Discussion of Jamaican Cenozoic ichnology: review and prospectus: (v. 50, pp. 364–382)

We make two comments on the paper ‘Jamaican Cenozoic ichnology: review and prospectus’ by Donovan et al. (2015). Based on biostratigraphy and new radiometric dates, we recommend the separation of the Richmond Formation (deposited in the Wagwater Graben and onlapping onto the edges of the Clarendon Block and Blue Mountains Block) and the Moore Town Formation (deposited in the John Crow Mountain Graben) which are of early Eocene and early Paleocene age, respectively. The ichnofossils of the Scolicia ichnocoenesis are different in the two basins. We also point out that extensive borings recorded from the late Eocene Somerset Formation of the White Limestone Group most probably came from the late Oligocene Walderston Formation. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Preliminary estimates of intertidal limestone erosion,one tree island,southern great barrier reef,australia

Estimations of surface lowering of 0.2-3.8 mm a^?1 were gained from measurements of pedestal heights under sedentary organisms. The role of erosion by chitons, estimated at 0.2-2.9 mm a^?1 for home scars and 0.2-0.7 mm a^?1 for grazing, and other bioerosive organisms, is briefly discussed.     

Geophysical down-hole recognition of the Lower Devonian ‘Psammosteus’ Limestone and Townsend Tuff Bed,South Wales

Geophysical down-hole logs from the Maesteg and Senghenydd boreholes permit the recognition of the Townsend Tuff Bed and ‘Psammosteus’ Limestone markers on the basis of distinctive log motifs. The thickness of the interval between these markers is greater than at basin-margin localities and may be an indication of rapid deposition in the centre of the Anglo-Welsh basin in Lower Devonian times.     

西秦岭铀成矿带中志留系硅岩灰岩的成因研究

通过大量的剖面测制和室内分析,从岩石的地质产状、岩石学及地球化学特别是稀土元素地球化学方面研究了西秦岭铀成矿带中硅、灰岩的成因。原始沉积的泥晶灰岩和球粒泥晶灰岩沉积于水下高地较低能环境,球粒主要为粪球粒及少量硅质生物体。硅岩具生物化学沉积（Ｉ类）和由灰岩硅化（交代）成因（Ｉ类）两种成因类型,它们在地质产状、结构构造、常量元素及稀土元素地球化学等方面都存在显著差异。在综合分析的基础上建立了西秦岭铀成矿带早志留世沉积环境模式     

金坛石灰岩资源合理利用与供需保障分析

金坛非金属矿产资源比较丰富,石灰岩是主要的优势矿产。石灰岩原探明的储量有2亿多吨,但因部分储量位于茅山风景名胜区禁采区内不能利用,加之20多年来的开采消耗了较多储量,资源形势日趋严峻。有限的资源,持续上升的需求,供需矛盾严峻的形势摆在面前,为促进经济社会的可持续发展,必须加强对石灰岩资源的保护,科学配置、合理利用资源,以提高石灰岩矿资源保障能力。     

The lithostratigraphy of the English Chalk Rock

The Upper Turonian Chalk Rock occurs within a nodular unit within the otherwise generally soft, white chalk that dominates the English Upper Cretaceous. The nodular unit is condensed, and contains a number of hardgrounds that are designated here as the Chalk Rock Formation. The Chalk Rock contains some seven or eight hardgrounds, most of which are lithologically distinctive and can be traced over distances of up to 250 km. Nine beds within the Chalk Rock are named, comprising six hardgrounds and three marl seams. The lowermost widespread hardground appears to be more or less equivalent to the “Spurious Chalk Rock” of the south coast of England. In two areas the thickness of the Chalk Rock is greatly diminished. The most marked area, in west Wiltshire, is located close to the Palaeozoic Mendip Hills and indicates that the Mendip structure has influenced Turonian sedimentation. The other region of thinning is a platform-like area in the eastern Chiltern Hills WNW of London.     

Mesogenetic dissolution of the middle Ordovician limestone in the Tahe oilfield of Tarim basin,NW China

The mesogenetic dissolution is well developed in the middle Ordovician Yijianfang formation (O₂yj) limestone, and the dissolution pores are very important for petroleum accumulation in the south slope area of the Tahe oilfield which lies in the north of the Tarim basin, northwestern China. Mottled, dotted or laminar dissolution can be observed in the O₂yj limestone. Under microscope, the grains, lime matrix and all stages of calcite cements (including oil-inclusion-bearing blocky calcite cements) can all be found dissolved ubiquitously. The stylolites in the limestone were enlarged and rounded because of dissolution. Some dolomite rhombs, precipitated along stylolites in burial environment, were found dissolved as well. The dissolution of the blocky calcite cements and dolomite rhombs and the enlarging of stylolites demonstrate that the dissolution took place in the mesogenetic environment. Concentration of trace elements, including REEs, of the eroded part of the O₂yj limestone is intermediate between that of the uneroded part and that of the underlying lower Ordovician limestone hydrocarbon source rocks. Both δ¹³C_PDB and δ¹⁸O_PDB values of the eroded part are less than those of the uneroded part, respectively. The geochemical characteristics indicate that the eroding fluids are hydrocarbon-bearing fluids coming from the underlying hydrocarbon source rocks.     

贵州紫云泥盆系重晶石矿床中与古甲烷渗漏事件有关的球状灰岩成因厘定

关于古代冷泉碳酸盐岩的报道主要集中于新元古代"盖帽"碳酸盐岩和晚古生代以来(特别是石炭纪以来)的沉积地层中,与沉积矿床伴生的冷泉碳酸盐岩的研究鲜有报道。本文通过对贵州紫云泥盆系大型重晶石矿床中新发现的球状、椭球状灰岩进行详细地野外观察,并结合矿物学、元素地球化学和C—O同位素研究,探讨并揭示了灰岩的成因和形成环境,以及与古甲烷渗漏事件之间的关系。结果表明:灰岩呈球状、椭球状、管状顺层产于重晶石之中及其下部地层。灰岩中发育大量类似现代海底冷泉沉积碳酸盐岩的凝块和草莓状黄铁矿;草莓状黄铁矿内部结构呈葵花状,组成葵花状的单颗黄铁矿大小基本一致,轮廓清晰。灰岩较低的δ~(13)C?(V-PDB)值(-10.3‰)表明其碳源主要为热解成因甲烷气或混合气。灰岩Ce/Ce*值除反映古沉积环境为还原状态外,也指示间歇性氧化状态的存在,这可能与甲烷气体的渗漏速率有关。     

Conodont distributions,and ages of Silurian and Devonian limestones in the Palmers Oakey district,N.S.W.

Limestones in the Palmers Oakey District, N.S.W., range in age from Middle Silurian to Early Devonian. They occur as sheet‐like, bioclastic beds and/or isolated clasts in three facies: a volcaniclastic facies, a mudstone‐limestone facies, and a limestone‐mudstone breccia facies. Multielement conodont taxa, not previously reported from Australia, include Kockelella absidata, Kockelella stauros, Ozarkodina asymmetrica, Ozarkodina stygia, Ozarkodina transitans, Pseudooneotodus bicornis, and Pseudooneotodus tricornis.     

The Cretaceous Ofuku Pluton and Its Relation to Mineralization in the Western Akiyoshi Plateau,Yamaguchi Prefecture,Japan

The relationship between the magmatism of the Cretaceous Ofuku pluton and mineralization in and around the Akiyoshi Plateau, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan was investigated using a combination of field observation, petrographic and geochemical analyses, K–Ar geochronology, and fluid inclusion data. The Ofuku pluton has a surface area of 1.5 × 1.0 km, and was intruded into the Paleozoic accretionary complexes of the Akiyoshi Limestone, Ota Group and Tsunemori Formation in the western part of the Akiyoshi Plateau. The pluton belongs to the ilmenite‐series and is zoned, consisting mainly of early tonalite and granodiorite that share a gradational contact, and later granite and aplite that intruded the tonalite and granodiorite. Harker diagrams show that the Ofuku pluton has intermediate to silicic compositions ranging from 60.4 to 77.9 wt.% SiO₂, but a compositional gap exists between 70.5 to 73.4 wt.% SiO₂ (anhydrous basis). Modal and chemical variations indicate that the assumed parental magma is tonalitic. Quantitative models of fractional crystallization based on mass balance calculations and the Rayleigh fractionation model using major and trace element data for all crystalline phases indicate that magmatic fractionation was controlled mainly by crystal fractionation of plagioclase, hornblende, clinopyroxene and orthopyroxene at the early stage, and quartz, plagioclase, biotite, hornblende, apatite, ilmenite and zircon at the later stage. The residual melt extracted from the granodiorite mush was subsequently intruded into the northern and western parts of the Ofuku pluton as melt lens to form the granite and aplite. The age of the pluton was estimated at 99–97 Ma and 101–98 Ma based on K–Ar dating of hornblende and biotite, respectively. Both ages are consistent within analytical error, indicating that the Ofuku pluton and the associated Yamato mine belong to the Tungsten Province of the San‐yo Belt, which is genetically related to the ilmenite‐series granitoids of the Kanmon to Shunan stages. The aplite contains Cl‐rich apatite and REE‐rich monazite‐(Ce), allanite‐(Ce), xenotime and bastnäsite‐(Ce), indicating that the residual melt was rich in halogens and REEs. The tonalite–granodiorite of the Ofuku pluton contains many three‐phase fluid inclusions, along with daughter minerals such as NaCl and KCl, and vapor/liquid (V/L) volume ratios range from 0.2 to 0.9, suggesting that the fluid was boiling. In contrast, the granite and aplite contain low salinity two‐phase inclusions with low V/L ratios. The granodiorite occupies a large part of the pluton, and the inclusions with various V/L ratios with chloride daughter minerals suggest the boiling fluids might be related to the mineralization. This fluid could have carried base metals such as Cu and Zn, forming Cu ore deposits in and around the Ofuku pluton. The occurrence and composition of fluid inclusions in the igneous rocks from the Akiyoshi Plateau are directly linked to Cu mineralization in the area, demonstrating that fluid inclusions are useful indicators of mineralization.