Contrasting environmental effects of astronomically driven climate change on three Eocene hemipelagic successions from the Basque–Cantabrian Basin

Several processes can contribute to the formation of hemipelagic limestone–marl alternations as a consequence of astronomically driven climate change. The aim of this study was to decipher which environmental factors governed the formation of three Eocene hemipelagic successions of the Basque–Cantabrian Basin using a comprehensive set of physical and bulk carbonate geochemical data (bed thickness, mineralogy, %CaCO₃, δ¹³C and δ¹⁸O). The results show that the significance of several environmental processes varied depending on the palaeogeographic setting and eccentricity‐modulated precessional seasonality. In the Sopelana starved deep‐sea basin, limestones were formed as a consequence of high pelagic carbonate productivity during periods of warm seawater and sluggish circulation, which corresponded with periods of low seasonality (summers at aphelion); conversely, marls accumulated when pelagic carbonate productivity decreased during periods with cooler waters and more vigorous circulation, which occurred when seasonality was higher (summers at perihelion). In the Gorrondatxe submarine fan fringe, marls accumulated when high seasonality produced significant continental rainfall and run‐off, causing the dilution of pelagic carbonate sedimentation with terrigenous supplies. In the Oyambre upper slope, marls also accumulated when seasonality was high, as pelagic carbonate productivity decreased due to both the expansion of low‐salinity waters on the ocean surface and the increase in continentally derived nutrients, which caused detrimental seawater conditions for calcareous plankton. Both in Gorrondatxe and Oyambre, limestones accumulated when boreal summer at aphelion caused low seasonality, which allowed relatively stable conditions to prevail. At minimum eccentricity, when precession‐driven seasonality contrast diminished, changes in pelagic carbonate productivity were significant in the three sections. On the contrary, at maximum eccentricity, when seasonality peaked due to summers occurring at perihelion, the effects of other environmental processes, such as continental and oceanic currents, became influential. However, the influence of these processes minimized when summertime coincided with aphelion at maximum eccentricity and seasonality was weakest.     

安徽东溪浅成低温热液型金矿床成矿流体特征和形成时代——流体包裹体和赋矿安山岩U-Pb年代学约束

安徽东溪金矿床位于桐柏-大别造山带北淮阳构造带的中生代晓天火山盆地中,是桐柏-大别成矿带具有代表性的浅成低温热液金矿床。金矿体以含金方解石脉和方解石-石英脉形式产出,受NW向断裂控制,赋矿围岩为毛坦厂组安山质火山岩。该矿床热液成矿过程由早到晚可分为粗晶方解石阶段和方解石-石英阶段。早、晚阶段方解石中流体包裹体十分发育,主要类型有纯液相、纯气相和富液二相流体包裹体。早阶段流体包裹体均一温度范围为128~172℃,冰点温度介于-0.7~+23.4℃之间,盐度为0.35%~0.92%;晚阶段流体包裹体均一温度范围为105~160℃,冰点温度介于-0.5~+9.1℃之间,盐度为0.18%~0.52%。成矿流体从早阶段演化到晚阶段,温度和盐度具有小幅度的降低趋势。岩浆热液和加热循环的大气降水的混合可能是引起金属元素富集、沉淀的主要机制,该矿床是地表浅部热液对流系统的产物。LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb同位素研究表明,赋矿安山岩的锆石~(206)Pb/~(238)U加权平均年龄为126.7±1.4Ma(1σ,MSWD=0.95),代表了其火山作用时限。结合矿床地质特征认为,东溪金矿床成矿时间可能与安山岩喷发时限基本一致。该矿床形成于早白垩世陆壳强烈伸展和岩石圈地幔上涌的动力学背景。     

New Evidence of Sauropod Dinosaurs from the Early Jurassic Period of Thailand

The oldest dinosaur assemblages of Thailand deposit in continental sedimentary rocks of the Nam Phong Formation. Not only Isanosaurus attavipatchi was discovered but at least two more species of basal sauropods were found. A partial skeleton from Phu Hin Tan locality refers to sauropod taxon A. It is different from Isanosaurus and shares some characteristics with basal sauropods in the Early Jurassic. The sauropod taxon B was found in Non Sra Ard locality. Base on postcranial skeleton, sauropod taxon B shares some characteristics of the family Vulcanodontidae. Moreover, several fragments of the sauropods specimen are also found in Pha Khok Wang Yang and Phu Noi localities. All of the evidences above indicate that there are a highly diversity of sauropods in the Nam Phong Formation. At least three sauropod species (including Isanosaurus) were found in the Nam Phong formation. The issue about the age of the Nam Phong has been debated for a long time between the Triassic and Jurassic age. All of sauropodomorphs, in this study, are more likely the Early Jurassic period dinosaurs than the Triassic period dinosaurs. And they have deposited in the upper part of Nam Phong Formation.     

内蒙古霍林郭勒地区“宝音图群”锆石U-Pb年龄及其构造意义

对内蒙古霍林郭勒地区出露的"宝音图群"砂岩进行了锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb同位素测年,样品112个分析点结果显示,具有主要峰值年龄257 Ma、283 Ma、313 Ma和少数老年龄(1 700 Ma),且257 Ma的年龄表明该地层主体的沉积下限的时代为早三叠世,原定为下元古界的"宝音图群"实为早三叠世地层。该地层物源主要来自于大石寨组火山岩、苏尼特左旗—锡林浩特—西乌旗南岩浆弧和相邻地块的变质基底,并有少量华北板块北缘物源混入,说明在早三叠世初华北板块北缘与北侧地块已经开始碰撞。     

贵州独山泥盆纪胴甲鱼类一新属

胴甲鱼类为世界性分布的古生代鱼类,其化石是确定泥盆纪地层时代及地层对比的重要标志之一。本文记述了胴甲鱼类一新属、新种——张氏猴儿山鱼Houershanaspis zhangi gen.et sp.nov.,其前中背片外形和与周边甲片的覆压关系类似于沟鳞鱼类,但甲片表面具有独特的条纹状纹饰,可区别于其他胴甲鱼类。这一化石发现于贵州省独山县城以东的猴儿山,产出层位为早泥盆世丹林组下部,约相当于布拉格期(Pragian)晚期。     

Seismic architecture and seismic geomorphology of heterozoan carbonates: Eocene-Oligocene,Browse Basin,Northwest Shelf,Australia

Seismic characterization of Eocene-Oligocene heterozoan carbonate strata from the Browse Basin, Northwest Shelf of Australia, defines marked progradation of nearly 10 km. Stratal terminations and stacking subdivide the succession into mappable seismic units. Stratal architecture and seismic geomorphology varies systematically through the succession.Individual surfaces, discerned by toplap, onlap, and truncation, outline sigmoidal to tangential oblique clinoforms with heights of ranging from 350 to 650 m and maximum gradients between 8 and 18°. Sigmoidal clinoforms can include aggradation in excess of ∼200 m, prograde more than 500 m, and have slopes characterized by inclined, wavy to discontinuous reflectors that represent ubiquitous gullies and channels. In contrast, the overlying tangential oblique clinoforms include downstepped shelf margins, limited on-shelf aggradation (<100 m) and toplap, subdued progradation (<500 m), and continuous parallel inclined reflectors on the slope. Wedges of basinally restricted reflectors at toe of slope onlap surfaces of pronounced erosional truncation or syndepositional structural modification. The succession includes repeated patterns of seismic units that onlap, aggrade, and prograde, interpreted to represent sequence sets and composite sequences.The associations of shelf aggradation, shelf-margin progradation, and slope channeling within sigmoidal seismic units and the less marked progradation and channeling within tangential oblique seismic units contrast with the classic sequence model in which sediment delivery to the slope and pronounced progradation is favored by limited shelf accommodation. This distinct divergence is interpreted to reflect the prolific heterozoan production across the shelf during periods of rising and high base level when the shelf is flooded, perhaps enhanced by downwelling. Comparison with purely photozoan systems reveals similarities and contrasts in seismic stratigraphic heterogeneity and architecture, interpreted to be driven by distinct characteristics of heterozoan sedimentary systems.     

米仓山前缘早志留世软沉积物变形构造及其触发机制

地质历史时期软沉积物变形构造在不同时空沉积岩中均有分布,然而学术界对其变形过程、作用力及触发机制等仍存在许多争议。通过对米仓山前缘野外露头观测,早志留世砂岩、粉砂岩、页岩地层中,发育有多套软沉积物变形构造,其层位分布稳定,但不同层位的形态特征差异较大,包括波浪状变形层构造、包卷层理、枕状（椭球状）构造、火焰构造等,多与丘状交错层理相伴生,可分为三种组合类型,均发育于中陆棚沉积环境中。基于该区软沉积物变形构造特征,结合碳同位素分析、古气候、古板块资料,并与现代飓风研究成果对比,认为研究区早志留世时大体上处于风暴频繁的炎热环境,区内软沉积物变形构造多为风暴作用的结果,较强的风暴触及海底,使未固结成岩的沉积物的孔隙压力增加,切变强度降低,使之液化,进而发生变形。米仓山前缘早志留世软沉积物变形构造的发现及其触发机制的探讨对区内古地理、古气候的恢复,以及古扬子板块的演化具有重要的意义。     

腾冲地块梁河早始新世花岗岩成因机制及其地质意义

腾冲地块梁河地区芒东和青木寨花岗岩是新特提斯洋演化过程中重要的壳源岩浆活动产物。岩石形成年龄为48~51Ma,属于早始新世,与腾冲地块西缘盈江地区大量的酸性和基性侵入岩的形成年龄相近。梁河地区的早始新世花岗岩具有高硅、钾的特征,属于准铝质-强过铝质高钾钙碱性S型花岗岩。这些花岗岩具有高的初始~(87)Sr/~(86)Sr比值和富集的Nd同位素组成,Nd模式年龄显示源岩应为中元古代的地壳岩石。同时,芒东花岗岩具有高的CaO/Na_2O和相对低的Al_2O_3/TiO_2、Rb/Sr和Rb/Ba比值,说明源区为变质杂砂岩。而青木寨花岗岩具有低的CaO/Na_2O和Al_2O_3/TiO_2、相对高的Rb/Sr和Rb/Ba比值,指示其源岩以变泥质岩为主。结合区域内中-新生代岩浆活动特征,我们认为芒东和青木寨花岗岩是印度-亚洲大陆东向初始碰撞或同碰撞时期挤压背景下,腾冲地块中下地壳成熟度较低的杂砂岩以及成熟度较高的泥岩在高温条件下部分熔融的产物。     

中国早石炭世早期阶和亚阶的划分与对比

简要回顾了中国早石炭世早期地层“阶”和“亚阶”划分的历史沿革,阐述了划分的基本原则,即在全球性或大区域性关键地质事件和生物进化事件研究的基础上,将“阶”和“亚阶”的底界应置于地质事件之后某一或某些主导生物门类谱系演化的分支点上,且以某一主导生物门类的新分子在谱系中的首次出现来定义。根据地层的分布和发育特征,拟将中国早石炭世地层分为岩关阶和大塘阶2个阶,其中岩关阶可分为3个亚阶：塘林冲村亚阶、大圩镇亚阶和小圩镇亚阶。岩关阶的底界以牙形刺Siphonodella sulcata的首次出现来确定,与现行的国际泥盆—石炭系界线相一致;岩关阶的顶界以牙形刺Gnathodus homopunctatus的首次出现来确定,略高于现行的由有孔虫定义的国际杜内—维宪阶界线位置。认为现行的国际杜内—维宪阶界线没能规避岩关阶晚期事件（海平面下降事件）的影响,大量以Eoparastaffella为代表的底栖有孔虫的出现正是此次事件的产物。     

南羌塘鄂斯玛地区早白垩世沥青地球化学特征及意义

首次在南羌塘安多县鄂斯玛地区早白垩世地层中发现沥青。从沥青有机碳含量、族组分及生物标志化合物方面综合研究了其有机地球化学特征,并进行了油源对比。研究结果表明,样品的有机碳含量为3.42%~75.01%,显示其有较高的沥青含量;族组成中重烃组分(非烃+沥青质)质量分数最高,其次为芳香烃,饱和烃质量分数最低。生物标志物研究表明,沥青的成熟度较高,沥青母岩的沉积环境为还原环境,其有机母质主要为混合来源,特别是藻类做出了重要贡献。运用生物标志化合物的相对含量指标进行油源对比研究表明,沥青可能来源于索瓦组泥岩。该研究成果对南羌塘的油气勘探具有一定意义。