Dinosaur coprolites from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Lameta Formation of India: isotopic and other markers suggesting a C₃plant diet     

Prosenjit Ghosh  S. K. Bhattacharya  Ashok Sahni  R. K. Kar  D. M. Mohabey  K. Ambwani 《Cretaceous Research》2003,24(6):743-750

A single locality of the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Lameta Formation at Pisdura in Central India has yielded a large number of coprolites attributed to titanosaurian dinosaurs. Internally the coprolites are dark grey and contain abundant plant tissues and other organic materials. The plant tissues are mostly of gymnospermous origin. In addition, remains of bacterial colonies, fungal spores and algae are seen in the macerated fraction under scanning electron microscope. The dark grey appearance is probably attributable to fine-grained organic matter within voids in tracheids or xylem. The average ¹³C/¹²C ratio of the organic matter in the coprolites is -24‰ (relative to PDB) suggesting that plants of C₃type were the main diet of their producers. A comparison of δ¹⁵N value (about 4‰ w.r.t. air) of the coprolites with that of faecal matter of modern herbivores and carnivores suggests that gut fermentation may not have been an active mechanism in the digestion process of titanosaurs.  相似文献   

辽东裂谷块状硫化物矿床中电气石岩的H、O和Si同位素地球化学   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

夏学惠 《地球学报》1997,18(Z1):214-216

辽东裂谷内分布着一系列块状硫化物矿床，含矿建造及矿层内普遍发育有纹层状电气石岩。电气石岩的H、O和Si同位素地球化学研究表明，其中δD为-50‰—62‰，δ18O值为13.3‰—16.7‰，δSi为0.1‰—0.4‰。H、O同位素组成与典型块状硫化物矿床中的电气石岩完全一致。研究认为矿床中的电气石岩为海底热水沉积成因作用的产物。此类电气石央坏蛋硫化物矿床关系密切，具有明显的成因找矿指示意义。  相似文献   

泥炭档案气候变化重建的定量模型   总被引：3，自引：1，他引：3  

陶发祥  洪业汤  李汉鼎  冷雪天 《矿物岩石地球化学通报》1997,(2)

泥炭档案气候变化重建的定量模型＊陶发祥洪业汤（中国科学院地球化学研究所，贵阳５５０００２）李汉鼎冷雪天（东北师范大学地理系，长春１３００２４）关键词泥炭档案纤维素稳定同位素气候变化定量模型用泥炭档案定量重建大气ＣＯ２浓度的研究已取得重要进展［１］，但...  相似文献   

CLIMATIC RECORDS FROM ANNUAL LAYERS AND STABLE ISOTOPES OF A STALAGMITE IN BEIJING OVER THE LAST 2300 YEARS     

Tan Ming Qin Xiaoguang Liu Tungsheng Laboratory of Speleothem  Paleoclimatology  Institute of Geology  CAS  Beijing People’s Republic of China 《地理学报(英文版)》1997,(3)

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Hydrologic and climatic implications of a multidisciplinary study of late Holocene sediment from Kenosee Lake, southeastern Saskatchewan, Canada     

R. E. Vance  W. M. Last  A. J. Smith 《Journal of Paleolimnology》1997,18(4):365-393

Sediment lithology and mineralogy, as well as ostracode, plant macrofossil and stable isotope stratigraphies of lake sediment cores, are used to reconstruct late Holocene hydrologic changes at Kenosee Lake, a relatively large, hyposaline lake in southeastern Saskatchewan. Chronological control is provided by AMS radiocarbon ages of upland and shoreline plant macrofossils. All indicators outline an early, low-water, saline phase of lake history (4100–3000 BP), when the basin was occupied by a series of small, interconnected, sulfate-rich brine pools, as opposed to the single, topographically-closed lake that exists today. A rapid rise in lake-level (3000–2300 BP) led to the establishment of carbonate-rich, hyposaline lake conditions like those today. Lithostratigraphic data and ostracode assemblages indicate peak salinities were attained early in this period of lake infilling, suggesting that the lake-level rise was initially driven by an influx of saline groundwater. Lake-level and water chemistry have remained relatively stable over the last 2000 years, compared to earlier events. Because of a lack of datable organic material in sediments deposited during the last 2000 years, the chronology of recent events is not well resolved. Plant macrofossil, lithostratigraphic and ostracode evidence suggests that lake draw-down, accompanied by slightly higher than present salinites, occurred sometime prior to 600 BP, followed by peak lake-level and freshwater conditions. This most recent high lake stand, indicative of a high water table on the surrounding upland, may also have led to the establishment of an extensive cover of Betula in the watershed, possibly in response to paludification. Ostracode assemblages indicate that peak freshwater conditions occurred within the last 100 years. Since historically documented lake-level fluctuations correlate with decadal scale climatic fluctuations in the meteorological record, and late-Holocene hydrologic dynamics correspond to well documented climatic excursions of the Neoglacial and Little Ice Age, Kenosee Lake dynamics offer insight into the susceptibility of the region's water resources to climate change.  相似文献   

频率域位场快速正则化反演界面和物性分布     

张贵宾  申宁华 《吉林大学学报(地球科学版)》1996,(4)

从理论与模型算例两方面对一种以Ｐａｒｋｅｒ公式为基础的频率域位场反演方法做了进一步深入研究。表明它是一种能够更有效地引入低通滤波因子的迭代方法。与改进的正则化稳定因子相结合，提出新的快速正则化反演方法。除了将其用于反演求解均质界面以外，它也被推广至变物性的界面反演以及物性反演  相似文献   

湖相介形虫壳的稳定同位素和微量元素在古气候研究中的应用   总被引：2，自引：3，他引：2  

夏娟娟 《第四纪研究》1996,16(4):345-352

本文介绍了测定实验室养殖的介形虫Candonarawsoni和水的氧同位素分馏系数，结果表明，这个种属的介形虫壳的氧同位素组成是它所生成环境水的氧同位素组成和水温的函数。因此，介形虫壳的氧同位素组成是一个很好的水化学环境指示计。本文研究了Candonarawsoni的脱壳温度范围，发现它可以在很宽温度范围内脱壳及生长新壳。由于季节温度变化很大，所以用介形虫壳的地球化学指标研究古环境的变化时，每个样品都要采集较多的个体介形虫壳，以使其分析结果能代表年平均温度。  相似文献   

香炉碗子金矿床稳定同位素研究及矿床成因探讨     

李长顺  于文卿 《黄金地质》1996,2(2):50-55

香炉碗子金矿床产于脆一韧性剪切带内，控矿围岩为火山隐爆角砾岩体，通过硫，铅，氢，氧，碳，锶等同位素及稀土元素的研究可以看出，该矿床是一个中，低温有大气水参与火山热液型金矿床，其火山岩岩浆属太古宙结晶基底重熔再造，壳幔混合型。  相似文献   

211地区铀矿床的稳定同位素地球化学特征     

黄锦培 《物探化探计算技术》1996,(S5)

本文在讨论了 2 11地区花岗岩型铀矿床的稳定同位素组成的基础上 ,提出该区铀成矿热液可能主要来自晚期花岗岩浆 ,部分来自大气降水  相似文献   

The Silurian of Gotland (Sweden): facies interpretation based on stable isotopes in brachiopod shells     

Chr Samtleben  A. Munnecke  T. Bickert  J. Pätzold 《International Journal of Earth Sciences》1996,85(2):278-292

The Silurian of Gotland, Sweden, consists of 440 m of carbonate deposits. Repeatedly, uniform sequences of micritic limestones and marls are interrupted by complex-structured reefs and by adjacent platform sediments. Generally, the alteration of facies is interpreted as the result of sea-level fluctuations caused by a gradual regression with superimposed minor transgressive pulses. The purpose of this study is a facies interpretation based on both field observations and stable isotope measurements of brachiopod shells. Approximately 700 samples from stratigraphically arranged localities in different facies areas have been investigated. The carbon and oxygen isotopes show principally parallel curves and a close relationship to the stratigraphic sequence. Lower values occur in periods dominated by deposition of marly sequences. Higher values are observed in periods dominated by reefs and extended carbonate platforms. The oxygen isotope ratios are interpreted to reflect paleosalinity changes due to varying freshwater input, rather than to paleotemperature. Carbon isotope ratios are believed to have been connected to global changes in the burial of organic carbon in black shales during periods of euxinic deep water conditions. Consequently, the facies succession on Gotland results from global paleoclimatic conditions. Changes in terrigenous input due to different rates of weathering and freshwater runoff, rather than sea-level fluctuations, control the carbonate formation of the Silurian on Gotland.  相似文献