杂多地区喜山期花岗斑岩地球化学特征及地质意义

杂多地区花岗斑岩的麦多拉和纳日贡玛等岩体,测年结果显示年龄值分布为(40.8±0.4)Ma、(43.3±0.5)Ma,为喜山期的产物,杂多地区岩体是同一时代的产物。杂多地区多金属成矿带,包括纳日贡玛—麦多拉—乌葱察别—迪拉亿—哼赛青等斑岩型铜、铅、锌、钼、金、银等多金属矿床,微量元素(包括稀土元素),研究结果表明含矿斑岩和共生的钾质斑岩岩体在时空上具一致性,岩石化学成分均富碱(w(K2O)+w(Na2O)>5%),高K和w(K2O)/w(Na2O)值远大于1,微量元素富集Sr、Ba等大离子亲石元素和轻稀土元素等,均显示出钾玄岩和高钾系列岩石的特征,暗示杂多地区多金属成矿带的含矿斑岩属于典型的钾玄岩和高钾系列的斑岩。     

定结地区韧性剪切带变形特征与糜棱岩研究

定结地区位于喜马拉雅造山带中段 ,发育有多方向、多尺度、多层次、多期次的韧性剪切带。在剪切带中 ,各种韧性变形组构极为丰富 ,表明剪切带岩石的变形主要为韧性变形机制所致。变形岩石类型为花岗质糜棱岩、长英质糜棱岩和硅质糜棱岩 ;由于岩石受糜棱岩化作用程度的不同 ,在韧性剪切带中发育糜棱岩化岩石、初糜棱岩、糜棱岩及超糜棱岩 ;剪切带岩石的变形温度为 2 0 8～ 5 5 9℃。     

GPS数据揭示的喜马拉雅东构造结地区现今应变特征及其动力学机制

喜马拉雅东构造结位于印度与欧亚板块碰撞的前缘,是地壳缩短和构造旋转变形十分强烈的部位。本文收集东构造结及其周边区域大范围、长时段的最新GPS速度场资料,采用“二维张力样条”方法计算获得区域构造应变场,研究其现今地壳运动与构造变形特征。结果显示,高应变率区集中在喜马拉雅主逆冲断裂、实皆- 阿帕龙断裂、鲜水河- 小江断裂、东构造结的环形地区和印度东北部及缅甸西部的巴坎- 若开山脉地区,而在跨嘉黎断裂和红河断裂区域并无显著的应变。区域最大剪切应变率主要沿着实皆- 阿帕龙断裂、鲜水河- 小江断裂等构造带分布,区域最大面压缩率发生在阿萨姆东北部一带(N28°~29°、E95. 5°~96. 5°),最高量值为151. 8×10-9 a-1; 反映喜马拉雅东构造结的最强变形核心部位已经由南迦巴瓦峰地区向其东南方向发生了转移,移至位于阿萨姆东北部地区的喜马拉雅主边界逆冲断裂与阿帕龙断裂的交汇处。综合分析认为,喜马拉雅东构造结地区在印度板块强烈的楔入挤压作用下,大陆变形以地壳增厚为主,深部以黏塑性为特征的下地壳和上地幔物质的流动驱动着上覆脆性上地壳地块。     

东喜马拉雅构造结多雄拉混合岩和花岗片麻岩锆石U-Pb年龄及其地质意义

位于东喜马拉雅构造结的南迦巴瓦岩群是研究喜马拉雅构造带基底演化的重要对象之一.在构造样式上,南迦巴瓦岩群为一个背形构造,该背形构造的核部由多雄拉混合岩和花岗片麻岩组成.本文开展了南迦巴瓦岩群多雄拉混合岩的锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb定年研究.结果表明.多雄拉混合岩深色体的原岩形成年龄为1759±10Ma,浅色体的形成年龄为1594±13Ma,代表发生混合岩化的年龄.另外,一个多雄拉花岗片麻岩的原岩形成年龄为1583±6Ma,该年龄在误差范围内与区域发生混合岩化作用的时代相近,表明在混合岩化过程中存在着一定程度的地壳深熔作用.区域对比表明,低喜马拉雅和高喜马拉雅构造单元内存在着明显不同的构造一岩浆事件,其中低喜马拉雅构造单元广泛存在1.6～1.8Ga的构造-岩浆事件.与之相对比,多雄拉混合岩和花岗片麻岩的锆石U-Pb年代学说明南迦巴瓦岩群核部应属于低喜马拉雅结晶岩系,而明显不同于高喜马拉雅结晶岩系,这与西喜马拉雅构造结相似,表明东喜马拉雅构造结与西喜马拉雅构造结有着相似的地质演化.     

滇西北地区第三纪的逆冲－推覆构造

滇西北地区始新－渐新世的逆冲断裂系走向南北，向西倾，向东变晚，受新特提斯闭合和碰憧控制；中新世晚期－上新世早期的逆冲断裂系走向东西，朝北倾，与青藏高原的隆升有关，见于高原边缘。它们构成前导叠瓦扇，局部有反冲现象，以推覆距离小、影响深度浅为特征，控制了磨拉石盆地、浅成斑岩和膏盐底辟体的发育，在其西和其北分别发育与之对称的逆冲断裂系，构成科伯构造。     

GEOMORPHIC FEATURES OF EASTERN HIMALAYAN SYNTAXIS AND ITS TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS

The eastern Himalayan syntaxis is located on the leading edge of Indian-Eurasian plate collision, and the uplift rate of Namche Barwa area is higher than that of the peripheral zones, which is considered as the core position of the eastern Himalayan syntaxis(Uplift Center).It is indicated according to the recent regional earthquake observation results that, the seismic activity is poor in the area of Namche Barwa, but with strong seismic activity in its southeast region. In order to study the current geodynamical characteristics of the eastern Himalayan syntaxis, the elevation frequency distribution and hypsometry curve of Namche Barwa area, its northwest and southeast as well as the northeast Assam area is analyzed using DEM data. It is shown according to the result that, the Namche Barwa area is in the mature stage of erosion and the regional tectonic uplift and denudation are in the highly balanced status. Influenced by plateau-climate weather effect, the denudation of this area is relatively poor, which indicates that the uplift of the Namche Barwa area is relatively slow at present. The geomorphology in the northwest and southeast as well as in northeast Assam is in young evolutionary phase, belonging to erosive infancy, and the geomorphology of northeast Assam is closer to the early stage of infancy. The geomorphic evolution stage on northwest side reflects that the regional erosion is poor and it still belongs to plateau-climate area; Influenced by south subtropical monsoons, there is rich rainfall in the area from southeast Namche Barwa to Assam area, and this area still belongs to erosive infancy, even the geomorphic development degree of northeast Assam is lower as it suffers from strong erosion effect, which means that the tectonic uplift in east Namche Barwa is very intensive, and the northeast Assam has the highest uplift rate. It is considered according to the research that, under the mode that India Plate moves towards the north at present, the core position of the eastern Himalayan syntaxis(Uplift Center)moves towards the southeast, and the new core position may be located in northeast Assam, where there is intensive regional tectonic uplift with high potential of great earthquake.     

Proposed river-linking project of India: a boon or bane to nature

India is a vast country and is highly diversified in terms of natural resources and socio-economic setup. Moreover, its water resources are unevenly distributed in space and time. With increasing population and increasing aspiration for improved standard of living, there is an acute pressure on the demand and availability of water. Though the idea of interlinking of rivers is not a new concept in India, it had rather persisted long back as much as in other countries of ancient civilization. National Water Development Agency (NWDA) has given the real shape to the proposal of the interlinking of rivers of the country. In India the river-linking project in a sensible and scientific manner will not only allow the prevention of the colossal wastage of a vitally important natural resource, mitigate the flood and inundation by detaining flowing surface water of rainy seasons, but also ensure availability of water to drier areas; combating both flood and drought simultaneously. Moreover, this project will generate 34,000 MW of hydropower and irrigation of an additional 35 million hectares (135,135 square miles) of land. Though linking of rivers may initially appear to be a costly proposition in ecological, geological, hydrological and economical terms, in the long run the net benefits coming from it will far outweigh these costs or losses. However, in the absence of any definite international legal framework, Bangladesh has raised objections against the project. This paper aims at looking at this long-term plan, the project proposal, its involvement and impact not only on the states of India, India as a whole, but also on its neighbouring nations which are linked with India through the waterways, and share the common climatic conditions and economic status.     

The metamorphism in the Central Himalaya

ABSTRACT All along the Himalayan chain an axis of crystalline rocks has been preserved, made of the Higher Himalaya crystalline and the crystalline nappes of the Lesser Himalaya. The salient points of the metamorphism, as deduced from data collected in central Himalaya (central Nepal and Kumaun), are:

• 1 The Higher Himalaya crystalline, also called the Tibetan Slab, displays a polymetamorphic history with a first stage of Barrovian type overprinted by a lower pressure and/or higher temperature type metamorphism. The metamorphism is due to quick and quasi-adiabatic uplift of the Tibetan Slab by transport along an MCT ramp, accompanied by thermal refraction effects in the contact zone between the gneisses and their sedimentary cover. The resulting metamorphic pattern is an apparent (diachronic) inverse zonation, with the sillimanite zone above the kyanite zone.
• 2 Conversely, the famous inverted zonation of the Lesser Himalaya is basically a primary pattern, acquired during a one-stage prograde metamorphism. Its origin must be related to the thrusting along the MCT, with heat supplied from the overlying hot Tibetan Slab, as shown by synmetamorphic microstructures and the close geometrical relationships between the metamorphic isograds and the thrust.
• 3 Thermal equilibrium is reached between units above and below the MCT. Far behind the thrust tip there is good agreement between the maximum temperature attained in the hanging wall and the temperature of the Tibetan Slab during the second metamorphic stage; but closer to the MCT front, the thermal accordance between both sides of the thrust is due to a retrogressive metamorphic episode in the basal part of the Tibetan Slab.

     

盐池湾自然保护区喜马拉雅雪鸡的巢址选择

2005年的4～7月,采用样方法和直接观察法,对甘肃省盐池湾自然保护区喜马拉雅雪鸡(Tetraogallus himalayensis)的巢址选择进行了研究.共测量16个巢址.研究表明,喜马拉雅雪鸡的巢主要分布于3 301～3 500 m之间、多在灌丛草地和高山岩石草地、灌木下或草丛中及突出大石下、中坡以上的坡位、坡度...     

Thermobarometric constraints on the thermal history of the Main Central Thrust Zone and Tibetan Slab, eastern Nepal Himalaya

ABSTRACT The Main Central Thrust (MCT) south of Mt Everest in eastern Nepal is a 3 to 5km thick shear zone separating chlorite-bearing schist in the lower plate from sillimanite-bearing migmatitic gneiss in the overlying Tibetan Slab. The metamorphic grade increases through the MCT zone toward structurally higher levels. Previous workers have suggested that either post- or synmetamorphic thrust movement has caused this inversion of metamorphic isograds. In an effort to quantify the increase in grade and to constrain proposed structural relations between metamorphism and slip on the fault, four well-calibrated thermobarometers were applied to pelitic samples collected along two cross-strike transects through the MCT zone and Tibetan Slab. Results show an increase in apparent temperature up-section in the MCT zone from 778 K to 990 K and a decrease in temperature to ∼850 K in the lower Tibetan Slab, which is consistent with synmetamorphic thrust movement. A trend in calculated pressures across this section is less well-defined but, on average, decreases up-section with a gradient of ∼28MPa/km, resembling a lithostatic gradient. Pressure-temperature paths for zoned garnets from samples within the MCT zone, modelled using the Gibbs' Method, show a significant decrease in temperature and a slight decrease in pressure from core to rim, which might be expected for upper plate rocks during synmetamorphic thrust movement. Samples from the uppermost Tibetan Slab yield higher temperatures and pressures than those from the lower Tibetan Slab, which may be evidence for later‘resetting’ of thermobarometers by intrusion of the large amounts of leucogranite at that structural level.