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Rock and flow parameters of three karstic-fissured-porous aquifers in the Krakow-Silesian Triassic formations were measured
using various methods and compared. Though cavern and fissure porosities are shown to be very low (cavern porosity below 0.5%
and fracture porosity below 0.2%), they contribute dominantly to the hydraulic conductivity (from about 1.3×10–6 to about 11×10–6 m/s). Matrix porosity (2–11%) is shown to be the main water reservoir for solute transport and the main or significant contributor
to the specific yield (<2%). Though the matrix porosity is shown to be much larger than the sum of the cavern and fissure
porosities, its contribution to the total hydraulic conductivity is practically negligible (hydraulic conductivity of the
matrix is from about 5×10–11 m/s to about 2×10–8 m/s). On the other hand, the matrix porosity (for neglected cavern and fissure porosities) when combined with tracer ages
(or mean travel times) is shown to yield proper values of the hydraulic conductivity (K) by applying the following formula:
K≅(matrix porosity×mean travel distance)/(mean hydraulic gradient×mean tracer age). Confirming earlier findings of the authors,
this equation is shown to be of great practical importance because matrix porosity is easily measured in the laboratory on
rock samples, whereas cavern and fracture porosities usually remain unmeasurable.
Received: 21 February 1997 · Accepted: 13 May 1997 相似文献
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This paper presents a site-specific conceptual model of groundwater flow in fractured damage zones associated with faulting
in a package of sedimentary rocks. The model is based on the results of field and laboratory investigations. Groundwater and
methane gas inflows from fault-fracture systems in the West Elk coal mine, Colorado, USA, have occurred with increasing severity.
Inflows of 6, 160 and 500 L s−1 discharged almost instantaneously from three separate faults encountered in mine workings about 460 m below ground level.
The faults are about 600 m apart. The δ
2H and δ
18O compositions of the fault-related inflow waters and the hydrodynamic responses of each fault inflow indicate that the groundwaters
discharge from hydraulically isolated systems. 14C data indicate that the groundwaters are as much as 10,500 years old. Discharge temperatures are geothermal (≈30°C), which
could indicate upwelling from depth. However, calculations of geothermal gradients, analysis of solute compositions of groundwater
in potential host reservoirs, geothermometer calculations, and results of packer testing indicate that the fractured groundwater
reservoir is the Rollins Sandstone (120 m thick) directly beneath the coal seams. The packer test also demonstrates that the
methane gas is contained in the coal seams. A geothermal gradient of 70–80°C km−1, related to an underlying intrusion, is probably responsible for the slightly elevated discharge temperatures. Large discharge
volumes, as great as 8.2×105 m3 from the 14 South East Headgate fault (14 SEHG), rapid declines in discharge rates, and vertical and horizontal permeability
(matrix permeability generally <0.006 Darcy) indicate fracture flow. An in-mine pumping test demonstrates that the 14 SEHG
fault has excellent hydraulic communication with fractures 50 m from the fault. Aeromagnetic data indicate that the faults
are tectonically related to an igneous body that is several thousand meters below the coal seams. Exploratory drilling has
confirmed a fourth fault, and two additional faults are projected, based on the aeromagnetic data. The conceptual model describes
a series of parallel, hydraulically separate groundwater systems associated with fault-specific damage zones. The faults are
about 600 m apart. Groundwater stored in fractured sandstone is confined above and below by clayey layers.
Received March 1999 / Revised, November 1999 / Accepted, December 1999 相似文献
3.
Hydrogeologic and hydrochemical framework of the shallow groundwater system in the southern Voltaian Sedimentary Basin, Ghana 总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4
The southern Voltaian Sedimentary Basin underlies an area of about 5000 km2 in east-central Ghana. Groundwater in the basin occurs in fractures in highly consolidated siliciclastic aquifers overlain
by a thin unsaturated zone. Aquifer parameters were evaluated from available aquifer-test data on 28 shallow wells in the
basin. Hydraulic-conductivity values range from 0.04–3.6 m/d and are about two orders of magnitude greater than the hydraulic
conductivity calculated using Darcy's Law and the average groundwater velocity estimated from carbon-14 dating. Linear-regression
analysis of the transmissivity and specific-capacity data allowed the establishment of an empirical relationship between log
transmissivity and log specific capacity for the underlying aquifers.
Groundwater chemistry in the basin is controlled by the weathering of albitic plagioclase feldspar. The weathering rates of
various minerals were estimated using 14C-derived average velocity in the basin. The weathering rate of albite was calculated to be 2.16 μmol L–1 yr–1 with the resulting formation of 3.3 μmol L–1 yr–1 of kaolinite and 0.047 μmol L–1 yr–1 of calcite. The low porosity and permeability of the aquifers in the basin are attributed to the precipitation of secondary
minerals on fracture surfaces and interlayer pore spaces.
Received, September 1997 Revised, July 1998, August 1998 Accepted, August 1998 相似文献
4.
Spinel-bearing peridotitic mantle xenoliths from the 1949 eruption on La Palma were modified mineralogically and chemically
during prolonged reaction with their host magma. The magmatism that brought the peridotites to the surface caused two distinct
generations of xenolith fractures: (1) Old fractures are characterized by crystalline selvages with cumulus textures towards
the host magma, or by polymineralic veins. They are accompanied by 0.9–2 mm wide diffusion zones where peridotite olivine
became less forsteritic through diffusive exchange with the host magma. Old fractures represent most of each xenolith's surface.
(2) Young fractures show no selvages and only narrow diffusion zones of <0.02 mm width. Calculations based on a model of Fe-Mg
interdiffusion give an age of 6 to 83 years and <4 days for old and young fractures, respectively. A combination of these
data with fluid inclusion barometry indicates that selvages and veins formed during xenolith transport rather than representing
wall-rock reactions or mantle metasomatism. The results provide ample evidence for prolonged storage of the xenoliths in the
crust, constraining a multi-stage magma ascent: Years to decades prior to eruption, ascending magma ruptured peridotitic wall-rock
possibly through hydraulic fracturing and stoping around magma reservoirs. Magma batches transported the peridotite xenoliths
to the crust at ascent rates exceeding 0.2 ms−1. The xenoliths and their host magma stagnated during at least 6 years in possibly sill-like reservoirs at 7–11 km depth.
The xenoliths became deposited and subsequently embedded in a mush of settled phenocrysts, while selvages and veins crystallized
until the eruption commenced. At the end of the eruption, the xenoliths were finally transported to the surface within hours
to days. Decompression during the rapid ascent induced internal stresses and caused renewed fragmentation of the xenoliths,
producing the young fractures.
Received: 25 August 1997 / Accepted: 25 November 1997 相似文献
5.
Yucca Mountain, the proposed site for the high-level nuclear waste repository, is located just south of where the present
water table begins a sharp rise in elevation. This large hydraulic gradient is a regional feature that extends for over 100 km.
Yucca Mountain and its vicinity are underlain by faulted and fractured tuffs with hydraulic conductivities controlled by flow
through the fractures. Close to and parallel with the region of large hydraulic gradient, and surrounding the core of the
Timber Mountain Caldera, there is a 10- to 20-km-wide zone containing few faults and thus, most likely, few open fractures.
Consequently, this zone should have a relatively low hydraulic conductivity, and this inference is supported by the available
conductivity measurements in wells near the large hydraulic gradient. Also, slug injection tests indicate significantly higher
pressures for fracture opening in wells located near the large hydraulic gradient compared to the opening pressures in wells
further to the south, hence implying that lower extensional stresses prevail to the north with consequently fewer open fractures
there. Analytical and numerical modeling shows that such a boundary between media of high and low conductivity can produce
the observed, large hydraulic gradient, with the high conductivity medium having a lower elevation than the water table. Further,
as fractures can close due to tectonic activity, the conductivity of the Yucca Mountain tuffs can be reduced to a value near
that for the hydraulic barrier due to strain release by a moderate earthquake. Under these conditions, simulations show that
the elevation of the steady-state water table could rise between 150 and 250 m at the repository site. This elevation rise
is due to the projected shift in the location of the large hydraulic gradient to the south in response to a moderate earthquake,
near magnitude 6, along one of the major normal faults adjacent to Yucca Mountain. As the proposed repository would only be
200–400 m above the present water table, this predicted rise in the water table indicates a potential hazard involving water
intrusion.
Received: 7 June 1996 / Accepted: 19 November 1996 相似文献
6.
In order to characterize the hydraulic properties of an aquifer in Finland comprising two subvertical fracture zones, observation-well
responses were matched with generalized radial flow (GRF) type curves. The responses in six wells out of seven are consistent
with the GRF model. The fractional flow dimensions (1–1.2 and 1.5) were determined by regression analysis of straight-line
slopes and type-curve matching. In each test, the flow dimensions in the neighboring fracture zone range from 2–2.25. Comparisons
of the late-time responses with the asymptotic GRF solution and the flow dimensions obtained by reversing the pumping and
observation points suggest homogeneous hydraulic properties. Deviations in responses can be explained by flow-path tortuosity.
After assessments of the extent of the flow and radial distances along the fracture system, hydraulic conductivities and storativities
were determined from the results of the type-curve matching procedure. The obtained hydraulic conductivities are 1.3×10–5 to 7.9×10–5 m/s and 5.0×10–6 to 2.5×10–5 m/s for the western and the eastern fracture zones, respectively. The results were verified by applying them to analytical
solutions for pumping wells. The calculated pumping-well responses are consistent with the observations. The analysis of flow
dimension also enhances qualitative interpretations on the hydrogeology of fracture zones.
Received, April 1997 · Revised, September 1997 · Accepted, May 1998 相似文献
7.
Alternative water resources in granitic rock: a case study from Kinmen Island,Taiwan 总被引:1,自引:1,他引:0
Tai-Sheng Liou Yuan-Hsi Lee Li-Wei Chiang Wayne Lin Tai-Rong Guo Wen-Shan Chen Jeng-Ming Chien 《Environmental Earth Sciences》2010,59(5):1033-1046
Kinmen Island is a small, tectonically stable, granitic island that has been suffering from a scarcity of fresh water resources
due to excessive annual evapotranspiration over annual precipitation. Recent studies further indicate that shallow (0–70 m)
sedimentary aquifers, the major sources of groundwater supply, have already been over-exploited. Therefore, this preliminary
study is to investigate the existence of exploitable water resources that can balance the shortage of fresh water on this
island. Site characterization data are obtained from island-wide geophysical surveys as well as small-scale tests performed
in a study area formed by three deep (maximum depth to 560 m) vertical boreholes installed in mid-east Kinmen northeast to
Taiwu Mountain. Vertical fracture frequency data indicate that the rock body is fractured with a spatially correlated pattern,
from which three major fracture zones (depths 0–70, 330–360, and below 450 m) can be identified. Geologic investigations indicate
that the deepest fracture zone is caused by the large-scale, steeply dipping Taiwushan fault. This fault may have caused a
laterally extensive low-resistivity zone, a potential fractured aquifer, near Taiwu Mountain. The middle fracture zone is
induced by the Taiwushan fault and intersects the fault approximately 21 m southeast of the study area below a depth of 350 m.
Slug testing results yield fracture transmissivity varying from 4.8 × 10−7 to 2.2 × 10−4 m2/s. Cross-hole tests have confirmed that hydraulic connectivity of the deeper rock body is controlled by the Taiwushan fault
and the middle fracture zone. This connectivity may extend vertically to the sedimentary aquifers through high-angle joint
sets. Despite the presence of a flow barrier formed by doleritic dike at about 300 m depth, the existence of fresh as well
as meteoric water in the deeper rock body manifests that certain flow paths must exist through which the deeper fractured
aquifers can be connected to the upper rock body. Therefore, groundwater stored within the Taiwushan fault and the associated
low-resistivity zone can be considered as additional fresh water resources for future exploitation. 相似文献
8.
Foresighted and determined local authorities, purposeful exploration (i.e. by seismic reflection) and extensive testing led
to the discovery of a substantial groundwater resource near the community of Seon (Switzerland) at a depth of 268–305 m. Production
tests revealed a hydraulic conductivity of ∼5.10–5 m/s, transmissivity of ∼5.10–4 m2/s and a storage coefficient of ∼2% in the aquifer. Pumping up to 1500 l/min is sustainable; the water quality complies chemically
and bacteriologically with drinking-water requirements. The residence time of several 103 years, determined by isotope techniques, guarantees protection from surface contamination. The elevated temperature of 19.5 °C
of the produced water enables combined use for drinking water and space heating. The environmental benefits are substantial:
the emission reduction amounts up to 780 tons/year CO2 and 1 ton/year SO2.
Received: 21 September 1998 · Accepted: 10 February 1999 相似文献
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Estimating regional-scale fractured bedrock hydraulic conductivity using discrete fracture network (DFN) modeling 总被引:1,自引:1,他引:0
Estimating bedrock hydraulic conductivity of regional fractured aquifers is challenging due to a lack of aquifer testing data and the presence of small and large-scale heterogeneity. This study provides a novel approach for estimating the bedrock hydraulic conductivity of a regional-scale fractured bedrock aquifer using discrete fracture network (DFN) modeling. The methodology is tested in the mountainous Okanagan Basin, British Columbia, Canada. Discrete fractures were mapped in outcrops, and larger-scale fracture zones (corresponding to lineaments) were mapped from orthophotos and LANDSAT imagery. Outcrop fracture data were used to generate DFN models for estimating hydraulic conductivity for the fractured matrix (K m). The mountain block hydraulic conductivity (K mb) was estimated using larger-scale DFN models. Lineament properties were estimated by best fit parameters for a simulated pumping test influenced by a fracture zone. Unknown dip angles and directions for lineaments were estimated from the small-scale fracture sets. Simulated K m and K mb values range from 10–8 to 10–7?m/s and are greatest in a N–S direction, coinciding with the main strike direction of Okanagan Valley Fault Zone. K mb values also decrease away from the fault, consistent with the decrease in lineament density. Simulated hydraulic conductivity values compare well with those estimated from pumping tests. 相似文献
10.
渗透系数作为含水介质渗流测评关键指标,其变异性造成裂隙岩体地下水流动及溶质运移不确定性,影响硬岩处置库高放废物迁移、扩散等关键问题评估。针对我国高放废物处置库甘肃北山预选区旧井块段花岗岩体,以中尺度控水断裂构造为研究对象,采用非标试件渗透装置捕捉原状裂隙岩显式渗流外参分析导水性差异;染色剖分裂隙岩提取隐式过流内参重构过流网络以识别优势渗径。研究结果表明:十月井断裂损伤带内存3组裂隙,其中Ⅰ组裂隙占优的原状岩渗透系数普遍高于10?4 cm/s量级,导水能力最强;Ⅱ组裂隙占优的原状岩渗透系数介于10?5~10?4 cm/s量级,导水能力居中;Ⅲ组裂隙占优的原状岩渗透系数普遍低于10?5 cm/s量级且多介于10?6~10?7 cm/s之间,导水能力最弱。P-Q曲线显示此类大尺寸不规则裂隙岩水流状态多表现层流型、充填型及冲蚀型特征,其中岩样4、6、10~12呈层流型特征;岩样2、7呈充填型特征;岩样1、5、8、9、13、14则呈冲蚀型特征,冲蚀、充填、层流型曲线特征岩样其导水性能逐步递增。 相似文献
11.
Evaluation of heterogeneity and field-scale groundwater flow regime in a leaky till aquitard 总被引:2,自引:1,他引:2
Recent work in southern Ontario, Canada, demonstrates anomalously high vertical groundwater flow velocities (>1 m/year) through
a thick (as much as 60 m), sandy silt till aquitard (Northern till), previously assumed to be of very low permeability (hydraulic
conductivity <10–10 m/s). Rapid recharge is attributed to the presence of fractures and sedimentary heterogeneities within the till, but the
field-scale flow regime is poorly understood. This study identifies the nature of physical groundwater pathways through the
till and provides estimates of the associated groundwater fluxes. The aquitard groundwater flow system is characterized by
integrating details of the outcrop and subsurface sedimentary characteristics of the till with field-based hydrogeologic investigation
and numerical modeling. Outcrop and subsurface data identify a composite internal aquitard stratigraphy consisting of tabular
till beds (till elements) separated by laterally continuous sheet-like sands and gravels (interbeds) and boulder pavements. Individual till elements
contain sedimentary heterogeneities, including discontinuous sand and gravel lenses, vertical sand dikes, and zones of horizontal
and vertical fractures.
Hydrogeologic field investigations indicate a three-layer aquitard flow system, consisting of upper and lower zones of more
hydraulically active and heterogeneous till separated by a middle unit of relatively lower hydraulic conductivity. Groundwater
pathways and fluxes in the till were evaluated using a two-dimensional aquitard/aquifer flow model which indicates a step-wise
flow mechanism whereby groundwater moves alternately downward along vertical pathways (fractures, sedimentary dikes) and laterally
along horizontal sand interbeds within the till. This model is consistent with observed hydraulic-head and isotope profiles,
and the presence of tritiated pore waters at various depths throughout the till. Simulations suggest that a bulk aquitard
vertical hydraulic conductivity on the order of 1×10–9 m/s is required to reproduce observed hydraulic-head and tritium profiles.
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Hydraulic properties of the crystalline basement 总被引:1,自引:1,他引:1
Hydraulic tests in boreholes, up to 4.5 km deep, drilled into continental crystalline basement revealed hydraulic conductivity
(K) values that range over nine log-units from 10−13−10−4 m s−1. However, K values for fractured basement to about 1 km depth are typically restricted to the range from 10−8 to 10−6 m s−1. New data from an extended injection test at the KTB research site (part of the Continental Deep Drilling Program in Germany)
at 4 km depth provide K=5 10−8 m s−1. The summarized K-data show a very strong dependence on lithology and on the local deformation history of a particular area. In highly fractured
regions, granite tends to be more pervious than gneiss. The fracture porosity is generally saturated with Na–Cl or Ca–Na–Cl
type waters with salinities ranging from <1 to >100 g L−1. The basement permeability is well within the conditions for advective fluid and heat transport. Consequently, fluid pressure
is hydrostatic and a Darcy flow mechanism is possible to a great depth. Topography-related hydraulic gradients in moderately
conductive basement may result in characteristic advective flow rates of up to 100 L a−1 m−2 and lead to significant advective heat and solute transfer in the upper brittle crust.
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Jean-Yves Boisson Lucien Bertrand Jean-François Heitz Yann Golvan 《Hydrogeology Journal》2001,9(1):108-123
In the context of a research and development program on waste disposal, an experimental site (Tournemire tunnel, Aveyron,
France) was selected by the French Institute for Nuclear Protection and Safety (IPSN) in order to undertake studies on potential
fluid flow at different scales of space and time within a 250-m-thick argillaceous formation. The argillite has a low natural
water content (~3–5%) and very low radii access porosity. Diffusion (tritiated water) coefficients (1×10–12 to 2×10–11 m2/s) and hydraulic conductivities derived from different types of laboratory tests (10–14 to 10–13 m/s) are characteristics of a very low-permeable rock. In situ hydraulic tests (including long-term hydraulic-head measurements)
were used to obtain values for hydraulic head and hydraulic conductivity at a scale of 1–10 m (10–13 to 10–11 m/s). Despite uncertainties on these data (due to a scale factor, presence of fissures, and possible artefacts due to hydro-chemo-mechanical
coupling), it is expected that fluid flow is essentially governed by diffusion processes. Identification of possible natural
flows at larger scales of time and space was investigated using natural isotopic tracers from interstitial fluids. Modelling,
based on the deuterium profile along the clay formation and assuming pure diffusion processes, provides estimations of possible
flow times. However, lack of knowledge concerning the past geological evolution of the site and the possible role of a fracture
network do not permit reduction of uncertainties on these estimations at this stage.
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This study integrated surface and subsurface stratigraphic data with geophysical logs and hydrogeologic data in order to
characterize the hydraulic properties of the Silurian dolomite in northeastern Wisconsin. Silurian stratigraphy consists of
predictable alternations of characteristic facies associations. A vertical profile of hydraulic conductivity, obtained from
short-interval packer tests in a core hole that penetrates a majority of the Silurian section, indicates that hydraulic conductivity
ranges over five orders of magnitude (10–1 to 10–6 cm/s). Matrix conductivity is generally low and varies with texture; the finer-grained restricted-marine and transitional
facies being less permeable than the coarser-grained open-marine facies. High-conductivity values are generally associated
with bedding-plane fractures, and fracture frequency is greater in the restricted-marine facies.
High-flow features in 16 wells were identified using fluid-temperature/resistivity and heat-pulse flowmeter logs. Natural-gamma
logs were used to identify the stratigraphic position of flow features in each well and to correlate flow features to specific
stratigraphic horizons. By combining stratigraphic, geophysical, and hydrogeologic data, 14 high-permeability zones within
the Silurian aquifer have been identified and correlated in wells more than 16 km apart. These zones parallel bedding, appear
most pronounced at contacts between contrasting lithologies, and are most abundant in restricted-marine lithologies.
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A multi-layered aquifer, typical of riverbank alluvial deposits in Korea, was studied to determine the hydrologic properties.
The geologic logging showed that the subsurface of the study site was comprised of four distinctive hydrogeologic units: silt,
sand, highly weathered and fresh bedrock layers. The electrical resistivity survey supplied information on lateral extension
of hydrogeologic strata only partially identified by a limited number of the geologic loggings. The laboratory column tracer
test for the recovered core of the sand layer resulted in a hydraulic conductivity of 5.00×10−2 cm/s. The slug tests performed in the weathered rock layer yielded hydraulic conductivities of 4.32–7.72×10−4 cm/s. Hydraulic conductivities for the sand layer calculated from the breakthrough curves of bromide ranged between 2.08×10−3 and 2.44×10−2 cm/s with a geometric mean of 6.89×10−3 cm/s, which is 7 times smaller than that from the laboratory column experiment. The trend of increasing hydraulic conductivity
with an increase in tracer travel length is likely a result of the increased likelihood of encountering a high conductivity
zone as more of the aquifer is tested. The combined hydrogeologic site characterization using hydraulic tests, tracer tests,
and column test with geologic loggings and geophysical survey greatly enhanced the understanding of the hydrologic properties
of the multi-layered alluvial aquifer. 相似文献
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Colin M. Graham John W. Valley John M. Eiler Hideki Wada 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》1998,132(4):371-389
Using a recently developed ion microprobe technique, a detailed oxygen isotope map of calcite grains in a coarse-grained
marble has been constructed, supported by trace element (Mn, Sr, Fe) analysis and cathodoluminescence (CL) imaging, in order
to constrain scales of oxygen isotope equilibrium, timescales and mechanisms of metamorphic fluid infiltration, and fluid
sources and pathways. Results are compared with a previous study of this sample (Wada 1988) carried out using a cryo-microtome
technique and conventional oxygen isotope analysis. The marble, from the high temperature/low pressure Hida metamorphic belt
in north-central Japan, underwent granulite facies followed by amphibolite facies metamorphic events, the latter associated
with regional granite intrusion. The CL imaging indicates two types of calcite, a yellow luminescing (YLC) and a purple luminescing
(PLC) variety. The YLC, which occupies grain boundaries, fractures, replacement patches, and most of the abundant deformation
twin lamellae, post-dates the dominant PLC calcite and maps out fluid pathways. Systematic relationships were established
between oxygen isotope and trace element composition, calcite type and texture, based on 74 18O/16O and 17 trace element analyses with 20–30 μ m spatial resolution. The YLC is enriched in Mn and Fe, and depleted in 18O and Sr compared to PLC, and is much more 18O depleted than is indicated from conventional analyses. Results are interpreted to indicate infiltration of 18O-depleted (metamorphic or magmatic) fluid (initial δ18O = 9‰–10.5‰) along grain boundaries, fractures and deformation twin lamellae, depleting calcite grains in Sr and enriching
them in Mn and Fe. The sample is characterised by gross isotopic and elemental disequilibrium, with important implications
for the application of chromatographic theory to constrain fluid fluxes in metacarbonate rocks.
Areas of PLC unaffected by “short-circuiting” fluid pathways contain oxygen diffusion profiles of ∼10‰/∼200 μm in grain boundary
regions or adjacent to fractures/patches. When correction is made for estimated grain boundary/fracture and profile orientation
in 3D, profiles are indistinguishable within error. Modelling of these profiles gives consistent estimates of Dt (where D is the diffusion coefficient and t is time) of ∼0.8 × 10−8 m2, from which, using experimental data for oxygen diffusion in calcite, timescales of fluid transport along grain boundaries
at amphibolite facies temperatures of ∼103 to ∼104 years are obtained. These short timescales, which are much shorter than plausible durations of metamorphism, imply that
rock permeabilities may be transiently much higher during fluid flow than those calculated from time integrated fluid fluxes
or predicted from laboratory measurements. The preservation of 18O/16O profiles requires either rapid cooling rates (∼100–600 °C/million years), or, more plausibly, loss of grain boundary fluid
such that a dry cooling history followed the transient passage of fluid. The δ18O/trace element correlations are also consistent with volume diffusion-controlled transport in the PLC. Fluid transport and
element exchange occurred by two inter-related mechanisms on short timescales and on different lengthscales – long-distance
flow along cracks, grain boundaries and twin lamellae coupled to ∼200 μm-scale volume diffusion of oxygen.
Received: 8 December 1997 / Accepted: 18 May 1998 相似文献
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Fracture flow modelling based on satellite images of the Wajid Sandstone, Saudi Arabia 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Conny Zeeb Daniel Göckus Paul Bons Hussain Al Ajmi Randolf Rausch Philipp Blum 《Hydrogeology Journal》2010,18(7):1699-1712
Large-scale geological features have been identified by satellite imagery and global positioning system data in the Wajid Sandstone in Saudi Arabia. The main objective is to evaluate the importance of fractures for the overall flow behaviour in this fractured rock aquifer and to estimate in-situ hydraulic apertures. Data on fractures and lineaments were available for three outcrops. By applying a “cut-out” routine on the fracture endpoint data of these fracture trace windows, three deterministic discrete fracture networks (DFN), with an area of 100 m?×?100 m, could be generated. These were used to simulate the fracture flow and to determine the hydraulic conductivity tensors. Using additional data on hydraulic pumping tests and matrix conductivities, in-situ hydraulic apertures could be determined. Average in-situ hydraulic apertures range from 1,300 to 1,700 µm. Observations from the field support these results. In addition, a hydraulic conductivity ratio between the matrix and fracture system was used to identify the contribution of the DFN to the overall fluid transport. A ratio of 10.4 was determined, which indicates that the effective flow behaviour in the Wajid Sandstone aquifer is not entirely dominated by the fracture system, though evidently strongly controlled by it. 相似文献
18.
Thomas Reinecke Heinz-Jürgen Bernhardt Richard Wirth 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》2000,139(5):584-606
Calcite in former aragonite–dolomite-bearing calc-schists from the ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic (UHPM) oceanic complex
at Lago di Cignana, Valtournanche, Italy, preserved different kinds of zoning patterns at calcite grain and phase boundaries.
These patterns are interpreted in terms of lattice diffusion and interfacial mass transport linked with a heterogeneous distribution
of fluid and its response to a changing state of stress. The succession of events that occurred during exhumation is as follows:
As the rocks entered the calcite stability field at T=530–550 °C, P ca. 1.2 GPa, aragonite occurring in the matrix and as inclusions in poikilitic garnet was completely transformed to calcite.
Combined evidence from microstructures and digital element distribution maps (Mn-, Mg-, Fe- and Ca–Kα radiation intensity
patterns) indicates that transformation rates have been much higher than rates of compositional equilibration of calcite (involving
resorption of dolomite and grain boundary transport of Mg, Fe and Ca). This rendered the phase transformation an isochemical
process. During subsequent cooling to T ca. 490 °C (where lattice diffusion effectively closed), grains of matrix calcite have developed diffusion-zoned rims, a
few hundred micrometres thick, with Mg and Fe increasing and Ca decreasing towards the phase boundary. Composition profiles
across concentrically zoned, large grains in geometrically simple surroundings can be successfully modelled with an error
function describing diffusion into a semi-infinite medium from a source of constant composition. The diffusion rims in matrix
calcite are continuous with quartz, phengite, paragonite and dolomite in the matrix. This points to an effective mass transport
on phase boundaries over a distance of several hundred micrometres, if matrix dolomite has supplied the Mg and Fe needed for
incorporation in calcite. In contrast, diffusion rims are lacking at calcite–calcite and most calcite–garnet boundaries, implying
that only very minor mass transport has occurred on these interfaces over the same T–t interval. From available grain boundary diffusion data and experimentally determined fluid–solid grain boundary structures,
inferred large differences in transport rates can be best explained by the discontinuous distribution of aqueous fluid along
grain/phase boundaries. Observed patterns of diffusion zoning indicate that fluid was distributed not only along grain-edge
channels, but spread out along most calcite–white mica and calcite–quartz two-grain junctions. On the other hand, the inferred
non-wetting of calcite grain boundaries in carbonate-rich domains is compatible with fluid–calcite–calcite dihedral angles
>60° determined by Holness and Graham (1995) for a wide range of fluid compositions under the P–T conditions of interest. Whereas differential stress has been very low at the stage of diffusion zoning (T > 490 °C), it increased as the rocks were cooling below 440 °C (at 0.3–0.5 GPa). Dislocation creep and the concomitant increase
of strain energy in matrix calcite induced migration recrystallisation of high-angle grain boundaries. For that stage, the
compositional microstructure of recrystallised calcite grain boundary domains indicates significant mass transport along calcite
two-grain junctions, which at the established low temperatures is likely to have been accomplished by ionic diffusion within
a hydrous grain boundary fluid film (“dynamic wetting” of migrating grain boundaries).
Received: 10 January 2000 / Accepted: 10 April 2000 相似文献
19.
Deformation mechanisms and hydraulic properties of fault zones in unconsolidated sediments; the Roer Valley Rift System,The Netherlands 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
In general, faults cutting through the unconsolidated sediments of the Roer Valley Rift System (RVRS), The Netherlands, form
strong barriers to horizontal groundwater flow. The relationships between deformation mechanisms along fault zones and their
impact on the hydrogeological structure of the fault zone are analyzed in a shallow (0–5 m below land surface) trench over
one of the faults in the study area. Recently developed digital-image-analysis techniques are used to estimate the spatial
distribution of hydraulic conductivity at the millimeter-scale and to describe the micromorphologic characteristics of the
fault zone. In addition, laboratory measurements of hydraulic conductivity on core-plug samples show the larger-scale distribution
of hydraulic conductivity in the damage zone flanking the main fault plane. Particulate flow is the deformation mechanism
at shallow depths, which causes the damage zone around the fault, in the sand-rich parts, to have a relatively enhanced hydraulic
conductivity. The fault core is characterized by reduced hydraulic conductivity due to clay smearing, grain-scale mixing,
and iron-oxide precipitation.
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Dagma Derdau Robert Freer Kate Wright 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》1998,133(1-2):199-204
Oxygen exchange experiments have been performed between single crystals of sanidine feldspar and oxygen gas enriched in 18O, at temperatures in the range 869–1053 °C, total pressure 1 atmosphere, for times up to 28 days. Oxygen isotope diffusion
profiles in a direction perpendicular to (001) were determined with an ion microprobe. The experimental data obey a single
Arrhenius relationship of the form D = 8.4 × 10−11 exp. (−245 ± 15 kJ mol−1/RT) m2s−1. The results indicate that oxygen diffusion in anhydrous sanidine feldspar is marginally slower than oxygen diffusion in
anhydrous anorthite. Comparison with published atomistic simulation studies suggests that oxygen transport in feldspar is
by an interstitial mechanism.
Received: 17 October 1997 / Accepted: 6 July 1998 相似文献