Terrestrial End-Triassic Mass Extinction and the Triassic/Jurassic Boundary of the Junggar Basin,NW China:A Brief Review

1 Introduction The end-Triassic mass extinction event is one of the five global mass extinctions,and destroyed both the marine and terrestrial biological worlds.Though years the marine endTriassic mass extinction(ETE)event has been widely studied and discussed,and the standard marine Triassic/Jurassic boundary(TJB)(base-Jurassic)has also been determined.However.

End-Triassic storm deposits in the lacustrine Sichuan Basin and their driving mechanisms

Storm deposits or tempestites are event sequences formed by storms,requiring at least a water temperature of 26.5℃.While inland lakes are unlikely to form storm deposits because of their limited width and water temperature.The Upper Triassic Xujiahe Formation in the Sichuan Basin is a set of coal-bearing,clastic sequences with dominant sedimentary facies varying from braided river delta to lacustrine settings,with storm deposits widely reported.In the Zilanba of Guanyuan area,in situ tree trunks on a palaeosol surface in Member Vof the Xujiahe Formation provide new evidence of a storm event.Six fallen-down directions of nine in situ tree trunks were predominant in the NW direction,contrary to the palaeocurrent direction of the underlying strata,suggesting that the southeasterlies prevailed during the end-Triassic in the northern Sichuan Basin.Massive mud clasts were frequently recorded in sandstones of the Xujiahe Formation,as well as in the Xindianzi section.These mud clasts showed a rip-up or a plastic deformation with upside-down V-shapes,were capped on an erosional surface,showed no transport traces and were therefore interpreted as a storm lag deposit.The megamonsoonal climate prevailed during the Late Triassic,although the megamonsoons themselves could not generate a storm deposition in the Xujiahe Formation due to its low maximum surface wind speed.The driving mechanism for generating storm deposits in the Xujiahe Formation is suggested to be tropical cyclones over the Tethys Ocean moving eastward,further landfalling on the western margin of the Sichuan Basin.Statistics of storm events in the circum-Tethys region show a widespread storm surge in low latitudes during the end-Triassic.The storm deposits at the top of the Xujiahe Formation represent a sedimentary response to the end-Triassic hyperthermal event.

Progress and review of the studies on the end-Triassic mass extinction event

The mass extinction at the end-Triassic is one of the five biggest in the Phanerozoic. However,it is the least well understood among these five events, and only till last decade it became a great academic interesting subject to geologists. The evidences for this event come obviously from bivalves, brachiopods, ammonites, corals, radiolaria, ostracods and foraminifera of marine habitats, and plants and tetrapods of terrestrial realm. By contrast, for some of other groups, such as marine gastropods and marine vertebrates, no mass extinction has been recog-nized yet. The extinction event is strongly marked at specific level but shown a complicated situa-tion at generic and family levels. Dramatic changing of the environment, such as the temperature raise due to the greenhouse effect, the marine anoxic habitats caused by a sudden transgression after the regression at the end of Triassic, has been claimed to be the main cause of the extinction. Many hypotheses have been suggested to demonstrate the mechanisms of the environment changing, among which two popular ones are the bolide impact and volcanic eruption. The Triassic-Jurassic (Tr-J) boundary mass extinction event is still poorly understood because no enough data have been obtained from the Tr-J boundary successional sections of both marine and terrestrial sediments, and most of these studies were regionally restricted. The basic aspects of the event and its associated environmental conditions remain poorly characterized and the causal mechanism or mechanisms are equivocal. Some authors even doubt its occurrence. China has many successionally developed terrestrial and marine Tr-J sections. Detailed studies of these sections may be important and significant for well understanding of the event.

Beef and cone-in-cone calcite fibrous cements associated with the end-Permian and end-Triassic mass extinctions： Reassessment of processes of formation

This paper reassesses published interpretation that beef and cone-in-cone （B-CIC） fibrous calcite cements were precipitated contemporaneously just below the sea floor in uncon- solidated sediment, in limestones associated with the end-Permian （P/T） and end-Triassic （T/J） mass extinctions. That interpretation introduced the concept of a sub-seafloor car- bonate factory associated with ocean acidification by raised carbon dioxide driven by volcanic eruption, coinciding with mass extinction. However, our new fieldwork and petrographic analysis, with literature comparison, reveals several problems with this concept. Two key points based on evidence in the T/J transition of the UK are： （I） that B-CIC calcite deposits form thin scattered layers and lenses at several horizons, not a distinct deposit associated with volcanic activity; and （2） B-CIC calcite is more common in Early Jurassic sediments after the extinction and after the end of the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province volcanism proposed to have supplied the carbon dioxide required. Our samples from Late Triassic, Early Jurassic and Early Cretaceous limestones in southern UK show that B-CIC calcite occurs in both marine and non-marine sediments, therefore ocean processes are not mandatory for its formation. There is no proof that fibrous calcite was formed before lithification, but our Early Jurassic samples do prove fibrous calcite formed after compaction, thus interpretation of crystal growth in uncon- solidated sediment is problematic. Furthermore, B-CIC crystals mostly grew both upwards and downwards equally, contradicting the interpretation of the novel carbonate factory that they grew preferentially upwards in soft sediment. Finally, Early Jurassic and Early Cretaceous examples are not associated with mass extinction. Three further key points derived from the literature include： （I） B-CIC calcite is wide- spread geographically and stratigraphically, not clustered around mass extinctions or the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum （PETM） event; （2） isotope signatures suggest B-CIC calcite formed under high pressure in burial at 70-120℃, incompatible with interpretation of formation of B-CIC calcite at the redox boundary below the ocean floor; and （3） B-CIC calcite reported in P/T boundary microbialites in one site in Iran is the only occurrence known despite extensive published studies of similar shallow marine settings, demon- strating its formation is localized to the Iran site. Based on the above evidence, our opinion is that B-CIC calcite is best explained as a later diagenetic feature unrelated to rapid Earth-surface environmental change associated with mass extinctions; thus a novel carbonate factory is highly unlikely.

Paleoecological Response of Corals to the End-Triassic Mass Extinction： An Integrational Analysis

The end-Triassic （also Triassic-Jurassic） mass extinction severely affected life on planet Earth 200 million years ago. Paleoclimate change triggered by the volcanic eruptions of the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province （CAMP） caused a great loss of marine biodiversity, among which 96% coral genera were get lost. However, there is precious little detail on the paleoecology and growth forms lost between the latest Triassic extinction and the Early Jurassic recovery. Here a new pilot study was conducted by analyzing corallite integration levels among corals from the latest Triassic and Early Jurassic times. Integration levels in corals from the Late Triassic and Early Jurassic were determined through both the Paleobiology Database as well as from a comprehensive museum collection of fossil corals. Results suggest that in addition to a major loss of diversity following the end-Triassic mass extinction, there also was a significant loss of highly integrated corals as clearly evidenced by the coral data from the Early Jurassic. This confirms our hypothesis of paleoecological selectivity for corals following the end-Triassic mass extinction. This study highlights the importance of assigning sim- ple to advanced paleoecological characters with integration levels, which opens a useful approach to understanding of mass extinction and the dynamics of the recovery.

塔里木盆地西北缘乌什西次凹的地层系统和构造特征

乌什西次凹位于塔里木盆地西北缘,隶属于库车坳陷的乌什凹陷。它位于南天山主山脉(哈尔克山)和塔里木盆地柯坪—温宿凸起之间。区域构造格局上,这里是塔里木克拉通向西北自然延伸的部分。次凹北缘的阿合奇断裂是南天山造山带和塔里木克拉通的分界。乌什西次凹内发育与柯坪—温宿凸起相似的晚前寒武纪—古生代地层系统,包括寒武系、奥陶系和石炭系的烃源岩。新近系—第四系碎屑岩建造直接不整合于变形的古生代被动大陆边缘碎屑岩—碳酸盐岩沉积建造之上;剖面上,向南天山方向加厚,向塔里木克拉通方向减薄,呈现典型的前陆盆地剖面结构特征。这是一个晚新生代陆内前陆盆地,叠加在晚海西期—燕山期古隆起之上。这里的构造变形主要有3期,分别是中海西期、晚海西期—印支期和晚喜山期。变形以厚皮冲断构造及其相关褶皱为主,薄皮构造不发育。平面上,主构造线走向NE-SW。剖面上,以南天山向塔里木冲断为主。

三叠纪末生物大灭绝期间初始海洋生物扰动事件与甲烷释放之间的关系

对羌塘盆地温泉剖面进行了有机碳同位素的测定,并且对比了同期全球其他剖面的数据,得出有机碳同位素的变化主要受到二氧化碳和甲烷等温室气体浓度的影响。这些温室气体可能与中大西洋大火成岩省相关的火山活动有关,这些火山运动造成了洋底甲烷水合物释放出大量的甲烷和二氧化碳,从而改变了三叠纪-侏罗纪过渡时期的古气候,并且引起了晚三叠世生物集群式灭绝中的初始生物扰动事件。

西藏海相三叠系—侏罗系界线及晚三叠世生物绝灭事件研究

1998—2004年间在西藏聂拉木、林周、墨竹工卡和洛扎等地进行的三叠系/侏罗系界线地层研究表明,西藏隆子县和洛扎县尚未发现具有连续菊石层序的三叠系/侏罗系界线地层剖面。拉萨以北地区广泛分布的火山岩时代确定为晚三叠世—早侏罗世早期,这有助于解释晚三叠世末期生物绝灭与晚三叠世岩浆侵入和大规模的火山活动有关,但T/J界线尚待精确限定。聂拉木县格米格剖面是特提斯地区唯一未曾“压缩”的三叠系/侏罗系界线地层剖面,具有瑞替阶MARSHI菊石带、赫塘阶Tibeticum、Callyphyllum和Pleuro-notum菊石带。格米格剖面三叠系/侏罗系界线碳稳定同位素曲线记录了晚三叠世瑞替阶末期(Marshi菊石带)突然的负偏移,它很有可能和晚三叠世末期的由超级温室效应所产生的生物绝灭事件相对应。

西秦岭天水尹道寺中生代酸性火山岩锆石U-Pb定年和元素地球化学研究

对天水尹道寺酸性火山岩进行了LA-ICPMS锆石U-Pb定年、全岩主量和微量元素分析。结果表明,本区酸性火岩熔岩均为流纹岩,SiO_2、Na_2O+K_2O含量高,TiO_2含量低,主体为亚碱性系列,轻稀土高度富集,Eu负异常明显。微量元素原始地幔标准化分配模式及洋中脊玄武岩标准化分配模式分别与大陆板内火山岩或大陆板内花岗岩的分配模式一致,Ba、Sr、P、Ti显著亏损。锆石U-Pb同位素定年揭示了流纹岩的岩浆结晶年龄为印支末期(211Ma)。流纹岩具有富集放射性Pb同位素的特点,其源区可能为北秦岭基底岩石。依据稀土元素和微量元素分配模式对比研究,认为流纹岩浆为地壳下部部分熔融的产物,源区物质可能为下元古界秦岭岩群中的黑云角闪斜长片麻岩,源区的残留物主体可能为斜长石,含有角闪石,岩浆演化过程中存在少量的碱性长石和黑云母的分离结晶。印支末期秦岭地区处于由陆内碰撞造山阶段开始向深部地幔调整和岩石圈减薄阶段转变,特殊的构造背景使得陆内挤压、剪切走滑和推覆构造较为发育,西秦岭尹道寺地区特定的构造背景与断裂构造的结合,形成了该地区独特的流纹岩浆喷发。

湖北崇阳二叠纪—三叠纪之交钙质微生物岩的时代及基本特征

湖北崇阳钙质微生物岩产在二叠纪末礁相绝灭界线之上,绝灭界线之下即为晚二叠世长兴期的海绵礁灰岩、棘屑灰岩及藻有孔虫生物碎屑灰岩.微生物岩基本上由中粗晶-微晶方解石组成,主要沉积构造有“花斑状构造”及藻叠层构造.目前微生物岩中发现的化石主要有球状菌藻类化石、介形虫、微型腹足、双壳、鱼牙及分类位置尚无法确定的棒状微型化石.微生物岩中已发现有牙形石化石:Hindeodusparvus,H.typicalis和H.latidentatus,从牙形石的类型及产出层位分析,崇阳钙质微生物岩的下部属于晚二叠世长兴期,上部为早三叠世.崇阳微生物岩在沉积特征、生物组成及牙形石带上均基本可与华南其他地区已发现的微生物岩进行对比.

鄂尔多斯盆地西南部三叠纪末抬升剥蚀事件及热年代学记录

三叠纪末期大型鄂尔多斯盆地遭受了中生代成盆以来首次较大规模的抬升剥蚀,显著改造了中晚三叠世延长期盆地面貌,并控制了侏罗纪早期沉积格局和油藏分布,对盆地演化及矿产资源分布产生了重要影响。本文利用地质及大量钻井资料揭示了该期构造事件对盆地的剥蚀改造特征,盆地及周邻地区磷灰石裂变径迹年代学记录并约束了此次构造抬升的时限与过程;综合周邻区域构造研究成果,探讨了其发育的动力学背景。结果表明,鄂尔多斯盆地三叠纪末期的剥蚀具西南强、东北弱的特点,西南部大范围内延长组地层残缺不全,剥蚀量最大可达1000余米;前侏罗纪沉积古地貌总体呈西南高、北东低的特点;其抬升时间始于205~190Ma,西南部稍早于盆地腹部,抬升速率大于1℃/Myr,可持续至中侏罗世(约160Ma)。该期抬升剥蚀事件范围可涉及至盆地西南缘更广阔的区域,与同期秦岭造山带内出现的快速抬升冷却事件具有较好的时空耦合关系,是对秦岭造山带区域构造环境转变的响应和纪录。该研究丰富和发展了三叠纪末期构造事件在华北克拉通的影响,对该区油气、煤炭资源的进一步勘探和评价提供了新的思路,具有一定的现实意义。

冀北承德地区张营子—六沟走滑断层及其构造意义

笔者等运用构造解析的方法,在对冀北承德县一带的研究中鉴别出一条走向为北北西到北西向的右行走滑断层.断层将沿线太古宙古老变质岩、元古宇蓟县系、青白口系右行错断,它也将一个早期形成的短轴背斜构造带右行错断.位移距离沿断层向南南东方向逐渐减小,由15～16 km逐渐减小到12～13 km.断层截止于平泉-古北口断裂南侧元古宙逆冲岩片前缘,并将逆冲岩片南侧寒武系和奥陶系错动形成右行不对称牵引褶皱.由于断层使下三叠统丁家沟组变形而中三叠统胡杖子组却自西向东稳定延伸,所以笔者等认为断层形成的时代为早三叠世末.该走滑断层的存在表明,燕山板内造山带早期逆冲构造通过一些横向走滑断层的调节,呈板条状向南逆冲的.另外,前人所确定的'承德推覆体'上的元古宇与实际上在中三叠世以前与其东南侧的元古宇是连为一体的,由于北北西向右行走滑断层的错动使它们被右行错开.

江西修水二叠纪-三叠纪界线地层海平面下降的岩石学证据

在江西修水四都镇东岭村发现了一个连续的、出露完好的二叠纪-三叠纪界线地层剖面。在剖面中有一段厚约2.1m 的地层具有指示海平面下降的岩石组构。这段地层的底部为红色的碳酸盐颗粒岩。红色是颗粒表面的红色铁染,成分为褐铁矿,是出露地表风化形成的。这层红色颗粒岩之上有约2.0 m 的去白云石化灰岩,其中保留了原来粉晶白云石的晶形。去白云石化作用是白云岩受淡水影响而发生的,指示海平面下降事件。这段地层之上是厚1m 的颗粒岩和灰泥岩,代表浅水潮下环境。其上是二叠系-三叠系的界线。这段地层之下的地层中生物丰富多样,并且有复(蜒)、钙藻等大绝灭前的生物。这段地层及其以上的地层中生物种类很少,(蜓)、钙藻等已经消失,表明集群绝灭事件开始于这段地层之下,生物大绝灭的发生与海平面下降事件的发生是基本同时的。由此认为,可能是海平面下降有关的环境剧变事件引发了二叠纪末的集群绝灭事件。

南天山造山带的同碰撞和碰撞后构造——塔里木盆地北部地震解释成果

南天山位于中亚造山带的南缘,是一条增生—碰撞型造山带。其碰撞造山的时间,是中亚造山带研究的一个关键构造问题,引起广泛的关注。以往关于碰撞造山的时间证据,基本上都来自造山带自身,即南天山前新生界露头区。前陆区广泛覆盖着巨厚的新生界,无法直接考察,很少从前陆区碰撞相关构造的角度研究南天山碰撞造山的时间。塔里木盆地北部是南天山碰撞造山带的前陆区。经认真系统地解释这里的地震资料,发现了南天山碰撞造山带的同碰撞构造和碰撞后构造。同碰撞造构造由二叠纪末—三叠纪冲断层及其相关褶皱组成。三叠系/二叠系和侏罗系/三叠系两个不整合给出了二叠纪末—三叠纪初和三叠纪末—侏罗纪初两期挤压冲断的时间。造山后构造为侏罗纪—白垩纪正断层组成。正断层活动起始于三叠纪末—侏罗纪初,持续至白垩纪中期。根据同碰撞构造和碰撞后构造的形成时间推论,南天山碰撞造山作用起始于二叠纪末,结束于三叠纪末;侏罗纪—白垩纪中期为造山后应力松弛构造演化阶段。

长江三峡地区晚二叠世晚期——早三叠世早期沉积特征

晚二叠世长兴期时长江三峡地区位于浅水碳酸盐台地与深水盆地结合带,沉积相变化大,主要有五种沉积类型:灰岩型;灰岩→炭质灰岩—泥岩型;灰岩→硅质岩—泥岩型;炭质灰岩—泥岩型;硅质岩—泥岩型.第一种类型为台地边缘沉积,第二、三种为台前斜坡沉积,第四、五种为深水盆地沉积.长兴期末一早三叠世初该区变为底形起伏不大的统一陆表浅海,全区形成同一种岩石组合——泥灰岩—灰质泥岩—灰岩(白云质灰岩)—粘土岩.

塔里木盆地北部跃南断裂带的形成演化

跃南断裂带是塔里木盆地北部的一条形状奇特的断裂带,平面展布呈口袋状。在系统的地震资料解释的基础上,通过认真的断裂构造分析,认为跃南断裂带经历了二叠纪、二叠纪末—三叠纪和侏罗—白垩纪3期断裂作用的叠加。二叠纪大陆裂谷作用形成的一系列NE-SW和NW-SE走向的陡倾的正断层,组成一个共轭断裂系统。沿跃南断裂带的两组不同方向的正断层活动加强,并最终追踪、贯通,形成了口袋状的跃南断裂带。也就是说,跃南断裂带实际上是由NE-SW和NW-SE走向两组断层组合而成的。断裂带围限的地块相对抬升,形成一个大型的垒块。二叠纪末—三叠纪南天山碰撞造山作用引起的逆冲断层,叠加在二叠纪正断层之上,进一步强化了跃南断裂带,使之断距加大,围限的垒块进一步抬升。侏罗—白垩纪的正断层属于南天山造山后的伸展构造,见于跃南断裂带上方,规模不大,数量不多,对断裂带有一定的调整作用。

重庆老龙洞二叠系-三叠系界线地层的海平面下降事件

老龙洞的二叠系-三叠系界线地层剖面许多学者做过研究，关于其海平面变化问题的争论一直没有解决。本文的研究首次在该剖面上发现了明显的侵蚀面，说明曾经有海平面下降事件。对沉积环境的解释也有新的认识。该剖面在长兴期钙质海绵灰岩之上沉积了一套开阔台地相的沉积，其上是1．4m厚的局限台地相沉积，具有斑点状构造。此层顶部出现一个波状起伏的侵蚀面。侵蚀面上下的岩性不同。此面之上是0．8m厚的浅水的局限台地相沉积，具有树枝状的构造和外貌。此层顶面是一个更加明显的侵蚀面，起伏高差达到0．3m以上。侵蚀面上下的岩性截然不同，以及其上岩石层理与侵蚀面的斜交关系，以及侵蚀面的形态把侵蚀面同缝合线区分开来。这个侵蚀面代表一次显著海平面下降事件之后的一次较长时间的出露和风化剥蚀。侵蚀面之上是透镜状分布的灰色的层状的小腹足类的颗粒岩，再上是一薄层灰黄色的泥粒岩，含丰富的小双壳类。此层以上是青灰色的薄板状的泥质灰泥岩，含丰富的0．3～3mm大小的、内部重结晶的同生角砾。

准噶尔盆地郝家沟剖面三叠纪—侏罗纪之交孢粉组合与古气候

三叠纪—侏罗纪之交(Triassic-Jurassic boundary,TJB)发生了三叠纪末的生物大灭绝(end-Triassic mass extinction,ETE),海洋和陆地生态系统都发生了不同程度的崩溃。而在陆地生态系统中,植物群首当其冲,但是该时段的植物群变化的详细数据还相对缺乏。本文在新疆准噶尔盆地南缘郝家沟剖面TJB地层系统采样研究,来揭示该过程的植物群响应。根据孢粉属种组成及含量变化划分了3个孢粉组合,对古气候进行了重建。结果表明,准噶尔盆地南缘TJB的气候演变经历了湿热—湿冷—干热的转换过程。同时对ETE和TJB两个重要界线及灭绝发生的期次关系进行了讨论,由孢粉数据结合前人植物大化石、有机碳同位素地层曲线、生物标志化合物和Hg/TOC全球对比的结果,指示ETE和TJB可能分别位于郝家沟组43层底附近和八道湾组49层底附近;并推测三叠纪末陆地植被的灭绝在高纬度的准噶尔盆地记录到3个期次。在ETE与TJB之间地层中发现了与全球多处记录到的孢子含量激增一致的现象,推测该时期陆地生态系统的波动具有全球性。

Age and General Characteristics of the Calimicrobialite near the Permian-Triassic Boundary in Chongyang, Hubei Province

The calimicrobialites of Chongyang （崇阳）, Hubei （湖北） Province, occur above the mass extinction line in the Late Permian reef facies. Below the boundary are the sponge reef limestone, crinoid limestone and algae-foraminifer bioclastic limestone of the Changxing （长兴） Formation. The calimicrobialites are generally composed of mid-coarse grains and microlite calcite with a structure of ＂graniphylc fabric＂ and stromatolite. The fossils discovered in the calimicrobialites include globular cyanobacteria, ostracods, micro-gastropods, bivalves, fish teeth and some micro-problematical fossils. Conodont fossils of Hindeodus parvus, H. typicalis and H. latidentatus were also found in the calimicrobialites. According to the conodonts, the calimicrobialites spanned the latest Permian and earliest Triassic in the Chongyang Section. The upper part above the first occurrence of Hindeodus parvus should be attributed to the earliest Triassic, and the lower part to the Changhsingian. The sedimentary structure, fossil composition and conodont zonation of the Chongyang calimicrobialites can be well correlated with the calimicrobialites found in other areas of South China.

云南鹤庆—松桂铝土矿地质特征及控矿因素

铝土矿由4个矿段组成,均属晚三叠世末期形成的古风化壳沉积型,在相似沉积环境中不同时段形成,而朝下带上部—潮间带是沉积铝土矿最有利地带。矿床受古地理环境、古构造和岩性等因素影响。