Timing and tectonic setting of Grenvillian metamorphism—constraints from a transect along Georgian Bay,Ontario*

Systematic mapping of a transect along the well-exposed shores of Georgian Bay, Ontario, combined with the preliminary results of structural analysis, geochronology and metamorphic petrology, places some constraints on the geological setting of high-grade metamorphism in this part of the Central Gneiss Belt. Correlations within and between map units (gneiss associations) have allowed us to recognize five tectonic units that differ in various aspects of their lithology, metamorphic and plutonic history, and structural style. The lowest unit, which forms the footwall to a regional decollement, locally preserves relic pre-Grenvillian granulite facies assemblages reworked under amphibolite facies conditions during the Grenvillian orogeny. Tectonic units above the decollement apparently lack the early granulite facies metamorphism; out-of-sequence thrusting in the south produced a duplex-like structure. Two distinct stages of Grenvillian metamorphism are apparent. The earlier stage (c. 1160–1120 Ma) produced granulite facies assemblages in the Parry Sound domain and upper amphibolite facies assemblages in the Parry Island thrust sheet. The later stage (c. 1040–1020 Ma) involved widespread, dominantly upper amphibolite facies metamorphism within and beneath the duplex. Deformation and metamorphism recently reported from south and east of the Parry Sound domain at c. 1100–1040 Ma have not yet been documented along the Georgian Bay transect. The data suggest that early convergence was followed by a period of crustal thickening in the orogenic core south-east of the transect area, with further advance to the north-west during and after the waning stages of this deformation.     

专题地图的生产制作

介绍使用计算机制作专题地图的工艺流程,及计算机制图在印刷前的生产制作的工作步骤和方法,指出了在制作中需要注意的事项,对出版高质量的地图在各环节如何加以控制提出了建议。     

Archean (about 2500 Ma) anatexis in eastern North China Block

Two Neoarchean alkaline feldspar-rich granites sourced from partially melted granulite-facies granodioritic orthogneiss have been here recognised in the eastern part of the North China Block (NCB). These poorly foliated granites have previously been assumed to be Mesozoic in age and never dated, and so their significance has not been recognised until now. The first granite (AG1) is a porphyritic syenogranite with megacrystic K-feldspar, and the second (AG2) is a quartz syenite with perthitic megacryst. Zircons from the granites yield LA-ICP-MS U-Pb ages of 2499 ± 10 Ma (AG1), and 2492 ± 28 Ma (AG2), which are slightly younger than the granodioritic orthogneiss that they intrude with a crystallisation U-Pb age of 2537 ± 34 Ma. The younger granites have higher assays for SiO₂ (71.91% for AG1 and 73.22% for AG2) and K₂O (7.52% for AG1 and 8.37% for AG2), and much lower assays for their other major element than the granodioritic orthogneiss. All of the granodioritic orthogneiss and granite samples have similar trace element patterns, with depletion in Th, U, Nb, and Ti and enrichment in Rb, Ba, K, La, Ce, and P. This indicates that the granites are derived from the orthogneiss as partial melts. Although they exhibit a similar REE pattern, the granites have much lower total REE contents (30.97×10⁻⁶ for AG1, and 25.93×10⁻⁶ for AG2), but pronounced positive Eu anomalies (Eu/Eu* = 8.57 for AG1 and 27.04 for AG2). The granodioritic orthogneiss has an initial ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratio of 0.70144, εNd(t) value of 3.5, and εHf(t) values ranging from −3.2 to +2.9. The orthogneiss is a product of fractional crystallisation from a dioritic magma, which was derived from a mantle source contaminated by melts derived from a felsic slab. By contrast, the AG1 sample has an initial ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratio of 0.6926 that is considered too low in value, εNd(t) value of 0.3, and εHf(t) values between +0.57 and +3.82; whereas the AG2 sample has an initial ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratio of 0.70152, εNd(t) value of 1.3, and εHf(t) values between +0.5 and +14.08. These assays indicate that a Sr-Nd-Hf isotopic disequilibrium exists between the granite and granodioritic orthogneiss. The elevated εHf(t) values of the granites can be explained by the involvement of Hf-bearing minerals, such as orthopyroxene, amphibole, and biotite, in anatectic reactions in the granodioritic orthogneiss. Based on the transitional relationship between the granites and granodioritic orthogneiss and the geochemical characteristics mentioned above, it is concluded that the granites are the product of rapid partial-melting of the granodioritic orthogneiss after granulite-facies metamorphism, and their crystallisation age of about 2500 Ma provides the minimum age of the metamorphism. This about 2500 Ma tectonic-metamorphic event in NCB is similar to the other cratons in India, Antarctica, northern and southern Australia, indicating a possible connection between these cratons during the Neoarchean.     

大青山造山带中基底再造杂岩的特征及其指示意义

大青山造山带中基底再造杂岩主要由高温韧性剪切变形变质作用的糜棱片麻岩类、部分重烙作用形成的混合岩化糜棱片麻岩类及太古宙地壳残块三部分组成。进一步研究表明该基底再造条岩不仅可以作为一个特定的构造岩性单元，属于造山带根部地壳的一部分，而且其中前两部分既不属于太古富变质上壳岩和侵入岩系，也不属于早元古代变质上亮岩，而是早元古代造山带演化过程中，变形变质作用和部分重熔作用对太古宙基底综合改造作用的产物。基底再造杂岩的研究为进一步探讨前寒武纪克拉通内硅铝壳造山作用的性质、规模和成因机制提供了极为重要的地质证据和信息。     

大青山造山带中基底再造杂岩的特征及其指示意义

大青山造山带中基底再造杂岩主要由高温韧性剪切变形变质作用的糜棱片麻岩类、部分重烙作用形成的混合岩化糜棱片麻岩类及太古宙地壳残块三部分组成。进一步研究表明该基底再造条岩不仅可以作为一个特定的构造岩性单元，属于造山带根部地壳的一部分，而且其中前两部分既不属于太古富变质上壳岩和侵入岩系，也不属于早元古代变质上亮岩，而是早元古代造山带演化过程中，变形变质作用和部分重熔作用对太古宙基底综合改造作用的产物。基底再造杂岩的研究为进一步探讨前寒武纪克拉通内硅铝壳造山作用的性质、规模和成因机制提供了极为重要的地质证据和信息。     

高级变质地体中多期变质事件的甄别:以东南极埃默里地区为例

在多期高级变质地体中确定每期变质事件的性质、时代和P-T轨迹是一项非常困难的研究工作,也是变质地质学研究领域的前沿课题。将精细的地质年代学研究与详细的构造解析和岩石学观察相结合,这是建立同位素年龄与变质事件之间有机联系的最好方法。使用这种方法来甄别东南极埃默里地区格林维尔期和泛非期高级变质事件获得了初步的成功,基本上查明了两期变质事件的影响范围、变质时代和P-T演化,但也存在许多尚未解决的科学问题。一般而言,在同一变质地体中发育两期/多期具有不同构造指向的挤压-伸展变形、保存不同类型(如顺时针和逆时针)或者不连续的P-T演化轨迹以及含有两组/多组变质年龄等可视为存在多期变质事件的标志。当前对多期高级变质作用叠加的研究中还存在两个不清楚的岩石学问题,其一是早期变质作用对晚期变质重结晶施加了什么样的影响?其二是晚期变质作用如何叠加在早期变质矿物组合之上?所以,探索多期高级变质事件的叠加机理、变质行为及控制因素仍是未来岩石学家的艰巨任务。     

辽宁红透山铜锌矿床地质特征及成因浅析

红透山铜锌矿床赋存于辽北太古宙绿岩红透山岩组,为极具工业意义的大型矿床.通过对矿石H、O、S、Pb同位素特征的分析,结合矿床矿体形态、矿石结构、构造及围岩蚀变等宏观特征,认为红透山铜锌矿床成矿物质来源于太古宙晚期火山-沉积岩系,成矿流体来源于变质水和大气降水,成矿热力来源于变质作用,从而认为红透山铜锌矿床属“火山-沉积变质热液叠加”型层控矿床.     

赞皇变质窍隆黑云母^40Ar／^39Ar年代学研究及其对构造热事件的约束

太行山南段赞皇变质杂岩中黑云母给出了1827～1793Ma的~(40)Ar/~(39)Ar坪年龄,代表了变质基底在经历高温热扰动后冷却到300℃时的热事件年龄。结合华北克拉通变质岩的其他年代学资料,认为1800Ma士华北克拉通内经历了一次广泛而强烈的构造热伸展事件,致使克拉通基底岩石快速抬升到中上地壳,其冷却速率>6℃/Ma,隆升速率>200m/Ma。赞皇变质杂岩内苍岩寺、岗西-榆底-黑水河东和坡底-郝庄韧性剪切带内糜棱岩中黑云母分别给出了1689Ma、1633Ma和1645Ma的~(40)Ar/~(39)Ar坪年龄,代表了剪切带变形的主变形时代,这一年龄也为约束长城系的底界年龄提供了新的信息。结合已有的热年代学资料,推断华北克拉通内部赞皇变质地区中元古代的冷却速率约0.4℃/Ma,隆升速率为15m/Ma。由此也表明,自中元古代以来华北克拉通内部未受到后期构造热事件的强烈扰动,赞皇变质杂岩并非中生代变质核杂岩,而是早元古代变质穹隆。     

构造叠加晕法是危机金矿山寻找接替资源的有效新方法

构造叠加晕是在发展了原生晕分带理论基础上而开创的一种盲矿预测新方法、新技术.运用该方法在金矿区深部及其外围进行盲矿预测,取得了显著效果.