俄罗斯北极地区前寒武纪岩相古地理特征

本文基于大量文献资料,系统研究俄罗斯北极地区前寒武纪的岩相古地理。俄罗斯北极地区前寒武纪共识别出半深海-深海区、浅海区、滨海区、冲积区和隆起剥蚀区5种古地理单元,其中,隆起剥蚀区沉积记录缺失;冲积区以砾岩+砂岩+泥岩和变质碎屑岩+碳酸盐岩为主;滨浅海区沉积则以变质碎屑岩+碳酸盐岩、蒸发岩+碳酸盐岩、砂岩+泥岩+碳酸盐岩3种岩性组合为主,局部有蒸发岩、砾岩+砂岩+泥岩发育;而半深海-深海区为大洋。俄罗斯北极地区前寒武纪古地理以滨浅海区为主,主要分布在东西伯利亚台地、西西伯利亚盆地、鄂霍茨克地块、楚科奇板块和巴伦支海北部地区;半深海-深海区的分布仅次于滨浅海区,此时西西伯利亚盆地尚未完全形成,其东侧为半深海-深海区;隆起剥蚀区分布范围小于半深海-深海区,主要分布在波罗的地盾及其周缘地区,以及东西伯利亚台地的阿纳巴尔地块和阿尔丹地盾地区;冲积区分布范围最为局限,仅在蒂曼-柏朝拉盆地中部发育。研究表明,俄罗斯北极地区广泛发育前寒武纪地层,岩性以碳酸盐岩和变质碎屑岩为主,部分构造单元中的前寒武纪地层已成为陆壳基底,前寒武纪岩相古地理特征研究可为前寒武纪地质研究提供依据,为其余地质时期的岩相古地理研究奠定基础。     

Iron-formation and glaciogenic rocks of the Rapitan Group,Northwest Territories,Canada

In northwestern Canada, iron-formation occurs as part of the Rapitan Group, a dominantly sedimentary succession of probable Late Precambrian age. The Rapitan Group contains abundant evidence of glaciogenic deposition. It includes massive mixtites which contain numerous faceted and striated clasts. Finely bedded and laminated sedimentary rocks of the Lower Rapitan contain many large isolated (ice-rafted?) intra- and extra-basinal clasts. The Lower and Middle Rapitan are interpreted as products of a glacial marine regime. The iron-formation is interbedded with thin mixtite beds and contains large exotic clasts which are probably indicative of the existence of floating ice at the time of deposition of at least part of the iron-formation. If the apparently low paleolatitudes are confirmed, then glacial marine interpretation of the Rapitan, and the probably correlative Toby Conglomerate of southern British Columbia, support the postulate of a very extensive Late Precambrian ice sheet in North America.Similar iron-formations of similar age are present in South America (Jacadigo Series), in South-West Africa (Damara Supergroup) and in South Australia (Yudnamutana Sub-Group). All of these iron-formations are associated with glaciogenic rocks. In addition to the iron-formations, dolostones, limestones and evaporites (?) are intimately associated with Late Precambrian mixtites, considered by many to be glaciogenic.Huronian (Early Proterozoic) and correlative sequences of North America, and rocks of similar age in South Africa also contain closely juxtaposed undoubted glaciogenic rocks, iron-formations, dolostones and aluminous quartzites. The dolostones and aluminous sedimentary rocks have been interpreted as having formed under warm climatic conditions, but might also be explained by invoking higher P_CO2 levels in the Early Proterozoic atmosphere. By analogy with the Huronian succession, preservation of “warm climate” indicators in mixtite-bearing Late Precambrian sequences does not preclude a glacial origin for the mixtites.     

Fault rocks as indicators of progressive shear deformation in the Guingamp region, Brittany

The North Armorican Shear Zone is a major structural feature running from the island of Moiene in the west to Moncontour in the east of the Armorican Massif. In the region of Guingamp it cuts through a Precambrian migmatite complex and granitoid rocks of both Precambrian and Hercynian age. A variety of fault rocks are present in this part of the shear zone, and are thought to represent a time sequence in which deep level, ductile deformation gave way to higher level brittle displacements. Mylonite and cataclasite series rocks, and pseudotachylites are described and their conditions of formation considered. The Hercynian Quintin granite post-dates the main movement of the shear zone but is itself dextrally displaced during the late stages of shear movement.     

The Nordic Volcanological Institute: understanding volcanoes at spreading centres

The Nordic countries (known as 'Norden') are not immediately associated with volcanoes: Norway with folded mountains cut by fjords and its offshore oil and gas deposits, Sweden and Finland by the western part of the Baltic shield, a huge area of Precambrian rocks, of which gneisses form a large part, and Denmark, a country of Mesozoic and Cenozoic rocks, where glacial, superficial deposits are of major importance. But Norden also includes Iceland, where everyone immediately thinks of volcanoes and glaciers. Clearly volcanological research would be expected to be a major priority for the Icelandic nation. However, in the other Nordic countries old volcanic and other igneous rocks play a significant role, comprising a large part of the Precambrian and Caledonian terrains and being a key to many of the commercial mineral deposits which play a major role in the economies of Norway, Sweden and Finland. Even Denmark, a country of sedimentary rocks has an impressive sequence of Paleogene volcanic ashes and the Faeroe Islands, made up almost entirely of basalts, are part of Denmark.     

塔里木地块西北缘震旦系发现二叠纪基性岩床侵入事件

准确识别侵入岩和火山岩并厘定其形成时代是野外地质调查的一项基础工作,它们对认识区域岩浆事件序列和建立沉积地层年代格架具有重要的作用。塔里木地块西北缘阿克苏地区以出露连续的新元古界和丰富多样的新元古代岩浆岩而成为备受前寒武纪地质研究工作者关注的地区。本文通过遥感影像的识别、野外剖面地质调查和岩石学研究,发现塔里木西北缘阿克苏市西南部的震旦系中发育的基性岩具有典型的岩浆侵入特征,包括局部截切地层、包裹围岩块和内部结晶粗、边缘结晶细等特点。结合锆石U-Pb年代学研究,发现该地区震旦系发育的基性岩浆岩并不全是震旦纪玄武岩,有相当一部分是早二叠世(ca. 290Ma)侵入的辉绿岩岩床,其侵位年龄与塔里木二叠纪大规模溢流玄武岩的喷发时代接近,很可能是塔里木大火成岩省的重要组成部分。这期显著的岩浆热事件可能对该地区前寒武纪岩石重磁化产生重要影响,同时也启示今后开展塔里木北缘震旦纪岩浆作用研究时需要特别引起重视并加以仔细鉴别。     

Age and source of terrigenous rocks of the turan group of the bureya terrane of the eastern part of the central Asian foldbelt: Results of geochemical (Sm-Nd) and geochronological (U-Pb LA-ICP-MS) studies

According to Sm-Nd isotopic-geochemical studies, the t _Nd(DM) of the terrigenous rocks of the Turan Group of the Bureya terrane is 1.4–1.5 Ga and their sources are Precambrian rocks and (or) younger effusive rocks, the formation of which is related to the reworking of the Late Precambrian continental crust. The U-Pb LA-ICP-MS geochronological studies indicate dominant Vendian-Cambrian (588–483 Ma) and Late Riphean (865–737 Ma) detrital zircons. Our data point to their accumulation at the beginning of the Paleozoic rather than in the Precambrian as is accepted in modern stratigraphic schemes.     

Early Paleozoic orogeny in southern South America

In northwest Argentina, weakly metamorphic clastic and calcareous sedimentary rocks of latest Precambrian to Lower Cambrian age (Puncoviscana Formation and related units) contain an abundant ichnofauna of both chronostratigraphic and paleoenvironmental value. In the western and central Sierras Pampeanas, metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks are considered to form part of the same geotectonic unit. This “Pampean orogenic cycle” includes geosynclinal sedimentation of latest Precambrian to Lower Cambrian age, as well as magmatism, metamorphism and deformation of Middle to Upper Cambrian age, documented by an angular unconformity below the Upper Cambrian to Devonian rocks of the “Famatinian orogenic cycle”. In some of the metamorphic rocks of the Pampean Cycle a pre-Ordovician folding is also distinguished from a later tectonic overprinting. Hence, the concept of a Pampean cycle differs from other concepts of late Precambrian orogenic cycles of South America which are only defined by radiometric ages. The Pampean orogenesis may be compared with the Ross orogenesis of the Transantarctic Mts., the Tyennan orogenesis of Australia and some of the deformation phases of the Damara orogen in Namibia.     

Crustal growth stages in the Songino block of the Early Caledonian superterrane in Central Asia: I. Geological and geochronological data

The Early Caledonian folded area in Central Asia (Early Caledonian superterrane) hosts micro-continent fragments with an Early and Late Precambrian crystalline basement, the largest of them being the Dzabkhan and Tuva-Mongolian fragments. Their junction zone hosts exposures of crystalline rocks that were previously thought to be part of the Early Precambrian Dzabkhan microcontinent. The Bayannur zone in the southern part of the Songino block hosts the Baynnur gneiss-migmatite and Kholbonur metavolcanic-terrigenous metamorphic complexes. The former is believed to be the Early Proterozoic crystalline basement, and the latter is thought to unconformably overly the Late Riphean cover complex of the Songino block. Various rocks of the tectono-stratigraphic complexes in the Bayannur zone were studied geologically and geochronologically (by the U-Pb technique of zircon). Regional metamorphism and folding in the Bayannur Complex were dated at 802 ± 6 Ma. The Nd model ages lie within the range of 1.5–2.0 Ga and thus preclude the correlation of these rocks with those in the Archean and Early Proterozoic basement of the Dzabkhan microcontinent. The upper age limit for folding and metamorphism in the Bayannur zone is marked by postkinematic granites dated at 790 ± 3 Ma, and the lower limit of the volcano-sedimentary complex is determined by the Nd model age of the sandstone (1.3 Ga). The upper age limit of the volcano-plutonic rocks in this zone is set by the gabbroids and anorthosites: 783 ± 2 and 784 ± 3 Ma, respectively. The complex of island-arc granitoids in the Bayannur zone is dated at 859 ± 3 Ma. The age constraints make it possible to correlate crystalline rocks in the Bayannur Complex of the Sangino block and the Dzhargalant Complex in the Tarbagatai block. Currently available data testify that the Precambrian Khangai group of blocks in the Early Caledonian Central Asian superterrane includes continental crustal blocks related to the processes of Early Precambrian, Late Riphean, and Vendian tectonism.     

苏南晚二叠世末期双峰次火山岩的发现和单颗粒锆石U－Pb年代学意义

苏南晚二叠世末期双峰次火山岩的发现和单颗粒锆石Ｕ－Ｐｂ年代学意义方中，李惠民，夏邦栋，楚雪君，刘寿和，王学锋（南京大学地球科学系，江苏南京，２１０００８；天津地质矿产研究所，天津，３００１７０）关键词晚二叠世，双峰火山岩，同生锆石，捕虏晶锆石，Ｕ－Ｐ...     

Mesoproterozoic Continental Arc Type Granite in the Central Tianshan Mountains: Zircon SHRIMP U-Pb Dating and Geochemical Analyses

The Central Tianshan belt in northwestern China is a small Precambrian block located in the southern part of the Central Asia Orogenic Belt （CAOB）, which is considered as ＂the most voluminous block of young continental crust in the world＂ that comprises numerous small continental blocks separated by Paleozoic magmatic arcs. The Precambrian basement of the central Tianshan Mountains is composed of volcanic rocks and associated volcano-sedimentary rocks that were intruded by granitic plutons. Geochemical analyses demonstrate that the granitic plutons and volcanic rocks were generated in the Andean-type active continental arc environment like today＇s Chile, and the zircon U-Pb SHRIMP dating indicates that they were developed at about 956 Ma, possibly corresponding to the subduction of the inferred Mozambique Ocean under the Baltic-African super-continent.     

Aspects of magmatism and plate tectonics in the Precambrian of England and Wales

The geological features of igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks comprising the Precambrian of England and Wales suggest formation in one or more Precambrian orogenic cycles. They are now interpreted in terms of plate tectonics. Evidence for Late Proterozoic plate subduction in the Mona Complex of Anglesey is suggested by the association of pillow lavas, cherts, high P/T metamorphic rocks and by the occurrence of gabbros and serpentinites with similar features to rocks believed to comprise the oceanic crust. Precambrian rocks in England and South Wales include calc-alkaline plutonic complexes (Malvern and Johnston Complexes), calc-alkaline lavas (Uriconian and Charnian) and basic and intermediate intrusions of tholeiitic affinity (dykes in the plutonic complexes and granophyric diorites in Charnwood Forest). The features of these rocks indicate formation in a continental margin setting and this is consistent with features of the Rushton Schist and Primrose Hill “gneiss” which suggest that they predate the Late Proterozoic orogenic activity. This evidence is consistent with plate tectonic models involving oceanic plate subduction below the Mona Complex from an ocean to the northwest, or from a small ocean basin southeast of the complex. The Warren House lavas show some affinities to ocean floor basalts and are problematic with regard to the Precambrian history of the area.     

Announcement

The Precambrian rocks of the St. Malo region are grouped into two tectono-stratigraphical units which are correlated with the Pentevrian Complex (a pre-900 Ma basement) and the Brioverian succession (a cover sequence deposited sometime during the interval 900-650 Ma) recognized elsewhere within the Precambrian of the Armorican Massif of France and the Channel Islands. The Pentevrian Complex in this region is composed of metasediments, metatexites (migmatites) and diatexites (anatectic granodiorites). The Brioverian succession is represented by a sequence of turbidites which have undergone only greenschist facies metamorphism. Rocks assigned to the Pentevrian Complex in the St. Malo region preserve the effects of at least four episodes of deformation and two episodes of migmatization all of which occurred prior to the deposition of the turbidites. Three episodes of deformation have affected the Brioverian succession in response to the late Precambrian Cadomian orogeny. Thus two distinct groups of Precambrian metasediments, with different structural-metamorphic histories, are present in the St. Malo region. Cadomian deformation of the Pentevrian Complex is heterogeneous, the strain being largely confined to ductile shear belts. Brief comparison is made with other areas of Precambrian rocks in the northern part of the Armorican Massif.     

Fe- and Al-Rich metapelites of the Teiskaya Group, Yenisei Range: Geochemistry, protoliths, and the behavior of their material during metamorphism

The Fe- and Al-rich metapelite of the Teiskaya Group in the trans-Angara part of the Yenisei Range are characterized by variable P-T parameters of their metamorphism. Geochemical data on these rocks were used to reproduce the nature and composition of their protolith. The metapelites were determined to be redeposited and metamorphosed Precambrian weathering crusts of the kaolinite type, which were produced by the erosion of Archean rocks of predominantly acid (granitoid) composition in shallow-water continental-margin basins in a humid climate. These results are consistent with the results of the lithological-facies analysis and geodynamic reconstruction of the Precambrian geological evolution of complexes in the Yenisei range. Differences were revealed between the REE patterns in metapelites in various metamorphic zones caused by both the compositional heterogeneity of the protoliths and the prograde (in terms of pressure) mineral reactions of collision metamorphism with the predominant effects of various processes during different evolutionary stages.     

Geodynamics of the Early Precambrian,Part 2: Formation of continental crust and sedimentary basins,specificity of the lithosphere

This part of work is aimed at consideration of problems concerning evolution of geodynamic processes based on characteristic structures of the Early Precambrian and their rocks. Considered in the paper are structures characterizing existence of mature continental crust (sedimentary basins), development of the crust (metamorphic belts and granitoids) and underlying upper mantle (lithospheric keel), and amalgamation of crustal domains (continents, microcontinents, terrains) into supercontinents. Geodynamic phenomena of the Early Precambrian comparable with the Phanerozoic ones are distinguishable, on the one hand, and their changes with time of evolutionary character are detectable, on the other. The latter are satisfactorily explainable by secular lowering of the mantle temperature in general and above the top of mantle plumes.     

Recent crustal uplift of Precambrian cratons: Key patterns and possible mechanisms

Precambrian cratons cover about 70% of the total continental area. According to a large volume of geomorphological, geological, paleontological, and other data for the Pliocene and Pleistocene, these cratons have experienced a crustal uplift from 100-200 m to 1000-1500 m, commonly called the recent or Neotectonic uplift. Shortening of the Precambrian crust terminated half a billion years ago or earlier, and its uplift could not have been produced by this mechanism. According to the main models of dynamic topography in the mantle, the distribution of displacements at the surface is quite different from that of the Neotectonic movements. According to seismic data, there is no magmatic underplating beneath most of the Precambrian cratons. In most of cratonic areas, the mantle lithosphere is very thick, which makes its recent delamination unlikely. Asthenospheric replacement of the lower part of the mantle lithosphere beneath the Precambrian cratons might have produced only a minor part of their Neotectonic uplifts. Since the above mechanisms cannot explain this phenomenon, the rock expansion in the crustal layer is supposed to be the main cause of the recent uplift of Precambrian cratons. This is supported by the strong lateral nonuniformity of the uplift, which indicates that expansion of rocks took place at a shallow depth. Expansion might have occurred in crustal rocks that emerged from the lower crust into the middle crust with lower pressure and temperature after the denudation of a thick layer of surface rocks. In the dry state, these rocks can remain metastable for a long time. However, rapid metamorphism accompanied by expansion of rocks can be caused by infiltration of hydrous fluids from the mantle. Analysis of phase diagrams for common crustal rocks demonstrates that this mechanism can explain the recent crustal uplift of Precambrian cratons.     

Precambrian deformed granites of possible basement in the Himalayas

Granitic rocks are abundant in the Axial zone, the core of the Himalayas. The Lesser Himalayan unfossiliferous metasedimentary sequence lying to the south of the Axial zone also contains concordant sheets of granitic rocks which were earlier described either as intrusive or metamorphosed volcaniclastic sediments. These granites have yielded Precambrian radiometric ages.The Lesser Himalayan deformed granites have been demarcated and we suggest that they represent thrust wedges of the Precambrian (older than 1000 Ma) basement rocks of the Himalayas. The deformed granite sheets of the Eastern Himalayas show the development of various types of mylonite. The chemical characters of these granites vary within reasonable limits. Geochemistry and Sr isotope ratios suggest their derivation by melting from crustal material and sediments, probably greywacke, to variable degrees. From geochemical evidence it is suggested that the central crystalline rocks of the Axial zone may contain reworked Precambrian basement components. The studied granites provide evidence of a Precambrian metamorphic and anatectic event in the Himalayas.     

Molybdenum distribution in Precambrian rocks of the Colorado Mineral Belt

The average Mo content of more than one hundred rock samples from the Precambrian basement of the Colorado Mineral Belt corresponds well to the global molybdenum content of crustal rocks of 1.0 ppm. There are no indications of a regional geochemical molybdenum anomaly in that part of the crust or upper mantle.     

黔东南从江地区新元古代下江期花岗斑岩的特征及其地质意义

产出于黔东南从江地区下江群下部的一套酸性岩浆岩,一直被认为是混合岩。本文通过新的实际资料,对其产出特征、岩石学、地球化学、年代学等方面进行了分析研究,并对其形成的大地构造背景进行了探讨,认为其系局部就地重熔S型花岗斑岩,与同产出于下江群下部的基性岩、基性火山岩构成类似双峰式的岩浆岩石建造组合,系武陵造山后拉张盆地裂陷开启初期重要的构造岩浆热事件。这一新认识对该地区前寒武纪古大陆演化及成矿响应提供了新的资料。     

山东胶北地体早前寒武纪地层的划分

<正> 在前人的工作基础上,我们根据近5年来的研究认为,金矿储量占全国约四分之一的胶北隆起是一个独立地体,它的四周有明确的边界断层,如郯庐断裂、平度—莱西断裂和荣城—青岛—五莲—日照—海州断裂(即榴辉岩带)分别与其相邻的鲁西地体、胶南地体和胶东南—苏东北—黄海地体分开。胶北地体金矿富集规律长期未被搞清的原因,除对其构造环境尚未认识清楚外,主要是对其早前寒武纪地层(>1850Ma)缺乏正确划分,从而对正确认识这个具有典型克拉通性质的胶北地体的地质演化发展、性质和构造等都受     

Iron in Precambrian rocks: implications for the global oxygen budget of the ancient Earth

Banded iron formations (BIF) are prominent in sediments older than 2 Ga. However, little is known about the absolute abundance of BIF in Archean and Early Proterozoic sediments, and the source of the Fe is still somewhat uncertain. Also unknown is the role that Fe may have played in the maintenance of low oxygen pressures in the Archean and Early Proterozoic atmosphere. An analysis of the chemical composition of Precambrian rocks provides some insight into the role of Fe in Precambrian geochemical cycles. The Fe content of igneous rocks is well correlated with their Ti content. Plots of Fe vs. Ti in Precambrian sandstones and graywackes fall very close to the igneous rock trend. Plots of Fe vs. Ti in Precambrian shales also follow this trend but show a definite scatter toward an excess of Fe. Phanerozoic shales and sandstones lie essentially on the igneous rock trend and show surprisingly little scatter. Mn/Ti relations show a stronger indication of Precambrian Mn loss, perhaps due to weathering under a less oxidizing early atmosphere. These data show that Fe was neither substantially added to nor significantly redistributed in Archean and early Proterozoic sediments. Enough hydrothermal Fe was added to these sediments to increase the average Fe content of shales by at most a factor of 2. This enrichment would probably not have greatly affected the near-surface redox cycle or atmospheric oxygen levels. Continued redistribution of Fe and mixing with weathered igneous rocks during the recycling of Precambrian sediments account for the excellent correlation of Fe with Ti in Phanerozoic shales and for the similarity between their Fe/Ti ratio and that of igneous rocks.