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西藏安多地区早古生代及中生代造山记录:来自安多微陆块-南羌塘锆石U-Pb年代学及Hf同位素研究 总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0
安多地区位于青藏高原腹地,为拉萨地体、羌塘地体及安多微陆块的结合部位,是研究拉萨地体、羌塘地体起源以及特提斯造山过程的关键位置。我们对采自安多地区的前中生代基底岩石及侏罗系沉积岩样品进行了岩石学、锆石U-Pb年代学及Hf同位素研究。研究结果表明:安多花岗片麻岩中锆石同时记录了510～505Ma岩浆年龄以及187Ma变质年龄;187Ma的变质锆石与510～505Ma的岩浆锆石具有相似的Hf同位素模式年龄(1.7～1.5Ga),表明寒武纪花岗岩主要来源于古老地壳重熔。碎屑锆石年代学分析结果揭示了安多微陆块石英岩具有498～484Ma、800～1000Ma和1800～1950Ma的年龄峰值,与南羌塘地体及特提斯喜马拉雅碎屑锆石年龄分布特征相似,表明其在早古生代时位于冈瓦纳大陆北部印度陆块边缘。南羌塘坳陷东南部中侏罗世砂岩及钙质砂岩碎屑锆石年代学分析结果显示其具有182～171Ma、450～600Ma、800～1000Ma、1800～1950Ma及2400～2600Ma的年龄峰值,这种年龄分布特征与安多微陆块及南羌塘地体相似,而与拉萨地体不同,说明南羌塘坳陷东南部下-中侏罗统物源主要来自安多微陆块及南羌塘地体,在早-中侏罗世时安多微陆块与南羌塘地体已经发生了碰撞造山。 相似文献
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滇西保山地块是东特提斯构造域的主要微陆块之一,但对其物源和古地理位置仍存在较大争议。本文通过对保山地块西缘早古生代地层进行碎屑锆石U-Pb定年来约束其物源及古地理位置,并进一步探讨原特提斯洋早古生代构造演化模式。保山地块西缘早古生代地层具有相似的年龄分布模式,主年龄峰期为-0.95Ga、次级年龄峰期为-1.2Ga和-2.5Ga。寒武系公养河群最小锆石年龄为526Ma,结合其上部年龄为499.2Ma的火山岩夹层,约束其沉积时代为早寒武世早期。对比保山地块不同区域早古生代地层的碎屑锆石年龄数据,它们都具有相似的锆石年龄分布模式和年龄峰值。-0.95Ga主年龄峰期和-2.5Ga的次级年龄峰期指示保山地块早古生代的沉积物主要来自于印度大陆,而-1.2Ga的次级年龄峰期表明有部分沉积物来自于西澳大利亚,其早古生代古地理位置位于印度和西澳大利亚之间。结合沉积学证据及滇西地区广泛发育的早古生代岩浆作用,本文认为早古生代冈瓦纳大陆北缘为活动大陆边缘。 相似文献
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仲巴地体的板块亲缘性:来自碎屑锆石U-Pb年代学和Hf同位素的证据 总被引：5，自引：3，他引：2
仲巴地体位于青藏高原西南部,其南北两侧均为雅鲁藏布蛇绿岩或蛇绿混杂岩。仲巴地体主要由一套断续出露的前寒武系构造基底、古生代和三叠系地层组成,岩性主要包括石英砂岩、含白云母石英岩、泥质石英粉砂岩,白云母方解石片岩和大理岩等。岩相学揭示这套地层总体上为滨浅海-陆棚-外陆棚环境。碎屑锆石U-Pb年代学和Hf同位素分析表明,锆石年龄出现特征年龄峰值530Ma和950Ma,与西羌塘、特提斯喜马拉雅以及高喜马拉雅地体非常类似,并且950Ma左右的碎屑锆石群具有与上述地体上报道的同期碎屑锆石群相似的εHf(t)值和地壳模式年龄。这种碎屑锆石年龄和Hf同位素组成特征明显区别于拉萨地体,后者以出现约1170Ma的特殊年龄群为特征。基于碎屑锆石特征和沉积学研究,本文认为仲巴地体属于西羌塘-大印度-特提斯喜马拉雅构造体系,与拉萨地体具有不同的板块构造亲缘性。 相似文献
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滇西地区出露的古生界公养河群和孟定街群分别位于保山地块的西部和东部,其沉积时代、构造归属、碎屑物质来源及在早古生代冈瓦纳大陆重建中的古地理位置具有重要研究意义。本文对公养河群2个砂岩样品和孟定街群的4个变质砂岩样品的碎屑锆石进行U-Pb定年和Lu-Hf同位素分析。其中,公养河群的碎屑锆石年龄谱范围是3862～533Ma,ε_(Hf)(t)值的范围是-37. 8～+11. 0,最小年龄峰期为549～533Ma,表明该群的最大沉积年龄为早寒武世早期,该群可能为寒武系地层。孟定街群的碎屑锆石年龄谱范围是3097～542Ma,ε_(Hf)(t)值的范围是-39. 5～+10. 5,其最小年龄峰期(576～458Ma)将该群的沉积下限时代限制在晚奥陶世。结合保山地块的其他古生代地层的碎屑锆石研究,我们认为保山地块在早古生代位于冈瓦纳大陆北缘,物源主要来自印度大陆,但～1. 17Ga年龄峰的出现说明其东部可能接受了一定比例来自西澳大利亚的沉积物质。这一结果表明保山地块在冈瓦纳大陆北缘重建中的位置应该靠近印度大陆,而其东缘接近澳大利亚大陆。 相似文献
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为研究东昆仑南缘中下二叠统马尔争组沉积物源及沉积构造背景,对东昆仑南缘哥日卓托地区中下二叠统马尔争组进行了详细的沉积地层划分、沉积环境及碎屑锆石U-Pb年代学进行了研究。结果表明,马尔争组为一套形成于大陆斜坡半深海-深海环境的浊积岩系。碎屑锆石U-Pb年龄谱可明显划分为早古生代和新元古代两个主年龄谱及古、中元古代两个次级年龄谱。主年龄谱分别为396~573Ma和727~947Ma,峰值年龄分别为421 Ma和862Ma。次级年龄谱分别为1117~1993Ma和2319~3063Ma,峰值年龄不明显。本文认为东昆仑南缘哥日卓托地区马尔争组物质来源较为复杂,显示早古生代、新元古代、中元古代和古元古代多个时代物源共同供给的特征。东昆仑造山带早古生代岩浆岩和新元古代岩浆岩为其提供了约60~65%的沉积物源,而古老的变质基底为其提供了仅约30~35%的沉积碎屑。综合区域资料认为马尔争组形成于相对稳定的被动大陆边缘沉积构造背景,该期阿尼玛卿古特提斯洋还未开始向北俯冲。 相似文献
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羌塘盆地位于青藏高原北部,是研究青藏高原古特提斯洋演化及冈瓦纳大陆与欧亚大陆界线的关键区域,其基底的时代和性质直接决定了羌南—保山板块的大地构造属性和冈瓦纳大陆的范围。笔者通过对羌塘中部蜈蚣山花岗片麻岩捕虏体的锆石LA-ICP-MSU-Pb定年,确定该花岗片麻岩形成于晚三叠世(209.1±2.8Ma),是冈瓦纳大陆与欧亚大陆汇聚事件的物质记录,与羌塘中部已有的研究结果相一致;同时还在花岗片麻岩中发现了冈瓦纳大陆泛非运动晚期(464.5±4.8Ma)的年龄记录,是羌塘地区首次发现泛非运动的物质记录,并且该年龄可以与滇西怒江、保山以及印度板块内部和喜马拉雅造山带中发育的大量早古生代花岗质岩石相对比,表明羌南—保山板块与印度大陆具有很好的亲缘性。以上研究成果为探讨羌塘地区的基底属性和确定冈瓦纳大陆与欧亚大陆碰撞的时限提供了新的证据。 相似文献
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东特提斯喜马拉雅在中生代位于东冈瓦纳大陆的结合部位,其古地理对于了解东冈瓦纳大陆裂解至关重要.对东特提斯喜马拉雅塔嘎地区沉积地层进行了详细的碎屑锆石U-Pb年代学研究.结果表明,东特提斯喜马拉雅塔嘎地区采样剖面沉积下限为126.6±2.7 Ma.碎屑锆石年龄谱显示东特提斯喜马拉雅塔嘎地区采样地层主要包含~520 Ma、~890 Ma和~1 200 Ma的特征峰值年龄,对比结果表明东特提斯喜马拉雅塔嘎地区沉积地层碎屑锆石年龄谱与印度东部和澳大利亚西南部地层碎屑锆石年龄谱具有一定的相似性.结合东冈瓦纳岩浆活动记录以及该剖面下部玄武岩年龄,东特提斯喜马拉雅塔嘎地区地层沉积于东特提斯喜马拉雅从东冈瓦纳大陆分离时期,其物质来源可能为印度东部、澳大利亚西南部以及南极大陆. 相似文献
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华北克拉通东南缘寒武系底部黑色碎屑岩系的物源分析及其对晚前寒武纪地质演化的约束 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
华北克拉通东南缘新元古代—寒武纪交替时期黑色碎屑岩系马店组(或称为凤台组)的层序划分、时代归属、物源等基础地质问题仍存在分歧,本文从元素地球化学、碎屑锆石U-Pb年代学等角度开展综合分析,为合理建立华北克拉通东南缘地层格架及中、新元古代—早古生代构造演化提供重要证据。马店组整套碎屑岩系的绝大部分元素的富集系数(EF值)基本一致;碎屑锆石U-Pb年龄主要集中于2.6~1.0Ga之间,包括~2.5Ga、~2.1Ga、~1.8Ga、1.6~1.4Ga和1.3~1.0Ga等多个年龄峰。马店组整体为寒武纪第二世的被动大陆边缘连续海侵地层;沉积物来源于华北克拉通内部徐淮地区,具有碳酸盐质新元古代盖层物源和非碳酸盐质早前寒武纪变质基底物源的两端元混合作用,其中1.8Ga碎屑锆石来源于早前寒武纪变质基底,而中元古代碎屑锆石及砂砾级白云质碎屑来源于新元古代盖层,极少量新元古代碎屑锆石来源于新元古代初期基性岩墙群。华北克拉通周缘新元古界—下古生界中丰富的1.6~1.4Ga和1.3~1.0Ga碎屑锆石记录证实至少华北克拉通东缘和南缘曾有与北秦岭地区类似的中、新元古代构造带。该构造带中元古代时强烈地参与了Columbi超大陆裂解和Rodinia超大陆聚合过程,于新元古代初期为华北克拉通周缘盆地的主要物源供给区;约900 Ma可能与华北克拉通开始裂解,至早古生代马店组沉积时期其物源贡献已经完全缺失。 相似文献
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淮南地区中—新元古代地层保存有大量精美的宏体碳质压膜化石和有机质壁微体化石,是新元古代大冰期之前生命演化的重要实证材料.然而,淮南地区中—新元古代地层的沉积时间仍未得到较好的约束,碎屑锆石年龄随地层层序的变化特征也未明确.为此本文对碎屑锆石数据较少的淮南寿县地区中—新元古代地层开展了系统的碎屑锆石U-Pb同位素测年.结果显示,八公山组碎屑锆石以古元古代锆石为主体,无小于1600 Ma的锆石;刘老碑组和寿县组碎屑锆石以中元古代锆石为主体,中元古代之前的锆石较少.综合已知的碎屑锆石年龄以及与邻区地层的对比,约束寿县组沉积时间为～950-～945 Ma,刘老碑组沉积时间为～1110-～945 Ma.淮南与鲁西地区中—新元古代地层的碎屑锆石年龄谱、沉积序列、沉积环境和化石产出相似,两地地层可相互对比.淮南地区中元古代早期及之前的碎屑锆石源区可能在华北克拉通东部,而中元古代晚期的碎屑锆石的源区则可能不在华北克拉通. 相似文献
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《地球科学进展》2016,(4)
喜马拉雅造山带中段的吉隆和聂拉木地区出露一套眼球状片麻岩,其矿物组成为石英、钾长石、斜长石、黑云母和少量的白云母。片麻岩中锆石发育典型的岩浆韵律环带,LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年显示,2件样品中岩浆锆石的加权平均年龄分别为(488.5±1.1)Ma,(475.1±0.7)Ma和(468.1±2.5)Ma,代表研究区早古生代早期的岩浆作用。现有的早古生代地质记录表明,喜马拉雅地体存在早古生代造山事件,这一事件可与青藏高原南部和东南部的拉萨、羌塘、保山和腾冲地体内同一时代的构造热事件对比,指示区域早古生代造山作用。早古生代早期的造山作用是冈瓦纳大陆聚合之后,原特提斯洋岩石圈沿冈瓦纳大陆北缘俯冲调整的安第斯型造山作用的产物,而非超大陆内部块体拼合过程中陆—陆碰撞为主要特征的泛非造山作用。 相似文献
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仲巴微地体夹持在拉萨地块和特提斯喜马拉雅之间,两侧均被蛇绿混杂岩带所围限,是雅鲁藏布江西段重要的地质单元。揭示其构造亲缘性对于探讨新特提斯洋构造演化和青藏高原多地体拼合过程具有重要意义。仲巴微地体中段马攸木地区较好地出露一套志留系—石炭系沉积地层,其中志留系为片理化钙质片岩、大理岩夹砂岩,泥盆系为一套片理化的结晶灰岩夹钙质片岩,石炭系为一套砂岩、粉砂岩夹钙质片岩的碎屑岩组合。碎屑锆石年代学数据表明,志留系、泥盆系和石炭系均表现出约530 Ma和950 Ma的特征年龄峰值,年龄分布样式与西羌塘地体和喜马拉雅地体具有高度的相似性,缺乏拉萨地体以约1 170 Ma的特征的年龄峰值。结合区域地层对比,认为在志留纪—石炭纪,仲巴微地体具有明显的喜马拉雅亲缘性,其构造位置临近印度大陆北缘,是西羌塘—大印度—特提斯喜马拉雅构造体系的一部分。 相似文献
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藏北羌塘南部埃迪卡拉系达布热组的建立及其地质意义 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
羌塘位于青藏高原腹地,构造上处于冈瓦纳大陆北缘。因其特殊的构造位置,羌塘地体的起源及构造演化对于探讨青藏高原的早期形成演化、冈瓦纳大陆裂解,以及特提斯洋演化等关键科学问题至关重要。最近,在羌塘南部达布热地区发现一套碎屑岩夹玄武岩的岩石组合,碎屑岩具有低成分成熟度的特点,虽然岩石发生了低绿片岩相变质,但仍然保留了原岩类复理石沉积的特点。根据碎屑锆石定年结果,该套地层中碎屑锆石的最年轻年龄为550Ma左右。此外,该套地层中玄武岩夹层的测年结果表明,该套地层形成于埃迪卡拉纪(约550Ma)。结合地层剖面及区域地层对比,建立了埃迪卡拉纪达布热组。达布热组是羌塘地区首次发现的埃迪卡拉纪地层,该组地层的建立为探讨冈瓦纳大陆北缘构造演化提供了重要线索。 相似文献
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藏北羌塘奥陶纪平行不整合面的厘定及其构造意义 总被引：7，自引：5，他引：2
西藏羌塘块体有无变质基底、其前新生代构造属性与演化过程是长期争论的议题。本文报道南羌塘块体北部,中、上奥陶统塔石山组底砾岩平行不整合于浅变质中厚层石英砂岩夹薄层泥灰岩之上。近600粒碎屑锆石测年结果表明浅变质石英砂岩的最大沉积年龄为527±7Ma,300余粒碎屑锆石测年结果表明塔石山组底部石英砂岩的最大沉积年龄为471±6Ma。不整合面上、下石英砂岩最大沉积年龄之差达56Myr,表明这两套石英砂岩之间存在明显的沉积间断,证实了该平行不整合面的时代为奥陶纪早期。另一独立的证据是在邻区发现了早奥陶世花岗岩类岩石(471~477Ma)侵位于该浅变质石英岩,因此将不整合面之下的浅变质石英岩暂命名为荣玛组,归入寒武系地层。阴极发光与年代学研究进一步表明不整合面之上的碎屑锆石主要来源于在"泛非"运动晚期形成的结晶岩,为近源锆石,表明"泛非运动"晚期所形成的结晶岩在奥陶纪早期就已隆升,遭受剥蚀,为区内中上奥陶统沉积岩的形成提供物质来源。该奥陶纪平行不整合面的发现,表明南羌塘块体与喜马拉雅、拉萨等块体相似,同属冈瓦纳大陆体系。南、北羌塘早古生代地层系统之间的显著差异表明在寒武-奥陶纪之交,南、北羌塘块体就已被古大洋盆分隔开,开始各自独立演化。 相似文献
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《International Geology Review》2012,54(2):216-227
ABSTRACTThis article reports the results of field mapping and the petrology of clastic rocks in the Dabure area, southern Qiangtang, Tibet, together with the results of U–Pb dating of detrital zircons from these rocks. The Dabure clastic rocks are characterized by low compositional and textural maturity, and they have been affected by lower greenschist facies metamorphism. The deposits exhibit the typical features of turbidites. Altogether, 279 detrital zircons were selected for U–Pb dating, and the ages fall into five groups: 550–650, ~800, 900–1100, 1600–1800, and 2300–2500 Ma. In general, the ages of the detrital zircons that are older than ~550 Ma are similar to those found elsewhere in the southern Qiangtang and Himalayan terranes. The most reliable youngest age of a detrital zircon from the Dabure clastic rocks is ~550 Ma. In the southern part of the Tibet Plateau, strata with the same ages and lithologies as the Dabure clastic rocks are widespread, especially in the Himalayan terrane. Combining our data with previous work on the basalts in the Dabure area (the Dabure basalts), we tentatively suggest that the Dabure clastic rocks represent the late Ediacaran (~550 Ma) sedimentary record for the Qiangtang terrane, and that before the late Neoproterozoic the southern Qiangtang terrane was possibly connected to the Himalayan terrane. 相似文献
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Early Paleozoic evolution of the northern Gondwana margin is interpreted from integrated in situ U-Pb and Hf-isotope analyses on detrital zircons that constrain depositional ages and provenance of the Lancang Group, previously assigned to the Simao Block, and the Mengtong and Mengdingjie groups of the Baoshan Block. A meta-felsic volcanic rock from the Mengtong Group yields a weighted mean 206Pb/238U age of 462 ± 2 Ma. The depositional age for the previously inferred Neoproterozoic Lancang and Mengtong groups is re-interpreted as Early Paleozoic based on youngest detrital zircons and meta-volcanic age. Detrital U-Pb zircon analyses from the Baoshan Block define three distinctive age peaks at older Grenvillian (1200–1060 Ma), younger Grenvillian (~ 960 Ma) and Pan-African (650–500 Ma), with εHf(t) values for each group similar to coeval detrital zircons from western Australia and northern India. This suggests that the Baoshan Block was situated in the transitional zone between northeast Greater India and northwest Australia on the Gondwana margin and received detritus from both these cratons. The Lancang Group yields a very similar detrital zircon age spectrum to that of the Baoshan Block but contrasts with that for the Simao Block. This suggests that the Lancang Group is underlain by a separate Lancang Block. Similar detrital zircon age spectra suggest that the Baoshan Block and the Lancang Block share common sources and that they were situated close to one another along the northern margin of East Gondwana during the Early Paleozoic. The new detrital zircon data in combination with previously published data for East Gondwana margin blocks suggests the Early Paleozoic Proto-Tethys represents a narrow ocean basin separating an “Asian Hun superterrane” (North China, South China, Tarim, Indochina and North Qiangtang blocks) from the northern margin of Gondwana during the Late Neoproterozoic-Early Paleozoic. The Proto-Tethys closed in the Silurian at ca. 440–420 Ma when this “Asian Hun superterrane” collided with the northern Gondwana margin. Subsequently, the Lancang Block is interpreted to have separated from the Baoshan Block during the Early Devonian when the Paleo-Tethys opened as a back-arc basin. 相似文献
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U-Pb geochronology of basement rocks in central Tibet and paleogeographic implications 总被引：14，自引：0，他引：14
The ages and paleogeographic affinities of basement rocks of Tibetan terranes are poorly known. New U-Pb zircon geochronologic data from orthogneisses of the Amdo basement better resolve Neoproterozoic and Cambro-Ordovician magmatism in central Tibet. The Amdo basement is exposed within the Bangong suture zone between the Lhasa and Qiangtang terranes and is composed of granitic orthogneisses with subordinate paragneisses and metasedimentary rocks. The intermediate-felsic orthogneisses show a bimodal distribution of Neoproterozoic (920-820 Ma) and Cambro-Ordovician (540-460 Ma) crystallization ages. These and other sparse basement ages from Tibetan terranes suggest the plateau is underlain by juvenile crust that is Neoproterozoic or younger; its young age and weaker rheology relative to cratonic blocks bounding the plateau margins likely facilitated the propagation of Indo-Asian deformation far into Asia. The Neoproterozoic ages post-date Rodinia assembly and magmatism of similar ages is documented in the Qaidaim-Kunlun terrane, South China block, the Aravalli-Delhi craton in NW India, the Eastern Ghats of India, and the Prince Charles mountains in Antarctica. The Amdo Neoproterozoic plutons cannot be unambiguously related to one of these regions, but we propose that the Yangtze block of the South China block is the most likely association, with the Amdo basement representing a terrane that possibly rifted from the active Yangtze margin in the middle Neoproterozoic. Cambro-Ordovician granitoids are ubiquitous throughout Gondwana as a product of active margin tectonics following Gondwana assembly and indicate that the Lhasa-Qiangtang terranes were involved in these tectono-magmatic events. U-Pb detrital zircon analysis of two quartzites from the Amdo basement suggest that the protoliths were Carboniferous-Permian continental margin strata widely deposited across the Lhasa and Qiangtang terranes. The detrital zircon age spectra of the upper Paleozoic Tibetan sandstones and other rocks deposited in East Gondwana during the late Neoproterozoic and Paleozoic are all quite similar, making it difficult to use the age spectra for paleogeographic determinations. There is a suggestion in the data that the Qiangtang terrane may have been located further west along Gondwana’s northern boundary than the Lhasa terrane, but more refined spatial and temporal data are needed to verify this configuration. 相似文献
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In the Gyirong and Nyalam areas, a massive amount of augen gneisses are extensively exposed in the middle Himalayan orogen. They consist of quartz, K-feldspar, plagioclase, biotite and minor muscovite. Zircons from augen gneisses have magmatic rims indicated by concentric oscillatory zoning. LA-ICP-MS zircon U-Pb dating gave weighted mean ages of (488.5±1.1) Ma (MSWD=0.6)、(475.1±0.7) Ma (MSWD=1.5) and (468.1±2.5) Ma (MSWD=4.2), hinting early Paleozoic magmatism in the Greater Himalayan Crystalline complex (GHC). The data in this study and other published geochronological results of Cambrian-Ordovician magmatites demonstrated that early Paleozoic orogenesis existed in the Himalayas. Early Paleozoic tectonic events preserved in Himalayas are well compared with the contemporaneous ones in the Lhasa terrane, Qiangtang terrane, Baoshan terrane and Tengchong terrane located in the south and southeast of Tibet Plateau. Integrating previous studies, we suggested an Andean-type orogeny corresponding to dynamic adjusting of the plates by subduction of the Proto-Tethys Ocean lithosphere along the northern margin of Gondwana, instead of Pan-African orogeny that was characterized by the continent-continent collisions during Gondwana assembly. 相似文献
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Late Triassic sedimentary records in the northern Tethyan Himalaya:Tectonic link with Greater India 总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2
Huawen Cao Yong Huang Guangming Li Linkui Zhang Jianyang Wu Lei Dong Zuowen Dai Liu Lu 《地学前缘(英文版)》2018,9(1):273-291
The Upper Triassic flysch sediments(Nieru Formation and Langjiexue Group)exposed in the Eastern Tethyan Himalayan Sequence are crucial for unraveling the controversial paleogeography and paleotectonics of the Himalayan orogen.This work reports new detrital zircon U-Pb ages and whole-rock geochemical data for clastic rocks from flysch strata in the Shannan area.The mineral modal composition data suggest that these units were mainly sourced from recycled orogen provenances.The chemical compositions of the sandstones in the strata are similar to the chemical composition of upper continental crust.These rocks have relatively low Chemical Index of Alteration values(with an average of 62)and Index of Compositional Variability values(0.69),indicating that they experienced weak weathering and were mainly derived from a mature source.The geochemical compositions of the Upper Triassic strata are similar to those of graywackes from continental island arcs and are indicative of an acidicintermediate igneous source.Furthermore,hornblende and feldspar experienced decomposition in the provenance,and the sediment became enriched in zircon and monazite during sediment transport.The detrital zircons in the strata feature two main age peaks at 225-275 Ma and 500-600 Ma,nearly continuous Paleoproterozoic to Neoproterozoic ages,and a broad inconspicuous cluster in the Tonian-Stenian(800-1200 Ma).The detrital zircons from the Upper Triassic sandstones in the study area lack peaks at 300-325 Ma(characteristic of the Lhasa block)and 1150-1200 Ma(characteristic of the Lhasa and West Australia blocks).Therefore,neither the Lhasa block nor the West Australia blocks likely acted as the main provenance of the Upper Triassic strata.Newly discovered Permian-Triassic basalt and mafic dikes in the Himalayas could have provided the 225-275 Ma detrital zircons.Therefore,Indian and Himalayan units were the main provenances of the flysch strata.The Tethyan Himalaya was part of the northern passive margin and was not an exotic terrane separated from India during the Permian to Early Cretaceous.This evidence suggests that the Neo-Tethyan ocean opened prior to the Late Triassic and that the Upper Triassic deposits were derived from continental crustal fragments adjacent to the northern passive continental margin of Greater India. 相似文献