济阳坳陷东营凹陷古近系沙河街组深湖相油面岩的特征及成因

古近系沙河街组沙三段下部发育的深湖相油页岩是东营凹陷最重要的优质烃源岩.该油页岩呈深灰色或棕褐色,页理发育,主要由富含有机质纹层和浅灰色钙质纹层形成的毫米级沉积层偶组成.其中有机质纹层中的有机碳含量在5%以上,富含藻类化石及鱼化石等;钙质纹层主要由方解石组成,呈灰白色.沉积环境分析表明,该油页岩形成于湿润气候条件下的半咸水-微咸水的深湖缺氧环境中,沉积速率较慢,湖盆处于欠补偿状态,水体分层结构使沉积有机质得到有效保存.藻类等水生生物勃发吸收了更多的CO2,从而诱发大量内生成因的碳酸盐沉淀,形成碳酸盐纹层,而藻类的死亡则导致湖水有机质输送通量增多,使沉积物中有机质保存量增大,促使高有机质丰度烃源岩的形成.因此,分层的水体结构和藻类的勃发是油页岩形成的重要控制因素.     

济阳坳陷东营凹陷古近系沙河街组深湖相油页岩的特征及成因

古近系沙河街组沙三段下部发育的深湖相油页岩是东营凹陷最重要的优质烃源岩。该油页岩呈深灰色或棕褐色，页理发育，主要由富含有机质纹层和浅灰色钙质纹层形成的毫米级沉积层偶组成。其中有机质纹层中的有机碳含量在5％以上，富含藻类化石及鱼化石等；钙质纹层主要由方解石组成，呈灰白色。沉积环境分析表明，该油页岩形成于湿润气候条件下的半咸水-微咸水的深湖缺氧环境中，沉积速率较慢，湖盆处于欠补偿状态，水体分层结构使沉积有机质得到有效保存。藻类等水生生物勃发吸收了更多的CO2，从而诱发大量内生成因的碳酸盐沉淀，形成碳酸盐纹层，而藻类的死亡则导致湖水有机质输送通量增多，使沉积物中有机质保存量增大，促使高有机质丰度烃源岩的形成。因此，分层的水体结构和藻类的勃发是油页岩形成的重要控制因素。     

苏北盆地高邮—金湖凹陷古近系阜宁组细粒沉积岩纹层特征与成因*

深水细粒沉积物不仅可作为烃源岩,也可成为非常规油气的储集层。以苏北盆地高邮—金湖凹陷古近系阜宁组阜二段半深湖—深湖水平层理细粒沉积岩为研究对象,通过高精度厘米级岩心观察描述、薄片鉴定、X射线衍射全岩矿物分析、微量元素测试及扫描电镜等手段,分析了岩石纹层特征并尝试探讨其成因。结果表明: 高邮—金湖凹陷阜宁组二段半深湖—深湖细粒沉积岩岩性复杂,多种物质组分的混合及叠置形成了不同颜色的纹层。水平层理可根据纹层厚度进一步分为薄纹层状和厚纹层状2类沉积构造,两者的宏观与微观结构、物质组成等均存在差异。纹层成因复杂,但主要受形成和保存2个方面因素影响。在纹层形成过程中,各物质组分的产生与沉淀均具有季节性意义;纹层的保存主要与水体深度有关。     

上海潮坪沉积间断与地层分辨率

为了探索潮坪层序中纹层与间断的关系,1992年6月1~17日在长江三角洲南翼东海农场潮坪剖面高潮与中潮坪交界处的同一站位,设置了两块相同的沉降板：一块设置后固定不动,观测板上最终记录的纹层数和厚度;另一板隔一两天或若于天观测一次,记录纹层的厚度和层数后清除板上沉积物,重新放置,继续观测。结果表明,固定板上保存了12个纹层,总厚度为75mm;另一板上累计记录了24个纹层,总厚度为179mm。这说明纹层在形成过程中就包含着侵蚀。理论上一个潮周期内可以形成4个纹层。16天中共有31个潮周期,最大可能形成124个纹层,但纹层实际保存…     

苏北盆地高邮—金湖凹陷古近系阜宁组细粒沉积岩纹层特征与成因

深水细粒沉积物不仅可作为烃源岩,也可成为非常规油气的储集层。以苏北盆地高邮—金湖凹陷古近系阜宁组阜二段半深湖—深湖水平层理细粒沉积岩为研究对象,通过高精度厘米级岩心观察描述、薄片鉴定、X射线衍射全岩矿物分析、微量元素测试及扫描电镜等手段,分析了岩石纹层特征并尝试探讨其成因。结果表明:高邮—金湖凹陷阜宁组二段半深湖—深湖细粒沉积岩岩性复杂,多种物质组分的混合及叠置形成了不同颜色的纹层。水平层理可根据纹层厚度进一步分为薄纹层状和厚纹层状2类沉积构造,两者的宏观与微观结构、物质组成等均存在差异。纹层成因复杂,但主要受形成和保存2个方面因素影响。在纹层形成过程中,各物质组分的产生与沉淀均具有季节性意义;纹层的保存主要与水体深度有关。     

济阳坳陷下第三系湖相生油岩的微观特征

利用背散射电子成像技术、扫描电镜和能谱分析对山东济阳坳陷下第三系主要湖相生油岩的微观组构、成分特征进行了高分辨率的观察和分析,同时对其中藻类化石丰度进行了定量统计。结果显示,这些生油岩既有共性又有显著的差异。共性表现在它们都具有纹层状构造,而且有机质都特别丰富,呈纹层分布。差异性表现在纹层单元的成分明显不同:富有机质纹层页岩由有机质纹层和粘土矿物纹层组成;钙质纹层页岩则有两种情况:一类由有机质纹层和钙质超微化石纹层组成,另一类由有机质纹层和粗粒方解石纹层组成,粗粒方解石中含有钙质超微化石;钙质纹层泥岩由细粒方解石纹层和含有机质的粘土矿物纹层组成。生油岩中有机质的分布也有两种形式:一类是有机质纹层,另一类则是藻类化石层,如沟鞭藻化石层和钙质超微化石 (颗石藻 )层.     

山东山旺中新世硅藻土的纹层类型及成因

山东临朐山旺地区中新世山旺组硅藻土极为发育。通过对该地区硅藻土纹层的研究,确定其分类和成因,为进一步确立年纹层的存在、利用其进行高分辨率测年、探讨高频古气候旋回奠定基础。山旺组硅藻土的单层纹层厚度一般为100μm左右。依据纹层的物质成分,单层纹层可分为硅藻纹层、有机纹层和粘土纹层三种类型。各类单层纹层组合成为明暗相间的层偶,层偶厚度一般为100～400μm,常常表现为浅色的硅藻纹层逐渐向深色的粘土纹层或有机质纹层渐变过渡。纹层层偶可分为:薄层硅藻纹层-有机质层偶,厚层藻纹层-有机质层偶,薄层粘土纹层-有机质层偶,厚层粘土纹层-有机质层偶和硅藻纹层-粘土纹层层偶。山旺组硅藻土中不同类型的单层纹层以及层偶的形成主要受控于当时湖盆内粘土物质的沉积速率、硅藻的繁盛程度和有机物质的沉积和保存条件。     

古湖泊学研究中的鱼化石埋藏学方法

鱼化石埋藏学方法在古湖泊环境研究中主要是利用鱼死亡及其骨骼解体和保存的方式 ,去推测湖泊的水文状况、沉积环境、群落结构、鱼类的生活史、死亡方式和保存特征等 ,这种方法的可行性取决于对现代湖泊中生物与环境对应关系的观察研究。在鱼化石埋藏学研究中 ,温度是决定鱼化石保存状况的主要因素 ,当水温在 1 5℃以上 ,多数鱼尸体就会因细菌腐解产生的气体而漂浮到水面 ,然后在水面上进一步腐烂 ,最后散落到湖底 ,或者被水流带到近岸区 ,遭受更强烈的破坏 ;当水温在 1 5℃以下时 ,鱼尸体可以保存在水底 ,直至被埋藏 ,在湖下层水氧气充足、有食腐动物生活的条件下 ,也可以被食腐动物破坏     

东营凹陷沙三段下部纹层泥岩中的碳酸盐矿物

沙三段下部纹层泥岩由富有机质纹层泥岩和钙质块状纹层泥岩组成。富有机质纹层泥岩由富有机质纹层、富粘土矿物纹层一方解石层组成。钙质块状纹层岩由细粒方解石纹层、富粘土矿物纹层组成。富有机质纹层通常含有机质、粘土矿物、石英、长石和黄铁矿。富粘土矿物纹层由粘土矿物、铁白云石、细粒方石、石英、长石和黄铁矿组成。     

纹层状细粒碳酸盐岩成因:以贵州习水吼滩剖面下奥陶统为例

纹层是组成层理的基本单位,既可以是低能深水沉积环境的产物,也可能形成于高能环境中。在受风暴影响的区域,微小的泥质颗粒能够在流动过程中发生絮凝形成絮粒并沉积下来形成纹层。贵州习水吼滩剖面下奥陶统桐梓组碳酸盐岩纹层发育,纹层中风暴沉积构造丰富,包括风暴侵蚀面和渠模等。基于细致的野外观察和室内沉积学研究,将在风暴作用影响下形成的纹层划分为5个类型:平行厚纹层、单向交错薄纹层、平行薄纹层、波状厚纹层和水平厚纹层。采用EDS元素面扫描方法,发现亮、暗纹层中都含有铝、硅和镁元素且分布都比较均匀,而暗纹层所含黏土矿物稍多,所以暗纹层中3种元素的含量比亮纹层的稍高。利用开尔文—赫姆霍兹不稳定性解释了亮、暗纹层的形成机制,即絮粒与未发生絮凝的微小颗粒在开尔文—赫姆霍兹不稳定性作用下交替沉积,其中以絮粒为主的纹层更容易发生重结晶形成亮纹层。根据各纹层不同的垂向结合序列划分出3种风暴序列,且从Ⅰ型到Ⅲ型风暴作用逐渐减弱。     

Late Pleistocene and early Holocene drainage events in the eastern Fehmarn Belt and Mecklenburg Bight,SW Baltic Sea

The Fehmarn Belt is a key area for the Late Pleistocene and Holocene development of the Baltic Sea as it was a passage for marine and fresh water during its different stages. The pre‐Holocene geological development of this area is presented based on the analysis of seismic profiles and sedimentary gravity cores. Late Pleistocene varve sediments of the initial Baltic Ice Lake were identified. An exceptionally thick varve layer, overlain by a section of thinner varves with convolute bedding in turn covered by undisturbed varves with decreasing thicknesses is found in the Fehmarn Belt. This succession, along with a change in varve geochemistry, represents a rapid ice‐sheet withdrawal and increasingly distal sedimentation in front of the ice margin. Two erosional unconformities are observed in the eastern Mecklenburg Bight, one marking the top of the initial Baltic Ice Lake deposits and the second one indicating the end of the final Baltic Ice Lake. These unconformities join in Fehmarn Belt, where deposits of the final Baltic Ice Lake are missing due to an erosional hiatus related to a lake‐level drop during its final drainage. After this lake‐level drop, a lowstand environment represented by river deposits developed. These deposits are covered by lake marls of Yoldia age. Tilting of the early glacial lake sediments indicates a period of vertical movements prior to the onset of the Holocene. Deposits of the earliest stages of the Baltic Sea have been exposed by ongoing erosion in the Fehmarn Belt at the transition to the Mecklenburg Bight.     

Winter turbidity current deposits in Late Pleistocene glaciolacustrine varves, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada

Sand units within the winter clay components of distal, glaciolacustrine varves of Kickininee Park, British Columbia show a common sequence of cross-lamination, and a similarity in grain size. A lower division of micro-cross-lamination is succeeded by two divisions of climbing ripple drift cross-lamination. The two upper divisions are differentiated on the basis of angle of climb, a marked increase occurring in the top division. The sequence is related to turbidity currents which swept down lake during winter. It is possible that the B division of some turbidite sequences may have formed under conditions of low relief bedforms similar to those which generated the lower division of the glaciolacustrine sands. Stratigraphic position and varve thickness are used to support the conclusion that the distal turbidite sands are down lake equivalents of proximal grain-flow deposits. The appearance of coarse grained deposits within winter layers of varves may cause two years of deposition to be allocated to a single varve. This may introduce large errors when varves are used as time indicators.     

The varve-related ice-dammed lake events in Glen Roy and vicinity: a new interpretation

This paper presents a new interpretation of the sequence of events in Glen Roy and vicinity during the Loch Lomond Stadial that can be inferred from a detailed varve record constructed by Palmer et al. (2010). 300 years of Younger Dryas glacier advance in the Scottish Highlands are recorded by very thin varves formed in an ice-dammed lake up to 35 km long. At a varve site now occupied by Loch Laggan the lake stood permanently at 260 m, but in Glen Roy varves were also laid down in a lake at 325 m and, later, 350 m caused by glacier advance. Initial ice retreat recorded by a gradual increase in varve thickness was soon followed by much thicker varves. The varve sequences are interrupted by a sand bed caused by sudden drainage of the 350 m lake. The major varves of the Glen Roy sequence show that storminess was still increasing in intensity at least 160 years after glacier retreat had begun. At the Loch Laggan site 15 cm of deformed sediments register an earthquake that produced 3 m faulted uplift of all three Glen Roy shorelines, a response to the abrupt removal of 5 km³ of water when the 260 m lake was catastrophically drained by jökulhlaup. The deformed sediments are immediately followed by varves deposited in a local lake, ice-dammed lake sedimentation now having ceased, having lasted more than 460 years.     

Centennial-scale oscillations in oxygen and carbon isotopes of endogenic calcite from a 15,500 varve year record of the Piànico interglacial

The palaeolake record from Piànico (Southern Alps) comprises a sequence of 15,500 continuous calcite varves formed during peak interglacial conditions around 400 ka ago. The varved nature of these deposits allows precise sub-sampling of five varve year intervals for stable isotope analyses. All samples consist of calcite precipitated in the epilimnion of the lake, with contents of detrital carbonate below 4%. Four significant negative δ¹⁸O oscillations occurred during the upper half of the interglacial. The most prominent of these oscillations has an amplitude of −1.1‰ and lasted 780 varve years. The three other oscillations are shorter (125–195 varve years) and of lower amplitude (0.4–0.9‰). An additional major drop in δ¹⁸O occurs 315 varve years before the end of continuous calcite precipitation in the lake. This shift marks the end of long interglacial conditions and the beginning of harsher climate conditions and glacier advances in the Southern Alps. In contrast, the four δ¹⁸O oscillations within the period of continuous formation of calcite varves reflect natural intra–interglacial climate dynamics.     

An explanation for the varves of the Castile evaporites (Upper Permian), Texas and New Mexico, USA

Abstract Extraordinary sequences of conspicuous, pervasive and laterally persistent varves characterize the Castile evaporites. They occur as singlets (calcite laminae), couplets (calcite laminae interstratified with anhydrite laminae), thick couplets (calcite laminae interstratified with thin anhydrite beds) and triplets (calcite and anhydrite laminae interstratified with thin halite beds). The varves accumulated in a deep (initially ≈ 550 m), persistently stratified, saline lake surrounded by an extinct reef. The lake had formed when the reef grew across a channel between an embayment and the ocean. Although located virtually on the palaeo-equator, the lake experienced negligible meteoric influx and extreme seasonality. During the season of high relative humidity, more marine groundwater entered the lake through the permeable reef barrier than exited as reflux and, secondarily, as evaporation. Consequently, the lake level rose by up to several metres to sea level. The ‘refreshening’ decreased salinity and replenished dissolved CO₂– the critical nutrient limiting growth of indigenous phytoplankton. Algae proliferated, pH increased and CaCO₃ precipitated. It mixed with organic matter to form a thin, dark lamina. During the season of low relative humidity, tens of cubic kilometres of water evaporated from and, secondarily, leaked out through the surrounding reef. More water exited than entered, brine level fell below sea level, and salinity of the upper brine layer increased. Gypsum usually precipitated and rained onto the basin floor forming a couplet; infrequently, halite also precipitated forming a triplet. Every few thousand years, for <50 to several hundred years, the lake became unstratified during the dry season, and wind-induced overturn allowed a layer of gypsum crystals up to ≈ 2 cm high to precipitate on the basin floor. Each layer, now thin beds of anhydrite nodules and anhydrite pseudomorphs after gypsum, and an underlying lamina of CaCO₃ and admixed organic matter formed a thick couplet. The different varve types recur with a period of 1800–3000 years reflecting climatic changes on a millennial time scale.     

青藏高原沱沱河盆地渐新世湖相叠层石:韵律纹层记录的古气候条件

沱沱河盆地通天河剖面渐新世雅西措群发现一套产于湖泛过程中的柱状叠层石。通过对叠层石纹层形态和显微组构的研究,发现这些叠层石具有典型的富藻纹层和富屑纹层交替的显微结构特征,发育三级生长节律,纹层对之间渐变接触,纹层带之间间断明显。采用激光微区取样的方法,针对4块样品的8个纹层对,系统采集了16对碳氧同位素数据,结果是富藻纹层同位素值整体上均高于富屑纹层,正相关性明显。这表明富藻纹层生长时期气候炎热湿润,富屑纹层生长时期相对寒冷干燥。认为湖相叠层石生长受周期性气候变化的控制,其韵律纹层记录了丰富的古气候信息。     

Nucleation and stabilization of Eocene dolomite in evaporative lacustrine deposits from central Tibetan plateau

In past decades, the formation of dolomite at low temperature has been widely studied in both natural systems and cultured experiments, yet the mechanism(s) involved in the nucleation and precipitation of dolomite remains unresolved. Late Eocene dolomitic deposits from core in the upper Niubao Formation (Lunpola Basin, central Tibetan Plateau, China) are selected as a case study to understand the dolomitization process(es) in the geological record. Dolomite formation in Lunpola Basin can be ascribed to a different mechanism forming the large quantities of replacive dolostones in the geological record; and provides a potential fossil analogue for primary dolomite precipitation at low temperature. This analogue consists of an alternation of laminated dolomitic beds, organic-rich and siliciclastic layers; formed in response to intense evaporation interpreted to take place in a continental shallow lake environment. Mineralogical, textural and stable isotopic evaluations suggest that the dolomite from those dense-clotted laminated beds is a primary precipitate. At the nanoscale, these dolomitic beds are composed of Ca–Mg carbonate globular nanocrystals (diameter 80 to 100 nm) embedded in an organic matrix and attached to clay flakes. Micro-infrared spectroscopy analyses have revealed the presence of aliphatic compounds in the organic matrix. Microscopic and elemental compositional studies suggest that clay surfaces may facilitate the nucleation of dolomite at low temperature in the same way as the organic matrix does. The dolomite laminae show values for δ¹⁸O_VPDB from −3.2 to −1.76‰ and for δ¹³C_VPDB from −2.62 to −3.78‰. Inferred δ¹⁸O_SMOW values of the lake water reveal typical evaporitic hydrological conditions. These findings provide a potential link to primary dolomite formation in ancient and modern sedimentary environments; and shed new light on the palaeoenvironmental conditions in central Tibet during the Eocene.     

湖北江陵凹陷深层高温富钾卤水特征及其成因探讨

江汉盆地江陵凹陷深处赋存高温富钾卤水,含卤地层主要是古新统沙市组。富钾卤水的分布受持续的继承性沉降中心(洼陷)、沙市组含盐系、石盐-硫酸盐沉积相的控制,聚集在砂岩、玄武岩、辉绿岩和白云岩等孔隙-裂隙内,裂隙的发育又与局部构造(背斜、盐构造等)枢纽部共轭裂隙带有关。古新世,盐湖已经蒸发浓缩到钙芒硝-石盐阶段,可能短暂达到硫酸镁盐和硫酸钾镁盐阶段。以后,原生的晶间卤水在成岩后期受到玄武岩侵入和高温流体影响,发生变质作用、去镁和去硫酸根作用,同时带入丰富的钾、铷、铯等元素,最后形成了高温富钾卤水。这种成矿过程可称为地下热事件激发成矿机制,值得进一步探讨。     

湖泊沉积物年纹层的研究方法及其意义

文章总结了前人对湖泊沉积物年纹层类型的划分,并根据年纹层的形成过程和组分特征分为3个大类,即碎屑年纹层、生物成因年纹层(如硅藻年纹层等)和化学成因年纹层(如方解石年纹层、菱铁矿年纹层、黄铁矿年纹层、蒸发盐年纹层等)。介绍了目前应用于湖泊沉积物年纹层研究的主要方法和技术包括:1)新鲜沉积物表面照相、X射线照相技术;2)光学显微镜观察;3)数字化图像分析;4)扫描电子显微镜技术等。而岩相学大薄片是目前年纹层研究工作中应用非常广泛的材料,对目前制作大薄片比较普遍采用的快速冷冻-冷冻干燥和水-丙酮-环氧树脂交换这两种方法进行了介绍并比较了各自的优劣。湖泊沉积物年纹层研究的古环境意义主要体现在两个方面,一是提供了高精度的纹层年代学时间标尺,在诸如气候突变事件的时限、大气¹⁴C浓度变化、火山灰层定年、古地磁场长期变化主曲线重建等方面有重要意义;二是年纹层性质研究如年纹层厚度和年纹层微相变化本身所蕴藏的高分辨率古气候环境变化信息,在太阳活动周期、ENSO等气候事件的研究中也有重要意义。最后,文章简单介绍了我国东北龙岗火山区四海龙湾玛珥湖沉积物中年纹层的特征并展望了其研究潜力。     

Advances in understanding calcite varve formation: new insights from a dual lake monitoring approach in the southern Baltic lowlands

We revise the conceptual model of calcite varves and present, for the first time, a dual lake monitoring study in two alkaline lakes providing new insights into the seasonal sedimentation processes forming these varves. The study lakes, Tiefer See in NE Germany and Czechowskie in N Poland, have distinct morphology and bathymetry, and therefore, they are ideal to decipher local effects on seasonal deposition. The monitoring setup in both lakes is largely identical and includes instrumental observation of (i) meteorological parameters, (ii) chemical profiling of the lake water column including water sampling, and (iii) sediment trapping at both bi-weekly and monthly intervals. We then compare our monitoring data with varve micro-facies in the sediment record. One main finding is that calcite varves form complex laminae triplets rather than simple couplets as commonly thought. Sedimentation of varve sub-layers in both lakes is largely dependent on the lake mixing dynamics and results from the same seasonality, commencing with diatom blooms in spring turning into a pulse of calcite precipitation in summer and terminating with a re-suspension layer in autumn and winter, composed of calcite patches, plant fragments and benthic diatoms. Despite the common seasonal cycle, the share of each of these depositional phases in the total annual sediment yield is different between the lakes. In Lake Tiefer See calcite sedimentation has the highest yields, whereas in Lake Czechowskie, the so far underestimated re-suspension sub-layer dominates the sediment accumulation. Even in undisturbed varved sediments, re-suspended material becomes integrated in the sediment fabric and makes up an important share of calcite varves. Thus, while the biogeochemical lake cycle defines the varves’ autochthonous components and micro-facies, the physical setting plays an important role in determining the varve sub-layers’ proportion.