Rickettsial-like cells in the Cretaceous tick,Cornupalpatum burmanicum (Ixodida: Ixodidae)

Rickettsial-like cells are reported from the body cavity of the Myanmar amber larval tick, Cornupalpatum burmanicum (Ixodida: Ixodidae). These cells are characterized and described in a new collective fossil genus erected for putative rickettsia in fossil ticks. The size and shape of the fossil cells resemble those of present day members of the Rickettsiaceae, many of which occur in the body cavity of present day ticks.     

A new genus and species of damsel-dragonfly (Odonata: Stenophlebiidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia,China

A taxon of the Stenophlebiidae, Yixianstenophlebia magnifica gen. et sp. nov., is described from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation at Liutiaogou, Ningcheng County, Inner Mongolia of China. Its closest relative is the Late Jurassic European genus Stenophlebia. This new discovery is helpful to understand the Jehol Biota assemblage at Liutiaogou Locality. It also confirms that the Stenophlebiidae was a very diverse and widespread family during the Early Cretaceous. The causes of its extinction in the Late Cretaceous remain enigmatic.     

华南地区钦杭成矿带地质特征和矿床时空分布规律

钦杭成矿带位于华南板内,尽管是扬子与华夏古陆在新元古代拼接部位,但绝大多数矿床形成于中晚侏罗世至白垩纪.本文在梳理前人工作成果的基础上,将钦杭带及旁侧矿床归纳为两个成矿系列和三个成矿亚系列,即:新元古代海底喷流沉积型铜锌矿床成矿系列和燕山期与花岗岩有关的钨锡铜铅锌多金属矿床成矿系列,后者可以进一步分为中晚侏罗世斑岩-矽...     

Experimental investigation of limestone of the Faiyah Range area,United Arab Emirates

The paper presents results of a laboratory experimental program performed on limestone rock samples, using both physical and mechanical methods. The studied rocks (Simsima Formation, Upper Cretaceous) can be classified as highly ferruginous and highly fossilliferous limestone. The lower part of the Simsima Formation contains common fauna such as Orbittoids, rhodolithic and rudists, whereas the upper part of the limestone is interbedded with conglomerates. Detailed geological, petrographic in addition to physical and mechanical tests were carried out on some representative samples from the Faiyah area, aiming at getting a better understanding of the important properties of these rocks. It is shown that the uniaxial unconfined compressive stress is the controlling factor of classification of the Faiyah limestone.     

长江中下游地区蝌蚪山早白垩世玄武岩中单斜辉石的矿物学研究及其地质意义

长江中下游地区繁昌火山盆地在早白垩世先后发育3个喷发旋回:中分村旋回、赤沙旋回和蝌蚪山旋回。其中蝌蚪山旋回下段以凝灰质粉砂岩为主,中段为玄武岩和流纹质凝灰岩互层,上段以流纹岩为主。蝌蚪山玄武岩中的辉石既存在斑晶中也存在于基质中,这两种辉石在成分上有明显的差异,从斑晶辉石的核部到边部再到基质的核部,化学成分由富镁向富铁演化,显示出拉斑玄武岩系列的特点,辉石成因的判别图解表明其寄主岩浆为板内拉斑玄武岩,但其化学成分的变化趋势又表明岩浆在结晶分异的过程中向着碱性系列演化。根据单斜辉石与熔体平衡原理计算出玄武岩形成时的温度约为1 100℃,压力约为400MPa,相应的深度约为15km,证明岩浆在地壳中有过短暂的停留,并在上地壳部位发生分离结晶作用后喷出地表快速冷凝形成蝌蚪山玄武岩。     

山西省早白垩纪碳酸岩元素同位素和锆石U-Pb定年研究

碳酸岩广泛出露在华北克拉通的山西省。此文中,针对研究区的碳酸岩墙,我们给出新的地球化学、Sr-Nd同位素和锆石U-Pb年龄。LA-ICP-MS锆石定年结果显示,该岩墙的侵位年龄为132.9Ma,全岩K-Ar年龄为131.3~132.6 Ma。碳酸岩墙具有非常一致的主量元素组成,富集轻稀土元素和大离子亲石元素(Ba、U、Pb、Sr),以及亏损K和高场强元素(Ta、P和Ti)。另外,该岩墙具有相对一致的(87Sr/86Sr)i(0.7079~0.7083)和负的εNd(t)(-16.7~-15.2)。以上地球化学特征表明,该岩墙为大陆地壳和此大陆岩石圈地幔混合时期,受明显地壳混染的下岩石圈地幔的部分熔融作用。     

缅甸中部抹谷早白垩世构造岩浆作用及对特提斯演化的启示

本文系统报道了缅甸抹谷变质带中部Yinmabin花岗闪长岩体及其基性岩墙的主量元素、微量元素及锆石U-Pb年龄和Lu-Hf同位素组成,重点讨论了花岗闪长岩和基性岩墙的岩石成因、物质来源及其地质意义。抹谷Yinmabin花岗闪长岩体主量元素显示富钠(N2O/K2O=1.5~1.75)、准铝(ACNK=0.94~0.97)和钙碱性岩石系列的地球化学特征。样品富集轻稀土(LREE)元素、大离子亲石元素(LILE),相对亏损高场强元素(HFSE)。岩体的主、微量元素地球化学特征均显示其具有活动陆缘I型花岗岩的地球化学属性。抹谷Yinmabin花岗闪长岩的锆石U-Pb年龄为131~135 Ma,其εHf(t)值在-15.66~-2.99之间,平均值为-8.77,单阶段模式年龄(tDM)为795~1569 Ma;而后期侵位的辉绿岩的锆石U-Pb年龄为120~118 Ma,其εHf(t)值在-13.72~+5.82之间,平均值为-2.72,单阶段模式年龄(tDM)为570~1341 Ma,表明这些岩石可能主要来源于古老下地壳部分熔融但同时也受到地幔物质的加入混染。与滇西以及北拉萨岩浆带的Lu-Hf同位素特征十分相近,暗示抹谷-毛淡棉地块早白垩世岩浆岩带与波密-察隅-高黎贡-拉萨岩浆岩带形成环境相似,可能是腾冲岩浆岩带向南延伸的一部分。结合岩石成因、源区性质和区域构造演化,认为抹谷花岗闪长岩体及基性岩墙的形成与中特提斯洋板块的俯冲作用密切相关,同时俯冲-碰撞转换的时限应该在120 Ma左右。这对于研究抹谷地体在中生代期间中特提斯洋俯冲碰撞过程具有重要的地质意义。     

广东省龙川县天堂山锡多金属矿床成岩成矿时代及其地质意义

天堂山锡多金属矿床位于广东省龙川县,是近年发现的一处以锡为主的中型多金属矿床。矿床大地构造位置位于南岭成矿带的东段,河源深断裂带与大东山—浰源—罗浮东西向深断裂带交汇处附近,中生代大长沙火山岩盆地中南部边缘。矿区出露地层为侏罗系上统高基坪群中亚群下段的中酸性火山岩。矿区内的火山角砾岩受北北东向断裂控制,隐爆角砾岩在矿区中东部地表有出露,钻孔中也有分布,厚度一般几米,角砾成分主要为火山岩,胶结物主要由硅质、绢云母和同成分火山岩碎屑组成,岩石具较强的绿泥石化,地表的隐爆角砾岩中无矿化;矿区火山熔岩—火山碎屑岩在剖面上具多次喷溢—喷出—间歇—喷溢（伴随局部隐爆）—喷出的火山韵律特征。矿区内断裂构造发育,受区域应力场控制,主要有北东—北北东向F1和F2断层、近南北—北北西向断裂带二组。矿区内侵入岩不发育,仅于中部偏西和南东部出露石英斑岩脉,钻探工程揭露表明矿床深部存在隐伏花岗岩体,其顶部为石英斑岩,并且石英斑岩多发生强烈的气液蚀变。     

Review of the Late Cretaceous-early Paleogene crocodylomorphs of Europe: Extinction patterns across the K-PG boundary

Although the European dinosaur succession during the latest Cretaceous and its relationship with the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) mass extinction has been the focus of recent work, other continental vertebrates, such as crocodylomorphs, have received less attention. The European continental record of crocodylomorphs in general, and of eusuchians in particular, is relatively dense through the Maastrichtian until the K-Pg boundary. Traditionally it has been argued that continental crocodylomorphs were minimally impacted by the K-Pg extinction, but they were substantially affected in Europe with the disappearance of endemic eusuchians such as Hylaeochampsidae, Allodaposuchus and their close relatives, and non-eusuchians such as Doratodon or Theriosuchus. Despite extensive sampling in Danian continental deposits, only scarce fragmentary crocodylomorph remains have been cited. It is not until the late Paleocene and Eocene that a recovery in continental crocodylomorphs is observed. The presence of taxa such as planocraniids, the alligatoroids Diplocynodon and Hassiacosuchus, and stem crocodyloids during this period provide the first reliable continental records of Crocodylia in Europe and is best explained by post-extinction immigration from Asia or North America. By contrast, marine forms such as Thoracosaurus are found on both sides of the K-Pg boundary in Europe. The adaptation of these marine animals to different environments, from shallow seas to more transitional or fluvial environments, could be the key to their success and survival across the K-Pg boundary, as seen in other marine crocodylomorph clades such as Dyrosauridae.