三峡库区软硬互层近水平地层高切坡崩塌研究

由泥、砂岩互层或厚层砂岩夹泥岩等形成的类似“夹心饼干”的软硬互层近水平层状结构边坡,是三峡库区分布较为广泛的一种结构类型边坡。由于泥、砂岩风化速度的不同而产生的崩塌灾害现象是三峡库区最为常见的一种地质灾害,首先,从地形地貌、地层岩性、结构面组合、降雨作用和风化作用等方面对软硬互层高切坡的崩塌形成原因进行研究,软硬岩的差异性风化而造成的软岩空腔和硬岩中的结构面组合是造成崩塌的主要原因;其次,基于野外调查的地质现象分析,得到了软硬互层高切坡崩塌主要有倾倒、滑移、塑流拉裂、悬臂拉裂、错断等破坏机制,并概化出了各类破坏示意图;通过离散元数值模拟,对泥砂岩软硬互层高切坡崩塌的形成破坏过程进行了再现和分析,其破坏过程为泥岩剥落-岩腔-砂岩裂隙张开-危岩体弯曲-倾倒崩塌-堆积坡脚;最后,在三峡库区高切坡各类破坏机制的基础上,提出了相应的处治对策。研究成果对三峡库区高切坡地质灾害的认识和防治有一定的意义。     

Biogeochemistry of a regolith: The New Caledonian Koniambo ultramafic massif

This work aims to elucidate the factors governing the mobility of metals in soils of a lateritic nickel ore deposit in New Caledonia. The transfer of nickel and associated metals is determined along a topographic sequence ranging from a plateau to a thalweg. Mining exploration borehole data and soil pit data enabled us to define the general geochemical trends of the lateritic weathering. The homogeneous topsoil, which consists mainly of iron oxy-hydroxides, exhibits various amounts of plant available metals. Two interrelated factors control the differences in metal availability: (1) the presence of nickel-rich soil horizons underlying the topsoil and formed of silicate minerals, and (2) the biological cycling of metals from these horizons to the surface. These results have major implications for topsoil management during the mining activity where it is important to minimise metal inputs to water systems and to restore endemic vegetation after mining.     

Quantifying effects of deep and near‐surface chemical erosion on cosmogenic nuclides in soils,saprolite, and sediment

Cosmogenic nuclides in rock, soil, and sediment are routinely used to measure denudation rates of catchments and hillslopes. Although it has been shown that these measurements are prone to biases due to chemical erosion in regolith, most studies of cosmogenic nuclides have ignored this potential source of error. Here we quantify the extent to which overlooking effects of chemical erosion introduces bias in interpreting denudation rates from cosmogenic nuclides. We consider two end‐member effects: one due to weathering near the surface and the other due to weathering at depth. Near the surface, chemical erosion influences nuclide concentrations in host minerals by enriching (or depleting) them relative to other more (or less) soluble minerals. This increases (or decreases) their residence times relative to the regolith as a whole. At depth, where minerals are shielded from cosmic radiation, chemical erosion causes denudation without influencing cosmogenic nuclide buildup. If this effect is ignored, denudation rates inferred from cosmogenic nuclides will be too low. We derive a general expression, termed the ‘chemical erosion factor’, or CEF, which corrects for biases introduced by both deep and near‐surface chemical erosion in regolith. The CEF differs from the ‘quartz enrichment factor’ of previous work in that it can also be applied to relatively soluble minerals, such as olivine. Using data from diverse climatic settings, we calculate CEFs ranging from 1.03 to 1.87 for cosmogenic nuclides in quartz. This implies that ignoring chemical erosion can lead to errors of close to 100% in intensely weathered regolith. CEF is strongly correlated with mean annual precipitation across our sites, reflecting climatic influence on chemical weathering. Our results indicate that quantifying CEFs is crucial in cosmogenic nuclide studies of landscapes where chemical erosion accounts for a significant fraction of the overall denudation. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

云冈石窟砂岩特性与岩石风化试验

侏罗纪期间河相沉积而成的巨大砂岩透镜体是云冈石窟遗产载体,在目前环境条件下,石窟砂岩风化破坏非常严重。通过现场调查表明,在不同细分层位,砂岩破坏特征与其沉积环境及沉积构造密切相关。进一步对不同风化程度样品进行测试,以此建立起风化评估依据,结果表明,该砂岩化学风化主要体现在胶结物流失、长石蚀变,而次生可溶盐结晶及冻融形成的物理破坏也不应该忽视。通过风化模拟试验可知：酸的溶蚀对石窟岩体表面造成直接破坏;同时,形成的可溶盐将导致砂岩出现由内而外劣化现象;由于岩石的孔隙率低、渗透性较差且胶结密实,岩石抵抗冻融作用相对较强。建议云冈石窟目前保护措施以治水为主,通过减少崖壁表面渗水、洞窟裂隙渗水及底部泥岩泛潮来减少上述劣化作用效应。     

锂同位素在环境地球化学研究中的新进展

锂的两个稳定同位素(6Li和7Li)相对质量差较大,因此易产生明显的同位素分馏。业已查明,自然界中δ7Li值的变化在-40‰和 50‰之间。其中较小的δ7Li值见于海相生物碳酸盐样品,较大的δ7Li值见于某些盐湖卤水以及有孔虫的样品。由于明显的同位素分馏和不同地质体中截然不同的δ7Li值,锂同位素应用十分广泛,且在壳-幔演化、陆壳风化、卤水和污染水体示踪等研究领域取得显著成效。     

Anisotropie verticale de la perméabilité de l'horizon fissuré des aquifères de socle : concordance avec la structure géologique des profils d'altération

Pumping tests carried out in the fissured layer of a granitic hard-rock aquifer, interpreted at the observation wells by means of the analytical solution of Neuman and at the pumping wells with that of Gringarten show the existence of a strong vertical anisotropy of this layer of the aquifer; the horizontal permeability is clearly and systematically higher than the vertical one. These results agree perfectly with the geological observations, the fissured layer of the weathered granite profile showing the existence of many sub-horizontal fissures. It confirms that, within the fissured layer, the permeability of sub-horizontal fissures due to the weathering process dominates over that of sub-vertical fissures of tectonic origin. To cite this article: J.-C. Maréchal et al., C. R. Geoscience 335 (2003).To cite this article: J.-C. Maréchal et al., C. R. Geoscience 335 (2003).     

九江下蜀黄土和红土的化学风化特征

南方下蜀黄土和红土为研究亚热带地区的古风化强度提供了良好的地质记录。对九江两个下蜀黄土和红土剖面(JJ3和JJ4)的色度、磁化率和常量元素组成进行了研究。JJ3和JJ4剖面沉积物的磁化率和红度(a*)变化趋势较一致。与上地壳相比,九江下蜀黄土与红土的Ca、Na重度亏损,K轻度亏损。九江下蜀黄土的CIA值小于80,而红土的CIA值大于80。Rb/Sr比值和CIA值显著正相关(R2为0.95),二者可有效指示下蜀黄土和红土的化学风化程度。     

苏北盆地高邮凹陷古近系戴南组一段元素地球化学特征及其地质意义

苏北盆地高邮凹陷所经历的风化作用以物理风化为主,化学风化程度很弱。其中南部陡坡带的大部分地区所经历化学风化程度相对北部缓坡带较强,说明古气候条件更为温暖潮湿;北部缓坡带及黄珏、邵伯地区所经历的物理风化作用相对较强且差异较大,说明曾经历较强的构造运动。研究区源岩主要为长英质物质和再旋回沉积物质,受中基性物质的影响较小。高邮凹陷边缘及吴堡低凸起附近地区戴一段下部地层具有下伏阜宁组地层的海相地化特征,因此研究区物源中可能有较多部分来自基底母岩被剥蚀和再旋回沉积的产物。地化数据反映研究区构造背景为安第斯型活动大陆边缘,由于地史及动力学机制的差异,其构造背景有别于东太平洋典型的安第斯型活动大陆边缘,可反映我国东部大陆边缘特殊的地体构造特征。     

Chemical depletion of sediment under the Greenland Ice Sheet

The chemical composition of sediment sampled from a network of ice boreholes contacting the bed of the ablation zone of the Greenland Ice Sheet is compared to the composition of intact bedrock clasts. This sediment is enriched in silica and depleted in reactive cations compared to the underlying bedrock. In order to test whether these differences result from grain size biases either in sample collection or due to natural sorting, sediment samples were analyzed by grain size aliquots. Enrichment of silicon and depletion of cations is consistent across grain size classes and the compositions of bedrock and subglacial sediment are statistically separate. The difference in composition between subglacial sediment and rock aligns closely with the composition of dissolved solutes in waters sampled from the same field sites and is dissimilar to the composition of the sites' suspended sediment. This implies that chemical weathering rather than disproportionate physical removal of friable minerals is responsible for the compositional differences between rock and sediment. Mass balance analysis implies 3–10% of the sediment's mass is lost to solute dissolution, with approximately double that amount precipitated as clay minerals (a large portion of which may have been physically expelled). This result implies that temperate ice sheet subglacial environments may be more chemically active than previously realized. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

碳酸盐岩红土植硅体记录的指示意义

选取广西桂林市雁山碳酸盐岩红土剖面,对红土中的植硅体类型、分布及含量进行了定量分析。发现:(1)表土植硅体形态多样、含量丰富,含量从剖面表层向下迅速减少,20cm及其以下植硅体含量极少或没有;(2)除了0~0.1m内有植硅体富集外,其他深度再也没有发现新的植硅体富集层;(3)受淋滤和生物扰动作用影响,植硅体可能出现向下10~20cm的运移,但运移对其形态和大小没有明显的选择性,植硅体形态组合受运移影响不大,能够很好地反映上覆植被的组成和所处地区的气候总体特征;(4)研究区植硅体富集于红土表层,且为剖面中的唯一富集层,是红土形成过程植硅体运移的反映,支持了红土的碳酸盐岩风化成因;(5)植硅体运移选择性不明显的特点,为利用碳酸盐岩红土植硅体客观分析和重建古环境提供了基础和可能。