新疆东昆仑达拉库岸镁铁-超镁铁岩的矿物化学及其属性

达拉库岸镁铁-超镁铁岩位于东昆仑造山带南带之喀拉米兰晚古生代沟弧系,由二辉橄榄岩、单辉橄榄岩、橄榄辉石岩、单辉岩、含长辉石岩和辉长岩组成。单辉橄榄岩和橄榄辉石岩中橄榄石均为贵橄榄石(Fo=84.55~89.08),其MnO含量为0.13%~0.29%,NiO含量为0.09%~0.28%;单斜辉石为透辉石和普通辉石,其MgO含量为15.12%~16.98%,Fe O含量为3.84%~5.34%,CaO含量为21.10%~22.95%;与蛇绿岩套中的同类岩石的橄榄石和单斜辉石成分存在较大差异,与夏日哈木和金川镁铁-超镁铁岩中同类岩石的矿物成分类似,表明达拉库岸岩体不是蛇绿岩套的组成部分,而是陆壳中的侵入体。单斜辉石成分表明其母岩浆为拉斑玄武质岩浆,可能形成于与俯冲有关的大陆边缘裂谷环境。达拉库岸岩体具有形成岩浆型铜镍硫化物矿床的条件。     

东疆二叠纪镁铁-超镁铁岩体中辉石的成分特征及其对成岩和Ni-Cu成矿的指示

新疆东部早二叠世镁铁-超镁铁岩体主要分布在天山东段觉罗塔格构造带、中天山地块和北山地区,与这类岩体相关的Ni-Cu矿床主要产出在觉罗塔格带和中天山地区,北山目前并未发现典型Ni-Cu矿床。这些岩体中的斜方辉石主要为古铜辉石,少量为紫苏辉石;单斜辉石属透辉石、次透辉石或普通辉石。矿物成分系统变化显示橄榄石Fo值北山最高、觉罗塔格带到中天山逐次降低的特点,橄榄石Fo值在78~86和Ni含量低于1800×10-6范围内更有利于Cu-Ni成矿;斜方辉石En端元和单斜辉石Wo端元极差值也显示北山最高、觉罗塔格带和中天山较低的规律,且相对小的极差值更有利于成矿。单斜辉石AlⅣ/AlⅥ比值结果显示北山岩体在矿物结晶过程中压力较低,硫溶解度较大,可能是其矿化程度弱于觉罗塔格带和中天山的一个重要因素。觉罗塔格带、中天山和北山镁铁-超镁铁质岩体的母岩浆为非碱性系列、大陆拉斑玄武质岩浆。根据北山和觉罗塔格带岩体单斜辉石微量元素成分估算的母岩浆具有LREE富集以及Nb、Ta、Zr、Hf负异常的特征,指示出两者源区为受俯冲板片交代的地幔,且坡北源区俯冲交代程度更低。觉罗塔格带和中天山单斜辉石Alz vs.Ti显示裂谷堆晶趋势向弧堆晶趋势演化,而北山单斜辉石Alz vs.Ti则显示明显的裂谷堆晶趋势,这说明俯冲交代作用在觉罗塔格带和中天山地区表现的更为强烈。北山镁铁-超镁铁岩体中发现单斜辉石Ti的高异常及矿物温压计算结果显示,表明北山地区具有比觉罗塔格带和中天山更高的岩浆温度,这可能与塔里木二叠纪地幔柱的活动有关。     

镁铁-超镁铁岩与威尔逊旋回

威尔逊旋回的各个阶段都可以有镁铁-超镁铁岩的产出。在裂谷阶段有分异的小侵入体、层状侵入体以及碱性超镁铁岩体。洋盆阶段为蛇绿岩和可能的洋岛型辉长岩。在俯冲阶段生成阿拉斯加型和橄榄岩-闪长岩型杂岩,它们是岛弧和活动陆缘岩浆活动的一部分。与碰撞阶段有关的为橄榄岩-榴辉岩型岩体和造山榄榄岩,地幔核杂岩则产于碰撞后的后陆盆地或裂谷中,可能标志着从大陆内部向洋盆扩张阶段转变的开始。     

阿拉斯加型岩体的基本特征、成岩过程及成矿作用

阿拉斯加型岩体是一类具有独特的岩性环带状结构的镁铁-超镁铁质侵入体,常呈链状分布于汇聚板块边缘。其形成时代跨度较大,从元古代到新生代均有分布,以中生代最为发育。大部分阿拉斯加型岩体规模较小,出露面积约12～14 km~2或更小,平面上呈近似同心环状结构,垂直剖面上呈管道状。岩体中心为纯橄岩,向外依次包括异剥橄榄岩、橄榄单斜辉石岩、单斜辉石岩、角闪单斜辉石岩、角闪石岩和辉长岩。造岩矿物为橄榄石、单斜辉石、角闪石等,副矿物为铬铁矿、磁铁矿、钛铁矿等,超镁铁质岩石中少或无斜方辉石,斜长石仅出现在边缘的辉长质岩石中。磁铁矿在单斜辉石岩和角闪石岩中为常见矿物,含量最高达15%～20%。阿拉斯加型岩体的主量元素成分揭示所有岩石均为与拉斑玄武质岩浆分异有关的亚碱性堆晶岩。微量元素成分上显示平坦的稀土元素配分型式和较低的微量元素含量,且富集大离子亲石元素,亏损高场强元素。矿物化学特征上,橄榄石富镁且Fo值变化较大;单斜辉石主要为富Ca的透辉石,其成分变化具有弧堆晶趋势;角闪石主要是镁角闪石和韭角闪石;铬铁矿富集Fe-Al,贫Cr。这些特征揭示,该类岩体成因明显不同于层状岩体和阿尔卑斯型岩体。综合岩石学、矿物学和地球化学分析表明,阿拉斯加型岩体形成于与板块俯冲作用有关的岛弧或者活动大陆边缘背景下,其母岩浆为受到熔/流体交代的地幔楔部分熔融产生的含水玄武质岩浆。各岩相为未受明显地壳混染的同源母岩浆在地壳深度结晶分异的产物。阿拉斯加型岩体的岩浆体系具有含水且高氧逸度的特征,其通常为铂族元素和铬铁矿矿床的重要载体,无或少铜镍矿化。     

新疆且末县几克里阔勒镁铁—超镁铁岩体 地球化学特征及岩石成因

新疆且末县几克里阔勒镁铁—超镁铁岩体位于塔里木板块南缘活动带之喀拉米兰晚古生代沟弧系中段北侧,侵入下石炭统满达拉恰普组第三段海相碎屑岩、碳酸盐岩及中酸性火山岩建造中。主要岩石类型有纯橄岩、二辉橄榄岩、单辉橄榄岩、含长橄榄二辉岩、二辉岩、橄榄辉长岩、淡色辉长岩。岩石地球化学及岩相学特征表明:岩浆作用早期,分离结晶作用主导了岩浆演化过程和岩体形成过程,橄榄石和斜方辉石呈分离/堆晶相;矿物结晶顺序是:尖晶石/橄榄石→斜方辉石→单斜辉石→单斜辉石+斜长石→褐色普通角闪石/黑云母。原生岩浆可能来自原始地幔或中等程度熔融的高镁玄武质岩浆,属拉斑玄武岩系列,形成过程中受到了一定程度同化混染作用的影响,但硫化物熔离程度较弱。岩浆源区位于尖晶石稳定域。     

中天山白石泉镁铁-超镁铁质岩体岩石学与矿物学研究

白石泉地区镁铁一超镁铁质岩体处于塔里木板块前缘活动带与中天山地块接合部位，是中天山地块华力西中期岩浆活动的产物。主要岩石类型有辉石橄榄岩（斜方辉石橄榄岩、斜长二辉橄榄岩）、橄榄辉石岩、橄长岩、辉长岩及角闪辉长岩等，主要造岩矿物为橄榄石、斜方辉石、单斜辉石、角闪石、斜长石及黑云母。橄榄石均为贵橄榄石，其Fo值（78-85）位于含铜镍硫化物矿橄榄石的Fo值范围之内；辉石主要有顽火辉石、古铜辉石、紫苏辉石、透辉石等；斜长石的环带构造较为发育；角闪石的FeO含量随着岩浆的演化逐渐增加。它们与造山带环境中的东疆型镁铁一超镁铁杂岩中的造岩矿物具有相同的特征。这些特征表明了白石泉地区的镁铁一超镁铁质岩体的原始岩浆为高镁的拉斑玄武质岩浆。     

新疆中天山白石泉含铜镍矿镁铁-超镁铁岩体地球化学特征与岩石成因

白石泉含Cu-Ni硫化物镁铁-超镁铁侵入体位于中天山地块,其主要岩石类型有辉石橄榄岩、橄榄辉石岩、橄长岩、辉长岩及角闪辉长岩等,具有明显的堆晶结构.对岩体的主要、微量及稀土元素地球化学特征研究表明,岩体属铁质镁铁-超镁铁岩,具有拉斑玄武质岩浆的分异趋势;并相对富集大离子亲石元素(Rb、Ba、Sr等)、亏损高场强元素(Nb、Ta、Zr、Hf),以及具有LREE富集((La/Yb)n=1.27～9.95)的右倾型稀土元素分布模式.Pb同位特征表明母岩浆与软流圈地幔和EM Ⅱ地幔物质有关.综合地球化学特征表明,母岩浆为来源于受早期俯冲物质混染的软流圈地幔的高镟拉斑玄武岩浆.岩浆在上升过程中,没有受到上地壳及围岩的混染.原生岩浆形成后,经过了橄榄石、辉石、斜长石及铬铁矿的分离结晶作用和硫化物的熔离作用.目前出露的岩体为富含橄榄石及硫化物的“晶粥“在高位岩浆房中演化的产物.     

东天山香山中镁铁-超镁铁质岩体岩石学与矿物学特征:对成岩成矿过程的约束

香山中镁铁-超镁铁岩体产出于新疆东天山地区的黄山—镜儿泉镁铁-超镁铁岩带。主要的岩石类型为二辉橄榄岩、(含长)单辉橄榄岩、橄榄辉石岩及角闪辉长岩。矿物学特征显示,岩体造岩矿物的结晶顺序为铬尖晶石→橄榄石→斜方辉石→单斜辉石→斜长石→角闪石。电子探针分析显示,同一侵入期次中各岩相具有良好的过渡渐变关系,钻孔剖面上橄榄石含量与颗粒大小、单斜辉石的成分有随深度连续变化的特征,铬尖晶石则具有良好的Cr→Fe3+、Ti的演化趋势,由此反映岩体的形成主要受结晶分异作用的控制;含长单辉橄榄岩中橄榄石和单斜辉石成分的突然变化显示岩浆结晶过程中受到了地壳物质阶段性的混染;模拟计算表明,橄榄石分离结晶伴随着硫化物的熔离;钻孔ZK3693深度为295~325 m,含长单辉橄榄岩中橄榄石、斜长石、单颗粒单斜辉石成分突然性的变化指示在区间内有新鲜的基性程度更高的岩浆注入,而此区间内矿石的Cu、Ni品位明显高于区间外同一岩相岩体,说明新鲜岩浆的注入是香山中岩体硫化物富集的重要原因。     

东天山黄山南镁铁-超镁铁岩体的岩浆演化过程:矿物学、Sr-Nd同位素特征的指示

黄山南镁铁-超镁铁质岩体位于东天山造山带觉罗塔格构造带内,属于土墩-黄山-图拉尔根镁铁-超镁铁质岩带。本文在前人研究的基础上,从橄榄石、辉石矿物学组成和全岩Sr、Nd同位素等方面对黄山南岩体进行了分析研究,并与黄山、黄山东、香山等典型含矿岩体作了对比,旨在进一步查明黄山南岩体的岩浆源区和母岩浆性质及其岩浆演化过程。Sr-Nd同位素特征表明黄山南岩体来自一个弱亏损的地幔源区,相较黄山、黄山东、香山等岩体的源区具有更加富集的特征。黄山南岩体中的橄榄石属于贵橄榄石,斜方辉石主要为古铜辉石,少数为紫苏辉石,单斜辉石主要为顽透辉石、普通辉石和少数的透辉石。单斜辉石和橄榄石的成分特征表明形成黄山南岩体的母岩浆为演化程度较低的拉斑玄武质岩浆,且母岩浆成分具有高Mg、高Ni的特点。计算得到黄山南岩体母岩浆的Fe O~T=13.20%、MgO=16.96%、Ni=377.2×10~(-6),且母岩浆在结晶分异过程中没有经历充分的硫化物熔离作用,这也是造成母岩浆中Ni含量较高以及岩体含矿性较差的主要因素。     

苏鲁超高压变质带的岩浆型超镁铁原岩：来自中国大陆科学钻探主孔的亏损氧同位素证据

苏鲁超高压变质带有大量的超镁铁岩体，对这些岩体的成因的研究一直是一个热点。为了鉴别这个地区有无在俯冲进变质前经历过地壳浅部地质过程的超镁铁岩，本文利用BrF5气氛中用CO2红外激光熔样和质谱测试分析方法对中国大陆科学钻探工程主孔内603．20-683．53m深度的三个石榴单辉橄榄岩样品的单矿物橄榄石、石榴石、单斜辉石的氧同位素进行了分析。橄榄石的δ^18O值为＋3．31‰＋3．82‰；石榴石的为＋4．03‰＋4．10‰；单斜辉石的δ^18O值误差较大，平均值为＋2．10‰。这些矿物的氧同位素组成总地低于典型的地幔值。研究表明，岩石单矿物低δ^18O值是侵入到地壳浅部的超镁铁岩体与寒冷大气降水热液之间的氧同位素交换反应所造成，之后发生了与地壳围岩一齐的俯冲、超高压变质、折返退变质等过程。这是苏鲁地区首次发现的低δ^18O值的岩浆侵入型超镁铁岩体，具有重要的大陆动力学意义，从超镁铁岩方面证明了苏鲁地体可能是大别地体的东延部分。     

镁铁-超镁铁岩的分类及其构造意义

镁铁-超镁铁岩分类是镁铁-超镁铁岩研究最基本的问题之一。镁铁-超镁铁岩（不包括金伯利岩、煌斑岩和碱性超镁铁岩等）按照产出的构造背景、岩石组合、伴生矿产大体可分为5类,即：蛇绿岩、义敦型岩体、阿拉斯加型岩体、层状侵入体和橄榄岩-闪长岩型岩体。蛇绿岩代表大洋岩石圈地幔及其分异物,义敦型代表大陆岩石圈地幔及其分异物,阿拉斯加型岩体来自岛弧、活动陆缘环境或具岛弧之下地幔特征的源岩,层状侵入体来自板内伸展构造背景,橄榄岩-闪长岩型岩体的构造背景与阿拉斯加型类似,但是也有产于板内环境的。蛇绿岩是学术界最关注的问题之一,笔者认为,1972年彭罗斯会议确定的蛇绿岩的定义仍然是适用的,斯泰因曼三位一体的概念仍然是有效的,而Delik的蛇绿岩定义和分类是不可取的。笔者认为,义敦型的概念是合适的和有用的。蛇绿岩与义敦型岩体有许多相似之处,但是,它们的构造含义不同。它们之间的区别不是依靠岩石组合本身,也不依靠地球化学,而是依靠野外产出位置和伴生的围岩性质以及构造情况。不同类型的镁铁-超镁铁岩形成的构造背景不同,伴生的矿产类型不同,具有不同的大地构造意义。在野外实践和室内研究中注意它们之间的区别,无论对于理论研究还是找矿研究都是非常重要的。     

镁铁-超镁铁质岩成岩成矿过程中的锂同位素地球化学:回顾与展望

锂（Li）同位素体系是示踪镁铁-超镁铁质岩成岩成矿过程（如结晶分异、地壳混染和熔/流体-矿物相互作用等）的全新工具.通过实例研究综述了原位Li同位素在镁铁-超镁铁质岩中应用的主要进展,主要包括:（1）美国Yellow Hill阿拉斯加型杂岩体Li同位素研究揭示弧岩浆早期堆晶过程可发生明显的Li同位素分馏;（2）土耳其和西藏蛇绿岩的Li同位素研究证明其在示踪蛇绿岩地幔序列岩石成因及豆荚状铬铁矿演化过程中的潜力;（3）Stillwater层状岩体超镁铁岩带Li同位素研究揭示流体对于大型层状岩体各矿物形成及铬铁岩中矿物元素交换的作用;（4）橄榄石Li含量与同位素分析在揭示岩浆铜镍矿床成矿过程的应用.      

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。     

The Bastar craton,central India: A window to Archean – Paleoproterozoic crustal evolution

The Bastar craton in central India, surrounded by cratonic blocks and Paleoproterozoic to Neoproterozoic orogenic belts, is a window to investigate the Archean-Paleoproterozoic crustal evolution and tectonic processes. Here we propose a new tectonic classification of the craton into the Western Bastar Craton (WBC), Eastern Bastar Craton (EBC), and the intervening Central Bastar Orogen (CBO). We present petrologic, geochemical and zircon U-Pb, REE and Lu-Hf data from a suite of rocks from the CBO and along the eastern margin of the WBC Including: (1) volcanic successions comprising meta-andesite and fine-grained amphibolite, representing arc-related volcanics along a convergent margin; (2) ferruginous sandstone, in association with rhyolite, representing a volcano-sedimentary succession, deposited in an active trench; and (3) metamorphosed mafic-ultramafic suite including gabbro, pyroxenite and dunite invaded by trondhjemite representing the section of sub-arc mantle and arc root adjacent to a long-lasting subduction system. Petrologic studies indicate that the mafic-ultramafic suite crystallized from an island arc tholeiitic parental magma in a suprasubduction zone environment. The chondrite-normalized and primitive mantle normalized diagrams of the mafic and ultramafic rocks suggest derivation from MORB magma. The mixed characters from N-MORB to E-MORB of the studied samples are consistent with subduction modification of a MORB related magma, involving partial melting of the metasomatized mantle wedge. Our zircon U-Pb age data suggest that the cratonic nuclei was constructed as early as Paleoarchean. We present evidence for active subduction and arc magmatism through Mesoarchean to Neoarchean and early Paleoproterozoic, with the trench remaining open until at least 2.3 Ga. Two major crust building events are recognized in the Bastar craton: during Mesoarchean (recycled Paleoarchean subduction-related as well as juvenile/depleted mantle components) and Neoarchean (accretion of juvenile oceanic crust, arc magmatism including granite batholiths and related porphyry mineralization). The final cratonization occurred during latest Paleoproterozoic, followed by collisional assembly of the craton and its incorporation within the Peninsular Indian mosaic during Mesoproterozoic. In the global supercontinent context, the craton preserves the history of Ur, the earliest supercontinent, followed by the Paleo-Mesoproterozoic Columbia, as well as minor thermal imprints of the Neoproterozoic Rodinia and associated Grenvillian orogeny.     

阿拉善地块南缘野芨里镁铁-超镁铁质岩体锆石U-Pb年龄及其地质意义

阿拉善地块南缘北大山地区野芨里镁铁-超镁铁质岩体主要由单辉橄榄岩、二辉橄榄岩、橄榄辉长岩组成。岩体局部发现了硫化物,主要由磁黄铁矿、镍黄铁矿与黄铜矿组成,指示岩浆结晶过程中发生了硫化物不混溶作用。岩石地球化学分析显示野芨里岩体属于铁质超基性岩,富集大离子亲石元素,相对亏损高场强元素,具有明显的Nb,Ta负异常,微量元素比值指示岩浆在上升过程中受到了中上地壳物质混染。橄榄辉长岩中锆石SHRIMP U-Pb年龄为286.6±2.5 Ma,属于早二叠世。结合区域构造演化,认为野芨里岩体形成背景可能与古亚洲洋的闭合或俯冲之后的伸展作用相关。     

新疆磁海铁矿区镁铁-超镁铁岩地球化学特征及其地质意义

磁海铁矿床地处塔里木盆地北缘北山成矿带内, 为一与镁铁-超镁铁岩有关的岩浆分异-矿浆贯入-热液交代型复成因铁矿床。对磁海矿区镁铁-超镁铁岩的岩石学特征和岩石地球化学特征等进行了较为系统的研究, 认为这套镁铁-超镁铁岩石属于铁质钙碱性玄武岩系列。稀土及微量元素特征与原始地幔成分接近,表明岩浆上升侵位过程中局部遭受陆壳混染。结合前人的研究成果, 认为该矿床形成于后碰撞拉张构造环境。原始岩浆的结晶分异和后期热液蚀变对磁海铁矿形成和富集起重要作用。     

Petrogenesis of the ~740 Korab Kansi mafic-ultramafic intrusion,South Eastern Desert of Egypt: Evidence of Ti-rich ferropicritic magmatism

The Neoproterozoic Korab Kansi mafic-ultramafic intrusion is one of the largest (100 km²) intrusions in the Southern Eastern Desert of Egypt. The intrusion consists of Fe-Ti-bearing dunite layers, amphibole peridotites, pyroxenites, troctolites, olivine gabbros, gabbronorites, pyroxene gabbros and pyroxene-hornblende gabbros, and also hosts significant Fe-Ti deposits, mainly as titanomagnetite-ilmenite. These lithologies show rhythmic layers and intrusive contacts against the surrounding granites and ophiolitic-island arc assemblages. The wide ranges of olivine forsterite contents (Fo_67.9-85.7), clinopyroxene Mg# (0.57–0.95), amphibole Mg# (0.47–0.88), and plagioclase compositions (An_85.8-40.9) indicate the role of fractional crystallization in the evolution from ultramafic to mafic rock types. Clinopyroxene (Cpx) has high REE contents (2–30 times chondrite) with depleted LREE relative to HREE, like those crystallized from ferropicritic melts generated in an island-arc setting. Melts in equilibrium with Cpx also resemble ferropicrites crystallized from olivine-rich mantle melts. Cpx chemistry and its host rock compositions have affinities to tholeiitic and calc-alkaline magma types. Compositions of mafic-ultramafic rocks are depleted in HFSE (e.g. Nb, Ta, Zr, Th and U) relative to LILE (e.g. Li, Rb, Ba, Pb and Sr) due to the addition of subduction-related hydrous fluids (rich in LILE) to the mantle source, suggesting an island-arc setting. Fine-grained olivine gabbros may represent quenched melts approximating the primary magma compositions because they are typically similar in assemblage and chemistry as well as in whole-rock chemistry to ferropicrites. We suggest that the Korab Kansi intrusion crystallized at temperatures ranging from ~700 to 1100 °C from ferropicritic magma derived from melting of metasomatized mantle at <5 Kbar. These hydrous ferropicritic melts were generated in the deep mantle and evolved by fractional crystallization under high ƒO₂ at relatively shallow depth. Fractionation formed calc-alkaline magmas during the maturation of an island arc system, reflecting the role of subduction-related fluids. The interaction of metasomatized lithosphere with upwelling asthenospheric melts produced the Fe and Ti-rich ferropicritic parental melts that are responsible for precipitating large quantities of Fe-Ti oxide layers in the Korab Kansi mafic-ultramafic intrusion. The other factors controlling these economic Fe-Ti deposits beside parental melts are high oxygen fugacity, water content and increasing degrees of mantle partial melting. The generation of Ti-rich melts and formation of Fe-Ti deposits in few layered intrusions in Egypt possibly reflect the Neoproterozoic mantle heterogeneity in the Nubian Shield. We suggest that Cryogenian-Tonian mafic intrusions in SE Egypt can be subdivided into Alaskan-type intrusions that are enriched in PGEs whereas Korab Kansi-type layered intrusions are enriched in Fe-Ti-V deposits.     

Geochronological Framework and Geodynamic Implications of Mafic Magmatism in the Liaodong Peninsula and Adjacent Regions, North China Craton

Mafic rocks are widespread on the Liaodong Peninsula and adjacent regions of the North China Craton. The majority of this magmatism was originally thought to have occurred during the Pre-Sinian, although the precise geochronological framework of this magmatism was unclear. Here, we present the results of more than 60 U–Pb analyses of samples performed over the past decade, with the aim of determining the spatial and temporal distribution of mafic magmatism in this area. These data indicate that Paleoproterozoic–Mesoproterozoic mafic rocks are not as widely distributed as previously thought. The combined geochronological data enabled the subdivision of the mafic magmatism into six episodes that occurred during the middle Paleoproterozoic, the late Paleoproterozoic, the Mesoproterozoic, the Late Triassic, the Middle Jurassic, and the Early Cretaceous. The middle Paleoproterozoic (2.1–2.2 Ga) mafic rocks formed in a subduction-related setting and were subsequently metamorphosed during a ca. 1.9 Ga arc–continent collision event. The late Paleoproterozoic (ca. 1.87–1.82 Ga) bimodal igneous rocks mark the end of a Paleoproterozoic tectono-thermal event, whereas Mesoproterozoic mafic dike swarms record global-scale Mesoproterozoic rifting associated with the final breakup of the Columbia supercontinent. The Late Triassic mafic magmatism is part of a Late Triassic magmatic belt that was generated by post-collisional extension. The Middle Jurassic mafic dikes formed in a compressive tectonic setting, and the Early Cretaceous bimodal igneous rocks formed in an extensional setting similar to a back-arc basin. These latter two periods of magmatism were possibly related to subduction of the Paleo-Pacific plate.