扬子克拉通北缘神农架群火山岩锆石Hf同位素特征

报道神农架群安山质熔结凝灰岩中锆石的Hf同位素数据,以此对其岩浆来源与岩石成因进行约束.结果显示,Nd-Hf同位素之间存在脱耦现象,虽然各样品之间显示出较为一致的元素地球化学和Nd同位素组成,但同一样品中具有高度变化的锆石εHf(t)值,对应锆石Hf同位素模式年龄为2587～1608 Ma,表明岩浆在形成和上升过程中可能受到了陆源碎屑物质组分的混染.该组分改变了岩浆结晶时部分锆石中的Hf同位素组成,然而未改变全岩地球化学及Nd同位素组成,可能表明锆石原位Hf同位素在反映岩浆形成和演化过程中对于碎屑沉积岩混染的识别比全岩Nd同位素具有更为灵敏的指示意义.结合该岩石的全岩地球化学特征,认为神农架安山质熔结凝灰岩来自深部幔源岩浆上涌引起的元古宙基性下地壳岩石部分熔融,且在上升过程中受到了俯冲碎屑沉积岩的混染.     

豫西地区秦岭造山带武当群Nd-Hf同位素组成及其物源特征

武当群变质沉积-火山岩组合是南秦岭地体中重要的基底岩石,其形成时代和地球化学特征可以为理解秦岭造山带的构造演化提供重要的证据.本文报道豫西地区武当群上部沉积岩和下部中-酸性火山岩Sm-Nd同位素和锆石Lu-Hf同位素组成,探讨火山岩成因和沉积岩物源的同位素特征.上部沉积岩的碎屑锆石初始ε_(Hf)值变化在-30～+10之间,对应的模式年龄值t_(DM2)在1.0Ga至3.2Ga之间,初始ε_(Nd)值在-4.0至-6.0之间.沉积物源表现为主要与扬子陆块有亲缘关系的地壳物质和近源的下部火山岩混合的特征.火山岩的锆石初始εHf值变化在-35～+15之间,对应的模式年龄值t_(DM2)在0.8Ga至3.5Ga之间,集中于1.5～1.8Ga和2.2～2.4Ga两个峰值.2个变质石英角斑岩样品初始ε_(Nd)值分别为-9.2和-10.7,而报道的湖北武当群的玄武-安山质熔岩的初始ε_(Nd)值以正值为主.因此,武当群不同类型的火山岩可能存在着成因差异.具有低初始ε_(Nd)值和ε_(Hf)值特征的火山岩可能由地壳物质的重熔而形成的;有些火山岩具有初始ε_(Hf)值变化范围较大(-35～+15)或正初始ε_(Nd)值的特点,可能是壳、幔物质混合成因,有显著的幔源或新生地壳物质的贡献.武当群Nd-Hf同位素组成和碎屑锆石年龄分布特征表明,与扬子陆块有亲缘关系的南秦岭地体在元古代期间可能经历多期地壳增生和再造作用.     

越南西北部Posen花岗岩锆石U-Pb年龄和Hf同位素组成特征

本文报道出露于越南西北部的Posen花岗岩岩体锆石U-Pb年龄和Hf同位素组成特征,讨论岩石成因和该地区新元古代岩浆作用的大地构造意义.分析3个花岗岩样品获得723Ma至760Ma的锆石U-Pb年龄,表明花岗岩形成于新元古代.该花岗岩的锆石Hf同位素组成有较大的变化范围,ε_(Hf)(t)值变化范围为-16.1至+3.4,单阶段Hf模式年龄为1186～1945Ma,暗示Posen花岗岩有着复杂的源区物源组成.在误差范围内,锆石两阶段Hf同位素模式年龄值主要集中在2.0～2.1Ga,与两阶段Nd同位素模式年龄值2.1～2.2Ga一致,说明花岗岩体主要由古元古代地壳物质部分熔融形成的.部分锆石颗粒具有正ε_(Hf)(t)值,可能指示花岗岩岩浆形成过程中存在壳-幔混合相互作用.在越南西北部发育新元古代岩浆作用可能与扬子板块广泛发育的、伴随Rodinia超大陆裂解过程的岩浆活动存在成因的联系,也揭示越南西北部地体可能与扬子板块具有亲缘关系,因此,可以推断马江断裂带应该代表印支板块和华南板块之间的古特提斯缝合带在越南西北部的延伸.     

大兴安岭的形成与演化历史:来自河漫滩沉积物地球化学及其碎屑锆石U-Pb年龄、Hf同位素组成的证据

通过对发源于大兴安岭的主要河流河漫滩沉积物地球化学与从其分离出的锆石U-Pb年龄与Hf同位素组成的系统研究,揭示河漫滩沉积物的稀土和微量元素与大陆上地壳组成基本一致。不同地段的河漫滩沉积物微量成矿元素含量存在明显的差别,可能反映了不同地段不同元素成矿的差异。大兴安岭最南部的西拉木伦河无论是从SiO2含量还是Nd同位素组成上,均反映有华北板块北缘物质的明显贡献;最北部的南翁河从Nd同位素组成上表明有西伯利亚板块南缘前寒武纪微陆块物质的贡献。大兴安岭河漫滩沉积物全样Nd亏损地幔模式年龄平均值与锆石Hf同位素亏损地幔模式年龄基本一致,分别为1.03Ga、1.01Ga。锆石U-Pb年龄最大值为2473Ma,对应的Hf亏损地幔模式年龄为3.75Ga,证明大兴安岭中古陆块基底是更老的陆块(3.75Ga)在古元古代的壳内岩浆作用过程中形成的,中元古代开始古陆块从母陆块分离,可能是古亚洲洋打开的前奏。中新元古代—早古生代末是从亏损地幔增生到大兴安岭区域地壳事件的最强烈阶段,形成古亚洲洋的洋壳与底侵于古陆块中的超镁铁质-镁铁质岩类。晚古生代是古亚洲洋洋壳消减俯冲的主要阶段,至晚二叠世大洋消失殆尽进入到陆内造山阶段。中生代受古太平洋构造域的影响,以底侵于古陆块中的幔源物质为主发生部分熔融,同时也有少量基底物质卷入到此期岩浆作用中,形成占现今该区出露地壳近80%的印支-燕山期火山-侵入岩,但此时基本为一个没有亏损地幔来源的物质直接参与的岩浆作用过程。     

大兴安岭的形成与演化历史:来自河漫沉积物地球化学及其碎屑锆石U-Pb年龄、Hf同位素组成的证据

通过对发源于大兴安岭的主要河流河漫滩沉积物地球化学与分离出的锆石U-Pb年龄与Hf同位素组成的系统研究,揭示河漫滩沉积物的稀土与其他微量元素与大陆地壳组成基本一致。不同地段的河漫滩沉积物微量成矿元素含量存在明显的差别,可能反映了不同地段不同元素成矿的差异。大兴安岭最南部的西拉木伦河无论是从SiO2含量还是Nd同位素组成上,均反映有华北板块北缘物质的明显贡献;最北部的南翁河从Nd同位素组成上表明有西伯利亚板块南缘前寒武纪微陆块物质的贡献。大兴安岭河漫滩沉积物全样Nd亏损地幔模式年龄平均值与锆石Hf同位素亏损地幔模式年龄基本一致,分别为1.03、1.01Ga。锆石U-Pb年龄最大值为2473Ma,对应的Hf亏损地幔模式年龄为3.75Ga,证明大兴安岭中古陆块基底是更老的陆块(3.75Ga)在古元古代的壳内岩浆作用过程中形成的,中元古代开始古陆块从母陆块分离,可能是古亚洲洋打开的前奏。中新元古代-早古生末是从亏损地幔增生到大兴安岭区域地壳事件的最强烈阶段,形成古亚洲洋的洋壳与底侵于古陆块中的超镁铁质-镁铁质岩类。晚古生代是古亚洲洋洋壳消减俯冲的主要阶段,至晚二叠世大洋消失殆尽进入到陆内造山阶段。中生代受古太平洋构造域的影响,以底侵于古陆块中的幔源物质为主发生部分熔融,同时也有少量基底物质卷入到此期岩浆作用中,形成占现今该区出露地壳近80%的印支-燕山期火山-侵入岩,但此时基本没有亏损地幔来源的物质直接参与岩浆作用过程。     

北祁连的形成与演化历史：来自河流沉积物地球化学及其碎屑锆石U Pb年龄、Hf同位素组成的证据

通过对发源于北祁连造山带北段、中段、南段河流沉积物地球化学与碎屑锆石U-Pb年龄及Hf同位素组成的系统研究,确定河流沙、泥沙质微量元素平均组成与大陆上地壳平均值基本一致。一般沙质成分由于石英的稀释作用使其微量元素含量稍低于大陆上地壳平均值,泥沙质成分的微量元素含量一般稍高于大陆上地壳均值。北祁连造山带河流碎屑沉积物As、Sb、Cu、Zn等元素的平均含量明显高于大陆上地壳的平均含量,可能指示北祁连硫化物矿床成矿具有良好的前景。河流碎屑沉积物Sm-Nd同位素组成得到的Nd亏损地幔模式年龄为1.89~1.12Ga,平均为1.68Ga;北段、中段河流沙质部分的Nd同位素亏损地幔模式年龄比相对较细的泥沙质部分的老,说明河流近源古老地壳基底组分更多;而南段的部分河流则相反,说明近源有更多的新生地壳组分。锆石U-Pb年龄结果表明,北祁连造山带最强的岩浆作用发生于新元古代—晚古生代早期(650~400Ma),此期间形成的锆石占全部锆石的31%,它们主要记录了北祁连洋壳的俯冲消减、陆-陆碰撞及碰撞后的壳内岩浆作用过程。太古宙古老基底组分在北祁连造山带存在,但所占比例极低,它们可能以碎屑组分存在于古元古代的北大河岩群等变质基底中。新太古代到古元古代(2700~1700Ma)期间形成的锆石占全部锆石的~34%,此期间是北祁连基底的主要形成阶段。古元古代末到新元古代(1700~650Ma)期间形成的锆石占全部锆石的17%,它们可能代表着古祁连洋盆的主要形成阶段。锆石Hf同位素组成确定的北祁连由亏损地幔增生物质到地壳主要发生于3.2~2.0Ga、2.0~1.0Ga这两个时间段,650Ma以后基本没有增生地壳组分的加入。不同地段河流碎屑锆石U-Pb年龄有些差别,北段的北大河中最老基底组分所占比例最高,而南段河流中的古老基底组分比例相对较低,印证了古祁连洋是从东南向西北拉开的过程,西北段在俯冲消减及碰撞过程中有较多古老地壳基底组分的参与。晚古生代晚期—三叠纪期间北祁连仍存在较弱的岩浆作用。由Nd同位素比值与Nd含量、Na_2O/K_2O比值之间的关系进一步证明北祁连河流沉积物是最古老的基底长英质组分、较老的基底镁铁质组分或其熔融产物、古祁连洋壳镁铁质组分或其熔融产物三者混合的产物。     

山东中侏罗世-早白垩世侵入岩的锆石Hf同位素组成及其意义

对山东中侏罗世-早白垩世侵入岩中锆石的原位Hf同位素分析显示,形成于新太古代(上交点年龄～2.5 Ga)的继承锆石具有正的εHf(t)值(+8～+1),Hf同位素模式年龄集中在2.6～2.8 Ga,与辽宁古生代金伯利岩中基性下地壳捕虏体中锆石Hf组成和Hf模式年龄十分一致,Hf模式年龄也与研究区变质岩和花岗岩的全岩Nd模式年龄相同.     

湖南益将稀土-钪矿的石英闪长岩锆石U-Pb定年和Hf同位素特征:湘南加里东期岩浆活动的年代学证据

湖南汝城益将REE-Sc矿是中国华南重要的稀有稀土金属矿床类型,其赋矿岩石石英闪长岩的锆石SHRIMPU-Pb年龄为(424±3)Ma,代表中志留世的侵位年龄,为该区存在加里东期岩浆活动提供了同位素年代学的新证据。锆石εHf(t)值为-1.9～-7.6,锆石Hf同位素地壳模式年龄(1.5～1.9Ga)。εHf(t)值主要为负值,揭示其源区可能主要为陆壳物质或者富集地幔。部分锆石的εHf(t)值约为-1.9,说明在其形成过程中可能有一定比例亏损地幔物质的加入;源区同位素的不均一,可能是壳幔相互作用的结果,即幔源岩浆与古老地壳物质混合的结果。锆石Hf同位素数据显示古元古代—中元古代(1.5～1.9Ga)的两阶段模式年龄揭示湘南地区存在至少为古元古代的地壳增生。这些新资料为理解华南地壳演化和区域成矿提供了重要的同位素年代学和地球化学制约。     

秦皇岛柳江地区长龙山组石英砂岩物质源区组成——来自碎屑锆石U-Pb-Hf同位素的证据

在秦皇岛市柳江地区出露最古老的沉积岩为青白口系长龙山组石英砂岩,该石英砂岩与下伏的新太古代钾质花岗岩呈不整合接触。LA-ICPMS锆石U-Pb测年显示该区长龙山组石英砂岩中碎屑锆石年龄分布在2635～2487Ma之间,其物质源区较单一。与北京—蓟县标准剖面相比,本研究区在较长的一段地质时期为古陆壳的剥蚀区,直至新元古代早期,又沉积了长龙山组滨海相碎屑岩。碎屑锆石Hf同位素组成显示,它们的源区物质虽然有不同程度的壳幔混合,但主要来自于古老的地壳物质再循环,暗示在～2.5Ga其碎屑物质源区的地壳已经达到一定的规模和厚度。     

扬子陆块三峡地区莲沱组砂岩中碎屑锆石U-Pb年龄、Hf同位素组成及其地质意义

对扬子陆块三峡地区黄牛岩剖面莲沱组顶部砂岩中的120颗碎屑锆石进行了U-Pb定年和Lu-Hf同位素分析.结果显示,黄牛岩剖面莲沱组中碎屑锆石的年龄谱具有~880~800 Ma、~2 000 Ma、~2 500 Ma及~2 700 Ma的峰值,其中最年轻的碎屑锆石年龄为724±8 Ma.结合前人对该地区莲沱组顶部凝灰岩开展的年代学工作,将莲沱组顶部砂岩沉积时代限定为724~714 Ma.莲沱组砂岩沉积时间与其中最年轻的碎屑锆石U-Pb年龄接近,反映了其源区地壳物质的快速再循环.碎屑锆石Hf同位素两阶段模式年龄(T_DM2)集中在~3.7~3.1 Ga、~2.5~2.0 Ga和~1.3~1.0 Ga,反映其物源区存在古-中太古代、古元古代以及中元古代末期的初生地壳生长.对比近年来三峡地区不同剖面莲沱组砂岩中已报道的碎屑锆石年龄和Hf同位素数据,黄牛岩剖面的莲沱组碎屑锆石年龄和Hf同位素组成与之以北的王丰岗剖面均存在明显差异,说明莲沱组沉积期两者的陆源物质供给区有较大差别.      

皖南浅变质岩和沉积岩的钕同位素特点及其大地构造意义

根据Nd同位素模式年龄通常保留源区大陆地块的平均年龄的原理,作者研究了皖南上溪群千枚岩和震旦系到二叠系沉积岩的Nd同位素组成和模式年龄。发现千枚岩和沉积岩具有不同的Nd同位素组成和模式年龄,它们明显地分成二组。千枚岩的~(147)Sm/~(144)Nd=0.1220~0.1290,T_(DM)~(Nd)＝1.63~1.69Ga;沉积岩的~(147)Sm/~144Nd＝0.1100~0.1182,T_(DM)~(Nd)=1.92~2.14Ga。这表明,它们来自不同的物源区:上溪群可能来自附近的古岛弧双桥山群;沉积岩可能来自大别古陆和华北地台。     

辽西北票蓝旗组火山岩锆石U-Pb年龄和Hf同位素组成

辽西北票常河营子地区有中生代蓝旗组火山岩分布,其中上部安山质角砾熔岩的锆石LA-ICPMS U-Pb年龄分析结果表明,其结晶年龄为159.4±3.4Ma,属晚侏罗世.锆石~(176)Hf/~(177)Hf比值介于0.282098～0.282789之间,ε_(Hf)(t)值为-20.4～+4.1,主体分布在华北克拉通地壳演化线之上,位于古元古代地壳演化范围内,所给出的亏损地幔年龄(t_(DM))和平均地壳模式年龄(t_(crust))分别为0.7～1.6Ga和0.9～2.5Ga.结合已发表蓝旗组中酸性火山岩的岩石地球化学及Sr-Nd同位素组成特征,我们认为安山质火山岩源于古老(如晚太古代)下地壳玄武质岩石的部分熔融,其形成过程可能与中生代幔源岩浆底侵作用有关.     

大兴安岭中生代火山活动构造背景

大兴安岭中生代火山岩主要为高钾粗面质火山岩, 属于一套碱质含量比较高的钙碱性火山岩系, 随时间从酸性向中基性方向演化。其元素地球化学特征和Sr、 Nd 同位素组成揭示火山岩具有壳源和幔源两部分源区特点, 玄武质岩石来源于相对未亏损的地幔, 中酸性火山岩则成因于地壳物质的混染或下地壳的重熔作用, 暗示火山岩的形成与陆内深部软流体上涌引起的壳幔相互作用有关。 此外, 本文还从火山活动中心的迁移,以及东邻洋陆板块之间的相互运动角度,阐述了大兴安岭中生代火山活动与大洋板块的俯冲作用无直接联系。     

大兴安岭哈达陶勒盖组火山岩年龄、地球化学特征及其陆缘弧构造背景

根据野外调查,将大兴安岭北段新巴尔虎右旗地区的一套火山岩归属为哈达陶勒盖组。通过SHRIMP锆石U-Pb测年,获得哈达陶勒盖组绿帘石化安山岩的年龄加权平均值为(254.3±7.9)Ma(MSWD=4.7),结合区域地层对比,将该组的形成时代置于早三叠世。根据元素地球化学分析,可将哈达陶勒盖组火山岩划分为中基性和酸性火山岩两类。其中,中基性火山岩岩浆可能来源于受俯冲作用影响的岩石圈地幔,并遭受到地壳物质的混染;而酸性火山岩岩浆则形成于地壳。结合区域地质特征,通过构造环境判别,该组火山岩的形成可能与蒙古—鄂霍茨克板块向南俯冲引起的陆缘弧背景密切相关。哈达陶勒盖组的厘定丰富了大兴安岭北段地层层序,也为大兴安岭地区区域构造演化和岩浆活动提供了证据。     

Zircon ages and Hf isotopic constraints on sources of clastic metasediments of the Slyudyansky high-grade complex,southeastern Siberia: Implication for continental growth and evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt

We present results of combined in situ U–Pb dating of detrital zircons and zircon Hf and whole-rock Nd isotopic compositions for high-grade clastic metasedimentary rocks of the Slyudyansky Complex in eastern Siberia. This complex is located southwest of Lake Baikal and is part of an early Paleozoic metamorphic terrane in the eastern part of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB). Our new zircon ages and Hf isotopic data as well as whole-rock Nd isotopic compositions provide important constraints on the time of deposition and provenance of early Paleozoic high-grade metasedimentary rocks as well as models of crustal growth in Central Asia. Ages of 0.49–0.90 Ga for detrital zircons from early Paleozoic high-grade clastic sediments indicate that deposition occurred in the late Neoproterozoic and early Paleozoic, between ca. 0.62–0.69 and 0.49–0.54 Ga. Hf isotopic data of 0.82–0.69 Ga zircons suggest Archean and Paleoproterozoic (ca. 2.7–2.8 and 2.2–2.3 Ga; Hfc = 2.5–3.9 Ga) sources that were affected by juvenile 0.69–0.82 Ga Neoproterozoic magmatism. An additional protolith was also identified. Its zircons yielded ages of 2.6–2.7 Ga, and showed high positive ε_Hf(t) values of +4.1 to +8.0, and Hf model ages t_Hf(DM) = t_Hfc = 2.6–2.8 Ga, which is nearly identical to the crystallization ages. These isotopic characteristics suggest that the protolith was quite juvenile. The whole-rock Nd isotopic data indicate that at least part of the Slyudyansky Complex metasediments was derived from “non-Siberian” provenances. The crustal development in the eastern CAOB was characterized by reworking of the early Precambrian continental crust in the early Neoproterozoic and the late Neoproterozoic–early Paleozoic juvenile crust formation.     

Extreme Sr–Nd–Pb–Hf isotopic compositions exhibited by the Tinaquillo peridotite massif,Northern Venezuela: implications for geodynamic setting

An origin of the Tinaquillo Peridotite Complex in northern Venezuela, and a model for the tectonic framework of the boundary zone between the southern Caribbean Plate margin and the South American Plate (SAP) during Late Jurassic to Mid-Cretaceous time are developed using newly measured Sr, Nd, Pb and Hf isotopic compositions as well as major and trace element geochemistry for some hornblendite veins and their spinel peridotite host rocks. Depleted geochemical characteristics, principally major element concentrations, and Nd and Hf isotopes (e.g., ε_Nd = + 27; ε_Hf = +50; ca. 3.4 Ga-Nd model age) of the Tinaquillo peridotites suggest a genetic link between this complex and the Guiana Shield farther to the south within Venezuela. Scattered zones within the Tinaquillo peridotite were overprinted by what we interpret as channelized hydrous fluids (<∼3%) derived from the eastward-dipping subduction of the Farallon Plate beneath the SAP in the Late Jurassic, leading to modification of the original Sr, Nd and Hf isotopic compositions as well as the incompatible element concentrations. The hornblendite veins have Sr, Nd, Pb and Hf isotopic compositions, falling within the range of present-day Pacific/Atlantic MORB, but trace element abundance patterns with combinations of arc- and MORB-like characteristics. These results rule out the possibility of local melting of the host peridotites to produce magmas from which the hornblendite veins formed. We suggest that during inception of the westward-dipping subduction of the Protocaribbean Plate immediately following polarity reversal in the Mid-Cretaceous, melts infiltrated the mantle lithosphere and produced the veins.     

粤东北基底变质岩的组成和形成时代

基底变质岩的成分和形成时代对揭示地壳演化至关重要.利用锆石U-Pb-Hf研究和全岩成分分析, 发现粤东北及邻区的许多基底变质岩是晚新元古代形成的沉积岩, 它们具有高的SiO₂、Rb、Zr、Y和过渡金属元素含量以及相对低的Al₂O₃、CaO、Na₂O、Sr、Nb含量.它们沉积于活动大陆边缘环境.盆地的形成与Rodinia超大陆裂解时的张性背景相关.粤东北龙川地区新元古代沉积岩主要由新太古代和中元古代碎屑物质组成, 并含少量中太古代和新元古代物质, 明显不同于闽西南和粤北地区新元占代沉积岩.粤东北这些变质岩没有受到加里东运动的强烈影响, 而是在印支期发生变质-重熔作用.      

Detrital zircon U?Pb ages,Hf isotopes and tectonic implications for Palaeozoic sedimentary rocks from the Xing‐Meng orogenic belt,middle‐east part of inner Mongolia,China

The Xing‐Meng Orogenic Belt is the eastern extension of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt that marks the boundary between the North China Block and the Siberian Block. Studies of zircon U Pb ages and Hf isotopic compositions show that four clastic sedimentary rock samples from different parts of the regional stratigraphic sequence were deposited at different ages, none earlier than Mid‐ or Early Silurian. Two sedimentary rocks were deposited during or after the Early Permian. Almost all zircons are of igneous origin. In Silurian and Devonian sediments, zircons show several modal age peaks, and in Permian sediments, zircons show a unimodal age peak. Based on the zircon age distribution of sedimentary rocks versus known ages from exposed rocks of the potential source regions, most of the zircons were derived from the Xing‐Meng Orogen itself. A few came from the South Mongolian microcontinent or the Siberia Block, but none came from the North China Block. The zircons of a biotite‐plagioclase paragneiss in Xilinhot have similar provenance to the sediments and were deposited during or after the Middle Devonian. Similarities between zircon age spectra and events in underlying rocks of sedimentary origin show that the sediments lie at their deposition site north of the Solonker suture zone because north‐dipping subduction and elevation blocked deposition of material from farther afield. Hf isotope compositions show the crustal accretion stages of the provenance areas during the Meso‐ to Neoarchaean, Palaeoproterozoic and Early and Late Palaeozoic. A two‐component mixing calculation based on Hf isotopes shows the large scale of the crustal accretion event of the region. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Elemental and Sm-Nd isotopic geochemistry on detrital sedimentary rocks in the Ganzi-Songpan block and Longmen Mountains

Systematic results of major and trace element geochemistry and Sm-Nd isotopic geochemistry on detrital sedimentary rocks of Precambrian to Triassic in the Ganzi-Songpan block and Longmen Mountains are presented. The rocks are classified into greywackes or feldspar sandstones, grains of which are the mixtures of mafic rocks, felsic rocks, and quartz+calcite. Total rare earth elements (REE) contents of the rocks increase gradually and negative Eu anomalies become more obvious from Precambrian to Triassic, which may indicate intensifying crustal anatexis. Tectonic setting was stable during the Late Paleozoic, therefore there are obvious negative Ce anomalies. Nd model ages are between 1.6 Ga and 2.4 Ga, which are very similar to those of the Yangtze craton, South Qinling and North Qinling belts and quite different from those of the North China craton. Therefore, provenance of the sedimentary rocks in the Ganzi-Songpan block and Longmen Mountains was the Yangtze craton and/or the Qinling orogen, which evolved on the basis of the Yangtze craton. The correlation between provenances and tectonostratigraphic strata of the western Yangtze craton shows that the source materials should be primarily from Neoproterozoic. Secondary sources were Archean and Paleoproterozoic strata. Triassic clastic sedimentary rocks contain Late Paleozoic mantle-derived materials, represented by the Emeishan Permian flood basalts. Spatial distribution of initial Nd isotopic compositions indicates that denudating areas were in the east and the north and depositing areas of deep water were in the west and the south for the Ganzi-Songpan basin during Triassic. Translated from Geology in China, 2006, 33(1): 109–118 [译自: 中国地质]