Pore Structure Heterogeneity of the Xiamaling Formation Shale Gas Reservoir in the Yanshan Area of China: Evaluation of Geological Controlling Factors

Micro-heterogeneity is an integral parameter of the pore structure of shale gas reservoir and it forms an essential basis for setting and adjusting development parameters. In this study, scanning electron microscopy, high-pressure mercury intrusion and low-temperature nitrogen adsorption experiments were used to qualitatively and quantitatively characterize the pore structure of black shale from the third member of the Xiamaling Formation in the Yanshan area. The pore heterogeneity was studied using fractal theory, and the controlling factors of pore development and heterogeneity were evaluated in combination with geochemical parameters, mineral composition, and geological evolution history. The results show that the pore structure of the reservoir was intricate and complicated. Moreover, various types of micro-nano scale pores such as dissolution pores, intergranular pores, interlayer pores, and micro-cracks are well developed in member 3 of the Xiamaling Formation. The average porosity was found to be 6.30%, and the mean value of the average pore size was 4.78 nm. Micropores and transition pores provided most of the storage space. Pore development was significantly affected by the region and was mainly related to the total organic carbon content, vitrinite reflectance and mineral composition. The fractal dimension, which characterizes the heterogeneity, is 2.66 on average, indicating that the pore structure is highly heterogeneous. Fractal dimension is positively correlated with maturity and clay mineral content, while it is negatively correlated with brittle mineral content and average pore size. These results indicate that pore heterogeneity is closely related to thermal history and material composition. Combined with the geological background of this area, it was found that the pore heterogeneity was mainly controlled by the Jurassic magmatism. The more intense the magma intrusion, the stronger the pore heterogeneity. The pore structure and its heterogeneity characteristics present today are a general reflection of the superimposed geological processes of sedimentary-diagenetic-late transformation. The influence of magmatic intrusion on the reservoir is the main geological factor that should be considered for detailed evaluation of the Xiamaling Formation shale gas reservoir in the Yanshan area.     

黄土高原典型流域LCM模型集总、半分布和分布式构建对比分析

暴雨中心的空间分布是影响小流域暴雨洪水过程模拟精度的关键要素。不同模型构建方式对降雨空间异质性的响应差异很大,选择恰当的水文模型构建方式对提高模型计算效率,减少降雨空间异质性对模型的影响从而提高预测精度具有重要意义。为此,本文基于刘昌明提出的适用于黄土高原超渗产流机制的LCM （Liu Changming Model）模型,分别构建了集总式、半分布式和全分布式的暴雨—径流模型,旨在比较分析不同模型构建方式对于降雨空间异质性的响应及其对模拟精度和计算效率的影响。结果表明：分布式构建模拟精度最高,纳什效率系数达到0.81,相关系数达到0.82;集总式构建计算时间最短;相比较而言,半分布式构建方法纳什效率系数达到0.78,主峰值模拟精度分别达到76.1%和65.8%。总体上,全分布式构建方法模拟精度最高,集总式计算耗时最短效率最高,半分布式在保持较高模拟精度的同时也具有较高的计算效率。     

塔里木盆地巴麦地区泥盆系储层非均质性及其主控因素

塔里木盆地的巴楚-麦盖提地区是已知的油气富聚区,先后在多口钻井的泥盆系储层中见油气显示.但由于有利储层的形成条件及分布规律不清,阻碍了该区进一步的勘探开发工作.通过对区内8口井的钻井岩心、岩石薄片及铸体薄片观察,结合压汞分析及物性测试等资料,研究了该区泥盆系储层的孔隙特征及非均质性.结果表明：储层砂体孔隙类型以溶蚀粒间孔为主,其次为原生粒间孔;孔隙总体上表现为中小孔微细喉,分选差的结构特点.另外,砂岩密度及渗透率变异系数等定量参数表明研究区泥盆系储层层间及层内均具有强非均质性.其非均质程度主要受控于砂体成因类型、成岩作用,早期油气的充注仅对部分区域的物性具有间接的控制作用.     

Fish assemblages in forest drainage ditches: Degraded small streams or novel habitats?

Artificial drainage of forested wetlands to increase timber production has profoundly altered the hydrology of North-European landscapes during the 20th century. Nowadays, drainage ditches and small dredged streams can comprise most fluvial water bodies there, but the resulting ecological effects are poorly documented. In the current study, we explored, using fish as an indicator group, consequences of the transformation of natural stream networks to a mixture of natural and artificial watercourses. We asked whether the transformation results in impoverishment, enrichment or re-assembling of the communities both at watercourse and the landscape scales. We sampled fish in 98 sites in five well-forested regions in Estonia where ditches formed 83–92%, dredged streams 4–7%, and natural streams 3–10% of the total length of small watercourses. Based on a total of 6370 individual fish of 20 species, we found that, compared to natural streams, ditches had an impoverished fauna at both scales and both in terms of species richness and assemblage composition. Only natural streams hosted characteristic species (with Barbatula barbatula, Lampetra planeri and Lota lota emerging as significant indicators), while dredged streams had intermediate assemblages. The habitat factors explaining those drainage-related differences included a reduced flow velocity, loss of stream channel variability, less transparent water, and abundant aquatic vegetation. Hence, for stream-dwelling fish, drained forest landscapes represent degraded habitats rather than novel ecosystems, which contrasts with the transformation of terrestrial assemblages. Future studies should address whether that reflects the situation for whole aquatic assemblages, and how is the functioning of the hydrological systems affected. We suggest that the critical management issues for environmental mitigation of ditching effects on fish include basin scale spatial planning, protecting of the remaining natural streams, and rehabilitation of ditch channels in flat landscapes lacking beavers.     

Spatio-temporal variation of landscape heterogeneity under influence of human activities in Xiamen City of China in recent decade

Xiamen is an economically competitive and highly urbanized city along the coastal area of Fujian Province, China. The research on spatio-temporal variation of landscape heterogeneity under the influence of human activities is of great importance to the further study on the relationship of landscape pattern and ecological process. It is also crucial to the discovery of spatial variation and intensity distribution of human activities. The research analyzed the intensity of human impacts and the spatial variation features and dynamics of landscape patterns by introducing statistical theories and approaches. We analyzed spatio-temporal variation of landscape heterogeneity using the geostatistical techniques, such as semivariogram and Kriging interpolation.Results show that there is a higher correlation between landscape heterogeneity indexes and human impact index. Both the indexes show a moderate spatial autocorrelation as well as an obvious characteristic of anisotropy. From 1998 to 2008, the spatial differentiation of the changes in the intensity of human activities and the changes in landscape heterogeneity shows that the landscape patterns in Xiamen are closely related with the urban land utilization methods, the condition of traffic and geographical location and the physical geographical condition such as the terrain and the ecological environment. The process of urbanization has a significant impact on the urban landscape pattern.     

远场大地震作用下大尺度深软场地的非线性地震效应分析

基于ABAQUS软件自行研制的并行计算显式算法集群平台,针对苏州城区典型地层剖面,建立了大尺度深软场地的二维精细化非线性有限元分析模型,对人工地震波和大地震远场地震动作用下深软场地的非线性地震效应进行了比较研究。研究结果表明：（1）与人工地震波作用时深软场地的地表峰值加速度放大效应相比,大地震远场地震波作用时的放大效应尤为显著,由于土介质的横向不均匀性及其非线性,使不同地表的峰值加速度放大效应存在明显的变异性。（2）深软场地对周期小于0.3 s的高频地震波均具有显著的滤波效应;大地震远场地震波作用时,深软场地对周期0.85～1.65 s的长周期地震波的放大效应非常显著,但对2.5～7.0 s的长周期地震波呈现出明显的滤波效应。（3）地震动峰值加速度PGA值沿土层深度和横向的分布形态呈现出明显的高低起伏现象,在不同成因的土层更迭面附近及土介质横向不均匀性显著的区域,地震波的局部聚焦放大和过滤减小现象尤为明显,且大地震远场地震动作用时,20 m以浅土层的PGA值呈现出非常显著的放大效应。（4）地震波的频谱特性、土层的横向不均匀性对深软场地地表加速度反应谱? 谱的谱形有显著影响;给出了描述加速度反应谱沿土层深度变化特征的三维谱形曲线,可以直观地展示出深软场地中细长地下结构地震反应可能存在类共振现象的土层深度。     

中主应力对硬岩破裂机制的影响

采用数值方法模拟硬岩的三轴压缩试验,应用4个本构模型,即Mohr-Coulomb模型、Drucker-Prager模型、应变软化模型及考虑变形模量劣化的应变软化模型,研究中主应力对均质及非均质硬岩破裂机制的影响。结果表明：不论是均质还是非均质岩体,中主应力对采用Drucker-Prager模型的岩体强度影响较大,而对采用其他本构模型的岩体强度影响不大;当非均质岩体采用Mohr-Coulomb模型或Drucker-Prager模型时,中主应力对岩体破坏过程影响不大,但对其破坏模式有较大影响;当非均质岩体采用应变软化模型时,中主应力对岩体破坏过程及其模式均有较大影响。针对工程算例,采用不同的本构模型获得的均质或非均质岩体强度相差很大,除Drucker-Prager模型外,同一本构模型的均质岩体强度远大于非均质岩体。实际工程岩体对中主应力的响应是不同的,故在地下结构设计过程中应根据岩体特性选择合理的本构模型以保证工程安全。     

北京市居住用地特征价格的空间分异特征

基于2004-2009年北京市居住用地出让地块微观交易数据,利用特征价格模型,研究了地块所在区域的社会属性特征对地价的影响以及地块特征价格的空间分异特征。研究显示:①居住用地价格存在显著的空间依赖效应,轨道交通和公园绿地便利性及合理的土地混合利用能够显著提升地价。②人口密度、租用公共住房比例和居住用地开发强度等地块所属社会经济属性对价格影响显著。③居住用地的空间依赖效应、周围商业办公用地溢出效应、轨道交通和公园便利性的特征价格随着就业可达性、教育状况、租用公共住房比例、犯罪率和居住用地出让比例等地块所属社会经济属性特征的变化,存在较大的分异。     

储层微观非均质性定量表征的分形模型

储层非均质性是影响油气田勘探和开发的重要因素.储层岩石孔隙具有分形特征,分形维数可以定量地表征储层的微观非均质性.本文简述了孔隙分布概率密度函数、分形判据等分形理论基础,系统分析了利用压汞测试法,毛细管力曲线法和计盒法等计算分形维数的方法,以及分形维数解析研究的进展,并对进一步研究做了展望.     

大气CO2浓度非均匀动态分布条件下的气候模拟

利用现有大气本底站的大气CO₂浓度观测信息,综合考虑不同经济区划与土地覆盖类型对应的CO₂浓度差异及其季节变化规律,构建模式区域内以月为单位的网格化大气CO₂浓度非均匀动态分布数据模型.由此数据模型驱动RegCM4-CLM3.5区域气候模式运行,对东亚区2000年3月—2009年2月之间的气候变化特征进行了模拟,进而对大气CO₂浓度非均匀动态分布可能引起的区域气候效应进行了初步研究.结果表明:目前气候模式中CO₂浓度的常态均匀分布假设可能将温室效应夸大了10%左右.对大气CO₂浓度非均匀动态分布影响气温变化的可能机制进行研究表明:CO₂的自身效应(改变大气透射率)并不是导致Exp2试验温度降低的主要原因.大气CO₂浓度的变化影响了大气与植物胞间CO₂分压差,陆地植被通过改变气孔阻力适应这种变化,气孔阻力的变化直接影响到植物与大气间水分的交换,这种作用一方面通过蒸发冷却改变环境温度,另一方面,蒸发水分改变了近地面层湿度,进而水汽扩散到空中影响低云的分布.冬季,植物处于非生长季,对大气CO₂浓度变化响应微弱,湿度和低云变化不明显;夏季,植物生长旺盛,由CO₂生理学强迫激发的云反馈效应强烈,其效果是使中低云趋于增加,进而减弱了到达对流层低层的太阳短波辐射,造成温室效应减弱.