新疆伊犁北部石炭纪火山岩地球化学特征及其地质意义

石炭纪火山岩广泛分布于西天山伊犁陆块周缘,其岩性复杂,并大多与陆源碎屑岩伴生或互层。其中伊宁阿希、尼勒克和那拉提3个剖面的火山岩岩石地球化学特征显示,这些火山岩属于钙碱性系列,由玄武岩、粗玄岩、玄武质安山岩、玄武质粗面安山岩、安山岩、流纹岩、英安岩和粗面岩组成。稀土元素含量较高,轻稀土元素较重稀土元素富集。这些火山岩亏损高场强元素Nb,Ta,Zr等,而富集大离子亲石元素Th,Rb等,因而这些岩石的形成与板块俯冲有关。微量元素地球化学图解进一步表明,这些岩石形成于大陆岛弧环境。与之共生的早、中石炭世浅海—滨海相沉积地层以及伊犁陆块北缘巴音沟—莫托沙拉沟晚泥盆世—早石炭世蛇绿岩带的存在,表明伊犁陆块北缘在石炭纪时其环境为活动大陆边缘,石炭纪火山岩的形成可能与晚泥盆世—中石炭世早期北天山洋盆向南的俯冲作用有关。     

内蒙古苏尼特右旗温都尔庙地区早石炭世火山岩的发现及其构造意义

内蒙古苏尼特右旗温都尔庙地区发现一套以片理化安山岩和蚀变流纹岩为主的火山岩,其中测得安山岩的锆石SHRIMP年龄为333±4Ma。岩石可分为玄武岩-安山岩类和英安岩-流纹岩类,其中玄武岩-安山岩类火山岩Si O2含量47.40%~62.75%,Mg#值介于17.2~25.6,属于拉斑系列;稀土总量较低,总体趋势近水平,轻重稀土分馏不明显,Eu异常不明显(δEu=1.22~1.46);岩石经历了强片理化和蚀变作用,大离子亲石元素(LILEs)容易发生活动运移,变化较大,但总体呈富集状态,Ta、Nb和Ti明显亏损,类似岛弧火山岩,其原始岩浆应起源于受俯冲板片脱水熔融交代的地幔楔。英安岩-流纹岩类火山岩Si O2含量63.50%~79.80%,相对富集大离子亲石元素,亏损高场强元素(如Nb、Ta、Ti)及Sr、P元素,类似活动大陆边缘火山岩,其原始岩浆应源于地壳物质的部分熔融。综上所述,笔者认为早石炭世期间,华北板块北缘处于古亚洲洋的俯冲作用下,古亚洲洋的闭合时间应晚于早石炭世。     

新疆西准噶尔萨吾尔地区早石炭世埃达克岩地球化学特征、岩石成因及其意义

新疆西准噶尔萨吾尔地区阿克塔木组(新建)为一套中性火山熔岩、火山碎屑岩夹少量酸性火山熔岩建造。流纹岩LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄为337.9±0.77Ma,属早石炭世。安山岩地球化学特征表现为高Si O2(53.42%～64.74%)、A12O3(16.05%～19.23%),富Na2O(4.05%～8.13%)贫K2O(0.36%～3.65%),富Sr(448.1×10-6～1507×10-6),低Yb(0.94×10-6～1.79×10-6)、Y(8.48×10-6～16.92×10-6),高Sr/Y比值(36.6～89.0),富集LREE,亏损HREE,弱Eu正异常,明显的Nb、Ta、Ti负异常,具有典型的埃达克岩特征,为玄武质洋壳在石榴角闪岩相高度部分熔融的产物。阿克塔木组火山岩形成于与洋内俯冲有关的岛弧环境,为早石炭世额尔齐斯-斋桑洋南向俯冲的岩浆记录。俯冲板片边缘受到来自板片窗的高温软流圈物质加热,部分熔融形成的埃达克质熔体与地幔橄榄岩发生熔体-岩石反应,从而形成埃达克岩+富Nb玄武岩组合,同时发生与之相关的Cu-Au成矿作用。阿克塔木组早石炭世埃达克岩的发现,为西准噶尔地区晚古生代岩浆活动、构造演化和金属成矿等研究提供了可靠的依据。     

古亚洲洋晚石炭世俯冲作用:梅劳特乌拉蛇绿岩中扎嘎音高镁安山岩证据

内蒙古贺根山缝合带梅劳特乌拉SSZ(Supra Subduction Zone)型蛇绿岩中新发现扎嘎音晚石炭世高镁安山岩,岩性为玄武安山岩和安山岩。扎嘎音玄武安山岩—安山岩MgO(4.33%～9.82%)、Mg~#值(57～72)和SiO_2含量(55.34%～64.12%)较高;而TiO_2(0.30%～0.60%)、K_2O(0.06%～0.73%)、Al_2O_3(12.18%～17.32%)含量和FeO~T/MgO值(0.70～1.34)较低,Na_2O/K_2O值(2.23～40.88)较高。稀土元素总量较低(14.29×10~(-6)～60.20×10~(-6)),稀土配分曲线总体为略显右倾的平坦型,(La/Yb)_N为0.57～2.58,无明显Eu异常。岩石富集大离子亲石元素Rb、Ba、Th、U和Sr等,亏损高场强元素Nb、Ta、Ti和P等,具有较低的Ti/V值。该玄武安山岩—安山岩具有高镁安山岩的地球化学特征,与日本西南Setouchi岛弧火山岩带的sanukite(有人音译为"赞岐岩")相类似,可能为俯冲洋壳+俯冲深积物的脱水流体与俯冲沉积物部分熔融形成的硅质熔体与上覆地幔楔橄榄岩平衡反应成因。锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb测年表明,扎嘎音玄武安山岩的成岩年龄为315.0±2.3 Ma,反映了晚石炭世高镁安山岩浆作用事件。扎嘎音玄武安山岩—安山岩为晚石炭世形成于洋壳俯冲弧前环境的高镁安山岩组合,为古亚洲洋晚石炭世洋内俯冲作用提供了证据。结合贺根山缝合带的壳幔电性结构特征和晚古生代蛇绿岩—岛弧岩浆岩时空分布与演化关系,提出了扎嘎音高镁安山岩的古亚洲洋晚石炭世洋内俯冲模式。     

祁连造山带东段中寒武世深沟组中-基性火山岩锆石U-Pb年龄、地球化学特征及构造环境

拉脊山构造带南东端磨沟地区出露一套变安山岩夹片理化变玄武岩组合,其原岩分别为亚碱性拉斑系列安山岩和玄武岩。研究表明,变安山岩锆石U-Pb年龄为503.1±6.6Ma,形成于中寒武世。玄武岩稀土元素总量为93.40×10~(-6)～135.39×10~(-6),(La/Yb)_N值为2.76～3.64,δEu为0.87～1.00,微量元素蛛网图具有不相容元素富集特征,没有明显的Nb、Ta负异常,与板内火山岩特征相似。安山岩稀土元素总量低于玄武岩,而微量元素蛛网图具有富集大离子亲石元素Cs、Rb、Ba等,亏损高场强元素Nb、Ta、Ti等特征。岩石成因研究表明,玄武岩没有经历显著的地壳混染,为软流圈地幔石榴子石+尖晶石二辉橄榄岩低程度部分熔融的产物,而安山岩为地壳部分熔融的产物。构造环境判别表明,深沟组火山岩形成于大陆裂谷环境,表明祁连地块中部的拉脊山构造带南东端可能没有发育成熟的洋盆系统,随后在南祁连洋早古生代俯冲消减过程中以裂谷型岩石圈碎片的方式构造侵位于中祁连地块南缘。     

西藏班公湖-怒江缝合带西段野马去申拉组富Nb火山岩的发现及其指示意义

以班公湖-怒江缝合带西段的去申拉组玄武岩和安山岩为研究对象,进行了岩石锆石测年和地球化学研究。测年结果显示,安山岩形成于108.5±1.5Ma,属于早白垩世晚期。岩石地球化学特征表明,野马去申拉组玄武岩Nb含量为10.5×10-6～11.1×10~(-6),Al_2O_3含量为17.63%～17.96%(平均值17.74%),属于富Nb高铝玄武岩,为中钾钙碱性系列;安山岩属于高钾钙碱性系列岩石。野马火山岩轻、重稀土元素分异明显,其中玄武岩稀土元素总量为119.20×10~(-6)～120.49×10~(-6),(La/Yb)_N值为5.17～5.53;安山岩稀土元素总量为179.97×10~(-6)～184.75×10~(-6),(La/Yb)_N值为13.83～15.12;二者在微量元素上表现出不同程度的富集轻稀土元素和大离子亲石元素,Nb、Ta、Ti等高场强元素相对亏损,具低Cr、Ni,高Sr、Nb、Zr含量,发育岛弧火山岩相关特征。其岩浆源区受俯冲流体的影响较大,后经历了不同程度的铁镁矿物的结晶分离作用。综合分析认为,野马去申拉组火山岩可能形成于弧后盆地构造环境下,是班公湖-怒江特提斯洋岩石圈南向俯冲过程中板片断离导致软流圈地幔上涌,诱发弧后拉张背景下的直接岩浆响应。     

藏北羌塘冈玛错地区望果山组火山岩地球化学特征及LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄

羌塘中部冈玛错地区厘定出一套早石炭世火山岩,该火山岩为一套酸性—基性岩(流纹岩、英安岩、安山岩、玄武安山岩、玄武岩等)夹火山碎屑岩的岩石组合。2件定年样品(英安岩和安山岩)的LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄分别为358.2Ma±1.2Ma和350.5Ma±1.4Ma,时代为早石炭世,代表了该火山岩的形成年龄。岩石地球化学特征显示,该火山岩的铝饱和指数A/CNK值为0.62~1.08,平均值为0.81;里特曼指数δ为1.04~2.67,平均值为1.84;大离子亲石元素(LILE)Th、U、Pb明显富集,高场强元素(HFSE)Nb、Ta、Ti亏损,反应了偏铝质钙碱性岛弧火山岩的特征。由此说明,在早石炭世龙木错—双湖—澜沧江洋已经进入俯冲消减阶段。     

新疆西天山智博铁矿床火山岩和侵入岩岩石地球化学

新疆西天山阿吾拉勒山集中产出多个大、中型海相火山岩型富铁矿床,引起人们的广泛关注。这些铁矿的成因被认为与火山作用有关,但对其成岩成矿的大地构造背景尚不清楚。文章研究了智博铁矿区出露的火山岩和侵入岩的岩石学、岩石地球化学,尝试探讨该问题。智博铁矿体赋矿围岩为早石炭世大哈拉军山组玄武岩和安山岩,侵入岩有晚石炭世花岗岩、花岗岩脉和闪长岩脉。玄武岩和安山岩在构造环境判别图解中投影于火山弧范围内,在花岗岩类构造环境判别图解中,320 Ma的花岗岩脉和319 Ma的石英闪长岩投影于岛弧环境,304 Ma的花岗闪长岩则投影于同碰撞环境。结合前人研究成果,认为智博地区在早石炭世为岛弧环境,晚石炭世可能经历了岛弧俯冲向同碰撞环境的转变。玄武岩亏损Ta、Nb,相对亏损Th,富集Rb、U、Pb;安山岩亏损Ta、Nb,富集轻稀土元素和Rb、U、Th、Pb,结合Sr/Th-Th/Ce和Th-Ba/Th图解判别,推测智博铁矿床玄武岩和安山岩岩浆源区为受到了俯冲带流体交代的楔形地幔。     

萨吾尔山松树沟地层形成时代及火山岩地球化学研究

西准噶尔松树沟地区地层主要由碎屑沉积岩和火山岩组成,以玄武岩、安山岩和火山碎屑岩为主,其中玄武岩属于钙碱性系列,安山岩属于拉斑系列。对岩石中锆石开展LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年代学研究,安山岩锆石年龄表明其形成于(317.1±6.4)Ma,粗砂岩56颗锆石中仅有1颗锆石年龄((389±9)Ma)属于中泥盆世,其余主要集中在319~359 Ma,最小年龄(319±6)Ma。因此,该套地层并非形成于中泥盆世,很可能形成于晚石炭世早期。地球化学研究表明,玄武岩和安山岩具有相似的稀土配分曲线,轻稀土富集的右倾REE分配模式,富集大离子亲石元素K、Rb、Ba、Sr等,亏损高场强元素Nb、Ta、Th、Zr、Hf等,呈现出Ta、Nb、Ti负异常,认为该火山岩形成于岛弧环境,岩浆来源于俯冲板片脱水产生的流体不均一交代的地幔楔。该套岛弧火山岩的形成时代限定了斋桑洋盆的关闭时限(晚于317.1 Ma)。     

东准噶尔老爷庙地区早石炭世黑山头组火山岩地质、地球化学特征及构造环境分析

东准噶尔东部老爷庙地区黑山头组火山岩由玄武岩(少)+安山岩+英安岩+流纹岩组成,属高钾钙碱性-钾玄岩系列,流纹岩LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb加权平均年龄为(330.7±7.4)Ma。富集大粒子亲石元素Rb,K,Ba,Th,亏损Nb,Ta,P,Ti,弱负Eu异常,稀土分布型式及微量元素特征与安第斯型相似,形成于活动大陆边缘,岩浆来源于俯冲板片部分熔融改造后的富集地幔楔。表明卡拉麦里洋在早石炭世仍向北俯冲消减。     

内蒙古苏尼特左旗巴音乌拉二叠纪埃达克质花岗闪长岩类地球化学特征及其地质意义

内蒙古苏尼特左旗巴音乌拉二叠纪花岗闪长岩、石英闪长岩分布于二连-贺根山蛇绿岩带的北侧,1∶20万区域地质调查将其归于华力西晚期侵入体(γδ4(3)).经研究,该岩体具高铝(Al2O3=13.69%～16.48%)、富钠(Na2O＝3.53%～4.58%)、贫钾(K2O＝2.12%～4.10%)、高锶(Sr＝425.1×10-6～645.2×10-6)的特点,SiO2=62.13%～72.87%,Y＜18×10-6(7.23×10-6～14.29×10-6),δEu＝0.71～0.83,轻重稀土元素分馏强烈,稀土元素配分曲线为右倾斜型,铕异常不明显,为典型的埃达克质岩.在微量元素原始地幔标准化蛛网图中具明显Sr高峰和Nb低谷,有与埃达克岩一致的曲线,与岛弧安山岩-英安岩-流纹岩及大陆弧安山岩-英安岩-流纹岩有明显差异.花岗闪长岩锆石U-Pb年龄为256.1±0.9 Ma,为早二叠世岩浆活动的产物.Mg#值很高(＞50),表明晚古生代洋壳向北俯冲时在75～85 km深度(角闪岩相与榴辉岩相过渡相)发生部分熔融形成埃达克质熔体,侵入地壳形成埃达克岩.     

广州增城地质公园安山质-流纹质火山岩地球化学特征及Rb-Sr年龄测定

广州市增城地质公园发育有大量的燕山期安山岩和流纹岩,由于缺少详细的岩石地球化学研究,这些火山岩的成因和所代表的大地构造意义一直未明确。文章对上述火山岩进行了较为系统的全岩地球化学以及同位素地球化学分析。研究结果显示,安山岩具有安第斯型火山岩特点,显示Nb、Ta、Sr和Ti的亏损,Isr值介于0.70332~0.7144,平均值0.7092,岩石稀土总量较低(ΣREE=158.9×10^-6~215.0×10^-6),平均值186.8×10^-6,轻重稀土元素分异较弱((La/Yb)N5.06~9.87),平均值7.01,Eu负异常不明显(δEu=0.80~1.38),平均值δEu=0.94。流纹岩具有高钾特点,有明显的Ba、Sr、P、Eu、Ti负异常和Pb、Yb正异常,其Isr值介于0.71393~0.73650,平均值0.72615,岩石稀土总量较低(ΣREE=93.4×10^-6~481.5×10^-6),平均值285.7×10^-6,轻重稀土元素分异弱((La/Yb)N=0.65~9.51),平均值4.35,Eu负异常很明显(δEu=0.01~0.03),平均值δEu=0.02,全岩Rb-Sr同位素年龄为(112±12)Ma。综合的地球化学研究表明,增城地质公园安山质-流纹质火山岩均属壳幔混合成因,其中安山岩以幔源为主,而流纹岩则以壳源为主,分别形成于早侏罗世和早白垩世太平洋板块俯冲碰撞挤压的构造背景下。这对华南地区中生代构造演化的深入认识具有重要的地质意义。     

三江北段贡觉三叠纪火山岩年代学、地球化学特征及其地质意义

三江北段贡觉三叠纪火山岩是金沙江古特提斯洋向西俯冲消减及随后的弧陆碰撞造山作用的产物,主要由玄武岩、安山质熔结凝灰岩和安山岩等组成,对探讨金沙江古特提斯构造-岩浆演化过程具有重要意义.对贡觉火山岩进行了LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年和全岩主、微量元素研究.其中代表性样品安山质熔结凝灰岩的LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年结果显示,锆石23个分析点的206Pb/238U年龄为243~233 Ma,206Pb/238U加权平均年龄为238.3±1.3 Ma（MSWD=1.7,n=23）,代表了岩浆的结晶年龄为中-晚三叠世.地球化学分析表明,火山岩以低钛（0.52%~0.91%）、中镁（3.38%~7.22%）、富钠（3.63%~4.66%）、贫钾（0.09%~4.05%）、富集轻稀土元素（LREE/HREE=4.09~13.27）和大离子亲石元素（Th、U、La、Sm）、亏损高场强元素Nb和Ta（Nb=2.51×10-6~24.5×10-6、Ta=0.22×10-6~1.89×10-6）为特征,La/Nb值（2.13~2.89）较高、Nb/Th值（1.12~1.62）相对较低,具有与岛弧型或晚碰撞造山型火山岩相似的主-微量元素组成特征.贡觉中-晚三叠世火山岩代表了金沙江古特提斯演化过程中晚碰撞造山阶段的岩浆响应,推测是晚碰撞过程中残留的金沙江洋壳物质与岩石圈地幔物质相互作用的结果.      

西藏隆巴俄桑地区玄武岩与安山玢岩的地球化学:对班公湖-怒江洋构造演化的启示

狮泉河-永珠-嘉黎蛇绿混杂岩带的构造属性及其与班公湖-怒江缝合带演化的关系,是了解班公湖-怒江洋中生代构造演化的关键.对隆巴俄桑地区的玄武岩和安山玢岩脉开展了岩石地球化学研究.结果表明,玄武岩属拉斑玄武岩系列,富集LREE和大离子亲石元素Rb、Ba、K、Sr、Pb等,亏损高场强元素Nb、Ta、Ti,与岛弧拉斑玄武岩特征一致.安山玢岩脉属拉斑玄武岩系列,有向钙碱系列演化的趋势,富集大离子亲石元素Rb、Ba、K、Sr、Pb、U等,亏损高场强元素Nb、Ta,显示岛弧成因岩浆岩地球化学特征,低ΣREE（11.8×10-6~13.8×10-6）,（La/Yb）_N=0.37~0.43,亏损LREE,与N-MORB相似,具有岛弧岩浆岩（IAB）和正常洋中脊玄武岩（N-MORB）双重特征,与不成熟的弧后盆地玄武岩（BABB）特征一致.综合区域地质资料认为,隆巴俄桑玄武岩和安山玢岩形成的构造环境均与俯冲相关,可能分别形成于班公湖-怒江洋壳南向俯冲消减相关的洋内或者活动大陆边缘的岛弧环境和不成熟的弧后盆地环境,是中侏罗至早白垩世期间班公湖-怒江洋壳南向俯冲消减的再循环的产物.      

南澜沧江带北段上二叠统陆缘弧火山岩的厘定

从岩石组合、岩相学特征、岩石化学、稀土元素、微量元素、大地构造环境等诸多方面分析云县-临沧花岗岩东侧的小定西、崴里等地分布的上二叠统P2火山岩具有陆缘弧火山岩特征。火山岩组合以玄武岩-安山岩-英安岩为主,极少量的粗安岩-粗面岩;火山岩系列以钙碱性系列为主,拉斑系列及碱性系列较少;火山岩的化学成分以A l2O3低T iO2为特征,K2O含量显示极强的极性;稀土模式为轻稀土富集右倾斜型;微量元素大阳离子元素富集,亏损T i,C r和部分亏损P,N b;岩石化学投图绝大部分落在岛弧火山岩区,与南澜沧江带南段及北澜沧江带陆缘弧火岩投点相一致。厘定了南澜沧江带北段上二叠统P2陆缘弧火山岩的存在。该陆缘弧火岩带与昌宁-孟连带的洋脊/洋岛型火山岩、蛇绿岩构成了成对分布的洋脊火山岩、蛇绿岩-弧岩浆岩带,指示澜沧江洋壳向东俯冲。该成果对探讨澜沧江带古特提斯的演化具有极重要的作用。     

Tectonic evolution of Early Paleozoic island-arc systems and continental crust formation in the Caledonides of Kazakhstan and the North Tien Shan

The extended Saryarka and Shyngyz-North Tien Shan volcanic belts that underwent secondary deformation are traced in the Caledonides of Kazakhstan and the North Tien Shan. These belts are composed of igneous rocks pertaining to Early Paleozoic island-arc systems of various types and the conjugated basins with oceanic crust. The Saryarka volcanic belt has a complex fold-nappe structure formed in the middle Arenigian-middle Llanvirnian as a result of the tectonic juxtaposition of Early-Middle Cambrian and Late Cambrian-Early Ordovician complexes of ensimatic island arcs and basins with oceanic crust. The Shyngyz-North Tien Shan volcanic belt is characterized by a rather simple fold structure and consists of Middle-Late Ordovician volcanic and plutonic associations of ensialic island arcs developing on heterogeneous basement, which is composed of complexes belonging to the Saryarka belt and Precambrian sialic massifs. The structure and isotopic composition of the Paleozoic igneous complexes provide evidence for the heterogeneous structure of the continental crust in various segments of the Kazakh Caledonides. The upper crust of the Shyngyz segment consists of Early Paleozoic island-arc complexes and basins with oceanic crust related to the Saryarka and Shyngyz-North Tien Shan volcanic belts in combination with Middle and Late Paleozoic continental igneous rocks. The deep crustal units of this segment are dominated by mafic rocks of Early Paleozoic suprasubduction complexes. The upper continental crust of the Stepnyak segment is composed of Middle-Late Ordovician island-arc complexes of the Shyngyz-North Tien Shan volcanic belt and Early Ordovician rift-related volcanics. The middle crustal units are composed of Riphean, Paleoproterozoic, and probably Archean sialic rocks, whereas the lower crustal units are composed of Neoproterozoic mafic rocks.     

Late Cretaceous subduction initiation and Palaeocene–Eocene slab breakoff magmatism in South-Central Anatolia,Turkey

The Late Cretaceous Alihoca ophiolite in the Inner Tauride suture zone (ITSZ) of South-Central Turkey represents part of a single ophiolitic thrust sheet that originated from the Inner Tauride ocean. The ophiolite contains upper mantle peridotites, cumulate wehrlites, layered-to-isotropic gabbros, and microgabbroic-to-doleritic dikes. An ophiolitic mélange beneath the Alihoca ophiolite includes blocks of limestone, peridotite, dolerite, basalt, and deep-sea sedimentary rocks (radiolarite, chert) in a matrix comprising sheared serpentinite and mudstone. Isotropic gabbro and dolerite dike rocks show enrichment in Sr, K, Rb, Ba, and Th (LILE) and depletion of Ta, Nb, Zr, Ti, and Y (HFSE), indicating an island arc tholeiite (IAT) affinity. Relatively younger dolerite rocks display low TiO₂ (<0.5 wt.%) contents, concave REE profiles with low HREE concentrations, and high LREE values, typical of boninitic affinities. The Alihoca ophiolite, hence, displays an IAT to boninitic geochemical progression in its magmatic evolution, reminiscent of many other Tethyan ophiolites in the region. It represents the remnant of a forearc oceanic crust, which developed during the early stages of subduction within the Inner Tauride ocean. Volcanic, volcano-sedimentary, and sedimentary rocks of the Uluk??la–Çamard? basin north of the ITSZ disconformably overlie the mafic-ultramafic rocks of the Alihoca ophiolite. Pillowed and massive lavas of the latest Cretaceous–Palaeocene Uluk??la Formation have alkaline basalt-to-basaltic andesite compositions, displaying relatively enriched LILE and LREE patterns with negative Nb and Ta anomalies. These geochemical features suggest that magmas of the Uluk??la–Çamard? volcanic rocks formed from partial melting of a metasomatized lithospheric mantle. This melting event was triggered by the influx of asthenospheric heat through a slab breakoff-induced window in the downgoing Tethyan oceanic lithosphere.     

Neoproterozoic terrigenous deposits of the Tuva–Mongolian massif: geochemical correlation, sourcelands, and geodynamic reconstruction

We have established that the terrigenous deposits of the Haisuin Formation and metamorphic deposits of the Shutkhulai block are similar in geochemical characteristics to the rocks of the Oka Group. The volcanics of the Sarkhoi Group and, to a lesser extent, the crystalline deposits of the Gargan block and rocks of the Dunjugur ophiolite complex served as sourcelands for the studied deposits. The terrigenous deposits of the Oka Group and Haisuin Formation and the pararocks of the Shutkhulai block accumulated in the same sedimentary basin localized on the margin of the Tuva–Mongolian massif in the setting of an island-arc system.     

The Gramscatho Basin, south Cornwall, UK: Devonian active margin successions

Deep marine deposits of the Gramscatho Basin of south Cornwall reflect two tectonic regimes; Early to Middle Devonian rifting of continental lithosphere with formation of oceanic lithosphere to the south, and Middle Devonian to earliest Carboniferous convergence along its southern margin. Sediments on thinned continental crust to the north and oceanic lithosphere to the south were juxtaposed in the Late Devonian when nappes of deep water flysch and olistostrome were thrust up on to the northern continental margin of the basin. Basin closure was accommodated by forward propagating thrust nappes, accompanied by penecontemporaneous sedimentation. The stratigraphical sequences of major nappes illustrate the progradation of flysch with climactic sedimentation of olistostrome in late Mid- to Late Devonian times. The Lizard Complex, including the Lizard ophiolite, within that nappe stack, constitutes part of one of the GCR sites which are largely in the allochthonous rocks. Many of those sites feature the olistostrome, Roseland Breccia Formation, with its great variety of sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic clasts (up to 1.5 km), and the association of ocean floor basalt and penecontemporaneous acidic volcanics indicative of the coming together of oceanic and continental plates. A site at the top of the parautochthonous continental margin succession displays the erosion products of the youngest nappe as it emerged and advanced across the sediment surface, marking closure of the oceanised Gramscatho Basin and continental collision.