A method to predict the group fissuring and faulting caused by regional groundwater decline

Ground fissuring is a recurrent problem in many countries where water extraction surpasses the natural recharge of aquifers. Due to differential settlement, the soil layer undergoes deformation and cracks with serious consequences for civil infrastructure. Here, we propose an approximate analysis of the fissuring process that can be used to predict the location of cracks, which increasingly affect some middle- and large-sized cities in the world. For that purpose, the ground loss theory is applied to sediments overlying a sinusoidal-shaped graben. This analysis shows the existence of a tensile zone at the border of the graben with maximal values on its shoulder where tension cracks are more likely to appear. It also shows that soil deformation under differential settlement may evolve into ground faulting if water withdrawal continues. Finally, when a crack has completely developed, the tensile zone shifts towards the center of the graben, creating a new area for potential cracking and faulting.     

Exploration and discovery in Yellowstone Lake: results from high-resolution sonar imaging, seismic reflection profiling, and submersible studies

‘No portion of the American continent is perhaps so rich in wonders as the Yellow Stone’ (F.V. Hayden, September 2, 1874)Discoveries from multi-beam sonar mapping and seismic reflection surveys of the northern, central, and West Thumb basins of Yellowstone Lake provide new insight into the extent of post-collapse volcanism and active hydrothermal processes occurring in a large lake environment above a large magma chamber. Yellowstone Lake has an irregular bottom covered with dozens of features directly related to hydrothermal, tectonic, volcanic, and sedimentary processes. Detailed bathymetric, seismic reflection, and magnetic evidence reveals that rhyolitic lava flows underlie much of Yellowstone Lake and exert fundamental control on lake bathymetry and localization of hydrothermal activity. Many previously unknown features have been identified and include over 250 hydrothermal vents, several very large (>500 m diameter) hydrothermal explosion craters, many small hydrothermal vent craters (1–200 m diameter), domed lacustrine sediments related to hydrothermal activity, elongate fissures cutting post-glacial sediments, siliceous hydrothermal spire structures, sublacustrine landslide deposits, submerged former shorelines, and a recently active graben. Sampling and observations with a submersible remotely operated vehicle confirm and extend our understanding of the identified features. Faults, fissures, hydrothermally inflated domal structures, hydrothermal explosion craters, and sublacustrine landslides constitute potentially significant geologic hazards. Toxic elements derived from hydrothermal processes also may significantly affect the Yellowstone ecosystem.     

氡射气测量在西安地裂缝勘察中的应用研究

为了避免大量开挖揭露工作量, 加快地裂缝的勘察速度, 研究出一种简便易行的探测方法是目前西安地裂缝勘察中迫切需要解决的问题。本文研究了氡射气测量在西安地裂缝勘察应用的地质基础, 结合近十几年工程勘察实践, 讨论了氡射气异常的特征, 分析了氡射气的探测效果, 结果认为:氡射气测量在西安地裂缝探测中的有效率为:８０％左右。     

成像测井技术在碳酸盐岩水平井中的应用

塔里木盆地北部地区碳酸盐岩油藏储层，非均质性较强，只依靠常规测井判断碳酸盐岩裂缝、溶孔、溶洞很困难．利用地层微电阻率扫描成像(FMI)，对碳酸盐岩水平井储层进行定性分析、定量解释，并能准确识别出碳酸盐岩目的层裂缝的性质、大小、开度、溶蚀孔洞原生孔隙、次生孔隙的发育情况等．同时并利用测试、酸压资料验证了使用成像测井判断裂缝的有效性．     

利用压密方程计算分析西安市地面沉降特征

利用西安市地下水位监测资料,基于水文地质三维结构模型,在不考虑粘土层滞后压缩变形的理想情况下,采用压密方程计算获得西安市抽取地下水可引起的理论地面沉降量及沉降分布特征,结果表明:计算所得沉降显著区位于西安市西南部的高新区及东南部的曲江新区,沉降量呈由北向南递增的特征,与InSAR监测结果整体趋势具有较好的一致性;地面沉降分布特征受到活动地裂缝影响,沉降曲线呈近NE向偏转展布。研究结果可为沉降灾害预防研究提供宏观的参考信息。     

衡水地区地裂缝空间发育特征与地下水位降深关系

通过浅层地震法及高密度电阻率法物探对河北衡水地区最近发现的3条地裂缝调查,探明了地裂缝地下发育深度、宽度、倾向等,发现地裂缝在地表与地下发育特征有明显不同：地表以一条地裂缝存在,在地下深处则以裂缝带发育,裂缝带两侧裂缝埋深不同,地下裂缝形态表现为上窄下宽。对该地区深层钻探、水文地质和多年地下水开采等资料分析表明,该地区的地裂缝是地质历史时期地质构造活动产物,开采深层地下水等资源则是促使地裂缝发展的主要原因。通过对不同地点地裂缝发育深度与近36年以来地下水水位降深的关系分析,结果显示：不同地区地裂缝发育深度与相应深层地下水水位降深呈线性关系。研究成果对地裂缝机理研究及预防开采深层地下水对地质环境的影响具有指导作用。     

山西地堑系一类特殊的剪切-挤压型地裂缝

阐述了山西地堑系的构造背景及现今应力场状态,对该地区发育的地裂缝特点进行了概括性描述。根据实际调查,在该地区发现了一类特殊的剪切-挤压型地裂缝万荣县城关变电所地裂缝,该地裂缝地貌上位于山西地堑系峨嵋台地,发育特征表现为强烈的剪切、挤压变形,地面、墙体拱曲、翘起,并出现明显的水平位错现象。与该区发育的其他地裂缝有明显的不同。根据地裂缝发育的特征,并结合区域构造应力场分析,讨论了该地裂缝的力学成因机制。     

山西侯马—河津一带西汉初期的强烈地震

1989年至1987年间,在国家地震局招标合同项目《全新世古地震的研究方法和确定标志》工作中,笔者在山西省侯马至河津一带,发现了大规模地震断层和许多古地震遗迹。本文就是在此基础上,对黄土中的古地震遗迹进行了总结,分析研究了古地震的分布和特征,讨论了侯马至河津一带西汉初期强震的规模和震中。     

衡水市地裂缝形成机制分析及防治

衡水市地裂缝穿越民房、穿过农田,致使建筑物破损、农田毁坏,影响到人民生活,以及厂矿生产和安全。该区规模较大的地裂缝截至2002年已发展到14条,遍及冀州、枣强、马朗、阜城、武强、饶阳等地,主要以NE走向为主,均为张性裂缝,分布不均匀,连通性好,平面形态为折线形或羽状,最长者累计长度可达5 km。文章认为地裂缝的分布受当地基础构造控制,由人工过量抽汲地下水诱发形成,提出调整地下水开采层次作为其防治措施。     

曹县梁堤头地区第四系地裂缝成因及防治

鲁豫交界的曹县黄河故道地区,地势较高的自然堤堤缘区是地裂缝等地质灾害的高发区。地裂缝主要由地表厚粘土层干湿胀缩产生,有一定的隐蔽性,并受地形和大气影响。地下水动态变化对地裂缝影响不大。地表裂隙张力的直接作用、建筑物的非均质土地基不均匀沉陷等因素的存在共同导致了该区民房开裂。可以采取加固地基和搬迁避让等方法进行防治。