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.     

Provenance of Clay Minerals in the Amami Sankaku Basin and Their Paleoclimate Implications Since Late Pleistocene

We analyzed the clay mineral assemblages, content and mineralogical characteristics of Hole U1438A sediment recovered from Amami Sankaku Basin during International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) expedition 351. The results show that the clay minerals are mainly composed of illite (average 57%), smectite (average 26%), chlorite (average 14%) and minor kaolinite(average 3%). The crystallinity of illite in all samples are good (<0.4 Δ° 2θ), and the chemical indexes of illite in all samples are low (<0.4). Both indicate that illite in Hole U1438A formed in cold and dry climate. By comparing clay mineral assemblages of hole U1438A and the potential sediment sources, we suggest that smectite be mainly derived from the volcanic materials around Amami Sankaku Basin. Illite, chlorite and kaolinite are mainly derived from the Asian dust. The ratios of (illite+chlorite)/smectite show a phased increase over the last 350 ka, which is consistent with the cold and drying trend of the Asian continent since late Pleistocene. The high ratios of (illite+chlorite)/smectite and (illite+chlorite)/kaolinite during glacial period indicate that much more Asian dust was input into the Amami Sankaku Basin, which are responded to the aridity of Asian continent and strengthened east Asian Monsoon during glacial period.     

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。     

扬子北缘黄陵地区晚中生代盆地演化及其构造意义

扬子北缘黄陵地区古构造应力场于晚中生代经历发生了重大转变,是扬子板块与华北板块在三叠纪碰撞造山之后陆内构造变形的体现。由黄陵背斜周缘晚中生代盆地充填记录所反映出这一变革的起始时间为中侏罗世晚期。早侏罗世—中侏罗世早期,盆地内沉积了以桐竹园组为代表的河流—湖泊相岩层,由沉积碎屑成分和古水流统计所得出的物源区为北部的秦岭地区,黄陵背斜上部可能也接受了碎屑沉积;中侏罗世晚期—晚侏罗世,沉积中心发生了改变,表现为仅仅在黄陵背斜西侧的秭归盆地内有所保存,沉积环境以曲流河到辫状河流和三角洲为主,物源区则局限于黄陵背斜;早白垩世初期,周坪盆地和宜昌盆地为沉积中心,近缘冲积扇和辫状河流体系占据主体,物源区依然为黄陵地区,两盆地在黄陵背斜南缘可能相连,黄陵背斜上部的原下侏罗统被剥蚀;早白垩世晚期—晚白垩世,远安盆地逐渐发育,盆地西缘为冲积扇—辫状河流体系,中、 东部则以曲流河—湖泊沉积环境为主体,并间有干旱沙漠环境。原型盆地再造结果显示,早侏罗世—中侏罗世早期盆地展布具有近东西向特点,古地貌总体呈现出北部为山脉、 南部为盆地的格局;中侏罗世晚期以来,盆地呈近南北向,黄陵背斜逐渐形成山脉,盆地位于其东西两侧。两期盆地沉积特征反映了扬子北缘古构造应力场由近南北向转变为近东西向的过程。     

脉状黝铜矿型铜矿床的稳定同位素组成及其成因意义

脉状黝铜矿型铜矿床是产于兰坪-思茅盆地中的一种新的铜矿床类型。碳酸盐及CO₂包裹体的δ¹³C值大多在-4‰～-7‰之间变化,显示碳来自地幔。矿石中铅同位素组成与盆地中喜马拉雅期碱性岩长石中铅的同位素组成一致,方解石和铁白云石的⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr比值接近或稍高于碱性岩的⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr的比值,显示矿石锶、铅与碱性岩锶、铅是同源的,均来自于上地幔。硫化物中硫的δ³⁴S值大多集中在0～-4‰之间,显示其硫主要是深部来源并有少量的地壳硫参与。包裹体水的δ¹⁸O和δD值显示成矿流体的水为大气降水、岩浆水和变质水的混合物。结合其它质、地球化学特征,笔者认为这类矿床的成因类型为壳-幔混合热液成因型。     

DISCOVERY AND THE IMPLICATION OF A HYDROTHERMAL-METASOMATIC SKARN DEPOSIT IN GANGDISE TECTONIC ZONE,TIBET

DISCOVERY AND THE IMPLICATION OF A HYDROTHERMAL-METASOMATIC SKARN DEPOSIT IN GANGDISE TECTONIC ZONE,TIBET     

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人手,"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。     

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.     

库鲁克塔格地区新元古代贝义西组的构造环境:来自碎屑岩地球化学的证据

库鲁克塔格位于南天山和塔里木盆地接合部,保留相对较完整的地层记录.其中新元古代贝义西组为一套火山-沉积组合序列,长期以来被认为是Rodinia裂解产物.本文通过对该套组合中的沉积岩(主要是细碎屑岩)地球化学分析,并对该套组合的物源区特征和形成构造环境进行研究,结果并不支持这一结论.研究结果表明,贝义西组砂岩主要为成熟度...     

冈底斯印支期造山事件:花岗岩类锆石U-Pb年代学和岩石成因证据

对冈底斯中部地区二云母花岗岩和花岗闪长岩进行了LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年、主量元素、微量元素和锆石Hf同位素组成的测定.结果表明, 二云母花岗岩的岩浆结晶年龄为(205± 1)Ma, 岩石属于强过铝质花岗岩, A/CNK= 1.16~ 1.20, K₂O/Na₂O= 1.67~ 1.95.岩石富Rb、Th和U等元素, Eu/Eu* = 0.29~ 0.41, (La/Yb)_N= 22.62~ 35.08.锆石ε_Hf(t)= -12.4~ -1.8.二云母花岗岩的岩浆产生于地壳中泥质岩类在无外来流体加入的情况下云母类矿物脱水反应所诱发的部分熔融作用, 其岩石形成机制类似于喜马拉雅新生代淡色花岗岩.花岗闪长岩的岩浆结晶年龄为(202± 1)Ma, 岩石属于准铝质(A/CNK= 0.96~ 0.98), K₂O/Na₂O= 1.42~ 1.77, Eu/Eu* = 0.54~ 0.65, (La/Yb)_N= 6.76~ 13.35.锆石ε_Hf(t)= -8.2~ -5.5.根据花岗闪长岩的地球化学特征和锆石Hf同位素组成, 花岗闪长岩的岩浆来自于地壳中基性岩类的部分熔融.冈底斯印支晚期强过铝质花岗岩的确定, 表明了冈底斯在印支晚期以前曾发生地壳的缩短与加厚作用, 从而进一步明确了冈底斯印支早期的造山事件及冈底斯经历了多期造山作用的演化.