A Linear Programming Approach to Determine the Normative Composition of Sedimentary Rocks

The analysis of modal and normative composition of sedimentary rocks is widely used for studying their sources and tectonic settings. The normative calculation of the mineral composition of rocks in this study is formulated as a linear programming problem and is solved by means of the simplex method. This enables both simultaneous and successive subtraction of a set of basic minerals from a rock sample represented by its chemical composition {SiO₂...LOI}. Such an approach provides a more exact calculation of the contribution of basic minerals in the rock. This mathematical approach is used to study two representative sets of sandstones and fine-grained rocks from a Meso- to Neoproterozoic marginal basin of southeastern Siberia (Uchur–Maya region, Yakutia) and a Pennsylvanian-Lower Permian uplifted continental block in Colorado, USA. The calculated normative mineral compositions of the Siberian sandstones are consistent with the observed modal compositions. These sandstones vary from K- Feldspar rich arkoses at the base of the sequence (the Uchur Group, lower Riphean) to quartz arenites or lithic sandstones and wacke in transgressive successions of the middle-upper Riphean. Arkoses and quartz arenites are dominant in Meso- to Neoproterozoic Siberia. These samples represent craton interior uplifted basement and quartzose, recycled orogen provenance of a stable craton in Rodinia. There are higher but consistent discrepancies between the calculated and observed compositions for the Pennsylvanian to Lower-Permian arkoses and quartz arenites (Sangre de Cristo, Belden, and Maroon Formations). The differences between the predicted and observed mineralogy may be due to uncertainties in the modes in the matrix and cement of the sandstones. This normative program should supplement modal calculations and provide better genetic constructions, especially in case of matrix-rich sandstones.     

From geometry to dynamics of microstructure: using boundary lengths to quantify boundary misorientations and anisotropy

The microstructure of a quartzite experimentally deformed and partially recrystallised at 900 °C, 1.2 GPa confining pressure and strain rate 10⁻⁶/s was investigated using orientation contrast and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD). Boundaries between misoriented domains (grains or subgrains) were determined by image analysis of orientation contrast images. In each domain, EBSD measurements gave the complete quartz lattice orientation and enabled calculation of misorientation angles across every domain boundary. Results are analysed in terms of the boundary density, which for any range of misorientations is the boundary length for that range divided by image area. This allows a more direct comparison of misorientation statistics between different parts of a sample than does a treatment in terms of boundary number.The strain in the quartzite sample is heterogeneous. A 100×150 μm low-strain partially recrystallised subarea C was compared with a high-strain completely recrystallised subarea E. The density of high-angle (>10°) boundaries in E is roughly double that in C, reflecting the greater degree of recrystallisation. Low-angle boundaries in C and E are produced by subgrain rotation. In the low-angle range 0–10° boundary densities in both C and E show an exponential decrease with increasing misorientation. The densities scale with exp(−θ/λ) where λ is approximately 2° in C and 1° in E; in other words, E has a comparative dearth of boundaries in the 8–10° range. We explain this dearth in terms of mobile high-angle boundaries sweeping through and consuming low-angle boundaries as the latter increase misorientation through time. In E, the density of high-angle boundaries is larger than in C, so this sweeping would have been more efficient and could explain the relative paucity of 8–10° boundaries.The boundary density can be generalised to a directional property that gives the degree of anisotropy of the boundary network and its preferred orientation. Despite the imposed strain, the analysed samples show that boundaries are not, on average, strongly aligned. This is a function of the strong sinuosity of high-angle boundaries, caused by grain boundary migration. Low-angle boundaries might be expected, on average, to be aligned in relation to imposed strain but this is not found.Boundary densities and their generalisation in terms of directional properties provide objective measures of microstructure. In this study the patterns they show are interpreted in terms of combined subgrain rotation and migration recrystallisation, but it may be that other microstructural processes give distinctive patterns when analysed in this fashion.     

楚雄盆地下侏罗统磨拉石楔沉积与含油性研究

楚雄盆地为一中生代周缘型走滑前陆盆地，通过对下侏罗统冯家河组沉积特征的详细研究与对比，作者认为早侏罗世是楚雄前陆盆地强烈坳陷与沉降的主要发展时期从早期到晚期经历了一个变深又变浅的典型前陆盆地充填过程。在前陆冲断块体的不断逆冲和加载条件下，楚雄盆地西部早侏罗世沉积物的来源主要为哀牢山造山带隆起，其沉积环境以滨，浅湖或湖泊三角洲为主。     

安徽南部晚二叠世龙潭期岩相古地理研究

本文系统地讨论了皖南地区晚二叠世早期沉积层发育特征，确定了龙潭期地层的顶、底界线。以单因素图件为基础，结合其它成因标志，编制了龙潭早期（三个亚期）和龙潭晚期岩相古地理图，由此可以看出龙潭期的岩相古地理特征及其演化历史     

辽河小洼油田东营组沉积环境条件的研究

陆相盆地沉积作用主要受构造作用及古气候的控制，所以从区域构造背景出发，结合地层、古生物、沉积、地球化学等方面资料，对小洼油田东营组的沉积环境条件进行综合分析。确定了沉积物源来自北东方向的中央凸起，古气候属于半干旱—半潮湿的温带气候条件，水介质是弱还原性的淡水滨浅湖泊沉积环境。此时中央凸起上丰富的风化剥蚀产物经过河流的搬运和分异作用，进入湖盆中形成三角洲沉积体     

湘鄂赣二叠纪岩相古地理研究

湘鄂赣二叠纪沉积盆地是在华南陆块基础上发育而成，具有扬子克拉通北缘被动大陆边缘盆地，扬子克拉通盆地，湘赣板内拉张盆地和华夏克拉通边缘盆地等四类。根据古暴露等标志，建立了各类盆地的沉积层序，并进行了区域对比。     

华北地台北缘西段铜多金属矿床的热水沉积成因

早元古代后狼山成矿区和于陆缘拉张拗陷阶段，一直延续至晚元古代末期。狼山群食矿岩系中存在的限层变基性火山岩，热水沉积岩和条纹条带状构造，胶状构造均显示狼山成矿区在１８００－９５０Ｍａ期间处于高地热异常的被动大陆边缘。     

安山岩中黄铜矿矿石分析和制硫酸铜工艺的研究

安山岩中的黄铜矿是庐江中生代陆相火山热液型铜矿床的原生矿，矿石中主要伴生黄铁矿及少量斑铜矿、赤铁矿和褐铁矿。物相分析结果，黄铜矿的粒度很细，只有细磨才能单体解离；它在矿石中分布极不均匀，且与脉石矿物接触疏松，适于粗磨抛尾。物性分析结果，黄铜矿在４００～５３０℃、斑铜矿在４５０～６００℃、黄铁矿在５００～６８０℃氧化分解。实验研究表明，矿石经磨碎磁选，大部分的粗粒级的铁矿物能够回收；粗磨抛尾可获得铜、硫的粗精矿；然后再经硫酸化焙烧、酸浸、过滤、提纯、浓缩结晶可制得工业级硫酸铜。浸渣做炼铁原料，黄钾铁矾做Ｆｅ２Ｏ３颜料，有时还可回收金、银。     

中国北方超大型热水沉积硫化物矿床成矿模式

中国北方超大型热水沉积硫化物矿床成矿模式李英祁思敬（西安地质学院，西安７１００５４）关键词超大型矿床热水沉积作用大陆边缘盆地热旋回中国北方超大型热水沉积硫化物矿床（ＳＥＤＥＸ）集中产出于华北地台北缘西段与扬子地台北缘西段，即秦岭与狼山两区。可确定的矿...