冈底斯带南部桑日高分异I型花岗岩的岩石成因及其动力学意义

冈底斯岩浆岩带位于西藏南部的拉萨地体南缘,它形成于特提斯洋和印度-亚洲大陆长期俯冲碰撞过程中,是青藏高原花岗岩最发育的地区。前人对冈底斯岩浆带中各类型花岗岩的成因、源区、时空分布以及其地球动力学意义进行了详细大量的研究,但是对高分异花岗岩的具体成因、演化过程以及在70~65Ma拉萨地块的地球动力学演化过程研究较少。本文选择冈底斯南缘白垩纪末桑日花岗岩进行研究,揭示了桑日花岗岩的岩石学特征、锆石U-Pb年龄、锆石Hf同位素特征和地球化学特征。本文样品LA-ICP-MS测得的锆石U-Pb年龄为67~66Ma。桑日花岗岩属于高钾钙碱性系列,具有高Si O2(74.26%~76.93%)、高K2O+Na2O(7.87%~8.56%),低P2O5(0.02%~0.04%)和Ca O(0.28%~1.00%),以及富集K、Rb、Th,亏损Nb、P、Ti的高分异I型花岗岩的特征。在锆石Hf同位素上,桑日花岗岩εHf(t)0(+4.6~+10.9),且具有Hf不均一的特征。结合前人研究,本文认为桑日花岗岩是高分异I型花岗岩,在特提斯洋板块北向俯冲过程中,板片回转,俯冲洋壳脱水产生的流体进入地幔楔,引发地幔楔发生部分熔融产生镁铁质幔源物质并底侵上涌,导致浅部地壳发生部分熔融,并与幔源岩浆混合,从而在浅部形成混源岩浆房,最终在侵位与成岩后期经历高程度的分异演化形成的。     

西藏八宿吉利地区新发现寒武纪变质花岗岩锆石U-Pb年龄、地球化学特征及其地质意义

八宿吉利地区寒武纪变质花岗岩位于曲扎湖-提卡一带,主要由变质二长花岗岩和变质花岗闪长岩组成。这一新发现对于认识和恢复原特提斯构造历史演化具有重要意义。锆石CL图像显示变质花岗岩锆石为岩浆成因。锆石LA-ICP-MS测年得出片理化变质二长花岗岩年龄为503.7±4.7Ma、变质花岗闪长岩年龄为494.7±3.4Ma,表明该岩体形成时代属于寒武纪。通过岩石地球化学分析,变质二长花岗岩SiO2含量介于69.87%~79.89%之间;变质花岗闪长岩SiO2含量介于66.63%~70.15%之间。前者Al2O3含量变化于12.36%~14.82%,Na2O含量为2.54%~7.16%,K2O含量为0.15%~5.95%,K2O/Na2O=0.02~2.34;后者Al2O3含量变化于14.66%~15.41%,Na2O含量为3.60%~5.63%,K2O含量为0.77%~2.78%,K2O/Na2O=0.14~0.77,属于钙碱性-碱性过铝质花岗岩。在侵入岩构造环境Rb-(Y+Nb)判别图解、Rb-(Yb+Ta)判别图解中,样品均落入“火山弧花岗岩”区域中,表明其形成于大陆边缘火山弧环境。结合锆石测年结果及区域地质背景分析,认为吉利地区变质花岗岩形成于冈瓦纳大陆裂离卡穷微陆块阶段,同时表明原特提斯洋形成最早时限可追溯至寒武纪。     

西天山特克斯达坂-带晚古生代花岗岩类的地球化学特征及其构造意义

依据地质学、岩石学和年代学特征,西天山特克斯达坂一带花岗岩类被解体为早石炭世库勒萨依序列和早二叠世其那尔萨依序列,其同位素年龄分别为347 Ma、291～292Ma.通过对该花岗岩类地球化学特征的研究得出,库勒萨依序列A/CNK平均值为1,K2O/Na2O平均值为0.96,(N2O+K2O)/Al2O3平均值为0.66,里特曼指数σ平均值为3.2,为准铝质钙碱性花岗岩;其那尔萨依序列A/CNK平均值为1.05,K2O/Na2O平均值为1.17,富钾,为过铝质碱性花岗岩.库勒萨依序列为形成于岛弧环境的钙碱性花岗岩,是古亚洲洋向北俯冲的产物;其那尔萨依序列为形成于后造山期松弛阶段的碱性花岗岩.     

澜沧江南段临沧花岗岩的锆石U-Pb年龄及构造意义

临沧花岗岩是滇西地区出露面积最大的复式岩基,它是特提斯构造域的重要组成单元,是研究古特提斯俯冲-碰撞的重要窗口。本文通过对澜沧江南段澜沧-景洪地区广泛出露的临沧花岗岩的岩石学、地球化学以及锆石年代学综合分析,系统阐述该区花岗岩的原岩性质以及其形成的构造背景。临沧花岗岩主要岩石类型为黑云母二长花岗岩和花岗闪长岩。锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb年代学结果表明,该区临沧花岗岩侵位时代为217~233Ma。前人在澜沧江北段花岗岩也获得相似的侵位年龄,表明临沧花岗岩的南段与北段在形成时代上具有一致性。继承锆石U-Pb年龄主要峰期集中在2494Ma、1832Ma、1382Ma、959Ma、774Ma、482Ma,指示临沧花岗岩具丰富的物质来源。全岩主微量元素分析结果显示,临沧花岗岩的Na2O/K2O比值低,铝饱和指数(A/NCK值)大于1,属高钾钙碱性系列,过铝质花岗质岩石。轻重稀土分异明显,轻稀土相对富集,具有明显的铕负异常(Eu/Eu*=0.39~0.63);相容元素Cr和Ni含量较低,富集大离子亲石元素Rb和Ba,亏损高场强元素Nb-Ta和Zr-Hf。地球化学特征显示,临沧花岗岩来源于地壳沉积物的部分熔融,属S型花岗岩,形成于古特提斯洋闭合后的构造伸展阶段。     

西藏冈底斯南缘汤白斑状花岗岩锆石U-Pb年代学、地球化学及地质意义

为了探讨冈底斯南缘晚三叠世-早侏罗世时期岩浆岩的成因及与新特提斯洋早期演化的关系,文章对冈底斯南缘汤 白地区斑状花岗岩的岩相学、年代学和地球化学特征进行研究。LA-ICP-MS 锆石U-Pb 定年结果显示,斑状花岗岩的结晶年 龄为（190.37±0.87） Ma （MSWD=0.58）,形成于早侏罗世。岩体以高SiO2 （75.20%~75.97%）、Na2O （3.39%~4.12%）、 Na2O/K2O 值（1.40~2.00） 和低MgO （0.32%~0.38%） 为特征,属于钙碱性I 型花岗岩。微量元素地球化学特征显示,富集大 离子亲石元素（LILEs：如Rb、U 和K） 和轻稀土（LREEs）,亏损高场强元素（HFSEs：如Nb、Ta 和Ti） 和重稀土 （HREEs）,表明其形成于新特提斯洋北向俯冲相关的岩浆弧环境。同时岩石具有较低的Mg#值（26.71~41.34,平均值为 35.26） 和与下地壳接近的Nb/Ta 值,指示岩浆主要起源于新生下地壳部分熔融。结合前人最新的研究成果表明,南冈底斯 晚三叠世-早侏罗世时期的岩浆岩形成于新特提斯洋北向俯冲相关岩浆弧环境,新特提斯洋向北俯冲起始时间至少早于本 文报道的汤白斑状花岗岩的结晶年龄（190.37±0.87 Ma）。     

藏东地区中奥陶世浪拉山糜棱岩化二长花岗岩LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年代学及地质意义

对藏东地区浪拉山糜棱岩化二长花岗岩进行了LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄测试,获得了该岩体的206Pb/238 U年龄加权平均值为470.5 Ma±3.7 Ma(MSWD=1.7,n=15),属于中奥陶世的产物。岩石地球化学特征表明,岩石具有高钾(Na2O/K2O=13.12~162.89)、铝(A/CNK值平均为1.30)、低钛的特征,岩石属于高钾钙碱性过铝质S型花岗岩。岩石具有明显Eu负异常,表现为Nb,Sr,P、Ti等高场强元素相对亏损,相对富集K,Rb,Th,U等大离子亲石元素,具有岛弧型花岗岩的特征。结合区域地质资料分析,该岩体与区内原特提斯洋的俯冲存在成因联系,藏东地区浪拉山糜棱岩化二长花岗岩的发现有助于进一步探索原特提斯洋演化过程。     

西昆仑慕士塔格-公格尔印支期侵入岩岩石与锆石地球化学特征及研究意义

西昆仑造山带南侧的麻扎-康西瓦缝合带,是古特提斯洋闭合的位置。慕士塔格-公格尔作为昆仑山的主峰,紧邻该缝合带的东北侧分布,主要岩性为花岗闪长岩和黑云母二长花岗岩。作者系统研究了两种岩性的地球化学及年代学特征,探讨了岩石成因,反演了古特提斯洋的构造演化历史。岩体岩浆锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb测年结果显示,花岗闪长岩和黑云母二长花岗岩的成岩年龄分别为(213.0±0.5)~(215.4±0.9)Ma和(220.6±0.5)~(222.1±0.4)Ma,是晚三叠世岩浆活动的产物。两种岩性均为高硅(w(SiO2)65%)、富碱(w(K2O+Na2O)6%)、钙碱性-高钾钙碱性、准铝质(A/CNK1),富集大离子亲石元素(LILE)和轻稀土元素(LREE),亏损高场强元素(HFSE)和重稀土(HREE)。微量元素组成特征、低锆石饱和温度及高分异指数显示慕士塔格-公格尔花岗岩体为高分异I型花岗岩。岩体锆石的εHf(t)值变化范围较小,为-4.46~-0.17,指示岩浆以壳源为主。综合研究表明,慕士塔格-公格尔花岗岩体可能是同碰撞造山环境下,老的下地壳受地幔热源影响部分熔融,形成的长英质壳源岩浆侵入地壳内部而冷却结晶形成。     

冀东昌黎地区碱性花岗岩年代学和地球化学特征及其地质意义

冀东昌黎地区碱性花岗岩体位于华北克拉通东部,本文对该岩体开展了地质、年代学、岩相学和全岩地球化学特征研究,据此初步探讨其成因。昌黎花岗岩以碱性长石(如钾长石)和石英为特征,含有霓辉石、角闪石等碱性暗色矿物,并且具有富硅(SiO_271 wt%)、富碱(Na_2O+K_2O=10.6%~11.0%)、富钠(Na_2O/K_2O1),相对低铝(Al_2O_3=14.50%~14.96%)的碱性花岗岩特征。锆石LA-ICPMS U-Pb定年结果显示,昌黎碱性花岗岩形成于约2 500 Ma,为华北克拉通新太古代-古元古代大规模岩浆事件的产物。昌黎碱性花岗岩全岩地球化学特征显示其明显亏损重稀土元素,具有Eu正异常,相对高的Sr、Ba和Sr/Y比值以及低的Y和Yb含量,暗示昌黎碱性花岗岩来源于下地壳的部分熔融,熔融压力15 kbar,源区残留矿物为石榴子石。综合分析显示,昌黎碱性花岗岩的形成可能与区域性伸展构造有关,为深部地幔物质底侵形成的新生地壳部分熔融的产物。     

西天山特克斯达坂一带晚古生代花岗岩类的地球化学特征及其构造意义

依据地质学、岩石学和年代学特征,西天山特克斯达坂一带花岗岩类被解体为早石炭世库勒萨依序列和早二叠世其那尔萨依序列,其同位素年龄分别为347Ma、291～292Ma。通过对该花岗岩类地球化学特征的研究得出,库勒萨依序列A/CNK平均值为1,K2O/Na2O平均值为0.96,（Na2O+K2O）/Al2O3平均值为0.66,里特曼指数δ平均值为3.2,为准铝质钙碱性花岗岩;其那尔萨依序列A/CNK平均值为1.05,K2O/Na2O平均值为1.17,富钾,为过铝质碱性花岗岩。库勒萨依序列为形成于岛弧环境的钙碱性花岗岩,是古亚洲洋向北俯冲的产物;其那尔萨依序列为形成于后造山期松弛阶段的碱性花岗岩。     

滇西芒市江东花岗岩体的锆石U-Pb年龄、地球化学特征及构造意义

腾冲地块江东花岗岩体分布于芒市江东镇—项丘一带,主要由黑云母二长花岗岩组成。该花岗岩锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb定年结果表明,锆石U-Pb年龄加权平均值为58.29±0.44 Ma,表明该花岗岩体的形成时代属于古新世。岩石地球化学研究表明,该花岗岩具有中等SiO2(68.66%~73.50%),高碱(K2O+Na2O=6.87%~9.04%),高钾(K2O/Na2O=1.87~2.20),铝饱和指数(A/CNK)为0.97~1.36的特征。岩石属钾玄岩—高钾钙碱性系列,为过铝质S型花岗岩。稀土元素总量(ΣREE)为158.85×10-6~304.26×10-6,稀土元素配分曲线呈右倾型,具有弱到中等程度的负铕异常。根据岩石地球化学特征判别,该花岗岩的源岩可能是富含粘土的变质杂砂岩,在构造体制由挤压向拉张转变的后碰撞环境下部分熔融形成的。江东古新世后碰撞环境黑云母二长花岗岩的形成,预示着印度板块与冈底斯-波密-腾冲板块的主体碰撞在60Ma之前(即古新世初期之前)已经发生。冈底斯-滕冲构造带古新世构造岩浆造山事件与新特提斯洋的闭合及印度板块与冈底斯-滕冲板块间的俯冲、碰撞造山作用密切相关。     

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。