Geology, Geochemistry and Tectonic Significance of Mafic-ultramafic Rocks of Mesoproterozoic Phulad Ophiolite Suite of South Delhi Fold Belt, NW Indian Shield

A thick sequence of mafic-ultramafic rocks, occurs along a major shear zone (Phulad lineament), running across the length of Aravalli Mountain Range for about 300 kms. It has been suggested, that this sequence may represent a fragment of ophiolite or a rift related metavolcanic suite made up of basalts and fractionated ultramafics. The geological and tectonic significance of the complex is assessed using field relationships, petrography and geochemistry. Structurally, the lowest part of the complex comprises a discontinuous band of plastically deformed harzburgite (mantle component) followed by layered cumulus gabbroic rocks (crustal component). A complex of non-cumulus rocks comprising hornblende schists, gabbros, sheeted dykes and pillowed basalts structurally overlies layered gabbros. Huge bodies of diorite intrude volcanics.

Geochemical classification suggests that all non-cumulus mafic rocks are sub-alkaline basalts except one variety of dykes which shows mildly alkaline character. The sub-alkaline rocks are tholeiite to calc-alkaline with boninite affinity. Tectono-magmatic variation diagrams and MORB normalised patterns suggest a fore arc tectonic regime for the eruption of these rocks.

The mafic rocks of Phulad Ophiolite Suite are zoned across the strike in terms of their distribution from west to east. The hornblende schists and basalts are exposed at the westernmost margin followed by gabbros and dykes. The alkaline dyke occurs at the easternmost part. The rocks of Phulad suite are juxtaposed with shallow water sediments in the east followed by platformal sediments and then continental slope sediments in the further east indicating gradual thickening of the crust from west to east and an eastward subduction. The geochemical interpretation presented in this study, together with discussion of lithological association is used to decipher the tectonic evolution of the Mesoproterozoics of NW Indian shield.     

Permo-Carboniferous Radiolarians from the Wupata＇erkan Group, Western South Tianshan, Xinjiang, China

The Wupata‘erkan Group, also called Wupata‘erkan Formation, distributed in the South Tianshan, Xinjiang,China, mainly consists of gray and dark gray fine-grained clastic rocks, interlayered with volcanic rocks, carbonates and cherts. Some ultra-basic rocks (blocks) punctuate the formation. The formation was variously assigned to Silurian-Middle Devonian, Silurian-Lower Devonian, and pre-Devonian, mainly based on Atrypa bodini Mansuy, Hypothyridina parallelepipedia (Brour.) and Prismatophyllum hexagonum Yoh collected from the limestone interlayers, respectively.However, radiolarian fossils obtained from 24 chert specimens of the Wupata‘erkan Group, mainly include Albaillella sp.cf. A. undulata Deflandre, Albaillella sp. cf. A. paradoxa Deflandre, Albaillella cf. A. deflandrei Gourmelon, Albaillella sp. cf. A. indensis Won, Albaillella sp. cf. A. excelsa Ishiga, Kito and Imoto, Albaillella sp. and Latentifistulidae gen. et. sp.indet., are earliest Carboniferous and Late Permian. The earliest Carboniferous assemblage is characterized by Albaillella sp. cf. A. undulata Deflandre, Albaillella sp. cf. A. paradoxa Deflandre, Albaillella cf. A. deflandrei Gourmelon and Albaillella sp. cf. A. indensis Won, and the Late Permian assemblage by Albaillella sp. cf. A. excelsa Ishiga, Kito and Imoto. This new stratigraphic evidence indicates that the Wupata‘erkan Group is possibly composed of rocks with different ages from Silurian to Permian, and therefore, it is probably an ophiolite mrlange. The discovery of Late Permian Albaillella sp. cf. A. excelsa provides more reliable evidence supporting the existence of a Permian relic ancient oceanic basin in the western part of Xinjiang South Tianshan.     

缅甸达贡山蛇绿岩体的地球化学特征及其成矿意义

缅甸达贡山蛇绿岩体是达贡―密支那缝合带的重要组成部分,受控于板块碰撞结合带。该岩体主要由蛇纹石化橄榄岩、斜方辉石橄榄岩等组成。变质橄榄岩具有低的A12O3和CaO含量,以富Mg、贫Ti、HREE为特征,显示一种残留地幔岩的稀土元素地球化学特征,与世界上典型蛇绿岩体中方辉橄榄岩的特征值一致。经估算,达贡山蛇纹岩原岩是原始地幔经过9%~14%部分熔融的地幔残留,初步研究认为,达贡山蛇纹岩原岩是洋内俯冲初始阶段上涌软流圈地幔部分熔融的地幔残留,受类SSZ型熔体交代作用而仍然富集轻稀土元素(LREE)及U、Nb,属类SSZ型地幔橄榄岩;达贡山蛇绿岩体可能形成于俯冲带(SSZ)环境。岩体的m/f平均值8.026.5,利于铬铁矿的成矿。     

西藏雅鲁藏布江缝合带西段普兰纯橄岩中橄榄石的出溶特征及指示意义

西藏雅鲁藏布江缝合带西段普兰纯橄岩中橄榄石存在透辉石和磁铁矿共生出溶现象。这类纯橄岩非常新鲜,主要由橄榄石、尖晶石和透辉石等矿物组成。橄榄石的Fo值是90.1~90.7,铬尖晶石的Cr~#为19.8~20.8,远小于蛇绿岩地幔橄榄岩中常见纯橄岩中铬尖晶石的铬值(Cr~#60)。基于前人研究结果,提出这种现象是由于亏损方辉橄榄岩与含钛、铝、钙熔体发生交代作用,从而形成橄榄石的固溶体存在Ti~(4+)、Al~(3+)、Ca~(2+)、Fe~(3+),而Cr~(3+)进入铬尖晶石结晶。后期由于岩体在抬升过程中降温,橄榄石中出溶形成单斜辉石和磁铁矿,而铬尖晶石结晶被保留。依据铬尖晶石-橄榄石的矿物化学成分,识别出低铬纯橄岩具有最低的部分熔融程度为~8%,Cr~#最高的纯橄岩壳其部分熔融程度达到~50%,表明不同岩相间其形成背景存在明显差异。因此,笔者认为普兰蛇绿岩具有多阶段的过程。首先是在洋中脊环境下经历富Ca、Al和Na等熔体交代和部分熔融作用,后受到俯冲带玻安质熔体改造。     

沿雅鲁藏布江缝合带东坡、日喀则等蛇绿岩体磁异常特征及其找矿标志

航空磁测△T图上清楚显示出沿雅鲁藏布江缝合带具有南北两条航磁异常,地质研究确认沿雅鲁藏布江缝合带的蛇绿岩体呈带状东西向延续近2000 km,但已知主要含铬蛇绿岩体分布于雅鲁藏布江南岸。在罗布莎和泽当地表观测到断续分布着含铬蛇绿岩体,地质研究程度较高,岩体规模不大。向西地表有出露日喀则岩体,再西段有当穷、普兰、东坡等规模巨大的岩体。航空磁测图上显示出日喀则、东坡、普兰、当穷等岩体与清晰的航磁异常对应。对上述岩体进行的地面磁测准确地确定了已知岩体与航磁异常的关系,位于雅鲁藏布江东段的罗布莎与泽当岩体属于其南部强航磁异常北缘的负异常范围内的小岩体。西部沿江含铬蛇绿岩体是断续分布的,呈短条带状或较大的三度体;地面磁测异常突出反映出地表岩体磁铁矿分布的不均匀性,在岩体边缘(包括近岩体围岩)的蛇纹石化较强,磁异常亦较强,并由此较准确地圈定出岩体范围。航磁异常反映出岩体内部有相对富积的磁性矿物和磁性体,它们可能来自深部含Fe O、Fe2O3等矿物在岩浆上涌到上地壳由于蛇纹石化而生成了Fe3O4,当温度低于480℃时形成较强的磁性。反演计算了磁性体位于3~5 km深度上,虽然蛇绿岩体及其围岩中存在的磁铁矿非直接来源于地幔物质,但含铬蛇绿岩体的岩浆物质是生成磁铁矿的主要物质贡献者。由此将航磁和地面磁测异常与大地电磁法、反射地震等方法结合可以给出岩体深部结构的地球物理特征,这有利于圈定找矿的远景地段。     

内蒙古巴林左旗九井子蛇绿岩锆石U-Pb定年:对西拉木伦河缝合带形成演化的约束

本文对位于西拉木伦河蛇绿岩带东段的九井子蛇绿岩中辉长岩脉以及蛇绿岩的围岩开展了锆石U-Pb定年。结果表明辉长岩的形成时代为(274.7±1.7)Ma,MSWD=0.079,属于早二叠世晚期;结合前人地层、古生物、岩浆岩等方面的资料,表明内蒙古东南部早二叠世晚期还可能存在大洋盆地。与九井子蛇绿岩呈断层接触的粉砂岩碎屑锆石年龄大致构成4个峰值:2350~2700 Ma、1700~2100 Ma、370~470 Ma和250~290 Ma,通过与区域构造热事件的对比分析,表明其物源主要来自中朝古板块的北缘。粉砂岩中最小的锆石年龄为晚二叠世末—早三叠世初((249±4.7)Ma),该年龄与内蒙古东南部海相地层消失的时代、安加拉植物群和华夏植物群出现混生的时代、西伯利亚和中朝古板块古纬度曲线收敛的时代以及区域上与碰撞相关的岩浆岩形成时代大致相同,据此本文认为九井子蛇绿岩的构造侵位时代应为晚二叠世末—早三叠世初,同时也可能代表古亚洲洋的最终闭合时代。     

新疆西准噶尔巴尔鲁克蛇绿岩形成时代及大地构造意义

新疆西准噶尔地区分布多条蛇绿岩带,通过对巴尔鲁克蛇绿岩中2个辉长岩LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年,获得比较准确的年龄数据512.3±7.2Ma、521.1±2.8Ma。确定了该蛇绿岩的形成时代为晚寒武世;结合混杂岩带内岩石组合特征及其与中—下泥盆统库鲁木迪组为不整合接触,推断该蛇绿混杂岩带与唐巴勒蛇绿岩带及玛依勒蛇绿岩为同一时代、同一构造带产物,就位时代不晚于早泥盆世。     

西藏改则县多龙矿集区发现岩墙岭蛇绿岩残片

西藏班公湖-怒江缝合带北缘多龙矿集区是青藏高原新近发现的具有超大型远景的、典型的富金斑岩型铜矿集区,其成岩成矿地质背景是解决班公湖-怒江洋构造演化的关键问题之一。近年来的区域地质调查研究发现,多龙矿集区南侧出露岩墙岭蛇绿岩残片,应该是班公湖-怒江蛇绿岩带的重要组成部分。岩墙岭蛇绿岩主要由席状岩墙群、枕状玄武岩和硅质岩组成,整体呈棱形或透镜体状断续分布于侏罗系复理石沉积内,构成典型的网结状构造。糜棱岩普遍发育在岩墙岭蛇绿岩和围岩的接触部位。综合前人研究成果,初步认为多龙矿集区早白垩世成岩成矿作用应该形成于增生楔之上伸展拉张的构造环境。岩墙岭蛇绿岩的发现和确定进一步约束了多龙矿集区成岩成矿地质背景,同时为班公湖-怒江缝合带的延伸及其构造演化的研究提供了新的线索。     

Petrology and PGE Abundances of High‐Cr and High‐Al Podiform Chromitites and Peridotites from the Bulqiza Ultramafic Massif,Eastern Mirdita Ophiolite,Albania

The Bulqiza ultramafic massif, which is part of the eastern Mirdita ophiolite of northern Albania, is world renowned for its high-Cr chromitite deposits. High-Cr chromitites hosted in the mantle section are the crystallized products of boninitic melts in a supra-subduction zone (SSZ). However, economically important high-Al chromitites are also present in massive dunite of the mantle-crust transition zone (MTZ). Chromian-spinel in the high-Al chromitites and dunites of the MTZ have much lower Cr# values (100Cr/(Cr+Al)) (47.7–55.1 and 46.5–51.7, respectively) than those in the high-Cr chromitites (78.2–80.4), harzburgites (72.6–77.9) and mantle dunites (79.4–84.3). The chemical differences in these two types of chromitites are reflected in the behaviors of their platinum-group elements (PGE). The high-Cr chromitites are rich in IPGE relative to PPGE with 0.10–0.45 PPGE/IPGE ratios, whereas the high-Al chromitites have relatively higher PPGE/IPGE ratios between 1.20 and 7.80. The calculated melts in equilibrium with the high-Cr chromitites are boninitic-like, and those associated with the high-Al chromitites are MORB-like but with hydrous, oxidized and TiO2-poor features. We propose that the coexistence of both types of chromitites in the Bulqiza ultramafic massif may indicates a change in magma composition from MORB-like to boninitic-like in a proto-forearc setting during subduction initiation.     

阿尔金山东段阿克塞蛇绿岩地质地球化学特征及形成时代

北阿尔金蛇绿岩带是分布在阿尔金山北缘的一条蛇绿混杂岩带,超基性蛇纹岩岩块、基性岩墙、辉长岩块及基性熔岩组合是该带东段阿克塞蛇绿岩的典型组合形式。地球化学研究结果显示,阿克塞蛇绿岩超基性蛇纹岩以富MgO、贫Al_2O_3、P_2O_5、CaO和K_2O为特征,球粒陨石标准化稀土元素配分曲线表现较平缓,比值接近于1;基性熔岩类中TiO_2为0.86%～1.80%,Al_2O_3为12.00%～14.85%,CaO介于4.89%～19.23%之间,球粒陨石标准化稀土元素配分型式表现为右倾;基性岩墙中TiO_2介于1.08%～2.44%之间,Al_2O_3含量为11.07%～13.26%,Na_2O(1.20%～2.28%)K_2O(0.80%～1.38%),稀土元素总量介于48.65×10~(-6)～124.04×10~(-6)之间,平均92.95×10~(-6);轻、重稀土元素比值介于2.22～4.45之间,总体表现为大洋中脊环境,LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄显示,阿克塞蛇绿岩形成于514.6±8.8Ma,为寒武纪,表明在早古生代北阿尔金洋已完全打开,并连通了红柳沟—阿克塞。