Late Cambrian-Ordovician tectonics and geodynamics of Central Asia

In the Late Cambrian-Ordovician, Gondwana-derived microcontinents such as Kokchetav, Altai-Mongolian, Tuva-Mongolian, and Barguzin, as well as the Kazakhstan-Tuva-Mongolian island arc or a system of island arcs were involved in intense accretion-collision processes in similar geodynamic settings on a vast territory of Central Asia — from West Kazakhstan to Lake Baikal. The processes were likely to be the result of a large rebuilding of the Earth’s crust possibly related to the increased mantle impact on the lithosphere as they were simultaneous to the opening of the Uralian and Mongolian-Okhotsk (Turkestan) Oceans. The 970–850 Ma breakup of Rodinia and the 760–700 Ma important tectonic events were followed by the Late Cambrian-Early Ordovician plume magmatism impulse at 500–480 Ma, which led to the opening of new oceans and accelerated the accretion of the Gondwana-derived blocks to the island arc and subsequent formation of an extended — more than 6000 km long — Kazakhstan-Baikal orogenic belt.     

Opening and Tectonic Evolution of the Paleo-Asian Ocean

The Paleo-Asian ocean is defined by units located between the Russian (East European), Siberian, Tarim, and Sino-Korean (North China) continents. The study of the composition, age, and structural position of island-arc magmatic rocks, ophiolites, and high-pressure meta-morphic assemblages and their mutual correlations made it possible to identify similarities and differences in the evolution of the Paleo-Asian and Paleo-Pacific oceans. The initial stage of the evolution of the Paleo-Asian ocean defined its opening at 900 Ma, whereas opening of the Paleo-Pacific took place at 750 to 700 Ma. Closing of the Paleo-Asian ocean in the Carboniferous (NE branch) and the Permian corresponds to the main stage of reorganization and reopening of the Paleo-Pacific.

The maximal opening of the Paleo-Asian ocean occurred after or simultaneously with the first accretion-collision event at 600 to 700 Ma, resulting from the collision of microcontinents and the Siberian continent. Vendian-Early Cambrian boninite-bearing island-arc complexes occur as lavas, sheeted dikes, and sill-dikes associated with gabbro-pyroxenites and ultramafics. These complexes are widely distributed in the Gornyy Altay, East Sayan, and West Mongolian regions and can be considered fragments of a giant boninite-bearing belt.

In the late Early Cambrian, collision of seamounts with an island arc caused the squeezing of the subduction zone and return flows within the accretionary wedge. Serpentinite melange within fragments of ophiolites and high-pressure rocks are typical components of the Late Paleozoic accretionary wedges. Because of Middle Cambrian-Early Ordovician collisional events, two new oceans (Junggar-Irtysh-Kazakhstan and Uralian-South Tien Shan-South Mongolian) were formed. The junction of both oceans in East Mongolia opened to the Paleo-Pacific.     

Composition,sources, and mechanisms of formation of the continental crust of the Lake zone of the Central Asian Caledonides. II. Geochemical and Nd isotope data

Part II of this paper reports geochemical and Nd isotope characteristics of the volcanogenic and siliceous-terrigenous complexes of the Lake zone of the Central Asian Caledonides and associating granitoids of various ages. Geological, geochronological, geochemical, and isotopic data were synthesized with application to the problems of the sources and main mechanisms of continental crust formation and evolution for the Caledonides of the Central Asian orogenic belt. It was found that the juvenile sialic crust of the Lake zone was formed during the Vendian-Cambrian (approximately 570–490 Ma) in an environment of intraoceanic island arcs and oceanic islands from depleted mantle sources with the entrainment of sedimentary crustal materials into subduction zones and owing to the accretion processes of the amalgamation of paleoceanic and island arc complexes and Precambrian microcontinents, which terminated by ∼490 Ma. The source of primary melts for the low-Ti basalts, andesites, and dacites of the Lake zone ophiolites and island arc complexes was mainly the depleted mantle wedge above a subduction zone. In addition, an enriched plume source contributed to the genesis of the high-Ti basalts and gabbroids of oceanic plateaus. The source of terrigenous rocks associating with the volcanics was composed of materials similar in composition to the country rocks at a minor and varying role of ancient crustal materials introduced into the ocean basin owing to the erosion of Precambrian microcontinents. The sedimentary rocks of the accretionary prism were derived by the erosion of mainly juvenile island arc sources with a minor contribution of rocks of the mature continental crust. The island arc and accretion stages of the development of the Lake zone (∼540–590 Ma) were accompanied by the development of high- and low-alumina sodic granitoids through the melting at various depths of depleted mantle reservoirs (metabasites of a subducted oceanic slab and a mantle wedge) and at the base of the island arc at the subordinate role of ancient crustal rocks. The melts of the postaccretion granitoids of the Central Asian Caledonides were derived mainly from the rocks of the juvenile Caledonian crust at an increasing input of an ancient crustal component owing to the tectonic mixing of the rocks of ophiolitic and island arc complexes and microcontinents. The obtained results indicate that the Vendian-Early Paleozoic stage of the evolution of the Central Asian orogenic belt was characterized by the extensive growth of juvenile continental crust and allow us to distinguish a corresponding stage of juvenile crust formation.     

内蒙古温都尔庙和巴彦敖包-交其尔蛇绿岩的元素与同位素地球化学：对古亚洲洋东部地幔域特征的限制

内蒙古中部发育的三条蛇绿岩带是华北板块和西伯利亚板块之间的缝合带。本文系统研究了其中的温都尔庙和巴彦敖包-交其尔两个蛇绿岩带中变质玄武岩的元素和 Sr、Nd、Pb 同位素地球化学。苏右旗温都尔庙碱性玄武岩为轻稀土富集型;岩石具有板内和大陆裂谷区玄武岩的特征,可能代表了600Ma 左右,温都尔庙地区开始发育的新洋盆。采自苏左旗的巴彦敖包-交其尔玄武岩分为两类,一类呈现轻稀土富集型,呈洋岛玄武岩特征;另一类具有明显的 Nb、Ta 负异常,显示大洋岛弧玄武岩特征,洋岛玄武岩的存在表明古亚洲洋曾经发育洋盆,大洋岛弧玄武岩的存在表明古亚洲洋内部有大洋岩石圈之间的俯冲。将本文的古亚洲洋洋岛玄武岩与中国西南地区的特提斯洋岛玄武岩进行系统的元素和同位素地球化学特征对比表明,古亚洲洋的洋岛玄武岩显示高 U/Pb(HU)和北大西洋和太平洋省的特征,而特提斯洋岛玄武岩属于印度洋省。这些说明古亚洲洋地幔域与特提斯地幔域是两个独立的构造域,它们代表了长期演化的两个不同的地幔地球化学域。     

Geochemical evolution of intraplate magmatism in the Paleo-Asian Ocean from the Late Neoproterozoic to the Early Cambrian

A group of oceanic islands and/or seamounts (hereafter, paleoseamounts) was produced by oceanic hot-spot magmatism in the Late Proterozoic-Early Cambrian in the southwestern margin of the Paleo-Asian Ocean. They were accreted to the Kuznetsk-Altai island arc in the Late Cambrian and were subsequently incorporated during the closing of the paleocean into the accretionary complexes of the western part of the Altai-Sayan area (southwestern Siberia, Russia). The major-and trace-element compositions and Sr and Nd isotopic systematics of pillow lavas and basalt flows from the Kurai (600 Ma) and Katun’ (550–530 Ma) paleoseamounts of Gorny Altai characterize the evolution of Hawaiian-type magmatism in the Paleo-Asian Ocean during that period. The obtained data show a significant change in lava composition between 600 and 550–530 Ma. The tholeiitic basalts of the Kurai Paleoseamount (600 Ma) from the southern part of Gorny Altai have lower incompatible element contents and higher ¹⁴⁷Sm/¹⁴⁴Nd values compared with the younger tholeiitic and alkali basalts of the Katun’ Paleoseamount (550–530 Ma), whose rocks are exposed in northern Gorny Altai. The trace-element compositions of the Katun’ lavas are similar to those of the Hawaiian tholeiites, and their ¹⁴⁷Sm/¹⁴⁴Nd ratios are lower than those of the Kurai basalts. It was suggested that the older Kurai Paleoseamount was formed above a thinner oceanic lithosphere, i.e., closer to a paleospreading axis compared with the younger Katun’ Paleoseamount. The observed temporal variations in the chemical and isotopic characteristics of lavas are probably related to differences in the degree of melting of the heterogeneous mantle owing to the different thickness of the oceanic lithosphere above which the Kurai and Katun’ paleoseamounts were formed. During the Ediacaran, a plume developed beneath the younger and, consequently, thinner lithosphere of the Paleo-Asian Ocean. The higher degree of melting in the mantle column resulted in a more considerable contribution from the refractory depleted material of the upper mantle. After 50–70 Ma, i.e., in the Early Cambrian, the plume affected a thicker lithosphere, its mantle column became shorter, and the degree of melting was lower. Owing to this, the basaltic melt was more contributed by incompatible element enriched less refractory material of the lower mantle.     

准噶尔—天山—北山蛇绿岩:对中亚造山带西南缘洋陆格局演化的制约

准噶尔、天山和北山52个蛇绿岩的地质特征、地球化学性质和同位素年代学资料系统集成研究表明它们可以分为14条蛇绿(混杂)岩带。绝大多数蛇绿岩呈"岩块+基质"的混杂岩型式沿重要断裂带(构造线)线状分布,少数蛇绿岩以构造岩片叠置方式面状产出。混杂岩的基质有蛇纹岩(碳酸盐化蛇纹岩)和糜棱岩化细碎屑岩两类,岩块既有地幔橄榄岩、基性杂岩和基性火山岩等蛇绿岩组分,也有其它非蛇绿岩组分岩石。堆晶岩出露局限,典型席状岩墙群没有发育。这些蛇绿岩可归类为SSZ(Supra-Subduction Zone)和MORB(Mid-Ocean Ridge)两种类型,前者玄武岩具大离子亲石元素(LILE)富集和高场强元素(HFS)亏损特征,后者不显示该特点;洋岛玄武岩(OIB)既可出现在SSZ型蛇绿混杂岩中,也可为MORB型的组成部分;SSZ型蛇绿混杂岩辉长岩和玄武岩比MORB型具有相对更富集的Sr-Nd同位素组成,但部分形成于弧后(间)盆地的SSZ型蛇绿岩与MORB型一致,具有近亏损地幔的Sr-Nd同位素组成。已确认的最老蛇绿岩为西准噶尔572 Ma玛依勒,次之为北山542~527 Ma月牙山—洗肠井和西准噶尔531 Ma唐巴勒,最年轻蛇绿岩为325 Ma北天山巴音沟和321 Ma北山芨芨台子。根据蛇绿岩证据,结合近年来中亚造山带古地磁、岩浆岩、高压—超高压变质岩和构造地质方面的进展,可以推断埃迪卡拉纪末期—早寒武世,古亚洲洋已达到一定规模宽度,发育洋岛和洋内弧;早古生代时期,多岛洋格局发育至鼎盛期,一系列弧地体分别归属哈萨克斯坦微陆块周缘的科克切塔夫—天山—北山线性弧、成吉思弧、巴尔喀什—西准噶尔弧体系和西伯利亚南部大陆边缘弧体系;晚古生代时期,古亚洲洋于石炭纪末期闭合,增生杂岩和弧地体组成哈萨克斯坦拼贴体系和蒙古拼贴体系两个巨型山弯构造。     

西天山乔霍特铜矿成矿背景与矿床成因探讨

本文对西天山乔霍特铜矿的围岩火山岩、矿化火山岩和矿石的主、微量元素、Sr-Nd同位素地球化学特征进行了详细研究,并对呈小岩株状侵入到火山岩地层中的辉绿岩进行了单颗粒锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb精确定年.研究表明,围岩火山岩为形成于岛弧区弧后拉张环境中的钙碱性火山岩,系受俯冲带中流体交代的地幔源区通过岩浆结晶分异而来,乔霍特铜矿成矿物质与围岩火山岩具有相同的物质来源.辉绿岩单颗粒锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb定年获得281.0±1.9Ma年龄,结合前人研究成果,我们认为:奥陶纪或更早时期,南天山洋向北侧中天山地体下俯冲,在乔霍特地区形成岛弧带,奥陶纪晚期(约450Ma)具Ⅰ型花岗岩性质的岩浆侵位,形成了出露于矿区南侧的花岗闪长岩体;中-晚志留世(约430Ma),在浅海相岛弧区弧后盆地中火山喷发形成了巴音布鲁克组火山岩,与火山岩同期的火山喷流-沉积作用形成了乔霍特铜矿初始矿源层;志留纪后,南天山洋持续向北俯冲,于石炭纪末最终闭合,大洋岛弧火山与中天山古老陆块碰撞拼接,281Ma的辉绿岩呈小岩株状侵入到围岩火山岩地层中,初始矿体伴随南天山洋的持续俯冲及西天山增生造山作用受到了强烈的构造叠加改造,最终形成了空间上呈近东西向成群、成带与主控矿断裂近平行展布的矿体.乔霍特铜矿系发育于造山带中的VMS型矿床,应属火山喷流沉积+后期构造热液叠加改造型铜矿,是南天山洋俯冲、闭合及西天山增生造山综合作用的结果.     

桐柏-大别-苏鲁UHP和HP变质带的结构及流变学演化

在岩石圈流变学基本原理指导下，运用现代构造解析学方法，在不同尺度上差别和分析了桐柏－大别－苏鲁UHP和HP变质带内深俯冲，同碰撞构造及UHP和HP岩石折返过程中的变形特征，重点讨论同碰撞形成的高角度网结状榴辉岩切带阵列，高角闪岩相剪切及有关变形组合以及碰撞期后伸展韧性薄化变形样式，强调指出不同地壳层次和物理条件下变形分解作用的重要性，而且，在UHP和HP变质带内最有效的应变体制是剪切作用，并在三维空间上形成不同格式的剪切带网状系统，以构造学记录为主线，结合已有可利用的岩石学，变质作用pT轨迹和同位素年代学资料，提出一个UHP和HP变质带尺度上的流变学演化模式，其中，UHP和HP变质岩石由地幔深度折返到地壳表层，经历了楔状挤出，碰撞期后地壳韧性薄化及晚造山伸展塌陷，揭顶作用等多个阶段的动力学过程。     

No excessive crustal growth in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Further evidence from field relationships and isotopic data

We provide new field observations and isotopic data for key areas of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB), reiterating our previous assessment that no excessive crustal growth occurred during its ca. 800 Ma long orogenic evolution. Many Precambrian blocks (microcontinents) identified in the belt are exotic and are most likely derived from the northern margin of Gondwana, including the Tarim craton. Ocean opening in the Palaeo-Asian Ocean, arc formation and accretionary processes began in the latest Mesoproterozoic along the southern margin of the Siberian craton and continued into the Neoproterozoic, giving rise to tectono-metamorphic terranes distinct from the exotic microcontinents in that they include tectonically mixed ancient crust as well as juvenile, mantle-derived igneous rocks. Several previous assessments of crustal growth based on the distribution of oceanic and island arc complexes and on Nd isotopic data for post-accretion igneous rocks are questionable, and we show that such data, in combination with the occurrence of old zircon xenocrysts, frequently signify tectonic mixing of juvenile and ancient crustal components.The only truly juvenile terranes, including oceanic crust and intra-oceanic arcs, seem to occur in northeastern Kazakhstan, in the Altai-Sayan region of Siberia and in the Lake and Trans-Altai zones of Mongolia. The largest area of pre-CAOB continental crust forms a broad belt from northwestern Kazakhstan via the Kyrgyz North and Middle Tianshan to the Yili Block and Chinese Central Tianshan in NW China. Most arcs in the CAOB formed on older continental crust, or with substantial addition of old crustal material via sediment recycling, similar to the situation in the present Southwest Pacific in southern Indonesia, and we suspect that the volume of old material in the lower crust of the CAOB is considerable but largely unaccounted for because of lack of geophysical data. Comparing the lithospheric mantle domains as revealed by Os model ages, with ancient crust at least Mesoproterozoic in age and predating formation of the CAOB significantly reduces the volume of new juvenile crust generated during the orogeny. We conclude that the volume of truly juvenile crustal material in the CAOB is about 20%, similar to that in other accretionary orogens through Earth history, and considering the ca. 800 Ma history of the belt this is not anomalous.     

白乃庙岛弧东段早古生代火山岩年代学、地球化学特征及地质意义

白乃庙群岛弧火山岩分布于兴蒙造山带南缘,是古亚洲洋与华北板块之间早古生代俯冲作用的岩浆记录,但以往工 作多集中在西段而较少关注其东延部分。本文对白乃庙岛弧带东段新识别出的早古生代火山岩进行了系统研究,以完善对 古亚洲洋早古生代演化的认识。白乃庙岛弧东段火山岩包括中-基性及酸性两种岩石类型,火山岩均富Cs,Rb,Th,U, 亏损Nb,Ta 等高场强元素,轻稀土富集,具有变化的Eu 异常。地球化学数据显示中-基性火山岩来源于俯冲板片熔体交 代的地幔熔融,并可能有大洋沉积物的加入,而酸性岩浆则来源于流体交代的下地壳。锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb 定年表明, 酸性及中-基性火山岩形成年代分别为430.5 Ma 和417.6 Ma,前者产出于俯冲岛弧环境,后者则可能为造山后环境下形成 的滞后型弧岩浆岩。年龄数据对比显示东段火山岩的形成年代晚于西段的白乃庙群地层,同时构造变质程度也更低,两者 的这种差异反映了东西两侧地质演化历史的不同,即早古生代古亚洲洋自西向东逐渐关闭。     

内蒙古额济纳地区奥陶纪火山岩地球化学特征及其地质意义

内蒙古额济纳地区广泛出露的奥陶纪火山岩是中亚造山带南缘中段早古生代地质事件的重要响应,对研究及认识古亚洲洋的演化有着重要的启示.对内蒙古额济纳旗呼仍巴斯克地区咸水湖组火山岩与白云山组凝灰岩进行了岩石学、同位素年代学和全岩主、微量元素地球化学研究.结果显示:咸水湖组为一套基性-酸性熔岩及其同质的火山碎屑岩组合,白云山组凝灰岩为酸性凝灰岩;火山岩与凝灰岩皆属于亚碱性系列岩石,主要表现出钙碱性系列的演化趋势,具有富钙,富铝,贫镁,较大的TFeO/MgO比值的特征,稀土元素配分曲线呈右倾斜型,同时富集大离子亲石元素（LILE）和轻稀土元素（LREE）,亏损高场强元素（HFSE）;咸水湖组流纹岩样品的SHRIMP锆石U-Pb同位素谐和年龄为462±3 Ma（MSWD=1.6）,显示其形成时代为中奥陶世晚期.通过分析比对认为,不同于其西部希热哈达、伊哈托里等地区的岛弧环境,额济纳旗呼仍巴斯克地区奥陶纪火山岩形成于陆缘弧构造背景,揭示了中-晚奥陶世蒙古国境内Zoolen大洋向内蒙古额济纳地区明水-旱山陆块北缘俯冲作用的存在.      

喜马拉雅造山带两种不同类型榴辉岩与印度大陆差异性俯冲

印度与亚洲大陆新生代碰撞-俯冲形成的喜马拉雅造山带核部由高压和超高压变质岩组成.超高压榴辉岩分布在喜马拉雅造山带西段,由石榴石、绿辉石、柯石英、多硅白云母、帘石、蓝晶石和金红石组成.超高压榴辉岩的峰期变质条件为2.6～2.8GPa和600～620℃,其经历了角闪岩相退变质作用和低程度熔融.超高压榴辉岩的进变质、峰期和退变质年龄分别为～50Ma、45～47Ma和35～40Ma,指示一个快速俯冲与快速折返过程.高压榴辉岩产出在喜马拉雅造山带中-东段,由石榴石、绿辉石、多硅白云母、石英和金红石组成.高压榴辉岩的峰期变质条件为>2.1GPa和>750℃,叠加了高温麻粒岩相退变质作用与强烈部分熔融.高压榴辉岩的峰期和退变质年龄可能分别是～38 Ma和14～17 Ma,很可能经历了一个缓慢俯冲与缓慢折返过程.喜马拉雅造山带两种不同类型榴辉岩的存在表明,印度与亚洲大陆约在51～53Ma碰撞后,印度大陆地壳的西北缘陡俯冲到了地幔深度,导致表壳岩石经历了超高压变质作用,而印度大陆地壳的东北缘平缓俯冲到亚洲大陆之下,导致表壳岩石经历了高压变质作用.     

柴达木盆地北缘早奥陶世陆 弧碰撞及弧后前陆盆地——来自碎屑岩地球化学的证据

奥陶纪是柴达木盆地北缘早古生代碰撞造山演化的重要时期,柴达木地块与滩间山岛弧碰撞起始时限以及欧龙布鲁克海盆盆地类型、构造-古地理格局一直存在争议。本文在对欧龙布鲁克地块早奥陶世碎屑岩沉积野外观测及室内分析的基础上,测试了30个砂泥岩样品的主量元素、微量元素及稀土元素含量。结果表明,石灰沟组碎屑岩建造具有快速堆积、低成分成熟度、低结构成熟度的特征;该套碎屑岩沉积于活动大陆边缘背景下的弧后前陆盆地,碎屑物质来自南部由大陆上地壳与岛弧物质组成的上隆基底;早奥陶世(488~472 Ma)柴达木地块与滩间山岛弧陆-弧碰撞已经开始,但陆-弧碰撞起始时间不会早于493Ma。在此基础上,结合前人研究成果,认为早古生代欧龙布鲁克地块处于滩间山岛弧北部,盆地沉降、沉积演化受柴达木盆地北缘洋盆俯冲及柴达木地块-滩间山岛弧碰撞控制,寒武纪发育弧后伸展盆地,奥陶纪初期转为弧后挤压前陆盆地,弧后伸展与弧后挤压、沉积体系转换发生在490~480Ma之间。该成果从沉积学角度为柴达木盆地北缘陆-弧碰撞起始时限提供了新的制约。     

中国西部柴北缘—阿尔金的超高压变质榴辉岩及其原岩性质探讨

中国西部祁连山柴北缘地区和南阿尔金地区存在一条被阿尔金断裂错开 4 0 0km ,但构造上相连的早古生代超高压变质带。通过对柴北缘地区大柴旦、锡铁山、都兰和南阿尔金地区且末一带榴辉岩的岩石地球化学研究 ,发现榴辉岩原岩主要由玄武岩和苦橄岩两类岩石组成 ,进一步分为高Ti型 (w(TiO2 ) =2 %～ 5 % ) ,中Ti型 (1%～ 2 % )和低Ti型 (<1% ) 3种类型 ,识别出榴辉岩的原岩类型有洋脊玄武岩、岛弧拉斑玄武岩和洋岛玄武岩类等产在不同环境的岩石类型。榴辉岩的Nd同位素组成与现代洋脊玄武岩类相似 ,ε(Nd ,0 )主要为正值 ,少量为轻微负值 ,表明榴辉岩的原岩曾是海底玄武岩 ,并且经过了消减俯冲作用 ,混入了部分的地壳物质。榴辉岩的超高压变质年龄为 5 0 0～ 4 4 0Ma,原岩年龄分别为 80 0～ 75 0Ma和～ 10 0 0Ma。研究表明 ,柴北缘滩涧山群中存在两套时代不同的基性超基性岩 ,一套为产在绿梁山的新元古代时期形成的蛇绿岩组合 ,新获得的年龄值为 (76 8±39)Ma(Rb Sr)和 (780± 2 2 )Ma(Sm Nd) ,另一套主要为产在赛什腾山的晚寒武世岛弧火山岩 ,形成时代约在 5 15～ 4 86Ma。榴辉岩的岩石化学成分和Nd同位素组成 ,以及 80 0～ 75 0Ma的原岩时代与其中的新元古代基性岩类可以对比。初步认为它们是同一套岩石?     

黑龙江多宝山斑岩Cu-Mo矿床成岩成矿时代研究

多宝山斑岩型铜(钼)矿床是中国东北地区重要的斑岩型铜(钼)矿床,文章对矿区主要成矿岩体及辉钼矿样品进行了系统的成岩成矿年代学研究。对成矿岩体采用高精度LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年,获得成矿母岩花岗闪长斑岩的锆石U-Pb年龄为(474.8±4.7) Ma,矿体寄主岩石花岗闪长岩的锆石U-Pb年龄为(478.1±4.1) Ma,以及矿体外围黑云母花岗闪长岩的锆石U-Pb年龄为(483.9±4.5) Ma;矿体辉钼矿的Re-Os同位素模式年龄加权平均值为(475.1±5.1) Ma。测年结果显示,多宝山斑岩铜(钼)矿床形成于早奥陶世。结合含矿地层、矿区岩石组合特征,以及前人研究的岩石地球化学特征,推测多宝山矿床形成于早奥陶世与板块俯冲有关的岛弧环境,说明在区域上寻找类似多宝山的斑岩铜矿应沿早奥陶世多宝山-伊尔斯岩浆岛弧带开展。     

北秦岭二郎坪杂岩变沉积岩碎屑锆石年代学及其构造地质意义

碎屑锆石为沉积岩中最稳定的矿物,其年龄谱系不仅可限定沉积物的最大沉积年龄与物源性质,而且能够为探讨其形成构造环境提供关键约束。作为北秦岭构造带主要构造岩石地层单元之一,二郎坪杂岩由北、中、南三个构造岩片——北部碎屑岩片、中部蛇绿岩片和南部变碎屑岩片组成。本文对二郎坪杂岩南部变碎屑岩片中的碎屑锆石进行了LA-ICP-MS U-Pb年龄测试研究,获得样品锆石谐和年龄值分布在500±7Ma~3894±5Ma之间,1个年龄高频集中区为0.9~1.0Ga,6个次要年龄集中区分别为500~600Ma、750~850Ma、1.35~1.48Ga、1.6~1.75Ga、2.6~2.7Ga和3.0~3.4Ga。研究结果表明:1)最小峰值年龄限定二郎坪杂岩南部碎屑岩片原岩的最大沉积时代为500Ma,结合西庄河花岗闪长岩侵入南部岩片的地质事实,南部岩片的形成时代应为早古生代寒武-奥陶纪(500~475Ma),明显早于中部蛇绿岩片中的火山岩的形成时代(463~475Ma);2)通过与邻区地质事件年龄谱峰及其锆石阴极发光图像特征的对比,二郎坪杂岩变碎屑岩原岩的物源分别主要来自南部秦岭杂岩中的早新元古代花岗岩和北部华北南缘熊耳群中元古代火山岩,其物源具有双源性,暗示其形成于与伸展作用相关的裂谷或弧后盆地构造背景,而二郎坪蛇绿岩片所代表的古洋盆可能正是在此基础上发育产生的;3)结合区域地质背景资料分析,二郎坪杂岩中的沉积碎屑岩片可能形成于商丹洋向北俯冲期间所产生的弧后伸展盆地构造环境;4)通过与宽坪岩群沉积岩中的碎屑锆石年龄数据的对比,揭示二者碎屑锆石具有相似的年龄谱峰,结合宽坪群变沉积岩中发现大量疑源类、几丁虫和虫颚等早-中奥陶世化石组合以及二郎坪杂岩蛇绿岩片中的火山岩夹层硅质岩中发现早-中奥陶世牙形石和放射虫的研究,分析认为二者沉积物的沉积时代相近,沉积物源几乎完全一致,暗示它们形成的构造环境可能具有一致性;5)二郎坪蛇绿岩片中的典型的与洋壳俯冲有成因联系的弧火山岩的形成时代(463~475Ma)明显迟后于区内高压-超高压岩石的峰期变质时代(514~484Ma)约20~30Myr,清楚地表明二郎坪洋壳拖曳秦岭杂岩发生陆壳俯冲-深俯冲作用的可能性不大;6)二郎坪杂岩南部碎屑岩片和宽坪岩群碎屑沉积物中碎屑锆石中最主要的年龄集中区(0.9~1.0Ga)的物源来自秦岭杂岩中的早新元古代花岗质岩石,而缺少秦岭杂岩中的早古生代岩浆岩和HP/UHP变质岩石锆石的年龄信息,明确指示二郎坪与宽坪盆地沉积时,秦岭杂岩重要组成的早新元古代花岗质岩石已出露于地表接受剥蚀,而秦岭杂岩中出露的HP/UHP岩石和早古生代岩浆岩未抬升出露地表,即秦岭杂岩现今出露的前早古生代陆壳物质不是整体而是部分经历了陆壳俯冲-深俯冲作用。     

内蒙古达茂旗北部闪长岩锆石SHRIMP U-Pb、角闪石~(40)Ar/~(39)Ar年代学及其地质意义

内蒙古达茂旗北部的早古生代闪长岩侵入体产于包尔汉图-白乃庙岛弧带的西部,采用SHRIMP锆石U-Pb定年及角闪石40Ar/39Ar测年对其进行了精确的年代学研究。两件闪长岩样品分别获得的SHRIMP锆石U-Pb年龄为453±3Ma和446.8±5.3Ma,角闪石40Ar/39Ar坪年龄为459.2±2.4Ma和442.9±4.2Ma。这为研究该时期弧岩浆作用提供了新的年代学证据,并表明该岩浆侵位后,经历了结晶并快速冷却的过程,可能揭示了本区岛弧带和华北板块碰撞的构造意义。     

喜马拉雅造山带的高压超高压变质作用与印度-亚洲大陆碰撞

喜马拉雅造山带是印度与亚洲大陆碰撞作用的产物,正在进行造山作用,是研究板块构造的天然实验室.高压和超高压变质岩分布在喜马拉雅造山带的核部.这些变质岩具有不同的形成条件、形成时间和形成过程,为印度与亚洲碰撞带的几何学、运动学和动力学提供了重要的限定.含柯石英的超高压变质岩产出在喜马拉雅造山带的西段,它们形成在古新世与始新世之间(53～46Ma),为印度大陆西北边缘高角度超深俯冲作用的产物,并经历了快速俯冲与快速折返过程.在约5 Myr内,超高压变质岩从＞100km的地幔深度折返到了中地壳深度,且仅仅叠加角闪岩相退变质作用.高压榴辉岩产出在喜马拉雅造山带中段,形成时间约为45Ma,为印度大陆低角度深俯冲作用的产物,经历了至少20Myr的长期折返过程,叠加麻粒岩相退变质作用和部分熔融.高压麻粒岩产出在喜马拉雅造山带的东端,是印度大陆东北缘近平俯冲作用的产物,峰期变质作用时间约为35Ma,经历了约20Myr的长期折返过程,叠加了麻粒岩相和角闪岩相退变质作用,并伴随有多期部分熔融.因此,喜马拉雅造山带的变质作用具有明显的时间与空间变化,显示出大陆深俯冲与折返过程的差异性,以及大陆碰撞造山带形成机制的多样性.     

内蒙古白乃庙铜金矿床侵入岩年代学及其地质意义

内蒙古白乃庙铜金矿床位于华北板块北缘中段陆缘增生带,区内侵入岩发育,主要岩性有花岗闪长岩、白云母花岗岩、石英闪长岩,对其中5件样品采用LA-MC-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb方法测年,获得花岗闪长岩加权平均年龄(443.2±1.7)Ma、(447.6±1.8)Ma,白云母花岗岩加权平均年龄(429.1±2.7)Ma、(43...     

Early Paleozoic tectonics and geodynamics of Central Asia: role of mantle plumes

There were two key stages in the history of Paleozoids that formed in the place of the Paleoasian ocean, one in the Cambrian–Ordovician and the other in the Permian–Triassic. Both time spans were characterized by a combination of similar geodynamic, magmatic, and geomagnetic events: closure and opening of oceanic basins, intense plume magmatism associated with Earth's core cooling, and absence of geomagnetic reversals (superchrons). Three superchrons about 490–460, 260–300, and 124–86 Ma correlate with major events of plume magmatism. Plume reconstructions have to be updated for the period 490–460 Ma, which corresponded to the third superchron and was marked by ocean opening. The previous superplume, about 800–740 Ma, requires further justification but fits the global periodicity with 240 Ma major cycles and smaller ones of 120 (or also 30) Ma.In the Late Cambrian–Ordovician, large-scale accretion and collision events acted, in similar tectonic settings, upon the vast territory that currently extends from the Polar Urals to Lake Baikal (and was times larger in the past). As a result, Gondwanian microcontinents (Kokchetav, Altai–Mongolia, Tuva–Mongolia, etc.) and island arcs joined into the Kazakhstan–Tuva–Mongolia system. The formation of the Late Cambrian–Ordovician orogen in Central Asia was synchronous with opening of the Ural, Ob–Zaisan, Turkestan, and Paleotethys oceans. The plume pulses (520–500 and 490–460 Ma) may have been responsible for opening of new oceans, accelerated amalgamation of terranes, and synchronicity in geodynamic events from the Urals to Transbaikalia.