湘南王仙岭花岗岩体的锆石U-Pb年代学、地球化学、锆石Hf同位素特征及其地质意义

湘南王仙岭岩体由主体电气石黑云母花岗岩和侵入其内部的黑云母二长花岗岩组成,LA-MC-ICPMS锆石U-Pb定年显示电气石黑云母花岗岩形成于印支期(235.0±1.3Ma),黑云母二长花岗岩形成于燕山期(155.9±1.0Ma),表明该岩体是两期岩浆活动的产物。这两期岩石均为高钾钙碱性系列,A/CNK值为1.07～1.66,属过铝-强过铝质花岗岩类。稀土元素显示LREE富集,HREE亏损,Eu负异常明显(0.01～0.38)的特征。早期电气石黑云母花岗岩和晚期黑云母二长花岗岩的εHf(t)值分别为-7.92～+4.61和-10.66～-5.35;两阶段Hf模式年龄(tDM2)分别为1758～967Ma和1875～1538Ma。两期花岗岩均来自于古中元古代地壳物质重熔,其中早期电气石黑云母花岗岩在侵位上升过程中捕获了部分幔源老锆石,成岩过程中有少量地幔物质参与,且其源区具有高εHf(t)值的特点。综合前人研究成果,本文认为华南中生代印支期和燕山期均有钨锡矿化作用,印支期花岗质岩浆形成于碰撞挤压作用间隙伸展环境,而燕山期花岗质岩浆可能形成于大陆边缘弧后伸展环境。     

西藏冈底斯东部然乌地区早白垩世岩浆混合作用:锆石SHRIM PU-Pb年龄和Hf同位素证据

目前对西藏冈底斯带早白垩世大规模岩浆作用的岩石成因以及冈底斯带不同构造单元的东延仍存在不同看法。为探讨这些问题,文中对冈底斯带东部地区然乌岩体中的闪长岩脉进行了锆石SHRIM PU-Pb定年和锆石Hf同位素分析。结果表明:然乌岩体中闪长岩脉的锆石SHRIM PU-Pb年龄为(114.2±0.9)Ma,与二长花岗岩为同期侵位。然乌闪长岩脉具有不均一的锆石Hf同位素组成,其εHf(t)值介于-4.2～+4.9,对应的Hf同位素地壳模式年龄为0.85～1.44Ga。闪长岩脉的全岩εNd(t)值为-4.7,Nd同位素两阶段模式年龄(TDM2)为1.29Ga,与锆石Hf同位素模式年龄一致。然乌地区同期发生的闪长质岩浆和花岗质岩浆侵位以及不均一的锆石Hf同位素组成,很可能表明然乌地区大约在115Ma发生了重要的岩浆混合作用。结合锆石Hf同位素地壳模式年龄的区域性对比,我们认为,与北冈底斯带相比,然乌地区同中冈底斯带之间具有更好的可对比性。     

蚌埠隆起区中生代花岗岩的岩石成因：锆石Hf同位素的证据

对蚌埠隆起区中生代不同时期的花岗岩中6个岩体的锆石LA-MC-ICP MS原位Hf同位素的研究,据此限定它们的岩浆源区和重建华北克拉通东南部的构造格架。结果表明,中生代不同时期的花岗岩中岩浆锆石的初始Hf同位素组成(ε_(Hf)(t))可以分成两组:第一组的女山(130Ma)和西庐山花岗岩(130Ma)的ε_(Hf)(t)值分别为-18.4和-16.1;第二组的曹山(110Ma)、锥山二长花岗岩(110Ma)和蚂蚁山花岗岩(110Ma)以及淮光花岗闪长岩(130Ma)的ε_(Hf)(t)值分别为-22.3、-23.1和-21.1以及-28.1,这些岩浆锆石低的ε_(Hf)(t)值表明它们可能来源于古老的大陆下地壳。女山和西庐山岩体中早古生代—新元古代继承锆石具有低的ε_(Hf)(t)值(-2.3～-7.7)和1.52Ga～1.79Ga的Hf同位素两阶段模式年龄,表明它们的岩浆源区主要以扬子克拉通下地壳物质为主。曹山、锥山和蚂蚁山以及淮光岩体中岩浆锆石的Hf同位素两阶段模式年龄为1.89Ga～2.58Ga,结合淮光岩体中古元古代继承锆石和3400Ma捕获锆石中低的ε_(Hf)(t)值(-5.7～-6.8,-0.6、-0.9)和古老的Hf同位素两阶段模式年龄(2.44Ga～2.80Ga,3.7Ga),表明它们主要来源于华北克拉通下地壳物质的部分熔融。淮光和女山岩体中古元古代—新太古宙继承锆石中正的ε_(Hf)(t)值(0.3～6.7)以及高的ε_(Hf)(t)值(16.9～21.7)的存在,暗示形成这些古老继承锆石的初始物质中有幔源物质的涉入。蚌埠隆起区深部地壳中扬子克拉通基底物质的存在暗示扬子克拉通可能沿着郯庐断裂带向西或北西方向俯冲于华北克拉通之下。     

冈底斯中段碱长花岗岩锆石U-Pb-Hf同位素特征及地质意义

本文对冈底斯岩浆带中段谢通门塔玛地区碱长花岗岩进行了原位LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年和LA-MCICP-MS锆石Lu-Hf同位素分析。研究结果表明,采自该岩体不同部位的两件锆石U-Pb同位素加权平均年龄分别为(40.02±0.39)Ma和(40.65±0.32)Ma,具有几乎一致的地质年龄,即碱长花岗岩侵位结晶年龄为40 Ma左右。LA-MCICP-MS锆石Lu-Hf同位素研究显示,176Hf/177Hf比值在0.282633~0.282878,平均值为0.282765,计算所得的εHf(t)值介于-4.08~4.15,平均值为0.28,峰值在-1~+1之间;TDMC模式年龄在822~1373 Ma,平均值为1075 Ma,峰值年龄为1000~1200 Ma。其次,样品的εHf(t)值具有正负相间的特点,εHf(t)也相对较小,为典型的壳幔混染型,岩浆源区主要以古老地壳的熔融为主。综合研究表明,谢通门塔玛地区碱长花岗岩主要是由新特斯洋板片的断离,致使软流圈地幔上涌,引起拉萨地体地壳物质的熔融、再循环而形成的,在这个过程中有部分幔源物质的加入。     

华北地台南缘张士英岩体的锆石SHRIMP U-Pb测年、Hf同位素组成及其地质意义

张士英岩体位于华北地台南缘,岩石类型包括钾长花岗岩、似斑状花岗岩和石英斑岩脉,其中只在钾长花岗岩中发育有暗色岩石包体,在包体和寄主岩中发育反映岩浆混合作用的岩石结构。钾长花岗岩、似斑状花岗岩和石英斑岩脉的SHRIMP锆石U-Pb年龄分别为107.3±2.4Ma、106.7±2.5Ma和101±3Ma。锆石Hf同位素分析结果显示,钾长花岗岩的锆石εHf(t)为-15.96～-20.80,单阶段模式年龄(tDM1)为1396～1643Ma,两阶段模式年龄(tDM2)为1880～2018Ma;似斑状花岗岩的锆石εHf(t)为-18.97～-22.18,tDM1为1512～1640Ma,tDM2为1925～2080Ma;除了一粒年龄为2.6Ga的锆石具有εHf(t)为-0.71、tDM1为2943Ma和tDM2为3036Ma的组成,石英斑岩的锆石εHf(t)为-23.41～-27.95,tDM1为1678～1896Ma,tDM2为2144～2330Ma。这些数据暗示,除了存在少量太古宙地壳物质的贡献外,张士英岩体的物质来源可能主要为1.9～2.3Ga期间形成的新生地壳,但也不排除古老地壳与富集地幔源混合的可能。综合分析前人研究成果表明,在太平洋板块俯冲方向发生转变的过程中,先存断裂带发生拉张。张士英岩体与中国东部同期岩浆活动一起可能形成于这种受断裂带控制的伸展环境。     

华北板块南缘伏牛山花岗岩锆石LA-MC-ICP-MS U-Pb定年、Lu-Hf同位素特征及岩石成因

伏牛山花岗岩体出露于华北板块南缘,南召县城以北,面积超过4200km~2。岩体的岩石组合为花岗岩+花岗闪长岩+石英闪长岩,具有I型花岗岩的特征。花岗岩锆石的LA-MC-ICP-MS U-Pb定年得到145.4±1.0Ma和118.5±0.6Ma,说明岩体形成于燕山期,并经历了至少两期岩浆活动。锆石Hf同位素分析表明,第一期花岗岩的ε_(Hf)(t)平均值为-16.53,二阶段模式年龄(t_(DM2))平均为2216Ma,表明其源岩以壳源物质为主;第二期花岗岩的源岩分为两个部分,一部分花岗岩的ε_(Hf)(t)平均值为-13.67,二阶段模式年龄(t_(DM2))平均为2044Ma,表明其源岩以壳源物质为主,另一部分花岗岩的ε_(Hf)(t)平均值为1.61,二阶段模式年龄(t_(DM2))平均为1073Ma,表明其源岩以新生地壳为主。根据研究结果及区域地质构造分析,认为第一期岩浆作用是由于太平洋板块俯冲导致秦岭造山带断裂构造再活动,发生部分熔融形成小规模的岩浆作用;而第二期岩浆作用是由于太平洋板块俯冲导致岩石圈拆沉,使地幔软流圈的物质上升,形成巨大的热场,引起大陆地壳大规模的部分熔融形成花岗岩浆。最终形成的花岗岩浆沿着华北板块与扬子板块之间的断裂上侵至地壳浅处,形成了伏牛山复式岩体。     

西藏纳如松多铅锌矿床成矿岩体形成机制:岩浆锆石证据

纳如松多铅锌矿床位于拉萨地块中部隆格尔-工布江达断隆带中段,以发育隐爆角砾岩型和矽卡岩型铅锌矿化为特征.西矿段与矽卡岩型铅锌矿化相关的岩体为粗斑和细斑两种石英正长斑岩,对其锆石进行的U-Pb 定年、稀土元素、Lu-Hf同位素和锆石群型特征分析表明,粗斑石英正长斑岩侵位于(62.54±0.77) Ma,细斑石英正长斑岩侵位于(62.47±0.91)Ma;锆石稀土元素具有相似的左倾配分模式和Ce正异常、Eu负异常,在U/Yb-Y图解上均落于陆壳锆石范围;粗斑石英正长斑岩的176Hf/177Hf介于0.282577～0.282803,εHf(t)变化于-5.58～+2.21,反映岩浆来源于地壳物质的部分熔融,并有地幔物质的加入;锆石群型特征显示粗斑和细斑石英正长斑岩为地壳地幔混合岩浆成因的花岗岩.上述结果说明纳如松多铅锌矿床的岩浆侵入与成矿作用发生于印度-亚洲大陆碰撞造山的主碰撞期.由于印度陆壳随回转的新特提斯洋壳板片一起向拉萨地块之下陡俯冲,并产生异常热源,诱发了地幔物质上涌和上覆地壳部分熔融,形成的地幔地壳混合成因岩浆经结晶分异演化后上升侵位,形成矿区内粗斑和细斑两种石英正长斑岩及相关的铅锌矿化.     

冀北小张家口超基性岩体的锆石U-Pb年龄和Hf同位素组成

采用离子探针(SHRIMPⅡ)测得小张家口基性-超基性岩体中的锆石主要有220±5Ma和491±7Ma两组年龄,以及一个很老的继承锆石年龄2453Ma。年龄为220±5Ma的一组锆石(A组)具有典型的岩浆型振荡环带,这组年龄应代表该岩体的侵位年龄。A组锆石的~(176)H/~(177)Hf比值从0.282557到0.282690,ε_(Hf)(220Ma)=-2.9～ 1.66。年龄为491±7Ma的一组锆石(B组)具有变质成因的蝴蝶结构(Butterfly structure)和熔蚀边,属于继承锆石。B组锆石的~(176)Hf/~(177)Hf比值从0.282239到0.282483,ε_(Hf)(491Ma)=-8.6～0.06。~(207)Pb/~(206)Pb年龄为2453Ma的锆石应该是岩浆侵位时从华北克拉通古元古代基底中捕获的锆石。A组锆石的Hf同位素数据表明,220Ma左右由于华北北缘岩石圈伸展,导致软流圈地幔上涌,亏损的软流圈地幔流/熔体与富集的岩石圈地幔相互作用并混合,这种混合地幔源区发生部分熔融而形成小张家口基性-超基性岩体。B组锆石可能是小张家口岩体在岩浆侵位过程中捕获的来源于富集地幔或大陆下地壳的锆石。     

福建魁岐晶洞花岗岩锆石U-Pb年代学及其地球化学研究

魁岐晶洞花岗岩具有高Si、高碱、低Ca、富集大离子亲石元素和高场强元素的地球化学特征,为典型的A型花岗岩。LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年分析显示,魁岐小晶洞花岗岩的锆石U-Pb年龄在101.7±2Ma和97.3±0.77Ma之间,而大晶洞花岗岩的锆石U-Pb年龄在93.6±1.5Ma和92.0±1.3Ma之间,表明它们是晚白垩世早期岩浆活动的产物。锆石原位Hf同位素分析显示,大晶洞锆石的εHf(t)分别为+1.45和+1.21,锆石二阶段模式年龄平均值为1064Ma和1078Ma,说明该类岩石是幔源岩浆底侵导致下地壳熔融的结果。以上研究成果表明,魁岐晶洞A型花岗岩形成于库拉板块向欧亚板块俯冲,诱发其上的大陆岩石圈板块伸展的构造环境。因此,其原始岩浆是新元古代下地壳物质部分熔融的产物,并伴有地幔物质的加入。     

新疆东天山哈尔里克山石炭纪花岗岩锆石U-Pb年龄、成因演化及地质意义

新疆北部广泛发育的石炭纪—二叠纪花岗质岩石一直是中亚造山带西段研究的热点之一。新获得东天山哈尔里克地区小铺黑云母二长花岗岩和沁城南含角闪石二长花岗岩LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄分别为316±4Ma和320±3Ma。地球化学特征显示,小铺岩体为弱过铝质高钾钙碱性I型花岗岩,沁城南岩体为准铝质高钾钙碱性A型花岗岩。小铺岩体的εHf(t)值为+8.0~+13.8,沁城南岩体则更高,达到+10.8~+16.7,对应的地壳模式年龄(TDMc)分别为822~450Ma和641~268Ma,反映源区为年轻地壳物质。结合区域同时代产出的基性岩,指示这些年轻物质很可能与新的幔源基性底侵岩浆有关,为北疆哈尔里克地区石炭纪后碰撞地壳垂向生长提供了新证据。此外,沁城南岩体具有A型特征花岗岩的出现,进一步揭示晚石炭世为碰撞-后碰撞的重要构造转换期。     

Organization of oscillatory zoning in zircon: analysis, scaling, geochemistry, and model of a zircon from Kipawa, Quebec, Canada

The character of oscillatory zoning within a zircon crystal from the syenite Kipawa Complex, Quebec, varies with scale of observation. Analysis of an scanning electron microscopy (SEM) back-scatter gray-scale traverse at a resolution of one pixel = 2.43 μm revealed 145 zones over 5130 μm, whereas a detailed high-resolution (one pixel = 0.195 μm) section near the crystal rim revealed 225 zones over 795 μm. In order to mathematically characterize the zoning pattern, wavelet, Fourier, and nonlinear analysis techniques were used on profiles of the SEM gray-scale data, and a series constructed was from the zone widths. Results demonstrate that the zircon oscillatory zoning preserves nonlinear and periodic components. Secondary ion mass spectrometry, electron microprobe, and SEM analyses of trace elements show the SEM back-scatter bright zones are enriched in U, Th, and rare earth elements (REE) in comparison to the darker zones. REE patterns are sharply heavy REE enriched and have negative Eu anomalies and prominent positive Ce anomalies. We model the oscillatory zoning, including a measure of its chemical variation, by use of a periodically forced nonlinear system. Results of this data-driven model are quantitatively similar to the natural data. We envisage that the small-scale oscillatory zoning was the result of a nonlinear feedback process wherein the crystal growth modified the adjacent melt, which in turn affected the crystal composition. The large-scale harmonic zones likely reflect changes in the bulk geochemistry of the system from which the zircon grew.     

Trace-element composition of hydrothermal zircon and the alteration of Hadean zircon from the Jack Hills,Australia

Hydrothermal zircon can be used to date fluid-infiltration events and water/rock interaction. At the Boggy Plain zoned pluton (BPZP), eastern Australia, hydrothermal zircon occurs with hydrothermal scheelite, molybdenite, thorite and rutile in incipiently altered aplite and monzogranite. The hydrothermal zircon is texturally distinct from magmatic zircon in the same rocks, occurring as murky-brown translucent 20–50 μm-thick mantles on magmatic cores and less commonly as individual crystals. The hydrothermal mantles are internally textureless in back-scatter electron and cathodoluminescence images whereas magmatic zircon is oscillatory zoned. The age of the hydrothermal zircon is indistinguishable from magmatic zircon, indicating precipitation from a fluid evolved from the magma during the final stages of crystallization. Despite indistinguishable U-Pb isotopic compositions, the trace-element compositions of the hydrothermal and magmatic zircon are distinct. Hydrothermal zircon is enriched in all measured trace-elements relative to magmatic zircon in the same rock, including V, Ti, Nb, Hf, Sc, Mn, U, Y, Th and the rare-earth elements (REE). Chondrite-normalized REE abundances form two distinct pattern groupings: type-1 (magmatic) patterns increase steeply from La to Lu and have Ce and Eu anomalies—these are patterns typical for unaltered magmatic zircon in continental crust rock types; type-2 (hydrothermal) patterns generally have higher abundances of the REE, flatter light-REE patterns [(Sm/La)_N = 1.5–4.4 vs. 22–110 for magmatic zircon] and smaller Ce anomalies (Ce/Ce* = 1.8–3.5 vs. 32–49 for magmatic zircon). Type-2 patterns have also been described for hydrothermally-altered zircon from the Gabel Hamradom granite, Egypt, and a granitic dyke from the Acasta Gneiss Complex, Canada.Hadean (∼4.5–4.0 Ga) zircon from the Jack Hills, Western Australia, have variable normalized REE patterns. In particular, the oldest piece of Earth—zircon crystal W74/2-36 (dated at 4.4 Ga)—contains both type-1 and type-2 patterns on a 50 μm scale, a phenomenon not yet reported for unaltered magmatic zircon. In the context of documented magmatic and hydrothermal zircon compositions from constrained samples from the BPZP and the literature, the type-2 patterns in crystal W74/2-36 and other Jack Hills Hadean (JHH) zircon are interpreted as hydrothermally-altered magmatic compositions. An alteration scenario, constrained by isotope and trace-element data, as well as α-decay event calculations, involving fluid/zircon cation and oxygen isotope exchange within partially metamict zones and minor dissolution/reprecipitation, may have occurred episodically for some JHH zircon and at ∼4.27 Ga for zircon W74/2-36. Type-2 compositions in JHH zircon are interpreted to represent localized exchange with a light-REE-bearing, high δ¹⁸O (∼6–10‰ or higher) fluid. Thus, a complex explanation involving “permanent” liquid water oceans, large-scale water/rock interaction and plate tectonics in the very early Archean is not necessary as the zircon textures and compositions are simply explained by exchange between partially metamict zircon and a low volume ephemeral fluid.     

Inclusion-localised crystal-plasticity,dynamic porosity,and fast-diffusion pathway generation in zircon

A population of oscillatory zoned, igneous zircon grains in a Javanese andesite contains fluid and mineral inclusions (up to 10 μm across) trapped during zircon growth. Orientation contrast imaging and orientation mapping by electron backscatter diffraction reveal that crystal-plastic deformation overprints growth zoning and has localized around 1–10 μm pores and inclusions. Cumulative crystallographic misorientation of up to 25° around pores and inclusions in zircon is predominantly accommodated by low-angle (<5°) orientation boundaries, with few free dislocations in subgrain interiors. Low-angle boundaries are curved, with multiple orientation segments at the sub-micrometer scale. Misorientation axes associated with the most common boundaries align with the zircon c-axis and are consistent with dislocation creep dominated by <100>(010) slip. A distinctly different population of sub-micron pores is present along subgrain boundaries and their triple junctions. These are interpreted to have formed as a geometric consequence of dislocation interaction during crystal-plasticity. Dislocation creep microstructures are spatially related to differences in cathodoluminescence spectra that indicate variations in the abundance of CL-active rare earth elements. The extent of the modification suggests deformation-related fast-pathway diffusion distances that are over five orders of magnitude greater than expected for volume diffusion. This enhanced diffusion is interpreted to represent a combination of fast-diffusion pathways associated with creep cavitation, dislocations and along low-angle boundaries. These new data indicate that ductile deformation localised around inclusions can provide fast pathways for geochemical exchange. These pathways may provide links to the zircon grain boundary, thus negating the widely held assumption that inclusions in fracture-free zircon are geochemically armoured once they are physically enclosed.     

Interaction of rhyolite melts with monazite,xenotime, and zircon surfaces

The interfacial contact region between a rhyolite melt and the accessory minerals monazite, xenotime, and zircon is investigated using molecular dynamics simulations. On all surfaces, major structural rearrangement extends about 1 nm into the melt from the interface. As evidenced by the structural perturbations in the ion distribution profiles, the affinity of the melt for the surface increases in going from monazite to xenotime to zircon. Alkali ions are enriched in the melt in contact with an inert wall, as well as at the mineral surfaces. Melt in contact with zircon has a particularly strong level of aluminum enrichment. In xenotime, the enrichment of aluminum is less than that in zircon, but still notable. In monazite, the aluminum enrichment in the contact layer is much less. It is expected that the relative surface energies of these accessory minerals will be a strong function of the aluminum content of the melt and that nucleation of zircon, in particular, would be easier for melts with higher aluminum concentration. The crystal growth rate for zircon is expected to be slower at a higher aluminum concentration because of the effectiveness of aluminum in solvating the zircon surface. The variable interfacial concentration profiles across the series of accessory minerals will likely affect the kinetics of trace element incorporation, as the trace elements must compete with the major elements for surface sites on the growing accessory minerals.     

Partition coefficients of Hf,Zr, and REE between zircon,apatite, and liquid

Concentration ratios of Hf, Zr, and REE between zircon, apatite, and liquid were determined for three igneous compositions: two andesites and a diorite. The concentration ratios of these elements between zircon and corresponding liquid can approximate the partition coefficient. Although the concentration ratios between apatite and andesite groundmass can be considered as partition coefficients, those for the apatite in the diorite may deviate from the partition coefficients. The HREE partition coefficients between zircon and liquid are very large (100 for Er to 500 for Lu), and the Hf partition coefficient is even larger. The REE partition coefficients between apatite and liquid are convex upward, and large (D=10–100), whereas the Hf and Zr partition coefficients are less than 1. The large differences between partition coefficients of Lu and Hf for zircon-liquid and for apatite-liquid are confirmed. These partition coefficients are useful for petrogenetic models involving zircon and apatite.     

Metamorphic zircon formation by solid-state recrystallization of protolith igneous zircon

Protolith zircon in high‐grade metagranitoids from Queensland, Australia, partially recrystallized during granulite‐grade metamorphism. We describe the zircon in detail using integrated cathodoluminescence, U–Pb isotope, trace element and electron backscatter diffraction pattern (EBSP) analyses. Primary igneous oscillatory zoning is partially modified or obliterated in areas within single crystals, but is well preserved in other areas. A variety of secondary internal structures are observed, with large areas of transgressive recrystallized zircon usually dominant. Associated with these areas are recrystallization margins, interpreted to be recrystallization fronts, that have conformable boundaries with transgressive recrystallized areas, but contrasting cathodoluminescence and trace element chemistry. Trace element analyses of primary and secondary structures provide compelling evidence for closed‐system solid‐state recrystallization. By this process, trace elements in the protolith zircon are purged during recrystallization and partitioned between the enriched recrystallization front and depleted recrystallized areas. However, recrystallization is not always efficient, often leaving a ‘memory’ of the protolith trace element and isotopic composition. This results in the measurement of ‘mixed’ U–Pb isotope ages. Nonetheless, the age of metamorphism has been determined. A correlation between apparent age and Th/U ratio is indicative of incomplete re‐setting by partial recrystallization. Recrystallization is shown to probably not significantly affect Lu–Hf ages. Recrystallization has been determined by textural and trace element analysis and EBSP data not to have proceeded by sub‐grain rotation or local dissolution/re‐precipitation, but probably by grain‐boundary migration and defect diffusion. The formation of metamorphic zircon by solid‐state recrystallization is probably common to high‐grade terranes worldwide. The recognition of this process of formation is essential for correct interpretation of zircon‐derived U–Pb ages and subsequent tectonic models.     

Integration of zircon color and zircon fission-track zonation patterns in orogenic belts: application to the Southern Alps, New Zealand

An exhumed crustal section of the Mesozoic Torlesse terrane underlies the Southern Alps collision zone in New Zealand. Since the Late Miocene, oblique horizontal shortening has formed the northeastern–southwestern trending orogen and exhumed the crustal section within it. On the eastern side, rocks are zeolite- to prehnite–pumpellyite-grade greywacke; on the western side rocks, they have the same protolith, but are greenschist to amphibolite facies of the Alpine Schist. Zircon crystals from sediments in east-flowing rivers (hinterland) have pre-orogenic fission-track ages (>80 Ma) and are dominated by pink, radiation-damaged grains (up to 60%). These zircons are derived from the upper 10 km crustal section (unreset FT color zone) that includes the Late Cenozoic zircon partial annealing zone; both fission tracks and color remain intact and unaffected by orogenesis. Many zircon crystals from sediments in west-flowing rivers (foreland) have synorogenic FT ages, and about 80% are colorless due to thermal annealing. They have been derived from rocks that originally lay in the reset FT color zone and the underlying reset FT colorless zone. The reset FT color zone occurs between 250 and 400 °C. In this zone, zircon crystals have color but reset FT ages that reflect the timing of orogenesis.     

Polyphase zircon in ultrahigh-temperature granulites (Rogaland, SW Norway): constraints for Pb diffusion in zircon

SHRIMP U–Pb ages have been obtained for zircon in granitic gneisses from the aureole of the Rogaland anorthosite–norite intrusive complex, both from the ultrahigh temperature (UHT; >900 °C pigeonite‐in) zone and from outside the hypersthene‐in isograd. Magmatic and metamorphic segments of composite zircon were characterised on the basis of electron backscattered electron and cathodoluminescence images plus trace element analysis. A sample from outside the UHT zone has magmatic cores with an age of 1034 ± 7 Ma (2σ, n = 8) and 1052 ± 5 Ma (1σ, n = 1) overgrown by M1 metamorphic rims giving ages between 1020 ± 7 and 1007 ± 5 Ma. In contrast, samples from the UHT zone exhibit four major age groups: (1) magmatic cores yielding ages over 1500 Ma (2) magmatic cores giving ages of 1034 ± 13 Ma (2σ, n = 4) and 1056 ± 10 Ma (1σ, n = 1) (3) metamorphic overgrowths ranging in age between 1017 ± 6 Ma and 992 ± 7 Ma (1σ) corresponding to the regional M1 Sveconorwegian granulite facies metamorphism, and (4) overgrowths corresponding to M2 UHT contact metamorphism giving values of 922 ± 14 Ma (2σ, n = 6). Recrystallized areas in zircon from both areas define a further age group at 974 ± 13 Ma (2σ, n = 4). This study presents the first evidence from Rogaland for new growth of zircon resulting from UHT contact metamorphism. More importantly, it shows the survival of magmatic and regional metamorphic zircon relics in rocks that experienced a thermal overprint of c. 950 °C for at least 1 Myr. Magmatic and different metamorphic zones in the same zircon are sharply bounded and preserve original crystallization age information, a result inconsistent with some experimental data on Pb diffusion in zircon which predict measurable Pb diffusion under such conditions. The implication is that resetting of zircon ages by diffusion during M2 was negligible in these dry granulite facies rocks. Imaging and Th/U–Y systematics indicate that the main processes affecting zircon were dissolution‐reprecipitation in a closed system and solid‐state recrystallization during and soon after M1.     

粤东横田花岗斑岩SHRIMP锆石U-Pb年龄、岩石地球化学和锆石Lu-Hf同位素组成及其地质意义

横田花岗斑岩位于粤东田东钨锡多金属矿床的中部。以横田花岗斑岩为研究对象,开展了SHRIMP锆石U-Pb定年、岩石地球化学、锆石Lu-Hf同位素组成特征研究。花岗斑岩多呈岩株产出,灰白色,斑状结构,块状构造,主要由斑晶(10%)和基质(90%)组成,斑晶由斜长石、钾长石、石英、黑云母组成,杂乱分布,粒度为0.6~6mm,基质由长石、石英、黑云母组成,长石粒度为0.02~0.25mm。获得花岗斑岩锆石~(206)Pb/~(238)U年龄加权平均值为142±1Ma,说明岩体形成于早白垩世。主量、微量元素特征显示,花岗斑岩属于高钾钙碱性强过铝质,富集Rb、U、Nd、Hf等元素,亏损Ba、Nb、Sr、P、Ti等,与高分异的S型花岗岩相似。花岗斑岩的锆石ε_(Hf)(t)值均小于0,在t-ε_(Hf)(t)和t-(~(176)Hf/~(177)Hf)_i图上,所有样品点均落在球粒陨石演化线之下和华南中元古代基底演化线之上,二阶段模式年龄变化范围为1.28~1.47Ga,表明成岩物质主要来源于中元古代古老地壳变质泥岩部分熔融。     

湘东邓阜仙花岗岩成因及对成矿的制约:锆石/锡石U-Pb年代学、锆石Hf-O同位素及全岩地球化学特征

南岭地区晚三叠世成矿规模较小且零散,而晚侏罗世成矿规模巨大,以往的研究较少关注两期花岗岩之间的成因联系及与成矿的关系。湘东邓阜仙花岗岩体位于南岭地区中段,是具有晚三叠世、晚侏罗世两期岩浆活动的复式岩体,并发育有钨矿床。本文对区内花岗岩及蚀变岩型矿体进行了锆石/锡石U-Pb定年、锆石Hf-O同位素与全岩主微量分析,以期揭示两期花岗岩的地球化学特征、成因联系和与成矿的关系。锆石SIMS U-Pb定年结果表明,区内花岗岩的成岩年龄分别为~228Ma和~153Ma。湘东钨矿的锡石U-Pb定年结果为154.4±2.1Ma,表明钨锡矿化形成于晚侏罗世。两期花岗岩均具有高硅、高钾、弱过铝质至强过铝质的特征,结合锆石的Hf-O同位素组成,指示它们具有相似的成因,均起源于中-古元古代基底地壳物质的部分熔融,晚三叠世花岗岩混入了更多的成熟地壳物质,区域的富矿地层对于湘东钨矿形成的直接影响不大。邓阜仙晚侏罗世花岗岩更高的Fe含量和Rb/Sr、Rb/Ba比值,更显著的Eu、Ce负异常,指示其经历了更高程度的分异演化,两期成岩过程中的差异可能与区域上的晚侏罗世发生的太平洋俯冲作用相关。