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Sequence stratigraphic architecture and depositional evolution of the early Eocene-early Miocene Al Jabal Al Akhdar carbonate successions, N Cyrenaica Promontory, NE Libya – Interplay of tectonics and eustasy 利比亚东北部昔兰尼加岬角早始新世-中新世早期 Al Jabal Al Akhdar 碳酸盐岩层序地层结构与沉积演化--构造与蚀变的相互作用
IF 2.2 4区 地球科学 Q2 GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Pub Date : 2024-09-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2024.105438
Muneer Abdalla, Salah Hassan, Akram Zafir, Abdlsaid Ibrahem, Ahmad Issa
The interactions of tectonics and eustasy on the stratigraphic architectural evolution of the early Eocene-early Miocene Al Jabal Al Akhdar carbonate sedimentary successions were evaluated. This evaluation was achieved through detailed analyses of microfacies, depositional interpretation, and sequence stratigraphic framework of five measured sections located within the Al Jabal Al Akhdar Uplift, northeast Libya. The study interval was subdivided into distinct microfacies based on lithological changes, grain size and components, sedimentary texture and structures, fossil contents, color, and vertical stacking pattern. Six major depositional settings were delineated: restricted lagoon, open marine lagoon, platform margin and shoals, platform-margin reefs, foreslope, and middle to lower slope. Four third-order unconformity-bounded depositional sequences were identified based on vertical and lateral facies distribution, variations in fossil contents, and diagenetic features. Each sequence is composed of a transgressive-regressive interval, except for the younger sequence, which only contains a transgressive unit. Four evolutionary stages are recognized: initiation, growth, high-relief platform, and subaerial exposure. Subsidence resulting from tectonism and sediment loading, coupled with rising sea-level, created the accommodation space for the sedimentation of the studied carbonates. Repeated eustatic sea-level fluctuations controlled the internal stratigraphic heterogeneity and sequence development. Tectonic uplift caused a major sea-level retreat, resulting in the emersion of the carbonate sequences. The pre-existing Mesozoic and Paleocene sequences that underwent major uplift during the Late Cretaceous-early Eocene formed a shallow-water positive-antecedent topography for the formation of the carbonate sediments. This study establishes a carbonate sequence stratigraphic hierarchy of different cyclic sedimentation orders and improves our knowledge of sedimentary and stratigraphic architectural evolution and depositional mechanisms of carbonate platforms in an inverted basin setting. This knowledge can aid in predicting the distribution of lithofacies and depositional systems of economic importance.
该研究评估了构造和侵蚀作用对早始新世-中新世早期 Al Jabal Al Akhdar 碳酸盐沉积层序结构演变的影响。通过对位于利比亚东北部 Al Jabal Al Akhdar 隆起带的五个测量断面的微地貌、沉积解释和层序地层框架进行详细分析,完成了这项评估工作。根据岩性变化、颗粒大小和成分、沉积质地和结构、化石含量、颜色和垂直堆积模式,研究区间被细分为不同的微地层。划分了六种主要沉积环境:限制性泻湖、开放性海洋泻湖、平台边缘和浅滩、平台边缘礁石、前坡和中下部斜坡。根据垂直和横向面层分布、化石含量的变化以及成岩特征,确定了四个三阶无断裂沉积序列。除较年轻的序列只包含一个迭压单元外,每个序列都由一个迭压-迭压区间组成。四个演化阶段分别为:起始阶段、生长阶段、高隆起平台阶段和次隆起阶段。构造运动和沉积物负载造成的沉降,加上海平面上升,为所研究的碳酸盐岩的沉积创造了容纳空间。反复的震旦纪海平面波动控制着内部地层的异质性和层序的发展。构造隆升导致海平面大幅后退,从而形成了碳酸盐岩序列。在晚白垩世-早始新世期间经历大隆起的中生代和古新世序列形成了碳酸盐沉积物形成的浅水正前缘地形。这项研究建立了不同循环沉积次序的碳酸盐序列地层层次,增进了我们对倒置盆地环境中碳酸盐平台的沉积和地层结构演化及沉积机制的了解。这些知识有助于预测具有重要经济意义的岩相和沉积系统的分布。
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Tectonic evolution and structural geology of the Jurassic succession in the Zubair oil field, southern Iraq 伊拉克南部祖拜尔油田侏罗纪演替的构造演化和构造地质学
IF 2.2 4区 地球科学 Q2 GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Pub Date : 2024-09-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2024.105436
Aymen Adil Lazim , Amna M. Handhal , Fraidoon Najm Rashid
This study investigates the structural style and tectonic evolution of Jurassic succession in southern Iraq, within the Zubair oil field, which are crucial for charging oil to the Cretaceous reservoirs, utilized 3-D seismic reflection data to explore its complex geological history. The field is located in the Mesopotamian plain on the northeast Arabian Plate in southern Iraq. Four folds recognized: Hammar, Shuaiba, Rafdyia, and Safwan, each shaped by specific geodynamic processes. Hammar, Shuaiba, and Safwan are characterized as salt-related folds, influenced by salt tectonics. Rafdyia is identified as a compression-related fold formed due to the convergence of the Arabian and Eurasian plates. Forty-seven faults were identified, with diversity patterns and spatial distributions suggesting a tectonic history marked by three distinct phases: extensional tectonics, extensional with concurrent salt activity, and plate convergence. These phases have created a series of graben structures that, along with the identified folds, highlight the role of three primary tectonic processes: basement tectonics, salt dynamics, and plate interactions in shaping the structural style of the Zubair oil field during the Jurassic time.
本研究利用三维地震反射数据,对伊拉克南部祖拜尔油田内侏罗系演替的构造样式和构造演化进行了研究,这些构造样式和构造演化对于向白垩系储层充油至关重要。该油田位于伊拉克南部阿拉伯板块东北部的美索不达米亚平原。已确认的褶皱有四个:哈马褶皱、舒艾巴褶皱、拉夫迪亚褶皱和萨夫万褶皱,每个褶皱都由特定的地球动力过程形成。Hammar、Shuaiba 和 Safwan 是与盐有关的褶皱,受到盐构造的影响。拉夫第亚被确定为与压缩有关的褶皱,是由于阿拉伯板块和欧亚板块交汇而形成的。已确定的断层有 47 个,其多样性模式和空间分布表明其构造历史分为三个不同阶段:伸展构造、与盐活动同时发生的伸展构造以及板块汇聚。这些阶段形成了一系列地堑结构,与已发现的褶皱一起,凸显了三个主要构造过程的作用:基底构造、盐动力学和板块相互作用在侏罗纪时期塑造了祖拜尔油田的构造风格。
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Mesozoic clastic provenance during post-rift evolution of the Essaouira Agadir Basin, Northern Morocco 摩洛哥北部索维拉-阿加迪尔盆地断裂后演化过程中的中生代碎屑岩出处
IF 2.2 4区 地球科学 Q2 GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Pub Date : 2024-09-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2024.105429
Emmanuel Roquette , Aude Duval-Arnould , Orrin Bryers , Stefan Schröder , Tim Luber , Ian Millar , Rémi Charton , Luc Bulot , Jonathan Redfern
This study combines several provenance tools, analysis of published structural and geodynamic data, integrated with Low-Temperature Thermochronology (LTT) and time-Temperature Modelling (tTM) to reconstruct the evolution of source-to-sink systems feeding the Essaouira-Agadir Basin (EAB) during the Jurassic (Toarcian, Bathonian, and Kimmeridgian) and Lower Cretaceous (Hauterivian and Barremian).
LTT and tTM define timing and rate of subsidence and exhumation of the hinterland and allows modelling of the predicted age and lithology of eroding rock units from the most-likely source locations through time. Extrapolation of predicted surface geology allows recognition of the lithology of sedimentary overburden in the hinterland, much of which has been subsequently eroded and is not preserved in the modern surfical geological record.
Heavy mineral, petrography and detrital zircon data analysis was carried out on fluvial and shallow marine sandstones sampled from Jurassic and Cretaceous sections across in the EAB. The results document changing sediment source terrains through time. In the Early and Middle Jurassic, the heavy mineral and detrital zircon signature correlates with a Palaeozoic source, suggesting provenance was dominantly from erosion of Cambrian and Ordovician sandstone in the Central and Western Anti-Atlas. From the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous, the heavy mineral and zircon signatures have a strong affinity with Triassic sediments. This indicates a provenance switch to the exhuming West Moroccan Arch (MAM and Western Meseta), interpreted to have been largely covered by Triassic continental red beds at the time.
The results help in predicting sediment delivery offshore, into the deep-water basin, where sandstones are a target for hydrocarbon exploration. Defining timing of input, location and composition helps to de-risk exploration. All the intervals examined contained discrete fluvial systems entering in the EAB, suggesting multiple periods of clastic delivery. Results suggest the Middle Jurassic and Hauterivian and Barremian intervals offer the optimum time for delivery of coarse clastics to the shelf margin, and potentially into the deep basin. The source to sink maps developed in this study further characterize these systems, their provenance and timing.
这项研究结合了多种探源工具、对已公布的构造和地球动力学数据的分析,并与低温热成年学(LTT)和时间-温度模型(ttm)相结合,重建了侏罗纪(托阿尔克纪、巴斯顿纪和基默里德纪)和下白垩统(豪特里维纪和巴雷姆纪)期间索维拉-阿加迪尔盆地(EAB)的源-汇系统的演变。LTT 和 tTM 确定了腹地沉降和掘起的时间和速度,并可对最有可能的来源地侵蚀岩石单元的年龄和岩性进行预测建模。通过对预测的地表地质进行推断,可以识别腹地沉积覆盖层的岩性,其中大部分沉积覆盖层后来被侵蚀,没有保留在现代地表地质记录中。分析结果表明,沉积物来源地形随着时间的推移而不断变化。在早侏罗世和中侏罗世,重矿物和碎屑锆石特征与古生代来源相关,表明来源主要是寒武纪和奥陶纪砂岩在中西部反阿特拉斯地区的侵蚀。从晚侏罗世到早白垩世,重矿物和锆石特征与三叠纪沉积物有很强的亲缘关系。这些结果有助于预测沉积物向近海深水盆地的输送情况,该盆地的砂岩是油气勘探的目标。确定输入时间、地点和成分有助于降低勘探风险。所研究的所有区间都包含进入 EAB 的离散河流系统,这表明碎屑岩的输送经历了多个时期。研究结果表明,中侏罗世、豪特里维世和巴里米亚世时期是向大陆架边缘输送粗碎屑岩的最佳时期,也可能是向深海盆地输送碎屑岩的最佳时期。本研究绘制的源汇图进一步描述了这些系统、其来源和时间。
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Application of petrography, geochemistry and palynology of the mid-Ordovician – Pennsylvanian sediments of Tabenken in the investigation of Palaeo-environmental alterations of the Oku massif, North West Cameroon 塔本肯中奥陶世-宾夕法尼亚沉积物的岩石学、地球化学和古植物学在喀麦隆西北部奥库地块古环境变化调查中的应用
IF 2.2 4区 地球科学 Q2 GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Pub Date : 2024-09-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2024.105428
Abimnui Norine Wendi , Njilah Isaac Konfor , Yongue Fouateu Rose , Bruno Ndicho Nfor
This study is effected on the volcano-sedimentary terrain of Tabenken on the Oku massif. Here is a region predominantly underlain by a granitoid basement of Precambrian age (600 ma), overlain in most parts by alkali basalts, andesites, trachytes and rhyolites. Between the basement and volcanics is sandwiched a discontinuous sequence of sedimentary lithofacies composed of conglomerates, sandstones, claystones, siltstones and patches of coal raising the question of the palaeoenvironment. Petrographic analyses, major and trace element geochemistry and palynological analyses were conducted on samples of sediments. Palynological constituents found include amorphous organic matter, phytoclasts, opaque material and palynomorphs consisting of spores with no pollen grains. The presence of cuticles is environmental indicator for delta sediments while abundance of amorphous organic matter (AOM) suggests deposition in a reducing environment. Petrographic studies reveal two cycles of deposition; L1 and L2 separated by Cenozoic outpours. U/Th ratios for the analyzed samples range from 0.3, 0.06, 0.00 to 0.2 and fall within the range of sediments formed in oxidizing environments. This contrasts evidence from AOM hence suggests sediment input cut across climatic and environmental alterations over a long period of time. Sr/Ba ratios range from 0.08 to 0.25 with an average of 0.18 reflecting fresh water environment; while Rb/Sr ratios range from 0.2, 0.29, 0.33 and 0.45 being low and suggests sediments deposited under warm climatic conditions. Diagram of Roser and Korsch, 1986 reveals deposition in a passive margin while Al2O3/TiO2 and Th/Co ratios support sediment input of principally felsic origin with little input from mafic sources.
这项研究的对象是奥丘陵地塔本肯(Tabenken)的火山沉积地形。该地区主要由前寒武纪(600ma)的花岗岩基底所覆盖,大部分地区被碱性玄武岩、安山岩、闪长岩和流纹岩所覆盖。基底和火山岩之间夹着不连续的沉积岩体序列,由砾岩、砂岩、粘土岩、粉砂岩和成片的煤组成,引发了古环境问题。对沉积物样本进行了岩相分析、主要元素和微量元素地球化学分析以及古植物学分析。发现的古动物学成分包括无定形有机物、植物角质层、不透明物质和由孢子(无花粉粒)组成的古动物形态。角质层的存在是三角洲沉积物的环境指标,而大量的无定形有机物(AOM)则表明沉积在还原环境中。岩相学研究揭示了两个沉积周期:L1 和 L2,它们被新生代的出露所分隔。分析样品的 U/Th 比率范围为 0.3、0.06、0.00 至 0.2,属于氧化环境中形成的沉积物的范围。这与 AOM 的证据形成鲜明对比,表明沉积物的输入跨越了漫长的气候和环境变化时期。硒/钡比值在 0.08 至 0.25 之间,平均值为 0.18,反映了淡水环境;而铷/硒比值在 0.2、0.29、0.33 和 0.45 之间,偏低,表明沉积物是在温暖的气候条件下沉积的。Roser 和 Korsch,1986 年的图表显示沉积在被动边缘,而 Al2O3/TiO2 和 Th/Co 比率则表明沉积物主要来自长英岩,很少来自黑云母。
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Heavy metals in the surface sediments of Farwa Lagoon, NW Libya: Assessment and correlation with other Mediterranean lagoons 利比亚西北部法尔瓦泻湖表层沉积物中的重金属:评估及与其他地中海泻湖的关联性
IF 2.2 4区 地球科学 Q2 GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Pub Date : 2024-09-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2024.105435
Sherif M. El Baz , Ahmed Al Furjany , Fouzi Dahan
The present study aims to evaluate the heavy metal pollution in the Farwa Lagoon, which is one of the most important coastal lagoons in NW Libya. The concentrations of six heavy metals (Fe, Zn, Pb, Ni, Cu, Cd) are measured in the surface sediment of the lagoon. Moreover, the contamination indices, including contamination factor, degree of contamination, pollution load index, geo-accumulation index, enrichment factor, risk factor, and potential ecological risk index, are applied. The results indicate that, Fe has the highest concentration, followed by Zn, Pb, Ni, Cu and Cd. The distribution patterns of metals reflect that the levels of Fe, Cu and Zn increase in the central part of the lagoon, whereas Cd and Pb increase in the central and western parts. In addition, the values of contamination factor reflect that the examined sites are moderately contaminated with Pb and Zn, whereas they are very highly contaminated with Cd. These findings lead to very high degree of contamination. Moreover, pollution load index reflects that the Farwa Lagoon is polluted. Finally, the study area is very highly ecological risk with Cd. The concentration of metals in the Farwa Lagoon is correlated with those from other regions in the Mediterranean region, such as Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Italy, France, and Turkey. The comparison reflects that the Farwa Lagoon has the highest concentrations of Cd and Zn.
法尔瓦泻湖是利比亚西北部最重要的沿海泻湖之一,本研究旨在评估该泻湖的重金属污染情况。研究测量了泻湖表层沉积物中六种重金属(铁、锌、铅、镍、铜、镉)的浓度。此外,还采用了污染指数,包括污染因子、污染程度、污染负荷指数、地质累积指数、富集因子、风险因子和潜在生态风险指数。结果表明,铁的浓度最高,其次是锌、铅、镍、铜和镉。金属的分布模式表明,铁、铜和锌的含量在泻湖中部增加,而镉和铅的含量在中部和西部增加。此外,污染因子的数值表明,考察点受到铅和锌的中度污染,而受到镉的高度污染。这些结果说明污染程度非常高。此外,污染负荷指数也反映出 Farwa 泻湖受到了污染。最后,研究区域镉的生态风险非常高。法尔瓦泻湖中的金属浓度与地中海地区其他地区(如埃及、阿尔及利亚、突尼斯、意大利、法国和土耳其)的金属浓度相关。比较结果表明,法尔瓦泻湖的镉和锌浓度最高。
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A review of the geological setting and economic potential of uranium occurrences in the proterozoic part of the Reguibat Shield of the west African Craton, in northern Mauritania 毛里塔尼亚北部西非克拉通雷吉巴特地盾原生代部分铀矿的地质环境和经济潜力综述
IF 2.2 4区 地球科学 Q2 GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Pub Date : 2024-09-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2024.105434
Salem-Vall Brahim , M. Cuney , Akinade Shadrach Olatunji , Sid’Ahmed Sidi Reyoug , Ahmed Hamoud
Uranium mineralisation is formed in a wide range of geological settings, including deep magmatic to surficial conditions, and ranges in age from Archean to recent. The success of exploration planning and the choice of efficient extraction methods in an environmentally sustainable manner depend clearly on the understanding of the uranium genesis model and the detailed knowledge of the mineralogy of the deposit.
Mauritania hosts eighty known uranium occurrences, mainly located in the oriental part of the Reguibat Shield. Some of these occurrences have been evaluated with the publication of estimated resources, and even exploratory mining works have been performed on some of them. However, the detailed genetic conditions prevailing for the genesis of most of these occurrences remain poorly studied. Exploration reports indicate that uranium mineralisation in the Reguibat Shield mainly occurs as high temperature deposits hosted by shear zones in granites (hydrothermal Na-metasomatic deposits) and low temperature deposits hosted by calcretes (Calcrete deposits), which form more than 70% of these occurrences.
This paper focuses on the dominant uranium mineralisation systems (uraniferous calcretes and Na-metasomatite) of the oriental part of the Reguibat Shield and, to a lesser extent, other types of uranium deposits. Na-metasomatites are mainly originating from Neobirimian granite and basic rocks and occur through hydrothermal fluids, inducing regional metasomatism along NNW–SSE trending shear zones. While uraniferous calcretes in the area are found as subsurface layers covering a Proterozoic basement made of granitoid and associated gabbro-diorite massifs intersected by a network of mafic dykes. The uraniferous calcretes result from the weathering of the Neobirimian (Paleoproterozoic) granitic basement. Carbonate and uranium minerals (carnotite and tyuyamunite) crystallize as cementation materials within the granite arena. Two types of Neobirimian granites have been identified: the first one being an orientated coarse-grained porphyritic brown to pink granite, while the second one is a porphyritic grey medium-grained granite, whose mineralogy is mostly made up of plagioclase, K-feldspar, quartz, and chloritized biotite, while magnetite, apatite, titanite, zircon, uranothorite, and monazite are the accessory minerals.
铀矿化形成于广泛的地质环境中,包括从深层岩浆到表层条件,其年龄从阿寒纪到新近不等。勘探规划的成功和以环境可持续方式高效开采方法的选择显然取决于对铀成因模型的理解和对矿床矿物学的详细了解。毛里塔尼亚拥有八十个已知铀矿点,主要位于雷吉巴特地盾的东部。毛里塔尼亚拥有八十个已知铀矿点,主要位于雷吉巴特地盾的东方部分。对其中一些矿点进行了评估,公布了估计资源量,甚至对其中一些矿点进行了勘探开采。然而,对大多数这些矿点的详细成因条件的研究仍然很少。勘探报告显示,雷吉巴特地盾中的铀矿化主要以花岗岩剪切带寄存的高温矿床(热液钠-金属母岩矿床)和钙质岩寄存的低温矿床(钙质岩矿床)的形式出现,占这些矿点的 70% 以上。本文重点介绍雷吉巴特地盾东部地区的主要铀矿化系统(含铀钙质岩和钠-金属母岩),其次是其他类型的铀矿床。鈉鎂礦主要源自新比利時花崗岩和基性岩,通過熱液流動,沿西北-西南走向剪切帶形成區域變質作用。该地区的含铀岩浆岩是覆盖在新生代基底上的地下岩层,基底由花岗岩和相关的辉长岩-闪长岩岩块组成,并与黑云母岩堤网络相交。含铀钙质岩是由新毕里米世(古新生代)花岗岩基底风化而成。碳酸盐和铀矿物(钙钛矿和 tyuyamunite)作为胶结材料在花岗岩岩场内结晶。目前已发现两种类型的新比利姆花岗岩:第一种是定向粗粒斑状褐色至粉红色花岗岩,第二种是斑状灰色中粒花岗岩,其矿物主要由斜长石、K长石、石英和绿帘石组成,而磁铁矿、磷灰石、榍石、锆石、铀钍石和独居石则是附属矿物。
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The Ain Dibba and Ain Kissa phosphorites, Tebessa (NE Algeria): REE depletion versus shallow, open depositional environment during the Paleocene-Eocene phosphogenesis in North Africa 泰贝萨(阿尔及利亚东北部)的 Ain Dibba 和 Ain Kissa 磷酸盐岩:北非古新世-始新世磷酸盐形成过程中 REE 贫化与浅层、开放沉积环境的关系
IF 2.2 4区 地球科学 Q2 GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Pub Date : 2024-09-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2024.105433
Ibtissam Diab , Rabah Laouar , Delphine Bosch , Ali Tlili , Amor Degaichia , Olivier Bruguier , Mourad Zaabat , Salah Bouhlel , Rabah Kechiched
<div><div>The Ain Dibba and Ain Kissa phosphorites, located north of Tebessa town, NE Algeria, belong to the Upper Cretaceous-Paleocene-Eocene Afro-Arabian phosphatic province that extends from Morrocco to the Middle East. These two phosphorite showings, which were partly exploited at the beginning of the 20th century, were deposited during the Late Paleocene (Thanetian) times on the northern basin of the Kasserine Paleo-Island. Although they are not yet economically very important, the present petrological and geochemical study contribute highly to the knowledge of their critical trace and REE contents as well as the understanding of their paleo-depositional environment. Petrographic and XRD data show that these phosphorites are mainly composed of pellets, coprolites, bioclasts and rare glauconite, gypsum, quartz grains and zeolites. These constituents are cemented by calcareous, siliceous or rarely clayey matrix. The pellets and coprolites are composed mainly of cryptocrystalline carbonate fluor-apatite (CFA). The XRF and ICP-MS chemical analyses of these phosphorites, show they are not as rich as those from Kef Essenoun and Bled El Hadba southern basin, neither in P<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub> nor in REE contents. P<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub> concentrations range from 14.16 to 26.57 wt% (average = 20.24 ± 4.33 wt%, n = 15), with only one sample having 31.89 wt% P<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub>, whereas ΣREE contents range from 171 to 344 ppm (average = 252 ± 69 ppm, n = 9) and, therefore, considered as moderately REE-enriched phosphorites. Ce anomaly values display a decrease from the lower to the upper phosphorite sub-layers (from −0.57 down to −0.72), suggesting an increase from relatively sub-oxic to more oxic conditions. The Eu anomalies range from 0.89 to 1.35 for Ain Dibba and from 0.93 to 1.35 for Ain Kissa phosphorites. The highest Ce/Ce∗ and lowest Eu/Eu∗ anomalies are recorded in the lower layers, often enriched in both REE and glauconite contents, whereas the lowest Ce/Ce∗ and highest Eu/Eu∗ anomalies, reflecting more oxic conditions, are characteristics of the glauconite-free and REE-poor upper layers. The gradual timewise transition from relatively sub-oxic to oxic conditions (from the lower to the upper layers) is also recorded in the redox-sensitive (Cr, Ni, V, U) trace element data. This implies that during early diagenesis, the sedimentary environment became slightly reduced, which enabled intensive uptake of both REE and some trace element (e.g., Cr, V, Ni, U) mainly from pore-water through substitution and adsorption mechanisms onto apatite and glauconite minerals. This is noticed especially in the lower phosphorite layers of both Ain Dibba and Ain Kissa deposits. In a larger scale, the Ain Dibba and Ain Kissa phosphorites show lower REE contents, lower Ce and Eu anomalies, and lower redox-sensitive trace element contents than those of the southern (Kef Essenoun and Bled El Hadba) and eastern (Tunisian) basins of the Kasserine paleo-Is
Ain Dibba 和 Ain Kissa 磷矿位于阿尔及利亚东北部泰贝萨镇以北,属于上白垩世-古新世-始新世非洲-阿拉伯磷矿带,该磷矿带从摩洛哥延伸到中东。这两个磷酸盐矿床沉积于晚古新世(塔尼蒂)时期的卡塞林古岛北部盆地,在 20 世纪初被部分开采。虽然它们在经济上还不是很重要,但目前的岩石学和地球化学研究对了解它们的关键痕量和 REE 含量以及了解它们的古沉积环境有很大帮助。岩石学和 X 射线衍射数据显示,这些磷酸盐岩主要由球粒、共生岩、生物碎屑岩以及稀有的青云石、石膏、石英颗粒和沸石组成。这些成分由石灰质、硅质或极少数粘土质基质胶结而成。颗粒和桡长石主要由隐晶碳酸盐氟磷灰石(CFA)组成。对这些磷酸盐岩进行的 XRF 和 ICP-MS 化学分析表明,无论是 P2O5 还是 REE 含量,它们都不如 Kef Essenoun 和 Bled El Hadba 南部盆地的磷酸盐岩丰富。P2O5 含量从 14.16 到 26.57 wt%(平均 = 20.24 ± 4.33 wt%,n = 15)不等,只有一个样本的 P2O5 含量为 31.89 wt%,而 ΣREE 含量从 171 到 344 ppm(平均 = 252 ± 69 ppm,n = 9)不等,因此被认为是中度富含 REE 的磷酸盐岩。Ce异常值从磷酸盐岩下层向上层递减(从-0.57下降到-0.72),表明磷酸盐岩从相对亚缺氧状态上升到较缺氧状态。艾因迪巴磷酸盐岩的 Eu 异常值从 0.89 到 1.35 不等,艾因基萨磷酸盐岩的 Eu 异常值从 0.93 到 1.35 不等。Ce/Ce∗最高、Eu/Eu∗最低的异常记录在下层,通常富含 REE 和白榴石,而 Ce/Ce∗最低、Eu/Eu∗最高的异常反映了更多的氧化条件,是不含白榴石和 REE 贫乏的上层的特征。氧化还原敏感性(铬、镍、钒、铀)微量元素数据也记录了从相对亚氧化到氧化条件(从下层到上层)的逐步时间过渡。这意味着,在早期成岩过程中,沉积环境变得略微酸化,这使得REE和一些微量元素(如铬、钒、镍、铀)主要通过磷灰石和青金石矿物的置换和吸附机制从孔隙水中大量吸收。这种情况在艾因迪巴和艾因基萨矿床的磷酸盐岩下层尤为明显。在更大范围内,与卡塞林古岛南部盆地(Kef Essenoun 和 Bled El Hadba)和东部盆地(突尼斯)的磷酸盐岩相比,Ain Dibba 和 Ain Kissa 磷酸盐岩显示出较低的 REE 含量、较低的 Ce 和 Eu 异常,以及较低的氧化还原敏感微量元素含量。这些地球化学特征表明,在北非和中东地区的古新世-始新世磷酸盐形成过程中,北部盆地的磷酸盐岩是通过上升流沉积在更为开阔、较浅、含氧和搅拌环境中的。
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Groundwater resources investigation using geophysical method in crystalline basement and volcanic rock regions of countries belonging to the East African Rift Valley: A review 在东非大裂谷国家的结晶基底和火山岩地区利用地球物理方法调查地下水资源:综述
IF 2.2 4区 地球科学 Q2 GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Pub Date : 2024-09-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2024.105432
Musabbir Ahmed Khan , Hiroyuki Nakayama , Shinji Nakaya
The East African Rift Valley (EARV) is characterized by diverse geology, including crystalline, volcanic, and metamorphic rocks, shaped by tectonic activity leading to complex faulting and fractured zones. These fractured zones in hard rock serve as crucial groundwater reservoirs, often explored using electric resistivity methods. Countries surrounding the EARV, such as Burundi, Djibouti, the DR Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia, share similar geological features linked to the rift system. Groundwater investigation in these regions, particularly using geo-electric resistivity methods, is essential for understanding subsurface geology, potential aquifers, and structural features, additionally, water quality, and dominant water sources of these countries are reviewed to categorize twelve countries based on the availability of the groundwater investigations and country status. The review results highlight some countries rely on weathered and fractured basement aquifers concentrated in specific areas, while others utilize aquifers associated with various geological settings and surface water as alternative sources due to the limited yield from basement complex aquifers. Therefore, 12 countries were classified broadly into three types, and a resistivity distribution map was created to visually show the present status of research and development works of the existence of gaps and limitations, which is generally in line with this comprehensive review. The outcomes of this study are useful for future research and sustainable development by informing the resistivity distribution trend and water resource usage in each country, as a result, expecting to contribute to the effective utilization of groundwater resources in the challenging crystalline basement and volcanic rock environments of the region.
东非大裂谷(EARV)的地质特征多种多样,包括结晶岩、火山岩和变质岩,构造活动形成了复杂的断层和断裂带。这些坚硬岩石中的断裂带是重要的地下水库,通常采用电阻率法进行勘探。EARV 周围的国家,如布隆迪、吉布提、刚果民主共和国、厄立特里亚、埃塞俄比亚、肯尼亚、马拉维、莫桑比克、卢旺达、坦桑尼亚、乌干达和赞比亚,都具有与裂谷系统相关的类似地质特征。在这些地区进行地下水调查,特别是使用地球电 阻率方法,对于了解地下地质、潜在含水层和结构特征至关重要,此外,还审查了这些 国家的水质和主要水源,并根据地下水调查的可用性和国家状况对 12 个国家进行了分类。审查结果表明,一些国家依赖集中在特定地区的风化和断裂基底含水层,而另一些国家则利用与各种地质环境相关的含水层和地表水作为替代水源,因为基底复合含水层的出水量有限。因此,将 12 个国家大致分为三类,并绘制了电阻率分布图,以直观地显示存在差距和局限性的研发工作现状,这与本综合综述基本一致。本研究的成果有助于今后的研究和可持续发展,为各国的电阻率分布趋势和水资源利用提供了信息,从而有望为有效利用该地区具有挑战性的结晶基底和火山岩环境中的地下水资源做出贡献。
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Flood risk decomposed: Optimized machine learning hazard mapping and multi-criteria vulnerability analysis in the city of Zaio, Morocco 洪水风险分解:摩洛哥 Zaio 市的优化机器学习灾害绘图和多标准脆弱性分析
IF 2.2 4区 地球科学 Q2 GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Pub Date : 2024-09-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2024.105431
Maelaynayn El baida , Farid Boushaba , Mimoun Chourak , Mohamed Hosni , Hichame Sabar , Toufik Zahaf
Urban flood risk mapping has become crucial for effective mitigation and urban planning. This study assesses and maps flood risk in the city of Zaio, Morocco, using machine learning and Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) techniques to overcome data scarcity challenges. We employed the Random Forest (RF) model with nine flood conditioning factors for flood hazard and the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) for vulnerability assessment. To enhance RF model performance, we compared three hyperparameter tuning techniques: Bayesian Optimization (RF-BO), Genetic Algorithm (RF-GA), and Grid Search (RF-GS). RF-BO demonstrated superior accuracy in flood hazard modelling. Flood vulnerability was assessed using AHP, incorporating social and physical factors. The final flood risk map was produced by combining the RF-BO hazard model with the AHP vulnerability assessment. Results indicate that flood hazard in Zaio is significantly affected by factors such as topography and distance to rivers. Moreover, areas with high population density closer to rivers, especially in the south-western residential area, were found to be more exposed to flood risk. The findings highlight the utility of ML models, MCDA, and hyperparameter optimization in urban flood risk mapping, enabling the identification of high-risk urban areas that should be prioritized for flood protection efforts. This approach proves especially valuable in ungauged regions with limited hydrological data.
绘制城市洪水风险图对于有效缓解洪灾和城市规划至关重要。本研究利用机器学习和多标准决策分析(MCDA)技术评估并绘制了摩洛哥 Zaio 市的洪水风险图,以克服数据稀缺的挑战。我们采用随机森林(RF)模型和九个洪水条件因子来评估洪水风险,并采用层次分析法(AHP)来进行脆弱性评估。为了提高 RF 模型的性能,我们比较了三种超参数调整技术:贝叶斯优化 (RF-BO)、遗传算法 (RF-GA) 和网格搜索 (RF-GS)。RF-BO 在洪水灾害建模中表现出更高的准确性。采用 AHP 方法评估了洪水脆弱性,并纳入了社会和物理因素。通过将 RF-BO 危害模型与 AHP 脆弱性评估相结合,绘制了最终的洪水风险地图。结果表明,Zaio 的洪水灾害受地形和河流距离等因素的影响很大。此外,靠近河流的人口密集区,尤其是西南部居民区,面临的洪水风险更大。研究结果凸显了多重线性回归模型、多参数数据模型和超参数优化在城市洪水风险绘图中的实用性,从而能够识别出应优先进行洪水保护工作的高风险城市区域。这种方法在水文数据有限的无测站地区尤其有价值。
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Review of morphotectonic studies in the East African Rift System: Insights from legacy research to modern advances 东非大裂谷系统形态构造研究综述:从遗留研究到现代进展的启示
IF 2.2 4区 地球科学 Q2 GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Pub Date : 2024-09-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2024.105423
Nahid D. Gani , Tadesse B. Alemu , Liang Xue
The East African Rift System (EARS) is a prime example of continental rifting, characterized by its iconic topographic features, which are significantly shaped by the interplay of tectonic and climatic forces. This review synthesizes past decades of morphotectonic studies (recent studies) on the plateau landscapes of the EARS, focusing particularly on their interiors and margins, and highlights their crucial role in advancing our understanding of landscape evolution. The paper revisits the legacy of geologic research in the EARS and delves into recent morphotectonic studies that quantify the rates and patterns of plateau incision, exhumation, and uplift through advanced thermochronological and topographic analyses. Additionally, the review identifies key unresolved questions, such as the origins of the plateau topography–whether from volcanic activity or mantle plume influence and explores how these plateaus maintained high elevations during the humid Oligocene Epoch without significant incision. The recent work described in this paper alongside legacy perspectives, continues to refine our geological understanding of the EARS, with broader implications for studies worldwide.
东非大裂谷系统(EARS)是大陆裂谷的一个典型例子,其标志性地形特征是由构造和气候力量的相互作用而形成的。本文综述了过去几十年来对非洲断裂带高原地貌的形态构造研究(近期研究),尤其侧重于其内部和边缘,并强调了这些研究在促进我们对地貌演化的理解方面所起的关键作用。本文回顾了 EARS 的地质研究遗产,并深入探讨了近期的形态构造研究,这些研究通过先进的热时学和地形分析,量化了高原切入、掘起和隆起的速度和模式。此外,该综述还指出了一些关键的未决问题,如高原地形的起源--是火山活动还是地幔羽流的影响,并探讨了这些高原如何在潮湿的渐新世时期保持高海拔而没有明显的切削。本文所描述的最新工作以及遗留的观点将继续完善我们对 EARS 的地质认识,并对全世界的研究产生更广泛的影响。
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