Detrital Zircon Geochronology and Provenance of Metasedimentary Rocks from the Susong Complex Zone in the Dabie Orogen

The Susong complex zone is a relatively low-grade metamorphic unit located in the southern part of the Dabie orogen and preserves a variety of metasedimentary rocks, mostly with epidote–amphibolite facies. However, their depositional age, provenance and tectonic setting of sedimentary protolith remain controversial due to the lack of fossils, precise dating and integrated geochemical investigation. This study has conducted whole-rock elemental, and zircon U-Pb SHRIMP dating and Lu-Hf isotope ana...     

The upper Viséan–Serpukhovian in the type area for the Serpukhovian Stage (Moscow Basin,Russia): Part 2. bulk geochemistry and magnetic susceptibility

This study is the summary analysis of bulk XRF geochemistry (233 samples from three sections) of the Oka and Zaborie groups of the type Serpukhovian succession in the Moscow Basin. The siliciclastic wedges in the limestone‐dominated Oka Group are two to three times enriched in Fe, Ti, and Zr compared to Clarke values. Bulk iron strongly correlates with magnetic susceptibility. Iron tends to form ferruginized horizons (original siderites) in finer grained siliciclastic beds associated with coal seams. These beds also tend to be enriched in Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn, and other trace metals (metal enrichment horizons or MEHs). MEHs formed in ponded conditions of coastal low‐pH marshlands vegetated by mangrove‐like lycopsid bushes. Well‐drained environments of palaeokarst formation and alkaline everglades (Akulshino palustrine event) on the other hand did not accumulate Fe and trace metals. The thin shale seam (found close to the Viséan–Serpukhovian boundary in Polotnyanyi Zavod) has unusually high Rb and Sr values, which may contain volcanigenic material useful for absolute dating. The Gurovo Formation (Steshevian Substage of the Serpukhovian) is less enriched in Fe and Ti. In the Gurovo Formation, the transition from the lower montmorillonitic shale (Glazechnya Member) to the upper palygorskitic shale (Dashkovka Member) is expressed by a five‐fold increase in background MgO values, which indicates progressive shoaling and climatic aridization. Phosphorus remains close to 0% in the Oka Group and tends to increase in the Zaborie Group, in agreement with a dramatic increase of conodont numbers and other signatures of a lower Serpukhovian marine transgression. The lower half of the Glazechnya Member exhibits fluctuating enrichment in Fe, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn, V, Cr, and Co. These fluctuations are mostly inverse to fluctuations of Mn. This pattern has been interpreted as a signature of seafloor oxygen deficiency, where Mn‐rich samples record oxygen‐poor environments (redox barrier level with the sediment surface) and Mn‐poor samples enriched in Fe and trace metals record transitions to anoxic setting. This interval is interpreted as the Lower Serpukhovian highstand. Enrichment in Fe, Ti, and Zr of Oka siliciclastic units of Polotnyanyi Zavod indicates provenance from the ore‐rich Voronezh Land, south of the Moscow Basin. The westerly flux regarded as a possible provenance in previous palaeogeographic reconstructions is discarded for the studied sections. The Gurovo Shale is also linked to the Voronezh province, although Fe, Ti, and Zr concentrations are lower than in the Oka shales. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The Aghajari (Upper Fars) Formation in the Folded Zagros Zone, Iran:Insights to Identify Facies, Architectural Elements, Fluvial Systems,Petrography and Provenance

The Aghajari Formation, called also the Upper Fars, develops throughout the Folded Zagros Zone and its thickness in the type section in southwest of Iran is 2966 meters. To analyze the sedimentary basin of this Formation, lithofacies, architectural elements and petrofacies of the related deposits in a section in southeast of Sarvestan in Fars Province of Iran with a thickness of 2221.45 meters were examined. Microscopically studying thin sections, the petrography and the occurrence of the deposits were determined. In this section, 16 lithofacies, 10 architectural elements and 2 sandstone petrofacies were identified. The lithofacies were divided into two major and minor groups, in which the major lithofacies consist of coarse-grained (Gh, Gp, Gt and Gm), medium-grained (Sh, Sp, St, Sl, Sm, Sr and Ss and fine-grained ones (Fm, Fl and Fsm), and the minor lithofacies were evaporative and mixed silisiclastic-carbonate. The identified architectural elements are CH, SB, GB, LA, DA, CR, CS, LV, LS, CH (FF) and FF. By combining evidences from facies analysis and architectural elements together, the Aghajari Formation was divided into three parts in which the related sedimentation environments, from top to bottom, are gravel, gravel-sand and fine-grained meandering river respectively. There have also been playas and shoreface in the lower part. Based on petrography, the sandstones of this formation were classified into two groups: litharenite and sublitharenite. The origin of these deposits (sandstones) was appointed to the recycled orogeny and the source of quartz is low and medium to high metamorphic rank. Using the field evidences, the paleocurrent direction was achieved indicating the direction of the paleocurrent from northwest to southeast at the time of deposition. It is hoped that these data can be used in the interpretation of the basin and reconstruction of the paleogeography in the local and regional scales.     

西藏贡觉盆地古近系贡觉组重矿物分析及地质意义

物源分析对研究一个地区的沉积作用、构造演化及储层特征等方面具有重要的意义。为了查明西藏贡觉盆地古近系贡觉组砂岩的物源特征,本文对研究区的重矿物组合特征进行了分析,并结合前人资料揭示了研究区古近系贡觉组砂岩的物源方向,认为油扎、兴达、斑那等地物源方向为自南东向北西,哈家乡物源除有来自于油扎方向外,还有来自于东部逆冲断层上盘的相邻古生界和三叠纪的火成岩单元加入。重矿物组合特征及ATi、GZi等特征指数表明古近系贡觉组物源区成因岩类型较多,但含量不同,以中性火山岩为主,沉积岩较少;根据指相矿物特征判断古近系贡觉组砂岩形成环境为水体较浅的氧化环境,但氧化程度不同,南东部较北西部氧化环境强,斑那村较油扎乡水体浅,氧化度更强。     

沉积物源区剥露历史分析的一种新途径——碎屑锆石和磷灰石裂变径迹热年代学

介绍了碎屑颗粒锆石和磷灰石裂变径迹年龄法的基本原理、应用前提及方法学。碎屑锆石和磷灰石裂变径颗粒年龄地的核心是通过逐一测定计算单颗粒裂变径变年龄,然后将获得的一批单颗粒年龄进行高斯拟合或二英式拟合,获取其最佳的颗粒年龄分布,从而反演样品的不同源区的热历史。碎屑锆石和磷灰石因其在风化剥蚀搬运过程中具有较高的化学和物理稳定性而成为目前进行颗粒裂变径迹年龄分析中最常用的矿物类型,特别是碎屑锆石的裂变迹密度大,单颗粒的裂变径迹具有可定年的统计意义,从而成为颗粒裂变径迹测年方法的首选矿物。     

滇东北待补地区碎屑锆石U-Pb年龄及其对新元古代康滇裂谷盆地沉积古地理演化的启示

扬子西缘新元古代康滇裂谷盆地是华南新元古代裂谷盆地系统的重要组成单元,其充填序列和演化模式研究对华南扬子古大陆的形成演化具有重要意义。报道了位于扬子西缘待补地区新元古代康滇裂谷盆地中“板溪-南华楔状地层”成熟期相当的澄江组顶部碎屑锆石(PM109-51)LA-ICP-MS U-Pb年龄,获得10组峰值年龄,认为最年轻的一组年龄加权平均值(723±9 Ma)代表了区域内华南长安冰期(Sturtian)的启动时间;通过与区内早寒武世沧浪铺组底部碎屑锆石(PM005-14)LA-ICP-MS U-Pb年龄值比较,发现两者在801 Ma峰值与816 Ma峰值区间的物源贡献率上存在较大的差别,结合前人资料数据的分析,认为在新元古代康滇裂谷盆地的发展期甚至物源无明显变化的震旦纪—早寒武世地层中,这些表现为裂谷盆地幼年期的物源贡献率突变现象,代表了康滇裂谷半地堑盆地系统对物源的约束控制作用：早期由裂谷肩老地层或岩浆岩提供物源,由于小型半地堑盆地群的存在,物源对远离主边界断裂的区域贡献率较低,随着小型半地堑盆地的连通性加强,后期物源辐射则更广泛。     

福建三沙湾90 ka以来沉积物来源及环境演变研究

三沙湾是福建省最大的海湾,也是中国东部典型的基岩半封闭海湾,其冲淤变化受山溪性河流和潮汐输运泥沙量变化影响,明确物源演变特征对于研究湾内沉积演化趋势具有重要意义。以三沙湾NDGK2钻孔为研究对象,在前期地层序列和年代框架研究的基础上,通过重矿物和地球化学特征揭示90 ka以来的物源演变特征,进一步揭示三沙湾在全球气候海平面波动下的环境演变规律。重矿物分析显示：MIS5、MIS3和MIS1高海面阶段以自生矿物为主,锆石含量相对较低,ZTR指数较低;MIS4和MIS2低海面阶段以褐铁矿为主,锆石含量相对较高,ZTR指数较高。主量元素和微量元素地球化学特征显示：MIS5、MIS3和MIS1高海面阶段Ti、Ba、Ni含量相对较高;MIS4和MIS2低海面阶段Ni、Ba含量相对较低。重矿物特征及地球化学指标揭示了90 ka以来高海面阶段悬浮泥沙主要来源于潮流输入的海域泥沙,低海面阶段泥沙主要来源于亚热带气候下以霍童溪为代表的当地河流。相比内陆地区,沉积物物源指标及孢粉组合特征均表明宁德地区对全球降温事件的响应并不敏感,冰期河流仍较发育。轨道时间尺度上,相比陆源物质输入,海平面上升才是三沙湾泥沙淤积的关键影响因素。