Depositional Age,Provenance Characteristics and Tectonic Setting of the Ailaoshan Group in the Southwestern South China Block

The depositional and metamorphic ages and provenances of the Ailaoshan(ALS) Group in the Ailaoshan-Red River(ALS-RR) shear zone, southwestern South China Block(SCB), were investigated to constrain the tectonic history of the southwestern SCB. In this study, we use petrology, geochemical analysis, zircon cathodoluminescence imaging and UPb geochronology to analyse samples of quartzite, garnet-bearing two-mica schist and metapelite. The age spectra of detrital zircon grains from these metasediments show two dominant age peaks at 550–424 Ma and 876–730 Ma and two subordinate peaks at 970–955 Ma and ～2450 Ma. The youngest peak, corresponding to the early Palaeozoic, accounts for more than 20% of the total dates and constrains the deposition of the ALS Group to the Palaeozoic rather than the Palaeoproterozoic as traditionally thought. Moreover, two peaks of metamorphic ages corresponding to the Permo-Triassic and Cenozoic were also identified, and these ages document the tectonothermal events associated with the Indosinian collision between the Indochina Block and the SCB and the Himalayan collision between the Indian and Asian plates. Geochemical data suggest that the provenances of the ALS Group were dominated by continental arc and recycled metasedimentary rocks. The comparison of probability density distribution plots of the detrital zircon U-Pb age data indicates that the Neoproterozoic detritus in the ALS Group was probably derived from the arc-related Neoproterozoic intrusive bodies in the northwestern and southwestern SCB. Furthermore, the early Palaeozoic detritus might have been sourced from eroded early Palaeozoic strata and magmatic plutons in Cathaysia and volcanic rocks in the western Indochina Block.     

基于改进层次熵分析法的致密砂岩储层可压性评价 ——以准噶尔盆地Z109井侏罗系储层为例

储层可压裂性评价是储层改造方案设计的重要依据,影响致密砂岩可压裂性的主要因素有天然裂缝、砂岩脆性、水平应力差异、断裂韧性等。研究以准噶尔盆地中部1区块Z109井侏罗系致密砂岩为例,综合考虑天然裂缝、砂岩脆性、水平应力差异、断裂韧性四种影响因素,采用改进的层次分析和熵值法相结合的方法进行了致密砂岩储层可压裂性评价。研究结果表明:可压裂性指数越大,致密砂岩储层越易于压裂,压裂时越能获得较复杂的裂缝网络;可压裂性指数大于0.44,砂岩脆性高,断裂韧性小,裂缝发育程度高,水平差异系数小的储层段为Ⅰ级优质压裂层;可压裂性指数大于0.44,砂岩脆性高,断裂韧性小,裂缝发育程度低,水平差异系数大的储层段为Ⅱ级可压裂层;研究区Z109井4036~4039 m、4062~4067 m、4214~4218 m和4260~4272 m为Ⅰ级优质压裂层,4093~4108 m和4284~4313 m为Ⅱ级可压裂层。研究成果可为致密砂岩压裂改造提供科学依据。      

狼山地区叠布斯格岩群变形研究及其构造意义

阿拉善东北缘狼山地区的叠布斯格岩群（杂岩）作为阿拉善地块前寒武纪基底之一,主要出露有条痕状黑云斜长片麻岩、斜长角闪片麻岩及透镜状斜长角闪岩,夹透辉石大理岩和磁铁石英岩等。本次研究通过构造解析与填图,系统分析了狼山地区叠布斯格岩群构造变形样式、变形期次与时限。研究显示,古元古代变质杂岩叠布斯格岩群至少记录了四期变形,第一期变形主要表现为片麻岩早期面理的枢纽近E- W向褶皱变形（D1）,轴面倾向NNW,应与华北克拉通统一化过程有关;第二期为近N- S向褶皱变形（D2）,褶皱枢纽向NNE倾伏,古生代时期阿拉善地块与华北板块增生拼合,在阿拉善地块东缘产生近东西向挤压,在狼山地区形成枢纽近N- S向的褶皱;第三期变形为NE向巴彦乌拉山- 狼山断裂带的左行韧性走滑剪切作用（D3）,中-晚三叠世扬子板块与华北板块碰撞造成的阿拉善地块相对华北板块沿巴彦乌拉山- 狼山断裂发生左行剪切运动,使早期构造发生逆时针旋转,是狼山地区一期重要的变形事件;第四期为NE- SW向紧闭褶皱（D4）,褶皱轴面多倾向NW,晚侏罗世来自古太平洋的俯冲和鄂霍茨克洋的闭合产生的NW- SE向挤压,使叠布斯格岩群片麻岩及后期糜棱岩化花岗岩再次发生枢纽NE- SW向褶皱变形。     

赞比亚北部省卡萨马西部石英闪长岩锆石U- Pb和Lu- Hf同位素及地球化学特征

石英闪长岩锆石U-Pb和Lu-Hf同位素及地球化学特征研究对赞比亚东北部班韦乌卢地块的形成时代及构造演化具有重要的研究意义。采用LA-MC-ICP MS方法测得班韦乌卢地块中卡萨马西部地区出露的两个石英闪长岩体中锆石的~(207)Pb/~(206)Pb年龄加权平均值分别为1964±8 Ma(MSWD=0.87,N=32)和1913±10 Ma(MSWD=0.77,N=19),表明两期石英闪长岩均形成于古元古代且可能与古元古代乌本迪构造带的活动有关。全岩地球化学分析显示,石英闪长岩属准铝质、高钾钙碱性系列岩石。稀土配分曲线均呈右倾型,具有富含轻稀土元素(LREE)、贫重稀土元素(HREE)以及δEu (0.77～0.80)弱负异常特点。微量元素均显示大离子亲石元素(如Rb、Ba及K)和活泼的不相容元素(如Th及U)相对富集,高场强元素Nb、Ta、P、Sr和Ti相对亏损。Nd/Th=3.60～4.65,Nb/Ta=12.05～13.87,Th/Ta=11.14～11.81,Ti/Zr=36.84～41.71,Ti/Y=220.28～300.00和具有不均一的ε_(Hf)(t)值(分别为-3.8～1.3和-4.3～8.6)均显示石英闪长岩的原始岩浆具有壳幔混合的特点。Zr/Y=5.98～7.19,La/Nb=2.91～3.88,La/Yb=12.19～13.92及构造判别图解均显示石英闪长岩形成于安第斯型活动大陆边缘。     

The 2014 Northern Thailand Mw 6.1 Earthquake and its Seismogenic Tectonics

On May 5, 2014, an earthquake with a magnitude of Mw 6.1 (the largest earthquake in Thailand so far) occurred in Chiang Rai of the Golden Triangle area in northern Thailand. We had an opportunity to conduct field survey immediately after the earthquake. Serious damage to buildings and casualties of lives were observed, and the estimated Maximum Mercalli Intensity (MMI) of the earthquake is VIII (evaluated according to the MMI scale of the Chinese Standard). No long continuous ground ruptures were produced during the earthquake,??but in the epicenter (commonly within MMI VIII extent), massive small linear ruptures (usually several tens of meters long) developed and displayed intriguing structural features, offsetting many roads several centimeters left laterally on NE trending cracks or offsetting right laterally on NW trending ones. The focal mechanism solution of earthquake shows that this is a pure strike-slip event, and two nodal planes in NW and NE directions had the same motion senses respectively as those of breakage associated with the earthquake. The long axis of the isoseismals and aftershock distributions are in NE direction,which is consistent with the strike of Luang Namtha fault. The 230-km-long Luang Namtha fault which starts from the border of China and Laos, runs through northern Laos, and terminates at Chiang Rai of Thailand is predominated by left-lateral strike-slip and active in late Quaternary, and two earthquakes over Ms 6.0 occurred along the fault in 1925 and 2007 respectively. This Mw 6.1 earthquake occurred at the southwestern end of the fault. All related features such as evident structural rupturing, elongated orientation of MMI and aftershock distribution,as well as the location of the epicenter,suggest that the Luang Namtha fault may be responsible for the 2014 Northern Thailand earthquake.     

基于GPS速度场采用RELSM模型分析青藏块体东北缘的形变—应变特征

利用青藏块体东北缘地区1999～2001年GPS观测获得的地壳水平运动速率场,通过对该地区进行块体划分,将该地区划分为9个块体,应用块体的整体旋转线性应变模型(RELSM)估计了各个块体的旋转与应变参数,以及计算了该地区内143个GPS站点的应变参数,以此分析了该地区的应变场的基本特征,结果表明:①阿拉善块体s较稳定,其旋转角为0.630×10-8,运动速率为0.688 mm/a,②相比其他块体,共和块体旋转角最大达到了6.589×10-8 ,运动速率达到了7.296 mm/a,③应变高值区主要集中在祁连山断裂,海原断裂等,在这些地区最大剪应变率达到了7.5×10-8、面膨胀率达到了-2.5×10-8、主压应变达到了-6×10-8.     

Occurrence of Alaskan-type mafic-ultramafic intrusions in the North Qilian Mountains, northwest China: Evidence of Cambrian arc magmatism on the Qilian Block

Field relationships, mineralogy and petrology, whole‐rock chemistry, and age of the Zhamashi mafic–ultramafic intrusion in the North Qilian Mountains, northwest China, have been studied in the present work. The Zhamashi intrusive body consists of ultramafic, gabbroic, and dioritic rocks in a crudely concentrically zoned structure. The ultramafic rocks are layered cumulates with rock types varying continuously from dunite through wehrlite and olivine clinopyroxenite to clinopyroxenite. The gabbroic and dioritic rocks are also layered or massive cumulates with rock types varying continuously from noritic gabbro through hornblende gabbro to diorite. The ultramafic and adjoining gabbroic rocks are discontinuous in lithology and discordant in structure across the interface. The interface is steep, sharp, and fractured. Contact metamorphic zones are well developed between the Zhamashi intrusive body and the country rock. The concentrically zoned structure of the intrusive body and the intrusion into the continental crust are the two main pieces of evidence for considering that the Zhamashi intrusion is Alaskan‐type. The mineral chemistry of the chromian spinels (Cr‐spinels) and clinopyroxenes, and the variation trend of the whole‐rock compositional plot in the (Na₂O + K₂O)–FeO–MgO (AFM) diagram are also supportive of this consideration. The age of the Zhamashi intrusive body, determined with sensitive high mass‐resolution ion microprobe on the zircon grains, is 513.0 ± 4.5 Ma. Parental magma of the Zhamashi intrusion is compositionally close to the primitive magma produced by partial melting of the mantle peridotite. It was differentiated by fractional crystallization at low total pressure and under H₂O‐rich conditions in an arc environment to form all the major rock types. The concentrically zoned structure of the Zhamashi intrusive body was constructed in two stages: formation of a stratiform‐type layered sequence, followed by diapiric re‐emplacement. The occurrence of the Alaskan‐type intrusion suggests an active continental margin and Cambrian arc magmatism for the northern margin of the Qilian Block.     

2009年新疆柯坪块体3次5级地震前异常分析

研究2009年柯坪块体3次5级地震前的地震活动和前兆观测结果表明:3次5级地震前,柯坪块体存在5级地震平静的长期异常,4级地震多次平静、增强交替活动的中期异常,小震集中活动的短期异常;地震发生的短临阶段,震中附近的阿合奇地震台地倾斜、乌什地震台水管倾斜仪及地磁、地电和巴楚地应力存在不同程度的短临异常。参考汶川地震,有关专家对地震预报和震前异常的新思考和新认识,结合3次5级地震的类型和错断方式,分析震前小震活动和前兆异常,并对震前地震活动和前兆异常进行了综合分析和探讨。     

扬子陆块西缘中元古代菜子园蛇绿混杂岩的厘定及其地质意义

对扬子陆块西缘会理关河—通安地区菜子园蛇绿混杂岩进行了厘定。菜子园蛇绿混杂岩主要以强烈剪切变形的基质和洋板构造岩块混杂堆积为特征。基质主要有变质粉砂岩、板岩、硅质板岩、片岩、千枚岩等。洋板构造岩块由蛇纹岩、辉长岩、玄武岩、硅质岩、大理岩等组成,部分地区玄武岩保留枕状构造,各岩块之间为构造接触关系。菜子园蛇绿混杂岩中桃树湾辉长岩和玄武岩具有轻稀土元素亏损、类似N-MORB(正常洋中脊玄武岩)的稀土元素配分模式,相对于N-MORB富集大离子亲石元素,亏损Nb、Ta高场强元素,极低的Nb/U(9.74)、Nb/Th(3.02)和V/Ti(0.1)平均值,具典型MORB-like玄武岩(前弧玄武岩-FAB)地球化学特征,认为可能形成于洋内弧环境。桃树湾辉长岩LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb同位素定年表明,辉长岩的年龄为1375±7Ma(MSWD=1.2,n=21),可能代表菜子园-通安洋洋壳初始俯冲的时间。菜子园蛇绿混杂岩的厘定,对重新认识通安群(通安组)的属性,研究扬子陆块西缘古—中元古代地层系统、地质演化、岩浆作用、构造定位,重新划分扬子陆块基底大地构造单元,以及探索全球Columbia超大陆裂解到Rodinia超大陆汇聚的演化过程等都具有重要意义。     

Late Palaeozoic tectonic setting of the southern Alxa Block,NW China: constrained by age and composition of diabase

The ages of diabase outcropping on the southern Alxa Block and in related tectonic setting are not well constrained, but are important for exploring the tectonic evolution of the southern Alxa Block. The ages of the zircons from the diabase intruding the Middle–Late Cambrian Xiangshan Group were measured using sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe II (SHRIMPII) and laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS), and the weighted mean ages of 276.8 ± 7.9 Ma and 276.2 ± 9.7 Ma were obtained, respectively. The major elements in the diabase indicate that it may belong to the tholeiitic series. With specific features of the rare earth elements (REEs) and trace elements, potentially affected by the continental crust based on the observed strong positive Pb anomaly, the diabase was produced in an intra-plate extension environment. Similar diabase/basalts were also found along the southern margin of the Alxa Block. Combined with sedimentary, palaeo-current, mafic, and felsic rocks in the southern Alxa Block, a back-arc extension environment potentially occurred in the southern Alxa Block during the Early–Middle Permian that resulted from the convergence between the North China Block (NCB) and the Yangtze Block.