青藏高原隆升与环境效应

通过对青藏高原北缘库木库里盆地新生代沉积建造、孢粉、阶地热年龄、沉积响应的调查研究，得出青藏高原新生代的渐新世、上新世和更新世一全新世形成的三套磨拉石建造代表青藏高原最强烈的三次隆升作用；自渐新世以来到上新世晚期高原隆升幅度达1500～2000m，更新世、全新世高原隆升了约2500m，46．4Ka．Bp至今高原隆升了约44m；青藏高原的隆升速率由渐新世开始有愈来愈强烈的趋势，预示青藏高原的隆升是一个多阶段、不等速和非均变的复杂过程；根据库木库里盆地沉积演化揭示青藏高原的隆升经历了早中渐新世早期隆升期、晚渐新世——早中新世早期稳定剥蚀夷平期、早中新世中晚期小幅隆升期、中中新世较稳定剥蚀夷平期、晚中新世振荡隆升期、上新世快速隆升期、更新世一全新世强烈隆升期共七个隆升阶段；并探讨了高原隆升引起的气候干燥、生物灭绝、荒漠化等多种环境效应。     

新疆叶城晚新生代山前盆地演化与青藏高原北缘的隆升——I 地层学与岩石学证据

叶城晚新生代山前盆地的岩性主要由中新世的细粒泥岩和砂岩(乌恰群),上新世的砂岩夹薄层砾岩(阿图什组)及上新世-更新世的粗粒砾岩(西域组)构成.中新世的沉积以细颗粒泥砂岩为主,表明物源区较远,古流域坡度较小,搬运距离较长.古流向分析显示物源区位于南和偏南方,此时昆仑山的地势起伏尚不大.到上新世的阿图什组沉积时,开始出现砾石沉积,反映西昆仑山已经开始有规模地隆升.西域砾岩的沉积标志着作为物源区的西昆仑山已有相当的高度,随着山系的隆升,基底岩石被暴露和剥蚀.     

新疆叶城晚新生代山前盆地演化与高原北缘的隆升—Ⅰ地层学与岩石学证据

叶城晚新生代山前盆地的岩性主要由中新世的细粒泥岩和砂岩（乌恰群）,上新世的砂岩夹薄层砾岩（阿图什组）及上新世－更新世的粗粒砾岩（西域组）构成。中新世的沉积以细颗粒泥砂岩为主,表明物源区较远,古流域坡度较小,搬运距离较长。古流向分析显示物源区位于南和偏南方,此时昆仑山的地势起伏尚不大。到上新世的阿图什组沉积时,开始出现砾石沉积,反映西昆仑山已经开始有规模地隆升。西域砾岩的沉积标志着作为物源区的西昆仑山民有相当的高度,随着山系的隆升,基底岩石被暴露和剥蚀。     

西秦岭北缘一个新生代伸展型角度不整合及其地质意义

通过对西秦岭北缘漳县地区渐新统—中新统含盐红层地层与下伏造山带地层之间的角度不整合及其之上的砾岩、地层序列、沉积旋回等特征研究,提出了该角度不整合为伸展型角度不整合的认识。该伸展型角度不整合的存在指示了西秦岭北缘漳县渐新统—中新统含盐红层盆地具有伸展断陷盆地的属性,意味着在渐新世—中新世漳县含盐盆地形成和沉积充填时期,青藏高原东北缘(至少西秦岭北缘)一直处于伸展构造环境。这与印度板块与欧亚板块碰撞汇聚动力学作用向东北缘扩展形成的以挤压缩短和隆升为主的构造环境不协调,也就是说,青藏高原东北缘在渐新世—中新世可能尚未卷入现今青藏高原构造系统。     

西藏改则盆地渐新统—中新统康托组沉积相特征

改则盆地地处青藏高原羌塘地层区,研究程度较低。通过对西藏改则盆地新近系康托组沉积特征和沉积岩相的详细研究,共划分出3类沉积相:扇三角洲相、湖泊三角洲相和湖泊相,整体表现为自下向上沉积物粒度由粗到细、水深逐渐增大的退积序列。综合区域地质特征及古流向分析认为,改则盆地渐新世—中新世的沉积演化可大致分为2个阶段:盆地初始裂陷阶段和盆地稳定沉积阶段。康托组剖面沉积相的研究有助于了解改则盆地渐新世—中新世的沉积演化。     

青藏高原东北缘循化-化隆地区新生代沉积古地理演化

通过详细分析和对比循化-化隆盆地及邻区新生代沉积序列,将研究区新生代沉积古地理演化划分为3个阶段:(1)渐新世,西秦岭逆冲带、拉脊山逆冲带抬升,循化-化隆盆地压陷下沉,接受以砾岩夹砂岩为主的洪冲积扇和山区河流相沉积,称他拉组。他拉组古流向主要为北东向及北北西向,与盆地南缘的西秦岭北缘隆起带基本垂直或平行,西北边缘古流向为南东东向。(2)中新世—上新世早期,经过渐新世洪冲积填平,很快进入河流三角洲充填阶段,并在中新世早期进入湖泊环境接受沉积。中新世是循化-化隆盆地、临夏盆地、定西-兰州盆地湖盆面积扩展最大期,循化-化隆盆地往东与临夏盆地连通,总体上构成向东张开的大型压陷盆地。这一时期,盆地多以湖泊和湖相三角洲、冲洪积平原相沉积为主。盆地在循化、尖扎、化隆等地发育大面积咸水湖相沉积。盆地四周发育冲洪积扇和冲洪积平原相沉积,在同仁往北、民和往南发育河流相、三角洲相沉积。(3)上新世3.6 Ma左右,为临夏组之上的积石组砾岩发育期。由于周缘山系强烈逆冲与盆地整体隆升,导致积石组与下伏临夏组何王家段之间发育沉积间断与不整面,区域上同仁盆地、甘加盆地、桑科盆地和定西-兰州盆地全部结束沉积。3.6 Ma以后盆地内分布的上新世积石组巨砾岩是该时期周缘山系进一步隆升的沉积响应。循化-化隆盆地与临夏盆地被积石山隆起带分割,盆地主要物源为拉脊山隆起带和西秦岭隆起带。盆地在循化县尕楞乡宗务一带发育的积石组冲洪积扇砾岩堆积最厚。     

西藏昂仁县扯假错渐新统日贡拉组地层沉积相及沉积演化特征

沉积相是研究古环境、古气候及岩相古地理的基础与重要依据。本文报道西藏昂仁县扯假错剖面渐新统日贡拉组的岩性特征、基本层序、沉积相及垂向上沉积演化特征。该组为一套紫红色碎屑岩系,为砾岩、砂岩夹粉砂岩和泥质岩,具典型的河流环境沉积特征,为进一步研究该地区该时期的沉积环境提供了线索。     

西藏阿里札达盆地下更新统香孜组地层厘定与层序地层划分

根据札达盆地香孜组河湖相地层剖面的接触关系、沉积旋回、沉积体系和岩相岩性特征,可将札达盆地下更新统香孜组河湖相地层划分为2个沉积相、3个岩段。香孜组一、二岩段为一套砾岩夹砂岩的粗碎屑岩,属典型的冲（洪）积扇沉积物;第三岩段为砾岩与砂岩互层,属冰水冰缘相沉积。ESR法和古地磁法测年结果表明,札达盆地香孜组河湖相地层的形成时代为早更新世早期（2．68—1．36Ma）。札达盆地为一同生断陷盆地,在后期重新复活的过程中,盆地只经历了冲积体系域和水进体系域。冲积体系域形成于札达盆地早更新世早期重新复活层序发育的早、中期,水进体系域形成于札达盆地早更新世早期重新复活层序发育的晚期。     

青藏高原东北缘弧形构造带新生代地层沉积序列及年代学研究进展

青藏高原东北缘弧形构造带新生代的构造变形和沉积充填过程既受到了太平洋板块俯冲的远程效应影响,也受到了青藏高原北东向扩展的控制。确定新生代地层的沉积时代是深入理解青藏高原东北缘弧形构造带内构造变形和沉积充填过程的重要前提,但是目前弧形构造带内新生代地层序列和沉积时代仍存在诸多争议。文章系统研究了弧形构造带内古近纪至新近纪沉积序列和地层时代,结果显示弧形构造带内寺口子组、清水营组、彰恩堡组和干河沟组的沉积时代分别为中晚渐新世、晚渐新世—早中新世、中中新世—晚中新世和晚中新世—上新世。综合分析了古近纪至新近纪不整合界面的形成时代,重新厘定了古近纪—新近纪两期不整合及其大地构造意义,第一期不整合发育在清水营组与彰恩堡组之间,时代为早中新世,指示了青藏高原的北东向扩展到达弧形构造带;第二期不整合发育在彰恩堡组与干河沟组之间,时代为晚中新世,指示了青藏高原北东向扩展对弧形构造带的改造达到高峰。讨论了弧形构造带沉积充填过程与构造演化的耦合关系,新生代盆地的沉积演化过程主要经历了三个阶段:自中渐新世至早中新世,弧形构造带主要受控于早期的滨太平洋伸展构造体系域,处于伸展构造背景;早中新世至晚中新世,构造...     

拉萨北部林周盆地林子宗火山岩层序新议

林子宗火山岩是西藏冈底斯地区典型的新生代火山岩，可分为3个组：典中组、年波组和帕那组，主要由玄武安山岩、安山岩、英安岩、粗安岩、钾玄岩、流纹岩和相应的火山碎屑岩夹灰岩、河湖相沉积岩组成。经过林周盆地火山地质填图，发现林子宗火山岩层序较原定层序复杂得多，其中在典中组原定的安山质一英安质火山岩的底部新发现了一套流纹质火山岩，顶部发现河湖相沉积；年波组在原定上部安山质火山岩中新厘定出钾玄质火山岩，在顶部发现了红色泥岩；帕那组的底部还发现了球粒流纹岩和枕状流纹质熔结凝灰岩。据此重新论述了西藏林周盆地林子宗火山岩的地层层序及区域变化特征，进一步划分出8个段，属3个火山喷发旋回的产物。林子宗火山岩的形成时代，典中组为61．45～64．43Ma，年波组54．07Ma，帕那组43．93～48．72Ma。     

Detrital zircon UPb geochronology of the Wuyu (Oiyug) Basin,southern Tibetan Plateau,and its geological implications

Cenozoic strata in the Wuyu Basin record the tectonic evolution of the southern Tibetan Plateau. Here, we use detrital zircon isotope data and paleocurrents based on petrographic and sedimentary facies analyses to constrain the provenance of sediments in the Wuyu Basin. On this basis, we recognize multiple phases of tectonic activity in the southern Tibetan Plateau since the Miocene. Tectonic activity at ca. 15 Ma ended the lacustrine sedimentary facies of the Mangxiang Fm. and caused volcanic eruptions; the Wuyu Basin received deposits of the Laiqing Fm. dominated by volcanic and pyroclastic rocks. Tectonic activity at ca. 8 Ma resulted in the volcanic and pyroclastic rocks of the Laiqing Fm. becoming one of the main provenances for the overlying Wuyu Fm. The lacustrine environment in the Wuyu Basin ended again and shifted to braided river sedimentation, the paleocurrent directions changed from northward to southward, and the central Lhasa subterrane became one of the main provenances at ca. 2.5 Ma. By comparing the detrital zircon ages of our samples in the Wuyu Basin and sands from the Lhasa River, we infer that a long river comparable to the modern Lhasa River existed in the Wuyu Basin area at ca. 2.5 Ma. During the Quaternary, due to the consistent convergence between the Indian and Eurasian plates, the eastern Gangdese Mountains uplifted, which resulted in the blocking of this river and the development of the current geomorphic features in the Wuyu Basin area.     

青藏高原沱沱河盆地渐新-中新世沉积环境分析

沱沱河盆地保存着青藏高原内部至今发现最完整的渐新世至中新世连续沉积记录,由渐新世雅西措群(31.3～23.8Ma)和早中新世五道梁群(23.8～21.8Ma)组成,总厚度2393m。雅西措群主要为紫红色、砖红色砂岩、粉砂岩与泥岩韵律互层,五道梁群为一套内陆湖泊相泥灰岩、内碎屑灰岩和叠层石灰岩沉积。沱沱河盆地渐新-中新世沉积环境经历了3个阶段的演化:(1)早渐新世,以河流环境为主,古水流以北向为主,反映古气候条件比较干燥;(2)中晚渐新世,以湖泊环境为主,古水流以东北向为主,古气候条件相对温暖潮湿;(3)晚渐新世至早中新世,主要为湖泊环境,古水流转为南向,沉积岩性由雅西措群项部的砂泥岩互层为主转变为五道梁群的泥灰岩为主,反映当时的物源区发生重大转变,构造活动趋于稳定,古气候条件由温暖潮湿转为干燥。沱沱河盆地渐新-中新世气候和构造活动历史对于研究青藏高原早期隆升作用和全球气候变化都有重要意义。     

塔里木盆地沙雅隆起托甫2井志留系划分对比

托甫2井志留系发育不全,仅残存下统(兰多维列统)柯坪塔格组与塔塔埃尔塔格组,柯坪塔格组分为三段:上下为砂岩段,中间为泥岩段,颜色以灰色、灰绿色为基调.塔塔埃尔塔格组为褐色、棕红色细砂岩与泥岩.在柯坪塔格组中下段获丰富的笔石、几丁石与疑源类化石,详细地讨论了这些属种的时代分布与地理分布,根据生物群特征,可将其归入3个化石组合(带),即Parakidograptus acuminatus,Belonechitinacf.postrobusta-Spinachitina sp.nov.与Dactylofusa cabottii-Cymatiosphaera densisepta-Leiosphaeridia组合,首次为主要勘探目的层之一的柯坪塔格组划分与对比提供了多门类的化石依据.托甫2井志留系可划分为1个Ⅱ级层序,4个Ⅲ级层序;Ⅱ级层序的顶、底界分别为区域不整合面T06与T07,具有明显的下削、上超特征.并以岩石地层为基础,生物地层为依据,结合测井地层与层序地层,厘定了托普2井志留系地层层序及组段的岩电特征,同时建立了覆盖区井下柯坪塔格组下段与上奥陶统桑塔木组的划分标准.     

塔里木盆地南缘新生代沉积:对青藏高原北缘隆升和塔克拉玛干沙漠演化的指示

塔里木盆地南缘新生代沉积地层厚达万米以上。研究的叶城和阿尔塔什两个剖面分别厚4500m和7000m,基本代表了塔里木南部的新生代沉积。叶城剖面的底界年龄根据磁性地层测定约为8Ma。阿尔塔什剖面的底界年龄根据海相碳酸盐岩87Sr/86Sr的比值与全球Sr同位素曲线对比,约为30～35Ma。从岩性地层分析,剖面的下部为中新统乌恰群,主要由泥岩和粉砂岩组成,沉积相为低能环境的辫状河和曲流河。剖面的中部是上新统阿图什组,由红色泥岩、砂岩夹薄层砾岩以及埋藏风成黄土构成,沉积环境为冲-洪积扇的中远端。剖面的上部是上新统—下更新统西域组,由中粗砾岩夹块状粉砂岩透镜体(埋藏风成黄土)组成,主要是近源洪积扇沉积和风成沉积,以上地层层序可以进行很好的区域对比。塔里木盆地南缘新生代沉积由新近纪红层向上变化为逆粒序砾岩和碎屑流沉积,记录了青藏高原北缘隆升造成的沉积环境的变化,尤其是干旱化气候的阶段性演化。在约8Ma时,叶城和阿尔塔什两个剖面都发育了风成沙丘沉积。而在阿尔塔什剖面,沙丘沉积之下还发育了一套厚层的膏盐沉积,指示了塔里木盆地南缘在此前后已经相当干旱,只是仅凭这些证据还难以判断沙漠发育的规模。而上新世—更新世阿图什组和西域组中发育的埋藏风成黄土沉积,则指示了塔克拉玛干沙漠在此时已经发育到了相当规模,极度干旱的气候条件(可能类似于现在)已经形成。     

塔中地良奥陶系地层格架与沉积演化

塔里木中部地区奥陶系大致以Ⅰ号断裂为界分东北和西南两个地层分区,自下而上分白云岩段、灰岩段、泥质灰岩段、泥岩夹灰岩段、泥岩夹砂岩段、砂砾岩段、泥岩夹砂岩段、泥岩灰岩互层段和砂岩段等9个岩性段。早奥陶世,塔中地区以碳酸盐岩台地相为主,自西向东为局限台地相、开阔台地相、台地边缘相和深水斜坡相。中——晚奥陶世,塔中地区西部以混积陆架相为主,东部以深水斜坡相为主。中—晚奥陶世,塔中东部及塔东地区在构造上具弧后前陆盆地性质。中—上奥陶统地层完整地记录了该盆地从形成发展到消亡的过程,即早期为深水斜坡相复理石活动沉积,晚期演化为浅海陆架相稳定沉积。     

GEOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANT OF SPOROPOLLEN ASSEMBLAGE IN THE XUESHAN FORMATION

GEOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANT OF SPOROPOLLEN ASSEMBLAGE IN THE XUESHAN FORMATION     

Cenozoic uplift of the Tibetan Plateau: Evidence from the tectonic-sedimentary evolution of the western Qaidam Basin

Geologists agree that the collision of the Indian and Asian plates caused uplift of the Tibet Plateau.However,controversy still exists regarding the modes and mechanisms of the Tibetan Plateau uplift.Geology has recorded this uplift well in the Qaidam Basin.This paper analyzes the tectonic and sedimentary evolution of the western Qaidam Basin using sub-surface seismic and drill data. The Cenozoic intensity and history of deformation in the Qaidam Basin have been reconstructed based on the tectonic developments,faults growth index,sedimentary facies variations,and the migration of the depositional depressions.The changes in the sedimentary facies show that lakes in the western Qaidam Basin had gone from inflow to still water deposition to withdrawal.Tectonic movements controlled deposition in various depressions,and the depressions gradually shifted southeastward.In addition,the morphology of the surface structures in the western Qaidam Basin shows that the Cenozoic tectonic movements controlled the evolution of the Basin and divided it into(a) the southern fault terrace zone, (b) a central Yingxiongling orogenic belt,and(c) the northern fold-thrust belt;divided by the XI fault (Youshi fault) and Youbei fault,respectively.The field data indicate that the western Qaidam Basin formed in a Cenozoic compressive tectonic environment caused by the India—Asia plate collision. Further,the Basin experienced two phases of intensive tectonic deformation.The first phase occurred during the Middle Eocene—Early Miocene(Xia Ganchaigou Fm.and Shang Ganchaigou Fm.,43.8—22 Ma),and peaked in the Early Oligocene(Upper Xia Ganchaigou Fm.,31.5 Ma).The second phase occurred between the Middle Miocene and the Present(Shang Youshashan Fm.and Qigequan Fm., 14.9—0 Ma),and was stronger than the first phase.The tectonic—sedimentary evolution and the orientation of surface structures in the western Qaidam Basin resulted from the Tibetan Plateau uplift,and recorded the periodic northward growth of the Plateau.Recognizing this early tectonic—sedimentary evolution supports the previous conclusion that northern Tibet responded to the collision between India and Asia shortly after its initiation.However,the current results reveal that northern Tibet also experienced another phase of uplift during the late Neogene.The effects of these two stages of tectonic activity combined to produce the current Tibetan Plateau.     

Late Neogene loess deposition in southern Tarim Basin: tectonic and palaeoenvironmental implications

Uplift of the Tibetan Plateau during the late Cainozoic resulted in a thick apron of molassic sediments along the northern piedmonts of the Kunlun and Altyn Mountains in the southern Tarim Basin. Early Neogene sediments are characterised by sandstone, siltstone and red mudstone, representing floodplain to distal alluvial fan environments. The Early Pliocene Artux Formation consists of medium-grained sandstone and sandy mudstone with thin layers of fine pebbly gritstone. The Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene Xiyu Formation is dominated by pebble to boulder conglomerate typical of alluvial fan debris flow deposits. Sedimentological investigation, together with grain size and chemical analyses of siltstone bands intercalated with sandstone and conglomerate in the Xiyu and Artux Formations, point to an aeolian origin, suggesting desertic conditions in the Tarim Basin by the Early Pliocene. The onset of aeolian sedimentation in the southern Tarim Basin coincided with uplift of the northern Tibetan Plateau inferred from the lithofacies change from fine-grained mudstone and sandstone to coarse clasts. Tibetan Plateau uplift resulted in the shift of sedimentary environments northwards into the southern Tarim Basin, and could well have triggered the onset of full aridity in the Taklimakan region as a whole.     

Half-graben lacustrine sedimentary rocks of the lower Carboniferous Strathlorne Formation, Horton Group, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada

The Strathlorne Formation is the middle formation of a three-part Horton Group stratigraphy present throughout the post-Acadian Orogeny Maritimes Basin in Atlantic Canada. It is up to 600 m in thickness and is of Tournaisian age. The formation was deposited in a complex lacustrine system during the period of maximum fault-bounded extensional subsidence within two asymmetric half-graben sub-basin segments of a large rift. This rift was located at a palaeolatitude of 10–15°S. Four facies assemblages are identified and interpreted: (1) dark grey mudstone (open lacustrine), (2) grey, very fine to fine-grained sandstone (nearshore/shoreline), (3) grey, medium-grained sandstone to conglomerate (fan delta) and (4) red siltstone to fine-grained sandstone (interdeltaic mudflat). Interpreted structural asymmetry of the fault-bounded sub-basins is evidenced by asymmetry of sediment input, facies distribution and palaeoflow in the lacustrine sedimentary fill. These indicators suggest that the sub-basins, which were linked end-to-end, had opposed polarity of structural asymmetry during deposition of the Strathlorne Formation. Open lacustrine sediments are typified by stacked shallowing-upward sequences, each representing deepening due to sub-basin-wide subsidence events followed by gradual infilling to shallow water depths. Sub-basin asymmetry is also reflected in the contrast of thick sequences and grouped thinner sequences at marginal and axial positions, respectively. The lakes which occupied the sub-basins were large (up to 100 × 50 km), tens to hundreds of metres deep and periodically stratified (presence of an anoxic hypolimnion, at least near sub-basin axes).     

The Maesan fan delta, Miocene Pohang Basin, SE Korea: architecture and depositional processes of a high-gradient fan-delta-fed slope system

The Maesan fan-delta-fed slope system in the Miocene Pohang Basin occurs between two Gilbert-type fan deltas. Detailed analysis of sedimentary facies and bed geometry reveals that the sequence is represented by 13 sedimentary facies. These facies can be organized into three facies associations, representing distinct depositional environments: alluvial fan (facies association I), steep-faced slope (facies association II), and basin plain (facies association III). Subaerial debris flows and dense, inertia-dominated currents were transformed into subaqueous sediment gravity flows in steep-faced slope environments. Further downslope, these flows were channelized and formed lobate conglomerate and sandstone bodies at the terminal edge of the channels (or chutes). Interchannel and interlobe areas were dominated by homogeneous mudstone and muddy sandstone, deposited by suspension settling of fine-grained materials. Part of the steep-faced slope deposits experienced large-scale slides and slumps. The chutes/channels, lobes and splays on the steep-faced slope of the Maesan system are similar to those in modern subaqueous coarse-grained fan-delta systems.