西南印度洋中脊岩石地球化学特征及其岩浆作用研究

作为超慢速扩张脊的代表,西南印度洋中脊(SWIR)因其独一无二的地形地貌特征、洋壳结构、洋壳增生机制、岩浆和热液活动以及深部动力学过程,近30年来成为国内外研究的热点区域。基于近年来对SWIR玄武岩、辉长岩及橄榄岩的岩石学和地球化学研究成果总结,重点探讨了沿SWIR轴向(大尺度)以及单个洋脊分段(小尺度)的岩石地球化学变化特征及其影响因素,阐述了SWIR的岩浆供应及洋壳增生模式。其中,在9°～16°E斜向扩张脊,以构造作用为主的洋脊扩张模式导致了更宽的洋壳增生带和显著的地球化学异常;而在50°～51°E脊段,发育了强烈的火山活动,其成因机制包括克洛泽热点与洋中脊相互作用、微热点、古老熔融事件的残留地幔再熔融等几种观点。此外,西南印度洋中脊龙旂热液区(～49.7°E)的最新研究表明,其热液循环路径与拆离断层的发育密不可分,热液流体循环最深可达莫霍面以下6 km。因此,在今后的一段时间,应进一步加强SWIR不同空间尺度地幔源区性质、洋中脊构造与岩浆作用过程、热点-洋中脊相互作用和岩浆-热液活动与成矿等主要科学问题的研究。     

慢速、超慢速扩张洋中脊三维地震结构研究进展与展望

慢速与超慢速扩张洋脊是研究岩浆活动、构造运动、热液循环等相互作用的最佳场所;其复杂的三维空间的地震结构是构建构造动力学机制的基础.文章首先结合国际深海研究发展趋势,回顾了慢速扩张洋脊的三维地震结构研究进展,发现慢速扩张洋中脊与快速洋脊相似,也存在岩浆房或熔融体;然后,重点结合我国2010年1-3月首次在西南印度洋洋中脊开展的三维地震探测实验,提出了今后超慢速洋中脊的重要研究方向;此次地震数据初步处理结果表明,数据质量良好,为下一步三维层析成像研究打下坚实基础;相信此次研究将在超慢速扩张洋脊的形成演化机制上取得突破性进展,提升我国在国际大洋中脊研究中的地位.     

海洋核杂岩形成机制及其热液硫化物成矿意义

海洋核杂岩是近年来新提出的洋底构造样式,其主要产出于慢速-超慢速扩张洋中脊轴两侧,目前在中大西洋脊、西南印度洋脊、中印度洋脊以及东南印度洋脊均发现海洋核杂岩。海洋核杂岩以其表面梳状构造为主要的探测特征,其构造要素还包括平行于洋脊轴的拆离断层、上盘后期正断层等;其岩石组合以出露于洋底的地幔岩石为主。海洋核杂岩的发育与慢速-超慢速洋脊的扩张速率、岩浆补给和拆离断层的发育有关:慢速-超慢速扩张洋脊的岩浆补给不足以平衡洋脊扩张所带来的空间应变量,从而以在薄弱带发育拆离断层来弥补,并继而使拆离断层下盘的地幔岩石出露洋底表面,形成海洋核杂岩。海洋核杂岩的发育经历了发育初期、发展期、成熟期和衰亡期等周期。海洋核杂岩为洋底热液硫化物矿床的发育提供了物质来源、热液通道等有利条件,或将是热液硫化物矿床发育的有利构造条件,是一种新的远离洋脊轴的热液系统。     

南海西南次海盆与超慢速扩张西南印度洋中脊地壳结构对比

近年来对西南印度洋中脊的研究显示,超慢速扩张(全扩张率:12~18mm·yr~(-1))的西南印度洋中脊包含岩浆增生型和非岩浆增生型两种截然不同的地壳结构。岩浆增生型中脊段表现为轴向的海底隆起,通常具有较低的地幔布格重力异常和较强的磁性,地壳厚度较大;非岩浆增生型中脊段通常水深较深,缺乏转换断层,发育拆离断层和高角度正断层,具有较高的地幔布格重力异常和微弱的磁性,大量蛇纹石化的地幔橄榄岩出露海底,火成岩地壳较薄甚至不存在。南海西南次海盆具有较慢速扩张率(全扩张率:50~35mm·yr~(-1)),其接近消亡洋中脊中央部分的地壳厚度也较薄,也有可能存在蛇纹石化地幔,具有超慢速扩张脊非岩浆增生段的特点。     

西南印度洋脊14°E—25°E区域洋壳增生的构造与岩浆特征

文章利用高精度船载多波束测深及重力数据研究了超慢速西南印度洋脊14°E—25°E区域洋壳增生的构造与岩浆特征。首先采用滤波的方法将原始地形数据分为短波长地形(波长小于20km)和长波长地形(波长大于20km)。然后利用长波长地形剖面获得洋中脊裂谷的深度,利用短波长地形剖面和坡度来识别正断层,并计算出岩浆作用在整个扩张过程中所占的比例,即M值。同时从自由空气重力异常中去除海底地形、参考莫霍面以及板块冷却等重力效应,获取能够表征相对洋壳厚度的剩余地幔布格重力异常(Residual Mantle Bouguer Anomaly,RMBA)。最后在垂直于洋脊的剖面上以10km宽的窗口计算出一系列窗口内的M值、平均RMBA值以及断层的垂直断距,并探讨它们之间的相关性。研究发现在超慢速扩张的西南印度洋脊14°E—25°E区域,岩浆率M值随时间和空间变化明显,裂谷深度呈现较强的两翼不对称性,裂谷深度在一定程度上反映了脊轴附近的平均M值。区域性的平均构造拉伸率(即1-M)处于20%~50%之间,南翼整体处于较强的拉伸状态。统计结果表明,在岩浆作用较强的时期,M值偏大,通常产生较厚的洋壳以及断距较小的断层。     

洋中脊分段性及其拓展和叠接机制

各种扩张速率下的洋中脊被转换断层和非转换断层分成许多段(长10到100km不等),而且这种岩浆活动和构造的分段特性在大西洋中脊表现特别明显。洋脊分段特征可以划分为4级。其中,转换断层是1级间断,其错断洋脊距离大于30km,其长度可达1000km左右,存在寿命可达10Ma。相邻转换断层之间的距离间隔也与扩张速率有关：扩张速率最慢处的距离间隔小于200km,中速一快速扩张脊为600～1000km,扩张速率大于140mm／a的脊段上未发现转换断层,总体上转换断层间距随扩张速率而增加。叠接拓展中心、斜向剪切带、火山间隔和横向断错等分别为2～4级间断,出现在两条转换断层之间,使洋中脊错断距离逐渐减少。2～4级区段的洋中脊长度也越来越小,存在的寿命也越来越短,直至4级区段的洋中脊长度一般小于10km,存在寿命为10^2～10^4a。这种分段性无论在超快速、快速、中速、慢速扩张脊,还是超慢速扩张脊都存在,其分段机制都与洋中脊拓展、叠接、跃迁(或废弃)、死亡过程密切相关,而拓展、叠接过程又受多种动力要素控制。正是洋中脊分段的动力机制控制了中央裂谷的存在与否。     

与岩浆作用相关的具中等扩张速度的胡安·德富卡洋中脊裂谷地形

洋中脊洋壳的形成与上地幔通过绝热熔化和多孔熔岩流的连续过程形成熔融物是分不开的。熔岩一旦到达洋壳,就会被不连续的事件所控制;来自于中层洋壳熔岩体的岩墙侵入构成了上地壳的席状岩墙,同时,近地壳的熔岩构建了下地壳的层状辉长岩(Kelemen等,1997)。由地幔运移和抽取而来的熔岩也许是间歇性的;一些关于洋中脊轴部结构和熔岩化学方面的研究显示,洋壳在间歇的岩浆期内增长(Lewis,1979;等)。Kappel和Ryan(1986)把沿着胡安.德富卡洋中脊形态的显著变化归因于由岩浆活动与构造作用的转换所致的不稳定的洋壳增长;因此,在争论地壳形成稳定型…     

全球三大洋底高原重力异常与地壳厚度特征及对比研究*

翁通爪哇高原、凯尔盖朗高原与沙茨基海隆是全球三大洋底高原, 是大量岩浆喷发到地表的结果, 火山面积分别达1.90×10⁶、1.25×10⁶、0.53×10⁶km²。本文详细分析了该三大洋底高原的地形、剩余地幔布格重力异常(residual mantle Bouguer anomaly, RMBA)与重力反演的相对地壳厚度, 并结合地质与地球化学特征约束进行对比研究。结果显示, 翁通爪哇高原、凯尔盖朗高原与沙茨基海隆分别高出周围海底约4.3、5、4km, 相应的地幔布格重力异常最大变化值分别为250、330、200mGal, 以及相应的相对地壳厚度变化分别为11、13、9km, 表明形成三大洋底高原的岩浆量远远大于正常洋中脊的岩浆量。此外, 三大洋底高原皆形成于洋中脊附近。Nd、Pb、Hf同位素比值分析表明, 翁通爪哇高原的玄武岩组分为洋岛玄武岩; 凯尔盖朗高原大部分类似于洋岛玄武岩, 并含有洋中脊玄武岩组分; 沙茨基海隆的玄武岩组分主要为东太平洋海隆正常洋中脊玄武岩, 却又存在少量位于全球洋岛玄武岩范围内。这些特征揭示了三大洋底高原可能形成于“地幔柱-洋中脊相互作用”。对此本文提出了两种模式: 一为洋中脊被地幔柱拖拽至其上方; 二为洋中脊之下的软流圈受到地幔柱影响, 从而产生超常熔融与超厚地壳。     

超慢速扩张洋脊:海洋地学研究新领域

超慢速扩张洋脊是近年发现的全球大洋中脊系统中一个新的类型,以低扩张速率、微弱的火山作用和缺乏转换断层为特征。阐述了超慢速扩张洋脊的特征及地理分布,简要介绍了美国、德国、丹麦、俄罗斯等国家对超慢速扩张洋脊的研究与探索以及国内研究现状。     

现代海底超镁铁质岩系热液系统与地质意义

现代海底热液循环与洋中脊地质过程一直是国际洋中脊计划研究的热点.海底热液系统多数都与海底玄武岩及其水-岩反应直接相关,而一类与深海橄榄岩的产出及其蛇纹石化作用有关的海底热液系统——超镁铁质岩系热液系统,以具有高浓度H2和CH4异常而低SiO2浓度为显著特征,主要分布在慢速扩张大西洋中脊和超慢速扩张北冰洋Gakkel洋脊和西南印度洋中脊.超镁铁质岩系热液系统在流体组成、构造背景和硫化物成矿方面与玄武岩热液系统有很大差异,主要表现在地幔来源超镁铁质岩石的普遍出露、喷口流体高的H2和CH4异常以及硫化物中高Co/Ni比值.超镁铁质岩系热液系统的发现丰富了全球洋中脊热液系统的研究内容,对洋中脊地质过程、海底热液活动及其成矿作用研究具有重要意义.     

Variations in melt supply along an orthogonal supersegment of the Southwest Indian Ridge(16°–25°E)

The orthogonal supersegment of the ultraslow-spreading Southwest Indian Ridge at 16°–25°E is characterized by significant along-axis variations of mantle potential temperature. A detailed analysis of multibeam bathymetry,gravity, and magnetic data were performed to investigate its variations in magma supply and crustal accretion process. The results revealed distinct across-axis variations of magma supply. Specifically, the regionally averaged crustal thickness reduced systematically from around 7 Ma to the present, indicating a regionally decreasing magma supply. The crustal structure is asymmetric in regional scale between the conjugate ridge flanks, with the faster-spreading southern flank showing thinner crust and greater degree of tectonic extension. Geodynamic models of mantle melting suggested that the observed variations in axial crustal thickness and major element geochemistry can be adequately explained by an eastward decrease in mantle potential temperature of about40°C beneath the ridge axis. In this work, a synthesized model was proposed to explain the axial variations of magma supply and ridge segmentation stabilities. The existence of large ridge-axis offsets may play important roles in controlling melt supply. Several large ridge-axis offsets in the eastern section(21°–25°E) caused sustained along-axis focusing of magma supply at the centers of eastern ridge segments, enabling quasi-stable segmentation. In contrast, the western section(16°–21°E), which lacks large ridge-axis offsets, is associated with unstable segmentation patterns.     

北冰洋Gakkel洋中脊的地幔熔融控制因素及非岩浆地壳增生

Spreading rate is a primary factor of mantle melting and tectonic behavior of the global mid-ocean ridges. The spreading rate of the Gakkel ridge decreases gradually from west to east. However, the Gakkel ridge can be divided into four thick-and-thin zones with varying crustal thicknesses along ridge axis. This phenomenon indicates that mantle melting of the Gakkel ridge is not a simple function of spreading rate. Mantle temperature, water content,mantle composition, and other factors are important in crustal accretion processes. Based on gravity-derived crustal thickness and wet melting model, we estimate that the mantle potential temperatures of the four zones are1 270, 1 220, 1 280, and 1 280°C(assuming that mantle water content equals to global average value), with corresponding mantle water contents of 210, 0, 340, and 280 mg/kg(assuming that mantle potential temperature is 1 260°C), respectivly. The western thinned crust zone is best modeled with low mantle temperature, whereas the other zones are mainly controlled by the enhanced conduction caused by the slower spreading rate. Along the Gakkel ridge, the crustal thickness is consistent with rock samples types. Predominated serpentinized peridotite and basalt are found in the area with crustal thickness 1.5 km and 2.5 km, respectively. The rock samples are including from basalt to peridotite in the area with crustal thickness between 1.5 and 2.5 km. Based on this consistency, the traditional magmatic accretion zone accounted for only 44% and amagmatic accretion accounted for 29% of the Gakkel ridge. The amagmatic accretion is a significant characteristic of the ultra-slow spreading ridge.     

Extensional faulting and segmentation of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge north of the Kane Fracture Zone (24° 00′ N to 24° 40′ N)

The combination of multi-beam echo-sounder swath bathymetry and high-resolution deep-towed sidescan sonar provides a powerful database from which to examine mid-ocean ridge processes. We have used such a database, gathered from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge north of the Kane Fracture Zone (the MARNOK area), to examine the relationship between tectonic, volcanic, and bathymetric segmentation. We have identified structural domains, with different fault distributions, and neovolcanic segments that are distinct from the 2nd or 3rd order bathymetric segmentation.From their mutual relationships, a model is proposed for the magmatic accretion of oceanic crust at slow spreading ridges that relates the local melt supply to the tectonic style. We suggest that these are mutually interactive, and determine whether volcanic extrusion along the ridge is continuous and slow, or episodic and rapid.     

Crustal structure and variation along the southern part of the Kyushu-Palau Ridge

As an interoceanic arc, the Kyushu-Palau Ridge（KPR） is an exceptional place to study the subduction process and related magmatism through its interior velocity structure. However, the crustal structure and its nature of the KPR,especially the southern part with limited seismic data, are still in mystery. In order to unveil the crustal structure of the southern part of the KPR, this study uses deep reflection/refraction seismic data recorded by 24 ocean bottom seismometers to reconstruct a detail...     

北大西洋Mohns洋中脊扩张地壳构造特征的研究

北大西洋Mohns洋中脊是很重要的扩张带。中国第五次北极科学考察的重点之一就是获取Mohns洋中脊的磁力数据。通过获得的磁力和以往的重力与地震资料,研究洋中脊的扩张、地壳构造特征及厚度。这些研究有助于更好地理解地球上重要的地质过程、海底扩张和壳幔相互作用。     

Geological structures of ridges with relation to the definition of three types of seafloor highs stipulated in Article 76

The ridge like seafloor highs with various geological origins can be classed into mid-ocean ridges,transverse ridges related to transform faults,hot spot/mantle plume originated ridges,microcontinent rifted from major continent,intra-plate arc formed by interaction of two oceanic plates,and tectonic ridges uplifted by later tectonic activity.Those ridges moved towards the convergent continental margins along with the underlain plate drifting and formed so-called accreted ridges commonly trending at a high angle to the continental margins.At divergent continental margins,the continental crusts were extended and thinned accompanying with magmatism,which formed high terrains protruding or parallel to the coastal line.The ridges worldwide have various origins and the crustal thicknesses and structures of them are diversity.The crusts beneath the microcontinents,and the transverse ridges along the transform margin,and the seafloor highs beside the passive continental margins are continental,while the crusts of other ridges are oceanic.Article 76 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) has classed the seafloor highs worldwide into three legal categories,namely oceanic ridges,submarine ridges and submarine elevations,for the purpose to delineate the outer limit of the coastal States’ continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles.To define the categories of the legal seafloor highs to which the ridges with various geological origins belong,the continuities in morphology and geology including the rock types,crustal structures,origins and tectonic setting of the ridges and the coastal States’ land mass with its submerged prolongation should be taken into account.If a ridge is continuous both in morphology and geology with the coastal States’ land mass and its submerged prolongation,it is a submarine elevation stipulated in Article 76.If it is discontinuous in morphology,the ridge should be regarded as oceanic ridges.If a ridge is continuous in morphology but discontinuous in geology with the coastal States’ land mass and its submerged prolongation,then it is a submarine ridge as stipulated in Article 76.     

The Aegir Rift: Crustal Structure of an Extinct Spreading Axis

Two seismic refraction and gravity lines were obtained along and normal to the axis of the Aegir Rift, an extinct spreading centre in the Norway Basin. Velocity-depth solutions and crustal structure models are derived from ocean-bottom records using two-dimensional ray tracing and synthetic seismogram modelling techniques. Gravity data are used to generate models consistent with the lateral variations in thickness of the layers in the crustal models. The resulting models require considerable degree of lateral inhomogeneity along and perpendicular to the rift axis. Crust within the extinct spreading centre is found to be thinner and of low P-wave velocity when compared with the crust sampled off-axis. To explain reduced velocities of the lower crust we suggest that, due to the relationship between fracturing and seismic velocity, the decreasing spreading rate leading up to extinction let the mechanically strong layer thicken, so that faulting and fracturing extended to greater depths . Low velocities are also observed in the uppermost mantle underlying the extinct spreading ridge. This zone is attributed to hydrothermal alteration of upper mantle peridotites. Furthermore, after spreading ceased 32-26 my ago, ongoing passive hydrothermal circulation was accompanied by the precipitation of alteration products in open void spaces, thereby decreasing the porosity and increasing the velocity. Consequently the typical low velocities of layer 2 found at active mid-ocean ridges have been replaced by values typical of mature oceanic crust.     

Seismic phases from the Moho and its implication on the ultraslow spreading ridge

The Moho interface provides critical evidence for crustal thickness and the mode of oceanic crust accretion. The seismic Moho interface has not been identified yet at the magma-rich segments （46°-52°E） of the ultra- slow spreading Southwestern Indian Ridge （SWIR）. This paper firstly deduces the characteristics and do- mains of seismic phases based on a theoretical oceanic crust model. Then, topographic correction is carried out for the OBS record sections along Profile Y3Y4 using the latest OBS data acquired from the detailed 3D seismic survey at the SWIR in 2010. Seismic phases are identified and analyzed, especially for the reflected and refracted seismic phases from the Moho. A 2D crustal model is finally established using the ray tracing and travel-time simulation method. The presence of reflected seismic phases at Segment 28 shows that the crustal rocks have been separated from the mantle by cooling and the Moho interface has already formed at zero age. The 2D seismic velocity structure across the axis of Segment 28 indicates that detachment faults play a key role during the processes of asymmetric oceanic crust accretion.     

伊豆−博宁−马里亚纳岛弧地壳厚度分布及其对岩浆活动的指示

数值模拟研究认为洋底高原/洋脊俯冲和弧后扩张能够有效影响俯冲带岩浆活动和岛弧地壳增生。本文以伊豆?博宁?马里亚纳(IBM)俯冲带为实例,论证该结论的有效性。以卫星测高反演重力异常为基础,通过构建地球不同圈层密度模型,反演得到IBM俯冲带莫霍面埋深。本文的莫霍面埋深反演结果与地震解释结果具有一致的分布趋势。结合开源水深和沉积层厚度数据,给出了IBM俯冲带地壳厚度分布。IBM岛弧地壳体积沿走向的分布特征表明:①小笠原洋底高原和相对较小规模达顿洋脊的俯冲,都能够使得相应位置的岛弧变窄、地壳变厚、体积增大;②马里亚纳海槽扩张显著降低了岛弧地壳体积的增生量。