Chronology, Geochemistry and Tectonic Settings of the Hadamiao Granodiorite on the Northern Margin of the North China Platform

<正>The Hadamiao granodiorite,located on the northern margin of the North China platform and acting as the country rock of gold deposits in the Hadamiao region,was formed in the same age and similar tectonic settings with the Hadamiao gold deposit and the large-scale Bilihe gold deposit in the same area.By using the LA-ICP-MS method,the U-Pb age obtained is 267±1.3 Ma,which represents the crystallized age of the granodiorite,and that of the xenolithic zircon is 442.8±5 Ma. Base on the main elements,it exhibits the features of calc-alkaline to high-potassium calc-alkaline series,low silicon,and quasi-aluminous I-type granites,and with high magnesium(Mg~#=0.45-0.57) and high sodium contents(Na_2O/K_2O=0.98-2.29).The SREE values(81.6-110.15 ppm) are relatively low,the fractionations between LREE and HREE are obvious,showing a right-inclined dispersion in the REE distribution diagram.Compared with the primitive mantle,the rock is relatively rich in LREE(La and Ce),LILE(K,Sr,and Th),and intensively depleted in HFSE(Ti,P,Nb and Ta).The ratios of Sr/Y and(La/Yb)_N and the contents of Rb,Nb and Y are relatively low,the Sr values are high (436.35-567.26 ppm),and the Yb contents of most samples are low(1.25-1.8),which indicate the features of typical continental margin arc and adakitic rocks.According to the values ofε_(Nd)(t)(-2.4 to +0.2) and I_(Sr)(0.7028-0.7083),and variations of the La/Sm ratios,the Hadamiao granodiorite was formed from mixing of the thickened molten lower crust and the mantle wedge substances.The rock was related to the southward subduction and accretion of the Paleo-Asia Ocean in the Late Paleozoic, being Late Paleozoic magma of the continental margin arc formed on the basement of the Early Paleozoic accretion complexes,and showing a trend of turning into adakitic rocks,which indicates their great metallogenic(Au) potential.     

Early‐Middle Paleozoic Andes‐type Continental Margin in the Chifeng Area,Inner Mongolia: Framework,Geochronology and Geochemistry and Implications for Tectonic Evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt

Three tectonic units have been recognized in the Chifeng area, Inner Mongolia, from north to south, including the Qiganmiao accretionary prism, Jiefangyingzi arc belt and Sidaozhangpeng molasse basin, which formed an Andeantype active continent margin during the early to middle Paleozoic. The Qiganmiao accretionary prism is characterized by a mélange that consists of gabbro, two-mica quartz schist and basic volcanic rock blocks and heterogeneously deformed marble matrix. Two zircon U-Pb ages of 446.0±6.3 Ma and 1104±27 Ma have been acquired and been interpreted as the metamorphic and forming ages for the gabbro and two-mica quartz schist, respectively. The prism formed during the early to middle Paleozoic southward subduction of the Paleo Asian Ocean(PAO) and represents a suture between the North China craton(NCC) and Central Asian Orogenic Belt(CAOB). The Jiefangyingzi arc belt consists of pluton complex and volcanic rocks of the Xibiehe and Badangshan Formations, and Geochronology analysis indicates that the development of it can be divided into two stages. The first stage is represented by the Xibiehe Formation volcanic rocks, which belong to the subalkaline series, enriched LREE and LILE and depleted HFSE, with negative Eu anomalies, and plot in the volcanic arc field in discrimination diagrams. These characters indicate that the Xibiehe Formation results from to the continental arc magmatic activity related to the subduction of the PAO during 400–420 Ma. Magmatism of the second stage in 380–390 Ma consists of the Badangshan Formation volcanic rocks. Geochemistry analysis reveals that rhyolite, basaltic andesite and basalt of the Badangshan Formation were developed in continental margin arc setting. Moreover, the basaltic andesite and basalt display positive Sr anomalies, and the basalt have very low Nb/La values, suggesting that fluid is involved in magma evolution and the basalts were contaminated by continental crust. The sequence of Sidaozhangpeng molasse basin is characterized by proximity, coarseness and large thickness, similar to the proximity molasses basin. According to our field investigation, geochronological and geochemical data, combined with previous research in this area, a tectonic evolutionary model for Andes-type active continental margin of the CAOB has been proposed, including a development of the subduction-free PAO before 446 Ma, a subduction of the PAO and arc-related magmatism during 446–380 Ma, and formation of a molasse basin during 380–360 Ma.     

东天山土屋—延东铜矿矿区晚志留世岩体的发现及构造意义

东天山大南湖-头苏泉岛弧带位于吐哈盆地南缘,是中亚造山带的重要组成部分,也是我国新疆地区最重要的成矿带之一,其形成时间和构造属性一直存在争议。本次研究首次在该岛弧带中最大的斑岩矿床土屋延东铜矿区发现了晚志留世花岗闪长岩,并对其进行详细的岩石学、年代学、全岩元素地球化学和Sr - Nd - Hf同位素分析,探讨其岩浆来源和构造背景。LA - ICP - MS锆石U - Pb定年结果显示,该岩体成岩年龄为420 Ma左右,为晚志留世岩浆活动的产物。全岩元素地球化学研究结果表明,花岗闪长岩显示准铝质到弱过铝质,中等镁值和钙碱性系列的地球化学特征;微量元素方面则富集轻稀土(LREE)元素、大离子亲石元素(LILE：Rb,Ba,K)和地球化学性质活泼的不相容元素(U,Th,Pb),相对亏损高场强元素(HFSE：Nb,Ta,Ti)。这些主微量元素地球化学特征均显示出岛弧岩浆岩的地球化学属性,其εNd(t)值为4.05~4.07,87Sr/86Sr初始值为0.704 149~0.704 520,εHf(t)值为8.91~11.66。Sr - Nd - Hf同位素特征表明它们来源于新生地壳,没有受到明显的古老大陆地壳混染。晚志留世花岗闪长岩体的发现表明：大南湖-头苏泉岛弧带与其北部的哈尔里克岛弧带在早古生代可能属于同一大洋岛弧,并且与中部的卡拉塔格-小热泉子弧后(间)盆地构成统一的弧盆体系,该认识对解构东天山古生代弧盆体系演化具有较为重要的地质意义。     

内蒙古翁牛特旗一带晚志留世-早泥盆世花岗闪长岩的发现及意义

早古生代,华北克拉通北缘发育了白乃庙岛弧岩带。前人资料显示白乃庙岛弧岩带由西(白乃庙镇)向东(四平市)经过翁牛特旗浅覆盖区,但没有确凿证据。本次工作结合地表调查及钻探调查,将工作区内(朝阳沟附近)"二叠纪花岗岩"解体出一套花岗闪长岩,采集两套样品经测试得出两组数据:SHRIMP年龄为427. 0±5. 6 Ma,激光烧蚀年龄为409±2. 9 Ma,由此确定花岗闪长岩时代为晚志留世-早泥盆世,该岩体兼具有火山弧花岗岩的地球化学特征。本文新发现的晚志留世-早泥盆世花岗闪长岩,为研究早古生代白乃庙岛弧带地质演化提供了重要证据。     

东昆仑哈日扎花岗闪长岩形成时代、 地球化学特征及其构造意义

为探讨东昆仑哈日扎银多金属矿岩浆演化序列及其岩石成因,对哈日扎花岗闪长岩进行了年代学和地球化学研究。结果表明,哈日扎花岗闪长岩LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄为423.8±4.3 Ma,形成于晚志留世;地球化学特征显示花岗闪长岩高硅,SiO₂介于71.21%~74.46%;高铝,Al₂O₃含量介于13.48%~14.46%;富钾贫钠,K₂O/Na₂O比值为1.32~1.54;A/CNK介于1.02~1.08,显示高钾钙碱性弱过铝质特征;稀土显示出轻稀土富集,重稀土亏损的右倾配分模式,富集Rb、Th、K元素,亏损Ba以及Nb、Ta、Ti等,具有I到S过渡型花岗岩特征,源区主要为上地壳砂屑岩部分熔融,是区域后碰撞伸展构造背景下的产物。      

Isotope Geochronologic and Geochemical Constraints on the Magmatic Associations of the Collisional Orogenic Zone in the West Kunlun Orogen,China

The Jiajiwaxi pluton in the southern portion of the West Kunlun Range can be divided into two collision–related intrusive rock series, i.e., a gabbro–quartz diorite–granodiorite series that formed at 224±2.0 Ma and a monzonitic granite–syenogranite series that formed at 222±2.0 Ma. The systematic analysis of zircon U-Pb geochronology and bulk geochemistry is used to discuss the magmatic origin(material source and thermal source), tectonic setting, genesis and geotectonic implications of these rocks. The results of this analysis indicate that the parent magma of the first series, representing a transition from I-type to S-type granites, formed from thermally triggered partial melting of deep crustal components in an early island–arc–type igneous complex, similar to an I-type granite, during the continental collision orogenic stage. The parent magma of the second series, corresponding to an S-type granite, formed from the partial melting of forearc accretionary wedge sediments in a subduction zone in the late Palaeozoic–Triassic. During continued collision, the second series magma was emplaced into the first series pluton along a central fault zone in the original island arc region, forming an immiscible puncture-type complex. The deep tectonothermal events associated with the continent–continent collision during the orogenic cycle are constrained by the compositions and origins of the two series. The new information provided by this paper will aid in future research into the dynamic mechanisms affecting magmatic evolution in the West Kunlun orogenic belt.     

Intra-oceanic arcs of the Paleo-Asian Ocean

The paper reviews and integrates geological, geochronological, geochemical and isotope data from 21 intra-oceanic arcs (IOA) of the Paleo-Asian Ocean (PAO), which have been identified in the Central Asian Orogenic belt, the world largest accretionary orogeny. The data We discuss structural position of intra-oceanic arc volcanic rocks in association with back-arc terranes and accretionary complexes, major periods of intra-oceanic arc magmatism and related juvenile crustal growth, lithologies of island-arc terranes, geochemical features and typical ranges of Nd isotope values of volcanic rocks. Four groups of IOAs have been recognized: Neoproterozoic – early Cambrian, early Paleozoic, Middle Paleozoic and late Paleozoic. The Neoproterozoic – early Cambrian or Siberian Group includes eleven intra-oceanic arcs of eastern and western Tuva-Sayan (southern Siberia, Russia), northern and southwestern Mongolia and Russian Altai. The Early Paleozoic or Kazakhstan Group includes Selety-Urumbai, Bozshakol-Chingiz and Baydaulet-Aqastau arc terranes of the Kazakh Orocline. The Middle Paleozoic or Southern Group includes six arc terranes in the Tienshan orogen, Chinese Altai, East-Kazakhstan-West Junggar and southern Mongoia. Only one Late Paleozoic intra-oceanic arc has been reliably identified in the CAOB: Bogda in the Chinese Tienshan, probably due to PAO shrinking and termination. The lithologies of the modern and fossil arcs are similar, although the fossil arcs contain more calc-alkaline varieties suggesting either their more evolved character or different conditions of magma generation. Of special importance is identification of back-arc basins in old accretionary orogens, because boninites may be absent in both modern and fossil IOAs. The three typical scenarios of back-arc formation - active margin rifting, intra-oceanic arc rifting and fore-arc rifting were reconstructed in fossil intra-oceanic arcs. Some arcs might be tectonically eroded and/or directly subducted into the deep mantle. Therefore, the structural and compositional records of fossil intra-oceanic arcs in intracontinental orogens allow us to make only minimal estimations of their geometric length, life span, and crust thickness.     

Types,geological features and geodynamic significances of gold-copper deposits in the Kanggurtag metallogenic belt,eastern Tianshan,NW China

Occupying the middle of the central Asia Paleozoic accretionary and collisional orogenic belt, the eastern Tianshan area has a great economic potential due to Au-Cu mineralization during syn- and post- orogenic events. In the Kanggurtag Au-Cu metallogenic belt, three major types of gold deposits have been recognized: ductile-shear-zone-hosted gold deposits, magmatic hydrothermal gold deposits, and epithermal gold deposits. Four kinds of copper deposits have also been identified recently: the porphyry-type, the skarn-type, the magmatic type, and volcanic/sedimentary-type. Tectonically, the development of these late Paleozoic gold and copper deposits was closely associated with the subduction and collision of the ancient Tianshan ocean that intervened between the Tarim craton and the Siberian block. In the early to mid-Carboniferous, N-dipping subduction beneath the Dananhu arc generated magmatic intrusions, leading to formation of the porphyry Cu deposits. The magmatic front migrated southward to form the Yamansu arc upon the Kanggurtag accretionary wedge. In the latest Carboniferous to early Permian, during the closure of the ancient Tianshan ocean, large mafic-ultramafic complexes were emplaced, resulting in several magmatic copper-nickel deposits. Gold deposits of the shear-zone-type are controlled by the Kanggurtag ductile shear zone, which is related to collisional orogenesis. The epithermal gold deposits are associated with extensional tectonics and post-tectonic volcanic activity. The tectonic settings, geological features, and temporal and spatial distributions of these different types of gold and copper deposits reflect, to a great extent, the accretionary and collisional tectonics that occurred between the northern margin of the Tarim block and the southern margin of the Siberian block.     

青海石底泉地区宗务隆构造带花岗闪长岩LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄及其地质意义

对德令哈市石底泉地区宗务隆构造带内花岗闪长岩进行了锆石U-Pb测年和岩石地球化学分析。岩石地球化学分析结果显示,其具有岛弧或活动大陆边缘花岗岩的属性,原岩可能为新元古代早期(870.0±4.5Ma左右)硅铝地壳或地壳物质熔融的产物,它们的形成与板块的俯冲作用有关LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年显示2组年龄,分别为870.0±4.5Ma和443.3±2.3Ma。其中870.0±4.5Ma代表源区继承锆石的年龄,反映了新元古代时期的构造岩浆事件;443.3±2.3Ma代表花岗闪长岩岩浆锆石的结晶年龄,即花岗闪长岩侵位于晚奥陶世。综合分析可以确定,宗务隆构造带内花岗闪长岩与柴达木盆地北缘加里东期的板块汇聚碰撞造山作用有关,证实了宗务隆构造带内岩体形成时代并非全部是海西期一印支期。     

Geochronology, Geochemistry and Tectonic Setting of the Bairiqiete Granodiorite Intrusion (Rock Mass) from the Buqingshan Tectonic Mélange Belt in the Southern Margin of East Kunlun

This study focuses on the zircon U–Pb geochronology and geochemistry of the Bairiqiete granodiorite intrusion(rock mass) from the Buqingshan tectonic mélange belt in the southern margin of East Kunlun. The results show that the zircons are characterized by internal oscillatory zoning and high Th/U(0.14–0.80), indicative of an igneous origin. LA–ICP–MS U–Pb dating of zircons from the Bairiqiete granodiorite yielded an age of 439.0 ± 1.9 Ma(MSWD = 0.34), implying that the Bairiqiete granodiorite formed in the early Silurian. Geochemical analyses show that the rocks are medium-K calc-alkaline, relatively high in Al2O3(14.57–18.34 wt%) and metaluminous to weakly peraluminous. Rare-earth elements have low concentrations(45.49–168.31 ppm) and incline rightward with weak negative to weak positive Eu anomalies(δEu = 0.64–1.34). Trace-element geochemistry is characterized by negative anomalies of Nb, Ta, Zr, Hf and Ti and positive anomalies of Rb, Th and Ba. Moreover, the rocks have similar geochemical features with adakites. The Bairiqiete granodiorite appears to have a continental crust source and formed in a subduction-related island-arc setting. The Bairiqiete granodiorite was formed due to partial melting of the lower crust and suggests subduction in the Buqingshan area of the Proto-Tethys Ocean.     

中国东北地区古生代构造单元:地块还是造山带?

华北克拉通以北的中国东北地区古生代构造单元是地块还是造山带,是地质界近年争论的重要地质构造问题.通过对已有资料的综合研究,简要总结和讨论了各个"地块区"的地质特征,认为这些所谓的地块中,额尔古纳是新元古代晚期至古生代初期存在的地块,从寒武纪开始转变为造山带;其余所谓的古地块都是由古生代蛇绿岩、具有活动陆缘亲缘性的岩浆岩、增生杂岩和少量前南华纪岩石组成的古生代陆缘增生造山带或岛弧造山带.在此基础上,对该区地质历史上古老变质岩与地块关系、佳蒙地块是否存在、构造单元构造属性随时间变化等问题进行了初步讨论.      

宁夏西吉盆地花岗岩地球化学特征、锆石U-Pb年龄及其地质意义

对北祁连山东段宁夏西吉盆地花岗岩地球化学特征和U-Pb年龄进行研究,并与区域上中酸性岩体进行对比。西吉盆地花岗岩属高钾钙碱性系列,具有富钠、过铝质的特征,LREE/HREE=10.89~11.93,轻稀土元素相对富集,分馏明显,重稀土元素分馏不明显,具有陆缘弧岩石的特点。岩石负Eu异常不明显,轻、重稀土元素分馏明显(La_N/Yb_N=10.90~15.41)。在微量元素组成上,花岗岩富集大离子亲石元素Rb、Th、Pb、La,亏损Sr、Ta、Nb、Ce、Ti元素,Pr、Nd、Sm、Dy弱富集,曲线形态具有造山花岗岩的特征,并具有负Nb异常,属正常大陆弧花岗岩。西吉盆地花岗岩成因类型为Ⅰ型,形成于陆缘弧环境,为板块碰撞造山作用的产物,岩浆来源于下地壳的部分熔融。通过锆石U-Pb定年获得花岗岩结晶年龄为434.3±9.0Ma,为早志留世,属加里东期岩浆侵入活动的产物。西吉盆地花岗岩与北祁连造山带东段南华山—屈吴山一线的花岗闪长岩体及甘肃老虎山闪长岩体同属北祁连岩浆弧带,是同期岩浆活动的产物,与板块俯冲消减作用有关,间接证明了西吉盆地属于北祁连造山带。     

Geochronology and geochemistry of igneous rocks in the Bailingshan area: Implications for the tectonic setting of late Paleozoic magmatism and iron skarn mineralization in the eastern Tianshan,NW China

The late Paleozoic Bailingshan intrusions and volcanic rocks are located in the Aqishan–Yamansu arc belt in the southern part of the eastern Tianshan and are associated with an important group of iron skarn deposits. The exposed intrusive rocks are mainly granodiorite, monzonitic granite, and granite. Zircon U–Pb dating of the Tugutublak Formation tuffaceous dacitic lava yields an age of 324 Ma, whereas dates of the Bailingshan granodiorite, monzonitic granite, and granite yields ages of 317 Ma, 313 Ma, and 307 Ma, respectively. The results indicate that the Bailingshan granitoids were emplaced soon after the eruption of the Tugutublak dacite. All these rocks studied show calc-alkaline to high-K calc-alkaline and metaluminous affinities, with A/CNK values ranging 0.83–1.10. They are enriched in Rb, K, and Pb, depleted in Nb, Ta, Ti, and P, and contain low Sr/Y (4.16–23.7) and Sr (109.0–347.0 ppm) values, displaying typical arc geochemical affinities. The tuffaceous dacitic lava has low Nb/Ta (10.3–14.1) values, a wide range of Mg^# (6–64), positive zircon ε_Hf(t) (3.2–7.5) values, and elevated whole-rock ε_Nd(t) (2.03–4.41), but low I_Sr values (0.70427–0.70530), indicating that the source magma may have been derived from the juvenile lower crust with minor mantle input. The Bailingshan I-type intrusions also exhibit a mixed source signal, as constrained by Nb/Ta ratios, Mg^#, and isotopes characteristics. Because the granodiorite, monzonitic granite, and granite intrusions have higher zircon ε_Hf(t) (3.3–7.5, 11.8–13.5, and 10.2–14.4, respectively) and ε_Nd(t) (3.90, 5.78, and 5.94, respectively) values than those of the tuffaceous dacitic lava, it is suggested that mantle-derived materials may have played a more prominent role with their petrogenetic evolution. Integrating our new geological, age, geochemical and isotopic data we propose that the Aqishan–Yamansu iron skarn belt may have formed in a back-arc position or within an intra-arc basin generated by the southward subduction of the Kanggur oceanic plate beneath the Yili–Central Tianshan block during the late Paleozoic, with felsic-intermediate magmatism occurring during the basin inversion.     

内蒙古苏右旗毕力赫金矿区安山岩LA-ICP-MS锆石 U-Pb年龄、元素地球化学特征及其形成的构造环境

毕力赫大型斑岩型金矿位于华北克拉通北缘早古生代增生造山带。矿区出露一套岩性为安山岩-英安岩-流纹岩的火山岩组合,安山岩属于亚碱性、高钾钙碱性系列,具有较高的MgO含量(2.05%~10.29%), 低的FeO^T/MgO比值和TiO₂含量(0.21%~0.85%);Cr (44×10^-6~473×10^-6)、Ni (19.3×10^-6~249.4×10^-6)含量高,亏损Nb、Ta、Ti、P,无或弱的Eu/Eu^*异常,具有安底斯型活动大陆边缘火山岩特征。LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年获得安山岩和安山质凝灰岩成岩年龄分别为281±4.3Ma和281±12Ma,为早二叠世,这与毕力赫金矿成矿年代以及与成矿有关的花岗闪长斑岩结晶年龄一致,表明了矿区成岩-成矿作用与晚古生代华北板块与西伯利亚板块之间俯冲-造山作用有关,指示华北克拉通北缘寻找晚古生代浅成低温-斑岩型金(铜)矿具有巨大潜力。火山岩以及与成矿相关侵入岩出现U-Pb年龄为1.8Ga、2.0Ga和2.4Ga的古老继承性锆石,暗示矿区存在华北克拉通基底,古老变质基底岩石可能是制约本区金矿成矿主要因素之一。     

Late Paleozoic to Mesozoic Intrusions Distribution in the North Sanjiang Orogenic Belt, Southwest China: Evidence from Zircon U–Pb Dating and Geochemistry

A mosaic of terranes or blocks and associated Late Paleozoic to Mesozoic sutures are characteristics of the north Sanjiang orogenic belt (NSOB). A detailed field study and sampling across the three magmatic belts in north Sanjiang orogenic belt, which are the Jomda–Weixi magmatic belt, the Yidun magmatic belt and the Northeast Lhasa magmatic belt, yield abundant data that demonstrate multiphase magmatism took place during the late Paleozoic to early Mesozoic. 9 new zircon LA–ICP–MS U–Pb ages and 160 published geochronological data have identified five continuous episodes of magma activities in the NSOB from the Late Paleozoic to Mesozoic: the Late Permian to Early Triassic (c. 261–230 Ma); the Middle to Late Triassic (c. 229–210 Ma); the Early to Middle Jurassic (c. 206–165 Ma); the Early Cretaceous (c. 138–110 Ma) and the Late Cretaceous (c. 103–75 Ma). 105 new and 830 published geochemical data reveal that the intrusive rocks in different episodes have distinct geochemical compositions. The Late Permian to Early Triassic intrusive rocks are all distributed in the Jomda–Weixi magmatic belt, showing arc–like characteristics; the Middle to Late Triassic intrusive rocks widely distributed in both Jomda–Weixi and Yidun magmatic belts, also demonstrating volcanic–arc granite features; the Early to Middle Jurassic intrusive rocks are mostly exposed in the easternmost Yidun magmatic belt and scattered in the westernmost Yangtza Block along the Garzê–Litang suture, showing the properties of syn–collisional granite; nearly all the Early Cretaceous intrusive rocks distributed in the NE Lhasa magmatic belt along Bangong suture, exhibiting both arc–like and syn–collision–like characteristics; and the Late Cretaceous intrusive rocks mainly exposed in the westernmost Yidun magmatic belt, with A–type granite features. These suggest that the co–collision related magmatism in Indosinian period developed in the central and eastern parts of NSOB while the Yanshan period co–collision related magmatism mainly occurred in the west area. In detail, the earliest magmatism developed in late Permian to Triassic and formed the Jomda–Wei magmatic belt, then magmatic activity migrated eastwards and westwards, forming the Yidun magmatic bellt, the magmatism weakend at the end of late Triassic, until the explosure of the magmatic activity occurred in early Cretaceous in the west NSOB, forming the NE Lhasa magmatic belt. Then the magmatism migrated eastwards and made an impact on the within–plate magmatism in Yidun magmatic belt in late Cretaceous.     

Tracing a late Mesozoic magmatic arc along the Southeast Asian margin from the granitoids drilled from the northern South China Sea

Abstract

The granitoid suites encountered by drilling in the northern South China Sea (SCS) remain important for understanding the evolution of the late Mesozoic Southeast Asian continental margin. They comprise a range of rock types including diorite, tonalite, granodiorite, monzogranite and syenogranite with SiO₂ spanning 56.4–76.8%. Newly acquired secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) U–Pb ages of samples from 14 boreholes indicate two key magmatic episodes: Late Jurassic (161.6–148.2 Ma) and Early Cretaceous (136.5–101.7 Ma). Jurassic magmatism probably began in late Middle Jurassic time, documented by the dates of inherited zircons. The granitoids are dominated by metaluminous to weakly peraluminous I-type granites, are transitional between magnesian and ferroan, and encompass calc-alkaline, high-K calc-alkaline, and shoshonitic series. The geochemical signatures suggest that these granitoids were mostly generated in a normal continental arc environment. Notable features of the I-type samples are well-defined negative Nb–Ta–Ti anomalies typical of arc-related magmas. Taken together, the late Mesozoic arc granites of the SCS, the accretionary wedge of the Palawan terrane to the southeast, and the zone of lithospheric extension north of the SCS throughout Southeast China, define a southeast-to-northwest trench-arc-backarc architecture for the late Mesozoic Southeast Asian continental margin whose geodynamic setting is related to subduction of the Palaeo-Pacific slab beneath the Asian continent. Two key subduction episodes are recognized, one in Late Jurassic and the other in Early Cretaceous time.     

Petrogenesis of Cretaceous igneous rocks from the Duolong porphyry Cu–Au deposit,central Tibet: evidence from zircon U–Pb geochronology,petrochemistry and Sr–Nd–Pb–Hf isotope characteristics

The Duolong porphyry Cu–Au deposit (5.4 Mt at 0.72% Cu, 41 t at 0.23 g/t Au) was recently discovered in the southern Qiangtang terrane, central Tibet. Here, new whole‐rock elemental and Sr–Nd–Pb isotope and zircon Hf isotopic data of syn‐ and post‐ore volcanic rocks and barren and ore‐bearing granodiorite porphyries are presented for a reconstruction of magmas associated with Cu–Au mineralization. LA–ICP–MS zircon U–Pb dating yields mean ages of 117.0 ± 2.0 and 120.9 ± 1.7 Ma for ore‐bearing granodiorite porphyry and 105.2 ± 1.3 Ma for post‐ore basaltic andesite. All the samples show high‐K calc‐alkaline compositions, with enrichment of light rare earth elements (LREE) and large ion lithophile elements (LILE: Cs and Rb) and depletion of high field strength elements (HFSE: Nb and Ti), consistent with the geochemical characteristics of arc‐type magmas. Syn‐ and post‐ore volcanic rocks show initial Sr ratios of 0.7045–0.7055, ε_Nd(t) values of −0.8 to 3.6, (²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb)_t ratios of 18.408–18.642, (²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁴Pb)_t of 15.584–15.672 and positive zircon ε_Hf(t) values of 1.3–10.5, likely suggesting they dominantly were derived from metasomatized mantle wedge and contaminated by southern Qiangtang crust. Compared to mafic volcanic rocks, barren and ore‐bearing granodiorite porphyries have relatively high initial Sr isotopic ratios (0.7054–0.7072), low ε_Nd(t) values (−1.7 to −4.0), similar Pb and enriched zircon Hf isotopic compositions [ε_Hf(t) of 1.5–9.7], possibly suggesting more contribution from southern Qiangtang crust. Duolong volcanic rocks and granodiorite porphyries likely formed in a continental arc setting during northward subduction of the Bangong–Nujiang ocean and evolved at the base of the lower crust by MASH (melting, assimilation, storage and homogenization) processes. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

西藏狮泉河地区晚侏罗世中性侵入岩锆石U-Pb年龄、地球化学特征及构造意义

侵位于狮泉河结合带南缘和结合带南侧古生代地层的晚白垩世侵入岩中,解体出一套中性侵入岩,呈岩珠、岩枝状产出,主要岩石类型为石英闪长岩、英云闪长岩和花岗闪长岩,其中石英闪长岩和英云闪长岩的LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄为157.3±1.5 Ma(MSWD=0.96)和159.3±3.7 Ma(MSWD=2.30),指示岩浆活动时间为晚侏罗世牛津期。该岩体Si O2含量在59.65%~64.57%之间,K2O为1.95%~2.69%之间,Na2O为1.97%~3.42%,K2O/Na2O在0.74~1.29之间,P2O5为0.085%~0.139%之间,Al2O3为13.63%~15.68%之间,A/CNK为0.89~1.07,属于准铝质—弱过铝质花岗岩。岩石稀土元素总量(∑REE)为107.37×10-6~148.33×10-6,LREE/HREE在6.77~9.67之间,轻重稀土分异程度强,δEu为0.63~0.84,铕略具负异常;在原始地幔标准化蛛网图上,富Rb、Th等大离子亲石元素(LILE)而亏损Nb、Ta、Ti和P等高场强元素(HFSE),具有岛弧钙碱性岩浆的地球化学性质。从岩石学、岩石地球化学特征研究表明,该时期岩石显示同源岩浆演化的特征,具有典型I型花岗岩特征,形成于板块俯冲下的岛弧环境。表明狮泉河一带在晚侏罗世已经存在俯冲型花岗岩,研究认为该时期岩浆活动很可能是狮泉河洋盆北缘(北亚带)持续扩张时,向南缘(南亚带)及中冈底斯带北缘俯冲的产物。     

Geochemistry and petrogenesis of the Late Cretaceous Haji‐Abad ophiolite (Outer Zagros Ophiolite Belt,Iran): implications for geodynamics of the Bitlis–Zagros suture zone

The Haji‐Abad ophiolite in SW Iran (Outer Zagros Ophiolite Belt) is a remnant of the Late Cretaceous supra‐subduction zone ophiolites along the Bitlis–Zagros suture zone of southern Tethys. These ophiolites are coeval in age with the Late Cretaceous peri‐Arabian ophiolite belt including the Troodos (Cyprus), Kizildag (Turkey), Baer‐Bassit (Syria) and Semail (Oman) in the eastern Mediterranean region, as well as other Late Cretaceous Zagros ophiolites. Mantle tectonites constitute the main lithology of the Haji‐Abad ophiolite and are mostly lherzolites, depleted harzburgite with widespread residual and foliated/discordant dunite lenses. Podiform chromitites are common and are typically enveloped by thin dunitic haloes. Harzburgitic spinels are geochemically characterized by low and/or high Cr number, showing tendency to plot both in depleted abyssal and fore‐arc peridotites fields. Lherzolites are less refractory with slightly higher bulk REE contents and characterized by 7–12% partial melting of a spinel lherzolitic source whereas depleted harzburgites have very low abundances of REE and represented by more than 17% partial melting. The Haji‐Abad ophiolite crustal sequences are characterized by ultramafic cumulates and volcanic rocks. The volcanic rocks comprise pillow lavas and massive lava flows with basaltic to more‐evolved dacitic composition. The geochemistry and petrology of the Haji‐Abad volcanic rocks show a magmatic progression from early‐erupted E‐MORB‐type pillow lavas to late‐stages boninitic lavas. The E‐MORB‐type lavas have LREE‐enriched patterns without (or with slight) depletion in Nb–Ta. Boninitic lavas are highly depleted in bulk REEs and are represented by strong LREE‐depleted patterns and Nb–Ta negative anomalies. Tonalitic and plagiogranitic intrusions of small size, with calc‐alkaline signature, are common in the ophiolite complex. The Late Cretaceous Tethyan ophiolites like those at the Troodos, eastern Mediterranean, Oman and Zagros show similar ages and geochemical signatures, suggesting widespread supra‐subduction zone magmatism in all Neotethyan ophiolites during the Late Cretaceous. The geochemical patterns of the Haji‐Abad ophiolites as well as those of other Late Cretaceous Tethyan ophiolites, reflect a fore‐arc tectonic setting for the generation of the magmatic rocks in the southern branch of Neotethys during the Late Cretaceous. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

内蒙古苏尼特右旗毕力赫大型斑岩型金矿床辉钼矿Re-Os同位素年龄及其地质意义

内蒙古苏尼特右旗毕力赫大型斑岩型金矿的发现在华北板块北缘尚属首例.为了查明该斑岩型金(铜)矿化发生的时间,作者采集了斑岩体内6件辉钼矿样品进行铼-锇同位素测试,获得等时线年龄为(272.7±1.6)Ma(MSWD=0.57).毕力赫晚古生代金矿成矿地质事件的厘定,为华北板块北部晚古生代汇聚板块构造体系提供了新证据,促使...