Is there an active subduction beneath the Gibraltar orogenic arc? Constraints from Pliocene to present-day stress field

We present a new set of brittle microtectonic measurements carried out in the Pliocene and Quaternary rocks outcropping in several key sectors of the western Betic and Rif orogen, the so-called Gibraltar orogenic arc. This data set, along with available earthquake focal mechanisms and borehole breakouts, allowed us to compile the Pliocene and Quaternary stress map of this area. This map provides new constraints for tectonic models and the present-day tectonic activity of the proposed active eastward subduction of oceanic lithosphere beneath the Gibraltar Arc and roll-back. The horizontal maximum compressive stress (S_Hmax) is NW-SE in the Betic Orogen and N-S/NNW-SSE in the southern Rif Cordillera. There is a significant consistency between S_Hmax and the displacement field deduced from GPS measurements with respect to the African plate: both appear to reflect the NW-SE convergence between the African and the European plates that is perturbed in the Rif. We propose that part of the eastern Rif behaves as a quasi-rigid block welded to the stable African plate. This block is bounded by important faults that localized most of the deformation disturbing the stress and surface displacement field. Pliocene to Quaternary N-S to NW-SE Africa-Europe plate convergence seem to be associated to the reorganization of the remnant Early Miocene subduction system in a continental–continental collision framework. Three-dimensional reconstruction of available seismic tomography plotted against the intermediate seismicity shows that only part of the old subduction system, whose orientation ranges from N20°E to N100°E, remains active: the portion ranging from N30°E to N40°E, orthogonal to the regional convergence.     

基坑桩锚支护体系的整体稳定性分析——圆弧滑动简单条分法与Kranz方法的比较

对桩锚支护体系整体稳定性分析常用的圆弧滑动简单条分法和Kranz方法进行了讨论,特别地对Kranz方法的思路做了细致的分析。通过理论比较得到,理论上对于桩锚支护整体稳定性问题两种方法应同时采用。通过大量算例指出,在土层性质较好的情况下可不进行圆弧滑动简单条分法。为工程人员深入认识这两种方法提供了参考。     

Late Carboniferous – Middle Permian arc/forearc‐related basin in Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Insights from the petrology and geochemistry of the Shuangjing Schist in Inner Mongolia,China

The Solonker Suture Zone is thought to record the terminal evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) in Inner Mongolia. However, two contrasting interpretations of the timing of suturing of the Solonker Suture Zone exist: (i) Permian to Early Triassic; and (ii) Middle Devonian or Late Devonian to Carboniferous. The Shuangjing Schist is exposed in the Linxi area along the Xar Moron Fault Zone, which marks the southern boundary of the Solonker Suture Zone in the eastern section of the CAOB, and thus provides insight into the timing of suturing of the Solonker Suture Zone. Detailed and systematic analysis of the petrology and geochemistry of the Shuangjing Schist shows that the Shuangjing Schist developed by greenschist facies prograde metamorphism of a volcanisedimentary rock series protolith. The volcanic parts of the Shuangjing Schist are a calc‐alkaline series with large volumes of intermediate members and subordinate acidic members. Volcanism occurred in a magmatic arc on the continental margin and was induced by subduction‐related magmatism resulting from mantle metasomatism. The sedimentary parts of the Shuangjing Schist reflect a transition from continental shelf to abyssal plain sedimentation. The formation of the Shuangjing Schist is suggested to be related to closure of an arc/forearc‐related ocean basin. The timing is constrained by a laser ablation inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry (LA‐ICP–MS) U–Pb magmatic zircon age of 298 ± 2 Ma from a carbonaceous biotite–plagioclase schist that was intruded by granite at 272 ± 2 Ma. In the Linxi area, southward subduction of the arc/forearc basin led to uplift, thickening, collapse, and erosion of the overriding continental crust. Collapse induced extension and widespread magmatism along the volcanic arc at the northern margin of the North China Craton. The closure of the arc/forearc‐related oceanic basin led to the formation of Late Permian to Middle Triassic collisional granites and the subsequent end of the collision of the Solonker Suture Zone.     

SHRIMP dating of magmatism in the Hitachi metamorphic terrane,Abukuma Belt,Japan: Evidence for a Cambrian volcanic arc

Ion microprobe dating of zircon from meta‐igneous samples of the Hitachi metamorphic terrane of eastern Japan yields Cambrian magmatic ages. Tuffaceous schist from the Nishidohira Formation contains ca 510 Ma zircon, overlapping in age with hornblende gneiss from the Tamadare Formation (ca 507 Ma), and meta‐andesite (ca 507 Ma) and metaporphyry (ca 505 Ma) from the Akazawa Formation. The latter is unconformably overlain by the Carboniferous Daioin Formation, in which a granite boulder from metaconglomerate yields a magmatic age of ca 500 Ma. This date overlaps a previous estimate for granite that intrudes the Akazawa Formation. Intrusive, volcanic, and volcaniclastic lithologies are products of a Cambrian volcanic arc associated with a continental shelf, as demonstrated by the presence of arkose and conglomerate in the lowermost Nishidohira Formation. Granitic magmatism of Cambrian age is unknown elsewhere in Japan, except for a single locality in far western Japan with a similar geological context. Such magmatism is also unknown on the adjacent Asian continental margin, with the exception of the Khanka block in far northeastern China. A ‘great hiatus’ in the Paleozoic stratigraphy of the Sino–Korean block also exists in the Hitachi terrane between Cambrian volcanic arc rocks and Early Carboniferous conglomerate, and may indicate a common paleogeographic provenance.     

Comparison of rhyolites from continental rift,continental arc and oceanic island arc: Implication for the mechanism of silicic magma generation

We discuss the chemical compositions of rhyolites from three distinct tectonic settings: (i) the continental rift from Ethiopia (both Oligocene–Miocene and Quaternary rhyolites); (ii) the early Miocene continental arc of Japan (the Mt Wasso rhyolites related to the rifting of the Japan Sea); and (iii) the oceanic Izu–Bonin Island Arc. The comparison reveals that the oceanic island arc rhyolites have high contents of CaO, Al₂O₃, and Sr, and extremely low abundance of trace elements including K₂O. In contrast, the Ethiopian continental rift rhyolites are characterized by low contents of CaO, Al₂O₃, and Sr, and high contents of K₂O, and are enriched in the whole range of trace elements. The continental arc Mt Wasso rhyolites are apparently low in Nb content, although they display similar chemical trends to those of the Ethiopian rhyolites. This obvious difference in the chemical signatures of the rhyolites from the three tectonic settings is the consequence of their derivation from different sources. The implication of this result is that fractional crystallization processes were dominant in the rift‐related rhyolites both from continental rift and continental arc regardless of the prevailing tectonic setting and the nature of the crust (age, thickness, composition), whereas the oceanic island arc rhyolites may form through partial melting of young, mafic crust.     

塔里木盆地东北缘早古生代构造格局及演化

塔里木盆地东北缘构造带包括了新疆东天山及甘肃—内蒙北山广大地区。本区早古生代塔里木板块与哈萨克斯坦板块的对接带展布于由西段阿其克库都克断裂带向东与石板井—小黄山蛇绿混杂岩一线。晋宁运动(800 Ma)本区经历了广泛的岩浆热事件,西伯利亚板块、哈萨克斯坦板块与塔里木板块曾一度合并到罗迪尼亚超大陆之上。南华—震旦纪古大陆解体,哈萨克斯坦板块及塔里木板块块断区以多岛群体弥散于古亚洲洋内。塔里木板块东段的陆缘区,震旦—寒武纪显示海湾型沉积区。奥陶纪沿花牛山—五峰山—帐房山一线裂解为裂谷带,晚奥陶世末前碰撞期岩浆活动导致裂谷关闭。早、中志留世,古亚洲洋洋壳板片沿着尾亚南—芨芨台子山—白云山—月牙山—洗肠井一线向南俯冲,构筑了公婆泉火山岛弧带及相匹配的红柳河—牛圈子—碱泉子弧后盆地。晚志留世的碰撞初期花岗岩浆运动极为活跃。泥盆纪进入主碰撞期,造山阶段的岩浆热事件波及到隆升中的造山带,在其南缘沉陷为火山-磨拉石前陆盆地。     

IODP333航次：科学目标、钻探进展与研究潜力

在“地震带实验项目”（NanTroSEIZE）的总体框架下,IODP333航次的任务是在日本四国岛岸外一条断面的3个站位获取岩芯。钻探于2010年12月12日至2011年1月10日实施,钻取了4个长岩芯,总长达1005m。IODP333航次的主要研究内容是陆坡、海沟底部和海山脊部的第四纪沉积过程,包括沉积层内的孔隙压力...     

内蒙古阿拉善地块北缘沙拉扎山晚石炭世岩体地球化学特征与LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄

采用LA-ICP-MS同位素测定技术,测得内蒙古阿拉善北缘沙拉扎山温都尔毛道黑云母花岗闪长岩锆石U-Pb年龄为301±2Ma,属于晚石炭世侵入岩。地球化学分析结果显示,该黑云母花岗闪长岩SiO2含量为67.23%~72.57%,K2O为1.14%~1.61%,Al2O3为14.92%~17.23%,具有过铝质(A/CNK=1.06~1.1)和钙碱性特征。岩石的稀土元素总量较低(38.86×10-6~74.39×10-6),轻稀土元素相对富集,Eu总体呈弱异常(δEu=0.9~1.3)。在原始地幔标准化图解中,岩石具有大离子亲石元素(Rb、Th、K)富集及高场强元素(Nb、Ta、P、Ti)亏损的特征,显示出I型花岗岩的特点。结合区域地质背景,该黑云母花岗闪长岩可能形成于俯冲背景,是洋壳板片与新生的壳源物质混合形成的产物,表明晚古生代沿着阿拉善地块北缘的俯冲至少始于301Ma。     

Mineralogy,Sulfur Isotope and Fluid Inclusion Studies of Hydrothermal Ore at the Hakurei Deposit,Bayonnaise Knoll,Izu‐Bonin Arc

Sulfide and sulfate ore samples collected from the Hakurei deposit of the Bayonnaise knoll were examined for the occurrence and chemical composition of minerals, including the sulfur isotopes and the microthermometry of fluid inclusions. Massive sulfide ore, mineralized volcanic rock, and anhydrite ore occur in descending order, from the seafloor to the bottom of the cored sample. The massive sulfide ore is dominated by sphalerite and accompanied by tennantite, chalcopyrite, and pyrite with lesser amounts of galena, enargite, and covellite. Amorphous silica is commonly precipitated on the surface of the sulfide minerals. As‐bearing minerals such as tennantite, enargite, and luzonite are common, while galena and Sb‐rich tetrahedrite are scarce. The mineral abundance and chemical composition of the minerals differs from that found in chimneys of the deposit. The sulfur isotope compositions in the minerals are +3.1–5.2‰ for sulfides and +19.6–21.8‰ for sulfate minerals. The homogeneous nature of the sulfur isotopes suggests that sulfur incorporated in the Hakurei deposit came from the reduction of aqueous sulfate in seawater.