电子自旋共振年代计时(IV)——电子自旋共振结合正电子湮没谱表征牙化石内顺磁中心的特性

采用电子自旋共振结合正电子湮没谱,研究了动物牙化石内珐琅层中作为年代计时的顺磁中心的性质,探讨了顺磁中心的结构,确定它是由PO_4~(8-)离子产生的F-中心。     

Paleoproterozoic lower crust beneath Nushan in Anhui Province： Evidence from zircon SHRIMP U-Pb dating on granulite xenoliths in Cenozoic alkali basalt

Zircon SHRIMP U-Pb dating was carried out for an intermediate granulite xenolith in Cenozoic alkali basalt from Nushan. The results suggest that the lower crust beneath Nushan may have formed at about 2400—2200 Ma, and have been subjected to granulite-facies metamorphism at 1915 27 Ma. The old age of the Nushan lower crust is consistent with the geochemical similarities between Nushan granulite xenoliths and Archean-Paleoproterozoic granulite terrains in the North China craton, but it is not distinguishable from high-grade metamorphic rocks in the Yangtze craton where such old ages were also reported. Significant Pb-loss occurs in the Nushan zircons, implying important influence of widespread Mesozoic to Cenozoic underplating in East China on the lower crust beneath Nushan.     

中国现代人起源的年代学新证据

现代人起源是当前古人类学研究的热点，“多地区连续演化”和“非洲起源”两种主要假说已争论多年。近年来新的分子生物学和年代测定技术在这一领域中的应用，使论战愈加激化。本实验室基于铀系测年技术，研究了我国南方多个中、晚更新世人类遗址的年代，结果表明中国也存在约10万年前的现代人遗址。现代人在中国出现的时间很可能不晚于非洲和西亚。上述年代学新证据不支持中国现代人起源于非洲的假说。     

楚雄盆地北部T3-J地层天然裂缝形成期次确定

楚雄盆地T3-J地层经历了多期复杂的构造运动,裂缝形成期次多、特征复杂.通过野外地面裂缝调查和样品的实验室分析测定,采用4种方法研究和确定了T3-J地层裂缝的形成期次.野外地面裂缝调查见4组裂缝发育;裂缝样品的声发射实验表明地层至少存在4个构造应力破裂期,应力作用历史复杂.燕山期构造应力场方向以NE向为主,喜马拉雅构造应力场变为SE向.晚期构造应力(喜马拉雅期)强度大,为主要的破裂期.ESR测试分析表明该层存在5个破裂期;碳氧同位素测定表明研究区地层天然裂缝存在3期以上成因序列;包裹体测定结果按均一温度大小分布可划分出5个破裂期.综合研究区天然裂缝特征、地质构造演化历史,确定出该区地层中天然裂缝为构造裂缝,且组系清楚.裂缝有5~6个破裂期,与构造活动期对应较好,主要破裂期为燕山期、喜马拉雅期.     

Luminescence chronology of ＂Old Red Sand＂ in Jinjiang and its implications for optical dating of sediments in South China

A weathered deposit in South China is widespread on the coastal areas of Fujian and Guangdong provinces, China. This deposit consists of slightly cemented, medium- to fine-grained sands, and is characterized by its colors of red, brown red, light reddish brown or dark yellowish orange, and is usually called ＂Old Red Sand＂. The uncertainty in its formation age has been a major obstacle to the study of this type of deposit. In this paper, optically stimulated luminescence （OSL） techniques were used to date the ＂Old Red Sand＂ sediments from Jinjiang, Fujian Province, China. The effect of the geochemical behavior of uranium and thorium in sediment during chemical weathering on estimation of annual dose was investigated. The results show that the change in annual dose due to weathering poses a major problem for the optical dating of such weathered sediments. The optical dating of these weathered deposits will produce erroneous ages if average annual dose during burial cannot be correctly estimated. For the profiles studied, the OSL dates obtained on samples from the upper part do not represent the burial age of the samples. It is highly likely that they are underestimated due mainly to the accumulated radioactive elements as a result of chemical weathering. It is concluded that changes in annual dose due to chemical weathering must be considered when dating similar sediments in South China. With a detailed analysis of the OSL dating results, the chronology of the marine terraces in this area was suggested. The lowest terrace was formed at -3.5 ka and the second terrace was dated to -74 ka. The age of the highest terrace may not be established accurately, but is inferred to be older than the apparent OSL date of -77 ka and so is the Paleolithic artifacts from it.     

LA-ICPMS zircon U-Pb geochronological constraints on the tectonothermal evolution of the Early Paleoproterozoic Dakendaban Group in the Quanji Block,NW China

The Quanji Block, situated between the northern margin of the Qaidam Block and the South Qilian orogenic belt in the NE Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China, is thought to represent a remnant continental crust. In this study, LA-ICPMS U-Pb analyses of detrital zircon grains from two mesosomes in the migmatitic Dakendaban Group yield ages of 2467＋28/-26 Ma and 2474＋66/-52 Ma, respectively. Zircon grains from a leucosome give two distinct ages of 2471＋18/-16 Ma and 1924＋14/-15 Ma. Zircon from a granitic pegmatite that intruded into the Dakendaban Group yields an age of 2427＋44/-38 Ma. These data suggest that the Early Paleoproterozoic Dakendaban Group deposited between -2.43 to -2.47 Ga and has been subject to an intrusive event at 2.43Ga, and regional metamorphism-anatexis at 1.92 Ga. The common lower intercept age of -0.9 Ga probably records a significant Early Neoproterozoic event in the Quanji Block.     

东准噶尔红柳峡辉长岩锆石U-Pb年龄及地质意义

准噶尔盆地基底性质及形成时期问题对研究新疆地壳演化、油气资源的勘探与评价均有重要意义,但长期以来一直存在很大争议。准噶尔盆地东部红柳峡地区是探讨准噶尔盆地是否存在前寒武纪基底的代表性地区之一,因此对该区进行同位素定年分析,以期获得古老锆石年龄的同位素证据。选取原定为中元古界札曼苏岩群中的大量发育的变质辉长岩进行了LA-ICPMS锆石U-Pb定年研究。发现U-Pb表面年龄值分布的范围很宽,从385±7 Ma至2 322±45Ma.岩浆锆石206Pb/238U加权平均年龄为(396±5)Ma(MSWD=1.15,n=7),代表辉长岩的结晶年龄为早泥盆世晚期。此外辉长岩中尚有4粒年龄为(842~2 322)Ma捕获锆石,代表了岩浆上升溢流路经区围岩中的锆石形成时代。札曼苏岩群被划分为中元古代是不准确的,综合该区的变质砂岩和玄武岩锆石同位素定年数据,认为札曼苏岩群形成时期的下限不早于早泥盆世。结合区域地质综合分析认为,准噶尔盆地东部可能存在前寒武纪的古老结晶基底。     

新甘交界北山地区大泉断裂走滑特征及ESR测年证据

卫星图片显示穿过大泉断裂的水系有被左行扭曲的特征,结合野外断层面上擦痕、断裂带中劈理观测统计和室内对断层岩显微构造的分析,确定了大泉断裂是以左行为主的走滑断裂带。对断层泥的ESR年代学测定,确定了大泉断裂开始活动时间为早更新世1.2~1.5Ma,其分支断层的活动时间在晚更新世300ka左右。大泉断裂活动时间与青藏高原在上新世末-早更新世初开始强烈隆升时间一致,表明大泉断裂的形成与青藏高原的隆升过程密切相关,是晚新生代印度和欧亚两大板块持续碰撞挤压和青藏高原隆升的远程效应。     

Confirmation of pelitic granulite in the Altai orogen and its geological significance

The existence of pelitic granulite in the Altai orogen was confirmed for the first time by detailed petrographic research and P-Tpseudosection modeling. The pelitic granulite has the assemblage of garnet ＋ cordierite ＋ K-feldspar ＋ biotite ＋ sillimanite ＋ plagioclase ＋ quartz with some samples containing the paragenesis of cordierite ＋ spinel. Peak conditions of the pelitic granuUte determined from the P-T pseudosection involved P = 0.5-0.6 GPa, T= 780-800℃ belonging to medium- to low-pressure type. SHRIMP U-Pb dating of zircon presented a metamorphic age of 292.8 ± 2.3 Ma. The discovery of pelitic granulite reflects an extensional environment with high heat flow in the southern margin of the Altai orogen during the Early Permian, which provides an important petrological constraint on the evolution of the Altai orogen.