Evolution and inheritance of a rock coast: western Galicia,northwestern Spain     

R. Blanco Chao  M. Costa Casais  A. Martínez Cortizas  A. Prez Alberti  A. S. Trenhaile 《地球表面变化过程与地形》2003,28(7):757-775

There is increasing evidence that shore platforms and other elements of rock coasts may be inherited, at least in part, from interglacial stages when sea level was similar to today's. Most of this evidence, which includes ancient beaches and datable terrestrial deposits, has been obtained from areas of resistant, slowly eroding rock, where the platforms often appear to be much too wide to have developed since the sea reached its present level. It is much more dif?cult to demonstrate that inheritance has occurred in areas of weaker rock, which generally lack any datable material. The coast of western Galicia in northwestern Spain has shore platforms in igneous and metamorphic rocks that were deeply weathered during the Tertiary. These platforms are closely associated with ancient beaches from the last interglacial stage, and associated periglacial and ?uvio‐nival deposits that covered and fossilized most of the Eemian platforms and cliffs during the late middle and late Weichselian glacial stage. The sedimentary processes and the thickness and facies of the sediments were determined by the height, aspect and gradient of the coastal mountains, and their distance from the coast. Radiocarbon dating, sedimentary analysis and platform morphology indicate that the shore platforms of Galicia have been inherited from at least the last interglacial stage. They were fossilized in places beneath thick Weichselian deposits and then exhumed during the Holocene transgression. The abundant evidence for inheritance in Galicia has important implications for other coasts in fairly weak rocks where such evidence is generally lacking. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Sedimentary facies during early stages of flooding in an extensional basin: the Brèche Rouge de Carboneras (Late Miocene, Almería/SE Spain)     

Uwe M. R. Krautworst  Thomas C. Brachert 《International Journal of Earth Sciences》2003,92(4):610-623

The intramontane basins of the Betic Cordilleras (SE Spain) formed subsequent to the main phase of orogenic deformation during the middle Miocene in a close genetic relation to the Trans-Alboran Shear zone. Left lateral movements along a local branch (Carboneras fault zone, CF; strike NE–SW) of this zone played a major role in controlling the formation and dynamics of the Nijar-Carboneras Basin. To the south of the fault, a major phase of strike-slip faulting is recorded during the late Tortonian. The expression of this event is the Brèche Rouge de Carboneras (BRC), which seals a deep denudational surface on top of dislocated fault blocks formed by volcanics of the Cabo de Gata complex and early Tortonian shallow marine calcarenite. The sedimentary facies of this widely distributed unit in the Carboneras-Subbasin mirror the submarine topography and the distribution of the fault zones. Along strike-slip fault zones, autoclastic breccias and neptunian dikes preferentially oriented NW–SE and NE–SW occur, which are interpreted to represent the near-surface expression of the faults. Red limestone forms the groundmass of the autoclastic breccia and infills of neptunian dikes, which exhibit multiple phases of opening of fissures, gravitational sedimentary infill, lithification, and renewed creation of cracks. Steep relief, probably along fault scarps, was mantled by epiclastic volcanic conglomerate with a red carbonate matrix. Well-lithified coarse skeletal limestone rich in planktonic foraminifera formed pavements along sediment starved rocky surfaces in deep water. Laterally, within topographic depressions, the pavement limestone grades into thick accumulations of skeletal rudstone composed of fragmented azooxanthellate corals and stylasterid hydrozoans, which were concentrated by powerful bottom currents and gravitiy flows. Within the shallow water zone of dip slope ramps, cross-bedded calcarenite and calcirudite formed. Based on textures, fabrics and biota, rocks of the BRC were grouped into nine genetic lithofacies which document cryptic, deep-aphotic and shallow-photic environments typical of a sediment starved extensional basin.  相似文献   

The postglacial history of three Picea species in New England, USA     

Matts Lindbladh  George L Jacobson Jr.Molly Schauffler 《Quaternary Research》2003,59(1):61-69

Given the difficulty of separating the three Picea species—P. glauca, P. mariana, and P. rubens (white, black, and red spruce)—in the pollen record, little is known about their unique histories in eastern North America following deglaciation. Here we report the first use of a classification tree analysis (CART) to distinguish pollen grains of these species. It was successfully applied to fossil pollen from eight sites in Maine and one in Massachusetts. We focused on the late glacial/early Holocene (14,000 to 8000 cal yr B.P.) and the late Holocene (1400 cal yr B.P. to present)—the two key periods since deglaciation when Picea has been abundant in the region. The result shows a shift from a Picea forest of P. glauca and P. mariana in the late glacial to a forest of P. rubens and P. mariana in the late Holocene. The small number of P. rubens grains identified from the late glacial/early Holocene samples (<5%) suggests that that species was either absent or rare at most of the sites. The occurrence and distribution of the three species do not reveal any geographic or temporal trend during late glacial time, but the data suggest that they were distributed in local patches on the landscape. The results of this study indicate that the recent population expansion of Picea (1000 to 500 cal yr B.P.) was likely the first time since deglaciation that P. rubens was abundant in the region.  相似文献   

山西铝土矿Rb-Sr同位素定年     

王银喜  李惠民  顾连兴  吴昌志  柴东浩  陈平  王随生  张京俊 《地球学报》2003,24(6):589-592

采用Rb Sr全岩与粘土矿物等时线年龄方法测得山西五台剖面 (RS0 1) ,临县剖面 (RS0 2 )和孝义剖面 (RS0 3)的 3个含矿粘土岩的Rb Sr同位素年龄分别为 :316 .9± 1.2Ma ,87Sr/86Sr为 0 .710 5 4± 14 ;315 .5± 1.3Ma ,87Sr/86Sr为 0 .710 86±18;317.3± 1.1Ma ,87Sr/86Sr为 0 .710 5 0± 14。它们代表了铝土矿和含矿系列成矿的同位素年龄 ,相当于晚石炭世早期  相似文献   

广东中山晚更新世最早海侵层与水动型海平面变化   总被引：9，自引：4，他引：9       下载免费PDF全文

徐起浩  冯炎基 《地震地质》1997,19(1):92-95

中山市珠海格力商业大厦场址钻孔表明，距今（４５１２０±９１０）ａ海水已经侵入珠江三角洲地区，当时海平面约在－３４．７ｍ。沉积剖面及其比较研究表明，场区从晚更新世海侵以来是连续的滨海相沉积；场区还是晚更新世海侵以来差异构造运动显著的珠江三角洲（乃至东南沿海）地区地壳的一块“稳定小岛”。其晚更新世以来的滨海相沉积反映了渐进上升的实际水动型海平面变化  相似文献   

龙门山地区泥盆纪碳酸盐与硅质碎屑的混积相与混积机理   总被引：7，自引：0，他引：7       下载免费PDF全文

李祥辉  刘文均  郑荣才 《沉积与特提斯地质》1997,17(3):1-10

碳酸盐与陆源碎屑的混合沉积研究至今尚未引起足够重视。文献屈指可数。扬子西经缘龙门山地区盆纪发育了了这类良好的混合沉积。作者根据实际材料，首次从这一思路出发，识别该区泥盆纪Ｅｍｓｉａｎ期到Ｇｉｖｅｔｉａｎ早期的混积相四种，混积亚相约１４种，阐明了其优势混积作用；根据混积作用特征、沉积背景关系，划分出两大混积类型，即泥质背景下的混积１型和砂灰质背景下的混积Ⅱ型；对混积作用机理进行了探讨；并指出不同级次  相似文献   

Palynological dating of infra- and intertrappean sediments in the Mesozoic succession of Borehole PGD-6, Domra Sub-basin, West Bengal, India     

Vijaya 《Cretaceous Research》1997,18(6):833-847

Palynofloras have been examined from infra- and intertrappean sediments of the Panchet and Rajmahal Formations in the Domra Sub-basin of the Damodar Basin, West Bengal, India. Three distinct palynological assemblages are identified and referred to the following palynozones: (i)Lundbladispora–Verrucosisporites(506.60–505.00 m, late Early Triassic, (ii)Murospora florida(501.65–422.20 m. Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian–Tithonian), and (iii)Cicatricosisporites australiensis(342.00–229.6 m. Early Cretaceous, Tithonian–Berriasian). The first occurrences ofCallialasporites turbatusandC. dampieriare at 501.65 m.Callialasporitesis a dominant element of the succeeding assemblages from the Panchet Formation and indicates a Jurassic age. The FAD ofCicatricosisporites australiensisandC. augustusat 342.00 m, and inconsistent occurrences ofAequitriradites spinulosus,Crybelosporites stylosusin the overlying sediments indicate Jurassic–Cretaceous transition.  相似文献   

北淮阳金寨—苏仙石地区中生代花岗岩类岩石学及地球化学特征   总被引：4，自引：4，他引：4  

李家振  刘文灿 《现代地质》1997,11(1):102-110

位于大别山北麓的北淮阳金寨—苏仙石地区广泛发育花岗岩类侵入岩，同位素年龄为１４０～９７Ｍａ，时代属Ｊ３—Ｋ１。根据侵入岩的地质、岩石学和岩石地球化学特征，将本区侵入岩划分为３个超单元（包括１０个单元）和３个独立单元，分属中性岩和酸性岩两大类，岩石类型有闪长岩、二长岩和花岗岩等。根据岩石化学的判别结果，侵入岩均属亚碱性系列中的钙碱性岩石，并属于普通型和钾质型  相似文献   

米仓山地区前陆盆地层序地层研究——以吴家垭西部陆相地层为例     

朱利东  刘登忠  林丽  周游 《矿物岩石》1997,(Z1)

在详细研究米仓山地区吴家垭西部陆相地层基本层序特征的基础上，建立了本区晚三叠世至早侏罗世前陆盆地层序地层格架，确定了盆－山体系在此期间发生了两次重要事件，并认为北部前陆山地的构造变动是影响盆地层序的主要因素。  相似文献   

四川南部晚二叠世构造对煤类分布的影响     

袁培生 《四川地质学报》1997,(3)

深成煤化作用是川南地区煤化作用的主导因素，本文着重阐明了构造对煤类分布的影响。  相似文献