Very high electrical conductivity beneath the Münchberg Gneiss area in Southern Germany: implications for horizontal transport along shear planes

New magnetotelluric data from the Münchberg Gneiss complex in Southern Germany reveal a zone of extremely high electrical conductivity. 1-D modelling of the data is justified in the period range 0.01 to 10  s. At least three layers are required to explain the steepness of the apparent resistivity curves, and the best-fitting models comprise four layers with successively higher conductivities. The layers of highest conductivity at depths between 2.2 and 3.6  km correlate with pronounced bands of high seismic reflectivity (profile DEKORP 85-4N). The Münchberg complex is today widely recognized as a tectonic klippe, consisting of rocks whose metamorphic and stratigraphic order is inverted rather than overturned. The material was transported into its present position by predominantly horizontal tectonic forces along shear zones. We interpret the high conductivity and high reflectivity as remnants of this transport process.     

Thermal maturity assessment of the Upper Triassic to Lower Jurassic Nampo Group, mid-west Korea: Reconstruction of thermal history

Abstract   Thermal maturity of the Upper Triassic to Lower Jurassic Nampo Group, a sediment-fill of the Chungnam Basin located in the central western part of South Korea, was assessed by illite crystallinity measurement and sandstone microtexture analysis. The Nampo Group consists of a fluvio-lacustrine deposit bearing meta-anthracitic coals and was over-thrusted by the basement rocks. Sandstones are characterized by down sequence increasing illite crystallinity, from anchizone to epizone, which is strongly suggestive of burial heating. Deep-burial diagenesis and deformation are evidenced by well-developed pressure solution textures, whose intensity tends to increase down sequence, and by ductile deformation in the lowermost strata. On the basis of the result of illite crystallinity measurement, the maximum paleo-temperature and total burial depth of the Nampo Group are estimated to be ca 340°C and 10 km, respectively; these conditions are in good agreement with the observed ductile deformation features. The absence of strata younger than the Nampo Group in and around the Chungnam Basin suggests that deep burial of the Nampo Group was caused by tectonic crustal loading. The tectonic overload was because of basement over-thrusting that occurred during the Jurassic Daebo orogeny, which is closely related to the orthogonal subduction of the Izanagi Plate beneath the East Asian continent. Subsequent hydrothermal alteration disturbed the thermal maturity pattern, resulting in anomalously high illite crystallinity and meta-anthracitization.     

天山南北缘前陆冲断构造对比研究及其油气藏形成的构造控制因素分析

天山南北缘分别发育了库车前陆冲断带和乌鲁木齐前陆冲断带,南缘前陆冲断带发育4排褶皱冲断构造,北缘前陆冲断带发育3排褶皱冲断构造。天山南北缘前陆冲断构造形成时间的对比研究表明,南缘第一排构造带起始时间为23.3Ma,构造形变从山前由北向南依次展开;北缘第一排构造带的形成时限为10~8Ma,构造形变从山前开始由南向北依次展开。平衡剖面研究表明,天山南北缘地壳缩短率也存在明显差异,南缘前陆冲断带地壳缩短率为31%~59%,北缘前陆冲断带地壳缩短率为15.13%~23.74%,南缘构造缩短量要大于北缘,这种差异正是印度板块和欧亚板块碰撞的远距离构造效应从南向北传播造成的,也真实反映了天山的陆内造山过程。目前天山南缘前陆变形构造中已经发现几个规模较大的油气田,北缘虽有多处油气显示和油气田的发现,但数量和规模均较南缘少和小。天山南北缘生储盖等石油地质条件基本相似,大型油气藏形成的差异可能主要是由天山南北缘前陆冲断带启动时间的不同造成的。     

东昆仑东段香日德地区察汗陶勒盖正长花岗岩LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄及其地质意义

东昆仑造山带东段察汗陶勒盖地区出露一套肉红色正长花岗岩,用LA-ICP-MS技术测得的锆石U-Pb年龄为239.9±0.7Ma,表明该岩体形成于中三叠世。地球化学特征表明,察汗陶勒盖正长花岗岩属于过铝质高钾钙碱性系列,岩石具有高SiO_2、Al_2O_3、K_2O和低TiO_2、MnO、CaO的特征,A/CNK为1.05~1.13(平均值为1.10),K_2O/Na_2O值介于0.95~1.16之间,里特曼指数σ为1.56~2.24,CIPW标准矿物计算的刚玉质量分数大于1%,矿物组合中出现白云母等富铝矿物,显示S型花岗岩特征。稀土元素总量为61.47×10~(-6)~145.23×10~(-6),球粒陨石标准化配分曲线显示,轻稀土元素富集((La/Yb)_N=15.83~27.11),且有明显的负Eu异常(δEu=0.26~0.49)。原始地幔标准化蛛网图显示,岩石富集Rb、La、Th,亏损Ba、Ta、Sr、P、Ti等元素。微量和稀土元素特征显示出明显的壳源特征,其源岩可能为以上地壳杂砂质岩为主的沉积岩。结合区域资料认为,察汗陶勒盖正长花岗岩体具有过渡型花岗岩的特征,形成于俯冲向同碰撞转化阶段,是东昆仑南缘青山-阿尼玛卿洋壳俯冲晚期的产物。     

板块汇聚带的造山和重力垮塌作用及其力学成因:以雅鲁藏布江-喜马拉雅山汇聚带为例

从大洋底部磁异常条带的宽度变化可以看出,大洋的扩张速率是时常变化的,这种变化与板块俯冲角度的变化一样,对板块汇聚带的应力和应变场有重要的控制作用。中国存在众多不同特征、不同年代的板块汇聚带,根据其中发生的构造作用可以反演汇聚带在板块扩张速率和俯冲角度控制下的演化。有着巨大高差的喜马拉雅山构造带和雅鲁藏布江缝合带在喜马拉雅山东、西构造结逐渐交汇在一起,其平均海拔高度随之增大而宽度不断变小。喜马拉雅山中段的推覆发生在中新世早期,在推覆的过程中,其北缘沿藏南拆离系还发生了大规模的南北向伸展。这表明在中新世前,在雅鲁藏布江缝合带和喜马拉雅山之间可能存在一个规模很大的造山带,在这里称之为喜马拉雅山—雅鲁藏布江造山带,它在中新世初发生了垮塌。作为这个造山带的前缘,喜马拉雅山中段发生向南的推覆,这就是喜马拉雅山中段的推覆时间要远远滞后于印度和欧亚大陆的碰撞时间的原因。造山带的垮塌可能是印度与欧亚大陆间水平汇聚速率的突然减小造成的。发生在古近纪的日本海和中国的松辽盆地的弧后扩张与喜马拉雅山—雅鲁藏布江造山带的重力垮塌作用可以对比,可能是太平洋和欧亚大陆汇聚速率的突然减小造成的。在白垩纪,太平洋和欧亚大陆汇聚速率很大,所以,欧亚大陆东缘,包括日本海和中国的松辽盆地,在当时可能是规模很大的造山带。位于秦岭南侧,上覆在四川盆地之上的大巴山推覆带的形成机制与喜马拉雅山在中新世的推覆成因类似,与晚白垩世—古近纪秦岭的垮塌有成因关联。秦岭的垮塌可能是华南—华北汇聚速率减小造成的,在此之前秦岭要比现今高得多。     

浙江苍南瑶坑碱性花岗岩的地球化学及其成因类型

瑶坑岩体位于浙闽交界的苍南县马站镇北侧,侵入于早白垩世石帽山群下组地层中。岩石发育典型的文象结构和晶洞 构造,含有特征的钠铁闪石碱性铁镁矿物,主要矿物组合为石英＋条纹长石＋钠铁闪石＋黑云母＋萤石、锆石。化学成分上,该岩体富硅、碱、贫钙、镁,分异指数和氧化指数高,富Ｒｂ、Ｔｈ、Ｇａ,贫Ｓｒ、Ｂａ,Ｇａ／Ａｌ比值大,富轻稀土,Ｎｂ、Ｚｒ、Ｈｆ等高场强元素含量高,Ｃｒ、Ｃｏ、Ｎｉ、Ｖ等过渡族元素显著亏损     

略论华北地块北缘显生宙三类不同的造山作用

华北地块北缘显生宙发育3种不同类型的造山作用。古生代,华北地块北缘处于古亚洲洋构造域,造山作用属陆缘俯冲-碰撞型,形成以EW向至NEE向为主的褶皱、逆冲推覆构造及韧性剪切带等构造类型。造山机制与古亚洲洋板块向南俯冲-碰撞导致近SN向构造动力的挤压作用密切相关。中生代,华北地块北缘处于西滨太平洋构造域,造山作用以陆内挤压型为主,形成以NE-NNE向与近EW向为主的多期不同方向的褶皱、逆冲断裂、推覆构造、韧性剪切带及局部地区的固态塑性流变构造等构造类型;造山动力以古太平洋(或Izanagi)板块西向俯冲导致NW-NWW向强烈挤压力为主。新生代,华北地块北缘虽仍属西滨太平洋构造域,但造山作用以陆内伸展型为主,裂谷作用与陆内伸展构造居主导地位,褶皱变形微弱,张性-张扭性断裂活动显著,形成现今盆-山构造地貌格局;造山动力以NW-NWW向主张应力为主。造山类型的两次重大转换分别发生于早、中三叠世与晚白垩世。      

塔里木盆地西南缘浅变质岩的时代确定及其地质意义

根据新发现的晚泥盆世标准化石,把塔里木盆地西南缘原归属于元古界、志留系—中泥盆统、上寒武统—中奥陶统的一套浅变质岩的原岩时代重新确定为晚泥盆世。浅变质岩的物质组成、空间分布和区域地质特征表明,其原岩在沉积之后不久就受到低温动力变质作用改造,动力变质作用与北昆仑造山带在志留纪—泥盆纪期间的碰撞造山作用相关。上泥盆统浅变质岩的确定为北昆仑碰撞造山作用提供了新的时代约束。     

Geochemical and Sr–Nd isotopic constraints on the petrogenesis of the Goesan monzodiorite pluton in the central Okcheon belt,Korea

The Permian–Triassic high pressure metamorphism and potassic magmatism in central Korea attest to the extension of the Dabie‐Sulu collision belt in central‐eastern China towards the Korean Peninsula and possibly the Japanese Islands. We present major and trace element and Sr–Nd isotope data for a ca. 230 Ma monzodiorite pluton emplaced in the Goesan area, central Okcheon belt, Korea. This pluton shows geochemical features comparable with those of the coeval monzonite–syenite–gabbro–mangerite suite documented recently in the Gyeonggi massif. The metaluminous and alkali–calcic signatures of the Goesan intrusives correspond to the Caledonian‐type post‐orogenic granitoids. The K₂O/Na₂O ratios of all analyzed samples are greater than 1, and are not correlative with their SiO₂ contents. The enrichment of both large‐ion‐lithophile elements and highly compatible elements in the Goesan pluton is probably indicative of metasomatized mantle origin. The elemental fractionation in the source region must have occurred in the distant past, possibly the Paleoproterozoic, to generate significantly negative ε_Nd(t) values (< –16). Chondrite‐normalized rare earth element patterns as well as Rb/Sr and Ba/Rb ranges suggest that the source consists of amphibole‐bearing rocks. Progressive decreases in negative Eu anomaly and Ba, Sr, Ni, Cr and V contents with increasing SiO₂ contents reflect an important role of plagioclase, biotite and hornblende for the fractionation process. Zr is undersaturated in the potassic, metaluminous melt. The initial Sr–Nd isotopic compositions of the samples are correlated with their SiO₂ contents, substantiating a role of crustal assimilation during the magmatic differentiation. The Sr–Nd elemental and isotopic modeling suggests that the Goesan pluton was initially slightly heterogeneous in its isotopic composition, and underwent concurrent assimilation and fractional crystallization. The occurrence of the Goesan pluton provides further evidence corroborating the amalgamation of allochthonous terranes within the Okcheon belt during the Permian–Triassic collisional orogeny.     

柴北缘—东昆仑地区造山型金矿床的Ar-Ar测年及其地质意义

通过对柴北缘-东昆仑地区一批金矿床中绢云母的Ar-Ar测年，确定金矿床形成于晚加里东期和晚华力西-印支期，是该区加里东和晚华力西-印支复合造山过程的产物，是典型的造山型金矿床。金成矿作用主要发生在碰撞造山过程的晚期。金成矿与柴北缘-东昆仑地区的复合造山作用在时空上的“构造迁移”相一致。