中国第一个“金钉子”剖面──浙江常山黄泥塘剖面

我国地质学者和古生物学者通过十几年的研究,以"三山（江山、玉山、常山）地区"奥陶系为主攻目标,通过野外考察,共采集化石3000余件,各类岩石样品100余件,确认奥陶系年代地层单元的主要化石门类──笔石和牙形刺同时完好的发育和保存,为全球罕见。常山黄泥塘剖面具备竞选奥陶系达瑞威尔阶"金钉子"剖面的必备条件。1993年,国际工作组联合考察,一致认为该剖面为达瑞威尔阶唯一的候选层型剖面。1997年4月国际地科联一致通过,常山黄泥塘剖面为全球界线层型剖面。中国第一个“金钉子”剖面──浙江常山黄泥塘剖面     

湖南益阳中奥陶统大坪阶笔石生物地层分带及对比

根据对采自湖南益阳南坝剖面的笔石化石的研究,该剖面中奥陶统大坪阶自下而上可识别出2个笔石带:Pseudophyllograptus angustifolius elongatus带和Isograptus victoriae divergens带,初步探明该剖面大坪阶的笔石带序列。这一笔石带序列不仅可与我国华南三山地区、西南地区、湖北宜昌及江西崇义同期地层中的笔石带序列进行对比,还能与加拿大、美国、斯堪的纳维亚等地同期笔石带序列进行较好的对比。这一笔石带序列的建立为我国与国际同期地层的高精度对比提供了新的、详实的资料。     

湖南益阳下奥陶统弗洛阶的笔石分带

根据对采自湖南益阳南坝剖面的笔石化石的研究,识别出了下奥陶统弗洛阶4个连续的笔石带(自下而上):Tetragraptus approximatus带、Pendeograptus fruticosus带、Didymograptellus bifidus带和Corymbograptus deflexus带。同时在特马豆克阶顶部也识别出了Hunnegraptus copiosus带,从而在该区确立了一个连续的、可与国内外同期地层精确对比的弗洛阶笔石带序列。     

全球奥陶系底界的“金钉子”问题及我国特马豆克阶(Tremadocian)的划分与对比

对全球寒武系与奥陶系界线层型剖面和点位(GSSP)——西纽芬兰绿岬(Green Point)剖面和我国吉林白山(原浑江)大阳岔小洋桥原全球寒武系与奥陶系界线候选剖面的对比研究表明,绿岬"金钉子"剖面所指定的界线生物标志——波动古大西洋牙形石(Iapetognathus fluctivagus)并不存在于所指定的界线生物层和点位上,而且在分布和分类上是均存在争议的物种,更遗憾的是,所展示的大部分牙形石和笔石标本图片以及碳氧同位素异常数据也并非来自该"金钉子"剖面,因而完全违背了选择金钉子剖面的原则和要求,有必要进行重新的评估。小洋桥寒武系与奥陶系界线剖面交通方便、环境优美,寒武系与奥陶系界线地层系由一套深水且未变质的黑色、黄绿色页岩与灰色薄层瘤状灰岩所构成的韵律沉积组成,并保存了完整的具有广泛代表性牙形石和笔石序列,在详细研究的34 m界线间隔中,自下而上保存了完整的Cambrostodus、Codylodus proavus、C.intermedius、C.lindstromi和C.angulatus等5牙形石生物带,在C.intermedius带上部至C.angulatus带之间,还依次出现3层笔石,归属于重新厘定的Rhabdinopora parabola和Anisograptus matanensis等2个笔石带,此外还有大量三叶虫和介形类化石共生,结合高精度同位素地球化学的研究,笔者等建议,以全球广泛分布的牙形石C.intermedius的首现,取代Iapetognathus fluctivagus,作为寒武系与奥陶系界线划分对比的标志,其层位与原来所指定的界线层几乎一致或接近,界线之上所记录的最大碳同位素异常和首次出现的最早的浮游正笔石——R.parabola(含R.praeparabola),可作为该界线划分的辅助标志。     

上奥陶统赫南特阶下扬子地区标准剖面(浙江省安吉县杭垓剖面)的地质特征及其意义

通过对浙江省安吉县杭垓地区晚奥陶世地层的区域地质调查、剖面测量以及系统化石采集、鉴定与分析样品测试研究,浙江省安吉县杭垓剖面被列为"上奥陶统赫南特阶下扬子地区标准剖面"。该剖面的赫南特阶和奥陶系-志留系界线地层出露完整,发育了厚度超过360m的笔石页岩和细碎屑岩的连续旋回沉积,化石丰富,主要界线附近未见构造破坏,较完整地记录了赫南特期的地质事件和生物序列,符合建立下扬子区赫南特阶标准剖面的要求。在该剖面的上奥陶统凯迪阶—赫南特阶—志留系兰多维列统鲁丹阶的连续地层中发现丰富的笔石、几丁虫和海绵动物化石,以及部分三叶虫、腹足类、腕足类、头足类等门类化石,自下而上共识别出Dicellograptus complexus,Paraorthograptus pacificus,Normalograptus extraordinarius,Normalograptus persculptus,Akidograptus ascensus,Parakidograptus acuminatus 6个笔石带和1个Songxites-Aegiromenella壳相化石组合。在赫南特阶地层中首次发现极为丰富多样的海绵动物群,为进一步认识全球赫南特期的生物圈面貌、寒武纪生命大爆发之后的海绵生物演化打开了重要窗口。     

浙江桐庐县刘家奥陶纪剖面生物地层学初步研究

新发现的浙江桐庐刘家剖面位于马金一乌镇断裂与球川一萧山断裂之间,是浙西北地区以碎屑岩沉积为主的代表性奥陶纪地层剖面。根据所获得的宁国组和胡乐组的笔石化石,初步建立了该层段的笔石生物地层序列,自下而上包括Tetragraptusapproximatus带、Corymbograptusdeflexus带、Azygograp...     

江西玉山古城一带早、中奥陶世笔石地层

江西玉山北部古城—带奥陶纪地层剖面完整,化石丰富。其中,早奥陶世宁国组与中奥陶世胡乐组属于深水笔石页岩相沉积,含笔石丰富,是我国笔石序列完整的剖面之一。陈旭、韩乃仁(1964),陈旭、杨达铨(1988)先后做了笔石带的划分工作。 古城陈家坞(印渚埠组顶部至胡乐组)剖面,厚86m。逐层采集化石114层,获得笔     

浙西及邻区下奥陶统牙形刺序列及不同相区的对比

<正> 浙江省常山县黄泥塘,江山市拳头棚及江西省玉山县山头底等地(图1)下奥陶统宁国组主要为笔石相,偶夹石灰岩透镜体,化石丰富,化石带齐全。少量的牙形刺可直接采自页岩层面,大部份从灰岩中酸解出。由于页岩中含笔石,灰岩透镜体中产牙形刺,使笔石带和牙形刺带得以相互引证,进而为笔石相和壳相地层的对比提供直接证据。     

湖北宜昌和南漳奥陶系大湾组笔石生物地层

根据宜昌陈家河剖面大湾组的笔石标本,确立笔石序列自下而上为:Didymograptellus eobifidus带、Corymbograptus deflexus带和Azygograptus suecicus带(大湾组下段),Exigraptus clavus带和Undulogr aptusaustrodentatus带(大湾组上段)。对湖北南漳的全家湾和李家湾两剖面的大湾组进行了详细采集测量,其中全家湾剖面大湾组下段自下而上识别出D.eobifidus带、C.deflexus带和A.suecicus带;李家湾剖面大湾组下段自下而上识别出D.eobifidus带和A.suecicus带,证实南漳大湾组的底界与宜昌地区基本一致。     

中国第一个“金钉子”剖面被确定

据有关方面报道,中国第一个“金钉子剖面”目前被确定。国际地科联前不久一致通过中国浙江常山黄泥塘剖面为全球界线层型剖面。只有具备全球范围内保存最连续,最完善的沉积岩石和生物化石记录的剖面,这个剖面又是穿越一个地质年代起始点的最佳地质记录,全球各地都以它为标准,才能作为全球界线层型剖面,俗称“金钉子剖面”。 我国地质学者和古生物学者通过近十几年的研究,以“三山(江山、玉山、常山)地区”奥陶系为主攻目标,     

全球维宪阶与谢尔普霍夫阶界线层的生物地层研究进展及展望

牙形刺、有孔虫和菊石是全球维宪阶与谢尔普霍夫阶界线层生物地层研究的重要化石门类。该界线定义及其候选层型剖面目前均未正式确立。详细介绍并讨论以牙形刺或有孔虫作为界线定义的可能方案 ,指出潜在的候选层型剖面存在于南乌拉尔的 Verkhnyaya Kardailovka、北美犹太州中西部的 Chainm an组等 ,我国具有潜在研究价值的剖面有广西忻城里苗剖面、贵州水城滥坝老街水库剖面和罗甸纳水剖面     

浙江长兴煤山地区吴家坪阶-长兴阶界线地层的再认识

浙江长兴煤山的 D剖面经多年研究 ,已成为二叠系长兴阶的单位层型和二叠系 -三叠系全球界线层型 ,并被推荐为吴家坪阶 -长兴阶全球界线层型的候选剖面 ,因该剖面上龙潭组地层出露较少 ,以致国内对长兴组与龙潭组的接触关系存有不同意见 ,给层型剖面的建立带来不利影响。在清理和研究了 D剖面西侧 30 0 m处 C剖面的吴家坪阶 -长兴阶界线层段后 ,证实了煤山地区龙潭组与长兴组为整合接触 ,对相关化石的地层分布也获得进一步的认识     

Recently Ratified and Proposed Cambrian Global Standard Stratotype-section and Points

This paper briefly summarizes an officially ratified Global Standard Stratotype-section and Point (GSSP) and a proposed GSSP for global stages of the Cambrian System. The Luoyixi section near Luoyixi town, Guzhang, northwestern Hunan is ratified as the boundary stratotype for the base of the global Guzhangian Stage, which is the upmost stage of an unnamed series termed provisionally as Cambrian Series 3. The GSSP position lies 121.3 m above the base of the Huaqiao Formation in the section, coinciding with the first appearance of the cosmopolitan agnostoid trilobite Lejopyge leavigata. The Duibian B section at Duibian village, Jiangshan, western Zhejiang, is proposed as the boundary stratotype for the base of the proposed global Jiangshanian Stage that is the second stage of the Furongian Series. The proposed GSSP position lies 108.12 m above the base of the Huayansi Formation in the section, coinciding with the first appearance of the cosmopolitan agnostoid trilobite Agnostotes orientalius. This horizon is also with the first appearance of the cosmopolitan polymerid trilobite Irvingella angustilimbata.     

A Middle-Upper Devonian Boundary Section in the Open Platform,Platform Margin Facies of Guilin,South China

The Caiziyan Middle and Upper Devonian boundary section is located approximately 30 km northeast of Guilin.It hosts relatively abundant benthic and common-rare pelagic fossils,including brachiopods,corals,tentaculites,and conodonts,which may serve as a better suitable section for pelagic and neritic stratigraphic correlation.In this section,10"standard"conodont zones are recognized across the Givetian-Frasnian boundary,including,in descending order,the Lower hassi Zone,punctata Zone,transitans Zone,the U...     

瓜德鲁普统(Guadalupian)-乐平统(Lopingian)全球界线层型剖面和点(GSSP)

乐平统底界全球界线层型(GSSP)已经被确定在中国广西来宾县的蓬莱滩剖面,这一界线以牙形类化石Clarkina postbitteri postbitteri Mei&Wardlaw的首次出现为标志,位于蓬莱滩剖面的茅口组顶部来宾灰岩的6k层之底,层型剖面点位于C.postbitter hongshuiensis至C.dukouensis的演化谱系内,大致与阿布萨罗卡巨层序(Absaroka Megasequenses)的中部与上部之间的界线相当。层型剖面点位所在的来宾灰岩代表了一套界于茅口组和合山组之间的低水位沉积,在这一界线附近,类、腕足类、珊瑚类和菊石类等动物群均发生了重大更替;同时,δ13C值和87Sr/86Sr同位素比值也有一个明显的降低。从瓜德鲁普世晚期的磁性正常极性带向吴家坪早期反向极性带的转变也发生在这一界线附近,因此,这一界线可以很好地用于进行全球海陆相地层的对比。     

Triassic biochronology: State of the art and main problems

According to known resolution of the IUGS, the International Stratigraphic Commission entrusted its subcommissions with a task to prepare proposals for the official approval of boundaries between Phanerozoic stages. Specially organized working groups were later renamed as special teams for seeking the Global Stratotype Sections and Points (GSSP) for these boundaries. In 2001, the GSSP of lower boundary for the Induan Stage, the basal one in the Triassic System, was officially approved to be in the Meishan section of southern China. The selection appeared to be lame, because the Permian-Triassic boundary layers of the stratotype section are lacking ammonoids. As a result, this boundary is now based only on the first occurrence level (FO) of conodont species Hindeodus parvus. Soon, the proposal of Chinese paleontologists to consider the western Pingdingshan section in the Anhui Province as the GSSP for the lower boundary of the Olenekian Stage may win the official recognition. This boundary between the Olenekian and Anisian stages, which is placed at the FO of conodont species Neospathodus waageni is the least debatable. The Mt. Desli Caira section in northern Dobrogea (Romania) is most appropriate for its global stratotype. In contrast, the Anisian-Ladinian boundary appeared to be most disputable. The Subcommission on Triassic Stratigraphy should select one of three GSSP candidates proposed. The lower Carnian boundary traditionally drawn at the aon Zone base suffered some changes. It is proposed to place it at the FO of the ammonoid genus Daxatina with the GSSP in the Dolomites of Italy. The Norian and Rhaetian boundaries are under discussion.     

The Global boundary Stratotype Section and Point （GSSP） of the Tortonian Stage （Upper Miocene） at Monte Dei Corvi

The GSSP of the Tortonian Stage, which per definition marks the base of the Tortonian and, hence, the boundary between the Serravallian and Tortonian Stages of the Middle and Upper Miocene Subseries, has recently been defined and ratified by the IUGS. The boundary stratotype-section is Monte dei Corvi (Italy) where the Tortonian GSSP is now formally at the mid-point of the sapropel of small-scale sedimentary cycle no. 76, close to the last common occurrences (LCOs) of the calcareous nannofossil Discoaster kugleri and the planktonic foraminifer Globigerinoides subquadratus and associated with the short normal subchron C5r.2n. The GSSP level coincides closely with oxygen isotope event Mi-5 and the associated glacio-eustatic sea-level low-stand of supercycle T3.1 and concurrent deep-sea hiatus NH4,and is dated astronomically at 11.608 Ma. The Monte Gibliscemi section is accepted as an auxiliary boundary stratotype because the better preservation of the calcareous microfossils in this section enables quantitative analyses and the construction of a stable isotope record.     

芙蓉统和排碧阶底界全球层型剖面的牙形刺生物地层

寒武系芙蓉统和排碧阶全球层型剖面——湖南花垣排碧剖面底界界线层的牙形刺生物地层,由下至上划分为Westergaardodina tetragonia带、Westergaardodina matsushitai带和Westergaardodina bicuspidate 3个牙形刺带,可与该界线层的三叶虫带进行很好对比;同时讨论了芙蓉统和排碧阶底界划在牙形刺Westergaardodina mat-sushitai带和Westergaardodina bicuspidata带之间的合理性;此外,还将该牙形刺分带与华北和东北地区寒武系牙形刺带进行了对比。     

中国特马豆克阶笔石地层述评

特马豆克阶是奥陶系第一个顶底界均已确立全球界线层型的年代地层单元,由于这两个GSSP都不在我国,因此如何在我国各个地区准确识别这两条界线,了解阶内的笔石和牙形刺序列,对我国奥陶纪地层和古生物研究具有重要意义。简要介绍特马豆克阶和奥陶系底界全球层型的纽芬兰GreenPoint剖面及特马豆克阶顶界全球层型的瑞典Diabasbrottet剖面,对界线附近的生物地层进行了分析讨论,并对GSSP的确立过程作了简要回顾。在以往大量成果积累及近年来工作的基础上,对我国特马豆克阶的笔石序列提出了新的观点:根据对吉林大阳岔等剖面的最新研究,华北板块的特马豆克阶笔石地层从下至上可以识别出4个笔石带——Rhabdinoporaflabelliformisparabola带、Anisograptusmatanensis带、Psigraptusjacksoni带和Aorograptusvictoriae带,弃用以往长期使用的Adelograptus-Clonograptus带;同时提出华南的特马豆克阶从下到上可以识别出7个笔石带——Rhabdinopora?taojiangensis带,R.flabelliformisparabola带,Anisograptusmatanensis带,R.flabelliformisanglica带,Aorograptusvictoriae带,Acanthograptussinensis带,Hunnegraptuscopiosus带。对采自四川古蔺纳羊箐桐梓组顶部笔石标本的研究表明,该层位相当于特马豆克期末的Hunnegraptuscopiosus带。此外还将我国的特马豆克阶笔石序列与国外若干主要地区进行了对比。