Geochemistry and detrital modes of Proterozoic sedimentary rocks,Bayana Basin,north Delhi fold belt: implications for provenance and source-area weathering

Bayana Basin, sited along the eastern margin of the north Delhi fold belt of the Aravalli Craton, contains an ～3000?m-thick sequence comprising one volcanic and seven sedimentary formations of the Delhi Supergroup. The sedimentary units are the Nithar, Jogipura, Badalgarh, Bayana, Damdama, Kushalgarh, and Weir formations in order of decreasing age. Petrographic study of the sandstones as well as major and trace elements (including rare earth elements) and bulk-rock analyses of the shales and sandstones allow the determination of their provenance, source-rock weathering, and basinal tectonic setting. The sandstones are quartz rich and were derived mainly from exhumed granitoids typical of a craton interior. Geochemical patterns of the sandstones and shales are similar. However, trace element abundances are low in sandstones, probably due to quartz dilution. The coarser clastic Damdama and Weir sandstones, which occur at higher stratigraphic levels, have strikingly low trace element concentrations compared with the underlying Bayana and Badalgarh sandstones. All samples show uniform LREE-enriched patterns with negative Eu-anomalies (Eu/Eu*?=?0.16–0.23) and are similar to those of post-Archaean Australian shales (PAAS). However, the (La/Yb) _n ratios (averages 11–18) of all the sedimentary units are higher than those of PAAS, except for the Bayana Sandstone, which has low values (average 6.77). The chemical index of alteration (70–78) and the plagioclase index of alteration (87–97) values and the A–CN–K diagram suggest moderate to intense weathering of the source area.

The provenance analyses indicate that basin sedimentation was discontinuous. It received input from a terrain comprising granitoids, mafic rocks, sedimentary sequences, and tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite (TTG) suites. The Nithar and Badalgarh sandstones received input from a source consisting predominantly of granitoids. The succeeding Damdama and Weir sandstones received debris from granitoids and TTG in different proportions. The Kushalgarh shale was possibly derived from a source consisting granites and mafic rocks with a TTG component. The pre-existing sedimentary formations also contributed intermittently during the different phases of sedimentation.

Bulk-rock geochemical data suggest Mesoarchaean gneisses and late Archaean granites of BGC/BGGC (Banded Gneissic Complex/Bundelkhand Granitic Gneiss Complex) basement as possible source terrains. These data indicate deposition in a continental rift setting. The coeval formation of many rift-related Proterozoic sedimentary basins in the BGC/BGGC terrain suggests that the North Indian Craton underwent major intracratonic extension during Proterozoic time, probably triggering the break up of Earth's first supercontinent.     

Progressive,episodic deformation in the Mexican Fold–Thrust Belt (central Mexico): evidence from isotopic dating of folds and faults

We used illite Ar/Ar dating to obtain absolute ages of folds and shear zones formed within the Mexican Fold–Thrust Belt (MFTB). The methodology takes advantage of illite dating in folded, clay-bearing layers and the ability to obtain accurate ages from small-size fractions of illite using encapsulated Ar analysis. We applied our approach to a cross-section that involves folded Aptian–Cenomanian shale-bentonitic layers interbedded with carbonates of the Zimapán (ZB) and Tampico–Misantla (TMB) Cretaceous basins in central-eastern Mexico. Basinal carbonates were buried by syn-tectonic turbidites and inverted during the formation of the MFTB in the Late Cretaceous. Results from folds and shear zones record different pulses of deformation within this thin-skinned orogenic wedge.

Mineralogical compositions, variations in illite polytypes, illite crystallite size (CS), and Ar/Ar ages were obtained from several size fractions in limbs and hinges of the folds and in the shear zones. 1M_d-illite polytype (with CS of 6–9 nm) dominates in two folds in the TMB while 2M₁-illlite (with CS of 14–30 nm) dominates in the third fold, in the ZB, and in the fold/shear zone. From west (higher grade) to east (lower grade): Ar retention ages indicate shearing occurred at ~84 Ma in the westernmost shear zone, folding at ~82 Ma in the ZB with subsequent localized shearing at ~77 Ma, and Ar total gas ages constrain the time of folding at ~64 Ma on the west side of the TMB and ~44 Ma on the eastern edge. These results are consistent with the age and distribution of syn-tectonic turbidites and indicate episodic progression of deformation from west to east.     

Magnetic Characterization of Amphibolites from the Fomopéa Pluton (West Cameroon): Their Implication in the Pan-African Deformation of the Central African Fold Belt

The Fomopea granitic pluton is emplaced in gnessic and amphibolitic basement.These gneissic and amphibolitic basement rocks are represented in the pluton's body as sub-rounded,elongated or stretched xe...     

赣北石门寺矿区钨多金属矿床成矿地质条件

赣北石门寺矿区位于下扬子成矿省江南地块中生代铜钼金银铅锌成矿带中.根据区域地质背景和矿床地质特征,详细分析了矿区围岩、母岩和控矿断裂等成矿地质条件.矿区钨多金属矿床的围岩为晋宁晚期黑云母花岗闪长岩,判断为新元古代在不成熟陆壳基础上发育而成的火山弧同碰撞过程中形成的S型花岗岩;燕山中期似斑状黑云母花岗岩、细粒黑云母花岗岩、花岗斑岩为成矿母岩,属硅、铝过饱和钙碱性岩石,为九岭岩基在陆内碰撞挤压环境下熔融、同源演化而成的S型花岗岩;石门寺断裂与仙果山—大湖塘－狮尾洞基底断裂的交叉部位控制着矿区燕山中期含矿花岗岩的侵位和钨多金属矿床的分布,为矿区的控矿断裂.     

甘肃省北山地区罗雅楚山—大红山一带区域构造格局、褶皱样式及断裂系

甘肃北山地区罗雅楚山—大红山一带,赋存青白口纪沉积变质铁矿,由元古宙以来,本区经历了多期次构造变动,形成了现今相互叠置的复杂地质体,其加里东运动及海西运动奠定了本区总体褶皱样式。印支运动发育了逆冲断裂系。最为特色的是燕山运动导致本区大规模由南向北推覆的推覆构造,喜山运动为相对稳定的升降运动。     

海南岛西部青白口系石碌群褶皱变形特征及其控矿分析

青白口系石碌群属于一套海相沉积经变质的以细粒碎屑岩、泥岩及镁质碳酸岩夹火山岩为原岩的变质岩系组合,赋存有沉积变质型铁矿和热液型铜钴矿。岩石经历了多期次变形作用的改造,总体表现为由褶皱变形往韧脆性断裂变形演化的特征,褶皱变形包含了三个变形序列的构造形迹组合。与铁矿主成矿期密切有关的NW向石碌复向斜属于海西．印支期造山运动...     

甘肃天水夏家坪金矿地质特征

夏家坪金矿位于西秦岭反＂S＂弧形构造东段Au-Ag-Cu-Fe-Pb-Zn成矿带中,矿体产出受下古生界李子园群沉积-火山岩系控制。矿体多呈带状、透镜状产出,具收缩膨大、尖灭再现及分支复合特征。容矿岩石主要为变砂（泥）岩、破碎石英脉、硅化角砾岩等。矿石类型以构造蚀变岩型为主,局部为石英脉型。围岩蚀变具分带性,矿化可分为早期的金和晚期的银铅锌两个主要成矿阶段。     

阿尔金山东段大平沟地区褶皱构造的特征及其成因

大平沟地区位于北东向阿尔金走滑断裂北侧与东西向阿尔金北缘断裂所夹持的区域。区内出露卓阿布拉克组火山-沉积岩系,其中以灰黑色粉砂质泥岩为代表的沉积岩系出露宽度3～5km,是相邻20km的东侧喀腊大湾地区出露厚度（约1km）的3～5倍。通过野外详细的地质调查,特别是运用小褶皱分析方法、褶皱层理与轴面劈（片）理关系判别分析方法,首次对阿尔金山东段大平沟地区的卓阿布拉克组火山-沉积岩系中的沉积岩夹层沿剖面开展追索研究,恢复了大平沟地区褶皱构造的轮廓,并对其成因进行初步探讨。认为南侧喀腊达坂-阿克达坂断裂以南的元古宇碳酸盐岩系较强硬的岩层、北侧阿尔金北缘断裂以北的太古宇结晶基底的刚性岩块、以灰黑色粉砂质泥岩为代表的细碎屑岩的柔性特点、冰沟岩体隆升造成其东侧盖层向东收缩是基础,而北北东向区域挤压构造应力场作用下北东东向卓阿布拉克断裂的左行走滑造成的卓阿布拉克组沉积岩系西端的侧向挤压是褶皱形成的直接原因。     

U–Pb zircon geochronology of Silurian–Devonian granites in southeastern Australia: implications for the timing of the Benambran Orogeny and the I–S dichotomy

Despite extensive geochemical study and their importance to granite studies, the geochronology of Silurian to early-Devonian granitic rocks of southeastern Australia is poorly understood. In order to provide an improved temporal framework, new ion microprobe U–Pb zircon ages are presented from these rocks, and previous work is critically reviewed. Geochronological control is best in the Berridale Batholith, where S- and I-type granites have a close spatial relationship. In this region, there is a small volume of I-type granite that crystallised at 436 Ma, followed closely by a large volume of S-type granite at 432 Ma. I-type granite is abundant in a second peak at ca 417 Ma, although the Jindabyne pluton from the Kosciuszko Batholith is slightly older, at 424 Ma. A broader survey of S-type granite throughout the eastern Lachlan Orogen shows that the 432 Ma event is ubiquitous. There is no temporal overlap between S- and I-type granites in the Kosciuszko and Berridale Batholiths, which suggests that factors other than variations in degree of crustal contamination (which may include variation in tectonic setting, heat-flow, mass transfer across the crust–mantle boundary and/or availability in source materials) contribute to the diversity in granite types. The S-type granitic rocks occupy an aerial extent of greater than 28 000 km², and geochronological constraints suggest that the crystallisation of these granites took place over a relatively small interval, probably less than 10 m.y. This implies a magmatic flux of over 64 km³/Ma per km strike length, comparable to other high-flux granitic belts. Previous work has linked the Benambran Orogeny to the generation of the S-type granites, and so the age of these granites constrains the age of Benambran Orogenesis     

Geomorphic response to growing fault-related folds: example from the foothills of central Taiwan

Abstract

In this paper we concentrate particularly on the geomorphological indicators left by active tectonics. In the central foothills of Taiwan, we used topography, drainage pattern and structural data to perform quantitative morphometric analysis and to determine relative age of fault-related anticlines. The Tiehchen, Tatu and Pakua ridge belt is a fault-related anticline system located in the hanging wall of the Changhua fault along the western thrust front of the foothills. Geomorphic systems are analysed with intent to detect the various responses of landforms and drainage pattern to late Quaternary deformation. Topography and drainage basin register uplift and are valuable tools to discriminate lateral propagation of an active frontal fold. Geomorphic field evidence and quantitative morphometric parameters are used to define the evolution of the rising anticline ridges and to infer tectonism style along an active front. Geometry of alluvial fans, formed along the frontal side of the anticlines, and weathered terrace deposits provide relevant information on neotectonics. Knowledge concerning these younger anticline ridges, makes this area a good example of an actively forming mountain front. We discuss in detail the origin of N045°, N095 and N120° trending oblique fault scarps which delimite numerous fault blocks. The fault scarps morphology is characterized by imbricate talus facets. Steeper topography accompanied by breaks in the slope along some transverse profiles, seems to correspond to the traces of successive uplifts. © 2001 Éditions scientifiques et médicales Elsevier SAS