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左权变质杂岩区早前寒武纪变质演化及其构造指示 总被引：4，自引：4，他引：0
左权变质杂岩构造上位于华北中部带中南段,向东紧邻赞皇变质杂岩。研究区广泛发育长英质黑云斜长片麻岩和斜长角闪岩,无典型变泥质岩石出露,斜长角闪岩多以似层状或透镜状方式产于似层状的片麻岩中,二者在局部地区侵入接触关系明显。该地区可识别出三期变形作用和三期变质作用,区域片麻理所代表的第二期变形作用(D2)与峰期变质作用(M2)事件相对应。杂岩区含榴黑云斜长片麻岩和含榴斜长角闪岩中较好地保留了多个阶段的变质作用信息,本文重点研究其变质演化过程。含榴黑云斜长片麻岩中仅保留峰期阶段矿物组合,变质条件为730℃/8.5kbar。含榴斜长角闪岩记录了3个阶段的变质矿物组合,第一阶段矿物组合(M1)为进变质矿物组合,以石榴石变斑晶内部的早期包裹体及其临近的石榴石核部为代表,即Grt1+Pl1+Amp1+Qtz±Bt1±Chl1±Ilm±Ap,该阶段的温度和压力范围分别为:608~643℃/5.2~5.5kbar;第二阶段矿物组合(M2)为变质峰期矿物组合,主要由石榴石XMn最低的"边部"和基质矿物(Grt2+Amp2+Pl2+Qtz±Cpx2±Bt2±Ep2±Ilm±Ap)组成。最高变质温度大于670℃,最高变质压力大于9.4kbar。第三阶段矿物组合(M3)为退变质减压矿物组合,其典型代表是石榴石边部发育的Pl3+Hbl3+Cum3+Qtz±Bt3后成合晶矿物组合,呈细粒交生状结构特征,该阶段温压估算范围为:611~627℃/5.1~5.9kbar。左权变质杂岩区岩石变质程度虽明显低于赞皇变质杂岩区(Tmax812℃,Pmax12.5kbar),但两杂岩区岩石拥有类似的变质演化特征,均记录了包含近等温降压型(ITD)退变质片段的顺时针P-T轨迹,指示碰撞造山环境。结合中部带其它杂岩区的变质演化特征,推测左权变质杂岩卷入了晚太古代-早元古代末期华北克拉通东、西部陆块之间的碰撞造山过程。 相似文献
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左权-赞皇变质杂岩的地球化学特征及其构造意义 总被引：3，自引：3，他引：0
左权变质杂岩位于华北克拉通中部造山带的中南段,赞皇变质杂岩西南。两杂岩区出露的早元古代——晚太古代变质岩石类型主要有:长英质片麻岩、黑云斜长片麻岩、斜长角闪岩、石榴角闪岩、云母片岩和长石石英岩等。通过详细地野外地质调查、岩相学以及地球化学研究发现,左权变质杂岩与赞皇变质杂岩有类似的地球化学性质,其中,长英质片麻岩、黑云斜长片麻岩和角闪岩的原岩均有正、有副,按原岩性质可分为变质沉积岩、变质花岗质岩石和变质基性岩三类。变质沉积岩的原岩为粘土岩或杂砂岩,物源以上地壳的长英质成分为主,REE配分型式与PAAS以及上地壳平均成分类似,原岩在形成过程中经历了中——低等程度的风化作用,沉积背景为有演化岛弧发育的活动大陆边缘;变质花岗质岩石的原岩为中酸性侵入岩,形成于大陆边缘弧环境,与变质沉积岩呈侵入接触关系;变质基性岩的原岩是拉斑——钙碱玄武质岩石,其稀土总量较低、轻稀土轻微富集,地壳混染作用明显,总体形成环境类似于现代大陆边缘的岛弧构造环境。基于以上地球化学特征推测左权——赞皇变质杂岩形成于典型碰撞造山环境,卷入了华北克拉通东部陆块和西部陆块之间的俯冲——碰撞过程。 相似文献
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华北中部造山带是华北克拉通内部一条重要的前寒武纪碰撞造山带,该造山带的形成经历了一个漫长而复杂的演化过程。吕梁变质杂岩位于造山带中段,阜平杂岩西南,是透视华北克拉通早前寒武纪构造-热演化的一个重要窗口。本文针对该地区的界河口(岩)群黑云斜长片麻岩和含榴斜长角闪岩开展了系统的野外地质调查、显微岩石学、地球化学和变质年代学研究。结果表明,界河口(岩)群黑云斜长片麻岩的原岩多为富铝富钾的变泥质岩石,其物源主要来自长英质火成岩,形成于有演化岛弧发育的活动大陆边缘构造背景;含榴斜长角闪岩的原岩多数是拉斑玄武岩,源区来自于富集地幔,形成于岛弧构造环境。显微岩相学研究显示,含榴夕线黑云斜长片麻岩和含榴斜长角闪岩中均保留了早期进变质、峰期变质和晚期退变质三个阶段的变质矿物组合,且石榴子石边部多发育明显的"白眼圈"反应结构。其中,含榴夕线黑云斜长片麻岩的峰期矿物组合包括石榴子石、黑云母、夕线石、斜长石、石英和少量钾长石等;含榴斜长角闪岩的峰期矿物组合主要由石榴子石、角闪石、斜长石、磁铁矿和石英等组成。前期研究表明,二者的变质演化均记录了类似的顺时针近等温降压型的变质作用P-T轨迹,其峰期变质条件分别为 750℃/ 7.0kbar和 750℃/ 6.3kbar。本文LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年代学研究表明,含榴黑云斜长片麻岩中记录了1928～1920Ma和1882～1855Ma两组变质年龄。结合中部带前人研究成果,本文推断吕梁变质杂岩的区域变质事件与华北克拉通东、西部陆块间的碰撞造山作用有关,该地区与碰撞阶段同期的峰期变质作用发生在1928～1920Ma,而后于1882～1855Ma期间进入与快速构造隆升有关的退变质作用阶段。 相似文献
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赞皇前寒武纪变质杂岩区变质反应结构与变质作用P-T-t轨迹 总被引：4，自引：4，他引：0
赞皇变质杂岩位于华北克拉通中部造山带中南段、太行山东麓低山区。出露于该变质杂岩区中南部的含石榴石的斜长角闪片麻岩、泥质片麻岩,均保存了三期矿物组合:进变质、峰期变质和退变质矿物组合。这两大类变质岩石中,进变质阶段矿物组合(M1)以石榴石变斑晶核部的包裹体矿物组合为代表,变质高峰期矿物组合(M2)由石榴石变斑晶"边部"和基质矿物组成,退变质阶段矿物组合(M3)主要是环绕石榴石边部发育的"白眼圈"状后成合晶矿物组合。泥质片麻岩中的石榴石变斑晶均保存了明显的成分环带,且在边部很窄的范围内XMn有所增加、Mg/(Mg+Fe)有所降低,指示存在变质高峰期后的退变质过程。温度与压力计算结果表明,赞皇斜长角闪片麻岩所经历的进变质阶段(M1)温度约为640~710℃、 压力约为8.2~8.6kbar;高峰期(M2)变质温度超过810℃,压力大于12.1kbar;退变质阶段(M3)的温压范围为590~670℃和3.2~5.6kbar。此前的研究已说明泥质片麻岩的进变质阶段(M1)变质温度为660~690℃,压力为9.0~9.2kbar;高峰期(M2)变质温度超过780℃,压力大于12.5kbar。变质高峰属于中压相系的顶部至高压相系的底部。斜长角闪片麻岩、泥质片麻岩均记录了典型的顺时针P-T轨迹,并显示近等温减压(ITD)的退变质片段。对泥质片麻岩中多颗锆石的变质增生边的SHRIMP U-Pb定年表明,变质高峰期时代为1821±17Ma。变质作用历史说明赞皇变质岩区卷入了华北克拉通东部陆块和西部陆块之间的俯冲-碰撞、随后的快速隆升过程,为华北克拉通中部造山带早元古代末期(~1850Ma)存在的造山事件提供了新的证据 。 相似文献
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河南洛宁太华变质杂岩区早元古代变质作用P-T-t轨迹及其大地构造意义 总被引：3，自引：3，他引：0
太华变质杂岩广泛出露于华北克拉通南缘,总体呈SW-NE向展布.在河南洛宁地区,太华变质杂岩以TTG片麻岩、斜长角闪片麻岩和变泥质片麻岩为主.斜长角闪片麻岩中可识别出三个阶段的变质矿物组合:进变质阶段矿物组合(M1)为石榴子石变斑晶内部的包裹体矿物组合( Amp1+ Pl1+Qtz),变质高峰期矿物组合(M2)为石榴子石变斑晶边部和基质矿物组合( Grt2+ Amp2+ Pl2+ Qtz),退变质阶段矿物组合(M3)为“白眼圈”状后成合晶组合(Amp3+ Pl3+ Qtz).运用矿物温度计与压力计估算三个阶段的P-T条件分别为:进变质阶段约600 ～ 680℃/7.0～ 7.6kbar,变质高峰期为680 ～ 790℃/9.5 ～10.7kbar,退变质阶段为580～720℃/6.5 ～7.6kbar.变泥质片麻岩中保留了进变质阶段(M1)包裹体矿物组合(Bt1+Pl1+Qtz)和峰期变质阶段(M2)矿物组合(Grt2 +Bt2+Pl2 +Qtz)两个阶段.其中未发现后期退变质反应结构,石榴子石中也未发现成分环带.P-T条件估算结果分别为:M1阶段620 ～ 710℃/4.9 ～5.6kbar,M2阶段710～760℃/7.3～8.3kbar.洛宁地区太华变质杂岩记录了顺时针的近等温降压型的P-T轨迹,可能经历了与华北中部造山带其它杂岩类似的变质演化过程,推测其形成于华北克拉通东部陆块和西部陆块沿中部造山带的拼合过程中.SIMS与ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年表明,斜长角闪片麻岩记录了1938～1967Ma的变质事件,比华北中部造山带其它变质杂岩区所广泛记录的～1850Ma变质事件早了约100Ma,暗示中部造山带的拼合可能是一个长期的、复杂的过程. 相似文献
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河南鲁山太华变质杂岩前寒武纪变质作用 总被引：9，自引：6，他引：3
太华变质杂岩("太华群")出露于华北克拉通中部造山带南缘,包括自西北向东南依次出露的华山、洛宁、鲁山、舞钢等四个出露区。鲁山地区太华变质杂岩中的斜长角闪岩类,变质演化历史记录得相对最为全面,其中普遍保留了三个阶段的变质矿物组合。第一阶段变质矿物组合(M1)为进变质组合,以石榴子石变斑晶中的包裹体矿物组合(石英+斜长石+角闪石±单斜辉石±钛铁矿)为代表,形成于约710℃/7.8kbar的条件下。第二阶段变质矿物组合(M2)为变质高峰期组合,以石榴子石变斑晶和基质矿物组合(角闪石+斜长石+石英±单斜辉石±钛铁矿)为代表,形成于约730~810℃/8.1~11.7kbar的条件下。第三阶段的矿物组合为退变质组合,以环绕石榴子石变斑晶发育的后成合晶矿物组合(石英+斜长石+角闪石±单斜辉石±钛铁矿)为代表,形成的温度与压力条件约为730~740℃/3.5~5.7kbar。这些斜长角闪岩类记录了顺时针变质作用P-T轨迹,其中包含近等温降压的退变质过程,其中变质峰期变质条件达高角闪岩相到麻粒岩相过渡区。二次离子质谱(SIMS)探针锆石U-Pb定年表明,变质锆石年龄介于1.93~1.87Ga之间。结合其他学者发表的资料,推测华北中部造山带的中段和南段似乎在~1.95Ga即已开始了俯冲-碰撞的造山过程,而且该造山过程几乎延续了150Myr之久。 相似文献
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大量来自于华北陆块的高压变质岩被发现发育于苏鲁构造杂岩带中，给俯冲带上盘物质如何卷入陆-陆俯冲碰撞作用的研究带来新的契机.通过对乳山地区（含榴）斜长角闪岩进行岩石学、矿物化学及相平衡模拟的研究，发现其保留有3个不同变质演化阶段的矿物组合，峰前矿物组合为粗粒石榴子石+斜长石+角闪石+石英+钛铁矿；峰期矿物组合由石榴子石+单斜辉石+斜长石+角闪石+石英+钛铁矿组成，为典型高角闪岩相矿物组合；峰后退变质阶段矿物组合为角闪石+斜长石+石英+石榴子石+钛铁矿，发育有典型的“白眼圈”结构.相平衡模拟与温压计算表明，乳山午极石榴斜长角闪岩峰前变质阶段的P-T条件分别为P=6.4~7.0 kbar、T=610~640℃，表明其俯冲至30 km左右的地壳深度；峰期变质阶段P-T条件分别为P=9.3~10.0 kbar、T=700~730℃，表明其已俯冲至36~40 km的地壳深度，峰后退变质阶段P-T条件分别为P=5.2~5.8 kbar、T=680~710℃.锆石U-Pb定年结果表明乳山午极石榴斜长角闪岩原岩时代为1 734±24 Ma，龙角山水库斜长角闪岩变质时代为1 849±28 Ma，研究表明二者均来源于华北构造岩片.结合前人研究资料，推测乳山地区石榴斜长角闪岩原岩可能经历三叠纪俯冲作用并发生变质；其与杂岩带中来自华南的构造岩片发生混杂，共同构成华北-华南板块间宽约80~100 km的构造杂岩带. 相似文献
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华北克拉通中部造山带早前寒武纪变质演化历史评述 总被引：2，自引：2，他引：0
根据变质作用程度不同,华北中部造山带早前寒武纪基底可以进一步分为高级区和花岗-绿岩带。前者变质程度可达高角闪岩相-麻粒岩相,包括太华、吕梁、阜平、恒山、怀安、宣化等杂岩,花岗-绿岩带的变质程度较低,多为绿片岩相-角闪岩相,包括登封、赞皇、五台等杂岩。已有变质演化研究表明,高级区恒山、怀安和宣化杂岩中的麻粒岩和(或)退变榴辉岩记录的峰期变质压力最高,恒山杂岩、阜平杂岩和宣化杂岩中的麻粒岩记录的峰期变质温度最高;花岗-绿岩带中的赞皇杂岩和五台杂岩出露高压斜长角闪岩和高压变泥质岩。中部带各变质杂岩中可识别出早期进变质、峰期、峰后快速降压和晚期冷却等变质阶段,拥有顺时针近等温降压型的变质作用P-T轨迹,与华北克拉通中部的俯冲碰撞有关。大量变质年代学数据显示,中部带各变质杂岩中至少记录了~1.85Ga、~1.95Ga和~2.5Ga三组变质年龄,其中,~1.85Ga的变质年龄占据了主导地位,大致与区域片麻理形成的时间一致,代表变质高峰期时代;~1.95Ga的变质年龄代表了峰期前的某个进变质片段;~2.5Ga的变质年龄则指示了更早一期的变质事件,推测与古老陆块~2.5Ga所遭受的大量幔源岩浆的侵入和底垫作用有关。然而,变质年龄与变质阶段的对应关系尚不明确。 相似文献
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华北克拉通早前寒武纪基底由多个微陆块组成,其主期拼合时代是困扰地质学家的一个重大课题。华北中部造山带作为新太古代-古元古代一条重要的碰撞型造山带已得到广泛共识。大量高精度年代学资料显示,华北中部造山带至少记录了大约1. 85Ga、1. 95Ga和2. 5Ga的三组变质年龄信息。但目前,2. 5Ga左右的变质年龄仅在华北中部造山带中部的阜平和赞皇等少数杂岩区有零星报道。左权变质杂岩位于华北中部造山带中南段东侧、阜平杂岩以南,向东紧邻赞皇杂岩,是洞悉早前寒武纪时期华北克拉通基底形成及演化过程的一个重要窗口。杂岩区出露多种早寒武纪变质岩石,其中长英质黑云斜长片麻岩分布范围最广,局部暗色矿物富集;斜长角闪岩或角闪片麻岩多以透镜状或似层状方式产出于长英质片麻岩中;杂岩区南部发育多个小型磁铁矿矿床。本文对研究区多种类型岩石样品进行了细致的岩相学、锆石U-Pb年代学和锆石稀土元素研究,发现多数样品中发育变质成因锆石,记录至少两组变质年龄信息。第一组年龄(1903Ma)仅被个别角闪片麻岩样品保存,反映了杂岩区所经历的变质峰期或近峰期阶段的时代;第二组年龄(2483～2507Ma)分布广泛,所代表的变质事件发生在区域片麻理之前,与华北克拉通约25亿年时发生的大规模构造热事件有关。 相似文献
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华北克拉通早前寒武纪变质基底主要由五套不同类型的变质岩系组成。克拉通在形成过程中经历了多期构造活动、多期岩浆侵位、多期变质作用以及不同程度的混合岩化和深熔作用,岩石已遭受多次不同地质作用的叠加改造,因此华北克拉通具有复杂的演化历史。从太古宙到古元古代末的克拉通形成,华北克拉通主要经历了五期区域变质作用。鞍山地区的古—中太古代经历了角闪岩相变质作用改造,尚未获得变质年龄数据。但在TTG岩系中已获得3 560 Ma和3 000~3 300 Ma早期的变质年龄。河南鲁山太华杂岩的中太古代斜长角闪岩中获得2 776~2 792 Ma和2 671~2 651 Ma两期变质作用年龄信息,代表了新太古代早期的变质作用。新太古代麻粒岩-TTG岩系和新太古代花岗-绿岩系都经历了新太古代晚期—古元古代初的变质作用改造。在古元古代阶段,在华北克拉通北缘在1 965~1 900 Ma期间发生了中低压/高压麻粒岩相变质,局部发生超高温变质,这期变质作用与陆块间的俯冲碰撞及其后的地幔上涌有关。在古元古代晚期(1 890~1 800 Ma)在华北克拉通的中部及东部的胶—辽—吉带发生了高压麻粒岩相-角闪岩相的区域变质,代表了陆块间的碰撞拼合过程。不同变质岩系类型经历的变质作用反映了不同的构造背景。太古宙晚期大量的TTG岩系及呈面状分布的中/低压麻粒岩主要出露在华北克拉通的中北部,普遍具有逆时针的p-T轨迹,反映了地幔柱底板垫托的构造环境。新太古代的花岗-绿岩系在新太古代晚期—古元古代早期经历的变质作用多为顺时针的p-T演化轨迹,反映其发生可能与弧后+地幔柱联合作用的构造背景。古元古代晚期的两期变质作用多表现为高压麻粒岩相的顺时针p-T演化轨迹,反映了不同陆块(地块)之间碰撞拼合的过程,意味着类似显生宙的板块构造体制已经出现。 相似文献
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Fabien Knoll Gilles Cuny Pierre-Olivier Mojon Raquel López-Antoñanzas 《Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. Geologists' Association》2014
The palaeontological content (charophytes and vertebrates) of organic-rich layers from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) of the Grands Causses at Mostuéjouls (Aveyron, France) has been examined. It is rich in gyrogonites of Porochara douzensis. The vertebrates of the lower layer include a single hybodontiform tooth, “semionotiform” teeth and scales, and one pycnodontiform tooth whereas the upper layer has yielded one hybodontiform tooth, a variety of actinopterygian remains (mostly Caturus sp. and indeterminate pycnodontiforms) and a few possible reptile remains. The variation in fauna between the two layers is ascribed to a different degree of marine influence. 相似文献
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Stephen K. Donovan James Isted 《Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. Geologists' Association》2014
Nineteenth-century references to clavate borings in woody substrates in the Lower Greensand of the Isle of Wight used a variety of names, but Teredo (a wood-boring bivalve, not a boring), Teredolithes (a junior synonym of Teredolites) and Gastrochaena (a bivalve borer of rock and shelly substrates, not a boring in wood) are all nomenclatorially incorrect. Borings in a beach clast derived from the Lower Greensand Group and recently collected from Sandown Bay, Isle of Wight, are referred to Teredolites isp. cf. T. longissimus Kelly and Bromley. This specimen confirms the presence of Teredolites in the Lower Greensand Group and demonstrates a common ichnological problem of beach clasts; borings, either fossil or modern, are incompletely preserved, making confident classification below the level of ichnogenus problematic. 相似文献
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Kyanite-rich and quartz-rich eclogites occur as lenses within amphibolite-facies quartzo-feldspathic gneisses in the Pohorje Mountains, Northern Slovenia, that form the easternmost Austroalpine basement. Major and trace elements indicate that the kyanite-rich eclogites were derived from plagioclase-rich gabbroic cumulates, whereas the quartz-rich eclogites represent more fractionated basaltic compositions. Both varieties are characterized by a LREE-depleted N-MORB type REE signature. Geothermobarometry and P-T pseudosections indicate that eclogites equilibrated at 1.8-2.5 GPa and 630-700 °C, consistently with the lack of coesite and with equilibration conditions of the chemically similar eclogites from the adjacent basement units at Koralpe and Saualpe type localities. Decompression reaction textures include (i) clinopyroxene-plagioclase intergrowths after omphacite, (ii) replacement of kyanite by corundum-plagioclase-spinel±sapphirine symplectites, (iii) breakdown of phengite to biotite-plagioclase sapphirine symplectites. The results of this study indicate that Koralpe, Saualpe and Pohorje high-pressure rocks represent former MORB-type oceanic crust that was subducted in the course of the late Cretaceous (approximately 100 Ma ago) collision between the European and the Apulian plates. 相似文献
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The origin of the genus Bos is a debated issue. From ∼ 0.5 Ma until historic times, the genus is well known in the Eurasian large mammal assemblages, where it is represented by Bos primigenius. This species has a highly derived cranial anatomy that shows important morphological differences from other Plio-Pleistocene Eurasian genera of the tribe Bovini such as Leptobos, Bison, Proamphibos-Hemibos, and Bubalus. The oldest clear evidence of Bos is the skull fragment ASB-198-1 from the middle Pleistocene (∼ 0.6-0.8 Ma) site of Asbole (Lower Awash Valley, Ethiopia). The first appearance of Bos in Europe is at the site of Venosa-Notarchirico, Italy (∼ 0.5-0.6 Ma). Although the origin of Bos has traditionally been connected with Leptobos and Bison, after a detailed anatomical and morphometric study we propose here a different origin, connecting the middle Pleistocene Eurasian forms of B. primigenius with the African Late Pliocene and early Pleistocene large size member of the tribe Bovini Pelorovis sensu stricto. The dispersal of the Bos lineage in Western Europe during middle Pleistocene times seems to coincide with the arrival of the Acheulean tool technology in this continent. 相似文献
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缅甸硬玉岩地区的热液型钠长石岩 总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2
产于俯冲带内的低温高压带的由单矿物构成的硬玉岩通常伴有钠长石岩,目前对于硬玉岩研究的关注度较高,而对于钠长石岩则相对较低,很少有相关论文报导.产于缅甸翡翠矿区的钠长石岩,经常与硬玉岩相伴而生,是良好的研究样品.钠长石岩的主要矿物成分是低温钠长石,其次含有硬玉、绿辉石、透辉石等辉石类矿物和钠透闪石、蓝透闪石、镁钠闪石等闪石类矿物,此外还有钠沸石等.钠长石沿着解理和裂隙交代硬玉,说明钠长石形成晚于硬玉岩.钠长岩中的主要组成矿物钠长石的形成温度小于300℃,且其形成压力小于0.5kb,推测是在硬玉岩抬升程中通过交代与沉淀作用形成.其内的透辉石有两种类型,一类可能是被交代的硬玉中的透辉石组分会渐进增加,最终形成透辉石.另一类是被绿辉石包裹的透辉石残留,其很有可能是早期来自地幔楔或者俯冲带岩石中的矿物残留,即异剥钙榴岩或辉石岩类,可以视作硬玉化绿辉石岩和硬玉化异剥钙榴岩的矿物学证据.热液型钠长石岩的存在进一步说明缅甸翡翠矿区钠化热液存在现象的普遍性与穿越性. 相似文献
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The hatchling sizes of the Cretaceous nautiloids (Hercoglossa forbesianus and Cimomia angustus; Hercoglossidae) are reported here for the first time as ranging between 20.4-22.2 mm in diameter. These new data for Hercoglossidae and the previously reported data for Nautilidae and Cymatoceratidae suggest that all Cretaceous nautiloids had large hatchlings irrespective of their taxonomy relative to those in ammonoids. Based on the relationship between hatching events and the nepionic constriction in modern nautili, the hatchling size of nautiloids can be recognized by the constriction on the shell surface of the innermost whorl. The range of hatchling diameter in all Cretaceous nautiloids (9-35 mm) is comparable to those of modern nautili (20-32 mm), although the Cretaceous nautiloids are characterized by a wider range with the smaller minimum diameter. The large hatchling size in Cretaceous nautiloids stands in marked contrast to those in ammonoids, which had much smaller hatchling size (mostly <2 mm in diameter) and became extinct at the end of the Cretaceous. Such distinct differences in reproductive strategy (i.e., hatchling and egg sizes) suggest that these differences may have played a significant role in the fate of ammonoids and nautiloids through the K/T mass extinction, as previously hypothesized by several paleontologists. 相似文献
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Vegetation and climate change on the Bolivian Altiplano between 108,000 and 18,000 yr ago 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
Alex Chepstow-Lusty Mark B. Bush Paul A. Baker Sherilyn C. Fritz James Aronson 《Quaternary Research》2005,63(1):90-98
A 90,000-yr record of environmental change before 18,000 cal yr B.P. has been constructed using pollen analyses from a sediment core obtained from Salar de Uyuni (3653 m above sea level) on the Bolivian Altiplano. The sequence consists of alternating mud and salt, which reflect shifts between wet and dry periods. Low abundances of aquatic species between 108,000 and 50,000 yr ago (such as Myriophyllum and Isoëtes) and marked fluctuations in Pediastrum suggest generally dry conditions dominated by saltpans. Between 50,000 yr ago and 36,000 cal yr B.P., lacustrine sediments become increasingly dominant. The transition to the formation of paleolake “Minchin” begins with marked rises in Isoëtes and Myriophyllum, suggesting a lake of moderate depth. Similarly, between 36,000 and 26,000 cal yr B.P., the transition to paleolake Tauca is also initiated by rises in Isoëtes and Myriophyllum; the sustained presence of Isoëtes indicates the development of flooded littoral communities associated with a lake maintained at a higher water level. Polylepis tarapacana-dominated communities were probably an important component of the Altiplano terrestrial vegetation during much of the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and previous wet phases. 相似文献
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William T. Blows Kerri Honeysett 《Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. Geologists' Association》2014
A new partial skeleton of the armoured ornithischian dinosaur Polacanthus found in the Wadhurst Clay Formation (Valanginian stage) of Bexhill, Sussex is the oldest recorded occurrence of this taxon. Previous discoveries suggested that at least two armoured ornithischians occur in the Wealden succession: Polacanthus, which was mostly restricted to the Barremian, and Hylaeosaurus, which was recorded as present only in the Valanginian. The new discovery extends the stratigraphic range of Polacanthus into the Valanginian. Although these two taxa appear to be closely similar anatomically, their osteology now suggests they are not synonymous. The new specimen includes the first known jugal as well as a comparatively rare polacanthid plate/spine (splate) which probably comes from the shoulder (pectoral) area of these animals. 相似文献
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Paulo C. Boggiani Claudio Gaucher Alcides N. Sial Marly Babinski Cynthia M. Simon Claudio Riccomini Valderez P. Ferreira Thomas R. Fairchild 《Precambrian Research》2010
The Corumbá Group, cropping out in the southern Paraguay Belt in Brazil, is one of the most complete Ediacaran sedimentary archives of palaeogeographic, climatic, biogeochemical and biotic evolution in southwestern Gondwana. The unit hosts a rich fossil record, including acritarchs, vendotaenids (Vendotaenia, Eoholynia), soft-bodied metazoans (Corumbella) and skeletal fossils (Cloudina, Titanotheca). The Tamengo Formation, made up mainly of limestones and marls, provides a rich bio- and chemostratigraphic record. Several outcrops, formerly assigned to the Cuiabá Group, are here included in the Tamengo Formation on the basis of lithological and chemostratigraphical criteria. High-resolution carbon isotopic analyses are reported for the Tamengo Formation, showing (from base to top): (1) a positive δ13C excursion to +4‰ PDB above post-glacial negative values, (2) a negative excursion to −3.5‰ associated with a marked regression and subsequent transgression, (3) a positive excursion to +5.5‰, and (4) a plateau characterized by δ13C around +3‰. A U-Pb SHRIMP zircon age of an ash bed interbedded in the upper part of the δ13C positive plateau yielded 543 ± 3 Ma, which is considered as the depositional age ( Babinski et al., 2008a). The positive plateau in the upper Tamengo Formation and the preceding positive excursion are ubiquitous features in several successions worldwide, including the Nama Group (Namibia), the Dengying Formation (South China) and the Nafun and Ara groups (Oman). This plateau is constrained between 542 and 551 Ma, thus consistent with the age of the upper Tamengo Formation. The negative excursion of the lower Tamengo Formation may be correlated to the Shuram–Wonoka negative anomaly, although δ13C values do not fall beyond −3.5‰ in the Brazilian sections. Sedimentary breccias occur just beneath this negative excursion in the lower Tamengo Formation. One possible interpretation of the origin of these breccias is a glacioeustatic sea-level fall, but a tectonic interpretation cannot be completely ruled out. 相似文献