大别山碧溪岭和黄镇榴辉岩中绿辉石的结构水：对原岩性质和动力学过程的制约

运用傅立叶变换红外光谱(FTIR)技术,对大别山碧溪岭和黄镇榴辉岩中的绿辉石进行了详细的结构水观察。绿辉石中普遍含有结构水,以OH~-的形式存在,含量可达～2000ppm(H_2O wt.)。碧溪岭绿辉石的水含量在露头尺度(-150km)上是不均一的,而黄镇绿辉石是均一的(至少在3km的尺度上)。碧溪岭绿辉石水含量的不均一分布和黄镇绿辉石水含量的均一分布都反映的是原岩特征,碧溪岭榴辉岩原岩经历的水-岩相互作用是“隧道式”的而黄镇是“弥散式”的碧溪岭榴辉岩的原岩可能是基性的侵入岩而黄镇榴辉岩的原岩可能是玄武岩。碧溪岭绿辉石的水含量(<1400ppm)明显低于黄镇绿辉石(～1850ppm),这是原岩水含量差异的体现,原岩性质的不同和经历的水-岩相互作用方式的不同造成了原岩水含量的差异。     

中国大陆科学钻探工程主孔734～933m岩芯矿物的氧同位素和羟基含量研究

中国大陆科学钻探工程(CCSD)主孔位于苏鲁超高压变质带南部的东海县毛北村。本文主要研究深度分别为734.21m～737.16m(Ⅰ)和929.67m～932.86m(Ⅱ)两段榴辉岩与片麻岩互层的主孔岩芯，利用激光氟化法和Fourier变换红外光谱技术分别进行矿物的氧同位素组成和结构羟基含量分析。氧同位素分析表明，两段岩芯的榴辉岩中石榴石的δ^18O分别为 1.0‰～ 3.8‰和-4.1‰～-3、3‰，两段岩芯的片麻岩中石榴石的δ^18O均低达-4‰。表明片麻岩和榴辉岩的原岩均在经历超高压变质作用之前一同遭受过古大气降水的高温热液蚀变作用。在第1段岩芯的榴辉岩和片麻岩接触界线附近发现氧同位素交换前锋，指示板块折返过程中靠近片麻岩的榴辉岩与主要来自片麻岩的退变质流体发生流体-岩石交换，且其退变质程度主要受流体的迁移距离控制。红外光谱分析研究表明，所有石榴石都含有以OH形式存在的结构水，其含量的变化范围很大，为50～776ppm；绿辉石中OH含量范围为321～1636ppm；石英中含有以3596cm^-1为特征峰的结构水，但是含量很少。将剖面氧同位素和结构羟基含量的分析结果相结合，我们发现石榴石和绿辉石等矿物的氧同位素组成随着深度的变化与对应矿物的OH含量具有一定的相关性。这证明板块折返过程中的高压退变质作用及其伴生的局部流体活动可能是造成超高压变质矿物之间氧同位素不平衡的主要原因，并且氧同位素不平衡的程度主要受退变质作用发生时的局部水/岩比控制。因此，在深俯冲板块折返过程中，名义上无水矿物中结构水的出溶可以是退变质流体的重要来源。     

西大别造山带红安高压榴辉岩的变质演化:岩相学与Na2O-CaO-K2O-FeO-MgO-Al2O3-SiO2-H2O-O(Fe2O3)体系中相平衡关系

西大别造山带红安高压榴辉岩主要矿物为石榴石、绿辉石、冻蓝闪石、石英和绿帘石,有时可见蓝闪石、多硅白云母和钠云母.石榴石具有生长环带且边缘成分变化大,可分为代表峰期的Ⅰ型边(XMg高、Grs低)和受退变质改造的Ⅱ型边(XMg低、Grs高).石榴石内蓝闪石包体发育冻蓝闪石退变边,说明包体不能完全反映进变质条件.基质绿辉石比包体绿辉石Jd含量低,在一个晶体内成分有明显变化和沿解理缝发育冻蓝闪石,显示峰后绿辉石有成分变化和退变质改造.基质中冻蓝闪石晶体较大,核部见有蓝闪石残留,说明二者有成因联系.冻蓝闪石和绿辉石都发育后成合晶结构,石榴石有韭闪石的反应冠状体.在THERMOCALC程序计算的P-T视剖面图中,石榴石Ⅰ型边反映的峰期P-T条件为2.4～2.6GPa、570～585℃,和基质中多硅白云母Si含量等值线限定范围一致,对应硬柱石蓝闪石榴辉岩组合.石榴石Ⅱ型边P-T范围为1.9～2.4GPa、530～570℃,低于峰期条件.在可能的峰后降压过程中,岩石先后主要经历了硬柱石脱水生成绿帘石和蓝闪石、绿辉石退变为冻蓝闪石的反应阶段.绿辉石、冻蓝闪石发育的后成合晶说明晚期退变过程缺乏流体,石榴石的韭闪石冠状体也可能在该阶段产生,都受局部成分域控制.红安高压榴辉岩中各矿物与成分代表不同变质阶段,称其为冻蓝闪石榴辉岩只是对现有主要组成矿物的描述,不是基于共生关系的严格岩石学命名.     

中国大陆科学钻探主孔榴辉岩中石榴石和绿辉石原位激光探针分析及其成岩成矿指示意义

本文以中国大陆科学钻探主孔0～2000m岩芯中的榴辉岩为对象,运用EMPA和LA-ICP-MS技术,系统测定了榴辉岩中石榴石和绿辉石的主量与微量元素组成,并据此讨论了它们的成岩成矿意义.研究结果表明,CCSD主孔榴辉岩中石榴石富重稀土和Sc、Y、Co,而绿辉石则富中稀土和Pb、Sr、V,石榴石和绿辉石的高场强元素(特别是Nb、Ta)含量均很低.石榴石存在不同程度的Ce负异常,指示榴辉岩的形成过程中卷入有地表氧化条件下形成的风化沉积物.石榴石具有低的Zr/Y比值,绿辉石普遍具有高的Sr含量,这些特征说明榴辉岩(特别是高钛榴辉岩)的原岩可能为遭受过壳源物质混染与交代的富集地幔部分熔融的产物.高钛与低钛榴辉岩中石榴石和绿辉石在主量及微量元素组成上存在一定差别,总体而言,高钛榴辉岩中石榴石具高的MgO含量和较高的MgO/TFeO比值,以及较高的稀土和Sc含量,而绿辉石则相对富TFeO、MnO,并具有较高的Sr、Zr、Hf含量.高钛榴辉岩中石榴石和绿辉石常出现不同程度的Eu正异常,Cr含量均显著低于低钛榴辉岩.综合分析表明,高钛榴辉岩的原岩最可能为富斜长石的辉长质侵入岩,原岩组成的差异应是导致二类榴辉岩中石榴石和绿辉石矿物化学组成存在差异的主要原因.     

超高压榴辉岩中高场强元素的分配——以大别山碧溪岭为例

本文通过对来自大别山中部碧溪岭地区的3块含柯石英榴辉岩中石榴子石、绿辉石以及角闪石进行主量、微量元素分析，研究了榴辉岩中微量元素，特别是高场强元素在峰期变质作用阶段以及随后的角闪岩相退变质作用阶段的分配特征。榴辉岩中代表峰期变质作用的石榴子石与绿辉石颗粒的δEu呈现出相关性，线性拟合斜率为0.75，与前人结论相似，说明微量元素在它们之间的分配达到平衡。绿辉石颗粒中的Na2O含量(6.14%~7.92%)和硬玉组分含量(＞50%)较高，且通过石榴子石 单斜辉石地质温度计得到平均变质温度为T=699℃，表明这些绿辉石属于超高压榴辉岩相原生矿物。在超高压变质作用过程中，Zr (Kd=0.18~0.91)倾向于进入石榴子石，而Hf (Kd=0.60~3.92)相对于Zr更倾向于进入绿辉石。绿辉石中高场强元素(Zr)的含量与Mg、Fe2+含量之和呈正相关，说明Zr在绿辉石中占据八面体M1位置。Zr在绿辉石中的含量与硬玉组分含量呈负相关性，其原因为伴随着硬玉含量降低，绿辉石中M1 O键长缩短从而更适合Zr进入。而中阿尔卑斯地区幔源榴辉岩中绿辉石的硬玉含量较低(28.4%~42.8%)，碧溪岭地区榴辉岩中绿辉石的硬玉含量较高(44%~55%)。这解释了中阿尔卑斯地区幔源榴辉岩捕虏体中Zr倾向于进入绿辉石，而大别山地区榴辉岩中Zr倾向于进入石榴子石的原因，也说明了寄主矿物的化学成分是影响高场强元素分配行为的主要因素。具有明显转变关系的绿辉石与角闪石的微量元素组成表明，在角闪岩相退变质阶段，绿辉石中轻稀土元素与重稀土元素发生明显分异，其中轻稀土元素倾向于进入次生角闪石中，而重稀土元素则倾向于保存在绿辉石中。微量元素在角闪石与绿辉石之间虽然未达到平衡，但Zr、Ba倾向于进入角闪石而Sr倾向于保存在绿辉石中。     

大别造山带黄镇榴辉岩矿物不同类型地质温度计应用和对比

常用于测定榴辉岩形成温度的有石榴石-绿辉石Fe-Mg配分温度计和石英-矿物对氧同位素温度计。最近的自然观察和实验测定发现，金红石中的Zr含量与温度之间存在线性关系，因此能够用于变质岩测温。本文首次将这三种温度计用于同一产地榴辉岩及其中的石英脉。对大别造山带黄镇低温超高压榴辉岩中金红石Zr含量的温度计算得到，产于矿物内部金红石Zr含量温度明显地高于粒间金红石Zr含量温度，产于矿物石榴石、绿辉石和黝帘石内部金红石Zr含量温度主要集中在528～589℃之间，而产于粒间金红石的温度主要集中在465～528℃之间。榴辉岩中金红石Zr含量最高的产于石榴石中，但是所计算的温度503～589℃仍然不同程度地低于榴辉岩形成温度670℃。石英脉中金红石Zr含量温度主要集中在465～528℃之间。石英-耐熔矿物对氧同位素温度主要集中在650～695℃之间，表明耐熔矿物石榴石、锆石和蓝晶石在该区榴辉岩中相对其它矿物来说保存最好，退变质作用最弱，因此其氧同位素温度与峰期超高压榴辉岩相变质奈件基本一致。而石英．易熔矿物对温度主要集中在450～510℃之间，与易熔矿物绿辉石、钠云母、斜黝帘石／黝帘石在榴辉岩中蚀变强烈一致，反映了角闪岩相退变质阶段的流体活动。石榴石-单斜辉石Fe-Mg配分温度结果分为三组：795～863℃、629～679℃和468～572℃，其中后两组与金红石Zr含量和石英-矿物对氧同位素测温结果具有可比较性，指示了榴辉岩相变质和角闪岩相退变质过程中的Fe-Mg交换平衡，而第一组温度明显高于已知的榴辉岩相变质温度，表明绿辉石后成合晶导致了部分石榴石与单斜辉石之间的Fe-Mg不平衡。榴辉岩折返过程中的流体活动可能是导致矿物之间元素和同位素扩散交换再平衡或不平衡的基本原因。粒内金红石Zr含量温度仍然不同程度地低于榴辉岩形成温度，可能说明其在进变质过程中形成后相对“孤立”，即使在峰期榴辉岩相条件下也不能与锆石之间达到Zr配分再平衡。粒间金红石Zr含量降低可能与金红石重结晶有关，结果导致它们与锆石之间的Zr配分平衡遭到破坏。     

青藏高原拉萨地块松多榴辉岩的岩相学特征和变质演化过程

松多榴辉岩出露于拉萨地块的石英片岩中,主要由较为基性的金红石榴辉岩和较为酸性的石英榴辉岩组成。榴辉岩相矿物组合为石榴子石 绿辉石 绿帘石±多硅白云母±石英±金红石。岩石发生了较强烈的退变质作用,退变质矿物有角闪石、绿帘石、石英、钠长石及绿泥石。石榴子石变斑晶具有生长环带结构,变斑晶和基质石榴子石主要落入C类榴辉岩区,少数石榴子石变斑晶边部和基质石榴子石落入B类榴辉岩区;单斜辉石主要为绿辉石,少数Ⅰ世代和Ⅲ世代为普通辉石;角闪石均为钙质角闪石。根据石榴子石-绿辉石-多硅白云母矿物温压计计算,获得的温压范围为630～777℃和2.58～2.70GPa,峰期变质条件接近于石英-柯石英转变线。榴辉岩的原岩经历了从高绿片岩相、角闪岩相、榴辉岩相、角闪岩相到高绿片岩相的变质过程,这反映了与古特提斯洋闭合有关的俯冲进变质作用和随后的折返退变质作用。     

大别山西段含蓝闪石-蓝晶石榴辉岩的相平衡研究

目前对于大别山西段超高压榴辉岩仍存在一些不清楚的问题和模糊的认识,如蓝闪石和蓝晶石组合的稳定范围,峰期温压条件和矿物组合,以及早期退变质过程的矿物演化和流体作用。本文对取自大别山西段新县高压-超高压榴辉岩单元内不同地点的超高压榴辉岩样品进行了详细的岩石学和矿物学研究,在此基础上使用相平衡定量分析方法的 PT 视剖面图对它们进行了正演模拟计算,结果表明:含蓝闪石和蓝晶石榴辉岩处于相对低温或低压的蓝闪石榴辉岩和相对高温高压的蓝晶石榴辉岩的过渡区,其稳定的温压范围大致为温度590～700℃,压力1.7～3.3GPa,而且压力大于2.5GPa 时温度范围很窄,为600～640℃。由石榴石边缘成分和 PT 视剖面图确定的榴辉岩峰期温压条件为压力2.85～2.95GPa 和温度625～630℃,峰期矿物组合为石榴石 绿辉石 蓝闪石 蓝晶石 硬柱石 柯石英±多硅白云母。峰期之后,榴辉岩经历了快速近等温降压(ITD)的早期高压退变质作用,这是一个非平衡过程,所发生的主要变化如下:柯石英→石英,硬柱石→黝帘石 蓝晶石,在相对富镁岩石中出现滑石,当水含量较高时可以出现钠云母,蓝闪石在原来基础上有一定量的生长,并且绿辉石和多硅白云母很可能只部分地发生了成分变化,而石榴石几乎未发生改变。这样形成了目前观察到的矿物组成为石榴石 绿辉石 蓝闪石 蓝晶石 黝帘石/绿帘石 石英±多硅白云母±钠云母±滑石,它代表了 UHP 榴辉岩在早期高压退变质阶段结束时所具有的矿物组成,这一阶段结束时的温压条件大致为2.0～2.2GPa 和600～630℃;早期高压退变质阶段是脱水过程,流体是内部缓冲的。     

隐藏在苏鲁地体斜长角闪岩锆石中超高压变质作用的信息

运用激光拉曼和阴极发光技术，配备电子探针测试，发现苏鲁地体地表露头和中国大陆科学钻探工程预先导孔CCSD-PP1和CCSD-PP2斜长角闪岩锆石中均保存以柯石英为代表的典型超高压矿物组合：柯石英 石榴石 绿辉石 金红石；柯石英 石榴石 绿辉石；柯石英 石榴石 绿辉石 多硅白云母 金红石 磷灰石；柯石英 绿辉石 金红石；柯石英 菱镁矿。该类矿物包体组合与苏鲁地体超高压榴辉岩的峰期矿物组合十分相似，表明斜长角闪岩可能是由超高压变质的榴辉岩在构造抬升过程中退变质而成。     

CCSD超高压榴辉岩中的水:红外光谱分析

超高压变质岩中名义上无水矿物(NAMs) 在板块俯冲过程中可以携带一部分地表水进入上地幔, 这些水储存于地球深部并对地幔动力学有着重要的影响.对中国大陆科学钻探主孔榴辉岩中的绿辉石和石榴石进行了详细的显微傅立叶变换红外光谱(Micro-FTIR) 分析, 结果显示所有绿辉石和石榴石颗粒都含有结构水, 其水含量范围分别在68~29μg/g和20~75μg/g.榴辉岩全岩的水含量为150~300μg/g.绿辉石和石榴石结构水含量的分布出现2种情况: (1) 颗粒内部的均一分布; (2) 不均匀分布, 表现为水含量从核部到幔部到边部随之增加或水含量核部、边部低而幔部高.电子探针结果表明水含量分布不均与矿物化学成分无直接关系.位错分布不均匀可能导致了颗粒内部结构水分布的不均匀.      

Origin of retrograde fluid in ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks: Constraints from mineral hydrogen isotope and water content changes in eclogite-gneiss transitions in the Sulu orogen

By taking advantage of having depth profiles between contrasting lithologies from core samples of the Chinese Continental Scientific Drilling (CCSD) project, a combined study was carried out to examine changes in mineral H isotope, total water and hydroxyl contents in garnet and omphacite across the contacts between ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) eclogite and gneiss in the Sulu orogen, east-central China. The samples of interest were from two continuous core segments from the CCSD main hole at depths of 734.21-737.16 and 929.67-932.86 m, respectively. The results show δD values of −116‰ to  − 64‰ for garnet and −104‰ to −82‰ for omphacite, consistent with incorporation of meteoric water into protoliths of UHP metamorphic rocks by high-T alteration. Both equilibrium and disequilibrium H isotope fractionations were observed between garnet and omphacite, suggesting fluid-assisted H isotope exchange at local scales during amphibolite-facies retrogression. While bulk water analysis gave total H₂O concentrations of 522-1584 ppm for garnet and 1170-20745 ppm for omphacite, structural hydroxyl analysis yielded H₂O contents of 80-413 ppm for garnet and 228-412 ppm for omphacite. It appears that significant amounts of molecular H₂O are present in the minerals, pointing to enhanced capacity of water storage in the UHP eclogite minerals. Hydrogen isotope variations in the transition between eclogite and gneiss show correlations with variations in their water contents. Petrographically, the degree of retrograde metamorphism generally increases with decreasing distance from the eclogite-gneiss boundary. Thus, retrograde metamorphism results in mineral reactions and H isotope variation. Because hydroxyl solubility in nominally anhydrous minerals decreases with dropping pressure, significant amounts of water are expected to be released from the minerals during decompression exhumation. Decompression exsolution of structural hydroxyl from 1 m³ volume of eclogite composed of only garnet and omphacite results in release of a quantitative estimate of 3.07-3.44 kg water that can form 140-156 kg amphibole during exhumation. Therefore, it is concluded that fluid for retrogression of the eclogites away from the eclogite-gneiss boundary was derived from the decompression exsolution of structural hydroxyl and molecular H₂O in nominally anhydrous minerals. For the eclogites adjacent to gneiss, in contrast, the retrograde metamorphism was principally caused by aqueous fluid from the gneiss which is relatively rich in water. Consequently, both the origin and availability of metamorphic fluid during exhumation of deeply subducted continental crust are deciphered by this combined study focusing on the transitions and the retrograde processes between the felsic and mafic UHP rocks.     

Mineral oxygen isotope and hydroxyl content changes in ultrahigh-pressure eclogite–gneiss contacts from Chinese Continental Scientific Drilling Project cores

A combined study of mineral O isotopes and hydroxyl contents was carried out for the contacts between ultrahigh‐pressure eclogite and gneiss from main hole of the Chinese Continental Scientific Drilling Project in the Sulu orogen. While there is a large δ¹⁸O variation from ?8.3 to 7.3‰ for all minerals, different styles of mineral‐pair fractionation occur at the boundaries of different lithologies. Both equilibrium and disequilibrium O isotope fractionations are observed between quartz and the other minerals, with reversed fractionations between omphacite and garnet in some samples of eclogite. This suggests that both eclogite and gneiss acquired their negative δ¹⁸O values by meteoric‐hydrothermal alteration of their protoliths at high temperatures before subduction, and that fluid‐assisted O isotope exchange did take place across the boundary of different lithologies at local scales during amphibolite‐facies retrogression. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy analysis yielded H₂O concentrations of 50 to 1144 p.p.m. (by weight) for garnet and 139 to 751 p.p.m. for omphacite. The state of equilibrium or disequilibrium O isotope fractionations between omphacite and garnet are correlated with variations in their water content at local scales, indicating that the internally derived fluid plays a critical role in retrograde metamorphism during exhumation. The retrograde metamorphism results in mineral reactions and O isotope disequilibria between some of the minerals, but the fluid for retrogression was derived from the decompression exsolution of structural hydroxyl and thus internally buffered in the O isotope composition. A quantitative estimate suggests that a hand specimen (3 × 6 × 9 cm) of eclogite composed of 70% garnet and 30% omphacite can release 0.316 g water by the decompression exsolution of structural hydroxyl, which can form 14.4 g amphibole during exhumation. This provides sufficient amounts of water for the amphibolite‐facies retrogression.     

H2O contents and D/H ratios of nominally anhydrous minerals from ultrahigh-pressure eclogites of the Dabie orogen, eastern China

Garnet and omphacite from ultrahigh-pressure eclogites from the Dabie orogen, eastern China were investigated by Micro-FTIR. The results show that all garnet and omphacite grains contain structural water occurring as hydroxyl (OH), with H₂O contents varying from 14 to 1915 ppm (H₂O wt) and from 105 to 695 ppm, respectively. Within the same sample, the water contents are either homogeneous at the grain scale or vary systematically from higher in the core to lower in the rim. Low water contents at crystal rims possibly result from hydroxyl exsolution after pressure decrease upon rock exhumation. The δD values of omphacites are between −108.4‰ and −114.2‰, and independent of water contents. Heterogeneous water contents of garnet occur at the centimeter scale and fluid mobility during UHP metamorphism was very limited. The estimated whole-rock water content based on mineral H₂O contents is between 260 and 750 ppm, thereby implying that eclogitic rocks formed during continental subduction have the potential to recycle (at least) several hundreds ppm water to mantle depths. The preserved chemical differences likely indicate that the eclogitic rocks resided at mantle conditions for a limited time span, and imply that they were exhumed shortly after subduction. The water released during decompression might represent the early-stage retrograde fluid.     

榴辉岩中绿辉石的测定方法研究

通过对某地榴辉岩中伴生的有用矿物的纯矿物物质组成的研究,发现Ｎａ可作为其中绿辉石的特征性成分,且Ｎａ２Ｏ含量与其纯度呈正相关。因此,推荐用测定Ｎａ２Ｏ量并以求得的换算系数计算榴辉岩中绿辉石含量的化学物相分析方法。经合成样品验证,方法的相对误差＜１．７％,用于生产样品分析,所得结果的重现性好,平均偏差＜０．５％。     

Water content in natural eclogite and implication for water transport into the deep upper mantle

Infrared spectroscopy and ion micro-probe measurements showed that the major constituent minerals of eclogites from the Kokchetav massif, which have been subducted to 180 km depths, contain significant amounts of water up to 870 ppm H₂O (by weight) in omphacite, 130 ppm H₂O in garnet and 740 ppm H₂O in rutile. Omphacite shows three hydroxyl absorption bands at 3440–3460, 3500–3530 and 3600–3625 cm^− 1, garnet has a single band at 3580–3630 cm^− 1 and rutile has a single sharp band at 3280 cm^− 1. The hydroxyl absorbance at these wavenumbers changes with the crystal orientation in polarized infrared radiation, indicating that the water is structurally incorporated in these minerals. The water contents in omphacite and garnet increase systematically with the metamorphic pressure of the host eclogites. The partitioning coefficient of the water content between coexisting garnet and omphacite is similar in different eclogites, D^Grt/Omp0.1–0.2, but decreases slightly at high pressure. Based on the mineral proportions of the eclogites, we estimate bulk-rock water content in the eclogites ranging from 3070 to 300 ppm H₂O (by weight). Although hydrous minerals are absent in the diamond-grade eclogite (60 kbar and 1000 °C), trace amounts of water are incorporated in the nominally anhydrous minerals such as omphacite and garnet. The presence of significant water in these minerals implies that the subducting oceanic crust can transport considerable amounts of water into the deep upper mantle beyond the stability of hydrous minerals. Such water may be stored in the deep upper mantle and have an important influence on dynamics in the Earth's interior.     

大别山金河桥超高压榴辉岩石榴石中的水

名义上无水矿物的水含量研究对于认识俯冲带流体活动和地球动力学具有重要意义.对大别山金河桥榴辉岩中石榴石进行了傅里叶变换红外光谱分析和主微量元素分析,结果表明石榴石含有分子水和结构羟基,分别为 < 1×10-6~1 946×10-6和< 1×10-6~1 347×10-6.石榴石羟基含量与Ca、Na、Ti、Zr和Pr正相关,而与Si负相关,表明羟基结合机制以水榴石替代为主并伴有其他机制.分子水主要为初始水或折返过程中羟基转化形成.石榴石总水含量为 < 1×10-6~3 293×10-6,最大值对应于峰期超高压石榴石水储存能力.水在峰期石榴石中可达到饱和.石榴石变化的水含量受原岩性质、流体可获得性、压力和温度等多种因素控制,但主要由折返过程中降压脱水导致.石榴石平均总水含量为749×10-6~1 164×10-6,是俯冲板片向地幔水传输的重要介质.      

Heterogeneity of water in garnets from UHP eclogites, eastern Dabieshan, China

Garnets in UHP eclogites from Bixiling in Dabieshan were investigated by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The results indicate that all garnets contain structural water that occurs as hydroxyl (OH⁻) and non-structural molecular water (H₂O) possibly in the form of sub-microscopic fluid inclusions. The structural hydroxyl contents range from 92 to 1735 ppm (H₂O wt.) and most are between 200 and 1000 ppm. Therefore, garnet in eclogite can recycle surface water into the mantle. Various water contents were observed among different samples of the same outcrop (∼150 m) and in different domains of the same sample (∼1 cm). This variability in structural H₂O contents suggests that the mobility of fluids during UHP metamorphism was very limited, and that both subduction and exhumation processes of UHP rocks occurred in a short time interval.     

Phase Equilibria of Hornblende-Bearing Eclogite in the Western Dabie Mountain,Central China

The high-pressure (HP) eclogite in the western Dabie Mountain encloses numerous hornblendes,mostly barroisite.Opinions on the peak metamorphic P-T condition,PT path and mineral paragenesis of it are still in dispute.Generally,HP eclogite involves garnet,omphacite, hornblendes and quartz,with or without glaucophane,zoisite and phengite.The garnet has compositional zoning with X_(Mg) increase,X_(Ca) and X_(Mn) decrease from core to rim,which indicates a progressive metamorphism.The phase equilibria of the ...     

A potential method to confirm the previous existence of lawsonite in eclogite: the mass imbalance of Sr and LREEs in multistage epidote (Ganghe,Dabie UHP terrane)

Lawsonite is an important hydrous mineral that is stable at low‐temperature (LT) and high‐ to ultrahigh‐pressure (HP–UHP) conditions in subducted slabs. The occurrence/absence of lawsonite in eclogite is a significant constraint for the construction of the metamorphic, tectonic and fluid/melt evolution histories of an HP–UHP terrane. However, lawsonite is very rarely preserved in natural eclogites, and accurate judgment of its former existence is a significant challenge for petrologists. At present, whether lawsonite has ever existed in lawsonite‐absent eclogite is mainly judged by (i) pseudomorphs after lawsonite, and (ii) phase equilibria modelling. In this study, major element and trace‐element distributions in multistage minerals were examined in the Ganghe lawsonite‐absent UHP eclogite in the Dabie UHP terrane, eastern China. This work demonstrates that the whole‐rock Sr and light rare earth elements (LREEs) are mainly dominated by epidote; other minerals (garnet, omphacite, quartz, kyanite, barroisite, phengite and accessory minerals) play a very limited role in the Sr and LREEs budgets. Two stages of epidote, which have noticeably different Sr and LREEs contents, were recognized in the eclogite: (i) Epidote porphyroblasts (Ep‐P core), which are suspected to be the pseudomorphic mineral after lawsonite, contain significantly high Sr (7200–10 300 ppm) and LREEs (160–1300 ppm for La). (ii) An earlier stage epidote (Ep‐In core) occurs as inclusions in matrix omphacite, or in omphacite inclusions in the suspected pseudomorphic minerals after lawsonite (SPMAL); this early epidote has significantly lower Sr (990–1890 ppm, average 1495 ppm, n = 17) and LREEs contents (60–110 ppm for La, average 91 ppm, n = 17). All of the existing early‐stage minerals predating the SPMAL have very low contents of Sr and LREEs, and the total amounts of these elements in the early‐stage minerals do not balance those in the SPMAL. This indicates that a missing Ca‐, Al‐, Sr‐ and LREE‐rich mineral, which was previously in equilibrium with the early‐stage minerals, likely existed in the Ganghe eclogite. On the basis of the mineral geochemistry and phase equilibria modelling, we confirm that the missing mineral cannot be anything but lawsonite. This study indicates that examining the mass (im)balance of Sr and LREEs between multistage HP–UHP epidote can be used as a potential method to confirm the previous existence of lawsonite in lawsonite‐absent eclogite.