Fossil wood     

Howard J. Falcon‐Lang 《Geology Today》2011,27(4):154-158

Plants have been making wood (secondary xylem) for more than 370 million years. This familiar material is one of the keys to their massive success. Wood allows plants to attain breathtaking heights and maximize the capture of sunlight for growth. By creating complex, multi‐layered forests, the evolution of wood, has done more to shape life on land than almost any other innovation. Wood is one of the most common terrestrial fossils encountered in the geological record. Whether preserved as huge petrified logs or as minute chunks of charcoal, fossil wood is abundant in rocks of Late Devonian age and younger. It is of enormous scientific importance, shedding light on the identity and stature of ancient trees. As a record of growth over a sustained period, it also tells us much about the climates and environments in which those trees lived. In this article, I explain some aspects of the origin, evolution, preservation, and identification of fossil wood, and emphasise its great significance for geology.  相似文献   

上海组网风廓线雷达数据质量评估   总被引：4，自引：3，他引：1  

刘梦娟  刘舜 《气象》2016,42(8):962-970

利用2014年6月美国国家环境预报中心(NCEP)的全球模式分析资料,对上海及周边地区组网的七部边界层风廓线雷达的水平测风数据进行了初步分析和比较。由于NCEP全球模式分析资料并未使用上海13:15加密观测探空秒间隔数据,首先用该数据对NCEP分析资料的准确性和代表性进行了检验。结果表明,两者平均偏差与均方根误差均较小,故认为NCEP分析资料可用于客观检验上海及周边地区组网的七部边界层风廓线雷达的水平测风数据。对比分析风廓线雷达与NCEP分析资料表明总体上,风廓线雷达与NCEP分析资料的平均风场风速偏差为-0.14 m·s~(-1),均方根误差为2.72 m·s~(-1),风向偏差为-4.28°。上海组网风廓线雷达测风资料质量与探空观测水平接近,有较高的可用性。  相似文献   

四川宝兴县短时强降水的时空分布特征     

王浪  马力 《气象科技》2016,44(3):423-429

利用四川宝兴县1970—2000年及2008—2014年的小时和部分分钟降水量资料,对宝兴县5—9月汛期短时强降水的时空分布特征进行了分析。结果表明:宝兴短时强降水集中发生在7、8两月;由于地形地貌特征复杂,不同的海拔高度及地形位置,短时强降水强度差异较大,海拔1400~1500m之间的降雨强度最大、海拔2580m左右区域的降雨时数最长,此2种降水类型均易引发泥石流等地质灾害;海拔1300m以下,海拔高度愈高,γ中尺度系统发展愈均匀持久,降雨强度愈强,海拔1300 m以上,海拔高度愈高,γ中尺度系统发展愈激烈快速,降雨强度愈弱。  相似文献   

西藏达金砾岩的沉积时代、物源及构造背景   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

李顺  丁林  付佳俊  岳雅慧 《岩石学报》2016,32(11):3537-3546

达金砾岩出露于西藏阿里地区冈仁波齐峰南麓,因其地层中发现深海有孔虫化石而受到广泛关注,然而由于达金砾岩的沉积时代不确定,对其沉积的大地构造背景也没有统一的认识。本文中,根据最年轻的碎屑锆石U-Pb年龄限定达金砾岩的最大沉积时代为渐新世末-中新世初(24~27Ma)。综合野外观察,砂岩碎屑统计和碎屑锆石U-Pb年龄分析,本文认为达金砾岩的底部和顶部地层中碎屑物质直接来源于北侧的冈底斯弧,而其中部地层中碎屑物质(包括有孔虫化石)应再旋回自西侧的弧前盆地错江顶群地层。达金砾岩与上覆的冈底斯砾岩连续沉积,且其沉积时代,源区分析结果都与冈底斯砾岩一致,因此本文认为达金砾岩应隶属于冈底斯砾岩。达金砾岩地层变形较弱,产状近乎水平,应沉积于拉张应力背景下,可能与渐新世末-中新世初俯冲的印度板片的"折返"和"断离"有关。  相似文献   

新疆额尔宾山花岗岩侵位年龄和成因及其对南天山洋闭合时代的限定     

杨莉  陈文  张斌  尹继元  孙敬博  李洁  喻顺  杨静  袁霞 《地质通报》2016,35(1):152-166

额尔宾山花岗岩岩体位于南天山晚古生代侵入岩带,对该花岗岩进行锆石U-Pb定年获得296.1±1.8Ma的年龄,为早二叠世。岩石主量元素分析结果表明,该花岗岩的Si O2含量为66.96%~67.3%,富碱(Na2O+K2O=7.53%~7.97%),K2O/Na2O1(1.15~1.27),属高钾钙碱性系列岩石;Al2O3为15.56%~15.62%,Al2O3K2O+Na2O+Ca O,属于过铝型。岩石稀土元素配分模式呈现轻稀土元素(LREE)富集((La/Yb)N=27.03~30.62)、重稀土元素(HREE)亏损((LREE/HREE)=18.2~20.1)、具有中等程度的负Eu异常(δEu=0.64~0.68)。微量元素判别结果显示,其具有I-A型花岗岩过渡的特征。结合区域地质背景综合分析,初步认定该岩体可能形成于南天山同碰撞向后碰撞构造体制转换时期,据此可以推测南天山洋盆闭合时限至少应该在早二叠世以前。  相似文献   

基于兴趣区域的无参考型影像质量评价研究          下载免费PDF全文

黎朗  王鑫  谭晔汶 《海洋测绘》2016,(2):79-82

针对现阶段无参考型算法主观一致性差的问题,提出了一种基于兴趣区域的无参考型影像质量评价算法(NROI),在德克萨斯大学的Live影像库中与经典算法:峰值信噪比(PSNR)、结构相似度(SSIM)、自然场景统计模型(NIQE)法,进行大量实验对比。结果表明,NROI的表现优于NIQE,PSNR与SSIM相当,适用于数字影像的质量评价。  相似文献   

岷江上游槽谷曲流段大型古滑坡成因与复活性分析——以松潘县元坝子古滑坡为例   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0       下载免费PDF全文

魏昌利  张瑛  冯文凯  杨志华  陈亮 《水文地质工程地质》2018,(6):141-141

岷江上游靠近分水岭部位的槽谷曲流河段,由于地壳抬升缓慢,河谷宽、岸坡缓,降雨量相对偏少,通常被认为发生大型滑坡的可能性较小。但通过笔者近年来的调查发现,在岷江上游红桥关至西宁关的槽谷曲流段两岸大型滑坡密集发育,且大多具有地震滑坡的特征,同时个别滑坡受后期江水冲刷、工程开挖等因素影响复活。文章选取其中较为典型的元坝子滑坡为例进行解剖,元坝子滑坡位于岷江曲流凹岸,长780 m,宽480 m,体积293×104 m3。通过地质分析、测年鉴定和数值模拟,认为该滑坡是历史地震引发的大型岩质古滑坡,其发展经历了斜坡裂缝、地震滑坡、河流下切和前缘复活等阶段。稳定性计算结果显示,目前滑坡整体天然工况下稳定性好,极端暴雨工况下欠稳定,受江水冲刷、降雨、融雪等因素影响,出现局部变形复活。建议应加强滑坡变形监测,避免整体滑动造成堵江、威胁成兰铁路安全。  相似文献   

Residual-state creep of clastic soil in a reactivated slow-moving landslide in the Three Gorges Reservoir Region,China     

Shun Wang  Wei Wu  Jinge Wang  Zhenyu Yin  Deshan Cui  Wei Xiang 《Landslides》2018,15(12):2413-2422

We study the creep properties of clastic soil in residual state. The intact samples are taken from a reactivated slow-moving landslide in the Three Gorges Reservoir Region, China. Firstly, the patterns of the landslide movement are analysed based on recent monitoring data, which indicate that the soil within the shear zone is undergoing two deformation processes: a creep phase, characterised by different creep rates, and a dormant phase. We then study the creep behaviour of the soil samples through a series of ring shear creep tests under various shear stress conditions. The creep response depends strongly on the ratio of the shear stress to the residual strength, and the normal effective stress, whereas the creep rate decreases due to strength regain. The long-term strength of the clastic soil is close to the residual strength. Therefore, the residual strength obtained from conventional shear test, which is less time consuming than creep test, can be used in long-term stability analyses of creeping landslides.  相似文献   

Formation by silicate–fluoride + phosphate melt immiscibility of REE-rich globular segregations within aplite dikes     

Charles?R.?SternEmail author  Julien?M.?Allaz  Markus?B.?Raschke  G.?Lang?Farmer  M.?Alexandra?Skewes  Jeremy?T.?Ross 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》2018,173(8):65

Aplite dikes intruding the Proterozoic 1.42(±?3) Ga Longs Peak-St. Vrain Silver Plume-type peraluminous granite near Jamestown, Colorado, contain F, P, and rare earth element (REE)-rich globular segregations, with 40–46% REE, 3.7–4.8 wt% P₂O₅, and 5–8 wt% F. A combination of textural features and geochemical data suggest that the aplite and REE-rich globular segregations co-existed as two co-genetic liquids prior to their crystallization, and we propose that they are formed by silicate–fluoride?+?phosphate (+?S?+?CO₂) melt immiscibility following ascent, cooling, and decompression of what was initially a single homogeneous magma that intruded the granite. The REE distribution coefficients between the silica-rich aplites and REE-rich segregations are in good agreement with experimentally determined distribution coefficients for immiscible silicate–fluoride?+?phosphate melts. Although monazite-(Ce) and uraninite U–Th–Pb microprobe ages for the segregations yield 1.420(±?25) and 1.442(±?8) Ga, respectively, thus suggesting a co-genetic relationship with their host granite, ε_Nd1.42Ga values for the granites and related granitic pegmatites range from ??3.3 to ??4.7 (average ??3.9), and differ from the values for both the aplites and REE-rich segregations, which range from ??1.0 to ??2.2 (average ??1.6). Furthermore, the granites and pegmatites have (La/Yb)_N <50 with significant negative Eu anomalies, which contrast with higher (La/Yb)_N >100 and absence of an Eu anomaly in both the aplites and segregations. These data are consistent with the aplite dikes and the REE-rich segregations they contain being co-genetic, but derived from a source different from that of the granite. The higher ε_Nd1.42Ga values for the aplites and REE-rich segregations suggest that the magma from which they separated had a more mafic and deeper, dryer and hotter source in the lower crust or upper mantle compared to the quartzo-feldspathic upper crustal source proposed for the Longs Peak-St. Vrain granite.  相似文献   

Correction to: Formation by silicate–fluoride + phosphate melt immiscibility of REE-rich globular segregations within aplite dikes     

Charles?R.?SternEmail author  Julien?M.?Allaz  Markus?B.?Raschke  G.?Lang?Farmer  M.?Alexandra?Skewes  Jeremy?T.?Ross 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》2018,173(10):79

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