上海金山群斜长角闪岩Sm—Nd和Ar—Ar同位素年龄测定

上海地区经钻孔揭示的基底变质地层，即金山群中斜长角闪岩类经全岩Ｓｍ－Ｎｄ等时线法测定其年龄为１２６４±１１３Ｍａ，εｎｄ（ｔ）为１．５±１．９。而从中分选出的角闪石的＾４０Ａｒ－＾３９Ａｒ体系则反映了后期多次热事件的叠加。上述测定结果反映了本区在中元石代的壳增长及显生代期间多期改造的复杂地质演化过程。     

Linking deformation, migmatite formation and zircon U–Pb geochronology in polymetamorphic orthogneisses, Sveconorwegian Province, Sweden

Absolute ages of migmatization in the polymetamorphic, parautochthonous basement of the Sveconorwegian Province, Sweden, have been determined using U–Pb ion probe analysis of zircon domains that formed in leucosome of migmatitic orthogneisses. Migmatite zircon was formed by recrystallization whereas dissolution–reprecipitation and neocrystallization were subordinate. The recrystallized migmatite zircon was identified by comparison of zircon in mesosomes and leucosomes. It is backscatter electron‐bright, U‐rich (800–4400 ppm) with low Th/U‐ratios (generally 0.01–0.1), unzoned or ‘oscillatory ghost zoned’, and occurs as up to 100 μm‐thick rims with transitional contacts to cores of protolith zircon. Protolith ages of 1686 ± 12 and 1668 ± 11 Ma were obtained from moderately resorbed, igneous zircon crystals (generally Th/U = 0.5–1.5, U < 300 ppm) in mesosomes; protolith zircon is also present as resorbed cores in the leucosomes. Linkage of folding, synchronous migmatization and formation of recrystallized zircon rims allowed direct dating of south‐vergent folding at 976 ± 7 Ma. At a second locality, similar recrystallized zircon rims in leucosome date pre‐Sveconorwegian migmatization at 1425 ± 7 Ma; an upper age bracket of 1394 ± 12 Ma for two overprinting phases of deformation (upright folding along gently SSW‐plunging axes and stretching in ESE) was set by zircon in a folded metagranitic dyke. Lower age brackets for these events were set at 952 ± 7 and 946 ± 8 Ma by zircon in two crosscutting and undeformed granite–pegmatite dykes. Together with previously published data the present results demonstrate: (i) Tectonometamorphic reworking during the Hallandian orogenesis at 1.44–1.42 Ga, resulting in migmatization and formation of a coarse gneissic layering. (ii) Sveconorwegian continent–continent collision at 0.98–0.96 Ga, involving (a) emplacement of an eclogite unit, (b) regional high‐pressure granulite facies metamorphism, (c) southvergent folding, subhorizontal, east–west stretching and migmatization, all of which caused overprint or transposition of older Mesoproterozoic and Sveconorwegian structures. The Sveconorwegian migmatization and folding took place during or shortly after the emplacement of Sveconorwegian eclogite and is interpreted as a result of north–south shortening, synchronous with east–west extension and unroofing during late stages of the continent–continent collision.     

Radiometric dating of the Middle Palaeolithic tool industry and associated fauna of Pin Hole Cave,Creswell Crags,England

Uranium-series dating of derived speleothem suggests that the sediments enclosing a Middle Palaeolithic stone artefact assemblage in Pin Hole Cave probably accumulated after about 64 ka, and ¹⁴C dates indicate a likely age of > 40 ka for the large mammal fauna associated with it. Electron spin resonance data from the fauna conform with these age constraints and are consistent with accumulation between 38 and 50 ka. This evidence supports the view that Britain was recolonised by hominids during Oxygen Isotope Stage 3. Stratigraphically higher stone tool industries demonstrate the local presence of both early Upper and late Upper Palaeolithic cultures. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

甘肃巴谢剖面黄土-古土壤的光释光测年研究

光释光（OSL）测年是测定第四纪沉积物年龄的一种新技术。它通过单色光束激发使晶体中储存的电离辐射能释放出来。与热释光（TL）测年相比，OSL测年可以不考虑残留的OSL信号，而且测量具有简便、迅速且准确等优点。本文用细颗粒光释光技术对甘肃巴谢剖面的黄土-古土壤进行了测定，其测年结果与14C测年结果相吻合。这表明，光释光是一项极潜力的年代学技术。     

川西北平武地区南一里花岗闪长岩锆石U-Pb定年及其地质意义

川西北平武地区的碧口地块中出露较多的印支期岩浆侵入岩类,但缺乏精确的年代学资料.笔者运用阴极发光技术,对碧口地块西南缘的南一里化岗闪长岩中的锆石进行了细致的内部结构分析,并在此基础上利用LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb原位定年技术进行了同位素年龄测定.结果表明,花岗闪长岩中锆石Th/U比值较高,阴极发光图像显示锆石内部发育振荡环带,具岩浆成因特点;南一里花岗闪长岩的结晶年龄为223.1±2.6 Ma(MSWD=1.4),表明其形成时代为晚三叠世早期、南一里花岗闪长岩侵入时代晚于勉略构造带的主碰撞期,侵位于后碰撞环境,或者至少是由同碰撞到后碰撞的转折阶段.     

The deglaciation of Clyde Inlet,northeastern Baffin Island,Arctic Canada

The behaviour of ice sheets as they retreated from their Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) positions provides insights into Lateglacial and early Holocene ice‐sheet dynamics and climate change. The pattern of deglaciation of the Laurentide Ice Sheet (LIS) in arctic fiord landscapes can now be well dated using cosmogenic exposure dating. We use cosmogenic exposure and radiocarbon ages to constrain the deglaciation history of Clyde Inlet, a 120 km long fiord on northeastern Baffin Island. The LIS reached the continental shelf during the LGM, retreated from the coastal lowlands by 12.5 ± 0.7 ka (n = 3), and from the fiord mouth by 11.7 ± 2.2 ka (n = 4). Rapid retreat from the outer fiord occurred 10.3 ± 1.3 ka (n = 6), with the terminus reaching the inner fiord shortly after 9.4 ka (n = 2), where several moraine systems were deposited between ca. 9.4 and ca. 8.4 ka. These moraines represent fluctuations of the LIS during the warmest summers since the last interglaciation, and this suggests that the ice sheet was responding to increased snowfall. Before retreating from the head of Clyde Inlet, the LIS margin fluctuated at least twice between ca. 7.9 and ca. 8.5 ka, possibly in response to the 8.2 ka cold event. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

江西岿美山钨矿矿床的成矿年龄及地质特征

江西省定南县岿美山钨矿区位于南岭东西向构造带东段与武夷山北东-北北东向构造带南段的复合部位,是赣南地区以石英脉型黑钨矿和矽卡岩型白钨矿共生为特征的钨矿床,其是否为南岭地区燕山期的成矿作用,一直没有精确的年代学研究成果。本文采用锆石SHRIMP U-Pb定年和辉钼矿Re-Os同位素定年技术,对岩体年龄和成矿年龄进行了精细的测定,获得成矿黑云母花岗岩体的锆石SHRIMP U-Pb年龄为（157.7±2.7） Ma（n=11,MSWD=1.9）,黑钨矿石英脉的辉钼矿Re-Os等时线年龄为（153.7±1.5） Ma（n=5,MSWD=0.16）,显示岿美山区是华南地区中生代钨矿大规模成岩成矿作用的产物之一。根据“五层楼+地下室”的找矿模型,并结合矿区的最新找矿线索,研究认为在矿区深部岩体的内外接触带具有存在新矿体的可能性,该区深部具有较大的找矿潜力,同时探索性地提出赣南地区石英脉型钨矿深边部存在矽卡岩型钨矿化的可能,对区域钨矿的深边部找矿工作具有指导意义。     

皖南东源含W、Mo花岗闪长斑岩及成矿年代学研究

在详细野外观察、剖面测量和研究分析的基础上,对"江南古陆"东段北缘的皖南祁门东源含W、Mo斑岩体进行了锆石U-Pb测年,重点讨论了成岩成矿关系和成矿物质来源。东源中细粒似斑状花岗闪长斑岩呈小岩株产出,SHR IMP锆石U-Pb测年结果为(146±1)M a,其内辉钼矿Re-Os同位素测年结果为(146.4±2.3)M a,成矿与岩体形成同期,均形成于晚侏罗世。辉钼矿的Re含量(22.02×10-6~98.09×10-6)指示成矿物质来源为壳幔混源。     

稀有金属花岗伟晶岩锆石、锡石与铌钽铁矿U-Pb和白云母~(40)Ar/~(39)Ar测年对比研究——以阿尔金中段吐格曼北锂铍矿床为例

稀有金属花岗伟晶岩年代学是花岗伟晶岩型稀有金属矿床研究的重要内容。目前测年方法较多,但不同方法测试结果的对比研究亟待开展。我们选择吐格曼北花岗伟晶岩型锂铍矿床3条含矿伟晶岩开展锆石、锡石、铌钽铁矿及白云母四种矿物不同方法的测年对比研究。结果显示:1)ρ31白云母-锡石伟晶岩中锡石238U/206Pb-207Pb/206Pb谐和年龄为468±8.7Ma (MSWD=1.1,N=39)、白云母-钠长石-锂辉石伟晶岩中锆石206Pb/238U谐和年龄为458.7±2.3Ma (MSWD=7.2,N=16); 2)ρ38白云母-钠长石-锂辉石伟晶岩中锆石206Pb/238U谐和年龄为454.7±4.0Ma (MSWD=8.0,N=10)、白云母40Ar/39Ar坪年龄为350.2±1.6Ma (MSWD=4.7); 3)ρ87含铌钽铁矿-白云母-石英伟晶岩中铌钽铁矿206Pb/238U谐和年龄为464.1±2.7Ma (MSWD=5.2,N=39)。可以看出,铌钽铁矿与锡石的U-Pb年龄在误差范围内一致,可能代表花岗伟晶岩岩浆结晶的年龄; 2件样品的蜕晶化锆石U-Pb年龄也可以对比,可能代表岩浆锆石蜕晶化后经流体交代作用及重结晶作用导致U-Pb同位素系统重置的时间。白云母Ar-Ar年龄明显晚于铌钽铁矿、锡石和锆石的U-Pb年龄,鉴于ρ38白云母-钠长石-锂辉石伟晶岩脉中白云母与锂辉石发生了强烈变形与蚀变,认为变形的白云母记录的是叠加变形与热液蚀变的时间。由此推断吐格曼北锂铍花岗伟晶岩形成于468～454Ma,这意味着阿尔金山地区中-晚奥陶世可能存在持续时间较长的稀有金属成矿事件。基于花岗伟晶岩矿物成因与吐格曼北锂铍花岗伟晶岩不同方法测年对比结果,可以得出以下结论:铌钽铁矿与锡石的U-Pb年龄可代表伟晶岩岩浆结晶的年龄,蜕晶化的锆石U-Pb年龄记录的是岩浆锆石蜕晶化后经流体交代作用及重结晶作用导致U-Pb同位素系统重置的时间,含钾矿物的40Ar/39Ar年龄能够约束伟晶岩的变形与蚀变年龄;多种定年方法的联合约束可以更好地限定稀有金属花岗伟晶岩的各个阶段成矿事件时间。     

Geochronology of magmatism and mineralization of the Daheishan giant porphyry molybdenum deposit,Jilin Province,Northeast China: constraints on ore genesis and implications for geodynamic setting

Daheishan giant porphyry Mo deposit is located in the Lesser Xing’an–Zhangguangcai Ranges, Jilin Province, NE China. Mineralization is closely related to the Daheishan intrusive complex, which can be divided into Changganglin biotite granodiorite, Qiancuoluo biotite granodiorite, and Qiancuoluo granodioritic porphyry. Four stages of mineralization are distinguished, based on the cross-cutting relationships of mineralized veins. LA-ICPMS zircon U-Pb analysis yields ²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U ages of 177.9 ± 2.3 Ma for the Changganglin biotite granodiorite, 169.9 ± 2.3 Ma for the Qiancuoluo biotite granodiorite, and 166.6 ± 4.0 Ma for the Qiancuoluo granodioritic porphyry. Hydrothermal fluids responsible for mineralization evolved from different magmas. Six molybdenite samples yield Re-Os model ages of ~167 Ma. Muscovite from the last mineralization stage gives a ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar plateau age of 163.6 ± 0.9 Ma. Geochronology data indicate that the entire magmatic system lasted for about 10 million years, and the total duration of hydrothermal activity was less than 4 million years. The ε_Hf(t) values of zircons obtained from the Changganglin biotite granodiorite, Qiancuoluo biotite granodiorite, and Qiancuoluo granodioritic porphyry range from 4.5 to 9.1, 5.7 to 10.9, and 4.4 to 7.1, respectively, indicating that they were mainly derived from the depleted mantle, although contaminated by crustal materials to a greater or lesser extent. The formation of the Daheishan porphyry Mo deposit was temporally and spatially related to the amalgamation of Jiamusi Massif and Songliao terrane in the Palaeo-Pacific Ocean regime. Regional Hf isotopic compositions of zircon suggest an episode of crustal growth in the Phanerozoic in the Lesser Xing’an–Zhangguangcai Ranges. Regional Mo mineralization ages suggest a peak of porphyry Mo mineralization in the Jurassic in the Lesser Xing’an-Zhangguangcai Ranges.     

柴北缘榴辉岩的峰期和退变质年龄：来自U—Pb及Ar—Ar同位素测定的 …

柴北缘大柴旦榴辉岩呈透镜状产于以角闪岩相变质条件为特征的片麻岩中。选择新鲜的保存较好的榴辉岩分别进行Ｕ－Ｐｈ和Ａｒ－Ａｒ同位素年代学测定,含石榴子石的白云母片麻岩（此榴辉岩的围岩）被选用于白云母的Ａｒ－Ａｒ测定。榴辉岩的 Ｕ－Ｐｈ测定显示~（２０６）Ｐｂ／~（２３８）Ｕ表面年龄统计权重平均值为（４９４． ６±６． ５）Ｍａ,代表榴辉岩的峰期变质作用年龄。同样榴辉岩样品的多硅白云母被分选出用于~（３９）Ａｒ－~（４０）Ａｒ年代学测定。测定结果获得的坪年龄为（４６６． ７±１． ２）Ｍａ,等时线年龄为（４６５． ９±５． ４）Ｍａ,代表榴辉岩在退变过程中的冷却年龄;围岩中白云母的~（３９）Ａｒ－~（４０）Ａｒ年代学测定,获得等时线年龄为（４７７． ６７±１７． ７２）Ｍａ。相似的 Ａｒ－Ａｒ年龄值表明,榴辉岩和围岩在抬升过程中经历了一致的冷却及退变质历史。     

辽宁猫岭大型金矿床成岩成矿年龄及同位素地球化学特征

猫岭矿床是华北克拉通北缘重要的含砷浸染型金矿之一,赋存于元古代辽河群变质岩中。矿体以脉状、似层状、透镜状等产出,受NE向和NW向韧性剪切带及次级断裂控制。选取猫岭矿床10件硫化物样品开展了Rb-Sr定年,获得Rb-Sr等时线年龄为2287±95Ma(MSWD=1.9),初始Sr同位素比值I_(Sr)=0.7117,显示成矿作用发生于古元古代早期。矿区内卧龙泉和猫岭岩体的LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄分别为183.0±1.8Ma、128.8±1.6Ma,表明晚中生代岩浆活动与猫岭金矿化无成因联系。成矿流体的δ~(18)O_W值为6.3‰~9.7‰,δD_W值为-97.2‰~-82.6‰,表明成矿流体主要来源于岩浆热液,混合部分大气降水。金属硫化物的δ~(34)S值为+4.3‰~+10.5‰,平均值为+7.9‰,与辽河群盖县组的硫同位素组成相似,表明硫源区为古元古代盖县组。猫岭矿床形成于古元古代伸展构造背景,与辽河群早期的同构造岩浆-热液活动有关,同期形成的强硅化圈保护金矿体免受后期地质作用的破坏。     

Passive-margin prolonged volcanism,East Australian Plate: outbursts,progressions, plate controls and suggested causes

Prolonged intraplate volcanism along the 4000 km-long East Australian margin for ca 100 Ma raises many genetic questions. Studies of the age-progressive pulses embedded in general basaltic activity have spawned a host of models. Zircon U–Pb dating of inland Queensland central volcanoes gives a stronger database to consider the structure and origin of Australian age-progressive volcanic chains. This assists appraisal of this volcanism in relation to plate motion and plate margin tectonic models. Inland Queensland central volcanoes progressed south-southeast from 34 to 31 Ma (～5.4 cm/yr) until a surge in activity led to irregular southerly progression 31 to 28 Ma. A new inland southeastern Queensland central volcano line (25 to 22 Ma), from Bunya Mountains to North Main Range, followed 3 Ma behind the adjacent coastal progression. The Australian and Tasman Sea age-progressive chains are compared against recent plate motion modelling (Indian Ocean hotspots). The chain lines differ from general vector traces owing to west-facing swells and cessations in activity. Tectonic processes on the eastern plate margin may regulate these irregularities. These include subduction, rapid roll-back and progressive detachment of the Loyalty slab (43 to 15 Ma). West-flowing Pacific-type asthenosphere, related to perturbed mantle convection, may explain the west-facing volcanic surges. Such westward Pacific flow for over 28 Ma is known at the Australian–Antarctic Discordance, southeast of the present Australian plume sites under Bass Strait–West Tasman Sea. Most basaltic activity along eastern Australia marks asthenospheric melt injections into Tasman rift zone mantle and not lithospheric plate speed. The young (post-10 Ma) fields (Queensland, Victoria–South Australia) reflect new plate couplings, which altered mantle convection and stress regimes. These areas receive asthenospheric inputs from deep thermal zones off northeast Queensland and under Bass Strait.     

从黑河流域地下水年龄论其资源属性

地下水资源的可持续性是当前干旱区流域水资源管理的首要问题之一 ,我国西北内陆干旱区地下水的可持续开发必须首先要了解地下水系统的更新能力 ,地下水的放射性同位素测年可以提供系统循环时间和更新能力的重要信息。本文利用地下水中放射性氚 (3H )和碳 (1 4C)测年方法 ,计算黑河流域地下水的年龄 ,进而讨论地下水的更新性。结果表明 :潜水年龄多数小于 5 0 a,具有可再生的资源的属性 ,其中山前戈壁带和张掖盆地细土平原潜水地下水年龄小于 4 0 a,为 196 3年以来补给。酒泉东盆地排泄区承压含水层中地下水的年龄为 2 338～5 5 6 9a,额济纳附近的深层承压含水层中 ,地下水的年龄为 5 4 86～ 86 30 a,地下水资源更新性较差。但是张掖盆地河流附近深层承压地下水年龄小于 5 0 a,具有一定的更新性。上述认识不仅对黑河流域水资源管理和生态环境建设具有重要意义 ,而且对西北类似的内流盆地的地下水系统的研究有着借鉴意义     

云南澜沧老厂花岗斑岩形成年龄及地质意义

应用锆石SHRIMPU-Pb法和辉钼矿Re-Os同位素测年法对斑岩的形成时代进行精确定年。结果表明:成矿花岗斑岩体的形成年龄为44.6±1.1Ma;辉钼矿Re-Os等时线年龄为43.78±0.78Ma;成岩成矿期与滇西新生代岩浆-成矿作用高峰期吻合。结合区域地质条件和岩浆的可能源岩年龄(126.7±3.5Ma～529.3±13Ma)等资料分析,提出花岗斑岩在成因上与印支地块与滇缅泰地块陆内俯冲碰撞引发的地幔上涌及地壳重熔作用有关,岩浆来源具壳-幔混合特征。研究还证实滇西地区喜山期存在与隐伏花岗斑岩有关的大规模成矿作用。     

西藏昌都热底垄棺墓人骨年代的研究

通过对西藏昌都热底垄石棺墓人骨年代的研究 ,认为热底垄石棺墓的年代应不早于卡若遗址 ,不晚于香贝石棺墓 ,人骨14 C年代应该在距今 4 0 0 0～ 2 4 0 0a之间。并论述了人骨测年的方法以及在野外采样的注意事项。在定年方法上 ,提出对同一样品采用不同的测定技术进行交叉验证 ,以提高数据的可信度研究方法。     

中亚构造域多期叠加斑岩铜矿化:以阿尔泰东南缘哈腊苏铜矿床地质、地球化学和成岩成矿时代研究为例

新疆青河县新近发现哈腊苏铜矿床,正在进行的勘探证实具有大型铜储量前景。它位于阿尔泰东南缘,靠近额尔齐斯构造变形带。这个区域经历了古生代中期的洋-陆俯冲、古生代晚期的陆-陆碰撞以及其后的陆内活化等地质过程。铜成矿与哪种地质地质过程有关受人关注,矿床成因也存在斑岩型、热液脉型和火山岩型等不同认识。哈腊苏铜矿区主要出露中泥盆统基性火山岩(含苦橄岩)及侵入其中的不同时期含铜蚀变斑岩体,包括花岗闪长斑岩、斑状花岗岩、石英二长斑岩和石英闪长斑岩等,斑岩SiO_2质量分数为57.24%～65.45%,其中花岗闪长斑岩δ~(18)O_(V-SMOW)=7.9‰～8.6‰,ε_(Nd)(t)=7.3～8.5(接近于MORB值),(~(87)Sr/~(86)Sr)_t=0.70383～0.70410(接近原始地幔值),暗示岩浆起源于地幔或下地壳。矿区含铜蚀变斑岩全岩矿化(Cu 0.2%),矿体(Cu 0.3%以上)呈透镜状和不规则分枝脉状,产状与斑岩体相仿,95%以上矿体产于斑岩体内。围岩蚀变从矿体到斑岩再到基性火山岩围岩,发育钾长石黑云母化、黑云母绿泥石化、青磐岩化的分带,后期脉状线型钾长石化叠加于早期面状弥散型钾硅酸盐蚀变之上。没有次生硫化物富集现象,原生铜矿石出现细脉浸染型和脉状叠加型两种自然类型,前者以"黄铁矿+黄铜矿+辉钼矿"为典型金属矿物组合,后者呈在前者背景上的"石英+黄铁矿+黄铜矿"脉状叠加矿化。相对于前者,后者Cu、Au品位明显偏高(分别达到Cu 2.21%、Au 0.83 g/t)、微量和稀土元素总量降低,微量元素蛛网图和REE配分曲线更为平缓,Eu正异常更加显著。基性火山喷发、幔源岩浆侵入和多期矿化叠加是哈腊苏铜成矿的关键,早期斑岩型铜成矿基础上的后期构造热液矿化叠加显著。细脉浸染型铜矿石中共生黄铁矿-黄铜矿的硫同位素温度计指示斑岩型铜成矿温度为420～560℃。铜矿石硫化物δ~(34)S_(V-CDT)主体范围为-1‰～-4‰,矿石硫源自幔源斑岩体(有地层硫酸盐还原硫少量混入);黄铁矿~(206)Pb/~(204)Pb=18.052～18.461,~(207)Pb/~(204)Pb=15.501～15.606,~(208)Pb/~(204)Pb=37.813～39.335,与矿床所在区域喀拉通克岩浆Cu-Ni硫化物接近,成矿金属主体来自幔源斑岩;脉状矿化叠加型铜矿石中含铜硫化物石英脉晶出母液(δ~(18)O_(V-SMOW)=6.4‰～10.2‰,δD_(V-SMOW)=-89‰～-80‰)具有岩浆水的O、H同位素组成特点。通过成岩、成矿和热液蚀变的年代学研究获得:(1)含铜蚀变的斑状花岗岩(381.6±2.5)Ma和花岗闪长斑岩(371.8±9.6)Ma的U-Pb谐和年龄、细脉浸染型铜矿石中辉钼矿(376.9±2.2)Ma的Re-Os等时线年龄,是洋-陆俯冲期斑岩成岩成矿的年龄记录;(2)含铜蚀变石英二长斑岩(265.6±3.7)Ma的U-Pb谐和年龄和脉状叠加型铜矿石中钾长石(269.2±3.2)Ma的Ar-Ar坪年龄,是陆-陆碰撞晚期斑岩铜矿化蚀变的年龄记录;(3)含铜蚀变石英闪长斑岩(215.8±4.6)Ma的U-Pb谐和年龄和脉状叠加型铜矿石中钾长石(198.2±2.3)～(206.4±2.7)Ma的Ar-Ar坪年龄,是陆内构造岩浆活化期的年龄记录。多期构造-岩浆-热液矿化叠加作用是哈腊苏铜成矿的显著特征。该研究为认识中亚构造域斑岩铜矿床的多期叠加成矿作用特征积累了新资料。     

The Age of the Neoproterozoic Dapingliang Skarn Copper Deposit in Kuruketage,NW China

The Dapingliang Cu deposit is located at the eastern part of the Kuruketage block in NW China. Igneous rocks are widely distributed in the district and skarn are formed at the contact zone between igneous rocks and the carbonates of Beiyixi Formation. The ore is distributed in the skarn. Zircon U-Pb isotopic ages of the plagiogranite, which is related to the Cu deposit, indicate that the lower and upper intercept ages are 826 ± 23 Ma and 1886 ± 61 Ma, respectively. The lower intercept age corresponds to a weighted mean ²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U age of 826 ± 13 Ma, yielded by ten analysis points. The upper intercept age may represent the age of the source rock, from which the plagiogranite originated. Re-Os isotopic analysis of six molybdenite samples from L7 orebody in the Dapingliang deposit shows an isochron age of 830 ± 26 Ma, which corresponds to the weighted mean model age of 829.4 ± 9.5 Ma. The concordant ages obtained by zircon U-Pb dating and molybdenite Re-Os dating are compatible with the skarn-type mineralization at Dapingling and confirm that the deposit formed during the Tarim orogeny.     

The timing of last-glacial periglacial and aeolian events,Twente, eastern Netherlands

Sequences of last-glacial age contain valuable palaeoclimatic information but are often difficult to date because the environment has been unfavourable for deposition of datable organic material. This paper presents age-estimates, determined by optically stimulated luminescence, for sediments from the type site of the so-called ‘coversands’ (periglacial aeolian deposits) in The Netherlands. These improve the chronology of this type site considerably, allowing age limits (22–17 kyr BP) to be set, for the first time, for the important phase of widespread permafrost degradation and aeolian deflation recorded in these deposits. Aeolian deposition occurred intermittently for most of the Last Glacial Maximum and the Late-glacial phases. Based on luminescence dating, sand-sheet deposition was concentrated between ca. 17–14 kyr ago, and dune formation was dominant during the Younger Dryas. The Younger Dryas was sufficiently cold to allow the first stages of ice-wedge-cast development in The Netherlands. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.