燕山中段走滑断裂中辉绿岩脉的SHRIMP U-Pb年龄和Ar-Ar年龄

燕山中段东西向走滑断裂的活动时代一直存在争议,对侵入断层中的辉绿岩脉的直接测年可以给出一个年龄上限.侵入密云-喜峰口断裂中的辉绿岩脉的锆石SHRIMP U-Pb和角闪石Ar-Ar测年发现,锆石U-Pb年龄为290～125Ma,没有一个谐和年龄;角闪石Ar-Ar坪年龄为123.5Ma±1.5Ma.Ar-Ar年龄与最年轻的...     

青海祁漫塔格山乌兰乌珠尔斑状正长花岗岩 LA-MC-ICPMS锆石U-Pb定年及地质意义

青海祁漫塔格地区乌兰乌珠尔正长花岗岩具有高硅、高碱(AR为3.02~5.88,NK/A为1.04~1.17,A/CNK为0.96~1.07)、高TFeO/MgO和贫CaO、MgO的特征;∑REE较高,LREE略富集,轻重稀土元素分馏不十分明显,Eu负异常明显,稀土元素配分模式呈稍右倾的V字形;明显富集Rb、K、Th等大离子亲石元素,相对富集Zr、Hf等高场强元素,相对亏损Ba、Sr、P、Ti、Nb等。这些资料显示了A2型铝质花岗岩的特征,其来源可能与洋壳、岛弧建造组成的年轻地壳有关。采用LA-MC-ICPMS锆石U-Pb定年方法,获得乌兰乌珠尔正长花岗岩体的206Pb/238U年龄为388.9Ma±3.7Ma(MSWD=3.1),代表该岩体的形成年龄。结合岩石地球化学、构造特征和区域地质背景,认为该岩体形成于后造山或造山作用演化晚期相对伸展的环境。     

金沙江中段含锰铁矿化点的发现及其找矿前景

西金乌兰-金沙江缝合带东侧原雄松群为一套变基性火山-碎屑岩系,是否属于前寒武系一直存在争议。野外调研期间发现铁矿化线索,初步认为铁矿化与原雄松群变基性火山作用关系密切,并受到印支期二长花岗岩的改造叠加,具有较大成矿潜力。矿石多呈块状、蜂窝状、角砾状,少数呈气泡状、瘤状、绳状。矿石矿物主要为含锰磁铁矿,少量赤铁矿、褐铁矿、孔雀石及氧化残留黄铁矿。捡块样分析, TFe多在50%以上,属于含锰富铁矿。通过LA-ICP-MS锆石微区原位U-Pb同位素测年,赋矿变玄武岩的岩浆喷发时代为(228.3±2.1)Ma,表明该地段雄松群的时代为中三叠世,成矿时代也为中三叠世。含矿变基性火山岩为具E-MORB地球化学特征的拉斑玄武岩系列,指示成矿构造环境可能为小洋盆。铁矿化点与地面高磁异常基本吻合。在金沙江中段甚至更大的范围内,与中三叠世变基性火山岩系(原划雄松群)配套的高磁异常区,是寻找火山岩型含锰磁铁矿的重要方向,可能伴生铜-多金属矿化。     

湘东北前寒武纪仓溪岩群变凝灰岩SHRIMP锆石 U-Pb年龄

在湘东北地区浏阳市文家市仓溪岩群底部枫梓冲岩组(长英质二云母片岩)变凝灰岩中发现近百粒锆石,锆石虽然形态不相同,但CL图像显示出典型的岩浆生长振荡环带和韵律结构。该类锆石的U、Th含量较高,Th/U值变化范围为0.32~0.87,均属于岩浆结晶的产物。获得的SHRIMP锆石 U-Pb年龄为855Ma±5Ma,该年龄改变了仓溪岩群枫梓冲岩组的时代,对重新厘定江南造山带的构造格局有着重要意义。     

中蒙边境查夫—甲乌拉地区中生代银多金属矿床成矿作用

对中蒙边境东段查夫、甲乌拉和查干布拉根银-铅-锌矿床以及额仁陶勒盖银矿床的产出环境、地质特征和时空分布规律进行了讨论,初步确定了银多金属矿床的成因类型和形成机理。研究结果表明,银多金属矿化大多数在侏罗系火山-沉积岩地层中呈脉状和条带状产出,并且与燕山晚期高钾钙-碱性侵入岩脉群和张裂构造具有密切的时空分布关系。华北—蒙古块体与西伯利亚板块对接碰撞期后大规模伸展构造作用所诱发的岩浆及相关流体活动是导致银多金属矿床形成的主导控制因素。尽管上述4处矿床在容矿围岩、几何形态和矿物组分上存在一定差异,但是其产出环境和形成机理大体相似,均属中硫化型浅成热液银多金属矿床。充填有高钾钙-碱性侵入岩脉的北西向和近南北向张裂构造带是寻找银多金属矿床(点)的有利场所。     

内蒙古东乌旗宝力高庙组地层划分及其同位素年代学研究

在1/5万内蒙古东乌旗狠麦温都尔地区的矿产远景调查工作中,首次按照岩性组合的差异,将宝力高庙组划分出以安山岩、安山质火山碎屑岩夹砂砾岩为主和以酸性火山岩-火山碎屑岩、炭质板岩、河流相砂砾岩为主的上、下段.在其中分别采集地层中的流纹岩、英安质晶屑凝灰岩和安山岩夹层样品,挑选其中的锆石进行U-Pb SHRIMP同位素测年,...     

Seed germination of Southern Chihuahuan Desert plants in response to elevated temperatures

High temperature is one of the main factors that prevent germination, through premature aging of the embryo. The high temperatures reached in the soil of arid environments can affect seed survival and plant establishment. In this study we tested whether seed exposure to high temperature (40 °C and 70 °C) affected germination of eight species common to the Southern Chihuahuan Desert, and used for fodder, firewood and timber, fiber, edible flowers, fruits and stems. The responses to heat varied between species. Two of the tested species were not affected by heat exposure; for two other species germination was higher, and for the remaining four, germination was lower. There was also a delay of germination after heat exposure. Seeds of three species germinated >1 d slower after exposure to high temperatures. These results could help establish management programs for these Chihuahuan desert species under a climate change scenario.     

Particle-size distributions of low-angle normal fault breccias: Implications for slip mechanisms on weak faults

Slip on low-angle normal faults is not well understood because they slip at high angles to the maximum principal stress directions. These faults are considered weak and their motion cannot be explained using standard Byerlee friction and Andersonian fault mechanics. One proposed mechanism for weak fault slip is reduction of effective normal stress induced by high pore-fluid pressure. This mechanism is likely to allow dilation of the fault zone and, therefore, affect the particle-size distribution of fault breccia, which has been shown to differ for unconstrained versus constrained comminution. High pore-fluid pressure can cause dilation which leads to unconstrained comminution. We analyze samples from the footwalls of two low-angle normal faults in southern California (West Salton and Whipple detachment faults) to determine the fault-rock textures and grain-size distributions (GSDs). The GSDs are fractal with fractal dimensions ranging from ∼2.6 to 3.4. The lower end of this range is thought to reflect constrained comminution and only occurs in samples from the footwall of a small-offset “minidetachment” fault about 100 m below the Whipple detachment. The higher fractal dimensions are common in cataclasites related to the main faults and also reflect constrained comminution but are overprinted by shear localization. Our GSDs are similar to those from natural and laboratory-deformed fault rocks from strong faults. We conclude that if high pore-fluid pressure aided slip on these faults, it did not strongly affect mechanisms by which brecciation occurs, implying that fluid pressure generally was sublithostatic. Independent evidence exists for lithostatic fluid pressure that having dropped or cycled to hydrostatic levelsin the minidetachment, but our GSD results suggest that periods of high fluid pressure were too short or infrequent for unconstrained comminution to have been the dominant cataclastic mechanism. Fractal dimensions of ∼2.6 for these samples suggest that little subsequent abrasion occurred due to shear localization, consistent with minor offset on the minidetachment. Main detachment footwall samples with fractal dimensions ≥3 reflect constrained comminution followed by shear-related abrasion, and suggest that seismic cycling was important in formation of main detachment cataclasites.     

Strain distribution within a km-scale,mid-crustal shear zone: The Kuckaus Mylonite Zone,Namibia

The subvertical Kuckaus Mylonite Zone (KMZ) is a km-wide, crustal-scale, Proterozoic, dextral strike-slip shear zone in the Aus granulite terrain, SW Namibia. The KMZ was active under retrograde, amphibolite to greenschist facies conditions, and deformed felsic (and minor mafic) gneisses which had previously experienced granulite facies metamorphism during the Namaqua Orogeny. Lenses of pre- to syn-tectonic leucogranite bodies are also deformed in the shear zone. Pre-KMZ deformation (D₁) is preserved as moderately dipping gneissic foliations and tightly folded migmatitic layering. Shear strain within the KMZ is heterogeneous, and the shear zone comprises anastomosing high strain ultramylonite zones wrapping around less deformed to nearly undeformed lozenges. Strain is localized along the edge of leucogranites and between gneissic lozenges preserving D₁ migmatitic foliations. Strain localization appears controlled by pre-existing foliations, grain size, and compositional anisotropy between leucogranite and granulite. The local presence of retrograde minerals indicate that fluid infiltration occurred in places, but most ultramylonite in the KMZ is free of retrograde minerals. In particular, rock composition and D₁ fabric heterogeneity are highlighted as major contributors to the strain distribution in time and space, with deformation localization along planes of rheological contrast and along pre-existing foliations. Therefore, the spatial distribution of strain in crustal-scale ductile shear zones may be highly dependent on lithology and the orientation of pre-existing fabric elements. In addition, foliation development and grain size reduction in high strain zones further localizes strain during progressive shear, maintaining the anastomosing shear zone network established by the pre-existing heterogeneity.     

湘东锡田A型花岗岩的年代学、Hf同位素、地球化学特征及其地质意义

对湘东锡田岩体进行的LA-ICP-MS定年结果表明,2个第一期中(细)粒斑状黑云母二长花岗岩样品的年龄分别为(220.9±0.6) Ma及(220.7±0.7)Ma;第二期中细粒二云母二长花岗岩的年龄为(154.4±0.7)Ma.两期花岗岩均为高钾、富碱、弱过铝质岩石.稀土元素总量较高,富集U、Th,亏损Ti、P等高场强元素和Ba、Sr等大离子亲石元素,具高的104 Ga/Al,显示A型花岗岩特征.印支期花岗岩略富集轻稀土元素,Eu异常较弱;燕山期花岗岩轻、重稀土元素分异不明显,Eu异常显著.Hf同位素研究显示,两期次花岗岩均具有较低的εHf(t)(-4.91～-11.04),亏损地幔二阶段模式年龄集中在1.6～1.8 Ga,与华夏地块古老的变质基底年龄一致.因此,锡田岩体是华夏地块古元古代地壳物质在伸展的构造背景下部分熔融的产物.锡田A型花岗岩复式岩体的确定,对于研究湖南东部在中生代印支、燕山两期构造事件中所处的构造背景具有重要意义,同时也为华南地区存在印支期A型花岗岩钨锡成矿作用增加了证据.