Geomorphology of coal seam fires     

Claudia Kuenzer  Glenn B. Stracher 《Geomorphology》2012,138(1):209-222

Coal fires occur in underground natural coal seams, in exposed surface seams, and in coal storage or waste piles. The fires ignite through spontaneous combustion or natural or anthropogenic causes. They are reported from China, India, USA, South Africa, Australia, and Russia, as well as many other countries. Coal fires lead to loss of a valuable resource (coal), the emission of greenhouse-relevant and toxic gases, and vegetation deterioration. A dangerous aspect of the fires is the threat to local mines, industries, and settlements through the volume loss underground. Surface collapse in coal fire areas is common. Thus, coal fires are significantly affecting the evolution of the landscape. Based on more than a decade of experience with in situ mapping of coal fire areas worldwide, a general classification system for coal fires is presented. Furthermore, coal seam fire geomorphology is explained in detail. The major landforms associated with, and induced by, these fires are presented. The landforms include manifestations resulting from bedrock surface fracturing, such as fissures, cracks, funnels, vents, and sponges. Further manifestations resulting from surface bedrock subsidence include sinkholes, trenches, depressions, partial surface subsidence, large surface subsidence, and slides. Additional geomorphologic coal fire manifestations include exposed ash layers, pyrometamorphic rocks, and fumarolic minerals. The origin, evolution, and possible future development of these features are explained, and examples from in situ surveys, as well as from high-resolution satellite data analyses, are presented. The geomorphology of coal fires has not been presented in a systematic manner. Knowledge of coal fire geomorphology enables the detection of underground coal fires based on distinct surface manifestations. Furthermore, it allows judgments about the safety of coal fire-affected terrain. Additionally, geomorphologic features are indicators of the burning stage of fires. Finally, coal fire geomorphology helps to explain landscape features whose occurrence would otherwise not be understood. Although coal fire-induced thermal anomalies and gas release are also indications of coal fire activity, as addressed by many investigators, no assessment is complete without sound geomorphologic mapping of the fire-induced geomorphologic features.  相似文献   

多重水力断裂的分形扩张   总被引：6，自引：2，他引：4  

於崇文 《地学前缘》2004,11(1):11-44

应用复杂性理论对于赣南脉钨矿床的著名“五层楼”式形态垂直分带进行研究 ,获得如下结果。 (1 )赣南脉钨矿床的“五层楼”式形态垂直分带是“多重水力断裂分形扩张”的结果。脉钨矿床的控矿多重断裂是一种以水力断裂为主导的热致与流体驱动断裂构造。脉钨矿床的自组织临界性是多重分形扩张之源 ,而中观破裂尖端周围流体静力学应力场梯度最大区则是分形扩张的驱动力。多重水力断裂的发生和发展是一种分形扩张过程 ,其演化服从串级“崩塌间断平衡”的时空分形生长动力学 ,与地震的Omori余震律相类似。 (2 )脉钨矿床“三环一帽”式的成矿地球化学分带是一种多组分成矿溶液的渗滤、溶解沉淀波结构 ,是成矿反应扩散系统中化学波的时空同步化传播而形成的目标斑图 ,是近平衡地质介质内 ,通过外界的“短暂局部激发”、继之以构造、岩浆和成矿脉动作用等“局部中断”而形成的径向对称、嵌套球状、远离平衡的局域化耗散结构 ,即脉动型自孤子。 (3)赣南脉钨矿床是近平衡区域地质背景中远离平衡的局域化耗散结构。赣南钨矿集区是复合自孤子的群集体。它们是在构造、岩浆多期次脉动条件下 ,来自①矿源层部分熔融的“区域提纯”、②岩浆期后成矿热液输运反应和③含钨地层、岩石淋滤交代的成矿物质 ,通过岩浆和热液孤  相似文献   

张集煤矿灰岩含水层数值模拟及涌水量预测     

许成成 《地质与勘探》2019,55(6):1491-1499

为了正确评价淮南煤矿张集煤矿灰岩含水层对煤层开采的影响,探明详细的水文地质条件,本文利用–536 m水平放水成果资料,利用GMS建立了张集煤矿C3I 组灰岩含水层水文地质模型及其数值模型,经识别和验证后,获得了灰岩含水层水文地质参数,并结合“突水系数”,进行数值模拟分析,计算水文地质参数,预计灰岩疏水量,并利用数值模拟参数分别模拟计算了–536 m、–565 m 水平、–566 m水平的安全开采下的疏放量,依据此次计算结果,给张集煤矿采煤过程中灰岩水的防治提供了一定借鉴。  相似文献   

A New Fracability Evaluation Approach for Shale Reservoirs Based on Multivariate Analysis: A Case Study in Zhaotong Shale Gas Demonstration Zone in Sichuan,China     

LIU Shanyong  LI Lin  YUAN Yuan  LOU Yishan  LI Zhonghui 《《地质学报》英文版》2019,93(4):1005-1014

Fracability characterizes the effectiveness of hydraulic fracturing. The existing assessment methods cannot reflect the actual value of the effectiveness due to a lack of comprehensive consideration and neglect of the influences of engineering factors. This study aims to solve this problem by implementing geological static data and production dynamic data in multivariate analysis in Zhaotong shale gas demonstration zone. First, the reservoir quality index (RQI) was introduced to evaluate the exploration potential by integrating the geological parameters with gray relational analysis. Moreover, the differences in fracturing fluid types and proppant sizes were considered, and the operating parameters were normalized on the basis of the equivalence principle. Finally, the general reservoir fracability index (GRFI) was proposed based on a dimensioned processing of the various parameters. A case study was conducted to verify the accuracy and feasibility of this new approach. The results demonstrate that (1) the organic carbon and gas content are adjusted to contribute the most to the calculation of the RQI, while the effective porosity contributes the least; (2) the fracturing scale is the main operating parameter determining the fracability, which has the strongest correlation with the effectiveness of fracking; and (3) the GRFI has a positive correlation with shale gas production, and the lower limit of the GRFI of 2,000 corresponds to a daily production of 50,000 m3/d; this value is defined as the threshold value of a stripper well. The GRFI is consistent with the productivity trend of shale gas wells in the research block, which suggests that the new model is accurate and practical for well candidate selection.  相似文献   

湖南仁里稀有金属矿田地质特征、成矿时代 及其找矿意义   总被引：4，自引：3，他引：1  

刘翔  周芳春  李鹏  李建康  黄志飚  石威科  黄小强  张立平  苏俊男 《矿床地质》2019,38(4):771-791

仁里稀有金属矿田位于幕阜山岩体西南缘,是华南地区重要的稀有金属矿产地之一。文章旨在通过对区域成矿条件、矿田地质特征、地球化学特征、成岩成矿时代与稀有金属成矿作用的综合分析,为矿田勘查设计乃至华南地区稀有金属找矿与研究提供理论依据。在矿田范围内对燕山期、武陵期花岗岩及每个矿区代表性伟晶岩进行了系统采样,开展了岩石化学成分分析,同时对矿田内二云母二长花岗岩及锂辉石伟晶岩分别进行了锆石U-Pb、白云母Ar-Ar同位素定年。研究表明:①多期造山与燕山期陆内活化是成矿的有利地质背景,多阶段伸展作用导致幕阜山地区多期大规模的多金属成矿作用发生;②矿田构造主要以NE(或NNE)向构造为主,复合改造NW向及近EW向构造,NE(或NNE)向和NW(或近EW)向构造呈现立交桥式的构造格局,控制了花岗岩和伟晶岩分布;③矿田内伟晶岩属极高分异、富硅、过铝质花岗质岩石,燕山期花岗岩属陆壳改造"S型"花岗岩;④幕阜山岩体由岩体内接触带往岩体外接触带(10 km),由黑云母伟晶岩→二云母伟晶岩→白云母伟晶岩→锂云母伟晶岩→锂辉石白云母伟晶岩过渡,形成了较完整的稀有金属演化序列:无矿化→Be→Be+Nb+Ta→Be+Nb+Ta+Li→Be+Nb+Ta+Li+Cs;⑤稀有金属成矿与构造岩浆时空演化、构造组合、特别是岩浆的分异程度密切相关,矿田内燕山期花岗岩年龄139.3～146.2 Ma,稀有金属成矿年龄为130.5～130.8 Ma。  相似文献   

压裂支撑剂密度测定方法及应用研究     

黄天坤  任战利  乌永兵  赵晨虹 《地下水》2019,(1):94-98

论证了支撑剂体积密度、视密度和绝对密度的概念与内涵,降低概念混用现象的发生。结合SY/T5018-2006和SY/T5018-2014两个标准,重新设计了测定视密度的方法、步骤和计算式。分析得出100 ml规格密度瓶是50 ml规格密度瓶测量值稳定性的7倍以上;用纯水做测试液比煤油的测量值稳定性高出2倍左右;选用100 ml规格的密度瓶,样品质量大于40 g后,会使测量值更趋稳定。支撑剂的密度指标主要用于压裂施工中的产品优选、压裂液携砂能力、地层造缝能力和变密度加砂压裂等方面。建议除非支撑剂为典型的亲油性物质,否则宜选择纯水、100 ml规格密度瓶、40 g左右支撑剂样品组合开展实验为宜。  相似文献   

On the linear elastic responses of the 2D bonded discrete element model     

Gao-Feng Zhao  Qiuyue Yin  Adrian R. Russell  Yingchun Li  Wei Wu  Qin Li 《国际地质力学数值与分析法杂志》2019,43(1):166-182

The bonded discrete element model (DEM) is a numerical tool that is becoming widely used when studying fracturing, fragmentation, and failure of solids in various disciplines. However, its abilities to solve elastic problems are usually overlooked. In this work, the main features of the 2D bonded DEM which influence Poisson's ratio and Young's modulus, and accuracy when solving elastic boundary value problems, are investigated. Outputs of numerical simulations using the 2D bonded DEM, the finite element method, a hyper elasticity analysis, and the distinct lattice spring model (DLSM) are compared in the investigation. It is shown that a shear interaction (local) factor and a geometric (global) factor are two essential elements for the 2D bonded DEM to reproduce a full range of Poisson's ratios. It is also found that the 2D bonded DEM might be unable to reproduce the correct displacements for elastic boundary value problems when the represented Poisson's ratio is close to 0.5 or the long-range interaction is considered. In addition, an analytical relationship between the shear stiffness ratio and the Poisson's ratio, derived from a hyper elasticity analysis and applicable to discontinuum-based models, provides good agreement with outputs from the 2D bonded DEM and DLSM. Finally, it is shown that the selection of elastic parameters used the 2D bonded DEM has a significant effect on fracturing and fragment patterns of solids.  相似文献   

Economic‐Development Stakeholder Perspectives on Boomtown Dynamics in the Eagle Ford Shale,Texas          下载免费PDF全文

Trey Murphy  Christian Brannstrom  Matthew Fry  Michael Ewers 《Geographical review》2018,108(1):24-44

Unconventional oil and gas production in the United States reversed a decades‐old trend of rising oil imports, provided an argument for lifting the U.S. crude oil export ban and motivated the development of domestic natural gas export facilities. But the most visible impact of unconventional‐hydrocarbon extraction is the creation of boomtowns in rural regions. Despite widespread media coverage, scholarly analysis of boomtowns is restricted to regional econometric studies with little attention to how economic stakeholders understand and respond to booming economies. Here we analyze interviews with key economic stakeholders in the Eagle Ford Shale in Texas. Respondents consider their community's economic success relative to the price of oil and indicate concerns about the deterioration of roads, high housing demand, and skyrocketing wages. We also re‐examine John Gilmore's foundational work on boomtowns in the 1970s in the context of contemporary unconventional extraction.  相似文献   

水压致裂法地应力测量若干问题的探讨   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4  

刘允芳  刘元坤 《地震研究》1999,22(3):265-272

在深层地应力测量中,水压致裂法是最有效的测量方法。本探讨了该方法的几个关键性问题,例如压裂特征参数的取值,三维地应力测量,压裂缝的方向,破裂准则和钻孔轴向秒是主应力的一个方向等问题。  相似文献   

天然裂缝影响下的花岗岩水力裂缝扩展数值模拟     

王璜  王贵玲  岳高凡  甘浩男 《地质学报》2020,94(7):2124-2130

水力压裂技术是成功实现干热岩资源开发利用的重要手段之一,数值模拟技术能够精准预测水力裂缝扩展。针对典型花岗岩,借助黏性单元法,分别模拟了致密花岗岩和天然裂缝存在情况下的水力裂缝扩展特征,得出以下结论：致密花岗岩的水力裂缝形态单一,天然裂缝的存在增加了压裂后裂缝的复杂性;致密花岗岩水力裂缝拓展主要分为憋压和拓展两个交替往复的阶段,当存在天然裂隙时,水力压裂过程会变得复杂;天然裂缝存在时,水力裂缝的缝长和缝宽分别为致密花岗岩的5. 7倍和1. 7倍;缝网的形成需要借助复杂的压裂工艺实现。研究结果可以为增强型地热系统(EGS)储层水力刺激工作提供理论支持。  相似文献