辽西建昌盆地义县组上部英安岩的40Ar/39Ar年龄及其地质意义

建昌盆地义县组可分为两部分：下部以巨厚的沉积层为主,自下而上称为要路沟层、罗家沟层,局部地区沉积层之下有中基性火山岩;上部（罗家沟层之上）为酸性、中酸性火山岩系夹沉积层.罗家沟层与义县-北票地区尖山沟（砖城子）层可进行生物地层学对比.对义县组上部的一件英安岩样品进行40Ar/39Ar年代学研究,获得年龄为120 Ma,应与义县地区义县组顶部火山岩（金刚山层之上）对比.建昌地区义县组顶、底均可与义县地区大致对比.     

辽西地区晚侏罗世张家口组及其地质意义

辽宁省西部地区张家口组是在近几年来1:5万、1:25万区域地质调查的基础上发现和建立的,主要分布于金岭寺-羊山盆地的东缘、北票盆地西缘、四家子-铁营子盆地及凌源三十家子盆地东缘,呈北东向沿断裂带分布.岩性为一套偏酸、偏碱性的火山岩,以爆发相的火山角砾岩、集块岩及凝灰岩为主,呈角度不整合覆于晚侏罗世土城子组之上,其上被早白垩世义县组角度不整合覆盖.形成于挤压造山与伸展构造的过渡环境,是古亚洲构造域压性体制与滨太平洋活动带张性体制构造转换阶段的产物.地层时代为晚侏罗世.     

柴达木盆地西部地区咸化湖盆天然气地球化学特征及成因类型判识指标——以古近系—新近系为例

根据天然气地球化学基本理论,对柴达木盆地西部（柴西）地区天然气的地球化学特征进行分析。测试和收集该地区18个油气田及含油气构造的83个天然气样品,分析其组分和C同位素数据,结果显示,该区天然气以烃类气体为主,烃类含量介于79.24%~99.81%之间,天然气比重介于0.72~1.36之间,天然气干燥系数（C1/C2+）介于1.04~617.8之间,甲烷C同位素值介于-51.4‰~-24.2‰之间,乙烷C同位素值介于-34.2‰~-17.4‰之间。在此基础上,对该区不同构造带的天然气成因类型进行研究。研究结果表明,柴达木盆地西部地区天然气类型可划分为腐泥型气、腐殖型气、混合气3类,柴西北部天然气主要为腐泥型气和混合气,少量腐殖型气;柴西南部主要为腐泥型气,少量混合气。同时,建立了天然气成因类型的判识指标,对该区的天然气地球化学特征有了较为深入的认识,对今后的天然气勘探具有指导意义。     

扬子板块西缘稀散金属超常富集的地球化学背景

稀散矿产资源作为三稀矿产(稀散、稀有、稀土)的重要组成部分,对国民经济、国家安全和科技发展具有四两拨千斤的重要战略意义,是新一代信息技术、新能源生物、高端装备制造、新材料、新能源汽车等重点培育发展战略性新兴产业的功能材料和结构材料,也是现代工业、国防和尖端科技领域不可缺少的支撑材料。相对其它大宗金属,稀散金属往往分散难以成矿,需在特殊的地球化学背景下,经过更复杂地质过程才能富集成矿。初步研究表明,扬子板块西缘铟、锗、镓等稀散金属均发生了超常富集,构成了全球罕见的稀散金属聚集区,是研究稀散金属矿床的天然实验室和理想基地,扬子板块西缘具有什么样的特殊地球化学背景才能导致众多稀散矿床聚集。为了解决这一科学问题,本文以扬子西缘为研究区,实测了扬子西缘典型代表区(贵州)的元古界-中生界剖面,系统地对不同时代的地层样品进行了测试。结果表明,元古界地层的Ga、Ge、Se、Cd、In、Te、Re、Tl均值分别为9. 71×10~(-6)、0. 30×10~(-6)、1. 71×10~(-6)、0. 48×10~(-6)、0. 07×10~(-6)、0. 10×10~(-6)、0. 015×10~(-6)、0. 29×10~(-6);古生界地层的Ga、Ge、Se、Cd、In、Te、Re、Tl均值分别为14. 70×10~(-6)、0. 35×10~(-6)、2. 36×10~(-6)、0. 23×10~(-6)、0. 06×10~(-6)、0. 08×10~(-6)、0. 014×10~(-6)、0. 69×10~(-6);中生界地层的Ga、Ge、Se、Cd、In、Te、Re、Tl均值分别为9. 06×10~(-6)、0. 22×10~(-6)、2. 48×10~(-6)、0. 07×10~(-6)、0. 04×10~(-6)、0. 07×10~(-6)、0. 003×10~(-6)、0. 11×10~(-6)。结合稀散元素矿床分布特征,发现扬子板块西缘基底地层(除Ge),稀散元素背景总体不高,早寒武世是重要的稀散元素富集阶段,可能与这一时期发育的黑色岩系成矿系统有关,广泛分布的峨眉山玄武岩层一般有较高的稀散元素背景,可能是重要的矿源,Se或Cd或Ga的赋矿层位与高地球化学背景层位对应关系较好,其它元素虽然对应关系不明显,但赋矿层位下部一般为高背景层,反映了成矿物质浅源或就近的特点。本文只是报道了扬子板块西缘的绝大部分不同时代地层的地球化学背景值,初步探讨了稀散元素地球化学背景与稀散矿床的耦合关系。随着稀散矿床的研究不断深入,更多的地质信息和成矿规律会逐渐被揭示,本研究可为后续以上工作的开展奠定背景基础。     

Study on the Temporal-Spatial Evolution of Prehistoric Settlements and Its Correlation with Subsistence Strategy and Climate History in the Western Liao River Area

Western Liao River area is one of the most important birthplaces of agricultural civilization in northern China. With recent works like relics survey, site excavation and environmental archaeology going further, the time sequence, cultural content and subsistence strategy history of this area are getting explicit. Questions like ancient exploiting history of natural resources, climate background and cultural impact of subsistence strategy have been paid great attention. Traditional environmental archaeology methods like plant and animal remains analysis are mostly utilized to conduct in-site investigation, current studies rarely adopt quantitative methods to examine the sites’ macro temporal-spatial distribution and aggregation pattern. Based on abundant digitized relic survey data, GIS methods like kernel density analysis are utilized to indicate the temporal-spatial distribution and aggregation pattern of prehistoric cultures in Western Liao River area. The latitudinal, longitudinal and altitudinal migrations of site distributional core are indicated by 3D perspective shift and elevation statistics. By referencing existing studies on subsistence strategy and paleoclimate history, results of spatial analysis are used to reveal the correlation among sites’ temporal-spatial distribution, subsistence strategy adopted and climate variation. This also contributes to our understanding and utilization of massive locational information of prehistoric sites in ancient man-land relationship study.     

Metastability of granulites and processes of eclogitisation in the UHP region of western Norway

The Flatraket Complex, a granulite facies low strain enclave within the Western Gneiss Region, provides an excellent example of metastability of plagioclase‐bearing assemblages under eclogite facies conditions. Coesite eclogites are found <200 m structurally above and <1 km below the Flatraket Complex, and are separated from it by amphibolite facies gneisses related to pervasive late‐orogenic deformation and overprinting. Granulites within the Flatraket Complex equilibrated at 9–11 kbar, 700–800°C. These predate eclogite facies metamorphism and were preserved metastably in dry undeformed zones under eclogite facies conditions. Approximately 5% of the complex was transformed to eclogite in zones of fluid infiltration and deformation, which were focused along lithological contacts in the margin of the complex. Eclogitisation proceeded by domainal re‐equilibration and disequilibrium breakdown of plagioclase by predominantly hydration reactions. Both hydration and anhydrous plagioclase breakdown reactions were kinetically linked to input of fluid. More pervasive hydration of the complex occurred during exhumation, with fluid infiltration linked to dehydration of external gneisses. Eclogite facies shear zones within the complex equilibrated at 20–23 kbar, 650–800°C, consistent with the lack of coesite and with the equilibration conditions of external HP eclogites. If the complex experienced pressures equivalent to those of nearby coesite eclogites (> 28 kbar), unprecedented metastability of plagioclase and quartz is implied. Alternatively, a tectonic break exists between the Flatraket Complex and UHP eclogites, supporting the concept of a tectonic boundary to the UHP zone of the Western Gneiss Region. The distribution of eclogite and amphibolite facies metamorphic overprints demonstrates that the reactivity of the crust during deep burial and exhumation is strongly controlled by fluid availability, and is a function of the protolith.     

Origin of sandplains in Western Australia: A review of the debate and some recent findings

Views on the origin of sandplains in Western Australia remain controversial with debate focusing around three different models of formation. These are in situ, aeolian and in situ formation with local remobilisation by wind or colluvial transport. The only recent work on the subject to date espouses a dominantly aeolian origin. New work from a detailed study on the Victoria Plateau is described and demonstrates the applicability of utilising a range of evidence in understanding the origin of sandplains in Western Australia. Field investigations show a strong association of sandplain with sandstone and an absence of sand on non‐arenaceous geology in similar and adjacent topographic settings. Grainsize, mineral magnetic analysis and heavy‐mineral spectra show the Victoria Plateau to be a heterogeneous body of sand. These findings coupled with a lack of internal sedimentary structures are not consistent with an aeolian origin for the sandplain. Furthermore, scanning electron microscopy, grainsize and heavy minerals also demonstrate a clear link between bedrock and overlying sandplain. These data support the hypothesis that Western Australian sandplains are mostly the product of in situ weathering. Such findings question whether the origin of sandplains can be satisfactorily deduced without such a range of data.     

Shape and amount of the Quaternary uplift of the western Rhenish shield and the Ardennes (western Europe)

A good evaluation of the Quaternary uplift of the Rhenish shield is a key element for the understanding of the Cenozoic geodynamics of the western European platform in front of the alpine arc. Previous maps of the massif uplift relied on fluvial incision data since the time of the rivers' Younger Main Terrace to infer a maximum post-0.73 Ma uplift of ~ 290 m in the SE Eifel. Here, we propose a new interpretation of the incision data of the intra-massif streams, where anomalies in the terrace profiles would result from knickpoint retreat in the tributaries of the main rivers rather than from tectonic deformation. We also use additional geomorphological data referring to (1) deformed Tertiary planation surfaces, (2) the history of stream piracy that severely affected the Meuse basin in the last 1 Ma, and (3) incision data outside the Rhenish shield. A new map of the post-0.73 Ma uplift of the Rhenish shield is drawn on the basis of this enlarged dataset. It reduces the maximum amount of tectonic uplift in the SE Eifel to ~ 140 m and modifies the general shape of the uplift, namely straightening its E–W profile. It is also suggested that an uplift wave migrated across the massif, starting from its southern margin in the early Pleistocene and currently showing the highest intensity of uplift in the northern Ardennes and Eifel. These features seem to favour an uplift mechanism chiefly related to lithospheric folding and minimize the impact on the topography of a more local Eifel plume.     

Holocene beach deposits for assessing coastal uplift of the northeastern Boso Peninsula, Pacific coast of Japan

This paper presents a case study that assessed spatial variations in the tectonic uplift rates of beach deposits in the relict Kujukuri strand plain, situated on the northeastern coast of the Boso Peninsula, eastern Japan. The southern Boso Peninsula is tilted downward to the northeast due to plate subduction along the Sagami Trough. However, the cause of the northeastern coast uplift creating the relict strand plain is unclear, due to the absence of a Holocene raised marine terrace sequence. Elevations and ages of beach deposits were collected from drilled cores and ground-penetrating radar profiles along three shore-normal sections in the southern Kujukuri strand plain. From this, alongshore variations in the relative sea level since the mid-Holocene could be seen. These corresponded to north-to-northeast downward tilting at a rate of 0.4 m/ka for an interval 10 km and are concordant with the longer term tilting of the last interglacial marine terrace surrounding the plain. Although it is difficult to assess shore-normal variations of uplift based on the present dataset, the recognized tilting apparently continues to the tilting of the southern Boso Peninsula, implying the Sagami Trough probably affects the uplift of the Kujukuri coast.     

Evaluating new fault-controlled hydrothermal dolomitization models: Insights from the Cambrian Dolomite,Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin

Fault-controlled hydrothermal dolomitization in tectonically complex basins can occur at any depth and from different fluid compositions, including ‘deep-seated’, ‘crustal’ or ‘basinal’ brines. Nevertheless, many studies have failed to identify the actual source of these fluids, resulting in a gap in our knowledge on the likely source of magnesium of hydrothermal dolomitization. With development of new concepts in hydrothermal dolomitization, the study aims in particular to test the hypothesis that dolomitizing fluids were sourced from either seawater, ultramafic carbonation or a mixture between the two by utilizing the Cambrian Mount Whyte Formation as an example. Here, the large-scale dolostone bodies are fabric-destructive with a range of crystal fabrics, including euhedral replacement (RD1) and anhedral replacement (RD2). Since dolomite is cross-cut by low amplitude stylolites, dolomitization is interpreted to have occurred shortly after deposition, at a very shallow depth (<1 km). At this time, there would have been sufficient porosity in the mudstones for extensive dolomitization to occur, and the necessary high heat flows and faulting associated with Cambrian rifting to transfer hot brines into the near surface. While the δ¹⁸O_water and ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios values of RD1 are comparable with Cambrian seawater, RD2 shows higher values in both parameters. Therefore, although aspects of the fluid geochemistry are consistent with dolomitization from seawater, very high fluid temperature and salinity could be suggestive of mixing with another, hydrothermal fluid. The very hot temperature, positive Eu anomaly, enriched metal concentrations, and cogenetic relation with quartz could indicate that hot brines were at least partially sourced from ultramafic rocks, potentially as a result of interaction between the underlying Proterozoic serpentinites and CO₂-rich fluids. This study highlights that large-scale hydrothermal dolostone bodies can form at shallow burial depths via mixing during fluid pulses, providing a potential explanation for the mass balance problem often associated with their genesis.