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遗迹化石及其对区域地质调查的意义   总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1  
一、遗迹化石及其分类遗迹化石是古代生物生活期间留印在沉积物表面或沉积物内部的各种生命活动的痕迹(如足迹,移迹、潜穴、钻孔,生物扰动和粪便等)。遗迹化石既不同于由生物体直接经过石化作用变成的遗体化石,也不同于无机成因的各种沉积构造(如水平层理,交错层理,波痕,泥裂等)。遗迹化石属于生物成因的构造,它们的形成过程,至少受四个方面  相似文献   

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现代生物遗迹的特点、分布和组合特征及其与沉积环境、沉积物性质的关系,对遗迹化石及古环境研究具有重要的实证价值,但现代生物遗迹研究起步较晚,国内研究成果较少。文中论述了滦河三角洲潮坪环境中现代生物遗迹的组成、组合与分布特征,并分析了遗迹组合与沉积环境的关系。研究表明: (1)层面遗迹以节肢动物、环节动物、腹足动物的爬行迹和拖迹为主; 层内遗迹包括垂直或高角度倾斜于层面的潜穴、平行于层面的潜穴,以居住迹为主,丰度高,类型多样。(2)建立了3种生物遗迹组合: 遗迹组合I以Y形和垂直管状潜穴为特征,局部丰度较高,表层潜穴和层面拖迹不发育,造迹生物主要为沙蚕和螃蟹,沉积物底层具有砂含量较高、水动力强、有机质含量低的特点,显示其出现于三角洲潮坪砂质沉积环境;遗迹组合Ⅱ以各种形态的层内潜穴和大量的层面爬行拖迹为特征,层内潜穴包括垂直管状、J形、U形、Y形和分枝形潜穴,丰度高,造迹生物主要是沙蚕和螃蟹,层面遗迹常见爬行拖迹和足辙迹,造迹生物主要为沙蚕、螃蟹、扁玉螺、寄居蟹,沉积物底层具有高泥质含量、高含水率和高有机质含量的特点,形成于三角洲潮坪中低潮区;遗迹组合Ⅲ以与层面近似垂直和与层面近似平行的层内潜穴以及大量的层面运动迹为特征,与层面近似垂直的潜穴包括垂直管状、J形、U形、Y形和复杂分枝形潜穴,造迹生物主要是螃蟹、泥甲虫及其幼虫, 与层面平行的表层潜穴主要是蝼蛄、泥甲虫及其幼虫营造的,层面上的运动迹常见为螃蟹足辙迹和鸟类足迹,沉积物底层具泥质含量高、含水率低、有机质含量高、底质固结程度较高的特点,产生于三角洲潮坪高潮区。(3)基于对遗迹组合和分布特征及其与底层性质和沉积环境关系的分析,建立了三角洲潮坪生物遗迹组合的沉积环境分布模式。该研究成果既可作为古代三角洲潮坪沉积环境的判识依据,也可为相似遗迹化石组合的沉积环境恢复提供佐证。  相似文献   

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印度河扇更新世发育的沉积物波结构复杂、形态多样,其形成过程的认识程度低。本次研究通过高分辨率地震数据和地震解释技术,研究了印度河扇沉积物波的波长、形态、波峰变化等形态特征;阐述了沉积物波与沉积物变形特征的差异、识别了两者的区分标志;总结了水道堤岸斜坡和区域斜坡上沉积物波的分布规律;在此基础上,讨论了沉积物波的形成机理和控制因素,分析了沉积物波的形成过程,并建立了印度河扇沉积物波的形成模式。研究表明: (1)研究区沉积物波波长平均为486.84 m,最大1473 m;波高在10~60 m之间,平均30 m。(2)沉积物波的形态有对称型和非对称型,其迁移方式有上坡迁移型、加积型和下坡迁移型;沉积物波主要发育在水道堤岸的斜坡上,在区域斜坡上也发育少量的沉积物波,这2种沉积物波波脊的走向差异很大,水道堤岸斜坡上的沉积物波主要分布于水道凹岸堤岸的外侧,距离水道越远其规模(波长、波高)越小,波脊走向近于NE-SW方向,与水道的走向平行或斜交;区域斜坡上的沉积物波波脊的走向多为NW-SE向,平行于区域斜坡的走向,离源区越远规模越大。(3)水道堤岸斜坡上的沉积物波是由水道型浊流在离心力的作用下,溢出水道的凹岸,在堤岸外侧的斜坡上沉积形成的,堤岸斜坡的角度对沉积物波的发育规模影响不大,浊流的强度和输沙量对其规模影响大;区域斜坡上发育的沉积物波是由顺坡而下的非水道化的浊流沉积形成;滑塌变形造成的起伏地貌以及早期沉积物波的存在,也都影响了后期沉积物波的发育。  相似文献   

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印度河扇更新世发育的沉积物波结构复杂、形态多样,其形成过程的认识程度低。本次研究通过高分辨率地震数据和地震解释技术,研究了印度河扇沉积物波的波长、形态、波峰变化等形态特征;阐述了沉积物波与沉积物变形特征的差异、识别了两者的区分标志;总结了水道堤岸斜坡和区域斜坡上沉积物波的分布规律;在此基础上,讨论了沉积物波的形成机理和控制因素,分析了沉积物波的形成过程,并建立了印度河扇沉积物波的形成模式。研究表明: (1)研究区沉积物波波长平均为486.84 m,最大1473 m;波高在10~60 m之间,平均30 m。(2)沉积物波的形态有对称型和非对称型,其迁移方式有上坡迁移型、加积型和下坡迁移型;沉积物波主要发育在水道堤岸的斜坡上,在区域斜坡上也发育少量的沉积物波,这2种沉积物波波脊的走向差异很大,水道堤岸斜坡上的沉积物波主要分布于水道凹岸堤岸的外侧,距离水道越远其规模(波长、波高)越小,波脊走向近于NE-SW方向,与水道的走向平行或斜交;区域斜坡上的沉积物波波脊的走向多为NW-SE向,平行于区域斜坡的走向,离源区越远规模越大。(3)水道堤岸斜坡上的沉积物波是由水道型浊流在离心力的作用下,溢出水道的凹岸,在堤岸外侧的斜坡上沉积形成的,堤岸斜坡的角度对沉积物波的发育规模影响不大,浊流的强度和输沙量对其规模影响大;区域斜坡上发育的沉积物波是由顺坡而下的非水道化的浊流沉积形成;滑塌变形造成的起伏地貌以及早期沉积物波的存在,也都影响了后期沉积物波的发育。  相似文献   

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从瘤体与基质的矿物组成、岩石的结构构造出发,深入探讨了滇西施甸地区保山组瘤状灰岩的沉积环境及其形成机理。研究表明,滇西施甸地区上寒武统保山组瘤状灰岩存在3种成因:一种是呈互层状的泥质和灰质沉积物在半固结或弱固结状态下,经差异压实-压溶作用而形成瘤状构造,岩石中各组分含量及后期压溶作用强度的差异导致了瘤状灰岩不同的存在形式;另一种是泥质和灰质沉积物在半固结或弱固结状态下经斜坡滑塌作用形成串珠状、砾屑状灰岩;第三种则是泥灰质沉积层间歇性地暴露干裂,移位磨蚀,并被后期沉积物充填胶结形成瘤状灰岩。   相似文献   

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冰流是指冰盖中快速流动(高达10 km/a)的区域.冰流通常长达1000 km,宽200 km,嵌入在冰盖中.沿其流动方向形成了低幅度波纹状基岩床.这些波纹状基岩床由一些高度拉伸的沿着流向呈平行状分布的脊和沟槽(巨型冰川线理)组成.这些巨型冰川线理在空间上继承自体积大、拉伸程度低的鼓丘.由于鼓丘核部的地质条件复杂多变且不存在特征性的岩相,同时很难直接观察到现代冰盖下鼓丘的形成,因而鼓丘的起源在世界上仍然是未解之谜.基于新的高分辨率(0.5 m)LiDAR数据绘制的地形图和对更新世古冰流岩床进行野外地质考察表明,鼓丘和巨型冰川线理是底形连续体(后者由前者演化而来).它们由基岩或部分岩石和早期较老的沉积物组成,基于此部分学者提出了鼓丘的侵蚀起源说.本文重点介绍了类似鼓丘和巨型冰川线理的椭圆-流线型和带有沟槽的表面,这些表面广泛形成于多种非冰川的地质环境中(无论是在地球上还是在火星上),它们是由于受限剪切作用下颗粒状碎屑对基底面的磨损所产生的.变质核杂岩中的大型滑脱断层和俯冲带巨型逆冲断层的表面显示出槽状表面,其形状和规模能够与巨型冰川线理相类比.多尺度的断层面上都表现出了逐渐消除的类似鼓丘状的"椭圆形凸起",形成带凹槽的岩石光滑面,从而减少了阻力并允许继续滑动.现代冰流岩床记录的冰下地震的独特"纹理"与凹槽内基底面遭受的局部侵蚀和剪切一致,冰下地貌特征加强了与断层运动学的联系.火山碎屑流、陨石撞击坑周围的溅射毯以及滑坡和块体搬运沉积体系的滑动,它们的下垫面都会形成类似巨型冰川线理的沟槽.在人造和生物材料的摩擦接触表面上,也可以重现这些由粒状"磨损碎屑"(被定义为"第三层")切割形成的类似鼓丘的椭圆形凸起和类似巨型冰川线理的沟槽表面.因此,我们提议将鼓丘和巨型冰川线理作为冰川动力学研究的相关组成部分,可以称之为"磨损痕迹"或者"流向剪切痕".它们是由于不同的冰流速度拖曳粗颗粒的变形冰碛物切割底面(沉积物或者岩石(或其他岩相组合))形成的.地学界颇具争议的鼓丘-冰川线理成因谜团已逐渐清晰.  相似文献   

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中国东部陆架(渤、黄、东海)是欧亚大陆和太平洋之间的一个重要物质交换通道,其周边的河流每年向海输入了大量的细颗粒沉积物。这些物质在海洋动力(潮流、波浪、环流等)的作用下形成了多个泥质沉积区(带)。过去的数十年间,国内外学者对东部陆架海沉积物扩散和沉积动力机制进行了深入的研究,但是,目前对陆架泥质沉积的形成机制以及沉积物收支情况还存在争议。本文利用整理的现代沉积速率资料,从物源控制的角度出发,研究了各泥质沉积区10~100a尺度的沉积速率和沉积通量的分布规律,并与全新世泥质沉积记录进行对比,指出物源是控制这些泥质沉积形成的主要因素。河流携带入海物质是这些泥质沉积的主要"源",而这些泥质区是典型的"汇"。小型河流河口沉积过程和物质贡献需引起重视。定量化物源分析需结合物源供应等方面的资料,在遵守沉积物收支平衡的前提下进行。  相似文献   

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浅水曲流河三角洲是近年来沉积学研究的热点和油气勘探的重点对象,国内外学者基于地下储层、露头、现代沉积进行了大量研究,关于浅水曲流河三角洲的沉积特征与沉积模式,不同学者往往持不同观点,在缺乏沉积过程与演化特征观察、分析的现状下,很难统一认识。基于此,本文选取鄱阳湖赣江三角洲这一典型的浅水曲流河三角洲,根据其水动力、水深、沉积物供给等数据,采用基于泥沙水动力学的沉积过程数值模拟软件(Delft3D)再现浅水曲流河三角洲的生长与演化过程,并与现代浅水曲流河三角洲对比验证,建立浅水曲流河三角洲沉积模式。研究表明:(1)在浅水环境下,曲流河三角洲快速向湖生长,三角洲前缘持续向前延伸并快速平原化,具有典型的宽平原-窄前缘的特征。三角洲垂向沉积厚度较小,但底积-前积-顶积三层结构完整。(2)浅水曲流河三角洲平原发育数条同期活跃的高弯度分流河道,在平原近端,分流河道存在频繁的侧向迁移现象,可对先期三角洲前缘、前三角洲沉积侵蚀改造,形成串珠状点坝,经长期侧向迁移可形成大规模的长条宽带状分流河道复合体,分流河道对先期沉积体的长期改造使得大部分厚层砂体呈正韵律,导致先期河口坝保存程度较低;在前缘远端,由于堤岸不稳定,分流河道往往存在决口改道现象,废弃的水道缺乏砂质沉积物供给而成为高泥质充填水道,多条废弃分流河道在三角洲平原远端形成高泥质充填河网系统。(3)浅水曲流河三角洲前缘水下分流河道是平原分流河道在水体中的短程延伸,水道长约300m,由于水体较浅,河口处水流冲刷能力较强,水携沉积物多在水下分流河道侧缘堆积形成指状坝。由于分流河道建设性极强,水下分流河道往往频繁发生决口或侧向摆动,经多期复合,可形成多分叉复合体指状坝,而前缘水下分流河道在废弃后往往被泥质充填。(4)受三角洲平原远端水道决口改道的控制,前缘多分叉指状复合坝沿岸线迁移,可形成大面积近等厚砂体。  相似文献   

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东濮凹陷古近系沙河街组边缘海-浅海相识别与油气储层   总被引:2,自引:2,他引:0  
吴贤涛  张国成 《沉积学报》2015,33(2):364-375
东濮凹陷古近系沙河街组有无海相沉积久争不决。痕迹学、沉积学和古生物学综合研究,识别出那里存在海退与海进层序。海退层序在开31井3 553.30 m和3 552.70 m处分别见到压扁层理、双泥披(double clay drapes)。3 551.70 m处,出现丘状交错层理(表现为洼槽状向上弯曲平行纹理和凸起状向上弯曲平行纹理),显示前滨和临滨环境。3 551.50 m处,代表后滨环境的植物根迹出现,完成一个海退层序。另一个海退层序出现在新胡4井,从见到海相痕迹化石DiplocraterionPalaeophycosTerebellina开始(2 969.10 m;2 966.40 m)到出现植物根迹(2 931.93 m)结束。以上两个海退层序反映东濮凹陷沙四段沉积期,海水影响所及,仅限于边缘海的前滨和临滨深度范围。与海退层序不同,海进层序显示海水显著加深。文72-104井指示三角洲边缘海湾环境的痕迹化石Teichichnus(3 146 m),过渡带痕迹Rhizocoralliun(3 109.28 m)至滨外生物痕迹Zoophycos(3 050.10 m),记录到一次具有滨外环境的海进过程。开34井3 424 m至3 260 m依次出现透镜层理、植物根迹、透镜层理、羽状交错层理,解释为前滨环境。3 267~3 260 m由压扁层理(3 267.00 m)双向前积层理(3 266.81 m)为标志的前滨环境到具有Thalassinoides(3 266.25 m)、Macaronichnos痕迹化石所指示的临滨环境,再到生物扰动达70%并具颗石藻所代表的滨外浅海环境,结束一次海进过程。海进层序被固底底质控制痕迹相所指示的沉积不连续界面所限定,有利于不整合圈闭的形成。  相似文献   

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碎屑流与浊流的流体性质及沉积特征研究进展   总被引:5,自引:1,他引:4  
受浊流沉积模式(即鲍马序列和浊积扇模式)的驱动和浊积岩思维定势的影响,自1970s浊流与浊积岩的概念逐渐扩大,特别是通过"高密度浊流"术语的引入,以及将水下浊流与陆上河流的错误类比,使得一部分碎屑流与底流的沉积被认为是浊积岩。随着现代观测设备的应用以及详细的岩芯观察,碎屑流(特别是砂质碎屑流)和浊流被重新认识。浊流是一种具牛顿流变性质和紊乱状态的沉积物重力流,其沉积物支撑机制是湍流。碎屑流是一种具塑性流变性质和层流状态的沉积物重力流,其沉积物支撑机制主要是基质强度和颗粒间的摩擦强度。浊流沉积具特征的正粒序韵律结构,底部为突变接触而顶部为渐变接触;碎屑流沉积一般具上、下两层韵律结构,即下部发育具平行碎屑结构的层流段,上部发育具块状层理的"刚性"筏流段。但当碎屑流被周围流体整体稀释改造且改造不彻底时,强碎屑流可变为中—弱碎屑流,相应自下而上可形成逆—正粒序的沉积韵律结构,其中发育有呈漂浮状的石英颗粒和泥质撕裂屑等碎屑颗粒,明显区别于浊流沉积单一的正粒序韵律结构特征。碎屑流沉积顶、底部均为突变接触。浊流的沉积模式为简单的具平坦盆底的坡底模式,而碎屑流则为复杂的斜坡模式。  相似文献   

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A new Upper Cretaceous vertebrate tracksite has been discovered at Tamajón (Iberian Ranges, Guadalajara, Spain). The track level is a relatively smooth and slightly undulating sandy ferruginous crust, corresponding to an erosive surface at the base of a small meandering channel. It is incised into the underlying planar cross-bedded sandstones of coastal bars located at the middle-upper part of the Utrillas Formation (middle-upper Cenomanian). The site shows an extraordinary concentration of vertebrate tracks, among which numerous sets of two to five isolated digit impressions (“swim tracks”) and, at least, two trackways referred to crocodyliforms, and a single tridactyl footprint probably produced by a theropod dinosaur can be recognized. There are also several long traces (epichnial grooves) revealing sharp direction changes (up to 90°) which seem to be fish fin traces (Undichna unisulca), although crocodyliforms (tail marks) and/or fish invertebrates cannot be rejected as possible tracemakers. Some crocodyliform tracks reveal a thin raised rim, due to the displacement of the sediment by the pressure produced by the feet. Several impressions are moderately deformed by small sediment slides, only preserving their deepest part (claw marks). This is clearly indicative of a soft substrate with a high degree of plasticity and water content at the time of the track registration. Nevertheless, the sediment was hard enough to preserve manus and pes print morphologies and also possible crocodyliform tail and/or fish fin traces. Small rhizoliths can also be recognized and may belong to herbaceous wetland vegetation. The morphology of the palaeochannel, the sedimentary context and the track preservation seem to indicate that the tracks were impressed in a shallow channel located near the coast, under wet conditions and in different moments of time. This discovery represents the first occurrence of vertebrate ichnites in the Utrillas Formation, a stratigraphic unit where osteological and ichnological remains are relatively scarce, and it confirms that some crocodyliforms lived in near coast channels during the deposition of this unit.  相似文献   

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山西中奥陶世石膏岩的沉积受到机械沉积作用的影响。区内九种石膏岩分别是不同水深条件下的沉积及交代产物,并可归纳为浪基面下洼地、浅水、滩岛潮坪等三种沉积环境。在空间上,它们彼此依存、转换并连为一体形成一个巨大的浅水蒸发岩沉积。  相似文献   

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基于近30年长江口邻近陆架区域表层沉积物数据,对表层沉积物与流域入海泥沙特征的响应进行研究。结果表明:①沉积物表现为东粗西细,北粗南细的分布格局,砂百分比分布表现为东北向西南为减小,粉砂和黏土均表现为东北向西南增加趋势,其中整个区域黏土与粉砂百分比的比值在0.12~0.83之间;②2008~2010年与2003~2006相比,砂的百分含量表现为增加,粉砂和黏土表现为减少趋势,表层沉积物向粗化趋势发展;③砂-泥分界线在2003~2007年北侧(31°30’以北)为交替变化,2007~2010年为向西移动,南侧(31°30’以南)2003~2010年均为向西移动,长江口陆架区域表层沉积物砂泥分界线变化是综合作用的结果,砂质沉积物因海平面上升等作用再悬浮沉积在泥质区的作用将逐渐加强。④泥质区域面积在三峡水库蓄水后减小,且位置略有南偏,主要受北槽深水航道整治工程及自然因素的影响。  相似文献   

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通过水下浅层及近岸钻探取样,对样品的pH值与Eh值,有机碳、细菌、孔隙水化学组份、自生矿物标型特征以及碳氧同位素等的分析。研究了沉积物孔隙水的化学反应过程,及其离子交换与反应物的关系。对早期成岩作用过程与机理进行了探讨.提出河口地区以泥质为主和以沙质为主的两种早期成岩作用基本类型及其特征与标志。为研究古代类似沉积物早期成岩作用的识别提供了依据。  相似文献   

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Textural and mineralogical properties of the sediment, facies characteristics (both derived from well data), stacking patterns (derived from well and seismic data) and plan‐view shapes (derived from seismic data) are all essential components when reconstructing reservoir geometries from subsurface data sets. Without the availability of all these sources of information, reservoir predictions can potentially deviate significantly from the true geometries. In particular, inferences about internal sandbody geometry from plan‐view considerations (isopach maps and seismic attribute maps) may lead to erroneous conclusions without knowledge of facies and textural properties of the sediment. Analysis of well‐exposed sedimentary systems has the potential to establish links between internal facies characteristics and large‐scale geometry and to improve models coupling information at these variable scales. The Palaeogene Battfjellet Formation, Svalbard, has been studied with the aim to unravel internal characteristics and external form by investigating sediment properties, facies and stacking patterns. The formation shows a combination of texturally and mineralogically very immature sediments, a predominance of wave‐generated or wave‐induced sedimentary structures and a stacking pattern of highly variable numbers of parasequences at localities few kilometres apart that best can be explained in terms of small shifting deltaic lobes that produced a complex pattern of overlapping sandbodies. The strong evidence of wave action in the receiving basin could in itself indicate strike‐extensive sandstone bodies; however, the complex sandbody arrangement and the immaturity of the sediments preclude such an interpretation. Traditional facies models coupling plan‐view geometries with internal facies characteristics (such as the coupling of strike extensive barrier systems with wave‐dominated sedimentary structures or the coupling of elongated fluvial‐dominated deltas with offshore‐directed current‐generated structures) are much too simple and may lead to erroneous interpretations if the complexity revealed by all sources of data is not appreciated.  相似文献   

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This paper focuses on the formative processes of limestone pseudoconglomerates in the Gushan and Chaomidian Formations (Late Cambrian) of the North China Platform, Shandong Province, China. The Gushan and Chaomidian Formations consist mainly of limestone and shale (marlstone) interlayers, wackestone to packstone, grainstone and microbialite as well as numerous limestone conglomerates. Seventy‐three beds of limestone pseudoconglomerate in the Gushan and Chaomidian Formations were analysed based on clast and matrix compositions, internal fabric, sedimentary structures and bed geometry. These pseudoconglomerates are characterized by oligomictic to polymictic limestone clasts of various shapes (i.e. flat to undulatory disc, blade and sheet), marlstone and/or grainstone matrix and various internal fabrics (i.e. intact, thrusted, edgewise and disorganized), as well as transitional boundaries. Limestone pseudoconglomerates formed as a result of soft‐sediment deformation of carbonate and argillaceous interlayers at a shallow burial depth. Differential early cementation of carbonate and argillaceous sediments provided the requisite conditions for the formation of pseudoconglomerates. Initial deformation (i.e. burial fragmentation, liquefaction and injection) and subsequent mobilization and disruption of fragmented clasts are two important processes for the formation of pseudoconglomerates. Burial fragmentation resulted from mechanical rupture of cohesive carbonate mud, whereas subsequent mobilization of fragmented clasts was due to the injection of fluid materials (liquefied carbonate sand and water‐saturated argillaceous mud) under increased stress. Storm‐wave loading was the most probable deformation mechanism, as an external triggering force. Subsequent re‐orientation and rounding of clasts were probably prolonged under normal compactional stress. Eventually, disrupted clasts, along with matrix materials, were transformed into pseudoconglomerates by progressive lithification. Soft‐sediment deformation is prevalent in alternate layers of limestone and mud(marl)stone and/or grainstone, regardless of their depositional environments.  相似文献   

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泥质岩有机质的赋存状态及其对泥质岩封盖能力的影响   总被引:11,自引:0,他引:11  
应用荧光显微镜法,首次对济阳坳陷下第三系泥质岩中有机质的赋存状态进行了研究。下第三系泥质岩有机质的赋存状态可划分为顺层富集型、分散型和局部富集型等三种类型。有机质呈顺层富集型分布的泥质岩,其有机质丰度大多较高,主要沉积于半深湖-深湖相中。有机质呈分散型分布的泥质岩,其有机质丰度变化范围较大,大多形成在河流-三角洲相、滨-浅湖相或浊流沉积中。结合部分揭示泥质岩封盖能力的定量分析数据,下第三系泥质岩可概括出以下三种不同的组合特点:①泥质岩中有机质丰度高且有机质呈顺层富集型状态赋存时,泥质岩封盖能力差;② 泥质岩有机质丰度高且有机质呈分散型状态赋存时,泥质岩具有一定的封盖能力;③ 泥质岩有机质丰度低且有机质呈分散型状态赋存时,泥质岩封盖能力较好,因此,泥质岩中有机质的赋存状态对泥质岩的封盖能力有着不可忽视的影响。在研究评价泥质岩对油气藏的封盖能力时可作为重要的依据之一。  相似文献   

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The structures have a wide distribution intertidally in the macrotidal Severn Estuary and inner Bristol Channel, occurring on the active sedimentary surface chiefly in association with a millimetre-scale sand-over-mud doublet. The sand surface is marked by depressions and ridges, of a wide variety of shapes and orientations relative to slope, that are matched antithetically by ridges and depressions on the mud-sand interface below. The sand layer consequently takes the form of a series of touching to detached pillow-shaped masses, whose centres lie 2–4 sand-layer thicknesses apart. Wrinkle marks originate soon after the emergence of the sedimentary surface into the atmosphere, and are considered to be soft-sediment deformation structures on account of their (1) occasional displacement and/or severance of early-emergence surface organic trails and feeding marks; (2) similarity in shape and internal structure to pseudo-nodules recorded from the field and produced experimentally; and (3) association with gravitationally unstable sediment layers in settings that favour the vigorous seepage of pore water through water-logged sediments. Owing to their origin at the sedimentary surface, wrinkle marks appear to be preserved mainly as surface markings on eroded and (discordantly) reburied mud-sand interfaces.  相似文献   

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