内蒙古哈达门沟金矿成矿流体来源的氦、氩同位素示踪

内蒙古包头市哈达门沟金矿床是华北陆块北缘乌拉山-大青山地区的大型金矿床,矿床赋存于新太古界乌拉山群黑云角闪斜长片麻岩、角闪黑云二长片麻岩和含石榴石黑云斜长片麻岩中,成矿流体性质不明。文章对哈达门沟金矿主要载金矿物黄铁矿开展了流体包裹体中的He、Ar同位素组成研究。研究表明,赋存于黄铁矿流体包裹体中的4He含量为(83.92~606.46)×10-8cm3STP/g,n(3He)/n(4He)值为0.19~0.91Ra,幔源He的含量为2.62%~13.73%,平均为9.95%,表明成矿流体中的He主要来源于地壳,大约10%来源于地幔。~(40)Ar含量为(71.22~308.22)×10~(-8)cm~3STP/g,~(40)Ar/~(36)Ar比值变化于2793.6~7253.5之间,在n(~(40)Ar)/n(~(36)Ar)与R/Ra图解和n(~(40)Ar*)/n(4He)与R/Ra图解中,显示地壳氩和地幔氩的混合来源特征。结合已有的氢、氧、硫同位素研究,认为哈达门沟金矿成矿流体主体为地壳来源,但幔源流体的加入清晰可辨,乌拉特前旗-呼和浩特山前断裂很可能为富钾质壳幔混合流体的运移提供了通道和动力。     

新疆准噶尔北缘索尔库都克铜钼矿氦-氩同位素组成及地质意义

索尔库都克铜钼矿床位于准噶尔北缘,矿体呈似层状、透镜状、脉状产于中泥盆世北塔山组安山岩和矽卡岩中。采用稀有气体同位素质谱法,对矿床中绿帘石矽卡岩、安山岩和矿石3种产状的黄铁矿中流体包裹体氦和氩同位素组成进行测试分析。测试结果显示,黄铁矿中流体包裹体的4He含量为(0.882 1~13.341 0)×10-8cm3STP/g,3He/4He为0.88~1.76 Ra(Ra为大气中的3He/4He,Ra=1.4×10-6),幔源He占13.27%~26.93%,表明成矿流体中氦主要来源于地壳。40Ar含量为(4.237 6~13.970)×10-8cm3STP/g,40Ar/36Ar为301.07~331.55,40Ar*含量占1.71%~10.87%,表明成矿流体中Ar主要来源于大气降水。3种产状的黄铁矿中氦、氩同位素组成及特点相似,结合矿床流体包裹体和稳定同位素研究,认为成矿流体来源于壳-幔相互作用的岩浆流体和大气降水,矿床的形成与安山岩和矽卡岩关系密切,暗示矿床成因为矽卡岩型。     

云南兰坪盆地西缘脉状铜矿床富CO_2流体来源的He和Ar同位素证据

兰坪盆地西缘广泛发育大量沉积岩容矿脉状铜矿床,这些脉状铜矿床的成矿流体以普遍存在大量富CO2流体包裹体为特征,这在整个兰坪盆地是十分罕见的,显著区别于盆地流体成矿系统主导成矿的Pb-Zn矿床。为探明这种富CO2流体的来源,本文首次报道了盆地西缘2个代表性脉状铜矿床(连城、金满)主成矿阶段形成的黄铜矿、黄铁矿的He和Ar同位素组成的研究结果。结果表明,2个矿床不同样品流体包裹体中3He/4He比值变化较小,介于0.01~0.07 Ra之间,明显区别于幔源氦的3He/4He特征值(6~9 Ra),而与壳源氦的3He/4He特征值(0.01~0.05 Ra)极其一致;40Ar/36Ar比值变化较大,介于305~1142之间,明显高于大气中的40Ar/36Ar比值(295.5)。结合矿床地质、流体包裹体及H、O同位素地球化学特征,认为兰坪盆地西缘脉状铜矿床中富CO2的成矿流体以混有少量饱和大气水的地壳流体为主,没有明显的幔源流体参与。     

陕西柞山地区穆家庄铜矿床成矿流体来源的氦氩氢氧同位素示踪

最近,在秦岭柞山地区泥盆系中又发现了穆家庄铜矿,矿体明显受层间破碎带控制,矿石主要产在铁白云石-石英脉中,其后生成矿现象非常明显.文章利用的黄铁矿流体包裹体He-Ar同位素和氢氧同位素,来探讨这类矿床的成矿流体的来源.穆家庄铜矿床矿石矿物黄铁矿流体包裹体的3He/4He比值为0.322～0.889R/Ra,小于1.0R/Ra.3He/4He比值远远低于地幔流体的比值,与地壳流体的比值在相同的数量级上.穆家庄铜矿成矿流体的40Ar/36Ar比值为377～569,平均470,显然偏离大气氩的同位素组成.穆家庄铜矿成矿流体的40Ar/4He比值为0.09～0.23,平均值为0.164.很显然,该矿床的成矿流体的40Ar/4He比值接近地壳.根据以上分析,柞山地区的穆家庄铜矿床的成矿流体是壳源的.氢氧同位素分析表明穆家庄铜矿的氢氧同位素则落入原生岩浆水范围内,表明穆家庄铜矿的成矿流体为岩浆水.综合对比分析后认为,穆家庄铜矿的成矿流体是由壳源岩浆驱动并参与的岩浆流体提供的.     

新疆阿尔泰南缘克因布拉克铜锌矿床成矿流体的氦-氩同位素示踪

克因布拉克铜锌矿床赋存于二长花岗岩外接触带的上志留—下泥盆统康布铁堡组黑云石英片岩、变质石英砂岩中,矿体呈似层状、透镜状及脉状。本文对铜锌矿石中的黄铁矿流体包裹体氦和氩同位素组成进行了研究。黄铁矿中流体包裹体的4He含量为0.241×10-7~5.288×10-7cm3STP/g,Rc/Ra值为0.95~1.89,幔源He的含量为14.1%~28.8%,表明成矿流体中氦主要来源于地壳,存在幔源氦的加入。40Ar含量为4.345×10-8~7.752×10-8cm3STP/g,40Ar/36Ar比值变化于302.10~436.96,40Ar*含量为2.2%~32.4%,表明成矿流体中存在含有放射性成因氩的大气降水加入。结合矿床地质特征及氢、氧、碳、硫同位素特征,认为成矿流体来源于高温深源壳幔混合成因的岩浆流体,具大气氩同位素组成特征的低温大气降水。     

粤北诸广南部铀矿田流体包裹体的氦氩同位素组成及成矿流体来源示踪

粤北诸广南部铀矿田是我国重要的花岗岩型铀矿产地之一,有关诸广南部花岗岩型铀矿田的成因,多年来一直存在较大的争议。本文以诸广南部铀矿田典型铀矿床成矿期萤石、方解石和黄铁矿中流体包裹体为测试对象,研究了成矿流体的He、Ar同位素地球化学。研究表明,萤石流体包裹体的~3He/~4He比值为0. 021～0. 186Ra,~(40) Ar/~(36)比值为298. 4～2515. 7;方解石流体包裹体的3He/4He比值为0. 027～0. 209Ra,~(40) Ar/~(36)比值为295. 9～327. 2;黄铁矿流体包裹体的3He/4He比值为0. 021～1. 543Ra,~(40) Ar/~(36)比值为326. 9～1735. 1; He-Ar同位素系统显示成矿流体的3He/4He比值略高于地壳氦同位素特征值(0. 01～0. 05Ra),但低于幔源氦同位素特征值(6～9Ra),~(40) Ar/~(36)比值接近或高于大气氩的同位素组成(~(40) Ar/~(36)=295. 5),成矿流体为壳-幔混合来源。结合H-O、He-Ar、C和Sr等多元同位素证据表明,成矿流体由两个端元组成:一是含有一定放射性成因Ar的大气降水的地壳流体,二是含幔源He的地幔流体。进一步研究表明,受NNW向断裂控制的棉花坑、书楼丘、长排等铀矿床受地幔流体影响比较大,而受NE向断裂控制的蕉坪、东坑、烟筒岭铀矿床受大气降水影响比较大。     

新疆阿尔泰阿舍勒VHMS型铜锌矿床成矿流体 的氦—氩同位素示踪

阿舍勒大型铜锌矿是我国典型的海相火山岩块状硫化物(VHMS)型矿床,赋存于阿舍勒盆地早—中泥盆世阿舍勒组海相火山—沉积岩系中。1号主矿体呈似层状或大透镜体状,矿石呈块状、浸染状、条带状、层纹状、细脉状。本文对块状、浸染状、条带状矿石的黄铁矿中流体包裹体He和Ar同位素进行了研究。黄铁矿中流体包裹体的4He含量为(64.5~173.0)×10-7cm3STP/g,n(3He)/n(4He)值为(0.1358~0.379)Ra,幔源He的含量为1.79%~5.55%,表明成矿流体中He主要来源于地壳。40Ar含量为(0.318~4.69)×10-7cm3STP/g,n(40Ar)/n(36Ar)值变化于389.1~9425,40Ar*含量为24.06%~96.89%,表明成矿流体中存在含有放射性成因Ar的海水加入。结合矿床的氢、氧、硫同位素特征,认为成矿流体来源为海水和幔源岩浆热液。     

江西相山铀矿田深部多金属矿化成矿流体来源:流体包裹体He-Ar同位素证据

江西相山铀矿田西部地区实施的铀矿科学深钻3号孔在深部–700 m发现大量铅锌银多金属矿化脉,垂向上呈"上铀下多金属"的分布特征。本文对深部多金属矿化主成矿阶段的黄铁矿、闪锌矿、方铅矿进行了流体包裹体He和Ar同位素组成测定,结果表明,相山深部多金属矿化主成矿阶段的黄铁矿、闪锌矿和方铅矿具有较一致的He、Ar同位素组成,矿物内流体包裹体的~3He含量范围为4.55×10^–14～1560×10^–14 cm^3·STP/g,~4He含量范围为1.05×10^–7～525×10^–7 cm^3·STP/g,~3 He/~4He为2.98×10^–7～4.96×10^–7,即0.21～0.35 Ra,介于地壳(0.01～0.05 Ra)和饱和大气水(1 Ra)之间,明显低于地幔的~3 He/~4He值(6～9 Ra),⁴⁰Ar浓度为0.969×10^–7～157×10^–7 cm^3·STP/g,⁴⁰Ar/³⁶Ar值为303.7～573.9,略高于饱和大气水的Ar同位素组成,结合矿石和蚀变岩石中Li元素富集特征,本文认为相山西部地区深部多金属成矿流体以地壳流体和大气降水为主,成矿流体富Li元素是He同位素明显高于地壳的原因,可能存在少量幔源流体的加入。另外,通过对比前人研究的该地区铀矿化矿石中黄铁矿He-Ar同位素组成,并结合前人对该地区幔源组分明显参与铀成矿的认识,本文认为多金属矿化和铀矿化成矿流体可能并非同一来源。     

冀北地区金矿床He、Ar、Pb同位素组成及其成矿物质来源

成矿物质来源一直是成矿理论研究和找矿实践的焦点问题。选择了冀北地区3个幔枝构造金矿集中区11个金矿床黄铁矿及部分围岩进行了He、Ar同位素测定。研究表明,冀北地区主要金矿的3He/4He的值域为(0.93～7.30)×10-6,平均3.55×10-6;R/Ra=0.66～4.93,平均2.53;40Ar/36Ar=426～2073,40Ar平均为8.20×10-7cm3/g,4He/40Ar平均为2.17。矿区外围片麻岩和花岗岩的3He/4He值仅为(0.001～0.55)×10-6,反映来源上有明显差别。3He和4He在He同位素浓度图上落于地幔区附近。64个Pb同位素数据表现为矿质以幔源为主,确有部分壳源物质加入。研究认为,本区成矿物质应源于地球深部,随地幔柱多级演化,深部成矿流体由地球深部迁移到浅部,期间不可避免地存在壳幔流体的混合作用,故其值域往往界于地幔和地壳之间。     

华南下寒武统黑色岩系铂多金属矿中黄铁矿流体包裹体的He-Ar同位素体系

利用惰性气体同位素质谱仪测定了华南下寒武统具代表性的黑色岩系铂多金属矿中黄铁矿流体包裹体的He-Ar同位素组成,发现其~3He/~4He均较低,为0.43×10~(-8)～26.39×10~(-8),R/R_α为0.003～0.189,而~(40)Ar/~(36)Ar为258～287,接近大气饱和水。同位素地球化学示踪研究显示,该矿成矿流体主要由建造水(盆地热卤水)和大气饱和水(海水)组成,基本不含地幔流体或深源岩浆水。黑色岩系铂多金属矿的成矿可能与华南克拉通南缘加里东冒地槽的演化有关。在早寒武世,接受了巨厚沉积的加里东盆地中的建造水由于上覆沉积物的压力,顺层侧向迁移,并沿断裂上升与海水混合而成矿。     

Reconciling fluid inclusion types,fluid processes,and fluid sources in skarns: an example from the Bismark Deposit,Mexico

The Bismark deposit (8.5 Mt at 8% Zn, 0.5% Pb, 0.2% Cu, and 50 g/t Ag) located in northern Mexico is an example of a stock-contact skarn end member of a continuum of deposit types collectively called high-temperature, carbonate-replacement deposits. The deposit is hosted by massive sulfide within altered limestone adjacent to the Bismark quartz monzonite stock (~42 Ma) and the Bismark fault. Alteration concurrently developed in both the intrusion and limestone. The former contains early potassic alteration comprising K-feldspar and biotite, which was overprinted by kaolinite-rich veins and alteration and later quartz, sericite, and pyrite with minor sphalerite and chalcopyrite. Prograde exoskarn alteration in the limestone consists of green andradite and diopside, and transitional skarn comprising red-brown andradite, green hedenbergite and minor vesuvinite, calcite, fluorite, and quartz. The main ore stage post-dates calc-silicate minerals and comprises sphalerite and galena with gangue pyrite, pyrrhotite, calcite, fluorite, and quartz. The entire hydrothermal system developed synchronously with faulting. Fluid inclusion studies reveal several distinct temporal, compositional, and thermal populations in pre-, syn- and post-ore quartz, fluorite, and calcite. The earliest primary fluid inclusions are coexisting vapor-rich (type 2A) and halite-bearing (type 3A; type 3B contain sylvite) brine inclusions (32 to >60 total wt% salts) that occur in pre-ore fluorite. Trapping temperatures are estimated to have been in excess of 400 °C under lithostatic pressures of ~450 bar (~1.5 km depth). Primary fluid inclusions trapped in syn-ore quartz display critical to near critical behavior (type 1C), have moderate salinity (8.4 to 10.9 wt% NaCl equiv.) and homogenization temperatures (Th) ranging from 351 to 438 °C. Liquid-rich type 1A and 1B (calcite-bearing) inclusions occur as primary to secondary inclusions predominantly in fluorite and show a range in Th (104–336 °C) and salinity (2.7–11.8 wt% NaCl equiv.), which at the higher Th and salinity ranges overlap with type 1C inclusions. Oxygen isotope analysis was carried out on garnet, quartz, and calcite (plus carbon isotopes) in pre-, syn-, post-ore, and peripheral veins. Pre-ore skarn related garnets have a δ¹⁸O_mineral range between 3.9 and 8.4‰. Quartz from the main ore stage range between 13.6 and 16.0‰. Calcite from the main ore stage has δ¹³C values of –2.9 to –5.1‰ and δ¹⁸O values of 12.3 to 14.1‰, which are clearly distinct from post-ore veins and peripheral prospects that have much higher δ¹⁸O (16.6–27.3‰) and δ¹³C (1.3–3.1‰) values. Despite the numerous fluid inclusion types, only two fluid sources can be inferred, namely a magmatic fluid and an external fluid that equilibrated with limestone. Furthermore, isotopic data does not indicate any significant mixing between the two fluids, although fluid inclusion data may be interpreted otherwise. Thus, the various fluid types were likely to have formed from varying pressure–temperature conditions through faulting during exsolution of magmatic fluids. Late-stage hydrothermal fluid activity was dominated by the non-magmatic fluids and was post-ore.     

火成岩中的超临界流体晶及其研究意义

流行火成岩理论中,岩浆被默认为自然熔体,因而火成岩中的矿物晶体都形成于熔体的结晶作用,可称为熔体晶。许多证据表明,火成岩中也可以含有从超临界流体析出的晶体,被称为超临界流体晶(文中简称为流体晶)。根据三个典型实例分析,流体晶既可以从超临界流体直接析出,类似于从热液析出晶体的过程;也可以由超临界流体浓缩产生的熔体结晶形成。不管是哪一种晶出方式,流体晶产生的前提都是岩浆达到流体过饱和态;而满足这一前提的基本条件则是透岩浆流体过程和岩浆快速上升。结合前人关于熔体流体平衡条件的研究进展,以及熔体黏度对挥发分含量和岩浆上升速度对熔体黏度的依赖,发现透岩浆流体过程与岩浆上升过程之间具有耦合关系,这种关系可以用来阐明岩浆系统行为非线性变化的原因。流体晶的研究具有重要意义,可用于：(1)提供一种研究岩浆系统流体条件的新途径;(2)揭示岩浆系统偏离理想态的程度;(3)为反演岩浆系统动力学过程提供新的约束;(4)为识别致矿侵入体和评估侵入体的找矿潜力提供新的矿物学标志;(5)理解火成岩理论中一些长期得不到解决的问题,如岩浆中挥发分溶解度问题、冻结岩浆的活化问题、岩浆成矿专属性问题。     

The composition and role of the fluid in migmatites: a fluid inclusion study of the Front Range rocks

Monophase negative-crystal shaped CO₂ inclusions occurring isolated, in small clusters, or in well-healed intragranular fractures are common in the leucosome quartz of the 1700m.y.-old migmatites from the east-central Colorado Front Range. They are, however, quite rare in the mafic selvage and paleosome (host rock) quartz. The mode of occurrence suggests that these are the earliest inclusions to form. In addition to the difference in abundance of the inclusions, there is a difference in CO₂-density distribution between migmatitic zones. The temperatures of homogenization for the leucosome inclusions range and +l°C from –67° C to +20° C with two maxima (at –21° C) while those for the paleosome and selvage inclusions are –37° C to +20° C with a single maximum at + 5° C. These differences between the migmatitic zones which occur on the scale of a few centimeters suggest that the formation of these inclusions was related to the migmatization process. The densities corresponding to the Th maxima are appropriate for the P-T conditions for migmatization estimated from the mineral geobarometer/geothermometer. These inclusions must contain nearly pure CO₂, as their final melting temperatures (–56.5° to –57.2° C) are very close to that of the triple point of CO₂. Their composition also was confirmed by Raman spectroscopic analyses.It has been proposed by other workers that CO₂ fluid in the inclusions could form from an H₂O-CO₂ fluid when H₂O is partitioned into the silicate melt. Such partitioning should result in some early H₂O-rich inclusions: H₂O must be released as the melt crystallizes. As found in migmatites from other areas, most aqueous inclusions in the Front Range rocks are obviously much younger than the early CO₂ ones. However, early H₂O-rich fluid may still be preserved, at least in three ways: (A) in rare, isolated or clustered inclusions within quartz inclusions in feldspar; (B) as inclusions in microcline porphyroblasts; (C) in hydrous alteration products of feldspar. (A) contain dilute fluids, 1 to 6 wt% NaCl equivalent. The densities of (A) as well as those of the early CO₂ inclusions found in the quartz inclusions in feldspar are appropriate for the range of P — T conditions estimated for migmatization. These early inclusions must have been preserved because of protected environment. Inclusions (B), found to contain H₂O (and possibly CO₂) by infrared analyses, must be early because they are absent from recrystallized grains. (B) and (C) are much more common in the leucosome than in the other zones suggesting that they are related to migmatization process. The concentration of early CO₂ inclusions in the leucosome is consistent with the model of migmatization in which fluid concentration in the leucosome was a cause of melting.     

Characterization and recovery of the halophiles in the fluid inclusions in halite

正1 Introduction It is the focus of geology and biology that the creature preserved in the geological history and the organic evolution.The creature preserved in geological history by these things:sedimentary,frozen earth,chrysophoron and evaporation salt.Evaporation salt can preserve the microbe     

涠西南地区岩石特性及钻井液技术研究

北部湾盆地涠西南油田群是南海西部重要的原油产区，同时油田群紧邻众多国家级自然保护区，属于环境敏感区域。针对北部湾盆地涠西南地区环保要求，以及涠洲组和流沙港组钻井过程经常出现井壁失稳导致的憋卡、起下钻阻卡等问题，开展了涠西南地区地层泥页岩特性及环保钻井液技术研究。通过地层岩石黏土矿物分析、孔喉结构分析以及理化性能评价，明确了涠西南地区泥页岩井壁失稳的机理；提出以类油基的水溶性复合基基液为核心，构建了一套具有油基钻井液工程特性和水基钻井液环保特性的新型环保防塌钻井液技术，并进行了相关的现场应用。现场应用显示：应用井与邻井相比，12-1/4″井段阻卡划眼时间减少，井径扩大率大幅度降低，并且在128 h的长时间浸泡过程中没有复杂情况产生，有效地解决了涠洲组、流沙港组易失稳地层的井壁稳定问题；同时，钻井液环保性能达到一级海域环保要求，可以替代目前应用的油基钻井液体系，解决了海上使用油基钻井液存在配制成本高、含油钻屑需全回收及环境危害隐患大等技术难题。该研究对于涠西南油田环保、井壁失稳和钻井液技术发展具有较高的理论价值和借鉴意义。     

含油气盆地中热流体活动的流体包裹体依据

为寻找含油气盆地中热流体活动的证据,根据国内外含油气盆地中与热流体有关的包裹体的对比研究,阐述了流体包裹体宿主矿物产状、形貌特点及均一温度实测值高异常等特征。研究表明,脉体矿物多数是与热流体活动有关的包裹体的宿主矿物,有些碎屑矿物成岩愈合微裂隙中的包裹体也与热流体活动有关。沸腾包襄体反映了油气成藏与热流体的脉动式活动密切相关。流体包裹体的均一温度高异常是由热流体活动所导致的。因此,流体包裹体研究对识别古热流活动具有重要的指示意义。     

贵州太平洞金矿床流体包裹体特征及流体不混溶机制

太平洞金矿床是兴仁-安龙金矿带灰家堡金矿区的重要卡林型金矿之一。流体包裹体研究证明,石英-黄铁矿阶段(Ⅰ)、石英-黄铁矿-毒砂阶段(Ⅱ)、石英-方解石-雄黄阶段(Ⅲ)的包裹体类型丰富,以气液水两相包裹体、CO₂-H₂O包裹体和纯液相水包裹体为主,CO₂两相包裹体、纯气相有机质包裹体和有机质-H₂O包裹体次之,偶见气液有机质包裹体。由Ⅰ→Ⅱ→Ⅲ阶段,气液水包裹体均一温度(200～260℃→180～240℃→100～160℃)呈现逐渐降低的趋势。在Ⅰ阶段的石英中,只在局部偶见到CO₂-H₂O包裹体和气液两相水包裹体共生;在Ⅱ阶段的石英中,纯液相水包裹体、气液两相盐水包裹体、CO₂-H₂O包裹体、CO₂包裹体及纯气相有机质包裹体共存,它们共生在同一平面中且气液两相盐水包裹体和CO₂-H₂O包裹体测温数据相差不大,说明当时捕获的是不均匀成矿流体,它是由含有机质的成矿流体经历了CO₂-低盐度水的不混溶作用形成的。因而认为,太平洞金矿床中成矿早期流体不混溶作用不明显,主成矿阶段流体的不混溶作用是导致金矿质沉淀的重要原因。     

Characteristics and Applications of Fluid Inclusions in the Eogene System of the Biyang Depression—I.A Fluid Inclusion Study

Presented in this paper are the rypes,salinities,homogenization temperatures and organic components of fluid inclusions formed at the four stages of diagenetic authigenesis in the Eogene of the Biyang Depression.The results of cooling experiments on fluid inclusions were used to determine the fluid system and composition of saline aqueous solution in each of the stages .The homogenization temperatures of saline aqueous solution inclusions and hydrocarbon organic inclu-sions have been corrected by two approaches ,and the trapping temperatures and pressures of fluid inclusions at each of the stages have been obtained.This strdy has shed light on the physicochemistry and evolution of diagenetic fluids.The diagentic fluid system is a system which was transformed from a chloride-bearing to a carbonate-bearing system along with the diagenic evolu-tion.The decrease of diagenetic temperature at Stage III of diagenetic authigenesis suggests that the depression would have experiences uplifting at that time.The fluorescent characteristics of fluid inclusions indicate the varieties of organic components in fluid inclusions both in time and in space.     

Nitrogen-rich fluid in the upper mantle: fluid inclusions in spinel dunite from Lanzarote,Canary Islands

Fluid inclusions, ranging from pure N₂ to pure CO₂, occur in olivine porphyroclasts in spinel dunite xenoliths (chrome-diopside suite) from two localities within the Quaternary to Historic alkaline lavas of Lanzarote, Canary Islands. This is the first report of fluid inclusions containing major amounts of N₂ in mantle xenoliths. The nitrogen-rich fluid inclusions predate at least one generation of nitrogen-free carbon dioxide inclusions; textural evidence indicates that the inclusions were trapped within the upper mantle. Some of the nitrogen-rich fluid inclusions are intimately associated with solid inclusions of spinel. The nitrogen-rich fluid was most likely produced in-situ, by oxidation-dehydration reactions destabilizing ammonium-bearing silicate minerals (phlogopite, amphibole), increasing oxygen fugacity or, possibly, increasing temperature of the mantle. This process could be related to an event of CO₂ and silicate melt injection at 6–8 kbar (Neumann et al., in press), or to some earlier event in the evolution of the mantle beneath Lanzarote. The existence of a N₂-rich fluid phase in at least some mantle lithology(ies) at certain conditions is demonstrated by these data. This discovery has consequences for the understanding of the evolution of the mantle below the Canary Islands, as well as for the global nitrogen budget.     

Ion probe and fluid inclusion evidence for co-seismic fluid infiltration in a crustal detachment

We have investigated the geochemical pattern of fluid infiltration in the extensional detachment of Tinos Island (Cyclades, Greece). Ion microprobe O-isotope analyses and fluid inclusion studies have been conducted in strain fringes developing around pyrite blasts in the mylonite of the shear zone. Micro-scale traverses in quartz and calcite fibres show that δ¹⁸O increases from 17–18 to 20–21‰ in 1 mm towards the blast, drops of 3‰ in ∼200 μm, then rises again in the direction of growth. δ¹⁸O variations are interpreted as transient influxes of exotic fluids into the shear zone between periods of closed system buffering by the host rock. Fluid inclusions trapped in the fibres show fluctuating salinities (0–4 wt% NaCl eq.) and densities that reflect drops of the pore pressure from lithostatic (λ=1) to hydrostatic (λ=0.4) values during fringe growth. Isotopic and microthermometric data are consistent with models of seismic pumping developed for compressive shear zones. We therefore suggest that co-seismic pore pressure variations developed suction forces sufficient to drive large-scale fluid migration in the Tinos detachment, as in convergent tectonic settings.