北祁连山高压变质带的变形和变质特征及其对俯冲带折返的意义

北祁连造山带是早古生代大洋板块"冷"俯冲的典型地区,形成了一系列高压低温变质的岩石组合.基性榴辉岩是俯冲洋壳变质的产物,根据其结构构造特征可以划分为(1)粒状榴辉岩,峰期变质矿物组合为Grt+Omp+Phn+Rut±Lws,硬柱石呈包裹体和假象分布于石榴石内,变质温压条件T=465～508℃,P=2.30～2.60GPa.(2)片状榴辉岩,岩石具片状构造,其共生矿物组合Omp+Czo/Ep+Phn+Gln构成透入性面理S1和线理L1,以及宏观和显微同斜褶皱F1.其峰期变质温压条件为T=466～510℃,P=1.9～2.2GPa.(3)蓝片岩相退化变质榴辉岩,蓝片岩相变质矿物Gln+Ep+Phn±Ab强烈交代榴辉岩相矿物,并发生强烈D2期变形作用,岩石形成明显的透入性面理S2和线理L2,以及同斜剪切褶皱F2.蓝闪石和多硅白云母线理的统计揭示D2期变形以斜向走滑剪切为主,与D1期变形的榴辉岩的运动学特征大体相似.D2同变质的温压条件为T=422～487℃,P=1.15～1.37GPa.高压变质带晚期的绿片岩相叠加和D3期变形,形成透入性面理S3和线理L3,其运动特征为近于垂直构造线的逆冲剪切.结合榴辉岩变形特征,变质温压条件和同位素年代学资料,我们认为退变质的强弱与变形程度有密切关系.峰期变质后的榴辉岩经过早期绿帘石榴辉岩相到蓝片岩相斜向走滑剪切,和晚期绿片岩相逆冲,在泥盆纪早期快速折返的出露地表.     

藏北羌塘中部高压变质带中石榴子石白云母片岩的岩石学和变质特征

羌塘中部的高压变质带位于龙木错-双湖-澜沧江板块缝合带之上,由榴辉岩、蓝片岩和石榴子石白云母片岩组成,其形成过程对探讨板块缝合带的构造演化具有重要意义。以其中的石榴子石白云母片岩为研究对象,通过岩相学研究并结合电子探针成分分析,认为石榴子石白云母片岩中的石榴子石具有多期次变质结晶的特征,保留了岩石多期次变质的信息。结合岩石组构特征,最终确定石榴子石白云母片岩至少经历了3期次的变质作用。第一、二期均为绿片岩相,当时岩石不具定向构造且未达到高压;第三期为低温高压蓝片岩相变质作用,与区域上蓝片岩的形成及榴辉岩的蓝片岩相退变质作用大体同时,该期变质变形作用形成了岩石的片理,最终成为石榴子石白云母片岩,变质作用时代为218Ma左右。     

西藏墨竹工卡县门巴地区松多岩群变质作用特征及时代讨论

西藏墨竹工卡县门巴地区松多岩群经历了3期变质变形作用,主期变质作用的温度为500~553℃,压力为0.93~1.15 GPa,属中低温、中高压区域动力热流变质作用,相似于板块碰撞带变质作用的特征。同位素定年资料表明,松多岩群主期变质为加里东期变质作用的产物。阳起片岩1 516 Ma的Sm[CD*2]Nd表面年龄可能反映了松多岩群的原岩年龄。     

大别造山带北部石竹河片麻岩的锆石U—Pb年龄及其地质意义

大别造山带北部石竹河二长片麻岩的锆石U-Pb年龄测定结果表明,其原岩形成时代为707±42Ma,在229±18Ma曾受到高温变质作用。这一结果表明印支期变质作用不仅反映在大别造山带南部的变质岩中,而且造山带北部的部分变质岩也保存了这一重要记录。大别造山带北部存在印支期变质年龄的片麻岩、榴辉岩或残留相表明,该地块与造山带南部一样是印支期板块俯冲碰撞中俯冲板块的一部分。华北和扬子板块的碰撞缝合线可能位于大别造山带的北侧。     

华北板块北缘呼兰群~(40)Ar-~(39)Ar定年及其构造意义

呼兰群发育于华北板块北缘,主要为一系列长英质火山岩和沉积岩组成的受到低绿片岩相-角闪岩相变质作用和多期变形作用改造的变质岩系,分布于吉林中部红旗岭-呼兰镇一带。大部分地区的呼兰群地层层序被严重破坏,野外观察的"层理"实际上是构造置换作用形成的构造面理,绝大多数的岩性界面为构造接触。呼兰群由一系列相互叠置的构造岩片构成,具有构造混杂岩性质。呼兰群经历了两期韧性变形作用:早期受到NNE-SSW向挤压作用,呼兰群表现为由NNE向SSW逆冲的运动学特征;晚期可能受到NE-SW向伸展作用,主要表现为由SW向NE倾向滑移的运动学特征。本次分别对采自红旗岭地区强变形带的白云石英片岩、石榴白云片岩中的白云母进行40Ar-39Ar测年,分别获得220.23±2.15Ma、221.31±2.6Ma的坪年龄,认为~220Ma年龄应代表华北板块北缘碰撞造山带造山后伸展作用发生的时间。     

藏北纳木错西缘前寒武纪辉长岩变质变形年代学研究

前寒武纪辉长岩出露于纳木错西缘逆冲推覆构造带中。辉长岩经历了早期角闪岩相变质和韧性推覆、晚期绿片岩相变质和脆性推覆。早期变形的斜长角闪质糜棱岩中变质矿物角闪石、斜长石和石榴石的 Rb-Sr等时线年龄为173±10Ma;角闪石~(40)Ar-~(39)Ar坪年龄和等时线年龄均显示174Ma的变质和变形年龄。受晚期构造-热事件的影响,斜长石的~(40)Ar-~(39)Ar坪年龄和等时线年龄分别为109Ma和110 Ma。综合上述结果,可以确定前寒武纪辉长岩早期角闪岩相变质作用的年龄是173～174 Ma,可能与羌塘地块和拉萨地块初始碰撞引起的深层次的韧性剪切变形有关;晚期绿片岩相变质作用年龄是109～110 Ma,指示了碰撞造山晚期的冲断构造变形时代。两期变质变形年龄的确定对研究羌塘地块与拉萨地块碰撞过程具有重要的意义。     

碧口地块东南缘韧性剪切带构造特征浅析

碧口地块东南缘发育多条倾向不同、呈NEE走向逆冲平行展布的韧性剪切带,地质信息丰富,对碧口地块构造特征解析意义重大.为探讨地块东南缘韧性剪切带的地质构造特征,对剪切带中发育的糜棱岩化绿泥石英片岩、糜棱岩进行了野外观测、显微组构和石英c轴组构分析,估算了剪切带变形温度、差应力、应变速率及运动学涡度.结果显示,韧性剪切带变形温度介于300～500℃C之间,形成环境大致为高绿片岩相到低绿片岩相;差应力值大多集中于100～350 MPa,较一般韧性剪切带的差应力值(20～200 MPa)略高;应变速率介于4.12×10-21～4.33×10-14 s-1,符合一般韧性剪切带的应变速率.越接近青川断裂,不同韧性剪切带的变形温度、差应力值及应变速率值越大,显示碧口地块东南缘韧性剪切带的剪切中心为青川断裂带.利用石英c轴组构结合斜交面理法及石英c轴组构结合有限应变法所计算的韧性剪切带运动学涡度值绝大多数大于0.75,显示剪切带变形类型主要以简单剪切为主.地块东南缘韧性剪切带呈左行剪切的运动特征,反映了印支期造山作用下华南和华北板块碰撞后华南板块继续顺时针旋转、碧口地块呈楔形与扬子陆块区及秦—祁—昆造山系汇聚碰撞的地质过程.     

扬子板块西北缘碧口地块变形变质作用序列——松潘—甘孜造山带伸展垮塌事件的意义

碧口地块位于秦岭—大别、松潘—甘孜造山带与扬子板块的交汇部位。根据碧口地区各套地层构造变形样式的不同,将地层自下而上划分为三个构造地层单元:①新元古界基底杂岩,主要由新元古界碧口群火山岩系和横丹群浊积岩系组成,杂岩体核部变形较弱,边部发育韧性剪切变形,并以一条由超糜棱岩带组成的基底拆离断层为顶界,与上覆地层分隔。基底杂岩经历了蓝片岩相到硬柱石-钠长石-绿泥石相的变质作用。②古生界中间韧性流变层,由志留系—泥盆系的糜棱岩或千糜岩组成,岩层中发育多期构造面理(S1、S2、S3)和典型的固态流变构造,变质程度普遍达中绿片岩相。③中生界沉积盖层,包括碧口地块以北的三叠系关家沟组和小面积出露的侏罗系—白垩系,以脆性破碎带和小型脆性断层构造为主。拆离断层与各套构造地层中的韧性剪切和流变构造一同反映了区域性上盘向SSE剪切的几何学和运动学特征,证实了碧口地区中生代206~154Ma伸展垮塌事件的存在,从而建立了碧口地块的隆升模式。研究结果表明,松潘—甘孜在中生代造山作用后的区域伸展作用下形成了拆离断层和中地壳韧性流变层,造成了地层缺失和地壳减薄,基底杂岩在造山带的腹陆隆升并露出地表。     

乌什-阿克苏地区新元古代蓝片岩地体构造变形特征

乌什-阿克苏地区位于塔里木克拉通西北缘,发育有世界上为数不多的且保存较为完整的典型前寒武纪蓝片岩地体.根据前人的研究,阿克苏地区的蓝片岩地体在俯冲、折返和折返后的过程中共经历了四个期次的变形,但是对于乌什地区的蓝片岩地体的构造变形特征研究目前仍为空白.本文通过对乌什与阿克苏地区的蓝片岩地体的构造变形特征进行系统的野外观察测量和室内分析对比,发现两个地区的蓝片岩地体的构造变形特征基本相似,均可以划分为四个变形期次,但各期次变形在一些细节特征上存在一定的差异.同时,结合前人最新的年代学数据,本文对乌什-阿克苏地区蓝片岩地体构造变形期次的年代学框架进行了初步限定.其中,第一期次的变形时间约为754～750 Ma,与高压低温相的变质作用紧密相关,是蓝片岩地体俯冲的结果;第二期次变形的时间略晚于第一期变形,其形成应该与蓝片岩地体的折返过程紧密相关;第三期次变形早于基性岩墙的侵入,而晚于第二期变形,即在约750～745 Ma之间,是环Rodinia俯冲体系作用下塔里木克拉通北缘最后俯冲的结果;第四期次变形涉及到的最年轻地层为二叠系,可能与古天山洋关闭或中新生代的不同陆块碰撞增生到亚洲板块南部边缘有关.     

大兴安岭地区扎兰屯变质杂岩的碎屑锆石U-Pb年龄及其大地构造意义

兴安地块位于额尔古纳和松辽地块之间,长期存在着是稳定陆块和造山带等不同的认识。本文针对兴安地块南部扎兰屯地区出露的原兴华渡口群进行了专项研究,结合前人的研究成果,对该变质杂岩的形成时代、碎屑锆石年龄谱进行了研究,研究成果对该地块的大地构造属性具有重要的制约作用。(1)扎兰屯地区变质杂岩主要为绿片岩-低角闪岩相变质的碎屑岩-火山碎屑岩系,其形成时代晚于481Ma,为早古生代晚期。岩石组合、变质程度与年代学研究表明其与北部的典型兴华渡口群不同,两者不能作为同一地层单元,应该予以解体。(2)扎兰屯变质杂岩碎屑锆石年龄谱主要分为三期:481~580Ma,峰期年龄为529Ma;699~998Ma,峰期年龄为833Ma和1213~3200Ma峰期年龄为2000Ma,分别记录了泛非期Gondwana、新元古Rodinia两期重大地质事件和变质基底的年龄信息。(3)兴安地块以发育兴华渡口群为标志,存在时代为新元古代甚至为太古代的变质结晶基底,因此兴安地块应为一稳定的微陆块,而非夹持于额尔古纳和松辽地块之间的造山带。     

Unity of the national and the international in the socio-cultural development of the peoples of the USSR

International unity is becoming ever stronger in this country owing to an increasing similarity in the development of the cultural environment. This comprises the provision of all the country's republics with a sufficient number of schools, theatres, and other institutions and cultural information media in accordance with the needs of the population. An important part is played by the rise in ‘the general educational level, as well as the level of professional qualifications and skills. Among all the Soviet nations and nationalities, this rise being more rapid among formerly backward peoples. Prominent among the factors of internationalization is the progressive development of the nationalities’ cultural resources, while professional culture is being increasingly brought within the reach of the masses.The implementation of the nationalities policy promotes the all-round development of all Soviet nations and nationalities, their drawing together, the upsurge of the individual capabilities of every Soviet citizen.     

Report of the restudy of the defined global stratotype of the base of the Silurian System

The Global Stratotype Section and Point （GSSP） for the base of the Silurian System was defined in 1985. Since that time, a number of researchers have suggested that this section has serious deficiencies for use as a GSSP. As a result, in 2000, the Subcommission on Silurian Stratigraphy （SSS） proposed undertaking a formal restu@ of this GSSP, which was subsequently approved by the International Commission of Stratigraphy （ICS）. The result of this restudy was the formal proposal that the current GSSP, at 1.6 m above the base of the Birkhill Shale, at Dob＇s Linn, Scotland, should be maintained as the same locality and stratigraphic level, but the bios- tratigraphical definition of the boundary should be revised. The previously defined, basal Silurian grapto- lite zone, the Parakidograptus acuminatus Zone, should be subdivided into a lower Akidograptus ascensus Zone and a higher E acuminatus Zone. The base of the A. ascensus Zone, marked by the first appearance of A. ascensus, should be regarded as the biostratigraphic mark for the base of the Silurian. This proposal has now been formally approved by the SSS and ICS, and ratified by International Union of Geological Sciences. This is the first GSSP to undergo formal restudy and redefini- tion, and the proposal also included a recommended procedure for restudy of GSSPs.     

Deviation of the major axis of the inertia ellipsoid of the Moon from the direction toward the Earth

It is known from observations that the center of mass of the Moon does not coincide with the geometric center of its figure, and the line connecting these two centers is not aligned with the direction toward the center of the Earth, instead deviating toward the Southeast. This stationary deviation of the axis of the inertia ellipsoid of the Moon to the South of the direction toward the Earth is analyzed. A system of five linear differential equations describing the physical libration of the Moon in latitude is considered, and these equations are derived using a new vector method taking into account perturbations from the Earth and partly from the Sun. The characteristic equation of this system is obtained, and all five oscillation frequencies are found. Special attention is paid to the fifth (zero) frequency, for which the solution of the latitude libration equations are stationary and represents a previously unknown additional motion of the rotational axis of theMoon in a cone with a small opening angle. In contrast to the astronomical precession of the Earth, the rotation of the angular-velocity vector is in the positive direction (counter-clockwise), with the period T ₃ = 27.32 days. On this basis, this phenomenon has been named “quasi-precession.” This quasi-precession leads to a stationary inclination of the major axis of the inertia ellipsoid of theMoon to the South (for an observer on Earth), making it possible to explain one component of the observed deviation of the center of mass of the Moon from the direction toward the Earth. The opening angle of the quasiprecession cone is approximately 0.834″.     

The Tendencies of the Development of the Mineral-Resources Sector at the Turn of the Century

Important tendencies in development of the world mineral-resources sector at the beginning of the 21st century were an increase in production and consumption of mineral materials differentiated by types of metals and nonmetallic mineral raw materials, by countries and regions, as well as the concentration of the production of mineral raw materials in a small number of countries, and a reduction in industrial reserves of minerals in the world economy, even at the current stage of their extraction. These tendencies should be taken into account in working out a strategy for development of the Russian mineral raw-material base.     

Causes of the famine among the rural population of the Sahelian zone of the Sudan

Taking the example of W Sudan, an analysis of the climatic incidents leading to the two recent famine disasters is made. On this natural background, the human side is investigated. Focus is directed towards the fragile economic structure of the famine-prone population groups. An early-warning system for famine in the Sahelian Zone is proposed taking grain production and storage, livestock development and the relationship between the prices of livestock and grain as major indicators.     

东濮凹陷北部沙河街组三段中亚段沉积环境分析

东濮凹陷北部沙三中亚段广泛发育盐岩和烃源岩,这两个看似不能共存的物质却在这里互层共生。该时期研究区沉积特征为多盐韵律与多层烃源岩互层共生、连续沉积,单个盐韵律厚度从几米到十几米,烃源岩有机质丰度高、类型好。平面上,两者在湖盆沉积沉降中心共生;垂向上,高有机质丰度、好干酪根类型与高盐度地层具有较好的对应关系。因而成为恢复古气候和古环境的重要研究对象。通过岩石学、古生物学以及Sr/Ba、B/Ga、(V+Ni+Mn)、Fe/Mn、Sr/Cu、Mg/Ca、V/(V+Ni)、稀土元素含量和氯同位素等方法对凹陷北部沙三中亚段的沉积环境进行研究。结果表明,凹陷北部沙三中亚段为深水沉积的还原环境,古盐度较高,达到半咸水-咸水沉积;微量元素和孢粉化石特征表明研究区沙三中亚段为温暖潮湿的环境。     

郯庐断裂南段研究进展与断裂性质讨论

据1：5万区域地质调查和专题研究资料，就郯庐断裂带是否南延与消失的原因，其与大别—苏鲁造山带交截形成的假位错效应，以及与中新生代沉积盆地形成演化的关系等作了新的阐述。在此基础上，讨论了郯庐断裂带是否为巨大的左行平移断层或转换断层。认为郯庐断裂带可能是在“古郯庐带”的基础上于早侏罗世重新活动、白垩纪强烈活动的地堑型枢纽断裂带。     

The Importance of the Precipitation and the Susceptibility of the Slopes for the Triggering of Landslides Along the Roads

In order to characterise the influence of the heavyrains on the observed landslides during the 1996–1997hydrological cycle, rainfall records for the last 100years are analysed from 104 stations in easternAndalusia. Regarding the amounts of rain recordedbetween October 1996 and March 1997 in the 104stations studied, 31 presented new all-time records;15 presented values that were 80–100% of thepre-1995 record; 49 stations, 80–50%; and 9stations, < 50%. A map has been devised of thesusceptibility of the materials through which thesouth-eastern Andalusian road network crosses,together with an inventory of the damage caused byinstability phenomena on banks and cuttings of theroad network during the winter of 1996–1997. Therelationships between the rainfall during the studyperiod, the damage caused to the road network and thesusceptibility of the materials affected are analysed.The results indicate that there is a clearcorrespondence between the rainfall recorded and thesusceptibility of the materials with the inventorieddamage. It is concluded that the widespread seriousdamage caused in early 1997 to the roads andsurrounding areas in the Alpujarra region and thecoast of the Province of Granada was mainly caused bythe extraordinarily heavy rains. However, considerablyless damage was observed where the susceptibility ofthe terrain is low, thus highlighting the extremeusefulness of terrain-susceptibility maps for riskprevention and territorial planning.