简介:ObjectiveThenearlyparallelN–S-trendingriftsinsouthernTibetrepresenttheE–WextensionoftheTibetPlateau.MostdatawhichconstrainedtheageoftheextensionaldeformationcomefromisotopicdatingofthedikesprobablyrelatedtotheactivityofthenearlyN–Sfaultingandmicasfromhydrothermalactivityandthelowtemperaturethermochronologyofplateauuplift.Previous
简介:Recentdramaticadvancesintechnologiessuchascomputer,datamanagement,andcommunicationhaverevolutionizedthewaygeologistscollect,disseminate,andutilizegeosciencedata.Aftersummarizedthecharacteristicsandfusionofgeo-data,severalmajorfielddatacapturesystemsadoptedinNorthAmericahavebeenintroduced.GeoscienceinformationdisseminationanddistributionviathewebtechnologyandGISpackagehavealsobeendiscussed.Inaddition,multisourcesgeo-dataintegrationandtheirapplicationstomineralexploration,geologicalhazardriskassessment,andnationallandresourcesprotectionandutilizationhavebeenaddressedbyconcreteexamples.
简介:Yangjuan-Chuplwa节上的详细conodont分析,Xinmin,PanxianCounty,贵州省,包括四个Anisianconodont地区揭示了一个conodont序列,viz.Nicoraella德语集成通信适配器地区,Nc。kockeli地区,Paragondolella区分。地区和Neogondolellaconstricta地区。这些地区显示上面的Guanling形成从theBithynian由阶层组成到Anisian的Illyrian。Neogondolella的外观压缩一theAnisian/Ladinian边界可能在overlyingYangliujing形成的suggests。Panxian动物志保存withwell的海洋的爬行动物和鱼石块被证明属于conodontNc的更低的部分。在学习区域的kockeli地区。因此,Panxian动物志的年龄能是Anisian的earlyPelsonian。
简介:CART(Constituent-orientedageandresidencetimetheory)andPTM(Particle-trackingmethod)aretwowidelyusednumericalmethodstocalculatewaterage.Thesetwomethodsareessentiallyequivalentintheorybuttheirresultsmaybedifferentinpractice.Thedifferenceofthetwomethodswasevaluatedbyapplyingthemtocalculatewaterageinanidealizedone-dimensionaldomain.Themodelresultsbythetwomethodsareconsistentwitheachotherinthecasewitheitherspatiallyuniformflowfieldorspatiallyuniformdiffusioncoefficient.Ifweallowthespatialvariationinhorizontaldiffusion,atermcalledpseudodisplacementarisingfromthespatialvariationofdiffusioncoefficientlikelyplaysanimportantroleforthePTMtoobtainaccuratewaterage.Inparticular,ifthewaterparticleisreleasedataplacewherethediffusionisnottheweakest,thewateragecalculatedbythePTMwithoutpseudodisplacementismuchlargerthanthatbytheCART.ThissuggeststhatthepseudodisplacementcannotbeneglectedinthePTMtocalculatewaterageinarealisticocean.Asanexample,wepresentitspotentialimportanceintheBohaiSeawherethediffusioncoefficientvariesspatiallyandgreatly.
简介:ThereportednewU-Pbagebysensitivehigh-resolutionionmicroprobe(SHRIMPⅡ)onzirconwasobtainedfromatuffsampleatthebasalDoushantuoFormationintheJiuqunaosection,whichsituatedatthewesternlimboftheHuanglinganticlineintheYangtzeGorgesinZigui,Hubei,SouthChina.Eighteenspotsofzirconswereanalyzedandtheyformtwoclusters:oneincludesthreespots,withaninheritedageof784+15Ma(MSWD=0.05);theotherconsistsof15spotsandgivesaweightedmean^206pb/^238Uageof628.3±5.8Ma(MSWD=0.86).ItisthefirstSHRIMPU-PbzirconageobtainednearlythebaseoftheDoushantuoFormationofEdiacaranandrepresentsamaximumageoftheDoushantuoFormationItalsoformsanageconstraintontheupperlimitageoftheNantuo(Marinoantype)glaciation.
简介:TheHezhengareaofGansuProvinceproducesthemostabundantmammalfossilsinChinaaswellasthewholeEurasia,anditalsoproducesotherCenozoicfossilsofdifferentanimalsandplants.Therefore,allofthemarenamedtheHezhengBiota.Mammalsareverysensitivetoenvironmentalchanges,andthustheevolutionofmammalianfaunasintheHezhengareareflectsthestrongupliftoftheTibetanPlateauduringtheLateCenozoic,whichdramaticallyaffectsenvironmentalchanges.IntheHezhengarea,micromammalsarenotveryrich,butsomeofthemstillareimportant.ItisrelativelyuncommonthatthreeprimatesarefoundfromtheMiddleMioceneandtheEarlyPleistocenedeposits.SincetheMiddleMiocene,carnivoreshavebecomeimportantcomponentsintheecosystemoftheHezhengarea,anddominatedintheEarlyPleistocene.TheMiddleMioceneisatimeofhighdiversityforProboscidea,characterizedbyshovel-tuskedelephants.PerissodactylsintheHezhengareaareveryabundant,especiallyLateOligoceneandLateMiocenerhinocerosesaswellastheLateMioceneandEarlyPleistocenehorses.FromtheMiddleMiocene,artiodactylsbecameimportantcomponentsofthemammalianfaunas,especiallybovids.
简介:Dulaerqiao花岗石在在Erguna山岳和Xingan山岳之间的Xinlin-Xiguitu-Toudaoqiao缝术地区被定位,内部蒙古的东北。岩石主要由K长石,石英,和斜长石组成。这花岗石在晚含碳的时期被扔的锆石LA-ICP-MSU-Pb数据表演(308.7条獥?
简介:Inthisstudy,changesinArcticseaicethicknessforeachiceagecategorywereexaminedbasedonsatelliteobservationsandmodelledresults.InterannualchangesobtainedfromIce,Cloud,andLandElevationSatellite(ICESat)-basedresultsshowathicknessreductionoverperennialseaice(icethatsurvivesatleastonemeltseasonwithanageofnolessthan2year)uptoapproximately0.5–1.0mand0.6–0.8m(dependingoniceage)duringtheinvestigatedwinterandautumnICESatperiods,respectively.Pan-ArcticIceOceanModelingandAssimilationSystem(PIOMAS)-basedresultsprovideaviewofacontinuedthicknessreductionoverthepastfourdecades.Comparedto1980s,thereisaclearthicknessdropofroughly0.50min2010sforperennialice.Thisoveralldecreaseinseaicethicknesscanbeinpartattributedtotheamplifiedwarmingclimateinnorthlatitudes.Besides,wefigureoutthatstronglyanomaloussoutherlysummersurfacewindsmayplayanimportantroleinpromptingthethicknessdeclineinperennialicezonethroughtransportingheatdepositedinopenwater(primarilyviaalbedofeedback)inEurasiansectordeepintoabroaderseaiceregimeincentralArcticOcean.Thisheatsourceisresponsibleforenhancedicebottommelting,leadingtofurtherreductioninicethickness.
简介:Globalseismicitycatalogsaresufficientforcharacterizingdoubleseismiczones(DSZs)insubductingslabandfacilitatetoestimatelayerseparationwithoutinconsistentuncertaintiesaslocalcatalogs.PreviousstudieshaveshownthecorrelationbetweenDSZslayerseparationandplateagewhilecorrelationforthoseyoungerthan~60Maissuspicious.ThelackingofDSZswithlayerseparationlessthan10kmfurthermakesitdifficulttopreciselyestimatesuchcorrelation.Thus,weincorporateeightDSZsdatadeterminedthroughlocalseismicityintoglobally-determineddatasetandreexaminesuchcorrelation.Thebestfittingresultsshowthatbothalinearmodelandasquarerootofplateagecanmathematicallyfitthelayerseparationwell.However,itisdifficulttodistinguishthesetwomodelswhenplateageisgreaterthan~20Masincetheirdifferenceislessthan2km.However,ifextrapolationispossible,bothmodelsshouldprovidephysicalinformationthatDSZswillnotformifthereisnosubductinglithosphere.Asaresult,theDSZscannotbeproduceduntiltheoceaniclithosphericagebecomesgreaterthan0.9Mainthesquarerootmodelwhilethelinearmodelgivesamisleadingresult.Assuchthesquarerootmodeldemonstratestherelationshipphysicallybetterthanthelinearone,itstillneedsfurthertestinthefuturewithmoreavailabledata,nevertheless,ourstudymightalsoprovideevidenceforthesuggestionthattheplateageisaprimarycontrolfactoroftheDSZsgeometryaswellasthesubductingprocesswhichdisregardsanylocaltectonicstresses.
简介:Sm-NdandRb-Srwhole-rockisochrondatingofthesamplesofcumulatedgabbro,diabaseandandesiticporphyritefromtheArmantaiophiolite,Xinjiang,yieldedtheagesof561±41(Ma(εNd(t)=6.1)and392±17Ma(87Sr/86Sr)i=0.7041],whichstandfortheagesofcreationandlatermetamorphismoftheophiolites,respectively,ThecreationenvironmentoftheArmantaiophiolitesseemstoaback-arcbasincausedbythesouthwardsubductionofthetheArmantaiophiloitesseemstoaback-arcbasincausedbythesouthwardsubductionofthepalaeo-AsiaOcean.
简介:EarlyOrdovicianA-typegranitesinthenortheastern(NE)SongnenBlockNEChinawerestudiedtobetterunderstandthegeodynamicsettingsinthisregion.ThisresearchpresentsnewzirconU-PbagesandwholerockgeochemicaldatafortheEarlyOrdoviciangranitesintheNESongnenBlock.ZirconU-PbdatingindicatesthatthegraniteintheCuibei,Hongxing,andMeixiareasintheNESongnenBlockformedintheEarlyOrdovicianwithagesof471-479Ma.ThegranitesshowgeochemicalcharacteristicsofhighSiO2andK2OcompositionsandlowFeOT,MgO,CaO,andP2O5compositions.TheybelongtoahighKcalc-alkalineseriesanddisplayaweakperaluminousfeaturewithA/CNKvaluesof0.98-1.14.TherockshaveaΣREEcompositionof249.98-423.94ppm,andareenrichedinLREEwith(La/Yb)Nvaluesof2.87-9.87,anddisplayobviousEuanomalies(δEu=0.01-0.29).TraceelementsofthestudiedgranitesarecharacterizedbyenrichmentinRb,Th,U,Pb,Hf,andSm,anddepletionofBa,Nb,Ta,andSr.TheydisplaygeochemicalfeaturesofhighZr+Y+Nb+Cevalues(324-795ppm)andGa/AlratiosconsistentwithA-typegranites.Basedonparticulargeochemicalfeatures,suchashighRb/Nb(7.98-24.19)andY/Nb(1.07-3.43),thestudiedA-typegranitescanbefurtherclassifiedasanA2-typesubgroup.ThisresearchindicatesthattheEarlyOrdovicianA-typegraniteswereformedbythepartialmeltingofancientcrustinanextensionalsetting.LowerSr/Yand(Ho/Yb)Nratiosindicatethatplagioclaseandamphiboleareresidualinthesource,andgarnetisabsent,implyingthatthemagmawasgeneratedatlowlevelsofpressure.Bycontrast,thecontemporaneousgranitesintheSEXing'anBlocksuggestasubduction-relatedtectonicsetting,anditsadakiticpropertyindicatesathickenedcontinentalcrust.WesuggestthatthePaleo-AsianOceanplatebetweentheXing'anandSongnenblockssubductednorthwardduringtheEarlyOrdovician.Meanwhile,theNESongnenBlockwasexposedtoapassivecontinentalmargintectonicsetting.
简介:GlobalabruptclimatechangefromMarinoansnowballEarthtogreenhouseEarth,recordedascapcar-bonateoverlainondiamictite,hadshedthefirstlightonCambrianbio-radiation.Themostdocumentedcapcar-bonatesectionsaretypicalwithcomprehensiveδ13Cneg-ativevaluesandubiquitoussedimentarystructures,suchastepee-like,sheet-cracketc.,whichareassociatedwithsuccessiveglacialeustaticvariationcausedbyisostaticreboundinshallow-waterfacies.Herewereportadeep-waterbasinalcapcarbonatesectionwithstrongnegativeδ13CvaluesinthesouthernmarginoftheQinlingOrogen,Heyu,ChengkouCounty,ChongqinginChina,whichconsistsofmassivedolostonewithabundantcarbonaceouslaminae.However,itlacksthesedimentarystructureasmentionedaboveandisoverlainbythin-beddedsiliciousshalesandcherts.AK-bentonitebedwasdiscoveredwithinthebaseofcapcarbonates,about0.7mabovethetopoftheMarinoandiamictite.Magmaticzirconsthatweresep-aratedfromtheK-bentonitebedyieldaSIMSconcordiaU-Pbageof634.14-1.9Ma(lσ,MSWDcE=0.31,ProbabilityCE=1.000,n-=20).TheageisingoodagreementwithpreviouslyreportedTIMSU-PbagesfortheterminationofMarinoanglaciationandprovidesageochronologicalconstraintfortheEdiacaransuccessionsintheQinlingOrogen.
简介:Considerableattentionhasbeenpaidinrecentyearstothestudyofgeothermalhistorybyusingspontaneousfissiontracksof238Urecordedinminerals.Apatiteandzirconwereusedforfissiontrackstudyinthispaperbecauseapatitiehasbeenwidelyusedasanaturalgeothermometer(WangShichengetal.,1994)torevealthethermalevolutionofsedimentaryrocksbasedonitslowannealingtemperatureoffissiontracksandzirconischaracterizedbyaclosingtemperatureabove700℃,Thesampleswerecollectedfromferruginous,siliceousslatewallrockattheupperlevelsoftheorebodyandNb-REE-Feoresfromdeeptunnels.Theageandthermalevolutionoftheorebodywerediscussedintermsoffissiontrackcharactersandtheirlengthvariationsobservedinthecoexistingapatiteandzirconinthesamespecimen.