The Origin of Bedded Cherts of the Early Permian Gufeng Formation in the Lower Yangtze Area, Eastern China

Bedded cherts occurring in the Early Permian Gufeng Formation in the Lower Yangtze region, eastern China, are nearly 20-80 m in thickness and contain varying amounts of radiolarians and sponge spicules. There are three types of section for the Gufeng Formation: chert, carbonate and chert-carbonate mixing types. Bedded cherts mainly occur in the first and third types of section. The depocentres of silica are marked by some small (not larger than a few thousand square kilometres in area) rhombic or elliptic hollows and their formation was controlled by faults. Argillaceous volcanic rocks in cherts occur as numerous thin layers. Bedded cherts are characterized by higher Fe and lower Al contents, enrichment in such trace elements as As, Sb, Bi, Ga, Au, Ag and Cr, lower total REE abundance, negative Ce anomaly and varying degrees of HREE enrichment. These characteristics are important evidence for hydrothermal cherts. Minor amounts of substances of non-hydrothermal origin are mixed in the cherts. The tempera     

Tectonic Environments of Cenozoic Volcanic Rocks in China and Characteristics of the Source Regions in the Mantle

Extensive volcanism is one of the important features of Cenozoic geology in China.Based on temporal-spatial distribution,the volcanism was associated with three major different geological settings:1)the continental rift basalts in Northeast and North China;2)the tension-fault basalts on the continental margins of Southeast China; and 3) the collision-zone high-K volcanics in the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau and its vicinities.The characteristics of “depletion in the south and enrichment in the north“of the China continental mantle are strongly supported by isotopic evidence.The Cenozoic continental cal characters,into the following geochemical provinces:1)the depleted mantle in South China;2)the primary mantle in Northeast and NorthChina; 3)the hybrid and transi-tional mantle in the region of Shandong ,Anhui,Jiangsu and northern Zhejiang;4)the depleted mantle around the Bohai Bay and the Lower Liaohe River;5)the K-metasomatic enriched mantle in the northern part of Northeast China;and 6)the re-cycled enriched mantle in the ancient subduction zone in the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau and its surround-ings.These geochemical characteristics on a regional scale must be a reflection of the nature of lithosphere evolution.     

内蒙古呼盟南部地区古生代海相火山岩地球化学特征及其地质意义

全区泥盆系、石炭系发育厚层海相火山建造。下大民山组（Ｄ３ｘ）火山岩为基性一中基性，属拉斑玄武岩和碱性玄武岩的过渡物，成因是地幔岩部分熔融，形成于大陆边缘孤后盆地裂谷作用的早期环境；在下大民山组顶部的岩屑凝灰岩中首次发现铁矿浆浆屑，也反映全区于中泥盆世－晚泥盆世早期为大陆边缘裂谷环境。上大民山组（Ｄ３ｓ）为基性一酸性火山岩，属岛孤钙碱性系列，为结晶分异成因，形成环境类似于安第斯山之火山弧。早石炭世火     

西南极利文斯顿岛火山岩地质

本文综合近年研究中新获得的资料和证据，对利文斯顿岛火山岩的地质特征和火山作用特点作了综合性的介绍。百耳斯建造是该岛最老的火山岩地层，由晚侏罗世至早白垩世生成的玄武岩、玄武安山岩质熔岩和火山碎屑岩、集块岩以及泥岩、页岩等组成，分布在岛西部的百耳斯半岛。中白垩世的鲍勒斯山组主要出露在岛的中部，是由安山岩质熔岩和火山碎屑岩夹层组成的一套蚀变火山岩系。汉那角剖面的火山碎屑岩和熔岩及史莱夫角的橄榄玄武岩均具有中白垩世的年龄。晚白垩世火山活动的产物以粗玄岩为代表，集中出露在西多斯角一带。伴随着火山活动，始新世英云闪长岩侵入白垩系火山岩地层。更新世至现代则有依诺特角组橄榄玄武岩在岛的东北部产出。上述火山活动随时间演进而自北西向南东不断迁移的特点，与整个南设得兰群岛火山作用的发展趋势相符。岩石化学和地球化学资料表明，百耳斯半岛熔岩、史莱夫角的橄榄玄武岩和西多斯角的粗玄岩等白垩纪火山岩基本属于钙碱性岩系并且具有低钾低镁的特点。早第三纪的英云闪长岩继承了橄榄玄武岩和粗玄岩的成分特点，同是南设得兰群岛岩浆弧中生代－新生代火山作用的产物，在钙碱性岩系岩浆演化的晚期生成。而鲍勒斯山组的熔岩和汉那角的熔岩表现出岩相学和岩石化学性质上的     

Shifting of the volcanic fronts during Early to Late Miocene in the Northeast Japan arc

Abstract Recent advanced chronological studies for the Tertiary volcanic rocks from the Northeast (NE) Japan arc revealed three volcanic fronts which differed in temporal and spatial distribution. These fronts were (i) the Matsumae-Shizukuishi-Shiogama line of 22–25 Ma which is obliquely across the Quaternary volcanic front (QVF); (ii) the Tomari-Shiogama line of 13–16 Ma which exists 30–50 km east of the QVF and (iii) a line of 0–8 Ma which is the same as the QVF. The first shifting of the 22–25 Ma line to the 13–16 Ma one was due to the counterclockwise rotation of the NE Japan arc during 20–12 Ma as proposed by Otofuji et al . (1985), and the second shifting of the 13–16 Ma line to the 0–8 Ma line could have contributed to a decrease in the dip of the slab of the Pacific plate which subducted beneath the NE Japan arc during 13–8 Ma.     

The application of confocal microscopy to the study of stone weathering

Confocal scanning light microscopy is a valuable new method for examining the nature and progress of stone weathering at a level of resolution between optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. Not only is it non-destructive, but it can also create three-dimensional images.     

滇东磷矿风化型矿石的判别指标讨论及次生风化富集作用

风化型磷矿石－风化磷块岩是滇东最主要的磷矿石，为判别矿石为原生成风化磷块岩，前人已提出过１０余种作为判别标志的风化指标，但是这些指标的计算仅以矿石的化学组成为依据。笔者研究后指出，应以次生风化作用过程中磷块岩的组成和结构变化为基础，再合理使用上述某些判别指标，才能正确确定风化矿石，决定其利用价值和方法。笔者还指出，在次生风化作用中被溶蚀的不仅是碳酸盐，只要条件适当，石英和粘土矿物也可以溶蚀，使磷矿石品位增高，结构疏松，成为有利于洗选的优质矿石。     

东天山中段不同构造环境火山岩地球化学特征

东天山中段分布有阿齐山岛弧区（Ⅱ＿２）安山岩类和海沟区（Ⅱ＿１）混杂岩带玄武岩类火山岩，不同构造环境形成的火山岩各自具有与其环境相对应的地球化学特征。在常量元素、微量元素及稀土元素特征方面，它们可与世界上典型构造环境区形成的火山岩相对比。从地球化学特征发现，Ⅱ＿２区火山岩主要与早石炭世吐鲁番洋壳向塔里木陆壳俯冲有关，形成了Ⅱ＿２区钙碱性安山质火山岩。Ⅱ＿１区混杂岩带内呈洋壳残片产出的玄武岩类与吐鲁番洋盆的扩张有成因联系，岩石属于大洋拉斑玄武岩类。     

苏南晚二叠世末期双峰次火山岩的发现和单颗粒锆石U－Pb年代学意义

苏南晚二叠世末期双峰次火山岩的发现和单颗粒锆石Ｕ－Ｐｂ年代学意义方中，李惠民，夏邦栋，楚雪君，刘寿和，王学锋（南京大学地球科学系，江苏南京，２１０００８；天津地质矿产研究所，天津，３００１７０）关键词晚二叠世，双峰火山岩，同生锆石，捕虏晶锆石，Ｕ－Ｐ...