敦煌造山带长山子地区变质演化及年代学研究

长山子地区位于敦煌造山带东北部,瓜州南部约100km处。该区主要出露一套中-高级变质表壳岩,主要岩石类型有长英质片麻岩、变泥质麻粒岩、高压基性麻粒岩、斜长角闪片麻岩。高压基性麻粒岩岩块、斜长角闪片麻岩岩块以构造透镜体或布丁(长度为0. 5~15m)的形式,被夹持于长英质片麻岩、变泥质麻粒岩组成的基质之中,呈现典型"基质夹岩块"的混杂带特征。高压基性麻粒岩、斜长角闪片麻岩、泥质麻粒岩中,普遍保留了二至三个阶段的变质矿物组合。进变质阶段矿物组合(M1)为石榴子石变斑晶中的细小矿物包裹体,变质高峰期矿物组合(M2)为石榴子石变斑晶和基质矿物,退变质阶段矿物组合(M3)主要为围绕石榴子石变斑晶边部发育的"白眼圈"状后成合晶。本区各类变质岩石均记录了顺时针型变质作用P-T轨迹,系典型俯冲-碰撞造山带变质作用特征。退变质阶段P-T轨迹属于西阿尔卑斯型,说明变质岩折返速率较快。变质高峰期(M2)属于中压变质相系,P-T条件分别为790~870℃/1.29~1.37GPa(高压基性麻粒岩)、680~685℃/0.89~0.97GPa(斜长角闪片麻岩)、860~880℃/0.90~1.14GPa(变泥质麻粒岩),它们之间存在大的差异。这说明,它们是形成于同一俯冲隧道内不同深度的变质岩石,在构造折返阶段才混杂在一起形成构造混杂岩。二次离子质谱(SIMS)锆石U-Pb定年表明,长山子地区变质杂岩记录了早泥盆世的俯冲事件(419~417Ma)。     

青藏高原北部新生代火山岩中麻粒岩包体特征及其成因

青藏高原北部第三纪火山岩中的麻粒岩包体为深部地壳岩石捕虏体。麻粒岩具有石榴石、斜长石、紫苏辉石、普通辉石、石英等矿物组合，为变质峰期的产物，其原岩为富含泥质的沉积岩。麻粒岩的形成温度和压力经估算为1061℃～1222℃和1．010GPa～1．124GPa，相应的深度为36．7km～40．9km。上述资料表明，青藏高原北部的麻粒岩是在陆内板块挤压碰撞、剪切、地壳叠置增厚的条件下，由动热区域变质作用形成的。     

东南极拉斯曼丘陵麻粒岩相岩石中早期残留矿物组合的特征及其变质作用条件

东南极拉斯曼丘陵出露的麻粒岩相泥质片麻岩和镁铁质麻粒岩经历了复杂的变形变质历史。代表前进的增厚事件的早期残留变质构造Ｄ１形成于１０００Ｍａ（Ｇｒｅｎｖｉｌｉａｎ）期间。对应于Ｄ１的变质峰期Ｍ１的变质组合以泥质片麻岩的石榴石和尖晶石变斑晶中的堇青石和夕线石包裹体以及镁铁质麻粒岩的石榴石变斑晶中的斜方辉石和斜长石包裹体为特征。在该区斯托尼斯半岛的紫苏黑云石英岩的粗粒紫苏辉石中发现了包裹的假蓝宝石＋磁铁矿和假蓝宝石＋尖晶石＋夕线石＋磁铁矿＋石英组合，这种假蓝宝石又包裹更细粒的尖晶石包裹体。石榴石－斜方辉石温度计及石榴石－斜方辉石－斜长石－石英压力计的计算表明Ｍ１变质作用最大的Ｐ－Ｔ条件为０．９５ＧＰａ和８７０℃。这些早期残留的矿物组合指示了其变质作用具有逆时针近等压冷却（ＩＢＣ）的Ｐ－Ｔ演化特征，反映了它们的形成是一个埋深期间前进加热的进变质作用过程。本文得出该区Ｍ１（１０００Ｍａ）变质作用的逆时针（ＩＢＣ）Ｐ－Ｔ轨迹可能与已存在的大陆壳下面的岩浆底侵作用及地壳内大量岩浆物质的侵入和结晶作用有关。此类型逆时针Ｐ－Ｔ轨迹不同于该区在晚期５００Ｍａ（Ｐａｎ－Ａｆｒｉｃａｎ）期间顺时针演化的Ｐ－Ｔ轨迹     

攀枝花大田地区康定群咱里组变质杂岩P—T—t轨迹及其构造意义

扬子板块西缘的康定杂岩为一套由侵入岩和变质岩共同组成的岩浆—变质混合杂岩,是研究罗迪尼亚超大陆裂解的重要窗口。长期以来对康定杂岩中的岩浆杂岩研究较多,但对变质杂岩研究较为薄弱。为全面了解康定杂岩形成的构造背景及成因机制,笔者等对扬子板块西缘的攀枝花大田地区康定群咱里组石榴夕线黑云斜长片麻岩进行了详细的岩相学、矿物地球化学、变质P—T条件估算研究,同时对同一层位的石榴二云片岩进行了锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb年代学分析。结果表明：石榴夕线黑云斜长片麻岩可识别出三期变质矿物组合：进变质阶段矿物组合(M1)为石榴子石变斑晶核部及其核部包裹体(石榴子石核部+第一期黑云母+第一期夕线石+钛铁矿+石英),P—T条件为609～690℃—0.2～0.3 GPa;峰期变质阶段矿物组合(M2)为石榴子石变斑晶幔部及变基质矿物(石榴子石幔部+第二期黑云母+第二期夕线石+斜长石+石英),P—T条件为643～732℃—0.20～0.51 GPa;退变质阶段矿物组合(M3)为石榴子石变斑晶边部及变基质矿物(石榴子石边部+第二期黑云母+第二期夕线石+斜长石+石英),P—T条件为602～687℃—0.27～0.3...     

苏鲁超高压榴辉岩的石榴石生长成分环带及变质作用P—T轨迹

在南苏鲁东海地区，部分超高压榴辉岩中的变斑晶石榴石具有复杂的生长成分环带和多期矿物包体组合，它们记录了超高压变质岩的多阶段变质演化过程，即绿帘角闪岩相进变质、柯石英榴辉岩相峰期变质、石英榴辉岩相和角闪岩相退变质作用。运用相关的地质温、压计，使用代表最高变质温度的变斑晶石榴石慢部（具最低的Fe／Mg比值）和与其平衡的绿辉石包体成分，获得了〉900℃和4．1～4．5GPa的超高压变质务件。联合其他变质阶段的温、压条件，一个顺时针的变质作用P—T轨迹得以建立。它的特征是进变质与退变质路径近于平行，早期退变质作用为降温、降压过程．榴辉岩石榴石生长成分环带的保存说明超高压变质岩在峰期变质阶段有非常短暂的停留时间，并以很快的折返速率抬升到地壳浅部，超高压变质岩折返过程中的明显降温是石榴石生长环带得以保存的另一个有利条件，     

东南极拉斯曼丘陵麻粒岩相岩石中早期残留矿物组合的特征及其变质…

东南极拉斯曼丘陵出露的麻粒岩相泥质片麻岩和镁铁质麻粒岩经历了复杂的变形变质历史。代表前进的增厚事件的早期残留变质构造Ｄ１形成于１０００Ｍａ期间。对应于Ｄ１的变质峰期Ｍ１的变质组合以泥质片麻岩的石榴石和尖晶石变斑晶中的堇青石和夕线石包裹体以及镁铁质麻粒岩的石榴石变斑晶中的斜方辉石和斜长石包裹体为特征。在该区斯托罗斯半岛的紫苏黑云石英岩的粗粒紫苏辉石中发现了包裹的假蓝宝石＋磁铁石和假蓝宝石＋尖晶石＋夕     

攀枝花大田地区康定群咱里组变质杂岩P-T-t轨迹及其构造意义

扬子板块西缘的康定杂岩为一套由侵入岩和变质岩共同组成的岩浆-变质混合杂岩,是研究罗迪尼亚超大陆裂解的重要窗口。长期以来对康定杂岩中的岩浆杂岩研究较多,但对变质杂岩研究较为薄弱。为全面了解康定杂岩形成的构造背景及成因机制,本文对扬子板块西缘的攀枝花大田地区康定群咱里组石榴夕线黑云斜长片麻岩进行了详细的岩相学、矿物地球化学、变质P-T条件估算研究,同时对同一层位的石榴二云片岩进行了锆石LA-ICP-MSU-Pb年代学分析。结果表明：石榴夕线黑云斜长片麻岩可识别出三期变质矿物组合：进变质阶段矿物组合（M1）为石榴子石变斑晶核部及其核部包裹体（石榴子石核部＋第一期黑云母＋第一期夕线石＋钛铁矿＋石英）,P-T条件为609～690℃-0.2～0.3 GPa;峰期变质阶段矿物组合（M2）为石榴子石变斑晶幔部及变基质矿物（石榴子石幔部＋第二期黑云母＋第二期夕线石＋斜长石＋石英）,P-T条件为643～732℃-0.20～0.51GPa;退变质阶段矿物组合（M3）为石榴子石变斑晶边部及变基质矿物（石榴子石边部＋第二期黑云母＋第二期夕线石＋斜长石＋石英）,P-T条件为602～687℃-0.27～0.39 GPa。石榴夕线黑云斜长片麻岩记录了具近等压冷却型（IBC）的逆时针P-T演化轨迹;石榴二云片岩锆石U-Pb定年结果表明区内的变质时代为842±10Ma,综合分析表明：扬子板块西缘的变质杂岩形成于拉张环境,结合区内的同期岩浆活动特征,认为区内新元古代变质事件可能与超级地幔柱引发的岩浆活动有关。     

华北克拉通北缘西段宝音图群片岩中石榴子石变斑晶成分特征及其动力学意义

石榴子石变斑晶微结构和成分特征对构造和变质作用研究有重要作用。本文以华北克拉通北缘西段宝音图群石榴子石云母片岩中的石榴子石变斑晶为研究对象,通过扫描电子显微镜搭载的二次电子(SE)显微结构形貌观测,背散射电子(BSE)成分分析、能谱仪(EDS)和电子探针(EPMA)分析,得到石榴子石变斑晶组构和化学成分信息,揭示出石榴子石晶界具有化学非均质性。在MnNCFMASHO体系下采用石榴子石云母石英片岩的全岩成分计算的锰铝榴石、钙铝榴石等值线图基础上,建立了石榴子石变斑晶的p-t轨迹,反映出石榴子石变斑晶在变质峰期后经历了一个近等温降压的地质动力学过程。     

青海南山地区中压相系递增变质带初步研究

青海南山地区位于东昆仑与西秦岭的重要衔接处,首次发现一套递增变质带,变质带由中心往外,变质强度逐渐递减,依次分别为:矽线石带、蓝晶石带、石榴子石带、黑云母带、绿泥石带。本文以石榴子石黑云母变粒岩为研究对象,通过岩相学研究并结合电子探针成分分析,显示石榴子石变斑晶具有微弱的生长环带,黑云母以高温铁质黑云母为主,利用石榴子石—黑云母温度计、石榴子石—黑云母—斜长石—石英压力计计算,获得石榴子石带的变质P—T条件为564℃,0.56GPa;蓝晶石带的变质P—T条件为667~670℃,0.68~0.71GPa,属于中压相系。应与印支期古特提斯洋闭合导致的地壳碰撞加厚有关。     

拉萨地体东南部变质岩的成因与中-新生代造山作用

本文对青藏高原拉萨地体东南部林芝地区分布的变质岩进行了岩石学和年代学研究,结果表明这套岩石在中-新生代经历三期变质作用,形成了三个变质带,它们是:(1)米林变质带,经历了高温中压麻粒岩相峰期变质作用和角闪岩相退变质作用,峰期麻粒岩相的变质作用温、压条件为830～900℃和0.9～1.3GPa,变质时代为90～80Ma的晚白垩世;(2)八一变质带,经历了低压角闪岩相变质作用,变质作用温、压条件为625～679℃,0.4～0.55GPa,变质作用时间为55～50Ma的始新世;(3)布久变质带,经历中压角闪岩相变质作用,变质作用温、压条件为615～663℃和0.5～0.8GPa,变质作用时间为32～26Ma的渐新世。研究表明,拉萨地体东南部的中高级变质岩系的原岩主要由形成在晚古生代的沉积岩和古生代-新生代的岩浆岩组成,变质沉积岩的物质源区具有格林威尔和泛非造山作用的构造热事件记录,表明拉萨地体具有冈瓦纳大陆的构造亲缘性。我们认为,拉萨地体东南部的晚白垩世高温中压变质作用发生在新特提斯大洋岩石圈向拉萨地体之下俯冲所导致的安第斯型造山作用过程中,始新世的低压角闪岩相变质作用发生在印度与欧亚碰撞和深俯冲的新特提斯洋壳断离过程中,而渐新世的中压角闪岩相变质作用发生在印度大陆向欧亚大陆之下的持续俯冲,地壳加厚过程中。因此,拉萨地体东南部的高级变质岩揭示了俯冲/碰撞复合造山带上盘中、下地壳的组成与构造演化历史。     

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。