贵州盘县新民地区关岭组中三叠世盘县动物群产出层段碳酸盐岩微相分析和古环境恢复

通过野外观察和显微镜下碳酸盐岩薄片微相分析,以颗粒类型、颗粒基质含量对比、沉积组构、化石生物组合、化石埋藏学特征作为主要微相类型的划分依据,贵州中三叠世盘县动物群产出地层78-91层及上覆地层92层和下伏地层77层共识别出10种微相类型,在垂向上归纳为三种向上变浅的沉积相序列：开阔台地、局限台地、潮道环境。按照水深及水...     

青海黄河源盆地早更新世以来环境演变

黄河源盆地位于青藏高原东北部,是黄河的源头地区,对环境和气候变化非常敏感。对黄河源盆地中的河湖相沉积物进行了孢粉分析,获得丰富的孢粉数据,结果显示孢粉组合以菊科、蒿科、藜科、禾本科、松、桦等草本和木本植物花粉为主。通过对各类植物的孢粉组合特征分析,揭示了黄河源地区早更新世以来古植被、古气候的演替和变化。其演变经历了4个阶段：第一阶段223.9～90.1万年,为森林草原环境,反映了温暖潮湿的气候;第二阶段90.1～35万年,为灌丛草原环境,反映了总体干冷的气候;第三阶段35～2.8万年,为稀树草甸草原环境,属湿润寒冷的气候;第四阶段2.8～0.8万年,为荒漠草原环境,反应干冷的气候。     

Pleistocene fluvial sediments,palaeontology and archaeology of the upper River Thames at Latton,Wiltshire, England

Pleistocene fluvial sediments of the Northmoor Member of the Upper Thames Formation exposed at Latton, Wiltshire, record episodic deposition close to the Churn–Thames confluence possibly spanning the interval from Marine Isotope Stages (MIS) 7 to 2. The sequence is dominated by gravel facies, indicating deposition by a high‐energy, gravel‐bed river. A number of fine‐grained organic sediment bodies within the sequence have yielded palaeoenvironmental and biostratigraphical data from Mollusca, Coleoptera, vertebrates, pollen and plant macrofossils. The basal deposit (Facies Association A) contains faunal material indicating temperate conditions. Most of the palaeontological evidence including a distinctive small form of mammoth (Mammuthus cf. trogontherii), together with the U‐series age estimate of >147.4 ± 20 kyr suggest correlation with MIS 7. The overlying deposits (Facies Associations B and C) represent deposition under a range of climatic conditions. Two fine‐grained organic deposits occurred within Association B; one (Association Ba) in the northern part of the pit as a channel fill and the other (Association Bb) in its southern part as a scour‐fill deposit. The coleopteran assemblages from Ba, indicate that it accumulated under temperate oceanic conditions, while Bb, which also yielded a radiocarbon age estimate of 39 560 ± 780 ¹⁴C yr BP, was formed under much colder and more continental climatic conditions. The sequence is considered to represent deposition within an alluvial fan formed at the Churn–Thames confluence; a depositional scenario which may account for the juxtaposition of sediments and fossils of widely differing age within the same altitudinal range. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

渤海湾盆地石炭二叠系稀土元素特征及其地质意义

采集了渤海湾盆地周缘露头剖面和盆内钻井岩心的泥岩及少量灰岩样品,采用电感耦合等离子质谱技术对样品进行了系统的稀土元素测试分析。测试样品稀土总量平均值为290.39 μg/g ,明显大于北美页岩组合样。各样品δEu为0.42~0.83,平均0.67,中度Eu负异常;大多样品Ce含量正常,δCe为0.51~1.22,平均0.97。稀土元素配分模式总体为轻稀土富集、重稀土亏损型,轻稀土段曲线明显“右倾”,重稀土段则较为“平坦”。灰岩及部分泥岩中Ce的负异常指示了晚石炭世本区陆表海的沉积环境特点,古海水为氧化环境。根据稀土元素的Eu异常及总的元素组合特点,判断渤海湾盆地石炭—二叠系沉积物主要来自盆地北缘的阴山古陆,母岩类型为花岗岩。     

广西隆安都结剖面下石炭统都安组上部鲕粒类型及其地质意义*

鲕粒是一类特殊的沉积颗粒,为古气候和古海洋环境的重要指示器。为了深入认识此类特殊颗粒的成因机制、形成环境及地质意义,对广西隆安地区都结剖面下石炭统都安组上部含鲕粒地层开展了古生物学、沉积学和岩相学研究。研究区共识别出5种主要的鲕粒类型: 放射状纹层鲕粒(O1)、规则同心放射状纹层鲕粒(O2)、不规则同心放射状纹层鲕粒(O3)、泥晶鲕粒(O4-A和O4-B)和复合鲕粒(O5)。各类鲕粒的显微组构和沉积环境指示其具有不同的形成过程,其中水动力条件影响和控制着鲕粒的发育和分布情况。研究区含鲕粒地层形成于维宪期末—谢尔普霍夫期,恰好对应早石炭世晚期冰川作用的开始。受冰川作用影响,全球海平面频繁波动,研究区地处低纬度地区并以浅滩和潮坪沉积环境为主,为鲕粒的形成提供了适宜的水体条件,即温暖、动荡的浅水环境。此外,含鲕粒岩层内广泛发育钙质微生物和微生物席,说明微生物活动在研究区较为常见,可能与鲕粒的形成过程具有一定的关联。     

福建九龙江河口第四纪沉积物特征及沉积环境演变

根据福建九龙江河口ZK1孔及ZK7孔沉积物AMS(Accelerator Mass Spectrometry,加速器质谱测年技术) ¹⁴C测年、古地磁和剖面特征分析,进行该地区的第四纪地层划分,依据粒度特征,结合磁化率、微体古生物和Sr/Ba等环境代用指标进行沉积相分析,重建了该区晚第四纪的古环境演变历史。结果表明:(1)九龙江河口第四纪沉积时代为晚更新世中期至全新世晚期。(2)上更新统沉积可划分为下部龙海组洪冲积相和上部东山组河漫滩相沉积,中间有10 ka的沉积间断,末次冰期又再遭受风化剥蚀作用,推测有5～6 ka的风化剥蚀期。(3)全新统最早沉积年代约为14 ka BP,依次出现河口湾相、河口砂坝—分汊河道相、潮滩相沉积。(4)根据年代学数据和沉积相变化,重塑了该区晚第四纪沉积环境变化过程,为该区的第四纪研究和工程地质工作提供了参考依据。     

Changes to depositional palaeoenvironments within the Qikou depression (Bohaiwan Basin,China): carbon and oxygen isotopes in lacustrine carbonates of the Palaeogene Shahejie Formation

This paper reports the carbon and oxygen isotope compositions of lacustrine carbonate sediments from the Palaeogene Shahejie Formation, Qikou depression, Bohaiwan Basin, with the aim of determining the palaeoenvironmental conditions in the region. Results from Es₂, the second member of the Shahejie Formation, showed values of δ¹³C and δ¹⁸O from –1.2‰ to +2.4‰ (average +0.6‰) and from –6.8‰ to –4.7‰ (average –5.7‰), respectively, suggesting a relatively hot climate attending deposition. The slightly closed nature of the lake, which contains brackish water, resulted in higher carbonate δ¹³C and δ¹⁸O values than in a meteoric environment. The values of δ¹³C and δ¹⁸O preserved within the carbonates of the overlying lower Shahejie I (Es₁) varied between +1.3‰ and +4.9‰ (average +3.2‰) and from ?4.4‰ to ?1.8‰ (average ?3.1‰), respectively, indicating that the climate became colder at that time. Subsequently, a marine transgression caused the salinity of the lake water to increase. The values of δ¹³C and δ¹⁸O were controlled by salinity. The high δ¹³C values were also influenced by the rapid burial of the lake organisms and by algal photosynthesis. Values of δ¹³C and δ¹⁸O from carbonates in upper Es₁ ranged from ?8.0‰ to +11.0‰ (average +10.1‰) and from ?5.0‰ to ?1.5‰ (average ?3.4‰), respectively, indicating a slight increase in the temperature over time. In the closed and reducing environment, extremes in δ¹³C values resulted from biochemical fermentation. The positive δ¹³C excursion recorded in the carbonates of the Shahejie Formation in the Qikou depression indicates that the palaeoclimate underwent a significant transformation during the Eocene and the Oligocene.     

Reconstruction of the old cultural surface of a Bronze Age Settlement – An example for a multi-methodological interaction of Soil Science and Archaeology in Southern Germany

During the excavation of a Late Bronze Age settlement at Mintraching (near Regensburg, Germany) the on-site pedological and geomorphological settings were studied in order to collect data regarding the palaeopedological and geomorphological conditions of the settlement area, as well as to elaborate further on the former Bronze Age surface. Pedological and geophysical field methods in combination with laboratory analyses were used in close proximity to the archaeological excavation site. Studies about the terrace stratigraphy of the river Danube and associated soil profiles provided data to determine the altitude of the ancient surface. This assisted in calculating the altitude of the former surface of the highest prehistoric building found in Bavaria to date. Since Bronze Age, a minimum amount of 80 - 100 cm soil loss referring to the original Holocene surface could be calculated. Furthermore, the accumulation history of black sediments distributed nearby is described. The black sediments, which are rich in organic matter, accumulated in an old palaeo channel close to the settlement since the Neolithic period. The deposits are not the remnants of a Tschernosem soil as previously thought. Erosion and deposition of the black material give an indication of anthropogenic activities like clearing and farming in the close vicinity of the former settlement area which was located next to an old water filled channel.     

准噶尔盆地白垩纪——新近纪地层颜色韵律与古环境和古气候演化

准噶尔盆地南缘白垩纪—新近纪发育大型陆相浅水湖盆,干湿与冷暖气候频繁交替,形成了多套色彩斑斓的“五彩”地层,如灰色、灰绿色、灰白色、酱红色、红褐色、砖红色、紫红色、土黄色等。研究表明:地层颜色具有很好的沉积环境指示意义,如颜色指标L^*(黑白),a^*(红绿)以及b^*(蓝黄)可以明显区分不同的水下与水上沉积环境(如水上河流—三角洲相、泛滥平原、山麓—冲积扇相等,水下半深湖相、滨浅湖相等);地层颜色演化序列可以很好地指示白垩纪—新近纪古气候的演化过程。红色沉积物既可以形成于干旱炎热的陆上氧化环境,也可以形成于相对还原的水下环境:“陆上红”如东沟组砖红色砂泥岩、紫泥泉子组紫红色泥岩、沙湾组褐红色—土红色泥岩等,40>L^*>52,8>a^*>18,12>b^*>22;“水下红”以呼图壁河组酱红色块状泥岩为特征,35>L^*>45,2.5>a^*>4.5,5>b^*>9。早白垩世准噶尔盆地相对温暖湿润,湖泊广泛分布,颜色指标L^*(黑白)最低值接近15,a^*值介于-5~5之间,指示深灰色—灰黑色泥岩形成于还原环境。晚白垩世地层颜色指标中a^*达到了最高峰(15~25),表明准噶尔盆地气候开始出现干旱炎热趋势;古近纪始新世—渐新世,a^*与b^*值同步变化,出现了明显的负漂趋势(7~15),表明气候逐渐变冷;新近纪a*值出现新低(5~9),而L*值也接近70,表明气候持续变冷。综上所述,白垩纪末期以来,准噶尔盆地受全球气候变冷和青藏高原隆升共同影响,干旱化程度不断加强,地层颜色比较完整地保留和记录了古环境与古气候的发展演化过程。因此,系统的颜色测量和分析可以为恢复与重建中新生代沉积环境与古气候演化提供重要依据,对于探究新生代以来全球气候变化规律也具有重要意义。     

11.5kaBP以来尕海沉积物氧化物地球化学特征及其环境意义

通过对柴达木盆地尕海DG03孔沉积序列的年代学测定和沉积物分析,选取对气候环境较为敏感的SiO2,Al2O3,TiO2,Fe2O3,MgO,ＣaO,K2O,Na2O等作为环境代用指标,分析了尕海地区11.5 kaBP以来的气候环境变化。研究表明尕海地区在11.5 kaBP以来存在4个明显的气候变化期:晚冰期晚期（11.5～10.16 kaBP）的气候波动较大,其中11.5～11.16 kaBP是暖干气候;11.16～10.16 kaBP,气候冷干,可能是新仙女木事件的反映;全新世早期（10.16～7.83 kaBP）气候转暖,有短期极干冷事件的发生;中全新世适宜期（7.83～4.73 kaBP）,气候温暖湿润;4.73 kaBP以来的全新世晚期,气候环境明显恶化,期间出现气候暖湿与干冷的多次波动变化。