磷灰石微区原位LA-MC-ICP-MS U-Pb同位素定年

利用激光剥蚀多接收器电感耦合等离子体质谱法(LA-MC-ICP-MS), 建立了磷灰石微区原位U-Pb同位素定年新方法, 本文给出了这一新方法的分析流程, 报道了利用这一新方法对5个磷灰石样品的分析结果, 并应用同位素稀释-热电离质谱法(ID-TIMS)对一些样品定年结果进行了验证。磷灰石工作标样SDG的U-Pb同位素年龄: (1596±15) Ma (MSWD=1.5, n=7, LA-MC-ICP-MS), (1602±13) Ma (MSWD=0.578, n=5, ID-TIMS); 某铁矿石中磷灰石的LA-MC-ICP-MS U-Pb同位素年龄: (125±14) Ma (MSWD=0.68, n=25), (124.2±3.5) Ma (MSWD=1.5, n=37); 新疆阿尔金地区片麻岩中磷灰石的LA-MC-ICP-MS U-Pb同位素年龄: (250.8±3.9) Ma (MSWD=8.6, n=26), (245.4±2.9) Ma (MSWD=2.1, n=39)。     

LA-ICP-MS石榴子石U-Pb定年方法在异剥钙榴岩和矽卡岩年代学研究中的应用

本文利用Coherent GeoLasHD型193 nm ArF准分子激光剥蚀系统和Agilent 7900型四极杆电感耦合等离子体质谱仪, 建立了LA-ICP-MS石榴子石U-Pb定年方法。利用该方法, 对采自冀北地区晚古生代镁铁质-超镁铁质混杂岩体中的异剥钙榴岩和闽西南马坑式铁矿含矿石榴子石矽卡岩这两种岩石中的石榴子石开展U-Pb定年研究。在冀北地区晚古生代镁铁质-超镁铁质混杂岩体中的异剥钙榴岩中, 获得石榴子石下交点年龄为(387.6±5.4) Ma (D496-1, MSWD=1.1, N=30)和(409.3±7.8) Ma (D493-1, MSWD=2.0, N=60), 在马坑铁矿石榴子石矽卡岩中, 获得石榴子石下交点年龄为(128.6±2.1) Ma (ZK7921-b24, MSWD=2.0, N=60)和(128.7±3.2) Ma (ZK7922-b1, 用锆石91500校正, MSWD=1.8, N=42); 在潘田铁矿的石榴子石矽卡岩中, 获得石榴子石的下交点年龄为(128.7±1.7) Ma (PT-b1, MSWD=1.7, N=30)和(132.1±1.3) Ma (PT-b1样品, 用锆石91500校正, MSWD=1.6, N=30)(除了指明使用锆石标样91500校正石榴子石未知样品外, 其他皆用石榴子石标样Willsboro校正石榴子石未知样品的U/Pb分馏)。以上结果与Sm-Nd等时线年龄及前人报道的锆石U-Pb年龄在误差范围内一致。对马坑式铁矿石榴子石矽卡岩U-Pb定年结果表明, 利用石榴子石标样Willsboro和锆石标样91500作为外标样校正同一样品中石榴子石U/Pb同位素分馏, 获得的下交点年龄一致, 206Pb/238U年龄的加权平均值也一致, 说明石榴子石与锆石之间的基体效应较小, 在缺乏石榴子石标样时, 可用锆石标样91500代替。在上述研究基础上分析了石榴子石U-Pb定年方法在矽卡岩型矿床成矿时代研究及异剥钙榴岩年代学研究中的应用潜力, 认为石榴子石U-Pb定年方法在矽卡岩型矿床及异剥钙榴岩年代学研究中具有巨大的应用推广前景, 具有重要的理论指导和实际应用意义。     

10 μm尺度锆石U-Pb年龄的LA-MC-ICP-MS测定

利用激光烧蚀多接收器等离子质谱系统, 采用离子计数器与法拉第接收器同时接收U-Pb同位素的技术, 对4个标准锆石GJ-1, 91500, M257和TEMORA采用10 μm剥蚀斑直径、单点剥蚀模式测定, 得到了(602±3) Ma (n=32)、(1058±3) Ma (n=29)、(561.9±2.5) Ma (n=32)和(414.7±2.3) Ma (n=36)的结果; 对GJ-1和TEMORA采用5 μm剥蚀斑直径、曲线扫描模式测定, 得到(596.9±4.5) Ma (n=22)、(417.9±2.5) Ma (n=32)的年龄, 均与文献参考值在误差范围内一致。10 μm斑径单点剥蚀得到I9801、05SD07-01两个典型变质锆石年龄分别为(426±2) Ma (n=30)、(1815±10) Ma (n=16), 5 μm斑径曲线扫描得到I9801、05SD07-01年龄分别为(427±3) Ma (n=32)、(1789±32) Ma (n=15), 均为其可信年龄结果。利用LA-MC-ICP-MS系统对小颗粒锆石、锆石变质增生边或其他成因增生边进行10 μm尺度内U-Pb定年是可行的。     

青海省纳日贡玛斑岩钼铜矿床成矿花岗斑岩锆石LA-ICP-MSU-Pb定年及地质意义

对青海省纳日贡玛斑岩钼铜矿床开展了锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb同位素定年研究,结果表明,纳日贡玛矿区2个黑云母花岗斑岩样品的锆石206Pb/238U同位素加权平均年龄分别为(43.4±0.4)Ma和(42.9±0.3)Ma,锆石形态、结晶振荡环带结构及元素含量均显示出岩浆成因特点;因此,锆石U-Pb年龄可代表斑岩的岩浆结晶年龄,纳日贡玛含矿斑岩岩浆的侵位年代可精确地限定于新生代喜马拉雅期,相当于中始新世。1件辉钼矿样品Re-Os同位素模式年龄为(40.8±0.4)Ma,结合前人的辉钼矿测试结果,认为在纳日贡玛岩浆活动约2.6 Ma后,岩浆热液成矿流体开始产生成矿作用。三江走滑断裂构造系统控制斑岩矿床的分布,青海三江北段斑岩钼铜矿具有很大的找矿潜力。     

粤北石角围花岗岩型铀矿床沥青铀矿LA-ICP-MS原位U-Pb定年研究

石角围花岗岩型铀矿床位于粤北下庄铀矿田东部,沥青铀矿是矿床的主要矿石矿物,也是厘定成矿年龄的理想对象。前人采用同位素稀释法(ID-TIMS)和电子探针U-Th-totalPb化学定年法获得的成矿年龄为38～138Ma,但前人年龄变化范围大,可靠性有待考究,难以有效约束矿床的成矿时代。本文利用LA-ICP-MS原位微区分析技术,对石角围矿床矿石中沥青铀矿开展了原位U-Pb定年。研究表明:沥青铀矿的206Pb/238U年龄为52. 46～56. 89Ma,加权平均年龄为54. 68±0. 53Ma(MSWD=1. 19,n=18)。本次沥青铀矿原位U-Pb定年与前人相比更好地避免了矿物包裹体、后期次生变化、显微裂隙等因素的影响,获得的沥青铀矿原位U-Pb同位素年龄代表矿床的成矿年龄。本研究获得的石角围矿床成矿年龄(～55Ma)与华南花岗岩型铀矿床主成矿期(～50Ma)相一致,指示石角围矿床铀成矿作用与华南岩石圈局部伸展作用下的断裂构造活动密切相关。     

西藏工布江达县亚贵拉铅锌、钼多金属矿床石英斑岩锆石SHRIMP定年及其地质意义

采用SHRIMP锆石微区U-Pb测年技术,对冈底斯成矿带东段工布江达县亚贵拉铅锌、钼矿区的容矿石英斑岩岩体进行年代学研究,通过对3件含矿石英斑岩样品中单颗粒锆石56个样品点的分析,其206Pb/238U 年龄范围在（110.2±6.8～140.9±1.9）Ma之间,三件样品206Pb/238U 年龄加权平均值分别为128±1.0Ma (n = 20 ,MSWD = 1.3),129.3±1.3Ma (n = 14 ,MSWD = 1.12),127.8±1.1Ma (n = 22 ,MSWD = 1.4)。结合前人研究以及本次测年结果认为：(1)含矿石英斑岩岩体侵位年龄在126.7～130.6Ma之间,属于燕山晚期。(2)辉钼矿成矿年龄约为60Ma左右,钼矿矿化发生在岩体侵位之后。(3)亚贵拉铅锌、钼矿矿床属于斑岩型钼矿夕卡岩型-热液脉型铅锌铜银多金属矿床,而非晚石炭世-早二叠世的海底喷流沉积成因矿床。(4)亚贵拉-沙让矿集区矿床的形成得益于燕山晚期和喜山早期的岩体侵位,并与碰撞前（180～65Ma ）及主碰撞期（65Ma-41Ma）的岩浆活动关系密切,属于碰撞前和主碰撞期早期成矿。这一认识对冈底斯的区域找矿具有极其重要的意义。     

榍石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb定年技术研究

榍石具有较高的U含量和封闭温度,是一种重要的适用于U-Pb定年的副矿物。然而,基体效应与普通Pb校正成为制约榍石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb定年发展的主要因素。本文以~(206)Pb/~(238)U为例,采用基体归一化因子(F_(AVG))评估了锆石与榍石U-Pb定年标准的基体效应,结果显示榍石F_(AVG)几乎都大于1.20,而锆石F_(AVG)明显都小于1.20,表明锆石与榍石U-Pb定年标准存在显著的基体效应。以BLR-1榍石标准为外部校准标样,OLT1榍石获得的谐和年龄1014.9±4.8Ma(95%置信水平,n=23,MSWD=0.32)与SHRIMP谐和年龄1017.1±3.6Ma及ID-TIMS谐和年龄1014.6±1.3 Ma在误差范围内一致,同时获得~(206)Pb/~(238)U、~(207) Pb/~(235) U、~(207) Pb/~(206) Pb加权平均年龄在误差范围内与其谐和年龄一致;而以91500锆石为外部校准标样,OLT1榍石获得的~(206)Pb/~(238)U加权平均年龄为891.3±9.5 Ma(n=23,MSWD=5.3),与ID-TIMS测得的谐和年龄相比偏低约12%。经~(207)Pb法校正后,TCB榍石获得的~(206)Pb/~(238) U加权平均年龄1015.6±6.2 Ma(n=16,MSWD=0.84)与ID-TIMS谐和年龄1018.1±1.7Ma在误差范围内一致。本研究表明,采用基体匹配的榍石标准为外部标样,利用LA-ICP-MS对榍石进行U-Pb定年也能获得与ID-TIMS相一致的年龄,精度(2RSE)小于2%。     

赤峰地区中生代火山岩锆石U-Pb年代学证据

赤峰地区中生代火山岩由流纹岩、粗安质熔结凝灰岩、粗安岩组成。通过LA-ICP-MS技术对赤峰地区中生代火山岩进行锆石U-Pb同位素定年研究,该区中生代火山岩中的锆石呈半自形—自形晶,发育振荡环带,Th/U值较高(0.50～2.26),为岩浆成因。满克头鄂博组火山岩2个样品的锆石U-Pb年龄分别为(156±2)Ma(n=24)和(157±3)Ma(n=19),形成于晚侏罗世;玛尼吐组火山岩样品中的锆石U-Pb年龄为(147±2)Ma(n=18),形成时代属于晚侏罗世;白音高老组火山岩2个样品的锆石U-Pb年龄分别为(132±1)Ma(n=23)和(138±3)Ma(n=18),形成时代属于早白垩世。赤峰地区中生代火山岩应形成于太平洋板块向欧亚大陆板块俯冲后的伸展环境中。     

秦岭拉鸡庙镁铁质岩体锆石LA-ICP-MS年代学研究

秦岭拉鸡庙镁铁质岩体位于北秦岭南缘,主要由辉长岩(80%)、苏长辉长岩(15%)和少量闪长岩等侵入杂岩组成。对采自该岩体闪长岩的锆石进行阴极发光图像、微区原位LA-ICP-MS微量元素分析和U-Pb定年。CL图像显示这些锆石可以分为两类,一类锆石呈长柱状,具有明显的岩浆生长环带;另一类则呈浑圆状,阴极发光图像复杂,部分颗粒岩浆生长环带较模糊,个别样品外围存在一窄的亮色环边,推测为后期地质事件影响的结果。对26颗锆石核部和生长边进行28次U-Pb同位素分析,获得两组²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U年龄,分别为973±60Ma和422±7Ma。分析结果显示,所有样品具有高的Th, U, REE含量,明显富集HREE,其Th/U比值普遍高于0.6,表明这些锆石应属于岩浆成因。其中,422±7Ma应该代表拉鸡庙镁铁质岩体的成岩时代,这可能与古生代扬子陆块或者是具有扬子板块属性的微陆块和华北陆块的碰撞有关,该碰撞导致了秦岭洋的闭合;而973±60Ma应为捕获锆石年龄,代表北秦岭早期与Rodinia超大陆拼合有关的岩浆事件。考虑到没有检测到典型的华北克拉通的年龄,推测元古代北秦岭更接近华南板块。     

新疆霍什布拉克地区花岗岩锆石U-Pb年龄

对塔木、霍什布拉克两个碱长花岗岩地质、地球化学特点,锆石的特征进行了详细的研究和单颗粒锆石U-Pb同位素年龄测定.塔木放射成因铅丢失最少的2个数据点锆石的206Pb/238表面年龄统计权重平均值为(229.2±25)Ma,6个锆石颗粒组成的不一致线上交点年龄为(235±29)Ma.霍什布拉克放射成因铅丢失最少的1号数据点的206Pb/238U表面年龄为(2615±2.7)Ma,6个锆石颗粒构成的不一致线上交点年龄为(267±51)Ma.综合各方面因素认为这两个岩体侵位时代为晚二叠世(海西晚期).     

东秦岭地区碳酸岩型钼- 铀多金属矿床成矿时代：来自LA- ICP- MS独居石U- Pb和辉钼矿Re- Os年龄的证据

东秦岭地区碳酸岩型钼- 铀多金属矿床主要包括华阳川铀多金属矿、黄龙铺和黄水庵钼矿等。其中,华阳川矿床为近期取得勘查突破的一例以U、Nb、Pb为主并伴生稀土元素的超大型铀多金属矿床;黄龙铺钼矿为东秦岭钼矿带中成矿类型最为独特的大型钼矿床。为了精确获得东秦岭地区碳酸岩型钼- 铀多金属成矿时代,本研究采用辉钼矿Re- Os法和LA- ICP- MS独居石U- Pb法,分别对黄龙铺大石沟矿床的辉钼矿、秦岭沟矿床和华阳川矿床含矿碳酸岩脉中的独居石进行测定。结果表明,黄龙铺地区大石沟钼矿辉钼矿Re- Os等时线年龄为221. 3±8. 4Ma（MSWD=10. 9);秦岭沟钼矿碳酸岩中独居石LA- ICP- MS Tera- Wasserburg年龄为207±11Ma（MSWD=3. 7, n =38),华阳川铀多金属矿LA- ICP- MS独居石Tera- Wasserburg年龄为222. 5±6. 7Ma（MSWD=1. 8, n =37),表明该地区碳酸岩中的钼矿化和铀多金属矿化均形成于晚三叠世。综合分析认为,东秦岭地区发育于碳酸岩中的黄龙铺钼矿田、华阳川铀多金属矿是同一成矿系列的产物,碳酸岩型钼- 铀多金属的成矿金属可能来源于地幔,这类碳酸岩可能是秦岭地区印支期造山后伸展环境下的产物。     

Nanoscale resetting of the Th/Pb system in an isotopically-closed monazite grain: A combined atom probe and transmission electron microscopy study

Understanding the mechanisms of parent-daughter isotopic mobility at the nanoscale is key to rigorous interpretation of Ue The Pb data and associated dating. Until now, all nanoscale geochronological studies on geological samples have relied on either Transmission Electron Microscope(TEM) or Atom Probe Microscopy(APM) characterizations alone, thus suffering from the respective weaknesses of each technique. Here we focus on monazite crystals from a ~1 Ga, ultrahigh temperature granulite from Rogaland(Norway). This sample has recorded concordant UeP b dates(measured by LA-ICP-MS) that range over 100 My, with the three domains yielding distinct isotopic Ue Pb ages of 1034 ± 6 Ma(D1; Srich core), 1005 ± 7 Ma(D2), and 935 ± 7 Ma(D3), respectively. Combined APM and TEM characterization of these monazite crystals reveal phase separation that led to the isolation of two different radiogenic Pb(Pb*) reservoirs at the nanoscale. The S-rich core of these monazite crystals contains Cae Srich clusters, 5 -10 nm in size, homogenously distributed within the monazite matrix with a mean interparticle distance of 40 -60 nm. The clusters acted as a sink for radiogenic Pb(Pb*) produced in the monazite matrix, which was reset at the nanoscale via Pb diffusion while the grain remained closed at the micro-scale. Compared to the concordant ages given by conventional micro-scale dating of the grain,the apparent nano-scale age of the monazite matrix in between clusters is about 100 Myr younger, which compares remarkably well to the duration of the metamorphic event. This study highlights the capabilities of combined APM-TEM nano-structural and nano-isotopic characterizations in dating and timing of geological events, allowing the detection of processes untraceable with conventional dating methods.     

吉林中部伊通地区放牛沟火山岩的形成时代及其地质意义

对伊通地区的放牛沟火山岩,以及后期侵入该火山岩的后庙岭花岗质侵入体进行了LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年代学研究。3个样品中的锆石均呈自形-半自形晶,CL图像显示出明显的岩浆振荡生长环带,结合大多数锆石具有较高的Th/U比值(0.23~3.55),暗示了它们的岩浆成因。放牛沟火山岩由变玄武安山岩和变安山岩组成,其中变安山岩样品中锆石22个测点的~(206)Pb/~(238)U年龄加权平均值分为3组:420±4 Ma,402±3 Ma及280±1 Ma,其中280±1 Ma代表了安山岩的形成年龄;变玄武安山岩样品中锆石30个测点的~(206)Pb/~(238)U年龄加权平均值分为两组:401±1 Ma及279±1 Ma,后者代表了玄武安山岩的形成年龄;后庙岭花岗质侵入体中锆石18个测点的~(206)Pb/~(238)U年龄加权平均值为256±2 Ma。上述锆石U-Pb定年结果表明,放牛沟火山岩形成于早二叠世,而非前人认为的早古生代。对后庙岭侵入体的定年结果,进一步暗示放牛沟多金属硫铁矿床的成矿时代为二叠纪。     

滇西哀牢山变质岩系锆石U-Pb定年及其地质意义

哀牢山-红河构造带是滇西地区最著名的带状变质带之一,其主体由哀牢山深变质岩系(哀牢山岩群)组成,一直被认为是扬子陆块古元古代结晶基底.本文选取哀牢山深变质岩系内的花岗片麻岩(11 ALl7-1和11AL09-1)和石英岩(11AL08-1),以及邻区的花岗岩(11ALl2-1)进行LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年.结果显示,花岗片麻岩11 ALl7-1有岩浆和变质两类锆石,两者的206Pb/238U年龄加权平均值分别为700±6Ma(MSWD=1.4,n=14)和27.4±1.2Ma(MSWD=1.9,n=3),代表原岩形成时代和变质年龄.花岗片麻岩llAL09-1岩浆锆石206 pb/238U年龄为220±3Ma(MSWD=3.1,n=14),变质锆石年龄为31.2±2.3Ma(MSWD =6,n=5),分别代表原岩结晶时代和后期变质年龄.石英岩11AL08-1中所有锆石具有核-边结构,92颗锆石核部年龄集中分布在6组,分别为493～528Ma(n=42)、635 ～ 640Ma(n=2)、701～784Ma(n=44)、976 ～980Ma(n=2)、1839Ma(n=1)和2487Ma(n=1).92个核部分析点具有高的Th/U比值(＞0.23),指示岩浆来源.最年轻一组的42个核部年龄加权平均值为509Ma,代表石英岩原岩的最大沉积时代.7颗锆石变质边年龄为26～ 75 Ma内,代表变质年龄.花岗岩11 ALl2-1锆石206pb/238U年龄加权平均值为750±4Ma(MSWD =0.6),代表岩石形成时代.这些年龄表明哀牢山变质岩系是一个原岩复杂的变质杂岩带,它的原始物质至少包含新元古代～ 700Ma岩浆岩、～509 Ma沉积地层及220 ～ 240Ma的岩浆岩和地层,而不是以往认为的古元古代结晶基底.现今所见的哀牢山岩群“古老”岩石面貌主要是由地质历史上的浅变质或未变质的地层和岩浆岩在新生代26～31Ma发生变质变形作用改造的结果.哀牢山变质带的源区物质特征和主要岩浆事件与扬子陆块西缘十分相似,具有亲扬子的构造属性.     

粤北长江铀矿田花岗岩独居石U-Pb同位素定年及其地质意义

长江铀矿田位于诸广山复式岩体中南部,是典型的花岗岩型铀矿田.前人采用锆石U-Pb定年方法对赋矿花岗岩进行了年代学研究,但由于全岩和锆石铀含量较高,锆石往往发生了蜕晶化,可能导致锆石U-Pb定年数据散乱,影响锆石U-Pb年龄的可靠性.独居石是花岗岩中广泛存在的含铀副矿物,铀和钍含量均较高,可达10000×10-6,普通铅...     

High-grade Paleoproterozoic reworking in the southeastern Gawler Craton,South Australia ∗

SHRIMP U–Pb geochronology and monazite EPMA chemical dating from the southeast Gawler Craton has constrained the timing of high-grade reworking of the Early Paleoproterozoic (ca 2450 Ma) Sleaford Complex during the Paleoproterozoic Kimban Orogeny. SHRIMP monazite geochronology from mylonitic and migmatitic high-strain zones that deform the ca 2450 Ma peraluminous granites indicates that they formed at 1725 ± 2 and 1721 ± 3 Ma. These are within error of EPMA monazite chemical ages of the same high-strain zones which range between 1736 and 1691 Ma. SHRIMP dating of titanite from peak metamorphic (1000 MPa at 730°C) mafic assemblages gives ages of 1712 ± 8 and 1708 ± 12 Ma. The post-peak evolution is constrained by partial to complete replacement of garnet–clinopyroxene-bearing mafic assemblages by hornblende–plagioclase symplectites, which record conditions of ～600 MPa at 700°C, implying a steeply decompressional exhumation path. The timing of Paleoproterozoic reworking corresponds to widespread deformation along the eastern margin of the Gawler Craton and the development of the Kalinjala Shear Zone.     

Dating of Columbite-tantalite and Monazite from Pegmatites of the Kawadgaon–Challanpara Area,Bastar Craton,Central India

The results of geochronological studies on columbite-tantalite and monazite from the rare metal pegmatites of the Kawadgaon–Challanpara area in Bastar craton, central India are presented. Columbite-tantalite yielded U-Pb concordia upper intercept age of 1978±16 Ma (MSWD = 0.18). Radiogenic ²⁰⁷Pb*/²⁰⁶Pb* (T_7/6) ages on 4 out of 5 columbite-tantalite vary in a narrow range of 1903 to 2077 Ma and are similar to U-Pb age, whereas, one sample shows younger ²⁰⁷Pb*/²⁰⁶Pb*(T_7/6) age of 1728 Ma. Younger Pb-Pb age of 1744 ± 250 Ma (MSWD = 150) has also been indicated by these columbite-tantalite samples. Four out of five monazite samples define Pb-Pb errorchron age of 2050±370 Ma (MSWD = 165) and radiogenic ²⁰⁷Pb*/²⁰⁶Pb* (T_7/6) ages on 3 out of 5 monazites show a narrow range of 1983 to 2083 Ma. Other two samples show younger ²⁰⁷Pb*/²⁰⁶Pb*(T_7/6) ages as 1254 Ma and 1592Ma. Both monazite and columbite-tantalite indicate disturbance in Pb and U isotopic systematics as revealed by high MSWD. However, selected samples from both monazite and columbite-tantalite indicate age of their formation as c. 2000 Ma. Younger ages, i.e., 1254 to 1744 Ma are indicative of later geological disturbances. Reported age of c. 2000 Ma is comparable to Rb-Sr date of pegmatitic muscovite (1850-2330 Ma) from this area and is younger to intrusive granites of c. 2500 Ma. By analogy, therefore, it may be inferred that the age of the rare element mineralization may be ~2000 Ma old, and linked with younger granitic activity that spanned over the period from 2300 to 2100 Ma in the Bastar craton.     

Zircon U‐Pb/Lu‐Hf and monazite chemical dating of the Tirodi biotite gneiss: implication for latest Palaeoproterozoic to Early Mesoproterozoic orogenesis in the Central Indian Tectonic Zone

In this investigation, we reconstruct the latest Palaeoproterozoic to Early Mesoproterozoic orogenic events along the southern margin of the Central Indian Tectonic Zone (CITZ), using sensitive high resolution ion microprobe (SHRIMP) U‐Pb zircon dating and Lu‐Hf isotope analyses of zircon and Th‐U‐Pb chemical dating of monazite from samples of the Tirodi biotite gneiss (TBG) unit in the Sausar Mobile Belt (SMB), the latter constituting the southernmost litho‐tectonic component of the CITZ. U‐Pb zircon dating of one migmatitic gneiss sample from the type locality of the Tirodi biotite gneiss in the northern domain of the SMB has yielded an age of 1618 ± 8 Ma, which is considered to be the time of magmatic crystallization of its protolith. Combined U‐Pb zircon and monazite chemical dating of two granite gneiss samples from the southern domain of the SMB broadly constrain magmatic crystallization between 1603 ± 23 Ma and 1584 ± 17 Ma and an overprinting metamorphic recrystallization event at 1572 ± 7 Ma. Monazites from the granite gneiss samples also record a terminal metamorphic event at 1415 ± 23 Ma. Lu‐Hf isotopic analyses of zircons reveal fundamentally different source rock reservoirs for the protoliths of these magmatic rocks across the SMB. While the type TBG from the northern domain was derived from an Early Palaeoproterozoic source T(Hf) from 2093 to 2523 Ma, with a mean value at 2379 Ma) of essentially juvenile material with minor crustal components (εHf(t) from −3.3 to + 3.7), the granite from the southern domain had a mature crustal source (εHf(t) from −12.5 to −21.9) of Palaeoarchaean age T(Hf) from 3051 to 3630 Ma, with a mean value at 3218 Ma). When integrated with metamorphic information previously obtained from the 1.6 Ga ultra‐high temperature granulite facies metamorphic event in the SMB, the discrete magmatic and metamorphic events between 1.62/1.60 Ga and 1.42 Ga can be correlated with the formation of an Early Mesoproterozoic accretionary orogen in the CITZ. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

内蒙古莲花山铜矿区花岗闪长斑岩LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄

为了精确厘定莲花山铜矿的成矿时代,在前人研究的基础上,开展了与成矿关系密切的花岗闪长斑岩锆石U-Pb定年测定。实验结果共获得4组年龄数据,第1组有1个锆石,206Pb/238U年龄为343Ma±2Ma;第2组1个锆石,206Pb/238U年龄为264Ma±2Ma;第3组有1个锆石,206Pb/238U年龄为256Ma±2Ma;第4组有17个锆石,206Pb/238U年龄在240~249Ma之间,206Pb/238U年龄加权平均值为246.4Ma±1.2Ma(N=17)。结合所测锆石的CL图像特征,确定花岗闪长斑岩就位发生在晚二叠世—早三叠世。     

Electron microprobe monazite geochronology of granitic intrusions from the Montes de Toledo batholith (central Spain)

U–Th–Pb monazite dating by electron microprobe has been applied to three peraluminous granitic intrusions of the western Montes de Toledo batholith (MTB). Back scattered electron images of monazite crystals reveal a variety of internal textures: patchy zoning, overgrowths around older cores and unzoned crystals. On the basis of their zoning pattern and chemical composition, two monazite domains can be distinguished: (1) corroded cores and crystals with patchy zoning, exhibiting relatively constant Th/U ratios and broadly older ages, and (2) unzoned grains and monazite rims, with variable Th/U ratios and younger ages. The first monazite group represents inherited domains from metamorphic sources, which accounts for pre‐magmatic monazite growth events. Two average ages from Torrico and Belvís de Monroy granites (333 ± 18 and 333 ± 5 Ma, respectively) relate these cores to a Viséan extensional deformation phase. The second group represents igneous monazites which have provided the following crystallization ages for the host granite: 298 ± 11 Ma (Villar del Pedroso), 303 ± 6 Ma (Torrico) and 314 ± 3 Ma (Belvís de Monroy). Two main magmatic pulses, the first about 314 Ma and the second at the end of the Carboniferous (303–298 Ma), might be envisaged in the western MTB. While Belvís de Monroy leucogranite is likely a syn‐ to late‐tectonic intrusion, the Villar del Pedroso and Torrico plutons represent post‐tectonic magmas with emplacement ages similar to those of equivalent intrusions from nearby Variscan magmatic sectors. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.