Thin-bedded and millimetrically laminated platy marly limestone quarried near Vallecillo, north-eastern Mexico, contains abundant excellently preserved marine fossils. Planktic foraminifers, inoceramids, and ammonites occur throughout the 7.7-m-thick section of this plattenkalk and provide a precise and detailed biostratigraphic zonation from the uppermost Cenomanian to early Turonian, with a mixed assemblage of Tethyan and Western Interior Seaway faunal elements. Five species of inoceramids are present and described herein: Inoceramus pictus pictus, Mytiloides hattini, M. puebloensis, M. goppelnensis, and M. kossmati. The faunal characteristics of the Vallecillo fossil assemblage combined with the monotonous lithology are favourable attributes for correlation with the GSSP at Pueblo, Colorado, and the Eastbourne section in southern England. The first appearances (FAs) of Watinoceras and Mammites nodosoides are considered approximately isochronous and thus suited for long-distance correlation. In contrast, the FAs of Pseudaspidoceras flexuosum, Fagesia catinus, and Helvetoglobotruncana helvetica are clearly diachronous. The range of M. kossmati needs further evaluation. 相似文献
Striking characteristics of the western Neoproterozoic belt of Cameroon (NFBC) are the large volume of granitoids and crustal-scale shear zones. New structural and geochronological data from this area are provided to put constraints on the tectonic evolution of this segment of the belt and to make further correlations between major shear zones exposed on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
Three different complexes have been identified in the study area: the migmatitic complex of Foumbot (MCF), the metagranitoid complex of Bangwa (BC), and the Batié pluton (BP). The MCF was intruded by the BC, while the BP cuts through the BC. U–Pb zircon dating of metaleucogranite and metagranodiorite of the BC yielded concordant to subconcordant ages of 638 ± 2 Ma and 637 ± 5 Ma, respectively. A concordant U–Pb zircon age of 602 ± 1.4 Ma has been obtained from porphyrogranite of the BP. These ages are interpreted as emplacement ages. Continuous deformation from magmatic to solid-state flow along the BP margins and the (sub)parallelism of the steep solid-state foliation in the BP margins with the foliation in the surrounding BC and MFC suggest synkinematic emplacement of the BP along crustal-scale NNE to ENE-trending strike–slip shear zones. Subhorizontal foliations in migmatitic-gneiss xenoliths found in the BC suggest that the major transcurrent motion was preceded by thrusting.
The new data confirm previous assumptions that the western NFBC is equivalent to parts of the Borborema province of Brazil. There are geochronological correlations between the studied (meta)granitoids and Brasiliano pre- to syn-transcurrent granitoids of the Borborema province. 相似文献
We examined 14 subaerially deposited speleothems retrieved from submerged caves in the northeastern Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico). These speleothems grew during the Middle to Late Quaternary and were dated by 230Th-U techniques to provide upper depth limits for past sea levels. We report the first relative sea-level limits for Marine Isotope Stages (MIS) 11 and 6, and present new evidence for sea-level oscillations during MIS 5 and early MIS 1. For the latter periods, the origin of growth interruptions is evaluated by combining petrographic methods with trace element analyses. The MIS 5c sea-level highstand probably occurred between 103.94 ± 0.58 ka and 96.82 ± 0.42 ka and must have exceeded -10.8 m (relative to present-day local sea level). The minimum average rate of sea-level fall over a 9.4 ka-long period during the MIS 5e/5d transition is calculated from stalagmite and published coral data at 1.74 ± 0.37 m/ka. For the early Holocene, previous discrepancies with respect to a potential multimetre oscillation of local sea level were found to be challenging to reconcile with the existing speleothem data from the area. 相似文献
In western Bohemia, the Drahotín (gabbro-diorite) and Mutěnín (gabbronorite-diorite-syenite) intrusions show different origins and patterns of geochemical evolution. Parental magmas of the Drahotín intrusion were derived predominantly from enriched mantle sources, and the melts have undergone a significant degree of assimilation-fractional crystallization (AFC) during their ascent and/or emplacement into the crust. In contrast, the compositional variation of the complex Mutěnín intrusion cannot be explained by simple AFC processes, but more likely reflects the involvement of several parental magmas. The gabbronorite was derived from a depleted mantle source, whereas the diorite/syenite stem from a mixed mantle-crust reservoir. The contrasting evolution of the Drahotín and Mutěnín intrusions may be due to their melt derivation and magma emplacement under different tectonothermal regimes at different times. 相似文献
Avalanches pose a serious threat to recreational backcountry travelers in mountainous terrain. This study explores how the
three main amateur user groups of avalanche terrain in western Canada (backcountry skiers, out-of-bound skiers, and snowmobile
riders) balance recreational goals with safety concerns when choosing backcountry destinations under varying avalanche conditions.
Using a discrete choice experiment (DCE), a stated preference technique, the study first examines the strengths and weaknesses
in the decision process of the three amateur groups by comparing their responses with the choice patterns of professional
mountain guides. The results show that the decision-making strategies employed by the respective amateur groups vary considerably
in their level of complexity and the degree to which avalanche safety considerations are incorporated. Second, we examine
the effects of a decision aid that preprocesses the most crucial pieces of avalanche hazard information on the decision preferences
of the amateur groups in the DCE. The results show that a relatively simple decision aid can influence the decision-making
process considerably and steer users towards more avalanche hazard sensitive behaviour. 相似文献
Mafic and intermediate intrusions occur in the Slavkovsky les as dykes, sills and minor tabular bodies emplaced in metamorphic
rocks or enclosed in late Variscan granites near the SW contact of the Western Krušné hory/Erzgebirge granite pluton. They
are similar in composition and textures to the redwitzites defined in NE Bavaria. Single zircon Pb-evaporation analyses constrain
the age of a quartz monzodiorite at 323.4 ± 4.4 Ma and of a granodiorite at 326.1 ± 5.6 Ma. The P–T range of magma crystallization is estimated at ~1.4–2.2 kbar and ~730–870°C and it accords with a shallow intrusion level
of late Variscan granites but provides lower crystallization temperatures compared to the Bavarian redwitzites. We explain
the heterogeneous composition of dioritic intrusions in the Slavkovsky les by mixing between mafic and felsic magmas with
a minor effect of fractional crystallization. Increased K, Ba, Rb, Sr and REE contents compared to tholeiitic basalts suggest
that the parental mafic magma was probably produced by melting of a metasomatised mantle, the melts being close to lamprophyre
or alkali basalt composition. Diorites and granodiorites originated from mixed magmas derived by addition of about 25–35 and
50 vol.%, respectively, of the acid end-member (granite) to lamprophyre or alkali-basalt magma. Our data stress an important
role of mafic magmas in the origin of late Variscan granitoids in NW Bohemian Massif and emphasize the effect of mantle metasomatism
on the origin of K-rich mafic igneous rocks. 相似文献
Movement within the Earth’s upper crust is commonly accommodated by faults or shear zones, ranging in scale from micro-displacements
to regional tectonic lineaments. Since faults are active on different time scales and can be repeatedly reactivated, their
displacement chronology is difficult to reconstruct. This study represents a multi-geochronological approach to unravel the
evolution of an intracontinental fault zone locality along the Danube Fault, central Europe. At the investigated fault locality,
ancient motion has produced a cataclastic deformation zone in which the cataclastic material was subjected to hydrothermal
alteration and K-feldspar was almost completely replaced by illite and other phyllosilicates. Five different geochronological
techniques (zircon Pb-evaporation, K–Ar and Rb–Sr illite, apatite fission track and fluorite (U-Th)/He) have been applied
to explore the temporal fault activity. The upper time limit for initiation of faulting is constrained by the crystallization
age of the primary rock type (known as “Kristallgranit”) at 325 ± 7 Ma, whereas the K–Ar and Rb–Sr ages of two illite fractions
<2 μm (266–255 Ma) are interpreted to date fluid infiltration events during the final stage of the cataclastic deformation
period. During this time, the “Kristallgranit” was already at or near the Earth’s surface as indicated by the sedimentary
record and thermal modelling results of apatite fission track data. (U–Th)/He thermochronology of two single fluorite grains
from a fluorite–quartz vein within the fault zone yield Cretaceous ages that clearly postdate their Late-Variscan mineralization
age. We propose that later reactivation of the fault caused loss of helium in the fluorites. This assertion is supported by
geological evidence, i.e. offsets of Jurassic and Cretaceous sediments along the fault and apatite fission track thermal modelling
results are consistent with the prevalence of elevated temperatures (50–80°C) in the fault zone during the Cretaceous. 相似文献