Zircon recycling and crystallization during formation of chromite- and Ni-arsenide ores in the subcontinental lithospheric mantle (Serranía de Ronda,Spain)

The ultramafic massifs of the Serranía de Ronda (namely Ronda, Ojén and Carratraca) are portions of Proterozoic (∼1.2–1.8 Ga) subcontinental lithospheric mantle (SCLM) affected by partial melting and infiltration of melts. The latter of these events was broadly coeval with the tectonic emplacement of the peridotites into the continental crust in the Early Miocene. This resulted in the formation of chromite and Ni-arsenide ores (Cr-Ni) associated with orthopyroxenites and cordieritites. Six zircons recovered from a massive chromitite sample from the Ronda massif yield both concordant and discordant ages between 2309 ± 37 Ma and 109 ± 15 Ma, and δ¹⁸O between 8.3‰ and 9.4‰. Two Proterozoic ages obtained for zircons of this population (1815 ± 9 Ma and 1794 ± 17 Ma) are identical, within error, to those of zircons reported previously in the garnet pyroxenites of Ronda (1783 ± 37 Ma). Similarly, concordant Early Jurassic (192 ± 13 Ma) and Cretaceous ages (109 ± 15 Ma) obtained from the core and rim, respectively, of a single zircon from the chromitite are also consistent with the ages (180 ± 5 Ma, 178 ± 6 Ma, and 131 ± 3 Ma) already reported for magmatic zircons from corunudum-bearing garnet pyroxenites in the Ronda massif. The observation that chromitites and garnet-pyroxenites contain similar populations of zircons suggests that the parental melts of chromitites inherited zircons from their protolithic garnet pyroxenites, representing relics of oceanic/arc crust recycled in the mantle. Eleven zircons recovered from a massive cordieritite associated with chromitite in the Ronda massif yield scattered concordant and discordant ages between 568 Ma and 21 Ma, with correspondingly variable δ¹⁸O (4.8–13.5‰) and unradiogenic Hf-isotope ratios (ε_Hf(t) from −12.36 to −4.43). The youngest age is concordant at 21.18 ± 0.4 Ma and matches the ages of zircons from the chromitite (weighted average age of 20.4 ± 0.87 Ma, n = 4) and a plagioclasite dyke (scattering between 20.1 ± 0.2 Ma and 17.9 ± 0.1 Ma; n = 11) associated with the Cr-Ni mineralization in the Ojén massif. These zircons show similar unradiogenic Hf-(ε_Hf(t) between −14.5 and −7.6) and heavy O-isotope compositions (δ¹⁸O = 11.3–12.4‰). A sample of the massive cordieritite hosting the chromitites contains abundant zircons that yield scattered concordant, sub-concordant and discordant U-Pb ages varying from 33.8 ± 1 Ma to 781 ± 10 Ma; these zircons (n = 21) have variable U-contents (105–13900 ppm) and Th/U ratios (0.003–0.8). On the basis of O- and Hf-isotope compositions, these zircons define three populations independently of their ages: (1) grains with consistent high δ¹⁸O (6.1–12.7‰) and negative ε_Hf(t) (from −14.42 to −6.88); (2) grains with high δ¹⁸O (7.6–11.1‰) and positive ε_Hf(t) (3.10–4.84); and (3) grains with δ¹⁸O < 5.5‰ typical of mantle values. We suggest that zircons from this cordieritite with U-Pb ages older than Miocene are inherited, and were incorporated physically into the SCLM by fluids or melts produced during dehydration-melting of the crustal rocks wrapping the peridotite massifs. The population of Early Miocene zircons found in the chromitites and associated cordieritites and the plagioclasite dyke in the mineralization of the Ojén massif date the crustal emplacement of the peridotites and, therefore, the formation of the Cr-Ni ores. We propose a model in which the unique Cr-Ni mineralizations found in the ultramafic rocks of the Serranía de Ronda were formed as a result of contamination of the SCLM with crustal components.     

滇西腾冲地块高黎贡山群早志留世变质花岗岩体的年代学、地球化学特征及意义

西南特提斯构造带广泛发育的早古生代岩浆岩是冈瓦纳大陆边缘原特提斯洋增生造山作用的产物,目前报导的岩浆岩侵位时代在536~448Ma。本文通过LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年,在腾冲地块东缘高黎贡山群中首次发现了年轻至~437Ma的片麻状花岗质岩体,并结合其锆石Hf同位素和全岩主微量地球化学特征,进一步制约原特提斯洋构造演化过程。样品主量元素显示此片麻状花岗岩体具有高硅(SiO_2=72.78%~73.69%)、富碱(K_2O+Na_2O=7.23%~8.70%)的过铝质(A/CNK=1.08~1.12)特征,微量元素显示此岩体相对富集轻稀土元素、大离子亲石元素(K、Rb)和Pb,亏损高场强元素(Nb、Ta、P、Zr、Ti)以及Ba、Sr、Eu。综合岩石样品的矿物组合特征和地球化学特征,判断该岩体为S型花岗岩,源于以砂屑岩为主的沉积岩类的部分熔融,且源区有斜长石的残留。锆石εHf(t)值(-9.8~-6.2)和二阶段模式年龄tDM2(2.0~1.8Ga)也表明其源于古老地壳沉积物,且无幔源物质加入。根据全岩锆饱和温度计和锆石Ti温度计得出其岩浆从源区发生部分熔融到固结的过程中,温度从794℃左右下降到约754℃。熔浆温度较高,推测源区部分熔融过程中有地幔热的供给。综合前人研究成果,冈瓦纳大陆边缘在早古生代依次经历了原特提斯洋板片俯冲(ca.530~510Ma)、地块群增生与洋板片断离(ca.510~490Ma)、岩石圈挤压增厚(ca.490~475Ma)和岩石圈地幔拆沉(ca.470~460Ma)。岩石圈地幔拆沉将导致软流圈上涌及随后大陆岩石圈的持续伸展。腾冲地块侵位于~437Ma的花岗质岩体系该拆沉构造后的伸展环境中,以砂屑岩为主的古老地壳沉积岩在地幔热的供给下发生部分熔融的产物。     

用Rayleigh面波方位各向异性研究中国大陆岩石圈形变特征

中国大陆地质构造历史非常复杂,岩石圈长期积累的形变较大,而利用地震面波传播的各向异性是研究岩石圈形变特征的强有力手段. 本文利用双台窄带通滤波-互相关方法与基于图像分析的相速度频散曲线提取技术,提取Rayleigh面波相速度频散资料,进而反演中国大陆及邻区20～120 s周期Rayleigh面波相速度方位各向异性空间分布图像. 检测板测试结果显示：中国大陆大部分区域的方位各向异性横向分辨率在5°左右. 各向异性研究结果表明：中国大陆地壳上地幔方位各向异性特征存在显著的空间差异,反映出形变特征的空间差异;104°E以东地区地壳上地幔各向异性弱于西部地区,表明其构造变形总体弱于西部地区. 青藏地块及其东缘地区地壳与上地幔顶部变形最为强烈. 但东部的局部地区如华南地块与珠江口地区、鄂尔多斯盆地西南缘以及秦岭-大别造山带,较强的各向异性显示这些区域在不同时期也经历了强变形. 青藏地块内中短周期快波方向自西向东顺时针旋转变化可能指示板块碰撞与挤压过程中软弱物质的流变方向. 青藏地块西部中下地壳和上地幔形变模式相似,可能处于壳幔耦合状态;而中东部及东缘地区地壳上地幔形变模式存在明显差异,壳幔似乎不具备垂直连贯的形变特征. 位于青藏地块北部的塔里木盆地、柴达木盆地以及祁连褶皱带同样经历了强变形. 包括四川盆地在内的上扬子地块快波方向的变化显示中地壳与下地壳上地幔形变模式不同,而形变特征一致的下地壳与上地幔应为强耦合. 大约以103°E为界,龙门山断裂带可分为南西段和北东段,南西段处于低速区,而北东段位于高速区,且方位各向异性强度明显大于南西段;2008年5月12日汶川M_S8.0级地震沿断裂带的单侧破裂模式除与北东段的高应力积累有关外,还可能与北东段地下介质物性存在密切关系,高速坚硬岩体的发育有利于应变能的积累与集中释放.     

Three-dimensional admittance analysis of lithospheric elastic thickness over the Louisville Ridge

Using bathymetry and altimetric gravity anomalies, a 1° 9 1° lithospheric effective elastic thickness(Te) model over the Louisville Ridge and its adjacent regions is calculated using the moving window admittance technique. For comparison, three bathymetry models are used: general bathymetric charts of the oceans, SIO V15.1,and BAT_VGG. The results show that BAT_VGG is more suitable for calculating T e than the other two models. T e along the Louisville Ridge was re-evaluated. The southeast of the ridge has a medium Te of 10–20 km, while Te increases dramatically seaward of the Tonga-Kermadec trench as a result of the collision of the Pacific and IndoAustralian plates.     

雷琼地区晚新生代玄武岩地球化学：EM2成分来源及大陆岩石圈地幔的贡献

对雷琼地区21个晚新生代玄武岩样品的主量、微量元素和Sr、Nd、Pb同位素分别用湿化学法、ICP-MS和MC-ICPMS进行了测定.这些玄武岩主要为石英拉斑玄武岩,其次为橄榄拉斑玄武岩和碱性玄武岩.大多数样品的微量元素和同位素成分与洋岛玄武岩(OIBs)相似,而且随着SiO_2不饱和度增加,不相容元素含量也增加.除R4-1可能受到地壳混染外,其他样品相对均一的Nd同位素(ε_(Nd)=2.5-6.0)以及变化明显但范围有限的Sr同位素(0.703106～0.704481),可能继承了地幔源区的特征.~(87)Sr/~(86)Sr与~(206)Pb/~(204)Pb的正相关和~(143)Nd/~(144)Nd与~(206)Pb/~(204)Pb的负相关特征暗示DM(软流圈地幔)与EM2(岩石圈地幔)的混合.地幔捕虏体的同位素特征暗示EM2成分不可能存在于尖晶石橄榄岩地幔,而La/Yb和Sm/Yb系统表明岩浆由石榴石橄榄岩部分熔融产生,这意味着EM2成分可能存在于石榴石橄榄岩地幔.雷琼地区玄武岩的地球化学变化可以用软流圈地幔为主的熔体加入不同比例石榴石橄榄岩地幔不同程度熔融产生的熔体来解释:碱性玄武岩和橄榄拉斑玄武岩是软流圈熔体与石榴石橄榄岩地幔较低程度(7%～9%)熔融体混合,而石英拉斑玄武岩是软流圈熔体与石榴石橄榄岩地幔较高程度(10%～20%)熔融体的混合.     

利用外部DEM辅助山区SAR立体像对匹配及地形制图

SAR立体像对的匹配是利用雷达摄影测量技术提取地形高程信息的关键,匹配精度将直接影响结果 DEM的高程精度。针对山区SAR立体像对匹配过程中同名点选取困难的问题,引入外部粗分辨率DEM作为辅助数据,将该DEM高程转换为视差,为匹配提供初值,同时采用金字塔匹配策略,不仅可以缩小搜索范围,提高搜索效率,而且能够减少粗差的产生。试验结果表明,采用外部DEM辅助之后,匹配粗差点数量相对于传统的雷达摄影测量处理结果明显减少,从而有效地提高了高程信息提取重建的精度。     

岩溶天生桥纵向分层旅游开发方式——以重庆黔江蒲花天生桥群为例

本文按发育岩性(可溶岩和非可溶岩), 发育规模(如桥高、拱高、跨度等), 桥下河谷的发育特征(常年性、季节性河流和干谷), 及发育成因(地表和地下), 提出天生桥的4大分类方案, 简要介绍和概括了近年来中国发现的典型岩溶天生桥的类型、分布格局、发育规模及景观组合和对比特征。然后以重庆黔江蒲花天生桥群为例, 初步分析和探讨了它的形成与演化, 系统分析和评价了它的资源系统, 通过与黔江区、武陵山区旅游资源及国内其它相似景区的对比, 概括其资源特色为“一河两桥三窗”, 并结合其市场条件, 将旅游开发主题定格为“桥下游暗河, 桥上走天桥, 上游漂激流”, 提出“一心二带一区三环”的功能布局, 探讨不同功能区的开发思路, 划分出主导、重要和配套3个层次的旅游产品项目, 构建连通桥上桥下的三大游览环线, 设计出“河-人-桥”三位一体的灯光效果。最后, 通过对中国典型岩溶天生桥旅游开发方式的概括、对比和分析, 提出岩溶天生桥纵向分层旅游开发方式, 并概括出3大分层方式: (1)“桥下观光, 桥上保护”式; (2)“桥下桥上观光”式; (3)“桥下保护, 桥上观光”式。     

南沙地块内破裂不整合与碰撞不整合的构造分析

廷贾断裂以东的南沙地块与南海北部陆缘共轭,因此其构造过程研究对认识整个南海的构造演化具有重要意义.地震资料和区域构造背景分析揭示,破裂不整合面(BU)和碰撞不整合面(CU)是控制南沙地块内盆地演化的骨架界面;为了揭示南沙地块内的主要构造过程,本文利用地震剖面分析和数值模拟的方法,侧重对两个重要界面开展构造分析.结果显示...     

Strain rate of the South American lithospheric plate by SIRGAS-CON geodetic observations

A multiyear solution of the SIRGAS-CON network was used to estimate the strain rates of the earth surface from the changing directions of the velocity vectors of 140 geodetic points located in the South American plate. The strain rate was determined by the finite element method using Delaunay triangulation points that formed sub-networks; each sub-network was considered a solid and homogeneous body. The results showed that strain rates vary along the South American plate and are more significant on the western portion of the plate, as expected, since this region is close to the subduction zone of the Nazca plate beneath the South American plate. After using Euler vectors to infer Nazca plate movement and to orient the velocity vectors of the South American plate, it was possible to estimate the convergence and accommodation rates of the Nazca and South American plates, respectively. Strain rate estimates permitted determination of predominant contraction and/or extension regions and to establish that contraction regions coincide with locations with most of the high magnitude seismic events. Some areas with extension and contraction strains were found to the east within the stable South American plate, which may result from different stresses associated with different geological characteristics. These results suggest that major movements detected on the surface near the Nazca plate occur in regions with more heterogeneous geological structures and multiple rupture events. Most seismic events in the South American plate are concentrated in areas with predominant contraction strain rates oriented northeast-southwest; significant amounts of elastic strain can be accumulated on geological structures away from the plate boundary faults; and, behavior of contractions and extensions is similar to what has been found in seismological studies.     

Miocene low-angle detachments and upper crust megaboudinage in the Mt. Amiata geothermal area (Northern Apennines,Italy)

Information from surface and subsurface geology (boreholes and seismic reflection lines) are used to depict the geometry of the extensional structures (low-angle normal faults and related Tuscan Nappe megaboudins) affecting the Mt. Amiata geothermal area and developed during the early stage of the extensional tectonics which affected the inner Northern Apennines and Tyrrhenian Sea from the Early-Middle Miocene. Normal faulting involved the thickened middle-upper crust after the collisional stage and, in the Mt. Amiata region, took place over relatively short periods (5-7 Ma) characterised by rapid extensional strain rates. Normal faults showing articulated geometry (flat-ramp-flat) characterised by subhorizontal detachments (flats) and synthetic ramps, caused widespread megaboudinage mainly in the sedimentary tectonic units and particularly in the Tuscan Nappe. Evaporites occurring at the base of the Tuscan Nappe, the deepest sedimentary tectonic unit of the Northern Apennines, controlled the geometry of the faults, and rift-raft tectonics may be the style of this first extensional phase. Three Tuscan Nappe extensional horses (megaboudins) have been recognised in the subsurface of the Mt. Amiata area. They are characterised, in map view, by elliptical shapes and show a mean NNW-SSE lengthening. They are delimited at the base and at the top by east-dipping flats, while their western and eastern margins coincide with east-dipping ramps. On the whole, considering their geometrical features, these megaboudins correspond to extensional horses belonging to an asymmetrical east-dipping extensional duplex system.

Rollover anticlines deformed the western ramp of the megaboudins and rotated the uppermost flat as well as all the structures previously developed, which became steeply-dipping to the west.