Implications of Quaternary volcanism at Cerro Tuzgle for crustal and mantle evolution of the Puna Plateau,Central Andes,Argentina

The high-K Tuzgle volcanic center, (24° S, 66.5° W) along with several small shoshonitic centers, developed along extensional Quaternary faults of the El Toro lineament on the east-central Puna plateau, 275 km east of the main front of the Andean Central Volcanic Zone (CVZ). These magmas formed by complex mixing processes in the mantle and thickened crust (>50 km) above a 200 km deep scismic zone. Tuzgle magmas are differentiated from shoshonitic series magmas by their more intraplate-like Ti group element characteristics, lower incompatible element concentrations, and lower ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios at a given Nd. Underlying Mio-Pliocene volcanic rocks erupted in a compressional stress regime and have back-arc like calc-alkaline chemical characteristics. The Tuzgle rocks can be divided into two sequences with different mantle precursors: a) an older, more voluminous rhyodacitic (ignimbrite) to mafic andestitic (56% to 71% SiO₂) sequence with La/Yb ratios <30, and b) a younger andesitic sequence with La/Yb ratios >35. La/Yb ratios are controlled by the mafic components: low ratios result from larger mantle melt percentages than high ratios. Shoshonitic series lavas (52% to 62% SiO₂) contain small percentage melts of more isotopically enriched arc-like mantle sources. Some young Tuzgle lavas have a shoshonitic-like component. Variable thermal conditions and complex stress system are required to produce the Tuzgle and shoshonitic series magmas in the same vicinity. These conditions are consistent with the underlying mantle being in transition from the thick mantle lithosphere which produced rare shoshonitic flows in the Altiplano to the thinner mantle lithosphere that produced back-are calc-alkaline and intraplate-type flows in the southern Puna. Substantial upper crustal type contamination in Tuzgle lavas is indicated by decreasing Nd (-2.5 to-6.7) with increasing ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr (0.7063 to 0.7099) ratios and SiO₂ concentrations, and by negative Eu anomalies (Eu/Eu^* <0.78) in lavas that lack plagioclase phenocrysts. Trace element arguments indicate that the bulk contaminant was more silicic than the Tuzgle ignimbrite and left a residue with a high pressure mineralogy. Crustal shortening processes transported upper crustal contaminants to depths where melting occurred. These contaminants mixed with mafic magmas that were fractionating mafic phases at high pressure. Silicic melts formed at depth by these processes accumulated at a mid to upper crustal discontinuity (decollement). The Tuzgle ignimbrite erupted from this level when melting rates were highest. Subsequent lavas are mixtures of contaminated mafic magmas and ponded silicic melts. Feldspar and quartz phenocrysts in the lavas are phenocrysts from the ponded silicic magmas.     

Subduction-related Late Cretaceous high-K volcanism in the Central Pontides orogenic belt: constraints on geodynamic implications

Mineral chemistry, major and trace elements, ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar age and Sr–Nd–Pb isotopic data are presented for the Late Cretaceous Hamsilos volcanic rocks in the Central Pontides, Turkey. The Hamsilos volcanic rocks mainly consist of basalt, andesite and associated pyroclastics (volcanic breccia, vitric tuff and crystal tuff). They display shoshonitic and high-K calc-alkaline affinities. The shoshonitic rocks contain plagioclase, clinopyroxene, alkali feldspar, phlogopite, analcime, sanidine, olivine, apatite and titanomagnetite, whereas the high-K calc-alkaline rocks contain plagioclase, clinopyroxene, orthopyroxene, magnetite / titanomagnetite in microgranular porphyritic, hyalo-microlitic porphyritic and glomeroporphyritic matrix. Mineral chemistry data reveal that the pressure condition of the clinopyroxene crystallisation for the shoshonitic rocks are between 1.4 and 6.3 kbar corresponds to 6–18-km depth and the high-K calc-alkaline rocks are between 5 and 12 km. ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar age data changing between 72 ± .5 Ma and 79.0 ± .3 Ma (Campanian) were determined for the Late Cretaceous Hamsilos volcanic rocks, contemporaneous with the subduction of the Neo-Tethyan Ocean beneath the Pontides. The studied volcanic rocks were enriched in the large-ion lithophile and light rare earth element contents, with pronounced depletion in the contents of high-field-strength elements. Chondrite-normalised rare earth element patterns (La_N/Lu_N = 6–17) show low to medium enrichment, indicating similar sources of the rock suite. Initial ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr values vary between .70615 and .70796, whereas initial ¹⁴³Nd/¹⁴⁴Nd values change between .51228 and .51249. Initial ²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb values vary between 18.001 and 18.349, ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁴Pb values between 15.611 and 15.629 and ²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁴Pb values between 37.839 and 38.427. The main solidification processes involved in the evolution of the volcanic rocks consist of fractional crystallisation, with minor amounts of crustal contamination ± magma mixing. According to geochemical evidence, the shoshonitic melts in the Hamsilos volcanic rocks were possibly derived from the low degree of partial melting of a subcontinental lithospheric mantle (SCLM), while the high-K calc-alkaline melts were derived from relatively high degree of partial melting of SCLM that was enriched by fluids and/or sediments from a subduction of oceanic crust.     

草桃背矿床白垩纪橄榄玄粗岩与铀成矿关系

赣南会昌断陷盆地沿石城-寻乌深断裂分布一条白垩纪橄榄玄粗岩系列的火山岩带。草桃背大型铀矿床内出露大富足岩体中-粗粒黑云母花岗岩及早白垩世晚期到晚白垩世早期橄榄玄粗岩系列火山岩。大富足花岗岩体岩石w(SiO₂)平均为74.67％,碱总量(w（K₂O+Na₂O）)平均为7.99％,w(K₂O)>w(Na₂O),w(CaO)平均为0.54％,w(Al₂O₃)>w(CaO+Na₂O+K₂O),属高钾钙碱性岩石系列。橄榄玄粗系列火山岩岩石w(SiO₂)为45.78 %~59.78 %,w(K₂O+Na₂O)平均为7.37%,K₂O/Na₂O平均为1.02,w(TiO₂)平均为0.86%, 全铁质量分数平均为7.09%,属偏碱性橄榄玄粗质火山岩类。草桃背铀矿床赋矿岩性为橄榄玄粗岩、碎裂花岗岩及隐爆角砾岩。赋存于碎裂花岗岩及隐爆角砾岩中铀矿石化学成分,与围岩花岗岩成分相似;赋存于橄榄玄粗岩中铀矿石,Fe₂O₃+Fe₂O、CaO、MgO不同程度地带出,w(SiO₂)明显增高,表明橄榄玄粗岩在成矿过程中,通过输出大量Fe、Mg、Ca等阳离子而促进铀离子从含矿溶液中沉淀。草桃背矿床的铀矿化与充填在草桃背火山口的橄榄玄粗岩关系密切,在时间上相近、在空间上相伴、在成生上相关,受橄榄玄粗岩岩浆系列热动力的影响,铀元素发生活化、转移或物质交换而成矿,成岩成矿时代属早白垩世晚期到晚白垩世早期。从草桃背铀矿床岩石学、地球化学及赋矿特征入手,总结了铀成矿是富铀矿的花岗岩基底、北东向构造及火山作用结合的产物,橄榄玄粗岩提供热源,并指出半岭、上寮、小富足等地段是寻找草桃背式铀矿床的极有利地区。     

燕山地区中生代中基性火山岩地球化学对岩石圈性质的约束

燕山地区中牛代中基性火山岩包括钙碱性-高钾钙碱性-钾玄岩系列,岩石类型包括粗叫玄武岩、玄武质安山岩、玄武质粗面安山岩、粗安岩,具有LREE富集的右倾平滑稀土配分模式,富集LILE（如Ba,K）,亏损Nb-Ta和Th—U的微址元素特征,Sr-Nd同位素组成中等富集,与华北内部和兴蒙带中生代基性火山岩具有不同的特征,其Nd同位素组成和（Nb／La）s,（Hf／Sm）s比值都介于华北陆块内部和兴蒙造山带之间,反映了其熔融地幔源区继承了华北陆块内部的EMI型地幔特征外,还很可能受到俯冲板片交代作用的影响,暗示了古亚洲洋板块消减过程对华北陆缘岩石圈地幔的改造作用。类似于华北陆块南缘岩石圈减薄和置换机制,古亚洲洋俯冲板块对燕山地区古老岩石圈的交代作用在岩石圈减薄和置换过程中起了很重要的作用,而不同于华北板块内部以软流圈沿地幔薄弱带或剪切带上升熔蚀和置换岩石圈的机制     

Pocho volcanic rocks and the melting of depleted continental lithosphere above a shallowly dipping subduction zone in the central Andes

The Late Miocene (7.9 to 4.5 Ma) Pocho volcanic field in Argentina occurs 700 km east of the Chile trench over the modern shallowly dipping Andean Wadati-Benioff zone near 32° S latitude in Argentina. The field is located in the Sierra de Cordoba which is the easternmost Laramide-style, block-faulted range in the Sierras Pampeanas (Pampean ranges). The arrival of the shallowly dipping slab initiated both volcanism and the uplift of the Sierra de Cordoba. Pocho rocks (52% to 68% SiO₂; FeO^*/MgO>2.2) comprise an older (7.5±0.5 Ma) high-K and a younger (5.3±0.7 Ma) shoshonitic series. Mineralogic data and fractionation models show that crystallization occurred under hydrous, oxidizing conditions, which were most extreme in the high-K series. An unusual pattern of successively lower REE at higher SiO₂ concentrations can be modeled by sphene, apatite and amphibole removal. An arc-like trace element signature attributed to an arc component is strongest in the younger shoshonitic series. An important depleted lower crustal/mantle lithospheric source component in both series is indicated by non-radiogenic Sr and Pb isotopic ratios at _Nd= 0 to + 2, low Rb/Sr ratios, and low U and Th concentrations. This depleted signature contrasts with the enriched one in potassic back-arc Central Volcanic Zone (CVZ) lavas over the steeper subduction zone to the north and is attributed to several processes in the shallow subduction zone. First, deep crustal (MASH) processes in the nearly normal thickness crust beneath Pocho incorporated depleted Proterozoic basement components, and not complexly mixed structurally thickened crustal components as in the CVZ. Second, the association of Pocho volcanism with the arrival of the slab allowed little time for modification of the mantle by subduction components. Third, Miocene shallowing of the subduction zone beneath the flat-slab required thinning of both the astenosphere and the subcontinental lithosphere. Thus, an important subcrustal component could be from blocks removed from the base of the lithosphere to the west and recycled into the asthenosphere. Similar magmatic sources would have existed during Laramide shallow subduction in western North America.Deceased     

内蒙古哈珠地区石炭纪白山组火山岩:北山北部晚古生代活动陆缘岩浆作用的产物

北山北部晚古生代岩浆事件的性质对该地区这一时期的构造演化研究具有重要意义.对内蒙古北山哈珠地区石炭纪白山组火山岩进行了系统的年代学、地球化学、Lu-Hf同位素测试,结果显示:白山组主要由玄武安山质、安山质、英安质、流纹质火山岩组成,LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年获得安山岩、英安岩、流纹岩的成岩年龄分别为325.6±1.4 Ma、313.5±3.4 Ma、314.7±1.7 Ma,时代为早石炭世晚期-晚石炭世.火山岩空间分布上表现出明显的"组成极性",区域上由北至南从中性火山岩（钙碱性系列）→酸性火山岩（高钾钙碱性系列）演化,K₂O含量与K₂O/Na₂O比值也呈相应的增加趋势,其中玄武安山岩、安山岩具有高Al₂O₃、低TiO₂以及低的Ni、Cr含量,所有样品普遍亏损Nb、Ta、P、Ti等高场强元素,呈轻稀土富集、重稀土亏损的右倾稀土元素配分模式,以上特征指示白山组火山岩形成于洋壳向南俯冲过程中的活动大陆边缘背景下.另外,白山组中安山岩具有高的ε_Hf（t）值（+7.0~+14.1）和年轻的平均地壳模式年龄T_DMC（437~891 Ma）,接近上地幔的Rb/Sr比值（0.01~0.15）,Nb/Ta比值（12.59~18.80）处于地壳平均值和地幔平均值之间;流纹岩具有相对较低的ε_Hf（t）值（4.3~8.2）和偏老的平均地壳模式年龄T_DMC（804~1 054 Ma）,Rb/Sr比值（0.80~1.73）远大于地壳平均值,Nb/Ta比值（10.66~13.08）接近地壳平均值反映岩浆源区向洋侧以新生地壳和地幔物质为主,向内陆一侧逐渐演化为更多陆壳（较老地壳）物质的加入.综合以上分析并结合前人资料,北山哈珠地区晚古生代石炭纪白山组火山岩是红石山洋向南侧马鬃山-旱山地块俯冲过程中活动陆缘岩浆作用的产物.      

The Nevados de Payachata volcanic region (18°S/69°W,N. Chile) II. Evidence for widespread crustal involvement in Andean magmatism

Volcanism extending over 11 Ma is represented in the rocks of the Nevados de Payachata region, culminating in the formation of two large composite stratocones within the last 500 000 years. Chemically distinct mafic magmas are erupted at a number of parasitic centers. These cannot be related to each other by crystal fractionation and do not appear to be direct parents for the differentiated suites of the composite cones. Two distinct trends are defined by the intermediate and evolved rocks; a high LILE (large ion lithophile element), TiO₂ and Ce/Yb lineage among the youngest rocks (including the two major stratocones), and a more typical calc-alkaline trend among the older (>1 Ma) rock types. Within individual volcanic centers, differentiation involves fractionation of plagioclase, pyroxene and hornblende, with biotite and K-feldspar in the more-evolved rock types. Isotopic compositions (Sr, Pb, Nd, O) vary little with differentiation from basaltic andesite to rhyolite, or with age. Contamination during differentiation from basalt to rhyolite may occur, but the most mafic rocks erupted in the region are already enriched in incompatible trace elements and therefore may be insensitive to the effects of interaction with the crust. The majority of data are similar to baseline compositions (Cenozoic parental magmas) from other parts of the central Andes and may reflect a relatively homogeneous magma source (or source mixture) throughout this central volcanic zone (CVZ), which is distinct from the southern and northern Andes, and from island-arc volcanic rocks.The detailed study of Nevados de Payachata serves as a useful reference against which to assess magmatism in general in the CVZ. The possibility that central Andean magmas are generated from an enriched subcontinental-lithosphere mantle wedge is rejected on the basis of: (1) thermal considerations (subcontinental mantle lithosphere is probably cold and refractory); (2) lack of consistency between the tectonic history of the region and geochemical variations through time. Instead, parental magmas in the CVZ are thought to be generated by mixing between normal arc magmas originating in the depleted mantle wedge followed by contamination and homogenization with lower crustal melts. In the central Andes, the extent of contamination increased greatly as the crust thickened due to crustal shortening within the last 20 Ma, the thicker crust providing an effective filter to trap and differentiate magma batches repeatedly during ascent.     

西天山查岗诺尔和智博铁矿区火山岩地球化学特征、锆石U-Pb年龄及地质意义

西天山东段的查岗诺尔铁矿和智博铁矿赋存于以玄武岩、玄武安山岩、粗面岩以及安山质凝灰岩为主的晚石炭世火山岩中, 对火山岩的形成时代以及构造地质背景的研究是重建成矿过程的关键。本文通过对两个矿区的火山岩进行岩石地球化学和LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年分析来探讨火山岩形成的构造环境与时代。地球化学分析表明大多数火山岩化学成分从钙碱性、高钾钙碱性变化到钾玄岩系列,富集轻稀土元素(LREE)和大离子亲石元素(LILE; 如Rb、Th、K),重稀土元素(HREE)配分平坦,同时具有Nb、Ta、Ti的强烈亏损,类似于岛弧火山岩的地球化学特征。大多数玄武质火山岩在构造环境判别图中位于火山弧环境。LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年显示流纹岩和英安岩的²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U加权平均年龄分别为301.8±0.9Ma和300.3±1.1Ma。此外,对两件闪长岩样品测年获得²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U加权平均年龄介于303.8～305Ma之间。火山岩与闪长岩样品具有类似的地球化学特征以及形成时代,表明它们可能来源于同一母岩浆,形成于相同的构造背景下。结合区域地质资料,本文认为矿区内出露的高钾钙碱性到钾玄岩系列火山岩可能属于俯冲过程末期阶段大陆岛弧岩浆作用的产物。     

Experimental study of the stability of cordierite and garnet in pelitic compositions at high pressures and temperatures

In pelitic rocks, under conditions of low f _{O 2} and low f _{H 2 O}, the stability of the mineral pair cordierite-garnet is limited by five univariant reactions. In sequence from high pressure and low temperature to high temperature and low pressure these are: cordierite+garnet hypersthene+sillimanite+quartz, cordierite+garnet hypersthene+sapphirine+quartz, cordierite+garnet hypersthene+spinel+quartz and cordierite+garnet olivine+spinel +quartz. In this sequence of reactions the Mg/Mg+Fe²⁺ ratio of all ferro-magnesian minerals involved decreases continuously from the first reaction to the fifth. The five univariant boundaries delimit a wide P-T range over which cordierite and garnet may coexist.Two divariant equilibria in which the Mg/Mg+ Fe²⁺ ratio of the coexisting phases are uniquely determined by pressure and temperature have been studied in detail. P-T-X grids for the reactions cordierite garnet+sillimanite+quartz and cordierite+hypersthene garnet+quartz are used to obtain pressure-temperature estimates for several high grade metamorphic areas. The results suggest temperatures of formation of 700–850° C and load pressures of 5–10 kb. In rare occasions temperatures of 950–1000° C appear to have been reached during granulite metamorphism.On the basis of melting experiments in pelitic compositions it is suggested that Ca-poor garnet xenocrysts found in calc-alkaline magmas derive from admixed pelitic rocks and did not equilibrate with the calc-alkaline magma.     

Genesis of high Mg# andesites and the continental crust

The continental crust has an andesitic composition with high Mg/(Mg+Fe) and Ni contents which may be too high to have formed by differentiation of basaltic magmas. Instead, mantle-derived, high Mg# andesites (HMA) may form a substantial component of the crust. HMA may be produced by partial melting of previously depleted, subsequently metasomatised mantle peridotite. However, they are more likely produced by reaction between ascending melts and mantle peridotite. HMA are less common than basalts among lavas in modern island arcs, but may have been more common in the past, may be produced in specific environments (such as ridge subduction), may be more common among plutonic rocks in the lower and middle crust than among lavas at the surface, and may be selectively preserved during later erosion and subduction processes.     

青藏高原东部贡觉盆地新生代火山岩特征及其构造意义

藏东贡觉盆地古近纪火山岩形成于印度-欧亚板块碰撞造山后的伸展环境中,火山活动受水平剪切-走滑断裂带控制。火山岩以高Si O2、Al2O3、K2O、Na2O和低MgO、Ti O2为特征,属高钾钙碱性中酸性火山岩。火山岩中富集大离子亲石元素(LILE)、轻稀土元素(LREE),亏损高场强元素(HFSE)和一部分相容元素(Co、Ni、V、Sc);无Eu异常但有弱的Ce负异常。火山岩源区可能是经历了壳源混合作用的富集交代地幔。富集组分来自壳源,它们沿古俯冲带以再循环方式进入地幔楔,并与地幔发生交代作用。     

Spatial variations in the geochemistry of quaternary lavas across the Sunda arc in Java and Bali

Since Mesozoic time, Java and Bali have formed part of an evolving system of island arcs comprising the Sunda arc of Indonesia. The present tectonic setting is relatively simple with subduction occurring at the Java Trench to the south. A north-dipping Benioff seismic zone delineates an underthrust lithospheric slab to depths of approximately 600 km beneath the Java Sea. Quaternary lavas of the normal island arc association range from tholeiites to high-K calc-alkaline lavas over Benioff zone depths from 120–250 km, respectively. More abundant calc-alkaline lavas lie between these extremes. High-K alkaline lavas are found over Benioff zone depths in excess of 300 km.Both within and between these groups of rocks there are consistent spatial variations in the observed geochemistry. For approximately 200 rocks, incompatible elements such as K, Rb, Cs, Sr, Ba, light REE, U and Th show an increase in abundance of almost an order of magnitude with increasing depth to the seismic zone. Abundances of compatible elements show little consistent variation and trace elements such as Ni, Co, Cr, and Sc are characteristically depleted except in some of the alkaline lavas. Major element abundances in rocks of the normal island arc association show little variation, except for K and P, which both increase in abundance across the arc and Al, which shows a relative decrease.The major and trace element data are inconsistent with the derivation of the analyzed rocks by partial melting of the crustal component of the subducted lithosphere. On the other hand, low Ni abundances (20 ppm) in the basalts suggest that most of the lavas are fractionated and few if any represent primary mantle-derived melts. The spatial variations in the geochemistry of erupted lavas across Java and Bali are best explained by a combination of two processes: melting of a geochemically zoned mantle source and smaller degrees of partial melting of that material at progressively greater depths. Primary tholeiitic magmas could be formed by 20–25% melting at depths of 30–40 km, primary high-K calc-alkaline magmas by 5–15% melting at 40–60 km depth, and primary alkaline magmas by 5% melting at depths of 80–90 km. The geochemical zoning in the mantle, which is also manifested by increasing ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios in lavas across the arc, is interpreted to result from the addition of a small melt fraction derived from the crustal component of the subducted lithosphere.     

Eocene magmatism(Maden Complex) in the Southeast Anatolian Orogenic Belt: Magma genesis and tectonic implications

The origin and geodynamic setting of the Maden Complex, which is situated in the Bitlis-Zagros Suture Zone in the Southeast Anatolian Orogenic Belt, is still controversial due to lack of systematic geological and geochemical data. Here we present new whole rock major-trace-rare earth element and Sre Nd isotope data from the Middle Eocene volcanic rocks exposed in Maden Complex and discuss their origin in the light of new and old data. The volcanic lithologies are represented mainly by basalt and andesite, and minor dacite that vary from low-K tholeiitic, calc-alkaline, high-K calc-alkaline, and shoshonitic in composition. They exhibit enrichments in large ion lithophile and light rare earth elements, with depletions in high field strength elements. Basaltic rocks have uniform Sr and Nd isotope ratios with high εNd(t) values varying from t5.5 to t6.7, in contrast to, andesitic rocks are characterized by low εNd(t) values ranging from à1.6 to à10. These geochemical and isotopic characteristics indicate that two end-members, a subduction-related mantle source and a continental crust, were involved in the magma genesis. Considering all geological and geochemical data, we suggest that the Eocene Maden magmatism occurred as a post-collisional product by asthenospheric upwelling owing to convective removal of the lithosphere during an extensional collapse of the Southeast Anatolian ranges.     

松辽盆地长岭断陷早白垩世火山岩地球化学研究

长岭断陷早白垩世火山岩富硅、富碱,岩石以非碱性系列为主,包括钙碱性和高钾钙碱性系列,碱性系列火山岩为钾玄岩系列。酸性岩与中、基性岩的微量元素特征差别明显,岩石总体微量元素特征与造山带火山岩相似,富集LREE、Rb、K和大离子亲石元素,TiO2含量低,贫Sr。火山岩的形成与造山带岩石圈拆沉作用引起地壳拉张减薄的大地构造背景有关。研究区基性火山岩为地幔岩部分熔融作用的产物,岩浆演化过程中存在单斜辉石和橄榄石等矿物的分离结晶作用,中性岩为原生玄武质岩浆分异演化的产物,营城组酸性火山岩的形成与构造活动存在直接关系,为构造剪切挤压应力致使上地壳重熔的结果。     

The geochemistry of Dinantian volcanism in south Kintyre and the evidence for provincialism in the southern Scottish mantle

Scottish Dinantian transitional to mildly alkaline volcanism is represented by abundant outcrops in the Midland Valley, Southern Uplands and Highlands provinces. Dinantian volcanic rocks from Kintyre in the Scottish Highlands range in composition from basalt through basaltic hawaiite, hawaiite, mugearite and benmoreite to trachyte, the compositions of the evolved types being largely due to differentiation from the basaltic parents.Recent geochemical investigations of Scottish Caledonian granitoids, Siluro-Devonian Old Red Sandstone (ORS) lavas and xenolith suites from numerous vents and dykes of Permo-Carboniferous to Tertiary age have revealed that the Scottish crust and upper mantle both increase in age and are increasingly enriched in incompatible elements towards the north and northwest. The upper mantle and lower crust below the Highlands province are therefore largely considered to be more enriched and in parts older than those below the Midland Valley and Southern Uplands. Dinantian alkali basalts from these latter two provinces have Nd values predominantly in the range +3 to +6, initial ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr values of 0.7029–0.7041 and ²⁰⁷Pb/ ²⁰⁴Pb values of 15.48–15.60. However, similar basalts from Kintyre and Arran in the Highlands have lower Nd (+0.1 to +3.4) and ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁴Pb (for given ²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb ratios; 15.49–15.51) and slightly higher ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr (0.7033–0.7046). This regional variation correlates well with the differences seen between Midland Valley and Highland magmas in the ORS calc-alkaline suite (Thirlwall 1986) and it is suggested that both the ORS and Dinantian basic rocks are derived from similar types of mantle, although no lithospheric slab component is present in the later Dinantian suites. Isotopically-distinct portions of mantle therefore appear to have been present below the Highland and Midland Valley-Southern Upland provinces from at least Caledonian to Carboniferous times. The combined incompatible element and Sr-Nd-Pd isotopic evidence from Kintyre and Arran basaltic rocks does not allow unequivocal distinction between a lithospheric mantle and a sublithospheric mantle source. The observed correlation between isotopic composition of Dinantian basalts and the chemical composition of the lithosphere, together with the apparent involvement of long-term separated source reservoirs suggests that Kintyre and Arran lavas were derived largely from a lithospheric mantle source. On the other hand, the isotopic enrichment of Kintyre basaltic rocks is not extreme; trace element and isotopic compositions are still comparable to modem OIB. Sublithospheric mantle could therefore also be a viable source for Kintyre and Arran Dinantian volcanism.     

北京西山髫髻山组火山岩的地球化学特征与岩浆起源

对北京西山髫髻山组粗安岩斜长石Ar-Ar年龄测定获得全坪年龄和等时线年龄分别为148.91Ma±2.98Ma和146.60Ma±2.93Ma(相关系数r=0.9997),本文将其时代划为晚侏罗世.元素-同位素地球化学显示,西山髫髻山组火山岩主要为高钾钙碱性系列,低Ti\K,高Al\Ca和Na,轻稀土元素富集,Eu异常不明显,大离子亲石元素Rb\Sr\Ba等相对富集,高场强元素Nb\Ta\Ti\Zr\Hf相对亏损,Nd\Sr和Pb同位素比值较低,反映出火山岩形成于岛弧或活动大陆边缘,其源岩为富集地幔.据此认为髫髻山组火山岩形成于陆内挤压环境,由中生代玄武质岩浆底侵于下地壳-壳幔过渡带诱发古老(太古宙)的玄武质岩石部分熔融形成的.     

安徽铜陵焦冲矿田侵入岩锆石U-Pb定年、Hf同位素特征及成因

安徽铜陵矿集区出露的侵入岩可划分为高钾钙碱性和橄榄安粗岩系列,作为铜陵7大矿田之一的焦冲地区是否也存在两个系列侵入岩?它们的时代及成因与整个铜陵地区的侵入岩是否相同?这些问题目前仍不清楚。本文选择铜陵焦冲矿田的侵入岩开展了岩相学、岩石地球化学、LA-ICPMS锆石U-Pb定年及原位Hf同位素地球化学研究。结果表明,焦冲矿田也存在高钾钙碱性系列和橄榄安粗岩系列侵入岩,前者的主要岩石类型为石英二长闪长岩、花岗闪长岩,后者为辉石二长闪长岩。LA-ICPMS锆石U-Pb定年结果显示,高钾钙碱性系列侵入岩年代与铜陵地区其他矿区同类岩石年代相同,约为142 Ma;而橄榄安粗岩系列侵入岩年代比铜陵地区其他矿区同类岩石年轻,约为136 Ma。总体上看,铜陵地区两个系列侵入岩具有多期次侵位的特征。焦冲高钾钙碱性系列侵入岩含有较多的老的继承性锆石,说明本区古老地壳卷入了岩浆形成过程。结合铜陵地区侵入岩的特征和焦冲矿田侵入岩岩石地球化学研究结果,笔者认为,焦冲矿田两个系列侵入岩成因与铜陵地区侵入岩相似,即橄榄安粗岩系列侵入岩是来自莫霍面附近深部位岩浆房富碱基性岩浆结晶分异后的产物,而高钾钙碱性系列侵入岩是深位岩浆房分异后的岩浆与浅位岩浆房长英质岩浆混合后的产物。     

辽西早白垩世义县组火山岩的地质特征及其构造背景

早白垩世义县组火山岩虽辽西地区分布最为广泛的中代火山岩。岩石学、元素－同位素地球化学研究表明，义县组火山岩主要为高钾钙碱性系列，相容元素（Cr,Co,Ni,V等）和大离子亲石元素（如Rb,Sr,Ba等）相对富集，市场强元素（如Nb,Ta,Ti,Zr,Hf等）和放射性元素（U,Th）相对亏损，轻重稀土元素分 馏明显，δEu弱负异常，放射成因的Nd,Sr,Pb同位素较低， 具有板内和活动大陆边缘弧地球化学特点。作者认为辽西早白垩世义县组火山岩起源于富集的岩石圈地幔的部分熔融。岩浆在演化过程中以结晶分异作用为主，伴有少量的地壳混染作用，即AFC过程。结合区域构造，作者认为义县组火山岩形成于板内岩石圈的不均匀拉伸环境，是燕山板内造山作用的产物，与中生代古太平洋板块向欧亚板块俯冲没有直接关系。     

Nd-Sr isotopic characteristics of the Lugano volcanic rocks and constraints on the continental crust formation in the South Alpine domain (N-Italy-Switzerland)

The Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd isotope data emphasize the importance of mantle crust interaction, wall-rock assimilation and fractional crystallization for the generation of the Lugano volcanic rocks. It is suggested that the parental magma generation occurs in hot upwelling asthenosphere in the wedge above a subducting slab. In the lower crust the rising mantle derived melts became strongly modified by crust assimilation and formed andesitic melts. These andesitic melts, rising from this lower crustal region, became additionally modified by fractional crystallization and further assimilation of lower and upper crustal components to form the dacites, rhyolites, granophyres and Mt. OrfanoBaveno granites. The best fit lines to the Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd isotope whole rock data points correspond to ages of 346+/– 2 m.y. and 341+/–40 m.y., respectively. These lines are considered to be pseudo-isochrons and the result of simultaneously running fractional crystallization and wallrock assimilation. The best age estimate of the investigated volcanites is given by a Rb-Sr mineral isochron of 262+/–I m.y.. It dates a single volcanic event of the Permo-Carboniferous magmatism. Since it is suggested, that the calc-alkaline rock sequence has been generated in an Andean type subduction environment, synchronous with the final phase of convergence of Gondwana and Laurasia, the Rb-Sr mineral isochron indicates, that parts of the Proto-Tethys closed later than 262 m.y. ago. The crustal source material of the Irvea and Strona-Ceneri paragneisses, Lugano volcanites and Mt. Orfano-Baveno intrusive rocks may not necessarily be derived from a shield area in Northern Europe or Africa but may come from a Proterozoic European continental lithosphere.     

Geochronological and geochemical investigation of the late Mesozoic volcanic rocks from the Northern Great Xing’an Range and their tectonic implications

Precise age dating and systematic geochemical investigation were performed on the widely distributed late Mesozoic volcanic rocks in the North Great Xing’an Range (NGXR). In situ zircon U–Pb age measurements indicate that the volcanic eruption commenced from 163 Ma ago and lasted to 113 Ma ago. These volcanic rocks show a wide range in compositions from basaltic andesite, trachyandesite and trachydacite to rhyolite. The majority of volcanic rocks exhibit high-K calc-alkaline affinity with the subordinate showing shoshonitic features. The volcanic rocks are characterized with low MgO contents, LILE, LREE enrichment and HFSE depletion. Elemental and isotopic variations suggest that fractional crystallization with the predominant removal of olivine and orthopyroxene play an important role in the evolution of magma. Most of the basic and intermediate volcanic rocks are generated from an enriched lithospheric mantle which was metasomatised by fluids released from subducted slabs during the closure of the Paleo-Asian and Mongol-Okhotsk oceans. The generation of such widely distributed volcanic rocks was caused by the decompressional partial melting of enriched lithospheric mantle in an extensional regime, which resulted from the gravitational collapse and upwelling of asthenosphere after the final closure of the Mongol-Okhotsk oceans in late Jurassic and from then the Mongol-Okhotsk orogen turned into the post-orogenic stage.