Geochemistry of island arc assemblage in the Eastern Desert of Egypt and the role of Pan-African magmatism in crustal growth of the Arabian–Nubian Shield:A review

Neoproterozoic island arc assemblage of the Arabian–Nubian Shield(ANS)in the Eastern Desert(ED)of Egypt comprises juvenile suites of metavolcanics(MV),large amounts of meta-sedimentary rocks(MS),and voluminous metagabbros-diorites(MGD)and syn-tectonic intrusions of older granitoids(OG).We report here the updates of these four rock units in terms of classification,distribution,chemical characteristics,geodynamic evolution,metamorphism,and ages.In addition,we discuss these integrated data to elucidate a reasonable and reliable model for crustal evolution in the ANS.The main features of these rock units indicate their relation to each other and the geodynamic environment dominated by early immature oceanic island arcs to primitive continental arcs.Integrated information of the island arc metavolcanic and plutonic rocks(gabbros,diorites,tonalites,and granodiorites)furnish evidence of the genetic relationships.These include proximity and a coeval nature in the field;all protolith magmas are subalkaline in nature following calc-alkaline series with minor tholeiitic affinities;common geochemical signature of the arc rocks and subduction-related magmatism;their similar enrichment in LREEs;and similar major element compositions with mafic melts derived from metasomatized mantle wedge.The volcano-sedimentary and the OG rocks underwent multiphase deformation events whereas the MGD complexes deformed slightly.Based on the magmatic,sedimentological,and metamorphic evolutions constrained by geochronological data as well as the progressive evolutionary trend from extensional to compressional regimes,a possible gradual decrease in the subducted slab dip angle is the most infl uential in any geodynamic model for arc assemblage in the ED of Egypt.

MULTIPLE ISLAND ARC-BASIN SYSTEM AND ITS EVOLUTION IN GANGDISE TECTONIC BELT,TIBET

Gangdise tectonic belt, located in the middle part of Tibet—Qinghai plateau Tethys tectonic domain, is the most representative region in Tibet—Qinghai plateau Tethyan evolution especially in Mesozoic era. It is mainly covered by thick Jurassic—Cretaceous system layer. During the Mesozoic to Cenozoic era, strong island\|arc types volcanism and volcanic rocks and intrusive rocks belt.. Geologists had divided the Tibet Tethyan evolution into three or four stages (Huang, Jiqing, 1987; Pan Guitang, Li Xinzheng, 1993), according to the ocean\|land conversion process of Tethyan evolution .The Tethyan evolution and the nature of Gangdise tectonic belt had been well\|studied by geologists (Huang Jiqing, 1987; Deng Wanming, 1984; Xia Daixiang, 1986; Cheng Changlun 1987; ZhouXiang 1993; Pan Guitang, 1996). Studies showed that Gangdise tectonic belt, from upper Paleozoic to Mesozoic era, had been developed alternate multiple island arc\|basin system, and characterized by many basin types and strong tectonic\|magma activity. Based on the study of Gangdise multiple island arc\|basin system, I present another version of Gangdise tectonic belt tectonic units division and evolution here.

Huanggang Intrusive Complexin Northern Tongbai Area:Island-Arc Tectonic Environment and Its Geological Significance

The Huanggang intrusive complex in northern Tongbai area was formed in Early Paleozoic. It mainly consists of ultra basic, basic, intermediate and acid rocks, dominated by intermediate and basic rocks. The complex belongs to calc alkaline series. Geochemical characteristics of major and trace elements show that the complex was derived from the fractional crystallization of co source magma. It is suggested that the complex was formed in island arc tectonic environment and was closely related to the northward subduction of the Erlangping back arc basin. Thus, the subduction of the back arc basin can induce the island arc type magmatism similar to the one formed in the setting of ocean plate subduction.

Late Palaeogene emplacement and late Neogene-Quaternary exhumation of the Kuril island-arc root (Kunashir island) constrained by multi-method thermochronometry

The Kuril islands constitute a volcanic island arc-trench system, stretching from eastern Hokkaido （Japan） to Kamchatka （Russia） along the northwestern Pacific subduction system, The current arc consists of several volcanic islands mainly with Neogene basement and capped by several, predominantly andesitic, active subduction stratovolcanoes, Kunashir Island is the southwestern-most island of the arc, just off the Hokkaido coast and represents the study area in this paper. The island is composed of a Lower Complex of mainly late Miocene to Pliocene volcanic rocks, covered by an Upper Complex of younger （basaltic） andesitic lava flows and tuffs on which currently four active volcanic edifices are built. In the Lower Complex sub-volcanic and deeper-seated intrusives of the so-called Prasolov and Dokuchaev magmatic complexes are found, More differentiated, tonalitic-granodioritic rocks were collected from these small intrusive bodies. An early Oligocene zircon LA-ICP-MS U/Pb age of 31 Ma for the Prasolov Complex was obtained, showing that the basement of Kunashir Island is older than previously thought. Thermochronometry （apatite fission-track and U-Th-Sm/He and zircon U-ThJHe analyses） further shows that the magmatic basement of the island was rapidly exhumed in the Pleistocene to present levels in a differential pattern, with He-ages ranging from 1.9 to 0.8 Ma. It is shown that the northern section of the island was hereby exhumed more intensely.

A preliminary analysis of arcuate structures-relationship of the island arc and deep-sea trench to the dip angle of Benioff zone

The origin of arcuate islands and deep-sea trenches has been studied for a long time and various interpretations have been proposed. In this paper, some analytical models are put forward from a geometrical viewpoint and then the theoretical dip angles of the underthrusting slabs of circum-Pacific island arcs are computed and compared with those of the Benioff zone. As a result, it is found that the dip angle of the underthrusting slab is one of the main factors determining the curvature of the arcuate structure. The authors consider that this result may contribute to the plate theory.

西准噶尔南部晚石炭世中-酸性火山岩成因机制及其对准噶尔洋闭合时限的约束

西准噶尔地区广泛分布石炭纪岩浆岩类,了解它们的成因和形成机制可为揭示准噶尔洋盆晚古生代构造格局和发展演化以及约束古大洋闭合时限提供重要依据。本文报道了西准噶尔南部哈拉阿拉特山地区晚石炭世中酸性火山岩的岩石学、锆石U-Pb年代学以及地球化学特征。岩石学研究表明其岩性主要为安山岩、英安质安山岩、流纹英安斑岩和流纹岩。LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年结果表明哈拉阿拉特山地区中酸性火山岩年龄为308~305 Ma,为晚石炭世中晚期。中酸性火山岩均相对富集轻稀土和大离子亲石元素,亏损Nb、Ta等高场强元素,富钠贫钾,属于低钾拉斑中钾钙碱性系列岛弧火山岩。其中安山岩和英安质安山岩具有较高SiO_(2)(56.15%~66.13%)、Al_(2)O_(3)(16.03%~17.94%)、Na_(2)O(3.44%~5.59%)、Sr((364~576)×10^(-6))含量和Na_(2)O/K_(2)O(3.20~6.40)、Sr/Y(33.5~55.6)比值,贫MgO(1.59%~2.68%)、Y((10.0~16.0)×10^(-6))和Yb((1.08~1.83)×10^(-6))的特征,并且具有Eu正异常(δEu=1.09~1.22),属于典型的埃达克岩,是经俯冲的洋壳板片在石榴角闪岩相发生部分熔融而成,且熔融产生的埃达克质熔体在上升过程中未与上覆地幔橄榄岩发生明显交代作用;流纹岩和流纹英安斑岩具有高的SiO_(2)(69.59%~75.03%)和全碱(w(Na_(2)O+K_(2)O)=7.81%~8.89%)、极低的TFe 2O 3(0.94%~1.57%)和MgO(0.12%~0.97%)含量以及弱负Eu异常(δEu=0.63~1.00)等特征,为准铝质I型流纹岩,是下地壳镁铁质岩石部分熔融的产物,很可能有少量幔源岩浆混入。综合本文数据并结合研究区大量前人已发表的岩浆岩类研究成果,认为西准噶尔南部地区在晚石炭世中晚期仍处于岛弧弧后盆地演化体系,准噶尔洋的闭合时限可能至少推迟至早二叠世早期之后。

新疆北部卡拉麦里地区石炭纪火山岩成因及其构造意义

新疆北部卡拉麦里地区石炭系广泛发育安山岩、凝灰岩等火山岩,关于其形成的构造背景仍存在争议。选取卡拉麦里山2条典型的石炭系剖面,针对下石炭统姜巴斯套组、上石炭统巴山组和弧形梁组的安山岩、凝灰岩等岩石样品开展了镜下观察和主微量元素等测试分析。结果表明,样品具有较低-中等的MgO含量(0.5%~2.35%)和低-中等的Mg#(15.7%~42.5%),说明岩石样品在形成过程中发生了结晶分异作用。岩石样品的微量元素分布曲线与N-MORB、E-MORB和OIB存在明显差异,在Ta/Yb-Th/Yb图和La-Y-Nb图中岩石样品几乎全投在钙碱性系列区域中,在Nb/Yb-La/Yb图中全部落入俯冲组分范围并靠近地幔区。在Nb/Y-Rb/Y和Ba/La-Ba/Nb图中,表明样品受到过流体富集和熔体富集的影响。样品的Nb/U和Ce/Pb值分别为1.6~11.1和0.47~12.2,很接近大陆地壳的范围,指示物质来源可能有大陆地壳物质的混染。Th-Hf/3-Nb/16图投点指示所有样品均属于岛弧玄武岩范畴。综合分析表明,卡拉麦里地区从早石炭世到晚石炭世均处于活动大陆边缘的大陆岛弧环境,且这种环境至少从早石炭世一直延续到了晚石炭世。

An Example for Arc-Type Granitoids Along Collisional Zones:The Pertek Granitoid,Taurus Orogenic Belt,Turkey

The Pertek granitoid consisting dominantly of diorite, quartz diorite, quartz monzodiorite, tonalite and lesser granite, adamellite and syenite, is considered to form the easternmost continuation of the Central Anatolian Crystalline Complex. Diorite and monzonites of this granitoid complex are cut by the granitic dykes. The Pertek granitoid, in the study area, is found in the Permo-Triassic Keban metamorphic sequence along intrusive and tectonic contacts. Along the intrusive contacts metasomatic mineralizations are common. Granitoids are, depending on the mineralogical composition, low-, middle- high-K subalkaline features. Major oxide-SiO2 variation diagrams show that fractionation (particularly plagioclase, hornblend, pyroxene and olivine fractionation) played an important role on the granitoid formation during a continuous crystallization process. Distribution of the samples from the Pertek granitoid in the tectonic setting diagrams, and their chondrite- and primordial mantle-normalized trace element patterns resemble to the of arc-type granitoids. Trace element and rare earth element compositions indicate that the magma, from which the Pertek granitoid crystallized, derived from a mantle that was enriched by the fluids derived from the subducted slab, however this magma was contaminated by the crust during its intrusion. These geochemical characteristics are also supported by the field observations. The field and geochemical characteristics of the Pertek Granitiod suggest that they are similar to the other granitoids cropping out in the central and eastern Anatolia and they form the lateral continuation of the same magmatic belt.

ZEDONG TERRANE, A MID CRETACEOUS INTRA-OCEANIC ARC, SOUTH TIBET

The Zedong Terrane forms a discontinuous belt of volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks adjacent to the Yarlung Zangbo River in south eastern Tibet. It extends from Luobusa to 20km west of Zedong. The Zedong Terrane lies within the Indus—Yarlung Zangbo suture zone and may represent an intra\|oceanic island arc that once lay between the Lhasa (Asian) and Himalayan (Indian) terranes. Rare fossils within the terrane indicate active volcanism during the Early Cretaceous.Ultramafic rocks of the Dazhuqu Terrane, including harzburgite and gabbro are thrust over the southern margin of the Zedong Terrane along a steep south\|dipping thrust fault. To the west of Zedong, this fault is marked by a distinctive zone of serpentinite. East of Zedong, the northernmost rocks of the terrane are thrust onto Oligocene molasse deposits of the Luobusa Formation and Cretaceous plutonic rocks of the Gangdese batholith (Lhasa Terrane). These thrusts form part of a northward directed thrust stack \| the Renbu\|Zedong thrust system of Yin et al.., (1994, 1999).

Volcanism Pacing Slumping Gravity Flow Deposits during the Late Carboniferous in the Southern Margin of the Junggar Basin,China

Deep-water gravity depositional processes and evolution in arc systems have become topics of intense research focus in recent years.This study discusses the co-evolution of volcanism and deep-water gravity flow deposits at the southern margin of the Junggar Basin,based on petrology,geochronology and geochemical analyses.The results show that a massive collapse of unstable sediments from the slope was triggered by volcanism,resulting in the formation of slumping gravity flows.The occurrence of volcanic beds in the slump deposits confirm that synchronous volcanism likely affected sediment instability,triggering gravity flows.The Th/Yb,Ta/Yb and Th/Ta elemental ratios,U-Pb ages of detrital zircons and paleocurrent directions indicate that the North Tianshan(NTS)island arc represents the provenance of the Qianxia Formation.Moreover,statistical data on the pyroclastic components in the gravity flow deposits reveal an intensity index of volcanism,indicating that volcanism is strongly related to gravity flow deposits,especially in terms of the type and distribution of the deposits.A model for volcanically-triggered deep-water gravity flow deposits is established,in order to provide a more in-depth understanding of the co-evolution of volcanism and gravity flow deposits within the depositional setting of the late Paleozoic NTS oceanic subduction margin in the Junggar Basin.

Mapping Structurally Controlled Alterations Sparked by Hydrothermal Activity in the Fatira–Abu Zawal Area,Eastern Desert,Egypt

The Eastern Desert of Egypt suffered a protracted period of deformation triggered by cratonization of the new juvenile crust known as the Arabian Nubian Shield(ANS),which has been proposed for potential gold discoveries associated with the corresponding tectonic event.The Fatira area,on the border of Egypt’s Northern and Central Eastern Deserts,is covered with metavolcanic rocks twisted by a dextral relocation of the Fatira Shear Zone(FSZ)relative to the Barud magmatic body.The recent study evaluated many deformed post-orogenic granitic intrusions and felsite dikes associated with promising mineralization localities,notably orogenic gold deposits.The combination of various field observations and remote sensing data,followed by the analysis of aeromagnetic enhanced maps,allowed the differentiation of distinct lithologies,structural features,and hydrothermal alterations in the study area.Additionally,the integrated results obtained from the different interpretation techniques are utilized to identify and confirm the previously supposed mineralized localities in the Fatira and Abu Zawal areas and predict other matched localities.The final ASTER,Sentinel 2 hydrothermal alteration,and orientation entropy heat maps demonstrate the association between these mineralized regions and major structures related to the FSZ late stage of deformation rather than other structures studied throughout the area of interest.

Late Triassic bivalves associated with a hydrothermal vent system in the Yidun Island Arc (SW China) of the eastern Tethys

The Yidun Island Arc in the Three Rivers (Jinsha River, Lancang River, Nujiang River) region of southwestern China is one of the most important Kuroko-type volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits (VMS) in China. Intra-arc rifting of Yidun Island occurred during the Late Carnian-Norian when VMS deposits such as the Gacun Pb-Zn-Cu deposit were formed. A bivalve fauna was found in fine-grained tuffaceous slate and in mineralized tuffaceous siltstone containing very high contents of Pb (45.01-103.37 ppm) and Zn (135.78-300.03 ppm) of the upper Tumugou Formation in the Changtai-Gacun volcanic-sedimentary rift basin. Stratigraphically, the bivalve-bearing beds are equivalents of the Gacun Pb-Zn-Cu deposits. The diversity of this bivalve fauna is very low. It consists mainly of the thin-shelled, epibyssate suspension-feeding bivalves Pergamidia eumenea and Parapergamidia changtaiensis, the burrowing large, elongated, suspension-feeding Trigonodus keuperinus and Unionites? sp., and occasional specimens of the endobyssate suspension-feeding Trigonodus? sp. and the deep burrowing suspension-feeding Pleuromya markiamensis. Individuals of the first four taxa are so abundant that the specimens are sometimes concentrated in shell beds, probably indicating a gregarious habit. This bivalve fauna is associated with internal moulds of cylindrical, slightly conical tubes most likely produced by a worm-shaped organism. Composition, morphology, diversity, and high abundance of this fauna, chemical features of the surrounding sediment, and the tectonic setting all suggest that this bivalve fauna lived in a deep-water environment in or around a hydrothermal vent system.

东天山板块构造基本特征

依据沉积建造、构造岩石组合、变形、变质、古生物分区、地壳结构、地球物理、地球化学等特征重新划分了东天山的板块构造格局，并对区内５个二级板块单元的基本特征进行了对比总结。康古尔塔格—喀尔力克岛弧系发育泥盆—石炭系岛弧拉斑玄武岩—安山岩，为活动大陆边缘产物；阿奇山—雅满苏岛弧系发育石炭系，４个火山—沉积旋回表明其为典型的活动边缘，无序地层苦水组为海沟区浊积岩；北山可二分，北部与中天山可对比，为早古生代岛弧，南部可与南天山对比，为晚古生代弧后盆地。康古尔塔格—黄山深断裂为准噶尔板块与塔里木板块的分界线，沿断裂发现有巨型韧性剪切带、混杂岩、海沟杂砂岩、大洋岩残片、无序拼合混杂带、碰撞花岗岩等，表明康—黄断裂为南北两板块的俯冲—碰撞带。

青藏高原多岛弧-盆系格局机制

本文根据长期的青藏高原及周边地区的地质调查和考察实践 ,在系统研究全球构造 ,尤其是特提斯地质的基础上 ,概要阐述了全球洋 -陆构造体制的转换论、多岛弧盆系统论、造山作用过程论 ,并依此“三论”

西藏冈底斯构造带中段多岛弧-盆系及其演化

夹于班公湖 怒江和雅鲁藏布江两条巨型板块结合带之间的冈底斯构造带 ,并不是一个简单的陆块 ,而是一个经历有晚古生代—中生代复杂的多岛弧 盆系演化历史 ,可以划分出多个次级地质构造单元的碰撞造山带。自晚古生代以来 ,冈底斯构造带经历了从洋 陆转换 (D—T2 ) ,盆 山转换 (T3—K)和壳 幔转换 (E—Q)三次构造体制的转换及复杂的演化历史。班公湖 怒江板块结合带是特提斯大洋消减、碰撞闭合的主缝合带 ,雅鲁藏布江洋盆则代表了特提斯大洋南侧的弧后扩张小洋盆。

西北太平洋岛弧系列成因的探讨

西北太平洋岛弧系列中的各岛弧(除马里亚纳岛弧为洋壳型弧外)均由陆壳型弧和洋壳型弧组成,并且左端与大陆相连,右端被后形成的岛弧所截。整个岛弧系列,从中生代末期开始发育至今,由北向南依次发展,规律明显。

西南三江特提斯研究进展与展望

西南三江(怒江、澜沧江、金沙江)造山带是连接青藏高原与东南亚的桥梁,是特提斯研究的关键场所。通过回顾近十年来西南三江特提斯研究在原特提斯、高压榴辉岩带、弧后盆地结合带等方面取得的重要进展,指出了甘孜-理塘古特提斯洋及义敦岛弧存在与否、潞西-瑞丽带超基性岩构造环境、昌宁-孟连带石炭纪—二叠纪玄武岩和碳酸盐组合的地质意义、原特提斯时空配置4个关键地质问题。在此基础上,进一步提出未来特提斯研究的3个重点方向:①进一步完善三江地区构造格架;②探索原特提斯与古特提斯转换过程;③开展古生物学、古地磁学、地质学、地球化学等多学科综合研究,由定性到半定量、定量研究特提斯动力学。

云南格咱岛弧斑岩-矽卡岩铜、钼(金)矿床成矿系统

格咱岛弧带是西南三江多岛弧盆系中一个主要的地质构造单元,它始于晚三叠世甘孜—理塘洋壳的向西俯冲,燕山期经历了陆内汇聚和造山后伸展作用阶段,区内岩浆活动和成矿作用强烈,是近年来新发现的重要铜多金属成矿带。根据区内岩浆岩和矿床的时空分布,同位素年代学证据,构造环境及成矿作用,将格咱岛弧成矿系统划分为印支期成矿亚系统和燕山期成矿亚系统。印支期主要发育了与安山岩同源的壳幔型中酸性岩浆作用,形成斑岩型Cu矿成矿系统,燕山期伴随着同碰撞中酸性岩浆活动形成斑岩型Mo(Cu)及热液型W(Mo)成矿系统。研究表明,格咱岛弧深部找矿具有较好的资源潜力,其中燕山期Mo多金属成矿已显现出良好的找矿前景。

青藏高原中段古近纪早期古构造演化

青藏高原古近纪早期发育大量区域逆冲推覆构造系统,典型实例如冈底斯逆冲断裂系、纳木错西逆冲推覆构造、伦坡拉逆冲推覆构造、唐古拉山北逆冲推覆构造、东昆仑南部左旋斜冲断裂系。古近纪逆冲推覆构造对古新世—始新世沉积盆地具有重要控制和改造作用。冈底斯古新世—始新世早期发育大量中酸性岩浆侵入和多期中酸性火山喷发,岩石Sr/Y-Y地球化学显示为岛弧岩浆岩,推断与古近纪早期新特提斯残留古大洋板块俯冲存在成因联系。古近纪早期新特提斯残留大洋板块俯冲向印度大陆板块俯冲的转换时代约为46-45Ma,转换期前逆冲推覆构造运动与新特提斯残留古大洋板块俯冲存在密切关系;转换期后印度大陆板块俯冲导致更为强烈的逆冲推覆构造运动和挤压缩短变形,不仅使早期很多逆冲推覆构造继续发生构造运动,还在喜马拉雅、冈底斯、风火山、东昆仑南部形成大量新的逆冲推覆构造系统。

伊犁盆地砂岩型铀矿遥感地质应用研究

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