《Redefinition and Formation Age of the Tanjianshan Group in Xitieshan Region, Qinghai》.pdf

Vo1．88No．2PP．394-409 ACTAGEOLOGICASINICA (EnglishEdition) Apr．2014 RedefinitionandFormationAgeoftheTanjianshanGroup inXitieshanRegion，Qinghai LIANGXinquan ，，FU Jiangang，2WANGCe一 JIANG Ying’2ZHOU Yun ， ， YANGYongqiang ．W G ZeliandP Chuanchuj 1StateKeyLaboratoryofIsotopeGeochemistry,GuangzhouInstituteofGeochemistry,ChineseAcademyof Sciences，Guangzhou510644Guangdong,Ck,!ina 2 iversityofChineseAcademyofSciences，Beijing100049,China 3ChinaUniversityofGeosciences，Beijing100083，China 4ShandongUniversityofScienceandTechnology,Qingdao266510,Shandong,China 5ChangshaDepositSurvyeCentre,GuangzhouInstituteofGeochemistry,ChineseAcademyofSciences， Changsha410003，Hunan，China Abstract：TheTanjianshanGroup。whichwaspreviouslydividedintoa，b，canddformations，hasbeen controversialforalongtime．ItmainlydistributesinthenorthernmarginofQaidam Basinandisan important early Paleozoic greenschistfacies metamorphic volcanic sedimentary rock ofrmation． Detafled field investigation and zircon LA．．ICPM S U--Pb datingofthekeystrata suggestthatthe originallowerpartofaFormation(a-1)versustheoriginalmiddleupperofdFormation(d-3andd-4)， theoriginalupperpartofaFormation(a-2)andbFormationversustheoriginallowerpartofd Formation (d一1andd．2)ofTanjianshanGrouparecontemporaneousheterotopicfaciesvolcanic- clasolitedeposit．respectively．Theformerofr·mationsformedduringthemiddle—lateOrdovician(463— 458Ma)，whilethelatteronesofrmedinthelateOrdovician(about445Ma)．Theoriginalcofrmation ofTanjianshanGroup．whichofrmedafter430Ma。issimilartotheMaoniushanFormationofKunlun MountainsandnorthQaidam Basin．Accordingtotherulesofstratigraphicdivisionandnaming，new stra