The middle pleistocene deposits of Waverley Wood Pit,Warwickshire, England     

F. W. Shotton  D. H. Keen  G. R. Coope  A. P. Currant  P. L. Gibbard  M. Aalto  S. M. Peglar  J. E. Robinson 《第四纪科学杂志》1993,8(4):293-325

A complex of channels underlying the Baginton-Lillington Gravel (Baginton Formation) at Waverley Wood Quarry, Warwickshire is described. Fossil pollen and plant macrofossils, Coleoptera, Ostracoda, Mollusca and Mammalia are described from the channel-fill deposits. Consideration of all the evidence allows the identification of four separate stages of channel fill which largely occurred under a cool temperate climate. At the top of Channel 2 evidence for a cold, continental climatic episode can be recognised, suggesting that the whole complex was deposited under a fluctuating climate at the end of a temperate stage. At two levels in the channels human artefacts were recovered confirming the presence of Palaeolithic people in Warwickshire during the deposition of the sediments. Amino-acid geochronology suggests an age within the ‘Cromerian Complex’ Stage for the channels. The small vertebrate and molluscan faunas indicate that the deposits are no older than the latter part of the ‘Cromerian Complex’ Stage of East Anglia. The regional stratigraphic significance of the Waverley Wood succession is outlined.  相似文献   

Is the spring water responsible for the fossilization of faunal remains at Florisbad, South Africa?     

Rod M. Douglas 《Quaternary Research》2006,65(1):87-95

It is has been suggested that faunal remains at Florisbad were fossilized in a spring context due to the mineralized spring water. However, the environment conducive to the precipitation of CaCO₃ and other authigenic minerals was formed largely through the salinization of the organic layers and clay, and the mineralization of the groundwater. Factors contributing to this favorable environment include: CaCO₃ saturation, pH, the decomposition of halophytes, Eh, rainfall, biomineralization, and aeolian deposition. With the exception of pH, none of the above factors feature in a spring context, with evidence suggesting that the spring water may historically never have carried sufficient minerals for fossilization, and that contact with the spring water may actually have resulted in the demineralization of previously fossilized material. In light of this evidence, it is concluded that the fossilization of faunal remains at Florisbad took place in a sedimentary organic matter and clay environment and could not have taken place in the spring vents where there is an undersaturation of Ca.  相似文献   

西安翠华山山崩地质遗迹资源保护   总被引：5，自引：3，他引：5  

吴成基  孟彩萍 《山地学报》2002,20(6):757-760

文论述了西安翠华山山崩地质遗迹资源保护的目的，进行了保护分区，将其分为核心保护区、缓冲区和视域保护区三个区，重点分析了核心保护区的保护现状，并在此基础上提出了相应的保护内容和对策，以实现山崩地质遗迹资源的可持续利用和发展。  相似文献   

Response of the cladoceran community to trophic state change in Lake Apopka, Florida     

Byron C. Shumate  Claire L. Schelske  Thomas L. Crisman  William F. Kenney 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2002,27(1):71-77

A paleolimnological evaluation of cladoceran microfossils was initiated to study limnological changes in Lake Apopka, a large (125 km²), shallow (mean depth = 1.6 m), warm, polymictic lake in central Florida. The lake switched from macrophyte to algal dominance in the late 1940s, creating a Sediment Discontinuity Layer (SDL) that can be visually used to separate sediments derived from macrophytes and phytoplankton. Cladoceran microfossils were enumerated as a means of corroborating extant eutrophication data from the sediment record. Inferences about the timing and trajectory of eutrophication were made using the cladoceran-based paleo-reconstruction. The cladoceran community of Lake Apopka began to change abruptly in both total abundance and relative percent abundance just before the lake shifted from macrophyte to algal dominance. Alona affinis, a mud-vegetation associated cladoceran, disappeared before the SDL was formed. Planktonic and benthic species also began to increase below the SDL, indicating an increase in production of both planktonic and benthic species. Chydorus cf. sphaericus, an indicator of nutrient loading, increased relative to all other cladocerans beginning in the layer below the SDL and continuing upcore. Changes in the transitional sediment layer formed before the lake switched to phytoplankton dominance, including an increase in total phosphorus concentration, suggest a more gradual eutrophication process than previously reported. Data from this study supported conclusions from other paleolimnological studies that suggested anthropogenic phosphorus loading was the key factor in the hypereutrophication of Lake Apopka.  相似文献   

大型土壤动物在鞍山市大孤山铁矿废弃地生态环境恢复与重建中的指示作用   总被引：19，自引：0，他引：19  

吴东辉  胡克 《吉林大学学报(地球科学版)》2003,33(2):213-216

对鞍山市大孤山铁矿废弃地大型土壤动物的生态特征进行了调查，分析研究铁矿废弃地自然生态环境的演化和大型土壤动物群落变化的关系，在大孤山铁矿废弃地生态环境恢复与重建中大型土壤动物具有重要的指示作用。大型土壤动物种类、数量变化标志大孤山铁矿废弃地生态环境恢复与重建阶段先后；大型土壤动物群落生态结构与生物量的变化指示铁矿废弃地生态环境恢复与重建质量；蚁科与腹足纲是大孤山铁矿废弃地生态环境恢复与重建的重要指示物种。  相似文献   

Oligocene trace fossils from temporary fluvial plain ponds: An example from the Freshwater Molasse of Switzerland     

Alfred Uchman  Milena Pika-Biolzi  Peter A. Hochuli 《Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae》2004,97(1):133-148

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Developing millennial tree ring chronologies in the fire‐prone North American boreal forest     

DOMINIQUE ARSENEAULT  BENJAMIN DY  FABIO GENNARETTI  JULIA AUTIN  YVES BÉGIN 《第四纪科学杂志》2013,28(3):283-292

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内蒙古呼鲁斯太石炭纪脊椎动物化石     

卢立伍  靳悦高  方晓思 《地质科技情报》2002,21(2):45-47

首次记叙了发现于内蒙古阿拉善左旗呼鲁斯大地区上石炭统土坡组上部和羊虎沟组下部的鱼类鳞片，其种类与在宁夏中卫纳缪尔期地层中发现的鱼类相似，均属古鳕类（Palaeoniscoids）；同时还记述了一枚产于土坡组上部的脊椎动物牙齿化石。  相似文献   

Fish Remains from Homestead Cave and Lake Levels of the Past 13,000 Years in the Bonneville Basin     

Jack M. Broughton  David B. Madsen  Jay Quade 《Quaternary Research》2000,53(3):392

A late Quaternary ichthyofauna from Homestead Cave, Utah, provides a new source of information on lake history in the Bonneville basin. The fish, represented by 11 freshwater species, were accumulated between 11,200 and 1000 ¹⁴C yr B.P. by scavenging owls. The ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratio of Lake Bonneville varied with its elevation; ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr values of fish from the lowest stratum of the cave suggest they grew in a lake near the terminal Pleistocene Gilbert shoreline. In the lowest deposits, a decrease in fish size and an increase in species tolerant of higher salinities or temperatures suggest multiple die-offs associated with declining lake levels. An initial, catastrophic, post-Provo die-off occurred at 11,300–11,200 ¹⁴C yr B.P. and was followed by at least one rebound or recolonization of fish populations, but fish were gone from Lake Bonneville sometime before 10,400 ¹⁴C yr B.P. This evidence is inconsistent with previous inferences of a near desiccation of Lake Bonneville between 13,000 and 12,000 ¹⁴C yr B.P. Peaks in Gila atraria frequencies in the upper strata suggest the Great Salt Lake had highstands at 3400 and 1000 ¹⁴C yr B.P.  相似文献   

内蒙古好老鹿场地区晚古生代超基性-基性岩的发现及意义   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4  

刘建雄  张彤  许立权 《华北地质》2006,29(1):21-29

在内蒙古东部好老鹿场地区1∶5万区调工作中,发现了一套新的岩石组合,分别由铁镁质堆积岩、基性岩墙群、蚀变基性火山岩等组成。该套岩石组合经较强的构造破坏,呈大小不等的岩块产于本巴图组砂板岩之中。总体延伸方向呈近东西向展布,明显受区域性构造控制。岩石化学、岩石地球化学等方面的资料表明,辉石橄榄岩、辉长岩具有低A l、贫Ca和富Na的特点,MgO/(MgO FeO)比值为0.25,MgO含量偏低。稀土元素总量偏低,为76.03×10-6~114.81×10-6,轻重稀土富集不明显,分馏作用较弱。∑L/∑H为0.73~0.8,配分曲线呈平坦的“W”型,δEu=1.03~1.23,略显正异常。基性火山岩具明显的富Fe、Mg、Na,贫A l、Ti、K的特征,微量元素显示形成于洋中脊环境。同时在辉长岩中获得单颗粒锆石U Pb年龄为362.4 M a,时代为早泥盆世晚期。其形成环境为洋中脊,属于泥盆纪古亚洲洋消减部分的残留体。  相似文献