JYZ11A钻孔记录的居延泽演化历史

我国内陆干旱区在末次冰期(含深海氧同位素第3阶段)是否存在古大湖近年来持续存在争论.居延泽是黑河的尾闾湖之一,位于我国典型干旱区,是开展这项研究的理想区域.依据居延泽盆地最低处的JYZ11A钻孔(全孔长61.13m,本文侧重上部27m岩芯),使用石英光释光测年获得3个可靠释光年龄并据此建立年代框架.全孔10cm间距测量沉积物粒度,钻孔上部16.7m以2cm间距测量低频磁化率,本文侧重分析JYZ11A钻孔上部10m的指标记录.综合岩性地层、沉积物粒度分布特征和粒度、磁化率指标记录,并与前人已有研究进行对比,本研究发现末次冰期时居延泽盆地主要堆积棕色冲洪积物和风沙沉积物,早全新世为风沙沉积,中全新世出现浅灰色湖相沉积与风沙交替沉积,而稳定湖泊只在约3ka时才逐渐形成,可能存在多次湖面波动并留下古湖岸堤.因此,居延泽盆地在末次冰期包括深海氧同位素第3阶段晚期并不存在稳定大湖.居延泽早全新世干涸、中晚全新世湖泊较稳定发育的全新世成湖模式与季风区湖泊演化模式明显不同,而与许多中亚干旱区的湖泊、风成沉积等古环境记录相似,它们可能共同指示了一种有别于中国季风区的全新世区域湿度演化模式.     

五台山蒋村地区四集庄组——对滹沱群时代的再限定

滹沱群是华北最典型的古元古界地层之一,限定其时代对建立早期地层年代格架和探讨华北早前寒武纪地质演化过程意义重大。本文对五台山地区蒋村镇附近的滹沱群地层进行了详细研究,从与蒋村砾岩中石英斑岩砾石相同的基岩中选取了2件石英斑岩样品,并获得其锆石U-Pb年龄结果分别为(2166±17)Ma和(2138±17)Ma。据此,限定蒋村地区碎屑沉积岩时代应小于2138 Ma。结合四集庄组底部发育厚层的砾岩和区域内2.2~2.1 Ga岩浆事件,我们进一步认为滹沱群底界年龄为~2.2 Ga。由于滹沱群豆村亚群和东冶亚群经历了同期褶皱变形作用,而侵入于蒋村四集庄组未变形正长花岗岩脉的锆石U-Pb年龄结果为(1816±18)Ma。因此,本文限定豆村亚群、东冶亚群的时代为2.2~1.82 Ga。石英斑岩中锆石Lu-Hf同位素分析结果为176Lu/177Hf为0.000717~0.002239,176Hf/177Hf为0.281399~0.281563,其176Hf/177Hfi为0.281315~0.281496和εHf(t)为–3.37~4.11,变化范围较大,初步认为其源自于新太古代早期上地壳的部分熔融并有地幔物质添加。     

甘肃北山小西弓金矿区石英正长斑岩LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄和地球化学特征

通过高精度的LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年,获得北山南带小西弓金矿区石英正长斑岩的形成年龄为247.5±2.2Ma,属中三叠世。地球化学分析表明,该岩体为准铝质、钾玄岩系列,主量元素高硅(Si O_2=65.8%~66.2%)、富碱(Na_2O+K_2O=8.99%~9.41%)、低钙(Ca O=1.72%~2.19%)、贫镁(Mg O=0.63%~0.70%);轻稀土元素富集,重稀土元素亏损,弱负Eu异常。大离子亲石元素Rb、Th、U、K和Pb富集,同时Ba、Sr、P、Ti和Eu亏损,并具高104*Ga/Al值和高Zr+Nb+Ce+Y含量,表现出A型花岗岩的特征。北山南带三叠纪岩浆活动强烈,高分异I型-A型花岗岩大量发育,暗示区域内三叠纪处于造山后伸展环境。     

青藏高原羌塘中部中—上奥陶统达瓦山组的建立及意义

首次在藏北羌塘中部达瓦山地区识别出一套复理石沉积,厚度大于3000m,未见顶底,岩石组合以变质砂岩、杂砂岩和千枚岩为主,夹双峰式火山岩,火山岩岩性为流纹岩和玄武岩。用LA-ICP-MS同位素测定技术对流纹岩夹层中的锆石进行了U-Pb同位素测定,获得锆石的年龄为454.0±2.0Ma和458.3±1.8Ma,时代为中晚奥陶世达瑞威尔—桑比期,代表了达瓦山组的主体形成时代。在剖面测制和区域对比的基础上建立了中—上奥陶统达瓦山组,代表冈瓦纳大陆北缘中—晚奥陶世裂谷型深水-半深水复理石沉积。中—上奥陶统达瓦山组的发现和建立完善了该区中晚奥陶世的地层系统,进一步确定该区中—晚奥陶世洋盆的存在,对冈瓦纳大陆北缘中—晚奥陶世岩相古地理研究具有重要意义。     

滇西新街岩体LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄、Hf同位素和地球化学及其构造意义

新街岩体位于昌宁-孟连带北段,主要岩性为二长花岗岩。LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年结果表明,新街岩体侵位于约82Ma。岩体Si O2含量为74.28%~75.17%,富钾(K2O/Na2O=1.44~1.73)和较低钙Ca O(0.37%~0.41%),铝饱和指数(A/CNK)为1.121~1.156,富集Rb、Th、K、LREE等元素,相对亏损Nb、Ta、Ti、Zr、Hf等高场强元素。这些特征表明,新街岩体属于强过铝质S型花岗岩。新街岩体负且变化范围大的锆石εHf(t)值(-16.9~-0.5)和古老的Hf同位素地壳模式年龄(1.19~2.28Ga),表明其主要来源于古老地壳物质的重熔,并有不同程度的幔源物质加入。由于喜马拉雅新特提斯洋封闭发生在65Ma左右,新街岩体很可能是在喜马拉雅新特提斯洋洋壳俯冲的地球动力学背景下形成的。     

大兴安岭北段争光金矿英安斑岩地球化学特征、锆石U-Pb年龄及Hf同位素组成

争光金矿位于大兴安岭北段多宝山矿集区内,矿区内火成岩的成岩时代、岩石成因及成岩背景研究薄弱。因此,本文对矿区内英安斑岩进行了主微量元素、锆石U-Pb年龄和Hf同位素组成的系统研究,以期为探讨同时代火成岩的成因及矿床成矿背景提供帮助。锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb测年结果表明,争光金矿英安斑岩形成于早奥陶世(478~481Ma)。岩石地球化学特征显示,英安斑岩属准铝-过铝质高钾钙碱性系列,具有SiO_2≥56%(平均为63.91%)、高铝(Al_2O_3平均14.85%)、低镁(MgO平均2.70%)、低Y和Yb(Y=6.00×10~(-6)~7.74×10~(-6),Yb=0.70×10~(-6)~0.92×10~(-6))、高锶(平均368×10~(-6))、高Mg#(56.84~60.60)、轻重稀土分馏明显[(La/Yb)N=8.74~11.54]和Eu异常不明显的特点,类似于俯冲洋壳成因埃达克岩。锆石εHf(t)介于13.03~13.31之间,两阶段模式年龄(tDM2)为605~624Ma。综合岩石地球化学特征和锆石Hf同位素组成,我们认为争光英安斑岩由俯冲的新生洋壳发生部分熔融形成。本文研究结果也表明,早奥陶世,兴安地块和松嫩地块之间存在洋壳,并且该洋壳向兴安地块俯冲。     

High‐resolution reconstruction of a coastal barrier system: impact of Holocene sea‐level change

This study presents a detailed reconstruction of the sedimentary effects of Holocene sea‐level rise on a modern coastal barrier system. Increasing concern over the evolution of coastal barrier systems due to future accelerated rates of sea‐level rise calls for a better understanding of coastal barrier response to sea‐level changes. The complex evolution and sequence stratigraphic framework of the investigated coastal barrier system is reconstructed using facies analysis, high‐resolution optically stimulated luminescence and radiocarbon dating. During the formation of the coastal barrier system starting 8 to 7 ka rapid relative sea‐level rise outpaced sediment accumulation. Not before rates of relative sea‐level rise had decreased to ca 2 mm yr^?1 did sediment accumulation outpace sea‐level rise. From ca 5·5 ka, rates of regionally averaged sediment accumulation increased to 4·3 mm yr^?1 and the back‐barrier basin was filled in. This increase in sediment accumulation resulted from retreat of the barrier island and probably also due to formation of a tidal inlet close to the study area. Continued transgression and shoreface retreat created a distinct hiatus and wave ravinement surface in the seaward part of the coastal barrier system before the barrier shoreline stabilized between 5·0 ka and 4·5 ka. Back‐barrier shoreline erosion due to sediment starvation in the back‐barrier basin was pronounced from 4·5 to 2·5 ka but, in the last 2·5 kyr, barrier sedimentation has kept up with and outpaced sea‐level. In the last 0·4 kyr the coastal barrier system has been prograding episodically. Sediment accumulation shows considerable variation, with periods of rapid sediment deposition and periods of non‐deposition or erosion resulting in a highly punctuated sediment record. The study demonstrates how core‐based facies interpretations supported by a high‐resolution chronology and a well‐documented sea‐level history allow identification of depositional environments, erosion surfaces and hiatuses within a very homogeneous stratigraphy, and allow a detailed temporal reconstruction of a coastal barrier system in relation to sea‐level rise and sediment supply.     

Aeolian activity in northern Amazonia: optical dating of Late Pleistocene and Holocene palaeodunes

Palaeodunes were examined on the eastern margin of the Rio Branco–Rupununi savanna, northeast Amazonia. Optical dating suggests that the onset of aeolian activity was between 17 000 and 15 000 yr ago, just after the Last Glacial Maximum. Both the palaeodune axes and modern dominant wind directions have northeast to east‐northeast directions, implying no significant shift in atmospheric circulation patterns over northeast Amazonia during the Late Pleistocene to Holocene. Major regional climate change events, such as the Younger Dryas, do not appear to have had any effect on the rates of aeolian deposition at the study site. Aeolian activity appears to have continued to the present day, showing a remarkably constant deposition rate of around 0.13 m kyr^?1 initially, increasing smoothly to the present. Until more palaeodunes in northern Amazonia are dated, it is impossible to determine if this record of gradual aeolian deposition is a reliable regional palaeoclimate indicator, rather than being the result of local bioclimatic and geomorphological effects. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Climatic implications of correlated Upper Pleistocene glacial and fluvial deposits on the Cinca and Gállego Rivers (NE Spain) based on OSL dating and soil stratigraphy

We correlate Upper Pleistocene glacial and fluvial deposits of the Cinca and Gállego River valleys (south central Pyrenees and Ebro basin, Spain) using geomorphic position, luminescence dates, and time-related trends in soil development. The ages obtained from glacial deposits indicate glacial periods at 85 ± 5 ka, 64 ± 11 ka, and 36 ± 3 ka (from glacial till) and 20 ± 3 ka (from loess). The fluvial drainage system, fed by glaciers in the headwaters, developed extensive terrace systems in the Cinca River valley at 178 ± 21 ka, 97 ± 16 ka, 61 ± 4 ka, 47 ± 4 ka, and 11 ± 1 ka, and in the Gállego River valley at 151 ± 11 ka, 68 ± 7 ka, and 45 ± 3 ka. The times of maximum geomorphic activity related to cold phases coincide with Late Pleistocene marine isotope stages and Heinrich events. The maximum extent of glaciers during the last glacial occurred at 64 ± 11 ka, and the terraces correlated with this glacial phase are the most extensive in both the Cinca (61 ± 4 ka) and Gállego (68 ± 7 ka) valleys, indicating a strong increase in fluvial discharge and availability of sediments related to the transition to deglaciation. The global Last Glacial Maximum is scarcely represented in the south central Pyrenees owing to dominantly dry conditions at that time. Precipitation must be controlled by the position of the Iberian Peninsula with respect to the North Atlantic atmospheric circulation system. The glacial systems and the associated fluvial dynamic seem sensitive to 1) global climate changes controlled by insolation, 2) North Atlantic thermohaline circulation influenced by freshwater pulses into the North Atlantic, and 3) anomalies in atmospheric circulation in the North Atlantic controlling precipitation on the Iberian Peninsula. Our scenario of glacial and fluvial evolution during the Late Pleistocene in northern Spain could be extrapolated to other glaciated mountainous areas in southern Europe.