西藏喜马拉雅瑞替阶和赫塘阶菊石组合及其生物年代学对比

基于西藏聂拉木拉弄拉地区的格米格剖面新近逐层采集的菊石及缝合线研究,已识别出晚三叠世瑞替阶Choristoceras marshi组合,过渡带Neophyllites-Choristoceras组合,下赫塘阶Psiloceras calliphyllum组合和中赫塘阶Discamphiceras pleuronotum组合。作为东特提斯唯一的三叠系-侏罗系界线地层剖面,格米格菊石组合序列提供了特提斯范围内三叠/侏罗系界线菊石组合(或菊石带)以及地层对比的基础:Choristoceras marshi组合可以和欧洲,南美的秘鲁和智利的MARSHI菊石带,北美的内瓦达,不列颠哥伦比亚(加拿大)等地CRICKMAYI菊石带比较。Neophyllites-Choristoceras组合可和北美的内瓦达侏罗系底部TILMANNI菊石带Neophyllites和Choristoceras共生动物群比较。Psiloceras calliphyllum组合能够和北阿尔卑斯地区CALLIPHYLLUM菊石带比较, 证明北阿尔卑斯地区三叠系和侏罗系之间存在地层缺失。     

藏北色哇地区索布查组、曲色组岩石地层、层序地层、生物地层特征及三叠系与侏罗系界线

对藏北羌塘盆地南缘色哇地区的三叠纪与侏罗纪地层进行研究,在下侏罗统曲色组之下发现了一套以灰岩为主的地层,建立了索布查组,该组下部产晚三叠世腕足类、双壳类、六射珊瑚,上部产早侏罗世菊石,因此确定索布查组地质时代为晚三叠世—早侏罗世。三叠系-侏罗系界线应在索布查组之内,三叠系与侏罗系可能为整合接触。     

安徽巢湖地区下三叠统综合层序

印度阶一奥伦尼克阶界线的全球层型候选剖面之一位于安徽巢湖地区;巢湖地区的下三叠统也是国际上同期地层中生物地层序列最有代表性、多重地层学手段应用齐备、研究效果最好的地层序列之一。根据巢湖地区3条代表性下三叠统剖面的岩石地层、生物地层和碳同位素地层的最新研究成果归纳出本区早三叠世综合地层序列,作为区域地层对比研究的标准．巢湖的下三叠统明确包含8个牙形石带和6个菊石带。它们具有区域甚至全球对比意义;巢湖地区早三叠世碳同位素δ^13Ccarb的演变呈现2个显著的漂移周期,这种有特色的碳同位素漂移,不仅具有地层学价值,而且可能对于三叠纪初的生物复苏和生态系演变具有指导意义．在综合地层序列基础上,将3条剖面的古地磁学研究成果链接,形成了巢湖地区完整的早三叠世磁性地层序列,包括5个主要的正向极性带和5个反向极性带,这也是目前在本区乃至华南获得的最完整的早三叠世磁极性序列之一．这些为该区域乃至全球相关地层研究树立了一个基本格架。     

西藏措勤盆地的地层学研究进展及上二叠统—侏罗系地层序列的厘定

本文简要总结了西藏措勤盆地相关区域的地层学研究进展。近年来,笔者及研究团队对措勤盆地及邻区进行了多次野外地质调查和室内古生物鉴定和研究,获得了一些新的发现和认识,在结合前人在相关地区取得的地层学成果和资料的基础上,厘定了该地区上二叠统—侏罗系的地层序列。措勤盆地的上二叠统是以文布当桑组为代表的灰岩和以木纠错组为代表的白云岩。三叠系存在着广海陆棚相和碳酸盐岩台地两种地层序列:前者自下而上划分为下三叠统嘎仁错组、中三叠统至上三叠统卡尼阶珠龙组、上三叠统诺利阶江让组、上三叠统瑞替阶至下侏罗统敌布错组;后者自下而上划分为木纠错组、待建的中三叠统、上三叠统诺利阶麦隆岗组和上三叠统瑞替阶至下侏罗统的确哈拉组。下侏罗统与上三叠统瑞替阶难以区分开。中侏罗统的岩性为深海-半深海相泥岩夹有基性-超基性岩。上侏罗统自下而上划分为萨波直不勒组和吐卡日组,目前尚未发现提唐阶的化石,因此推测下白垩统多尼组和吐卡日组之间有沉积间断。措勤盆地在晚二叠世—早三叠世、晚三叠世诺利期和晚侏罗世牛津期—基默里奇期都处于碳酸盐岩台地环境,冈底斯地区在中三叠世和中侏罗世发生了2期构造伸展事件,在晚三叠世诺利期末期和晚侏罗世基默里奇期晚期发生了两次构造抬升事件。构造伸展和挤压抬升造成了海平面的反复升降变化,导致了深水和浅水沉积相的垂向叠置,为油气成藏创造了良好的沉积建造组合条件。上二叠统—侏罗系地层序列还有待于进一步完善,应该加大地层古生物学的投入力度。     

湘西北地区二叠-三叠系界线地层与牙形石分带

本文主要从生物地层学角度探讨湘西北地区二叠-三叠系界线划分。笔者对该区上二叠世地层进行了重新划分;以牙形石地层分布、百分比丰度和演化关系为基础,将该区二叠系栖霞阶顶部至三叠系格里斯巴赫阶划分为13个牙形石带,并与区内其它门类化石带和国内外同期牙形石带做了详细对比;界线层夹有多层海底火山喷发物成因的伊利石-蒙脱石粘土岩,界线上见有“过渡层”或生物“混生层”,证明该区界线地层为连续沉积。据界线上下“二叠型”与“三叠型”生物的盛衰和演替,以菊石Hypophiceras带或“过渡层”的底部为该区二叠-三叠系界线。     

湖北黄石二门二叠系/三叠系界线剖面长兴阶牙形刺分带及有机碳同位素的变化

湖北黄石二门二叠系/三叠系界线剖面出露完好,原始沉积连续,由乐平统龙潭组保安段灰黑色硅质岩、大隆组黑色硅质岩—硅质泥岩和下三叠统大冶组黑灰色泥岩以及泥岩夹灰岩组成,为介于典型浅水碳酸盐岩型与深海硅质岩型二叠系/三叠系界线剖面之间的半深海剖面。长兴阶可划分为Clarkinasubcarinata—Clarkinawangi及Clarkinachangxingensis两个牙形刺带。后者又可划分为3个亚带,自下而上依次为Clarkinachangxingensischangxingensis—Clarkinadeflecta亚带、Clarkinameishanensis亚带及Waning—Clarkina亚带,完全可以与二叠系/三叠系界线的全球层型剖面与点进行对比。另外,二叠纪末牙形刺的生态演化呈阶段性绝灭模式;有机碳同位素值在二叠纪/三叠系界线处出现明显的负偏移,指示了二叠纪/三叠纪之交生物绝灭后海水表层水原始产率的降低以及大气和海水中CO2含量的增加。     

试论黔西北及邻区非海相三叠系/侏罗系界线

根据黔西北及邻区二桥组中双壳类的垂直分布，可将其分为两个组合；下部Indosinion-Permophorus组合及上部Qiyangia-Hunanella组合。前一组合的时代为晚三叠世瑞替克期，后一组合的时代则为早侏罗世早中期。该区非海相三叠系／侏罗系的界线应划在上述两个组合之间。故该区二桥组实为跨三叠系与侏罗系的岩石地层单位。     

中国侏罗纪年代地层学研究的现状

“国际地层表”依据菊石带建立起来的侏罗纪年代地层系统在全球海相侏罗系的划分和对比中有着广泛的应用,但却很难直接应用于非海相侏罗纪地层系统中。中国的侏罗系多属非海相,近年来我国地质工作者们不但将中国的海相侏罗系与全球侏罗纪年代地层系统进行了较合理的对比,发现了穿越海相三叠系-侏罗系界线的连续沉积的剖面,而且建立了非海相侏罗系的阶。但是中国非海相侏罗系区域性阶的时代和不同阶之间的界线有待海相化石和地层测年来确定或检验     

西藏措勤断块中—上三叠统嘎热扎地组的建立

在西藏措勤断块新建了中三叠统—上三叠统卡尼阶岩石地层单位——嘎热扎地组。在建组剖面上,嘎热扎地组厚约485 m,下部岩性以碎屑岩为主上部岩性为碎屑岩夹灰岩。嘎热扎地组与下伏上二叠统—下三叠统木纠错组、上覆上三叠统诺利阶麦龙岗组均为整合接触关系。该组尚未发现指示地层时代的化石,但前人在其下伏的木纠错组中发现了早三叠世牙形石本次在其上覆的麦龙岗组发现7属8种珊瑚化石:Distichophyllia norica(Frech),Retiophyllia?sp.,Cablonzeria?sp.Elysastraea juliana Turnsek,Volzeiasublaevis (Munster),Distuhophyllia sp.,Guembelastraea?sp.和Benedcastraea baiyuensis Deng&Zhang。根据该组地层整合于两者之间,将其时代暂时限定为中—晚三叠世卡尼期。根据珊瑚化石、地层岩性特征及上下地层关系将研究剖面的地层进行了重新划分。嘎热扎地组的建立填补了措勤断块局限台地相三叠系序列中三叠统—上三叠统卡尼阶岩石地层单位名称的空白。嘎热扎地组建立以后,措勤断块局限台地相三叠系的岩石地层单位序列可以划分为上二叠统—下三叠统木纠错组,中三叠统—上三叠统卡尼阶嘎热扎地组,上三叠统诺利阶麦龙岗组,上三叠统瑞替阶—下侏罗统确哈拉组。这一序列的建立对于在措勤断块进一步识别出碳酸盐岩局限台地相三叠系,修订相关地区的地层认识具有指导作用。     

湖南桑植县仁村坪上二叠统—下三叠统底部菊石动物群序列及其区域对比

湖南桑植县仁村坪剖面二叠-三叠系界线地层连续,菊石动物化石丰富.根据该剖面上二叠统大隆组至下三叠统大冶组底部菊石动物群的分布,自下而上划分为4个菊石带:Araxoceras-Konglingites-Sanyangites带、Sinoceltites带、Pseudotirolites-Rotodiscoceras带和Hypophiceras-Ophiceras-Lytophiceras带.通过对该剖面菊石和牙形石生物地层及其与华南其他剖面的对比可知,Araxoceras-Konglingites-Sanyangites带与牙形石Neospathodus orientalis带同期,为吴家坪期晚期;Sinoceltites带与牙形石N.subcarinata-N.wangi带同期,为长兴期晚期;Pseudotirolites-Rotodiscoceras带与牙形石N.postwangi-N.changxingensis带和N.xiangsiensis-N.changxingensis带同期,为长兴期晚期;Hypophiceras-Ophiceras-Lytophiceras带与H.parvus、I.isarcica-I.staesche和N.planata 3个牙形石带同期,相当于印度期早期.根据仁村坪剖面菊石Hypophiceras-Ophiceras-Lytophiceras带底界的出现位置,将该剖面的二叠-三叠系界线确定在第27a层的中部.     

Stratigraphy,palaeoenvironments and geochemistry across the Triassic–Jurassic boundary transition at Carnduff,County Antrim,Northern Ireland

The latest Triassic to earliest Jurassic transition has been widely studied due the occurrence of a major global extinction associated with a global hyperthermal event in this interval. Furthermore, a number of distinct geochemical events in the global carbon cycle can be recognised in the stable-isotope record across this boundary interval at many localities. Two fully-cored boreholes from East Antrim in Northern Ireland (Carnduff-1 and Carnduff-2) have penetrated sediments of latest Triassic to Early Jurassic age (Rhaetian to Early Sinemurian). Ammonites, foraminifera, ostracods and palynomorphs provide a robust chronology as well as insights to palaeoenvironmental conditions during this period. The sedimentary and palynological evidence support a largely marginal-marine setting for the sediments of the Triassic Penarth Group while a range of palaeontological evidence shows that the Early Jurassic Waterloo Mudstone Formation represents shallow-marine, shelf conditions that represent generally well-oxygenated bottom waters, with little evidence for dysoxia. Detailed ammonite biostratigraphy (ammonites first occur about 7.5 m up from the base of the Lias Group) indicates that the cores represent largely continuous sedimentation through the Hettangian and earliest Sinemurian (to Turneri Chronozone, Birchi Subchronozone). Stable-isotope analysis of both carbonate and organic carbon show a distinct carbon isotope excursion (CIE) in both fractions through the Cotham and Langport members (Lilstock Formation, Penarth Group, latest Triassic) which are considered to correlate with the distinctive ‘Initial’ CIE witnessed in SW England and probably the GSSP and other sites across the world.     

Extinction, survival and recovery of corals from the Triassic to Middle Jurassic time

Recognizing extinction events and determining their cause at the Triassic/Jurassic (T/J) transition and near the Pliensbachian–Toarcian (Lower Jurassic) boundary is a field of growing interest. We provide arguments for these events through a literature based new evaluation of coral diversity from Triassic to Dogger and a new palaeobiogeographical map. The T/J extinction of corals is clearly related to the breakdown of reef environments. Origination curves show that Hettangian (the lowest Jurassic stage) was not only a survival phase but already rather a recovery phase. Post-extinction evolution of reefs and their survival only in the northernmost margin of the Tethys support the hothouse hypothesis for the T/J extinction event. During Pliensbachian, many new taxa appear, but mostly solitary corals, not really framebuilders. Many of these taxa do not occur anymore during the following stages. The new increase in diversity is related to the development of Bajocian (Middle Jurassic) reefs.     

塔里木盆地库车河剖面有机碳同位素地层学及三叠系—侏罗系界线

三叠纪—侏罗纪之交发生了地史上五次最大规模之一的生物灭绝事件、中大西洋大火成岩省喷发、泛大陆进一步裂解导致的中大西洋开启以及大气CO₂浓度急剧升高等。然而该时期中国各板块主要发育陆相沉积,其三叠系—侏罗系界线（TJB）很难与定义于海相地层的全球层型剖面和点（GSSP）进行精细对比。应用基于C3植物的碳同位素地层学,进行了两次独立地、系统地以高等植物木质部为研究对象的采样和测试,获得了可以指示同期大气CO₂的δ13C演化和进行全球等时对比的碳同位素地层曲线。并在植物大化石和孢粉的生物地层约束基础上,首次完成了库车河剖面与海相三叠纪末期生物大灭绝事件（ETE）底界和TJB的精细对比;推测与全球其他剖面ETE等时的地层界线位于38层底部附近,与TJB的GSSP等时地层界线位于41层底部附近。海相与陆相的ETE和TJB层位附近均出现了δ13C负偏,指示全球性的碳同位素的波动,推论该时期发生了全球规模的、地表圈层的碳储库扰动。     

广西柳桥深水相二叠系/三叠系界线剖面有机碳同位素地层学对比研究及事件响应

研究了广西柳桥地区东攀剖面有机碳同位素的组成,并和浙江煤山剖面进行了对比。结果表明东攀剖面在1δ3Corg变化趋势上,既具有全球PTB剖面普遍存在的共性,又具有其独特性。在东攀剖面一个显著的1δ3Corg负漂移出现在事件界线(EB)之上和二叠系/三叠系界线(PTB)之下,这与煤山剖面具有相似性。显著的1δ3Corg负漂移指示了P/T之交生物绝灭后海水表层水原始生产率的降低以及大气和海水中CO2含量的增加,并得到放射虫绝灭事件、火山事件和海退事件的响应。煤山剖面1δ3Corg负漂移从第27层就开始向13C富集的方向恢复,而东攀剖面1δ3Corg在下Induan阶仍持续亏损,表明东攀剖面早三叠世的生物复苏明显滞后于煤山剖面的。     

Landscape ecological shift at the Permian‐Triassic boundary in Antarctica

Palaeosols across the Permian‐Triassic boundary in Antarctica provide evidence of a marked change in ecosystems at this greatest of all extinctions in the history of life on Earth. The boundary can now be recognised from evidence of carbon isotopic (δ¹³C) stratigraphy, reptiles of the earliest Triassic Lystrosaurus zone, and Late Permian glossopterid fructifications and pollen. The boundary is a profound change in palaeosols, with very different suites of pedotypes in Permian compared with Triassic sequences. Permian palaeosols include coals, rooted lithic sandstones and rooted tuffaceous silt‐stones. Triassic palaeosols in contrast are largely rooted, green‐red‐mottled claystones. These palaeosols represent a shift from Late Permian cold temperate broadleaf deciduous swamp woodlands to Early Triassic cool temperate conifer forests. Indications of more intense weathering during the earliest Triassic confirm a significantly warmer palaeoclimate in the earliest Triassic than in the latest Permian. Palaeoclimate remained humid with low evapotranspiration in both Permian and Triassic, but Triassic ecosystems were more oligotrophic, humus‐poor and more oxidised than Permian ones. Yet both Permian and Triassic palaeosols were unpodzolised, unlike soils today under such climates and vegetation. Palaeosols in Antarctica confirm several peculiarities of the earliest Triassic: (i) a global coal gap; (ii) a high‐latitude greenhouse; and (iii) a Gondwanan tuff gap. Palaeosols support evidence from fossil plants and reptiles and from carbon isotopic studies for a shift toward oligotrophic, low‐productivity ecosystems, dominated by opportunistic and stress‐tolerant organisms in the earliest Triassic. Life was difficult on land as well as in the sea following the terminal Permian mass extinction.     

湖南慈利礁相二叠系-三叠系界线地层及其对大灭绝事件的启示

湖南慈利康家坪长兴组礁相地层上直接覆以大冶组"错时相"钙质微生物岩、鲕状灰岩、蠕虫状灰岩等沉积物。岩相、生物地层和碳同位素演变表明大灭绝事件处地层连续;剖面上长兴期末的化石分布呈现一种单幕式灭绝型式和过程;占据大灭绝后浅水碳酸盐相的是一种以微生物主导的"异常生态系"。     

Bentho-planktonic evidence from the Austrian Alps for a decline in sea-surface carbonate production at the end of the Triassic

A high-resolution micropalaeontological study, combined with geochemical and sedimentological analyses was performed on the Tiefengraben, Schlossgraben and Eiberg sections (Austrian Alps) in order to characterize sea-surface carbonate production during the end-Triassic crisis. At the end-Rhaetian, the dominant calcareous nannofossil Prinsiosphaera triassica shows a decrease in abundance and size and this is correlated with a increase in δ¹⁸O and a gradual decline in δ¹³C_carb values. Simultaneously, benthic foraminiferal assemblages show a decrease in diversity and abundance of calcareous taxa and a dominance of infaunal agglutinated taxa. The smaller size of calcareous nannofossils disturbed the vertical export balance of the biological carbon pump towards the sea-bottom, resulting in changes in feeding strategies within the benthic foraminiferal assemblages from deposit feeders to detritus feeders and bacterial scavengers. These micropalaeontological data combined with geochemical proxies suggest that changes in seawater chemistry and/or cooling episodes might have occurred in the latest Triassic, leading to a marked decrease of carbonate production. This in turn culminated in the quasi-absence of calcareous nannofossils and benthic foraminifers in the latest Triassic. The aftermath (latest Triassic earliest Jurassic) was characterised by abundance peaks of “disaster” epifaunal agglutinated foraminifera Trochammina on the sea-floor. Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP) paroxysmal activity, superimposed on a major worldwide regressive phase, is assumed to be responsible for a deterioration in marine palaeoenvironments. CAMP sulfuric emissions might have been the trigger for cooling episodes and seawater acidification leading to disturbance of the surface carbonate production at the very end-Triassic.