Gravity analysis of salt structures. An example from the El Kef‐Ouargha region (northern Tunisia)

Triassic outcrops in the Atlassic zone of northern Tunisia may be modelled in two ways: salt bodies piercing through Cretaceous terrains or Triassic salt flows stratified within an Albian series. Both models find support from gravity data and are debatable. To evaluate the mass distribution changes with depth, the Bouguer anomaly of the El Kef‐Ouargha region was successively decomposed into regional and residual components to construct multiple pseudo‐depth slices and apparent density maps. Analyses of gravity lows clearly show a vertical continuity of less dense materials below the Triassic salt outcrops. These features can be explained by salt diapirism during Mesozoic and Cenozoic. Further, gravity data tend to indicate less dense materials below Aptian outcropping in Jebel Aite (Oued Bou Adila); thus suggesting Triassic materials occurring at depth. In addition, dense entities were recognized under Mio‐Pliocene and Quaternary deposits, which are thought to correspond to Cretaceous paleoshoals currently collapsed by non‐outcropping faults. Our findings lend support to a diapir model intruding overburden rather than the salt glacier model stratified in the Albian series proposed by some authors as the genetic structural model for Triassic material‐bearing series in the north of Tunisia.     

Use of non-linear filtering for the regional–residual separation of potential field data

Regional–residual separation is essential in gravity and magnetic data interpretation and a variety of techniques have been proposed. Graphical determination of the regional allows geological information to be taken into account. Upward continuation can be used to obtain the regional field either empirically or using some hypothesis about the geology. In some cases, a matched filter can be designed and used to separate deep and shallow sources. Simple low pass filtering has also been used but without much success. Here we propose to use a non-linear filter approach to remove gravity and magnetic anomalies smaller than a given width. This technique attempts to mimic the graphical separation method. The results from synthetic models are presented as well as the results from a case study in eastern Canada and compared to regional gravity and magnetic anomalies obtained by other techniques. Contrary to the regional fields obtained by upward continuation, non-linear filtering does not have any physical meaning. However, its main advantage is that it gives a regional component of the gravity or magnetic field similar to the one obtained from a graphical separation.     

饱和黄土液化标准的试验研究

根据饱和黄土在动荷载振动作用下的试验结果提出了以黄土的3%应变为主要考虑因素的液化破坏标准。试验表明:在固结不排水的动三轴试验中,黄土结构连接强度随循环次数的增加而逐渐丧失,体积收缩,在不排水条件下转化为孔隙水压力的上升和有效应力的下降,最终可能出现初始液化和循环活动性现象。3%轴应变一定出现在初始液化前;3%轴应变后应变大幅增加,孔压有可能达到初始有效固结围压,也有可能在初始液化前破坏。3%轴变形是黄土稳定变形和大幅变形的临界点。     

双相各向同性介质弹性波高精度波场分离数值模拟方法

为了便于研究双相介质固流相混合弹性波场中纵横波波场的传播规律,提出了基于交错网格的Biot双相各向同性介质弹性波动方程高精度波场分离正演数值模拟方法.采用高阶交错网格有限差分法来构建一阶双曲型双相各向同性介质弹性波动方程正演算子实现波场正演,并在每一步递推过程中,分别计算出同相和流相分量相应的散度场(纯纵波场)和旋度场...     

一种新型废旧轮胎组合拦石结构的试验研究

提出了一种由废旧轮胎组成的拦石结构,该结构用钢丝绳将废旧轮胎进行合理的绑扎,使轮胎与轮胎之间紧密连接,然后将该结构绑扎在用废旧钢轨或钢筋混凝土制作而成的柱子上面。当拦石结构受到落石冲击时,利用废旧轮胎的弹塑性变形吸收冲击能量。为了考察这种由废旧轮胎组成的拦石结构的防护效果,设计了试验模型,采用20kg的砝码模拟落石,对拦石结构进行3次撞击,研究了绑扎方式及落石冲击能量对拦石结构受冲击特性的影响,提出了该新型拦石结构在工程应用中需要注意的问题,具有重要的参考价值。     

Influence of ground motion spatial variation,site condition and SSI on the required separation distances of bridge structures to avoid seismic pounding

It is commonly understood that earthquake ground excitations at multiple supports of large dimensional structures are not the same. These ground motion spatial variations may significantly influence the structural responses. Similarly, the interaction between the foundation and the surrounding soil during earthquake shaking also affects the dynamic response of the structure. Most previous studies on ground motion spatial variation effects on structural responses neglected soil–structure interaction (SSI) effect. This paper studies the combined effects of ground motion spatial variation, local site amplification and SSI on bridge responses, and estimates the required separation distances that modular expansion joints must provide to avoid seismic pounding. It is an extension of a previous study (Earthquake Engng Struct. Dyn. 2010; 39 (3):303–323), in which combined ground motion spatial variation and local site amplification effects on bridge responses were investigated. The present paper focuses on the simultaneous effect of SSI and ground motion spatial variation on structural responses. The soil surrounding the pile foundation is modelled by frequency‐dependent springs and dashpots in the horizontal and rotational directions. The peak structural responses are estimated by using the standard random vibration method. The minimum total gap between two adjacent bridge decks or between bridge deck and adjacent abutment to prevent seismic pounding is estimated. Numerical results show that SSI significantly affects the structural responses, and cannot be neglected. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Chemometric analysis of functional groups in fossil remains of the Dicroidium flora (Cacheuta, Mendoza, Argentina): Implications for kerogen formation

Studied samples include eight Gondwanan species of the Dicroidium flora: seed ferns (3), conifer (1), cycad-related (1), unknown affinity gymnosperms (2), and one undetermined axis from two Middle to Upper Triassic localities (Cacheuta, Mendoza, central western Argentina). Based on differing preservation states and sample treatments, four sample forms are established: (1) compressions, (2) cuticles, (3) cuticle-free coalified layers, and (4) associated coal samples. The purpose of the study is firstly to analyze the sample forms using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometry, contributing to filling an existing gap of chemical information for Gondwanan pant fossil remains. Secondly, semi-quantitative chemical parameters, calculated by area integration of infrared spectra, are treated using principal component analysis to infer statistical groupings as a function of chemical structures (functional groups). From the initial two-component solution, based on the 8 × 41 data matrix, a subset matrix (4 × 29) could be isolated which also yielded a two-component solution (in each case, cumulative explained variance is at least 89%). Results include the distinction between the coaly forms (1) compressions and (3) cuticle-free coalified layers mainly based on the carbonyl contents and branching and length of the hydrocarbon side chains. The highly aliphatic nature of cuticles, which is indicative of biomacromolecules (cutin), is noted. Similarities in functional groups are recorded with types of kerogen and coal macerals. The result enables us to postulate that the functional groups characterizing the different modes of preservation of our fossil remains are likely related to the propensity to generate oil and gas/condensate from the kerogen. Our data have the potential for future studies with implications for chemotaxonomy, molecular taphonomy, and paleoclimatology.     

Thermodynamic study of the association and separation of copper and gold in the Shizishan ore field, Tongling, Anhui Province, China

The Shizishan ore field is the largest gold–copper ore field in the Tongling ore district of Anhui Province, China. Copper and gold deposits in the district are present as one-commodity deposits or as deposits with both commodities. Copper and gold mineralization are either cogenetic or are temporally and spatially distinct. We present the results of systematic geochemical analysis of fluid inclusions from typical Au–Cu deposits in the Shizishan ore field; these data are used to determine the solubility of Cu and Au in the ore-forming fluids and to ascertain the mechanisms and factors that controlled variations in the association and separation of copper and gold mineralization. Our results indicate that copper in the ore-forming fluids was transported as CuCl₂⁻ and CuCl⁰ complexes and that the solubility of copper was controlled by variations in Cl⁻ concentration. In addition, the precipitation of copper was controlled by changes in temperature, pH, fO₂, and fO₂. In comparison, gold in the ore-forming fluids was transported as Au(HS)₂⁻ and Au₂S(HS)₂²⁻ complexes, and the solubility of gold was controlled by variations in total sulfur concentration; the precipitation of gold was controlled by temperature, pH, fO₂, and fO₂. These differences between the two elements meant that copper and gold in the ore-forming fluids responded in different ways to changes in physicochemical conditions. Copper precipitated under relatively acidic conditions at high temperatures, while gold precipitated under weakly alkaline conditions at relatively low temperatures; this dissociation resulted in the temporal and spatial separation and zonation of copper and gold mineralization in the Shizishan ore field.     

铼-锇同位素分析样品预处理研究进展

文章评述并归纳了近年来地质样品中Re-Os同位素分析的化学前处理方法研究进展。总结了锍镍火试金法、碱熔法、Carius管溶样法以及HPA-S高温高压釜溶样法等常用的Re-Os同位素样品消解方法。归纳了离子交换、溶剂萃取富集Re以及蒸馏、萃取等分离富集Os的方法。由于地质样品的复杂性,Re、Os含量的不均一性及测试方法的多样性,要求在具体分析过程中不同的样品使用不同的消解方法和分离富集方法。当前国内应用较成熟的Re、Os分离方法是Carius管逆王水分解样品,原位蒸馏或CCl4萃取方法分离Os,阴离子交换法或丙酮萃取分离Re。     

胶东大庄子金矿成矿流体及稳定同位素研究

胶东大庄子金矿床位于胶北地体西南缘,中生代胶莱盆地北缘,西侧靠近郯庐(沂沭)断裂带.矿体产出在古元古界荆山群变质岩中,发育碎裂(糜棱)蚀变岩型和石英脉型2种矿石.流体包裹体显微测温表明,主成矿期温度为240～280℃,成矿流体盐度w(NaCleq)为7％ ～8％,属于H2O-CO2-NaCl体系.包裹体显微测温及岩相学...