Slumping in the Marra Mamba Supersequence Package in the southern Hamersley Province,Western Australia

Detailed mapping of the Hardey Syncline region at the Marra Mamba Supersequence Package closure, in the southwestern part of the Hamersley Province, has indicated that a hiatus in parts of the Jeerinah Formation was probably caused by submarine slumping during sedimentation. A similar hiatus at the base of the Jeerinah Formation farther west, noted on air photographs, is attributed to the same cause. Removal by slumping, and redeposition westwards, could account for olistostromes which were previously recorded in the Jeerinah Formation at Mt Edith and Mt de Courcey on the southern rim of the Wyloo Dome.     

Preliminary Study on Loess Slumping Hazard between Northern Shaanxi and Western Shanxi along the Line of West-East Gas Transportation Project

INTRODUCTIONTheloess,widelydistributedinthenorthwestplateauofChina ,hasatalltimesbeenanimportantresearchsubjectofthestudiesonengineeringgeology.Duetotheunfavorableengineeringpropertiesofloess,aswellasthespecialtopog raphyandclimate ,thenorthwestloessplateauisaregionwithfrequentgeologicalhazardsandcomplicatedgeologicalengineeringproblems.Inthepast,mostoftheresearchersconsideredthelandslideasthemainandseriousformoffail ureoftheloessslopes,soloesslandslidesweregivenmoreattention (DuanandLuo…     

多年冻土热融滑塌的地温变化及滑坡过程分析

随着青藏高原工程强度的提高,冻土区斜坡稳定性成为工程建设必须面对和解决的问题,其中最为严重也是较难防治的斜坡失稳是热融滑塌.针对典型热融滑塌进行的温度监测资料表明,在滑塌的影响下,其下多年冻土地温年变化幅度趋小而年平均地温升高,导致产生这一现象的原因在于每年进入多年冻土的冷能有所降低.滑坡溯源侵蚀范围监测资料表明,滑塌范围的扩展随地温的周期变化波动进行,并主要集中在7～9月,最大扩展范围出现在沿坡体倾向方向.热融滑塌的产生与多年冻土条件和外因力的诱发关系密切,工程治理要考虑引起滑坡消亡的基本条件.     

Mélanges and other types of block-in-matrix formations in the Cantabrian Zone (Variscan Orogen,northwest Spain): origin and significance

Block-in-matrix formations in the Variscan foreland of Spain (Cantabrian Zone) occur in two different geological settings. The major block-in-matrix formations are mélanges, which appear as carpets beneath or ahead of submarine thrust systems. These mélanges may reach up to kilometric thickness and are mostly composed of broken formations (boudinaged sequences) of late Carboniferous age and scattered ‘exotic’ blocks derived from older Palaeozoic formations. Moreover, the mélanges in the Cantabrian Zone also include subordinate debris flow deposits with a chaotic block-in-matrix fabric (olistostromes). The source of the mélange blocks was the front of advancing nappes, chiefly the upper part of the nappe stacks. Therefore, the Cantabrian mélanges are interpreted as originated through submarine sliding and slumping associated with steep slopes at the orogenic front. The different types of rock bodies of these mélanges may be related to the degree of lithification of the sediments or rocks during slumping. So, broken formations are boudinaged sequences where the boudins or blocks resulted from extensional faults developed in lithified or semilithified limestones and sandstones, whereas the unlithified muddy matrix underwent continuous deformation. The scattered ‘exotic’ blocks ranging in age from early Cambrian to early Carboniferous were incorporated into the mélanges as individual blocks from competent well-lithified formations, originally located in the lower part of the nappe stacks. Although the Cantabrian Zone mélanges include olistostromic intervals, most of the olistostromes of this zone occur in a different geological setting. They are usually intercalated in the normal marine deposits of the Variscan foreland basin and, in contrast to the mélanges, they are mostly related to the margins of carbonate platforms, ahead of moving nappes. Finally, other instances of olistostromes are related to slopes generated by limb rotation of growth folds, which developed on submarine wedge-top successions.     

黄土高原北部坍窑灾害的形成机理分析

对黄土高原北部黄土坍窑灾害的调查和室内试验分析表明,在该区不断发生的坍窑灾害实际上是黄土边坡滑塌的一种表现形式,其分布与黄土颗粒成分变化的地带性密切相关,坍窑灾害的形成主要受黄土本身的物质组成、结构及力学性质控制。本文在实例剖析的基础上,分析了黄土坍窑灾害的形成机理,并提出了针对性的防治对策。     

滑塌型深水重力流沉积特征及沉积模式:以渤海湾盆地临南洼陷古近系沙三中亚段为例*

综合运用钻井岩心、测录井等资料,通过岩心观察、薄片鉴定和粒度分析等方法,对渤海湾盆地临南洼陷古近系沙三中亚段深水重力流沉积类型及其沉积特征、沉积模式展开研究。研究表明,临南洼陷沙三中亚段深水重力流沉积主要发育滑塌沉积、碎屑流沉积和浊流沉积3种成因类型。滑塌沉积以包卷层理、液化砂岩脉、阶梯状小断层、变形岩层与未变形岩层叠置为典型特征。碎屑流沉积中砂质碎屑流沉积分布较广,以突变的底部接触面、块状层理、泥岩撕裂屑、土黄色泥砾、突变或不规则的上接触面为典型识别标志。浊流沉积则以正粒序层理、底部冲刷面和槽模、薄层砂泥互层、不完整的鲍马序列为典型识别标志。滑塌沉积主要发育在三角洲前缘斜坡根部,在滑塌沉积前方形成碎屑流沉积,碎屑流向前搬运的过程中,流体被稀释逐渐转化成浊流。滑塌型深水重力流沉积整体分为近源沉积、中部沉积和远源沉积3个部分: 近源沉积主要发育具变形构造的滑塌沉积和厚层块状砂质碎屑流沉积;中部沉积主要发育砂质碎屑流沉积及浊流沉积;远源沉积以薄层浊流沉积为主。     

青藏高原多年冻土区两类低角度滑坡灾害形成机理探讨

青藏高原多年冻土区发育的两类低角度滑坡--融冻泥流和热融滑塌是冻融循环条件下特殊的斜坡失稳类型,在广大的非冻土地区一般很难见到这种低角度的滑坡类型。探讨了两类低角度滑坡灾害的形成机理,即质点迁移效应和滞水润滑效应。以摩尔-库仑强度准则为理论基础,应用所推导的沿坡面平行方向渗流条件下安全系数的统一形式,对青藏公路k3035里程热融滑塌体稳定性进行了分析评价,验证了活动层沿厚层地下冰面滑动的“滞水润滑效应”。从环境工程地质学的观点出发,针对热融滑塌这种可控的滑坡地质灾害,提出了基于保护冻土原则的具体的防治措施。     

Acoustic imagery evidence for methane hydrates in the Ulleung Basin

Approximately 12,000 km² of acoustic backscatter imagery (sidescan) data and swath bathymetry data were collected jointly by Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy, the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO), Hawaii Mapping Research Group (HMRG) and the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in the East Sea (Sea of Japan) in 1995. Preliminary analysis of these data have revealed a large network of canyons with well-developed fan deposits and slumps which were not previously mapped. Also identified is a 1400 km² area occupied by more than 300 circular, low-backscatter features ca. 50–1000 m in diameter which are interpreted to be pockmarks or mounds created by escaping methane gas, methane-rich porewater and mud.Indirect evidence for the probable existence of methane gas hydrate include the five following observations: (1) Core samples in the region contain high levels of organic carbon (>7%), degassing cracks caused by gas expansion, and emit a strong H₂S odor. (2) Extensive canyon formation and slumping may have occurred as the result of the destabilization of sediments due to gas accumulation. (3) Several of the high backscatter objects occur at the crest of a bathymetric high under which gas could be accumulating and periodically releasing in a manner similar to that documented on the Vestnesa Ridge in the Norwegian-Greenland Sea. (4) Pockmark-like features have been identified in 3.5 kHz records on the northern edge of the Ulleung Basin. (5) Drill core samples from the morphologically similar Yamato Basin, which is adjacent to the Ulleung Basin, have positively identified methane and numerous gas voids in unconsolidated sediments. No bottom simulating reflector (BSR) has been identified in seismic reflection profiles collected across the slope in Ulleung Basin.     

基山砂体沉积成因探讨

惠民凹陷是济扬坳陷主要生油凹陷之一,是典型的陆相断陷盆地。基山砂体是惠民凹陷在断陷期发育的一套物源来自于西北部宁津凸起的三角洲一浊积扇沉积体系;分布范围广,横跨滋镇洼陷、中央隆起带和临南洼陷田家一带;主体沿着宿安沟呈西北向东南方向展布,在临商地区发育类型丰富的油气藏,具有巨大的勘探潜力。近年来基山砂体油藏勘探取得较大成功,但砂体的物源、沉积相一直是争论的焦点,本文主要针对这2点进行了探讨,并将研究结论应用于勘探实践中,取得了显著的效果。     

南海东北部陆坡与恒春海脊天然气水合物分布的地震反射特征对比

对“探宝号”调查船2001年8月在南海东北部陆坡及台湾南部恒春海脊海域采集的多道地震剖面资料进行了地震反射波数据分析、解释和研究,并对南海北部陆坡、陆隆及其东侧俯冲带等区域天然气水合物矿藏的成藏规律及分布特征作了初步的分析与探讨,结果表明:(1)南海东北部陆坡和台湾南部恒春海脊海域地震剖面上均显示有BSR,但两区域构造成因、形式和相关地质环境的不同造成了天然气水合物的成因及过程不同。(2)南海东北部陆坡区域的天然气水合物形成与该区广泛发育的断裂带、滑塌构造体及其所形成的压力场屏蔽环境有关,而台湾南部恒春海脊海域天然气水合物的形成则与马尼拉海沟俯冲带相关的逆冲推覆构造、增生楔及其所对应的海底流体疏导体系有关。(3)南海陆缘区域广泛发育有各种断裂带、滑塌构造体、泥底辟、俯冲带、增生楔等,且温压环境合适,是天然气水合物矿藏极有可能广泛分布的区域。