Models for when and how the continental crust was formed are constrained by estimates in the rates o crustal growth. The record of events preserved in the continental crust is heterogeneous in time with distinctive pe...Models for when and how the continental crust was formed are constrained by estimates in the rates o crustal growth. The record of events preserved in the continental crust is heterogeneous in time with distinctive peaks and troughs of ages for igneous crystallisation, metamorphism, continental margin and mineralisation. For the most part these are global signatures, and the peaks of ages tend to b associated with periods of increased reworking of pre-existing crust, reflected in the Hf isotope ratios o zircons and their elevated oxygen isotope ratios. Increased crustal reworking is attributed to periods o crustal thickening associated with compressional tectonics and the development of supercontinents Magma types similar to those from recent within-plate and subduction related settings appear to hav been generated in different areas at broadly similar times before ~3.0 Ga. It can be difficult to put th results of such detailed case studies into a more global context, but one approach is to consider when plate tectonics became the dominant mechanism involved in the generation of juvenile continental crust The development of crustal growth models for the continental crust are discussed, and a number o models based on different data sets indicate that 65%-70% of the present volume of the continental crus was generated by 3 Ga. Such estimates may represent minimum values, but since ~3 Ga there has been reduction in the rates of growth of the continental crust. This reduction is linked to an increase in th rates at which continental crust is recycled back into the mantle, and not to a reduction in the rates a which continental crust was generated. Plate tectonics results in both the generation of new crust and it destruction along destructive plate margins. Thus, the reduction in the rate of continental crustal growth at ~3 Ga is taken to reflect the period in which plate tectonics became the dominant mechanism b which new continental crust was generated.展开更多
Mo isotopes along with Nd isotopes and other geochemical characteristics of the Phanerozoic clastic sediments from the northern margin of the Yangtze block were analyzed by MC-ICP-MS and some other techniques, spannin...Mo isotopes along with Nd isotopes and other geochemical characteristics of the Phanerozoic clastic sediments from the northern margin of the Yangtze block were analyzed by MC-ICP-MS and some other techniques, spanning the period from Cambrian to Jurassic. The δ 98Mo values and εNd(t ) in these sedimets were observed to exhibit a large range of variation (?0.65‰―+1.87‰, ?1.46―?10.90, respec-tively). Specifically, the sample from Late Permian Maokou Formation has relatively positive values in both δ 98Mo and εNd(t ) (+0.97‰, ?1.46, respectively). These elevated values are proposed to relate to the input of a large quantity of H2S and HS- into the contemporaneous seawater by the volcanic eruption of the Emeishan mantle plume. Introduction of these sulfide gases would cause MoO42? to be transferred into MoS24?, favoring the preferential deposition of the heavy Mo isotope as MoS24? and thus leaving a positive Mo isotope value. The sample from Late Permian Changxing Formation has a significantly elevated δ 98Mo value of +1.87‰, in association with the relatively negative εNd(t ) (?10.90) and remain the relatively higher content of both TOC and total sulfur (TS) (1.52%, 2.02%, respectively). This infers the presence of the enhanced primary productivity and high organic burial during the Changxing pe-riod. The production of a huge quantity of HS? and H2S by the sulfate-reducing reaction led to the ex-istence of the elevated seawater δ 98Mo values during the Changxing period. The preliminary Phanero-zoic data reported here allow us to propose that the Mo isotope signature preserved in reductive sediments is related to the regional tectonic settings and the associated environmental conditions, and thus the measurement of δ 98Mo promotes our understanding on the evolution of the paleoenviron-mental event in the Earth history.展开更多
基金supported by grants from the LeverhulmeTrust RPG-2015-422 and EM-2017-047\4 to Chris HawkesworthNERC NE/K008862/1 to Bruno Dhuimefrom AustralianResearch Council FL160100168 to Peter A. Cawood
文摘Models for when and how the continental crust was formed are constrained by estimates in the rates o crustal growth. The record of events preserved in the continental crust is heterogeneous in time with distinctive peaks and troughs of ages for igneous crystallisation, metamorphism, continental margin and mineralisation. For the most part these are global signatures, and the peaks of ages tend to b associated with periods of increased reworking of pre-existing crust, reflected in the Hf isotope ratios o zircons and their elevated oxygen isotope ratios. Increased crustal reworking is attributed to periods o crustal thickening associated with compressional tectonics and the development of supercontinents Magma types similar to those from recent within-plate and subduction related settings appear to hav been generated in different areas at broadly similar times before ~3.0 Ga. It can be difficult to put th results of such detailed case studies into a more global context, but one approach is to consider when plate tectonics became the dominant mechanism involved in the generation of juvenile continental crust The development of crustal growth models for the continental crust are discussed, and a number o models based on different data sets indicate that 65%-70% of the present volume of the continental crus was generated by 3 Ga. Such estimates may represent minimum values, but since ~3 Ga there has been reduction in the rates of growth of the continental crust. This reduction is linked to an increase in th rates at which continental crust is recycled back into the mantle, and not to a reduction in the rates a which continental crust was generated. Plate tectonics results in both the generation of new crust and it destruction along destructive plate margins. Thus, the reduction in the rate of continental crustal growth at ~3 Ga is taken to reflect the period in which plate tectonics became the dominant mechanism b which new continental crust was generated.
基金Supported by the program for the Ministry of Education of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. B07039, 40673020 and 40521001)the SinoPec project (Grant No. G0800-06-ZS-319)
文摘Mo isotopes along with Nd isotopes and other geochemical characteristics of the Phanerozoic clastic sediments from the northern margin of the Yangtze block were analyzed by MC-ICP-MS and some other techniques, spanning the period from Cambrian to Jurassic. The δ 98Mo values and εNd(t ) in these sedimets were observed to exhibit a large range of variation (?0.65‰―+1.87‰, ?1.46―?10.90, respec-tively). Specifically, the sample from Late Permian Maokou Formation has relatively positive values in both δ 98Mo and εNd(t ) (+0.97‰, ?1.46, respectively). These elevated values are proposed to relate to the input of a large quantity of H2S and HS- into the contemporaneous seawater by the volcanic eruption of the Emeishan mantle plume. Introduction of these sulfide gases would cause MoO42? to be transferred into MoS24?, favoring the preferential deposition of the heavy Mo isotope as MoS24? and thus leaving a positive Mo isotope value. The sample from Late Permian Changxing Formation has a significantly elevated δ 98Mo value of +1.87‰, in association with the relatively negative εNd(t ) (?10.90) and remain the relatively higher content of both TOC and total sulfur (TS) (1.52%, 2.02%, respectively). This infers the presence of the enhanced primary productivity and high organic burial during the Changxing pe-riod. The production of a huge quantity of HS? and H2S by the sulfate-reducing reaction led to the ex-istence of the elevated seawater δ 98Mo values during the Changxing period. The preliminary Phanero-zoic data reported here allow us to propose that the Mo isotope signature preserved in reductive sediments is related to the regional tectonic settings and the associated environmental conditions, and thus the measurement of δ 98Mo promotes our understanding on the evolution of the paleoenviron-mental event in the Earth history.
