江西中西部地区白垩纪玄武质岩石的40Ar/39Ar年代学和地球化学研究

对江西中西部两处中生代玄武质岩石进行了^40Ar／^39Ar年代学和元素一同位素地球化学研究,赣西北上高和赣中螺丝山地区玄武质岩石分别给出了137Ma和90Ma的全岩^40Ar／^39Ar年龄。赣西北上高为亚碱性的玄武安山岩,而赣中螺丝山为碱性玄武岩／粗玄岩,两者均以富集LREE和LILE、无明显HFSE亏损为特征。前者初始^86Sr=0．70492～0．70575,εxd(t)=0．61～3．36,落在Samoa-OIB同位素组成范围;后者初始ε=0．70323～0．70350,εxd(t)=6．19～6．93,与Hawaii-OIB的Sr-Nd同位素组成相似。与赣南早中生代(约173Ma)EMⅡ型玄武岩一起暗示该地区中生代岩浆源区有着自岩石圈向软流圈属性演化的时序迁移规律,表明该区自早中生代以来处于软流圈上隆的岩石圈伸展构造背景。     

铜陵地区朝山矽卡岩型金矿床及含矿岩体的成因:40 Ar/39 Ar年龄、元素地球化学及多元同位素证据

位于铜陵地区狮子山矿田的朝山金矿是长江中下游成矿带少有的矽卡岩型独立金矿床,成矿与白芒山辉石闪长岩有关,绝大多数金矿体产于白芒山辉石闪长岩与中三叠统南陵湖组灰岩的接触带上.辉石闪长岩中三个角闪石单矿物样品的40Ar/39Ar激光阶段加热分析给出了很好的坪年龄,年龄值介于139.7±0.3～138.3±0.6Ma(2σ),代表白芒山岩体冷却到500～550℃(氩同位素在角闪石中的封闭温度)的年龄.根据角闪石40Ar/39Ar年龄和前人获得的SHRIMP锆石U-Pb年龄(142.9Ma)以及Ar同位素和U-Pb体系在角闪石和锆石中的封闭温度,计算出白芒山岩体冷却速率大约为100℃/Ma.由于氢同位素在角闪石中的封闭温度与朝山金矿的成矿温度非常接近,因此,上述40Ar/39Ar年龄可以代表朝山金矿的成矿年龄.白芒山辉石闪长岩具有富碱、高钠、准铝质、富集轻稀土元素和大离子亲石元素、亏损重稀土元素和高场强元素的地球化学特点,其Sr-Nd同位素组成((87Sr/86Sr)I=0.706598～0.707460,εNd(t)=-7.78～-8.12)与铜陵及邻区同时代或稍晚时候的辉长岩和玄武岩非常相似.以上地球化学和Sr-Nd同位素特征暗示白芒山辉石闪长岩起源于富集岩石圈地幔的部分熔融,并经历了一定程度的分离结晶和地壳混染作用.矿石矿物的硫同位素组成(δ34S= 6.2‰～ 9.3‰)呈偏离零值的塔式分布,富集34S,可能是岩浆硫与中石炭统和/或中三叠统膏盐层混合的产物.矿石中脉石矿物方解石的C-O同位素与矿区三叠系海相碳酸盐明显不同,而与地幔原始碳酸岩相似,反映成矿流体中碳(主要是CO2的形式)的来源以深源为主,与含矿岩体成因研究得出的认识一致.对区域成岩成矿年代学及岩浆活动与成矿作用特点的分析认为,朝山金矿形成于岩石圈伸展的构造背景;强烈的岩石圈伸展及玄武质岩浆底侵为铜陵矿地区大规模岩浆活动及成矿作用提供了必要的动力学环境,也为成矿作用带来了丰富的热能、流体及金属成矿元素.     

40Ar/39Ar Geochronology and stable isotope geochemistry of Late-Hercynian intrusions from north-eastern Iberia with implications for argon loss in K-feldspar

The cooling history of Hercynian calc-alkalic, post-kinematic plutonic intrusions of the Montnegre massif (NE Spain) has been determined by ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar analysis of two hornblendes, four biotites and eight K-feldspars (Kfs). The hornblendes have ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar total fusion ages of 291Dž Ma and define the magmatic cooling of the basic and oldest structural intrusions. The biotites from the acid and intermediate rocks have ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar plateau ages of 285Dž Ma, which date cooling of the intrusions through argon closure in biotite. The ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar ages of the K-feldspars vary widely, ranging from 276-191 Ma. A correlation between K-feldspar ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar total fusion age and several other features such as structural state, microstructures indicated by obliquity and, to some degree, optically visible perthites, is consistent with post-crystallisation partial argon loss in the K-feldspars. The 'D values of the biotites also correlate with age and chlorite contents, but this is not so for the '¹⁸O values of either feldspar or quartz. We infer that most microtextural changes occurred during cooling of the batholith, but a possibly Mesozoic, late disturbing hydrothermal event of weak intensity and with only minor fluid circulation must have occurred. This event provoked significant argon loss in the most structurally complex K-feldspars and is recorded in the hydrogen, but not oxygen, isotope data.     

Exhumation of the Saualpe eclogite unit, Eastern Alps: constraints from 40Ar/39Ar ages and structural investigations

Summary The Cretaceous Eclogite-Gneiss unit and its tectonic overburden (Micaschist, Phyllite and Lower Magdalensberg units) and the underlying Preims subunit of the Saualpe, Eastern Alps, have been investigated in order to constrain the mode of exhumation of the type locality of eclogites. ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar ages of white mica from the eclogite-bearing unit suggest rapid, uniform cooling and exhumation between 86 and 78 Ma (Santonian-Campanian). Overlying units show upwards increasingly older ages with an age of 261.7 ± 1.4 Ma in the uppermost, low-grade metamorphic unit (Lower Magdalensberg unit). We consider this Permian age as geologically significant and to record a Permian tectonic event. Rocks of phyllite and micaschist units along western margins of the Saualpe block yield amphibole and white mica ages ranging from 123 to 130 Ma. These are considered to closely date the age of nappe stacking, whereas a single biotite age of 66–68 Ma from a shear zone is interpreted to date retrogression during normal faulting. Biotite and amphibole of Micaschist and Eclogite-Gneiss units show variable contents of extraneous argon. Consequently, their ages are in part geologically meaningless whereas other samples yield meaningful ages. The white mica ages from the Eclogite-Gneiss unit range from 78 to 85 Ma and argue for cooling through ca. 400 °C during the time as the westerly adjacent Upper Cretaceous Krappfeld collapse basin formed. The Preims subunit with paragneiss and marbles is considered to represent a large synmetamorphic shear zone at the base of the overthrusting Eclogite-Gneiss unit. The unit comprises a flat-lying foliation and a SE-trending lineation. This zone is interpreted to represent a zone of top-NW thrusting. A major ductile low-angle normal fault with top to ESE shear has been detected between the Eclogite-Gneiss and overlying units, and between the Micaschist and Phyllite units. The ductile thrust at the base and the low-angle normal fault at the top are considered to confine a NW-ward extruding high-pressure wedge. The new observations argue for rapid exhumation of a subducted high-pressure wedge within a subduction channel. Rapid surface erosion of the exhuming wedge might have facilitated exhumation. Eroded sedimentary rocks are preserved within adjacent Gosau basins, although only pebbles of low-grade metamorphic rocks of the uppermost tectonic unit can be found in these basins.     

江汉盆地早第三纪玄武质岩石^39Ar／^40Ar年代学和地球化学特征及其成因意义

江汉盆地早第三纪火山岩主、微量元素和Sr-Nd同位素以及精确的40 Ar/39 Ar年代学研究表明该火山岩形成于57.3±0.4Ma,由亚碱性的玄武岩和玄武质安山岩组成,富集LILE和HFSE,(La/Yb)cn=3.5～10.4,Eu/Eu*=0.99～1.08,具有与洋岛玄武岩(OIB)相似的地球化学特征.微量元素比值和Sr-Nd同位素组成上表明,其地球化学特征与源于EMⅡ型富集岩石圈-软流圈相互作用而形成的华北南缘早第三纪火山岩以及东南沿海新生代玄武质岩石相似.结合长江中下游地区中生代玄武岩Pb同位素的资料,暗示扬子北缘新生代岩石圈地幔属性可能是其中生代属性的继承.江汉盆地早第三纪玄武质岩石是在陆内的岩石圈伸展拉张构造背景下,对流软流圈上涌导致EMⅡ型岩石圈地幔部分熔融的结果.     

辽西义县组火山岩40Ar/39Ar、K-Ar法年龄测定

义县组为辽西地区广泛分布的陆相火山-沉积地层,义县火山旋回分为 4个亚旋回.含珍稀化石的湖相沉积层与第二亚旋回火山岩伴生.运用激光微区 40Ar/39Ar法、常规 40Ar/39Ar阶段升温测年法和 K- Ar法,对义县旋回火山岩进行了系统的年龄测定,结果表明,直接覆盖义县组底砾岩的义县旋回第一亚旋回第一小旋回玄武岩的 K- Ar年龄为 (133.3± 2.6) Ma、 (133.6± 2.6) Ma,激光微区 40Ar/39Ar法给出的相关性很好的 Ar- Ar等时线年龄为 (132.9± 4.5) Ma,第三、第四小旋回玄武岩样品 40Ar/39Ar阶段升温获得平坦的年龄谱线,坪年龄分别为 (130.6± 0.5) Ma、 (127.7± 0.2) Ma;第二亚旋回玄武岩和流纹质凝灰岩样品 Ar- Ar等时线年龄为 (126.1± 1.7) Ma、 (127.4± 1.3) Ma,第三亚旋回火山岩全岩 K- Ar年龄为 (124.4± 2.4)～ (124.9± 2.4) Ma.义县火山旋回发生的时间大致介于 120～ 135 Ma之间, 义县组的时代应为早白垩世.     

Petrology and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of some hellenic sub-ophiolite metamorphic rocks

Whole rock, electron microprobe analyses and ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar geochronology of certain ophioliterelated metamorphic rocks from beneath the Pindos, Vourinos, Othris and Euboea ophiolites of Greece show that they were formed mainly from ocean-type basalts, in part under P-T conditions of the upper mantle and that they have ages between 170–180 m.y. The evidence presented is inconsistent with the view that these sub-ophiolite metamorphic rocks were produced by the obduction of ocean-type crust onto a continental margin, or that they are remnant slices of Palaeozoic ‘basement’, but is consistent with their formation by thrusting and related metamorphism occurring within ocean lithosphere during the Lower to Middle Jurassic. It is proposed that this intraoceanic metamorphism was caused by the inception of a fault zone which subsequently became the transport surface for the main phase of ophiolite emplacement that occurred in the Hellenides from the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous.     

40Ar/39Ar geochronology of mafic rocks from the granite—rhyolite terrane of southeastern Missouri

The predominant 1480 Ma granites and rhyolites of the St. Francois Mountains, southeastern Missouri, are intruded by mafic rocks. A ⁴⁰Ar—³⁹Ar study of some of these, the Skrainka Mafic Group, indicates an age of ～ 1240 Ma, significantly younger than the host rocks, significantly older than Grenville/Keweenawan age, and close to the age of similar rocks in Labrador.     

Paleogeographic evolution of the Southern Pannonian Basin: 40Ar/39Ar age constraints on the Miocene continental series of Northern Croatia

The Pannonian Basin, originating during the Early Miocene, is a large extensional basin incorporated between Alpine, Carpathian and Dinaride fold-thrust belts. Back-arc extensional tectonics triggered deposition of up to 500-m-thick continental fluvio-lacustrine deposits distributed in numerous sub-basins of the Southern Pannonian Basin. Extensive andesitic and dacitic volcanism accompanied the syn-rift deposition and caused a number of pyroclastic intercalations. Here, we analyze two volcanic ash layers located at the base and top of the continental series. The lowermost ash from Mt. Kalnik yielded an ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar age of 18.07?±?0.07?Ma. This indicates that the marine-continental transition in the Slovenia-Zagorje Basin, coinciding with the onset of rifting tectonics in the Southern Pannonian Basin, occurs roughly at the Eggenburgian/Ottnangian boundary of the regional Paratethys time scale. This age proves the synchronicity of initial rifting in the Southern Pannonian Basin with the beginning of sedimentation in the Dinaride Lake System. Beside geodynamic evolution, the two regions also share a biotic evolutionary history: both belong to the same ecoregion, which we designate here as the Illyrian Bioprovince. The youngest volcanic ash level is sampled at the Glina and Karlovac sub-depressions, and both sites yield the same ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar age of 15.91?±?0.06 and 16.03?±?0.06?Ma, respectively. This indicates that lacustrine sedimentation in the Southern Pannonian Basin continued at least until the earliest Badenian. The present results provide not only important bench marks on duration of initial synrift in the Pannonian Basin System, but also deliver substantial backbone data for paleogeographic reconstructions in Central and Southeastern Europe around the Early–Middle Miocene transition.     

40Ar/39Ar age pattern associated with differential uplift along the Eastern Highlands shear zone,Cape Breton Island,Canadian Appalachians

The Eastern Highlands shear zone in Cape Breton Island is a crustal scale thrust. It is characterized by an amphibolite-facies deformation zone ∼5 km wide formed deep in the crust that is overprinted by a greenschist-facies mylonite zone ∼1 km wide that formed at a more shallow level. Hornblende ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar plateau ages on the hanging wall decrease towards the centre of the shear zone. In the older zone (over 7.8 km from the centre), the ages are between ∼565 and ∼545 Ma; in the younger zone (within 4.5 km of the centre), they are between ∼425 and ∼415 Ma; and in the transitional zone in between, they decrease abruptly from ∼545 to ∼425 Ma. Pressures of crystallization of plutons in the hanging wall, based on the Al-in-hornblende barometer and corresponding to depth of emplacement, increase towards the centre of the shear zone and indicate a differential uplift of up to ∼28 km associated with movement along the shear zone. The age pattern is interpreted to have resulted from the differential uplift. The pressure data show that rocks exposed in the younger zone were buried deep in the crust and did not cool through the hornblende Ar blocking temperature (∼500°C) until differential uplift occurred. The ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar ages in the zone (∼425–415 Ma) thus date shear zone movement or the last stage of it. In contrast, rocks in the older zone were more shallowly buried before differential uplift and cooled through the blocking temperature soon after the emplacement of ∼565–555 Ma plutons in the area, long before shear zone movement. The transitional zone corresponds to the Ar partial retention zone before differential uplift. The ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar age pattern thus reflects a Neoproterozoic to Silurian cooling profile that was exposed as a result of differential uplift related to movement along the shear zone. A similar K–Ar age pattern has been reported for the Alpine fault in New Zealand. It is suggested that such isotopic age patterns can be used to help constrain the ages, kinematics, displacements and depth of penetration of shear zones.     

藏北羌塘戈木错北部新生代钾质火山岩40Ar/39Ar定年

1∶25万玛依岗日幅区域地质调查期间,在藏北戈木错北部发现了一套新生代钾质火山岩。对保存较好的3处火山岩的样品进行40Ar/39Ar年代学研究,获得了30.6Ma±0.4Ma、30.0Ma±0.2Ma和29.8Ma±0.3Ma三个坪年龄,代表该地区火山岩的喷溢时代。戈木错北部火山岩的地球化学特征与钾质火山岩的类似,它与鱼鳞山、走构由茶错、多格错仁等地区的新生代火山岩共同构成了羌塘地区钾质—超钾质火山岩带,它们的形成与印度大陆同亚洲大陆的碰撞和青藏高原的隆升密不可分。     

藏北羌塘戈木错北部新生代钾质火山岩40Ar/39Ar定年

1∶25万玛依岗日幅区域地质调查期间,在藏北戈木错北部发现了一套新生代钾质火山岩。对保存较好的3处火山岩的样品进行40Ar/39Ar年代学研究,获得了30.6Ma±0.4Ma、30.0Ma±0.2Ma和29.8Ma±0.3Ma三个坪年龄,代表该地区火山岩的喷溢时代。戈木错北部火山岩的地球化学特征与钾质火山岩的类似,它与鱼鳞山、走构由茶错、多格错仁等地区的新生代火山岩共同构成了羌塘地区钾质—超钾质火山岩带,它们的形成与印度大陆同亚洲大陆的碰撞和青藏高原的隆升密不可分。     

40Ar/39Ar ages in deformed potassium feldspar: evidence of microstructural control on Ar isotope systematics

Detailed field and microstructural studies have been combined with high spatial resolution ultraviolet laser ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar dating of naturally deformed K-feldspar to investigate the direct relationship between deformation-related microstructure and Ar isotope systematics. The sample studied is a ~1,000 Ma Torridonian arkose from Skye, Scotland, that contains detrital feldspars previously metamorphosed at amphibolite-facies conditions ~1,700 Ma. The sample was subsequently deformed ~430 Ma ago during Caledonian orogenesis. The form and distribution of deformation-induced microstructures within three different feldspar clasts has been mapped using atomic number contrast and orientation contrast imaging, at a range of scales, to identify intragrain variations in composition and lattice orientation. These variations have been related to thin section and regional structural data to provide a well-constrained deformation history for the feldspar clasts. One hundred and forty-three in-situ ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar analyses measured using ultraviolet laser ablation record a range of apparent ages (317-1030 Ma). The K-feldspar showing the least strain records the greatest range of apparent ages from 420-1,030 Ma, with the oldest apparent ages being found close to the centre of the feldspar away from fractures and the detrital grain boundary. The most deformed K-feldspar yields the youngest apparent ages (317-453 Ma) but there is no spatial relationship between apparent age and the detrital grain boundary. Within this feldspar, the oldest apparent ages are recorded from orientation domain boundaries and fracture surfaces where an excess or trapped ⁴⁰Ar component resides. Orientation contrast images at a similar scale to the Ar analyses illustrate a significant deformation-related microstructural difference between the feldspars and we conclude that deformation plays a significant role in controlling Ar systematics of feldspars at both the inter- and intragrain scales even at relatively low 'bulk' strains. The data show that Ar loss and trapping within the deformed K-feldspars reflects the presence of a deformation-induced population of small diffusion domains in combination with 'short-circuit' diffusion along deformation-induced defects. The complex history of microstructures induced in the K-feldspars during their cooling, alteration, erosion and sedimentation do not appear to be as significant as deformation-induced microstructures in controlling the distribution of apparent ages at the grain scale.