Neoproterozoic Taymyr Ophiolitic Belts and Opening of the Paleo-Pacific Ocean

The Taymyr Neoproterozoic ophiolites are located within the Precambrian accretionary belt, which occurs between the Siberian continent and the Kara continental block. Petrological-geochemical studies suggest that the formation of ophiolites reflects an ensimatic marginal-sea geodynamic environment. Zircon U-Pb dating and Sm-Nd isotopic study suggest a Neoproterozoic age for the plagiogranite from the Chelyuskin ophiolite belt. We regard the zircon U-Pb age (740 Ma) as the upper age boundary for the formation of the ophiolites and the Sm-Nd model age (850 to 785 Ma) as its lower boundary. Data on Sm-Nd, Rb-Sr, Ar-Ar, and K-Ar isotopic systems in garnet amphibolites from the Stanovoy ophiolite belt allowed us to establish the age interval of their metamorphism, ～600 Ma, as the time of obduction of ophiolites and the entire accretionary belt onto the Siberian craton margin. Age data on island-arc volcanics and plagiogranites as well as diabase dikes and sills, traced from the Canadian Cordillera through the Yukon and Franklin belts of North America and further through the Alaska-Chukchi block to Taymyr, may be indicative of the opening of the northern Paleo-Pacific at ～800 Ma.     

Central Taimyr accretionary belt (Arctic Asia): Meso–Neoproterozoic tectonic evolution and Rodinia breakup

The structure and tectonic position of the Neoproterozoic Central Taimyr accretionary belt of northwestern Siberia is dominated by the Faddey and Mamont-Shrenk granite-gneiss terranes, ophiolites, and back-arc volcanic rocks. Granites in the granite-gneiss terranes are S-type and formed between 900 and 850 Ma from 1.9 to 1.8 Ga continental crust. U–Pb and Sm–Nd isotopic studies show that the plagiogranites of the Chelyuskin ophiolite belt formed between 850 and 740 Ma. The ophiolite complex was metamorphosed to garnet amphibolite grade around 600 Ma, which is considered to be when the accretionary belt was obducted onto the Siberian continent. Comparison of principal structures of the Central Taimyr accretionary belt with similar structures in Arctic countries permits definition of the principal stages of the Neoproterozoic destruction of the supercontinent Rodinia, in the Arctic region.     

内蒙古温都尔庙群变质基性火山岩Sm-Nd、Rb-Sr同位素年代研究

温都尔庙群主要分布在内蒙古温都尔庙地区,该套地层是白乃庙-温都尔庙构造岩浆带的重要组成部分。长期以来,由于缺少古生物化石和可信的年龄数据,一般认为温都尔庙群属早古生代。本文对温都尔庙群变基性火山岩进行了Sm-Nd和Rb-Sr同位素研究,5件变基性火山岩全岩样品Sm-Nd和Rb-Sr等时线年龄分别为961±66Ma和624±110Ma,并对其形成时代和成因提出了一些新看法。     

苏鲁造山带东北端石榴辉石麻粒岩的Sm-Nd同位素年代学及其大地构造含义

 大量含石榴石的基性麻粒岩透镜体出露于苏鲁变质带的北部及邻近地区,它们可能是再变质的高压变质岩石。在详细的岩相学研究的基础上,确定采自莱西和文登的样品WD01、WD04、ML06 是由高压麻粒岩经中-高压麻粒岩相再变质形成的,而采自威海的样品WH1 是由柯石英榴辉岩经中-高压麻粒岩相再变质形成的。Sm-Nd 同位素年代学研究也证实了二者的重大差别。3 个高压麻粒岩样品的矿物-全岩内部等时线年龄分别是1 846+ /-76Ma,1 743+ /-79Ma 和1 752+ /-30Ma,TDM 模式年龄是3.3Ga,3.0Ga 和2.8Ga.上述数据说明原岩形成在太古宙,而1 800Ma 是麻粒岩相降压变质事件的记录,这与华北克拉通前寒武纪高压麻粒岩的年代学一致。威海样品的Sm-Nd 同位素特征则完全不同。矿物和全岩形不成等时线,表现出它们之间的同位素不平衡。ε_Nd(0)值高达+ 127,TDM 模式年龄是1.3Ga.这与Jahn(1994,1996)对威海同类样品的测定结果相同。可以推测威海样品的原岩是元古宙岩石,在后来复杂的变质过程中,在水岩相互作用和岩浆及重熔作用的影响下,同位素系统发生重大变化。同位素年代学为苏鲁变质带和华北克拉通的界限是昆嵛山岩浆-变质杂岩带提供了依据。     

内蒙古苏左旗南部早古生代蛇绿混杂岩特征及其构造意义

内蒙古苏左旗南部温都尔庙群由早元古代宝音图群(1910Ma),中、新元古代温都尔庙群(1511Ma,825Ma)和早古生代乌勒图-乌兰呼都格-查干乌拉蛇绿混杂岩(409Ma)组成。出露于乌勒图-乌兰呼都格-查干乌拉地区的乌勒图蛇绿混杂岩是由层位不全的,肢解了的蛇绿岩经构造混杂而成。其基质主要为绢云绿泥石英片岩、变质凝灰质砂岩,局部为绿泥片岩。岩块成分复杂,大小不一,形态各异,杂乱分布,主要岩石类型为白云岩、硅质岩、超基性岩、基性火山岩、灰岩。蛇绿混杂岩岩石化学分析表明,超基性岩MgO/FeO^*比值在8-13,MgO/(MgO+ FeO^*)比值在0.85-0.87 之间,与世界大多数变质橄榄岩相同。基性火山岩具大洋拉斑玄武岩特征,常量元素和稀土元素显示陆间洋盆性质。蛇绿混杂岩被晚泥盆世色日巴彦敖包组地层不整合覆盖,前者所含超基性岩块Sm-Nd 同位素等时线年龄为409Ma,表明其形成于中、晚志留世,于晚泥盆世前发生构造侵位。     

湖北省随州三里岗地区二长花岗岩Rb-Sr、40Ar/39Ar同位素年龄

三里岗二长花岗岩与花山蛇绿混杂岩中的基性火山岩呈侵入接触关系,其年龄的确定可解决花山蛇绿混杂岩中基性岩形成年龄的上限问题. 本文对三里岗二长花岗岩分别进行了Sm、Nd同位素研究及Rb-Sr、40Ar/39Ar同位素年龄测定.3个全岩样品的Nd模式年龄平均值为1 064±105 Ma;12个全岩样品的Rb-Sr等时线年龄为422±53(2σ)Ma;二长花岗岩中所含角闪石矿物的40Ar/39Ar坪年龄为141.4±0.3 Ma,等时线年龄为142±2 Ma.这些结果暗示了花山蛇绿混杂岩中基性火山岩的形成年龄不可能晚于422 Ma.     

华中榴辉岩带地球化学和年代学研究

根据地质产状，华中高压超高压变质带中的榴辉岩可划分为与超基性岩伴生的P类和与片麻岩、斜长角闪岩等伴生的G类。它们具有不同的地球化学特征，但均为大洋基性火成岩经复杂成分演化作用的产物。全岩-矿物Sm－Nd和颗粒锆石207Pb-206Pb年代学研究表明，超高压变质作用很可能发生在加里东期（480Ma）；而印支期（265Ma）则可能是超高压变质岩的后期高压退变质改造阶段。     

苏鲁造山带东北端石榴辉石麻粒岩的Sm-Nd同位素年代学及其大地构造含义

大量含石榴石的基性麻粒岩透镜体出露于苏鲁变质带的北部及邻近地区,它们可能是再变质的高压变质岩石。在详细的岩相学研究的基础上,确定采自莱西和文登的样品WD01、WD04、ML06 是由高压麻粒岩经中-高压麻粒岩相再变质形成的,而采自威海的样品WH1 是由柯石英榴辉岩经中-高压麻粒岩相再变质形成的。Sm-Nd 同位素年代学研究也证实了二者的重大差别。3 个高压麻粒岩样品的矿物-全岩内部等时线年龄分别是1 846+ /-76Ma,1 743+ /-79Ma 和1 752+ /-30Ma,TDM 模式年龄是3.3Ga,3.0Ga 和2.8Ga.上述数据说明原岩形成在太古宙,而1 800Ma 是麻粒岩相降压变质事件的记录,这与华北克拉通前寒武纪高压麻粒岩的年代学一致。威海样品的Sm-Nd 同位素特征则完全不同。矿物和全岩形不成等时线,表现出它们之间的同位素不平衡。ε_Nd(0)值高达+ 127,TDM 模式年龄是1.3Ga.这与Jahn(1994,1996)对威海同类样品的测定结果相同。可以推测威海样品的原岩是元古宙岩石,在后来复杂的变质过程中,在水岩相互作用和岩浆及重熔作用的影响下,同位素系统发生重大变化。同位素年代学为苏鲁变质带和华北克拉通的界限是昆嵛山岩浆-变质杂岩带提供了依据。     

U-Pb zircon and Sm—Nd geochronology of mafic and ultramafic rocks from the central part of the Tauern Window (eastern Alps)

Geochronological and geochemical analyses were carried out in order to identify the pre-Variscan basement of the Tauern Window (eastern Alps). Maficultramafic rocks from the central part of the Tauern window have been studied by REE-analysis and U-Pb and Sm-Nd isotopic analyses on whole rock, zircons, garnets and sphene. U-Pb and Sm—Nd zircon dating define both magmatic Pan-African and Cambro-Ordovician events from 650 Ma to 486 Ma within the Alpine fold belt. This indicates a time span of 150 Ma for magmatic activities in the Tauern Window of the eastern Alps. The ages of 657 Ma (U-Pb zircon) and 644 (Sm—Nd zireon) obtained from an amphibolite are the oldest dates of the Eastern Alps; they may be related to the Pan-African orogeny, and imply an early cycle of magmatic intrusion before major activity started at around 500 Ma. Sm-Nd whole rock analyses of the Precambrian rocks do not define an isochron, reflecting heterogenities within the mantle source. The initial _Nd values (+1.2 to +4.7) are very low, implying an enrichment of the magma source. The second main phase of magmatic activity (539 486 Ma) is characterized by the emplacement of mafic/ultramafic rock sequences. As no ophiolitic relies are observed in these domains, the Early Paleozoic magmatism was likely associated with extensional tectonics. Obtained ages of 301±3 and 314+4/-3 Ma point to a Variscan metamorphism. The first combined U-Pb zircon/Sm—Nd zircon data for an amphibolite from the Basal Amphibolite Formation (BAF) favoured the Sm-Nd zircon isochron age as a magmatic age, whereas the low initial _Nd value point to an enriched magma source as well as to heterogenities within the magma source. The obtained ages suggest that parts of the pre-Variscan basement within the Alpine fold belt were formed during the Pan-Africa cycle. The detection of Pre-Variscan ages within the Alpine basement must reffect a complex history involving significant pre-Variscan activity.     

The Origin of the Proterozoic Bidjovagge Gold-Copper Deposit, Finnmark, Northern Norway, as Deduced from Rare Earth Element and Nd Isotopic Evidences on Calcites

Abstract: The Bidjovagge gold-copper deposit, northern Norway occurs in the lower Proterozoic Kautokeino greenstone belt, and consists of ten ore bodies in albite felsite, graphite schist and meta-diabase sills, along with a series of syenodiorite dykes. Calcite is one of the most important gangue minerals occurring within the ore veins. The early primary calcite samples from A, C and D ore bodies (copper–rich) show almost flat chondrite-normalised REE curves, and slightly positive Eu anomalies. A Sm-Nd isotope age of 1858 ± 72 Ma (2ρ) has been given based on fifteen primary calcite samples. The Sm-Nd age of calcite is in well agreement with previously published U-Pb davidite age of 1885 ±18 Ma (2ρ) and Sm-Nd davidite age of 1886 ± 88 Ma (2ρ). All these isotopic age data indicate that the gold-copper mineralisation may occur during or slightly after the peak of the Svecokarelian orogeny. Two late primary calcite samples from C and D ore bodies have flat chondrite-normalised LREE curves, positive HREE curves, and negative Eu anomalies. In contrast, most of the early primary calcite samples from B ore body (gold–rich) show an overall negative chondrite-normalised REE slope and negative Eu anomalies. Sm-Nd data on seven primary calcite samples from the B ore body are relatively scattered, and gave an isochrone age of 1809 ± 150 Ma (2ρ), identical to the age of the calcite samples from A, C and D ore bodies. Two late primary calcite samples from the B ore body have almost flat chondrite-normalised REE slope and negative Eu anomalies. REE patterns and eNd (T) values of calcites suggest that the ore fluids for the calcites from the A, C and D ore bodies derived their metals from mafic igneous rocks (diabase sills). For the secondary calcites from the C ore body, their relative high initial Nd (T) values at 1858 Ma imply that much more radiogenic Nd-component were incorporated during calcite crystallisation when another ore fluid emplaced. Combined Nd isotope data and REE geochemical features suggest that the isotopically more evolved source such as albite felsite and syn-genetic high level syenodiorite dykes were probably metal source for these calcites in the B ore body. Three samples of secondary calcite from the B ore body, which obviously deviated from 1809 Ma isochron are easily explained as products of post-ore hydrothermal events.     

西秦岭大水金矿的花岗岩成矿作用特征

西秦岭大水金矿是西秦岭造山带南缘三叠系浅海相碳酸盐岩中新近发现的一类独特的特大型金矿床。矿区侵入岩属花岗岩大类 ,δ <4,ASI >1,属中性—中偏基性过铝质钙碱系列岩石 ,具深源浅成的特征。岩石化学成分δ τ图解以及稀土元素的w(Rb) w (Yb +Nb)和w(Rb) w(Yb +Ta)图解显示其属造山带同碰撞构造环境。金矿石的碳、氢、氧、硅同位素测试结果显示成矿物质来源于深部。矿石为轻稀土富集型 ,配分模式与岩浆岩接近。全岩K Ar同位素年龄表明格尔括合岩体为 190 0～ 190 5Ma ,矿化脉岩为 182 6～ 184 7Ma ,说明成岩与成矿具同源性但主成矿期滞后于脉岩的形成。花岗岩的成矿作用主要体现为 :( 1)沟通深部矿源场和成矿场 ;( 2 )岩浆高热能和岩浆水参与成矿流体的循环 ;( 3)花岗岩的就位机制为“气球膨胀”式 ,并通过就位扩容压缩围岩产生的张性断裂构造控制金矿体的产出。     

Late Archean magmatic complexes of the Azov terrane,Ukrainian Shield: Geological setting,isotopic age,and sources of material

Geochemical, isotopic-geochemical, and geochronological information was obtained on magmatic rocks from the Saltychan anticlinorium in the Azov domain of the Ukrainian Shield. The rocks affiliate with the calc-alkaline series and a high-Mg series. The rocks of these series notably differ in concentrations of trace elements and REE and range from gabbro to granodiorite-quartz diorite in composition. The NORDSIM ionprobe U-Pb zircons ages of rocks belonging to the Obitochnen Complex and having both elevated and normal mg# correspond to 2908–2940 Ma. The Osipenkovskaya intrusion has an age of 2855 ± 19 Ma. The most alkaline North Obitochnen intrusion was emplaced in the Proterozoic, at 2074 ± 11 Ma. The age of the amphibolite metamorphism of the host gneisses is reliably dated at 3120–3000 Ma. The model Sm-Nd ages of the intrusive rocks do not exceed 3150 Ma. According to geochemical evidence, the parental melts of the magmatic rocks were derived from mantle domains variably enriched in lithophile elements. The results obtained by studying the Sm-Nd isotopic system corroborate the conclusion drawn from geochemical evidence that most of the melts were derived from the mildly enriched mantle, practically without involvement of ancient crustal material. The mantle became enriched in LREE at approximately 3000 Ma, which corresponds to the age of metamorphism of the supracrustal rocks. This process was separated from the derivation of the melts by a time span of 70–80 Ma. The relative age of the intrusive rocks and their variable composition can be most adequately explained by a contribution of heat and material from a plume to the derivation of the parental melts of these rocks.     

中国中部蓝片岩的形成时代

报道了皖中张八岭群中蓝片岩的⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar年龄为245.1±0.5Ma。该年龄与扬子陆块北缘的其它高压变质岩及高压变质矿物的年龄一致,说明中国中部蓝片岩带与榴辉岩带一样形成于三叠纪。动力学分析表明,Sr同位素在干的高压变质过程中均一化尺度很小(<1m),因此该带含蓝片岩地层的元古代Rb-Sr全岩等时线年龄指示的是它经历的第1次区域变质时代,不是后来发生的高压变质时代。此外,还对榴辉岩K-Ar年龄与Sm-Nd年龄的矛盾问题进行了讨论。     

秦岭佛坪变质结晶岩系年龄和物质组成特征——SHRIMP锆英石U-Pb年代学和全岩Sm-Nd年代学数据

秦岭是长期多阶段发展的复杂大陆碰撞造山带。本文报道了位于造山带中部佛坪变质结晶杂岩系的SHRIMP锆英石U-Pb年龄和全岩Sm-Nd年龄同位素分析结果。变质岩SHRIMP锆英石U-Pb年龄十分复杂，除有少量太古宇形成的锆英石外，还存在大量元古宇至显生宇的锆英石。并在2000Ma，1200Ma，800Ma，400Ma，200Ma左右形成峰期。片麻岩Nd模式年龄tDM 1372～2081Ma。佛坪变质结晶岩系主体可能形成于古元古代，年龄2000Ma左右。在后期强烈地质作用中有少量地幔物质加入。岩系形成于新太古代的意见笔者没有得到证实。秦岭造山带中部可能存在或存在过太古宙结晶基底岩石。     

赣中存在中元古代变质基底的岩石地球化学证据及其地质意义

对江西乐安相山地区产出在石榴黑云母片岩内、原岩为拉班玄武质火山岩的斜长角闪岩进行了Sm-Nd同位素组成测定,获得Sm-Nd全岩等时线年龄为1113±49 Ma,结合弋阳梅树湾斜长角闪岩及余江马荃斜长角闪岩的同位素定年结果(1159±69 Ma,Sm-Nd; 1190±19Ma, U-Pb) 确认赣中变质岩带原岩属中元古代地层。采用微量元素地球化学比值模糊聚类分析方法对浙西陈蔡群、震旦系及赣中变质岩和震旦系地层进行对比,结合斜长角闪岩Pb-Nd同位素地球化学特征研究,确认赣中变质岩系与陈蔡群相当,从而为赣中变质岩归属于华夏地块变质基底提供了重要佐证。根据崇仁-临川-东乡晚白垩纪断陷红盆两侧深部地球物理重力场、磁场及地层和岩浆岩分布特征的对比,推断遂川深断裂为华夏地块在江西省境内的西北段边界。     

鞍山地区太古代岩石同位素地质年代学研究

鞍山本溪地区太古代变质岩可分为三套,即含铁的表壳岩建造、侵入于铁建造中的花岗质片麻岩和铁架山奥长花岗质-花岗质片麻岩,后者为表壳岩的基底。原划为上鞍山群樱桃园组(齐大山矿带)和山城子组(歪头山-北台矿带)的斜长角闪岩分别获得2729Ma和2724Ma的Sm-Nd等时线年龄。这就为有争议的鞍本地区铁建造属于同一时代提供了依据,并讨论了表壳岩中的变质沉积岩以及铁架山基底片麻岩的同位素年代。     

Isotopic-geochronological systems in metamorphic rocks: Pon’goma Island,Belomorian mobile belt

Several isotopic methods (U-Pb, Sm-Nd, Rb-Sr, and K-Ar) were applied to different rock-forming and accessory minerals to decipher the chronology of events in a separate segment of the Belomorian mobile belt. Enderbites intruded supracrustal rocks at 2.73 Ga and granodiorites were emplaced at 2.41 Ga. Immediately afterwrads, a permeable schistosity zone was formed along the enderbite-granodiorite contact. Isotopic data indicate that this zone served as a pathway for heat and fluid. The retrograde stage of regional metamorphism and subsequent cooling continued from 1.89 Ga till ～ 1.46 Ga.The cooling rate of the Pon’goma Island rocks is similar to that of other Precambrian complexes and amounted to ～1.5⁰/Ma, which is consistent with previous data on the northern segment of the Belomorian belt. Based on isotopic geochronological data, two tectonometamorphic scenarios can be proposed for the evolution of the Belomorian belt. The first scenario suggests long-term regional metamorphism, i.e., lengthy residence of the Archean and Lower Proterozoic rocks at a significant depth and high temperatures. Geochronological data for different systems (U-Pb, Sm-Nd, Rb-Sr, and K-Ar) suggest Caledonian hydrothermal cryptometamorphic processes. However the rocks of this age are absent from the study area.     

Elemental geochemistry and Nd isotopic characteristics of the metasedimentary rocks from the metamorphic belt in central Jiangxi： Provenance and tectonically environmental constraints

The metamorphic belt in central Jiangxi, located in the compound terrain within the Cathaysia, Yangtze Block and Caledonian fold zone of South China, is composed dominantly of meta-argillo-arenaceous rocks, with minor amphibolite. These rocks underwent amphibolite-facies metamorphism. The meta-argillo-arenaceous rocks show large variations in major element composition, but have similar REE patterns and trace element composition, incompatible element and LIE enrichments [ high Th/Sc (0.57-3.59) , La/Sc ( 1.46 - 12.4), La/Yb (5.84 - 19.0) ] and variable Th/U ratios, with ∑REE = 129-296μg/g, δEu =0.51 -0.86, and (La/Yb)N = 3.95 -12.9. The Nd isotopic model ages tDM of these rocks vary from 1597 to 2124 Ma. Their 143 Nd/144 Nd values are low [εNd (0) = - 11.4 to -- 15.8]. Some conclusions have been drawn as follows: (1) The metamorphic rocks in central Jiangxi Province are likely formed in a tectonic environment at the passive continental margin of the Cathaysia massif. (2) The metamorphosed argillo-arenaceous rocks are composed dominantly of upper crustal-source rocks (Al- and Krich granitic or/and sedimentary rocks of Early Proterozoic), which experienced good sorting, slow deposition and more intense chemical weathering. (3) According to the whole-rock Sm-Nd isochron ages (1113±49 to 1199 ± 26 Ma) of plagioclase-amphibole (schist) and Nd isotopic model age tDM ( 1597 - 2124Ma) of meta-argillo-arenaceous rocks, the metamorphic belt in central Jiangxi Province was formed during the Middle Proterozoic ( 1100 - 1600 Ma).     

藏东南雅鲁藏布蛇绿混杂岩带的物质组成及形成环境

雅鲁藏布蛇绿混杂岩带位于藏东南南迦巴瓦峰地区(喜马拉雅东构造结),呈弧形大致沿雅鲁藏布江分布,出露宽度2～10km。带内岩石变质、变形强烈,按产状可分为两大类:基质和岩块(片)。岩块(片)包括蛇绿岩套中的超镁铁岩、辉绿岩墙和辉长岩,石英(片)岩,大理岩和两侧老基底片麻岩等。岩块(片)大小不一,大的延伸可>50km,小的仅约0.5m;基质是塑性变形十分强烈的绢云母石英片岩、二云母石英片岩、绿片岩等岩石组合。变质玄武岩岩石地球化学特征表明,该蛇绿混杂岩带可能由形成环境不同的“碎片”组成,包括弧前扩张带、岛弧、弧后盆地及洋岛等环境,是典型的消减带环境的蛇绿岩(SSZ)。初步的同位素年代学测试结果,说明蛇绿岩可能在200Ma前形成,比原认为距今110～120Ma要早得多,这一结果与该带其它地段的研究成果相似。     

西藏崩纳藏布和甲岗雪山地区花岗岩的地球化学特征及成因初探

西藏申扎县崩纳藏布和甲岗雪山两个地区出露的岩浆岩体一直被认为是两个较大的花岗岩基，但实际地质调查表明，这两个岩体中的每一个都可以分解为多个不同岩性的小岩体，K—Ar同位素年龄表明，这些岩体主要形成于燕山晚期(90．55Ma-114．67Ma)和喜山早期(58．75Ma)。对其中部分岩体开展的微量元素、稀土元素以及Rb—Sr和Sm—Nd同位素的地球化学初步研究表明，两地出露的花岗岩体虽然形成于不同时代，但具有相同的以壳幔混合带为主的源区。另一方面．痕量元素的含量及同位素的组成特征也同时表明了形成于不同时期的岩体具有含量、配分、趋势变化等方面的差异，反映其具体的成因和分异演化过程并不相同。