Izu-Bonin arc subduction under the Honshu island, Japan: Evidence from geological and seismological aspect

The Izu-Bonin intra-oceanic arc with 20–35 km thick continental crust is being subducted under the Honshu, presumably since 17 Ma. Tomographic image clearly demonstrates that the whole Izu-Bonin arc is subducting under the Honshu arc. Geologic cross section and the thickness of continental crust do not support the accretion of thick crust in spite of the continued subduction over 17 Ma.     

青藏高原北羌塘盆地治多地区松赛弄一带火山岩的特征及构造意义

测区松赛弄晚三叠世-带火山岩为-套酸性-中性-基性火山岩组合,由玄武岩、安山岩、英安岩、流纹岩及少量火山碎屑岩等组成.火山岩中SiO2含量为48.89%～88.15%,平均67.44%,TiO2为0.22%～1.85%,平均0.63%,MgO含量0.23%～7.81%,与岛弧钙碱性火山岩相似;高场强元素Nb、Ta、Zr、Hf、Ti等亏损,大离子亲石元素Rb、Sr、Ba等相对富集,(La/Sm)n为1.79～5.19,LREE/HREE值多数在4.08～6.63,属轻稀土元素富集型,δEu多数在0.47～0.99.铕呈负异常;La/Nb多数大于2.00,Nb/Zr>0.04;Th/Ta>4.41,Th×Ta/Hf2>0.042,具有陆缘火山弧的特性.上述特征表明,羌塘盆地治多地区松赛弄一带晚三叠世火山岩产于大陆碰撞与陆缘弧并存的环境.     

西秦岭同仁隆务峡蛇绿岩矿物成分特征及构造环境

同仁隆务峡蛇绿岩大地构造位置位于西秦岭造山带与中祁连带结合部,其组成为:地幔橄榄岩(纯橄岩、蛇纹石化纯橄岩)、超镁铁质堆晶单元(单辉橄榄岩、橄榄辉石岩)、镁铁质堆晶单元(含橄榄石辉长岩、辉长岩等)及少量辉绿岩,各单元均以断层接触,弱蚀变.镜下研究发现其岩浆结晶序列为橄榄石-单斜辉石-(斜方辉石)-斜长石,与典型的SSZ型(Supra-Subduction Zone type)蛇绿岩结晶序列吻合.对各单元矿物电子探针研究发现:橄榄石成分多为贵橄榄石,单斜辉石则多为普通辉石和透辉石,在利用其成分进行构造环境判别中,本区蛇绿岩形成于与挤压背景密切相关的环境.该蛇绿岩表现出轻稀土元素略富集、重稀土元素平坦的稀土元素配分形式,与MORB有较大差异.微量元素特征为相对富集大离子亲石元素Ba、Rb、K,而强烈亏损Nb、P,这恰与俯冲带组分特点吻合;同时高场强元素构造判别图解佐证了前述构造环境的判定.研究区的蛇绿岩应形成于成熟度较高的岛弧环境中.     

松潘-甘孜地体中部晚三叠世安山质增生弧的确定及其意义

本文研究揭示,巴颜喀拉-松潘甘孜地体(简称松潘-甘孜地体)中部三叠系复理杂岩中的安山岩块是增生弧岩浆活动的产物,具有高度不均一均匀的岩石组构、地球化学与同位素组成。特别是这些安山岩显示了与松潘-甘孜三叠系海相浊积岩具有高度的Sr-Nd同位素亲缘性,沿亏损地幔和三叠系海相浊积岩混熔曲线分布,且主要分布于三叠系海相浊积岩端元区。这表明该增生弧安山质岩浆主要由增生楔中的海相浊积岩基质部分熔融形成,并受到了增生楔中大洋岩石圈残片等超镁铁/铁镁质组分的不同程度混染。安山岩时代(226.8±1.9Ma~213.7±0.9Ma)以及同时期广泛的S型花岗岩侵入活动(228±2Ma~204±7Ma)揭示增生弧形成于晚三叠世Norian期。前人工作表明,位于松潘-甘孜地体东北隅的诺尔盖-松潘盆地是一个周缘前陆盆地。因此,松潘-甘孜地体并非单一构造成因的地质体,至少由二叠纪-三叠纪演化的古特提斯大洋和中三叠世拉丁期-晚三叠世诺列期周缘前陆盆地两部分构成。前者是松潘-甘孜地体的主体部分,由松潘-甘孜古特提斯洋在三叠纪时期快速收缩形成的增生楔杂岩组成,其上发育增生弧,局部残存古特提斯大洋盆地及被构造移置的洋壳残片;后者为西秦岭弧(248~234Ma)与扬子地块碰撞的产物。     

Late Oligocene–Miocene mantle upwelling and interaction inferred from mantle signatures in gabbroic to granitic rocks from the Urumieh–Dokhtar arc,south Ardestan,Iran

The south Ardestan plutonic rocks constitute major outcrops in the central part of Iran’s Cenozoic magmatic belt and encompass a wide compositional spectrum from gabbro to granodiorite. U–Pb laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) dating of zircon three granodiorites yielded ages of 24.6 ± 0.1, 24.6 ± 0.1, and 24.5 ± 0.1 Ma. For tonalitic rocks, internal Rb–Sr isochron ages (biotite, feldspars) indicate cooling ages of 20.4 ± 0.1, 20.5 ± 0.1, and 22.3 ± 0.1 Ma, which are slightly younger than the zircons’ ages. The limited variations in their Sr–Nd isotope ratios indicate derivation from an asthenospheric mantle source. A geodynamic model is presented in which late Oligocene–Miocene rollback of the Neotethyan subducting slab triggered asthenospheric upwelling and partial melting in the south Ardestan. These melts were subsequently modified through fractional crystallization and minor crustal contamination en-route to the surface. Plagioclase + orthopyroxene-dominated fractional crystallization accounts for differentiation of gabbro to gabbroic diorite, whereas fractionation of clinopyroxene, titanomagnetite, and orthopyroxene led to differentiation of gabbroic diorite to diorite. Amphibole fractionation at deeper levels led to the development of tonalites.     

Eclogite varieties and petrotectonic evolution of the northern Guatemala Suture Complex

ABSTRACT

Field and petrologic characteristics of two new eclogite localities within the Guatemala Suture Complex (GSC) north of the Motagua Fault are presented. The Tuncaj Hill locality exposes a coherent body of retrogressed eclogite hundreds of metres long that is associated with serpentinite of the North Motagua Unit. The Tanilar River locality exposes numerous bands and lenses of eclogite hosted in sialic gneisses of the Chuacús Complex. The Tuncaj eclogite has a two-stage prograde evolution containing the peak assemblage Grt + Omp + Ttn + Czo + Zo ± Am, formed at temperatures <720°C. In contrast, eclogites of the Tanilar unit are characterized by the paragenesis Omp + Grt + Rt ± Phg ± Qtz ± Ep giving higher peak conditions of T = 720–830°C and P = 2.1–2.7 GPa, near the stability field of coesite. Previously obtained data and our thermobaric calculations suggest distinct petrotectonic evolutions for the various types of eclogites within the suture. The lawsonite eclogites south of the Motagua Fault were probably produced in a mature Farallon subduction zone during the Early Cretaceous. The northern high-pressure (HP) blocks in serpentinite mélange and coherent amphibolite bodies with eclogite relics were generated by the Early Cretaceous subduction of the proto-Caribbean lithosphere under the Great Caribbean Arc. A continental block, the North American passive margin, reached the arc’s trench in the Campanian and was subducted to ca. 80 km depth, producing the eclogites of the Chuacús Complex. As the slab was delaminated and partially exhumed, the continental Chuacús became tectonically juxtaposed with HP blocks of the proto-Caribbean that had been accreted to the Caribbean plate forming the North Motagua Unit. The juxtaposed group migrated to mid-crustal level and was contemporaneously retrogressed under epidote-amphibolite facies conditions.     

Identifying late Carboniferous sanukitoids in Hala’alate Mountain,Northwest China: new constraint on the closing time of remnant ocean basin in West Junggar

ABSTRACT

Volcanic rocks in the Hala’alate and Aladeyikesai formations, which are composed of basaltic andesite and pyroxene andesite, are widespread in Hala’alate Mountain, West Junggar, Northwest China. These rocks (plagioclase + clinopyroxene/olivine) formed in the late Carboniferous and show a remarkable geochemical affinity with typical sanukitoids with oversaturated SiO₂ (52.9–56.9 wt.%) and high MgO (3.47–6.88 wt.%, Mg^# >48) contents. They also exhibit a narrow range of Sr-Nd-Pb isotopes within (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr)_i = 0.7037–0.7041, εNd(t) = 4.4–6.2, ²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb = 18.22–18.41, ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁴Pb = 15.48–15.52, ²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁴Pb = 37.99–38.30. Hala’alate Formation volcanic rocks are similar to the sanukitoids of Karamay, with high Sr (633.5–970.1 ppm), Ba (268.7–796.3 ppm), and Sr/Y (61.34–84.28), formed by partial melting of the mantle metasomatized by slab-derived adakitic melts. In contrast, Aladeyikesai Formation volcanic rocks show some affinity with sanukitoids of the Hatu area and the Setouchi Volcanic Belt, with low Sr (442.2–508.7 ppm), Ba (199.2–485.1 ppm), and Sr/Y (25.03–30.28), generated by the partial melting of subducting sediments. Identification of late Carboniferous sanukitoids in Hala’alate Mountain provides important constraints on the closing time of the remnant ocean basin in West Junggar, and implies that multi-stage subduction–accretionary orogeny plays a crucial role in the evolution and growth of the continental crust in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt.     

内蒙古翁牛特旗晚志留世二长花岗岩年代学及地球化学特征

内蒙古翁牛特旗小营子地区铅锌矿周围分布有大面积花岗岩,野外地质调查及室内鉴定为二长花岗岩。通过LA-ICPMS锆石U-Pb同位素测试,确定其形成时代为419.3±9.2Ma,属于晚志留世。二长花岗岩中SiO_2含量为74.41%~75.05%,K_2O含量为3.05%~4.42%,K_2O/Na_2O值介于0.70~1.11之间,Al_2O_3含量为13.22%~14.02%,铝饱和指数(A/CNK)为0.99~1.1,Fe、Mg、Ti氧化物含量较低,这些特征显示二长花岗岩为富硅、略富铝、中高钾钙碱性I型花岗岩。轻、重稀土元素比值(LREE/HREE)在10.61~16.61之间,(La/Yb)_N值在12.52~27.44之间,轻、重稀土元素分馏明显,δEu值为0.48~0.81,显示中等负Eu异常。富集大离子亲石元素Rb、Ba、U、K,相对亏损高场强元素Nb、Zr、Hf,具有低的Sr、Yb含量。地球化学特征显示,二长花岗岩形成于活动大陆边缘火山弧。结合区域地质资料推断,小营子二长花岗岩是在古亚洲洋向华北板块俯冲背景下白乃庙岛弧消亡过程中形成的。     

北武夷资溪-光泽岩体锆石U-Pb年代学——对确定华南内陆印支期岩浆活动时空分布与形成环境的意义

通过对北武夷地区资溪-光泽杂岩体LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年分析,获得资溪岩体的年龄为236~238 Ma。结合收集的华南内陆地区已有的印支期岩浆岩的年龄资料,观察其年龄在SE-NW向和SW-NE向的时空变化情况,发现华南内陆印支期岩浆岩年龄分布具有从东南沿海到北西内陆地区呈逐渐年轻的趋势,而在大致沿武夷山走向的南西到北东方向上呈宽阔的近水平的线性分布趋势。印支期沿海岩浆弧在~260 Ma消失20 Ma之后,~240 Ma在距离海沟大约400~500 km的武夷山地区大规模出现,是水平俯冲造成的华南内陆新生岩浆弧形成,类似于新生代北美拉拉米造山和墨西哥中部的水平俯冲情况。由于加厚的中、下地壳温度较高,少量水平俯冲前端脱水形成的地幔岩浆侵入中、下地壳,带来的热很容易造成中、下地壳物质发生部分熔融,形成北武夷地区大量印支期花岗质岩浆岩。     

与缓和曲线及其平行线有关的面积计算

列出了缓和曲线平行线间面积计算公式和缓和曲线弓形面积公式,运用简单几何原理推出了缓和曲线平行线弓形面积的通用计算公式,并附有算例相验证.讨论了面积公式的实际应用问题.