用粒度分析资料来确定沉积环境

矿物碎屑和岩屑组成沉积岩的基本颗粒,其大小、形态、组构、来源等是大地构造环境、气候和水动力因素相互作用的结果。其中沉积物颗粒大小是水动力条件的直接反映,同时也是气候干旱和潮湿的指示剂。从沉积物样品的粒度参数中可以解译出大量气候和环境的演化信息。一、粒度概述及其分析方法1．定义通常我们所说的颗粒大小是指其体积值,     

南黄海北部DLC70-3孔沉积物磁化率特征及其对古冷水团的指示

对长71.2 m的南黄海北部DLC70-3孔沉积物粒度、磁化率和总有机碳(TOC)进行了实验分析。结果显示,DLC70-3孔沉积物的磁化率值与平均粒径呈正相关关系,与w(TOC)呈负相关关系,表明以陆源碎屑输入为主的陆架海区沉积物中的磁性矿物以粗颗粒为主;由于w(TOC)均值非常低,因此不能将磁化率低值全部归结为有机质稀释作用的结果,主要可能是沉积速率大所致。此外,磁化率值受到沉积物所处氧化还原环境的控制,氧化环境下磁化率值高,还原条件下磁化率值低。冷水团沉积层位的沉积物是在较强的还原条件下形成的,因此,磁化率指标可以指示古黄海冷水团的形成演化,将磁化率指标与同一钻孔中微体古生物指标指示的古冷水团层位进行对比,得出了完全一致的结果,从而为今后研究区的古冷水团演化研究提供了新的指标。      

西菲律宾海西部沉积物磁学特征及其环境意义

磁学参数作为有效的气候环境变化替代指标,能为古环境演变和沉积物物源研究提供有价值的信息。对取自西菲律宾海西部的GX72柱状样沉积物进行系统的环境磁学研究,测量了磁化率(χ)、非磁滞剩磁(ARM)、等温剩磁(IRM)、磁化率变温曲线(κ-T曲线)、磁滞回线等磁学参数或曲线。结果表明,GX72柱状样沉积物中携磁矿物以低矫顽力磁铁矿为主,粒径以较粗粒准单畴(PSD)为主,这些磁性颗粒主要来源于河流输入的陆源碎屑物质,风成粉尘较少。剖面上多个磁学参数呈现出相同或相反的变化趋势,反映古气候对沉积物磁学性质的制约。χ高值样品通常对应于高饱和等温剩磁(SIRM)值、低ARM/SIRM值、低χ_ARM/χ值以及低χ_fd值;这类沉积物样品中磁性矿物的含量相对更高,粒度相对较大,可能形成于冷期(相对)。相反,χ低值样品通常对应于低SIRM值、高ARM/SIRM值、高χ_ARM/χ值以及低χ_fd值,这类样品中磁性矿物的含量相对较低,粒径相对较小,代表相对暖期沉积。      

研究沉积地球化学环境的一种新方法

本文介绍用电化学的方法研究沉积地球化学环境。即用沉积岩的氧化还原电位值、结合岩矿鉴定等资料做出沉积岩的矿物地球化学相与氧化还原电位数字关系的模式,再根据模式,研究所测地区沉积岩的沉积地球化学环境(相)。     

青藏高原东北缘尖扎盆地沉积物矿物特征及其古环境意义

应用X射线衍射对青藏髙原东北缘尖扎盆地加让剖面11.8~5.8 Ma的地层沉积物进行矿物分析,结果表明加让剖面沉积物矿物组分主要包括碎屑矿物、碳酸盐矿物和黏土矿物。其中,以碎屑矿物居多,主要是石英、斜长石、云母类矿物(白云母、黑云母),及少量尖晶石、辉石类矿物(普通辉石、锰钙辉石及顽火辉石等)、金红石、刚玉、磁铁矿、钛磁铁矿、榍石、霞石,偶见锆石、石榴子石、锐钛矿;碳酸盐矿物以方解石居为主,白云石占比较少;黏土矿物中,绿泥石占比最高,还有少量赤铁矿、蛭石和沸石。以全岩矿物指标研究为主,结合加让剖面沉积相演化特点,并以磁化率变化为参考,进行系统的矿物学研究,获得了尖扎盆地在11.8~5.8 Ma蕴含的古气候环境演化大致可分为4个阶段:11.8~10.0 Ma,气候干冷期;10.0~8.6 Ma,气候暖湿波动期;8.6~6.2 Ma,气候温暖湿润期;6.2~5.8 Ma,气候干冷期。在约10.0、8.6、7.2 Ma附近,主要矿物占比及组合特征有明显改变,当时的古环境状况发生急剧变化,可能揭示青藏高原东北缘在10~8 Ma期间广泛发生了一系列较强烈的构造运动,来源于周边山脉的剥蚀使得研究区沉积的近源物质增多,约7.2 Ma之后的古环境演化过程主要受青藏高原构造隆升以及全球气候变冷协同影响。     

湖泊沉积物的矿物组成、成因、环境指示及研究进展

湖泊沉积物是不同地质、气候、水文条件下各类碎屑、黏土、自生/生物成因矿物以及有机物质等的综合体。沉积矿物蕴含着丰富区域和全球环境演变信息,如湖水的化学组成、流域构造、气候、水文以及人类活动的相互作用等。相关信息可以赋存在矿物外部微形貌、内部微结构、化学组成、物理和化学性质、同位素组成、谱学特征、成因以及共生组合等方面。因此,湖泊科学的许多关键课题都离不开矿物学,特别是在利用湖泊沉积物进行区域及过去全球变化研究中,深入的机理研究归根到底都要涉及矿物学,如流域化学风化作用、粒度组成、生物壳体化学组成、测年材料的选择等。然而,由于湖泊沉积物中矿物的多源性、复杂性,如何有效提取和解译其中的环境信息,是一项长期困扰研究者的课题,湖泊沉积矿物学的研究往往被许多研究者所忽视,中国的相关研究也较为薄弱。笔者综述了湖泊沉积物中碎屑、黏土、自生/生物矿物的矿物组合、特征、成因在(古)环境反演中的作用及最新研究进展,提出除了继续加强对湖泊沉积物中矿物来源、成因和古环境示踪的深入研究以外,矿物相间的转变及其对湖水和孔隙水组成的响应、一些非晶质或隐晶质及低丰度矿物相在湖泊化学和动力学中的作用也是很有潜力的研究领域,最后提出了研究中存在的一些问题、面对的挑战以及对研究前景的展望。     

四川北川地区中泥盆统养马坝组碎屑锆石U-Pb年代学特征及其构造意义

扬子板块与冈瓦纳大陆在中泥盆世是否存在亲缘性一直有较大的分歧,两者的古地理位置关系对扬子板块的构造演化具有重要意义。扬子板块西北缘四川北川地区中泥盆统养马坝组的碎屑锆石U-Pb定年结果表明:碎屑锆石年龄谱主要集中在1 000～900、850～720、650～500 Ma等3个区间,与冈瓦纳大陆以及下伏地层志留系碎屑锆石年龄谱进行比较,发现它们具有相似的碎屑锆石特征,均显示出典型的冈瓦纳特征。结合古地磁数据、养马坝组沉积环境演化特征、岩相古地理特征、大地构造演化特征以及前人研究成果等信息,综合分析了研究区养马坝组陆源碎屑的可能来源,认为其碎屑物质可能来自于下伏地层志留系沉积岩的沉积再旋回,中泥盆世扬子板块与冈瓦纳大陆不具有亲缘性。     

矩谱法求磁性体质心的若干问题

B K Bhattachryya(1975)推导的求磁性体质心的矩谱公式理论严谨,计算速度快,并且有不需要预先知道磁性体磁化率的特点。在该公式的基础上,本文对求质心的各种影响因素作了细致讨论,推导出了提高求解质心精度的改正公式。     

桂西北地区三条铷—锶等时线年龄

铷锶等时线法测定地质体年龄是目前普遍应用而准确度较高的方法之一,用该法测得金牙金矿床(JY金矿床)的成矿年龄为206Ma±12,为中三叠世晚期;含金黄铁矿、毒砂矿物包体年龄为276Ma±28,代表成矿物质来源地层的时代,和桂西基性岩时代相同。用铷锶等时线法测得桂西北地区辉绿岩时代为263.1Ma,和峨眉山玄武岩相当,属海西晚期。因此,有根据认为,金牙金矿床的硫砷金等成矿物质主要来自下伏晚二叠世基性岩和基性火山碎屑沉积岩。     

环境磁学在古气候环境研究中的回顾与展望

基于磁性矿物的性质变化能敏感记录现在和地质历史时期的气候环境变化信息,环境磁学方法能鉴别环境演化过程中磁性物质在大气圈、水圈和岩石圈中运移、沉积和转化的过程,系统介绍了沉积物中磁性矿物的特征和鉴别方法以及主要的环境磁学参数和意义,着重回顾了环境磁学在以黄土、湖泊和海洋沉积物为载体的古气候环境研究中的应用及其取得的重要进展,指出了环境磁学在古气候环境研究过程中要加强多磁学参数综合应用,促进地质记录和磁学指标之间的定量研究,有利于理解不同沉积物的磁性矿物特征和环境变化过程的相关关系.同时强调沉积物还原成岩作用过程的环境磁学研究是目前以至今后发展的一个重要方向.     

Diagenetic control of magnetic susceptibility variation in Core MD98-2172 from the Eastern Timor Sea

Detailed mineral magnetic measurements, integrated with grain-size distribution and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analyses, were made on the marine sediments of Core MD98-2172, retrieved from the Eastern Timor Sea. Values of magnetic susceptibility in this core drop sharply down-core from ∼3.85 m deep below sediment/water interface and are very low at ∼5.35 m. However, both XRD and grain-size distribution results show no sudden change in terrigenous input during sedimentation. Mineral magnetic results indicate that the depth of ∼3.85 m may be an oxic/anoxic boundary. Therefore, the sediments below ∼3.85 m have been subjected to intense reductive diagenesis, whereas the sediments above ∼3.85 m are seldom affected. The magnetic properties of the sediments shallower than 3.85 m are dominated by pseudo-single domain (PSD) magnetite, with little down-core variation in its content and grain size. Below ∼3.85 m, the magnetic mineral assemblages that have survived in the sediments may record different stages of the reductive diagenesis: (1) the sediments from the 3.85–5.35 m interval are at the stage of iron oxide reduction; PSD magnetite is the major magnetic contributor, but it becomes less abundant and coarser down-core; (2) the sediments below ∼5.35 m are at the stage of sulphate reduction; ferrimagnetic minerals almost vanish and paramagnetic minerals contribute to down-core susceptibility variations, including pyrite as evidenced by high-temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements. However, the susceptibility variations below ∼5.35 m of Core MD98-2172 show obvious periodicity, despite the intense effect of reductive diagenesis. Furthermore, the down-core susceptibility variations are coincident with fluctuations in the quantity of fine detrital particles (<8 μm), which may come mainly from the advection of the Indonesia Throughflow (ITF) and/or river input from Timor. Therefore, for Core MD98-2172, susceptibility variation below ∼5.35 m, which potentially correspond to fluctuations in the quantity of fine particles, may record the histories of the development of the ITF and precipitation on Timor.     

海拉尔盆地贝尔凹陷火山碎屑岩自生碳酸盐矿物分布及对储层物性的影响

为了查明火山碎屑岩中自生碳酸盐矿物的分布特征及对储层物性的影响,以海拉尔盆地贝尔凹陷火山碎屑岩为研究对象,调查火山碎屑岩中自生碳酸盐矿物的类型,并通过统计50余口探井的碳酸盐含量及储层物性数据,探讨其分布特征及对储层物性的影响。结果表明:海拉尔盆地贝尔凹陷火山碎屑岩中自生碳酸盐矿物主要为方解石和白云石,其次为菱铁矿、片钠铝石和铁白云石;纵向上随着埋藏深度增加出现两个碳酸盐含量高值带,分别出现在1 500～1 900m和2 200～2 700m深度,前者主要为以胶结作用为主的连生方解石和显晶方解石及菱铁矿,后者主要为以交代作用为主的晚期方解石、白云石、铁白云石和片钠铝石;湖底扇等分选较差的沉积相为碳酸盐矿物发育的有利相带,扇-辫状河三角洲相为次有利相带;靠近德尔布干深大断裂的井碳酸盐含量要高于远离该断裂的井,且在该断裂附近的德2、德6和德8等井中见片钠铝石自生矿物,这主要因为断层是CO2逸散的通道,断层处的富CO2流体能够与围岩反应生成碳酸盐矿物;熔结凝灰岩和凝灰岩中的碳酸盐矿物含量要高于沉凝灰岩、凝灰质砂岩及普通砂岩,这主要因为火山岩及火山碎屑物质中金属离子含量高,易于释放,从而结合CO23-形成碳酸盐矿物;贝尔凹陷内储层孔隙度和渗透率等参数与碳酸盐含量呈负相关关系,说明碳酸盐含量对储层物性主要起破坏作用。     

Distribution and provenance of detrital minerals in southern coast of Shandong Peninsula

Detrital minerals of 137 offshore and 22 river sediment samples collected from Qingdao coastal areas have been analyzed. Four mineral assemblage provinces can be classified by Q-mode cluster analysis. Factor analysis identifies two major factors that account for the total variability in most common minerals: 1) based on the relationship of quartz, hornblende, actinolite, micas, and authigenic pyrite, 41.55% of the variability is related to sediment sources; 2) based on the relationship of epidote, garnet, sphere, and ilmenite, 23.21% can be related to strong hydrodynamic conditions that control transport and sedimentation. By comparing mineral compositions of river waters in the study area, the following four mineral provenances can be identified. The Qingdao-Laoshan nearshore area has a quartz-feldspar-epidote-hornblende-limenite-limonite-sphene assemblage, which is largely attributed to relict sediment and coastal erosion. The Jimo-Haiyang nearshore area has a quartz-feldspar-hornblende-epidote-limonite-mica-actinolite assemblage, derived largely from the Wulong River and Rushan River, and is also affected by the Huanghe River, while the Qianliyan Island area in the deeper offshore area separated by a mud belt has a similar assemblage. The Haiyang-Rushan nearshore area has a quartz-feldspar-hornblende-epidote-micas-limonite assemblage, indicating multiple sources from the Rushan River, the Wulong River, the Huanghe River, and coastal erosion. The central area, located in an eddy center, has a mica-authigenic pyrite-hornblende-quartzfeldspar assemblage, indicating multiple sources dominated by Huanghe River distal sediments.     

Statistical analysis of the material source and the modern sedimentary environment of the ferromanganese nodules enriched area of the North Pacific region

The source of elements and the modern sedimentary environment of the ferromanganese nodules enriched area of the North Pacific region were analysed statistically and discussed in detail. Cluster analysis shows the area's surface sediments are mainly brown clay and biogenic calcareous, calcsiliceous and siliceous ooze. Factor (principal component) analysis shows that the area's trace elements (Fe, Mn, Cu, Co, Ni, Zn, Cr, etc.) mainly come through adsorption of clay minerals and secondarily from authigenic sediments related to biochemical processes. Bao Gende, 1990. Characteristics of element geochemistry in sediments in the ferromanganese nodules enriched area of the North Pacific region.Acta Sedimentologica Sinica. (in press, in Chinese)     

Features of clay minerals in the YSDP102 core on the continental shelf of the southeast Yellow Sea

Ninety-eight clay mineral samples from the YSDP102 core were analyzed by x-ray diffractometer to study the four clay minerals: illite, chlorite, kaolinite and smectite. Twenty-eight samples had been analyzed on the laser particle-siz eanalyzer to reveal the particle features of the sediments. Distribution of the clay minerals and the particle characteristics in the YSDP102 core show that the core experienced three different depositional periods and formed three different sedimentary intervals due to different sediment sources and different depositional environments. Features of the clay minerals and the heavy minerals in the YSDP102 core indicate that coarse-grained sediments and fine-grained sediments result from different sources. The Yellow Sea Warm Current has greatly influenced the sedimentary framework of this region since the current‘s formation.     

Sediment Characteristics,Sources, and Transport Patterns in Kompong Som Bay,Cambodia: Indications from Grain Size and Heavy Minerals

In this paper, we analyzed the grain size and heavy mineral compositions of 52 surface sediment samples collected from the Kompong Som Bay of Cambodia and the adjacent rivers to depict the marine sedimentary environments and transport processes. Heavy minerals in sediments are dominated by authigenic pyrite, siderite, and tourmaline, with average percentages of 36.52%, 29.02%, and 10.94%, respectively. Two provinces can be divided according to the spatial similarity of minerals. The sediments from Province I, covered by silt grains in the northern bay, are characterized by autogenic pyrite, indicating a weakly reducing environment;whereas in Province II, covered by sand grains in the southern bay, the siderite-tourmaline-authigenic pyrite-zircon-hornblende assemblage occurs, indicating a mild reducing environment and locally oxidizing environment. Most of the sediments in the Kompong Som Bay are introduced from the Preak Piphot River and Srae Ambel River, except that some of them in the south areas come from coastal erosion. Generally, the sediments are difficult to be transported because of the low sediment loads entering the sea and weak hydrodynamic conditions. However, they are transported from the north to the south during the tide ebbing when the hydrodynamic force is much stronger. The sediment distribution and transport patterns are controlled by many factors, including submarine topography, hydrodynamic conditions, the southwest monsoon, land contours, and sediment supply.     

GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PHOSPHORUS NEAR THE HUANGHE RIVER ESTUARY

INTRODUCTIONPhosphorus (P)isanimportantlimitingelementinglobaloceanicproductivity (Holland ,1 978) ,soknowledgeofPisakeytobetterunderstandingofthecyclingofcarbon ,nitrogen,sulfur,andothernu trientelements.Inasimplemassbalancemodel,thelevelofdissolvedPintheoceanisafunctionoftherateofinputviarivers,andtherateofoutputviadepositioninsediments.Inthepresentstudy,thefocusisontheriverinePinputbytheHuangheRiver (YellowRiver)totheBohaiSea,andespeciallyontheamountofPsolubilizedfromsolidphasesupo…     

Provenance of Sediments Filling a Paleo-Channel that Formed on the Western Yellow Sea Continental Shelf During the Last Glacial Period

Several buried paleo-channels are located on the continental shelf of the western Yellow Sea. Research on the paleochannels is significant for both theoretical studies and practical applications. In this paper, we analyse and discuss the mineralogy of sediments in a core (SYS-0803) recovered from a buried paleo-channel on the continental shelf of the western Yellow Sea. The aim is to determine the provenance of sediments that fill the paleo-channel. The heavy mineral assemblage of sediments in the core consists of schistose minerals, common hornblende, epidote, and ilmenite. The light mineral assemblage consists of plagioclase, quartz, lithic fragments, and K-feldspar. Analysis of the compositional maturity of the sand fraction revealed a quartz/feldspar ratio of < 1. A relatively high percentage of smectite is recorded throughout the entire paleo-channel fill, with the greatest percentage in the middle to lower parts. The detrital mineral assemblage and clay mineral content indicate that the paleo-channel sediments were sourced mainly from the Huanghe River during the last glacial period.