Discovery of the Early Paleozoic post-collisional granites in northern margin of the Erguna massif and its geological significance

The Luoguhe intrusion, located in Mohe County, Heilongjiang Province, is mainly composed of monzogranite, quartz diorite and granodiorite, with minor diorite, tonalite, quartz monzodiorite, quartz monzonite, syenogranite and alkali-feldspar granite. The intrusion can be divided into two iithological units, i.e. quartz diorite and monzogranite units, with affinities to high-K caic-alkaline series. The quartz diorite unit （SiO2： 54.79%-58.30%, Na2O/CaO： 0.79-1.53 and Shand index： 0.77-0.82） belongs to metaluminous rocks. And the monzogranite unit （SiO2： 65.29%-66.45%, Na2O/CaO： 1.73-3.43 and Shand index 〈1.05） can be considered as weakly peraluminous rocks. The intrusion is characterized by high REE abundance （∑REE = 180.2-344.3μg/g）, medium-strong negative Eu anomalies （δEu = 0.33-0.82）, weak REE fractionation [（La/Yb）N = 4.12-10.45], enrichments in Rb, Th, U, K, La, Ce, Nd, Hf, Zr and Sm, but strong depletions of Ba, Nb, Ta, Sr, P and Ti. These characteristics of major, REE and trace elements indicate that the intrusion was formed in a transitional tectonic setting from compressionai to extensional regime, which can be classified as post-collisional granitoids. SHRIMP U-Pb zircon analyses yield ages of 517±9 and 504±8 Ma for the quartz diorite and monzogranite units, respectively. The discovery of Early Paleozoic post-collisionai granites in the northern margin of the Erguna massif indicates that the northern branch of Paleo-Asian Ocean between Siberian plate and Erguna massif was closed in the Early Paleozoic and the Salair orogeny ended ca. 500 Ma ago.     

Pb-Pb isotope dating of black shales from the Lower Cambrian Niutitang Formation, Guizhou Province, South China

Withthedevelopmentofnewanalyticaltech niquesandstate of artinstruments ,isotopetracinganddatingmethodshavemadeconsiderableprogressinrecentyears .Inparticular ,variouskindsofradio genicisotopedatingmethodshavebeenappliedsuc cessfullyinigneousrocks.However,directdatingofsedimentaryrocksremainsundevelopedandcontro versial.Inmostcases ,researchersapplyU PbandK ArorAr Armethodstodatingvolcanicashesthatareinterbeddedwithinsedimentarystratainanattempttoobtaintheageofsedimentsindirectly[1] .Howev e…     

Zircon SHRIMP dating of sodium alkaline rocks from Maomaogou area of Huili County in Panxi, SW China and its geological implications

Alkalinerocksareoftenassociatedwithextensionaltectonicsandregardedasthecharacteristicproductsoc-curringincontinentalmarginsorriftzones[1].Theywereusuallygeneratedindeep-large-faultzoneandcloselyconnectedwithbasic/ultrabasicrocksinspace.Therefore,alkalinerocksareofsignificanceintectonicpetrology.Atthebeginningofthe1980s,geologicalandgeophysicalstudieswereperformedinPanzhihua-Xichangpaleo-riftzone(Panxiriftzone).However,thesestudiesonlyin-volvedgeologyandpetrochemistryoftheMaomaogouringalkalic…     

西秦岭白依沟群的同位素地质年代学研究

西秦岭白依沟群火山岩的全岩Rb-Sr及锆石U-Pb同位素定年结果表明,白依沟群应当归属下震旦统,其同位素地质年龄为734±63Ma。1008.9Ma的晋宁造山期花斑岩砾石的锆石U-Pb年龄及535.5±11.4Ma的上覆地层年龄同样佐证了上述结论是合理的。白依沟群火山-沉积岩系的地质、地球化学及同位素地质年龄特征与同时期其他地区的有关地层(如川西乌斯大桥群)完全可以对比,它们可能都是夭折大陆裂谷环境的产物。此外,还首次发现了该区在泥盆纪早期(400Ma±)有一次明显的构造-岩桨-变质作用。     

打古寨——罗布里两种类型花岗岩的同位素地质研究

本文研究的打古寨和罗布里岩体是桃山复式花岗岩体内部两种不同成因类型的岩体,成岩时代均为燕山早期。根据Sr,Pb,O和S同位素资料,结合地质特征,笔者认为打古寨岩体是由上部地壳重熔改造形成,属陆壳改造型花岗岩;罗布里岩体是由壳幔混合岩浆形成,属同熔型花岗岩。     

南天山库勒湖蛇绿岩锆石年龄及其地质意义

目的准确测定南天山库勒湖蛇绿岩的形成时代,探讨其地质意义。方法采用激光剥蚀等离子质谱(LA-ICP-MS)法,对库勒湖蛇绿岩中辉长岩锆石进行U-Pb同位素定年。结果辉长岩形成年龄(或结晶年龄)为418.2 Ma±2.6 Ma(MSWD=0.80)。结论南天山库勒湖蛇绿岩的形成时代为末志留世—早泥盆世早期,与古南天山洋盆的俯冲-消减时代相当,它的形成很有可能与古南天山洋盆的俯冲-消减作用有关。