冲绳海槽海底硫化物中微生物矿化研究

报道了冲绳海槽伊平屋海洼海底黑烟囱样品中保留完好的矿化微生物群,它们的形态完好。主要有四种不同类型的丝状体,这些丝状体可能是硫或者铁氧化化能自养细菌和真菌矿化而成。对这些微生物矿化过程的研究表明,它们主要经过了两个阶段的矿化:(1)生物控制矿化阶段;(2)生物诱导矿化阶段。早期以生物控制矿化为主,晚期以生物诱导矿化为主。形成的矿物与热液成分以及微生物种类有关。     

西藏昌都市察雅地区侏罗纪恐龙化石新发现

在西藏昌都市察雅地区侏罗纪红层中发现了恐龙化石,主要包括肋骨、椎体等.对其中保存较完整的蜥脚类颈椎、肩胛骨、兽脚类耻骨等进行了形态学描述.虽然目前发现的材料较少,确定种属还存在一定困难,但其丰富了侏罗纪恐龙的地理分布.该地区恐龙化石多处出露,说明恐龙化石相对丰富.对该地区恐龙化石的进一步勘查和研究,有助于进一步了解亚洲...     

Cambro‐Ordovician trace fossils from the SW‐Norwegian Caledonides

A diverse trace fossil association is described for the first time from low‐grade metamorphic rocks of the SW‐Norwegian Caledonides. The investigated cliff sections with autochthonous to parautochthonous metasediments comprise a coarsening‐ and thickening‐upward succession interpreted as prograding delta deposits. Sedimentary features indicate a tide‐influenced environment. Twenty‐one ichnospecies have been identified and assigned to the Cruziana and Skolithos ichnofacies, including the oldest record of Beaconites capronus and Macaronichnus segregatis. Cruziana ichnostratigraphy (sensu lato), previously rarely used in other palaeocontinents than Gondwana, allows an age determination for these metasediments of Middle Cambrian to Lower Ordovician as indicated by the presence of Cruziana barbata, C. furcifera, C. rugosa, C. semiplicata, Didymaulichnus rouaulti and Rusophycus ramellensis. Baltica was geographically the most isolated from the other three large continents (Gondwana, Laurentia and Siberia) during Cambro‐Ordovician time, and provinciality of faunal assemblages (e.g. brachiopods, conodonts) has been proved and is also supposed for trilobites by some authors. However, although the Cruziana ichnospecies result from a high specialization of their tracemakers, and therefore only a small group of trilobite species is eligible for its origin, the ichnospecies reported from Baltica occur also on other palaeocontinents and do not support the assumption of trilobite provincialism. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

恐龙化石在风化破坏过程中内部裂隙扩展的试验模拟研究

在理论分析的基础上,利用试验结果模拟分析单轴压力作用下含裂隙恐龙化石断裂损伤过程。在FLAC3D中采用FISH语言编写了基于体元分析的计算程序,采用弹脆性本构模型,分析了试验过程中恐龙化石的裂纹萌生→扩展→贯通规律和裂隙化石的断裂损伤机制。在单轴压缩作用下,含有裂隙的恐龙化石试件的破坏过程主要分三个阶段:即线性变形阶段、非线性变形阶段和软化阶段,当载荷超过应变峰值强度后,化石内部将生成大量新的诱导裂隙,导致化石内部结构发生剧烈变化。值得注意的是,恐龙化石峰后的强度软化过程非常不稳定,峰值附近的材料力学行为对化石试件内部缺陷的分布十分敏感。试验表明,有裂隙恐龙化石的抗压强度值比无裂隙恐龙化石的抗压强度值小30%,最终的残余抗压强度也略小,在加载应力作用下,相比不含内部裂隙的恐龙化石,内含裂隙的恐龙化石其内部裂隙会迅速大量扩展,加重了恐龙化石的风化程度和破坏速度。     

The environmental implication of diatom fossils in the surface sediment of the Changjiang River estuary(CRE) and its adjacent area

In order to depict the distribution of diatom fossils in surface sediments and to establish a reliable reference data for further paleoenvironmental study in the Changjiang (Yangtze) River estuary and its adjacent waters, the diatom fossils from 34 surface sediment samples and their relationship with environmental variables were analyzed by principal component analysis and redundancy correspondence analysis. The diversity and abundance of diatom fossils were analyzed. Some annual average parameters of the overlying water (salinity, temperature, turbidity, dissolved oxygen, depth, dissolved inorganic nitrogen, dissolved inorganic phosphate and dissolved inorganic silicate) were measured at each sampling site. A total of 113 diatom taxa and one silicoflagellate species were identified in the investigation area. Diatom fossils were better preserved in fine sediments. The absolute abundance of diatom fossils did not significantly diff er between inshore and off shore areas, the species diversity decreased from inshore to off shore. This may be because high nutrients and low salinity promoted the growth of more brackish species in coastal waters. The diatom taxa were divided into three groups, on the basis of their response and indication to environmental changes. For example, Actinocyclus ehrenbergii and Cyclotella stylorum were dominant in coastal waters (Group 1 and Group 3) with high nutrients and low salinity;the relative abundances of Paralia sulcata and Podosira stelliger were significantly higher in off shore sites (Group 2, average 39.5%), which were characterized by high salinity and deep water. Four environmental variables (salinity, dissolved inorganic nitrogen, temperature and water depth) explained the composition and distribution of diatom taxa independently ( P< 0.05), this finding can be applied in further paleoenvironmental reconstruction research in this area.     

Radiolaria fossils in the surface sediments and sedimentary environment in the Bering Sea

Totally 2472 grains of Radiolaria belonging to 36 Genera and 45 species are distinguished from 12 surface sediments in the Bering Sea. The distribution characteristics of Radiolaria fossils in the surface sediments are as follows: (1) From the shelf of shallow water to the upper of continental slope, there are a few Radiolaria fossils and monotonous genus and species; (2) In the lower of continental slope, Radiolaria fossils are poor in the volcanic cinders and turbidite; (3) The abundance and diversity of Radiolaria fossils are high in clay of the basin. The dominant species of Radiolaria is Spongotrochus glacialis on the continental shelf. Current, topography, water depth, and temperature etc. are key factors influencing Radiolaria distribution. The sources of sediments mainly are terrigenous, biogenic and volcanic sediments in the survey area and they are mostly from the Kamchatka peninsula in the east of Russia and the Aleutian Islands.     

豫西北奥陶系马家沟组遗迹化石及其沉积环境

在豫西北奥陶系马家沟组碳酸盐岩中共识别出三大生态类型的遗迹化石10属17种:①居住迹(Domichnia):Psilonichnus upsilon、Thalassinoides callianassa、Thalassinoides horizontalis、Rhizocorallium jenense;②进食迹(Foidichnia):Chondrites type-1、Chondrites type-2、Chondrites intricatus、Palaeophycus tubularis、Palaeophycus heberti、Planolites montanus、Planolites annularius、Phycodes palmatus;③觅食迹(Pascichnia):Helminthopsis ichnosp.、Helminthopsis abeli、Helminthopsis hieroglyphica、Gordia molassica、Scolicia ichnosp.按其古生态和沉积学特征,可划分出三个遗迹组合:①Psilonichnus-Thalassinoides 遗迹组合,代表局限碳酸盐岩台地内的潮坪环境;②Helminthopsis-Gordia遗迹组合,反映局限碳酸盐岩台地的潟湖或开阔碳酸盐岩台地内的滩间海和台内洼地等低能、静水的沉积环境;③Chondrites-Scolica遗迹组合,指示开阔碳酸盐岩台地内洼地中氧化还原界面附近的沉积环境。综合岩石类型、岩石序列组合、沉积构造、生物化石、遗迹化石或遗迹化石组合,建立了研究区奥陶系马家沟组的沉积模式和垂向沉积演化序列。     

Ichnology, sequence stratigraphy and depositional evolution of an Upper Cretaceous rocky shoreline in central Chile: Bioerosion structures in a transgressed metamorphic basement

Exposures of upper Paleozoic slates of the metamorphic basement near Concepción, central Chile, are covered by transgressive deposits belonging to the Upper Cretaceous Quiriquina Formation. Presence of clusters of the bivalve boring Gastrochaenolites isp. at the irregular and erosive contact between these two units indicates the development of an ancient rocky shoreline, illustrating a rare example of bioerosion in a metamorphic substrate. Coarse-grained deposits mantling the bioeroded surface represent a transgressive lag produced due to ravinement. In sequence-stratigraphic parlance, the bioeroded surface is classified as a FS/SB or co-planar surface formed due to amalgamation of erosion during lowstand and the subsequent transgression. Unburrowed trough cross-bedded upper-shoreface to intensely bioturbated middle-shoreface deposits record continuous transgression. Logs bioeroded by Teredolites clavatus are also present. Middle-shoreface deposits are dominated by deep Ophiomorpha isp., commonly showing laminated infill. Thalassinoides suevicus occurs locally. Intense bioturbation also suggests that the shoreface developed in embayed shorelines, protected from oceanic waves. While rocky shorelines in limestone are characterized by a high abundance and diversity of bioerosion structures, those formed in other types of substrates contain less diverse, commonly monospecific, suites of borings. In terms of Seilacherian ichnofacies, the bioerosion structures analyzed are attributed to a low-diversity expression of the Trypanites ichnofacies. It is proposed that the Trypanites ichnofacies thus may display two expressions: an archetypal one characterized by high diversity in carbonate substrates, along with a depauperate expression in other types of substrates (e.g., metamorphic and igneous rocks). The extreme hardness of the substrate is regarded as the stress factor responsible for the reduction in ichnodiversity.     

Correlation of the lower devonian rocks of australasia

Alkali basaltic rocks from the Southern Highlands, N.S.W., contain oxide phases of both high and low pressure origin. The two phases are readily distinguished using chemical and textural criteria.

Chemical data for low‐pressure Fe‐Ti oxides indicate that oxygen fugacities of the host lavas range from 10‐^12.8 to 10‐⁸ atm at 950° to 1110°C. In most cases, the oxygen fugacities of the individual lava flows appear to be principally a function of temperature and intrinsic chemical equilibria existing at the time of formation of the basaltic liquid. However, some relatively differentiated flows shows a high degree of oxidation due to volatile enrichment with fractionation. Rare glassy flows show dendritic crystallization of Fe‐Ti oxides. Most flows in which abundant olivine was the first phase to be precipitated also contain Cr‐rich spinels associated, and apparently coeval, with the earliest‐crystallizing olivine.     

辽东本溪群鱼化石的发现及其意义

本文所描述的鱼化石采自辽东本溪群底部,包括鱼的一些鳞片和鳍片化石或印模,初步鉴定为肉鳍鱼类(Sarcopterygii)的分子,可能为全褶鱼属(Holoptychius sp.)和双鳍鱼属(Dipterus sp),很可能为新种。同时,在该层中还采集到了Sphenopteris chagduensis,Lepidostrobus grabaui,Trochililcusingricus,Eochara wickendani等被认为属于泥盆纪的植物化石,证明辽东很可能发育有泥盆纪的沉积。这些鱼化石是在中朝板块首次发现的,它们对于研究肉鳍鱼类的演化发展以及当时的古地理等方面有着重要的意义。