安徽巢湖下三叠统含巢湖龙动物群地层微相特征及古环境

安徽巢湖马家山剖面下三叠统南陵湖组中段上部—上段下部第598—630自然层中产出早三叠世巢湖龙动物群化石。通过对赋存巢湖龙动物群化石的第598—630自然层的微相类型和稳定碳氧同位素进行分析,揭示了该时期的沉积环境及其变化。在该段地层中共识别出4种微相类型,分别是红色—灰色瘤状厚层含骨针—双壳类生屑泥晶灰岩、灰色含生屑泥质泥晶灰岩、青灰色纹层状泥质泥晶灰岩和浅灰色含泥质泥晶灰岩,反映当时沉积环境从早到晚由外缓坡脚—深海盆地边缘渐变为外缓坡环境。稳定碳氧同位素分析表明,该段地层中δ¹³C值与 δ¹⁸O 值普遍偏低。综合微相、沉积相及稳定碳氧同位素特征,推断巢湖龙动物群生活在安静的外缓坡环境中,伴生的生物种类及数量相对比较稀少,海水温度总体偏高。     

辽宁中元古代初期粗碎屑岩中微生物砂质颗粒的发现及古环境意义

微生物席成因构造(microbial induced sedimentary structures, MISS)是由微生物与沉积物相互作用形成的生物沉积构造,表现形式有变余波痕、皱饰构造、微生物席碎片、纺锤状或次圆状收缩裂缝等。首次在华北地台东北部辽宁兴城中元古代初期常州沟组底部粗碎屑岩交错层理面上发现了大量的微生物砂质颗粒,在中元古代底部粗碎屑岩中发现大量微生物砂质碎片。这一发现对于了解华北地台MISS的活跃时代以及恢复中元古代早期粗碎屑岩的形成古环境有重要的科学意义,特别是为华北地台古元古代、中元古代的地层划分与对比提供一定的生物地层学参考。发现的微生物砂质颗粒大小在0.1~0.2 mm,形态以球形为主。这些微生物砂质颗粒形成于静水环境的潮上带或泥坪之中的微生物席底,在剧烈的构造运动以及海侵初期高频的海平面运动中被风暴、海啸等灾难性事件破坏,并随着退潮水流被搬运至发育交错层理的潮道区域,与粗碎屑物质一起沉积。这些被风暴破坏的微生物砂质颗粒在搬运过程中被磨圆并产生一定的分选。     

关于沙漠环境演变几种研究指标的探讨

沙漠环境演变研究过程中,地层沉积序列和沙漠环境信息的重建是其研究重点。大量关于沙漠环境演变研究所取得的成果显示：在沙漠沉积地层时间序列测定中,光释光（OSL）测年比较适用,但其在高分辨率方面欠缺、精度稍差,实际研究中应该视实际情况把OSL测年与^14 C测年结合使用。在环境代用指标选择方4面,沉积粒度及地球化学元素比较适合沙漠环境演变研究;磁化率、碳酸钙、有机碳作为环境代用指标有一定的局限性,但研究中仍多使用;孢粉分析在较湿润区域的环境演变研究中作为环境代用指标效果较好,但在沙漠这个极度干旱、植被稀少的环境下适用性不强。     

河北省雄县牛驼镇地热田第四纪古土壤与古地理环境

本文根据雄县地热田钻孔的古土壤、孢粉分析和地层层序揭示第四纪以来该区土壤层及淋溶淀积作用可划分二大带。０～４２０ｍ：从上到下土壤颜色加深,淋溶淀积加强,出现团块状钙质,古气候由老至新从温湿转化为现代干冷;４２０～８００ｍ：淋溶淀积作用较强烈,上部地层显示过湿的气候条件,反映古气候从干热向温湿转变。第四纪以来植被发展曾经历了４个大的阶段,冷暖干湿气候交替有１６次明显变化。     

Palaeoenvironmental control on sediment composition and provenance in the late Quaternary deltaic successions: a case study from the Po delta area (Northern Italy)

Accumulation of continental, deltaic and shallow‐marine sediments in the Po River coastal plain preserves a record of the Late Quaternary sea‐level changes and shoreline migrations. The palaeoenvironmental evolution of this area and the changes in composition and provenance of sediments have been investigated through integrated sedimentological, micropalaeontological (mainly foraminifers) and geochemical analyses of core S1, from the southern part of the Po River delta, within a chronological framework supported by radiocarbon dating and correlations with adjacent core sequences. Eleven lithofacies, grouped into five facies associations, and four palaeontological assemblages provide the basis to define the palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of this succession consisting, from the base to the top, of: (i) continental sediments accumulated during the Late Pleistocene; (ii) back‐barrier sediments marking the onset of Holocene sea‐level rise; (iii) transgressive sands deposited during the rapid landward migration of a barrier‐lagoon system; (iv) shallow‐marine and prodelta sediments with faunal associations indicating a gradual approach to the Po River mouth; and (v) sub‐recent delta front sands that form a considerable portion of the present coastal plain. Bulk chemical composition of sediments shows remarkable relationships with palaeoenvironments and locally improves facies characterizations. For example, they reveal carbonate leaching that emphasizes the occurrence of palaeosols in continental deposits or record enrichments in loss on ignition, S and Br, diagnostic of organic‐rich layers in back‐shore sediments. Selected geochemical elements (e.g. Mg and Ni) are particularly effective for the recognition of sediment provenances from the three main source areas observed in the subsurface deposits of the Po River coastal plain (e.g. Apenninic rivers, North Adriatic rivers and Po River). An Apenninic provenance is observed in continental and back‐barrier sediments. A North Adriatic provenance characterizes the transgressive sands and the shallow‐marine deposits; a significant Po River provenance is recorded in sediments related to the onset of the prodelta environment, confirmed by foraminiferal assemblages indicating remarkable increase in fluvial influxes. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Sediment provenance of late Quaternary morainic,fluvial and loess‐like deposits in the southwestern Verkhoyansk Mountains (eastern Siberia) and implications for regional palaeoenvironmental reconstructions

A provenance analysis of late Quaternary deposits from tributaries of the Aldan and Lena rivers in Central Yakutia (eastern Siberia) was carried out using analysis of heavy minerals and clay mineralogy. Cluster analysis revealed one assemblage that is characterized by relatively high proportions of amphibole, orthopyroxene and garnet as well as pedogenic clay minerals, reflecting a sediment provenance from the wide catchment area of the Lena and Aldan rivers. In contrast, the three other clusters are dominated by stable heavy minerals with varying amounts of clinopyroxene, apatite and garnet, as well as high percentages of illite and chlorite that are indicative of source rocks of the Verkhoyansk Mountains. Glacial moraines reveal the local mountain source signal that is overprinted by the Lena‐Aldan signal in the oldest moraines by reworking processes. Alluvial sediments in the Verkhoyansk Foreland show a clear Lena source signal through intervals of the middle and late Pleistocene, related to a stream course closer to the mountains at that time. Loess‐like cover sediments are characterized by the dominant Lena provenance with increasing proportions of local mountain sources towards the mountain valleys. Aeolian sands in an alluvial terrace section at the mountain margin covering the time between 30 ka and 10 ka BP reflect temporarily dominant inputs of aeolian materials from the Lena Plains. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Organic matter accumulation during the Holocene in the Guadalquivir marshlands (SW Spain)

The distribution of biomarker compounds and magnetic susceptibility observed in the sediment from a 20 m core drilled in the marshlands of the estuarine region of the Guadalquivir River (southwest coast of Spain) has allowed us to reconstruct the palaeoenvironmental evolution of this area during the Holocene. Several organic compounds (n‐alkanes, n‐ketones, n‐alkanols, n‐alkanoic acids and organic sulphur), as well as different biomarker ratios, have been used to show changing environmental conditions through time. These geochemical proxies suggest good preservation of the organic matter, although some diagenesis has occurred to particular organic compounds, especially the n‐alkanoic acids. Our data indicate a major allochthonous supply of terrestrial plants, with less influence from aquatic plants or algae through the core. There are markedly different palaeoenvironmental conditions between the uppermost 5 m (last 6 ka cal. B.P.) and the rest of the core. From 5 m (ca 6 ka cal. B.P.) to 19 m (ca 8 ka cal. B.P.) depth the palaeoenvironmental conditions were almost constant. Based on organic sulphur content and n‐alkane content logs, anoxic conditions prevailed from 8 to 6 ka cal. B.P., while oxic conditions with enhanced convection of water (prevalence of fluvial input), and consequently a greater organic matter supply, predominated in the upper 5 m of the core. Similarly, little variation in the magnetic susceptibility profile below 5 m indicates stable environmental conditions, while in the upper 5 m conditions shifted to one with elevated water input and clastic sediment supply. This is linked to palaeofloral alterations in the Guadiamar/Guadalquivir drainage basins and/or anthropogenic effects. We propose that from ca 8 to 6 ka cal. B.P. a stable landscape physiognomy in the surroundings of the estuarine area of the Guadalquivir River, with a predominance of pines and grassland. However, over the last 6 ka cal. B.P. a variation in the terrestrial plant biomarker compounds suggests an alternation of relatively dry and humid phases and/or the impact of human populations on altering the vegetation community have occurred. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Palaeoenvironmental change in Java island and its surrounding areas

Palaeoenvironment in Java island and its surrounding areas since the last interglacial stage was reconstructed initially using previous studies by various researchers. The karst area in Gunung Sewu on Java island was also examined by the authors in order to reconstruct the palaeoenvironment through the process of karstification. Summarizing the evidence related to palaeoclimate in the various areas made it clear that the palaeoclimatic condition was cooler and drier at the Last Glacial Maximum 18 000 yr BP, than today. Formation of dry valleys in Gunung Sewu was conditioned by lowering of sea-level, and establishment of a cool and extremely dry climate. Subsequent to the initial reconstruction, the results of the estimated palaeoclimate at 18 000 yr BP were plotted at the respective points where the samples were obtained, and maps for northern winter and northern summer were constructed showing the estimated streamlines of monsoon circulations, polar frontal zones and intertropical convergence zones, in order to better explain the distribution of the palaeoclimate conditions of the area. ©1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

山西沁水盆地西缘寒武系碳酸盐岩的元素地球化学特征及其古环境意义*

山西省沁水盆地寒武系碳酸盐岩出露规模可观,但对其沉积学、地球化学和古地理学方面的研究成果却很少。笔者在野外调查的基础上,对沁水盆地西缘寒武系进行了岩石学和元素地球化学研究。结果表明,研究区寒武系碳酸盐岩主要包括张夏组和崮山组灰岩及三山子组下部白云岩,属浅海台地相沉积,可分出局限台地、开阔台地、台地边缘礁滩3种沉积相类型。自生元素(CaO、MgO)与陆源元素(SiO₂、Al₂O₃和Fe₂O₃)变化范围较大,垂向上有2次升降旋回,反映沉积环境比较动荡;K₂O含量较高,Na₂O和Sr含量较低;ΣREE+Y总量较高,变化范围较广,轻稀土富集,重稀土亏损,Ce和Eu呈弱负异常,标准化曲线呈略微左倾—平坦型,符合正常海相沉积的特点;δ¹³C值在-1.96‰~0.41‰之间,为低负值到低正值,总体先升高后降低,δ¹⁸O在-9.96‰~-5.33‰之间,总体自下而上呈阶梯状上升。相关地球化学参数指示研究区主要为海相咸水沉积,古海水温度属温暖的亚热带气候环境下的海水温度,总体上由暖到热再转冷,古气候经历了由相对潮湿—相对干热—相对潮湿的转变过程,古水深发生浅—深—浅的变化,古海平面出现了1次大规模的升降。古环境各要素间耦合关系较好,并对沉积相类型具有一定的制约关系。上述成果对沁水盆地及邻区寒武纪岩相古地理研究和油气勘探,乃至对华北克拉通寒武纪古环境、古生物和古生态演化史的重建等具有重要的理论和实际意义。     

鄂尔多斯盆地早侏罗世岩相古地理

采用单因素分析综合作图法,结合大地构造和单剖面相分析,从定量化角度对鄂尔多斯盆地早休罗世富县组岩相古地理进行了研究,认为三叠纪末印支运动使鄂尔多斯盆地抬升,遭受剥蚀,形成起伏不平地势。侏罗纪早期,在相对低凹地区接受沉积,形成了以剥蚀一残积相为主体,冲积、湖沼相为辅的古地理景观,在这一背景上,大面积发育了中休罗世沉积。