Composition and pre-metamorphic geodynamic setting of the ultrahigh-pressure metabasic rocks from Dabie Shan,E-China

As part of the Yangtze plate, segments of the Dabie Shan terrane of Central China underwent ultra-high pressure metamorphism during Triassic subduction. We studied the geochemistry of the abundant eclogites to evaluate the nature of the protoliths and their geodynamic setting. Although some previous geochemical work exists, the analyses and interpretation herein are based on a new subdivision of the ultra-high pressure sequence into basement and cover units (Changpu and Ganghe Unit), revealing new and important results. In addition, eclogites of the so-called HP Unit south of the UHP units were studied. Whereas the large ion lithophile elements indicate postmagmatic, metasomatic changes of some samples, the high-field strength elements and the rare earth elements display original magmatic trends. The geochemical characteristics of the eclogites of the ultra-high pressure areas display a strong dependence on their “structural” and geographic position. The eclogites of the basement and the Changpu Unit indicate melt intrusion and extrusion in a continental rift system, i.e. during extensional tectonics. In contrast, the Ganghe Unit is characterized by a pronounced chemical homogeneity. The composition of the eclogites indicates generation from a mantle source highly influenced by slab-derived fluids. Those of the HP Unit show similar characteristics. Magmatism of the Ganghe and HP Unit probably occurred in a continental arc setting. A similar age for both units, geographically and/or tectonically separated, is possible. The geodynamic interpretation based on the geochemistry of the four units points to a Neoproterozoic scenario in which the protoliths of the HP and the cover units could have been of similar age and deposited in one evolving geological system. A rift-related larger-scale basin might have formed, e.g. a continental back-arc basin behind a magmatic arc after or simultaneous to sedimentation and magmatism in the magmatic arc. Alternatively, magmatism occurred in independent geodynamic settings, distinct in time and space. The units were juxtaposed during exhumation, after subduction to varying depths.     

Geochemical study of the Neoproterozoic clastic sedimentary rocks of the Khambal Formation (Sindreth Basin), Aravalli Craton,NW Indian Shield: Implications for paleoweathering,provenance, and geodynamic evolution

Petrographic and geochemical studies characterize lithologies of the Khambal Formation deposited in the Sindreth Basin as arkosic, subarkosic, and quartzarenite. Weathering indices, such as CIA and CIW in conjunction with the ACNK diagram, prescribe mostly moderate chemical weathering with intermittent pulses of extreme weathering in the source area. The discrimination diagrams suggest that these Neoproterozoic clastics were deposited in an active rift basin. Provenance indicators of the detritus components point to a terrane possessing subordinate mafic material in conjunction with large felsic components. A comparison of immobile element ratios with probable source rocks suggest that the Mesoproterozoic Delhi arc situated to the east of the Sindreth Basin could be the possible source. Our mixing calculation defines the proportion of end member components in the Delhi arc. Geodynamic considerations relate the origin of the Sindreth Basin to the processes of disintegration and reassembly of supercontinents.     

Neoproterozoic hydrothermally altered basaltic rocks from Rajasthan, northwest India: Implications for late Precambrian tectonic evolution of the Aravalli Craton

The isolated volcano-sedimentary sequences of the Punagarh and Sindreth Groups occur along the western flank of the Delhi Fold Belt in northwest India, and include mafic rocks (pillow basalts and dolerite dykes) that are dominantly olivine tholeiites with minor quartz-normative and alkali basalts. Sindreth samples appear to have higher primary TiO₂ and P₂O₅ abundances relative to those from Punagarh. Both suites of mafic rocks show variable, but profound hydrothermal alteration effects, with loss on ignition (LOI) values up to 10.3 wt.%, and extensive secondary minerals including albite, sericite, chlorite and calcite. Despite this, there is excellent preservation of magmatic textures, but there has been extensive albitization of plagioclase phenocrysts, a hallmark of hydrothermal alteration processes in oceanic crust. Supporting evidence for such hydrothermal alteration comes from correlations of LOI abundances with CaO/Na₂O, and evidence for U mobility is apparent on diagrams of Nb/Th vs. Nb/U. Felsic volcanic rocks (rhyolite, dacite) interlayered with the Sindreth basalts yield U–Pb zircon ages (TIMS method) between 761 ± 16 and 767 ± 3 Ma, which we interpret as representing the time of primary magmatic activity. We infer that the volcano-sedimentary rocks of the Punagarh also formed at this time, on the basis of similarities in lithology, stratigraphy, field relations and geochemistry. Intermediate granitoid rocks yield older U–Pb ages of 800 ± 2 and 873 ± 3 Ma, which we correlate with the post-Delhi Supergroup Erinpura Granites. Taken together, the features of the Punagarh and Sindreth Groups are consistent with their formation in a back-arc basin setting. Their coevality with other magmatic systems in NW India (Malani Igneous Suite), the Seychelles and Madagascar, for which a continental arc setting has also been proposed, supports the notion of an extensive convergent margin in western Rodinia at 750–770 Ma.     

Tracking the birth and growth of Cimmeria: Geochronology and origins of intrusive rocks from NW Iran

New geochronological and geochemical data for Late Neoproterozoic to Mesozoic intrusive rocks from NW Iran define major regional magmatic episodes and track the birth and growth of one of the Cimmerian microcontinents: the Persian block.After the final accretion of the Gondwanan terranes, the subduction of the Prototethyan Ocean beneath NW Gondwana during the Late Neoproterozoic was the trigger for high magmatic fluxes and the emplacement of isotopically diverse arc-related intrusions in NW Gondwana. The Late Neoproterozoic rocks of NW Iran belong to this magmatic event which includes intrusions with highly variable εHf(t) values. This magmatism continued until a magmatic lull during the Ordovician, which led to the erosion of the Neoproterozoic arc, and then was followed by a rifting event which controlled the opening of Paleotethys. In addition, it is supposed that a prolonged pulse of rift magmatism in Persia lasted from Devonian-Carboniferous to Early Permian time. These magmatic events are geographically restricted and are mostly recorded from NW Iran, although there is some evidence for these magmatic events in other segments of Iran. The Jurassic rocks of NW Iran are interpreted to be the along-strike equivalents of a Mesozoic magmatic belt (the Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone; SaSZ) toward the NW. Magmatic rocks from the SaSZ show pulsed magmatism, with high-flux events at both ~176–160 Ma and ~130 Ma. The SaSZ magmatic rocks are suggested to be formed along a continental arc but a rift setting is also considered for the formation of the SaSZ rocks based on the plume-related geochemical signatures. The arc signatures are represented by Nb-Ta depletion in the highly contaminated (by upper continental crust) plutonic rocks whereas the plume-related signature of less-contaminated melts is manifested by enrichment in Nb-Ta and high εHf(t) values, with peaks at +0.6 and +11.2. All these magmatic pulses led to pre-Cimmerian continental growth and reworking during the Late Neoproterozoic, rifting and detachment of the Cimmerian blocks from Gondwana in Mid-Late Paleozoic time and further crustal growth and reworking of Cimmeria during the Mesozoic.     

西藏西南部达巴-休古嘎布蛇绿岩带的形成与演化

:该蛇绿岩带的岩体由地幔橄榄岩组成,主要岩石类型是方辉橄榄岩和纯橄榄岩,缺少典型蛇绿岩剖面中的洋壳单元.微量元素和稀土元素特征显示蛇绿岩形成于类似洋中脊的构造环境.笔者提出该区蛇绿岩来源于印度大陆北缘洋盆的洋壳碎片,这个陆缘洋盆与新特提斯洋主体的形成和演化准同步.洋盆的演化模式是:早三叠世,随着印度(冈瓦纳)大陆向南漂移,其北部边缘因引张裂解产生裂谷,于晚三叠世向东开口与新特提斯洋主体连通,洋盆初具洋壳性质,北侧形成阿依拉-仲巴微陆块.侏罗-白垩纪为洋盆洋壳演化期,处于类似洋中脊的构造环境.晚白垩世末洋盆开始闭合.在新特提斯洋板块向北俯冲消减过程中,阿依拉-仲巴微陆块、陆缘洋盆和印度大陆一起随着向北漂移,在印度大陆向北挤压作用下洋盆逐渐收缩以致最终闭合.     

新元古代陆缘岩浆弧——塔里木盆地巴楚隆起的基底:来自钻井岩芯的最新证据

塔里木盆地巴楚隆起西缘的同1井(TX1)在寒武系之下钻遇一套火山岩,本文对该套火山岩的岩石类型、形成时代、岩石成因及构造环境进行了详细研究。结果显示,这套火山岩可分为上下两段,分别为杏仁状辉石安山岩和角闪石英安岩,属于钙碱性系列火山岩,形成于大陆边缘弧构造环境。安山岩锆石U-Pb年龄(747±12Ma)表明该岩浆弧发育时代为新元古代。同1井钻揭的火山岩与卡塔克隆起上塔参1井(TC1)钻揭的闪长岩(744.0±9.3Ma~790.0±22.1Ma)和花岗闪长岩(757.4±6.2Ma)成岩时代一致、形成环境相同,表明横亘塔里木盆地中部的古隆起带(巴楚隆起-卡塔克隆起-古城虚隆起)起源于一条新元古代陆缘岩浆弧,塔里木盆地的基底是由新元古代造山作用拼合的基底。以中央隆起带为界,南、北塔里木的基底性质和成盆演化过程可能有所差异。     

Late Cretaceous redbeds from the Gan-Hang Belt in Southeast China: petrography and geochemistry implications for provenance,source weathering,and tectonic setting

ABSTRACT

The distinct basin and range tectonics in Southeast China were generated by crustal extension associated with subduction of the Palaeo-Pacific plate during the late Mesozoic. Compared with adjacent granitoids of the ranges, the redbeds of the basins have not been well characterized. In this article, provenance, source weathering, and tectonic setting of the redbeds are investigated by petrographic and geochemical studies of sandstones from the Late Cretaceous Guifeng Group in the Yongchong Basin, Southeast China. Detrital grains are subangular to subrounded, poorly sorted, and rich in lithic fragments. Variable Chemical Index of Alternation values (59.55–79.82, avg. 66.79) and high Index of Compositional Variability (ICV) values (0.67–3.08, avg. 1.40) indicate an overall low degree of chemical weathering and rapid physical erosion of source rocks. Such features are consistent with an active extension tectonic setting. Other chemical indices (e.g. Al₂O₃/TiO₂, Th/U, Cr/Th, Th/Sc, Zr/Sc) also suggest significant first-cycle sediment input to the basin and a dominant felsic source nature. Thus, the Guifeng Group possibly underwent moderate to low degrees of weathering upwards. Sandstone framework models and geochemical characteristics suggest the provenance was likely a combination of passive margin (PM) and active continental margin (ACM) with minor continental island arc (CIA) tectonic settings. Sediment derivation from Neoproterozoic metamorphic rocks and Cambrian to Triassic granitoids indicates PM provenance, whereas sediments derived from Jurassic to Cretaceous granitoids suggest ACM and CIA nature. Therefore, the Late Cretaceous redbeds were deposited in a dustpan-like half-graben basin under the back-arc extension regime when Southeast China was possibly influenced by northwestward subduction of the Palaeo-Pacific plate beneath East Asia.     

柴达木盆地及其南北缘前南华纪构造单元划分及地质演化

根据近几年来的综合研究和区调工作,对柴达木盆地及其南北缘前南华纪物质组成、变质变形等研究的基础上,首次按照不同地质构造演化阶段,将柴达木盆地及其南北缘前南华纪构造单元划分为:湟源中元古代古陆块、全吉新太古代—古元古代古陆块、达肯大坂古元古代古陆块、金水口古元古代古陆块、宁多中元古代古陆块5个一级构造单元以及8个二级构造单元,论述了各构造单元的地质特征,重塑了前南华纪地质阶段柴达木盆地及其南北缘地质过程与古陆块的演化历史。结合研究区内重要地质事件将柴达木盆地及其南北缘前南华纪地质演化厘定为新太古代古陆核形成、古元古代早期古陆块裂解、古元古代晚期—中元古代早期古陆块形成、中元古代早—中期陆内裂解沉降、中元古代晚期—新元古代早期陆块汇聚、新元古代陆块裂解6个地质过程,响应了全球Kenorland、Columbia、Rodinia三个超级大陆旋回事件。     

Sub‐mantle δ18O Zircons in Malani rhyolites: Clues for a Rodinia Linkage between South China and NW India

The Malani Igneous Suite (MIS) in NW India represents one of the largest and well‐preserved Precambrian felsic igneous provinces, with minor mafic volcanics and dykes. The SIMS (Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometric) zircon U‐Pb geochronology yielded 776.8 ± 4.5 to 758.5 ± 6.9 Ma ages for rhyolites from Jodhpur region and Sindreth Basin while dacite sample from Punagarh Basin was dated to 760.5 ± 10 Ma. Zircons from rhyolitic and dacitic lavas have oxygen isotopic compositions that can be grouped into low δ¹⁸OV‐SMOW (4.12 to ‐1.11‰) and high (δ¹⁸O = 8.23‐5.12‰) categoroes, respectively. The low δ¹⁸O zircons have highly radiogenic Hf isotopic compositions (ε_Hf(t)= +13.0 to +3.6) suggesting high temperature bulk cannibalization of upper level juvenile crust as the essential process for magma generation. Older than 800 Ma xenocrystic zircons in dacite have high δ¹⁸O values whereas 795 Ma ones have mantle‐like Hf‐O isotopic compositions, reflecting a significant shift in tectono‐thermal regime in NW India during 800‐780 Ma. A synchronous transition in the South China Block and Madagascar suggests a spatially and temporally linked geodynamic system. Geochemical data in combination with the new isotopic results point towards an overall convergent plate margin setting undergoing localized lithospheric extension. The NW India and South China blocks together with Madagascar and the Seychelles lay either along the periphery of Rodinia or off the supercontinent with the age of convergent plate margin magmatism coinciding with breakup of the supercontinent.     

粤西-桂东四套成矿系统地质特征、成因类型及构造启示

粤西-桂东地区是我国重要的矿产资源基地,是研究区域成矿作用和大地构造演化耦合关系的理想地区。本文基于粤西-桂东地区四套主要成矿系统的地质特征的研究,结合区域内矿床精确定年和构造演化的研究成果,探讨四套主要成矿系统的成因类型、成矿构造背景及其对钦杭结合带构造演化的启示。其中,广东云浮硫铁矿产于震旦系大绀山组,块状和条带状矿石呈层状产于火山沉积岩系中,是一套与海底热液活动密切相关的VMS成矿系统,形成于新元古代俯冲相关的弧后(间)拉张盆地;盘龙铅锌矿产于泥盆系上伦组,角砾状和胶状矿石产于浅海相白云质碎屑岩中,是一套加里东期被动大陆边缘的SEDEX型铅锌成矿系统;河台金矿田赋存于震旦系乐昌组,脉状矿体严格受断裂和蚀变带控制,是一套变质热液主导的造山型金矿成矿系统,形成于印支-燕山期陆内走滑或陆陆碰撞背景;圆珠顶铜钼矿床形成与燕山期(155Ma)二长花岗斑岩密切相关,细脉浸染状矿石赋存于岩体的内外接触带,是一套陆内伸展背景的斑岩铜钼成矿系统。总体而言,粤西-桂东地区经历了新元古代俯冲、加里东期被动大陆边缘、印支期陆内走滑(或陆陆碰撞)和燕山期陆内伸展四个重要的构造事件,这与钦杭结合带总体构造演化过程一致。     

四川盆地威远地区基底花岗岩锆石SHRIMP U-Pb定年及其地质意义

四川盆地内仅有5口井钻穿沉积盖层进入基底,而对基底形成时代与发育构造环境的研究较为薄弱。四川盆地威远地区威117井基底取心资料说明基底由花岗岩类组成,花岗岩锆石SHRIMP U-Pb精确定年结果表明其结晶年龄为794±11 Ma,属于新元古代,该年龄与盆地周缘的花岗岩体结晶年龄具有一致性。结合地球化学特征与岩浆成因类型分析,表明该花岗岩体形成于由挤压向伸展环境的转化阶段,即板块俯冲造山运动结束后向陆内大陆裂谷转化阶段的产物,属于Rodinia超级大陆初始裂解阶段。综合分析认为800 Ma左右是四川盆地具有意义的重要地质时期,是盆地基底形成、构造运动性质发生重要转变的主要时期,越过该时期四川盆地处于大陆裂谷伸展构造环境。     

南海南部礼乐盆地结构演化及其对区域地质背景的响应

运用丰富的二维地震资料,通过构造结构与地层结构的分析,对礼乐盆地的盆地结构演化与转型过程及其对南海地区复杂动力学背景的响应特征进行研究。结果表明:受控于NNE、NEE、NW和近EW向的断裂体系,礼乐盆地现今构造格局表现为"两坳一隆"的结构特征;两个关键的区域角度不整合T70和T50将礼乐盆地新生界自下而上划分为三层结构:陆缘裂陷层、漂移裂陷层和前陆-拗陷层;响应于太平洋板块俯冲、印度-欧亚板块碰撞、新南海扩张、古南海消亡和菲律宾海板块楔入等一系列周缘板块重组事件,礼乐盆地的盆地结构演化及转型经历了三个阶段:陆缘多幕裂陷阶段,盆地结构受控于NNE和NEE向断裂体系,南北坳陷连通;漂移裂陷阶段,NNE和NW向共轭断裂体系控制盆地格局,中部隆起形成,分隔南、北坳陷;前陆-拗陷阶段,前陆盆地结构形成,随后盆地因热沉降进入拗陷沉积阶段。     

塔里木盆地晚新元古代-早古生代板块构造环境及其构造-沉积响应

塔里木盆地上新元古界-下奥陶统是我国超深层油气勘探的重要领域,但其盆地动力学研究程度低、认识分歧大,制约了塔里木盆地超深层油气地质评价。本文综合近年地质学、地球化学与地球物理资料,探讨塔里木盆地晚新元古代-早古生代板块构造环境及其构造-沉积响应,将其划分为以下5个阶段:(1)新元古代-早古生代经历了前展-后撤-前展俯冲的板块构造演化;(2)南华纪发育后撤俯冲机制下的大陆裂谷沉积体系,不同于地幔柱机制;(3)震旦纪-寒武纪不是裂谷盆地的连续沉积,而是发育后撤-前展俯冲转换期的前寒武纪大不整合面;(4)寒武纪-奥陶纪,塔里木盆地缺乏被动大陆边缘背景,发育一套碳酸盐台地沉积,而且随着原特提斯洋闭合的前展俯冲作用增强,导致了中奥陶世晚期台地从东西分异转向南北分异的沉积演变;(5)晚奥陶世末在前展俯冲造山作用下形成复理石快速充填的类前陆盆地,但没有形成碰撞造山作用下的磨拉石前陆盆地。研究认为,塔里木板块晚新元古代-早古生代多期幕式后撤-前展俯冲机制形成了南华纪强伸展→震旦纪末挤压与寒武纪-早奥陶世弱伸展→中奥陶世晚期-志留纪强挤压的两大构造旋回,并造成了构造-沉积演化的差异性,不同于经典的威尔逊旋回模式及其成盆动力学机制。     

四川含油气叠合盆地基本特征

随着近年来四川盆地油气勘探的不断突破,重新审视其基本地质特征和油气成藏特点变得迫切而必要.四川盆地是典型的叠合盆地,显生宙以来经历了震旦纪一中三叠世伸展体制下的差异升降和被动大陆边缘(海相碳酸盐岩台地)、晚三叠世-始新世挤压体制下的摺皱冲断和复合前陆盆地(陆相碎屑岩盆地)、渐新世以来的褶皱隆升改造(构造盆地)3大演化阶...     

The Neoproterozoic Cratonic Successions of Peninsular India

The Peninsular India hosts extensive record of Mesoproterozoic, and Neoproterozoic successions in several mobile belts, and cratonic basins. The successions provide excellent opportunities for chronostratigraphic classification, in tune with the chronometric classification adopted by IUGS for inter-regional correlation on a global scale. Major tectono-thermal events at 1000–950 Ma in the mobile belts, correlatable with the Grenville orogeny may be considered as the datum for Meso-Neoproterozoic classification in India. Principles of chronostratigraphic classification, however, can not be applied yet to the cratonic successions of India because of inadequate radiometric data, paucity of biostratigraphic studies, and lack of regionally correlatable stratigraphic or palaeoclimatic datum. The kimberlite magmatism which affected the Peninsular India on a continental scale at about 1100 Ma, holds the key to the identification of Neoproterozoic successions of the cratonic basins. Thus, the stratigraphically confined diamond-bearing conglomerates and/or the tuffs associated with kimberlites, may be considered as the datum to define the base of the Neoproterozoic, fixed at about 1000 Ma. Accordingly, the Rewa, and Bhander Groups in the Vindhyan basin, the Kurnool Group in the Cuddapah basin, the Jagdalpur Formation in the Indravati basin, and the Sullavai Group in the Pranhita-Godavari basin are taken to represent the Neoproterozoic successions in the Peninsular India. The Chattisgarh Group in the central India, the lower part of the Marwar Supergroup in western Rajasthan, the Badami Group in the Kaladgi basin, and the Bhima Group are the other “possible Neoproterozoics” in the Peninsula.The closing phase of the Mesoproterozoic in all these basins are characterised by stable shelf lithologic associations attesting to high crustal stability. The Neoproterozoic basins, by contrast, mark a new phase of rifting, and extension, and the basin fills exhibit signatures of initial instability which evolved with time into a more stable platformal condition. A major episode of sea level rise has been recorded in most of the basins. The riftogenic origin, and evolution of the basins are comparable with the history of Neoproterozoic basins of Australia though there is no unequivocal record of glaciation in the Indian formations.     

Two-stage collision: Exploring the birth of Pangea in the Variscan terranes

The Variscan suture exposed in NW Iberia contains a stack of terranes including two allochthonous units with continental affinity and Gondwanan provenance (Upper and Basal Units), separated by an ophiolite belt where the most common units show protolith ages at c. 395 Ma. Recent Lu–Hf zircon data obtained from these ophiolites indicate interaction between the gabbroic magmas and old continental crust. Hence, the ophiolites could not have originated in a deep ocean basin associated with a mature mid-ocean-ridge or intraoceanic subduction. The tectonothermal evolution of the continental terranes bounding the suture zone records two consecutive events of deep subduction. The Upper Units record an initial high-P/ultra-high-P metamorphic event that occurred before 400–390 Ma, while the Basal Units were affected by a second high-P/low-to-intermediate-T metamorphic event dated at c. 370 Ma. Continental subduction affected the most external margin of Gondwana and developed in a setting of dextral convergence with Laurussia. Development of the two high-P events alternated with the opening of an ephemeral oceanic basin, probably of pull-apart type, in Early Devonian times. This ephemeral oceanic domain is suggested as the setting for the protoliths of the most common ophiolites involved in the Variscan suture. Current ideas for the assembly of Pangea advocate a single collisional event between Gondwana and Laurussia in the Carboniferous. However, the new evidence from the allochthonous terranes of the Variscan belt suggests a more complex scenario for the assembly of the supercontinent, with an interaction between the colliding continental margins that started earlier and lasted longer than previously considered. Based on modern analogs of continental interaction, the development of complex collisions, as here suggested for Gondwana and Laurussia during the assembly of Pangea, could have been the norm rather than the exception throughout Earth history.     

Geochemical characteristics of trace elements and tectonic setting of sandstones from the Upper Ordovician Pingliang Formation,southwestern margin of Ordos Basin: A case study of the Duanjiaxia profile,Longxian County

Due to the lack of reliable sedimentary provenance data,the geological setting and its provenance of the southwestern margin of Ordos Basin in Late Ordovician is uncertain. In this paper,the sandstone of Upper Ordovician Pingliang Formation in Duanjiaxia profile of Longxian area is selected for a systematic study. Using the methods including the comprehensive analysis on the measured geological profile,analysis of microscopic thin section and trace elements,the following results are obtained: (1)the thin section analysis shows that the sandstone is well sorted but poorly rounded. Clastic grains are dominated by quartz,while the rock fragments are mainly composed of polycrystalline quartz,carbonate sand debris,and a little matrix,which means that the turbidite sandstone has been reworked by obvious traction of deep-water;(2)Rare Earth Element(REE)distribution model shows that the sandstone is rich in LREE and is short of HREE and has the negative Eu-anomaly,indicating that the provenance may derive from the intermediate and acid rock in the upper crust;(3)the provenance discrimination diagrams show that the sandstone of the Pingliang Formation is a mixture of sedimentary rock and granite,while the magmatic component is dominated by intermediate and acid rock;(4)Geochemical data of the sandstone suggests that the geological setting significantly belong to continental island arc and passive continental settings. The study area in Longxian during the Late Ordovician period was located in the back arc basin. At that time,the southwestern margin of the North China Craton with the full trench-arc-basin system was changed from the passive continental margin into the active continental margin.     

鄂尔多斯盆地西南缘上奥陶统平凉组砂岩微量元素特征及构造背景: 以陇县段家峡剖面为例*

由于缺乏可靠的沉积物源数据,晚奥陶世鄂尔多斯盆地西南缘的构造背景及其物质来源没有定论,为此选择陕西陇县段家峡剖面上奥陶统平凉组砂岩展开系统研究。综合分析实测剖面、镜下薄片以及微量元素等资料,取得如下认识: (1)薄片分析显示砂岩分选较好但磨圆较差,颗粒以石英占主导,岩屑成分主要是多晶石英和碳酸盐砂屑,杂基含量极少,这说明浊积砂岩经历了明显的深水牵引流的改造;(2)稀土元素配分模式表明砂岩轻稀土元素富集、重稀土元素亏损,并且Eu存在负异常,表明物源主要来自上地壳中酸性岩;(3)物源判别图解显示平凉组砂岩为沉积岩与中酸性岩的混合;(4)构造背景判别图解表明物源可能与大陆岛弧和被动大陆边缘相关。结合北祁连洋和北秦岭洋俯冲的地质背景,综合前人研究成果,认为陇县地区平凉组砂岩的物源很可能主要来自北祁连—北秦岭岛弧。晚奥陶世平凉期研究区位于弧后盆地位置,具有典型的沟—弧—盆结构,此时华北板块西南缘已经完成了由被动大陆边缘向活动大陆边缘的转换。该成果可为研究奥陶纪鄂尔多斯盆地南缘的构造演化提供依据。     

论中国东北大陆裂谷系的形成与演化

自中生代末期以来,东北地区形成了以松辽地堑为主体,联合下辽河裂谷、伊通-依兰裂谷、抚顺-密山裂谷以及邻近断陷盆地的大陆裂谷系,并向南北两端延伸,在亚洲东部构成一条大的裂谷带。这个大陆裂谷系的形成和发展是由中央向两侧展开的,与板块俯冲、弧后扩张密切相关。     

Late Jurassic high-Mg andesites in the Youjiang Basin and their significance for the southward continuation of the Jiangnan Orogen,South China

The South China Block (SCB) consists of the Yangtze and Cathaysia Blocks which, in the northeast, are separated from each other by the Jiangnan Orogen. The southward continuation of the Jiangnan Orogen into the Youjiang Basin remains much debated. Here, we present detailed petrological, chemical and isotope evidence from the Late Jurassic (~159 Ma) Yangtun and Liuliang high-Mg andesites (HMA), eastern Youjiang Basin, to place important constraints on an ancient subduction event. These HMA are enriched in large ion lithophile elements and depleted in Nb-Ta-Ti, with negative whole-rock εNd_(t) and zircon εHf_(t) values, similar to Neoproterozoic high-Mg rocks that occur in the eastern Yangtze Block. Considering the distance of our study areas to penecontemporaneous Pacific or Tethyan trenches, we infer that these HMA derived from a metasomatised lithospheric mantle preserved beneath the eastern Yangtze Block, which was associated with a Neoproterozoic subduction event. The Late Jurassic HMA in the eastern Youjiang Basin provide potential clues for the southward continuation of the Jiangnan Orogen into the basin.