全球下奥陶统-中奥陶统界线层型候选剖面——宜昌黄花场剖面研究新进展

湖北宜昌黄花场剖面是我国奥陶系大湾阶的界线层型剖面，高精度生物地层以及岩石、层序地层和碳同位素地球化学的综合研究表明，该剖面完全符合关于建立全球下奥陶统一中奥陶统界线（即奥陶系第三个尚待正式命名的阶）界线层型剖面和点位（GSSP）的条件。建议以该剖面牙形石Baltoniodus？triangularis的首现层位，作为划分全球下奥陶统一中奥陶统界线的GSSP。所建议的GSSP交通方便，位于距宜昌市北北东22km的公路旁，地层出露完美无缺，界线生物层位于大湾组下段SHod-16层底部，距大湾组底部10．57m；界线上下发育了B．？triangularis的完整演化序列，并伴生有极好的Baltoniodus、Trapezognathus、Periodon和Microzarkodina等牙形石属种演化序列来作为佐证；界线之上0．2m所出现的世界广布的Microzarkodina abellum可作为划分此界线的辅助标志。界线生物层位于低位海侵序列之中，界线之下0．6m处所显示的从高位到低位的层序转换面和碳同位素最大偏移，与全球此时所发生低位事件密切相关，可作为识别该界线的物理和化学标志。所建议的界线生物层与笔石Azygograptus suecicus生物带上下组合之间的界线接近，与几丁虫Belonechitina cf．henryi生物带底界几乎一致，因此，所建议的界线易于在全球，无论浅水碳酸盐相、还是深水笔石相，识别和进行精确对比。同样的生物组合序列和层序及碳同位素异常亦在黄花场剖面之北5km的陈家河（即大坪）剖面得到了验证．     

黔西滇东地区二叠纪-三叠纪之交有机碳同位素和生物地层对比

二叠纪-三叠纪之交海、陆相地层对比研究对陆相二叠系-三叠系界线的定义以及全面认识该全球性重大生物与环境突变事件具有重要意义,是当前国际古生物学与地层学研究的重点和难点.选择贵州六盘水仲河二叠系-三叠系界线剖面为研究对象,系统研究了该剖面的化石面貌和有机碳同位素演变特征.结合黔西滇东地区二叠纪-三叠纪之交良好的陆相、海陆过渡相和浅海碎屑岩相地层记录,初步搭建了海、陆相生物地层与有机碳同位素地层对比框架.值得关注的是,综合已有研究的陆相和海陆过渡相剖面植物有机碳同位素和海相剖面无机碳同位素数据,发现均存在相同的碳同位素演变特征,且与生物地层对比方案一致.据此,认为高分辨率的有机碳同位素化学地层是实现海-陆相地层对比的有效手段之一.      

巢湖地区早三叠世碳氧同位素地层对比及其古生态环境意义

二叠纪-三叠纪之交的环境恶化事件不但导致了生物大绝灭，而且造成了自然界正常的碳循环崩溃。为了研究三叠纪早期生物复苏过程中的环境特征、碳氧同位素演化上的地层学意义，对巢湖平顶山西坡剖面下三叠统碳酸盐岩取样分析。研究结果表明，巢湖平顶山西坡剖面早三叠世碳氧同位素地层曲线与已知的平顶山北坡剖面碳氧同位素地层曲线相似。δ^13C值在Indian阶、Olenekian阶底部首先表现为大幅度负漂，随后呈上升趋势。δ^18O值除了表现出l Ma的周期性波动之外，与δ^13C低值区对应处也具负偏趋势。δ^13C、δ^18O值的演化趋势反映了早三叠世海洋环境恶化、生物复苏十分缓慢。     

中国早古近纪陆相地层划分框架研究北大核心CSCD

近十年来,在广东南雄盆地、江西池江盆地、湖南衡阳盆地和内蒙古二连盆地开展的生物地层学、化学地层学和磁性地层学的研究工作,为我国陆相古近系上湖阶、浓山阶和岭茶阶的建立提供了可靠的依据,并为其与海相地层、全球界线层型的对比提供了可能。古新统上湖阶的界线层型剖面选在广东南雄盆地大塘剖面(即鹅颈岭—逆龙坑一线),根据脊椎动物化石和岩石地层学的研究将紧挨南雄群-上湖组界线的一套黄灰色厚层黏土砾岩作为其底界。最新的古地磁和同位素研究表明,上湖组底界处于C29R极性段的上部,接近白垩系-古近系界线,可以作为上湖阶的底界。古新统浓山阶的界线层型在江西池江盆地田心里—狮子口村剖面,该剖面下古新统狮子口组和中、上古新统池江组的哺乳动物群有明显变化。同时,磁性地层学研究表明,狮子口组与池江组界线上、下出现C27n极性段向C26r极性段转换,可与海相地层中的"丹尼最晚期事件"对比。这表明浓山阶的底界位于C27n/C26n转换带,相当于丹尼阶最上部,与塞兰特阶底界接近,与北美哺乳动物分期当中Torrejonian-Tiffanian的界线基本一致。始新统岭茶阶(古新统-始新统)界线层型选在我国湖南衡东盆地成家冲东北的岭茶—霞流公路旁,剖面上发现的古新统-始新统界线碳同位素负向漂移,可与国际古新统-始新统界线层型剖面——埃及Dababiya剖面(GSSP)的碳同位素负向漂移对比,该剖面的碳同位素负向飘移可以作为岭茶阶底界,年龄接近55.8±0.2Ma。     

三峡地区岩家河埃迪卡拉系-寒武系界线剖面碳同位素地层学研究

湖北宜昌三峡地区埃迪卡拉系一寒武系界线位置尚存争议,跨越这一界线的岩家河组地层的分段工作也缺乏统一的意见。对岩家河剖面开展岩相学和碳同位素地层学研究,揭示其碳同位素演化可与扬子板块内滇东北老林剖面和肖滩剖面对比,即自下而上在该界线附近存在一个大的δ13C负漂移、一个稍小的δ13C负漂移和一个大的δ13C正漂移。结合该剖...     

下三叠统殷坑阶和巢湖阶及其界线研究

系统介绍层型剖面殷坑阶和巢湖阶的定义和地层特征，并重点讨论了两阶之间的界线，即巢湖阶的底界。巢湖阶的底界层型位于近期提出的全球印度阶一奥伦尼克阶界线层型候选剖面——安徽巢湖平顶山西坡剖面上，界线定义为以牙形石Neospathodus waageni的首现点作为第一标志，菊石Flemingites-Euftemingites带底界作为参考标志。在巢湖剖面上，该界线位于三叠纪第2个正向磁极性带上部、三叠纪碳同位素曲线第1次正向漂移峰值附近；在岩石地层系统中，它位于殷坑组中上部位。简要概述了该界线地层的国际和国内对比的主要标志性化石。     

印度阶-奥伦尼克阶界线层型候选剖面--安徽巢湖平顶山西剖面地层序列

位于安徽省中部巢湖市郊的平顶山西剖面被推荐为印度阶-奥伦尼克阶界线的全球层型候选剖面。系统记述了该剖面的地层序列,包括岩石地层、生物地层、磁性地层、碳氧同位素地层和旋回地层等方面的最新研究成果。该剖面包括3个岩石地层单元、7个牙形石带、5个菊石带、3个双壳类带;在剖面下段地层中识别出2个正向磁性带和2个反向磁极性带;与地球轨道天文周期相对应的Milankovitch气候沉积旋回也可以明确地辨认;碳氧同位素δ1 3Ccarb演变呈现两次大的旋回。以牙形石N eospathodus waageni首现定义的印度阶-奥伦尼克阶界线在该剖面上位于三叠系第二个主要的正向极性带近顶部,也接近三叠纪碳同位素δ1 3Ccarb首次正向漂移峰值处     

广西六景泥盆系弗拉斯阶-法门阶界线层牙形石生物地层及碳同位素组成

广西六景泥盆系剖面是中国泥盆系标准剖面之一,通过对其弗拉斯阶-法门阶(F-F)界线附近地层进行详细的牙形石生物地层研究,自下而上识别出3个牙形石带:晚rhenana带、linguiformis带和triangularis带。F-F界线位于融县组下部(第7号层与第8号层之间),在谷闭组顶界之上3.32,m处。碳同位素的分析结果表明,F-F之交δ13C具有显著正偏移,增幅为2.0‰,与湖南老江冲、广西垌村和杨堤以及欧洲、美洲、非洲和澳洲等地的F-F界线附近的碳同位素记录一致,且具有相近的变化幅度。δ13C正异常与F-F界线上的生物灭绝有关,由于食微生物的高等生物灭绝,微生物大量繁盛,诱导海水缺氧,导致海洋有机碳埋藏速率增加,从而形成δ13C的正偏。F-F界线层发育一套以碎屑灰岩为特色的事件沉积,该事件沉积在广西乃至全球具有等时性,可能与小行星碰撞地球引起的全球性海啸有关。     

碳同位素在二叠——三叠纪界线上对集群绝灭和沉积事件的反应

显生宙主要的稀罕事件之一表现在生物集群绝灭、生物相强烈改变的二叠—三叠纪界线上.岩石剖面上详细的调查研究已经开始,并且在穿过南阿尔卑斯、希腊、土耳其南部、亚美尼亚苏维埃社会主义共和国、伊朗北部和巴基斯坦一线特提斯海二叠—三叠纪石灰岩界线上.测制了碳同位素曲线,并与中国的碳同位素曲线作了对比.在晚二叠世早期(Murghabian-Midian)碳同位素比率具高的正值,δ~(13)C在4~5‰之间变化,Dzhulfian阶碳同位素变化到中等正值(3~5‰),二叠纪末(长兴阶晚期)δ~(13)C减少到2.5~1‰,三叠纪最早期,碳同位素变化到零,甚至负     

重庆凉风垭剖面二叠-三叠系界线层碳同位素变化特征

重庆凉风垭二叠-三叠系界线剖面64个碳酸盐样品碳同位素值测试结果显示,在界线附近碳同位素值出现3次负异常,第1次负异常出现在第37层,考虑到该层是灰岩透镜体与黏土岩的混合层,此次异常有待进一步验证;第2次负异常出现在第40层,此次异常是δ(13C)值偏移幅度最大的1次(1.5‰),在该层大量生物灭绝;第3次负异常出现在第44层.凉风垭界线剖面碳同位素值的3次负异常与生物变化的对比表明,碳循环的多次变化与生物危机相伴,生物危机期间环境处于不稳定状态.     

三叠纪—侏罗纪之交准噶尔盆地南缘野火记录及全球对比

三叠纪—侏罗纪之交(距今约201 Ma)是地球历史上的关键时期,中大西洋火成岩省(Central Atlantic magmatic province,CAMP)快速地侵位和喷发,给全球的表生系统带来巨大的环境压力,其中之一是被广泛报道的同期野火事件.但此前的报道多集中在CAMP直接作用范围区内,对其是否具有全球性,以...     

Why Terrestrial Stable Carbon-isotope Stratigraphy Works: a Review

Carbon-isotope stratigraphy launched since the early technological development of carbon- isotope measurement in 1950s, however, the emergence and advance of terrestrial carbon-isotope stratigraphy took quite a long way. At early stage the exploration of carbon-isotope stratigraphy based on the marine biological shell carbonates was verified by repeatable carbon-isotope stratigraphic data, laboratory chemical experiments and the later laboratory foraminiferal culture experiments. The breakthrough for testifying the fundamentals of terrestrial carbon-isotope stratigraphy lies on the synchronous fluctuations between the carbon-isotope stratigraphic curves derived from marine biological shell carbonates and those derived from terrestrial C3 plants. The character that carbon-isotope stratigraphic curves can be globally synchronously correlated over the marine and terrestrial/atmospheric reservoir mainly excludes the potential biasing factors, such as diagenetic bias, carbon-isotope variations in intra/inter individual plant in same species or between species, ecological changes, changes in aridity, changes in source input and representative sampling. Therefore, the fundamentals of terrestrial carbon-isotope stratigraphy based on C3 plant successfully established. The terrestrial carbon-isotope stratigraphy can be used for global stratigraphic correlation, reconstructing the evolution of atmospheric CO2 and can further verify the published global carbon-cycle models. The terrestrial carbon-isotope stratigraphy based on the compound specific biomarkers and single-grained pollen may be a promising perspective in future.     

中国南方海、陆相侏罗系的划分与对比

对自21世纪以来中国南方海、陆相侏罗系的研究进展进行了总结,依据地层发育的总体特征,将中国南方侏罗系划分为4个地层区和14个地层分区,文中着重介绍了中国南方海、陆相侏罗纪年代地层划分、底界界线层型及各统之间的界线生物标志和与全球年代地层的对比关系。此外,对全球年代与生物地层的研究进展也作了扼要介绍。     

Late Cretaceous chronostratigraphy （Turonian-Maastrichtian）： SK1 core Songliao Basin, China

Non-marine ostracodes,charophytes and palynomorphs are abundant in most Cretaceous lacustrine basins of East Asia.However,their ranges are not directly integrated with marine biota that defines the Cre...     

泰国湾百年来有机碳埋藏记录及环境响应

受热带季风气候和周边陆源输入的影响,低纬泰国湾海—陆相互作用强烈,是研究海洋沉积有机碳与陆源输入、海洋初级生产力等气候环境变化响应关系的理想区域.通过对泰国湾泥质区T43柱样中总有机碳(TOC)、总氮(TN)、稳定碳同位素(δ13C)以及粒度等指标的分析,基于210Pb建立的高分辨年代地层框架,重建了该区百年来有机碳的...     

Sequence Stratigraphy of the Desert System: A Case Study of the Lower Cretaceous in the Kuqa Basin in Xinjiang, Northwestern China

The Lower Cretaceous strata in the Kuqa Basin in Xinjiang are marked by a set of arid red beds. Several types of sedimentary fades can be identified in this set of arid red beds: mudstones of the plaza and intracontinental sebkha, aeolian sandstones, sandy conglomerates of the intermittent river, conglomerates of the pluvial fan, etc. These types of sedimentary facies constitute a typical desert system. Therefore, the Cretaceous strata in the Kuqa Basin provide a favorable condition for studies of sequence stratigraphic divisions of the desert system. With the rise and fall of the base level of the sedimentary basin, cyclicity is clearly revealed in stratigraphic records, which helps the identification of the third-order sequences. Based on the cyclicity in stratigraphic records, 5 third-order sequences can be found in the strata of the Early Cretaceous in the Kuqa Basin. These sequences comprise a second-order tectonic     

Evolution of isotopic composition and deuterium excess of brines in the Sichuan Basin, China

The isotopic composition and parameters for deuterium excess of brines, which were sampled in the Si-chuan Basin, show obvious regularities of distribution. The brine isotopic composition shows distinct two systems of marine and terrestrial deposits, with the Middle Triassic strata as the boundary. Brine hydrogen isotopic composition of marine deposits is lower while oxygen isotopic composition is higher than that of the SMOW, respectively, indicating that the brines were derived from seawater with different evaporating degrees at different times. From the Sinian strata, up to the Cambrian, Permian Maokou Formation and the Triassic Jialingjiang Formation, the δD values of brines tend to become relatively positive with the strata becoming younger. Brines of terrestrial deposits are considered to have been derived from precipitation and their isotopic composition is close to the globe meteoric water line (GMWL). Brines of transitional deposits between marine and terrestrial ones (the Upper Triassic Xujiahe Formation) have δD and δ18O values falling between the two end members of marine deposit brines and precipitation, indicating that the brines are a mixture of precipitation and vaporing seawater. Water samples from the brine-bearing strata of different ages show various deuterium excesses (d) with an evident decreasing trend as the age of strata gets older and older. Brine-bearing strata of the Triassic Leikoupo-Jialingjiang Formation, the Permian Maokou Formation, the Cambrian and Sinian strata are all carbonate rocks which have experienced intensive water/rock reaction and the deuterium excess essentially changes with time. All brine-bearing-strata surrounding the basin or faults, as well as those brine wells exploited for resources, have been obviously influenced by the precipitation supply. Therefore, the deuterium excesses of their brines have increased to different extents, depending on the amount of involvement of meteoric water. The variation and distribution of d values of the brines from different Triassic strata are related to the embedded depth of the strata. The deuterium excesses of brines become lower with increasing burial depth of the strata.     

Century-scale nitrogen and phosphorus controls of the carbon cycle

In recent decades, humans have become a very important force in the Earth system, demonstrating that emissions (gaseous, liquid, and solid) are the cause of many of our environmental issues. These emissions are responsible for major global reorganizations of the biogeochemical cycles. The oceans are now a net sink of atmospheric CO₂, whereas in their preindustrial state they were a source; the trophic state of the coastal oceans is progressively moving toward increased heterotrophy; and the terrestrial realm is now vacillating between trophic states, whereas in preindustrial times it was autotrophic. In this paper, we present model calculations that underscore the role of human-induced perturbations in changing Earth's climate, specifically the role of anthropogenic nitrogen and phosphorus in controlling processes in the global carbon cycle since the year 1850 with projections to the year 2035. Our studies show that since the late 1940's emissions of nitrogen and phosphorus have been sequestered in the terrestrial living phytomass and groundwater. This nutrient-enhanced fertilization of terrestrial biota, coupled with rising atmospheric CO₂ and global temperature, has induced a sink of anthropogenic CO₂ that roughly balances the emission of CO₂ owing to land use change. In the year 2000, for example, the model-calculated terrestrial biotic sink was 1730 Mtons C/year, while the emission of CO₂ from changes in land use was 1820 Mtons C/year, a net flux of 90 Mtons C/year emitted to the atmosphere. In the global aquatic environment, enhanced terrestrial inputs of biotically reactive phosphorus (about 8.5 Mtons P/year) and inorganic nitrogen (about 54 Mtons N/year), have induced increased new production and burial of organic carbon in marine sediments, which is a small sink of anthropogenic CO₂. It is predicted that the response of the global land reservoirs of C, N, and P to sustained anthropogenic perturbations will be maintained in the same direction of change over the range of projected scenarios of global population increase and temperature change for the next 35 years. The magnitude of change is significantly larger when the global temperature increase is maximum, especially with respect to the processes of remobilization of the biotically important nutrients nitrogen and phosphorus.