Late Triassic Intracontinental Deformation of South Tianshan,Central Asia:Evidence from Syn-tectonic Sedimentation and Detrital Zircon Provenances of the Kuqa Depression

The Tianshan range,a Paleozoic orogenic belt in Central Asia,has undergone multiple phases of tectonic activities characterized by the N-S compression after the early Mesozoic,including the far-field effects of the Cenozoic Indian-Asian collision.However,there are limited reports on the tectonic deformation and initiation of Triassic intracontinental deformation in the Tianshan range.Understanding this structural context is crucial for interpreting the early intracontinental deformation history of the Eurasian continent during the early Mesozoic.Growth strata and syn-tectonic sediments provide a rich source of information on tectonic activities and have been extensively used in the studies of orogenic belts.Based on detail fieldwork conducted in this study,the middle-late Triassic Kelamayi Formation of the northern Kuqa Depression in the southern Tianshan fold-thrust belt has been identified as the typical syn-tectonic growth strata.The youngest detrital zircon component in two lithic sandstone samples from the bottom and top of the Kelamayi growth strata yielded U-Pb ages of 223.4±3.1 and 215.5±2.9 Ma,respectively,indicating that the maximum depositional age of the bottom and top of the Kelamayi growth strata is 226-220 and 218-212 Ma.The geochronological distribution of detrital samples from the Early-Middle Triassic and Late Triassic revealed abrupt changes,suggesting a new source supply resulting from tectonic activation in the Tianshan range.The coupling relationship between the syn-tectonic sedimentation of the Kelamayi Formation and the South Tianshan fold-thrust system provides robust evidence that the Triassic intracontinental deformation of the South Tianshan range began at approximately 226-220 Ma(during the Late Triassic)and ended at approximately 218-212 Ma.These findings provide crucial constraints for understanding the intraplate deformation in the Tianshan range during the Triassic.

Permo-Carboniferous Radiolarians from the Wupata'erkan Group,Western South Tianshan, Xinjiang, China

The Wupata'erkan Group, also called Wupata'erkan Formation, distributed in the South Tianshan, Xinjiang, China, mainly consists of gray and dark gray fine-grained clastic rocks, interlayered with volcanic rocks, carbonates and cherts. Some ultra-basic rocks (blocks) punctuate the formation. The formation was variously assigned to Silurian-Middle Devonian, Silurian-Lower Devonian, and pre-Devonian, mainly based on Atrypa bodini Mansuy, Hypothyridina parallelepipedia (Brour.) and Prismatophyllum hexagonum Yoh collected from the limestone interlayers, respectively. However, radiolarian fossils obtained from 24 chert specimens of the Wupata'erkan Group, mainly include Albaillella sp. cf. A. undulata Deflandre, Albaillella sp. cf. A. paradoxa Deflandre, Albaillella cf. A. deflandrei Gourmelon, Albaillella sp. cf. A. indensis Won, Albaillella sp. cf. A. excelsa Ishiga, Kito and Imoto, Albaillella sp. and Latentifistulidae gen. et. sp. indet., are earliest Carboniferous and Late Permian. The earliest Carboniferous assemblage is characterized by Albaillella sp. cf. A. undulata Deflandre, Albaillella sp. cf. A. paradoxa Deflandre, Albaillella cf. A. deflandrei Gourmelon and Albaillella sp. cf. A. indensis Won, and the Late Permian assemblage by Albaillella sp. cf. A. excelsa Ishiga, Kito and Imoto. This new stratigraphic evidence indicates that the Wupata'erkan Group is possibly composed of rocks with different ages from Silurian to Permian, and therefore, it is probably an ophiolite melange. The discovery of Late Permian Albaillella sp. cf. A. excelsa provides more reliable evidence supporting the existence of a Permian relic ancient oceanic basin in the western part of Xinjiang South Tianshan.

Discovery of Radiolarian Fossils from the Aiketik Group at the Western End of the South Tianshan Mountains of Chinaand Its Implications

The Aiketik Group, distributed at the western end of the South TianshanMountains, China, is an important lithostratigraphic unit involved in the South Tianshan orogen. Itis separated from the adjacent rocks by faults. Generally, the geologists ascribed it to the UpperCarboniferous according to Pseudostaffella sp., Profusulinella sp. and Fusulinella sp. found fromthe limestone and sandy limestone of Aiketik. Our radiolarian fossils were obtained from the chertsamples collected from the Haladaok section located at the upper Tuoshihan River. The fossils mainlyinclude Albaillella undulata Deflandre, Albaillella paradoxa Deflandre, Albaillella sp. aff. A.paradoxa Deflandre, Albaillella sp. cf. A. deflandrei Gourmelon, Albaillella sp., Albaillellaexcelsa Ishiga, Kito and Imoto (?), Belowea variabilis (Ormiston et Lane), Callella cf. C.parvispinosa Won, Entactinia cf. E. tortispina Ormiston et Lane, Entactinia aff. E. tortispinaOrmiston et Lane, Entactinia variospina Won, Entactinia sp., Eostylodictya rota (Won),Latentifistula impella (Ormistone et Lane) (?), Latentifistula turgita Omiston et Lane,Latentifistulidae gen. et. sp. indet. and Polyentactinia cf. aranea Gourmelon. Among them,Albaillella excelsa Ishiga, Kito and Imoto (?) is a Late Permian species with some elementsuncertain as there is only one poorly-preserved fossil of this species found so far. And tworadiolarian assemblages can be identified from the other fossils. One is the early EarlyCarboniferous assemblage represented by Albaillella undulata Deflandre, Albaillella paradoxa andAlbaillella sp. cf. A. deflandrei Gourmelon. And the other is the late Early Carboniferousassemblage represented by Eostylodictya rota (Won). This is the first discovery of radiolarianfossils in the Aiketik Group, also the first discovery of Late Permian radiolarian fossils in theSouth Tianshan Mountains. Meanwhile, this is the current westernmost sampling site of radiolarianfossils in the South Tianshan Mountains.

New Apatite Fission-Track Ages of the Western Kuqa Depression:Implications for the Mesozoic–Cenozoic Tectonic Evolution of South Tianshan,Xinjiang

The Mesozoic–Cenozoic uplift history of South Tianshan has been reconstructed in many ways using thermochronological analyses for the rocks from the eastern Kuqa Depression. The main difference in the reconstructions concerns the existence and importance of Early Cretaceous and Paleogene tectonic activities, but the existence of a Cenozoic differential uplift in the Kuqa Depression remains enigmatic. Here, we present new apatite fission-track ages obtained for 12 sandstone samples from the well-exposed Early Triassic to Quaternary sequence of the Kapushaliang section in the western Kuqa Depression. The results reveal that there were four pulses of tectonic exhumation, which occurred during the Early Cretaceous（peak ages of 112 and 105 Ma）, Late Cretaceous（peak age of 67 Ma）, Paleocene–Eocene（peak ages at 60, 53, and 36 Ma）, and early Oligocene to late Miocene（central ages spanning 30–11 Ma and peak ages of 23 and 14 Ma）, respectively. A review of geochronological and geological evidence from both the western and eastern Kuqa Depression is shown as follows.（1） The major exhumation of South Tians Shan during the Early Cretaceous was possibly associated with docking of the Lhasa block with the southern margin of the Eurasian plate.（2） The Late Cretaceous uplift of the range occurred diachronically due to the far-field effects of the Kohistan-Dras Arc and Lhasa block accretion.（3） The Paleogene uplift in South Tianshan initially corresponded to the far-field effects of the India–Eurasia collision.（4） The rapid exhumation in late Cenozoic was driven by the continuous far-field effects of the collision between India and Eurasia plates. The apatite fission-track ages of 14–11 Ma suggest that late Cenozoic exhumation in the western Kuqa Depression prevailed during the middle to late Miocene, markedly later than the late Oligocene to early Miocene activity in the eastern segment. It can be hypothesized that a possible differential uplift in time occurred in the Kuqa Depression during the late Cenozoic.

Tectonic Framework of Late Paleozoic Intrusions in Xingxingxia： Implications for Final Closure of South Tianshan Ocean in East Tianshan

This work carried out systematic geological field investigation, petrography observation, zircon geochronology and whole rock geochemistry on Late Paleozoic intrusions in the Xingxingxia region near the Xinjiang-Gansu provincial boundary, western China, aiming to constrain the Late Paleozoic tectonic framework of the Xingxingxia region and the final closure time of South Tianshan Ocean in the East Tianshan. The Xingxingxia area is located in the east part of the Tianshan orogen, and adjacent to the north of the Tarim Basin. The Late Paleozoic magma activities in the Xingxingxia region can be mainly divided into three stages. The first stage includes intrusive magma activities under a collision setting between Late Ordovician to the Late Devonian. The second stage is intrusive magma activities under a subduction setting during（304±3）–（278±3） Ma, and the third stage involves intrusive magma activities under a collision and post-collision setting during（268±5）–（259.9±2.6） Ma. The final suture zone of South Tianshan Ocean should be between the Central Tianshan Block and South Tianshan accretionary complex. Based on previous work, both the first stage magma activities（i.e., intrusive magmatic activities between the Late Ordovician to Late Devonian） and the Hongliuhe ophiolitic complex indicate a close event between Central Tianshan Block and South Tianshan Accretionary Complex. The 304±3 Ma dioritic metamorphic gneiss of the XingX ingxia complex and the 278±3 Ma diorite are all island arc calc-alkaline rocks, the 289±3 Ma gabbro is island arc tholeiitic gabbro formed by magma from metasomatic enrichment mantle. All these results indicate that the second stage of magmatic activities is under a subduction setting. The third stage magma activities i.e. the granitic magma activities of（268±5）–（259.9±2.6） Ma occurred at a transitional setting from compressional to post-collision extensional tectonic setting. Thus, around（268±5）–（260±3） Ma, the final closure of the South Tianshan Ocean occurred and the Tianshan orogen shifted into the intracontinental evolution stage. During and after the closure process, a wide range of metamorphism and large dextral strike-slip faults developed.

Formation of South Tianshan suture and its geological significance

South Tianshan–Solonker suture,is the largest and southernmost suture within the Central Asian orogenic belt(CAOB).It records the ultimate collision between Tarim–North China cratons and Siberia craton,and is commonly interpreted as marking the eventual closure of Paleo-Asian Ocean.South Tianshan suture belongs to the western segment of the suture zone,and its evolutionary features are important for defining the formation age of the South Tianshan–Solonker suture.In this paper,the authors review the geochronological,geochemical,petrographic,and paleontological evidence within South Tianshan suture to delineate its formation era and closure characteristics,and thus further revealing the ultimate evolutionary pattern of the western segment of Paleo-Asian Ocean.This suture records strong plate collision before Late Carboniferous,forming a series of high-pressure metamorphic rocks,characterized by the presence of blue schist,eclogite and mica schist.In Permian,the whole area was under a relatively stable post-orogenic setting,with the formation of bimodal volcanic rocks,post-collisional granites,and terrestrial molasses.Sedimentary facies gradually changed from marine to either lacustrine or fluvial during this period.An Early Permian granite dike crosscuts the HP metamorphic belt,and the HP metamorphic rocks also underwent retrograde metamorphism at this time,indicating the formation of the South Tianshan suture was earlier than Permian.Hence,the western section of Paleo-Asian Ocean closed during Late Carboniferous,and Tarim Craton moved northward to collide with Kazakhstan–Yili Block,leading to the formation of the South Tianshan suture.

The thermal history and uplift process of the Ouxidaban pluton in the South Tianshan orogen:Evidence from Ar-Ar and(U-Th)/He

The uplift and exhumation process in the Tianshan orogen since the late Paleozoic were likely related to the preservation of ore deposits. This study involved reconstructing the whole tectonic thermal history of the Ouxidaban pluton in central South Tianshan Mountains based on hornblende/plagioclase Ar-Ar and zircon/apatite （U-Th）/He methods. The thermal history and uplift process of central South Tianshan Mountains since the late Paleozoic were analyzed according to the results of previous works and cooling/exhumation rate features. The hornblende yields a plateau age of 382.6_＋3.6 Ma, and the plagio- clase yields a weighted mean age of 265.8_＋4.9 Ma. The Ouxidaban pluton yields weighted mean zircon （U-Th）/He age of 185.8±4.3 Ma and apatite （U-Th）/He age of 31.1±2.9 Ma, respectively. Five stages of tectonic thermal history of South Tianshan Mountains since the late Paleozoic could be discriminated by the cooling curve and modeling simulation： （1） from the latest Silurian to Late Devonian, the average cooling rate of the Ouxidaban pluton was 7.84℃/Ma; （2） from the Late De- vonian to the latest Middle Permian, the average cooling rate was about 2.07℃/Ma; （3） from the latest Middle Permian to the middle Eocene, the cooling rate decreased to about 0.68℃/Ma, suggesting that the tectonic activity was gentle at this time; （4） a sudden increase of the cooling rate （5.00℃/Ma） and the exhumation rate （0.17 mrn/a）, and crustal exhumation of -1.83 km indicated that the Ouxidaban pluton would suffer a rapid uplift event during the Eocene （-46-35 Ma）; （5） since the middle Eocene, the rapid uplift was sustained, and the average cooling rate since then has been 1.14℃/Ma with an exhumation rate of about 0.04 mm/a and an exhumation thickness of 1.33 km. The strong uplift since the Cenozoic would be related to a far-field effect from the Indian and Eurasian plates＇ collision. However, it was hysteretic that the remote effect was observed in the Tianshan orogenic belt.

Late Permian to Triassic intraplate orogeny of the southern Tianshan and adjacent regions, NW China

The South Tianshan Orogen and adjacent regions of Central Asia are located in the southwestern part of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt. The formation of South Tianshan Orogen was a diachronous, scissors-like process, which took place during the Palaeozoic, and its western segment was accepted as a site of the final collision between the Tarim Craton and the North Asian continent, which occurred in the late Palaeozoic. However, the post-collisional tectonic evolution of the South Tianshan Orogen and adjacent regions remains debatable. Based on previous studies and recent geochronogical data, we suggest that the final collision between the Tarim Craton and the North Asian continent occurred during the late Carboniferous. Therefore, the Permian was a period of intracontinental environment in the southern Tianshan and adjacent regions. We propose that an earlier, small-scale intraplate orogenic stage occurred in late Permian to Triassic time, which was the first intraplate process in the South Tianshan Orogen and adjacent regions. The later large- scale and well-known Neogene to Quaternary intraplate orogeny was induced by the collision between the India subcontinent and the Eurasian plate. The paper presents a new evolutionary model for the South Tianshan Orogen and adjacent regions, which includes seven stages： （I） late Ordovician-early Silurian opening of the South Tianshan Ocean; （11） middle Silurian-middle Devonian subduction of the South Tianshan Ocean beneath an active margin of the North Asian continent; （111） late Devonian-late Carboniferous closure of the South Tianshan Ocean and collision between the Kazakhstan-Yili and Tarirn continental blocks; （IV） early Permian post-collisional magmatism and rifting; （V） late Permian-Triassic the first intraplate orogeny; （Vt） Jurassic-Palaeogene tectonic stagnation and （VII） Neocene-Quaternary intraplate orogeny.

Metamorphism and Zircon Geochronological Studies of Metagabbro Vein in the Yushugou Granulite-Peridotite Complex from South Tianshan,China

Yushugou granulite-peridotite complex,located at the east part of the northern margin of South Tianshan,may represent an ophiolitic slice subducted to 40–50 km depth with high-pressure granulite facies metamorphism.Although a lot of studies have been conducted on rocks in this belt,the rock association and tectonic background of the ophiolitic slice are still in dispute.A detailed study on petrology,phase equilibrium modeling and U-Pb zircon ages have been performed on the metagabbro vein in peridotite unit to constrain the tectonic evolution of the Yushugou granulite-peridotite complex.Three stages of mineral assemblage in the metagabbro were defined as stage I:Cpx^A+Opx^A+Pl^A,which represents the original minerals of the metagabbro vein;stage II:Cpx^B+Opx^B+Pl^B+Spl,which represents the mineral assemblage of granulite facies metamorphism with peak P-T conditions of 4.2–6.9 kbar and 940–1070℃;stage III is characterized by the existence of prehnite,thomsonite and amphibole in the matrix,indicating that the metagabbro vein may be influenced by fluids during retrograde metamorphism.Combined with the crosscut relationship,it can be deduced that the metagabbro vein,together with the peridotite in Yushugou granulite-peridotite complex has experienced similar high-temperature granulite facies metamorphism.The zircon chronological data shows that the protolith age of the metagabbro vein is 400.5±6.2 Ma,reflecting Devonian magmatism event and the granulite facies metamorphism occurred at^270 Ma which may be related to the post-collisional magmatism.

Sensitivity of mountain runoff to climate change for Urumqi and Kaidu rivers originating from the Tianshan Mountains

The mountain watersheds of Kaidu River and Urumqi River, which separately originate from the south and north-side of the Tianshan Mountains in Xinjiang, are selected as the study area. The characteristics and trends on variation of temperature, precipitation and runoff, and the correlativity between temperature, precipitation, and runoffwere analyzed based on the past 40 years of observational data from the correlative hydrological and weather stations in the study areas. Various weather scene combinations are assumed and the response models of runoff to climate change are established in order to evaluate the sensitivity of runoff to climate change in the study areas based on the foregoing analysis, Results show that all variations of temperature, precipitation, and runoff overall present an oscillating and increasing trend since the 1960s and this increase are quite evident after 1990. There is a markedly positive correlation between mountain runoff, temperature, and precipitation while there are obvious regional differences of responding degree to precipitation and temperature between mountain runoff of Ummqi River and Kaidu River Basins Also, mountain runoff of Urumqi River Basin is more sensitive to precipitation change than that of Kaidu River Basin, and mountain runoff of Kaidu River Basin is more sensitive to temperature change than that of Ummqi River Basin.

塔里木盆地西北缘乌什西次凹的地层系统和构造特征

乌什西次凹位于塔里木盆地西北缘,隶属于库车坳陷的乌什凹陷。它位于南天山主山脉(哈尔克山)和塔里木盆地柯坪—温宿凸起之间。区域构造格局上,这里是塔里木克拉通向西北自然延伸的部分。次凹北缘的阿合奇断裂是南天山造山带和塔里木克拉通的分界。乌什西次凹内发育与柯坪—温宿凸起相似的晚前寒武纪—古生代地层系统,包括寒武系、奥陶系和石炭系的烃源岩。新近系—第四系碎屑岩建造直接不整合于变形的古生代被动大陆边缘碎屑岩—碳酸盐岩沉积建造之上;剖面上,向南天山方向加厚,向塔里木克拉通方向减薄,呈现典型的前陆盆地剖面结构特征。这是一个晚新生代陆内前陆盆地,叠加在晚海西期—燕山期古隆起之上。这里的构造变形主要有3期,分别是中海西期、晚海西期—印支期和晚喜山期。变形以厚皮冲断构造及其相关褶皱为主,薄皮构造不发育。平面上,主构造线走向NE-SW。剖面上,以南天山向塔里木冲断为主。

西天山早寒武世夏特辉长岩:南天山洋早期俯冲的岩浆记录

相对于西天山晚古生代—中生代广泛存在的岩浆事件,其天山早古生代初期地质记录保存较少,此在很大程度上制约了学界对于亚洲洋早期演化的认识。此次选取的夏特辉长岩位于中天山南缘构造混杂岩带北侧,LA-ICPMS锆石U-Pb测年结果为(523±5)Ma,属早寒武世,其与中天山早古生代岩浆活动构成有“西早–东晚”的时空分布特征,从而在一定程度上奠定了西天山“西早–东晚”的剪刀差式闭合事件。夏特辉长岩为钠质的钙碱性系列,岩石地球化学特征反映其形成过程中经历有橄榄石、尖晶石等矿物的分离结晶以及斜长石的堆晶作用。该辉长岩富集大离子亲石元素、亏损高场强元素,构造岩浆环境判别图解也进一步指示其为弧岩浆作用的产物。锆石Hf同位素特征具有正的εHf(t)值(+1.47~+11.91),显示出亏损地幔的物质源区。此外,较高的Th/Nb原始地幔标准化比值和较低的Nb/La值,暗示了岩浆形成过程中存有俯冲物质的卷入。夏特辉长岩的形成表明南天山洋在早寒武世已经开始向中天山地块之下俯冲,伴随着中天山地块的俯冲、消减,沿中天山地块周缘于早寒武世已经形成有陆缘弧岩浆体系。

塔里木盆地库车褶皱冲断带东段依奇克里克背斜的构造特征和形成演化

依奇克里克背斜位于塔里木盆地北缘,库车褶皱冲断带北部构造带东段。它是一个基底卷入型开阔直立背斜,是在晚海西期古隆起和印支期库车周缘前陆盆地前渊带背景下形成的一个含油气构造。背斜核部出露的最老地层是白垩系下统,向两翼方向依次出露古近系、新近系和第四系。钻井资料揭示,之下还有三叠系和侏罗系含煤碎屑岩建造,不整合于石炭系灰岩之上。中新统吉迪克组至更新统西域组是背斜的生长地层,古近系及以下地层是前生长地层。背斜位于库车褶皱冲断带根带,发育厚皮构造;向前锋方向,逐渐演变为薄皮构造。褶皱冲断带的两个主滑脱断层分别发育于侏罗系煤层和吉迪克组膏盐层。作为印度—亚洲碰撞的远程效应,背斜的变形起始于古近纪末—新近纪初,经多个变形加速期,脉式冲断,直至第四纪晚期才最终定型。

新疆南天山红柳沟辉长岩地球化学特征及地质意义

红柳沟辉长岩位于南天山北缘东段哈尔克-萨阿尔明晚古生代沟弧带东部,是南天山北缘-中天山南缘早古生代弧岩浆带内出露为数不多的基岩侵入岩体。辉长岩主要由斜长石(±48%)、普通辉石(±42%)、黑云母(±5%)、角闪石(±5%)组成。岩石化学成分显示辉长岩Na_(2)O含量为2.49%~3.08%,平均为2.83%;K_(2)O含量为1.6%~2.4%,平均为2.02%,里特曼指数为1.78~2.09,均小于3.3;分异指数为50.3~57.06,主、微量图解显示其为拉斑-钙碱性系列;辉长岩稀土元素球粒陨石标准化配分模式与E-MORB相似,轻稀土富集,重稀土亏损,未见明显的δEu异常,微量元素具有Rb、Ba、Th、U等大离子亲石元素富集和Ta、Nb、Ti等高场强元素亏损;锆石原位εHf(t)值为-1.27~8.75,反映辉长岩来源于亏损地幔,并上升的过程中受到地壳明显混染,基性岩的(Na_(2)O+K_(2)O)/TiO2判别图解显示红柳沟辉长岩源区碳酸盐化橄榄岩部分熔融。锆石U-Pb测年显示辉长岩形成年龄为为(410.4±2.3)Ma(MSWD=0.51,n=25)。本次研究补充了南天山构造带辉长岩年代学、地球化学证据,结合区域地质资料,笔者提出在早泥盆世,南天山洋存在洋陆俯冲作用,并伴随有基性岩侵入。

新疆南天山乌宗布拉克铅锌矿床地质特征及矿床成因探讨

新疆南天山乌宗布拉克铅锌矿床地处艾尔宾山(残余海盆)成矿带的东段,经过多年来地质探矿,矿床规模在不断扩大,铅锌矿体产于中泥盆统萨阿尔明组大理岩与绢云千枚岩的岩性界面附近,其含矿性与地层层位、特定的岩性关系密切,成矿作用与石炭二叠纪岩浆岩关系密切,该铅锌矿体显示出明显的热液交代充填成矿作用的特征。本文从矿区地质特征入手,结合前人资料,对乌宗布拉克铅锌矿床成矿条件、矿石特征等进行研究,认为乌宗布拉克铅锌矿床为产于泥盆系碳酸盐岩地层中的中低温热液铅锌矿床,属于沉积热液改造型复成因矿床。

同位素年代学和地球化学特征对西南天山库木拜勒一带构造演化的约束

研究区位于西南天山-霍拉山上叠盆地,属塔吉克-塔里木构造岩浆带,侵入岩以中粗粒二长花岗岩为主,侵位于石炭系地层中,岩体与地层的外接触带矿化蚀变强烈,成矿类型以热液型铜、铁、金、铅锌多金属矿为主。该二长花岗岩206Pb/238U同位素年龄测试,其成岩时代为早二叠世(287.1±2.3Ma)。经岩石地球化学分析属过铝质,高钾钙碱性系列与钾玄岩性系列岩石,结晶分异程度较好;稀土元素分馏作用较强,轻稀土富集,重稀土亏损;微量元素显示了大洋-岛弧相碰撞的成岩特征,为同碰撞(A型)花岗岩的产物。

西天山南麓两次暴雪过程对比分析

利用常规气象观测、FY-4A卫星及ERA5再分析数据,对比分析2021年2月25—27日(过程I)和4月1—4日(过程II)西天山南麓阿克苏地区拜城县2次暴雪过程成因。结果表明:两次暴雨过程均在中亚低值系统影响下发生,300 hPa偏西急流、500 hPa低涡(低槽)、850 hPa偏东急流、地面冷高压冷锋及暴雪区上空垂直环流的发展是形成暴雪的主要动力机制;均有偏西和西南路径的水汽输送,水汽强辐合出现在700 hPa;降雪期间TBB极值、<-30℃的维持时间及>-5℃对降雪量级、持续时间及降水相态预报有指示意义。不同点主要表现在:过程I为中亚低槽快速东移型,偏东急流仅在850 hPa,急流强度较弱且位置偏南;过程II为中亚低涡缓慢东移型,700、850 hPa有明显偏东急流且持续时间长,位置西伸至阿克苏地区北部;过程II上升运动中心更接近暴雪中心,且强度强、伸展高、持续时间长,冷暖交汇更剧烈,偏东水汽输送明显且辐合强度更强、辐合持续时间更长。

南天山区域大地构造与演化

塔里木和中天山之间的南天山造山带,经历了复杂的构造演化与地壳增生过程。综合分析南天山造山带的构造、地层、古生物、岩石、地球化学和同位素年代学等方面的资料,特别是放射虫、蛇绿岩、蓝片岩等方面的最新研究成果,讨论了南天山的区域构造格局和演化过程。南天山主体为一上百公里宽的增生-碰撞混杂带-南天山(蛇绿)混杂带;其北侧为中天山岛弧,是仰冲壳楔;南侧为塔里木陆块,是俯冲壳楔。古南天山洋为一广阔的大洋,南天山碰撞造山作用起始于二叠纪末-三叠纪初,新近纪-第四纪进入陆内造山作用阶段。

南天山:晚古生代还是三叠纪碰撞造山带?

伊犁-哈萨克斯坦板块和塔里木-卡拉库姆板块之间的南天山造山带是‘中亚型造山带’的典型代表之一,经历了复杂的构造演化与地壳增生过程。传统上,它被视为华力西期褶皱带或晚古生代碰撞造山带。但近年来,部分学者提出它可能为三叠纪碰撞造山带。本文在综述南天山造山带的蛇绿岩、高压变质岩、花岗岩类等方面研究成果的基础上,讨论了其碰撞造山的时限。我国境内南天山西段碰撞造山可能开始于早石炭世(345Ma),结束于晚石炭世末(300Ma左右)。二叠纪时期,南天山至整个中亚地区进入后碰撞演化阶段。现有资料证实南天山为一晚古生代碰撞造山带,并非一三叠纪碰撞造山带。

中亚地区南天山大型金矿带的地质特征、成矿模型和勘查准则

概要介绍了中亚南天山大型金矿带的构造环境、地质特征和分布特点。中亚南天山是世界重要的金成矿带,其中发育有一系列世界级矿床。在该带中,除了剪切带型(造山型)金矿外,还有夕卡岩型、细网脉型以及爆破角砾岩型。成矿围岩是前寒武纪和早古生代浅变质岩系,成矿与二叠纪花岗质岩石密切相关,成矿流体以富CO2为特征,与矿化有关的围岩蚀变强烈发育,通常以Au,Ag,Sb,Te,As,W和Bi元素组合为地球化学找矿标志。