云南个旧印支期基性火山岩地球化学特征及其大地构造背景

通过对个旧地区印支期火山岩的地质、岩石地球化学、微量元素和稀土元素等研究表明,该期火山岩的岩石类型为杏仁状斑状纤闪石化玄武岩,属于硅不饱和、富碱、高钛,镁、铁偏高,铝偏低,具有大陆碱性橄榄玄武岩的组分特征.该玄武岩为陆内拉张环境下基性程度高、分异程度低的幔源岩浆分异的产物,形成于大陆板内裂谷环境,并与拉裂作用有关.     

大兴安岭中生代双峰式火山岩的地球化学特征

大兴安岭中生代火山岩的主要活动时期为晚侏罗世至早白垩世，由碱性系列玄武岩和亚碱性系列玄武岩以及伴生的中酸性火山岩组成。它们与邻区俄罗斯和蒙古同时期火山岩构成面形展布的巨型火山岩带。碱性系列玄武岩高度富集不相容元素，其富集程度类似于板内碱性系列玄武岩，但明显亏损Nb和Ta等高场强元素这一点又类似于活动大陆边缘火山弧或岛弧钙碱性玄武岩。亚碱性系列玄武岩适度富集不相容元素而强烈亏损高场强元素的特征类似于活动大陆边缘火山弧或岛弧火山岩，其中低钾玄武岩类似于拉斑玄武岩。大兴安岭酸性火山岩根据地球化学特征可划分为高Sr流纹岩类和低Sr流纹岩类。前者富集Ti、Ba、Sr、Co和Ni而贫Rb、Zr和Th等强不相容元素，类似于大陆溢流玄武岩省分异作用形成的流纹岩；后者明显富集不相容元素Rb、Zr和Th而亏损Ti、Ba、Sr和Co，它们与碱性系列玄武岩之间形成类似于大陆裂谷环境的双峰式火山岩组合。亚碱性系列玄武岩与高Sr流纹岩的成因关系类似于大陆伸张环境的双峰式火山岩，但前者形成从基性到酸性的连续演化系列，并没有形成Daly成分间断。这表明大兴安岭火山岩在源区及其原始岩浆的性质上明显区别于世界大陆溢流玄武岩省。也就是说，大陆溢流玄武岩省的双峰模式起源于干岩浆体系，这种岩浆分异形成的中性岩浆由于其教度大于玄武岩、挥发分含量低于流纹岩而未能喷出地表。大兴安岭富含水的原始岩浆使分异形成的中性熔岩被挥发分过饱和，导致中性熔岩的爆炸性喷发。     

云南武定晚二叠世高钛辉绿岩特征及形成环境

高钛辉绿岩为富钠碱性系列,玄武岩浆有较明显的分异。稀土元素总量较高,轻稀土元素富集,无明显Eu异常或亏损。微量元素蛛网图中,Rb、Ba、Th和Hf、Zr、Sm两组元素双隆起的特征,与板内碱性玄武岩特征相似。综合多种图解判别,属于大陆裂谷环境。     

山东临朐-昌乐地区新生代火山岩研究

山东临朐-昌乐地区新生代火山岩是新近纪中新世-上新世火山活动产生的大陆溢流玄武岩,分为牛山期、山旺期和尧山期,主喷发期为牛山期和尧山期,属于碱性玄武岩系列。火山岩化学成分由早至晚向富碱、钛、钙,贫硅、镁、锰的方向演化,岩浆分异程度晚期较早期高。岩石内有大量二辉橄榄岩、方辉橄榄岩等幔源包体和透长石、普通辉石、尖晶石等巨晶。玄武岩K-Ar年龄为4.34～18.87Ma。火山岩岩浆来源于上地幔。     

新疆沙尔布尔山卡拉岗组火山岩岩石化学及其构造环境分析

对卡拉岗组火山岩岩石化学特征分析和研究结果表明，火山岩碱性程度为碱性－钙碱性，岩石系列为高铝玄武岩系列、拉斑玄武系列碱性玄武岩系列，求得钙碱指数为52，属张性环境，在全碱－二氧化硅图上样品落入玄武岩区及流纹岩区，分异指数频率曲线表明具有大陆拉张的双峰式特点，认为该区下二叠统计卡拉岗组火山岩产于双峰式大陆拉张构造环境。     

滇西北羊拉乡贝吾玄武岩形成的大地构造环境探讨

贝吾玄武岩为滇西北金沙江蛇绿混杂岩带中的一个岩块。通过详细的野外调查和岩石地球化学研究认为,贝吾玄武岩为低钾拉斑玄武岩,分异程度较低,大离子亲石元素相对于高场强元素富集,稀土总量低,轻稀土略富集,整体特征介于正常洋脊玄武岩与岛弧玄武岩之间,为似洋中脊玄武岩。其类似于岛弧玄武岩的富集特征表明了成岩过程中俯冲作用的存在,综合岩性组合、构造特征和地质背景分析,认为其属前弧玄武岩,形成于初始俯冲的洋内弧环境。     

江西会昌岽背玄武岩地球化学和Sr-Nd同位素特征及其地质意义

江西会昌岽背地区晚中生代玄武岩的SiO2含量为49.06%～50.14%,K2O含量为1.26%～1.63%.其微量元素显示出大离子亲石元素富集,高场强元素亏损,尤以明显的Nb、Ta亏损为特征;REE总量为(135.5～146.8)×10-6,(La/Yb)N≈10,表现出LREE富集的稀土元素配分模式,且无明显的Eu异常;Sr-Nd同位素具有高(87Sr/86Sr)i(0.70678～0.70695)和低εNd(t)(-2.46～-2.18)的特征.据以上特征并结合区域地质背景,反映出岽背玄武岩的源区可能为EMⅡ型富集型大陆岩石圈地幔,其形成的构造环境为活动大陆边缘.较低的Nb/U比值(7～8)暗示该玄武质岩浆在形成过程中遭受了一定程度的大陆地壳混染或与俯冲过程有关的物质的加入.岽背玄武岩具有陆缘弧型地球化学特征,指示会昌地区在晚白垩世晚期(约85 Ma)处于活动大陆边缘的构造环境,该玄武岩的形成可能与燕山晚期古太平洋板块向欧亚大陆的俯冲消减作用关系密切.底侵作用可能为会昌地区燕山晚期成矿岩浆的生成提供了流体和热,有利于铜多金属矿的形成.     

青海南部治多—杂多地区中二叠世火山岩特征及其构造环境

青海南部治多县杂多地区的中二叠世火山岩地质时代为中二叠世孤峰期至冷坞期,岩石类型为安山岩、玄武安山岩,属碱性玄武岩系列,Ti、P较高,Al较低,贫钾富钠,高REE,LREE显著富集,火山岩Zr/Nb比值变化为6.67～9.05,Hf/Th比值变化在0.29～0.35之间,Nb/Zr比值平均0.13,与大陆板内玄武岩一致,富集大离子亲石元素,高场强元素分异。地质及地球化学综合分析研究表明,青海南部治多县杂多地区的中二叠世火山岩形成于板内伸展拉张构造环境。     

西藏冈底斯带东段石炭纪构造环境讨论

冈底斯带东段石炭纪构造环境存有争议。本文通过岩石地球化学分析,发现石炭纪诺错组和来姑组火山岩具有碱性系列向拉斑系列过渡的特征,具有双峰火山岩特点;石炭纪玄武岩样品的平均化学成分与大陆拉斑玄武岩的平均值较为接近;微量元素除Ti、Yb、Y之外,其他元素都富集,其中Rb、Th、Ce富集程度相对较高;稀土元素特征表现为轻稀土富集,铕、铈异常不明显。显示出石炭纪玄武岩的地球化学特征均与大陆拉斑玄武岩相似。构造环境判别图解显示,石炭纪玄武岩样品主要落入板内环境的大陆拉张带(或初始裂谷)玄武岩区。因而认为冈底斯东段在石炭纪属于陆内裂谷或被动陆缘裂谷环境。     

西南天山托云地区白垩纪-早第三纪玄武岩地球化学及其成因机制

托云玄武岩主要分布于托云盆地东侧，按形成时代可分为白垩纪玄武岩和早第三纪玄武岩。白垩纪玄武岩包括早白垩世玄武岩和晚白垩世玄武岩，以碱玄岩和碱性橄榄玄武岩为主，碱性程度高；早第三纪玄武岩包括早第三纪玄武岩及脉岩，以碱性橄榄玄武岩、碱性橄榄辉绿岩为主，碱性程度低。所有岩石稀土元素(REE)、微量元素分布模式相似，REE均为向右陡倾型，富集不相容元素。白垩纪玄武岩的∑REE、Rb、Ba、Th、K、Sr、Nb和Ta等元素富集程度均高于早第三纪玄武岩，相容元素富集程度大体较低。微量元素和同位素特征显示，玄武岩起源于与洋岛玄武岩源区相似的富集地幔源。玄武岩中赋存有交代地幔捕虏体，这表明玄武岩浆可能是交代地幔经不同程度部分熔融的产物。微量元素的特征同时显示，早白垩世玄武岩部分熔融程度较低，早第三纪玄武岩部分熔融程度较高，且在不断的部分熔融过程中，形成的岩浆又有结晶分异作用发生。托云玄武岩形成于大陆板内拉伸环境，在形成过程中经历了较弱的壳幔相互作用。     

峨眉山大火成岩省“高钛玄武岩”和“低钛玄武岩”成因探讨

大量的岩石化学资料分析表明，峨眉山大火成岩省玄武岩的TiO2含量是连续变化的，不存在明显的间断。野外地质特征表明高钛和低钛玄武岩既不存在空间分带，也不存在时间分带。其Sr、Nd和Pb同位素组成也没有明显的区别，推测它们可能是同源岩浆分离结晶的产物。根据MgO和TiO2的相关关系，可将苦橄岩和玄武岩的演化划分为4个趋势，并采用分离结晶模式对其进行了成因模拟，表明高钛和低钛玄武岩是同—母岩浆(苦橄—玄武岩浆)通过不同矿物相分离结晶的产物。     

Geochemistry and petrogenesis of basalts from the West Siberian Basin: an extension of the Permo–Triassic Siberian Traps, Russia

New major and trace element data for the Permo–Triassic basalts from the West Siberian Basin (WSB) indicate that they are strikingly similar to the Nadezhdinsky suite of the Siberian Trap basalts. The WSB basalts exhibit low Ti/Zr (50) and low high-field-strength element abundances combined with other elemental characteristics (e.g., low Mg#, and negative Nb and Ti anomalies on mantle-normalised plots) typical of fractionated, crustally contaminated continental flood basalts (CFBs). The major and trace element data are consistent with a process of fractional crystallisation coupled with assimilation of incompatible-element-enriched lower crust. Relatively low rates of assimilation to fractional crystallisation (0.2) are required to generate the elemental distribution observed in the WSB basalts. The magmas parental to the basalts may have been derived from source regions similar to primitive mantle (OIB source) or to the Ontong Java Plateau source. Trace element modelling suggests that the majority of the analysed WSB basalts were derived by large degrees of partial melting at pressures less than 3 GPa, and therefore within the garnet-spinel transition zone or the spinel stability field.

It seems unlikely that large-scale melting in the WSB was induced through lithospheric extension alone, and additional heating, probably from a mantle plume, would have been required. We argue that the WSB basalts are chemically and therefore genetically related to the Siberian Traps basalts, especially the Nadezhdinsky suite found at Noril'sk. This suite immediately preceded the main pulse of volcanism that extruded lava over large areas of the Siberian Craton. Magma volume and timing constraints strongly suggest that a mantle plume was involved in the formation of the Earth's largest continental flood basalt province.     

北祁连老虎山玄武岩和硅岩的地球化学特征及形成环境

北祁连老虎山地区玄武岩与沉积岩呈互层产出,玄武岩主要为E-MORB,少数为N-MORB;多数样品具Nb负异常,表明很可能形成于弧后盆地环境。玄武岩中的沉积岩夹层主要为浊积岩、硅岩和硅质泥岩,有少量含棘皮类和双壳类化石的层状生物碎屑灰岩。浊积砂岩中含有大量陆源石英碎屑,硅岩具较高的Al₂O₃Fe₂O₃比值和较低的MnO/TiO₂比值,不具有明显的Ce负异常。上述特征表明老虎山玄武岩及其中的沉积岩夹层形成于弧后盆地中靠近陆缘的环境。     

西藏仲巴县特提斯喜马拉雅早白垩世日朗组玄武岩地球化学特征及其构造意义

特提斯喜马拉雅地层中广泛分布早白垩世火山碎屑岩,但对这套火山碎屑岩的源区缺乏有力的约束。在特提斯喜马拉雅中西段仲巴地区白垩系日朗组地层中发现一套玄武岩夹层,该玄武岩为碱性玄武岩,表现为LREE富集的分布型式,与典型的OIB和区域上的板内玄武岩类似。玄武岩Nb含量介于下地壳与上地壳之间,Th含量略低于下地壳,具有较高的Th/Nb比值和较低的Ce/Pb,指示岩浆在演化过程中遭受了一定程度的地壳混染,与雅鲁藏布蛇绿岩混杂岩带中的海山明显不同。构造环境判别图解显示玄武岩形成于大陆板内裂谷环境,结合日朗组地层沉积环境的分析,该玄武岩可能为日朗组火山碎屑岩提供物源。     

中国东南沿海中-新生代玄武岩微量元素和Nd-Sr-Pb同位素研究

本文对中国东南沿海不含幔源包体的中生代玄武岩和含幔源包体的新生代玄武岩进行了微量元素和Nd-Sr-Pb同位素对比研究。中生代玄武岩呈Ta、Nb和Hf负异常,低Ce/Pb、Nb/U比值和高La/Nb比值,与岛弧火山岩和陆壳岩石的微量元素特征相类似,说明在岩浆生成和上升过程中,幔源组分受到了陆壳组分的混染。新生代玄武岩呈Ta、Nb正异常和Pb负异常,高Ce/Pb、Nb/U比值和低La/Nb比值,与海岛玄武岩(OIB)相类似,Nd-Sr同位素成分与夏威夷玄武岩类似,因而它们未受明显的陆壳混染。143Nd/144Nd与206Pb/204Pb之间的负相关关系和87Sr/86Sr与206Pb/204Pb之间的正相关关系说明本区新生代玄武岩起源于中等亏损程度的软流圈地幔,并与EMII富集地幔组分发生了混合。     

Basalt geochemistry as a diagnostic indicator of tectonic setting

Basalt geochemistry can be used as a diagnostic indicator for determining the tectonic setting of origin, because specific plate tectonic settings often impart distinctive geochemical characteristics. For example: (1) mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORB) and oceanic island basalts (OIB) have clearly distinguishable trace element and Sr-Nd isotope geochemical characteristics; (2) arc related basalts, including IOAB (intra-oceanic arc basalts), IAB (island arc basalts) and CAB (continental arc basalts), exhibit following distinguishing features: all are characterized by low Nb/La ratios (<0.85) and negative Nb, Ta and Ti anomalies; most exhibit low Nb concentrations (<8 ppm), high positive ɛ_Nd values and low enrichment of incompatible elements except the continental arc shoshonitic basalts that possess high concentrations of incompatible trace elements and lower to negative ɛ_Nd values; (3) although contamination by continental crust or lithosphere can impart subduction-like signature (e.g., low Nb, low Ta and low Ti) and lead to misidentification of contaminated continental intraplate basalts as arc related, there are still some essential differences between continental intraplate basalts and arc related ones; such as: uncontaminated continental intraplate basalts have high Nb concentrations, Nb/La > 1, “hump-shaped” OIB-like trace element patterns and moderate positive ɛ_Nd values that distinguish them from the arc related ones; whereas, the contaminated continental intraplate basalts are characterized by pronounced negative Nb, Ta and Ti anomalies, but their concentrations of incompatible trace elements are conspicuously higher than those of subduction-zone basalts that also distinguishes them from the arc related ones; (4) an important difference between back-arc basin basalts (BABB) and the MORB is that the former exhibit both MORB-like and arc-like geochemical characteristics; (5) most oceanic plateau basalts (OPB) show diagnostic geochemical characteristics of enriched MORB (E-MORB) to transitional MORB (T-MORB); only the Kerguelen Plateau is an exception; the early (pre 90 Ma) volcanism of the Kerguelen Plateau is associated with the Early Cretaceous break-up of Gondwana and displays features of continental flood basaltic volcanism; with time, the tectonic setting of the Kerguelen plume-derived volcanism changed from a rifted continental margin setting (133–118 Ma) through a young, widening ocean (118–40 Ma), finally to an oceanic intraplate setting (~40 Ma to the present).Tectonic discrimination diagrams should not be used in isolation, but can still be useful as part of holistic geochemical characterization. For example: (1) MORB and OIB are distinguishable from each other in the 3Tb-Th-2Ta diagram; (2) the arc related basalts, including IOAB, IAB and CAB, constantly plot in the arc-related basalts fields in the Th/Yb-Ta/Yb diagram; (3) the 3Tb-Th-2Ta diagram can be utilized to fully illustrate both MORB-like and arc-like characteristics of BABB; (4) some discriminant diagrams (such as Zr/Y-Zr, Th/Yb-Ta/Yb, 3Tb-Th-2Ta and Hf/3-Th-Nb/16 diagrams) can be used to distinguish continental intra plate basalts from arc related ones; (5) although there are not any discrimination diagrams published that delineate an OPB field, some trace element diagrams can still reveal diagnostic characteristics of the OPB.     

Composition and origin of Deccan basalts

The Deccan basalts are essentially composed of saturated tholeiitic lavas. However, undersaturated basalts, nephelinites, carbonatites, intermediate and acid differentiates have also been encountered in parts of western India (Upper Traps). Such unusual rocks are broadly aligned in two major rift zones in western India, the Narbada-Son and Cambay grabens and the faulted west coast. These rocks are younger than the earliest tholeiitic eruptions of central India (Lower Traps), but there are evidences of renewed eruptions of tholeiitic basalts in parts of western India. The earliest eruptions of Deccan basalts of quartz tholeiite composition have been derived by high degrees of partial melting of peridotite at moderate depth (37–41 km). The undersaturated basalts and nephelinites were possibly generated by low degrees of partial melting of garnet peridotite in the low velocity zone along the two tectonically active belts (rifts) in western India. The undersaturated basalts were formed prior to the break-up of Gondwanaland, when a concentration of pressure developed at the tectonically weak zones. The renewed eruptions of saturated tholeiites are thought to be post-tectonic, resulting from the release of stress when the tectonic events had ceased.     

Lithologic and structural controls on fluvial knickzones in basalts of the Paraná Basin,Brazil

Knickzones are common features along rivers on the basaltic plateaus of the Paraná Basin. According to current conceptual models, knickpoints are formed in massive basalts that have a high density of vertical joints. Vesicular–amygdaloidal basalts and those with horizontal joints tend to form reaches of low slope due to their lower resistance to erosion. However, field surveys revealed complexities in this general relationship. The research presented here sought to verify the controls on the genesis of knickzones in this type of geological environment. We studied a 61 km-long mixed bedrock–alluvial river. The longitudinal profile of the river was surveyed on a topographic map with 5 m contour intervals. Tectonic lineaments oriented transverse to the channel and longitudinal lineaments in which the river lies were identified from maps. A detailed field survey of the lithologic characteristics of the riverbed was also performed. The results show that knickzones may form in any litho-structural zone in the flood basalts. On the other hand, low slope zones are predominantly sculpted into vesicular–amygdaloidal basalts, which are less resistant to erosion. The fracture densities of vesicular–amygdaloidal basalts are similar in low slope zones and in knickzones (4.86 and 4.93 m/m², respectively). This indicates that knickzones in this type of basalt are not caused by higher resistance to erosion. Approximately 60% of the 18 knickzones identified are associated with tectonic lineaments, irrespective of the structural characteristics of the basalts. Vesicular–amygdaloidal basalt and/or basalt with horizontal joints allow the fastest knickzone migration and aid in the formation of convexities. Knickpoints in these basalts do not migrate, but erosion in the pools advances downstream and breaks the bedrock steps, thus increasing the slope. Massive basalt with vertical joints causes slower migration, and its presence at convexities indicates local uplift. Convex segments are only formed upstream of faults.     

Basalts from the Centre of the Assumed Icelandic Mantle Plume

Pleistocene to historic basalts in the northern part of theeastern volcanic zone in Iceland may have formed by partialmelting over an extended depth range in the centre of the assumedIcelandic mantle plume. Practically all basalt types found on the ocean ridges are representedin this volcanic rift zone. Volume relations are, however, infavour of low degree partial melting products. The basalts differ from ocean ridge basalts in being undepletedin large trace ions, indicating a primary mantle source. The prevalence of low degree partial melting products in Icelandmay explain the depleted nature of the astenosphere flowingaway from the plume and along the northern part of the Mid-AtlanticRidge. Volumes of lavas are found to correlate with degree of partialmelting. Exceptions from this correlation are found locallyand may be explained on the basis of volcano-tectonic implications. A simple model of thermal structure in the mantle plume-oceanridge system is suggested which may explain some aspects ofthe compositional variations in basalts within the system.