浙闽晚中生代辉绿岩脉的岩石成因:年代学与地球化学制约

来自浙江文成和福建永泰两地的侵位于晚中生代中酸性火山岩地层中辉绿岩脉的形成于90～94Ma,为晚白垩世岩石圈伸展作用产物。两地辉绿岩的SiO2=48.61%～55.54%,Na2O=1.98%～3.89%,K2O=0.28%～2.26%,为钙碱性系列;岩浆在演化过程中经历了一定程度的镁铁质矿物、斜长石和副矿物的分离结晶作用。在微量元素特征上LILE(如Ba、Th)和LREE富集、HFSE亏损;具高放射成因Sr和低放射成因Nd同位素组成(文成辉绿岩:87Sr/86Sr(i)=0.7080～0.7097,εNd(t)=-7.7～-3.4;永泰辉绿岩:87Sr/86Sr(i)=0.7061～0.7062,εNd(t)=-1.2～+0.5),明显不同于亏损软流圈来源岩浆。地壳混染/AFC、岩浆混合等过程不足以解释这些辉绿岩的元素-同位素变化特征。结合主、微量元素和Sr-Nd同位素组成,我们认为区域晚中生代辉绿岩为伸展拉张背景下,软流圈上涌与富集岩石圈地幔相互作用,两种源区共同发生部分熔融的结果,其中文成辉绿岩有更大比例的富集岩石圈组分参与,而永泰辉绿岩的熔融源区中软流圈组分则更高。     

天山石炭-二叠纪后碰撞花岗岩的Nd、Sr、Pb同位素源区示踪

天山造山带不仅是中亚巨型造山带的组成部分，也是我国西部晚古生代岩浆活动的集中区，蕴含着丰富的古亚洲洋演化的复合地质信息。笔者以探索天山晚古生代花岗岩浆活动的物质来源为目标，采用Sr、Nd、Pb同位素地球化学方法，对该区不同构造单元中具有代表性的花岗岩体进行了全面系统的研究，发现天山不同构造单元中花岗岩Sr、Nd、Pb同位素特征具有明显差异。在与其围岩的同位素特征进行对比研究的基础上，提出了产于不同构造单元石炭-二叠纪花岗岩的可能源区。觉罗塔格石炭-二叠纪裂谷带的晚古生代花岗岩，具有最高的εNd(t)值和最低的(^87Sr／^86Sr)t值，如，以康古尔石英闪长岩为代表的二叠纪花岗岩的源岩可能是早期泥盆纪大南湖岛弧火山岩(新生地壳)；博格达地区的晚石炭-二叠纪花岗岩是早期基性火山岩，亦可能是底侵基性岩部分熔融的产物。中新元古代基底晚石炭-二叠纪裂谷带中花岗岩的源岩亦为同期基性火山岩，但在岩浆演化过程中受到古老基底地壳的混染，导致其εNd(t)值低于石炭-二叠纪裂谷带中花岗岩，而(^87Sr／^86Sr)t高于石炭-二叠纪裂谷带花岗岩。南天山东段和前寒武系微地块及其边缘中的晚古生代(含个别早古生代花岗岩)花岗岩分别是类似于库米什斜长角闪岩的古老地壳和西天山元古代古老地壳部分熔融的产物，因此它们均具有负的εNd(t)值和异常高的(^87Sr／^86Sr)t值。上述认识对于了解天山晚古生代区域岩石圈演化及深部过程具有重要意义。     

东天山东段同造山到后造山花岗岩幔源组分的递增及陆壳垂向生长意义——Sr、Nd同位素证据

显生宙陆壳垂向生长是一个新的值得进一步深入探索的课题。在已有的地质、地球化学研究基础上,本文报导了东天山东段矿物组成、成因类型相似的早古生代同造山花岗岩体和晚古生代-早中生代后造山花岗岩体新的Sr、Nd同位素测试结果,并进一步对比研究了它们的Sr、Nd同位素差异。前者I_(Sr)值较高(0.7087～0.7288),ε_(Nd)(t)值较低(-5.8～-15.8),模式年龄T_(DM)大(1.29～2.37Ga),显示以古老陆壳物质为主的物源特征;后者I_(Sr)低(0.7069～0.708),ε_(Nd)(t)值高(-3.8～ 0.3),T_(DM)较年轻(0.80～1.28Ga为主),显示混有较多的年轻幔源组分;同期的煌斑岩脉I_(Sr)为0.7080,ε_(Nd)(t)值为 4.3, T_(DM)为0.8 Ga。这些特征为探讨显生宙地壳垂向生长提供了良好实例。一般而言,显生宙高ε_(Nd)(t)值后造山花岗岩中的年轻幔源组分至少有3个可能的来源:(1)前造山(前寒武纪)底侵形成的年轻基性下地壳;(2)同造山水平增生的年轻地壳再循环;(3)后造山底侵的幔源岩浆。这3种来源分别揭示了3种陆壳生长方式和时限:前造山垂向生长;同造山水平生长;后造山垂向生长。通常,这3种情况仅仅依据地球化学特征不易鉴别;而通过花岗岩物源演变的对比研究有可能提供鉴别的线索。该区早古生代花岗岩以古老壳源为特点;而地点相同、矿物组成和地球化学相似、侵位深度相近的晚古生代-早中生代花岗岩幔源组分增多,并伴随有辉绿岩、煌斑岩侵入。这种新的年轻组分最可能与新底侵的幔源岩浆有关,它们随后造山花岗岩加入地壳,导致地壳垂向生长,这是造山后垂向生长的一种特征。该研究为中亚造山带后碰撞或后造山陆壳垂向生长的存在提供了一个证据。     

新疆巴楚辉绿岩岩脉的岩石成因和大地构造意义

塔里木盆地西北部巴楚地区出露的二叠纪基性岩脉为研究塔里木盆地及其邻区晚古生代区域大地构造演化提供了重要信息。巴楚地区基性岩脉中辉绿岩脉富集大离子亲石元素、轻稀土元素以及高场强元素,La/Nb=0.84～1.23,Zr/Nb=5.80～7.81,Ce/Pb=2.6～15.4和 Nb/U=27.0～37.3,初始~(87)Sr/~(86)Sr=0.70495～0.70560,ε_(Nd)(t)=-1.7～ 2.0,明显不同于受俯冲交代地幔源区的产物,也区别于典型洋岛玄武岩(OIB),相反具有 OIB 型 富集岩石圈地幔的元素-同位素地球化学特征,能被理解为与二叠纪软流圈和岩石圈相互作用产物,其起源与软流圈地幔上涌有关,表明二叠纪时巴楚地区应处于软流圈上隆的岩石圈伸展构造背景。结合区域地质资料,可认为二叠纪时地幔源区属性自塔里木盆地内部向北至西南天山边缘呈规律性变化     

江西修水地区震旦纪前后沉积岩的Nd同位素组成和物质来源

本文报导了江西修水地区前震旦系与震旦—寒武系沉积岩的Nd同位素组成。前震旦系浅变质沉积岩:~(143)Nd/~(144)Nd=0.512000～0.512214,ε_(Nd)(t)=-2.57～3.91,t_(DM)=1563～1859Ma;震旦—寒武系沉积岩:~(143)Nd/~(144)Nd=0.511710～0.511902,ε_(Nd)(t)=-8.04～-9.99,t_(DM)=1833～2426Ma。两者之间的显著差异反映了震旦纪前后沉积岩物质来源的不同及沉积构造环境的改变,前震旦纪地壳活动性强,沉积岩中含有较多的幔源物质;震旦纪以后地壳活动性减弱,沉积岩以陆壳再循环碎屑为主。     

粤北下庄铀矿田鲁溪—仙人嶂辉绿岩脉的地球化学特征与成因

鲁溪-仙人嶂辉绿岩脉于燕山晚期侵位于粤北贵东复式岩体东部,其主要元素显示拉斑玄武岩系列;富集大离子亲石元素,轻微富集LREE,亏损Zr和Hf,而Nb和Ta基本无亏损,Eu基本无异常,具有与板内玄武岩相似的微量元素地球化学特征。该辉绿岩具有较高的εNd(t)值(3.6～4.9)、(87Sr/86Sr)i值(0.70530～0.70641)和δ18O值(7.3‰～8.0‰)以及典型的Dupal异常铅等特征,在Sr-Nd,Pb-Sr,Pb-Nd和Pb-Pb相关图解上,数据点位于DMM和EM端元之间,Pb接近EM端员,Nd相对靠近DMM端员,Sr介于两者之间。上述特征表明,鲁溪-仙人嶂辉绿岩脉,是在燕山晚期地壳…     

西藏南部冈底斯南缘松卡晚白垩世埃达克质高镁闪长岩地球化学特征及其成因

松卡岩体地处藏南冈底斯岩基南缘的东段,主要由闪长岩和花岗岩脉组成,为详细研究与大洋俯冲有关的岩浆过程提供了良好的记录。锆石U-Pb地质年代学研究表明松卡岩体闪长岩的形成年龄为97Ma,具有高Sr、低Y和高Sr/Y比的特点,显示出埃达克质岩石的特征,同时具有高MgO含量和高Mg~#值,以及较低的~(87)Sr/~(86)Sr(t)(～0.7042)和较高的ε_(Nd)(t)(+4.6～+8.8),是俯冲新特提斯洋壳和少量海洋沉积物部分熔融并随后与上覆地幔楔发生相互作用形成的。与91Ma松卡埃达克质岩石相比,97Ma松卡埃达克质闪长岩具有更多地幔物质参与。松卡花岗岩脉的锆石U-Pb年龄为93Ma,同样具有较低的~(87)Sr/~(86)Sr(t)(0.7046)值和较高的ε_(Nd)(t)(+7.5～+7.8)值,可能是具有亏损地幔特征的中基性岩浆经过分离结晶作用演化而来。上述数据表明,在100～90Ma期间,较年轻的俯冲新特提斯板片可能发生过部分熔融,板片部分熔融熔体与上覆地幔楔的相互作用是形成高镁闪长岩(安山岩)的重要机制之一。     

藏南侏罗纪残留洋弧的地球化学特征及其大地构造意义

沿雅鲁藏布江缝合带残留一系列中生代洋弧,厘定这些洋弧的形成时代和地球化学性质对于理解新特提斯洋的消减过程、确定南拉萨地体的组成和限定印度-欧亚板块的碰撞时限等都具有重要的意义。泽当微地体位于雅鲁藏布江缝合带东段,主要由英云闪长岩、花岗闪长岩和角闪岩组成。SHRIMP锆石U-Pb定年结果表明,位于泽当西部的花岗闪长岩(简称泽当花岗闪长岩)形成于157.5±1.4Ma,与东部的英云闪长岩形成时代相近。全岩元素和同位素(Sr和Nd)地球化学分析结果表明泽当花岗闪长岩具有以下地球化学特征:(1)较高的SiO2(64.4%～68.4%)和Al2O3(16.9%～18.4%);(2)较高的Na2O/K2O比值(>2.1),显示富钠的特征;(3)富集LREE,亏损HREE,从Ho到Lu稀土分布样式上翘((Ho/Yb)N=0.69～0.90)和明显的Eu负异常;(4)较低的Y(<7.19×10-6)和Yb(<0.88×10-6),较高的Sr/Y>119.7和La/Yb>22.4,在Sr/Y-Y和La/Yb-Yb图解中,泽当花岗闪长岩都落入埃达克岩区域内;(5)87Sr/86Sr(t)(0.704065～0.704439)值较低,εNd(t)(+5.1～+6.1)值较高,显示其来自亏损地幔的特征;(6)亏损Zr、Hf、Ti和Y等高场强元素,富集大离子亲石元素,显示了岛弧岩浆岩的典型特征。上述数据表明,泽当花岗闪长岩不仅具有明显的岛弧岩浆岩的特征,而且具有显著的埃达克质特征,可能是在来自地幔楔部分熔融体的板底垫托作用下,新生基性下地壳重熔的产物。泽当微地体是一个残留的晚侏罗纪洋弧系统,是中生代新特提斯洋洋内俯冲系统的残留。     

青藏高原东北缘宗务隆构造带天峻南山早古生代残余洋盆的识别和地质意义

宗务隆构造带夹于中央造山带原特提斯构造域内,发育与古特提斯洋演化相关的天峻南山蛇绿岩,是研究原特提斯向古特提斯转换的关键地质体。该蛇绿岩由超基性岩(蛇纹岩)、辉绿岩、玄武岩和硅质岩组成。蛇纹岩中尖晶石具高Mg~#(58.6～64.5)和低Cr~#(38.9～43.9)的特征。玄武岩和辉绿岩属于拉斑玄武岩系列,轻稀土元素左倾和重稀土元素平坦,富集Th而亏损Ti,总体上与弧后扩张脊熔岩具有一致的球粒陨石标准化稀土元素以及N-MORB标准化微量元素配分模式,同时这些基性岩具较高的Th/Yb值和ε_(Nd)(t)值(+7.5～+9.6),显示岩浆来自受洋壳沉积物混染的亏损地幔源区。这些特征均与弧后盆地蛇绿岩类似。最新LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年结果显示辉绿岩形成于509±4Ma。结合野外接触关系表明,部分天峻南山蛇绿岩形成于寒武纪,早于不整合其上的石炭纪复理石和晚奥陶世花岗岩脉(444.9±4.7Ma)。天峻南山寒武纪蛇绿岩作为早古生代残余洋盆被石炭纪复理石不整合覆盖,并在三叠纪洋盆闭合过程中通过构造方式就位于上覆石炭纪地层中。上述结果表明宗务隆构造带并非一个晚古生代-早中生代构造带,而是原特提斯洋和古特提斯洋相继闭合形成的早古生代-早中生代复合构造带。     

西藏冈底斯带东段尼木地区中二叠世和晚三叠世基性岩浆作用及其对新特提斯洋初始俯冲的约束

野外地质调查和SHRIMP锆石U-Pb年代学研究发现，藏南冈底斯带尼木地区出露有规模较大、原岩形成于中二叠世(～266Ma)和晚三叠世(220～219Ma)的变质基性岩，而晚三叠世变质基性岩中还存在～2.5Ga的捕获锆石。全岩地球化学分析显示，两期基性岩具有相似的地球化学特征，即：(1)相对富集轻稀土元素，亏损重稀土元素和高场强元素；(2)比较一致的Sr和Nd同位素比值(⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr(t)=0.703225～0.703664,ε_Nd(t)=6.51～6.81)。结合拉萨地块东南缘已发表的三叠纪中-基性岩地球化学数据，发现尼木中二叠世和晚三叠世基性岩皆形成于陆缘弧环境，岩浆来源于尖晶石橄榄岩地幔2.5%～4%的部分熔融，并经历了一定程度的地壳混染。对比拉萨地块西南缘与东南缘二叠纪-三叠纪俯冲相关的岩浆记录，推断新特提斯洋向拉萨地块下的初始俯冲作用具有穿时性，东段俯冲作用在～266Ma已经开启，西段则发生在255～214Ma之间。     

塔里木盆地库鲁克塔格地区二叠纪末-中三叠世基性岩床的发现及其地质意义

新疆塔里木盆地东北缘库鲁克塔格地区的中寒武统莫合尔山组沉积地层中发现三条形成于二叠纪末到中三叠世的基性岩床。三条岩床沿沉积岩层面顺层侵入,按照从下到上的顺序,分别为辉绿岩床(厚3m)、辉长岩床(厚20m)和粗玄岩床(厚2.5m)。三条岩床的地球化学特征相似,稀土含量高(∑REE=210×10^-6~297×10^-6),轻稀土元素富集((La/Yb)_N =13.54~17.96),Eu负异常不明显(δEu=0.97~1.21),Ce稍具正异常(δCe=1.11~1.25)。大离子亲石元素(Rb、Ba、Th、Sr)富集,Sr具明显正异常; Ta、Nb和Hf具负异常。低氧化度(0.13~0.40)。三条岩床为同源岩浆活动的产物,岩浆源于上地幔或下地壳,但有下陆壳成分混染。三个样品的MgO含量在4%~6%之间,Mg^#值在37.6~55.6之间,固结指数SI值位于18.7~29.3之间,反映原始的岩浆经历了比较明显的分异作用。粗玄岩床K-Ar年龄为255.2±7.3Ma,辉绿岩床K-Ar年龄为242.8±5.7Ma,辉长岩床Ar-Ar年龄为229.7±3.7Ma。本次岩浆侵入事件发生在南天山洋闭合之后,构造背景为造山后碰撞伸展环境。     

藏南特提斯喜马拉雅带始新世隆子-恰嘎次火山岩区:雅拉香波二云母花岗岩的高位岩浆体系

已有的数据表明,大约在中始新世(44～40Ma),西藏特提斯喜马拉雅带(雅拉香波穹窿地区)经历了一次特别的地壳深熔作用,产生了大量高Sr/Y比值的二云母花岗岩.在雅拉香波穹窿南部的隆子-恰嘎地区,发育一套流纹质次火山岩,以小岩体或岩脉形式侵位于侏罗纪日当组的砂岩和页岩之中.岩相学观察、锆石U-Pb年代学、全岩元素和同住素(Sr、Nd)地球化学数据表明:(1)该次火山岩形成于约43～41Ma,与北部二云母花岗岩体的形成年龄相似;(2)该次火山岩经历了强烈的岩浆演化后期的岩浆-热液作用和钙长石分离结晶作用,导致该套岩浆岩强烈的Eu负异常、明显降低的Sr含量和锆石岩浆增生边的普通Pb和U浓度明显升高;和(3)该套次火山岩和二云母花岗岩属于同一岩浆过程的不同的构造层次,在时间、空间和成岩物质来源上具有一致性,同属于中始新世青藏高原主碰撞时中下地壳部分熔融的产物.     

Baddeleyite and zircon U-Pb ages of the ultramafic rocks in Chigu Tso area,Southeastern Tibet and their constraints on the timing of Comei Large Igneous Province

A suite of ultramafic and mafic rocks developed in the Chigu Tso area, eastern Tethyan Himalaya. Baddeleyite and zircon U-Pb ages acquired by SIMS and LA-ICP-MS from olivine pyroxenite rocks in the Chigu Tso area are 138.9±3.0 Ma and 139.0±1.9 Ma, respectively. These two Early Cretaceous ages are similar with the ages of the more abundant mafic rocks in the eastern Tethyan Himalaya, indicating that this suite of ultramafic and mafic rocks in the Chigu Tso area should be included in the outcrop area of the Comei Large Igneous Province (LIP). These ultramafic rocks provide significant evidence that the involvement of mantle plume/hot spot activities in the formation of the Comei LIP. Baddeleyite U-Pb dating by SIMS is one reliable and convenient method to constrain the formation time of ultramafic rocks. The dating results of baddeleyite and zircon from the olivine pyroxenite samples in this paper are consistent with each other within analytical uncertainties, suggesting that baddeleyite and zircon were both formed during the same magmatic process. The consistency of baddeleyite U-Pb ages in the Chigu Tso area with zircon U-Pb ages for a large number of Early Cretaceous mafic rocks in the eastern Tethyan Himalaya further support that zircon grains from such mafic rocks yielding Early Cretaceous ages are also magmatic in origin.     

内蒙古苏尼特左旗巴音乌拉二叠纪埃达克质花岗闪长岩类地球化学特征及其地质意义

内蒙古苏尼特左旗巴音乌拉二叠纪花岗闪长岩、石英闪长岩分布于二连-贺根山蛇绿岩带的北侧,1∶20万区域地质调查将其归于华力西晚期侵入体(γδ4(3)).经研究,该岩体具高铝(Al2O3=13.69%～16.48%)、富钠(Na2O＝3.53%～4.58%)、贫钾(K2O＝2.12%～4.10%)、高锶(Sr＝425.1×10-6～645.2×10-6)的特点,SiO2=62.13%～72.87%,Y＜18×10-6(7.23×10-6～14.29×10-6),δEu＝0.71～0.83,轻重稀土元素分馏强烈,稀土元素配分曲线为右倾斜型,铕异常不明显,为典型的埃达克质岩.在微量元素原始地幔标准化蛛网图中具明显Sr高峰和Nb低谷,有与埃达克岩一致的曲线,与岛弧安山岩-英安岩-流纹岩及大陆弧安山岩-英安岩-流纹岩有明显差异.花岗闪长岩锆石U-Pb年龄为256.1±0.9 Ma,为早二叠世岩浆活动的产物.Mg#值很高(＞50),表明晚古生代洋壳向北俯冲时在75～85 km深度(角闪岩相与榴辉岩相过渡相)发生部分熔融形成埃达克质熔体,侵入地壳形成埃达克岩.     

Crustal-scale magmatic systems during intracontinental strike-slip tectonics: U, Pb and Hf isotopic constraints from Permian magmatic rocks of the Southern Alps

The Southern Alps host volcano-sedimentary basins that formed during post-Variscan extension and strike-slip in the Early Permian. We present U–Pb ages and initial Hf isotopic compositions of magmatic zircons from silicic tuffs and pyroclastic flows within these basins, from caldera fillings and from shallow intrusions from a 250 km long E–W transect (Bozen–Lugano–Lago Maggiore) and compare these with previously published data. Basin formation and magmatism are closely related to each other and occurred during a short time span between 285 and 275 Ma. The silicic magmatism is coeval with mafic intrusions of the Ivrea-Verbano Zone and within Austroalpine units. We conclude that deep magma generation, hybridisation and upper crustal emplacement occurred contemporaneously along the entire transect of the Southern Alps. The heat advection in the lower crust by injected mantle melts was sufficient to produce crustal partial melts in lower crustal levels. The resulting granitoid melts intruded into the upper crust or rose to the surface forming large caldera complexes. The compilation of Sr and Nd isotopic data of these rocks demonstrates that the mantle mixing endmember in the melts may not be geochemically enriched but has a depleted composition, comparable to the Adriatic subcontinental mantle exhumed to form the Tethyan sea floor during Mesozoic continental breakup and seafloor spreading. Magmatism and clastic sedimentation in the intracontinental basins was interrupted at 275 Ma for some 10–15 million years, forming a Middle Permian unconformity. This unconformity may have originated during large-scale strike-slip tectonics and erosion that was associated with crustal thinning, upwelling and partial melting of mantle, and advection of melts and heat into the crust. The unconformity indeed corresponds in time to the transition from a Pangea-B plate reconstruction for the Early Permian to the Late Permian Pangea-A plate assembly (Muttoni et al. in Earth Planet Sci Lett 215:379–394, 2003). The magmatic activity would therefore indicate the onset of >2,000 km of strike-slip movement along a continental-scale mega-shear, as their model suggests.     

Petrogenesis and tectonics of late Permian felsic volcanic rocks,eastern Qiangtang block,north-central Tibet: Sr and Nd isotopic evidence

The Palaeo-Tethyan tectonic evolution of central Tibet remains a topic of controversy. Two Permian to Late Triassic arc-like volcanic suites have been identified in the eastern Qiangtang (EQ) block of north-central Tibet. Three competing models have been proposed to explain the formation of these volcanic suites, with two models involving a single stage of long-lived subduction but with opposing subduction polarities, while the other model involves a two-stage subduction process. Here, we present new whole-rock geochemistry, including Sr–Nd isotope data, for late Permian felsic volcanics of the Zaduo area. These volcanics are mainly low to middle K calc-alkaline felsic tuffs and rhyolites with SiO₂ concentrations up to 73 wt.%. In primitive mantle-normalized diagrams, the volcanics are typified by large ion lithophile element enrichment and high-field-strength element (e.g. Nb, Ta, P, and Ti) depletion, with slightly negative Eu anomalies. They have initial Sr ratios (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr) _i of 0.70319–0.70547, and ?Nd(t) values of +3.4 to +3.5, suggesting derivation by the partial melting of a depleted mantle wedge, followed by assimilation of crustal material. The available geochemical data indicate the presence of two distinctive igneous evolution trends within the Permian to Late Triassic volcanics of the EQ block, consistent with a two-stage subduction model. Permian to Early Triassic arc-like volcanics are formed during northward (present-day orientation) subduction, whereas the Late Triassic volcanics are related to southward (present-day orientation) subduction of mafic crust of the Garze–Litang Ocean.     

Geochronological and geochemical studies of mafic and intermediate dykes from the Khao Khwang Fold–Thrust Belt: Implications for petrogenesis and tectonic evolution

Zircon U–Pb, mica 40Ar/39Ar ages and geochemistry of the Permo-Triassic mafic to intermediate dyke swarms at the south-western margin of the Indochina Terrane, central Thailand, are reported here and used to decipher the timing of the Sukhothai-Indochina & Sibumasu-Indochina collisions during the Permo-Triassic stages of the Indosinian Orogeny. The mafic dyke swarms in the folded layers of the Khao Khwang Fold–Thrust Belt (KKFTB) were emplaced between the Late Permian and the Late Triassic. The volcanic rocks range from slightly tholeiitic to mostly calc-alkalic, but can be subdivided into three different volcanic groups on the basis of trace and incompatible element abundances such as Ni, Cr, P, Co, and Th. However, all the groups present similar chemical footprints and are enriched in large ion lithophile elements (LILEs) (Rb, Ba, Sr, Pb) and light rare earth elements (LREEs), and depleted in HFSE such as Nb, and Ti highlighting the volcanic arc nature of the system. Isotopically, the three groups are characterized by subtle differences in εNd(t) values (from + 3.2 to + 5.2) and initial 87Sr/86Sr ratios (from 0.7056 to 0.7067). The KKFTB mafic dykes share a few geochemical characteristics of the mafic dykes from the Chiang Khong volcanic suite in the Sukhothai terrane, and from the Loei volcanic belt in northern Indochina. These geochemical features suggest that the KKFTB mafic dykes, and the volcanic rocks in central-northern Thailand, were likely emplaced in a similar orogenic setting. The rocks of Group III are interpreted to have intruded from the Early Triassic (255 ± 6 Ma) to the Late Triassic (207 ± 2 Ma), and were probably sourced from a more crustally contaminated magma.     

Petrogenetic Evolution of the Bayan Gol Ophiolite— Geological Record of an Early Carboniferous "Red Sea Type"Ocean Basin in the Tianshan Mountains, Northwestern China

The Bayan Gol ophiolite fragment is a portion of the North Tianshan Early Carboniferous ophiolite belt. This ophiolite belt represents a geological record of an Early Carboniferous “Red Sea type” ocean basin that was developed on the northern margin of the Tianshan Carboniferous-Permian rift system in northwestern China. The late Early Carboniferous Bayan Gol ophiolite suite was emplaced in an Early Carboniferous rift volcanosedimentary succession of shallow-marine to continental facies (Volcanics Unit). Ophiolitic rocks in the Bayan Gol area comprise ultramafic rocks, gabbros with associated plagiogranite veins, diorite, diabase, pillow basalts and massive lavas. The Early Carboniferous tiffing and the opening process of the North Tianshan ocean basin produced mafic magmas in composition of tholeiite and minor amounts of evolved magmas. Compositions of trace elements and Nd, Sr and Pb isotopes reveal the presence of two distinct mantle sources: (1) the Early Carboniferous rift mafic lavas from the Volcanics Unit were generated by a relatively low degree of partial melting of an asthenospheric OIB-type intraplate source; (2)younger (late Early Carboniferous, -324.8 Ma ago) mafic lavas from the Ophiolite Unit were formed in a relatively depleted MORB-like mantle source, located in the uppermost asthenosphere and then gradually mixed with melts from the asthenospheric OIB-like mantle. A slight interaction between asthenosphere-derived magmas and lithospheric mantle took place during ascent to the surface. Subsequently, the most depleted mafic lavas of the ophiolite assemblage were contaminated by upper-crustal components (seawater or carbonate crust).     

Petrogenesis of high-Ti mafic dykes from Southern Qiangtang,Tibet: Implications for a ca. 290 Ma large igneous province related to the early Permian rifting of Gondwana

The presence and/or generation mechanism of a mantle plume associated with early Permian rifting on the northern margin of Gondwana are topics of debate. Here we report LA–ICP–MS U–Pb zircon ages, whole-rock geochemistry, and Sr–Nd isotope data for high-Ti mafic dykes from southern Qiangtang, Tibet, with the aim of assessing if a mantle plume formed in this region during the early Permian. Zircon U–Pb dating of diabase dykes yielded ages of 290.6 ± 3.5 Ma and 290.1 ± 1.5 Ma, indicating they were emplaced during the early Permian. Whole-rock geochemistry shows that these mafic dykes are alkaline (Nb/Y = 0.73–0.99), have high TiO2 (3.6%–4.8%), and have ocean-island basalt (OIB)-like trace element patterns with enrichments in Nb, Ta, and Ti. Whole-rock Sr–Nd isotope data show a relatively narrow range of εNd(t) (+ 2.29 to + 3.53), similar to basalts produced by a mantle plume (e.g., Emeishan continental flood basalts (ECFB)). Elemental and isotope data suggest that the dykes have undergone fractionation crystallization of mafic minerals and have experienced negligible crustal contamination. These mafic rocks show an affinity to OIB and may have been generated by partial melting of an OIB-type, garnet-bearing asthenospheric mantle source. On the basis of a similar emplacement age to the Panjal Traps basalts in the Himalayas, combined with a tectonic reconstruction of Gondwana in the early to middle Permian, our work suggests that the high-Ti mafic dykes in the Southern Qiangtang terrane and the coeval Panjal Traps basalts in the Himalayas together comprise a ca. 290 Ma large igneous province linked to a mantle plume, which probably played an active role in early Permian rifting on the northern margin of Gondwana and was related to circum-Pangea subduction.     

青藏高原南部岩脉分布及其研究意义

青藏高原是面积大、海拔高、时代最新的经典碰撞造山带，其演化过程被记录在各类地质作用中，包括各类岩浆作用。岩脉是与其他类型岩浆作用具有相似矿物成分的小规模侵入体，德国人Harry Rosenbusch早在1877年对其开展了系统研究。区域上大规模产出的基性岩墙群经常发育在伸展构造环境，并被认为代表地质历史时期发生的大陆裂解作用，其深部则与地幔柱或者热点存在相关。在青藏高原的羌塘地体、拉萨地体和喜马拉雅造山带发育了不同类型的岩脉或岩墙群。在羌塘地体中部出露面积约为40000km²的早二叠世（约283Ma）基性岩墙群属于大火成岩省（LIP）岩浆作用，与二叠纪中特提斯洋的初始打开有关。在西藏南部的特提斯喜马拉雅带产出的时代约为132Ma的白垩纪措美-班伯里大火成岩省岩浆作用，覆盖面积超过50000km²，其最早的岩浆作用可能代表了特提斯喜马拉雅之下大陆裂解之前孕育克格伦地幔柱头部的相关岩石圈伸展作用，并继续裂解导致了印度与澳洲大陆的裂解分离。本文着重讨论了高原南部的白垩纪以来的岩脉，它们主要发育在拉萨地体南部，蕴含了岩浆作用与构造作用的双重信息。它们具有不同的产状、成分、年龄和成因，对于揭示冈底斯弧演化、印度与亚洲大陆的碰撞过程，以及碰撞导致的高原应力状态变化等都具有重要的意义。高原南部岩脉主要分为三期：（1）时代约为90Ma的岩脉，具有玄武质到中酸性的成分，主要侵位在日喀则白垩纪弧后盆地，例如在南木林县南部出现的基性-酸性双峰式岩浆作用，可能代表了冈底斯岩浆弧之上发育的伸展作用。（2）时代约为50Ma的同碰撞期岩脉，主要侵入到林子宗火山岩、冈底斯岩基或者白垩世设兴组/昂仁组沉积地层等单元中，它们发育时间为60~41Ma，其峰期作用时间与冈底斯岩浆大爆发的时间一致，可能受控于深部俯冲的特提斯洋洋壳的断裂作用。（3）碰撞后中新世岩脉，多具有埃达克质岩石的地球化学性质，与区域上钾质-超钾质火山岩和埃达克质侵入岩的时代一致，它们是高原南部加厚下地壳部分熔融作用的产物，可能受控于下地壳拆沉作用或者与南北向裂谷带密切相关的板片撕裂有关。这些岩脉的延伸方向既有南北向，也有东西向，在构造上可能代表了高原隆升到最大高度后深部拆沉作用导致的山体垮塌伴生的伸展构造有关。