The nature and abundance of dislocations in quartz surrounding fluid inclusions were studied to obtain a better understanding
of processes associated with fluid inclusion reequilibration. Synthetic fluid inclusions containing 10 wt% NaCl aqueous solution
were formed in three samples at 700 °C and 5 kbar. One of the samples was quenched along an isochore to serve as a reference
sample. The other two samples were quenched along a P-T path that generated internal pressures in excess of the confining pressure. The two samples were held at the final reequilibration
P-T conditions of 625 °C and 2 kbar for 30 and 180 days, respectively. Following the experiments, microstructures associated
with fluid inclusions were examined with the TEM. Quartz in healed fractures in the reference sample that was quenched isochorically
shows a moderate dislocation activity. Quartz adjacent to reequilibrated fluid inclusions in the other two samples, however,
showed a marked increase in dislocation activity compared to the un-reequilibrated sample. Deformation of the inclusion walls
occurred anisotropically by expansion of mobile dislocations in their slip systems. Dislocation expansion was controlled by
glide in the rhombohedral planes {1 0 1 1} that was restricted to narrow zones (≤3 μm) in the immediate vicinity of the fluid
inclusion walls outside of the healed fracture plane. These plastic zones were observed after both short term (30 days) and
long term (180 days) experiments and are attributed to hydrolytic weakening of quartz around fluid inclusions owing to diffusion
of water into the quartz matrix during the experiment. The close spatial association of submicroscopic water bubbles with
dislocations, and the rarity of water bubbles in the reference sample, show clearly that in both the 30 and 180 day experiments
reequilibration involves water loss from the fluid inclusions. Our results indicate that synthetic fluid inclusions in this
study recover (chemically and volumetrically), even at relatively fast experimental loading rates, such that internal stresses
never reach the point of brittle failure. The driving force for fluid inclusion deformation involves two related mechanisms:
plastic deformation of hydrolytically weakened wet quartz in the healed fracture, and water leakage associated with preexisting
and strain-induced dislocations.
Received: 5 May 1998 / Accepted: 10 February 2000 相似文献
The origin and development of erosion-modified, erosion-transformed, and erosion-induced depressions in volcanic terrains
are reviewed and systematized. A proposed classification, addressing terminology issues, considers structural, geomorphic,
and climatic factors that contribute to the topographic modification of summit or flank depressions on volcanoes. Breaching
of a closed crater or caldera generated by volcanic or non-volcanic processes results in an outlet valley. Under climates
with up to ∼2000–2500 mm annual rainfall, craters, and calderas are commonly drained by a single outlet. The outlet valley
can maintain its dominant downcutting position because it quickly enlarges its drainage basin by capturing the area of the
primary depression. Multi-drained volcanic depressions can form if special factors, e.g., high-rate geological processes,
such as faulting or glaciation, suppress fluvial erosion. Normal (fluvial) erosion-modified volcanic depressions the circular
rim of which is derived from the original rim are termed erosion craters or erosion calderas, depending on the pre-existing
depression. The resulting landform should be classed as an erosion-induced volcanic depression if the degradation of a cluster
of craters produces a single-drained, irregular-shaped basin, or if flank erosion results in a quasi-closed depression. Under
humid climates, craters and calderas degrade at a faster rate. Mostly at subtropical and tropical ocean-island and island-arc
volcanoes, their erosion results in so-called amphitheater valleys that develop under heavy rainfall (>∼2500 mm/year), rainstorms,
and high-elevation differences. Structural and lithological control, and groundwater in ocean islands, may in turn preform
and guide development of high-energy valleys through rockfalls, landsliding, mudflows, and mass wasting. Given the intense
erosion, amphitheater valleys are able to breach a primary depression from several directions and degrade the summit region
at a high rate. Occasionally, amphitheater valleys may create summit depressions without a pre-existing crater or caldera.
The resulting, negative landforms, which may drain in several directions and the primary origin of which is commonly unrecognizable,
should be included in erosion-transformed volcanic depressions.
Received: 4 January 1998 / Accepted: 18 January 1999 相似文献
The electrical properties of several tens of metres of lateritic weathering mantle were investigated by using electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) in two basement areas of eastern Senegal. The field survey was conducted along two profiles providing continuous coverage. Colour-modulated pseudosections of apparent resistivity vs. pseudo-depth were plotted for all survey lines, giving an approximate image of the subsurface structure. In the area underlain by granitic basement, the pseudosection suggests a very inhomogeneous weathered layer in which the apparent resistivity changes more rapidly than thickness. In the second area, underlain by schists, the lateral changes in electrical properties are less pronounced than those of the granitic area. Interpretation of 2D Wenner resistivity data yielded considerable detail about the regolith, even without pit information. In both areas, the near-surface topsoil comprising undersaturated lateritic material is highly resistive. The intermediate layer with low resistivities (e.g., 20–100 Ωm) contains clays including small quantities of water. The third, highly resistive layer reflects the granitic basement. Comparison of ERT survey results with pit information shows general agreement and suggests that ERT can be used as a fast and efficient exploration tool to map the thick lateritic weathering mantle in tropical basement areas with hard rock geology. 相似文献
The Arcachon Lagoon has an important network of tidal channels and well developed tidal flats covered by the marine grass Zostera marina. Based on 66 piston cores taken from the Graveyron tidal channel, and observations on the neighbouring channels, this paper documents the facies and geometry of the channel-fill deposits. In the inner lagoon (studied area) the tidal channels are 80 to 150 m wide and have a meandering morphology with sandy point bars 2 to 5 m thick. The channel-fill does not consist of the classic inclined heterolithic bedding typical of many channel-fills (Reineck, 1958), but of cross-stratified sandy deposits characterized by the absence of slack-water clay-drapes. These unusual facies characteristics are due to the low turbidity of the lagoonal waters which is caused by the lack of significant river inflow and the dense coverage of Zostera marina on the tidal flats. The overall geometry of the channel-fill deposits is characterized by a narrow sand-ribbon shape, a few kilometres long, 80 to 150 m wide and 1 to 5 m thick. This sand ribbon is made of elliptical sand bodies, deposited as point bars, that coalesce longitudinally along the channel axis. This narrow shape is due to the fact that the lateral migration of the channel is virtually nil (reduced to a few metres). In spite of their characteristic meandering morphology, these channels do not deposit extensive tabular sand sheets of amalgamated point bars like the tidal creeks on the North Sea tidal flats. Two factors are thought to control this lack of channel migration. (1) The tidal flats adjacent to the tidal channels are made of 3- to 5-m-thick cohesive muddy sediments covered by Zostera marina that prevents the erosion of the channel banks. This first mechanism is supported by the observation that the tidal creeks that drain the muddy tidal flats covered by Zostera marina do not migrate laterally, whereas those that drain the sandy tidal flats devoid of a dense coverage of marine grass do have active lateral migration. (2) The tidal channels are not fed by any river and therefore do not receive any fluvial sand influx during the winter floods. Their morphology is in equilibrium with the tidal discharge and represents a stable stage in the development of the channel. This second mechanism is supported by the fact that the only tidal channels that actively migrate laterally in the lagoon receive sandy fluvial influx from the River Leyre located in the southeastern corner of the lagoon. 相似文献
Experimental observations have shown that the resilient modulus Mr of fine/coarse soil mixture can be significantly affected by the coarse grain content fv, deviator stress σd and suction \(\psi\). In this study, a constitutive model incorporating the soil–water retention curve (SWRC) was proposed to describe the effects of \(\psi\) and \(\sigma_{{\text{d}}}\) on Mr. This model was then extended to the effect of fv. The proposed model implied the resilient modulus at saturation condition (Mr-sat), the resilient modulus at optimum moisture content (OMC) condition (Mr-opt), the suction at OMC (\(\psi_{{{\text{opt}}}}\)) and the parameters related to SWRC. The model was validated using experimental data from five studies reported in the literature. Comparisons with three representative existing models showed that the proposed model was capable to well describe the suction-dependent effect of deviator stress in the full range of suction, while the existing models gave satisfactory simulation results only in the low suction range. Indeed, experimental studies revealed that there was a threshold suction \(\psi_{{{\text{th}}}}\), and with increasing \(\sigma_{{\text{d}}}\), the Mr decreased when \(\psi < \psi_{{{\text{th}}}}\), but increased when \(\psi > \psi_{{{\text{th}}}}\). When \(\psi < \psi_{{{\text{th}}}}\), all models gave good simulations. On the contrary, when \(\psi > \psi_{{{\text{th}}}}\), only the proposed model gave good simulations, in particular when \(\psi_{{{\text{th}}}} > \psi_{{{\text{opt}}}}\). This showed the performance of the proposed model in describing the variation in resilient modulus of unsaturated fine/coarse soil mixtures with changes in coarse grain content, deviator stress and suction.