Regional geology and petroleum systems of the Illizi–Berkine area of the Algerian Saharan Platform: An overview

The Berkine and Illizi basins are Palaeozoic–Mesozoic intraplate depressions that preserve an over 7000 m thick sedimentary rock record and contain world-class petroleum systems with over 39 BBOE EUR hydrocarbon reserves. Regional seismic transects and a wealth of well data are used to review the tectonostratigraphic evolution of the area. The Gondwana (Palaeozoic) and Tethys (Mesozoic) supercycles make up the bulk of the Phanerozoic succession. These 1st order cycles record extensional basin formation, followed by a protracted period of overall net subsidence, and conclude with basin inversion and regional uplift during the Hercynian and Alpine orogenies respectively. Structural styles were dictated by transpressional or transtensional reactivation of mostly NNE oriented basement structural grain of Late Proterozoic–Ea.Cambrian (Pan-African) age and vertical movement of long wavelength regional highs and lows. Local tectonism is considered to be the far-field effect of plate-tectonic processes that affected the North African plate-boundaries, such as the Caledonian and Hercynian Orogenies, the opening of the Tethys and Atlantic oceans, and the Alpine Orogeny. These were accompanied by localised thermal mantle processes.     

西秦岭西成铅锌矿田赋矿安家岔组碎屑锆石U-Pb年龄及其地质意义

西秦岭西城铅锌矿田秦岭型铅锌矿床产于中泥盆统碳酸盐岩和细碎屑岩系中,经热液沉积或热液沉积改造而成.厂坝—李家沟特大型铅锌矿床附近安家岔组地层受区域变质和接触热变质作用的影响,变质程度较高的黑云母石英片岩分布广泛.对厂坝—李家沟特大型铅锌矿床赋矿安家岔组黑云母石英片岩开展碎屑锆石U-Pb定年,查明安家岔组地层时代应晚于(...     

广西桂林地区中、上泥盆统风暴岩沉积特征及其地质意义

桂林地区中、上泥盆统以海相碳酸盐岩为主,地层中夹有多套风暴沉积.风暴沉积特征包括底面侵蚀构造、放射状组构、丘状交错层理、递变层理、平行层理、块状层理等.风暴沉积主要包括A、B、C、D、E 5种沉积单元:A.块状层理段,由具块状层理的竹叶状砾屑灰岩构成,代表风暴涡流沉积;B.递变层理段,由砾屑灰岩和砂屑灰岩构成,代表风暴浊流沉积;C.丘状交错层理段,由具丘状交错层理的砂屑灰岩构成,代表风暴浪作用沉积;D.平行层理段,由具平行层理的砂屑灰岩组成,代表风暴浊流沉积(相当于鲍马序列的B段);E.均质层理段,由具均质层理的泥晶灰岩构成,为风暴后期的快速悬浮沉积.由上述沉积单元组合成不同的风暴沉积序列.桂林地区风暴沉积的发现表明,广西在泥盆纪时位于低纬度区域,该沉积对于认识该区中、晚泥盆世的古地理、古气候和古海洋具有重要意义.     

Two Species of Zosterophyllum from South China and Dating of the Xujiachong Formation with a Biostratigraphic Method

Zosterophyllum longa sp.nov.is reported from the Lower Devonian Pingyipu Formation, Jiangyou District,northern Sichuan of China.This new plant has vertically elongate sporangia differing from all known species of Zosterophyllum,demonstrating morphological variations in Zosterophyllophytina.New materials of Zosterophyllum yunnanicum from the Lower Devonian Xujiachong Formation,Qujing District,eastern Yunnan of China show that fertile axes of this species are anisotomous or pseudomonopodial or K-shaped in branching.Sometimes fertile lateral axes are very short and bear an axUlary axis at the dividing point.Distinct thickening occurs along the whole margin of a sporangium,with sporangial lobes undeveloped.The evolution of Zosterophyllum is tentatively discussed.A biostratigraphic method of Gerrienne and Streel is introduced and applied to dating of the Lower Devonian Xujiachong Formation,which is considered as of the late Pragian-early Emsian.     

The ‘old red sandstone’ of county mayo,Northwest Ireland

The distribution and stratigraphic relations of the Old Red Sandstone of the Clew Bay area. County Mayo are described. They comprise two groups both dominated by conglomerates, one Lower Devonian and one Middle Devonian, which have differing clast contents and which are separated by faults. The sediments are described in terms of five facies which are all interpreted as alluvial fan deposits. Provenance data from palaeocurrents and clast composition suggest transport predominantly to the west-northwest but one formation shows an opposite sense of transport. The rocks are folded about northeast-southwest axial traces and are affected by numerous faults. Structures are more complex than those of the Lower Carboniferous rocks which unconformably overlie the Devonian. A similar tectonosedimentary setting to the Old Red Sandstone of parts of the Scottish Caledonides is indicated.     

湘桂粤赣地区中泥盆世棋梓桥期构造与层控矿床关系的初步探讨

本文根据湘桂粤赣地区中泥盆世棋梓桥期台,盆(或沟槽)与隆、拗对应的独特构造古地理面貌,以及这种格局与层控矿床空间分布的关系,初步分析了该期华夏系(NE向)构造和东西向构造对岩相古地理的演化及其对层控矿床成矿作用的影响;总结了构造活动尤其是断裂活动控制岩相古地理的空间位置和延伸方向,促进台、盆分异,以及构造逐级控矿、构造体系复合控矿和断裂对层控矿床的控制作用;提出了以华夏系构造为主导对层控矿床的控相(沉积相—成矿沉积环境)、控位(矿床或矿体的储存空间)的控制作用。     

The central Qiangtang Metamorphic Belt in northern Tibet is an in-situ Paleo-Tethys Ocean: Evidence from newly discovered Late Devonian radiolarians

The paleogeographic position of the North Qiangtang Block, as well as the origin of the Central Qiangtang Metamorphic Belt (CQMB) have subjected to considerable debate that hampers the understanding of the early evolution of the Paleo-Tethys Ocean. This study reports a new radiolarian fauna of a Famennian age (Late Devonian) from the ophiolitic mélange south of Gangtang Co, northern Tibet, including Callela parvispinosa Won, Entactinia foveolata Nazarov, and Plenoentactinia pinguis Won. The discovery of Devonian radiolarians in the CQMB strongly supports the model that the Longmu Co–Shuanghu suture zone represents the main branch of the Paleo-Tethys Ocean. A correlation of the Late Devonian radiolarian in Tethys realm reveals that the Longmu Co–Shuanghu suture zone was connected to the Changning–Menglian suture zone in western Yunnan, the Chiang Mai–Inthanon and Chanthaburi suture zones in Thailand, and the Bentong–Raub suture zone in Malay Peninsula. The synchronous advent of Late Devonian radiolarians suggests that the Paleo-Tethys Ocean may have opened during that time.     

甘肃金塔县黑石山A型花岗岩锆石U-Pb年龄、地球化学特征及构造意义

黑石山序列花岗岩位于甘肃金塔县以北,由粗中粒黑云二长花岗岩、中细粒斑状二长花岗和中细粒正长花岗岩岩类组成,其中,中细粒斑状二长花岗岩和粗中粒黑云二长花岗岩中分获（396.8±0.71） Ma、（414.2±0.69） Ma的锆石U-Pb年龄,成岩时代为早泥盆世。岩石地球化学显示其为高碱性强过铝质A型花岗岩,微量元素总体富集Rb、Th、Ta、Y,明显亏损Ba、Sr、P、Ti,轻稀土分馏较重稀土略强,具显著负Eu异常,反映岩浆源区斜长石的分离结晶良好。属于陆内壳源花岗岩,构造环境为早泥盆世造山后初始伸展体制下大陆地壳熔融的产物。