Integrated Computational Fluid Flow Modeling in Association with the Formation of Unconformity-Related Uranium Deposits in Sedimentary Basins

与沉积盆地不整合面相关的铀矿床形成相关的综合计算流体流动模型

基本信息

批准号：
RGPIN-2016-04965
负责人：
Yang, Jianwen
金额：
$ 1.97万
依托单位：
University of Windsor
依托单位国家：
加拿大
项目类别：
Discovery Grants Program - Individual
财政年份：
2017
资助国家：
加拿大
起止时间：
2017-01-01 至 2018-12-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=633750
关键词：
Integrated Computational Fluid Flow Modeling

项目摘要

Hydrothermal fluid flow is fundamental to the formation of almost every class of economic mineral deposit in sedimentary basins. Numerical modeling has proven to be an efficient tool for testing, comparing and contrasting various hypotheses regarding subsurface fluid flow and the resulting ore-forming processes. The proposed research program is aimed at developing and applying geologically and geochemically realistic numerical models for quantifying ore genesis, in particular in unconformity-type uranium mineralization in sedimentary basins. The research will include two components: highly conceptualized fluid flow modeling and geologically realistic fluid flow modeling, with particular reference to the southeastern Athabasca Basins of Canada and the Chanziping uranium district of China. An integrated computational modeling approach with a new software package that fully couples thermal-hydrological-mechanical-chemical processes will be employed to advance our understanding of uranium ore mineralization. The proposed research will result in a theoretical framework to quantify hydrothermal ore-forming fluid flow and its controlling factors under realistic geological, structural and geochemical conditions, and refine a range of effective exploration criteria to target new major uranium deposits in the selected regions and in other similar areas elsewhere in the world. Two Ph.D. students, three M.Sc. students and five undergraduate students will participate in different stages of the proposed research.

热液流体流动是沉积盆地中几乎每一类经济矿床形成的基础。数值模型已被证明是测试、比较和对比有关地下流体流动和由此产生的成矿过程的各种假设的有效工具。拟议的研究计划旨在开发和应用地质和地球化学现实数值模型来量化矿石成因，特别是沉积盆地不整合型铀矿化。该研究将包括两个组成部分：高度概念化的流体流动模型和地质真实的流体流动模型，特别是加拿大东南部阿萨巴斯卡盆地和中国的长子坪铀矿区。将采用集成计算建模方法和完全耦合热-水文-机械-化学过程的新软件包来增进我们对铀矿成矿的理解。拟议的研究将形成一个理论框架，以量化现实地质、结构和地球化学条件下的热液成矿流体流动及其控制因素，并完善一系列有效的勘探标准，以在选定的地区和地区寻找新的主要铀矿床。世界其他地方的其他类似地区。两名博士学生，三名硕士学生和五名本科生将参与拟议研究的不同阶段。