Thin-section analysis as a tool to aid identification of palaeoearthquakes on the “slow”, active Geleen Fault, Roer Valley Graben     

Kris Vanneste  Florias Mees  Koen Verbeeck   《Tectonophysics》2008,453(1-4):94

We analyzed thin sections from two palaeoseismic trenches across the low-slip-rate Geleen Fault in the Belgian Maas River valley to help identifying the most recent large palaeoearthquake on this fault segment. In the first trench we sampled silty sediment below and above a prehistoric stone pavement that was supposedly at or near the surface at the time of the event, and subsequently thrown down. The samples below show a well-developed in situ argillic Bt soil horizon in parent sediment containing remnants of stratification, whereas the sediment above is a structureless colluvium reworked at least partly from Bt-horizon material. Below the stone pavement, we also found evidence of contorted stratification, which is in agreement with macroscopic observations of both the sediment and the stone pavement itself, and which is attributed to co-seismic soft-sediment deformation. In the second trench, we sampled a sequence of vaguely discernible soil horizons in the hanging-wall, interpreted as a buried soil profile (Bt, E, and possibly A horizons), overlain by a featureless deposit. Thin-section analysis supports the colluvial nature of the latter, and also provides evidence that both the base of this layer and the top of the poorly developed A horizon below have occupied a shallow position in a soil profile. A sample from the same depth in the footwall is composed of very different material. Instead of colluvium, we find patches of Bt soil, most likely representing the same pedogenic level as the in situ Bt horizon at larger depth in the hanging-wall, but displaced and subsequently degraded. Furthermore, thin sections confirm that vertical structures cutting this Bt horizon are sand dykes. These dykes could be traced macroscopically upward to the base of the colluvium. In both trenches, we have thus identified a stratigraphic boundary in the hanging-wall, close to the surface, separating an in situ soil below from colluvium above. We interpret this limit and the overlying colluvium as the event horizon and the colluvial wedge, respectively, of a surface-rupturing palaeoearthquake. In addition, in both cases we found evidence of soft-sediment deformation (related to liquefaction) contemporaneous with the event within the stratigraphic resolution.  相似文献   

Hostrocks to the stratabound iron-formation-hosted Starra gold-copper deposit,Australia     

G. J. Davidson 《Mineralium Deposita》1994,29(3):237-249

This paper documents the timing, geochemistry and possible origin of sodium enrichment associated with Proterozoic iron formation-hosted copper-gold ore lenses at the Starra deposit, Australia. The ore lenses are immediately underlain by variably sheared albitemagnetite-hematite-pyrite-bearing rocks, and overlain by mainly unaltered, less-sheared, meta-sediments. Evidence indicating that albite was abundant prior to deformation, and also prior to the main hydrothermal addition of Fe, S, Cu and Au, includes (1) regional albite development at this stratigraphic level; (2) alteration of albite by ore-related sericite; and (3) inclusion of unfoliated inclusions of albite and hematite in ore-related pyrite. Nevertheless, albite also developed around dolerites and within hangingwall shears during metamorphism and deformation. Least altered albite footwall rocks have SiO₂ (67.31–73.13 wt.%), Al₂O₃(9.89–12.51 wt.%), total alkali elements (6.40–9.43 wt.%) and HFS elements (e.g., Zr = 179–275 ppm; Ti/Zr = 7.6–14.1) comparable with felsic volcanics, but have high relative Na₂O contents (5.08–5.81 wt. %), and variable to high Na₂O/K₂O ratios (0.05–68.37). An episode of alkali alteration by high-Na fluids prior to the ore-related alteration is postulated to account for sodic compositions, after chemical consideration of the alternatives (1) arkosic sediments; (2) trondhjemitic volcaniclastics; and (3) Na-metasomatism of Staveley Formation sediments. During the most intense ore-alteration, isocon analysis indicates a density increase of 23% compared to the least altered albitised hostrocks. Cu, Fe, Au, Sn, W, Zn, K, Ba and Rb were enriched during the mineralising process, whereas Mn, Ca, Si, Nb and Zr were lost, and Al, Ti and Y were not changed (and were used to define the isocon). The loss of some high field strength elements during this alteration indicates that igneous rock classification diagrams based on immobile element ratios should be used with caution for albitemuscovite magnetite-pyrite assemblages associated with iron formation-hosted copper-gold deposits. Zircon was partially soluble, whereas titanium oxides were probably stable in the saline, high temperature (260°–380 °C), acid (pH = 3.9–6.0) fluids envisaged for ore-related alteration.  相似文献   

The transition from peraluminous to peralkaline granitic melts: Evidence from melt inclusions and accessory minerals     

R. Thomas  J.D. Webster  D. Rhede  W. Seifert  K. Rickers  H.-J. Frster  W. Heinrich  P. Davidson 《Lithos》2006,91(1-4):137-149

Fractional crystallization of peraluminous F- and H₂O-rich granite magmas progressively enriches the remaining melt with volatiles. We show that, at saturation, the melt may separate into two immiscible conjugate melt fractions, one of the fractions shows increasing peraluminosity and the other increasing peralkalinity. These melt fractions also fractionate the incompatible elements to significantly different degrees. Coexisting melt fractions have differing chemical and physical properties and, due to their high density and viscosity contrasts, they will tend to separate readily from each other. Once separated, each melt fraction evolves independently in response to changing T/P/X conditions and further immiscibility events may occur, each generating its own conjugate pair of melt fractions. The strongly peralkaline melt fractions in particular are very reactive and commonly react until equilibrium is attained. Consequently, the peralkaline melt fraction is commonly preserved only in the isolated melt and mineral inclusions.

We demonstrate that the differences between melt fractions that can be seen most clearly in differing melt inclusion compositions are also visible in the composition of the resulting ore-forming and accessory minerals, and are visible on scales from a few micrometers to hundreds of meters.  相似文献   

Forced Evictions in Tropical Cities: An Introduction     

Kris Olds  Tim Bunnell  & Scott Leckie 《Singapore journal of tropical geography》2002,23(3):247-251

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Representation of fish communities by scale sub-fossils in shallow lakes: implications for inferring percid–cyprinid shifts     

T.A. Davidson  C.D. Sayer  M.R. Perrow  M.L. Tomlinson 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2003,30(4):441-449

The palaeoecological potential of fish scales was assessed by comparing contemporary population data with scale remains obtained from littoral (n = 10) and open water (n = 10) surface sediment samples in two English shallow lakes, Selbrigg Pond and Cockshoot Broad. Scales and/or scale fragments were present, in low numbers (<20 per 100 cm³ wet sediment) in 34 of 40 sediment samples. In accordance with fish population data, higher densities of scale remains were found in Selbrigg compared to Cockshoot, and in littoral compared to open water samples. Taxonomic difficulties, exacerbated by scale fragmentation, made it impossible to assign the majority of remains to individual species. Most remains could, however, be placed into one of two groups: (i) percids – represented by both scales and scale fragments; and (ii) cyprinids – largely represented by scale fragments. To allow comparison of fish population and sedimentary scale data, both were converted to percentages of the aggregate percid–cyprinid total. Whole scales recovered were almost exclusively percid (45 of 48), thus bore little resemblance to the contemporary fish data. Nevertheless, percentages of scale fragments (Selbrigg: 34 and 66%; Cockshoot: 13 and 87% percid and cyprinid, respectively) and of whole scales and fragments combined (Selbrigg: 54 and 46%; Cockshoot: 46 and 54% percid and cyprinid, respectively) reflected the presence of the numerically dominant fish groups and the broad inter-site differences in their relative abundance (Selbrigg: 36 and 64%; Cockshoot: 10 and 90% percid and cyprinid, respectively). A running mean of scales per sediment volume indicated that some 400 cm³ of sediment was required to accurately characterise the remains present. This study suggests that, with the appropriate methodological considerations (e.g., collection of large sediment samples), fish scale remains may be used to determine the past presence–absence and relative abundance of percid and cyprinid species. As such, this technique may be a valuable supplementary tool for establishing longer-term changes in the fish communities of shallow lakes.  相似文献   

Cities of Clay: The Geoarchaeology of Tells,Arlene Miller Rosen, 1986, the University of Chicago Press,Prehistoric Archeology and Ecology Series, $22.00 (Hardbound), $9.00 (Paperback)     

Donald A. Davidson 《Geoarchaeology》1987,2(3):246-247

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Pyroxene-melt equilibria: an updated model     

Roger L. Nielsen  Paula M. Davidson  Timothy L. Grove 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》1988,100(3):361-373

An updated model for pyroxene-melt equilibria at 1 atm has been developed and calibrated using new and existing experimental data in order to refine calculations of liquid lines of descent, which simulate the effect of igneous differentiation processes. We combine the Davidson and Lindsley (1985) model for activities of components in clinopyroxene and orthopyroxene solid solutions, a _i ^p , where i represents a quadrilateral endmember, with the Nielsen and Drake (1979) expressions for component activities in the melt, a _i ^L (two-lattice melt model). The chemical potential differences for pyroxene-melt equilibria are expressed in the form: $$\Delta \mu _{\iota } = 0 = In \left( {{{a_i^p } \mathord{\left/{\vphantom {{a_i^p } {a_i^L }}} \right.\kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {a_i^L }}} \right) + A_i + {{B_i } \mathord{\left/{\vphantom {{B_i } T}} \right.\kern-\nulldelimiterspace} T}$$ Pyroxene compositions were projected to quadrilateral compositions with the method of Lindsley and Anderson (1983). The regression constants A _i and B _i were calculated from experimental data that consists of 282 pyroxene-melt pairs, including 83 orthopyroxene-melt pairs. These experiments were all performed at 1 atm and represent compositions ranging from basalts (alkali to lunar) to dacites (42–66 wt% SiO₂). The model is calibrated for 1000相似文献   

Spatial variability in soil moisture as predicted from airborne thematic mapper (ATM) data     

Donald A. Davidson  Alistair I. Watson 《地球表面变化过程与地形》1995,20(3):219-230

In the first part of this project, the extent to which moisture content of alluvial soils could be predicted from imagery derived from an airborne thematic mapper (ATM) was investigated. From sampling done on the same day as the flight, it was found that digital numbers derived from the thermal channel (waveband 11) were strongly correlated with gravimetric moisture content. From sampling three fields of contrasting land cover, the relationship between waveband 11 values and moisture content was found to be independent of land cover type. Spatial variation in waveband 11 values and thus moisture content were related to palaeochannel patterns on the alluvial land. This was investigated by deriving variograms for long transects from each of the three investigated fields. The range and sills of the variograms are shown to express the nature and pattern of palaeochannels. By the application of such geostatistical techniques, high resolution imagery can thus be used to quantify palaeochannel characteristics on alluvial land.  相似文献   

Effects of fire, grazing, and the presence of shrubs on Chihuahuan desert grasslands     

Paul B. Drewa  Kris M. Havstad 《Journal of Arid Environments》2001,48(4):429

Responses of herbaceous and suffrutescent species to fire, grazing, and presence of Prosopis glandulosa were examined in a Chihuahuan desert grassland in south-central New Mexico. Treatments were assigned randomly to eight 12×8 m plots within each of two blocks. Following fires in June 1995, unfenced plots were exposed to livestock grazing over 4 years. Plots were established that either included or excluded P. glandulosa. Perennial grass cover, primarilyBouteloua eriopoda , decreased by 13% in burned plots but increased 5% in unburned areas. Conversely, perennial forb cover was 4% greater after fire. Perennial grass frequency decreased 30% more and perennial forb frequency increased 10% more following burning. Further, increases in evenness after fire resulted in a 225% increase in species diversity. Grazing also resulted in a decrease in perennial grass cover while frequency decreased 22% more in grazed than ungrazed plots. Only frequency and not cover of perennial forbs and annual grasses increased more following grazing. Presence of P. glandulosa had no differential effect on responses of non-shrub species. Fires were conducted during near drought conditions while grazing occurred during years of precipitation equivalent to the long-term average. Precipitation immediately following fire may be critical for recovery of B. eriopoda -dominated desert grasslands; relationships between fire and post-fire precipitation patterns require future investigation.  相似文献   

Conference Report: Global Conference on Economic Geography, 5–9 December 2000, Singapore     

Kris Olds 《Singapore journal of tropical geography》2001,22(2):198-201

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