寒武系第二统仙女洞组混合沉积特征及古环境意义——以川北旺苍唐家河剖面为例

碳酸盐组分与陆源碎屑物的混合沉积（Mixed siliciclastic-carbonate sedimentation）在古气候、古环境重建方面具有重要作用,近年来受到国内外学者广泛关注。寒武纪沧浪铺早期,上扬子北缘靠近汉南古陆的浅水环境中混合沉积广泛发育,以石英、岩屑等陆源碎屑与碳酸盐的层内混合和间互沉积为主要特征。研究表明,以碎屑颗粒占主导的混积岩（郭家坝组顶部及阎王碥组底部）表现为灰质粉砂岩—泥岩互层,以及灰质粉砂岩—灰质泥岩的间互沉积,形成于陆棚和潟湖等相对低能环境。以碳酸盐占主导的混积岩（仙女洞组）主要发育“碳酸盐岩—混积岩”和“混积岩—混积岩”的沉积序列,表现为:1）泥晶灰岩—灰质泥岩互层,2）灰质岩屑细砂岩—砂质鲕粒灰岩互层,以及3）灰质细砂岩→砂质鲕粒灰岩→亮晶鲕粒灰岩的旋回,形成于台缘斜坡及台地边缘等高能环境。在沧浪铺期海退背景下,川北地区仙女洞组以碳酸盐占主导的混积体系具有“近源”沉积特点。陆源碎屑通过三角洲—河流入海口进入浅海环境,并经过沿岸流和波浪的搬运,对台地边缘相带的微生物丘、古杯丘和鲕粒滩为主的碳酸盐工厂造成影响,形成相缘渐变混合和原地沉积混合的混积类型,其发育与当时气候条件、陆源供给量、水动力条件及生物作用有关。而台缘斜坡—陆棚环境中,风暴、浊流等间断性事件对混积体系起着主要作用,易形成事件突变混合。因此,厘清以唐家河剖面为代表的川北寒武系混积特征及分布发育情况,对于认识上扬子地区北缘寒武纪早期古地理背景、古环境演化,以及混积岩储层发育特征等方面具有促进作用。     

Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of a middle Miocene alluvial fan to cyclic shallow lacustrine depositional system in the Calatayud Basin (NE Spain)

ABSTRACT The middle Miocene sedimentary fill of the Calatayud Basin in north‐eastern Spain consists of proximal to distal alluvial fan‐floodplain and shallow lacustrine deposits. Four main facies groups characteristic of different sedimentary environments are recognized: (1) proximal and medial alluvial fan facies that comprise clast‐supported gravel and subordinate sandstone and mudstone, the latter exhibiting incipient pedogenic features; (2) distal alluvial fan facies, formed mainly of massive mudstone, carbonate‐rich palaeosols and local carbonate pond deposits; (3) lake margin facies, which show two distinct lithofacies associations depending on their distribution relative to the alluvial fan system, i.e. front (lithofacies A), comprising massive siliciclastic mudstone and tabular carbonates, or lateral (lithofacies B) showing laminated and/or massive siliciclastic mudstone alternating with tabular and/or laminated carbonate beds; and (4) mudflat–shallow lake facies showing a remarkable cyclical alternation of green‐grey and/or red siliciclastic mudstone units and white dolomitic carbonate beds. The cyclic mudflat–shallow lake succession, as exposed in the Orera composite section (OCS), is dominantly composed of small‐scale mudstone–carbonate/dolomite cycles. The mudstone intervals of the sedimentary cycles are interpreted as a result of sedimentation from suspension by distal sheet floods, the deposits evolving either under subaerial exposure or water‐saturated conditions, depending on their location on the lacustrine mudflat and on climate. The dolomite intervals accumulated during lake‐level highstands with Mg‐rich waters becoming increasingly concentrated. Lowstand to highstand lake‐level changes indicated by the mudstone/dolomite units of the small‐scale cycles reflect a climate control (from dry to wet conditions) on the sedimentation in the area. The spatial distribution of the different lithofacies implies that deposition of the small‐scale cycles took place in a low‐gradient, shallow lake basin located in an interfan zone. The development of the basin was constrained by gradual alluvial fan aggradation. Additional support for the palaeoenvironmental interpretation is derived from the isotopic compositions of carbonates from the various lithofacies that show a wide range of δ¹⁸O and δ¹³C values varying from ?7·9 to 3·0‰ PDB and from ?9·2 to ?1·7‰ PDB respectively. More negative δ¹⁸O and δ¹³C values are from carbonate‐rich palaeosols and lake‐margin carbonates, which extended in front of the alluvial fan systems, whereas more positive values correspond to dolomite beds deposited in the shallow lacustrine environment. The results show a clear trend of δ¹⁸O enrichment in the carbonates from lake margin to the centre of the shallow lake basin, thereby also demonstrating that the lake evolved under hydrologically closed conditions.     

Late Quaternary palaeoenvironment of northern Guatemala: evidence from deep drill cores and seismic stratigraphy of Lake Petén Itzá

Long sediment cores were collected in spring 2006 from Lake Petén Itzá, northern Guatemala, in water depths ranging from 30 to 150 m, as part of an International Continental Scientific Drilling Program project. The sediment records from deep water consist mainly of alternating clay, gypsum and carbonate units and, in at least two drill sites, extend back >200 kyr. Most of the lithostratigraphic units are traceable throughout the basin along seismic reflections that serve as seismic stratigraphic boundaries and suggest that the lithostratigraphy can be used to infer regional palaeoenvironmental changes. A revised seismic stratigraphy was established on the basis of integrated lithological and seismic reflection data from the basin. From ca 200 to ca 85 ka, sediments are dominated by carbonate‐clay silt, often interbedded with sandy turbidites, indicating a sediment regime dominated by detrital sedimentation in a relatively humid climate. At ca 85 ka, an exposure horizon consisting of gravels, coarse sand and terrestrial gastropods marks a lake lowstand or partial basin desiccation, indicating dry climate conditions. From ca 85 to ca 48 ka, transgressive carbonate‐clay sediments, overlain by deep‐water clays, suggest a lake level rise and subsequent stabilization at high stage. From ca 48 ka to present, the lithology is characterized by alternating clay and gypsum units. Gypsum deposition correlates with Heinrich Events (i.e. dry climate), whereas clay units coincide with more humid interstadials.     

白垩纪早期陆相特殊沉积的分布特征及气候意义

通过对地质资料的系统总结,认为白垩纪存在有如下具有气候意义的陆相特殊沉积类型:钙质沉积、可燃性有机岩、蒸发岩、沙漠沉积体系、红土型风化壳、铁质沉积、含铜沉积、火山相关沉积、灰岩、白云岩和膨润土。利用所获得的早白垩世6个时期特殊沉积的分布图,可以对不同类型特殊沉积的时空分布特征进行讨论。结合特殊沉积所代表的气候意义,可归纳出如下气候指标:可燃性有机岩、与黑色(泥)页岩相伴生出现的黄铁矿及菱铁矿、膨润土是温暖潮湿气候的标志;红土型风化壳、三价铁质沉积是湿热-热气候的标志;石膏、灰岩反映了暖干气候。岩盐、钙芒硝、沙漠沉积体系、白云岩反映了干热环境。火山相关沉积可反映高温环境。钙质沉积、含铜沉积反映干旱-半干旱气候。根据特殊沉积的分布组合特征,可划分出6种气候类型:（1）暖湿气候;（2）暖湿-暖干气候;（3）暖干气候;（4）热干-干旱气候;（5）干热-暖干气候;（6）干热气候。气候区在BerriasianBarremian期主要表现以纬向分布为特点,Aptian期和Albian期体现出纬向和经向两种分布方式的叠加,同时在中东部地区的气候带类型增多。其中Hauterivian期最干热,Albian期最湿润。     

湘中坳陷邵阳凹陷佘田桥组泥岩岩相及其成因演化

泥盆系佘田桥组泥岩是南方页岩气勘探重点层位之一.为揭示湘中坳陷邵阳凹陷佘田桥组泥岩岩相特征及其发育控制因素,基于系统岩心描述、矿物组分和地球化学采样及测试,对邵阳凹陷佘田桥组泥岩岩相类型、沉积环境特征及其对岩相发育的控制进行了研究,探讨沉积环境演化对岩相类型发育的控制作用.结果表明,佘田桥组泥岩依据矿物组分含量主要识别...     

华南陆缘粤南地区晚三叠世-早、中侏罗世古气候演化及其对华南构造体制转换的响应

华南早中生代构造体制转换对粤南地区古气候演化产生了深远影响,但对其内在联系的研究尚有不足.本文以粤南地区上三叠统—下、中侏罗统小坪组、金鸡组、桥源组为研究对象,采集各组泥岩样品进行了X-射线荧光光谱主量元素和ICP-MS微量、稀土元素测试,并开展了沉积特征和古生物特征综合分析.测试表明,小坪组凤岗段泥岩样品CIA（75.7~81.3）、Sr/Cu（0.83~21.3）、Rb/Sr（2.32~12.8）、Mg/Ca（0.57~2.50）和Sr/Ba（0.04~0.19）均指示该区晚三叠世早期为温湿气候,δCe（0.93~0.95）指示弱氧化环境,间接反映该时期为温湿气候;小坪组马安段泥岩样品CIA（77.5~82.2）、Sr/Cu（8.41~13.3）、Rb/Sr（2.08~5.83）、Mg/Ca（0.79~3.10）和Sr/Ba（0.06~0.26）指示该区晚三叠世晚期为干热气候,δCe（1.04~1.05）指示还原环境,间接反映该时期为干热气候;金鸡组、桥源组泥岩样品CIA（77.1~82.3）、Sr/Cu（1.51~4.38）、Rb/Sr（2.16~12.1）、Mg/Ca（0.84~2.94）和Sr/Ba（0.04~0.24）指示该区早侏罗世—早、中侏罗世以温湿气候为主,短暂出现干热气候,δCe（0.92~1.00）指示弱还原—弱氧化环境,间接反映该时期气候以温湿为主,短暂出现干热.将研究区与周缘地区古气候进行对比,晚三叠世—早、中侏罗世粤南及其围区古气候都经历了由温湿（晚三叠世早期）—干热（晚三叠世晚期）—温湿为主,短暂出现干热（早侏罗世—早、中侏罗世）的转变,这一具有相同演化趋势的古气候转变,正是对该时期华南经历了由特提斯构造域向古太平洋构造域转换的响应.      

Carbonate ramp-to-deeper shale shelf transitions of an Upper Cambrian intrashelf basin, Nolichucky Formation, Southwest Virginia Appalachians

The Nolichucky Formation (0–300 m thick) formed on the Cambrian pericratonic shelf in a shallow intrashelf basin bordered along strike and toward the regional shelf edge by shallow water carbonates and by nearshore clastics toward the craton. Lateral facies changes from shallow basinal rocks to peritidal carbonates suggest that the intrashelf basin was bordered by a gently sloping carbonate ramp. Peritidal facies of the regional shelf are cyclic, upward-shallowing stromatolitic carbonates. These grade toward the intrashelf basin into shallow ramp, cross-bedded, ooid and oncolitic, intraclast grain-stones that pass downslope into deeper ramp, subwave base, ribbon carbonates and thin limestone conglomerate. Ribbon limestones are layers and lenses of trilobite packstone, parallel and wave-ripple-laminated, quartzose calcisiltite, and lime mudstone arranged in storm-generated, fining upward sequences (1–5 cm thick) that may be burrowed. Shallow basin facies are storm generated, upward coarsening and upward fining sequences of green, calcareous shale with open marine biota; parallel to hummocky laminated calcareous siltstone; and intraformational flat pebble conglomerate. There are also rare debris-flow paraconglomerate (10–60 cm thick) and shaly packstone/wackestone with trace fossils, glauconite horizons and erosional surfaces/hardgrounds. A 15-m thick tongue of cyclic carbonates within the shale package contains subtidal digitate algal bioherms which developed during a period of shoaling in the basin. Understanding the Nolichucky facies within a ramp to intrashelf basin model provides a framework for understanding similar facies which are widely distributed in the Lower Palaeozoic elsewhere. The study demonstrates the widespread effects of storm processes on pericratonic shelf sedimentation. Finally, recognition of shallow basins located on pericratonic shelves is important because such basins influence the distribution of facies and reservoir rocks, whose trends may be unrelated to regional shelf-edge trends.     

Formation and preservation of pedogenic carbonates in South India, links with paleo-monsoon and pedological conditions: Clues from Sr isotopes, U-Th series and REEs

The influence of the pedogenic and climatic contexts on the formation and preservation of pedogenic carbonates in a climosequence in the Western Ghats (Karnataka Plateau, South West India) has been studied. Along the climosequence, the current mean annual rainfall (MAR) varies within a 80 km transect from 6000 mm at the edge of the Plateau to 500 mm inland. Pedogenic carbonates occur in the MAR range of 500-1200 mm. In the semi-arid zone (MAR: 500-900 mm), carbonates occur (i) as thick hardpan calcretes on pediment slopes and (ii) as nodular horizons in polygenic black soils (i.e. vertisols). In the sub-humid zone (MAR: 900-1500 mm), pedogenic carbonates are disseminated in the black soil matrices either as loose, irregular and friable nodules of millimetric size or as indurated botryoidal nodules of centimetric to pluricentimetric size. They also occur at the top layers of the saprolite either as disseminated pluricentimetric indurated nodules or carbonate-cemented lumps of centimetric to decimetric size.Chemical and isotopic (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr) compositions of the carbonate fraction were determined after leaching with 0.25 N HCl. The corresponding residual fractions containing both primary minerals and authigenic clays were digested separately and analyzed. The trend defined by the ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr signatures of both labile carbonate fractions and corresponding residual fractions indicates that a part of the labile carbonate fraction is genetically linked to the local soil composition. Considering the residual fraction of each sample as the most likely lithogenic source of Ca in carbonates, it is estimated that from 24% to 82% (55% on average) of Ca is derived from local bedrock weathering, leading to a consumption of an equivalent proportion of atmospheric CO₂. These values indicate that climatic conditions were humid enough to allow silicate weathering: MAR at the time of carbonate formation likely ranged from 400 to 700 mm, which is 2- to 3-fold less than the current MAR at these locations.The Sr, U and Mg contents and the (²³⁴U/²³⁸U) activity ratio in the labile carbonate fraction help to understand the conditions of carbonate formation. The relatively high concentrations of Sr, U and Mg in black soil carbonates may indicate fast growth and accumulation compared to carbonates in saprolite, possibly due to a better confinement of the pore waters which is supported by their high (²³⁴U/²³⁸U) signatures, and/or to higher content of dissolved carbonates in the pore waters. The occurrence of Ce, Mn and Fe oxides in the cracks of carbonate reflects the existence of relatively humid periods after carbonate formation. The carbonate ages determined by the U-Th method range from 1.33 ± 0.84 kyr to 7.5 ± 2.7 kyr and to a cluster of five ages around 20 kyr, i.e. the Last Glacial Maximum period. The young occurrences are only located in the black soils, which therefore constitute sensitive environments for trapping and retaining atmospheric CO₂ even on short time scales. The maximum age of carbonates depends on their location in the climatic gradient: from about 20 kyr for centimetric nodules at Mule Hole (MAR = 1100 mm/yr) to 200 kyr for the calcrete at Gundlupet (MAR = 700 mm/yr, Durand et al., 2007). The intensity of rainfall during wet periods would indeed control the lifetime of pedogenic carbonates and thus the duration of inorganic carbon storage in soils.     

Middle Permian Mixed Siliciclastic-Carbonate System on the Northwestern Margin of the Indian Plate, Pakistan: Implications for Paleoclimate and Carbonate Platform Evolution

A mixed siliciclastic-carbonate system that responds to changes in Permian climate and subsequent carbonate platform evolution is investigated using microscopic details of the Middle Permian Amb Formation(Fm.),in Saiyiduwali section,Khisor Range,northern Pakistan.Thin sections were made from rocks throughout the stratigraphic section of the Amb Fm.and analyzed with an emphasis on carbonate and clastic microfacies,and the latter interpreted within the existing chronostratigraphic framework.Outcrop observations reveal that the units comprise coarse-grained,channelized,ripplemarked,and burrowed sandstone and sandy,fossiliferous limestone with minor marls and shale intercalations,suggesting deposition in a subaqueous tide-dominated delta to beach barrier.Based on the determined seven microfacies coupled with outcrop observation,the Amb Fm.was deposited in a tide-influenced subaqueous delta to middle shelf environment under fluctuating sea level.The deposition of compositionally mature sandstone in the lower part of the formation suggests reworking of detritus from the rift shoulders and an adjacent source area with an ambient warm and humid climate.The stratal mixing of carbonates and compositionally mature siliciclastic units in the middle part suggest deposition under tectonic and climate-induced terrigenous and carbonate fluxes to the basin.Thus the deposition shows a perfect transition from clastic-dominated deltaic to pure carbonate platform settings as a result of warm climate and tectonics.This Middle Permian warming is confirmed by sea-level rise and the presence of a temperature-sensitive fusulinid fauna in association with photozoan-based ooids.Deposition of the Amb Fm.and establishment of a carbonate platform are envisaged to be associated with major rifting of northern Gondwana,which subsequently resulted in the development of a rift basin at the passive margin of the NW Indian Plate then in northern Pakistan.     

Oxygen isotope study of Cayenne duricrust paleosurfaces: implications for past climate and laterization processes over French Guiana

Oxygen isotopic compositions of weathering goethite, hematite, kaolinite and gibbsite in duricrust paleosurfaces of the Cayenne region, northeastern French Guiana, were investigated. Samples were microdrilled from different horizons and different pedogenetic microfacies of three well-characterized duricrust units of Eocene (unit 1) and Miocene (units 2 and 3) age. The results provided valuable information on duricrust formation processes and on climate change over French Guiana.The pristine original isotopic signal, suited for reconstruction of past climates, appears to be best preserved in the massive duricrust facies (middle part of the duricrust). In the overlying pisolotic duricrust and in the underlying mottled zone, the isotopic signal is affected by subsequent re-activation of weathering processes. Oxygen isotope data from massive duricrust indicate that Cayenne duricrusts formed from meteoric waters increasingly depleted in ¹⁸O with age. The youngest duricrust paleosurface (unit 3) formed under humid climate similar to present-day, while the two older paleosurfaces formed from meteoric paleo-water distinctly depleted in ¹⁸O, reflecting a “moonsonal” contrasted ancient climate for unit 2 added to the ¹⁸O-depleted nature of the pre-Miocene ocean for unit 1. The results further suggest that the major climatic change, from tropical wet-and-dry to present-day humid regime, recorded in Amazonia most likely occurred in the Late Miocene, and that Miocene laterization events may be responsible for the secondary bauxitization of the Eocene duricrust paleosurface.The oxygen isotopic composition of weathering minerals occurring in massive duricrust horizons, and in particular in hematite nodules and matrix, may be used as a tool to discriminate among the different duricrust paleosurfaces encountered in Amazonia and constrain the evolution of past climates.     

川东北地区中侏罗世新田沟期古气候波动的地球化学响应

四川盆地中侏罗统新田沟组作为侏罗纪大面积红层之下的重要岩石地层单元,见证了盆地由潮湿向干旱转变的整个过程。然而,以往的研究主要集中在古气候类型方面,缺乏系统深入的气候变化研究。本文以川东北地区宣汉七里乡塔坝剖面为对象,系统分析了泥岩的主微量元素地球化学特征,结果表明:化学蚀变指数(CIA)、C值、Sr/Cu、Sr/Ba、Rb/Ti、Cs/Ti、Rb/K等7种古气候替代指标综合显示新田沟期气候存在从炎热潮湿逐渐向干旱转变的趋势,整体以半干旱-半潮湿气候为主。且该时期气候变化过程并不稳定,存在多个短期的湿热与干旱的气候波动。在新田沟组沉积末期,气候条件变得极端干燥。川东北地区中侏罗世的元素地球化学特征记录了区域内重大地质转折期将至时的气候变化,在侏罗纪大面积红层发生之前,气候条件已经开始响应。在中侏罗世早期,四川盆地与欧洲地区并不处于同一个气候带内。     

Speleothems in gypsum caves and their paleoclimatological significance

This article highlights the relationship between speleothems growing inside gypsum caves and the particular climate that existed during their development. Speleothems in gypsum caves normally consist of calcium carbonate (calcite) or calcium sulphate (gypsum) and the abundance of such deposits greatly differs from zone to zone. Observations carried out over the last 20 years in gypsum caves subjected to very different climates (Italy, Spain, New Mexico, northern Russia, Cuba, Argentina) highlight wide variation in their cave deposits. In arid or semi-arid climates, the speleothems are mainly composed of gypsum, whilst in temperate, humid or tropical regions, carbonate formations are largely predominant. In polar zones no speleothems develop. These mineralogical details could be useful paleoclimatic indicators of climate change. The interpretation proposed is based on the fact that in gypsum karst the kind of speleothems deposited is determined by competition between the two principal mechanisms that cause precipitation of calcite and gypsum. These mechanisms are completely different: calcite speleothem evolution is mainly controlled by CO₂ diffusion, while gypsum deposits develop mostly due to evaporation. Therefore, the prevalence of one kind of speleothem over the other, and the relationship between the solution–precipitation processes of calcite and gypsum, may provide evidence of a specific paleoclimate. Additionally, other non-common deposits in gypsum caves like moonmilk, cave rafts and dolomite speleothems can be used as markers for the prevalence of long, dry periods in humid areas, seasonal changes in climate, or rainfall trends in some gypsum areas. Moreover, the dating of gypsum speleothems could contribute paleoclimatic data relating to dry periods when calcite speleothems are not deposited. In contrast, the dating of calcite speleothems in gypsum caves could identify former wet periods in arid zones.     

Episodic sedimentation on an early Silurian, storm-dominated carbonate ramp, Becscie and Merrimack formations, Anticosti Island, Canada

The 150–160 m thick lowermost Silurian (Rhuddanian) Becscie and Merrimack formations of Anticosti Island, Canada, represent continuous deposition on a shallow, open marine carbonate ramp. Several rock types are identified: (a) laminated and homogenous mudstone; (b) laminated and homogenous packstone; (c) argillaceous mudstone and packstone; (d) calcareous shale; (e) laminated calcisiltite; (f) medium- to fine-grained grainstone; and (g) bio/intraclastic rudstone. These rock types are arranged into five distinct lithofacies: (LF1) calcareous mudstone-shale; (LF2) laminated-homogenous mudstone; (LF3) calcareous grainstone-shale; (LF4) laminated mudstone-grainstone; and (LF5) laminated calcisiltite-grainstone. The sequence reflects deposition on a low-energy, muddy, carbonate to argillaceous ramp subject to short-lived, episodic high-energy storms. These events produced fining-upwards storm units 5–80 cm thick, or tempestites, consisting of: a sharp scoured base overlain by intra/bioclastic rudstone grading upwards into medium-grained grainstone, finely laminated calcisiltite and mudstone, or shale. These are interbedded with low-energy, fairweather mudstones and calcareous shales. Deposition progressed from a carbonate mud-dominated ramp in the Becscie Formation to an argillaceous mud-dominated ramp in the Merrimack Formation. Lateral tempestite proximality trends and lithofacies distribution indicate that the Anticosti Basin deepened to the south-east into the Iapetus Ocean and shallowed towards a SW—NE-orientated shoreline to the north-west. Vertical tempestite proximality trends and lithofacies changes identify third-order eustatic sea-level changes. After an initial deepening at the base of the formation, a shallowing-deepening event dominated the sequence. Several higher order fluctuations, defined by lithofacies and tempestite proximality trends, are superimposed on these changes. The fluctuations identified with the aid of tempestite proximality trends are of an order of magnitude higher than those identified by either lithofacies or palaeontological methods.     

青藏高原沱沱河盆地渐新-中新世沉积环境分析

沱沱河盆地保存着青藏高原内部至今发现最完整的渐新世至中新世连续沉积记录,由渐新世雅西措群(31.3～23.8Ma)和早中新世五道梁群(23.8～21.8Ma)组成,总厚度2393m。雅西措群主要为紫红色、砖红色砂岩、粉砂岩与泥岩韵律互层,五道梁群为一套内陆湖泊相泥灰岩、内碎屑灰岩和叠层石灰岩沉积。沱沱河盆地渐新-中新世沉积环境经历了3个阶段的演化:(1)早渐新世,以河流环境为主,古水流以北向为主,反映古气候条件比较干燥;(2)中晚渐新世,以湖泊环境为主,古水流以东北向为主,古气候条件相对温暖潮湿;(3)晚渐新世至早中新世,主要为湖泊环境,古水流转为南向,沉积岩性由雅西措群项部的砂泥岩互层为主转变为五道梁群的泥灰岩为主,反映当时的物源区发生重大转变,构造活动趋于稳定,古气候条件由温暖潮湿转为干燥。沱沱河盆地渐新-中新世气候和构造活动历史对于研究青藏高原早期隆升作用和全球气候变化都有重要意义。     

Calcareous crust (caliche) profiles and early subaerial exposure of Carboniferous carbonates, northeastern Kentucky

Sequences of laminated limestones found within thin Carboniferous carbonate strata of northeastern Kentucky were studied to determine their origin and palaeo-environmental significance. These laminated zones are strikingly similar to Holocene and Pleistocene surficial calcareous crusts (caliche) profiles that occur in various parts of the world. Carboniferous laminated carbonates are associated with shallow marine carbonate units, palaeokarst, and overlying palaeosol zones. A typical laminated profile ranges in thickness from 1 to 2 m and contains brecciated, light olive-grey to brown micrite that lacks distinctive bedding. Structures and textures common in most profiles include: (1) calcareous and silicious laminae (laminae form diffuse, alternating light and dark bands that generally parallel bedding but often fill fractures and vugs within the rocks); (2) particles (allochems, and micrite and microspar fragments) coated by brown microcrystalline calcite; (3) brecciated texture; (4) circular to elliptical fossil moulds (occur in sinuous patterns and fill fractures within the rocks); (5) large and small scale fracture patterns. Subaerial weathering and vadose diagenesis of carbonate mud banks or islands is suggested as a mechanism for the formation of these Carboniferous calcareous crust profiles. These ‘crusts’ formed by a combination of solution (karsting), brecciation, and soil development that transformed an exposed marine biomicrite (‘host’ rock) into a porous subsoil rubble. Laminated ‘crusts’ and coated particles developed as the result of dissolution and reprecipitation of CaCO₃ and SiO₃ from the soil and carbonate bedrock. Carboniferous laminated carbonates in northeastern Kentucky are often referred to as ‘algal limestones’ because of their superficial similarity to some modern and ancient algal structures. This study, however, reveals numerous characteristics that can only be explained by diagenesis in a subaerial environment.     

Late Glacial-Holocene sequence of Lake Saint-Point (Jura Mountains, France): Detrital inputs as records of climate change and anthropic impact

A sediment sequence (SP05, 12.5 m long) was taken from the deep zone of Lake Saint-Point (850 m a.s.l.). Sedimentological analyses highlight two main contrasted periods of sedimentation: the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM)/Late Glacial characterized by high silicates and quartz contents the Holocene dominated by the carbonated fraction. At the beginning of the Holocene (11 400 years cal. BP), silicates fraction flux abruptly decreased. The shift between the Late Glacial and the Holocene periods may be explained by forest development in the catchment. From 10 200 to 6800 years cal. BP, silicates and detrital carbonate fractions remained stable before they progressively increased steady till 5000 years cal. BP. Both increases cannot be totally attributed to an anthropic impact since pollen data indicate continuous anthropic activities only dated back from 3000 years cal. BP. They thus resulted from a dominant climatic control. From 5000 years cal. BP, silicates content still increased while detrital carbonates input became steady due to a change in pedogenetic processes affecting the catchment. During the last millennium, silicates and detrital carbonate decreased, probably due to pastureland development.     

Source-controlled carbonates in a small Eocene half-graben lake basin (Shulu Sag) in central Hebei Province, North China

Carbonate deposits, which unconformably overlie the Palaeozoic bedrocks, extensively occur in the base of the Tertiary lake succession in the half‐graben Shulu Sag, central Hebei Province, North China. This study focuses on the basal carbonate successions on the hinged western slope. Based on seismic, borehole and core data, nine facies are identified in the carbonate successions, and are further grouped into five facies associations: mid‐proximal alluvial fan, distal alluvial fan, fan fringe, moderately deep lake and deep lake. The first two facies associations constitute alluvial fans formed by debrisflows at the edge of lake and are dominated by mounded‐ to lobate‐shaped, matrix‐ to clast‐supported carbonate rudstones with minor calcretes in the lowermost rudstone units and basinward increase in interfingering with lacustrine carbonate facies. The fan fringe, moderately deep lake and deep lake associations are dominated by pebbly carbonate arenites (or rare carbonate arenites), calcisiltite‐calcilutites, and varve‐like calcilutites, calcareous shales and oil shales, respectively. Widespread occurrences of fine‐grained limestone packages containing varve‐like organic‐rich laminations, minor authigenic glauconite and pyrite, and planktonic and plant fossils suggest a meromictic, anoxic deep lake under a semi‐humid to humid climate, probably with a connection to marine basins. Similarities in lithology and fossil assemblages (e.g. trilobites) of lithoclasts with those of the Mid‐Upper Cambro‐Ordovician bedrock carbonates suggest that the clastic and dissolved carbonate loads were sourced from this Lower Palaeozoic catchment, and shed off the surrounding highlands into the basin. These carbonate facies associations represent the lake lowstand and transgressive deposits of the basal third‐order sequence (Ia) in which the highstand deposits are composed of lacustrine siliciclastics. During the lake lowstand stage (or initiation of basin‐filling) under an intermediate climate, carbonate alluvial fans occurred mostly subaerially at the bottom of the hinged slope with a narrow, shallow lake zone basinwards, and locally were perched within the palaeovalley on the mid‐upper slope. During the transgressive (deepening) stage under a semi‐humid to humid climate, carbonate alluvial fans became smaller in size and episodically stepped backwards upon the slope, with greatly expanded and deepened lake. Nevertheless, the carbonate system was switched to an exclusively siliciclastic system during the highstand stage. The exhumation and erosion of the Mid‐Lower Cambrian bedrock dominated by siliciclastics was probably the cause due to further uplift of the drainage basin. All these facts indicate that the carbonate deposition in the Shulu Sag was mostly controlled by the interactions of tectonics, climate and provenance.     

内蒙古岱海地区小冰期气候演化特征的地球化学记录

通过对地处气候敏感带的岱海湖泊岩芯介形类壳体丰度、Sr/Ca和Mg/Ca摩尔比值，以及自生碳酸盐氧同位素组成等地球化学指标的综合分析，结合岩芯的岩性特征和^210Pb、^14C测年，重建了岱海小冰期以来气候环境演化过程，揭示小冰期前期本区以冷湿气候为主，在中后期，气候寒冷干旱，间有气候转温和的冷湿、湿干气候。本区小冰期气温变化与华北其他地区具有一致性，但降水与气温组合状况复杂，反映了明显的区域特征，其原因可能是气候转型期经向环流加强，气旋活动加强所致。     

阿拉善沙漠植物钙质根管:形态特征、分类及其环境指示意义

在系统总结前人对植物钙质根管定义及形成机制的基础上,采用形态学方法对阿拉善沙漠26组不同形态的植物钙质根管进行了分类,初步统一了我国植物钙质根管的定义及其分类;通过统计阿拉善沙漠不同类型植物钙质根管在全新世的数量分布,探讨了其分布特征可能蕴含的古环境意义。结果表明,植物钙质根管是陆生植物形成的次生碳酸盐结壳,包括钙质根套、绕根结核、根模具、根导管和根状结核五种类型。其中钙质根套和绕根结核的形成受到植物生长及其根围微生物活动的影响,而根模具、根导管和根状结核的形成则不受上述作用的影响。据此将阿拉善沙漠植物钙质根管分为钙质根套和绕根结核两种类型。这两类植物钙质根管在不同时期的相对数量百分比能够指示植物钙质根管形成时期有效湿度的高低,绕根结核数量百分比较高能够指示较高的有效湿度,而钙质根套数量百分比较高则指示了较低的有效湿度。因此,从植物钙质根管中能够提取丰富的古环境信号,并将其运用于沙漠地区的古环境研究中。     

山西静乐舍科勘查区太原组和山西组煤层赋存地质特征

山西静乐舍科勘查区主要含煤地层为上石炭统太原组和下二叠统山西组,通过对区内地质成果分析,本区太原组沉积环境由河控三角洲到潟湖、潮坪交替出现,期间发育两次碳酸盐台地,岩性主要以灰岩、泥岩、中粗砂岩和粉、细砂岩为主,含主要可采煤层9煤层;山西组主要为三角洲平原分流河道相、泛滥盆地相和泥炭沼泽相,以砂岩、粉砂岩、砂质泥岩为主,含主要可采煤层4-1、4煤层;4-1号煤层属大部可采的较稳定煤层,4和9号煤层属全区可采的较稳定煤层;本区主要煤类均为焦煤,资源量丰富,煤质较好,具有较高的开发价值。