New rebbachisaurid (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) material from the Wessex Formation (Barremian, Early Cretaceous), Isle of Wight, United Kingdom     

Philip D. Mannion  Paul Upchurch  Stephen Hutt 《Cretaceous Research》2011,32(6):774-780

Rebbachisauridae is a poorly understood clade of diplodocoid sauropod dinosaurs, currently known only from the Cretaceous of Africa, Europe and South America. European representatives are particularly rare and fragmentary. Here, we report an anterior caudal vertebra from the Barremian (Early Cretaceous) Wessex Formation of the Isle of Wight, off the southern coast of England. This specimen possesses several features known only in rebbachisaurids and shares two synapomorphies with the Afro-European taxa Demandasaurus darwini and Nigersaurus taqueti, both pertaining to the morphology of the neural spine. These features are the development of triangular lateral processes and the presence of an elliptical fossa on the lateral surface, bounded by the lateral lamina and postspinal rugosity. The Isle of Wight specimen also shares several features solely with Demandasaurus, indicating a close relationship with the Spanish taxon. These include the presence of a hyposphenal ridge, as well as an anteriorly excavated caudal rib that is restricted almost entirely to the neural arch. However, it differs from Demandasaurus in a number of ways, including the lack of excavation on the posterior surface of the caudal rib, the orientation of the neural spine, and the composition and morphology of the lateral lamina. In addition, the Isle of Wight vertebra possesses one potential autapomorphy: bifurcation of the elliptical fossa on the neural spine. However, because of the fragmentary nature of the material, a new name is not erected. Along with Demandasaurus and Histriasaurus boscarollii, this caudal vertebra indicates the presence of at least three European rebbachisaurid taxa and provides new anatomical information on this enigmatic clade of sauropod dinosaurs.  相似文献   

华南板块南缘早中生代的逆冲推覆构造及其相关的动力学背景   总被引：5，自引：0，他引：5       下载免费PDF全文

林伟  Michel Faure  Claude Lepvrier  陈泽超  禇杨  王清晨  N'guyen Van Vuong  Vu Van Tich 《地质科学》2011,46(1):134-145

作为理解华南构造演化的关键地区,在华南板块南缘的云开地体和越北的Song Chay地体发育了早中生代的向北东逆冲推覆的韧性变形.在云开地体,经历角闪岩相和绿片岩相变质的矿物指示了产状平缓的面理上发育明显的北东-南西向矿物拉伸线理.沿着这些矿物拉伸线理,具有上部指向北东的剪切变形.同位素年代学的定年结果指示了变形事件发生...  相似文献   

U-Pb Dating of Volcanic Rocks and Granites along the Wuyishan Belt: Constraints on Timing of Late Mesozoic Tectonic Events in Southeast China     

XU Xianbing  ZHANG Yueqiao  JIA Dong  SHU Liangshu 《《地质学报》英文版》2011,85(1):130-144

Five volcanic rock samples and two granite samples taken from the volcanic basins in western Fujian and southern Jiangxi were dated by using the zircon laser albation-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry U-Pb method. Together with previously dated ages, the dates obtained provide important constraints on the timing of late Mesozoic tectonic events in SE China. The volcanic rock samples yield ages of 183.1±3.5 Ma, ca. 141 Ma to 135.8±1.1 Ma, 100.4±1.5 to 97.6±1.1 Ma, confirming three episodes of late Mesozoic volcanic activities, which peaked at 180±5 Ma, 140±5 Ma and 100±5 Ma, respectively, along the Wuyishan belt. Moreover, based on field investigations of these volcano-sedimentary basins, we have recognized two compressional tectonic events along this belt. The early one was characterized by Upper Triassic to Middle Jurassic NNE-trending folds that were intruded by late Jurassic granites; and the late one caused the Lower Cretaceous volcano-sedimentary layer to be tilted. The dated age 152.9±1.4 Ma of the granitic samples from the Hetian granitic pluton in the Changting Basin and that from the Baishiding granitic pluton, 100.2±1.8 Ma, in the Jianning Basin, give the upper boundaries of these two tectonic events respectively. Hence, the late Mesozoic tectonic evolution of SE China was alternated between extension and compression.  相似文献   

First Description of Fossil Naucoridae (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) from Late Mesozoic of China     

ZHANG Weiting  YAO Yunzhi  REN Dong  ZHAO Yunyun 《《地质学报》英文版》2011,85(2):490-500

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Changes of Late Mesozoic Tectonic Regimes around the Ordos Basin (North China) and their Geodynamic Implications   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4  

ZHANG Yueqiao  SHI Wei  DONG Shuwen 《《地质学报》英文版》2011,85(6):1254-1276

A synthesis is given in this paper on late Mesozoic deformation pattern in the zones around the Ordos Basin based on lithostratigraphic and structural analyses. A relative chronology of the late Mesozoic tectonic stress evolution was established from the field analyses of fault kinematics and constrained by stratigraphic contact relationships. The results show alternation of tectonic compressional and extensional regimes. The Ordos Basin and its surroundings were in weak N-S to NNE-SSW extension during the Early to Middle Jurassic, which reactivated E-W-trending basement fractures. The tectonic regime changed to a multi-directional compressional one during the Late Jurassic, which resulted in crustal shortening deformation along the marginal zones of the Ordos Basin. Then it changed to an extensional one during the Early Cretaceous, which rifted the western, northwestern and southeastern margins of the Ordos Basin. A NW-SE compression occurred during the Late Cretaceous and caused the termination of sedimentation and uplift of the Ordos Basin. This phased evolution of the late Mesozoic tectonic stress regimes and associated deformation pattern around the Ordos Basin best records the changes in regional geodynamic settings in East Asia, from the Early to Middle Jurassic post-orogenic extension following the Triassic collision between the North and South China Blocks, to the Late Jurassic multi-directional compressions produced by synchronous convergence of the three plates (the Siberian Plate to the north, Paleo-Pacific Plate to the east and Lhasa Block to the west) towards the East Asian continent. Early Cretaceous extension might be the response to collapse and lithospheric thinning of the North China Craton.  相似文献   

宁镇中段夕卡岩型铜多金属矿床多元信息成矿预测初步研究          下载免费PDF全文

张术根  余旭辉  徐莺 《地质找矿论丛》2011,26(2):167-175

宁镇中段铜多金属矿床主要为接触交代型矿床.文章以地质环境和成矿规律研究为基础,采用逻辑信息法综合提取地质、遥感、地球物理和地球化学多层次成矿预测信息,构建逻辑信息法成矿预测要素组合.并以此为指导,按照地质成矿条件有利程度、物化探异常强度与规模、环形构造发育程度、遥感解译蚀变显现强度与规模,进行综合判别确定成矿有利位置,...  相似文献   

铜陵矿集区深部找矿工作的一些思考   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

张达  吴淦国  杜建国  阙朝阳  刘文灿  许卫  谭捍东  狄永军  马先平  张志辉 《安徽地质》2011,21(2):105-113

铜陵矿集区深部结构特征为该区大规模成岩成矿作用奠定了良好的基础,浅表已发现的矿床只是矿集区成矿系统的一部分。除此之外,深部还应有多个可以找寻的矿床(矿体)的富集空间。与成矿相关的花岗岩研究表明,铜陵矿集区可能存在与宁芜火山盆地同期的成岩成矿作用,是铜陵矿集区找矿的新方向。铜陵矿集区奥陶系灰岩中铜金矿化作用的初步研究表明,除传统矿床类型外,前泥盆纪地层中的成矿作用应该在今后的找矿工作中得到关注。覆盖区成矿预测初步研究表明,铜陵矿集区向斜核部及褶皱倾伏端等地段具有与已知典型矿床相似的成矿条件。铜陵矿集区的进一步找矿工作应该在上述地段运用矿田构造系统分析、深部地球物理探测和工程验证等方法逐步展开。  相似文献   

闽西南大田地区中生代岩浆岩特征及构造环境演化     

范旭光  刘德民  李德威 《华南地质与矿产》2011,27(3):201-207

大田地区中生代岩浆岩普遍具有高硅、高铝的特点。汤泉岩体花岗闪长岩中锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb年龄为168±3 Ma,其样品中La/Yb较高,Eu亏损不明显,具有高Sr、低Y的地球化学特征,符合埃达克质岩特征,其形成与地壳增厚有关,处于挤压构造背景下;NNE向脉岩群样品锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb加权平均年龄为...  相似文献   

三维古地貌重建技术在中生代羌塘地体古地理演化分析中的应用     

于淼  陈建平  严琼  武瞾  王春女  于萍萍 《地质通报》2011,30(5):694-701

近年来,从古地貌-沉积组合与油藏关系的角度进行油气远景评价成为研究热点。针对古地貌的复原研究,提出一种建立三维古地貌模型的方法,将二维平面古地理图通过对资料的整理、挖掘与转换,并结合GIS技术生成了三维立体模型,补充了区域地形地貌的相关信息。利用该方法,建立了青藏高原油气资源潜力最大的区域——羌塘地体在三叠纪和侏罗纪的一系列三维古地貌模型,进而对其古环境和演化过程进行分析,这对于该区域的沉积矿产资源的预测与评价有重要的参考价值。  相似文献   

中蒙边境查夫—甲乌拉地区中生代银多金属矿床成矿作用   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

聂凤军  刘勇  刘翼飞  江思宏  张可  刘妍 《吉林大学学报(地球科学版)》2011,41(6):1715-1725

对中蒙边境东段查夫、甲乌拉和查干布拉根银-铅-锌矿床以及额仁陶勒盖银矿床的产出环境、地质特征和时空分布规律进行了讨论,初步确定了银多金属矿床的成因类型和形成机理。研究结果表明,银多金属矿化大多数在侏罗系火山-沉积岩地层中呈脉状和条带状产出,并且与燕山晚期高钾钙-碱性侵入岩脉群和张裂构造具有密切的时空分布关系。华北—蒙古块体与西伯利亚板块对接碰撞期后大规模伸展构造作用所诱发的岩浆及相关流体活动是导致银多金属矿床形成的主导控制因素。尽管上述4处矿床在容矿围岩、几何形态和矿物组分上存在一定差异,但是其产出环境和形成机理大体相似,均属中硫化型浅成热液银多金属矿床。充填有高钾钙-碱性侵入岩脉的北西向和近南北向张裂构造带是寻找银多金属矿床(点)的有利场所。  相似文献