华北地块晚古生代至三叠纪古地磁研究新结果及其构造意义

本文对采自华北地块南缘陕西铜川和韩城两条剖面上的晚石炭世至晚三叠世地层的650余块标本（35个采点）进行了系统的古地磁研究.经逐步热退磁处理和剩磁稳定性检验,在482块标本中获得稳定的特征剩磁分量,对其形成时代作了地质学分析后,以特征剩磁分量为基础,计算了华北地块在晚古生代到三叠纪的地磁极位置和纬度值,简单讨论该期内的运动形式.     

华北地块晚古生代至三叠纪古地磁研究新结果及其构造意义

本文对采自华北地块南缘陕西铜川和韩城两条剖面上的晚石炭世至晚三叠世地层的650余块标本(35个采点)进行了系统的古地磁研究.经逐步热退磁处理和剩磁稳定性检验,在482块标本中获得稳定的特征剩磁分量,对其形成时代作了地质学分析后,以特征剩磁分量为基础,计算了华北地块在晚古生代到三叠纪的地磁极位置和纬度值,简单讨论该期内的运动形式.     

华北地块晚古生代至三叠纪古地磁研究新结果及其构造意义

本文对采自华北地块南缘陕西铜川和韩城两条剖面上的晚石炭世至晚三叠世地层的650余块标本（35个采点）进行了系统的古地磁研究.经逐步热退磁处理和剩磁稳定性检验,在482块标本中获得稳定的特征剩磁分量,对其形成时代作了地质学分析后,以特征剩磁分量为基础,计算了华北地块在晚古生代到三叠纪的地磁极位置和纬度值,简单讨论该期内的运动形式.     

早古生代古亚洲洋俯冲作用: 来自内蒙古大石寨玄武岩的年代学与地球化学证据

SHRIMP锆石U-Pb定年结果显示, 分布于内蒙古大石寨镇周边的玄武岩喷发时间为(439±3) Ma, 而不是前人认为的二叠纪. 该套玄武岩显示出岛弧型微量元素地球化学特征 (Nb-Ta亏损而富集LILE和LREE)以及低放射成因Sr和高放射成因Nd和Hf同位素组成. 在岩石成因类型上包括两组: 第一组玄武岩相对高TiO2, MgO和相容元素而低Sr, Th和类似大洋中脊玄武岩(MORB)和现代俯冲带玄武岩的Sr-Nd-Hf同位素组成 (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr(i)= 0.7028~0.7032,ε_Nd(t) =+9.8~+11.2,ε_Hf(t) = +16.1~+18.4); 第二组玄武岩则低TiO₂, MgO和相容元素而高Sr和Th, 略低的放射成因Nd和Hf而高Sr同位素比值 (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr(i)= 0.7037~0.7038,ε_Nd(t) =+5.7~+7.3,ε_Hf(t)=+12.6~+13.0). 在岩石成因上, 大石寨玄武岩为古亚洲洋俯冲板片交代地幔楔的熔融产物, 第一组玄武岩很可能来源于俯冲流体改造且同位素组成极为亏损的大洋岩石圈地幔源区, 而第二组玄武岩的熔融源区则明显有俯冲沉积物的贡献. 大石寨玄武岩成因提供了早古生代古亚洲洋俯冲作用的直接证据, 其高放射成因Nd和Hf反映早古生代是区域地壳增生的重要时期, 大石寨玄武岩本身为地壳增生的组分之一. 结合本次研究和前人的年代学和地球化学研究结果, 建议将前人命名的大石寨组进行解体, 并重新厘定不同时代喷发火山岩的时空分布范围.     

黑龙江阿城晚二叠世安加拉-华夏混生植物群——兼述古亚洲洋的关闭问题

记录了产自黑龙江阿城地区上二叠统红山组的20种植物化石,包括Pecopteris tangwangheensis Huang, C. obese Huang, C. shenshuensis Huang, C. tangwangheensts Huang, C. heilongjiangensis Huang, C. zeilleri Zalessky, C. sp., Comia yichunensis Huang, C. tenueaxis Huang, Iniopteris sibirica Zalessky, Supaia teiliensis Huang, Compsopteris tchirkovae Zalessky, C. cf. adzvensis Zalessky, Nilssonia sp. 1, Nil. sp. 2, Taeniopteris cf. densissima Halle, T. cf. nystraemii Halle, T. sp., Noeggerathiopsis derzavinii Neub.等．植物群主体为安加拉型,但共生有晚期华夏植物群的重要分子,显示了混生植物群的特点．主要分子的地史分布及与相似植物群的对比表明该植物群的时代为晚二叠世晚期,其混生的特点指示西伯利亚板块在晚二叠世和华北板块于西拉木伦河-长春-延吉缝合带拼合,古亚洲洋关闭．     

青藏高原拉萨块体北缘晚白垩世竟柱山组红层古地磁学研究及其构造意义

作为亚洲大陆晚白垩世时的最南缘,拉萨块体古纬度对研究印度—亚洲大陆碰撞过程具有重要意义.本文对采自拉萨块体北缘晚白垩世竟柱山组红层35个采点415块定向样品进行了详细的古地磁研究.岩石磁学结果显示样品中主要载磁矿物为赤铁矿.通过逐步热退磁可从22个采点中获得一组稳定的高温分量方向,同沉积校正后该方向在95%和99%置信区间内均通过了McElhinny和McFadden褶皱检验,表明该方向(D_c=335.6°,I_c=31.2°,k_c=52.8,α₉₅=4.3°)应为原生剩磁,其对应的古地磁极为63.3°N,329.4°E,A₉₅=3.6°.等温剩磁各向异性分析显示拉萨块体北部尼玛和班戈地区晚白垩世竟柱山组红层中可能并不存在磁倾角浅化现象.结合前人的研究成果限定了拉萨块体晚白垩世古纬度为16.6±2.1°N(参考点31.8°N,87.7°E),晚白垩世以来青藏高原北部可能发生了960±400 km的南北向构造缩短.     

中亚地区晚古生代腕足动物古生物地理与构造古地理的协同演化

在早泥盆世、早石炭世、晚石炭世、早二叠世、中二叠世等腕足动物古生物地理区划研究基础上,通过对比分析,揭示了中亚地区晚古生代腕足动物古生物地理与构造古地理的协同演化关系,既较为合理解释了此地此时腕足动物古生物地理形成的机制,又为此地此时洋、陆位置及其配置关系研究提供了依据.     

Early Paleozoic subduction of the Paleo-Asian Ocean: Geochronological and geochemical evidence from the Dashizhai basalts,Inner Mongolia

Zircon U-Pb results of basalt from the Dashizhai Town in Inner Mongolia, NE China, shows that the basaltic lava was erupted at 439±3 Ma, much older than the “Permian basalts” as previously thought. These rocks show arc-type trace element patterns (i.e., Nb-Ta depletion and light REE and large ion lithophile element enrichment) and unradiogenic Sr and highly radiogenic Nd and Hf isotope compositions. They can be subdivided into two petrogenetic groups: Group 1 basalts have relatively high TiO₂, MgO and compatible elements and low Sr and Th, characterized by mid-oceanic ridge basalt (MORB)-type Sr-Nd-Hf isotope compositions (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr(i)=0.7028−0.7032, ε_Nd(t)=+9.8−+11.2, ε_Hf(t)=+16.1−+18.4). Group 2 has lower TiO₂, MgO and compatible elements and higher Sr and Th, and relatively evolved Sr-Nd-Hf isotope compositions (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr(i)=0.7037−0.7038, ε_Nd(t)=+5.7−+7.3, ε_Hf(t)=+12.6−+13.0). Both groups were interpreted as melts derived from a metasomatized mantle wedge formed during the subduction of Paleo-Asian Ocean. The mantle source for Group 1 was probably a highly isotopically depleted oceanic mantle modified by predominant slab fluids; whereas subducted sediments had an important contribution to the melting source for Group 2. The petrogenesis of the Dashizhai basalts provides clear evidence for early Paleozoic subduction of the Paleo-Asian Ocean, and the highly radiogenic Nd and Hf compositions in these rocks suggest that these lavas and their possible intrusive counterparts were one of the important components for Phanerozoic crustal growth. Our and previous studies on the “Dashizhai Formation” volcanic rocks yield an unrealistic eruption range of 440-270 Ma for different rock types, we thus advise to disassemble the previously defined “Dashizhai Formation” into multiple lithologic units and to reinterpret the spatial and temporal distributions of different volcano-sedimentary associations. Supported by National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2006CB403504)     

Late Paleozoic adakites and Nb-enriched basalts from northern Xinjiang, northwest China: Evidence for the southward subduction of the Paleo-Asian Oceanic Plate

Abstract   Volcanic rocks consisting of adakite and Nb-enriched basalt are found in the early Devonian Tuoranggekuduke Group in the northern margin of the Kazakhstan-Junggar Plate, northern Xinjiang, northwest China. The geochemical characteristics of the andesitic and dacitic rocks in this area resemble that of adakites. The relatively high Al₂O₃, Na₂O and MgO content and Mg^♯ values indicate that the adakites were generated in relation to oceanic slab subduction rather than the partial melting of basaltic crust. A slightly higher SrI and a lower ɛ _Nd( t  = 375 Ma) compared to adakites of mid-oceanic ridge basalt (MORB) imply that slab sediments were incorporated into these adakites during slab melting. The Nb-enriched basalt lavas, which are intercalated in adakite lava suite, are silica saturated and are distinguished from the typical arc basalts by their higher Nb and Ti content (high field strength element enrichment). They are derived from the partial melting of the slab melt-metasomatized mantle wedge peridotite. Apparently, positive Sr anomalies and a slightly higher heavy rare earth element content in these adakites compared to their Cenozoic counterparts indicate that the geothermal gradient in the Paleo-Asian Oceanic subduction zone and the depth of the Paleo-Asian Oceanic slab melting are between those of their Archean and Cenozoic counterparts. The distribution of the adakites and Nb-enriched basalts in the northern margin of the Kazakhstan-Junggar Plate, northern Xinjiang, indicates that the Paleo-Asian Oceanic Plate subducted southward beneath the Kazakhstan-Junggar Plate in the early Devonian period.     

Arcs and backarc basins in the Early Paleozoic lapetus Ocean

Abstract Understanding the evolution and destruction of past oceans not only leads to a better understanding of earth history, but permits comparison with extant ocean basins and tectonic processes. This paper reviews the history of the Early Paleozoic circum-Atlantic oceans by analogy with the Pacific Ocean and Mesozoic Tethys. Rifting and continental separation from 620 to 570 Ma led to the development of passive margins along parts of the northern margin of Gondwana (the western coast of South America); eastern Laurentia (eastern North America, NW Scotland and East Greenland), and western Baltica (western Scandinavia). Meagre paleomagnetic data suggest that western South America and eastern North America could have been joined together to form facing margins after breakup. Although western Baltica is an apparently obvious candidate for the margin facing NW Scotland and East Greenland, the paleomagnetic uncertainties are so large that other fragments could have been positioned there instead. The Iapetus Ocean off northeastern Gondwana was probably a relatively wide Pacific-type ocean with, during the late Precambrian to early Ordovician, the northern margin of Gondwana as a site of continentward-dipping subduction zone(s). The 650-500 Ma arc-related igneous activity here and the associated deformation gave rise to the Cadomian, ‘Grampian’, Penobscotian, and Famantinian igneous and orogenic events. By 490-470 Ma, marginal basins had formed along the eastern Laurentian margin as far as NE Scotland, along parts of the northern margin of Gondwana, and off western Baltica, but none are known from the East Greenland margin. These basins closed and parts were emplaced as ophiolites shortly after their formation by processes that, at least in some cases, closely resemble the emplacement of the late Cretaceous Semail ophiolite of Oman. This orogenic phase seems to have involved collision and attempted subduction of the continental margin of Laurentia, Gondwana and Baltica. In Baltica it gave rise to some eclogite facies metamorphism. Marginal basin development may have been preceded by arc formation as early as ca 510 Ma. A double arc system evolved outboard from the eastern Laurentian and western Baltica margins, analogous to some of the arc systems in the present-day western Pacific. At 480-470 Ma, there was a second phase of breakup of Gondwana, affecting the active Gondwanan margin. Eastern and Western Avalonia, the Carolina Slate Belt, Piedmont, and other North American exotic continental blocks rifted away from Gondwana. Farther east, Armorica, Aquitainia, Iberia and several European exotic continental blocks also rifted away, though it is unlikely that they all rifted at the same time. Between 460-430 Ma, peaking at ca 450 Ma, orogenic events involved continuing arc-continent collision(s). From 435-400 Ma the remaining parts of the Eastern Iapetus Ocean were destroyed and the collision of Baltica with Laurentia caused the 430-400 Ma Scandian orogeny, followed by suturing of these continents during the Siluro-Devonian Acadian orogeny or Late Caledonian orogeny to 380 Ma, leaving a smaller but new ocean south of the fragments that had collided with the Laurentian margin farther south. The Ligerian orogeny 390-370 Ma collision of Gondwana-derived Aquitaine-Cantabrian blocks with Eastern Avalonia-Baltica and removed the part of the Iapetus south of Baltica. Prior to any orogenic events, the Eastern Iapetus Ocean between Baltica and Laurentia may have resembled the present-day central Atlantic Ocean between Africa and North America. The ocean appears to have closed asymmetrically, with arcs forming first outboard of the western margin of Baltica while the East Greenland margin was unaffected. The Western Iapetus Ocean between Laurentia and Gondwana also closed asymmetrically with a dual arc system developing off Laurentia and an arc system forming off the northern margin of Gondwana. Like the Pacific Ocean today, the Eastern Iapetus Ocean had a longer and more complex history than the Western Iapetus Ocean: it was already in existence at 560 Ma, probably developed over at least 400 million years, by mid-Cambrian time was many thousands of kilometres wide at maximum extent, and was associated with a < 30 million year phase of marginal basin formation. In contrast, the Western Iapetus Ocean appears to have been much narrower, shorter lived (probably < 100 million years), and associated with the rifting to form two opposing passive carbonate margins, analogous to the Mesozoic Tethys or the present-day Mediterranean.     

Comprehensive constraint on the tectono-sedimentary setting of Late Paleozoic turbidites of the Kamuste area, eastern Junggar, Xinjiang

Petrography and geochemistry, combined with sedimentation analyses allow for a thorough evaluation of the tectono-sedimentary setting of late Paleozoic turbidites of the Kamuste area, eastern Junggar. Sandstones of the Alabiye¹⁾ Formation are composed mostly of volcanic and sedimentary detritus with lesser amounts of plagioclase and quartz. They were derived from an undissected magmatic-arc provenance. The geochemistry of sandstone-mudrock suites indicates a fesic-intermediate igneous provenance, and constrains the Alabiye Formation to have derived from a differentiated oceanic-continental margin island-arc tectonic setting. Likewise, geochemistry and sandstone petrography of the Kamuste Formation reflect a mixed provenance signature dominated by magmatic arc, basement uplift, and subduction-complex sources of a differentiated continental-island arc. Sedimentation analysis indicates that the Alabiye and Kamuste formations are two sets of turbidite sequences deposited on a submarine slope and a submarine fan and basin plain respectively. In conclusion, submarine slope turbidite deposition of the Alabiye Formation records the main sedimentary response to the development of early Devonian back-arc basins of the northern Junggar tectonic belt. Submarine fan and basin plain turbidite and background hemipelagic deposition of the Kamuste Formation record the main sedimentary response to the late Early Carboniferous development of an inter-arc relict ocean basin of the eastern Junggar composite terrane.     

Late Paleozoic radiolarians from the Bentong-Raub suture zone, Peninsular Malaysia

Abstract Radiolarians extracted from marine siliceous sediments from the Bentong-Raub suture zone, Peninsular Malaysia have indicated a range of ages for olistostromal blocks of bedded chert, siliceous argillite and tuffaceous argillite, and chert clasts and lenses within the mélange from the suture zone. Late Devonian (Faniennian), Early Carboniferous (Tournaisian and Viséan) and Early Permian (Wolfcampian and Leonardian) ages are represented by seven radiolarian zones from ten localities along the suture zone. In stratigraphic order these include Holoeciscus 2–3 Assemblage Zones, Albaillella paradoxa Zone, Albaillella dejendrei Zone, Albaillella cartalla Zone, Pseudoalbaillella lomentaria Zone, Albaillella sinuata Zone and Pseudoalbaillella longtanensis Zone. Fifteen genera are represented by 35 species. The range of ages from Late Devonian to Early Permian suggests that an ocean existed between the Sibumasu and East Malaya terranes from at least Late Devonian to late Early Permian time and that closure of the ocean between the two terranes could not have occurred until after late Early Permian time. The range of ages and rock types from different depositional environments, indicate that the Bentong-Raub suture zone includes a disrupted accretionary complex.     

Carbonate deposits on submerged seamounts in the northwestern Pacific Ocean

Abstract   The lithology of shallow-water carbonates collected from 19 sites on 16 seamounts in six areas of the northwestern Pacific Ocean using the Deep-sea Boring Machine System are described. The areas include the Amami Plateau, Daito Ridge, Oki-Daito Ridge, Urdaneta Plateau, Kyushu-Palau Ridge and Ogasawara Plateau. Chronological constraint is provided by calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy, planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy, larger foraminiferal biostratigraphy and strontium (Sr) isotope stratigraphy. Large amounts of shallow-water carbonates accumulated on the seamounts during the Oligocene, a relatively cool period, whereas limited carbonate deposits formed during the Early Miocene, a relatively warm period. This might indicate that deposition of shallow-water carbonates on seamounts in the northwestern Pacific Ocean was not necessarily controlled by climatic conditions, but was related to volcanism and tectonics that served as foundations for reef/carbonate-platform formation. Remarkable differences in biotic composition exist between Cretaceous and Cenozoic shallow-water carbonates. Late Cretaceous shallow-water carbonates are distinguished by the occurrence of rudists, solenoporacean algae and microencrusters. Middle Eocene to Early Oligocene shallow-water carbonates are dominated by Halimeda or nummulitid and discocyclinid larger foraminifers. Scleractinian corals became common from the Oligocene onward. Nongeniculate coralline algae and larger foraminifers were common to abundant throughout the Eocene to the Pleistocene. The replacement of major carbonate producers in the shallow-water carbonate factory during post-Cretaceous time is in accordance with previous studies and is considered to reflect a shift in seawater chemistry.     

Tectonic implications of Late Paleozoic stratigraphic distribution in Northeast China and adjacent region

An analysis of the distribution of the Late Paleozoic strata on Northeast China and adjacent region reveals a zonal pattern of the distribution around the core of the Jiamusi-Mongolia Block. The main part of Late Paleozoic marine strata in this area is considered the continental margin deposits of the Jiamusi-Mongolia Block by analyzing the stratigraphic contact relationship, lithofacies, etc. The results are exhibited in a series of tectonic paleogeographic maps. This presents an important proof for the foundation of the Jiamusi-Mongolia Block, and confines the forming time of Jiamusi-Mongolia Block to the Late Silurian. Supported by Science and Technology Project of Sinopec (Grant No. G0800-06-ZS-324)     

Genetic relationships between swamp microenvironment and sulfur distribution of the Late Paleozoic coals in North China

The genetic relationships between microenvironment of the Late Paleozoic peat-forming swamp and the sulfur contents of coal in North China have been studied by using coal-facies parameters involving gelification degree, tissue preservation index, vegetation index, transportation index, groundwater influence index, water medium indicator and swamp type index, etc. Among the various controlling factors of swamp microenvironment, swamp water medium elaborates a dominant action to sulfur accumulation in the marine-influenced coals; while coal-forming plant type, hydrodynamic state and water covering depth are more important to sulfur accumulation in the fresh water-influenced coals. Geological fractionation of sulfur isotopes reflects that sulfur accumulation experienced multi-stages evolution. Pyrite sulfurs formed earlier than organic sulfur and the sulfur isotopic δ³⁴S_p shows lower values than organic sulfur isotopic δ³⁴S_o. In the brine-influenced coals, sulfur accumulation processed relatively a long time span, the distribution of sulfur isotopes dispersed, and the coals are provided with high sulfur contents. In the fresh-water-influenced coals, sulfur accumulation occurred mainly at the syngenetic-penesyngenetic stage and the early diagenetic stage, and the total sulfur is lower and mainly composed of organic sulfur.     

基于地球物理方法预测二连盆地及邻区晚古生代潜在烃源岩分布

二连盆地及邻区是我国油气勘探的重点区域之一,普遍认为烃源岩层主要分布在中生代地层,对其晚古生代地层的烃源岩潜力研究较少,本文对研究区内晚古生代碳酸盐岩及泥岩进行了有机地球化学实验并分析其烃源岩潜力,评价结果表明二连盆地及邻区内晚古生代地层具有一定的生烃潜力,受高成熟度的影响,剩余潜力以生气能力为主.依据研究区内电法剖面、布格重力异常特征及磁性资料认为晚古生代潜在烃源岩层具有"低电阻、高密度、弱磁性"的地球物理性质,并初步预测了二连盆地及邻区晚古生代的深度大致分布在3~5 km的范围内,进一步利用优化后的小子域滤波重力异常分离技术对晚古生代地层进行了厚度预测,刻画其平面分布特征,认为研究区内的晚古生代地层具有两个分布中心,其中心区厚度范围为1000~2000 m之间,与野外地质剖面的厚度基本一致,晚古生代潜在烃源岩的平面预测可以为二连盆地油气勘探工作提供新方向.     

Late Paleozoic brachiopod faunas of the South Kitakami Belt, northeast Japan, and their paleobiogeographic and tectonic implications

Abstract    Late Paleozoic (Middle Devonian, Early Carboniferous and Middle Permian) brachiopod faunas of the South Kitakami Belt, northeast Japan, are closely related paleobiogeographically to those of the Xinjiang–Inner Mongolia–Jilin region, northwest–northeast China. This relationship suggests that the South Kitakami Belt was part of the trench or continental shelf bordering the northern and eastern margins of North China (Sino-Korea) during the Middle Devonian to Middle Permian times. Among the three models on the origin and tectonic development of the South Kitakami Belt, the strike–slip model is most consistent, but both the microcontinent model and the nappe model have considerable inconsistencies with the above paleobiogeographic and paleogeographic evidence.