Sunspot-like and ENSO/NAO-like periodicities in lacustrinelaminated sediments of the Pliocene Villarroya Basin (La Rioja,Spain)     

Arsenio Muñoz  Jorge Ojeda  Belén Sánchez-Valverde 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2002,27(4):453-463

This is a study of an extremely good outcrop of 1745 varves inthe Villarroya Pliocene Basin (Spain). The thicknesses of the light and darklayers, which were obtained from enlarged photograph negatives, are dealt withseparately, and three time series, of light, dark, and the sum of both layers,are performed. Periodicities of about 12, 6–7 and 2–3 years havebeen obtained. The origin of the recurrent behaviour of the sediments withthese periods could be related to natural phenomena like sunspot cycles, ElNiño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) andQuasi-biennial Oscillation (QBO), as these phenomena are capable of modulatingthe climate in this frequency band. From our point of view, there could be aclose relationship between sedimentation in the Villarroya Basin and thesenatural phenomena, which is moved through climate. The light layers record therun-off of gastropods, ostracods and charophytes from a seasonal productivitycycle, and are generated during late summer and autumn. It seems clear that theclimatic information provided by these cycles corresponds mainly to summertime, which would be translated into a variation of the light layer thicknessdue to a more or less intense development of the flora and fauna, being thickerin years of higher temperatures and thinner in years of lower temperatures.Considering the results, we would suggest that the sedimentation of thesematerials in the Pliocene was driven by solar activity or/and ENSO, NAO, andQBO phenomena. Nowadays these phenomena produce rainfall and temperaturechanges with the cyclicities shown in this study and we think they could haveoperated in the same way in Pliocene times.  相似文献   

Diversity of Pliocene mysticetes from eastern Japan     

Masayuki  Oishi Yoshikazu  Hasegawa 《Island Arc》1994,3(4):436-452

Abstract Assemblages of Early Pliocene Mysticeti (Cetacea) from the Sendai-Iwate and Choshi areas in eastern Japan were examined. The early Early Pliocene Tatsunokuchi and Yushima formations of the Sendai-Iwate area have yielded many cetotheres assigned to Herpetocetus (Cetotheriidae) and some extinct rorquals assigned to Burtinopsis (Balaenopteridae) and other genera. The late Early Pliocene strata of the Na-arai Formation of the Choshi area has yielded more than 300 mysticete ear bones which fall into seven morphotypes. Assemblages from the two areas differ greatly in taxonomic composition. Archaic mysticetes are dominant in the Sendai-Iwate area, while modern mysticetes are dominant and diverse in the Choshi area. Based on the results of this study we conclude that the diversity of the Early Pliocene mysticetes in the western North Pacific is comparable to that of the Recent.  相似文献   

泥河湾地区晚上新世一个新的地层单位——稻地组   总被引：4，自引：1，他引：4  

杜恒俭  王安德  赵其强  蔡保全 《地球科学》1988,(5)

本文记述了河北泥河湾盆地的一个新的地层单位——稻地组。在四个实测剖面上对稻地组进行了分层描述,根据其岩性、化石特征、及其与上下地层接触关系,确定了该地层组的含义,并对其时代(晚上新世)作了讨论。  相似文献   

Reconstruction of paleoenvironments of the Great Salt Lake Basin during the late Cenozoic     

Agata Kowalewska  Andrew S. Cohen 《Journal of Paleolimnology》1998,20(4):381-407

This study summarizes the results of micropaleontological, sedimentological, and isotope geochemical analyses of cuttings from five deep wells drilled in the Great Salt Lake (Utah, USA). Spanning the last 5.0 million yrs, our environmental history of the Great Salt Lake distinguishes four intervals based on paleobiological and sedimentological characteristics, using a previously developed tephrochronology for age control. For most of its history, the Great Salt Lake Basin has been occupied by a mixture of marsh, shallow lacustrine and sand flat conditions. In contrast, open lake conditions, typical of the Bonneville cycles and the modern Great Salt Lake apparently have only dominated the basin for the past 0.6-0.8 Ma. The two main structural basins in the study area (the North and South Basins) experienced different lacustrine histories. Large but frequently saline lakes occupied the North Basin after about 0.6 Ma. In the South Basin, ephemeral, saline lacustrine conditions started at 2.1 Ma and developed to full lacustrine conditions at 0.3 Ma. Our paleoenvironmental interpretations are broadly consistent with the aquatic palynological records from the same wells, as well as with the prior core- and outcrop-based lines of evidence. However, the differences in lake history between the North and South Basin have not been previously recognized.  相似文献   

莺歌海盆地上新统双壳类贝壳的锶含量及其意义   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

王子玉  蓝秀 《地层学杂志》1998,22(2):149-153

锶（Ｓｒ）是碳酸盐沉积物及软体动物介壳中的重要微量元素之一,Ｓｒ含量和Ｓｒ／Ｃａ比值的变化明显受沉积相的控制。因此,锶作为地球化学指标具有一定的环境意义。通过对南海北部莺歌海盆地莺６井上新统双壳类贝壳中的Ｓｒ含量和Ｓｒ／Ｃａ比值的变化与环境、成岩作用关系的研究,发现莺歌海盆地上新世沉积环境为上陆坡→潮下带→潮间带,所得结论与双壳类的生态环境和地层沉积相的综合分析结果一致。  相似文献   

苏北盆地TZK9孔磁性地层及重矿物组合特征研究     

程瑜  李向前  赵增玉  张祥云  郭刚 《地质力学学报》2016,22(4):994-1003

通过对苏北盆地TZK9孔的磁性地层和重矿物组合分析,探索了该地区晚上新世以来沉积物的物源变化特征。古地磁结果显示,TZK9孔的M/G界线位于250.3 m,B/M界线位于78.5 m,并很好记录了2次正极性亚时（Jaramillo和Olduvai）,分别位于129.0~150.2 m与172.55~192.80 m,通过沉积速率外推获得该钻孔的底界年龄约为3.0 Ma。对TZK9孔重矿物组合、特征指数进行分析,并结合淮河及长江下游的重矿物组合特征,揭示在距今3.0~2.6 Ma其沉积物主要来自于淮河流域。而相比晚上新世,第四纪的磷灰石、锆石、金红石、电气石含量增加,表明该地区开始受到了长江流域的影响,而第四纪以来重矿物特征指数（ZTR）逐渐增大可能主要受控于全球气候变化。   相似文献   

莺歌海盆地东方A气田莺歌海组二段沉积新认识:海底扇浊积席状砂     

岳绍飞  张辉  王庆帅  成涛  李佳  陈晓武  秦莎 《海相油气地质》2017,22(4)

莺歌海盆地东方A气田莺歌海组的沉积模式存在争议。综合利用岩心、录井、测井等资料分析沉积相类型,在此基础上结合地震多属性及单井、连井分析,研究各气组的沉积演化,并对东方A气田沉积相形成的控制因素进行了总结。莺歌海组二段沉积时期发育三种沉积微相,分别为浊积席状砂、滨外滩坝及滨外泥。该段Ⅲ、Ⅱ气组主要发育来自西部物源的海底扇外扇浊积席状砂,Ⅰ气组主要为滨外滩坝沉积,滨外泥在各气组均有发育。东方A气田的沉积相受控于盆地的二级坡折带及沉积时期底辟的发生。本次研究关于莺歌海组二段浊积席状砂的认识,改变了以往强调东部海南岛物源的滨外滩坝的模式,为后期的开发调整起到了积极有效的作用。  相似文献   

西秦岭北缘漳县地区上新统韩家沟砾岩沉积特征及其地质意义     

毕娜  郭进京  韩文峰  赵海涛 《地质通报》2017,36(9):1616-1624

青藏高原东北缘西秦岭北缘构造带的漳县地区出露一套具有磨拉石沉积特征的上新统韩家沟砾岩。其现今的空间分布和沉积特征对于认识青藏高原东北缘新生代构造演化和地壳隆升具有重要的科学意义。通过对上新统韩家沟砾岩层的厚度、砾石成分、形态和粒度特征、古流向特征、物源特征等研究,探讨其沉积环境和形成的构造背景。提出了西秦岭北缘上新统韩家沟砾岩代表新近纪上新世以来,西秦岭地块向北逆冲推覆构造背景下形成前陆磨拉石盆地沉积的认识。该区域上新统韩家沟砾岩现今出露最高高程与北缘断裂带之南的山顶夷平面高程相近,可能指示了其形成之后和西秦岭一起经历了长期的侵蚀夷平,最后在新近纪末期或第四纪初形成了统一夷平面。该夷平面代表了青藏高原东北缘地壳隆升的起点,新近纪末期以来,该夷平面的隆升、侵蚀和解体记录了青藏高原东北缘地壳隆升过程,即青藏高原东北缘真正隆升是新近纪末期或第四纪以来的地质事件。  相似文献   

浙江宁海早上新世枫香树属和栎属化石木及其古环境意义^*          下载免费PDF全文

程业明  扆铁梅  李承森 《古地理学报》2013,15(1):105-112

对发现于浙江省宁海县茶园乡道士桥村附近的上新统嵊县群中的多个化石木材料进行了解剖研究,并对其分类和系统位置进行了讨论。根据解剖特征鉴定出2种化石木。一种为久内枫香树（Liquidambar hisauchi）,属于金缕梅科枫香树属,其组合特征为：生长轮明显;散孔材;梯状穿孔板具横隔10～23条;螺纹加厚仅出现在导管末端;导管直径在50～100μm之间;射线宽1～3列。另一种为岛仓栎（Quercus shimakurae）,属于壳斗科栎属,其组合特征为：生长轮极明显;环孔材;单管孔;晚材管孔火焰状径列;早材管孔直径最大达300μm,明显比晚材管孔大;单穿孔;轴向薄壁组织星散聚合状和离管带状;射线具单列和极宽2种类型。本研究从大化石角度进一步证明栎属和枫香树属为当时植被的重要组成成分。  相似文献   

Neogene marine sediments and biota encapsulated between lava flows on Santa Maria Island (Azores,north-east Atlantic): An interplay between sedimentary,erosional and volcanic processes     

Alfred Uchman  Markes E. Johnson  Ricardo S. Ramalho  Rui Quartau  Björn Berning  Ana Hipólito  Carlos S. Melo  ANA C. Rebelo  Ricardo Cordeiro  Sérgio P. Ávila 《Sedimentology》2020,67(7):3595-3618

Sedimentary rocks are rarely preserved on reefless volcanic oceanic islands because their sediments are mostly exported from coastal areas towards the deep sea and such islands typically undergo subsidence. In contrast, the exceptional geological record of the uplifted Santa Maria Island (Azores) provides a unique opportunity to gain insight on such coastal systems. This study focuses on a locality at Ponta do Cedro (eastern Santa Maria Island), which features a series of marine fossiliferous sediments wedged between steep lava deltas. As demonstrated by local structure, these sediments correspond to clinoforms deposited on the steep submarine slope of an active volcanic island, implying transport from shallow waters to greater depths and subsequent colonization by benthic communities. Rapid volcanic progradation eventually sealed the deposits, allowing for their preservation and providing a rare snapshot of the ecology during those intervals, in addition to insights on sedimentary dynamics along submarine island slopes. This study reveals spatial relationships between wedges of sedimentary bodies encapsulated by lavas in the Ponta do Cedro section, and interprets depositional processes preserved in those strata based on sedimentological and palaeontological data. The dynamics of the environment are mostly related to relative sea-level changes, intense volcanic activity and regional uplift during the Neogene.  相似文献