Evaluating thermal history models for the Otway Basin, southeastern Australia, using (U-Th)/He and fission-track data from borehole apatites

New apatite helium and fission-track data from the Otway Basin are consistent with previously published borehole ages, confirming earlier suggestions that existing thermal models for basin evolution should be reevaluated. Analysis of the relationship between helium ages and grain size in newly analyzed samples, as well as in samples previously reported, reveals that grain size variations may contribute to the previously reported scatter in helium ages among aliquots of the same sample. In addition, systematic variations in apatite grain size with borehole depth or temperature may also have a significant effect on the interpretation of borehole helium age data. Incorporation of the observed grain size variations in Otway borehole apatites into forward models based on published thermal histories, principally based on vitrinite reflectance and fission-track data, suggests that existing models for the eastern Otway Basin are broadly consistent with the helium data. In contrast, thermal histories for western basin boreholes, now thought to be at maximum temperatures, predict helium ages that are generally older than the observed ages, implying that basin temperatures were hotter than indicated by the models. This discrepancy is consistent with a Cenozoic heating event in parts of the western Otway Basin similar to that documented for the eastern basin. The relatively wide spread of apparent apatite fission-track (AFT) ages and compositions compared to the restricted age range of helium measurements on coexisting grains, although not conclusive, supports previous suggestions that composition does not appear to affect the sensitivity of the He closure temperature in apatite.     

Exhumation and relief history of the Southern Carpathians (Romania) as evaluated from apatite fission track chronology in crystalline basement and intramontane sedimentary rocks

The combination of apatite fission track (FT) thermochronology from basement units and the FT age distributions of apatites in the Miocene intramontane sedimentary rocks allows describing the exhumation history of the central segment of the Southern Carpathians, Romania. Exhumation and cooling from the total track annealing temperature (>120°C) of the Cozia and Cibin massifs occurred in the Palaeocene–Early Eocene. Between the Eocene and Middle Miocene, there was a stagnation period concerning vertical displacement; the presently exposed part of the basement was buried in shallow depth. The present crests of the Cozia and Cibin Mountains were at temperatures around 80°C and 50°C, respectively. The second exhumation period occurred in Middle Miocene times. The magnitude of the Miocene vertical displacement is on the order of the present-day relief. The vertical apatite FT age distribution in the basement and the age clusters in the sedimentary rocks prove that the levels of the crests were already close to the surface in Palaeogene times. Therefore, the post-Palaeocene erosional removal from the crest zones is very limited.     

济阳坳陷第三系地层中自生磷灰石的裂变径迹年龄测定

经电镜分析发现,胜利油田主要产油(气)的第三系沉积岩中存在少量自生磷灰石,其特征为:具有自形或半自形;颗粒周围无风化晕圈;沿大的裂隙也无风化晕带。作者采用裂变径迹法对该自生磷灰石作了单颗粒年龄测定。实践证明,裂变径迹法测定年轻沉积地层的年龄是可行的。     

裂变径迹年龄在断裂构造形迹中的应用

本文通过对苏州金山浜花岗岩岩体中北北东向断裂带取样,选矿及对其重矿物——磷灰石分别进行化学蚀刻和热中子辐射,采用白云母外探测器法分别进行自发裂变径迹与诱发裂变径迹的观察、统计及裂变径迹年龄的计算。认为该岩体形成年代是侏罗-白垩纪,而断层破裂形迹的地质事件是晚第三纪中新世。说明运用裂变径迹的方法来研究活断层的测年工作是可取的     

西藏冈底斯带南木林地区构造活动的磷灰石裂变径迹分析

南木林地区属于冈底斯地块的南带,研究样品取自不同时代的火山岩地层,本文报道应用磷灰石裂变径迹热年代学研究构造活动的新成果。总计获得5个样品的磷灰石裂变径迹分析结果,其中3个样品属于同组年龄,分剐为5.9±0.7Ma,5.2±0.6 Ma和8.7±1.0Ma,平均径迹长度为13.0→13.2±2.2μm,并呈单峰分布,表明它们是最近一次构造热事件的体现。另2个样品属于混合年龄,系由7.1Ma、30Ma、9.6Ma、51Ma和100Ma等5组年龄组成。所有这些年龄值,先后与区内碰撞前、同碰撞、碰撞后和陆内快速隆升作用有关。自印度-亚洲大陆强烈碰撞以来,总体上具有2阶段热演化历史,其中6～0Ma期间冷却速率为11.3℃～16.7℃/Ma,隆升速率为0.85～0.99mm/a,总计隆升幅度达5100～5940m,是本区冷却隆升的主要时期。     

Tracking multi-stage uplift history of the Eastern Tianshan Orogenic Belt during the Late Carboniferous and Early Cretaceous: Evidence from apatite U-Pb and fission track dataSCIEI北大核心CSCD

本文利用LA-ICP-MS磷灰石裂变径迹(FT)和U-Pb双定年技术,结合锆石原位U-Pb测年结果,对出露于东天山南部雅满苏-彩霞山地区的侵入岩样品进行了系统分析。结果显示,这些样品形成于357-309Ma和-252Ma,裂变径迹年龄变化于304-118Ma。根据裂变径迹年龄和径迹长度分布对其进行热史反演,得到晚石炭世-早二叠世(320-280Ma)、中-晚三叠世(240-210Ma)和早白垩世(120-100Ma)三个主要冷却时期。综合分析认为,研究区的石炭纪和三叠纪侵入体在晚石炭世-早二叠世、中-晚三叠世和早白垩世期间经历过构造隆升。其中,晚石炭世-早二叠世的抬升是由康古尔洋闭合后区域进入碰撞造山阶段导致,中-晚三叠世的抬升主要与古特提斯洋闭合后松潘-甘孜地体、羌塘地体先后与亚欧板块南缘的碰撞增生有关,早白垩世的抬升事件主要受到班公湖-怒江洋俯冲闭合以及拉萨地体与羌塘地体的碰撞增生影响。此外,东天山不同部位经历了显著的差异性隆升,这一现象与区内各构造单元的非均匀性、分块性及其地质演化历史的差异性密切相关,同时还受到外部驱动力以及早期先存断裂构造活化的制约。     

东昆仑中生代隆升剥露历史

位于中央造山带西段的东昆仑造山带因多期次造山和复杂演化历史而备受关注,约束其中生代隆升剥露历史,对于理解青藏高原大规模隆升在东昆仑地区的扩展及影响颇具意义。东昆仑造山带内中生代侏罗系-白垩系地层缺失严重,体现中生代以来强烈的隆升剥露过程,也是该区热演化的研究难点。本文通过对东昆仑造山带样品的磷灰石、锆石裂变径迹分析和热演化史研究,并结合东昆仑及周缘地区现有低温热年代学研究,识别出东昆仑造山带所经历的五次隆升冷却事件,即201~193Ma（早侏罗世）、172~152Ma（中-晚侏罗世）、120~98Ma（早白垩世末-早白垩世初）、98~20Ma（晚白垩世-中新世）及20~0Ma（中新世至今）。所获5个年龄组响应东昆仑地区所经历的构造热事件,其中201~193Ma年龄组响应南部羌塘地块与昆仑地块的碰撞事件;172~152Ma年龄组为中-晚侏罗世古特提斯洋闭合后,造山后伸展的构造事件的记录;120~98Ma热事件吻合拉萨地块和羌塘地块碰撞事件;98~20Ma年龄组为东昆仑地区长期缓慢剥蚀去顶过程的印证;20~0Ma的快速隆升剥露事件则为东昆仑周缘断裂系活化相伴,多期隆升剥蚀事件均得到地层不整合及沉积记录等研究成果的证实。区内剥蚀起始时间从由南到北逐渐变老,体现东昆仑地区隆升剥蚀的不均一性。     

Fission of Heton-like Vortices under Sea Ice

Close interactions among vertically stacked pairs of counter-rotating eddies under sea ice were investigated in numerical experiments. The numerical model contains a stratified ocean capped by an ice layer. Under the ice layer, a shallow brine source produces a top cyclone and a submerged anticyclone, while a shallow freshening source generates a top anticyclone and a submerged cyclone. Ice-exerted friction would dissipate the top eddy, leaving the submerged one in lone existence. In this work the winning vorticity is sought from group settings. Arrays of equally spaced salinity sources and sinks, alternate in sign but equal in strength, are employed to produce rows of vertically stacked eddy pairs. Fission occurs when adjacent vortex centers are separated by less than one Rossby radius. This process ejects parcels of density anomalies to the ambient ocean in upper depths. Low salinity anomalies are quickly dispersed into a thin surface layer and are unable to regenerate submerged eddies. High salinity parcels, being difficult to disperse, often maintain or regenerate submerged anticyclones below. Fission is particularly effective if a single row of salinity forcing is used. With multiple rows, fission is active only in the outer rows. The strong interaction among closely packed eddies operates in time scales of tens of days, helping explain the predominance of submerged anticyclones under Arctic sea ice.     

利用磷灰石裂变径迹法研究金顶铅锌矿成矿时代

矿物的裂变径迹年龄分析可有效地用于热液矿床成矿时代的研究。对金顶超大型铅锌矿床的成矿年龄存在不同的看法,本文以架崖山矿段为代表,采用磷灰石裂变径迹分析方法测定了金顶铅锌矿床的成矿年龄。结果表明：金顶铅锌矿床的成矿期在渐新世,其后遭受了喜马拉雅造山运动的热扰动。     

中国大陆科学钻探主孔0-4000m岩心的裂变径迹年龄测定

对中国大陆科学钻探（CCSD）主孔0～4000的岩心样进行了裂变径迹年龄测定。在不同深度共测定了38个样品的磷灰石裂变径迹年龄，磷灰石的裂变径迹年龄数据分布在98．6-3．2Ma之间，年龄值的变化规律总体上是随钻孔深度的增加而逐渐减少，地表样的磷灰石裂变径迹年龄是87．1Ma，至3899m深处则为3．2Ma，基于磷灰石中裂变径迹的退火特征，反映出地壳温度随深度的增加而增加的规律。年龄值随深度的变化，也有若干波动，尤其是1550～2450m之间的这部分岩心，在年龄随深度变化的趋势上是不连续的，这部分岩体可以认为是一个重要的构造作用带。根据年龄一深度关系和约束径迹长度的分布特征，对超高压变质岩体的后期折返机制进行了探讨。