Holocene reactivations of catastrophic complex flow-like landslides in the Flysch Carpathians (Czech Republic/Slovakia)

Complex flow-like landslides (CFLLs) are important geomorphic agents of Late Quaternary mountain evolution in the Flysch Belt of the Outer Western Carpathians. The CFLLs are characterised by the upper section of deep-seated, retrogressive landslide of structurally unfavourably oriented rocks and lower sections composed of earthflows originated due to liquefaction of material accumulated from the upper slopes. Radiocarbon dating of organic matter incorporated into landslide debris or related deposits suggests that most of the CFLLs collapsed repeatedly throughout the Holocene with typical recurrence intervals of approximately 1–2 ka. Catastrophic landslides that occurred during extreme hydrometeorological events in recent decades displayed evidence of Holocene activity. Most of the CFLLs dammed and steepened adjacent valleys. Our chronological dataset is biased by erosion of older landforms, but most of the dated reactivations correlate to regional increases in humidity identified by previous paleoenvironmetal studies.     

Arc plutonism in a transtensional regime: the late Palaeozoic Totoltepec pluton,Acatlán Complex,southern Mexico

The ENE-trending, ca. 306–287 Ma, Totoltepec pluton is part of a Carboniferous–Permian continental magmatic arc on the western Pangaean margin. The 15 km?×?5 km pluton is bounded by two N–S Permian dextral faults, an E–W thrust to the south, and an E–W normal fault to the north. Thermobarometric data indicate that the main, ca. 289–287 Ma, part of the pluton was emplaced at ≤20 km depth and ≥700°C and was exhumed to 11 km and 400°C in 4 ± 2 million years. We have documented the following intrusive sequence: (1) the 306 Ma northern marginal mafic phase; (2) the 287 Ma main trondhjemitic phase; and (3) ca. 289–283 Ma sub-vertical dikes that vary from (a) N39E, undeformed with crystal growth perpendicular to the margins, through (b) ca. N50–73E, foliated and folded with sinistral shear indicators, to (c) N73–140E and boudinaged. The obliquity of the boundary between the folded and stretched dikes relative to the N–S dextral faults suggests sequential emplacement in a transtensional regime (with 20% E–W extension), followed by different degrees of clockwise rotation passing through a shortening field accompanied by sinistral shear into an extensional field. The ca. 289–287 Ma intrusion also contains a steep ENE-striking foliation and hornblende lineations varying from sub-horizontal to steeply plunging, probably the result of emplacement in a triclinic strain regime. We infer that magmatism ceased when some of the dextral motion was transferred from the western to the eastern bounding fault, causing thrusting to take place along the southern boundary of the pluton. This mechanism is also invoked for the rapid uplift and exhumation of the pluton between ca. 287 Ma and 283 Ma. The distinctive characteristics of the Totoltepec pluton should prove useful in identifying similar tectonic settings within continental arcs.     

东喜马拉雅构造结高压基性麻粒岩成因与构造意义

东喜马拉雅构造结南迦巴瓦杂岩中存在典型的泥质、长英质和基性高压麻粒岩。但是,高压麻粒岩在南迦巴瓦杂岩中的分布范围、变质条件和变质时间是否存在空间上的变化并不明确。本文对南迦巴瓦杂岩西南部巴嘎地区的高压基性麻粒岩进行了岩石学和年代学研究。研究表明,巴嘎高压基性麻粒岩由石榴子石、单斜辉石、角闪石、斜长石、黑云母和石英组成,石榴子石变斑晶发育生长成分环带。识别出三期矿物组合：进变质矿物组合M1为石榴子石变斑晶核部及其矿物包裹体,包括石榴子石、石英、榍石和磷灰石;峰期矿物组合M2为变斑晶石榴子石边部和基质矿物,即石榴子石+单斜辉石+斜长石+角闪石+石英+金红石+熔体;退变质矿物组合M3呈冠状体或基质产出,其组合为角闪石+斜长石+单斜辉石+黑云母+石英+榍石。高压基性麻粒岩的峰期变质条件约为1. 5 GPa和915 ℃,具有顺时针P- T轨迹,退变质的早期和晚期分别为近等温降压和降温降压过程。高压基性麻粒岩在峰期条件下发生了明显的部分熔融,含~26%（体积）的熔体,其退变质和熔体结晶作用很可能发生在26~14 Ma。本文和研究区现有研究成果表明,东喜马拉雅构造结南迦巴瓦杂岩中的高压麻粒岩广泛分布,从东北部的加拉、直白和派乡延伸到西南部的巴嘎沟,形成了一条长度超过80 km的高压麻粒岩带。整个带中的高压麻粒岩具有类似的变质条件和持续时间,是印度大陆地壳平缓俯冲并经历了高温和高压变质与部分熔融的产物,构成了喜马拉雅造山带的加厚下地壳。大量高压麻粒岩强烈部分熔融产生的熔体可能为喜马拉雅淡色花岗岩提供了源区。     

柴北缘果可山岩体的岩浆混合作用:来自岩相学、矿物学和地球化学证据

青海南山岩浆岩带沿柴达木盆地和西秦岭造山带北缘分布,主要由与古特提斯洋俯冲-碰撞相关的晚二叠世-三叠纪花岗岩组成。本文对柴北缘东段果可山石英闪长岩及其中镁铁质微粒包体开展岩相学、矿物学、地球化学和Sr-Nd同位素综合研究及成因约束,为探究壳-幔相互作用提供新信息。LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年结果显示,果可山石英闪长岩与镁铁质包体形成于～247Ma。石英闪长岩属中钾钙碱性I型花岗岩,具有中等K_2O含量(1.43%～2.18%)和高Mg~#值(48.9～52.4),还表现出富集轻稀土元素、大离子亲石元素(如U、K、Pb),亏损重稀土元素和高场强元素(如Nb、Ta、Ti)和弱Eu负异常特征(Eu/Eu~*=0.71～0.85)。Sr-Nd同位素组成和矿物不平衡结构(如斜长石韵律环带和突变环带及角闪石包裹黑云母)表明,石英闪长岩主要源自镁铁质下地壳部分熔融并伴有富集地幔来源镁铁质组分的参与。镁铁质微粒包体呈椭球状,发育冷凝边和特殊的显微结构(如针状磷灰石、斜长石反环带和斜长石含刀刃状角闪石),具有更低的SiO 2含量(56.68%～59.28%)、更高的ε#Nd(t)和Mg值(58.5～62.2)以及更平坦的稀土配分曲线,暗示果可山镁铁质包体和寄主花岗岩是由源自遭受俯冲交代地幔的镁铁质岩浆与古老下地壳(古元古代晚期)来源的长英质岩浆不同比例混合形成的。结合前人对区域沉积学和构造解析研究结果,本文认为青海南山早-中三叠世岩浆活动与古特提斯洋向北俯冲诱发的幔源岩浆底侵和岩浆混合作用有关。     

Multistage metamorphism and deformation in high‐pressure metabasites of the northern Adula Nappe Complex (Central Alps,Switzerland)

Metabasites from the northern Adula Nappe Complex (ANC) display a complex microstructural evolution recording episodes of deformation and metamorphic re‐equilibration that were obliterated in the surrounding phengite‐bearing schists. Pre‐D1 and D1 deformation episodes are preserved as mineral inclusions within garnet cores of some amphibole‐bearing eclogites and record high‐temperature greenschist‐/amphibolite‐facies conditions. D2 produced an eclogite‐facies foliation which developed at 580 ± 70°C and 19 ± 3 kbar. D3 was a composite deformation episode which can be divided into three sub‐episodes D3m, D3a and D3b which occurred as the metamorphism evolved from post‐eclogitic high‐pressure and low‐temperature conditions through to amphibolite‐facies conditions at 590 ± 30°C and 11.7 ± 1.3 kbar. The D3 deformation episode was responsible for the development of the S3 regional‐scale foliation in the surrounding schists, whilst D4 caused the development of an S4 greenschist foliation. The composite nature of the D3 episode indicates that rocks of the northern ANC experienced a protracted post‐eclogitic structural reworking and that the current structure of this part of the Alps is a late‐Alpine feature. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

黑龙江跃进山杂岩中砾岩的碎屑锆石年代学及其大地构造意义

黑龙江省饶河县石场一带分布的跃进山杂岩为一套富含晚三叠世化石的海陆交互相沉积地层.砾岩样品中的LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年结果显示，样品中的碎屑锆石年龄谱具有4组年龄，分别为800 Ma以上、500 Ma、251~284 Ma和219~222 Ma.前三者与佳木斯地块中的热事件年龄完全一致，表明其沉积物源主要来自佳木斯地块；后者为砾岩最小年龄组，大致可将这组最小年龄视为这套砾岩的沉积时代下限，与西侧松辽地块东缘的张广才岭地区广泛分布的210~228 Ma的晚三叠世早期花岗岩基本一致，说明具有最小年龄组的碎屑锆石可能来自松辽地块东部.碎屑锆石年龄及其源区特征表明，在晚三叠世之前，跃进山增生杂岩已经就位在佳木斯地块东缘，并成为佳木斯地块东部大陆边缘的一部分.     

A method for modelling mass balance in partial melting and anatectic leucosome segregation

A method is proposed for adjusting the mass balance to characterize quantitatively the behaviour of minerals in anatexis. The method is based on an unconstrained simple mixing model that can be expressed as: where B , A ₀, and A _1-n, are compositional vectors of segregate, source rock and source minerals, respectively. The most important concepts are: (1) degree of partial fusion: F^MM= 1/a₀; (2) mineral fractionation index: and (3) plagioclase differentiation index: . For a given mineral, the MFI values have the following meaning: (a) MFI <0: residual phase originated, at least partly, as a product of incongruent melting; (b) 0 > MFI <1: preferential retention in the residue; (c) MFI= 1: identical modal fraction in source and melt; (d) a₀ > MFI > 1: preferential incorporation into the segregate, and (e) MFI > a₀: external contribution to the anatectic system defined by a₀ A ₀. To test the method and illustrate its use, it was applied to two real problems of partial melting in the Peña Negra Anatectic Complex (Central Spain). The first is a very simple case of segregation of a diktyonitic neosome from an orthogneiss through partial melting located in vertical shear zones. This process is characterized by: (1) F^MM= 0.51; (2) active incorporation of K-feldspar, plagioclase and biotite into the segregate; (3) disequilibrium melting of plagioclase; (4) residual behaviour of quartz and ilmenite. The second case concerns the formation of a cordierite-bearing granite from granodioritoid diatexites through an anatectic process, whose most salient characteristics are: (1) F^MM= 0.45; (2) incongruent melting of biotite; (3) residual behaviour of plagioclase, which melted with a PDI of 1.22; (4) preferential incorporation of quartz into the segregate; (5) total extraction of K-feldspar from the residue.     

P-T conditions of earliest Late Cretaceous metamorphism in the Western Sonobari Complex,northwestern Mexico: tectonic implications

The Western Sonobari Complex in northwestern Mexico consists of metamorphosed rocks mostly derived from Palaeozoic (?) sedimentary and Mesozoic igneous protoliths. Rocks of this complex display amphibolite facies orogenic metamorphism, pervasive foliation, migmatization, and four folding phases. These features are ascribed to a contractional tectonic event with NNW–SSE shortening direction, which caused thrusting, thickening of the crust, and sinking of the lithological units. U–Pb geochronology of migmatitic leucosome bands indicates that peak metamorphic conditions were reached between ~93 and 89 Ma. Post-tectonic Late Cretaceous peraluminous aplite-pegmatite dikes transect the metamorphic foliation. Traditional thermobarometry in the metamorphic rocks yields average pressures and temperatures of 9.0–7.1 kbar and 745–663°C, typical of intermediate P/T Barrovian metamorphism. On the basis of its age and contractional character, the thickening event originating the metamorphism may be related to collision of the Alisitos island arc against crustal blocks of Mexico. Thermobarometric data of post-tectonic intrusives including Late Cretaceous granodiorite and Eocene gabbro indicate emplacement within an overthickened crust, while P-T conditions of post-tectonic dikes point towards an almost isothermal decompression path along the amphibolite facies field. Rock units of similar age and metamorphic character are discontinuously exposed from the Islas Marias offshore the Nayarit coast to the Peninsular Ranges batholith of Baja California, and even extend north into the Sierra Nevada batholith and the Sevier hinterland. This extensive belt of Barrovian metamorphic rocks thus provides a record of middle Cretaceous shortening and crustal thickening related to arc-continent collision followed by subduction resuming.     

Geochemistry, Nd Isotopic Characteristics of Metamorphic Complexes in Northern Hebei： Implications for Crustal Accretion

The middle segment of the northern margin of the North China Craton （NCC） consists mainly of metamorphosed Archean Dantazi Complex, Paleoproterozoic Hongqiyingzi Complex and unmetamorphosed gabbro-anorthosite-meta-alkaline granite, as well as metamorphosed Late Paleozoic mafic to granitoid rocks in the Damiao-Changshaoying area. The -2.49 Ga Dantazi Complex comprises dioritic-trondhjemitic-granodoritic-monzogranitic gneisses metamorphosed in amphibolite to granulite facies. Petrochemical characteristics reveal that most of the rocks belong to a medium- to high-potassium calc-alkaline series, and display Mg^# less than 40, right-declined REE patterns with no to obviously positive Eu anomalies, evidently negative Th, Nb, Ta and Ti anomalies in primitive mantlenormalized spider diagrams, εNd（t）=＋0.65 to -0.03, and depleted mantle model ages TDM=2.78-2.71 Ga. Study in petrogenesis indicates that the rocks were formed from magmatic mixing between mafic magma from the depleted mantle and granitoid magma from partial melting of recycled crustal mafic rocks in a continental margin setting. The 2.44-2.41 Ga Hongqiyingzi Complex is dominated by metamorphic mafic-granodioritic-monzogranitic gneisses, displaying similar petrochemical features to the Dantazi Complex, namely medium to high potassium calc-alkaline series, and the mafic rocks show evident change in LILEs, negative Th, Nb, Ta, Zr anomalies and positive P anomalies. And the other granitiod samples also exhibit negative Th, Nb, Ta, P and Ti anomalies. All rocks in the Hongqiyingzi Complex show right-declined REE patterns without Eu anomaly. The metamorphic mafic rocks with εNd（t） = -1.64 may not be an identical magmatic evolution series with granitoids that have εNd（t） values of ＋3.19 to ＋1.94 and TDM ages of 2.55-2.52 Ga. These granitic rocks originated from hybrid between mafic magma from the depleted mantle and magma from partial melting of juvenile crustal mafic rocks in an island arc setting. All the -311 Ma Late Paleozoic metamorphic mafic rocks and related granitic rocks show a medium-potassium calc-alkaline magmatic evolution series, characterized by high Mg^#, obviously negative Th, Nb, Ta anomalies and positive Sr anomalies, from no to strongly negative Ti anomalies and flat REE patterns with εNd（t） = ＋8.42, implying that the maflc magma was derived from the depleted mantle. However the other granitic rocks are characterized by right-declined REE patterns with no to evidently positive Eu anomalies, significantly low εNd（t） = -13.37 to -14.04, and TDM=1.97-1.96 Ga, revealing that the granitoid magma was derived from hybrid between maflc magma that came from -311 Ma depleted mantle and granitoid magma from Archean to Early Paleoproterozoic ancient crustal recycling. The geochemistry and Nd isotopic characteristics as well as the above geological and geochronological results indicate that the middle segment of the northern margin of the NCC mainly experienced four crustal growth episodes from Archean to Late Paleozoic, which were dominated by three continental marginal arc accretions （-2.49, -2.44 and 311 Ma）, except the 1.76-1.68 Ga episode related to post-collisional extension, revealing that the crustal accretion of this segment was chiefly generated from arc accretion and amalgamation to the NCC continental block.     

Petrology of alkali basalts of Zlot, Timok Magmatic Complex (Eastern Serbia)

Alkali basalts were discovered in the Timok Magmatic Complex only in a borehole near Zlot. They are composed of plagioclase and clinopyroxene phenocrysts lying in intersertal to pilotaxitic groundmass. The characteristic feature of these rocks is the high content of needle shaped magnetite.

Various disequilibrium features in alkali basalt of Zlot reflect complex convection effects and recharge, most probably in a shallow magma chamber. Major and trace elements data indicate that alkali basalts of Zlot originated from magmas deriving from metasomatized mantle wedge above a subducting and dehydrating plate. However the investigated rocks did not originate from primary magmas, but from a magma which has undergone considerable fractional crystallization.