苏鲁造山带胶南区段片麻岩原岩的成因:地球化学及Nd同位素证据

出露于苏鲁造山带胶南区段的片麻岩主要包括三种类型:黑云斜长片麻岩、二长花岗片麻岩和A型花岗质片麻岩,地球化学判别结果表明它们的原岩均为火成岩.不同类型片麻岩的地球化学特征各不相同,反映它们的原岩具有不同的形成与演化历史.其中黑云斜长片麻岩以负Eu异常弱,甚至出现明显的正异常(δEu=0.60～1.45)、强的Ba正异常、无明显的Sr异常为特征而明显不同于其它类型的片麻岩.其地球化学的总体特征类似于扬子克拉通北缘新元古代双峰式火山岩的酸性端元;与黑云斜长片麻岩类似,二长花岗片麻岩中轻、重稀土元素之间的分馏程度也较强(LaN/YbN=6.3～17.2),但以强的负Eu异常(δEu=0.27～0.54)、强的Sr负异常和弱的Ba负异常为特征明显不同于黑云斜长片麻岩;A型花岗片麻岩的稀土模式及蛛网图的形态类似于二长花岗片麻岩,所不同的是前者Nb、Ta负异常相对较弱.区内几种类型片麻岩的εNd(t)值差别不大,反映它们的原岩之间可能有一定的成因联系.它们的Nd同位素模式年龄TDM都集中在2.0Ga左右,表明它们的源区主要为早元古代的地壳物质,且岩性比较均一.推测二长花岗片麻岩与黑云斜长片麻岩的原岩是同源异相,而A型花岗岩是在大规模Ⅰ型花岗质岩浆形成后,由脱水的紫苏辉石质残留下地壳物质再次发生部分熔融形成的.     

杭州南部新元古代双峰式火山岩的厘定及其构造意义

杭州南部新元古界青白口系上墅组火山岩,由基性岩和酸性岩组成,缺乏SiO2在57×10-2～68×10-2的中性及中酸性成分,构成一套双峰式火山岩组合。基性火山岩与酸性火山岩的稀土元素和微量元素特征存在明显差异,表明酸性火山岩并不是由基性岩浆分离结晶产生,而是分别由不同的源区熔融形成,基性火山岩起源于亏损程度较低的地幔或来源于亏损地幔的岩浆受到陆壳物质的混染,酸性火山岩主要由上地壳经不同程度的部分熔融而形成,其形成的构造环境为陆内至陆缘张裂环境。上墅组双峰式火山岩的形成,是华南Rodinia超大陆裂解事件的岩石学记录,揭示了华南Rodinia超大陆裂解始于青白口纪。     

武夷山新元古代蛇绿混杂岩岩石地球化学特征

岩石地球化学研究表明,华南造山带东段武夷山新元古代蛇绿混杂岩中的玄武岩和安山岩可以分为两种类型:一种为拉斑玄武岩类,TiO2含量为2.26%～2.59%(平均2.43%),轻稀土元素比重稀土元素富集,(La)N/(Yb)N=6.4～9.4(平均7.8),相对富集Nb、Ta和Ti,微量元素特征类似于洋岛玄武岩;另一种岩石属于钙碱系列,TiO2含量为0.69%～0.93%(平均0.83%),表现为轻稀土元素富集,(La)N/(Yb)N=4.2～12.6(平均8.4),略显Eu负异常,并以低Nb、Ta、Ti等元素为特征,富集Ba、Rb、Th、K等大离子亲石元素,具有岛弧玄武岩的特征,属于俯冲作用的产物。蛇绿混杂岩中这两类岩石共生,记录了扬子地块和华夏地块之间古大洋消减闭合和弧-弧碰撞拼贴的历史。     

新元古代”雪球”假说与生命演化的环境

新元古代末期，地球至少经历了两次全球性的冰川作用，研究者提出了“雪球”假说来解释新元古代时期一系列特殊的地质现象，该假说已成为研究新元古代全球冰川作用和其后生物大爆发事件的窗口。但一些学者并不赞成地球曾经是被冰雪完全覆盖的“雪球”，并分别提出了“半融雪球/无冰水体”和“薄冰”假说。尽管每一种假说都不能解释所有的地质、地球化学现象，但越来越越多的证据，特别是分子有机地球化学和古生物学的证据表明，“雪球”时期的海洋并没有完全被冰封盖，在赤道地区的冰盖可能很薄或存在无冰的水体。无冰水体的存在可以使一些光合生物继续生存和演化，这对其后的“寒武纪生物大爆发”事件和生命演化具有重要的意义。     

The Neoproterozoic Malani magmatism of the northwestern Indian shield: implications for crust-building processes

Malani is the largest event of anorogenic felsic magmatism (covering ∼50, 000 km²) in India. This magmatic activity took place at ∼750 Ma post-dating the Erinpura granite (850 Ma) and ended prior to Marwar Supergroup (680 Ma) sedimentation. Malani eruptions occurred mostly on land, but locally sub-aqueous conditions are shown by the presence of conglomerate, grits and pillow lava. The Malani rocks do not show any type of regional deformation effects. The Malanis are characterised by bimodal volcanism with a dominant felsic component, followed by granitic plutonism and a terminal dyke phase. An angular unconformity between Malani lavas and basement is observed, with the presence of conglomerate at Sindreth, Diri, and Kankani. This indicates that the crust was quite stable and peneplained prior to the Malani activity. Similarly, the absence of any thrust zone, tectonic mélange and tectonised contact of the Malanis with the basement goes against a plate subduction setting for their genesis. After the closure of orogenic cycles in the Aravalli craton of the northwestern shield, this anorogenic intraplate magmatic activity took place in a cratonic rift setting under an extensional tectonic regime.     

新元古代的"雪球地球"

“雪球地球”假说的提出解释了一些新元古代冰川现象，如低纬度和低海拔冰川沉积、帽碳酸盐岩、负的碳酸盐δ^13C漂移和BIF铁矿等现象。尽管有不同的假说与解释，但“雪球地球”最为流行。“雪球地球”事件被认为起因于地球系统的变化，如Rodinia超大陆的裂解、超级地幔柱的活动及古地磁真极的漂移等。“雪球地球”的极端气候环境变化，促进了生命的演化，造成了寒武纪生物大爆发。     

Epeiric Sea Formation on Neoproterozoic Supercontinent Break-up: A Distinctive Signature in Coastal Storm Bed Amalgamation

Literature review underlines uncertainty in the configuration of the Neoproterozoic supercontinent, (with Rodinia and Palaeopangaea reconstructions enjoying wide support), that stems primarily from inadequate palaeomagnetic data. Nonetheless, breakup of this supercontinent at ca. 0.65 Ga was conducive for epeiric sea formation globally. In the Vindhyan basin, India, a carbonate depositing sea developed over a fluvial-aeolian plain, at approximately 0.6 Ga. The top part of the Vindhyan Supergroup, the Upper Bhander Sandstone, was, however, able to prograde because of a decline in the rate of relative sea level rise. Within this general setting, temporal increases in this rate caused storm deposition at the coastline, largely in a supralittoral setting. Bizarre amalgamation of these storm beds without erosion likely owes its origin to severe curtailment of the velocity of the downwelling flow on the very gentle, muddy coastal slopes, and is thought to be a hallmark of deposition in an open epeiric setting. The storm domination in the Bhander embayment shelf is compatible with the Palaeopangaea supercontinental configuration.     

Integrated correlation of the Vendian to Cambrian Arroyo del Soldado and Corumbá Groups (Uruguay and Brazil): palaeogeographic, palaeoclimatic and palaeobiologic implications

The Corumbá Group of SW Brazil and the Arroyo del Soldado Group (ASG) of Uruguay are correlated on the basis of litho-, bio- and chemostratigraphy. Both units represent marine sedimentation with alternating siliciclastics and carbonates developed on a stable continental shelf. In the Corumbá basin, sedimentation began in the Varangerian, represented by the glaciomarine Puga Formation. A series of sea-level fluctuations coupled with climatic changes are recorded up section. While uppermost deposits of the ASG are of lowermost Cambrian age, sedimentation ceased in the latest Vendian in the Corumbá basin. An assemblage of six species of organic-walled microfossils dominated by Bavlinella faveolata and Soldadophycus bossii, three species of vendotaenids and two species of skeletal fossils (Cloudina and Titanotheca) is described from the Corumbá Group. The vendotaenid Eoholynia corumbensis sp. nov is described from siltstones of the Guaicurus Formation. An important diversity of skeletal fossils in the Corumbá, Arroyo del Soldado and Nama groups points to favourable Vendian palaeoclimatic conditions in SW-Gondwana. Preliminary carbon isotopic data show a series of alternating positive and negative excursions, corroborating the upper Vendian age indicated by fossils for both units. Previously reported strontium isotopic data are also consistent with this age. It is postulated that the Corumbá and ASGs were deposited onto the same shelf, which opened to the east. The Rio de la Plata Superterrane (Craton) extends farther to the north than previously expected, or it was already amalgamated with the Amazonian Craton by Vendian times. Collision of the platform with the Paraná Block caused closure of the basin during the Cambrian-Early Ordovician. Finally, models of Neoproterozoic glaciations based on enhanced bioproductivity driven by high nutrient availability are discussed.     

新元古时期Rodinia超大陆研究进展述评

新元古时期Ｒｏｄｉｎｉａ超大陆的假说自１９９０年提出以来,引起国外许多地质学家的关注,其研究程度不断提高,本文在回顾Ｒｏｄｉｎｉａ超大陆研究历史的基础上,介绍了Ｒｏｄｉｎｉａ超大陆的古地理再造图,并着重介绍中国大陆古地块在超大陆中古地理位置的最新研究动向,文中对建立Ｒｏｄｉｎｉａ超大陆的标志,特别是中元古代晚期－新元古代早期的造山运动和新元古代晚期的裂谷作用进行了评述。同时对我国中－新元古代与Ｒｏ