新疆准噶尔北缘玉勒肯哈腊苏铜(钼)矿区韧性剪切变形时代——来自白云母和黑云母Ar-Ar年龄的约束

玉勒肯哈腊苏斑岩铜(钼)矿主要赋存于闪长玢岩中,少量在北塔山组火山岩及似斑状石英二长岩中。矿化呈细脉状、细脉-浸染状和浸染状。成矿过程经历了斑岩期、剪切变形期和表生期。矿区发育韧性剪切变形带,中泥盆统北塔山组、下石炭统姜巴斯套组、岩体及矿体均发生了剪切变形作用。沿剪切面发育黑云母和白云母新生矿物。白云母的坪年龄和等时线年龄分别为283.8±1.5Ma和285.4±3.1Ma,黑云母的坪年龄和等时线年龄分别为277.0±2.0Ma和277.0±4.0Ma,在误差范围内基本一致,限定矿区韧性剪切变形时间在早二叠世(284～277Ma),与区域额尔齐斯-玛因鄂博断裂活动时间一致。主要成矿作用形成于斑岩期,成矿时代为中泥盆世(374Ma),早二叠世的韧性剪切变形作用只对铜(钼)矿化进行改造。     

内蒙古西北部望湖山韧性剪切带构造特征及其地质意义

望湖山韧性剪切带位于中亚造山带中段南缘的雅干断裂带内。本文应用野外和显微构造解析、40Ar/39Ar和U- Pb同位素地质年代学手段来恢复该剪切带的构造演化史,并探讨了其与中亚造山带碰撞造山的关系。望湖山韧性剪切带走向近东西,具右行走滑性质。糜棱岩中长石和石英的动态重结晶方式限定了其变形温度在400~500℃,属高绿片岩相—低角闪岩相动力变质带。剪切带内岩株状产出的糜棱岩化闪长岩结晶年龄为331. 3±5. 7 Ma,侵入其中的同构造花岗岩脉结晶年龄为304. 8±2. 3 Ma。咸水湖组中同构造糜棱岩化黑云母二长花岗岩脉结晶年龄为308. 9±2. 0 Ma。侵入剪切带且未变形正长花岗岩结晶年龄为288. 4±1. 3 Ma。以上限定了该期韧性剪切变形时代在331~288 Ma之间。剪切带中糜棱岩的黑(白)云母40Ar- 39Ar同位素测年获得了253~237 Ma坪年龄,与侵入剪切带的三叠纪花岗岩年龄近一致,为晚期岩浆热事件的记录。综合分析,望湖山韧性剪切带应为中亚造山带在晚石炭世—早二叠世碰撞造山的直接记录,并在早二叠世晚期本区域碰撞造山结束。     

新疆布尔根含金剪切带的40Ar/39Ar年龄及其地质意义

对产于布尔根大型剪切带中的科克萨依和阿拉塔斯2个金矿含金绢英质糜棱岩中的云母类矿物进行了连续激光阶段升温Ar-Ar法同位素测年,获得坪年龄分别为(274.5±2.2)Ma和(282.6±2.2)Ma,对应的等时线年龄分别为(275.8±5.2)Ma和(283.1±5.2)Ma,表明含金剪切带韧-脆性剪切活动的时代以及金成矿时代为早二叠世初。结合区域地质资料说明,布尔根含金剪切带的成生演化主要受早二叠世(290～270Ma)西伯利亚板块南缘巨型额尔齐斯剪切带区域性左行韧性剪切相伴的构造-岩浆热事件控制,其地球动力学背景为造山带构造演化的后碰撞伸展构造环境。     

辽北法库地区层状变质岩系锆石SHRIMP年龄及其地质意义

辽北法库地区广泛分布有变质安山岩-英安岩-大理岩夹变质碎屑岩建造所组成的层状变质岩系地层,属古生代造山带的重要组成部分,本文称之为早二叠世佟家屯岩组、照北山岩组和石炭纪磨盘山组.空间上该套地层被二叠纪十间房岩体花岗闪长岩（锆石SHRIMP年龄为284±3 Ma）、五龙山杂岩（锆石SHRIMP年龄为265±4 Ma）和侏罗纪实红土墙岩体（Pb-Pb年龄为221.7±25.71 Ma）所侵.其中佟家屯岩组变质英安岩锆石SHRIMP年龄为267.3±2.7 Ma,代表了火山喷发熔岩形成年龄.根据地质单元之间的时空接触关系以及辽北地区区域地层对比,将该套地层时代归属为早二叠世.     

攀西茨达和太和层状岩体时代

由于对攀西层状岩体中的同一岩体采用不同的定年方法获得的年龄结果有较大差异,导致对层状岩体的成岩时代产生争议。对攀西古裂谷带内茨达和太和两个层状辉长岩体进行了黑云母^40Ar/^39Ar法和锆石ELA-ICP-MS法定年研究,结果表明：茨达不含矿层状辉长岩中黑云母^40Ar/^39Ar坪年龄为256Ma,太和含矿层状辉长岩中锆石U-Pb年龄为215Ma,其年龄范围在256-215Ma,相当于晚二叠世—晚三叠世,属于海西晚期—印支期,而且不含矿层状辉长岩侵位时间在前,含矿层状岩体侵位时间在后。此外,根据此次层状岩体同位素地质年龄测定,表明其早期侵位时间并非在裂谷张裂之前的成穹阶段,而是和峨眉山玄武岩在晚二叠世—晚三叠世张裂阶段的喷溢具有同步性,亦显示层状辉长岩的岩浆作用与地幔柱活动,以及断裂构造的密切关系。     

内蒙古东南部晚古生代裂谷区花岗质岩石锆石SHRIMP U-Pb定年及其地质意义

该区花岗质岩石主要岩性为石英闪长岩、英云闪长岩、花岗闪长岩、二长花岗岩和正长花岗岩。通过对石英闪长岩锆石SHRIMP U-Pb定年[1],所获得年龄为(313±5)Ma～(323±4)Ma,属于晚石炭世侵入体;前进场和达青二长花岗岩各单元岩体均侵入了该区早二叠世寿山沟组海陆交互相碎屑沉积岩,侵入接触关系明确,红柱石角岩发育。测得前进场岩体和达青岩体锆石SHRIMP U-Pb年龄分别为(280.8±3.6)Ma和(281.5±0.5)Ma,说明岩体形成于早二叠世晚期;乌兰陶勒盖正长花岗岩岩体获得了259Ma、羊角林高勒二长花岗岩为246～216Ma的U-Pb同位素年龄,说明在晚二叠世—三叠世又有一次侵入高峰。石炭—二叠纪裂谷发育时期,部分跨入三叠纪,先后有3次侵入高峰,即晚石炭世的石英闪长岩、早二叠世的英云闪长岩—二长花岗岩、晚二叠世—三叠纪的二长花岗岩-正长花岗岩。     

甘蒙北山石炭纪清水泉岩体SHRIMP锆石U-Pb年代学及地质意义

本文对清水泉复式杂岩体进行SHRIMP锆石U-Pb测年,获得二长花岗岩形成时代为314.4±4.7 Ma,含黑云母花岗岩形成时代为311.7±4.1 Ma,英云闪长岩形成时代为314.0±4.0 Ma,加之前人在该地区花岗闪长岩中获得Rb-Sr全岩等时线年龄(277.71±13.5 Ma),限定清水泉复式杂岩体的主要侵位时代为晚石炭世至早二叠世,且至少存在两期岩浆;清水泉复式杂岩体微量元素与稀土元素特征表明岩体具有地壳重熔型花岗岩特征,为I型与A型过渡岩浆,形成于活动陆缘的后造山/火山弧环境,从而揭示在晚石炭世时,古红石山洋消减碰撞,之后进入后造山阶段。     

内蒙古扎兰屯地区晚三叠世韧性剪切变形的激光40Ar/39Ar年龄证据

<正>1研究目的（Objective）内蒙古扎兰屯地区位于贺根山—黑河构造带与嫩江—八里罕断裂带的叠加部位(图1a)。该区北东—北北东向韧性剪切带发育,叠加变形的岩石主要为早古生代变质火山-碎屑岩和晚泥盆世—早石炭世花岗岩类,以及少量石炭纪和晚二叠世碎屑岩、早二叠世和晚三叠世花岗岩类等(图1b)。已有报道显示韧性变形的时间有308～290 Ma、（241.5±9.6）Ma和（173±3.5）Ma等,对于区域构造演化及其地球动力学机制等研究意义重大。近年来,笔者通过区域地质调查工作在该区识别出大量晚三叠世岩体与韧性变形带(图1b)。     

白杨河岩体地球化学、围岩蚀变特征及与铀铍矿成矿关系

<正>白扬河岩体为超浅成侵入岩(潜火山岩),形成时代晚石炭世-早二叠世,其中值位于早二叠世早期,年龄值为293±15 Ma。岩性为花岗斑岩。其空间展布严格受杨庄大断裂控制,岩体中有晚期北西向辉绿岩脉及闪长斑岩脉贯入。岩体呈近东西向展布,东西长约10 km,南北宽变化较大,最宽达1.8 km,最窄0.1km,面积约6.9 km2。岩体的侵入方向由南东向北西,在横断面上似镰刀形;其北部与泥盆系地层呈侵入接     

内蒙额济纳旗霍布哈尔地区构造片岩带的发现及其构造意义

野外调查发现在靠近中蒙边界的额济纳旗霍布哈尔地区存在带状构造片岩,片理倾向南东,拉伸线理沿北东向,片岩内存在指示左行剪切的旋转碎斑系、不对称压力影等显微剪切组构。显微构造尺度上,片理结构由片理域与微片石组成,形成极易开裂的潜在破裂面。区内构造片岩是北东向韧性剪切带的组成部分,成因与韧性的剪切运动有关,经样品UY-1的LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年法测定,得到糜棱岩化的流纹斑岩年龄为286.3Ma±2.0Ma,后期侵入的闪长岩年龄为284.2Ma±2.4Ma,约束了构造片岩的形成时代为286.3Ma^284.2Ma(早二叠世)。结合区域地质资料,认为构造片岩带的形成与早二叠世阿尔金-东蒙古断裂的左行走滑剪切活动有关。     

中天山地块科马提质超镁铁岩体的发现：新疆峡东岩体

新疆和甘肃交界处的峡东岩体是以纯橄岩为主的超镁铁质杂岩体,经过全岩主量元素分析和橄榄石的探针分析,发现纯橄岩具有很高的MgO含量(36%~39%),橄榄石的镁值（Fo值）在90~96之间。通过反演原始岩浆成分的方法得到原始岩浆中MgO=28%、FeO=9%,属于科马提质岩浆。通过模拟初始岩浆的结晶分异过程,峡东岩体是科马提质岩浆发生高程度结晶分异的产物。利用MELTS软件计算原始岩浆的演化过程,得到初始岩浆的液态温度为1703℃,在1649℃和1555℃时分别开始结晶铬尖晶石和橄榄石,在1093℃开始结晶单斜辉石,这一结晶顺序与峡东岩体的矿物组合是一致的,也说明峡东岩体是科马提质岩浆高度结晶分异的产物。通过计算得到初始岩浆为原始地幔发生24%的高度部分熔融形成,如此高程度的部分熔融是否与地幔柱有关还有待进一步研究。鉴于橄榄石中的Ni含量未发现有与硫化物发生交换反应的证据,因此对于其铜镍硫化物成矿条件是不利因素,其他控制硫化物熔离的因素还需要进一步探讨,但铬尖晶石充分结晶分异为发育铬铁矿矿化提供了有利的条件。     

Pyroxene mineral chemistry of the Jinchuan intrusion,China

Summary Chemical compositions of orthopyroxene and clinopyroxene from the Jinchuan ultramafic intrusion have been obtained by electron microprobe analysis. The Mg number (MgO/(MgO + FeO)) for both pyroxenes falls within narrow ranges, 82–87 for clinopyroxene and 81–85.5 for orthopyroxene, suggesting limited magma differentiation in regard to the present igneous body. The Al₂O₃ content ranges from 2.44 wt.% to 4.43 wt.% and increases with decreasing Mg of the pyroxenes, i.e., with the more evolved magma. This is attributed to the relatively greater effects of Al₂O₃, TiO₂, Cr₂O₃ and Fe₂O₃ than that of SiO₂ on pyroxene crystallization.Negative linear relationships between Ti⁴⁺ and Si⁴⁺, and Al³⁺ and Si⁴⁺ characterize the pyroxenes. In clinopyroxene, regression of Si⁴⁺ versus Al³⁺ results in a straight line with a slope of –1.012, indicating that the decrease of Si⁴⁺ in the crystal structure is matched by an increase only in tetrahedral Al³⁺; octahedral Al³⁺ has remained relatively constant. The negative linear relationship between Ti⁴⁺ and Si⁴⁺ in clinopyroxene reflects either a greater tendency of Ti⁴⁺ to occupy octahedral sites than Al³⁺, or that replacement of Al³⁺ for Si⁴⁺ demands a more efficient charge balance. The scatter in plots of Ti⁴⁺ versus Si⁴⁺ for orthopyroxene indicates that charge balance is not as critical as structure symmetry.The crystallization temperature of pyroxene is calculated to be 1108–1229°C usingWood andBanno's (1973) two pyroxene thermometer, and is within 40°C of that calculated fromWells's (1977) thermometer. The distribution coefficient (Kd) for Mg²⁺ and Fe²⁺ between clinopyroxene and orthopyroxene is estimated to be 0.86, which is higher than that of the other intrusions and lower than that of mantle nodules, but still falls within their Kd-1/T trend. This suggests that the Kd value of pyroxene is controlled mainly by temperature.

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Mineralchemie der Pyroxene der Jinchuan-Intrusion, China

Zusammenfassung Die chemische Zusammensetzung von Orthopyroxenen und Klinopyroxenen aus der ultramafischen Jinchuan Intrusion wurden mit der Mikrosonde bestimmt. Die Mg-Zahl (MgO/(MgO + FeO)) beider Pyroxene liegt innerhalb enger Grenzen, 82–87 für Klinopyroxen und 81–85.5 für Orthopyroxen. Dies weist auf beschränkte magmatische Differentiation der Intrusion hin. Der Al₂O₃-Gehalt liegt zwischen 2.44 Gew.%. und 4.43 Gew.%. und nimmt mit der abnehmenden Mg-Zahl der Pyroxene ab, d.h. mit dem mehr entwickelten Magma. Dies wird damit erklärt, daß Al₂O₃, TiO₂, Cr₂O₃ und Fe₂O₃ einen größeren Einfluß auf die Kristallisation der Pyroxene ausüben als SiO₂.Die Pyroxene werden durch negative lineare Beziehungen zwischen Ti⁴⁺ und Si⁴⁺, sowie Al³⁺ und Si⁴⁺ charakterisiert. In Klinopyroxenen resultiert die Regression von Si⁴⁺ gegen Al³⁺ in einer geraden Linie mit einer Neigung von –1.012. Dies weist darauf hin, daß die Abnahme der Si⁴⁺ Gehalte in die Kristallstruktur durch Zunahme von ausschliesslich tetraedrischem Al³⁺ kompensiert wird; oktaedrisches Al³⁺ ist relativ konstant geblieben. Die negative lineare Beziehung zwischen Ti⁴⁺ und Si⁴⁺ in Klinopyroxenen geht entweder auf eine stärkere Tendenz des Ti₄O₂, oktaedrische Plätze zu besetzen zurück, oder darauf daß ein Ersatz von Al³⁺ für Si⁴⁺ einen effizienteren Ladungsausgleich verlangt. Die unregelmäßige Verteilung der Plots von Ti⁴⁺ gegen Si⁴⁺ in Orthopyroxenen läßt erkennen, daß Ladungsausgleich hier nicht so kritisch ist wie die Symmetrie der Struktur.Die Kristallisationstemperatur der Pyroxene wurde mit dem Zwei Pyroxenthermometer nachWood undBanno (1973) mit 1108–1229°C bestimmt. Diese Werte liegen innerhalb von 40°C des vonWells (1977) berechneten. Der Verteilungskoeffizient (Kd) für Mg²⁺ und Fe²⁺ zwischen Klinopyroxen und Orthopyroxen wird auf 0.86 berechnet; das ist höher als der aus anderen Intrusionen und niedriger als der von Mantelxenolithen, fällt aber immer noch innerhalb des Kd-1/T Trends derselben. Dies legt den Gedanken nahe, daß der Kd Wert der Pyroxene hauptsächlich durch Temperatur bestimmt wird.

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Petrology of the Hopen mangerite-charnockite intrusion, Lofoten, north Norway

The Hopen massif, intrusive age 1900 m.y., exposed area 15 km², in the Lofoten-Vesterålen granulite facies province has the mineral assemblages: (1) mesoperthite+plagioclase (An_7–20)+quartz+clinopyroxene (Di_20–25)+orthopyroxene En_15–25+opaques±minor amphibole±minor biotite; (2) mesoperthite+plagioclase (An <2)+quartz+clinopyroxene (Di <10)+olivine Fe lt;5)+opaques. By using mineral and whole rock analyses, the crystallization conditions were estimated to be 1000°C, 12 kb load pressure and an oxygen fugacity approximately corresponding to the WM buffer. Rocks with the assemblage of type (2) contain secondary orthoferrosilite (Fe_0.90–0.95Mn_0.04–0.07Mg_0.01Ca_0.01)₂Si₂O₆, generated by reactions involving fayalite, magnetite and quartz at 800°C, 10kb load pressure and at oxygen fugacities approaching QFM buffer conditions. Subsequent to a crustal thickening, the mangeritic rocks in Lofoten-Vesterålen were emplaced in a tensional environment comparable with modern continental rifts. A ‘gabbro pillow’ magma chamber at the crustal base is proposed as parental magma for the mangeritic rocks, of which the Hopen massif represents a late differentiation.     

Petrology of the Treknattan intrusion in the Fongen-Hyllingen complex, Trondheim region, Norway: a late intrusion into an evolved layered complex

The basic-ultrabasic Treknattan intrusion is an important example of a late intrusion in a solidified, evolved, layered complex and sheds light on possible mechanisms by which such associations may develop. The Treknattan intrusion, emplaced into the basic Fongen-Hyllingen intrusion shortly after the latter had solidified, consists mainly of massive or weakly layered peridotite (olivine ± Cr-spinel cumulate) and troctolite (plagioclase + olivine ± Cr-spinel cumulate). The mineral compositional range partially overlaps the most primitive end of the much larger variation-interval in the Fongen-Hyllingen intrusion. The margin of the Treknattan intrusion is sometimes outlined by massive feldspathic websterite which appears to have formed by reaction between magma and melts of gabbroic country rock. The parental magma appears to have been a relatively water-rich picritic basalt with a possible genetic relationship to the magma parental to the enveloping Fongen-Hyllingen intrusion, both displaying tholeiitic relationship between olivine and Ca-poor pyroxene, and having crystallized from relatively water-rich magmas with an early crystallization order of olivine ± Cr-spinel-plagioclase-Ca-rich pyroxene. The recognition of the Treknattan intrusion as a separate body suggests that the bulk composition of the Fongen-Hyllingen intrusion is dioritic rather than gabbroic as previously thought.     

Shape and intrusion style of the Coastal Batholith, Peru

The Coastal Batholith of Peru extends over 1600 km parallel to the coast along the Andean trend. Gravity profiles on three traverses across the batholith indicate the geometry is essentially that of a flat slab with average thickness from 2.0–3.2 km, and a thick root 4–10 km wide to the west. Granitic material does not extend to depths greater than 3 km below sea level datum.This study supports recent gravity work which indicates plutons are commonly thin, 5 km or less in thickness. Detailed mapping in the Lima segment of the Coastal Batholith reveals thin plutons where space was made dominantly by downward displacement via floor depression. However, early roof uplift also created some space. Stoping occurs but is not a major space maker. Floor depression may be modelled by cantilever or piston mechanisms and although the strong marginal deformation with mylonites, tuffisites, microbreccia, faults and shear zones suggests the piston model best describes the mechanism of emplacement of much of the Coastal Batholith some space was probably made by a cantilever mechanism. In brief, space making processes involved early roof uplift and regional doming, then floor depression mainly by piston and probably subsidiary cantilever mechanisms and, finally, local stoping producing the cut-out rectilinear nature of the batholith.The Coastal Batholith formed on shallow partial melting of hydrous basaltic marginal basin rocks between 5 and 10 km. Floor depression occurred as the crustal column foundered into an actively deflating layer of partial melt. This is an efficient space making process and is limited here to shallow levels of the upper crust only. The melts ascended to within 2 or 3 km of the surface, up dyke-like conduits then spread horizontally to form tabular plutons.     

The petrogenesis of the Kangerdlugssuaq alkaline intrusion,east Greenland

Evidence of layering and physical conditions of emplacement are discussed for this saucer-shaped, differentiated syenite mass. The intrusion is thought to derive from a magma of quartz trachytic composition,rather than from partial melting of the basement gneiss. The derivation of an undersaturated residual liquid, necessary to produce the pulaskite and the foyaite, is discussed, together with the mechanism whereby the ‘thermal barrier’ is crossed. Possible explanations considered are the depression of the thermal barrier through increased vapour pressure; the formation of iron-bearing feldspar; escape of silica and some potassium with volatile constituents; and crystal ? liquid equilibrium control.     

Seawater intrusion in the Salalah plain aquifer,Oman

Salalah is situated on a fresh water aquifer that is replenished during the annual monsoon season. The aquifer is the only source of water in Salalah city. The rainfall and mist precipitation in the Jabal AlQara recharges the plain with significant renewable fresh groundwater that has allowed agricultural and industrial development to occur. In Salalah city where groundwater has been used extensively since the early 1980s for agricultural, industrial and municipal purposes, the groundwater has been withdrawn from the aquifer more rapidly than it can be replenished by natural recharge. The heavy withdrawal of large quantities of the groundwater from the aquifer has led to the intrusion of seawater. Agricultural activities utilize over 70% of the groundwater. For the study of the saltwater intrusion, the area has been divided into four strips, A, B, C and D, on the basis of land-use in the area. Water samples were collected from 18 water wells. Chemical analysis of major ions and pollution parameters in the groundwater was carried out and compared to the previous observed values. The electrical conductivity and chloride concentrations were highest in the agricultural and residential strips and Garziz grass farm. Before 1992 the aquifer was in a steady state, but presently (2005) the groundwater quality in most of the agricultural and residential strips does not meet drinking water standards. In addition, model simulations were developed with the computer code MODFLOW and MT3DMS for solute transport to determine the movement of the freshwater/saltwater interface. The study proposes the protection of the groundwater in Salalah plain aquifer from further encroachment by artificial recharge with reclaimed water, preferably along the Salalah coastal agricultural strip. This scheme can also be applied to other regions with similar conditions.     

Loveringite from the koitelainen layered intrusion,Northern Finland

Summary Conditions favouring the crystallization of loveringite, (Ca, REE) (Ti, Fe, Cr)₂₁ 0₃₈ in Koitelainen were sustained from the base of the lower zone to the upper part of the main zone. Loveringite is most common in rocks with much intercumulus quartz, potassium feldspar, and phlogopite, and is accompanied by accessories such as zircon, chlorapatite, baddeleyite and thorite. It is particularly common among pyroxene cumulates in the upper part of the lower zone. Here, and apparently also in plagioclaseorthopyroxene-clinopyroxene cumulates of the main zone, loveringite occurs as a cumulus phase. The presence of Cr in the intercumulus liquid is not essential to the stability of loveringite; instead, petrographic evidence and the presence of incompatible elements (Zr, Hf, REE, U, Th) contained in loveringite point to the crucial role of crustal contaminants. Loveringite crystallized in parts of the magma chamber heavily contaminated by acid crustal anatectic melt, and eventually settled from density flows loaded with cumulus crystals. Postcumulus reactions produced concentric ilmenitezircon mantles around loveringites and thus contributed to the compositional heterogeneity of the mineral. We suggest that much of the loveringite that once crystallized in layered intrusions may have been consumed through postcumulus reactions. Loveringite is easy to detect under the reflected light microscope and can be readily distinguished from rutile, chromite and ilmenite, but not from some other members of the crichtonite group. The composition of the Koitelainen loveringite is comparable to that of other occurrences. The spectral reflectance values are 2–3% lower as compared to ilmenite. The reflectance data indicate that the mineral is anisotropic. The VHN₁₀₀ values, 792–933, are significantly higher than those published heretofore.[/p]

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Loveringit aus dem Intrusiv-Komplex von Koitelaineen, Nordfinland

Zusammenfassung In der Koitelainen-Intrusion waren während der magmastichen Etwitcklung der Gesteine der älower zone" und ämain zone" die Bedingungen für die Bildung von Loveringit, (Ca, REE) (Ti, Fe, Cr)₂₁ O₃₈, erfüllt, der in Gesteinen mit Quarz, Kalifeldspat und Phlogopit als Interkumulus, häufig auftritt. Sein Vorkommen ist eng verknüpft mit akzessorischen Mineralen wir Zirkon, Chlorapatit, Baddeleyit und Thorit. Ebenso häufig wurde Loveringit in den Pyroxen-Kumulaten der älower zone" und in PlagioklasOrtho-und Klinopyroxen-Kumulaten der ämain zone" als Kumulus-Phase gefunden. Die Anwesenheit von Cr in der Interkumulus-Schmelze ist kein wesentlicher Faktor für die Stabilität des Loveringits. Vielmehr zeigen petrologische Hinweise und die Konzentration der inkompatiblen Elemente (Zr, Hf, seltene Erden, U, Th) in Loveringit die entscheidende Rolle der krustalen Kontamination des Magmas bei seiner Bildung an. Es kristallisierte in Teilbereichen der Magmenkammer, die durch krustale anatektische Schmelze stark kontaminiert war. Reaktionen während der Postkumulusphase führten zur Bildung von konzentrischen Ilmenit-Zirkon-Säumen um Loveringitkristalle und bewirken eine chemische Inhomogenität sowie teilweise Aufläsung des Minerals. Aufgrund dieser Beobachtungen wird vermutet, daß ein großer Teil der in älayered intrusions" einmal kristallisierten Loveringite bei Reaktionen in der Postkumulusphase von der Schmelze wieder konsumiert wurde. Die chemische Zusammensetzung des Loveringits von Koitelainen ist mit der aus anderen Vorkommen vergleichbar. Mikroskopisch läßer sich anhand seiner Reflexionsdaten ohne weiteres von den Begleitmineralen Rutil, Chromit und Ilmenit unterscheiden. Die spektrale Reflexion von Loveringit ist 2–3% niedriger als bei Ilmenit. Die VHN_1OO-Werte mit 792–933 sind im Vergleich zu den bisher publizierten Daten wesentlich höher.

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The Kalka layered intrusion,central Australia

The Kalka Intrusion, central Australia has a 5000 m-thick layered sequence comprising Pyroxenite, Norite and Anorthosite Zones; an Olivine Gabbro Zone is enclosed by, and has a facies relationship with, the Norite Zone. Contamination is evidenced by high initial ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios ( 0.708) in the lower four-fifths of the intrusion, and resulted in pyroxenite rather than peridotite as a basal crystal accumulate. After an early phase of erratic buildup in contamination due to assimilation of ragged granulite wall-rock, armouring of the walls and mixing produced an homogeneous Norite Zone (threshold) magma body crystallising opx-cpx-plag. Within the succeeding 3500 m of section plagioclase An values have a general decline up sequence (An_74-60-feldspar threshold) with superimposed short term digressions to more calcic compositions. Initial ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios also fall very gradually (0.7081-0.7078 — isotopic threshold) with transient fluctuations to distinctly lower values. Maxima in plagioclase An contents and ⁸⁷Sr/ ⁸⁶Sr minima may be correlated with the spasmodic appearance of olivine and pronounced lithological variation. Such features are explained by the ponding of fresh bodies of uncontaminated magma on the floor of the chamber; these formed a hybrid with threshold magma that temporarily dominated crystallisation thereby perturbing plagioclase and isotopic compositions; eventually, mixing of the hybrid into the overlying threshold magma returned crystallisation to its initial state. The facies-controlled Olivine Gabbro Zone is the physical expression of ponded basal hybrid magmas. The onset of the Anorthosite Zone is marked by a pronounced decline in ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios to around 0.705 registering a major influx of new magma. In this instance the new magma dominated the system and a change to plagioclase as the dominant liquidus phase indicates a drastic change in input magma composition. The evolution of Kalka was determined by an interplay of crystal fractionation, fresh magma pulses, and magma mixing, with the latter effects producing both increases and decreases in plagioclase An contents; the complete process can only be revealed by combined mineral composition and isotopic data.