New paleomagnetic data from the hominin bearing Dmanisi paleo-anthropologic site (southern Georgia, Caucasus)     

M. Calvo-Rathert  A. Goguitchaichvili  J.J. Villalaín  A. Carrancho 《Quaternary Research》2008,69(1):91-96

The Dmanisi site has yielded human remains and lithic industry associated with Late Pliocene-early Pleistocene fauna. The site is composed of volcanogenic sediments overlying basaltic lava flows. The lithostratigraphic sequence comprises two basic depositional units: Unit A, overlying the basalt flows, and Unit B on top. A paleomagnetic and rock-magnetic study has been carried out on 106 specimens from Units A and B and the uppermost basalt flow. The lava and Unit A provide normal polarities, while reversed polarities and anomalous directions are observed in Unit B, the latter probably due to overlapping of a secondary and a primary reversed polarity component. The lower part of the section shows a clear correlation with the Olduvai subchron, and the upper levels could be as young as 1.07 Ma. As human remains were found both in units with normal and reversed polarity, different non-contemporaneous human occupations might have been possible.  相似文献   

Late Pleistocene-Holocene paleolimnology of three north-western Russian lakes     

Natalya N. Davydova  Dmitry A. Subetto  Valentina I. Khomutova  Tatyana V. Sapelko 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2001,26(1):37-51

The vegetation history and development of three different types of lakes, lakes Valday, Kubenskoye and Vishnevskoye (northwest of the East European Plain) were reconstructed using paleolimnological techniques. Watershed vegetation demonstrates a close connection with climate fluctuations: gradual expansion of the southern broad-leaved trees to the North during the Holocene with the maximum extent during the climate optimum (8000–5000 BP); and their subsequent retreat afterwards; followed by the extension of spruce during the cold and dry Subboreal time; and dominance of pine-spruce-birch forests in the Subatlantic time. The Late Pleistocene and Holocene climate changes resulted in lake-level fluctuations and other ecosystem changes. Valday Lake was formed ca. 12,500 BP as an oligotrophic, deep water basin. The lake level decreased during the dry Boreal, then increased again during the humid Atlantic period. The large shallow Kubenskoye Lake was formerly a part of an ice margin lake, which was then separated (ca. 13,000 BP) and developed into the Sukhona Basin with an outflow to the northwest. During the Atlantic, the outflow direction changed to the east. As a result, the ancient Sukhona Lake disappeared and Kubenskoye Lake formed in its modern size and shape. Vishnevskoye Lake, on the Karelian Isthmus, was formed at the beginning of the Preboreal after the disappearance of the Baltic Ice Lake. It was flooded by waters of the Boreal Ancylus transgression of the Baltic Basin and had become a small eutrophic lake by the time.  相似文献   

RECONSTRUCTION OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT DURING THE LIFE SPAN OF NANJING HOMO ERECTUS     

《地理学报(英文版)》1997,(3)

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洞庭盆地的第四纪构造活动   总被引：3，自引：1，他引：3       下载免费PDF全文

张石钧 《地震地质》1992,14(1):32-40

依据第四系分统等厚度图,分析了洞庭盆地第四纪构造活动的演变。早更新世及晚更新世表现为盆地东西两侧对边掀斜,沉积中心呈近南北向伸延;中更新世及全新世,迎丰桥-北景港断裂两侧断块反向扭动掀斜,以致盆地西北角和东南角掀升,并形成与此主掀升部位相应的俯伏部位,其伸延方向与主掀升部位的掀斜方向垂直  相似文献   

中昆仑造山带钾玄岩质火山岩的地质、地球化学和时代   总被引：4，自引：2，他引：4       下载免费PDF全文

邓万明 《地质科学》1991,(3):201

 本文论述了中昆仑(北坡)4个地区第四纪火山岩的地质产状、岩石学、地球化学特征及时代。这一套岩石以安粗岩类为主,普遍含有普通辉石和斜长石斑晶,少数还有橄榄石、紫苏辉石或石英、透长石、黑云母斑晶。在化学上以富碱尤其富钾为突出特点,K₂O/Na₂O≥1,而且 Rb、Sr、Ba 等低场强元素和 LREE 也强烈富集,构成一个连续的钾玄岩系列(Shoshoaite Serics)。区域构造,地球化学和深源捕虏体的证据表明,本区钾玄质岩浆来自于上地幔的低度部分熔融,并受到地壳的同化和污染。火山活动大致从晚第三纪开始一直延续到第四纪,特别是中、晚更新世最为剧烈,是昆仑山及青藏高原快速隆升的新构造运动表现形式之一。  相似文献   

泥河湾地区更新世叠层石的发现   总被引：9，自引：1，他引：9       下载免费PDF全文

李容全  袁宝印 《地质科学》1992,(1):97-99

1980年夏,作者在河北省阳原县泥河湾古湖区进行考察时,在虎头梁剖面上部的湖相层中发现了叠层石夹层。对所采集样品进行了制片、酸磨、光学显微镜与电子探针等研究。由于酸磨方面的技术原因或其它原因,尚未见叠层石内部的藻类化石。  相似文献   

云南剑川早更新世剑齿象化石     

李凤麟  赵霞 《现代地质》1990,4(3):44-50,T002

袁氏剑齿象(新种)(Stegodon yuani sp.nov.)是根据发现于云南省大理白族自治州剑川县东山脚村附近的两颗上第三臼齿建立的。 化石产于早更新世湖泊和滨湖河流相的东山组上部粉砂质粘土层中。它稍原始于东方剑齿象(S.orientalis),而在进化水平上又稍晚于先东方剑齿象(S.praeorintalis)。  相似文献   

A Pleistocene (MIS 5e) mollusk assemblage from Ezeiza (Buenos Aires Province,Argentina)     

《Journal of South American Earth Sciences》2016

A fossil assemblage collected around 3.5 m amsl from Ezeiza, Buenos Aires province, have AMS ¹⁴C ages of ca. 33,000 to ca. 40,000 yr BP, whereas in the literature is a report of a conventional ¹⁴C age of >43,000 yr BP. An OSL age from the overlying deposit corresponds to ca. 22,000 yr. The samples contain marine fossils: mollusks, balanids and corals (Astrangia). La Coronilla (Uruguay, attributed to MIS 5e) is the locality most related to Ezeiza faunistically, despite is not the nearest one. In consequence, the relationship should be addressed to a more similar age and environment than others. The fauna indicates a higher water temperature than today. In Ezeiza exclusively cold water taxa are absent, and we found seven warm taxa with their southern distribution limit displaced northwards today, plus other six at their southern distribution limit. Around 60% of all the species and more than 70% of the individuals are of warm-temperate waters. In sum, although prima facie the numerical ages would locate the deposit in MIS3, faunistic, temperature, and height evidences show that the Ezeiza mollusk assemblage belong to MIS5e. A stronger than presently Brazil warm current, reaching Southern latitudes, may explain the changes in geographical ranges.  相似文献   

Taphonomic and sedimentological aspects from PICOS II paleontological site,a quaternary pond deposit of Alagoas,Brazil     

《Journal of South American Earth Sciences》2016

The Picos II Paleontological Site (PIIPS), located in the city of Piranhas, in Alagoas State, is a fossil deposit with a pond-like geomorphological feature, a kind of peculiar deposit for the Quaternary of Northeast Brazil. A detailed taphonomic study is presented about the PIIPS assemblage, from material collection to the laboratory analysis. The conservation state of the collected fossils in PIIPS is different from that found in other tank deposits, showing a high degree of specimen preservation. Two taxa of pleistocenic mammals have been identified: Eremotherium laurillardi and Notiomastodon platensis, and fragments of an avian bone, whose taxonomic identification was not possible. The taphonomic analysis indicates that the deposited material experienced a short transportation in high-energy event, with a short period of subaerial exposure before the final burial, where at least the final disarticulation occurred in situ, which explains the high conservation level of the material. The sedimentological analysis made in each layer of the deposit corroborates the information related to the transport of the material, which were obtained in taphonomic analysis. Regarding these aspects, PIIPS reflects nearly non-biased biocenotic patterns. The well-preserved material found in PIIPS demonstrates the great potential of deposits with pond-like geomorphological features, with sidelines that are less steep than traditional tanks, providing smoother transport and accommodation for skeletal elements, which is a distinguishing factor in preserving fossils of vertebrates.  相似文献   

鲁北平原晚第四纪地层结构及沉积演化     

王海峰  杨剑萍  庞效林  陈飞  梁旭  贾军涛 《沉积学报》2016,34(1):90-101

以54个浅层新钻孔和多个野外露头为研究对象,综合沉积物粒度、薄片、微体古生物、孢粉、14C测年及静力触探等资料,分析了鲁北平原晚第四纪的地层结构和沉积类型,总结了晚更新世晚期以来的沉积演化。研究表明,末次冰期盛冰期到冰后期,受地势、气候条件控制的黄河河道迁移和海水进退是影响地层结构和沉积特征的主要因素,南北地层结构差异明显,发育古河道、湖沼、黄土、三角洲、潮坪和滨浅海等沉积类型,其中古河道分布面积最广,自下而上可划分为三期。晚更新世晚期至早全新世早期,受干冷气候影响,发育第Ⅰ期古河道,小清河以南沉积黄土层;早全新世晚期至中全新世,气候转暖导致海平面升高,沿海地区形成海侵层和三角洲,内陆地区继承性发育第Ⅱ期古河道和湖沼沉积;中全新世末期或晚全新世以来,受黄河泛滥影响,沉积第Ⅲ期古河道和现代黄河三角洲。地层结构和沉积物分布的研究对于分析地下水位的变化规律,以及选择合适的地震激发层等均有重要的指导意义。  相似文献