南华冰期的底界讨论:来自沉积学与同位素年代学证据

目前国内对于我国新元古代南华系划分的分歧很大,主要原因之一在于对板溪群及其相当层位地层的构造属性及其上限年龄的认识存在较大差异,为此,在详细的沉积学调查的基础上,对湘黔桂地区典型丹州群和下江群(与板溪群相当)有关剖面上顶部地层沉凝灰岩开展了锆石年代学研究.沉积学调查表明,板溪期沉积地层与上覆南华冰期沉积地层之间的转换界面清晰,界面上下岩性、结构、构造、沉积相特征迥异,显示板溪群和上覆南华纪冰期沉积期间存在明显的沉积—构造转换过程.而板溪晚期沉凝灰岩的锆石U-Pb同位素年代学研究则表明,板溪群及其相当层位的上限年龄均趋向于720 Ma,这与Sturtian冰期的启动年龄718 Ma接近.因此,基于沉积盆地演化的阶段性、全球性重要古气候演化的区域可对比性以及同位素年代学分析,将南华冰期启动年龄设定为720 Ma是恰当的,将我国南华系底界置于江口冰期沉积层系之底也是合理的,这为我国南华系底界GSSP的选定提供了重要的年代学和沉积学约束.     

扬子克拉通拉伸系莲沱组年代框架与沉积过程

扬子克拉通保存的独特拉伸纪晚期碎屑岩建造为研究新元古代中期演化提供了绝佳素材,内部丰富的凝灰岩夹层和同位素年龄也为扬子克拉通新元古代中期演化提供有效的年代学约束。然而扬子克拉通拉伸系莲沱组内部演化缺少年代学约束,制约了拉伸纪晚期扬子克拉通的沉积演化研究。本研究通过野外地质调查,采用LA-ICP-MS技术获取莲沱组底界(神农架)凝灰岩锆石U-Pb谐和年龄为763.1±6.2 Ma,莲沱组下部陆相地层中获得(鹤峰)的凝灰岩锆石U-Pb谐和年龄761.8±7.1 Ma,莲沱组中下部海陆过渡段获得通山(764.1±3.5 Ma)、长阳(751.5±6.3 Ma)、神农架(752.1±6.5 Ma)三组凝灰岩锆石U-Pb谐和年龄。莲沱组顶部海相地层获得729.6±9.2 Ma(皖南休宁组)、722.4±4.5 Ma(神农架)凝灰岩锆石U-Pb谐和年龄,以及城口龙潭河组凝灰岩锆石U-Pb谐和年龄(712.4±6.4 Ma)。这些凝灰岩锆石年龄数据和地层序列表明：820～770 Ma扬子克拉通普遍处于暴露剥蚀环境,770～750 Ma开始沉积陆相-海陆过渡相莲沱组,750 Ma之后扬子克拉通过渡到海...     

南华系底界年龄:SHRIMP Ⅱ定年新证据

针对重庆东南秀山中溪板溪群顶部凝灰岩及湖南新化木瓜坪江口组底部火山角砾岩进行的SHRIMP U-Pb年代学研究结果表明:板溪群顶部(即青白口系顶界)年龄为(786±11)Ma,江口组底部(即南华系底界)年龄为(785±11)Ma,这一测试结果与中国地层委提出的青白口系顶界、南华系底界780 Ma的数据相吻合。针对南华系划分的混乱局面,认为南华系地层的划分应回到"南华大冰期"的沉积相应,与国际地层表中的成冰系(纪)相对应的起点上来;而板溪群则是新元古代裂谷系起点的楔状充填体,二者不能混为一体。     

扬子陆块西缘安益南华纪火山岩的厘定及其地质意义

扬子陆块西缘安益大湾山地区出露一套由变质玄武岩等组成的变质基性火山岩,前人将其归为中元古界,并作为寻找磁铁矿的主要对象。调查发现,安益大湾山变质基性火山岩与下伏浅变质岩系间发育一套稳定沉积的砾岩。应用LA-ICP-MS技术对其底砾岩之上最底部的变质玄武岩进行了锆石U-Pb年龄测定,获得了781.3±1.9Ma的岩浆锆石~(206)Pb/~(238)U年龄加权平均值和1008±14Ma、1142±15Ma、2714±10Ma的继承性岩浆锆石~(207)Pb/~(206)Pb年龄,指示该套变质基性火山岩形成于南华纪,并将其从浅变质岩系中解离出来,对比为澄江组。继承性锆石年龄数据指示,扬子地块西缘安益地区存在新太古界和中元古界物质记录。结合前人研究成果和近来获得的年龄数据,将滇中澄江组的时代界定于820～740Ma,并将南华系的底界界定于820Ma。大湾山中-大型磁铁矿产于扬子地块西缘澄江组的变质基性火山岩中,其主成矿期为南华纪,可能属于热液氧化物-铜-金矿床。     

扬子东南缘两界河组碎屑锆石U-Pb年龄及其对Sturtian冰川作用的启示

扬子东南缘两界河组的岩性以岩屑砂岩和石英砂岩为主，代表了长安冰期和古城冰期之间的间冰期沉积，其沉积时限的厘定对认识华南Sturtian冰期地层的时空分布特征具有重要意义.对黔东地区两界河组碎屑锆石进行了系统的形态学和U-Pb年代学研究，大多数锆石为典型的岩浆锆石，锆石U-Pb年龄主要分布于740~900 Ma，另有少量古元古代和太古宙年龄，主要峰值为~760 Ma、~780 Ma、~800 Ma、~820 Ma和880~900 Ma.在两界河组底部获得最年轻的单颗粒锆石年龄为708±15 Ma，在上部获得最年轻的单颗粒锆石年龄为703±22 Ma，结合区域上相当地层渫水河组的顶部年龄（~690 Ma），认为黔东地区两界河组的沉积时代应在708~690 Ma之间.两界河组碎屑锆石U-Pb年龄谱记录了扬子陆块新元古代幕式岩浆事件及早期地壳演化的信息，结合锆石形态认为其物质来源可能包括下伏新元古代岩浆岩及沉积地层、扬子西北缘和西南缘的基底岩石.研究区两界河组底部碎屑锆石年龄约束了江口间冰期沉积晚于~708 Ma，考虑到南华纪早期地层分布在一定程度上受控于盆地构造活动，不排除长安冰期沉积物在黔东地区局部存在的可能性.      

东准噶尔萨尔托海铁矿区闪长岩LA-ICP-MS锆石定年及地质意义

萨尔托海铁矿位于东准噶尔,铁矿体主要呈脉状、透镜状、似层状赋存于闪长岩中或与巴塔玛依内山组凝灰岩、玄武岩的接触带上。对矿区与矿化有密切空间关系和成因联系的闪长岩进行锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb年龄测定,获得23颗锆石的206Pb/238U加权平均年龄为(269.1±0.7)Ma(MSWD=0.9),限定矿床形成时代为中二叠世。闪长岩与晚石炭—中二叠世后碰撞阶段花岗岩类时代一致,同为准噶尔地区晚古生代晚期大规模岩浆活动产物。     

浙江丽水地区磨石山群火山岩时代归属

为查明浙江丽水地区中生代磨石山群火山岩的时代,在区域地质调查、火山机构划分的基础上,选择该群代表性火山岩进行锆石年龄测定。结果表明,大爽组底部流纹质晶屑熔结凝灰岩的SHRIMP锆石U-Pb年龄为154.9±5.5 Ma、LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb加权平均年龄为152.0±7.0 Ma,属晚侏罗世基默里奇阶;高坞组流纹质晶屑熔结凝灰岩SHRIMP锆石U-Pb年龄为131.6±2.7 Ma,两个火山机构的西山头组流纹质晶屑凝灰岩LAICP-MS锆石U-Pb加权平均年龄分别为128.6±1.7 Ma和139.5±2.5 Ma。认为浙南磨石山群火山岩时代:大爽组为晚侏罗世,高坞组、西山头组、茶湾组和九里坪组为早白垩世。     

漠河盆地额木尔河群锆石U-Pb年龄及地质意义

大兴安岭北部漠河盆地额木尔河群自下而上由绣峰组、二十二站组、漠河组和开库康组组成, 目前对额木尔河群形成时代还存在不同的认识。绣峰组含砾粗砂岩及二十二站组碎屑岩中流纹质凝灰岩夹层激光探针(LA-ICP-MS)锆石U-Pb测年结果表明, 绣峰组含砾粗砂岩中的碎屑锆石U-Pb年龄变化于距今2195~163 Ma之间, 暗示了源区有古元古代基底存在, 这一年龄数据与盆地周缘分布的基底岩石时代相吻合。碎屑锆石中5个最年轻锆石的206Pb/238U年龄加权平均值为167±2 Ma, 反映绣峰组沉积下限为中侏罗世中期; 二十二站组流纹质凝灰岩岩浆锆石206Pb/238U年龄加权平均值为148±2 Ma, 由此限定二十二站组形成时代为晚侏罗世晚期。锆石U-Pb年龄数据反映额木尔河群沉积时间为中-晚侏罗世, 这一认识对恢复漠河盆地形成演化历史及油气资源勘查提供了新的证据。      

扬子地块东南缘南华系长安组同位素年龄及其意义

长安组为扬子地块东南缘确认的一套冰源相碎屑沉积,其精确沉积时限对于了解华南新元古代冰期的起点时间和演化历程具有重要意义。以往限于定年技术的精度和测试对象的稀缺,长安组的年龄一直少有报道。最近在湘中新化县碧溪地区发现长安组下部存在沉凝灰岩夹层,获得了大量岩浆型锆石,对其进行了高精度锆石LA-ICP-MS与SHRIMP U-Pb同位素年代学对比研究。结果表明,其锆石206Pb/238Pb加权平均年龄分别为(751±5),(764±10)Ma。综合分析相关地层的最新年龄数据可以确定,长安组可与西北地区同期沉积以及澳大利亚Sturtian冰期的年龄进行比较。沉积旋回分析表明,长安组底部沉积物具有典型的重力流特征,沉积速率较大。结合相关地质证据分析认为,长安组的底界年龄置于760Ma较为合适。     

黄山-镜儿泉铜镍成矿带地层时代的厘定及其地质意义探讨

本文对东天山黄山-镜儿泉岩浆铜镍硫化物成矿带原来古生物地层学方法厘定的早石炭统干墩组和晚石炭统梧桐窝子组的碎屑锆石进行了激光等离子质谱(LA-ICP-MS)U-Pb年代学研究。干墩组碳质板岩、变质砂岩和变质长石石英砂岩中的碎屑锆石U-Pb年龄分别为301~491 Ma、307~426 Ma和313~461 Ma,最年轻锆石的加权平均值分别为307.1±3.7 Ma、310.4±2.2 Ma、315.0±10 Ma,表明干墩组最大沉积年龄为晚石炭世。而梧桐窝子组变质砂岩和变质凝灰岩的碎屑锆石年龄为384~448 Ma和393~448 Ma,最年轻锆石的加权平均值分别为386.5±5.8 Ma、394.6±4.5 Ma,确定其最大的沉积年龄为早—中泥盆世。这与近年来对侵位于这些地层的火成岩体的锆石U-Pb年龄一致,说明康古尔-雅满苏岛弧带至少从中泥盆世就开始发育。中—下泥盆统梧桐窝子组与上石炭统干墩组地层之间上泥盆统—下石炭统地层厚度约为10 km,说明侵位于这两套地层中的含铜镍硫化物镁铁-超镁铁岩体分别代表了岩浆通道系统的深部岩浆通道相和浅部岩浆房,整个岩浆通道系统的纵向规模大约为10 km。     

Influences of the unsaturated,saturated, and riparian zones on the transport of nitrate near the Merced River,California, USA

Transport and transformation of nitrate was evaluated along a 1-km groundwater transect from an almond orchard to the Merced River, California, USA, within an irrigated agricultural setting. As indicated by measurements of pore-water nitrate and modeling using the root zone water quality model, about 63% of the applied nitrogen was transported through a 6.5-m unsaturated zone. Transport times from recharge locations to the edge of a riparian zone ranged from approximately 6 months to greater than 100 years. This allowed for partial denitrification in horizons having mildly reducing conditions, and essentially no denitrification in horizons with oxidizing conditions. Transport times across a 50–100-m-wide riparian zone of less than a year to over 6 years and more strongly reducing conditions resulted in greater rates of denitrification. Isotopic measurements and concentrations of excess N₂ in water were indicative of denitrification with the highest rates below the Merced River. Discharge of water and nitrate into the river was dependent on gradients driven by irrigation or river stage. The results suggest that the assimilative capacity for nitrate of the groundwater system, and particularly the riverbed, is limiting the nitrate load to the Merced River in the study area.     

山西五台山区滹沱群变质玄武岩岩石学、地球化学特征及其成因意义

在野外地质调查的基础上,选取滹沱群豆村亚群底部四集庄组玄武岩、顶部青石村组玄武岩和东冶亚群中下部河边村组玄武岩,进行岩石学和地球化学研究。分析结果表明：玄武岩主量元素高TiO2、TFeO,低MgO,具有演化的基性岩浆的特征。稀土元素含量相对较高,具有弱—中等程度的轻稀土元素富集,中等程度的轻重稀土元素分异,轻微的Eu异常;玄武岩中Cr、Ni含量变化较大,但与Mg#具有很好的正相关性。微量元素配分图解中具有明显的Sr负异常,部分样品具有Nb、Ta和Ti负异常,无Zr、Hf负异常,与岛弧火山岩不同;同时Nb、Ta无分异,Zr/Hf值较高,具有板内玄武岩浆的特征。综合分析认为,滹沱群玄武岩可能形成于板内裂谷环境。在岩浆上升过程中发生橄榄石与尖晶石的分离结晶作用,同时不同程度地受到地壳的混染。     

扬子北缘马元铅锌矿床闪锌矿微量元素及S-Pb-He-Ar-C同位素地球化学研究

马元铅锌矿床是近年扬子陆块北缘铅锌找矿的新突破。矿体呈层状、似层状产于碑坝隆起翼部震旦系灯影组角砾状白云岩层间构造带中,围岩蚀变很弱。矿石中硫化物以闪锌矿、方铅矿为主,中粗粒晶质结构,充填于白云岩角砾间。闪锌矿富集Cd、Ge、Ag,贫In、Tl、Se,Ga/In为6~132,Ge/In多1000,成矿温度以中-低温为主。金属硫化物ε~(34)S值相对集中,为12.9‰~19.4‰,平均为17.4‰,来自于海相硫酸盐的还原。铅同位素组成稳定,~(206)Pb/~(204)Pb为17.858~17.918:~(207)Pb/~(204)Pb为15.603~15.694;~(208)Pb/~(204)Pb为37.756~38.046,具有造山带和上地壳铅的特征,震旦系可能提供了金属成矿物质。闪锌矿中流体包裹体的~3He/~4He为0.03Ra~1.05Ra,~(40)Ar/~(36)Ar为326.1~765.1,~(38)Ar/~(36)Ar为0.183~0.204,表明成矿流体主要为地壳流体和饱和大气水(大气降水或海水)的混合。闪锌矿内流体包裹体挥发分δ~(13)C_(CH_4)值为-36.01‰~-28.80‰,δ~(13)C_(C_2H_6)值为-27.72‰~-22.44‰,δ~(13)C_(CO_2)值为-23.24‰~-9.68‰,表明有机流体参与了成矿作用。石英、方解石的H-O同位素结果表明具有海水和有机水混合的特征。可见,成矿流体具有两种流体混合的特征,一为蒸发海水与围岩反应所形成的盆地卤水,二为有机流体。推测矿区可能存在一个古油气藏,由于TSR生成一高硫气藏,为区内还原性有机流体的主要来源。当富含Pb、Zn等成矿物质的成矿流体运移至富含CH_4和H_2S的还原性流体的矿区角砾岩带时,两种流体混合,Pb、Zn等遇到H_2S发生反应而沉淀成矿,并伴生热液白云石等,形成了马元铅锌矿床。综上所述,我们认为马元矿床属MVT型铅锌矿床。     

贵州岑巩羊桥罗家塘杷榔动物群的发现及其后生动物早期演化的意义

岑巩县羊桥乡罗家塘杷榔组仅出露中-上部地层,岩性单一,均为青灰、灰绿色粉砂质泥、页岩.在其上部层位发现了俞氏贵州始海百合(Guizhoueocrinus yui Zhao,Parsley et Peng,2007),计有棘皮动物始海百合、腕足动物、软体动物-软舌螺、节肢动物-三叶虫等8属9种,包括了2个未定名的新种和1...     

深港西部通道填海区地下水铜、钒、铊、镉、钨迁移的实验研究

填海工程使滨海地区的地下水物理化学条件改变,导致该区域地下水中重金属浓度升高。本文以深港西部通道填海区为例,采用实验室模拟填海条件的办法,初步探讨了影响填海区地下水重金属迁移的关键因素。模拟实验结果表明,填海区地下水中钨元素含量升高与地下水淡化、淤泥氧化过程以及填料风化有关;铜元素含量升高则与淤泥氧化过程以及填料风化有关;钒元素含量升高与地下水淡化和淤泥氧化过程有关,而其他元素含量升高则主要与填料风化释放有关。     

西藏南木林县秦马弄地区二长花岗岩体岩石成因

以出露在西藏南木林县秦马弄地区二长花岗岩体为研究对象,从野外地质调查、岩石学、LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年、元素和Lu-Hf同位素地球化学等方面对其进行了分析研究。结果显示：秦马弄地区二长花岗岩体类似于A型花岗岩,形成于古近纪(E1),其LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄为(62.0±0.5)~(63.0±0.5) Ma;岩体形成的温度较高(锆石饱和温度为745~805 ℃,平均766 ℃);岩石富SiO2(72.6%~75.0%)、Na2O(2.86%~3.59%)和K2O(4.12%~5.25%),贫CaO(0.72%~1.39%)和MgO(0.26%~0.36%),高FeOT/MgO值(7.26~10.3),属高钾钙碱性系列,弱过铝质;岩石具明显的负Eu异常(Eu/Eu*=0.40~0.70),普遍表现出Ba、Sr、P、Ti元素的亏损和Rb、Th、K、Zr、Hf元素的富集。εHf(t)值为-4.7~-1.8,其两阶段地壳Hf模式年龄tDM2为(1.1~1.3) Ga。秦马弄A型花岗岩体是冈底斯基底地壳物质部分熔融的岩浆产物,形成于古近纪印度板块与欧亚板块俯冲碰撞引起的总体为岛弧背景下的局部拉张构造环境。     

Isotopic systematics of He,Ar, S,Cu, Ni,Re, Os,Pb, U,Sm, Nd,Rb, Sr,Lu, and Hf in the rocks and ores of the Norilsk deposits

This paper reports the first results of a study of 11 isotope systems (³He/⁴He, ⁴⁰Ar/³⁶Ar, ³⁴S/³²S, ⁶⁵Cu/⁶³Cu, ⁶²Ni/⁶⁰Ni, ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr, ¹⁴³Nd/¹⁴⁴Nd, ^206–208Pb/²⁰⁴Pb, Hf–Nd, U–Pb, and Re–Os) in the rocks and ores of the Cu–Ni–PGE deposits of the Norilsk ore district. Almost all the results were obtained at the Center of Isotopic Research of the Karpinskii All-Russia Research Institute of Geology. The use of a number of independent genetic isotopic signatures and comprehensive isotopic knowledge provided a methodic basis for the interpretation of approximately 5000 isotopic analyses of various elements. The presence of materials from two sources, crust and mantle, was detected in the composition of the rocks and ores. The contribution of the crustal source is especially significant in the paleofluids (gas–liquid microinclusions) of the ore-forming medium. Crustal solutions were probably a transport medium during ore formation. Air argon is dominant in the ores, which indicates a connection between the paleofluids and the atmosphere. This suggests intense groundwater circulation during the crystallization of ore minerals. The age of the rocks and ores of the Norilsk deposits was determined. The stage of orebody formation is restricted to a narrow age interval of 250 ± 10 Ma. An isotopic criterion was proposed for the ore-bearing potential of mafic intrusions in the Norilsk–Taimyr region. It includes several interrelated isotopic ratios of various elements: He, Ar, S, and others.     

Geology, mineralogy, and PGE mineralization of the copper-nickel occurrences of the Kvinum ore field, Sredinny Range, Kamchatka

The geology and mineralogy of host metamorphic rocks, the mineralogy of sulfide ores, and the distribution of PGE mineralization were studied in detail for the Kvinum-1 and Kvinum-2 copper-nickel occurrences of the Kvinum ore field, which are the most promising targets for the copper-nickel-PGE mineralization of the Sredinny Range of Kamchatka. It was established that stringer-disseminated and massive copper-nickel ores are localized in amphibole peridotites, cortlandites, and form ore bodies varying from tens of centimeters to 5–20 m thick among the layered cortlandite-gabbroid massifs. The massive sulfide ores were found only at the bottom of cortlandite bodies and upsection grade into stringer-disseminated and disseminated ores. Pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, and pentlandite are the major ore minerals with a sharply subordinate amount of pyrite, sphalerite, galena, arsenopyrite, and löllingite. Besides pentlandite, the Ni-bearing minerals include sulforasenides (gersdorffite), arsenides (nickeline), and tellurides (melonite) of nickel. It was found that PGE mineralization represented by antimonides (sudburyite) and tellurobismuthides (michenerite) of Pd with sharply subordinate platinum arsenide (sperrylite) is confined to the apical parts of massive sulfide zones and the transition zone to the stringer-disseminated ores. Ore intervals enriched in arsenides and tellurides of Ni, Pd, and Bi contain high-purity gold. In the central parts of the orebodies, the contents of PGE and native gold are insignificant. It is suggested that the contents of major sulfide minerals and the productivity of PGE mineralization in the cortlandites are defined by combined differentiation and sulfurization of ultramafic derivatives under the effect of fluids, which are accumulated at the crystallization front and cause layering of parental magmas with different sulfur contents. The fluid-assisted layering of mafic-ultramafic massifs resulted in the contrasting distribution of PGM in response to uneven distribution of sulfur (as well as As, Te, and Bi) during liquid immiscibility. The productivity of PGE mineralization significantly increases with increasing contents of S, As, Te, and Bi (elements to which Pt and, especially, Pd have high affinity) in fluids.     

Depth of the base of the Jackson aquifer, based on geophysical exploration, southern Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA

 A geophysical survey was conducted to determine the depth of the base of the water-table aquifer in the southern part of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA. Audio-magnetotellurics (AMT) measurements at 77 sites in the study area yielded electrical-resistivity logs of the subsurface, and these were used to infer lithologic changes with depth. A 100–600 ohm-m geoelectric layer, designated the Jackson aquifer, was used to represent surficial saturated, unconsolidated deposits of Quaternary age. The median depth of the base of the Jackson aquifer is estimated to be 200 ft (61 m), based on 62 sites that had sufficient resistivity data. AMT-measured values were kriged to predict the depth to the base of the aquifer throughout the southern part of Jackson Hole. Contour maps of the kriging predictions indicate that the depth of the base of the Jackson aquifer is shallow in the central part of the study area near the East and West Gros Ventre Buttes, deeper in the west near the Teton fault system, and shallow at the southern edge of Jackson Hole. Predicted, contoured depths range from 100 ft (30 m) in the south, near the confluences of Spring Creek and Flat Creek with the Snake River, to 700 ft (210 m) in the west, near the town of Wilson, Wyoming. Received, May 1997 · Revised, February 1998 · Accepted, April 1998