述评：Rodinia超大陆拼合和裂解的古地磁检验

近期，关于新元古代Rodinia超大陆的重建问题，随着地质学和古地磁学研究的进展许多学者提出新的见解。Weil等（1999）重新汇编了劳仑、波罗的、刚果、圣弗朗西斯科和卡拉哈里克拉通1100－800Ma定年较好的古地磁极，并做出新的重建。南美（圣弗朗西斯科）首次获得古地磁重建位置。Powell等的研究使卡拉哈在Rodinia的位置更加清晰。东冈瓦纳（澳大利亚、大印度、南极洲）的古地磁研究更加深入，厘定了澳大利亚与劳仑裂解发生在750Ma前，不是先前的720Ma。地质和古地磁研究认为南极洲东部不是一个完整的大陆块，而是由三个古陆块组成。大印度（包括印度、马达加斯加等） 也离开澳洲。这动摇了东冈瓦纳为统一的古大陆的假设。西伯利亚在Rodinia中的位置也在争论之中，依据古地磁至少有三个位置。总之，关于Rodinia超大陆构成的研究还需要更多、更可靠的古地磁证据支持；同时新元古全球统一超大陆的存在也受到质疑。文中重点评述Rodinia超大陆拼合和裂解的古地磁检验，以及以此进行的全球主要大陆的重建。     

Rodinia超大陆构造演化研究的新进展和主要目标

概略评述了1997年以来国际上有关Rodinia超大陆构造演化问题的研究成果，并提出今后工作的主要目标。Rodinia超大陆的聚合造山发生在1300－1000Ma，基本形式表现为早期弧一陆碰撞和晚期陆－陆碰撞，并在1000－900Ma继以伸展作用。Rodinia超大陆的裂解发生于830Ma之后，但其过程具有明显的时，空分布不均一性，地幔柱可能是导致超大陆裂解的主要机制，大火成岩省”是地幔柱发育的关键性标志，已经初步证实裂解过程影响地球大气圈和水圈中二氧化碳的循环，进而改变晚前寒武纪的全球气候，控制生物圈的兴衰和岩石圈表层的碳酸盐，铁，锰和磷等沉积，这些现象可用“雪球化地球”（Snowball Earth)模式概括。     

华南新元古代裂谷盆地演化——Rodinia超大陆解体的前奏

沉积学研究表明，华南新元古代沉积盆地具典型裂谷盆地沉积演化特征。代表裂谷盆地早期形成阶段的成因相组合有：冲洪积相组合、陆相（或海相）火山岩及火山碎屑岩相组合、滨浅海相沉积组合、淹没碳酸盐台地及欠补偿盆地黑色页岩相组合；而代表中、后期形成阶段的成因相组合有：滨岸边缘相至深海相组合，冰期冰积岩相组合、碳酸盐岩及碳硅质细碎岩相组合。华南裂谷盆地岩相古地理演化经历了5个重要的时期，整体上反映了一个由陆变海、由地堑－地垒相间盆地变广海盆地、由浅海变深海、盆地上小变大的演化过程。裂谷盆地的形成经历了裂谷基的形成、地幔柱作用与裂谷体的形成，被动沉降（下坳）与裂谷盖的形成三个阶段。华南裂谷盆地的形成演化与Rodinia超大陆在新元古代时期的裂解作用密切相关，它是超大陆解体过程的一个重要组成部分。     

新元古代Rodinia超大陆的研究进展

新元古代Rodinia超大陆重建中的SWAET连接方式及后来我国旅澳学者李正祥博士等人的修正和补充,近年来受到了许多研究者的高度重视.最近,澳大利亚的专家们对Rodinia的裂解时间以及华南地块在Rodinia中的位置又提出了新的证据和观点.Wingate和Gidding通过对澳大利亚Pilbara克拉通上的Mundine Well岩墙群的地质年代和古地磁的研究,得出大约在755Ma时,该地的古磁极(MDS)大约在135°E,46°N,A95=4°.从而推断东冈瓦纳和劳伦古陆的裂解时间大约在755Ma之前,比原来723Ma约提前了至少30Ma.李正祥对澳大利亚西北部的Kimberley地块南部新元古代的Walsh冰碛层中的粉色"白云石冒"进行了研究,得到古磁极(WTC)为21.5°S,282.4°E,dp=12.2°,dm=15.4°,从而认为Walsh冰川与Marinoan冰川不同期,而更类似于Sturtian冰川,推断两大陆的裂解时间发生在大约750 Ma之前,与前者的结论相似.Evanse,李正祥等人通过对华南地块大约(748±12)Ma的三峡地区震旦纪的莲沱组的157个样品的分析研究,并结合前人在云南的工作结果,得到华南地块的综合古地磁极为04.4°N,161.1°E,A95=12.9°,Q=7.依据这个新磁极,推断出华南地块和澳大利亚及劳伦古陆的连接方式可能有3种.但他们认为,很有必要做进一步的研究.     

述评:Rodinia超大陆拼合和裂解的古地磁检验

近期,关于新元古代Rodinia超大陆的重建问题,随着地质学和古地磁学研究的进展许多学者提出新的见解.Weil等(1999)重新汇编了劳仑、波罗的、刚果、圣弗朗西斯科和卡拉哈里克拉通1 100~800 Ma定年较好的古地磁极,并做出新的重建.南美(圣弗朗西斯科)首次获得古地磁重建位置.Powell等的研究使卡拉哈里在Rodinia的位置更加清晰.东冈瓦纳(澳大利亚、大印度、南极洲)的古地磁研究更加深入,厘定了澳大利亚与劳仑裂解发生在750 Ma前,不是先前的720 Ma.地质和古地磁研究认为南极洲东部不是一个完整的大陆块,而是由三个古陆块组成.大印度(包括印度、马达加斯加等)也离开澳洲.这动摇了东冈瓦纳为统一的古大陆的假设.西伯利亚在Rodinia中的位置也在争论之中,依据古地磁至少有三个位置.总之,关于Rodinia超大陆构成的研究还需要更多、更可靠的古地磁证据支持;同时新元古全球统一超大陆的存在也受到质疑.文中重点评述Rodinia超大陆拼合和裂解的古地磁检验,以及以此进行的全球主要大陆的重建.     

吉林省张广才岭塔东岩群年代学:Rodinia超大陆裂解的响应

塔东岩群是一套高绿片岩相-角闪岩相变质岩系,被认为是"松嫩-张广才岭地块"前寒武纪变质基底的一部分,但其形成时代一直没有定论.采用锆石U-Pb(LA-MC-ICP-MS)测试方法,对塔东岩群朱敦店岩组黑云二长片麻岩进行年代学研究;105次测试中104个有效测点年龄介于239～2690 Ma之间.年龄频谱图显示众多年龄组...     

华南陆块的形成与Rodinia超大陆聚合-裂解——观察、解释与检验

本文重点回顾了近十年来华南前寒武纪地质演化的主要研究进展,特别是新元古代早期扬子-华夏块体拼合形成华南陆块、新元古代中期华南的陆内裂谷岩浆作用和盆地演化及其与Rodinia超大陆的聚合-裂解的关系,并对一些重要区域地质演化和深部动力学机制的学术争议进行评述,为进一步的研究提出建议。     

华北陆块对Rodinia超大陆的响应及其特征

研究揭示华北陆块1300-1000Ma和800-650Ma都存在比较弱的岩浆-变质事件，它们可能对应于华南陆块的碰撞（四堡运动）和裂解事件。华北陆块的四堡期蛇绿混杂岩可能只见于新元古代秦岭造山带中。秦岭造山带北缘识别出了一些花岗质分清入体，它们具有碰撞或碰撞后花岗岩的特征。华北陆块北缘的火山沉积岩生活费不具有离散边界杂岩的特征，它们可能揭示了大陆边缘或者大陆伸展过程。华北陆块与800-650Ma事件相关的岩石主要为来自富集地幔的基性岩墙和来自陆内裂谷的沉积岩，它们很可能与Rodinia裂解有关。沉积学和古生物学特征表明元古宙华北陆块不同华南陆块，而与西伯利亚陆块相似。据此可以认为华北陆块是Rodinia超大陆的一部分，它位于超大陆的边缘，可以不与华南陆块紧邻，而与西伯利亚陆地较近。     

扬子板块北缘花山群沉积时代及其对Rodinia超大陆裂解的制约

出露于扬子板块北缘大洪山地区的花山群自下而上由一套以砾岩为主的粗碎屑沉积和一套以砂质板岩为主的细碎屑沉积组成,伴随有拉斑玄武质岩浆活动。花山群整体变质程度不高,形成构造环境复杂,对其构造属性及其与区内所谓的花山"蛇绿混杂岩"的时空关系一直存有争议,它们对新元古代Rodinia超大陆在扬子板块北缘的汇聚-裂解响应具有重要的制约意义。笔者在花山群六房咀组下部细砂岩中采集玄武质熔结凝灰岩夹层样品1件,碎屑岩样品2件,在上覆地层南华系莲沱组采集碎屑岩样品1件;对玄武质熔结凝灰岩进行了SHRIMP锆石U-Pb同位素测年,对碎屑岩样品进行了LA-MC-ICPMS锆石U-Pb同位素测年。获得玄武质熔结凝灰岩锆石U-Pb年龄814.7±7.3 Ma;花山群的碎屑锆石U-Pb年龄谱存在三个明显的峰值:~900 Ma、~2050Ma和~2650 Ma,最显著峰值为~2650 Ma,上覆莲沱组碎屑岩年龄谱的三个峰值为:~900 Ma、~2050 Ma和~2500 Ma,最显著峰值为~2050Ma,三件碎屑岩样品均与扬子板块的碎屑锆石U-Pb年龄统计峰值一致。花山群的碎屑源区可能包括下伏中元古代打鼓石群、太古宙鱼洞子杂岩以及崆岭杂岩。结合前人年代学研究资料和区域构造成果分析,花山群沉积时代应为820~815Ma,形成于伸展构造背景,与花山"蛇绿混杂岩"不是同期同构造背景的产物;花山"蛇绿混杂岩"与花山群沉积建造依次反映了扬子板块北缘由挤压构造背景向伸展构造背景的转换过程。花山群中的碎屑沉积物与基性火山岩、火山碎屑岩属于裂解背景下形成的同时代沉积-火山建造;结合前人在扬子板块周缘发现的大量约820 Ma酸性—基性岩浆活动记录以及同时代(820~800 Ma)的沉积地层,推测花山群形成于Rodinia超大陆裂解背景之下,与超级地幔柱活动有关。     

Neoproterozoic magmatic events in the South Qinling Belt,China: Implications for amalgamation and breakup of the Rodinia supercontinent

Neoproterozoic magmatic rocks in the South Qinling Belt of China provide important clues for understanding the mechanism and timing of the amalgamation and breakup of the Rodinia supercontinent. Here we report new geochemical and high-precision LA-ICP-MS zircon U–Pb–Hf isotopic analyses on magmatic suites from the Liuba and Zhashui areas in the South Qinling Belt. Our data show that the crystallization ages of the granitic intrusions from Tiefodian and Tangjiagou in the Liuba area are 863 ± 22 Ma and 794 ± 11 Ma, respectively, whereas those of the dioritic and gabbroic intrusions at Chishuigou in the Zhashui area are 925 ± 28 Ma and 832.6 ± 4.0 Ma, respectively. The diorites at Chishuigou display arc-related geochemical affinity, characterized by strong depletion in Nb, Ta, P and Ti, and enrichment in large-ion lithophile elements (i.e., Rb, Ba, Th and U), indicating a subduction-related arc setting at ca. 925 Ma. The Tiefodian granitic rocks have high SiO₂ (68.46–70.98 wt.%), Na₂O (3.87–4.51 wt.%), and low K₂O (1.34–2.61 wt.%) contents with TTG affinity. However, their Cr, and Ni contents and Cr/Ni, Nb/Ta ratios are similar to those of continental crust, and together with high negative ε_Hf(t) values (− 4.87 to − 14.84), suggesting a continental margin arc at ca. 863 Ma. The gabbros at Chishuigou have high TiO₂ content (2.74–3.14 wt.%), Zr/Y (3.93–4.24), Ta/Yb (0.19–0.25) ratios and low Zr/Nb ratios (11.37–13.17), similar to the features of within-plate basalts, indicating an intra-continental rift setting at ca. 833 Ma. The granitoids at Tangjiagou exhibit enrichment of LREE, K and Pb, and depletion of Nb, Ta, P and Ti, suggesting an extensional tectonic environment at ca. 794 Ma.The results indicate that Neoproterozoic magmatic rocks in the South Qinling Belt formed before ca. 833 Ma and might represent the amalgamation of the Rodinia supercontinent in an arc-related subduction environment, whereas the magmatic events with the peak ages at ~ 740 Ma during ca. 833–680 Ma represent the breakup of Rodinia. Integrating our new data with those from previous works, we propose a new tectonic model for the evolutionary history of the South Qinling Belt in the Neoproterozoic, including four key stages: 1) an ocean that separated the South Qinling Belt and the Yangtze Block in the Early Neoproterozoic (ca.1000–956 Ma); 2) bidirectional subduction of the oceanic lithosphere during ca. 956–870 Ma; 3) subduction and collision between the South Qinling Belt and the Yangtze Block during ca. 870–833 Ma, thus suggesting that the South Qinling Belt was as a part of the Yangtze Block from this period; and 4) intra-continental rifting during ca. 833–680 Ma, although the blocks were not entirely rifted apart.     

康滇地轴新元古代成矿作用与罗迪尼亚超大陆

康滇地轴在元古代时期形成了大量的金属矿床,研究表明,该时期的金属矿床形成与晋宁运动密切相关。近几年许多研究数据显示,康滇地轴在元古代地层中所形成的铜、铁、金和铀矿床大多集中在700～900Ma之间,与罗迪尼亚超大陆事件发生的时间一致。该时期的碰撞构造环境、花岗岩侵入以及沉积盆地的形成都与陆内板块俯冲作用和伸展作用关系密切。试图从同位素地质年代学、沉积一构造环境方面,探讨该时期的金属成矿作用对板块构造地质事件的响应,并探讨铀成矿作用与板块运动的关系。     

African, southern Indian and South American cratons were not part of the Rodinia supercontinent: evidence from field relationships and geochronology

We discuss the question whether the late Mesoproterozoic and early Neoproterozoic rocks of eastern, central and southern Africa, Madagascar, southern India, Sri Lanka and South America have played any role in the formation and dispersal of the supercontinent Rodinia, believed to have existed between about 1000 and 750 Ma ago. First, there is little evidence for the production of significant volumes of ˜1.4–1.0 Ga (Kibaran or Grenvillian age) continental crust in the Mozambique belt (MB) of East Africa, except, perhaps, in parts of northern Mozambique. This is also valid for most terranes related to West Gondwana, which are made up of basement rocks older than Mesoproterozoic, reworked in the Brasiliano/Pan-African orogenic cycle. This crust cannot be conclusively related to either magmatic accretion processes on the active margin of Rodinia or continental collision leading to amalgamation of the supercontinent. So far, no 1.4–1.0 Ga rocks have been identified in Madagascar. Secondly, there is no conclusive evidence for a ˜1.0 Ga high-grade metamorphic event in the MB, although such metamorphism has been recorded in the presumed continuation of the MB in East Antarctica. In South America, even the Sunsas mobile belt, which is correlated with the Grenville belt of North America, does not include high-grade metamorphic rocks. All terranes with Mesoproterozoic ages seem to have evolved within extensional, aulacogen-type structures, and their compressional deformation, where observed, is normally much younger and is related to amalgamation of Gondwana. This is also valid for the Trans-Saharan and West Congo belts of West Africa.Third, there is also no evidence for post-1000 Ma sedimentary sequences that were deposited on the passive margin(s) of Rodinia. In contrast, the MB of East Africa and Madagascar is characterized by extensive structural reworking and metamorphic overprinting of Archaean rocks, particularly in Tanzania and Madagascar, and these rocks either constitute marginal parts of cratonic domains or represent crustal blocks (terranes or microcontinents?) of unknown derivation. This is also the case for most terranes included in the Borborema/Trans-Saharan belt of northeastern Brazil and west-central Africa, as well as those of the Central Goíás Massif in central Brazil and the Mantiqueira province of eastern and southeastern Brazil.Furthermore, there is evidence for extensive granitoid magmatism in the period ˜840 to <600 Ma whose predominant calc-alkaline chemistry suggests subduction-related active margin processes during the assembly of the supercontinent Gondwana. The location of the main Neoproterozoic magmatic arcs suggests that a large oceanic domain separated the core of Rodinia, namely Laurentia plus Amazonia, Baltica and West Africa, from several continental masses and fragments now in the southern hemisphere, such as the São Francisco/Congo, Kalahari and Rio de La Plata cratons, as well as the Borborema/Trans-Saharan, Central Goiás Massif and Paraná blocks. Moreover, many extensional tectonic events detected in the southern hemisphere continental masses, but also many radiometric ages of granitois that are already associated with the process of amalgamation of Gondwana, are comprised within the 800–1000 age interval. This seems incompatible with current views on the time of disintegration of Rodinia, assumed to have occurred at around 750 Ma.     

Contemporaneous assembly of Western Gondwana and final Rodinia break-up: Implications for the supercontinent cycle

Geological, geochronological and isotopic data are integrated in order to present a revised model for the Neoproterozoic evolution of Western Gondwana. Although the classical geodynamic scenario assumed for the period 800–700 Ma is related to Rodinia break-up and the consequent opening of major oceanic basins, a significantly different tectonic evolution can be inferred for most Western Gondwana cratons. These cratons occupied a marginal position in the southern hemisphere with respect to Rodinia and recorded subduction with back-arc extension, island arc development and limited formation of oceanic crust in internal oceans. This period was thus characterized by increased crustal growth in Western Gondwana, resulting from addition of juvenile continental crust along convergent margins. In contrast, crustal reworking and metacratonization were dominant during the subsequent assembly of Gondwana. The Río de la Plata, Congo-São Francisco, West African and Amazonian cratons collided at ca. 630–600 Ma along the West Gondwana Orogen. These events overlap in time with the onset of the opening of the Iapetus Ocean at ca. 610–600 Ma, which gave rise to the separation of Baltica, Laurentia and Amazonia and resulted from the final Rodinia break-up. The East African/Antarctic Orogen recorded the subsequent amalgamation of Western and Eastern Gondwana after ca. 580 Ma, contemporaneously with the beginning of subduction in the Terra Australis Orogen along the southern Gondwana margin. However, the Kalahari Craton was lately incorporated during the Late Ediacaran–Early Cambrian. The proposed Gondwana evolution rules out the existence of Pannotia, as the final Gondwana amalgamation postdates latest connections between Laurentia and Amazonia. Additionally, a combination of introversion and extroversion is proposed for the assembly of Gondwana. The contemporaneous record of final Rodinia break-up and Gondwana assembly has major implications for the supercontinent cycle, as supercontinent amalgamation and break-up do not necessarily represent alternating episodic processes but overlap in time.     

北山北带新元古代A型花岗岩: Rodinia超大陆裂解早期的地质响应

北山造山带位于中亚造山带南缘, 带内存在多个前寒武纪微陆块, 对这些前寒武纪微陆块的正确认识, 是造山带构造格架划分及构造演化过程研究的关键。本文选取北山北带明水地块小孤梁片麻状正长花岗岩进了岩石学、元素地球化学、锆石U-Pb年代学和Hf同位素分析研究。结果显示, 小孤梁片麻状正长花岗岩的LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄为784±2.7Ma, 揭示北山北带存在新元古代基底岩石; 全岩样品具有高SiO₂(72.22%~74.06%)、富碱(7.50%~8.33%)、高Zr+Y+Nb+Ce含量(567.6×10^-6~644.7×10^-6)和10000×Ga/Al值(2.71~2.81), 低Al₂O₃(12.39%~12.95%)、MgO(0.40%~0.54%)、CaO(0.91%~1.38%)的特征; 微量元素富集Rb、K、Th、U, 亏损Sr、Nb、Ta、P、Ti; 稀土元素总量较高, 轻稀土富集, 重稀土亏损, 具有明显的负Eu异常; 锆饱和温度计算小孤梁片麻状正长花岗岩的结晶温度为824~859℃; 以上这些岩石地球化学特征与A型花岗岩一致。锆石ε_Hf(t)值介于-19.55~-13.81之间, 均为负值, 单阶段模式年龄(t_DM1)为1.56~1.33Ga, 两阶段模式年龄(t_DM2)为2.02~1.65Ga, 表明其岩浆源区可能为古元古代地壳物质的部分熔融。构造环境判别显示其为A1型花岗岩, 属于大陆裂谷岩浆活动的产物。结合区域地质资料和前人研究成果, 认为小孤梁片麻状正长花岗岩可能是北山地区最早响应Rodinia超大陆裂解的花岗岩浆记录。

     

西藏那曲县北聂荣微地块聂荣岩群中斜长角闪岩——Rodinia超大陆裂解的地质纪录

西藏那曲县北聂荣微地块聂荣岩群中斜长角闪岩原岩恢复为正斜长角闪岩,地球化学特征显示岩石属于拉斑系列基性火山岩,具有轻稀土元素富集、重稀土元素亏损的右倾型稀土元素配分模式。岩石富集大离子亲石元素Rb、Ba及高场强元素Nb、Ta,Sr、Th和U呈现明显的负异常,在构造环境判别图解中样品均投到板内玄武岩区,具有与裂谷火山岩相似的地球化学特征。通过高精度的LA-ICP-MS(激光剥蚀等离子体质谱仪)锆石微区原位U-Pb同位素测年,西藏那曲县北聂荣微地块聂荣岩群片麻状斜长角闪岩中获得863±10 Ma的谐和年龄,为原岩(基性火山岩)的形成时代,说明聂荣岩群形成于新元古代早期。该年龄相当于Rodinia超大陆裂解的地质记录。此外,还获得了2 539~1 006 Ma之间的捕获锆石年龄信息。     

Early Neoproterozoic tectonic evolution of the Erguna Terrane (NE China) and its paleogeographic location in Rodinia supercontinent: Insights from magmatic and sedimentary record

Owing to the lack of early Neoproterozoic geological and geochronological data, most Rodinia supercontinent reconstruction models do not include the Amuria Block in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB), and the Amuria Block was varying attributed to the North China, Siberian or Tarim tectonic affinities. In this study, we identified one early Neoproterozoic granitic pluton (964–947 Ma) and one early Neoproterozoic sedimentary unit (<906 Ma) in the Erguna Terrane. The samples (964–947 Ma) are I-type granitoids, and show high zircon in-situ ε_Hf(t) (−2.1–10.0) and whole-rock ε_Hf(t) (1.4–4.8) and high ε_Nd(t) (−2.3 to −0.8). These granitoids are characterized by high Zr saturation temperature (T_Zr) (701–835 °C) and no inherited zircons, suggesting high-degree of partial melting of their source rocks. The granites were likely formed by biotite-/muscovite dehydration melting of subalkaline mafic lower crust in a continental arc setting. Detrital zircons of the sandstone sample define an age peak at 923–906 Ma. Early Neoproterozoic age data compilation from the four Amuria microcontinents (i.e., Erguna, Xing'an, Songnen and Jiamusi terranes) in NE China indicate the presence of two major magmatic flare-ups at 964–880 Ma and 850–740 Ma. Considering that early Neoproterozoic magmatic rocks are absent in the Siberian and North China cratons but widespread in the Tarim Craton, we suggested that the Erguna Terrane was part of the Tarim Craton in the Early Neoproterozoic. The Erguna Terrane may have undergone a two-staged Neoproterozoic tectonic evolutionary history: (1) early Neoproterozoic arc accretion in response to the Rodinia assembly, and (2) middle Neoproterozoic break-away from the SW Tarim Craton associated with the Rodinia breakup.