Coal mining along the Warfield Fault, Mingo County, West Virginia: a tale of ups and downs     

J. Marc Coolen   《International Journal of Coal Geology》2003,54(3-4):193

Mine development along a 15-mile (24 km) section of the Warfield Fault in Mingo County, West Virginia has broadened the geological understanding of the fault and its related structures. The fault has been exposed in two new road cuts, one in the northeast-trending segment at Neely Branch and one in the eastern east-trending segment at the head of Marrowbone Creek. Both exposures show a well-defined normal fault with a 45° to 55° N dip, juxtaposing sandstone/shale packages from the roof and the floor of the Coalburg seam. The fault is associated with a thin gouge zone, some drag folding, and parallel jointing. Its trace tends to run parallel to the crest of the adjacent Warfield Anticline. Based on underground mine development and detailed core drilling, the vertical offset along the fault plane ranges from a maximum of 240 ft (73 m) in the central part of the area near the structural bend to less than 100 ft (30 m) in western and eastern directions. The fault is located along the relatively steeply dipping (locally in excess of 25%) southern limb of the Warfield Anticline, and appears related to a late phase of extension involving folded Pennsylvanian strata. On a regional scale, the lithological variations across the fault do not suggest any appreciable strike-slip component.Underground room and pillar mines in the Coalburg seam north and south of the fault have been greatly impacted by the Warfield structures. Due to the combined (and opposite) effects of the folding and faulting, the northern mines are located up to 400 ft (125 m) higher in elevation than the southern ones. Overland conveyor belts connect mining blocks separated by the fault. The practical mining limit along the steep slopes toward the fault is around 15%. Subsidiary normal faults with offsets in the 5- to 15-ft (1.5–4.5 m) range are fairly common and form major roof control and production hurdles. Overall, the Warfield structures pose an extra challenge to mine development in this part of the Appalachian Coalfields.  相似文献   

湖南中生代陆内构造变形的深部过程：煌斑岩地球化学示踪   总被引：8，自引：1，他引：8  

梁新权  范蔚茗  王岳军 《地球学报》2003,24(6):603-610

湖南煌斑岩以富集大离子亲石元素和轻稀土元素，而亏损高强场元素(Nb-Ta-Ti)为特征，同位素以高^87Sr/^86Sr、低^143Nd／^144Nd为特征。源区可能为早期俯冲交代的古老岩石圈富集地幔。煌斑岩的侵入是软流圈上涌的结果，表明湖南地区于晚三叠世已从岩石圈的挤压阶段开始向岩石圈伸展-减薄阶段转换。  相似文献   

Mid-holocene climate change in Lake Bosumtwi, Ghana     

James Russell  Michael R TalbotBrian J Haskell 《Quaternary Research》2003,60(2):133-141

Lake Bosumtwi is one of the most widely studied palaeoclimate archives in West Africa. Results from numerous AMS ¹⁴C dates of samples from four piston cores from Lake Bosumtwi show that an abrupt sedimentary transition from a mid-Holocene sapropel to calcareous laminated muds occurred at about 3200 cal yr B.P. High-resolution analyses of the nitrogen isotopic composition of organic matter across this transition confirm its abrupt nature, and suggest that the change may signal a step toward increased aridity and intensified surface winds that affected western equatorial Africa from Ghana to the Congo basin. Northern and Eastern Africa experienced a similar abrupt shift toward aridity during the late Holocene, but at about 5000 cal yr B.P., a difference in timing that illustrates the regional nature of climate changes during the Holocene and the importance of feedback mechanisms in regulating Holocene climate variability. Furthermore, an abrupt change at about 3000 cal yr B.P. occurs at several sites adjacent to the tropical and subtropical Atlantic, which may hint at major changes in the surface temperatures of the tropical Atlantic and/or Pacific at this time.  相似文献   

中国西部退耕还林(草)和沙漠化土地绿化的区域性气候效应   总被引：10，自引：0，他引：10  

SHI Weilai  WANG Hanjie 《大气科学进展》2003,20(1):45-54

中国正在实施的西部大开发必将导致较大规模的土地利用和地表覆盖(LULC)变化,其中最重要的两类LULC变化是退耕还林(草)和沙漠化土地绿化工程。利用最新的全球地表特征资料数据库(GLCCD)识别以上两项生态建设工程的实施规模与范围,并以此更新了目前比较流行的区域气候模式的下边界条件,利用修正了的区域气候模式研究上述大规模LULC变化可能对中国区域性气候造成的影响。使用的卫星资源数据库是由美国地质测绘局(USGS)和Nebraska-Lincoln大学牵头,根据NOAA卫星的AVHRR资料、USGS掌握的高分辨率数字化地图,以及生态区划和植被分布等资料组建的。  相似文献   

辽宁西部地区地震前后重力异常反映     

吴云成  李子涛 《东北地震研究》1997,13(2):13-19

采用高精度拉科斯特重力仪在辽宁西部地区进行多期重力重复测量，获得了较为丰富的基础资料，通过对资料的分析与研究，进一步加深了辽宁西部地区重力场变化的认识。特别是１９９４年１０月和１９９６年７月，在测区内及其附近相继发生ＭＬ４．９级和ＭＬ５．０级地震。而这两次地震为１９８８年以来在辽宁西部地区发生的最大地震。通过对该区流动重力资料空间上和时间上的研究分析，从中获得了震前重力变化的某些前兆信息。通过对该  相似文献   

湘鄂赣二叠纪沉积盆地与层序地层   总被引：5，自引：2，他引：5  

牟传龙  丘东洲  王立全  万方 《沉积与特提斯地质》1997,17(5):1-26

湘鄂赣二叠纪沉积盆地是在统一的陆愉－－华南陆块基础上发展而来的，根据晚古生代以来的地壳活动情况、沉积物充填序列、沉积相带及空间配置，该区可以划分为四种沉积盆地，即扬子克拉通盆地、扬子克拉通缘被动大陆边缘盆地、湘赣板内拉张盆地和华夏克拉能边缘盆地。由于没沉积盆地中层序发展的主控因素及上关效应的差异，从而决定了层序发育特点的差异，本文详细划分了各种沉积层序和沉积体系域，并进行了区域对比。在此基础上，探  相似文献   

论湖南柿竹园多金属矿床成岩成矿的化学模式─—与毛景文先生等商榷   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

郑大中  郑若锋 《四川地质学报》1997,(4)

从湖南柿竹园多金属矿床成岩成矿的事实出发，用化学基本定律对其矽卡岩的形成，蚀变及成岩成矿的化学反应方程式进行研讨，建立了比较符合矿床实际与地球化学理论的化学模式。认为地球科学与化学是在相互交叉，相互渗透，相互促进中共同发展的。  相似文献   

中国西天山拉尔敦达坂构造解析   总被引：5，自引：0，他引：5  

李向东  刘建兵 《新疆地质》1997,(4)

拉尔敦达坂一带发育的大型复合式韧性剪切带，经解析分为水平拆离、挤压和岩浆侵入隆升、左行走滑韧性剪切三个不同阶段，变形时限分别限定在早古生代晚期至晚古生代早期、晚泥盆世和二叠-三叠纪。剪切带向东至伊连哈比尔山被“天山主干断裂”截断，向西经北本札尔特河谷的阿登布拉克沟在国境附近的阿拉爱格尔山口附近与邻国“尼古拉耶夫线”相接。该剪切带属南侧塔里木与伊犁-伊塞克两陆块碰撞缝合构造同碰撞期的次级构造带。  相似文献   

湖南省珍稀濒危植物及其特征     

包维楷 《山地学报》1997,(4)

首批中国珍稀濒危植物分布于湖南的有65种4变种。从区系组成、植物地理分布、在自然森林群落中的生态地位,以及利用价值等方面分析了它们的特征,并对湖南珍稀濒危植物就地保护的有效性和措施进行了讨论。  相似文献   

造山带弧形构造——西昆仑—帕米尔弧及其预测   总被引：16，自引：6，他引：16       下载免费PDF全文

曲国胜 Caner.  J 《地质科学》1996,31(4):313-326

对比利牛斯等造山带典型弧形构造的分析表明,弧形构造是造山带尤其是板内碰撞造山带的普遍特征,可分为挤压逆冲-推覆主动型构造和推覆-滑覆被动型弧形构造。西昆仑—帕米尔是与比利牛斯Basque弧在空间形态、运动学及动力学特征等方面一致的挤压逆冲-推覆主动型弧形构造,推测该弧中部存在一巨大的底部低角度逆掩断层并由根部带向北延伸达100多公里,康西瓦断裂(基底缝合带)可能是主根部逆冲断层带。  相似文献