The response of stromatolites to seismic shocks: Tomboliths from the Palaeoproterozoic Chaibasa Formation, E India  被引量:5

The response of stromatolites to seismic shocks:Tomboliths from the Palaeoproterozoic Chaibasa Formation,E India

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作  者:A.J. (Tom) van Loon Rajat Mazumder Shuvabrata De 

机构地区:[1]Geocom Consultants, Valle del Portet 17, 03762, Benitachell, Spain [2]Department of Applied Geology, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Curtin University Sarawak, CDT 250, 98009, Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia [3]Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Bhopal By-pass Road, Bhopal, 462066, Madhya Pradesh, India

出  处:《Journal of Palaeogeography》2016年第4期381-390,共10页古地理学报(英文版)

基  金:project was supported by the Foundation Dr Schurmannfonds,grants no.34/2006 and 57/2009,67/2010 and 82/2012;the DST and the Department of Geology,Calcutta University for financial support and infrastructural support

摘  要:It is demonstrated here for the first time how Palaeoproterozoic stromatolites survived seismic disturbance of their substrate. The stromatolites under study could have been cyanobacteria or any other photo-autotrophic microbes, which formed mats that covered a substrate of very fine-grained sandstones and mudstones of the Chaibasa Fm. in eastern India. The sediments represent a shelf environment. The local abundance of the stromatotites suggests that the tow-energy environment formed a suitable habitat. The common phases of tectonic quiescence were, however, occasionally interrupted by seismic shocks. These were sufficiently strong to deform the mat layers, the tower parts of which might already have been (semi-) consolidated. The mats became partly folded, partly faulted, and already consolidated parts of the stromatotite layers broke off. This can be deduced from the angular shapes of part of the broken-off fragments. It appears, however, that part of these fragments were stilt sufficiently soft to become rounded and deformed by rotting over the seafloor, probably under the influence of tidal currents. When come to rest, these fragments served as a new substrate for new generations of the microorganisms. These micro-organisms thus survived by continued growth on the reworked fragments and built up new stromatolites that may show an ‘angular disconformity' with the stromatotites of their substrate. It thus is shown that stromatotites have an adequate response to a sudden disturbance of their habitat, and that they survive earthquakes by colonization of broken-off fragments. We call the ‘healed' fragments ‘tombotiths' (tumbled stones).It is demonstrated here for the first time how Palaeoproterozoic stromatolites survived seismic disturbance of their substrate. The stromatolites under study could have been cyanobacteria or any other photo-autotrophic microbes, which formed mats that covered a substrate of very fine-grained sandstones and mudstones of the Chaibasa Fm. in eastern India. The sediments represent a shelf environment. The local abundance of the stromatotites suggests that the tow-energy environment formed a suitable habitat. The common phases of tectonic quiescence were, however, occasionally interrupted by seismic shocks. These were sufficiently strong to deform the mat layers, the tower parts of which might already have been (semi-) consolidated. The mats became partly folded, partly faulted, and already consolidated parts of the stromatotite layers broke off. This can be deduced from the angular shapes of part of the broken-off fragments. It appears, however, that part of these fragments were stilt sufficiently soft to become rounded and deformed by rotting over the seafloor, probably under the influence of tidal currents. When come to rest, these fragments served as a new substrate for new generations of the microorganisms. These micro-organisms thus survived by continued growth on the reworked fragments and built up new stromatolites that may show an ‘angular disconformity' with the stromatotites of their substrate. It thus is shown that stromatotites have an adequate response to a sudden disturbance of their habitat, and that they survive earthquakes by colonization of broken-off fragments. We call the ‘healed' fragments ‘tombotiths' (tumbled stones).

关 键 词:STROMATOLITES Seismic shocks Soft-sediment deformation structures Pataeoproterozoic Singhbhum craton Tombotiths INDIA 

分 类 号:P315[天文地球—地震学] P588[天文地球—固体地球物理学]

 

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