长江三峡地区埃迪卡拉(震旦)系锆石U-Pb新年龄对庙河生物群和马雷诺冰期时限的限定

首次报道应用高分辨率、高精度离子微探针(SHRIMPⅡ)定年方法,对采自三峡地区黄陵背斜西翼湖北省秭归县九曲脑剖面震旦系灯影组与陡山沱组界线和陡山沱组底部的凝灰岩锆石进行的U-Pb定年研究.分析结果,灯影组与陡山沱组界线的凝灰岩锆石测点形成2组,较年轻的一组由16个测点组成,舍去偏离较大的1个点,给出的206Pb/238U比值年龄加权平均值为549.9 Ma±6.1 Ma(MSWD=1.48),代表该层位的实际年龄并限定了庙河生物群的最小年龄.采自陡山沱组底部的另一样品测点同样分为2组一组由3个点组成,给出784Ma±15Ma(MSWD=0.05)的继承年龄值;另一组由15个测点组成,给出206Pb/238U比值年龄加权平均值为628.3Ma±5.8Ma(MSWD=0.86).这一定年结果是目前中国震旦(埃迪卡拉)系陡山沱组底部首次获得的SHRIMp锆石U-Pb年龄.采样点紧邻作为震旦系底界的"盖帽碳酸盐岩"之上,基本可以限定震旦系的底界年龄.该结果与国际地层委员会2004年发布的<国际地层表>中埃迪卡拉系(Ediacaran)的底界年龄630 Ma非常接近,表明中国修订后的震旦系/南华系界线年龄应为630Ma左右.     

Corrigendum: Strange bedfellows: glacial diamictite and cap carbonate from the Marinoan (635 Ma) glaciation in Namibia

Tectonic fold tests conducted in Namibia demonstrate that the inclination with respect to bedding of geoplumb (palaeovertical) tubular structures in the Marinoan (635 Ma) syndeglacial cap dolostone is mainly the result of tectonic strain. Therefore, tubestone inclination data cannot be used to estimate the gradient of the sea floor on the foreslope of the Otavi carbonate platform during the Marinoan glaciation. A gradient steeper than 0·1 (slope angle ca 5·7°), implying a glacial base‐level fall ≥0·5 km, is nevertheless supported by boulder‐size intraclast debrite in the falling‐stand wedge directly beneath the glacigenic sequence. Cryogenian oceans lacked skeletal carbonate production, raising the carbonate saturation state and persistent deep water anoxia excluded acid‐producing aerobic respiration, facilitating early diagenetic carbonate precipitation, lithification and steep submarine slopes.     

西昆仑塔什库尔干马尔洋岩组的厘定及控矿意义

塔什库尔干大型铁矿成矿带位于昆仑造山带西段,原岩恢复表明该区含铁岩系主要为一套双峰式火山岩碎屑岩碳酸盐岩建造组合,岩石普遍遭受绿片岩相变质和多期构造变形。本文报道了在老并一带变安山岩中获得的LA ICP MS锆石U Pb同位素年龄值(603±10)Ma,并结合前人年龄数据,将原划古元古界布伦阔勒岩群的含铁岩系厘定为震旦系寒武系纽芬兰统马尔洋岩组(Z 1m),其内发育典型的双峰式火山岩组合,证实了区内震旦纪早寒武世仍处于拉张伸展背景,变质火山沉积组合特征表明其形成于大陆边缘裂谷构造环境。含铁岩系典型的膏(钡)铁建造很可能为新元古代晚期“Marinoan雪球”冰期后地球系统变化的火山沉积响应。