赞比亚东北部陇都地区首次发现中元古代辉长岩:哥伦比亚超大陆裂解在班韦乌卢地块的响应

赞比亚东北部陇都地区位于班韦乌卢地块中东部,区内首次发现中元古代基性岩浆侵入事件,对于了解班韦乌卢地块中元古代构造演化历史及哥伦比亚超大陆的重建具有重要意义.针对研究区的辉长岩进行了系统的岩相学、LA-MC-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年代学、岩石地球化学和锆石Hf同位素研究.结果表明,辉长岩锆石中17粒具有他形板柱状,内...     

藏北羌塘奥陶纪平行不整合面的厘定及其构造意义

西藏羌塘块体有无变质基底、其前新生代构造属性与演化过程是长期争论的议题。本文报道南羌塘块体北部,中、上奥陶统塔石山组底砾岩平行不整合于浅变质中厚层石英砂岩夹薄层泥灰岩之上。近600粒碎屑锆石测年结果表明浅变质石英砂岩的最大沉积年龄为527±7Ma,300余粒碎屑锆石测年结果表明塔石山组底部石英砂岩的最大沉积年龄为471±6Ma。不整合面上、下石英砂岩最大沉积年龄之差达56Myr,表明这两套石英砂岩之间存在明显的沉积间断,证实了该平行不整合面的时代为奥陶纪早期。另一独立的证据是在邻区发现了早奥陶世花岗岩类岩石(471~477Ma)侵位于该浅变质石英岩,因此将不整合面之下的浅变质石英岩暂命名为荣玛组,归入寒武系地层。阴极发光与年代学研究进一步表明不整合面之上的碎屑锆石主要来源于在"泛非"运动晚期形成的结晶岩,为近源锆石,表明"泛非运动"晚期所形成的结晶岩在奥陶纪早期就已隆升,遭受剥蚀,为区内中上奥陶统沉积岩的形成提供物质来源。该奥陶纪平行不整合面的发现,表明南羌塘块体与喜马拉雅、拉萨等块体相似,同属冈瓦纳大陆体系。南、北羌塘早古生代地层系统之间的显著差异表明在寒武-奥陶纪之交,南、北羌塘块体就已被古大洋盆分隔开,开始各自独立演化。     

滇东北东川下田坝A型花岗岩LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄、地球化学特征及其构造意义

通过对滇东北东川下田坝地区黑云母二长花岗岩和似斑状钾长花岗岩2种岩体的地球化学分析及对黑云母二长花岗岩的U-Pb同位素测试,得到如下认识:黑云母二长花岗岩和似斑状钾长花岗岩总体地球化学特征相似,主量元素表现出高SiO2(平均71.7%)、过铝质(A/CNK指数在1.03~1.52)的特征,过碱指数在0.95~1.37之间,总体属于钙碱系列;稀土元素总量较高(ΣREE平均313×10-6),(Ce/Yb)N均值为8.85,(La/Yb)N均值为9.54,呈现轻稀土元素(LREE)富集,仅Eu亏损(δEu均值0.31)的海鸥型右倾模式;大离子亲石元素Rb、Th、U、K等相对富集,高场强元素Nb、Ta、Sr、Ti等呈明显负异常,说明岩浆源岩以陆壳成分为主;Ga/Al均值为2.69,(Zr+Nb+Ce+Y)均值为383;微量元素Sr、Eu低,富集Nb、Zr等元素,反映其源区存在斜长石的残留;锆石饱和温度为724~786℃,表明初始岩浆温度较高。上述特征说明,下田坝花岗岩为典型的A型花岗岩,形成于中上地壳的板内伸展背景。黑云母二长花岗岩LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄为801.1±6.6Ma,同时受到762.1±6.2Ma热事件的影响,与新元古代Rodinia超大陆裂解事件在时间上一致,亦与东川铜矿成矿时代相符,说明新元古代裂谷环境的岩浆事件范围可扩大至滇东北东川,并可能引发热液成矿作用。     

Evolution of a crustal-scale transpressive shear zone in the Albany–Fraser Orogen, SW Australia: 2. Tectonic history of the Coramup Gneiss and a kinematic framework for Mesoproterozoic collision of the West Australian and Mawson cratons

Within the Albany–Fraser Orogen of southwestern Australia, the Coramup Gneiss is a NE–SW trending zone of high‐strain rocks that preserves a detailed record of orogenesis related to Mesoproterozoic convergence of the West Australian and Mawson cratons. New structural, metamorphic and U–Pb SHRIMP zircon age data establish that the Coramup Gneiss underwent high‐grade tectonism during both Stage I (c. 1290 Ma) and Stage II (c. 1170 Ma) of the Albany–Fraser Orogeny. Stage I commenced with c. 1300 Ma high‐T, low‐P M1a metamorphism during extension, and the formation of small‐scale ptygmatic folds within a subhorizontal S1a gneissosity. High‐P M1b metamorphism at c. 1290 Ma was accompanied by the transposition and shearing of S1a into a composite, shallow SE‐dipping S1b foliation, and the development of tight recumbent F1b folds with S1‐parallel axial surfaces and asymmetries indicating NW‐directed thrusting. The preservation of a similar P–T–time record in the Fraser Complex (NE of the Coramup Gneiss) is consistent with large‐scale, NW‐directed Stage I thrusting of the Mawson Craton margin over the south‐eastern edge of the West Australian Craton. Stage II tectonism in the western Coramup Gneiss involved high‐T, low‐P M2a metamorphism and the formation of subvertical SE‐dipping D2 shear zones, shallow SW‐plunging L2 mineral stretching lineations, and NW‐verging F2 folds with S2‐parallel axial surfaces. A synkinematic pegmatite dyke emplaced into a D2 shear zone yielded a U–Pb SHRIMP zircon age of 1168 ± 12 Ma. Kinematic indicators suggest a combination of pure shear flattening perpendicular to S2, and dextral simple shear. However, contemporaneous structures elsewhere in the Albany–Fraser Orogen are consistent with continued NW–SE convergence at craton‐scale during Stage II, and oblique compression in the Coramup Gneiss is attributed to the arcuate geometry of the orogen‐scale deformation front.     

Evolution of a crustal-scale transpressive shear zone in the Albany–Fraser Orogen, SW Australia: 1. P–T conditions of Mesoproterozoic metamorphism in the Coramup Gneiss

The Albany–Fraser Orogen in southwestern Australia preserves an important thermo‐tectonic record of Australo‐Antarctic cratonic assembly during the Mesoproterozoic. New petrologic and thermobarometric data from the Coramup Gneiss (a 10 km wide zone of high strain rocks within the NE‐trending eastern Albany–Fraser Orogen) indicate at least two high‐grade metamorphic events during 1345–1140 Ma convergence and amalgamation of the West Australian and Mawson cratons. The first event (M1) involved c. 1300 Ma granulite facies metamorphism of the Coramup Gneiss (M1a: 800–850 °C, 5–7 kbar), followed by burial and recrystallization under high‐P conditions (M1b: 800–850 °C, c. 10 kbar) prior to high‐T decompression (M1c: 700–800 °C, 7–8 kbar) and the 1290–1280 Ma emplacement of Recherche Granite sills. The second event (M2) entailed high‐T, low‐P metamorphism within dextral D2 shear zones (M2a: 750–800 °C, 5–6 kbar), followed by fluid‐present amphibolite facies M2b retrogression. Subsequent sinistral D3 mylonites and pseudotachylites are considered contemporaneous with similar structures in the adjacent Nornalup Complex that postdate the c. 1140 Ma Esperance Granite. Our petrological and thermobarometric data permit two end‐member P–T‐time relationships between M1 and M2: (1) a single post‐M1b event involving continuous M1b–M1c–M2a–M2b cooling and decompression, and (2) a two‐stage post‐M1b evolution involving M1c metamorphism during the waning stages of an event unrelated causally or temporally to subsequent M2a metamorphism and D2 deformation. In a companion paper, new structural and U–Pb SHRIMP zircon data are presented to support a two‐stage P–T evolution for the Coramup Gneiss, with M1 and M2, respectively, reflecting thermo‐tectonic activity during Stage I (1345–1260 Ma) and Stage II (1215–1140 Ma) of the Albany–Fraser Orogeny.     

西藏那曲县北聂荣微地块聂荣岩群中斜长角闪岩——Rodinia超大陆裂解的地质纪录

西藏那曲县北聂荣微地块聂荣岩群中斜长角闪岩原岩恢复为正斜长角闪岩,地球化学特征显示岩石属于拉斑系列基性火山岩,具有轻稀土元素富集、重稀土元素亏损的右倾型稀土元素配分模式。岩石富集大离子亲石元素Rb、Ba及高场强元素Nb、Ta,Sr、Th和U呈现明显的负异常,在构造环境判别图解中样品均投到板内玄武岩区,具有与裂谷火山岩相似的地球化学特征。通过高精度的LA-ICP-MS(激光剥蚀等离子体质谱仪)锆石微区原位U-Pb同位素测年,西藏那曲县北聂荣微地块聂荣岩群片麻状斜长角闪岩中获得863±10 Ma的谐和年龄,为原岩(基性火山岩)的形成时代,说明聂荣岩群形成于新元古代早期。该年龄相当于Rodinia超大陆裂解的地质记录。此外,还获得了2 539~1 006 Ma之间的捕获锆石年龄信息。     

康滇地轴新元古代成矿作用与罗迪尼亚超大陆

康滇地轴在元古代时期形成了大量的金属矿床,研究表明,该时期的金属矿床形成与晋宁运动密切相关。近几年许多研究数据显示,康滇地轴在元古代地层中所形成的铜、铁、金和铀矿床大多集中在700～900Ma之间,与罗迪尼亚超大陆事件发生的时间一致。该时期的碰撞构造环境、花岗岩侵入以及沉积盆地的形成都与陆内板块俯冲作用和伸展作用关系密切。试图从同位素地质年代学、沉积一构造环境方面,探讨该时期的金属成矿作用对板块构造地质事件的响应,并探讨铀成矿作用与板块运动的关系。     

Supercontinental cyclicity in the Earth’s evolution

The Earth’s evolution is determined by supercontinental cyclicity with a period of 400 Ma. A supercycle consists of a supercontinental proper and an inter-supercontinental stage, each of which includes two phases, respectively: integration-destruction and fragmentation-convergence. The worldwide analysis of geologic-historic and isotope-geochronologic data supports the existence of such cyclicity. In all, ten supercontinental cycles of supercontinents have been identified; in this case, the most ancient proto-supercontinent was recognized tentatively, Supercontinents identified previously by other researchers fit into this cyclicity. An association between magmatism from mantle plumes and certain phases of supercontinental cyclicity was revealed. Amalgamation and breakup of supercontinents occurred against the background of disymmetry of the Northern and Southern hemispheres of the Earth, which changed its polarity between the cycles.