The Palaeo-Tethyan suture: A line of demarcation between two fundamentally different architectural styles in the structure of Asia

Abstract The Palaeo-Tethyan suture separates regions characterized by two fundamentally different tectonic styles in the structure of the Tethysides. North of the suture in Iran, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Tadjikistan, Kirgizstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and large parts of the Russian Federation and China, orogenic development is characterized by very large subduction-accretion complexes developed since the late Proterozoic. Magmatic arc axes migrated radially outwards from the 'Old Vertex of Eurasia' and consolidated the accretionary prisms into a 'basement complex' dominated by a pelitic composition. In such orogens, called the 'Turkic-type' after the dominant ethnic population of Central Asia, ophiolites are unreliable indicators of sutures, because they are present throughout the 'basement' as in-faulted shreds and rarely as nappes. By contrast, south of the Palaeo-Tethyan suture, orogeny was commonly characterized by a Sumatra- or Andean-type continental margin arc (e.g. the Transhimalaya arc) that in places became an island arc by back-arc basin rifting (e.g. the Black Sea behind the Rhodope-Pontide fragment) and later collided with an Atlantic- (as in the Himalaya) or California-type (as in the Alps) continental margin to create Alpine- or Himalayan-type orogenic belts. Turkic-type orogenic belts result from the exaggeration of the Himalayan-type as a result of the subduction of very large oceanic areas that contain great amounts of sediment. They contribute to the enlargement and also possibly the growth of the continental crust which has a composition more silicic than basalt. The Palaeo-Tethyan suture is thus a line across which the rate of continental enlargement by subduction-accretion changed dramatically.     

大陆中洋壳俯冲增生杂岩带特征与识别的重大科学意义

大洋或弧后洋盆俯冲增生是大陆地壳增长的主导地质作用.重建大陆中消亡的洋地层岩石组合序列是当代大陆动力学和地学研究的重大前沿.洋壳消减杂岩带的厘定是洋板块地质构造重建乃至全球大地构造研究之纲,是理解区域大地构造形成演化及动力学的核心.俯冲增生杂岩带的基本特征:(1)俯冲增生杂岩带物质组成的共性是:以强烈构造变形洋底沉积的硅质岩-硅泥质岩-粉砂岩、凝灰岩;弧-沟浊积岩等为基质;以洋岛-海山灰岩-玄武岩及塌积砾岩,洋内弧残留岩块,超镁铁质蛇绿岩、绿片岩、蓝片岩等为岩块.(2)变形样式:同斜倒转冲断叠瓦构造、增生柱前缘重力滑动构造以及泥质岩的底辟构造;增生楔前缘变形和增生形式受控于大洋或弧后洋盆的规模和洋壳的俯冲速度,也取决于陆缘碎屑供给量及洋底沉积厚度和岩性.(3)宽度和厚度:厚常达几千米,宽达几十公里至数百公里,延长上千公里,是洋壳俯冲消亡过程洋盆地层系统及陆缘沉积物加积的结果.(4)形成机制:是大陆碰撞前大洋(或弧后洋盆)岩石圈俯冲消减的产物.结合带中的早期俯冲增生杂岩带往往卷入晚期的构造混杂作用.     

新疆东天山岩浆铜镍硫化物矿床地质特征及成矿环境

在东天山地区晚石炭—早二叠世俯冲-增生造山过程中,形成了大量镁铁-超镁铁岩石以及大量Cu-Ni-PGE矿床,包括土墩-黄山-镜儿泉一带大量铜镍硫化物矿床,构成了我国重要的内生金属矿床富集区和后备矿产基地.这些矿床形成于岛弧环境,为古亚洲洋俯冲增生的产物,并非形成于碰撞后伸展环境.     

Cretaceous radiolarian fauna from the Kiselyovsky subterrane, the youngest accretionary complex of the Russian continental far east: Paleotectonic and paleogeographic implications

Abstract The Kiselyovsky subterrane is the northeastern section of the Kiselyovsko-Manominsky terrane, a distinguishable tectonic unit in the north of the Sikhote-Alin Range. The terrane has been treated as part of the accretionary wedge belonging to the Khingan-Okhotsk active continental margin, but its structure and stratigraphy have been poorly understood. This paper presents new data on the subterrane structure, lithology and radiolarian biostratigraphy. The following lithostratigraphic units are established in the terrane: a ribbon chert unit, a siliceous mudstone unit and a elastics unit. Abundant Valanginian to late Hauterivian-early Barremian radiolarian assemblages are obtained from the upper part of the chert unit in addition to the known Jurassic radiolarians. The radiolarian age of the lower part of the siliceous mudstone unit (red siliceous mudstone) is determined as early Hauterivian-early Aptian. The unit's upper part (greenish-gray siliceous mudstone and dark-gray silicified mudstone) and the clastics unit contain Albian-Cenomanian assemblages. The arrangement of the units is treated as a chert-elastics sequence, whose vertical lithologic variations indicate environmental changes from a remote ocean to a convergent margin, reflecting an oceanic plate motion towards a subduction zone. The subterrane structure is a stack of imbricated slabs composed of various lithostratigraphic units, and is complicated by folding. The structure's origin is related to subduction-accretion, which occurred in the Albian-Cenomanian. The data presented provide a unique basis for accretionary wedge terranes correlation in the circum-Japan Sea Region, and the Kiselyovsky subterrane is correlated in this study with the synchronous parts of the East Sakhalin, Hidaka and Shimanto terranes. The Albian-Cenomanian radiolarian assemblages were deposited in the Boreal realm, while Valanginian ones are Tethyan; this indicates a long oceanic plate travelling to the north. The former assemblages contain an admixture of older species, redeposited by bottom traction currents and turbidite flows in trench environments.     

从华北陆块南缘大洋扩张到北秦岭造山带板块俯冲的转换时限

本文以北秦岭造山带华北陆块南缘被动陆缘火山裂谷(大洋?)盆地、早古生代岛弧-弧后盆地和晚古生代岛弧-蛇绿杂岩等构造相带为研究重点,综合利用同位素年代学、古生物年代学、岩石学、岩石地球化学和同位素地球化学等实测数据,系统研究和探讨了北秦岭造山带被动陆缘大洋扩张向俯冲增生造山转换的时限.研究显示:华北陆块南缘由晚新元古代大洋扩张作用转化为板块俯冲作用的转换时限为早奥陶世,约472Ma左右.北秦岭造山带在古生代期间至少存在两期板块俯冲增生造山作用,时代上向南变新,空间上向南向洋内迁移.两次俯冲增生造山作用分别构筑了北秦岭造山带早古生代岛弧-弧后盆地和晚古生代岛弧-俯冲杂岩两条构造相带.     

西昆仑新藏公路北段古-中生代多期次构造-热事件年龄确定

为了建立西昆仑地区构造-热事件序列, 利用40Ar/39Ar同位素分析法对西昆仑新藏公路康西瓦断裂带以北具有代表性的同构造新生变质矿物角闪石、黑云母、绢云母单矿物进行了年龄测定, 得到几个多次出现的年龄值.结合早期该区发育的各类岩脉的侵位年龄综合分析, 认为片麻岩中单矿物黑云母440Ma和(403±6) Ma40Ar/39Ar年龄, 可代表早古生代俯冲变质年龄以及增生过程所持续的时间; 片岩、片麻岩中黑云母, 斜长角闪片岩(基性岩脉) 中单矿物角闪石的40Ar/39Ar年龄为382Ma~84Ma, 代表着该区从早古生代晚期的挤压构造环境转化为引张环境及其所持续的时间; 晚期脆性断裂中云母类矿物178Ma~65Ma的40Ar/39Ar年龄, 代表着该区在挤压走滑构造背景中断裂构造的脉冲式活动及其持续时间.      

大别山北淮阳带奥陶纪花岗岩的厘定及其对北秦岭东延的启示

详细的野外地质调查以及锆石SHRIMP U-Pb定年和初步的岩石学研究表明,大别山北淮阳带东段发育早古生代奥陶纪花岗岩.这些花岗岩经过了强烈的构造变形、局部发育片麻理和绿帘角闪岩相变质作用,形成时代为457±2 Ma,与北淮阳带西段马畈闪长岩的形成时代以及北秦岭-桐柏造山带一期与大洋俯冲相关的早古生代岛弧岩浆作用时代一...     

北秦岭武关地区丹凤群斜长角闪岩地球化学特征、锆石SHRIMP测年及其构造意义

本文运用岩石学、地球化学和同位素年代学对分布于丹凤县武关地区的丹凤群斜长角闪岩进行了相对系统研究,岩石学和地球化学特征表明该套岩石为岛弧钙碱性玄武岩,不具备蛇绿岩单元组成特性.锆石SHRIMP测年结果表明,该套岩石中包含有古元古代～晚泥盆世(2489～360Ma)多个时期的锆石;锆石CL图像以及锆石形状研究以及区域同位素年代学、古生物化石资料共同显示,丹凤群中可能包含有泥盆纪岩石组合.分析前人对丹凤群的区域研究资料,我们认为丹凤群并非一套具有单一地层时代以及相同构造环境的岩石地层单位,而是一套由不同时代不同构造环境的岩石组合构成的俯冲-增生杂岩.区域上,丹凤群与其南侧的武关岩群、罗汉寺岩群以及部分刘岭群共同构成华北板块南缘俯冲-增生体系,其中分布有大量与俯冲作用相关的泥盆纪钙碱性侵入体,这些事实进一步证明华北板块南缘洋盆消亡时间上限至少可以持续到晚泥盆世末期.     

班公湖—怒江俯冲增生杂岩带东段晚古生代辉绿岩锆石U-Pb年龄、Hf同位素特征及其构造意义

嘉玉桥—同卡混杂岩带位于班公湖—怒江俯冲增生杂岩带东段嘉玉桥至邦达地区,1: 250 000区域地质调查将其主体厘定为晚古生代混杂岩,但缺乏准确的同位素年代学与地球化学约束。本文选择该带邦达岩组中的辉绿岩作为研究对象,开展详细的岩相学、地球化学及年代学工作,揭示班公湖—怒江俯冲增生杂岩带的形成时间及构造环境。结果表明,辉绿岩明显具有N-MORB型的地球化学性质,同时富集大离子亲石元素(Rb,Ba),亏损高场强元素(Nb,Zr),其岩浆源区为尖晶石二辉橄榄岩经过约30%的部分熔融,一致指示岩浆源区可能源于受俯冲流体交代影响的亏损地幔源区。辉绿岩的锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb年龄为(330.9±1.6) Ma,代表了辉绿岩的结晶年龄,指示邦达辉绿岩形成于早石炭世,进一步揭示班公湖—怒江俯冲增生杂岩带存在古特提斯洋演化残留地质信息。邦达早石炭世N-MORB型辉绿岩的厘定,为进一步认识班公湖—怒江俯冲增生杂岩带早石炭世的构造环境,探讨班公湖—怒江特提斯洋的时空演化提供了重要依据。     

Geological framework and Paleozoic tectonic history of the Chinese Altai, NW China: a review

The Chinese Altai, as a key portion of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB), is dominated by variably deformed and metamorphosed sedimentary rocks, volcanic rocks and granitic intrusions. Its Early Paleozoic tectonic setting has been variously considered as a passive continental margin, a subduction-accretion complex, or a Precambrian microcontinent, and two representative competing tectonic models have been proposed, i.e., open-closure versus subduction-accretion. Recent studies demonstrate that the high-grade metamorphic rocks previously considered as fragments of a Precambrian basement have zircon U-Pb ages (predominantly 528 to 466 Ma) similar to those of the widely distributed low-grade metasedimentary rocks named as Habahe Group in the region, and all these meta-sedimentary rocks were dominantly deposited in the Early Paleozoic. Petrological evidence and geochemical compositions further suggest that these meta-sedimentary rocks were probably deposited in an active margin, not a passive continental margin as previously proposed. The detrital zircons of sediments and igneous zircons from granitoids including the inherited ones (mainly 543–421 Ma) mostly give positive ?_Hf(t) values, suggesting significant contributions from mantle-derived juvenile materials to the lower crust. A modeling calculation based on zircon Hf isotopic compositions suggests that as much as 84% of the Chinese Altai is possibly made up of “juvenile” Paleozoic materials. Thus, available data do not support the existence of a Precambrian basement, but rather indicate that the Chinese Altai represented a huge subduction-accretion complex in the Paleozoic. Zircon U-Pb dating results for granitoids indicate that magmatism was active continuously from the Early to Middle Paleozoic, and the strongest magmatic activity took place in the Devonian, coeval with a significant change in zircon Hf isotopic composition. These findings, together with the occurrence of chemically distinctive igneous rocks and the high-T metamorphism, can be collectively accounted for by ridge-trench interaction during the accretionary orogenic process.