The North Qaidam orogenic belt(NQOB) is generally considered to be an early Paleozoic ultrahigh pressure metamorphic belt,but increasing reports of the Neoproterozoic magmatic and metamorphic events indicate that the ...The North Qaidam orogenic belt(NQOB) is generally considered to be an early Paleozoic ultrahigh pressure metamorphic belt,but increasing reports of the Neoproterozoic magmatic and metamorphic events indicate that the NQOB probably also experienced the assembly of the Rodinia.However,the Neoproterozoic evolution of the NQOB is not well constrained due to the sparse records and ambiguous nature of the Neoproterozoic metamorphism.In order to reveal the multi-orogenic history of the NQOB,an integrated study of petrology,phase equilibrium modelling and geochronology was conducted on an epidote eclogite and host garnet mica schist from the Yuka–Luofengpo terrane.New zircon and monazite U–Pb ages show that the protolith of the garnet mica schist was deposited during 994–920 Ma and experienced Neoproterozoic(920–915 Ma) and early Paleozoic(451–447 Ma) polyphase metamorphism together with the enclosed eclogite.Relic omphacite inclusions were first identified in garnet and early Paleozoic zircon domains from the garnet mica schist,which provide solid evidence for the early Paleozoic eclogite facies metamorphism of the mica schist.Similar early Paleozoic peak P–T conditions of >27.4 kbar/613–670 ℃ and 30.2–30.8 kbar/646–655 ℃ were obtained for the garnet mica schist and enclosed eclogite,respectively,indicating that eclogites and their host paragneisses in this region underwent continental deep subduction as a coherent metamorphic terrane in early Paleozoic.The peak P–T conditions of the Neoproterozoic metamorphism were roughly constrained at 7.7–12.0 kbar and 634–680 ℃ for the garnet mica schist,based on stability field of mineral inclusions in Neoproterozoic zircons domains in P–T pseudosection,the relic garnet core composition and Ti-in-zircon thermometer.The high thermal gradients(16–37 ℃/km) defined by presently our and previously reported P–T conditions indicate that the Neoproterozoic metamorphism likely occurred in continental collision setting at >945–890 Ma.Since the Grenvillian syn-orogenic granitic magmatism and metamorphism(ca.1.0–0.9 Ga) in the NQOB are much younger than the Grenvillian orogeny in the central part of Rodinia,the Qaidam Block was probably located at the north margin of Rodinia in Neoproterozoic.展开更多
Whether or not Grenvillian orogeny occurred in South China still remains highly controversial because high-quality,discriminating data are lacking,and therefore,the key to resolve this matter is to find datable volcan...Whether or not Grenvillian orogeny occurred in South China still remains highly controversial because high-quality,discriminating data are lacking,and therefore,the key to resolve this matter is to find datable volcanic and/or sedimentary rocks related to Grenvillian orogeny. Such rocks are apparently present in the Fuliangpeng Member from the lower-middle part of Kunyang Group in central Yunnan; here the unit is more than 100 m thick and consists of andesitic ignimbrite,tuffite,terrigeous clastic rocks and carbonates. These volcanic rocks,developed south of the Sibao fold-thrust belts,represent the earliest calc-alkaline volcanic activity in late Precambrian time from central Yunnan and are coeval with both a change in sedimentary facies from detritus to carbonates and the beginning of seismite development elsewhere. Two samples for SHRIMP analysis were collected from this volcanic unit. Sample G3-29-2,from the bottom of Fuliangpeng Member,is an ignimbrite,and about 100 zircon crys-tals recovered from it have euhedral shapes and display relatively simple sector zonation under cathodoluminescent (CL) imaging,suggesting a magmatogenic origin. Twenty-five of the zircons were analyzed and a weighed-mean U-Pb age of 1032±9 Ma was obtained. Sample G3-29-3 from uppermost part of Fuliangpeng Member is a tuffite,and many rounded,evidently detrital zircons were recovered. Nine of these zircons were analyzed,and the oldest single-grain U-Pb zircon age is 1938±26 Ma,im-plying that Paleoproterozoic basement developed in Cathaysia. The dating result,combined with the geotectonic research on the Fuliangpeng Member,leads us to conclude that late Mesoproterozoic orogenic volcanic activity occurred in the western part of South China,and that the related collision of Yangtze and Cathaysian cratons was an integral part of the assembly of Rodinia.展开更多
Metamorphic basement rocks in the Cathaysia Block are composed mainly of meta-sediments with different ages. New zircon U-Pb geochronological results from the meta-sedimentary rocks exposed in the Zengcheng and Hezi a...Metamorphic basement rocks in the Cathaysia Block are composed mainly of meta-sediments with different ages. New zircon U-Pb geochronological results from the meta-sedimentary rocks exposed in the Zengcheng and Hezi areas, southern Cathaysia Block, show that they consist dominantly of early Neoproterozoic (1.0―0.9 Ga) materials with minor Paleo- to Mesoproterozoic and late Neoproterozoic (0.8―0.6 Ga) components, suggesting that the detritus mostly come from a Grenvillian orogen. The youngest detrital zircon ages place a constraint on the deposition time of these sediments in Late Neoproterozoic. Zircon Hf isotopic compositions indicate that the Grenvillian zircons were derived from the reworking of Mesoproterozoic arc magmatic rocks and Paleoproterozoic continental crust, implying an arc-continent collisional setting. Single-peak age spectra and the presence of abundant euhedral Grenvillian zircons suggest that the sedimentary provenance is not far away from the sample location. Thus, the Grenvillian orogen probably preexisted along the southern margin of the Cathaysia Block, or very close to the south. Similarity in the ages of Grenvillian orogeny and the influence of the assembly of Gondwana in South China with India and East Antarctic are discussed, with suggestion that South China was more likely linked with the India-East Antarctica continents in Early Neoproterozoic rather than between western Laurentia and eastern Australia.展开更多
The role played by Paleoproterozoic cratons in southern South America from the Mesopro- terozoic to the Early Cambrian is reconsidered here. This period involved protracted continental amal- gamation that led to forma...The role played by Paleoproterozoic cratons in southern South America from the Mesopro- terozoic to the Early Cambrian is reconsidered here. This period involved protracted continental amal- gamation that led to formation of the supercontinent Rodinia, followed by Neoproterozoic continental break-up, with the consequent opening of Clymene and Iapetus oceans, and finally continental re-assembly as Gondwana through complex oblique collisions in the Late Neoproterozoic to Early Cambrian. The evidence for this is based mainly on a combination of precise U-Pb SHRMP dating and radiogenic isotope data for igneous and metamorphic rocks from a large area extending from the Rio de la Plata craton in the east to the Argentine Precordillera in the west and as far north as Arequipa in Peru. Our interpretation of the paleogeographical and geodynamic evolution invokes a hypothetical Paleoproterozoic block （MARA） embracing basement ultimately older than 1.7 Ga in the Western Sierras Pampeanas （Argentina）, the Arequipa block （Peru）, the Rio Apa block （Brazil）, and probably also the Paraguaia block （Bolivia）.展开更多
加拿大阿巴拉契亚造山带纽芬兰岛Humber带基底地块属性及地壳生长演化是近年来关注的科学问题,尤其是岛内西南部的Indian Head Range地块,其年龄组成与同位素特征研究对区域基底构造属性划分与对比至关重要。本文对Indian Head Range地...加拿大阿巴拉契亚造山带纽芬兰岛Humber带基底地块属性及地壳生长演化是近年来关注的科学问题,尤其是岛内西南部的Indian Head Range地块,其年龄组成与同位素特征研究对区域基底构造属性划分与对比至关重要。本文对Indian Head Range地块内的二长花岗岩岩体进行了锆石U⁃Pb定年,得到其^(206)Pb/^(238)U加权平均年龄值为1149±4 Ma,代表该岩体的侵位年龄。这一定年结果表明该岩体具有中元古代晚期的年龄,为该地块格林威尔期岩浆事件的存在提供了新的年龄证据。Nd⁃Hf同位素分析结果显示,该二长花岗岩岩体εNd值为-2.3,εHf值介于+1.93~+3.65之间,两阶段Hf模式年龄介于1.84~1.73 Ga之间。结合前人研究,我们认为Humber带内各地块发育约1.5 Ga、1.15 Ga和1.0 Ga的3期花岗质岩浆事件,它们具有相似的Hf模式年龄值,暗示它们均来源于古元古代新生地壳物质的再造。带内格林威尔基底地块均为原地基底,且与劳伦大陆远端东部边缘具有一致的岩浆-构造演化史。以上研究对Humber带内格林威尔基底地块的亲缘性及地壳生长提供新的制约,并为阿巴拉契亚造山带内古老微陆块的溯源对比提供依据。展开更多
Thick Neoproterozoic strata are widespread in the Dalian region, Liaodong Peninsula, Northeast China. SHRIMP zircon U-Pb dating of dolerite intruded into Neo-proterozoic strata gives its emplacement age as 211±2 ...Thick Neoproterozoic strata are widespread in the Dalian region, Liaodong Peninsula, Northeast China. SHRIMP zircon U-Pb dating of dolerite intruded into Neo-proterozoic strata gives its emplacement age as 211±2 Ma. However, abundant 0.9—1.1 Ga zircons are identified in the dolerite. The age of 1125±38 Ma corresponds with the Grenvillian collisional event. The zircons of 904±15 Ma ages have high Th/U ratios (1.31—2.25) and magmatic oscillatory zones, being possibly related to later magmatism induced during amalgamation of Rodinia.展开更多
基金Final support for this study was jointly provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.41802056,41972058,42030307)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant2018M633554)+2 种基金the MOST Special Fund from the State Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics (Grant 201210133)Young Talent fund of University Association for Science and Technology in Shaanxi,China (Grant20200703)China Geological Survey (Grant DD20190376).
文摘The North Qaidam orogenic belt(NQOB) is generally considered to be an early Paleozoic ultrahigh pressure metamorphic belt,but increasing reports of the Neoproterozoic magmatic and metamorphic events indicate that the NQOB probably also experienced the assembly of the Rodinia.However,the Neoproterozoic evolution of the NQOB is not well constrained due to the sparse records and ambiguous nature of the Neoproterozoic metamorphism.In order to reveal the multi-orogenic history of the NQOB,an integrated study of petrology,phase equilibrium modelling and geochronology was conducted on an epidote eclogite and host garnet mica schist from the Yuka–Luofengpo terrane.New zircon and monazite U–Pb ages show that the protolith of the garnet mica schist was deposited during 994–920 Ma and experienced Neoproterozoic(920–915 Ma) and early Paleozoic(451–447 Ma) polyphase metamorphism together with the enclosed eclogite.Relic omphacite inclusions were first identified in garnet and early Paleozoic zircon domains from the garnet mica schist,which provide solid evidence for the early Paleozoic eclogite facies metamorphism of the mica schist.Similar early Paleozoic peak P–T conditions of >27.4 kbar/613–670 ℃ and 30.2–30.8 kbar/646–655 ℃ were obtained for the garnet mica schist and enclosed eclogite,respectively,indicating that eclogites and their host paragneisses in this region underwent continental deep subduction as a coherent metamorphic terrane in early Paleozoic.The peak P–T conditions of the Neoproterozoic metamorphism were roughly constrained at 7.7–12.0 kbar and 634–680 ℃ for the garnet mica schist,based on stability field of mineral inclusions in Neoproterozoic zircons domains in P–T pseudosection,the relic garnet core composition and Ti-in-zircon thermometer.The high thermal gradients(16–37 ℃/km) defined by presently our and previously reported P–T conditions indicate that the Neoproterozoic metamorphism likely occurred in continental collision setting at >945–890 Ma.Since the Grenvillian syn-orogenic granitic magmatism and metamorphism(ca.1.0–0.9 Ga) in the NQOB are much younger than the Grenvillian orogeny in the central part of Rodinia,the Qaidam Block was probably located at the north margin of Rodinia in Neoproterozoic.
基金Supported by China Geological Survey (Grant No. 200313000055)Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University (Grant No. IRT0546)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 40621002)
文摘Whether or not Grenvillian orogeny occurred in South China still remains highly controversial because high-quality,discriminating data are lacking,and therefore,the key to resolve this matter is to find datable volcanic and/or sedimentary rocks related to Grenvillian orogeny. Such rocks are apparently present in the Fuliangpeng Member from the lower-middle part of Kunyang Group in central Yunnan; here the unit is more than 100 m thick and consists of andesitic ignimbrite,tuffite,terrigeous clastic rocks and carbonates. These volcanic rocks,developed south of the Sibao fold-thrust belts,represent the earliest calc-alkaline volcanic activity in late Precambrian time from central Yunnan and are coeval with both a change in sedimentary facies from detritus to carbonates and the beginning of seismite development elsewhere. Two samples for SHRIMP analysis were collected from this volcanic unit. Sample G3-29-2,from the bottom of Fuliangpeng Member,is an ignimbrite,and about 100 zircon crys-tals recovered from it have euhedral shapes and display relatively simple sector zonation under cathodoluminescent (CL) imaging,suggesting a magmatogenic origin. Twenty-five of the zircons were analyzed and a weighed-mean U-Pb age of 1032±9 Ma was obtained. Sample G3-29-3 from uppermost part of Fuliangpeng Member is a tuffite,and many rounded,evidently detrital zircons were recovered. Nine of these zircons were analyzed,and the oldest single-grain U-Pb zircon age is 1938±26 Ma,im-plying that Paleoproterozoic basement developed in Cathaysia. The dating result,combined with the geotectonic research on the Fuliangpeng Member,leads us to conclude that late Mesoproterozoic orogenic volcanic activity occurred in the western part of South China,and that the related collision of Yangtze and Cathaysian cratons was an integral part of the assembly of Rodinia.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 40634022, 40221301 and 40672125)publication No. 511 from the National Key Centre for Geochemical Evolution and Metallogeny of Continents
文摘Metamorphic basement rocks in the Cathaysia Block are composed mainly of meta-sediments with different ages. New zircon U-Pb geochronological results from the meta-sedimentary rocks exposed in the Zengcheng and Hezi areas, southern Cathaysia Block, show that they consist dominantly of early Neoproterozoic (1.0―0.9 Ga) materials with minor Paleo- to Mesoproterozoic and late Neoproterozoic (0.8―0.6 Ga) components, suggesting that the detritus mostly come from a Grenvillian orogen. The youngest detrital zircon ages place a constraint on the deposition time of these sediments in Late Neoproterozoic. Zircon Hf isotopic compositions indicate that the Grenvillian zircons were derived from the reworking of Mesoproterozoic arc magmatic rocks and Paleoproterozoic continental crust, implying an arc-continent collisional setting. Single-peak age spectra and the presence of abundant euhedral Grenvillian zircons suggest that the sedimentary provenance is not far away from the sample location. Thus, the Grenvillian orogen probably preexisted along the southern margin of the Cathaysia Block, or very close to the south. Similarity in the ages of Grenvillian orogeny and the influence of the assembly of Gondwana in South China with India and East Antarctic are discussed, with suggestion that South China was more likely linked with the India-East Antarctica continents in Early Neoproterozoic rather than between western Laurentia and eastern Australia.
基金Financial support over the last years was through Spanish MEC and MICINN grants CGL2005-02065/BTE and CGL2009-07984UCM-Santander grant GR58/08Argentinian grant 1728 AR PICT 1009
文摘The role played by Paleoproterozoic cratons in southern South America from the Mesopro- terozoic to the Early Cambrian is reconsidered here. This period involved protracted continental amal- gamation that led to formation of the supercontinent Rodinia, followed by Neoproterozoic continental break-up, with the consequent opening of Clymene and Iapetus oceans, and finally continental re-assembly as Gondwana through complex oblique collisions in the Late Neoproterozoic to Early Cambrian. The evidence for this is based mainly on a combination of precise U-Pb SHRMP dating and radiogenic isotope data for igneous and metamorphic rocks from a large area extending from the Rio de la Plata craton in the east to the Argentine Precordillera in the west and as far north as Arequipa in Peru. Our interpretation of the paleogeographical and geodynamic evolution invokes a hypothetical Paleoproterozoic block （MARA） embracing basement ultimately older than 1.7 Ga in the Western Sierras Pampeanas （Argentina）, the Arequipa block （Peru）, the Rio Apa block （Brazil）, and probably also the Paraguaia block （Bolivia）.
文摘加拿大阿巴拉契亚造山带纽芬兰岛Humber带基底地块属性及地壳生长演化是近年来关注的科学问题,尤其是岛内西南部的Indian Head Range地块,其年龄组成与同位素特征研究对区域基底构造属性划分与对比至关重要。本文对Indian Head Range地块内的二长花岗岩岩体进行了锆石U⁃Pb定年,得到其^(206)Pb/^(238)U加权平均年龄值为1149±4 Ma,代表该岩体的侵位年龄。这一定年结果表明该岩体具有中元古代晚期的年龄,为该地块格林威尔期岩浆事件的存在提供了新的年龄证据。Nd⁃Hf同位素分析结果显示,该二长花岗岩岩体εNd值为-2.3,εHf值介于+1.93~+3.65之间,两阶段Hf模式年龄介于1.84~1.73 Ga之间。结合前人研究,我们认为Humber带内各地块发育约1.5 Ga、1.15 Ga和1.0 Ga的3期花岗质岩浆事件,它们具有相似的Hf模式年龄值,暗示它们均来源于古元古代新生地壳物质的再造。带内格林威尔基底地块均为原地基底,且与劳伦大陆远端东部边缘具有一致的岩浆-构造演化史。以上研究对Humber带内格林威尔基底地块的亲缘性及地壳生长提供新的制约,并为阿巴拉契亚造山带内古老微陆块的溯源对比提供依据。
文摘Thick Neoproterozoic strata are widespread in the Dalian region, Liaodong Peninsula, Northeast China. SHRIMP zircon U-Pb dating of dolerite intruded into Neo-proterozoic strata gives its emplacement age as 211±2 Ma. However, abundant 0.9—1.1 Ga zircons are identified in the dolerite. The age of 1125±38 Ma corresponds with the Grenvillian collisional event. The zircons of 904±15 Ma ages have high Th/U ratios (1.31—2.25) and magmatic oscillatory zones, being possibly related to later magmatism induced during amalgamation of Rodinia.
