Late Cretaceous granitoids in Karakorum,northwest Tibet: petrogenesis and tectonic implications

New zircon LA-ICP-MS U–Pb age, zircon Hf isotope, and whole-rock major and trace elemental data of the Late Cretaceous Ageledaban complex in the Karakorum Terrane (KKT), northwest Tibet, provide new constraints on the tectonic processes of the collision and thickening of the terrane between the Lhasa and Qiangtang terranes. The granitoids from the Ageledaban complex have a variable SiO₂ content, from 62.83 to 73.35 wt.% and A/CNK<1.1 (except for YM61-2). They have rare earth element and trace element patterns that are enriched in light rare earth elements, Rb, Pb, Th, and U, and are depleted in Ba, P, Sr, Ti, and Nb, indicative of weakly peraluminous-metaluminous I-type affinity. Zircon U–Pb dating reveals that the Ageledaban complex was emplaced at ca. 80 Ma. Zircons from the monzogranite and monzonite samples with concordant ²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U ages about 80 Ma have a zircon ε_Hf(t) of ?6.6 to ?1.1, corresponding to the Mesoproterozoic Hf crustal model ages (T_DM^C = 1.2–1.6 Ga); the remaining inherited zircons from the monzonite with concordant ²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U ages of about 108.1 Ma have ε_Hf(t) values that range from ?8.3 to ?5.0, corresponding to the Mesoproterozoic Hf crustal model ages with an average of 1.6 Ga. These signatures indicate that the Ageledaban granitoids may have been derived from the partial melting of a mixed mantle-crust source. Together with the age and geochemical data in the literature, we propose that the collisional event in the KKT in northwestern Tibet would postdate the northern Lhasa–southern Qiangtang collision, which occurred first in the Amdo in the east and later in the Shiquanhe in central Tibet. Our results support the previous view that the collision of the Bangong–Nujiang suture zone (BNSZ) may be diachronous.     

西藏中拉萨地块西段左左乡晚侏罗世-早白垩世花岗岩年代学、地球化学与岩石成因

近年来对青藏高原中拉萨地块西部中生代岩浆作用的源区、成因和演化等问题的研究较少。本文针对中拉萨地块西部噶尔县左左乡两个中酸性岩体进行了岩石学、锆石U-Pb年代学、微量元素和锆石Hf同位素,以及主量元素和微量元素地球化学研究。左左乡北侧岩体寄主花岗闪长岩和闪长质包体获得同期(163Ma和160Ma)的年龄,属于晚侏罗世;南侧岩体花岗岩年龄为142～147Ma,属于早白垩世。北侧与南侧的中酸性岩石均属于准铝质-弱过铝质高钾钙碱性I型花岗岩,富集大离子亲石元素和轻稀土元素,亏损高场强元素。晚侏罗世岩体寄主岩具有较为富集的锆石Hf同位素成分(ε_(Hf)(t)=-16.8～-13.6),可能来源于古老下地壳的部分熔融;包体具有相似的Hf同位素成分(ε_(Hf)(t)=-15.7～-13.6),结合晚侏罗世寄主岩与包体较高的MgO(4.13%～6.90%)、Cr(146×10~(-6)～370×10~(-6))和Ni(31×10~(-6)～113×10~(-6))含量,说明包体代表的中基性岩浆可能源于古老富集地幔的熔融,并且在晚侏罗世寄主花岗闪长岩与闪长质包体所代表的两种岩浆间发生过充分的岩浆混合作用。南侧早白垩世花岗岩具有较负且变化范围大的ε_(Hf)(t)值(-8.2～-4.8和-3.8～+0.2),指示早白垩世岩浆活动中有更多亏损地幔物质或新生地壳物质的加入,并且亏损地幔物质或新生地壳物质与拉萨地块古老地壳物质熔融形成的酸性岩浆发生了岩浆混合,经历岩浆混合后中酸性岩浆又发生了角闪石、长石的分离结晶,最终形成南侧早白垩世岩体的一系列中酸性岩石。研究区早白垩世亏损地幔物质或新生地壳物质的增多可能与南向俯冲的班公湖-怒江板片的回转有关。     

藏东吉塘变质杂岩体锆石U-Pb年龄、地球化学特征及其地质意义

藏东羌塘地块变质基底的时代归属和构造演化一直以来存在较大争议,沿龙木错-双湖缝合带东段出露的由酉西群和吉塘群组成的吉塘变质杂岩体成为解决这一问题的理想研究对象。本文对酉西群变质岩和吉塘群变质岩进行了系统的岩石学、岩相学、地球化学及锆石年代学研究。吉塘变质杂岩体的基底主要由中-新元古代的变沉积岩组成,其中酉西群岩性主要为云母绿泥钠长片岩,吉塘群则以黑云母二长片麻岩和黑云母斜长片麻岩为主,它们具有高Si O2、高Al2O3、富Fe OT、贫碱和贫钙的特征。微量元素均显示富集K、Rb、Th等大离子亲石元素(LILE),亏损Ti、Nb、Ta等高场强元素(HFSE),而Zr、Hf、Th、U等轻度富集则说明其源区更富集长英质组分而贫镁铁组分。碎屑锆石均为岩浆成因,年龄峰值范围为560～600Ma、808～865Ma、925～997Ma和1071～1119Ma,代表变质基底的年龄主要由泛非期和格林威尔造山期的构造-岩浆热事件所形成,在560Ma的沉积时代之前,源区可能发生有4次岩浆事件。地球化学特征和碎屑锆石组成指示酉西群和吉塘群原岩分别以泥砂质沉积岩和长英质粘土岩及砂砾岩等副变质岩为主。吉塘变质杂岩体所在的南羌塘地块与喜马拉雅地块和拉萨地块具有相近的物源区,故而认为南羌塘地块在中-新元古代期间可能属于冈瓦纳大陆的一部分。     

青藏高原东南缘新生代地壳运动的转换

在青藏高原东南缘保山地体东部上新世营盘组玄武岩中开展的古地磁学研究,获得了可靠的高温剩磁分量。地层校正后的特征剩磁分方向为Ds=166.5o, Is=–19.3o, k=41.9, a95=5.1o, N=22(采点)。褶皱检验显示其为原生特征剩磁分量。上新世古地磁数据显示,保山地体东部区域自上新世以来相对于东亚构造稳定区古地磁参考极发生了14.5o±4.8o的逆时针旋转运动。虽然保山地体东部上新世的逆时针旋转运动与保山地体其它区域古近纪至中新世的顺时针旋转变形截然相反,但是其与畹町走滑断裂和南汀河走滑断裂上新世以来的左旋走滑运动相吻合。本次研究通过保山地体和腾冲地体内部新生代古地磁数据及地体边界构造带活动演化的综合分析,指出自古近纪早期印度板块与欧亚大陆初始碰撞以来,青藏高原东南缘腾冲地块和保山地体在渐新世末期至早中新世时期,以及上新世早期分别发生了地壳运动方式的转换。保山地体地壳的运动学方式直接控制了地体边界走滑断裂的构造演化过程。     

华南东部元古宙-早古生代陆壳组成演化特征与铀找矿方向探讨

本文系统研究赣西北元古宙双桥山群和浙西双溪坞群、陈蔡群及早古生代地层的岩石学特征,Sm-Nd同应素组成及稀土、铀、钍、金等元素地球化学演化规律;确认华南东部中元古宙地层成熟度低,含较多幔源物质,属绿岩带地体,而晚元古震旦系-早古生代地层具有巨大的铀成矿潜力;指山在华南东部震旦-早古生代基底及大面积花岗岩基底上深部断裂构造发育部位寻找与后期构造岩浆活动有关的内生铀矿床,特别是火山岩型铀矿床有着广阔的前景。     

黑龙江省乐部裴德组砾石中放射虫的发现及其意义

裴德组原指分布在省东部龙爪沟群下部、中生代海相化石层之下的一套含煤的陆相火山碎屑岩地层,所含植物化石一般认为属于Ｃｏｎｉｏｐｔｅｒｉｓ－Ｐｈｏｅｎｉｃｏｐｓｉｓ植筘九的中侏罗世组合。裴德组下部的砾石中发现了放射虫化石,鉴定和对比的结果表明这些砾石来自东部的那丹哈达地体。对佳木斯地体和那丹哈达地体拼贴时限和拼贴地点的进一步分析则建议将“龙爪沟群”解体、裴德组形成的时代修正到白恶纪。     

The composite magnetic anomaly map of the East Antarctic

Airborne and marine magnetic observations in East Antarctica and adjacent seas of the Indian Ocean were compiled for a magnetic anomaly map of the Antarctic. For East Antarctica, over 260,000 line km of Russian reconnaissance magnetic data were used that had been collected since 1955 mainly at line spacings of about 5, 20 and 50 km. For the offshore areas, magnetic data from American, Australian, German, Japanese, and Russian marine expeditions were incorporated. Digitally recorded data and data digitized from published and unpublished maps and profiles were included in the compilation. Local grids of these data were developed and merged into a regional grid at an interval of 5 km. The prime product of this compilation is a shaded-relief map that shows the most complete and coherent perspective to date of the region's magnetic character. In combination with other types of data, the compilation provides new insight on the tectonic features and history of this largely inaccessible region of the world. It maps out approximately 4300 km of the Antarctic Continental Margin Magnetic Anomaly (ACMMA) related to Gondwana breakup, new cratons and mobile belts, and large submarine igneous provinces.     

Fragments of oceanic islands in accretion–collision areas of Gorny Altai and Salair, southern Siberia, Russia: early stages of continental crustal growth of the Siberian continent in Vendian–Early Cambrian time

The Altai-Salair area in southern Siberia is a Caledonian folded area containing fragments of Vendian–Early Cambrian island arcs. In the Vendian–Early Cambrian, an extended system of island arcs existed near the Paleo-Asian Ocean/Siberian continent boundary and was located in an open ocean realm. In the present-day structural pattern of southern Siberia, the fragments of Vendian–Early Cambrian ophiolites, island arcs and paleo-oceanic islands occur in the accretion–collision zones. We recognized that the accretion–collision zones were mainly composed of the rock units, which were formed within an island-arc system or were incorporated in it during the subduction of the Paleo-Asian Ocean under the island arc or the Siberian continent. This system consists of accretionary wedge, fore-arc basin, primitive island arc and normal island arc. The accretionary wedges contain the oceanic island fragments which consist of OIB basalts and siliceous—carbonate cover including top and slope facies sediments. Oceanic islands submerged into the subduction zone and, later were incorporated into an accretionary wedge. Collision of oceanic islands and island arcs in subduction zones resulted in reverse currents in the accretionary wedge and exhumation of high-pressure rocks. Our studies of the Gorny Altai and Salair accretionary wedges showed that the remnants of oceanic crust are mainly oceanic islands and ophiolites. Therefore, it is important to recognize paleo-islands in folded areas. The study of paleo- islands is important for understanding the evolution of accretionary wedges and exhumation of subducted high-pressure rocks.     

Northern Gondwanan affinity of the East Moesian Terrane based on chitinozoans

Identification of palaeocontinental affinities is important to place Moesia in the global context of palaeogeographical reconstructions. In the absence of palaeomagnetic data and relevant macrofauna, palynological data and especially chitinozoans represent an important tool, recently used to unravel palaeogeographical affinities. Chitinozoans from three main boreholes (Călăraşi 2881, Zăvoaia 2581 and Ţăndărei 1052) located in East Moesia have been studied. They indicate a predominant palaeogeographical affinity with northern Gondwana.     

Geophysical Evidence for Terrane Boundaries in South-Central Argentina

The geological interpretation of high-resolution aeromagnetic data over the La Pampa province, in central Argentina, in addition to lower resolution magnetic information from the region of the Neuquén and Colorado basins, leads to the definition of the precise boundaries of the Chilenia, Cuyania, Pampia and Patagonia terranes, as well as that of the Río de la Plata Craton, within the study region. The high-resolution aeromagnetic survey data are compared and studied in conjunction with all the available geological information, to produce a map of the solid geology of this region, which is largely covered by Quaternary sediments. A number of structures of different magnitudes, as well as their relative chronology, are also recognized, i.e., regional faults, sub-regional faults, fractures and shear zones, as well as the most conspicuous magnetic fabric of the basement that reflects its main planar structures. Three different basements are distinguished on the basis of their contrasting magnetic character, and are interpreted to represent the Cuyania and Pampia terranes and the Río de la Plata Craton, separated from each other by large-scale discontinuities. In the western part of the study region an additional major discontinuity separates the Chilenia and Cuyania terranes. In the southernmost area studied, WNW-trending structures are predominant, particularly a major NNE-vergent thrust that indicates the truncation of the Cuyania-Pampia suture and is regarded to be related to the possible collision of the Patagonia terrane. An E–W – trending magnetic and gravity anomaly traversing the full extra-Andean Argentine territory, located immediately to the south of 39°S, represents a major structure. The activation of this structure during the Mesozoic gave rise to the Huincul Ridge and marks the interruption of the distinct N-S structures of the Chilenia, Cuyania and Pampia terranes, as well as those of the Río de la Plata Craton, to the north. This E–W represents the suture zone of the Patagonia terrane.