Geodynamic modelling of the Century deposit,Mt Isa Province,Queensland     

A. Ord  B. E. Hobbs  Y. Zhang  G. C. Broadbent  M. Brown  G. Willetts 《Australian Journal of Earth Sciences》2013,60(6):1011-1039

This paper is concerned with an example of quantitative modelling of orebody formation as a guide to reducing the risk for future mineral exploration. Specifically, the paper presents a detailed 3–D numerical model for the formation of the Century zinc deposit in northern Queensland. The model couples fluid flow with deformation, thermal transport and chemical reactions. The emphasis of the study is a systems approach where the holistic mineralising system is considered rather than concentrating solely on the mineral deposit. In so doing the complete plumbing system for mineralisation is considered with a view to specifying the critical conditions responsible for the ore deposit occurring where it does and having the size and metal grades that are observed. The numerical model is based on detailed geological, tectonic, isotopic and mineralogical data collected over the past 20 years. The conclusions are that the Century zinc deposit is located where it is because of the following factors: (i) a thermal anomaly is associated with the Termite Range Fault due to advection of heat from depth by fluid flow up the Termite Range Fault; (ii) bedding‐plane fissility in the shale rocks hosting the Century zinc deposit has controlled the wavelength and nature of D₁ folding in the vicinity of the deposit and has also controlled increases in permeability due to hydrofracture of the shales; such hydrofracture is also associated with the production of hydrocarbons as these shales passed through the ‘oil‐window’; (iii) Pb–Zn leached from crustal rocks in the stratigraphic column migrated up along faults normal to the Termite Range Fault driven by topographic relief associated with inversion at the end of the Isan Orogeny; these fluids mixed with H₂S derived at depth moving up the Termite Range Fault to mix with the crustal fluids to precipitate Pb–Zn in a plume downstream from the point of mixing. Critical factors to be used as exploration guides are high temperatures, carbonaceous fissile shales now folded into relatively tight D₁ folds, fault‐controlled plumbing systems that enable fluid mixing, depletion of metals upstream of the deposit and,in particular,a very wide Fe‐depletion halo upstream of the deposit.  相似文献   

帕米尔弧形构造带的构造过程与地貌特征     

陈汉林  陈亚光  陈沈强  林秀斌  杨蓉  程晓敢  李康 《地球学报》2019,40(1):55-75

帕米尔弧形构造带是印度-欧亚板块碰撞变形最强烈的地区之一,是研究构造过程、地貌演化以及气候变化及其相互作用的理想场所。本文基于前人的研究成果,对帕米尔弧形构造带新生代构造单元、地貌特征和动力学演化模型进行了总结归纳,包括:主要构造单元的活动起止时间、活动量及活动速率;帕米尔弧形构造带现今的地貌特征(水系和冰川的分布);帕米尔弧形构造带6种主要的地球动力学演化模型的主要样式、优点及限制。论文提出了帕米尔弧形构造带晚新生代构造研究的三个重要的科学问题:精细厘定构造带内部的不同断裂带运动学特征和相互关系;深部地质过程与浅部响应相结合,探讨构造带形成的深部地质过程控制;将构造过程、气候特征与地貌演化作为一个耦合系统开展研究。  相似文献   

中国东北部陆缘内生金矿床成因类型、成矿时代及地球动力学背景   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

韩世炯  孙景贵  邢树文  张增杰  柴鹏  杨帆  邱殿明 《吉林大学学报(地球科学版)》2013,43(3):716-733

中国东北部陆缘是我国内生金矿床较为发育的地区之一,以成矿作用复杂、蕴藏丰富的金资源量倍受国内外地质学家关注。通过对该区内生金矿的地质和成矿年代的系统研究,初步将该区内生金矿床划分为中温热液金矿床、接触交代-热液金矿床、斑岩型/类斑岩型金铜矿床和浅成低温热液金矿床4种主要成因类型和3个重要成矿期（170～160 Ma、130～110 Ma和110～90 Ma）。结合同位素地球化学特征,进一步确定中温热液金矿床的成矿物质主要来自下地壳源,成矿作用与中生代燕山早期古太平洋板块俯冲作用引发的中国东部大陆边缘岩石圈减薄及拆沉的动力学过程密切相关;接触交代-热液金矿床的成矿物质来源于年轻地壳,成矿作用与古太平洋板块俯冲引起的岩石圈减薄拆沉的伸展构造背景下的岩浆接触交代作用更为密切;而斑岩型/类斑岩型金铜矿床和浅成低温热液金矿床的成矿物质来源为壳幔混合源,其成矿发生在古太平洋板块向亚洲大陆正北向俯冲转入Izanagi Farallon板块西向俯冲的构造转换期。  相似文献   

Kema terrane: A fragment of a back-arc basin of the early Cretaceous Moneron–Samarga island-arc system, East Sikhote–Alin range, Russian Far East     

Alexander I.  Malinovsky  Vladimir V.  Golozoubov  Vladimir P.  Simanenko  Ludmila F.  Simanenko 《Island Arc》2008,17(3):285-304

Abstract The Kema terrane is a suite of Barremian(?)–Aptian to Albian volcano-sedimentary rocks of Sikhote–Alin that are interpreted as deposits of the back-arc basin of the Moneron–Samarga island-arc system. Compositional features of the different-type deposits indicate a near-slope depositional environment influenced by volcanic processes. Studies of slump fold orientation testify to the accumulation of material from southeast to northwest by gravitational sliding. Compositional characteristics of terrigenous rocks suggest the major provenance for detrital material was an ensialic volcanic island arc. Petrochemical characteristics of basaltic rocks indicate that the formations studied were confined to the back part of the arc.  相似文献   

Reconstruction of the Cenozoic deformation of the Bohai Bay Basin,North China     

Yinbing Zhu  Shaofeng Liu  Bo Zhang  Michael Gurnis  Pengfei Ma 《Basin Research》2021,33(1):364-381

A well‐constrained plate deformation model may lead to an improved understanding of sedimentary basin formation and the connection between subduction history and over‐riding plate deformation. Building quantitative models of basin kinematics and deformation remains challenging often due to the lack of comprehensive constraints. The Bohai Bay Basin (BBB) is an important manifestation of the destruction of the North China Craton, and records the plate kinematic history of East Asia during the Cenozoic. Although a number of interpretations of the formation of the BBB have been proposed, few quantitative basin reconstruction models have been built to test and refine previous ideas. Here, we developed a quantitative deformation reconstruction of the BBB constrained with balanced cross‐sections and structural, stratigraphic and depositional age data. Our reconstruction suggests that the basin formation process was composed of three main stages: Paleocene‐early Eocene (65–42 Ma) extension initiation, middle Eocene‐early Oligocene (42–32.8 Ma) extension climax and post‐Oligocene (32.8–0 Ma) post‐extensional subsidence. The deformation of the BBB is spatially heterogeneous, and its velocity directions rotated clockwise during the basin formation process. The reconstruction supports the interpretation that the BBB formed via strike‐slip faulting and orthogonal extension and that the basin is classified as a composite extensional‐transtensional basin. We argue that the clockwise rotation of the basin velocity field was driven by the counter‐clockwise rotation in the direction of Pacific Plate subduction. The kinematics of the BBB imply that the Pacific Plate may have been sufficiently coupled to the over‐riding East Asian Plate during the critical period of Pacific Plate reorganization. The new reconstruction provides a quantitative basis for studies of deformation processes not only in the vicinity of the BBB, but also more broadly throughout East Asia.  相似文献   

Genesis of cristobalite and tridymite at low temperatures     

J. B. Jones  E. R. Segnit 《Australian Journal of Earth Sciences》2013,60(4):419-422

It is suggested that an explanation of the observed metastable formation of cristobalite and tridymite in the stability field of quartz lies in the topology of these silica polymorphs and the resulting energies at the time of formation.  相似文献   

埃达克岩研究的几个问题   总被引：20，自引：0，他引：20  

朱弟成  潘桂棠  段丽萍  夏林  廖忠礼  王立全 《西北地质》2003,36(2):13-19

在简略分析中国埃达克岩研究情况的基础上,讨论了新近在有关埃达克岩研究方面取得的主要进展,探讨了先前埃达克岩研究中很少或者没有注意到的特殊的地球动力学意义。强调O型埃达克岩的出现标志着大洋萎缩消减的开始,C型埃达克岩的出现则暗示地壳在此之前就已经加厚,同时认为要解决埃达克岩研究中存在的一些问题,在很大程度上还有赖于青藏高原的埃达克岩研究。  相似文献   

Geodynamic settings of Mesozoic large-scale mineralization in North China and adjacent areas   总被引：11，自引：0，他引：11  

Jingwen?MaoEmail author  Yitian?Wang  Zuoheng?Zhang  Jinjie?Yu  Baogui?Niu 《中国科学D辑(英文版)》2003,46(8):838-851

Based on the summary of the highly precise datings of the metal deposits and related granitic rocks in North China craton and adjacent areas, such as the molybdenite Re-Os datings,⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar datings of mica, K-feldspar and quartz, some Rb-Sr isochrons, and the SHRIMP zircon U-Pb dating and single grain zircon U-Pb dating, we suggest that the large-scale mineralization in North China craton and adjacent areas take place in three periods of 200-160Ma, 140Ma±, and 130-110Ma. Their corresponding geodynamic settings are proposed to be the collision orogenic process, transformation of the tectonic regime, and delamination of the lithosphere, respectively, in light of analyzing the Mesozoic geodynamic evolution in the North China craton.  相似文献   

大陆动力学演化与成矿研究: 历史与现状   总被引：21，自引：8，他引：21  

毛景文  谢桂青  李晓峰  张作衡  王义天  王志良  赵财胜  杨富全  李厚民 《矿床地质》2005,24(3):193-205

地球动力学演化过程与成矿作用是当今矿床学研究的前沿。文章回顾了自20世纪60年代以来，有关大陆动力学演化与成矿的研究历史和当前的研究动向。综述了几个研究大阶段，即：海底喷流成矿作用、大陆边缘成矿作用、板内成矿作用及地质历史演化过程的大陆汇聚或增生与多期次成矿。同时，以华南地区为例，将大陆侧向和垂向增生作为切入点，阐述了华南世界级有色、稀有、贵金属成矿省在地质历史过程中的成矿作用，并提出在该成矿省进一步实现找矿突破的重要科学问题。  相似文献   

胶东中生代花岗岩及大型-超大型金矿床形成的地球动力学环境   总被引：11，自引：3，他引：11  

李俊建  罗镇宽  刘晓阳  徐卫东  骆辉 《矿床地质》2005,24(4):361-372

文章通过对大量前人构造地质学、同位素年代学等多元信息资料的分析，认为胶东中生代花岗岩和大型-超大型金矿床形成于华南-华北克拉通后碰撞挤压和伊泽奈崎板块快速斜冲剪切的双重构造环境及其后的拉张构造环境。胶东大型-超大型金矿床受控于经历了韧-脆性剪切、挤压-拉张复杂变形叠加的大型构造岩带，同时也受控于被断裂叠加的花岗岩接触带。根据铅、硫等同位素组成特征及地质构造环境的综合分析，认为成矿物质主要来自以太古宙胶东岩群绿岩和深成岩组成的结晶基底，不排除煌斑岩浆带来部分深源物质；根据流体包裹体的氢、氧、碳同位素组成，判断成矿流体为大气水和岩浆水的混合流体；成矿条件为中低温（380～100℃），低压（86～5．4MPa）；成矿时代为燕山晚期（125～100Ma），成矿与燕山晚期拉张环境下的岩浆活动有成因联系，属环太平洋成矿带中温热液金矿床。  相似文献