A 2500-year sea level change record in Fildes Peninsula, Antarctica

A detailed record of sea level changes during the last 2500 years is preserved in the northernwest coast of Fildes Peninsula in Antarctica. Fourteen marine alga layers were deposited in the beach with an altitude of 2.80 m, and one diatom layer deposited in the ancient lake on the terrace with an altitude of 6.84 m. A radiocarbon age of 695±70 aBP was obtained for the modern marine alga, and the age was used in correction for the carbon reservoir effect of the marine alga. Sea level fell 4.98 m from the 4th century B.C. to the early 13th century, at an average of -0.31 cm/a, then rose about 0.78 m during the early 13th to the middle 18th century, at an average of 0.14 cm/a. It has risen about 0.16 m since the middle 18th century, at an average of 0.07 cm/a.     

华北克拉通恒山地区晚太古代变质火山岩的地球化学特征及构造意义

对恒山地区出露的变质火山岩开展岩相学、地球化学、锆石U-Pb年代学和Hf同位素研究,旨在确定其形成时代,探讨岩石成因及地球动力学意义。锆石U-Pb定年结果表明,这些变质火山岩喷发于新太古代晚期(2508±20Ma)。地球化学分析结果显示,恒山变质火山岩由变质玄武岩和变质玄武安山岩组成,SiO₂(45.51%～62.67%)、FeO_T (4.43%～15.72%)和MgO (3.75%～8.14%)含量变化幅度大,是幔源岩浆经单斜辉石、角闪石和磁铁矿分离结晶的产物。这些变质火山岩富集轻稀土(LREE)和大离子亲石元素(LILE),亏损重稀土(HREE)和高场强元素(HFSE),具有相对高的Th含量和Th/Yb比值,呈现钙碱性岛弧火山岩的特征。结合不相容元素比值Nb/Yb,Zr/Yb和(Nb/La)_N的特点,推测其来源于俯冲带具流体交代特征的富集地幔源区。结合区域构造背景,推断恒山变质火山岩形成于新太古晚期大陆弧环境。     

藏南特提斯晚三叠世海岸风成沙丘的发现及其意义

通过近年来的研究,首次在聂拉木县土隆村上三叠统德日荣组中发现了海岸风成沙丘沉积。其风成证据有:(1)普遍具风成大型交错层理,倾角达20°～30°且倾向均一,交错纹层向上变薄,具反粒序,与下伏界面相切,层间界面多为高波痕指数(>15)波状风蚀起伏面。(2)见沙丘夹丘间沉积的基本层序。沙丘沉积单层厚2～6m,呈块状,结构松散。丘间沉积较薄,有时为透镜体,多为水道沉积,有些为具反粒序的风成沙席沉积。(3)沙丘砂由分选、磨圆好的石英砂组成,含量大于95%,具单众数粒度分布,无悬移质。(4)见角砾化前积层、牵引褶曲、倒转褶曲等常见的风成沙丘同沉积变形构造。(5)具有与水成砂岩完全不同的胶结特征。海岸风成沙丘的存在准确地标定了特提斯南岸的古海岸线位置、丰富了研究区的沉积类型,无疑对特提斯海的层序划分、海平面变化及其古地理演化研究具有一定意义。     

A new Euprox from the Late Miocene of Yuanmou,Yunnan Province,China,with interpretation of its paleoenvironment

The Yuanmou Basin of Yunnan Province is a hotspot for the research of early homind evolution and its environmental background.During the implementation of the Program“Research of the Origin and Evolution of Early Man and Its Environmental Baqckground” from 1998 to 2001,a huge quantity of hominoid and mammal fossils were collected.The present report systematically describes an Euprox robustus sp.nov.identified during the recent laboratory work on the collected material.Euprox is a group of earliest cervids with true antlers.The new species is the third one of the genus discovered in China.Judged by its morphologic characteristics,the new species feed on juicy and tender leaves of dicotyledon.It implies that the vegetation of its epoch in the Yuanmou Basin is a kind of southern subtropical evergreen forest and the climate is humid and temperate with evident seasonality.The latter is mostly influenced by the monsoon and secondly by the latitude.     

Initial organic geochemical investigation on Late Neoproterozoic-Early Cambrian sediments in the Yangtze region, China

Totally 19 samples of typical Upper Proterozoic-Lower Cambrian sedimentary rocks were collected and analyzed for an organic geochemical investigation. Almost all these rocks have high TOCs, super-maturities and similar biomarker distribution. As an exception, however, the Sinian Nantuo Tillite shows much lower TOCs and little phytane and pristane in comparison with those in other strata, which implies a very faint photosynthetic process, and a restricted euphotic zone and quite limited sunlight within the sedimentary water column during the Sinian glaciation age in the western Yangtze region providing an evidence for palaeo-oceanic environment of the Neoproterozoic Snowball Earth age.     

西藏日喀则地区恰布林组物源分析

长期以来，沿西藏雅鲁藏布江南岸呈东西向展布的恰布林组砾岩，被认为是造山期后磨拉石的产物，而被置于第三纪。由于在屯穷紫色泥岩底部灰绿色粉砂质灰岩中发现腹足类化石Ｋａｔｏｓｉｒａｓｐ．，并结合其他地质证据，可以确定该组时代属于早中侏罗世。结合岩石学特征、典型砾岩中砾石的岩石地球化学和物源区分析表明，恰布林组砾岩的砾石有相当一部分来自蛇绿岩，其特征明显不同于现今的雅鲁藏布江蛇绿岩。因此认为雅鲁藏布江存在早中侏罗世之前的古蛇绿岩。     

中侏罗世枫杨属果序化石的发现及意义

华北燕辽地区中侏罗世植物群中的一段枫杨属Ｐｔｅｒｏｃａｒｙａ果序化石，其形态、结构及习性，与现代枫杨属枫杨组Ｓｅｃｔ．Ｐｔｅｒｏｃａｒｙａ各种的果序酷似．这一事实表明：中侏罗世的枫杨属已具有现代水平，而自中侏罗世至现代，该属变异甚微；该属在中侏罗世之前已经过长期演化．这与研究同一侏罗纪化石植物群中的鼠李科植物时所见情况相同．显然，柔荑花序植物及木兰型植物在中侏罗世或更早的时代，已共生于中国北部，不能排除枫杨属，或连同胡桃科的其他属，曾于中生代之前起源于华北     

Lithostratigraphy and faunal aspects of marine Jurassic rocks in Thailand

Thai marine Jurassic rocks are well exposed in the Mae Sot, Umphang, and Phop Phra areas, less extensively near Mae Hong Son, Kanchanaburi, Chumphon, Nakhon Si Thammarat and Krabi. Generally they rest unconformably on Permian and Triassic, and are overlain by Quaternary strata. Fourteen lithostratigraphic units are defined (in ascending order): Pa Lan, Mai Hung, Kong Mu formations of the Huai Pong Group-Mae Hong Son area; Khun Huai, Doi Yot, Pha De formations of the Hua Fai Group-Mae Sot area; Klo Tho, Ta Sue Kho, Pu Khloe Khi, Lu Kloc Tu formations of the Umphang Group-Umphang area; and Khlong Min Formation-Chumphon, Nakhon Si Thammarat, and Krabi areas. Dominant widespread mudstones, siltstones and sandstones; limestones are confined to the Mae Sot, Phob Phra, Umphang, Kanchanaburi and Mae Hong Son areas; marls are found only in Mae Sot. Sequences are approximately 900 m thick (Mae Sot), 450 m thick (Umphang) and thinner elsewhere, especially the south. Based on ammonites, brackish to marine bivalves, and foraminifera, the beds are dated mainly as ToarcianEarly Bajocian.     

羌塘盆地中晚侏罗世旋回地层初步分析

羌塘盆地是中国海相侏罗系最为发育的地区之一,对该套地层开展了旋回地层学研究,初步的研究结果表明羌塘盆地中上侏罗统至少存在四种旋回类型,即沉积旋回、古生物旋回、地球化学旋回和磁化率旋回,并按级别将低频旋回划分为3个旋回级次.其中一级旋回是由顶底不整合面限制的一个总体向上变粗变浅的充填序列,持续时间为48 Ma;二级旋回显示为大型的海进-海退旋回,旋回的时间跨度为27～29 Ma;三级旋回显示为向上变粗或向上变细的不完整旋回,旋回的时间跨度为7～14 Ma.古生物旋回、地球化学旋回(碳氧稳定同位素、微量元素)和磁化率旋回与沉积旋回具有良好的响应,并与特提斯同期低频旋回具有很好的对比性.     

内蒙古苏尼特右旗查干诺尔石炭系本巴图组火山岩地球化学特征及其地质意义

内蒙古查干诺尔地区石炭系本巴图组地层的火山岩,SiO2含量集中分布在48.20%～51.11%和64.66%～65.42%两个区间,分别属于玄武岩和英安岩,构成一套双峰式火山岩组合.其中基性火山岩具有枕状和块状构造,属于碱性玄武岩系列;英安岩的碱含量较高,属于钙碱性系列.基性火山岩中,枕状玄武岩轻稀土略亏损而重稀土略富...