SHRIMP U-Pb zircon dating on Nyainqentanglha granite in central Lhasa block

The Nyainqentanglha granite, a batholith with an area of 1500 km^2 in the central Lhasa block, comprises mainly medium-fine-grained biotite monzonitic granite and medium-coarse-grained biotite monzonitic granite. Their contact relationship suggests that the medlum-fine-grained biotite monzonitic granite was crystallized earlier than the medium-coarse-grained monzonitic granite. A SHRIMP U-Pb dating on zircons from representative samples of the batholith shows that the crystallization age of the medium-fine-grained biotite monzonitic granite is 18.3 Ma and that of the medium-coarse-grained monzonitic granite is 11.01 Ma. The emplacement and crystallization of the Nyainqentanglha granite, the youngest granite batholith ever known inside the Lhasa block, have a close relationship with the collisional orogeny, crustal thickening, plateau uplifting,E-W crustal extension and have a dynamic genetic relationship with the crustal partial melting.     

Th-rich zircon from peralka line A-type granite： Mineralogical features and petrological implications

Zircon is one of the most common accessory minerals in igneous rocks, especially in granites. It exists through the crystallization and evolution of grantic magma be-cause of stable physicochemical properties. Trace element abundances (e.g. Hf, Th, U, Y) in zircon are very sensitive to the crystallization environments[1]. Therefore, zircon plays an important role in the granite research. However, although A-type granites are given more and more regards by the geologists owing to their charac…     

Hf isotopes of zircon megacrysts from the Cenozoic basalts in eastern China

Cenozoic basalts are widely distributed in eastern China, and some of them contain zircon megacrysts which are considered to be constituent mineral of the subcontinental lithospheric mantle （SCLM） and petrogenetically related to mantle metasomatism induced by addition of crustal materials. Using the Laser Ablation Multiple Collector Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry （LA-MC-ICPMS）, zircon megacrysts from the Cenozoic basalts at Changle in Shandong, Mingxi in Fujian, and Penglai in Hainan provinces have been used for Hf isotopic analyses. The data indicate that there is no significant deviation for the different zircon grains in each locale, except those from Penglai. The obtained ^176Hf /^177Hf ratios are 0.28302- 0.28308 for Changle, 0.28297-0.28300 for Mingxi, and 0.28288-0.28293 for Penglai, with corresponding ear values of 8.7-10.8, 7.0-7.9, and 3.9-5.7, respectively. These data display that there existed some regional heterogeneity, but the Hf model ages clustere in the Phanerozoic. Therefore, it is inferred that metasomatism of the lithospheric mantle beneath eastern China took place in the Phanerozoic, most probably in the Mesozoic-Cenozoic. However, the formation time of the iithospheric mantle is not clearly constrained based on the present Hf isotopic data.     

山东昌乐与碱性玄武岩有关刚玉巨晶中锆石包裹体的发现及其意义

山东昌乐蓝宝石矿是我国最大的与新生代碱性玄武岩有关的蓝宝石矿床,但对其成因仍有不同的认识[1,2].本文根据昌乐刚玉巨晶中发现的锆石包裹体,探讨刚玉巨晶的成因.1　地质背景与山东昌乐蓝宝石矿床有关的碱性玄武岩的产出主要受沂沐断裂(郯庐断裂山东段)及其次级断裂——...     

铁球磨介硅酸锆超细粉碎的工艺研究

比较搅拌球磨机的主要磨介的特点，介绍用铁球麻介生产具有国际同类质量水平的硅酸锆超细粉的生产实践，并就生产中的几个主要环节进行了探讨。     

黔西南贞丰水银洞基性岩锆石U-Pb测年及金矿成矿

基性岩与金矿成矿关系密切。而针对滇黔桂地区卡林型金矿成矿年龄一直缺乏年代学证据。测得黔西南贞丰水银洞基性岩锆石U-Pb年龄为218±3.2 Ma,与前人对水银洞卡林型金矿年龄的测定一致,说明该区金矿化与基性岩岩浆活动密切相关。该年龄对应印支晚期,并在此基础上提出一种印支期成矿的动力学模型:古特提斯洋封闭导致印支板块与扬子板块碰撞,强大的区域构造事件为矿化提供了动力,形成了贞丰地区218±3.2 Ma的基性岩。另外该地区可能存在一些埋藏的印支期花岗岩侵入体,这些入侵的岩体可作为热源,驱动主要为大气降水成因的流体浸出成矿元素,形成了贞丰水银洞地区卡林型金矿床。     

SHRIMP U-Pb zircon age of the Jinbaoshan ultramafic intrusion, Yunnan Province, SW China

SHRIMP U-Pb zircon dating gives ages of 260.6± 3.5 Ma and 260.7± 5.6 Ma for serpentinised wehrlite and plag-hornblendite in the Jinbaoshan ultramafic intrusion, respectively. The results indicate that the Jinbaoshan intrusion was emplaced at ca.260 Ma and contemporaneous with the Emeishan continental flood basalts (ECFB), similar to other mafic-ultramafic intrusions of the Emeishan large igneous province (LIP). The new ages provide a geochronological constraint on the origin of the Jinbaoshan ultramafic intrusion. It confirms that the Jinbaoshan ultramafic intrusion belongs to the Emeishan LIP that formed at ca. 260 Ma. Supported by Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. KZCX2-YW-111), National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 40573020 and 40773033) and National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2007CB411408)     

Paleoproterozoic mafic dyke from Kongling terrain in the Yangtze Craton and its implication

Mafic dyke is a sign of regional extension, and thus has important tectonic significance. A great amount of mafic dykes occur in the Kongling terrain of the Yangtze Craton, which have great bearing on the early evolution of the Yangtze Craton. Their ages, however, have not been well constrained. In this paper we report an integrated study of zircon U-Pb age and Hf isotope compositions for a mafic dyke in the Kongling terrain. The zircons yielded a weighted mean ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁶Pb age of 1852±11Ma, which represents its intrusion age. They have ɛ _Hf(t) values of −6.3 to 0.5, with a weighted mean of −3.06±0.88, suggesting that the mafic dyke came from metasomatic mantle. The results indicate that the Yangtze Block had transformed into post-collisional extensional regime at ca. 1850 Ma. In the same period, the Yangtze Craton shows enough rigidity to produce brittle rupture, and thus has the characteristics of a craton. Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 40772042, 90714010 and 40521001), the Ministry of Education of China (Grant Nos. IRT0441, B07039 and NCET-06-0659), and Foundation of the State Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics, Northwest University     

Genesis of the mega-crystal zircons in the dunite veins of North Qaidam Mountains, northwestern China

A megacrystal zircon occurs in serpentinized dunite veins from North Qaidam, northwestern China. It is red-brown and 3―4 mm long and 2 mm wide in size. BSE imaging shows the presence of micro-grains （30―50 μm） of zircon between olivine and serpentine, part of them gathering into clusters （100―300 μm）. Thus we infer that these zircon crystals were precipitated from hydrothermal fluid. Inclusions of baddeleyite （white） in the shape of isolated island locally occur in the large zircon （grey）, implying that the former formed earlier than the latter. The mirco-baddeleyite （50―100 μm） aggregate consists of baddeleyite （3―5 μm） and olivine （〈5 μm）, indicating the zircon formation through interaction between baddeleyite and silica-bearing fluid. Therefore, we consider a genetic link between the formation of the large zircon and the serpentinization of dunite. SHIRIMP U-Pb dating of the large zircon gave two groups of concordant ages at 414 ± 13 Ma and 371 ± 9 Ma, respectively. This might reflect two episodes of zircon growth in response to two episodes of fluid action.     

西大别超高压榴辉岩中石英脉锆石年龄和Hf同位素组成

对西大别红安地区超高压榴辉岩中石英脉的锆石进行了U-Pb年代学和Hf同位素组成的研究. 结果提供了超高压变质岩石折返阶段流体活动的时间、条件和流体来源等方面的信息. 石英脉中的锆石具有非常完好的晶型, 振荡环带或弱分带结构, 表明它们是从石英脉形成过程中的流体中结晶出来的. 它们的206Pb/238U加权平均年龄为(224.7 ± 1.3) Ma, 是石英脉形成时间的最佳估计值, 记录了超高压岩石早期榴辉岩相折返阶段流体的活动. 热液锆石具有非常低的Lu/Hf同位素比值, 与它们形成于榴辉岩相变质作用阶段相一致. 这些锆石的Hf同位素组成与寄主榴辉岩中的锆石一致, 指示石英脉形成过程中只有小规模的流体活动, 流体为内部来源. 因此, 热液锆石的Lu-Hf同位素体系可以为流体的形成条件、性质以及来源提供有效的制约.