Geochemical signature of porphyries in the Baogutu porphyry copper belt, western Junggar, NW China

The Baogutu porphyry copper belt lies in the Darbut transitional island arc of the western Junggar, in the western section of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt in NW China. Our new petrographic results for the ore-bearing porphyry stocks in the Baogutu porphyry copper belt recognize them as diorite porphyry stocks rather than the granodiorite porphyry stocks as previously identified. The copper mineralization is hosted in the diorite, diorite porphyries and related breccias of the diorite porphyry stocks.Geochemical data indicate that the ore-bearing porphyries have a predominantly intermediate composition with a transitional character from tholeiite to calc-alkaline, and are enriched in large ion lithophile elements (LILE) and depleted in high field strength elements (HFSE) with a clear negative Nb anomaly. REE patterns show distinct enrichments in LREE relative to HREE. The rocks also exhibit high initial εNd(t) (+ 2.7 to + 6.3) ratios and low initial ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr values (0.70359–0.70397). Many samples are chemically similar to adakites (e. g. Yb < 1.9 ppm, Y < 18 ppm, Sr/Yb > 20, ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr < 0.7045). These data are consistent with a transitional island arc from immature arc to mature arc and suggest that the ore-bearing porphyry system was derived from the partial melting of multiple sources including oceanic crust and a subduction-modified mantle wedge, with melts undergoing significant crystal fractionation during convergence between the paleo-Junggar ocean and the Darbut arc.     

Imposition of a Proterozoic salient on a Palaeozoic orogen at the eastern margin of Gondwana

Regional analysis of the distribution of metamorphic fabrics and shear zones in the Palaeo-Mesoproterozoic Curnamona Province has enabled the deconstruction of a Cambrian fold arc that defines part of the eastern margin of Gondwana. We suggest a tectonic model whereby the arc formed at ca. 500 Ma, during accretion of Phanerozoic terranes to the eastern margin of Precambrian Australia. The regional fold arc is interpreted to have formed along an irregular plate margin comprising a SE-convex rigid promontory of Precambrian basement during initial accretion of the Phanerozoic terranes during the Cambrian. An early phase of dextral oblique-slip along shear zones in the south and west of the province indicates an initial WNW transport direction. As the arc was folded, a slightly later phase of sinistral oblique-slip shearing was initiated along shear zones in the east, in response to deflection of the arc around the rigid promontory.     

海南岛保亭县南好地区特列奇期地层层序的厘定

过去报道的来自海南岛南好地区南好组选层型剖面、创名地化石点等处早石炭世腕足类实为志留纪化石。在该组多个化石点发现腕足类、珊瑚、三叶虫及软骨鱼类等化石,这些化石组合指示地质时代为志留纪兰多维列世特列奇中晚期,南好组一名应予废弃。依据岩石组合、基本层序等重新厘定了志留纪足赛岭组地层层序,将足赛岭组划分为4个岩性段,代表志留纪兰多维列世特列奇中晚期的沉积。     

海南岛南好组剖析

南好组是海南岛目前使用最广泛的地层单位之一 ,代表该岛整个下石炭统 ,但其选层型为下志留统而非岩关阶 ,保亭南好地区并不存在下石炭统 ;其副层型原本是青天峡组的层型。据此 ,南好组应予废弃。根据新近发现的吉维特期胞石 Eisenackitina castor、Grahanichitina pilosa、L agenochitina amottensis;法门期牙形刺 Palmatolepisgracilis gracilis、P.gracilis sigmoidalis、Polygnathus germanus;以石燕贝类为主的岩关期腕足动物群 Spirifercf.subgrandis、Fusella cf.fornacensis、Palaeochoristites sp.、Chonetipustula sp.、Marginatia sp.、Rhipidomellaspp.和牙形刺 Siphonodella isosticha- S.cooperi组合 ;以及滑石板期—达拉期牙形刺 Mesogondolella clarki组合 ,岛西北部地区的南好组废弃后可划分出 :中泥盆统吉维特阶 (?) (组名待建 )、上泥盆统法门阶昌江组、下石炭统岩关阶鸡实组 (新名 )、大塘阶青天峡组下段及三棱山组等不同地层单元     

东营凹陷中央背斜隆起带形成机制分析

重建了东营凹陷构造演化过程 ,提出在盆地古近纪同裂陷期充填序列中 ,沙三段底界面S6′界面具有构造变格意义 ,过该界面盆地的构造应力场发生了由近南北向拉伸到NW—SE向拉伸的转换。在此基础上重新解析了盆地中央背斜隆起带 ,并指出中央背斜带是一个复合的构造系统。其东段的辛镇背斜的性质为受控于陈南铲式断层的大型伸展断弯褶皱 ,主要的活动期为Ek—Es下3 时期 ;而其西段为东营—梁家楼—现河弧形生长滑脱断裂系统的组成部分 ,主要形成于Es上3 —Es2 沉积时期。上述认识对于中央背斜隆起带油气勘探具有重要的意义。     

Sr–Nd isotopes and geochemistry of the infrastructural rocks in the Meatiq and Hafafit core complexes, Eastern Desert, Egypt: Evidence for involvement of pre-Neoproterozoic crust in the growth of Arabian–Nubian Shield

Abstract Meatiq and Hafafit core complexes are large swells in the Eastern Desert of Egypt, comprising two major tectono‐stratigraphic units or tiers. The lower (infrastructure) unit is composed of variably cataclased gneissose granites and high‐grade gneisses and schists. It is structurally overlain by Pan–African ophiolitic mélange nappes (the higher unit). The two units are separated by a low‐angle sole thrust, along which mylonites are developed. Major and trace element data indicate formation of the gneissose granites in both volcanic arc and within‐plate settings. Nevertheless, all analyzed gneissose granites and other infrastructural rocks, exhibit low initial ratios (Sr_i) (<0.7027), positive ε_Nd(t) (+4.9 to +10.3) and Neoproterozoic Nd model age (T_DM) (592–831 Ma for the gneissose granite samples). Although these values are compatible with other parts of the Arabian– Nubian Shield considered to be juvenile, the ε_Nd(t) values and several incompatible element ratios of the gneissose granites are too low to be derived from a mantle source without contribution from an older continental crust. Our geological, Sr–Nd isotopic and chemical data combined with the published zircon ages indicate the existence of a pre‐Neoproterozoic continent in the Eastern Desert that started to break up at ca 800 Ma. Rifting and subsequent events caused the formation of oceanic crust and emplacement within‐plate alkali basalts in the hinterland domains of the old continent. The emplacement of basaltic magma might have triggered melting of lower crust in the old continent and resulted in emplacement of the within‐plate granite masses between 700 Ma and 626 Ma. The granite masses and other rocks in the old continent have been subjected to deformation during the over‐thrusting of Pan–African nappes, probably because of the oblique convergence between East and West Gondwanaland. Rb–Sr isotopes of the gneissose granites in both Meatiq and Hafafit core complexes defines an isochron age of 619 ± 25 Ma with Sr_i of 0.7009 ± 0.0017 and mean squares of weighted deviates = 2.0. We interpret this age as the date of thrusting of the Pan–African nappes in the Eastern Desert. Continued oblique convergence between East and West Gondwanaland could have resulted in the formation northwest–southeast‐trending Meatiq and Hafafit anticlinoriums.     

Changes in the Diffuse CO2 Emission and Relation to Seismic Activity in and around El Hierro, Canary Islands

Significant changes in the diffuse emission of carbon dioxide were recorded in a geochemical station located at El Hierro, Canary Islands, before the occurrence of several seismic events during 2004. Two precursory CO₂ efflux increases started thirteen and nine days before two seismic events of magnitude 2.3 and 1.7, which took place near El Hierro Island, Canary Islands, on March 23 and April 15, reaching a maximun value of 51.1 and 46.2 g m⁻² d⁻¹, respectively, five and eight days before the two seismic events. Other similar increases started thirteen and five days before the occurrence of two seismic events of magnitude 1.3 and 1.5 which took place on October 15 and 21 respectively, reaching the maximum values four and one day before the earthquakes. These changes were not related to variations in atmospheric or soil parameters. The Material Failure Forecast Method (FFM), which analyzes the rate of precursory phenomena, was successfully applied to forecast the first seismic event that took place in El Hierro Island in 2004.     

海南岛及邻区地壳三维P波速度结构

利用海南岛及邻区1999——2005年9个地震数字化台站记录到的3 500余条区域初至波到时资料,确定了海南岛及邻区地壳三维P波速度结构. 结果表明,该区域浅部上地壳的波速异常与地表地质构造有一定的相关性,即王五——文教断裂带以北地区波速较低,而以南地区为相对高的波速异常区. 这与琼北地区为凹陷、并伴有多期火山活动和较高的地热背景,而琼中南地区为较稳定的隆起等构造特征相一致. 在其中下地壳,琼东地区相对琼西地区波速较低,可能暗示了地幔热物质上涌等动力学过程. 波速异常分布模式还暗示出北西向断裂带(如铺前——清澜断裂带)较浅,而近东西向的王五——文教断裂带较深,有可能延伸至莫霍面或更深.      

巴西圆盘试验问题与三维抗拉强度准则

巴西圆盘抗拉强度公式是基于弹性力学平面问题解析解,利用最大拉应力准则得到的,但结果与直接拉伸试验得到的强度有较大的差异。根据10种岩石（煤）的直接拉伸试验与弧形劈裂试验数据,分析了弧形加载面积对应圆心角对试样3维应力状态的影响规律,并采用三维抗拉强度准则来分析巴西试样,结果表明此准则更适合于巴西圆盘试验。     

长江口九段沙的形成演变及其与南北槽发育的关系

根据１８４２～１９９５年的地形图和１９９６、１９９７年的野外观测,探讨了九段沙和南北槽的形成历史及形成后的演变过程。研究表明：九段沙是原铜沙浅滩南沿经涨、落潮槽对切贯通后形成的,北槽和北港一样最初原形是涨潮槽;南槽的前身是南港下段。九段沙形成以来具有趋势性和非趋势性两种冲淤变化。前者表现为扩大、淤高和位置向下游移动,后者反映在南北两侧的频繁冲淤。九段沙和南北槽在冲淤上存在相互制约关系。目前,南北槽河势已进入相对稳定时期。