With the definition and adoption of the Global Stratotype Section and Point （GSSP） for base of the Visean in China, the newly synthesized zonations and correlation of some significant fossil groups： foraminifera, c...With the definition and adoption of the Global Stratotype Section and Point （GSSP） for base of the Visean in China, the newly synthesized zonations and correlation of some significant fossil groups： foraminifera, conodont, coral and brachiopoda near the Tournaisian-Visean boundary beds are reviewed, which help in the recognition of the boundary in various sedimentary facies. The occurrence of two physical events, one pre- and one post- the Tournaisian-Visean boundary is emphasized, which allows for recognition of the position close to the Tournaisian-Visean boundary in the field. The regional correlation in southern China and international correlation throughout Eurasia around the Tournaisian-Visean boundary beds with the GSSP is proposed.展开更多
A stratotype section, boundary point and conodont sign have been recommended for GSSP of the Tournaisian-Visean boundary, based on studies of sectional sedimentology, conodont facies and phylogeneses in South China. T...A stratotype section, boundary point and conodont sign have been recommended for GSSP of the Tournaisian-Visean boundary, based on studies of sectional sedimentology, conodont facies and phylogeneses in South China. Two areas representing margin and inner of the Yangtzi Plate and three sections of different facies were chosen, i.e. the Longdianshan sec-tion of the platform facies in Liuzhou of Guangxi, the Yudong section of the ramp facies in Shidian of Yunnan and the Pengchong section of the basin facies in Liuzhou of Guangxi. Stratigraphic frameworks of two areas were set up by systematical studies of carbonate facies and cycles. Conodont facies-distribution and paleoecologic conditions were researched on statistics of fossil variation and richness, and a kind of planktonic conodont, gnathodids that were widespread, is chosen to select the sign-fossil from it. Seven conodont pedigrees were supplemented or erected by studies of statistics and transitional forms. Conodont evolution in the Early Carboniferous could be divided into three stages, i.e. the Siphonodella stage, the Gnathodus typicus stage and the Gnathodus bilineatus stage. The transform-surface between the later two stages could be put as the Tournaisian-Visean boundary. Finally, this paper proposes that the Pengchong section can be the stratotype candidate of the Tournaisian-Visean boundary, the boundary point be put at the bottom of bed 58 and the stratotype sign of conodont be the first occurrence of Gnathodus praebilineatus of the Gnathodus semiglaber branch.展开更多
On the basis of new paleontological data,the sequence and distributions of the Middle Devonian-Tournaisian rocks on Hainan Island have been sorted out for the first time.The Devonian rocks include the Middle Devonian ...On the basis of new paleontological data,the sequence and distributions of the Middle Devonian-Tournaisian rocks on Hainan Island have been sorted out for the first time.The Devonian rocks include the Middle Devonian Jinbo Formation and the Upper Devonian Changjiang Formation,which are distributed in northwestern Hainan Island.The Jinbo Formation is represented by631 m of littoral facies deposits,and was intruded by the Yanshanian granite in the base.The presence of chitinozoans Eisenackitina caster,Funsochitina pilosa,and Lagenochitina amottensis indicates the Givetian in age.The Changjiang Formation is made up of 140 m of neritic facies rocks,and contains the Famennian conodonts Palmatolepis gracilis sigmoidalis,Polygnathus germanus,and corals Cystophrentis kalaohoensis.The Devonian-Tournaisian transition beds,the lower part of the Jishi Formation,are composed of 61–129 m sandstone and siltstone,with gastropods Euomphalus spp.and brachiopods,and marked by conglomerate with the underlying Devonian rocks.The middle-upper part of the Tournaisian Jishi Formation consists of 100–251 m clastic and carbonate rocks,containing abundant corals Pseudoularinia irregularis,conodonts Siphonodella isosticha,trilobites Weberiphillipsia linguiformis,and brachiopods.On the basis of the occurrence of Xinanosprifer flabellum and Homotoma sp.,the Nanhao Formation in southern Hainan Island is now regarded as the Lower Silurian,instead of the previously designated Lower Carboniferous.It is confirmed that no Carboniferous rocks occurred in the area south to the Gancheng-Wanning Fault.展开更多
The Changning-Menglian Belt represents the main Paleo-Tethyan Suture in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau,which divides Gondwana-and Eurasia-derived continental fragments from each other.The belt contains ultramafic-ma...The Changning-Menglian Belt represents the main Paleo-Tethyan Suture in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau,which divides Gondwana-and Eurasia-derived continental fragments from each other.The belt contains ultramafic-mafic volcanic rocks that provide evidence of the tectonic processes which operated during the evolution of the Paleo-Tethyan Ocean.New geochemical data for Early Carboniferous volcanics in the southern Changning-Menglian Belt show that wehrlites have cumulate and poikilitic textures,and contain low-Fo(84.2-87.2)olivine,clinopyroxene with low Mg#values(79.4-85.6),and spinel with high Cr#values(67.8-72.4).Estimated equilibrium temperatures obtained using olivine-spinel Fe-Mg exchange geothermometry range from 978℃ to 1373℃(mean=1205℃;n=3).These observations combined with a lack of reaction or melt impregnation textures indicate that these units represent magmatic cumulates rather than having formed as a result of mantle-melt reactions.Both wehrlites and basalts in the belt have subparallel rare earth element(REE)-and primitive-mantle-normalized multi-element patterns with slightly positive Nb-Ta anomalies,but negligible Eu and Zr-Hf anomalies.The volcanics have similar Sr-Nd-Pb isotopic compositions withεNd(t)values of 4.2-4.5(mean=4.3;n=3)and 4.0-4.4(mean 4.2;n=4),respectively,and also have similar immobile element ratios,such as Nb/La,Nb/U,Th/La,Zr/Nb,Th/Ta,La/Yb,Nb/Th,Nb/Y,and Zr/Y.These characteristics indicate both units have ocean island basalt(OIB)-like geochemical affinities,consistent with the fact that the clinopyroxene in the wehrlites is compositionally similar to OIB-related cumulus clinopyroxene.This suggests that both the wehrlites and basalts were derived from similar parental magmas that underwent generally closed-system magmatic differentiation dominated by fractionation of the olivine and clinopyroxene.This parental magma was likely generated in an oceanic seamount setting from an OIB-type mantle source(i.e.,asthenospheric mantle)containing garnet-spinel lherzolite material.Combing this new data with that from oceanic seamount volcano-sedimentary suites derived from previous research enables the identification of a mature late Paleozoic ocean basin between the passive northeastern Gondwanan margin and the northward-migrating microcontinent of Lanping-Simao.展开更多
本文提出和描述了产自我国西北新疆南部喀拉塔克剖面的一个牙形类新亚种 Polygnathus communis gan-caohuensis,并根据以前出版的信息 ,命名了另一个新亚种 Polygnathus communis carmanae。种系发生研究揭示了Polygnathus communis Bra...本文提出和描述了产自我国西北新疆南部喀拉塔克剖面的一个牙形类新亚种 Polygnathus communis gan-caohuensis,并根据以前出版的信息 ,命名了另一个新亚种 Polygnathus communis carmanae。种系发生研究揭示了Polygnathus communis Branson et Mehl的亚种对于法门阶最上部至韦宪阶地层的划分是至关重要的。此种的 cari-na→ gancaohuensis谱系 ,连同发现于喀拉塔克剖面的菊石、有孔虫和腕足动物 ,被认为是划分杜内 -韦宪阶界线的潜在的标志化石。因此 ,喀拉塔克剖面有可能成为全球杜内 -韦宪阶界线的一个候选层型剖面。展开更多
Two Upper Devonian to Lower Carboniferous sections,namely the Bulongguoer and Haer(Gennaren area)in the Junggar Basin,Central Asian Orogenic Belt,in northwestern China were examined with regard to ichnology and palyno...Two Upper Devonian to Lower Carboniferous sections,namely the Bulongguoer and Haer(Gennaren area)in the Junggar Basin,Central Asian Orogenic Belt,in northwestern China were examined with regard to ichnology and palynology.The deposits of the Hongguleleng Formation and Namu Member of the Heishantou Formation,respectively,are mostly unbioturbated or poorly bioturbated,with poorly diversified trace fossils,which indicate unfavourable conditions for the burrowing benthic community during the Late Devonian and Early Carboniferous.The main factor governing the growth of the bioturbating population was the rapid sedimentation of fine-grained,volcanic material documented as tempestites,which buried the benthic fauna.In the Bulongguoer section,the presence of miospores Teichertospora torquata and Grandispora gracilis enabled identification of the broad Teichertospora torquata–Grandispora gracilis Miospore Zone from the transitional Frasnian/Famennian interval.More accurate identification of palynostratigraphical levels(DE and CZ Miospore zones)is only tentative.On the basis of palynofacies analysis,samples from the lower Bulongguoer section indicate deposition in more proximal conditions,whereas samples from the top of the section indicate deposition in a more distal environment.In the Haer section,only a general biostratigraphic indication for the Tournaisian was possible,owing to poor preservation of organic matter.展开更多
基金supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology (Grant No. 2006FY120300-7)the National Commission on Stratigraphy of China (No. 2006CB80640)the China Geological Survey (No. 1212010916059)
文摘With the definition and adoption of the Global Stratotype Section and Point （GSSP） for base of the Visean in China, the newly synthesized zonations and correlation of some significant fossil groups： foraminifera, conodont, coral and brachiopoda near the Tournaisian-Visean boundary beds are reviewed, which help in the recognition of the boundary in various sedimentary facies. The occurrence of two physical events, one pre- and one post- the Tournaisian-Visean boundary is emphasized, which allows for recognition of the position close to the Tournaisian-Visean boundary in the field. The regional correlation in southern China and international correlation throughout Eurasia around the Tournaisian-Visean boundary beds with the GSSP is proposed.
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.40242001).
文摘A stratotype section, boundary point and conodont sign have been recommended for GSSP of the Tournaisian-Visean boundary, based on studies of sectional sedimentology, conodont facies and phylogeneses in South China. Two areas representing margin and inner of the Yangtzi Plate and three sections of different facies were chosen, i.e. the Longdianshan sec-tion of the platform facies in Liuzhou of Guangxi, the Yudong section of the ramp facies in Shidian of Yunnan and the Pengchong section of the basin facies in Liuzhou of Guangxi. Stratigraphic frameworks of two areas were set up by systematical studies of carbonate facies and cycles. Conodont facies-distribution and paleoecologic conditions were researched on statistics of fossil variation and richness, and a kind of planktonic conodont, gnathodids that were widespread, is chosen to select the sign-fossil from it. Seven conodont pedigrees were supplemented or erected by studies of statistics and transitional forms. Conodont evolution in the Early Carboniferous could be divided into three stages, i.e. the Siphonodella stage, the Gnathodus typicus stage and the Gnathodus bilineatus stage. The transform-surface between the later two stages could be put as the Tournaisian-Visean boundary. Finally, this paper proposes that the Pengchong section can be the stratotype candidate of the Tournaisian-Visean boundary, the boundary point be put at the bottom of bed 58 and the stratotype sign of conodont be the first occurrence of Gnathodus praebilineatus of the Gnathodus semiglaber branch.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.40772022,41172025)China Geological Survey Project(Grant Nos.1212011120116,1212011220517)
文摘On the basis of new paleontological data,the sequence and distributions of the Middle Devonian-Tournaisian rocks on Hainan Island have been sorted out for the first time.The Devonian rocks include the Middle Devonian Jinbo Formation and the Upper Devonian Changjiang Formation,which are distributed in northwestern Hainan Island.The Jinbo Formation is represented by631 m of littoral facies deposits,and was intruded by the Yanshanian granite in the base.The presence of chitinozoans Eisenackitina caster,Funsochitina pilosa,and Lagenochitina amottensis indicates the Givetian in age.The Changjiang Formation is made up of 140 m of neritic facies rocks,and contains the Famennian conodonts Palmatolepis gracilis sigmoidalis,Polygnathus germanus,and corals Cystophrentis kalaohoensis.The Devonian-Tournaisian transition beds,the lower part of the Jishi Formation,are composed of 61–129 m sandstone and siltstone,with gastropods Euomphalus spp.and brachiopods,and marked by conglomerate with the underlying Devonian rocks.The middle-upper part of the Tournaisian Jishi Formation consists of 100–251 m clastic and carbonate rocks,containing abundant corals Pseudoularinia irregularis,conodonts Siphonodella isosticha,trilobites Weberiphillipsia linguiformis,and brachiopods.On the basis of the occurrence of Xinanosprifer flabellum and Homotoma sp.,the Nanhao Formation in southern Hainan Island is now regarded as the Lower Silurian,instead of the previously designated Lower Carboniferous.It is confirmed that no Carboniferous rocks occurred in the area south to the Gancheng-Wanning Fault.
基金This study was financially supported by the Major Science and Technology Special Plan of Yunnan Province(Grant No.202202AG050006)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.41603032)+1 种基金the Applied Basic Research Foundation of Yunnan Province(Grant No.2017FB075)the Yunnan Key Research and Development Program(Grant No.2015CB452601),and the China Geological Survey(Grant No.12120114064301).
文摘The Changning-Menglian Belt represents the main Paleo-Tethyan Suture in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau,which divides Gondwana-and Eurasia-derived continental fragments from each other.The belt contains ultramafic-mafic volcanic rocks that provide evidence of the tectonic processes which operated during the evolution of the Paleo-Tethyan Ocean.New geochemical data for Early Carboniferous volcanics in the southern Changning-Menglian Belt show that wehrlites have cumulate and poikilitic textures,and contain low-Fo(84.2-87.2)olivine,clinopyroxene with low Mg#values(79.4-85.6),and spinel with high Cr#values(67.8-72.4).Estimated equilibrium temperatures obtained using olivine-spinel Fe-Mg exchange geothermometry range from 978℃ to 1373℃(mean=1205℃;n=3).These observations combined with a lack of reaction or melt impregnation textures indicate that these units represent magmatic cumulates rather than having formed as a result of mantle-melt reactions.Both wehrlites and basalts in the belt have subparallel rare earth element(REE)-and primitive-mantle-normalized multi-element patterns with slightly positive Nb-Ta anomalies,but negligible Eu and Zr-Hf anomalies.The volcanics have similar Sr-Nd-Pb isotopic compositions withεNd(t)values of 4.2-4.5(mean=4.3;n=3)and 4.0-4.4(mean 4.2;n=4),respectively,and also have similar immobile element ratios,such as Nb/La,Nb/U,Th/La,Zr/Nb,Th/Ta,La/Yb,Nb/Th,Nb/Y,and Zr/Y.These characteristics indicate both units have ocean island basalt(OIB)-like geochemical affinities,consistent with the fact that the clinopyroxene in the wehrlites is compositionally similar to OIB-related cumulus clinopyroxene.This suggests that both the wehrlites and basalts were derived from similar parental magmas that underwent generally closed-system magmatic differentiation dominated by fractionation of the olivine and clinopyroxene.This parental magma was likely generated in an oceanic seamount setting from an OIB-type mantle source(i.e.,asthenospheric mantle)containing garnet-spinel lherzolite material.Combing this new data with that from oceanic seamount volcano-sedimentary suites derived from previous research enables the identification of a mature late Paleozoic ocean basin between the passive northeastern Gondwanan margin and the northward-migrating microcontinent of Lanping-Simao.
文摘本文提出和描述了产自我国西北新疆南部喀拉塔克剖面的一个牙形类新亚种 Polygnathus communis gan-caohuensis,并根据以前出版的信息 ,命名了另一个新亚种 Polygnathus communis carmanae。种系发生研究揭示了Polygnathus communis Branson et Mehl的亚种对于法门阶最上部至韦宪阶地层的划分是至关重要的。此种的 cari-na→ gancaohuensis谱系 ,连同发现于喀拉塔克剖面的菊石、有孔虫和腕足动物 ,被认为是划分杜内 -韦宪阶界线的潜在的标志化石。因此 ,喀拉塔克剖面有可能成为全球杜内 -韦宪阶界线的一个候选层型剖面。
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant #41872003)
文摘Two Upper Devonian to Lower Carboniferous sections,namely the Bulongguoer and Haer(Gennaren area)in the Junggar Basin,Central Asian Orogenic Belt,in northwestern China were examined with regard to ichnology and palynology.The deposits of the Hongguleleng Formation and Namu Member of the Heishantou Formation,respectively,are mostly unbioturbated or poorly bioturbated,with poorly diversified trace fossils,which indicate unfavourable conditions for the burrowing benthic community during the Late Devonian and Early Carboniferous.The main factor governing the growth of the bioturbating population was the rapid sedimentation of fine-grained,volcanic material documented as tempestites,which buried the benthic fauna.In the Bulongguoer section,the presence of miospores Teichertospora torquata and Grandispora gracilis enabled identification of the broad Teichertospora torquata–Grandispora gracilis Miospore Zone from the transitional Frasnian/Famennian interval.More accurate identification of palynostratigraphical levels(DE and CZ Miospore zones)is only tentative.On the basis of palynofacies analysis,samples from the lower Bulongguoer section indicate deposition in more proximal conditions,whereas samples from the top of the section indicate deposition in a more distal environment.In the Haer section,only a general biostratigraphic indication for the Tournaisian was possible,owing to poor preservation of organic matter.
