Age of Detrital Zircons and Sources of Terrigenous Deposits of the Olokit Zone (Northern Baikal Region)

Doklady Earth Sciences - This work presents the results of U–Th–Pb (LA–ICP–MS) geochronological study of detrital zircons from terrigenous deposits of the Olokit zone of the...     

New data on the regularities of the earthquake manifestation in the Baikal Seismic Zone and their forecast

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New data on the late holocene seismicity of the southwestern edge of the Baikal Rift Zone

Three strong earthquakes that occurred since the end of 8th century have been identified by archeoseismic data in the southwestern part of the Tere Khol’ Depression. The dates for these events are the 9th, 12th, and first two-thirds of 19th century, and the average recurrence interval is 500 years. The relative seismic passivity of the Tere Khol’ Depression at present may be related to the relatively recent discharge of stress in seismogenerating sources.     

Lower crustal intrusions beneath the southern Baikal Rift Zone: Evidence from full-waveform modelling of wide-angle seismic data

The Cenozoic Baikal Rift Zone (BRZ) is situated in south-central Siberia in the suture between the Precambrian Siberian Platform and the Amurian plate. This more than 2000-km long rift zone is composed of several individual basement depressions and half-grabens with the deep Lake Baikal at its centre. The BEST (Baikal Explosion Seismic Transect) project acquired a 360-km long, deep seismic, refraction/wide-angle reflection profile in 2002 across southern Lake Baikal. The data from this project is used for identification of large-scale crustal structures and modelling of the seismic velocities of the crust and uppermost mantle. Previous interpretation and velocity modelling of P-wave arrivals in the BEST data has revealed a multi layered crust with smooth variation in Moho depth between the Siberian Platform (41 km) and the Sayan-Baikal fold belt (46 km). The lower crust exhibits normal seismic velocities around the rift structure, except for beneath the rift axis where a distinct 50–80-km wide high-velocity anomaly (7.4–7.6 ± 0.2 km/s) is observed. Reverberant or “ringing” reflections with strong amplitude and low frequency originate from this zone, whereas the lower crust is non-reflective outside the rift zone. Synthetic full-waveform reflectivity modelling of the high-velocity anomaly suggests the presence of a layered sequence with a typical layer thickness of 300–500 m coinciding with the velocity anomaly. The P-wave velocity of the individual layers is modelled to range between 7.4 km/s and 7.9 km/s. We interpret this feature as resulting from mafic to ultra-mafic intrusions in the form of sills. Petrological interpretation of the velocity values suggests that the intrusions are sorted by fractional crystallization into plagioclase-rich low-velocity layers and pyroxene- and olivine-rich high-velocity layers. The mafic intrusions were probably intruded into the ductile lower crust during the main rift phase in the Late Pliocene. As such, the intrusive material has thickened the lower crust during rifting, which may explain the lack of Moho uplift across southern BRZ.     

U-Pb dating of the baddeleytte-zircon system from Pt-bearing dunite of the Konder massif, Aldan shield: New data

The U-Pb age was obtained for the coexisting baddeleytte-zircon system from dunites of the Konder massif, Aldan shield. Four groups of zircons are heterogeneous by morphology, habit, age, and geochemistry in contrast to homogeneous baddeleytte. The studied zircon groups are characterized by several U-Pb age clusters in the range of 1895 ± 50 to 125.8 ± 3.8 Ma, which indicates their long evolution in Pt-bearing dunites. The young assemblage of baddeleytte and zircon (124.9 ± 1.9 and 125.8 ± 3.8 Ma, respectively) also differs from ancient zircons in the morphology and geochemistry and probably dates to a much later event of diapir evolution, which may be referred to the formation of apatite-phlogopite ore pyroxenites inside the dunite core and tectono-magmatic activation of the Aldan shield.     

冈底斯印支期造山事件:花岗岩类锆石U-Pb年代学和岩石成因证据

对冈底斯中部地区二云母花岗岩和花岗闪长岩进行了LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年、主量元素、微量元素和锆石Hf同位素组成的测定.结果表明, 二云母花岗岩的岩浆结晶年龄为(205± 1)Ma, 岩石属于强过铝质花岗岩, A/CNK= 1.16~ 1.20, K₂O/Na₂O= 1.67~ 1.95.岩石富Rb、Th和U等元素, Eu/Eu* = 0.29~ 0.41, (La/Yb)_N= 22.62~ 35.08.锆石ε_Hf(t)= -12.4~ -1.8.二云母花岗岩的岩浆产生于地壳中泥质岩类在无外来流体加入的情况下云母类矿物脱水反应所诱发的部分熔融作用, 其岩石形成机制类似于喜马拉雅新生代淡色花岗岩.花岗闪长岩的岩浆结晶年龄为(202± 1)Ma, 岩石属于准铝质(A/CNK= 0.96~ 0.98), K₂O/Na₂O= 1.42~ 1.77, Eu/Eu* = 0.54~ 0.65, (La/Yb)_N= 6.76~ 13.35.锆石ε_Hf(t)= -8.2~ -5.5.根据花岗闪长岩的地球化学特征和锆石Hf同位素组成, 花岗闪长岩的岩浆来自于地壳中基性岩类的部分熔融.冈底斯印支晚期强过铝质花岗岩的确定, 表明了冈底斯在印支晚期以前曾发生地壳的缩短与加厚作用, 从而进一步明确了冈底斯印支早期的造山事件及冈底斯经历了多期造山作用的演化.      

Soil-to-dwelling radon isotope ratio in the Baikal region

Relations between indoor and soil gas radon were experimentally studied in villages of the Baikal region. On the basis of the obtained data, the soil-to-indoor radon ratio was calculated, which can be used for prediction of radon pollution in buildings of the same kind.     

湖北新春花岗岩类锆石SHRIMP年龄:大别山造山带内弱变质—未变质晋宁期花岗岩类的发现

蕲春花岗质杂岩体包括斑状二长花岗岩和花岗岩两部分,它们之间在化学性质上存在着很大的差异,前者表现为高Al_2O_3(15.73％)、相对高CaO(2.46％)、Na_2O含量明显高于K_2O(Na_2O/K_2O=1.27),尤以强烈亏损重稀土元素和极强的轻、重稀土元素分馏程度[(La/Yb)_N=46.8]为特征而类似于太古宙高Al_2O_3的TTG岩石。而后者则以较低的Al_2O_3含量(14.05％)、贫CaO(0.82％)、K_2O含量明显高于Na_2O(Na_2O/K_2O=0.81)为特征,轻、重稀土元素的分馏程度[(La/Yb)_N=10.89]也较片麻状二长花岗岩中弱得多。两类岩石中锆石的U-PbSHRIMP年龄分别为824.6±17.6 Ma和784±20 Ma,该时代与大别山造山带内花岗片麻岩的原岩形成年龄类似。大别山造山带内弱变质-未变质晋宁期花岗岩的出现表明扬子板块印支期向北俯冲时,该花岗质杂岩处于俯冲板片的后缘,可代表造山带内扬子基底的原地露头。而岩体周围的高压变质杂岩应是折返上来的无根构造岩片,大别山造山带内高压-超高压变质杂岩的出露不是整体性抬升剥蚀的结果。     

湖北蕲春花岗岩类锆石SHRIMP年龄：大别山造山带内弱变质—未变质晋宁期花岗岩类的发现

蕲春花岗质杂岩体包括斑状二长花岗岩和花岗岩两部分,它们之间在化学性质上存在着很大的差异,前者表现为高Al 2O3(15.73%)、相对高CaO(2.46%)、Na2O含量明显高于K2O(Na2O/K2O=1.27),尤以强烈亏损重稀土元素和极强的轻、重稀土元素分馏程度[(La/Yb)N=46.8]为特征而类似于太古宙高Al2O3的TTG岩石.而后者则以较低的Al2O3含量(14.05%)、贫CaO(0.82%)、K2O含量明显高于Na2O(Na2O/K2O=0.81)为特征,轻、重稀土元素的分馏程度[(La/Yb)N=10.89]也较片麻状二长花岗岩中弱得多.两类岩石中锆石的U-PbSHRIMP年龄分别为824.6±17.6 Ma和784±20 Ma,该时代与大别山造山带内花岗片麻岩的原岩形成年龄类似.大别山造山带内弱变质-未变质晋宁期花岗岩的出现表明扬子板块印支期向北俯冲时,该花岗质杂岩处于俯冲板片的后缘,可代表造山带内扬子基底的原地露头.而岩体周围的高压变质杂岩应是折返上来的无根构造岩片,大别山造山带内高压超高压变质杂岩的出露不是整体性抬升剥蚀的结果.     

藏北羌塘盆地基底的地质构造演化:来自侏罗纪雁石坪群砂岩碎屑锆石U-Pb同位素年代学证据

羌塘盆地作为青藏高原面积最大的中—新生代盆地,是揭示特提斯域演化的关键区域,其构造属性与演化历史备受关注。然而,长期以来对于盆地是否具有前寒武纪结晶基底以及其地质构造演化等问题一直存分歧。雁石坪群作为羌塘盆地分布最广,地层出露最全的一套侏罗纪地层,其碎屑沉积物中包含了大量关于羌塘盆地地质构造演化的重要信息。为此笔者选择位于羌塘盆地东部唐古拉山北麓温泉地区雁石坪群砂岩进行碎屑锆石LA-ICPMS U-Pb年代学研究,以期为解决羌塘盆地基底的地质构造演化提供依据。8件砂岩样品429个有效测试点的年龄结果显示,雁石坪群碎屑锆石的年龄时间跨度大,自新太古代至中侏罗世晚期(2668~166 Ma),具有明显的阶段性,可分为10个年龄组。结合区域地质特征,对年龄值大于486 Ma碎屑锆石年龄组进行了重点分析探讨,认为羌塘盆地具有前寒武纪结晶基底,其形成的主要时期为1974~1666 Ma,且结晶基底还遭受了后期地质构造作用的改造,先后经历了与Columbia超级大陆、Rodinia超大陆演化相关的构造热事件、格林威尔—晋宁构造岩浆运动、泛非运动等一系列地质构造演化,支持了羌塘地块属冈瓦纳大陆的认识。     

New data on the composition and age of basement rocks of the Tagil paleo-island arc system

The Tagil paleo-island arc terrane is composed of Late Ordovician-Devonian intrusive, volcanic, and volcano-sedimentary complexes. The western margin of the terrane is comprised of dunite-clinopyroxenite-gabbro massifs of the Ural platinum-bearing belt, which are fringed by rock strata of widely different metamorphic grades. Work on isotope systematics of olivine gabbros enabled us to infer a Vendian age (550–540 Ma) of homogenization of the Sm-Nd isotopic system of the Kytlym and Knyaspa massifs within the Ural platinum-bearing belt. The Sm-Nd ages for metamorphic rocks of the Belaya Gora complex surrounding the studied massifs also agree with a Vendian age (573–574 Ma). Our results suggest that metamorphites of the Belaya Gora complex (amphibolites, plagiogneisses, two-mica and biotite gneisses, schists containing garnet, cordierite, staurolite, gedrite, and sillimanite) and dunite-clinopyroxenite-gabbro intrusions of the proto-platinum-bearing belt may have been formed in a convergence setting above a mantle plume, most likely in a back-arc (?) extension region. Reactivation of this plume during the late Precambrian resulted in the opening of the Ural paleo-ocean. The Late Ordovician-Early Devonian times were marked by metamorphic reworking and tectonic transport of pre-Paleozoic complexes into an accretionary prism setting of the Tagil paleo-arc that was accompanied by generation of gabbroid and granitoid magmas. Based on the obtained results, the Tagil terrane can be now considered as part of the Paleozoic paleo-island arc system developed on a heterogeneous Proterozoic basement.     

Seismic process in the lithosphere of the Baikal Rift Zone: Synchronization episodes

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