北票—义县地区义县组岩石地层特征

北票-义县地区的义县组地层是一套火山-沉积地层,其中火山岩地层占80%以上,具有四个火山作用亚旋回,第一亚旋回以基性-偏碱的基性-中基性火山作用为特征,第二亚旋回以中基性-酸性的火山作用为特征,第三亚旋回以基性-中性火山作用为特征,第四亚旋回以中酸性火山作用为特征;义县组火山-沉积地层包含至少7个沉积夹层,可以进一步归纳为四套沉积层,即底砾岩层、下部火山岩中的沉积夹层、中部湖相沉积层和上部河湖相沉积层,沉积层中生物化石主要集中在3个主要层位.综合火山岩的旋回性特征,岩石组合、岩石产出特征,不同岩石组合的上、下接触关系和岩石形成环境的分析结果,结合同位素年代学及生物地层学的研究成果,区内义县组被划分成了4个岩性段.同位素年龄数据显示义县组时代为早白垩世,其形成年龄介于135~120Ma之间,含中华龙鸟、孔子鸟和辽宁古果等珍稀化石的湖相沉积层是在125~127Ma之间形成的.     

辽宁义县—北票地区义县组地层层序——义县阶标准地层剖面建立和研究之一

义县地区广义的义县组可解体为王家屯组 (暂命名 )和义县组 ;分属王家屯和义县火山旋回 ,前者为偏酸、偏碱性 ,后者主体为中基性、末期为中酸性火山岩系 ,并广泛发育潜火山岩相的玄武玢岩、安山玢岩和火山集块角砾熔岩筒。该区有七个主要沉积层 ,自下而上分别为王家屯组马神庙层、义县组老公沟层、业南沟层、砖城子层、大康堡层、朱家沟层和金刚山层 ;产有较丰富的无脊椎动物、脊椎动物和植物化石。以砖城子层、大康堡层和金刚山层为界 ,义县火山旋回可划分为 4个亚旋回 ,分别代表火山活动的初始期、主期、晚期和末期。北票四合屯地区的义县组相当义县地区义县组的第一和第二亚旋回 ,含鸟类化石的主沉积层 (尖山沟层和上园层 )可与砖城子层对比     

四合屯-义县地区义县组火山活动的旋回性特征

在岩石学特征分析的基础上,结合本区广为发育的火山间歇期沉凝灰岩、凝灰质粉砂岩以及其中的古生物化石特征等,作者将四合屯-义县地区义县组火山活动分为早、中、晚3个火山活动旋回,即早期以玄武岩、玄武安山质火山岩类为主的基性、中基性旋回;中期以流纹质及英安质火山岩类为主的中酸性旋回;晚期以玄武岩为主的基性旋回.义县组火山活动早期的基性、中基性旋回还可进一步分为4个亚旋回,在其中的沉凝灰岩中发育有以鹦鹉嘴龙为主的古脊椎动物化石.各旋回或亚旋回的底部不同程度地发育有爆发-沉积相的沉凝灰岩或内陆湖泊相沉积岩.包括珍稀动植物在内的热河生物群化石则产于义县组火山活动中期的沉凝灰岩以及钙质页岩之中.     

北票-义县地区义县组珍稀化石层位对比及时代

北票-义县地区义县组以火山-沉积地层为主体,具有4个火山活动亚旋回,生物化石主要形成于第一、第二、第四亚旋回期间,构成了3个产出层位.以中华龙鸟、孔子鸟、辽宁古果为代表的珍稀化石组合产在义县组二段中,形成于125~127Ma期间.枕状熔岩、淬火岩等特殊岩石的出现和高频层序地层研究表明,北票、义县地区的含珍稀化石沉积层(义县组二段)都处于相对较深的湖盆沉积环境,表现为湖扩展体系域沉积,两地含珍稀化石沉积地层层位基本相当.义县组形成于135~120Ma期间,属于早白垩世.多方面证据表明侏罗系-白垩系界限应当置于义县组底界.     

辽西义县组基性、中基性火山岩内沉凝灰岩层的发现及其意义

义县组岩性以基性、中基性火山岩、火山碎屑岩为主，局部发育有富含“热河生物群”化石的沉积层。在这些沉积层之下、义县组复成分底岩之上，发现有4个沉凝灰岩层，与基性、中基性火山岩呈互层状产出，其岩性以沉凝灰岩或含砾凝灰质粉砂岩为主。这些凝灰岩层厚度虽小，但分布较广泛，走向延伸稳定。根据辽西地区中生代火山岩活动的基本规律，沉凝灰岩层与基性、中基性火山岩的空间展布特征及野外地质综合研究将义县组早期火山活动划分出5个火山作用旋回，并确认四合屯、黄半吉沟、尖山沟、以及上园、大康堡、河夹心等地富含“热河生物群”化石的沉积层均属于同一火山旋回（第五旋回）的产物。这一发现极大地丰富了辽西地区中生代陆相盆地火山－沉积作用的研究内容，并将促进火山活动与生物灭绝事件方面的研究工作。     

辽宁西部义县组研究新进展

义县组是一套中生代火山-沉积地层，以其丰富的热河生物群（包括珍稀鸟类等）化石闻名于世，长期以来，人们对义县组的地层层序、化石层位、地层厚度以及地质时代均有不同认识，通过1：5万区域地质调查和填图，笔分析了义县组的火山作用和火山活动规律，认为义县组主要由下部基性一中基性火山喷发-沉积旋回和上部酸性、偏碱性火山活动旋回组成，并对义县组进行了分段，发现了义县组的一系列火山机构，恢复了当时的古地貌和古地理特征；指出义县组的各化石层位分别处于同时期的两大古湖泊的不同部位，可以大致相互对比，论述了义县组的基底、盆地性质和地层厚度，义县组的时代有可能是早白垩世，义县组的底界可能是辽西地区侏罗系-白垩系的界限。     

义县组研究的新认识

辽西地区义县组是一套中生代陆相火山-沉积岩系,主要由中-基性火山熔岩、火山碎屑岩及湖泊相(包含少量的河流相)沉积岩构成。依据火山活动的规律性,将义县组划分为4个岩性段,自下而上为：底砾岩 基性-中基性火山岩段;湖相沉积(或称珍稀化石层)岩 中性、酸性火山岩段;基性、中基性-酸性、偏碱性火山岩段和砾岩(包括沉火山角砾岩) 中酸性、偏碱性火山岩段。义县组中包含6个化石层位,其中义县组一段的底砾岩和基性、中基性火山岩的(沉)凝灰岩中产有丰富的以鹦鹉嘴龙为主的古脊椎动物化石;二段的湖相沉积岩中含有大量热河生物群化石,包括著名的中华龙鸟、孔子鸟和辽宁古果等珍稀化石,是义县组的最主要化石产出层位,且湖相化石层基本上为同一时期的产物。根据化石研究和同位素测定结果,将义县组的时代定为早白垩世。     

辽西北票地区义县组地层层序与化石层位

辽西北票地区义县组是一套中生代火山-沉积地层.义县组火山活动具有明显的旋回性特征,主要由下部基性-中基性火山喷发-沉积旋回和上部酸性、偏碱性火山活动旋回组成.具体可划分6个岩性段,自下而上分别为底砾岩段,基性、中基性火山岩段,湖相沉积岩段,酸性、偏碱性火山岩段,上部基性火山岩段和顶部砾岩段.义县组底砾岩段和基性、中基性火山岩段的沉凝灰岩中产有丰富的以鹦鹉嘴龙为主的古脊椎动物化石.湖相沉积岩段含有大量热河生物群化石,包括著名的中华龙鸟、孔子鸟和辽宁古果等珍稀化石,该层位记录了侏罗-白垩纪界限附近重大的生物演化事件.     

辽西义县旋回火山岩的稀土元素特征

义县火山旋回可分为4个亚旋回。从早期至晚期，义县旋回火山岩逐渐由基性向中基性、中性和酸性演化。义县旋回火山岩稀土总量较高，稀土分布模式呈右倾型，轻稀土分馏作用高于重稀土的分馏作用，为轻稀土富集型，总体显示弱负铕异常、弱的正铈异常。稀土元素具有陆内火山岩的基本特征。成因分析表明：义县旋回火山岩的形成，受地幔热流和壳幔物质的再循环制约，火山岩的成因以部分熔融为主。     

四合屯—大康保地区义县组火山—沉积岩地质特征

四合屯－大康堡地区所出露的义县组火山－沉积岩可分为上、中、下3个层位。下部层位是以玄武质、玄武安山岩质以及安山质火山岩类为主的基性、中基性火山－沉积岩;中部是以流纹质及英安质火山岩为主的中酸性火山－沉积岩;而义县组的上部层位是以玄武岩、玄武玢岩为代表的基性火山岩。薄层状的沉凝灰岩、凝灰质粉砂岩及钙质页岩等作为火山活动间歇期的产物,常不同程度地发育于义县组火山溶岩或集块岩的底部。野外工作发现：在义县组下部层位的沉凝灰岩层中发育有以鹦嘴龙为主的古脊椎动物类化石;四合屯－大康堡一带富含有热河生物群化石的沉积层属义县组火山－沉积岩系的中部层位。稀土元素分析表明,在相同层位的火山－沉积岩岩,沉凝灰岩,凝灰质粉砂岩和钙质页岩及其与火山熔岩存在密切的相关性;而不同层位间则存在一定的差异性。稀土元素配分特征不反映出,不同的义县组火山－沉积岩内、凝灰质粉砂岩和钙质页岩及其与火山溶岩存在密切的相关性;而不同层位间则存在一定的差异性。稀土元素分特征还反映出,不同的义县组火山－沉积岩层位之间具有相似的物源关系。     

The terrestrial fauna of the Late Triassic Pant-y-ffynnon Quarry fissures,South Wales,UK and a new species of Clevosaurus (Lepidosauria: Rhynchocephalia)

Pant-y-ffynnon Quarry in South Wales yielded a rich cache of fossils in the early 1950s, including articulated specimens of new species (the small sauropodomorph dinosaur Pantydraco caducus and the crocodylomorph Terrestrisuchus gracilis), but no substantial study of the wider fauna of the Pant-y-ffynnon fissure systems has been published. Here, our overview of existing specimens, a few described but mostly undescribed, as well as freshly processed material, provides a comprehensive picture of the Pant-y-ffynnon palaeo-island of the Late Triassic. This was an island with a relatively impoverished fauna dominated by small clevosaurs (rhynchocephalians), including a new species, Clevosaurus cambrica, described here from a partially articulated specimen and isolated bones. The new species has a dental morphology that is intermediate between the Late Triassic Clevosaurus hudsoni, from Cromhall Quarry to the east, and the younger C. convallis from Pant Quarry to the west, suggesting adaptive radiation of clevosaurs in the palaeo-archipelago. The larger reptiles on the palaeo-island do not exceed 1.5?m in length, including a small carnivorous crocodylomorph, Terrestrisuchus, and a possible example of insular dwarfism in the basal dinosaur Pantydraco.     

Définition d'une limite multicritère ; stratigraphie du passage Campanien–Maastrichtien du site géologique de Tercis (Landes,SW France)Definition of a multi-criteria boundary; stratigraphy of the Campanian–Maastrichtian interval of the geological site at Tercis (Landes,SW France)

Lithostratigraphy, physicochemical stratigraphy, biostratigraphy, and geochronology of the 77–70 Ma old series bracketing the Campanian–Maastrichtian boundary have been investigated by 70 experts. For the first time, direct relationships between macro- and microfossils have been established, as well as direct and indirect relationships between chemo-physical and biostratigraphical tools. A combination of criteria for selecting the boundary level, duration estimates, uncertainties on durations and on the location of biohorizons have been considered; new chronostratigraphic units are proposed. The geological site at Tercis is accepted by the Commission on Stratigraphy as the international reference for the stratigraphy of the studied interval. To cite this article: G.S. Odin, C. R. Geoscience 334 (2002) 409–414.     

The effect of water on accessory phase solubility in subaluminous and peralkaline granitic melts

The solubilities of columbite, tantalite, wolframite, rutile, zircon and hafnon were determined as a function of the water contents in peralkaline and subaluminous granite melts. All experiments were conducted at 1035 °C and 2 kbar and the water contents of the melts ranged from nominally dry to approximately 6 wt.% H₂O. Accessory phase solubilities are not affected by the water content of the peralkaline melt. By contrast, solubilities are affected by the water content of the subaluminous melt, where the solubilities of all the accessory phases examined increase with the water content of the melt, up to 2 wt.% H₂O. At higher water contents, solubilities are nearly constant. It can be concluded that water is not an important control of accessory phase solubility, although the water content will affect diffusivities of components in the melt, thus whether or not accessory phases will be present as restite material. The solubility behaviour in the subaluminous and peralkaline melts supports previous spectroscopic studies, which have observed differences in the coordination of high field strength elements in dry vs. wet subaluminous granitic glasses, but not for peralkaline granitic glasses. Lastly, the fact that wolframite solubility increases with increasing water content in the subaluminous melt suggests that tungsten dissolved as a hexavalent species.     

Late Wuchiapingian (Late Dzhulfian,early Late Permian) limestone olistolites within the Tertiary flysch of Glypia Unit (Mount Parnon,central–eastern Peloponnesus,Greece)

Some olistolites reworked in a Tertiary flysch of Mount Parnon (Peloponnesus, Greece) exhibit a Late Permian assemblage, dominated by Paradunbarula (Shindella) shindensis, Hemigordiopsis cf. luquensis and Colaniella aff. minima. This association corresponds to the Late Wuchiapingian (=Late Dzhulfian), a substage whose algae and foraminifera are generally little known. Contemporaneous limestones crop out in the middle part of the Episkopi Formation in Hydra, but they are rather commonly reworked in Mesozoic and Cainozoic sequences. The palaeobiogeographical affinities shared by the foraminiferal markers of Greece, southeastern Pamir, and southern China, are very strong (up to the specific level), and are congruent with the Pangea B reconstructions. To cite this article: E. Skourtsos et al., C. R. Geoscience 334 (2002) 925–931.     

PALEONTOLOGY

正20141596 Liu Yunhuan(School of Earth Sciences and Resources,Chang’an University,Xi’an 710054,China);Shao Tiequan Early Cambrian Quadrapyrgites Fossils of Xixiang Boita in Southern Shaanxi Province(Journal of Earth Sciences and Environment,ISSN1672-6561,CN61-1423/P,35(3),2013,p.39-43,3 illus.,20 refs.)     

GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION

正20141719 Chen Zhijun(State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources,China University of Geosciences,Wuhan 430074,China);Chen Jianguo Automated Batch Mapping Solution for Serial Maps:A Case Study of Exploration Geochemistry Maps(Journal of Geology,ISSN1674-3636,CN32-1796/P,37(3),2013,p.456-464,2 illus.,2 tables,10 refs.)     

MICROPALAEONTOLOGY

正20140962 Chen Fenning(Xi’an Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources,Xi’an710054,China);Chen Ruiming Late Miocene-Early Pleistocene Ostracoda Fauna of Gyirong Basin,Southern Tibet(Acta Geologica Sinica,ISSN0001-5717,CN11-1951/P,87(6),2013,p.872-886,6illus.,56refs.)     

PETROLOGY

正1.IGNEOUS PETROLOGY20142008Cai Jinhui(Wuhan Center,China Geological Survey,Wuhan 430205,China);Liu Wei Zircon U-Pb Geochronology and Mineralization Significance of Granodiorites from Fuzichong Pb-Zn Deposit,Guangxi,South China(Geology and Mineral Resources of South China,ISSN1007-3701,CN42-1417/P,29(4),2013,p.271-281,7illus.,     

ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY

正20141205Cheng Weiming(State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System,Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research,CAS,Beijing 100101,China);Xia Yao Regional Hazard Assessment of Disaster Environment for Debris Flows:Taking Jundu Mountain,Beijing as an     

PROSPECTING EXPLORATION

正20141266Fan Chaoyan(Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Mineral Resources and Geological Processes,Guangzhou 510275,China);Wang Zhenghai On Error Analysis and Correction Method of Measured Strata Section with Wire Projection Method(Journal of