Oxygen isotope evidence for two-stage water-rock interactions of the Nianzishan A-type granite in NE China

The oxygen isotope ratios of whole-rock, common rock-forming minerals and zircon from Mesozoic A-type granitic pluton at Nianzishan in northeastern China were analyzed by the conventional BrF5 method and the laser-probe technique, respectively. Both whole-rock and rock-forming minerals show large δ18O variations up to 5.5%. with significant oxygen isotope disequilibrium between zircon and the other minerals, whereas the δ18O values of zircon are tightly clustered between 3.12%. and 4.19%. and thus lower than the normal-mantle δ18O values. These results indicate that the Nianzishan A-type granite experienced two-stage water-rock interactions subsequentially. The remarkably low zircon δ18O values are genetically due to sea-water exchange with granite protolith in the first stage, and the oxygen isotope disequilibrium fractionations between zircon and rock-forming minerals are caused by meteoric-hydro thermal alteration in the second stage. It is inferred that the 18O-depleted A-type granitic magma was derived from partial melting of subducted lower oceanic crust which was isotopically exchanged with seawater at high temperatures. In the process of granite emplacement into the upper crust, meteoric-hydrothermal circulation was triggered to overprint crystallizing granite under subsolidus conditions.     

大平掌铜多金属矿斜长花岗斑岩中锆石标型研究

运用J.P.Pupin(1980)的锆石标型研究方法,通过对锆石晶形的鉴定和统计来探讨大平掌铜多金属矿花岗闪长斑岩成因信息.结果表明,锆石在亚碱性中温环境种形成,伴随矿化可能性较大.     

新疆温泉县卓勒萨依一带乌郎组火山岩锆石U-Pb年龄、地球化学特征及其构造意义

卓勒萨依一带的乌郎组火山岩位于温泉县城东南25km处,岩石类型主要为安山岩和流纹岩,火山岩浆具有由酸性—中性—酸性演化的特点,以裂隙式喷发类型为主。LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄为(293±3)Ma(MSWD=0.34、Probability=0.997),时代为早二叠世早期。该火山岩里特曼指数(σ)为1.71~2.60;碱度率(AR)为2.13~2.85,K2O/Na2O比值为0.31~1.83,属钙碱性系列。Nb/Ta值为18.65~22.85,略高于原始地幔值,Zr/Hf值为28.54~41.08,与原始地幔值相近。RbN/YbN比值为9.82~20.04,大于1,属于强不相容元素富集分配形式。稀土总量∑REE为 (118.41~194.70)×10-6;(Ce/Yb)N值为2.55~3.70,(La/Yb)N值为2.98~4.17,均大于1,属于轻稀土富集型,且轻稀土分馏明显;δEu值为0.19~0.59,远小于1,显示为负铕异常,铕亏损明显。根据相关构造环境判别图解,结合火山岩的地球化学特征及其所处的区域地质背景,认为在早二叠世发生大规模的陆陆叠覆造山作用,卓勒萨依一带火山活动较强烈,所反映的构造环境为陆内岛弧造山带火山岩环境。     

西藏冈底斯带东段强母错噶石英二长岩锆石U-Pb年龄、地球化学特征及地质意义

对出露于西藏冈底斯弧背断隆带东段的强母错噶石英二长岩进行了锆石U-Pb年代学和全岩地球化学分析,并据此探讨了该岩体的形成演化过程与成岩时的大地构造背景。测试结果表明,强母错噶石英二长岩中的岩浆锆石U-Pb加权平均年龄为(50.84±0.71) Ma(MSWD=0.51)为始新世早期。石英二长岩ω(SiO_2)=64.34%～64.87%,ω(K_2O)=4.66%～4.76%,ω(Na_2O)=3.38%～3.42%,ω(CaO)=3.65%～3.72%,ω(Al_2O_3)=15.91%～16.08%,全碱含量(K_2O+Na_2O)为8.04%～8.15%,K_2O/Na_2O=1.38～1.41,属于准铝质(A/CNK=0.91～0.93)钾玄岩系列。强母错噶石英二长岩轻稀土元素(LREE)含量为(241.62～441.75)×10~(-6),重稀土元素(HREE)含量为(18.58～20.60)×10~(-6),(LREE/HREE=12.48～21.65),稀土元素配分模式为轻稀土元素强烈富集的右倾型,其(La/Yb)_N为15.38～33.79,具中等负Eu异常(δEu=0.60～0.67)。微量元素显示强母错噶石英二长岩相对富集大离子亲石元素,而Nb、Ta、Ti和P等高场强元素(HFSE)相对亏损,显示出火山弧环境背景下中等分异程度的I型花岗岩特征。强母错噶石英二长岩的形成可能与冈底斯带始新世早期强烈的岩浆作用和新特提斯洋板片断离引发的地壳增厚密切相关,大洋板片断离从而引起软流圈物质上涌,导致下地壳部分熔融并与上涌地幔混合形成壳幔混合岩浆。     

SHRIMP U-Pb zircon age of tuff from the Kunyang Group in central Yunnan： Evidence for Grenvillian orogeny in South China

Whether or not Grenvillian orogeny occurred in South China still remains highly controversial because high-quality,discriminating data are lacking,and therefore,the key to resolve this matter is to find datable volcanic and/or sedimentary rocks related to Grenvillian orogeny. Such rocks are apparently present in the Fuliangpeng Member from the lower-middle part of Kunyang Group in central Yunnan; here the unit is more than 100 m thick and consists of andesitic ignimbrite,tuffite,terrigeous clastic rocks and carbonates. These volcanic rocks,developed south of the Sibao fold-thrust belts,represent the earliest calc-alkaline volcanic activity in late Precambrian time from central Yunnan and are coeval with both a change in sedimentary facies from detritus to carbonates and the beginning of seismite development elsewhere. Two samples for SHRIMP analysis were collected from this volcanic unit. Sample G3-29-2,from the bottom of Fuliangpeng Member,is an ignimbrite,and about 100 zircon crys-tals recovered from it have euhedral shapes and display relatively simple sector zonation under cathodoluminescent (CL) imaging,suggesting a magmatogenic origin. Twenty-five of the zircons were analyzed and a weighed-mean U-Pb age of 1032±9 Ma was obtained. Sample G3-29-3 from uppermost part of Fuliangpeng Member is a tuffite,and many rounded,evidently detrital zircons were recovered. Nine of these zircons were analyzed,and the oldest single-grain U-Pb zircon age is 1938±26 Ma,im-plying that Paleoproterozoic basement developed in Cathaysia. The dating result,combined with the geotectonic research on the Fuliangpeng Member,leads us to conclude that late Mesoproterozoic orogenic volcanic activity occurred in the western part of South China,and that the related collision of Yangtze and Cathaysian cratons was an integral part of the assembly of Rodinia.     

Zircon SIMS ages and chemical compositions from Northern Dabie Terrain: Its implication for pyroxenite genesis

We present the results of a detailed micro-scale investigation of zircons from pyroxenites, Daoshicong Northern Dabie using a combination of SIMS and ICPMS. The SIMS measurements gave ages of 134—159 Ma. Its average of (144.5± 6.2) Ma is interpreted as the best estimate of the pyroxenite intrusion. The crystallization of zircons continued for quite a long time and underwent slow cooling. The pyroxenites are products of post-collision magmatism. The REE pattern is HREE-enriched, and its HREE concentrations fall between the magmatic and metamorphic range of gneissic zircons from the Dabie area, which indicate the involvement of crust material in its mantle source.     

Detrital zircon of 4.1 Ga in South China

One hadean zircon from the Cambrian sandstone in the southern part of South China has a U-Pb age of 4107±29 Ma with ε Hf(t) value similar to that of the homochronous depleted mantle and Hf model age of 4102±21 Ma.This demonstrates the existence of hadean crustal remnant in South China.A close match between the U-Pb age and Hf model age with the highly position ε Hf(t) value indicates the growth and immediate reworking of juvenile crust from the depleted mantle at ca 4.1 Ga.The prominent "Pan-African" and Grenville zircons derived from the exotic sources were also found in the sample,which indicates a linking between South China and Gondwana in the Cambrian period.The southern part of South China has complex histories of crustal growth and tectonic evolution.     

Chronological record of the Early Mesozoic underplating in the northern margin of North China—U-Pb chronometry of zircons in the Late Mesozoic andesite from Western Liaoning

Cathodoluminescence spectroscopic analysis of zircons in the uppermost sanukites of the early Cretaceous Yixian Forma- tion in Western Liaoning reveals zoning structures of the zircons in the volcanic rocks. LA-ICP-MS chronometry shows that the central part of the zircons is remnant zircon with a U-Pb dating of 254 Ma,which is consistent with the age of the Early Mesozoic underplating granulites,and that the periphery is zircon crystallizing out of the host magma with a U-Pb dating of 116 Ma,which is highly consistent with the Ar-Ar dating of the host volcanic rocks.Compositions of the clinopyroxenes xenocrystals in the sanukites are similar to those of the clinopyroxenes in the underplating granulites,indicating that the granulites accreted to the lower crust in the Early Mesozoic have been reformed and disrupted by the upwelling diapers of the asthenosphere and taken part in formation of the sanukites in the Late Mesozoic.     

甘肃白银厂矿田的锆石标型特征及其岩石学意义

运用Ｊ．Ｐ．Ｐｕｐｉｎ的锆石成因矿物学研究方法,详细研究了甘肃白银厂矿田各类岩石的锆石产出状态、晶体的标型特征及主要岩石学参数。该区锆石标型的演化程度高,平均碱度指数为６３０以上,锆石形成于富碱的介质环境中。各类岩石形成温度虽有差异,但都在６８０～８１７℃范围内。锆石标型的信息表明,岩浆来源于壳幔边界处,且以幔源为主。     

Paleoproterozoic reworking of ancient crust in the Cathaysia Block, South China: Evidence from zircon trace elements, U-Pb and Lu-Hf isotopes

A combined study of zircon LA-ICP-MS U-Pb dating, trace elements and Hf isotope was carried out for gneissic granite from the Sanzhishu area in Jingning, SW Zhejiang Province. Nearly all the zircons separated from the granite exhibited oscillatory zoning and high Th/U ratios (>0.1). The REE profile showed a pronounced positive Ce anomaly, negative Eu anomaly and an enrichment of HREE, which are typical characteristics of magmatic zircon. Thirteen concordant or nearly concordant analytical data yielded a weighted mean ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁶Pb age of 1860±13 Ma (MSWD=0.084), representing the formation age of the granite. The magmatic zircons had negative εHf(t) values of −15.6 to −10.0 and two-stage Hf model ages of 3.1 to 3.4 Ga, indicating that the granites were formed by reworking of ancient crust. The major- and trace-element data indicate that the gneissic granites are metaluminous high-K calc-alkaline rocks and exhibit the same geochemical characteristics as aluminous A-type granites, implying the emplacement of the granite in a post-orogenic extensional tectonic setting. We conclude that the Paleoproterozoic crustal reworking event in the Cathaysia Block of South China marked the transition from assembly to break-up of the Columbia supercontinent. Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 40873004), Special Funds for National Scientific Research of Commonweal Industries, the Ministry of Land and Resources of China (Grant No. 2008110015), Opening Foundation of State Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics, Northwest University (Grant No. 06LCD12) and the Project of Land and Resources Bureau of Zhejiang Province (Grant No. 2004005)