Fossil plants Hedeia sinica Hao et Gensel 1998, Huia gracilis Wang Ct Hao2001 and Guangnania cuneata Wang et Hao are described from the Lower Devonian Xujiachong Formation,the Qujing district, eastern Yunnan, China. T...Fossil plants Hedeia sinica Hao et Gensel 1998, Huia gracilis Wang Ct Hao2001 and Guangnania cuneata Wang et Hao are described from the Lower Devonian Xujiachong Formation,the Qujing district, eastern Yunnan, China. They contribute to our knowledge of the flora in thisdistrict. Based on the occurrence of common plants (Hedeia, Huia, Guangnania and Zosterophyllumaustralianum) and their horizons, it is proved for the first time that the mid-lower assemblage ofthe Xujiachong flora is comparable with the Early Devonian ((late) Pragian) Posongchong flora ofsoutheastern Yunnan and the upper Baragwanathia flora of Australia. In view of this fact and thestratigraphic sequence, the mid-lower part of the Xujiachong Formation is considered to be of (late)Pragian age. Through comprehensive analyses of plant, bivalve and fish assemblages and thelithology, the upper part of the Xujiachong Formation is dated to he of early Emsian age. TheXujiachong flora belonged to the northeastern Gondwana palaeophytogeographic unit during the EarlyDevonian. The early Emsian assemblage of this flora inherited the characters of the Posongchongflora and also exhibited the endemic elements. Belonging to different phytogeographic units, theXujiachong and Posongchong floras differ from the coeval flora of the Laurussian palaeocontinent.The Xujiachong flora is comparatively simple in composition, while the Posongchong flora hasabundant and highly diversified endemics. The disparity between them has resulted from the differentenvironments.展开更多
There are abundant and highly varied trace fossils in the Sinian-Cambrian boundary beds in eastern Yunnan. Collections from 27 sections and their study give altogether 45 ichnogenera and 87 ichnospecies. Among them, 2...There are abundant and highly varied trace fossils in the Sinian-Cambrian boundary beds in eastern Yunnan. Collections from 27 sections and their study give altogether 45 ichnogenera and 87 ichnospecies. Among them, 2 ichnogenera and 7 ichnospecies are new, and 31 known ichnogenera and 38 known ichnospecies first found in the region. According to their order of appearance in the boundary beds and their assemblage features, the trace fossils in the Sinian-Cambrian boundary beds in the region may fall into 4 trace fossil assemblage zones in ascending order. In the paper they are correlated with those in the equivalent horizons abroad and their geological significance is discussed preliminarily.展开更多
Uranium is an environmentally hazardous element,and is commonly present at trace levels(2.4 μg/g for world coals)in coal deposits.However,selected coal deposits could be highly enriched in uranium.In this study,15 co...Uranium is an environmentally hazardous element,and is commonly present at trace levels(2.4 μg/g for world coals)in coal deposits.However,selected coal deposits could be highly enriched in uranium.In this study,15 coal samples were collected from Eastern Yunnan coal deposits,China,aiming to characterize the distribution and the occurrence of uranium in those coals.In studied samples,uranium content varied from 0.36 to 8.28 μg/g,with an average value of 3.76 lg/g.Generally,uranium content in coals from northern coal mines(3.02±2.44 μg/g,n=5)were lower than it in southern coal mines(4.13±2.30 μg/g,n=10).Uranium in coal samples showed no obvious correlation with total sulfur,whereas was positively correlated with ash yield.The results of sequential chemical extraction procedure confirm that organic-bound is the dominant occurrence of uranium.The slight enrichment of uranium in studied coals was probably attributed to sedimentation processes,hydrological conditions and tectonic structure of the coal deposits.展开更多
Exceptionally preserved fossils,such as those from Cambrian Burgess Shale-type fossil-Lagerstatten are critical because of their unique contributions to knowledge of the phylogenetic radiation and palaeoecological exp...Exceptionally preserved fossils,such as those from Cambrian Burgess Shale-type fossil-Lagerstatten are critical because of their unique contributions to knowledge of the phylogenetic radiation and palaeoecological expansion of metazoans during the Cambrian explosion.Critically,these deposits provide information that is usually unobtainable from shelly and skeletonized fossils alone.The Guanshan Biota(Cambrian Series 2,Stage 4)in the Yunnan Province of South China,has produced abundant and diverse,exquisitely preserved fossils that often retain soft tissues and organs.To date,most fossils from the Guanshan Biota have been collected from localities such as Gaoloufang and Gangtoucun,which have become inaccessible due to new urban expansions and constructions of residential buildings.Here we present the first report of soft bodied fossils from a new section at Kanfuqing,close to the Wulongqing village in Malong County,approximately 3 km east of the Wulongqing Formation stratotype section.Fossils retain soft morphology,and include brachiopods with delicate marginal setae,priapulids with well-preserved sclerites and vetulicolians with entire sections of body.In addition,this fauna includes rare occurrences of trilobites preserved with soft tissues replicated as pyrite pseudomorphs after weathering.This discovery represents an important palaeogeographical extension of soft-bodied fossils of the Guanshan fauna to the east of the Xiaojiang Fault(related to Tsinning tectonic movements ca.700 Ma).The fauna from the new Kanfuqing section is similar to that reported from the Wulongqing Formation west of the Xiaojiang Fault,and thus has significant implications for early Cambrian palaeogeography,faunal successions and palaeoenvironments of eastern Yunnan.展开更多
The study of microbial communities in the produced water of coalbed methane(CBM)wells is an important aspect of microbial-enhanced methane production.Water produced from 15 CBM wells in four synclines in eastern Yunna...The study of microbial communities in the produced water of coalbed methane(CBM)wells is an important aspect of microbial-enhanced methane production.Water produced from 15 CBM wells in four synclines in eastern Yunnan and western Guizhou was collected.Through the use of 16S ribosomal RNA(16S rRNA)amplicon sequencing and realtime fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction(PCR),the characteristics of bacterial and archaeal communities before and after enrichment culture were studied.The methanogenic pathways of secondary biogas were discussed,and potential microbial-enhanced methane production was preliminarily evaluated.The results showed that the bacterial DNA content in uncultured produced water was low,so it is difficult to detect.After enrichment,the dominant bacteria phyla were Proteobacteria,Bacteroidetes,and Firmicutes.A total of seven phyla were detected in the uncultured produced water,and the dominant archaeal phylum was Euyarchaeota.Methanogens were the main component of archaea.The dominant archaeal genera were Methanobacterium,Methanoculleus and Methanobrevibacter.The community structure of the archaea changed noticeably after four days of enrichment culture.The relative abundance of Euryarchaeota increased to 99%in most samples after enrichment culture.It was found that there was a transition from Methanoregula to Methanobacterium within genera.The relative abundance of Methanobacterium increased,which can produce hydrogenotrophic methane.Combined with the isotopic composition of the produced water and gas,it is considered that the CBM in the Tucheng and Enhong synlines consists of a mixture of thermogenic gas and biogas.The proportion of secondary biogas in the Tucheng and Enhong synlines are estimated to range from 10.89% to 49.62%.There are mainly hydrogentrophic methanogens in the study area,and CO_(2) reduction is the main way of microbial gas production.After enrichment culture of produced water in the study area,the hydrogenotrophic methanogens were enriched.These two areas have strong potential for microbial-enhanced methane production.展开更多
Platinum has been one of the highly needed mineral resources in China.The geochemical exploration at two survey scales was applied in telescoping ore targets for the first time in Eastern Yunnan Pt geochemical provinc...Platinum has been one of the highly needed mineral resources in China.The geochemical exploration at two survey scales was applied in telescoping ore targets for the first time in Eastern Yunnan Pt geochemical province that was delineated using Pt data from flood plain sediments with extra-low sampling density.Our study was based on the delineations and assessments of both regional and local Pt anomalies using the Pt data by analyzing with C-OES the composite samples with two sampling densities.The composite samples were obtained by recomposing at two sampling densities the original stream sediment samples collected by the National Geochemical Mapping Project.Semivariograms were used to quantitatively describe the variability of Pt anomalies and further analyze the factors controlling the variability.Pt resource potentials of both the regional Pt anomalies and the local Pt anomalies in the study area were estimated based on the geochemical block methods,respectively.It comes to the conclusions as follows.(1) From the regional to local Pt anomaly,the factors controlling their variability from the deep seated faults-basalts turn into the basalts-branch faults,which suggest that Semivariograms could identify the geological factors controlling the variability of the Pt anomalies identified by the Pt data from the stream sediments with different sampling densities.(2) There exist two types of Pt anomalies in the study area.One is those displaying at sampling densities,and its average Pt concentration significantly increases with sampling density increasing.The other is getting weaker and/or disappears with sampling density increasing.This shows that TOTGEMS could gradu-ally eliminate non-ore anomalies and keep ore anomalies.(3) The average Pt concentration of the local Pt anomaly blocks delineated using Pt data from stream sediments with sampling density of one composite per 16 km2 is twice as much as that of the regional Pt anomaly blocks delineated using Pt data from stream sediments with sampling density of one composite per 64 km2.The Pt resource amount of the local Pt anomaly blocks is 60% of the regional anomaly blocks,but the area of the former is just 35% of the latter,which suggests that the Pt resource amount is mainly concentrated in its local anomalies,and that TOTGEMS has a good exploration function that efficiently approaches ore targets.展开更多
Based on the seismic station data sets from Sichuan and Yunnan provinces,we employed a multi-step seismic location method( Hypo2000 + Velest + HypoDD) to precisely locate the 7,787 earthquakes that occurred during 201...Based on the seismic station data sets from Sichuan and Yunnan provinces,we employed a multi-step seismic location method( Hypo2000 + Velest + HypoDD) to precisely locate the 7,787 earthquakes that occurred during 2010-2015 along the eastern boundaries of the Sichuan-Yunnan rhombic block,namely from southern Dawu to the Qiaojia segment.The final results show that location precision is greatly advanced and epicenter distribution exhibits good consistency with the linear distribution of the seismic faults. Earthquake distribution is quite intensive at the intersection region in the southern segment of the Xianshuihe fault,the Anninghe fault zone,the Xiaojinhe fault zone and the Daliangshan fault zone to the east. The depth profile of seismicity shows a clear stepwise activity along the active seismic fault zones. The profile crossing the faults of the Xianshuihe,Anninghe,and Daliangshan presents a complex interaction among faults near the multiple faults intersection region,Shimian,where the earthquakes are obviously divided into two groups in depth. Earthquakes are very rare at the depth of 15km-20 km,which is consistent with the region of the plastic rheology between 14km-19 km calculated by Zhu Ailan et al.,( 2005).展开更多
During the Late Neoproterozoic and Early Cambrian,a series of paleogeographic and paleoecological events occurred associated with deglaciations and the evolution of life.The appearance of fossils representing diverse ...During the Late Neoproterozoic and Early Cambrian,a series of paleogeographic and paleoecological events occurred associated with deglaciations and the evolution of life.The appearance of fossils representing diverse phyla,novel body plans and complex ecologies in Ediacaran and Cambrian sedimentary successions has sparked diverse hypotheses about potential drivers for the radiation of early animals during this interval.Recently,new macroscopic fossils of carbonaceous compressions with unique features have been found in Anning,Yunnan,China.The fossils’bodies are ribbon-shaped and bilaterally symmetric,with dense longitudinal features and transversal features.The fossils occur 0.68 m below a bentonite interlayer which has been dated 535.2±1.7 Ma by Ri-xiang Zhu and his team in 2009.The relatively simply morphology of these fossils,coupled with a lack of preserved internal structures challenge efforts taxonomically identify the precursor organism and definitively ally it to a living group.However,the symmetry and unusual features of the body are analogous to members of Platyzoa.The presence of ribbon-shaped fossils in the Zhongyicun Member in Anning indicates that these organisms were at least a locally significant component of Cambrian seafloor ecosystems,and may hold important implications for our understanding of the early evolution of Bilateria.展开更多
基金the Chinese Strafigraphy Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology,China(2001DEA20020-5) the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant 49972009).
文摘Fossil plants Hedeia sinica Hao et Gensel 1998, Huia gracilis Wang Ct Hao2001 and Guangnania cuneata Wang et Hao are described from the Lower Devonian Xujiachong Formation,the Qujing district, eastern Yunnan, China. They contribute to our knowledge of the flora in thisdistrict. Based on the occurrence of common plants (Hedeia, Huia, Guangnania and Zosterophyllumaustralianum) and their horizons, it is proved for the first time that the mid-lower assemblage ofthe Xujiachong flora is comparable with the Early Devonian ((late) Pragian) Posongchong flora ofsoutheastern Yunnan and the upper Baragwanathia flora of Australia. In view of this fact and thestratigraphic sequence, the mid-lower part of the Xujiachong Formation is considered to be of (late)Pragian age. Through comprehensive analyses of plant, bivalve and fish assemblages and thelithology, the upper part of the Xujiachong Formation is dated to he of early Emsian age. TheXujiachong flora belonged to the northeastern Gondwana palaeophytogeographic unit during the EarlyDevonian. The early Emsian assemblage of this flora inherited the characters of the Posongchongflora and also exhibited the endemic elements. Belonging to different phytogeographic units, theXujiachong and Posongchong floras differ from the coeval flora of the Laurussian palaeocontinent.The Xujiachong flora is comparatively simple in composition, while the Posongchong flora hasabundant and highly diversified endemics. The disparity between them has resulted from the differentenvironments.
基金This research was a project (No. 4870087) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
文摘There are abundant and highly varied trace fossils in the Sinian-Cambrian boundary beds in eastern Yunnan. Collections from 27 sections and their study give altogether 45 ichnogenera and 87 ichnospecies. Among them, 2 ichnogenera and 7 ichnospecies are new, and 31 known ichnogenera and 38 known ichnospecies first found in the region. According to their order of appearance in the boundary beds and their assemblage features, the trace fossils in the Sinian-Cambrian boundary beds in the region may fall into 4 trace fossil assemblage zones in ascending order. In the paper they are correlated with those in the equivalent horizons abroad and their geological significance is discussed preliminarily.
基金This work was supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(2014CB238903)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41173032,41371444,41373110)+1 种基金the open project of Anhui Key Laboratory(ZYZWSW2014011)Anhui Provincial Department of Education University Scientific Research Project(KJ2020A1204).We acknowledge editors and reviewers for polishing the language of the paper and for in-depth discussion.
文摘Uranium is an environmentally hazardous element,and is commonly present at trace levels(2.4 μg/g for world coals)in coal deposits.However,selected coal deposits could be highly enriched in uranium.In this study,15 coal samples were collected from Eastern Yunnan coal deposits,China,aiming to characterize the distribution and the occurrence of uranium in those coals.In studied samples,uranium content varied from 0.36 to 8.28 μg/g,with an average value of 3.76 lg/g.Generally,uranium content in coals from northern coal mines(3.02±2.44 μg/g,n=5)were lower than it in southern coal mines(4.13±2.30 μg/g,n=10).Uranium in coal samples showed no obvious correlation with total sulfur,whereas was positively correlated with ash yield.The results of sequential chemical extraction procedure confirm that organic-bound is the dominant occurrence of uranium.The slight enrichment of uranium in studied coals was probably attributed to sedimentation processes,hydrological conditions and tectonic structure of the coal deposits.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.41425008,41890844,41720104002,41621003 and 41772002)the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDB26000000)+1 种基金the Overseas Expertise Introduction Centre for Discipline Innovation(111 project:D17013)the Postgraduate Creation Program of Northwest University(YZZ15001)
文摘Exceptionally preserved fossils,such as those from Cambrian Burgess Shale-type fossil-Lagerstatten are critical because of their unique contributions to knowledge of the phylogenetic radiation and palaeoecological expansion of metazoans during the Cambrian explosion.Critically,these deposits provide information that is usually unobtainable from shelly and skeletonized fossils alone.The Guanshan Biota(Cambrian Series 2,Stage 4)in the Yunnan Province of South China,has produced abundant and diverse,exquisitely preserved fossils that often retain soft tissues and organs.To date,most fossils from the Guanshan Biota have been collected from localities such as Gaoloufang and Gangtoucun,which have become inaccessible due to new urban expansions and constructions of residential buildings.Here we present the first report of soft bodied fossils from a new section at Kanfuqing,close to the Wulongqing village in Malong County,approximately 3 km east of the Wulongqing Formation stratotype section.Fossils retain soft morphology,and include brachiopods with delicate marginal setae,priapulids with well-preserved sclerites and vetulicolians with entire sections of body.In addition,this fauna includes rare occurrences of trilobites preserved with soft tissues replicated as pyrite pseudomorphs after weathering.This discovery represents an important palaeogeographical extension of soft-bodied fossils of the Guanshan fauna to the east of the Xiaojiang Fault(related to Tsinning tectonic movements ca.700 Ma).The fauna from the new Kanfuqing section is similar to that reported from the Wulongqing Formation west of the Xiaojiang Fault,and thus has significant implications for early Cambrian palaeogeography,faunal successions and palaeoenvironments of eastern Yunnan.
基金Financial support for this work was provided by the “14th Five-Year Plan” forward-looking basic major scientific and technological project of China National Petroleum Corporation’s (No. 2021DJ2303)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 42272195 and 42130802)Guizhou Provincial Science and Technology Program: Qiankehe Strategic Mineral Search (No. [2022] ZD001-01).
文摘The study of microbial communities in the produced water of coalbed methane(CBM)wells is an important aspect of microbial-enhanced methane production.Water produced from 15 CBM wells in four synclines in eastern Yunnan and western Guizhou was collected.Through the use of 16S ribosomal RNA(16S rRNA)amplicon sequencing and realtime fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction(PCR),the characteristics of bacterial and archaeal communities before and after enrichment culture were studied.The methanogenic pathways of secondary biogas were discussed,and potential microbial-enhanced methane production was preliminarily evaluated.The results showed that the bacterial DNA content in uncultured produced water was low,so it is difficult to detect.After enrichment,the dominant bacteria phyla were Proteobacteria,Bacteroidetes,and Firmicutes.A total of seven phyla were detected in the uncultured produced water,and the dominant archaeal phylum was Euyarchaeota.Methanogens were the main component of archaea.The dominant archaeal genera were Methanobacterium,Methanoculleus and Methanobrevibacter.The community structure of the archaea changed noticeably after four days of enrichment culture.The relative abundance of Euryarchaeota increased to 99%in most samples after enrichment culture.It was found that there was a transition from Methanoregula to Methanobacterium within genera.The relative abundance of Methanobacterium increased,which can produce hydrogenotrophic methane.Combined with the isotopic composition of the produced water and gas,it is considered that the CBM in the Tucheng and Enhong synlines consists of a mixture of thermogenic gas and biogas.The proportion of secondary biogas in the Tucheng and Enhong synlines are estimated to range from 10.89% to 49.62%.There are mainly hydrogentrophic methanogens in the study area,and CO_(2) reduction is the main way of microbial gas production.After enrichment culture of produced water in the study area,the hydrogenotrophic methanogens were enriched.These two areas have strong potential for microbial-enhanced methane production.
基金Supported by National High-Tech Research & Development Program of China (863 Program) (Grant No. 2006AA06Z113)National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 40772197)
文摘Platinum has been one of the highly needed mineral resources in China.The geochemical exploration at two survey scales was applied in telescoping ore targets for the first time in Eastern Yunnan Pt geochemical province that was delineated using Pt data from flood plain sediments with extra-low sampling density.Our study was based on the delineations and assessments of both regional and local Pt anomalies using the Pt data by analyzing with C-OES the composite samples with two sampling densities.The composite samples were obtained by recomposing at two sampling densities the original stream sediment samples collected by the National Geochemical Mapping Project.Semivariograms were used to quantitatively describe the variability of Pt anomalies and further analyze the factors controlling the variability.Pt resource potentials of both the regional Pt anomalies and the local Pt anomalies in the study area were estimated based on the geochemical block methods,respectively.It comes to the conclusions as follows.(1) From the regional to local Pt anomaly,the factors controlling their variability from the deep seated faults-basalts turn into the basalts-branch faults,which suggest that Semivariograms could identify the geological factors controlling the variability of the Pt anomalies identified by the Pt data from the stream sediments with different sampling densities.(2) There exist two types of Pt anomalies in the study area.One is those displaying at sampling densities,and its average Pt concentration significantly increases with sampling density increasing.The other is getting weaker and/or disappears with sampling density increasing.This shows that TOTGEMS could gradu-ally eliminate non-ore anomalies and keep ore anomalies.(3) The average Pt concentration of the local Pt anomaly blocks delineated using Pt data from stream sediments with sampling density of one composite per 16 km2 is twice as much as that of the regional Pt anomaly blocks delineated using Pt data from stream sediments with sampling density of one composite per 64 km2.The Pt resource amount of the local Pt anomaly blocks is 60% of the regional anomaly blocks,but the area of the former is just 35% of the latter,which suggests that the Pt resource amount is mainly concentrated in its local anomalies,and that TOTGEMS has a good exploration function that efficiently approaches ore targets.
基金funded by Study on the Optimal Time Window of Single Azimuth Angle,the Three-in-one Project of Earthquake Monitoring,Prediction and Scientific Research of China Earthquake Administration(CEA-JC/3JH-162305)the Special Training Project for Youth Talents for Seismic Network,China Earthquake Administration(20150422)
文摘Based on the seismic station data sets from Sichuan and Yunnan provinces,we employed a multi-step seismic location method( Hypo2000 + Velest + HypoDD) to precisely locate the 7,787 earthquakes that occurred during 2010-2015 along the eastern boundaries of the Sichuan-Yunnan rhombic block,namely from southern Dawu to the Qiaojia segment.The final results show that location precision is greatly advanced and epicenter distribution exhibits good consistency with the linear distribution of the seismic faults. Earthquake distribution is quite intensive at the intersection region in the southern segment of the Xianshuihe fault,the Anninghe fault zone,the Xiaojinhe fault zone and the Daliangshan fault zone to the east. The depth profile of seismicity shows a clear stepwise activity along the active seismic fault zones. The profile crossing the faults of the Xianshuihe,Anninghe,and Daliangshan presents a complex interaction among faults near the multiple faults intersection region,Shimian,where the earthquakes are obviously divided into two groups in depth. Earthquakes are very rare at the depth of 15km-20 km,which is consistent with the region of the plastic rheology between 14km-19 km calculated by Zhu Ailan et al.,( 2005).
基金The authors thank the China Geological Survey(DD20190008)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41574024,41662003)programmes for supporting the project.
文摘During the Late Neoproterozoic and Early Cambrian,a series of paleogeographic and paleoecological events occurred associated with deglaciations and the evolution of life.The appearance of fossils representing diverse phyla,novel body plans and complex ecologies in Ediacaran and Cambrian sedimentary successions has sparked diverse hypotheses about potential drivers for the radiation of early animals during this interval.Recently,new macroscopic fossils of carbonaceous compressions with unique features have been found in Anning,Yunnan,China.The fossils’bodies are ribbon-shaped and bilaterally symmetric,with dense longitudinal features and transversal features.The fossils occur 0.68 m below a bentonite interlayer which has been dated 535.2±1.7 Ma by Ri-xiang Zhu and his team in 2009.The relatively simply morphology of these fossils,coupled with a lack of preserved internal structures challenge efforts taxonomically identify the precursor organism and definitively ally it to a living group.However,the symmetry and unusual features of the body are analogous to members of Platyzoa.The presence of ribbon-shaped fossils in the Zhongyicun Member in Anning indicates that these organisms were at least a locally significant component of Cambrian seafloor ecosystems,and may hold important implications for our understanding of the early evolution of Bilateria.