滇西无量山地区的构造变形和变质作用

无量山构造带位于滇西兰坪—思茅盆地中段西侧北北西—南南东走向的复背斜。在复背斜中部发育北北西—南南东向的左旋走滑韧性剪切带。中部剪切带变质作用达绿帘角闪岩相的蓝晶石带高于绿片岩相黑云母带的围岩。用共生的黑云母—石榴石温压计计算得到中部剪切变质带西缘变质温度为600 ℃～650 ℃,压力为5.6 kba,东缘温度为550 ℃～600 ℃,压力为5 kba左右。结合同构造期石榴石变斑晶的环带成分和多硅白云母b0值的分析,首次在滇西提出该剪切变质带是进变质的,以不均一的、非连续的变质作用为主要特征,与区域变质作用不同。无量山中部韧性剪切变质带的进变质作用与剪切带中岩石的变形强度有关。岩石变形愈强,变形能就愈大,随之转化成的热量就愈大,该热能参与到岩石变质作用中,提高了岩石的变质程度。这一思路有可能成为研究变形与变质作用的一条有效途径。     

Exhumation of high-pressure rocks beneath the Solund Basin, Western Gneiss Region of Norway

The Solund–Hyllestad–Lavik area affords an excellent opportunity to understand the ultrahigh‐pressure Scandian orogeny because it contains a near‐complete record of ophiolite emplacement, high‐pressure metamorphism and large‐scale extension. In this area, the Upper Allochthon was intruded by thec. 434 Ma Sogneskollen granodiorite and thrust eastward over the Middle/Lower Allochthon, probably in the Wenlockian. The Middle/Lower Allochthon was subducted to c. 50 km depth and the structurally lower Western Gneiss Complex was subducted to eclogite facies conditions at c. 80 km depth by c. 410–400 Ma. Within < 5–10 Myr, all these units were exhumed by the Nordfjord–Sogn detachment zone, producing shear strains > 100. Exhumation to upper crustal levels was complete by c. 403 Ma. The Solund fault produced the last few km of tectonic exhumation, bringing the near‐ultrahigh‐pressure rocks to within c. 3 km vertical distance from the low‐grade Solund Conglomerate.     

Convergent metamorphism of eclogites and dolerites,Kristiansund area,Norway

Amphibolite-facies gneisses of the Frei group include pelitic migmatites, mica schists, quartzites, marbles, augen-gneisses and ecologites. Field relations indicate that the eclogites are supracrustal rocks metamorphosed in situ. Kyanit- Kspar-quartz that the assemblages in the gneisses indicate P_H2O <P_load.Late-tectonic dolerite sills in the gneisses show corona-forming reactions leading to omphacite-garnet-plagioclase associations. Pyroxene-garnet pairs formed by these reactions yield equilibration temperatures near 700°C, though the experimentally determined equilibrium positions of the reactions cover a wide range of T and P. The dolerites were probably intruded between 4.5 and 9 Kb and cooled rapidly; the corona-forming reactions were initially overstepped and proceeded metastably at the T and P of the surrounding eclogite terrane.During retrogression of eclogites to granulite-facies assemblages (cpx + gnt + lag + qtz), omphacite loses Na and Al as plagioclase (An_10–20) exsolves in perthite-like textures, and garnet loses Ca as it is resorbed. Similar reactions are seen between pyroxene and garnet in the coronites and eclogitic metadolerites. These reactions are ascribed to uplift during cooling of the terrane.     

西南三江杂岩带景洪南部地区晚泥盆世火山岩的发现及意义

本文对西南三江地区景洪南部新发现的晚泥盆世英安质火山岩进行了系统的锆石U-Pb年龄、Hf-O同位素以及全岩地球化学研究。测年结果显示,该英安质火山岩形成于362.3±3.4Ma。火山岩的SiO₂含量为62.87%~66.29%,MgO含量为2.15%~2.49%,Mg^#值为44~47,富集Na₂O（4.77%~5.51%）,高Na₂O/K₂O比值（2.1~3.3）,低Y（12.5×10^-6~15.3×10^-6）和Yb（1.38×10^-6~1.70×10^-6）,具有高硅埃达克岩的地球化学特征,表明它们由俯冲的洋壳部分熔融而成。低的锆石ε_Hf（t）（+0.87~+3.27）,相对较高的锆石δ¹⁸O（6.31‰~7.64‰）,以及高的全岩Th/Yb（4.86~7.78）和（La/Sm）_N（3.62~4.56）比值,指示岩浆中混染了大洋沉积物或混入了大洋沉积岩起源的熔体。综合区域岩浆岩和沉积岩资料,本文认为南澜沧江带晚泥盆世时经历了板片的俯冲,该俯冲作用很可能代表的是由大中河、大平掌火山岩以及火山块状硫化物矿床（VHMS）指示的弧后洋盆的俯冲消减过程。

     

内蒙古赤峰地区泥盆纪晚期火山岩的发现及其地质意义

运用LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年获得华北地块北缘内蒙古赤峰莲花山地区朝吐沟组2件流纹质熔结凝灰岩的形成时代,分别为366Ma±2Ma和364Ma±2Ma。测年结果表明,莲花山朝吐沟组火山岩形成于泥盆纪晚期,而不是早石炭世。同时,这一结果也将赤峰地区朝吐沟组的时代限定为泥盆纪晚期,而非早石炭世。莲花山泥盆纪晚期火山岩总体上以富硅、碱、铝,贫铁、镁、钙、钛及过铝质为特征,与本区晚石炭世—二叠纪钙碱性火山岩(如青凤山组或大石寨组火山岩)的特征明显不同。华北地块北缘泥盆纪晚期火山岩的形成可能与早古生代末期—晚古生代初期白乃庙岛弧和华北克拉通北缘弧—陆碰撞后的伸展环境有关。这一构造环境与华北地块北缘泥盆纪碱性岩及基性—超基性岩侵位背景相似。     

内蒙古赤峰地区泥盆纪晚期火山岩的发现及其地质意义

运用LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年获得华北地块北缘内蒙古赤峰莲花山地区朝吐沟组2件流纹质熔结凝灰岩的形成时代,分别为366Ma±2Ma和364Ma±2Ma。测年结果表明,莲花山朝吐沟组火山岩形成于泥盆纪晚期,而不是早石炭世。同时,这一结果也将赤峰地区朝吐沟组的时代限定为泥盆纪晚期,而非早石炭世。莲花山泥盆纪晚期火山岩总体上以富硅、碱、铝,贫铁、镁、钙、钛及过铝质为特征,与本区晚石炭世—二叠纪钙碱性火山岩（如青凤山组或大石寨组火山岩）的特征明显不同。华北地块北缘泥盆纪晚期火山岩的形成可能与早古生代末期—晚古生代初期白乃庙岛弧和华北克拉通北缘弧—陆碰撞后的伸展环境有关。这一构造环境与华北地块北缘泥盆纪碱性岩及基性—超基性岩侵位背景相似。     

Delamerian Glenelg tectonic zone,western Victoria: Geology and metamorphism of stratiform rocks

The Cambro‐Ordovician Glenelg tectonic zone of western Victoria is a distinctive metamorphic‐igneous segment of the Delamerian Orogenic Belt comprising two northwest‐striking regional metamorphic segments of andalusite‐sillimanite type prograding towards an axial granitic batholith. The second of five deformations (D₂) was most significant, producing isoclinal folds, transposition and a pervasive regional foliation (S₂). Southwest of the central batholith, biotite to migmatite zones contain mainly quartzo‐feldspathic rock (turbiditic metagreywacke, quartzo‐feldspathic schist and migmatite), plus less common metaquartzite and calc‐silicate rocks and minor metapelite. Metagabbro, metadolerite and amphibolite typically have the chemistry of mid‐ocean ridge basalts. Serpentinite pods and sheets were tectonically introduced to low‐grade areas. Northeast of the central batholith, quartzo‐feldspathic rock occupies the sillimanite and migmatite zones exclusively, with a regional concentration of pegmatites adjacent to the zone boundary. Gross interleaving of quartzo‐feldspathic schist, migmatite, pegmatite and muscovite‐bearing granitic rock is characteristic. Peak metamorphic conditions of 550 MPa at 640°C leading to migmatite formation were established by D₂ time and accompanied by tonalite‐granodiorite and pegmatite emplacement. Subsequently, the thermal high contracted to the northeast culminating in the more extensive syn‐, post‐D4 to pre‐D5 granitic magmatism.     

藏北纳木错西缘前寒武纪辉长岩变质变形年代学研究

前寒武纪辉长岩出露于纳木错西缘逆冲推覆构造带中。辉长岩经历了早期角闪岩相变质和韧性推覆、晚期绿片岩相变质和脆性推覆。早期变形的斜长角闪质糜棱岩中变质矿物角闪石、斜长石和石榴石的 Rb-Sr等时线年龄为173±10Ma;角闪石~(40)Ar-~(39)Ar坪年龄和等时线年龄均显示174Ma的变质和变形年龄。受晚期构造-热事件的影响,斜长石的~(40)Ar-~(39)Ar坪年龄和等时线年龄分别为109Ma和110 Ma。综合上述结果,可以确定前寒武纪辉长岩早期角闪岩相变质作用的年龄是173～174 Ma,可能与羌塘地块和拉萨地块初始碰撞引起的深层次的韧性剪切变形有关;晚期绿片岩相变质作用年龄是109～110 Ma,指示了碰撞造山晚期的冲断构造变形时代。两期变质变形年龄的确定对研究羌塘地块与拉萨地块碰撞过程具有重要的意义。     

Thermographic expression of the level of metamorphism of carbonaceous rocks,as in western Uzbekistan

The temperature at which organic substance begins to burn, i.e., the exothermal effect in the thermograms, is found to represent directly the degree of recrystallization of organic substance of the rock, which in turn represents the degree of regional metamorphism, namely: epigenesis, 360-400°C; slate-schist, 440°C; beginnings of progressive zonal regional metamorphism: in muscovite-chlorite rocks, 440-550°C; in biotite-chlorite zone, up to 650°C; in andalusite-staurolite zone, up to 700-740°C.     

西准噶尔马拉苏早泥盆世火山岩LA-ICP-MS 锆石U-Pb 年龄、地球化学特征及其大地构造意义

马拉苏地区早泥盆世地层为一套滨海—浅海相火山—沉积岩系,对其中的火山岩夹层进行锆石U-Pb同位素定年和岩石地球化学研究,定年结果显示有大量的新太古代和中新元古代锆石,表明该区存在古老的大陆地壳物质。火山岩样品SiO2含量为52.38%~69.6%,Na2O含量为2.80%~4.85%,K2O为0.16%~0.96%,TiO2为0.5%~1.96%,Al2O3为14.62%~18.18%,MgO（1.08%~5.75%）变化范围较大,Mg#值在22.92~38之间,具有高钠、低钾的特征,属于钙碱性、低钾拉斑系列。稀土元素总量∑REE=73×10-6~115×10-6,LREE/HREE值为2.66~3.25,具有明显的Eu负异常（0.83~0.92）。玄武安山岩样品相对富集K、Rb、Ba、Sr等大离子亲石元素,亏损Nb、Ta、Zr、Hf等高场强元素,与典型火山弧玄武岩地球化学特征一致。英安斑岩样品也具有富集大离子亲石元素、亏损Nb、Ta、Ti等高场强元素的特征,反映源区可能有较多壳源物质的加入,其稀土元素配分曲线和微量元素蛛网图与玄武安山岩相似,表明其可能为同源岩浆演化的产物。综合研究认为,这套火山岩具有岛弧火山岩特征,形成于板块俯冲拼贴过程中的岛弧环境。     

西藏拉萨地块西部扎布耶茶卡火山岩的成因与意义

近年来在青藏高原南部拉萨地块不断发现的碰撞后钾质和超钾质岩石,对于揭示印度与亚洲大陆碰撞以来高原岩石圈的深部作用与过程发挥了重要作用。分布在拉萨地块西部扎布耶茶卡东岸的钾质和超钾质火山岩主体喷发时代为中新世（约16Ma）,出露面积约为400km2,火山岩持续喷发0.45Ma,估算的喷发速率约为0.26×10-3km3/a。岩石包括3种类型,第一类（约16Ma）为超钾质的粗面安山岩,SiO2低（55%~58 %）,高Fe2O3、MgO、TiO2;第二类（约27Ma）为钾玄质的响岩和粗面岩;第三类是高SiO2的钾玄质—超钾质粗面岩（SiO2＝59%~64％）和流纹岩（SiO2＝69％）。岩石显示轻稀土元素、大离子亲石元素高度富集和部分高场强元素亏损的特征,部分中酸性岩石显示高Sr低Y的埃达克岩的属性。岩石的Sr-Nd-Pb-O同位素组成与拉萨地块典型的超钾质岩石明显不同,显示亲青藏高原北部地球化学省的地球化学特征。扎布耶茶卡不同类型的岩浆代表了碰撞后高原南部岩石圈减薄作用导致的岩石圈不同层次的岩石部分熔融的产物。     

Compatible P-T conditions for eclogites and surrounding gneisses in the Kristiansund area,western Norway

Analyses of coexisting garnets, clinopyroxenes and plagioclases from eclogites and high pressure granulitic gneisses in the Kristiansund area within the west Norwegian basal gneiss region are used to establish the P-T conditions for the metamorphic peak for these rocks. Based on the distribution of Fe and Mg between coexisting garnet and clinopyroxene in both eclogite and granulites, equilibrium temperatures are estimated to 750 °±50 ° C. Pressures are derived from the absence of orthopyroxenes in the granulites, and from the assemblage clinopyroxene +plagioclase+quartz present in the gneisses. Equilibrium pressures are estimated to 18.5±3.0 kilobars, and these equilibrium conditions are thus compatible with equilibrium conditions derived for both orthopyroxene-free and most orthopyroxene-bearing country-rock eclogites from adjacent areas.     

阿尔泰诺尔特地区泥盆纪正格河火山岩的厘定及其地质意义

阿勒泰南缘诺尔特地区晚古生代火山岩十分发育,其中正格河一带出露一套片理化蚀变流纹岩与含凝灰质英安流纹岩的岩石组合,呈北西-南东向带状展布,前人将其划为石炭纪红山嘴组a段。本次工作对其进行的LAICPMS锆石U-Pb测年结果显示为早泥盆世(206Pb/238U加权平均年龄值为(400.4±3.6)Ma),时代不同于红山嘴组所属的石炭纪。其岩性明显区别于红山嘴组b、c段地层,且稳定成规模出露,故对此套流纹岩组合进行了重新厘定,暂命名为正格河火山岩。岩石Si O2含量在69.77%~75.16%,里特曼指数为1.26~1.70,(Na2O+K2O)介于5.90%~7.28%,A/CNK值介于0.88~1.16,显示钙碱性、偏铝质岩石特征。微量元素富集Rb、Th等大离子亲石元素,亏损Nb、Ta、Hf等高场强元素,稀土元素总量变化较大,∑REE介于189.20×10-6~308.47×10-6,轻、重稀土元素分馏较强((La/Yb)N=5.82~7.86),铕负异常(δEu=0.45~0.75),具有与俯冲作用有关的岩浆作用特征。结合区域地质资料,表明正格河火山岩形成于活动大陆边缘构造环境。     

A thermal-tectonic model for high-pressure rocks in the Basal Gneiss Complex of western Norway

The Basal Gneiss Complex (BGC) of western Norway is a segment of continental crust that was subjected to eclogite facies metamorphism during the Caledonian Orogeny and then was overprinted by amphibolite facies conditions. Numerical methods have been used to construct a model for thermal evolution of the BGC. The calculated temperature-depth-time (Tzt) paths for the BGC are in good agreement with the sequence of mineral assemblages that occur in metamorphosed mafic and ultramafic rocks. However, the thermal model indicates that retrograde zoning of minerals in the garnet-bearing assemblages of eclogite and ultramafite may have developed metastably at pressures below 10 kbar. Numerical modeling of iron diffusion in garnet grains adjacent to olivine inclusions was used to calculate zoning profiles based upon the thermal model. The calculated zoning profiles have shorter decay distances than the observed zoning profiles, which may be due to uncertainties in the diffusion coefficients. Also, discrepancies occur between the Tzt paths and specific PT values calculated for eclogite and garnet ultramafite due either to the preservation of pre-Caledonian mineral assemblages or to utilization of geobarometers and thermometers which are based on different elements in different phases (such as A1 in orthopyroxene and Fe---Mg in olivine and garnet).     

Geochronological constraints on metamorphism, magmatism and exhumation of deep-crustal rocks of the Kramanituar Complex, with implications for the Paleoproterozoic evolution of the Archean western Churchill Province, Canada

U-Pb and Sm-Nd geochronology establishes an important Paleoproterozoic (~1.9 Ga) history for the Kramanituar Complex, located in the interior of the Archean western Churchill Province, and provides further insight into the Snowbird tectonic zone, a crustal-scale (>2000 km) feature whose role during Precambrian time remains controversial. The Kramanituar Complex is a window of deep-crustal rocks, dominated by a granulite-facies metagabbroic suite of ~1902 Ma age, with minor supracrustal rocks and charnockite. These yield peak equilibrium conditions of 12-15 kbar and 850-900 °C, which are bracketed between ~1910 Ma, the age of prograde metamorphic monazite in sillimanite- and kyanite-bearing paragneiss, and 1901 Ma, the cooling ages of titanite and rutile in gabbroic and paragneissic rocks. Although mineral assemblages reflecting peak metamorphic conditions are widespread, some rocks record near-isothermal decompression to ~8 kbar and 800 °C. The timing of uplift and exhumation is tightly bracketed between magmatic crystallization of gabbroic anorthosite under granulite-facies conditions at 1902 Ma and widespread rutile cooling ages of 1901 Ma. Time-averaged cooling rates of >100 °C/Ma are estimated for gabbroic anorthosite and leucogranite. Rocks surrounding the Kramanituar Complex are mainly amphibolite-facies Archean plutonic and supracrustal rocks. Those to the north were at deep-crustal conditions coeval with the complex, whereas those to the south appear to preserve a record of older, mainly Neoarchean tectonometamorphic assemblages and fabrics. The southern boundary of the complex is inferred to be a normal fault that accommodated tectonic unroofing of the Kramanituar Complex at ~1.9 Ga. This geochronological data set highlights the protracted history of a segment of the geophysically defined Snowbird tectonic zone, a structure along which latest significant magmatism and tectonometamorphism has been interpreted as either ~2600 or ~1800 Ma. Penetrative ~1900 Ma activity in the east-trending Chesterfield segment, as documented at the Kramanituar Complex, suggests that the complex may have represented a favorably oriented segment of a crustal-scale Archean fault that was reactivated during Paleoproterozoic time, possibly in response to collision between the Slave and Churchill cratons (Thelon Orogen) at ~1.97-1.9 Ga.     

Constraints on the timing of granite emplacement, deformation and metamorphism in the Shamva area, Zimbabwe

In order to constrain the temporal relationship between granite (sensu lato) emplacement and metamorphism, isotope work was carried out on the minerals zircon and apatite (U-Pb), garnet (Pb-Pb) and hornblende (Ar-Ar) from wall rock samples in the Shamva area in Zimbabwe. The area, encompassing parts of the Chinamora and Murehwa batholiths and a wedge-shaped greenstone belt segment in between, is commonly quoted in the literature as an example illustrating pluton emplacement processes and deformational models for the Archean. New U-Pb dating of apatite from a boudinaged pegmatite within mafic schists in the batholith-greenstone contact zone has yielded an age of 2619 +28/-24 Ma. This age is interpreted as the best estimation of the intrusion age of this unit, depending on the assumed closure temperature, and provides an upper age limit for the syntectonic emplacement of the now gneissic granites. Pb-Pb dating of late kinematic garnets in cordierite-bearing rocks within the greenstone belt wall rocks gives an age of 2623NJ Ma. Together, this timing of relatively late, syntectonic plutonism and metamorphic mineral growth at ca. 2.62 Ga compares well with existing zircon crystallization ages for felsic volcanics (2645dž Ma, 2643NJ Ma) and post-tectonic porphyritic monzogranites (2601ᆢ Ma). Ar-Ar hornblende ages for mafic schists from different areas within the greenstone belt wall rocks range between 2621 and 2498 Ma and have been interpreted to indicate mixing between metamorphic ages and cooling ages. The data support a geological model whereby volcanism and sedimentation are associated with an early phase of regional deformation at ca. 2.64 Ga, which may have started earlier and lasted longer, and evolves into the voluminous emplacement of granites (now gneissic granites) in the batholiths at approximately 2.62 Ga. Emplacement of post-tectonic tabular monzogranites takes place at ca. 2.60 Ga.     

High-pressure–low-temperature metamorphism of metasedimentary rocks, southern Menderes Massif, western Turkey

Kilometer-scale lenses of quartz-rich metasedimentary rocks crop out in a discontinuous belt along the southern margin of the Menderes Massif, Turkey, and preserve evidence for high-pressure–low-temperature (HP–LT) metamorphism related to subduction of a continental margin during Alpine orogeny. Kyanite schist, quartzite, and quartz veins contain kyanite + phengite + Mg-chlorite, and the veins also contain magnesiocarpholite. A deformed carbonate metaconglomerate juxtaposed with the quartzite-dominated unit does not contain HP index minerals, and likely represents the tectonized boundary of the siliceous rocks with adjacent marble. The HP–LT rocks (10–12 kbar, 470–570 °C) record different pressure conditions than the adjacent, apparently lower pressure Menderes metasedimentary sequence. Despite this difference there is disagreement as to whether these HP–LT rocks are part of the Menderes sequence or are related to the tectonically overlying Cycladic blueschist unit. If the former, the entire southern Menderes Massif experienced HP–LT metamorphism but the evidence has been obliterated from most rocks; if the latter, rocks recording different metamorphic-kinematic conditions experienced different tectonic histories and were tectonically juxtaposed during thrusting. Based on observations and data in this study, the second model better accounts for the differences in P–T-deformation histories of the southern Menderes Massif rocks, and suggests that the HP–LT rocks are not part of the Menderes cover sequence.     

北祁连山高压变质带的变形和变质特征及其对俯冲带折返的意义

北祁连造山带是早古生代大洋板块"冷"俯冲的典型地区,形成了一系列高压低温变质的岩石组合.基性榴辉岩是俯冲洋壳变质的产物,根据其结构构造特征可以划分为(1)粒状榴辉岩,峰期变质矿物组合为Grt+Omp+Phn+Rut±Lws,硬柱石呈包裹体和假象分布于石榴石内,变质温压条件T=465～508℃,P=2.30～2.60GPa.(2)片状榴辉岩,岩石具片状构造,其共生矿物组合Omp+Czo/Ep+Phn+Gln构成透入性面理S1和线理L1,以及宏观和显微同斜褶皱F1.其峰期变质温压条件为T=466～510℃,P=1.9～2.2GPa.(3)蓝片岩相退化变质榴辉岩,蓝片岩相变质矿物Gln+Ep+Phn±Ab强烈交代榴辉岩相矿物,并发生强烈D2期变形作用,岩石形成明显的透入性面理S2和线理L2,以及同斜剪切褶皱F2.蓝闪石和多硅白云母线理的统计揭示D2期变形以斜向走滑剪切为主,与D1期变形的榴辉岩的运动学特征大体相似.D2同变质的温压条件为T=422～487℃,P=1.15～1.37GPa.高压变质带晚期的绿片岩相叠加和D3期变形,形成透入性面理S3和线理L3,其运动特征为近于垂直构造线的逆冲剪切.结合榴辉岩变形特征,变质温压条件和同位素年代学资料,我们认为退变质的强弱与变形程度有密切关系.峰期变质后的榴辉岩经过早期绿帘石榴辉岩相到蓝片岩相斜向走滑剪切,和晚期绿片岩相逆冲,在泥盆纪早期快速折返的出露地表.     

Neoproterozoic bimodal volcanic rocks and granites in the western Dabie area,northern margin of Yangtze block,China: implications for extension during the break-up of Rodinia

ABSTRACT

To better understand the Neoproterozoic tectonic evolution along the northern margin of Yangtze Block, we have determined the geochronological and geochemical compositions of newly recognized bimodal volcanic suite and coeval granites from the western Dabie terrain. LA-ICP-MS zircon U-Pb dating reveals that the felsic and mafic volcanics from the Hong’an unit have crystallization ages of 730 ± 4Ma and 735 ± 5Ma, respectively, indicating that the bimodal suite was erupted during the Neoproterozoic. The Xuantan, Xiaoluoshan, and Wuchenhe granites yield U-Pb ages of 742 ± 4 Ma, 738 ± 4 Ma, and 736 ± 4 Ma, respectively. The felsic volcanic rocks show peraluminous characteristics, and have a close affinity to S-type granite. The mafic volcanic rocks are basalt in compositions, and are likely generated from a depleted mantle source. The granites belong to high-K calc-alkaline and calc-alkaline series, display metaluminous to peraluminous, and are mainly highly fractionated I-type and A-type granite. The granites and felsic volcanics have zircon εHf(t) values of ?16.4 to + 5.6 and two-stage Hf model ages (T_DM2) of 1.28 to 2.40 Ga, suggesting that they were partial melting of varying Mesoproterozoic–early-Neoproterozoic crust. The granites have εNd_(t) of -14.7 to -1.5, and the two-stage Nd model ages (T_DM2) values of 1.54 to 2.61 Ga, also implying the Yangtze crustal contribution. These Neoproterozoic bimodal suite and coeval granites were most likely generated in a rifting extensional setting, triggered by the mantle upwelling, associated with crust–mantle interaction. Intensive magmatic rocks are widespread throughout the South Qingling, Suizhao, western Dabie and eastern Dabie areas during 810–720 Ma, and show peak ages at ~ 740 Ma. Combining regional geology, we support a continental rifting extensional setting for the north margin of the Yangtze Block during the break-up of the supercontinent Rodinia.     

Comparative geochemistry of granitoids and metamorphic country rocks in the western Angara-Vitim batholith, western Baikal area

This paper presents materials of granitoids from the western Angara-Vitim batholith and the country gneisses and migmatites of the Talanchan Metamorphic Complex. The granitoids of the older intrusive phases of the Barguzin Complex are characterized by high dispersions in the contents of most trace element. The similarities in their trace-element signatures to those of metavolcanics of the Talanchan Group indicate that the latter could have served as a source of the granitoid melts. The increase in the K, Rb, Sn, Be, and REE contents from granitoids of the older phase of the Barguzin Complex to the main phase of this complex and further to the granites of the Zazin Complex is a result of melt fractionation which simultaneously became more uniform and acquired Eu minima. The group of calc-alkaline diorites is identical in composition to the metavolcanics and probably complements the latter. Metagabbro of normal alkalinity and synplutonic subalkali gabbro of the Oshurkov type are distinguished by composition and the relationships with the country gneisses and granitoids.