北秦岭造山带西段早古生代榴辉岩相变质岩石的发现及其地质意义SCIEI北大核心CSCD

西秦岭地处中国中央造山系东西转换衔接部位,随着东秦岭以及祁连、柴北缘和东昆仑早古生代高压-超高压变质岩石的陆续发现和深入研究,西秦岭造山带变质作用研究吸引了大家的普遍关注。本文在大范围野外地质调查基础上,在北秦岭造山带西段天水南部的秦岭岩群长英质片麻岩中发现了一套石榴子石斜长角闪岩(榴闪岩),并开展了详细的锆石形貌和内部结构、微区微量元素和U-Th-Pb同位素研究。CL图像显示榴闪岩锆石普遍具有核-幔-边或核-边结构,部分存在原岩残留锆石。定年结果得到榴闪岩原岩残留锆石年龄为710±52Ma,同时得到497±3Ma、452±3Ma和423±7Ma三期变质年龄。其中497±3Ma变质年龄来自锆石核部并显示出轻稀土亏损、重稀土平坦且没有明显负Eu异常的稀土配分曲线特征,表明该时期的矿物组合中有石榴子石但没有斜长石,与榴辉岩相变质锆石特征一致;452±3Ma变质年龄来自锆石幔部或边部,对应测点重稀土元素的分异加大,并出现弱的负Eu异常,说明此时石榴子石被消耗且出现少量斜长石;423±7Ma变质年龄来自锆石的最边部,对应稀土配分曲线表现出更明显的负Eu异常和更大的重稀土元素分异特征,指示此时岩石中石榴子石含量更少,斜长石含量更多。上述结果表明该榴闪岩可能经历了~500Ma的榴辉岩相变质作用,并在~450Ma和~420Ma叠加了两期退变质改造。天水地区榴闪岩无论是其野外产状,还是变质锆石的形貌和内部结构、稀土配分曲线特征及其所记录的原岩和三期变质年龄都与北秦岭造山带东段大陆俯冲型高压-超高压变质榴辉岩近乎一致,指示早古生代时期,北秦岭造山带西段与东段经历了相似的大陆(深)俯冲和折返过程,它们共同构成一条统一的早古生代高压-超高压变质岩带。     

北秦岭榴辉岩及相关岩石年代学的进一步确定及其对板片俯冲属性的约束

在岩相学观察和锆石CL图像研究的基础上,利用LA ICP MS原位分析方法,对北秦岭官坡超高压榴辉岩和伴生的石榴石角闪岩(榴闪岩)进行了详细的锆石微区微量元素和U Th Pb同位素分析,在榴辉岩样品中得到变质年龄为(502±11)Ma,原岩结晶年龄>(657±18)Ma;在榴闪岩样品中得到原岩结晶年龄为(791±6)Ma,变质年龄为487~503 Ma,角闪岩相退变质年龄为(366±4)Ma。岩石地球化学研究显示,北秦岭官坡地区的榴闪岩具有低Si(SiO2质量分数为4916%~5078%),高Ti(TiO2质量分数为228%~283%)、富集LREE、LILE和大部分的HFSE元素,不显Nb、Ta负异常的板内玄武岩特征,与北秦岭超高压榴辉岩地球化学特征一致。结合两者的野外产状、岩相学特征、锆石形貌和年代学研究结果,表明本文研究的官坡地区的榴闪岩是超高压榴辉岩在抬升过程中在角闪岩相条件下退变质的产物。综合两者的年代学研究结果,得到北秦岭地区超高压榴辉岩的变质年龄为(502±11)Ma,原岩结晶年龄为(791±6)Ma,角闪岩相退变质年龄为(366±4)Ma。研究得到的(502±11)Ma的榴辉岩相变质年龄与前人得到的该榴辉岩围岩超高压泥质片麻岩的变质年龄(507±38)Ma以及北秦岭松树沟地区的超高压长英质片麻岩的变质年龄485~514 Ma一致,表明它们经历了同期超高压变质作用。而且,榴辉岩(502±11)Ma的变质年龄与其原岩的结晶年龄(791±6)Ma存在近300 Ma的时间间隔,表明原岩具有板内玄武岩性质的北秦岭官坡超高压榴辉岩不可能是秦岭古生代大洋板块深俯冲的产物,而可能是已构造就位的古洋壳或裂谷火山岩在古生代随陆壳一起发生大陆深俯冲作用的产物。     

北秦岭松树沟榴辉岩的确定及其地质意义

松树沟石榴石角闪岩(榴闪岩)呈透镜状产于松树沟超镁铁岩旁侧的斜长角闪岩中,一直以来被认为是形成于接触交代变质或麻粒岩相变质过程。详细岩相学及矿物元素分析,在榴闪岩的基质矿物、石榴石幔部及锆石包体中发现残留的绿辉石,而且石榴石也保存了明显的进变质主、微量元素成分环带,表明松树沟榴闪岩为榴辉岩退变质的产物,至少经历了从角闪岩相到榴辉岩相再到角闪岩相的三阶段顺时针PT演化过程。锆石定年结果得到榴辉岩的变质年龄为500±8Ma,原岩结晶时代为796±16Ma,与秦岭岩群北侧官坡超高压榴辉岩的变质年龄和原岩年龄完全一致,也与北秦岭区域高压-超高压变质时代和原岩的结晶时代一致。表明松树沟榴辉岩与北秦岭造山带已发现的高压-超高压变质岩石一起都应是古生代大陆深俯冲作用的结果,而松树沟超镁铁岩可能是俯冲的大陆板片在折返过程中携带的俯冲隧道中的交代地幔岩。     

中国大陆科学钻探预先导孔(CCSD-PP2)榴闪岩的地球化学组成及其地质意义

预先导孔(CCSD-PP2) 位于苏鲁高压-超高压变质地体南部的北苏鲁超高压变质表壳剪切叠覆岩片中, 岩心主要由榴闪岩(包括角闪岩)、花岗片麻岩、副片麻岩和榴辉岩组成.镜下鉴定和激光拉曼测试结果表明预先导孔(CCSD-PP2) 第一段榴闪岩的主要矿物为角闪石、石榴石、黑云母和钠长石, 是榴辉岩退变质作用的产物.地球化学数据显示榴闪岩的化学成分与正常型榴辉岩相对应, 稀土元素组成及配分模式与主孔榴辉岩基本相似, 但微量元素特征及在地球化学判别图解上存在一定差异, 说明该段榴闪岩与主孔榴辉岩的原岩虽然都是形成于板内环境玄武岩类, 但它们并不完全相同, 其差异可能是由原岩性质的多样性及榴辉岩退变质过程中流体组分的加入引起的.榴闪岩及其下部花岗片麻岩内锆石中柯石英、绿辉石等矿物包裹体的发现及岩石学和地球化学特征等与主孔花岗片麻岩相似的性质, 以及在接触面附近榴闪岩中的SiO₂含量具有逐渐增高的趋势等, 说明榴闪岩与花岗片麻岩曾一起俯冲到地下深处, 并在折返过程中经历了强烈的退变质作用, 它们之间可能存在一定程度的物质交换.      

东昆仑东段浪木日上游早古生代榴辉岩的发现及其意义

在东昆仑东段郎木日上游最新识别出榴辉岩,其野外产状为透镜状、块状,与围岩呈断层接触。含榴辉岩的变质带宽1~3km,榴辉岩呈透镜体状分布于古元古界白沙河岩组变质岩及新元古代花岗片麻岩中,榴辉岩相岩石组合为榴辉岩和榴闪岩。榴辉岩相矿物组合为石榴子石+绿辉石+金红石+石英。石榴子石-单斜辉石矿物温压计估算出榴辉岩形成的温压条件为T=650~750℃,p=1.8~2.0GPa,在石榴子石Alm+Spess-Pyr-Gross三角图解中落入C型榴辉岩区。榴辉岩中锆石阴极发光图像显示,大部分具有扇形分带或杉树叶结构,少数具有弱环带结构,31颗锆石Th/U值较低(0.06~0.135),其LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄明显分为2类,一类谐和年龄值为431.9±2.3Ma,代表了榴辉岩相峰期变质年龄;另一类谐和年龄值为487±5.9Ma,可能为原岩在俯冲过程中受构造热事件影响发生变质的结果。参考区域蛇绿岩及构造岩浆事件,确定研究区本次高压变质的峰期时代为早志留世晚期,可能发生于东昆仑俯冲消减-碰撞环境,结合邻区发现的同类型榴辉岩,恢复了一条东昆仑地区早古生代的高压变质带。     

柴达木北缘鱼卡河榴辉岩变质时代及其折返过程

为揭示柴北缘超高压变质带的变质时代与折返过程,利用Ar--Ar同位素定年法对鱼卡河和锡铁山地区的榴辉岩进行了研究。结果表明,鱼卡河榴辉岩的峰期变质作用发生在早—中奥陶世(477～466 Ma),而锡铁山榴辉岩中的韭闪石年龄((407±4)Ma)指示了早泥盆世的退变质时间。综合前人研究成果可知柴北缘超高压变质带形成于495～421 Ma,且具有明显的两阶段特征(477～466 Ma与434～421 Ma),其中早阶段为洋壳俯冲的产物,晚阶段为大洋关闭后陆壳深俯冲的结果。祁连陆块与柴达木—东昆仑板块在早泥盆世发生不同方位的俯冲挤压,并导致超高压变质带折返,超高压变质体普遍发生部分熔融和退变质,出现以榴辉岩为中心向外榴辉岩--榴闪岩--斜长角闪岩--花岗片麻岩渐变过渡的退变质带。     

北秦岭松树沟榴闪岩锆石U-Pb定年、矿物包裹体和Lu-Hf同位素特征及其地质意义

采用LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年法对松树沟榴闪岩中的锆石进行年代学分析,得到锆石残留核的206Pb/238U加权平均年龄为729±24Ma,对应的Th/U比值为0.70~1.01;变质锆石的206Pb/238U加权平均年龄为496±9.1Ma,对应的Th/U比值为0.02~0.11。通过激光拉曼探针在变质锆石里寻找到斜长石、单斜辉石、石榴石、石英、榍石、磷灰石等矿物包裹体,结合岩石具有的石榴石变斑晶和单斜辉石+斜长石嵌晶,推测变质锆石可能生长于岩石的高压麻粒岩相变质阶段,不排除早期存在榴辉岩相变质的可能性,所获~496Ma的变质时代记录了一期与陆壳深俯冲相关的区域地质事件。利用LA-MC-ICP-MS法测定了变质重结晶锆石的176Hf/177Hf=0.282560~0.282663;以t=730Ma计算出εHf(t)=+8.6~+12.2;Hf模式年龄为867±43Ma。锆石残留核年龄和变质重结晶锆石的t DM(Hf)数值,表明该榴闪岩的原岩应老于729Ma,原岩物质从亏损地幔分离的时间不晚于867±43Ma。结合前人研究成果,认为松树沟榴闪岩是早期侵位的岩石遭受早古生代高压-超高压区域变质作用的产物。     

北秦岭西部榴闪岩的发现与变质作用过程:锆石年代学和Hf-O同位素制约

秦岭造山带是由多期俯冲-碰撞造山和随后多阶段隆升成山形成的复合型造山带。近年来一个突破性进展是在北秦岭东部即陕西-河南交界地区以及桐柏地区的秦岭群高级变质岩中发现存在大量退变榴辉岩和高压麻粒岩,其中部分退变榴辉岩锆石包裹体中出现柯石英。这些发现证明北秦岭东部和桐柏地区的确在480~500Ma发生过深俯冲作用,随后造山带抬升形成退变榴辉岩。那么,北秦岭西部是否存在类似的(深)俯冲作用?本文首次在北秦岭西部宝鸡眉县地区发现了榴闪岩。该榴闪岩主要由石榴石和角闪石组成,含少量石英、透辉石和绿帘石。石榴石变斑晶都具有明显由退变质扩散作用形成的环带结构,绿帘石变斑晶具有与榴辉岩中绿帘石大致相同的XFe、CaO和Al2O3含量。同时,石榴石变斑晶核部还含有Amp+Cpx+Qtz包裹体,该包裹体矿物组合暗示其退变前可能是榴辉岩,而榴闪岩是在流体活动过程中退变质作用形成的。榴闪岩中锆石的离子探针SIMS定年获得很好的U-Pb谐和年龄(443.9±1.1Ma)和206Pb/238U的加权平均年龄(443.2±2.5Ma)。锆石的低Th和U含量和非常高Th/U比值(0.47~1.66)说明其并非是在"干"体系下形成的进变质锆石,应该是在流体强烈活动下形成的或是进变质锆石被退变质过程完全重置。因此,443Ma应该是榴闪岩的形成年龄即记录退变质作用发生的时间。这些锆石具有亏损的Hf同位素和类似地幔的氧同位素组成。因遭受退变质作用的强烈影响,其εHf(t)值和δ18O值有较宽的分布范围(εHf(t)=2.4~14.7;δ18O=4.25‰~6.39‰),其亏损地幔模式年龄为0.48~0.95Ga。所以,锆石的Hf-O同位素特征指示榴闪岩的原岩主要来自新元古代时期的亏损地幔来源的玄武质岩石。结合北秦岭东部地区榴辉岩发生退变质作用时代间隔可以大致判断北秦岭西部的榴闪岩的峰期变质时代可能为470~480Ma。由此发现,北秦岭东西部早古生代俯冲-碰撞事件时限上存在差异,即北秦岭早古生代俯冲-碰撞作用沿商南-宝鸡一线可能是自东向西发生的。     

青海东昆仑夏日哈木IV号岩体原岩属性及其构造意义

东昆仑造山带西段夏日哈木地区IV号岩体是镁铁-超镁铁质侵入体还是蛇绿岩单元仍存争议。本文对IV号岩体开展了野外地质特征、岩相学、地球化学及锆石U-Pb年代学的研究。IV号岩体主体为斜长角闪岩,呈透镜状产在片麻岩中。斜长角闪岩主要由角闪石、斜长石组成,含少量石英、黑云母、榍石和铁钛氧化物。具有基性岩的化学成分,属于拉斑玄武岩系列岩石,稀土配分模式中Eu显示正异常（δEu=1.3~1.6）,ε_Nd（t）值为+3.5~+5.3,推测其原岩可能为堆晶辉长岩,明显不同于含铜镍矿的Ⅰ号镁铁-超镁铁岩体,与该地区出露的榴辉岩（退变榴辉岩）可以对比。斜长角闪岩中的锆石具有弱环带,采用LA-MC-ICP-MS方法得出的²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U加权平均年龄为421±4Ma （MSWD=2.8）,Th/U比值为0.01~3.26,指示锆石为变质-深熔成因,代表了斜长角闪岩的形成时代。夏日哈木地区的斜长角闪岩和该地区出露的榴辉岩及榴闪岩的原岩可能都是早期形成于陆壳环境的基性岩（大陆边缘的基性侵入岩或喷出岩）,在430Ma左右发生陆壳深俯冲作用时形成榴辉岩,420~410Ma榴辉岩发生不同程度退变形成榴闪岩和斜长角闪岩。由此推测,IV号岩体的构造属性与该地区的榴辉岩属性相同,形成于陆壳环境,其原岩不属于蛇绿岩单元。斜长角闪岩的出现指示了该地区原特提斯洋壳已俯冲消亡,深俯冲的陆壳开始折返,这对认识东昆仑早古生代的构造演化和铜镍矿形成的地质背景具有重要意义。     

北秦岭松树沟及其邻区高压-超高压榴辉岩的确定及其构造地质意义

详细的岩相学观察和激光拉曼矿物包裹体研究,在松树沟及其邻区秦岭群片麻岩中的榴闪岩和斜长角闪岩透镜体中发现了石榴石+绿辉石的典型榴辉岩相矿物组合,以及指示超高压变质的微粒柯石英包裹体,表明北秦岭松树沟及其邻区是超高压变质作用的产物。北秦岭松树沟超镁铁质岩体旁侧的榴闪岩一直以来都存在着接触交代变质(黄月华等,1984)、麻粒岩相变质(钱加慧等,2013)和退变榴辉岩(刘良等,2013;Zhang et al.,1999)等多种成因观点。本次研究在该榴闪岩的基质矿物角闪石的核部、石榴石变斑晶的幔部包裹体及锆石包体中都发现了残留绿辉石,而且发现石榴石变斑晶保存了很好的进变质矿物包裹体和主、微量元素成分环带,表明松树沟榴闪岩为榴辉岩相退变质的产物,至少经历了从角闪岩相到榴辉岩相再到角闪岩相的三阶段顺时针p-T演化。另外,采用激光拉曼光谱分析方法,对丹凤地区秦岭群片麻岩的多个榴闪岩和斜长角闪岩透镜体进行了详细的锆石包裹体矿物学分析,在其中的一个斜长角闪岩的锆石中发现了超高压矿物柯石英,表明该斜长角闪岩为超高压榴辉岩退变质的产物。LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年代学研究,得到松树沟榴辉岩的峰期变质年龄为(500±8)Ma,原岩结晶时代为(796±16)Ma;得到丹凤地区斜长角闪岩的峰期变质时代为(498±3)Ma,同时得到~450 Ma和~420 Ma两期退变质事件年龄;得到斜长角闪岩的围岩片麻岩的变质年龄为(502±4)Ma。其中榴辉岩和斜长角闪岩的~500 Ma的变质年龄分别来自锆石的石榴石+绿辉石以及柯石英包体的微区,应代表本区高压-超高压榴辉岩相变质的年龄。该年龄与秦岭岩群中已发现的官坡含金刚石榴辉岩(~500 Ma,杨经绥等,2002;陈丹玲等,2011)、清油河含金刚石斜长角闪岩(490±5.8 Ma;Wang et al.,2014)的峰期变质年龄一致,也与秦岭岩群区域片麻岩的~500 Ma的变质时代在误差范围内完全一致(刘良等,2013;Diwu et al.,2014),表明松树沟及其邻区榴辉岩与北秦岭造山带已发现的高压-超高压变质岩石一起都应是古生代大陆深俯冲作用的结果。     

柴北缘鱼卡含硬柱石假象榴辉岩的发现、P-T-t轨迹及控制硬柱石形成的主要因素

硬柱石是大洋冷俯冲带的代表性矿物之一,富含水和Sr、Pb及稀土等微量元素,其形成和分解对于俯冲带流体活动、壳幔水和微量元素循环、地幔楔交代和熔融及岛弧岩浆作用等具有重要影响.但由于硬柱石对温度和压力的改变非常敏感,在板片折返过程中很容易分解,因此目前全球出露的硬柱石榴辉岩极为稀少.总结了榴辉岩中早期硬柱石存在的识别标志,并据此确定柴北缘超高压带西段鱼卡地区的含蓝晶石榴辉岩和斜黝帘石榴辉岩是峰期硬柱石榴辉岩退变质改造的结果.该发现说明柴北缘成为继大别造山带之后全球第二例出露硬柱石榴辉岩的大陆俯冲型造山带.利用相平衡计算方法恢复了这两种榴辉岩的变质演化过程,其中含蓝晶石榴辉岩的P-T轨迹和峰期变质条件均与区内大陆俯冲型含柯石英多硅白云母榴辉岩相似,而斜黝帘石榴辉岩峰期变质温压则略低.锆石定年获得含蓝晶石榴辉岩和斜黝帘石榴辉岩的变质时代分别为437 Ma和436 Ma,与带内已有超高压榴辉岩相变质时代相同,同时获得含蓝晶石榴辉岩的原岩结晶时代为1 273 Ma.相似的变质P-T轨迹和变质时代表明含蓝晶石榴辉岩与同剖面含柯石英多硅白云母榴辉岩共同经历了大陆深俯冲作用.这一结果表明,硬柱石榴辉岩并非大洋冷俯冲带特有,决定榴辉岩中是否出现硬柱石的主要因素是原岩成分和变质条件.在鱼卡地区,榴辉岩的矿物组合中能否出现硬柱石的最主要控制因素是原岩中的Mg含量,由高Mg#的基性岩变质形成的榴辉岩峰期矿物组合中易出现硬柱石.      

Structural Seismology: Exploring the Correspondence between Surface Geological Features and Heterogeneities in the Earth’s Crust and Mantle

The North Qaidam is an Early Paleozoic UHP metamorphic belt located at the north margin of the Tibet plateau. Eclogites in this belt contain both continental‐and oceanic‐type ones. In which, the continental‐type eclogites have protolith ages of 750–850 Ma and WPB or CFB geochemical signatures and are believed to have formed in a continental rift or an incipient oceanic basin setting related to the breakup of the Rodinia supercontinent, their metamorphic ages (421–458 Ma) and P–T paths are comparable to their host gneisses; oceanic‐type eclogites have cumulate gabbro or E‐MORB geochemical signatures, their protolith and metamorphic ages are 510–516 Ma and 425–450 Ma, respectively(Zhang et al., 2008). Therefore, the North Qaidam UHP belt was thought to record the whole Neoprotoerozoic–Paleozoic Wilson cycle (Song et al., 2014). In this study, we reported three new kinds of eclogites: kyanite‐bearing eclogite, lawsonite pseudomorph‐bearing eclogite and double mineral eclogite. They occur as big lentoid blocks in regional granitic gneiss in the western part of the belt. Phase equilibrium modelling and zircon LA‐ICPMS U‐Pb dating show that all these three eclogites experienced a clockwise P–T path with peak metamorphic conditions close to or fall in the coesite stability field, and their peak metamorphic age were around 436‐439 Ma, similar to those continental‐type eclogites in this belt. But their protolith ages are between 1273 and 1070 Ma, and some of them recorded an amphibolite facies metamorphic age of 927 Ma, and geochemical data and zircon Lu‐Hf and O isotope analysis indicate these eclogites have features of present day N‐MORB. Combined with the existing results, we propose that the North Qaidam is a polycyclic composite orogenwhich recorded tectonic evolution of Mesoproterozoic ocean floor spreading, assembly and breakup of Rodinia supercontinent, Early Paleozoic oceanic deep subduction and subsequently continental deep subduction.     

Petrology and geochronology of ultrahigh-pressure granitic gneiss from South Dulan,North Qaidam belt,NW China

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An integrated study including petrography, mineral chemistry, metamorphic P–T path modelling, and zircon U–Pb dating was conducted on a granitic gneiss and enclosed eclogite from South Dulan, North Qaidam UHP (ultrahigh-pressure) belt. The result shows that the granitic gneiss underwent a clockwise P–T path with a peak-P stage at 655–745°C, 30–34 kbar, and a subsequent peak-T stage at 815–870°C, 14–18 kbar, which is similar to the P–T estimates reported for coesite-bearing continental-type eclogites in this region. The enclosed eclogite resembles an olivine–pyroxene-rich cumulate in Qaidam block. It has a similar prograde P–T path with the country gneiss and experienced a peak-P stage of 682–748°C at 27–34 kbar. Zircon U–Pb dating yields an eclogite-facies metamorphic age of 447 ± 2 Ma for the granitic gneiss and 445 ± 6 Ma for the enclosed eclogite. These ages agree with metamorphic ages obtained from paragneisses (427–439 Ma), coesite-bearing continental-type eclogites (430–451 Ma), and UHPM (ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic) oceanic crust–mantle sequence (440–445 Ma) from South Dulan, as well as UHP eclogites, garnet peridotite, and gneisses from other units (460–420 Ma) within this belt reported by others. Similar metamorphic ages as well as P–T evolution documented in gneisses and intercalated eclogites imply that both rocks experienced a coeval UHP event. Summarizing all the published geochronology data, we argue that the North Qaidam UHP belt was mainly formed by continental deep subduction at ~460 to ~420 Ma. The UHPM oceanic crust-mantle sequence in South Dulan may represent oceanic lithosphere in the transition zone between oceanic and continental crust, which was dragged upward by the exhumed continental rocks after break-off of the dense oceanic crust.     

An early Paleozoic Subduction Channel in the North Qilian Mountains,Northwestern China: Structural,Petrological and Chronological Constraints

Detailed geological mapping, structural, petrological and chronological investigation allow us to place new constraints on the tectono‐thermal evolution of the North Qilian high pressure/low temperature (HP/LT) metamorphic belt. The North Qilian HP/LT metamorphic belt manly consists of eclogite, blueschist, metasedimentary rocks and serpentinite. Most of eclogites and mafic blueschists occur as lenses within metasedimentary rocks, and minor eclogites within serpentinite. Petrological and geochemistical data indicate that the protoliths of eclogite and mafic blueschist includes E‐, N‐MORB, OIB and arc basalt. Geochronology and Lu‐Hf isotope of detrital zircons from metasedimentary rocks indicate the detritus materials are derived from Qilian block and likely deposit in continental margin or fore‐arc basin. Zircon U‐Pb datings show that the protolith ages of eclogites vary between 500 Ma and 530 Ma, and the metamorphic age of eclogite between 460 and 489 Ma. The detrital zircon ages of metasedimentary rocks distribute between 532 and 2700 Ma. The structural data show that the deformation related to the subduction during prograde is recorded in eclogite blocks. In contrast, the dominant deformation structures are characterized by tight fold, sheath fold and penetrative foliation and lineation, which are recorded in various rocks, reflecting a top‐to‐the‐south shear sense and representing the deformation related to the exhumation. The petrological data suggest that the different rocks in the North Qilian HP/LT metamorphic belt equilibrated at different peak metamorphic conditions and recorded different P‐T path. Synthesizing the structural, petrological, geochemical and geochronological data suggest a subduction channel model related to oceanic subduction during Paleozoic in the North Qilian Mountains. The different HP/LT metamorphic rocks formed in different settings with various protolith ages were carried by the subducted oceanic crust into different depth in subduction channel, and experienced independent tectono‐thermal evolution inside subduction channel. The North Qilian HP/LT mélange reflects a fossil oceanic subduction channel.     

The multi-stage tectonic evolution of the Xitieshan terrane,North Qaidam orogen,western China: From Grenville-age orogeny to early-Paleozoic ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism

The geodynamic evolution of the early Paleozoic ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic belt in North Qaidam, western China, is controversial due to ambiguous interpretations concerning the nature and ages of the eclogitic protoliths. Within this framework, we present new LA-ICP-MS U–Pb zircon ages from eclogites and their country rock gneisses from the Xitieshan terrane, located in the central part of the North Qaidam UHP metamorphic belt. Xitieshan terrane contains clearly different protolith characteristics of eclogites and as such provides a natural laboratory to investigate the geodynamic evolution of the North Qaidam UHP metamorphic terrane. LA-ICP-MS U–Pb zircon dating of three phengite-bearing eclogites and two country rock gneiss samples from the Xitieshan terrane yielded 424–427 Ma and 917–920 Ma ages, respectively. The age of 424–427 Ma from eclogite probably reflects continental lithosphere subduction post-dating oceanic lithosphere subduction at ~ 440–460 Ma. The 0.91–0.92 Ga metamorphic ages from gneiss and associated metamorphic mineral assemblages are interpreted as evidence for the occurrence of a Grenville-age orogeny in the North Qaidam UHPM belt. Using internal microstructure, geochemistry and U–Pb ages of zircon in this study, combined with the petrological and geochemical investigations on the eclogites of previous literature’s data, three types of eclogitic protoliths are identified in the Xitieshan terrane i.e. 1) Subducted early Paleozoic oceanic crust (440–460 Ma), 2) Neoproterozoic oceanic crust material emplaced onto micro-continental fragments ahead of the main, early Paleozoic, collision event (440–420 Ma) and 3) Neoproterozoic mafic dikes intruded in continental fragments (rifted away from the former supercontinent Rodinia). These results demonstrate that the basement rocks of the North Qaidam terrane formed part of the former supercontinent Rodinia, attached to the Yangtze Craton and/or the Qinling microcontinent, and recorded a complex tectono-metamorphic evolution that involved Neoproterozoic and Early Paleozoic orogenies.     

A cold Early Palaeozoic subduction zone in the North Qilian Mountains, NW China: petrological and U-Pb geochronological constraints

The north Qilian high‐pressure (HP)/low‐temperature (LT) metamorphic belt is composed mainly of blueschists, eclogites and greenschist facies rocks. It formed within an Early Palaeozoic accretionary wedge associated with the subduction of the oceanic crust and is considered to be one of the best preserved HP/LT metamorphic belts in China. Here we report new lawsonite‐bearing eclogites and eclogitic rocks enclosed within epidote blueschists in the North Qilian Mountains. Five samples contain unaltered lawsonite coexisting with omphacite and phengite as inclusions in garnet, indicating eclogite facies garnet growth and lawsonite pseudomorphs were observed in garnet from an additional 11 eclogites and eclogitic rocks. Peak pressure conditions estimated from lawsonite omphacite‐phengite‐garnet assemblages were 2.1–2.4 GPa at temperatures of 420–510 °C, in or near the stability field of lawsonite eclogite, and implying formation under an apparent geothermal gradient of 6–8 °C km^?1, consistent with metamorphism in a cold subduction zone. SHRIMP U‐Pb dating of zircon from two lawsonite‐bearing eclogitic metabasites yields ages of 489 ± 7 Ma and 477 ± 16 Ma, respectively. CL images and mineral inclusions in zircon grains indicate that these ages reflect an eclogite facies metamorphism. An age of 502 ± 16 Ma is recorded in igneous cores of zircon grains from one lawsonite pseudomorph‐bearing eclogite, which is in agreement with the formation age of Early Ordovician for some ophiolite sequences in the North Qilian Mountains, and may be associated with a period of oceanic crust formation. The petrological and chronological data demonstrate the existence of a cold Early Palaeozoic subduction zone in the North Qilian Mountains.     

Petrology, geochemistry and isotopic ages of eclogites from the Dulan UHPM Terrane, the North Qaidam, NW China

The Dulan eclogite–gneiss region is located in the eastern part of the North Qaidam eclogite belt, NW China. Widespread evidence demonstrates that this region is a typical ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) metamorphic terrane. Eclogites occur as lenses or layers in both granitic and pelitic gneisses. Two distinguished sub-belts can be recognized and differ in mineralogy, petrology and geochemistry. The North Dulan Belt (NDB) has tholeiitic protoliths with high TiO₂ and lower Al₂O₃ and MgO contents. REE patterns and trace element contents resemble those of N-type and E-type MORB. In contrast, eclogites in the South Dulan Belt (SDB) are of island arc protoliths with low TiO₂, high Al₂O₃ and show LREE-enriched and HFSE-depleted patterns. Sm–Nd isotope analyses give isochron ages of 458–497 Ma for eclogite-facies metamorphism for the two sub-belts. The ages are similar to those of Yuka and Altun eclogites in the western extension of the North Qaidam-Altun eclogite belt. The Dulan UHP metamorphic terrane, together with several other recently recognized eclogite-bearing terrenes within the North Qaidam-Altun HP-UHP belt, constitute the key to the understanding of the tectonic evolution of the northern Tibetan Plateau. The entire UHP belt extends for more than 1000 km from the Dulan UHP terrane in the southeast to the Altun eclogite–gneiss terrane in the west. This super-belt marks an early Paleozoic continental collision zone between the Qaidam Massif and the Qilian Massif.     

东昆仑造山带波洛斯太地区晚三叠世中酸性火山岩锆石U-Pb年代学、地球化学及地质意义

东昆仑造山带东段波洛斯太地区出露一套晚三叠世中酸性火山岩,对研究古特提斯洋关闭及碰撞造山过程具有重要意义.通过对该火山岩进行详细的锆石U-Pb年代学、地球化学和Hf同位素研究来确定其形成时代、岩石成因和构造环境.研究结果表明,英安岩加权平均年龄为233.4±1.3 Ma和234.7±1.5 Ma,形成时代为晚三叠世.火...     

柴北缘超高压带中锡铁山榴辉岩的变质时代

锡铁山地体位于柴北缘超高压变质带的中部, 是柴北缘超高压变质带的重要组成部分。该地体由花岗质片麻岩、泥质片麻岩和相对较少的榴辉岩透镜体组成。大部分榴辉岩都经历了不同程度的后生合晶和角闪岩相退化变质改造。虽然近年来进行了大量的锆石U-Pb年代学研究,但榴辉岩相高压-超高压变质的时代一直存在争议,并且以前对锡铁山榴辉岩相变质时代的认识一直与相邻的绿梁山、鱼卡和其东部的都兰等地区的超高压变质年龄有明显的冲突。本文通过锡铁山榴辉岩锆石U-Pb年代学的研究,获得榴辉岩相变质锆石的²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U加权平均年龄为433±3Ma,与鱼卡地区榴辉岩的形成年龄一致,代表大陆俯冲时期的高压-超高压变质年龄。该研究对进一步了解锡铁山榴辉岩地体的变质演化和大陆地壳深俯冲有重要意义。     

柴北缘夹榴辉岩的片麻岩（片岩）地球化学、Sm-Nd和U-Pb同位素研究——深俯冲的前寒武纪变质基底？

在柴北缘的鱼卡-锡铁山-沙柳河一带,出露夹有榴辉岩透镜体的花岗质片麻岩(正片麻岩)和副片麻岩(片岩)。地球化学和Sm-Nd同位素数据显示副片麻岩(片岩)与正片麻岩具有类似的地球化学成分和一致的Nd模式年龄(1.88～2.18Ga),结合副片麻岩(片岩)局部包在正片麻岩中的野外关系,正片麻岩可能为副片麻岩(片岩)原地熔融作用的产物。U-Pb锆石测定表明熔融作用产生的正片麻岩的岩浆形成时代为952Ma。另外,这些夹榴辉岩的片麻岩(片岩)也与柴北缘北侧不夹榴辉岩的深变质基底片麻岩和中南祁连地块的变质基底片麻岩有相似Sm-Nd同位素特征和近一致Nd模式年龄(1.87～2.26Ga)。表明它们具有明显的亲缘关系,可能来源于具有古元古代晚期地壳形成年龄的同一变质基底。然而,与柴北缘北 侧和祁连地块的深变质基底岩石不同的是,这套含榴辉岩的片麻岩(片岩)明显遭受了早古生代变质作用的影响,正片麻岩锆石U-Pb测定获得的下交点年龄为478±44Ma,与柴北缘地区榴辉岩的变质锆石的年龄在误差范围内一致;而已在都兰地区副片麻岩锆石中柯石英包体的发现也证明了含榴辉岩的片麻岩(片岩)与榴辉岩一样同样经历了UHP变质作用。因此,我们认为柴北缘含榴辉岩的片麻岩虽然具有与相邻变质基底相似的早期演化历史,但在早古生代又与所夹的榴辉岩