Role of climate in the rise and fall of Neolithic cultures on the Yangtze Delta

Climatic changes in the Yangtze Delta have played an important role in the emergence, persistence and collapse of civilization. Archaeological excavations in the region over many years have demonstrated that there are several layers of fine sand or organic mud that interrupt the consecutive culture strata in a number of Neolithic culture sites. Continuous biostratigraphical and sedimentological records from the Maqiao cultural site, Shanghai, suggest that the fine sand and organic mud units resulted from expansion of water bodies both by sea-level fluctuations and from increased flooding during cold and humid episodes of Holocene climates. The absence of human settlement from 7240 BP to 5320 BP in the region was mainly caused by higher sea levels resulting from a warm and humid climate. The Neolithic cultures developed under conditions of lower and more stable sea level as well as warmer and dryer climates between about 4410 BP and 3250 BP. A flood-induced lake expansion interrupted the civilization in the region at about 4200 BP. Later, higher water tables and expansion of lakes between 3250 BP and AD 618 under a cold and moist climate temporarily terminated settlement on the delta. Later, during the Tang Dynasty, beginning at about AD 618, the region again became suitable for human settlement under conditions of more favourable climate and lower water tables.     

青山-横塘矿区铅锌矿床控矿断裂特征及找矿评价

黔西北铅锌成矿区海西期经历了北西向水城断陷的发育演化,沉积了巨厚的泥盆系、古炭系地层,形成区域内主要的矿化层位。青山－横塘矿区位于威水铅锌成矿带之水城中部矿田,区内构造发育,成矿条件有利,产出了青山、横塘等中小型矿床,从矿区内控矿断裂的同生活动特征分析,断陷盆地内ＮＷ 断裂的同生活动控制了矿带,活动较强烈地段控制了矿区,ＮＥ向断裂的同生活动控制了矿床。     

胶南地区莱阳群绒枝藻化石的发现

采自山东省胶南地区莱阳群中的部分绒枝藻植物化石 :Actinoporella podolicaAlth ,Salpingoporellasp .,DissocladellacreticaOtt ,TrinocladusperplexusElliott ,其分类位置为绿藻门 ,绒枝藻目 ,绒枝藻科。莱阳盆地中生代沉积物一直被认为是陆相沉积 ,而在莱阳群地层中发现有海相成因的海相生物化石 ,对莱阳盆地形成环境应该有一个重新认识     

川黔湘交境寒武纪层序划分

根据层序地层学的基本原理和概念，以露头剖面研究为基础将川黔湘交境寒武素划分为１６个三级层序，其中下统含７个中统３个，上统６个，既有Ⅰ型层序又有Ⅱ型层序，具倾斜边缘的盆地中形成的Ⅰ型层序仅发育在早寒武世早期，共２个；具台缘斜坡的盆地中形成的Ⅰ型层序发育在台地形成及发展阶段，即早寒武世后期至晚寒武世早中期，共５个。上述层序的详细研究为海平面升降和加里东早期的构造运动的认识提供了新的基础。     

新疆及邻区大地构造编图研究

新疆及邻区大地构造1150万的编图范围为北纬34°～50°，东经72°～98°，面积约370×10     

“可持续社会指数”的研究综述与展望

正确评价和监测区域可持续发展水平,是实现2030年可持续发展目标的关键参考.随着观测手段和计算机技术的蓬勃发展,以指标观测和指数表达为基础的“指标时代”的到来为研究区域可持续发展水平提供了一个思路.“可持续社会指数”是全要素的综合评价,可以综合衡量国家尺度的可持续发展程度,并长期监测.从理论研究、指标框架和方法论的角度详细介绍了“可持续社会指数”,从对“可持续社会指数”的指标选取和指数计算方面的局限和改进两个方面,对其相关研究进行综合梳理.最后,提出了未来可能应用的研究方向.     

东天山土屋-延东大型、超大型斑岩铜矿田成矿条件探讨

以东天山土屋-延东斑岩铜矿田为研究对象,在总结前人研究资料及进行针对性野外地质调查基础上,通过土屋-延东斑岩铜矿田成矿地质特征综合分析,对成矿构造背景、相关岩浆活动、围岩、成矿物质来源及成矿流体等进行探讨,获得初步认识.土屋-延东斑岩铜矿田主要形成于聚合板块活动时期陆缘构造岩浆活动带,与造山带汇聚阶段俯冲-碰撞作用有关...     

全球变化下地表反照率研究进展

地表反照率表征地球表面对太阳辐射的反射能力,决定着地表与大气之间辐射能量的分配过程,是影响地球气候系统的关键变量。在全球变化日益突出的今天,地表反照率与全球变化的相互影响机制已经成为地球科学研究领域的热点问题之一。地表反照率的细微变化,会影响到地气系统的能量收支平衡,进而引起区域以至全球气候变化。详细介绍地表反照率影响...     

Tectonic Dynamic Metallization of Silver-GoldHydrothermal Fluids in Proterozoic GneissTerrene Shear Zones, Suichang, Zhejiang, China

-,The well-known Suichang silvengold field is located inZhejiang Province of SOutheast China. It is the largest silver-gold deposit associated with copper and zinc in the Cathaysianmetallogenic province.There are a series of silver-gold dePOsits in the shear zonesof Proterozoic gneiss terrene, Suichang region. The volcanicapparatus at Mesozoic has complicated rpineralization. Respectively, there are two pieces of understanding on the origin ofore-formigg nuid: (l ) metamorphic fluid (Lia…     

Gas accumulation from oil cracking in the eastern Tarim Basin: A case study of the YN2 gas field

Oil and gas exploration in eastern Tarim Basin, NW China has been successful in recent years, with several commercial gas accumulations being discovered in a thermally mature to over-mature region. The Yingnan2 (YN2) gas field, situated in the Yingnan structure of the Yingjisu Depression, produces gases that are relatively enriched in nitrogen and C₂₊ alkanes. The δ¹³C₁ (−38.6‰ to −36.2‰) and δ¹³C₂ values (−30.9‰ to −34.7‰) of these gases are characteristic of marine sourced gases with relatively high maturity levels. The distributions of biomarkers in the associated condensates suggest close affinities with the Cambrian–Lower Ordovician source rocks which, in the Yingjisu Sag, are currently over-mature (with 3–4%Ro). Burial and thermal maturity modeling results indicate that paleo-temperatures of the Cambrian–Lower Ordovician source rocks had increased from 90 to 210 °C during the late Caledonian orogeny (458–438 Ma), due to rapid subsidence and sediment loading. By the end of Ordovician, hydrocarbon potential in these source rocks had been largely exhausted. The homogenization temperatures of hydrocarbon fluid inclusions identified from the Jurassic reservoirs of the YN2 gas field suggest a hydrocarbon emplacement time as recent as about 10 Ma, when the maturity levels of Middle–Lower Jurassic source rocks in the study area were too low (<0.7%Ro) to form a large quantity of oil and gas. The presence of abundant diamondoid hydrocarbons in the associated condensates and the relatively heavy isotopic values of the oils indicate that the gases were derived from thermal cracking of early-formed oils. Estimation from the stable carbon isotope ratios of gaseous alkanes suggests that the gases may have been formed at temperatures well above 190 °C. Thus, the oil and gas accumulation history in the study area can be reconstructed as follows: (1) during the late Caledonian orogeny, the Cambrian–Lower Ordovician marine source rocks had gone through the peak oil, wet gas and dry gas generation stages, with the generated oil and gas migrating upwards along faults and fractures to form early oil and gas accumulations in the Middle–Upper Ordovician and Silurian sandstone reservoirs; (2) since the late Yanshanian orogeny, the early oil accumulations have been buried deeper and oil has undergone thermal cracking to form gas; (3) during the late Himalayan orogeny, the seals for the deep reservoirs were breached; and the gas and condensates migrated upward and eventually accumulating in the relatively shallow Jurassic reservoirs.