胶东西北部金矿剥蚀程度及找矿潜力和方向——来自磷灰石裂变径迹热年代学的证据

矿床形成后会经历不同形式的变化,区域隆升与剥蚀是影响矿床变化保存最为关键的因素之一。构造-热年代学是目前广泛运用于研究区域隆升剥蚀的一种重要手段,本文以我国最大金矿集中区———胶东西北部金矿及赋矿围岩玲珑花岗岩为研究对象,尝试将构造-热年代学引用到矿床成矿后变化与保存研究。通过磷灰石裂变径迹热年代学测试获得玲珑花岗岩距今110Ma以来的隆升演化历史,结果显示岩体剥蚀速率很小,平均0.0303±0.0044mm.a-1,自金矿形成后区域热-构造运动趋于平静,这对矿床的保存非常有利。胶东金矿成矿深度范围集中于4~10km,根据剥蚀速度计算玲珑花岗岩剥蚀量仅为2.0~4.2km,远未达到金矿最大成矿深度。当前本区金矿勘探和开采深度普遍小于2km,深部金矿找矿潜力良好。     

念扎金矿床热历史:锆石U-Pb、(U-Th)/He及磷灰石裂变径迹年代学的制约

念扎金矿床是近年来最新发现的位于雅鲁藏布江缝合带南侧仁布构造混杂岩带与蚀变闪长岩接触带的大型造山型金矿床.为约束念扎矿床的冷却及剥露历史,利用锆石的U-Pb、(U-Th)/He及磷灰石裂变径迹定年对新鲜及矿化闪长岩年龄进行测定.结果表明,新鲜闪长岩锆石U-Pb年龄为(46.32±0.53)Ma,(U-Th)/He年龄介于(7.14±0.24)Ma到(9.80±0.27)Ma,矿化闪长岩锆石(U-Th)/He年龄介于(8.38±0.24)Ma到(11.19±0.31)Ma之间,两件矿化闪长岩磷灰石裂变径迹年龄分别为(5.9±0.5)Ma和(5.3±1.0)Ma.念扎金矿床自闪长岩固结以来经历了两次快速冷却过程:第一次是从46.3 Ma开始持续到43.6 Ma,温度从750℃降至350℃,冷却速率高达约148℃/Ma;第二次为8.5~2.0 Ma,温度从约200℃降至30℃,冷却速率为26℃/Ma.念扎矿床成矿深度为9.7 km;在8.5 Ma时,矿床被抬升至4.6 km处;从8.5~5.6 Ma,矿床抬升至2.8 km;从5.6~2.0 Ma,念扎矿床被剥露至地表.     

吉林桦甸市夹皮沟本区金矿剥露历史和矿床保存变化——来自磷灰石裂变径迹年代学证据

有关吉林省桦甸市夹皮沟金矿区剥露历史的研究,至今尚不多见,然而成矿后的变化与保存是矿床学研究的一个重要领域,并且矿区剥露历史对于区内矿体保存状况具有重要的指示意义。裂变径迹是研究区域隆升剥露的一种有效手段,能提供剥蚀速率和剥蚀量的定量数据,本文应用裂变径迹技术研究夹皮沟金矿区中生代成矿以来的剥露历史。使用磷灰石裂变径迹年龄数据进行热历史模拟,揭示其演变机理。实验中获得8个了磷灰石裂变径迹测试结果,裂变径迹年龄可分为3组:(128~111Ma、86~64Ma和48~29Ma)。夹皮沟金矿区的热演化历史可分为了3个阶段,分别为:第1阶段160Ma到85±10 Ma;第2阶段85±10 Ma到28±2 Ma;第3阶段28±2 Ma至今,相应的剥露深度为2.90km、0km和1.17km。根据剥露厚度及成矿深度推测,夹皮沟本区中下戏台、立山两矿区金矿床保存状况良好,下部仍有较大探矿潜力。     

福建紫金山矿田深部似斑状花岗闪长岩锆石SHRIMP U-Pb和单矿物~(40)Ar/~(39)Ar年龄及其地质意义

通过对福建紫金山矿田深部与成矿作用有关的主期似斑状花岗闪长岩3组锆石SHRIMP U-Pb和2组角闪石、钾长石~(40)Ar/~(39)Ar测年,获得锆石~(206)Pb/~(238()U加权平均年龄为101.8±1.5 Ma(n=34,MSWD=1.0),代表紫金山矿田深部与成矿作用有关的主期似斑状花岗闪长岩的成岩年龄;同时获得角闪石~(40)Ar/~(39)Ar冷却年龄为100±11 Ma、102.2 Ma,钾长石的~(40)Ar/~(39)Ar冷却年龄为96.3±1.7 Ma、98.5 Ma。依据矿物封闭温度理论,估算紫金山矿田深部与成矿作用有关的主期似斑状花岗闪长岩由锆石结晶至角闪石40Ar/39Ar体系封闭、再到钾长石~(40)Ar/~(39)Ar体系封闭的岩石冷却速率分别是40.7~67.1℃/Ma、116.9~216.3℃/Ma,显示岩石的冷却速率较大;由古地温梯度推算主期似斑状花岗闪长岩结晶(101.8±1.5 Ma)至钾长石~(40)Ar/~(39)Ar体系封闭(96.3±1.7 Ma)期间岩体隆升剥露了约3 km,暗示地壳在这一时期发生了快速隆升剥蚀作用。紫金山矿田深部似斑状花岗闪长岩锆石206Pb/238U年龄佐证了紫金山矿田深部存在一个大岩基,并约束了紫金山矿田斑岩型矿床的成矿时代,单矿物的~(40)Ar/~(39)Ar年龄为矿区的隆升剥露研究提供新资料。     

锆石(U-Th)/He定年技术研究

锆石(U-Th)/He定年是同位素热年代学体系中重要的定年手段,是记录地质体完整热历史重要的实验方法之一,在火山岩定年、造山带演化、地貌演化、沉积盆地热演化及限定矿床热液活动时代等应用方面发挥着重要的作用。中国地质科学院地质研究所同位素热年代学实验室成功建立了锆石(U-Th)/He定年的实验方法,实验主要包括三个独立的过程:样品前处理、He含量分析和U、Th含量分析。氦同位素质谱仪对锆石样品的氦同位素比值分析精度约为0.1%左右;ICP-MS对锆石的U、Th同位素比值分析精度通常情况下优于1%。对国际上普遍使用的FCT锆石和斯里兰卡锆石标样进行(U-Th)/He年龄测定。测试结果显示27粒FCT锆石(U-Th)/He年龄分布在25.81~30.72Ma之间,加权平均年龄为28.18±0.51Ma(1σ)(参考值为28.3±2.6Ma);20粒斯里兰卡锆石碎片(U-Th)/He年龄分布在445.5~489.5Ma之间,排除异常值后加权平均值为479.0±8.0Ma(1σ)(参考值为470±11Ma)。所测两个标准物质的年龄均与参考值一致,表明本实验室的实验流程准确可靠。本实验方法的建立填补了我国锆石(U-Th)/He定年实验方法的空白,为我国热年代学的发展提供了新的技术支撑。     

湘中龙山大型金锑矿床成矿时代研究——黄铁矿Re-Os和锆石U-Th/He定年

龙山金锑矿床是湘中锑-金矿集区最重要的矿床之一,因缺少适合传统放射性同位素定年的矿物,其成矿时代以往未得到很好的限定,制约了对矿床成因的认识。由于分析测试技术的进步,Re-Os同位素定年技术得到了发展,可对热液矿床中形成的低Re、Os含量的硫化物进行较准确可靠的年龄测定,从而可为低温热液矿床的形成时代提供有效制约。锆石U-Th/He同位素定年,也是近年发展和成熟起来的定年技术,对低温热事件极其敏感,同样是约束低温成矿年龄的重要手段之一。本文采用矿床中黄铁矿Re-Os同位素和蚀变围岩中受成矿热事件影响的锆石U-Th/He同位素定年技术,对龙山金锑矿床的成矿时代进行了研究。定年结果显示:热液成因黄铁矿的Re-Os等时线年龄为195±36Ma,对应于印支晚期;锆石U-Th/He年龄为51.2~133.3Ma,经Ft校正后,U-Th/He年龄分布于93.78~258.29Ma之间,平均值为160.7±7.3Ma,对应于燕山早期。该矿床可能发生了200Ma和160Ma的两次成矿作用;或者矿床形成于200Ma左右,但是受到了160Ma左右岩浆热事件的改造,黄铁矿Re-Os年龄代表成矿年龄,而锆石U-Th/He年龄则代表第二期热事件发生的时间。无论是200Ma左右一次成矿,还是另有160Ma左右的成矿作用叠加,这两个年龄分别与区内两期岩浆活动的时间相当,这表明岩浆事件对驱动矿床的形成发挥了重要的作用。     

房山岩体构造-热演化:来自(U-Th)/He年龄的约束

房山岩体位于华北克拉通北缘,明确其中-新生代的隆升剥露过程及构造演化史可以为华北克拉通的构造演化提供有力证据.运用锆石裂变径迹、磷灰石（U-Th）/He及锆石（U-Th）/He等构造热年代学研究方法,综合房山岩体高、中、低温热年代学资料,重建了房山岩体的构造-热演化历史,并根据不同矿物的封闭温度差（ΔT）和与之对应冷却年龄差（Δt）的关系,计算侵入岩体在不同构造热演化阶段的抬升冷却速率,分析了岩体隆升速率的变化特征,结合前人研究成果进一步探讨了房山岩体隆升过程的基本特点.研究表明,房山侵入岩体构造热演化分为4个阶段:（1）130.0~123.5 Ma,侵位岩浆结晶-固结阶段,岩体平均冷却速率高达88.46 ℃/Ma;（2）123.5~56.0 Ma,岩体相对缓慢冷却阶段,平均冷却速率为0.74 ℃/Ma,平均隆升速率为29.6 m/Ma;（3）56~35 Ma,岩体相对快速冷却阶段,平均冷却速率为6.90 ℃/Ma,隆升速率为276.0 m/Ma;（4）35 Ma以来,岩体相对缓慢冷却阶段,平均冷却速率为1.0 ℃/Ma,隆升速率为40.0 m/Ma,构造趋于稳定.结合区域构造动力学环境的研究,分析了房山岩体构造热演化可能的动力学成因,认为房山岩体阶段性抬升冷却可能与华北克拉通东部太平洋板块的俯冲作用、南北两侧陆内俯冲造山作用和西南部印度-欧亚大陆碰撞、青藏高原隆升等远程构造挤压有关.房山岩体的形成及相对快速抬升冷却阶段分别对应于华北克拉通两期重要的破坏高峰.      

低温热年代对黄陵隆起中新生代古地形的约束

低温热年代技术已经广泛应用于造山带的剥露作用和古地形演化的研究。本文对黄陵隆起进行了裂变径迹和(U-Th)/He热年代学研究,分析计算其隆升剥露速率和厚度,恢复黄陵隆起中新生代古地形。依据岩石样品冷却历史计算出的剥露速率以及剥露厚度结果,综合黄陵隆起现今地形起伏,均衡回弹作用以及古海平面变化情况,获得了黄陵隆起早侏罗世、早白垩世、晚白垩世、晚始新世以及现今5个时期的古地形变化情况。结果表明黄陵隆起地形表现为持续降低的趋势,并存在两期剧烈的隆升剥露阶段。分析认为,白垩纪(140~80 Ma±),黄陵隆起的快速隆升剥露作用与秦岭大别造山带大规模的挤压作用密切相关,晚始新世以来(40~0 Ma)黄陵隆起的快速抬升剥露作用则是对喜山期构造运动的响应。     

西藏多龙矿集区热构造演化历史——来自磷灰石(U-Th)/He的证据

西藏多龙矿集区是西藏最重要的斑岩-浅成低温热液型矿集区。多龙矿集区经历了多期次的构造抬升-剥蚀事件,成矿后的埋藏-剥蚀历史对矿体的保存至关重要。本文运用磷灰石(U-Th)/He数据对多龙矿集区的低温热年代学进行研究。磷灰石(U-Th)/He年龄平均值分布在85. 1±4. 0Ma到37. 9±2. 5Ma,记录了晚白垩世到古新世、始新世、渐新世的热-构造事件。热历史模拟显示,多龙矿集区主要经历4次冷却事件:Ⅰ) 100～75Ma,冷却速率约为4℃/Myr,剥速率约为0. 16km/Myr,与班公湖-怒江洋的闭合以及拉萨-羌塘地块的碰撞事件有关;Ⅱ) 75～45Ma,冷却速率约为0. 3℃/Myr,剥蚀速率约为0. 01km/Myr,与拉萨-羌塘地块的继续碰撞事件以及由碰撞作用引起的逆冲推覆构造事件有关;Ⅲ) 45～30Ma,冷却速率约为2℃/Myr,剥蚀速率约为0. 08km/Myr,与印度-欧亚大陆的碰撞抬升事件有关;Ⅳ) 30Ma至今,冷却速率约为1℃/Myr,剥蚀速率约为0. 04km/Myr,与渐新世以来印度-欧亚大陆的持续碰撞作用以及渐新世以来青藏高原发育的频繁构造事件有关。多龙矿集区斑岩-浅成低温热液型矿床形成后在强烈的隆升-剥蚀的环境下保存下来,得益于早白垩世美日切错组火山岩的覆盖,由拉萨-羌塘地块碰撞作用引起的逆冲推覆构造引起的上部地层加厚,以及印度-欧亚大陆碰撞事件在多龙矿集区产生的相对较弱的破坏效应。拉萨-羌塘地块碰撞作用引起的地层加厚对多龙矿集区矿床起主要的保护作用。     

新疆东天山红云滩地区构造-热演化探讨:来自Ar-Ar和(U-Th)/He热年代学的约束

红云滩岩体位于东天山觉罗塔格西部,对其进行热演化历史研究对于揭示觉罗塔格地区乃至整个东天山地区的构造-热演化历史具有重要意义。本文对红云滩岩体进行黑云母Ar-Ar、锆石(U-Th)/He和磷灰石(U-Th)/He测年,并结合前人的锆石U-Pb测年结果,精细刻画出该岩体自形成以后经历的热演化过程,并据此识别出东天山红云滩地区发生过多期快速抬升冷却事件。黑云母阶段升温Ar-Ar法同位素定年得到的坪年龄为316.9±1.8Ma,单颗粒锆石和磷灰石(U-Th)/He同位素定年得到的平均年龄分别为213.7±9.6Ma和65.5±1.3Ma。热年代学数据及模拟结果表明东天山红云滩地区自晚古生代以来经历了3个快速冷却阶段,分别为:晚石炭世至早二叠世(ca.330~296Ma)、晚三叠世(222~220Ma)、晚白垩世(91~77Ma)。其中,晚石炭世至早二叠世的快速冷却作用是岩体侵位后与围岩热传导冷却及伴随天山造山隆升冷却综合作用的结果,晚三叠世和晚白垩世的两期快速冷却事件分别与羌塘-欧亚板块、Kohistan-Dras岛弧-拉萨地块碰撞的远程效应造成的东天山地区隆升作用有关。新生代以来,红云滩岩体所在的阿奇山-雅满苏地区构造活动相对较弱,未发生较为明显的隆升作用,与天山西段新生代的构造活动有着明显的差异。     

Timing and mechanisms of Central Himalayan exhumation: discriminating between tectonic and erosion processes

The ability to deduce exhumation mechanisms from thermochronological data is hampered by the fact that assumptions on the thermal state of the lithosphere have to be made. Additional argumentation is generally required to discriminate between erosion-controlled and tectonically induced exhumation. This problem can be overcome by studying the spatial distribution of zircon and apatite (U-Th)/He and fission track data. In this work the variation of four different low temperature isotopic systems generating age trends along a sampling line is used to infer mechanisms of Quaternary exhumation in the Central High Himalayan Metamorphic Belt. Observed zircon age trends with southwards increasing cooling ages (from 0.5 to 1.7 Ma) are attributed to tectonically induced exhumation. The uniform apatite cooling ages clustered c. 0.5 Ma are attributed to erosion.     

Duluth Complex FC1 Apatite and Zircon: Reference Materials for (U-Th)/He Dating?

The accuracy and validation of geo- and thermochronological dating hinges on the availability of well-characterised age reference materials. The Mesoproterozoic gabbroic anorthosite FC1 from the Duluth Complex, Minnesota is a reference material for zircon U-Pb and a suggested reference material for apatite fission-track dating. We evaluate FC1 as (U-Th)/He reference material, and determine its apatite U-Pb, and zircon and apatite (U-Th)/He age. Our dating results constrain the thermal history of FC1, showing that fast cooling occurred between ~ 1099 and 1040 Ma from ≥ 600 °C to ~ 200 °C. The zircon (U-Th)/He data from air-abraded grains give a robust isochron age of 1037 ± 25 Ma (2s) without overdispersion. The within-grain homogeneity of U and Th, the availability of FC1 zircon, and the absence of radiation-damage effects on the (U-Th)/He age support its use as reference material. Unabraded zircon grains give lower and more dispersed ages, highlighting the usefulness of air abrasion to control for α-ejection in (U-Th)/He dating. Our apatite (U-Th-Sm)/He single-grain ages vary between 180 and 300 Ma. Their wide dispersion argues against the use of FC1 apatite as (U-Th-Sm)/He reference material and makes the interpretation of their low-temperature thermal history complicated.     

Geological and thermochronological studies of the Dashui gold deposit, West Qinling Orogen, Central China

The Dashui gold deposit is a structurally controlled, Carlin-type gold deposit hosted by recrystallised limestone in the West Qinling Orogen of Central China. The major, structurally late east-trending Dashui Fault forms the hanging wall to the gold mineralisation at the Dashui mine and defines the contact between Middle Triassic limestone and a steeply dipping overlying succession of Middle Triassic argillaceous limestone, dolomite, and sandstone. Multiple carbonate veins and large-scale supergene enrichment, represented by hematite, goethite, limonite and jarosite, characterise the deposit. Detailed geochronological investigation using zircon SHRIMP U-Pb dating reveals that volcanic rocks closely associated with the Dashui gold deposit were synchronous with the Ge’erkuohe Granite and pre-date mineralisation. The igneous dyke sample from the hanging wall has the same U-Pb zircon age as the footwall, ca. 213 Ma. (U-Th)/He thermochronology on dykes in the hanging wall and footwall of the Dashui Fault yields identical (U-Th)/He zircon ages of ca. 210 Ma but distinct (U-Th)/He apatite ages of ca. 136 and 211 Ma, respectively. Therefore, the hanging wall and footwall are interpreted as having distinct post-mineralisation exhumation histories. Reverse fault movement exhumed the hanging wall ~2 to 4 km since the Late Triassic with the main component of faulting taking place between the Late Triassic and Early Cretaceous. These relationships suggest a Late Triassic to Early Cretaceous age for the primary gold mineralisation at the Dashui gold deposit, with the corollary that any ‘missing portion’ of the deposit, previously hypothesised to exist in the hanging wall of the Dashui Fault, has been eroded away. The mineralisation in the footwall may have been supergene enriched soon after the primary mineralisation was emplaced, because it has been located at shallow depth since the Late Triassic. Semi-quantitative results obtained in this study also constrain the maximum depth of formation of the Dashui gold at no more than 2 km.     

彬县-铜川地区延长组油页岩晚白垩世以来的抬升剥蚀与冷却历史

利用古温标与热年代学数据共同恢复油页岩的隆升冷却历史对于研究油页岩成矿的热背景有着重要的理论意义.利用钻孔ZK900磷灰石（U-Th）/He测年数据,结合已有的永参1井磷灰石裂变径迹资料分别获得铜川地区和彬县地区延长组油页岩晚白垩世以来的古地温、抬升冷却期次、抬升冷却速率及剥蚀厚度等数据,并对比了两个地区油页岩经历的构造热演化史的差异性.ZK900钻孔长6、长9和长10段磷灰石He年龄均值依次为43.83 Ma、31.87 Ma和22.88 Ma.铜川地区油页岩晚白垩世以来经历了97~40 Ma快速抬升、40~8 Ma缓慢抬升和8 Ma以来快速抬升3个阶段,剥蚀厚度及抬升速率分别为600 m、10.5 m/Ma,10 m、0.3 m/Ma和1 290 m、161.3 m/Ma,对应的古温度及冷却速率分别为100~60 ℃、0.70 ℃/Ma,60~50 ℃、0.22 ℃/Ma和50~25 ℃、2.90 ℃/Ma.彬县地区延长组油页岩晚白垩世以来经历了3期抬升冷却过程:97~40 Ma,持续抬升冷却（130~75 ℃）,冷却速率为0.96 ℃/Ma,抬升速率为14.4 m/Ma,剥蚀厚度820 m;40~8 Ma温度基本未变（75~70 ℃）,抬升/冷却速率均很低,分别为1.9 m/Ma与0.16 ℃/Ma,剥蚀厚度60 m;8 Ma以来急剧降温（70~31 ℃）,抬升速率125 m/Ma,冷却速率4.88 ℃/Ma,剥蚀厚度1 000 m.彬县-铜川地区三叠系油页岩晚白垩世以来经历了3个抬升阶段,始新世40 Ma和中新世8 Ma为该套油页岩成矿后期冷却的关键时刻.研究表明,彬县地区和铜川地区抬升冷却和剥蚀历史具有一定的差异性,在今后油页岩成矿及后期改造研究中应区别分析.      

α-Emitting mineral inclusions in apatite, their effect on (U-Th)/He ages, and how to reduce it

U-Th rich mineral inclusions in apatite are often held responsible for erroneously old (U-Th)/He ages, because they produce “parentless” He. Three aspects associated with this problem are discussed here. First, simple dimensional considerations indicate that for small mineral inclusions, the parentless helium problem might not be as serious as generally thought. For example, a mineral inclusion that is 10% the length, width and height of its host apatite needs to be a thousand times more concentrated in U and Th to produce an equal amount of He. Therefore, single isolated inclusions smaller than a few μm are unlikely to contribute significant helium. For larger or more abundant inclusions, the parentless helium problem can be solved by dissolution of the apatite and its inclusions in hot HF. Second, besides creating parentless helium, inclusions also complicate α-ejection corrections. Mathematical exploration of this latter problem for spherical geometries reveals that for randomly distributed inclusions, the probability distribution of single-grain ages is predicted to have a sharp mode at the mean age, with tails towards younger and older ages. Multiple-grain measurements will yield accurate and precise age estimates if 10 or more randomly distributed α-emitting mineral inclusions are present in a sample. Third, thermal modeling indicates that mineral inclusions have a non-trivial but minor (<5 °C) effect on the closure temperature. These predictions were tested on apatites from rapidly cooled migmatites of Naxos (Greece) which contain abundant U-rich zircon inclusions. Thirty-seven samples were subjected to two kinds of treatment. The “pooled” age (i.e., the synthetic multi-grain age computed from a number of single-grain analyses) of four inclusion-free samples (13 apatites), prepared in HNO₃ is 10.9 Ma, close to apatite and zircon fission-track ages from the same rock. (U-Th)/He ages of 14 inclusion-bearing samples dissolved in HNO₃ range between 9 and 45 Ma, with a pooled age of 22.6 Ma. The ages of 19 HF-treated samples range between 5 and 16 Ma, with 10 of 14 single-grain samples between 9 and 13 Ma and a pooled age of 10.9 Ma. These observations agree with the theoretical predictions and support the addition of HF-treated apatite (U-Th)/He dating to the thermochronological toolbox.     

广东省河台金矿区糜棱岩锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb年龄及其地质意义

河台金矿区位于广东省高要市境内,普遍认为其是典型的韧性剪切带型金矿。本次对采自韧性剪切带中的糜棱岩和初糜棱岩样品进行了LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年,以约束剪切带的活动时代,并为金矿化事件提供依据。利用糜棱岩中的热液锆石约束韧性剪切带的变质变形时间,获得两组年龄:糜棱岩中热液锆石增生边加权平均年龄约为240Ma,代表左旋运动的年龄;初糜棱岩中热液锆石加权平均年龄约为204Ma,代表右旋运动的年龄。因此,矿区在印支期可能经历过两期剪切变形,并且这两期变形事件在整个华南都是普遍存在的。结合前人对矿化时间的研究,河台金矿的成矿时间(燕山期)要晚于韧性剪切带的形成时间(印支期)。样品中继承性锆石(糜棱岩中核部锆石)年龄显示云开群最晚沉积时间为早古生代早期,而并非前寒武地层。另外,本次研究还测试了锆石的Lu-Hf同位素,实验表明,可以根据热液锆石与继承性锆石的Lu-Hf同位素关系,判定热液锆石的形成条件。云开群的成岩物质主要来自1.8Ga地壳增生事件所形成的地壳物质发生重熔而产生的岩浆岩。     

Cretaceous to Cenozoic evolution of the northern Lhasa Terrane and the Early Paleogene development of peneplains at Nam Co,Tibetan Plateau

Highly elevated and well-preserved peneplains are characteristic geomorphic features of the Tibetan plateau in the northern Lhasa Terrane, north–northwest of Nam Co. The peneplains were carved in granitoids and in their metasedimentary host formations. We use multi-method geochronology (zircon U–Pb and [U–Th]/He dating and apatite fission track and [U–Th]/He dating) to constrain the post-emplacement thermal history of the granitoids and the timing and rate of final exhumation of the peneplain areas. LA-ICP-MS U–Pb geochronology of zircons yields two narrow age groups for the intrusions at around 118 Ma and 85 Ma, and a third group records Paleocene volcanic activity (63–58 Ma) in the Nam Co area. The low-temperature thermochronometers indicate common age groups for the entire Nam Co area: zircon (U–Th)/He ages cluster around 75 Ma, apatite fission track ages around 60 Ma and apatite (U–Th)/He ages around 50 Ma. Modelling of the thermochronological data indicates that exhumation of the basement blocks took place in latest Cretaceous to earliest Paleogene time. By Middle Eocene time the relief was already flat, documented by a thin alluvial sediment sequence covering a part of the planated area. The present-day horst and graben structure of the peneplains is a Late Cenozoic feature triggered by E–W extension of the Tibetan Plateau. The new thermochronological data precisely bracket the age of the planation to Early Eocene, i.e. between ca. 55 and 45 Ma. The erosional base level can be deduced from the presence of Early Cretaceous zircon grains in Eocene strata of Bengal Basin. The sediment generated during exhumation of the Nam Co area was transported by an Early Cenozoic river system into the ocean, suggesting that planation occurred at low elevation.     

胶东地区控矿剪切带脆性变形时代的Ar-Ar年代学及其对成矿的制约

胶东地区是典型的剪切带型金矿集中区,精确厘定该地区控矿剪切带的活动时代,可为探讨剪切带与金矿成因关系提供关键的时限约束,并且对矿床成矿模式的建立具有至关重要的意义。大量矿床地质证据显示胶东地区控矿剪切带中脆性变形活动对金矿体的形成具有直接影响,但其脆性变形时代尚不十分清楚。据此,本文在详细研究金矿体赋存特征的基础上,系统选取胶东焦家、玲珑、邓格庄、乳山这四个金矿区控矿剪切带断层泥中白云母进行⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar年代学研究。定年结果显示,胶东地区焦家剪切带、招平剪切带以及牟乳剪切带的脆性变形时代分别为110.3±1.5Ma、122.8±1.7Ma、119.6±1.2Ma~115.8±1.4Ma。其中焦家剪切带的脆性变形时代明显晚于招平和牟乳剪切带,可能代表了焦家蚀变岩型矿化形成后易遭受后期的构造叠加。综合胶东各金矿区控矿剪切带变形时代、岩体侵位时代、成矿时代及剪切带活动特征和矿体产出特征,本文认为在多期岩体侵位以及控矿剪切带递进变形过程中,剪切带韧性变形区中由高压流体作用产生的同期脆性破裂可形成脉型矿化,如乳山金矿;而在脆-韧性和脆性变形区中发生的大规模脆性变形可导致脉型和蚀变岩型矿化的形成,如玲珑、邓格庄和焦家金矿。但随着剪切带的递进变形和隆升剥蚀,后期多期次的脆性构造变形叠加,可导致多种矿化类型出现在同一构造部位,如焦家金矿中石英脉型和蚀变岩型矿化。