40Ar/39Ar ages of blueschist facies pelitic schists from Qingshuigou in the Northern Qilian Mountains, western China

Abstract   Pelitic schists from Qingshuigou in the Northern Qilian Mountains of China contain mainly glaucophane, garnet, white mica, clinozoisite, chlorite and piemontite. Isotopic age dating of these schists provides new constraints on the formation of the high-grade blueschists at Qingshuigou. White mica ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar ages range from 442.1 to 447.5 Ma (total fusion age of single grain) and from 445.7 to 453.9 Ma (integrated age of white mica concentrates). These ages (442.1–453.9 Ma) represent the peak metamorphic ages or cooling ages of the blueschists during exhumation shortly after peak metamorphism. The ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar dates in the present study are similar to ages previously reported for eclogites and blueschists in the area; this suggests that both the eclogites and pelitic sediments underwent high-grade metamorphism during the same subduction event. From this chronological evidence and the presence of well-developed Silurian remnant-sea flysch and Devonian molasse, it is concluded that the Northern Qilian Ocean had closed by the end of the Ordovician, and rapid orogenic uplift followed in the Devonian.     

云南白马寨镍矿区煌斑岩^40Ar-^39Ar定年和地球化学特征

云南白马寨镍矿区煌斑岩全部为云煌岩.两个样品的40Ar/39Ar定年结果分别为32.46±0.62Ma和32.01±0.60Ma,表明矿区煌斑岩为哀牢山断裂带新生代早期高钾岩浆活动的产物.在化学组成上,矿区煌斑岩具有高M值[100×Mg/(Mg+Fe2+)](67.42～86.35)、高ALK(K2O+Na2O为7.01%～9.81%)、富钾(K2O/Na2O为1.66～2.64)、富大离子亲石元素(如Sr、Rb、Ba等)和LREE、明显的Ta、Nb、Ti负异常的特征.Sr-Nd同位素具有高(87Sr/86Sr)0比值(0.70625～0.70912)和低εNd(-5.22～-3.68)的特征,位于EM1和EM2地幔端元之间,有更靠近EM2的趋势.元素和同位素地球化学特征表明矿区煌斑岩的源区为交代富集地幔,进一步判别表明源岩处于尖晶石相方辉橄榄岩和石榴石相二辉橄榄岩的混合线上,以尖晶石相方辉橄榄岩为主.源区交代富集的矿物既有金云母,也有角闪石.岩浆演化过程中经历了橄榄石+斜长石±磷灰石±铁钛氧化物的结晶分异.岩浆形成于大陆弧的构造背景,俯冲的陆壳和古特提斯洋壳对富集的源区均有贡献.白马寨镍矿区煌斑岩和哀牢山断裂带新生代早期其它高钾岩浆岩具有相近的年代、一致的地球化学特征,表明它们具有相似的源区,受控于相同的构造背景.     

藏南邛多江地区二长花岗岩^40Ar-^39Ar同位素年龄及其地质意义

本文以藏南邛多江变质核杂岩中花岗岩类侵入岩体为研究对象,分别对仲格耐和倾日二长花岗岩环(株)中的新鲜黑云母样品进行了~(40)Ar/~(39)Ar 同位素年龄测定。仲格耐二长花岗岩环黑云母样品的坪年龄和等时年龄分别为(13.30±0.32)Ma 和(12.90±2.90)Ma,而倾日二长花岗岩株黑云母样品的坪年龄和等时年龄则为(12.35±0.14)Ma 和(12.37±0.26)Ma。与倾日岩株相比,仲格耐岩环黑云母样品的坪年龄值相对较高些,暗示了其相对较早的形成时间。考虑到倾日二长花岗岩株形成之后基本未遭受到明显构造-岩浆活动影响,因此,12Ma 也许代表了黑云母的结晶时间,属中喜马拉雅时期构造-岩浆活动的产物。确切地讲,邛多江变质核杂岩及有关花岗岩类侵入岩的形成时间不是老第三纪的渐新世,而是新第三纪的中新世。本区花岗岩类侵入岩形成时代的确定,对于探讨本区中酸性岩浆岩的形成过程和揭示藏南拆离构造体系的动力学机制均具有重要意义。     

Helium and argon isotopic geochemistry of Jinding superlarge Pb-Zn deposit

The study results of He and Ar isotopes from fluid inclusions in pyrites formed during mineralization stage of Jinding superlarge Pb-Zn deposit in west Yunnan, China are reported. The data show that the⁴⁰Ar/³⁶Ar and³He/⁴He ratios of fluid inclusions are respectively in the range of 301. 7–385. 7 and 0. 03–0.06Ra, suggesting the oreforming fluid is a kind of air saturated meteoric groundwater. On the basis of research on coupled relationships among He, Ar, S and Pb isotopes, the evolution history of ore-forming fluid of the deposit can be summarized as (i) air saturated meteogenic groundwater infiltrated down and was heated→ (ii) leached S, C and radiogenic He, Ar from the basinal strata → (iii) leached Pb and Zn from mantle-derived igneous rocks located in the bottom of the basin→ (iv) ore-forming fluid ascended and formed the deposit. Due to this process, the isotope signatures of crustal radiogenic He, atmospheric Ar (with partial radiogenic⁴⁰Ar), crustal S and mantle-derived Pb remained in the ore-forming fluid. Project supported by A30 Project of the National Climbing Program of China and University of Manchester.     

40Ar/ 39Ar and K–Ar geochronological age constraints for the inception and early evolution of the Izu–Bonin – Mariana arc system

K–Ar and ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar dates are presented for locations in the Izu–Bonin – Mariana (IBM) forearc (Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) sites 786 & 782, Chichijima, Deep Sea Drilling Program (DSDP) sites 458 & 459, Saipan), and Palau on the remnant arc of the Kyushu–Palau Ridge. For a number of these locations, the ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar plateau and ³⁶Ar/⁴⁰Ar versus ³⁹Ar/⁴⁰Ar isochrons give older ages than the K–Ar results. The most important results are: (i) at site 786, initial construction of the proto-IBM (now forearc) basement occurred at least by ca 47–45 Ma, consistent with the age of the immediately overlying sediments (middle Eocene nannofossil Zone CP13c); the younger pulse of construction dated at ca 35 Ma by K–Ar could not be confirmed by ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar analysis; (ii) ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar ages for the initial construction of the Mariana portion of the IBM system are as old as those of the Izu–Bonin portion, for example at site 458, initial construction commenced at least by ca 49 Ma and at ca 47 Ma at Saipan (Sankakayuma Formation); and (iii) a combination of K–Ar and ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar ages indicate continued boninite magmatism in the Izu–Bonin forearc (and remnant arc at Palau) until ca 35 Ma. Subduction inception including boninite series rocks along most of the exposed length of the IBM system, clearly preceded by some 5 million years the Middle Eocene (ca 43.5 Ma) change in Pacific plate motion. Boninitic series magmatism persisted at locations now exposed in the forearc for ～ 15 million years after arc inception concurrently with low-K tholeiitic series eruptions from a subaerial arc system, established at ≥ 40 Ma, on the Kyushu–Palau Ridge. For the Mariana portion of the IBM system, reconstruction of the proto-arc places this activity adjacent to the concurrent but orthogonally spreading Central Basin Ridge of the West Philippine Basin. It is possible that a combination of subduction of a young North New Guinea Plate beneath newly created back-arc basin crust may account for some of the features of the Mariana system. It is clear, however, that the understanding of the processes of subduction initiation and early IBM arc development is incomplete.     

Hornblende Ar/Ar geochronology across terrane boundaries in the Sveconorwegian Province of S. Norway

Hornblende incremental heating ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar data were obtained from augen gneiss and amphibolite of the Sveconorwegian Province of S. Norway. In the Rogaland-Vest Agder and Telemark terranes, four pyroxene-rich samples, located close (≤ 10 km) to the anorthosite-charnockite Rogaland Igneous Complex, define an age group at 916 + 12/ − 14 Ma and six samples distributed in the two terranes yield another group at 871 + 8/ − 10 Ma. The first age group is close to the reported zircon U---Pb intrusion age of the igneous complex (931 ± 2 Ma) and the regional titanite U---Pb age (918 ± 2 Ma), whereas the second group overlaps reported regional mineral Rb---Sr ages (895-853 Ma) as well as biotite K---Ar ages (878-853 Ma). In the first group, the comparatively dry parageneses of low-P thermal metamorphism (M2) associated with the intrusion of the igneous complex are well developed, and hornblende ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar ages probably record a drop in temperature shortly after this phase. In other hornblende + biotite-rich samples, with presumably a higher fluid content, the hornblende ages are probably a response to hornblende-fluid interaction during a late Sveconorwegian metamorphic or hydrothermal event. A ca 220 m.y. diachronism in hornblende ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar ages is documented between S. Telemark (ca 870 Ma) and Bamble (ca 1090 Ma). Differential uplift between these terranes was mostly accommodated by shearing along the Kristiansand-Porsgrunn shear zone. The final stage of extension along this zone occurred after intrusion of the Herefoss post-kinematic granite at 926 ± 8 Ma. On the contrary, the southern part of the Rogaland-Vest Agder and Telemark terranes share a common cooling evolution as mineral ages are similar on both sides of the Mandal-Ustaoset Line the tectonic zone between them. The succession within 20 m.y. of a voluminous pulse of post-tectonic magmatism at 0.93 Ga, a phase of high-T-low-P metamorphism at 0.93-0.92 Ga, and fast cooling at a regional scale ca 0.92 Ga, suggests that the southern parts of Rogaland-Vest Agder and Telemark were affected by an event of post-thickening extension collapse at that time. This event is not recorded in Bamble.     

豫西小秦岭金矿区的一组^40Ar／^39Ar定年数据

本文提供了一组小秦岭金矿区的＾４０Ａｒ／＾３９Ａｒ定年数据。根据地质体的形成温度和被测定矿物封闭温度之间的关系,讨论了各个年龄的地质含义。认为东闯钾长花岗岩墙和文峪二长花岗岩体分别形成于印支期和燕山早期,主要金矿化发生在文峪二长花岗岩体已固结之后（１３２Ｍａ）,自１．３Ｇａ以来,本区遭受过的区域性热事件温度不会超过３５０℃。     

天山后碰撞阶段构造演化的新信息——来自阿吾拉勒山中段动力变质岩的证据

中国大山阿吾拉勒成矿带形成于石炭纪—二叠纪裂谷地质背景之上,其中段已发现著名的式可市台富铁矿床以及伴生的一系列铜矿点,成矿围岩为浅变质岩系。笔者根据近年研究,确定该含矿岩系实际是区域性挤压构造形成的动力变质岩带,其中云母片岩的绢云母经~(40)Ar/~(39)Ar定年,获得坪年龄220.6±3.4Ma和等时线年龄220.7±6.6Ma。这一成果揭示天山山脉在后碰撞地壳演化阶段,经历了晚三叠世构造热事件的改造。     

同位素地质年代学及在地质学中的应用(英文)

一些元素（Ｋ,Ｒｂ,Ｒｅ,Ｓｍ,Ｌｕ,Ｕ和Ｔｈ）的自然长寿命放射性同位素,衰变为另种元素稳定同位素的作用,广泛应用于岩石和矿物的年龄测定。这种测年提供了关于地球地质历史的信息,并已用于标定地质年代表。同位素测年的物理原理并不难理解,但所需要的测定技术,则要求同位素地球化学家利用地质人员采集的样品进行熟练精细的操作。对测年结果的解释也应由双方合作进行,并且在很大程度上依靠区域和地区的地质信息。笔者只介绍最广泛应用于测定岩浆岩和变质岩年龄的同位素方法,其余的一些方法只一提而过,详见同位素地质年代学专著     

岩石微区激光探针质谱40Ar/39Ar定年研究

采用连续激光40Ar/39Ar测年技术，在岩石光片上成功地对贵州绿豆岩、南极地区3块火山岩及江西德兴钠长花岗岩进行了多点微区等时年龄测定；消除了过剩Ar的影响，部分样品作了40Ar/39Ar坪年龄谱测定，取得了满意的结果。