Advance in Studies on Intracellular Nitrate Storage and Denitrification of Benthic Foraminifera

Benthic foraminifera is the first kind of eukaryotes reported to carry on denitrification, which breaks the understanding of the eukaryotic metabolic way. Numerous studies have demonstrated that the contribution of benthic foraminifera to sedimentary denitrification exceeds the prokaryotes. Furthermore, benthic foraminifera stores large amount of nitrate intracellularly, which far exceeds the amount of nitrate in pore water. These findings challenge our understanding of the nitrogen cycle in sediments. The study of foraminiferal intracellular nitrate storage and denitrification is significant to figure out the metabolic way of eukaryote in anoxic environment and to quantify the balance of nitrogen in marine environment. The history of foraminiferal intracellular nitrate storage and denitrification study was discussed. In addition, the distribution of foraminiferal intracellular nitrate and denitrification rates in marine environment was also discussed. The latest research progresses about the related mechanism were also summarized. Finally, the problems and challenges in present and future studies were discussed.     

南海北部近6 Ma以来中层水体演化的底栖有孔虫证据

本文对南海北部陆坡SH7B孔底栖有孔虫群落结构组成及壳体氧碳同位素值变化特征进行研究,旨在了解该区晚中新世以来的中层水体演化历史。利用因子和聚类分析对该钻孔128个样品中的35个底栖有孔虫优势属种的相对百分含量数据进行统计分析,识别出4个组合:Globocassidulina subglobosa-Stilostomella spp.（Gs-St）,Chilostomella mediterranensis-Globobulimina spp. (Cm-Gl),Hoglundina elegans-Pyrgo spp. (He-Py),Melonis affinis-Pyrgo spp. (Ma-Py)。晚中新世晚期至上新世早期（5.8~2.8 Ma）相对高海平面温暖期,SH7B孔底栖有孔虫为相对稳定的Gs-St组合,反映了低到中等营养物质供给的低氧水体环境。其中5.8~3.79 Ma底栖有孔虫壳体碳同位素偏负和强烈的碳酸盐溶解现象在全球其他海区均有发现,指示当时南海北部陆坡底层水体低氧环境可能受到因全球大洋环流格局变化影响的太平洋偏腐蚀性的缺氧中层水体影响。3.79~2.8 Ma底栖有孔虫丰度和喜氧类表生种含量逐渐增加,指示水体流通性趋于增强,水体氧含量稍有增加。晚上新世2.4 Ma以来,底栖有孔虫组合与氧碳同位素值波动变化频繁,反映了中等到高表层输出生产力的富氧到缺氧中层水体环境,南海北部陆坡底栖有孔虫的分布主要受陆源有机质输入量的多寡和南海中深层水体的循环状况共同控制。     

南海北部1144站中更新世浮游有孔虫的千年尺度古气候记录

南海北部ODP1144站中更新世气候转型时期的浮游有孔虫在千年尺度上以高频率变化为主要特征.冰期旋回主要周期在0.9Ma由41ka转变为100ka, 浮游有孔虫组合也随冰期旋回出现大量的冷水种.据转换函数得出的表层水降温高达10℃发生在0.9~0.6Ma间的转型过渡期, 跨越MIS22、20、18、16四大冰期.同时, 温跃层深度呈阶梯式变浅, 在MIS20上升至65m左右.所以, 南海北部上层水体环境在中更新世气候转型期出现比末次冰期更重的δ18O值, 温跃层变浅, 深水种含量降低或消失, 突出了边缘海区南北气候梯度反差和冬季风在冰期增强的讯号.南海南北部的环境差异与东西太平洋的差异, 共同表明低纬过程在气候变化中的重要性.      

藏北羌塘地区地层新资料

新的牙形石化石资料证实在羌塘北部地区有泥盆纪查桑组地层，它是该盆地保存的最古老海相沉积地层，羌塘地区中西部广大地区上侏罗统索瓦组顶部产有丰富的以Virgatosphinctes和Aulacosphinctes两属为主的菊石化石，可初步建立5个菊石组合，其中Berriasella和Blanfordiceras菊石的出现使最高海相层位上延至提塘阶顶部或贝利阿斯阶，而圆笠虫(Orbitolina)、似异卷虫（Heterohelix）出现可能反映有海相白垩纪地层的存在，在晚三叠世肖茶卡组中发现有Epigondolella牙形石动物群，这是我国晚三叠世最高位牙形石带又一产地，首次在双湖比隆组油页岩剖面顶部发现产Harploceras sp.菊石化石的层位，时代属早上托阿尔斯（Toarcian）。解决了这一特殊沉积地层单位长期争论的时代归属问题，并指出它与早侏罗世海侵高峰期全球缺氧事件有关。     

浮游有孔虫标准化壳体重量测试方法及在西太平洋的应用

使用标准化壳体重量法和传统壳体重量法分别对中国南海(South China Sea,简称SCS)站表层沉积物和MD06-3052岩心沉积物样品进行了测试,获得了浮游有孔虫种属Globigerinoides ruber(G. ruber)的标准化壳体重量和传统壳体重量.通过对SCS站表层沉积物中G. ruber标准化壳体重量与传统壳体重量的比较,认为在该海域使用标准化壳体重量替代性指标能够更好的排除壳体粒径的干扰.通过对MD06-3052岩心中G. ruber标准化壳体重量与南极Vostok冰心的CO₂浓度(pCO₂)曲线进行对比,认为标准化壳体重量方法能够较好的反映出表层海水[CO₃2-]的变化.标准化壳体重量方法快速简便,指示性好,在探讨晚更新世以来表层海水在全球碳循环的重要作用中,是一个很有潜力的指标.      

Biostratigraphic Study of the Paleocene–Eocene Boundary in Northern Tunisia, North Africa

A new section at Jebel Gorraa,in northern Tunisia,contains the Paleocene-Eocene transition interval.Sample analysis of the section delivers abundant and diverse microfauna of planktonic and benthic foraminifera.Biostratigraphically,the Acarinina sibaiyaensis index-species is identified for the first time in this region,which allows us to specify the location of the Paleocene-Eocene boundary as well as the first E1 biozone of the lower Eocene.Samples from this biozone contain calcitic tests poorly preserved with an enrichment of iron oxide signifying a period of upheaval in local marine environments linked to the global warming of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum （PETM）,the marker for the P/E boundary.     

The Neogene and Lower Pleistocene crags of Upper Normandy: Biostratigraphic revision and paleogeographic implications

The biostratigraphic revision of the benthic foraminifera present in the coastal Cenozoic quartzose and shelly sands (crags) at Fécamp and Valmont (Seine-Maritime) reveals Early Pliocene (Fécamp) and Early Pleistocene (Valmont) ages. The Tortonian-Messinian thanatocœnosis contained in the Fécamp Crag shows the presence of a former bryozoan-rich platform on the floor of the Channel that was reworked during the Lower Pliocene transgression. Tortonian-Messinian and Lower Pliocene deposits have been found in Belgium, England, Brittany, and at Fécamp, but are absent in Cotentin (North-West Normandy), which was uplifted at this period. The Lower Pleistocene tidal sands and crags described in Cotentin, Upper Normandy and the southern North Sea Basin indicate a marine passage between the Channel and the North Sea.     

A New Discovery of Deep-Water Benthic Organisms from the Southwestern Dongsha Area, South China Sea

正Objective Dongsha waters are poorly studied for gas hydrates.Previous multi-channel seismic reflection and Chirp subbottom profiles show that numerous submarine mounds stand up to 100 m high above the seafloor over the continental slope of the SW Dongsha Island in northern margin of the South China Sea(SCS).These mounds are     

Biostratigraphic Evidence of the Allerød-Younger Dryas-Preboreal Oscillation in Northern Iceland

Basal sediments of Lake Torfadalsvatn, northern Iceland, record changes in terrestrial and limnic environments in the period 11,300-9000 ¹⁴C yr B.P. These changes were probably forced by climate and connected with displacements of the marine polar front and sea-ice margin. Pollen, spores, green algae (Pediastrum), saturation isothermal remanent magnetization, and carbon content of the basal sediments provide the first detailed biostratigraphic record of the last glacial-interglacial transition in Iceland. During the first pioneer phase, beginning at ca. 11,300 ¹⁴C yr B.P., grasses and fell-field herbs became established, and lake productivity was very low. At ca. 10,900 ¹⁴C yr B.P., climatic and soil conditions became favorable for shrubs and dwarf shrubs. This change, together with increased limnic productivity, clearly indicates long seasons without ice-cover in the sea immediately north of Iceland. A return to a colder climate (Younger Dryas), probably in connection with a southward displacement of the marine polar front, occurred by 10,600 ¹⁴C yr B.P. Shrub and dwarf-shrub vegetation disappeared, and limnic productivity diminished. A second pioneer vegetation phase, dominated by Oxyria/Rumex and grasses, was initiated by a change to longer seasons without sea ice at ca. 9900 ¹⁴C yr B.P. This warming is also evident as a contemporaneous increase in lake productivity. After ca. 9400 ¹⁴C yr B.P. the reestablishment of dwarf-shrub heaths and very high limnic productivity indicate further warming.     

IODP 311航次底栖有孔虫碳稳定同位素对天然气水合物地质系统的指示

为了探索海洋天然气水合物背景下有孔虫特征的响应,对综合大洋钻探计划(IODP)311航次岩芯沉积物中底栖有孔虫Uvigerina peregrina和Bulimina mexicana进行了初步研究。通过对冷泉站位U1328和毗邻的非冷泉站位U1327沉积物中底栖有孔虫Uvigerina peregrina和Buliminamexicana的显微形貌特征和碳、氧稳定同位素测试等,证实有孔虫壳体未受到后期成岩作用的改造和自生碳酸盐岩的交代影响,有孔虫壳体的碳稳定同位素呈现明显的负偏。其中U1327站位中U.peregrinaδ13C为-0.67‰~-2.75‰(PDB),B.mexicanaδ13C为-0.51‰~-1.52‰(PDB);U1328站位中U.peregrinaδ13C为-0.72‰~-2.71‰(PDB),B.mexicanaδ13C为-0.58‰~-1.45‰(PDB)。底栖有孔虫壳体的碳稳定同位素负偏成因可能与水合物不稳定分解释放的甲烷厌氧氧化作用和食物源有关,因而可较好地指示海底天然气水合物系统地质背景。     

Holocene Methane Emissions in the Southwestern Sea of Okhotsk: Evidence from Carbon Isotopes in Benthic Foraminifera Shells

Doklady Earth Sciences - Several negative stable carbon isotope excursions are revealed in benthic foraminifera from the LV50-05 gas-bearing core collected from an area of active methane venting on...     

The Wendian and Lower Cambrian of Northern Mongolia

Ophiolitic belts, volcanogenic zones, and terrigenic-carbonate zones are defined and correlated with other such zones in areas bordering Northern Mongolia (fig. 2), in an endeavor to harmonize certain stratigraphic controversies. -- V.P. Sokoloff     

南海北缘一统暗沙附近深水等深流沉积体系特征

利用高分辨率2D地震资料揭示南海北缘一统暗沙附近(水深700~1 000 m)发育海山相关的深水等深流沉积体系, 为南海北部陆缘深水洋流循环和深海动力学研究, 以及深水油气矿产资源勘探提供了新的资料.一统暗沙南、北两侧发育边缘侵蚀槽沟, 其中北缘的边缘槽沟可称为"环槽", 反映底流(可能属于南海中层水循环体系)自西向东流经海山.一套等深流沉积的伸长状-丘状漂积体沿环槽北岸发育.一统暗沙南侧和背侧还发育黏附型漂积体、南侧沉积区和补丁型漂积体.地震沉积记录显示该区稳定底流侵蚀-沉积活动可追溯至晚中新世早期.      

南海北部古近纪沉积物碎屑锆石U-Pb年龄及物源演化

长期以来,由于地质资料的限制,有关南海早期裂陷过程中的沉积演化问题一直缺乏相对深入的认识与了解.采用碎屑锆石U-Pb定年方法,对南海北部古近纪沉积物进行"源-汇"对比分析.结果表明,该时期南海北部不仅接受来自北部河流搬运的陆源碎屑物质,同时还受到盆地内部局部隆升区物源的影响.其中,始新世沉积物以下白垩统物源为主,至早渐新世,琼东南盆地接受了来自海南岛及西沙隆起带的沉积物,珠江口盆地珠一坳陷同时期的锆石磨圆度较高,年龄谱系同华南沿海地区一致,说明很可能接受了来自华南沿海地区的陆源物质;而处于盆地南侧的白云凹陷同时期存在自形程度极高的锆石,反映其物源极可能为盆地内近源的局部隆起区.到晚渐新世荔湾凹陷沉积物中开始出现较多元古代锆石,与其北部同时期沉积物明显不同,琼东南盆地N6井也开始出现较多元古代锆石,其物源可能与南海西侧隆起有关.资料显示,在古近纪,现代意义上的珠江并未形成,其在早渐新世仅影响到珠一坳陷,到晚渐新世影响到珠二坳陷北侧.因此,珠江在古近纪具有从小到大逐步演化的特点.      

Lower Cretaceous Inoceramus zones of the northwestern Pacific

A study of the Lower Cretaceous deposits of the northwestern Pacific province reveals Inoceramus zones in arenaceous-argillaceous sequences traceable over most of the area, representing the Hauterivian, Barrermian, Aptian, and Albian stages. Inoceramus was found to occur very rarely in the Valanginian. – IGR Staff.     

辽中凹陷北洼古近系东二下亚段湖底扇沉积类型及时空演化机理分析

辽中凹陷北洼古近系东二下亚段发育14期湖底扇沉积。基于湖底扇类型划分,对不同类型湖底扇沉积控制因素、成因机制及不同类型湖底扇之间的时空演化规律进行了研究。结合深水重力流沉积学理论,依据湖底扇水道发育程度、重力流流体性质,将研究区湖底扇分为非水道化-砂质碎屑流型湖底扇、非水道化-浊流型湖底扇和水道化湖底扇3种类型。非水道化-砂质碎屑流型和非水道化-浊流型湖底扇无明显下切水道,其中非水道化-砂质碎屑流型湖底扇整体富砂,非水道化-浊流型湖底扇整体富泥。水道化湖底扇发育明显下切水道,水道中发育砂质碎屑流富砂,水道外发育浊流富泥。物源富砂性及坡折带规模共同决定湖底扇沉积类型,含砂率大于30%的富砂型物源易形成非水道化湖底扇,含砂率小于30%的富泥型物源易形成水道化湖底扇。在富砂型物源背景下,当坡折规模较大时,因搬运距离远,砂泥分异充分,沉积非水道化-砂质碎屑流型和非水道化-浊流型两种湖底扇;当坡折规模较小时,砂泥分异不充分,只发育非水道化-砂质碎屑流型湖底扇。富砂物源滑塌为非粘性体,搬运过程中易与水融合,对底部呈片状冲刷,不易形成单一水道;富泥物源滑塌为黏性体,搬运过程中对底部冲刷集中,强度更大,易形成水道。     

渤海莱州湾晚第四纪底栖有孔虫分布特征及其地质意义

通过对渤海莱州湾GK138、GK111及GK95孔的255个沉积物样品中的有孔虫定量统计分析,共鉴定出底栖有孔虫15属32种。根据底栖有孔虫的丰度和分异度等分布特征和AMS14C和光释光（OSL）测年结果,揭示晚第四纪以来研究区共发育3套海相地层,分别是中更新世晚期的第三海相层、晚更新世的第二海相层和全新世的第一海相层,通过与全球海面变化曲线对比,发现其与MIS7、MIS5和MIS1阶段的高海面有良好的对应关系。样品的Q型聚类及主成分分析划分出3组代表不同沉积环境的有孔虫化石组合,第III化石组合带为中更新世晚期海侵的产物,为河口-滨岸浅海环境。第Ⅱ化石组合为晚更新世海侵的产物,为潮间带-潮下带沉积环境,第I化石组合带为潮上带-潮间带沉积环境。海相地层顶、底板高程和厚度的分析结果显示中更新世晚期至晚更新世期间发生过不同期次、不同强度的构造活动,而进入全新世以后构造活动相对减弱。