Zircon U-Pb-Hf constraints from Gongga Shan granites on young crustal melting in eastern Tibet

The Gongga Shan batholith is a complex granitoid batholith on the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau with a long history of magmatism spanning from the Triassic to the Pliocene. Late Miocene-Pliocene units are the youngest exposed crustal melts within the entire Asian plate of the Tibetan Plateau.Here, we present in-situ zircon Hf isotope constraints on their magmatic source, to aid the understanding of how these young melts were formed and how they were exhumed to the surface. Hf isotope signatures of Eocene to Pliocene zircon rims(ε_Hf(t)=-4 to +4), interpreted to have grown during localised crustal melting, are indicative of melting of a Neoproterozoic source region, equivalent to the nearby exposed Kangding Complex. Therefore, we suggest that Neoproterozoic crust underlies this region of the Songpan-Ganze terrane, and sourced the intrusive granites that form the Gongga Shan batholith. Localised young melting of Neoproterozoic lower or middle crust requires localised melt-fertile lithologies. We suggest that such melts may be equivalent to seismic and magnetotelluric low-velocity and high-conductivity zones or "bright spots" imaged across much of the Tibetan Plateau. The lack of widespread exposed melts this age is due either to the lack of melt-fertile rocks in the middle crust, the very low erosion level of the Tibetan plateau, or to a lack of mechanism for exhuming such melts. For Gongga Shan, where some melting is younger than nearby thermochronological ages of low temperature cooling, the exact process and timing of exhumation remains enigmatic, but their location away from the Xianshuihe fault precludes the fault acting as a conduit for the young melts. We suggest that underthrusting of dry granulites of the lower Indian crust(Archaean shield) this far northeast is a plausible mechanism to explain the uplift and exhumation of the eastern Tibetan Plateau.     

Burial and exhumation history of the Xigaze forearc basin,Yarlung suture zone. Tibet

The Cretaceous-Eocene Xigaze forearc basin is a crucial data archive for understanding the tectonic history of the Asian continental margin prior to and following collision with India during the early Cenozoic Era. This study reports apatite and zircon(U-Th)/He thermochronologic data from fourteen samples from Albian-Ypresian Xigaze forearc strata to determine the degree and timing of heating(burial) and subsequent cooling(exhumation) of two localities along the Yarlung suture zone(YSZ) near the towns of Saga and Lazi. Thirty-seven individual zircon He ages range from 31.5 ± 0.8 Ma to6.06 ± 0.18 Ma,with the majority of grains yielding ages between 30 Ma and 10 Ma. Twenty apatite He ages range from 12.7 ± 0.5 Ma to 3.9 ± 0.3 Ma,with the majority of grains yielding ages between 9 Ma and 4 Ma. These ages suggest that the Xigaze forearc basin was heated to 140-200 ℃ prior to cooling in Oligocene-Miocene time. Thermal modeling supports this interpretation and shows that the samples were buried to maximum temperatures of ～140-200 0 C by 35-21 Ma, immediately followed by the onset of exhumation. The zircon He and apatite He dataset and thermal modeling results indicate rapid exhumation from ～21 Ma to 15 Ma, and at ～4 Ma. The 21-15 Ma thermochronometric signal appears to be regionally extensive, affecting all the lithotectonic units of the YSZ, and coincides with movement along the north-vergent Great Counter Thrust system. Thrusting, coupled with enhanced erosion possibly related to the paleo-Yarlung River, likely drove Early Miocene cooling of the Xigaze forearc basin.In contrast, the younger phase of rapid exhumation at ～4 Ma was likely driven by enhanced rock uplift in the footwall of north-striking rifts that cross-cut the YSZ.     

西藏改则地区美苏组岩浆岩锆石U-Pb年龄及地质意义

西藏中部南羌塘改则盆地美苏组由砖红色砂砾岩和火山岩夹层组成,一些学者在美苏组建组剖面等地获得古新世-始新世的K-Ar年龄（34.0~69.1Ma）,目前对其形成时代还缺少可靠的年代学约束。应用激光烧蚀多接收器电感耦合等离子体质谱仪（LA-MC-ICP-MS）方法,对改则盆地美苏组沉积地层中的流纹岩、石英粗安岩和花岗斑岩中锆石进行了U-Pb同位素测定。结果表明,改则盆地美苏组红层中的三个火山岩样品及一个侵入岩样品岩浆锆石206Pb/238U年龄分别为38.3±0.5 Ma、39.0±0.3 Ma、37.4±0.4 Ma、38.8±0.6 Ma,从而限定了该地区美苏组沉积时代为始新世晚期。改则地区美苏组岩浆岩形成时代为班公湖-怒江缝合带调节印度-欧亚大陆碰撞之后高原内部刚性块体向东"逃逸"而重新活动提供了年代学证据。      

利用接收函数方法研究青藏高原东南部地壳结构

青藏高原东南部作为板块碰撞的前缘地带一直是地球科学研究的热点,为了揭示碰撞前缘地带地壳结构特征,作者 利用布设在中国青藏高原东南部的38个宽频带流动台站记录的2487条远震P波接收函数,采用接收函数CCP叠加（共转换点 叠加）和H-κ叠加两种方法获得了研究区域详细的地壳厚度图像和泊松比值。研究结果显示：两种方法获得的地壳厚度特征 具有较好的一致性;青藏高原东南部地壳厚度存在明显的东西差异和南北差异;喜马拉雅构造区内莫霍面深度变化较大, 介于65~80 km之间;拉萨地体内莫霍面深度介于72~80 km之间;雅鲁藏布缝合带两侧地壳厚度突变,缝合带北侧和南侧地 壳厚度相差约8 km。研究区域平均泊松比值较小,为0.24,和大多数造山带泊松比偏低的特征类似。研究区域中下地壳广 泛存在强转换界面,该界面可能对应中下地壳高速层的上界面,埋深40~70 km,表明壳内发生深熔或部分熔融作用,导致 壳内发生重力分异,在中下地壳形成了高速薄层。     

西藏冈底斯南缘汤白矿区早侏罗世含矿斑岩锆石U-Pb定年及其地质意义

汤白矿区位于西藏冈底斯斑岩铜矿带西段南缘,南侧紧邻日喀则弧前盆地。矿区由地表探矿工程控制3条赋存于早侏罗世角闪石英闪长斑岩中的主矿体(1号、2号和3号),在野外地质调查的基础上,对角闪石英闪长斑岩进行LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年和岩石地球化学测试。研究结果表明:(1)含矿斑岩的成岩年龄为183.3±1.2Ma,形成于早侏罗世;(2)含矿斑岩地球化学特征与大洋岛弧背景下的安山质岩石的地球化学性质一致,表明汤白矿区含矿斑岩形成于大洋岛弧环境;(3)西藏冈底斯斑岩铜矿带具有寻找俯冲期斑岩型矿床的巨大潜力,今后应加强该带俯冲期斑岩型矿床的勘查评价工作,特别是早—中侏罗世斑岩的成矿潜力评价。     

西藏昌都赵发勇溶洞控矿MVT铅锌矿床地质特征与矿床成因

赵发勇铅锌矿床位于三江成矿带中段昌都地区,铅锌矿化发育在新生代区域逆冲推覆构造中,以逆冲断层相关的古溶洞构造为主要控矿构造,代表了逆冲褶皱系MVT铅锌矿床中一种新的成矿模式——溶洞控矿成矿模式。因此,笔者在对赵发勇矿区详细地质填图基础上,对其成矿流体特征、成矿期方解石和硫化物的同位素组成进行了系统研究,以期对逆冲褶皱系MVT铅锌矿床中这一新成矿模式的成因机制进行探讨。赵发勇铅锌矿床矿体呈漏斗状-筒状发育在逆(冲)断层上、下盘的下二叠统和上三叠统灰岩古溶洞中,以角砾状、块状和皮壳状为主要矿石构造,以方铅矿、闪锌矿为主要矿石矿物,经历了硫化物期(I)和硫化物-碳酸盐期(II)两期成矿过程。I期成矿流体总体具低温度(130～140℃)、高盐度(23%～24%NaCl eq.)特征,部分呈现中高温度(约高达400℃)、中低盐度(约低达8%NaCleq.)特征;δDV-SMOW值介于–147‰～–94‰,δ18O流体值介于1.25‰～13.62‰;同成矿期方解石δ13CV-PDB值为–2.4‰～5.1‰,δ18OV-SMOW值为15.1‰～27.4‰。两期硫化物δ34S均为负值(–15.1‰～–1.6‰), 206Pb/204Pb、207Pb/204Pb、208Pb/204Pb组成分别为18.703 0～18.966 2、15.638 9～15.687 2、38.554 8～38.924 0。研究表明, I期铅锌矿化由①封存在地层中的蒸发浓缩的海水或/和区域古近纪—新近纪盆地下渗的盆地卤水形成的低温度、高盐度的本地流体和②由区域或矿区地层释放的蒸发浓缩海水和变质基底释放的变质水混合而成的中低温、中高盐度的区域流体两种流体组成;两期矿化的成矿金属来自造山带中从基底变质岩到盖层灰岩或/和碎屑岩等在内的多套地层,还原硫来自古近纪—新近纪盆地卤水中的硫酸盐±灰岩地层封存水中的硫酸盐的细菌还原作用;富还原硫的本地流体和富金属物质的区域流体的混合是铅锌硫化物沉淀的主要机制。结合对三江带区域溶洞控矿MVT铅锌矿床研究认识,笔者初步建立了逆冲褶皱系溶洞控矿MVT铅锌矿床成矿模型。     

西藏伦坡拉盆地古近系页岩油资源潜力初探

本文在西藏伦坡拉盆地蒋日阿错凹陷西北部古近系牛堡组和丁青湖组实测剖面的基础上,通过对烃源岩有机质丰度、有机质类型、有机质成熟度及生标化合物等进行分析,认为牛堡组和丁青湖组烃源岩有机质丰度中等,有机碳含量TOC在0.91%~5.53%之间,氯仿沥青"A"在0.03%~0.63%之间,有机质类型主要为Ⅰ型,Tmax平均值为428℃,烃源岩处于未成熟-低成熟阶段。综合分析认为,研究区牛堡组是古近系最有利的烃源岩层段,与国内外典型页岩层各项指标对比,牛堡组具备页岩油形成的基本地质条件,但成熟度略低,推断位于蒋日阿错凹陷沉积中心的牛堡组烃源岩厚度更大、成熟度更高,页岩油潜力更大。     

西藏拉萨地块南缘雄村矿集区首次发现早石炭世辉长岩:古特提斯洋的残留?

拉萨地块是研究特提斯洋形成演化和青藏高原陆内汇聚作用的关键地区,前人对拉萨地块中新生代构造演化过程进行了大量的研究,而对于古生代演化阶段研究较为薄弱。本文以拉萨地块南缘雄村矿集区新发现的辉长岩为研究对象,对雄村辉长岩进行锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb定年,探讨其反映的构造意义。雄村辉长岩中锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb年龄为(341.55±0.89)Ma,表明其形成于早石炭世。结合区域地质演化过程,认为早石炭世雄村辉长岩可能是古特提斯洋的残留,新的年龄数据将为研究拉萨地块和特提斯洋的演化过程提供重要的约束。     

西藏首例云英岩型钨矿——甲岗雪山W-Mo多金属矿床地质特征研究

甲岗雪山W-Mo多金属矿床位于西藏自治区申扎县境内,地处冈底斯北部,成矿时代为中新世。矿床与矿区内的二长花岗岩体时空关系紧密,矿区内的围岩蚀变普遍见云英岩化,并且云英岩化强烈的地方多伴随强烈的钨钼矿化;矿体的类型以云英岩型为主,还有少量石英脉型,矿石又多呈细脉状或浸染状赋存于云英岩或云英岩化二长花岗岩体内部,证实了矿床的成因类型为云英岩型。依据野外见到的矿物共生组合、脉体穿切关系等,可将成矿期划分为硅酸盐-氧化物阶段和硫化物阶段。流体包裹体研究表明,甲岗雪山W-Mo多金属矿床主成矿期的成矿流体为中-高温、中-低盐度的流体,从主成矿期的硅酸盐-氧化物阶段演化到硫化物阶段,成矿流体的温度下降明显,盐度也有所下降。     

Jurassic Hornblende Gabbros in Dongga, Eastern Gangdese, Tibet: Partial Melting of Mantle Wedge and Implications for Crustal Growth

The Gangdese batholith, more than 2500 km in length, is composed mainly of JurassicMiocene igneous rocks. This batholith is one of the most important constituents of the Tibetan orogenesis and provides an ideal place for study of Neo-Tethyan ocean geodynamic evolution and plateau uplift. Recent studies on the Gangdese Jurassic felsic magmatism highlight its juvenile source. However, important aspects concerning the genesis of the juvenile magmatism and related deep geodynamic evolution are still unclear. Here, we report detailed petrological, geochronological, geochemical, whole-rock Sr-Nd isotopic, and in situ Sr-Hf isotopic data for a recently identified hornblende gabbro in the Dongga area, southern Lhasa sub-block. This hornblende gabbro is dominated by hornblende and plagioclase, dated at Early Jurassic(ca. 180–190 Ma), and characterized by a narrow compositional range in SiO_2(49.38wt%–52.27wt%), MgO(4.08wt%–7.00wt%), FeO(10.43wt%–11.77wt%), Na_2O(2.58wt%–3.51wt%), and K_2O(0.48wt%–1.53wt%). It has depleted isotopic signatures, with whole-rock(~(87)Sr/~(86)Sr)i ratios of 0.7033–0.7043, ε_(Nd)(t) values of +4.90 to +6.99, in situ plagioclase(~(87)Sr/~(86)Sr)i ratios of 0.7034–0.7042, and zircon ε_(Hf)(t) of +12.2 to +16.8. Our results integrated with published data suggest a model of Gangdese juvenile crustal growth by a subduction-related water-enriched mantle wedge. The hydrous partial melting of the lithosphere mantle was triggered by the dehydration of a Neo-Tethyan oceanic slab. This mafic magmatism emplaced in the middle-lower crust of intraoceanic arcs or active continental margins, leading to Jurassic juvenile crustal growth in southern Tibet.