南阿尔金—柴北缘高压-超高压(HP/UHP)变质带为近10年来所新厘定,它分布在青藏高原北缘,延伸近1000km,被阿尔金断裂分成南阿尔金和柴北缘两部分,以含少量榴辉岩、石榴橄榄岩和含柯石英的片麻岩为特征。根据野外地质观察、岩石组合分析及其岩石学特征,可把南阿尔金—柴北缘HP/UHP变质带划分为6个HP/UHP变质单元,从西向东分别是:江尕勒萨依榴辉岩-片麻岩单元(JSU);巴什瓦克石榴橄榄岩-高压麻粒岩单元(BWU);鱼卡—落凤坡榴辉岩-片麻岩(片岩)单元(YLU);绿粱山石榴橄榄岩-高压麻粒岩单元(LLU);锡铁山榴辉岩-片麻岩单元(XTU);都兰榴辉岩-片麻岩单元(DLU)。研究显示,6个HP/UHP变质单元在岩石组合、形成的温度压力条件及变质演化历史等方面存在明显差异;榴辉岩相变质时代变化在420~500Ma之间,可能反映了早古生代沿南阿尔金—柴北缘HP/UHP变质带的多阶段或穿时性的俯冲作用。
The South Ahyn Tagh (SAT)-North Qaidam (NQD) HP/UHP metamorphic belt extends approximately 1000 km along the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau, and is truncated by the Ahyn Tagh sinistral strikeslip fault and splitted into two parts: the South Ahyn Tagh region and the North Qaidam region. Based on rock associations, petrologic criteria and the field relationships, six HP/UHP metamorphic units can be distinguished in the South Ahyn eclogite-gneiss Tagh ( SAT ) -North Qaidam (NQD) region (Fig. 1A). From west to east, they are: the Jianggalesayi unit (JSU), the Bashiwake garnet peridotite-high pressure granulite unit (BWU), the Yuka eclogite- gneiss (schist) unit (YLU), the Luliangshan garnet peridotite-gneiss unit (LLU), the Xitieshan eclogite-gneiss unit (XTU) and the Dulan eclogite-gneiss unit (DLU). The geological relationship, petrology and geochronology indicate that these six HP/UHP metamorphic units have different rock associations, and underwent different p-T conditions and metamorphic histories. Geochronologyical dating for these eclogite-facies metamorphics yields ages between 500 and 420 Ma. This implies that a possible multiple or disachronous subduction took place along the SAT-NQD HP/ UHP metamorphic belt.