简介：本刊讯（段金平）北京的母亲河——永定河年龄到底多大？300万岁!据北京市地质调查研究院院长蔡向民介绍,通过对永定河冲洪积物的研究发现,永定河最早的沉积物——泥砾岩为上新世形成,年龄约300万年。

简介：TheInternationalGeologicalCongresses(IGCs)hadbeeninterruptedfornineyearsduringWorldWarI,betweenToronto(1913)andBrussels(1922).WorldWarIIcausedanevenlongerbreakofelevenyears,betweenMoscow(1937)andLondon(1948).

简介：KarstrocksfromtheHuanglongFormationexposedatthemarginoftheEasternSichuanBasincanbedividedintofourtypes:slightlycorroded,moderatelycorrodedporous,intenselycorrodedbrecciatedandintenselycorrodedandreplacedsecondarycalcickarsticrocks.Thecarbon,oxygenandstrontiumisotopecompositionsofthevariouskarstrocksareanalyzedsystematicallyandcomparedtorockswithoutkarstcorrosion.Theresultsindicatethat(1)theHuanglongFormationintheeasternSichuanBasinwasarestrictedbaysuppliedandcontrolledbyfreshwaterinwhichmudmicriteandmud-dolomicriteexhibitlowδ13Candδ18Ovaluesandhigh87Sr/86Srratios;(2)alltypesofkarsticrocksinthepaleokarstreservoirsoftheHuanglongFormationintheresearchareaareaffectedbyatmosphericfreshwaterwiththeδ13Candδ18Ovaluesand87Sr/86Srratiosintheoriginalformationapproachingthoseofatmosphericfreshwater,whichreflectsancienthydrologicalconditions,fluidproperties,isotopicsourceandthefractionationeffect;(3)theintenselycorrodedandreplacedsecondarylimestoneisaffectedbyavarietyofdiageneticfluids,oftenreflectedbyδ13Candδ18Ovalues,whilethe87Sr/86Srratiosexhibitthestrongdegreeofthecorrosion;(4)aftercomparingthe87Sr/86Srratiosofeachtypeofkarstrock,thediageneticfluidsaredeterminedtobemainlyatmosphericfreshwater,anddependingonthestrengthofcorrosion,andthelow87Sr/86Srratiofluidsinthelayerwillparticipateinthekarstprocess.Thecarbon,oxygen,andstrontiumisotopesofdifferentkarsticreservoirscanprovidemeaningfulgeochemicalinformationforforecastingandevaluatingthedevelopmentanddistributionrulesoftheHuanglongFormationatthemarginoftheeasternSichuanBasinintimeandspace.更多还原