MAGMATIC EVOLUTION OF OKINAWA TROUGH DURING ITS EARLY SPREADING STAGE

The Okinawa Trough is different from other typical backarc spreading basins because the acidic vol-canic rock(pumice)is extensively distributed in it.Systematic mineralogical and petrochemical study on arepresentative core(Z14—5)to characterize the magmatic evolution of the Trough during its early spreading stage showed that the pumice magma was originally from the mantle,but underwent full crystallizationdifferentiation and was possibly contaminated by crust-derived material.With time,the acidic volcanic ac-tivities of the Okinawa Trough have an evolutional tendency of shifting to relatively basic magma activity.With further spreading of the Trough the magmatic activity will be intensified and the crust of the Troughwill develop from the transitional type to the oceanic type.     

黄、东海陆架砂岩砾石的地质意义

1987年以来中国科学院海洋研究所多次对黄、东海陆架进行了调查，利用薄片分析、数理统计、化学分析及古生物鉴定等多种方法，分别对所采获的砂岩砾石的结构、组成等作了研究。结果表明这些砂岩砾石不但分布广泛、数量丰富，而且大小不一，从＜1cm到最大60cm不等，形态细长、扁平，成因类型属于风成石类。此外，砾石中普遍含有海绿石及海相有孔虫、介形虫等．证明黄、东海陆架上大面积出露以砂岩砾石为代表的第三系海相地层，经过长期复杂的风化作用后，其破碎产物成为海底沉积物的重要来源。