Structural and 40Ar/39Ar mineral age constraints for the tectonothermal evolution of the Green Head Group and Brookville Gneiss,southern New Brunswick,Canada: Implications for the configuration of the Avalon composite terrane

In the late Precambrian Avalon composite terrane of the Canadian Appalachians, the local juxtaposition of Avalonian successions against gneiss complex–platformal metasedimentary rock associations of uncertain relationship to the Avalonian overstep sequence has raised important questions about the configuration of the composite terrane. Typical of this relationship is the juxtapostion of Avalonian arc-related packages (Caledonia assemblage) with the migmatitic Brookville Gneiss and metacarbonate–quartzite Green Head Group (Brookville assemblage) along the Caledonia Fault in southern New Brunswick. Polyphase deformation of the predominantly greenschist facies Green Head Group accompanied development of a regional ductile shear zone that separates the group from the amphibolite facies Brookville Gneiss. Heterogeneous ductile flow in carbonate rocks and the development of a regional foliation was followed by NW-directed shortening and the local development of a penetrative axial planar fabric that intensifies towards the shear zone. Associated structural elements suggest regional dextral transpression, consistent with the metamorphic contrast across the shear zone. Steeply plunging east–west folds may record younger, sinistral movement on associated NE–SW faults. Deformation coincident with metamorphic culmination in the Brookville Gneiss produced a gneissic foliation that was later deformed to produce widespread minor folds of sheath-like geometry. These folds are best developed proximal to the shear zone where they locally document dextral shear, and probably include several generations that overlap early phases of deformation of the Green Head Group. Kinematic indicators within the gneiss are predominantly dextral. ³⁶Ar/⁴⁰Ar versus ³⁹Ar/⁴⁰Ar isotope-correlation ages recorded by metamorphic hornblende suggest that regional cooling of the Brookville Gneiss through ca. 500°C occurred at ca. 540 Ma, providing a minimum age for initial deformation and concomitant metamorphic culmination in the gneiss. ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar plateau ages for metamorphic muscovite suggest cooling through ca. 375°C at ca. 500–520 Ma, providing a minimum age for progressive deformation in both lithotectonic sequences. Low temperature age discordance in the muscovite spectra suggest partial rejuvenation in the mid- and late Palaeozoic. Protracted Cambrian tectonothermal activity in the Brookville assemblage contrasts with the Avalonian tectonostratigraphic record of the Caledonia assemblage in which late Precambrian arc-related packages are overstepped by Cambrian–Ordovician shallow marine strata. Significant Cambrian separation between the two assemblages is therefore suggested, despite Precambrian similarities in their tectonothermal evolution. Separation as a consequence of terrane dispersal is suggested, and may imply a significant rearrangement of the Avalon composite terrane at this time. Final juxtaposition of the two assemblages pre-dates their shared late Palaeozoic rejuvenation, and may correspond to an earlier, mid-Palaeozoic thermal overprint correlated with tectonothermal activity accompanying accretion of the Avalon and outboard Meguma terranes to more inboard tectonic elements of the northern Appalachians.     

VARIATIONS IN KAMILA AMPHIBOLITES FROM SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE KOHISTAN ISLAND-ARC TERRANE,PAKISTAN

VARIATIONS IN KAMILA AMPHIBOLITES FROM SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE KOHISTAN ISLAND-ARC TERRANE,PAKISTAN     

吉林省南部早奥陶世头足类生物地层—兼论有关地体的飘移

吉林省南部早奥陶世头足类生物地层单元可建立9个化石带,代表了华北地体型早奥陶世鹦鹉螺生物群。通过与其它含早奥陶世鹦鹉螺生物群地体的对比,结合有关古地磁资料,提出识辨这些地体的移置、增生及聚合的历史。     

Petrology of marble and peridotite in the Seiad ultramafic complex, northern California, USA

Abstract Peridotite and infolded marble of the Seiad ultramafic complex were recrystallized in the upper amphibolite facies as part of the regional progressive metamorphism of the Rattlesnake Creek terrane. Field relations, including the occurrence of metarodingites, and metasomatic zones between dissimilar rock types, demonstrate that the metasediments and serpentinized ultramafic rocks were juxtaposed prior to regional, barrovian metamorphism. Temperatures are estimated to have reached 760–800°C at pressures of 7–8 kbar during the peak of metamorphism. Four low-variance parageneses have been identified within a small (3 km²) area of the complex, which may reasonably be assumed to have formed under the same P and T conditions. Isobaric T-X co₂ diagrams of appropriate equilibria are presented for three different internally consistent sets of thermodynamic data. Despite the seemingly small numerical differences between the standard state thermodynamic properties of the data sets, only one diagram allows the four observed assemblages to coexist within a reasonable temperature range. All three phase diagrams require differences in fluid composition on the scale of a thin section; strong evidence for effective control of pore fluid composition by local mineral reactions during metamorphism.     

羌塘北缘上新世恒梁湖火山岩内含石榴子石长英质捕虏体岩石学与矿物化学特征

本文以羌塘地体北缘出露面积最大的上新世恒梁湖火山岩为研究对象，对火山岩内含石榴子石长英质捕掳体的岩相学、显微结构及矿物化学综合研究，揭示出此类捕掳体系深部地壳超高温部分熔融残余，其中石榴子石以高Mg#值(41~46)为特征。传统地质压力计估算其发生部分熔融的压力为1. 18~1. 53 GPa，对应深度约39~50 km，火山岩与捕掳体相互作用的温压条件为950~1050 ℃，1. 30~1. 66 GPa，对应深度约43~55 km。火山岩熔体快速上升冷却过程中，熔体沿捕掳体裂隙或边缘与石榴子石发生反应形成斜方辉石和斜长石，而火山岩基质内辉石及长石表现出强烈的成分环带。此研究结果首次揭示了北羌塘北缘中 深地壳岩石部分熔融所产生的熔体及其岩相学和矿物化学特征，亦为此区域地壳深部面波低速异常及强各向异性提供了深部岩石学方面的限定。     

福建省区域地质构造特征

福建自晚太古代以来经受了多次造山运动影响，尤以燕山期构造—岩浆活动最为强烈和频繁，以致省内华夏古陆不断发生裂解及增生。省内的北北东—北东东、北西—东西及南—北走向断裂十分发育，形成大小不同的断块（地体）。最突出的是南平—宁化（北东）断裂带与政和—大埔（北北东）构造—岩浆带相交汇，将福建省割切为闽西北、闽西南及闽东３个地体。本文对主要断裂及三大地体的构造—岩浆活动、变质—变形、岩浆侵入与喷发、地体的分离与拼接的演化历史进行概略阐述。总之，福建省是经多期造山作用由不同地体或断块拼接而成的复合造山带     

Unconformity-like Reflection Pattern under the Moho in the Sulu Area

1.IntroductionSincethediscoveryofcoesiteandndcrodiamond,theDabie-Suluultra-highPressure(UHP)meta-morphicbelthasbeenattractingworldwideattentionsofgeoscientists.Studyingthisoutstandinggeologicalregionmaygreatlyenhanceourunderstandingofmetamorphism,deepeffectsofcontinentalcollisionandgeodynandcsinconvergentplateboundaries.Thestudymayalsobeveryhelpfultoprovideevidencetorevealinteractionbetweenthecrustandthemantle,andtheformationofnewtypesofdiamonddeposits.EncouragedbytheinternationalContinenta…     

Geochemical evolution within a Devonian intra-oceanic island arc: The Gamilaroi terrane, southern New England orogen, Australia

Abstract Geochemical analyses of volcanic rocks in the Gamilaroi terrane reveal several phases of arc activity within an intra-oceanic island-arc terrane. Felsic volcanic rocks at the base of the section have rare earth element (REE) and trace element compositions which indicate that they were derived from an island-arc source. Basalts immediately overlying the felsic volcanic rocks have a distinctive geochemical signature with low levels of Ti and Y and high levels of Ni, Cr and Mg. Low concentrations of REE and trace elements relative to mid-ocean-ridge basalts (MORB) indicate that they were also derived from an intra-oceanic island-arc source. Extensive basalts and basaltic andesites among the youngest rocks of the terrane have typically flat to enriched REE and trace element compositions, indicating a transitional arc-back-arc source. The change in basalt compositions indicates that rifting had occurred by this stage in the evolution of the arc. Confirmation of an intra-oceanic setting for this terrane enables a more detailed comparison with similar intra-oceanic rocks in the northern New England orogen. This study of the Gamilaroi terrane is an example of the potential use of geochemical data to identify other ancient intra-oceanic island-arc-rift suites.     

Preliminary report on Lower Jurassic radiolaria of Gondwana origin from the Kawhia coast, New Zealand

Abstract Well-preserved radiolarians from the Newcastle Group in southwest Kawhia, New Zealand, constitute the first record of Lower Jurassic radiolarians from in situ deposits in high latitudes of the Southern Hemisphere on the margin of Gondwana. The radiolarians were extracted from carbonate nodules from five horizons in the Rewarewa Formation and the lower part of the Arawhero Formation, in the Murihiku Terrane. The radiolarian-bearing sequence, which lies within the upper part of the type section of the local Aratauran Stage, is roughly datable as Hettangian-Sinemurian from rare ammonite occurrences. The radiolarian assemblages consist, on average, of 80–90% spumellarians and 10–20% nassellarians. Spumellarians include species of the following genera: Archaeotriastrum, Crucella, Emiluvia (?) Homeoparo-riaella, Orbictilifomaa, Pantanellium, Paronaella (?), Pseudocrucella, PseIIdoheliodiscus, Spon-gostaurus and Spongotrochus. Nassellarians are composed of species of Ragotum, Bipedis, Droltus, Jams (?) Perispyridium (?) Raoultius, Riedelius, Saitoum and Thetis. From data of Lower Jurassic radiolarian faunas of Europe, North America and Japan, the New Zealand fauna shows stronger affinity with those of the European Tethys such as Turkey (e.g. De Wever 1982) and the Northern Alps (Kozur & Mostler 1990) than with faunas from other areas of the circum-Pacific. This connection between the European Tethyan and New Zealand faunas is not well explained by presently accepted continental reconstructions (Smith et al. 1994) for the Early Jurassic.     

北祁连地体古地磁新数据及古生代地体南向位移事件的发现

格尔木－额济纳旗地学断面古地磁学研究工作中，在北祁连地体上获得了８个古生代、中生代古地磁新数据。研究结果在明北祁连地体在古生代一直处于北纬低纬度（１０°～１７°Ｎ）地区，并且表现出于古生代明显的南向位移过程。南移幅度为５．５°左右。这与北祁连地区原始陆壳在中奥陶世的强烈拉张及其后期洋壳闭合作用有关。