Kupferschiefer type Cu-Ag deposits occur in the Upper Permian Xuanwei Formation in the Leshan-Muchuan region at the southwestern edge of the Sichuan Basin. Evidences from geology, major element, REE and thermolurnines...Kupferschiefer type Cu-Ag deposits occur in the Upper Permian Xuanwei Formation in the Leshan-Muchuan region at the southwestern edge of the Sichuan Basin. Evidences from geology, major element, REE and thermolurninescence analyses suggest that these Kupferschiefer type CuAg deposits were formed during diagenesis and the ore-forming fluids were derived frorn the underlying basalt. Fluid dynamic analyses show that the ore-forming fluids migrated in a unicellular convection, fluids migrated through the basalt, leaching Cu and Ag frorn basalt and forming orebearing solutions, up the western basement highs, moved laterally along the Xuanwei Formation toward the basin centers, presumably to sink back down into the basalt, completing a convection cycle which was about 15 km long, 300 m high and subhorizontal. Further analysis and calculation suggest that there are good geological, tectonic and fluid-dynamic conditions to form middle-scale Cu and giant Ag Kupferschiefer type deposits, but superlarge deposits are unlikely to be formed in this region.展开更多
The southwestern part of the Sichuan Basin(SW-SCB)is adjacent to the eastern Himalayan syntaxis.Affected by the Indo-Eurasian collision and subsequent intrusion of the Indian plate into the Eurasian plate during the C...The southwestern part of the Sichuan Basin(SW-SCB)is adjacent to the eastern Himalayan syntaxis.Affected by the Indo-Eurasian collision and subsequent intrusion of the Indian plate into the Eurasian plate during the Cenozoic,this region is ideal for the study of the tectonic evolution of the intracontinental lithosphere and the dynamic processes of deep and shallow structures.In this study,we applied the receiver function technique to the data obtained from a recently deployed high-density broadband seismic array across the Sichuan Basin and Sichuan-Yunnan block(SCB-SYB).We conducted a multi-frequency and multi-model correction analysis to image the structure of the mantle transition zone beneath this region.The results showed the660-km discontinuity gradually increasing in depth by 10-30 km beneath the western side of the Anninghe-Xiaojiang Fault,suggesting the presence of thermal anomalies caused by the subducted Indian plate from west to east.At the junction of the SCBSYB,the 410-km discontinuity exhibited a slight uplift of 5-10 km,while the 660-km discontinuity showed a significant depression of~30 km over a lateral range of~150 km.Based on previous surface GPS observation and dynamic numerical simulation studies,we suggest that the sharp lateral small-scale topography of this 660-km discontinuity beneath the SW-SCB may have resulted from dripping delamination of the lithosphere within the strain localization area.Furthermore,the aggregation of delaminated lithospheric material at the base of the 660-km discontinuity determines the regional topography of mantle transition zone discontinuities.In this study,we provided seismological evidence for the challenging detection of small-scale intracontinental lithosphere dripping delamination.Moreover,it provides a new view for studying deep and shallow dynamic processes in intracontinental regions with stress concentration resulting from plate/continental subduction and collision.展开更多
文摘Kupferschiefer type Cu-Ag deposits occur in the Upper Permian Xuanwei Formation in the Leshan-Muchuan region at the southwestern edge of the Sichuan Basin. Evidences from geology, major element, REE and thermolurninescence analyses suggest that these Kupferschiefer type CuAg deposits were formed during diagenesis and the ore-forming fluids were derived frorn the underlying basalt. Fluid dynamic analyses show that the ore-forming fluids migrated in a unicellular convection, fluids migrated through the basalt, leaching Cu and Ag frorn basalt and forming orebearing solutions, up the western basement highs, moved laterally along the Xuanwei Formation toward the basin centers, presumably to sink back down into the basalt, completing a convection cycle which was about 15 km long, 300 m high and subhorizontal. Further analysis and calculation suggest that there are good geological, tectonic and fluid-dynamic conditions to form middle-scale Cu and giant Ag Kupferschiefer type deposits, but superlarge deposits are unlikely to be formed in this region.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2017YFC1500302)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.42074063)the Key Research Program of the Institute of Geology and Geophysics,Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.IGGCAS-201904)。
文摘The southwestern part of the Sichuan Basin(SW-SCB)is adjacent to the eastern Himalayan syntaxis.Affected by the Indo-Eurasian collision and subsequent intrusion of the Indian plate into the Eurasian plate during the Cenozoic,this region is ideal for the study of the tectonic evolution of the intracontinental lithosphere and the dynamic processes of deep and shallow structures.In this study,we applied the receiver function technique to the data obtained from a recently deployed high-density broadband seismic array across the Sichuan Basin and Sichuan-Yunnan block(SCB-SYB).We conducted a multi-frequency and multi-model correction analysis to image the structure of the mantle transition zone beneath this region.The results showed the660-km discontinuity gradually increasing in depth by 10-30 km beneath the western side of the Anninghe-Xiaojiang Fault,suggesting the presence of thermal anomalies caused by the subducted Indian plate from west to east.At the junction of the SCBSYB,the 410-km discontinuity exhibited a slight uplift of 5-10 km,while the 660-km discontinuity showed a significant depression of~30 km over a lateral range of~150 km.Based on previous surface GPS observation and dynamic numerical simulation studies,we suggest that the sharp lateral small-scale topography of this 660-km discontinuity beneath the SW-SCB may have resulted from dripping delamination of the lithosphere within the strain localization area.Furthermore,the aggregation of delaminated lithospheric material at the base of the 660-km discontinuity determines the regional topography of mantle transition zone discontinuities.In this study,we provided seismological evidence for the challenging detection of small-scale intracontinental lithosphere dripping delamination.Moreover,it provides a new view for studying deep and shallow dynamic processes in intracontinental regions with stress concentration resulting from plate/continental subduction and collision.