Investigations on the oxygen and carbon isotope compositions from the ultrahigh-pressure (UHP)-metamorphosed Shuanghe marbles, that occur as a member of a UHP slab, show that the δ18 O values range from +11.1% to+20....Investigations on the oxygen and carbon isotope compositions from the ultrahigh-pressure (UHP)-metamorphosed Shuanghe marbles, that occur as a member of a UHP slab, show that the δ18 O values range from +11.1% to+20.5% SMOW, and δ13 C from+1.0% to+5.7% PDB, respectively. The variations in isotope compositions show a centimeter scale of homogeneity and a heterogeneity of regional scale larger than 1 meter.In contrast to the eclogite marbles from Norway, the Shuanghe marbles have inherited the carbon isotope compositions from their sedimentary precursor. The δ13C shows positive correlation to the content of dolomite. The depletion in18O, compared with the pmtolithic carbonate strata, might result from three possible geological processes: 1) exchanging oxygen isotope with meteoric water before the UHP metamorphism, 2) decarbonation during the UHP metamorphism, and 3) exchanging oxygen isotope with country gneiss at local scale during retrograde metamorphism.It seems that the advection of fluid in the orogenic belt was very limited during subduction and exhumation of UHP rocks.展开更多
Ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic (UHPM) rocks in Shuanghe was recognized as a slab emplaced into the lower-pressure (LP) country gneisses, while within the UHPM slab the coesite-bearing eclogites, jadeite quartzite, ecl...Ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic (UHPM) rocks in Shuanghe was recognized as a slab emplaced into the lower-pressure (LP) country gneisses, while within the UHPM slab the coesite-bearing eclogites, jadeite quartzite, eclogite-bearing marble are structurally concordant with "in situ" schists and gneisses.展开更多
A continuous Ordovician-Silurian boundary section from the upper Wufeng Formation through the Kuanyinchiao Formation to the lower Lungmachi Formation has been carefully measured and collected at Shuanghe of Changning,...A continuous Ordovician-Silurian boundary section from the upper Wufeng Formation through the Kuanyinchiao Formation to the lower Lungmachi Formation has been carefully measured and collected at Shuanghe of Changning, southern Sichuan Province. For the first time, the temporal changes of α- and β-diversities of the Hirnantia fauna have been discussed in great detail. The general trend of brachiopod diversity change, increasing upward, is consistent with the regional trend of the Yangtze Platform, which had been controlled by both intrinsic and extrinsic factors. However, the sudden drop of diversity for a short period in the upper Kuanyinchiao Formation might have been controlled by environmental factors rather than normal faunal turnover. Synecological analysis using numerical methods recognizes two brachiopod-dominated associations of the Hirnantia fauna, the Dalmanella-Kinnella Association and the Mirorthis Association, both living in an offshore, deeper water environment corresponding to BA3-upper BA4, particularly lower BA3.展开更多
基金Project supported by a U. S.-China cooperative project led by ProfCong Bolin of the Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Sciences+1 种基金Prof. J. G. Liou of the Department of Geological and Environmental SciencesStanford University by the Nationa
文摘Investigations on the oxygen and carbon isotope compositions from the ultrahigh-pressure (UHP)-metamorphosed Shuanghe marbles, that occur as a member of a UHP slab, show that the δ18 O values range from +11.1% to+20.5% SMOW, and δ13 C from+1.0% to+5.7% PDB, respectively. The variations in isotope compositions show a centimeter scale of homogeneity and a heterogeneity of regional scale larger than 1 meter.In contrast to the eclogite marbles from Norway, the Shuanghe marbles have inherited the carbon isotope compositions from their sedimentary precursor. The δ13C shows positive correlation to the content of dolomite. The depletion in18O, compared with the pmtolithic carbonate strata, might result from three possible geological processes: 1) exchanging oxygen isotope with meteoric water before the UHP metamorphism, 2) decarbonation during the UHP metamorphism, and 3) exchanging oxygen isotope with country gneiss at local scale during retrograde metamorphism.It seems that the advection of fluid in the orogenic belt was very limited during subduction and exhumation of UHP rocks.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
文摘Ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic (UHPM) rocks in Shuanghe was recognized as a slab emplaced into the lower-pressure (LP) country gneisses, while within the UHPM slab the coesite-bearing eclogites, jadeite quartzite, eclogite-bearing marble are structurally concordant with "in situ" schists and gneisses.
基金supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KZCX2-YW-Q05-01)the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2006FY120300-5)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (40825006, 40972020), and the State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy of NIGPAS
文摘A continuous Ordovician-Silurian boundary section from the upper Wufeng Formation through the Kuanyinchiao Formation to the lower Lungmachi Formation has been carefully measured and collected at Shuanghe of Changning, southern Sichuan Province. For the first time, the temporal changes of α- and β-diversities of the Hirnantia fauna have been discussed in great detail. The general trend of brachiopod diversity change, increasing upward, is consistent with the regional trend of the Yangtze Platform, which had been controlled by both intrinsic and extrinsic factors. However, the sudden drop of diversity for a short period in the upper Kuanyinchiao Formation might have been controlled by environmental factors rather than normal faunal turnover. Synecological analysis using numerical methods recognizes two brachiopod-dominated associations of the Hirnantia fauna, the Dalmanella-Kinnella Association and the Mirorthis Association, both living in an offshore, deeper water environment corresponding to BA3-upper BA4, particularly lower BA3.
