New analysis of Lunar Prospector radio tracking data brings the nearside gravity field of the Moon with an unprecedented resolution

A new analysis of the Doppler tracking data from the Lunar Prospector mission in 1999 revealed a number of previously-unseen gravity anomalies at spatial scales as small as 27 km over the nearside. The tracking data at low altitudes (50 km or below) were better analyzed to resolve the nearside features without dampening from a power law constraint, by partitioning the gravity parameters concentrated on either the nearside or farside. The resulting model presents gravity anomalies correlated with topography with a correlation coefficient of 0.7 or higher from degree 50 to 150, the widest bandwidth yet. The gravity-topography admittance of ∼70 mGal/km is found from numerous craters of which diameters are 60 km or less. In addition, the new model produces orbits that fit to independent radio tracking data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and Kaguya (SELENE) better than previous gravity models. This high-resolution model can be of immediate use to geophysical analysis of small craters. Our technique could be applied to an upcoming mission, the Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory and useful to extract short wavelength signals from the MESSENGER Doppler data.     

Geophysical-Archaeological Survey in Lake Tequesquitengo,Morelos, Mexico

In August 2009, a marine geophysical survey was conducted in Lake Tequesquitengo (located in the state of Morelos, Mexico) to delineate the extent of the remains of a small town that has been submerged since the mid 19th century. The survey consists of the acquisition and mapping of magnetic, single beam bathymetric and side-scan sonar data. A dual receiver marine GPS navigation system was used to position the boat during the survey. Except for the larger structural remains that are visible on the side scan sonar images, the magnetic anomaly map proved to be most useful in delineating the extent of the town. These anomalies exhibit short wavelength components in the area surrounding a submerged church, with the shortest wavelength components being confined to the area immediately east of the church. These short wavelength components are only observed near the church; therefore, we propose that they delineate the buried remnants of the submerged town.     

云南麻栗坡新寨锡矿物化探异常特征

新寨锡矿是物化探扫面发现的大型锡石硫化物矽卡岩型矿床，高磁，高激电率，低电阻率异常，原生晕Sn,W,Cu,Zn,As,B,Ag,Cd,Be,Bi,In,F(Mo,Ge,Co)等元素异常，次生晕Sn,Cu,Zn,As,B等异常，总结地球物理化学特征，对滇东南寻找同类矿床具有重要指导意义。     

中国大陆科学钻探主孔（0～2000m）地球物理测井

中国大陆科学钻探测井使用了先进的ECLIPS5700成象测井设备，20多种测井方法，原位获取了钻孔剖面岩石的各种物理化学参数、钻孔几何形态、钻孔几何形态参数和井壁图像。建立了结晶变质岩各种测井物性参数剖面。主要有：三种探测深度不同的电阻率[双侧向(RD、RS)、微球聚焦(RMSF)]、自然电位(SP)、自然伽马(GR)、自然伽马能谱(U、Th、K、SGR、CGR)、岩性密度(DEN，Pe)、中子孔隙度(CNL)、多极阵列声波(Vp、Vs、Vst)、超声成象(CBIL)、微电阻扫描成象(MFI伽马(GR)、自然伽马能谱(U、Th、K、SGR、CGR)、岩性密度(DEN，Pe)、中子孔隙度(CNL)、多极阵列声波(Vp、Vs、Vst)、声成象和微电阻扫描成象(STAR-Ⅱ)、井温(T)、磁化率(MS)、井液电阻率(Rm)、井径(CAL)和井斜(DAz、DEV)等。测井响应特征分析研究表明，测井响应变化明显，丰富多彩。可根据测井响应分析发现、识别超基性岩、榴辉岩、角闪岩和正、副片麻岩等主要岩性、分层和恢复岩心缺失井段岩性，研究变质岩源岩和变质环境。包括自然伽马、自然伽马能谱、岩性密度和中子孔隙度(含氢指数)测井的核测井系列在识别和重构变质岩剖面中扮演着举足轻重的角色。科学准确地解决了利用成象测井资料恢复岩心空间位置的难题，国内首次完成了长井段(CCSD-MH孔100～2000米)岩心深度和方位测井归位。给出了钻孔剖面岩层的面理、裂隙、断层和脉体的大小、深度和方向各种构造参数。成果为研究超高压变质带的折返等地下构造问题提供重要的基础资料。还利用测井资料探讨了地震反射体的性质、地应力的大小和方向，及地温梯度、热产率和热流值的分布等。     

Geologic structure and neotectonics of the North African Continental Margin south of Sicily

Marine geological and geophysical data together with drilling information indicate that the North African passive continental margin has been subjected to extension and wrenching after it collided with the northern part of Sicily. The area of the Tripolitania Basin, Jarrafa Trough, Melita and Medina Bank and the Ragusa-Malta Plateau has formed part of a sinking passive margin since the dispersal of Gondwanaland at about 180 My ago as observed from geohistory diagrams. A record of rifting in a NW-SE direction accompanied by dextral shear along the southern troughs is observed in seismic reflection data. The rifting started during the Neocomian and lasted until the Eocene when activity became minor. A pre-Middle Miocene period of northward subduction of oceanic crust is inferred from the geology in NE Sicily. Uplift of the northern part of the African margin after collision in the Middle Miocene is seen in wells in southern Sicily. After the Messinian a rift and dextral shear zone established itself across the African Margin from the Strait of Sicily to the Medina Ridge in the lonian Basin. The zone is marked by up to 1.7 km deep grabens, narrow active wrench faulted channels, volcanic fissures and local uplifted ‘Keilhorsts’ such as Malta. This zone, which varies in width from 100 to 35 km, forms the southern boundary of a microplate which includes Sicily. We speculate that the present motion of this microplate is partly due to the eastward movement of the Calabrian Arc with the Sicilian block over the last remaining oceanic lithosphere in the Eastern Mediterranean.     

Selection of coherent deposit-type locations and their application in data-driven mineral prospectivity mapping

Data-driven prospectivity mapping can be undermined by dissimilarity in multivariate spatial data signatures of deposit-type locations. Most cases of data-driven prospectivity mapping, however, make use of training sets of randomly selected deposit-type locations with the implicit assumption that they are coherent (i.e., with similar multivariate spatial data signatures). This study shows that the quality of data-driven prospectivity mapping can be improved by using a training set of coherent deposit-type locations. Analysis and selection of coherent deposit-type locations was performed via logistic regression, by using multiple sets of deposit occurrence favourability scores of univariate geoscience spatial data as independent variables and binary deposit occurrence scores as dependent variable. The set of coherent deposit-type locations and three sets of randomly selected deposit-type locations were each used in data-driven prospectivity mapping via application of evidential belief functions. The prospectivity map based on the training set of coherent deposit-type locations resulted in lower uncertainty, better goodness-of-fit to the training set, and better predictive capacity against a cross-validation set of economic deposits of the type sought. This study shows that explicit selection of training set of coherent deposit-type locations should be applied in data-driven prospectivity mapping.     

海洋油气渗漏烃蚀变带的地球物理检测及在中国海区的应用

针对海洋油气渗漏可以在近地表沉积层中引起的一系列烃蚀变效应，本文讨论了利用不同手段，分层次进行检测的几种方法.利用烃蚀变带所产生的磁异常现象，在平面上圈定油气渗漏的分布范围，进而寻找海底油气藏.同时，钻井岩芯岩屑的磁性质测量结果可以从剖面上预测下伏岩层的含油气性.最终利用X射线衍射方法(XRD)对典型层位岩石样品的物相测量，进行烃蚀变矿物组合分析并通过镜下鉴定作进一步的综合判断.对渤海海域烃蚀变效应的磁法检测研究结果与遥感及其他方法的研究结果有很好的一致性.对南海3口钻井岩芯岩屑的磁性测量结果表明：两口有油气前景而另一口没有异常.这与实际结果十分一致，同时表明该方法在海区同样可以具有良好效果.     

资源开发、环境保护与地球物理学

人口、资源、灾害与环境是困扰当代人类的几个重大问题.人口的增长,要求有更多的资源,而资源开发、利用的合理与否,又势必对环境产生有利或有害的影响;环境的改善或恶化,反过来又必然影响到资源的增减.因此,如何处理好它们之间的关系,使资源得到合理的开发和利用,同时又保护或改善环境,形成资源开发利用与环境保护改善之间的良性循环,应当是人类共同奋斗的一个目标. 本文依据一些实际资料论述了上述问题以及地球物理学在解决这些问题中所应起的作用.     

用爆破地震研究湖南省深部构造与地震的关系

利用湖南省棋梓桥万罗山定向爆破观测资料,使用迭代法对棋梓桥至酃县剖面进行了二维构造反演,得到4层地壳结构模型:界面1埋深1.8—4km,v<6.0km/s;界面2埋深10.5—15km,6.0km/s相似文献   

The cause for the north-south orientation of the crustal dichotomy and the equatorial location of Tharsis on Mars

The crustal dichotomy and the Tharsis rise are the most prominent topographic features on Mars. The dichotomy is largely an expression of different crustal thicknesses in the northern and southern hemispheres, while Tharsis is centered near the equator at the dichotomy boundary. However, the cause for the orientation of the dichotomy and the equatorial location of Tharsis remains poorly understood. Here we show that the crustal thickness variations associated with the dichotomy may have driven true polar wander, establishing the north-south orientation of the dichotomy very early in martian history. Such a reorientation that placed the dichotomy boundary near the equator would also have constrained the Tharsis region on the dichotomy boundary to have originated near the equator. We present a scenario for the early generation and subsequent reorientation of the hemispheric dichotomy, although the reorientation is independent of the formation mechanism. Our results also have implications for the sharply different remanent magnetizations between the two hemispheres.