Carboniferous and Triassic eclogites in the western Dabie Mountains,east‐central China: evidence for protracted convergence of the North and South China Blocks

SHRIMP U–Pb dating and laser ablation ICP‐MS trace element analyses of zircon from four eclogite samples from the north‐western Dabie Mountains, central China, provide evidence for two eclogite facies metamorphic events. Three samples from the Huwan shear zone yield indistinguishable late Carboniferous metamorphic ages of 312 ± 5, 307 ± 4 and 311 ± 17 Ma, with a mean age of 309 ± 3 Ma. One sample from the Hong'an Group, 1 km south of the shear zone yields a late Triassic age of 232 ± 10 Ma, similar to the age of ultra‐high pressure (UHP) metamorphism in the east Qinling–Dabie orogenic belt. REE and other trace element compositions of the zircon from two of the Huwan samples indicate metamorphic zircon growth in the presence of garnet but not plagioclase, namely in the eclogite facies, an interpretation supported by the presence of garnet, omphacite and phengite inclusions. Zircon also grew during later retrogression. Zircon cores from the Huwan shear zone have Ordovician to Devonian (440–350 Ma) ages, flat to steep heavy‐REE patterns, negative Eu anomalies, and in some cases plagioclase inclusions, indicative of derivation from North China Block igneous and low pressure metamorphic source rocks. Cores from Hong'an Group zircon are Neoproterozoic (780–610 Ma), consistent with derivation from the South China Block. In the western Dabie Mountains, the first stage of the collision between the North and South China Blocks took place in the Carboniferous along a suture north of the Huwan shear zone. The major Triassic continent–continent collision occurred along a suture at the southern boundary of the shear zone. The first collision produced local eclogite facies metamorphism in the Huwan shear zone. The second produced widespread eclogite facies metamorphism throughout the Dabie Mountains–Sulu terrane and a lower grade overprint in the shear zone.     

叶城县农业地貌类型评价

在对叶城县地貌类型、基本特征及其对农、林、牧业生产的直接和直接影响进行了综述后，探讨了不同地貌条件下，自然资源和合理利用和农业灾害的防治对策。     

大别山超高压变质带层析地震调查

１９９７年３月中德合作进行了大别山科学钻探选址区层析地震调查,研究结果揭示出大别山超高压变质带（ＵＨＰ）地壳精细结构。郯庐断裂带近垂直延伸至Ｍｏｈｏ界面（可能更深）,在Ｍｏｈｏ界面以上郯庐断裂带西侧大别山地壳物质没有迁移进入其东侧。在主测线（横中至潜山镇）２０ｋｍ深度发现一个由西向东倾斜的强反射层,推测可能是一个大的滑脱层。超高压变质岩石（或地幔物质）可能由地幔深处通过郯庐断裂带再沿此滑脱层析返到     

Geochronological constraints on 140-85 Ma thermal doming extension in the Dabie orogen, central China

Regional architecture of geochronology and differential cooling pattern show that the Dabie orogen underwent a thermal doming extension during 140-85 Ma. This extension resulted in widespread re-melting of the Dabie basement, intense volcanic activities in North Huaiyang and the formation of fault-controlled depressions in the Hefei basin. This thermal doming extension can be further divided into two consecutive evolving stages, i.e. the intensifying stage (140-105 Ma) and the declining stage (105-85 Ma). In the first stage (140-105 Ma), the thermal doming mainly was concentrated in the Dabie block, and to a less degree, in the Hongan block. The thermal doming structure of the Dabie block is configured with Macheng-Yuexi thermal axis, Yuexi/Luotian thermal cores and their downslide flanks. The orientation of thermal axis is dominantly parallel to the strike of orogen, and UHP/HP units together with metamorphic rocks of North Huaiyang constitute the downslide flanks. The Yuexi core differs from the Luotian core in both the intensity and the shaping time. To some extent, the Hongan block can be regarded as part of downslide systems of the Dabie doming structure. The doming process is characterized by thermal-center's migration along the Macheng-Yuexi thermal axis; consequently, it is speculated to be attributed to the convective removal of thickened orogenic root, which is a process characterized by intermittance, migration, large-scale and differentiation. During the declining stage (105-85 Ma), the dome- shaped figure still structurally existed in the Dabie orogen, but orogenic units cooled remarkably slow and magmatic activities stagnated gradually. Study on the thermal doming of Dabieshan Mountains can thus provide detailed constraints on the major tectonic problems such as the UHP/HP exhumation model, the boundary between North Dabie and South Dabie, and the orogenesis mechanism.     

Jurassic depositional records and sandstone provenances in Hefei Basin, central China: Implication for Dabie orogenesis

Abstract   Detrital composition and major element geochemistry of Jurassic sandstones in the south Hefei Basin, central China, show their provenance to be the Dabie Mountains, whose tectonic attributes are closely related to continent–island arc complexes. It was found that a provenance change, from recycled orogen signatures and mixed orogenic sandstones to arc orogen, occurs from the lower Middle Jurassic to the Upper Jurassic (the Zhougongshan Formation). Dissected magmatic arc sources were gradually exposed in the Dabie Mountains due to intensive exhumation during the Late Jurassic, particularly after the Fenghuangtai depositional phase. Furthermore, it can be infered that the magmatic arc was initially present in both the Early Paleozoic and the Triassic, according to isotopic dating studies in previously published reports. δ¹³C–δ¹⁸O tracing between existing marbles of different strata in the Dabie block and marble gravels of the Fenghuangtai Formation in the Hefei Basin indicate that partial lithostratigraphic units for the Jurassic provenances have entirely disappeared from the Dabie block; therefore, it is impossible to reconstruct integral orogenic processes from studies on the remaining Dabie block alone. These findings, together with basin-fill sequences, also suggest that the Hefei Basin was mainly subjected to compressive mechanical regimes rather than extensional regimes in the Jurassic, which resulted in reverse-grading clastic depositional sequences, and is probably related to the northward intracontinental deep subduction of the Yangtze Plate. Regional exhumation properties and a tectonic model of the Late Mesozoic Dabie orogenesis are discussed in this paper.     

北大别早白垩世龙井垴A型花岗岩的厘定及其地质意义

本文对北大别龙井垴岩体进行了系统的锆石U-Pb定年、岩石地球化学分析测试,探讨了其成岩年龄、岩石成因类型和动力学背景。龙井垴二长花岗岩的LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄121.5±1.0 Ma,属于早白垩世产物。主量元素含量结果显示,岩石SiO₂含量变化于73.36%~73.94%,K₂O+Na₂O变化于8.52%~8.71%之间,MgO含量介于0.25%~0.31%,CaO含量介于0.80%~1.14%,Al₂O₃含量介于13.30%~13.48%,A/CNK值变化于1.00~1.02之间,岩石表现为高硅、高钾、贫Mg、贫Ca和弱过铝质的特征。稀土总量∑REE变化范围为168×10^-6~260×10^-6,平均值为214×10^-6,LREE/HREE为7.35~10.4,（La/Yb）_N为8.08~15.0,δEu为0.213~0.441,总体表现为轻稀土富集,重稀土亏损,轻重稀土分馏明显,Eu负异常明显的特点。相对富集Rb、Th、Zr、Hf、U和K,亏损Sr、Ba、Ta、Nb、Ti、P等元素。岩石成因类型上属于A型花岗岩。结合区域地质背景分析认为,龙井垴岩体形成于造山期后环境,是在深度小于35 km,非加厚下地壳部分熔融的产物。

     

秦岭北麓晚第四纪断层陡坎的初步研究

根据航片解译和野外调查,发现在秦岭北麓第四纪松散沉积物中发育有断层陡坎,本文依据对这些陡坎的地质地貌分析、地形剖面测制、探槽揭露及测年数据,讨论了断层陡坎的空间分布和形态学特征、生成时代和断距,评估了秦岭北麓断裂在晚第四纪的活动强度。由断层陡坎高度经过校核获得断距变化范围在1.1至7.9米之间,由此求得秦岭北麓断裂中段全新世中晚期以来平均滑动速率接近1mm/a,西段在眉县一带为0.5mm/a左右。晚更新世以来,发生过3—4次古地震事件     

大别山东缘郯庐两期走滑剪切带形成的温压条件与造山带折返的关系

郯庐断裂带与大别造山带在大别山东缘相复合 ,并将大别—苏鲁造山带左行错开达 5 0 0km。本文以大别山东缘为研究背景 ,通过对郯庐断裂带两期左旋走滑韧性剪切带温压条件的估算及热年代学信息的分析 ,来探讨大别造山带在早侏罗—早白垩世之间的折返历史与隆升量。通过矿物组合、矿物变形特征以及白云母—绿泥石地质温度计得到郯庐早、晚两期剪切带的形成温度均为 4 0 0～ 4 5 0℃。通过多硅白云母Si原子数地质压力计计算得到早、晚两期剪切带的形成压力分别为 0 .2 5～ 0 .36GPa和 0 .2 4～ 0 .39GPa。考虑到剪切摩擦加热和构造超压的影响 ,笔者推断郯庐两期走滑剪切带形成的最大深度均不超过 12km ,且两期走滑剪切带的形成深度至多相差 1～2km。郯庐断裂带在约 190Ma和 12 8Ma经历了两期走滑冷却事件 ,而在此期间 ,大别造山带东缘经历了一个构造平静期 ,基本没有发生隆升。根据郯庐断裂带的信息 ,造山带在早白垩世的热隆事件中的隆升幅度小于 12km。     

大别山超高压变质岩后成合晶矿物中微细流体包裹体的透射电镜研究

流体包裹体的研究对于了解地壳岩石的形成条件、构造演化及其动力学过程具有重要意义。利用透射电镜研究了大别山双河地区超高压硬玉石英岩中退变质矿物或后成合晶冠状体矿物(钠长石、霓辉石、绿闪石和磁铁矿)中的纳米-亚微米级流体包裹体特征及其与构造缺陷之间的关系。观察到该类流体包裹体的粒径(约1 nm～200 nm)要比石英中的流体包裹体(约10 nm～350 nm)小得多,一般呈圆形或负晶形分布、有些呈不规则状或小群体分布,其中大多数含H2O包裹体,有些含CO2流体。流体包裹体常与位错、位错网、晶界或亚边界等交生在一起,这些位错及构造缺陷空间构成了非爆裂流体相渗漏的有利通道。在变形钠长石中发现非均匀分布的纳米级(约1 nm～30 nm)水分子团,这种球形状水分子团包体是导致后成合晶矿物水解弱化和塑性变形的重要因素,该类流体和水分子团的存在,加速了岩石的塑性变形和退变质作用的进程。因此,可以反映大别山地区高压变质后的抬升历史。     

大别造山带现今构造格局的形成——来自石英C轴组构的证据

石英C轴组构常常记录递进变形过程中晚期增量变形的构造特征,因而可以通过对大别造山带内岩石中石英C轴组构的分析来确定造山带构造变形历史中的晚期变形事件的运动学特征。本次工作在大别造山带各单元中采集了一系列样品,对其进行石英C轴组构分析。石英C轴组构结果表明,北淮阳带就位于同造山折返第一阶段,其运动型式为上盘向NW的剪切变形;南大别高压—超高压榴辉岩带与宿松杂岩带就位于同造山折返第二阶段,运动型式表现为上盘向SE的剪切变形;北大别带就位于早白垩世穹状隆升过程中。北大别带在穹状隆升过程中表现为上盘向NW的运动型式,在深部可能存在向NW方向的下地壳物质的塑性流动。