A combined study of SHRIMP U-Pb dating, trace element and mineral inclusions on high-pressure metamorphic overgrowth zircon in eclogite from Qinglongshan in the Sulu terrane

Methods recently advanced for discrimination on the genesis of metamorphic zircon, such as analysis of mineral inclusions and trace elements, provide us powerful means to distinguish zircon overgrowth during high-pressure metamorphism. Zircons in ultrahigh-pressure eclogite from Qinglongshan in the Sulu terrane were studied by the SHRIMP U-Pb method in combining with trace element and mineral inclusion analyses. No inherited core was identified in the analyzed zircons by means of cathodoluminescence images. The occurrence of high-pressure metamorphic mineral inclusions in zircon, such as garnet, omphacite, rutile, and the flat HREE pattern in zircon indicate that the zircon formed at high-pressure metamorphic conditions. Therefore, a weighted average U-Pb age of 227.4±3.5 Ma obtained from such a kind of zircon is interpreted to represent the timing of peak nietamorphism for the Qinglongshan eclogite.     

四川华蓥二叠-三叠系界线剖面稳定碳同位素变化特征及其生物地球化学循环成因

对四川华蓥楼房湾剖面稳定碳同位素进行的研究表明,该地区二叠-三叠系界线附近碳同位素变化趋势与全球变化基本一致。早三叠世早期ΔB平均值高于晚二叠世晚期,指示海水中磷酸盐浓度的增大和初级生产力的繁盛。从晚二叠世末期开始δ13Ccarb的缓慢降低是由大规模火山作用以及陆地风化作用加强造成的;早三叠世最早期δ13Ccarb和δ13Corg的快速同步降低所代表的全球碳循环变化主要受控于生物集群绝灭的主幕及海平面上升引起的底部缺氧水上涌。总之,二叠-三叠纪之交碳同位素变化是火山作用、海平面变化、海洋和陆地生物集群绝灭以及缺氧水上涌等因素综合作用的结果。     

Uprising period and elevation of the Wenyu granitic pluton in the Xiaoqinling District, Central China

Xiaoqinling District is an important gold-producing area in China. It ranks second to Jiaodong with regard to gold deposits. The uprising period of the Wenyu granitic pluton and the wall-rocks of the deposit, as well as the mineralizing depth and reserved place of gold ore bodies, are significant to ore exploration. Fission-track （FT） analysis of zircons and apatites of granitic rocks from the Wenyu granitic pluton shows that apatite FT （AFT） data modeling indicates a rapid cooling rate of 20℃/Ma from 138 to 120 Ma after emplacement at 138 Ma. Thermal evolution and inversion curves suggest a secondary phase of fast cooling and up- rising from 45 to 35 Ma, and 35 Ma, respectively, with a cooling rate of 6.7℃/Ma and a denudation quantity of -4.3 km. The last cooling phase took place from 〈4 Ma, with an average cooling rate of -11.3℃/Ma and a denudation amount of 1.3 km. Total exhumation quantity of 5.6 km and uprising elevation of 7.3 km are similar to the estimated results of fluid inclusions from the Dongtongyu and Wenyu gold deposits. The 39Ar/40Ar dating of sericite from the fault planes of the Xunmadao-Xiaohe and Taiyao faults demonstrate two uprising activities of the ore-host metamorphic complex. The Huashan and Wenyu granitic plutons inten- sively occurred during 77 and 45 Ma, respectively. These data sets are valuable for understanding the uplifting process and for preserving gold ore bodies in the Xiaoqinling area, as well as for further studies on tectonic evolutions of the Taihua Complex and the Qinling-Dabie Orogen.     

Petrogenesis of Aoyougou high-silica adakite in the North Qilian orogen, NW China: Evidence for decompression melting of oceanic slab

A trondhjemitic body occurs in the Aoyougou area,the western part of the North Qilian orogen.It is geochemically characterized by high SiO 2,Na 2 O (high Na/K),elevated Sr/Y and (La/Yb) N,positive Sr anomaly,relatively enriched large ion lithophile elements (LILEs) and light rare earth elements (LREEs),and depleted Nb,Ta,Ti,resembling the high-silica adakite.Zircon U-Pb SHRIMP dating yields a weighted mean age of 438±3 Ma.This age is significantly younger than eclogitization ages of 460-490 Ma in the North Qilian orogen,suggesting that formation of the adakite postdates the subduction of oceanic crust in association with closure of the ancient Qilian Ocean.Whole-rock Sr and Nd isotopic analyses give initial ratios of I Sr =0.7044 0.7047 and Nd (t)=3.0 4.1,indicating that they are derived from partial melting of the juvenile oceanic crust.In view of the tectonic evolution of the North Qilian orogen,the high-silica adakite was probably derived from decompression melting of the exhumed eclogite at the depth of ～60 km.     

龙门山中段构造特征与汶川地震

通过地表地质调查、钻井资料和各种地球物理资料分析,剖析了龙门山中段的构造特征和岩石圈结构特征的特殊性:(1)10 Ma以来龙门山中段隆升幅度和速率最大,(2)龙门山中北段喜马拉雅期构造活动较南段弱;(3)龙门山中段主构造带之下存在有大干10 000 Ω·m的高阻异常体;(4)龙门山中段具有 0.015 cm/s2的剩余(60 km×60 km～120 km×120 km)布格重力异常,(5)龙门山中段为正的均衡重力异常区.在此基础上,结合汶川地震主震和余震的分布特征,得出:(1)四川汶川地震主震和绝大多数余震震源多位于映秀-北川主断层下盘(扬子地块上),断层活动的主动盘是下盘,映秀-北川主断层的活动为俯冲兼左旋走滑;(2)此次地震是扬子板块向西俯冲(L型俯冲)、四川盆地顺时针旋转和青藏高原隆升逆冲相互作用的产物;(3)四川汶川地震有可能是构造地震的一种新类型,其孕育巨大能量的最重要条件为地块坚硬(能量不易释放)和位于地块边缘(构造作用强烈,有能量来源).最后,建议有关部门和地学界重视中国主要地块边缘的重力场,尤其是剩余布格异常和均衡重力异常的研究.这也许对地震的长期预测有所帮助.     

西藏日土白垩纪酸性侵入岩年代学及地球化学特征——对班公湖-怒江中特提斯洋盆闭合时限的制约

以西藏日土县北东地区的小型酸性侵入体为研究对象,结合岩石地球化学分析及锆石年龄测试,探讨岩石的成因类型及构造环境,确定班公湖-怒江中特提斯洋盆闭合的时限。研究区酸性岩体的岩性为黑云二长花岗岩,其主要组分的质量分数分别是:SiO_2为63.89%~77.49%,全碱(K_2O+Na_2O)为8.06%~8.95%,全铁(FeOT)为0.48%~4.37%,Al_2O_3为12.43%~16.17%;大离子亲石元素中Rb、Th、U、K明显富集,但Ba、Sr明显亏损;高场强元素中Nb、Ta、P、Ti明显亏损,而Zr、Hf相对富集;轻稀土元素相对富集、重稀土元素相对亏损,负Eu异常明显(δEu=0.09~0.67,平均为0.47),球粒原始标准化分布模式为向右缓倾的V型,属于A型花岗岩。其LA-ICP-MS锆石206Pb/238 U年龄加权平均值为(117.8±1.2)Ma,属于中生代早白垩世中期。从岩石碰撞后A1型花岗岩特征推测,班公湖-怒江中特提斯洋盆在日土地区的闭合时间应在早白垩世中期。     

Isotopic composition of helium in eclogite from the Dabie Mountains, central China and its geological significance

Isotopic geochemical characteristics of helium in garnet and omphacite of eclogite in the Dabie Mountains are discussed. Concentrations of³He and⁴He in garnet and omphacite are 3.9 × 10⁻¹⁴–24.0 × 10⁻¹⁴ and 0.48 × 10⁻⁷–9.42 × 10⁻⁷cm¹³.g⁻¹, respectively. Values of³He/⁴He have a range of (1.19–4.63) × 10⁻⁷. Helium In the eclogite is derived from both mantle and crust. Isotopic geochemical data of helium indicate that eclogite in the Dabie Mountains might be formed in depleted mantle and the age of the cologite would be Indo-China epoch.     

Early Precambrian tectonothermal events of the North China Craton: Constraints from in situ detrital zircon U-Pb, Hf and O isotopic compositions in Tietonggou Formation

Clastic sediments and sedimentary rocks are widely used for understanding the formation and evolution of the continental crust. The Tietonggou Formation outcrops in the Xiaoqinling region at the southern margin of the North China Craton (NCC) and has unconformable contacts with the underlying Taihua Complex and overlying Paleoproterozoic Xiong’er Group. It mainly consists of quartzite and its protoliths are mature terrigenous clastic rocks. On the basis of the ages of the youngest detrital zircons from the quartzites and the ages of the Xiong’er Group, the depositional ages of the protoliths of the Tietonggou Formation were well constrained to 1.91–1.80 Ga. The U-Pb isotopic data of detrital zircons from the Formation show a major age peak at ～2.1 Ga, which is consistent with 2.2–2.0 Ga magmatism in the Trans-North China Orogen of the NCC. Taking into account the texctural and compositional maturity of the Tietonggou Formation quartzite, the ～2.1 Ga lithologic units in the Trans-North China Orogen are interpreted as the major source of the Tietonggou Formation. The majority of these ～2.1 Ga detrital zircons mostly have high δ ¹⁸O values (>6.5‰) and negative ? _Hf(t) values (?7.8–0.0), with corresponding Hf model ages significantly older than their crystallization ages, indicating that these zircons formed from the partial melting of ancient continental crust. The majority of the 2.8–2.7 Ga and ～2.5 Ga detrital zircons from the Tietonggou Formation had positive ? _Hf(t) values, and mantle-like δ ¹⁸O values, suggesting that the NCC has experienced two stages of significant crustal growth in the Neoarchaean at 2.7 and 2.5 Ga, respectively. The Hf isotopic data of detrital zircons from Paleoproterozoic metasedimentary rocks in the Trans-North China Orogen varied mainly toward the reduction of the radiogenic Hf isotope and gradually show a similar trend of the isotope trajectories of crustal evolution. This reveals that the NCC probably has not developed a long-lived subduction to complete the final assembly of the NCC. Alternatively, these maybe imply that the tectonic setting of the NCC substantially changed at ～2.1 Ga, the reduction of the radiogenic Hf isotope could be attributed to the rollback of the subducting slab.     

Single grain Rb-Sr dating of euhedral and cataclastic pyrite from the Qiyugou gold deposit in western Henan, central China

The Rb-Sr isotopic dating of pyrite mineral from ore deposits can directly provide mineralization age. However, many geological factors may affect the Rb-Sr isotopic system,which baffles application of this method. Employing ultra-low procedural blank Rb-Sr method,we have dated pyrites separated from the No. 4 breccia pipe of the Qiyugou gold deposit,western Henan Province. Single grains of euhedral pyrite crystal with few microcracks yield an isochron age of 126 ± 11 Ma, which represents time of the main mineralization stage of the deposit. Pyrite grains of cataclastic type show nevertheless scattered Rb-Sr isotopic composition and no reasonable isochron can be defined. Crystal morphology and mineral inclusion studies reveal that Rb and Sr of pyrite mineral probably are preserved mainly in biotite, K-feldspar, and sericite mineral inclusions. The dating results likely suggest that cataclastic pyrite is not suitable for the Rb-Sr dating due to modification of the Rb-Sr isotopic system by later hydrothermal activity of fluid.     

冀北凤山晚古生代闪长岩-花岗质岩石的成因:岩石地球化学、锆石U-Pb年代学及Hf同位素制约

冀北凤山地区侵位于前寒武纪岩石组合中的晚古生代的闪长岩-花岗质岩石,具有富Na,高Sr,低Y和重稀土元素等地球化学特征,Sr/Y在37.15～151.22之间变化,绝大多数样品均显示正Eu异常(一个样品例外),Eu·在0.92～1.53之间变化.LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb同位素测年和锆石Hf同位素分析表明闪长岩(JB6024)和二长花岗岩(样品JB6037-1)分别形成于315±2.8Ma和306.6±6Ma,即该区晚古生代存在两个岩浆作用幕.地球化学、全岩Sr-Nd同位素和锆石Hf同位素研究揭示凤山晚古生代闪长岩是EMI型富集岩石圈地幔部分熔融形成的岩浆与古老下地壳部分熔融形成的长英质岩浆混合作用结果,而花岗质岩石则是闪长质岩浆发生分离结晶作用的残余岩浆同化上部地壳岩石形成的.     

冀北赤城红旗营子群黑云斜长片麻岩的黑云母40Ar/39Ar年龄及其地质意义

探讨冀北赤城红旗营子群是否经历了印支期的构造热事件.通过对冀北赤城红旗营于群黑云斜长片麻岩样品进行的黑云母40Ar/39 Ar年龄测定,获得其坪年龄和等时线年龄分别为(238.63±1.44) Ma和(238.77±1.71) Ma,两者基本一致.此年龄数据是黑云斜长片麻岩在晓古生代角闪岩相区域变质作用之后所经历印支期构造热事件的记录.综合分析冀北岩浆作用及其地质年代学特征,认为它可能与区域上同时期的酸性岩浆活动有关,是后者为此次构造热事件提供了必要的热源.     

Dinosaur diversity during the transition between the middle and late parts of the Late Cretaceous in eastern Shandong Province, China: Evidence from dinosaur eggshells

The record of dinosaur eggs from the Upper Cretaceous Wangshi Group in eastem Shandong Province, China shows that the dinosaur species represented by elongatoolithids were present from the middle to the late Late Cretaceous, whereas those repre- sented by the dictyoolithids and spheroolithids became extinct in the middle Late Cretaceous and the new species represented by ovaloolithids appeared in the late Late Cretaceous. Estimated eggshell conductance of water vapor is over 4 to over 115 times higher in spheroolithids and the dictyoolithids than in elongatoolithids and ovaloolithids, indicating that eggs of the first two oofamilies required higher humidity during incubation. Based on the δ^18O record as preserved in eggshell, a change from relatively humid to relatively dry climatic conditions can be assumed to have taken place during the transition between the middle and late parts of the Late Cretaceous. It is reasonable to suggest that the change in climate was the cause of the dinosaur diversity.