湖北红安群的时代：变质花岗质侵入体U－Pb定年提供的制约

湖北红安群的原岩形成时代一直是个有争议的问题。笔者对红安群中两个不同类型的花岗质侵入体进行了锆石U-Pb定年,在位于红安群之下的双峰尖岩体中获得岩浆侵位年龄为(813±6)Ma,在侵入于红安群中的高格岩体获得岩浆侵位年龄为(638±142)Ma,高压变质年龄为(229±22)Ma。结合目前在扬子板块和大别造山带内部获得的一系列新元古代年代学数据,认为红安群变质杂岩中沉积地层的形成时代应限制在825～630Ma之间,是扬子大陆基底在新元古代裂解的产物。这套岩石在印支期(约230Ma)华北与扬子板块碰撞过程中经历了低温高压蓝片岩—榴辉岩相变质作用。     

北京云蒙山片麻状花岗岩锆石SHRIMP定年及其地质意义

应用锆石SHRIMP定年方法对云蒙山片麻状花岗岩进行年代学研究 ,得到 4组年龄 :14 4± 4Ma、16 0～ 16 3Ma、193～ 2 18Ma和 2 4 16Ma。其中 14 4± 4Ma代表了云蒙山岩体的侵位时间 ,16 0～ 16 3Ma和 193～ 2 18Ma两组年龄可能是岩浆侵位过程中捕虏锆石的年龄。 2 4 16Ma与Davis等的锆石U_Pb法上交点年龄 (190 0～ 2 4 0 0Ma)一致 ,可能反映了原岩的时代 ,说明该花岗岩来源于晚太古代片麻岩的局部熔融或者是岩浆侵位过程中捕获了晚太古代的锆石。     

辽东清原地区太古代岩石Rb—Sr年代

清原地区太古界岩石和矿物的Rb-Sr研究给出五个等时线年龄:2924±325Ma(城子疃组麻粒岩),2625±376Ma(通什村组麻粒相岩石),2359±81Ma(线金厂紫苏花岗岩),2366±48Ma(斗虎屯附近混合岩中的包体角闪岩),1639±49Ma(城子疃组麻粒岩的分离矿物)。根据等时线和模式年龄推断:城子疃组和通什村组的火成原岩年龄分别为2900—2800Ma和2600Ma;紫苏花岗岩侵位和麻粒岩相变质作用几乎同时发生于2600Ma前;2360Ma前发生广泛的混合岩化;1640Ma前有后期变质作用叠加。     

青藏高原唐古拉山中新生代花岗岩锆石U-Pb年龄、地球化学特征及其大陆动力学意义

应用单颗粒锆石 U - Pb法 ,对出露于羌塘地体中央隆起带唐古拉山北坡的花岗岩体进行侵位年代测定 ,结果表明它们是中生代末至新生代早期多次岩浆脉动、涌动上侵定位的产物。其中龙亚拉花岗岩体 (6 9.8± 2 .0Ma)、木乃花岗岩体 (6 7.1± 2 .0 Ma)是印 -亚板块早期碰撞的产物 ;赛多铺岗日花岗岩体 (40 .6± 3.1Ma)为印 -亚板块主碰撞期花岗岩。岩石类型主要包括辉石石英二长岩、二长花岗岩和钾长花岗岩 ,初始锶同位素比值 (87Sr/86 Sr)为 0 .70 6 0 39～ 0 .714 0 6 9。研究表明 ,中生代末至新生代花岗岩浆均起源于壳幔混熔 ,属同碰撞—晚造山期的壳幔型花岗岩。详细的单颗粒锆石 U - Pb同位素定年为研究青藏高原的形成演化与地球动力学过程提供了重要的依据。     

南秦岭佛坪地区早中生代变质-深熔-变形作用的锆石U-Pb年代学制约

本文通过几何学与运动学等构造变形分析, 勾勒出南秦岭佛坪地区龙草坪混合岩化片麻岩穹隆、佛坪县城片麻岩穹隆以及秧田坝—十里铺走滑剪切带的基本形态。同时, 对该区混合岩、麻粒岩以及变形花岗岩进行了系统的岩石学与年代学研究。结果表明, 混合岩的锆石具有明显的核-边结构, 其中中色体年龄集中在(211.8±1.9) Ma, 浅色体中锆石边部年龄为(203.7±1.6) Ma, 而继承核部则显示了与本地区泥盆纪变质沉积岩中碎屑锆石一致的年龄谱系。麻粒岩的锆石也具有明显的核-边结构, 核与边分别得到(201.5±7.0) Ma和(188.1±1.5) Ma的加权平均年龄。伟晶岩和细粒花岗岩样年龄分别为(200.4±2.0) Ma和(201.1±1.5) Ma, 误差范围内一致。穹隆一带的副片麻岩和走滑剪切带南侧变质沉积岩分别得到(198.1±2.2) Ma和(196.1±2.1) Ma的变质年龄。佛坪县城片麻岩穹隆一带的变形花岗岩年龄为(205.5±3.0) Ma。综合以上构造变形与变质-深熔-岩浆作用的研究, 我们构建了佛坪地区早中生代构造演化序列, 并提出片麻岩穹隆侵位过程中得到了作为勉略带东侧部分的秧田坝—十里铺韧性走滑剪切带活动的促进。并认为南秦岭构造带至少在217~212 Ma之前仍处于俯冲环境, 于211~201 Ma进入同碰撞背景, 并于200~190 Ma完成同碰撞向伸展体制的转变。     

中天山晚奥陶世碰撞造山:来自变质花岗岩地球化学及年代学证据

中天山包尔图一带发育一套变质变形的花岗岩,属钙碱性系列,其具有较高的Hf和Th含量,而Li、Nb和Ta的含量低;稀土总量中等,具中等铕负异常,稀土配分模式曲线为V型曲线;显示出加里东型I型花岗岩、同碰撞花岗岩的特征。锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb测年获得了1207±87Ma、455.6±1.8Ma和433±19Ma 3组年龄,其中1207±87Ma代表了碎屑锆石的年龄,说明包尔图一带存在元古宙古老基底;455.6±1.8Ma代表了包尔图岩体的侵位年龄,代表了北天山洋与中天山陆块早古生代一次重要碰撞造山事件;433±19Ma则代表了包尔图岩体侵入岩的后期变质改造年龄,说明早志留世中天山发生过一次变质作用。这次研究的成果对揭示中天山地区的构造演化有着重要的意义。     

山东五莲中生代岩浆岩的锆石U-Pb年龄

苏鲁造山带产出一系列中生代岩浆岩 ,但是对它们的确切侵位年龄至今尚无正式报道。对其西北部五莲断裂附近四个花岗质侵入岩体进行了锆石U Pb年龄测定 ,结果得到大店复式岩体中角闪二长岩的谐和年龄为 12 3± 4Ma ,七宝山复式火山 -侵入杂岩体中辉石二长岩的谐和年龄为 12 6± 3Ma。五莲山岩体中晶洞花岗岩的谐和年龄为 116± 4Ma,马耳山岩体中不等粒二长花岗岩的谐和年龄为 115± 1Ma。这些锆石U Pb年龄结果说明 ,苏鲁造山带同样存在侵位时间分别为 115Ma和 12 5Ma左右的早白垩纪侵入体 ,与大别造山带内大面积出露的燕山期岩浆岩年龄基本一致 ,代表了扬子板块与华北板块在三叠纪碰撞折返后的岩浆活动 ,其物质来源可能与俯冲陆壳的部分熔融有关     

鲁东官山榴辉岩与围岩接触关系的新发现及其对年代学的启示

鲁东官山榴辉岩呈透镜状包于变质含霓石碱性花岗岩中,榴辉岩的片麻理与主岩片麻理总体呈交切关系,局部可见变质含霓石碱性花岗岩呈细小岩枝状脉贯入榴辉岩中。变质含霓石碱性花岗岩锆石U-Pb法下交点年龄为231±25 Ma,上交点年龄为818±66 Ma。发现了闪长玢岩脉斜切式侵入榴辉岩及变质含霓石碱性花岗岩的接触关系,且闪长玢岩脉中有榴辉岩捕虏体,这种现象指示:闪长玢岩侵位时榴辉岩已折返至地壳较浅部位。研究表明,榴辉岩与变质含霓石碱性花岗岩共同经历了新元古代的超高压变质作用,但变质作用发生时含霓石碱性花岗岩可能处于熔融状态,榴辉岩是其中的固相包体。     

内蒙古中部大青山北西乌兰不浪紫苏斜长麻粒岩锆石U-Pb年龄

内蒙古西乌兰不浪北紫苏斜长麻粒岩是15万石兰哈达幅和125万白云鄂博幅从加里东期斜长花岗岩和华力西期花岗闪长岩中解体出来的古老花岗质侵入体.通过对紫苏斜长麻粒岩进行单颗粒锆石U-Pb法年龄测定,获得不一致线与谐和线上、下交点年龄分别为(2 511.4±4.9)Ma和(818±159)Ma.结合区调成果认为(2 511.4±4.9)Ma年龄代表古老花岗岩侵入体上侵就位时代,(818±159)Ma代表后期叠加变形变质热事件时代.这两组年龄为大青山中段地壳演化提供了直接证据.     

鄂西黄陵花岗岩基同位素年龄谱

采用Isoplot程序重新计算了鄂西黄陵花岗岩基主要岩套的Rb-Sr等时线年龄和锆石U-Pb一致曲线年龄,测定了各种类型脉岩的侵入年龄,最后获得该岩基岩浆活动的年龄谱是主体太平溪英云闪长岩岩套和黄陵庙花岗闪长岩岩套的侵位年龄分别是(833±29)Ma和(819±7)Ma,大老岭石英二长花岗岩岩套是(786±54)Ma,脉岩套侵入年龄从花岗闪长斑岩的813 Ma开始,到770Ma的辉绿岩和772Ma的石英脉侵入,整个岩基抬升作用完成,岩浆活动基本结束.在印支期(217±7)Ma时,岩基上NNW和NNE向大断裂发生了强烈的再次活动.Nd,Sr同位素证据表明,除大老岭岩套外,其他三个岩套的岩浆演化是连续的,这些岩浆起源于晋宁期扬子板块北缘发生的大洋板块消减作用.     

Early Cretaceous magmatism and ore mineralization in Northeast China: examples from Taolaituo Mo and Aobaotu Pb–Zn deposits

The recently discovered Taolaituo porphyry Mo deposit and Aobaotu hydrothermal vein Pb–Zn deposit are both located in the Great Xing’an Range, Northeast China. Here we present new zircon U–Pb ages, whole-rock geochemical and Pb isotopic data, and molybdenite Re–Os ages for these two deposits. The Mo mineralization in the Taolaituo area occurred in quartz porphyry, which yields zircon U–Pb ages ranging from 138.5 ± 0.8 to 139.1 ± 0.5 Ma. Fine-grained granite representing pre-mineralization magmatic activity was formed at 145.2 ± 0.5 Ma. Molybdenite Re–Os dating indicates that Mo mineralization occurred at 133.8 ± 1.2 Ma. In the Aobaotu deposit, the ore-related granodioritic porphyry has a zircon U–Pb age of 140.0 ± 0.4 Ma. These geochronological data indicate that these magmatic and hydrothermal activities occurred during the Early Cretaceous. The mineralogical and geochemical features of the Taolaituo and Aobaotu granitoids suggest they can be classified as A₁-type within-plate anorogenic granites and I-type granites, respectively. The Pb isotopic compositions suggest a mixed crust–mantle origin of the granitoids in these two deposits. The Taolaituo granitoids were formed by the partial melting of lower crust and crust–mantle interaction, with subsequent fractionation of apatite, feldspar, Ti-bearing phases and allanite or monazite. In contrast, the Aobaotu granites were derived primarily from lithospheric mantle that had been transformed or affected by the addition of subduction-related components. Combined with the regional geology, tectonic evolution and available age data from the literature, our results suggest that the Early Cretaceous (140–100 Ma) was likely to be the most important peak period for metallogenic mineralization in Northeast China. The Taolaituo and Aobaotu deposits formed under an extensional environment at an active continental margin in response to subduction of the Palaeo-Pacific oceanic plate.     

Isotopic dating and structural relationships of granitoids and greenstones in the East Pilbara,Western Australia

A structural RbSr isotopic study has been made on two small areas in the eastern Pilbara block, Western Australia. The sites were chosen because they showed good interrelationships of granitoid and greenstone units. At Warrery Gap, on the western side of the Corunna granitic dome, the acid volcanics of the Duffer Formation (at the top of the lower Talga-Talga Subgroup of the Warrawoona Group) show some updating, but a good 3506 ± 62 Ma isochron, with initial ratio (IR) of 0.7006 ± 0.0011, was recognized, consistent with the 3452 ± 16 Ma zircon measurement of Pidgeon (1978b).Both a penetrative D₁ deformation, and the doming of D₂ preceded intrusion of late tectonic granitoids, dated at 3270 ± 22 Ma (IR = 0.7015 ± 0.0003), into both the Duffer Formation and the overlying pillow lavas of the Salgash Subgroup. Thus, the Salgash Subgroup is much older than suggested by Glikson (1979) and the stratigraphic succession cannot contain a hiatus between the apparently conformable Talga-Talga and Salgash Subgroups of the magnitude he proposed.The granitic domes clearly owe their form to the D₂ deformation rather than to batholitic intrusion, but near horizontal structural lineations suggest that they were not formed by diapiric movements. A granodiorite and pink feldspar granite from just within the Corunna granitic dome are slightly deformed: pooled isochrons indicate an age of 3232 ± 27 Ma but different IRs of 0.7032 and 0.7009, respectively. At Tambourah, in the eastern Shaw granitic dome, local D₂ also deforms an intrusive microadamellite of age 3087 ± 34 Ma and IR = 0.7103 ± 0.0057. There is therefore a real spread in ages of D₂ granitoids and D₂ deformation between about 3300 and 3100 Ma.Layered megacrystic gneiss, at Tambourah, also intruded by the microadamellite, contains a nebulous foliation argued to be local S₁. Layered and homogeneous megacrystic gneiss produce updated RbSr total rock isochrons of 2995 ± 95 and 2779 ± 38 Ma, respectively. The primary age of these D₁ gneisses is clearly greater than that of the D₂ granitoids and is probably indicated by Pidgeon's (1978c) zircon age of 3417 ± 40 Ma from the Shaw granitic dome. If so, Hickman's (1975) “Migmatite Suite” contains both D₁ gneisses and D₂ granitoids separated in age at Tambourah by ca. 300 Ma, although neither appears to be older than the lower part of the preserved layered sequence. The protocrust on which that sequence was deposited has yet to be directly identified.     

新疆东天山觉罗塔格地区花岗岩类年代学、构造背景及其成矿作用研究

东天山觉罗塔格地区岩浆岩非常发育,以花岗岩类分布最为广泛,对其研究还较为薄弱。本文对觉罗塔格地区主要的花岗岩类岩体系统开展了地质特征研究并进行了同位素精确测年,报道了区内16个主要花岗岩类岩体的锆石LA-ICPMS U-Pb年龄：镜儿泉岩体376.9±3.1Ma、西凤山岩体349.0±3.4Ma、石英滩岩体342±11Ma、长条山岩体337.4±2.8Ma、天目岩体320.2±3.1Ma、百灵山岩体317.7±3.7Ma、白石泉岩体303±18Ma、迪坎岩体288.0±2.5Ma、黄山岩体288±17Ma、白山东岩体284.5±4.5Ma、管道岩体284.1±5.8Ma、红石岩体282.7±4.2Ma、陇东岩体276.2±2.5Ma、多头山岩体271.7±5.5Ma、双岔沟岩体252.4±2.9Ma、土墩岩体246.2±2.6Ma,上述定年结果为研究区岩浆活动与区域构造演化及深部过程的关系研究提供了可靠的年代学支持。结合前人已有的部分年代学成果认为,觉罗塔格地区花岗岩类的形成年龄分布在386~230Ma之间,岩浆活动可分为晚泥盆世(386.5~369.5Ma)、早石炭世(349~330Ma)、晚石炭世-晚二叠世(320~252Ma)、早中三叠世(246~230Ma)等4个阶段。前3个阶段岩浆活动具有持续时间逐渐变长、岩浆活动逐渐加剧的特点,并在第三阶段达到顶峰,而第四阶段岩浆活动则明显变弱。花岗岩类岩浆活动在时空分布上表现为,自哈尔里克-大南湖岛弧带→阿奇山-雅满岛弧带→康古尔-黄山韧性剪切带,岩体侵位由早到晚; 自研究区东部→中西部→沿韧性剪切带,岩体侵位由老到新。结合区域构造演化研究成果认为,觉罗塔格地区花岗质岩浆活动与区域构造演化具有很强的耦合关系,花岗岩类在前碰撞阶段、主碰撞阶段、后碰撞阶段、板内阶段等4个构造演化阶段均有发育,与花岗岩类在时间分布上的4个阶段完全对应,其中尤以后碰撞构造演化阶段花岗岩类的分布最广泛、岩浆活动最强烈。觉罗塔格地区与4个阶段花岗岩类有关的成矿作用由早到晚具有无明显矿化→斑岩型铜矿、火山岩型铁矿→韧性剪切带型金矿、夕卡岩型银(铜)矿→斑岩-石英脉型钼矿的演化特点,其中以对应于主碰撞阶段的斑岩型铜矿和后碰撞阶段的韧性剪切带型金矿最为发育。本文系统阐述了东天山觉罗塔格地区中酸性岩体的时空格架、与区域构造演化的耦合、与成矿作用的关系,为北疆地区晚古生代特别是后碰撞背景下的岩浆演化及其成矿关系的研究提供了有力支持。     

The time length of formation of the Angara-Vitim batholite: Results of U-Pb geochronological studies

This paper describes the results of geochronological studies (U-Pb method over micro lots and single grains of zircon) of autochtonous and allochtonous granitoids of the Barguzinskii complex of the Angara-Vitim batolite of the petrotypical area in the basin of the Dzhirga and Kovyli rivers (tributaries of the Barguzin River). The age of crystallization of gneissose granitoids is 297 ± 5 Ma, and that of intrusive leucocratic biotite granites is 291 ± 1 Ma. The estimates of the age finalize the discussion on the age of granitoids of the Barguzin complex and cannot be considered as ??rejuvenated.?? The analyses of the geochronological data that have been obtained up to the present for granitoids of the Angara-Vitim batolite with the SHRIMP and U-Pb methods for large samples of zircons show that in the majority of cases they cannot be used for precise estimation of the age of their crystallization. The geochronological data obtained with use of the U-Pb method over micro samples and single grains of zircon allow one to make a conclusion on the formation of granitoids of the described complexes of the Angara-Vitim batholite that occurred within 303 ± 7?C281 ± 1 Ma. Thus, the time length of formation of the largest in the eastern segment of the Central Asian belt of the Angara-Vitim batholite is not more than 22 Ma (minimum 6 Ma), which allows us to consider it as a large granitic province and is a boundary condition for development of the geodynamic models of its formation.     

青海尖扎—同仁地区隆务峡蛇绿岩的形成时代及意义——来自辉长岩锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb年龄的证据

隆务峡蛇绿岩位于青海省同仁县,大地构造位置处于西秦岭和南祁连造山带的结合部位。蛇绿岩年代学对于研究造山带构造演化和恢复古洋-陆板块构造格局至关重要。对隆务峡蛇绿岩中的辉长岩进行了LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年,206Pb/238U加权平均年龄为250.1Ma±2.2Ma(MSWD=0.7),代表了辉长岩的结晶年龄,表明隆务峡蛇绿岩是晚二叠世—早三叠世西秦岭与南祁连之间古洋盆扩张过程中岩浆活动的产物。而呈岩株侵入到蛇绿岩中的花岗闪长岩的年龄(244Ma±1.4Ma)晚于蛇绿岩中辉长岩的年龄,但早于区域上大量存在的印支期花岗岩,可能记录了蛇绿岩的侵位时代。     

内蒙古维拉斯托矿床花岗岩类SHRIMP年代学及Hf同位素研究

维拉斯托铜多金属矿床地处中亚造山带和大兴安岭造山带的叠加复合部位,该矿床花岗岩类锆石SHRIMP U-Pb测年结果显示为(298.0±2.5)Ma、(308.3±4.2)Ma、(313.9±3.4)Ma和(320.5±4.1)Ma,表明该矿区花岗岩类的成岩时代为晚石炭世。岩石地球化学特征表明它们为岩浆弧活动的产物。除花岗闪长岩样品锆石的εHf(t)为-4.1～+4.08外,其他3件黑云母花岗岩、黑云母二长花岗岩、石英闪长岩样品锆石ε_Hf(t)为正值,为+0.4～+9.9,锆石Hf模式年龄的峰值与古亚洲洋发育的时间较为一致,暗示矿区花岗岩类源区物质主要为俯冲的古亚洲洋壳以及少量前寒武纪地壳。矿区花岗岩类系统研究为探讨晚古生代兴蒙造山带的演化过程提供了基础资料,为该铜多金属矿床的成因研究提供了新的证据。     

First results of U-Pb geochronological studies of the Precambrian granitoids of the Batomga block of the Aldan shield

This paper reports the first U-Pb geochronological data on the Precambrian granitoids of the Batomga block (Aldan shield). It was established that the amphibole diorites of this block have an age of 2062 ± 14 Ma, while biotite granites are dated at 2055 ± 7 Ma. These granitoids were subjected to epidote-amphibolie facies metamorphism 1920 ± 8 Ma ago.     

大兴安岭中段早白垩世花岗质岩石锆石U-Pb年龄及地球化学特征

大兴安岭地区显生宙花岗岩分布广泛,但区内中生代花岗岩的研究相对薄弱.通过对大兴安岭中段扎兰屯以西的毕家店岩体和神山岩体进行年代学和地球化学研究,探讨了本区早白垩世花岗岩的成因及构造背景.其中毕家店岩体主要由正长花岗岩和花岗斑岩组成,神山岩体主要由碱长花岗岩组成.毕家店岩体的锆石U-Pb年龄为136±3 Ma、139.5±0.9 Ma和128.1±0.8 Ma,神山岩体为119.3±0.8 Ma,均形成于早白垩世.地球化学特征上,两岩体均呈现高硅、低钙、富碱、Eu负异常等特征,亏损Nb、Ta,富集Rb、Th和U,属于弱过铝质高钾钙碱性系列,为岩浆演化晚期的高分异I型花岗岩.两岩体具有活动大陆边缘构造属性,结合大兴安岭地区同时期I型、A型花岗岩特征,认为早白垩世花岗质岩石的形成与太平洋板块俯冲背景下的拆沉作用密切相关.     

Early Carboniferous (Viséan) emplacement of the collisional Kłodzko–Złoty Stok granitoids (Sudetes, SW Poland): constraints from geochemical data and zircon U–Pb ages

Sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe zircon U–Pb dating and geochemical data of igneous rocks from the composite K?odzko–Z?oty Stok (KZS) Granite Pluton, Sudetic Block, indicate that the granitoids represent an Early Carboniferous Viséan phase of Variscan metaluminous, high-K, I-type, syn-collisional granite magmatism within the Saxothuringian Zone of the Central European Variscides. Igneous zircon records hypabyssal magmatism that produced various granitoids and lamprophyre (spessartite) emplaced from ca. 340 to 331 Ma. The KZS granitoids have compositions ranging from granodiorite to monzonite, low A/CNK ratios (<1), and are associated with abundant mafic members. Most of them are alkaline, highly potassic, and moderately evolved. The major and trace element contents of the KZS granitoids suggest geochemical heterogeneity, and the hybrid nature of magmas derived from a range of sources in the middle crust, with a strong input of material from the upper mantle. Mixing of magmas of mantle origin with high-K material from partly melted continental crust was probably a more important factor than fractional crystallization, in controlling the evolution of the magmas. The mean Pb–U ages of the main population of igneous zircon from a quartz monzodiorite (?elazno) and hornblende monzonite (Droszków) are 340.2 ± 2.5 Ma and 339.5 ± 3.1 Ma, respectively. A slightly younger biotite-hornblende granodiorite from Chwalis?aw, 336.7 ± 2.5 Ma, was cut by a spessartite dyke at 333.1 ± 3.1 Ma. This indicates that mafic magmas were immediately intruded into fractured, probably incompletely solidified, granodiorites. The lamprophyric dyke also contains igneous zircon of Neoproterozoic age, 566.3 ± 6.4 Ma, typical of the crust in the Saxothuringian Zone. Tonalite from Ptasznik Hill near Droszków is of similar age to the spessartite, 331.5 ± 2.6 Ma. High REE contents in the tonalite and its igneous zircon indicate advanced differentiation of granitic magma, producing a more leucocratic melt associated with post-magmatic activity including abundant late crosscutting pegmatites and quartz veins, and contact metasomatic mineralization. The KZS granitoids have rather similar petrographic and geochemical characteristics to granitoids from other parts of the Central European Variscides, where a thickened orogenic root caused a substantial rise in crustal temperatures, producing granitoid magmas closely correlated with regional tectonic activity between the Saxothuringian and Brunovistulia Terranes at the NE margin of the Bohemian Massif.     

Paleoproterozoic granitoids of the Chuya and Kutima complexes (southern Siberian craton): age,petrogenesis, and geodynamic setting

Detailed geochemical, isotope, and geochronological studies were carried out for the granitoids of the Chuya and Kutima complexes in the Baikal marginal salient of the Siberian craton basement. The obtained results indicate that the granitoids of both complexes are confined to the same tectonic structure (Akitkan fold belt) and are of similar absolute age. U–Pb zircon dating of the Kutima granites yielded an age of 2019±16 Ma, which nearly coincides with the age of 2020±12 Ma obtained earlier for the granitoids of the Chuya complex. Despite the close ages, the granitoids of these complexes differ considerably in geochemical characteristics. The granitoids of the Chuya complex correspond in composition to calcic and calc-alkalic peraluminous trondhjemites, and the granites of the Kutima complex, to calc-alkalic and alkali-calcic peraluminous granites. The granites of the Chuya complex are similar to rocks of the tonalite–trondhjemite–granodiorite (TTG) series and are close in CaO, Sr, and Ba contents to I-type granites. The granites of the Kutima complex are similar in contents of major oxides to oxidized A-type granites. Study of the Nd isotope composition of the Chuya and Kutima granitoids showed their close positive values of εNd(T) (+ 1.9 to + 3.5), which indicates that both rocks formed from sources with a short crustal history. Based on petrogeochemical data, it has been established that the Chuya granitoids might have been formed through the melting of a metabasitic source, whereas the Kutima granites, through the melting of a crustal source of quartz–feldspathic composition. Estimation of the PT-conditions of granitoid melt crystallization shows that the Chuya granitoids formed at 735–776 °C (zircon saturation temperature) and > 10 kbar and the Kutima granites, at 819–920 °C and > 10 kbar. It is assumed that the granitoids of both complexes formed in thickened continental crust within an accretionary orogen.