Reclassification of the Meso- and Neoproterozoic Chronostratigraphy of North China by SHRIMP Zircon Ages

Abstract: High-quality zircon U-Pb ages acquired from Meso- and Neoproterozoic strata in North China in recent years has provided a high-resolution chronostratigraphic framework for dating. A basis of this high-level chronostratigraphic system provides the foundation for a global Precambrian study and stratigraphic correlation and so recent geological studies have focused attention on systemic SHRIMP zircon dating. A chronology of Meso- and Neoproterozoic strata and the time of origin of the overlying Changcheng System is given on the basis of new SHRIMP zircon dating from the Qianxi Complex and diabase of the Chuanlinggou Formation. A new tectonostratigraphy for a Neoproterozoic chronostratigraphic framework in the southeastern margin of the North China continent is underpinned by the new SHRIMP zircon dating of a Neoproterozoic mafic magma diabase in the Jiao-Liao-Xu-Huai Sub-Province.     

中-新元古界标准剖面蓟县系首获高精度年龄制约——蓟县剖面雾迷山组和铁岭组斑脱岩锆石SHRIMPU-Pb同位素定年研究

近期在蓟县中-新元古界标准剖面铁岭组和雾迷山组首次发现斑脱岩、并测得其锆石SHRIMP U-Pb同位素年龄为~1440Ma(1439±14Ma)和~1485Ma(1483±13Ma和1487±16Ma),这标志着这条传统的标准剖面上以碳酸盐岩为主体的蓟县系上部的两个重要组,从此也获得了直接的、高精度的锆石U-Pb同位素年龄约束。这是华北中-新元古界标准剖面蓟县系相关地层单位首次获得直接而精确的锆石U-Pb同位素年龄约束,也是在整个华北北缘燕山地区雾迷山组内部首次获得精确的直接定年。这一进展为闻名中外的天津蓟县剖面中-新元古界年代地层格架的正确厘定、以及今后继续作为华北该阶段的标准剖面,并与国内外其他地区相关地层的正确对比等,提供了新的、精确的年代学"锚点",因而具有重要的科学和实际意义。     

斑脱岩中锆石SHRIMP测年在前寒武纪地层中的应用——前寒武纪年代地层学研究的新思路

建立中国晚前寒武纪年代框架始终是地学界关注的基础地质问题,然而多年来关键层位仍缺乏高质量同位素年龄的约束,随着SHRIMP测年的引进和大量层凝灰岩或斑脱岩在前寒武纪地层中不断被识别,测年技术提高后,可完成对斑脱岩中岩浆型微小锆石颗粒的测年要求,使中、新元古代地层年代学的研究获得极大的突破,改变了我国使用了近80年的传统中、新元古代地层对比的认识。随着同位素年代学资料不断地为中、新元古代地层柱中的定位增添新的数据资料,它不仅再次准确地确定了地层的形成时代,而且对整个地台中、新元古代地层的地质演化史的认识和生物演化在中元古代年代地层柱准确定位都有着重要的地质意义。     

扬子北缘元古宇马槽园群时代归属新证据 ——对地层对比和古地理格局的启示

马槽园群是华南前寒武纪地层中的重要单元,其沉积特征及时代归属对建立和完善扬子北缘地层格架、认识和恢复当时的古地理格局有重要意义.通常认为,扬子北缘马槽园群(下部八里垭组,上部火烧尖组)是一套角度不整合于中元古界神农架群之上的新元古代磨拉石建造.取自该群下部八里垭组上部的同沉积凝灰岩样品的高精度离子探针(SHRIMP)锆石U-Pb年龄为(1165±14)Ma.该年龄数据表明,马槽园群沉积地层的形成时代应为中元古代,而不是新元古代.野外调查与沉积相分析表明,马槽园群沉积地层中滑塌包卷、正粒序等重力流沉积构造发育,主体为一套斜坡相碳酸盐岩重力流沉积,而非磨拉石建造.结合前人研究结果认为,马槽园群无论是在沉积特征还是时代归属上都不能与华南新元古代裂谷系地层进行对比,而应该属于裂谷系之下的基底地层.     

A New SHRIMP Age of the Xiamaling Formation in the North China Plate and Its Geological Significance

Setting up the hypostratotype of late Precambrian is the main aim of the research on the Meso- and Neoproterozoic in North China. The chronostratigraphic position is the key in this study. However, many key horizons have not been calibrated with the high-quality isotopic ages. Using the reported new U-Pb age with the Sensitive High-Resolution Ion Microprobe (SHRIMP II), a zircon U-Pb age was obtained of the ash bed in the Xiamaling Formation in North China Plate, yielding a weighted mean 206Pb/238U age of 1368±12 Ma. It is the first SHRIMP U-Pb age from the Xiamaling Formation in the North China Plate, and represents the depositing time of the middle part of the Xiamaling Formation. The zircon age plays an important role to understanding geological evolution of the North China Plate during Meso- and Neoproterozoic.     

江山-绍兴断裂带构造格局的新元古代SHRIMP锆石U-Pb年龄证据

报道采自双溪坞群不同岩组岩石样品的锆石年龄,其中,平水组英安质凝灰岩SHRIMP锆石U-Pb年龄为908.2±6.8Ma,双溪坞群北坞组安山岩年龄为901.6±5.5Ma,双溪坞群章村组火山角砾岩安山质角砾岩年龄为899±8Ma,上覆河上镇群骆家门组底砾岩（花岗闪长岩）SHRIMP锆石U-Pb年龄为878.96±4.5Ma。通过年龄数据探讨位于该断裂带的构造背景,依据该年龄数据限定区域地层对比和构造演化序列。锆石U-Pb年龄和地球化学标示了江山-绍兴断裂带北侧双溪坞群的沉积地层,地球化学分析表明该群代表了新元古代早期华南洋的中间岛弧。上述年龄为江山-绍兴断裂带变质地层的对比增添了可靠的年龄依据。     

江山—绍兴断裂带构造格局的新元古代SHRIMP锆石U-Pb年龄证据

报道采自双溪坞群不同岩组岩石样品的锆石年龄,其中,平水组英安质凝灰岩SHRIMP锆石U-Pb年龄为908.2±6.8Ma,双溪坞群北坞组安山岩年龄为901.6±5.5Ma,双溪坞群章村组火山角砾岩安山质角砾岩年龄为899±8Ma,上覆河上镇群骆家门组底砾岩(花岗闪长岩)SHRIMP锆石U-Pb年龄为878.96±4.5Ma。通过年龄数据探讨位于该断裂带的构造背景,依据该年龄数据限定区域地层对比和构造演化序列。锆石U-Pb年龄和地球化学标示了江山—绍兴断裂带北侧双溪坞群的沉积地层,地球化学分析表明该群代表了新元古代早期华南洋的中间岛弧。上述年龄为江山—绍兴断裂带变质地层的对比增添了可靠的年龄依据。     

吉林色洛河群的重新认识

色洛河群出露于吉林省色洛河-华集岭一带,位于华北克拉通北缘东段,长期以来一直被认为是中新元古代地层。最近的野外调查和定年研究表明,它包含了时代、成因、构造样式、变质程度不同的变质地层和变形的花岗岩,作为一个岩石地层单位已不合适,应予解体。原划分的色洛河群至少由4部分组成：新太古代变质火山-沉积地层（锆石SHRIMP年龄为2 517~2 534 Ma）、晚古生代变质火山-沉积地层（英安岩锆石 SHRIMP年龄为 252 Ma）、二叠纪片麻状杂岩体（锆石SHRIMP年龄为260 Ma）和侏罗纪糜棱岩化花岗岩（锆石SHRIMP年龄为168 Ma）。前人在色洛河一带定义的色洛河岩群为一套变质火山-沉积岩系,可能是形成于晚古生代的一套地层,也可能是由不同时代的构造岩片构成的构造杂岩。     

长江三峡黄陵花岗岩与莲沱组凝灰岩的锆石SHRIMPU—Pb年龄及其构造地层意义

华南古陆普遍发育新元古代花岗岩,其时代、成因及其对华南新元古代的构造演化具有标识意义。该类型的花岗岩与华南克拉通的破坏及雪球事件的启动相关,其年代学研究一直备受关注,高质量的锆石SHRIMPU—Pb定年是确定其相互关系的基础。黄陵花岗岩体中的岩浆锆石的SHRIMPU—Pb加权平均年龄为837Ma±7Ma,另获得莲沱组顶部层凝灰岩较年轻的一组岩浆锆石SHRIMPU—Pb加权平均年龄724Ma±12Ma。前者表明黄陵花岗岩与桂北的三防、元宝山和云南的峨山花岗岩体侵位的时间相同,后者确定了莲沱组顶界的时代。这为确定南华系的年代地层学框架提供了重要的科学依据。     

Revised Chronostratigraphic Framework of the Metamorphic Strata in the Jiangnan Orogenic Belt,South China and its Tectonic Implications

In a re-study of regional geology by the China Geological Survey (CGS), the key problem is in the stratigraphical division and correlation. According to the new isotopic dating of the Meso- and Neoproterozoic in China, there have been great changes in the strata correlation and tectonic explanation. The authors obtained four zircon sensitive high resolution ion micro-probe (SHRIMP) U-Pb datings from the bentonite of the Lengjiaxi Group (822±10 Ma, 823±12 Ma and 834±11 Ma) and Banxi Group (802.6±7.6 Ma) in north Hunan Province, which is considered to be the middle part of the Jiangnan Orogenic Belt. On the basis of the zircon dating mentioned above, the end of the Wuling orogen is first limited in the period from 822 Ma to 802 Ma in one continued outcrop (Lucheng section) in Linxiang city, Hunan Province. Combining a series of new zircon U-Pb datings in the Yangtze and Cathaysia blocks, several Neoproterozoic volcanic events and distribution of the metamorphic rocks in the Jiangnan Orogenic Belt have been distinguished. In the context of the global geodynamics, it is useful to set up a practical and high precision chronological framework and basic and unified late Precambrian section in South China.     

Association of Neoproterozoic A- and I-type Granites in South China: Implications for Generation of A-type Granites in A Subduction-related Environment

Neoproterozoic magmatism in the Yangtze Block of South China produced voluminous S- and I-type granites, and sparse A-type granites. The Daxiangling A-type granitic pluton is spatially associated with the Shimian I-type pluton at the western margin of the Yangtze Block. Both plutons have similar SHRIMP zircon U-Pb ages of～800 Ma and are slightly younger than the tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite (TTG) gneisses in the area.     

华夏地块新元古代沉积记录与超大陆重建

新元古代-早古生代,Rodinia超大陆裂解至Gondwana大陆聚合的过程对华南构造格局与古地理演化具有重要的制约作用,然而在这过程中华夏地块的位置、华夏与扬子之间的关系等问题仍存在争议。本文通过同位素地层年代学、新元古代冰期事件及成矿事件对比了华夏地块武夷南部-南岭地区及华夏西缘新元古代中-晚期地层。在此基础上,对新元古代沉积物进行碎屑锆石物源分析,发现华夏西缘拉伸纪晚期-埃迪卡拉纪曾出现多次物源方向的转换,并在成冰纪晚期同时出现来自华南内部和外部的双向物源。结合浅海陆棚的沉积环境,表明此时扬子与华夏之间并没有宽阔的大洋相隔。华夏地块拉伸纪晚期-埃迪卡拉纪碎屑岩中包含了大量中元古代至新元古代早期的碎屑锆石,与东冈瓦纳北部印度、东南极等地区的沉积记录吻合,指示华夏地块至少自750 Ma时期就接收到来自印度北缘的碎屑物质。在Rodinia超大陆裂解至Gondwana大陆聚合期间,华南一直保持在超大陆边缘的古地理位置,与印度北缘相连。     

SHRIMP U-Pb Age and Its Stratigraphic Significance of Tuff at the Baojishan Area,Jingyuan County,Gansu Province

Using zircon SHRIMP U-Pb dating method in this paper, we conduct the SHRIMP U Pb ages of tuff at the bottom of the Nanying’er Group, Wangjiashan area, Jingyuan County, Gansu Province and acquire a set of weighted average age of (244.9±2.8)Ma. Combined with the feature of Cathodoluminescence images and Th/U specific value of zircon, we believe that the sedimentary age of Wangjiashan tuff is (244.9±2.8)Ma. High precision and high confidence isotopic age data fully demonstrate that the bottom of Nanying’er Group exists with the early of middle Triassic strata. The author proposes that the Wangjiashan tuff and its hereinafter strata should be incorporated in Dingjiayao Formation. Meanwhile, it can be confirmed that the Wangjiashan Tuff and the Baojishan tuff are the deposition product of the same volcanic eruption. It can be used as a marker bed of the regional stratigraphic division and correlation. The above research results are beneficial for the upper and middle Triassic stratigraphic division and correlation of Hexi corridor region, and its stratigraphic significance for the final establishment of Triassic chronostratigraphic division and correlation framework of China’s northern continental strata.     

塔里木盆地库鲁克塔格地区新元古代冰碛岩锆石SHRIMP U-Pb年龄新证据

塔里木盆地库鲁克塔格地区新元古代冰碛岩剖面是目前世界各大陆中唯一发育有4套新元古代冰碛岩和多期火成岩事件的剖面.近年来,"雪球事件"的提出为全球新元古代冰碛岩的研究注入了新的活力,各国地质学家根据新元古代冰碛岩在全球各大洲发育的特点、同位素年龄和C/O、Sr同位素在新元古界划分出4个冰期.因此,新疆库鲁克塔格地区新元古界发育的4套冰碛岩的沉积特征、沉积环境和年代地层学研究的进展始终为各国地质学家所注目.本次获得的库鲁克塔格地区特瑞爱肯组的锆石SHRIMP U-Pb新年龄,为完善库鲁克塔格地区新元古代冰碛岩的年代地层学提供了新的证据.     

塔里木盆地库鲁克塔格地区新元古代冰碛岩锆石SHRIMP U-Pb年龄新证据

塔里木盆地库鲁克塔格地区新元古代冰碛岩剖面是目前世界各大陆中唯一发育有4套新元古代冰碛岩和多期火成岩事件的剖面。近年来,“雪球事件”的提出为全球新元古代冰碛岩的研究注入了新的活力,各国地质学家根据新元古代冰碛岩在全球各大洲发育的特点、同位素年龄和C/O、Sr同位素在新元古界划分出4个冰期。因此,新疆库鲁克塔格地区新元古界发育的4套冰碛岩的沉积特征、沉积环境和年代地层学研究的进展始终为各国地质学家所注目。本次获得的库鲁克塔格地区特瑞爱肯组的锆石SHRIMP U-Pb新年龄,为完善库鲁克塔格地区新元古代冰碛岩的年代地层学提供了新的证据。     

塔里木盆地库鲁克塔格地区新元古代冰碛岩锆石SHRIMP U—Pb年龄新证据

塔里木盆地库鲁克塔格地区新元古代冰碛岩剖面是目前世界各大陆中唯一发育有4套新元古代冰碛岩和多期火成岩事件的剖面。近年来。“雪球事件”的提出为全球新元古代冰碛岩的研究注入了新的活力,各国地质学家根据新元古代冰碛岩在全球各大洲发育的特点、同位素年龄扣C／O、Sr同位素在新元古界划分出4个冰期。因此,新疆库鲁克塔格地区新元古界发育的4套冰碛岩的沉积特征、沉积环境和年代地层学研究的进展始终为各国地质学家所注目。本次获得的库鲁克塔格地区特瑞爱肯组的锆石SHKIMPU-Pb新年龄．为完善库鲁克塔格地区新元古代冰碛岩的年代地层学提供了新的证据。     

Qingbaikouan and Crygenian in South China: Constraints by SHRIMP Zircon U-Pb dating

The Qingbaikouan System is the lowest unit of the Neoproterozoic Erathem in Chinese stratigraphic succession,and it now provides a precise geochronological framework and geological time scale for mapping and stratal correlation in China.However,a sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe （SHRIMP） U-Pb zircon age date （1368±12 Ma） obtained from a bentonite in the Qingbaikouan Xiamaling Formation indicates that it belongs to the Mesoproterozoic Erathem instead.This change is a milestone in understanding the Precambrian Stratigraphic Time Scale in China,and it has had great influence on Precambrian correlations in Asia.Otherwise,a large amount of geochronological work has been done in the ＂Jiangnan Orogen Belt＂ of South China,and new isotopic data have redefined the traditional recognition of metamorphosed Mesoproterozoic strata from the Sibao orogeny to the Neoproterozoic Erathem.Based on SHRIMP zircon U-Pb age data,the authors regard the Sibao orogeny （equal to the Wuling orogeny） as a movement at ca 820 Ma,meaning that the Sibao orogeny was not equivalent to the Grenvillian orogeny.Finally,we report here the first SHRIMP U-Pb age of the boundary between the top of the Qingbaikouan Gongdong Formation （786.8±5.6 Ma） and the bottom of the Chang＇an （diamictite） Formation （778.4±5.2 Ma）,which is the age of the lowest diamictite of the Nanhuan System in China.     

贵州梵净山白云母花岗岩锆石年代、铪同位素及对华南地壳生长的制约

贵州梵净山地区位于＂江南造山带＂西南段,出露地层为中新元古界梵净山群、青白口系板溪群、南华系及古生界地层。梵净山群已强烈褶皱,被青白口系板溪群角度不整合覆盖。浅色白云母花岗岩侵位于褶皱的梵净山群中;锆石原位LA-ICP-MS分析结果显示,其形成时代为（838.5±1.5）Ma。地球化学分析结果表明,其A/CNK值〉1....     

扬子西缘新元古代中期裂谷作用:来自年代学与沉积学的新证据

华南新元古代沉积盆地演化与Rodinia超大陆裂解存在紧密联系,但仍缺乏精细刻画.对扬子西缘澄江组开展了系统的碎屑锆石年代学和沉积学研究.澄江组砂岩的碎屑锆石U-Pb年龄主要为新元古代（870~780 Ma）,少数为前新元古代（2 850~1 010 Ma）,最显著的峰值为820 Ma,最年轻一组碎屑锆石206Pb/238U年龄加权平均值为804.5±5.4 Ma.结合已发表年龄数据,将澄江组沉积时限进一步限定为800~720 Ma.物源分析揭示澄江组的新元古代碎屑锆石剥蚀自邻近的新元古代岩浆岩,而前新元古代锆石可能来自于邻近新元古代岩体的剥蚀或地层的沉积再循环.扬子西缘新元古代中期沉积盆地具有由冲积扇相逐渐过渡为前扇三角洲相的沉积演化序列,最终形成了具有裂谷充填特征的“楔状地层”.这种沉积超覆演化过程在整个华南新元古代裂谷系普遍存在,指示在800 Ma左右华南全面进入裂谷盆地成熟阶段.      

桂北四堡群火山岩锆石SHRIMP年龄及其地层学意义

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