Internet use and depression among older adults

The findings regarding the impact of Internet use on well-being are mixed and studies are often criticized due to small samples and lack of consistency in measurement. Fewer studies have examined this issue among older adults. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between Internet use and depression among retired Americans age 50 years or older. Using data from the Health and Retirement Survey, the study estimates the relationship between Internet use and depression through combined use of regression and propensity score methodologies. All empirical methods indicate a positive contribution of Internet use to mental well-being of retired older adults (?50 years), reducing depression categorization by approximately 20–28%.     

THE NATURE AND ORIGIN OF AUTHIGENIC CHLORITE AND RELATED CEMENTS IN OLIGO–MIOCENE RESERVOIR SANDSTONES,TAPTI GAS FIELDS,SURAT DEPRESSION,OFFSHORE WESTERN INDIA

Reservoir sandstones in the Mid‐ and South Tapti gas fields in the Surat Depression (Mumbai Offshore Basin, western India) have been investigated using a range of petrographic techniques, isotope geochemistry and basin modelling. Authigenic chlorite is abundant in the shallow‐marine sandstones of the Miocene Mahim Formation, a major reservoir rock in the Mid‐ and South Tapti fields, which are described here in terms of their quality and diagenetic characteristics. The sandstones are currently at burial depths of between ～1500 and 2800m. The authigenic chlorite has had a significant impact on the resulting reservoir quality of the sandstones and is interpreted to have originated as odinite clay of the verdine facies that replaced faecal or pseudo‐faecal pellets, together with volumetrically small but abundant grain coatings and grain rims, and formed at the site of major riverine iron influx onto the shallow‐marine shelf during periods of relatively low sea level. Pellets have been variably compacted to form pseudomatrix. Reservoir sandstones from similar depositional settings on the west coast of India or other sub‐tropical settings are likely to exhibit comparable diagenetic effects on reservoir quality. Compositionally, the chlorite is the iron‐rich form known as chamosite. The chemistry of all the chlorite morphologies is the same in all studied samples. Oxygen isotope analyses of carbonate cements in the Mahim Formation sandstones have provided an approximate temperature framework for diagenesis of the non‐carbonate cements. Oxygen isotope results for the chlorite, however, suggest much higher temperatures than its position in the paragenetic sequence would warrant. These results suggest that the clay formed first as 1:1 layer clays, in this case odinite, which were then transformed to Fe‐chlorite as burial depths and temperatures increased. Reservoirs in the Mahim, Daman and Mahuva Formation sandstones are thus greatly influenced by the diagenesis of authigenic chlorite and locally by the precipitation of carbonate cements. Reservoir quality is good where thick, continuous chlorite rim cements are present and where chlorite pellets are sufficiently indurated for them not to be compacted. Chlorite rim cements have reduced the extent of quartz overgrowth cementation in the sandstones.     

歧口凹陷歧北低斜坡B90井区沙一下油气成藏条件研究

歧口凹陷歧北低斜坡B90井区,油气藏发育广泛,沙一下是该区勘探开发的重点。对研究区,沙一下油藏基本特征进行研究,分析其成藏条件,从而指导油气勘探。研究区油藏类型可分为构造-岩性油藏及岩性油气藏两种。研究区地层埋深较大,烃源岩成熟,生烃条件良好、源储一体,油气运移动力强。在运聚方向上的上倾尖灭砂体捕获油气而成藏。研究认为,B90井区,连接歧南、歧北斜坡,砂体叠置发育,连片分布,物性好,形成岩性上倾尖灭的岩性圈闭。这种岩性圈闭厚度大、条件好产量高,是大港油田重要的增储上产地区。     

青东凹陷油藏类型及主控因素浅析

青东凹陷具有独特而复杂的成藏特征,通过基础地质的综合研究,识别出青东凹陷发育构造、地层、岩性和复合油藏等四类油藏类型,阐述了各种不同油藏类型的分布特征;通过典型油气藏解剖,明确了有效烃源岩、储盖组合、油气输导条件等油气成藏要素和主控因素,研究认为青东凹陷具有双源供烃的油源条件,发育6套储盖组合,骨架砂体和输导断层为油气运移的有效通道;将青东凹陷划分为西北部斜坡、西南部断阶、中部深洼和东部走滑断裂四个油气聚集带,并解剖了各个油气聚集带的成藏类型及成藏主控因素。     

岐口凹陷沙河街组次生孔隙特征及成因研究

通过对歧口凹陷沙河街组深部碎屑岩储集层中的孔隙研究,认为歧口凹陷沙河街组发育七种孔隙类型及四种喉道类型,对次生孔隙的结构特征与发育特征进行了详细论述。并系统地分析了次生孔隙的形成机制,认为次生孔隙的形成以有机成因为主,无机成因为辅,二者共同作用形成。深入探讨了影响次生孔隙发育的地质因素,并根据孔隙结构及其它多种因素对储层进行了评价。     

双城凹陷断裂特征及其对油气运聚的控制

双城凹陷断裂极为发育,均为正断层,断裂以南北向和北北东向为主,在剖面上断裂的形成明显具有分期性。断裂对油气运聚、成藏的控制作用主要表现在:基底大断裂F1对压力起到了分割面的作用,控制了油气运移的方向,断裂为油气运移提供了通道作用,断裂的封闭性为油气的聚集成藏提供了遮挡条件。通过断裂特征及其对油气运聚的控制作用分析表明,双西陡坡带为油气运移的指向区;结合对该区的沉积、构造等条件的分析认为双西斜坡为油气勘探的有利地区。     

辽中凹陷中深层储层主控因素研究

辽中凹陷沙河街组及部分东营组储层埋藏深度大及储层物性变化大的特点制约了中深层油气的勘探;通过分析沉积相、储层组成特点、成岩作用、异常高压、油气充注等对储层物性的控制．提出了中深层存在次生孔隙发育带,其形成主要源于岩屑长石砂岩中长石、碳酸盐岩胶结物、岩屑的溶蚀以及超压和早期油气充注对储层的保护。     

赛汉塔拉凹陷层序地层研究与岩性油藏勘探

应用钻井和地震资料,分析赛汉塔拉凹陷白垩系地层的沉积充填、层序发育特征,建立全凹陷Ⅲ级层序地层充填格架,可以得出以下结论:都如吉洼槽极其周缘Ⅲ极层序S1低位体系域、S2的高位体系域、S3和S4的低位体系域位于有利的生油洼槽,储层发育,是岩性油藏发育的有利层段。     

苏丹Melut盆地Moleeta油田构造特征研究

Moleeta油田是中国公司在苏丹发现的亿吨级高凝油油田,由12个小油田组成。研究区整体上为西断东超的单断型箕状凹陷,构造十分复杂,断裂十分发育,有大小130多条断层,平面上分为南部洼槽区、中南部断鼻区、中部断槽区、东北部断鼻区,以及西北部复杂断块区。     

库车坳陷北带断裂输导天然气效率评价

在断裂输导天然气能力影响因素分析基础上,建立了断裂输导天然气能力评价参数.利用此评价参数对中国24个以断裂为主要输导通道的大中型气田断裂输导天然气能力进行了研究,并通过其天然气聚集效率和断裂输导天然气能力评价参数之间的关系研究得到:高效、中效和低效断裂输导天然气能力评价参数值应分别为大于250×10-4、250×10-4～25×10-4和小于25×10-4.根据库车坳陷北带断裂输导特征,对其下白垩统顶部断裂输导天然气效率进行了研究,得到库车坳陷北带下白垩统顶部高效断裂输导天然气区主要分布在大北1井周围、克拉1、2、3、4井周围和东秋5井-迪那2-依南2井周围3个地区,中、低效断裂输导天然气区围绕高效断裂输导天然气区分布.目前在该区发现的5个气田皆分布在高效断裂输导天然气分布区,表明高效断裂输导应是库车坳陷北带天然气成藏的重要条件.