内蒙古新巴尔虎右旗中二叠世花岗岩地球化学特征及其成因

文章通过对内蒙古新巴尔虎右旗中二叠世花岗岩地球化学的系统研究,探讨其成因及形成的构造背景。中二叠世花岗岩主要为花岗闪长岩和二长花岗岩,其地球化学特征显示岩石属准铝质-弱过铝质高钾钙碱性系列,具有接近地幔岩浆的Nb/Ta比值(15.01～18.93),岩浆源区为新生火成岩地壳。花岗闪长岩属高Sr低Yb的埃达克型花岗岩,二长花岗岩属低Sr高Yb的浙闽型花岗岩,是不同深度壳源岩石同时发生部分熔融的产物,花岗闪长岩岩浆的起源深度较二长花岗岩的源区更深。中二叠世花岗岩富集大离子亲石元素和轻稀土元素、亏损高强场和重稀土元素,具有类似于活动大陆边缘花岗岩的岩石组合和地球化学特征。结合区域地质构造演化特征,认为中二叠世花岗质岩浆活动可能与西伯利亚克拉通和额尔古纳地块间的蒙古-鄂霍茨克洋板块的南向俯冲作用有关。     

新疆西准噶尔拉巴花岗岩地球化学特征及年代学研究

新疆西准噶尔玛依勒地区的拉巴岩体侵入于下石炭统包古图组中,由花岗闪长岩、石英闪长岩、英云闪长岩、花岗岩组成,以花岗岩为主。其中花岗岩和花岗闪长岩属钙碱性、高钾钙碱性系列,为偏铝质至过铝质岩石,并具有轻稀土-大离子亲石元素富集、Nb-Ta-Ti等高场强元素亏损的地球化学特征。该岩体两个代表样品的锆石La-ICP-MS法206Pb/238U加权平均年龄分别为287±5Ma和295.1±2.3Ma,表明岩体的结晶年龄为早二叠世,与西准噶尔地区后碰撞花岗岩的时代(年龄峰值310～295Ma)相近。综合岩体的地质、地球化学特征和区域地质特征,认为拉巴花岗岩体为准噶尔地区后碰撞阶段伸展期的岩浆活动产物。     

东昆仑祁漫塔格东段晚二叠世-早侏罗世侵入岩岩石组合时空分布、构造环境的讨论

祁漫塔格地区是青藏高原北部最重要的多金属矿集区,晚二叠世-早侏罗世岩浆作用与成矿作用关系密切,以祁漫塔格东段为研究区分析讨论了祁漫塔格及临区晚二叠世-早侏罗世花岗岩特点,从晚二叠世-早侏罗世可以识别出4个阶段5个花岗岩组合.(1)晚二叠世弱过铝质高钾钙碱性系列二长花岗岩+正长花岗岩组合与偏铝质-弱过铝质钙碱性系列英云闪长岩+花岗闪长岩组合,LA-ICP-MS U-Pb年龄在252.0~258.5Ma,普遍含暗色铁镁质微粒包体;(2)中三叠世闪长岩+英云闪长岩+花岗闪长岩+(二长花岗岩)组合,LA-ICP-MS U-Pb年龄在226.9~238.6Ma,富含暗色铁镁质微粒包体,为偏铝质-弱过铝质钙碱性-高钾钙碱性系列岩石,Sr含量一般在400×10^-6~537×10^-6,δEu在0.67~0.95;(3)晚三叠世石英闪长岩+英云闪长岩+花岗闪长岩+二长花岗岩组合,LA-ICP-MS U-Pb年龄在211.7~214.1Ma,为偏铝质高钾钙碱性系列岩石,Sr含量一般在341×10^-6~515×10^-6,δEu在0.69~0.95之间;(4)晚三叠世-早侏罗世正长花岗岩组合,LA-ICP-MS U-Pb年龄在199.5~204.4Ma,为偏铝质高钾钙碱性系列岩石,Sr含量在54×10^-6~195×10^-6.晚二叠世花岗岩组合为大陆边缘弧火成岩构造组合,与古特提斯洋俯冲相关;中三叠世花岗岩组合出露面积巨大,构成了印支期北昆仑岩浆弧的主体,形成于俯冲-碰撞转换阶段,与俯冲岩石圈板片的断离相关,这一事件在东昆仑具有普遍意义,是东昆仑造山带最具规模的地幔物质注入与壳幔岩浆混合事件,晚三叠世花岗岩组合形成于后碰撞阶段,是加厚陆壳底部幔源玄武质岩浆底侵作用的结果.     

西准噶尔A型花岗岩地球化学特征及找矿意义

西准噶尔地区广泛发育晚古生代后碰撞花岗岩,年龄多集中于300Ma左右,在时代上属于晚石炭世,A型花岗岩具有具有高硅、低铝、富碱、准铝质-弱过铝质、贫钙、低镁,10000×Ga/Al比值较大,强烈富集高场强元素(HFSE)及Zr、Y、Ga等元素,Sr、Ba强烈亏损,稀土配分模式图呈现典型的右倾“海鸥型”等,并且在A1—A2型花岗岩判别图解显示具有典型的铝质A型的A2型花岗岩特征,表明A型花岗岩可能是年轻地壳(洋壳和岛弧)部分熔融形成的美云闪长-花岗闪长岩质岩浆经进一步分离结晶作用的产物,具备规模成矿的条件.     

西准噶尔克拉玛依花岗岩体地球化学特征及其意义

西准噶尔克拉玛依岩体为二长花岗岩和斜长花岗岩等,为海西中期侵入岩体,具有高钠、铝等特点,A/CNK=0.71~0.78,NK/A为0.8~0.89,为偏铝质钙碱性花岗岩.轻稀土元素中等富集,Eu弱亏损,富集大离子亲石元素,Nb、Ta亏损,富Sr,La/Yb值相对低.多种主微量元素和同位素的综合图解分析表明,该岩体为I型花岗岩,与达拉布特断裂西侧同时期的庙尔沟A型花岗岩具有明显的区别,盆地具有较为年轻的地壳基底.克拉玛依岩体为岛弧花岗岩,晚石炭世准噶尔地区仍存在着洋盆体制.     

西准噶尔地区最晚期岩浆侵入活动——来自早二叠世-早三叠世接特布调岩体的证据

西准噶尔地区晚古生代构造运动复杂,岩浆侵入活动强烈,地壳生长显著,处在洋陆构造转换的关键时期。接特布调岩体位于连接西准噶尔地区、天山造山带和准噶尔盆地的重要位置,岩石类型以碱长花岗岩、二长花岗岩和花岗闪长岩为主。碱长花岗岩矿物组成以碱性长石(55%～60%)、斜长石(15%～20%)和石英(23%～25%)为主,几乎不含暗色矿物,岩石内部无暗色微粒包体;二长花岗岩和花岗闪长岩矿物组成以斜长石(30%～40%和～16%)、碱性长石(30%～40%和～50%)和石英(20%～25%和～18%)为主,含少量黑云母和角闪石,内部存在不同数量和规模的暗色微粒包体。通过高精度锆石U-Pb定年,将接特布调岩体的成岩年龄限定为287～250 Ma,岩体内早三叠世(250.4Ma)二长花岗岩是迄今为止在整个西准噶尔地区发现的最年轻的侵入岩,该期花岗岩的就位标志着西准噶尔地区深成岩浆侵入活动的终结。接特布调岩体整体具有高硅(SiO_2=67.04%～77.01%)、富碱(K_2O=3.45%～4.63%,Na_2O=3.62%～4.18%),贫钙(CaO=0.45%～0.3.05%)、贫镁(MgO=0.16%～1.51%)、低铁(Fe_2O_3=0.99%～4.40%)的特征,属于高钾钙碱性系列,准铝质-弱过铝质(A/CNK=0.93～1.03)。球粒陨石标准化稀土元素配分图具有明显的右倾海鸥型特征,富集轻稀土元素和Rb、Th、K元素,亏损重稀土元素和Eu、Ba、Nb、Sr、P、Ti元素。碱长花岗岩具有比A性花岗岩低的岩浆结晶温度,属于高分异的I型花岗岩,来源于新生地壳部分熔融;二长花岗岩和花岗闪长岩整体具有较高的岩浆结晶温度,属于壳幔混源的I型花岗岩。接特布调地区在早二叠-早三叠世处于高温、低压、地壳减薄的后造山伸展的陆内演化阶段。     

东昆仑灶火沟早志留世花岗岩岩石学、地球化学特征及地质意义

灶火沟早志留世(436.8~433.7 Ma)花岗岩发育于东昆中蛇绿构造混杂岩带中,主要岩石类型为花岗闪长岩和二长花岗岩,其围岩分别为中元古代万宝沟群和奥陶—志留纪纳赤台群。花岗闪长岩和二长花岗岩w(Si O2)分别为56.12%~63.49%和70.62%~76.54%,均为钙碱性系列。二长花岗岩显示向富碱质过渡的特征,铝饱和指数A/CNK为0.79~1.02,属准铝质—弱过铝质系列,为I型花岗岩。花岗闪长岩∑REE低于二长花岗岩∑REE,两者均具有LREE相对富集而HREE相对亏损的相似的右倾球粒陨石标准化配分曲线特征,花岗闪长岩具弱负Eu异常,二长花岗岩具强负Eu异常;两者均具有相对富集LILE而相对亏损HFS的微量元素特征。地球化学特征显示灶火沟花岗岩为岛弧型花岗岩,是原特提斯洋壳向北俯冲引起地幔楔物质底侵东昆仑岛弧下地壳部分熔融的产物,表明东昆仑造山带在早志留世仍处于原特提斯洋壳俯冲消减阶段。     

新疆肯登高尔铜钼矿区侵入岩年代学、地球化学及其大地构造意义

肯登高尔铜钼矿床是新疆西天山博罗科努成矿带中一处矽卡岩型矿床,矿体赋存于纳林果勒中酸性侵入体与上石炭统东图津河组钙质粉砂岩夹碳酸盐岩的接触带上。纳林果勒岩体主要由花岗闪长岩与二长花岗岩组成。通过LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb同位素定年,获得花岗闪长岩和二长花岗岩的加权平均年龄分别为316.3±3.5Ma和298.9±3.3Ma,表明两者侵位时代分别为晚石炭世和早二叠世。地球化学组成上花岗闪长岩具有高硅和高钠的特征,富集Sr、Rb和Th,亏损Nb、Ta、Yb和Y,无Eu异常,岩石具有埃达克岩的特征,是造山晚期加厚下地壳部分熔融的产物。二长花岗岩具有富硅、富钾、低铝的特征,富集Rb、Th、Nb和Hf,亏损Sr、Ta和Ti,具有明显Eu负异常,岩石为高分异I型花岗岩,是岩石圈伸展减薄背景下,下地壳进一步熔融形成的基性岩浆通过分离结晶作用形成的产物。结合成岩年龄和区域构造背景,推测西天山北缘在晚石炭世进入碰撞造山阶段,在早二叠世向造山后伸展阶段过渡。     

北京长园带状岩体的岩石地球化学特征及成因探讨

长园带状杂岩体主要由长园石英二长闪长岩、官山石英二长岩、沙峪斑状花岗岩和西后峪花岗岩4个侵入体构成。长园石英二长闪长岩富镁贫铁,准铝质,属高钾钙碱性系列;具弱的Eu负异常,Sr/Y值较高,是中性埃达克质岩。官山石英二长岩富碱富镁,Sr/Y和(La/Yb)N值高,具弱的Eu负异常,是典型的"C型埃达克岩"。沙峪和西后峪花岗岩属高钾钙碱性系列岩石,稀土元素总量低,具负Eu异常。长园石英二长闪长岩和官山石英二长岩是高Sr的基性原始岩浆在中等压力(0.8~1.2GPa)条件下分离结晶的产物。沙峪斑状花岗岩和西后峪花岗岩则是由幔源岩浆与地壳岩石发生相互作用的产物。长园带状杂岩体的实例表明,埃达克质岩起源或形成的压力可以相对较低(1.2 GPa)。     

内蒙古锡林浩特北早二叠世花岗岩类定年及成因

内蒙古锡林浩特北部朝克乌拉山附近分布有早二叠世花岗岩类,可作为兴蒙造山带东部构造-岩浆活动的研究载体。本文通过对花岗岩类进行岩相学、岩石地球化学、锆石U-Pb年代学的研究,讨论其岩石成因、构造环境。早二叠世侵入岩岩性主要为正长花岗岩、二长花岗岩、正长斑岩。地球化学上,岩石具有高硅、富碱、贫钙、贫镁的特点,属于偏铝—过铝质碱性花岗岩。轻重稀土元素存在一定程度的分馏,总体表现出轻稀土相对富集、重稀土相对亏损,具有明显的负Eu异常,Rb、Th、K、La、Ce、Nd、Zr、Hf、Sm元素明显富集,Ba、Ta、Nb、Sr、P、Ti元素显著亏损。岩石的锆石饱和温度为802℃,具有低Sr高Yb特征,指示岩体形成于高温低压环境,结合岩石地球化学表明岩体属于铝质A型花岗岩,其源岩与岛弧岩浆作用有关。锆石U-Pb测年结果为(275.6±1.3) Ma(正长花岗岩)、(274.2±1.4)Ma(正长斑岩),表明岩体形成时代为早二叠世晚期。结合区域上阿木山组中安山岩夹层的锆石U-Pb年龄,古生物、花岗岩证据表明晚石炭世至早二叠世晚期,贺根山洋闭合并完成了板块碰撞挤压到碰撞伸展的转换。     

Wavelength-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometric determination of Sc, V, Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Rb, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Ba, Pb, and Th in komatiites

Komatiites are mantle-derived ultramafic volcanic rocks. Komatiites have been discovered in several States of India, notably in Karnataka. Studies on the distribution of trace-elements in the komatiites of India are very few. This paper proposes a simple, accurate, precise, rapid, and non-destructive wavelength-dispersive x-ray fluorescence (WDXRF) spectrometric technique for determining Sc, V, Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Rb, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Ba, Pb, and Th in komatiites, and discusses the accuracy, precision, limits of detection, x-ray spectral-line interferences, inter-element effects, speed, advantages, and limitations of the technique. The accuracy of the technique is excellent (within 3%) for Sc, V, Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Rb, Sr, Zr, Nb, Ba, Pb, and Th and very good (within 4%) for Y. The precision is also excellent (within 3%) for Sc, V, Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Rb, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Ba, Pb, and Th. The limits of detection are: 1 ppm for Sc and V; 2 ppm for Cr, Co, and Ni; 3 ppm for Cu, Zn, Rb, and Sr; 4 ppm for Y and Zr; 6 ppm for Nb; 10 ppm for Ba; 13 ppm for Pb; and 14 ppm for Th. The time taken for determining Sc, V, Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Rb, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Ba, Pb, and Th in a batch of 24 samples of komatiites, for a replication of four analyses per sample, by one operator, using a manual WDXRF spectrometer, is only 60 hours.     

硅酸盐类样品中硅、铁、铝、钛、锰、钙、镁、钾、钠和磷的x射线荧光光谱测定

本文拟定了一种以熔融法制备样片,用X射线荧光光谱测定硅酸盐类样品中Si、Fe、Al、Tj、Mn、Ca、Mg、K、Na、P等元素的分析方法。在对不同靶材X光管和分光晶体实验对比的基础上,选择了最佳的测量条件。该法具有快速、准确,测量范围广,检测限低,价格便宜等优点。经过近百个各种类型标样或管理样品的分析对比表明,本法不仅适用于硅酸盐类岩石样品的分析,还适用于铁矿、铝土矿、碳酸盐类岩矿样品以及水泥、耐火材料等样品的分析。     

高压微波消解法测定醋酸纤维过滤器采集的微尘粒子中的砷镉钴铬铜铁锰镍铅钒锌

最新的流行病学研究表明,空气中较高浓度的悬浮细颗粒可能对人类的健康有不利的影响。根据该项研究显示,由于心脏病、慢性呼吸问题和肺功能指标恶化而导致死亡率的升高与细尘粒子有关。这些研究结果已经促使欧盟于1999年4月出台了限制空气中二氧化硫、二氧化氮、氧化氮、铅和颗粒物含量的法案(1999/30/EC),对各项指标包括对可吸入PM10颗粒的浓度提出了新的限制性指标。PM10颗粒是指可以通过预分级器分离采集的气体动力学直径小于10μm的细颗粒。目前研究的兴趣重点逐步偏向PM2.5这些更细微颗粒物,PM2.5这种颗粒物对健康有明显的不利影响。在欧盟指令2008/50/EC中,对PM10和PM2.5都提     

Isotopic systematics of He,Ar, S,Cu, Ni,Re, Os,Pb, U,Sm, Nd,Rb, Sr,Lu, and Hf in the rocks and ores of the Norilsk deposits

This paper reports the first results of a study of 11 isotope systems (³He/⁴He, ⁴⁰Ar/³⁶Ar, ³⁴S/³²S, ⁶⁵Cu/⁶³Cu, ⁶²Ni/⁶⁰Ni, ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr, ¹⁴³Nd/¹⁴⁴Nd, ^206–208Pb/²⁰⁴Pb, Hf–Nd, U–Pb, and Re–Os) in the rocks and ores of the Cu–Ni–PGE deposits of the Norilsk ore district. Almost all the results were obtained at the Center of Isotopic Research of the Karpinskii All-Russia Research Institute of Geology. The use of a number of independent genetic isotopic signatures and comprehensive isotopic knowledge provided a methodic basis for the interpretation of approximately 5000 isotopic analyses of various elements. The presence of materials from two sources, crust and mantle, was detected in the composition of the rocks and ores. The contribution of the crustal source is especially significant in the paleofluids (gas–liquid microinclusions) of the ore-forming medium. Crustal solutions were probably a transport medium during ore formation. Air argon is dominant in the ores, which indicates a connection between the paleofluids and the atmosphere. This suggests intense groundwater circulation during the crystallization of ore minerals. The age of the rocks and ores of the Norilsk deposits was determined. The stage of orebody formation is restricted to a narrow age interval of 250 ± 10 Ma. An isotopic criterion was proposed for the ore-bearing potential of mafic intrusions in the Norilsk–Taimyr region. It includes several interrelated isotopic ratios of various elements: He, Ar, S, and others.     

Viscous, cohesive, non-Newtonian, depositing, radial slurry flow

Mining induced subsidence can significantly affect mining costs where major surface facilities and natural environment need to be protected. Overburden grout injection is a technology used to control coal mine subsidence by injecting the mine waste material extracted from the coal back into the inter-burden rock during longwall mining. The flowing slurry is here categorised as a nonlinear viscous cohesive (Bingham plastic) fluid. During longwall mining the grout slurry is pumped into the separated beds of the rock mass through a central vertical borehole, which is drilled deep into the inter-burden rock strata above the coal seam. However, a blockage can occur in the injection system when the slurry velocity falls below a certain critical threshold velocity, indicating a material phase change from cohesive-viscous to cohesive-frictional. In situ field injection tests through boreholes have been simulated at a smaller scale at the CSIRO laboratory in Brisbane by pumping the slurry through a radial disk (gap = 4 mm) from its centre. Laboratory experiments indicate a general, nonlinear, cohesive, viscous, frictional model for shear behaviour of the slurry, in which the material shear parameters are functions of the disk radial distance. Complete dimensional and dimensionless analytical solutions have been developed based on an approach related to Bingham–Herschel–Bulkley fluid mechanics. The derived formulae include relations for minimum pump pressure, local pressure and pressure gradient, wall shear stress, volume rate, velocity and velocity gradient. The theoretical results match the experimental measurements. The experiments covered slurries with maximum particle sizes of 0.5 to 2 mm with about 50% being larger than 100 µm. The viscosities at the various solids concentrations were measured with a standard torsion viscometer. This study differs from the previous research in several distinct aspects, namely, consideration of the variable shear parameters rather than fixed values, inclusion of total nonlinear behaviour, and implementation of a friction function to mimic behaviour of the deposited and consolidating stiff slurry, which can cause a significant pressure rise as a result of the increased shear resistance.     

硅酸盐中铁、锰、钛、钙、钾、磷、硅、铝、镁、钠、锶、铷、钡的X-射线荧光光谱定量测定

本文介绍样品经四硼酸锂熔融制成玻璃小饼。采用Lachance模式和理论a系数来校正元素间的效应,由3080E型X-射线荧光谱仪和DF-350B数据处理系统完成硅酸盐中十三个项目的测定。     

Bellechester,Minnesota, USA,lagoon collapses

Bellechester, Minnesota, is a small community of approximately 155 residents located on the county line between Goodhue and Wabasha counties in southeast Minnesota's karst region. Bellechester is served by a 21-year-old wastewater treatment facility (WWTF) consisting of three waste-stabilization ponds. On 28 April 1992 six sinkholes were discovered to have drained cell 2 of the WWTF resulting in the loss of approximately 8.7×10⁶ 1 of partially treated effluent and about 600 m³ of soil into previously undetected subsurface voids of unknown dimensions. In the week following the collapse, approximately 200 water wells located within a 5-km radius of the WWTF were sampled in an after-the-fact, emergency sampling program. Twelve samples with elevated fecal coliform levels, 18 samples with nitrate-nitrogen greater than the 10 mg/1 standard, and no samples with elevated chlorides were found. However, the elevated levels could not be unambiguously attributed to the WWTF collapse. This is the third WWTF to fail by sinkhole collapse in southeast Minnesota since 1974. All three collapsed lagoons have been located in similar geomorphic and stratigraphic settings. However, at least two lagoons have collapsed in the adjacent area in northeast Iowa, and these lagoons are located at different stratigraphic positions. Twenty-two WWTFs constructed in southeast Minnesota's karst region in the last 25 years have been identified as subject to potential sinkhole collapse. An unknown but significant number of manure storage lagoons, flood control structures, etc., have also been constructed in the karst region and are at risk. Public agencies are beginning to develop plans to deal with the risk associated with existing and future waste lagoons in this environment. The critical hydrogeologic parameters that can be used to prioritize the risk of collapse at existing facilities include: (1) the lithology of the first bedrock beneath each lagoon, (2) the thickness of surficial materials between the lagoon and the bedrock surface, (3) the presence and construction of liners (seepage rate), and (4) the proximity to existing sinkholes.     

Mercury,arsenic, antimony,and selenium contents of sediment from the Kuskokwim River,Bethel, Alaska,USA

The Kuskokwim River at Bethel, Alaska, drains a major mercury-antimony metallogenic province in its upper reaches and tributaries. Bethel (population 4000) is situated on the Kuskokwim floodplain and also draws its water supply from wells located in river-deposited sediment. A boring through overbank and floodplain sediment has provided material to establish a baseline datum for sediment-hosted heavy metals. Mercury (total), arsenic, antimony, and selenium contents were determined; aluminum was also determined and used as normalizing factor. The contents of the heavy metals were relatively constant with depth and do not reflect any potential enrichment from upstream contaminant sources.     

滇东南花岗岩与锡、银、铜、铅、锌多金属矿床的成因关系

滇东南锡、银、铅、锌多金属矿床主要分布在个旧、白牛厂、都龙3个矿区,而滇东南较大的3个花岗岩体又分别出露在3个矿区或附近.花岗岩体均形成于燕山晚期,岩石化学、矿物成分相似,富含锡、银、铅、锌、钨、铜等成矿元素.矿床主金属元素组合与岩体之间的距离由远而近出现由锡、钨、(铍、铌、钽)→锡、钨、(铁)、铜、铟→锡、铅、锌、银、铟、(锑)有规律的变化.花岗岩浆是成矿物质来源和成矿热源.岩浆侵入初期使上覆地层隆起产生背斜(凹陷部位成向斜);同时使地层产生一系列裂隙、压性断层或层间断裂;岩浆侵入晚期,这些断层再次活动,表现为张性,岩浆产生的含矿热液沿由其活动所造成的断裂迁移、充填、交代、沉淀而形成矿床.     

岩石密度和超高压岩石折返速率

在常温常压条件下对中国大陆科学钻CCSD主孔100-3000米岩心样品进行了密度测量,建立了密度连续剖面,并界定了不同超高压岩石的密度值。通过对比高温高压物性实验资料,岩石密度随着退变程度增强而降低,榴辉岩密度变化序列为3.52g/cm3→3.49g/cm3→3.07g/cm3→2.93g/cm3。超高压长英质岩石密度变化序列为3.00g/cm→2.80g/cm3→2.65g/cm3。上述实验资料是讨论不同折返阶段岩石所受浮力的基础,为研究折返速率大小提供了基本参数。本文通过折返板块运动平衡时,上浮力与粘滞力平衡这一关系式,定量研究了大陆俯冲板块的折返速率,认为密度差产生上浮力从而引起折返,温度对板块折返速率的影响最为显著;密度差大小、折返角度、折返板块大小对折返速率也有直接的影响。定量模拟分析表明,在温度高于850℃时,板块的折返速率可以超过100mm/a;当温度降至700℃时,折返速率则低于1.5mm/a。作者认为在折返早期,温度较高,板块快速折返至60-70km榴辉岩相深度;随着传导散热,温度降低,板块以较慢的速率折返至中下地壳。折返速率的估算表明,浮力是板块折返第一阶段(从>100km深部折返至<40km的中下地壳)的主要驱动力。