由甘肃宕昌好梯幔源包体推导的上地幔物质组成、热结构和流变学特征

新生代火山岩中的幔源包体可以提供有关上地幔的直接信息。通过对采自甘肃宕昌县好梯乡的幔源橄榄岩包体的详细研究 ,探讨该地区上地幔的热结构和流变学特征 ,并与华北地区进行对比。研究结果表明 ,该区自壳幔边界以下至 75km深处的上地幔主要由尖晶石二辉橄榄岩组成 ,75km以下则主要由石榴石二辉橄榄岩组成 ,方辉橄榄岩只占少数 ;与华北地区没有明显的差异。由包体平衡温度、压力建立的上地幔地温线低于华北地区地温线 ;确定的壳幔边界在 5 2km左右 ,莫霍界面附近为下地壳物质与尖晶石二辉橄榄岩的过渡带 ;岩石圈底界深度约为 12 0km左右。根据包体的研究结果建立了研究区上地幔的差异应力、应变速率和等效黏滞度剖面。结果表明 ,该区新生代时期存在软流层的底辟 ,以及相应的岩石圈的减薄 ,但其规模明显小于华北地区。这些结果表明该区处在中国东部大陆裂谷带和中国中部克拉通块体群的过渡带     

浙江省上地幔的热结构及流变学特征

由尖晶石相和石榴石相二辉橄榄岩包体所建立的浙江省上地幔古地温线高于大洋地温线 ,与徐义刚等建立的中国东部地温线以及澳大利亚东南部的地温线较为接近 .由该地温线确定的该区壳幔边界为 34km ,软流圈与岩石圈边界大致在75km .上述结果与该区地球物理资料基本一致 .包体的流变特征研究表明 ,该区的包体至少经历了两期以上的变形事件 .前期可能与上地幔底辟有关 ,后期则可能与上地幔的剪切作用有关     

岩浆底侵作用与汉诺坝现今壳-幔边界组成

从汉诺坝新生代玄武岩中岩浆底侵成因的麻粒岩相和榴辉岩相堆晶岩、橄榄岩和辉石岩捕虏体的岩石矿物组合、岩石结构、矿物学、主微量元素和同位素地球化学特征, 讨论和限定了壳-幔边界岩石组成, 并得到岩石高温高压波速实验和深部地球物理探测结果的支持. 现今下部下地壳主要由麻粒岩相镁铁质堆晶岩(以斜长二辉岩为主)组成; 壳-幔过渡带主要由榴辉岩相石榴辉石岩、辉石岩和尖晶石二辉橄榄岩等组成; 太古代地体麻粒岩只是名义上的早期下地壳. 发生在壳-幔边界的岩浆底侵作用导致地壳的垂向增生和壳-幔过渡带的形成, 是显生宙以来壳-幔边界组成和化学调整的重要机制.     

云南地壳和上地幔的岩石学结构

通过对地表出露变质岩、深部地震测深资料和高温高压岩石波速测试资料的综合分析，研究了云南地壳和上地幔岩石组成。结果表明，云南上、中、下地壳分别由绿片岩相(顶部为沉积层)、角闪岩相和麻粒岩相变质岩组成或分别由与之相当的花岗岩类、闪长岩类、辉长岩类组成，部分地区地壳底部有镁铁质榴辉岩存在。上地幔由橄榄岩组成，部分地区(兰坪思茅坳陷和滇中坳陷)壳幔过渡带可能由镁铁质榴辉岩和橄榄岩组成。     

岩浆底侵作用与汉诺坝现今壳-幔边界组成--捕虏体岩石学与地球化学证据

从汉诺坝新生代玄武岩中岩浆底侵成因的麻粒岩相和榴辉岩相堆晶岩、橄榄岩和辉石岩捕虏体的岩石矿物组合、岩石结构、矿物学、主微量元素和同位素地球化学特征, 讨论和限定了壳-幔边界岩石组成, 并得到岩石高温高压波速实验和深部地球物理探测结果的支持. 现今下部下地壳主要由麻粒岩相镁铁质堆晶岩(以斜长二辉岩为主)组成; 壳-幔过渡带主要由榴辉岩相石榴辉石岩、辉石岩和尖晶石二辉橄榄岩等组成; 太古代地体麻粒岩只是名义上的早期下地壳. 发生在壳-幔边界的岩浆底侵作用导致地壳的垂向增生和壳-幔过渡带的形成, 是显生宙以来壳-幔边界组成和化学调整的重要机制.     

云南地壳和上地幔的岩石学结构

通过对地表出露变质岩、深部地震测深资料和高温高压岩石波速测试资料的综合分析 ,研究了云南地壳和上地幔岩石组成。结果表明 ,云南上、中、下地壳分别由绿片岩相 (顶部为沉积层 )、角闪岩相和麻粒岩相变质岩组成或分别由与之相当的花岗岩类、闪长岩类、辉长岩类组成 ,部分地区地壳底部有镁铁质榴辉岩存在。上地幔由橄榄岩组成 ,部分地区 (兰坪思茅坳陷和滇中坳陷 )壳幔过渡带可能由镁铁质榴辉岩和橄榄岩组成     

郯庐断裂带沿线幔源包体的特征及初步推论

中国东部郯庐断裂带及共东侧6个地点的幔源包体主要为二辉橄榄岩及少量异剥橄榄岩,其结构显示出由残碎斑状、粒状变晶向糜棱结构的过渡,反映了上地幔不同条件下的变形。矿物平衡分析表明这些包体处于平衡状态,用3种不同方法汁算的平衡温度为700～1000℃,平衡压力为1.4～2.5Gpa。本区古地温线高于理论地温线,表明该地区存在有上地幔的底辟,同时推测在40～100km深度范围内存在有活动剪切带     

上地幔尖晶石-石榴石相转变实验研究及其意义

采用新生代玄武岩中地幔岩捕掳体的矿物、岩石天然样品进行尖晶石与石榴石的相转变实验研究,结果发现尖晶石二辉橄榄岩与石榴石二辉橄榄岩相转变条件(T=1100℃和P=1.8～2.0GPa)与中国东部五相共存的尖晶石/石榴石二辉橄榄岩P-T平衡条件一致.提出中国东部大陆上地幔55～70km深处存在几公里至十几公里厚的尖晶石二辉橄榄岩与石榴石二辉橄榄岩相转变带.尖晶石辉石岩向石榴石辉石岩相转变深度小于55km.实验结果还揭示水促使地幔交代作用,但又抑制了相转变.同时讨论了矿物成分分带现象.     

利用接收函数研究哀牢山-红河断裂带地壳上地幔特征

对哀牢山-红河断裂带附近宽频带数字地震台阵的远震体波记录, 采用接收函数方法研究台站下方地壳上地幔S波速度结构, 并估算了平均地壳厚度、波速比(Vp/Vs)和泊松比. 研究结果显示, 哀牢山-红河断裂带的壳幔边界不具有简单的速度间断面特征, 表现为速度递增的梯度带, 在Moho深度处速度增大较快, 而上地幔顶部速度偏低, 并呈缓慢递增趋势, 速度结构具有壳幔过渡带特征; 地壳泊松比值偏高(0.26~0.28), 可能与下地壳中镁铁质含量增加有关; 断裂带两侧地壳平均厚度突变, 在断裂带的西南侧约36~37 km, 而东北侧约为40~42 km, 表明红河断裂是陡立的超壳断裂; 下地壳表现为S波低速, 是地壳与壳下岩石圈解耦的有利部位.     

大陆下地壳的研究进展综述

大陆下地壳对认识整个地壳的组成演化具有重要意义,对大陆下地壳的研究正在世界范围蓬勃开展,大陆下地壳的研究基于两个方面：一是太古代地壳剖面的研究,二是麻粒岩包体的研究,相比较而言后者的研究程度要难得多,下地壳包体出露少,成分多为麻粒岩,且无一例外地都含有基性麻粒岩,对其成因现基本趋于一致认识,即由幔源岩浆底侵至地壳再受变质而成,然后被火山作用带至地表,因此,基性麻粒岩包体更可能反映了现今大陆下地壳的     

Thermal structure and rheology of upper mantle beneath Zhejiang Province, China

The paleogeotherm derived from spinel and garnet lherzolites xenoliths for the upper mantle beneath Zhejiang Province, China is higher than the oceanic geotherm but is similar to the geotherm for the upper mantle beneath eastern China constructed by Xu et al. and the upper mantle geotherm of southeastern Australia. The crust-mantle boundary defined by this geotherm is about 34 km, while the lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary is about 75 km. This result coincides well with geophysical data. The study of rheological features of the xenoliths has revealed that at least two periods of deformation events occurred in the upper mantle beneath this region. The first event might be related to upper mantle diapir occurring in this region before or during late Tertiary, and the second might be related to the occurrence of small-scale shear zones in the upper mantle. Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 49472105).     

Geothermal profile and crust-mantle transition beneath east-central Queensland: Volcanology, xenolith petrology and seismic data

Geothermobarometry of garnet granulite and garnet websterite xenoliths in basalts from numerous localities in east-central Queensland gives P-T points that fall along the geotherm previously defined for southeastern Australia. This elevated geotherm is ascribed to the advective transport of heat by Tertiary-Recent magmas ponded at the crust-mantle boundary. The lower crust in this region consists dominantly of mafic granulites, representing frozen basaltic melts and cumulates. Spinel lherzolite becomes a dominant rock type at depths of ca. 30 km, and persists, interlayered with pyroxenites, to depths of ca. 55 km. Seismic reflection profiles show a “layered lower crust” between depths of 20 and 36 km depth. The lithologically defined crust-mantle boundary lies within this zone, at least 6 km above the seismically defined Moho. This interpretation is consistent with the observed velocity (V_p) gradient downward through the layered zone. The constructed geotherm implies that the bottom of the lithosphere beneath eastern Australia is shallower than ca. 100 km. This makes it unlikely that the diamonds of eastern Australia are derived from local intrusions, unless these are > 200 Ma old.     

A petrologic model for the constitution of the upper mantle and crust of the Koolau shield,Oahu, Hawaii,and Hawaiian magmatism

A petrological model for the uppermost upper mantle and crust under the Koolau shield to a depth of about 60 km has been derived on the basis of petrology of the upper mantle and crustal xenoliths in nephelinites of the Honolulu Volcanic Series. Three main xenolith suites exist in the Koolau shield: dunites, spinel lherzolites, and garnet-bearing pyroxenites. On the basis of mineralogy, it is inferred that the dunites represent cumulates in shallow crustal tholeiitic magma chambers, the spinel lherzolites form a thick (～ 40 km) layer in the upper mantle, and the garnet pyroxenite suite occurs as veins and stringers in the spinel lherzolites at about 60 km depth.The eruption sequence in a Hawaiian volcano, i.e., tholeiite → transitional basalt → alkali basalt, is generated by partial melting of a volatile-bearing garnet-lherzolite part of a lithospheric plate as it rides over a hot spot. If the tholeiite, transitional, and alkali basalts of Hawaiian volcanoes are generated at the same depth, then the observed sequence of lavas requires replenishment of the source area with volatiles and gradual decrease of the degree of partial melting with time. Post-erosional olivine nephelinites are produced from isotopically distinct, deeper source area, which may be the asthenosphere.     

Mineral chemistry of spinel peridotite xenoliths from Baengnyeong Island, South Korea, and its implications for the paleogeotherm of the uppermost mantle

Abstract   The mantle-derived xenoliths entrained in the Pliocene basanite from Baengnyeong Island, South Korea, are spinel lherzolites and spinel harzburgites. The overall compositional range of the Baengnyeong xenoliths matches that of the post-Archean xenoliths of lithospheric mantle origin from eastern China, but without any compositional evidence for a refractory Archean mantle root. Mineral compositions of the xenoliths have been used to estimate the equilibrium temperatures and pressures, and to construct a paleogeothermal gradient of the source region. The xenolith-derived paleogeotherm is constrained from about 820°C at 7.3 kbar to 1000°C at 20.6 kbar. Like those from the post-Archean Chinese xenoliths of lithospheric mantle origin, the Baengnyeong geotherm is considerably elevated relative to the conductive models at the depth of the crust–mantle boundary, reflecting a thermal perturbation probably related to lithospheric thinning. There is no significant P / T difference between harzburgite and lherzolite, which suggests that the harzburgites are interlayered with lherzolites within the depth interval beneath Baengnyeong Island.     

Temperature and pressure condition of garnet lherzolite and websterite from west Qinling,China

The mineral thermobarometry proposed in literature is used to calculate the equilibrium temperature and pressure of garnet lherzolite and websterite xenoliths within the Cenozoic kamafugite from west Qinling, Gansu Province, China. The results show that the equilibrium temperature and pressure of garnet lherzolites and websterite and 1127–1266°C, 2.9–3.6 Gpa and 1169–1248°C, 2.8–3.2 Gpa respectively. The equilibrium peressures reach or exceed the equilibrium peressure of spinel lherzolites (2.0–3.0 GPa), and fall into the stability range of garnet peridotite. The equilibrium temperature of the xenoliths reach or exceed the ocean geotherm, identical with the melting temperature of kamafugite magma determined by experiments under the conditions of post-orogenic lithosphere extension. So the thermal state of Cenozoic mantle of the west Qinling may be fit to generate the kamafugite magmatism. The research on petrology-mineralogy and geobarothermometry of the xenoliths shows that both garnet lherzolite and websterite are mantle components of the west Qinling, and may be considered as source rocks of the Cenozoic kamafugite magma.

     

Rheology of the lower crust beneath the northern part of North China: Inferences from lower crustal xenoliths from Hannuoba basalts, Hebei Province, China

Lower crustal xenoliths brought up rapidly by basaltic magma onto the earth surface may provide di-rect information on the lower crust. The main purpose of this research is to gain an insight into the rheology of the lower crust through the detailed study of lower crustal xenoliths collected from the Hannuoba basalt, North China. The lower crustal xenoliths in this area consist mainly of two pyroxene granulite, garnet granulite, and light-colored granulite, with a few exception of felsic granulite. The equilibration temperature and pressure of these xenoliths are estimated by using geothermometers and geobarometers suitable for lower crustal xenoliths. The obtained results show that the equilibration temperature of these xenoliths is within the range of 785―900℃, and the equilibrium pressure is within the range of 0.8―1.2 GPa, corresponding to a depth range of 28―42 km. These results have been used to modify the previously constructed lower crust-upper mantle geotherm for the studied area. The dif-ferential stress during the deformation process of the lower crustal xenoliths is estimated by using recrystallized grain-size paleo-piezometer to be in the range of 14―20 MPa. Comparing the available steady state flow laws for lower crustal rocks, it is confirmed that the flow law proposed by Wilks et al. in 1990 is applicable to the lower crustal xenoliths studied in this paper. The strain rate of the lower crust estimated by using this flow law is within the range of 10-13―10-11 s-1, higher than the strain rate of the upper mantle estimated previously for the studied area (10-17―10-13 s-1); the equivalent viscosity is estimated to be within the range of 1017―1019Pa·s, lower than that of the upper mantle (1019―1021 Pa·s). The constructed rheological profiles of the lower crust indicate that the differential stress shows no significant linear relation with depth, while the strain rate increases with depth and equivalent vis-cosity decrease with depth. The results support the viewpoint of weak lower continental crust.     

A double partial melt zone in the mantle beneath mid-ocean ridges

For a lherzolite mantle with about 0.1 wt.-percent CO₂ or less, and a CO₂/H₂O mole ratio greater than about one, the mantle solidus curve in P-T space will have two important low-temperature regions, one centered at about 9 kbar (30 km depth) and another beginning at about 28 kbar (90 km depth). It is argued that the depth of generation of primary tholeiitic magmas beneath ridge crests is about 9 kbar, and that the geotherm changes from an adiabatic gradient at greater pressures to a strongly superadiabatic gradient at lesser pressures. Such a ridge geotherm would intersect the solidus at two separate depth intervals corresponding to the two low-temperature regions on the solidus. With increasing age and cooling of the lithosphere, the shallow partial melt zone would pinch out and the thickness of the deep partial melt zone would decrease. With increasing depth in a mature oceanic lithosphere, the rock types would consist of depleted harzburgite from directly beneath the crust to about 30 km depth, fertile spinel lherzolite from about 30 km to 50–60 km, and fertile garnet lherzolite from about 50–60 km to the top of the deep partial melt zone at about 90 km.     

The thermal state and composition of the lithospheric mantle beneath the Leizhou Peninsula, South China

Two localities on the Leizhou Peninsula, southern China (Yingfengling and Tianyang basaltic volcanoes) yield a wide variety of mantle-derived xenoliths including Cr-diopside series mantle wall rocks and two distinct types of Al-augite series pyroxenites. Metapyroxenites have re-equilibrated granoblastic microstructures whereas pyroxenites with igneous microstructures have not thermally equilibrated to the mantle conditions. An abundant suite of megacrysts and megacrystic aggregates (including garnet, plagioclase, clinopyroxene, ilmenite and apatite) is interpreted as the pegmatitic equivalents of the igneous pyroxenite suite. Layered spinel lherzolite/spinel websterite xenoliths were formed by metamorphic differentiation caused by mantle deformation, inferred to be related to lithospheric thinning. Some metapyroxenites have garnet websterite assemblages that allow calculation of their mantle equilibration temperatures and pressures and the construction of the first xenolith geotherm for the southernmost China lithosphere. Heat flow data measured at the surface in this region yield model conductive geotherms (using average crustal conductivity values) that are consistent with the xenolith geotherm for the mantle. The calculated mean surface heat flux is 110 mW/m². This high heat flux and the high geotherm are consistent with young lithospheric thinning in southern China, and with recent tomography results showing shallow low-velocity zones in this region. The xenolith geotherm allows the construction of a lithospheric rock type section for the Leizhou region; it shows that the crust–mantle boundary lies at about 30 km, consistent with seismic data, and that the lithosphere–asthenosphere boundary lies at about 100 km.     

中国东部地幔岩包体的产出及其与地球内部构造的关系

中国东部橄榄岩和榴辉岩深源包体的地理分布构成了全球环太平洋深源包体分布带的重要组成部分。深源包体的产出与地球内部构造密切相关。尖晶石橄榄岩和镁铝榴石橄榄岩两种包体与上地幔的构造分带相一致,榴辉岩包体代表上地幔中局部的分凝体。碱性玄武岩浆的活动和深源岩石带的形成应为板块构造运动的结果。     

Magma underplating and Hannuoba present crust-mantle transitional zone composition: Xenolith petrological and geochemical evidence

Studies on the deep-seated xenoliths from global volcanoes reveal that the present petrological crust-mantle boundary between the lower crust and the upper mantle actually is a transitional layer from mainly mafic granulites to ultramafic spinel lher-zolites[1,2], i.e. a transitional zone distinctive from the seismological Moho[3]. Oceanic lithosphere crust- mantle transitional zone can be established from the study on the exposed ophiolites. However, as for the continental lithosphere, since …