Gypsum caprocks' sealing ability is affected by temperature-pressure coupling. Due to the limitations of experimental conditions, there is still a lack of triaxial stress-strain experiments that simultaneously consider changes in temperature and pressure conditions, which limits the accuracy of the comprehensive evaluation of the brittle plastic evolution and sealing ability of gypsum rocks using temperature pressure coupling. Triaxial stress-strain tests were utilized to investigate the differences in the evolution of the confinement capacity of gypsum rocks under coupled temperature-pressure action and isothermal-variable pressure action on the basis of sample feasibility analysis. According to research, the gypsum rock's peak and residual strengths decrease under simultaneous increases in temperature and pressure over isothermal pressurization experimental conditions, and it becomes more ductile. This reduces the amount of time it takes for the rock to transition from brittle to plastic. When temperature is taken into account, both the brittle–plastic transformation's depth limit and the lithological transformation of gypsum rocks become shallower, and the evolution of gypsum rocks under variable temperature and pressure conditions is more complicated than that under isothermal pressurization. The sealing ability under the temperature-pressure coupling is more in line with the actual geological context when the application results of the Well #ZS5 are compared. This provides a theoretical basis for precisely determining the process of hydrocarbon accumulation and explains why the early hydrocarbon were not well preserved.
{"title":"Evolution and Application of Sealing Ability of Gypsum Caprocks under Temperature-Pressure Coupling: An Example of the ZS5 Well in the Tazhong Area of the Tarim Basin","authors":"Hua LIU, Shan ZHAO, Xianzhang YANG, Yongfeng ZHU, Shen WANG, Ke ZHANG","doi":"10.1111/1755-6724.15107","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1755-6724.15107","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Gypsum caprocks' sealing ability is affected by temperature-pressure coupling. Due to the limitations of experimental conditions, there is still a lack of triaxial stress-strain experiments that simultaneously consider changes in temperature and pressure conditions, which limits the accuracy of the comprehensive evaluation of the brittle plastic evolution and sealing ability of gypsum rocks using temperature pressure coupling. Triaxial stress-strain tests were utilized to investigate the differences in the evolution of the confinement capacity of gypsum rocks under coupled temperature-pressure action and isothermal-variable pressure action on the basis of sample feasibility analysis. According to research, the gypsum rock's peak and residual strengths decrease under simultaneous increases in temperature and pressure over isothermal pressurization experimental conditions, and it becomes more ductile. This reduces the amount of time it takes for the rock to transition from brittle to plastic. When temperature is taken into account, both the brittle–plastic transformation's depth limit and the lithological transformation of gypsum rocks become shallower, and the evolution of gypsum rocks under variable temperature and pressure conditions is more complicated than that under isothermal pressurization. The sealing ability under the temperature-pressure coupling is more in line with the actual geological context when the application results of the Well #ZS5 are compared. This provides a theoretical basis for precisely determining the process of hydrocarbon accumulation and explains why the early hydrocarbon were not well preserved.</p>","PeriodicalId":7095,"journal":{"name":"Acta Geologica Sinica ‐ English Edition","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2023-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86986182","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jianguang HAN, Qingtian LÜ, Zhiheng ZHANG, Shun YANG, Shuo WANG
The geological conditions for coal mining in China are complex, with various structural issues such as faults and collapsed columns seriously compromising the safety of coal mine production. In-seam wave exploration is an effective technique for acquiring detailed information on geological structures in coal seam working faces. However, the existing reflected in-seam wave imaging technique can no longer meet the exploration precision requirements, making it imperative to develop a new reflected in-seam wave imaging technique. This study applies the Gaussian beam summation (GBS) migration method to imaging coal seams' reflected in-seam wave data. Firstly, with regard to the characteristics of the reflected in-seam wave data, methods such as wavefield removal and enveloped superposition are employed for the corresponding wavefield separation, wave train compression and other processing of reflected in-seam waves. Thereafter, imaging is performed using the GBS migration technique. The feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed method for reflected in-seam wave imaging are validated by conducting GBS migration tests on 3D coal-seam fault models with different dip angles and throws. By applying the method to reflected in-seam wave data for an actual coal seam working face, accurate imaging of a fault structure is obtained, thereby validating its practicality.
{"title":"Application of Gaussian Beam Summation Migration in Reflected In-seam Wave Imaging","authors":"Jianguang HAN, Qingtian LÜ, Zhiheng ZHANG, Shun YANG, Shuo WANG","doi":"10.1111/1755-6724.15108","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1755-6724.15108","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The geological conditions for coal mining in China are complex, with various structural issues such as faults and collapsed columns seriously compromising the safety of coal mine production. In-seam wave exploration is an effective technique for acquiring detailed information on geological structures in coal seam working faces. However, the existing reflected in-seam wave imaging technique can no longer meet the exploration precision requirements, making it imperative to develop a new reflected in-seam wave imaging technique. This study applies the Gaussian beam summation (GBS) migration method to imaging coal seams' reflected in-seam wave data. Firstly, with regard to the characteristics of the reflected in-seam wave data, methods such as wavefield removal and enveloped superposition are employed for the corresponding wavefield separation, wave train compression and other processing of reflected in-seam waves. Thereafter, imaging is performed using the GBS migration technique. The feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed method for reflected in-seam wave imaging are validated by conducting GBS migration tests on 3D coal-seam fault models with different dip angles and throws. By applying the method to reflected in-seam wave data for an actual coal seam working face, accurate imaging of a fault structure is obtained, thereby validating its practicality.</p>","PeriodicalId":7095,"journal":{"name":"Acta Geologica Sinica ‐ English Edition","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2023-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80372013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yi Duan, Yingzhong Wu, Lan-tian Xing, Yingqin Wu, Yang Zhao, Zhongping Li, Lanhua Ma
To investigate the influence of diagenetic water media on the hydrogen isotopes of individualsedimentary aromatic compounds, a series of hydrous pyrolyses were conducted on herbaceous peat. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in hydrous pyrolysed samples and their hydrogen isotopic composition characteristics were studied. The aqueous medium demonstrated a significant influence on the hydrogen isotopic composition of the individual PAHs generated during pyrolysis. The results showed that the PAHs formed after pyrolysis in the presence of a saltwater medium with high δD value from a salt lake had a heavy hydrogen isotopic composition. The PAHs formed after pyrolysis in the presence of a freshwater medium with low δD value from a swamp had a light hydrogen isotopic composition. The difference in the average PAH δD value between the two hydrous experiments varied from ‐109 to ‐174‰, suggesting that the hydrogen isotopic composition of individual sedimentary PAHs can reflect the source of the diagenetic water medium. In addition, acomparative study found that the hydrogen isotopes of PAHs were superior to those of n‐alkanes in the same sample for diagenetic water indications. The results indicated that the exchange of water‐derived inorganic hydrogen and organic hydrogen was more intensive in freshwater experiments than in saltwater experiments. With an increase in the simulation temperature, the average δD value of PAHs generated in the hydrous simulation experiments showed an increasing trend, reflecting that the δD value of sedimentary PAHs formed with the participation of diagenetic water media was still closely related to the thermal maturity of organic matter. Comparative studies showed that the δD values of different types of organic compounds produced by hydrous pyrolysis of peat were in the order, PAHs > n‐alkanes > methane.
{"title":"A Comparison Study on the δD Value of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Hydrous Pyrolysate of Herbaceous Peat with Different Water Medium","authors":"Yi Duan, Yingzhong Wu, Lan-tian Xing, Yingqin Wu, Yang Zhao, Zhongping Li, Lanhua Ma","doi":"10.1111/1755-6724.15105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-6724.15105","url":null,"abstract":"To investigate the influence of diagenetic water media on the hydrogen isotopes of individualsedimentary aromatic compounds, a series of hydrous pyrolyses were conducted on herbaceous peat. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in hydrous pyrolysed samples and their hydrogen isotopic composition characteristics were studied. The aqueous medium demonstrated a significant influence on the hydrogen isotopic composition of the individual PAHs generated during pyrolysis. The results showed that the PAHs formed after pyrolysis in the presence of a saltwater medium with high δD value from a salt lake had a heavy hydrogen isotopic composition. The PAHs formed after pyrolysis in the presence of a freshwater medium with low δD value from a swamp had a light hydrogen isotopic composition. The difference in the average PAH δD value between the two hydrous experiments varied from ‐109 to ‐174‰, suggesting that the hydrogen isotopic composition of individual sedimentary PAHs can reflect the source of the diagenetic water medium. In addition, acomparative study found that the hydrogen isotopes of PAHs were superior to those of n‐alkanes in the same sample for diagenetic water indications. The results indicated that the exchange of water‐derived inorganic hydrogen and organic hydrogen was more intensive in freshwater experiments than in saltwater experiments. With an increase in the simulation temperature, the average δD value of PAHs generated in the hydrous simulation experiments showed an increasing trend, reflecting that the δD value of sedimentary PAHs formed with the participation of diagenetic water media was still closely related to the thermal maturity of organic matter. Comparative studies showed that the δD values of different types of organic compounds produced by hydrous pyrolysis of peat were in the order, PAHs > n‐alkanes > methane.","PeriodicalId":7095,"journal":{"name":"Acta Geologica Sinica ‐ English Edition","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2023-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74494145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Natural gas hydrate (NGH) is an important future resource in the 21st century and strategic resource with potential for commercial development in the third energy transition. It is of great significance to accurately predict the productivity of hydrate bearing sediments (HBS). The multi–phase seepage parameters of HBS include permeability, porosity which is closely related to permeability, and hydrate saturation which has a direct impact on hydrate content. Existing researches show that these multi–phase seepage parameters have a great impact on HBS productivity. Permeability directly affects the transmission of pressure–drop and discharge of methane gas, porosity and initial hydrate saturation affect the amount of hydrate decomposition and transmission process of pressure–drop, and also indirectly affect temperature variation of the reservoir. Therefore, in this paper, considering the spatial heterogeneity of multi–phase seepage parameters, a depressurization production model with layered heterogeneity was established based on the clayey silt hydrate reservoir at W11 station in Shenhu Sea area. And then the Tough+Hydrate software was used to calculate, the process of gas production and seepage parameters evolution under different multi–phase seepage parameters were obtained, and the sensitivity analysis of the parameters affecting the clayey silt hydrate reservoir productivity was conducted. The research found that: (a) The HBS model with layered heterogeneity can better describe the transmission process of pressure and thermal compensation mechanism of hydrate reservoir. (b) Considering the multi–phase seepage parameters heterogeneity, the influence degrees of the parameters on HBS productivity was permeability, porosity and initial hydrate saturation in order from large to small, and the influence of permeability was significantly greater than that of other parameters. (c) The production potential of the clayey silt reservoir should not be determined only by the hydrate content or seepage capacity, but also by the comprehensive effect of the two. (d) Time scales need to be concerned when studying the effects of changes in multi–phase seepage parameters on HBS productivity.
{"title":"Sensitivity Analysis of Multi–phase Seepage Parameters Affecting the Clayey Silt Hydrate Reservoir Productivity in the Shenhu Area","authors":"Yaobin Li, Xin Xin, Tianfu Xu, Yingqi Zang, Huixing Zhu, Yilong Yuan","doi":"10.1111/1755-6724.15106","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-6724.15106","url":null,"abstract":"Natural gas hydrate (NGH) is an important future resource in the 21st century and strategic resource with potential for commercial development in the third energy transition. It is of great significance to accurately predict the productivity of hydrate bearing sediments (HBS). The multi–phase seepage parameters of HBS include permeability, porosity which is closely related to permeability, and hydrate saturation which has a direct impact on hydrate content. Existing researches show that these multi–phase seepage parameters have a great impact on HBS productivity. Permeability directly affects the transmission of pressure–drop and discharge of methane gas, porosity and initial hydrate saturation affect the amount of hydrate decomposition and transmission process of pressure–drop, and also indirectly affect temperature variation of the reservoir. Therefore, in this paper, considering the spatial heterogeneity of multi–phase seepage parameters, a depressurization production model with layered heterogeneity was established based on the clayey silt hydrate reservoir at W11 station in Shenhu Sea area. And then the Tough+Hydrate software was used to calculate, the process of gas production and seepage parameters evolution under different multi–phase seepage parameters were obtained, and the sensitivity analysis of the parameters affecting the clayey silt hydrate reservoir productivity was conducted. The research found that: (a) The HBS model with layered heterogeneity can better describe the transmission process of pressure and thermal compensation mechanism of hydrate reservoir. (b) Considering the multi–phase seepage parameters heterogeneity, the influence degrees of the parameters on HBS productivity was permeability, porosity and initial hydrate saturation in order from large to small, and the influence of permeability was significantly greater than that of other parameters. (c) The production potential of the clayey silt reservoir should not be determined only by the hydrate content or seepage capacity, but also by the comprehensive effect of the two. (d) Time scales need to be concerned when studying the effects of changes in multi–phase seepage parameters on HBS productivity.","PeriodicalId":7095,"journal":{"name":"Acta Geologica Sinica ‐ English Edition","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2023-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82721051","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yuchen Zhang, Min Wang, Jinbu Li, Chen Zhao, Yunkui Yan, Liangye Xu, Zixiao Deng
Because of the influence of hydrocarbons, especially adsorbed hydrocarbons, on the detection of cracked hydrocarbon (S2) and total organic carbon (TOC), the hydrogen index (HI) based hydrocarbon generation model deviates from actual practice. In this study, the shale in the first member of the Qingshankou Formation in the central depression of the Songliao Basin was taken as the research object and a correction method for S2 and TOC was established. By correcting the experiment results of different maturity samples, the actual hydrocarbon generation model was revealed, the differences before and after correction were compared, and the evolution characteristics of the adsorbed hydrocarbon content were clarified. The results showed that the organic matter enters the hydrocarbon generation threshold at Ro–0.5% and reaches the hydrocarbon generation peak at Ro–1.0% and that the hydrocarbon generation process ends at Ro–1.3%. The hydrocarbon generation model established based on the measured values has a “lag effect” compared to actual values, which extends the hydrocarbon generation window of organic matter and delays the hydrocarbon generation peak. With the increase of maturity, adsorbed hydrocarbon content shows the characteristics of “first increasing, then stabilizing, and then decreasing”, and reaches the most abundant stage at Ro of 0.9%–1.3%.
{"title":"An Improved Method for Evaluating Hydrocarbon Generation of Shale: A Case Study of the Lower Cretaceous Qingshankou Formation Shale in Songliao Basin","authors":"Yuchen Zhang, Min Wang, Jinbu Li, Chen Zhao, Yunkui Yan, Liangye Xu, Zixiao Deng","doi":"10.1111/1755-6724.15102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-6724.15102","url":null,"abstract":"Because of the influence of hydrocarbons, especially adsorbed hydrocarbons, on the detection of cracked hydrocarbon (S2) and total organic carbon (TOC), the hydrogen index (HI) based hydrocarbon generation model deviates from actual practice. In this study, the shale in the first member of the Qingshankou Formation in the central depression of the Songliao Basin was taken as the research object and a correction method for S2 and TOC was established. By correcting the experiment results of different maturity samples, the actual hydrocarbon generation model was revealed, the differences before and after correction were compared, and the evolution characteristics of the adsorbed hydrocarbon content were clarified. The results showed that the organic matter enters the hydrocarbon generation threshold at Ro–0.5% and reaches the hydrocarbon generation peak at Ro–1.0% and that the hydrocarbon generation process ends at Ro–1.3%. The hydrocarbon generation model established based on the measured values has a “lag effect” compared to actual values, which extends the hydrocarbon generation window of organic matter and delays the hydrocarbon generation peak. With the increase of maturity, adsorbed hydrocarbon content shows the characteristics of “first increasing, then stabilizing, and then decreasing”, and reaches the most abundant stage at Ro of 0.9%–1.3%.","PeriodicalId":7095,"journal":{"name":"Acta Geologica Sinica ‐ English Edition","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2023-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83252665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
As an important part of the Early Mesozoic granites in the South Qinling tectonic belt (SQTB), the Guangtoushan pluton provides a material basis for research on the composition of magma sources and the effects of peritectic assemblage entrainment (PAE) on the changes in the granite composition. As shown by the results of LA‐ICP‐MS zircon U‐Pb dating, the Guangtoushan pluton was emplaced during the Late Triassic (214–212 Ma) and was formed in the post‐collision stage between the SQTB and the Yangtgze plate. The collected samples had high SiO2 content and low Cr and Ni contents, indicating that the magmas did not undergo significant crust‐mantle mixing during their evolution. The Guangtoushan granitoids were distributed along the trend line of magmatic fractional crystallization in the F‐An‐Or diagram. This result, combined with the relatively homogeneous Sr‐Nd isotopic composition, implies that the Guangtoushan pluton underwent slight assimilation and contamination. As can be inferred from the comparison between the compositions of the Guangtoushan granitoids and various fluid‐absent experimental melts, the magma sources of the Guangtoushan granitoids contain a variety of materials, such as graywackes, pyroclastic graywackes, and pelites and are not derived from lower crustal mafic rocks. The correlation between the maficity and the major and trace elements further indicates that our strongly peraluminous granitoids from the Guangtoushan pluton was formed by the partial melting of biotite‐bearing crustal rocks and that its magmatic evolution was accompanied by the entrainment of clinopyroxenes and accessory minerals.
广头山岩体作为南秦岭构造带早中生代花岗岩的重要组成部分,为研究岩浆源组成及包岩组合夹带作用对花岗岩组成变化的影响提供了物质基础。LA‐ICP‐MS锆石U‐Pb测年结果表明,广头山岩体的侵位时间为晚三叠世(214-212 Ma),形成于扬子板块与SQTB板块碰撞后阶段。样品SiO2含量高,Cr和Ni含量低,表明岩浆在演化过程中没有发生明显的壳幔混合作用。在F - An - Or图上,广头山花岗岩类沿岩浆分异结晶趋势线分布。这一结果与相对均匀的Sr - Nd同位素组成相结合,表明广头山岩体经历了轻微的同化和污染。通过对比广头山花岗岩类与各种无流体的实验熔体的组成可以推断,广头山花岗岩类的岩浆来源包含多种物质,如灰屑岩、火山碎屑灰屑岩、泥质岩等,并非来源于下地壳基性岩。丰度与主微量元素对比进一步表明,广头山岩体强过铝质花岗岩是由含黑云母的地壳岩石部分熔融形成的,其岩浆演化伴随着斜辉石及其副矿物的夹带作用。
{"title":"Petrological and Geochemical Constraints on The Origin of Strongly Peraluminous Granitoids from The Triassic Guangtoushan Pluton in South Qinling","authors":"Q. Guan, Junlin Cao, Rixiang Wang, Peiling Xie, Wenyue Xia, Xiaowei Li","doi":"10.1111/1755-6724.15103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-6724.15103","url":null,"abstract":"As an important part of the Early Mesozoic granites in the South Qinling tectonic belt (SQTB), the Guangtoushan pluton provides a material basis for research on the composition of magma sources and the effects of peritectic assemblage entrainment (PAE) on the changes in the granite composition. As shown by the results of LA‐ICP‐MS zircon U‐Pb dating, the Guangtoushan pluton was emplaced during the Late Triassic (214–212 Ma) and was formed in the post‐collision stage between the SQTB and the Yangtgze plate. The collected samples had high SiO2 content and low Cr and Ni contents, indicating that the magmas did not undergo significant crust‐mantle mixing during their evolution. The Guangtoushan granitoids were distributed along the trend line of magmatic fractional crystallization in the F‐An‐Or diagram. This result, combined with the relatively homogeneous Sr‐Nd isotopic composition, implies that the Guangtoushan pluton underwent slight assimilation and contamination. As can be inferred from the comparison between the compositions of the Guangtoushan granitoids and various fluid‐absent experimental melts, the magma sources of the Guangtoushan granitoids contain a variety of materials, such as graywackes, pyroclastic graywackes, and pelites and are not derived from lower crustal mafic rocks. The correlation between the maficity and the major and trace elements further indicates that our strongly peraluminous granitoids from the Guangtoushan pluton was formed by the partial melting of biotite‐bearing crustal rocks and that its magmatic evolution was accompanied by the entrainment of clinopyroxenes and accessory minerals.","PeriodicalId":7095,"journal":{"name":"Acta Geologica Sinica ‐ English Edition","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2023-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90430169","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tectonic stress fields are the key to driving tectonic events and evolution of regional structures. The tectonic stress field evolution of the Tanlu fault zone in Shandong Province, located in the east of the North China Craton (NCC), may have preserved records of the NCC tectonics. Borehole television survey and hydraulic fracturing were conducted to analyze the paleo and present tectonic stress fields. Three groups of tensile fractures were identified via the borehole television, and their azimuths were NNW‐SSE, NW‐SE, and NE‐SW, representing multiple stages of tectonic events. Hydraulic fracturing data indicate that the study region is experiencing NEE‐SWW‐oriented compression and nearly‐N‐S‐oriented extension in accordance with the strike‐slip and compression. Since the Cretaceous, the orientation of the extensional stress has evolved counterclockwise and sequentially from nearly‐NW‐SE‐oriented to NE‐SW‐oriented and even nearly‐N‐S‐oriented, and the stress state has transitioned from strike‐slip‐extension to strike‐slip‐compression in association with the rotating and oblique subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the NCC and the participation of the Indian Plate.
{"title":"Tensile Fractures and In‐situ Stress Measurement Data Constraints on Cretaceous–Present Tectonic Stress Field Evolution of the Tanlu Fault Zone in Shandong Province, North China Craton","authors":"Chengwei Yang, Chenghu Wang","doi":"10.1111/1755-6724.15099","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-6724.15099","url":null,"abstract":"Tectonic stress fields are the key to driving tectonic events and evolution of regional structures. The tectonic stress field evolution of the Tanlu fault zone in Shandong Province, located in the east of the North China Craton (NCC), may have preserved records of the NCC tectonics. Borehole television survey and hydraulic fracturing were conducted to analyze the paleo and present tectonic stress fields. Three groups of tensile fractures were identified via the borehole television, and their azimuths were NNW‐SSE, NW‐SE, and NE‐SW, representing multiple stages of tectonic events. Hydraulic fracturing data indicate that the study region is experiencing NEE‐SWW‐oriented compression and nearly‐N‐S‐oriented extension in accordance with the strike‐slip and compression. Since the Cretaceous, the orientation of the extensional stress has evolved counterclockwise and sequentially from nearly‐NW‐SE‐oriented to NE‐SW‐oriented and even nearly‐N‐S‐oriented, and the stress state has transitioned from strike‐slip‐extension to strike‐slip‐compression in association with the rotating and oblique subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the NCC and the participation of the Indian Plate.","PeriodicalId":7095,"journal":{"name":"Acta Geologica Sinica ‐ English Edition","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2023-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73429934","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gneisses with anatectic characteristics from the Liansan Island in Sulu UHPM belt were studied for petrography, titanite U‐Pb dating and mineral geochemistry. Three origins of garnets are distinguished: metamorphic garnet, peritectic garnet and anatectic garnet, which are formed in the stages of the peak metamorphism, retrograded anatexis and melt crystallization, respectively. The euhedral titanite has high content of REE and high Th/U ratios, which is interpreted to be newly formed from an anatectic melt. The LA‐ICP‐MS titanite U‐Pb dating yields 214∼217 Ma ages for the titanite (melt) crystallization. The distribution of trace elements varies in response to the different host minerals at different stages. At the peak metamorphic stage, Y and HREE are mainly hosted by garnet, Ba and Rb are by phengite, Sr, Nb, Ta, Pb, Th, U and LREE are by allanite, and Y, U and HREE are by zircon. During the partial melting, Y, Pb, Th, U and REE are released into melt, which caused dramatic decline of these element content in the retrograded minerals. At last, titanite absorbs mostly of Nb, U, LREE and HREE from the melt. Therefore, different stages of metamorphism have different mineral assemblages which host different trace elements.
{"title":"Implication of the Trace Element of Multi‐stage Minerals and Titanite U‐Pb Dating for the Gneisses from Liansan Island, Sulu UHPM belt","authors":"Lihao Song, Yuting Cao, Tian Xie, Yuyao Chen, Yuan Gao, Songjie Wang, Xu-Ping Li","doi":"10.1111/1755-6724.15100","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-6724.15100","url":null,"abstract":"Gneisses with anatectic characteristics from the Liansan Island in Sulu UHPM belt were studied for petrography, titanite U‐Pb dating and mineral geochemistry. Three origins of garnets are distinguished: metamorphic garnet, peritectic garnet and anatectic garnet, which are formed in the stages of the peak metamorphism, retrograded anatexis and melt crystallization, respectively. The euhedral titanite has high content of REE and high Th/U ratios, which is interpreted to be newly formed from an anatectic melt. The LA‐ICP‐MS titanite U‐Pb dating yields 214∼217 Ma ages for the titanite (melt) crystallization. The distribution of trace elements varies in response to the different host minerals at different stages. At the peak metamorphic stage, Y and HREE are mainly hosted by garnet, Ba and Rb are by phengite, Sr, Nb, Ta, Pb, Th, U and LREE are by allanite, and Y, U and HREE are by zircon. During the partial melting, Y, Pb, Th, U and REE are released into melt, which caused dramatic decline of these element content in the retrograded minerals. At last, titanite absorbs mostly of Nb, U, LREE and HREE from the melt. Therefore, different stages of metamorphism have different mineral assemblages which host different trace elements.","PeriodicalId":7095,"journal":{"name":"Acta Geologica Sinica ‐ English Edition","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2023-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88245694","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G. Han, Tong Pan, Qingkuan Li, Qi-shun Fan, Yan Hu, Jiubo Liu
Geological explorations have revealed plentiful Neogene formation waters in the anticlines in the central Qaidam Basin (QB). However, the hydrochemistry and origin of these waters are obscure. In this study, the hydrochemistry and D–O–S–Sr isotopes of these formation waters were determined to study their origin and evolution. The formation waters are enriched in Na–Ca–Cl, and depleted in Mg–K–SO4–HCO3 ions with elevated Li–B–Br–Sr elements. The D–O isotopes approve that the formation waters are originated from weak–evaporated meteoric waters, and experienced water–rock interactions. The ion comparisons and Caexcess–Nadeficit diagrams suggest that solute sources of these waters include the evaporite dissolution, water–rock interaction, minor residual lake brines. Bacterial sulfate reduction and water–rock interactions are supported by the high S–Sr isotopes. The enriched Li–B–Br–Sr concentrations of these waters are in accord with the high geochemical background values of the QB. The genesis of the formation waters can be concluded that meteoric waters from the southern Kunlun Mountains were discharged into the basin, weakly evaporated, and then infiltrated into the Neogene strata through the faults leaching the soluble ions and mixing with residual lake brines, and experienced water‐rock interactions and sulphate reduction process.
{"title":"Genesis of the Neogene Formation Waters in the Central Qaidam Basin: Clues from Hydrochemistry and Stable D–O–S–Sr Isotopes","authors":"G. Han, Tong Pan, Qingkuan Li, Qi-shun Fan, Yan Hu, Jiubo Liu","doi":"10.1111/1755-6724.15098","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-6724.15098","url":null,"abstract":"Geological explorations have revealed plentiful Neogene formation waters in the anticlines in the central Qaidam Basin (QB). However, the hydrochemistry and origin of these waters are obscure. In this study, the hydrochemistry and D–O–S–Sr isotopes of these formation waters were determined to study their origin and evolution. The formation waters are enriched in Na–Ca–Cl, and depleted in Mg–K–SO4–HCO3 ions with elevated Li–B–Br–Sr elements. The D–O isotopes approve that the formation waters are originated from weak–evaporated meteoric waters, and experienced water–rock interactions. The ion comparisons and Caexcess–Nadeficit diagrams suggest that solute sources of these waters include the evaporite dissolution, water–rock interaction, minor residual lake brines. Bacterial sulfate reduction and water–rock interactions are supported by the high S–Sr isotopes. The enriched Li–B–Br–Sr concentrations of these waters are in accord with the high geochemical background values of the QB. The genesis of the formation waters can be concluded that meteoric waters from the southern Kunlun Mountains were discharged into the basin, weakly evaporated, and then infiltrated into the Neogene strata through the faults leaching the soluble ions and mixing with residual lake brines, and experienced water‐rock interactions and sulphate reduction process.","PeriodicalId":7095,"journal":{"name":"Acta Geologica Sinica ‐ English Edition","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2023-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79102002","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}