The Astara Fault System（AFS） is located in the northwest Alborz, east of Talesh Mountain（TM） and west of the South Caspian Basin（SCB）. The AFS is one of the basement rock faults in Iran that is heavily involved ...The Astara Fault System（AFS） is located in the northwest Alborz, east of Talesh Mountain（TM） and west of the South Caspian Basin（SCB）. The AFS is one of the basement rock faults in Iran that is heavily involved in seismotectonic activity of the Talesh region, and to which subsidence of the SCB is attributed. There is little information available concerning previous AFS seismic activities and its properties. In order to elucidate the seismic behavior and activities of the AFS, we conducted a research study on paleoseismology of the fault. Based on paleoseismic evidence, two scenarios could be taken into consideration, one of which has three and another has four seismic events with magnitudes Mw in the range of 6.7 to 7.2. Evidence of these seismic events is within sedimentary succession as they have occurred during the past 3 ka（this age is determined based on the deposition rate of the region）. Six carbon samples were taken for C^14 age determination tests, the results of which clearly demonstrated that the EvIV（scenario A） and EvⅢ（scenario B） had occurred before 27,444 cal BP, while other events occurred in the time period between 27,444 cal BP and 3 ka ago. If we consider the occurrence of three or four seismic events（based on the two scenarios） to be between 27,444 cal BP and 3 ka ago, the average recurrence interval is 7,119 ± 1,017, but evidence for these events has been removed. If we assume EvI to be the youngest event（in both scenarios）, the minimum elapsed time is therefore 3 ka.展开更多
四极杆电感耦合等离子体质谱仪(Inductively Coupled Plasma-Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry,简称ICP-QMS)可用于U和Th同位素分析。目前,ICP-QMS能实现精度大约为0.3%(U)和1%(Th)的测量分析,可提供误差在1%～10%的^(230)Th/U年代数据。...四极杆电感耦合等离子体质谱仪(Inductively Coupled Plasma-Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry,简称ICP-QMS)可用于U和Th同位素分析。目前,ICP-QMS能实现精度大约为0.3%(U)和1%(Th)的测量分析,可提供误差在1%～10%的^(230)Th/U年代数据。本文用ICP-QMS分析了采自意大利南都Loreto旧石器地点的4颗马牙化石样品,并对已发表的UTEVA树脂提纯U和Th的流程做了进一步改进,使其适用于动物牙化石样品。样品中的U和Th含量的平均测量精度(2σ)分别为0.3%和0.6%;^(234)U/^(238)U和^(230)Th/^(238)U活度比平均精度(2σ)分别为0.3%和0.8%。数据表明同一颗牙化石的不同组织的U含量可有数量级差别,同时它们的U-Th同位素活度比也可显著地离散(>2σ),从而导致不一致的^(230)Th/U年代结果。如今测定的各牙组织的U-Th同位素数据可用于模拟U的迁移历史;U-系分析与电子自旋共振测年技术相结合或可更好地估计样品的地质年代。展开更多
文摘The Astara Fault System（AFS） is located in the northwest Alborz, east of Talesh Mountain（TM） and west of the South Caspian Basin（SCB）. The AFS is one of the basement rock faults in Iran that is heavily involved in seismotectonic activity of the Talesh region, and to which subsidence of the SCB is attributed. There is little information available concerning previous AFS seismic activities and its properties. In order to elucidate the seismic behavior and activities of the AFS, we conducted a research study on paleoseismology of the fault. Based on paleoseismic evidence, two scenarios could be taken into consideration, one of which has three and another has four seismic events with magnitudes Mw in the range of 6.7 to 7.2. Evidence of these seismic events is within sedimentary succession as they have occurred during the past 3 ka（this age is determined based on the deposition rate of the region）. Six carbon samples were taken for C^14 age determination tests, the results of which clearly demonstrated that the EvIV（scenario A） and EvⅢ（scenario B） had occurred before 27,444 cal BP, while other events occurred in the time period between 27,444 cal BP and 3 ka ago. If we consider the occurrence of three or four seismic events（based on the two scenarios） to be between 27,444 cal BP and 3 ka ago, the average recurrence interval is 7,119 ± 1,017, but evidence for these events has been removed. If we assume EvI to be the youngest event（in both scenarios）, the minimum elapsed time is therefore 3 ka.
文摘四极杆电感耦合等离子体质谱仪(Inductively Coupled Plasma-Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry,简称ICP-QMS)可用于U和Th同位素分析。目前,ICP-QMS能实现精度大约为0.3%(U)和1%(Th)的测量分析,可提供误差在1%～10%的^(230)Th/U年代数据。本文用ICP-QMS分析了采自意大利南都Loreto旧石器地点的4颗马牙化石样品,并对已发表的UTEVA树脂提纯U和Th的流程做了进一步改进,使其适用于动物牙化石样品。样品中的U和Th含量的平均测量精度(2σ)分别为0.3%和0.6%;^(234)U/^(238)U和^(230)Th/^(238)U活度比平均精度(2σ)分别为0.3%和0.8%。数据表明同一颗牙化石的不同组织的U含量可有数量级差别,同时它们的U-Th同位素活度比也可显著地离散(>2σ),从而导致不一致的^(230)Th/U年代结果。如今测定的各牙组织的U-Th同位素数据可用于模拟U的迁移历史;U-系分析与电子自旋共振测年技术相结合或可更好地估计样品的地质年代。
