The Jinshajiang suture zone: tectono-stratigraphic subdivision and revision of age

Integrated study of rock assemblage, tectonic setting, geochemical feature, fossil contained and isotopic geochronology on the metamorphic mixed bodies, exposed in the Jinshajiang suture zone, suggests that one informal lithostratigraphic unit, the Eaqing Complex, and three tectono-stratigraphic units, the Jinshajiang ophiolitic melange, the Gajinxueshan Group and the Zhongxinrong Group, can be recognized there. It is first pointed out that the redefined Eaqing Complex might represent the Meso- to Neo-Proterozoic remnant metamorphic basement or mi-crocontinental fragment in the Jinshajiang area. The original rocks of it should be older than (1627 ±192) Ma based on the geochronological study. The zircon U-Pb age of plagiogranites within the Jinshajiang ophiolitic assemblage is dated for the first time at (294 ± 3) Ma and (340 ± 3) Ma respectively. The Jinshajiang ophiolite is approximately equivalent to the Ailaoshan ophiolite in the formation age, covering the interval from the Late Devonian to the Carboniferous. Dating of U-Pb age from basalt interbeds indicates that the redefined Gajinxueshan Group and Zhongxinrong Group may be considered Carboniferous to Permian and latest Permian to Middle Triassic in age. In geotectonic terms the Jinshajiang suture zone is thought to be a back-arc basin in the eastern margin of the Paleo-Tethys. This back-arc basin started in the Late Devonian, and formed in the Devonian-Carboniferous. The collision event around the Permian/Triassic boundary to the Middle Triassic led to the closure of the back-arc basin and formation of suture.     

克拉麦里—塔克札勒—大黑山蛇绿岩建造稀土元素特征

克拉麦里—塔克札勒—大黑山蛇绿岩建造稀土元素含量由变质橄榄岩—堆积橄榄岩—堆积辉长岩—玄武岩有规律增高 ,总体表现为轻稀土弱富集 ,L/H值大多数大于 1,局部有轻稀土亏损的特征。蛇绿岩建造各单元间稀土元素分布模式不尽相同 ,即使是同一单元在不同地段亦有差异 ,反映地幔岩浆的复杂性。基性熔岩稀土元素分布模式既有洋脊玄武岩的平坦曲线 ,又有轻稀土富集型的夏威夷等洋岛玄武岩的特征 ,反映该蛇绿岩带混杂着洋壳残骸和洋岛碎块。由清水—南明水东—塔克札勒基性熔岩稀土元素含量有规律递增 ,分别是球粒陨石的 9.4、15.4、18.9倍 ,反映玄武质岩浆分异程度逐渐增高 ,间接说明该岩带闭合时间由西向东从中泥盆世—晚石炭世末 ,再向东甚至延续至二叠纪     

Tertiary extension of continental crust and uplift of Psiloritis metamorphic core complex in the central part of the Hellenic Arc (Crete,Greece)

Kinematic analysis of the deformation in central Crete suggests that the structural evolution and exhumation of the high pressure/low temperature (HP/LT) rocks outcropping at the Mount Psiloritis metamorphic core complex are associated with a regional, Miocene, north-south extension and thinning of the continental crust. This tectonic regime developed under bulk coaxial strain conditions, with ductile deformation in the lower and brittle deformation in the upper crust, and followed, on the decompressional path, a north-south compression associated with a HP/LT metamorphism in the lower crust. This compressional event took place during Oligocene—Early Miocene and led to overthickening of the accretionary wedge in the Hellenic Arc. An east-west directed compression accompanied, in the final stages, the Miocene north-south extension of the continental crust.     

Paleontological characteristics of the Upper Cenozoic sediments and environmental changes in the Peter the Great Bay area (Sea of Japan)

Paleontological assemblages from Cenozoic sediments of the continental slope in the Peter the Great Bay (Sea of Japan) are characterized. Paleontological remains are represented by diverse and abundant siliceous microfossils (diatoms, silicoflagellates, radiolarians) and palynological complexes. The use of high-resolution biostratigraphic zonations made it possible to specify the age of sediments and reconstruct environmental changes during the last 17 Ma. The history of paleontological studies in this area of the Sea of Japan, which is of key importance for development of methods for marine geological works, is reviewed.     

Semi-automated bathymetric spectral decomposition delineates the impact of mass wasting on the morphological evolution of the continental slope,offshore Israel

Understanding continental-slope morphological evolution is essential for predicting basin deposition. However, separating the imprints and chronology of different seafloor shaping processes is difficult. This study explores the utility of bathymetric spectral decomposition for separating and characterizing the variety of interleaved seafloor imprints of mass wasting, and clarifying their role in the morphological evolution of the southeastern Mediterranean Sea passive-margin slope. Bathymetric spectral decomposition, integrated with interpretation of seismic profiles, highlights the long-term shape of the slope and separates the observed mass transport elements into several genetic groups: (1) a series of ~25 km wide, now-buried slide scars and lobes; (2) slope-parallel bathymetric scarps representing shallow faults; (3) slope-perpendicular, open slope slide scars; (4) bathymetric roughness representing debris lobes; (5) slope-confined gullies. Our results provide a multi-scale view of the interplay between sediment transport, mass transport and shallow faulting in the evolution of the slope morphology. The base of the slope and focused disturbances are controlled by ~1 km deep salt retreat, and mimic the Messinian base of slope. The top of the open-slope is delimited by faults, accommodating internal collapse of the margin. The now-buried slides were slope-confined and presumably cohesive, and mostly nucleated along the upper-slope faults. Sediment accumulations, infilling the now-buried scars, generated more recent open-slope slides. These latter slides transported ~10 km³ of sediments, depositing a significant fraction (~3 m in average) of the sediments along the base of the studied slope during the past < 50 ka. South to north decrease in the volume of the open-slope slides highlight their role in counterbalancing the northwards diminishing sediment supply and helping to maintain a long-term steady-state bathymetric profile. The latest phase slope-confined gullies were presumably created by channelling of bottom currents into slide-scar depressions, possibly establishing incipient canyon headword erosion.     

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中国大陆中尺度对流复合体的环境场演变特征

采用合成分析方法,将中国大陆中尺度对流复合体的生命史划分为７ 个子阶段,详细探讨ＭＣＣ演变过程中的能量生消特征。结果表明：在ＭＣＣ的持续阶段,５００ｈＰａ 以下始终有深厚不稳定层存在,不稳定度渐渐减小,水汽、热量从西南和偏南方进入ＭＣＣ,最大通量值出现在９００～５００ ｈＰａ 高度。高、低、中空环流配合对ＭＣＣ的启动和发展有重要意义。     

新疆库鲁克塔格地区辛格尔变质核杂岩特征

辛格尔一带的前震旦纪古老变质岩系为一系列的变质核杂岩。其内核由早—中太古代古陆核组成 ,外核为晚太古代、古元古代、中元古代、新元古代早期变质岩系构成的多层次构造增生楔 ,并有多期剥离断层配套。新元古宙代晚期震旦系为盖层。它是地壳多期伸缩构造的产物。变质核杂岩体是一个有利于成矿的构造体系。辛格尔变质核杂岩构造是一个对有色和贵金属等矿产成矿的有利构造     

Geochemical Features of the Two Early Paleozoic Ophiolitic Zones and Volcanic Rocks in the Central —Southern Tianshan Region ,Xinjiang

This paper deals with the geochemical features of the two Early Paleozoic ophiolite zones in the central-southem Tianshan region and the central Tianshan igneous rock belt between them.Study results suggest that the central Tianshan belt was an Ordovician volcanic arc with an affinity of continental crust, and the Kumux-Hongluhe ophiolitic zone that is located on the southern margin of central Tianshan has a crustal affinity to back-arc marginal sea.The Aqqikkudug-Weiya ophiolitic zone is an accretionary boundary between the Tuha continental block and the central Tianshan volcanic arc during Late Silurian to Devoniann;Ordovician ophi-olitic blocks,Silurian flysch sequence and HP metamorphic rock relics are distributed along the Aqqikkudug-Weiya zone.Geochemically,ophiolitic rocks in the Aqqikkudug-Weiya zone have an affinity to oceanic crust,reflecting a tectonic setting of paleo-trench or subduction zone .The Early Carboniferous red molasses were deposited unconformably on the pre-Carboniferous meta-mrophosed and ductile sheared volcanic and flysch rocks,providing an upper limit age of the central and southern Tianshan belts.     

滇中南中元古代撮科蛇绿混杂岩地质特征及构造背景

撮科蛇绿混杂岩出露于元江县撮科大寨及周边地区,受到后期构造作用影响发生一定的变质和变形。蛇岩性较为复杂,岩块与基质之间为断层接触。基质以硅质岩、熔结凝灰岩和花岗质砾岩为主,岩块的类型主要有辉石岩、辉长岩、辉绿岩、闪长岩、玄武岩、斜长花岗岩等。其中,撮科蛇绿混杂岩中熔结凝灰岩的SHRIMP锆石U-Pb龄为(1 170±7) Ma(MSWD=0.54,n=12),花岗质砾岩基质具有单一的年龄,为(1 151±5) Ma(MSWD=1.3,n=17);辉长岩岩块的SHRIMP锆石U-Pb年龄为(1 168±8) Ma(MSWD=0.72,n=17),斜长花岗岩岩块的SHRIMP锆石U-Pb年龄为(1 163±9) Ma(MSWD=1.83,n=15),花岗斑岩岩块的SHRIMP锆石U-Pb年龄为(1 186±6) Ma(MSWD=0.92,n=17)。这些年龄指示该蛇绿混杂岩形成于中元古代晚期。撮科蛇绿混杂岩中辉长岩REE标准化曲线整体表现较为平坦的右倾趋势,具有与E-MORB相似的稀土元素特征。在MORB标准化图解中Nb、Ta没有出现明显的负异常,极低的Zr/Nb(8.65)、La/Nb(1.05)、Ba/Nb(10.72)、Th/Nb(0.10)、Th/La(0.09)、Ba/La(10.56)、Zr/Hf(43.4)平均值,且微量元素判别投点主要落入板内玄武岩范围,指示撮科蛇绿混杂岩应属于MORB型蛇绿岩,可能形成于板块伸展的构造环境。熔结凝灰岩锆石的ε_Hf(t)值为-8.7 ~-4.7,平均值为-6.6,所有ε_Hf(t)均为负,Hf同位素模式年龄(t_DMC)为2 534~2 296 Ma,平均为2 408 Ma,指示熔结凝灰岩来自古元古代结晶基底的重熔。撮科蛇绿混杂岩的厘定,对重新认识原大红山群老厂河组的属性,研究扬子陆块西南缘中—新元古代岩浆和构造事件,划分扬子陆块基底大地构造单元具有重要意义。