Magnetic Structure of Continental Crust:Implications for Crustal Structure and Evolution

INTRODUCTIONSince 1970 s,systematical surveys of global geom agneticfield have been carried out via MAGSAT.They are used tointerpret magnetic anom alies together with high- precisionaerom agnetic anomalies near the surface,modern mathem ati-cal- physical methods and com puter technology.On one hand,regional magnetic anomalies of different wavelengths,com -bined with creative geological idea,are applied to the directinterpretation of the regional crustal structure(Ravat et al.,1995 ;Ark…     

北武夷资溪-光泽岩体锆石U-Pb年代学——对确定华南内陆印支期岩浆活动时空分布与形成环境的意义

通过对北武夷地区资溪-光泽杂岩体LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年分析,获得资溪岩体的年龄为236~238 Ma。结合收集的华南内陆地区已有的印支期岩浆岩的年龄资料,观察其年龄在SE-NW向和SW-NE向的时空变化情况,发现华南内陆印支期岩浆岩年龄分布具有从东南沿海到北西内陆地区呈逐渐年轻的趋势,而在大致沿武夷山走向的南西到北东方向上呈宽阔的近水平的线性分布趋势。印支期沿海岩浆弧在~260 Ma消失20 Ma之后,~240 Ma在距离海沟大约400~500 km的武夷山地区大规模出现,是水平俯冲造成的华南内陆新生岩浆弧形成,类似于新生代北美拉拉米造山和墨西哥中部的水平俯冲情况。由于加厚的中、下地壳温度较高,少量水平俯冲前端脱水形成的地幔岩浆侵入中、下地壳,带来的热很容易造成中、下地壳物质发生部分熔融,形成北武夷地区大量印支期花岗质岩浆岩。     

湘东地区锡田印支期花岗岩的地球化学特征及其构造意义

华南印支期花岗岩分布较为分散,其构造背景长期存在争议。湘东地区的锡田印支期花岗岩位于扬子板块和华夏板块的结合带中部,主要由黑云母花岗岩和黑云母二长花岗岩组成,二者均含有较高的SiO_2(67.6%~76.8%)和全碱含量(ALK=K_2O+Na_2O,6.8%~10.7%),呈过铝质的特征(A/CNK值范围为1.0~1.2),分异指数D.I值为84~93;微量元素显示出Rb、Th、U富集和Ba、Nb、Sr、P、Ti亏损的特征,稀土元素配分图呈右倾海鸥状,轻重稀土分馏明显,指示岩体经历了高度的分异演化;P_2O_5和微量元素比值随着分异程度变化的特征,表明岩石过铝质的特征是由高度的分离结晶作用造成。锡田印支期花岗岩的ε_(Hf)(t)值为-11.3~-4.34,δ~(18)O值分布范围为6.9‰~10.8‰,O同位素分布较为分散,主要是记录了源岩与流体的不同特征。Hf同位素的二阶段模式年龄为1.6～2.2Ga,反映其源区主要为中元古-古元古代的华夏基底;Hf-O同位素呈现出良好的线性关系,同时未蚀变的花岗岩明显偏离源岩为沉积岩的大容山花岗岩,表明锡田花岗岩的形成受到了幔源岩浆的底侵作用。结合邻区邓阜仙岩体和王仙岭岩体的研究成果,显示研究区在印支期就处于伸展的构造背景,可能与古太平洋板块的俯冲作用有关。     

浙东地区东园花岗岩体年代学、地球化学特征及其地质意义

浙东地区岩浆岩广泛分布,受区域构造控制较明显,总体沿北东向余姚-丽水断裂带分布。本文对东园花岗岩体开展了详细的年代学和岩石地球化学研究。东园岩体主要由二长花岗岩、石英二长岩和少量花岗岩组成,主岩体二长花岗岩的LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄为235.6±0.7 Ma(MSWD=0.97,2σ),花岗岩为238.1±0.8 Ma(MSWD=1.3,2σ),均属中三叠世产物。二长花岗岩和石英二长岩为准铝质-弱过铝质的钙碱性花岗岩,具高硅(62.94%~75.29%)、富碱(Na_2O+K_2O=8.17%~9.34%)且富钾(K_2O=4.54%~5.63%)的特征,轻重稀土分馏明显,具有较强的Eu正异常(δEu=0.94~2.43),明显亏损高场强元素(HFSE)Nb、P、Ti,而相对富集Th、Hf,富集轻稀土元素(LREE)和大离子亲石元素(LILE)Rb,相对贫Ba。岩体属高(-中等)分异I型花岗岩,岩浆来源于具弧属性的加厚地壳部分熔融,形成于同碰撞向后碰撞阶段转变的大地构造环境,可能与太平洋板块向华南板块俯冲作用事件有关。     

广西德保铜矿钦甲岩体Hf同位素特征及其对壳幔相互作用的指示

对广西德保铜矿钦甲岩体不同单元中的锆石进行了Hf同位素的研究,结果表明,钦甲岩体中锆石εHf(t)值变化范围为-17.0～+7.8,Hf同位素两阶段模式年龄(tDMC)范围为0.93～2.49Ga,峰值为1.3～1.6Ga,表明它们的岩浆源区主要以中元古代地壳物质为主,同时在成岩过程中有地幔组分的参与,属壳幔混源花岗岩,推测钦甲岩体可能形成于岩石圈伸展的壳幔混合作用环境。华南地区加里东期花岗岩中锆石Hf同位素特征,表明岩浆形成过程中具有明显的地幔物质加入,暗示华南地区在早古生代发生过强烈的壳幔相互作用。     

Water as a Petrologic Catalyst Driving 18O/16O Homogenization and Anatexis of the Middle Crust in the Metamorphic Core Complexes of British Columbia

In the Thor-Odin and Valhalla metamorphic core complexes, we have documented a remarkable uniformity of mineral δ¹⁸O values in the middle continental crust beneath the detachment faults. For example, in the Thor-Odin Complex, throughout an 8 km thick section of metasedimentary rocks and early Tertiary leucogranites in the hanging wall of the Monashee decollement (MD), quartz δ¹⁸O = 12.3 ± 0.5% (lσ S.D.) for metapelite (N = 11), 12.0 ± 0.1% for quartzite (N = 2), 12.6 ± 0.6% (N = 4) for < 1 m thick amphibolite layers, and 12.1 ± 0.4% (N = 24) for the concordant leucogranites. No exceptions have been found to this remarkable ¹⁸O/¹⁶O homogeneity except locally in a couple of thick amphibolites and within a ductile, relatively impermeable, marble-rich section. Similar zones of ¹⁸O/¹⁶O homogeneity associated with leucogranite genesis are observed throughout the mid-crustal section of the Valhalla Complex and just beneath the MD in the Monashee Complex, the only difference being that those rocks are overall 0.5 to 1.5% lower in δ¹⁸O than in the middle crust at Thor-Odin. These zones of pervasive homogenization in ¹⁸O/^l6O must be a result of exchange with magmatic or metamorphic H₂O, and these same volatiles appear to have been responsible for the leucogranite anatexis. A wide range in quartz δ¹⁸O from +8 to +16 within and below the MD suggests that this major thrust fault was impermeable to aqueous fluid flow during the partial melting stage; at that time, the basement appears to have been isolated from the mid-crustal metamorphichydrothermal system.

LITHOPROBE crustal seismic profiles establish the MD as a W-dipping, crustal-scale ramp with 20 km of vertical relief, and Carr (1992) proposed an anatectic origin for the leucogranites during decompression melting associated with tectonic shortening as the mid-crustal section moved up this thrust ramp. Partial melting of metapelites and feldspathic grits from the Late Precambrian Windermere Supergroup began in response to influx of metamorphic H₂O, aided by internal muscovite dehydration at ?8 kbar and ?750°C at the base of the Monashee ramp. Metapelites are volatile rich, but feldspar poor, whereas the opposite is true for the grit lithologies. Thus, at the base of the Monashee ramp large-scale (?30°) partial melting of the metapelites produced magmas near H₂O saturation (10 tol4 wt°), whereas the intercalated arkosic grit-derived magmas were undersaturated (5 to 6 wt°). As these H₂O-rich, pelite-derived leucogranite melts moved upward to shallower depths, they cooled adiabatically and underwent decompressive exsolution of H₂O. The released H₂O was then able to exchange oxygen with lithologies infertile to melting as it concurrently migrated through the section toward the feldspathic grit layers, where it could act as a catalyst and be re-used, promoting further hydrothermal melting of the arkosic grits. Continued decompression melting and exsolution occurred simultaneously in different parts of the section during uplift, tectonic shortening, and buoyant uprise of the magma bodies, until final crystallization of all of the leucogranites took place much higher in the crust, where almost all of the H₂O was released and again re-used for a final episode of ¹⁸O/^l6O exchange with the unmelted metamorphic lithologies. In addition to the direct ^l8O/¹⁶O exchange that takes place between the metamorphic rocks and the migrating leucogranite magmas, this use and re-use of the same H₂O during repeated episodes of partial melting and exsolution in different parts of the section seems adequate to explain the pervasive oxygen isotopic homogenization of these metasedimentary rocks. It is estimated that 25 to 30° partial melting of a typical section of the Windermere Supergroup occurred as a result of these cumulative processes, and this probably played a pivotal role in determining the susceptibility of this orogen to subsequent extensional collapse along the detachment faults.     

Geochronological, geochemical and geothermal constraints on petrogenesis of the Indosinian peraluminous granites in the South China Block: A case study in the Hunan Province

The Indosinian granites in the South China Block (SCB) have important tectonic significance for the evolution of East Asia. Samples collected from Hunan Province can be geochemically classified into two groups. Group 1 is strongly peraluminous (A/CNK > 1.1), similar to S-type granites, and Group 2 has A/CNK = 1.0–1.1, with an affinity to I-type granites. Group 1 has lower FeOt, Al₂O₃, MgO, CaO, TiO₂ and ε_Nd(t) values but higher K₂O + Na₂O, Rb/Sr, Rb/Ba and ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr(t) than those of Group 2. Samples of both groups have similar LREE enriched pattern, with (Eu/Eu) = 0.19–0.69, and strongly negative Ba, Sr, Nb, P and Ti anomalies. Geothermobarometry study indicates that the precursor magmas were emplaced at high-level depth with relatively low temperature (734–827 °C). Geochemical data suggest that Group 1 was originated from a source dominated by pelitic composition and Group 2 was from a mixing source of pelitic and basaltic rocks with insignificant addition of newly mantle-derived magma. Eight granitic samples in Hunan Province are dated at the cluster of 243–235 and 218–210 Ma by zircon U–Pb geochronology. Together with recent zircon U–Pb ages for other areas in the SCB, two age-clusters, including 243–228 Ma just after peak-metamorphism ( 246–252 Ma) and 220–206 Ma shortly after magma underplating event (224 Ma), are observed. It is proposed that in-situ radiogenic heating from the over-thickened crust induced dehydrated reaction of muscovite and epidote/zoisite to form the early Indosinian granites in response to the isostatic readjustments of tectonically thickened crust. Conductive heating from the underplating magma in the postcollisional setting triggered the formation of late Indosinian granites. Such a consideration is supported by the results from FLAC numerical simulation.     

新疆祁漫塔格维宝矿区西北部花岗闪长岩年代学、地球化学及其构造意义

维宝铜铅锌多金属矿床位于青海与新疆两省区交界处的若羌县境内,是近年来在新疆祁漫塔格地区新发现的具有大型远景规模的多金属矿床,本文对该矿床西北部含暗色包体花岗闪长岩开展了SIMS高精度锆石U-Pb定年和地球化学研究,结果表明该花岗闪长岩含有角闪石特征矿物,SiO2含量为60.74%~61.34%,K2O含量为3.01%~3.20%,A/CNK值为0.89~0.94,属于准铝质高钾钙碱性I型花岗岩;在球粒陨石标准化的稀土元素配分图上表现为右倾式,轻重稀土分馏明显,具有中等负Eu异常(δEu=0.56~0.59),微量元素以富集大离子亲石元素Rb、K和Th,明显亏损Ba、Ta、Nb、Ti等为特征。SIMS锆石U-Pb定年结果显示,花岗闪长岩结晶年龄为227.6±2.3 Ma(n=16,MSWD=0.02),形成于晚三叠世,是东昆仑祁漫塔格地区中—晚三叠世大规模中酸性岩浆侵入作用的产物。借助元素判别图解,结合矿床地质特征和区域构造演化特点,认为维宝矿区西北部花岗闪长岩形成的构造环境为后碰撞演化阶段,很可能是与深部壳幔混染有关的变火成岩部分熔融的产物。     

论地壳中砷丰度的不均一性与高砷地下水分布的关系

在过去的二十多年以来,世界各地越来越多的地区不断地发现高砷＞50ug/L地下水.饮用高砷水危害到几千万人口的健康,尤其在亚洲.学术界普遍认为区域性高砷水的分布不一定与沉积物源区的岩石的砷含量有关.文章对此观点提出疑问和修正.这主要是基于砷在地壳中的分布与地壳的构造历史有着较明显的空间系统关系.在岩浆岩、沉积岩和变质岩体中,砷的浓度范围为＜1mg/kg到＞100mg/kg.并且砷浓度的分布不为正态,平均值与中值有差异.砷丰度在晶岩中分布的不均一性主要是由于富砷矿物的含量高.目前岩石中砷浓度的数据较少,不足以用于研究砷异常分布,如异常分布图的制定.但是,高砷的硫化物矿物普遍存在于中国的金矿中,而且其分布与板块碰撞的造山带有密切关系.在日本新近的上地壳中,砷(与锡)的丰度均超出地球上地壳的平均值.这里的砷异常已被解释为源于海相沉积物.因此文章提出地壳中的砷高异常与不均一性成因的假说:即海洋-大陆型碰撞之后再加上大陆-大陆型碰撞的不断富集过程.富砷矿物包括硫化物、氧化物及硅酸盐(较少见).这些富砷矿物在风化之后,被下游的快速沉降的盆地积累,使这些地区较易产生高砷地下水.文章指出两个未来研究方向:源区岩石砷的浓度及矿物学研究,和风化作用及沉积过程的研究,以便确证地表中砷的丰度异常与高砷地下水分布的关系.     

华北中地壳滑脱面及其活动分区的天然地震研究

华北的上部地壳以脆性变形为主,下部地壳以韧性伸展为主,两种截然不同的变形状态却有着相同伸展方向、相同伸展量,使得上下地壳之间因差异运动而形成一个区域性界面-华北中地壳顶部滑脱面。以这个滑脱面为底边界发育起来的上地壳的结构构造,是控制华北盆山格局、基底构造发育形成的直接原因。华北构造是地壳脆性域“薄皮”伸展变形。滑脱面在华北基本上是连续分布的,呈断坡-断坪状,南北分带、东西分片,深度为12~22 km,一般为15~18 km,可识别出11个层状拆离区;上地壳以断块方式变形,断块的位置、形态及活动方式受滑脱面的断坡-断坪产状、与滑脱方向垂直的断叉线和与滑脱方向平行的调整断裂的组合控制,可识别出3个主裂陷轴、2条主断叉线和3条主调整断裂带。     

华南印支期花岗岩类的岩石特征、成因类型及其构造动力学背景探讨

华南地区印支期花岗岩按照成因类型可分两类,第一类属强过铝质S型花岗岩,富含过铝质矿物,富SiO2、Al2O3和P2O5,高A/CNK值,微量元素原始地幔标准化分布型式图中富集Rb、U、Ta、Zr、Hf,亏损Ba、Sr、Nb、Ti;稀土元素球粒陨石标准化分布型式图中具显著的负Eu异常,稀土元素总量偏低(ΣREE<80×10-6);第二类属准铝质I型花岗岩,含角闪石等镁铁质矿物,富SiO2、Na2O。总体来说,这两类花岗岩具有高的(87Sr/86Sr)i值(0.710490～0.742118)和低εNd(t)值(-14.42～-4.1),Nd模式年龄(2.09～1.63Ga)指示印支期花岗岩为典型的壳源型花岗岩。CaO/(MgO+FeOT)-Al2O3/(MgO+FeOT)(摩尔比)图解表明这些花岗岩主要来源于变质杂砂岩和变质泥岩的部分熔融,夹杂了少量变质玄武岩和变质英云闪长岩。华南印支期花岗岩形成于挤压加厚的地壳发生局部伸展-减薄时期,推断印支期发生了多期次的岩石圈挤压和拉张,花岗岩侵位于大规模岩石圈挤压后局部减压-伸展的构造环境中。     

华北克拉通中生代拆沉陆壳物质对岩石圈地幔的改造:来自橄榄岩捕虏体中角闪石的成分制约

对鲁西和太行山南段早白垩世高镁闪长岩中橄榄岩捕虏体中的角闪石进行了主量元素和痕量元素分析,并讨论了角闪石成分与改造岩石圈地幔熔体的性质与来源之间的关系。研究结果表明,橄榄岩类捕虏体中的角闪石主要为交代成因。在化学上,它们属于钙质角闪石。太行山南段符山橄榄岩捕虏体中的角闪石属于镁质普通角闪石和浅闪石或浅闪石质普通角闪石;鲁西铁铜沟橄榄岩捕虏体中的角闪石为韭闪石质普通角闪石、浅闪石质普通角闪石和镁绿钙闪石质普通角闪石。与板内橄榄岩捕虏体中的角闪石相比,鲁西和太行山南段早白垩世高镁闪长岩橄榄岩捕虏体中的角闪石具有相对高的Mg#(鲁西:86.0~90.8;太行山:90.7~94.2)和SiO2(鲁西:44.04%~46.98%;太行山:47.09%~49.79%)以及相对低的Na2O(1.92%~2.51%)、TiO2(0.01%~1.46%)、Nb(0.29×10-6~1.98×10-6)和Zr(1.61×10-6~5.34×10-6),这与来自俯冲带之上地幔楔橄榄岩捕虏体中的角闪石相类似。综合橄榄岩捕虏体的地球化学特征,可以判定华北克拉通早白垩世岩石圈地幔遭受了起源于拆沉陆壳物质熔融熔体的改造。     

大别造山带大陆深俯冲和折返过程中壳-幔相互作用信息--来自大理岩铅同位素的证据

对大别造山带不同产状大理岩的铅同位素研究表明,红安群王家店和双河大理岩分别经历过高压和超高压变质作用,具有较高的铅同位素变化范围和高的放射性成因铅,反映了上地壳铅同位素的特征;新店大理岩的铅同位素比值和变化范围很小,具有EM1型地幔铅同位素特征,表明有地幔铅同位素特征的记录;而位于剪切带的方高坪大理岩的铅同位素除了n(206Pb)/n(204Pb)值更高外,与新店大理岩的铅同位素特征相似,记录了放射性铅同位素的大量加入或丢失,导致本来具有与双河大理岩类似的铅同位素特征变得不明显.这些结果均表明大陆深俯冲及其折返过程对大理岩铅同位素组成的改造是相当复杂的.     

峨眉山大火成岩省的岩石圈结构: 对地幔柱-岩石圈相互作用的启示

峨眉山大火成岩省位于扬子克拉通西缘, 是中-晚二叠世峨眉山古地幔柱头熔融的产物。因此, 该区岩石圈结构特征对于揭示地幔柱-岩石圈相互作用方式与机制具有重要的指示意义。本文基于COMPASS-ELIP宽频带地震台阵资料, 开展S波接收函数成像研究, 并与同剖面远震S波有限频层析成像、区域面波层析成像结果进行对比分析, 识别了沿剖面岩石圈内部主要间断面, 从而获得了峨眉山大火成岩省岩石圈结构的横向变化特征。结果显示, 相对中带和外带, 内带具有地壳增厚(增厚15~20km)、岩石圈减薄(减薄~50km)现象, 且岩石圈地幔具有高速、分层特征, 但下层底界面转换波震相并不明显; 中带岩石圈厚度大(~170km), 局部地段岩石圈-软流圈边界(LAB)缺失, 对应位置存在地幔低速异常; 外带岩石圈厚度略小(~150km), 中带和外带均发育岩石圈中部不连续面(MLD)。结合地球化学、岩石学、物理/数值模拟等研究成果, 本文推测上述特征记录了古地幔柱作用引起的不同程度岩石圈变形: 地幔柱在内带以纵向作用为主, 通过热-动力冲击方式造成岩石圈大幅度快速减薄, 地幔柱头高程度减压熔融, 产生的大规模岩浆穿透岩石圈地幔, 在地壳发生底侵和内侵, 部分喷出地表形成溢流玄武岩; 地幔柱在中带以横向作用为主, 通过底部剪切引起岩石圈地幔横向伸展, 甚至造成局部撕裂, 在撕裂部位进一步引发热-化学侵蚀并导致岩石圈破坏; 地幔柱在外带以垂向拖曳为主, 造成岩石圈的局部拆沉而减薄。此外, 内带下方地幔的高速、分层特征, 可能指示经历地幔柱作用减薄后的岩石圈, 减薄产生的岩石圈空区因捕获地幔柱头熔融残留物而得到一定程度愈合, 而受地幔柱改造后的残存岩石圈, 因经历大量熔体抽取更加亏损而得到强化。综上, 本文揭示的峨眉山大火成岩省岩石圈结构, 为进一步理解地幔柱-岩石圈相互作用的方式与机制提供了新的地球物理观测证据。

     

K-Ar Geochronology of Mesozoic Mafic Dikes in Shandong Province, Eastern China: Implications for Crustal Extension

Based on K-Ar isotope analyses, Mesozoic mafic (and alkali ultramafic) dikes from western and eastern Shandong Province, China, are dated at 88.2±1.70 Ma to 169.5±3.7 Ma with the majority of ages ranging from 90 Ma to 140 Ma. The emplacement of the dikes suggests a major Yanshanian (Cretaceous) crustal extension in Shandong province. Together with other available age data, this study suggests four periods of crustal extension at about 80 Ma, 100 Ma, 120 Ma and 140 Ma, respectively. Besides the effect of collapse of the Yanshanian orogenic belt on the emplacement of the mafic dikes in Shandong in the Cretaceous, the mantle plume and the extensive left-lateral advection and extension of the Tanlu fault also have controlled the crustal extension and the emplacement of the mafic dikes in eastern Shandong and western Shandong, respectively.     

Structural analysis of the Baolun gold deposit,Hainan Island,South China: Implications for metallogeny

The Baolun gold deposit is a mesothermal orogenic gold deposit located in the southwestern part of Hainan Island, South China. The deposit comprises a series of NNW-trending quartz-sulfide lodes situated within a parallel array of fault zones traversing a sequence of variably foliated flysch siliciclastic rocks of the Lower Silurian. Detailed field mapping documented at least five phases of deformation in the deposit including NNW-trending folding of the Lower Silurian rocks (D1), development of NNW-trending, steeply dipping ductile shear zones with an oblique dextral sense corresponding to NNE-SSW shortening (D2), WNW-ESE shortening and extension associated with an early oblique sinistral ductile shearing along the NNW-trending fault zones (D3), ENE-WSW shortening (D4), and near N-S extension (D5). The gold-bearing quartz lodes cut the strata folded in the D1, show some laminar layering related to ductile shear in the D2 and are overprinted by brittle structures formed in the D3 to D5. ⁴⁰Ar–³⁹Ar dating on muscovite from an auriferous quartz lode yielded an age of 242 ± 2.5 Ma, which, together with the age of 232 ± 2.5 Ma for an aplite vein in the deposit, suggests that the mineralization may be related to a tectono-thermal event in the Triassic. In the context of the southern South China plate tectonics, the formation of the Baolun gold deposit is interpreted to be related to the oblique dextral ductile shearing (D2) along the NNW-trending fault zones during the Indosinian orogeny, in relation to the convergence between the Indochina and South China plates.     

REE Abundance and REE Minerals in Granitic Rocks in the Nanling Range,Jiangxi Province,Southern China,and Generation of the REE‐rich Weathered Crust Deposits

Studies of Mesozoic granites associated with rare earth element (REE)‐rich weathered crust deposits in southernmost Jiangxi Province indicate that they have high‐K to shoshonite compositions and belong to ilmenite‐series I‐type granites. Of the studied rocks at 59–292 ppm of bulk REE content, the highest are seen in the biotite granites of Dingnan (358, 429 ppm) and mafic biotite granite of the Wuliting Granite (344 ppm) near the Dajishan tungsten mine, both areas where weathered‐crust REE deposits occur. REE‐bearing accessory minerals in these granites are mainly zircon, apatite and allanite, and REE‐fluorocarbonates are common. REE enrichment occurs in the rims of apatite crystals, and in fluorocarbonates that occur along grain boundaries of and cracks in major silicate minerals, and in fluorocarbonates that replaced altered biotite. It is therefore thought that a major part of the REE content of these granites was concentrated during deuteric activity, rather than during magmatic crystallization. The crack‐filling REE‐fluorocarbonates could subsequently have been easily leached out and deposited in weathered crust developed during a long period of exposure.     

Nature and Evolution of Pre-Neoproterozoic Continental Crust in South China: A Review and Tectonic Implications

South China as an amalgamation of the Yangtze and Cathaysia blocks is composed of Archean to Mesoproterozoic basement overlain by Neoproterozoic and younger cover. Both the constituent Yangtze and Cathaysia blocks contain well-preserved Neoproterozoic rocks that have been extensively studied in terms of the age and tectonic nature, but less is known about their earlier crustal history due to the incomplete rock record. Recent efforts in investigating the yet survived crustal nature based on isotopic and elemental signatures preserved in igneous and sedimentary rocks have steadily improved our knowledge about the pre-Neoproterozoic continental crustal evolution in South China. In this paper, we summarize the up-to-date pre-Neoproterozoic records, including petrological, geochronological, geochemical and geophysical data, across South China, and discuss its spatiotemporal patterns of the pre-Neoproterozoic crust and the relevant tectonic events. While the xenocrystic/inherited and detrital zircon records suggest widespread Archean (mainly ca. 2.5 Ga) crustal components within both the Yangtze and Cathaysia blocks, exposed Archean rocks are only limited to isolated crustal provinces in the Yangtze Block. These Archean rocks are dominated by TTGs (tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite) with varied ages (3.3–2.5 Ga) and zircon Hf isotopes, indicating a compositionally heterogeneous nature of the Archean Yangtze Block and, by inference, the development of multiple ancient terranes. The early Paleoproterozoic (2.4–2.2 Ga) tectonomagmatic events characterize the western Yangtze Block and are supportive of an east-west subdivision of the Yangtze basement, whereas the late Paleoproterozoic (2.1–1.7 Ga) orogeneses may have affected a larger area covering both the western and eastern parts of the Yangtze Block, and also the Cathaysia Block. The eastern Yangtze Block with generally northeastward-younging late Paleoproterozoic magmatism and metamorphism likely experienced a prolonged 2.05–1.75 Ga orogenic process welding the various Archean proto-continents, consistent with the documentation of a buried late Paleoproterozoic orogenic belt imaged by deep seismic profiling from its central part and of a slightly older ophiolitic mélange in the northern part. The Cathaysia Block was probably involved in a short-lived 1.9–1.8 Ga orogenic event. The two orogeneses overlapped in time and may have contributed to the cratonization of a possible unified South China, and are referred to be linked with the assembly of the Nuna Supercontinent. The subsequent late Paleoproterozoic to early Mesoproterozoic rift successions and intrusions (1.7–1.5 Ga) in the southwestern Yangtze Block, and the ca. 1.43 Ga rifting in Hainan Island of the Cathaysia Block could be responses to the Nuna break-up. Late Mesoproterozoic (1.2–1.0 Ga) magmatism of varied age and nature in different localities of the Yangtze Block is reflective of a complex tectonic process in the context of the assembly of the Rodinia Supercontinent. Similar-aged metamorphism (1.3–1.0 Ga) is recorded in Hainan Island, reflecting the Grenvillian continental collision during the Rodinia assembly, but further studies are necessary to better constrain the late Mesoproterozoic tectonic framework of South China.     

云南富民晚二叠世中—基性岩年代学、地球化学特征：对峨眉山大火成岩省岩浆作用过程的指示意义

本文对云南富民地区晚二叠世中—基性岩体、峨眉山玄武岩进行了同位素年代学、岩石学和地球化学的研究。富民基性岩体为辉绿岩,中性岩墙为碱性二长岩。两者均富集LREE、LILE和HFSE,具有OIB的特征,以及相似的Sr-Nd同位素特征,基性岩体的(87Sr/86Sr)i为0.70565~0.70626,εNd(t)为-0.06~+0.49,中性岩墙的(87Sr/86Sr)i为0.70564~0.70567,εNd(t)为-0.32~+0.41。基性岩LA-ICPMS锆石U-Pb测年结果为257.6±2Ma,表明富民中—基性岩体形成于峨眉山大火成岩省大规模岩浆作用的末期。地球化学证据表明富民中—基性岩体是高Ti型玄武质岩浆经连续演化形成的。富民中—基性岩的原始岩浆是地幔柱在石榴子石稳定区经小程度部分熔融的产物。同位素比值与抗蚀变不相容元素比值(如Nb/U)的相关性表明,基性岩在岩浆形成过程中未遭遇地壳混染,而二长岩遭受了少量地壳混染。富民地区晚二叠世中—基性岩体,尤其是螃蟹箐二长岩的发现,证实了ELIP地区"双峰式"火山岩组合中普遍缺失的中性岩体的存在,为长英质岩体的分离结晶成因模型提供了关键证据。     

Origin of the alkali tonsteins from southwest China: Implications for alkaline magmatism associated with the waning stages of the Emeishan Large Igneous Province

A unique type of Nb–Zr–REE–Ga-enriched alkali tonstein of pyroclastic origin occurs exclusively within the late Permian coal measures of southwest China. The alkali tonsteins are located within the lowest Xuanwei or Longtan formations of Wuchiapingian age, indicating that their age is later than the main episode of Emeishan Large Igneous Province (ELIP) magmatism. The alkali tonsteins have intermediate–felsic Al₂O₃/TiO₂ values (12.6–34.2, mean 22.0), light rare earth element-enriched chondrite-normalised patterns, negative δEu and incompatible element ratios similar to those of ELIP alkaline Nb–Ta-enriched syenites. All available evidence shows that the alkali tonsteins from southwest China originated from coeval ELIP alkaline magmatism. The enrichment of Nb–Zr–REE–Ga in alkali tonsteins is derived from the ELIP alkaline Nb–Ta-enriched volcanic ashes and may represent the last stage of mineralisation associated with the Emeishan mantle plume activity.