Comparison of Positron Emission Tomography and X-ray radiography for studies of physical processes in sandstone

The migration of moisture in cores of porous homogeneous sandstone of Ledian age (Belgian Eocene, Tertiary) is monitored with PET (Positron Emission Tomography) and micro-focus X-ray radiography. In the case of PET, a nuclear medical imaging technique, ⁵⁵Co-EDTA (Ethylenediamine Tetraacetic acid) and R-¹⁸F were used as water-soluble tracers. The X-ray projection method has evolved from the better-known medical technique and allows a fast and accurate determination of the two-dimensional transient moisture content profiles. Results indicate that both techniques can deliver important information concerning physical processes in situ.     

世界砂岩型铀矿探明资源的分布及特征

最新核电发展规划显示未来我国对铀资源的需求很大。长久来看在继续加大国内勘探力度的同时,需尽快了解国外已探明铀资源尤其是砂岩型铀资源的分布,以更好地从全球视角完善我国的铀资源供应链。我国北方砂岩型铀矿大规模勘探始于本世纪初,起点较晚,在实际勘探和研究中也遇到较多难题及困惑。因此与全球同类型矿床的对比研究亟需展开,亦要求首先了解世界各国砂岩型铀矿的分布和基本特征。本文通过大量文献和最新勘探形势的调研整理,对比分析了近年来全球主要产铀国砂岩型铀矿资源量的变化,系统全面地编制了全新的全球和各国(或各大洲)已发现砂岩型铀矿床及其容矿层位分布图,总体可较精细地反映迄今全球各国已探明砂岩型铀矿分布面貌的现状,同时提炼了重点矿床的主要地质特征。最后总结出全球已发现砂岩型铀矿时空分布具有五大特征:(1)全球分布广泛但不均衡,跨欧亚存在东西向巨型铀矿带;(2)规模因地而异、(超)大型矿床较多;(3)平面分布与气候环境耦合明显;(4)容矿层时代跨度长、成矿时间相对较晚;(5)主要赋存于含油气或聚煤能源盆地中。本文提供了一份可以快速了解和全面把握全球砂岩型铀资源分布及其重要地质特征的材料,为科研人员提供可对比研究的国外矿床实例,同时也为我国企业"走出去"和"走向哪里"提供科学依据。     

塔里木盆地志留系柯坪塔格组砂岩岩石学特征与物源分析

通过对塔里木盆地志留系柯坪塔格组砂岩的碎屑矿物含量与氧化物、微量元素变化规律分析,研究该地区砂岩的岩石学及其物源特征。研究结果表明塔里木盆地志留系柯坪塔格组构造环境为活动大陆边缘和被动大陆边缘,物源区主要为再循环造山带。砂岩成分主要在石英、钾长石、斜长石、伊利石和绿泥石等矿物之间变化。化学风化作用指标(CIW)和化学蚀变作用指标(CIA)反映了该地区砂岩受到了强烈的风化作用,风化作用强度为:塔中地区砂岩>塔北地区砂岩>满东地区砂岩。化学组分变化指标(ICV)反映有些砂岩中含有第一次旋回沉积物。A-CN-K三角图反映了砂岩的母岩中斜长石含量要高于钾长石含量,在花岗闪长岩和花岗岩之间变化,砂岩在风化过程中受到了钾的交代作用,长石以及长石中的高岭石发生了伊利石化。微量元素及其特征参数(如La/Yb-ΣREE、δEu等)也反映了该地区砂岩来源于花岗岩物源区。     

Plagioclase dissolution related to biodegradation of oil in Brent Group sandstones (Middle Jurassic) of Gullfaks Field, northern North Sea

Brent Group sandstones from the north side of the Gullfaks Oilfield contain mostly 5–8% albitic plagioclase, whereas plagioclase is almost absent in the same strata in the southern part of the field. Absence of plagioclase throughout the entire vertical extent of the Brent Group in the southern wells seems to rule out provenance as the principal explanation for differing plagioclase content, which is therefore interpreted as the result of diagenesis. Hypotheses for the nature of the inferred leaching event include epigenetic meteoric diagenesis and mesogenetic release of acid components from clay minerals or kerogen, but these explanations are unable to account for the observed spatial distribution of the plagioclase-bearing and plagioclase-free sandstone intervals. However, overall correspondence between the area lacking plagioclase and oil compositions having both anomalously high CO₂ and organic geochemical indications of advanced biodegradation suggest a link between plagioclase dissolution and biodegradation of the present oil column. It is, therefore, proposed that acid components from biodegradation selectively reacted with albitic plagioclase to form kaolin, releasing sodium bicarbonate into the residual water. The plagioclase-free sandstones contain more kaolin than the plagioclase-bearing sandstones, as would be expected due to aluminium conservation. However, the wide and overlapping ranges of kaolin content in both groups suggest that most of the kaolin originated from processes other than biodegradation-driven plagioclase alteration, potentially including both epigenetic and mesogenetic dissolution, as well as deposition of detrital kaolin and kaolin precursors.     

致密砂岩孔隙度计算方法

鄂尔多斯盆地北部下二叠系下石盒子组为纵横向变化大,岩性、孔隙结构等复杂的河流相地层,很难用统一的计算公式来完成对孔隙度的计算。采用多元统计分析、散点图和孔隙度对比图来确定其孔隙度。运用上述方法,比较精确地确定鄂尔多斯盆地北部下二叠系下石盒子组的孔隙度,对鄂尔多斯盆地油气储量的估计,提供一个很好的基础资料。     

塔里木盆地志留系沥青砂岩的特性及其成因

采用有机岩石学和有机地球化学相结合的方法,详细研究了塔里木盆地志留系沥青砂岩的特征及其成因。色质分析表明,志留系沥青砂岩含高的三环二萜烷且以Ｃ２３为主峰,与石炭系源岩不同,γ 蜡烷含量不高,代表藻类生源的β 胡萝卜烷含量较高,且具高孕甾烷、高重排甾烷的特征,反映沥青砂岩油源来自下古生界。有机岩石学研究表明,由于沥青砂岩含可溶性物质甚高,其油浸反射率（Ｒｂ为０２７％～０３６％）不能反映其真实成熟度,水浸反射率（Ｒｗ为１３５％～１５３％）与上下地层成熟度相吻合,排除了沥青砂岩“新生古储”的可能性。碳同位素分析结果进一步证实沥青砂岩源自下古生界的生油岩,是早古生代古油藏遭受后期构造破坏的结果。     

化学腐蚀下砂岩三轴细观损伤机理及损伤变量分析

利用CT识别技术对化学腐蚀下的砂岩进行了三轴加载全过程的即时扫描试验，得到了在不同级荷载作用下砂岩的压密、微裂纹萌生、扩展和破裂的CT图像和CT数，分析了砂岩损伤演化的细观机理。同时，建立了一个基于化学腐蚀影响和CT数的损伤变量模型。     

Polygonal deformation bands

We report for the first time the occurrence of polygonal faults in sandstone, which is compelling given that layer-bound polygonal fault systems have been observed so far only in fine-grained sediments such as clay and chalk. The polygonal faults are shear deformation bands that developed under shallow burial conditions via strain hardening in dm-wide zones. The edges of the polygons are 1–5 m long. The shear deformation bands are organized as conjugate faults along each edge of the polygon and form characteristic horst-like structures. The individual deformation bands have slip magnitudes ranging from a few mm to 1.5 cm; the cumulative average slip magnitude in a zone is up to 10 cm. The deformation bands heaves, in aggregate form, accommodate a small isotropic horizontal extension (strain <0.005). The individual shear deformation bands show abutting T-junctions, veering, curving, and merging where they mechanically interact. Crosscutting relationships are rare. The interactions of the deformation bands are similar to those of mode I opening fractures. The documented fault networks have important implications for evaluating the geometry of km-scale polygonal fault systems in the subsurface, top seal integrity, as well as constraining paleo-tectonic stress regimes.     

准噶尔盆地北部地区的姜石特征及地质意义

本文讨论了准噶尔盆地北部地区姜石层的特征及成因,北准地区新第三系至第四系出现多层姜石层,这些姜石层的存在,表明该地区具有形成第三系可地浸砂岩型铀矿的良好前景。