贵州瓮安埃迪卡拉系陡山沱组上段底部和下段的遗迹化石

贵州瓮安地区埃迪卡拉系陡山沱组上段产有保存良好的具有生物多样化特征、包含多种门类磷质球粒状化石库的“瓮安生物群”,成为地球早期生物特别是早期后生动物和动物胚胎化石研究的焦点地区。描述了产自瓮安陡山沱组“瓮安生物群”产出层位底部和之下层位的3个后生动物遗迹：Wenganichnus nanbaoensis（ichnogen. et ichnosp. nov.）为具有衬里和半月形回填构造的微弯曲的潜穴管; Doushantuoichnus curvatus（ichnogen. et ichnosp. nov. ）为具有细小横纹脊的中沟和两排呈叠瓦状排列的小羽叶状凸起的表生迹;?Planolites ichnosp. 为任意弯曲的、与围岩岩性略有区别的长线状底迹突起。遗迹化石的形态特征表明它们的造迹生物为沿一定方向运动的、背部与腹部以及前部与后部分化的、两侧对称的蠕虫状后生动物,而非沉积构造。“瓮安生物群”中后生动物的卵和胚胎化石可能系不易保存的软躯体动物的卵和胚胎在水动力作用下与沉积物一起被搬运、沉积,埋藏于较高能浅水环境并处于休眠状态,且被保存。     

山东车西地区沙三、沙四段界线之我见

山东车西地区沙河街组沙三、沙四段之间发育一套油泥岩“尾巴”段地层,其中沙三、沙四段的标志化石混生,在层位归属上一直存在分歧。通过标志化石组合特征的分析对比,并综合层序地层学、地震地层学、岩石地层学、生物地层学以及岩电组合特征的研究,认为沙四段化石的延续是早期古生物分子的孑遗,沙三段标志性化石的产生是古生物新成员的先驱,以生物地层学进行层位划分应以标志化石新成分的出现作为一个新的时代阶段的开始,而油泥岩“尾巴”段的层序地层特征、岩石地层和岩电特征等均趋向于沙三段,所以将其划归为沙三段比较合适。     

Coralline algae from the Aramda Reef Member of the Chaya Formation,Mithapur, Gujarat

The Quaternary sediments of the Aramda Reef Member of the Chaya Formation exposed in the Mojap coast near Mithapur, Gujarat are characterized by well-developed coralline algal build-ups. These algal build-ups are exceptionally rich in coralline algae and corals. In the present paper, thirteen species belonging to eight genera of coralline algae are described. Out of these, seven species (Titanoderma nataliae, Lithophyllum nitorum, Lithophyllum quadratum, Spongites sp. Brandano et al., 2005, Sporolithon lvovicum, Mesophyllum fructiferum and Lithothamnion praefruticulosum) are the new records for India. Four species (Titanoderma pustulatum, Sporolithon intermedium, Mesophyllum commune and Phymatolithon sp.) are first time recorded from the study area. Among the major framework builders of coralline algae of the Aramda Reef Member are Lithophyllum, Titanoderma, Sporolithon, Mesophyllum and Lithothamnion.     

Evaluation of coalbed gas potential of the Seelyville Coal Member, Indiana, USA

The Seelyville Coal Member of the Linton Formation in Indiana potentially contains 0.03 trillion m³ (1.1 TCF) of coalbed gas. The gas content determined by canister desorption technique ranges from 0.5 to 5.7 cm³/g on dry ash free basis (15.4 to 182.2 scf/ton). The controls on gas content distribution are complex, and cannot be explained by the coal rank alone. Ash content and the lithology of the overlying strata, among other factors, may influence this distribution.     

Jurassic foraminifera from Jajiya Member,Jaisalmer Formation,Western Rajasthan

The Jajiya Member of Jaisalmer Formation yielded a foraminiferal assemblage comprising twenty-three species dominated by the family Vaginulinidae. An Oxfordian age is assigned to the foraminiferal assemblage based on the record of some characteristic Oxfordian species reported from different parts of the world. The foraminiferal assemblage suggests an open marine shelf environment of deposition.     

西藏羌塘阿木岗群硅质岩段时代归属

对阿木岗群硅质岩段与上覆和下伏地层的接触关系，灰岩砾石、灰岩夹层中所发现的生物化石及才玛尔错和绒马硅质岩中放射虫化石资料的对比研究表明，硅质岩段不属于基底地层，其时代相当于三叠纪，大致可与晚三叠世结扎群相对比。     

胜利油区渤南洼陷沙四上亚段成岩演化序列研究

根据粘土矿物演化、有机质演化、成岩矿物特征、阴极发光、铸体薄片以及包裹体等方面研究,厘定了渤南洼陷沙四上亚段目前处于成岩晚期A2-B亚期;建立了渤南洼陷深部储层成岩演化序列,阐明了粘土矿物及其演化是储层形成的序参量;研究了渤南洼陷沙四上亚段成岩作用。重点探讨了泥岩和砂岩中粘土矿物对深部储层的影响——砂岩储层中的无机成岩作用与生油岩中的有机质成岩作用密切相关,二者相互作用的结果使邻近储层铝硅酸盐颗粒和碳酸盐溶蚀,形成次生孔隙;且发现高岭石大量出现是次生孔隙发育的一个标志,预测3600m附近极有可能存在一次生孔隙发育带。     

松辽盆地北部泉头组三、四段储层质量预测

为了预测松辽盆地北部泉头组三、四段低渗透储层的质量,首先将碎屑岩的成岩作用细分为早成岩阶段A、早成岩阶段B期、中成岩阶段A1亚期、中成岩阶段A21、A2、中成岩阶段B期。统计结果表明,成岩作用对储层的物性和含油性具有明显的控制作用,处于中成岩阶段B期的任何沉积相的砂体均不能产出工业油气流,在中成岩阶段A22只有主河道砂...     

四川盆地南部中二叠统茅口组二段沉积微相研究

四川盆地南部钻揭茅口组的井数众多,但时间跨度大、资料品质差,可用的取芯资料少,难以满足沉积微相研究的需要。论文以四川盆地南部中二叠统茅口组二段为例,通过仅有的10口井的岩芯观察和薄片分析发现,茅二段A、B、C亚段均存在一套层位稳定的薄层至块状的浅灰-灰色亮晶生屑灰岩构成的生屑滩,并具有多个向上变浅和变粗序列的薄滩体垂向上频繁叠置、单滩体厚度一般较小(小于3 m)、少见同生期暴露等典型特征;伽马测井响应上,该套多旋回叠置的薄滩体呈现总体高背景下的低值的综合响应,因而难以利用测录井资料准确识别和统计颗粒滩的厚度。进一步分析发现,碳酸盐岩台地内部的非暴露浅滩发育时期,颗粒滩发育于微地貌高地、并具有相对更大的沉积速率,因而颗粒滩发育期形成的等时地质体厚度可近似反演沉积期微地貌的相对高低,并在分析等时地质体厚度或沉积微地貌与风化壳岩溶储层发育关系的基础上,指出了区内高能生屑滩主要在泸州-江津、自贡-大足以及青神-资中一线呈带状分布,受控于泸州古隆起雏形和乐山-龙女寺继承性古隆起。结果表明沉积期微地貌恢复对于钻探程度高、资料品质差的盆地老区的沉积微相研究具有重要意义,并对储层预测和深化老层的开发潜力研究具有重要参考意义。     

Deposition and provenance of the Early Pleistocene Siliceous Member in Westbury Cave,Somerset, England

The Early Pleistocene is an important interval in the Quaternary period as a time not only of climatic and environmental change, but also of key events in human evolution. However, knowledge of this period in northwest Europe is hampered by the limited extent of deposits of this age. Westbury Cave in the Mendip Hills of Somerset preserves an understudied example of fossil-bearing Early Pleistocene sediments, with rare potential to inform our understanding of British Early Pleistocene stratigraphy and landscape evolution outside the East Anglian Crag Basin. This study identifies the processes responsible for deposition of the Early Pleistocene Siliceous Member in Westbury Cave, thereby aiding taphonomic and palaeoenvironmental interpretations of associated fossil assemblages. New excavations revealed over ten metres of Siliceous Member stratigraphy, dominated by fine-grained silts/clays with interbedded sands and gravels, interpreted as being deposited within a subterranean lake or flooded conduit with fluvial input. All sediments sampled were reversely magnetised and are assigned to the Matuyama Reversed Chron. Lithological analysis of gravel clasts revealed variable components of durable non-local and non-durable local clasts. Gravels containing the latter are interpreted as distal talus slope deposits, and those lacking non-durable lithologies as stream or flood deposits. However, it remains unclear from available data whether apparently non-local clasts were sourced from long distance or stem from a more local, now denuded catchment. Siliceous Member bio- and magnetostratigraphy suggest that deposition occurred late in the Early Pleistocene, a period apparently otherwise unrepresented in the UK.     

龙永煤田童子岩组一段沉积特征与聚煤规律

从砂岩体的微观特征、岩性相及沉积组合、相的空间配置等方面，重点分析研究含煤段的沉积特征与聚煤规律：提出了滨海碎屑沉积体系、潮坪沉积体系、障擘岛一泻湖沉积体系和浅海沉积体系为童子岩组一段的沉积环境，并阐述了聚煤规律。     

Shale Lithofacies and Sedimentary Environment of the Third Member, Shahejie Formation, Zhanhua Sag, Eastern China

Researches into shale lithofacies, their sedimentary environments and relationship benefit understanding both of sedimentary cycle division and unconventional hydrocarbon exploration in lacustrine basins. Based on a 100~300-m-thick dark shale, mudstone and limestone encountered in the lower third member of the Eocene Shahejie Formation (Es3l member) in Zhanhua Sag, Bohai Bay Basin, eastern China, routine core analysis, thin sectioning, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), mineralogical and geochemical measurements were used to understand detailed facies characterization and paleoclimate in the member. This Es3l shale sediment includes three sedimentary cycles (C3, C2 and C1), from bottom to top, with complex sedimentary characters and spatial distribution. In terms of the composition, texture, bedding and thickness, six lithofacies are recognized in this succession. Some geochemical parameters, such as trace elements (Sr/Ba, Na/Al, V/Ni, V/(V + Ni), U/Th), carbon and oxygen isotopes (δ18O, δ13C), and total organic carbon content (TOC) indicate that the shales were deposited in a deep to semi-deep lake, with the water column being salty, stratified, enclosed and reductive. During cycles C3 and C2 of the middle-lower sections, the climate was arid, and the water was salty and stratified. Laminated and laminar mudstone–limestone was deposited with moderate organic matter (average TOC 1.8%) and good reservoir quality (average porosity 6.5%), which can be regarded as favorable reservoir. During the C1 cycle, a large amount of organic matter was input from outside the basin and this led to high productivity with a more humid climate. Massive calcareous mudstone was deposited, and this is characterized by high TOC (average 3.6%) and moderate porosity (average 4%), and provides favorable source rocks.     

Stratigraphic status,age, and paleobathymetry of the Grey shale Member,Dalmiapuram Formation,Cauvery Basin,India

Grey shale Member of the Dalmiapuram Formation, Ariyalur Group, Cauvery Basin, India was studied for its stratigraphic position, age, and paleobathymetry with a re-look into the lithological relationship and foraminifer assemblages in the deepened limestone mine excavations at M/s Dalmia Cements, Dalmiapuram. Twenty grey shale samples from Kovandankurchchi (pit-4) and Kallakkudi mines yielded diversified calcareous, benthic, and rare index planktic foraminifera. The foraminiferal assemblages suggest a latest Albian age and middle neritic depositional conditions. The abundance of kaolinite and smectite clay minerals relate to warm/humid climate which corroborate with rising relative sea level during grey shale deposition. The grey shale occurs in patches within the marl bedded limestone member which exhibits cyclic deposition of limestone and marl. The limestone mine sections demonstrate that the grey shale forms part of basal marl bedded limestone, directly overlying the coral algal limestone. The present study demonstrates that the grey shale outcrops in Dalmiapuram Formation should be placed stratigraphically as part of marl bedded limestone. The member status for grey shale which is current usage stands discounted.     

云南罗平江边地区中三叠统关岭组二段古环境特征

罗平生物群赋存于中三叠统关岭组二段中部,是二叠纪末生物大灭绝后生物复苏与辐射的典型代表。通过对云南罗平江边村剖面的关岭组二段进行宏观沉积组构、微相分析和元素地球化学分析,重建了罗平生物群赋存层位的沉积环境和古海洋条件。根据沉积相展布和地球化学指标的变化,恢复出四个沉积阶段。阶段Ⅰ主要为局限台地、开阔台地相:Mo_EF、V/Cr较低,U_EF中等,指示氧化—次氧化环境;阶段Ⅱ主要为潮坪、局限台地环境:Mo_EF、U_EF、V/Cr均较低,指示氧化环境;阶段Ⅲ主要为台盆相:表现出Mo_EF、U_EF、V/Cr显著升高,指示缺氧环境;阶段Ⅳ主要为潮坪、浅滩、开阔台地环境:Mo_EF、V/Cr较低,U_EF中等,指示氧化—次氧化环境。罗平生物群主要产于阶段Ⅲ缺氧的台盆环境中,说明缺氧和较为封闭和稳定的盆地环境在罗平生物群化石的特异埋藏过程中,扮演了重要角色。     

Invertebrate trace fossils from the Alveley Member,Salop Formation (Pennsylvanian,Carboniferous), Shropshire,UK

The late Carboniferous–early Permian was a period of major environmental change, with the rainforests that covered the equatorial zone during the Carboniferous disappearing due to increasing aridification. This environmental transition had significant impacts on the terrestrial biota, including a major extinction event among plant and vertebrate groups. A rich and unique ichnofauna from the Alveley Member (Moscovian: Westphalian D) of the Salop Formation at Alveley in Shropshire (England) has yielded important insights into late Carboniferous terrestrial communities. However, research to date has focused entirely on the vertebrate footprints. Abundant invertebrate ichnofossils also occur at Alveley, typically on the rippled upper surfaces of beds assigned to a floodplain facies that preserve the vertebrate tracks in hyporelief on their base. We provide the first detailed examination of the invertebrate ichnofauna from Alveley, identifying six ichnospecies within five ichnogenera (Diplichnites, Gordia, Paleohelcura, Palmichnium, Protichnites), including a new species of the common arthropod ichnogenus Diplichnites. This moderately diverse invertebrate ichnofauna is dominated by arthropod repichnia. There is no evidence of infaunal bioturbation and the single example of Gordia indicates limited sediment grazing activity. The Alveley ichnofauna is typical of Euramerican continental ichnoassemblages from the very latest Carboniferous, and indicates a moderate diversity of arthropods (crustaceans, arachnids and chelicerates) living alongside the marginal freshwater to terrestrial assemblage of temnospondyl amphibians, and basal synapsid, diadectomorph and captorhinomorph amniotes.     

Genesis of Fibrous Calcite in the Chang 7 Member of the Yanchang Formation, Ordos Basin, China

To explore the genesis of the laminated calcite veins developed in the black shale of Chang 73 submember of the Ordos Basin, the petrology, microstructure and geochemistry of calcite veins are studied using thin sections, fluid inclusions, trace elements and isotopic geochemistry. The source, the time of formation, the mechanism of formation, and the dynamic background of the veins are discussed. The veins are mostly made up of calcite, mixed with lenticular or spindle-shape solid wall rock inclusions. Three structures are identified in the calcite minerals: fibrous, rhombic cleavage, and wedge-like structure. Trace elements and isotopes of carbon and oxygen confirm that the calcite veins were formed from a high density hydrothermal fluid. It is assumed that calcite veins formed prior to wall rock consolidation during the formation of the Qinling Orogenic Belt in the Middle and Late Triassic. The results show that the sedimentary sources of Chang 73 submember were influenced by hydrothermal materials besides terrigenous detritus. The fibrous calcite is different from the fibrous calcite reported in the morphology and mechanism of formation. In this way, the research complements and improves the morphology and the mechanism of formation of fibrous calcite.     

云南寻甸县灯影组第三段沉积环境分析

寻甸地区位于上扬子地台,该区灯影组三段发育了一套以白云岩夹粉砂岩泥岩为主的沉积岩层。通过对摩洛河剖面岩石学特征及沉积相的研究,结合前人的研究成果,认为该区灯影组三段可分为三个岩性段:下部以细粒石英砂岩、泥岩为主;中部以砂屑白云岩为主,夹少量石英细砂岩和泥质粉砂岩为主;上部以泥晶灰岩、泥质灰岩夹钙质泥岩钙质粉砂岩为主。岩层中主要发育水平层理和平行层理;并且认为研究区灯影组三段地层发育在碳酸盐台地一陆表海环境中,从底到顶可识别出潮坪浅滩相、瀉湖相和开阔台地相的沉积。总体上为海退一海侵的沉积旋回。     

山东渤南油田古近系沙河街组沙二段及沙三段低渗透储层成岩储集相

渤南油田位于济阳坳陷的渤南洼陷内,是山东省胜利油田储量最大的亿吨级深层低渗透断块岩性油藏,主要含油层系为古近系沙河街组沙二段和沙三段,属中孔低渗透砂岩储层。低渗透砂岩储层的成因机理十分复杂,为了更精确地预测有效储层的分布及其内部储集性能的差异,应用成岩储集相的概念在渤南油田三区古近系沙河街组开展了低渗透储层质量评价的研究。该项研究是建立在储层沉积相、成岩作用研究的基础上,通过分析低渗透储层成岩作用对储集物性的影响及成岩作用阶段划分,认为造成本区储层砂岩渗透率较低的主要原因是成岩期各种自生矿物的充填和胶结作用。选用流动层带指标、孔隙度、渗透率、粒度中值、泥质含量、孔喉半径均值和变异系数等七项参数,采用聚类分析和判别分析方法,将渤南油田三区古近系沙河街组划分为四类成岩储集相,阐述了各类成岩储集相的特征,并结合沉积相,实现了成岩储集相的时空展布。研究成果将对低渗透砂岩储层的开发起到指导作用。     

鄂尔多斯东北部太原组上部灰岩段高分辨层序地层分析

根据对露头、测井和岩心资料的垂向分析和横向对比,结合古生物化石资料,在识别关键性界面的基础上,对鄂尔多斯东北部下二叠统太原组上部灰岩段建立了高分辨层序地层格架,划分出5个三级层序。研究层段为有陆源碎屑混入的碳酸盐缓坡沉积,形成于华北晚古生代最大海侵阶段。各层序分别由低位体系域的下切谷充填沉积的砂岩、砂砾岩,海侵体系的灰岩、泥灰岩、泥岩、煤和高位体系域的碎屑岩和煤组成。区内厚达数十米的桥头砂岩主要由几个层序低位域下切河谷充填沉积叠置而成。通过编制的各层序海侵域灰岩的厚度和分布图,证实层序3、4沉积期海侵范围最大。早二叠世早期海侵来自东南和西南两个方向