Garnet-bearing Granulite Facies Rock Xenoliths from Late Mesozoic Volcaniclastic Breccia, Xinyang, Henan Province

This paper presents the primary results of petrologic, mineralogical and petrochemical studies of garnet-bearing granulite facies rock xenoliths from Xinyang, Henan Province. These xenoliths, which are found in a pipe of late Mesozoic volcaniclastic breccia, are of high density (3.13-3.30 g/cm3) and high seismic velocity (Vp = 7.04-7.31 km/s), being products of underplating of basaltic magmas and had experienced granulite facies metamorphism. The underplating and metamorphism took place before the eruption of the host rock. Petrographical studies and equilibrium T-P calculations show that these xenoliths were captured at a 49 km depth and experienced at least a 16 km uplift before they were captured. The dynamics of the uplift could be related to the continent-continent collision between the North China plate and the Yangtze plate during the Triassic.     

从旋回层序的特征论地层记录的两种相变面及两种穿时性

地层记录具四大特性 :“复杂性、非渐变性、不完整性、旋回性”。旋回性地层记录的研究 ,即“不同级别旋回层序及其有序叠加形式”的研究是从复杂而不完整的地层记录中寻找更多的规律性的有效途径之一。异成因旋回层序的两大特征——“空间上相序的有序性及时间上环境变化的同步性”,说明了地层记录中的两种相变面——“静态相变面及动态相变面”以及与之相关的两种穿时性——“相变面穿时及间断面穿时”的普遍性 ,这是地层记录的复杂性的又一重要体现。两种相变面及两种穿时性 ,是地层堆积作用过程中沉积环境的空间相变及时间相变共同作用的结果 ,它们是正确建立时代—岩石格架 ,研究事件对岩石形成影响的基本要素     

沮漳河现代沉积研究

通过对沮漳河 1994～ 1998年洪水期与枯水期沉积的连续观察研究 ,指出了洪水期与枯水期沉积物搬运的不同机制和过程 ,识别出了 16种岩石相及 6种组合类型 ,每种组合的水动力条件及沉积过程决定了其沉积方式、沉积序列、产出位置和微环境特点。据此 ,将沮漳河可划分为 4个沉积微相单元 :河道内砾石及砂坝 ,典型凸岸点坝 ,决口扇与广布的河漫滩。提出了曲流河两个相邻弯顶之间存在凹岸滩坝的可能性 ,探讨了曲流河“二元结构”的形成过程和加积机理     

The Upper Permian Sedimentary Facies and Its Role in the Dajing Cu-Sn Deposit, Linxi County, Inner Mongolia, China

Abstract: Exhaustive investigations were launched for confirming the upper Permian host rocks of the Dajing Cu-Sn Deposit, probing into the possibility that Dajing is a Sedex type deposit during cosedimentation, complementing the deficiency of previous researches and going further into substantiating the role of the upper Permian strata in the control of ore distribution. After more than two years work, we reclassified the sedimentary facies in the Dajing area and its periphery as shallow fresh water lake and delta. Indicative sedimentary structures, such as ripple marks, rain marks, and mud cracks combined with contemporary fossils, were revealed. Having measured the flow directions, performed chemical comparison, and analyzed various sediments from sourceland in the Dajing area by XRF, we consequently redivided the strata into four sedimentary members, among which P₂l₁ and P₂l₂ were concluded as significant ore-hosted strata. The upper Permian basin was a lateral rift basin. The water and sediments in the basin are much deeper and thicker in the north than those in the south.
The indicators of special sedimentary facies, such as gravity flow, brine pool and synchronogenic stratiform structure of the ore cannot be found in the Dajing area. There was no growth fault, assemblage of sulfide and sulfate, and no zonation as well.
On the basis of study in this area, taking into account the paleosedimentary environment as capriciously flowing shallow lake, which approximated the state of oxidation, we figured that the paleogeography made it prohibitively difficult to form stratiform sulfide deposits which are prone to form in deoxidized environment. It can be ruled out the possibility that the Dajing deposit is a syngenetic deposit during sedimentation.     

Thermal evolution of the Ryoke metamorphic belt, southwestern Japan: Tectonic and numerical modeling

Abstract The Ryoke metamorphic belt of southwestern Japan is composed of Cretaceous Ryoke granitoids and associated metamorphic rocks of low-pressure facies series. The Ryoke granitoids are divided into sheet-like bodies (e.g. Gamano granodiorite) and stock-like bodies. The Gamano granodiorite intruded concordantly into the high-grade metamorphic rocks without development of a contact metamorphic aureole, and the intrusion ages of the granodiorite are similar to the ages of thermal peak of the low pressure (low-P) metamorphism. It is suggested that the low-P Ryoke metamorphism resulted from the intrusion of the Gamano granodiorite. In this study, a simple 1-D numerical model of conductive heat transfer was used to evaluate the thermal effects of emplacement of the Gamano granodiorite. Calculated temperature-time ( T-t ) paths are characterized by a rapid increase of metamorphic temperature and a relatively short-lived period of high temperature. For example, the T-t path at the 15-km depth is characterized by a rapid average increase in temperature of 1.4 × 10-³°C/year and high temperatures for < ca 0.5 Ma. The calculated peak temperature for each depth is nearly equal to the petrologically estimated value for each correlated metamorphic zone. The results suggest that the magma-intrusion model is one possible thermal model for low-pressure facies series metamorphism.     

徐武家麻粒岩相糜棱岩

内蒙中部土贵乌拉南徐武家早前寒武纪麻粒岩地体中发育北东向韧性剪切带,其中发现有宽达5km 的麻粒岩相糜棱岩剖面,成分相当于紫苏辉长岩、钠质花岗岩和泥质岩的麻粒岩相糜棱岩出露齐全,保存完整。二辉斜长麻粒岩中紫苏辉石、斜长石、钾长石和透辉石斑晶普遍发育强烈的塑性形变;细粒重结晶相矿物组合 Hy+Di+Pl+Kf+Hb+Bi+Scap+Q 显示糜棱岩形成于麻粒岩相变质条件,二辉石矿物对给出温度 T=710℃。该糜棱岩带与麻粒岩相变辉长岩和地壳熔融型石榴子石花岗岩密切共生,这一事实既确证了韧性剪切带在麻粒岩变质过程中发育,为研究该区麻粒岩相岩带构造演化找到了一个构造标志,同时,也为深入探讨下地壳的实际构造过程,包括麻粒岩相条件下剪切形变发生的饥理以及克拉通化提供了地质实例。     

贺兰山群变质杂岩主期变质作用的温压环境研究

分布于贺兰山脉北部的贺兰山群变质杂岩的主期变质作用达角闪麻粒岩相,其矿物组合特征与低压相系麻粒岩相似、利用共生矿物组合和矿物对的温度计、压力计估算主期变质温度740—764(?),压力460—501MPa。温度压力条件与低压相系的地热梯度线较接近,变质作用强度具面型分布的特征,与东部密云、冀东等地的麻粒岩相区相似,但变质压力明显低,压力类型也不同,应属不同构造背景下的变质产物。     

柴北缘冷湖构造带古近系沉积体系及演化特征

通过对柴达木盆地北缘西段重点探井的岩心观测、重矿物分析、测井数据及地震资料的分析，研究了冷湖构造带古近系沉积体系及演化特征和不同时期沉积微相及砂体的展布规律.结果认为，冷湖构造带古近系主要发育冲积扇-辫状河-辫状河三角洲-湖泊沉积体系，物源来自北东方向的小赛什腾山和赛什腾山附近.古近系路乐河组（E₁₊₂）沉积期，主要发育辫状河以及辫状河三角洲平原沉积，仅在靠近山前发育少量冲积扇沉积；至下干柴沟组（E₃）沉积时期，主要发育辫状河、辫状河三角洲平原、辫状河三角洲前缘及滨-浅湖沉积.古近纪时期冷湖构造带表现为一次较大规模的水进过程，纵向沉积继承性明显，很好地记录了这一沉积演化过程.这一沉积体系及演化过程有利于粗碎屑和细碎屑交互沉积，形成较好的储盖组合，为柴达木盆地冷湖构造带下一步的油气勘探提供了可靠的地质依据.