滇东北毛坪铅锌矿床的成矿时代:闪锌矿Rb-Sr定年

毛坪铅锌矿床是滇东北地区代表性矿床之一,目前尚缺乏精确的成矿年代学数据。该文对选自块状铅锌矿石的4件闪锌矿单矿物样品进行了Rb-Sr同位素定年,获得等时线年龄为321.7±5.8 Ma(MSWD=1.5),表明毛坪铅锌矿床的主成矿作用发生于石炭纪。此外,闪锌矿~(87)Sr/~(86)Sr初始值为0.712166±0.000017,低于大陆地壳~(87)Sr/~(86)Sr平均值(0.719)且高于地幔Sr初始值(0.707),暗示成矿物质主要来源于大陆地壳并混有少量地幔物质。综合前人研究成果,作者认为毛坪铅锌矿属后生矿床,与晚二叠世峨眉山大火成岩省玄武岩浆活动无成因联系,类似于典型的MVT矿床,且滇东北地区可能发育多期铅锌矿化作用。     

云南建水腊里河超基性岩地质特征及其构造意义

川滇黔等地在二叠世晚期发生峨眉山玄武岩短期内大规模溢流喷发。滇西地区发育的镁铁—超镁铁质岩均被认为是峨眉山大火成岩省的产物,但在滇东地区却一直缺少该类岩石组合的报道。本文在滇东建水地区首次发现了腊里河超基性岩体,通过LA-ICP-MS锆石UPb定年分析表明该超基性岩先期形成年龄为(246±5.2)Ma,为晚二叠-早三叠世的产物,后期中侏罗世晚期(169.6±2.0)Ma(MSWD=3.5)发生岩浆活化。该超基性岩Mg#值平均为78.73,稀土元素表现出略微右倾的平坦型特征,Rb、Sr、Ba、Pb等大离子亲石元素相对富集,高场强元素Zr、Hf相对亏损,Ta异常富集。其地化特征表现出富集型地幔源区特征,与峨眉山玄武岩成因关系密切。晚二叠世建水地区由于地幔柱活动形成地表溢流玄武岩,在深部岩浆房由玄武质岩浆结晶分异作用形成超基性侵入岩,到中侏罗世晚期,伴随着华南地区发生多期次构造运动,先前存在于岩浆房中的超镁铁质岩经过后期热液改造活化,沿着断层裂隙侵入地表。     

西藏恐弄拉地区中侏罗统桑卡拉佣组的厘定及其地质意义

贵州省地质调查院在开展西藏自治区1∶5万班戈县恐弄拉地区区域地质调查时,在马前乡恐弄拉西侧车尖西南一带前人划分的一套早白垩世桂牙岩组碳酸盐岩地层中采集了腕足类和腹足类化石,据采集的古生物化石时代确定此套碳酸盐岩地层为中侏罗世沉积(晚巴柔期—卡洛期),通过岩石组合特征、基本层序、沉积环境及生物化石时代对比,将该套地层重新厘定为桑卡拉佣组。这一地层的确定为冈底斯带地层区侏罗系地层划分对比、地层格架建立提供了重要的依据,并为中生代盆地的演化历史,古地理轮廓的确定提供了新的基础资料。     

胶西北大尹格金矿床成矿机理:载金黄铁矿标型及硫同位素地球化学约束

胶东是我国最重要的金矿集中区,破碎带蚀变岩型金矿床是区内最主要的金矿床类型,该类型金矿床已探明金资源量占全区的90%以上,其巨量金的来源是引人瞩目的关键科学问题。招平断裂带是该区内规模最大的断裂-成矿带,位于招平金矿带中段的大尹格庄金矿床是该金矿带最具代表性的破碎带蚀变岩型金矿床之一,已探明金金属量约283t。大尹格庄金矿床严格受沿胶东群与玲珑花岗岩接触带发育的NNE向招平断裂带控制,矿体赋存在招平断裂下盘黄铁绢英岩化和碎裂岩化玲珑花岗岩中,主要由Ⅰ号和Ⅱ号矿体组成,其具有相似的矿物组成,矿石主要矿物是绢云母、石英、黄铁矿,次要矿物是钾长石、斜长石、黑云母、方解石、黄铜矿、方铅矿、闪锌矿、磁黄铁矿、黝铜矿和自然金、自然银、金银矿、碲银矿等;其中黄铁矿是最主要的载金矿物。根据穿插关系和矿物共生组合,大尹格庄金矿床内成矿作用可划分为4个成矿阶段,分别是黄铁矿-石英-绢云母阶段(I)、石英-黄铁矿阶段(Ⅱ)、石英-多金属硫化物阶段(Ⅲ)和石英-方解石-多金属硫化物阶段(Ⅳ)。各个成矿阶段的黄铁矿的晶体形态标型研究表明,成矿Ⅰ阶段黄铁矿以粗粒自形立方体为主,含有少量五角十二面体;成矿Ⅱ和Ⅲ阶段黄铁矿以细粒五角十二面体为主,且具有更多五角十二面体、八面体和立方体形成的聚形;成矿Ⅳ阶段主要为细粒立方体晶形。不同矿体各个成矿阶段的硫化物的δ~(34)S值集中在4.58‰~7.54‰,具有一定的塔式效应,正向偏离陨石硫,与胶东地区胶东群变质岩、围岩花岗岩类δ~(34)S比较接近,指示大尹格庄金矿床各个成矿阶段的矿石硫源总体一致,与胶东群变质岩和中生代花岗岩间具有继承演化关系。此外,从成矿Ⅰ阶段→Ⅱ阶段→Ⅲ阶段→Ⅳ阶段,大尹格庄金矿床矿石硫化物δ~(34)S呈现出逐渐降低的趋势,反映了成矿过程中物理化学条件的演化趋势:Ⅰ阶段为较高温度(330~350℃)、快速冷却、低过饱和度、低氧逸度和硫逸度的成矿环境;Ⅱ和Ⅲ阶段黄铁矿形成于中-低温(200~300℃)、成矿流体过饱和度高、高氧逸度和硫逸度、缓慢冷却同时物质供应充分的成矿环境;Ⅳ阶段处于较低温度(200℃)、热液流体过饱和度较低、低氧逸度和硫逸度、同时物质供应不足的成矿环境。     

New data on sedimentation and pedogenesis in the Selenga Midland (western Transbaikalia) during Late Glacial and Holocene

The investigation of soil-sedimentary sequences formed in different erosional and depositional environments in the central part of the Selenga Midland (western Transbaikalia region) during Late Glacial and Holocene made it possible to reveal nine periods of activation of exogenic processes and sedimentation and eight stages of intense pedogenesis, to define the specific features of these pedogenesis and sedimentation epochs, and to assess their duration. The data on the intensity of sedimentation and its influence on pedogenesis is demonstrated. Asynchronous development of exogenic processes and pedogenesis related to the landscapeâ “climate heterogeneity of the Selenga Midland have been revealed. The latter is reflected in more distinct epochs of intense exogenic processes in more arid southern areas of the midland and more durable periods of pedogenesis in humid climatic environments of its central part.     

The formation of graphite upon the interaction of subducted carbonates and sulfur with metal-bearing rocks of the lithospheric mantle

Experimental studies of the Fe⁰–(Mg, Ca)CO₃–S system were carried out during 18–20 h at 6.3 GPa, 900–1400°C. It is shown that the major processes resulting in the formation of free carbon include reduction of carbonates upon redox interaction with Fe⁰ (or Fe₃C), extraction of carbon from iron carbide upon interaction with a sulfur melt/fluid, and reduction of the carbonate melt by Fe–S and Fe?S–C melts. Reconstruction of the processes of graphite formation indicates that carbonates and iron carbide may be potential sources of carbon under the conditions of subduction, and participation of the sulfur melt/fluid may result in the formation of mantle sulfides.     

Silurian U–Pb zircon age (LA-ICP-MS) of granitoids from the Zelenodol Cu–porphyry deposit,Southern Urals

The Zelenodol porphyry Cu-(Au, Mo) deposit located about 65 km SSW of the city of Chelyabinsk is confined to the western part of the West Uralian Volcanogenic Megazone. The concordant U-Pb age of zircons from ore-bearing island-arc diorite porphyryis 418.3 Â ± 2.9 Ma.     

First results on determination of chlorophill <Emphasis Type="Italic">A</Emphasis> and its derivatives in the system of trapped sedimentary material–fluffy layer–bottom sediment of the Caspian Sea

The first data were obtained on the vertical chlorin flux in the water column and its accumulation in the upper layer of sediments of the Caspian Sea. Seasonal variability of the chlorine concentration in sedimentary matter was evaluated. The tendency of decrease in the phytoplankton-synthesized (allochtonous) organic matter content was revealed over approximately the past 60 years.     

Detachment folding in a Lower Cambrian–Upper Permian karst reservoir: 3D model of the Yubei 3D area (eastern Markit Slope,Tarim Basin,Northwest China)

A three-dimensional (3D) structural modeling of the Lower Cambrian–Upper Permian Yubei 3D area was performed to understand its structural evolution. This model reproduces the present-day structure of the basin and comprises 11 horizons within Lower Cambrian to Upper Permian rocks. The analysis is based on 3D depth views and faults. The results image salt movements due to tectonics and/or burial. From these observations, this paper deduces that salt structures are correlated to the main faults and tectonic events. From the model analysis, we interpret the timing and geometry of Tarim Basin tectonics. The fault geometry can be resolved based on the strike of the fault, the morphology of hanging wall strata, and the stratigraphic distribution. Emphasis is placed on gypsum rock detachment, considering its movements during the Middle Caledonian event and decoupling effects during tectonic evolution. Moreover, we point to the structural control of the Paleozoic basement and the crustal architecture (Yubei 3D Zone) on the geometry of the Tarim Basin.     

Cycles of seismic activity in the second half of the holocene in the Western Caucasus and their correlation with stages of civilization development: A case study of the upper reach of the Mzymta River

The results of comprehensive research into the area of the upper reach of the Mzymta River (Western Caucasus) are presented. The evidence of strong earthquakes that struck the study area throughout history is studied. The periods when mud flows and rockslides associated with the earthquakes are identified to fall between 3100–4000 and 700–1200 years ago. Paleoseismological results are correlated to the results of archeological excavations. As a result, it is revealed that the periods of tectonic disasters coincided with the onsets of the period when the area was uninhabited (abandoned) by people. The results of the present comprehensive research provide additional information to specify the seismic hazard and the chronology of human habitation in the region.