The major tectonic zone that passes through the border regions of the Anhui, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi Provinces in southeast China has been commonly referred to as the Wan-Zhe-Gan fault zone. Geologically, this zone cons...The major tectonic zone that passes through the border regions of the Anhui, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi Provinces in southeast China has been commonly referred to as the Wan-Zhe-Gan fault zone. Geologically, this zone consists of several regional fault belts of various ages and orientations. We have categorized the faults into four age groups based on field investigations. The Neoproterozoic faults are northeast striking. They start from the northeast Jiangxi Province and extend northeastward to Fuchuan in Anhui Province, the same location of the northeast Jiangxi-Fuchuan ophiolite belt. The faults probably acted during the Neoproterozoic as a boundary fault zone of a plate or a block suture with melange along the faults. The nearly east-west- or east-northeast-striking faults are of Silurian ages （40Ar/39Ar age 429 Ma）. This group includes the Qimen-Shexian fault and the Jiangwang-Jiekou ductile shear belt. They represent a major tectonic boundary in the basement because the two sides of the fault have clear dissimilarities. The third group of faults is north-northeast striking, having formed since the early-middle Triassic with 40Ar/39Ar ages of 230-254 Ma. They form a fault belt starting from Yiyang in northern Jiangxi and connect with the Wucheng as well as the Ningguo-Jixi faults. This fault belt is a key fault-magmatic belt controlling the formation of Jurassic-Cretaceous red basins, ore distribution, magmatic activity, and mineralization. When it reactivated during the late Cretaceous, the belt behaved as a series of reverse faults from southeast to northwest and composed the fourth fault group. Therefore, classifying the Wan-Zhe-Gan fault zone into four fault groups will help in the analysis of the tectonic evolution of the eastern segment of the Jiangnan orogen since the Neoproterozoic era.展开更多
The Qinling Orogenic Belt(QOB)is a composite continental orogenic belt that has experienced many tectonic events.The QOB is subdivided into the following three litho-tectonic units:the North Qinling terrane,the Middle...The Qinling Orogenic Belt(QOB)is a composite continental orogenic belt that has experienced many tectonic events.The QOB is subdivided into the following three litho-tectonic units:the North Qinling terrane,the Middle Qinling microplate and the South Qinling terrane.The North Qinling Terrane(NQT)underwent destruction and lithospheric thinning during the late Mesozoic,accompanied by extensive magmatic activity and increased surface heat flux,led to large-scale tectonic extension(e.g.,Ren Shenglian et al.,2016).The Shirenshan gneiss is located along the contact between the NQT and the North China Block(Fig.1).Previous studies suggested that it was produced as a result of the northward subduction of the NQT beneath the North China Block(e.g.,Wang Jingya et al.,2017).Therefore,it is significant to study its structural geology,petrology,geochemistry and chronology in order to understand the tectonic settings and the interaction between the Middle Qinling microplate and the North China Block.展开更多
基金the Open Research Program of the State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources,China University of Geosciences(Grant No GPMR 200836)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No90814006+1 种基金40772134) for financial supportthe project "Research on the W-Mo Polymetallic Regularity in Dongyuan,Qimen and Xiaoyao,Jixi(Grant No2009-20)"
文摘The major tectonic zone that passes through the border regions of the Anhui, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi Provinces in southeast China has been commonly referred to as the Wan-Zhe-Gan fault zone. Geologically, this zone consists of several regional fault belts of various ages and orientations. We have categorized the faults into four age groups based on field investigations. The Neoproterozoic faults are northeast striking. They start from the northeast Jiangxi Province and extend northeastward to Fuchuan in Anhui Province, the same location of the northeast Jiangxi-Fuchuan ophiolite belt. The faults probably acted during the Neoproterozoic as a boundary fault zone of a plate or a block suture with melange along the faults. The nearly east-west- or east-northeast-striking faults are of Silurian ages （40Ar/39Ar age 429 Ma）. This group includes the Qimen-Shexian fault and the Jiangwang-Jiekou ductile shear belt. They represent a major tectonic boundary in the basement because the two sides of the fault have clear dissimilarities. The third group of faults is north-northeast striking, having formed since the early-middle Triassic with 40Ar/39Ar ages of 230-254 Ma. They form a fault belt starting from Yiyang in northern Jiangxi and connect with the Wucheng as well as the Ningguo-Jixi faults. This fault belt is a key fault-magmatic belt controlling the formation of Jurassic-Cretaceous red basins, ore distribution, magmatic activity, and mineralization. When it reactivated during the late Cretaceous, the belt behaved as a series of reverse faults from southeast to northwest and composed the fourth fault group. Therefore, classifying the Wan-Zhe-Gan fault zone into four fault groups will help in the analysis of the tectonic evolution of the eastern segment of the Jiangnan orogen since the Neoproterozoic era.
基金supported by the National Science Foundation of China(grants No.41272213,41572177,41573023,41502193 and 41272222)
文摘The Qinling Orogenic Belt(QOB)is a composite continental orogenic belt that has experienced many tectonic events.The QOB is subdivided into the following three litho-tectonic units:the North Qinling terrane,the Middle Qinling microplate and the South Qinling terrane.The North Qinling Terrane(NQT)underwent destruction and lithospheric thinning during the late Mesozoic,accompanied by extensive magmatic activity and increased surface heat flux,led to large-scale tectonic extension(e.g.,Ren Shenglian et al.,2016).The Shirenshan gneiss is located along the contact between the NQT and the North China Block(Fig.1).Previous studies suggested that it was produced as a result of the northward subduction of the NQT beneath the North China Block(e.g.,Wang Jingya et al.,2017).Therefore,it is significant to study its structural geology,petrology,geochemistry and chronology in order to understand the tectonic settings and the interaction between the Middle Qinling microplate and the North China Block.
