Discontinuous behaviour near excavations in a bedded salt formation

Summary Discontinuous behaviour is being observed and measured in the vicinity of excavations constructed in a bedded salt formation 650 m below ground surface for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Facility. The 2 m thick salt layer in the immediate roof acts as a beam, shearing along a thin overlying anhydrite/clay seam. Vertical separations between the immediate roof layer and the overlying strata are often observed at the anhydrite/clay seam above the centre of excavations of larger span (11 m). The floor of the excavations is comprised of a 1 m thick salt layer underlain by a 1 m thick predominately anhydrite layer (referred to as MB139). Fractures in MB139 develop beneath most excavations, with increased fracture frequency with drift span and age. In the excavations of larger span (11 m), MB139 eventually debonds along the underlying clay layer. The salt layer overlying MB139 develops both shear and tension failure. In a few locations below excavations of large span, continuous fracture systems are developing from rib to rib through MB139 and the overlying salt. In the ribs, there is limited fracturing within the first metre of most larger excavations. Vertical fractures develop in pillars at most intersections. The discontinuous behaviour is qualitatively consistent with analyses of the formation behaving as a layered medium (elastic beam analysis) and limited tensile and compressive failure of the rock salt. The significance of the discontinuous behaviour is that it can dominate the effective fluid transport properties of the formation near the excavation, and therefore requires consideration in the design of repository seals. Discontinuous behaviour must be monitored and is an important factor in the maintenance programme designed to assure a safe underground environment.     

远东南部地区冲积砂金矿

根据10个在不同地质及地表化学条件下形成的砂金矿床的研究资料表明,金的化学再分配机制序列为:原岩(或矿石)→地下水→地表水→含金砂矿。     

贵州开阳磷矿矿区地质灾害分析

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台风“菲特”引发的浙江余姚地质灾害类型与特征分析

余姚市地处浙东沿海,受2013年23号强台风“菲特”影响,遭受百年一遇强降雨,农村山区地质灾害频发,因灾损失达200×10^8元以上。通过对余姚159处地质灾害的调查和统计分析,余姚市地质灾害类型主要为崩塌、滑坡和泥石流,滑坡占本次地质灾害总数的64．2％,主要为小型浅表土质滑坡,中型泥石流2处。地质灾害的发生与降雨、地形地貌、松散层厚度以及人类活动等多个方面因素有关,其中松散层厚度和人类工程活动影响最为明显。文中提出了相关的预防措施,通过加强防灾避灾宣传,严格审批农村切坡建房,对重要地段的适当回避等,防治并举,以减轻同类地质灾害的影响。     

福建若干基础地质问题及研究方向探讨

就当前福建基础地质调查研究中涉及的华夏古陆，岩浆构造活动，地质构造等有关问题研究现状及各自不同认识作初步归纳。并对其进一步研究方向作粗浅探讨。     

地壳中流体的大规模流动系统及其成矿意义

地壳中的水量相当于海洋体积的水量,已确定的水溶液活动深度可达２０ｋｍ,根据驱动力的不同,地壳中主要存在三大流动系统,即重力,浮力和应力驱动系统。本文评述了当前国际上有关大规模流体运移研究扩要进展和发展趋势,介绍了有关流动系统的模式和运动机制,并简要论述了其成矿意义。文章指出,目前区域古流体场地球化学背景问题已成为区域规律和热液成矿理论中一个不容回避的关键课题,地壳中大规模流动系统将成为今后地质流体研究的重要方向之一。     

Characteristics and Hydrocarbon Potential of Mesozoic Strata in Eastern Pearl River Mouth Basin, Northern South China Sea

The well LF35-1-1 in the eastern Pearl River Mouth basin (PRMB) of the northern South China Sea revealed nnmetamorphosed Middle-Late Jurassic neritic-bathyal sediments and Cretaceous fluvial-lacustrine sediments.Three tectonic movements were identified in Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous,late Early Cretaceous,and Late Cretaceous to Paleocene,respectively.The Late Jurassic marine facies mainly contain the hydrocarbon source and reservoir-seal assemblages,providing a main exploration target.     

华县地区地热水形成环境及热储温度探讨

本文根据华县地热井水质分析结果,在水溶组分平衡分布计算的基础上进行了水—岩平衡分析,确定了地热水中的平衡矿物和平衡温度范围,应用SiO2温标估算了热储的温度,并根据这些温标的原理和华县地热水的实际情况,讨论了地热水形成的环境以及化学温标适用性和估算结果的可靠性。     

基于钻孔数据的三维地质建模与可视化研究

三维地质模型能够完整准确地表达复杂地质现象的边界条件及地质体内含的各种地质构造,直观地再现地质单元的空间展布及其相互关系,最大限度地提高地质分析的直观性和准确性,因此三维地质建模已引起地质、采矿、岩土工程等诸多领域的日益重视。笔者在综合考察多种建模方法的基础上,结合工程实践,提出了一种实用的工程地质三维建模实施方法。该方法以钻孔资料和地质剖面数据为三维地质建模的源数据,允许用户手工修正模型剖面地层分界线,从而实现对建模过程的干预和控制,克服了单纯依靠钻孔数据建模结果不精确且难以修正的问题。最后,通过一个研究实例展示了该方法的实际建模效果。     

基性麻粒岩造岩矿物微量元素再分配特征及其对变质历史的指示作用:以胶北地体高压麻粒岩为例

高级变质岩的变质历史是反演地壳构造-热事件的重要依据,然而高温扩散和重结晶作用能够改造造岩矿物中的主量元素分布,这对峰期变质温压条件的反演产生很不利的影响。相对于主量元素,微量元素,尤其是离子半径较大的REE,由于其在晶格中的扩散速率远小于主量元素,在高级叠加变质过程有可能记录前期变质作用。本文以胶北地体的高压基性麻粒岩为研究对象,通过详细的岩相学和矿物化学分析,初步解析了变质重结晶过程中的矿物微量元素再分配特征及其对变质作用的指示意义。岩相学上的证据表明这些样品经历了麻粒岩相变质和后期重结晶作用。单矿物的原位化学成分分析,峰期矿物石榴石、单斜辉石的主量元素Mg、Fe、Ca等二价阳离子分布均一,但部分稀土元素及微量元素则表现出钟形剖面环带分布,暗示主量元素遭受到成份扩散及重结晶所致的元素再分配,微量元素可记录峰期历史。结合主、微量元素温压计,我们分别估算了胶东基性高压麻粒岩的峰期(828℃、1.27GPa)和中压麻粒岩相退变质温压条件(810~840℃、0.6~1.0GPa),并推测其后期经历过角闪岩相退变质叠加。结合前人的年代学工作,我们认为该基性麻粒岩经历了近等温快速减压的变质历史。