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莫霍面,下地壳与岩浆作用   总被引:8,自引:0,他引:8  
马昌前 《地学前缘》1998,5(4):201-209
美国地质学会近期在意大利北部阿尔卑斯山区召开的关于地壳分异作用的Penrose会议,以Ivrea带大陆地壳剖面为样板,讨论了与大陆生长和演化有关的主要过程。文中结合会议情况,评述了岩浆作用与大陆生长、莫霍面演化和地壳动力学的关系。大陆壳特有的成分和大的花岗岩基的形成,要求下地壳有大体积的基性超镁铁质岩存在。这样的基性超镁铁质岩,既可能代表囤积在下地壳的幔源岩浆,也可能是幔源岩浆分异的堆积岩,或是在壳内分异作用过程中产生出花岗质熔体后的残余体。在伸展构造区,幔源岩浆的底侵作用强烈地影响了大陆壳的结构、组成和热状态,而在陆陆碰撞带,由于地壳加厚,下地壳的基性超镁铁质岩石会转变为“榴辉岩”,促进地壳沉没作用和下地壳拆沉作用。由于地壳岩石的榴辉岩相变质作用,地球物理莫霍面与壳幔边界可能并不对应。莫霍面和地壳对岩浆的密度过滤作用,又控制了大陆壳中岩浆的侵位和演化。  相似文献   

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陆壳垂向增生的两种方式:以大兴安岭为例   总被引:35,自引:13,他引:22  
邵济安  韩庆军 《岩石学报》1999,15(4):600-606
本文讨论了大兴安岭由于中生代底侵作用形成的两种类型的陆壳增生方式: 1) 来自地壳底部壳幔混源岩浆房的花岗岩和火山岩对上部陆壳的增生, 岩浆的侵位和喷发集中在145~115 Ma, 它们具明显的幔源岩石同位素特征, 如正的εNd (t)值(0~4),低的87Sr/86 Sr 初始比值(0.704~0.708)等; 2)早中生代形成的镁铁-超镁铁质堆晶岩(241~214 Ma)对下部陆壳的增生。  相似文献   

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大陆地壳如何形成是国际学术界长期关注并正在持续攻关的一个重大基础科学问题。活动陆缘弧的岩浆成因和密度分选过程是理解大陆地壳形成机制和演化过程的关键。北美白垩纪Cordilleran大陆边缘弧的形成可能经历了与底侵幔源岩浆有关的下地壳部分熔融和岩浆混合,或幔源初始玄武质岩浆的两阶段成分分异过程,以花岗质成分为主的北美内华达地区垂向地壳成分剖面结构可能与榴辉岩相残留体或堆晶岩的拆沉作用密切相关。目前并不清楚亚洲大陆南部以约200 Ma和约90 Ma两个时间断面为代表的中生代冈底斯弧,为何出现大量角闪石岩并具有玄武安山质的平均成分。探究中生代冈底斯弧的岩浆成因、地壳垂向成分结构和地壳形成机制可能有助于或多或少地解决这一问题。  相似文献   

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蛇绿岩、蛇绿岩上覆岩系及其与洋壳的对比   总被引:6,自引:0,他引:6  
张旗  陈雨 《地学前缘》1998,5(4):193-200
文中由蛇绿岩和蛇绿岩上覆岩系的差别,引出上部洋壳和下部洋壳的概念。指出下部洋壳和上部洋壳有许多不同之处:首先它们的组成不同,下部洋壳仅由镁铁超镁铁岩组成,包括玄武岩、辉长岩、超镁铁质堆晶岩等;而上部洋壳则由沉积岩(主要是深海相的,少量为浅海相)和长英质、镁铁质以及超镁铁的喷出岩(及少量侵入岩)组成。其次洋壳岩浆的成因和形成方式不同,下洋壳产于板块扩张脊,是板块扩张作用的产物;上洋壳产于扩张轴外,属于轴外岩浆系列。当洋盆闭合洋壳侵位到陆壳之上时,下洋壳即成为蛇绿岩,而上洋壳则构成蛇绿岩的上覆岩系。  相似文献   

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南岭东段燕山期镁铁质岩浆活动可划分为四个阶段(中侏罗世、晚侏罗世、早白垩世和晚白垩世),分别对应四次重要的伸展拉张作用时期。镁铁质岩石具有基本类似的Nd-Sr同位素特征,ISr较高(一般介于0.705~0.710之间),ENd值变化范围较大(介于-7.90~5.16之间),表明其岩浆源为壳一幔混合源性质。镁铁质岩石具有板内拉斑玄武岩特征,形成于板内拉张环境,表明该区在燕山早期的中侏罗世即已进入后造山演化阶段。岩石的成因模式为地幔镁铁质岩浆在上升至地壳底部过程中,受到地壳组分的混染,在岩石圈伸展的深部背景和浅部拉张状态下形成。本区燕山期岩浆作用主要是与地幔岩浆底侵作用有关的岩浆事件。  相似文献   

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佘宇伟  朱祥坤  何源  万洪清 《中国地质》2019,46(6):1372-1383
日喀则蛇绿岩位于雅鲁藏布构造带中段,其成因和构造环境仍存在较大争议。日喀则蛇绿岩下部为蛇纹石化地幔橄榄岩,壳幔过渡带缺失超镁铁质堆晶岩。少量辉长岩脉呈块状或韵律结构并侵入到地幔橄榄岩和辉绿岩中。辉绿岩呈席状岩床侵入到地幔橄榄岩之上,且少量辉绿岩脉侵入到下覆的地幔橄榄岩中。通过野外关系和地球化学研究,日喀则辉长岩可能并不是洋壳中岩浆房原位结晶堆积而成,而是深部位置岩浆囊经过不同程度分异演化形成富晶粥岩浆并向上侵入的结果。而席状辉绿岩床则是基性岩浆沿着构造薄弱面顺层侵入的结果。拆离断层可能导致了岩石圈地幔抬升和剥露,进而引起下覆软流圈地幔减压熔融和岩浆上侵。日喀则辉长-辉绿岩形成于慢速扩张脊较小规模的岩浆供应和不连续的岩浆侵入。  相似文献   

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西昆仑阿卡阿孜山杂岩体的特征和成因   总被引:7,自引:2,他引:5  
阿卡阿孜山杂岩体位于西昆仑昆南地体南侧,被新藏公路横切出一条南北长约2 km的剖面。在剖面范围内可见二长闪长岩、石英二长闪长岩、花岗闪长岩、二长花岗岩、正长花岗岩和碱长花岗岩等多种岩石类型出露。通过详细研究岩体的野外地质特征、地球化学和同位素地球化学特征发现:岩体中出现不平衡矿物组合;镁铁质微粒包体中可见石英和长石捕虏晶;各岩石样品的痕量元素配分型式呈现相似性;岩体的Sr、Nd、Pb同位素体系同时具有地幔和下地壳的贡献等,认为岩体形成于壳幔岩浆混合作用,幔源岩浆底侵作用可能是混合作用的直接原因。由此推测,幔源岩浆底侵作用是西昆仑地区印支晚期岩浆活动的重要诱发机制。  相似文献   

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陈兵  熊富浩  马昌前  陈越  黄虎 《地球科学》2021,46(6):2057-2072
壳-幔岩浆相互作用如何影响长英质火成岩的岩石学多样性是当前岩石学研究的焦点问题之一.以岩石类型丰富的东昆仑白日其利长英质岩体和暗色微粒包体为研究对象,开展系统的锆石U-Pb年代学、矿物学、全岩元素地球化学和Sr-Nd-Hf同位素研究,探讨和解析这一重要科学问题.LA-ICPMS锆石U-Pb年代学研究表明,暗色微粒包体(247.8±2.0 Ma)与二长花岗岩(247.5±1.4 Ma)、花岗闪长岩(248.8±2.1 Ma)和石英闪长岩(248.8±1.5 Ma)均侵位结晶于早三叠世.岩相学和矿物学研究表明,白日其利长英质岩石与包体的成因机制与壳-幔岩浆的机械或化学混合作用密切相关.元素地球化学和Sr-Nd-Hf同位素组成研究揭示,幔源镁铁质岩浆端元起源于受俯冲板片流体交代的富集地幔熔融,而壳源长英质岩浆端元则起源于东昆仑古老的变质杂砂岩基底.岩石成因分析揭示,幔源镁铁质岩浆侵入长英质晶粥岩浆房,促使长英质晶粥发生活化,随后壳-幔岩浆端元以不同比例和不同方式发生机械和化学混合等相互作用,从而形成镁铁质岩墙、包体、石英闪长岩和花岗闪长岩等多种岩石类型.晶粥状态下壳-幔岩浆相互作用是控制东昆仑长英质火成岩多样性和大陆地壳生长演化的重要方式.   相似文献   

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内蒙古喀喇沁堆晶岩捕虏体和寄主闪长岩的同位素年龄   总被引:14,自引:0,他引:14  
喀喇沁地区们于大兴安岭中生代构造岩浆岩带与华北克拉通交汇部位。研究区的闪长岩侵入到太古宙基底中。闪长岩中含有二辉岩、辉长岩、苏长岩、角闪岩、斜长岩等不同组分的镁铁质-超镁铁堆晶岩捕虏体和基性麻粒岩捕虏体,它们是幔源玄武质岩浆底侵作用的产物。分别用Rb-Sr法、K-Ar法和Ar-Ar法,对堆晶岩捕虏体及其寄主岩全岩或单矿物进行了详细的同位素地质年代学研究,共获得各种年龄数据8件,橄榄辉石岩的全岩Rb  相似文献   

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东昆仑造山带拆沉作用的数值模拟   总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1       下载免费PDF全文
在构建东昆仑造山带晚古生代—早中生代地质-物理模型的基础上,利用FLAC软件模拟了幔源岩浆底侵后形成的榴辉岩岩石圈拆沉作用及动力学机制,结果表明,东昆仑造山带在幔源岩浆底侵后确实发生过岩石圈拆沉作用,昆北、昆中、昆南地区的拆沉量差异较大,并形成以橄榄岩、榴辉岩和中酸性麻粒岩为源区的岩浆活动;柴达木地区未发生拆沉作用,而是下沉,同时在高密度层(榴辉岩)的顶部存在较多的断裂。文章探讨了拆沉作用与大规模岩浆活动、盆地形成、C型埃达克岩的关系,认为镁铁质岩石的特殊性质是导致拆沉作用发生的直接动力,岩石圈拆沉之后的深部约束受拆沉的量及范围控制;论证了东昆仑造山带的岩石圈拆沉作用触发了柴达木盆地的形成,并形成一系列热液矿床。  相似文献   

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Although ultrahigh‐pressure (UHP) metamorphic rocks are present in many collisional orogenic belts, almost all exposed UHP metamorphic rocks are subducted upper or felsic lower continental crust with minor mafic boudins. Eclogites formed by subduction of mafic lower continental crust have not been identified yet. Here an eclogite occurrence that formed during subduction of the mafic lower continental crust in the Dabie orogen, east‐central China is reported. At least four generations of metamorphic mineral assemblages can be discerned: (i) hypersthene + plagioclase ± garnet; (ii) omphacite + garnet + rutile + quartz; (iii) symplectite stage of garnet + diopside + hypersthene + ilmenite + plagioclase; (iv) amphibole + plagioclase + magnetite, which correspond to four metamorphic stages: (a) an early granulite facies, (b) eclogite facies, (c) retrograde metamorphism of high‐pressure granulite facies and (d) retrograde metamorphism of amphibolite facies. Mineral inclusion assemblages and cathodoluminescence images show that zircon is characterized by distinctive domains of core and a thin overgrowth rim. The zircon core domains are classified into two types: the first is igneous with clear oscillatory zonation ± apatite and quartz inclusions; and the second is metamorphic containing a granulite facies mineral assemblage of garnet, hypersthene and plagioclase (andesine). The zircon rims contain garnet, omphacite and rutile inclusions, indicating a metamorphic overgrowth at eclogite facies. The almost identical ages of the two types of core domains (magmatic = 791 ± 9 Ma and granulite facies metamorphic zircon = 794 ± 10 Ma), and the Triassic age (212 ± 10 Ma) of eclogitic facies metamorphic overgrowth zircon rim are interpreted as indicating that the protolith of the eclogite is mafic granulite that originated from underplating of mantle‐derived magma onto the base of continental crust during the Neoproterozoic (c. 800 Ma) and then subducted during the Triassic, experiencing UHP eclogite facies metamorphism at mantle depths. The new finding has two‐fold significance: (i) voluminous mafic lower continental crust can increase the average density of subducted continental lithosphere, thus promoting its deep subduction; (ii) because of the current absence of mafic lower continental crust in the Dabie orogen, delamination or recycling of subducted mafic lower continental crust can be inferred as the geochemical cause for the mantle heterogeneity and the unusually evolved crustal composition.  相似文献   

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Recent petrological studies on high‐pressure (HP)–ultrahigh‐pressure (UHP) metamorphic rocks in the Moldanubian Zone, mainly utilizing compositional zoning and solid phase inclusions in garnet from a variety of lithologies, have established a prograde history involving subduction and subsequent granulite facies metamorphism during the Variscan Orogeny. Two temporally separate metamorphic events are developed rather than a single P–T loop for the HP–UHP metamorphism and amphibolite–granulite facies overprint in the Moldanubian Zone. Here further evidence is presented that the granulite facies metamorphism occurred after the HP–UHP rocks had been exhumed to different levels of the middle or upper crust. A medium‐temperature eclogite that is part of a series of tectonic blocks and lenses within migmatites contains a well‐preserved eclogite facies assemblage with omphacite and prograde zoned garnet. Omphacite is partly replaced by a symplectite of diopside + plagioclase + amphibole. Garnet and omphacite equilibria and pseudosection calculations indicate that the HP metamorphism occurred at relatively low temperature conditions of ~600 °C at 2.0–2.2 GPa. The striking feature of the rocks is the presence of garnet porphyroblasts with veins filled by a granulite facies assemblage of olivine, spinel and Ca‐rich plagioclase. These minerals occur as a symplectite forming symmetric zones, a central zone rich in olivine that is separated from the host garnet by two marginal zones consisting of plagioclase with small amounts of spinel. Mineral textures in the veins show that they were first filled mostly by calcic amphibole, which was later transformed into granulite facies assemblages. The olivine‐spinel equilibria and pseudosection calculations indicate temperatures of ~850–900 °C at pressure below 0.7 GPa. The preservation of eclogite facies assemblages implies that the granulite facies overprint was a short‐lived process. The new results point to a geodynamic model where HP–UHP rocks are exhumed to amphibolite facies conditions with subsequent granulite facies heating by mantle‐derived magma in the middle and upper crust.  相似文献   

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定结(Dinggye)位于藏南高喜马拉雅结晶岩系的中部,研究该区域麻粒岩的变质P-T轨迹对于理解青藏高原的碰撞和抬升过程至关重要.通过对该地区的高压基性麻粒岩(退变榴辉岩)的岩相学观察,确定了4期矿物组合:(1)峰期榴辉岩相矿物组合(M1)由石榴子石(核部)+绿辉石(假象)+石英+金红石组成;(2)高压麻粒岩相矿物组合(M2)主要由石榴子石(幔部)+单斜辉石+斜长石+钛铁矿+角闪石+黑云母组成;(3)中压麻粒岩相矿物组合(M3)由石榴子石(边缘)+斜方辉石+斜长石+钛铁矿+黑云母组成;(4)角闪岩相矿物组合(M4)主要由角闪石+斜长石组成.在NCFMASHTO体系下,用THERMOCALC软件对该高压基性麻粒岩进行了热力学模拟.结合传统温压计和平均温压计计算结果,求得M2、M3、M4阶段的温压条件分别为786~826 ℃、0.78~0.96 GPa;798~850 ℃、0.71~0.75 GPa;610~666 ℃、0.51~0.60 GPa,这指示了一条以峰期后近等温降压(ITD)为特征的顺时针P-T轨迹.结合已有地质资料,表明定结高压基性麻粒岩(退变榴辉岩)是喜马拉雅碰撞造山的产物,峰期后经历了近等温降压的构造抬升过程.   相似文献   

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Caledonian eclogite facies shear zones developed from Grenvillian garnet granulite facies anorthosites and gabbros in the Bergen Arcs of western Norway allow direct investigation of the relations between macroscopic structures and crystallographic preferred orientation (CPO) in lower continental crust. Field relations on the island of Holsnøy show that the eclogites formed locally from granulite facies rocks by progressive development of: (1) eclogite adjacent to fractures; (2) eclogite in discrete shear zones (> 2 m thick); (3) eclogite breccia consisting of >80% well-foliated eclogite that wraps around rotated granulite blocks; and (4) anastomosing, subparallel, eclogite facies shear zones 30–100 m thick continuous over distances > 1 km within the granulite terrane. These shear zones deformed under eclogite facies conditions at an estimated temperature of 670 ± 50°C and a minimum pressure of 1460 MPa, which corresponds to depths of >55 km in the continental crust. Detailed investigation of the major shear zones shows the development of a strong foliation defined by the shape preferred orientation of omphacite and by alternating segregations of omphacite/garnet-rich and kyanite/zoisite-rich layers. A consistent lineation throughout the shear zones is defined by elongate aggregates of garnet and omphacite. The CPO of omphacite, determined from five-axis universal stage measurements, shows a strong b-axis maximum normal to foliation, and a c-axis girdle within the foliation plane with weak maxima parallel to the lineation direction. These patterns are consistent with deformation of omphacite by slip parallel to [001] and suggest glide along (010). The lineation and CPO data reveal a consistent sense of shear zone movement, although the displacement was small. Localized faulting of high-grade rocks accompanied by fluid infiltration can be an important mode of failure in the lower continental crust. Field relations show that granulite facies rocks can exist in a metastable state under eclogite facies conditions and imply that the lower crust can host differing metamorphic facies at the same depth. Deformation of granulite and partial conversion to eclogite, such as is exposed on Holsnøy Island, may be an orogenic-scale process in the lowermost crust of collisional orogens.  相似文献   

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T. M. Boundy  K. Mezger  E. J. Essene   《Lithos》1997,39(3-4):159-178
The U-Pb and Sm-Nd dating of deep crustal rocks from the Bergen Arcs system helps resolve enigmatic aspects of the tectonic evolution of the Caledonian Orogen in western Norway and yields insights into the arrested stages of eclogite development within the granulites of the area. The U-Pb dating of zircon from one of the eclogite facies shear zones yields an upper intercept age of 945 ± 5 Ma [all errors two standard deviations (2σ)], which is similar to other zircon ages from the granulite facies protolith. The age is interpreted to represent the time of late Proterozoic (Sveconorwegian) granulite metamorphism. The U-Pb ages of sphene and epidote show that the eclogites formed early in the evolution of the Caledonian Orogen (pre-Scandian phase) at about 460 Ma. An eclogite facies quartz vein yields a Sm-Nd whole rock-garnet isochron of 440 ± 12 Ma that may reflect the onset of cooling immediately after peak eclogite facies conditions, although the Sm-Nd systematics reveal some isotopic disequilibrium within the sample. In tandem with previous 40Ar/39Ar age determinations from, an adjacent eclogite of 450 Ma for hornblende and 430 Ma for muscovite, these data indicate that < 30 Ma elapsed between formation of the eclogites and the initial stages of cooling and exhumation to at least mid-crustal levels. This corresponds to minimum cooling rates of 14 °C/m.y. The timing relations suggest that the formation and exhumation of these eclogites from the overlying Caledonian Nappe wedge in western Norway are related to an early phase of crustal subduction during or somewhat before the major phase of continent-continent collision.

The short period of time between the formation of the eclogites and the initial stages of exhumation and rapid cooling is consistent with the only partial and localized transformation of the granulite to eclogite. Isolated occurrences of eclogite within the granulite, the formation of eclogite along metasomatic fronts and the formation of hydrous eclogite facies minerals within the “dry” granulite all point to the importance of fluids in the transformation and re-equilibration of the granulite to eclogite. Together, field and isotopic data demonstrate that both the localized and limited access of fluids and the rapid cycling of continental crust through the deepest portions of the orogen to upper crustal levels resulted in the preservation of the arrested stages of eclogite formation and survival of the granulites metastably through eclogite facies conditions.  相似文献   


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大别山北大别杂岩的大地构造属性   总被引:12,自引:1,他引:11  
北大别杂岩主要由花岗质片麻岩及斜长角闪岩组成 ,含有不同类型、大小不等的麻粒岩岩块和变质超镁铁质岩块 ,侵入有大量白垩纪花岗岩和辉石 -辉长岩类。其中的花岗质片麻岩、斜长角闪岩具有岛弧环境的岩石地球化学特征 ,代表拼贴于扬子陆块北缘的新元古代古岛弧。北大别杂岩北可与庐镇关群相连 ,南俯于超高压变质岩之下 ,在三叠纪扬子陆块与华北陆块的碰撞过程中 ,曾与超高压变质岩一起俯冲到地幔深度并经受榴辉岩相变质作用 ,然后在折返过程中叠加了麻粒岩相及角闪岩相变质作用 ,是扬子陆块北缘陆壳俯冲基底的一部分  相似文献   

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Wencai Yang   《Tectonophysics》2003,369(3-4):219-230
Recent 24 s deep seismic reflection records revealed five flat reflectors in the lithospheric mantle in Eastern China. With increasing depth, they are named M1 to M5 and can be seen on both field single-shot and stacked records. Reflector M1 corresponds to the Moho discontinuity, whereas M5 may be the reflection from the bottom of the current lithosphere, which is about 78 km deep according to geothermal measurements. The other three reflectors seem peculiar and might result from interactions between the lithosphere and deeper mantle. Based on lithological and geochemical data, it is suggested that the lithosphere has been thinned from about 150 km to about 60 km in the Late Mesozoic, and then has been thickened to about 78 km during the Cenozoic. The thinning process produced a granulite layer in the old lower crust caused by magmatic underplating, whereas an eclogite layer formed beneath owing to the subduction of the Paleo-Tethys and Yangtze Craton during the Permian and Early Mesozoic. Reflector M2 at about 12 s two-way traveltime (TWT) might result from the Paleozoic Moho, which represents the boundary between the previous granulite and eclogite facies. Reflector M3 at about 14 s might correspond to the bottom of the eclogite layer, beneath which the old lithospheric mantle remained. The old and the newly developed mantle may have different compositions, resulting in reflector M4. The multi-layered mantle reflectors demonstrate a mantle structure that possibly correlates with the lithospheric thinning process that occurred in Eastern China during the Late Mesozoic. The discovery of multi-layered mantle reflectors in the studied areas indicates a high heterogeneity of the upper mantle. Reflection seismology with improved technology, together with velocity and resistivity imaging and rock-physics measurements, can provide more details of the heterogeneity and related dynamic processes that occurred in the lithospheric mantle.  相似文献   

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冀北赤城退变榴辉岩的原岩为兼具洋中脊和岛弧地球化学属性的拉斑玄武岩类,其变质演化经历了早期的榴辉岩相进变质,以及后期的麻粒岩相和角闪岩相退变质等阶段。锆石SHRIMP U-Pb年代学研究表明,退变榴辉岩的原岩形成于438 Ma±,峰值榴辉岩相变质发生在355 Ma±,后期麻粒岩相和角闪岩相退变质年龄则分别为341 Ma±和322 Ma~326 Ma。冀北赤城退变榴辉岩演化时间序列的确定,对探讨华北克拉通北缘中段的大地构造演化具有十分重要的意义。  相似文献   

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Eclogite occurs within the southern domain of the East Athabasca mylonite triangle in northern Saskatchewan. Situated at the boundary between the Archean Rae and Hearne Provinces of the western Canadian Shield, the East Athabasca mylonite triangle is a fundamental exposure of the ~3,000-km-long Snowbird tectonic zone. The eclogite occurs in association with a variety of lower crustal high-pressure granulites that record a complex metamorphic history from 2.6 to 1.9 Ga. Temperatures of the eclogite facies metamorphism are constrained by garnet-clinopyroxene exchange thermometry at 920–1,000 °C. Minimum pressure conditions are recorded by the jadeite+quartz=albite geobarometer at 1.8–2.0 GPa. A near-isothermal decompression path to granulite facies conditions is inferred from retrograde reaction textures involving the formation of granulite facies assemblages such as orthopyroxene-plagioclase and pargasite-plagioclase. U-Pb IDTIMS zircon geochronology of the eclogite yields a weighted mean 207Pb/206Pb date of 1,904.0±0.3 Ma, which we interpret as the time of peak eclogite facies metamorphism. SHRIMP in situ analyses of metamorphic zircons included within omphacitic clinopyroxene support this interpretation with a weighted mean 207Pb/206Pb date of 1,905±19 Ma. Inclusion suites of high-pressure phases and the petrographic setting of zircon are a direct link between zircon growth and eclogite facies metamorphism. Zircon from one eclogite sample has older cores that are 2.54 Ga, which is a minimum age for the emplacement or earliest metamorphism of the gabbroic protolith. U-Pb rutile data indicate slow cooling at ~1°C/Ma below ~500 °C from 1.88 to 1.85 Ga. The formation and exhumation of the eclogites at ca.1.9 Ga has important implications for the tectonic significance of the Snowbird tectonic zone during the Paleoproterozoic. The eclogites described here are consistent with transport of continental crust to mantle depths during the Paleoproterozoic, followed by rapid buoyancy-driven exhumation to normal lower crustal depths.Editorial responsibility: T.L. Grove  相似文献   

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Relict eclogites and associated high-pressure rocks are present in the Eastern Segment of the SW Swedish gneiss region (the tectonic counterpart of the Parautochthonous Belt of the Canadian Grenville). These rocks give evidence of Sveconorwegian eclogite facies metamorphism and subsequent pervasive reworking and deformation at granulite and amphibolite facies conditions. The best-preserved eclogite relics suggest a clockwise PT t history, beginning in the amphibolite facies, progressing through the eclogite facies, decompressing and partially reequilibrating through the high- and medium-pressure granulite facies, before cooling through the amphibolite facies. Textures demonstrate the former coexistence of the plagioclase-free assemblages garnet+clinopyroxene+quartz+rutile+ilmenite, garnet+clinopyroxene+ kyanite+rutile, and garnet+kyanite+quartz+rutile. The former existence of omphacite is evidenced by up to 45 vol.% plagioclase expelled as small grains within large clinopyroxene. Matrix plagioclase is secondary and occurs expelled from clinopyroxene or in fine-grained, granulite facies reaction domains formed during resorption of garnet and kyanite. Garnet shows preserved prograde growth zoning with rimward increasing pyrope content, decreasing spessartine content and decreasing Fe/(Fe+Mg) ratio, but is partly resorbed and reequilibrated at the rims. PT estimates from microdomains with clinopyroxene+plagioclase+quartz+garnet indicate pressures of 9.5–12 kbar and temperatures of 705–795 °C for a stage of the granulite facies decompression. The preservation of the prograde zoning suggests that the rocks did not reside at these high temperatures for more than a few million years, and chemical disequilibrium and ‘frozen’ reaction textures indicate heterogeneous reaction progress and overstepping of reactions during the decompression through the granulite facies. Together these features suggest a rapid tectonic exhumation. The eclogite relics occur within a high-grade deformation zone with WNW–ESE stretching and associated oblique normal-sense, top-to-the-east (sensu lato) displacement, suggesting that extension was a main cause for the decompression and exhumation. Probable tectonic scenarios for this deformation are Sveconorwegian late-orogenic gravitational collapse or overall WNW–ESE extension.  相似文献   

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