Associated terrestrial and marine fossils in the late-glacial Presumpscot Formation, southern Maine, USA, and the marine reservoir effect on radiocarbon ages   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Woodrow B. Thompson  Carol B. Griggs  Norton G. Miller  Robert E. Nelson  Thomas K. Weddle  Taylor M. Kilian   《Quaternary Research》2011,75(3):552-565

Excavations in the late-glacial Presumpscot Formation at Portland, Maine, uncovered tree remains and other terrestrial organics associated with marine invertebrate shells in a landslide deposit. Buds of Populus balsamifera (balsam poplar) occurred with twigs of Picea glauca (white spruce) in the Presumpscot clay. Tree rings in Picea logs indicate that the trees all died during winter dormancy in the same year. Ring widths show patterns of variation indicating responses to environmental changes. Fossil mosses and insects represent a variety of species and wet to dry microsites. The late-glacial environment at the site was similar to that of today's Maine coast. Radiocarbon ages of 14 tree samples are 11,907 ± 31 to 11,650 ± 50 ¹⁴C yr BP. Wiggle matching of dated tree-ring segments to radiocarbon calibration data sets dates the landslide occurrence at ca. 13,520 + 95/−20 cal yr BP. Ages of shells juxtaposed with the logs are 12,850 ± 65 ¹⁴C yr BP (Mytilus edulis) and 12,800 ± 55 ¹⁴C yr BP (Balanus sp.), indicating a marine reservoir age of about 1000 yr. Using this value to correct previously published radiocarbon ages reduces the discrepancy between the Maine deglaciation chronology and the varve-based chronology elsewhere in New England.  相似文献   

广东连州长兴期含煤地层     

姚兆奇  陈楚震  芮琳  刘陆军 《地层学杂志》2011,(1):55-65

九陂组(亚田煤组)是粤北和湘南晚二叠世重要的含煤地层,其下伏"梅田灰岩"的涵义和(虫筵)化石Gallowayinella meitienensis的层位问题曾长期未得澄清.通过对梅田组剖面的详细工作,建立了下部的Gallowayinella组合和上部的Nanlingella jiaozishanica-Sphaerul...  相似文献   

江苏江都市大桥镇晚更新世晚期—全新世有孔虫动物群的发现及其地质意义     

韦一  韩芳  魏乃颐  于庆文  张智勇  张克信 《地质科技情报》2011,30(3):41-47

在江苏省江都市ZKA4钻孔孔深4.0～42.6 m岩心段中发现有孔虫化石,鉴定识别出有孔虫38属56种,其中9个未定种,根据有孔虫动物群在钻孔剖面上的分布规律,建立了 3个有孔虫化石组合,自上而下为:Ammonia beccarii Linne)vars.-Orbulina universa组合,Ammonia bec...  相似文献   

Description and Phylogenetic Position of Dinosaur Eggshells from the Luanchuan Area of Western Henan Province, China     

Kohei TANAKA  Lü Junchang  Yoshitsugu KOBAYASHI  Darla K. ZELENITSKY  XU Li  JIA Songhai  QIN Shuang  TANG Min’an 《《地质学报》英文版》2011,85(1):66-74

Here, we examine 145 dinosaur eggshells from a new fossil locality in the Qiupa Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of the Luanchuan area in western Henan Province, China. The eggshells display elongatoolithid macro- and microstructures, including ridges and nodes on the outer surface, two ultrastructural layers, and an undulatory boundary between the mammillary and continuous layers. A phylogenic analysis shows that the Luanchuan eggshells belong to the ooclade Elongatoolithidae. Within Elongatoolithidae, the thickness ratio of the mammillary layer to the entire eggshell, and the porosity of the Luanchuan eggshells are comparable to the oogenera Macroolithus and Elongatoolithus. There is no direct evidence for the taxonomic identity of the Luanchuan eggshells; however, they were likely laid by oviraptorids based on their phylogenetic position and their similarities with known oviraptorid eggs.  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   

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   

唐山地区晚更新世以来的孢粉组合特征及其与邻区的对比     

李玉嵩  陈建强  赵硕  王海英  李欣 《地球学报》2011,32(2):178-188

通过对唐山市复兴路十中旧址钻孔更新统上部和全新统部分的60 m岩芯的沉积物及92件孢粉样品的分析, 建立了4个组合带, 总结了唐山地区晚更新世以来的植被演替和气候变化: (1)孢粉带Ⅰ, 以针阔混交林-草原为主, 气候温暖湿润; (2)孢粉带Ⅱ, 以疏林草原为主, 气候寒冷干旱, 为晚更新世以来环境最为恶劣的时期; (3)孢粉带Ⅲa, 植被为针阔混交林-草原, 气候温暖湿润; (4)孢粉带Ⅲb, 发育暗针叶林-草原, 气候寒冷湿润; (5)孢粉带Ⅲc, 植被为疏林草原, 气候寒冷略干; (6)孢粉带Ⅳ, 发育针阔混交森林, 气候温暖湿润, 为晚更新世以来水热条件最佳的时期。通过与邻区及全球冰芯、深海沉积研究成果的对比分析, 探讨了华北平原晚更新世以来的气候变化特点: MIS3的温湿条件显著优于MIS2和MIS4, 达到间冰期气候, 与MIS5相似, 局部地区甚至超过MIS1; MIS2不是一个持续干冷的过程, 而是一个由湿冷逐渐转向干冷的过程。此成果对探讨华北平原第四纪地层划分、对比和气候演化提供了科学依据。  相似文献   

藏南地区晚白垩世岩相古地理初步研究     

熊国庆  江新胜  伍皓 《古地理学报》2011,13(4):387-396

通过对藏南地区上白垩统沉积特征及沉积相进行综合分析,初步地恢复了该地区晚白垩世岩相古地理.该地区自南向北沉积水体逐步变深,沉积相带展布依次为滨海相、浅海陆棚相(外陆棚和内陆棚亚相)、大陆斜坡相及深海盆地相,局部地区浅海陆棚相之上发育碳酸盐岩礁滩相和孤立台地相等.盆地性质总体上仍然为被动大陆边缘海盆,但已具备周缘前陆盆地...  相似文献   

巨大华夏龙   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

赵喜进  王克柏  李敦景 《地质通报》2011,30(11):1671-1688

巨大华夏龙（Huaxiaosaurus aigahtens Zhao, gen. & sp., nov.）是一种性情温和的素食性恐龙,产于山东 诸城,生活在距今100Ma前的中生代晚期。巨大华夏龙是从许多同种个体中选择后组装成的一具骨架,其体高11.3m, 体长18.7m,是目前世界上最高大的鸟脚类个体。巨大华夏龙前肢短,后肢粗长,是继巨型山东龙和巨大诸城龙之后 又一新的发现。  相似文献   

宁夏银川水洞沟遗址2号点晚更新世晚期孢粉记录的古环境     

刘德成  高星  王旭龙  张淑芹  裴树文  陈福友 《古地理学报》2011,13(4):467-472

宁夏银川水洞沟遗址2号点剖面孢粉分析结果表明:该地区在晚更新世晚期孢粉组合以草本植物花粉占绝对优势,有Chenopodiaceae、Artemisia、Zygophyllum、Ranunculaceae和少量的Euonymus、Ephedra和Nitraria等,木本植物花粉次之,有Pinus、Picea、Abies、...  相似文献