黔西南下三叠统飞仙关组沉积物源分析对峨眉山大火成岩省火山剥蚀序列的重建约束

峨眉山大火成岩省在形成后遭受了强烈的风化剥蚀，与右江盆地构成了独特的源- 汇沉积体系，相关的碎屑沉积记录是重建峨眉山大火成岩省晚期火山序列、揭示大火成岩省岩浆演化的关键。本文对黔西南地区右江盆地北缘下三叠统下部飞仙关组开展了详细的沉积物源研究。飞仙关组泥岩由长石、石英和黏矿物等组成，具有低SiO2、高TiO2含量和低Al2O3/TiO2值的特征，具Eu的弱负异常，微弱的Nb、Ta负异常。基于Al2O3/TiO2和La/Sm物源图解分析，研究样品的主要物源由峨眉山大火成岩省的高- Ti玄武岩和少量酸性火山岩构成，这与右江盆地晚二叠世的碎屑沉积物源组成一致。碎屑锆石具有～260 Ma 的年龄峰值，对应锆石具有较低的Th/Nb和较高的Nb/Hf值，均支持峨眉山大火成岩省作为主要的沉积物源区，而同时存在的>400 Ma的碎屑锆石则对应于峨眉山玄武质岩浆上升时所捕获的华南地壳物质。与上二叠统的碎屑锆石U- Pb年龄组成和锆石化学组成对比分析表明，峨眉山大火成岩省在晚二叠世到早三叠世早期剥蚀的火山岩构成了一定的火山序列，反映了该大火成岩省晚期从强烈地壳混染到分异结晶为主的岩浆演化过程。     

扬子西缘荥经地区三叠纪碎屑物源分析

扬子西缘早三叠世处于伸展环境,而晚三叠世为前陆盆地。扬子西缘三叠系保存较好,是研究三叠纪构造转换物源响应方面的理想场所。本文根据重矿物电子探针和碎屑锆石测年,分析三叠系的物质来源,进而探讨与构造环境的对应关系。电气石探针结果显示,下三叠统主要源自贫锂花岗岩类伴生伟晶岩和细晶岩、变质板岩、变质砂岩、钙质硅酸盐岩和电气石石英岩,上三叠统主要来自贫锂花岗岩类伴生伟晶岩和细晶岩、贫钙变质板岩、变质砂岩和电气石石英岩,且自下三叠统至上三叠统变板岩和变砂岩的物源区比重逐渐增加;尖晶石显示,下三叠统砂岩主要来自大火成岩省、洋岛玄武岩和岛弧玄武岩类,上三叠统主要来自岛弧玄武岩类。碎屑锆石U-Pb测年结果表明,早三叠世碎屑锆石峰值为251～265 Ma、460～535 Ma和544～987 Ma,晚三叠世碎屑锆石峰值为228～251 Ma、255～387 Ma、429～523 Ma、573～954 Ma、1720～2004 Ma和和2453～2494 Ma。综合分析表明,下三叠统沉积物主要来自峨眉山玄武岩、康滇古陆,少量来自南秦岭造山带,而上三叠统的物源区主要为峨眉山玄武岩、康滇古陆、秦岭造山带和华北板块。三叠系物源的差异,主要与晚三叠世秦岭造山带与扬子板块碰撞有关。     

扬子西缘荥经地区三叠纪碎屑物源分析

扬子西缘早三叠世处于伸展环境,而晚三叠世为前陆盆地。扬子西缘三叠系保存较好,是研究三叠纪构造转换物源响应方面的理想场所。本文根据重矿物电子探针和碎屑锆石测年,分析三叠系的物质来源,进而探讨与构造环境的对应关系。电气石探针结果显示,下三叠统主要源自贫锂花岗岩类伴生伟晶岩和细晶岩、变质板岩、变质砂岩、钙质硅酸盐岩和电气石石英岩,上三叠统主要来自贫锂花岗岩类伴生伟晶岩和细晶岩、贫钙变质板岩、变质砂岩和电气石石英岩,且自下三叠统至上三叠统变板岩和变砂岩的物源区比重逐渐增加;尖晶石显示,下三叠统砂岩主要来自大火成岩省、洋岛玄武岩和岛弧玄武岩类,上三叠统主要来自岛弧玄武岩类。碎屑锆石U-Pb测年结果表明,早三叠世碎屑锆石峰值为251~265 Ma、460~535 Ma和544~987 Ma,晚三叠世碎屑锆石峰值为228~251 Ma、255~387 Ma、429~523 Ma、573~954 Ma、1720~2004 Ma和和2453~2494 Ma。综合分析表明,下三叠统沉积物主要来自峨眉山玄武岩、康滇古陆,少量来自南秦岭造山带,而上三叠统的物源区主要为峨眉山玄武岩、康滇古陆、秦岭造山带和华北板块。三叠系物源的差异,主要与晚三叠世秦岭造山带与扬子板块碰撞有关。     

扬子西南缘晚三叠世-早侏罗世盆山格局演化过程：来自楚雄盆地碎屑锆石U-Pb年代学的证据

印支期扬子西南缘沉积盆地大地构造性质及盆山格局演化过程长期存在较大分歧.对楚雄盆地西侧祥云剖面上三叠统-下侏罗统砂岩样品进行碎屑锆石U-Pb定年和碎屑物源分析.结果显示,上三叠统云南驿组和罗家大山组碎屑物源主要来自上扬子地区的中-下三叠统和二叠系,而上三叠统白土田组和下侏罗统冯家河组碎屑物源主要来自松潘-甘孜地体和康滇古陆.结合沉积环境演变和区域地质背景,认为在晚三叠世早期,区域内造山作用相对较弱,楚雄盆地碎屑物源供给不足,为欠补偿盆地;晚三叠世晚期-早侏罗世,虽然楚雄盆地的构造演化受哀牢山造山带逆冲推覆作用的控制,但是楚雄盆地的沉积充填过程主要受控于快速崛起的松潘-甘孜造山带.     

上扬子会泽地区早三叠世飞仙关组砂岩物源特征:来自重矿物铬尖晶石和碎屑锆石的限定

上扬子会泽地区早三叠世飞仙关组主要为河流相的紫红色砂岩,物源主要来自于西部和西北部。碎屑重矿物组合表明物源主要来自于岩浆岩,且重矿物中发现大量碎屑铬尖晶石和锆石。本文运用电子探针微区成分分析和碎屑锆石U-Pb测年方法,对上扬子早三叠世飞仙关组砂岩中铬尖晶石和碎屑锆石进行分析。铬尖晶石电子探针化学成分分析显示,其具有高铬、低Fe~(3+)和高TiO_2含量的特征,源岩分析指示这些铬尖晶石来源于与洋岛/板内、岛弧以及大火成岩省相关的火成岩。同时,碎屑锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb年龄测定表明,飞仙关组的物源主要来自于248~272Ma和715~997Ma的岩浆岩。铬尖晶石和碎屑锆石综合分析表明,248~272Ma的物源岩石具有大火成岩省玄武岩特征,主要为峨眉山玄武岩及同期基性侵入岩;715~997M的物源为洋岛/板内玄武岩类,主要为研究区周缘与新元古代苏雄组及其同期的岩浆岩;铬尖晶石指示的岛弧性质物源则可能源自1000~1100Ma的岩浆岩。同时,碎屑锆石还指示古元古代和早寒武世发育岩浆作用,且存在古老的新太古代结晶基底。这些资料为上扬子地区构造演化提供了沉积学的证据。     

西秦岭临潭地区隆务河组碎屑锆石U-Pb年龄、地球化学特征及沉积环境分析

以西秦岭造山带临潭地区早三叠世隆务河组碎屑岩为研究对象,进行LA-ICP-MS锆石UPb年代学研究,探讨其形成时代和源区,推断其沉积环境。所获得碎屑锆石年龄可划分为259～418Ma(16.8%)、448～474Ma(2.9%)、848～1 115 Ma(2.9%)和1 701～2 672 Ma(77.4%)四组,最小年龄为259Ma,说明隆务河组沉积时代不早于晚二叠世。综合区域资料限定隆务河组沉积时代为早三叠世,物源总体来自隆务河盆地北侧新太古代—古元古代火山岩基底,包括华北板块、西秦岭造山带北缘、祁连造山带东段。结合地球化学及沉积相特征推断隆务河组砂岩主体形成于活动大陆边缘,为扩张阶段的弧后裂陷盆地。     

上扬子西南待补地区飞仙关组年代学、岩石地球化学及其对Rodinia超大陆构造演化的指示

晚二叠世以来受印支造山运动及峨眉山玄武岩喷发事件的影响,上扬子西南缘地区沉积物源及沉积模式发生了重大改变,引发学术界热议.本文以上扬子西南待补地区下三叠统飞仙关组碎屑岩为例,从岩相学、岩石地球化学和碎屑锆石U-Pb年代学等方面对飞仙关组源岩属性、物源、沉积及构造环境进行约束.飞仙关组碎屑岩整体成熟度较低,岩石风化程度中等,源区曾经历过持续的构造抬升剥蚀,并于早三叠世扬子西南缘浅海-滨海相的氧化环境中沉积.其碎屑锆石U-Pb年龄主要集中在257±2.9 Ma,与晚二叠世峨眉山玄武岩主喷发时限一致,岩石地球化学特征表现出与峨眉山高钛玄武岩高度一致,指示飞仙关组主要物源区为近源的峨眉山大火成岩省,源岩主要为板内拉张环境形成的峨眉山高钛玄武岩,并在玄武质岩浆上涌过程中混染了少量扬子陆块古老结晶基底成分.此外,康滇古陆及扬子克拉通也提供了部分物源,主要为Rodinia超大陆汇聚及裂解背景下产生的岩浆岩.年代学证据显示,Rodinia超大陆汇聚及裂解事件在区内具有较好的沉积物源响应,为全球性Rodinia超大陆汇聚及裂解事件的时限约束提供了重要参考依据.     

河南南召盆地上三叠统碎屑岩地球化学特征及物源示踪

三叠纪是秦岭造山带全面碰撞造山的关键时期,随着扬子、秦岭和华北板块分别沿勉略、商丹缝合带的汇聚拼合, 秦岭造山带逐渐形成并从板块构造体制向陆内造山体制转化,同时强烈的造山作用控制着周缘盆地的形成与演化。文章通 过研究区的碎屑岩元素地球化学分析,对河南南召盆地上三叠统的物源区及构造背景特征进行探讨。结果表明,上三叠统 源岩成分主要为上地壳长英质火山岩;源岩经历了中等的化学风化强度,校正后CIA值指示其形成于温暖潮湿的气候和相 对较强的构造活动环境;太山庙组源区构造背景主要为大陆岛弧与活动大陆边缘,太子山组源区构造背景主要为大陆岛弧 与被动大陆边缘。根据南召盆地近源沉积特征和秦岭造山带构造演化过程推断,秦岭造山带和华北南缘是南召盆地晚三叠 世的重要物源区,前期太山庙组物源主要由北秦岭隆升基底提供,后期太子山组物源可能来自南秦岭、北秦岭和华北南缘 沉积再循环。南召盆地上三叠统物源区的转变是晚三叠世秦岭造山带逆冲推覆作用逐渐增强的体现,对研究恢复秦岭构造 带造山隆升过程和周缘盆地盆山系统演化具有重要的意义。     

盐源盆地演化及早三叠世青天堡组沉积环境

文章根据盐源盆地的基底和古构造论述了盐源盆地的演化过程。作者将早三叠世青天堡组划分为冲积扇相、河流相和潮坪相。     

二叠纪东吴运动的沉积响应差异：来自扬子和华夏板块吴家坪组或龙潭组碎屑锆石LA-ICPMS U-Pb年龄研究

二叠纪所发生的东吴运动是华南非常重要的构造事件之一。但在构造运动方式、动力学机制以及岩浆-沉积-成矿等方面存在明显的地区差异性。在扬子板块,东吴运动主要发生在中、晚二叠世之间,由地幔柱活动引起,表现为地壳的大规模抬升和大火成岩省的形成;而在华夏板块,东吴运动发生时间相对较早,始于早二叠世晚期,可能由古特提斯洋的俯冲、闭合以及陆陆碰撞引起,主要体现造山作用和前陆盆地的形成以及大量二叠纪花岗岩的侵入。对晚二叠世吴家坪组碎屑锆石所进行的LA-ICPMS U-Pb年龄系统研究表明,扬子和华夏碎屑锆石所构成的年龄频谱和所反映的信息亦存在明显的地区差异。来自扬子板块吴家坪组碎屑锆石年龄主要集中在250~272Ma,峰值为259Ma,这与峨眉山玄武岩的喷发时间非常一致,说明碎屑物质主要来自峨眉山大火成岩省;来自华夏板块龙潭组(相当于吴家坪组)碎屑锆石年龄明显与扬子板块吴家坪组碎屑锆石年龄不一样,华夏龙潭组碎屑锆石年龄变化范围宽广,介于250~3652Ma之间,具有258Ma、290Ma、447Ma、988Ma和1880Ma 5个大的峰值以及360Ma、541Ma、823Ma和2500Ma 4个小的峰值。这些锆石年龄,除了2500Ma外,在华夏地块中都有同期岩浆岩出露。这说明华夏吴家坪组碎屑物源复杂,源区经历了复杂的地壳演化历史,包括晋宁、加里东和印支等造山作用。华夏板块晚二叠世早期碎屑物源可能通过造山作用和短距离搬运来自华夏本身。     

上扬子西南缘早三叠世嘉陵江组物源分析和构造环境:沉积学、重矿物电子探针和U- Pb年龄的限定

上扬子西南缘地区广泛分布峨眉山玄武岩,受其影响在中带金阳和外带荥经地区嘉陵江组发育滨岸和潮坪环境沉积物。本文在交错层理恢复的物源方向基础上,根据重矿物组成、重矿物电子探针和碎屑锆石测年结果,综合分析不同区域嘉陵江组物源区,进而探讨嘉陵江组形成的构造环境。嘉陵江组砂岩碎屑重矿物锆石、磷灰石、铬尖晶石等指示物源主要来自于岩浆岩,且自中带至外带基性岩浆岩所占比重逐渐减少。电气石电子探针分析显示,二者物源主要来自于贫锂花岗岩和变质砂岩、板岩。铬尖晶石显示,金阳地区物源来自峨眉山玄武岩和洋岛岩浆岩类岩石,荥经物源主要来自洋岛岩浆岩类岩石,个别为峨眉山玄武岩。碎屑锆石表明,嘉陵江组物源主要来自于新元古代岩浆岩和晚二叠世峨眉山玄武岩,前者经历再搬运。综合物源分析表明,嘉陵江组物源主要来自康滇古陆,岩石类型主要为峨眉山玄武岩和砂岩等。沉积序列和物源分析表明,嘉陵江组反映了沉积物蚀顶过程。结合地震资料、大火成岩省的分析成果表明,嘉陵江组形成于火山型裂谷边缘。     

合肥盆地中生代地层时代与源区的碎屑锆石证据

合肥盆地位于大别造山带北侧、郯庐断裂带西侧,其发育过程与这两大构造带演化密切相关。本次工作对合肥盆地南部与东部出露的中生代砂岩与火山岩进行了锆石年代学研究,从而限定了各组地层的沉积时代,确定了火山岩喷发时间,指示了沉积物的源区。这些年代学数据表明,合肥盆地南部的中生代碎屑岩自下而上分别为下侏罗统防虎山组、中侏罗统圆筒山组或三尖铺组、下白垩统凤凰台组与周公山组(或黑石渡组)与上白垩统戚家桥组,其间缺失上侏罗统。盆地东部白垩系自下而上为下白垩统朱巷组与响导铺组和上白垩统张桥组。该盆地出露的毛坦厂组或白大畈组火山岩喷发时代皆为早白垩世(130～120 Ma)。盆地南部的下——中侏罗统及白垩系源区皆为大别造山带,分别对应该造山带的后造山隆升与造山后伸展隆升。而盆地东部白垩系的源区始终为东侧的张八岭隆起带,后者属于郯庐断裂带伸展活动中的上升盘。     

四川盆地西缘上二叠统宣威组顶部泥岩、砂岩的地球化学特征及其地质意义

沉积物源分析是认识盆山演化的重要途径。了解四川盆地西南缘上二叠统宣威组物源,对于重建晚二叠世扬子克拉通周缘演化具有重要意义。本文对峨眉山地区宣威组顶部泥岩、砂岩开展了岩石学和全岩地球化学分析,进行了物源、沉积环境和构造背景的研究。宣威组泥岩主要成分为黏土矿物,SiO₂含量(平均49.42%)中等;砂岩成分大部分为火山岩屑,含有少量石英及长石,具中等的SiO₂含量(平均44.12%),属于杂砂岩系列。泥岩与砂岩均具有轻稀土元素富集、重稀土元素较右倾的稀土元素配分型式,微量元素相对大陆上地壳富集高场强元素(如Nb、Zr),亏损大离子亲石元素(如Sr、Ba)。根据地球化学分析结果结合已发表的扬子克拉通周缘二叠系沉积岩数据,认为上二叠统宣威组顶部沉积岩物源区经历了强烈的化学风化作用,沉积古环境为富氧的淡水沉积环境;宣威组顶部沉积物物源不仅来自于近源搬运的峨眉山高Ti玄武岩,还接受了扬子克拉通的补给,扬子克拉通西缘晚二叠世时期是活动大陆边缘沉积。     

四川会理地区古近纪雷打树组碎屑锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb年龄及其地质意义

采用LA-ICP-MS方法,对四川盆地南部会理地区古近纪雷打树组碎屑锆石进行了U-Th-Pb同位素测定,获得了72组单颗粒锆石的U-Pb年龄,建立了碎屑锆石的U-Pb年龄谱。结果表明,雷打树组碎屑锆石U-Pb年龄区间为2465~204Ma,地质时代为古元古代最早期成铁纪至晚三叠世最晚期瑞替阶,年龄分布具有清晰的幕式分布特征,集中分布于5个区间,出现了5个明显的峰值,物源区主要为扬子陆块西缘及其西侧的“三江”造山带。雷打树组碎屑锆石U-Pb年龄谱显示,扬子陆块西缘经历了古元古代陆壳增生、中元古代Rodinia超大陆汇聚、新元古代晚期Rodinia超大陆裂解、二叠纪玄武岩喷溢及中-晚三叠世印支运动5次重要的构造热事件,与扬子陆块西缘形成演化进程完全吻合。与四川盆地古近纪柳嘉组碎屑锆石的U-Pb年龄谱相比,雷打树组碎屑锆石U-Pb年龄谱缺失侏罗纪、白垩纪信号,增加了早奥陶世和早泥盆世信号,说明四川盆地北部与南部的物源存在一定的区别。碎屑锆石U-Pb年龄谱对比结果显示,雷打树组碎屑锆石U-Pb年龄谱具有较高的精确度,扬子陆块与华夏陆块自1000Ma汇聚以来具有很好的亲缘性,而与华北克拉通之间直至400Ma才开始建立亲缘关系。     

Provenance of the Late Permian Xuanwei Formation in the Upper Yangtze Block: Constraints from the Sedimentary Record and Tectonic Implications

Xuanwei Formation is composed of mudstone, siltstone, and sandstone, with local conglomerate. However, its provenance and tectonic setting have been scarcely studied. In this paper, we use sedimentology, electron probe microanalysis(EPMA), and detrital zircon dating to investigate its source area and depositional tectonic setting. The facies assemblages indicate that it formed in alluvial fan and fluvial river sedimentary environments. The strata thicknesses and facies distribution indicate that the sediment supply was from the west. The results of EPMA show that chromian spinels within the sediments are characterized by high Cr# and varying Mg#. Discrimination plots suggest that these spinels were sourced from large igneous province(LIP) magmatic rocks. The laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry(LA-ICP-MS) U–Pb chronology of detrital zircons suggests that the sediments were derived from intermediate–acid igneous rocks dating back to 251–260? Ma. We could, therefore, conclude that the provenance of the Xuanwei Formation is from Emeishan basalt and synchronous felsic igneous rocks, which is consistent with the composition of the detrital framework. The detrital zircon dates also suggest that felsic magmatism occurred during the Late Permian, not after the eruption of the Emeishan basalt. Based on the sedimentary successions and provenance analysis, the tectonic setting for Xuanwei Formation deposition was a volcanic rifted margin.     

藏南仲巴地区早白垩世日朗组物源分析及其构造意义

藏南仲巴地区早白垩世日朗组出露于特提斯喜马拉雅北亚带,整体为黄绿色火山岩屑砂岩,局部层位可见页岩与泥岩,分析为一套深海海底扇沉积组合。本文仔细分析了日朗组砂岩岩石学特征及鲍马序列和槽模沉积构造等沉积学特征,结果表明:日朗组砂岩成分成熟度和结构成熟度均不高,具有近源物源的特点;槽模构造古水流数据统计表明古流向由南向北,指示物质组分来源于南侧特提斯喜马拉雅和/或印度克拉通。砂岩碎屑组分统计结果表明日朗组的物源区构造背景属于克拉通内部及石英再旋回区。碎屑锆石U-Pb年龄频谱图对比进一步表明其物源区为印度稳定大陆边缘,外加一套早白垩世火山碎屑物质的输入。仲巴地区日朗组物源特征反映了印度大陆北缘早白垩世由深部断裂引起的一次强烈的火山事件,可能与印度大陆从澳大利亚-南极大陆裂解有关。     

古新世特提斯喜马拉雅南亚带石英砂岩成因及其构造意义:以藏南岗巴地区古新统基堵拉组为例

特提斯喜马拉雅南亚带作为印度被动大陆北缘的主要构造单元,相较于其他类似构造单元发育着多套特殊的石英砂岩,意味着被动大陆边缘物源区陆源碎屑供应能力的多次变化,而引起印度被动大陆北缘石英砂岩沉积的构造背景和构造意义尚不明确。以特提斯喜马拉雅南亚带的岗巴地区古新统基堵拉组石英砂岩为例,通过砂岩碎屑成分分析、古流向恢复、重矿物分析和碎屑锆石年代学方法,对基堵拉组石英砂岩的沉积学及物源区特征,以及蕴含的成因和构造意义进行探讨。从沉积相分析结果来看,在早古新世岗巴地区所属的板块为印度被动大陆边缘,处于新特提斯洋的海岸线附近,以滨岸相为主,显示了一种浅海陆棚到陆相的变化。从砂岩岩相学的结果分析,基堵拉组的陆源碎屑物主要是成熟度极高的石英砂岩,同时古水流近NNE方向。从碎屑锆石年代学数据分析结果可知,基堵拉组的碎屑锆石年龄特征与早白垩世德干高原地区相吻合。故认为基堵拉组石英砂岩的形成是由于印度北缘的陆源碎屑供应量突然增多与被动大陆边缘物源区构造抬升导致,而引起被动大陆边缘物源区构造抬升的原因主要与德干大火成岩省形成相关。最终认为石英砂岩的发育成因与印度大陆北缘德干大火成岩省形成时构造隆升所导致的稳定克拉通再活化有关。     

Early Carboniferous paleogeography of the northern Verkhoyansk passive margin as derived from U–Pb dating of detrital zircons: role of erosion products of the Central Asian and Taimyr–Severnaya Zemlya fold belts

The first U–Pb dating of detrital zircons from the Lower Carboniferous sandstones in the frontal part of the northern Verkhoyansk fold-and-thrust belt showed that detrital zircon age spectra for the Lower Visean (Krestyakh Formation) and the Upper Visean–Serpukhovian (Tiksi Formation) rocks are quite different. The Early Visean sandstones contain up to 95% detrital zircons of Precambrian age, while those of Late Visean–Serpukhovian age, only 55%. The shape of age distribution plots of Precambrian zircons for both samples is similar, indicating that reworking of terrigenous sediments of the Krestyakh Formation or the same sources dominated in Early Visean time (crystalline basement of the craton, eroded Meso- and Neoproterozoic sedimentary complexes, and igneous rocks of Central Taimyr) contributed significantly to the accumulation of the Late Visean–Serpukhovian deposits. In the rocks of the Tiksi Formation, 45% of detrital zircons are of Paleozoic age, while 24% are Early Paleozoic, with prevailing Cambrian and Ordovician ages. Possible provenance areas with abundant igneous rocks of this age could be the Taimyr–Severnaya Zemlya and Central Asian fold belts extending along the northern, western or southwestern margins of the Siberia. The presence of Middle–Late Devonian zircons is thought to be related to the erosion of granitoids of the Yenisei Ridge and the Altai–Sayan region. Early Carboniferous detrital zircons probably had a provenance in igneous rocks of the Taimyr–Severnaya Zemlya fold belt, on the assumption that collision between the Kara block and the northern margin of the Siberian continent had already occurred by that time. In Early Visean time, sedimentation occurred in small deltaic fans, likely along steep fault scarps that formed as a result of Middle Paleozoic (Devonian–Carboniferous) rifting. The clastic material came from small rivers that eroded the nearby area. Late Visean–Serpukhovian time was marked by a sharp increase in the amount of clastic material and by the appearance of detrital zircons coming from new provenance regions, such as fold belts extending along the northern and southwestern margins of the Siberian continent. A large river system, which was able to transport clastic material over large distances to deposit it in submarine fans on the northern Verkhoyansk passive continental margin, had already existed by that time.     

Sedimentary response to the paleogeographic and tectonic evolution of the southern North China Craton during the late Paleozoic and Mesozoic

With the aim of constraining the influence of the surrounding plates on the Late Paleozoic–Mesozoic paleogeographic and tectonic evolution of the southern North China Craton (NCC), we undertook new U–Pb and Hf isotope data for detrital zircons obtained from ten samples of upper Paleozoic to Mesozoic sediments in the Luoyang Basin and Dengfeng area. Samples of upper Paleozoic to Mesozoic strata were obtained from the Taiyuan, Xiashihezi, Shangshihezi, Shiqianfeng, Ermaying, Shangyoufangzhuang, Upper Jurassic unnamed, and Lower Cretaceous unnamed formations (from oldest to youngest). On the basis of the youngest zircon ages, combined with the age-diagnostic fossils, and volcanic interlayer, we propose that the Taiyuan Formation (youngest zircon age of 439 Ma) formed during the Late Carboniferous and Early Permian, the Xiashihezi Formation (276 Ma) during the Early Permian, the Shangshihezi (376 Ma) and Shiqianfeng (279 Ma) formations during the Middle–Late Permian, the Ermaying Group (232 Ma) and Shangyoufangzhuang Formation (230 and 210 Ma) during the Late Triassic, the Jurassic unnamed formation (154 Ma) during the Late Jurassic, and the Cretaceous unnamed formation (158 Ma) during the Early Cretaceous. These results, together with previously published data, indicate that: (1) Upper Carboniferous–Lower Permian sandstones were sourced from the Northern Qinling Orogen (NQO); (2) Lower Permian sandstones were formed mainly from material derived from the Yinshan–Yanshan Orogenic Belt (YYOB) on the northern margin of the NCC with only minor material from the NQO; (3) Middle–Upper Permian sandstones were derived primarily from the NQO, with only a small contribution from the YYOB; (4) Upper Triassic sandstones were sourced mainly from the YYOB and contain only minor amounts of material from the NQO; (5) Upper Jurassic sandstones were derived from material sourced from the NQO; and (6) Lower Cretaceous conglomerate was formed mainly from recycled earlier detritus.The provenance shift in the Upper Carboniferous–Mesozoic sediments within the study area indicates that the YYOB was strongly uplifted twice, first in relation to subduction of the Paleo-Asian Ocean Plate beneath the northern margin of the NCC during the Early Permian, and subsequently in relation to collision between the southern Mongolian Plate and the northern margin of the NCC during the Late Triassic. The three episodes of tectonic uplift of the NQO were probably related to collision between the North and South Qinling terranes, northward subduction of the Mianlue Ocean Plate, and collision between the Yangtze Craton and the southern margin of the NCC during the Late Carboniferous–Early Permian, Middle–Late Permian, and Late Jurassic, respectively. The southern margin of the central NCC was rapidly uplifted and eroded during the Early Cretaceous.