鄂皖赣巨型矿集区的构造复合成矿特征

通过综合研究,提出鄂皖赣相邻的地区处于华南洋构造域扬子反S型构造体系东部,燕山期时与滨太平洋构造域新华夏构造体系郯庐断裂带集群复合,形成一个由巨量金属矿质堆积的巨型内生金属矿集区。钨、铜、金、银、钽、铀、铁多金属在国内均占有重要地位,拟称之为鄂皖赣巨型矿集区。研究论证了晋宁期华南洋的位置及其陆缘弧盆系统。进一步论述了该区中新元古代以来自晋宁期华南洋、扬子-加里东期华南裂谷系到华力西-印支期陆表海的地质发展演化、构造格局及成矿作用。重点讨论了燕山期陆内活化造山与岩浆成矿大爆发的构造活动方式以及构造复合控岩控矿特征。初步构建了鄂皖赣燕山期巨型矿集区的框架及其成矿带、成矿亚带、主要矿集区、重要矿田的空间展布。在此基础上研究指出,晋宁期华南洋及其陆缘弧盆的地质背景是有利的成矿之基;欧亚板块与古太平洋板块强烈的相互作用引发的燕山期陆内活化造山,导致多源成矿岩浆与成矿流体大爆发是大规模成矿之源;两大构造域、两大构造体系复合是形成巨型矿集区之因。     

秦岭造山带晋宁期加里东期板块汇聚及成矿关系

本文根据重大地质问题野外地质调研、锆石SHRIMP年代学与岩石地球化学研究,揭示出秦岭造山带腹地明显存在晋宁期和加里东期的两期叠加板块汇聚结合带。新提出晋宁期具主次两条板块汇聚结合带,系中新元古宙古中华陆块群裂解—古秦岭多岛洋形成（1800-940 Ma）,可识别出具蛇绿岩、岛弧火山岩与深成侵入岩、陆缘弧变质地层四位一体的组合,时空紧密关联。北部即古华北南缘古商丹带,沿北秦岭南缘被后者商丹带重叠,南部为古扬子西北缘板块汇聚结合带,总体延伸近北东向,从三湾（西乡）、黑木林、峡口驿、三岔子、鞍子山、马道、佛坪至小磨岭以东。其南段受扬子地块燕山期向北推挤位错,三湾蛇绿构造混杂岩带呈构造窗出露,中段遭晚期东西向勉略带构造捋顺。而早古生代Rodinia超大陆裂解——原特提斯洋形成（561-447）,认为消失的原特提斯洋是中国最具规模的早古生代大洋,商丹—昆南板块汇聚带,便是中国大陆造山带最重要的一条大地构造界线。研究了两期板块汇聚结合带分布与区域成矿关系,对铁、铜、镍钴等区域成矿前景赋予新的启示。     

赣北：华南地质之窗

研究发现,江西北部宜丰-德兴一带下扬子陆块南缘的九岭、万年推覆体与晚古生代以来的沉积盖层之下,隐伏着华南洋对接带和新元古代晚期至早古生代深水裂谷海槽形成的造山带。造山带两侧分别为下扬子地块和华夏陆块残留的信江钱塘地块。扬子陆缘860Ma前的中新元古代地质体和华夏陆缘信江钱塘地块西南部在这里遭到消减叠覆。直至中生代时,该坳陷北部又被九岭逆冲推覆体叠覆近半。这样强烈的造山作用,颠复了"江南古陆"的传统认识。从这扇窗口,窥视了华南大陆深层次地质构造的复杂性及其与大规模成矿作用的密切联系。     

华南陆区板块活动与构造体系的形成演化——纪念李四光先生诞辰130周年

本文通过华南陆区中新元古代以来板块活动与构造体系的"一体化"融合研究,从构造体系形变特征、形成演化历史、形成机制等方面分析了其与板块活动的成生联系。构建了区内以扬子反S型构造体系、新华夏构造体系、南岭纬向带为主体的多体系复合构造格局。其中,新厘定的扬子反S型构造体系为扬子板块的主体构造,原属于华夏系,奠基于晋宁期扬子、华夏板块的陆陆碰撞,定型于燕山陆内活化造山时期。新华夏构造体系为滨西太平洋的主体构造,包括具有成生联系的北东向华夏式和北北东向新华夏式两种型式,共同经历了燕山期挤压扭动成型、造山后伸展和第四纪以来的弱挤压的演变过程。著名的南岭纬向带主要成型于燕山期的板内经向挤压,以东西向叠加褶皱-花岗岩带为主要特征,活动至今。在此基础上,简要论述了主要构造体系复合控制区域成矿区带和分级控制矿集区、矿田、矿床特征以及燕山期岩浆成矿大爆发的核幔式扩展模式。论证了区内燕山期陆内活化造山具有以欧亚板块与太平洋板块近南北向相对左行扭动为主导的多向汇聚、多因复合的动力学特征。     

扬子—华夏构造结合带的演化阶段及对斑岩铜矿形成的控制机制

扬子与华夏古板块均存在太古宙—中元古代古老基底,在构造演化历程中响应全球超大陆聚合-裂解过程,并最终碰撞拼贴形成钦-杭结合带,且经历构造运动之后,其总体演化格架为"两开三合一转折"。结合带内存在元古宙洋壳,以蛇绿岩套与镁铁质-超镁铁质岩石为特征,并以此推断结合带形成于新元古代。钦-杭结合带是斑岩成矿带,斑岩铜矿时空分布具有三段划分特征,且处于170~150 Ma和100 Ma左右两个成矿期。与成矿有关的斑岩主要为钙碱性岩浆系列的中酸性岩,岩石类型主要为花岗闪长斑岩、花岗斑岩和二长花岗斑岩等。钦-杭结合带燕山期的斑岩具岛弧岩浆作用特点,指示了华南地区中生代构造转折事件发生以前的地质演化及太平洋板块俯冲作用,即古俯冲带物质在中生代活化成矿。中侏罗世岩石圈减薄及太平洋板块俯冲的扰动导致上涌软流圈地幔带来大量的热量,这些热量加热上覆元古宙岛弧底部玄武质岩石导致它们发生重熔形成了含矿岩浆,本质上该类矿床带有岛弧俯冲环境的基因。而100 Ma左右斑岩铜矿的形成,则与太平洋俯冲换向所扰动有关。     

黔南晚古生代早期碎屑锆石记录及物源转换响应

贵州黔南独山地区处扬子陆块东南缘,出露较完整的下古生界地层,对该区开展碎屑锆石U-Pb年龄谱研究可为晚古生代之前扬子地块与华夏地块结合带构造属性的进一步确定和对华南大地构造演化的深入研究提供新依据。本文对该区下泥盆统丹林组5件石英砂岩分析了375颗碎屑锆石:锆石阴极发光具有典型的振荡环带、不规则分带,Th/U比值多大于01,强Ce正异常、弱Eu负异常特征;346组谐和年龄显示来自多个源区,5组主要年龄峰值2 456 Ma、1 366 Ma、970 Ma、536 Ma、402 Ma,以970 Ma为最突出峰值。研究认为古生代锆石源于桂北-湘西内陆加里东期花岗岩、新元古代锆石主要来自江南造山带内新元古代四堡群、丹州群的火成岩;中元古代-太古宙锆石可能从华夏板块内部搬运到扬子板块。进一步论证了古生代华夏板块和扬子板块之间不存在沉积阻隔区,是一个整体板块;丹林组沉积于华南地块内的一个克拉通盆地。     

论华南构造—成矿单元划分

江西省地质矿产勘查开发局通过《华夏成矿省华南洋—滨太平洋构造演化与成矿作用》研究,在新厘定古华南洋构造成矿域的基础上,按构造域、板块、陆(地)块造山带、隆起带、坳陷带进行了构造单元的划分。将华南成矿单元新划分为扬子、华夏、东南海域(含台湾省、海南省)3个成矿省。华夏成矿省处于古华南洋构造成矿域与滨太平洋构造成矿域强烈复合地区,分为下扬子、南岭、浙闽3个成矿区(或亚省),长江中下游、江南东段、钦杭北段、钦杭南段、诸广—云开、雩山—九连山、武夷、东南沿海8个重要成矿带,17个亚带以及苏北盆地,初步划分了77个重要的矿集区、矿田,这种新的划分更好地反映了区域成矿规律和有利于矿产资源预测。     

兰坪—思茅中、新生代盆地成因新解

兰坪—思茅盆地受金沙江—红河断裂带和澜沧江断裂带夹持 ,呈北西—南东向带状展布 ,在构造上处于冈瓦纳与欧亚两大构造域的过渡地带 ,其形成发展与古特提斯的演化、印度板块的向北漂移和俯冲消亡关系十分密切。演化过程简述如下。( 1)走滑拉分阶段 :①裂前预备期 (Ｔ1) :晚华力西期古特提斯消亡 ,陆块碰撞 ,导致地幔上涌 ,陆壳隆升 ,全区普遍缺失下三叠统。②裂陷沉降期(Ｔ2 —Ｔ3) :陆块碰撞挤压迫使印支地块向南滑移 ,位于地块两侧的澜沧江结合带和金沙江—红河结合带发生逃逸性张裂 ,形成新的裂陷海槽 ,堆积了巨厚的、半深海复理石建造…     

对新元古代湘桂海盆及邻区构造属性的探讨

新元古代的湘桂海盆夹持在中上扬子陆块的东南缘与华夏地块群之间,是古华南洋与下扬子陆块俯冲碰撞后在西南方向的残留海.东段古华南洋俯冲的地质记录发生在860～1034Ma间,为绍兴-江山-萍乡碰撞带,形成江南岛弧造山带;西段古华南洋与上扬子陆块俯冲的构造地质记录,推测在湖南的新化-城步至广西的三江一带,时间为850～820Ma,形成雪峰-四堡岛弧造山带,但无陆陆碰撞的记录.东、西两段构造活动有近1亿年至数十百万年的时间差,为湘桂海盆在停止扩张的洋底上提供了发育的空间,并转为弧前-深海盆地.由萍乡向南西方向至湖南茶陵-郴州为一结合带,西侧的沉积物属扬子沉积构造域和湘桂海盆,沉积了细屑浊积岩和硅泥质岩;东侧为华夏沉积构造域,包括赣、闽和粤北,充填了与热活动有关细碧岩、含铁石英岩和火山碎屑沉积岩;郴州至贺县间,有一东-西向的古南岭裂陷海与之相连,是分隔云开地块、粤东南地块与罗霄-武夷地块的深海槽.在早古生代构造旋回中,湘桂海盆、古南岭海槽以及华夏沉积构造域,分别转为不同构造走向的湘桂加里东褶皱带和华南加里东造山带.     

江西省地质构造格架及地壳演化

江西省从绍兴—萍乡—钦州古缝合线为界，分属扬子古板块与华南古板块。历经中元古代早期、新元古代早期等裂谷时用、四堡、加里东、印支、燕山等构造运动。包括５个地壳演化阶段，即早寒武纪原始陆壳形成阶段，中元古代扬子、华夏等古地体活动阶段，新元古代至早古生代扬子、华南古板块与华南陆间裂谷带活动阶段，晚古生代至中三叠世华南大陆形成阶段以及中、新生代欧亚板块活动与华南大陆“活化”阶段，形成了以“南北分野”的古构造基础，以中新生代“向洋分带”为主导的复合构造格局。     

皖南浅变质岩区的构造演化及矿产分布规律

皖南浅变质岩地区由四个不同构造单元拼合而成。中元古早期皖南为一古岛弧;约1000Ma前,华南板块沿江山-绍兴一带俯冲,是岛弧向扬子板块增生;约900Ma前左右,皖南沿祁门-三阳坑一带产生弧后扩张盆地;而850Ma前,华夏古陆沿江山-绍兴一带与扬子板块对接拼合,弧后盆地被动俯冲结束,标志增生的完成,同时深部发生重熔,形成初生陆壳改造型(S型)花岗岩类侵入体,如休宁、许村、歙县等岩体;约780Ma,华南洋壳的俯冲使洋盆逐渐缩小,华南板块和扬子板块发生碰撞,以至祁门-三阳海盆关闭,形成祁门-三阳坑陆壳碰撞地缝合线。这时期的碰撞挤压,使初生陆壳重熔形成板内改造型灵山、莲花山和白际山侵入岩体,最终形成白际岭火山岩推覆席,标志皖南构造格局形成。这些构造演化既奠定了本区的构造格局,又控制着该区的矿产分布。本区主要矿种的成矿期为晋宁期和燕山期,中生代的成矿作用是在晋宁期变质基底上局部演化的结果,即中生代的矿产分布仍反映了基底格局对区域成矿的控制。     

西南三江金沙江弧盆系时空结构及构造演化

金沙江(-哀牢山)弧盆系是西南三江多岛弧盆系的重要组成部分,恢复其时空格架及其形成演化过程对理解古特提斯多岛弧盆系的时空格局具有重要意义。根据新的地质调查资料、研究成果并结合分析数据,系统总结了金沙江弧盆系不同构造单元的物质组成及其构造属性,讨论了其构造演化过程及其对VMS型矿床的控制作用。金沙江洋壳发育时限主要为晚志留世—二叠纪,古洋壳地幔受到了早期俯冲带物质富集组分的影响,主体形成于弧后盆地的构造环境。江达-德钦-维西岩浆弧为一复杂的陆缘弧,经历了俯冲消减(300～260 Ma)、早碰撞聚合(255～250 Ma)、同碰撞伸展(249～237 Ma)和晚碰撞造山(236～212 Ma)等构造事件叠加改造,形成了不同类型、不同环境的岩浆活动及其盆地。金沙江带新发现的贡觉榴辉岩、维西退变榴辉岩等高压变质带,为恢复金沙江古特提斯洋的俯冲-碰撞造山的复杂演化过程提供了重要证据。在此基础上,结合区域地质资料,构建了金沙江弧盆系的演化历史,认为经历了晚志留世—早二叠世金沙江(-哀牢山)弧后洋盆扩张、早二叠世晚期—晚二叠世洋壳俯冲消减、早三叠世—晚三叠世弧-陆碰撞造山与盆-山转换、晚三叠世末期后碰撞陆内造山至陆内汇聚-走滑转换等阶段的演化过程,每个阶段控制着不同类型的VMS型矿床。     

华南中生代大地构造研究新进展

华南地区中生代构造动力体制经历了从特提斯构造域向滨太平洋构造域的转换,由此产生了强烈的陆内造山作用和岩浆活动,形成了复杂构造组合的晚中生代陆内造山带和火成岩省。本项研究在下列几个方面取得了新的进展:(1)通过对雪峰山地区沅麻盆地的野外调查和构造测量,确定了该盆地晚中生代-早新生代5期构造应力场及其演替序列:中晚侏罗世近W—E向挤压、早白垩世NW—SE向伸展、早白垩世中晚期NW—SE向挤压、晚白垩世近N—S向伸展、古近纪晚期NE—SW向挤压。构造应力场方向的变化记录了不同板缘的动力作用对该区的影响。(2)识别了湖南地区晚古生代-早中生代海相地层中发育的横跨叠加褶皱构造,并基于地层接触关系和已有火成岩同位素年代学数据分析,认为该地区横跨叠加褶皱构造记录了中生代两期构造挤压和地壳增厚事件:早期近东西向褶皱构造是对三叠纪华南地块南北边缘大陆碰撞和增生作用的远程响应,晚期NE—NNE向褶皱构造则是对中晚侏罗世古太平洋板块向华南大陆之下低角度俯冲作用的变形响应。(3)对湖南衡山西缘拆离断裂带的变形结构和运动学特征进行了详细的调查和构造测量,确定了衡山变质核杂岩构造,并对拆离带中韧性剪切变形的钠长岩脉的锆石进行了SHRIMP U-Pb测年,从而确定了华南地区伸展构造的起始时代约137 Ma,即早白垩世早中期。(4)通过锆石U-Pb年代学测试分析,揭示了东南沿海长乐—南澳构造带早白垩世2期构造-岩浆事件:早期(147~135 Ma)表现为强烈的混合岩化作用和深熔作用形成的片麻状花岗岩、花岗片麻岩等;晚期(135~117 Ma)岩浆岩以含石榴子石花岗岩为主。这个结果表明东南沿海构造带是晚中生代陆缘造山带,造山作用可能起始于晚侏罗世,于早白垩世早中期(135 Ma)以来发生伸展垮塌。在上述研究结果的基础上,探讨了华南地区三叠纪"印支运动"和中、晚侏罗世"燕山运动"的表现及其产生的板块构造动力体制及其转换时代、早白垩世从挤压构造应力体制向伸展构造应力体制转变的时间节点。     

Paleotethyan evolution of the Indochina Block as deduced from granites in northern Laos

The Paleotethyan evolution of the Southeast Asia has become better understood in recent years. Questions remain, however, over the role of the Dien Bien Phu Suture Zone in the evolution of the Indochina Block and whether the Song Ma Suture represents the boundary between the Indochina Block and the South China Block. Granitoid geochronological and geochemical data obtained in northern Laos provide new information vis-à-vis these arguments. Zircon U–Pb ages together with whole rock, trace and rare earth element data from 27 granitic rocks from five complexes allow us to conclude that these granites are typical of I-type Indosinian volcanic arc granites. However, the 234–256 Ma I-type granites mismatch the initiation age obtained from the ductile shear zone of the Dien Bien Phu Fault, thus repudiating the existence of the Dien Bien Phu Suture Zone. This then implies that the Qamdo–Simao and Indochina blocks were united. The geochemical and geochronological data further suggest that the main crust in the Indochina Block formed in the Late Paleoproterozoic to Early Mesoproterozoic, much later than the Archean crustal formation age identified east of the Song Ma Suture. Moreover, the 440–404 Ma and 234–256 Ma I-type granites suggest that the boundary between Indochina and South China should be the Jinsha River Suture–Song Ma Suture–Kontum Massif, instead of the Jinsha River Suture–Song Chay Suture. Finally, the Emeishan basalt and granite complexes both form part of the South China tectonic units subducting westward under the Qamdo–Simao and Indochina blocks.     

Tectonic Framework of Late Paleozoic Intrusions in Xingxingxia: Implications for Final Closure of South Tianshan Ocean in East Tianshan

This work carried out systematic geological field investigation, petrography observation, zircon geochronology and whole rock geochemistry on Late Paleozoic intrusions in the Xingxingxia region near the Xinjiang-Gansu provincial boundary, western China, aiming to constrain the Late Paleozoic tectonic framework of the Xingxingxia region and the final closure time of South Tianshan Ocean in the East Tianshan. The Xingxingxia area is located in the east part of the Tianshan orogen, and adjacent to the north of the Tarim Basin. The Late Paleozoic magma activities in the Xingxingxia region can be mainly divided into three stages. The first stage includes intrusive magma activities under a collision setting between Late Ordovician to the Late Devonian. The second stage is intrusive magma activities under a subduction setting during(304±3)–(278±3) Ma, and the third stage involves intrusive magma activities under a collision and post-collision setting during(268±5)–(259.9±2.6) Ma. The final suture zone of South Tianshan Ocean should be between the Central Tianshan Block and South Tianshan accretionary complex. Based on previous work, both the first stage magma activities(i.e., intrusive magmatic activities between the Late Ordovician to Late Devonian) and the Hongliuhe ophiolitic complex indicate a close event between Central Tianshan Block and South Tianshan Accretionary Complex. The 304±3 Ma dioritic metamorphic gneiss of the XingX ingxia complex and the 278±3 Ma diorite are all island arc calc-alkaline rocks, the 289±3 Ma gabbro is island arc tholeiitic gabbro formed by magma from metasomatic enrichment mantle. All these results indicate that the second stage of magmatic activities is under a subduction setting. The third stage magma activities i.e. the granitic magma activities of(268±5)–(259.9±2.6) Ma occurred at a transitional setting from compressional to post-collision extensional tectonic setting. Thus, around(268±5)–(260±3) Ma, the final closure of the South Tianshan Ocean occurred and the Tianshan orogen shifted into the intracontinental evolution stage. During and after the closure process, a wide range of metamorphism and large dextral strike-slip faults developed.     

祁连造山带断裂构造体系、深部结构与构造演化

祁连造山带处在特提斯构造域的北缘,经历了早古生代原特提斯洋发育以来的构造演化,是青藏高原东北缘高原隆升与扩展的关键构造带。本文依据区域地质调查与构造地质填图,结合前人地球物理场资料,阐述了中国西北和祁连造山带断裂构造体系特征。通过超宽频大地电磁测深(MT)剖面数据采集处理,以及浅、中—深层电性剖面反演与构造解释,分析了祁连造山带全地壳深部结构特征与盆山耦合关系,揭示了原特提斯洋构造域北祁连洋板块向南和向北进行双向俯冲的化石俯冲带深部结构特征;俯冲消减的北祁连洋板块的宽度约在600 km以上。其中,北祁连洋向南在柴达木—祁连地块之下的俯冲作用角度较缓,俯冲带向南延伸的距离较远,其俯冲断离的板片可以达到现今柴达木盆地的北缘;北祁连洋向北的俯冲作用产状较陡,其俯冲断离的板片具有向南陡倾的产状倒转特征,可能与中生代以来、特别是印度—亚洲大陆碰撞的远程效应引起的挤压构造变形有关。大地电磁测深剖面的浅层反演与构造解释,验证了祁连山北缘断裂以北发育的榆木山逆冲推覆构造,榆木山构成飞来峰构造,将早白垩世酒泉盆地的一个分支掩盖在外来的逆冲推覆体之下;飞来峰之下具有油气勘查前景。根据早白垩世晚期普遍发育的伸展作用,限定榆木山逆冲推覆构造发育的时间在早白垩世早期,从而提供了青藏高原北缘早白垩世早期高原隆升与扩展的证据。综合前人资料和本研究成果,建立了祁连造山带自新元古代以来的构造演化概念模型。     

华南洋陆过渡带构造演化:特提斯构造域向太平洋构造域的转换过程与机制

南海北部陆缘位于大华南地块洋陆过渡带南段的关键核心段落,曾处于特提斯洋构造域与（古）太平洋构造域交接地带,是印度洋构造动力系统与太平洋构造动力系统波及的共同地区。然而,以往研究和勘探程度较低,特提斯构造域与太平洋构造域交接转换区域的大地构造背景、过程、机制始终不够明确。基于南海北部陆缘地震剖面,不仅关注该区新生代盆地结构构造,以服务该区油气精准勘探,并且试图以此解剖、揭示该区中生代基底结构特征,进而探索新生代南海海盆打开、扩张、停滞到消亡过程的前生今世。对珠江口盆地地震剖面解析和华南陆缘野外构造研究表明:华南地块洋陆过渡带先后经历了中生代印支期碰撞造山、燕山早期增生造山、燕山晚期压扭造山三个过程;随后进入新生代,又经历了早期北东东—南西西走向正断层主控下的弥散性裂解成盆、中期北东—北北东走向张扭断裂主控下的右行走滑拉分成盆、晚期北西—北西西向张扭断裂主控下的左行走滑拉分成盆三期伸展构造叠加。总体上,该区特提斯洋构造体系向太平洋构造体系的转换过程经历了四个阶段:古特提斯洋构造体系向新特提斯洋构造体系转换、新特提斯洋构造体系向古太平洋构造体系转换、新特提斯洋构造体系向太平洋构造体系转换及古太平洋构造体系向太平洋构造体系的转换。东亚洋陆过渡带的构造转换折射出地球深浅部动力系统驱动“东亚大汇聚”的长期机制,即东南亚环形俯冲驱动体系、太平洋LLSVP和非洲LLSVP的深部动力系统（统称为海底“三极”）的重要性,其中,东南亚环形俯冲驱动体系是地球板块运动的重要动力引擎之一。      

Middle Paleozoic convergent orogenic belts in western Inner Mongolia (China): framework,kinematics, geochronology and implications for tectonic evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt

Based mainly on field geological observation and geochronologic data, six tectonic units have been recognized in western Inner Mongolia (China), including, from south to north: North China Craton (NCC), Southern Orogenic Belt (SOB), Hunshandake Block (HB), Northern Orogenic Belt (NOB), South Mongolia microcontinent (SMM), and Southern margin of Ergun Block (SME), suggesting that the tectonic framework of the CAOB in western Inner Mongolia is characterized by an accretion of different blocks and orogenic belts. The SOB includes, from north to south, fold belt, mélange, arc-pluton belt, and retroarc foreland basin, representing a southern subduction–collision system between the NCC and HB blocks during 500–440 Ma. The NOB consists also of four units: arc-pluton belt, mélange, foreland molasse basin, and fold belt, from north to south, representing a northern subduction–collision system between the HB and SMM blocks during 500–380 Ma. From the early Paleozoic, the Paleo-Asian oceanic domains subducted to the north and the south, resulting in the forming of the SOB and the NOB in 410 Ma and 380 Ma, respectively. This convergent orogenic system, therefore, constrained the consumption process of the Paleo-Asian Ocean in western Inner Mongolia. A double subduction–collision accretionary process is the dominant geodynamic feature for the eastern part of the CAOB during the early to middle Paleozoic.     

Provenance and paleogeography of the Early Paleozoic basin in the northern Yangtze Block: Constraints from detrital zircon U-Pb-Hf data

The Proto-Tethys was a significant post-Rodinia breakup ocean that eventually vanished during the Paleozoic. The closure timing and amalgamation history of numerous microblocks within this ocean remain uncertain, while the Early Paleozoic strata on the northern margin of the Yangtze Block archive valuable information about the evolution of the Shangdan Ocean, the branch of the Proto-Tethys. By comparing the detrital zircon U-Pb-Hf isotopic data from Cambrian, Ordovician, and Silurian sedimentary rocks in the northern Yangtze Block with adjacent blocks, it was found that detrital zircons in Cambrian strata exhibit a prominent age peak at ∼ 900–700 Ma, which indicates that the primary source of clastic material in the basin was the uplifted inner and margin regions of the Yangtze Block. In the Silurian, abundant detrital material from the North Qinling Block was transported to the basin due to the continuous subduction and eventual closure of the Shangdan Ocean. This process led to two distinct age peaks at ∼500–400 Ma and ∼900–700 Ma, indicating a bidirectional provenance contribution from both the North Qinling Block and the Yangtze Block. This shift demonstrates that the initial collision between these two blocks occurred no later than the Silurian. The northern Yangtze Basin transitioned from a passive continental margin basin in the Cambrian to a peripheral foreland basin in the Silurian. Major blocks in East Asia, including South Tarim, North Qilian, North Qinling, and North Yangtze, underwent peripheral subduction and magmatic activity to varying degrees during the late Early Paleozoic, signifying the convergence and rapid contraction of microplates within northern Gondwana and the Proto-Tethys Ocean. These findings provide new insights on the tectonic evolution of the Proto-Tethys Ocean.     

东亚原特提斯洋(Ⅰ):南北边界和俯冲极性

原特提斯洋是从新元古代Rodinia裂解到早古生代发育于滇缅泰/保山微陆块以北、塔里木-华北陆块以南的一个复杂成因的洋盆。长期以来对原特提斯洋的南、北边界及其早古生代末俯冲极性还存在争论,而这是恢复重建Pangea超大陆聚合前构造背景的关键。本文综合利用野外地质、构造、岩浆、沉积学、地球化学、构造年代学和层析成像等最新成果,以期界定原特提斯域的南、北边界位置,确定原特提斯洋边界俯冲极性。集成分析结果表明,北界为古洛南-栾川缝合线(或宽坪缝合线)及其直至西昆仑的西延部分;南界为龙木措-双湖-昌宁-孟连缝合线。原特提斯洋北部在华北-阿拉善-塔里木陆块泥盆纪向南俯冲并与冈瓦纳大陆北缘拼合过程中,形成了一个巨型弯山构造,现保存在祁连-阿尔金-柴达木地区的中国中央造山带内。原特提斯洋南部分支也可能在泥盆纪闭合,使得包括羌北、若尔盖、扬子、华夏、布列亚-佳木斯等在内的大华南陆块、印支陆块等也向南俯冲与冈瓦纳北缘发生了聚合。