四川丹巴地区中低压变质作用及P-T轨迹

四川丹巴地区地处华北板块、扬子板块和羌塘板块的汇合处,这里集中了中压型的巴罗变质带和低压型的巴肯变质带,该区中低压变质作用的研究对于探讨松潘-甘孜造山带的形成过程与地壳演化过程具有重要的理论意义和大陆动力学意义。本文通过地质温压力计估算了研究区的峰期变质温度和压力,从微区的角度分析了各变质带的P-T轨迹和地热梯度, 结果表明,丹巴地区巴罗型变质带和巴肯型变质带都具有顺时针的P-T轨迹,但是巴肯型变质带的地热梯度高于巴罗带。结合研究区的变质带的分布,变质矿物共生组合及变质反应,本文认为丹巴地区的确并存巴罗带和巴肯带,两种地热梯度反映了构造条件上的差异。     

中、低压变质作用与大陆造山——兼论四川丹巴的变质带

巴罗型中压变质带与巴肯型低压高温变质带的成因与大陆板块边缘的碰撞造山及陆内造山作用之间有着紧密的联系。根据变质带的空间时间配置关系、压力类型、变质作用pTt轨迹、伴生的岩浆岩等等,可以区分出3种类型的大陆造山模式:弧-陆拼贴型、陆-陆碰撞型(可进一步分为中高压型碰撞造山带和双变质型山带型(paired metamorphic mountain belt)陆-陆碰撞带)、陆内造山地壳加厚-伸展型。巴罗型中压变质带普遍出现于地壳加厚-热弛豫的构造环境,但巴肯型低压变质带形成的构造背景及物理化学条件在不同的造山带有不同的表现形式,其热源至少有:壳内岩浆侵入或岩浆板底垫托、沉降盆地放射性同位素的衰变热、构造热穹隆、变质核杂岩、地下热流体传热等。大陆边缘造山带中巴罗型变质带的倒转以及板内造山带中变质带问断等现象与造山动力学过程密切相关,记录了造山过程中的重要的地质事件,也是探讨造山历史的理想场所。由于四川丹巴地区松潘—甘孜造山带形成于很独特的3个板块双极性构造环境,表现出与世界上典型造山带诸多相似的地方,如巴罗型中压变质带、巴肯型低压高温带同时在一系列变质穹隆中发育,但又有其特殊性和复杂性,如通常只发育在大陆边缘的倒转的巴罗带和陆内造山过程中的变质相间断同时出现,显然这与本?     

大别山超高压变质带中“脉状”榴辉岩的锆石U-Pb年龄

榴辉岩广泛分布于大别山超高压变质带中,出露规模大小不等,成因类型复杂,围岩类型多样,不仅产于基性、超基性岩中,还产于片麻岩、大理岩、石英硬玉岩、变质花岗岩中。对大别山超高压变质带出露的两处"脉状"榴辉岩进行锆石U Pb年龄测定,分别获得上交点年龄(858±25)Ma和(845±150)Ma,下交点年龄(249±20)Ma和(237±13)Ma,表明其原岩形成时代为新元古代,印支期发生过高压—超高压变质作用,与大别山超高压变质带中其他类型的榴辉岩年龄基本一致。     

南秦岭佛坪地区早中生代变质-深熔-变形作用的锆石U-Pb年代学制约

本文通过几何学与运动学等构造变形分析, 勾勒出南秦岭佛坪地区龙草坪混合岩化片麻岩穹隆、佛坪县城片麻岩穹隆以及秧田坝—十里铺走滑剪切带的基本形态。同时, 对该区混合岩、麻粒岩以及变形花岗岩进行了系统的岩石学与年代学研究。结果表明, 混合岩的锆石具有明显的核-边结构, 其中中色体年龄集中在(211.8±1.9) Ma, 浅色体中锆石边部年龄为(203.7±1.6) Ma, 而继承核部则显示了与本地区泥盆纪变质沉积岩中碎屑锆石一致的年龄谱系。麻粒岩的锆石也具有明显的核-边结构, 核与边分别得到(201.5±7.0) Ma和(188.1±1.5) Ma的加权平均年龄。伟晶岩和细粒花岗岩样年龄分别为(200.4±2.0) Ma和(201.1±1.5) Ma, 误差范围内一致。穹隆一带的副片麻岩和走滑剪切带南侧变质沉积岩分别得到(198.1±2.2) Ma和(196.1±2.1) Ma的变质年龄。佛坪县城片麻岩穹隆一带的变形花岗岩年龄为(205.5±3.0) Ma。综合以上构造变形与变质-深熔-岩浆作用的研究, 我们构建了佛坪地区早中生代构造演化序列, 并提出片麻岩穹隆侵位过程中得到了作为勉略带东侧部分的秧田坝—十里铺韧性走滑剪切带活动的促进。并认为南秦岭构造带至少在217~212 Ma之前仍处于俯冲环境, 于211~201 Ma进入同碰撞背景, 并于200~190 Ma完成同碰撞向伸展体制的转变。     

李伍式铜锌矿床矿源层及变质改造成矿作用

李伍式铜锌矿是四川西部一个重要的含锌富铜矿床类型。位于九龙江浪穹隆状变质核杂岩中心地区,含矿地层为中元古界李伍岩群—火山沉积岩建造,形成于中晚元古代扬子陆台边缘裂离带一分支裂谷带内。变质改造成矿是伴随印支—燕山期区域造山运动在穹隆成穹过程中李伍岩群经受挤压与伸展构造作用而变形变质,其中所含火山热液沉积的原始矿源层在变质改造作用下重新富集成矿,属海底火山热液—变质改造型矿床。     

川西马尔康片麻岩穹隆与伟晶岩型锂矿的构造成因

片麻岩穹隆是造山折返过程形成的重要构造样式.马尔康锂矿床位于松潘-甘孜造山带腹地的马尔康片麻岩穹隆中,其核部为太阳河花岗闪长岩和可尔因花岗岩、幔部由经过变质作用的晚三叠世深海—半深海复理石和浊积岩组成,大量含锂伟晶岩脉侵位于红柱石-十字石变质带中.通过野外地质调查和构造分析,在马尔康片麻岩穹隆中识别出三期构造变形叠加于造山早期大规模收缩变形之上:第一期变形(D1)为南向的大型高温拆离剪切带(马尔康拆离断层,MRKD);第二期变形(D2)为马尔康"穹隆构造";第三期变形(D3)为后期叠加的新生代近东西向逆冲断层.新的锆石U-Pb年代学数据表明太阳河和可尔因岩体的结晶年龄分别为226～212 Ma与224～218 Ma,马尔康拆离断层中平行剪切面理的同构造变形伟晶岩脉形成于约212～207 Ma,而未变形含锂伟晶岩脉则形成于200～190 Ma之间.研究表明,马尔康片麻岩穹隆在造山早期伴随220～212 Ma的花岗岩侵位,形成中低压巴罗式变质作用;在挤压向伸展转换过程(212～207 Ma)中,形成向南剪切的拆离断层以及变质核杂岩构造,致使花岗岩浆底辟上涌和片麻岩穹隆的形成;200～190Ma以来,马尔康片麻岩穹隆的继续上隆,大量网状伟晶岩(包括含锂伟晶岩)侵位在幔部变质沉积岩中,岩体顶部聚集流体经结晶分异作用和高温萃取作用形成锂矿床.本文指出,马尔康片麻岩穹隆由于新生代逆冲作用,使北侧的可尔因和太阳河岩体抬升,南侧厚层晚三叠世幔部变质带埋深,为伟晶岩型锂矿床的保存创造了有利条件.     

片麻岩穹窿与伟晶岩型锂矿的成矿规律探讨

"片麻岩穹窿"是指中下地壳热动力过程产生的与岩浆作用(或混合岩化作用)密切相关的穹状构造,是折返造山的产物.片麻岩穹窿的形成经历了从垂直上升的地壳流导致的岩浆上涌的挤压收缩到岩体侵位的顶部伸展机制的转化过程,这一过程有利于富含锂-铯-钽型(LCT)型伟晶岩的生成和锂族元素的富集.研究表明,位于青藏高原北部的中国松潘-甘孜-甜水海印支造山带是中国大型"伟晶岩型"锂矿资源赋存的基地,松潘-甘孜东南部的超大型甲基卡型伟晶岩型锂矿带,产于具有巴罗式"低/中压-高温"变质组合的三叠纪复理石围岩中,早中生代花岗岩以及衍生的大量含锂稀土矿物的伟晶岩脉侵位有成因关系.研究认为,探究片麻岩穹窿的形成过程和构造成因机制;识别花岗岩-含矿伟晶岩的地球化学属性,揭示花岗岩浆分异作用与含矿伟晶岩相演变的成因联系,以及锂元素迁移、富集熔浆的过程;圈定三叠纪地层中巴罗式变质相带的展布,探明富锂伟晶岩矿带赋存的有利变质相带及形成的P-T条件;揭示"变形-变质-岩浆深熔-成矿"的时空耦合、制约与相互作用,再造造山过程中锂资源富集和保存的规律,以及建立成矿动力学模式;是揭示片麻岩穹窿与伟晶岩型锂矿的成矿规律的重要科学途径.     

扬子克拉通西缘穹状变形变质体的类型与成因

扬子克拉通西缘呈分散状产出的一系列穹状变形交质体，按其结构特征与成因，可将其划分为变质核杂岩，岩浆核杂岩，片麻岩穹隆和构造穹隆四种类型。造山后期—期后，深部上隆，浅部伸展，局部岩浆活动和造山期深熔花岗岩底辟侵位所引起的地壳局部隆升与伸展，是形成该区变质核杂岩和岩浆核杂岩的主要原因；片麻岩穹隆和构造穹隆，则分别为双向挤压收缩体制下，局部熔融—重熔花岗岩同构造被动侵位，和单纯的构造变形与叠加变形形成。它们具不同的时、空分布和控矿特征，是扬子克拉通西缘造山过程中不同构造坏境，不同演化阶段和不同构造体制下的产物。     

大陆造山带区调填图中几个地质问题及其研究方法探讨

对我国区调填图工作历程与现状进行概述基础上,对造山带的主要特点,构造岩片的含义,构造岩片填图法的理论依据、基本工作程序及实施要点作了论述;对造山带中常见的"混杂岩"、强烈构造变形变质的层状变质岩、穹隆状变质地质体的主要特征、产出的地质构造条件及其成因机制等进行了较全面总结和分析;建议将"混杂岩"和"穹隆状变质地质体"分别划分为蛇绿混杂岩、火山混杂岩、滑积混杂岩、构造混杂岩和变质核杂岩、花岗岩底辟穹隆(岩浆核杂岩)、片麻岩穹隆、构造穹隆等类型。     

特提斯喜马拉雅错那洞穹隆的岩石组合、构造特征与成因

目前关于新近发现的错那洞穹隆的精细构造、岩石组成、变质变形运动学特征等方面均不清楚,严重阻碍了其演化历程的还原以及成穹与成矿耦合关系的解剖工作.在详实的野外地质调查基础上,补充采集了穹隆中新发现的岩浆岩进行年代学研究.结果表明,错那洞穹隆由上（边部）-中（幔部）-下（核部）3个构造层组成,分别以上、下拆离断层为分界线.核部岩石组合主要为片麻岩、淡色花岗岩以及少量深熔混合岩,可见大量伟晶岩脉穿插;幔部为古生界,岩石组合为一套强变质变形片岩夹碳酸盐岩,从内至外具有蓝晶石+十字石+石榴石+黑云母的蓝晶石带→十字石+石榴石+黑云母的十字石带→石榴石+堇青石+黑云母的石榴石带→绿泥石+黑云母的绿泥石带的巴罗式变质分带特征;边部主要为三叠纪-侏罗纪浅变质沉积岩系,岩石组合为一套砂板岩及少量千枚岩.穹隆内从早至晚经历了南北向逆冲推覆、南北向伸展、东西向伸展3期次的构造运动,穹隆的形成主要与南北向伸展作用有关.穹隆中岩浆活动从早至晚可见有早古生代片麻岩（约500 Ma）、中生代辉绿岩（140 Ma）、渐新世变形二云母花岗岩/伟晶岩（26 Ma）、中新世弱定向二云母花岗岩（18 Ma）、含石榴石电气石花岗岩（16.8~15.9 Ma）5期.综合研究表明,错那洞穹隆的形成是早期伸展拆离核杂岩叠加晚期岩浆底劈热穹隆综合作用的结果,成穹构造的初始阶段与始新世-渐新世藏南拆离系（STDS）的运动密切相关.      

Recrystallization of quartzofeldspathic rocks in a paleozoic thrust belt, Grand Lake, Newfoundland: Implications for garnet-biotite thermometry

Migmatitic granitic gneiss and associated garnetiferous granite at Grand Lake are tectonically interleaved with high-pressure ( 9 kbar) metapelites that contain Barrovian (Ky-St-Grt-Bt-Ms-Rt) mineral assemblages. The migmatites contain metabasites that are compositionally similar to the latest Proterozoic Long Range dykes, suggesting that the gneisses correlate to Grenvillian inliers in western Newfoundland.

In the metapelites, the Barrovian porphyroblastic assemblage overprints microfolds and is itself overprinted by greenschist-facies assemblages in thrust-related high-strain zones. Evidence that the quartzofeldspathic rocks also experienced Barrovian metamorphism is provided by low Ti/>Al amphiboles in metabasites in the gneiss, and, despite the migmatitic character of these rocks, the presence of growth-zoned garnets with bell-shaped compositional profiles (e.g., rimward increase in X_Prp and decrease in X_Sps) similar to those exhibited by garnet in the metapelite. The range of garnet-biotite paleotemperatures for the quartzofeldspathic rocks is only marginally higher (T_max=530–660°C) than that determined for the metapelites (T_max=500–615°C). There are no systematic differences in Grt-Bt temperatures between (proto) mylonitic rocks and nearby precursors.

These results indicate that the quartzofeldspathic rocks and metapelites share a common, post-migmatization (of the gneisses) metamorphic history; they may well have originally been linked by a basement/cover relationship. Mineralogical evidence for the earlier, higher grade metamorphic history of the migmatites has virtually been eradicated even outside the high-strain zones. In this area, there is no clear relation between qualitatively-estimated superimposed strain and the degree of resetting of the Grt-Bt geothermometer.     

川西丹巴穹状变质体的P－T－t－d演化

在扬子地台西缘松潘－甘孜复合造山带东部的丹巴地区，发育一系列穹状变质体。据近年的研究，这些变质体至少经历了四期变形及相伴随的三期变质作用。利用变质反应、角闪石和二云母的矿物化学，矿物地质温压计及相关的同位素年龄资料，建立了丹巴变质体演化的Ｐ－Ｔ－ｔ－ｄ轨迹。此轨迹呈顺时针形式，反映了变质分带属于叠加复合型，黑云母带－蓝晶石带属于中压型。矽线石带则属低压高温型，即变质作用曾经历了增温增压，增温降压和恒压降温三个演化阶段，表明变质体具陆－陆碰撞的地壳加厚和随后花岗岩浆活化上侵的回返上隆的演化特点，这和区域大地构造背景相吻合。     

Prograde destruction and formation of monazite and allanite during contact and regional metamorphism of pelites: petrology and geochronology

The conditions at which monazite and allanite were produced and destroyed during prograde metamorphism of pelitic rocks were determined in a Buchan and a Barrovian regional terrain and in a contact aureole, all from northern New England, USA. Pelites from the chlorite zone of each area contain monazite that has an inclusion-free core surrounded by a highly irregular, inclusion-rich rim. Textures and ²⁰⁸Pb/²³²Th dates of these monazites in the Buchan terrain, obtained by ion microprobe, suggest that they are composite grains with detrital cores and very low-grade metamorphic overgrowths. At exactly the biotite isograd in the regional terrains, composite monazite disappears from most rocks and is replaced by euhedral metamorphic allanite. At precisely the andalusite or kyanite isograd in all three areas, allanite, in turn, disappears from most rocks and is replaced by subhedral, chemically unzoned monazite neoblasts. Allanite failed to develop at the biotite isograd in pelites with lower than normal Ca and/or Al contents, and composite monazite survived at higher grades in these rocks with modified texture, chemical composition, and Th-Pb age. Pelites with elevated Ca and/or Al contents retained allanite in the andalusite or kyanite zone. The best estimate of the time of peak metamorphism at the andalusite or kyanite isograd is the mean Th-Pb age of metamorphic monazite neoblasts that have not been affected by retrograde metamorphism: 364.3Dž.5 Ma in the Buchan terrain, 352.9NJ.9 Ma in the Barrovian terrain, and 403.4LJ.9 Ma in the contact aureole. Some metamorphic monazites from the Buchan terrain have ages partially to completely reset during an episode of retrograde metamorphism at 343.1Nj.1 Ma. Interpretation of Th-Pb ages of individual composite monazite grains is complicated by the occurrence of subgrain domains of detrital material intergrown with domains of material formed or recrystallized during prograde and retrograde metamorphism.     

北苏鲁威海地区超基性岩的原岩形成时代和超高压变质时代

超基性岩是苏鲁超高压变质地体中一类特殊且十分重要的岩石类型,它们通常呈规模不一的块状、条带状或不规则透镜状 (体) 赋存于区域大面积出露的花岗质片麻岩中。锆石中矿物包体激光拉曼测试、阴极发光图像分析和不同性质锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb定年等综合研究结果表明,北苏鲁威海地区含橄榄石辉石岩 (样品W1和W2) 中锆石的成因十分复杂,可进一步划分3种不同类型锆石。其中第一类锆石呈自形-半自形晶,阴极发光图像显示清晰的岩浆结晶环带,矿物包体主要为Ol+Cpx+Ap, 记录的²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁶Pb年龄为1835~1845Ma,应代表含橄榄石辉石岩的原岩形成时代;第二类为变质重结晶锆石,呈半自形-他形晶,阴极发光图像显示模糊的岩浆结晶环带,矿物包体与第一类完全一致,记录的²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U年龄变化范围大,为250~784Ma之间,表明部分继承性岩浆结晶锆石明显受到后期岩浆-变质热事件的影响而发生不完全重结晶和Pb丢失,进而使其记录的年龄相对偏新;第三类锆石呈他形晶,为典型的变质锆石,阴极发光图像十分均匀,矿物包体相对少见,主要为Grt+Cpx,记录的²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U年龄为230~234Ma, 且与苏鲁地体榴辉岩及其围岩中含柯石英锆石微区记录的超高压变质年龄 (225~235Ma) 十分一致,应代表含橄榄石辉石岩的峰期超高压变质时代。超基性岩中超高压变质锆石的准确识别表明苏鲁地体在峰期超高压变质阶段的确存在流体,流体的存在对超高压变质锆石的形成起着至关重要的作用。该项研究不仅准确厘定北苏鲁威海地区超基性岩的原岩形成时代和超高压变质时代,而且对于深入探讨苏鲁-大别超高压地体流体行为、演化规律及其水-岩相互作用机理具有重要的科学意义。     

丹巴地区前震旦纪岩浆岩地球化学研究

丹巴地区前震旦纪结晶基底中具代表性的格宗和公差等花岗岩体，对其构造地质学、岩石学、岩石化学及岩石地球化学特征，以及同位素年代学特征的重点研究后，认为它们应主要为区内未出露的成熟度较低的中元古代（距今约１６００Ｍａ）的火山－沉积岩，于晚元古代（晋宁期）经深溶岩浆作用和变质作用改造重新组合固结而形成，并于喜马拉雅期遭受构造－热事件影响再度活化的壳源型花岗岩．是属扬子克拉通西缘晚元古代造山带的一个组成部分．     

苏鲁地体超高压和退变质时代的厘定:来自片麻岩锆石微区SHRIMP U-Pb定年的证据

锆石微区矿物包体的激光拉曼和阴极发光测试以及相应的SHRIMP U-Pb定年结果表明,苏鲁地体片麻岩锆石微区记录了十分复杂的年代学信息。其中副片麻岩锆石核部记录了345～743 Ma的继承性锆石年龄,标志着原岩碎屑锆石来源的复杂性;含柯石英的锆石微区记录了220～234 Ma的超高压变质年龄;而含石英包体的边部则记录了202～219 Ma的退变质年龄。正片麻岩继承性锆石核部所记录的年龄为574～680 Ma,表明原岩锆石曾经历了部分Pb丢失,原岩的形成年龄应大于680 Ma;含柯石英锆石微区所记录的超高压变质年龄为224～242 Ma;而锆石边部所记录的退变质年龄为209～219 Ma。两类片麻岩锆石微区所隐藏的超高压变质和退变质年龄信息十分相近,平均值分别为229±4Ma和211±4Ma,标志着苏鲁地体超高压变质时代应为印支期,相应的构造抬升速率约5.6 km/Ma。该项成果不仅确定了苏鲁地体超高压变质和退变质时代,而且对于深入探讨苏鲁地体快速折返过程中的动力学机制有着重要的科学意义。     

四川石棉草科穹状变形变质体研究

位于扬子陆块西缘的石棉草科穹状变形变质体,经历了三次变形变质时期：早期为收缩滑脱变形的区域动力变质、中期热隆伸展动热变质和后期岩浆热接触变质。对主期变质进行了划分,利用变质反应、矿物地质温压计及相关的同位素年龄资料,建立了草科穹状变形变质体演化的ＰＴｔＤ轨迹。     

Synchronous peak Barrovian metamorphism driven by syn-orogenic magmatism and fluid flow in southern Connecticut, USA

Recent work in Barrovian metamorphic terranes has found that rocks experience peak metamorphic temperatures across several grades at similar times. This result is inconsistent with most geodynamic models of crustal over‐thickening and conductive heating, wherein rocks which reach different metamorphic grades generally reach peak temperatures at different times. Instead, the presence of additional sources of heat and/or focusing mechanisms for heat transport, such as magmatic intrusions and/or advection by metamorphic fluids, may have contributed to the contemporaneous development of several different metamorphic zones. Here, we test the hypothesis of temporally focussed heating for the Wepawaug Schist, a Barrovian terrane in Connecticut, USA, using Sm–Nd ages of prograde garnet growth and U–Pb zircon crystallization ages of associated igneous rocks. Peak temperature in the biotite–garnet zone was dated (via Sm–Nd on garnet) at 378.9 ± 1.6 Ma (2σ), whereas peak temperature in the highest grade staurolite–kyanite zone was dated (via Sm–Nd on garnet rims) at 379.9 ± 6.8 Ma (2σ). These garnet ages suggest that peak metamorphism was pene‐contemporaneous (within error) across these metamorphic grades. Ion microprobe U–Pb ages for zircon from igneous rocks hosted by the metapelites also indicate a period of syn‐metamorphic peak igneous activity at 380.6 ± 4.7 Ma (2σ), indistinguishable from the peak ages recorded by garnet. A 388.6 ± 2.1 Ma (2σ) garnet core age from the staurolite–kyanite zone indicates an earlier episode of growth (coincident with ages from texturally early zircon and a previously published monazite age) along the prograde regional metamorphic T–t path. The timing of peak metamorphism and igneous activity, as well as the occurrence of extensive syn‐metamorphic quartz vein systems and pegmatites, best supports the hypothesis that advective heating driven by magmas and fluids focussed major mineral growth into two distinct episodes: the first at c. 389 Ma, and the second, corresponding to the regionally synchronous peak metamorphism, at c. 380 Ma.     

Crustal response to continental collisions between the Tibet, Indian, South China and North China Blocks: geochronological constraints from the Songpan-Garzê Orogenic Belt, western China

We report SHRIMP U–Th–Pb monazite, conventional U–Pb titanite, Sm–Nd garnet and Rb–Sr muscovite and biotite ages for metamorphic rocks from the Danba Domal Metamorphic Terrane in the eastern Songpan‐Garzê Orogenic Belt (eastern Tibet Plateau). These ages are used to determine the timing of polyphase metamorphic events and the subsequent cooling history. The oldest U–Th–Pb monazite and Sm–Nd garnet ages constrain an early Barrovian metamorphism (M1) in the interval c. 204–190 Ma, coincident with extensive Indosinian granitic magmatism throughout the Songpan‐Garzê Orogenic Belt. A second, higher‐grade sillimanite‐grade metamorphic event (M2), recorded only in the northern part of the Danba terrane, was dated at c. 168–158 Ma by a combination of U–Th–Pb monazite and titanite and Sm–Nd garnet ages. It is suggested that M1 was a thermal event that affected the entire orogenic belt while M2 may represent a local thermal perturbation. Rb–Sr muscovite ages range from c. 138–100 Ma, whereas Rb–Sr biotite ages cluster at c. 34–24 Ma. These ages document regional cooling at rates of c. 2–3 °C Myr^?1 following the M1 peak for most of the terrane. However, those parts of the terrane affected by the higher‐temperature M2 event (e.g. the migmatite zone) experienced initially more rapid (c. 8 °C Myr^?1) cooling after peak M2 before joining the regional slow cooling path defined by the rest of the terrane at c. 138 Ma. Regional slow cooling between c. 138 and c. 30 Ma is thought to be the result of post‐tectonic isostatic uplift after extensive crustal thickening caused by collision of the South and North China Blocks. The clustering of biotite Rb–Sr ages marks the onset of rapid uplift across the entire terrane commencing at c. 30–20 Ma. This cooling history is shared with many other regions of the Tibet Plateau, suggesting that uplift of the Tibet Plateau (including the Songpan‐Garzê Orogenic Belt) occurred predominantly in the last c. 30 Myr as a response to the continuing northwards collision of India with Eurasia.     

Discovery and Geological Significance of Neoproterozoic Metamorphic Granite in Jimo, Shandong Province, Eastern China

During the 1:50000 regional geological survey in Jimo,east Shandong Province,Paleoproterozoic metamorphic supracrustal rocks and Neoproterozoic metamorphic plutonite were newly discovered. These rocks displayed inclusions which had occurred in the Mesozoic granite,and the main lithologies are schist,granulite,marble,and granitic gneiss. Geochemical analyses suggest that Neoproterozoic metamorphic plutonite are characterized by high-K,metaluminous to weakly peraluminous. They are enriched in LILE and depleted in HFSE,with moderately enrichment of LREE,weak fractionation of LREE from HREE and negative Eu anomalies. The surface age of plutonic rocks in the survey area is 770.2±2.4 Ma,representing the age of magma crystallization,which is agreement with the the Neoproterozoic magmatic event after Rodinia supercontinent in the northern margin of Southern China continental block. In addition,the age of sporadic distribution(298 Ma and 269 Ma) is mixed zircon age,representing the rocks experienced metamorphism in Indosinian period. According to the associated mineral assemblages,and the characteristic metamorphic minerals and temperature pressure conditions,four metamorphic facies were identified,including amphibolitic,epidote amphibolite,greenschist,and mid-high pressure greenschist. Analysis of tectonic setting suggests that granitic gneiss is formed in an extensional environment and was involved from the continental margin magmatic arc to intraplate environment. Jimo is distributed in the east of Zhuwu fault,and has the same Spatial distribution location with the Weihai uplift UHP metamorphic belt rocks. The metamorphic rocks in Jimo area have similar geochemical characteristics of elements,tectonic setting and retrograde metamorphism with that in the Sulu UHP metamorphic belt. Therefore,Zhuwu fault may be the boundary fault of Sulu UHP metamorphic belt.