新疆阜康—吉木萨尔断层晚第四纪活动与变形特征的新认识

阜康—吉木萨尔断层是博格达山体与山前冲洪积平原的分界断层，全新世以来仍在活动，山前的冲洪积平原和河流低级阶地均发生了不同程度的拱曲变形，断层剖面揭示了该断层晚更新世末期有3次古地震事件。断层近地表后倾角变缓，地表的陡坎地形主要是由地层的拱曲变形形成的，反映了断层近地表位错的消减和分配规律。     

Abrasion-derived sediments under intensified winds at the latest Pleistocene leading edge of the advancing Sinai-Negev erg

Quaternary desert loess and sandstone-loessite relationships in the geological record raise questions regarding causes and mechanisms of silt formation and accretion. In the northern Sinai-Negev desert carbonate terrain, only sand abrasion in active erg could have produced the large quantities of quartzo-feldspathic silts constituting the late Quaternary northwestern Negev loess. In the continuum of source (medium to fine sand of dunes) to sink (silts in loess) the very fine sand is unaccounted for in the record. This weakens the sand abrasion model of silt formation as a global process. Here, we demonstrate that, as predicted by experiments, abrasion by advancing dunes generated large quantities of very fine sand (60-110 μm) deposited within the dune field and in close proximity downwind. This very fine sand was generated 13-11 ka, possibly synchronous with the Younger Dryas under gusty sand/dust storms in the southeastern Mediterranean and specifically in the northern Sinai-Negev erg. These very fine sands were washed down slope and filled small basins blocked by the advancing dunes; outside these sampling basins it is difficult to identify these sands as a distinct product. We conclude that ergs are mega-grinders of sand into very fine sand and silt under windy Quaternary and ancient aeolian desert environments.     

柴达木盆地北缘石灰沟晚石炭世的四射珊瑚

青海省柴达木盆地北缘晚石炭世地层出露完好，四射珊瑚化方丰富。本文研究了该区晚石炭世四射珊瑚２６属，４９种和亚种，１０个未定种。自下而上建立了５个四射珊瑚组合带：１Ｌｉｔｈｏｓｔｒｏｔｉｏｎｅｌｌａ－Ｔｈｙｓａｎｏｐｈｙｌｌｕｍ组合带；２Ｃｇａｔｈａｘｏｍｉａ－Ｒｏｔｉｐｈｙｌｌｕｍ组合带；３Ｐｒｏｔｏｉｖａｎｏｖｉａ－Ａｍｐｌｅｘｕｓ组合带；４ＮｅｏｋｏｎｉｃｋｏＰｈｙｌｌｕｍ－Ｋｏｎｉｎｃｋｏｐｈｇｌｌａｍ组合带；５Ｐｓｅｕｄｏｚａｐｈｒｅｔｏｉｄｅｓ－Ｌｏｐｈｏｃａｒｉｎｏｐｈｙｌｌａｍ组合带。     

内蒙古扎鲁特旗北色日巴彦敖包组的厘定

色日巴彦敖包组为2006~2008年内蒙古自治区地质调查院在扎鲁特旗地区进行1：5万区域地质调查时新识别出来的地层单位.在该组下部灰黑色凝灰质粉砂质硅泥质板岩中发现早石炭世古植物化石Archaeocalamites sp.（古芦木）.根据岩石地层对比及生物化石特征,将其时代由早二叠世归为晚泥盆世-早石炭世,并重新厘定为色日巴彦敖包组.     

A slab break-off model for mafic–ultramafic igneous complexes in the East Kunlun Orogenic Belt,northern Tibet: insights from early Palaeozoic accretion related to post-collisional magmatism

ABSTRACT

The East Kunlun Orogenic Belt (EKOB) in northern Tibet provides an important record of the amalgamation of the Wanbaogou oceanic basalt plateau and the Qaidam Block. Here we report geochemical, geochronological, and Hf isotopic data for newly identified late Silurian–Early Devonian mafic–ultramafic igneous complexes from the EKOB at the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. These complexes are dominantly composed of gabbro and pyroxenite rocks. Three complexes yield zircon U–Pb ages of 398.8 ± 1.8, 420.2 ± 1.2, and 413.4 ± 0.78 Ma. The ε_Hf(t) values of zircons range from +0.8 to +3.3 with T_DM1 ages of 897 to 998 Ma. Modelling of the geochemical data indicates that these igneous complexes have a hybrid origin, involving depleted mantle fluids derived from a previous subduction event and crustal materials. The geochemical and geochronological data suggest that these complexes formed in a post-collisional setting linked to break-off of a subducted oceanic slab, which occurred after the Wanbaogou oceanic basalt plateau amalgamated with the Qaidam Block in the late Silurian–Early Devonian.     

The C20 highly branched isoprenoid biomarker – A new diatom-sourced proxy for summer trophic conditions?

The exact biological source of the C₂₀ highly branched isoprenoid (HBI) present in sediments from aquatic systems is unclear. We therefore examined the relationship between the distribution of fossil diatoms and the concentration of the C₂₀ HBI in a Late Glacial sedimentary record from the Hässeldala Port paleolake in southern Sweden. Using Bayesian multiple linear regression analysis, we show that its concentration is linked primarily to the production of the diatom taxon Gomphonema acuminatum, which accounts for the largest proportion of the temporal variability in the biomarker. By analogy with modern observations, we argue that an increasing amount of G. acuminatum biomass in our sedimentary record reflects increasing oligotrophy in the paleolake during the summer growing season, especially at times defined by subdued hydrologic flow. Our conclusions are corroborated by the δ¹³C composition of the C₂₀ HBI biomarker, which points to a negative photosynthetic fractionation between atmospheric CO₂ and the pool of dissolved inorganic carbon during diatom bloom, a distinct phenomenon at times of inhibited hydrological flow. Accordingly, we suggest that the C₂₀ HBI biomarker can be effectively used to reconstruct the trophic state of the paleolake at Hässeldala Port, while its stable isotope composition can provide physicochemical information about the lake conditions during the dry summer season.Moreover, we note that the major hydrological shifts recorded in the G. acuminatum-C₂₀ HBI stratigraphy do not coincide with the pollen zone boundaries. We thus infer that aquatic and terrestrial environmental responses to climate change are substantially decoupled through the hydrological system, which highlights the necessity for multi-proxy investigations to decipher past climate events.     

High-resolution integrated stratigraphy of the OAE1a and enclosing strata from core drillings in the Bedoulian stratotype (Roquefort-La Bédoule,SE France)

In 2009 two wells were drilled with 100% core recovery at Roquefort-La Bédoule (Bouches-du-Rhône, SE France), the historical Bedoulian stratotype. Here we present holostratigraphic results based on a detailed study of the cored sediments. Our work confirms that the La Bédoule area offers one of the best records for the period spanning the late Bedoulian, the anoxic event OAE1a and the Bedoulian/Gargasian (lower-upper Aptian substages) transition. New data provide a refined succession of micropaleontogical events already well correlated with ammonites from previous fieldwork and, thus, improve the cross-calibration of bioevents with high-resolution isotope stratigraphy. Methods of the quantitative micropalaeontology applied on benthic foraminifera such as tritaxias help testing their probable orbitally triggered cyclicity, which might be used to precise estimates of duration of events such as OAE1a, the Dufrenoya furcata ammonite Zone, the Globigerinelloides ferreolensis planktonic foraminiferal zone and the C7 isotopic stage.The lithologic, biotic and possibly isotopic changes seen at the level of and around bed 170 (top of “Niveau Blanc” sensu auctorum) are strong arguments to use this key-level as the boundary between the two Aptian substages (or stages in an alternative classification) and to support the proposal of La Bédoule as a potential locality for the GSSP of the Gargasian Substage (or of historical Aptian sensu stricto, in the alternative classification).     

鄂东南地区与铁山和金山店铁矿有关的花岗质岩体锆石LA-ICP-MS年龄和Hf同位素组成及其地质意义

长江中下游是中国东部中生代大规模成矿的重要地区之一,是我国东部一个重要的Cu-Fe-Au-Mo多金属成矿区带。本文以鄂东南地区铁山岩体和金山店岩体为研究对像,利用原位LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年和锆石Hf同位素分析方法,探讨该地区岩体成因以及岩浆作用与成矿作用。铁山石英闪长岩LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄加权平均值为138.9±0.96Ma(样品jls1-110)、138.2±0.94Ma(样品jls3)、131.0±1.2Ma(样品jls4)和118.9±1.2Ma(样品jls5),金山店石英闪长岩LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄加权平均值为128.6±0.88Ma(样品jsd),为早白垩世、燕山晚期。铁山岩体石英闪长岩ε_Hf(0)为负值,ε_Hf(t)为负值(-17.3707~-8.31555),一阶段Hf模式年龄(t_DM1)平均为1.33Ga,二阶段Hf模式年龄(t_DM2)平均为2.03Ga;金山店岩体石英闪长岩ε_Hf(0)为负值,ε_Hf(t)为负值(-7.81135~-3.45982),一阶段Hf模式年龄(t_DM1)平均为1.03Ga,二阶段Hf模式年龄(t_DM2)平均为1.56Ga。铁山和金山店石英闪长岩样品中锆石Hf同位素组成特征显示该地区为岩体形成时有壳源物质参加的这一可能性,为长江中下游壳源岩浆提供补充。在结合已有的岩石学、地球化学以及矿床同位素年龄资料基础上,可以推断出鄂东南地区早白垩世矽卡岩型铁矿床形成于岩石圈伸展-减薄环境。     

The fossil record (calcareous nannofossils and foraminifers) in single intervals of the Upper Cretaceous flysch sequence of the West Carpathians, Czechoslovakia

Studies of calcareous nannofossils and microfossils and their distribution in different intervals of the flysch rhythms in the Kloko ník brook in the Bílé Karpaty Unit of the Magura Group of nappes in the West Carpathians gave the following results. The highest species diversity of calcareous nannofossils was found in the lower parts of the Bouma Te hemipelagic intervals. The Campanian marker species Ceratolithoides aculeus and Aspidolithus parcus were found in practically all layers studied. A stratigraphically important foraminiferal fauna was obtained from the upper parts of the Bouma Te intervals, including the Campanian-Maastrichtian planktic foraminifers Globotruncana arca and Globotruncanita stuartiformis. In the non-calcareous pelagites, agglutinated species with a range from the Late Cretaceous to the Paleogene dominate.     

松潘-甘孜地体下仓界地区晚三叠世基性岩的发现及其地质意义

笔者在松潘-甘孜地体下仓界地区发现了晚三叠世基性岩,对其开展了岩相学、地球化学、斜锆石U-Pb年代学等研究。该基性岩由玄武岩和辉绿岩组成,均为钙碱性系列,蚀变较强,形成时代为208.0±7.0 Ma。岩石La/Nb值为1.13～1.95,La/Ta值为7.96～25.79,TiO₂含量为1.51%～2.22%,Zr/Nb值为11.35～16.33,指示岩浆源自岩石圈地幔与软流圈地幔的混合源区。根据(Yb/Sm)_P-(Tb/Yb)_P模型计算结果,推测下仓界基性岩可能源于软流圈物质诱发岩石圈地幔尖晶石-石榴子石过渡相(石榴子石约占0～25%)发生约5%的部分熔融。岩石中发现捕获的古老斜锆石,轻稀土元素富集,重稀土元素亏损,Nb、Ta和Ti元素弱亏损。结合区域地质资料,认为松潘-甘孜地体应该具有陆壳基底,其晚三叠世(<211 Ma)的构造环境为碰撞后的板内伸展环境。