Palaeobiogeographic implications of Late Bajocian-Late Callovian (Middle Jurassic) dinoflagellate cysts from the Central Alborz Mountains, northern Iran

The Dalichai Formation with an age of Late Bajocian-Late Callovian was sampled in Central Alborz Mountains of northern Iran and studied for palynological, palaeobiogeographical and palynocorrelation purposes. Palynological studies revealed diverse and well-preserved dinoflagellate cyst assemblages and lead to identification of three zones i.e., Cribroperidiniumcrispum (Late Bajocian), Dichadogonyaulaxsellwoodii (Bathonian to Early Callovian) and Ctenidodiniumcontinuum (Early to Middle Callovian) Zones. Subzone a of the D. sellwoodii Zone (Early to Middle Bathonian) was also differentiated. This biozonation corresponds to those recognised in Northwest Europe. Furthermore, the ammonoid families recorded including Phylloceratidae, Oppeliidae, Reineckeiidae, Perisphinctidae, Haploceratidae, Parkinsoniidae and Sphaeroceratidae, which confirm the Late Bajocian to Late Callovian age, are quite similar to those of Northwest Europe and the northwestern Tethys. The close similarities of the dinoflagellate cyst assemblages and ammonite fauna of northern Iran with those of Northwest Europe and the northwestern Tethys during the Middle Jurassic indicate direct but episodic marine connection and faunal exchange between the two areas.     

Early Cenozoic Mega Thrusting in the Qiangtang Block of the Northern Tibetan Plateau

Recent mapping and seismic survey reveal that intensive compression during the Early Cenozoic in the Qiangtang block of the central Tibetan Plateau formed an extensive complex of thrust sheets that moved relatively southward along several generally north-dipping great thrust systems. Those at the borders of the ~450 km wide block show it overrides the Lhasa block to the south and is overridden by the Hohxil-Bayanhar block to the north. The systems are mostly thin-skinned imbricate thrusts with associated folding. The thrust sheets are chiefly floored by Jurassic limestone that apparently slid over Triassic sandstone and shale, which is locally included, and ramped upward and over Paleocene-Eocene red-beds. Some central thrusts scooped deeper and carried up Paleozoic metamorphic rock, Permian carbonate and granite to form a central uplift that divides the Qiangtang block into two parts. These systems and their associated structures are unconformably overlain by little deformed Late Eocene-Oligocene volcanic rock or capped by Miocene lake beds. A thrust system in the northern part of the block, as well as one in the northern part of the adjacent Lhasa block, dip to the south and appear to be due to secondary adjustments within the thrust sheets. The relative southward displacement across this Early Cenozoic mega thrust system is in excess of 150 km in the Qiangtang block, and the average southward slip-rate of the southern Qiangtang thrusts ranged from 5.6 mm to 7.4 mm/a during the Late Eocene-Oligocene. This Early Cenozoic thrusting ended before the Early Miocene and was followed by Late Cenozoic crustal extension and strike-slip faulting within the Qiangtang block. The revelation and understanding of these thrust systems are very important for the evaluation of the petroleum resources of the region.     

青藏高原沱沱河地区晚泥盆世高铝玄武岩的发现及意义

在青藏高原腹地的沱沱河—开心岭地区的区域地质调查中新发现的高铝玄武岩,利用激光等离子体质谱法(LA-ICP-MS)测试的锆石206Pb-238U年龄(380.1±5.6)Ma(MSWD=0.21),表明其形成时代为晚泥盆世。玄武岩具有高Al2O3(平均20.16%)和低SiO2(平均48.32%)、低Na2O(平均2.29%)、低K2O(平均0.39%)、低TiO2(均值0.754%)、低Alk(均值2.68%)的特点,并有(低钾)拉斑玄武系列向钙碱性系列过渡的特征,CIPW标准矿物属石英拉斑玄武岩(Q含量2.77%～9.32%),高铝、低钾、贫碱的特点与典型的高铝玄武岩一致。岩石的稀土总量均一且总体偏低,ΣREE含量为32.69×10-6～41.01×10-6,稀土配分模式近水平,δEu为1.12～1.28,均值为1.2,具有较强的正Eu和Ce异常。岩石富集亲石元素LILE,亏损高场强元素,具有较高Sr、Ba、Ce正异常和Nb负异常,岩石化学特点及相关的一系列岩石化学图解均表明其为岛弧玄武岩,表明分布于昌都—兰坪地块的晚泥盆世高铝玄武岩形成于岛弧环境,它的发现为三江地区古生代火山地层的确定、古特提斯洋的演化提供了丰富的资料。     

东构造节的伸展和折返: 泰国北部裂谷的重力信号

Although many of its details have been criticised, the indenter model of India-Asia collision (Fig 1) is still widely accepted as providing a workable first-order explanation for the structural development of the eastern syntaxis and the initiation of the major NW-SE faults that segment the mainland of Southeast Asia. Arguments have largely concerned the extent to which the arrival of the continental crust of greater India has been accommodated by thickening beneath the Tibetan Plateau or by extrusion of blocks into Southeast Asia. Second-order structures relevant to such questions include elevated plateaus, metamorphic core complexes and the networks of rift basins with broadly N-S trends. In northern Thailand, one such rift network has been responsible for the development of a characteristic basin-and-range morphology.     

Structural architecture and tectonic evolution of the Maghara inverted basin,Northern Sinai,Egypt

Large NE–SW oriented asymmetric inversion anticlines bounded on their southeastern sides by reverse faults affect the exposed Mesozoic and Cenozoic sedimentary rocks of the Maghara area (northern Sinai). Seismic data indicate an earlier Jurassic rifting phase and surface structures indicate Late Cretaceous-Early Tertiary inversion phase. The geometry of the early extensional fault system clearly affected the sense of slip of the inverted faults and the geometry of the inversion anticlines. Rift-parallel fault segments were reactivated by reverse slip whereas rift-oblique fault segments were reactivated as oblique-slip faults or lateral/oblique ramps. New syn-inversion faults include two short conjugate strike-slip sets dissecting the forelimbs of inversion anticlines and the inverted faults as well as a set of transverse normal faults dissecting the backlimbs. Small anticline–syncline fold pairs ornamenting the steep flanks of the inversion anticlines are located at the transfer zones between en echelon segments of the inverted faults.     

华北克拉通山西省晚石炭世基性岩墙成因：锆石U-Pb年龄、地球化学和Sr-Nd同位素证据

作为岩石圈伸展拉张背景侵位的特征岩石,基性岩墙群（煌斑岩、辉绿岩和辉绿玢岩等）地质和地球化学研究日益受到地质研究者的关注。研究显示,基性岩墙在全球范围主要分布在美国、加拿大、巴西、澳大利亚和中国等地区,且年代格架主要集中在前寒武纪时期（2.4Ga、2.1Ga、1.8Ga、1.4Ga、1.0Ga）。目前,国内中生代以来基性岩墙群主要出露于华北克拉通、华南、西藏和塔里木盆地。本研究基性岩墙来自山西省大同附近,对于该套岩墙,本文给出了锆石U-Pb定年、地球化学和Sr-Nd同位素证据。LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄为293Ma,岩石具有变化较小的主元素变化特征（SiO₂=50.78%~51.35%,TiO₂=2.16%~2.32%,Al₂O₃=14.53%~15.08%,Fe₂O₃=12.42%~12.66%,MnO=0.13%~0.16%,MgO=5.14%~5.35%,CaO=7.93%~8.25%,Na₂O=3.52%~3.78%,K₂O=1.01%~1.14%和P₂O₅=0.24%~0.36%）。另外,基性岩墙富集轻稀土元素、大离子侵石元素（Ba,K和Sr）和高场强元素（Nb,Ta和Zr）,亏损Th、Pb和Ti。同时,基性岩墙具有相对一致的（⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr）_i比值（0.70422~0.70423）,正的ε_Nd（t）值（5.8~6.1）和变化较小的Nd模式年龄（t_DM1=0.67~0.72Ga,t_DM2=0.57~0.59Ga）。以上特征表明,基性岩墙来自亏损软流圈地幔的分布熔融作用,岩浆侵位过程中发生了橄榄石、辉石和含Ti相矿物的分离结晶作用,但没有受到地壳物质的混染作用影响。基性岩墙的成因上与华北克拉通和西伯利亚板块碰撞后的拉伸作用有密切联系。     

The homogenization temperature in the fluid inclusions of Ordovician halite and paleoclimatic implication

正1 Introduction The homogenization temperature of fluid inclusions reflects the temperatures of the brines from which halite crystals grew.Therefore,it is a powerful mean to reveal the paleoclimate.Northern Shaanxi Salt Basin is located in the central and eastern of Ordos Basin.We have detail petrographical research and the homogenization     

陕北安塞-靖边-吴旗地区地下水富集规律及资源评价

安塞-靖边-吴旗地区位于陕北黄土高原东北部,地下水赋存类型主要为第四系松散型潜水、白垩系潜水及承压水。南部黄土梁峁区第四系潜水十分贫乏,北部沙漠-冲积平原潜水资源较为丰富。白垩系含水层广泛分布,水质好,水量丰富,是区内工业用水主力开采层位,安塞-坪桥以东白垩系地层缺失,地下水资源十分贫乏,为严重贫水区。地下水资源计算结果表明：该区白垩系地下水静储量巨大,达2 462.35亿m^3,但调节储量较小,仅为4.816亿m^3,地下水资源总体较为贫乏。     

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987113000364

The South Tianshan Orogen and adjacent regions of Central Asia are located in the southwestern part of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt.The formation of South Tianshan Orogen was a diachronous,scissors-like process,which took place during the Palaeozoic,and its western segment was accepted as a site of the fnal collision between the Tarim Craton and the North Asian continent,which occurred in the late Palaeozoic.However,the post-collisional tectonic evolution of the South Tianshan Orogen and adjacent regions remains debatable.Based on previous studies and recent geochronogical data,we suggest that the fnal collision between the Tarim Craton and the North Asian continent occurred during the late Carboniferous.Therefore,the Permian was a period of intracontinental environment in the southern Tianshan and adjacent regions.We propose that an earlier,small-scale intraplate orogenic stage occurred in late Permian to Triassic time,which was the frst intraplate process in the South Tianshan Orogen and adjacent regions.The later largescale and well-known Neogene to Quaternary intraplate orogeny was induced by the collision between the India subcontinent and the Eurasian plate.The paper presents a new evolutionary model for the South Tianshan Orogen and adjacent regions,which includes seven stages:(I)late Ordovicianeearly Silurian opening of the South Tianshan Ocean;(II)middle Silurianemiddle Devonian subduction of the South Tianshan Ocean beneath an active margin of the North Asian continent;(III)late Devonianelate Carboniferous closure of the South Tianshan Ocean and collision between the Kazakhstan-Yili and Tarim continental blocks;(IV)early Permian post-collisional magmatism and rifting;(V)late PermianeTriassic the frst intraplate orogeny;(VI)JurassicePalaeogene tectonic stagnation and(VII)NeoceneeQuaternary intraplate orogeny.     

基于流体包裹体的储层微裂缝研究——以陕北斜坡上古生界为例

储层裂缝研究是低渗致密岩性油气藏研究的关键。低孔低渗储层中裂缝的发育不仅成为油气运移通道,更是储存空间,为研究研究区储层裂缝在天然气成藏过程中的作用及意义,文章从鄂尔多斯盆地构造背景出发,通过显微构造研究、成岩作用研究及储层微裂缝中的流体包裹体测温研究,认为研究区上古生界储层微裂缝发育时间晚于压溶作用发生时间,而早于储层最大埋深时间即排烃高峰期。储层微裂缝的发育为上古生界气藏的成藏提供了必要的运移通道。