Response and capacity of monopod caisson foundation under eccentric lateral loads

Monopod caisson foundation is a viable alternative for supporting offshore wind turbines located at shallow water depths. This foundation system has to resist overturning moment generated due to resultant lateral load, arising from wind and water wave action, that can act at any loading height above the seabed. This paper presents results of a numerical investigation performed to determine the influence of loading height, caisson geometry and superstructure load on the ultimate lateral capacity, initial stiffness, and soil failure zone of the foundation, when installed in very dense sand. Both the ultimate and serviceable states of the caisson foundation obtained from the analyses are represented in terms of envelopes plotted between lateral load and overturning moment. Simplified expressions, which take into account the influence of caisson geometry, loading height, and soil properties, are also presented to serve as a preliminary base for design of the monopod caisson foundation.     

Lateral cyclic response of an aluminum model pile in sand

Lateral cyclic load tests were performed on an aluminum model pile in dry sand. Two levels of loading were adopted to represent different service load conditions. The maximum number of loading cycles was 1,000. From the test results, it was found that the even though in the service load condition, the pile response was still affected by cyclic effects and a larger load level would produce more significant influence. In a global point of view, the lateral displacement and maximum moment increased with loading cycles, while the secant stiffness within a cycle decreased with cycles. The cyclic effect was more significant on the lateral displacement than on the moment. In a local point of view, cyclic loading would degrade the equivalent subgrade stiffness for the soil shallower than about seven times diameter. In addition, the secant subgrade stiffness within a cycle increased with loading cycles. Some experimental relationships of lateral pile response and loading cycles were built and compared with those in the literature.     

祁连山主要矿床组合及其成矿动力学分析

祁连山早古生代有色金属、贵金属成矿带,构造上划分为北祁连、中祁连和南祁连3个构造单元;成矿区划上一般分为北祁连成矿亚带和南祁连成矿亚带,后者由中祁连和南祁连2个构造单元组成。总体上北祁连由早古生代北祁连洋向北洋-洋俯冲的沟-弧-盆相和残留的大陆裂谷相火山岩系组成为特点,成矿主要表现为块状硫化物铜多金属矿床,西段为洋-陆碰撞的岩浆弧相的构造环境,有夕卡岩型的钨矿床发现;南祁连主要为大陆裂谷或陆间裂谷构造环境的复理石相、火山碎屑岩相和中祁连的古老基底组成,有岩浆铜镍矿床、铬铁矿矿床和大型造山型金矿床发现。祁连     

塔里木盆地西部古盐岩同位素地球化学与成钾预测研究

我国钾盐资源紧缺，寻找优质大型钾盐矿床一直是国家资源普查的重要目标这一。塔里木盆地在其地史发展过程中，曾与广海相通，多期海水的侵入和间断，以及适宜的构造、古地里环境具备成钾的基本地质条件，因此一直被列为我国寻找古钾矿的重点地区。为了更准备地判断其成盐的海陆相特征，即成盐物质的主要来源，以及岩盐沉积之前的古卤水蒸发浓缩阶段，预测更有前景的成钾远景区，论文选择了蒸发岩沉积序列中的石膏及石盐矿物，分别分析了其硫同位素及氯同位素分布特征。结果表明，非还原环境下沉积的石膏硫同位素可以准确判断盐岩沉积的海相、陆相和海陆交互沉积特征，氯同位素可以判断岩盐的沉积阶段。应用这两个同位素新指标分析，塔里木盆地西部喀什次级构造凹陷晚白垩世盐岩沉积接近海相沉积类型，而且岩盐沉积阶段较晚，是一最有利成钾远景区。     

西南天山布隆金矿床成矿作用同位素地质年代学

位于新疆西南天山阿合奇县的布隆金矿是一个国内较少见的低温热液石英重晶石脉型金矿床,它赋存于上泥盆统细碎屑岩中,金矿体受层间缓倾斜破碎带控制。根据矿脉矿物组合及相互穿插关系,原生成矿期成矿作用可分为:①黄铁矿-石英阶段;②石英-黄铁矿-菱铁矿-重晶石阶段;③方解石-石英-重晶石阶段和④重晶石阶段。年代学研究表明,主成矿阶段(②阶段)含金石英脉RB-SR等时线年龄为258±15MA,表明成矿作用发生在晚二叠世末,与中亚南天山大规模的金成矿作用发生时期相一致。     

安徽冬瓜山铜矿床的地球化学特征

冬瓜山铜矿床发育上部层状矿体和下部浸染状—脉状矿体,地球化学特征呈现出明显的垂向变化和二元结构性。从下部浸染状—脉状矿化岩石到上部层状块状矿石,CaO、MgO、Fe2O3、FeO、Cu、Au、Zn、Ag、As等含量和δ18O、δ12C值总体逐渐增高,SiO2、Al2O3、TiO2、K2O、Na2O、Pb、Hg、Sb、Mo、REE等含量和流体包裹体温度379·3℃→135·0℃及δ34S值总体逐渐降低。硬石膏δ34S值为 14·8‰~ 20·5‰,黄铁矿δ34S值为 2·7‰~ 7·9‰,含矿硅质岩δ18O为 12·0‰,含铜矿石中菱铁矿δ18O平均值为 13·97‰。地质地球化学特征反映冬瓜山铜矿床为海底热水喷流沉积成因。     

江西金山金矿含金黄铁矿的Rb-Sr年龄

前人对江西金山金矿的成矿时代有许多不同的认识,笔者通过对江西金山蚀变岩型矿石中的含金黄铁矿Rb-Sr年龄的测定得出,含金黄铁矿的Rb-Sr等时线年龄为(838±110)Ma,initial87Sr/86Sr=0.7045±0.0020。由此可以推测晋宁期是蚀变岩型金矿体形成的主要时期。黄铁矿Rb-Sr所得的Sr同位素初始比(87Sr/86Sr)i小于陆源硅酸盐的值(0.720),而与玄武岩的值(0.704)接近,结合前人有关的同位素及稀土、微量元素研究,笔者认为金山金矿变质岩型矿体的成矿物质源于变质围岩,成矿流体为来源于深部的变质水。     

长坑金银矿床的铅,锶,硫同位素特征与矿化模式

长坑矿床金、银矿石的铅同位素组成具有一定的差异，前者的２０６Ｐｂ／２０４Ｐｂ比值变化大，后者较富２０７Ｐｂ／２０８Ｐｂ。金矿石中的铅为普通铅与放射成因铅混合而成的异常铅，银矿石中的铅则可能为三阶段铅混合的产物，且二者均为壳源。方解石的８７Ｓｒ／８６Ｓｒ比值显示锶来自地壳。金、银矿石硫化物的δ３４Ｓ值分别以分散（平均值为负）和较为集中（平均值为正）为特征，并与铅同位素组成之间存在相关关系。结合金、银的矿化分带现象，提出了铅同位素特征与氧化势不同的流体相互混合的成矿模式。     

吉林夹皮沟金矿床主成矿时代的确定及找矿方向

夹皮沟金矿床主成矿时代一直悬而未决，矿区及外围找矿始终处于排徊阶段。通过构造、岩浆岩、脉岩和标型矿物等综合地质分析，结合４４条脉岩ＫＡｒ年龄的统计和含金石英脉石英流体包裹体ＲｂＳｒ同位素测试等表明，夹皮沟金矿带主成矿时代为燕山期。燕山期正是太平洋板块向欧亚大陆俯冲，造成华北地台东部强烈岩浆活动、深大断裂和环太平洋成矿带形成的最佳期。找矿靶区应重点选定在夹皮沟大砬子深大断裂两侧中生代构造系统和脉岩体附近。     

新疆小热泉子铜(锌)矿床同位素研究

小热泉子矿床是我国最近发现的一个中型富铜( 锌) 矿床,其矿床成因为众多的矿床学家所关注。本文对该矿床中不同类型矿石、矿物的S、O、H、Si 及稀有( 惰性) 气体He、Ar 同位素特征作了较祥细的论述,同时用KAr 法对硫化物的年龄测定进行了初步尝试。该矿床硫化物的δ34S 值为+ 1-5 ‰～+ 11-1 ‰,平均为6-15 ‰(46) ;3 He/4 He( 初始) 值为5 ×10 - 8 ～2-17 ×10 - 6 ,平均为0-64 ×10 - 6(6) ,40 Ar/36Ar 值为305-27