中国东部某些地区碱性玄武岩中包体的温度、压力的计算

一、概述中国东部新生代碱性玄武岩系列的火山岩中广泛分布着超镁铁岩包体。这些包体是我们直接能观察到的该地区上地幔的标本。它对于了解该地区上地幔物质组成和地温分布具有重要的意义。现仅就收集到的包体资料,侧重对其温度压力条件进行估计,尝试着对这些地区上地幔的组成和地温分布进行一些讨论。超镁铁岩包体主要是尖晶石二辉橄榄岩。在浙江和福建等地还分布有石榴石二辉橄榄岩。此外,还有少量的纯橄榄岩、斜方辉石岩、单斜辉石岩、二辉石岩,含角闪石的尖晶石二辉橄榄岩     

汉诺坝地区上地幔尖晶石—石榴石相转变带温压条件

根据汉诺坝尖晶石石榴石二辉辉石岩包体矿物成分新资料和前人的尖晶石石榴石二辉橄榄岩包体矿物成分资料,运用斜方辉石Ｃａ溶解度温度计和斜方辉石－石榴石Ａｌ分配压力计,计算了尖晶石—石榴石相转变带的温度和压力条件,首次获得了汉诺坝地区的新生代古地温曲线。尖晶石石榴石二辉辉石岩包体代表的温度范围为９３０～９７８℃,压力范围为１４２～１６５ＧＰａ：尖晶石石榴石二辉橄榄岩包体代表的温度范围为９９１～１１１０℃,压力范围为１５８～２１６ＧＰａ,与最新的实验结果基本吻合。地温曲线沿大洋地温曲线（曲线方程为ｔ＝２５２４＋８９７４７８ｐ－１８３０８ｐ２）上方近平行延伸。推测汉诺坝玄武岩的起源深度至少为７０ｋｍ。二辉辉石岩包体来自较冷的岩石圈,而二辉橄榄岩来自岩石圈与软流圈的过渡带,并且表明后者的地温梯度以对流热地温梯度为主。     

中国东北地区上地幔组成、结构及热状态

本文通过对中国东北地区新生代玄武岩中超镁铁质包体的研究,根据地质压力计所估算的包体形成深度、玄武岩浆及辉石岩浆起源的深度等,建立了中国东北地区上地幔组成模式:1.壳幔过渡带;2.尖晶石二辉橄榄岩层;3.含有痕量硅酸盐熔体的低速层;4.尖晶石方辉橄榄岩层;5.石榴石二辉橄榄岩层。与此同时,根据地质温度计与地质压力计推算资料,作者认为中国东北地区上地幔属大洋地温。与典型克拉通地温相比,低速层位置较浅,上地幔处于过热状态,这与大陆裂谷的发育有关。     

云南马关地区新生代碧玄岩中地幔包体研究

自晚新生代以来,由于受印度-亚洲板块碰撞和青藏高原整体快速抬升的影响,在云南省东南的马关地区发育了大量新生代碱性火山岩.其中有的火山岩中含有丰富的地幔包体.本文提供了马关八寨碧玄岩和钾玄岩的2个全岩化学分析资料,以及石榴二辉橄榄岩、尖晶二辉橄榄岩、石榴辉石岩和石榴二辉岩包体的全岩化学和电子探针分析结果,采用矿物温压计获得各种地幔包体的平衡温压条件,建立了本区地幔地温线,并与世界典型大地构造单元的地温线进行了对比.研究表明,石榴石二辉橄榄岩的平衡温压为1209℃～1230℃和2.13～2.93CPa,石榴石二辉岩为1034℃～1095℃和1.69～2.35CPa,尖晶石二辉橄榄岩的平衡温压为944℃～1072℃和1.46～2.74GPa,其对应的深度分别为69～93km、55～75km和48～87km.因此尖晶石二辉橄榄岩与石榴二辉橄榄岩和石榴二辉岩共存,其间没有截然的界限,而是一种过渡关系.由包体平衡温压建立的上地幔地温线与华北地区地温线一样,位于澳大利亚克拉通东缘地温线与碱性玄武岩省地温线之间,但本区地温线显著高于华北地温线,与本区具有高于华北地区的大地热流值相吻合.这证明各种辉石岩和橄榄岩包体来自地幔.根据平衡压力反演的包体起源深度推测,含石榴石的二辉橄榄岩可能来源于岩石圈底部或软流圈.基于上述研究,结合高原及滇西地区新生代钾质岩浆活动时空结构的研究成果,提出马关地区新生代碱性岩浆活动和地幔包体的成因,与印度-欧亚大陆俯冲碰撞诱发的软流圈横向地幔流的活动有关.     

滇东南马关地区新生代钾质玄武岩中幔源包体研究 : 深部物质组成与动力学过程探讨

滇东南马关地区新生代钾质玄武岩携带的幔源包体为研究该地区上地幔性质提供了物质基础。分析表明,全岩及单矿物中的玄武质组分与M gO含量之间均有很好的负相关性,与世界尖晶石二辉橄榄岩的变化趋势一致,表明橄榄岩包体代表了成分均一的上地幔经不同程度部分熔融后的残余;绝大多数包体亏损LREE及除U、Th以外的其他不相容元素,SrN-d同位素组成单一(87Sr8/6Sr=0.7022～0.7029,Nεd=9.5～12.3),显示了M ORB型地幔的成分特点。相对亏损橄榄岩(Fo>90)的平衡温度(928～959℃)低于饱满型橄榄岩F(o<90,956～1110℃)。这些特征表明,马关橄榄岩包体很可能代表了MORB型软流圈地幔底辟上涌、减压熔融后新增生的岩石圈地幔。     

山东省第四纪玄武岩中幔源包体的变形特征及其上地幔流变学意义

山东省民玄武岩中含有数量，大小不等的幔源包体。这些包体主要为尖晶石二辉橄榄岩，以原生粒状和残斑结构为特征。包体中橄榄石的位错亚构造反映了上地幔高温蠕变机制。包体的平衡在８００－１０００℃之间，压力为０．８－２．０ＧＰａ，相应的来源深度为２８－６５ｋｍ。在该深度范围内，上地幔的流动应力为１３－２６ＭＰａ，应变速度为１０＾－１４－１０＾０２０Ｓ＾－１，等效粘滞度为１０＾２０－１０＾２５Ｐａ．ｓ，符合大     

安徽女山地幔橄榄岩捕虏体的同位素组成:中国东部新生代岩石圈地幔时代制约

位于安徽省境内的女山新生代碱性玄武岩中含有大量而且类型丰富的地幔橄榄岩包体,主要类型有尖晶石相、石榴石相、尖晶石-石榴子石过渡相二辉橄榄岩以及少量的方辉橄榄岩,其中部分尖晶石二辉橄榄岩样品中出现富含挥发分的角闪石、金云母和磷灰石。本文选择该区的尖晶石二辉橄榄岩和方辉橄榄岩包体进行了较为详细的岩石学、矿物学、地球化学研究工作。结果显示,除2个方辉橄榄岩表现难熔特征外,其它25件尖晶石相二辉橄榄岩均具有饱满的主量元素组成。二辉橄榄岩样品的Sr-Nd-Hf同位素均表现为亏损地幔的性质,不同于古老克拉通型难熔、富集的岩石圈地幔。富含挥发份交代矿物的出现以及轻稀土元素不同程度的富集,表明女山岩石圈地幔经历了较为强烈的交代作用,然而Re-Os同位素及PGE分析结果表明交代作用并没有显著改变Os同位素组成。二辉橄榄岩样品均具有较高的Os同位素组成,结合其饱满的主量元素组成,亏损的同位素特征,表明女山地区岩石圈地幔整体为新生岩石圈地幔。但1个方辉橄榄岩样品给出了较低的Os同位素比值0.1184,其Re亏损年龄为1.5Ga,它可能来自于软流圈中残留的古老难熔地幔。     

河南鹤壁尚峪新生代上地幔流变特征及构造意义

对河南鹤壁尚峪新生代橄榄霞石岩火山颈中的上地幔橄榄岩捕虏体的流变学进行了研究，结果表明，鹤壁地区新生代辉石地温总体上低于东南沿海及下扬子地区，有两种地温特征，其中全部尖晶石二辉橄榄岩及个别方辉橄榄岩的投影点落在大洋地温曲线上，甚至高于大洋地温，与中国东部新生代辉石地温特征吻合，而多数尖晶石方辉橄榄岩的投影点靠近地盾地温曲线或落在地盾地温曲线上；全部金云母方辉橄榄岩的投影点低一地地盾地温，样品的差异     

山东省第四纪玄武岩中幔源包体的变形特征及其上地幔流变学意义

山东省第四纪玄武岩中含有数量、大小不等的幔源包体。这些包体主要为尖晶石二辉橄榄岩，以原生粒状和残斑结构为特征。包体中橄榄石的位错亚构造反映了上地幔高温蠕变机制。包体的平衡温度在８００—１１００℃之间，压力为０．８—２．０ＧＰａ，相应的来源深度为２８—６５ｋｍ。在该深度范围内，上地幔的流动应力为１３—２６ＭＰａ，应变速率为１０－１４—１０－２０ｓ－１，等效粘滞度为１０２０—１０２５Ｐａ·ｓ，符合大陆拉张带上地幔的特征。作者认为，中国东部上地幔在早第三纪或之前开始有底辟上涌，它导致岩石圈的减薄以及地壳的拉张，造成中国东部的拉张环境和裂谷的发育。上地幔的这种运动可能在新第三纪达到高峰，而在第四纪已减弱     

估算上地幔温压条件与氧化状态的最新热力学方法

上地幔的温压条件与氧化状态,对于了解上地幔的热结构、物态与相关系、深部地质作用、特别是岩浆起源及超镁铁岩的成因具有重要的意义。本文概述了近年来新提出的估算尖晶石、石榴石二辉橄榄岩相矿物平衡的温度、压力和氧逸度的热力学方法,对于从事金伯利岩、蛇绿岩和上地幔橄榄岩包体的研究具有重要的实用价值。     

Thermal Structure and Rheology of the Upper Mantle beneath Guangdong and Hainan Provinces, China

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我国金伯利岩中的深源岩石包体

作者研究发现山东胜利1号、辽宁50号、51号及42号岩体中,见有纯橄岩、石榴二辉橄榄岩、尖晶二辉橄榄岩及云母橄榄岩包体;河北涉县及山东红旗2号金伯利岩中见有榴辉岩包体。包体形态为浑圆状、椭圆状,其大小为1-15cm。纯橄岩和石榴二辉橄榄岩比其寄主金伯利岩富含Cr_2O_3、NiO_3、贫CaO、CO_2、K_2O、Na_2O、TiO_2和Al_2O_3,其稀土配分模式为LREE富集型。根据深源岩石包体的温度、压力条件的估算,认为纯橄岩和石榴二辉橄榄岩来自上地幔深处,为上地幔局部熔融的残余物,而河北涉县金伯利岩中榴辉岩包体来自下地壳,云母橄榄岩类为软流圈顶部的地幔交代作用带上的岩石,尖晶二辉橄榄岩是来自上地幔较浅部位,它们为金伯利岩浆的偶然捕虏体。     

Thermal and petrological structure of the lithosphere beneath Hannuoba, Sino-Korean Craton, China: evidence from xenoliths

Deep-seated xenoliths entrained in the Hannuoba basalts of the northern Sino-Korean Craton include mafic and felsic granulites, mantle wall-rock from spinel– and garnet–spinel peridotite facies, and basaltic crystallisation products from the spinel-pyroxenite and garnet-pyroxenite stability fields. The mineral compositions of the xenoliths have been used to estimate temperatures and, where possible, pressures of equilibration, and to construct a geothermal framework to interpret the upper mantle and lower crustal rock-type sequences for the region. The xenolith-derived paleogeotherm is constrained in the depth interval of 45–65 km and like others from areas of young basalt magmatism, is elevated and strongly convex toward the temperature axis. Two-pyroxene granulites give the lowest temperatures and garnet pyroxenites the highest, while the spinel lherzolites fall between these two groups. The present-day Moho beneath the Hannuoba area is defined at 42 km by seismic data, and coincides with the deepest occurrence of granulite. Above this boundary, there is a lower crust–upper mantle transition zone about 10-km thick, in which spinel lherzolites and mafic granulites (with variable plagioclase contents) are intermixed. It is inferred that this underplating has resulted in a lowering of the original pre-Cenozoic Moho (then coinciding with the crust–mantle boundary, CMB) from about 30 km to its present-day position and was due to intrusions of basaltic magmas that displaced peridotite mantle wall-rock and equilibrated to mafic granulites. Trace element patterns of the diopsides (analysed by laser ablation-ICPMS) from the Cr-diopside series spinel lherzolites and associated layered xenoliths (spinel lherzolites and pyroxenites) indicate a fertile uppermost mantle with moderate depletion by low degrees of partial melting and little evidence of metasomatic activity. The similarity in major and trace element compositions of the minerals in both rock types suggests that the layered ultramafic xenoliths formed by mantle deformation processes (metamorphic segregation), rather than by melt veining or metasomatism.     

Garnet and spinel in fertile and depleted mantle: insights from thermodynamic modelling

We performed thermodynamic calculations based on model and natural peridotitic compositions at pressure and temperature conditions relevant to the Earth’s upper mantle, using well-established free energy minimization techniques. The model is consistent with the available experimental data in Cr-bearing peridotitic systems and can therefore be used to predict phase relations and mineral compositions in a wide range of realistic mantle compositions. The generated phase diagrams for six different bulk compositions, representative of fertile, depleted and ultra-depleted peridotitic mantle, shown that the garnet + spinel stability field is always broad at low temperatures and progressively narrows with increasing temperatures. In lithospheric sections with hot geotherms (ca. 60 mW/m²), garnet coexists with spinel across an interval of 10–15 km, at ca. 50–70 km depths. In colder, cratonic, lithospheric sections (e.g. along a 40 mW/m² geotherm), the width of the garnet–spinel transition strongly depends on bulk composition: In fertile mantle, spinel can coexist with garnet to about 120 km depth, while in an ultra-depleted harzburgitic mantle, it can be stable to over 180 km depth. The formation of chromian spinel inclusions in diamonds is restricted to pressures between 4.0 and 6.0 GPa. The modes of spinel decrease rapidly to less than 1 vol % when it coexists with garnet; hence, spinel grains can be easily overlooked during the petrographical characterization of small mantle xenoliths. The very Cr-rich nature of many spinels from xenoliths and diamonds from cratonic settings may be simply a consequence of their low modes in high-pressure assemblages; thus, their composition does not necessarily imply an extremely refractory composition of the source rock. The model also shows that large Ca and Cr variations in lherzolitic garnets in equilibrium with spinel can be explained by variations of pressure and temperature along a continental geotherm and do not necessarily imply variations of bulk composition. The slope of the Cr# [i.e. Cr/(Cr + Al)mol] isopleths in garnet in equilibrium with spinel changes significantly at high temperatures, posing serious limitations to the applicability of empirical geobarometric methods calibrated on cratonic mantle xenoliths in hotter, off-craton, lithospheric mantle sections.     

中国东部及西秦岭地区新生代岩石圈地幔中的相转变带及其温压条件

五相(橄榄石 斜方辉石 单斜辉石 石榴石 尖晶石)共存的地幔橄榄岩捕虏体是来自岩石圈地幔相转变带的直接样品。中国东部及西秦岭地区晚第三至第四纪碱性火山岩携带的少量五相共存的地幔橄榄岩捕虏体为探讨这些地区新生代岩石圈地幔中相转变带提供了宝贵的样品。本文根据地幔橄榄岩捕虏体中石榴石和尖晶石的产出状况,将这些橄榄岩捕虏体分为三类:第一类橄榄岩中尖晶石为粒状残核,尖晶石外缘被石榴石的反应边包围。这种橄榄岩捕虏体代表尖晶石一石榴石相转变带的上限,故称为尖晶石带橄榄岩;第二类橄榄岩中尖晶石和石榴石以单颗粒零散分布为特征,二者共存但未见明显的相转变关系。这类橄榄岩多位于相转变带中部,拟称为尖晶石-石榴石过渡带橄榄岩;第三类橄榄岩中以石榴石为主,尖晶石和辉石等微晶构成石榴石反应边。这类橄榄岩代表尖晶石-石榴石相转变带的下限,故称为石榴石带橄榄岩。因此,根据不同类型橄榄岩捕虏体中矿物的组成,结合温度压力估算即可确定岩石圈地幔中相转变带的深度和厚度。本文通过对中国东部及西秦岭地区晚第三至第四纪碱性火山岩携带的尖晶石-石榴石二辉橄榄岩捕虏体的温度压力估算来进一步厘定中国东部新生代岩石圈地幔中的相转变带深度和厚度。     

Thermal state of the lithosphere beneath Central Mongolia: evidence from deep-seated xenoliths from the Shavaryn-Saram volcanic centre in the Tariat depression, Hangai, Mongolia

A suite of garnet-two pyroxene granulites, garnet pyroxenites and garnet peridotites from the pyroclastic facies of the Shavaryn-Saram volcanic centre in the Tariat depression in the northern part of the Hangai dome, Central Mongolia, yields pressure and temperature information for the lower crust and upper mantle in that region. Although a real geotherm cannot be constructed because of the common zoning of the minerals in some of the xenoliths, it can be inferred that the P-T locus from about 900 °C at 45 km to 1050 °C at 60 km defines a likely approximate geothermal gradient for the region around the time of entrainment of the xenoliths (about 1 Ma ago). This geothermal gradient is high relative to cratonic geotherms but is 50–100 °C lower than that for typical alkali basaltic provinces worldwide. The crust-mantle boundary inferred from the incoming of ultramafic rock types in this region is located at about 45 km and granulite rock types extend well into the mantle. This interpretation is consistent with the most recent seismic sections for the area.

Analytical data for major and trace elements (by electron- and proton-microprobe respectively) in clinopyroxenes indicate that the Cr-diopside series xenoliths are enriched in basaltic components (including Al₂O₃, Na₂O, TiO₂, Sr, Y and Zr).

The combination of elevated temperature and fertile composition of the uppermost mantle as revealed by the xenoliths could explain the observed anomalous seismic signatures seen beneath this region.     

Genesis and evolution of the lithospheric mantle beneath the Buffalo Head Terrane, Alberta (Canada)

Mantle xenoliths and xenocrysts were retrieved from three of the 88–86 Ma Buffalo Hills kimberlites (K6, K11, K14) for a reconnaissance study of the subcontinental lithospheric mantle (SCLM) beneath the Buffalo Head Terrane (Alberta, Canada). The xenoliths include spinel lherzolites, one garnet spinel lherzolite, garnet harzburgites, one sheared garnet lherzolite and pyroxenites. Pyroxenitic and wehrlitic garnet xenocrysts are derived primarily from the shallow mantle and lherzolitic garnet xenocrysts from the deep mantle. Harzburgite with Ca-saturated garnets is concentrated in a layer between 135–165 km depth. Garnet xenocrysts define a model conductive paleogeotherm corresponding to a heat flow of 38–39 mW/m². The sheared garnet lherzolite lies on an inflection of this geotherm and may constrain the depth of the lithosphere–asthenosphere boundary (LAB) beneath this region to ca 180 km depth.

A loss of >20% partial melt is recorded by spinel lherzolites and up to 60% by the garnet harzburgites, which may be related to lithosphere formation. The mantle was subsequently modified during at least two metasomatic events. An older metasomatic event is evident in incompatible-element enrichments in homogeneous equilibrated garnet and clinopyroxene. Silicate melt metasomatism predominated in the deep lithosphere and led to enrichments in the HFSE with minor enrichments in LREE. Metasomatism by small-volume volatile-rich melts, such as carbonatite, appears to have been more important in the shallow lithosphere and led to enrichments in LREE with minor enrichments in HFSE. An intermediate metasomatic style, possibly a signature of volatile-rich silicate melts, is also recognised. These metasomatic styles may be related through modification of a single melt during progressive interaction with the mantle. This metasomatism is suggested to have occurred during Paleoproterozoic rifting of the Buffalo Head Terrane from the neighbouring Rae Province and may be responsible for the evolution of some samples toward unradiogenic Nd and Hf isotopic compositions.

Disturbed Re–Os isotope systematics, evident in implausible model ages, were obtained in situ for sulfides in several spinel lherzolites and suggest that many sulfides are secondary (metasomatic) or mixtures of primary and secondary sulfides. Sulfide in one peridotite has unradiogenic ¹⁸⁷Os/¹⁸⁸Os and gives a model age of 1.89±0.38 Ga. This age coincides with the inferred emplacement of mafic sheets in the crust and suggests that the melts parental to the intrusions interacted with the lithospheric mantle.

A younger metasomatic event is indicated by the occurrence of sulfide-rich melt patches, unequilibrated mineral compositions and overgrowths on spinel that are Ti-, Cr- and Fe-rich but Zn-poor. Subsequent cooling is recorded by fine exsolution lamellae in the pyroxenes and by arrested mineral reactions.

If the lithosphere beneath the Buffalo Head Terrane was formed in the Archaean, any unambiguous signatures of this ancient origin may have been obliterated during these multiple events.     

Mantle-derived mafic-ultramafic xenoliths and the nature of Indian sub-continental lithosphere

Mantle derived xenoliths in India are known to occur in the Proterozoic ultrapotassic rocks like kimberlites from Dharwar and Bastar craton and Mesozoic alkali igneous rocks like lamrophyres, nephelinites and basanites. The xenoliths in kimberlites are represented by garnet harzburgites, lherzolites, wehrlite, olivine clinopyroxenites and kyaniteeclogite varieties. The PT conditions estimated for xenoliths from the Dharwar craton suggest that the lithosphere was at least 185 km thick during the Mid-Proterozoic period. The ultrabasic and eclogite xenoliths have been derived from depths of 100–180 km and 75–150 km respectively. The Kalyandurg and Brahmanpalle clusters have sampled the typical Archaean subcontinental lithospheric mantle (SCLM) with a low geotherm (35 mW/m²) and harzburgitic to lherzolitic rocks with median X_mg ^olivine > 0.93. The base of the depleted lithosphere at 185–195 km depth is marked by a 10–15 km layer of strongly metasomatised peridotites (X_mg ^olivine > ∼0.88). The Anampalle and Wajrakarur clusters 60 km to the NW show a distinctly different SCLM; it has a higher geotherm (37.5 to 40 mW/m²) and contains few subcalcic harzburgites, and has a median X_mg ^olivine = 0.925. In contrast, the kimberlites of the Uravakonda and WK-7 clusters sampled quite fertile (median X_mg ^olivine ∼0.915) SCLM with an elevated geotherm (> 40 mW/m²). The lamrophyres, basanites and melanephelinites associated with the Deccan Volcanic Province entrain both ultramafic and mafic xenoliths. The ultramafic group is represented by (i) spinel lherzolites, harzburgites, and (ii) pyroxenites. Single pyroxene granulite and two pyroxene granulites constitutes the mafic group. Temperature estimates for the West Coast xenoliths indicate equilibration temperatures of 500–900°C while the pressure estimates vary between 6–11 kbar corresponding to depths of 20–35 km. This elevated geotherm implies that the region is characterized by abnormally high heat flow, which is also supported by the presence of linear array of hot springs along the West Coast. Spinel peridotite xenoliths entrained in the basanites and melanephelinites from the Kutch show low equilibrium temperatures (884–972°C). The estimated pressures obtained on the basis of the absence of both plagioclase and garnet in the xenoliths and by referring the temperatures to the West Coast geotherm is ∼ 15 kbar (40–45 km depth). The minimum heat flow of 60 to 70 mW/m² has been computed for the Kutch xenolith (Bhujia hill), which is closely comparable to the oceanic geotherm. Xenolith studies from the West Coast and Kutch indicate that the SCLM beneath is strongly metasomatised although the style of metasomatism is different from that below the Dharwar Craton.