Accretion and exhumation at a Variscan active margin, recorded in the Saxothuringian flysch

The Saxothuringian flysch basin, on the north flank of the Central European Variscides, was fed and eventually overthrust by the northwestern, active margin of the Tepla-Barrandian terrane. Clast spectra, mineral composition and isotopic ages of detrital mica and zircon have been analyzed in order to constrain accretion and exhumation of rocks in the orogenic wedge. The earliest clastic sediments preserved are of early Famennian age (ca. 370?Ma). They are exposed immediately to the NW of the suture, and belong to the par-autochthon of the foreland. Besides ultramafic (?ophiolite) material, these rocks contain clasts derived from Early Paleozoic continental slope sediments, originally deposited at the NW margin of the Saxothuringian basin. These findings, together with the paleogeographic position of the Famennian clastics debris on the northwestern passive margin, indicate that the Saxothuringian narrow ocean had been closed by that time. Microprobe analyses of detrital hornblendes suggest derivation from the “Randamphibolit” unit, now present in the middle part of the Saxothuringian allochthon (Münchberg nappes). Detrital zircons of metamorphic rocks formed a little earlier (ca. 380?Ma) indicate rapid recycling at the tectonic front. The middle part of the flysch sequence (ca. early to middle Viséan), both in the par-autochthon and in the allochthon, contains abundant clasts of Paleozoic rocks derived from the northwestern slope and rise, together with debris of Cadomian basement, 500-Ma granitoids and 380?Ma (early Variscan) crystalline rocks. All of these source rocks were still available in the youngest part of the flysch (c. middle to late Viséan), but some clasts record, in addition, accretion of the northwestern shelf. Our findings permit deduction of minimum rates of tectonic shortening well in excess of 10–30?mm per year, and rates of exhumation of ca. 3?mm/a, and possibly more.     

苏州地区I-A型花岗岩特征与成因的对比研究

应用岩石学、矿物学、地球化学及岩浆物理学等的理论和方法，对苏州地区Ｉ型和Ａ型花岗岩的特征及成因进行了对比研究，得出以下主要结论：Ｉ型花岗岩为晚侏罗世火山弧压性环境产物，侵位较深；而Ａ型者为Ａ２型花岗岩，为早白垩世造山后张性环境产物，侵位较浅，具晶洞构造．Ａ型比Ｉ型花岗岩以酸度、碱度、Ａｌ，Ｆ含量高而Ｈ２Ｏ＋含量低，以ＲＥＥ及不相容元素丰度高，负Ｅｕ异常强，而ｗ（ＬＲＥＥ）／ｗ（ＨＲＥＥ）低为特色．Ａ型者矿物结晶顺序先浅色后暗色，暗色矿物以富铁贫镁、ＲＥＥ分配系数高及负Ｅｕ异常明显及长石富碱贫钙，而与Ｉ型花岗岩不同．Ａ型者副矿物４０余种，属锆石－褐帘石－萤石型，锆石结晶温度高，（１１０），（１１１）晶面发育；而Ｉ型者仅１０余种，属榍石－锆石－磷灰石型，锆石结晶温度低，（１００），（３１１）晶面发育．Ｉ型花岗岩为幔源岩浆与下地壳部分熔融岩浆混合及ＡＦＣ作用产物，而Ａ型花岗岩为残余下地壳（麻粒岩相）熔融后分离结晶产物，二者并非同源岩浆演化关系．Ａ型比Ｉ型岩浆来源浅，酸度大，含水少；故岩浆密度小，粘度大，上升慢，冷凝长．受密度筛影响，Ａ型花岗岩岩浆房及侵位深度小于Ｉ型     

内蒙古西部甜水井地区中二叠世A型花岗岩

内蒙古北山甜水井地区龙脊山—神蛇岭岩体，总体呈北西向长椭圆状，面积大于100km^2。按岩石谱系单位划分为一单元含斑细粒黑云母二长花岗岩、二单元含斑中细粒黑云母二长花岗岩和三单元中细粒花岗岩,归并为一龙脊山序列。岩石富硅碱，ALK在7．23％～8．37％．AKI小于1,A／CNK=1．01～1．07；OX较高．在0．47～0．83。相对富集大离子亲石元素、轻稀土元素，亏损Ba、Nb、Sr、Zr、Ti。稀土配分曲线呈现显著的“V”字型。副矿物组合为Mt-Ap-Zi型。由早单元到晚单元。向酸碱性增强方向演化，显示深源浅成铝质A型(A2型)花岗岩特征。各类构造环境判别图解投点．具造山后或后造山特征。同位素测年(锆石U-Pb法)为267．1Ma。反映本区中二叠世碰撞造山作用的存在。中二叠晚期已转入稳定的陆内发展环境。     

The Relationship between Tectono-metamorphic Evolution and Argon Isotope Records in White Mica: Constraints from in situ 40Ar-39Ar Laser Analysis of the Variscan Basement of Sardinia

The basement of Sardinia represents a nearly complete sectionof a segment of the Variscan belt that experienced a polyphasetectono-metamorphic evolution and Barrovian metamorphism. Thisbasement is well suited to investigate the relationship betweentectono-metamorphic evolution and argon isotope records in whitemica. Micaschists from the garnet zone (maximum T of up to 520–560°C)contain two texturally and chemically resolvable generationsof white mica: (1) deformed celadonite-rich flakes, defininga relict S₁ foliation preserved within the main S₂ foliationor enclosed in rotated albite porphyroblasts; (2) celadonite-poorwhite micas aligned along the main S₂ foliation. The S₁ foliationdeveloped earlier and at a deeper crustal level with respectto that at which the thermal peak was reached. From the staurolitezone (T of up to 590–625°C) to the sillimanite + K-feldsparzone, white mica is nearly uniform in composition (muscovite)and is predominantly aligned along the S₂ foliation or is oflater crystallization. In situ ⁴⁰Ar–³⁹Ar laser analysesof white mica yielded ages of     

Quantitative Constraints on Metamorphism in the Variscides of Southern Brittany--a Complementary Pseudosection Approach

Previous studies of metapelitic rocks from the core of the southernBrittany metamorphic belt suggest a complex clockwise P–Tevolution. We use pseudosections calculated for an average subaluminousmetapelite composition in the MnNCKFMASH system and averageP–T calculations to investigate in more detail the metamorphicevolution of these rocks. For migmatites, sequential occurrenceof kyanite, kyanite + staurolite and sillimanite suggests thata prograde evolution to P > 8 kbar at T     

新疆东准噶尔北部扎河坝富碱花岗质岩石矿物学特征及物理化学条件

新疆东准噶尔北部扎河坝富碱花岗质岩石分布于乌伦古大断裂与额尔齐斯-玛因鄂博大断裂之间。富碱花岗岩类有石英碱性正长岩、碱性长石花岗岩、石英二长斑岩及碱性长石正长岩等岩石类型。在详细的显微镜观察基础上,全岩分析和电子探针分析结果表明,富碱花岗质岩中的矿物组合是碱性长石 石英 钠铁闪石 霓辉石,以出现高硅、富碱、贫铝、低钙、低镁、高铁、高锰、贫水为特征。铁钛氧化物温度计估算出的富碱花岗岩体结晶温度在650℃~755℃之间,氧逸度为10-17.17Pa~10-14.39Pa,结合钠铁闪石的特征,碱性岩浆演化后期存在着明显的水-岩作用,扎河坝富碱花岗质岩石形成于低压、高氧逸度、中高温环境,反映了相对开放、浅成的形成环境。     

A型花岗岩的研究进展及意义

A型花岗岩主要形成于伸展的构造背景中,是构造环境识别的重要岩石学标志之一。由于形成于特殊的构造背景和重要的地球动力学意义,A型花岗岩的研究一直得到广泛的关注,但是仍旧有许多问题(如命名、分类和成因等)在争论之中。本文从下面几个方面对A型花岗岩的研究现状进行了较系统的总结:(1)A型花岗岩的概念及特征;(2)A型花岗岩与高分异I、S型花岗岩的区别;(3)A型花岗岩的物质来源及成因模式;(4)A型花岗岩的实验岩石学成果;(5)A型花岗岩的分类;(6)A型花岗岩的构造背景及动力学意义。A型花岗岩在形成过程中斜长石、斜方辉石可能为主要的残留或分离结晶矿物相。除了传统的A1(非造山)、A2(后碰撞)分类外,"还原型"和"氧化型"的分类方案最近也受到广泛关注。     

湖北麻城市四道河地区面理化含榴花岗岩的成因

野外和室内研究结果表明,四道河地区面理化含榴花岗岩由古生代沉积岩变质而成。在元素地球化学特征上,具有与岩浆成因的碱性花岗岩一致的特点:高硅(SiO2=75.24%～77.23%)、富碱(Na2O+K2O=6.87%～8.84%)、低铝(Al2O3=11.00%～12.78%);富Rb、Ba、Th、U等大离子亲石元素和Pb,贫Nb、Ta、Zr、Hf等高场强元素;稀土元素含量较高(∑REE=101.08～180.1μg/g),轻稀土元素相对富集(LREE/HREE=3.1～6.8),铕有中等负异常(δEu=0.30～0.68);锆石成因类型及定年结果表明,老核(继承锆石)是异地多时代(元古代-古生代),其寄主岩的原岩是沉积岩,时代不会早于古生代。     

Archaean high-K granitoids produced by remelting of earlier Tonalite–Trondhjemite–Granodiorite (TTG) in the Sangmelima region of the Ntem complex of the Congo craton,southern Cameroon

We present a geochemical and isotopic study that, consistent with observed field relations, suggest Sangmelima late Archaean high-K granite was derived by partial melting of older Archaean TTG. The TTG formations are sodic-trondhjemitic, showing calcic and calc-alkalic trends and are metaluminous to peraluminous. High-K granites in contrast show a potassic calc-alkaline affinity that spans the calcic, calc-alkalic, alkali-calcic and alkalic compositions. The two rock groups (TTG and high-K granites) on the other hand are both ferroan and magnesian. They have a similar degree of fractionation for LREE but a different one for HREE. Nd model ages and Sr/Y ratios define Mesoarchaean and slab-mantle derived magma compositions respectively, with Nb and Ti anomalies indicating a subduction setting for the TTG. Major and trace element in addition to Sr and Nd isotopic compositions support field observations that indicate the derivation of the high-K granitic group from the partial melting of the older TTG equivalent at depth. Geochemical characteristics of the high-K granitic group are therefore inherited features from the TTG protolith and cannot be used for determining their tectonic setting. The heat budget required for TTG partial melting is ascribed to the upwelling of the mantle marked by a doleritic event of identical age as the generated high-K granite melts. The cause of this upwelling is related to linear delamination along mega-shear zones in an intracontinental setting.     

新疆西准噶尔苏云河钼矿床含矿岩体地球化学和年代学

苏云河钼矿床位于新疆西准噶尔巴尔鲁克山西段,容矿岩石为二长花岗岩和二长花岗斑岩。这些花岗岩具有类似的地球化学特征:富集Rb、Th、U和LREE,相对亏损Ba、P、Ti,属于高钾钙碱性I型花岗岩系列,局部经历过强烈的分离结晶作用。LA-ICPMS锆石U-Pb定年结果显示苏云河钼矿区的成岩年龄为309.3~310.2 Ma,这表明与成矿有关的岩浆活动发生于晚石炭世。黑云母的Ti温度计表明Ⅰ号和Ⅲ号岩体的结晶温度相近,为695~728℃;而Ⅱ号岩体的结晶温度较低,为642~668℃。同时根据角闪石-斜长石压力计获得Ⅰ号和Ⅲ号岩体的结晶压力为(3.0~3.9)×108Pa。综合地球化学研究表明,苏云河钼矿区3个岩体均形成于岛弧环境。此外,以苏云河钼矿床为代表的巴尔鲁克山成矿带与哈萨克斯坦境内的巴尔喀什成矿带在岩石地球化学、成岩成矿时代等方面具有许多类似的特点,表明巴尔鲁克山成矿带可能是巴尔喀什成矿带在中国境内的延伸。