Late Holocene coseismic uplift on the Hua-tung coast, eastern Taiwan: Evidence from mass mortality of intertidal organisms

The evidence of coseismic uplift on the dynamic, wave-dominated Hua-tung coast fringing the active Coastal Range (eastern Taiwan) has been equivocal, due to complex controls by wave and terrestrial sediment over morphological and ecological systems of the coast. This study, by applying radiocarbon dating methods, demonstrates coseismic-uplift nature of the coast by finding synchronously killed intertidal organisms (mostly boring shell Jouannetia sp.) stranded at different sites of the coast with distinct physiographic characters. Based on these data, together with evidence from wave-cut notch sequences, two coseismic-uplift systems are recognized. One centers around the northern-middle part of the coast and yields events with uplift amounts of maximal 3–6 m and an average recurrence interval of at least several hundred years. The most recent activity of this system, influencing at least 70 km of coast, occurred at ~ 0.9 ka. The earthquake generating this event also triggered extensive landslides/debris flows in the region. Another system, exemplified by the uplift associated with the 2003 Cheng-kung earthquake, centers on the southern part of the coast and yields uplift of likely < 1 m every < 0.2 ky. Two pre-historic events of this system are identified as occurring at ~ 0.7 ka and ~ 1.1 ka. These two coseismic-uplift systems are consistent in position with two anticlinal structures defined by long-term uplift of the coast. However, the areas subjected to maximal coseismic uplift are located off where the climaxes of long-term uplift occur, implying that the latter areas have been uplifted mainly by aseismic and/or relatively frequent/small-magnitude coseismic motion.     

Geomorphic constraints on the Late Neogene tectonics of the Otway Range,Victoria

A Pliocene strandline system in the Hanson Plain Sands, between the volcanic plains of the Western District and the northern flanks of the Otway Range in southwest Victoria, provides an excellent datum against which to measure Late Neogene fault‐related uplift. Individual strandlines that can be traced from elevations of ～120 m near Cobden to ～245 m on the Ferguson Hill structure are displaced across northeast‐trending faults and monoclines associated with the Simpson and Ferguson Hill structures. A break in slope in the Otway Range front at elevations of 230–280 m, beneath which drainage incision parallels the trends of the strandlines, probably correlates with the Pliocene coastline on the ancestral Otway Range. By analogy with correlative systems in the Murray Basin, deposition occurred during sea‐stands between 0 and 65 m above present‐day sea‐level, implying uplift of between 175 and 240 m since the Early Pliocene. Enhanced incision parallel to the strandlines, in combination with tilting of fault blocks about northeast axes at a high angle to the strandlines, has facilitated the development of a remarkable rectilinear drainage net. Local inversion of the drainage where it focused basalt flows constrains the age of incision and faulting to greater than ca 1 Ma and, most probably, less than ca 2 Ma.     

Plio-Pleistocene climatic transition and the lifting of the Teton Range, Wyoming

Fine-grained lacustrine, riverine and ash-fall sediments of the Shooting Iron Formation, whose late Pliocene age is established by Blancan gastropods and vertebrates, yield a pollen flora that is essentially similar in composition to the modern pollen rain in the Jackson Hole area. The Pliocene assemblage suggests a climate like that of the Jackson valley and foothills today. These spectra also resemble a Pliocene pollen flora from Yellowstone Park dated at ∼ 2.02 Ma. However, the underlying Miocene Teewinot sediments differ by containing pollen of four exotic deciduous hardwoods (Tertiary relicts) that suggest a summer-moist climate, unlike that of today. The Shooting Iron sediments lie with an angular unconformity on and above the Miocene lake sediments of the Teewinot Formation. Both of these deposits probably preceded the main uplift of the Teton Range based on the absence of Precambrian clasts in the Tertiary valley deposits. Because the Pliocene floras were modern in aspect, a Plio-Pleistocene transition would be floristically imperceptible here. The sequence denotes a protracted period of relative stability of climate during Teewinot time, and a shift in vegetational state (summer-wet trees drop out) sometime between the latest Miocene and latest Pliocene. The Pliocene spectra suggest a dry, cooler climate toward the end of Shooting Iron time.     

Holocene marine terraces on two salt diapirs in the Persian Gulf,Iran: age,depositional history and uplift rates

Slightly inclined Holocene marine terraces cover parts of two circular salt diapirs (Hormoz and Namakdan) in the Persian Gulf. Their relative altitude above present sea level results from a combination of general marine transgression/regression affecting the whole area, and of local uplift related to salt diapirism. Differential uplift rate of the studied diapirs in centre‐to‐rim profiles was calculated from results based on: (i) radiocarbon ages of skeletal remains of benthic faunas (19 samples), which originally grew close to sea level; (ii) original altitude of samples, estimated from general sea‐level oscillation curves for the last 10 kyr, and (iii) present sample altitude measured in the field. Calculated uplift rates increase from rim to centre on both diapirs in the range from: 2 mm yr^?1 at the rim to 5–6 mm yr^?1 at the interior of Hormoz, and 1–3 mm yr^?1 at the rim to 3–5 mm yr^?1 at the interior of Namakdan. Such uplift rate distributions fit into the parabolic profile of Newtonian fluid rather than to profiles typical for pseudoplastic fluids. The increase in uplift rate with distance from rim to centre of diapirs is gradual as demonstrated also by generally smooth surface of marine terraces. No tectonic dissections were found. The depositional history on both salt diapirs is similar although they are situated more than 100 km apart. Marine sedimentation started at about 9.6k cal. yr BP on Hormoz and at 8.6k cal. yr BP on Namakdan. Owing to rapid transgression, the sea partially truncated both salt diapirs and rapidly deepened, and carbonate mud was deposited on the peripheries of both salt diapirs. Between 7 and 5k cal. yr BP beach deposition replaced carbonate mud. Soon after 5k cal. yr BP, the sea retreated from most of the marine terraces on both salt diapirs. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

青藏高原西北缘祁漫塔格山中新世快速抬升的磷灰石裂变径迹证据

对祁漫塔格山体不同海拔高度所取的9个磷灰石样品的裂变径迹分析结果表明,东昆仑西段中新世早中期为主要的隆升期且隆升速率较高,早期隆升速率为111m/Ma,晚期隆升速率为98m/Ma,总体隆升速率为100m/Ma。样品显示出磷灰石裂变径迹长度大致分2类,一类磷灰石裂变径迹长度为（12.21±0.20）～(13.75±0.30）μm,径迹长度分布图基本上为窄而对称的正态分布,反映具有快的剥露冷却速率,未受到后期热事件的干扰。另一类磷灰石裂变径迹长度为（11.88±0.33）～(13.32±0.27）μm,较前一类具有稍慢的剥露冷却速率,并且受到了后期热事件的干扰。     

青藏高原西北缘祁漫塔格山中新世快速抬升的磷灰石裂变径迹证据

对祁漫塔格山体不同海拔高度所取的9个磷灰石样品的裂变径迹分析结果表明,东昆仑西段中新世早中期为主要的隆升期且隆升速率较高,早期隆升速率为111m／Ma,晚期隆升速率为98m／Ma,总体隆升速率为100m／Ma。样品显示出磷灰石裂变径迹长度大致分2类,一类磷灰石裂变径迹长度为（12．21±10．20）-（13．75±0．30）μm,径迹长度分布图基本上为窄而对称的正态分布,反映具有快的剥露冷却速率,未受到后期热事件的干扰。另一类磷灰石裂变径迹长度为（11．88±0．33）～（13．32±0．27）μm,较前一类具有稍慢的剥露冷却速率,并且受到了后期热事件的干扰。     

新疆博格达山初始隆升时间的地层学标定

博格达山位于东天山北缘,是准噶尔盆地与柴窝堡凹陷的分界岭。它的初始隆升时间是一个意义重大而又长期争论的基础地质问题。地表地质调查和人工地震勘探结果证实,石炭纪以来最早的区域性角度不整合发育于白垩系与前白垩纪地层之间。博格达地区斜层理、叠瓦状砾石迎水面等古流向示向构造研究结果证实,博南、博北沉积物扩散方向在早二叠世均指向南、侏罗纪时指向博格达主脊、而白垩纪及其后则背离博格达主脊。博格达山南、北砾石成分统计结果显示,侏罗系具双物源特征,而白垩纪物源区则为博格达山。据此推论,博格达山初始隆升发生在侏罗纪末-白垩纪初。基于博格达山初始隆升发生在侏罗纪、白垩纪转换之际,有理由相信博格达山地区在海西期未卷入天山造山带,在早中生代期间柴窝铺凹陷与准噶尔盆地同属一个盆地。     

The P–T–deformation path for a mid-Proterozoic, low-pressure terrane: the Reynolds Range, central Australia

Abstract The Proterozoic low-pressure, high-temperature (LPHT) terrane of the Reynolds Range occurs in a 130-km-long, NW-trending belt in the central part of the Arunta Block, central Australia. The Reynolds Range has been affected by two mid-Proterozoic tectonic cycles, DI and DII, associated with two metamorphic events, MI and MII. DI–MI effects are restricted to the older of two sedimentary successions, the Lander Rock beds, which are separated from the younger Reynolds Range Group by an angular unconformity. The dominant structural–metamorphic features formed during DII–MII affected both sedimentary successions and the various granites that intruded them, and reworked most DI–MI effects. The DII deformation history can be subdivided into one prograde, two peak, and one retrograde stage. Average P–T calculations in the southeastern half of the range indicate a peak-metamorphic pressure of 4.1 ± 0.3 kbar. Because the calculated values are derived from the same stratigraphic level corresponding to the base of the Reynolds Range Group, which is exposed throughout the area, it is likely that pressures were similar in the entire range. In fact, however, the peak-metamorphic temperature shows a dramatic increase from greenschist facies (c. 400° C) in the northwest to granulite facies (740 ± 60° C) in the southeast, indicating that MII was associated with anomalously high heat flows. The P–T path is anticlockwise, with isobaric cooling from the metamorphic peak indicated by corona textures. However, the evidence of a prograde increase in pressure is indirect and based on the compressional nature of the structures. Peak-metamorphic mineral assemblages and retrograde mineral assemblages in amphibolite facies shear zones show the same metamorphic zonation, suggesting they formed in response to the same thermal event. If this is true, the implication is that a thermal perturbation external to the crust was maintained for a considerable period of time (110 Ma, based on zircon dating). As it is not clear whether Proterozoic, asthenosphere-active, thermal perturbations operated for this long, the alternative interpretation must be considered, namely that the peak-metamorphic events are separate from the shear zone event associated with reheating of the area.     

The Middle and Upper Devonian in southeastern flank of the Siberian platform (Southern Verkhoyansk Region,Sette-Daban Mountain Range)

Data on Middle and Upper Devonian deposits studied in southeastern flank of the Siberian platform are considered. A scheme of stratigraphic zoning in the study region is presented. Nineteen sedimentological and biotic events, which are recorded in the studied sections, are of the regional, interregional and global ranks. Their connection with eustatic sea-level fluctuations is established. Sections of the formation and regional horizon stratotypes and parastratotypes are described. The revision of species Mucrospirifer novosibiricus (Toll) is carried out.     

大兴安岭南段白音查干Sn多金属矿床成因：矿床地质特征及Sr-Nd、S、Pb同位素证据

白音查干矿床是大兴安岭南段新发现的一处大型Sn多金属矿床。为查明该矿床Sn成矿作用与Ag-Pb-Zn成矿作用的关系,本文开展了矿床地质、萤石和石英斑岩Sr-Nd同位素、硫化物S-Pb同位素和原位S同位素地球化学特征研究。SrNd同位素分析结果显示,所有萤石样品均具有相近的(~(87)Sr/~(86) Sr)_i、(~(143)Nd/~(144)Nd)_i和ε_(Nd)(t)值范围,而且与石英斑岩的Sr-Nd同位素组成基本一致,说明矿床各成矿阶段的萤石具有相同的成因,与石英斑岩岩浆作用关系密切。单矿物和原位S同位素数据显示,Ⅰ区Ag-Pb-Zn矿石中的硫化物δ~(34)S值范围(-13.9‰～-4.8‰)与Ⅲ Sn矿石硫化物的δ~(34)S值范围(-12.5‰～-5.3‰)基本一致;而且,Ⅰ区闪锌矿原位δ~(34)S值变化范围较小且较为均一(-12.4‰～-7.3‰,平均为-9.2‰),与石英斑岩"Zn-F-B集合体"中闪锌矿原位δ~(34)S值变化范围(-10.6‰～-9.0‰,平均为-9.7‰)基本一致,说明S可能主要来源于石英斑岩岩浆。Pb同位素特征显示,Ⅰ区Ag-Pb-Zn矿石中的硫化物Pb同位素组成(~(206) Pb/~(204) Pb=18.177～18.200、~(207)Pb/~(204)Pb=15.519～15.531、~(208) Pb/~(204)Pb=37.985～38.053)与石英斑岩Pb同位素组成(~(206)Pb/~(204)Pb=18.206～18.235、~(207)Pb/~(204)Pb=15.529～15.530、~(208)Pb/~(204)Pb=38.025～38.036)基本一致,说明Ag-Pb-Zn成矿作用的Pb可能主要来源于石英斑岩岩浆。结合矿床地质特征、Sr-Nd、S、Pb同位素数据可知,白音查干矿床Sn成矿作用与Ag-Pb-Zn成矿作用具有密切的成因联系,矿床成矿流体和成矿物质可能主要来源于石英斑岩岩浆。     

河北涞源白石山地质公园“1.5Ga前地裂缝”新解

梁定益等(2002)研究认为太行山北段河北省涞源县白石山地质公园内存在一条与中元古代雾迷山组沉积时代相当的地裂缝构造,且地裂缝内填充由地震触发,重力垮塌形成的震积岩(含软沉积变形)。近期实地考察后,笔者等得出与上述观点不同的认识,即先前认为的地裂缝实为一条断裂带:震积岩为断裂带构造岩;断层主滑移带内发育S—C面理构造;断层角砾复杂结构是构造变形和压溶作用的结果;断裂整体表现为含正断层分量的走滑断层。结合太行山北段区域构造演化历史,本文提出该断裂最早形成于燕山运动期间,此后在区域构造应力作用下可能多次活动。     

Paleomagnetism and geochronology of the Gwalior Sills,Bundelkhand craton,Northern India Block: New constraints on Greater India assembly

We present an updated paleomagnetic pole from the Gwalior Sills in the Bundelkhand craton within the Northern India Block (NIB). Geochronological results from baddeleyite grains from one of the sills yielded an age of 1719 ± 7 Ma which together with a previously published age indicates the emplacement of sills between 1712 and 1756 Ma (∼1730 Ma). The paleomagnetic pole calculated from additional sites in this study, combined with previous studies, falls at 13.5°N, 173.7°E (A95 = 3.6°, K = 98) indicating near equatorial latitudes for northern India. Limestone sampled a few meters above the contact with the sill exhibits similar directions consistent with having been baked by the sill. The pole does not resemble any younger poles from Peninsular India and receives a reliability score of R = 5. Dykes in the Singhbhum craton are slightly older (1765 Ma) and indicate low paleolatitudes for the Southern Indian Block (SIB). Although the Gwalior and Singhbhum poles data indicate low latitudes for both the NIB and SIB, they are statistically different and indicate that a rotation of at least 65° is required to bring the poles into accord. We propose that the NIB and SIB were in proximity but were separated by an ocean basin. We propose the name Gotosindhu (‘Ancient Sea’) for the body of water separating the NIB and SIB. We also review previous models for the assembly of the Columbia supercontinent during this time and critically examine the position of the NIB/SIB in those reconstructions.     

新疆阿吾拉勒成矿带西段铜矿床碳、氧、硫、铅同位素研究——成矿物质来源及成矿环境探讨

新疆阿吾拉勒成矿带西段的众多铜矿床可分为2种类型,即中、南部的次火山岩型和北部的中-低温热液脉型。文章对从南到北的2种类型的5个铜矿床(穷布拉克、奴拉赛、群吉、群吉萨依、109)进行了系统的碳、氧、硫、铅同位素研究,探讨了成矿物质来源及成矿环境。测试结果表明:次火山岩型矿床内硫化物的δ34S值变化很小,南部和中部的矿床分别为3.4‰~4.4‰和-1.6‰~0.2‰,反映出其来源单一,以岩浆源或地幔源为主;中-低温热液脉型矿床内硫化物的δ34S值变化较大,为-18‰~8.9‰,具有多源性。次火山岩型矿床内方解石的δ13C值为-1.44‰~0.8‰,δ18O值为11.87‰~16.99‰,可能为深源流体与碳酸盐岩地层发生一定反应的结果;中-低温热液脉型矿床内方解石的δ13C值为-10.1‰~-3.2‰,δ18O值为9.63‰~16.27‰,整体以幔源为主。中-低温热液脉型铜矿床内矿石铅为正常铅,以地幔铅占主导地位;赋存于酸性次火山岩中的次火山岩型铜矿床的矿石铅为富含放射性成因铅的异常铅,来源于前寒武系基底岩石;赋存于基性次火山岩中的次火山岩型铜矿床的矿石铅为壳幔混合铅,受到了地壳物质的强烈混染。这2种类型铜矿床的成矿物质来源表现出从南到北的明显差异,这种差异与各矿床赋矿地层和岩性组合的不同有很好的对应关系,反映了铜矿带南北成矿环境的不同。由于该区与铜矿有关的陆相(次)火山岩为晚石炭世-二叠纪伊犁古裂谷演化的产物,这可能揭示了区域成矿与二叠纪的裂谷演化紧密相关。在裂谷演化的不同阶段,该铜矿带南部和北部的构造体系具有不同的开放程度,从而形成了不同的火山岩组合和沉积地层,即矿源层。矿源层的差异和火山活动的强弱决定了在裂谷带南北不同部位形成了不同类型特征的铜矿床。     

加拿大纽芬兰岛Indian Head Range地块格林威尔期二长花岗岩年龄、Nd-Hf同位素特征——块体属性与演化新证据

加拿大阿巴拉契亚造山带纽芬兰岛Humber带基底地块属性及地壳生长演化是近年来关注的科学问题,尤其是岛内西南部的Indian Head Range地块,其年龄组成与同位素特征研究对区域基底构造属性划分与对比至关重要。本文对Indian Head Range地块内的二长花岗岩岩体进行了锆石U-Pb定年,得到其²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U加权平均年龄值为1 149±4 Ma,代表该岩体的侵位年龄。这一定年结果表明该岩体具有中元古代晚期的年龄,为该地块格林威尔期岩浆事件的存在提供了新的年龄证据。Nd-Hf同位素分析结果显示,该二长花岗岩岩体εNd值为-2.3,εHf值介于+1.93～+3.65之间,两阶段Hf模式年龄介于1.84～1.73 Ga之间。结合前人研究,我们认为Humber带内各地块发育约1.5 Ga、1.15 Ga和1.0 Ga的3期花岗质岩浆事件,它们具有相似的Hf模式年龄值,暗示它们均来源于古元古代新生地壳物质的再造。带内格林威尔基底地块均为原地基底,且与劳伦大陆远端东部边缘具有一致的岩浆-构造演化史。以上研究对Humber带内格林威尔基底...     

滇西保山地块早古生代碎屑锆石U-Pb-Hf同位素研究及其对冈瓦纳大陆重建的制约

滇西地区出露的古生界公养河群和孟定街群分别位于保山地块的西部和东部,其沉积时代、构造归属、碎屑物质来源及在早古生代冈瓦纳大陆重建中的古地理位置具有重要研究意义。本文对公养河群2个砂岩样品和孟定街群的4个变质砂岩样品的碎屑锆石进行U-Pb定年和Lu-Hf同位素分析。其中,公养河群的碎屑锆石年龄谱范围是3862～533Ma,ε_(Hf)(t)值的范围是-37. 8～+11. 0,最小年龄峰期为549～533Ma,表明该群的最大沉积年龄为早寒武世早期,该群可能为寒武系地层。孟定街群的碎屑锆石年龄谱范围是3097～542Ma,ε_(Hf)(t)值的范围是-39. 5～+10. 5,其最小年龄峰期(576～458Ma)将该群的沉积下限时代限制在晚奥陶世。结合保山地块的其他古生代地层的碎屑锆石研究,我们认为保山地块在早古生代位于冈瓦纳大陆北缘,物源主要来自印度大陆,但～1. 17Ga年龄峰的出现说明其东部可能接受了一定比例来自西澳大利亚的沉积物质。这一结果表明保山地块在冈瓦纳大陆北缘重建中的位置应该靠近印度大陆,而其东缘接近澳大利亚大陆。     

内蒙古北山造山带小红山TTG岩石锆石U-Pb年龄、地球化学特征及其对百合山构造带性质的制约

分布于内蒙北山地区小红山南一带的晚石炭世花岗岩,是由英云闪长岩（T1）、花岗闪长岩（G1）和奥长花岗岩（T2）组成的一套TTG岩石组合。该套组合具有富硅、富钠、低铝的地球化学特征,稀土元素总量偏低,∑REE=27.86×10-6~104.56×10-6,轻稀土元素富集,LREE/HREE值为4.71~22.76,（La/Yb）值为4.78~43.18,δEu为0.62~1.72,稀土元素配分曲线为右倾型,微量元素总体表现为富集大离子亲石元素（LILEs）,亏损高场强元素（HFSEs）,且具有明显的Nb、P、Ti负异常,Y、Yb含量低。利用LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb同位素测定技术,测得该套TTG组合酸性侵入体中花岗闪长岩、英云闪长岩、奥长花岗岩206Pb/238U年龄加权平均值分别为315.6±1.6 Ma、310.8±1.4 Ma、305±1.9 Ma,形成于晚石炭世。研究认为,小红山晚石炭世TTG花岗岩组合具有陆缘弧花岗岩的成因特点,形成于石炭纪百合山弧间洋盆向南侧陆缘消减过程中洋壳俯冲板片的部分熔融,这套与百合山蛇绿岩同期形成的明水陆缘弧的发育,指示了百合山构造带形成于弧盆体系的演化阶段。     

The Holocene vegetation history of the Khibiny Mountains: implications for the post‐glacial expansion of spruce and alder on the Kola Peninsula,northwestern Russia

Pollen and peat botanical investigations of the Lutnermayok peat bog, Kola Peninsula, northwestern Russia, were carried out, and 21 surface pollen samples were studied. Combined with previous studies our data form the basis for the vegetation history over the last 7000 yr of the Khibiny Mountains. Pinus sylvestris was the dominant species between 7000 and 5000 yr BP and Picea obovata penetrated to the Khibiny Mountains ca. 5500/5300 yr BP. Since 4500 yr BP, Picea replaced Pinus in major parts of the area and dominated the forest cover. Picea immigrated to the Kola Peninsula after 7000 yr BP. There were two paths of spruce migration: from the southeast and the southwest. Grey alder, Alnusincana, immigrated to the Kola Peninsula from the southwest and northwest about ca. 8000 yr BP. Grey alder has been restricted to its modern range since 4000 yr BP. The range of vertical movement of the treeline in Khibiny Mountains during the last 700 yr was 240–260 m, which corresponds to an amplitude of summer temperature change of 2°C. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.