Rare-earth elements in Oligo-Miocenic pelitic sediments from Lagonegro Basin,southern Apennines,Italy: implications for provenance and source area weathering

The Lagonegro Units are a part of the southern Apennines orogenic wedge. The age of the Lagonegro successions ranges from lower–middle Triassic to Oligo-Miocene. During late Cretaceous and Oligocene the deposition of calcareous-clastic sediments occurred interbedded with shales (Flysch Rosso Fm). During Oligocene and early Miocene, in the Mediterranean area, an important variation of the tectonic regime occurred, and siliciclastic sediments of the Numidian Basin unconformably lay on the Meso-Cenozoic units of the Lagonegro Basin. In the Lucanian Apennine, the Aquitanian–Langhian Numidian Flysch Fm overlies the Flysch rosso Fm. The shales of the Flysch rosso Fm have a peculiar geochemical fingerprint relative to typical shales of post-Archean age. The abundance of Ni and Cr is significantly higher and the HREE chondrite-normalized patterns are steep with a (Gd/Yb)_ch>2. A supply of material from the African Archean terranes could be the cause. The palaeo-weathering indices record changes at the source, reflecting variations in the tectonic regime. The oldest samples are derived from an environment in which steady-state weathering conditions prevailed, whereas the youngest samples are related to non-steady-state weathering conditions. This difference could record deformational events that affected the Mediterranean area during the Oligocene and early Miocene. The sample at the top of the studied log has very high silica content and an abundant coarse grain-sized fraction. This suggests that this sample belongs to the Numidian Flysch Fm. The geochemical proxies of this sample are different from those associated with samples from the Flysch rosso Fm, indicating that the source-area of the Numidian Flysch Fm did not include the Archean terranes.     

Provenance of Oligocene synorogenic sediments of the Ligurian Alps (NW Italy): inferences on belt age and cooling history

Mineral chemistry, ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar geochronology on white micas and Apatite Fission Track Thermochronology (AFTT), are applied here to study the provenance of the synorogenic Molare Formation (lowermost unit of the Tertiary Piedmont Basin clastic sequence). The Molare Formation was deposited during transgression onto the Ligurian Alps nappe stack in the Early Oligocene. Depositional facies show that clastic distribution remained transversal, with local sources located just landward from the coastline. Phengite mineral chemistry together with ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar data clearly shows two distinctive source areas, each one mirroring the composition of the basement directly beneath the clastic sequence. Amphibole mineral chemistry allows second order provenance distinctions within each sector, reflecting heterogeneous metamorphic evolution of the bedrock complexes. Integrated ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar dating and AFTT suggest that, following a fast cooling/exhumation episode of the Ligurian Alps during the Oligocene, very little net uplift has since occurred. This is due to a period of general subsidence from the Oligocene–Late Miocene followed by comparable uplift from Late Miocene–Pliocene to the present. In general our data provide an image of the Ligurian Alps during the Oligocene, which is very similar to the present-day one.This revised version was published online in September 2003.     

新疆巴音布鲁克乔霍特铜矿区钾长花岗岩中钾长石的^40Ar-^39Ar年龄及其地质意义

采用单矿物40Ar-39Ar同位素年代学方法,对乔霍特铜矿区钾长花岗岩中钾长石进行精确的年龄测定,获得坪年龄为274.78±0.44 Ma,等时线年龄为272.7±3.0 Ma.鉴于该钾长花岗岩体形成之后未见构造变形和热液蚀变现象,因此40Ar-39Ar同位素年龄代表钾长花岗岩中钾长石结晶年龄,即钾长花岗岩体的结晶晚期年龄.根据钾长花岗岩体和乔霍特铜矿体的空间关系、铜矿石的品位变化、钾长花岗岩和铜矿石的稀土元素特征及铜矿石流体包裹体氢氧同位素组成等,认为乔霍特铜矿床的成矿作用直接与钾长花岗岩的侵入活动有关,钾长花岗岩中钾长石结晶年龄基本上代表乔霍特铜矿床成矿时代的下限.     

藏北双湖地区上三叠统肖茶卡群的重新厘定及其地质意义

在双湖地区肖茶卡一带上三叠统肖茶卡群中发现2套砾岩，根据岩石组合、生物化石和界面特征，以2套砾岩为标志层。将原肖茶卡群分解为3个组级岩石地层单位，由下至上分别为肖切堡组、角木茶卡组和日干配错组。从岩石地层、生物地层和层序地层方面阐述了3个组级地层单位的特征和划分的意义。     

一种事件沉积的标志——陆相流水波痕

本文从现代洪水事件作用可以形成大片不对称流水波痕入手,“将今论古”,发现古代地层剖面中也有大量水下至水上的沉积旋回序列,每个旋回单元与下伏岩层为突变接触。水下沉积环境富含不对称流水波痕,水上则为富含泥裂,它们系为洪水事件沉积产物。这些洪水事件具有不同的规模和级别,在地学上具有重要意义。     

碎屑岩的物质成分、物质来源与大地构造关系──以宣龙内陆海长城期常州沟─串岭沟组碎屑岩为例

应用ＷＲＤｉｃｋｉｎｓｏｎ等人对砂岩与物源分析结果，对我国华北地台第一沉积盖层的宣龙内陆海长城系的常州沟组和串岭组的砂岩和石英岩状砂岩进行投点，结果表明，形成砂岩和石英岩状砂岩的主要物源，是内陆海南北两侧的大陆块蚀源区的克拉通源区。通过阴极发光分析，进一步揭示了克拉通古陆火成岩的物源略多于变质岩。重矿物鉴定结果，确定了火成岩主要为花岗岩和花岗闪长岩；变质岩为合石榴石斜长片麻岩和角闪片麻岩等。克拉通岩石经过长期风化，碎屑经过远距离搬运和充分地离解和分解之后，在宣龙内陆海沉积了常州沟、串岭沟组的砂岩和石英岩状砂岩。     

湖南铲子坪金矿的矿物标型及其地质意义

矿床位于白马山花岗岩外接触带附近，成矿阶段单一，矿物组份较复杂．金矿物颗粒细小，杂质少，成色高，硬度较高，与硫化物密切共生．石英以充填于构造空间的乳白色石英和交代构造岩的烟灰色、灰白色石英两种形式产出．二者同期共生，普遍发生塑性变形，含大量气液包裹体，气相成分以Ｈ２Ｏ和ＣＯ２为主，Ｈ２Ｏ＞＞ＣＯ２，贫Ｎ２，包裹体水的δ１８ＯＨ２ｏ比白马山花岗岩稍低．黄铁矿重结晶和动力变质现象普遍．五角十二面体、八面体黄铁矿的含金性好，立方体的含金性则较差．向深部，立方体黄铁矿减少，五角十二面体及其与立方体的聚形增多．黄铁矿的化学成分复杂，Ｓ／Ｆｅ＝１．９２—２．０２，亏硫；Ｃｏ／Ｎｉ平均为１．１７；Ｓｅ／Ｔｅ＝１２．４；Ｓ／Ｓｅ＝７．８×１０４；δ３４Ｓ分布于＋０．３２‰－７．５８‰的狭窄范围内．其晶胞参数（ａ０）与Ｃｏ、Ｎｉ、Ａｓ、Ｈｇ、Ｓｎ等质元素的含量相关．本矿床与胶东夏甸金矿类似，具有中－浅成中－低温岩浆热浪成因特点．成矿热浪来自白马山花岗岩，矿液由北向南，自西向东迁移．具大型矿床规模．矿床西部和Ⅰ矿脉带的深部有较好的找矿前景．     

冀北雾灵山碱性花岗质杂岩的岩石学,成因类型及构造意义

河北雾灵山碱性花岗质杂岩主要由似斑状碱长正长岩、碱长正长斑岩、碱性石英正长岩和碱性石英正长班岩组成，是华北地区燕山晚期岩浆活动的代表。本文系统报道了它的地质学、岩相学、岩石化学和地球化学的特征，讨论了它的成因类型归属和所代表的大地构造环境问题。这些资料表明；该杂岩体形成于白垩纪早期，是一个剥蚀程度较小、定位于浅成环境的硅饱和碱性－过碱性岩杂岩体，属裂谷－类裂谷Ａ型花岗岩类，它的出现表明华北地区早白垩纪时期曾处于板内裂谷－类裂谷的引张环境。     

青藏高原及邻区地幔对流应力场及地球动力学含义

基于改进的Runcorn模型 ,利用布格重力异常计算了青藏高原及邻区地幔对流应力场。数值结果显示 ,青藏高原中部、北部和天山为应力发散区 ,对应地幔上升流 ,而塔里木、柴达木、四川盆地等地区则为应力汇聚区 ,对应下降区。地幔对流形态与地表特征之间的相关性表明 ,青藏高原下小尺度地幔对流可能是控制该区区域性构造过程的重要因素之一     

岩石超塑性变形及其地球动力学意义综述

概述了岩石超塑性变形机制、显微构造特征、影响因素及其动力学意义。岩石超塑性是一种重要的岩石变形现象，是岩石在高温条件下发生极大应变量（＞1000％）的拉伸变形而不出现断裂的现象。岩石超塑性广泛分布于从上地壳到下地幔的各类岩石之中。根据变形产生因素的不同，岩石超塑性可分为结构超塑性和相变超塑性。岩石超塑性不是一种简单的变形机制，它与扩散蠕变和位错蠕变密切相关，是受扩散调节的晶粒边界滑移和位错蠕变共同竞争的结果。岩石超塑性的研究对解释糜棱岩的形成机制、下地壳莫霍面深地震反射体的成因、上地幔流变弱化以及深源地震的产生和突然消失具有重要的动力学意义。