Geotectonic Subdivision and Paleozoic Subduction and Collision Orogeny of East Qinling and Its Adjacent Regions:Evidence from Geochemical Research  

Geotectonic Subdivision and Paleozoic Subdue——tion and Collision Orogeny of East Qinling and Its Adjacent Regions : Evidence from Geochemical Research

作　　者：Zhang Benren Ouyang Jianping Lou Tingchuan Gao Shan Li Zejiu Han YinwenChina University of Geosciences , Wuhan 430074 

出　　处：《Journal of Earth Science》1991年第1期4-20,共17页地球科学学刊（英文版）

摘　　要：The regional lithospheric chemical heterogeneity in-ers that the East Qinling and its adjacent cratonic re-ions , as suggested by some authors , belong to two eotectonic units,the North China subdomain including he North China Craton and its southern continental largin (the North Qinling Belt), and the Yangtzean ubdomain comprising the Yangtze Craton and its torthern continental margin (the South Qinh'ng Belt). In the North Qinling Belt the metamorphosed olcanic rocks and graywackes of the Early Paleozoic Oanfeng Group south of the Early Proterozoic Qinling Froup show geochemical characteristics resembling hose of the arc volcanics and arc graywackes -espectively. The Early Paleozoic granites intruding in he Qinling Group also show similar geochemical features and similar compositional polarities to the arc-type granites . The Erlangping Group north of the Qinling Group is a volcanic-sedimentary sequence produced in an Early Paleozoic back - arc basin based on geochemical evidence . It is therefore believed that the North Qinling Belt comprised the active continental margin of the North China Craton , beneath which the ancient Qinling oceanic plate underthrusted and was consumed from 480 to 380Ma ago . The South Qinling Belt is generally considered to be a passive continental margin of the Yangtze Craton on which developed the thick Sinian and Paleozoic sediments of continental shelf and continental slope fades . The source of fine -grained clastic sedimentary rocks of various geological periods has been geochemically studied.The result demonstrates that the terrigenous elastics of the South Qinling Belt came only from the Yangtze Craton prior to the Silurian , and since then began to be fed by both the Yangtze Craton and the North Qinling . The Devonian sediments display a clear two - component mixing model in their source material . The change in the source materi-al strongly suggests that the Yangtze passive continental margin approached the active continental margin of the North China Craton and finally came The regional lithospheric chemical heterogeneity in-ers that the East Qinling and its adjacent cratonic re-ions , as suggested by some authors , belong to two eotectonic units,the North China subdomain including he North China Craton and its southern continental largin (the North Qinling Belt), and the Yangtzean ubdomain comprising the Yangtze Craton and its torthern continental margin (the South Qinh'ng Belt). In the North Qinling Belt the metamorphosed olcanic rocks and graywackes of the Early Paleozoic Oanfeng Group south of the Early Proterozoic Qinling Froup show geochemical characteristics resembling hose of the arc volcanics and arc graywackes -espectively. The Early Paleozoic granites intruding in he Qinling Group also show similar geochemical features and similar compositional polarities to the arc-type granites . The Erlangping Group north of the Qinling Group is a volcanic-sedimentary sequence produced in an Early Paleozoic back - arc basin based on geochemical evidence . It is therefore believed that the North Qinling Belt comprised the active continental margin of the North China Craton , beneath which the ancient Qinling oceanic plate underthrusted and was consumed from 480 to 380Ma ago . The South Qinling Belt is generally considered to be a passive continental margin of the Yangtze Craton on which developed the thick Sinian and Paleozoic sediments of continental shelf and continental slope fades . The source of fine -grained clastic sedimentary rocks of various geological periods has been geochemically studied.The result demonstrates that the terrigenous elastics of the South Qinling Belt came only from the Yangtze Craton prior to the Silurian , and since then began to be fed by both the Yangtze Craton and the North Qinling . The Devonian sediments display a clear two - component mixing model in their source material . The change in the source materi-al strongly suggests that the Yangtze passive continental margin approached the active continental margin of the North China Craton and finally came

关 键 词：East Qinling  subduction orogeny col- lision orogeny regional lithosphere . 

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