Thermal and compositional stratification of the inner core     

《Comptes Rendus Geoscience》2014,346(5-6):119-129

The improvements of the knowledge of the seismic structure of the inner core and the complexities thereby revealed ask for a dynamical origin. Sub-solidus convection was one of the early suggestions to explain the seismic anisotropy, but it requires an unstable density gradient either from thermal or compositional origin, or from both. Temperature and composition profiles in the inner core are computed using a unidimensional model of core evolution including diffusion in the inner core and fractional crystallisation at the inner core boundary (ICB). The thermal conductivity of the core has been recently revised upwardly and, moreover, found to increase with depth. Values of the heat flow across the core mantle boundary (CMB) sufficient to maintain convection in the whole outer core are not sufficient to make the temperature in the inner core super-isentropic and therefore prone to thermal instability. An unreasonably high CMB heat flow is necessary to this end. The compositional stratification results from a competition of the increase of the concentration of light elements in the outer core with inner core growth, which makes the inner core concentration also increase, and of the decrease of the liquidus, which makes the partition coefficient decrease as well as the concentration of light elements in the solid. While the latter (destabilizing) effect dominates at small inner core sizes, the former takes over for a large inner core. The turnover point is encountered for an inner core about half its current size in the case of S, but much larger for the case of O. The combined thermal and compositional buoyancy is stabilizing and solid-state convection in the inner core appears unlikely, unless an early double-diffusive instability can set in.  相似文献   

Extensional deformation structures within a convergent orogen: The Val di Lima low-angle normal fault system (Northern Apennines,Italy)     

《Journal of Structural Geology》2014

A low-angle extensional fault system affecting the non metamorphic rocks of the carbonate dominated Tuscan succession is exposed in the Lima valley (Northern Apennines, Italy). This fault system affects the right-side-up limb of a kilometric-scale recumbent isoclinal anticline and is, in turn, affected by superimposed folding and late-tectonic high-angle extensional faulting.The architecture of the low-angle fault system has been investigated through detailed structural mapping and damage zone characterization. Pressure-depth conditions and paleofluid evolution of the fault system have been studied through microstructural, mineralogical, petrographic, fluid inclusion and stable isotope analyses. Our results show that the low-angle fault system was active during exhumation of the Tuscan succession at about 180°C and 5 km depth, with the involvement of low-salinity fluids. Within this temperature - depth framework, the fault zone architecture shows important differences related to the different lithologies involved in the fault system and to the role played by the fluids during deformation. In places, footwall overpressuring influenced active deformation mechanisms and favored shear strain localization.Our observations indicate that extensional structures affected the central sector of the Northern Apennines thrust wedge during the orogenic contractional history, modifying the fluid circulation through the upper crust and influencing its mechanical behavior.  相似文献   

The Moreira Gomes deposit of the Cuiú-Cuiú goldfield: Fluid inclusions and stable isotope constraints and implications for the genesis of granite-hosted gold mineralization in the Tapajós Gold Province,Brazil     

《Journal of South American Earth Sciences》2014

Moreira Gomes is a recently discovered deposit (21.7 t Au) of the Cuiú-Cuiú goldfield, Tapajós Gold Province, Amazonian Craton. The mineralized zone is about 1200 m long, 30–50 m wide, and at least 400 m in depth. The zone is controlled by a subvertical, east–west-trending structure that is related to a left lateral strike-slip fault system. The host rocks are predominantly tonalites of the Creporizão Intrusive Suite (1997 ± 2 Ma) of uncertain tectonic setting (magmatic arc or post-collision). Hydrothermal alteration and mineralization are predominantly of the fissure-filling type and locally pervasive. Sericitization, chloritization, sulfidation, silicification, carbonatization and epidotization are the observed alteration types. Pyrite is the predominant sulfide mineral and bears inclusions of chalcopyrite, galena, sphalerite and minor hessite and bismuthinite. Gold occurs predominantly as inclusions in pyrite and subordinately in the free-milling state in quartz veins. Ag, Pb and Bi have been detected by semi-quantitative EDS analysis.Three types of fluid inclusions, hosted in quartz veins and veinlets, have been identified. (1) one- and two-phase CO₂ inclusions; (2) two- and three-phase H₂O–CO₂-salt inclusions, and (3) two-phase H₂O-salt inclusions. The CO₂-bearing types are interpreted as the product of phase separation of an immiscible fluid. This fluid presents low to moderate density, low to moderate salinity (1.6–11.8 wt.% NaCl equivalent) and was trapped at 280° to 350 °C. The chemical system of the aqueous inclusions may contain CaCl₂ and/or MgCl₂, salinity varies from zero to 10.1 wt.% NaCl equivalent. Only locally salinities up to 25% have been recorded. This fluid was trapped between 120° and 220 °C and is interpreted as resulting from mixing of a hotter and more saline aqueous fluid (in part derived from phase separation of the H₂O–CO₂ fluid) with a cooler and dilute aqueous fluid.The δ³⁴S values of pyrite (−0.3‰ to 3.9‰) are probably related to magmatic sulfur. The isotopic composition of inclusion fluids and of the fluid in equilibrium with hydrothermal minerals (quartz, chlorite, and calcite) show δ¹⁸O and δD values that range from +0.5 to +9.8‰, and from −49 to −8‰, respectively. Mineral pairs show equilibrium isotopic temperatures that are compatible with the fluid inclusion homogenization temperatures and with textural relationships of the hydrothermal minerals.Isotopic results combined with mineralogical and fluid inclusion data are interpreted to reflect a magmatic-hydrothermal system that evolved in at least three stages. (1) Exsolution of a CO₂-bearing magmatic fluid between 400 °C and 320–350 °C and up to 2.1 kbar (6 km in depth) followed by phase separation and main precipitation of the hydrothermal assemblage composed of chlorite–sericite–pyrite–quartz-gold. (2) Cooling and continuous exsolution of CO₂ produced a CO₂-depleted and slightly more saline aqueous fluid that was trapped mainly at 250°–280 °C. The predominant hydrothermal assemblage of stage 1 continued to form, but epidote is the main phase at this stage. (3) Mixing of the stage 2 aqueous fluid with a cooler and dilute aqueous fluid of meteoric origin, which was responsible for the main carbonatization phase. The mineralizing fluid was neutral to slightly alkaline and relatively reduced. H₂S (and/or HS^-) might have been the main sulfur species in the fluid and Au(HS)^2- was probably the gold transporting complex. Gold deposition occurred as a consequence of a combination of mechanisms, such as phase separation, mixing and fluid-rock interaction.The Moreira Gomes is a granite-hosted gold deposit that is interpreted to be a product of a magmatic-hydrothermal gold system. The age of ore formation (∼1.86 Ga) is consistent with the final stages of evolution of the widespread high-K, calc-alkaline Parauari Intrusive Suite, although the transitional to predominantly alkaline Maloquinha Intrusive Suite cannot be ruled out. Notwithstanding, the deposit does not show the classic features of (oxidized or reduced) intrusion-related gold deposits of Phanerozoic magmatic arcs.  相似文献   

Preliminary assessment of the geothermal potential of Rosario de la Frontera area (Salta,NW Argentina): Insight from hydro-geological,hydro-geochemical and structural investigations     

《Journal of South American Earth Sciences》2014

This work is part of a project aimed to the development and application of hydrogeological, hydrogeochemical and geological methodologies for the study of the geothermal system of Rosario de La Frontera (NW Argentina).The surface thermal manifestations of this area, whose temperatures range from 22.6 to 92.6 °C, are mainly located in the northern sector of Sierra de la Candelaria anticline. This regional structure crops out between the provinces of Salta and Tucuman (NW Argentina), at the foothills of the central Andean retro-wedge.The present investigation focuses on hydrogeological and structural data, and isotopic compositions (¹⁸O, D and ³H) of thermal springs.Preliminary results allowed to define: i) the meteoric origin of spring water and their long (more than 50 years) residence time at depth, ii) a positive water balance, ranging between 2 and 4 millions of m³/yr, and iii) a conservative geothermal reservoir volume of about 39 km³, iv) a geothermal potential with Er = 5.6*10¹⁸ J and Ef = 0.8*10¹⁸ J.  相似文献   

四川省白玉县呷村-有热矿区成矿流体地球化学   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

党院  陈懋弘  毛景文  薛志强  李义邦  辛天贵  马存虎  李倩倩 《岩石学报》2014,30(1):221-236

四川省白玉县呷村银多金属矿床是我国著名的VMS型矿床之一,该矿床由西矿带热液流体补给通道相的脉状-网脉状矿化系统和东矿带的海底盆(洼)地卤水池喷气-化学沉积系统组成。有热矿床紧邻呷村矿床的南部,实质上是呷村矿带(体)的自然南延部分,具有相同的地质背景和成矿环境。本文分别对呷村西矿带、东矿带以及有热矿床进行了主成矿期石英的流体包裹体测试和氢、氧同位素分析以及硫化物的硫同位素分析。显微测温结果显示,呷村矿床从西矿带到东矿带,即由深部向浅部表现为成矿温度下降(258.0～209.8℃),流体的盐度略变小(4.42%～4.18%NaCleqv),而流体的密度增大(0.816～0.894g/cm3),并且有热矿床成矿流体特征(平均成矿温度为244.3℃;平均盐度为4.71%NaCleqv;平均密度为0.841g/cm3)与呷村西矿带流体特征更类似。显微激光拉曼光谱分析显示流体包裹体的液相成分主要为H2O,气相成分为H2O、CO2、N2以及CH4。氢、氧同位素研究显示,成矿流体为海水和岩浆水的混合流体。硫同位素分析结果表明,呷村西矿带(δ34S平均值为-3.65‰)与呷村东矿带的硫(δ34S平均值为-0.68‰)和有热矿床(δ34S平均值为-3.74‰)的硫都由深部岩浆提供,并且有热矿床与呷村西矿带的硫同位素特征更类似。成矿流体物理化学特征和同位素示踪结果表明,有热矿床目前已知矿体可与呷村西矿带对比,暗示可能存在尚未发现的类似呷村东矿带的富矿体。呷村-有热矿区的成矿机制为:在海水对流的成矿模式下,由岩浆水和海水混合而成的成矿流体,携带来自岩浆来源的成矿物质,自下而上向上运移和循环,在热液补给通道和海底发生淀积作用,形成脉状-网脉状矿体和块状矿体。  相似文献   

陆生植物氮同位素组成与气候环境变化研究进展   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

刘贤赵  张勇  宿庆  田艳林  王庆  全斌 《地球科学进展》2014,29(2):216-226

近年来,由于植物氮同位素组成(δ15N)记载了气候环境变化的信息,因而被广泛应用于全球变化研究中,成为古气候环境再造和了解现代气候环境变化信息的有力工具。然而,人们对气候环境引起的δ15N变化及其指示的气候环境意义并不完全清楚,这就有可能限制植物δ15N在古气候环境变化等领域研究中的应用。在概述植物氮同位素分馏和植物不同氮源的氮同位素分布的基础上,分析了温度、降水、大气CO2浓度和海拔高度等气候环境因子对陆生植物δ15N的影响以及它们的关系。指出了目前研究中存在的问题及其研究前景,认为在全球变化研究中利用植物氮同位素技术不仅可以重建古气候环境(如重建大气CO2浓度变化),揭示历史时期温度、降水的变化,而且还可以在一定的时间和空间上综合反映生态系统氮循环的特征。  相似文献   

The Pleistocene evolution of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet in the Prydz bay region: stable isotopic evidence from ODP Site 1167     

Kevin M. Theissen  Robert B. Dunbar  Alan K. Cooper  David A. Mucciarone  Dirk Hoffmann 《Global and Planetary Change》2003,39(3-4):227-256

Ocean Drilling Program Leg 188, Prydz Bay, East Antarctica is part of a larger initiative to explore the Cenozoic history of the Antarctic Ice Sheet through direct drilling and sampling of the continental margins. In this paper, we present stable isotopic results from Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Site 1167 located on the Prydz Channel Trough Mouth Fan (TMF), the first Antarctic TMF to be drilled. The foraminifer-based δ¹⁸O record is interpreted along with sedimentary and downhole logging evidence to reconstruct the Quaternary glacial history of Prydz Bay and the adjacent Lambert Glacier Amery Ice Shelf System (LGAISS). We report an electron spin resonance age date of 36.9±3.3 ka at 0.45 m below sea floor and correlate suspected glacial–interglacial cycles with the global isotopic stratigraphy to improve the chronology for Site 1167. The δ¹⁸O record based on planktonic (Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (s.)) and limited benthic results (Globocassidulina crassa), indicates a trend of ice sheet expansion that was interrupted by a period of reduced ice volume and possibly warmer conditions during the early–mid-Pleistocene (0.9–1.38 Ma). An increase in δ¹⁸O values after 900 ka appears to coincide with the mid-Pleistocene climate transition and the expansion of the northern hemisphere ice sheet. The δ¹⁸O record in the upper 50 m of the stratigraphic section indicates as few as three glacial–interglacial cycles, tentatively assigned as marine isotopic stages (MIS) 16–21, are preserved since the Brunhes/Matuyama paleomagnetic reversal (780 ka). This suggests that there is a large unconformity near the top of the section and/or that there may have been few extreme advances of the ice sheet since the mid-Pleistocene climate transition resulting in lowered sedimentation rates on the Prydz Channel TMF. The stable isotopic record from Site 1167 is one of the few available from the area south of the Antarctic Polar Front that has been linked with the global isotopic stratigraphy. Our results suggest the potential for the recovery of useful stable isotopic records in other TMFs.  相似文献   

基于包络检波和STFT谱分析的探地雷达土壤分层信息识别     

李俐  付雪  崔佳  张超  朱德海  吴克宁 《地球信息科学学报》2020,22(2):316-327

土壤分层信息,特别是表土层结构,对土地生产力具有重要影响,是评价土壤质量的一个重要指标。为了快速、准确地获取土壤分层信息,本文利用探地雷达对分层土壤进行了回波信号采集,并分别在时域和频域分析土壤层位置和层厚信息。首先在信号预处理的基础上,借助包络检波方法确定在土壤分层界面在时域上的位置;然后获取电磁波速度,得到土壤分层厚度。考虑到土壤介电常数与电磁波在土壤中传播速度的相关性,采用短时傅里叶变换方法（Short-time Fourier Transform,STFT）获取各土壤层时频域特征值,并利用回归分析建立特征值与介电常数之间的数学关系,实现对各土壤层的介电常数估算,从而计算出电磁波传播速度,进而确定土壤各层厚度。为验证算法的有效性,分别对理想模拟实验环境和农田环境进行了探地雷达实验,结果表明利用包络检波对探地雷达回波信息进行分析,土壤层检出率达到94.5%,借助STFT谱分析进行探地雷达回波速度估计,对于70 cm深度以上土层厚度计算误差大都保持在10%以下,但随着土壤深度的增加,误差变大。总体来说,本方法能有效识别浅层土壤的分层信息,可应用于实际生产中耕层厚度的估测。  相似文献   

ANALYSIS OF THE STRATIFICATION FEATURES OF THE YELLOW SEA AND THE LOCATION OF ITS GENERAL SHELF FRONT IN THE WARM HALF-YEAR     

潘海 《中国海洋湖沼学报》1993,11(1):80-88

A stratification parameter ,defined as theamount of mechanical energy required to bring about vertical mixing, has been calculated for theYellow Sea using available data over the past ten years.T he monthly distributions of Log are obtained to explain the features of the Yellow Sea stratification.Fronts of the shallow shelf sea are often inseparably related with its stratifications. The front of the Yellow Sea in the warm half-year is generated in May and disappears in November. The shelf front moves shoreward and becomes strong in the heating season, but becomes weak in the cooling season upon return.  相似文献   

北京周口店雾迷山组碳酸盐岩风暴沉积序列研究^*          下载免费PDF全文

冉宗媛  肖倩  佘振兵  王国庆 《古地理学报》2022,24(4):634-648

北京周口店地区中元古界雾迷山组以含硅质条带的白云岩为主,发育不规则硅质砾屑。这些硅质砾屑形态各异,具有强烈扰动的迹象,目前对其成因解释一直存在争议,如泄水构造、冲刷构造、震积岩、风暴岩等。文中选择北京周口店地区黄山店村恒顺厂剖面为研究对象,通过野外精细的沉积学分析,系统描述了岩性及沉积构造特征,确定了该套沉积地层发育典型的碳酸盐岩风暴沉积序列。该风暴沉积序列自下往上可分为5段: A段,为风暴前正常沉积的中厚层状泥晶白云岩;B段,具口袋构造的侵蚀冲刷面及硅质砾屑,为风暴高潮期产物;C段,灰色硅质条带白云岩,普遍发育平行层理和波状、丘状、洼状交错层理,是风暴衰减期产物;D段,灰白色薄层状泥晶白云岩,代表了风暴间歇期的正常沉积;E段,含硅质团块白云岩,为正常天气下海水局部扰动形成。该剖面上递变层理几乎不发育,结合侵蚀冲刷面特征、砾屑高含量以及杂乱堆积方式,认为该套沉积为典型的近原地风暴沉积。结合古地理资料,推测研究区在雾迷山组沉积时期可能处于热带海洋环境,热带气旋引发的频繁风暴潮导致了近原地碳酸盐岩风暴沉积的形成。上述研究成果不仅补充了燕山地区雾迷山组的风暴沉积记录,而且为该时期华北板块的古地理、古纬度和古气候研究提供了重要的沉积学证据。  相似文献