中国陆相上中新统灞河阶底界层型的选择

2014年全国地层委员会最新出版的《中国地层表》中正式采用了将上中新统两分为灞河阶和保德阶的方案。"灞河"一名源自同名岩石地层单位灞河组,典型剖面位于陕西省蓝田县灞河左岸的水家嘴。灞河阶对应于国际地层表中海相的托尔托纳阶,其共同的底界定义为古地磁Chron C5r.2n的底部,年龄为11.6 Ma,这条界线在蓝田地区的灞河组并不存在。在中国晚中新世早期的哺乳动物群中,甘肃临夏盆地的郭泥沟动物群、大深沟动物群,青海柴达木盆地的托素动物群、深沟动物群,内蒙古苏尼特右旗的阿木乌苏动物群,西藏比如盆地的布隆动物群,陕西府谷的喇嘛沟动物群和云南元谋的小河动物群均属于灞河期。甘肃省东乡县的郭泥沟剖面是灞河阶底界层型最有利的候选剖面。     

中太平洋柱样430的古地磁和沉积间断研究

根据中太平洋柱样430的古地磁测量结果并结合柱样的岩性、生物地层学和同位素年代学的研究资料,讨论了钻孔所在海域的沉积史。结果表明,中新世中期至上新世早期(约距今1500—340万年)和晚第四纪末(约距今4万年)以采存在明显的沉积间断。在上新世晚期末至第四纪早期(约距今240—90万年)之间的沉积物中可能存在沉积间断。上述有关时期内出现的深海底侵蚀和沉积间断与地史时期南极底层环流形成和增强有关。作者认为古地磁应作为研究太平洋沉积间断的一种重要工具。     

The Tunggurian Stage of the Continental Miocene in China

The Tunggurian Age was nominated in 1984, and the Second National Commission on Stratigraphy of China formally suggested establishing the corresponding chronostratigraphic unit, the Tunggurian Stage, based on the Tunggurian Age in 1999. The name of this stage comes from a lithostratigraphic unit, the Tunggur Formation, and the stratotype section is located at the Tunggur tableland, 15 km southeast of Saihan Gobi Township, Sonid Left Banner, Inner Mongolia. The Tunggurian Age is correlated to the Astaracian of the European land mammal ages, and they share the same definition of the lower boundary at the base of the paleomagnetic Chron C5Bn.1r with an age of 15.0 Ma. In the Tairum Nor section on the southeastern edge of the Tunggur tableland, this boundary is situated within the successive deposits of reddish-brown massive mudstone of the lower part of the Tunggur Formation, with a distance of 7.6 m from the base of the grayish-white sandstones in the middle part of the section. The Tunggurian is approximately correlated to the upper part of the marine Langhian and the marine Serravallian in the International Stratigraphical Chart. The Tunggurian Stage includes two Neogene mammal faunal units, i.e. NMU 6 （MN 6） and NMU 7 （MN 7/8）. The Tairnm Nor fauna from the Talrnm Nor section corresponds to NMU 6, and the Tunggur fauna （senso stricto） from the localities on the northwestern edge of the Tunggur tableland, such as Platybelodon Quarry, Wolf Camp and Moergen, corresponds to NMU 7. Among the Middle Miocene mammalian faunas in China, the Laogou fauna from the Linxia Basin, Gansu, the Quantougou fauna from the Lanzhou Basin, Gansu, the Halamagai fauna from the northern Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, and the Dingjiaergou fauna from Tongxin, Ningxia correspond to NMU 6.     

Paleomagnetic Logs: A Tool for Dating Lake Erie's Past

An examination of the lithology, paleomagnetic and Mossbauer Effect Spectroscopy (MES) log data and ¹⁴C determinations of cores taken from three small basins located in western Lake Erie, in conjunction with data obtained from earlier studies, has been used to re-evaluate the postglacial history of the area. After the re-advance of the Laurentide Ice Sheet into the Huron basin and the eastern part of the Erie basin during the Port Huron stadial about 13,000 yrs B.P., lacustrine clay was deposited across much of the western Erie basin in a lake ponded against the glacial ice front to the east. However, by 12,000 yrs B.P. as the ice front retreated, the waters from the Huron basin bypassed Lake Erie, first by the Kirkfield outlet to Lake Ontario, and later by the Fossmill and North Bay outlets to the Ottawa River. This resulted in the draining of water from most of the western Erie basin. Extensive swamps choked with plants formed in the small basin areas, and the surrounding low-lying former lake bottom was subjected to subaerial weathering. It would appear that by about 9,500 yrs B.P. there was an increase in surface run off into these basins and the swamps evolved into shallow, relatively warm-water lakes in which calcareous-rich clay was deposited. Isostatic rebound of the northeastern outlets of the Huron basin led to a gradual tilting of the basin and a progressive migration of the southern shoreline of Lake Huron (Lake Stanley phase) to the southwest. By about 5000 yrs B.P. the water level in the southern Huron basin had been raised sufficiently to re-open the Port Huron outlet into the Erie basin. This resulted in a substantial rise in the lake level in the Erie basin, terminated the deposition of calcareous-rich clay in the small basins, and led to the deposition of normal lacustrine sediments in the modern phase of Lake Erie.     

中国东北地区主要地体古地磁学研究

东北地区由多个地体组成,其运动特征与邻区西伯利亚和华北等板块具有明显差异,有其独特的演化历史。古地磁资料支持将其划为独立构造单元,称之为东北地体群。古地磁资料表明,东北主要地体古生代处在南纬低纬度地区,中生代诸地体共同快速北移,其纬向运移的平均速度约为３．８ｃｍ／ａ。于白垩纪中期就位于现今位置。     

Transitional field clusters from uppermost Oligocene volcanic rocks in the central Walker Lane, western Nevada

Three sections of the Candelaria Hills volcanic sequence, west-central Nevada, appear to have recorded parts of two transitional field records or reversal excursions. Paleomagnetic data and / laser fusion sanidine age estimates for pyroclastic rocks and associated flows show that these rocks recorded the unusual field behavior at about 25.7 Ma and about 23.8 Ma. Fifteen sites yield northeast declination, moderate to shallow negative inclination mean directions and 16 sites yield west to southwest declination, moderate negative inclination directions. Both populations of site mean directions, representing a total of 12 independent eruptive units, are highly discordant to a time-averaged late Tertiary field direction, and neither can be explained by a geologically reasonable magnitude of vertical axis rotation. Virtual paleomagnetic poles (VGPs), estimated from the directional data, lie at low to intermediate latitudes; 29 of the 31 flows at intermediate latitudes (<60°), and 11 at very low latitudes (<30°). Two well-grouped VGP clusters are defined by these data with each cluster roughly corresponding to one of the age groups. Stratigraphically corrected VGPs from most of the 23.8 Ma group roughly cluster at intermediate to low latitudes at about 150°E longitude. The cluster at about 150°E corresponds to VGP clusters that have been interpreted to reflect a long lasting near-dipole configuration during several field reversals. The second stratigraphically corrected cluster lies at intermediate to low latitudes at about 80°E longitude and, notably, is defined by pyroclastic flows of the 25.7 and 23.8 Ma age groups. The VGP data at about 80°E do not fall into any previously identified preferred longitudinal band, however, they are consistent with data from some sedimentary records of reversal excursions in western North America. We recognize that the VGPs returned to a preferred location in both age populations, which we interpret as a preferred directional position, thus reflecting a potentially stable non-dipole component during a complete reversal or a reversal excursion. The observation that the VGPs maintained a preferred location during separate high amplitude events supports the hypothesis that preferred VPG clusters and thus persistent non-dipole field components can factor into the behavior of the geomagnetic field during full reversals or reversal excursions.     

Paleoenvironmental Record from Wuqi Paleolake in Northern Chinese Loess Plateau

正Jinding core(ZK04,36°47′35.36″N,108°19′05.24″E)is located in the northern area of Luohe river basin,northern Chinese loess plateau,lying to the southeast of Wuqi County about 20 km.The total depth of Core ZK04 is 92.20