Geomagmatism, pulsations of the Earth, and Phanerozoic minerageny

Discontinuity and periodicity of tectonic processes, eustatic fluctuations of the ocean level, volcanic and metallogenic activity, and some other global processes in the Earth’s history are indicative of the pulsatory nature of the Earth’s evolution. Correlation of geomagnetic field variations with global geological processes shows the geomagnetic field polarity to be an indicator of pulsations. The phases of the Earth’s expansion correspond to normal (present-day) polarity, and the planet’s contraction to epochs of reversed polarity. In terms of the concept of geopulsations, the diversity of basic geodynamic regimes of continents is determined by the combination of three factors: the phases of the Earth’s evolution (contraction-expansion), the effects of deep fluid and heat flows (plumes), and the state of the asthenosphere (its depth, thickness, and degree of heating). The general evolution of Phanerozoic ore deposition and the specific metallogenic features of tectonomagmatic cycles may be considered in a new light in view of the Earth’s pulsatory history.     

俄罗斯白海活动带中的太古宙榴辉岩

在俄罗斯白海活动区发现的迄今为止最古老的太古宙榴辉岩的出露,对整个地质学领域是一次革命性事件。白海活动带位于芬诺斯干地亚地盾东北部太古宙陆核,处于科拉半岛大陆和卡累利阿克拉通之间的太古宙增生碰撞带中,在新太古代和古元古代期间多次受到中高压变质和构造变形作用。榴辉岩出露包括Gridino和Salma两大地区。Gridino榴辉岩区的榴辉岩产状可分为TTG片麻岩围岩中具有复杂成因的太古宙榴辉岩包裹镶体(2.72 Ga),组成强烈构造变形的混合混杂岩体(mélange),以及众多古元古代侵入岩墙岩脉状基性榴辉岩。Salma榴辉岩区的榴辉岩年龄应该晚于2.87 Ga,其中的Fe Ti 榴辉岩年龄测定为约2.80 Ga。两大榴辉岩区的p T演化轨迹比较类似,Gridino榴辉岩的峰期变质温压值(T=740~865 ℃,p=1.4~1.8 GPa)比Salma榴辉岩(T≈700 ℃,p=1.3~1.4 GPa)要高。Salma榴辉岩原岩可能与大洋环境有关。     

南非主要成矿区带的划分及成矿特征

南非境内矿产资源种类繁多、储量巨大,其内部的构造单元包括一个太古宙克拉通与一系列元古宙-古生代造山带,以及一个代表弧后前陆沉积系统的卡鲁盆地(狭义)。文章结合区域构造演化与成矿关系,将南非划分为6个Ⅲ级成矿区带:太古宙卡普瓦尔克拉通金-铀、铁-铜-铂族元素、金刚石成矿区,古元古代林波波金-金刚石成矿,古元古代海斯铁-锰成矿带,中元古代那马奎铜-铅-锌多金属成矿,古生代开普褶皱带钨-锡-铜-钼多金属成矿带,古生代-中新生代卡鲁盆地铀-金刚石-砂金成矿区。     

The Paleoproterozoic and Neoproterozoic Carbon Cycle Promoted the Evolution of a Habitable Earth

The carbon cycle is an important process that regulates Earth’s evolution. We compare two typical periods, in the Paleoproterozoic and Neoproterozoic, in which many geological events occurred. It remains an open question when modern plate tectonics started on Earth and how it has influenced the carbon cycle through time. In the Paleoproterozoic, intense weathering in a highly CO₂ and CH₄ rich atmosphere caused more nutritional elements to be carried into the ocean.Terrestri...     

白云鄂博陆缘裂谷系沉积物源与超大型稀土矿床含矿白云岩的成因探讨

白云鄂博群尖山组H4岩性段石英砂岩中的碎屑锆石年龄纪录了华北克拉通北缘两期重要的构造岩浆事件,一组年龄集中在新太古代—古元古代初期(2379～2596Ma),另一组年龄集中在古元古代晚期(1761～1946Ma),该结果与白云鄂博地区基底岩石的锆石年龄相吻合。白云鄂博群沉积碳酸盐岩的全岩207Pb-206Pb等时线年龄1649±45Ma,代表了白云鄂博群的沉积时代。白云鄂博地区沉积灰岩、白云岩与含矿白云岩的Pb同位素组成存在非常大的差异,在Pb同位素组成和构造图解中,含矿白云岩都集中在地幔演化线附近,靠近亏损地幔端元[(206Pb/204Pb)i=15.04～16.49,(207Pb/204Pb)i=15.17～15.28,(208Pb/204Pb)i=31.20～36.40],而白云鄂博群中的灰岩、白云岩则位于造山带演化线附近,靠近深海沉积物端元[(206Pb/204Pb)i=17.28～19.35,(207Pb/204Pb)i=15.47～15.69,(208Pb/204Pb)i=36.62～37.12]。     

Complete metamorphic cycle and long-lived anatexis in the c. 2.1 Ga Mistinibi Complex,Canada

Secular changes in the architecture, thermal state, and metamorphic style of global orogens are thought to have occurred since the Archean; however, despite widespread research, the driving mechanisms for such changes remain unclear. The Paleoproterozoic may prove to be a key era for investigating secular changes in global orogens, as it marks the earliest stage of an eon that saw the onset of modern-style global tectonics. The 2.1 Ga granulite-facies Mistinibi-Raude Domain (MRD), located in the Southeastern Churchill Province, Canada, offers a rare exposure of Paleoproterozoic high metamorphic grade supracrustal sequences (Mistinibi Complex, MC). Rocks from this domain were subjected to petrochronological investigations to establish P–T–t–X evolutions and to provide first order thermal state, burial and exhumation rates, and metamorphic gradients for the transient Paleoproterozoic times. To obtain comprehensive insight into the P–T–t–X evolution of the MRD, we used multi-method geochronology—Lu–Hf on garnet and U–Pb on zircon and monazite—integrated with detailed petrography, trace element chemistry, and phase equilibria modelling. Despite the extensive use of zircon and monazite as geochronometers, their behaviour in anatectic conditions is complex, leading to substantial ambiguity in interpreting the timing of prograde metamorphism. Our results indicate a clockwise metamorphic path involving significant melt extraction from the metasedimentary rocks, followed by cooling from >815°C to ~770°C at ~0.8 GPa. The timing of prograde burial and cooling from supra- to subsolidus conditions is constrained through garnet, monazite, and zircon petrochronology at 2,150–2,120 Ma and at 2,070–2,080 Ma, respectively. These results highlight long-lived residence of the rocks at mid-crustal supra-solidus conditions (55–70 Ma), with preserved prograde and retrograde supra-solidus monazite and zircon. The rocks record extremely slow burial rates (0.25–0.30 km/Ma) along a high metamorphic gradient (900–1,000°C/GPa), which appears symptomatic of Paleoproterozoic orogens. The MC did not record any significant metamorphism after 2,067 Ma, despite having collided with terranes that record high-grade metamorphism during the major 1.9–1.8 Ga Trans-Hudson orogeny. The MC would therefore represent a remnant of a local early Paleoproterozoic metamorphic infrastructure, later preserved as superstructure in the large hot Trans-Hudson orogen.     

华北克拉通古元古代地层划分与对比

华北克拉通古元古代地层分布广泛,主要集中于胶辽吉带、中部带和西部孔兹岩带三个带状区域。近年来华北克拉通古元古代地层研究取得了很大的进展,根据作者的研究和前人的大量工作,本文对华北克拉通主要的古元古代地层的组成、时代、形成的构造背景等进行了总结。发现华北克拉通古元古代底部2.47～2.35Ga间的地层普遍缺失,反映了华北克拉通地质演化历史上的一个静寂时期。～2.3Ga在华北克拉通中条山及鲁山等地发育了少量的冷口变质火山岩以及上太华岩群变质地层。大量的年代学资料表明华北克拉通以往认为时代大致始于2.5Ga的滹沱群、甘陶河群、辽河岩群、绛县群、中条群等众多地层实际年龄多集中在2.2～1.9Ga之间,而且大多数地区所划分的不同的古元古代地层在时间上是并置或叠合的,没有新老或上下关系,仅在中条山地区和五台地区的古元古代地层具有从老到新连续演化的特征。目前,古元古代早期2.4～2.3Ga的地层研究程度还不高,形成的构造背景存在岛弧和裂谷两种不同的认识,我们倾向于活动大陆边缘环境,推测在鲁山-华山-中条山-吕梁山一带存在古元古代早期的岛弧与活动大陆边缘的相互作用。2.2～1.9Ga这一阶段的地层除孔兹岩系外,通常为变质火山-沉积岩系,且火山岩基本都具有双峰式火山岩特征,表明它们应该形成于伸展环境,但对伸展的机制还存在裂谷与弧后盆地的争议,根据作者等的工作本文倾向于它们形成于陆内裂谷环境,反映了华北克拉通可能从2.2Ga开始经历了强烈的伸展活动,最终导致了原有基底的裂解。     

华北前寒武纪成矿系统与重大地质事件的联系

前寒武纪是指显生宙最古老的地质时代——寒武纪之前的地质时代,它占了地球演化历史的近90％.地球陆壳的80％～90％以上是在前寒武纪形成的,记录了复杂和惊心动魄的地质构造过程,还赋存着丰富的矿产资源.前寒武纪最重要的地质事件有陆壳的巨量增生、前板块机制/板块机制的构造转折、由缺氧到富氧的地球环境的剧变.华北克拉通是全球最古老陆块之一,前寒武纪各阶段全球性重大地质事件几乎都被记录下来,并表现出一些特殊性.与全球其它克拉通相比,华北陆壳生长-稳定化过程具有多阶段特征,太古宙末-古元古代环境剧变记录复杂多样,古元古代与板块体制建立和超大陆演化相关的俯冲碰撞和伸展裂解等地质记录丰富,中-新元古代经历持续伸展并接受巨量裂谷沉积.这些重大地质事件都伴随大规模成矿作用,形成了华北克拉通丰富的矿产资源和独特的优势矿种.     

胶-辽-吉古元古代造山/活动带巨量变沉积岩系的研究进展

华北克拉通发育三条古元古代构造带,包括:东部陆块内部的胶-辽-吉带(Jiao-Liao-Ji belt)、西部陆块内部的孔兹岩带(Khondalite belt)以及两个陆块之间的中部造山带(Trans-North China Orogen)。通过二十多年的深入研究,在区域构造、变质地质、岩浆作用、地球化学、同位素年代学以及地球物理等方面积累了大量资料,并取得了一系列重要的科学进展。其中,胶-辽-吉带是华北克拉通最具代表性的一条古元古代造山/活动带,它不仅接受了古元古代巨量的陆壳物质沉积,而且经历了十分复杂的构造演化过程,并经受了多期岩浆-变质事件的改造。胶-辽-吉造山/活动带的物质组成最为丰富,以大面积分布的巨量(火山)沉积岩系为特征,在中国境内包括吉南地区的集安群和老岭群、辽东南地区的南辽河和北辽河群、胶北地区的荆山群和粉子山群,向南西则有可能穿越郯庐断裂延伸至徐州-蚌埠一带的五河群,总体呈NE向展布,延伸规模长约1000km。从巨量沉积岩系的岩石组合和空间分布特征来看,荆山群与南辽河群、集安群可以对比,而粉子山群则与北辽河群、老岭群相当。然而,由于多期/多阶段强烈构造变形作用的影响,原来各群、组中地层的上下层位及接触关系已完全破坏,目前均已呈规模不一的构造岩片形式叠置在一起,彼此之间呈断层或韧性剪切带接触。巨量变沉积岩系的源区物质主要来源于造山/活动带内古元古代花岗质岩石和两侧古老陆块的变质基底,原岩形成时代为1.95~2.15Ga左右。以往研究表明,胶-辽-吉造山/活动带变质作用的强度十分不均匀,(中-高压)麻粒岩相变质只局限于胶北的荆山群及相关岩石,而粉子山群以及辽东南的南、北辽河群和吉南的集安群、老岭群只经历了角闪岩相变质,局部甚至只达到绿片岩相变质。粉子山群、北辽河群和老岭群变质演化P-T-t轨迹具有顺时针型式,而荆山群、南辽河群和集安群的P-T-t轨迹则具有逆时针型式。本文最新研究发现,古元古代麻粒岩相变质作用并非只局限于胶北地区的荆山群及其邻区,而是贯穿于整个辽东南地区的南辽河群和吉南地区的集安群,其变质演化P-T-t轨迹与胶北地区荆山群泥质麻粒岩以及基性麻粒岩一样,均具有典型近等温减压(ITD)顺时针型式,整个胶-辽-吉造山/活动带的麻粒岩相峰期变质时代为1.9~1.95Ga左右。野外观察和室内岩相学研究表明,在麻粒岩相变质作用过程中,胶北的荆山群及相关岩石、辽东南的南辽河群以及吉南的集安群中的泥质麻粒岩均广泛发生了深熔作用,长英质脉体呈不规则细脉状、网脉状和透镜状分布于寄主岩石中,且与寄主岩石之间呈渐变过渡关系。深熔锆石U-Pb定年结果显示,区域性的深熔作用(或部分熔融)时代为1.84~1.86Ga之间,表明这期广泛的深熔事件应发生于胶-辽-吉造山/活动带整体构造折返的中-低压麻粒岩相退变质阶段。有关胶-辽-吉古元古代造山/活动带的空间展布、南北边界、延伸规律及其形成的大地构造背景一直存在着分歧和争议,最新研究表明,蚌埠-霍邱一带地表露头及其以西第四系覆盖区之下的花岗质岩石、基性麻粒岩和富Al片麻岩岩心,均记录了1.85~1.95Ga的麻粒岩相变质事件,暗示着胶-辽-吉造山/活动带更有可能穿越郯庐断裂,向鲁西南延伸至蚌埠-霍邱一带及其以西的第四系覆盖区之下的变质基底。而辽南地块和狼林地块大量1.85~1.95Ga变质热事件和1.8~1.9Ga、~2.1Ga两期岩浆事件的记录,则表明辽南地块和狼林地块(至少是一部分变质基底)曾卷入到胶-辽-吉古元古代构造演化事件之中。有关胶-辽-吉古元古代造山/活动带构造演化过程及其形成的大地构造背景,目前有三种构造模式,包括:裂谷开启-闭合模式、弧(陆)-陆碰撞模式和先裂谷-后碰撞造山演化模式,然而,带内异常复杂的巨量火山-沉积岩系的物质组成、多期/多阶段的岩浆作用事件、多种变质作用类型和十分复杂的变质演化P-T-t轨迹样式、多期/多阶段复杂的构造变形特征,难以采用上述任何一种构造演化模式来加以合理解释。由此可见,有关胶-辽-吉古元古代构造/活动带南侧边界需要进一步准确厘定,有关狼林地块和辽南地块的构造归属,特别是胶-辽-吉造山/活动带在古元古代构造演化的动力学过程及其形成的大地构造背景还有待进一步深入探讨。     

New data on the composition of products of quaternary volcanism at the northwestern margin of the South China Sea shelf zone and the problem of asthenospheric diapirism

New petrological and isotope–geochemical data are obtained for rocks from the South China Sea shelf zone (Thu, Cu-Lao Re, Hong Jo islands and Katuik–Ile des Cendres island group). These data are correlated with the available published data on the volcanic rocks of the terrestrial part of Vietnam and with data on the basaltoids of the South China Sea, Thailand, and the northern part of Hainan island. Despite the fact that the studied volcanic rocks belong to different structural zones—continental margin, shelf zone, marginal sea—their formation is related to the same type of rift volcanism. Owing to this, the different compositions of the primary magmatic melts indicate, first of all, the heterogeneity of the mantle sources. The uniformity of manifestations of volcanism over the entire studied territory within the age boundaries excludes any zoning at the transition from one structure to another. The leading role of mantle diapirism in the evolution of volcanism throughout the entire Indochina region is shown. It is proposed that the formation of alkaline series and “alkaline” trends of changes in their compositions are consequences of fractionation of melts which originated from an asthenosphere plume chamber. Meanwhile, the tholeiitic magma series are of reactionary origin and “tholeiitic” trends record the processes of mixing of melts generated during melting of the lithospheric mantle with those of a plume chamber. Individual samples show insignificant contamination of melts by crustal material.     

朝鲜北部狼林地块构造归属与地壳形成时代

朝鲜半岛北部的狼林地块一直被认为是中朝克拉通的重要组成部分。传统认为,它向南与我国辽东半岛的辽南太古宙地体相接,与其北部的鞍山-辽北-吉南太古宙地体(龙岗地块)具有基本类似的物质组成。两大太古宙地体之间是著名的以辽河群、集安群和老岭群为代表的辽吉古元古代岩系。辽吉岩系目前最主要的学术争论是,它是原本一体的太古宙地体的裂解产物,还是两个性质不同的太古宙地体拼合的结果。无论采用何种模型,学术界都普遍接受狼林地块主要由太古代岩石组成这一基本假定。为准确厘定狼林地块的地壳性质与形成时代,本文选择大同江、清川江、城川江、长津江、厚州川、厚昌江和秃鲁江中的河沙样品作为研究对象。这些河流均发源于狼林山脉,是狼林地块的核心区域,因而这些河流沉积物能够较好地全面反映狼林地块的物质组成情况。上述河流不同部位8件样品的分析结果显示,狼林地块主要由18~19亿年的古元古代岩石组成,太古宙岩石比例极为有限。但锆石Hf同位素模式年龄集中在28亿年左右,与华北克拉通全岩样品的Nd同位素模式年龄基本一致。结合狼林地块大量麻粒岩相变质表壳岩系和古元古宙花岗岩的发育,本文认为狼林地块是与辽吉岩系基本类似的古元古代地体,它可能是华北克拉通在古元古代期间东南大陆边缘的巨型造山带,我们可将其简称为辽-吉-朝古元古代造山带。因此,先前认为狼林地块主要由太古宙岩石组成的观点需要重新检查和认识。     

SHRIMP U/Pb Zircon Dating of Neoproterozoic Granitic Magmatism and Collision in the Pelotas Batholith,Southernmost Brazil

The introduction of robust geochronological methods for age determinations of the southernmost segment of the Neoproterozoic terranes of Brazil, namely the Dom Feliciano Belt, provides important clues for unraveling the complex evolution of the Brasíliano/Pan-African orogeny in this southwestern portion of the Gondwana supercontinent. Except for associated small schist belts and post-orogenic foreland basins, the belt is represented in this region of southeastern South America by the Pelotas Batholith. Precise SHRIMP U/Pb zircon geochronological techniques based on the study of 95 individual spots on 74 zircon crystals (three samples) and on Nd-isotopic determinations (three samples) are used to assess the late Neoproterozoic history of the belt, especially the orthogneisses interleaved with the batholithic plutons. Three petrotectonic associations were selected for detailed isotopic investigations—the Pinheiro Machado syncollisional monzogranites, the widespread Piratini gneiss tonalitic xenoliths, and the Arroio dos Ratos (now Encantadas) gneiss. The results allow the establishment of the timing and ages of the metamorphic peak and early magmatism. We demonstrate that evolution of Neoproterozoic magmatism within the Pelotas Batholith occurred through a long-lived crustal recycling process from the Paleoproterozoic Rio de la Plata craton. Three major events are recognized, two corresponding to crustal granite generation by partial melting of Paleoproterozoic protoliths at ～780 and ～610 Ma, and one related to the high-grade syncollisional metamorphic peak at ～630 Ma. The data also yield precise criteria to distinguish between thrust-related granitoids of the Dom Feliciano belt and older orthogneisses, both previously interpreted as a unique, pre-collisional, Brasíliano Cycle magmatic-arc association.     

鲁乐地区早前寒武纪花岗岩类演化及大陆地壳生长

通过对太古宙和古元古代花岗岩成分判别分析,提出了鲁东地区早前寒武纪花岗岩类可能分为3期,第一期为中太古代TTG组合,发育不完全;第二期为新太古代T1T2G1组合,具有贫K2O的奥长花岗岩演化趋势;第三期为古元古代早期G2组合,仅具富K2O的钙碱性演化趋势。探讨了不同组合花岗岩的形成环境,新太古代T2T2G1组合为岛弧环境,古元古代早期为大陆碰撞环境;不同的花岗岩类岩石组合分别对应的陆壳成熟度为：T1T2G1组合为新生的初始不成熟陆壳,G2组合则为最终的成熟陆壳。鲁东早前寒武纪花岗岩类随时间从新太古代至古元古代早期的演化,记录了鲁东大陆地壳形成的完整的地质演化过程。     

扬子西南缘古元古界亮山组圆盘状化石的发现及其环境意义

通过1:5万区域地质调查研究,首次在滇中易门地区古元古界易门群亮山组发现圆盘状宏体化石,进一步丰富了滇中古元古代早期宏体化石群种类,为扬子西南缘前寒武纪地层大区域对比提供古生物依据.本次的初步报道为从不同角度探索距今2.8～0.8 Ga的地球早期发展、演化历史开启了新窗口;对地球早期的环境演化与生命进化的研究具有重要价...     

辽东弓长岭—岫岩地区古元古界辽河群变沉积岩的物源及构造背景

辽东弓长岭—岫岩地区位于胶—辽—吉造山带东段,区内发育厚层古元古代变质沉积岩系,本文对这些变质沉积岩进行了岩相学和U-Pb年代学等方面的研究。岩相学特征显示这些岩石变质程度普遍偏低,多为绿片岩相变质条件,未发现高级特征变质矿物。岩石中主要矿物颗粒为石英,其中北辽河群碳酸盐矿物较为发育。根据辽东弓长岭-岫岩地区古元古代变沉积岩碎屑锆石阴极发光（CL）图像,这些锆石普遍具有清晰的振荡环带和较高的Th/U值（>0.3）,表明其原岩来自岩浆岩。结合LA-ICP-MS U-Pb年代学,得到里尔峪组、高家峪组、大石桥组和盖县组碎屑锆石分别呈现出2 159、2 500、2 189/2 530和2 044/2 197 Ma的年龄峰值,表明其沉积物来源于古元古代花岗质岩石和相邻的太古宙杂岩。结合前人资料,本文认为南、北辽河岩群形成于相同的环境并经历了相同的构造演化过程,古元古代弧-陆碰撞模式可能更适用于胶—辽—吉造山带的构造演化。     

Structural-kinematic parageneses of the basement and cover at the southeastern margin of the Baltic Shield

Through, long-lived structural-kinematic parageneses were established in the southeastern marginal part of the Baltic Shield on the basis of structural studies. These parageneses were formed and periodically rejuvenated from at least the Paleoproterozoic until the neotectonic stage of the evolution of this territory. A series of consecutive tectonic events related to the vertical and horizontal mobility of rocks of the crystalline basement and sedimentary cover had important implications for the formation of present-day structure of the southeastern margin of the Baltic Shield. These tectonic displacements developed for an extremely long time with retention of the main kinematic tendencies. At the end of the Paleoproterozoic, the volcanic and sedimentary rocks of the Vetreny Belt underwent tectonic stacking as a result of the countermotion of the crystalline masses of the Vodlozero Massif and the Belomorian-Lapland Belt. The clockwise rotation and lateral displacement of the Vodlozero Massif to the northeast provided the left-lateral transpression of the Vetreny Belt. Under these conditions, the Paleoproterozoic sequences experienced squeezing in the southeastern direction. This kinematic tendency was retained at the subsequent evolutional stages and eventually was recorded in the structure of the present-day boundary between the Baltic Shield and the Russian Platform.     

华北中部构造带不同前寒武纪地块主要特征对比研究

古元古代是华北克拉通构造演化的关键时期,主要体现在由新太古代大陆地壳垂向增生到古元古代侧向增生的转换。华北中部构造带的构造性质是近年来华北克拉通构造演化研究争论的焦点之一,构造带中段出露恒山、五台和阜平等多个前寒武纪变质杂岩,其中发育多条大型韧性剪切带,这些剪切带的主期活动时代均为1. 85～1. 80Ga。本文以这些剪切带为构造边界将变质杂岩划分为恒山地块、繁峙地块、五台地块和阜平地块,并在早期研究中解析了繁峙地块构造挤入事件和阜平地块西部的伸展构造事件,表明这些前寒武纪地块的构造位置在古元古代末前后可能有所不同。结合前人资料,本文对这些地块的岩石组成、形成时代、变质作用以及典型构造样式等特征进行详细对比研究。结果表明,恒山地块、阜平地块和五台地块共同组成华北克拉通早前寒武纪"高级区-绿岩带"的典型壳层结构,而繁峙地块与其他地块具有明显差异,具有外来地块特征。     

扬子陆核古元古代A型花岗岩的年代学与地球化学研究及其构造意义

以侵入于宜昌崆岭杂岩中的圈椅埫花岗岩体为研究对象,系统研究了其年代学和地球化学特征,并据此对岩石成因和扬子陆核古元古代构造演化过程进行探讨。锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb定年结果表明,圈椅埫花岗岩形成年龄为(1 822±44) Ma,说明其为扬子陆核古元古代岩浆活动产物。地球化学研究表明,该花岗岩体富Si,贫Al、Mg,微量元素组成上富集Rb、Th,具有Eu、Ba、Sr和高场强元素的负异常。岩石具有高Ga/Al比值和(Zr+Nb+Ce+Y)含量,其锆石饱和温度计算值较高(＞862 ℃),综合地质地球化学特征表明该岩体应属铝质A型花岗岩。岩体的εNd(t)值在-12.4~-10.3之间变化,对应两阶段Nd同位素模式年龄值为3.3~3.2 Ga,暗示岩体可能形成于扬子陆核深部古老的长英质地壳物质在后碰撞伸展构造背景低压、高温条件下部分熔融。结合前人已有的研究成果,认为其可能与区域上2.0~1.9 Ga板块碰撞造山后发生的由碰撞挤压向伸展作用的构造转换作用有关。扬子陆核古元古代构造岩浆事件与全球范围内2.1~1.8 Ga的与Columbia超大陆演化有关的碰撞造山-裂解事件时间吻合,表明扬子陆核可能是Columbia超大陆的重要组成部分之一。     

Heterogeneous basement reworking during Paleoproterozoic collisional orogeny within the Belomorian province,Fennoscandian Shield

The distribution of cross-cutting and pseudoconcordant contacts of Paleoproterozoic metagabbro and their Archean host rocks were studied in the central part of the Belomorian province of the Fennoscandian Shield. It was shown that the metagabbro intrusions affected by ductile shearing during nappe stacking exhibit pseudoconcordant contact relationships. As a result of these deformations, Paleoproterozoic intrusions were sheared into boudins and tectonic slices, conformable with the nappe boundaries, while all traces of pre-Paleoproterozoic structures in the host rock complexes were obliterated. It was also shown that the original cross-cutting intrusive contacts can be still observed in intrusions unaffected by Paleoproterozoic nappe stacking. Therefore, analysis of preserved pre-Paleoproterozoic host rock structure may be helpful for reconstructing its Archean tectonic evolution. Based on the spatial distribution of localities with different contact relationships between Paleoproterozoic metagabbro and their host structure in the central part of the Belomorian province, several large domains of different tectonic styles were recognized. It was shown that these differences can be explained by heterogeneous reworking of the Archean basement during the Lapland–Kola collisional orogeny.     

Evolution of a Paleoproterozoic “weak type” orogeny in the West African Craton (Ivory Coast)

The Paleoproterozoic domain of the Ivory Coast lies in the central part of the West African Craton (WAC) and is mainly constituted by TTG, greenstones, supracrustal rocks and leucogranites. A compilation of metamorphic and radiometric data highlights that: i) metamorphic conditions are rather homogeneous through the domain, without important metamorphic jumps, ii) HP-LT assemblages are absent and iii) important volumes of magmas emplaced during the overall Paleoproterozoic orogeny suggesting the occurrence of long-lived rather hot geotherms. Results of the structural analysis, focused on three areas within the Ivory Coast, suggest that the deformation is homogeneous and distributed through the Paleoproterozoic domain. In details, results of this study point out the long-lived character of vertical movements during the Eburnean orogeny with a two folds evolution. The first stage is characterized by the development of “domes and basins” geometries without any boundary tectonic forces and the second stage is marked by coeval diapiric movements and horizontal regional-scale shortening. These features suggest that the crust is affected by vertical movements during the overall orogeny. The Eburnean orogen can then be considered as an example of long-lived Paleoproterozoic “weak type” orogen.