The Araçuaí-West-Congo Orogen in Brazil: an overview of a confined orogen formed during Gondwanaland assembly

The Neoproterozoic Adamastor-Brazilide Ocean was generated during the breakup of the Rodinia supercontinent, and remnants of its oceanic lithosphere have been found in the Brasiliano-Pan African orogenic system that includes the Araçuaí, West-Congo, Brasília, Ribeira, Kaoko, Dom Feliciano, Damara and Gariep belts. The Araçuaí and the West-Congo belts are counterparts of the same Neoproterozoic orogen. The first belt comprises two thirds of the Araçuaí-West-Congo Orogen. This orogen is rather unique owing to its confined nature within the embayment outlined by the São Francisco and Congo cratons. In spite of this, the presence of ophiolitic remnants, and a calc-alkaline magmatic arc, indicate that the basin/orogen evolution comprise both oceanic spreading and consumption. It is assumed that coeval Paramirim and Sangha aulacogens played a key role by making room for the Araçuaí-West-Congo Basin. Sedimentary successions record all major stages of a basin that evolved from continental rift, when glaciation-related sedimentation was very significant, to passive margin. Rifting started around 1.0–0.9 Ga. The oceanic stage is constrained by an ophiolitic remnant dated at 0.8 Ga. If the cratonic bridge that once linked the São Francisco and Congo palaeocontinental regions did not hinder the opening of an ocean basin, it certainly limited its width. As a consequence, only a narrow oceanic lithosphere was generated, and it was subducted afterwards. This is also suggested by orogenic calc-alkaline granitoids occuping a small area of the orogen. Geochronological data for pre-, syn- and late-collisional granitoids indicate that the orogenic stage lasted from 625 Ma to 570 Ma. A period of magmatic quiescence was followed by intrusion of postcollisional plutons at 535–500 Ma. The features of the Araçuaí-West-Congo Orogen suggest the development of a complete Wilson Cycle in a branch of the Adamastor Ocean, which can be interpreted as a gulf with limited generation of oceanic lithosphere.     

论成矿台阶

成矿台阶系指同一成矿区，同一成矿系列的同一类型矿床的主要矿体赋存在相应的标高范围内，湘南－粤北地区，铌钽矿床的成矿台阶为640－980m;石英脉－黑钨矿床600－1400m，石英脉一白钨矿床100－400m，矽卡岩型白钨矿床100－860m;浅源重熔岩浆系列铅锌矿床600－1100m，深源同熔岩浆系列铅锌矿床－200－100m，最深可达－700m;石英脉型锡石矿床650－1400m，锡石－硫化物，蚀变花岗岩型，云英岩型锡矿床450－650m，香花岭，界牌岭锡多金属矿床－200－270m，利用成矿台阶新理念，指导上述矿床的勘查，可以收到事半功倍的探矿效果。     

勘查隐伏矿床的有效方法探讨

湘南地区找矿实践证明，就矿找矿、按成矿模式找矿、用新技术、新方法综合找矿及成矿预测与靶区验证相结合等，是勘查隐伏矿床的有效方法。隐伏矿床的找矿勘查，要以全新的观念和思路，应用新理论、新方法、进行综合研究和预测。     

北大别主簿源花岗岩和片麻岩矿物的

对大别造山带北部主簿源中生代花岗岩侵入体及其围岩片麻岩进行了矿物氧同位素分析，同时对同一样品进行了矿物 Rb- Sr内部等时线定年。结果表明，花岗岩和片麻岩矿物的氧同位素温度大小顺序为：角闪石 >磁铁矿 >榍石 >石英 >黑云母 >长石，遵循缓慢冷却条件下扩散控制的氧同位素交换封闭顺序，指示这些岩石没有受到后期热液蚀变的扰动。根据黑云母-长石-磷灰石-全岩内部 Rb- Sr等时线测定，花岗岩的年龄为 (118± 3) Ma，代表了岩浆侵位冷却年龄；片麻岩的年龄为 (122± 1) Ma，代表了片麻岩受大面积燕山期岩浆侵位热烘烤达到高温同位素平衡后的冷却年龄。因此，矿物之间的氧同位素平衡与否 ,能够对矿物 Rb- Sr体系封闭后平衡状态的保存性以及矿物内部等时线定年的有效性予直接制约。     

赣西卡林型金矿控矿条件及成矿模式

论述了赣西卡林型金矿与基底地层、地层层位、岩性、构造及岩浆岩的关系，金的迁移富集形成与条件，建立了赣西卡林型金矿的成矿模式。     

印尼多岛海沉积记录基本特征与云南古特提斯研究

以新生代印度尼西亚多岛海沉积记录作为典型分析对象 ,对陆 (岛 )海相间结构背景下的沉积作用的主要特征及其构造地理意义进行讨论。各种类型的深水沉积作用在多岛海槛式盆地中多有反映 ,但以浊积和半远洋沉积最为突出 ,典型的远洋沉积仅发育于多岛海外围的开放大洋地区。连续而持久的远洋沉积记录是判别古代洋盆规模的最有效的依据之一。云南昌宁—孟连造山带作为古特提斯多岛洋主洋盆 ,包含的以放射虫硅质岩为代表的远洋记录覆盖的地质历史至少达 130Ma。结合明显的等深流记录、可能的巨大火成区记录、巨量陆屑输入记录等多方面的证据 ,笔者认为 ,云南地区所揭示的东古特提斯的规模远非当代的印尼多岛海可比。对多岛海背景下的若干古海洋学问题也进行了讨论     

湘桂粤赣区域性位场资料的数据处理及其应用

应用位场资料(△g,△T),进行数据处理和图像综合分析技术,圈定隐伏岩体,划分区域构造,提出找矿远景区,为在该区找矿预测提供新的信息.     

嘉禾县某地汞矿床地质特征

通过对1:50 000嘉禾—塘村墟幅溪流重砂异常检查,在石炭系桂阳组地层中发现了原生汞矿床。矿体呈似层状、透镜状,主要矿石矿物为辰砂、少量辉锑矿,人工重砂中见银汞齐。矿石含Hg0.0004～0.416%,Ag0.23～47.37ppm,伴生元素Se含量较高,达15～43ppm。矿化严格受石炭系桂阳组(相当于岩关组邵东段)深灰色厚层状细晶云岩、中厚层碎裂化灰质云岩及北西西向断裂控制。围岩蚀变简单,仅见白云石化、方解石化及微弱的硅化。整个汞矿化带的分布受区域性近南北向断层控制。在该区1:200 000重砂扫面中圈定了很多辰砂异常,对这些异常进行进一步检查有可能发现新矿体。     

KINEMATIC FEATURES OF TECTONIC DEFORMATION OF TERRANES IN THE XIZANG (TIBETAN) TETHYAN BELT

From the point of view of plate kinematics a unified convergence velocity model is employed to derive a series of kinematic equations for deformation of Himalaya and Lhasa-Gangdise terranes during the Himalayan orogeny.These equations describe terrane shortening,crust-upper mantle thickening,lateral strike-slip movement,plateau surface uplift,erosion planation and isostatic height of the crust,etc.These kinematic equations for terrane deformation derived on the basis of mass conservat     

Kinematics, structure and relationship to metamorphism of the east-west flow in the Sanbagawa Belt, southwest Japan

Abstract Deformation in the Sanbagawa Belt is characterized by ductile flow in an east-west direction sub-parallel to its length. The east-west flow (D₁) caused large-scale recumbent folding of the metamorphic sequence in central Shikoku, which can explain the inverted thermal structure of this region. Chemical zoning of metamorphic minerals associated with D₁ microstructures also suggest that the east-west flow developed under retrograde conditions. D₁ is therefore related to exhumation rather than subduction processes. A variety of kinematic indicators show that during the east-west flow, deformation was partitioned into structurally continuous domains with opposed senses of shear. This suggests that bulk deformation was not simple shear but included a component of flattening.