Characterising the distribution of near-shore submarine groundwater discharge along a coastline using 222Rn and electrical conductivity

The spatial and temporal distribution of near-shore fresh submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) was characterised from the coastal aquifers of the Willunga Basin, South Australia, an extensive aquifer system that supports an important viticultural region. Measurements of electrical conductivity (EC) and ²²²Rn (radon) activity were collected at 19 sites along the coastline during the Southern Hemisphere spring (2011) and summer (2013). At each site, samples were collected from the surf zone as well asporewater from beach sediment in the intertidal zone. Surf-zone radon activity ranged from <5 to 70mBq L^–1, and intertidal porewater radon ranged over two orders of magnitude (220–36 940 mBq L^–1) along the Willunga Basin coastline during both surveys. Overall, surf-zone and porewater EC was lower in the spring 2011 survey than in the summer 2013 survey. Porewater EC was similar to that of coastal water at most sites along the coastline, except at three sites where porewater EC was found to be lower than coastal water during both surveys, and three sites where evaporated seawater was observed in the summer survey. Based on the patterns in radon and EC along the coastline, two sites of localised fresh SGD were identified, in addition to a groundwater spring that is known to discharge to the coast. The results indicate that near-shore fresh SGD occurs as localised seeps rather than diffuse seepage along the entire coastline. The apparent absence of groundwater discharge at most locations is also consistent with current evidence suggesting that extensive groundwater pumping within the basin has resulted in seawater intrusion across much of the coastline. These observations also suggest that previous studies are likely to have over-estimated SGD rates from the Willunga Basin because they assumed that SGD occurred along the entire coastline.     

辽宁省海岸带主要河口区一万年来沉积速率及海平面波动情况

采用钻探手段,通过14C、OSL测年,利用4孔岩心,计算了辽宁省海岸带主要河口区一万年来沉积速率,并分析了海平面波动情况.研究表明,辽宁海岸带长期平均的河口海岸区的沉积速率较低.其中,辽东半岛东北部黄海海岸带鸭绿江平原全新世早期处于剥蚀环境,大洋河平原全新世平均沉积速率为1.4 mm/a,辽东湾北部下辽河平原全新世平均沉积速率为1.52 mm/a,辽西海岸带大凌河冲积扇全新世平均沉积速率为1.87mm/a.全新世Ⅰ海相层或海陆过渡相层总体上表现为一次海侵,与下辽河平原区盘山海侵相对应,但各地段海平面波动情况不尽一致.     

中俄蒙毗邻地区主要金属矿产分布特征

通过介绍中俄蒙毗邻地区区域地质背景、成矿区划及区内金、银、铜、铅锌、铁等主要金属矿产资源概况,归纳总结了该区主要金属矿床的时空分布特征:金属矿床分带特征明显,成矿时期集中于燕山期,成矿作用主要与蒙古-鄂霍次克构造带拼合-碰撞造山作用有关.     

辽宁西丰大岩体的解体及其地质意义

西丰大岩体在辽宁省地质上占有十分显赫的位置,一方面它出露面积巨大,另一方面与其相关的矿产比较丰富.西丰大岩体未解体之前是辽宁省最大的岩体之一,位于辽宁省的东北角,南起清河,向北延至吉林省,在辽宁省境内出露面积逾2500km2.与其相关的矿产有铁矿、铜矿、铅锌金银钼多金属矿及萤石矿.根据构造-岩浆演化期次原则,按岩石学、岩石地球化学、同位素年代学、岩体间的接触关系及岩体与地层的接触关系等,将西丰大岩体(辽宁省部分)进行了详细解体,重新归并成早二叠世、早三叠世、中侏罗世和晚白垩世4个侵入期次.其中早二叠世有3个侵入序次、早三叠世1个侵入序次、中侏罗世3个侵入序次、晚白垩世4个侵入序次,共划分为11个侵入序次.在此基础上对岩性的成矿专属性、矿床成因类型和成矿时限进行了专门研究.     

Safety assessment of infrastructures using a new Bayesian Monte Carlo method

A recently developed Bayesian Monte Carlo (BMC) method and its application to safety assessment of structures are described in this paper. We use a one-dimensional BMC method that was proposed in 2009 by Rajabalinejad in order to develop a weighted logical dependence between successive Monte Carlo simulations. Our main objective in this research is to show that the extended BMC can dramatically improve simulation efficiency by using prior information from modelling and outcomes of preceding simulations. We provide theory and numerical algorithms for an extended BMC method for multi-dimensional problems, integrate it with a probabilistic finite element model and apply these coupled models to assessment of reliability of a flood defence for the 17th Street Flood Wall system in New Orleans. This is the first successful demonstration of the BMC method to a complex system. We provide a comparison of the numerical efficiency for the BMC, Monte Carlo (MC) and Dynamic Bounds methods that are used in reliability assessment of complex infrastructures.     

Genesis of an endoreic piezometric coastal depression in sub-Sahelian Western Africa: the Continental Terminal Aquifer of Trarza (Mauritania)

Despite its capital importance, the genesis of endoreic water table depressions in Western sub-Sahelian Africa is not well known yet. It is the case of the Trarza Aquifer, which is the main resource of drinkable water for Nouakchott. While water needs are growing steadily, global warming is threatening this resource. The genesis of piezometric depression is the object of this study, which analyses it in the light of the hydrochemistry of the western border of the Trarza aquifer, which is located in proximity of the Atlantic Ocean and its salt wedge.

The hydrochemical facies of groundwater in the Idini pumping site, 60 km East of Nouakchott, and that of a Nouakchott to the Senegal River transect, should be categorised into 3 groups: 1) chloro-sulfated 2) sulfato-chlorinated and chloro-bicarbonated. Such facies, which are also sodocalcic, indicate that mineralization is of mixed origin (marine and continental).

After reviewing the main mathematical models for piezometric depression, the present study attempts a conceptualization of the piezometric evolution of this phreatic aquifer (Continental Terminal) during the Quaternary. It highlights the dominant role of evaporation in the evolution of the water table of the Trarza aquifer, whose impact is similar to the one of the Quaternary marine level increase.     

辽宁桓仁二棚甸子铜锌矿床地球化学特征及矿床成因

为确定二棚甸子铜锌矿床的成因,对该矿床的成矿地质背景和地球化学特征进行了研究。结果表明,矿区内的含矿矽卡岩分为层状和不规则状两种类型,前者主要呈层状、似层状,与围岩整合接触; 含矿矽卡岩与寒武系徐庄组碳酸盐岩具有相似的稀土元素组成和一致的稀土配分曲线; 矿区地层中碳酸盐岩的Cu、Pb、Zn 等主要成矿元素含量明显高于克拉克值以及区域同类岩石的平均含量。结合S、Pb、C 等同位素资料,认为该矿床的层状矽卡岩矿体具有层控特征,成矿物质主要来自徐庄组沉积地层; 与燕山期闪长岩有关的接触交代型矿化形成了不规则状矽卡岩矿体,并对早期层状矿体进行了叠加改造。     

中国热带MIS 3气候特征探讨

本文根据30多个古气候分析实例,探讨中国热带MIS3气候波动的相位特征、变幅特征和周期特征.MIS3为回暖期,曾出现早、晚2个暖期,晚期比早期更暖.MIS3的气候与现今的气候相比较,东部热带以热湿为主,年均温比今高1°～2℃或2°～2.5℃,年降水量比今多700mm或400～500mm;西部热带以凉湿为主,年均温与今相似或约低1.5℃,年降水量比今多700mm左右.MIS3期间出现2个冷-暖-冷的旋回,平均周期为17.5ka,这与岁差周期大体相符.中国热带MIS3的气候波动不仅有万年尺度的地球轨道周期,也有千年尺度的周期,后者与太阳辐射总量本身的变化有关.     

辽宁岫岩地区岫玉成矿规律探讨

岫岩是我国主要蛇纹石玉产地,辽河群大石桥组大理岩层是岫岩玉石矿最重要的蕴矿层位,矿体严格受地层中韧性变形变质构造带和元古宙花岗岩的控制。在岫岩不仅产有蛇纹石岫玉,还产出透闪石岫玉。矿体形态呈不规则脉状及透镜状产出。岫岩地区的岫玉矿床成因应属于热液交代蚀变矿床类型。     

辽宁省黑石砬子铁矿地质-地球物理综合研究及深部找矿效果

黑石砬子铁矿床南部的剩余磁异常是人们关注的课题。文章采用综合研究的方法,通过分析铁矿的成矿地质环境、控矿因素、矿床特征,对磁异常进行定量计算,实施地质-地球物理综合推断,推断深部的铁矿体的倾向发生倒转,从而有效地解释了矿区的剩余异常,明确了深部铁矿勘查的具体部位,预测矿区深部隐藏着较大的资源储量。经过深部工程验证,获得了很好的找矿效果。