Chemostratigraphy of the Vendian–Cambrian carbonate sedimentary cover of the Tuva-Mongolian microcontinent

The carbonate sediments from the Vendian–Cambrian shelf of the Tuva-Mongolian microcontinent were dated by Sr and C isotope chemostratigraphy. Analysis of the Sr-isotopic characteristics (0.70725–0.70873) and δ¹³C variations (+ 10.5 to –3.5‰), as well as their comparison with the data on the key sections of Siberia, Africa, Central Asia, Australia, South America, and Spitsbergen, showed that the carbonate sedimentary cover of the Tuva-Mongolian microcontinent accumulated at 600–520 Ma and the carbonate sediments of the Muren Formation and the basal beds of the Bokson Group near the Ukha-Gol River are the oldest. Their sedimentation followed the Marinoan global glaciation.     

Isotope stratigraphy and U-Pb dating of detrital zircons from the Vendian-Cambrian deposits of the North Muya block

U-Pb dating of detrital zircons from the sandstones of the Mamakan Formation has been made. Geochemical and isotope parameters of the carbonate deposits of the Yanguda Formation in the Vendian-Cambrian cover of the North Muya continental block have been estimated. It has been established that only the Neoproterozoic (630-915 Ma) rocks of the North Muya block were the provenances of terrigenous material. In the least altered carbonate rocks of the Yanguda Formation, the ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratio is within 0.70814-0.70879 and δ¹³C varies from -0.4 to + 1.9‰. Comparison of the evaluated isotope parameters with those of carbonate rocks of typical Vendian-Cambrian sections shows that the carbonate deposits of the Yanguda Formation accumulated in the Early Cambrian, about 520 Ma. Sedimentation of the Mamakan and Yanguda Formations took place in the local sedimentary basin in the Vendian-Early Cambrian, in the absence of tectonic activity within the North Muya block. Detrital material that formed during the destruction of the rocks of the Siberian Platform basement and cover was not supplied into the basin.     

豫西南地区铅锌银沉积建造地球化学特征

通过对豫西南地区中元古界官道口群、上元古界栾川群与铅锌银有关的沉积建造中元素含量分布、表生富集特征及综合地球化学异常特征的研究, 认为官道口群、栾川群是铅锌银矿的矿源层, 并指出龙家园组、南泥湖组、煤窑沟组是寻找与官道口群碳酸盐岩和栾川群碎屑岩-碳酸盐岩沉积建造有关的层控铅锌银矿床的有利层位。     

Sr, C and O isotope systematics in the Pucará basin, central Peru

A combined Sr, O and C isotope study has been carried out in the Pucará basin, central Peru, to compare local isotopic trends of the San Vicente and Shalipayco Zn-Pb Mississippi Valley-type (MVT) deposits with regional geochemical patterns of the sedimentary host basin. Gypsum, limestone and regional replacement dolomite yield ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios that fall within or slightly below the published range of seawater ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr values for the Lower Jurassic and the Upper Triassic. Our data indicate that the Sr isotopic composition of seawater between the Hettangian and the Toarcian may extend to lower ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios than previously published values. An ⁸⁷Sr-enrichment is noted in (1) carbonate rocks from the lowermost part of the Pucará basin, and (2) different carbonate generations at the MVT deposits. This indicates that host rocks at MVT deposits and in the lower-most part of the carbonate sequence interacted with ⁸⁷Srenriched fluids. The fluids acquired their radiogenic nature by interaction with lithologies underlying the carbonate rocks of the Pucará basin. The San Ramón granite, similar Permo-Triassic intrusions and their clastic derivatives in the Mitu Group are likely sources of radiogenic ⁸⁷Sr. The Brazilian shield and its erosion products are an additional potential source of radiogenic ⁸⁷Sr. Volcanic rocks of the Mitu Group are not a significant source for radiogenic ⁸⁷Sr; however, molasse-type sedimentary rocks and volcaniclastic rocks cannot be ruled out as a possible source of radiogenic ⁸⁷Sr. The marked enrichment in ⁸⁷Sr of carbonates toward the lower part of the Pucará Group is accompanied by only a slight decrease in ¹⁸O values and essentially no change in ¹³C values, whereas replacement dolomite and sparry carbonates at the MVT deposits display a coherent trend of progressive ⁸⁷Sr-enrichment, and ¹⁸O- and ¹³C-depletion. The depletion in ¹⁸O in carbonates from the MVT deposits are likely related to a temperature increase, possibly coupled with a ¹⁸O-enrichment of the ore-forming fluids. Progressively lower ¹³C values throughout the paragenetic sequence at the MVT deposits are interpreted as a gradually more important contribution from organically derived carbon. Quantitative calculations show that a single fluid-rock interaction model satisfactorily reproduces the marked ⁸⁷Sr-enrichment and the slight decrease in ¹⁸O values in carbonate rocks from the lower part of the Pucará Group. By contrast, the isotopic covariation trends of the MVT deposits are better reproduced by a model combining fluid mixing and fluid-rock interaction. The modelled ore-bearing fluids have a range of compositions between a hot, saline, radiogenic brine that had interacted with lithologies underlying the Pucará sequence and cooler, dilute brines possibly representing local fluids within the Pucará sequence. The composition of the local fluids varies according to the nature of the lithologies present in the neighborhood of the different MVT deposits. The proportion of the radiogenic fluid in the modelled fluid mixtures interacting with the carbonate host rocks at the MVT deposits decreases as one moves up in the stratigraphic sequence of the Pucará Group.     

Sr isotopic characteristic of neoproterozoic carbonate sediments from the southern Yenisei Ridge

This paper presents the first Sr isotopic data for the Late Precambrian carbonate rocks of the southern Yenisei Ridge. Their geochemical study allowed estimation of the degree of secondary alterations and gave the possibility to reveal rocks with a less disturbed Rb-Sr isotopic system. The Sr isotopic data indicated Neoproterozoic sedimentation of the rocks about 1070–750 Ma ago. Sr and C isotopic data showed that carbonate rocks of the Sukhoi Pit, Tungusik, and Shirokino groups are Late Riphean and could be comparable with sedimentary sequences of three Precambrian key sections of the Northern Eurasia: the subsequent Derevnino, Burovaya, and Shorikha formations from the Turukhansk Uplift, the Lakhanda Group from the Uchur-Maya region, and the Karatav Group from the South Urals. All studied carbonate rocks are older than 750 Ma and, according to the International Stratigraphic Chart, accumulated prior to global glaciations in the Cryogenian. This is evident from sedimentological study indicating the absence of tillite horizons in the studied sections. δ¹³C values in the sections vary from +0.4 up to +5.3‰, which testifies to the absence of periods of great cold.     

Mesoproterozoic–Neoproterozoic transition: Geochemistry, provenance and tectonic setting of clastic sedimentary rocks on the SE margin of the Yangtze Block, South China

The SE margin of the Yangtze Block, South China is composed of the Mesoproterozoic Lengjiaxi Group and the Neoproterozoic Banxi Group, with Sinian- and post-Sinian-cover. A geochemical study was undertaken on the Mesoproterozoic–Neoproterozoic clastic sediments in order to delineate the characteristics of the sediment source and to constrain the tectonic development and crustal evolution of South China.Our results show that the Mesoproterozoic clastic sediments have a dominant component derived from a metavolcanic-plutonic terrane, with a large of mafic component. There is a minor contribution of mafic rocks and older upper crustal rocks to the provenance. Strong chemical weathering in the source area occurred before transport and deposition. The provenance for the Neoproterozoic clastic sediments was most likely old upper continental crust composed of tonalite–granodiorite-dominated, tonalite–granodiorite–granite source rocks, which had undergone strong weathering and/or recycling. A minor component of older K-rich granitic plutonic rocks and younger volcanogenic bimodal rocks is also indicated.Based on the regional geology, the geochemical data and the inferred provenance, the Mesoproterozoic Group is interpreted as a successive sedimentary sequence, deposited in an extensional/rifting back-arc basin, adjacent to a >1.80 Ga continental margin arc-terrane. The progressive extension/rifting of the back-arc basin was followed by increasing subsidence and regional uplift during continental marginal arc-continent (the Cathaysian Block) collision at 1.0 Ga caused the deposition of the Neoproterozoic Group into back-arc to retro-arc foreland basin. Therefore, the depositional setting of the Proterozoic clastic sediments and associated volcanic rocks within the back-arc basin reflected basin development from an active continental margin (back-arc basin), with extension or rifting of the back-arc basin, to a passive continental margin.     

滩间山群的重新厘定-来自柴达木盆地边缘玄武岩年代学和地球化学证据

柴达木盆地周缘滩间山群在岩石组合、玄武岩同位素年代学和地球化学特征以及在区域成矿过程中作用具有明显差异.柴北缘和柴南缘(东昆仑地区)滩间山群具有不同的岩石组合和沉积建造:柴北缘滩间山群下部为中基性海相火山岩,上部为碎屑岩-碳酸盐岩;柴南缘下部为中基性-中酸性火山岩夹碎屑岩,中部为碎屑岩夹中基性火山岩,上部为碳酸盐岩夹碎...     

梵净山群沉积地质特征与原型盆地分析

梵净山群出露于江南造山带西北端,为一套浅变质火山、碎屑岩系,其上亚群主要由深海、半深海浊积岩系组成,自下而上划分为铜厂组、洼溪组和独岩塘组。铜厂组主体由浊积扇相和盆地相组成,洼溪组则主要由浊积扇扇中、扇根亚相组成。进一步的沉积相序研究揭示,自回香坪组至铜厂组、洼溪组,沉积环境总体呈一先海进、后海退的沉积旋回,显示裂陷扩张过程。铜厂组和洼溪组浊流成因的小型斜层理位态研究揭示,前积层优选方位指向北、北东,证实沉积物来自其南,向北扩散。浊积砂岩骨架颗粒统计结果表明,石英含量占23%~34%,且主要为单晶石英,而长石含量占14%~23%,岩屑含量占39%~50%,岩屑以火山岩屑为主。骨架颗粒统计图解揭示其物源为岩浆弧。基于上述,并结合回香坪组火山岩大地构造属性研究,提出并确定梵净山群上部碎屑岩系的原型盆地形成于弧后裂陷,板块构造环境为初始边缘海。     

BASIN-RANGE TRANSITION AND GENETIC TYPES OF SEQUENCE BOUNDARY OF THE QIANGTANG BASIN IN NORTHERN TIBET

BASIN-RANGE TRANSITION AND GENETIC TYPES OF SEQUENCE BOUNDARY OF THE QIANGTANG BASIN IN NORTHERN TIBET     

柴达木盆地西部地区渐新世下干柴沟组上段盐湖沉积特征

利用大量地质及地球化学资料,开展了柴达木盆地西部地区渐新世下干柴沟组上段盐湖沉积特征研究,重点识别岩石类型,恢复古沉积环境,建立沉积模式,探讨控制因素。研究认为：盐湖环境主要发育两大类、五小类沉积相组合,盐湖边缘沉积相包括滨岸斜坡带相组合、缓坡带相组合、陡坡带相组合,盆内沉积相包括水下隆起带相组合和盐湖深水区相组合;盐湖可划分早、中、晚3个沉积演化阶段,分别对应半咸水湖泊、咸水湖泊和盐湖;形成碳酸盐岩与钙质砂岩、富含石膏的碳酸盐岩与泥岩、厚层石盐与薄层碳酸盐岩等主要岩石组合;盐湖沉积主控因素为气候、古地貌与构造运动。     

A 1,220±60 M.Y. Rb-Sr isochron age representing a Taylor-convection caused recrystallization event in a granitic rock suite

In the Tisselskog area (N. Dalsland), in the eastern, external part of the Grenvillian belt in N. Europe, two formations of granitic rocks form the basement for the basal sediments of the Grenvillian, Dalslandian Group. Basement and cover went through a low grade regional metamorphism at 1,030±40 m.y. (2) ago. The granitic rocks are strongly recrystallized, but have preserved their granitic texture. Most magmatic crystals are pseudomorphed by a suite of metamorphic crystals of quartz, albite, chlorite, white mica, epidote, titanite, hematite, pyrite and carbonate. It is remarkable that these rocks with a perfect magmatic appearance have lost so much of their magmatic mineralogy. The older of the two intrusions, the Ballsjön Granodiorite Formation, yields a 7 point, 1,220±60 m. y. Rb-Sr isochron (initial Sr isotope ratio=0.7048±0.0004, _87Rb=l.42×10^–11·y^–1). This age is interpreted as representing the pervasive recrystallization in the rocks, which was induced by a hydrothermal convective circulation system — a Taylor convection — set up by the intrusion itself or by the younger Tisselskog Leucogranite Formation which intrudes it. In dating a phase of pervasive hydrothermal resetting by whole rock Rb-Sr dating one should try to strike a balance between maximal Rb/Sr variation and maximal similarity in the starting mineralogy in the rock samples, the latter aiming at geochemical coherence during the hydrothermal alteration.     

Lithogeochemistry of the fine-grained siliciclastic rocks of the Vendian Serebryanka Group of the Central Urals

Sedimentation environments were reconstructed for the Early Vendian successions of the western slope of the Central Urals, which comprises one of the most complete sections of the terminal Precambrian system in northern Eurasia. It was shown that, despite the presence of several diamictite levels in the sections of the Serebryanka Group, mature and multiply recycled fine-grained siliciclastic materials (CIA = 65–77) were delivered into the sedimentation basin over the whole Early Vendian. Based on the lithochemical characteristics of shales, the climate of Serebryanka time can be estimated as semiarid-semihumid, similar to that dominating in Late Vendian paleocatchments. Based on relatively high Mo/Mn values (0.011–0.024), it was suggested that anoxic or similar conditions existed in the basin of Buton time, whereas other sedimentary complexes of the Serebryanka Group were formed in well aerated environments. The systematics of Sr, Ba, Zr, Cu, and V in fine-grained siliciclastic rocks and Sr isotopic data for carbonate rocks indicate that the sediments were accumulated in a fresh-water basin. The values of trace-element indicator ratios, e.g., Th/Sc, La/Sc, Th/Cr and others, in the shales of the Serebryanka Group and Nd model age estimates indicate that a variety of mainly Early Proterozoic complexes, ranging from granitoids to basic rocks, occurred in the Early Vendian paleocatchments. The basic rocks were eroded most extensively probably in the end of Serebryanka time. Based on the Ce/Ce* values of shales, it was concluded that submarine volcanism had no significant influence on sedimentation processes in the Early Vendian. An exception is Koiva and Kernos time, when hematite-bearing shales were accumulated in association with pillow basalts in some zones of the basin. The distribution of the compositions of shales from various formations of the Serebryanka Group in discrimination diagrams suggests that the Early Vendian sedimentary sequences were formed in passive geodynamic settings.     

青藏高原北羌塘地区晚三叠世地层展布和沉积型式

北羌塘盆地地处拉竹龙-金沙江缝合带和双湖构造混杂岩带之间,自北向南可划分出5个沉积相带/岩石地层单位：以砂泥质复理石-洋岛、岛弧型火山岩-大理岩岩石组合沉积为特征的若拉岗日群,以深水复理石盆地相沉积为特征的藏夏河组,以深水暗色细碎屑岩盆地相沉积为特征的结扎群,以开阔台地相/缓坡相碳酸盐岩沉积为特征的菊花山组,以三角洲相含煤碎屑岩系沉积为特征的土门格拉群.晚三叠世北羌塘盆地显示为南缓北陡的箕状沉积格局,盆地内充填物为南薄北厚的楔形沉积体,且双物源、沉降中心和沉积中心不一致,表明其具有前陆盆地的一系列沉积特征.     

会理-会东及邻区中元古代东川群层序地层分析

广泛出露于四川会理－会东及云南东川等地的中元古代东川群地层,由于其中赋存有丰富的矿产资源,包括铜 矿、铁矿等而倍受重视。前人对其地层划分、岩石学及其含矿性等进行了系统的研究,取得了一系列的成果和认识,但尚未对其进行系统的层序地层研究。本文在野外地质考察的基础上,通过室内的详细分析,建立了东川群的沉积层序,即１个Ｉ级层序（时限约２．３亿年）,１２个Ⅱ级层序。     

Geological evolution of the Neoproterozoic Corumbágraben system (Brazil). Depositional context of the stratified Fe and Mn ores of the Jacadigo Group

The Corumbáregion is located near the junction of two young (545–480 Ma) Brasiliano provinces: the Chiquitos-Tucavaca aulacogen which cross cuts the Amazon craton-Rio Apa block, and the Paraguay fold belt. Formation of the aulacogen and the Paraguay basin, which is interpreted as a foreland basin, was roughly synchronous with the 590 Ma metamorphism in the neighbouring old Brasiliano Brasilia fold belt. Deformation and metamorphism in the Paraguay belt are bracketed between 545 and 500 Ma, whereas folding in the aulacogen occurred between 500 and 480 Ma ago.The NE–SW-trending, Corumbágraben system is located on the eastern part of the WNW–ESE-trending, Chiquitos-Tucavaca aulacogen. The extensional structures of the Corumbágraben system are attributed to flexure of the Amazon craton along the western border of the Paraguay basin.Stratigraphic successions in the Corumbágraben system resemble those of the adjacent cover rocks of the Amazon craton: a lower detrital unit (Jacadigo Group and Boqui, Puga, and Cadieus formations), partly of glacial origin, and an upper carbonate-rich unit, (CorumbáGroup and Pororó, Cerradinho, Bocaina, and Araras formations) with local preservation of an Ediacara-like fauna. The whole sequence is probably Vendian. In the cover sequence around Cuiabá, the carbonate unit is capped by siliciclastic sediments. In comparison to the cratonic cover rocks, the Jacadigo Group, which is filling the Corumbágraben system, differs on three points: it is thicker, contains chemical manganese and iron sedimentary intercalations and was affected by a diagenetic to epimetamorphic event during which temperatures reached 250–280°C. These features are in good agreement with sedimentation of the Jacadigo Group in an extensional environment where Fe and Mn, of probable hydrothermal origin, would be generated by leaching of hypothetical, hidden intrusive mafic plutons associated with graben formation.     

鄂尔多斯盆地保德地区上古生界沉积相与沉积演化特征

山西组与下石盒子组是鄂尔多斯盆地上古生界主要的勘探目的层系,本溪组和太原组发育的煤层是主要的烃源岩,深入研究上古生界沉积相及沉积演化特征对油气勘探具有一定的指导意义。以保德地区扒楼沟剖面露头实测为基础,通过岩性和岩石组合、沉积相分析,建立了不同沉积体系的沉积序列,并进一步探讨了该区上古生界沉积演化过程。结果表明:保德地区上古生界自下而上发育本溪组、太原组、下石盒子组、上石盒子组、石千峰组,识别出障壁海岸、碳酸盐台地、曲流河和辫状河4种沉积相,并建立8种典型的沉积序列;受区域构造演化控制,本溪组与太原组时期发生大规模海侵,山西组至石千峰组时期海水逐渐退出盆地,研究区晚古生代经历了障壁海岸-碳酸盐台地-河流相的沉积演化过程。     

青藏高原羌塘盆地侏罗系沉积特征研究

羌塘盆地侏罗系为碳酸盐岩沉积和碎屑岩同时发育的混积型盆地,以碳酸盐岩沉积为主。古构造及构造事件对盆地的沉积演化起着决定性的控制作用。不同时期,盆地经历了四次海平面的升降变化,古气候、古水深、古生态也随之改变,各期沉积相呈继承性发育,在整个侏罗系统积时期中央隆起始终为羌塘盆地的主要物源区。根据羌塘盆地侏罗系古地理特征及沉积演化模式,建立了适合于本区的侏罗系统合沉积模式。     

Sedimentary complexes of the cover of the Dzabkhan continental block: Different sedimentary basins and source areas

The geochemical and Sm–Nd isotope characteristics of Late Precambrian and Early Cambrian sandstones previously related to the sedimentary cover of the Dzabkhan continental block are reported. It is established that the Riphean and Vendian sedimentary rocks of the Ul’zitgol’skaya and Tsaganolomskaya Formations were accumulated within the Dzabkhan continental block as a result of recycling of the terrigenous deposits formed at the expense of destruction of basement rocks and younger granite. The formation of terrigenous rocks of the Bayangol’skaya Formation after a gap in sedimentation occurred in the sedimentary basin, where only the Late Riphean formations of the juvenile crust, probably of the Dzabkhan–Mandal block were the sources, without the contribution of the ancient crustal material. The Tsaganolomskaya and Bayangol’skaya Formations were formed in different sedimentary basins and cannot be related to the same complex.     

孙吴-嘉荫盆地晚白垩世地层物源及构造背景

为揭示孙吴-嘉荫盆地晚白垩世富饶组和太平林场组的物源特征及其构造背景,对两组样品进行了碎屑锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb定年和地球化学特征研究.富饶组碎屑锆石55个测点产生以下年龄峰值:65 Ma、280 Ma和496 Ma,太平林场组碎屑锆石78个测点产生以下年龄峰值:98 Ma,189 Ma,240 Ma和488 Ma,表明富饶组和太平林场组具有混合物源的特征.Al₂O₃/TiO₂平均值分别为41.42和29.31,结合主量、微量及稀土元素特征和碎屑锆石峰值年龄,确定富饶组和太平林场组物源主要为晚中生代长英质火成岩和沉积岩.地球化学和区域构造演化特征共同揭示富饶组和太平林场组物源区构造背景为活动大陆边缘,区域内晚中生代岩浆事件、佳木斯地块北部麻山群及广泛分布的古生代花岗岩为盆地晚白垩世地层提供了沉积物源.      

Origin of petroleum in the Neoproterozoic–Cambrian South Oman Salt Basin

The South Oman Salt Basin (SOSB) is host to the world’s oldest known commercial deposits. Most of the South Oman oils have been proven to be associated with the source rocks of the Neoproterozoic to Cambrian Huqf Supergroup, but the assignment of oils to specific Huqf intervals or facies has been hampered by the geochemical similarity of the organic matter across the entire Huqf sequence, possibly as a consequence of limited change in the local palaeoenvironment and biota over the time of its deposition. This study was conducted to establish improved correlations between organic-rich rock units and reservoir fluids in the SOSB through detailed molecular and isotopic analysis of the Huqf Supergroup, with special emphasis directed towards understanding the Ara carbonate stringer play.Unusual biomarkers, tentatively identified as A-norsteranes, show distinctive patterns among carbonate stringer oils and rocks different from those observed in Nafun sediments and Ara rocks from the Athel basin. These putative A-norsteranes form the basis for new oil-source correlations in the SOSB and provide for the first time geochemical evidence of a self-charging mechanism for the carbonate stringer play. The paucity of markers specific to the Nafun Group (Shuram, Buah and Masirah Bay formations) confounds attempts to quantify their respective contributions to Huqf oil accumulations. Nafun inputs can only be determined on the basis of subtle differences between Nafun and Ara biomarker ratios. The most useful geochemical characteristics delineating Nafun Group organic matter from Ara Group intra-salt source rocks included: low relative abundance of mid-chain monomethyl alkanes (X-compounds); low relative abundance of gammacerane, 28,30-dinorhopane, 25,28,30-trinorhopane and 2-methylhopanes; low C₂₂T/C₂₁T and high C₂₃T/C₂₄T cheilanthanes ratio values. Based on these parameters, molecular evidence for major contributions of liquid hydrocarbons from Nafun Group sediments (Shuram, Buah and Masirah Bay formations) is lacking. Our results suggest that the majority of SOSB hydrocarbon accumulations originate from within the Ara group, either from the carbonate stringers or from the package of sediments that comprises the Thuleilat, Athel Silicilyte and U shale formations. Subtle aspects of the composition of some carbonate stringer and post-salt Huqf oils could suggest some degree of sourcing from the Nafun rocks but stronger evidence is needed to confirm this.