Clastic heavy mineral assemblages in Permian-Mesozoic accretionary cherty and siliceous-clayey complexes of Sikhote Alin

The paper presents results of the study of assemblages of clastic heavy minerals and geochemical features of some assemblages in several Permian-Mesozoic cherty and siliceous-clayey sequences of Sikhote Alin. They are composed of pelagic and hemipelagic sediments of the Panthalassa (Paleopacific) Ocean. Four typical mineral assemblages and their environments are established. In one of the ocean segments, where sedimentary cover formed during the Late Paleozoic-Early Cretaceous, the Permian pelagic domain was characterized by the amphibole-pyroxene assemblage with heavy minerals derived from ophiolites. The Triassic-Jurassic stage was marked by development of the clinopyroxene assemblage with heavy minerals derived from intraplate alkaline volcanic complexes. Middle-Late Jurassic hemipelagic sediments host the zircon-clinopyroxene assemblage with a greater role of continental environments and the presence of volcanic products of the convergence zone. Another segment of the ocean accumulated red cherts and siliceous-clayey sediments during the Jurassic-Early Cretaceous under the influence of island-arc volcanism.     

Clay Minerals in Bottom Sediments of the Medvezhii Island Region,Norwegian Sea

Integrated geological and geophysical investigation of bottom sediments in the Medvezhii Island region, southwestern margin of the Barents Sea, has made it possible to characterize sediments of diverse types related to the action of hydrocarbon fluids, hemipelagic sedimentation, slope phenomena, and combined influence of all these factors. Relatively homogeneous (in terms of mechanical composition) sediments are subdivided into several lithogenetic types based on the grain size distribution. Relationships of clay minerals, as well as their morphological and structural peculiarities, are described for each type. It is demonstrated that sediments formed under the substantial influence of hydrocarbon fluid fluxes are characterized by a high (relative to hemipelagic sediments) content of smectites and mixed-layer clay minerals of the illite–smectite series. It is assumed that these minerals are authigenic formations in mud volcanic rocks and diapir material. Based on the comparison of clay minerals contents primary source of the material for redeposited sediments has been reconstructed.     

古代深海硅质岩-粘土岩-碳酸盐岩系列(SAC)的岩石学分类

古代深海硅质岩-粘土岩-碳酸盐岩系列(SAC)是沉积在远洋或深海的硅质岩、粘土岩和碳酸盐岩及其过渡岩石类型的统称.在借鉴现有相关分类的基础上,提出了基于三端元矿物组成的SAC岩石系列的三角图分类新方案.以碳酸盐矿物-粘土矿物-石英作为三端元组分,按照"纯"(>90%)、"主"(50%～90%)、"质"(50%～25%)、"含"(<25%)的定量分类标准,并利用等边三角形中线,将SAC岩石系列划分为4大类21类.利用新的分类方案,将下扬子地区寒武统SAC岩石系列划分出硅质岩大类、碳酸盐岩大类和混合泥岩大类,描述了它们的岩石学特征.该SAC岩石系列体现了自下而上由硅质岩端元向碳酸盐岩端元混合沉积演化的趋势.对国内外典型SAC岩石系列重新分类的结果表明,新的分类方案能够清晰反映端元矿物之间混合沉积演化的趋势.SAC岩石系列的分类和命名是定量描述古代深海或远洋沉积作用的基础,也是探索其沉积环境演变的重要依据.     

皖南赣北地区早、中奥陶世含笔石黑色岩系地层地球化学的研究

<正> 地层地球化学是研究地球物质元素组成在地层中元素富存形式及其演化,即地层中物质元素组成的时空规律(侯德封,1959)。元素在地层中的分布和演变反映了自然条件和沉积环境的变化历史,元素的共生组合揭示岩石的成因和形成条件,所以地层地球化学是地层研究中的一个重要内容。同时,地层地球化学研究对于进一步揭示生物群兴衰、演替绝灭的历史,及其与环境介质变化之间的关系也有着十分重要的意义。 皖南赣北地区早、中奥陶世宁国组和胡乐组含笔石黑色岩系发育较好,地层出露完整,笔石化石丰富,笔石带序列齐全,生物地层研究较为详细(许杰,1934;陈旭等,1964;钱     

Geochemical features of REE and Y accumulation in the subcolloid fraction of sediments from the northern part of Amur Bay (Sea of Japan)

The average contents of REE, Y, Fe, Mn, and clay minerals were determined in the subcolloid fraction of bottom sediments from the northern part of Amur Bay. The positive correlation of REE and Y contents with Fe and Mn is related to their flocculation and sorption on Fe, Mn oxyhydroxides and clay minerals (hydromica, smectites). The sediments are subdivided into three groups (sediments from the influence zone of the Razdol’naya River, sediments located along the eastern and western shores of the bay, and sediments weakly subjected to the river influence) with different average contents of REE, Y, Fe, and Mn. It is shown that REE and Y are mainly incorporated (98–100%) in clay minerals.     

Basalts of the Pantalassa ocean in the Samarka terrane, Central Sikhote Alin

Basalts developed on the right bank of the Matai River belong to the Samarka terrane (Central Sikhote Alin), which is a fragment of the Jurassic accretionary prism. They associate with Carboniferous-Permian reef limestones, Permian pelagic cherts, Jurassic hemipelagic cherty-clayey deposits, and terrigenous rocks of the near-continental sedimentation area. The petrogeochemical features of the basalts provide insight into the character of the volcanism in different settings of the ancient Pantalassa ocean. In terms of chemistry, the Carboniferous-Permian basalts are similar to the within-plate ocean-island basalts related to plume mantle sources. They were presumably formed in an oceanic area with numerous islands and seamounts. The Permian basalts associated with cherts are tholeiitic in composition and were formed from depleted mantle in a spreading center located in the pelagic area. The Jurassic basalts are of plume origin and, in terms of geochemistry, occupy an intermediate position between OIB and E-MORB. They were presumably formed in a convergent zone in a geodynamic setting of rapid oblique subduction.     

杭州湾及其邻近海域沉积物中Fe、Mn、Ca、Mg的地球化学研究

本文通过对杭州湾及其邻近海域29个站位的表层沉积物化学、粘土矿物及碎屑矿物资料的分析,详细研究了开放型海湾沉积物中Fe、Mn、Ca、Mg元素地球化学特征。研究表明,1)与同类型海湾相比,杭州湾显示高Fe、Mn、Mg低Ca的特点。表明物质来源丰富,而生物作用较弱;2)Fe、Mn主要来自长江和钱塘江径流搬运,受粘土控制。Mg主要来自粘土对海水中Mg2+的吸附,同时受上覆水盐度的影响;3)北区元素间关系明显的比南区强烈,表明南区物质来源较北区复杂;4)主断面沉积物中Mg/Ca由河口向海洋增加,并与有机碳呈明显的正相关,显示杭州湾及邻近陆架区可能发生着原始碳酸盐（钙）白云岩化的反应。     

Turbiditic and non-turbiditic mudstone of Cretaceous flysch sections of the East Alps and other basins

Recognition of the occurrence and extent of hemipelagic and pelagic deposits in turbidite sequences is of considerable importance for environmental analysis (palaeodepth, circulation, distance from land, hemipelagic or pelagic versus turbidite sedimentation rates) of ancient basins. Differentiation between the finegrained parts (E-division) of turbidites and the (hemi-) pelagic layers (F-division of turbidite-pelagite alternations) is facilitated in basins where carbonate turbidites were deposited below the carbonate compensation depth (CCD) such as the Flysch Zone of the East Alps but may be difficult in other basins where less compositional contrast is developed between the fine-grained turbidites and hemipelagites. This difficulty pertains particularly in Palaeozoic and older basins. For Late Mesozoic-Cenozoic oceans with a relatively deep calcite compensation level three other types of turbidite basins may be distinguished for which differentiation becomes increasingly more difficult in the sequence from (1) to (3): (1) terrigenous turbidite basins above the CCD; (2) carbonate turbidite basins above the CCD; (3) terrigenous turbidite basins below the CCD. Criteria and methods useful for the differentiation between turbiditic and hemipelagic mudstone in the Upper Cretaceous of the Flysch Zone of the East Alps include calcium carbonate content, colour, sequential analysis, distribution of bioturbation, and microfaunal content. In modern turbidite basins clay mineral content, organic matter content, plant fragments, and grain-size (graded bedding, maximum grain diameter) have reportedly also been used as criteria (see Table 3). Deposition of muddy sediment by turbidity currents on weakly sloping sea bottoms such as the distal parts of deep-sea fans or abyssal plains is not only feasible but may lead to the accumulation of thick layers. Contrary to earlier speculation it can be explained by the hydrodynamic theory of turbidity currents, if temperature differences between the turbidity current and the ambient deep water as well as relatively high current velocities for the deposition of turbiditic muds (an order of magnitude higher on mud surfaces than commonly assumed) are taken into consideration. The former add to the capacity of turbidity currents to carry muddy sediment without creating a driving force on a low slope.     

Facies distinction and interpretation of primary cherts in a mesozoic continental margin succession,Othris, Greece

A Mesozoic continental margin sequence in the Othris Mountains, eastern Greece, contains a variety of both primary and replacement cherts occurring in several stratigraphic positions. Primary cherts, defined as these derived from siliceous sediment, show differences in bedform, sedimentary structures, mineralogy and chemistry. Examples described illustrate deposition by turbidity currents, traction currents and an in-situ pelagic “rain”. Chemical analyses show that major elements can be used to discriminate between different chert formations. Iron and manganese enrichment is a feature of cherts which have been deposited under steady sedimentation conditions.Stratigraphic relationships prove the older, current-deposited, Othris cherts to have been deposites on a volcanic ocean ridge where they probably accumulated in topographic depressions, and also between the ridge and the lower continental margin where they were deposited mainly by turbidites derived from an oceanic source. A younger suite which covers calcareous shelf, marginal and pelagic sediments is an in-situ deposit. These inferences illustrate how primary cherts can add to interpretations of ancient oceanic terrains by providing information on sea-floor topography and, potentially, circulation patterns. Some cherts can be used as facing indicators in sequences where no other wayup evidence is available.     

PALEOCEANOGRAPHY AND EVOLUTION OF THE CENO-TETHYS: MICROPALEONTOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FROM PELAGIC SEDIMENTS IN THE YARLUNG ZANGBO SUTURE ZONE, SOUTHERN TIBET

PALEOCEANOGRAPHY AND EVOLUTION OF THE CENO-TETHYS: MICROPALEONTOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FROM PELAGIC SEDIMENTS IN THE YARLUNG ZANGBO SUTURE ZONE, SOUTHERN TIBET     

从粘土矿物特征初步探讨苏北辐射状沙洲的沉积特征

以粘土矿物的组合特征分析，来研究大洋或近岸沉积物的文章已不〔Biscaye,1965, Griffin, 1968, Aoki 19i}-1918)。而应用粘土矿物组合特征分析研究动力沉积特征的文章尚少见。苏北近岸海域有长江及旧黄河等河流流入，泥沙来源丰富，途径多，水动力作用活跃，海底泥沙运移变化大，海岸冲淤变化快，形成比较复杂的海底地形。有名的苏北辐射状沙洲就在这里，而查清该区泥沙的来源及运移规律是研究沙洲成因及演变的中心课题。为此，我们做了粒度、重矿物、抱粉、微体古生物、化学、悬浮体等方面的工作，其中应用粘土矿物组合特征分析便是有意义的尝试之一。     

Stratigraphy and structure of the central East Sakhalin accretionary wedge (Eastern Russia)

The East Sakhalin accretionary wedge is a part of the Cretaceous-Paleogene accretionary system, which developed on the eastern Asian margin in response to subduction of the Pacific oceanic plates. Its formation was related to the evolution of the Early Cretaceous Kem-Samarga island volcanic arc and Late Cretaceous-Paleogene East Sikhote Alin continental-margin volcanic belt. The structure, litho-, and biostratigraphy of the accretionary wedge were investigated in the central part of the East Sakhalin Mountains along two profiles approximately 40 km long crossing the Nabil and Rymnik zones. The general structure of the examined part of the accretionary wedge represents a system of numerous east-vergent tectonic slices. These tectonic slices. tens to hundreds of meters thick. are composed of various siliciclastic rocks, which were formed at the convergent plate boundary, and subordinate oceanic pelagic cherts and basalts, and hemipelagic siliceous and tuffaceous-siliceous mudstones. The siliciclastic deposits include trench-fill mudstones and turbidites and draping sediments. The structure of the accretionary wedge was presumably formed owing to off-scraping and tectonic underplating. The off-scraped and tectonically underplated fragments were probably tectonically juxtaposed along out-of-sequence thrusts with draping deposits. The radiolarian fauna was used to constrain the ages of rocks and time of the accretion episodes in different parts of the accretionary wedge. The defined radiolarian assemblages were correlated with the radiolarian scale for the Tethyan region using the method of unitary associations. In the Nabil zone, the age of pelagic sediments is estimated to have lasted from the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous (Barremian); that of hemipelagic sediments, from the early Aptian to middle Albian; and trench-fill and draping deposits of the accretionary complex date back to the middle-late Albian. In the Rymnik zone, the respective ages of cherts, hemipelagic sediments, and trench facies with draping deposits have been determined as Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous (middle Albian), middle Aptian-middle Cenomanian, and middle-late Cenomanian. East of the rear toward the frontal parts of the accretionary wedge, stratigraphic boundaries between sediments of different lithology become successively younger. Timing of accretion episodes is based on the age of trench-fill and draping sediments of the accretionary wedge. The accretion occurred in a period lasting from the terminal Aptian to the middle Albian in the western part of the Nabil zone and in the middle Cenomanian in the eastern part of the Rymnik zone. The western part of the Nabil zone accreted synchronously with the Kiselevka-Manoma accretionary wedge located westerward on the continent. These accretionary wedges presumably formed along a single convergent plate margin, with the Sakhalin accretionary system located to the south of the Kiselevka-Manoma terrane in the Albian.     

西班牙南部Subbetic中带Río Fardes剖面Turonian-Coniacian大洋红层

Río Fardes剖面位于西班牙南部Granada东北,构造上属于深水环境的Subbetic中带。该剖面主要由白垩纪Fardes组第Ⅱ段和第Ⅲ段(半)远洋沉积构成,并出现浊流沉积和混杂沉积。本次研究在Fardes组浊流层序内首次发现两段红色沉积。钙质超微化石表明红层的时间从Turonian早期(UC7 带)到Coniacian中期—晚期界线(UC10/?UC11带)。红层由mm级红色泥岩夹灰色、杂色、偶尔黑色泥岩和钙质泥岩组成。沉积学研究表明新发现的Turonian Coniacian远洋红色泥岩沉积形成于CCD面之下深水盆地环境,浊流和碎屑流沉积强烈地影响着(半)远洋环境的背景泥岩相,并成为红色沉积结束的原因。     

Clay Minerals in an Active Hydrothermal Field at Iheya‐North‐Knoll,Okinawa Trough

Iheya‐North‐Knoll is one of the small knolls covered with thick sediments in the Okinawa Trough back‐arc basin. At the east slope of Iheya‐North‐Knoll, nine hydrothermal vents with sulfide mounds are present. The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Expedition 331 studied Iheya‐North‐Knoll in September 2010. The expedition provided us with the opportunity to study clay minerals in deep sediments in Iheya‐North‐Knoll. To reveal characteristics of clay minerals in the deep sediments, samples from the drilling cores at three sites close to the most active hydrothermal vent were analyzed by X‐ray diffraction, scanning electron microscope and transmission electron microscope. The sediments are classified into Layer 0 (shallow), Layer 1 (deep), Layer 2 (deeper) and Layer 3 (deepest) on the basis of the assemblage of clay minerals. Layer 0 contains no clay minerals. Layer 1 contains smectite, kaolinite and illite/smectite mixed‐layer mineral. Layer 2 contains chlorite, corrensite and chlorite/smectite mixed‐layer mineral. Layer 3 is grouped into three sub‐layers, 3A, 3B and 3C; Sub‐layer 3A contains chlorite and illite/smectite mixed‐layer mineral, sub‐layer 3B contains chlorite/smectite and illite/smectite mixed‐layer minerals, and sub‐layer 3C contains chlorite and illite. Large amounts of di‐octahedral clay minerals such as smectite, kaolinite, illite and illite/smectite mixed‐layer mineral are found in Iheya‐North‐Knoll, which is rarely observed in hydrothermal fields in mid‐ocean ridges. Tri‐octahedral clay minerals such as chlorite, corrensite and chlorite/smectite mixed‐layer mineral in Iheya‐North‐Knoll have low Fe/(Fe + Mg) ratios compared with those in mid‐ocean ridges. In conclusion, the characteristics of clay minerals in Iheya‐North‐Knoll differ from those in mid‐ocean ridges; di‐octahedral clay minerals and Fe‐poor tri‐octahedral clay minerals occur in Iheya‐North‐Knoll but not in mid‐ocean ridges.     

A giant late Precambrian chert-bearing olistostrome discovered in the Bohemian Massif: A record of Ocean Plate Stratigraphy (OPS) disrupted by mass-wasting along an outer trench slope

An intriguing example of chert–graywacke olistostrome is exceptionally well preserved within the late Neoproterozoic to early Cambrian Blovice accretionary wedge, Bohemian Massif. The olistostrome exhibits a block-in-matrix fabric defined by chert blocks isolated within the graywacke matrix. The major and trace element composition indicates two distinct types of cherts that formed either in a hydrothermal pelagic or hemipelagic environment supplied with a distal terrigenous material. The former is documented by elevated contents of Fe, Co, Zn, Ni, and Ti whereas the latter by high Al₂O₃ contents, relatively lower La_N/Ce_N ratios, and higher Eu/Eu* and Ce/Ce* values. Based on these geochemical data integrated with field observations and detrital zircon U–Pb ages of the host graywackes (determined using laser ablation ICP-MS), a new model for the origin of chert–graywacke association is proposed. The cherts are interpreted as representing pelagic and hemipelagic members of the Ocean Plate Stratigraphy (OPS) that formed in a sedimentary basin, carried on top of a subducting plate towards the trench. While moving over the outer swell (rise), the chert basin was intensely fractured and disrupted into large blocks or slabs. Subsequent motion of the plate brought the blocks onto an outer trench slope where they became gravitationally unstable to slide down and mix in the trench with distal, ca. 580–570 Ma turbidites derived from the overriding plate. Finally, this chert–graywacke olistostrome was covered by younger, ca. 560–547 Ma trench-fill turbidites (devoid of chert blocks) and accreted to the accretionary wedge toe, deformed, buried, and exhumed back to the wedge surface. We propose that such an olistostrome composed of pelagic/hemipelagic chert blocks and terrigenous, arc-derived graywacke matrix represents a rarely documented case of submarine, outer trench slope mass-wasting deposits and may be considered a new type of subduction-related mélanges. We coin the term outer-trench-slope mélange.     

Composition and formation settings of the siliceous-volcanogenic complexes of the Nizhneussuriisk segment,Kiselevka-Manoma terrane,West Sikhote Alin

This paper reports new data on the mineralogical-petrographical composition, genetic types of sedimentary rocks, and geochemical features of the volcanic rocks of the Snarsky area of the Nizhneussuriisk segment of the Kiselevka-Manoma accretionary complex, which is developed on the right bank of the lower reaches of the Ussuri River. The Middle Jurassic-Aptian sedimentary rocks of the area are represented by pelagic radiolarian cherts, semipelagic siliceous-clayey deposits, subordinate shallow limestones, volcanomictic conglomerates, and turbidite sandstones. The basalts of the area are represented by alkaline basalts resembling within-plate ocean-island basalts and N-MORB-type tholeiitic basalts. Rock associations of two physicogeographical and geodynamic settings are distinguished: the pelagic setting with within-plate alkaline volcanic rocks and the hemipelagic one with volcanic edifices of spreading basalts.     

Radiolarites et sédiments hypersiliceux océaniques: une comparaison

The mineralogical and chemical composition of Jurassic radiolarian cherts has been studied in Morocco (Rif), Italy (Lombardy basin and Apennines), Greece (Pindus zone and Vourinos Massif), some in close association with ophiolites. We have compared these samples with Cretaceous cherts from the NW Pacific (Leg 32) and with Cenozoic diatomaceous oozes from the Sea of Japan (Leg 31). The silica in the radiolarian cherts is quartz or chalcedony. Most of these rocks also contain feldspars and hematite while the clay fraction is composed of illite and/or chlorite generally associated with swelling clays and, locally, with kaolinite. In oceanic sediments all mineralogical species of silica have been detected (from opal to quartz), the clays generally being the same as those of the radiolarian cherts, the feldspars also being present. Based on the chemical composition of the radiolarian cherts, three facies can be distinguished: massive cherts, pelitic radiolarites and ferruginous radiolarites, the latter occurring only near the contact with volcanic basement. The chemical composition of cherts and diatom oozes from the Pacific is very close to the composition of radiolarian cherts. Although the mineralogy of radiolarian cherts can be related to several models (detrital, diagenesis of pelagic clays etc.) the detrital origin of part of the clay fraction seems certain. The origin of silica and its relation to the palaeolatitudes and the relatively confined nature of the Tethys oceans as well as the influence of volcanic inputs are evaluated, Chemical and mineralogical composition of radiolarian cherts shows that the diagenesis of the clay fraction is not a significant source of silica. Accumulation of diatom oozes in the Sea of Japan and in other areas, shows that the distance from continents and very deep seas are not essential to the development of siliceous sedimentation.     

印尼多岛海沉积记录基本特征与云南古特提斯研究

以新生代印度尼西亚多岛海沉积记录作为典型分析对象 ,对陆 (岛 )海相间结构背景下的沉积作用的主要特征及其构造地理意义进行讨论。各种类型的深水沉积作用在多岛海槛式盆地中多有反映 ,但以浊积和半远洋沉积最为突出 ,典型的远洋沉积仅发育于多岛海外围的开放大洋地区。连续而持久的远洋沉积记录是判别古代洋盆规模的最有效的依据之一。云南昌宁—孟连造山带作为古特提斯多岛洋主洋盆 ,包含的以放射虫硅质岩为代表的远洋记录覆盖的地质历史至少达 130Ma。结合明显的等深流记录、可能的巨大火成区记录、巨量陆屑输入记录等多方面的证据 ,笔者认为 ,云南地区所揭示的东古特提斯的规模远非当代的印尼多岛海可比。对多岛海背景下的若干古海洋学问题也进行了讨论     

Separation of Clay Minerals from Host Sediments Using Cation Exchange Resins

Classic physical and chemical treatments applied to separating clay minerals from the host sediments are often difficult or aggressive for clay minerals. A technique using cation exchange resins (amberlite IRC-50H and amberlite IR-120) is used to separate clay minerals from the host sediments. The technique is based on the exchange of cations in the minerals that may be associated clay minerals in sediments, such as Ca and Mg from dolomite; Ca from calcite, gypsum and francolite with cations carried by resin radicals. The associated minerals such as gypsum, calcite, dolomite and francolite are removed in descending order. Separation of clay minerals using cation exchange resins is less aggressive than that by other classic treatments. The efficiency of amberlite IRC-50H in the removal of associated minerals is greater than that of amberlite IR-120.     

Lateral fluctuations in pelagic sedimentation during the Pleistocene glaciations

Boström, K., & Fisher, D. E.: Lateral fluctuations in pelagic sedimentation during the Pleistocene glaciations. Boreas, Vol. 1, pp. 275–288. Oslo, 1st December, 1972.
A total of 308 sediment samples of dated cores from 7 different locations have been analyzed for several major and trace elements. Our results, as well as previously published ones, show that during the Pleistocene the pelagic sediments have high concentrations of Mn, Cu, Co, REE, etc., in deposits of glacial age and low concentrations in corresponding interglacial ones; for hemipelagic sediments the situation is reversed. This shows that the boundary between reducing hemipelagic sediments and well-oxidized pelagic sediments has been migrating laterally back and forth due to climatic variations. Such sediment sequences may be easily confused with deposits where postdepositional migration of Mn and other elements has taken place.