太平洋海山富钴结壳钙质超微化石生物地层学及生长过程

正确判断富钴结壳生长年代及过程有助于研究结壳形成地质历史和重建古海洋环境.利用生物地层学方法(生物遗留印痕)对太平洋不同海山结壳样品进行生长时代和阶段研究,发现麦哲伦海山CM3D06结壳和中太平洋海山CB14结壳最初形成年代和富集特征差异显著: 前者为白垩纪(或更古老)、晚古新世-早始新世、中-晚始新世、中-晚中新世、上新世-更新世等5个阶段;后者为晚古新世-早始新世、中-晚始新世、中中新世、上新世-更新世等4个阶段.两座海山结壳层内部超微化石组合具有极强的区域性特征,反映了大洋环境对生物的影响以及生物对环境的适应.结壳层间的不整合和结构构造的变化指示在渐新世其生长存在间断期,与成矿作用的间断有关.      

西北太平洋富钴结壳的钙质超微化石地层学研究及意义

本文对采自西北太平洋某海山的CHA56富钴结壳样品进行了钙质超微化石及生物地层学的研究与分析,并对其所折射的时代意义进行了探讨.该结壳从构造上分为3层:致密型上层、疏松型中层和致密型下层.在研究中对各构造层和各分层有颜色或细微构造变化的层位都进行了取样分析.在识别化石的基础上,确定了该结壳的疏松型中层为晚中新世到晚上新世(0.5～11.9 Ma)沉积;致密型下层为晚古新世到晚渐新世(56.3～23.2Ma)沉积.研究发现,在致密型下层和疏松型中层之间存在沉积间断.研究认为,新生代渐新世/中新世(O/M)时太平洋深水海洋环境的变化,可能是导致西北太平洋海山上3层构造结壳下、中层间显微构造、色泽和成分发生变化和沉积间断产生的主要原因,下、中层间的界面成为结壳生长过程中一个特定的时间标识.     

中太平洋海山区富钴结壳的钙质超微化石地层学研究

对“大洋一号”调查船在中太平洋采集的N1-15和N5E-06 2个富钴结壳样品进行了钙质超微化石及其生物地层学的研究与分析.这2个结壳从结构上分为3层: 致密型上层、疏松型中层和致密型下层.在研究中对各结构层和各层中有颜色或细微结构变化的层位都进行了详细的取样和分析.在识别了12个新生代钙质超微化石事件的基础上, 确定了2个结壳致密型上层结壳都为晚更新世以来的沉积, 它们的疏松型中层结壳为上新世到中更新世的沉积.对N5E-06富钴结壳来说, 其致密型下层结壳下部形成于中晚古新世到早渐新世的59.7~ 32.8 Ma期间.N1-15富钴结壳致密型下层的形成时代目前暂时定为中新世.研究注意到在2个结壳中都没有发现可信的晚渐新世到中新世的化石记录, 在个别层位之间存在着沉积间断.      

麦哲伦海山群MK海山富钴结壳稀土元素的赋存相态

利用ICP-OES和ICP-MS,分析了麦哲伦海山群西北端MK海山2 170 m水深的MKD23B-3号富钴结壳样品,获得了其剖面上主元素、稀土元素（REE）和Y含量数据,并基于元素含量间的线性相关关系,研究了REE和Y的赋存相态。结果显示:该样品剖面从基岩到表面可划分为5层,第Ⅰ、Ⅱ层为磷酸盐化壳层,第Ⅲ、Ⅳ、Ⅴ层为未磷酸盐化壳层。在未磷酸盐化壳层中,REE和Y主要赋存在δ-MnO₂相中;而在磷酸盐化壳层中,REE和Y除了赋存在Fe、Mn氧化物相中外,主要赋存在独立于碳氟磷灰石（CFA）的矿物相态中,可能为稀土的磷酸盐。并提出利用磷酸盐中REE/Y 估算富钴结壳磷酸盐化壳层次生稀土的方法,据此估算了MK海山富钴结壳磷酸盐化壳层次生稀土的量。在该样品中,次生稀土占稀土总量的42%~88%,近一半以上的稀土是次生的,磷酸盐化作用对于REE和Y的次生富集具有显著的贡献;因此解读磷酸盐化富钴结壳的稀土元素（特别是Nd同位素）古海洋记录必须排除次生稀土元素的干扰。     

南海北部第三纪钙质超微化石生物地层学研究

本文根据40口钻井剖面的钙质超微化石分析和研究成果,将南海北部海相第三系,划分出上渐新统至上新统18个超微化石带和始新统1个未命名组合。始新统未命名组合仅见于珠江口盆地东北缘。上渐新统至上新统18个超微化石带为连续沉积,但各带的发育程度不尽相同。其中相当于E.Martini(1971)划分的NN4—NN5带,NN11带和NN13—NN15带发育良好,横向稳定,分布广。它们是南海北部上第三系划分和对比的重要标志。结合部分有孔虫分带和岩性资料,探讨了全区海相第三系的沉积特征及沉积间断分布发育情况。文中还讨论了下、上第三系,第三系与第四系的超微化石划分标志以及再沉积超微化石的特点和地质意义。     

钙质超微化石在第四纪年代地层学中的应用

钙质超微化石是海洋沉积中最重要的微体化石之一,一直是海相地层划分与对比、进行年代地层学研究的重要手段,在第四纪地层及其年代学研究中发挥着重要作用。第四纪钙质超微化石记录中共存在10个主要生物事件和10个次要生物事件,据此可划分为6个化石带和7个亚带。通过与有孔虫稳定氧同位素地层学与磁性地层学对比,可以获得每个钙质超微化石生物事件的绝对年龄,从而提高生物地层学的年代分辨率。除了生物事件外,钙质超微化石定量分析也可为年代地层学的建立提供依据,如全新世的Emiliania huxleyi高峰带和晚更新世中布容期的Gephyrocapsa caribbeanica高峰带,等等。钙质超微化石的稳定同位素与有孔虫稳定同位素一样,可用来进行地层划分与对比,还可以用于古海洋、古气候研究。

     

西太平洋富钴结壳形成年代的探讨

本文为我国首次采用生物地层法探讨西太平洋麦哲伦海山区富钴结壳的生长年代，生物地层法计年的样品，取自厚度为97mm结壳的自顶至底的20mm,35mm,58mm,62mm及75mm处，结果表明。在62mm处发现了具地层时代鉴定意义的始新世早期Discoaster multiradiatus,Discoaster elegans,Discoaster barbadiensis,Tribrachiatus orthostylus等钙质微体化石印痕，从而推断该区富钴结壳的生长年代可追朔至始新世或更老年代，此外，作者亦将此结果与中太平洋生物地层法的计年结果进行了对比并讨论了其地质意义。     

麦哲伦海山区维嘉平顶海山群富钴结壳伴生有用元素空间分布特征

本文对麦哲伦海山区维嘉平顶海山群富钴结壳样品中的伴生有用元素(REE、PGE、W、Mo、Au、Te)的空间分布特征进行了研究。研究表明:富钴结壳伴生有用元素在平面上的分布极不均匀,但多以条带状平行水深等深线分布,也有少数区域表现为斑块状分布,且不同的伴生有用元素的富集区域有所差别;REE和PGE主要在南部和西南部斜坡发育,而W、Mo则主要富集于西北部和东部斜坡,Au集中发育在东南部的海斜坡上,Te的分布呈斑块状富集于各向斜坡。随着水深增加,REE和PGE呈现出由最高含量降低后逐渐升高的变化趋势,W、Mo、Au、Te则随着水深增加含量由低升高,后略有降低,再小幅升高的变化趋势。     

麦哲伦海山区MA,MC海山富钴结壳元素间关系及成因意义

为探讨富钴结壳中元素的成因,采用了化学容量法、原子吸收、Ｘ－射线衍射分析、电子探针、等离子光谱等技术,对太平洋麦哲伦海山区曲ＭＡ海山、ＭＣ海山上的富钴结壳分老世代和年青世代层进行了矿物成分与元素万分分析。据分析结果,区内主要赋存水成富钴结壳,富钴结壳中的矿物组分以锰相矿物的水羟锰矿为主,其次为铁相矿物（针铁矿等）,还有磷灰石和少量次要矿物（钙十字石、石英等）。老世代富钴结壳,磷酸盐化明显,个别层内     

麦哲伦海山区富钴结壳成矿条件分析

麦哲伦海山区是西北太平洋内受北西向转换断层控制的板内海底火山链，其形成时代为中株罗世－－白垩纪。独特的构造背景和地理环境，造就麦哲伦海山区成为世界上最重要的富钴结壳分布区之一。海山上覆盖着火山岩和沉积岩两类结壳基岩，基岩的形成时代、类型、分布位置等，对结壳性质有重要影响。富钴结壳于晚白垩世晚期开始形态，始新一－中新世发育最为有利。自株罗纪以来麦哲伦海山由南半球跨越赤道迁移到北关球，这一阶段南级冰盖的消融与生长和板块构造上起的海陆变迁，导致海山区最低含氧层深度和CCD面发生变化，结壳的生长出现间断，内部元素组分发生突变或渐变，麦哲伦海山上的结壳，一船呈现两个世代，新老壳层间在元素含量上有差异，老世代壳层中有6个元素成因组合，壳层中有4个元素成因组合。     

Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy of late Quaternary Arctic sediments

Calcareous nannofossil assemblages of late Quaternary age have been investigated in short sediment cores from the eastern Arctic Ocean and the Norwegian Sea. The ages estimated in these cores are mainly based on calibration with northern North Atlantic reference material, where the first appearance of Emiliania huxleyi occurs in oxygen isotope stage 8 at 264,000 years B.P., and its sharp increase in relative abundance occurs in oxygen isotope stage 4 at 61,000 years B.P. Minor amounts of reworked Cretaceous and Tertiary specimens are present throughout the cores. Intervals where nannofossils occur in abundance represent warmer interstadial or interglacial conditions, whereas barren intervals represent glacial conditions. Holocene open water conditions are recognized by high frequencies of Coccolithus pelagicus . Sediment accumulation rates show considerable variation and range between 1 and 13 cm/ka.     

Age and formation conditions of the Co-rich manganese crust on guyots of the Magellan seamounts

Based on the analysis of planktonic and benthic foraminiferal assemblages, geological dating of the major elements of the section (layers) in the Co-rich manganese crust of the Magellan seamounts has been accomplished. The ore crust layers were formed at the following age intervals: layer I-1 in the Late Paleocene-Early Eocene, layer I-2 in the Middle-first half of Late Eocene, layer II in the Middle-Late Miocene, and layer III in the Pleistocene. Relict layers of the older crust, which underlies the main section in some places, are dated at the Campanian-Maestrichtian and Late Paleocene(?). Data on foraminifers generally fit the results obtained previously based on the analysis of nannoplankton assemblages. Insignificant discrepancies in the datings require further refinement and explanation. Biostratigraphic investigations of the sedimentary cover made it possible to identify the Aptian-Turonian, Campanian-Maestrichtian, Late Paleocene-Eocene, and Miocene rock associations and the unlithified Pliocene-Quaternary sediments. Comparison of the structure and composition of ore crust layers with the coeval rocks of the sedimentary cover revealed that layers I-1 and I-2 were deposited at depths corresponding to the shelf-upper bathyal zone (shallower than 600 m). Relict layers could be formed at even shallower depths up to the photic zone. The upper layers II and III were formed under nearly present-day conditions.     

Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy of Campanian strata (Abtalkh Formation) from the eastern Koppeh-Dagh Basin,NE Iran

The Campanian of the eastern Koppeh-Dagh Basin (NE Iran) is generally considered to be represented by the upper part of the Abderaz and the Abtalkh formations. The Abtalkh Formation, which is studied here, reaches thicknesses of up to 1750 m in the area. The formation is characterized by abundant, diverse, and poor to moderately well preserved calcareous nannofossil assemblages of Tethyan affinity. The assemblages were studied in detail in two sections in eastern Koppeh-Dagh, allowing construction of a precise biozonation for this stage. The Abtalkh Formation at sections in Abtalkh village and Padeha spans biozones CC20 to CC23a (UC15b^TP to UC16). The results of this study indicate a late early to late Campanian age for the formation in the area. The most complete Campanian sequence is in the southeast, where the Padeha section is located. Nannofossil abundance and diversity decreases upwards, showing a trend from the base to top of the formation. Dominance of warm water taxa, and low abundance of high latitude taxa, confirm placement of the basin in low to mid palaeolatitudes during deposition of the formation.     

Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy of the marine Oligocene and Miocene succession in some wells in Northern Egypt

Twelve calcareous nannofossil biozones of Late Oligocene-Late Miocene in Northern Egypt were defined and correlated with their corresponding biozones in Egypt and other parts of the world. These are arranged from the top to base as Zone NN12, Zone NN11, Zone NN10, Zone NN8, Zone NN7, Zone NN6 Zone NN5, NN4, Zone NN3, Zone NN2 Zone NP25 and Zone NP24. In the present study (Boughaz-1 Well), the Late Miocene unconformably overlies the Middle Miocene. This unconformity surface is recognized by the missing of calcareous nannofossil zones NN7 to NN9. While, in North Sinai (Malha-1 Well), the Early/Middle Miocene boundary cannot be recognized, where the Middle Miocene unconformably overlies the topmost Oligocene, and it is defined by the missing calcareous nannofossil zones NN1 to NN4.     

Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy of the Paleocene at the Misheiti section,East Central Sinai,Egypt

Integration of calcareous nannofossil data, δ¹³C and δ¹⁸O values, and carbonate contents of the lower Paleocene–upper Paleocene sequence that crops out at the Misheiti section, East Central Sinai, Egypt, were used to denote the Danian/Selandian (D/S) and Selandian/Thanetian (S/T) stage boundaries. The study interval belongs to the Dakhla and Tarawan formations. Four calcareous nannofossil zones (NP4, NP5, NP6, and NP7/8) were recognized. The base of the Selandian Stage is tentatively placed at the lowest occurrences (LOs) of taxa ascribable to the second radiation of fasciculiths (i.e., Lithoptychius janii). This level is marked by a sudden drop of δ¹³C and δ¹⁸O values and carbonate content. No distinctive lithological changes were observed across the D/S boundary at the study section. A hiatus at the NP5/NP6 zonal boundary is indicated by the condensation of zones NP5 and NP6.The base of the Thanetian is placed at the base of Zone NP7/8 at the lithological change observed in correspondence to the boundary between the Dakhla and Tarawan formations. The δ¹³C and δ¹⁸O values abruptly decrease slightly above the base of Zone NP7/8. No consistent variations in the carbonate contents were recorded within Zone NP6 or across the NP6/NP7/8 zonal boundary.     

Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy and paleoecology of the Cenomanian – Turonian transition in the Tarfaya Basin, southern Morocco

An abundant and diverse nannoflora occurs across the Cenomanian/Turonian (C/T) boundary at Tazra in the Tarfaya Basin of southern Morocco. The nannoflora of this sequence permits recognition of three biozones (CC10-CC12), three subzones (CC10a, CC10b and CC10c), and thirteen important nannolith bioevents previously reported from this interval elsewhere. The floral record shows erratic species abundance fluctuations that clearly vary with lithology and reflect at least in part preservational bias and diagenetic processes. In general, four dissolution resistant taxa are dominant: Watznaueria barnesae, Eiffellithus turriseiffelii, Eprolithus floralis, and Zeugrhabdotus spp. The late Cenomanian Zone CC10 marks a rapid excursion in ∂¹³C and is characterized by the successive extinction of four taxa, which are widely recognized as reliable biomarkers: Corollithion kennedyi, Axopodorhabdus albianus, Lithraphidites acutus, and Helenea chiastia. This interval is also marked by high species richness and high abundance of the tropical species Watznaueria barnesae, suggesting warm tropical waters. The subsequent ∂¹³C plateau and organic carbon-rich black shale deposition of the oceanic anoxic event (OAE2) is characterized by low species richness, but high nannofossil abundance, and peak abundance of the cool water and high productivity indicator Zeugrhabdotus spp., followed by the first peak abundance of cool water Eprolithus floralis. This interval correlates with the planktic foraminiferal diversity minimum and the Heterohelix shift, which marks the expansion of the oxygen minimum zone (OMZ). The C/T boundary is identified based on the FO of Quadrum gartneri, which is <1 m below the FO of the planktic foraminifer C/T marker Helvetoglobotruncana helvetica. In the early and middle Turonian, the two dominant species, tropical W. barnesae and cool water E. floralis, alternate in abundance and suggest fluctuating climatic conditions.     

中太平洋WX海山富钴结壳磷酸盐矿物学研究及成因类型分析

大洋富钴结壳普遍发生磷酸盐化,磷酸盐化对富钴结壳的各种属性存在显著影响,而磷酸盐的成因问题一直没有得到很好解决。中太平洋WX海山富钴结壳老壳层中发育着两期磷酸盐化事件所产生的上下两层磷酸盐,本文运用反光显微镜、扫描电子显微镜、电子探针、微量粉晶X衍射等手段分别对其进行了矿物学特征观察和测试,研究了老壳层上下两层磷酸盐特征并探讨其可能成因。上层磷酸盐由大量形态结构清楚的磷酸质有孔虫和超微化石以及非生物碳氟磷灰石(CFA)组成,成分均一,杂质少,表现出生物成因和原生自沉积特点;下层磷酸盐变化复杂,具有特征的交代结构,混杂较高的Si、Al、K、Fe成分,显示以磷酸盐交代碳酸盐成因为主。这表明不同磷酸盐化期形成的磷酸盐有不同的成因类型。