庐枞盆地小包庄铁矿床地质特征及~(40)Ar-~(39)Ar同位素年代学研究

罗河铁矿床是20世纪80年代在长江中下游成矿带庐枞盆地中发现的规模最大的铁矿床。经深部找矿勘探工作,2013年在罗河铁矿床主矿体800~1000 m之下又发现了小包庄铁矿床,这是近年来在长江中下游成矿带深部找矿工作中的重大进展之一,对该矿床地质特征的总结和形成时代的精确厘定,是正确分析矿床成因机制,完善玢岩型铁矿床成矿理论的关键。文章在已有研究的基础上,通过详细的钻孔岩芯观察、系统的岩相学和矿相学及电子探针分析测试工作,查明了罗河铁矿和小包庄铁矿的矿化蚀变特征,厘定了矿化阶段,初步探讨了成矿作用过程;对小包庄铁矿床进行了高精度金云母~(40)Ar-~(39)Ar同位素年代学研究,获得坪年龄为(130.32±0.78)Ma,相应的等时线年龄为(130.5±1.5)Ma,反等时线年龄为(130.4±1.3)Ma。结合庐枞盆地及区域成岩成矿时代,认为盆地内玢岩型铁矿床集中形成于130 Ma左右,是长江中下游成矿带第二阶段(135~126 Ma)成矿作用的产物。     

甘肃龙首山东段小口子镁铁-超镁铁质岩体岩石学、地球化学及年代学研究

阿拉善地块南缘龙首山地区以产出新元古代的金川铜镍硫化物矿床而著名,围绕金川矿床外围寻找铜镍矿一直备受关注。小口子镁铁-超镁铁质岩体位于龙首山东段,主要由蛇纹岩、单辉橄榄岩、橄榄辉石岩组成,岩体中局部发现了星点状硫化物,硫化物由黄铁矿、黄铜矿组成,没有发现铜镍矿体,仅有部分磁铁矿化,前人研究认为小口子岩体可能是金川铜镍矿床同期的岩浆事件产物。本次研究通过岩石地球化学研究显示,小口子岩体镁铁比值为5.31~8.74,高于一般赋存铜镍矿岩体的镁铁比值。样品球粒陨石标准化的稀土元素配分曲线为平坦型,稀土元素总量低,暗示岩石具有橄榄石堆晶特征;Sr,Nd同位素研究显示:ε_(Nd)(t)=6.09~7.77,指示岩浆源区为亏损型地幔特征;微量元素比值与同位素模拟计算结果指示母岩浆经历了微弱的中上地壳物质混染。岩体中单颗粒锆石U-Pb年龄为284.4±3.5Ma,结合区域地质对比,小口子镁铁-超镁铁质岩体的形成背景可能与古亚洲洋的闭合或俯冲之后的伸展作用相关。     

The presence of Holocene cryptotephra in Wales and southern England

There have been few detailed studies into the tephrostratigraphy of southern Britain. We report the tephrostratigraphy of two sites, one in southern England (Rough Tor, Cornwall) and one in Wales (Cors Fochno, west Wales). Our study extends the known southernmost reach of Icelandic cryptotephra in northern Europe. Given the large distance between sites in southern England and eruptive sources (e.g. Iceland 1500–1700 km distant), most of the cryptotephra layers consist of sparse numbers of shards, even by the standards of distal tephrostratigraphy (as low as 3 shards cm⁻¹), each layer spanning only 1 or 2 cm in depth. We identify multiple cryptotephra layers in both sites, extending the known distribution of several tephra layers including the MOR‐T4 tephra (∼AD 1000) most probably of Icelandic origin, and the AD 860 B tephra correlated to an eruption of Mount Churchill, Alaska. The two sites record contrasting tephrostratigraphies, illustrating the need for the inclusion of multiple sites in the construction of a regional tephrostratigraphic framework. The tephra layers we describe may provide important isochrons for the dating and correlation of palaeoenvironmental sequences in the south of Britain. 2017 The Authors. Journal of Quaternary Science Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

     

树轮记录的腾格里沙漠东缘1775-2005年降水变化

 利用采自腾格里沙漠东缘的贺兰山油松树轮样本,建立树轮宽度年表。通过相关普查发现,贺兰山油松树轮宽度差值年表与腾格里沙漠东缘当年5月至7月的降水存在显著的正相关,相关系数为0.606（P<0.001）。利用贺兰山北部的树轮宽度差值年表,可较好地重建腾格里沙漠东缘近231 a来当年5月至7月的降水变化,交叉检验表明,降水重建结果稳定可靠。通过与腾格里沙漠南缘地区树轮降水重建序列对比分析,发现腾格里沙漠边缘区的树轮重建降水的干湿阶段变化具有良好的同步性,并对西北地区极端干旱历史事件有良好响应。     

登封地区早前寒武纪地壳演化－地球化学和锆石SHRIMP U-Pb年代学制约

河南中部登封地区早前寒武纪基底主要由新太古代登封群、古元古代嵩山群和早前寒武纪花岗质岩石组成。登封群主要由斜长角闪岩、角闪变粒岩、黑云变粒岩、云母石英片岩及少量磁铁石英岩（BIF）等组成,变质原岩为主要基性火山岩、中酸性火山岩和碎屑沉积岩。3个登封群变质酸性火山岩样品给出2.51～2.53 Ga岩浆锆石年龄,存在2.61～2.69 Ga残余锆石。它们高SiO2,tDM(Nd)和εNd(t)分别为2.52～2.79 Ga和0.51～4.41。嵩山群主要由石英岩和片岩组成,绿片岩相变质。嵩山群石英岩碎屑锆石年龄峰值为2.5 Ga,与华北克拉通孔兹岩系变泥沙质岩石中存在大量2.1～2.3 Ga碎屑锆石明显不同。石英岩中可靠的最年轻碎屑锆石年龄为2.45 Ga,部分碎屑锆石年龄大于2.65 Ga,最大达3.26 Ga。会善寺奥长花岗岩、大塔寺英云闪长岩、路家沟钾质花岗岩和石秤二长花岗岩形成时代分别为2.55 Ga、2.53 Ga、2.51 Ga和1.78 Ga,会善寺奥长花岗岩中存在2621～2638 Ma残余锆石,并有～2.51 Ga变质增生边存在。花岗质岩石在元素地球化学组成上存在较大变化,但具有类似Nd同位素组成,tDM(Nd)为2.60～2.80 Ga（钾质花岗岩样品除外）。根据研究,可得出如下结论和认识：1）登封群形成于新太古代末期（2.51～2.53 Ga）,与前人认识一致。2）不同类型花岗质岩石,与登封群表壳岩一道,形成于一个相对较小的时间范围（2.50～2.55 Ga）,结合岩石组合和地球化学组成特征,推测其形成与板底垫托作用有关。3）在岩石组合和形成时代等方面,五台和箕山地区花岗绿岩带与登封地区的十分类似,可能为同一大型花岗绿岩带的不同部分。4）可把嵩山群形成时代限制在2.0～2.45 Ga之间,与五台地区高凡群（2.14～2.47 Ga）或滹沱群（2.08～2.14 Ga）对比。5）石秤花岗岩是华北克拉通古元古代之后拉张构造体制下壳内岩浆作用的产物。     

中甸弧雪鸡坪斑岩铜矿含矿斑岩锆石SHRIMP U-Pb年代学及Hf同位素特征

长期以来,关于雪鸡坪斑岩铜矿的成岩成矿时代具有很大的争议。为了限定成矿作用开始的时限,本文选择代表成矿前岩浆岩的绢英岩化带内含矿斑岩进行锆石SHRIMP年代学测试,获得了215.2±1.9Ma的成岩年龄,说明雪鸡坪斑岩铜矿形成于215Ma之后。锆石Hf同位素测试结果显示岩浆主要来源于地幔源区,但是锆石Hf同位素分布不均匀,8颗锆石εHf（t）的结果分布于1.1～2.1,二阶段模式年龄平均值为1150Ma,两颗锆石εHf（t）值为7.4和6.0,对应的二阶段模式年龄分别为778Ma和869Ma,暗示存在两种不同的岩浆源区,可能发生过岩浆混合作用,但需进一步的研究证实。区域同位素年代学对比结果表明,215Ma左右的岩浆活动是中甸弧主要的控制斑岩铜矿成矿的热事件。     

The Iberian-Roman Humid Period (2600-1600 cal yr BP) in the Zoñar Lake varve record (Andalucía, southern Spain)

The Iberian-Roman Humid Period (IRHP, 2600-1600 cal yr BP), is the most humid phase of the last 4000 yr in southern Spain as recorded in the sedimentary sequence of Zoñar Lake (37°29′00″N, 4°41′22″ W, 300 m a.s.l.). A varve chronology supported by several AMS ¹⁴C dates allows study of the lake evolution at annual scale in response to human impact and climate changes. There are four climate phases within this period: i) gradual transition (2600-2500 yr ago, 650-550 BC) from a previous arid period; ii) the most humid interval during the Iberian-Early Roman Epoch (2500-2140 yr ago, 550-190 BC); iii) an arid interval during the Roman Empire Epoch (2140-1800 yr ago, 190 BC AD 150); and iv) a humid period synchronous with the decline of the Roman Empire (1800-1600 yr ago, AD 150-350). Varve thickness and geochemical proxies show a multi-decadal cyclicity similar to modern North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) (60, 20 years) and solar variability cycles (11 yr). The timing and the structure of this humid period is similar to that described in Eastern Mediterranean and northern European sites and supports the same large-scale climate control for northern latitudes and the Mediterranean region.     

SHRIMP U–Pb zircon geochronological evidence for Neoarchean basement in western Arnhem Land, northern Australia

The Pine Creek Orogen, located on the exposed northern periphery of the North Australian Craton, comprises a thick succession of variably metamorphosed Palaeoproterozoic siliciclastic and carbonate sedimentary and volcanic rocks, which were extensively intruded by mafic and granitic rocks. Exposed Neoarchean basement is rare in the Pine Creek Orogen and the North Australian Craton in general. However, recent field mapping, in conjunction with new SHRIMP U–Pb zircon data for six granitic gneiss samples, have identified previously unrecognised Neoarchean crystalline crust in the Nimbuwah Domain, the eastern-most region of the Pine Creek Orogen. Four samples from the Myra Falls and Caramal Inliers, the Cobourg Peninsula, and the Kakadu region have magmatic crystallisation ages in the range 2527–2510 Ma. An additional sample, from northeast Myra Falls Inlier, yielded a magmatic crystallisation age of 2671 ± 3 Ma, the oldest exposed Archean basement yet recognised in the North Australian Craton. These results are consistent with previously determined magmatic ages for known outcropping and subcropping crystalline basement some 200 km to the west. A sixth sample yielded a magmatic crystallisation age of 2640 ± 4 Ma. The ca. 2670 Ma and ca. 2640 Ma samples have ca. 2500 Ma metamorphic zircon rims, consistent with metamorphism broadly coeval with emplacement of the volumetrically dominant ca. 2530–2510 Ma granites and granitic gneisses. Neoarchean zircon detritus, particularly in the ca. 2530–2510 Ma and ca. 2670–2640 Ma age span, are an almost ubiquitous feature of detrital zircon spectra of unconformably overlying metamorphosed Palaeoproterozoic strata of the Pine Creek Orogen, and of local post-tectonic Proterozoic sequences, consistent with this local provenance. Neoarchean zircon is also a common detrital component in Palaeoproterozoic sedimentary units across much of the North Australian Craton suggesting the existence of an extensive, if not contiguous, Neoarchean crystalline basement underlying not only a large part of the Pine Creek Orogen, but also much of the North Australian Craton.     

闪锌矿铷 锶同位素等时线讨论

通过对闪锌矿铷锶同位素等时线形成机制的讨论,若为同源、同期、待测同位素封闭的体系,因混合形成的直线为等时线具有定年意义,但若非同源、非同期或非封闭的体系亦可因混合形成直线,但该直线为无年代学意义的混合线。作为铷锶同位素定年矿物,闪锌矿可能仅充当“容器”的角色,因此利用闪锌矿进行定年时,必须进行细致的物相研究。闪锌矿中的碳酸盐、硅酸盐等矿物微粒可能对铷锶定年产生极大的影响,如不能对其进行成因鉴别或配合其他同位素定年方法加以系统研究,闪锌矿铷锶法直线拟合结果很难反映成矿时间。     

The Jiangnan orogenic belt between the Yangtze and Cathaysia blocks for Neoproterozoic context

In recent years, more high quality zircon U-Pb ages have been obtained from Neoproterozoic strata in the South China continental block. A refined chronostratigraphic framework is being set up on these data. A basis of the high quality chronostratigraphic system is fundamental for global Precambrian study and strata correlation. Our recent geological studies focus on systematic SHRIMP zircon dating. We will refine the chronostratigraphic framework of the Neoproterozoic and the start time of the cover beds of the Shuangqiaoshan Group basing on the new SHRIMP zircon ages from the volcanic ash beds in the Hengyong and Anlelin formations. Accordingly, we will also discuss Neoproterozoic tectonostratigraphy in South China