The Kamuikotan zone in Hokkaido, Japan: tectonic mixing of high-pressure and low-pressure metamorphic rocks

Abstract. In the Kamuikotan zone, central Hokkaido, Japan, two distinct types of metamorphic rocks are tectonically mixed up, along with a great quantity of ultramafic rocks; one type consists of high-pressure metamorphic rocks, and the other of low-pressure ones. The high-pressure metamorphic rocks are divided into two categories. (1) Prograde greenschist to glaucophaneschist facies rocks derived from mudstone, sandstone, limestone, a variety of basic rocks such as pillow and massive lavas, hyaloclastite and tuff, and radiolarian (Valanginian to Hauterivian) chert, among which the basic rocks and the chert, and occasionally the sandstone, occur as incoherent blocks (or inclusions) enveloped by mudstone. (2) Retrograde amphibolites with minor metachert and glaucophane-calcite rock, which are tectonic (or exotic) blocks enclosed within prograde mudstone or serpentinite, or separated from these prograde rocks by faults. The K-Ar ages of the prograde metamorphic rocks (72, 107 and 116 Ma on phengitic muscovites) are younger than those of the retrograde rocks (109, 132, 135 and 145 Ma on muscovites, and 120 Ma on hornblende). The low-pressure metamorphic rocks consist of the mafic members of an ophiolite sequence with a capping of radiolarian (Tithonian) chert with the metamorphic grade ranging from the zeolite facies, through the greenschist (partly, actinolite-calcic plagioclase) facies to the amphibolite (partly, hornblende-granulite) facies. The low-pressure metamorphism has a number of similarities with that described for'ocean-floor'metamorphism. The tectonic evolution of such a mixed-up zone is discussed in relation to Mesozoic plate motion.     

Distribution of elements in coexisting minerals and the problem of chemical disequilibrium in metamorphosed basic rocks

Distribution of elements in coexisting minerals—biotite, hornblende, augite, hypersthene and plagioclase in charnockitic rocks of West Uusimaa Complex, Finland, is mostly orderly indicating a close approach to chemical equilibrium. The distribution of iron and magnesium in coexisting hornblende and pyroxenes of basic charnockites and other rocks of granulite facies from several different areas is also orderly but the variation in the fugacities of H₂O and H₂ may cause a disorderly distribution locally in some rocks. The probable oxidation or reduction reactions are discussed on the basis of thermochemical and mineralchemical data.     

鞍本地区鞍山群变质矿物及变质作用

鞍本地区鞍山群变质岩出露区可分为鞍山、辽阳、本溪三个小区。所有的变质岩均属角闪岩相,从西向东,变质程度递增。三个小区最先出现的特征变质矿物分别是铁铝榴石、十字石和夕线石。退化变质作用由西向东递减,在东-西鞍山矿区已退变为绿片岩相,在绿泥片岩中普通角闪石仅作为残留矿物出现在绿泥石的核心。鞍山小岭子矿区有紫苏辉石、红柱石和尖晶石组合,它们是燕山期花岗岩围岩中的接触变质矿物。     

准噶尔盆地及周缘地区石炭系岩相古地理特征及油气基本地质条件

准噶尔盆地及周缘地区具前寒武纪变质结晶和褶皱双重基底,石炭系发育有研究区第1套完整且区域对比相对良好的地层。以“构造控盆、盆控相”的思路,对石炭系的沉积相和古地理特征进行了分析:早石炭世发育活动、被动陆缘海相及海陆过渡相沉积盆地,晚石炭世发育海陆过渡相沉积盆地及陆相火山岩。石炭系发育海相、海陆过渡相以及大陆相3个相区,可细分为大陆相、海相火山岩及火山碎屑岩相、次深海—深海相、浅海相、滨海相、三角洲相、河湖相以及冲积扇相等11个相带。从“相控油气基本地质条件”思路出发,认为盆地西北缘克拉玛依—白碱滩地区、南缘巴音沟、乌鲁木齐等地发育的次深海—深海相暗色泥页岩为较好的烃源岩;东北缘如卡拉麦里地区发育的三角洲相为烃源岩、储集岩良好的油气勘探有利相带;三塘湖地区发育的潮坪相与潟湖相、布尔津—富蕴及博格达山地区发育的浅海碳酸盐岩—碎屑岩浅海陆棚相等可形成良好的生储盖组合。这些生、储、盖三位一体分布的相带和地区是今后油气勘探的优选目标和首选地区。     

大别山超高压变质岩的变形历史及折返过程

大别山南部的超高压变质岩在其形成及折返过程中经过5期变形。D₁变形为榴辉岩相前变形,形成于扬子板块北缘陆壳基底的俯冲过程中;D₂变形形成于折返初期(220-210Ma)即超高压变质岩在浮力驱动下折返至下地壳底部的过程中,变形以块状榴辉岩的糜棱岩化及层状榴辉岩和基质的紧密-同斜褶皱为特征;D₃变形发生在折返中期(200-180Ma)即超高压变质岩在南北陆块持续碰撞作用下被挤出并向北逆冲折返至中地壳的过程中,变形以榴辉岩的布丁化和基质的强烈韧性剪切变形为特征;D₄变形是折返晚期(130-110Ma)超高压变质岩在地壳浅部伸展体制下向南滑脱所致;在折返至近地表时,超高压变质岩受到NE向断层(D₅)的切割。     

桐柏-大别-苏鲁UHP和HP变质带的结构及流变学演化

在岩石圈流变学基本原理指导下，运用现代构造解析学方法，在不同尺度上差别和分析了桐柏－大别－苏鲁UHP和HP变质带内深俯冲，同碰撞构造及UHP和HP岩石折返过程中的变形特征，重点讨论同碰撞形成的高角度网结状榴辉岩切带阵列，高角闪岩相剪切及有关变形组合以及碰撞期后伸展韧性薄化变形样式，强调指出不同地壳层次和物理条件下变形分解作用的重要性，而且，在UHP和HP变质带内最有效的应变体制是剪切作用，并在三维空间上形成不同格式的剪切带网状系统，以构造学记录为主线，结合已有可利用的岩石学，变质作用pT轨迹和同位素年代学资料，提出一个UHP和HP变质带尺度上的流变学演化模式，其中，UHP和HP变质岩石由地幔深度折返到地壳表层，经历了楔状挤出，碰撞期后地壳韧性薄化及晚造山伸展塌陷，揭顶作用等多个阶段的动力学过程。     

黄骅坳陷新生界火成岩岩相与储集性能分析

通过取芯段火成岩岩芯观察、测井以及地震相分析,将黄骅坳陷新生界火山岩划分为爆发相、溢流相、火山通道相和火山沉积相4种,并根据储集空间特征进一步划分为10种亚相,将侵入岩划分为3个相带。在此基础上建立黄骅坳陷火成岩岩相模式,并分析不同岩相火成岩的储集性能。研究认为：研究区溢流相上下区亚相和爆发相储集物性优越,构造裂缝和原生气孔发育,气孔、溶蚀孔缝、构造缝为主要储集空间;侵入相和次火山岩相火成岩由于热液作用造成围岩发生变质,原岩结构构造发生变化,使原来孔渗条件极差的泥岩变质为具有一定储集性能的储集岩;主要储集空间为收缩裂隙和构造裂隙。     

Alpine tectonics and diapiric structures in the Pre-Betic zone of southeast Spain

The Pre-Betic is the most northerly of the Alpine zones forming the Betic Cordilleras of southern Spain. It consists of strongly folded and faulted Mesozoic and Tertiary rocks, the oldest of which are ferruginous and gypsiferous Triassic mudstones, followed by a predominantly carbonate facies of Cretaceous, Palaeogene and Miocene age. Although this sequence is interrupted by a number of minor unconformities, the major structures were formed during the middle or late Miocene. The highly incompetent Triassic rocks are the most strongly deformed, and form diapiric intrusions discordant to regional structural trends in the younger rocks. The latter are essentially of two facies: massive competent limestones which are deformed by relatively simple folds of large wavelength, and highly incompetent marl-limestone interbeds with complex disharmonic folds and crush belts. Faults include low-angle and high-angle thrusts, gravity slides and wrench faults. The regional tectonic strike is ENE to NE, but the diapiric intrusions mostly follow WNW and N directions. These intrusions have pushed the younger rocks aside, the result being polyphase structures of several trends.Less intense post-Miocene tectonics are mostly associated with continued diapirism and have resulted in the folding and tilting of the late Miocene to Quaternary elastic sediments.     

Tectonically driven fluid flow and gold mineralisation in active collisional orogenic belts: comparison between New Zealand and western Himalaya

Hydrothermal activity and mesothermal-styled gold mineralisation occurs near the main topographic divide of most active or young collisional mountain belts. The Southern Alps of New Zealand is used in this study as a model for the mineralising processes. The collisional tectonics results in a two-sided wedge-shaped orogen into which rock is transported horizontally. Upper crustal rocks pass through the orogen and leave the orogen by erosion, whereas lower crustal rocks are deformed into the mountain roots. High relief drives meteoric water flow to near the brittle–ductile transition. Lower to upper greenschist facies metamorphic reactions, driven by deformation at the crustal decollement and in the root, release water-rich fluids that rise through the orogen. Intimate chemical interaction between fluid and rock results in dissolution and later precipitation of gold, arsenic and sulphur. Fluid flow and mineralisation in the topographic divide region is facilitated by a network of steeply dipping faults and associated rock damage zones where oblique strike-slip faults intersect the thrust faults that strike subparallel to the main mountain range.The Nanga Parbat massif of the western Himalaya is an example of an active collisional zone which hosts hydrothermal activity but no gold mineralisation. The lack of gold mineralisation is due to the following factors: CO₂-dominated rising metamorphic fluid in dehydrated amphibolite-granulite facies metamorphic rocks does not dissolve gold and arsenic; hot (up to 400 °C) meteoric water confined to fractures in the gneiss limits dissolution of gold and arsenic; low density of hot water/dry steam, and low reduced sulphur content of fluid, restrict solubility of gold and arsenic; absence of fracture networks in the core of the massif and the small volumes of circulating fluid limit metal concentration; and lack of reactive rock compositions limits chemically mediated metal deposition.     

Study of Aeromagnetic Data Over Part of Eastern Ghat Mobile Belt and Bastar Craton

A portion of the aeromagnetic anomaly map of India, from 17⁰ to 20⁰ N and 78^o to 84^o E has been analysed to understand the tectonics of the region. The distribution of magnetic sources in the study region are clearly brought out in the analytic signal map and found to be associated with charnockitic rocks, iron formation and trap flows. The Godavari Graben is devoid of any magnetic sources. High-grade charnockitic rocks on surface and sub-surface, flank the shoulders of the Godavari Graben on either side. From the analysis of magnetic data, Sileru Shear Zone (SSZ) is identified as the contact of the Bastar craton and the Eastern Ghat Mobile Belt (EGMB). The Eastern Ghat is divided into two blocks: Block-N north of Srikakulam is devoid of magnetic sources while the charnockitic rocks are the main magnetic carriers in Block-S. The difference in magnetic characteristics of the two blocks has been attributed to the difference in metamorphic history. Block-N has an over print of amphibolite facies metamorphism while Block-S to the south depicts granulite facies metamorphism. The Euler solutions within the EGMB shows that the magnetic sources along SSZ is shallower than the south east implying that the exhumation process in the EGMB has a differential rate.     

新疆主要矿床的区域成矿件的初步探讨

1. The division of main tectonic regions and their minerogenetic belts. In quite a few fold zones of geosynclinal systems, such as Altay, Junggar, Tianshan, Kunlun and Beishan Mountains, there exist ore zones of rare metals, muscovite, Fe, Cr, Mn, Au, P, asbestos, nonferrous metals, etc., whereas in Tarim platform, Fe, Al, Zn, Cr, P, S, Cu and coal minerogenetic belts have already been found. 2. Minerogenetic relations between major types of ore deposits and magmatic series, sedimentary formation, or metamorphic facies. Cr, Cu, Ni, Co, Fe and rare metals of magmatic type are related to magnesian ultrabasic, ferruginous basic-ultrabasic or acid-alkaline rocks, nonferrous and noble metals, Fe and asbestos of hydrothermal type are found associated with acid, intermediate-acid intrusive rocks generally rich in alkali; rare metals and muscovite of pegmatitic type are genetically in connection with acid-alkaline rocks, Fe of volcanic type has to do with alkali-rich acid to basic eruptive rocks, coal, Fe, Mn, Al, Cu, Pb, Zn, P and S of sedimentary type occur mostly in clastic carbonate-rocks, siliceous carbonate rocks, detrital rocks, red beds, salt-bearing or coal-bearing formations, Fe, P of sedimentary-metamorphic type are preserrt: within such metamorphic facies as ferro-siliceous hornblendite, green schist-marble or siliceous-magnesian carbonatite. 3. Regularity of the formation and distribution of ore deposits. The formation and distribution of ore deposits are generally characterued by zoning, fault-controlling, polycycles, stratabinding, inheritance, regeneration, ore combination, equidistance, migration and superimposition, with individual ore deposit having its specific characteristics.     

P-T paths from high temperature shear zones beneath ophiolites

Abstract Mctamorphic rocks of the St Anthony Complex of north-western Newfoundland are best interpreted in terms of a high-temperature shear zone formed between down-going continental margin rocks and overriding oceanic lithosphere in a subduction zone. High-grade rocks, immediately beneath the oceanic lithosphere peridotite, display retrograde meta-morphism in high-strain zones, whereas lower grade rocks, near the base of the metamorphic complex, display prograde metamorphism in high-strain zones. Mylonite zones in meta-basitcs at all levels in the complex contain the assemblage epidote-hornblende-albite-sodic oligoclase. These observations suggest that the 'inverted metamorphic gradient'within the St Anthony Complex results from the fortuitous preservation of residual metamorphic assemblages from different crustal levels within an epidote amphibolite facies shear zone. The degree of re-equilibration is strongly dependent on the degree of strain, and is best achieved in synmetamorphic mylonite zones. This interpretation of the St Anthony Complex can be extended to other sub-ophiolite metamorphic sheets, which show very similar relationships. It is proposed that most metamorphic sheets beneath ophiolites are high temperature shear zones, the P-T paths of which preserve records of burial and exhumation in subduction zones.     

海南儋州-屯昌地区二叠纪地层的发现及其意义

在海南岛中部儋州-屯昌地区前人划归石炭系地层中采获放射虫等古生物化石,新厘定出一套二叠系地层。其下部为一套滨浅相碎屑岩,局部夹碳酸盐岩、变质基性火山岩;上部为一套深水沉积岩系夹硅质岩,局部夹变质基性火山岩。与海南岛西部、西南部一带出露的二叠世地层比较,岩性组合特征、沉积类型、沉积相、生物富集程度和属种组分及所处沉积构造背景均存在显著差异。该套地层的确定,对研究海南岛二叠纪地层的沉积相,重塑古地理环境,以及研究古特提东延及构造演化等问题具重要意义。     

Prograde and Retrograde Eclogites in the Sambagawa Metamorphic Belt, Besshi District, Japan

In the Besshi district of the Sambagawa metamorphic belt, thereare two types of eclogites: one occurring in the Sebadani metagabbromass and retrograded from high-temperature anhydrous ecologite,and the other in the basic schists and produced by prograde,dehydration of epidote amphibolite. The Sebadani metagabbro mass was originally layered gabbro,which was once equilibrated in the ecologite facies before emplacementinto the Sambagawa terrain as a hot eclogite mass. Basic schistssurrounding the Sebadani mass, which had suffered the Sambagawametamorphism of albite epidote amphibolite facies, were contact-metamorphosedat high pressure by the emplacement of the Sebadani mass. Asa result, the basic schists were dehydrated to form eclogiticbasic schists, i.e. garnet and omphacite porphyroblast-bearingbasic schists. Thus, two types of ecologite, retrograde andprograde, converged into the same metamorphic condition, 610–650?C, 7–17 kb, in a part of the ecologite facies duringthe Sambagawa metamorphism. Correspondingly, the values of distributioncoefficients of Fe and Mg between garnet and omphacite increasefrom core pairs to rim pairs in the retrograde eclogites anddecrease from core pairs to rim pairs in the prograde ecologites.After this stage, both the prograde and retrograde eclogitesshared a common metamorphic history; they were retrograded viathe epidote amphibolite facies to the greenschist facies. The Sebadani metagabbro mass, as a large tectonic block, hadbeen emplaced into a m?lange zone in the Sambagawa metamorphicbelt after the peak of the Sambagawa metamorphism, probablyfollowing initiation of uplift of the metamorphic rocks fromtheir deep-seated environment.     

内蒙古大青山高级变质岩韧性剪切带及其流变机制

大青山高级变质岩不仅记录华北克拉通早期大陆形成演化历史,也保留了中下部地壳岩石流变信息,它们经历了下部地壳构造层次高角闪岩相-麻粒岩相条件变质变形、深熔作用改造,形成了复杂构造样式和构造要素组合.韧性剪切带是高级变质岩中主要构造形迹,控制着早前寒武纪高级变质岩主体构造格架.依据野外地质产状、变形特征与构造要素叠加改造关系,韧性剪切带划分为早期近水平顺层伸展型和晚期陡倾韧性剪切带.近水平顺层伸展韧性剪切带呈残留状保留在后期变形改造较弱部位上,主要沿着不同地质单元或者岩性层界面上发育,是在伸展变形体制下形成的.晚期陡倾韧性剪切带呈近东西方向展布,规模较大,叠加和改造早期构造形迹,形成于晚期造山挤压构造环境中,以左行滑移为主.这两种韧性剪切带都形成于地壳中深部构造层次高角闪岩相-麻粒岩相条件下,变形机制主要为熔体增强颗粒边界扩散和颗粒流动,使岩石发生大规模的塑性流动.在宏观上形成了不对称流动组构、条纹条带构造、熔融线理、层内流动褶皱等构造形迹,在微观上矿物晶体没有发生明显塑性变形,均匀消光,晶体为三边平衡结构,与静态变质结构相似,形成了地壳深部构造层次上变质构造岩-构造片麻岩.      

FACTORS DETERMINING COMPACTION IN SEDIMENTARY ROCKS

A complex of variously metamorphosed sedimentary and volcanic rocks, migmatites, and plutonic intrusives are exposed in long fault blocks at different structural and metamorphic levels in the Main Range Region of the West Caucasus. A Proterozoic and lower Paleozoic suite is largely comprised of amphibolite foliates and biotite schist and gneiss. A middle Paleozoic suite consists of metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks mostly in the green schist facies. Intrusive and extrusive magmatic products are classified as middle Paleozoic, upper Paleozoic, and Mesozoic. Petrography and mineralogy of the major metamorphic and igneous units are described in detail. Complex isoclinal to open folds occur in long blocks bounded by subvertical longitudinal faults. Major deformation is Hercynian. Modern strike-slip faulting is briefly described. The region is subdivided tectonically and described in detail. — L.T. Grose.     

新疆包尔图铜矿赋矿变质岩特征及其地质意义

包尔图铜矿位于和硕县乌什塔拉北山区包尔图至库米什断裂带附近,铜矿体主要赋存于艾木太乌拉短轴背斜轴部附近的中元古界长城系星星峡群(Chxn)变质岩中,受断裂构造控制明显。本亚组地层自背斜轴部向两翼由角闪岩相逐步过渡到绿片岩相。矿区内的变质岩既具有中酸性火山岩类岩石化学的特点又具有沉积成因岩石化学的特点,为沉积岩与火成岩过渡类型。矿区内变质岩的地层学、岩相学及地球化学特征,表明其原岩应为一套海相中酸性、基性火山碎屑岩建造。研究区变质作用以区域变质作用为主,后期又叠加有动力变质作用,变质作用对该矿床的形成起到了重要的作用。     

Neoarchaean magmatism and metamorphism of the western granulites in the central domain of the Mozambique belt, Tanzania: U–Pb shrimp geochronology and PT estimates

U–Pb sensitive high resolution ion microprobe (SHRIMP) dating of zircons from charnockitic and garnet–biotite gneisses from the central portion of the Mozambique belt, central Tanzania indicate that the protolith granitoids were emplaced in a late Archaean, ca. 2.7 Ga, magmatic event. These ages are similar to other U–Pb and Pb–Pb ages obtained for other gneisses in this part of the belt. Zircon xenocrysts dated between 2.8 and 3.0 Ga indicate the presence of an older basement. Major and trace element geochemistry of these high-grade gneisses suggests that the granitoid protoliths may have formed in an active continental margin environment. Metamorphic zircon rims and multifaceted metamorphic zircons are dated at ca. 2.6 Ga indicating that these rocks were metamorphosed some 50–100 my after their emplacement. Pressure and temperature estimates on the charnockitic and garnet–biotite gneisses were obscured by post-peak metamorphic compositional homogenisation; however, these estimates combined with mineral textures suggest that these rocks underwent isobaric cooling to 800–850 °C at 12–14 kbar. It is considered likely that the granulite facies mineral assemblage developed during the ca. 2.6 Ga event, but it must be considered that it might instead represent a pervasive Neoproterozoic, Pan African, granulite facies overprint, similar to the ubiquitous eastern granulites further to the east.     

块状硫化物矿床与火山岩岩相的关系

块状硫化物矿床(黄铁矿型矿床、黑矿型矿床)与玄武岩-流纹岩建造的相互关系是由矿石与围岩形成的近似性所决定的,更确切地说,是矿石有规律地产在火山岩一定的岩相中。近年来,火山岩系的岩相分析已成为火山岩地区区域地质调查、块状硫化物矿床普查勘探工作中最重要的方法之一。这是因为,一方面岩相分析和古火山恢复方法,可以对火山体、火山岩系的喷发沉积旋回,以及火山岩的层序进行详细的研究,从而较为客观地总结出     

内蒙古呼和浩特变质核杂岩韧性拆离带40Ar-39Ar定年及其构造含义

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