A margin-wide BSR gas hydrate assessment: Canada’s Atlantic margin     

David C. Mosher 《Marine and Petroleum Geology》2011,28(8):1540-1553

It is the intent of this paper to explore a significant extent of an entire passive continental margin for hydrate occurrence to understand hydrate modes of occurrence, preferred geologic settings and estimate potential volumes of methane. The presence of gas hydrates offshore of eastern Canada has long been inferred from estimated stability zone calculations, but little physical evidence has been offered. An extensive set of 2-D and 3-D, single and multi-channel seismic reflection data comprising in excess of 140,000 line-km was analyzed. Bottom simulating reflections (BSR) were unequivocally identified at seven sites, ranging between 250 and 445 m below the seafloor and in water depths of 620-2850 m. The combined area of the BSRs is 9311 km², which comprises a small proportion of the entire theoretical stability zone along the Canadian Atlantic margin (∼715,165 km²). The BSR within at least six of these sites lies in a sedimentary drift deposit or sediment wave field, indicating the likelihood of grain sorting and potential porosity and permeability (reservoir) development. Although there are a variety of conditions required to generate and recognize a BSR, one might assume that these sites offer the most potential for highest hydrate concentration and exploitation. Total hydrate in formation at the sites of recognized BSR’s is estimated at 17 to 190 × 10⁹ m³ or 0.28 to 3.12 × 10¹³ m³ of methane gas at STP. Although it has been shown that hydrate can exist without a BSR, the results from this regional study argue that conservative estimates of the global reserve of hydrate along continental margins are necessary.  相似文献   

Burial and degradation of organic carbon in Louisiana shelf/slope sediments     

Troy P. Sampere  Thomas S. Bianchi  Mead A. Allison  Brent A. McKee 《Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science》2011

The primary focus of this paper is to better understand carbon burial on the Louisiana continental margin using spatial scales that covered various shelf depositional areas far-field and near-field (sediment and organic carbon inputs relative to river mouth proximity) and covering a variety of sedimentation rates. Box-cores samples were collected in July 2003; cores were collected along two depositional transects extending westward and southward from the Southwest Pass (SW Pass). A key difference between the two transects sampled in this study was the greater occurrence of mobile muds derived from spillover from shallower regions along the westward 50 m isobaths. The dominant mechanism for mixing in the surface active zone (SAZ) on the inner Louisiana shelf was due to physical, not biological, forces. Burial efficiencies for organic carbon (57.2–91.5%) and total nitrogen (44.2–86.9%) ranged widely across all shelf stations. Lower burial efficiencies for bulk organic carbon, total nitrogen, and pigment biomarkers were associated with mobile muds west of Southwest Pass. Chlorophyll a concentrations were significantly higher than pheopigments at depth at the Mississippi River and Southwest Pass stations, making up 40.4 and 77.4% of total pigment concentrations in the (SAZ) and 46.2 and 63.2% in the accumulation zone (AZ), respectively. These results are in agreement with earlier plant pigment studies which showed that a large fraction of the phytodetritus delivered to the inner shelf was derived from coastal and river diatoms. The amount of lignin preserved with depth decreased with increasing residence time in the SAZ and diagenetic zone (DZ) along the canyon transect but not along the western transect. Trends for lignin concentration followed previously identified surface sediment trends indicating overall lower burial of refractory terrestrial material at depth with greater distance offshore.  相似文献   

静力触探技术在东海陆架工程勘察中的应用研究     

陈培雄  刘奎  吕小飞  李冬  王振红 《海洋学研究》2011,29(4):71-76

通过对东海大陆架海底浅表层土样的静力触探参数进行统计分析,得到该区域细砂、粘土、淤泥质土和淤泥的静力触探统计值,建立了研究海区基于静力触探参数的土类判别图,可用于快速判定土的类别.根据静力触探参数,并应用经验公式估算了海底粘性土的抗剪强度和灵敏度,对估算公式经验系数选择进行了深入研究,提出在研究海区应用经验公式进行粘性...  相似文献   

古亚洲构造域侵入岩时——空演化框架   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

邓晋福  冯艳芳  狄永军  刘翠  肖庆辉  苏尚国  赵国春  孟斐  车如风 《地质论评》2015,61(6):1211-1224

长期以来,许多著名学者提出众多模型,讨论古亚洲构造域的构造演化和造山(带)结构样式。但是,认识上的分歧很大,特别是关于主洋盆的空间位置和闭合时间。本文主要基于中国侵入岩大地构造编图(1∶250万)和研究这个侧面,参与讨论。1侵入(岩)弧,碰撞和后造山岩石组合,随时间由西向东变新,同时,主构造带走向从近东西向转为近南北向,暗示古亚洲洋的闭合最终转化为太平洋构造域。2位于主洋盆北侧的是宽阔的西伯利亚克拉通南缘的沟——弧——盆系统;位于南侧的西面为南天山被动陆缘,中部为塔里木克拉通北缘的窄的沟——弧——盆系统,东面为华北克拉通北缘的活动陆缘。3主体侵入(岩)弧的内部分散地分布着从Pt3开始的残留弧和残留oφ,被看做是主体弧的基底。4传统上认为的构造相对稳定的"地块",本文基于它们的侵入(岩)组合归为残留弧,认为不是构造上相对稳定的性质,并未采用"地块"的术语,而把它们看作洋陆转换过程中早期残余岛弧处理。5提出主洋盆的识别有三个标志,(a)洋闭合最晚,(b)或为双向俯冲(当两侧均为活动大陆边缘时),或单向俯冲(当一侧为被动陆缘,另一侧为活动陆缘时),(c)长寿命的洋以及洋闭合带常常发育地中海式残余洋发育的陆——陆碰撞早阶段。6该构造域主要发育Pt3——T的侵入(岩)弧和oφ,支持S¨engor等关于大量新生陆壳的推测,亦与大量花岗岩类为εNd(t)"+"值符合。新生陆壳的形成又暗示,长时间的洋俯冲必导致地幔的冷却,以及大量榴辉岩进入地幔,最终导致高密度的地幔下降流形成,必导致洋的闭合与随后的陆——陆碰撞,形成最初的东亚大陆。  相似文献   

内蒙武川后石花金矿床辉钼矿Re-Os同位素年龄及其地质意义   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4  

王梁 《地质与勘探》2015,51(3):422-431

后石花金矿是华北克拉通北缘一小型石英脉型金矿床。对矿体5件辉钼矿样品的ReOs同位素分析,获得了介于280.3±3.8~283.0±3.9Ma,加权平均为282.0±1.8Ma(MSWD=0.28)的同位素模式年龄,以及一个相关性很好的等时线年龄281.9±1.8Ma(MSWD=0.57),表明矿床形成于早二叠世,推测是海西晚期古亚洲洋俯冲体制下陆缘弧背景中构造-热液成矿事件产物。综合区域资料认为,华北北缘中段在海西晚期曾发生过重要成矿作用,但多在后期被剥蚀破坏。华北北缘中段大陆弧范围内,叠加在前寒武纪结晶基底韧性剪切带之上的脆性断裂构造带,以及华北北缘早古生代增生带内部,是形成海西晚期金、钼矿床的有利部位。  相似文献   

博格达造山带东段早石炭世火山岩地球化学特征及构造属性   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

汪晓伟 《地质与勘探》2015,51(1):108-122

博格达造山带东段克孜库都克地区七角井组玄武岩和中酸性火山碎屑岩及少量流纹岩在时空上构成双峰式火山岩组合。玄武岩LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄为331.0±3.0Ma,属于早石炭世晚期;Si O2含量为47.68%~48.82%,Ti O2含量(1.83%~2.17%)略高于N型大洋中脊玄武岩,高Al(Al2O3含量为15.56%~16.09%),富钠贫钾(Na2O/K2O=5.44~7.76),低Mg(Mg O含量为5.97%~7.17%,Mg#为43~47),表明其原始岩浆发生过明显的橄榄石和辉石的分离结晶作用。玄武岩具有近于平坦的稀土配分模式,轻微负Eu异常(δEu=0.89~0.93),相对富集Rb、Ba、P,亏损Th、Nb、Ta、Sr、Ti等不相容元素。火山岩岩石地球化学特征表明:研究区玄武岩可能是亏损尖晶石相地幔橄榄岩向石榴石相地幔橄榄岩过渡的产物,且在其上升过程中受到较弱程度的地壳物质混染,形成于陆内裂谷环境,其地球动力学体制可能与古亚洲洋壳向先存的准噶尔-吐哈陆块斜向俯冲,产生的侧向撕裂力拉张陆块有关。克孜库都克地区早石炭世玄武岩构造属性的确立进一步证实了博格达造山带在石炭纪时期处于大陆裂谷演化过程的观点,为进一步深入理解博格达地区石炭纪构造岩浆演化过程提供了新的地质与年代学依据。  相似文献   

佳木斯地块东部二叠纪方山花岗岩体的锆石U—Pb年代学、地球化学特征及其地质意义   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

蒲建彬  张兴洲  郭冶  曾振  付秋林  张宏涛  刘洋 《世界地质》2015,34(4):903-913

本文报道了佳木斯地块东部方山花岗岩体的锆石LA--ICP--MS U--Pb定年结果、全岩地球化学特征,确定了花岗质岩石的形成时代以及大地构造背景。花岗岩的锆石主要呈自形-半自形晶,振荡环带发育,Th/U在0.26~1.16之间,显示其典型的岩浆成因;测年结果表明这些花岗岩形成于早二叠世(278 Ma,277 Ma)。方山花岗岩呈现出弱过铝质高钾钙碱性的地球化学特征,这些岩石轻稀土富集,重稀土亏损,具有Eu负异常,富集大离子亲石元素(Rb、K等),相对亏损高场强元素(Nb、Ta、P、Zr和Ti)。该区花岗岩地球化学特征与佳木斯东缘二叠纪的美作、青山、楚山、柴河、石场、锦山等岩体相似,体现出火山弧型花岗岩的特征。结合区域研究资料,我们认为佳木斯地块东缘在早二叠世期间为活动大陆边缘。  相似文献   

塔里木块体北部泥盆—石炭纪陆缘构造演化:盆地充填序列与物源体系约束   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

李忠  高剑  郭春涛  徐建强 《地学前缘》2015,22(1):35-52

陆缘洋-陆转换或盆-山转换复杂多变,沉积作用活跃,但迄今认识有限。文中基于对陆块和造山带地层格架的梳理和建立,选择塔里木块体北缘与南天山之间两条较完整的泥盆—石炭系典型剖面开展盆地与沉积序列研究。泥盆纪—早石炭世维宪早期发育碱性玄武岩、放射虫硅质岩和浊积岩,而早石炭世维宪晚期—晚石炭世发育序列清晰的中厚层状碳酸盐岩、碎屑岩及其混合沉积组合,指示洋-陆转换已经发生。进一步重点分析了其中砂岩碎屑重矿物样品19个、碎屑锆石同位素年代学(U-Pb及Hf)样品12个,结合砂岩骨架组分特征综合解析了物源体系与构造演变机制。研究表明,泥盆纪—早石炭世维宪早期,塔里木块体北缘东部发育不稳定和差异显著的碎屑组合,并具有接近地层年龄的碎屑锆石,指示了由南向北相对近距离的源汇体系、活动陆缘和混杂沉积的特征;而西部砂岩呈现的较高的成分成熟度和来自塔里木陆块相当数量的锆石年代学特征,则具有被动大陆边缘沉积属性。早石炭世维宪晚期—晚石炭世,塔里木块体北缘东部成分成熟度增高,并出现了一定数量的来自塔里木陆块的碎屑锆石,以及相当部分390~460Ma锆石的εHf(t)显示特征的正值,具有主体再旋回混合造山带的物源构造属性、中-近距离源-汇体系和残留海沉积特征;而在塔里木块体北缘西部,较之前更加明显的较高砂岩成分成熟度和来自塔里木陆块的大量锆石年代学特征,说明具有远距离源汇体系特征,可能指示了更加广阔的残留洋或残留海沉积。这说明尽管南天山洋在早石炭世维宪期以后已经关闭,但直到晚石炭世仍未明显造山。塔里木块体北缘东、西部泥盆—石炭纪陆缘构造及相关盆地系统演化存在显著差异,是中亚地区陆缘裂解、多岛洋闭合、(微)陆块聚合复杂性的体现。  相似文献   

Expanding the Wilson Cycle Based on Worldwide Comparison of Continental Structures Revealed by Lithospheric Geophysical Investigations     

YANG Wencai 《《地质学报》英文版》2015,89(2):327-331

Worldwide comparison of lithospheric investigation results achieved from projects of COCORP,BIRPS,DEKORP,LITHOPROBE,ICDP,ECORS and SINOPROBE enables us to expand the classical Wilson cycle,which mainly describes evolution of ocean plates,into a complete and detailed cycle that describes generation,development and evolution of both ocean and continent plates. The expanded Wilson cycle presented in this paper introduces the evolution sequences of continental lithospheric processes by adding into the classical Wilson cycle with ocean-continent transition,continental collision and accretion,as well as continental rifting and splitting in details. These mentioned continental lithospheric processes have been presented by the author in a series of recent review papers in detail,and their summary and further deduction is presented in this paper.  相似文献   

Lithospheric Electrical Structure across the Eastern Segment of the Altyn Tagh Fault on the Northern Margin of the Tibetan Plateau     

ZHANG Letian  YE Gaofeng  JIN Sheng  WEI Wenbo  Martyn UNSWORTH  Alan G. JONES  JING Jianen  DONG Hao  XIE Chengliang  Florian LE PAPE  Jan VOZAR 《《地质学报》英文版》2015,89(1):90-104

Project INDEPTH (InterNational DEep Profiling of Tibet and the Himalaya) is an interdisciplinary program designed to develop a better understanding of deep structures and mechanics of the Tibetan Plateau. As a component of magnetotelluric (MT) work in the 4th phase of the project, MT data were collected along a profile that crosses the eastern segment of the Altyn Tagh fault on the northern margin of the plateau. Time series data processing used robust algorithms to give high quality responses. Dimensionality analysis showed that 2D approach is only valid for the northern section of the profile. Consequently, 2D inversions were only conducted for the northern section, and 3D inversions were conducted on MT data from the whole profile. From the 2D inversion model, the eastern segment of the Altyn Tagh fault only appears as a crustal structure, which suggests accommodation of strike slip motion along the Altyn Tagh fault by thrusting within the Qilian block. A large-scale off-profile conductor within the mid-lower crust of the Qilian block was revealed from the 3D inversion model, which is probably correlated with the North Qaidam thrust belt. Furthermore, the unconnected conductors from the 3D inversion model indicate that deformations in the study area are generally localized.  相似文献