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Syn-magmatic removal of the cumulate pile during the formation of the Bushveld Complex resulted in “potholes”. Erosion progressed downward in the cumulate pile, resulting in a series of steep, transgressive contacts between locally conformable potholed reefs in the regional pothole sub-facies of the Swartklip Facies in the western limb of the Bushveld Complex. The deepest of these potholes, “third-order” or “FWP2” potholing, occurs where the base of the Merensky Cyclic Unit transgresses the Upper Pseudo-Reef Chromitite marker horizon. The base of a FWP2 pothole on Northam Platinum Mine consists of an unconformable stringer Merensky Chromitite overlain by a medium-grained, poikilitic orthopyroxenite and underlain by either a pegmatitic harzburgite or the medium-grained Lower Pseudo-Reef Anorthosite. Detailed shape and distribution analysis of FWP2 potholes reveals underlying patterns in their shape and distribution which, in turn, suggest a structural control. The ratio between pothole short vs long axes is 0.624 (N=1,385), although the ratio increases from 0.48 to 0.61 in the long axis range 10 to 60 m, then decreases from 0.61 to 0.57 from 61 to 100 m, increasing again from 0.57 to 0.61 from 101 to 400 m, suggesting that there is not a simple relationship between pothole shape and size. Shape (circularity, eccentricity, and dendricity) analysis of a subset of 638 potholes indicates that potholes with long axes <100 m have an elliptical, average normalized shape, elongate on a 120–150° orientation. Potholes with long axis lengths >100 m have an average normalized shape that is bilobate and elongate on a 120° orientation. The average aspect ratio (short axis length divided by long axis length) of potholes is highest for potholes with long axis lengths >100 m and lowest for potholes with long axis lengths between 35 and 60 m. The most common long axis orientation for potholes with long axis lengths <100 m is 150° but 120° for long axis lengths >100 m. Fractal analysis indicates that the distribution of pothole centers is controlled neither by a single nor several interacting fractal dimensions. Autocorrelation (Fry) analysis of the distribution of pothole centers shows recurring pothole distribution trends at 038, 070, and 110° for potholes over the full range of long axis lengths, while the trends of 008 and 152° occur in potholes with long axes lengths between 60 and 100 m. Chi-squared (X
2) analysis of the locations of pothole centers suggests that the distribution of small potholes is highly non-uniform but becomes exponentially more uniform with increasing pothole size. The model which best fits the observed shape and distribution analysis is a combination of protracted independent growth and “nearest neighbor” merging along specific orientations. For instance, the clustered distribution of original pothole centers resulted in merged potholes with long axes lengths of up to 60 m, exhibiting short vs long axes ratios of 0.61, preferred orientations of 150°, and alignment along 010 and 150° trends. Further independent growth allowed for merging of similar-sized (and smaller) neighboring potholes, generating potholes with long axes of up to 100 m in length, a preferred long axis orientation of 150°, and alignment along 010, 040, 075, and 150°. Subsequent preferential merging occurred along a 120° trend, thereby preserving a bilobate form. This implies that while pothole initiation and enlargement may be driven by a “top-down” (i.e., possibly thermomechanical) process, an underlying linear or structural catalyst/control is revealed in changes in pothole shape during enlargement and, furthermore, in the preferred trends along which potholes merged over a considerable period, possibly concomitant with adjustment of major structures in the footwall to the Bushveld Complex and pulses into the magma chamber. 相似文献
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喀斯特洞穴窝穴的形态对比与成因分析——以贵州省双河洞为例 总被引：2，自引：2，他引：0
喀斯特洞穴窝穴作为洞穴小形态的一种,记录了喀斯特地区地下河的演变过程和洞穴的发育状况。通过对双河洞系统中阴河洞、响水洞洞穴窝穴的规模、形态大小进行统计,对比了两洞穴窝穴形态的差异性并分析其成因。结果表明:在规模上,阴河洞窝穴分布面积较小,但窝穴数量相当可观,响水洞窝穴分布数量巨大,范围广泛,成千上万的窝穴沿洞穴通道两侧分布;在平面形态上,阴河洞内窝穴扁率要高于响水洞;在垂直剖面上,阴河洞内窝穴深宽比要比响水洞的偏大,且阴河洞窝穴以“V”型、倒“Ω”型窝穴为主,响水洞窝穴以倒“Ω”型窝穴为主,这与两洞穴水动力条件、地质构造、推移质、基岩、风化溶蚀作用等因素的不同密切相关。 相似文献
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嵇少丞 《大地构造与成矿学》2017,41(6):1039-1052
山脉的隆升与夷平无不与地表岩石的风化剥蚀密切相关,暴雨冲刷作用对山区岩石的风化剥蚀至关重要。雨水顺着倾斜的山坡迅速汇聚,形成湍急洪流,冲携山坡上的砂砾与小石块,对石坡上原先小幅度的洼凹之地或薄弱部位进行机械性磨蚀与化学溶蚀,上述地质过程不断重复,逐渐形成山坡壶穴。美国加州华斯克巨岩公园、澳大利亚中部大红山以及中国北京西山的山坡壶穴都是暴雨流壶穴的典型例子。可惜过去一段时间里北京西山地区的山坡壶穴被误认为是"京西古道上骡马驴踩出来的蹄坑",这样解释的前提条件是在数百年间、数以万计的骡马驴不断地踩进同一处、且不断加深的石头蹄坑。动物行为学研究表明,马之类的动物在行走过程中会本能地躲避踩进较深(≥5~10 cm)的洼坑或水坑,以防扭伤蹄腕或折断腿骨。世界上著名的铺石古道上只见车辙痕不见马蹄坑,亦是有力的证明。 相似文献
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The studied area is in the south of Algeria. Chemical data are used to determine the status of water quality in the Albian
sandstone aquifer of Ain oussera, as well as to clarify the hydrological regime in the study area, to identify spatial and
temporal variations of water quality and sources of contamination (natural and anthropogenic). Waters in sandstone are dominated
by a magnesium chloride type and sodium chloride type. Interpretation of chemical data with thermodynamic calculation suggests
that the chemical evolution of groundwater is primarily controlled by water–rock interactions. Piezometric map suggests that
water is moving from the south toward north. The agricultural irrigation effluent and domestic effluents have largely contributed
to contamination of groundwater. 相似文献
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We developed an objective-based method for assessing environmental flows in estuaries; this method consists of two steps:
identifying ecological objectives with temporal–spatial variability and establishing a relationship between variations in
environmental factors and the alteration of freshwater inflows. Critical salinity and water depth requirements for different
species in special seasons in addition to temporal variation in natural river discharge were combined as objectives with spatial
and temporal variability. In a case study of the Yellow River Estuary, we determined that 15% and 101% of the natural river
discharge should be provided to ensure the minimum and maximum levels of environmental flows, respectively, for successful
integration of various objectives. Periods in early April, the end of June, August, and early October were identified as critical
for fulfilling reasonable water requirements. Although the recommended environmental flows may not be ideal for certain types
of species, they offer a boundary of environmental flows for preserving habitats and biodiversity in estuaries. 相似文献
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黄河下游(泺口以下)发育了大量的壶穴(Pothole),按成因可以分为6种:流水侵蚀、风蚀、圆砾铸模、冰压刻、冰融水滴蚀及泄气侵蚀。流水侵蚀形成的圆形Pothole规模不一,小者直径在十余厘米,深数厘米,大者直径达数米,深1 m余;风蚀形成的圆形Pothole规模一般比较小,直径多在二、三十厘米以下,深10 cm以下,大部分穴壁缓斜,状如盘碟;圆砾铸模形成的Pothole规模一般较小,直径多在一、二十厘米以下、穴壁陡倾,状如锅穴;冰融水滴蚀形成的Pothole形态复杂,规模不一,既有穴壁缓斜的盘碟状者,也有穴壁陡倾近乎直立的近圆柱状者,直径从不足1cm到三、四十厘米,其穴缘、穴壁和穴底常有次级构造;泄气侵蚀形成的Pothole更是十分复杂,平面形态可以圆形到近圆形甚至其他复杂形态,穴壁可以非常平缓,也可以陡倾,直径从数厘米到数十厘米,深数毫米到二、三十厘米,穴缘和穴壁也常有次级伴生构造,既可单独产出,也可成群产出,同时还可以多个密集产出,状如蜂巢,这一类Pothole的成因极为独特,主要与黄河断流河床捕获的空气泄漏有关。 相似文献
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A study on the hydrogeology and hydrogeochemistry of groundwater from different depths in a coastal aquifer: Annamalai Nagar,Tamilnadu, India 总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3
S. Chidambaram G. Senthil Kumar M. V. Prasanna A. John Peter AL. Ramanthan K. Srinivasamoorthy 《Environmental Geology》2009,57(1):59-73
Chemical characterization of groundwater is essential to bring out its nature and utility. Samples from shallow and deep ground
water of the same location were collected and studied for their geochemical characteristics following standard procedures
(APHA 1998). Sediment samples from different depths were collected and analysed for minerals using FTIR and SEM. Resisitivity logging
was carried out in the bore well to understand the variations in depth to fresh water potential. The shallow ground water
is dominated by Na–Cl–HCO3–SO4 and deeper groundwater by Na–HCO3–SO4–Cl types. It is observed that there is a significant ionic variation with depth. The ionic strength of the deeper samples
is lesser than in the shallower samples. Wide pH variations in the shallow water samples are due to ion exchange process.
Thermodynamic stability plot was used to identify the state of stability. It is inferred that there is no major significant
difference in the thermodynamic state of stability in the shallow and the deeper aquifers as the aquifer matrix for the shallow
and deeper aquifers are almost similar. Saturation index of Gibbsite, Kaolinite, Calcite, Dolomite and anhydrite, were studied
for shallow and deep aquifers, to identify the difference in hydro chemical signatures. The Si/Al ratios of shallow samples
are less when compared with the deeper samples. Leaching of secondary salts was the chief mechanism controlling the ground
water chemistry of the region. 相似文献
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The petrogenesis of Merensky Reef potholes at the Western Platinum Mine, Bushveld Complex: Sr-isotopic evidence for synmagmatic deformation 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
Potholes represent areas where the normally planar PGE-rich Merensky Reef of the upper Critical Zone of the Bushveld Complex
transgresses its footwall, such geometric relationships being unusual in layered intrusions. The recognition of vertical dykes
of Merensky pyroxenite in the footwall suggests downward collapse of crystal mush into pull-apart sites resulting from tensional deformation due to the loading effects of major new
magma additions. In contrast, crosscutting anorthosite veins display physical and isotopic evidence of upward emplacement. The Merensky Reef and its footwall have distinct initial Sr-isotope ratios (R
0 > 0.7066 and <0.7066, respectively), which may be used to constrain these processes related to pothole formation. Merensky
Reef in potholes (R
0 = 0.7069−0.7078) shows no isotopic evidence of assimilation of, or reaction with, footwall material. Discrete, discordant
replacement bodies of anorthosite extend from the footwall lithologies to cross-cut the Merensky Reef and its hanging wall.
The initial Sr-isotope ratio in these replaced rocks is totally reset to footwall values (R
0 = 0.7066), and immediately adjacent stratiform lithologies are slightly modified towards footwall values. In contrast, Neptunian
pyroxenitic (Merensky) dykes cross-cutting the footwall lithologies, with a large surface area to volume ratio, and low Sr
content, do not display footwall-like Sr-isotope initial-ratios (R
0 = 0.7077), and thus show no evidence for assimilation of or reaction with footwall material. Furthermore, pegmatoidal replacement
pyroxenite (“replacement pegmatoid”), at the base of the Merensky Reef within potholes, has a high initial-ratio (R
0 > 0.7071), and so models of pervasive metasomatism by footwall material are not applicable. This isotopic evidence indicates
that there was no active interaction of footwall material with the overlying magma during, or after, the formation of Merensky
Reef potholes, a basic tenet of existing pothole formation hypotheses involving footwall mass-transfer. In contrast, the isotopic
data are entirely consistent with an extensional model for pothole formation, with the more radiogenic Merensky magma migrating
laterally to fill extensional zones in the footwall layers.
Received: 11 October 1997 / Accepted: 21 December 1998 相似文献
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The most conspicuous erosional features associated with constricted bedrock channel reaches and knickpoints are potholes.
The presence and morphology of potholes have been attributed to a number of factors by earlier researchers. Amongst these
factors, the role of substrate rock properties has received very little quantitative attention. The main objective of this
study is to quantitatively evaluate the physical properties of bedrock in order to test the possible influences of rock properties
on the occurrence and morphology of potholes. The area selected for this study is a large scabland area developed by the Indrayani
river at Shelarwadi near Pune. This site is ideally suited for the study since it is featured by wide straths, multiple inner
channels and several hundred potholes. A transect-based quadrat method was used in this study. Within each quadrat, the pothole
dimensions, the joint length, joint direction, the rock mass strength and the distance from active channel were measured.
The analysis reveals a weak correlation between pothole size and rock properties. The distance from the active channel emerges
as the most significant factor, suggesting that the hydraulics of flows is the key factor and substrate characteristics play
only a secondary role. 相似文献
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The response of radial growth of tamarisk (Tamarix ramosissima) growing on the shore of West-Juyan Lake, on the Heihe River in northwestern China, to changes in the lake’s water regime
was studied using tree-ring chronologies, principal components (PC) analysis, and classical correlation analysis. The first
PC accounted for 53.3% of the total variance and reflected a common growth response at different sites. Correlation analysis
indicated that fluctuations in the lake’s water level during the growing season (May–August) was primarily responsible for
variations in the radial growth of tamarisk and explained more of the variance at low-lying sites than at higher sites. The
second PC accounted for 30.7% of the total variance and revealed distinct differences in growth response between low-lying
sites and those on higher ground. Total annual precipitation played an important role in radial growth of tamarisk at the
higher sites. The spatial pattern in the tree-ring chronologies for different sites was performed in the temporal pattern
of the tree-ring chronology at the same site. Other factors such as microtopography, soil salinity, sand activity, and browsing
by herbivores also affected the radial growth of tamarisk. The diversity in responses to the maximum water table depth for
tamarisk in the study area appears to have been caused by local variations in precipitation, which can compensate to some
degree for the inability of a plant’s roots to reach the water table. 相似文献