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.     

Mesozoic plate-motion history below the northeast Pacific Ocean from seismic images of the subducted Farallon slab

The high-resolution seismic imaging of subducted oceanic slabs has become a powerful tool for reconstructing palaeogeography. The images can now be interpreted quantitatively by comparison with models of the general circulation of the Earth's mantle. Here we use a three-dimensional spherical computer model of mantle convection to show that seismic images of the subducted Farallon plate provide strong evidence for a Mesozoic period of low-angle subduction under North America. Such a period of low-angle subduction has been invoked independently to explain Rocky Mountain uplift far inland from the plate boundary during the Laramide orogeny. The computer simulations also allow us to locate the largely unknown Kula-Farallon spreading plate boundary, the location of which is important for inferring the trajectories of 'suspect' terrain across the Pacific basin.     

秦岭北缘巨型陆内俯冲带的深部物理状态

秦岭造山带是一个复合型大陆造山带。燕山末期——喜马拉雅初期由于华北板块相对于秦岭造山带的俯冲,在秦岭北缘形成巨型陆内俯冲带。反射地震剖面揭示该带为一向南倾斜的强反射波组带,并且在两侧显示出明显的差异;大地电磁测深剖面中该带表现为略向南倾的低阻带。南侧为高阻体,北侧为多层结构;流变学特征揭示,该俯冲带南部相似于造山带的核带,北部则相同于中、新生代的大陆汇聚带,充分证明了秦岭北缘巨型陆内俯冲带的存在。     

松辽盆地中、新生代构造特征及其演化

松辽盆地发育在大陆内部古生宙－元古宙基底之上，出现在中生代火山岩带的后缘，经历了晚侏罗世地幔上隆、陆壳坳陷，早白垩世大规模岩浆上涌、引张裂陷、晚白垩世盆地挤压、构造反转和新生代较小幅度伸展断陷多阶段的构造演化。研究表明，发生在松辽盆地的从岩石圈伸展减薄到挤压增厚再到拉伸的复杂动力学演化过程是中生代伊泽奈崎大洋岩石圈朝东亚陆缘俯冲－碰撞作用的结果，松辽盆地的形成演化与洋壳运动方向、俯冲角度、俯冲速率的变化、俯冲带位置的迁移、大陆内部对洋壳消减了作用的响应方式等因素密切相关。     

中国东南部晚中生代伸展应力体制的岩石学标志

在中国东南部晚中生代时期（J2－K2），发育着大规模岩墙群、广泛的岩浆混合作用（包括侵入杂岩中的岩浆混合和火山岩中的复合岩流／双峰式火山岩）、大范围玄武岩浆的底侵、巨型链状火山岩带、晶洞花岗岩－A型花岗岩带、变质核杂岩，以及玄武岩的无斑隐晶－细粒结构和花岗岩的均匀块状结构。对它们的研究表明，它们形成于伸展应力体制，是伸展构造的岩石学标志，发生在晚中生代整个地质时期，并认为这一伸展构造由古太平洋库拉板块对欧亚板块的消减作用诱发。     

Origin of the Changbai intraplate volcanism in Northeast China： Evidence from seismic tomography

Seismic images of the mantle beneath the active Changbai intraplate volcano in Northeast China determined by teleseismic travel time tomography are presented. The data are measured at a new seismic network consisting of 19 portable stations and 3 permanent stations. The results show a columnar low-velocity (-3%) anomaly extending to 400 km depth under the Changbai volcano. High velocity anomalies are visible in the mantle transition zone, and deep earthquakes occur at depths of 500--600 km under the region,suggesting that the subducting Pacific slab is stagnant in the transition zone, as imaged clearly also by global tomography.These results suggest that the Changbai intraplate volcano is not a hotspot like Hawaii but a kind of back-arc volcano related to the upwelling of hot asthenospheric materials associated with the deep subduction and stagnancy of the Pacific slab under northeast Asia.     

A perspective view on ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism and continental collision in the Dabie-Sulu orogenic belt

The study of continental deep-subduction has been one of the forefront and core subjects to advance the plate tectonics theory in the twenty-first century. The Dabie-Sulu orogenic belt in China crops out the largest lithotectonic unit containing ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks in the world. Much of our understanding of the world＇s most enigmatic processes in continental deep-subduction zones has been deduced from various records in the Dabie-Sulu rocks. By taking these rocks as the natural laboratory, earth scientists have made seminal contributions to understanding of ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism and continental collision. This paper outlines twelve aspects of outstanding progress, including spatial distribution of the UHP metamorphic rocks, timing of the UHP metamorphism, timescale of the UHP metamorphism, the protolith nature of deeply subducted continental crust, subduction erosion and crustal detachment during continental collision, the possible depths of continental subduction, fluid activity in the continental deep-subduction zone, partial melting during continental collision, element mobility in continental deep-subduction zone, recycling of subducted continental crust, geodynamic mechanism of postcollisional magmatism, and lithospheric architecture of collision orogen. Some intriguing questions and directions are also proposed for future studies.     

Cenozoic climate change as a possible cause for the rise of the Andes

Causal links between the rise of a large mountain range and climate have often been considered to work in one direction, with significant uplift provoking climate change. Here we propose a mechanism by which Cenozoic climate change could have caused the rise of the Andes. Based on considerations of the force balance in the South American lithosphere, we suggest that the height of, and tectonics in, the Andes are strongly controlled both by shear stresses along the plate interface in the subduction zone and by buoyancy stress contrasts between the trench and highlands, and shear stresses in the subduction zone depend on the amount of subducted sediments. We propose that the dynamics of subduction and mountain-building in this region are controlled by the processes of erosion and sediment deposition, and ultimately climate. In central South America, climate-controlled sediment starvation would then cause high shear stress, focusing the plate boundary stresses that support the high Andes.     

南海成因：岩石圈破裂与俯冲带相互作用新认识

 南海深部计划与国际大洋钻探航次取得了一系列创新进展与重大突破：1）发现南海陆缘岩石圈减薄之初未出现地幔蛇纹岩出露，且岩浆迅速出现；2）新提出南海不是“小大西洋”，而是“板缘张裂”盆地，与经典的大西洋型“板内张裂”陆缘模式不同；3）揭示南海受到俯冲带的强烈控制，提出俯冲诱发地幔上涌并影响南海岩浆活动。     

东秦岭—大别地区中生代岩石圈拆沉的岩石学证据评述

岩石圈拆沉是碰撞造山带物质成分调整和构造演化的重要方式之一。构造地质研究、地球物理探测和地球化学分析等都已揭示东秦岭-大别造山带曾在中生代发生岩石圈拆沉,但有关中生代变质作用和岩浆活动与岩石圈拆沉的内在联系研究却较为薄弱。通过全面评述该区变质岩研究成果,作者认为：超高压变质岩的形成和剥露经历了240～200Ma的板片冷俯冲冷折返和196～163Ma的岩石圈拆沉热折返;热折返伴随了广泛而强烈的区域变质作用和中酸性岩浆活动,指示板片断离拆沉的发生;超高压变质岩p-T-t轨迹由两部分组成,即反映板片冷俯冲冷折返过程的发夹状曲线和指示板片断离拆沉热折返过程的新月形曲线。通过对花岗岩类同位素年龄统计和前人研究成果的评述,初步确定在200～100Ma之间发育大量花岗岩类,并集中在150～100Ma为主(即侏罗纪—白垩纪之交),高峰时间为130Ma左右;花岗岩类大量发育指示了岩石圈拆沉的存在,且滞后于根据变质岩研究所揭示的拆沉时间。羌塘地体、拉萨地体和西太平洋古陆在侏罗纪与欧亚大陆拼贴碰撞的远距离效应使东秦岭—大别造山带长期处于挤压环境,伸展作用被抑制;白垩纪的碰撞晚期伸展和西太平洋沟弧盆体系的远距离效应使东秦岭—大别地区的外部挤压消失,导致造山带岩石圈迅速强烈拆沉伸展和减压增温熔融,从而形成大规模早白垩世花岗岩类和中酸性火山岩。总之,东秦岭—大别地区岩石圈拆沉所导致的岩浆活动主要发生在J₃—K₁的挤压伸展转变期。     

Developing the plate tectonics from oceanic subduction to continental collision

The studies of continental deep subduction and ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism have not only promoted the development of solid earth science in China, but also provided an excellent opportunity to advance the plate tectonics theory. In view of the nature of subducted crust, two types of subduction and collision have been respectively recognized in nature. On one hand, the crustal subduction occurs due to underflow of either oceanic crust （Pacific type） or continental crust （Alpine type）. On the other hand, the continental collision proceeds by arc-continent collision （Himalaya-Tibet type） or continent-continent collision （Dabie-Sulu type）. The key issues in the future study of continental dynamics are the chemical changes and differential exhumation in continental deep subduction zones, and the temporal-spatial transition from oceanic subduction to continental subduction.     

基于文献计量的国际俯冲带研究发展态势分析

本研究在于探索世界主要国家地区俯冲带研究论文产出情况,以期为我国俯冲带研究和相关决策制定提供参考。以Web of Science信息平台的科学引文索引(Science Citation Index Expanded,SCIE)数据库为数据源,利用文献计量方法,分析国际俯冲带研究的年度变化、期刊分布、主要研究国家或地区的发文影响力及合作情况、主要研究机构和国际热点研究内容。结果显示,国际俯冲带研究论文产量一直呈增长趋势;美国的论文产出数量最多、合作中心性最强;中国俯冲带研究论文近3年增量明显,ESI高被引论文比例最高,但国际合作中心性较弱,其发文最多的机构为中国科学院;俯冲带热结构、俯冲与地震的关系、俯冲带中的流体与岩浆作用以及俯冲带成矿是近年来的研究热点。     

粤东地区中生代岩浆作用的大地构造背景及构造－岩浆演化

粤东地区中生代岩浆活动十分强烈．形成了遍及全区的火山－侵入杂岩。作者根据区域火山－侵入杂岩的地质地球化学的系统研究．结合区域地质、地球物理和西太平洋板块构造格局的研究成果，认为粤东地区中生代岩浆作用的大地构造背景不同于安第斯型活动大陆边缘．具有大陆板内向活动大陆边缘过渡的特征，构造变动和相应的岩浆活动是在中生代全球构造运动背景之下．亚洲大陆板块与南半球洋中脊体系和库拉－太平洋板块三者之间共同作用的结果．     

汤加-克马德克俯冲带的地质构造与地震火山特征

2022年1月15日西南太平洋的洪阿哈阿帕伊岛海底火山发生了爆炸式的剧烈喷发，吸引了全球的关注。洪阿哈阿帕伊岛海底火山位于汤加-克马德克俯冲带，综合前期研究结果，对汤加-克马德克俯冲带的地质构造特征、地震和火山分布进行初步分析，发现：（1）从汤加-克马德克俯冲带弧前向海方向直到俯冲的太平洋板块，构造上主要表现为大规模正断层。（2）路易斯维尔海山链的俯冲将汤加-克马德克俯冲带分为北部的汤加俯冲带和南部的克马德克俯冲带，沿汤加俯冲带板块汇聚率为67～84 mm/a，沿克马德克俯冲带板块汇聚率为41～58 mm/a，板块俯冲速度的差异造成汤加俯冲带和克马德克俯冲带目前俯冲深度的不同。（3）在路易斯维尔海山链以北，太平洋板块上覆沉积物厚度不足0.4 km，而在南侧达到1 km左右，由于俯冲板块上覆沉积物厚度的差异而造成北部的汤加俯冲带和南部的克马德克俯冲带孕育地震能力的差异。这些认识对研究该俯冲带的火山喷发机制、大地震成因机理及其灾害风险具有重要意义。     

Seismic evidence for catastrophic slab loss beneath Kamchatka

In the northwest Pacific Ocean, a sharp corner in the boundary between the Pacific plate and the North American plate joins a subduction zone running along the southern half of the Kamchatka peninsula with a region of transcurrent motion along the western Aleutian arc. Here we present images of the seismic structure beneath the Aleutian-Kamchatka junction and the surrounding region, indicating that: the subducting Pacific lithosphere terminates at the Aleutian-Kamchatka junction; no relict slab underlies the extinct northern Kamchatka volcanic arc; and the upper mantle beneath northern Kamchatka has unusually slow shear wavespeeds. From the tectonic and volcanic evolution of Kamchatka over the past 10 Myr (refs 3-5) we infer that at least two episodes of catastrophic slab loss have occurred. About 5 to 10 Myr ago, catastrophic slab loss shut down island-arc volcanic activity north of the Aleutian-Kamchatka junction. A later episode of slab loss, since about 2 Myr ago, seems to be related to the activity of the world's most productive island-arc volcano, Klyuchevskoy. Removal of lithospheric mantle is commonly discussed in the context of a continental collision, but our findings imply that episodes of slab detachment and loss are also important agents in the evolution of oceanic convergent margins.     

山东金城地区焦家断裂带下盘隐伏花岗岩类岩石地球化学特征及锆石U-Pb年龄

胶西北金矿集区内中生代花岗岩类分布广泛,与区内金矿成矿关系密切。焦家断裂带深部下盘隐伏的岩体岩性以花岗岩类为主,其成岩时间及成因分类尚存在争议,本次在金城地区采取深部花岗岩类样品,开展了锆石U-Pb测年、主微量元素等测试工作,对花岗岩的岩相学特征、形成时间、岩石地球化学特征等进行了研究。金城地区焦家断裂带下盘深部花岗岩类为中生代侏罗纪玲珑型花岗岩（测得锆石U-Pb年龄值为158.4Ma和160.4Ma）和白垩纪郭家岭型花岗岩。本次研究花岗岩样品均表现为I型花岗岩的地球化学特征,说明玲珑型花岗岩重熔物质较复杂,若重熔地壳源岩为火成岩表现为I型花岗岩的特征,重熔的地壳源岩为表壳岩类,则表现为S型花岗岩的特征。区内中生代花岗岩类的形成与太平洋板块俯冲华北板块有关,属大陆弧花岗岩类,为火山弧构造环境。     

Late Mesozoic-Cenozoic décollement structure and its deep geological background in western Shandong,China

Data from seismic reflection profiles,drilling,stratigraphy,structural deformation studies and physical rock properties reveal the existence of drcollement structures in both shallow and deep levels in western Shandong,China.The most outstanding shallow décollement structures occur along the regional unconformity surface between the Cambrian and Archean,and the disconformity surface between the Carboniferous and Ordovician.The drcollement structure surface manifests as a fault zone with cataclastic rocks and asymmetrical folds.Some of the cataclastic rocks underwent dynamic metamorphism and hydrothermal alteration,including silicification,marbleization and specularite mineralization.Above the decollement structure,the bottom of the Cambrian might be missing or overprinted because of decollement.The striations,asymmetrical folds and boudinage structures indicate the direction of the main décollement tothe NNW and NNE.A deep level decollement structure occurs at a depth of 12-22 km and up to 30 km distance to the south.The early Cretaceous and Eocene are two main periods of activity,with the Cretaceous decollement probably initiated by mantle upwelling derived from subduction and collision of the Yangtze Plate with the North China Plate along the Tancheng-Lujiang Fault in the late Triassicearly Jurassic.This circumstance implies a multidirection of subduction and collision of these two plates in the early late Mesozoic.(C) 2009 National Natural Science Foundation of China and Chinese Academy of Sciences.Published by Elsevier Limited and Science in China Press.All rights reserved.     

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.     

Metamorphic devolatilization of subducted marine sediments and the transport of volatiles into the Earth's mantle

Volatiles, most notably CO2, are recycled back into the Earth's interior at subduction zones. The amount of CO2 emitted from arc volcanism appears to be less than that subducted, which implies that a significant amount of CO2 either is released before reaching the depth at which arc magmas are generated or is subducted to deeper depths. Few high-pressure experimental studies have addressed this problem and therefore metamorphic decarbonation in subduction zones remains largely unquantified, despite its importance to arc magmatism, palaeoatmospheric CO2 concentrations and the global carbon cycle. Here we present computed phase equilibria to quantify the evolution of CO2 and H2O through the subduction-zone metamorphism of carbonate-bearing marine sediments (which are considered to be a major source for CO2 released by arc volcanoes). Our analysis indicates that siliceous limestones undergo negligible devolatilization under subduction-zone conditions. Along high-temperature geotherms clay-rich marls completely devolatilize before reaching the depths at which arc magmatism is generated, but along low-temperature geotherms, they undergo virtually no devolatilization. And from 80 to 180 km depth, little devolatilization occurs for all carbonate-bearing marine sediments. Infiltration of H2O-rich fluids therefore seems essential to promote subarc decarbonation of most marine sediments. In the absence of such infiltration, volatiles retained within marine sediments may explain the apparent discrepancy between subducted and volcanic volatile fluxes and represent a mechanism for return of carbon to the Earth's mantle.     

中国大陆东部盆地构造动力学分析

在中国大陆东部地区,松辽、渤海湾和苏北等—系列中、新生代大中型含油气盆地与郯庐断裂具有密切的时空关系。郯庐断裂活动是邻近地区断裂变形、深部物质作用、岩石圈减薄、岩浆作用以及盆地形成和演化的主要控制因素。断裂活动和盆地动力学过程可以分为３个阶段。①在印支至早燕山运动期间,由于太平洋板块向北西俯冲,郯庐断裂发生大规模左行压扭活动。在松辽地区,派生的应力场使早期的地壳断裂成为郯庐断裂的分支,并发生张剪变形;在渤海湾和苏北地区,早期的两组剪切断裂联合成北凸的弧形断裂。由于断裂的触发与减压作用,地壳上部进一步张裂,形成断陷盆地。②从晚侏罗世开始至早白垩世,太平洋板块的俯冲作用时强时弱,郯庐断裂压扭与拉张裂陷交替进行。同时,由于重力均衡和深部幔隆的收缩作用,使松辽盆地整体下沉,渤海湾和苏北地区仍是幔隆和断陷盆地形成时期。③新生代期间,郯庐断裂分段活动,由于印度板块与欧亚板块的强烈碰撞效应,渤海湾、苏北地区和郯庐断裂带南段共同受到北西—南东方向的伸展变形,地幔再次拱升,渤海湾和苏北盆地形成