Qinling-Dabieshan fold belt to its south has lower μ(²³⁸U/²⁰⁴Pb) values (<8), but other regions of the continent of China exhibit much higher μ values, which implies that the low μ feature of the North China platform and its adjacent regions does not have global significance. Considering the apparent lateral variation in composition of the exposed crust for the tectonic units of the continent of China, there is no adequate reason to take the average upper crust compositional model of the North China platform and its adjacent regions as a reliable composition representative for Chinese and global upper continental crust composition. Translated from Geological Bulletin of China, 2005, 24(10–11): 906–915 [译自: 地质通报]     

Cryptic crustal contamination of MORB primitive melts recorded in olivine-hosted glass and mineral inclusions

The origin of compositional heterogeneities among the magmas parental to mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORB) was investigated using a single rock piece of the olivine-phyric basalt from 43°N, Mid-Atlantic Ridge (AII D11-177). The exceptional feature of this sample is presence of very primitive olivine crystals (90–91 mol% Fo) that are significantly variable in terms of CaO (0.15–0.35 wt%). A population of low-Ca olivine (0.15–0.25 wt% CaO) is also notably distinct from high-Ca olivine population in AII D11-177, and primitive MORB olivine in general, in having unusual assemblage of trapped mineral and glass inclusions. Mineral inclusions are represented by high-magnesian (Mg# 90.7–91.1 mol%) orthopyroxene and Cr-spinel, distinctly enriched in TiO₂ (up to 5 wt%, c.f. <1 wt% in common MORB spinel). Glass inclusions associated with orthopyroxene and high-Ti Cr-spinel have andesitic compositions (53–58 wt% SiO₂). Compared to the pillow-rim glass and “normal” MORB inclusions, the Si-rich glass inclusions in low-Ca olivine have strongly reduced Ca and elevated concentrations of Ti, Na, K, P, Cl, and highly incompatible trace elements. Strong variability is recorded among glass inclusions within a single olivine phenocrysts. We argue that the observed compositional anomalies are mineralogically controlled, and thus may arise from the interaction between hot MORB magmas and crystal cumulates in the oceanic crust or magma chamber.     

A new analytical solution estimating the flexural rigidity in the Central Andes

We present a new 2-D analytical solution of the fourth-order differential equation, which describes the flexure of a thin elastic plate.
The new analytical solution allows the differential equation for an elastic plate to be solved for any irregular shaped topography with a high spatial resolution. We apply the new method to the Central Andes. The flexural rigidity distribution calculated by this technique correlates well with tectonic units and the location of fault zones, for example, the Central Andean Gravity High correlates with the presence of a rigid, high-density body.