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Flow‐induced interfacial deformation structures (FIDS): Implications for the interpretation of palaeocurrents, flow dynamics and substrate rheology 流动诱导的界面变形结构(FIDS):对古流、流动动力学和基质流变学解释的影响
IF 3.5 2区 地球科学 Q1 GEOLOGY Pub Date : 2024-07-18 DOI: 10.1111/sed.13219
Jeff Peakall, JAMES L. Best, Jaco H. Baas, Paul B. Wignall, David M. Hodgson, Piotr Łapcik
Sole structures on the base of turbidites, and other bed types, are typically classified into scour marks and tool marks, such as flutes, grooves, skim marks and prod marks. Yet, there are a range of other common sole marks that are unrelated to scouring or tools, and whose origin is poorly understood. Prominent among these sole structures are longitudinal ridges and furrows, and ‘dinosaur leather’ structures associated with mud ripples. Herein, these features are described and it is argued that they are the product of deformation of the substrate during a sediment gravity flow event. In these flow‐induced interfacial deformation structures (FIDS), a soft cohesive substrate undergoes deformation in response to a buoyant force induced by the denser basal component of an overriding flow, and the flow interacts with this buoyant deformation through shear to remould the substrate. Variations in the relative strength of these buoyant and shear‐induced forces explain the wide range of FIDS that can form. This FIDS model reinterprets the formation of longitudinal ridges and furrows, which have previously been classified as scour marks, and explains their distinctive spatial patterns. Furthermore, the new model builds on the seminal work of Dżułyński and colleagues in the 1960s and 1970s, who identified that these structures contain key palaeocurrent information, and it is argued that such information is largely under‐utilized. Importantly, alongside their utility as palaeocurrent indicators, FIDS provide insights into the rheology of the substrate at the time of their formation, and thus the nature of basal flow conditions in the formative flows.
浊积岩和其他类型海床底部的底面结构通常分为冲刷痕迹和工具痕迹,如凹槽、沟槽、撇痕和突痕。然而,还有一系列与冲刷或工具无关的常见底痕,人们对它们的起源知之甚少。这些鞋底结构中最突出的是纵向的脊和沟,以及与泥浆波纹相关的 "恐龙皮 "结构。本文对这些特征进行了描述,并认为它们是沉积物重力流过程中基底变形的产物。在这些流动诱导的界面变形结构(FIDS)中,软粘性基底会因凌空流动的较高密度基底部分所产生的浮力而发生变形,流动通过剪切力与这种浮力变形相互作用,从而重塑基底。这些浮力和剪切力的相对强度的变化解释了为什么会形成各种各样的 FIDS。这种 FIDS 模型重新解释了以前被归类为冲刷痕迹的纵脊和纵沟的形成,并解释了其独特的空间模式。此外,新模型建立在 Dżułyński 及其同事在 20 世纪 60 和 70 年代的开创性工作基础之上,他们发现这些结构包含关键的古海流信息,并认为这些信息在很大程度上未得到充分利用。重要的是,除了作为古水流指标的作用之外,FIDS 还能让人们深入了解其形成时的基底流变学,从而了解形成流中基底流动条件的性质。
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Stratigraphic architecture of fluvial fans shaped by downstream changes in avulsion style 下游侵蚀方式变化所形成的河漫滩地层结构
IF 3.5 2区 地球科学 Q1 GEOLOGY Pub Date : 2024-07-17 DOI: 10.1111/sed.13217
Jeffery M. Valenza, Douglas A. Edmonds, Harrison K. Martin, Caitlin Sifuentes, Stephan Toby
Natural river diversion, or avulsion, controls the distribution of channels on a floodplain and channel sandstone bodies within fluvial stratigraphic architecture. Avulsions establish new flow paths and create channels through several recognized processes, or styles. These include reoccupying existing channels, or annexation, downcutting into the floodplain, or incision, and constructing new channels from crevasse‐splay distributary networks, or progradation. Recent remote sensing observations show that avulsion style changes systematically moving downstream along modern fluvial fans but, to date, no studies have assessed the significance of these trends on fluvial fan stratigraphy. Here, spatiotemporal changes in avulsion stratigraphy are investigated within the Salt Wash Member of the Morrison Formation, deposited in the Cordilleran foreland basin during the Late Jurassic epoch. Measured sections and photographic panels were analysed from 23 locations across the Salt Wash extent. Avulsion style was identified in the stratigraphic record by the basal contact of a channel storey with underlying strata: channel–channel contacts indicate annexation, channel–floodplain contacts indicate incision and channel–heterolithic contacts indicate progradation. Contact types change downstream, such that channel–channel and channel–floodplain contacts dominate proximal locations, while channel–heterolithic contacts become increasingly prevalent downstream. Outcrop results were compared to a numerical model of fluvial fan formation and remote‐sensing analysis of avulsions on modern fans. In both additional datasets, channels in proximal fan positions tend to avulse via annexation, reoccupying abandoned channels, while channels in more distal positions tend to avulse via increasingly significant progradation. These findings suggest a relationship between newly recognized downstream changes in avulsion style and well‐established downstream changes in fluvial fan architecture. Furthermore, this suggests that fan architecture can inform interpretations of ancient fluvial dynamics, including avulsion behaviour, and that avulsions can cause stratigraphically significant and measurable changes to fan architecture.
河流的自然分流或冲刷控制着洪泛平原上的河道分布以及河道地层结构中的砂岩体。崩蚀通过几种公认的过程或方式建立新的水流路径并形成河道。这些过程包括重新占据现有河道(或称吞并)、向洪泛平原下切(或称切割)以及从裂缝分布网络中构建新的河道(或称渐变)。最近的遥感观测结果表明,沿现代河漫滩向下游移动时,崩蚀方式会发生系统性变化,但迄今为止,还没有研究评估过这些趋势对河漫滩地层学的影响。本文研究了侏罗纪晚期沉积于科迪勒拉山前陆盆地的莫里森地层盐洗组的崩塌地层时空变化。对盐水冲刷范围内 23 个地点的测量断面和照片进行了分析。在地层记录中,通过河道层位与下伏地层的基底接触来确定侵蚀方式:河道-河道接触表示吞并,河道-洪泛平原接触表示侵蚀,河道-碎石接触表示前进。接触类型在下游发生变化,河道-河道接触和河道-洪积平原接触在近端位置占主导地位,而河道-片石接触在下游越来越普遍。我们将外测结果与河漫滩形成的数值模型以及对现代河漫滩崩塌的遥感分析进行了比较。在这两个额外的数据集中,位于近端扇形位置的河道往往通过吞并的方式发生冲蚀,重新占据被遗弃的河道,而位于较远位置的河道则往往通过日益显著的前倾的方式发生冲蚀。这些发现表明,新认识到的下游崩蚀方式的变化与已确定的下游河漫滩结构的变化之间存在关系。此外,这还表明,扇形结构可以为解释古代河流动力学提供信息,包括崩塌行为,而且崩塌可以对扇形结构造成地层上显著的、可测量的变化。
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Exploring electron backscatter diffraction analysis as a tool for understanding stromatolite: Quantitative description of Cretaceous lacustrine stromatolite reveals formative processes and high‐resolution climatic cycles 将电子反向散射衍射分析作为了解叠层石的一种工具:白垩纪湖沼叠层石的定量描述揭示了形成过程和高分辨率气候周期
IF 2.6 2区 地球科学 Q1 GEOLOGY Pub Date : 2024-07-16 DOI: 10.1111/sed.13222
Mar Simonet Roda, Daeyeong Kim, Alexander T. Brasier, E. Griesshaber, Jeong‐Hyun Lee
Lacustrine stromatolites serve as important archives for recording environmental changes, and the detailed examination of their microfabrics is essential for understanding their formative processes and the environmental changes embedded within them. This study explored the application of Electron Backscatter Diffraction combined with Energy‐Dispersive X‐ray Spectroscopy to investigate a well‐preserved middle Cretaceous lacustrine stromatolite from south‐eastern Korea, unveiling ultra‐high‐resolution sedimentary processes that are often challenging to observe using conventional methods. Two types of microsparitic layers and one type of crystalline layer are distinguished based on their texture, crystal morphology and elemental composition. Both microsparitic layers are micrometre‐thick and are characterized by poorly co‐oriented calcite grains, but differ in their composition. Type 1 is depleted in magnesium but enriched in detrital elements such as silicon and aluminium, likely originating from the trapping and binding of detrital sediments on microbial mats during rainy seasons. In contrast, type 2 is enriched in magnesium but devoid of detrital elements, interpreted to have formed by the precipitation of calcium carbonate during dry seasons. The crystalline layers comprise fan‐shaped calcite crystals (ca 500 μm in length) with radiating internal structures, with their c‐axes oriented perpendicular to the stromatolite layers. These structures resemble those observed in some modern freshwater stromatolites, which are interpreted as imprints of cyanobacterial fascicules. While the cyclic occurrence of types 1 and 2 microsparitic layers might imply annual seasonal cycles, the less frequent crystalline layers are interpreted as a result of environmental changes occurring every 27 to 30 years. This is the first study to apply Electron Backscatter Diffraction to stromatolites, showcasing its potential in unravelling both the formative and diagenetic processes of ancient stromatolites.
湖相叠层石是记录环境变化的重要档案,对其微观结构的详细研究对于了解其形成过程和其中蕴含的环境变化至关重要。本研究探索了电子反向散射衍射与能量色散 X 射线光谱相结合的应用,以研究韩国东南部的一个保存完好的中白垩世湖相叠层石,揭示了超高分辨率的沉积过程,而这些过程往往是传统方法难以观察到的。根据纹理、晶体形态和元素组成,区分了两种微石英层和一种结晶层。这两种微石英层都有微米厚,其特点是方解石晶粒共向性差,但成分不同。类型 1 的镁含量较低,但硅和铝等碎屑元素含量较高,这可能是由于雨季时微生物垫上的碎屑沉积物被捕获和结合造成的。与此相反,2 型富含镁,但不含碎屑元素,可以解释为是由碳酸钙在干旱季节沉淀形成的。结晶层由扇形方解石晶体(长约 500 μm)组成,内部结构呈放射状,其 c 轴方向与叠层石层垂直。这些结构类似于在一些现代淡水叠层石中观察到的结构,被解释为蓝藻簇的印记。第一类和第二类微石英层的周期性出现可能意味着每年的季节性周期,而较少出现的结晶层则被解释为每 27 至 30 年发生一次环境变化的结果。这是首次将电子反向散射衍射应用于叠层石的研究,展示了电子反向散射衍射在揭示古叠层石的形成和成岩过程方面的潜力。
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Not all shell beds are made equal: Recognizing singular event‐concentrations in megalakes 并非所有贝床都是一样的:认识巨型湖泊中的奇异事件集中地
IF 3.5 2区 地球科学 Q1 GEOLOGY Pub Date : 2024-07-09 DOI: 10.1111/sed.13221
Mariza Gomes Rodrigues, Filipe Giovanini Varejão, Franz Theodor Fürsich, Beatriz Christofoletti, Suzana Aparecida Matos, Lucas Veríssimo Warren, Lucas Inglez, Rodrigo Irineu Cerri, Mario Luis Assine, Marcello Guimarães Simões
Event deposition accounts for a large part of the preserved sedimentary record. Tempestites, tsunamites and turbidites are among the most common event deposits in marine and lacustrine systems. While facies models exist for these deposits, the challenge lies in the fact that diverse triggers can give rise to analogous depositional processes and comparable taphonomic features, making it difficult to pinpoint the precise trigger for an event bed. Hence, five distinct modern‐type shell concentrations are studied in Permian strata from the Paraná Basin, West Gondwana, to access the parameters to discriminate event phenomena, and their associated depositional and taphonomic processes. During this time interval, the basin underwent continuous continentalization due to orogenic events, leading to the entrapment of epeiric marine waters and the transformation of the system into a megalake, supporting a diverse and endemic freshwater bivalve fauna. While sedimentation was primarily influenced by meteorological events, certain stratigraphic intervals were also affected by tectonically active periods and meteor impact events. The different products are categorized into bioclastic sandstone, shell bed, shell‐rich phosclast rudstone and shell‐rich conglomerate that are interpreted as proximal and distal tempestites and tsunamites, respectively. Finally, the products and the processes that lead to the deposition of tempestites and tsunamites are compared to establish diagnostic signatures that may be applied to differentiate these event concentrations in analogous settings from the geological record.
事件沉积占保存下来的沉积记录的很大一部分。暴风雨岩、海啸岩和浊积岩是海洋和湖泊系统中最常见的事件沉积。虽然这些沉积物存在面相模型,但其挑战在于不同的触发因素可能会产生类似的沉积过程和相似的岩石学特征,因此很难准确确定事件床的触发因素。因此,我们在西冈瓦纳帕拉纳盆地的二叠纪地层中研究了五种不同的现代型贝壳集中地,以获取区分事件现象的参数及其相关的沉积和岩石学过程。在这一时期,由于造山运动,盆地不断经历大陆化过程,导致澎湃的海水被困,该系统转变为一个巨型湖泊,孕育了多种多样的地方性淡水双壳类动物。虽然沉积作用主要受气象事件的影响,但某些地层区间也受到构造活跃期和流星撞击事件的影响。不同的产物被分为生物碎屑砂岩、贝壳床、富含贝壳的磷酸盐砾岩和富含贝壳的砾岩,分别被解释为近端和远端的暴风岩和海啸岩。最后,对导致天冲石和海啸石沉积的产物和过程进行比较,以建立诊断特征,用于从地质记录中区分这些事件在类似环境中的集中程度。
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Siderite from the Tibetan Himalaya: Evidence for a low sulphate ocean during Oceanic Anoxic Event 1a (Early Aptian) 西藏喜马拉雅山脉的菱铁矿:大洋缺氧事件 1a(早古生代)期间低硫酸盐海洋的证据
IF 3.5 2区 地球科学 Q1 GEOLOGY Pub Date : 2024-07-05 DOI: 10.1111/sed.13218
Fan Meng, Zhong Han, Xiumian Hu, Hugh C. Jenkyns, Bolin Zhang, Xi Chen, Mingcai Hou
Mesozoic oceanic anoxic events were characterized by relatively low seawater sulphate concentrations ([]), which likely regulated the development and evolution of these major palaeoceanographic phenomena. However, there is little reliable sedimentary evidence for low [] in ancient marine waters and understanding of how such a seawater chemistry potentially impacted oceanic anoxic events is limited. This study presents an integrated sedimentological, mineralogical and geochemical investigation of the mineral siderite hosted in dark grey shale and sideritic concretions of Early Aptian (coeval with Oceanic Anoxic Event 1a) from the Tibetan Himalaya. Siderite is present throughout the section and possesses similar morphological characteristics whether in dark grey shale or concretions. Siderite can be present as disseminated and rhombic crystals formed during early diagenesis, or minor spherical crystals formed during late diagenesis. The evidence from redox elements, middle rare‐earth element bulge patterns and extremely low carbon‐isotope values of the sideritic concretions indicates that the iron carbonate was formed in the Fe‐reduction zones by the process of dissimilatory iron reduction. This process would have required conditions of low [], reducing environment, abundant iron and high alkalinity. Additionally, the coexistence of siderite and pyrite may indicate that dissimilatory iron reduction occurred close to the microbial sulphate reduction zone, with seawater [] hovering around the tipping point at which pyrite could form once seawater sulphate increased. Such an increase during Oceanic Anoxic Event 1a could have resulted from basalt–seawater interaction and associated enhanced continental weathering, and/or hydrothermal activity. This study's observations support the previous hypothesis that low [] for Oceanic Anoxic Event 1a was probably caused by massive gypsum burial in the proto‐South Atlantic. Subsequently, enhanced sulphate input could have promoted microbial sulphate reduction and accompanying oxidation of organic matter, which likely further enhanced nutrient recycling, increased primary productivity and organic‐carbon burial, leading to more oxygen consumption and expansion of oxygen minimum zones, as reconstructed for many oceanic anoxic events.
中生代大洋缺氧事件的特点是海水硫酸盐浓度([])相对较低,这可能制约着这些重大古海洋现象的发展和演变。然而,几乎没有可靠的沉积物证据表明古代海水中的[]浓度较低,人们对这种海水化学性质如何对大洋缺氧事件产生潜在影响的了解也很有限。本研究对西藏喜马拉雅山早安普世(与大洋缺氧事件 1a 同时发生)深灰色页岩和菱铁矿凝块中的菱铁矿进行了沉积学、矿物学和地球化学综合研究。菱铁矿存在于整个剖面中,无论是深灰色页岩还是凝结块,都具有相似的形态特征。菱铁矿可以是成岩早期形成的散粒和菱形晶体,也可以是成岩晚期形成的小球形晶体。从氧化还原元素、中间稀土元素隆起形态以及菱铁矿凝结物中极低的碳同位素值来看,碳酸铁是在铁还原带中通过异纤铁还原过程形成的。这一过程需要低[]、还原环境、丰富的铁和高碱度的条件。此外,菱铁矿和黄铁矿的共存可能表明,异嗜性铁还原发生在微生物硫酸盐还原区附近,海水[]在临界点附近徘徊,一旦海水硫酸盐增加,黄铁矿就会形成。大洋缺氧事件 1a 期间的这种增加可能是由于玄武岩与海水的相互作用以及相关的大陆风化增强和/或热液活动造成的。本研究的观测结果支持之前的假设,即大洋缺氧事件 1a 期间的低[]可能是由原南大西洋的大量石膏埋藏造成的。随后,硫酸盐输入的增加可能促进了微生物的硫酸盐还原作用和随之而来的有机物氧化作用,这很可能进一步促进了营养物质的循环、初级生产力的提高和有机碳的埋藏,从而导致更多的氧气消耗和最小含氧区的扩大,正如许多大洋缺氧事件重建的那样。
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Upper‐flow‐regime deposits related to glacio‐volcanic interactions in Patagonia: Insights from the Pleistocene record in Southern Andes 与巴塔哥尼亚冰川-火山相互作用有关的上层流态沉积:南安第斯地区更新世记录的启示
IF 3.5 2区 地球科学 Q1 GEOLOGY Pub Date : 2024-07-03 DOI: 10.1111/sed.13216
Joaquín Bucher, Cecilia del Papa, Irene R. Hernando, Gabriela Almada
Supercritical flows and their associated upper‐flow‐regime bedforms have been increasingly recognized in several contrasting depositional environments around the world, including volcano‐sedimentary settings. In recent years, there have been significant advances in flow modelling, architecture and depositional dynamics in upper‐flow‐regime bedforms related to glacio‐volcanic interaction, however most of these works come from specific volcanic landscapes. Examples of other regions with different tectonic and volcanic settings are needed in order to gain a more global perspective regarding the generation and preservation of upper‐flow‐regime glacio‐volcanic bedforms. This study presents a detailed analysis of Pleistocene volcaniclastic deposits accumulated in alluvial to lacustrine deltaic environments in the Southern Andes within the Southern Volcanic Zone. Six facies were defined and related to distinctive bedforms by examining sedimentary features, including textural characteristics, sedimentary structures, architecture and composition. Among these facies, five are distinguished by deposition from supercritical flows and upper‐flow‐regime bedforms, such as cyclic steps, chutes and pools, and antidunes. The stratigraphic succession reveals a predominance of repeated supercritical flows, which appear to be influenced by the availability of detritus for removal along with sudden water discharges. Compositional analyses indicate that explosive volcanism was the primary source of detritus, occurring synchronously with sedimentation. Additionally, the widespread occurrence of Pleistocene glacial conditions in this region suggests that volcanic‐induced melting ice or snow may have been an important source of water supply. Regarding the Southern Andes, the presence of local depressions, such as volcano‐tectonic calderas plays an essential role in the generation and preservation of the upper‐flow‐regime bedforms related to glacio‐volcanism. Furthermore, the importance of carrying out detailed and multidisciplinary studies seems to be critical for the recognition of these deposits in the record of the Andes.
超临界流及其相关的上流变床形在世界各地一些对比强烈的沉积环境(包括火山沉积环境)中得到了越来越多的认可。近年来,在与冰川-火山相互作用有关的上层流-机制床形态的流动建模、结构和沉积动力学方面取得了重大进展,但这些研究大多来自特定的火山地貌。我们需要其他地区不同构造和火山环境的实例,以获得有关上-流-火山作用冰川-火山岩床形成和保存的更全面的视角。本研究详细分析了南火山区南安第斯山脉冲积至湖泊三角洲环境中积累的更新世火山碎屑沉积物。通过研究沉积特征,包括纹理特征、沉积结构、构造和成分,确定了六个面,并将其与独特的床形联系起来。在这些岩层面中,有五个岩层面是由超临界流沉积和上层流时期的岩床形态(如循环台阶、槽和池以及反沙丘)区分开来的。地层演替显示,反复出现的超临界流占主导地位,这似乎是受可清除的碎屑以及突发性水流的影响。成分分析表明,火山爆发是碎屑的主要来源,与沉积作用同步进行。此外,该地区广泛出现的更新世冰川条件表明,火山引起的冰雪融化可能是重要的供水来源。关于南安第斯山脉,当地洼地(如火山构造破火山口)的存在在生成和保存与冰川-火山作用有关的上层流态床形方面起着至关重要的作用。此外,进行详细的多学科研究似乎对在安第斯山脉的记录中确认这些沉积物至关重要。
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Sedimentary dolomite in Western Australia and the dolomite problem: Genesis of channel and playa uranium deposits 西澳大利亚沉积白云岩和白云岩问题:河槽和洼地铀矿床的成因
IF 3.5 2区 地球科学 Q1 GEOLOGY Pub Date : 2024-07-02 DOI: 10.1111/sed.13214
Justin B. R. Drummond, Peir K. Pufahl, Noel P. James, Daniel Layton‐Matthews, T. Kurt Kyser
Quaternary to Recent sedimentary dolomite in groundwater calcrete and saltmarsh sediments of Lake Way and Lake Maitland, Western Australia, provide new information about the formation of low‐temperature dolomite. Dolomite can form through numerous pathways depending on the depositional and diagenetic environment. Many pathways involve microbial processes and/or the presence of a nucleation substrate which help overcome kinetic barriers preventing precipitation in the laboratory. Petrographic, mineralogical, hydrogeochemical and stable isotopic data in this study reveal the importance of Mg‐clays as nucleation sites for dolomite precipitation in a range of aquifer environments. There is also a close association between authigenic Mg‐clays, dolomite and the potassium–uranyl–vanadate ore mineral carnotite in channel and playa uranium deposits. It is interpreted that evaporation‐driven precipitation of dolomite establishes a positive feedback loop promoting the dissociation of aqueous uranyl–carbonate complexes and concomitant increase in carnotite saturation. Critical to this model is the presence of authigenic Mg‐clays because they facilitate dolomite precipitation and promote carnotite nucleation by concentrating potassium ions on clay surfaces via adsorption. This Mg‐clay–dolomite–carnotite relationship is widespread throughout Western Australian channel and playa uranium deposits and has been observed in similar deposits in Namibia and Botswana. In addition to this economic implication, Mg‐clay mediated nucleation of dolomite potentially has global relevance as a precipitation mechanism for low temperature dolomite in sedimentary deposits where detrital and/or authigenic Mg‐clays are present. Maturation of sedimentary dolomite from disordered high‐calcian dolomite to ordered low‐calcian dolomite occurs very early in the meteoric realm making it resistant to alteration during burial diagenesis. Diagenetic resistance may be further increased by early meteoric silicification related to the degradation of associated Mg‐clays. These findings indicate that Mg‐clay associated sedimentary dolomite has potential to retain a primary isotopic signature indicative of its origin, making it a useful recorder of palaeoenvironmental conditions.
西澳大利亚韦湖和麦特兰湖地下水混凝土和盐沼沉积物中的第四纪至近代沉积白云岩提供了有关低温白云岩形成的新信息。根据沉积和成岩环境的不同,白云石可通过多种途径形成。许多途径涉及微生物过程和/或成核基质的存在,这有助于克服阻碍实验室沉淀的动力学障碍。本研究中的岩相学、矿物学、水文地球化学和稳定同位素数据揭示了镁粘土作为一系列含水层环境中白云石沉淀成核场所的重要性。此外,在沟道和洼地铀矿床中,自生镁质粘土、白云石和钾铀钒矿石光卤石之间也存在密切联系。据解释,蒸发驱动的白云石沉淀建立了一个正反馈循环,促进了水铀酰-碳酸盐复合物的解离,同时增加了光卤石的饱和度。这个模型的关键在于自生镁粘土的存在,因为它们通过吸附作用将钾离子集中在粘土表面,从而促进白云石沉淀并促进光卤石成核。这种镁粘土-白云石-光卤石的关系在西澳大利亚的槽形铀矿床和洼地铀矿床中十分普遍,在纳米比亚和博茨瓦纳的类似矿床中也有观察到。除了这种经济意义之外,镁粘土介导的白云石成核作为沉积矿床中低温白云石的一种沉淀机制,具有潜在的全球意义,因为在沉积矿床中存在着脱盐和/或自生镁粘土。沉积白云岩从无序的高钙白云岩到有序的低钙白云岩的成熟过程很早就发生在陨石界,使其在埋藏成因过程中具有抗蚀变性。与相关镁质粘土降解有关的早期陨石硅化可能会进一步增加其抗成因性。这些发现表明,与镁粘土相关的沉积白云岩有可能保留表明其起源的原生同位素特征,使其成为古环境条件的有用记录器。
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Tectono‐sedimentary history of the upper Cedar Mountain Formation, Central Utah, USA 美国犹他州中部上锡达山地层的构造沉积史
IF 3.5 2区 地球科学 Q1 GEOLOGY Pub Date : 2024-07-01 DOI: 10.1111/sed.13211
Ryan T. Tucker, M. Ryan King, Michael T. Mohr, Ray K. Renaut, James L. Crowley, Jack W. Fekete, Peter J. Makovicky, Lindsay E. Zanno
Current investigations into the Albian–Cenomanian sedimentary record within the Western Interior have identified multiple complex tectono‐sedimentary process–response systems during the ongoing evolution of North America. One key sedimentary succession, the upper Cedar Mountain Formation (Short Canyon Member and Mussentuchit Member), has historically been linked to various regionally and continentally significant tectonic events, including Sevier fold‐and‐thrust deformation. However, the linkage between the Short Canyon Member and active Sevier tectonism has been unclear due to a lack of high‐precision age constraints. To establish temporal context, this study compares maximum depositional ages from detrital zircons recovered from the Short Canyon Member with that of a modified Bayesian age stratigraphic model (top‐down) to infer that the Short Canyon Member was deposited at ca 100 Ma, penecontemporaneous with rejuvenated thrusting across Utah [Pavant (Pahvant), Iron Springs and Nebo thrusts]. These also indicate a short depositional hiatus with the lowermost portion of the overlying Mussentuchit Member. The Short Canyon Member and Mussentuchit Member preserve markedly different sedimentary successions, with the Short Canyon Member interpreted to be composed of para‐autochthonous orogen–transverse (across the Sevier highlands) clastics deposited within a series of stacked distributive fluvial fans. Meanwhile, the muddy paralic Mussentuchit Member was a mix of orogen–transverse (Sevier highlands and Cordilleran Arc) and orogen–parallel basinal sediments and suspension settling fines within the developing collisional foredeep. However, the informally named last chance sandstone (middle sandstone of the Mussentuchit Member) is identified as an orogen–transverse sandy debris flow originating from the Sevier highlands, similar to the underlying Short Canyon Member. During this phase of landscape evolution, the Short Canyon Member – Mussentuchit Member depocentre was a sedimentary conduit system that would fertilize the Western Interior Seaway with ash‐rich sediments. These volcaniclastic contributions, along with penecontemporaneous deposits across the western coastal margin of the Western Interior Seaway, eventually would have lowered oxygen content and resulted in a contributing antecedent trigger for the Cenomanian–Turonian transition Oceanic Anoxic Event 2.
目前对西内陆阿尔卑斯-公元前沉积记录的研究发现,在北美持续演化过程中存在多种复杂的构造沉积过程-反应系统。其中一个重要的沉积演替,即锡达山地层上部(Short Canyon 成员和 Mussentuchit 成员),历来与各种区域性和大陆性重大构造事件有关,包括塞维尔褶皱和推覆变形。然而,由于缺乏高精度的年龄约束,Short Canyon 成员与活跃的塞维尔构造运动之间的联系一直不明确。为了确定时间背景,本研究将从Short Canyon岩层中提取的锆石碎片的最大沉积年龄与修正的贝叶斯年龄地层模型(自上而下)的最大沉积年龄进行了比较,推断Short Canyon岩层沉积于约100Ma,与犹他州的[Pavant (Pahvant)、Iron Springs和Nebo推力]再生推力同时发生。这也表明与上覆的穆森图奇特岩层最下部存在短暂的沉积间歇。肖特峡谷岩层和穆森图奇特岩层保留了明显不同的沉积演替,肖特峡谷岩层被解释为由副自冲造山带横穿(穿越塞维尔高地)的碎屑岩组成,沉积在一系列堆积分布的河流扇中。与此同时,浑浊的paralic Mussentuchit岩层由横向造山带(塞维尔高地和科迪勒拉弧)和平行造山带的基底沉积物以及发展中的碰撞前深渊中的悬浮沉降细粒混合而成。然而,非正式命名的最后机会砂岩(Mussentuchit 组的中砂岩)被确定为源自塞维尔高地的造山横向砂质碎屑流,与下伏的 Short Canyon 组相似。在地貌演化的这一阶段,Short Canyon 组-Mussentuchit 组沉积中心是一个沉积导管系统,将富含火山灰的沉积物注入西内陆海道。这些火山碎屑以及整个西内海道西部沿岸边缘的半同期沉积物,最终会降低含氧量,并导致引发仙人掌纪-震旦纪过渡时期大洋缺氧事件 2(Oceanic Anoxic Event 2)。
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The generation of a clotted peloidal micrite fabric by endolithic cyanobacteria in recent thrombolites from Cuatro Cienegas, northern Mexico 墨西哥北部 Cuatro Cienegas 最近的血栓岩中内生蓝藻生成的凝块状球状微晶结构
IF 3.5 2区 地球科学 Q1 GEOLOGY Pub Date : 2024-07-01 DOI: 10.1111/sed.13215
Elizabeth Chacón‐Baca, Oscar Romero de la Cruz, Gabriel Chavez‐Cabello, Edith Cienfuegos Alvarado, Pedro Morales‐Puente, Leticia Alba‐Aldave, Saul Blanco Lanza
Cuatro Cienegas is a natural geopark that exhibits a vast reservoir of geological, geochemical and geobiological diversity, including shallow‐water microbial carbonates with clotted micrite textures known as thrombolites. Thrombolites mainly occur as domes and massive irregular carbonates along the margins of Rio Mezquites in Cuatro Cienegas, northern Mexico. Because their clotted textures result from diverse abiotic and biotic interactions at the microbial–mineral interface, the formation of clots in thrombolites continues to be a contentious issue. Through a petrographic, scanning electron microscopy and bulk biogeochemical analysis, this study investigated the role of endolithic cyanobacteria in the generation of thrombolitic clots. Their microclotted fabric is characterized by 50 to 200 μm peloidal clots, pores, fenestrae, crevices and cavities as main components. Thrombolites also contain microbial microstructures, some of them interpreted as the endolithic contribution to the genesis of clotted micrite. Thrombolites and associated fresh microbial mats are composed of cyanobacteria, green algae and diatoms. Petrography and cast‐embedded scanning electron microscopy micrographs also show the presence of filamentous endolithic cyanobacteria inside the thrombolitic framestone. The geochemical bulk characterization for carbon and oxygen isotopes shows average values of −0.7‰ Vienna PeeDee Belemnite and −8.0‰ Vienna PeeDee Belemnite, respectively. The organic matter preserved in their mineral matrix and associated microbial mats indicated the putative presence of cyanobacterial hopanoids. The high diversity of peloids and the microboring evidence, together with observed microstructures, suggest that clots may also form by the concurrent precipitation and dissolution of the thrombolites. Among the known sources of peloidal clots, microbial boring may be an additional micrite source for clot formation. Microbial carbonate dissolution may also promote heterogenous lithification by hydration and dehydration cycles. Thrombolites reflect complex systems due to concurrent interactions among producers (phototrophs), consumers (small invertebrates), mineralization (carbonate precipitation induced by phototrophs) and endolithic dissolution. The microstructures inside thrombolites, in conjunction with biogeochemical attributes of bulk thrombolites, may provide unambiguous sedimentary biosignatures.
Cuatro Cienegas 是一个天然地质公园,拥有丰富的地质、地球化学和地球生物多样性,其中包括具有凝块微晶质地的浅水微生物碳酸盐岩,即血栓岩。血栓岩主要以圆顶和块状不规则碳酸盐的形式出现在墨西哥北部 Cuatro Cienegas 的 Rio Mezquites 边缘。由于它们的凝块纹理是微生物-矿物界面上各种非生物和生物相互作用的结果,因此血栓岩中凝块的形成仍然是一个有争议的问题。本研究通过岩相学、扫描电子显微镜和大体积生物地球化学分析,研究了内生蓝藻在血栓质凝块生成过程中的作用。其微凝块结构的特点是以 50 至 200 μm 的球状凝块、孔隙、栅栏、裂缝和空腔为主要成分。血栓岩中还含有微生物微结构,其中一些被解释为内生岩对凝块微晶岩成因的贡献。血栓岩和相关的新鲜微生物垫由蓝藻、绿藻和硅藻组成。岩相学和铸造嵌入式扫描电子显微镜显微照片还显示,血栓框架石内部存在丝状内生蓝藻。碳同位素和氧同位素的地球化学大体特征显示,其平均值分别为-0.7‰维也纳皮迪白云石和-8.0‰维也纳皮迪白云石。其矿物基质和相关微生物垫中保存的有机物表明可能存在蓝藻类。球粒体的高度多样性和微孔证据以及观察到的微观结构表明,凝块也可能是通过同时沉淀和溶解血栓沸石而形成的。在已知的球状凝块来源中,微生物乏味可能是凝块形成的另一个微晶来源。微生物碳酸盐溶解也可能通过水化和脱水循环促进异质岩化。血栓岩反映了生产者(光养生物)、消费者(小型无脊椎动物)、矿化(光养生物诱导的碳酸盐沉淀)和内溶石之间同时发生相互作用的复杂系统。血栓岩内部的微观结构与块状血栓岩的生物地球化学属性相结合,可提供明确的沉积生物特征。
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Depositional environments, hematite–chamosite differentiation and origins of Middle Ordovician iron ooids in the Upper Yangtze region, South China 华南上扬子地区中奥陶统铁鲕粒的沉积环境、赤铁矿-钙钛矿分异与成因
IF 3.5 2区 地球科学 Q1 Earth and Planetary Sciences Pub Date : 2024-06-14 DOI: 10.1111/sed.13213
Xiaocong Luan, Colin D. Sproat, Jisuo Jin, Renbin Zhan
Middle Ordovician iron ooids in the Upper Yangtze region of South China are composed mainly of hematite and/or chamosite, found in mixed siliciclastic and carbonate successions, with hematitic ooids occurring in the west, and predominantly chamositic ooids in the east of the study area. In the three iron ooid‐bearing Middle–Upper Ordovician successions, 19 microfacies are recognized and grouped into eight facies associations, representing a shallow‐water mosaic comprising restricted and semi‐restricted lagoons, and open marine subtidal deposits interfingering with tidal flat and shoal facies. Hematitic ooids with well‐sorted and well‐rounded quartz grains formed in the transgressive shoal setting when the depositional environments changed from restricted lagoon to bioclast–quartz shoal and open marine subtidal. Episodic stasis and erosional intervals during transgression controlled the formation of hematite‐rich and mixed hematite–chamosite laminae within the cortices of hematitic ooids. In contrast, chamositic ooids formed in a semi‐restricted lagoonal environment, under long‐term transgressive condensation. Alternating episodes of relatively oxic conditions with thriving organisms and eutrophication‐driven anoxia resulted in the alternation of porous and dense laminae consisting mainly of chamosite in chamositic ooids. The stromatolite‐like cauliflower structures associated with chamositic ooids suggest microbial activity that promoted iron concentration, similar to the origin of approximately coeval iron‐rich oncoids in South China. Various iron ooid types demonstrate that these coated grains could form in a range of depositional setting and palaeooceanographic conditions on a generally shallow‐marine platform during the Ordovician.
华南长江上游地区的中奥陶统铁乌陶主要由赤铁矿和/或褐铁矿组成,分布于硅质岩和碳酸盐岩混合岩层中,研究区西部为赤铁矿乌陶,东部主要为褐铁矿乌陶。在三个含铁奥陶质的中上奥陶统岩层中,发现了 19 个微岩相,并将其分为 8 个岩相组合,代表了由限制性和半限制性泻湖以及与潮平面和滩涂岩相相互交错的开放式海洋潮下沉积物组成的浅水混合岩相。当沉积环境从限制性泻湖转变为生物碎屑石英浅滩和开阔的海洋潮下带时,在横向浅滩环境中形成了具有分选良好和圆整石英颗粒的赤铁矿鲕粒。横断期间的偶发性停滞和侵蚀间歇控制了赤铁矿敖包皮层中富含赤铁矿和赤铁矿-铁石棉混合层理的形成。与此相反,褐铁矿鲕粒是在半受限的泻湖环境中,在长期的横压冷凝作用下形成的。在生物繁盛的相对缺氧条件和富营养化导致的缺氧条件交替出现的情况下,形成了多孔和致密的层状结构,主要由褐铁矿组成。叠层石状的菜花结构与褐铁矿鲕粒有关,表明微生物活动促进了铁的富集,这与华南地区近似同时期富铁鲕粒的起源相似。各种类型的铁质类粘土表明,在奥陶纪期间,这些包覆颗粒可以在一系列沉积环境和古海洋学条件下在一般浅海平台上形成。
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