Liquefaction evidence for strong earthquakes of Holocene and latest Pleistocene ages in the states of Indiana and Illinois, USA

Sand- and gravel-filled clastic dikes of seismic liquefaction origin occur throughout much of southern Indiana and Illinois. Nearly all of these dikes originated from prehistoric earthquakes centered in the study area. In this area at least seven and probably eight strong prehistoric earthquakes have been documented as occurring during the Holocene, and at least one during the latest Pleistocene. The recognition of different earthquakes has been based mainly on timing of liquefaction in combination with the regional pattern of liquefaction effects, but some have been recognized only by geotechnical testing at sites of liquefaction.

Most paleo-earthquakes presently recognized lie in Indiana, but equally as many may have occurred in Illinois. Studies in Illinois have not yet narrowly bracketed the age of clastic dikes at many sites, which sometimes causes uncertainty in defining the causative earthquake, but even in Illinois the largest paleo-earthquakes probably have been identified.

Prehistoric magnitudes were probably as high as about moment magnitude M 7.5. This greatly exceeds the largest historic earthquake of M 5.5 centered in Indiana or Illinois. The strongest paleo-earthquakes struck in the vicinity of the concentration of strongest historic seismicity. Elsewhere, paleo-earthquakes on the order of M 6–7 have occurred even where there has been little or no historic seismicity.

Both geologic and geotechnical methods of analysis have been essential for verification of seismic origin for the dikes and for back-calculating prehistoric magnitudes. Methods developed largely as part of this study should be of great value in unraveling the paleoseismic record elsewhere.     

工程测试新技术在堤坝隐患探测中的应用

该文对几项工程测试新技术———瞬变电磁法、瞬态瑞雷面波技术、中间梯渡法、高密度电阻率法探测堤坝中的软弱层、裂缝和洞穴的实际应用效果做了简单介绍;并对“Ｘ－ＳＴＡＲ 全谱扫频式数字剖面仪”探测堤坝根石顶界面的有效性和突破性作了简述。     

皖南新元古代双峰式岩墙群的年龄、地球化学特征及地质意义

皖南许村镇附近发育一套岩墙群,主要由辉长岩和花岗闪长斑岩组成,它们在时空上紧密伴生,成因上密切相关。岩石的SiO2含量集中分布在酸性和基性成分之间,缺乏中性及中酸性成分,构成一套双峰式侵入岩组合。对花岗闪长斑岩进行锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb年代学研究,表明双峰式岩墙侵入时间为822．1＆#177;6．6Ma。辉长岩具有正εHf （t）值（2．1～4．4）、大离子亲石元素和LREE富集,显示大陆拉斑质玄武岩地球化学和同位素组成特征;花岗闪长斑岩富含Zr、Hf和稀土元素,较高的Ga/A1比值,较低Ba、Sr、P、Ti含量,总体上地球化学特征类似A2-型花岗岩,εHf （t ）值范围（1．8～4．6）与辉长岩基本相同。许村双峰式岩墙群的基性端员辉长岩是拉张环境下华南弱亏损岩石圈地幔部分熔融产生玄武质岩浆的产物,而酸性端员花岗闪长斑岩是玄武质岩浆在上升途中受地壳混染,并发生底侵作用和由玄武岩浆提供的热源导致地壳重熔的结果。     

浙闽沿海晚中生代伸展构造的岩石学标志:东极岛镁铁质岩墙群

在浙江舟山群岛之东极岛上,出露大规模的镁铁质岩墙群,它们沿晚中生代花岗岩和火山碎屑岩的节理侵位,产状近于直立且与围岩截然接触,指示岩墙岩浆以主动方式沿构造裂隙侵入。东极岛镁铁质岩墙群的岩性主要是角闪辉绿岩,全岩Ar-Ar年龄为93.4Ma。在地球化学上,它们属弱碱性系列,SiO_2含量为46.88%～52.55%,CaO 5.40%～7.82%,Al_2O_316.30%～17.31%,TiO_2 1.53%～1.18%,(Na_2O+K_2O)4.62%～6.88%,Mg~#=34～42;具有轻稀土元素和大离子亲石元素(LILE,如Sr、K、Rb、Ba等)富集、高场强元素(HFSE,如Nb、Ta等)亏损等特点,它们的I_(Sr)为0.7084～0.7098,ε_(Nd)(t)为-3.21～-8.11,与福建沿海的镁铁质岩墙群及浙闽沿海晚中生代基性岩浆岩(辉长岩/辉绿岩和玄武岩)相似。它们由起源于受消减作用影响的岩石圈地幔部分熔融而产生并受地壳混染的玄武岩浆,在伸展构造环境中形成,是浙闽沿海晚中生代伸展构造的重要岩石学标志。     

冀南西石门矽卡岩型铁矿床成矿年代:热液锆石U-Pb年龄的证据

西石门铁矿床是华北地区最为典型的矽卡岩型铁矿床之一,最新获得金云母40 Ar-39 Ar成矿年龄为(133.1±1.3)Ma、(137.1±1.5)Ma,略老于其成矿母岩(武安杂岩体)形成的年龄(126~136 Ma),这是矛盾的。笔者对角闪正长岩和矽卡岩脉中的锆石进行了LA-ICP-MS U-Pb同位素年代学分析。结果表明,角闪正长岩中锆石呈浅黄色-无色、透明、棱角状、不规则状,振荡环带结构不发育,部分锆石中含棱角状继承锆石内核,206 Pb-238 U年龄加权平均值为(135.6±1.5)Ma,代表了武安杂岩体的结晶年龄。矽卡岩脉中锆石呈棕色,含有少量细小的包裹体,呈透明-半透明,相对于岩浆锆石具有低的Th、U、REE含量及Th/U值(Th=(222.37~1541.11)×10-6,U=(218.44~989.17)×10-6,Th/U=0.90~1.56),并具有强烈的Ce正异常(δCe=4.46~196.22)和Eu负异常(δEu=0.59~0.80),206Pb-238 U年龄介于124.9~133.0Ma,加权平均值为(129.4±2.6)Ma,代表了热液锆石的形成年龄,说明129 Ma是该西石门地区主要成矿期。     

Structural geology of the Mesozoic Miers Bluff Formation and crosscutting Paleogene dikes (Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica) – Insights into the geodynamic history of the northern Antarctic Peninsula

The Antarctic Peninsula has been part of a magmatic arc since at least Jurassic times. The South Shetland Islands archipelago forms part of this arc, but it was separated from the Peninsula following the Pliocene opening of the Bransfield Strait. Dikes are widespread throughout the archipelago and are particularly accessible on the Hurd Peninsula of Livingston Island. The host rocks for the dikes are represented by the Miers Bluff Formation, which forms the overturned limb of a large-scale fold oriented 63/23 NW. The orientation of minor structures indicates a fold axis oriented NNE–SSW (24/0). Structural analysis of the dikes and their host rocks shows that the tectonic regime was similar to other parts of the archipelago and that only minor changes of the stress field occurred during dike emplacement.Based on crosscutting field relationships and geochemical data, six early Paleocene to late Eocene intrusive events can be distinguished on Hurd Peninsula. In contrast to calc-alkaline dikes from other parts of the South Shetland Islands, the majority of the Hurd Peninsula dikes are of tholeiitic affinity. Nd and Pb isotope data indicate a significant crustal component, particularly during initial magmatic activity.Plagioclase ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar and whole rock K–Ar ages show that dike emplacement peaked during the Lutetian (48.3 ± 1.5, 47.4 ± 2.1, 44.5 ± 1.8 and 43.3 ± 1.7 Ma) on Hurd Peninsula and also further northeast on King George Island. Dike intrusion continued on Livingston Island at least until the Priabonian (37.2 ± 0.9 Ma). The type of magma sources (mantle, slab, crust and sediment) did not change, though their relative magmatic contributions varied with time.During Cretaceous and Early Paleogene times, the Antarctic Peninsula including the South Shetland Islands was situated southwest of Patagonia; final separation from South America occurred not before the Eocene. Thus, the geological evolution of Livingston Island is related as much to the development of Patagonia as of Antarctica, and needs to be considered within the history of southernmost South America.     

东昆仑东段杏树沟金矿化带内石英钠长斑岩LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄及围岩地球化学特征

东昆仑成矿带是我国西部重大成(找)矿潜力的贵金属-有色金属成矿带。野外调查期间,对东昆仑东段都兰县诺木洪南下石炭统哈拉郭勒组(C₁h)杏树沟金矿(化)点进行了年代学及围岩地球化学研究。通过高精度LA-ICP-MS锆石微区原位U-Pb同位素测年,获得金矿(化)点的石英钠长斑岩 ²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U 年龄加权平均值为243.4±1.9 Ma,确定金矿(化)发生在早三叠世。地球化学分析表明,杏树沟金矿(化)点围岩(安山玄武岩)具有高Al₂O₃、Na₂O,低TiO₂、K₂O的特征。在Zr/TiO₂-Nb/Y图解中全部样品均落入安山玄武岩区,TFeO/Mg-SiO₂图解中全部样品均落入拉斑系列区域中,属于拉斑系列玄武岩。稀土和微量元素显示其富集LREE、LILE和部分HFSE,Nb、Ta、Nd、Zr、Hf相对亏损,REE表现为LREE/HREE明显分离的分配模式,从多种判别图解综合分析,认为该套火山岩形成于大陆裂谷环境中。     

Isotope geochemistry of the mafic dikes from the Vazante nonsulfide zinc deposit, Brazil

The Vazante Group, located in the northwestern part of Minas Gerais, hosts the most important zinc mine in Brazil, the Vazante Mine, which represents a major known example of a hypogene nonsulfide zinc deposit. The main zinc ore is represented by willemite and differs substantially from other deposits of the Vazante-Paracatu region, which are sulfide-dominated zinc-lead ore. The age of the Vazante Group and the hosted mineralization is disputable. Metamorphosed mafic dikes (metabasites) that cut the metasedimentary sequence and are affected by hydrothermal processes recently were found and may shed light on the geochronology of this important geological unit. Zircon crystals recovered from the metabasites are xenocrystic grains that yield U–Pb conventional ages ranging from 2.1 to 2.4 Ga, so the basement of the Vazante Group is Paleoproterozoic or has metasedimentary rocks whose source area was Paleoproterozoic. Pb isotopes determined for titanite separated from the metabasites have common, nonradiogenic Pb compositions, which prevents determination of their crystallization age. However, the Pb signatures observed for the titanite crystals are in agreement with those determined for galena from the carbonate-hosted Zn–Pb deposits hosted by the Vazante Group, including galena from minor sulfide ore bodies of the Vazante deposit. These similarities suggest that the metalliferous fluids that affected the metabasites may have been those responsible for galena formation, which could imply a similar lead source for both nonsulfide and sulfide zinc deposits in the Vazante–Paracatu district. This common source could be related to deep-seated, basin-derived, metalliferous fluids associated with a long-lived hydrothermal system related to diagenesis and deformation of the Vazante Group during the Neoproterozoic.     

减压井机械淤堵机制与防治方法试验研究

探讨了长江堤防减压井由于设计、施工及运行环境等因素对其产生机械淤堵的影响,研究了不同渗流介质的渗透特性以及多种介质不同组合的综合特性。除传统试验外,自行研制了径向渗透试验模型装置,采用几种物理试验方式配合,对包括地层、反滤层、滤网和井管组成的整个减压井系统,以及径向的水流与几何条件进行模拟试验。通过对室内试验与现场测试成果的综合分析,对减压井机械淤堵机制和淤堵判定进行了归纳,针对实际水动力条件和运行模式,提出了减压井反滤系统防止机械淤堵的优化设计理念。     

太行山北段石湖金矿的成岩成矿机制:U-Pb年龄及地球化学证据

为讨论石湖金矿的形成与麻棚花岗岩体、石英闪长玢岩脉之间的联系,对花岗闪长岩、石英闪长玢岩进行了U--Pb年代学研究,并分别对花岗闪长岩、石英闪长玢岩、矿化蚀变岩和围岩的地球化学进行了系统测定。麻棚花岗岩体U--Pb年龄为(124.8±1.4)Ma(MSWD=0.74),石英闪长玢岩脉年龄为(127.3±1.1)Ma(MSWD=1.15),但二者地球化学特征表现不同,应有不同起源。地球化学特征表明,麻棚花岗岩与矿化蚀变岩具有较一致的稀土、微量元素配分型式,而与围岩差别大,说明金矿的成矿流体来源与麻棚花岗岩关系密切。此外,花岗闪长岩具高钾钙碱性,且重稀土亏损、轻稀土富集、弱Eu异常、高Sr--Ba和高Sr/Y、La/Yb比值,表明麻棚岩体的形成有幔源岩浆的混入。笔者认为成矿流体和成矿物质来源为幔源岩浆底侵和混合,并以花岗岩浆为载体而迁移上升。结合矿床地质特征,初次提出闪长玢岩脉与矿体时空关系密切,这应是闪长玢岩脉作为隔流体层对来自麻棚花岗岩体的成矿流体具有一定的封闭作用,使得矿化、蚀变富集产出,即岩脉封闭作用。石湖金矿的成岩成矿机制与中生代期间岩石圈减薄的地球动力学背景密切相关,应是一种非造山型金矿。