Définition et datation de la Formation de Venaco (Corse) : dépôt d’origine gravitaire d’âge Priabonien

Priabonian age is highlighted for the first time in Corsica in the Venaco Formation using the presence of specific microfauna (in particular some representatives of Turborotalia cerroazulensis lineage). This silicoclastic formation is mainly represented by coarse facies. It is composed of three members from south to north and from oldest towards youngest: member of Uboli, Cardo and Orsu. The sedimentologic analysis reveals a gravity depositional environment, involving different type of currents. Sedimentologic and chronologic characteristics make the Venaco Formation and the Annot Formation (p.p.) equivalent. Dating the Venaco Fm. brings confirmation that the green schist metamorphism of the Variscan batholith and the related deformation are from the pre-Priabonian period.     

Coupled Process Models as a Tool for Analysing Hydrothermal Systems

Hydrothermal systems are characterised by complex interactions between heat transfer, fluid flow, deformation, species transport and chemical reactions. Numerical models can provide quantitatively constrained information in regions where acquisition of new data is difficult or expensive thus providing a means for reducing risks, costs, and effort during targeting, production, and management of resources linked to hydrothermal systems. Here we show how numerical simulations of hydrothermal processes can be used to better understand coupled reactive transport in modern geothermal systems and in ancient hydrothermal ore deposits. We give examples based on the Enhanced Geothermal System at Soultz-sous-Forêts in France, hydrothermal mineralisation at Mount Isa in Australia, and the geothermal resource at Hamburg-Allermöhe in Germany.     

河北阳原和山西大同新生代玄武岩的岩石地球化学特征:华北克拉通西部深部地质过程初探

报道了大兴安岭-太行山重力梯度带以西河北阳原和山西大同新生代玄武岩的元素和 Sr- Nd同位素地球化学数据.含幔源包体的阳原早第三纪碱性玄武岩具有均一的 Sr- Nd同位素组成(ε Nd≈ 5.7)和相似于 OIB的微量元素特征,玄武岩主要来自软流圈地幔,岩浆起源较深.大同地区第四纪时期同时产出碱性和拉斑玄武岩 , 碱性玄武岩也主要来自软流圈地幔,岩浆起源深度小于阳原样品 ; 拉斑玄武岩具有较低的ε Nd( 1～ 4),可能是软流圈和岩石圈地幔相互作用的产物,岩浆起源较浅.大同两类玄武岩在空间上分野明显,可能与桑干河断裂对软流圈地幔上涌的控制以及区域上岩石圈-软流圈作用程度的变化有关.     

贵州老万场金矿床红土化作用及对金赋存状态的制约

红土的矿物成分、硅酸盐成分和化学蚀变指数(CIA)特征表明,贵州老万场红土化过程经历了粘土化、铝土矿化、铁化三种化学风化作用;地球化学上属早期红土化作用阶段.风化过程中K2O、Na2O、CaO相对于Al2O3的淋失量很高,显示较强的化学蚀变作用.红土剖面中成矿元素Au、As、Sb含量变化很大.Au通常为40～4 551 ng/g;Sb普遍小于0.1%;As通常为0.n%,最高1.8%.它们普遍高于大厂层硅质岩中相应成矿元素的含量.红土化过程中,Au、As的富集与Fe的富集作用有明显的关系,并与红土剖面中相对还原的部位有关,而Sb则在相对氧化的环境中聚集.红土剖面中稀土元素含量普遍较高,轻重稀土元素之比通常小于10,稀土元素分布模式非常相似,与大厂层稀土元素特征有明显差别.微量元素图解显示红土剖面中的大离子亲石元素、不相容元素与大厂层也有明显的不同.成矿元素间的差异性也很明显,表明大厂层岩石可能并不为老万场红土层的发育提供直接的物质来源,红土层的发育似乎与后期第四系的冲积物、洪积物有关.成矿物质也可能不与大厂层直接有关.带能谱的透射电镜(TEM-EDX)观察表明金的存在形式多样,虽然金主要以浑圆状的自然金颗粒产出,但也可以被针铁矿(含砷针铁矿)、石英硅质吸附,或被伊利石等吸附.显示红土化过程中铁还原作用对金富集的重要性.     

Relational Cities: Doha,Panama City,and Dubai as 21st Century EntrepÔts

In a dynamic global economy, emergent configurations of capitalist production produce novel spatial assemblages and correspondingly unique geometries of power. The “global cities” literature frames these transformative processes in terms of hierarchical world urban systems, providing a clear theoretical path to understanding the local implications of global spatial restructuring. This article develops the concept of the “relational city” as a transnational urbanist approach to understanding a particular subset of cities that are emblematic of the spatial transformations manifest through advanced capitalism. Relational cities are those constituted through globally critical flows of capital, goods, and ideas, and whose economies are dedicated to intermediary services such as offshore banking, container- and bulk-shipping, and regional re-exportation. Similar to gateway cities and entrepôts, relational cities are found eccentrically at one end of a fan-shaped network, connecting the global economy with a regional economic matrix. Drawing upon Doha, Dubai, and Panama City as illustrative case studies, this article suggests a new way of understanding urban change in a global context while simultaneously moving beyond the recurrent focus on the top-tier financial world cities of the Global North.     

Datation U–Pb des deux faciès du granite de Soultz (Fossé rhénan,France)

Deep boreholes drilled in the basement of the Rhine Graben at Soultz-sous-Forêts have shown the presence of an ubiquitous monzogranite. Borehole GPK-2, with a total depth of 5090 m, also intersected a more leucocratic fine-grained two-mica granite, locally present below 4860 m depth and continuously found between 5047 and 5090 m. Thanks to trace elements and in particular to REE (rare-earth elements), it could be shown that the leucocratic rock is a differentiated expression of the potassic magma that was at the origin of the monzogranite pluton. This model agrees with Sr–Nd isotope data, even though a slight contribution from the pre-existing basement should be considered as well. Use of the U–Pb method on monzogranite from EPS-1 – after zircon dissolution – has yielded an emplacement age of 334.0+3.8/?3.5 Ma $\text{(2}\text{σ)}$. Point dates obtained by SHRIMP II on the rare zircons from the fine-grained granite showed that it was emplaced in a basement with very heterogeneous ages, ranging from Early Proterozoic to Silurian. The estimated crystallization age of the last granite is 327±7 Ma $\text{(2}\text{σ)}$, slightly later than, or sub-contemporaneous with, the emplacement of the common monzogranite, in agreement with structural constrains. To cite this article: A. Cocherie et al., C. R. Geoscience 336 (2004).     

Episodic mineralization of hydrothermal illite in the Soultz-sous-Forêts granite (Upper Rhine Graben, France)

Episodic and localized illite mineralization is documented in the hydrothermally altered Soultz-sous-Forêts granite (Upper Rhine Graben, France). Separated grain-size fractions of altered granite and argillite vein samples contain mixtures of 2M₁ and 1M trans-vacant illite varieties. The platy pseudohexagonal 2M₁ illite phases dominate the vein fillings, whereas the 1M illite occurs largely as a fibrous pore-filling variety, which is particularly abundant in the granite matrix. Multiple phases of fluid injections into the granite body have resulted in different illite assemblages, each sample containing a mixture of polytype generations formed during different crystal growth events. On the basis of mineralogical and K–Ar isotopic constraints, the ages of these vein-mineralizing events are determined by plotting the K–Ar values of the various grain-size fractions against polytype abundance and the fitted volume-weighted crystallite thickness distributions. The results suggest a Permian age for the formation of the studied argillite veins, characterized by successive injections of hydrothermal fluids. Secondary episodes of illite crystallization occurred during Jurassic and Cretaceous (or even younger times) in both the veins and the granite matrix. There are indications that the polytype structure and composition of illite were strongly influenced by variations in fluid chemistry and the degree of fluid–rock interaction as the granite was progressively sealed during post-Variscan, episodic hydrothermal activity.     

地形对太原市污染物稀释扩散影响的模拟试验

文中利用CAPPS模式进行了模拟试验 ,试图研究在不同环流背景下 ,太原附近簸箕型地形对该地主要污染物(SO2 ,NOx,PM10 )稀释扩散的影响。结果表明 :采用仿真模式地形 ,局地环流背景下 ,簸箕型地形阻碍了主要污染物的稀释和扩散 ,加剧近地层空气的污染 ;大尺度环流背景下 ,且地面为偏南风或偏东风时 ,簸箕型地形有助于主要污染物的稀释和扩散 ,SO2 ,NOx,PM10 浓度减小 ,地面为偏北风或偏西风且风速≥ 5m /s时 ,SO2 ,NOx 浓度减小 ,PM10 浓度剧增。此外 ,还探讨了簸箕型地形对太原市主要污染物稀释扩散作用的机制 ,采用仿真模式地形 ,大尺度环流背景时 ,簸箕型地形对垂直运动具有增幅作用 ,且地形越高 ,增幅越明显。     

Caractérisation des variations lithologiques saisonnières des sédiments de la baie de Seine orientale ; impact des crues de la Seine (France)Characterisation of seasonal lithological variations of the superficial sediment in the eastern part of the Bay of Seine: impact of floods Seine River (France)

This paper presents the first results obtained during cruises since 1995 in the southeastern part of the Bay of Seine. New sedimentological data concerning sediment samples, box cores and water column measurements have been obtained recently in the framework of the Research Programme PNEC (French National Coastal Environment Programme). Fine sediments are deposited on form of temporary veneers of fluid-to-soft mud formed during high floods episodes. In the subtidal area (<10 m water depth), mobility of fine sediments is important and temporary mud deposited during high discharge period composes part of the distal estuarine system of the Seine River. To cite this article: S. Garnaud et al., C. R. Geoscience 334 (2002) 323–330.