Neoproterozoic carbonatite magmatism of the Yenisei Ridge, Central Siberia: 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of the Penchenga rock complex

⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar isotopic ages of magnesioarfvedsonite (725.9 ± 6.3 myr) and phlogopite (637.6 ± 5.7 myr) from carbonatites of the Penchenga rock complex located in the South Trans Angara segment of the Yenisei Ridge have been determined. Based on this, the formation of the rock complex is associated with the start of the period of Neoproterozoic (725–700 Ma) rifting and alkaline magmatism in the region, the latter being associated with the former. The appearance of zones penetrable for magma of the “disseminated” rifting type is associated with the development of late collision shear dislocations in a consolidated marginal continental crust. The primary melts had a plume nature, but matter from different mantle sources intermixed in the environment of the changing geodynamic regime. The younger age of the mica was apparently caused by partial remelting of carbonatites under the influence of heat and fluids generated during the formation of the adjacent large granite massif of a younger age.     

40Ar(40Ar＊＋40ArE)、39Ar释气特征与过剩氩的甄别及年代学意义

对具有不同地质历史背景的3类⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar法样品中的⁴⁰Ar和³⁹Ar释出特征进行对比,研究结果表明,⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar法样品中的⁴⁰Ar、³⁹Ar释气曲线主要表现为以下3种形式:完全重合型、过剩氩型和不规则型。当⁴⁰Ar与³⁹Ar释气曲线呈完全重合型时,⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar法全熔年龄代表了岩体的形成年龄;当⁴⁰Ar、³⁹Ar释气曲线是过剩氩型时,⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar法全熔年龄则大于岩体的形成年龄;当⁴⁰Ar与³⁹Ar释气曲线呈不规则型时,表明样品中的放射成固氩(⁴⁰Ar^*)发生了丢失,其全熔年龄一般较岩体的形成年龄小。对于⁴⁰Ar、³⁹Ar释气曲线呈过剩氩型的样品,⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar法年龄谱通常呈马鞍形,且马鞍形年龄谱的底部年龄一般都具有地质意义,代表了岩体的形成年龄。对于⁴⁰Ar、³⁹Ar释气曲线呈不规则型的样品,对其年龄谱的解释应持谨慎态度。     

Effects of shock pressure on 40Ar -39Ar radiometric age determinations

The relation of shock to the drop in the ⁴⁰¹Ar/³⁹¹Ar ratio seen at high release temperatures in some neutron-irradiated lunar samples is investigated through measurements of the ⁴⁰¹Ar/³⁹¹Ar ratio in gas samples released by stepwise heating of rock samples previously subjected to shock, either in the laboratory or in nature.Explosives were used to shock solid pieces and powder of a basalt from a diabase dike in Liberia to calculated pressures of 65, 150 and 270 kbar. These, an unshocked sample of the powder, two naturally shocked samples from the Brent impact crater in Canada, one unshocked sample from near the crater, and appropriate monitors were irradiated. Ar from stepwise heating was analyzed.The unshocked basalt shows a good ⁴⁰¹Ar/³⁹¹Ar plateau at age 198 ± 9 m.y. in agreement with a previous result of 186 ± 2 m.y. The shocked samples contain varying amounts of implanted atmospheric Ar, the isotopes of which have experienced mass fractionation. This effect is small enough in four samples so that the linearity of their graphs of ³⁹¹Ar/⁴⁰Ar vs ³⁶Ar/⁴⁰Ar is evidence of a plateau. The ages of these samples are then 201 ± 10, 205 ± 11, 205 ± 12 and 201 ± 9 m.y. It appears that the shock has had little effect on the ⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar age spectrum, although the release patterns of the ³⁹¹Ar are shifted downward by the order of 200°C. Shock implantation of Ar was at lower shock pressure, in the presence of less Ar, and into a less porous material than previously demonstrated.The Brent Crater samples do not all show good plateaus, but do indicate an age of ~420 m.y. for the crater event and 795 ± 24 m.y. for the rock formation, in agreement with previous results.None of the ⁴⁰¹Ar/³⁹¹Ar profiles shows a drop at high temperature, but a possible role of shock implantation of Ar is indicated in the production of this effect. Further experiments are suggested.     

40Ar/39Ar studies of deep-sea igneous rocks

An attempt to date deep-sea igneous rocks reliably was made using the ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar dating technique. It was determined that the ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar incremental release technique could not be used to eliminate the effects of excess radiogenic ⁴⁰Ar in deep-sea basalts. Excess ⁴⁰Ar is released throughout the extraction temperature range and cannot be distinguished from ⁴⁰Ar generated by $\text{in situ}$⁴⁰K decay. The problem of the reduction of K-Ar dates associated with sea water alteration of deep-sea igneous rocks could not be resolved using the ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar technique. Irradiation induced ³⁹Ar loss and/or redistribution in fine-grained and altered igneous rocks results in age spectra that are artifacts of the experimental procedure and only partly reflect the geologic history of the sample. Therefore, caution must be used in attributing significance to age spectra of fine grained and altered deep-sea igneous rocks. Effects of ³⁹Ar recoil are not important for either medium-grained (or coarser) deep-sea rocks or glasses because only a small fraction of the ³⁹Ar recoils to channels of easy diffusion, such as intergranular boundaries or cracks, during the irradiation.     

~(40)Ar/~(39)Ar定年矿物绢云母的提纯研究

绢云母的~(40)Ar/~(39)Ar年龄是研究矿床形成年龄的重要手段,但是~(40)Ar/~(39)Ar定年矿物绢云母的提纯一直是一个难题。现有分离提纯方法得到的绢云母集合体中通常含有微斜长石,如本研究中常规磁选-重液法得到的微斜长石含量在0～28%,常规悬浮液法得到的微斜长石含量在3%～45%。当绢云母集合体中的微斜长石含量超过10%时,会直接影响测年的准确性。为探索一种有效的绢云母提纯方法,本文首先考察了常规磁选-重液法和常规悬浮液法的提纯效果,实验结果表明两种方法得到的绢云母纯度均不高,而且常规悬浮液法的粒度有时很细,不能满足定年要求。进而采用超声波解离-悬浮液法对磁选-重液法得到的含微斜长石的绢云母集合体进行了条件实验,绢云母的纯度从28%提高到77%,微斜长石相对于绢云母的含量从12.5%降为0。绢云母的粒度大于1μm的占比在95%以上,最小粒度大于0.356μm,大于~(39)Ar核反冲丢失的理论估算值0.08μm,该粒度下的绢云母在接受中子照射过程中不会引起明显的核反冲丢失,对中高温阶段的~(40)Ar/~(39)Ar年龄影响不大。研究认为,对于采用磁选-重液法得到的绢云母集合体,当其中的微斜长石含量大于10%时,可以采用超声波解离-悬浮液法进一步富集绢云母,降低微斜长石的含量,保证测年的准确性。     

年轻火山岩的定年:进展与问题

年轻火山岩定年对人类的起源与进化、地质年表建立、古环境演化、火山灾害、岩浆演化及地球动力学等研究非常重要。由于年轻样品放射性成因子体积累较少、大气氩含量高,微量的过剩氩极难识别,使得年轻火山岩及其沉积地层高精度定年一直是地质年代学中最具挑战性的课题之一。过去几年,年轻火山岩定年在技术上的进展主要体现在定年精度和准确度不断提升,尤其是利用新型多接收稀有气体质谱对单颗粒样品进行逐步升温~(40)Ar/~(39)Ar定年,是方法学上最重要的进展之一。本文总结了年轻火山岩~(40)Ar/~(39)Ar定年的现状、影响因素和相关定年技术及应用,以引起大家的关注和思考,共同提高我国年轻火山岩定年的技术水平。利用新型多接收质谱和创新的实验方法,通过对全球重要火山喷发事件和年轻国际标准样的研究,广泛开展实验室间的对比是提高国内~(40)Ar/~(39)Ar年代学水平并在年轻火山岩定年中取得突破的重要途径,也是当前~(40)Ar/~(39)Ar年代学研究的重要方向。     

(极)年轻火山岩激光熔蚀40Ar/39Ar定年

对中国大量年轻或/和极年轻火山岩的定年实践研究表明,(极)年轻火山岩的激光熔蚀40Ar/39 Ar定年具有不同于第四纪以前喷发火山岩定年的显著特点.激光熔蚀40Ar/39Ar定年技术因为本底低、样品用量小以及与现代惰性气体同位素质谱设备在灵敏度、高精度方面的相一致,在年轻火山岩的定年中得到深入运用.借助激光在年轻或/和极年轻火山岩的40 Ar/39 Ar定年中,实践证明,样品形成时限越年轻(特别是相当于第四纪时期的样品),Nier值与样品中初始氩比值的偏离会引起K-Ar和40Ar/39 Ar表观年龄的偏差越大.对于小于0.2Ma的样品,Nier值与样品中初始氩比值的偏离对K-Ar和40Ar/39Ar表观年龄的偏差影响呈指数增长;当样品年龄相对较老(老于第四纪)时,Nier值和初始氩比值的偏离对K-Ar和40Ar/39 Ar表观年龄的影响较小.以40Ar/ArAr定年为出发点,定量给出界定年轻与极年轻火山岩的年龄:2～0.2Ma的火山岩界定为年轻火山岩,0.2Ma以来的火山岩称为极年轻火山岩.实验结果还证实,测定(极)年轻火山岩基质年龄时要尽量剔除非同源分馏的斑晶,以便去除斑晶可能带来的过剩氩影响;年轻火山岩样品的测年,应根据岩石结构和粒度特征选取合适的粒度,通常情况下,推荐0.2mm颗粒直径(60～80目)为理想粒径;年轻火山岩样品在快中子辐照后冷却放置时间不宜过长,否则造成37 Ar测不准,影响数据结果,带来较大偏差;激光40Ar/39Ar精细定年对标准样品的均一性有很高的要求,通过标定常用的国内外监测标样发现,标样SB-778-Bi,Bem4M,BT-1均一性很好,适合用作激光熔蚀40Ar/39Ar定年监测;测试数据的处理中,火山岩喷发后冷却结晶中同时形成的斑晶和基质的等时线处理能够帮助获得客观真实和精细的年龄结果.在此基础上,北京大学惰性气体同位素实验室建成了专用于(极)年轻火山岩精细定年的激光熔蚀40Ar/39Ar定年实验流程.     

福建龙海—漳浦沿海地区火山岩激光~(40)Ar/~(39)Ar年龄

福建东南沿海龙海—漳浦地区是新生代佛昙群玄武岩的分布区之一。对该区域火山岩而言,前人的研究主要集中在岩石地球化学特征、形成演化方面,对年代学研究较少,玄武岩喷发期次划分仍以20世纪80、90年代测定的K-Ar结果为依据,或通过下覆地层孢粉组合时代推断而来。为了更精确地测定该地区火山作用的时代及进一步确定其喷发期次,选取龙海—漳浦地区4个玄武岩样品,利用激光~(40)Ar/~(39)Ar测年方法进行精细定年。样品年龄为10.1～14.8Ma,明确了龙海-漳浦新生代玄武岩在中新世中晚期存在一次喷发期次。     

琼北火山岩激光40Ar/39Ar定年研究

新生代以来,雷琼地区多次、大量地喷发了一系列火山岩。前人主要基于K-Ar法对此划分了期次。本文采用激光40Ar/39Ar年代学方法,对琼北火山岩区进行了精细定年研究。低本底激光40Ar/39Ar法能够对低钾含量,极少量样品(毫克级)进行精细测定,非常适合极年轻火山岩的定年工作。结果显示的火山岩激光40Ar/39Ar法高质量数据表明琼北火山喷发活动时限跨越1.3～0.052Ma。在比较了表观年龄与等时线年龄差异之后,本文给出了年龄推荐值。正如测试数据所显示,本地区新生代火山岩普遍存在40Ar和36Ar过剩的问题,此时只有等时线年龄才代表喷发的真实年龄。     

雷州半岛第四纪火山岩激光40Ar/39Ar等时线定年研究

雷州半岛是我国新生代火山岩最重要的分布地区之一,火山活动主要集中在中晚更新世。前人对雷州火山岩的年代学研究以K-Ar法为主。研究表明,雷州火山岩测年结果大致分布在0.38～3.04Ma范围内。根据地层和火山岩层的叠置关系,雷州第四纪火山岩由于覆盖在被确定是1.87Ma和0.76Ma沉积的地层之上,故火山岩年龄应小于该地层年龄。K-Ar法定年结果与雷州地区地层叠置关系存在矛盾。本文通过对雷州半岛第四纪火山岩进行野外考察及采样,利用激光40Ar/39Ar年代学方法进行了精细定年。结果表明,雷州火山岩的喷发主要集中18万年前后。定年结果还表明,对于年轻样品,基于尼尔值计算的K-Ar年龄及40Ar/39Ar表观年龄偏老,等时线年龄相对较为可靠。对同一样品的斑晶、基质作斑晶-基质等时线计算,只有在斑晶基质满足同源条件时才有意义。本文首次提出,通过对比未照射样品的初始36Ar/38Ar值的均一性,以检验样品是否同源,确认斑晶-基质等时线年龄的可信度。据此,等时线的处理方法可以推广应用于特定区域内全部同源同时样品。     

流体包裹体40Ar/39Ar定年技术与应用

同位素地质年代学的各种定年方法都有其特定的测定对象（矿物或全岩）和适用范围,致使许多金属矿床难以进行年龄测定.为解决此难题,建立了流体包裹体40Ar/39Ar定年方法,经过30年的探索发展和不断改进完善,已广泛应用于热液矿床、变质岩和石英脉的形成年龄测定,甚至成功应用于松辽盆地深层天然气成藏年龄研究.在详细介绍流体包裹体提取技术和气体纯化技术的基础上,着重总结我们团队运用流体包裹体40Ar/39Ar定年技术在热液矿床和天然气藏形成年龄研究方面取得的重要成果,以及气体混合线的概念及其年龄意义.      

望天鹅火山喷发时限的激光40Ar/39Ar年代学

在中国东北地区,望天鹅火山的覆盖范围仅次于长白山,前人测得的K-Ar年龄主要集中在2～3Ma,但其精确的啧发年代一直没有很好的限定.这是因为第四纪以来的火山岩40 Ar/39 Ar定年与较老的地质样品有显著的不同,测试过程中极其微小的偏差会呈指数方式放大,带来测年结果的极大误差,难以严格限定火山喷发的年代.本文选用的激...     

40Ar39Ar studies of Precambrian cherts; an unsuccessful attempt to measure the time evolution of the atmospheric 40Ar/36Ar ratio

KAr isochron techniques can provide, in principle, an experimental reconstruction of the time evolution of the atmospheric ⁴⁰Ar/³⁶Ar ratio if minerals can be found which contain samples of argon from the ancient atmosphere and which have had a simple geologic history. Authigenic sedimentary minerals with low potassium content appear to be the best candidates. An experimental reconstruction of the evolution of the atmospheric ⁴⁰Ar/³⁶Ar ratio will serve as a test of various models for the chemical and thermal evolution of the Earth.⁴⁰Ar³⁹Ar studies of five chert samples from the Swaziland sequence and the Bulawayan and Gunflint Formations indicate that lower Precambrian cherts do not contain appreciable samples of the ancient atmospheric argon and have experienced complicated geologic histories. The chert sample from the Kromberg Formation contains excess ⁴⁰Ar. The other four samples yield age spectra which are complicated but which are interpretable in terms of geologically reasonable ages.The lack of evidence for argon loss in the chert data suggests that some cherts may prove to be datable sedimentary minerals.     

K-Ar和40Ar/39Ar定年数据质量评价与Q值提出

K-Ar和K-Ar/39Ar的定年测试质量的评价是正确运用测试结果的前提.过去的研究,多通过仪器测试的偏差和误差传递来评价测试结果可靠性和精度.MSWD和Probability的提出,给出测试的内外误差概念,因考虑了仪器和样品二者的匹配性而得到广泛应用.这也说明,影响K-Ar和40Ar/39 Ar的定年测试结果的因素可以是来自仪器设备,也可以来自样品自身的特性.本文由K-Ar和40 Ar/39 Ar的定年技术的原理、流程为出发点,通过对各个测试项的误差传递和对结果精度影响的数学方法评估,提出了影响测试精度的Q1和Q2参数,分别代表与样品有关的属性.Q1是样品钾含量、囚禁36 Ar的含量、以及样品40Ar/36Ar的初始比值的综合参数,是决定仪器测试中误差传递系数大小的重要影响因子.Q2是样品钾含量、囚禁36 Ar的含量、以及样品40 Ar/36 Ar的初始比值误差的综合参数,用来评价样品等时线年龄精度.在地质意义上,Q2是评价样品是否满足“同源、同时、封闭”特性的重要量化指标.根据这两个参数,可以判别测试数据质量优劣是源于测试仪器,还是样品属性.由Q1和Q2的分析可知,任何一项K-Ar和40Ar/39 Ar的定年测试都应该充分考虑仪器性能和样品属性,设计合理的测试流程是K-Ar和40 Ar/39 Ar的定年获得较高质量数据的关键.     

大别山商城——麻城断裂带的^40Ar—^39Ar年龄及其意义

商城－－麻城断裂带在大别山的构造格局中占有重要地位,但长期以来对其形成时代缺乏精细的测年研究,有鉴于此,我们采用断裂带糜棱岩中黑云母单矿物＾１０Ａｒ－＾３９Ａｒ年代学方法测定其变形时代。结果表明,商麻断裂带形成于２２６Ｍａ左右,是扬子和华北两大板块碰撞后期的产物,是一条垂直于造山带走向的横向平移断层。在商麻断裂带的转换调节下,其两侧地块发生差异位移、抬升和相对旋转,导致东西两侧的超高压岩石的折返出