Grain size along two gravel-bed rivers: statistical variation,spatial pattern and sedimentary links

A new set of field data facilitates a detailed analysis of variations in bed material grain size within two confluent gravel-bed rivers in northeastern British Columbia, Canada. A preliminary assessment of grain-size variability establishes a basis for examination of the spatial pattern of grain-size change. Standard ANOVA techniques are inappropriate because individual samples have unequal variances and are not normally distributed. Alternative tests for homoscedasticity and comparison of means are therefore utilized. Within-site, between-sample variability is not significant. The grain-size distributions that were obtained at individual sites are therefore representative of the depositional environments that were sampled. In both rivers mean grain size does vary significantly between sites and there is therefore a basis for examining the data for spatial patterns such as downstream fining. Textural variations along the two rivers studied here are complex and show negligible overall fining (in over 100 km). This is the consequence of a large number of tributary inputs and non-alluvial sediment sources which are the legacy of Late Pleistocene glaciation. The identification of lateral sources like these is fundamental for understanding textural changes within rivers. The sedimentary link (a channel reach between significant lateral sediment inputs) provides a means of isolating fluvial maturation processes (abrasion and sorting) from contingent lateral inputs. Strong fining trends are apparent in most links and classification of grain-size measurements according to their location within particular links greatly improves the statistical explanation of textural variation. Identification of sedimentary links provides a means of applying models of fluvial fining processes, so isolation of link networks will aid the development of basin-scale models of textural variation. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

西藏南部聂拉木地区侏罗纪—白垩纪盆—山转换过程中的沉积学响应

西藏南部聂拉木—定日地区沉积地层记录着侏罗纪被动大陆边缘到白垩纪前陆盆地的盆—山转换演化历史。侏罗纪发育巨大的海侵—海退沉积序列，晚侏罗世喜马拉雅特提斯海底扩张速度明显加快，从0.32 cm/a上升为1.24 cm/a。前陆盆地演化分为早期深水复理石和晚期海相磨拉石两个阶段。前陆早期发育向上急剧加深的深水砂泥质复理石建造、黑色页岩建造和岛弧型火山岩建造沉积；前陆晚期海相磨拉石沉积总体表现为向上变粗、变浅的沉积序列。     

四川广元长江沟大隆组的沉积特征及与烃源岩关系的研究

四川广元长江沟上二叠统大隆组是以灰岩为主夹泥岩的沉积类型,生物群组合面貌十分丰富,沉积特征以还原、低能、低速、缺氧为特点。根据生物群组合面貌和沉积特征,其形成环境应为较深"浅水",而并非"半深海"。本区大隆组由于生物多样性和始终处于特殊的斜坡和缺氧环境,具有优质烃源岩特征,有机碳平均含量达5%,是四川今后寻找油气的有效标志层。     

鄂尔多斯盆地及周缘地区下二叠统沉积特征*

通过大量的野外剖面观察和盆地内钻井岩心的详细描述,综合测井资料,从岩石类型、结构、沉积构造、古生物化石及测井曲线响应特征等方面对鄂尔多斯盆地及周缘地区下二叠统太原组和山西组沉积相特征进行了全面分析研究。结果表明,太原组主要发育陆棚、海岸、冲积扇和三角洲等沉积相,海岸沉积相包括障壁岛、潟湖和潮坪沉积,三角洲沉积相可划分为三角洲平原、三角洲前缘和前三角洲沉积。山西组主要发育冲积扇、河流、曲流河三角洲、湖泊和海岸沉积相,其中河流沉积相包括辫状河和曲流河沉积,曲流河三角洲沉积相可划分为曲流河三角洲平原、曲流河三角洲前缘和前三角洲沉积,而湖泊沉积相以浅湖沉积为主,海岸沉积主要为潟湖沉积。太原期,海相沉积占主导,主要分布于银川—榆林北部一线以南广大地区,并且从东西两侧至中部地区由浅海陆棚沉积和滨浅海过渡为潟湖沉积和潮坪沉积,其间发育障壁岛。盆地西北缘发育冲积扇和扇三角洲沉积,北部广大地区以三角洲沉积为主,自北向南依次为三角洲平原和三角洲前缘沉积。山西期,海水从盆地东南部退却,整体演变为海陆过渡相沉积,盆地北部乌达—杭锦旗—鄂尔多斯一线发育冲积扇沉积,向南至靖边一带依次发育辫状河和曲流河沉积,靖边以南至延安以北地区以三角洲平原沉积为主,向南至同心—庆阳一线发育三角洲前缘沉积,盆地南部彭阳—泾阳地区主要为浅湖沉积,再向南发育物源来自南部的三角洲沉积,在东南部武乡—义马一带为潟湖沉积。     

西藏纳木错盆地116ka以来沉积演化与青藏高原隆升

根据湖相或湖滨相沉积的铀系等时线年龄测定结果,116kaB.P.以来,在西藏纳木错沿岸,发育了拔湖48m以下的6级湖岸阶地和拔湖48m以上,最高至139.2m的高位湖相沉积.可划分出3个沉积相组合,其演化可划分为4个阶段:①116~72kaB.P.,为深湖环境,古湖面拔湖高于现今纳木错140~48m;②72~37kaB.P.,为半深湖环境,拔湖为48~26m;③37~30kaB.P.,为浅湖环境,拔湖26~19m;④30kaB.P.以来,湖水逐渐变浅,拔湖<19m.纳木错盆地沉积与青藏高原隆升响应关系,揭示出高原自116kaB.P.以来先后经历了稳定期、持续逐步较快隆升期(116~37kaB.P.)、急剧强烈阶段性隆升期(37~30kaB.P.)和较稳定期(30kaB.P.以来).青藏高原的隆升是一个多阶段、不等速和非均变的复杂过程.     

陕北斜坡东部延长组油气成藏控制因素

陕北斜坡东部延长组油气勘探目的层系为长2油层组和长6油层组,属典型的低渗—超低渗储层;富含有机质的烃源岩为油气的生成提供了物质保障;广泛发育的泛滥平原相、沼泽相泥岩为油气成藏提供了良好的盖层条件。通过研究认为延长组油气成藏类型以构造—岩性复合油气藏为主,含油气性主要受物性、岩性及岩相等因素影响。有利的沉积相带、运移输导条件及鼻状隆起构造共同控制了延长组主力油层的分布。     

贵州北部铝土矿地球化学特征及沉积环境分析

贵州北部产于二叠系中统梁山组底部含矿岩系中的铝土矿,厚度稳定、变化较小,矿石质量较好。近几年相继找到的大中型矿床接踵而至,是渝南—黔北铝土矿集区的重要组成部分。通过道真新民、岩坪、桃园和务川瓦厂坪等矿床中铝土矿(岩)微量元素、稀土元素地球化学特征及沉积环境地球化学标志的研究,论证了贵州北部铝土矿床具有相同的物源和陆相淡水沉积环境。     

南京秦淮河流域汉府街第四纪标准钻孔研究及其地质意义

       根据对南京秦淮河流域第四系标准钻孔（钻孔编号：N06S6）系统的岩性描述、沉积相分析、采样测龄和孢粉分析,初步提出了南京秦淮河流域第四纪晚期地层的划分方案,建立了秦淮河流域晚第四系河流相地层单位--汉府组,并依据N06S6钻孔显示的岩性及其沉积相差异,将汉府组进一步划分为上、中、下3个岩性段。在此基础上,结合孢粉的研究结果,将本地区植被演替、气候波动变化恢复为5个阶段,并与前人的相关研究成果进行了对比。结果表明,南京地区晚更新世以来地形、地貌大体相似,总体面貌变化不大,反映这一时期本区新构造运动较弱。     

An Overview of Dissolved and Suspended Matter Fluxes in the Loire River Basin: Natural and Anthropogenic Inputs

The spatial and temporal distributions of major elements were investigated in the surface waters and in associated suspended matter at two sites of the upper Loire basin (Orleans and Brehemont) between 1995 and 1998.According to geochemical and isotopic patterns, the dissolved load appears to result from a process of mixing rainwater inputs, weathering processes of carbonate and silicate bedrock, and agricultural and urban inputs. Natural inputs influence 60% of water chemical composition at both sites. Annual dissolved fluxes were estimated to be 1300 10³ t/y at Orleans and 1620 10³ t/y at Brehemont. Major elements are transported mainly in the dissolved fraction. After correcting for atmospheric and anthropogenic inputs, the silicate specific export rate was calculated to be 11 t/y/km² throughout the basin and the carbonate specific export rate to be from 47 t/y/km² at Orleans to 23 t/y/km² at Brehemont.The suspended load appears to result from at least two particle reservoirs: a silicate reservoir and a carbonate reservoir. The silicate reservoir has a detrital origin, mainly during periods of high flow, while the carbonate reservoir has a detrital origin during periods of high flow and an authigenic origin during periods of low flow. Of the total annual flow of suspended matter, this authigenic material represents 16% at Orleans, 25% at Brehemont and 37% in the fluvial part of the estuary. After correcting authigenic inputs, the specific export rate due to mechanical weathering was estimated to be 8 t/y/km² throughout the Loire basin.     

华北平原冀中坳陷东部SFQ1钻孔磁性地层年代学及其地质意义

可靠的地层年代标尺对于研究华北平原晚上新世以来沉积物记录的沉积环境演化、新构造运动及古气候演化具有重要意义.本文通过测定冀中坳陷东部的SFQ1钻孔岩芯古地磁,建立高分辨率磁性地层年代框架,并探讨其地质意义.结果表明:SFQ1孔中更新统底界埋深为71.0 m(布容期B/松山期M界线),下更新统底界埋深为197.8 m(松...