The Equatorial Atlantic Mid-Ocean Channel: An Ultra High-Resolution Image of Its Burial History Based on TOPAS Profiles

Multibeam bathymetric and ultra high-resolution seismic data reveal that the distal course of the Equatorial Atlantic Mid-Ocean Channel (EAMOC) extends further east and south than was previously known, and is controlled by the presence of morphologic highs related to the Fernando de Noronha Fracture Zone. Distal course of the EAMOC is buried by sediments, and does not have bathymetric expression on the seafloor. The channel fill consists of three seismic sequences, suggesting that the recent geological evolution of the channel is composed of successive phases of decreasing sedimentary activity that finally resulted in its complete burial. Tectonic and volcanic activity related to the Fernando de Noronha Fracture Zone and Ridge, together with the effect of strong pulses of the Antarctic bottom water current during the upper Pliocene are suggested to have contributed to the progressive burial and the final abandonment of the EAMOC.     

宁夏红石湾煤矿涌水量评价

在分析红石湾煤矿区地质及水文地质条件的基础上,对矿井的充水因素进行了论述,认为区内的古近系孔隙水含水层分布广,厚度大,富水性较强,但由于其距首采区的主采煤层(三煤)较远,导水裂隙带的最大破坏高度尚未达到该含水层,且其间有近20m厚的隔水层,所以该含水层对煤矿开采影响较小;影响区内煤矿涌水量的主要含水层为二叠系石盒子组砂岩含水层和山西—太原组砂岩含水层。采用富水系数比拟法、狭长水平巷道水动力学法、大井法对煤矿涌水量进行了计算,通过对各种计算方法适应性的评述及计算结果的对比,最后选用狭长水平巷道水动力学计算结果作为矿井正常涌水量,大井法计算结果作为矿井的最大涌水量。     

陕北榆横矿区小纪汗井田水文地质特征及矿床充水条件分析

从用顶板充水、底板突水两个角度对矿坑充水强度进行了分析,为小纪汗井田及周边开采提供了参考。     

Vegetation and peat accumulation steer Holocene tidal–fluvial basin filling and overbank sedimentation along the Old Rhine River,The Netherlands

In the transformation from tidal systems to freshwater coastal landscapes, plants act as eco-engineering species that reduce hydrodynamics and trap sediment, but nature and timing of the mechanisms of land creation along estuaries remains unclear. This article focuses on the Old Rhine estuary (The Netherlands) to show the importance of vegetation in coastal landscape evolution, predominantly regarding tidal basin filling and overbank morphology. This estuary hosted the main outflow channel of the river Rhine between ca 6500 to 2000 cal bp , and was constrained by peat during most of its existence. This study reconstructs its geological evolution, by correlating newly integrated geological data and new field records to varying conditions. Numerical modelling was performed to test the inferred mechanisms. It was found that floodbasin vegetation and resulting organic accumulation strongly accelerated back-barrier infill, by minimizing tidal influence. After tidal and wave transport had already sufficiently filled the back-barrier basin, reed rapidly expanded from its edges under brackish conditions, as shown by diatom analysis and datings. Reed growth provided a positive infilling feedback by reducing tidal flow and tidal prism, accelerating basin infilling. New radiocarbon dates show that large-scale crevassing along the Old Rhine River – driven by tidal backwater effect – only started as nutrient-rich river water transformed the floodbasin into an Alder carr in a next phase of estuary evolution. Such less dense vegetation promotes crevassing as sediments are more easily transported into the floodbasin. As river discharge increased and estuary mouth infilling progressed, crevasse activity diminished around 3800 to 3000 cal bp , likely due to a reduced tidal backwater effect. The insights from this data-rich Holocene study showcase the dominant role that vegetation may have in the long-term evolution of coastal wetlands. It provides clues for effective use of vegetation in vulnerable wetland landscapes to steer sedimentation patterns to strategically adapt to rising water levels.     

Stratigraphy, Chronology, and Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of the Quaternary Sedimentary Infilling of a Volcanic Tube in Fuerteventura, Canary Islands

La Cueva del Llano is a volcanic tube of Pleistocene age on Fuerteventura Island, in the Canary Islands. Part of it is infilled with sediments of external origin. These deposits are exceptional in stratigraphic complexity and thickness compared with other known tube infillings, and they comprise nine stratigraphic units deposited in five phases. In Phase I, which has not been dated, sedimentation of cinder from a nearby cone occurred. Phase II began ca. 16,830 ± 900 ¹⁴C yr B.P., whereas phase IV dates to 9280 ± 370 ¹⁴C yr B.P. The interpretation of sedimentary features shows that phases III and V correspond to a dry climate, similar to the present one, whereas the climate was much wetter during phases II and IV. This paleoclimatic sequence agrees with those suggested by the study of deposits formed in other sedimentary environments, not only in Fuerteventura but on other islands of the Canary group and the Sud-Maroc region.     

辽宁省凤城市林家金矿地质特征及成因探讨

林家金矿的赋矿地层为早元古界辽河群变质岩系,矿体形态产状严格受断裂控制,呈脉状、扁豆状产出,沿走向呈舒缓的波状,局部有膨缩变化,矿床成因类型为岩浆期后中低温热液充填交代型金矿床。     

C6H水平井三维轨迹优选与控制技术

渤海北部LD油田在井网加密、油田大规模综合布置新钻调整井时,存在新钻的25口井与老井井网交叉、井眼轨迹立体三维缠绕问题,其中C6H水平井是此类问题的典型,同时C6H井还需要在可钻性极差的馆陶组底砾岩地层定向造斜。针对上述问题,通过C6H井3种轨迹方案对比、分析,优选出最为有利的方案,结合螺杆马达和旋转导向工具性能分析,最后采用螺杆马达 水力震荡器 微偏心稳定器等钻具组合新方式,顺利实施了C6H井。     

四川盆地碳酸盐岩中硅质特征及其对储层的影响

四川盆地碳酸盐岩储层为我国主要海相储层之一。通过分析四川盆地碳酸盐岩中硅质的宏观、微观特征,提出硅质以互层、混积、充填、交代的形式存在于碳酸盐岩中。互层硅质、充填硅质和交代硅质中二氧化硅来源以火山喷发为主,但后期沉积机制不同;混积硅质中二氧化硅来源于陆源碎屑,对物源方向具有一定的指向意义,沉积机制为陆源混积。互层硅质、充填硅质、交代硅质对储层形成具有双重意义,混积硅质对储层形成起严重破坏性作用。     

含片钠铝石砂岩的基本特征及地质意义

含片钠铝石砂岩是一种含片钠铝石自生矿物的砂岩,一般为富含长石的砂岩,与片钠铝石稳定共生的自生矿物主要为铁白云石、菱铁矿等碳酸盐矿物。砂岩中片钠铝石的含量变化较大,其存在与否不受砂岩结构的制约。含片钠铝石砂岩往往分布在断裂和岩浆岩体附近,既可以作为CO2气储层,又可以作为油气储层。含片钠铝石砂岩是一种具有特殊地质意义的砂岩,表现为：①含片钠铝石砂岩记录了深、浅部层圈之间及烃源岩—储层之间的物质转移;②在含油CO2气藏和油藏中,含片钠铝石砂岩记录了CO2与油气双重充注,其中含油CO2气藏中的含片钠铝石砂岩记录了CO2充注驱油现象;③含片钠铝石砂岩是进行CO2地下储存研究的理想的天然实验室。     

A site effect study in the Verchiano valley during the 1997 Umbria-Marche (Central Italy) earthquakes

Strong site effects were observed during the two M _W 5.7 and M _W 6.0 main shocks of the Colfiorito seismic crisis which occured on September 26, 1997 in Umbria-Marche (Central Italy).The most obvious indications of these effects are the dramatic differences in damage shown by buildings of similar construction in neighboring villages.Such observations were specifically made in the Verchiano valley in the fault area, 15 km south of Colfiorito where the Verchiano village and the Colle and Camino hamlets were heavily damaged (MCS intensity IX-X) since the first main shock of 1997/09/26,while in contrast, the Curasci village located 2 km eastwards remains almost intact.In order to study the anomalous ground motion amplifications in this area, an array of 11, 3-components seismo- and accelero-meters was set up during the 1997/10/20-24 period, extending from the western side of the valley, up to the top of Mount San Salvatore, going accross the Colle and Curasci hamlets.During the experiment, 67 aftershocks enlightened the valley from the Colfiorito (10 km north) and the Sellano (6 km south) active swarms.Seismic refraction experiments were conducted at the same time in the 500 m wide, 1500 m long Verchiano valley in order to determine the thickness and main characteristics of the alluvial infilling.The main results are: (i) compared to the valley side ground motion, and for all the events, recordings in the central part of the valley (piana di Verchiano) show relative amplification of 10 with a clear lengthening of the seismogram duration by a factor of 2 – (ii) broad band relative amplification of 6–8 is also clearly identified at the top of the Mount San Salvatore overhanging the valley – (iii) any of the site effect measurements done explains by itself the strongly contrasted damage observed at Colle and Curasci: i.e. the modification of the near-field radiation pattern by interaction with the free heterogeneous surface may have induced local shadow zones that saved Curasci.