U-Pb Geochronologic, Nd Isotopic, and Geochemical Evidence for the Correlation of the Chopawamsic and Milton Terranes, Piedmont Zone, Southern Appalachian Orogen

We report U-Pb crystallization ages from four metavolcanic rocks and two granitic gneiss samples as well as whole-rock chemical analyses and Sm-Nd isotopic ratios from 25 metaigneous and metasedimentary rocks from the Chopawamsic and Milton terranes, southern Appalachian Orogen. A metarhyolite sample from the Chopawamsic Formation and a metabasalt sample from the Ta River Formation in the Chopawamsic terrane have indistinguishable U-Pb crystallization ages of 471.4+/-1.3 Ma and 470.0+1.3/-1.5 Ma, respectively. A sample from the Prospect granite that intruded metavolcanic rocks of the Ta River Formation yields a younger U-Pb date of 458.0+/-1 Ma. Metarhyolite and granitic gneiss samples from the northern part of the Milton terrane yield U-Pb dates of 458.5+3.8/-1.0 Ma and 450+/-1.8 Ma, respectively. Metavolcanic and metaplutonic rocks from both terranes span a range in major element composition from basalt to rhyolite. Trace element concentrations in these samples show enrichment in large-ion lithophile elements K, Ba, and Rb and depletion in high field strength elements Ti and Nb, similar to those from island arc volcanic rocks. Initial epsilon(Nd) values and T(DM) ages of the metaigneous and metasedimentary samples range from 0.2 to -7.2 and from 1200 to 1700 Ma for the Chopawamsic terrane and from 3.7 to -7.2 and from 850 to 1650 Ma for the Milton terrane. The crystallization ages for the metavolcanic and metaplutonic samples from both terranes indicate that Ordovician magmatism occurred in both. Similar epsilon(Nd) values from representative samples from both terranes suggest that both were generated from an isotopically similar source. Xenocrystic zircons from metavolcanic rocks in the Chopawamsic terrane have predominately Mesoproterozoic (207)Pb/(206)Pb ages (600-1300 Ma), but a single Archean (2.56 Ga) core was also present. The xenocrystic zircons and the generally negative epsilon(Nd) values indicate that both terranes are composed of isotopically evolved continental crust.     

南极洲—新西兰裂谷作用以及与洋脊俯冲和地幔柱活动相…

南极洲玛丽伯德地中部的中白垩世火成岩，记录了从与俯冲有关的岩浆作用快速转变为与裂谷有关的岩浆作用。这一转变与菲尼克斯板块俯冲的最后阶段和随后发生的新西兰从南极洲裂解这两程相联系。裂谷岩浆活动产生了多样的Ａ型花岗岩类岩石和源于岩石圈地幔的大陆溢洪玄武岩族的镁铁质侵入岩。板块边界上作用力的变化导致了裂谷作用。然在而地幔柱活动也许开始于中白垩世，它引发了岩石圈的熔融并控制了裂发育的部位。     

多年冻土区青藏公路路基边界温度及计算模型研究

温度边界是冻土工程模拟中重要的边界条件之一。依据青藏公路多年冻土段不同走向路基断面表层温度的连续观测数据,分析了青藏工程走廊内路基实测的边界温度特征。结果表明：走向为W8° S的断面阴阳坡温差最大为5.81 ℃,走向为W34°S的断面坡面温差为5.68 ℃,走向为W86° S度的断面坡面温差为1.38 ℃,说明高原上无论路基走向如何,路基两侧坡面都存在温度差异,因此,两侧必须采取差异设计,以减少路基温度的不对称。同时,根据路基接收太阳能辐射反演路面及边坡表面温度,提出了工程热边界的简化计算模型,并将模型计算结果与实测数据进行对比,两者吻合较好。