The Early Cretaceous Jacuí Group,a newly discovered volcaniclastic–epiclastic accumulation at the top of the Paraná Basin,southern Brazil

The presence of volcaniclastic rocks related to the silicic magmatism within the Serra Geral Formation has been a matter of long-standing debate. In this paper, we present extensive documentation that supports the presence and abundance of these rocks in the Jacuí Group, a newly discovered volcaniclastic and epiclastic accumulation in southern Brazil. The Jacuí Group is composed of two interfingered stratigraphic units, the Volta Alegre and Tupanciretã formations, and it represents the uppermost stratigraphic unit of the Paraná Basin. The Volta Alegre Formation is primarily composed of resedimented volcaniclastic tuffites, the pyroclasts which were sourced from the Santa Maria subgroup of the Palmas-type of the Serra Geral Formation. The Tupanciretã Formation is composed of fluvial and aeolian deposits transported towards the north–northwest. Deposition of the Jacuí Group began in the Early Cretaceous (∼132 Ma) and was coeval with the acidic volcanism of the Santa Maria subgroup. This group was deposited in a probable interior sag basin that represents either the beginning of the extension in the inner part of the continent that subsequently migrated to the east or the far-field impact of extensional processes that preceded the break-up of Gondwana and the opening of the South Atlantic Ocean.     

Sequence stratigraphy of the Berriassian-Lower Aptian deposits of West Siberia

The geological structure and conditions of formation of a Lower Cretaceous clinoform complex in West Siberia are examined based on sequence stratigraphy. The regional Berriasian-Hauterivian clinoforms are interpreted as third-order sequences, and their formation should be considered in terms of the Depositional Sequence III model. Productive beds of both shallow and deep marine as well as continental genesis formed mostly in a regressive basin and belong to the highstand systems tracts.     

热水沉积研究及相关科学问题

本评述了现代大洋底、大陆边缘及大陆热区流体活动和热水沉积的观察研究及其重大理论意义;分析了古代热水沉积岩的普遍性、多样性、规律性及在确立VMS型和Sedex型成矿认识中的作用;提出了三个与热水沉积相关科学问题：盆地动力学演化的热水沉积响应,盆地古流体场及其演化的热水沉积记录．盆地演化-盆地流体-流体成矿三动态耦合。利用盆地中热水沉积序列对盆地发生发展及盆地异常热史和盆地流体演化的详细记载,配合盆地流体数值模拟,是认识盆地流体及其成矿效应等科学问题的全新思路和有效途径。南秦蛉热水沉积海盆具备开展此方面研究的优越条件。     

Fault slip and modern tectonic stress field in and around Kunming basin

Kunming basin is a Cenozoic faulted basin under the control of mainly SN-trending active faults. In and around the basin, there are a total of eight major active faults. Seismo-geological survey and fault slip observation show that the SN- and NE-trending active faults are mostly sinistral strike-slip faults, while the NW-trending faults are mostly dextral strike-slip faults. Using stress tensor inversion method with 706 active fault striation data at 22 measurement sites, we determined tectonic stress field of the study area. The result shows that modern tectonic stress field in and around Kunming basin is characterized by NNW-SSE compression, ENE-WSW extension, and strike-slip stress regimes. The maximum principal compressional stress (σ1) is oriented 335o~2o, with an average dip angle of 21°; the minimum (σ3) is oriented 44o~93o, with an average dip angle of 14°, and the intermediate (σ2) has a high, or nearly vertical, dip angle. The inversion result from fault slip data is consistent with the result from focal mechanism solutions.     

Structural control of the morphometry of open rock basins, Kananaskis region, Canadian Rocky Mountains

The morphometry of chutes (couloirs), rock funnels, and open cirques are related to the structure of dissected rock masses in the Kananaskis region of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Data for ten morphometric variables were derived from digital elevation models of 56 open rock basins. The basins were classified structurally according to the relative orientations of bedding planes and the rock slopes. A hypothesis of no differences in morphometry among structural classes is rejected from the results of nonparametric analysis of variance and paired comparisons of rank scores. Basins on dip and overdip slopes have a distinct size, and those on anaclinal slopes have a distinct width and shape. Variation in morphometry from low compactness and area/relief (chutes) to high compactness and low area/relief (funnels) to high compactness and area/relief (open cirques) corresponds to a change in dominant structure from orthoclinal to dip-overdip to underdip to anaclinal. The dip of bedding planes relative to the slope of rockwalls controls the mode of initial displacement of joint blocks and, thereby, the spatial distribution of the retreat of rockwalls. The angle between the rock slope and the strike of dipping strata determines whether beds of differing stability form chutes and buttresses (orthoclinal slopes), or extend across rockwalls (cataclinal and anaclinal slopes) and retreat at similar rates to form funnels and open cirques. The optimal structure for large compact rock basins is anaclinal, and the least favourable is cataclinal dip-overdip slopes. Topoclimate and other geologic structures may account for variance in morphometry not explained by differences among structural classes.     

岩石圈流变性与沉积盆地以辽西-辽北-松辽盆地区为例

岩石圈流变性取决于岩石圈的地热状态、物质组成和结构,并量化为岩石圈总强度。沉积盆地的沉降和抬升是地球最上层流变带形变的响应,岩石圈板块对构造应力的响应在很大程度上取决于岩石圈流变性在横向和纵向上的不均一性。辽西、辽北、松辽盆地区岩石圈流变性存在明显差异,因而岩石圈总强度明显不同,在晚中生代伸展过程中,变形方式、变形幅度不同,分别形成了断陷盆地、多断少坳型盆地和断坳型盆地。     

松辽盆地三肇凹陷多边形断层系的油气成藏意义

松辽盆地三肇凹陷白垩系中发育了大量规模不等的断层,一般认为大断层是油气运移的重要通道,对小断层研究较少。小断层在平面上相互交织形成多边形的形态,还具有平面延伸长度小、断距小、倾角大的特征,综合分析认为这些小断层为多边形断层系。三肇凹陷多边形断层系发育广泛,平面上遍布整个凹陷,垂向上在扶杨油层和葡萄花油层中均有发育。研究表明多边形断层系有着重要的油气成藏意义：多边形断层系是扶杨油层的主要运移通道,控制着油层的分布,广泛发育的多边形断层系是扶杨油层平面连片的主要原因;大断层和多边形断层系均是葡萄花油层的运移通道,其中多边形断层系在葡萄花油层的油气运移过程中起分流作用,对葡萄花油层的分布有一定的影响作用。     

准噶尔盆地吉木萨尔凹陷芦草沟组甜点页岩油微观赋存特征及成因机制

准噶尔盆地吉木萨尔页岩油是中国典型的陆相页岩油。通过场发射扫描电镜、激光共聚焦、纳米CT、核磁共振等实验技术联合对微纳米孔隙中页岩油赋存特征进行研究,结果表明甜点储层具有纳米—亚微米—微米全尺度含油特征。在微纳米尺度,油、水赋存特征表现为重质组分油附着于2~5 μm以上孔隙的孔壁及充填于2~5 μm以下的孔隙中,中质组分油赋存于2~5 μm以上孔隙的中央,孔隙水含量较少,呈孤立状赋存于2~5 μm以上孔隙的中央,并被中质组分油包裹。页岩油在微纳米孔隙中的赋存不仅受生烃超压充注控制,还受吸附作用及多期次成藏影响。孔隙表面润湿性由亲水润湿反转为亲油润湿是烃类发生吸附的主要原因,多期次成藏造成微纳米孔隙中油质差异及高的含油饱和度。早期生烃超压充注进储层的重质组分油在孔隙表面亲油润湿下吸附于孔隙表面,随着吸附层变厚,纳米级孔隙逐渐被充满,孔隙水被驱替到较大的孔隙中间;后期成熟的中质组分油以此方式进一步充注和调整。研究认为埋深较大的凹陷西部是有利勘探方向。微纳米孔隙中的重质组分油是未来页岩油提高采收率的方向。吉木萨尔页岩油微观赋存特征及成因机制可能具有普遍性,对于中国陆相页岩油的深入研究具有借鉴意义。     

鄂尔多斯盆地侏罗纪-白垩纪原始面貌与古地理演化

鄂尔多斯盆地位于华北地台西部。在详细分析地层接触关系、构造界面特征、地层发育特征和连续性、盆地沉积与周边构造的关系、物源区性质、沉积体系配置与相分布、古水流样式等各种要素的基础上,重建了鄂尔多斯盆地侏罗纪至白垩纪的原始面貌,并将其演化划分为4个阶段。其中,第一阶段（早侏罗世至中侏罗世早期）和第二阶段（中侏罗世Bathonian—Callovian期）沉积盆地的范围和沉积体系的配置关系大体类似,两者最为重要的区别是前者有聚煤作用发生,后者没有煤层发育,其原因是古气候变化造成的;第三阶段（晚侏罗世）盆地收缩至桌子山—石沟驿—六盘山一线东侧;第四阶段（早白垩世）盆地的范围有所扩大,但东界可能被限制于现今的吕梁山以西。     

对门源盆地"红层"形成时代的新认识

门源盆地位于青藏高原东北缘北祁连山腹地,为狭长的新生代走滑拉分山间宽谷盆地。其中充填一厚约407~960 m、干旱气候条件下的河湖相沉积"红层",长期以来各项研究工作均未能于其中采获任何生物化石。因此,尽管各家均认同其属"第三纪"无疑,但仍对其确切时代存在着较大的争论,而对其时代的确定有助于正确认识门源盆地形成时的构造背景,具有较为重要的意义。通过区域地层对比、"红层"形成气候条件与南侧西宁盆地及北邻酒泉—张掖盆地古气候环境所作的对比,深入探讨认为其时代属中中新世,并初步分析了门源盆地形成的新构造运动大陆动力学机制背景。