伊通盆地横头山火山机构综合地球物理探测

火山隐伏机构的研究对火山演化、火山地热勘探与开发具有重要的意义。本文选取伊通盆地内的横头山火山开展研究,采用航磁、大地电磁测深、可控源音频大地电磁测深等多种地球物理方法探测火山隐伏机构,揭示了横头山火山的形成时间和深部动力学过程,以及隐伏岩体的空间形态和构造环境,确立了一套针对隐伏火山机构的地球物理探测体系。研究表明：横头山火山形成于第四纪早更新世晚期,在压扭应力作用下,玄武岩岩浆由深部沿马鞍山断裂挤出地表,现阶段岩浆通道已经闭合,一部分岩浆停留在通道中;横头山火山隐伏部分与围岩存在较大磁性差异,地表磁异常面积为2.6 km²,沿马鞍山断裂北东向不均匀分布,埋藏深度小于1 000 m。     

南海东部海沟的震源机制解及其构造意义

摘要 根据马尼拉海沟及邻区地震、 火山活动的分析, 并结合地震震源机制和地球物理资料分析, 发现马尼拉海沟在深度200多公里仍为俯冲的性质, 深地震主要集中在12deg;N~14deg;N之间, 地震密集区出现明显的分段特征, 从北到南深度逐渐变深. 震源机制解所反映的最大主压应力轴（P轴）以菲律宾大断层为界, 北部主要为NW向; 南部较为复杂, 为NW, NE和近NS向. 显示了北部以挤压逆冲为特征, 南部以顺时针旋转为特征. 菲律宾板块向西仰冲所产生的构造应力, 被马尼拉海沟的斜向俯冲, 菲律宾大断层的左旋走滑, 以及民都洛断层的左旋走滑所调节.      

Subglacial lakes and jökulhlaups in Iceland

Active volcanoes and hydrothermal systems underlie ice caps in Iceland. Glacier–volcano interactions produce meltwater that either drains toward the glacier margin or accumulates in subglacial lakes. Accumulated meltwater drains periodically in jökulhlaups from the subglacial lakes and occasionally during volcanic eruptions. The release of meltwater from glacial lakes can take place in two different mechanisms. Drainage can begin at pressures lower than the ice overburden in conduits that expand slowly due to melting of the ice walls by frictional and sensible heat in the water. Alternatively, the lake level rises until the ice dam is lifted and water pressure in excess of the ice overburden opens the waterways; the glacier is lifted along the flowpath to make space for the water. In this case, discharge rises faster than can be accommodated by melting of the conduits. Normally jökulhlaups do not lead to glacier surges but eruptions in ice-capped stratovolcanoes have caused rapid and extensive glacier sliding. Jökulhlaups from subglacial lakes may transport on the order of 10⁷ tons of sediment per event but during violent volcanic eruptions, the sediment load has been 10⁸ tons.     

Volcanic geomorphology of northern Viti Levu,Fiji

Analysis of radial, centripetal and gutter drainage in the volcanic region of northern Viti Levu, Fiji, enabled the delineation of several distinct volcanoes, despite the early Pliocene age and considerable later erosion. Three main shields with calderas and several smaller volcanoes are mapped. The results are consistent with some other geological and geophysical facts, but do not support the idea that these volcanoes were dominantly submarine eruptions. The method picks out known centres of gold mineralisation and may be applicable, in conjunction with other techniques, in mineral exploration.     

Reactivation of basement faults beneath volcanoes: a new model of flank collapse

In order to explain the presence of voluminous volcanic debris avalanche deposits around a stratovolcano, reactivation of vertical faults beneath a volcanic cone has been tested using analogue models. Reactivation of a single vertical fault beneath a cone generates a normal fault and an upturning of the layers creating a bulge on the flank. The upturning induces a flank collapse characterized by a typical horseshoe-shaped scar called an avalanche caldera. Reactivation of two vertical faults beneath a cone also generates a normal fault and a summit bulge. This bulge may result from the movement along a reverse fault. A large collapse is generated within the angle created by the two vertical faults. The angle of the collapse can be up to 140° whereas this angle is typically 120° for a dome intrusion. Collapse is instantaneous and is favoured by the presence of ductile layers (ash-and-pumice formations in the example considered) in a stratovolcano complex. The model may be applicable to volcanoes in a state of dormancy (or extinction) in regions with active regional tectonism. We suggest this mechanism of collapse in the case of the Cantal stratovolcano (Massif Central, France) to explain the presence of voluminous volcanic debris avalanche deposits around this volcano.     

内蒙古扎兰屯柴河火山地质遗迹特征及其对比分析

内蒙古扎兰屯市柴河火山群, 位于大兴安岭中段西南部, 是我国东北火山区的重要组成部分, 对于研究我国东部构造带新生代以来的活动具有重要的科学价值。该区火山受地质构造影响, 呈北东向带状分布, 火山结构完整, 火山地质遗迹类型丰富, 保存完好, 火山喷发方式多样。本文在地质遗迹资源调查研究的基础上, 将该区火山旅游资源分为6个大类14个亚类共39处典型景观资源, 依此对区内主要火山地质遗迹类型及其特征进行了归纳与总结, 并与内蒙古东部的典型火山进行了地质遗迹资源的对比分析, 突出了其资源优势。     

Recent glacier variations on active ice capped volcanoes in the Southern Volcanic Zone (37°–46°S), Chilean Andes

Glaciers in the southern province of the Southern Volcanic Zone (SVZ) of Chile (37–46°S) have experienced significant frontal retreats and area losses in recent decades which have been primarily triggered by tropospheric warming and precipitation decrease. The resulting altitudinal increase of the Equilibrium Line Altitude or ELA of glaciers has lead to varied responses to climate, although the predominant volcanic stratocone morphologies prevent drastic changes in their Accumulation Area Ratios or AAR. Superimposed on climate changes however, glacier variations have been influenced by frequent eruptive activity. Explosive eruptions of ice capped volcanoes have the strongest potential to destroy glaciers, with the most intense activity in historical times being recorded at Nevados de Chillán, Villarrica and Hudson. The total glacier area located on top of the 26 active volcanoes in the study area is ca. 500 km². Glacier areal reductions ranged from a minimum of −0.07 km² a ⁻¹ at Mentolat, a volcano with one of the smallest ice caps, up to a maximum of −1.16 km² a ⁻¹ at Volcán Hudson. Extreme and contrasting glacier–volcano interactions are summarised with the cases ranging from the abnormal ice frontal advances at Michinmahuida, following the Chaitén eruption in 2008, to the rapid melting of the Hudson intracaldera ice following its plinian eruption of 1991. The net effect of climate changes and volcanic activity are negative mass balances, ice thinning and glacier area shrinkage. This paper summarizes the glacier changes on selected volcanoes within the region, and discusses climatic versus volcanic induced changes. This is crucial in a volcanic country like Chile due to the hazards imposed by lahars and other volcanic processes.     

大兴安岭诺敏河第四纪火山岩分期:岩石学、年代学与火山地质特征

大兴安岭北段诺敏河第四纪火山24座,分布于诺敏河及其支流毕拉河和甘河支流奎勒河,火山岩分布面积约600km2。诺敏河火山岩均属于钾质系列火山岩(K2O含量2%～4%,且K2O>Na2O-2%),类似于邻区五大连池-科洛钾质火山岩,具有来自类似的富钾地幔源区。但诺敏河火山岩的K2O含量明显低于五大连池-科洛火山岩的K2O含量(一般4%～6%)。东北地区和内蒙东部处于中亚造山带东段,从古生代到新生代,多重构造-岩浆活动导致火山岩源区地球化学非均一性和火山岩的多样性。根据本文提出的火山岩K-Ar年龄(2.3～0.128Ma)及火山地质特征,可将诺敏河第四纪火山岩分为四期。早期(早更新世)火山活动主要沿诺敏河和奎勒河流域分布,火山产物多被晚期沉积物或火山产物所覆盖。中更新世保留的火山锥体及熔岩流是诺敏河第四纪火山产物的主体,表明是第四纪火山活动的高潮期。晚更新世-全新世火山活动限于毕拉河流域,典型的四方山火山和马鞍山火山是该时期火山活动的代表作,保留了较完好的火山地质地貌特征。从火山产物的时空展布,推测诺敏河第四纪火山活动有从东向西发展的趋势。     

Deep-rooted piercement structures in deep sedimentary basins — Manifestations of supercritical water generation at depth?

Deep-rooted enigmatic piercement structures in sedimentary basins, including ‘mud volcanoes’, ‘shale diapirs’, ‘salt diapirs’, and ‘asphalt volcanoes’, range in size from less than 1 km², surface area, up to 64 km², and have often an unknown depth of penetration due to incomplete imaging. We propose that they form a family associated with fluid flow. Our argument is based partly on their inferred location (above deep faults) and on the chemical analysis of emitted products, which includes liquid clays, brines and other substances from salt diapirs, and asphalt and light oils from the asphalt volcanoes. We explain these compositions by chemical alteration caused partly by supercritical water, a phase of water existent at high pressure and temperature, locally and temporarily achieved at depths generally beyond 10 km below surface, i.e., at the sediment–crust boundary. Our hypothesis overcomes some of the problems with interpreting fluid flow products, which are otherwise very difficult to explain. In case this hypothesis can be further verified, the family could perhaps be called ‘hydrothermally associated piercement structures’.