利用沉积物粒度数据反演沉积水动力参数

波罗的海西部达斯浅滩海底沉积物各粒级的空间分布由物源区向外有规律变化，反映出沉积水动力条件的控制作用，反过来也为根据沉积物各粒级的空间分布反演近海底优势水流方向和速度提供了依据。利用沉积水动力经验公式及分选系数梯度、Ｚ统计量等设计了反演优势流向和流速的方法，并应用于该海区，估计了该区海底以上１ｍ的近海底优势水流方向及优势流速。与有限的实测及模拟资料进行对比，估计的海流模式吻合较好，但流速的数值可能总体上偏高。

典型海相砂质临滨坝沉积演化过程及成因机制

滩坝砂体是重要的油气储层,其形成的水动力机制复杂多变,受露头及现代沉积等资料的局限性影响,坝体的发育过程、几何形态、动态演化模式及构型叠置关系尚不明确。针对以上问题,利用沉积数值模拟与现代沉积相结合的方法,对典型正向线性临滨坝的沉积演化过程及成因机制进行了探讨。研究结果表明:典型海相临滨坝完整的发育阶段包括锥形坝形成期、弯月坝发育期、条带状复合坝形成期、条带状复合坝扩大生长期以及条带状复合坝停止发育期,现代沉积中可见不同发育阶段的坝体。不同演化阶段的坝体受向岸流、环流、沿岸流和底流等水动力控制。锥形坝及弯月坝为多个小规模、近等间距规则排列的坝体,受向岸流及沿岸环流不断冲刷,锥形坝演化为弯月坝。锥形坝及弯月坝间发育裂流凹槽,坝顶可发育回流沟槽,为典型的顶积式沉积过程。弯月坝坝体及坝间凹槽不断被沉积充填,形成相对整一的条带状复合坝,此阶段表现为典型的侧积式沉积过程。复合坝在向岸流及底流改造下变宽、变厚,最终出露水面形成障壁型滨岸。复合坝内部构型可由多个锥形坝、弯月坝及坝间凹槽构成,呈锥形坝-裂流凹槽-锥形坝或弯月坝-裂流凹槽-弯月坝的构型叠置关系,剖面上呈厚—薄—厚的叠置特征。

珠江口黄茅海河口湾水动力沉积和泥沙运动的统计研究

本它根据稳健对数比主分量分析和Ｍｃｌａｒｅｎ－Ｂｏｗｅｌｓ沉积物迁移随机模型统计研究了珠江口黄茅海河口湾的水动力沉积和泥沙运动。稳健对数比主分量分析把黄茅海河口湾沉积物粒度类型划分为四大类，并相应四种不同水动力环境沉积区。Ｍｃｌａｒｅｎ－Ｂｏｗｅｌｓ随机模型在泥沙运动方向上的定量统计证实了沉积分布表明的泥沙运动规律，为今后探索和开发黄茅海河口湾海区提供新的分析依据。

琼东南盆地陵水区中央峡谷水道沉积数值模拟

深水峡谷是当今海洋油气勘探领域的研究热点。南海西北部琼东南盆地的中央峡谷已部署了多口深水钻井来勘探沉积充填的岩性油气藏,然而,由于这些探井数量相对有限、井间距离大以及地震资料分辨率较低,峡谷内砂体的叠复关系、边界接触关系以及沉积演化等问题尚不清楚,严重制约着储层空间分布与储层物性的精细刻画。对琼东南盆地陵水区中央峡谷开展了沉积数值模拟研究,根据研究区具体地质背景建立了地质模型和数学模型,通过流体动力学软件ANSYS FLUENT正演模拟了多个沉积期次和多套砂组在不同初始条件(如物源和入流速度)下的浊流沉积几何形态,包括砂体平面分布特征和隔夹层分布特征。模拟结果表明:峡谷平直段内,浊流受底床摩擦力的持续影响,流速降低且湍流强度减弱,使得较粗颗粒可沉降于底床,细颗粒可随浊流头部涡流悬浮;峡谷狭窄段内,浊流头部的湍流较强,侵蚀峡谷壁并使峡谷走向发生偏移,悬浮颗粒受离心力作用形成溢岸沉积;峡谷内砂体展布具有垂向分异性,砂体内部泥岩以夹层为主,厚度一般较小且横向连续性差。与现有地震、钻井资料的对比分析显示本次数值模拟结果具有有效性。本研究成果揭示了中央峡谷不同沉积期次和不同砂组的沉积水动力学过程,进而预测了砂体的空间展布特征,为储层物性预测提供了坚实支撑。

大牛地气田大12—大66井区沉积微相与储层产能关系

以大牛地气田大12—大66井区为研究对象,基于物质供给和沉积水动力条件、河道结构与特征,探讨了沉积微相纵向结构与产能分布之间的成因关系,沉积微相横向结构与产能分布之间的内在关系。研究表明,物质供给和沉积水动力条件的组合关系是影响沉积微相纵向产能分布规律,其中物质供给充分、稳定的强水动力条件下,主要为中高产气层;分流河道微相中心位置,测试产能相对稳定,中高产气层分布比较多。分流河道微相边部,测试产能有不稳定的特点。两个强水动力沉积的河道交汇处,是中、高产气层的密集发育区。另外,曲流化的固定河道,因复杂化而形状变化大、难钻遇,但潜力大。不稳定河道,储层整体产能低,但强水动力沉积区仍具挖潜价值。研究结果与大12—大66井区生产测试结果吻合。

黄河三角洲东营港潮坪上的贝壳沉积

黄河三角洲东营港的泥质潮坪上发育大量的贝壳沉积。贝壳的特殊形态使其很容易被水流搬运,波浪的簸选、泥坪表面的侵蚀坑穴和植物根、堤坝等障碍物对贝壳的拦阻、与地形地貌或涨潮流的水流形态有关的流速降低都可以形成贝壳堆积。潮坪表面贝壳的沉积形态包括:与涨潮流有关的坑穴状、密集窝状、陡坎状、垄沟状、席状、带状以及潮汐水道中的混合沉积等类型;与波浪作用有关的堤坝状、堤坝遮挡沉积等类型。涨潮流流速降低的方式不同,贝壳沉积形态也会相应有较大的差别。另外,潮坪表面的细微起伏、潮坪底质类型和粘结性都会对贝壳的沉积形态造成较大影响,其中尤其是以密集窝状和陡坎状为特征。从东营港贝壳的沉积特征上看,潮坪上贝壳沉积的水动力条件与常见的砂砾滩、鲕粒滩、内碎屑滩有很大的不同,不能将介壳的富集一概归为滩坝相沉积。

Study on the Marine Sedimentary Environment Evolution of the Southern Laizhou Bay Under the Impact of Port Projects

The southern Laizhou Bay is mainly composed of silt-sandy coasts with diverse landforms, and its marine hydrodynamic environment is sensitive to human activities. Marine hydrodynamic and sedimentary environments of the study area have changed under the influence of large-scale port projects in recent years. In this paper, the evolution of hydrodynamic environment, deposition rate, and geochemical characteristics were studied based on sediment grain size, element analysis and ^(210)Pb dating of two cores, in order to analyze the influence of Weifang Port on marine environmental evolution, and provide theoretical and practical basis for protecting marine environment in developing marine resources reasonably. Results showed that sediments of the two cores were relatively coarser and mainly composed of silty sand. Sediments above 230 cm in core WF1 and 218 cm in core WF2 were deposited since 1855 when the Yellow River appeared to deposit its sediments within the modern active delta, and the average deposition rate was between 0.3 and 0.5 cm a^(-1). Implement of Weifang Port projects in 1997 and 2007 created great influence on the sedimentary environment evolution in the surrounding waters, and the deposition rate was significantly increased. The average annual deposition rates were 5.1 cm and 3.5 cm in WF1 and WF2 respectively between 1997 and 2007. Content of heavy metals in sediments showed no obvious change in the vertical, indicating that the heavy metals were less affected by human activity and there was no significant accumulation of such metals in the study area.

Model for seawater fouling and effects of temperature,flow velocity and surface free energy on seawater fouling

A kinetic model was proposed to predict the seawater fouling process in the seawater heat exchangers.The new model adopted an expression combining depositional and removal behaviors for seawater fouling based on the Kern–Seaton model.The present model parameters include the integrated kinetic rate of deposition(k d)and the integrated kinetic rate of removal(k r),which have clear physical signi ficance.A seawater-fouling monitoring device was established to validate the model.The experimental data were well fitted to the model,and the parameters were obtained in different conditions.SEM and EDX analyses were performed after the experiments,and the results show that the main components of seawater fouling are magnesium hydroxide and aluminum hydroxide.The effects of surface temperature,flow velocity and surface free energy were assessed by the model and the experimental data.The results indicate that the seawater fouling becomes aggravated as the surface temperature increased in a certain range,and the seawater fouling resistance reduced as the flow velocity of seawater increased.Furthermore,the effect of the surface free energy of metals was analyzed,showing that the lower surface free energy mitigates the seawater fouling accumulation.

Hydrodynamic processes and depositional styles of glacierassociated deposits in the Moxi basin, Southwest China

This study aims to understand the particle size distribution and depositional styles of glacierassociated deposits in the Moxi basin in southwest China. Based on field surveys, 28 samples from glacier-associated deposits(including glacial till,fluvioglacial, debris flow, river and lake deposits)were collected and tested in the laboratory. The results showed that the glacier-associated deposits can be differentiated based on particle gradation,particle size distribution and accumulated percentages. We evaluated the evolution of a former dammed lake in the Moxi basin based on glacierassociated deposits. The results of this study also indicated that the Moxi Platform was not formed by a single depositional process but is composed of both fluvioglacial and debris flow deposits. This research shows that the depositional style analysis is useful in identifying different glacier-associated deposits in high mountain regions. Moreover, the evaluation of the differences in particle sizes of the glacierassociated deposits is useful in reconstructing geohazard events in periglacial regions, and this information can help in identifying and reducing the potential risks associated with geo-hazards.

Evidences of Holocene transgression on Domingos Petrolini Swamp, southern coastal plain, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

The Domingos Petrolini Swamp, located on the Southern Coastal Plain of Rio Grande do Sul, near the town of Rio Grande, constitutes an ample holocene lagoonal deposit. Events related to the holocene transgression and their diverse phases of glacial-eustatic ocillations were found through palynological analysis. Bases on these palynological data, four distinct phases to the paleoenvironmental evolution of the ecosystem were identified. It has also shown a transgressive restricted marine sequence on the base, which suggests the existence of a coastal brackish lagoon or a marisme type of environment. Later, there was a gradation for continentality conditions along with a scarce pollinical record. The third phase is characterized by the presence of marine components and halophyte vegetation, showing another transgressive event in that place. Lastly, the end of direct marine influence over the swamp was recorded and also the vegetation development as it appears these days.

Simulation for Water Quality Management in Inohana Lake Estuary, Japan

The Inohana Lake is a branch lake of the Hamana Lake. The Inohana Lake is an estuary rather than a brackish lake, and has suffered environmental problems such as eutrophication and bottom hypoxic water. In this study, the coupled hydrodynamic and ecological models （eco-hydrodynamic model） were used to construct the strategy for preventing the bottom hypoxic water and improving or recovering the water quality in the lake. Using the model input obtained from the summertime data over 1998-2002, the summer-average flow field and oxygen concentration and budget of the standard run were calculated. Remedial measures used in this study are divided into two parts： the biogeochemical and physical changes in the present situation. For the remedial measures including the biogeochemical changes in the present situation, the simulations considering the reductions of the nutrient inputs from the river, main lake （land） and bottom sediment, and the sediment oxygen demand （SOD） were carried out. For the remedial measures including the physical changes, the 50 and 100 m extensions of the inlet width were considered in the model runs. These simulated results were compared in terms of changes in the dissolved oxygen （DO） concentration and oxygen budget in the bottom layer in the Inohana Lake. There was no significant change in the DO concentration and oxygen stock in the simulations for the reduction of the nutrient inputs from the land and bottom sediment, however increases in those in the simulations for the reduction of SOD. When SOD was reduced by 50%, the bottom DO concentration increased by approximately 2 mg/L and the oxygen stock in the bottom layer increased by 47% comparing the present situation （the standard run） of the lake. The simulation results for inlet width extension showed that the extension of width makes the DO concentration and oxygen stock lower. The remedial measures for the sediment control were proposed to prevent the bottom hypoxia and manage the water quality.

Hydrodynamic regime as a major control on localization of uranium mineralization in sedimentary basins

Uranium deposits in sedimentary basins can be formed at various depths,from near surface to the basement.While many factors may have played a role in controlling the location of mineralization,examination of various examples in the world,coupled with numerical modeling of fluid flow,indicates that the hydrodynamic regime of a basin may have exerted a major control on the localization of uranium deposits.If a basin is strongly overpressured,due to rapid sedimentation,abundance of low-permeability sediments or generation of hydrocarbons,fluid flow is dominantly upward and uranium mineralization is likely limited at shallow depths.If a basin is moderately overpressured,upward moving fluids carrying reducing agents may meet downward moving,oxidizing,uranium-bearing fluids in the middle of the basin,forming uranium deposits at moderate depths.If a basin is weakly or not overpressured,either due to slow sedimentation or dominance of high-permeability lithologies,minor topographic disturbance or density variation may drive oxidizing fluids to the bottom of the basin,leaching uranium either from the basin or the basement,forming unconformity-type uranium deposits.It is therefore important to analyze the hydrodynamic regime of a basin in order to predict the most likely type and location of uranium deposits in the basin.

On the geo-basis of river regulation in the lower reaches of the Yellow River

This paper investigates the important scientific problem of river regulation strategies in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, and discusses the "geo-basis" of river regulation. The concept of a geo-basis to river regulation in the lower Yellow River was discussed in terms of subsidence and sedimentation features of the fiver plain; channel features, erosion characteristics of the Loess Plateau and storm-flood features of the middle and lower reaches. The geographic features of the lower Yellow River have gradually changed since the Holocene but there has been no fundamental change. Based on an analysis of the geo-attributes of the lower reaches of the Yellow River, several conclusions on its river regulation were made. The release of sediment should be the first measure of river regulation because of deposition in the lower reaches. The fiver channels should be provided with adequate space for wandering in the lower reaches. The tail river should be also provided with necessary wandering space because of weak marine dynamics in the estuary area and changes in the delta. Because the erosion environ- ment of the Loess Plateau will not fundamentally change, river harnessing of the middle reaches should focus on improving the plateau morphology, which can be done by reducing the fragmentation of terrain and building a planation surface. Eco- remediation should focus on converting farmland to grassland. There may be extreme floods in the future, as has occurred pre- viously, thus an extreme flood defense system should be considered for the lower reaches. A periodic law for regulation in the Yellow River is discussed. We also discuss how the current use of the lower reaches of the Yellow River is unsustainable and it is urgent to research artificial rechanneling and the creation of new flow paths for the lower reaches.