金沙江大具盆地碎屑堆积体的土壤碳酸盐铀系测年

金沙江大具盆地中堆积着巨厚的碎屑沉积物, 覆盖于6级阶地之上, 拔河高度可达300 m以上, 其成因和年代都是我国地貌学的研究热点。由于大具盆地的碎屑堆积体岩性简单、分选性差, 缺乏合适的测年材料(如炭屑、火山灰、动物化石等), 此前仅有宇生核素¹⁰Be和²⁶Al暴露测年和光释光测年获得绝对测年数据。野外调查发现大具盆地碎屑堆积体中广泛发育着土壤碳酸盐, 而且其质地纯净致密, 适合于铀系测年, 可约束堆积体形成的最小年龄。为此, 采集了海拔高度分别在1859 m、1809 m、1738 m和1721 m的4处堆积体(DJ1、DJ2、DJ3和DJ4)中的34个土壤碳酸盐样品进行铀系测年。多接收器电感耦合等离子体质谱(MC-ICP- MS)的铀系测年结果显示这4处堆积体中土壤碳酸盐的最大年代分别为14.72±1.08 ka、11.30±0.17 ka、15.08±0.70 ka和16.34±1.22 ka都对应于末次冰消期。因此, 推测大具盆地中巨厚的碎屑沉积事件可能发生于末次冰消期或稍早时段, 最小年龄为16.34±1.22 ka。

     

云南呈贡龙潭山 1 号洞堆积物的铀系年龄

测定了人类化石地点云南呈贡龙潭山1号洞5个次生碳酸盐样的质谱法铀系年代。其中位于含人牙化石的II 堆积层下界面不远处的L TSY- 3石笋样质谱230 Th /234U 年龄为( 305± 15) ka; 而其余4 个样品经现场地层复核,它们与堆积均缺乏明确的叠压关系,因此认为它们很可能源自洞顶或洞壁石幔。此外,还测定了该地点5个动物化石样的230 Th /234 U 年龄,其结果为60～ 80 ka,平行测定了其中3 个样品的227 Th /230 Th 年龄,二种铀系年龄均在± 1. 5σ范围内一致,从而支持了该地点骨化石样铀系年代的可信度。在没有进一步的地层和年代证据之前,暂将60～ 80 ka 作为含人牙化石的第I I层堆积的年代应是合理的。但值得指出的是,由于骨化石中铀循环模式的不确定性,与有明确层位意义的钙板相比,洞穴地点的这类材料年代结果往往偏于年轻,因此上述年代测定结果很可能也存在偏低问题。      

U—Series Dating of Fossil Bones：Results from Chinese Sites and Discussions on Its Reliability

Calculations,according to some open-system models,point out that while a statistically significant discrepancy between the results of two U-series methods,^230Th/^234U and ^227Th/^220Th(or ^231Pa/^235U),attests a relatively recent and important uranium migration,concordant dates cannot guarantee closes-system behavior of sample.The results of 20 fossil bones from 10 Chinese sites,19 of which are determined by two U-series methods,are given,Judging from independent age controls,8 out of the 11 concordant age sets are unacceptable,The results in this paper suggest that uranium may cycle into or out of fossil bones,such geochemical events may take place at any time and no known preserving condition may securely protect them from being affected.So for the sitew we have studied,the U-series dating of fossil bones is of limited reliability.     

U-series dating of Hoxnian interglacial deposits at Marks Tey,Essex, England

A U–Th dating study was carried out on the authigenic carbonate component of interglacial lake sediments at Marks Tey, Essex, England. Isochron methods were necessary because of the presence of non-carbonate detritus. Calculated dates around the limit of the U–Th method were obtained for two horizons. Error limits were determined by Monte Carlo sampling from the normal distributions of errors in the isotope ratios. Comparison of the resulting empirical distribution functions with the marine oxygen isotope time-scale indicates with 87% confidence that the Marks Tey sediments correlate with OIS 11 or some older stage. As the Marks Tey deposits rest without stratigraphical break on Anglian till, and can be firmly correlated with the Hoxnian interglacial type site at Hoxne, Suffolk, England, this result implies that the Anglian glaciation took place in OIS 12 and the Hoxnian Stage of the British chronostratigraphy commenced in OIS 11. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

华北太行岩墙群斜锆石生长世代和U-Pb年龄及其对岩浆演化的启示

斜锆石U-Pb定年是基性岩墙时代确定的有效方法。前人对太行岩墙群高分异组岩墙(Ti O2通常1%,Mg O一般6%)进行了较多的定年,但缺少对低分异组岩墙(Ti O2约为1%,Mg O6%)的高精度测年。两者年龄是否一致是讨论两组岩墙是否来源于同一岩浆的基本前提。本研究对华北太行岩墙群丰镇地区低、高分异组代表性岩墙进行了斜锆石离子探针207Pb/206Pb定年。结果表明,低分异组车道沟岩墙207Pb/206Pb平均年龄为1768±4Ma(n=9,MSWD=2.1);而高分异组酸刺湾岩墙斜锆石207Pb/206Pb年龄可以分为两组,加权平均值分别为1780±3Ma(n=8,MSWD=0.65)和1760±3Ma(n=5,MSWD=1.7)。斜锆石成分分析表明,酸刺湾岩墙两组年龄对应的矿物成分存在差异,如晚期斜锆石比早期更富Ti,Zr/Hf比值变化范围相对较小。据此认为,酸刺湾岩墙两组斜锆石可能结晶于岩浆不同阶段:早期(~1780Ma)的斜锆石可能结晶于成分更加原始的岩浆,很可能形成于岩浆房中;晚期(~1760Ma)的斜锆石可能结晶于成分更加演化的岩浆,可能是岩浆通道(岩墙)或岩浆房中。Zr/Hf值与单点年龄的负相关趋势可能记录了单斜辉石的结晶过程。已有的太行岩墙群U-Pb年代学结果集中于1785~1760Ma。我们的研究认为,太行岩墙群岩浆房存在了约20Myr,即岩浆房形成于~1785Ma,岩墙就位于1785~1760Ma。     

U-series isochron dating of immature and mature calcretes as a basis for constructing Quaternary landform chronologies for the Sorbas basin, southeast Spain

Immature and mature calcretes from an alluvial terrace sequence in the Sorbas basin, southeast Spain, were dated by the U-series isochron technique. The immature horizons consistently produced statistically reliable ages of high precision. The mature horizons typically produced statistically unreliable ages but, because of linear trends in the dataset and low errors associated with each data point, it was still possible to place a best-fit isochron through the dataset to produce an age with low associated uncertainties. It is, however, only possible to prove that these statistically unreliable ages have geochronological significance if multiple isochron ages are produced for a single site, and if these multiple ages are stratigraphically consistent. The geochronological significance of such ages can be further proven if at least one of the multiple ages is statistically reliable. By using this technique to date calcretes that have formed during terrace aggradation and at the terrace surface after terrace abandonment it is possible not only to date the timing of terrace aggradation but also to constrain the age at which the river switched from aggradation to incision. This approach, therefore, constrains the timing of changes in fluvial processes more reliably than any currently used geochronological procedure and is appropriate for dating terrace sequences in dryland regions worldwide, wherever calcrete horizons are present.     

晋陕峡谷苏家岭和清水川口旧石器地点黄土地层释光年代与古环境

在黄河中游晋陕峡谷地区发现了多处旧石器遗存,但是,这些重要的遗址点大多缺乏年代约束。新发现的苏家岭和清水川口旧石器地点位于陕西一侧黄河二、三级阶地上,黄土堆积中出土的石器类型以"石核-石片技术"组合为主要特征。本研究采集了苏家岭（黄土堆积厚度17.1 m）和清水川口（黄土堆积厚度4.7 m）共14个光释光样品,采用石英单片再生剂量法（SAR-OSL）和钾长石红外后释光法（pIR200IR290）测定了两个遗址点黄土序列的年代,同时测试了沉积物样品的粒度和磁化率。结果表明,两处沉积物主体均为典型的风成黄土。石英SAR-OSL年龄与钾长石pIR200IR290年龄在25~50 ka有很好的对应关系,钾长石年龄与S1古土壤的预期年龄（MIS5）相一致。苏家岭出土的石器所在地层年代范围为25~76 ka,洪积层的石核年代在76~95 ka间;清水川口出土的石器年代范围为31~42 ka。地层特征、磁化率和粒度证据表明,在晚更新世间冰阶和末次间冰期末期,晋陕峡谷地区相对暖湿的气候条件利于远古人类生存;同时,黄土高原南部苏家岭与北部清水川口的古环境存在区域的差异。苏家岭和清水川口地点出土的"石核-石片技术"组合表明,晚更新世古人类在中国北方广阔的区域活动,中国中部是晚更新世人类栖居的良好场所。     

Zircon SHRIMP U-Pb dating of the Neogene coral reefs,Xisha Islands,South China Sea: implications for tectonic evolution

The Xisha Block is a minor one in the South China Sea and an important tectonic unit in the northwestern part of the region. Zircon SHRIMP U-Pb ages for three volcanic intrusive core samples from Xike-1, an exploratory well penetrating the bioherms of the Xisha Islands. The core samples are from the Miocene reef carbonate bedrock and are recognized as dark-gray biotite-hornblende gabbro, gray fine-grained biotite diorite, and gray fine-grained granite, respectively. Zircon cathodoluminescence (CL) images and trace Th, U and Pb compositions of the zircons show that these rocks are of volcanic intrusive origin. Zircon SHRIMP U-Pb dating yielded six groups of ages, ranging from 2451-1857 Ma to early Cretaceous, which indicate that the formation and evolution of the Xisha Block was affected by the evolution and closure of Neotethys Ocean, probably within its eastern extension into South China Sea. Both old, deep-sourced material, including fragments from Rodina supercontinent, and recent mantle-derived magma products contributed to the emergence and formation of the Xisha block. The SHRIMP U-Pb results also proved that this process differed from that of the Kontum massif, the Hainan Block, and the South China Block, but is similar to that of the Nansha and Zhongsha blocks. The process was associated with the effects of Yanshanian magmatism induced by subduction mechanisms of the Paleo-Pacific Plate or the reworking of the multiple magmatisms since the Early to mid-Yanshanian, possibly jointly experienced by the Xisha-Zhongsha-Nansha Block.     

ESR,U-series and paleomagnetic dating of Gigantopithecus fauna from Chuifeng Cave,Guangxi, southern China

Several Gigantopithecus faunas associated with taxonomically undetermined hominoid fossils and/or stone artifacts are known from southern China. These faunas are particularly important for the study of the evolution of humans and other mammals in Asia. However, the geochronology of the Gigantopithecus faunas remains uncertain. In order to solve this problem, a program of geochronological studies of Gigantopithecus faunas in Guangxi Province was recently initiated. Chuifeng Cave is the first studied site, which yielded 92 Gigantopithecus blacki teeth associated with numerous other mammalian fossils. We carried out combined ESR/U-series dating of fossil teeth and sediment paleomagnetic studies. Our ESR results suggest that the lower layers at this cave can be dated to 1.92 ± 0.14 Ma and the upper layers can be dated to older than 1.38 ± 0.17 Ma. Correlation of the recognized magnetozones to the geomagnetic polarity timescale was achieved by combining magnetostratigraphic, biostratigraphic and ESR data. The combined chronologies establish an Olduvai subchron (1.945–1.778 Ma) for the lowermost Chuifeng Cave sediments. We also analyzed the enamel δ¹³C values of the Gigantopithecus faunas. Our results show that southern China was dominated by C₃ plants during the early Pleistocene and that the Gigantopithecus faunas lived in a woodland-forest ecosystem.     

Middle Pleistocene climate and habitat change at Zhoukoudian, China, from the carbon and oxygen isotopic record from herbivore tooth enamel

The Pleistocene deposits at Zhoukoudian, often referred to as the “Peking Man” site, contain dental remains from a diverse group of herbivores, including Equus sanmeniensis, Cervus elaphus, Cervus nippon, Megaloceros pachyosteus, Sus lydekkeri, and Dicerorhinus choukoutienensis. The carbon and oxygen isotopic compositions of structural carbonate within the enamel of these teeth are used to reconstruct the paleodiet and paleoenvironment of the mammals. The δ¹³C values of enamel from Zhoukoudian range from −2.3‰ to −13.0‰, indicating that these mammals consumed between 25% and 100% C₃ plants. The presence of significant amounts of C₄ plants in the diets of some herbivore species indicates that at the onset of the Middle Pleistocene local habitats included mixed C₃/C₄ vegetation. By approximately 470,000 yr ago, C₃ plants dominated the diets of herbivores studied, suggesting that the abundance of C₄ flora had decreased in the area. For all deer analyzed in this study, the values of δ¹³C and δ¹⁸O decrease substantially from about 720,000 to 470,000 yr ago. This trend may be due to a strengthening of the winter monsoon during the Middle Pleistocene.     

新疆东天山红云滩地区构造-热演化探讨:来自Ar-Ar和(U-Th)/He热年代学的约束

红云滩岩体位于东天山觉罗塔格西部,对其进行热演化历史研究对于揭示觉罗塔格地区乃至整个东天山地区的构造-热演化历史具有重要意义。本文对红云滩岩体进行黑云母Ar-Ar、锆石(U-Th)/He和磷灰石(U-Th)/He测年,并结合前人的锆石U-Pb测年结果,精细刻画出该岩体自形成以后经历的热演化过程,并据此识别出东天山红云滩地区发生过多期快速抬升冷却事件。黑云母阶段升温Ar-Ar法同位素定年得到的坪年龄为316.9±1.8Ma,单颗粒锆石和磷灰石(U-Th)/He同位素定年得到的平均年龄分别为213.7±9.6Ma和65.5±1.3Ma。热年代学数据及模拟结果表明东天山红云滩地区自晚古生代以来经历了3个快速冷却阶段,分别为:晚石炭世至早二叠世(ca.330~296Ma)、晚三叠世(222~220Ma)、晚白垩世(91~77Ma)。其中,晚石炭世至早二叠世的快速冷却作用是岩体侵位后与围岩热传导冷却及伴随天山造山隆升冷却综合作用的结果,晚三叠世和晚白垩世的两期快速冷却事件分别与羌塘-欧亚板块、Kohistan-Dras岛弧-拉萨地块碰撞的远程效应造成的东天山地区隆升作用有关。新生代以来,红云滩岩体所在的阿奇山-雅满苏地区构造活动相对较弱,未发生较为明显的隆升作用,与天山西段新生代的构造活动有着明显的差异。     

周口店太平山北坡西洞动物群及其洞穴地层划分

周口店太平山北坡西洞于１９８７年发现,其中的裂隙堆积物厚达２１．７ｍ,可分７层,化石产自剖面的第５层和第７层。第５层计有Ｅｒｉｎａｃｅｕｓｓｐ．等１６种动物化石,第７层产有Ｏｃｈｏｔｏｎａｃｆ．ｎｉｈｅ－ｗａｎｉｃａ和Ｌｅｐｕｓｓｐ．。第５层的时代与周口店第９地点动物群的大体相当或略早,而第７层可与太平山北坡东洞的第８－６层对比。     

甘肃敦煌红柳峡地区石榴石斜长角闪岩的变质特征、锆石U-Pb年龄及地质意义

甘肃敦煌红柳峡石榴石斜长角闪岩原岩为岛弧拉斑玄武岩,形成于不成熟岛弧.其典型矿物组合为:石榴石(Grt)-角闪石(Amp)-透辉石(Di)-斜长石(Pl),其中较粗大的变斑晶石榴石中通常保存进变质生长环带.根据岩相学和矿物化学研究得出,该区石榴石斜长角闪岩经历了四个变质演化阶段:早期进变质阶段(M1)、变质高峰期阶段(M2)、近等温减压阶段(M3)和晚期降温退变质阶段(M4).M1阶段以石榴石核部成分及其核部包体矿物组合石榴石(Grt Ⅰ)+角闪石(AmpⅠ)+斜长石(Pl Ⅰ)+石英(Qtz)为特征,P-T估算结果为n=550 ～ 600℃,P=0.3 ～0.5GPa;M2阶段以变斑晶石榴石幔部成分(GrtⅡ)及基质中的矿物组合角闪石(AmpⅡ)+透辉石(Di)+斜长石(+PlⅡ)+石英(Qtz)为特征,P-T估算结果为T=650 ～ 780℃,P=0.8 ～0.9GPa;M3阶段的代表性结构为石榴石边缘(GrtⅢ)形成由绿色角闪石(AmpⅢ)和斜长石(PlⅢ)组成的“白眼圈”,该阶段温度估算结果为630 ～ 700℃,压力大幅降低;M4阶段透辉石(Di)开始向角闪石(AmpⅣ)和斜长石(PlⅣ)转化,该阶段压力变化不大,主要是温度的降低.温压估算结果表明,红柳峡石榴石斜长角闪岩完整记录了从早期升温升压的进变质到后来的近等温减压再到最后的降温退变质的一个顺时针的PTt演化轨迹,反映的构造演化历史为:板块俯冲到地壳深部遭受高温变质作用,然后该区出现拉张的构造体制,随之地壳减薄,但是原来处于地壳深部的岩石并未出现大幅度折返和抬升,而是仍然处于原来的深度,慢慢的冷却直至正常的地温梯度.锆石U-Pb定年结果表明,红柳峡石榴石斜长角闪岩原岩的结晶年龄为1611±6Ma,该期年龄代表的构造事件与哥伦比亚超大陆的裂解事件一致,结合前人的研究成果我们推断,塔里木板块可能与哥伦比亚超大陆的裂解有联系,且当时位于塔里木东北缘的敦煌地块还是岛弧的构造环境,后来在中元古代塔里木运动中有一次板块俯冲碰撞事件,引起了一次高级变质作用(高角闪岩相),使当时的基性火山岩变质形成如今含有石榴石的斜长角闪岩.     

Quaternary hinterland evolution of the active Banda Arc: Surface uplift and neotectonic deformation recorded by coral terraces at Kisar,Indonesia

Coral terrace surveys and U-series ages of coral yield a surface uplift rate of ∼0.5 m/ka for Kisar Island, which is an emergent island in the hinterland of the active Banda arc–continent collision. Based on this rate, Kisar first emerged from the ocean as recently as ∼450 ka. These uplifted terraces are gently warped in a pattern of east–west striking folds. These folds are strike parallel to more developed thrust-related folds of similar wavelength imaged by a seismic reflection profile just offshore. This deformation shows that the emergence of Kisar is influenced by forearc closure along the south-dipping Kisar Thrust. However, the pinnacle shape of Kisar and the protrusion of its metamorphic rocks through the forearc basin sediments also suggest a component of extrusion along shear zones or active doming.Coral encrusts the island coast in many locations over 100 m above sea level. Terrace morphology and coral ages are best explained by recognizing major surfaces as mostly growth terraces and minor terraces as mostly erosional into older terraces. All reliable and referable coral U-series ages determined by MC-ICP-MS correlate with marine isotope stage (MIS) 5e (118–128 ka). The only unaltered coral samples are found below 6 m elevation; however an unaltered Tridacna (giant clam) shell in growth position at 95 m elevation yields a U-series age of 195 ± 31 ka, which corresponds to MIS 7. This age agrees with the best-fit uplift model for the island. Loose deposits of unaltered coral fragments found at elevations between 8 and 20 m yield U-series ages of <100 years and may represent paleotsunami deposits from previously undocumented tectonic activity in the region.     

SHRIMP dating of the Permo-Carboniferous Jinshajiang ophiolite, southwestern China: Geochronological constraints for the evolution of Paleo-Tethys

SHRIMP U–Pb zircon dating of gabbro, anorthosite, trondhjemite and granodiorite from the Jinshajiang ophiolitic mélange of southwestern China provides geochronological constraints on the evolution of Paleo-Tethys. The ophiolitic mélange is exposed for about 130 km along the Jinshajiang River where numerous blocks of serpentinite, ultramafic cumulate, gabbro, sheeted dikes, pillow lavas and radiolarian chert are set in a greenschist matrix. A cumulate gabbro-anorthosite association and an amphibole gabbro have ages of 338 ± 6 Ma, 329 ± 7 Ma and 320 ± 10 Ma, respectively, which constrain the time of formation of oceanic crust. An ophiolitic isotropic gabbro dated at 282–285 Ma has the same age as a trondhjemite vein (285 ± 6 Ma) cutting the gabbro. These ages probably reflect a late phase of sea-floor spreading above an intra-oceanic subduction zone. At the southern end of the Jinshajiang belt, a granitoid batholith (268 ± 6 Ma), a gabbro massif (264 ± 4 Ma), and a granodiorite (adakite) intrusion (263 ± 6 Ma) in the ophiolitic mélange constitute a Permian intra-oceanic plutonic arc complex. A trondhjemite dike intruded serpentinite in the mélange at 238 ± 10 Ma and postdates the arc evolution of the Jinshajiang segment of Paleo-Tethys.     

New geological framework for Western Amazonia (Brazil) and implications for biogeography and evolution

Although many of the current hypotheses to explain the origin and distribution of the Amazon biodiversity has been based directly or indirectly on geological data, the reconstruction of the geological history of the Amazon region is still inadequate to analyze its relationship with the biodiversity. This work has the main goal to characterize the sedimentary successions formed in the Brazilian Amazon in the Neogene-Quaternary discussing the evolution of the depositional systems through time and analyzing their main controlling mechanisms in order to fill up this gap. Radar image interpretation, sedimentological studies, and radiocarbon dating allowed the mapping of Plio-Pleistocene to Holocene units along the Solimões-Amazonas River, Brazil. This integrated work led to the characterization of five sedimentary successions overlying Miocene deposits of the Solimões/Pebas Formation, which include the following: Içá Formation (Plio-Pleistocene), deposits Q1 (37,400-43,700 ¹⁴C yr B.P.), deposits Q2 (27,200 ¹⁴C yr B.P.), deposits Q3 (6730-2480 ¹⁴C yr B.P.), and deposits Q4 (280-130 ¹⁴C yr B.P.). These deposits occur mostly to the west of Manaus, forming NW-SE elongated belts that are progressively younger from SW to NE, indicating a subsiding basin with a depocenter that migrated to the NE. The reconstruction of the depositional history is consistent with significant changes in the landscapes. Hence, the closure of a large lake system at the end of the Miocene gave rise to the development of a Plio-Pleistocene fluvial system. This was yet very distinct from the modern drainage, with shallow, energetic, highly migrating, braided to anastomosed channels having an overall northeast outlet. This fluvial system formed probably under climatic conditions relatively drier than today's. During the early Pleistocene, there was pronounced erosion, followed by a renewed depositional phase ca. 40,000 ¹⁴C yr B.P., with the development of prograding lobes and/or crevasse splays associated with a lake system (i.e., fan-delta) and/or fluvial flood plain areas. After a period of erosion, a fluvial system with eastward draining channels started to develop at around 27,000 ¹⁴C yr B.P. The fluvial channels were overflooded in mid-Holocene time. This flooding is attributed to an increased period of humidity, with a peak between 5000 and 2500 ¹⁴C yr B.P. The data presented herein support that, rather than being a monotonous area, the Amazonia was a place with frequent changes in landscape throughout the Neogene-Quaternary, probably as a result of climatic and tectonic factors. We hypothesize that these changes in the physical environment stressed the biota, resulting in speciation and thus had a great impact on modern biodiversity.     

Monazite dating of granitic gneisses and leucogranites from the Kerala Khondalite Belt,southern India: implications for Late Proterozoic crustal evolution in East Gondwana

Two stages of granitic magmatism occurred during the Pan-African evolution of the Kerala Khondalite Belt (KKB) in southern India. Granitic gneisses were derived from porphyritic granites, which intruded prior to the main stage of deformation and peak-metamorphism. Subsequently, leucogranites and leucotonalites formed during fluid-absent melting and intruded the gneiss sequences. Monazites from granitic gneisses, leucogranites and a leucotonalite were investigated by conventional U-Pb and electron microprobe dating in order to distinguish the different stages of magma emplacement. U-Pb monazite dating yielded a wide range of ages between 590–520 Ma which are interpreted to date high-grade metamorphism rather than magma emplacement. The results of this study indicate that the KKB experienced protracted heating (>50 Ma) at temperatures above 750–800 °C during the Pan-African orogeny. The tectonometamorphic evolution of the study area is comparable to southern Madagascar which underwent a similar sequence of events earlier than the KKB. The results of this study further substantiate previous assertions that the timing of high-grade metamorphism in East Gondwana shifted from west to east during the Late Proterozoic.     

Geochronologies of the Huaixi copper-gold deposit and the Caomen alkaline granite,SE China: implications for tectonic evolution

The Huaixi copper-gold polymetallic deposit of SE Zhejiang Province, China, is a typical hydrothermal-vein ore body. The Caomen K-feldspar granite porphyry, the dominant intrusion in the mining district, has been dated by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA–ICP–MS) analyses of zircon, which yielded a weighted mean ²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U age of 101.6 ± 0.9 Ma (MSDW?=?1.3). Rb-Sr dating of fluid inclusions in auriferous quartz from ore bodies yielded an isochron age of 101 ± 2 Ma. These results indicate that intrusion of the Caomen pluton and Cu-Au mineralization was contemporaneous and corresponds to the third episode of Mesozoic magmatism and metallogenesis in South China. Calculated δ¹⁸O values of fluid inclusions from ore-bearing quartz range from??0.89 to??1.98‰ and δD from??42.60 to??60.20‰, suggesting that the ore-forming fluids are derived from a mixed source of magmatic and meteoric waters. δ¹⁸S values of 8 pyrites range from??2.14 to?+4.14‰ with a mean of?+1.67‰, similar to magmatic sulphur. These isotope data support a genetic relationship between the Huaixi copper-gold deposit and the Caomen alkaline granite and probably indicate a common deep source. Petrography and chemical compositions show that the Caomen alkaline granite crystallized from shoshonitic magmas characterized by high SiO₂ (75.64–78.00%) and alkali (K₂O?+?Na₂O?=?7.96–8.82%) but low FeO^T (1.34–3.31%), P₂O₅ (0.05–0.13%) and TiO₂ (0.12–0.18%). The granitic rocks are enriched in Ga, Rb, Th, U, and Pb but depleted in Ba, Nb, Sr, P, and Ti. REEs are characterized by marked negative Eu anomalies (Eu/Eu*?=?0.06–0.13) and exhibit right-dipping ‘V’ patterns with LREE enrichment. These are similar to the Late Cretaceous alkaline granites in the coastal areas of Zhejiang and Fujian provinces, implying that the Caomen granite formed in a post-collisional extensional tectonic setting. Combined with previous studies, we interpret the Huaixi copper-gold deposit and the associated Caomen alkaline granite as related to back-arc extension due to high-angle subduction of the palaeo-Pacific plate, caused by northward movement of the Indian plate.     

华北板块北缘中段姚五沟岩体锆石U-Pb定年、地球化学特征及其与区域构造演化的关系

内蒙古太仆寺旗地区的姚五沟岩体位于华北板块北缘中段,主要岩石类型为花岗斑岩。岩体LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年结果为141.6 Ma±1.3 Ma(MSWD=0.78),形成于晚侏罗世。岩石化学特征显示岩体具高硅富碱的特征,A/CNK=0.93～1.07,为准铝质-弱过铝质,属高钾钙碱性系列。稀土配分模式呈右倾"V"字型,Eu负异常较显著(δEu=0.30～0.43),轻重稀土分异明显(w(La)N/w(Yb)N=34.04～48.59)。微量元素表现出富集Rb、Th、K等大离子亲石元素,亏损Ba、Sr和Nb、Ta、Ti、P等高场强元素,具有较高的10000×w(Ga)/w(Al)值(2.85～2.92)和w(Zr+Nb+Ce+Y)值(537.80×10~(-6)～584.10×10~(-6));表明其属A型花岗岩,由下地壳部分熔融而来,并伴随少量幔源组分参与,形成于非造山伸展环境。与研究区内的后淖S型花岗岩(255.8 Ma±1.6Ma,晚二叠世)和白旗A型花岗岩(134.6Ma±1.1Ma,晚侏罗世)的地球化学特征对比,发现由晚二叠世到晚侏罗世,岩浆源区由上地壳的泥质岩部分熔融转换为下地壳部分熔融,并伴随少量幔源组分参与,其大地构造背景由陆-陆碰撞环境转换为非造山伸展环境。