Fault lineaments are the main input data in earthquake engineering and seismology studies.This study presents a digitally-based active fault map of the Kerman region in central-east Iran which experienced several deva...Fault lineaments are the main input data in earthquake engineering and seismology studies.This study presents a digitally-based active fault map of the Kerman region in central-east Iran which experienced several devastating earthquakes on poorly exposed and/or not identified active faults.Using Landsat 8 data,we have carried out the image-based procedures of fault mapping,which include applying the contrast stretching technique,the principal component analysis,the color composite technique,the spectral rationing,and creating the false-color composite images.Besides,we have cross-checked the resulting map with the geological maps provided by the Geological Survey of Iran to decrease the associated uncertainties.The resulting map includes 123 fault segments,still,a part of which has been expressed in the previously compiled active-fault maps of Iran.Indeed,the new one is mapping the poorly exposed active faults,so-called secondary faults,which are able to produce strong events.These faults are primarily associated with poorly defined areas that accommodate low levels of seismicity;however,sporadic strong events are likely to occur.It has also been investigated that these kinds of faults are seismogenic and are able to produce destructive events.In total,the outcome of this study can also be jointed with seismic studies for investigating parts of the earthquake activity in central-east Iran,in particular for the fault-based approaches in impending earthquake-resistant buildings.展开更多
That more than 82 percent of proved sandstone-type uranium deposits coexist with proved oil-gas or coalfields in the world reflects the fact of coexistence and accumulation of multi-energy minerals including oil,gas,c...That more than 82 percent of proved sandstone-type uranium deposits coexist with proved oil-gas or coalfields in the world reflects the fact of coexistence and accumulation of multi-energy minerals including oil,gas,coal and uranium in the same basin.Especially,this phenomenon is most typical in the Central-east Asia energy basins.Across China,Mongolia and some central Asian countries,the giant Central-east Asia metallogenetic domain(CEAMD)stretches more than 6,000 km from Songliao Basin of China in the east to the Caspian Sea in the west.The multi-energy minerals distribution characteristics of the domain include:their spatial distribution is complicated and ordered;the ore-bearing horizon relates closely to the geographical region;the accumulation/mineralization and localization time is the same or close;the occurrence setting and accumulation/mineralization have close correlation;and they have rich provenance for all the minerals.All of these imply that they have close relations between each other under a unified geodynamic background.The exogenetic uranium mineralization process in CEAMD can be divided into five phases using time limits of 100 Ma,(50±2)Ma,20±(2―4)Ma,8―5 Ma.The major mineralization periods and their differences in each primary uranium-bearing basin are identical to the oil-gas accumulation and localization periods and phases in the same basin,and are also in response to regional tectonics and controlled in general by the regional geodynamic environment.For industrial application and commercial exploitation,it is suggested that an important period for coexistence,accumulation and localization of oil,gas,coal and uranium and their interaction mainly occur in the late/last and post basin evolution.Through generalized analysis and comparison of accumulation/mineralization environment of the energy basins in CEAMD,the authors propose that the relatively stable regional tectonic background and moderate(weaker)structural deformation probably are necessary for formation,coexistence and preservation of large and medium-scaled sandstone-type uranium ore deposits,oil-gas fields and coalfields,while basins in favor of coexistence and accumulation are those intracratonal,intermediary massif basins and corresponding reformed basins.展开更多
基金the financial support of Kerman Provincial Gas Corporation&National Iranian Gas Company to conduct this research via Funding Sources of #062570 and#062571.
文摘Fault lineaments are the main input data in earthquake engineering and seismology studies.This study presents a digitally-based active fault map of the Kerman region in central-east Iran which experienced several devastating earthquakes on poorly exposed and/or not identified active faults.Using Landsat 8 data,we have carried out the image-based procedures of fault mapping,which include applying the contrast stretching technique,the principal component analysis,the color composite technique,the spectral rationing,and creating the false-color composite images.Besides,we have cross-checked the resulting map with the geological maps provided by the Geological Survey of Iran to decrease the associated uncertainties.The resulting map includes 123 fault segments,still,a part of which has been expressed in the previously compiled active-fault maps of Iran.Indeed,the new one is mapping the poorly exposed active faults,so-called secondary faults,which are able to produce strong events.These faults are primarily associated with poorly defined areas that accommodate low levels of seismicity;however,sporadic strong events are likely to occur.It has also been investigated that these kinds of faults are seismogenic and are able to produce destructive events.In total,the outcome of this study can also be jointed with seismic studies for investigating parts of the earthquake activity in central-east Iran,in particular for the fault-based approaches in impending earthquake-resistant buildings.
基金Jointly supported by the National Important Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2003CB214607)Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University(Grant No.IRT0559)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.40372096)
文摘That more than 82 percent of proved sandstone-type uranium deposits coexist with proved oil-gas or coalfields in the world reflects the fact of coexistence and accumulation of multi-energy minerals including oil,gas,coal and uranium in the same basin.Especially,this phenomenon is most typical in the Central-east Asia energy basins.Across China,Mongolia and some central Asian countries,the giant Central-east Asia metallogenetic domain(CEAMD)stretches more than 6,000 km from Songliao Basin of China in the east to the Caspian Sea in the west.The multi-energy minerals distribution characteristics of the domain include:their spatial distribution is complicated and ordered;the ore-bearing horizon relates closely to the geographical region;the accumulation/mineralization and localization time is the same or close;the occurrence setting and accumulation/mineralization have close correlation;and they have rich provenance for all the minerals.All of these imply that they have close relations between each other under a unified geodynamic background.The exogenetic uranium mineralization process in CEAMD can be divided into five phases using time limits of 100 Ma,(50±2)Ma,20±(2―4)Ma,8―5 Ma.The major mineralization periods and their differences in each primary uranium-bearing basin are identical to the oil-gas accumulation and localization periods and phases in the same basin,and are also in response to regional tectonics and controlled in general by the regional geodynamic environment.For industrial application and commercial exploitation,it is suggested that an important period for coexistence,accumulation and localization of oil,gas,coal and uranium and their interaction mainly occur in the late/last and post basin evolution.Through generalized analysis and comparison of accumulation/mineralization environment of the energy basins in CEAMD,the authors propose that the relatively stable regional tectonic background and moderate(weaker)structural deformation probably are necessary for formation,coexistence and preservation of large and medium-scaled sandstone-type uranium ore deposits,oil-gas fields and coalfields,while basins in favor of coexistence and accumulation are those intracratonal,intermediary massif basins and corresponding reformed basins.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China[grant numbers 41991280 and 42025502]the Guangdong Major Project of Basic and Applied Basic Research[grant number 2020B0301030004]the State Scholarship Fund by China Scholarship Council[grant number 202109045003].
