古地理学报 ›› 2021, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (4): 855-870. doi: 10.7605/gdlxb.2021.04.051

• 第四纪古地理学及沉积学 • 上一篇    下一篇

湖北宜昌第四纪沉积物中铁质重矿物特征对三峡贯通的指示*

由文智1, 向芳2,3, 杨坤美1, 姜月华4, 喻显涛2, 李磊1   

  1. 1 成都理工大学地球科学学院,四川成都 610059;
    2 成都理工大学沉积地质研究院,四川成都 610059;
    3 成都理工大学油气藏地质及开发工程国家重点实验室,四川成都 610059;
    4 中国地质调查局南京地质调查中心,江苏南京 210016
  • 收稿日期:2020-09-15 修回日期:2021-01-04 出版日期:2021-08-01 发布日期:2021-07-22
  • 通讯作者: 向芳,女,1974年生,教授,博士生导师,长期从事沉积岩石学、岩相古地理和第四纪地质地貌等方面的教学与科研工作。E-mail: cdxiangfang@126.com
  • 作者简介:由文智,男,1996年生,硕士研究生,第四纪地质学专业。E-mail: youwzcdut@126.com。
  • 基金资助:
    *国家自然科学基金项目(编号: 41972101,41572093)和中国地质调查局项目(编号: DD20190260)联合资助

Implication of iron rich heavy minerals in Quaternary sediments in Yichang area of Hubei Province for cutting through time of Three Gorges

You Wen-Zhi1, Xiang Fang2,3, Yang Kun-Mei1, Jiang Yue-Hua4, Yu Xian-Tao2, Li Lei1   

  1. 1 College of Earth Sciences,Chengdu University of Technology,Chengdu 610059,China;
    2 Institute of Sedimentary Geology,Chengdu University of Technology,Chengdu 610059,China;
    3 State Key Laboratory of Oil & Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation,Chengdu University of Technology,Chengdu 610059,China;
    4 Nanjing Geological Survey Center,China Geological Survey,Nanjing 210016,China
  • Received:2020-09-15 Revised:2021-01-04 Online:2021-08-01 Published:2021-07-22
  • Contact: Xiang Fang,born in 1974,professor,doctoral supervisor, is mainly engaged in sedimentary petrology,lithofacies palaeogeography,Quaternary geomorphology. E-mail: cdxiangfang@126.com.
  • About author:You Wen-Zhi,born in 1996,postgraduate student,majors in Quaternary geology. E-mail: youwzcdut@126.com.
  • Supported by:
    Co funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos. 41972101,41572093)and the Project of China Geological Survey(No. DD20190260)

摘要: 长江三峡的演化问题一直是地学界争论的焦点和热点。近年来,不少学者通过锆石、石榴子石、角闪石等重矿物的同位素和微量元素组成来判断长江物源,取得了较好的成果,但将单颗粒铁质重矿物作为物源指示矿物并应用于三峡贯通方面研究较少。因此作者运用电子探针、扫描电镜和能谱仪对湖北宜昌地区第四纪沉积物中的铁质重矿物进行化学特征和形貌分析,并与可能的物源区样品进行对比,来分析物源演化过程及判定三峡贯通时间。研究结果显示,宜昌地区第四纪沉积铁质重矿物的主要源岩为位于三峡以西的攀枝花钒钛磁铁矿、峨眉山玄武岩和位于三峡以东的黄陵花岗岩,在善溪窑组沉积结束以后,宜昌地区第四纪沉积物的物源发生了明显改变,出现来自三峡以西的物质,表明长江三峡此时发生了贯通。结合ESR测年数据和前人研究结果可知,长江三峡的贯通发生在0.75—0.73Ma B.P.。

关键词: 三峡贯通, 宜昌地区, 铁质重矿物, 电子探针, 扫描电镜, 物源演化

Abstract: The evolution of the Three Gorges has been the focus of debate in the field of geosciences. In recent years,many scholars have successfully analyzed the provenance of the Yangtze River through the isotope composition and trace elements in heavy minerals such as zircon,garnet and amphibole. However,the single-grain iron-rich heavy minerals are seldom used as provenance indicators and applied in the determination of the cutting-through time of the Three Gorges. Therefore,in this paper,the chemical properties and morphologic analysis of iron-rich heavy minerals in Quaternary sediments of Yichang area were analyzed by electron probe,scanning electron microscope and energy disperse spectroscopy,which were compared with the analytical results of possible provenance samples. The evolution process of provenance and the cutting-through time of the Three Gorges were analyzed based on the occurrence of materials in Yichang area that may belong to the west of the Three Gorges. The results show that the source rocks of the iron-rich heavy minerals in the Quaternary sediments in Yichang are mainly from the Panzhihua vanadium titanomagnetite,Emeishan basalt that are located to the west of the Three Gorges and Huangling granite located to the east of the Three Gorges. After the deposition of the Shanxiyao Formation,the provenance of the Quaternary sediments in Yichang area changed obviously,and the material that belong to the west of the Three Gorges appeared in this area,which indicates that the Three Gorges was cutted-through. Combined with ESR dating data and previous studies,it can be assumed that the cutting-through time of the Three Gorges occurred in 0.75-0.73Ma B.P..

Key words: cutting through time of Three Gorges, Yichang area, iron-rich heavy mineral, electron probe, scanning electron microscope, provenance evolution

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