Serpentinite textural evolution related to tectonically controlled solid-state intrusion along the Kurosegawa Belt, northwestern Kanto Mountains, central Japan

Abstract   Serpentinite bodies in the Kurosegawa Belt are mapped along fault boundaries between the Cretaceous Sanchu Group (forearc basin-fill sediments) and the rocks of the Southern Chichibu Belt (Jurassic to Early Cretaceous accretionary prism) in the northwestern Kanto Mountains, central Japan. The serpentinites were divided into three types based on microtextures and combinations of serpentine minerals: massive, antigorite and chrysotile serpentinites. Massive serpentinite retains initial pseudomorphic textures without any deformation after serpentinization. Antigorite serpentinite exhibits shape-preferred orientation of antigorite replacing the original lizardite and/or chrysotile to form pseudomorphs. It has porphyroclasts of chromian spinel, and is characterized by ductile deformation under relatively high-pressure–temperature conditions. Chrysotile serpentinite shows evidence for overprinting of pre-existing serpentinite features under shallow, low-temperature conditions. It exhibits unidirectional development of chrysotile fibers. Foliations in antigorite and chrysotile serpentinites strike parallel to the elongate direction of the serpentinite bodies, suggesting a continuous deformation during solid-state intrusion along the fault zones after undergoing complete serpentinization at deeper levels (lower crust and upper mantle).     

造山后脉岩组合的岩石成因——对岩石圈拆沉作用的约束

造山后脉岩组合是在寄主岩基冷却之后形成的，可能是造山带应力场转换的标志。昆仑造山带早中生代末期以及太行山-燕山造山带晚中生代花岗质岩基中广泛出露这种类型的脉岩，可划分为煌斑岩质，玄武质，闪长质，花岗闪长质．花岗质和富硅花岗质等5组。主元素和痕量元素分析表明它们是不同的原生岩浆固结的产物，相互之间不存在重要的分离结晶，同化混染和岩浆混合作用的关系，因而要求软流圈／岩石圈系统不同圈层的源区岩石同时达到部分熔融的条件。结合已有的高温高压实验，区域岩石圈结构和地质事件序列的分析，认为岩石圈拆沉作用是造山后脉岩组合形成的最合理触发机制。简单热模拟表明，软流圈窗顶界埋深达到一定深度时（例如昆仑造山带为82km），可以满足处于不同深度位置的中性麻粒岩，基性榴辉岩和地幔橄榄岩同时发生部分熔融。这时，岩石圈／软流圈系统可以有6～8个产生岩浆的位置。热的软流圈物质快速涌入软流圈窗，不仅触发地幔岩的减压熔融，也可能导致区域构造应力场由挤压转换为伸展，为岩浆的快速侵位创造了条件。所提供的岩石成因模型可以更合理地解释造山后脉岩组合的地质特征，主元素和痕量元素特征，也可以满足同位素体系变异所要求的条件。     

川西北磁组构演化及其揭示的应变特征

对龙门山褶皱冲断带北段前锋带至四川盆地边缘的川西北地区进行了磁组构研究.在江油和广元之间,沿着垂直于龙门山构造走向的4条采样路线,在18个采样点钻取了173个定向样品,样品采自侏罗纪和白垩纪砂岩及粉砂质泥岩.综合分析表明川西北磁组构反映的是新生代的变形,并在研究区域内总结出了3类磁组构:沉积磁组构、初始变形磁组构和铅笔状磁组构.除沉积磁组构之外的所有采样点样品的K1优势方向都是NE-SW向,说明研究区域的最大主压应力方向为NW-SE向,主要来源于龙门山褶皱冲断带.在垂直于龙门山褶皱冲断带构造走向上,从四川盆地到龙门山前锋,磁组构由沉积磁组构逐渐变为初始变形磁组构,直至铅笔状磁组构,说明盆地内部应变十分微弱,靠近造山带应变逐渐增强,且侏罗纪、白垩纪以来研究区的构造变形主要集中在造山带边缘或者还未传递到盆地内部.     

龙泉关韧性剪切带同变形花岗岩的构造特征及其独居石定年

龙泉关韧性剪切带强变形部位发育一系列平行剪切带走向展布的花岗岩脉体，构造变形特征表明它们可能是同变形花岗岩，是剪切作用下围岩部分熔融的产物。通过独居石电子探针定年，测得龙泉关韧性剪切带的年龄分别为：主变形幕发生于1877～1846Ma，第2个变形幕发生于1812-1782Ma，晚期1725Ma左右又经历了流体活动。龙泉关韧性剪切带的发生、发展与华北克拉通中部带古元古代晚期的变质事件同期，是东、西陆块碰撞的一个主要剪切带。     

北祁连山东段海原一带海原群变质岩原岩恢复及其构造背景

对海原群的岩石组成、原岩性质和构造环境的研究表明,海原群中云母片岩、石英片岩的原岩是泥质岩、杂砂岩等,大理岩、石英岩的原岩为白云岩-灰岩、石英砂岩或硅质岩,绿片岩和角闪岩的原岩为基性火山岩或次火山岩,蛇纹岩的原岩为超镁铁质岩.变质沉积岩的形成构造环境判别结果表明,它们形成于活动大陆边缘,介于岛弧与稳定陆缘之间.变质基性火山岩主要亦介于岛弧拉斑玄武岩与板内玄武岩之间,部分显示洋脊玄武岩的特征.认为海原群形成于岛弧-弧后盆地的构造环境.     

Major Characteristics of the Lajishan Orogenic Belt of the South Qilian Mountains and Its Geotectonic Attribute

The Lajishan orogenic belt is one of the E-W-trending Caledonian erogenic belts within the Qinling-Qilian orogenic system. It was formed upon the Jiningian basement by intensive taphrogenesis. Its major characteristics comprise the prominent faulting along the north and south boundaries, the highly complicated petrological and petro-geochemical features of the volcanic rock series, and the development of a new type of ophiolite suite. In terms of tectonic analysis and the sequential analysis of tectonic settings of magmatic rocks, it is suggested that the Lajishan orogenic belt has undergone a complete "opening-closing" cycle, which can be further divided into 3 second-order "opening-closing" cycles. The composite characteristics of the "opening-closing" movement show that Laji Mountain is a typical fault orogenic belt. The fault orogenic belt is one of the most important types of intracontinental orogens. It is of critical theoretical and practical significance to summarize the characteristics and the     

Differential exhumation of tectonic units and ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks in the Dabie Mountains, China

A model involving buoyancy, wedging and thermal doming is postulated to explain the differential exhumation of ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) metamorphic rocks in the Dabie Mountains, China, with an emphasis on the exhumation of the UHP rocks from the base of the crust to the upper crust by opposite wedging of the North China Block (NCB). The Yangtze Block was subducted northward under the NCB and Northern Dabie microblock, forming UHP metamorphic rocks in the Triassic (240–220 Ma). After delamination of the subduction wedge, the UHP rocks were exhumed rapidly to the base of the crust by buoyancy (220–200 Ma). Subsequently, when the left-lateral Tan–Lu transform fault began to be activated, continuous north–south compression and uplifting of the orogen forced the NCB to be subducted southward under the Dabie Orogen (`opposite subduction'). Opposite subduction and wedging of the North China continental crust is responsible for the rapid exhumation of the UHP and South Dabie Block units during the Early Jurassic, at ca 200–180 Ma at a rate of ∼ 3.0 mm/year. The UHP eclogite suffered retrograde metamorphism to greenschist facies. Rapid exhumation of the North Dabie Block (NDB) occurred during 135–120 Ma because of thermal doming and granitoid formation during extension of continental margin of the Eurasia. Amphibolite facies rocks from NDB suffered retrograde metamorphism to greenschist facies. Different unit(s) and terrane(s) were welded together by granites and the wedging ceased. Since 120–110 Ma, slow uplift of the entire Dabie terrane is caused by gravitational equilibrium.     

SLC Method and Earthquakes' Clustering Features in Time-Space in the Top Area of the Kunlun-Altun-Arc

By using the SLC(Single-Link Cluster)method,this study worked in three respects:(a)set up three-dimensional(3-D)SLC software that can deal with a large catalogue of earthquakes and analyze the characteristics of earthquakes' clustering and scattering in time-space:(b)defined several parameters to describe the distinguishing feature for the SLC frame and developed a technique to calculate the 3-D SLC frames and these parameters with gradual time-sliding,and inspected their variations with time,especially before large events; and(c)by using these means,treated the earthquake catalogue in the top area of the Kunlun-Altun-Arc as well as some valuable results that had been obtained.     

Paleoseismic events and the 1596 Keicho-Fushimi large earthquake produced by a slip on the Gosukebashi fault at the eastern Rokko Mountains,Japan

Field surveys and trench excavation investigations revealed that there were at least four large seismic events produced by slips on the Gosukebashi fault in the Holocene in the southeastern Rokko Mountains of Japan. The characteristics of deformed topographies and three-dimensionally excavated exposures show that this fault is a right-lateral strike–slip fault having an average slip rate of 1.0 mm/year, with a reverse displacement component. The principle indicators of past faulting events are: (i) termination of secondary faults; (ii) sedimentary deposits related to faulting; and (iii) injection veins of fault gouge related to seismic faulting in the fractured zone. Radiocarbon dates indicate that the events occurred pre-1660 BC , 1660 BC –220 AD , from ～ 30–220 to 600 AD and 15th century AD . The youngest event is probably associated with the large 1596 AD Keicho-Fushimi earthquake which occurred in the area around Kyoto and Kobe Cities. The second younger event is probably correlated with the 416 AD Yamato earthquake, which is the oldest historic earthquake in Japanese historic records. The results of trench surveys show that the horizontal displacement produced by an individual event is ～ 1.5 m, and the recurrence of seismic event intervals is ～ 1200 years in the Gosukebashi fault.