TECTONIC SETTING AND METALLOGENESIS OF THE PRINCIPAL SECTORS OF THE TETHYAN EURASIAN METALLOGENIC BELT

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摘要 ThreeglobalmetallogenicbeltswereformedintheworldduringMesozoicandpost-Mesozoictimes.TwoofthemaresituatedalongthewesternandeasternPacificmargins,andthethirdone-theTethyanEurasianmetallogenicbelt(TEMB)isrelatedtothedomainofEurasianplateandflankedonthesouthbytheAfro-ArabianandIndianplates.ThegeneraltectonicevolutionoftherealmwheretheTEMBwasformediscloselyconnectedwiththehistoryofTethys.Theemplacementoforedepositsandthedevelopmentofregionalmetallogenicunitsarerelatedtoadefinitivetimeintervalandtospecifictectonicsettingssuchas:(1)IntracontinentalriftingalongthenorthernmarginofGondwanaand/orfragmentsalreadyseparated;(2)Oceanicenvironments(i.e.ophiolitecomplexesandoceanfloorsediments)hostpodiformchromitedeposits,volcano-sedimentarycupriferouspyritedeposits(Cyprustype),stratiformmanganesedeposits,andsporadicallyPGEdeposits;(3)Subductionrelatedsettingsinvolvemainlyporphyrycopperdeposits,hydrothermalmassivesulphidepolymetallicdeposits,andepithermaldeposits.SofaridentifiedmineralizationofporphyrycopperexceedsintheTEMBover100milliontonsofcoppermetal;and(4)Collisionandpost-collisioncontinent-continentsettingincludesdepositsoflead-zinc,antimony,gold,insomesectorstindeposits,aswell.ThegiantdepositsofLi-pegmatiteoccursporadically.TheTEMBisalmostacontinuouslymineralizedbelt,butwithinit,somesectorsdisplayspecificfeaturesoftectonicsettings,associationofelements,mineralsandmorphogenetictypesofmineralization.
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出版日期 2001年01月11日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)