Population Structure and Secondary Production of the Mediterranean Octocoral Lophogorgia ceratophyta (L. 1758)

Abstract. The gorgonian Lophogorgia ceratophyta thrives in turbid water at Tinetto Rock, La Spezia Gulf, Ligurian Sea. Its age structure suggests that the population is in a steady state; nevertheless, it is difficult to discern whether the main factors controlling this population are biological or event-related. Secondary production was estimated by means of an increment-summation method and yielded 0.54 g ash-free dry weight (AFDW)*m^-1 a^-1. This estimate does not take into account biomass losses due to reproductive output and non-lethal predation. Standing stock biomass was 5.44 g AFDW e m^-2. The annual P/B ratio was 0.10 and turnover time about 10a     

Open star clusters in the spiral arms of our Galaxy

We consider the age distributions of open star clusters attributed to three segments of Galactic spiral arms. The smoothed distributions of clusters on the age-Galactocentric angle plane show a great nonuniformity. The time dependence of the formation rate of Galactic disk clusters recovered by taking into account selection effects and dynamical evolution of clusters shows that, on average, the formation rate of open star clusters decreases with time. This is in agreement with the increase in star formation rate into the past, as follows from the study of this process by the method of stellar population synthesis. The present time is the epoch of a current maximum of the cluster formation rate. In addition to the current maximum, there have been at least three more maxima with a period of 300–400 Myr and a duration of no more than 300 Myr. The age distributions are consistent with the pattern of star formation governed by the successive passages of density waves through each examined volume of the Galactic disk. The spiral structure becomes more complex when passing from the inner regions of the Galaxy to its outer regions.     

内蒙古西沙德盖钼矿床辉钼矿Re-Os同位素年龄及其地质意义

西沙德盖钼矿床是近年来在内蒙古中西部地区找到的一处中型钼矿床。钼矿化在西沙德盖斑状钾长花岗岩株及其与太古界乌拉山群变质岩接触带内呈浸染状和脉状产出,并且构成透镜状矿体。本次研究过程中,对9件代表性辉钼矿样品进行了Re-Os同位素年龄测定,Re-Os同位素模式年龄值变化范围为222.4～226.3 Ma,等时线年龄为(226.4±3.3) Ma,与赋矿围岩花岗斑岩的成岩年龄一致,由此认为西沙德盖钼矿床与斑状钾长花岗岩的形成时间均为晚三叠世,属印支晚期构造_岩浆活动的产物。结合矿区外围其他钼矿床同位素年龄数据,可以推测,内蒙古中西部大规模钼矿化发生的时间为印支晚期。古大陆内部张裂构造作用所诱发的岩浆活动是导致钼矿床形成的主导因素。     

川西—川中上三叠统地层对比及层序特征

川西上三叠统的须家河组与川中香溪群地层对比问题一直富有争议,而且由于前陆盆地的活动性、不对称性、沉积中心的迁移性等特点让川西—川中地层的划分对比变得更加复杂和困难。本次研究重在借助钻、测井资料的层序地层学分析,并结合露头剖面和地震资料,寻找全区可对比的标志性的层序界面,然后根据地层叠置样式、岩性、岩相的变化以及古生物资料等细分出低位、湖侵和高位体系域,在连井剖面层序对比的基础上建立了川西—川中以四级层序为单元的等时层序地层对比格架,提出了合理的须家河组与香溪群地层对比方案。这对盆地范围的岩相古地理重建、沉积体系的展布、有利相带的预测、油气资源评价等的研究都有重要意义。     

用单钻孔资料和岩层复平求面理倾斜的通用公式探讨

用改进的数学公式,便于用单钻孔资料和岩层复平求面理倾斜、求岩层厚度、求地层断距等多个课题。     

陆相断陷盆地低凸起斜坡带层序划分及其沉积充填演化特征:以埕岛东斜坡古近系为例

层序分级不一致和井震层序不统一都会导致沉积充填演化特征反映的不准确,将制约储盖组合与油气分布的预测。文中应用沉积层序的概念,利用岩心、岩性、测井与地震资料,以层序界面与内部构成特征相结合的原则,从坡下到坡上,对东斜坡古近系进行了层序划分。一级层序相当于系地层单元,与构造运动相对应,层序界面为区域性角度不整合;二级层序相当于统或组地层单元,与构造运动幕相对应,层序界面为局部不整合;三级层序相当于段或亚段地层单元,与构造幕内的次级构造作用相对应,层序界面为超覆不整合面、沉积体系转换面及重力流下切面;四级层序即体系域,相当于油组与砂组,与三级层序基准面旋回的阶段性变化相对应,层序界面为初始洪泛面、最大洪泛面,共识别出SQ1、SQ2、SQ3、SQ4、SQ5和SQ6等6个三级层序及15个体系域。井震统一的层序格架结合了钻井资料纵向高分辨率与地震资料横向好连续性的优点,从而高精度、高分辨率地揭示了层序格架充填演化特征,体现出层序旋回性与体系域及平面沉积相分布的差异性。古近纪埕岛凸起夷平,斜坡及凹陷补齐,发育超覆、披覆沉积;古地形由南低北高向南高北低转换;本地物源、邻近物源、区域物源阶段性变迁;多物源的沉积体系交叉、叠置,沉积相发生了扇三角洲-浊积扇-半深湖-滑塌浊积扇-辫状河三角洲-曲流河泛滥平原演变。埕岛低凸起斜坡带层序及沉积充填演化特征具有陆相断陷盆地的代表性,因而,此项研究对于解决层序地层学面临的工业化应用研究不足的问题以及油气储盖组合预测方面的难点可提供有益参考。     

峡江-广丰和三南-寻乌火山岩带晚中生代粗面岩SHRIMP锆石U-Pb年龄

江西及广东北缘呈近EW向展布的峡江-广丰火山岩带和三南(全南、定南、龙南)-寻乌火山岩带,是我国东南部中生代以高钾钙碱性长英质火山岩为主体的火山岩带的组成部分.峡江-广丰火山岩带的石溪盆地、三南-寻乌火山岩带的三百山盆地和大长沙盆地出露少量粗面岩,粗面岩所含锆石具有明显的振荡环带,Th/U比值高,属典型的岩浆成因锆石....     

滇西高黎贡山变质带变质深成岩特征及时代

高黎贡山变质岩带中(腾冲大蒿坪地区),原划归古元古代高黎贡山岩群中广泛存在的变质深成岩类,原岩实际为早白垩世(163.5±5.7 Ma)花岗闪长岩和晚白垩世(74.0±2.0Ma)二长花岗岩类,属变质的燕山期深成侵入岩,可划分为扬飞水角闪黑云花岗闪长质片麻岩、芹菜塘花岗片麻岩两个变质地体单元.早白垩世花岗闪长岩形成于造山前期同碰撞火山弧环境;晚白垩世二长花岗岩侵入岩形成于造山前期碰撞造山环境,并沿断裂带强烈侵位.原岩经喜马拉雅早期韧性剪切带动力变质,变质强度达高绿片岩相或低角闪岩相,形成花岗质片麻岩类,喜马拉雅中期叠加脆韧性动力变质作用.     

Age, distribution, tectonics, and eustatic controls of the Paranense and Caribbean marine transgressions in southern Bolivia and Argentina

Marine transgression onto the South American continent took place at least twice in the Miocene along distinct paleogeographic corridors. The first event occurred between 15 and 13 Ma and the second between 10 and 5? Ma. Each event has particular dominant variables (tectonism, eustacy, sediment accumulation rate) that permitted the preservation of the record and development of the sea on the continent. The 15–13 Ma transgression was tectonically and eustatically controlled, flooding older sedimentary accommodation zones on the South American plate during a global high sea level, whereas the 105? Ma event was predominantly tectonically controlled, generated by tectonic loading created in the Cordillera Oriental fold-and-thrust belt. A new 7.72±0.31 Ma ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar date from the Río Parapetí in Bolivia suggests that the 15–13 Ma transgression registered in Argentina produced no continental connection to the Caribbean transgression, registered in Bolivia, because of temporal constraints.     

应用~(40)Ar/~(39)Ar定年技术研究清原花岗岩-绿岩地体的形成时代

辽宁清原绿岩地层自下而上分为榆树底组、红透山组和南天门组。小莱河铁矿区榆树底组斜长角闪岩岩石化学性质和稀土元素分布曲线表明,该岩石的原岩属太古代亏损型(DAT)拉斑玄武岩。此斜长角闪岩中的角闪石的两个~(40)Ar/~(39)Ar年龄谱给出该岩石的变质作用发生在29.9亿年。清原绿岩地层形成时代可能在30亿年或稍早一些。全球范围绿岩地层的年龄是35—19亿年,峰值是27亿年.清原绿岩地层的早期形成年龄则大于全球绿岩的峰值年龄。