Recently, the Altyn strike\|slip fault in western China has become a hot topic to the research on continental dynamics of Tibetan Plateau. The chronological research is very important to constrain the age of tectono\|...Recently, the Altyn strike\|slip fault in western China has become a hot topic to the research on continental dynamics of Tibetan Plateau. The chronological research is very important to constrain the age of tectono\|thermal event within Altyn fault belt. Many isotopic dating researches, related to the ophiolites, high\|pressure metamorphic rocks and some granitic rocks, have been done by Chinese and foreign geologists in the area. There, however, are only few isotopic dating researches on the syntectonic\|growing minerals within Altyn fault. We collected a sample of Caledonian mylonitized granite (At3a) in the north of Dangjin pass and two samples of Jurassic meta\|sedimentary rocks in Qaidam gate fault\|valley (At37c) and Geshi fault\|valley (At30d). All the samples contain the syntectonic\|growing minerals such as white mica, chlorite, sericite and biotite etc. By dating these minerals, we can constrain the time of the tectonic events occurred in Altyn fault belt.Sample At3a, mylonitized granite, has been strongly deformed with undulating extinction of quartz. The plagioclase and quartz were elongated and surrounded by fine\|grained white micas and chlorites with strain shadow texture. These suggest that the sample has been suffered ductile deformation. The estimation of p\|T condition is 350℃, 180MPa. The isochronal age of (89.2±1.6)Ma has been obtained by laser probe 40 Ar/ 39 Ar dating analyses of six white mica grains.展开更多
A detailed survey of 40 Ar/ 39 Ar dating was carried out on basement rocks of the Eastern Kunlun Mountains. The samples were collected from Jinshuikou, Kuhai, Xiaomiao, Wanbaogou and Nachitai groups. All the samples w...A detailed survey of 40 Ar/ 39 Ar dating was carried out on basement rocks of the Eastern Kunlun Mountains. The samples were collected from Jinshuikou, Kuhai, Xiaomiao, Wanbaogou and Nachitai groups. All the samples were analysed in 40 Ar/ 39 Ar isotopic dating laboratory of Salzburg University in Austria. The results of 40 Ar/ 39 Ar dating include: (1) The Jinshuikou Group shows hornblende age of 388 5Ma, muscovite at 233～227Ma, and biotite ages between 232 2 and 208 2Ma. These are interpreted to result from amphibolite\|grade Caledonian orogenic diastrophism and low\|grade metamorphic Indosinian overprint. (2) The Xiaomiao Group is characterized by a 40 Ar/ 39 Ar muscovite age of 413 8Ma. (3) The Wanbaogou Group gives out a muscovite age of ca. 160Ma to the S of the Central Kunlun fault. (4) The Nachitai Group revealed a biotite age of ca. 110Ma that was overprinted by a very\|low\|grade event at 60～40 Ma. (5) The Kuhai basement to the S of the Central Kunlun fault is again characterized by a Caledonian age without detectable late overprint: Hornblende: ca. 405Ma, muscovite 376～357Ma, biotite: ca. 360Ma. The new ages constrain that the Kunlun basement essentially formed during Caledonian tectonic events. The basement was locally overprinted by Indosinian tecto\|thermal event in the north of the Central Kunlun fault, and by Jurassic and Paleogene tecto\|thermal events in the south of the Central Kunlun fault.展开更多
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文摘Recently, the Altyn strike\|slip fault in western China has become a hot topic to the research on continental dynamics of Tibetan Plateau. The chronological research is very important to constrain the age of tectono\|thermal event within Altyn fault belt. Many isotopic dating researches, related to the ophiolites, high\|pressure metamorphic rocks and some granitic rocks, have been done by Chinese and foreign geologists in the area. There, however, are only few isotopic dating researches on the syntectonic\|growing minerals within Altyn fault. We collected a sample of Caledonian mylonitized granite (At3a) in the north of Dangjin pass and two samples of Jurassic meta\|sedimentary rocks in Qaidam gate fault\|valley (At37c) and Geshi fault\|valley (At30d). All the samples contain the syntectonic\|growing minerals such as white mica, chlorite, sericite and biotite etc. By dating these minerals, we can constrain the time of the tectonic events occurred in Altyn fault belt.Sample At3a, mylonitized granite, has been strongly deformed with undulating extinction of quartz. The plagioclase and quartz were elongated and surrounded by fine\|grained white micas and chlorites with strain shadow texture. These suggest that the sample has been suffered ductile deformation. The estimation of p\|T condition is 350℃, 180MPa. The isochronal age of (89.2±1.6)Ma has been obtained by laser probe 40 Ar/ 39 Ar dating analyses of six white mica grains.
文摘A detailed survey of 40 Ar/ 39 Ar dating was carried out on basement rocks of the Eastern Kunlun Mountains. The samples were collected from Jinshuikou, Kuhai, Xiaomiao, Wanbaogou and Nachitai groups. All the samples were analysed in 40 Ar/ 39 Ar isotopic dating laboratory of Salzburg University in Austria. The results of 40 Ar/ 39 Ar dating include: (1) The Jinshuikou Group shows hornblende age of 388 5Ma, muscovite at 233～227Ma, and biotite ages between 232 2 and 208 2Ma. These are interpreted to result from amphibolite\|grade Caledonian orogenic diastrophism and low\|grade metamorphic Indosinian overprint. (2) The Xiaomiao Group is characterized by a 40 Ar/ 39 Ar muscovite age of 413 8Ma. (3) The Wanbaogou Group gives out a muscovite age of ca. 160Ma to the S of the Central Kunlun fault. (4) The Nachitai Group revealed a biotite age of ca. 110Ma that was overprinted by a very\|low\|grade event at 60～40 Ma. (5) The Kuhai basement to the S of the Central Kunlun fault is again characterized by a Caledonian age without detectable late overprint: Hornblende: ca. 405Ma, muscovite 376～357Ma, biotite: ca. 360Ma. The new ages constrain that the Kunlun basement essentially formed during Caledonian tectonic events. The basement was locally overprinted by Indosinian tecto\|thermal event in the north of the Central Kunlun fault, and by Jurassic and Paleogene tecto\|thermal events in the south of the Central Kunlun fault.
