Detrital zircon age spectra of middle and upper Eocene outcrop belts,U.S. Gulf Coast region     

William H. Craddock  James L. Coleman  Andrew R. C. Kylander‐Clark 《Basin Research》2021,33(1):250-269

Recently reported detrital zircon (DZ) data help to associate the Paleogene strata of the Gulf of Mexico region to various provenance areas. By far, recent work has emphasised upper Paleocene‐lower Eocene and upper Oligocene strata that were deposited during the two episodes of the highest sediment supply in the Paleogene. The data reveal a dynamic drainage history, including (1) initial routing of western Cordilleran drainages towards the Gulf of Mexico in the Paleocene, (2) an eastward shift of the western continental divide, from the Jura‐Cretaceous cordilleran arc to the eastern edge of the Laramide province after the Paleocene and (3) a southward shift, along the eastern Laramide province, of the headwaters of river systems draining to the Mississippi and Houston embayments at some time between the early Eocene and Oligocene. However, DZ characterisation of most (~20 Myr) of the middle Eocene‐lower Oligocene section remains limited. We present 60 DZ age spectra, most of which are from the middle or upper Eocene outcrop belts, with 50–200‐km spacing. We define six to eight distinct groups of DZ age spectra for middle and upper Eocene strata. Data from this and other studies resolve at least six substantial temporal changes in age spectra at various positions along the continental margin. The evolving age spectra constrain the middle and upper Eocene drainage patterns of large parts of interior North America. The most well‐resolved aspects of these drainage patterns include (1) persistent rivers that flowed from erosional landscapes across the Paleozoic Appalachian orogen either into the low‐lying Mississippi embayment or directly into the eastern Gulf; (2) at least during marine regressions, a trunk channel that likely flowed southward along the axial part of Mississippi Embayment and integrated tributaries from the east and west; and (3) rivers that flowed to the Houston embayment in the middle Eocene that likely originated in the Laramide province in central Colorado and southern Wyoming, as Precambrian basement highs in those source areas were being unroofed.  相似文献   

Holocene history of lacustrine and marsh sediments in a dune-blocked drainage, Southwestern Nebraska Sand Hills, U.S.A.   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Jon P. Mason  James B. Swinehart  David B. Loope 《Journal of Paleolimnology》1997,17(1):67-83

As many as 2500 interdune lakes lie within the Nebraska Sand Hills, a 50000 km stabilized sand sea. The few published data on cores from these lakes indicate they are typically underlain by less than two m of Holocene lacustrine sediments. However, three lakes in the southwestern Sand Hills, Swan, Blue, and Crescent, contain anomalously thick marsh (peat) and lacustrine (gyttja) sediments. Swan Lake basin contains as much as 8 m of peat, which was deposited between about 9000 and 3300 years ago. This peat is conformably overlain by as much as 10.5 m of gyttja. The sediment record in Blue lake, which is 3 km downgradient from Swan lake, dates back to only about 6000 years ago. Less than two m of peat, which was deposited from 6000 to 5000 years ago, is overlain by 12 m of gyttja deposited in the last 4300 years. Crescent Lake basin, one km downgradient from Blue Lake, has a similar sediment history except for a lack of known peat deposits. Recently, a 8-km long segment of a paleovalley was documented running beneath the three lakes and connecting to the head of Blue Creek Valley. Blockage of this paleovalley by dune sand during two arid intervals, one shortly before 10500 yr BP and one in the mid-Holocene, has resulted in a 25 m rise in the regional water table. This made possible the deposition of organic-rich sediment in all three lakes. Although these lakes, especially Swan, would seem ideal places to look for a nearly complete record of Holocene climatic fluctuations, the paleoclimatic record is confounded by the effect dune dams have on the water table. In Swan Lake, the abrupt conversion from marsh to lacustrine deposition 3300 years ago does not simply record the change to a wetter regional climate; it reflects the complex local hydrologic changes surrounding the emplacement and sealing of dune dams, as well as regional climate.  相似文献   

A high resolution proxy-climate record from an arctic lake with annually-laminated sediments on Devon Island, Nunavut, Canada   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

K. Gajewski  P. B. Hamilton  R. McNeely 《Journal of Paleolimnology》1997,17(2):215-225

Sediments from a 3 ha lake (75 °34.34N, 89 °18.55W) from the coastal region of northern Devon Island, Nunavut, Canada, contain discrete laminations in the deepest part of the basin. The laminations are varves as indicated by the correspondence between counts and thickness measurements of the couplets and ²¹⁰Pb dating. A 14 cm core representing 150 years of sedimentation contained laminated couplets consisting of a lighter inorganic layer with a higher percentage of calcium and magnesium, alternating with fine darker bands, typically more cohesive, and comprising higher proportions of silica and carbon. A reddish oxidation zone with higher iron and aluminum frequently separates the laminations. The dark layer represents a biogenic component deposited in summer and is made cohesive by bacterial filaments among the other particles. The light inorganic layer represents clastic deposition from allochthonous sources. Deposition rates were relatively consistent through the core with an increase in varve thickness in the 1950s. Diatom concentrations in the sediments increased by two orders of magnitude in this century, with major increases in the 1920s and 1950s. The increase in varve thickness and diatom abundance coincides with an increase in summer melt percentage in an ice core from the Devon Island Ice Cap (Koerner, 1977). The relatively high sedimentation rate (0.15 cm yr^-1) coupled with the consistency of deposition makes this lake a significant indicator for recent climate changes of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.  相似文献   

西藏改则地区美苏组岩浆岩锆石U-Pb年龄及地质意义   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

张耀玲  沈燕绪  吴珍汉  赵珍 《地质力学学报》2018,24(1):128-136

西藏中部南羌塘改则盆地美苏组由砖红色砂砾岩和火山岩夹层组成,一些学者在美苏组建组剖面等地获得古新世-始新世的K-Ar年龄（34.0~69.1Ma）,目前对其形成时代还缺少可靠的年代学约束。应用激光烧蚀多接收器电感耦合等离子体质谱仪（LA-MC-ICP-MS）方法,对改则盆地美苏组沉积地层中的流纹岩、石英粗安岩和花岗斑岩中锆石进行了U-Pb同位素测定。结果表明,改则盆地美苏组红层中的三个火山岩样品及一个侵入岩样品岩浆锆石206Pb/238U年龄分别为38.3±0.5 Ma、39.0±0.3 Ma、37.4±0.4 Ma、38.8±0.6 Ma,从而限定了该地区美苏组沉积时代为始新世晚期。改则地区美苏组岩浆岩形成时代为班公湖-怒江缝合带调节印度-欧亚大陆碰撞之后高原内部刚性块体向东"逃逸"而重新活动提供了年代学证据。   相似文献   

Geochemistry,origin, and accumulation of petroleum in the Eocene Wenchang Formation reservoirs in Pearl River Mouth Basin,South China Sea: A case study of HZ25-7 oil field     

《Marine and Petroleum Geology》2017

The Pearl River Mouth Basin in the South China Sea has accumulated >2 km of Eocene sediments in its deep basin, and has become the exploration focus due to the recent discoveries of the HZ25-7 oil field in the Eocene Wenchang (E₂w) Formation. In this study, the geochemical characteristics of potential source rocks and petroleum in the HZ25-7 oil field are investigated and the possible origins and accumulation models developed. The analytical results reveal two sets of potential source rocks, E₂w and Enping (E₂e) formations developed in the study area. The semi-deep-to-deep lacustrine E₂w source rocks are characterized by relatively low C₂₉ steranes, low C₁₉/C₂₃ tricyclic terpane (<0.6), low C₂₄ tetracyclic terpane/C₃₀ hopane (<0.1), low trans-trans-trans-bicadinane (T)/C₃₀ hopane (most <2.0), and high C₃₀ 4-methyl sterane/ΣC₂₉ sterane (>0.2) ratios. In contrast, the shallow lacustrine and deltaic swamp-plain E₂e source rocks are characterized by relatively high C₂₉ steranes, high C₁₉/C₂₃ tricyclic terpane (>0.6), high C₂₄ tetracyclic terpane/C₃₀ hopane (>0.1), variable yet overall high T/C₃₀ hopane, and low C₃₀ 4-methyl sterane/ΣC₂₉ sterane (<0.2) ratios. The relatively low C₁₉/C₂₃ tricyclic terpane ratios (mean value: 0.39), low C₂₄ tetracyclic terpane/C₃₀ hopane ratios (mean value: 0.07), high C₃₀ 4-methyl sterane/ΣC₂₉ sterane ratios (mean value: 1.14), and relatively high C₂₇ regular sterane content of petroleum in the HZ25-7 oil field indicate that the petroleum most likely originated from the E₂w Formation mudstone in the Huizhou Depression. One stage of continuous charging is identified in the HZ25-7 oil field; oil injection is from 16 Ma to present and peak filling occurs after 12 Ma. Thin sandstone beds with relatively good connectivity and physical properties (porosity and permeability) in the E₂w Formation are favorable conduits for the lateral migration of petroleum. This petroleum accumulation pattern implies that the E₂w Formation on the western and southern margins of the Huizhou Depression are favorable for petroleum accumulation because they are located in a migration pathway. Thus exploration should focus in these areas in the future.  相似文献   

New style of honeycomb structures revealed on 3D seismic data indicate widespread diagenesis offshore Great South Basin,New Zealand     

《Marine and Petroleum Geology》2017

In the Great South Basin, within the Eocene section, at time-depths around 700–900 ms two way time below the seafloor, unusual features are observed on 3D seismic data closely associated with polygonal faults. The features, referred to as honeycomb structures (HS), cover an area of ∼600 km², are packed circular, oval, to polygonal depressions 150–400 m across in plan view and several to 10 + m in amplitude. Polygonal faults rapidly die out at the Marshall Paraconformity, which is overlain by the Oligocene Penrod Formation. Hence the polygonal faults are inferred to have formed prior to the Marshall Paraconformity, and they cross-cut HS features. Consequently the top of the HS probably formed at burial depths of around 375–500 m, which is their decompacted depth below the paraconformity. The interval containing HS is about 125 m vertical thick. There are several possible origins for the HS. The most probable is related to bulk contraction of the sediment volume accompanied by fluid expulsion, which suggests a diagenetic origin, in particular the opal-A/CT transition. There are actually two polygonal fault systems (PFS) present in the area. The Southern Tier 1 PFS lies laterally to the HS and overlaps with it. The Northern PFS (Tier 2) lies above the HS, appears to be independent of the HS, and formed in the upper 200–300 m of the sediment column. The Tier 1 PFS probably formed by shear failure related to the same diagenetic effects that caused the HS.  相似文献   

浙闽地区早白垩世暗色岩系的孢粉组合与古气候特征          下载免费PDF全文

刘友祥  胡文瑄  胡广 《高校地质学报》2014,20(4):590

通过定量分析浙闽地区三个典型剖面（浙江象山石浦、松阳枊城下湖源及福建武夷山崇安） 的暗色岩系沉积期的孢 粉化石,研究了早白垩纪浙闽地区的古气侯特征。研究表明,石浦地区孢粉中Pinuspollenites,Podocarpidites,Celtispollenites 和Ulmuspollenites 含量最多,下湖源地区孢粉以Pinuspollenites,Gleicheiniiidites,Classopollis 和Deltoidospora 为主,崇安地区 孢粉以Classopollis,Tracheid,Pinuspollenites 和Podocarpidites 为主。孢粉化石组合表明,石浦地区为亚热带潮湿气候,气候 变化较小;下湖源地区为亚热带潮湿-半潮湿气候,并出现一次变热变干事件;崇安地区为亚热带半干旱气候,但发生过 数次干旱与潮湿交替的气候波动。总体而言,早白垩纪研究区属于亚热带气候,具有潮湿、干旱交替变化、自东而西越来 越干旱的特征。  相似文献   

中国海相烃源岩发育控制因素   总被引：47，自引：0，他引：47  

张水昌  张宝民  边立曾  金之钧  王大锐  张兴阳  高志勇  陈践发 《地学前缘》2005,12(3):39-48

烃源岩的形成取决于生烃母质生物的生存环境和有机质良好的保存条件,这两大因素从根本上来说又取决于生物繁殖时和埋藏时的古气候、古洋流、古构造及古环境等各要素的良好匹配。海相高有机质丰度烃源岩的形成与大气中的中等含氧量、干热的气候、冰期-冰后期之交的气温快速转暖、冰川迅速融化所导致的海平面快速上升等密切相关。大洋环流的形成和演变也是控制海相高有机质丰度烃源岩形成的主要因素,上升洋流富磷、富硅、富铁族元素等营养盐和富绿硫细菌极大地促进了有机质生产力、埋藏率的激增。通过研究,建立了中国华南和塔里木盆地寒武系上升洋流分布模式、塔里木盆地上奥陶统良里塔格组台缘斜坡灰泥丘相源岩形成时的反气旋洋流分布模式。研究发现,优质烃源岩仅发育于被动大陆边缘背景下的裂谷、克拉通内裂谷、克拉通内坳陷盆地和克拉通边缘坳陷盆地。欠补偿盆地、蒸发潟湖、台缘斜坡(灰泥丘)和半闭塞—闭塞欠补偿海湾,是高丰度烃源岩发育的有利环境;低的无机物输入和低的沉积速率,有利于高有机质丰度烃源岩形成;呈斜坡的海底地貌,有利于烃源岩形成。  相似文献   

三水盆地古近系下部湖相沉积的稀土元素地球化学特征及其古气候意义   总被引：2，自引：1，他引：1  

陈亮  刘春莲  庄畅  车晓光  吴洁 《沉积学报》2009,27(6):1155-1162

通过分析三水盆地古近系下部岩心的稀土元素丰度和分布模式,并结合其它地球化学指标(Fe/Mn, Mg/Ca),重建了古近纪早期的古气候条件。岩心中稀土元素总量（∑REE）变化于7.06~230.01 μg /g之间,平均值为142.32 μg/g。接近全球平均大陆上地壳成分（UCC）,略低于北美页岩。沉积物显示轻稀土相对富集、右倾斜型、Eu中度亏损以及Ce异常不明显的稀土元素分布模式。岩心各深度处稀土元素分布模式非常相似,且与UCC的稀土元素分布模式基本一致。表明沉积物具有较为一致的物质来源和形成机理,而且源区具有大陆上地壳性质。岩心沉积时期古气候变化经历了较为干燥—温湿—温湿与干旱气候交替出现—以温湿气候条件为主的四个阶段。总体上显示明显的变湿趋势。  相似文献   

近10年来“国际古气候模拟比较计划(PMIP)”回顾和未来古气候模拟研究热点   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0       下载免费PDF全文

靳立亚　Bette L．Otto­  Bliesner 《第四纪研究》2009,29(6):1015-1024

国际古气候模拟比较计划(PMIP)是古气候领域里的一项长期开展的大型国际研究计划。该计划的主旨是利用气候数值模式,通过开展一系列针对古气候变化的模拟试验理解全球气候变化的机理,确定气候系统内部的各种影响气候变化的关键反馈因子; 通过比较不同气候模式对不同于现代气候(古气候)的模拟能力评价模式的优劣,进而促进气候模式的发展; 同时也为全球变化背景下利用气候模式预估未来气候变化提供借鉴。PMIP自1991年酝酿开始至今经历了PMIP1(1991～2001年)、PMIP2(2002～2007年)两个阶段,并正在开展第三阶段(PMIP3)(2008～)的研究。本文简要回顾了近10年来PMIP研究进展及概述了未来PMIP将要开展研究的重点领域和方向,主要包括4个主题： 1)基准(benchmark)时段(6kaB.P.和21kaB.P.)模拟; 2)间冰期和温暖期气候模拟; 3)快速气候变化模拟; 4)不确定性研究。  相似文献