Formation of mud clast breccias and the process of sedimentary autobrecciation in the hominin-bearing (Homo naledi) Rising Star Cave system,South Africa

Unconsolidated mud clast breccia facies in the hominin-bearing (Homo naledi) Rising Star Cave, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa, are interpreted to have formed through a process termed sedimentary autobrecciation in this study. This process, by which most of the angular mud clast breccia deposits are thought to have formed autochthonously to para-autochthonously via a combination of erosion, desiccation, diagenesis and microbial alteration of laminated mud deposits, is thought to have taken place under relatively dry (i.e. non-flooded) conditions inside the cave. Subsequently, gravitational slumping and collapse was the dominant mechanism that produced the mud clast breccia deposits, which commonly accumulate into debris aprons. The mud clast breccia is typically associated with (micro) mammal fossils and is a common facies throughout the cave system, occurring in lithified and unlithified form. This facies has not been described from other cave localities in the Cradle of Humankind. Additionally, sedimentary autobrecciation took place during the deposition of some of the fossils within the Rising Star Cave, including the abundant Homo naledi skeletal remains found in the Dinaledi Subsystem. Reworking of the mud clast breccia deposits occurs in some chambers as they slump towards floor drains, resulting in the repositioning of fossils embedded in the breccias as evidenced by cross-cutting manganese staining lines on some Homo naledi fossil remains. The formation of the unlithified mud clast breccia deposits is a slow process, with first order formation rates estimated to be ca 8 × 10⁻⁴ mm year⁻¹. The slow formation of the unlithified mud clast breccia facies sediments and lack of laminated mud facies within these deposits, indicates that conditions in the Dinaledi Chamber were probably stable and dry for at least the last ca 300 ka, meaning that this study excludes Homo naledi being actively transported by fluvial mechanisms during the time their remains entered the cave.     

福建政和县东际金（银）矿床黄铁矿微量元素和硫-铅同位素及锆石年龄研究

东际金(银)矿床赋存于燕山晚期南园组火山岩中,是东南沿海地区一个隐爆角砾岩型贵金属矿床,已探明金资源量达12.5 t,银资源量135.9 t。通过开展主要金属硫化物黄铁矿电子探针和硫-铅同位素分析,讨论了成矿作用和成矿物质来源等问题。研究表明,东际金(银)矿床黄铁矿Co/Ni值3～94(平均值23)且Co含量为500×10-6～1070×10-6(均值799×10-6),Fe/(S+As)值0.827～0.871(均值0.860),Au/Ag值0.9～5.5(均值2.6),反映该矿床是与陆相火山作用有关的浅成中低温热液型矿床。黄铁矿δ34S在-6.6‰～-0.7‰,206Pb/204Pb为17.9801～18.4303,207Pb/204Pb为15.2689～15.9397,208Pb/204Pb为37.9052～38.7871,指示成矿物质主要来源于具有壳幔混源性质的花岗质岩浆,此外含矿热液也活化萃取了部分基底变质岩和火山岩围岩的金属元素。通过锆石U-Pb年代学研究和区域成矿资料对比,东际金(银)矿床成矿时代可被限定于早白垩世晚期。     

青海克停哈尔铜锌矿床隐爆角砾岩地球化学及地质意义

克停哈尔铜锌矿床是近年来在东昆仑造山带西段新发现的一处矿床,并且在隐爆角砾岩中发现了锌矿体,为查明隐爆角砾岩成因及与成矿的关系,对隐爆角砾岩进行了主量、微量及稀土元素的分析和研究。研究结果显示,w(SiO_2)为64.13%～66.54%,w(Al_2O_3)为14.55%～15.59%,w(Na_2O+K_2O)为6.29%～7.24%,K_2O/Na_2O比值为0.87～1.17,A/CNK比值为0.971～1.121,属于过铝质高钾钙碱性岩石系列;稀土元素总量中等,轻稀土元素富集,中等负铕异常;富集大离子亲石元素(Rb、K)、活泼不相容元素(Th)和轻稀土元素,相对亏损高场强元素(Ta、Nb、Ti、P、HREE),总体反映具壳源为主的花岗岩特征,形成于碰撞造山晚期并开始向陆内造山伸展环境转变,至少存在2期爆破3期成矿,第二期爆破是铅锌矿的主要成矿期。     

黄色系硅化造礁石珊瑚的结构特征及颜色成因研究

近些年,黄色系硅化造礁石珊瑚以其独特的花纹和美丽的颜色受到了人们的关注和喜爱。为充分认识硅化造礁石珊瑚的结构特征及颜色成因,本文采用X射线粉末衍射仪、偏光显微镜、热场发射扫描电子显微镜、紫外-可见光分光光度计和拉曼光谱仪对3块天然黄色系硅化造礁石珊瑚进行了研究。结果表明: 所研究的硅化造礁石珊瑚空腔区与隔片区石英颗粒的形态、种类及分布特征不同。当隔片和体壁所围成的空腔或是共骨之间的空腔足够大时,沿空腔内壁到中心,石英颗粒的种类和形态从不规则的细粒→他形的中粒→他形-半自形粗粒;当空腔受到挤压时,石英颗粒主要为他形或似纤维状的细粒石英。隔片区的石英颗粒主要为细粒石英。在偏光显微镜下观察到的黄色-褐红色的矿物经证实为针铁矿和赤铁矿,其中赤铁矿是黄色系硅化造礁石珊瑚的主要致色矿物。受造礁石珊瑚骨骼结构的影响,微观上针铁矿和赤铁矿总是以色素点的方式存在于极细粒或细粒石英颗粒的间隙,宏观上富集于隔片区和空腔边缘。     

Radiolarian‐based study on the fabric and the formation process of the Early Cretaceous mélange near Zhongba,Yarlung–Tsangpo Suture Zone,southern Tibet

The Yarlung–Tsangpo Suture Zone (YTSZ), as the southernmost and youngest among the sutures that subdivides the Tibetan Plateau into several east–west trending blocks, marks where the Neo‐Tethys was consumed as the Indian continent moved northward and collided against the Eurasian continent. Mélanges in the YTSZ represent the remnants of the oceanic plate through subduction and collision. Mélanges are characterized by a highly sheared volcanoclastic or siliceous mudstone matrix including blocks of chert, claystone, and basalt. Detailed radiolarian analyses are conducted on the mélange near Zhongba County. Macroscopic, mesoscopic, and microscopic observations are combined in order to elucidate the relationships among age, lithology, and structure of blocks in the mélange. Reconstructed ocean plate stratigraphy includes Lower Jurassic limestone within the chert sequence accumulated at a depth near the CCD (Unit 2), Upper Jurassic thin‐bedded chert interbedded with claystone deposited in the wide ocean basin (Unit 3), and Lower Cretaceous chert with siliceous mudstone (Units 4 and 5), representing the middle parts of ocean plate stratigraphy. The results highlight the fabric of brecciated chert on mesoscopic scale, which is thought to be due to localized overpressure. The formation of mesoscopic and microscopic block‐in‐matrix fabrics in the mélange is proposed for the chert and siliceous mudstone bearing different extents of consolidation and competence during the progressive deformation of accreted sediments at shallow‐level subduction.     

再论盐源模范村喜马拉雅期斑岩铜矿床地质特征及找矿前景

该矿床具有典型斑岩铜矿特征,成岩的多期次构成复式岩体,断裂构造控制的隐爆碎裂岩筒为成矿提供了通道和沉积场所.多期次成矿,特别是次生富集作用形成达中型规模的Ⅰ号矿体,影响次生富集带发育的F7断裂带起了重要作用.总结出适合本区斑岩群特点的找矿标志和提出的找矿靶区,对开展新一轮普查找矿具有现实意义.     

济阳坳陷桩海地区下古生界硅化岩溶储集层空间分布模式

基于岩心描述和镜下观察,分析了研究区下古生界硅化岩溶储集层的岩性特征。通过对沟通潜山 断块和古近纪洼陷的边界断层产状、潜山断块内下古生界产状的分析,认为下古生界碳酸盐岩具备埋藏岩溶作 用条件,提出了古近纪沉积物压释酸性水向潜山断块运移的3种方式,即：翘倾端断面补给畅流运移模式、倾 没端断面补给畅流运移模式和背斜凸起两侧双向渗入补给对流循环模式。利用这 3种模式可以合理解释研究区 下古生界潜山硅化岩溶储集层空间分布的特点和规律。翘倾端断面补给畅流运移模式可以解释潜山断块高部位 硅化岩溶层段储集层的发育情况,倾没端断面补给畅流运移模式和背斜凸起两侧纵向渗入补给对流循环模式, 可以解释潜山断块的低部位硅化岩溶层段储集层的发育情况。该模式还可以合理地解释硅化岩溶储集层在下古 生界赋存层位的 “ 穿层性”特点,同时也能够合理解释潜山断块周缘发育硅化岩溶层段,而潜山断块中心地带 很少出现硅化岩溶层段等现象。     

云南白登浅海相磷块岩与青龙哨陆相磷块岩的对比研究

白登磷矿是我国重要的浅海相磷块岩矿床,而青龙哨磷矿是我国重要的陆相磷块岩矿床.两地磷矿品位高,储量大,是滇池地区正在开采的2个重要磷矿基地.野外工作研究发现,青龙哨角砾状磷块岩顶板的磷锶铝石矿层和高岭土黏土岩二者呈超覆式不整合接触.深入研究发现其具有陆相磷块岩的许多特征,而没有浅海相磷块岩的原生沉积构造特征.同时,白登磷矿见上下2层工业矿体,而青龙哨磷矿仅见1层工业矿体.对此二矿床特点进行了对比分析.     

铜石杂岩体隐爆作用与金矿成矿的关系及其研究意义

山东省平邑县铜石地区是鲁西最重要的金矿产地,继归来庄大型金矿床发现之后,又相继发现了卓家庄特富金矿床及磨坊沟、梨方沟、贺山庄等具层控特征的金矿床,构成了铜石金矿田。这些金矿床的形成与铜石地区中生代多期次岩浆活动或隐爆作用密切相关,分布于岩体边部的隐爆-侵入角砾岩是金矿床的载体,成为寻找隐爆-侵入角砾岩型金矿的重要标志。