Portable X-ray fluorescence identification of the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary: Application to the Agost and Caravaca sections,SE Spain

It is shown that portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) is a powerful tool for the identification and geochemical characterization of prospective Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) boundary sites. Field measurements in two well-known K–Pg boundary sequences, located at Agost and Caravaca, SE Spain, have been performed. A sizable enrichment around the K–Pg horizon of several elements such as K, Ti, Fe, Ni, Cr, Cu, Zn, As or Pb, together with a strong reduction in the Ca content, is found with the pXRF instrument. These observations represent a primary geochemical signature of the K–Pg boundary in distal marine sections such as those of Agost and Caravaca. Also, the intensities of the pXRF peaks correlate well with elemental composition data obtained by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) on collected samples. Hence, the pXRF field measurements are shown to provide fast and useful quantitative information about K–Pg boundary sequences.     

南秦岭东江口岩体中丰富金矿矿床特征与成因浅析

陕西省宁陕县丰富金矿产于南秦岭构造带东江口岩体内,为一中型规模金矿床,赋矿围岩为黑云母二长花岗岩。矿床形成于印支-燕山期秦岭造山过程中由碰撞向伸展构造体制转变的后碰撞构造环境,成矿时代限定为200Ma左右的燕山早期,矿床类型为硫化物石英脉型和破碎带蚀变岩型。金的赋存状态有包裹金、裂隙金及晶隙金三种,以裂隙金和晶隙金为主,具有多期成矿特征。围绕主岩浆期后超浅成-浅成侵入的中基性岩脉、岩枝、岩株呈环状展布的缓倾斜断裂是主要的控矿和赋矿构造,成矿作用与主岩浆期后火山-次火山作用或隐蔽爆破作用引发的热液作用有关。     

Time-dependent tunnel deformations in homogeneous and heterogeneous weak rock formations

To investigate long-term, time-dependent tunnel deformations, this study employs a non-linear rheological model capable of considering the tertiary creep behaviour of the rock mass (Okubo and Fukui, 2006). A model parametric study is undertaken with a 3D numerical model encompassing a tunnel. The results show that the tunnel walls start to deform at an accelerating rate after a lapse of ten years. The results offer an explanation to previously reported tunnel instability cases. A 3D numerical model encompassing weak rock formation obliquely intersecting with the tunnel is then constructed. The analysis yields asymmetric wall deformation pattern, suggesting the need for optimizing rock supports.     

贵州紫云晚二叠世-早三叠世初火山作用与生物礁的沉积演化

晚二叠世长兴期是华南地区重要的成礁期,也是火山事件频发的一个时期。生物礁是一种对海洋环境十分敏感的生态系,晚二叠世的火山作用势必影响到当时生物礁的生长和沉积相的演化。然而,前人有关晚二叠世火山事件的研究主要集中在二叠系与三叠系界线附近,而对整个长兴期生物礁的演化与火山事件关系的研究则较少。选择贵州紫云的台地边缘礁为研究对象,通过大量磁化率的测试,分析整个晚二叠世生物礁的沉积演化与火山作用的关系。分析结果显示,长兴早期和末期岩石的磁化率值明显偏高,反映较强的火山活动。在这两个时期,造架生物相对不发育。长兴中期,岩石的磁化率值相较于长兴早期和长兴晚期总体偏低,表明火山活动相对较弱,导致生物礁的快速生长。但长兴中期生物礁灰岩中夹有几层生物碎屑灰岩,其磁化率值有小幅度的升高,说明短时期小规模的火山作用虽然导致了生物礁生长的暂时中断,但礁相动荡的环境使得火山灰中细小的铁磁性物质难以沉积下来。研究发现,尽管早三叠世早期泥岩具有高的磁化率值,但泥质岩中多层火山黏土具有异常高的磁化率值,火山灰物质对磁化率大小的影响远远超过陆源物质的贡献。     

The evolution of planets. Venus as the Earth’s probable future

The general evolution of planets in the Solar System is discussed with a focus on the structure and history of Venus compared with the Earth. The history of the planets of the terrestrial group has been similar and included at least six correlated stages. Many common features the terrestrial planets shared in their early and late evolution have been due to their common origin from the protoplanetary gas-and-dust nebula and plume magmatism widespread on all the planets of the terrestrial group. The characteristic features of the structure and evolution of Venus are most brightly manifested in the specific composition of its atmosphere and of plume magmatism. Venus, with its surface as hot as 450 °C and the near-surface pressure of 92-93 bars, has a hot and dense atmosphere 93 times that of the Earth in mass. Most of its atmospheric mass (99%) belongs to the 65-km thick troposphere consisting of CO₂ (96.5%) and N₂ (3.5%). The upper troposphere includes a 25-30 km thick cloud layer composed mainly of sulfuric acid droplets, water vapor, and SO₂. At a height of 49.58 km, the clouds approach the conditions of the terrestrial surface and might be hospitable to bacterial life. Volcanism, the most active and widespread process of Venusian geology, maintains continuous SO₂ emission. There are diverse volcanic edifices on Venus, which are most often large and are similar to the Earth’s plume-related volcanoes. The evolution before 1 Ga, as well as the share and the role of alkaline rocks and carbonatites among its volcanics, are among the most debatable issues about Venus. Being located closer to the Sun, Venus cooled down more slowly and less intensely than the Earth after the primary accretion. In the Proterozoic, it began heating and reached its present state at ~ 1 or 2 Ga. In the future, as the Sun becomes a red giant, the Earth is predicted to begin heating up in 500-600 Myr to reach the temperature of present Venus in about 1.5 Gyr.     

Tertiary Sea Level Changes and Sequence Stratigraphic Framework in East China Sea Shelf Basin

ＴｈｅＥａｓｔＣｈｉｎａＳｅａｓｈｅｌｆｂａｓｉｎｉｓｓｉｔｕａｔｅｄｏｎｔｈｅｗｅｓｔｍａｒｇｉｎｏｆＰａｃｉｆｉｃｐｌａｔｅ（Ｆｉｇ．１）ａｎｄｉｓａｌａｒｇｅｈｙｄｒｏｃａｒｂｏｎ－ｂｅａｒｉｎｇｓｅｄｉｍｅｎｔａｒｙｂａｓｉｎｆｉｌｅｄｍａｉ...     

渤海湾盆地渤中凹陷古近系沉积体系演化及物源分析

综合运用地质、测井、地震及分析化验等资料,对渤海湾盆地渤中凹陷古近系沉积体系进行了较深入的研究,研究表明渤中凹陷古近系的沉积体系主要受构造升降和湖平面变化的控制,经历了3期裂陷和湖侵,发育5套沉积体系,其中沙河街组沉积时期为裂陷期,以扇三角洲、湖底扇沉积为主,并发育特征的滩坝及浅水台地相沉积;东营组沉积时期为湖侵期,主要发育大型湖泊三角洲沉积,并逐渐向辫状河相过渡。构造及沉积体系分析认为,沙三段沉积时期物源丰富,主要来自石臼坨凸起、渤南和庙西凸起,沙一、二段沉积时期物源有限,东三沉积期物源主要来自石臼坨和沙东南凸起,东二沉积期大面积的湖侵使得本区处于浅湖-半深湖环境,凹陷周边大量古水系将石臼坨凸起、沙垒田凸起的物源带入凹陷中沉积,使得大型三角洲叠覆体广泛发育。     

云南宝秀盆地泥炭—褐煤孢粉组合

由孢粉分析可知,宝秀盆地泥炭-褐煤自新第三纪上新世中期或早更新世初期至今,各个地质历史时期均有形成和积累;泥炭-褐煤堆积经历了温热-温暖-温凉的冷暖气候交替变化过程,相当于暖湿的大西洋期、温湿偏干的亚大西洋期和现代偏冷湿的山地气候。古植物变化为针叶林、阔叶林,针-阔叶混交林,落叶-常绿阔叶林和现在的稀疏灌丛和茂盛的草本植物。      

福建早中生代火山作用研究进展

总结了近十余年来福建省早中生代,尤其是早侏罗世火山作用研究的最新进展:早侏罗世火山地层在全省都有发现,采用化石和同位素测年对火山地层时代进行了精细确定,认为其主要形成于早侏罗世晚期。通过火山岩石地球化学特征的深入研究,永定地区的拉斑质玄武岩浆主要源于岩石圈地幔,但与来自富集岩石圈地幔的早白垩世玄武岩对比又具有明显的地球化学差异,不排除有来自软流圈地幔岩浆的加入。早侏罗世火山岩主要形成于板内的拉张环境,由于后造山应力松弛,沿北北东或北东向构造伸展致使地幔上隆(涌)-底侵的动力学机制是形成双峰式火山岩的内在因素。从早侏罗世火山作用入手来研究华南地区两大构造域的转换也取得了新的进展。论述了我省早侏罗世火山作用的研究方向,认为早中生代构造体制的转换与多金属成矿关系密切。