新疆西准噶尔卡拉岗组火山岩40Ar-39Ar年龄

对新疆西准噶尔盆地萨吾尔地区卡拉岗组3个火山岩样品(英安岩、玄武岩和流纹岩)进行了⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar精确测年,获得英安岩坪年龄为283±2Ma(2σ),玄武岩加权平均年龄为281.2±3.0Ma(2σ),流纹岩坪年龄为280±2Ma(2σ),因此确定该组火山岩形成于距今283～280Ma,为早二叠世亚丁斯克期火山活动的产物。     

个旧卡房层状铜矿床金云母和云英岩化白云母40Ar-39Ar同位素年龄及意义

在个旧锡铜多金属矿集区发育有矽卡岩型和热液脉型等锡铜矿化体,其形成时代是晚白垩世,属与花岗岩有关的岩浆热液成因矿床。赋存于三叠纪蚀变玄武岩层中,呈(似)层状的铜矿体的精确年龄尚未有报道,成因仍备受争议。文章选择赋存于卡房矿田蚀变玄武岩层中,呈(似)层状分布的铜矿体中的金云母,及新山岩体接触带云英岩中的白云母为研究对象,利用⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar阶段加热同位素定年方法对它们进行了年代学研究,获得了金云母和白云母的⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar同位素坪年龄分别为(79.55±0.47) Ma和(79.53±0.57) Ma,对应等时线年龄分别为(79.8±1.3) Ma和(79.7±1.0) Ma,反等时线年龄分别为(79.7±2.0) Ma和(79.61±0.75) Ma,两者年龄基本一致。结合矿物共生组合特征和流体包裹体测温资料,认为金云母的坪年龄(79.55±0.47) Ma,可以代表卡房蚀变玄武岩中(似)层状铜矿的形成时代,而白云母的坪年龄(79.53±0.57) Ma,则代表新山岩体形成后期岩浆热液活动的年龄。这2个年龄与个旧锡铜多金属矿床的成矿时代基本一致,应是同一构造-岩浆-流体活动形成的成矿系列产物。     

扬子地块西南缘大红山群石榴白云母-长石石英片岩的白云母40Ar-39Ar定年及其地质意义

大红山群是扬子地块西南缘出露的古元古代结晶基底,主要经历了绿片岩相-低角闪岩相变质作用.本研究对大红山群老厂河组变质中酸性岩和变质沉积岩——石榴白云母-长石石英片岩中的白云母进行了40Ar-39Ar测年,得到三个样品的坪年龄和40Ar/39Ar等时线年龄结果较统一,坪年龄代表的变质年龄分别为837.7±4.2Ma、839.6±4.2Ma和844.2±4.2Ma.变质沉积岩和变质中酸性岩的变质时代类似,均介于837～845Ma.大红山群变质基性岩中变质锆石的U-Pb定年年龄为849±12Ma(杨红等,2012),40Ar-39Ar测年数据与锆石定年数据相结合,说明大红山群古元古代结晶基底中的火山岩和沉积岩均在新元古代经历了同期变质作用,其主期低角闪岩相变质作用发生于新元古代837～850Ma.结合前人发表的扬子西缘～750Ma的变质年龄,扬子西缘从北向南的区域变质作用时限可扩展到750 ～850Ma.此外,扬子西缘存在750～850Ma的岩浆事件,本文研究结果说明,扬子地块西缘在新元古代不仅发生了大规模岩浆作用,也发生了750～850Ma的区域变质作用,扬子西缘存在新元古代的岩浆-变质事件.岩浆事件与变质事件之间可能存在相关性,即新元古代岩浆作用引起了扬子西缘的区域动力热流变质作用.     

北山中部增生造山过程:构造变形和~(40)Ar-~(39)Ar年代学制约

北山造山带是诠释中亚造山带南缘增生构造过程的关键区域之一。北山中部变质杂岩及相关侵入岩经历了复杂变质变形作用,是解剖北山增生构造演化过程的关键。本文在详细野外观察基础上,结合显微构造变形和黑云母~(40)Ar-~(39)Ar年代学研究,厘定北山中部相关岩石的变质变形时限。北山中部岩石普遍经历了韧性剪切变形。4个样品的黑云母~(40)Ar-~(39)Ar坪年龄分别为323.1±3.6Ma、296.0±3.7Ma、261.2±3.1Ma和209.2±4.0Ma,具有自北向南逐渐变年轻的特征。结合区域上岩石大地构造单元的展布特征,这些年龄反映了北山中部地区古生代至早中生代古洋壳(牛圈子洋盆)向北俯冲、造山带往南增生的过程。北山最晚的增生造山事件可能延续到三叠纪。     

40Ar-39Ar ages and trace element contents of Apollo 14 breccias; an interlaboratory cross-calibration of 40Ar-39Ar standards

Rare gas data are presented from step-wise heatings of lunar breccias 14066 and 14318 and from an interlaboratory cross-calibration of five standards used in ⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar dating. Four samples of 14066 all show depressed ⁴⁰¹Ar/³⁹¹Ar ratios at high temperatures, thus making age interpretation uncertain. While different in detail, the Ar release patterns in the four samples yield indistinguishable plateau ages of $\text{3.93 ± 0.03}$ b.y. and > 400°C total ages of $\text{3.87 ± 0.06}$ b.y. Concentrations of K, Ca, Ba, Br, U and I are given for 14318 and 14066. We also present an updating of all of the ⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar ages and trace element concentrations previously published by this laboratory.⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar dating standards from Menlo Park, Pasadena, Stony Brook, Toronto and Berkeley are calibrated against each other and the internal homogeneity of their ⁴⁰¹Ar/K ratios is tested. The Berkeley standard (from the St. Severin meteorite) has an age of $\text{4.504 ± 0.020}$ b.y. from this intercalibration.⁸⁰Kr from capture of lunar neutrons is detected in 14318. A comparison of the release pattern of the ⁸⁰Kr produced by lunar neutrons with the ^80,82Kr produced by pile neutrons in 14318, indicates that 14318 has lost approximately 35 per cent of the ⁸⁰Kr produced by lunar neutrons.     

^40Ar／^39Ar Plateau Age Spectra of Feldspars and Their Geological Implications

The paragenic minerals plagioclase,perthite,biotite,hornblende and pyroxene in acid-granite alkali-granite,monzonite and volcanic rocks collected from seven areas different in thermal history have been determined.On the basis of 14 plateau age spectra and isochron ages of paragenic miner-als in conjunction with the observed mineral textures ,the suitability of plateau age spectra of plagioclase and perthite and their thermo-chronological significance are discussed in this paper.The results indicate that undisturbed feldspar gives satisfactory^40Ar-^39Ar plateau ages in consis-tence with those of paragenic minerals.This means that feldspars from the undisturbed area are suita-ble for ^40Ar-^39Ar dating .On the other hand,the age spectra of feldspars as well as of biotite,pyroxene and hornblende affected by tectonic or thermodynamic events appear unsmooth at varying temperatures,thus complicating their interpretation.Feldspars may give an emplacement age of a rock and /or that of the latest thermodynamic event,depending on the intensity of the event and the retentivity of Ar in the mineral.     

郯庐断裂带早白垩世火山岩的K-Ar年龄及其构造意义

安徽肥东龙山和山东沂水道托火山岩的K-Ar全岩年龄分别为119.2±2.3Ma和114.8±1.0Ma,明显晚于郯庐断裂带左行平移时间(143.3±1.3Ma),与断裂带内张八岭隆起北段侵入岩中黑云母的⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar坪年龄(120~128Ma),以及南段肥东—巢湖地区的花岗岩中锆石定年结果(106.9~121.4Ma)一致,可能是断裂带伸展活动的产物。     

广东高凤金矿形成时代的Rb-Sr、40Ar-39Ar年龄测定

用含金石英脉流体包裹体Rb-Sr和⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar方法测定了广东高凤金矿的形成时代为印支期(215×10⁶a)。两种方法的结果在误差范围内完全一致，两种测定方法相互验证，结果准确可靠。研究表明含金石英脉流体包裹体Rb-Sr和⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar年代方法对于解决石英脉型金矿的成矿时代具有很好的应用前景。     

内蒙古呼和浩特变质核杂岩韧性拆离带40Ar-39Ar定年及其构造含义

晚中生代,内蒙古大青山依次经历晚侏罗世盘羊山逆冲推覆、早白垩世呼和浩特变质核杂岩伸展、早白垩世大青山逆冲推覆断层及早白垩世以来高角度正断层复杂构造演化。其中,呼和浩特变质核杂岩韧性剪切带的冷却时间和抬升机制的制约尚不明确。本文在野外考察和显微构造分析基础上,采用逐步加热40Ar-39Ar定年法对韧性剪切带内不同单矿物的冷却年龄进行了测定。角闪石、白云母、黑云母和钾长石单矿物40Ar-39Ar冷却年龄处于120~116Ma之间。结合已有年龄数据及单矿物封闭温度,构建了韧性剪切带的冷却曲线。结果表明,韧性剪切带在122~115Ma期间存在一个明显的快速冷却过程。这一阶段快速冷却是与变质核杂岩拆离断层相关核部杂岩拆离折返作为大青山逆冲推覆断层上盘抬升的结果。     

He,Ne and Ar composition in a neutron activated sea-floor basalt glass

We have measured the composition of He, Ne and Ar in the glassy rim of a fresh oceanic basalt from the East Pacific Rise. Three splits of the sample were subjected to neutron irradiation prior to analysis to investigate the noble gas release as a function of different neutron doses. The shapes of the observed ³⁹Ar-⁴⁰Ar degassing profiles depend critically on the irradiation dose due to a severe redistribution of excess ⁴⁰Ar. This shows that the application of the ³⁹Ar-⁴⁰Ar method for dating of glassy samples requires the utmost care.Including the He and Ne results from the irradiated specimens, it was possible to determine the concentrations of Li and Mg and to estimate upper limits for Na and F in addition to the concentrations of K, Ca and Cl which are measured routinely as a byproduct of the ³⁹Ar-⁴⁰Ar dating method. This provides a useful extension of the ³⁹Ar-⁴⁰Ar technique since it may help to identify the outgassing sites during stepwise heating experiments. Furthermore it allows one to study the diffusion behavior of He and Ne isotopes artificially produced during irradiation. In our samples the activation energies of ³He and ²¹Ne tend to increase with growing neutron doses.     

Early Cretaceous deformation in the southern Tashkorgan region: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the northeastern Pamir

The Pamir Plateau comprises a series of crustal fragments that successively accreted to the Eurasian margin preceded the India-Asia collision, is an ideal place to study the Mesozoic tectonics. The authors investigate the southern Tashkorgan area, northeastern Pamir Plateau, where Mesozoic metamorphic and igneous rocks are exposed. New structural and biotite ⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar age data are presented. Two stages of intense deformation in the metamorphic rocks are identified, which are unconformably covered by the Early Cretaceous sediment. Two high-grade metamorphic rocks yielding 128.4 ± 0.8 Ma and 144.5 ± 0.9 Ma ⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar ages indicate that the samples experienced an Early Cretaceous cooling event. Combined with previous studies, it is proposed that the Early Cretaceous tectonic records in the southern Tashkorgan region are associated with Andean-style orogenesis. They are the results of the flat/low-angle subduction of the Neotethyan oceanic lithosphere.©2021 China Geology Editorial Office.     

湖南龙山锑金矿床白云母~(40)Ar-~(39)Ar年代学及其意义初探

龙山锑金矿是湘中Sb-Au矿集区内规模最大的脉状锑金矿床,但其精确的成矿时代尚未厘定。本次工作发现该矿床第Ⅰ成矿阶段的石英硫化物脉中发育少量的热液白云母。通过40Ar-39Ar年代学测定,确定了白云母的~(40)Ar-~(39)Ar同位素坪年龄为162. 5±1. 8Ma,相应的等时线年龄为161. 1±1. 2Ma(MSWD=1. 0),反等时线年龄为161. 1±1. 2Ma(MSWD=1. 0)。根据矿物共生组合特征,认为白云母的~(40)Ar-~(39)Ar坪年龄能代表龙山锑金矿床的成矿年龄。结合湘中地区其他锑(金)矿床的年代学研究成果,本文认为,该地区在155~162Ma之间有一次热液成矿事件,与南岭地区165~150Ma与花岗岩有关的钨锡多金属矿床的成矿时代相一致。湘中地区已有的S同位素地球化学和地球物理学资料表明,该地区锑金矿床的形成可能与岩浆作用有关,类似于南岭地区晚侏罗世钨锡多金属矿床的构造背景。     

稀有气体同位素地球化学在矿床学研究中的应用进展

稀有气体因其化学惰性以及在不同来源地质体中的同位素组成差异很大,在研究成矿流体来源、演化和壳-幔相互作用过程中具有非常重要的意义。另外,由于~4He、⁴⁰Ar是放射成因子体同位素,具有年代积累效应,因此,它们常被用于同位素测年。本文简要回顾了流体包裹体中稀有气体同位素的后生影响和样品、分析方法选择注意事项,以及近年来稀有气体同位素在成矿流体示踪,⁴⁰K-⁴⁰Ar、⁴⁰Ar-39Ar定年及(U-Th)/He定年方面的研究进展。已有研究证实流体包裹体中的稀有气体可能受后期扩散丢失、后生叠加和同位素分馏的影响,要根据目的选择不同的分析方法;稀有气体同位素可以示踪不同类型矿床的流体来源、演化及壳-幔相互作用、稀有气体同位素与卤素联合运用可以用来指示流体和盐度来源、演化过程以及矿物沉淀机制等,~3He/热的研究可以追溯流体的热源及其运移方式;流体包裹体⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar可以用于矿床直接定年,表生含钾矿物的⁴⁰K-⁴⁰Ar、⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar定年以及锆石、磷灰石和铁氧化物(U-Th)/He定年可为矿床及氧化带的形成时间、矿床形成后的抬升、剥露历史、古气候演化等重大地质问题讨论提供大量有意义的信息。     

云南大坪金矿床赋矿闪长岩锆石SHRIMP U-Pb定年及其地质意义

云南大坪金矿床是哀牢山金矿带中最重要的金矿之一,主要赋存在受到强烈剪切和水-岩反应的闪长岩中,是典型的喜马拉雅期造山型金矿。本文对大坪金矿床赋矿闪长岩中锆石进行了SHRIMP U-Pb定年,得出闪长岩围岩的年龄为773±12Ma,为晚元古代,显示该岩体为华南地区晋宁-澄江期大规模基性到酸性岩浆活动的产物,是Rodinia 超大陆形成、裂解后冈瓦纳大陆形成过程的响应,而不是前人普遍认为的加里东期岩体。该岩体侵入年龄与大坪金矿脉石英流体包裹体⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar 年龄测定给出的高温坪年龄(765.5±7.0Ma)基本一致,显示大坪金矿床具有多期成矿的特征,其主体形成于喜马拉雅期碰撞造山运动,但早在晋宁造山运动中就有金的初步富集。在闪长岩中还发现了年龄为33.7±1.1Ma的锆石,其时代与大坪金矿床含金石英脉中热液绢云母的⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar定年结果(33.76Ma)基本一致,显示它们很可能为该区强烈的韧性剪切和局部岩浆部分熔融作用的产物。     

40Ar-39Ar and Rb-Sr geochronology of high-pressure metamorphism and exhumation history of the Tavsanli Zone, NW Turkey

Geochronological investigations in high- and ultra-high-pressure metamorphic rocks are problematic since firstly the low temperatures lead to fine grain size and disequilibrium assemblages, and secondly the problem of “excess argon” affects ⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar systematics, the most commonly used isotopic system. The Tavsanli Zone is a belt of high-pressure low-temperature (HP-LT) rocks spanning NW Turkey and is one such region where previous geochronological studies have produced a range of estimates for the age of HP-LT metamorphism, raising the question of whether they are geologically significant. This study presents new data from the Tavsanli Zone; ⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar ages are in the range 60 Ma to 175 Ma, whilst Rb-Sr ages are restricted to 79.7 Ma to 82.8 Ma, confirming the presence of excess argon. Detailed ultra-violet laser ablation microprobe (UVLAMP) studies have revealed younger ⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar ages in the cores of coarser white micas, which in conjunction with ⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar ages from the finest grained lithologies and the Rb-Sr white mica crystallisation ages, constrain the post-HP-LT metamorphism exhumation rates of these rocks. Petrological and regional constraints suggest that syn-subduction exhumation and cooling took place initially by synchronous subduction and exhumation by underplating. This is followed by a phase of syn-continent-continent collision at a rate of approximately 1.5 mma⁻¹ and exhumation to the surface via thrusting. The ⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar hornblende data from a granodiorite intruding the HP-LT rocks constrain the later parts of exhumation path. This study highlights the importance of a multi-system geochronological approach when attempting to determine the history of HP-LT rocks. Received: 12 May 1998 / Accepted: 21 April 1999     

I-Xe and 40Ar-39Ar dating of silicate from Weekeroo Station and Netschaëvo IIE iron meteorites

Silicate inclusions from two IIE iron meteorites were dated by the I-Xe and ⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar techniques. Weekeroo Station, a ‘normal’ IIE iron, shows no loss of radiogenic ⁴⁰Ar at low temperature, and the well-defined ⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar plateau yields an age of 4.54 ± 0.03 Byr. The xenon data define a good I-Xe correlation with an age of +10.9 ± 0.5 Myr relative to Bjurböle [the monitor error (±2.5 Myr) is not included].^Despite its relatively young age, Weekeroo Station's $\text{(}{}^{129}\text{Xe}{}^{132}\text{Xe)}{}_{\mathrm{trappad}}$ ratio (= 0.84 ± 0.05) lies significantly below the solar value. Netschaëvo silicate has a chondritic composition, unlike ‘normal’ IIE silicate which is more differentiated. Nevertheless Netschaëvo gives a ⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar plateau-age of only 3.79 ± 0.03 Byr, with the xenon data failing to define an I-Xe isochron.Only irons from the IAB and IIE groups contain silicate inclusions, but these two groups differ in many other respects, mostly suggesting that IAB meteorites are more primitive. The I-Xe chronology supports this suggestion inasmuch as Weekeroo Station formed well after (8–15 Myr) IAB silicates. In terms of Scott and Wasson's (1976) model, ages for Weekeroo Station date the shock event which formed ‘normal’ IIE irons by mixing the low-melting fraction of the parent silicate with shock-liquefied metal. Scott and Wasson's suggestion that Netschaëvo represents IIE parent material, however, is contradicted by Netschaëvo's 3.8 Byr age.The four silicate-bearing IIE irons which have now been dated can be subdivided into distinct pairs: Weekeroo Station and Colomera formed near the beginning of the solar system, while Netschaëvo and Kodaikanal both formed only 3.8 Byr ago. A review of other properties of these meteorites generally support this subdivision.This work underscores the complexity of the history of IIE meteorites; in particular, an adequate model must account for the formation of two IIE irons at 3.8 Byr without disturbing rare gases in Weekeroo Station. All formation models are quite speculative, but the one which seems best to fit the available evidence postulates two parent bodies: the 3.8 Byr old silicate formed on one parent body, all other IIE material resided in a separate body, and subsequent collision(s) mixed the young silicate with IIE metal.     

Noble gas retention chronologies for the St Séverin meteorite

⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar and ¹²⁹Xe-¹²⁸Xe analyses were performed on two lithologies (light and dark) of the St Séverin (LL6) chondrite. For the light and dark fractions, respectively, we obtained ⁴⁰Ar retention ages of 4.38 and 4.42 AE and ¹²⁹Xe retention ages of 8.4 and 15.2 myr after Bjurböle. The two methods give age differences of opposite sense, and by both methods the differences are significant. Both the ⁴⁰Ar and the ¹²⁹Xe ages are interpreted as dating relaxation of metamorphic conditions. These two chronometers are decoupled, however, and do not date the same events. ⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar reflect chondritic metamorphisrn on a 10⁸ yr time scale. The ¹²⁹Xe-¹²⁸Xe ages reflect isotopic closure at higher temperatures and earlier times.     

Origin and granite alteration effects of hydrothermal fluid: isotopic evidence from fluorite veins, Co. Galway, Ireland

The Costelloe Murvey Granite is a chemically evolved, high heat production, leucocratic component of the 400 Ma old Galway Granite batholith and is host to hydrothermal fluorite-quartz-calcite veins. A previously reported clinopyroxene ⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar age of 231±4 Ma obtained from a pre-mineralization dolerite dyke is reinterpreted as dating this mineralization. The hydrothermal fluid extensively altered its granite wallrocks, leading to lower Sm and Nd and higher Rb concentrations in altered granite, disturbing both its Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd isotopic systems. The ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratio of the hydrothermal fluid from which fluorite and calcite precipitated ranged from 0.7101 to 0.7139. These ratios are very much lower than in the Costelloe Murvey Granite at the time of mineralization, precluding the granite as a source for more than 2% of the hydrothermal Sr. The initial ¹⁴³Nd/¹⁴⁴Nd ratio varies between fluorite in different veins due to Nd derivation from local wallrocks, and between fluorite of petrographically distinct growth phases within a single hand specimen, highlighting the difficulty of Sm-Nd isochron dating of fluorite in cases where there are multiple sources of hydrothermal Nd. It is proposed that fluorite and calcite precipitated where hot, dilute fluids rising through the granite mixed with cooler, more saline fluids of basinal origin migrating through Lower Carboniferous limestone which then overlay the granite. Received: 3 August 1995 / Accepted: 11 April 1996     

Argon retentivity and argon excess in amphiboles from the garbenschists of the Western Tauern Window,Eastern Alps

22 hornblende K-Ar ages and 10 ³⁹Ar-⁴⁰Ar spectra were obtained for hornblende garbenschists from the Western Tauern Window. The post-kinematic amphiboles were produced during the late Alpine prograde metamorphism (6–10 kb and 500–570° C). Two nearly potassiumfree cummingtonites rimming hornblende yield K-Ar ages of 120 Ma, while the 20 tschermakitic hornblendes scatter between 17 and 37 Ma. The reason for this scatter is excess Ar, possibly incorporated into amphiboles during healing of fractures, now traceable by trails of fluid inclusions. Excess Ar is semiquantitatively corrected for by combining cogenetic hornblende and cummingtonite with K-Ar isochrons. It can be quantified in 4 out of 10 hornblendes by ³⁹Ar-⁴⁰Ar stepwise heating experiments. Ages of 18–20 Ma result for corrected hornblendes. The retentivity of ⁴⁰Ar, after correction for excess, shows no correlation with chemistry within the narrow compositional range observed; rather, it shows intriguing correlations with irregularities in Ca/K spectra, pointing to a microstructurally controlled mechanism for Ar loss. This observation leads to a critical evaluation of the closure temperature constant, which apparently depends on an incompletely known number of mineralogical and environmental parameters. In particular those ³⁹Ar-⁴⁰Ar release spectra which yield low temperature steps with younger ages than the plateaus are not interpretable in terms of a synchronous closure. This gives evidence that loss of radiogenic isotopes proceeds by a more complex mechanism than simple volume diffusion through isotropic media.     

40Ar-39Ar age of carbonatite-alkaline magmatism in Sung valley, Meghalaya, India

⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar analyses of one alkali pyroxenite whole rock and two phlogopite separates of calcite carbonatites from the Sung Valley carbonatite-alkaline complex, which is believed to be a part of the Rajmahal-Bengal-Sylhet (RBS) flood basalt province, yielded indistinguishable plateau ages of 108.8 ± 2.0Ma, 106.4 ± 1.3Ma and 107.5 ± 1.4Ma, respectively. The weighted mean of these ages, 107.2 ± 0.8 Ma, is the time of emplacement of this complex. This implies that Sung Valley complex and probably other such complexes in the Assam-Meghalaya Plateau postdate the main flood basalt event (i.e., the eruption of tholeiites) in the RBS province by ∼10Ma.