Rugose corals from the Upper Ordovician Sholeshook Limestone of southwest Wales with an assessment of the coral affinities and biofacies     

C. Baars 《Geological Journal》2013,48(6):603-619

Limestone horizons of Upper Ordovician (Katian) age in southwest Wales contain diverse fossil faunas including rugose corals. The existence of Ordovician Rugosa in Wales was first reported by Murchison in the 1830s, but since then hardly any specimens have been documented systematically until this present study. Newly collected material from the area around Llanddowror (Carmarthenshire) has now confirmed the diversity of rugose corals in the Sholeshook Limestone (Katian age), an arenaceous limestone originating from the shelf edge of the palaeocontinent Avalonia. The majority of the specimens are preserved as moulds. This means that in many instances preservation of the fossils was insufficient for specific identification; nevertheless, it was possible to document a diverse rugose coral fauna, including Helicelasma, probable Grewingkia and Kenophyllum, and a potential early mucophyllid. While associated with considerable difficulties, as some diagnostic features of Rugosa are not visible in moulds, it is demonstrated here that the work with such specimens can result in faunal information which would otherwise be unobtainable. An assemblage of rugose and tabulate corals in the Sholeshook Limestone can be differentiated from a similar assemblage in the neighbouring Robeston Wathen Limestone which has a slightly different lithology. The fauna has strong similarities with other Avalonian (Irish, English, Belgian) as well as Baltic (Estonian and Norwegian) rugose coral faunas. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

中世纪温暖期气候变化的花粉化石记录   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4  

任国玉  张兰生 《气候与环境研究》1996,1(1):81-86

麦里泥炭剖面高分辨率花粉化石记录表明,东北科尔沁沙地在相当于中世纪温暖期阶段夏季降水量曾显著增加,主要表现为沙丘上的乔木和草本植物均获得了繁茂的生长,花粉沉积速率明显上升。作者推测,在中世纪温暖期中,欧亚大陆作为一个整体夏季温度可能暖于今天,这可能通过增强夏季风环流使中国东北夏季雨量增多,为沙丘植物茂盛生长提供了有利条件。  相似文献   

Research on Fossil Heritages Protection in Xingwen World Geopark     

ZHOU Wei  ZHANG Bin  DENG Mao-lin  DING Jie  SHUI Wei  LIU Zu-han  YU Bo 《四川地质学报》2009,(Z1):140-144

There are various Permian fossil heritages in Xingwen World Geopark.However,during constructing Geopark in recent years,the fossil heritages have suffered more serious damages,and thus the protection models of the fossil heritage are worth studying.This paper describes the fossil heritages’ types,abundance and preservation of the current status quo in the geopark.It turns out that natural factors and human factors are the main reasons why lead to the destruction of fossil heritages.At last,it puts forward the corresponding measures in order to protect the integrity of fossil heritages in the world geopark.  相似文献   

河南嵩县南部熊耳群古火山构造与成矿关系研究     

李云  赵玉 《华南地质与矿产》2009,(3):28-36

河南嵩县南部熊耳群古火山构造保存完整,喷发旋回清晰,火山岩相及爆发相主要岩石种类齐全。其主要喷发类型为裂隙式喷发,次为中心式喷发,主要受区域基底断裂控制,且沿区域切壳深大断裂带呈串珠状分布。表明基底断裂一火山喷发带一区域断裂带是一个连续发展的过程。区内金及部分有色金属矿产与熊耳群古火山活动密切关联,古火山口爆发角砾岩产出地段是寻找该类型金矿的最佳地段,受古火山构造控制的古火山口及其周边的中性、酸性次火山岩脉（墙）,是寻找钼、金、铅锌多金属矿产的有利部位。  相似文献   

湖北秭归泄滩沙镇溪组底部轮藻化石的发现     

陈辉明  张振来 《华南地质与矿产》2003,(3):54-59

晚三叠世轮藻化石在世界各地发现很少，在我国南方亦尚属首次发现。报道了秭归盆地上三叠统沙镇溪组底部的轮藻化石，计有3属4种(包括2个新种)：Stellatochara subspaerica Kozur et Reinhardt,S.xietanensis sp.nov.,Cuneatochara sanxiaensis sp.nov.,Vladimiriella decora(Saidakovsky)。根据沙镇溪组轮藻化石在国内外地质时期的分布，结合同层中所产孢粉化石的组合特征，详细讨论了含化石层位的地质时代，认为属晚三叠世早期，并对当时的古植被、古地理、古气候做了初步探讨，对化石进行了描述。  相似文献   

重庆合川自流井组植物化石的发现     

李旭兵  孟繁松 《华南地质与矿产》2003,(3):60-65

描述了发现于合川自流井组东岳庙段的三种似木贼植物化石,即Equisetites flus Harris,E．1ateralis(Phillips)和E．columnaris(Brongn．)Phillips。标本保存良好,依据植物和双壳类化石的分布关系,提出自流井组东岳庙段的时代为早侏罗世晚期至中侏罗世早期。同时,分析了东岳庙段的岩相特征和沉积环境。  相似文献   

广东河源盆地蛋化石   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

方晓思  张志军  张显球  卢立伍  韩迎建  李佩贤 《地质通报》2005,24(7):682-686

河源盆地沉积了白垩系-古近系，笔者将这套地层划分为3个岩石地层单位，新建仙塘组和东源组，沿用格岭组。在河源除发现恐龙骨骼、恐龙脚印、龟鳖化石外，于白垩系东源组中还产有大量蛋化石。该组蛋化石的分布，下部以圆形蛋为主，中-上部多见长形蛋。报道了三王坝村副圆形蛋(新种)Paraspheroolithus sanwangbacunensis Fang sp．nov．、风光村树枝蛋(新种)Dendroolithus fengguangcunensis Fang sp．nov．和瑶屯巨形蛋Macroolithus yaotunensis、长形长形蛋Elongatoolithus elongates。  相似文献   

Hydrothermal Quartz Vein Formation, Revealed by Coupled SEM-CL Imaging and Fluid Inclusion Microthermometry: Shuteen Complex, South Gobi, Mongolia     

Bayaraa Batkhishig    Greg Bignall  Noriyoshi Tsuchiya 《Resource Geology》2005,55(1):1-8

Abstract. Scanning electron microscopy-cathodoluminescence (SEM-CL) imaging of vein quartz in the Cu-mineralised, Shuteen Complex (South Gobi, Mongolia) has revealed a complex history of crystal growth, dissolution and microfracture healing, associated with several hydrothermal events that could not be detected using other observational techniques (e.g. transmitted/reflected light microscopy, back-scattered electron imaging, or secondary electron imaging).
The quartz initially grew as CL-bright/grey crystals in a 345±30C liquid reservoir, as inferred by the analysis of primary liquid fluid inclusions (average Th of 343C; 6.6∼7.7 wt% NaCl_eq). Quartz precipitation occurred at the edge of the crystals as reservoir fluids cooled to 260±25C, as indicated by micron-scale CL-dark/CL-bright quartz growth bands containing abundant fluid inclusions (with an average T_h values of 261C). Pressure fluctuations were the likely cause of dissolution, as SEM-CL imaging reveals the quartz have corroded or rounded crystal edges, and precipitation of later quartz into open space. SEM-CL imaging shows the quartz contains healed microfractures that trapped low salinity fluids (3.9 wt% NaC1_eq) with Th values of 173±15C.
SEM-CL imaging provides a means of deciphering the thermal and chemical evolution of the fossil Shuteen hydrothermal system, and the nature of hydrothermal quartz vein-forming processes, by facilitating the correlation of distinct fluid inclusion populations and their relative chronology, with specific hydrothermal events.  相似文献   

新疆尼勒克县巴斯尔干地区植物化石的发现及意义     

凌联海  楼法生  肖晓林  吴新华  吴明仁  蒋金明 《新疆地质》2005,23(1):28-30

新疆尼勒克县巴斯尔干地区有一套棕黄、褐红色砂砾岩，过去仅采获硅化木化石，根据岩性对比将其归属早白垩世．根据最近采获的植物化石资料，论证了该区巴斯尔干组地质年代为二叠纪乐平世．岩石地层单位称巴斯尔干组。  相似文献   

南山坪古油藏的形成及其破坏因素分析   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

凡元芳  丰勇 《矿产与地质》2005,19(3):296-298

南山坪古油藏以南山坪背斜(圈闭)为依托，油藏的形成、破坏与背斜(圈闭)的形成及演化息息相关。加里东晚期-海西早期的构造运动形成了南山坪背斜的雏形，与之对应的是最初的油藏形成；南山坪背斜在印支运动得到加强，形成构造圈闭，与之对应的是原油藏裂解生气及烃源岩进入生气阶段，形成气藏及部分沥青。之后的燕山运动Ⅱ幕使得南山坪背斜(圈闭)被褶皱和断层复杂化，形成由东南向北西的逆冲断裂，其上覆盖层抬升、剥蚀，原油藏彻底破坏，成为古油藏。分析认为，南山坪古油藏的破坏因素主要是印支期的热裂解和燕山运动Ⅱ幕的构造抬升、剥蚀，且后者更为主导因素。比较南山坪古油藏、余杭泰山古油藏及威远气藏，力图寻找其共性及差异性，从而为中国南方的油气勘探提供借鉴意义。  相似文献