Video cathodoluminescence microscopy of diagenetic cements and its applications

Diagenetic studies of sedimentary rocks using cold cathodoluminescence (CL) microscopy have been severely limited because of the very low intensity of visible luminescent emissions, which required long photographic exposure times, and because of the difficulty in obtaining quantitative data from CL observations. The solution to this problem is to fit the microscope with a high-sensitivity digital colour video camera linked to a computer with image enhancement and image analysis software. The new technique described in this paper:

• produces digital CL images of consistent high quality, both quickly and cheaply;

• controls the capture and editing of CL images, to reveal detailed textural information even from minerals exhibiting low level luminescence such as quartz;

• acquires quantitative information on pore systems and the abundance of cement zones from CL images.

Examples are presented to demonstrate the high quality of images produced in this way and the range of uses to which the new technique can be applied. The ability to image exactly the same field of view in both plane polarised light and CL is a particular advantage. Image analysis techniques have been developed to give a statistical characterisation of both pore systems and cement phases that infill them. The abundance of contrasting cement zones seen in CL can be measured and the abundance of cement phases can be mapped across a reservoir. The history of porosity occlusion can be reconstructed quantitatively and integrated with burial history and hydrocarbon migration. Porosity can be measured accurately and, since the technique obtains data on pore geometry as well as abundance, the pore system can be characterised by pore size distributions and pseudo-capillary pressure curves. This also opens the possibility of estimating permeability from thin sections.     

The effective source rocks in the north Cambay Basin, India

Source rock screening reveals five laterally extending potential sources (PS) in the Paleogene. The PSs are SR5 and SR6 in dominantly marine early Eocene to late Paleocene Cambay Shale formation, and SR7, SR8/9, and SR11/12 in dominantly freshwater early Paleocene Olpad formation. Only 3 PSs, SR11/12, SR8/9, and SR7 have attained vitrinite reflectance of 0.75% at 45, 7, and 2 mybp, respectively. Chromatographic and isotope data of oils and PS samples suggest that mainly the Olpad source rocks: SR7 and SR8/9 contributed to the discovered oils. The Cambay Shale source rocks, SR5 and SR6, contrary to the prevalent view, possibly have no significant contribution towards the accumulated oils.     

南秦岭东部新元古代埃达克质岩的发现及其地质意义

秦岭造山带是一条复合型大陆碰撞造山带,存在若干新元古代构造岩浆事件的遗迹,它们对深化认识南北秦岭汇聚-碰撞过程和Rodinia超大陆聚合具有重要意义.本文对南秦岭东部豆腐尖岩体英云闪长岩开展LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年代学和全岩主微量元素地球化学研究.代表性样品的206 Pb/238 U加权平均年龄为860.7±6...     

吉林延边小西南岔铜(金)矿床早白垩世中—酸性岩浆岩年代学、地球化学及其成因探讨

小西南岔铜(金)矿床位于吉林省延边地区东部,通过对小西南岔铜(金)矿床早白垩世中—酸性岩浆岩进行野外地质、岩相学、年代学和地球化学等方面的研究,进一步探讨延边乃至东北地区中生代大地构造演化。年代学研究结果表明：其同位素年龄分别为(101.69±0.61) Ma(石英闪长岩)、(101.14±0.58) Ma(英云闪长岩)、(100.82±0.62) Ma(花岗闪长岩)和(100.20±1.10) Ma(闪长玢岩),岩浆作用发生在早白垩世末期(102～100 Ma),是同一构造演化过程的产物。岩石地球化学研究表明,闪长玢岩具有典型埃达克质岩石的地球化学特征,其w(SiO₂)=61.419%～62.153%,w(Al₂O₃)=16.872%～17.329%,w(MgO)=2.339%～2.643%,w(Na₂O)=5.749%～6.623%,w(K₂O)=1.483%～1.786%,w(Sr)=(691～888)×10^-6,w(Yb)=(0.71～0.83)×...     

冀东地区～3.8Ga TTG岩石发现

始太古代及形成时代更古老的岩石十分稀少,任何新的发现都是对最早期陆壳形成演化研究的重要贡献.本文首次报道了华北克拉通冀东地区～3.8 Ga TTG岩石的年龄和地球化学组成.样品J2012为花岗闪长质片麻岩,J2013为侵入花岗闪长质片麻岩的花岗闪长岩脉,也遭受变质变形.两者的岩浆锆石年龄分别为3785±8 Ma和377...     

A semianalytical approach for solving first-order perturbation equations of dissolution-timescale reactive infiltration instability problems in fluid-saturated rocks

This paper presents a semianalytical approach for solving first-order perturbation (FOP) equations, which are used to describe dissolution-timescale reactive infiltration instability (RII) problems in fluid-saturated rocks. The proposed approach contains two parts because the chemical dissolution reaction divides the whole problem domain into two subdomains. In the first part, the interface-condition substitution strategy is used to derive the analytical expressions of purely mathematical solutions for the FOP equations in the upstream subdomain, where the dissolution chemical reaction is ceased and the FOP equations are weakly coupled. In the second part, the finite element method (FEM) is used to derive the analytical expressions of numerical solutions for the FOP equations in the downstream subdomain, where the dissolution chemical reaction needs to be considered and the FOP equations are strongly coupled so that it is impossible to derive purely mathematical solutions for them. Particular attention is paid to the development of the element-by-element forward marching strategy, which is associated with the use of the FEM for solving this new kind of scientific problem. The related analytical results demonstrated that (1) both the dynamic characteristic of a reactive infiltration system and the dimensionless wavenumber can have pronounced influences on the distribution of the FOP dimensionless acid concentration within the entire domain of the dissolution-timescale RII problems in fluid-saturated rocks and (2) the FOP dimensionless acid concentration distribution exhibits two significantly different patterns in the upstream and downstream subdomains of the dissolution-timescale RII system.     

Development of a GPGPU-parallelized hybrid finite-discrete element method for modeling rock fracture

The hybrid finite-discrete element method (FDEM) is widely used for engineering applications, which, however, is computationally expensive and needs further development, especially when rock fracture process is modeled. This study aims to further develop a sequential hybrid FDEM code formerly proposed by the authors and parallelize it using compute unified device architecture (CUDA) C/C++ on the basis of a general-purpose graphics processing unit (GPGPU) for rock engineering applications. Because the contact detection algorithm in the sequential code is not suitable for GPGPU parallelization, a different contact detection algorithm is implemented in the GPGPU-parallelized hybrid FDEM. Moreover, a number of new features are implemented in the hybrid FDEM code, including the local damping technique for efficient geostatic stress analysis, contact damping, contact friction, and the absorbing boundary. Then, a number of simulations with both quasi-static and dynamic loading conditions are conducted using the GPGPU-parallelized hybrid FDEM, and the obtained results are compared both quantitatively and qualitatively with those from either theoretical analysis or the literature to calibrate the implementations. Finally, the speed-up performance of the hybrid FDEM is discussed in terms of its performance on various GPGPU accelerators and a comparison with the sequential code, which reveals that the GPGPU-parallelized hybrid FDEM can run more than 128 times faster than the sequential code if it is run on appropriate GPGPU accelerators, such as the Quadro GP100. It is concluded that the GPGPU-parallelized hybrid FDEM developed in this study is a valuable and powerful numerical tool for rock engineering applications.     

陕西蓝田灞源一带金矿地质特征及成因浅析

本文通过分析灞源地区的赋矿地层、岩浆岩及断裂构造与金矿形成的关系，查明了控制金矿形成与分布的地质条件，并重点论述了金矿床的产出、矿化类型、围岩蚀变和含金矿物等主要地质特征。最后根据矿床地球化学特征综合分析阐明本区金矿床的岩浆热液成因。     

华北陆块南缘富碱侵入岩岩石组合及时空分布

华北陆块南缘（河南段）出露的富碱侵入岩类集中分布于卢氏－确山一线。岩石类型主要分为三大类：①碱性岩类，即含有似长石或碱性暗色矿物的正长岩类；②碱性花岗岩类，包括钠铁闪石花岗岩以及孪生的钾长花岗岩类；③石英正长岩类，包括碱性长石为主的石英正长岩、英碱正长岩和花岗正长（斑）岩类。在空间上构成一条富碱岩浆岩带，据岩石组合自北而南划为三个亚带：北部碱性岩亚带、中部碱性花岗岩类亚带和南部石英正长（斑）岩亚带。在形成时间上富碱岩浆活动集中于晚元古代末期（７００Ｍａ±）和海西晚期（３００Ｍａ±）。     

大坂山公路隧道工程地质特征

大坂山公路隧道位于青海省西宁市—甘肃省张掖市公路(即227国道),自南向北穿越大坂山主峰。隧道轴线长约1.538km,轴线走向29°,系国内海拔最高的公路隧道。由于隧道址区所处的特殊地形地质背景条件,必须查明一些特殊的隧道工程地质问题。经工程地质勘探查明了:一、大坂山址区不存在多年冻土,仅发育季节冻土,对隧道工程危害不大;二、隧道围岩类型分为四类、11段,其中稳定性好的Ⅴ类围岩占隧道全长51％,Ⅳ类围岩占15％,Ⅲ类围岩占2％,稳定性差的Ⅱ类围岩占32％;三、隧道址区地壳稳定程度属次不稳定级,为6.5级地震潜在震源区,在五十年地震活动强度超越概率0.1的条件下,相应地震烈度值为7.8度;四、隧道址区位于分水岭地带,水文地质条件简单,大气降水和地表水不易补给地下水,预测隧道总涌水量仅668m~3/d。