Geochronological Study of Caledonian Granulite and High-Pressure Gneiss in the Dabie Mountains

Using the single-zircon evaporation technique and U-Pb method, the authors have conducted an isotope geochonological study of the Huilanshan granulite and Shima garnet-bearing plagioclase gneiss (" country rocks" of the Shima eclogite) in the Dabie Mountains. The study shows that these rocks have peak metamorphic ages of 443-455 Ma, which are essentially consistent with that of the Caledonian high-ultrahigh pressure eclogites. This indicates the existence of the Caledonian collisional orogeny in the Dabie Mountains.     

Distribution Patterns of Pentacyclic TriterpenoidHydrocarbons in Low-Mature Source Rocksfrom Eastern China

Four typical distribution patterns of pentacyclic triterpenoid hydrocarbons (types A-D) are distinguished in the low-mature source rocks from eastern China. Type A has a relatively high content of pentacyclic triterpenes. It exists in immature sediments and the distribution and abundance of triterpenes vary with the maturity of the sediments. An unknown C30 triterpene (UCT2) has also been detected in very shallow sediments. This compound is very unstable and disappears rapidly with the increase of depth. Type B is characterized by a relatively high amount of 17α(H), 21β(H)-30-homohopane. This kind of distribution pattern is common in coals and terrestrial sediments of low maturity. Type C has a relatively high content of diahopane and neohopane series. The analysis shows that this distribution pattern may have an indirect relationship with the input of higher plants despite its microbial source. There are C30-unconfirmed triterpane (UCT2) and a relatively high content of C35 hopane in type D. The dist     

Accelerated Exhumation During the Cenozoic in the Dabie Mountains: Evidence from Fission-Track Ages

Zircon and apatite fission-track dating indicates that the exhumation of the Dabie Mountains tended to be accelerated in the Cenozoic and that the exhumation of the eastern Dabie Mountains was more and more intense from south to north, which is in accordance with the more and more intense dissection from south to north, as is reflected by the modern geomorphologic features of the Dabie Mountains. The accelerated exhumation during the Cenozoic was related to the high elevation of the Dabie Mountains resulting from Late Cretaceous-Palaeogene detachment faulting and subsequent fault-block uplift and subsidence. The average elevation at that time was at least about 660 m higher than that at the present. The intense exhumation lagged behind intense uplift.     

Calculation of the Model of Coesite Inclusions and Analysis of Their Retrometamorphic Paths

The process and path of retrometamorphism of coesite have great significance to our understanding of the P-T tracks of the exhumation of ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks. Most of the coesites in the eclogite from Shima, Anhui Province, the Dabie Mountains, China, are found degraded to quartz partly or wholly, with ruptures occurring in the shells, outside which include the coesite and quartz. According to the microscopic observation, the sample of coesite inclusion is composed of garnet, quartz and coesite, based on which we have built a three-shelled composite sphere model to compute the transition of coesite. Based on the crystal growth formulas and pressure conditions of the ruptures in the garnet, we have calculated the radius of the quartz sphere, which depends on temperature, and eventually drawn the different retrometamorphic paths for different retrometamorphism rates.     

Geochemistry of Ore Fluids and Rb-Sr Isotopic Dating for the Wulong Gold Deposit in Liaoning, China

On the basis of detailed geological studies of the Wulong gold deposit, three metallogenic stages can be identified. With quartz fluid inclusions as an object of study, the authors investigated phase characteristics, compositional variations, temperature and pressure changes, fluid evolution, Pb isotope tracing and Rb-Sr isotopic dating of fluid inclusions entrapped in the above three metallogenic stages. The results show that Na+ is decreased obviously with metallogenic evolution, while K+ and other cations and gas compositions (H2, CO, CH4 and CO2) are increased slightly, and that the temperature and salinity vary in a pulsating manner along with the metallogenic evolution. Inverse calculation of hydrogen and oxygen isotopes indicate that at the first metallogenic stage the fluids were magmatic water, at the second stage they were dominated by magmatic water with a minor amount of meteoric water involved, and at the third stage, i.e., the final stage of metallogenesis, the fluids were composed complete     

Carboniferous Mixed Terrigenous Clastic, Carbonate and Sulphate Sediments in the Bachu Area, Xinjiang

The Carboniferous system in the Xiaohaizi area, Bachu County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, composed of typical mixed terrigenous clastic, carbonate and sulphate sediments, was mainly deposited in the tidal flat and lagoon environments. The mixed sediments occur as the following eleven types: 1. limestone intercalated with siltstone; 2. interbeds of shale and limestone; 3. gypsolyte interbedded with limestone; 4. gypsolyte intercalated with siltstone; 5. gypsolyte interbedded with shale; 6. gypsolyte intercalated with siltstone, limestone and dolomite; 7. siltstone interbedded with gypsolyte and limestone; 8. terrigenous detritus scattered in carbonate matrix; 9. carbonate as cement in clastic rocks; 10. mixed sediments of carbonate and terrigenous mud; 11. mixed sediments of carbonate grains with terrigenous sand. Based on the analysis of the dynamic mechanism of mixed sediments, it is believed that these types of mixed sediments in the study area were controlled by climate, sea level change and so     

A Review on the Global Stratotype Section and Point of the Permian-Triassic Boundary

1 Introduction The Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) of the Permian-Triassic Boundary (PTB) has been ratified by IUGS in 2001 (Yin et al., 2001). It is defined at the base of the Hindeodus parvus horizon, i.e. the base of Bed 27c of Meishan Section D, Changxing County, Zhejiang Province, South China. The PTB is important because it is not only an erathem boundary but also a great turning point of geological history symbolized by profound global changes and the strongest …     

广西大厂锡多金属矿田亢马矿床地质特征及成矿时代

亢马矿床是广西大厂锡多金属矿田东矿带中一个研究程度较低的中型锡多金属矿床。矿床特征研究表明,区内的锡多金属矿化主要呈脉状产出,明显受构造控制,成矿作用以充填-交代为主,后生成矿作用特征明显。成矿作用可分为3个阶段,各阶段的完全均一温度分别为30 0～35 0℃、2 10～2 80℃、14 5～175℃。石英流体包裹体Rb- Sr测年获得等时线年龄为94 .1±2 .7Ma(2σ) ,表明成矿时代属燕山晚期,成矿流体的87Sr/ 86 Sr初始值为0 .710 15 ,与大厂矿田中部龙箱盖黑云母花岗岩87Sr/ 86 Sr的初始值0 .7110接近。成矿年龄与成矿流体的87Sr/ 86 Sr初始值均表明亢马锡多金属矿的成矿作用与区内的龙箱盖岩体具有一定的成生联系。     

湖南骑田岭芙蓉矿田成岩成矿时代的厘定及其地质意义

通过对湖南骑田岭岩体芙蓉超单元南溪单元中粒斑状角闪石黑云母二长花岗岩、芙蓉矿田白腊水矿区的10号矿脉中蚀变花岗岩型锡矿石、19号矿脉中矽卡岩型矿石矿物、42号含矿花岗斑岩体和ZK801钻孔(80~90m)的细粒花岗岩的Rb-Sr、Sm-Nd和锆石SHRIMP U-Pb同位素年代学研究,分别获得南溪单元弱蚀变花岗岩全岩Rb-Sr等时线年龄为146±10Ma(95%可信度)和岩体锆石SHRIMP U-Pb年龄为155±6Ma(95%可信度),蚀变矿化花岗岩锆石SHRIMP U-Pb年龄为156±5Ma(95%可信度),10号蚀变花岗岩型矿脉矿石的Rb-Sr等时线年龄为137±5Ma(95%可信度),19号矽卡岩型矿脉的矿石—矿物Sm-Nd等时线年龄为133±15Ma(95%可信度);42号含矿花岗斑岩体锆石SHRIMP U-Pb年龄为146±5Ma(95%可信度);ZK801钻孔中细粒花岗岩全岩的Rb-Sr等时线年龄为140±7Ma(95%可信度)。上述精确的年代学研究结果表明,芙蓉超单元花岗岩侵位时间为燕山早期,而不是印支期。由此推测骑田岭芙蓉超单元花岗岩形成于早—中侏罗世,它的构造环境可能为地壳处于强烈剪切挤压晚期,而区内花岗斑岩和细粒花岗岩岩浆活动可能发生在140~145Ma之间,其构造环境可能为地壳由挤压剪切向拉张伸展转化的时期形成的;白腊水矿区不同类型矿床年代学研究结果(133~141Ma)清楚地表明,其成矿作用的时间与区内花岗斑岩和细粒花岗岩的岩浆活动时间有明显的耦合关系。据此推断,骑田岭芙蓉锡矿是在晚侏罗世,地壳由挤压剪切向拉张伸展转化的时期形成的。而与芙蓉花岗岩主体侵入岩浆活动无直接成生关系。     

当阳复向斜上组合生烃潜力及其含油气系统

当阳复向斜上组合存在志留系、二叠系及下三叠统三套烃源层，以碳酸盐岩及泥质岩为主。以志留系底部厚约５０ｍ的黑色页岩生油条件最好，在王家湾剖面有机碳含量平均达３．７７％；次为二叠系碳酸盐岩，全区有机碳平均含量为０．３６％。干酪根碳同位素特征和扫描电特征均显示该区烃源岩母质类型主要为Ⅰ型和Ⅱ型。有机质热演化程度普遍较高，应以天然气勘探为主。利用“二维源岩评价系统”软件进行了盆地模拟，三套烃源层的累积生烃