罕见的“强烈震群”活动

本文介绍了全世界范围内的“强烈震群”的地区分布、活动频率和强度等特征，并指出“强烈震群”主要分布在太平洋西半部的岛弧－海沟地带，这些“强烈震群”是依据近百年来的现代地震仪观测数据获得的。     

Horizontal layered structure with heterogeneity beneath continents and island arcs from particle orbits of long-period P waves

We investigate the particle orbits of long-period (about 20 s) P waves observed with the global seismic network. By analysing 84 three-component seismograms recorded at 25 stations from 60 earthquakes occurring beneath 300 km, we quantitatively evaluate the orbits by three sets of eigenvalues and eigenvectors, using a covariance matrix method. The eigenvalues for P waves recorded at stations located on continents are explained by the standard horizontal layered structure model (iasp91). On the other hand, the orbits observed at stations close to island arcs are affected not only by the horizontal layered structure but also by heterogeneity due to subducting plates, mantle diapirs and so on. On the basis of a single-scattering model for a plane P wave, we quantify the heterogeneities by an isotropic scattering coefficient g0. Fitting the theoretical eigenvalues to the observed ones, we estimate g0 for the crust and upper mantle beneath continents to be less than 0.0005 km^-1, and the mean g₀ for the structure beneath island arcs to be about 0.0015 to 0.003 km^-1.     

Geochemical Characteristics of Danfeng Meta-Volcanic Rocks in Shangzhou Area,Shaanxi Province

The Danfeng meta-volcanics in the Shangzhou area, Shaanxi Province are characterized by oceanic island arc volcanic geochemistry. They are a suite of low-K tholeiitic series and calc-alkaline series meta-volcanic rocks derived from different sources respectively.These meta-volcanics have high Th/Ta ratios and low contents of Ni,Ta,Ti,Y and Yb, suggesting that they were influenced by the subduction zone components.Many lines of evidence show that the Danfeng meta-volcanics were produced in an oceanic island are setting of the supra-subduction zone at the southern margin of the North China Block during the Early Paleozoic.     

Geochemical Characteristics of the Plagiogranites in the Vicinity of Bingdaban,Central Tianshan

The tectonic and geochemical characteristics suggest that the plagiogranites exposed in the vicinity of Bingdaban on the northen margin of the central Tianshan uplift zone show a distinct mantle-source character, and their enrichment in LREE and selected enrichment in LILE(large ion lithophile elements)reflect a setting related to an arc tectonic regime.These rocks represent the products formed at shallow levels from mantle-derived magmas modified with subduction components(or super crustal rocks).     

论岛弧的拱结构

基于海沟－岛弧－弧后盆地体系起伏变化的地壳厚度和岛弧平面上独特的延展方式，从结构力学上看，岛弧实质上是横跨于汇聚板块边界上的二铰拱，弧体及两端支点的地质构造特点都说明了这一点。板块俯冲边界上作用力的方式和方向相当于作用在二铰拱上的竖向均布载荷，因而岛弧选择的合理拱轴为抛物线。为了保持汇聚板块边界的平衡，岛弧呈抛物线形向外扩展，引起弧后盆地向岛弧一侧的扩张，这与大洋中脊的扩张有本质的不同。     

桂林泥盆纪碳酸盐台地礁组合的层序地层研究

桂林的泥盆系以发育碳酸盐台地和礁组合沉积为特征，岩相多样，地层对比和时代确定的难度较大。本文应用层序地层学原理，结合生物地层和岩石地层特征，研究桂林泥盆系露头的相结构及碳酸盐台地礁组合不同亚相的９个剖面中的不整合界面，识别出该区中、晚泥盆世地层的５个层序界面：（１）牙形刺下ｖａｒｃｕｓ亚带和中ｖａｒｃｕｓ亚带之间；（２）牙形刺ｈｅｒｍｍａｎｉ－ｃｒｉｓｔａｔｕｓ带和ｄｉｓｐａｒｉｌｉｓ带之间；（３）牙形刺下ｒｈｅｎａｎｅ亚带和上ｒｈｅｎａｎｅ亚带之间；（４）牙形刺ｅｘｐａｎｓａ带内部；（５）牙形刺ｐｒａｅｓｕｌｃａｔａ带和ｓｕｌｃａｔａ带之间。这些层序界面在岩石学上的特征为具有生物铸模溶孔的白云岩和不同规模的暴露溶蚀面。比较明显的大的海泛面有２次：（１）牙形刺ｅｎｓｅｎｓｉｓ带和ｖａｒｃｕｓ带之间；（２）牙形刺ｌｉｎｇｕｉｆｏｒｍｉｓ带和下ｔｒｉａｎｇｕｌａｒｉｓ亚带之间。     

城市屋面绿化对城市气候影响预评价

本文用移植法和数值模拟法分析了屋面绿化气候的影响过程，并用局地系统的热量平衡方程和水分平衡方程对城市屋面绿化后对温度、湿度及风、云、雾、降水等作了预评价。     

中国南海珊瑚岛礁泻湖砂层钻探取心技术

中国南海珊瑚岛礁拥有巨大的资源潜力和科研价值。科学钻探是珊瑚岛礁研究工作中获取地层资料的重要技术手段。南海珊瑚岛礁地下普遍存在多层厚层泻湖砂层，主要结构为无胶结或轻微胶结的细粒珊瑚砂，这种层位钻探取心极端困难，是影响钻探成果的主要难题之一。南海两个岛礁所实施的3口千米以上深井施工过程中，为解决泻湖砂层钻探取心难题，在分析泻湖砂层性状的基础上，综合研究钻具合理选用、钻进参数控制、钻井液性能控制等钻探工程核心内容，形成了较完整的适用于泻湖砂层钻探取心的“多要素组合钻探取心技术”。使用该技术能确保珊瑚岛礁泻湖砂层岩心采取率达到95%以上，并基本保持岩心原状性。该研究成果对于珊瑚岛礁钻探具有重要的借鉴作用。     

Recurrence of major flank landslides during the last 2-Ma-history of Reunion Island

New detailed swath bathymetry and backscatter data corroborate the existence of four large bulges on the submarine flanks of Reunion Island. These fan-shaped promontories are 20–25 km wide at the coastline and 70–150 km across the seafloor 40–50 km offshore. Their surfaces are characterized by a speckle sonar pattern, indicating the presence of large blocks up to several hundred meters across. Each bulge results from the superposition of multiple landslide deposits whose older ones are dissected and delimited by erosive channels as much as 200 m deep and 20 km long. The submarine flanks of Reunion Island are thus mostly built by accumulation of debris avalanche fans. Morphologic and geologic evidence define large subaerial source areas for these mass-wasting events. In particular, inferred headwalls of most landslides having affected the Piton des Neiges massif generally coincide with the boundaries of its cirques (Mafate, Salazie, and Cilaos), whereas recurrent landslides have resulted in the formation of large concentric amphitheatre structures through the Piton de la Fournaise massif. Thus, about 15 slide events accompanied growth of the Reunion Island shield since 2 Ma.Editorial responsibility: J. Stix     

<Superscript>40</Superscript>Ar/<Superscript>39</Superscript>Ar dating of the eruptive history of Mount Erebus,Antarctica: volcano evolution

Mt. Erebus, a 3,794-meter-high active polygenetic stratovolcano, is composed of voluminous anorthoclase-phyric tephriphonolite and phonolite lavas overlying unknown volumes of poorly exposed, less differentiated lavas. The older basanite to phonotephrite lavas crop out on Fang Ridge, an eroded remnant of a proto-Erebus volcano and at other isolated locations on the flanks of the Mt. Erebus edifice. Anorthoclase feldspars in the phonolitic lavas are large (~10 cm), abundant (~30–40%) and contain numerous melt inclusions. Although excess argon is known to exist within the melt inclusions, rigorous sample preparation was used to remove the majority of the contaminant. Twenty-five sample sites were dated by the ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar method (using 20 anorthoclase, 5 plagioclase and 9 groundmass concentrates) to examine the eruptive history of the volcano. Cape Barne, the oldest site, is 1,311±16 ka and represents the first of three stages of eruptive activity on the Mt. Erebus edifice. It shows a transition from sub-aqueous to sub-aerial volcanism that may mark the initiation of proto-Erebus eruptive activity. It is inferred that a further ~300 ky of basanitic/phonotephritic volcanism built a low, broad platform shield volcano. Cessation of the shield-building phase is marked by eruptions at Fang Ridge at ~1,000 ka. The termination of proto-Erebus eruptive activity is marked by the stratigraphically highest flow at Fang Ridge (758±20 ka). Younger lavas (~550–250 ka) on a modern-Erebus edifice are characterized by phonotephrites, tephriphonolites and trachytes. Plagioclase-phyric phonotephrite from coastal and flank flows yield ages between 531±38 and 368±18 ka. The initiation of anorthoclase tephriphonolite occurred in the southwest sector of the volcano at and around Turks Head (243±10 ka). A short pulse of effusive activity marked by crustal contamination occurred ~160 ka as indicated by at least two trachytic flows (157±6 and 166±10 ka). Most anorthoclase-phyric lavas, characteristic of Mt. Erebus, are less than 250 ka. All Mt. Erebus flows between about 250 and 90 ka are anorthoclase tephriphonolite in composition.Editorial responsibility: J. Donelly-Nolan