亚东地区高喜马拉雅结晶岩系部分熔融的时限:来自乃堆拉混合岩锆石U-Pb年代学的约束

高喜马拉雅结晶岩系由中-高级变质岩和淡色花岗岩组成,是研究喜马拉雅造山带形成与演化的天然实验室.高喜马拉雅结晶岩系混合岩和淡色花岗岩中锆石和独居石的定年结果往往是分散的,对这些定年结果的解释还存在争议,严重制约了对高喜马拉雅结晶岩系变质、部分熔融作用的起始时间和持续过程的理解.对造山带中段亚东地区高喜马拉雅结晶岩系上部构造层位的乃堆拉混合岩进行了锆石U-Pb年代学研究.研究结果显示,乃堆拉混合岩暗色体给出了29.1~24.7 Ma的进变质和部分熔融的时间,混合岩浅色体获得了25.0~13.7 Ma的退变质和熔体结晶的时间,表明亚东地区高喜马拉雅结晶岩系的部分熔融作用大约开始于30 Ma并持续到13 Ma,暗示它是一个长期、持续的过程.亚东地区高喜马拉雅结晶岩系发生部分熔融的时间明显早于藏南拆离系和主中央断裂开始活动的时间,部分熔融可能在高喜马拉雅结晶岩系俯冲过程中就已经发生了.相关成果为建立造山带构造演化模型提供了新信息.      

喜马拉雅造山带始新世和中新世的地壳深熔条件：来自花岗岩的地球化学证据

与花岗岩岩浆作用相关的地壳深熔条件与汇聚板块边缘的构造体制和热结构密切相关。对喜马拉雅新生代花岗岩来说，不同时代的地壳源区深熔条件被两组花岗岩记录下来。第一组形成于43～44 Ma的始新世；第二组形成于17～18 Ma的中新世，具有典型高喜马拉雅淡色花岗岩的地球化学组成。始新世花岗岩经历了分离结晶作用，形成了两个亚组，一组具有高镁铁度、高CaO含量和高Na₂O/K₂O和Sr/Y值，另一组则恰恰相反。Sr-Nd同位素组成表明，始新世花岗岩的源区物质由角闪岩和变泥质岩组成。相平衡模拟结果显示，始新世花岗岩的原始熔体由角闪岩和变泥质岩构成的混合源区在(850±50)℃和(0.85±0.05)GPa条件下部分熔融产生。而中新世花岗岩的源区熔融条件与典型高喜马拉雅淡色花岗岩的一致，为750～770℃和0.6～0.8 GPa,源岩为变泥质岩。综合包括变质岩石学在内的多学科研究结果，碰撞造山带从同碰撞阶段向碰撞晚期和碰撞后阶段的演化过程中发生了热结构的变化。同碰撞阶段的超高压变质岩记录了低的地温梯度(<10℃/km),碰撞晚期的始新世花岗岩形成于高的...     

喜马拉雅中段哲古拉花岗岩中高压麻粒岩包体及其主岩的^40Ar／^39Ar年代学研究

为了深入了解喜马拉雅构造带的地质演化历史,同时为了探讨作为建立高压变质条件下的同位素年代学方法的重要前提的同位素体系特征,对出露于喜马拉雅中段西藏哲古拉地区的高压麻粒岩包体中的峰期矿物和退变质矿物及其主岩花岗岩中的富钾矿物进行了常规~(40)Ar/~(39) Ar 年代学研究。花岗岩中的黑云母坪年龄为11.48±0.18Ma,钾长石坪年龄为12.63±0.19Ma,二者的等时线年龄与之相当,分别为11.63Ma 和12.58Ma。高压麻粒岩峰期矿物黑云母的坪年龄为48.5±0.54Ma,等时线年龄为48.95±0.83Ma,(~(40)Ar/~(36)Ar)_i 为285;退变质矿物角闪石的坪年龄谱呈马鞍形,坪区数据对应的等时线年龄为31.1±5.4Ma,(~(40)Ar/~(36)Ar)_i 为394,显示有过剩~(40)Ar 的存在。结合前人的研究,推定高压麻粒岩经历了一个快速的退变质作用过程,不仅变质作用没有达到平衡,早期与晚期变质矿物之间也没有达成氩同位素交换平衡,在标本尺度上或高压麻粒岩包体与主岩花岗岩之间均是如此。根据~(40)Ar/~(39)Ar 年代学结果也可以了解到,在高压麻粒岩的退变质过程中,早期与晚期变质矿物之间的氩同位素体系有明显不同,这种氩同位素体系在不同变质阶段的不平衡记录为帮助建立不同变质地质事件的年代学序列提供了研究途径。依照获得的~(40)Ar/~(39)Ar 年代学数据,可以建立喜马拉雅中段高压麻粒岩包体形成和演化的动力学过程:推定高压麻粒岩经受了两期变质作用的叠加,峰期变质老于48.5Ma,晚期变质发生在31Ma 前后;大约在17Ma 前后为其主岩花岗岩捕虏,并在11Ma～12Ma 之间被带至地表。文中对前人锆石 U-Pb 年龄进行了再分析,认为在高压变质作用条件下,由于熔体或流体从变质岩石中被抽提出去而限制了变质锆石的生长,因此,高压麻粒岩包体中的锆石 U-Pb 年龄没有能够记录高压变质事件。     

印度南部麻粒岩地体Namakkal陆块新太古代钙硅酸盐岩的岩石学和锆石U-Pb年代学研究

本文对印度南部麻粒岩地体Namakkal陆块Tammampatti地区方柱石石榴子石钙硅酸盐岩进行了详细的岩石学、锆石U-Pb年代学和变质相平衡模拟研究,以研究其岩石成因和地质意义。岩相学观察识别出两阶段变质矿物组合:第一阶段为石榴子石+方柱石+斜长石+榍石+钛铁矿;第二阶段为石榴子石边部的绿帘石和方柱石边缘的方解石、斜长石和石英冠状体。CL图像分析显示锆石可分为两种,分别为高亮度和低亮度的变质锆石。LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年得到高亮度变质锆石~(207)Pb/~(206)Pb加权平均年龄为2562±17Ma,而低亮度变质锆石的~(207)Pb/~(206)Pb加权平均年龄稍年轻,为2495±15Ma。基于相平衡模拟计算了2个样品18ID-24和18ID-25的P-T视剖面图,确定它们峰期变质PT条件分别为4.3～7.1kbar、800～960℃和4.0～7.8kbar、750～854℃。高亮度变质锆石年龄2562±17Ma与Namakkal陆块紫苏花岗岩的原岩结晶年龄相当,其代表了紫苏花岗岩的原岩侵入导致的接触交代变质作用形成方柱石石榴子石钙硅酸盐岩的时代;低亮度变质锆石年龄2495±15Ma与该地区大约2530～2440Ma的高温-超高温变质作用时代相吻合,因此认为其代表区域性变质作用叠加的时代。根据全岩成分以及矿物组合,我们推测该岩石为中酸性岩浆岩(紫苏花岗岩原岩)与碳酸盐岩发生交代变质作用的产物。     

喜马拉雅淡色花岗岩成因与稀有金属成矿潜力

喜马拉雅淡色花岗岩世界瞩目,具有重要的理论研究和找矿意义,但是其成因争议较大。本文统计了两千余件样品的全岩主微量地球化学、Sr-Nd-Pb-Hf同位素、锆石/独居石/磷钇矿等副矿物原位U-Pb年龄和锆石Hf同位素等,试图全面地总结喜马拉雅淡色花岗岩的研究进展和现状。喜马拉雅淡色花岗岩分为南北两带,北带花岗岩主要出露于特提斯喜马拉雅和片麻岩穹隆中,而南带花岗岩主要发育在高喜马拉雅顶部和东-西构造结中。从北往南,成岩时代逐渐变新;南北两带均以二云母花岗岩和(石榴石-电气石)白云母花岗岩为主,两期(始新世和中新世)中-基性岩脉和埃达克质岩主要在北带中发育。新生代岩浆活动分为5个阶段：49~40 Ma、39~29 Ma、28~15 Ma、14~7 Ma、6~0.7 Ma,分别主要与新特提斯洋壳板片断离、印度陆壳板片的低角度俯冲、断离或回撤、南北向撕裂(裂谷)和东西构造结的快速隆升有关。喜马拉雅淡色花岗岩起源于高喜马拉雅杂岩系的不一致(不平衡)部分熔融,并经历了矿物分离结晶的高分异演化。淡色花岗岩属于强过铝质岩石,具有高Si、K、Na,低Ca、Fe、Mg、Ti、Mn,高的Rb/Sr、Y/Ho值,低的Th/U、Nb/Ta、Zr/Hf、K/Rb值,稀土元素总量较低,负Eu异常明显的地球化学特征。随着成岩时代变新,Sr-Nd-Pb-Hf等同位素都指示岩浆源区中古老地壳物质的占比逐步增加。喜马拉雅淡色花岗岩/伟晶岩中Li、Be、W、Sn、Ta、Cs和Rb等稀有元素的富集系数大于10,伟晶岩属于典型的LCT型伟晶岩。喜马拉雅新生代淡色花岗岩带有望成为一条新的世界级的Li-Be-Sn-W-Ta稀有金属成矿带。     

锆石U-Pb定年对大兴安岭东北部“兴华渡口群”形成时代和组成的约束

兴华渡口群等大兴安岭北部前寒武纪变质岩系的组成和演化对于确定额尔古纳和兴安地块的构造属性具有重要意义,是近年大兴安岭北部基础地质研究的热点之一。本次工作通过对黑河北部石灰窑—明智山一带的兴华渡口群二云石英片岩和"混合岩"进行锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb定年发现该变质岩系并非前寒武纪变质岩,而是由早古生代碎屑沉积岩(或变质岩)和晚古生代岩浆岩经后期构造岩浆作用改造而形成的构造杂岩。其中二云石英片岩中具有岩浆成因特征的碎屑锆石核部年龄主要存在401~427 Ma、442~448 Ma、473~517 Ma、639~714 Ma、757~818Ma、896~933 Ma和1704~1751 Ma 7个年龄组,其中473~517 Ma段碎屑锆石的峰最明显,与早古生代多宝山组岛弧火山岩等早古生代岩浆作用形成时间相一致,其他年龄组亦在区域上其他地区有报道,这表明该变质岩的原岩物源来源较广泛,不仅有元古宙岩浆岩和变质岩系,还有大量的早古生代岩浆岩,因此其原岩形成时代不应是前寒武纪,而是早古生代。根据碎屑锆石最小峰值年龄,本次工作推断该二云石英片岩原岩的最大沉积年龄应不早于416Ma,另外大量的元古宙碎屑锆石表明区域上可能存在前寒武纪变质基底。对所谓混合岩的调查发现其应为发生动力变质的糜棱岩化二长花岗岩,其中岩浆锆石(304.5±3.1)Ma的206Pb/238U加权平均年龄反映花岗岩形成于晚石炭世晚期,该期花岗岩为晚古生代兴安地块东缘花岗岩带的一部分。     

藏南冲巴淡色花岗岩锆石U-Pb、白云母40Ar-39Ar年代学及其地质意义

本文采集藏南冲巴淡色花岗岩样品并进行系统的锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb和白云母~(40)Ar-~(39)Ar年代学分析。锆石U-Pb定年结果显示,冲巴淡色花岗岩年龄为12.4±0.4 Ma,处于前人划分的新喜马拉雅阶段与后喜马拉雅阶段分界处。结合淡色花岗岩沿藏南拆离系分布的特征,可将其归入新喜马拉雅阶段。冲巴淡色花岗岩为同构造侵位花岗岩,是藏南拆离系活动导致的构造减压熔融的产物,12.4±0.4 Ma的锆石U-Pb年龄代表了研究区藏南拆离系的活动时代。然而,这一活动时代明显滞后于喜马拉雅中西部地区,呈现自西向东启动时代和停止活动时代逐渐变晚的趋势;白云母~(40)Ar-~(39)Ar年代学分析表明,冲巴淡色花岗岩冷却年龄分别为9.11±0.25 Ma和9.62±0.10 Ma。锆石U-Pb和白云母~(40)Ar-~(39)Ar年代学计算表明,冲巴淡色花岗岩体从12.4 Ma到9.11 Ma发生了快速冷却剥露,冷却速率高达137~162℃/Ma,这一结果与前人通过变质P-T-t研究得到的快速折返的结论相吻合。综合前人研究成果,认为12.4~9.11 Ma的快速冷却事件可能与研究区藏南拆离系的大规模伸展拆离导致的构造剥露有关。     

中条山-吕梁山前寒武纪变质杂岩的独居石电子探针定年研究

中条山和吕梁山前寒武纪变质杂岩是华北克拉通中部带南段的重要组成部分,它们的变质作用及其相关的花岗质岩浆作用是我们全面认识华北克拉通中部带的性质与演化的关键,具有重要的科学意义。中条山前寒武纪变质杂岩两个样品的独居石电子探针Th-U-Pb化学法定年表明,永济和横岭关岩体变质二长花岗质岩石记录了两个主要峰年龄范围,分别为1884.7~1849.9Ma和1743.5~1738.8Ma;前者为变质年龄,后者为流体活化的年龄。吕梁山五个样品的独居石电子探针Th-U-Pb化学法定年表明,石榴石二云母片岩和花岗质片麻岩的记录了>1902Ma、1883.3~1865.6Ma和1731.3Ma。>1902Ma年龄代表早期岩浆和深熔事件,1883.3~1865.6Ma代表峰期变质事件,1731.3Ma代表晚期流体活动事件。石榴石花岗岩记录了1882.8~1850.9Ma深熔岩浆事件。未变质花岗岩脉记录的1742.6Ma和石榴石二云母片岩记录的1731.1Ma为晚期岩浆-流体活动事件。综合上述独居石电子探针定年的结果,不难看出中条山—吕梁山前寒武纪变质杂岩主期变质作用发生在1885~1849Ma,并伴生有同期的S-型花岗质岩浆活动,与恒山—五台山—阜平杂岩的变质变形作用同时发生,进一步证明华北克拉通中部带的拼合作用发生在古元古代晚期。     

安徽洪镇地区董岭群片麻岩独居石SIMS U-Th-Pb定年

本文报道了安徽洪镇地区董岭群片麻岩中高精度的独居石SIMS U-Th-Pb定年结果,以~(207)Pb含量为基准对普通Pb进行校正后得到~(206)Pb/~(238)U的加权平均年龄为128.4±0.7 Ma(MSWD=1.6),~(208)Pb/~(232)Th年龄的加权平均值为128.6±0.4 Ma(MSWD=1.4)。作者认为独居石的SIMS U-Th-Pb年龄(128.4±0.7 Ma)代表了董岭群片麻岩的前进变质年龄。综合区域地质资料,提出董岭群片麻岩为新元古代沉积物在中生代经岩浆热动力接触变质的产物。这一发现不仅否定了前人提出的董岭群为前寒武纪区域变质地体的观点,而且否定了这一地区的"洪镇变质核杂岩",对进一步研究中国东部零星出露的中高级片麻岩的大地构造属性和构造演化具有借鉴意义。     

喜马拉雅造山带亚东地区多期构造热事件——锆石和独居石U-Th-Pb年代学证据

喜马拉雅造山带是研究板块构造的天然实验室,位于造山带核心部位的大喜马拉雅岩系是揭示碰撞造山过程和造山带演化的关键。本文主要对亚东地区大喜马拉雅岩系中的花岗质片麻岩进行了岩相学、锆石和独居石UTh-Pb年代学以及全岩主微量地球化学研究。野外和显微结构特征观察表明,花岗质片麻岩的矿物组合为斜长石+钾长石+石英+黑云母+石榴石,岩石发生了部分熔融,经历了高角闪岩相至麻粒岩相的变质作用。年代学和全岩地球化学研究表明,花岗质片麻岩的原岩包括新元古代(～800 Ma)的花岗闪长岩和志留纪(～440 Ma)的花岗岩,二者均在中新世(～16 Ma)发生了变质作用。新元古代花岗闪长岩具有负的εHf(t)值(-16. 4～-12. 2),地壳Hf模式年龄为3. 11～2. 79 Ga,说明其起源于古老下地壳物质的部分熔融。新元古代花岗闪长岩和志留纪花岗岩具有相似的弧花岗质岩石地球化学特征,即具有高场强元素Nb、Ta、P和Ti的负异常。本次研究表明大喜马拉雅岩系经历了多期构造热事件,其不仅记录了新生代的碰撞造山作用,还记录了与新元古代与罗迪尼亚超大陆演化相关的岩浆热事件以及古生代冈瓦纳大陆拼合后的周缘安第斯型造山作用。     

Geochemistry and geochronology of the Rathjen Gneiss: Implications for the early tectonic evolution of the Delamerian Orogen

The Rathjen Gneiss is the oldest and structurally most complex of the granitic intrusives in the southern Adelaide Fold‐Thrust Belt and therefore provides an important constraint on the timing of the Delamerian Orogen. Zircons in the Rathjen Gneiss show a complex growth history, reflecting inheritance, magmatic crystallisation and metamorphism. Both single zircon evaporation (‘Kober’ technique) and SHRIMP analysis yield best estimates of igneous crystallisation of 514 ± 5 Ma, substantially older than other known felsic intrusive ages in the southern Adelaide Fold‐Thrust Belt. This age places an older limit on the start of the Delamerian metamorphism and is compatible with known stratigraphic constraints suggesting the Early Cambrian Kanmantoo Group was deposited, buried and heated in less than 20 million years. High‐U overgrowths on zircons were formed during subsequent metamorphism and yield a ²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U age of 503 ± 7 Ma. The Delamerian Orogeny lasted no more than 35 million years. The emplacement of the Rathjen Gneiss as a pre‐ or early syntectonic granite is emphasised by its geochemical characteristics, which show affiliations with within‐plate or anorogenic granites. In contrast, younger syntectonic granites in the southern Adelaide Fold‐Thrust Belt have geochemical characteristics more typical of granites in convergent orogens. The Early Ordovician post‐tectonic granites then mark a return to anorogenic compositions. The sensitivity of granite chemistry to changes in tectonic processes is remarkable and clearly reflects changes in the contribution of crust and mantle sources.     

Geochronological constraints on the timing of granitoid magmatism, metamorphism and post-metamorphic cooling in the Hercynian crustal cross-section of Calabria

Exposed cross‐sections of the continental crust are a unique geological situation for crustal evolution studies, providing the possibility of deciphering the time relationships between magmatic and metamorphic events at all levels of the crust. In the cross‐section of southern and northern Calabria, U–Pb, Rb–Sr and K–Ar mineral ages of granulite facies metapelitic migmatites, peraluminous granites and amphibolite facies upper crustal gneisses provide constraints on the late‐Hercynian peak metamorphism and granitoid magmatism as well as on the post‐metamorphic cooling. Monazite from upper crustal amphibolite facies paragneisses from southern Calabria yields similar U–Pb ages (295–293±4 Ma) to those of granulite facies metamorphism in the lower crust and of intrusions of calcalkaline and metaluminous granitoids in the middle crust (300±10 Ma). Monazite and xenotime from peraluminous granites in the middle to upper crust of the same crustal section provide slightly older intrusion ages of 303–302±0.6 Ma. Zircon from a mafic to intermediate sill in the lower crust yields a lower concordia intercept age of 290±2 Ma, which may be interpreted as the minimum age for metamorphism or intrusion. U–Pb monazite ages from granulite facies migmatites and peraluminous granites of the lower and middle crust from northern Calabria (Sila) also point to a near‐synchronism of peak metamorphism and intrusion at 304–300±0.4 Ma. At the end of the granulite facies metamorphism, the lower crustal rocks were uplifted into mid‐crustal levels (10–15 km) followed by nearly isobaric slow cooling (c. 3 °C Ma^?1) as indicated by muscovite and biotite K–Ar and Rb–Sr data between 210±4 and 123±1 Ma. The thermal history is therefore similar to that of the lower crust of southern Calabria. In combination with previous petrological studies addressing metamorphic textures and P–T conditions of rocks from all crustal levels, the new geochronological results are used to suggest that the thermal evolution and heat distribution in the Calabrian crust were mainly controlled by advective heat input through magmatic intrusions into all crustal levels during the late‐Hercynian orogeny.     

滇西澜沧江南段眼球状花岗岩锆石U-Pb年龄及其地质意义

滇西澜沧江构造带与昌宁-孟连古特提斯缝合带空间配置关系密切,其花岗质岩浆作用的研究对于揭示三江地区古特提斯演化过程及其动力学背景具有重要的地质意义。本文针对澜沧江南段时代不明的眼球状花岗岩开展了高精度的锆石U-Pb年代学、元素地球化学和Sr-Nd同位素组成研究。定年结果显示,2个眼球状花岗岩和1个糜棱岩化花岗岩分别给出了213 Ma、216 Ma和211 Ma的岩浆结晶年龄,与公认的晚三叠世临沧花岗岩、小定西组和芒汇河组"双峰式"火山岩时代一致,而不是1∶20万地质图上标绘的古生代或者中三叠世岩浆岩。地球化学特征上,眼球状花岗质岩石与临沧花岗岩基主体相似,显示出典型S型花岗岩的特征,可能来源于中上地壳变沉积岩的部分熔融。结合区域上的研究资料,认为该期岩浆作用是澜沧江构造带古特提斯演化晚期阶段—碰撞后伸展构造背景下的产物。     

西藏扎雪—门巴韧性剪切带变形时代及机制研究:来自同构造花岗岩体的证据

从同构造花岗岩体宏、微观变形特征入手,拟定出扎雪-门巴韧性剪切带内同构造花岗岩体的存在,并揭示出剪切带在空间上为一条近南北向逆冲推覆兼具左行走滑的斜冲型剪切带。同构造花岗岩体岩浆锆石LA-ICP-MSU-Pb年龄为(86.57±0.57)Ma,表明剪切带变形变质发生在晚白垩世,属冈底斯板块早、晚白垩世构造事件正反转后挤压体制下的初期产物。新特提斯闭合及洋壳俯冲所致的挤压构造环境导致晚白垩世冈底斯带普遍遭受区域变质作用,剪切带正是变形变质作用由南向北传递至该区减弱的表现,因此该变形年龄可能作为新特提斯闭合、洋壳俯冲作用延续到晚白垩世的年代学证据。     

Age of granite emplacement in the Norseman region of Western Australia

Ion probe U‐Th‐Pb dating of zircons from the Late Archaean granites of the Norseman region of the southeastern Yilgarn shows the existence of two distinct magmatic episodes. Large regional tonalite and granodiorite plutons were emplaced between 2685 and 2690 Ma, whereas large regional granite, and small tonalite and leucogranite plutons that intrude the greenstones have ages of 2660–2665 Ma. A small body of granite that intrudes the western edge of the greenstones has an inferred emplacement of 2672 ± 7Ma, and contains inherited zircon that is ～2800 Ma. The monzogranite core from a second pluton in a similar structural position also contains ～2800 Ma zircon; this age is similar to published Sm‐Nd and Rb‐Sr whole rock ages for banded gneisses associated with other members of this suite of domal plutons and is interpreted as representing the age of a significant component within the source region for these distinctive rocks.

Available geochemical and isotopic data are interpreted as indicating derivation of both the older granodiorite and younger granite suites through anatexis of pre‐existing crust of broadly andesitic composition, whereas both the domal granites and the small, late tonalite plutons could have been derived by anatexis of heterogeneous material similar to that represented by the banded gneisses.

If regional metamorphism was related to the emplacement of large volumes of felsic magma within the upper crust, as suggested by Binns et al. (1976), then the Norseman area has probably undergone two periods of regional metamorphism of comparable intensity at approximately 2660 and 2685 Ma.     

西昆仑塔什库尔干地块马尔洋一带中寒武世 花岗岩的发现及地质意义

西昆仑塔什库尔干地块马尔洋一带发育一期中寒武世花岗质岩浆活动,岩石类型为片麻状花岗闪长岩和二长花岗岩,LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年表明,其侵入时代分别为（506.0±6.8）Ma和（514.0±9.3）Ma。岩石SiO₂含量为67.83%~75.76%,具中高钾、准铝质-弱过铝质等特征;岩石稀土总量与平均陆壳相当（∑REE=90.85×10-6~186.10×10-6）,轻、重稀土分馏程度较强（（La/Yb）_N=5.38~22.43）,负Eu异常明显（δEu=0.42~0.71）;微量元素以富集Rb、K、Ba、Th、U等大离子亲石元素和亏损Nb、Ta、P、Ti等高场强元素为特征。地质学及岩石地球化学特征指示该期花岗岩属准铝质到弱过铝质高分异Ⅰ型花岗岩,锆石饱和温度指示其为高温岩浆岩,总体具有壳幔混源的特征,富云包体指示壳源成分占有较大的比例。该期花岗岩与邻区中-晚寒武世中酸性侵入岩指示塔什库尔干-甜水海地块南缘很可能存在一条中寒武世以来的岩浆弧带,其可能为在原特提斯（有限）洋盆于中寒武世向北俯冲、消减背景下幔源物质上涌底侵加热古老陆壳进而发生部分熔融的产物。这也预示着塔什库尔干地区在经过震旦纪-早寒武世伸展裂解阶段之后,于中-晚寒武世其大地构造环境及地球动力学背景发生了重大转折。      

内蒙古西部苦楚乌拉—英巴地区花岗岩锆石U-Pb定年及地球化学特征

锆石U?Pb定年结果表明,内蒙古西部苦楚乌拉—英巴地区花岗岩包括晚泥盆世二长花岗岩((371±2)Ma)、中二叠世钾长花岗岩((271±1)~(270±1)Ma)和早白垩世二长花岗岩((133±1)Ma)。结合前人资料,将研究区晚古生代以来的酸性岩浆活动分为4期:晚泥盆世(~371 Ma)、晚石炭世(313~311 Ma)、早—中二叠世(282~270 Ma)和早白垩世(133~130 Ma)。地球化学组成上,晚泥盆世二长花岗岩属于非典型的S型花岗岩,反映了一种后碰撞的构造背景,一方面说明珠斯楞—杭乌苏构造带在石炭纪之前已经开始出现岩浆活动,另一方面可能也恰好反映了哈萨克斯坦+塔里木+华北板块与西伯利亚板块拼合时间的下限;中二叠世钾长花岗岩则属A型花岗岩,反映了地壳伸展减薄的构造背景,与同时期区域强烈的拉张构造背景具有良好的对应关系;早白垩世二长花岗岩与晚泥盆世二长花岗岩具有相似的地球化学特征,同样反映了一种后碰撞的构造背景,与同时期区域后碰撞的拉张构造背景一致。     

江南造山带新元古代中期(830～750Ma)岩浆活动及对构造演化的制约

连接扬子地块和华夏地块的江南造山带是华南前寒武纪最重要的构造单元,其形成和演化长期以来备受关注。在江南造山带的范围内广泛发育了新元古代岩浆岩,它们是探讨江南造山带构造演化的重要对象,但其成因和形成的构造背景却备受争论。本文系统收集和分析了江南造山带830~820 Ma花岗岩、800~780 Ma酸性岩和800~750 Ma基性岩的地球化学数据。研究表明,不同时间段的岩石成因类型存在系统差异,830~820 Ma的花岗岩主要为S型花岗岩,800~780 Ma的酸性岩主要为A型酸性岩,而800~750 Ma的基性岩以拉斑系列和碱性系列为主,并在构造判别图中显示了板内玄武岩(WPB)和洋中脊玄武岩(MORB)的特征。综合同位素年代学、岩石地球化学和沉积学等学科领域的研究成果我们认为:扬子北缘和西缘应先于东南缘在1000~900 Ma期间发生碰撞,而此时的东南缘仍为活动大陆边缘;直到~830 Ma,扬子地块与华夏地块沿江南造山带发生拼贴,但只是陆-弧-(微)陆之间的"软碰撞",而无山脉隆升和高级变质作用,各个块体之间处于"联而不合"的状态,大洋岩石圈拆沉之后的软流圈上涌和由拆沉所引起的拉张作用导致了上覆岩石圈和陆壳发生部分熔融,产生了江南造山带830~820 Ma的S型花岗岩;随着全球Rodinia超大陆的裂解,~820 Ma,华南裂谷盆地开启,并在随后的裂解过程中发育了大量与伸展有关的800~780 Ma A型酸性岩和基性岩脉/墙,而其明显高于同时代MORB源区的地幔潜能温度显示,导致Rodina超大陆裂解的地幔柱可能对该时期岩浆岩的地幔源区有一定影响;随着拉张作用的不断加强,出现了760~750 Ma碱性系列和具MORB特征的基性岩,此时的软流圈地幔既提供热量又有物质供应。     

Geological and Geochemical Constraints on the Newly Discovered Yangchongli Gold Deposit in Tongling Region, Lower Yangtze Metallogenic Belt

The newly discovered Yangchongli gold deposit is a unique independent gold deposit in the Tongling ore-cluster region controlled by the tectonic alteration firstly discovered in the Lower Yangtze Metallogenic Belt(LYMB). The host magmatic rocks mainly consist of monzodiorite and K-feldspar granite. The LA-ICP-MS U-Pb zircons dating yielded weighted mean ~(206)Pb/~(238)U ages of 140.7 ± 1.8 Ma and 126.4 ± 1.2 Ma for the monzodiorite and K-feldspar granite, respectively. Monzodiorites are enriched in Sr, Ba, Rb, and depleted in Y, Yb with high Sr/Y and La/Yb ratios, similar to the geochemical features of adakite, considered as products of differentiation of mafic magmas originating from lithospheric mantle melt/fluids caused by metasomatism during paleo-Pacific Plate subduction in the Mesozic. In contrast, the compositions of K-feldspar granites are A-type granites, indicating an extensional tectonic background. Gold ores hosted in the fracture zone occurred as quartz vein within cataclastic rock. Sulfur and lead isotopes from pyrites show crust-mantle mixing characteristics. Metal components from strata also took part in the gold mineralization, and resulted from two episodes of magmatism that were probably related to tectonic transition from a compressive to an extensional setting between 140–126 Ma, which led to the Mesozoic large-scale polymetallic mineralization events in eastern China.     

U–Pb zircon geochronology of Silurian–Devonian granites in southeastern Australia: implications for the timing of the Benambran Orogeny and the I–S dichotomy

Despite extensive geochemical study and their importance to granite studies, the geochronology of Silurian to early-Devonian granitic rocks of southeastern Australia is poorly understood. In order to provide an improved temporal framework, new ion microprobe U–Pb zircon ages are presented from these rocks, and previous work is critically reviewed. Geochronological control is best in the Berridale Batholith, where S- and I-type granites have a close spatial relationship. In this region, there is a small volume of I-type granite that crystallised at 436 Ma, followed closely by a large volume of S-type granite at 432 Ma. I-type granite is abundant in a second peak at ca 417 Ma, although the Jindabyne pluton from the Kosciuszko Batholith is slightly older, at 424 Ma. A broader survey of S-type granite throughout the eastern Lachlan Orogen shows that the 432 Ma event is ubiquitous. There is no temporal overlap between S- and I-type granites in the Kosciuszko and Berridale Batholiths, which suggests that factors other than variations in degree of crustal contamination (which may include variation in tectonic setting, heat-flow, mass transfer across the crust–mantle boundary and/or availability in source materials) contribute to the diversity in granite types. The S-type granitic rocks occupy an aerial extent of greater than 28 000 km², and geochronological constraints suggest that the crystallisation of these granites took place over a relatively small interval, probably less than 10 m.y. This implies a magmatic flux of over 64 km³/Ma per km strike length, comparable to other high-flux granitic belts. Previous work has linked the Benambran Orogeny to the generation of the S-type granites, and so the age of these granites constrains the age of Benambran Orogenesis