Archean to Recent aeolian sand systems and their sedimentary record: Current understanding and future prospects     

Juan Pedro Rodríguez‐López  Lars B. Clemmensen  Nick Lancaster  Nigel P. Mountney  Gonzalo D. Veiga 《Sedimentology》2014,61(6):1487-1534

The sedimentary record of aeolian sand systems extends from the Archean to the Quaternary, yet current understanding of aeolian sedimentary processes and product remains limited. Most preserved aeolian successions represent inland sand‐sea or dunefield (erg) deposits, whereas coastal systems are primarily known from the Cenozoic. The complexity of aeolian sedimentary processes and facies variability are under‐represented and excessively simplified in current facies models, which are not sufficiently refined to reliably account for the complexity inherent in bedform morphology and migratory behaviour, and therefore cannot be used to consistently account for and predict the nature of the preserved sedimentary record in terms of formative processes. Archean and Neoproterozoic aeolian successions remain poorly constrained. Palaeozoic ergs developed and accumulated in relation to the palaeogeographical location of land masses and desert belts. During the Triassic, widespread desert conditions prevailed across much of Europe. During the Jurassic, extensive ergs developed in North America and gave rise to anomalously thick aeolian successions. Cretaceous aeolian successions are widespread in South America, Africa, Asia, and locally in Europe (Spain) and the USA. Several Eocene to Pliocene successions represent the direct precursors to the present‐day systems. Quaternary systems include major sand seas (ergs) in low‐lattitude and mid‐latitude arid regions, Pleistocene carbonate and Holocene–Modern siliciclastic coastal systems. The sedimentary record of most modern aeolian systems remains largely unknown. The majority of palaeoenvironmental reconstructions of aeolian systems envisage transverse dunes, whereas successions representing linear and star dunes remain under‐recognized. Research questions that remain to be answered include: (i) what factors control the preservation potential of different types of aeolian bedforms and what are the characteristics of the deposits of different bedform types that can be used for effective reconstruction of original bedform morphology; (ii) what specific set of controlling conditions allow for sustained bedform climb versus episodic sequence accumulation and preservation; (iii) can sophisticated four‐dimensional models be developed for complex patterns of spatial and temporal transition between different mechanisms of accumulation and preservation; and (iv) is it reasonable to assume that the deposits of preserved aeolian successions necessarily represent an unbiased record of the conditions that prevailed during episodes of Earth history when large‐scale aeolian systems were active, or has the evidence to support the existence of other major desert basins been lost for many periods throughout Earth history?  相似文献   

海南岛晚中生代花岗闪长岩及其包体的锆石U-Pb定年及构造意义   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1       下载免费PDF全文

唐立梅  陈汉林  董传万 《地质科学》2014,(1):259-274

海南岛晚中生代的岩浆活动十分强烈,代表性的岩体有千家岩体、屯昌岩体和保城岩体,岩体岩性为花岗闪长岩,其中包含大量的闪长岩包体。系统的LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年结果表明,花岗闪长岩及包体均形成于101 Ma,为双峰式侵入岩,由来自地幔的高温基性岩浆注入下地壳较酸性的长英质岩浆,两种岩浆同时上侵冷却形成。它们形成的构造环境为板内拉张环境,指示了海南岛于101 Ma处于强烈的岩石圈减薄阶段,这与晚中生代太平洋板块俯冲引起的弧后拉张有关。  相似文献   

吉黑东部中生代晚期中酸性岩浆活动与金成矿作用     

陈永福 《地质与勘探》2014,50(Z1):1248-1256

吉黑东部金矿床集中分布于小兴安岭北麓、完达山和太平岭（东宁-延边）,矿床类型以斑岩型-浅成低温热液型矿床为主。成矿年代大约为110 Ma左右。稳定同位素显示成矿流体具有岩浆水特征,而成矿物质则主要来源于深源岩浆,这说明吉黑东部金成矿可能与岩浆活动有关。同时,研究显示吉黑东部广泛发育一套120~95 Ma的中酸性火山-侵入岩,其与110 Ma金成矿事件时空关系密切。这套火山-侵入岩在矿区表现为英安-流纹质或安山-英安质火山岩组合和闪长玢岩、花岗斑岩及花岗岩等脉岩和小侵入体。而岩石化学特征则表明其属中酸性的钙碱性系列,为一套俯冲流体交代地幔楔起源的岩浆。区域对比研究表明,吉黑东部金成矿与俄罗斯远东地区Sikhote-Alin锡成矿、韩国南部金-银成矿可能处于同一大地构造环境的不同构造部位。成矿年代从吉黑东部向东南方向有变年轻的趋势,且成矿岩浆岩的酸性成分增强而幔源成分减少。综合区域岩浆岩和区域成矿特征,表明吉黑东部存在一期110 Ma的金成矿事件,其与中生代晚期板块俯冲及其后的岩石圈拆沉作用和弧后伸展有关,成矿大地构造环境为大陆边缘弧。  相似文献   

中国东北地区中生代构造体制的转变:来自火山岩时空分布与岩石组合的制约   总被引：13，自引：3，他引：10  

孟凡超  刘嘉麒  崔岩  高金亮  刘祥  童英 《岩石学报》2014,30(12):3569-3586

东北地区中生代经历了蒙古-鄂霍茨克构造体系向太平洋构造体系的转换,形成了不同期次火山活动。本文归纳总结了露头区与覆盖区中生代火山岩的年代学、空间分布、岩石组合以及地球化学特征,揭示了两个构造域的时空分布范围。该区火山岩锆石U-Pb年龄统计结果表明中生代存在五期火山活动:早-中侏罗世(190~160Ma)、晚侏罗世(160~145Ma)、早白垩世早期(145~120Ma)、早白垩世晚期(120~100Ma)、晚白垩世早期(100~90Ma)。早-中侏罗世火山岩分布较少,火山岩仅分布在大兴安岭西部满洲里地区和东部张广才岭以及南侧辽宁北票-朝阳地区,火山岩属于高钾钙碱性系列,为蒙古-鄂霍茨克海闭合和法拉隆板块双俯冲作用的产物。晚侏罗世东北地区火山活动明显增强,主要分布在大兴安岭地区,张广才岭以及小兴安岭也有少量分布。西部大兴安岭地区以粗面安山岩、粗面岩为主,属于同碰撞造山成因,为蒙古-鄂霍茨克海闭合造山环境产物。东部以中酸性、酸性岩为主,为法拉隆板块背离欧亚大陆,岩石圈伸展引起的壳源物质熔融产物。早白垩世早期火山活动最为强烈,火山岩主要分布在大兴安岭地区。岩性以高钾钙碱性系列的粗面玄武安山岩、粗面安山岩、安山岩、粗面岩为主,为蒙古-鄂霍茨克海闭合造山后伸展环境产物。早白垩世晚期火山岩主要分布在松辽盆地内部。火山岩以中酸性岩为主,属于中钾-高钾钙碱性系列,为伊泽奈崎板块俯冲引起的弧后拉张,软流圈上涌导致年轻地壳熔融的产物。晚白垩世早期火山岩仅分布在小兴安岭及吉林、黑龙江省东部地区。火山岩为一套玄武岩、玄武安山岩、安山岩和英安岩组合,属于中钾钙碱性系列,是伊泽奈崎-库拉板块高角度俯冲的大陆边缘岩浆活动产物。东北地区中生代不同期次火山岩记录了蒙古-鄂霍茨克构造域向太平洋构造域转换过程及其时空影响范围。  相似文献   

大别山商城石门冲一带中生代逆冲推覆构造     

张保平  董卫东  马伟霞  王瑞龙 《世界地质》2014,33(4):855-860

笔者运用1∶5万双柳树幅、白雀园幅区域地质调查成果,阐述商城石门冲一带发育的逆冲推覆构造。大别山商城石门冲一带中生代逆冲推覆作用,使本区发育的中—新元古界龟山岩组、下古生界石门冲岩组、上古生界石炭系及中生界朱集组等,不同程度卷入NE向逆冲推覆系统中,形成一系列构造窗、飞来峰和叠瓦状逆冲断层带。逆冲推覆距离最小约为6 km,形成时代约为中侏罗世—晚侏罗世之间,最晚不超过早白垩世。  相似文献   

中国晚侏罗世多瘤齿兽类哺乳动物的发现及其意义          下载免费PDF全文

季燕南  王旭日  袁崇喜  季强 《地球学报》2014,35(3):277-283

多瘤齿兽是一类已绝灭的哺乳动物,其以后部牙齿上有很多小瘤(小的隆起,或者小尖)来适于咀嚼植物为特征。总的来说,它们的门齿和臼齿与那些啮齿类相似,但在演化时间上多瘤齿兽比新生代的啮齿类早的多。多瘤齿兽是杂食者,或者说是成功开拓了其它脊椎动物无法开拓的植食生境的植食者(可以树叶、种子、蕨类、裸子植物,再加上蠕虫和昆虫为食)。由于它们多种食性和运动方式,多瘤齿兽成为中生代数量最多的哺乳动物,几乎占侏罗纪和白垩纪时期所有哺乳动物种类的一半。它们的支系是哺乳动物历史上生存时间最长的支系,出现于170 Ma前,大约绝灭于35 Ma。但是,因为多瘤齿兽具有很多独特的、高度特化的牙齿和头骨特征,古生物学家们长期困惑于它们的进化起源。最近,中国辽西发现了一件产自晚侏罗世髫髻山组的多瘤齿兽类哺乳动物。由于其牙齿上发育明显的纹饰,如很多小的脊、沟、凹槽等,新发现的哺乳动物被命名为皱纹齿兽(Rugosodon)。另一方面,由于与皱纹齿兽亲缘关系最近的哺乳动物产自西欧的侏罗纪地层,因此其种名被命名为欧亚皱纹齿兽(Rugosodon eurasiaticus)。新发现为晚侏罗世时期欧洲和亚洲的哺乳动物具有高度的相似性提供了最新的证据。皱纹齿兽是一种夜行的哺乳动物,生活于气候温和的湖滨,与长羽毛的恐龙近鸟龙、翼龙类达尔文翼龙、大量节肢动物、其它几种哺乳动物共同生活于一起。根据与现生哺乳动物的比较,并依据欧亚皱纹齿兽手部比例、末端指节的形态等,推论欧亚皱纹齿兽很可能是地栖哺乳动物,或者说地栖比攀爬的可能性更大。这一发现对于研究多瘤齿兽早期的演化、食性分异、运动适应起源等具有重要的科学意义。  相似文献   

论扬子板块东北缘的俯冲与回撤对山东地块的影响     

王照波  王庆军 《山东地质》2014,(4):13-20

通过对山东中生代侵入岩体的时空展布、岩石化学及同位素特征的综合分析研究,提出了扬子板块东北缘俯冲与回撤的演化机制,分析了在这种机制下的成岩、成矿演化规律。认为扬子板块东北缘的俯冲与回撤控制了山东中生代的地质演化过程,其回撤在岩石圈深部造成的真空,导致软流圈物质的隆升,是胶东金矿大规模成矿作用的内在控制因素。  相似文献   

The late Mesozoic–Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the South China Sea: A petrologic perspective     

《Journal of Asian Earth Sciences》2014

This paper presents a review of available petrological, geochonological and geochemical data for late Mesozoic to Recent igneous rocks in the South China Sea (SCS) and adjacent regions and a discussion of their petrogeneses and tectonic implications. The integration of these data with available geophysical and other geologic information led to the following tectono-magmatic model for the evolution of the SCS region. The geochemical characteristics of late Mesozoic granitic rocks in the Pearl River Mouth Basin (PRMB), micro-blocks in the SCS, the offshore continental shelf and Dalat zone in southern Vietnam, and the Schwaner Mountains in West Kalimantan, Borneo indicate that these are mainly I-type granites plus a small amount of S-type granites in the PRMB. These granitoids were formed in a continental arc tectonic setting, consistent with the ideas proposed by Holloway (1982) and Taylor and Hayes, 1980, Taylor and Hayes, 1983, that there existed an Andean-type volcanic arc during later Mesozoic era in the SCS region. The geochonological and geochemical characteristics of the volcanics indicate an early period of bimodal volcanism (60–43 Ma or 32 Ma) at the northern margin of the SCS, followed by a period of relatively passive style volcanism during Cenozoic seafloor spreading (37 or 30–16 Ma) within the SCS, and post-spreading volcanism (tholeiitic series at 17–8 Ma, followed by alkali series from 8 Ma to present) in the entire SCS region. The geodynamic setting of the earlier volcanics was an extensional regime, which resulted from the collision between India and Eurasian plates since the earliest Cenozoic, and that of the post-spreading volcanics may be related to mantle plume magmatism in Hainan Island. In addition, the nascent Hainan plume may have played a significant role in the extension along the northern margin and seafloor spreading in the SCS.  相似文献   

济阳坳陷桩海地区中生界同位素年代地层学研究     

刘华 《中国煤炭地质》2014,(11):12-16

济阳坳陷中生界分布广泛,具有油气成藏的基本地质条件,并取得了一定的勘探发现,但其勘探程度和研究程度相对较低,包括地层划分、沉积体系、储层特征、控藏因素等。特别是地层时代、分层与分界等基本的地质问题尚存在不同的观点和认识。根据区内14口井的10个火山岩全岩样品和79个小于2μm的泥岩自生伊利石样品,开展K-Ar法同位素年代地层学测定,分别确定了中生界的坊子组、蒙阴组、三台组和西洼组的绝对年龄值,将坊子组划归下侏罗统,蒙阴组为中侏罗统,缺失上侏罗统,并明确了各组的接触关系。  相似文献   

从江汉叠合盆地构造形变特征看华南与华北陆块的拼贴过程   总被引：29，自引：8，他引：21       下载免费PDF全文

徐政语  林舸  刘池阳  王岳军  郭锋 《地质科学》2004,39(2):284-295

构造解析表明,现今观察到的中扬子地区中部江汉叠合盆地主体构造格架面貌大体形成于印支 早燕山碰撞造山期;其中,主造山初期前陆盆地发育阶段,盆区东、西部构造形变差异明显,晚期经调整而渐趋平衡,由此显现华南与华北两大陆块在碰撞造山过程中可能先后经历了早期点状接触与陆间斜向俯冲和晚期线状接触与陆内俯冲两个发展阶段。晚燕山期以来,盆地裂陷阶段构造格架的分区发育与右行旋转特点,证明中扬子地区曾发生过双向伸展和构造旋转作用,暗示晚燕山 早喜马拉雅期华南与华北两大陆块可能处于逐渐焊合的过程,研究区总体处于造山后陆内应力场调整阶段。盆地坳陷期发育阶段山盆非耦合面貌及壳幔“立交桥”式结构特征展示晚喜马拉雅期以来叠合盆地南、北边缘造山带已进入去根与裂解过程中。  相似文献