新疆哈密四顶黑山地区镁铁质-超镁铁岩特征及其构造意义

采用LA-ICP-MS法获得新疆四顶黑山地区镁铁质-超镁铁岩中辉长岩的锆石U-Pb年龄为(351.5±1.9)Ma,与采用39Ar/40Ar法和Sm-Nd等时线法获得的年龄值存在明显的差异,同时也与同一构造带上的早二叠世黄山东及图拉尔根等含矿杂岩体的形成时间明显不同。岩石学及地球化学特征显示,四顶黑山杂岩体以辉长岩为主,含强分异的斜长岩和闪长岩,以高SiO2、Al2O3、CaO,低TiO2、m/f、ΣREE及不相容元素,具明显的Nb、Ta负异常为特征,并以此区别于相邻的图拉尔根杂岩体。结合该区花岗质岩石的定年结果,认为该杂岩体形成于早泥盆世的岛弧花岗岩和晚泥盆世的碰撞花岗岩之后,与(357.7±3.5)Ma的A型花岗岩共生,应是碰撞后伸展背景的产物。     

青海南部杂多地区超镁铁质-镁铁质岩石的特征及Ar—Ar定年

通过野外地质研究和室内岩相学、岩石地球化学研究,在位于青藏高原中部的青海杂多地区的双湖-澜沧江结合带中发现了一套超镁铁质岩、镁铁质岩。该超镁铁质岩、镁铁质岩沿北西—南东向区域构造线多呈岩脉状侵入在早石炭世杂多群中,局部呈构造透镜体分布在断裂带中或呈包体分布在白垩纪花岗岩中,出露规模不大,局部侵入体具有层状侵入杂岩体的特征。主要岩石类型为辉石橄榄岩、辉长岩、辉长辉绿岩,岩石地球化学具高Ti、Fe、Al、Ga和LREE中等富集的特征。橄榄岩中角闪石的~(40)Ar/~(39)Ar同位素测年得到275.3Ma±1.9Ma的坪年龄,表明这套超镁铁—镁铁质岩石可能为早、中二叠世弧后盆地拉张的产物。     

四顶黑山镁铁质—超镁铁质岩Sm-Nd等时线年龄及其意义

四顶黑山岩体主要由超镁铁质岩和镁铁质岩组成。超镁铁质岩由橄榄岩、角闪橄榄岩、辉橄岩、辉石岩等组成;镁铁质岩由辉长岩、角闪辉长岩、橄榄辉长岩等组成。本次对辉长岩进行了全岩Sm-Nd同位素分析,得到的等时线年龄为327±9.0Ma,初始εNd（t）=＋3.97,表明镁铁质—超镁铁质岩中辉长岩形成于早石炭世末。属于富集地幔向亏损地幔过渡类型。这一年龄的确定,为探讨北山—天山结合部晚古生代镁铁质—超镁铁质岩的成因机制和该区的区域地质演化提供了有效的年代学依据。     

东天山地区黄山东与香山镁铁质- 超镁铁质杂岩体对比

黄山东与香山镁铁质-超镁铁质杂岩体隶属于东天山北部黄山-镜儿泉镁铁质-超镁铁质岩带, 受北东东走向的黄山-镜儿泉韧性剪切带控制, 二者岩石组成差异较大, 黄山东杂岩主要由辉石橄榄岩和辉长岩组成, 主量元素化学组成属钙碱性-拉斑玄武系列, 而香山杂岩主要由辉石橄榄岩、橄榄辉石岩、角闪辉长岩、辉绿岩组成, 属拉斑玄武系列.微量元素地球化学特征显示二者相对富集大离子亲石元素(K、Sr、Ba), 高场强元素(Pb、U), 而相对亏损高场强元素(Nb、P), 适度亏损(Zr、Hf), 但其稀土配分模式不同, 黄山东杂岩显示轻稀土弱富集, 具OIB型的特征, 而香山岩体为平坦型.二者均为尖晶石稳定域不同熔融程度的产物, 侵位过程中主要发生了橄榄石、辉石、斜长石的分离结晶和不同程度的地壳混染.采用LA-ICP-MS法获得黄山东辉长岩与香山角闪辉长岩锆石U-Pb年龄分别为277±1.1 Ma、285±1.1 Ma.二者形成于相同的构造背景下, 是岩石圈地幔根部发生拆沉, 软流圈地幔物质底侵并导致岩石圈地幔发生部分熔融的产物, 构造环境为后碰撞向板内阶段转变的岩石圈间歇性伸展期.      

江南造山带西南段梵净山地区镁铁质-超镁铁质岩:形成时代、地球化学特征与构造环境

梵净山地区位于江南造山带的西南缘,这里新元古代的镁铁质-超镁铁质岩浆岩广泛发育,岩性包括枕状熔岩、超镁铁质-镁铁质岩床群以及浅成侵入的辉长岩,成分属拉斑玄武岩系列。其中枕状熔岩以富集轻稀土元素和Rb、Ba、Th、U等强不相容元素,亏损高场强元素Nb和Ta,低的εNd(t)值为特征,明显不同于洋脊玄武岩,推测其成因可能与富集型地幔的部分熔融有关,形成于与俯冲有关的弧后小洋盆环境。超镁铁质-镁铁质岩床群主要由辉绿岩和碳酸辉橄岩组成,其中超镁铁质岩床群中出现大量的原生碳酸盐矿物,指示它们形成于拉张(甚至裂谷)的构造环境。辉长岩可能是区内最晚形成的岩浆岩,其SHRIMP锆石U-Pb年龄为821±4Ma。由枕状熔岩经超镁铁质-镁铁质岩床群到辉长岩,高场强元素Nb和Ta的亏损程度减弱、轻稀土元素的富集程度降低、εNd(t)值由负值变为正值,指示随时间的由早到晚,来自亏损地幔的物质不断增加。推测梵净山地区新元古代岩浆作用的顺序大致为:枕状熔岩(～840Ma)→白云母花岗岩(～838Ma)→碳酸超镁铁质岩床群→镁铁质岩床群→辉长岩(～821Ma),构造环境由俯冲-碰撞到拉张-裂谷。     

西南天山乌什县晚三叠世镁铁-超镁铁质层状杂岩体年代学及地球化学研究

镁铁-超镁铁质层状杂岩体被认为是岩石圈伸展的重要标志之一,携带有丰富的地幔信息,是研究地幔物质组成、深部地质作用的绝佳对象。西南天山乌什县北巴勒的尔喀克沟地区新发现的镁铁-超镁铁质岩体具有层状杂岩特征,获得辉长岩锆石U-Pb年龄为224±4 Ma,属于晚三叠世。岩石地球化学分析显示富水、富碱、轻稀土富集、重稀土亏损以及明显富集Th、U、Nb、Ta、La、Ce不相容元素等特征,指示其源自于含水的富集型地幔源区,是石榴石二辉橄榄岩较低程度部分熔融的产物。其原生岩浆可能为富铁、钛的高镁玄武质岩浆,岩石系列主要受分离结晶作用控制,同化混染作用影响小。该期岩浆活动于南天山洋盆闭合、板块的碰撞造山活动之后的陆内造山阶段,代表了板块拉伸背景下幔源岩浆演化的产物,指示西南天山地区在三叠纪末可能存在一期岩石圈伸展事件。      

川南平川镁铁质-超镁铁质岩锆石U-Pb年龄及地质意义

为探讨镁铁质-超镁铁质岩的岩石学特征及成岩成矿作用时间序列, 完善区域成岩成矿年代学格架, 对平川地区的镁铁质-超镁铁质岩进行了元素地球化学分析和LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年.测试结果显示, 黄草坪辉长岩成岩年龄为259.7±1.2 Ma, 其捕获锆石结晶年龄为269.8±2.4 Ma, 辉绿(玢)岩等次火山岩参考成岩年龄为248± Ma, 其变质锆石年龄为67± Ma.研究结果表明, 平川地区的镁铁质-超镁铁质岩产出于大陆裂谷环境, 岩浆源区来自上地幔尖晶石相二辉橄榄岩, 为一套同源异相有利于铁矿化形成的富钠质拉斑玄武质岩石系列.岩浆活动开始孕育时间不晚于269.8±2.4 Ma, 大规模岩浆活动发生于259.7±1.2 Ma, 其约束了岩浆分异型和火山喷发(溢)沉积型矿化的成矿时间, 次火山岩的成岩年龄约束了次火山热液型矿化的成矿时间上限, 变质锆石U-Pb年龄记录了平川地区经历了喜马拉雅期陆内造山作用.平川地区构造岩浆活动具有爆发性、阶段性和成矿专属性等特点, 镁铁质-超镁铁质岩的形成可能与岩石圈的大规模减薄作用有关, 攀西地区海西-印支期的成岩-成矿作用为同源岩浆受区域统一深部地球动力学背景约束演化的异相产物.      

东天山-北山镁铁-超镁铁质岩特征、成矿意义及构造背景

东天山-北山地区镁铁-超镁铁质岩体成群成带分布,明显受区域内主干断裂控制,主要分布于东天山、中天山地块和北山裂谷。镁铁-超镁铁质岩体与Cu-Ni矿化密切相关,小岩体成大矿为普遍现象。含矿岩相多集中在橄榄辉长岩、角闪橄榄岩、辉橄岩和各岩相接触带上。岩体低Ti高Mg,高m/s和m/f是评价其含矿性的良好指标。SrNd同位素显示镁铁-超镁铁质岩体整体上源于亏损地幔,在演化过程中经历了同化混染作用,中天山和北山地区较东天山地区混染程度较小。成岩成矿集中在早二叠世约280 Ma,指示其可能是统一地球热力学的产物。镁铁-超镁铁质岩体的构造背景复杂,争议较多,单一的构造背景不能解释所有问题,后碰撞伸展和地幔柱的共同作用可能诱发大规模成岩成矿事件。     

内蒙古中部地区镁铁质-超镁铁质岩形成时代及地质意义

为探讨内蒙古中部地区镁铁质-超镁铁质岩形成时代及地球化学特征,完善区域成岩成矿年代学格架,本文对克布、黄花滩和小南山岩体进行了锆石U-Pb年代学及全岩地球化学分析。LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年获得克布和黄花滩镁铁质-超镁铁质岩结晶年龄分别为258±2 Ma(MSWD=2.3)和262±1 Ma(MSWD=0.51),属于中-晚二叠世,小南山辉长岩应形成于中-晚二叠世(～273 Ma)。全岩地球化学分析表明,三个岩体样品m/f值介于0.96～3.54之间,主要为镁铁质-超镁铁质岩,其稀土和微量元素曲线基本表现为轻稀土元素(LREE)和大离子亲石元素(LILE)相对富集,高场强元素(HFSE)相对亏损的相似性特征,但也有明显的区别,显示各岩体岩浆演化或分异程度可能不尽相同。综合区域研究资料表明,内蒙古中部地区晚古生代镁铁质-超镁铁质岩浆活动可能至少始于早二叠世(294Ma),持续至中-晚二叠世(273～258Ma),且二叠纪时期中亚造山带南缘较大范围内均发育较为活跃的幔源岩浆活动。克布、黄花滩和小南山岩体应形成于后碰撞伸展环境,其岩浆源区可能混染了俯冲流体交代改造的地幔楔物质,使3个岩体的岩石样品均显示具有富含大离子亲石元素和轻稀土元素,贫高场强元素等部分岛弧岩浆特征的信号。     

武夷地块中古元古代镁铁质-超镁铁质岩石的发现——剖面介绍及岩石学、岩相学、年代学特征

通过1:250 000衢州区域地质调查,在武夷地块浙西南地区发现古元古代镁铁质-超镁铁质岩石。该套岩石在金华、龙游-带呈面状分布,金华张村出露最为完整,主要由辉石角闪石岩、角闪石岩、斜长阳起石岩、斜长辉石岩和斜长角闪岩等组成。对辉石角闪石岩与阳起石岩开展了LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年分析,分别获得其成岩年龄为1 834±14 Ma(MSWD=0.23,N=16)、1 839±17 Ma(MSWD=0.22,N=11),暗示这套镁铁质-超镁铁质岩石为古元古代岩浆活动的产物。这一发现表明,约1 830 Ma武夷地块处于板内伸展构造环境,同时该时期武夷地块已经具备足够的刚性,以致产生大规模的脆性破裂以及可能由地幔对流作用引发的基性岩浆活动,推测在约1.83 Ga武夷地块已经具有克拉通的性质。     

Models,validation, and applied geochemistry: Issues in science,communication, and philosophy

Models have become so fashionable that many scientists and engineers cannot imagine working without them. The predominant use of computer codes to execute model calculations has blurred the distinction between code and model. The recent controversy regarding model validation has brought into question what we mean by a ‘model’ and by ‘validation.’ It has become apparent that the usual meaning of validation may be common in engineering practice and seems useful in legal practice but it is contrary to scientific practice and brings into question our understanding of science and how it can best be applied to such problems as hazardous waste characterization, remediation, and aqueous geochemistry in general. This review summarizes arguments against using the phrase model validation and examines efforts to validate models for high-level radioactive waste management and for permitting and monitoring open-pit mines. Part of the controversy comes from a misunderstanding of ‘prediction’ and the need to distinguish logical from temporal prediction. Another problem stems from the difference in the engineering approach contrasted with the scientific approach. The reductionist influence on the way we approach environmental investigations also limits our ability to model the interconnected nature of reality. Guidelines are proposed to improve our perceptions and proper utilization of models. Use of the word ‘validation’ is strongly discouraged when discussing model reliability.     

Distribution of Cu,Co, As,and Fe in mine waste,sediment, soil,and water in and around mineral deposits and mines of the Idaho Cobalt Belt,USA

The distribution of Cu, Co, As and Fe was studied downstream from mines and deposits in the Idaho Cobalt Belt (ICB), the largest Co resource in the USA. To evaluate potential contamination in ecosystems in the ICB, mine waste, stream sediment, soil, and water were collected and analyzed for Cu, Co, As and Fe in this area. Concentrations of Cu in mine waste and stream sediment collected proximal to mines in the ICB ranged from 390 to 19,000 μg/g, exceeding the USEPA target clean-up level and the probable effect concentration (PEC) for Cu of 149 μg/g in sediment; PEC is the concentration above which harmful effects are likely in sediment dwelling organisms. In addition concentrations of Cu in mine runoff and stream water collected proximal to mines were highly elevated in the ICB and exceeded the USEPA chronic criterion for aquatic organisms of 6.3 μg/L (at a water hardness of 50 mg/L) and an LC50 concentration for rainbow trout of 14 μg/L for Cu in water. Concentrations of Co in mine waste and stream sediment collected proximal to mines varied from 14 to 7400 μg/g and were highly elevated above regional background concentrations, and generally exceeded the USEPA target clean-up level of 80 μg/g for Co in sediment. Concentrations of Co in water were as high as in 75,000 μg/L in the ICB, exceeding an LC50 of 346 μg/L for rainbow trout for Co in water by as much as two orders of magnitude, likely indicating an adverse effect on trout. Mine waste and stream sediment collected in the ICB also contained highly elevated As concentrations that varied from 26 to 17,000 μg/g, most of which exceeded the PEC of 33 μg/g and the USEPA target clean-up level of 35 μg/g for As in sediment. Conversely, most water samples had As concentrations that were below the 150 μg/L chronic criterion for protection of aquatic organisms and the USEPA target clean-up level of 14 μg/L. There is abundant Fe oxide in streams in the ICB and several samples of mine runoff and stream water exceeded the chronic criterion for protection of aquatic organisms of 1000 μg/L for Fe. There has been extensive remediation of mined areas in the ICB, but because some mine waste remaining in the area contains highly elevated Cu, Co, As and Fe, inhalation or ingestion of mine waste particulates may lead to human exposure to these elements.     

Parents,permission, and possibility: Young women,college, and imagined futures in Gujarat,India

This article advances critical geographies of youth through examining the spatiality implicit in the imagined futures of young women in rural India. Geographers and other scholars of youth have begun to pay more attention to the interplay between young people’s past, present, and imagined futures. Within this emerging body of scholarship the role of the family and peer group in influencing young people’s orientations toward the future remain underexamined. Drawing on eleven months of ethnographic fieldwork, my research focuses on a first generation of college-going young women from socioeconomically marginalized backgrounds in India’s westernmost state of Gujarat. I draw on the “possible selves” theoretical construct in order to deploy a flexible conceptual framework that links imagined post-educational trajectories with motivation to act in the present. In tracing the physical movement of these young women as they navigate and complete college, my analysis highlights the ways in which particular kinds of spaces and spatial arrangements facilitate and limit intra- and inter-generational contact, and the extent to which this affects young women’s conceptions of the future. I conclude by considering the wider implications of my research for ongoing debates surrounding youth transitions, relational geographies of age, and education in the Global South.     

Metals,arsenic, and sulfur in the Aue and Eibenstock granites,Erzgebirge

Average concentrations of Pb, Zn, Cu, and other metals, as well as S and As, were calculated for the Aue granitic cupola, the contact aureole of which hosts the large vein-type uranium deposit of Schlema-Alberoda and the Schneeberg uranium-base metal deposit (Erzgebirge, Germany). The cupola was exposed by mine workings and boreholes, which provided an opportunity to evaluate variations in the abundances of metals in the granites over a vertical interval of more than 2.5 km and estimate their losses in the upper oxidized part of the investigated volume of the cupola (coefficient of iron oxidation, KO _Fe, increases in the granites from bottom to top from 7 to 70%) compared with the lower unaltered and unoxidized part (with a KO _Fe plateau at about 5%). The average concentrations of metals in the upper part of the cupola are lower than those in the lower part by a factor of 2.5 for Pb, 1.56 for Zn, 1.45 for Cu, 1.3 for Co, etc. A similar decrease in the abundances of ore elements along the vertical section associating with the relative epigenetic alteration and oxidation of the granite was previously described by us for U and Th and for the components of high-temperature ores, W, Sn, and Mo. The removal of ore elements from the granite was accompanied by a decrease in the bulk contents of sulfur and arsenic by a factor of 1.35 and 1.65, respectively. The leaching of trace metals from the granites of the upper part of the Aue cupola was followed by their partial redeposition above the cupola in the ore veins of the Schlema and Schneeberg deposits. Original Russian Text ? Vikt. L. Barsukov, N.T. Sokolova, O.M. Ivanitskii, 2006, published in Geokhimiya, 2006, No. 9, pp. 967–982.     

Fish and invertebrate assemblages in seagrass, mangrove, saltmarsh, and nonvegetated habitats

Many studies compare utilization of different marine habitats by fish and decapod crustaceans; few compare multiple vegetated habitats, especially using the same sampling equipment. Fish and invertebrates in seagrass, mangrove, saltmarsh, and nonvegetated habitats were sampled during May–August (Austral winter) and December–January (Austral summer) in the Barker Inlet-Port River estuary, South Australia. Sampling was undertaken using pop nets in all habitats and seine nets in seagrass and nonvegetated areas. A total of 7,895 fish and invertebrates spanning 3 classes, 9 orders, and at least 23 families were collected. Only one fish species,Atherinosoma microstoma, was collected in all 4 habitats, 11 species were found in 3 habitats (mangroves, seagrass, and nonvegetated), and 13 species were only caught in seagrass and nonvegetated habitats. Seagrass generally supported the highest numbers of fish and invertebrates and had the greatest species richness. Saltmarsh was at the other extreme with 29 individuals caught from two species. Mangroves and nonvegetated habitats generally had more fish, invertebrates, and species than saltmarsh, but less than seagrass. Analyses of abundances of individual species generally showed an interaction between habitat and month indicating that the same patterns were not found through time in all habitats. All habitats supported distinct assemlages although seagrass and nonvegetated assemblages were similar in some months. The generality of these patterns requires further investigation at other estuaries. Loss of vegetated habitats, particularly seagrass, could result in loss of species richness and abundance, especially for organisms that were not found in other habitats. Although low abundances were found in saltmarsh and mangroves, species may use these habitats for varying reasons, such as spawning, and such use should not be ignored.     

Silicification,silicosis, polymerization,and aluminosis in geocrystallochemistry of silicates and aluminosilicates

Quantum-chemical interpretations of differentiation of the “normal” magmatic melt (the “Bowen's fork”) show certain defects in the traditionally crystallochemical interpretations of mineral structures and of the sequence of crystallization of minerals. The “dynamic unit,” in transitions from phase to phase and from lattice to lattice, proves to be the uncharged SiO₂ molecule and not the SiO₄ tetrahedron, which is but a static architectural detail of crystal structures. Different mechanisms and types of silicification (figs. 3-8), condensation and structures of the chains (figs. 9-14), structures of zeolites and other aluminosilicates (figs. 14, 17, 18), and the quantumchemical representation of corundum, as “molecular” Al₂O₃, illustrate further reevaluations of traditionalism in mineralogy.     

Distribution of copper,cobalt and nickel in ores and host-rocks,Ingladhal, Karnataka,India

Stratiform quartz-sulphide lodes in Ingladhal occur in a typical Precambrian green-stone-belt environment comprising metabasalts, tuff, chert and cherty iron-sulphide formation. Unusually high cobalt contents of metavolcanics and of sulphide minerals in orebodies suggest a consanguinity between ores and rocks. 90% of total nickel, 70% of total cobalt but only 30% of total copper in rocks occur in silicate phases and thus indicate an early separation of copper from cobalt and nickel. Unusually high non-sulphide copper in barren bedded cherts implies availability of Cu-rich solution prior to their lithification. Pyrite in sediments, in volcanics, and in orebodies is characterized by a distinctive pattern of Co-Ni distribution in each case. Partitioning of Co and Ni between coexisting sulphide pairs is complex, but gross equilibrium is indicated. Very high trace metal content of orebody pyrite sharply contrasts with very low such values in pyrite from adjacent sediments and points to a higher temperature of formation of orebodies.     

Correlated nucleosynthetic isotopic variability in Cr, Sr, Ba, Sm, Nd and Hf in Murchison and QUE 97008

Acid leaching of the primitive C-chondrite Murchison and O-chondrite QUE 97008 reveal nucleosynthetic anomalies in Cr, Sr, Ba, Nd, Sm and Hf. The anomalies in all but Cr and Sm are best explained by variable additions of pure s-process nuclides to a background nebular composition slightly enriched in r-process isotopes compared to average Solar System material. Leaching leaves a residue in Murchison that is strongly enriched in s-process nuclides with depletions of over 0.1% in ¹³⁵Ba and seven parts in 10,000 in ⁸⁴Sr. If there are p-process anomalies in these two elements, they are lost in the variability caused by different r-, s-process contributions to the normalizing isotopes. The concentration and isotope systematics are consistent with the Ba and Sr isotopic composition in the Murchison residue being strongly influenced by s-process-rich presolar SiC. In general, the nucleosynthetic isotope anomalies are 2- to 5-fold smaller in QUE 97008 than in Murchison. The different magnitudes of isotope anomalies are similar to the difference in matrix abundance between CM and O chondrites consistent with the suggestion that the carriers of nucleosynthetically anomalous material preferentially reside in the matrix and that some of this material has been distributed throughout the O-chondrite minerals as a result of thermal metamorphism.Neodymium, Sm and Hf display variable s-, r-process nuclide abundances as in Ba and Sr, but the anomalies are much smaller (e.g. ε¹⁴⁸Nd, ε¹⁴⁸Sm = −5.7, 2.1, respectively, in Murchison and −0.43, 0.16, respectively in QUE 97008 residues). After correcting Nd and Sm for s-, r-process variability, Sm in whole rock chondrites shows variable relative abundances of the p-process isotope ¹⁴⁴Sm that correlate weakly with ¹⁴²Nd suggesting that the direct p-process contribution to ¹⁴²Nd is small (∼7-9%). Nucleosynthetic variability in Nd explains the range in ¹⁴²Nd/¹⁴⁴Nd seen between C and O, E-chondrites, but not the difference between chondrites and all modern Earth rocks, leaving decay of ¹⁴⁶Sm and a superchondritic Sm/Nd ratio as the likely explanation for Earth’s high ¹⁴²Nd/¹⁴⁴Nd.     

赣南大吉山与漂塘花岗岩及有关成矿作用特征对比

对江西南部大吉山和漂塘两个钨矿床有关的花岗岩的岩石化学和微量元素地球化学特征、成因及其与成矿的关系等方面进行了对比研究，认为两者不同的成矿作用特征主要是由于大吉山花岗岩比漂塘花岗岩的分异演化程度更高而造成的。对前人提出的含钨花岗岩、含钽铌花岗岩及花岗岩产出的动力学背景等问题，也进行了一些初步讨论。