辽南金州拆离断层带中花岗质岩石的变形:显微构造、组构与年代学分析

花岗岩(脉)在中下地壳韧性剪切带中普遍发育,如何正确鉴别剪切带中剪切前、剪切期及剪切后花岗岩(脉)以及正确理解剪切过程中构造变形与岩浆作用之间的关系一直是一个重要课题。本文以辽南金州拆离断层带为研究对象,选取中部地壳伸展作用过程中具有不同变形表现的花岗岩(脉)开展宏观-微观构造观察、石英EBSD组构分析及锆石LA-ICP-MS年代学测试等工作,从而进一步丰富构造-岩浆关系判别准则。剪切前花岗岩(脉)多变形强烈且具有后期固态变形叠加在早期高温岩浆组构之上的特点,而剪切期的花岗岩由于侵位的时间不同,岩石的变形程度也会不同。剪切晚期侵入的岩脉遭受了较弱的晶内塑性变形,而剪切早期的岩脉可以显示岩浆流动或结晶后高温至中温固态变形。从组构特点上看,剪切前和剪切期花岗质岩石石英c轴组构大多表现为中高温组构叠加有低温组构的特点。剪切后的花岗质岩石仅发生微弱的晶内变形或未变形而显示低温或无规律的组构特征。对五个典型的样品进行年代学测试,其结果符合相应的期次划分类型。应用宏观构造、显微构造与组构分析,结合年代学测试综合分析,对于辽南变质核杂岩构造-岩浆活动性进行了精细划分,包括134~130Ma初始伸展阶段,130~115Ma峰期伸展与强烈岩浆活动阶段,以及115Ma前后伸展作用结束。     

庐山变质核杂岩东侧拆离带两期构造性质转换:锆石U-Pb年代学证据

庐山变质核杂岩东侧的星子牛屎墩地区广泛岀露伸展拆离、韧性流变的构造现象,拆离方位为南东方向。该区还岀露一期NNE向左行走滑韧性剪切构造,推测是与郯庐断裂同期变形的构造产物,为郯庐断裂系的一部分。这两期构造运动反映了中生代太平洋构造体制下挤压应力向伸展应力的转换,对伸展滑脱层内同构造的伟晶岩脉及长英质脉的锆石U-Pb年代学测试,结合野外构造现象,以探究该区两期构造性质的转换时限和构造背景。新生变质流体结晶的锆石得到135~140Ma的庐山变质核杂岩拆离带的伸展年龄,内部受热液溶蚀作用的残余锆石得到150.5Ma和153.9Ma的左行剪切变形的年龄。受太平洋构造体制控制,晚侏罗世,该区受板块俯冲作用而处于挤压应力的构造背景,表现为左行剪切构造;早白垩世,在区域性的伸展、减薄作用下,挤压应力向伸展应力转换,庐山变质核杂岩得以形成,其伸展拆离构造是在早期左行剪切构造上的改造与叠加。     

胶北地体中的深层次拆离构造:扬子板片折返的板上响应

通过对胶北地体基底中的韧性变形构造的研究,厘定了位于太古宙胶东群和古元古界粉子山群之间及粉子山群与晚元古界蓬莱群之间的2条深层次韧性拆离断层。显微构造和石英组构研究表明它们的剪切指向自SE向NW,并经历了高温(>650℃)到低温(350℃)的组构演化过程。对剪切带中的长英质糜棱岩进行SHRIMP U-Pb测年,获得153±2Ma和128.5±1.5Ma两组重结晶变形年龄,代表韧性拆离断裂形成及活化的时限。结合地体中岩浆作用、莱阳白垩纪盆地沉积以及制约盆地的韧性拆离断裂(148Ma)等相关伸展构造特征,认为胶北深层次拆离构造是扬子深俯冲板块折返后期的板上伸展的响应。     

庐山变质核杂岩东侧的伸展拆离及构造意义

庐山变质核杂岩东侧的星子牛屎墩地区出露与西侧拆离带相似的伸展拆离滑脱、韧性流变的构造现象, 岩层整体呈现上盘向南东滑脱的正断层性质, 推测庐山变质核杂岩东侧的拆离带就在此处, 而并非五里正断层。东侧拆离带内岩石以糜棱岩、糜棱状岩石及混合岩为主, 并发育大量的长英质脉体, 形成温压较高, 埋深较大, 其糜棱岩带、构造片岩带保留完好。运动学涡度分析得到涡度W_k>0.75, 表明该拆离系为以单剪为主的一般剪切带。根据糜棱岩中长石的变形特征估算东侧拆离带的形成温度为650 ℃~700 ℃, 与西侧拆离带近于一致。锆石U-Pb年龄测定得到东侧拆离带的伸展年龄为140~135 Ma, 也代表了庐山变质核杂岩的形成时间。     

辽南中生代造山期缩短滑脱与晚造山伸展拆离构造

该区的构造格局主要由早期近东西向紧闭的褶皱带和晚期北北东向构造组成。早期的南北向缩短构造以龙王庙平卧褶皱和大小长山岛的直立紧闭褶皱为代表,分别具有扇状间隔性压溶劈理和透入性轴面片理,褶面倒向以北为主。北北东向构造切割近东西向构造,表层表现为北西西向薄皮逆冲推覆构造,浅层构造具有扇状压溶劈理的紧闭褶皱,深层表现为基底与盖层间的拆离断层及其下的韧性剪切带。早期的研究者将该断层作为辽南推覆构造底部的滑脱面,现今则压倒性地采用变质核杂岩的构造理念。根据相关剪切带早期面内褶皱发育,晚期伸展褶劈理发育,通过运动学涡度和应力状态分析,论证早期滑脱-推覆到晚期伸展拆离的演化过程。野外观测证明,辽南基底变质岩西侧的金州断层为一伸展拆离断层,它切割东侧的董家沟断层,前者平行于下伏糜棱岩中的同向伸展褶劈理,后者平行下伏糜棱岩的糜棱面理。金州拆离断层的形成及其东侧的隆起标志着辽南构造体制从缩短到伸展的转折。根据相关的年代学研究,这一构造体制转化发生在早白垩世(约120～107 Ma)。该区最新的构造事件是北东-南西向的缩短,相关的北北东向的右行走滑断层与晚白垩世以来的郯庐断层活动方式一致。     

西藏洛扎地区拆离断层构造变形特征

西藏洛扎地区发育的拆离断层叠加在先期逆冲推覆构造之上,并被以脆性变形为特征的高角度北倾正断层改造,各阶段变形结构面交切关系清楚。拆离活动表现为韧性-韧脆性层间剪切,拆离体依次向北西(北北西)近水平左行滑断。与韧性拆离断层具有成生关系的淡色花岗岩产状特征及年代学研究表明,拆离断层变形时代为中新世中晚期。本文着重阐述拆离断层几何学及运动学特征,并根据地球物理场资料所反映的青藏高原深部结构特征讨论其成因。     

辽西医巫闾山晚侏罗世伸展事件的时限来自同构造岩脉的年代学证据

位于燕山构造带东端的医巫闾山变质核杂岩经历了两次地壳伸展活动,早期在NNE-SSW拉伸背景下形成了现今围 绕医巫闾山岩体周缘分布的拆离韧性剪切带与相应的变质核杂岩,晚期隆升过程中由于拉伸方向转变又叠加发育了瓦子峪 伸展韧性剪切带。早期伸展变形中,围绕在拆离韧性剪切带及变形下盘中侵入了大量不同变形样式的同构造花岗岩脉。通 过对不同阶段侵入的岩脉进行LA-ICP-MS 锆石U-Pb 定年,显示该核杂岩的活动时间为157~149 Ma。医巫闾山地区晚侏罗 世伸展活动的确定,暗示华北克拉通北部可能从晚侏罗世已经开始发生破坏,到早白垩世达峰期并遍及整个华北克拉通东部。     

苏尼特左旗早中生代变质核杂岩韧性拆离带构造剥露过程及地质意义

苏尼特左旗变质核杂岩位于中亚造山带东南部,其发育一走向近EW、倾向S的低角度伸展型拆离带,主要由下盘的二叠纪—三叠纪侵入体、韧性剪切带(糜棱岩带)、脆性拆离断层面及上盘的古生代和元古宙岩石组成。韧性拆离带内主要岩石类型为花岗质糜棱岩,宏观尺度普遍发育面理与线理,产状为145°～194°∠34°～55°与185°～228°∠15°～39°。显微尺度下石英强烈定向成拔丝状、并具亚颗粒旋转重结晶现象;长石形成不对称的旋转碎斑系及核幔构造。剪切带内不对称长石碎斑、云母鱼、S-C组构等指示上盘向SW方向剪切。以拆离带内强变形糜棱岩及下盘哈拉图岩体为测年对象,两个花岗质糜棱岩与下盘不变形花岗岩的锆石U-Pb年龄为244.4±1.8 Ma、244.0±2.4 Ma与229.4±2.1 Ma;锆石(U-Th)/He的年龄为212.5±13.1 Ma、214.1±13.2 Ma。结合区域构造背景与前人研究资料,认为苏尼特拆离带变形起始时限为244 Ma以后,变形峰期时限为224 Ma并持续至214 Ma。苏尼特左旗变质核杂岩韧性拆离带在244～224 Ma与224～213 Ma两个时期的冷却速率分别为1...     

房山变质核杂岩基底拆离断层韧性剪切变形构造及环境分析

在房山岩体南北缘出露有太古代(基底) 官地杂岩, 官地杂岩与上覆盖层不同地层之间发育一条基底韧性拆离断层.宏观及微观尺度上拆离断层运动学标志均指示SE; 剪切带内发育区域动力变质作用下的矿物组合角闪石-斜长石及硅值较高的白云母, 对其进行电子探针分析, 计算出拆离断层韧性剪切变形的温压条件为: 温度492~555 ℃, 压力0.33 Gpa左右, 达到低角闪岩相.按正常的静岩压力计算, 该韧性剪切作用发生于地表以下12.9 km左右, 代表了中地壳韧性流变的变形环境.野外观察发现房山侵入体与官地杂岩及该韧性剪切带间均呈明显的侵入接触关系, 在侵入岩体南北边缘有大量的片麻岩等捕虏体, 沿杂岩的片麻理或韧性构造面理, 发育大量的石英二长闪长岩脉, 岩脉成分与房山岩体一致, 因此该韧性剪切带的形成应早于房山岩体侵位.如对房山岩体的侵入和改造进行复原和恢复, 该韧性剪切带代表了早期的伸展作用, 可能与房山伸展穹隆体的韧性变形同期.      

太行山山前中—新生代伸展拆离构造和年代学

太行山山前中-新生代伸展滑脱的主拆离构造出现在早前寒武纪变质结晶基底和中元古代以后的沉积盖层之间.卷入拆离带中的变形岩石以断层碎裂岩为主,局部形成大规模由基底和盖层岩石碎片组成的构造混杂岩带,结晶基底顶部未见典型的糜棱岩,拆离过程表现为准塑性-脆性变形机制,形成深度应小于10 km.太行山山前拆离滑脱带沿走向分为阜平、赞皇两个独立的区段.拆离带中变形岩石的锆石、磷灰石裂变径迹年龄主要集中在68～52Ma和23～18Ma.结合太行山区夷平面年代和相邻盆地构造分析结果,华北大陆地壳的加厚作用可能发生在白垩纪中期(134±9Ma～92±4Ma),主要的伸展滑脱开始于白垩纪末(68Ma前).     

华北克拉通中生代伸展构造研究的几个问题及其在岩石圈减薄研究中的意义

总结了华北克拉通及周边以变质核杂岩和穹隆为代表的伸展构造研究的进展和存在的问题,提出了值得进一步研究的几个重要问题及其在华北克拉通破坏和岩石圈减薄研究中的意义。以变质核杂岩和穹隆为窗口,开展推覆向伸展的转化机制、区域性伸展运动学特征、剪切应变类型、伸展构造发育的时间和过程的研究,有助于深入探讨增厚地壳向伸展减薄转化的起因和过程,确定减薄的区域运动学方式及时限,查明伸展构造变形对地壳及岩石圈减薄的贡献。这方面的研究将提升华北伸展构造研究的水平,有助于查明岩石圈减薄的地壳响应,为探讨华北克拉通破坏和减薄的时限、机制、模式及深部动力学问题提供直接的构造证据。     

The Keisarhjelmen detachment records Silurian–Devonian extensional collapse in Northern Svalbard

At the junction of the Atlantic and Arctic margins, the crustal‐scale Keisarhjelmen detachment of north‐west Svalbard records previously unrecognised magnitudes of extension. The detachment separates a corrugated metamorphic core complex in the footwall from a mantling Devonian supradetachment basin in the hangingwall. The detachment has a top‐N displacement of more than 50 km, which is aligned with the map‐scale corrugations, and an upwards ductile to brittle transition with shear related footwall retrogression. This configuration has striking similarities to extensional collapse detachments in the paired Scandinavian–Greenland Caledonides, but orientation and position link the detachment with the Ellesmerian orogen.     

Constraints on the timing and regional conditions at the start of the present phase of crustal extension in western Turkey,from observations in and around the Denizli region

The chronology of extension of the continental crust in western Turkey has been the subject of major controversies. We suggest that these difficulties have arisen in part because of past misuse of dating evidence; and in part because the assumption often made, that deposition of major terrestrial sedimentary sequences implies crustal extension to create the necessary accommodation space, is incorrect. We report evidence that the present phase of extension began in the Denizli region at ~ 7 Ma, around the start of the Messinian stage of the Late Miocene. This timing matches the estimated start of right-lateral slip on the North Anatolian Fault Zone, and corresponds to a substantial increase in the dimensions of the Aegean extensional province to roughly its present size: beforehand, between ~ 12 Ma and ~ 7 Ma, extension seems to have only occurred in the central part of this modern province. In some localities, terrestrial sedimentation that began before this start of extension continued into this extensional phase, both within and outside normal fault zones. However, in other localities within the hanging-walls of normal faults, the start of extension marked the end of sedimentation. Relationships between sedimentation and crustal extension in this region are thus not straightforward, and a simple correlation should therefore not be assumed in structural interpretations. During the time-scale of this phase of extension, the Denizli region has also experienced major vertical crustal motions that are unrelated to this extension. The northern part of this region, in the relatively arid interior of western Turkey, has uplifted by ~ 400 m since the Middle Pliocene, whereas its southern part, closer to the Mediterranean Sea and with a much wetter climate, has uplifted by ~ 1,200 m since the Early Miocene, by up to ~ 900 m since the Middle Pliocene, and by an estimated ~ 300 m since the Early Pleistocene. This regional uplift, superimposed on the local effects of active normal faulting, is interpreted as a consequence of lateral variations in rates of erosion. A reliable chronology for this phase of extension in western Turkey, in relation to changes in the geometry of motions of adjoining plates and Late Cenozoic environmental change, is now in place.     

The Kyonggi Shear Zone of the Central Korean Peninsula: Late Orogenic Imprint of the North and South China Collision

The crustal-scale Kyonggi shear zone of central Korea has been identified as a major boundary between the Precambrian Kyonggi massif in the south and the Imjingang belt in the north. The latter is an eastward extension of the Qinling-Dabie-Sulu collisional belt of China. Field observations and microstructural analysis indicate that the extensional shear zone evolved from a deep crustal ductile regime to a shallow crustal brittle regime, associated with a rapid uplift of the Kyonggi massif following the Late Permian-Early Triassic collision between the Sino-Korean and Yangtze cratons. A Rb-Sr muscovite age (226+/-1.2 Ma) of the mylonite suggests that the extensional ductile shearing occurred during the Late Triassic.     

Rheological controls on extensional styles and the structural evolution of the Northern Carnarvon Basin,North West Shelf,Australia

The extensional architecture of the Northern Carnarvon Basin can be explained in terms of changes in lithospheric rheology during multiphase extension and lower crustal flow. Low‐angle detachments, while playing a minor role, are not considered to have been the primary mechanism for extension as suggested in previous models. Early extension (Cambrian‐Ordovician) in the Northern Carnarvon Basin is characterised by low‐angle detachment structures of limited regional extent. These structures have a spatial association with a Proterozoic mobile belt on the margin of the Pilbara Craton. Thermo‐mechanical conditions in the mobile belt may have predisposed the highly deformed crust to thin‐skinned extension and detachment development. Permo‐Carboniferous extension generated an extensive wide rift basin, suggesting ductile rheologies associated with intermediate lithospheric temperatures and crustal thickness. Thick Upper Permian to Upper Triassic post‐rift sequences and marked thinning of the lower crust occurred in association with only a small amount of extension in the upper crust. This observation can be reconciled by considering outward lower crustal flow, from beneath the basin towards the basin margin, following extension. Strong mid‐crustal reflectors, which occur over large areas of the Northern Carnarvon Basin, probably represent a boundary between flow and non‐flow regimes rather than detachment fault surfaces as in previous models. Crustal thinning and thermal decay following Permo‐Carboniferous extension contributed to the increased strength and brittle behaviour of the lithosphere. Consequently, Late Triassic to Early Cretaceous extension resulted in the development of far more localised narrow rift systems on the margins of the preceding wide rift basin. Diapiric intrusions are associated with the narrow rift basin development, resulting from either remobilisation of ductile lower crustal rock or the initial formation of sea‐floor spreading centres.     

What drove late Mesozoic extension of the northern China–Mongolia tract?

The northern China–Mongolia tract exhibited a tectonic transition from contractional to extensional deformation in late Mesozoic time. Late Middle to early Late Jurassic crustal shortening is widely thought to have resulted from collision of an amalgamated North China–Mongolia block and the Siberian plate, but widespread late Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous extension has not been satisfactorily explained by existing models. Some prominent features of the extensional tectonics of the northern China–Mongolia tract are: (1) Late Jurassic voluminous volcanism prior to Early Cretaceous large-magnitude rapid extension; (2) overlapping in time of contractional deformation in the Yinshan–Yanshan belt with development of extension-related basins in the interior of the northern China–Mongolia tract; and (3) widespread occurrence of alkali granitic plutonism, extensional basins and metamorphic core complexes in the Early Cretaceous. A new explanation is advanced in this study for this sequence of events. The collision of amalgamated North China–Mongolia with Siberia led to crustal overthickening of the northern China–Mongolia tract and formation of a high-standing plateau. Subsequent breakoff at depth of the north-dipping Mongol–Okhotsk oceanic slab is suggested as the main trigger for late Mesozoic lithospheric extension of that tract. Slab breakoff resulted in mantle lithospheric stretching of the adjacent northern China–Mongolia tract with subsequent ascent of hot asthenosphere and magmatic underplating at the base of the crust. Collectively, these phenomena triggered gravitational collapse of the previously thickened crust, leading to late Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous crustal extension, and importantly, coeval contraction along the southern margin of the plateau in the Yinshan–Yanshan belt. The proposed model provides a framework for interpreting the spatial and temporal relationships of distinct processes and reconciling some seemingly contradictory phenomena, such as the synchronous extension of northerly terranes during major contraction in the neighboring Yanshan–Yinshan belt.     

Late Mesozoic extensional tectonics in the North China Craton and its adjacent regions: a review and synthesis

ABSTRACT

The late Mesozoic tectonics of the North China Craton (NCC) and its adjacent regions were characterized by a general lithospheric extension and remarked by extensional dome structures, such as the metamorphic core complexes, syn-tectonic plutons, rolling-hinge structures, and widespreadgraben/half graben basins. According to our own field observations, laboratory work, and previous results of other groups, from north to south, five extensional domains have been delineated, namely Transbaikalia–Mongol–Okhotsk, western part of NCC, eastern part of NCC and Korea, Qinling–Dabie and its neighbouring, and the interior of South China Block, respectively. As the largest crustal scale extensional tectonic realm in the world, these domains are featured by a NW–SE extensional direction with strong extensional exhumation of middle to lower crust rocks to the surface along detachment faults. Geochronological work on these ductile detachment faults constrain a narrow activity period around 130 Ma except several extensive structures along the Tan–Lu fault, which documents a relative longer extensional period. The foundering of the lower part of the lithosphere could be a possible mechanism of this continent-scale extensional tectonics. This geodynamic model could help us to enhance the knowledge of the time, scale, and mechanism of the NCC destruction from the view of structural analysis.     

The Ordovician Sierras Pampeanas–Puna basin connection: Basement thinning and basin formation in the Proto-Andean back-arc

The Ordovician Sierras Pampeanas, located in a continental back-arc position at the Proto-Andean margin of southwest Gondwana, experienced substantial mantle heat transfer during the Ordovician Famatina orogeny, converting Neoproterozoic and Early Cambrian metasediments to migmatites and granites. The high-grade metamorphic basement underwent intense extensional shearing during the Early and Middle Ordovician. Contemporaneously, up to 7000 m marine sediments were deposited in extensional back-arc basins covering the pre-Ordovician basement. Extensional Ordovician tectonics were more effective in mid- and lower crustal migmatites than in higher levels of the crust. At a depth of about 13 km the separating boundary between low-strain solid upper and high-strain lower migmatitic crust evolved to an intra-crustal detachment. The detachment zone varies in thickness but does not exceed about 500 m. The formation of anatectic melt at the metamorphic peak, and the resulting drop in shear strength, initiated extensional tectonics which continued along localized ductile shear zones until the migmatitic crust cooled to amphibolite facies P–T conditions. P–T–d–t data in combination with field evidence suggest significant (ca. 52%) crustal thinning below the detachment corresponding to a thinning factor of 2.1. Ductile thinning of the upper crust is estimated to be less than that of the lower crust and might range between 25% and 44%, constituting total crustal thinning factors of 1.7–2.0. While the migmatites experienced retrograde decompression during the Ordovician, rocks along and above the detachment show isobaric cooling. This suggests that the magnitude of upper crustal extension controls the amount of space created for sediments deposited at the surface. Upper crustal extension and thinning is compensated by newly deposited sediments, maintaining constant pressure at detachment level. Thinning of the migmatitic lower crust is compensated by elevation of the crust–mantle boundary. The degree of mechanical coupling between migmatitic lower and solid upper crust across the detachment zone is the main factor controlling upper crustal extension, basin formation, and sediment thickness in the back-arc basin. The initiation of crustal extension in the back-arc, however, crucially depends on the presence of anatectic melt in the middle and lower crust. Consumption of melt and cooling of the lower crust correlate with decreasing deposition rates in the sedimentary basins and decreasing rates of crustal extension.     

变质核杂岩研究进展

变质核杂岩是大陆流变伸展的重要表现形式。在近20年的国际大陆动力学研究中,变质核杂岩与伸展构造是一个方兴未艾的热点课题。在大量文献资料调研和作者科研实践的基础上,对变质核杂岩与伸展构造的研究现状进行了综述,分析了变质核杂岩的几何学、运动学、年代学特征、拆离断层特征、形成的大地构造背景与成矿关系等,对变质核杂岩基本特征及判别标志进行了归纳总结。同时,对变质核杂岩的热点争论问题,如变质核杂岩是否一定存在巨厚地壳柱被切失的问题、变质核杂岩形成过程中岩浆作用与伸展作用的主从关系问题、低角度拆离断层的成因等进行了讨论,并提出自己的认识。     

Active extension of the Shanxi rift,north China: does it result from anticlockwise block rotations?

The Shanxi rift is an intraplate extensional zone in the North China Block. Active extension has previously been considered to result from anticlockwise block rotation, with successive indentation of the Indian plate toward the Eurasian plate. However, GPS data show that the entire North China Block is moving coherently from WNW to ESE, indicating that no significant block rotations presently exist along the two sides of the rift. We use a viscoelastic model to predict that its active extension might be caused by intraplate deformation localization with lateral changes of the crustal rheological structures. A model result shows that for the ESE movement of the North China Block, the existing topographical loading and crustal weakness could have resulted in the obvious long‐term extension of the Shanxi rift even without different block rotations. The surface extension rate approximated from lateral inhomogeneous crustal models is ～ 0.5–1.4 mm yr^?1, consistent with observed geological and seismological extension rates.