Stratigraphy and sedimentation rates of Upper Cretaceous deep-water systems of the Rhenodanubian Group (Eastern Alps, Germany)

In the Bavarian Alps (Germany), west of the Isar River, the abyssal deposits of the Lower Barremian to Upper Campanian Rhenodanubian Group consist of siliciclastic and calcareous turbidites alternating with hemipelagic non-calcareous mudstones. The up to 1500-m-thick succession, deposited in the Penninic Basin to the south of the European Plate, is characterized by a low mean sedimentation rate (c. 25 mm kyr⁻¹) over 60 million years. Palaeocurrents and turbidite facies distribution patterns suggest that sedimentation occurred on a weakly inclined abyssal plain. The highest sedimentation rates (up to 240 mm kyr⁻¹) were associated with the calcareous mud turbidites of the newly defined Röthenbach Subgroup, which includes the Piesenkopf, Kalkgraben and Hällritz formations (Middle Coniacian to Middle Campanian). These calcareous turbidites prograded from the west, and interfinger towards the east with red hemipelagic claystone. A high sea level presumably favoured pelagic carbonate production and accumulation on the shelves and on internal platforms in the western part of the basin, whereas siliciclastic shelves with steep slope angles have bordered the eastern part of the basin, where a dearth of turbidite sedimentation and increased Cretaceous oceanic red beds deposition occurred. In contrast to the eustatically-induced Middle Coniacian to Lower Campanian Cretaceous oceanic red beds (calcareous nannoplankton zones CC14 to CC18), red hemipelagites of Early Cenomanian age (upper part of calcareous nannoplankton zone CC9) and early Late Campanian age (upper part of zone CC21 and zone CC22) are interpreted as the result of regional tectonic activity.     

First U–Pb SHRIMP age of the Hauterivian stage, Neuquén Basin, Argentina

A high-resolution ion-microprobe (SHRIMP) U–Pb zircon age from a tuff layer intercalated in the ammonoid bearing sedimentary succession of the Neuquén Basin in Argentina provides a robust geochronologic date to add to the absolute ages and to improve the relative chronology of the Early Cretaceous Hauterivian stage. The tuff layer appears interbedded between shales of the upper member (Agua de la Mula) of the Agrio Formation within the Spitidiscus riccardii ammonoid zone (base of the Late Hauterivian) yielding a date of 132.5 ± 1.3 Ma. This date confirms and supports an accurate correlation between the ammonoid biostratigraphy of the Neuquén Basin with the Western Mediterranean Province of the Tethys during the Early Cretaceous and matches with the most recently published time scale. It also casts doubts on the validity of K–Ar ages on glauconite-grains recently reported from the Lower Cretaceous of the Vocontian Basin of France.     

GEOCHEMISTRY CONSTRAIN ON TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF PALEO-TETHYS IN SE YUNNAN,CHINA

GEOCHEMISTRY CONSTRAIN ON TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF PALEO-TETHYS IN SE YUNNAN,CHINA     

特提斯构造域东段叠合盆地演化和油气成藏规律特征初论

通过分析特提斯构造域东段区域地质和含油气盆地勘探开发基础数据,从板块构造演化入手,系统编制特提斯构造域东段沉积构造演化剖面图和生储盖组合剖面图,研究盆地演化阶段、叠合特征、油气成藏条件及油气藏类型,揭示中亚和中国西部前陆盆地演化和油气富集规律异同。研究表明：古亚洲洋、古特提斯洋和新特提斯洋控制了特提斯构造域东段的区域构造分带、盆地演化、盆地类型及油气成藏模式。根据古洋壳缝合线可分为北、中、南3个构造带,古生代以来多期微板块的拼贴,导致特提斯构造域东段含油气盆地演化分为3个演化阶段,早古生代伸展、晚古生代挤压、早中生代伸展和新生代挤压构造作用控制了研究区盆地的叠合演化,发育下古生界、上古生界和中生界3套区域分布的优质烃源岩和下古生界、上古生界、中生界和新生界4套储盖组合,形成多种类型的油气藏。     

中国西南特提斯构造演化—幔柱构造控制

基于对中国西南特提斯巨型造山系的时空结构和构造－岩浆事件分析研究提出．泥盆－石炭纪时期出现于昌都－思茅陆块两侧的热幔柱导致了金沙江洋和澜沧江洋成对打开，热幔柱岩浆作用沿洋脊产出苦橄玄武岩和洋岛玄武岩，并造成区域地球化学异常。二叠纪末期出现于昌都－思茅－印支中央陆块下的冷幔柱导致了两大洋向该陆块下俯冲消减，陆块两缘发育沟－弧－盆体系，构成冷幔柱的洋壳板片在２００Ｍａ时期堆积沉落，诱发板块后继俯冲，产生滞后型孤火山－岩浆岩。发育于冈瓦纳大陆北缘的德干热幔柱在株罗纪导致怒江洋和雅鲁藏布江洋相继打开，在白垩纪末期（６６Ｍａ）形成德干玄武岩省。发育于劳亚大陆南缘的峨眉热幔柱在二叠纪，导致峨眉火成岩省的形成，在早中三叠世使甘孜－理塘断裂带扩张成洋。冷幔柱的持续发生，决定了雅鲁藏布江洋和甘孜－理塘向昌都－思茅陆块方向的俯冲消减，以及来自冈瓦纳大陆和劳亚大陆陆块分别向昌都－思茅陆块南北两侧拚贴和碰撞。     

Pb, Sr AND Nd-ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS OF PALEO AND NEO-TETHYAN OCEANIC CRUSTS IN THE EASTERN TETHYAN DOMAIN: IMPLICATION FOR THE INDIAN OCEAN-TYPE ISOTOPIC SIGNATURE

Pb, Sr AND Nd-ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS OF PALEO AND NEO-TETHYAN OCEANIC CRUSTS IN THE EASTERN TETHYAN DOMAIN: IMPLICATION FOR THE INDIAN OCEAN-TYPE ISOTOPIC SIGNATURE     

西南三江杂岩带景洪南部地区晚泥盆世火山岩的发现及意义

本文对西南三江地区景洪南部新发现的晚泥盆世英安质火山岩进行了系统的锆石U-Pb年龄、Hf-O同位素以及全岩地球化学研究。测年结果显示,该英安质火山岩形成于362.3±3.4Ma。火山岩的SiO₂含量为62.87%~66.29%,MgO含量为2.15%~2.49%,Mg^#值为44~47,富集Na₂O（4.77%~5.51%）,高Na₂O/K₂O比值（2.1~3.3）,低Y（12.5×10^-6~15.3×10^-6）和Yb（1.38×10^-6~1.70×10^-6）,具有高硅埃达克岩的地球化学特征,表明它们由俯冲的洋壳部分熔融而成。低的锆石ε_Hf（t）（+0.87~+3.27）,相对较高的锆石δ¹⁸O（6.31‰~7.64‰）,以及高的全岩Th/Yb（4.86~7.78）和（La/Sm）_N（3.62~4.56）比值,指示岩浆中混染了大洋沉积物或混入了大洋沉积岩起源的熔体。综合区域岩浆岩和沉积岩资料,本文认为南澜沧江带晚泥盆世时经历了板片的俯冲,该俯冲作用很可能代表的是由大中河、大平掌火山岩以及火山块状硫化物矿床（VHMS）指示的弧后洋盆的俯冲消减过程。

     

东特提斯地质调查研究进展综述

以青藏高原为主体的东特提斯构造演化一直是国内外地学研究中关注的重大科学问题。为了更全面、更深入地认识青藏高原及东特提斯构造域的形成演化历史,本文在综述前人有关特提斯构造域时空演变和演化阶段研究的基础上,重点总结了近年来1∶5万区域地质调查中取得的最新研究进展,提出昌宁-澜沧构造带原-古特提斯连续演化、南冈底斯构造带古-新特提斯连续演化新认识,构建了青藏高原及东特提斯构造域大陆边缘多岛弧盆系时空格局和原、古、新三阶段构造演化模式。     

Late Cenomanian–Early Turonian ammonites of the southern Tethys margin from Morocco to Oman: Biostratigraphy,paleobiogeography and morphology

The Cenomanian–Turonian ammonite biostratigraphical framework for the southern Tethys margin (North Africa, Middle East and the Arabian Peninsula) is becoming better understood. A first attempt at a synthetic range chart is presented, with 85 taxa and precise correlations for ammonites along a west–east transect from Morocco to Oman, inclusive of the Trans-Saharan Seaway as far south as northern Nigeria. On the basis of a critical review of ammonite taxonomy, 13 bioevents can be identified in the interval from the Late Cenomanian to the Early Turonian (c. 3.5 myr) with each bioevent corresponding to a time interval of approximately 270,000 years, on average. They are consistent throughout several regions along the southern Tethys margin, though some gaps remain, at least at the stage boundary. These bioevents are correlated with the zonation defined for the stratotype (GSSP) of the base of the Turonian in the Western Interior (USA). The paleobiogeographic distribution of ammonites reveals some endemism but the predominant picture is that of a homogeneous fauna throughout the area, even though distinct Boreal and Western Tethys (Atlantic domain) marine influences are evident. An interpretation of the evolution of conch morphology and ornamentation through the zones of the Late Cenomanian–Early Turonian is proposed.     

Intra-oceanic settings of the western Mexico Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous arc sequences. Implications for the Pacific-Tethys geodynamic relationships during the Cretaceous

Abstract

The Guerrero suspect terrane composed of Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous sequences, extends from Baja California up to Acapulco and is considered to be coeval with the Late Mesozoic igneous and sedimentary arc sequences of the Greater Antilles, Venezuela and Western Cordillera of Colombia. New geological, petrological and geochemical data from central and southern Mexico, led us to propose a new model for the building of the Alisitos-Teloloapan arc. This arc, partly built on the Pacific oceanic lithosphere and partly on continental fragments, could be related to the subduction of an oceanic basin - the Arperos basin - under the Paleo-Pacific plate. This subduction was dipping southwest.

At the beginning of the magmatic activity of the oceanic segment of this arc, depleted tholeiitic basalts were emitted in a submarine environnement below the CCD. While subduction was going on, the arc magmas evolved from LREE depleted tholeiites to slightly LREE enriched tholeiites and then, to calc-alkaline basalts and andesites enriched in LREE and HFSE. Concurrently, the arc sedimentary environment changed from deep oceanic to neritic with the deposition of Aptian-Albian reefal limestones, at the end of the arc building. In the continent-based segment, the arc magmas are exclusively differentiated calc-alkaline suites depleted in HREE and Y, formed of predominantly siliceous lavas and pyroclastic rocks, emitted in a sub-aerial or shallow marine environment.

Thus, taking into account this above mentioned model, the Cretaceous volcanic series, accreted to the margins of cratonal America, in Colombia, Venezuela, Greater Antilles and Mexico, could be related to the same west-south-west dipping subduction of oceanic basins, fringing the North and South American continental cratons and connected directly with the inter-American Tethys. While the subduction was proceeding, this magmatic arc drifted towards the North and South American cratons and finally, collided with the continental margins at different periods during the Cretaceous.