Litao Xu, Ren Wang, Jinfeng Ren, Wanzhong Shi, Xiangyang Xie, Yulin He, A. Busbey, Hao Du, Tingna Zuo, Xiaofeng Xu
The lack of data on the complex tectonics of the Qiongdongnan Basin has thus far restricted the understanding of overpressure, deep hydrocarbon, and shallow gas hydrate distribution. In this study, integrated seismic, well, and borehole-test data were combined with basin models to clarify the relationship between tectonic activity and overpressure evolution, as well as potential effects of sub-surface pressure on gas hydrate accumulation. The results show differences in tectonic activity and pressure characteristics between the eastern and western basins. Since the Late Miocene (∼10.5 Ma), large amounts of faults and magmatic intrusions developed in the post-rift layer of the eastern basin (Baodao to Changchang sub-basins), while they seldom formed in the western basin (Lengdong to Lingshui sub-basins). Correspondingly, the eastern basin was characterized by lower overpressures (up to 40 MPa) and the western basin displayed higher overpressures (up to 110 MPa). The results indicated that the tectonic activity since ∼10.5 Ma caused the overpressure relief in the eastern basin. In stark contrast, the overpressure in the western basin increased significantly due to the lack of structural conduits and rapid sedimentation of the thick Pliocene and Quaternary. Numerical models reveal that faults and gas chimneys associated with intrusions constituted shallow plumbing systems through which deep natural gas was able to migrate upward. The formation of gas hydrates relied on the migration of deep gas to the hydrate stability zone below the seafloor. Therefore, the relatively lower overpressured zones due to pressure relief in the eastern basin are considered the next areas potentially favorable to the formation of gas hydrates. Thematic collection: This article is part of the Emerging knowledge on the tectonics of the South China Sea collection available at: https://www.lyellcollection.org/topic/collections/south-china-sea
迄今为止，由于缺乏有关琼东南盆地复杂构造的数据，限制了对超压、深层油气和浅层天然气水合物分布的了解。本研究将地震、油井和钻孔测试综合数据与盆地模型相结合，阐明了构造活动与超压演化之间的关系，以及地下压力对天然气水合物聚集的潜在影响。结果显示，东部盆地和西部盆地的构造活动和压力特征存在差异。自晚中新世（∼10.5Ma）以来，东部盆地（宝岛至昌昌子盆地）的后断裂层中发育了大量的断层和岩浆侵入体，而西部盆地（冷东至陵水子盆地）则很少形成断层和岩浆侵入体。相应地，东部盆地的超压较低（不超过 40 兆帕），而西部盆地的超压较高（不超过 110 兆帕）。结果表明，自 10.5 Ma 以来的构造活动导致了东部盆地超压的缓解。与此形成鲜明对比的是，由于缺乏构造导管以及上新世和第四纪厚层的快速沉积，西部盆地的超压显著增加。数值模型显示，与侵入体相关的断层和天然气烟囱构成了浅层管道系统，深层天然气能够通过这些管道向上迁移。天然气水合物的形成依赖于深层天然气向海底以下的水合物稳定区迁移。因此，东部盆地因压力释放而形成的相对较低的超压区被认为是下一个可能有利于天然气水合物形成的区域。 专题集：本文是《南海构造新知》文集的一部分，可从以下网址获取：https://www.lyellcollection.org/topic/collections/south-china-sea。
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Multiple magnetic fabrics, referred to as F1–F5, were revealed through the anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS) in an Ocean Plate Stratigraphy (OPS) mélange of the Neoproterozoic–Cambrian Blovice accretionary complex, Bohemian Massif. The fabrics postdate the mélange formation and rotation of basalt blocks within the matrix and are interpreted in terms of a complex structural history of the mélange. Excluding local fabrics, the F1 fabric formed earlier along the mélange belt, recording shortening of the accretionary wedge front, whereas the higher-grade F4 fabric pervasively overprinted both blocks and matrix in the SW part of the belt, recording shearing and vertical shortening at deeper structural levels closer to a megathrust surface. The preservation of angular relationships between the F1 and F4 fabrics across different parts of mélange suggests that blocks were only strained and not rotated during deformation, exemplifying the notion that the OPS mélanges may be a product of deformation at very shallow levels. Finally, the F1–F5 fabrics may be viewed as snapshots in a protracted evolution of OPS mélanges, where earlier fabrics in basalt blocks may record the travel path of an oceanic plate from mid-ocean ridge towards the trench, before being overprinted in the accretionary wedge. Thematic collection: This article is part of the Ophiolites, melanges and blueschists collection available at: https://www.lyellcollection.org/topic/collections/ophiolites-melanges-and-blueschists Supplementary material: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.7008173
{"title":"Magnetic fabric of OPS mélanges: a tool for unravelling protracted histories of oceanic plates from sea-floor spreading to tectonic emplacement into accretionary wedges","authors":"Lucia Pellerey, J. Žák, F. Tomek, Andrea Festa","doi":"10.1144/jgs2023-141","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2023-141","url":null,"abstract":"Multiple magnetic fabrics, referred to as F1–F5, were revealed through the anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS) in an Ocean Plate Stratigraphy (OPS) mélange of the Neoproterozoic–Cambrian Blovice accretionary complex, Bohemian Massif. The fabrics postdate the mélange formation and rotation of basalt blocks within the matrix and are interpreted in terms of a complex structural history of the mélange. Excluding local fabrics, the F1 fabric formed earlier along the mélange belt, recording shortening of the accretionary wedge front, whereas the higher-grade F4 fabric pervasively overprinted both blocks and matrix in the SW part of the belt, recording shearing and vertical shortening at deeper structural levels closer to a megathrust surface. The preservation of angular relationships between the F1 and F4 fabrics across different parts of mélange suggests that blocks were only strained and not rotated during deformation, exemplifying the notion that the OPS mélanges may be a product of deformation at very shallow levels. Finally, the F1–F5 fabrics may be viewed as snapshots in a protracted evolution of OPS mélanges, where earlier fabrics in basalt blocks may record the travel path of an oceanic plate from mid-ocean ridge towards the trench, before being overprinted in the accretionary wedge.\u0000 \u0000 Thematic collection:\u0000 This article is part of the Ophiolites, melanges and blueschists collection available at:\u0000 https://www.lyellcollection.org/topic/collections/ophiolites-melanges-and-blueschists\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Supplementary material:\u0000 https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.7008173\u0000","PeriodicalId":17320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Geological Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139445122","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Guangwei Li, Haibin Yang, M. Sandiford, Barry P. Kohn, Zhiqin Xu, Hanwen Dong, Dongxu Cai
The syntaxes at the eastern and western ends of the Himalaya located at the Tsangpo and Indus gorge regions provide examples of the interplay between tectonics and erosion. A previous borehole study along the Yarlung River in the Eastern Himalayan Syntaxis (EHS) reveals a ∼1 km thick sedimentary wedge upstream of the Tsangpo gorge with a >2.5 Ma depositional age. However, mechanism of formation of this sedimentary wedge remains under debate. Here, we combine low-temperature thermochronology data and thermo-mechanical modelling to discuss how a sedimentary wedge formed at the highly eroded EHS. Our low-temperature thermochronology results show late Miocene fast cooling episodes focused at the Gyaca and Tsangpo gorges, which are interpreted to be related to coeval rifting at the former and rapid erosion and hot-crust upwelling at the latter. Constrained by the geological and geophysical observations, we apply thermo-mechanical models to illustrate the mechanism of formation of the sedimentary wedge and present high relief of the EHS. The numerical geodynamic model shows that localised erosion triggers middle ‘crust extrusion’ and regional topographic adjustment at the EHS. Thematic collection: This article is part of the Mesozoic and Cenozoic tectonics, landscape and climate change collection available at: https://www.lyellcollection.org/topic/collections/mesozoic-and-cenozoic-tectonics-landscape-and-climate-change Supplementary material: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.7008098
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Studies of high pressure-low temperature (HP-LT) metamorphic complexes are critical for advancing our understanding of subduction processes, such as underplating, metamorphism, and exhumation. Detailed new U-Pb zircon data of blueschist-facies metasedimentary units at Pelion indicate two distinct, stratigraphically upright, and coherent structural slices, with (1) the South Pelion slice consisting of strata with Permian-Late Cretaceous zircon maximum depositional ages (MDAs) and (2) the North Pelion slice comprising strata with Triassic-Late Cretaceous zircon MDAs. Both slices have Late Cretaceous strata at the top of the section with cosmopolitan detrital zircon (DZ) signatures. Ages from zircon U-Pb rim overgrowths correlate with existing constraints from subduction-metamorphism during the Paleocene-Eocene, with a possible second stage recorded during Basal underplating in the Late Eocene-Oligocene. DZ provenance data and multi-dimensional scaling (MDS) comparisons demonstrate a tectono-metamorphic linkage between the Pelion rocks and the Cycladic Blueschist Unit (CBU), and between the southern Pelion Basement and the Cycladic Basement (CB). Protolith deposition for Pelion blueschist-facies rocks occurred during Permo-Carboniferous intra-arc extension and Adria-Pindos rifting. Our results show that the Pelion blueschist-facies rocks, representing lateral equivalents of the CBU, are comprised of two separate, coherent upper-crustal slivers that were underplated and metamorphosed during Hellenic subduction beneath the Pelagonian margin. Thematic collection: This article is part of the Ophiolites, melanges and blueschists collection available at: https://www.lyellcollection.org/topic/collections/ophiolites-melanges-and-blueschists Supplementary material: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.7008123
{"title":"Coherent underplating of HP-LT blueschist packages and basement during Hellenic subduction recorded by zircon U-Pb data, Pelion, Greece","authors":"Emily R. Hinshaw, D. Stockli, Kostantinos Soukis","doi":"10.1144/jgs2023-147","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2023-147","url":null,"abstract":"Studies of high pressure-low temperature (HP-LT) metamorphic complexes are critical for advancing our understanding of subduction processes, such as underplating, metamorphism, and exhumation. Detailed new U-Pb zircon data of blueschist-facies metasedimentary units at Pelion indicate two distinct, stratigraphically upright, and coherent structural slices, with (1) the South Pelion slice consisting of strata with Permian-Late Cretaceous zircon maximum depositional ages (MDAs) and (2) the North Pelion slice comprising strata with Triassic-Late Cretaceous zircon MDAs. Both slices have Late Cretaceous strata at the top of the section with cosmopolitan detrital zircon (DZ) signatures. Ages from zircon U-Pb rim overgrowths correlate with existing constraints from subduction-metamorphism during the Paleocene-Eocene, with a possible second stage recorded during Basal underplating in the Late Eocene-Oligocene. DZ provenance data and multi-dimensional scaling (MDS) comparisons demonstrate a tectono-metamorphic linkage between the Pelion rocks and the Cycladic Blueschist Unit (CBU), and between the southern Pelion Basement and the Cycladic Basement (CB). Protolith deposition for Pelion blueschist-facies rocks occurred during Permo-Carboniferous intra-arc extension and Adria-Pindos rifting. Our results show that the Pelion blueschist-facies rocks, representing lateral equivalents of the CBU, are comprised of two separate, coherent upper-crustal slivers that were underplated and metamorphosed during Hellenic subduction beneath the Pelagonian margin.\u0000 \u0000 Thematic collection:\u0000 This article is part of the Ophiolites, melanges and blueschists collection available at:\u0000 https://www.lyellcollection.org/topic/collections/ophiolites-melanges-and-blueschists\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Supplementary material:\u0000 https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.7008123\u0000","PeriodicalId":17320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Geological Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139448088","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The Morello Tectonic Unit in the Tuscan Apennines (Italy) represents the result of tectono-sedimentary deformation, occurring in the frontal part of the non-metamorphosed Ligurian Accretionary Wedge, which consists of ophiolitic slices imbricated with a sedimentary succession containing ophiolite-bearing sedimentary mélanges. Geological mapping, structural and stratigraphic observations, allow us to document that (i) the ophiolite-bearing sedimentary mélanges formed by gravitational reworking of material sourced from intrabasinal structural highs facing the oceanic basin environment from Jurassic to lower Eocene, before the middle Eocene accretion stage, and (ii) the ophiolitic tectonic slices represent the scraping off at shallow structural levels of part of these crustal oceanic highs sequence. The final internal architecture of the shallow frontal portion of the Ligurian Accretionary Wedge does not differ from those observed in metamorphosed orogenic belts and exhumed accretionary complexes throughout the world (e.g., blueschist and eclogite units of Western Alps). This suggests that to the classical model of subduction and metamorphism followed by accretion and mélange formation (i.e., underplating), a model in which frontal accretion and ophiolite mélange formation at a shallow level are followed by underthrusting and subduction can be added, providing additional constraints to a better reconstruction of orogenic belts and accretionary complexes evolution. Thematic collection: This article is part of the Ophiolites, melanges and blueschists collection available at: https://www.lyellcollection.org/topic/collections/ophiolites-melanges-and-blueschists
{"title":"Offscraping and shallow ophiolite accretion in the Ligurian Accretionary Wedge (Tuscan Apennines): role of seafloor structural inheritance","authors":"G. Nirta, F. Remitti, Edoardo Barbero, A. Festa","doi":"10.1144/jgs2023-189","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2023-189","url":null,"abstract":"The Morello Tectonic Unit in the Tuscan Apennines (Italy) represents the result of tectono-sedimentary deformation, occurring in the frontal part of the non-metamorphosed Ligurian Accretionary Wedge, which consists of ophiolitic slices imbricated with a sedimentary succession containing ophiolite-bearing sedimentary mélanges. Geological mapping, structural and stratigraphic observations, allow us to document that (i) the ophiolite-bearing sedimentary mélanges formed by gravitational reworking of material sourced from intrabasinal structural highs facing the oceanic basin environment from Jurassic to lower Eocene, before the middle Eocene accretion stage, and (ii) the ophiolitic tectonic slices represent the scraping off at shallow structural levels of part of these crustal oceanic highs sequence. The final internal architecture of the shallow frontal portion of the Ligurian Accretionary Wedge does not differ from those observed in metamorphosed orogenic belts and exhumed accretionary complexes throughout the world (e.g., blueschist and eclogite units of Western Alps). This suggests that to the classical model of subduction and metamorphism followed by accretion and mélange formation (i.e., underplating), a model in which frontal accretion and ophiolite mélange formation at a shallow level are followed by underthrusting and subduction can be added, providing additional constraints to a better reconstruction of orogenic belts and accretionary complexes evolution.\u0000 \u0000 Thematic collection:\u0000 This article is part of the Ophiolites, melanges and blueschists collection available at:\u0000 https://www.lyellcollection.org/topic/collections/ophiolites-melanges-and-blueschists\u0000","PeriodicalId":17320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Geological Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139382806","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
We have investigated the geology, geochemistry, and geochronology of various plagiogranite intrusions that are spatially associated with ophiolitic subunits in a mélange terrain exposed within the Nain–Baft fault zone along the western boundary of the Central–East Iranian Microcontinent (CEIM). One group of plagiogranites is intrusive into foliated amphibolites, whereas the plagiogranites of the other group are intrusive into gabbros, dike swarms, and pillow lavas that are tectonically juxtaposed. U–Pb zircon dating of the first group of plagiogranites has revealed near concordant crystallization ages of 176.94±0.71, 179.84±0.92, and 190.40±2.1 Ma, indicating the early Jurassic timing of their emplacement. U–Pb zircon dating of the second group of plagiogranites has revealed a weighted average age of 92.34±0.38 Ma, indicating that they were emplaced in the early Late Cretaceous. The Early Jurassic plagiogranites are low–K, sub–alkaline rocks with negative Eu anomalies, low Ti and high La and Ce contents. They display elevated LILE/HFSE ratios. They were part of a magmatic system which facilitated the earliest rift–drift stages of a Neotethyan seaway development, and their magmas were produced by fractional crystallization of a mafic melt associated with asthenospheric upwelling beneath a rift system. The Late Cretaceous plagiogranites are low–K, sub–alkaline rocks with negative Eu anomalies, high Y and low Ta contents. They show LREE depletion relative to flat HREE patterns, and high Ba/Th ratios. Magmas of these plagiogranites were the products of partial melting of amphibolites in the subducting oceanic lithosphere in the same Neotethyan seaway. Thus, we posit that plagiogranite rocks in suture zones can be excellent trackers of geochemical, geochronological, and magmatic evolution of various types of oceanic crust through rift–drift, seafloor spreading, and subduction initiation stages within the same ocean basins in the past. Thematic collection: This article is part of the Ophiolites, melanges and blueschists collection available at: https://www.lyellcollection.org/topic/collections/ophiolites-melanges-and-blueschists
我们对伊朗中部-东部微大陆（CEIM）西部边界纳因-巴夫特断裂带内出露的在空间上与蛇绿岩亚单位相关的各种长花岗岩侵入体的地质、地球化学和地质年代进行了研究。其中一组斜长花岗岩侵入到叶状闪长岩中，而另一组斜长花岗岩则侵入到构造并列的辉长岩、梭状岩群和枕状熔岩中。第一组斜长花岗岩的铀-铅锆石年代测定显示了近乎一致的结晶年龄，分别为 176.94±0.71、179.84±0.92 和 190.40±2.1Ma，表明它们的成岩时间为侏罗纪早期。第二组长花岗岩的U-Pb锆石年代测定显示其加权平均年龄为（92.34±0.38）Ma，表明其成岩时间为晚白垩世早期。早侏罗世长花岗岩是低 K、亚碱性岩石，具有负 Eu 异常、低 Ti 以及高 La 和 Ce 含量。它们显示出较高的 LILE/HFSE 比率。它们是岩浆系统的一部分，该岩浆系统促进了新近纪海道发展的最早裂谷-漂移阶段，其岩浆是由裂谷系统下与星体层上升流有关的黑云母熔体分块结晶产生的。晚白垩世长花岗岩是低K、亚碱性岩石，具有负Eu异常、高Y和低Ta含量。相对于平坦的 HREE 模式，它们显示出 LREE 贫化以及高 Ba/Th 比率。这些斜长花岗岩的岩浆是同一新特提安海道中俯冲洋岩石圈中的闪长岩部分熔融的产物。因此，我们认为缝合带中的长花岗岩可以很好地追踪过去同一大洋盆地内各类大洋地壳在经历裂谷-漂移、海底扩张和俯冲起始阶段的地球化学、地质年代和岩浆演化过程。 专题集：本文是蛇绿岩、熔岩和蓝晶岩文集的一部分，可在以下网址查阅：https://www.lyellcollection.org/topic/collections/ophiolites-melanges-and-blueschists。
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Í. F. Dias da Silva, Manuel Francisco Pereira, E. G. Clavijo, José Brandão Silva
A review of the synorogenic basins formed on the Gondwana side of the Variscan orogen of Iberia is presented, highlighting the widespread ocurrence of calciturbiditic formations and olistostromes containing reef-limestone olistoliths in Iberia's Variscan basins. Using key-examples from the Variscan orogen for comparison (Azrou-Khenifra and Rhenohercynian basins), the significance of these olistostromes and flyschoid deposits is discussed. Our tectonic models of the Variscan belt in Iberia propose possible drivers of synorogenic carbonate platform/reef destruction responsible for the origin of calciturbidites and olistostromes. One model proposes the formation of an orogenic plateau by lateral flow of partially molten orogenic roots in the context of Laurussia-Gondwana convergence, following the destruction of the Rheic Ocean and Gondwana (lower) plate slab retreat. An alternative model invokes subduction of Paleotethys oceanic lithosphere beneath the Gondwana (upper) plate. Both emphasize the Mississippian occurrence of a significant thermal anomaly beneath Gondwana that favored strong lithosphere thinning, creating ideal conditions for synorogenic carbonate platform/reef destruction, and for the formation of calciturbidite deposits and olistostromes in Iberia. Variscan paleotopography would look alike in both situations. Thus, distinguishing these models is not straightforward, with differences in the kinematics of the regional tectonic transport in the superstructure of Mississippian gneiss domes. Thematic collection: This article is part of the Ophiolites, melanges and blueschists collection available at: https://www.lyellcollection.org/topic/collections/ophiolites-melanges-and-blueschists
{"title":"Mississippian olistostromes of Iberia revisited: Tectonic drivers of synorogenic carbonate platform/reef destruction","authors":"Í. F. Dias da Silva, Manuel Francisco Pereira, E. G. Clavijo, José Brandão Silva","doi":"10.1144/jgs2023-187","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2023-187","url":null,"abstract":"A review of the synorogenic basins formed on the Gondwana side of the Variscan orogen of Iberia is presented, highlighting the widespread ocurrence of calciturbiditic formations and olistostromes containing reef-limestone olistoliths in Iberia's Variscan basins. Using key-examples from the Variscan orogen for comparison (Azrou-Khenifra and Rhenohercynian basins), the significance of these olistostromes and flyschoid deposits is discussed. Our tectonic models of the Variscan belt in Iberia propose possible drivers of synorogenic carbonate platform/reef destruction responsible for the origin of calciturbidites and olistostromes. One model proposes the formation of an orogenic plateau by lateral flow of partially molten orogenic roots in the context of Laurussia-Gondwana convergence, following the destruction of the Rheic Ocean and Gondwana (lower) plate slab retreat. An alternative model invokes subduction of Paleotethys oceanic lithosphere beneath the Gondwana (upper) plate. Both emphasize the Mississippian occurrence of a significant thermal anomaly beneath Gondwana that favored strong lithosphere thinning, creating ideal conditions for synorogenic carbonate platform/reef destruction, and for the formation of calciturbidite deposits and olistostromes in Iberia. Variscan paleotopography would look alike in both situations. Thus, distinguishing these models is not straightforward, with differences in the kinematics of the regional tectonic transport in the superstructure of Mississippian gneiss domes.\u0000 \u0000 Thematic collection:\u0000 This article is part of the Ophiolites, melanges and blueschists collection available at:\u0000 https://www.lyellcollection.org/topic/collections/ophiolites-melanges-and-blueschists\u0000","PeriodicalId":17320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Geological Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139383904","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Meng Ning, Yao Wang, Judith A. McKenzie, C. Vasconcelos, Chenqing Li, Anjiang Shen, Feng Liang, Bing Shen
Early lithification of carbonate mud during the subaerial exposure stage, under semiarid conditions, has been proposed to facilitate dolomite formation. However, how the biogeochemical processes during subaerial diagenesis promote dolomite formation remains unclear. Here, we employ a multiproxy approach to investigate the process of dolomite formation by analyzing modern dolomite crusts forming in lagoon Brejo do Espinho (LBE). Petrological analysis reveals that the crusts comprise coexisting high-Mg calcite (HMC) and dolomite. Low Fe and Mn concentrations indicate the formation of dolomite under oxic conditions, while a higher Sr concentration in well-lithified crust suggests primary bacterial-induced dolomite precipitation. The Mg isotopic composition of the crusts exhibits a lighter value compared to that of modern sabkha dolomite, suggesting different dolomitization processes and Mg sources. More negative δ ¹³C values of the crusts than unlithified carbonate mud in LBE, indicating the incorporation of 13 C depleted organic carbon. The biogeochemical processes related to decaying organic matter during subaerial diagenesis generate partially oxidized organic matter that promotes Mg 2+ dehydration and enhances the dissolution of primary HMC, ultimately triggering the transition of HMC to dolomite or/and direct dolomite precipitation. The ancient "dolomite factory" operated through cyclic deposition of carbonate sediments and penecontemporaneous subaerial diagenesis. Thematic collection: This article is part of the Towards unravelling the ‘Dolomite Problem’: new approaches and novel perspectives collection available at: https://www.lyellcollection.org/topic/collections/towards-unravelling-the-dolomite-problem
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C. Rapela, M. García, F. Hervé, R. Pankhurst, M. Calderon, C. Fanning, S. Verdecchia
Remnants of coeval Devonian oceanic and continental foreland rocks are preserved in the basement of the North Patagonian Andes. Our previous studies of igneous rocks have shown the primitive oceanic and continental igneous rocks are coeval, and belong to a marginal basin that opened and closed over 50 Myr. A structural study and four new U-Pb SHRIMP ages and zircon Hf-O determinations allow identification of three metamorphic episodes, the first one M 1 (D 1 -S 1 ) coeval with Andean type granite intrusion in the foreland (405–380 Ma). This activity was simultaneous with development of an oceanic ridge and a marginal basin, at the outer edge of which a primitive granitic oceanic arc formed (380–385 Ma; zircon δ 18 O 3.6–5.2 δ 18 ‰). Ridge extinction initiated under-thrusting of the oceanic crust below the continent and an important mid-to-high grade metamorphic event M 2 (D 2 -S 2; 375–360 Ma), its peak dated by metamorphic zircon rims in migmatite at 365 ± 3 Ma. Basin closure occurred after intrusion of S-type granites (357 ± 2 Ma; zircon δ 18 O 7.4–10.4‰) in the foreland, and accretion of gabbros, cumulate gabbros and trondhjemites at the proto-Pacific margin. Compression prevailed for 20 Myr in the foreland, causing a mylonitic medium-grade M 3 (D 3 -S 3 ) event. Supplementary material: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.6989873
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In Serbia ophiolitic mélanges occur widespread below ophiolites. These ophiolites are interpreted to derive from different oceanic domains and are therefore attributed to different tectonic units. We revisited all existing data from matrix ages and blocks in the mélanges, studied the relictic sedimentological features and dated new sections and blocks from various ophiolitic mélanges. On base of these results we can distinguish three different ophiolitic mélanges: 1. Intra-oceanic ophiolitic mélanges (OM1); 2. Ophiolitic mélanges formed during ophiolite obduction with continental blocks (OM2), and 3. Ophiolitic mélanges with fluviatile transported sedimentary rocks or tectonically incorporated much younger blocks at the base (OM3). These three types of ophiolitic mélanges resemble the polyphase history of shortening and ophiolite emplacement on the wider Adria plate of Serbia. All ophiolitic mélanges contain the same Triassic component spectrum of oceanic sedimentary cover rocks and have similar matrix ages. It can be concluded that all different ophiolites/ophiolitic mélanges derive from the same Triassic-Jurassic oceanic domain, the Neotethys Ocean which western part obducted during Middle-Late Jurassic times on wider Adria. Thematic collection: This article is part of the Ophiolites, melanges and blueschists collection available at: https://www.lyellcollection.org/topic/collections/ophiolites-melanges-and-blueschists
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