First SHRIMP zircon U-Pb ages for Hutuo Group in Wutaishan： Further evidence for Palaeoproterozoic amalgamation of North China Craton

A felsic tuffaceous rock, obtained from a metamorphosed sequence of volcanics and sediments of the Hutuo Group, 8 km south of Taihuai in Wutaishan, contains two zircon populations. These record SHRIMP 207Pb/206Pb weighted mean ages of 2180±5 Ma and 2087±9 Ma, respectively. The older date is within error of the age of the Dawaliang Granite in Wutaishan and is considered to be     

Uppermost mantle structure of the North China Craton: Constraints from interstation Pn travel time difference tomography

The uppermost mantle is the key area for exchange of heat flux and material convection between the crust and lithospheric mantle. Spatial variations of lithospheric thinning and dynamic processes in the North China Craton could inevitably induce the velocity heterogeneity in the uppermost mantle. In this study, we used Pn arrivals from permanent seismic stations in North China and surrounding regions to construct a tomographic image of the North China Craton. The tomographic method with Pn travel time difference data were used to study the velocity variations in the uppermost mantle. Pn velocities in the uppermost mantle varied significantly in the Eastern, Central and Western blocks of the North China Craton. This suggests that the lithosphere beneath different blocks of the North China Craton have experienced distinct tectonic evolutions and dynamic processes since the Paleozoic. The current uppermost mantle has been imprinted by these tectonic and dynamic processes. Fast Pn velocities are prominent beneath the Bohai Bay Basin in the Eastern Block of the North China Craton, suggesting residuals of the Archean lithospheric mantle. Beneath the Tanlu Fault Zone and Bohai Sea, slow Pn velocities are present in the uppermost mantle, which can be attributed to significant lithospheric thinning and asthenospheric upwelling. The newly formed lithospheric mantle beneath Yanshan Mountain may be the dominant reason for the existence of slow Pn velocities in this region. Conversely, the ancient lower crust and lithospheric mantle already have been delaminated. In the Central Block, significant slow Pn velocities are present in Taihangshan Mountain, which also extends northward to the Yinchuan-Hetao Rift on the northern margin of the Ordos Block and Yinshan Orogen. This characteristic probably is a result of hot asthenospheric upwelling along the active tectonic boundary on the margin of the Western Block. The protracted thermal erosion and underplating of hot asthenospheric upwelling may induce lithospheric thinning and significant slow velocities in the uppermost mantle. Fast velocities beneath the Western Block suggest that the thick, cold and refractory Archean lithospheric keel of craton still is retained without apparent destruction.     

Zircon SHRIMP geochronology and geochemistry of TTG rocks in Sushui Complex from Zhongtiao Mountains with its geological implications

The tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite (TTG) rocks in Sushui Complex of Zhongtiao Block can be divided into two series according to their zircon U-Pb ages and geochemical characteristics: one is subduction-related (SR) and the other collision-related (CR). The SR TTG rocks, together with other Late Archean island arc magmatism, were developed as a result of oceanic subduction between the Eastern and Western blocks in Late Archean; while the CR TTG rocks formed in a thickened crustal environment, which was responding to the collision between the Eastern and Western blocks in Paleoproterozoic. All these features support a model that the Zhongtiao Block is a part of the Trans-North China Orogen in the middle of North China Craton.     

鄂尔多斯盆地南缘晚古生代沉积物源及其对秦岭造山带北部演化的指示

鄂尔多斯盆地南缘位于华北克拉通盆地的西南部,其形成演化和沉积过程与华北克拉通南侧秦岭造山带的活动有紧密的联系.晚古生代沉积的物源特征能够帮助提取关于秦岭造山带的演化信息.基于对鄂尔多斯盆地南缘澄城和韩城2条出露本溪组－石千峰组的剖面岩石学特征的详细研究,从岩石性质、碎屑特征、重矿物组合和碎屑组分的Dickinson三角图解等方面进行分析讨论,获得了鄂尔多斯盆地南缘晚古生代物源的详细信息,并揭示了秦岭造山带北部晚古生代的演化过程.研究表明,本溪组－太原组的物源为秦岭造山带中的华北板块南缘带;山西组－石千峰组的物源来自于北秦岭构造带,物源区有向南迁移的特征.晚泥盆－晚石炭世商丹带的点接触初始碰撞造成华北板块南缘发生抬升,早二叠世秦岭造山带进入面接触碰撞阶段,造成北秦岭弧后盆地和岛弧带依次发生隆升,成为鄂尔多斯南缘沉积区的主要物源供给区.扬子板块与华北板块自东向西剪刀状的碰撞,造成鄂尔多斯南缘沉积的山西组－下石盒子组的古流向由南东－北西方向朝南西－北东方向的转变.     

Granitic magmatism related to early Paleozoic continental collision in North Qinling

Zircon U-Pb dating of early Paleozoic granitoids in North Qinling yields three age peaks of ~500, -452 and -420 Ma. They can be temporally correlated with high-pressure to ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism at ca. 500 Ma, retrograde granulite-facies meta- morphisms at ca. 450 Ma and amphibolite-facies metamorphism at ca. 420 Ma, respectively. The first episode of granitic magma- tism is considered to have resulted from continental collision, whereas the second and third episodes of magmatism are attributed to crustal uplifting. Combined with the regional geological setting and new results from high-pressure and ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks, the ca. 500 Ma magmatism is interpreted as the result of partial melting of sedimentary rocks in accretionary wedge between the south Qinling microcontinent and the north Qinling belt including the southern margin of the North China Craton. The ca. 450 Ma intensive magmatism is ascribed to dehydration melting of deeply subducted continental crust at thick- ened conditions in response to slab breakoff, and the final magmatism in ca. 420 Ma is interpreted as the product of partial melt- ing during the tectonic transition from contraction to extension.     

Comparison of mantle-derived matierals from different spatiotemporal settings: Implications for destructive and accretional processes of the North China Craton

Cratonic destruction or lithospheric thinning beneath North China makes it as one of the most ideal areas for the studying on the formation and evolution of continent. However, the mechanism, time, range and dynamic setting of the destruction, even the lithospheric status before the destruction, are contentious. The comparison among mantle xenoliths in the volcanic rocks from different captured times （e.g. Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic） and locations （e.g. intra-plate or its rim, the translithospheric Tanlu fault or the North-South Gravity Line）, and peridotitic massifs within the Sulu-Dabie ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism belt along the southern margin of the North China Craton, indicates that （1） the cratonic lithosphere is heterogeneous in structure and composition, and contains mantle weak zones; and （2） the Mesozoic-Cenozoic lithospheric thinning process is complex, including lateral spreading of lithosphere, interaction between melt and peridotite, non-even asthenospheric erosion （huge lithospheric thinning）, and the limited lithospheric accretion and thus thickening, which resulted in the final replacement of the refractory cratonic lithosphere by juvenile fertile mantle. In early Mesozoic, the integrity of the North China Craton was interrupted, even destroyed by subduction and collision of the Yangtze block. The mantle wedge of the North China Craton was also metasomatized and modified by melt/fluids revealed from the subducted Yangtze continent. Lithospheric mantle extension and tectonic intrusion of the North China Craton also occurred, accompanied by the asthenospheric upwelling that due to the detachement of the subducted Yangtze continent （orogenic root）. During early Cretaceous-early Tertiary, the huge thinning of lithosphere was triggered by the upwelling asthenosphere due to the subduction of the Pacific plate. Since late Tertiary, the cooling of the upwelling asthenosphere resulted in the replacement of the mantle in existence by the newly accreted lithosphere, accompanied with a little thickness in lithosphere and thus finally achieved the lithospheric thinning as a whole. The translithospheric faults, such as the Tanlu fault, play excellent channels for asthenospheric upwelling. Meanwhile, the channels in lithosphere are usually irregular, which resulted in different eruption times of magma. Peridotite xenolith in the basalts erupted at 100 Ma is mainly fertile, indicating such a fact, that is, the mantle replacement occurred before the eruption （e.g. 125--100 Ma） beneath the eastern part of the North China Craton.     

华北大陆楔入的华南板内效应:安徽沿江台阶式逆冲推覆构造及其控矿作用

华南-华北大陆的碰撞和印度-亚洲大陆碰撞的形式非常相似，既发生了华南大陆向华北一侧的强烈的大陆俯冲、华北大陆向华南数百公里的楔入，又伴随有大陆块体的逃逸．中国东部中生代构造变形异常复杂，很可能与华北大陆的这种楔入存在直接的成因联系，但对华南-华北大陆碰撞和华北向华南的楔入在中国东部所产生的深刻的板内变形效应，了解不多．研究安徽南部沿江地区的逆冲推覆构造带来探讨这种大陆碰撞和楔入在华南板内的构造效应．安徽沿江推覆构造带是扬子褶皱冲断带的重要组成部分，以台阶式逆冲为其构造特色．对其构造类型进行了详细的分类，并建立了局部平衡构造剖面，计算了造山缩短量．安徽沿江推覆构造带以台阶式逆冲断层为其构造特色，这种推覆构造广泛、密集，根据平衡剖面方法计算得缩短率为55．9％．同时发现推覆构造对金属矿藏的控矿作用，这种控矿作用具有系统性和层控性等特点．     

恒山－五台地区同位素年代学与地质事件演化格架的认识

近10年在恒山和五台地区所获得的大量同位素年代学资料,统计发现恒山杂岩的同位素年龄峰值比五台杂岩大致要年轻20 Ma, 这与恒山－五台地区为岛弧根带－岛弧关系的推论相符合。综合各种不同的同位素测年结果按不同的地质体,进行了图解分析,将恒山－五台地区早前寒武纪的地质演化划分为3个大的阶段：2.70～2.60 Ga,早期演化（洋壳形成？）;2.55～2.52 Ga(?,最晚不晚于2.45 Ga),东西陆块俯冲碰撞阶段;2.50～1.75 Ga,早期盖层演化阶段。最后一个阶段有可以根据不同时段内研究区主要事件的不同,将2.50～1.75 Ga的演化分为5个时期。1）2.50～2.30 Ga表现为间歇性大陆溢流玄武岩的活动期;2）2.30～2.20 Ga华北较稳定沉降期,基本以接受沉积为主;3）2.20～2.10 Ga,构造活化期,五台地区主要有伸展非造山花岗岩（大洼梁花岗岩）的形成;4）2.10～1.85Ga阶段,地幔柱活动期？ 5）1.86～1.75 Ga,大规模基性岩墙形成期陆块裂解。     

Ca. 2.5 Ga TTG rocks in the western Alxa Block and their implications

The Alxa Block is considered part of the North China Craton, but the unambiguous Archean basement has not been reported. In this study, we present the first evidence of the Neoarchean rocks in the Beidashan area of the western Alxa Block. The petrographic and geochemical data show that these rocks are granodiorite with TTG (tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite) characteristics. Zircon U-Pb dating gave an age of 2522±30 Ma for the magmatic core and 2496±11 Ma for the metamorphic recrystallized rim. The near-identical age between the Latest Neoarchean magmatism and the high-grade metamorphism shows that these features were related to the same Latest Neoarchean-Earliest Paleoproterozoic tectonothermal event. The age-corrected Hf (t) value is mainly between 0.4 and 4.9. The two-stage zircon Hf model age ranges from 2.7 to 3.0 Ga, suggesting that the Mesoarchean- Neoarchean (2.7-3.0 Ga) juvenile crust was reworked at the end of the Neoarchean in the western Alxa Block. These data suggest that the western Alxa Block experienced a Mesoarchean-Neoarchean crust growth and Latest Neoarchean-Earliest Paleoproterozoic tectonothermal event similar to the North China Craton.     

Occurrences of Permian radiolarians in central and eastern Nei Mongol （Inner Mongolia） and their geological significance to the Northern China Orogen

The Zhesi (Jisu) Formation of the Middle Permian in Nei Mongol (Inner Mongolia) was commonly considered to be a shallow marine sequence. Here I report the radiolarians found in the argillite bed of that formation in Zhesi and Xilinhot areas. This fact indicates a deep marine sedimentary facies persisted during the Middle Permian, and suggests that the ocean between the North China Block and Siberian Craton was not closed until the Late Guadalupian. The suture of this two blocks is probably extends along the Linxi ophiolite belt, south of the Hegenshan ophiolite belt.     

On the timing and duration of the destruction of the North China Craton

The timing and duration of the destruction of the North China Craton, which is pivotal to understanding the destruction mechanism and its geodynamic controlling factors, still remain controversial. On the basis of the principles of magma genesis and evolution, first we outline magmatic expressions that can be related to cratonic destruction, then use magmatic and basin evolution trends to constrain the timescale of the lithospheric thinning in North China. The main conclusions include： （1） the thinning of the lithosphere beneath the North China Craton might have started, at least locally, since late Carboniferous-late Triassic, attained its climax during the late Jurassic-early Cretaceous, and continued till the end of late Cretaceous-early Cenozoic. The destruction of the North China Craton was a relatively slow, rather than a dramatic process. （2） The weakened lithospheric zones along the margins and interiors of the craton played an important role in cratonic destruction, partly accounting for the heterogeneous pattern of cratonic destruction. （3） The tectonic factors that controlled the destruction of the North China Craton may be multiple. The late Carboniferous southward subduction of the Paleo-Asian plate and the late Triassic collision between North China and South China may have re-activated the craton by influencing the thermal and integral structure of the craton. The Pacific subduction underneath the eastern Asian continent played a determinant role in the cratonic destruction, governing the distribution patterns of post-Mesozoic basins and major tectonic configuration, temporal change of magmatism and formation of the North-South gravity lineament.     

LA-(MC)-ICPMS U-Pb zircon geochronology and Lu-Hf isotope compositions of the Taihua complex on the southern margin of the North China Craton

Widely distributed on the southern margin of the North China Craton, the Taihua complex extends roughly in an east-west direction and the relatively complete successions are found in Lushan County, Henan Province. Like many other Archean terranes, the Taihua Complex can be divided into two major lithological units along the Dangze River, namely gneisses series and supracrustal rocks. The former is located on the north side of the river and chiefly composed of TTG gneisses and amphibolites; the latter on the south side of the river is mainly supracrustal rock. Coupled with the previous studies, the results obtained by this study show that the Taihua complex was formed in a large time span from Neoarchean to Palaeoproterozoic. The TTG gneisses and amphibolites are dated at Neoarchean (2794–2752 Ma). The 2.9 Ga and 3.1 Ga zircons in amphibolites could be xenocrysts. In the North China Craton, the 2.8–2.7 Ga old rocks crop out in several areas e.g. western Shandong Province, Jiaodong Peninsula and Lushan area of Henan Province. In addition, 2.8–2.7 Ga detrital zircons or xenocryst zircons have been recognized in Huai’an, Fuping, Wutai areas of North China Craton and also reported in the Early Paleozoic diamondiferous kimberlites in Mengyin and Fuxian. All these age results indicate that the 2.8–2.7 Ga rocks may have been developed much broader region than today’s outcrops. Zircon Hf and whole rock Nd isotopes show that the 2.8–2.7 Ga tectono-thermal event represents an important period of crustal growth with minor ancient crust reworked in the North China Craton. However the formation of supracrustal rocks is limited to 2.2–2.0 Ga in the Palaeoproterozoic time, not the Archaean, as previously believed. Combined with the chronological data of aluminium-rich metamorphic rocks (Khondalite series) on the southern margin of the North China Craton and adjacent areas, it is suggested that the above areas have widely developed Paleoproterozoic passive continental margin environment.     

恒山高压麻粒岩对其构造环境和出露过程探讨

研究高压麻粒岩对于认识地壳深层次构造作用、陆壳底部物质组成有重要意义。通过研究恒山高压麻粒岩构造环境和出露过程,阐明恒山与五台变质岩区之间的相互关系,探讨华北克拉通新太古代构造格架。恒山高压麻粒岩的 p-T-t 变质作用、构造变形研究表明高压麻粒岩经历陆壳俯冲的升温升压过程后,又经近等温减压过程（ITD）抬升,之后在中部地壳长期近等压冷却（IBC）,最终出露地表。恒山高压麻粒岩形成与“安第斯型”俯冲-碰撞模式有关。恒山和五台变质岩区地质年代学、变质程度以及构造关系的对比研究表明两者在构造热事件存在耦合关系,它们在构造上连续,恒山属岛弧根部,而五台山区代表中浅层次地壳。同位素年龄及构造分析表明东西陆块在2.5Ga发生碰撞,形成中部造山带以及五台前陆盆地,华北在新太古代存在板块运动。     

淮北宿临矿区构造特征及演化

宿临矿区是淮北煤田的主要赋煤地带。自石炭二叠纪以来，该区经受了多次构造活动。在早期形成的徐准拗陷基础上主要发育有东西向及北北东向的断裂，这些断理解共同构成了矿区的基本构造格架。断块内褶皱多为开阔短轴褶皱，并发育有较大一级的北东向断层有层滑构造等。岩浆岩的侵入明显受断裂构造控制。矿区内地球物理场特征（场值及分布）也正证实了矿区内构造展布及演化的综合特征。而这种构造演化与华北板块南缘和东缘的两条板缘构造活动带密切相关。     

辽东青城子矿田煌斑岩锆石U-Pb年龄及其地质意义

为了深入了解辽东青城子矿集区煌斑岩岩石成因、形成的大地构造环境和地质意义,通过单颗粒锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb定年系统和X射线荧光光谱仪,对青城子矿集区煌斑岩进行锆石U-Pb年代学和主量元素地球化学方面研究.结果表明,煌斑岩具有低硅、富镁铁的特点,煌斑岩侵位年龄为(226.0±1.0)M a~(227.7±1.3)M a,属于晚三叠世岩浆活动的产物.结合区域构造背景和前人研究,推测煌斑岩是扬子克拉通-华北克拉通深俯冲过程的板片断离的产物,扬子克拉通的深俯冲和陆-陆碰撞可能是华北克拉通东部在中生代破坏的主要原因.     

Discovery of Late Paleozoic retrograded eclogites from the middle part of the northern margin of North China Craton

The northern margin of the North China Craton (NCC), located between the Paleo-Asian Ocean tectonic region on the north and the NCC on the south, is a key region for studying the tectonic evolution of NCC. A Pre-cambrian retrograded eclogite (2500 Ma or 1800 Ma) was reported in Baimashi near Hengshan Mountain in the NCC, which is characterized by the vermicular symplec-tite of diopside and plagioclase with absence of ompha-cite[1,2]. In Hongqiyingzi Group from the middle part of the …     

Destruction geodynamics of the North China craton and its Paleoproterozoic plate tectonics

Much attention has been paid in the last two decades to the physical and chemical processes as well as temporal-spatial variations of the lithospheric mantle beneath the North China Craton. In order to provide insights into the geodynamics of this variation, it is necessary to thoroughly study the state and structure of the lithospheric crust and mantle of the North China Craton and its adjacent regions as an integrated unit. Based on the velocity structure of the crust and upper mantle constrained from seismological studies, this paper presents various available geophysical results regarding the lithosphere thickness, the nature of crust-mantle boundary, the upper mantle structure and deformation characteristics as well as their tectonic features and evolution systematics. Combined with the obtained data from petrology and geochemistry, a mantle flow model is proposed for the tectonic evolution of the North China Craton during the Mesozoic-Cenozoic. We suggest that subduction of the Pacific plate made the mantle underneath the eastern Asian continent unstable and able to flow faster. Such a regional mantle flow system would cause an elevation of melt/fluid content in the upper mantle of the North China Craton and the lithospheric softening, which, subsequently resulted in destruction of the North China Craton in different ways of delamination and thermal erosion in Yanshan, Taihang Mountains and the Tan-Lu Fault zone. Multiple lines of evidence recorded in the crust of the North China Craton, such as the amalgamation of the Archean eastern and western blocks, the subduction of Paleo-oceanic crust and Paleo-continental residue, indicate that the Earth in the Paleoproterozoic had already evolved into the plate tectonic system similar to the present plate tectonics.     

内蒙古四子王旗早白垩世深源捕虏体的发现及意义

内蒙古四子王旗地区地处华北板块北缘,与西伯利亚板块的接合部,其早白垩世橄榄玄武岩中发现大量下地壳麻粒岩捕虏体,并可见辉石、长石捕虏晶。寄主岩石K-Ar同位素年龄在108.6～128.4 Ma之间。四子王旗地区下地壳捕虏体的发现对研究华北板块北缘中生代构造格局转化过程中深部壳幔的相互作用及物质成分的演变具有重要意义,为华北板块中生代末岩石圈拆沉事件提供了证据。     

胶北蓬莱群板岩的伊利石结晶度及其变质等级和地质意义

本文应用鲁东胶北隆起带上蓬莱群板岩中伊利石结晶度值测量,确定了蓬莱群经历过低绿片岩相（浅变带）区域变质．这期变质是胶北隆起带上晚石炭世＂蓬莱运动＂造成的同构造区域变质．处于华北板块南缘上胶北隆起带内的＂蓬莱运动＂,是华北与扬子板块沿胶南隆起带碰撞的结果．     

下扬子地区盆地的"四层楼"结构及其动力学机制

下扬子地区震旦纪以来经历了不同的大地构造与地球动力学背景 ,盆地演化相应地经历了震旦纪—中三叠世海盆→晚三叠世—中侏罗世沿江前陆盆地→晚侏罗世—早白垩世火山岩盆地→晚白垩世—早第三纪陆相伸展盆地。下扬子地区震旦纪—中三叠世海盆发育于伸展性被动大陆边缘。沿江前陆盆地形成于扬子与华北板块碰撞活动中的前陆变形带上。火山岩盆地出现于区域性走滑剪切和环太平洋岩浆弧背景下。库拉—太平洋板块高角度、高速正面向东亚大陆下的俯冲 ,造成了岩石圈上拱拉张 ,从而产生了晚白垩世—早第三纪的陆相伸展盆地。随着西太平洋边缘弧后盆地的出现及印度与欧亚板块的碰撞 ,中国东部遭受近东西向挤压 ,从而结束了下扬子地区的盆地演化历史。