| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4701529 | Earth Science Frontiers | 2009 | 6 Pages |
To understand the complexity of the development and evolution of ore-controlling fracture system in Dajishan tungsten deposit, Quannan County, Jiangxi Province, we collected rock samples in different depth of deposit and carried out experimental work on rock acoustic emission. Results show that the sequence of rock acoustic emission events follows a clear process of occurrence, quiescence, and burst. The onset and development of fracture system has a cascade of avalanches-punctuated equilibrium hierarchic fractal structure, and the breaking process is very discontinuous, the energy released is also discontinuous, and it becomes smaller with the increase of depth, which reflects the development of mineralization. The author applies the theory of complexity to study the ore-controlling fractures of the vein-type tungsten ore deposits in Dajishan. The following conclusions are drawn. The dynamics of the onset and development of fracture system is similar to the ore-forming system. That is, it consists of the self-organization arising from the coupling of random motion, the coherent behavior produced by interaction between subsystems, the realization of cooperative synchronization, the occurrence of critical transition point, and the attainment of self-organized criticality. These result from the coupling and interaction of physical movement of minerals, time, and space. The formation of vein-type tungsten ore deposit in Dajishan is closely related to critical rupture of ore-controlling fracture system and its avalanches-punctuated equilibrium cascade fractal growth, that is, metallogenic model of vein-type tungsten ore deposit in Dajishan follows generalized “five-storeyed type” metallogenic model.
