Importance of geological information for assessing drain flow in a Danish till landscape

There has, in recent years, been an increasing interest in developing nutrient load mitigation measures focussing on tile drains. To plan the location of such tile drain measures, it is important to know where in the landscape drain flow is generated and to understand the key factors governing drain flow dynamics. In the present study, we test two approaches to assess spatial patterns in drain flow generation and thereby assess the importance of including geological information. The approaches are the widely used topographical wetness index (TWI), based solely on elevation data, and hydrological models that include the subsurface geology. We set‐up an ensemble of 20 hydrological models based on 20 stochastically generated geological models to predict drain flow dynamics in the clay till Norsminde catchment in Denmark and test the results against TWI. We find that the hydrological models predict observed daily drain flow reasonably well. High drain flow volumes were found in stream valleys and in wetlands and lower drain flow volumes in the more hilly parts of the catchment. In spite of the apparent connection to the landscape, there was no statistically significant correlation between TWI and drain flow at grid scale (100 × 100 m). TWI was therefore not found to be a sufficient index on its own to assess where drain flow is generated, especially in the highlands of the catchment. The geology below 3 m was found to have a large impact on the drain flow, and correlations between sand percentage in the subsurface geology and drain flow volume were found to be statistically significant. Geological uncertainty therefore give rise to uncertainty on simulated drain flow, and this uncertainty was found to be high at the model grid scale but decreasing with increasing scale.     

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综合物探在东罗（坑口）火电厂灰渣堆置场勘察中的应用

东罗火电厂灰渣堆置场的选址，以场地堆置灰渣后是否对客兰水库造成污染为前提。广西地质测井中心利用综合物探方法对场地的水文地质、工程地质和环境地质进行勘察评价。经工作，圈定了第四系土层和七条岩溶发育带，确定了一正断层位置，在四个钻孔中充电确定了地下水的流速和流向（主要为北西向和正北方向）。最后认为，场地堆置弃渣后，对位于南南东方向的客兰水库没有造成污染，为选址决策和施工设计提供了依据     

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广西田东膨润土矿床地质特征及其利用前景

田东膨润土矿是１９７８年发现，１９８３年勘查评价的一个中型规模矿床。它受右江大断裂控制的第三纪陆相半地堑式断陷盆地（百色盆地）田东凹陷中；矿层赋存于第三系含煤岩系建造的泥岩中，有矿８层，主矿层面积达８．４２ｋｍ￣２，矿体呈层状、似层状与围岩产状一致；矿石有斑脱岩（膨润土）与蒙脱石泥岩两类，具泥质、晶屑凝灰结构与层状、块状构造，矿物成分为蒙脱石（＞７０％）和水云母、水黑云母、石英、长石、缘泥石等，化学成分含量（％）：ＳｉＯ＿２４７～６５．５０、ＴｉＯ＿２０．２４～１．１５、Ａｌ＿２Ｏ＿３１５．７３～２６．６８、Ｆｅ＿２Ｏ＿３２．７９～６．７９、Ｃａｏ０．８３～１．４３、Ｍｇｏ１．１１～４．１１、Ｋ＿２Ｏ０．６１～２．６４、Ｎａ＿２Ｏ０．１３～０．３７，矿石属性随埋深而异，认为属内陆湖相火山－沉积矿床。指出膨润土具有强的吸水性、膨胀性、胶结性、润滑性、分散性和阳离子交换等物化性能，因此它广泛应用于冶金铸造、钻井泥浆、石油化工、轻工、建筑和衣牧业；由于矿床所处特殊地理位置优势，它的开发利用具有广阔前景。     

中国煤田构造研究现状与展望

中国煤田地质的显著特点是煤盆地类型多样、煤系后期改造明显、构造样式丰富,从而在很大程度上决定了煤炭资源开发利用的价值。进入新世纪以来,我国煤田构造研究取得的主要成果包括：①煤田构造的区域地质背景研究取得重大进展;②中国东部盆地动力学与构造控煤作用受到关注;③煤田滑脱构造研究的继续——控煤构造样式的划分;④煤变形-变质作用的构造控制研究愈加深入;⑤以三维地震技术为代表的煤田构造高精度探测技术全面推广应用;⑥矿井构造定量评价和预测已成为煤田构造研究的亮点。通过回顾总结我国煤田构造研究历史和主要成就,分析了当前面临的挑战和机遇,提出了今后一段时期的重点攻关目标。     

Regression and Time Series Analysis of the World Oil Peak of Production: Another Look

This paper analyzes world oil production data as a population/resource growth model. Both US and world oil production data are analyzed in terms of the logistic growth curve. It is shown that the logistic growth curve, while a suitable model for the American data, is not a suitable model for world oil production. A flexible family of curves which allows a wide range growth rates is considered. Using a nonlinear regression, one can predict various peak dates and total recoverable resources using different curves which all fit the data indistinguishably well.     

哈萨克斯坦楚-萨雷苏盆地热兹卡兹甘地区石油地质特征及含油气远景评价

本文以石炭系为主要研究目的层,综合地层、构造、油气等研究成果,从目的层生烃条件、储集条件及生储盖组合等方面评述了研究区石油地质条件.下石炭统烃源岩为研究区主要烃源岩,分布广、厚度较大,有机质丰度较高、成熟度较高,生烃潜力较大;储层主要发育孔隙型和裂缝型两种类型;盖层主要为石炭系和二叠系.结合生、储、盖条件综合分析,研究区发育4套生、储、盖组合,并根据各构造单元油气的地质条件,将研究区划分为两个远景区:西部坳陷带(特斯布拉克坳陷和科克潘索尔坳陷北部)和东部隆起带(萨雷苏隆起和塔斯金隆起北部),4个最有利局部构造:西背斜、克济尔卡克、塔拉普及中萨雷苏构造.     

Impact of India–Asia collision on SE Asia: The record in Borneo

Borneo occupies a central position in the Sundaland promontory of SE Asia. It has a complex Cenozoic geological history of sedimentation and deformation which began at about the same time that India is commonly suggested to have started to collide with Asia. Some tectonic reconstructions of east and SE Asia interpret a large SE Asian block with Borneo at its centre which has been rotated clockwise and displaced southwards along major strike–slip faults during the Cenozoic due to the indentation of Asia by India. However, the geological history of Borneo is not consistent with the island simply forming part of a large block extruded from Asia. The large clockwise rotations and displacements predicted by the indentor model for Borneo are incompatible with palaeomagnetic evidence and there is no evidence that the major strike–slip faults of the Asian mainland reach Borneo. Seismic tomography shows there is a deep high velocity anomaly in the lower mantle beneath SE Asia interpreted as subducted lithosphere but it can be explained just as well by alternative tectonic models as by the indentor model. Very great thicknesses of Cenozoic sediments are present in Borneo and circum-Borneo basins, and large amounts of sediment were transported to the Crocker turbidite fan of north Borneo from the Eocene to the Early Miocene, but all evidence indicates that these sediments were derived from local sources and not from distant sources in Asia elevated by India–Asia collision. The Cenozoic geological history of Borneo records subduction of the proto-South China Sea and Miocene collision after this ocean lithosphere was eliminated, and a variety of effects resulting from long-term subduction beneath SE Asia. There is little to indicate that India–Asia collision has influenced the Cenozoic geological record in Borneo.