Paleogene–Neogene Boundary of Primorye,Russian Far East

Complex geological and paleobotanic analysis of sections of the boundary Oligocene–Miocene sediments of southern Primorye is conducted. The presence of a stratigraphic hiatus is identified in the transitional complexes of the Pushkino and Pavlovka depressions but not in the sections of the Rakovka depression; thus, it is suggested to use one of them (borehole no. 15) to choose the stratotype of the Paleogene–Neogene boundary. The previous conclusion on the presence of economic coal deposits of Primorye within the Paleogene part of the Tertiary complex is supported. It is suggested to use the section which is exposed by the Rakovka brown coal open pit (point 9209) as a stratotype of the upper subformation of the Pavlovka Formation.     

Sequence stratigraphy and controls on sedimentation of the Upper Cretaceous in the Afikpo Sub-basin,southeastern Nigeria

Outcrop-based sequence stratigraphic analysis and palynological biofacies were used to define depositional sequences and their bounding surfaces, and build a sequence stratigraphic model for the Upper Cretaceous succession of the Afikpo Sub-basin. Four unconformity-bounded third-order depositional sequences were identified. Sequence 1 comprises the Nkporo Formation and is subdivided into lowstand system tract (LST) representing an incised valley fill and transgressive systems tract (TST) consisting of estuarine and marine shales and mudstones. The base of the sequence is an angular unconformity correlated to the 77.5 Ma sequence boundary (SB) and the maximum flooding surface (MFS) is dated at 76 Ma. Sequence 2 is diachronous and straddles the lithostratigraphic boundary of the Nkporo and Mamu formations. The upper SB is dated at 71 Ma while associated MFS is dated at 73.5 Ma. Sequence 3 consists of the upper Mamu Formation and the Ajali Formation. The upper SB of sequence 3 is at 68 Ma while the MFS is dated at 69.8 Ma. Sequence 4 is the topmost depositional sequence belonging to the Nsukka Formation. The upper SB is placed at 66.5 Ma. The MFS within this sequence is dated at 67.8 Ma. The sequences encompass from tidally influenced bay head delta and central estuarine environments to coastal and shallow marine shelf environments. Stratigraphic architecture and facies types show that sequence development was controlled to a great extent by eustatic sea level variations though differential subsidence rates encouraged differential rates of sediment supply and rates of sea level change along different segments of the shoreline.     

柴北缘鱼卡地区侏罗纪含煤地层层序地层学研究

运用钻井岩心、测井及层序地层学有关理论、方法,对青海柴北缘鱼卡地区侏罗纪含煤地层进行了层序地层学研究。共识别出4个层序界面,将侏罗系含煤地层划分为3个三级层序,分别对应于中侏罗统大煤沟组、石门沟组下段和石门沟组上段;研究区层序界面主要包括区域不整合面(古风化壳)、三角洲平原分流河道下切谷、河道间古土壤和盆地内基准面下降—暴露—上升旋回的转折点;与海相含煤盆地不同,厚煤层在层序格架内的发育具有多样性。在古隆起和盆地内部,厚煤层常靠近初始湖泛面发育(煤7);在盆地边缘河流—三角洲平原,厚煤层常靠近最大湖泛面发育(煤5)。总体来看,陆相含煤盆地三级层序中,湖侵体系域聚煤最好。      

Quantitative simulation on the retrogradational sequence stratigraphic pattern in intra-cratonic basins using physical tank experiment and numerical simulation

A well studied intra-cratonic sedimentary sequence, the Lower Permian Shanxi Formation in the Ordos Basin, northern China, is characterized by a typical back-stepping or source-ward retrogradational stratigraphic stacking pattern and can be used to illustrate the conceptual sequence stratigraphic model developed for intra-cratonic siliciclastic sedimentary basins. Based on the basic geological parameters (initial topography, lake-level curve, and sediment supply) originated from the Lower Permian Shanxi Formation of the Ordos Basin, we simulated quantitatively and validated the source-ward retrogradational sequence stratigraphic pattern of intra-cartonic siliciclastic basin, and demonstrated the use of numerical simulation to replicate and extend a particular flume experiment. In Run 1 (SQ1) the result of numerical simulation was characterized by the fan-shaped distribution, Sequence SQ2 retrograded landwards and overlaid the deposits of Sequence SQ1 after Run 2, and Sequence SQ3 retrograded further landwards and overlaid the deposits of Sequence SQ2 after Run 3. The simulation results indicated that fan-shaped deposits of Sequences SQ1, SQ2, and SQ3 retrograded sequentially landwards. The sediment distribution of three sequences in the numerical simulation is in accordance with the deposits observed in the physical experiment. The simulated sequence stratigraphic pattern of three sequences also matches that from the geological model quite well. The proposed sequence stratigraphic pattern for the intra-cratonic basin should serve as a useful reference for the interpretation of sequence stratigraphic framework and stacking patterns, and the prediction of the distribution of potential reservoir sandbodies within such basins.     

Detecting a sequence boundary across different tectonic domains: an example from the middle Miocene of the northern Apennines (Italy)

Sequence stratigraphic concepts can provide a powerful tool for understanding the tectono-sedimentary evolution of areas extending across different tectonic domains. An example is provided by the upper Serravallian strata of the northern Apennines, where a sedimentological and biostratigraphic study allows a sequence boundary to be traced across the foredeep and piggy-back basin successions. Turbidite sedimentation of predominantly alpine and subordinate apenninic provenance occurred in the apenninic foreland basin throughout the middle Miocene. Deep-water sedimentation in the foredeep was laterally associated with deposition in shelf to slope environments in the piggy-back basins. In the piggy-back basin succession, the upper Serravallian sequence boundary is a laterally extensive unconformity within homogeneous marly deposits. This unconfonnity is laterally correlative with the base of lenticular turbidite bodies. A stratigraphic lacuna affecting Zone N14 characterizes the marginal areas, where glaucony-rich deposits assigned to Zone N15 unconformably overlie marls displaying association of Zone N13. In the depocentres, where no significant stratigraphic gap has been detected, the sequence boundary is narrowly constrained to lowermost Zone N14. The upper Serravallian unconformity of the piggy-back basins succession is correlative with time-equivalent features in two distinct parts (inner basin and outer basin) of the foredeep. In the inner basin the sequence boundary separates basin margin turbidites from overlying slope hemipelagites. In a more external position (outer basin) the sequence boundary is the base of a characteristic mega turbidite of apenninic provenance (Turrito layer). In other sectors of the outer basin, where turbidite sedimentation was entirely of alpine provenance, the sequence boundary has no clear physical expression. The observed facies distribution in the study area suggests that an important thrusting event affected the northern Apennines in the late Serravallian, resulting in submarine channel incision and nondeposition in the piggy-back basins. Compressional activity in the foredeep was responsible for the closure of the inner basin and subsequent shifting of turbidite sedimentation in the outer basin. Slope instability led to widespread remobilization of previously deposited turbidites, triggering turbidite events of huge volume. The different characteristics of the sequence boundary in the various parts of the foredeep constitute an example of differential response of a multisourced supply system to tectonic deformation.     

First data on the Cenozoic section of the Bering Sea Chukchi Shelf

The first deep hole (Tsentral’naya-1) drilled on the Russian shelf of the Bering Sea in 2002 recovered the Cenozoic sedimentary section up to depths of 2785 m¹ This paper discusses results from the log, core, and slime study. The section is composed of Paleocene-Quaternary sediments. It comprises nine sequences (from the top downward): upper Miocene-Pliocene sandy-silty; middle-upper Miocene tuffaceous-diatomite, silty-sandy, shale-siltstone, and coquina-sandstone-siltstone; Eocene-lower Miocene coaliferous and sandstone-shale; Paleocene-lower Eocene volcano-sedimentary. These sequences are correlated with onshore stratigraphic units. The section includes three large unconformities: at the base of the Pliocene (depth of 380 m, base of the Aleksandrovka stratigraphic horizon), at the base of the middle Miocene (depth of 1390 m, base of the Avtakul Horizon), and, presumably, at the base of middle Eocene (depth of 1390 m, base of the Tanyurer Horizon). The last unconformity is accompanied by a kaolinite weathering crust. The section drilled into by Tsentral’naya-1 Hole shows common features for the Cenozoic sedimentary cover through the entire Anadyr basin, despite its significant facies variability.     

中蒙边界中东部地区奥陶纪地层划分与对比

在中蒙边界1∶100万系列地质图件编制过程中,有关中东部地区奥陶纪地层层序和时代归属问题存在一定的异议。文章根据中蒙两国1∶20万区域地质图件及生物地层学资料结合野外地质踏勘,讨论了中蒙边界中东部地区奥陶纪地层层序和时代归属。详尽的地质资料及野外踏勘显示,中蒙边界蒙古地区发育的奥陶纪地层可以和相邻地区的中国奥陶纪地层进行对比。蒙古北山地区的Ehenhaya组和Adagbaishint组下段可以和罗雅楚山组相对比;Adagbaishint上段可与咸水湖组相对比;Naransevestei组与白云山组应为同一套地层。在Saishand地区,除自中国境内延伸来的乌宾敖包组和巴彦呼舒组延伸到蒙古外,Zeeriinhural组可以与裸河组进行对比;Naransevestei组与白云山组应为同一套地层。蒙古东部Khalkh gol地区的Bukhat uul组应分为两部分,下段与多宝山组相似,其时代属于早-中奥陶世;上段可以与裸河组进行对比,时代为中-晚奥陶世。     

四川盆地东北地区上二叠统层序地层特征研究

运用层序地层学的原理,在野外剖面沉积相、岩性、岩相和可容空间变化分析的基础上,对川东北地区宣汉县渡口镇羊鼓洞上二叠统剖面的层序地层进行研究,识别出3种类型6个层序界面,将上二叠统划分为1个Ⅱ层序和5个Ⅲ级层序,其中吴家坪组划分为3个Ⅲ级层序、长兴组划分为2个Ⅲ级层序。并在层序划分的基础上建立了川东北地区上二叠统的层序地层格架。将可容空间变化曲线与露头层序地层划分之间进行对比发现,二者之间存在着良好的对应关系。这不仅验证了层序划分的正确性,而且说明了Fischer图解旋回分析技术的实用性和客观性。     

浑江煤田石炭二叠纪含煤岩系层序地层与聚煤作用

运用层序地层学有关理论和方法,分析了浑江煤田石炭系-二叠系含煤岩系的层序,探讨了聚煤作用的控制因素。石炭纪-二叠纪含煤地层共识别出4个层序边界,划分为3个三级层序。为分析煤层厚度与地层厚度及砂岩百分含量的关系,绘制了三维相关图。研究表明,层序2地层厚度在40-70 m时,层序3地层厚度在50-80 m时,煤层发育较厚,而此时砂岩百分含量小于50%,表明有利于煤层聚积的环境是沉降速率中等、陆源碎屑供给相对较少的沉积环境,主要是三角洲间湾以及下三角洲平原地区。研究区含煤岩系层序地层格架中,不同层序沉积时期,煤层的分布有所不同,对于层序2来说,主要可采煤层分布在最大海泛带两侧,而层序3主要可采煤层分布在海侵面附近,此时较低的泥炭堆积速率与较慢的可容空间增加速率相平衡,从而形成该煤层。     

Subdivision and Correlation of Middle and Upper Cambria in North China in Light of Sequence Stratigraphy

TheMiddleandUpper~aninNorthCabhasbeenextenSiVelystudiedfor~yearSinbiostratigraphy(LuandDong,1953;Xiangatal.,1981;An,1982;Met,1993a,1993b).Ho~,thelithOStratigraphictntSwereunfortunatelydefinedbytrilobitezonesotherthanlithologitalcriteria,owingtothecomplicatedChangeSandt~itioninlithofades.CbnseqUentiy,thebio--,litho~andchronostrstigraphictntS~confuSed,asPOintedOuttosomeextentbyLuetal.(1994).Nevertheless,thezoningfossilsoftrilobiteSoCCUrredatthehorizonsSeparatedfromeachotherinseveralt…     

梅河盆地古近系梅河组沉积层序演化特征

梅河盆地为典型的断陷型含煤、油页岩盆地。通过岩芯、测井和地震的层序标志识别,在梅河盆地梅河组识别出1个巨层序、2个超层序和4个三级层序。其中,砂砾岩段、下部含煤段、中部泥岩段、上部含煤段分别对应着三级层序I、II、III和IV。通过对层序地层格架的认识,结合构造、沉积分析,揭示了研究区梅河组沉积层序演化规律,三级层序地层格架内沉积演化分别为:层序I发育了盆地初始裂陷阶段的冲积型和扇三角洲沉积;层序II发育了盆地裂陷扩张阶段扇三角洲、沼泽和浅水湖泊沉积;层序III发育了盆地最大扩张阶段深水湖泊沉积;层序IV发育了盆地萎缩阶段扇三角洲和湖泊沉积。因此,梅河盆地梅河组的层序I到层序IV的演化揭示了中国东部伸展环境下断陷盆地从初始裂陷阶段到盆地萎缩阶段完整的不同沉积层序演化特征。     

中国含煤岩系层序地层学研究进展

层序地层学理论为人们理解聚煤作用模式提供了新的思路,通过近二十年的研究,人们认识到含煤岩系旋回性与不同级别的全球海平面变化规律密切相关,认识到有工业价值的煤层形成于基准面(海平面)抬升过程,相继提出幕式聚煤作用、海侵过程成煤、事件成煤作用、海相层滞后阶段聚煤等基于层序地层分析的聚煤作用理论。同时概括出层序地层格架下基于可容空间增加速率与泥炭堆积速率的关系的厚煤层聚集模式。今后的研究将会进一步对不同构造背景下的含煤岩系层序地层格架样式、层序地层格架下的优质煤炭资源聚集模式、煤层在地球演化的长周期过程中的地质意义等方面进行探索,此外,针对中国五大聚煤区的成煤时期及盆地构造背景的特殊性,中国学者还会进一步总结其层序地层格架样式以及聚煤模式,并将其用于指导中国优质煤炭资源预测     

Potassic specifics of basalts from the Sinii Utes Depression: Geochemical correlations and problems of K-Ar dating (Southern Primorye region)

New data are reported on the structure of the sections, the geochemical composition, and the age of the volcano-sedimentary and volcanic rocks from the Sinii Utes Depression in the southern Primorye region. The Sinii Utes Depression is filled with two sequences: the lower sequence composed of sedimentary-volcanogenic coaliferous rocks (the stratotype of the Sinii Utes Formation) and the upper sequence consisting of tephroid with overlying basalts. This work addresses the geochemical composition and the problems of K-Ar dating of the basalts. The uppermost basaltic flow yielded a K-Ar age of 22.0 ± 1.0 Ma. The dates obtained for the middle and upper parts of the lava flows are underestimated, which is explained by their heating due to the combustion of brown coals of the Sinii Utes Formation underlying the lava flow. Calculations show that argon could only partly have been removed from the basalts owing to the conductive heat transfer and was lost largely due to the infiltration of hot gases in the heterogeneous fissured medium. The basaltic volcanism on the continental margins of the southern Primorye region and the adjacent Korean and Chinese areas at the Oligocene-Miocene boundary preceded the Early-Middle Miocene spreading and formation of the Sea of Japan basin. The undifferentiated moderately alkaline basalts of within-plate affinity developed in the Amba Depression and some other structures of the southern Primorye region and the within-plate alkali basalts of the Phohang Graben in the Korean Peninsula serve as an indicator of the incipient spreading regime in the Sea of Japan. Potassic basalt-trachybasalt eruptions occurred locally in riftogenic depressions and shield volcanoes; in some structures, this volcanism was terminated by eruptions of intermediate and acid lavas. Such an evolution of the volcanism is explained by the selective contamination of basaltic melts during their interaction with crustal acid material and the generation of acid anatectic melts.     

关中盆地上新世地层形成时代、层序划分及沉积相特征研究

关中盆地位于华北板块西南缘,为一新生代断陷盆地,具典型地堑形态,沉积巨厚的新生代地层。针对盆地新近纪上新世地层形成时代有争议、地层层序划分不明确、沉积相界定较笼统等问题,利用钻测井资料及野外调研,结合前人研究成果,对盆地新生代地层进行了重新划分,明确了上新世各地层形成时代及其地层层序划分和沉积相类型。研究结果表明,上新统可划分为蓝田组(11Ma—7 Ma)、灞河组(7.3 Ma—2.6 Ma)、张家坡组(3.4 Ma—2.6 Ma);新生代层序地层可划分为古近系构造层序、中新统构造层序、上新统构造层序和第四系构造层序等4个一级层序,存在6个构造层序界面。蓝田组以"三趾马红黏土"的风成沉积为特征。灞河组沉积时期,关中盆地的西安凹陷为一套冲(洪)积相、河流、三角洲相沉积,固市凹陷为一套冲(洪)积、河流、三角洲及滨浅湖相沉积;盆地边部开始出现小范围的风成黏土沉积。张家坡组以河湖相沉积为主,沉积中心向南移;盆地南北两侧或边部为冲(洪)积扇相、河流相及三角洲相沉积,边部也有小范围的风成黏土沉积。     

内蒙古二连盆地巴彦宝力格煤田下白垩统赛汉塔拉组层序—古地理与聚煤作用*

二连盆地巴彦宝力格煤田蕴藏着丰富的煤炭和煤层气资源。利用钻孔和测井资料对赛汉塔拉组层序格架下的古地理演化特征和聚煤作用进行研究,识别出3种层序界面类型: 区域不整合面、河道下切谷冲刷面和对应整合面,将赛汉塔拉组划分为2个三级层序,厚煤层主要发育于层序Ⅰ湖侵体系域早期和晚期。采用单因素分析多因素综合作图法,恢复了层序格架下的古地理格局,古地理单元为冲积扇、扇三角洲平原和滨浅湖。有利聚煤环境为扇三角洲平原与滨浅湖过渡带、滨浅湖,具有合适的基底沉降速率并且受到较小的陆源碎屑影响。从层序Ⅰ到层序Ⅱ,煤层厚度减小,聚煤作用减弱;多层厚煤层的形成受基底沉降震荡性、周期性的影响,受可容空间增加速率与泥炭堆积速率比值不断变化的控制。层序Ⅰ发育时期,研究区中部为下一步煤炭资源和煤层气勘探的有利区。     

Facies partitioning and sequence stratigraphy of cool-water, mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments (Upper Miocene Guadalquivir Domain, southern Spain)

During the late Miocene, the Guadalquivir Basin and its satellite basin, the Ronda Basin, were under Atlantic cool-water influence. The aim of our study is to develop a sequence stratigraphic subdivision of the Ronda Basin fill and to provide models for the cool-water carbonates. The Upper Miocene of the Ronda Basin can be divided into three depositional sequences. Sequence 1 is early Tortonian, Sequence 2 late Tortonian to earliest Messinian, and Sequence 3 Messinian in age. The sediments were deposited in a ramp depositional system. Sequence 1 is dominated by conglomerates and marls. In Sequence 2 and Sequence 3, carbonate deposits dominate in the inner ramp whereas siliciclastics preferentially occur in the middle and outer ramp. Bryomol carbonate sediments occur in all sequences whereas rhodalgal carbonates are restricted to Sequence 3. In bays protected from siliciclastic influx, rhodalgal deposits formed under transgressive conditions. A bryomol factory occurs in zones of continuous siliciclastic supply. This distribution results from facies partitioning during the flooding of the Ronda Basin, which has a rugged and irregular relief. Embayments were protected from siliciclastic influx and provided regions with less hydraulic energy.     

Relative sea-level fluctuations and brown coal formation around the Early-Middle Miocene boundary in the Lusatian Brown Coal District

The Tertiary sedimentary sequence in the Lusatian Brown Coal District is the result of several transgressive pulses with intercalated regressive phases. Regression repeatedly resulted in the formation of large littoral bogs at the transition between brackish and terrestrial palaeoenvironments. In the lithofacies changes of the Lower-Middle Miocene strata (high energy sands, low energy intertidal silts, paralic peats) long-term changes as well as short-term oscillations of sea level are recorded. The rise of sea level in the upper Lower Miocene (Hemmoorian transgression) is proved in numerous localities of the investigation area. After a regression phase with major peat formation events around the Lower-Middle Miocene boundary, a renewed sea-level rise resulted in the widest extension of marine-brackish beds over pre-Tertiary basement in the south of the region (higher Reinbekian transgression, Middle Miocene). Very differentiated, fine-scaled, probably sea-level induced coastline oscillations could probably be traced even into the coal seams by the recognition of successive bogfacial types possibly showing a groundwater level change in the ancient peat bog (change of topogeneous and ombrogeneous bog types). A biostratigraphic calibration of the decalcified Lower-Middle Miocene sequence with its alternating transgressive and regressive trends to the fully marine sediments of the basinal centre, which are dated by calcareous microfossils, is possible by means of dinoflagellate cysts and pollen and spores. Correspondence to: C. Strauss     

Sequence Stratigraphy of the Jurassic Coal Measures in Northwestern China

The sequence stratigraphy of the Jurassic coal measures of northwestern China has been studied based on data from outcrop and borehole sections. Because of the geological background and the diversity of basin types, such as isochronisms of coal seams and recognition of key sequence boundaries, it is rare to summarize and correlate sequence structure and framework. The types and recognition characteristics of the sequence boundaries of the Jurassic coal measures are revealed by comparing climatic characteristics, structural styles and the base level cycle. A total of five third-order sequences and 15 systems tracts have been subdivided and the sequence stratigraphic framework has been reconstructed confirming that the thick coals accumulated in the late stage of transgression system tracts of sequence I (SQ I) and sequence III (SQ III). This idea is of important academic significance for instructing coal resources exploration, and enhancing geological effects of prospecting engineering. It is also of practical significance for guaranteeing construction of the large-scale coal production base in northwestern China, accelerating the westward development of the coal industry stratagem.     

鄂尔多斯盆地中部上三叠统瓦窑堡组层序—古地理与聚煤规律*

为研究鄂尔多斯盆地中部上三叠统瓦窑堡组层序地层格架下的沉积演化与聚煤规律,利用野外露头、钻孔以及测井资料,识别出瓦窑堡组共发育5种岩石类型及17种岩相类型。以区域不整合面、地层颜色突变面和河道下切谷冲刷面等层序地层界面,将瓦窑堡组划分为3个三级层序SQ1、SQ2和SQ3,确定了每个层序的沉积范围、岩相组合及沉积体系。采用单因素作图法,综合考虑沉积相等多因素确定沉积单元边界,恢复了三级层序的沉积格局。瓦窑堡期沉积单元主要为曲流河、冲积平原沉积、三角洲平原、三角洲前缘和湖泊,自SQ1期至SQ3期,冲积平原、三角洲沉积逐步向湖域推进,滨—浅湖范围逐渐萎缩。三角洲平原的发育为聚煤作用提供了有利场所,形成了具有一定工业价值的煤层。从SQ1期到SQ3期,聚煤作用主要发生于湖侵体系域,且随着聚煤作用逐渐增强,泥炭堆积速率与可容空间增加速率逐渐达到平衡,煤层总厚度和单层煤层最大厚度逐渐增大。该研究成果可为鄂尔多斯盆地上三叠统瓦窑堡组煤炭资源潜力预测和富油煤形成机理研究提供地质依据。