黑龙江东部马家街群的岩石地球化学特征及其沉积时限

马家街群主要分布在黑龙江省东部的佳木斯地块中部的桦南隆起.桦南隆起主要出露麻山群、黑龙江群和马家街群变质岩石,是佳木斯地块变质基底岩石出露面积最大、类型最全的地质单元.     

黑龙江东南部穆棱地区“麻山群”的特征及花岗岩锆石SHRIMP U-Pb定年——对佳木斯地块最南缘地壳演化的制约

通过对佳木斯地块南缘穆棱地区常兴村-新兴村剖面的研究,指出这里是“麻山群”和“黑龙江群”的结合部位,具有古大陆边缘性质。穆棱地区的“麻山群”为佳木斯地块南缘的陆壳基底,其南侧的“黑龙江群”为包括洋壳残片在内的增生-碰撞杂岩。对“麻山群”混合岩的SHRIMP锆石U-Pb定年结果表明：佳木斯地块存在中-新元古代的结晶基底,并遭受到~500Ma变质作用的影响。侵入“麻山群”杂岩的花岗岩的岩石学、地球化学研究表明,这些花岗岩具有S型花岗岩的特征;其SHRIMP锆石U-Pb分析表明其形成年龄为486Ma±3Ma,略晚于前人确定的“麻山群”杂岩约500Ma的麻粒岩相变质作用,为同碰撞或碰撞后花岗岩。这些资料进一步证明,该地区可能经历了晚泛非-早加里东期的碰撞造山作用。     

黑龙江东南部穆棱地区“麻山群”的特征及花岗岩锆石SHRIMPU-Pb定年——对佳木斯地块最南缘地壳演化的制约

通过对佳木斯地块南缘穆棱地区常兴村-新兴村剖面的研究,认为这里是“麻山群”和“黑龙江群”的结合部位．具有古大陆边缘的性质。穆棱地区的“麻山群”为佳木斯地块南缘的陆壳基底,其南侧的“黑龙江群”为包括洋壳残片在内的增生-碰撞杂岩。对“麻山群”混合岩的SHRIMP锆石U-Pb定年结果表明：佳木斯地块存在中-新元古代的结晶基底,并遭受到约500Ma变质作用的影响。侵入“麻山群”杂岩的花岗岩的岩石学、地球化学研究表明,这些花岗岩具有S型花岗岩的特征;其SHRIMP锆石U—Pb分析表明,其形成年龄为486Ma＋3Ma,略晚于前人确定的“麻山群”杂岩约500Ma的麻粒岩相变质作用,为同碰撞或碰撞后花岗岩。这些资料进一步证明,该地区可能经历了晚泛非-早加里东期的碰撞造山作用。     

牡丹江地区黑龙江杂岩锆石U-Pb年代学特征及地质意义

黑龙江杂岩主要出露在佳木斯地块西缘,沿牡丹江断裂分布,为佳木斯地块与松嫩地块拼合过程中形成的构造混杂岩.杂岩以强烈变形的长英质糜棱岩为主体,其中含有大量具洋壳性质的超基性岩、变基性熔岩（蓝片岩）及变硅质岩和大理岩等岩块或岩片.对出露于黑龙江省东部牡丹江地区的长英质糜棱岩进行了锆石LA-ICP-MS研究.获得两组²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U年龄数据,其加权平均年龄分别为509.4±7.1 Ma（n=9,MSWD=1.3）和269±1.9 Ma（n=22,MSWD=0.93）.其中最老2 420和2 459 Ma锆石年龄的出现,表明杂岩中有来自古元古界古老物质;509 Ma左右是佳木斯地块中麻山群的高级变质和花岗质岩浆作用年龄;约269 Ma年龄说明黑龙江杂岩变形基质形成于晚二叠世之后,可能与晚古生代古亚洲洋闭合事件相关.     

黑龙江杂岩带的形成演化及地质意义

黑龙江杂岩带呈南北向带状展布于佳木斯地块西缘,出露于嘉荫—牡丹江缝合带以东.研究证明其主体形成时代为晚海西期到印支期,地球化学特征显示其极可能形成于佳木斯与松嫩地块(松花江—嫩江地块)间板块俯冲碰撞或陆间洋盆消失闭合的环境.综合佳木斯地块同位素研究成果,结合该区古生物的研究和地质特点,推演出依兰地区黑龙江杂岩的形成演化...     

佳木斯—兴凯地块新元古代花岗片麻岩及泛非期S型花岗岩的锆石U-Pb年龄及其地质意义

<正>佳木斯—兴凯地块位于中亚造山带的东段,是中国东北一个重要的大地构造单元。长期以来,麻山群和黑龙江群一直被认为是佳木斯—兴凯地块的前寒武纪变质基底。但近年来的研究显示,麻山群由具有孔兹岩系特征的表壳岩和变质变形的深成侵入体共同组成,其记录了一期~500 Ma的麻粒岩相高级变质作用(Wilde et al.,1997),但表壳岩的原岩形成时代尚不清楚。黑龙江杂岩是一套由不同时代和类型岩石组成的不具地层含义的混杂岩系,其蓝片岩相变质作用发生在185~166 Ma,标志着松嫩地体和佳木斯—兴凯地     

佳木斯地块及邻区早古生代——晚中生代构造演化

为厘清嘉荫—牡丹江缝合带的形成时代,确定佳木斯地块早古生代—晚中生代构造演化过程,笔者对佳木斯地块及邻区出露的一些特征岩石的相关资料进行了收集与系统分析。分析结果显示,黑龙江杂岩外来岩块原岩具有类似蛇绿岩的特征,锆石U--Pb年龄结果显示其形成时代为257～210 Ma,云母及蓝闪石Ar--Ar年龄显示基质与外来岩块共同发生高压变质与退变质事件的时间为193～145 Ma,结合出露于佳木斯地块与松嫩地块的早古生代-早侏罗世火成岩地球化学特征及锆石U-Pb年龄,提出佳木斯地块与松嫩地块间经历了早古生代拼合—二叠纪末期三叠纪裂解—侏罗纪-白垩纪初期再次拼合的构造演化过程。古太平洋板块向西的俯冲作用,驱动了其最终的拼合,形成了以黑龙江杂岩为标志的嘉荫—牡丹江缝合带。     

黑龙江杂岩中蓝片岩的地球化学特征和云母片岩的4期40Ar-39Ar年龄对佳木斯地块晚古生代至中生代构造演化的制约

黑龙江杂岩作为存在于佳木斯地块西缘的牡丹江洋俯冲—增生的唯一直接记录,对限定佳木斯地块晚古生代—中生代的构造演化具有关键作用。本文主要对依兰和牡丹江地区出露的黑龙江蓝片岩和云母片岩分别进行了地球化学和⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar年代学方面的分析。研究结果显示,依兰和牡丹江地区的蓝片岩原岩均为碱性玄武岩,与 OIB的地球化学性质相一致,指示其形成于洋岛环境。结合作者在依兰地区发表的蓝片岩原岩结晶年龄为～288 Ma,表明在早二叠世时期,佳木斯地块与松嫩地块之间存在古洋盆,即牡丹江洋。此外,在牡丹江地区黑龙江杂岩中获得的云母片岩白云母⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar年龄为187±2 Ma,其与变基性岩常常相伴产生,表明二者共同经历了牡丹江洋的俯冲消亡过程,因此代表了黑龙江蓝片岩的形成时代,即早侏罗世。综上,本文对佳木斯地块晚古生代—中生代的构造演化历史提出了新的解释,即：早二叠世,牡丹江洋一直存在于佳木斯地块与松嫩地块之间;早侏罗世,牡丹江洋向松嫩地块之下发生俯冲消减,进而造成佳木斯地块与松嫩地块发生碰撞拼贴。     

黑龙江萝北地区黑龙江杂岩年代学研究

黑龙江杂岩主要出露在牡丹江断裂以东,并沿其呈南北向带状展布于佳木斯地块西缘。对出露于黑龙江省东部萝北地区金满屯太平沟含云母绿帘角闪岩和头道沟的混合花岗岩的锆石进行LA-ICP-MSU-Pb定年研究,获得两组较好206Pb/238U年龄数据:其加权平均年龄分别为256.0±1.0Ma(n=15,MSWD=0.89)和227.1±1.4Ma(n=11,MSWD=1.3)。含云母绿帘角闪岩和混合花岗岩显示了佳木斯地块与其西缘的洋壳俯冲过程中不同阶段或时期的产物。含云母绿帘角闪岩256.0±1Ma的年龄是其变质时代,代表了俯冲、拼贴、碰撞过程中早期的热事件;而混合花岗岩227.1±1.4Ma的年龄则代表了俯冲、拼贴、碰撞过程即将结束的热事件。结合佳木斯地块上出露的同碰撞火山弧花岗岩的形成年代,推断出佳木斯地块与其西缘的松嫩地块之间洋壳的俯冲消减作用和随之而来的陆陆碰撞作用发生在约317～220Ma之间,黑龙江杂岩主体的形成时代为海西晚期到印支期,而其蓝片岩相变质作用可能发生在256Ma之前。     

中国东北~500Ma泛非期孔兹岩带的确定及其意义

东北地区的变质基底,如佳木斯地块的麻山群、兴安地块的兴华渡口群等岩石组合是以(含石墨)大理岩、夕线石榴片麻岩、斜长角闪岩等为主要标志的孔兹岩系。在额尔古纳、兴安和佳木斯-兴凯地块的夕线石榴片麻岩分别得到锆石U-Pb年龄,证明这些高级变质岩的原岩年龄以新元古代(600~850Ma)为主,变质年龄为~500Ma,因此东北地区的变质基底记录了从Rodinia 到 Gondwana大陆的聚合与离散的过程。泛非期高级变质岩及其同期岩浆岩在额尔古纳、兴安、松辽、佳木斯 和兴凯地块等断续分布,总体出露范围>1300km,并沿虎头、鸡西、萝北、兴华渡口和漠河一线总体北西向沿黑龙江断续分布,因此我们命名为"中国东北泛非期孔兹岩带"。 "中国东北泛非期孔兹岩带"的提出和进一步研究, 对深入探讨东北地区各地块基底组成的异同性以及陆块聚合的过程,以及东北地区的构造演化历史及其在Gondwana大陆重建中的位置都具有重要的科学意义。     

Geology, geochemistry and origin of the banded and granite gneisses in the basement complex of the Ilesha area, southwestern Nigeria

The basement complex in the Ilesha area consists of two distinct units — the gneisses and the schists. The Ilesha Schist Belt is a back-arc basin where there has been a subduction of an ocean slab into the mantle. This was followed by partial melting of mantle and ocean sediments to generate a wet basaltic magma, as revealed by spidergrams and REE fractionation patterns for the rocks in this belt. In this environment, differentiation of the wet basaltic magma led to the emplacement of a set of rocks, which formed a proto-continent. These rocks were then eroded to generate a sedimentary sequence which was metamorphosed into banded gneiss from which the granite gneisses were derived. The banded gneiss, characterised by alternation of felsic and mafic bands, is composed of medium to very coarse plagioclase, hornblende, quartz and biotite. The granite gneiss, composed of biotite, K--feldspars, quartz and minor garnet, occurs in close association with the banded gneiss.Chemical evidence revealed that elements that are depleted in the banded gneiss are concentrated in the granite gneiss and vice-versa; suggesting a petrogenetic link between these rocks.The schists were deposited as sediments composed of quartz, muscovite, biotite and Fe oxides. These sediments were metamorphosed to form quartzite schists which were folded into the gneisses. After the emplacement of these rocks, there was transpressive tectonic activity in this schist belt, causing deformation of these rocks, and emplacement of the northeast-southwest Ifewara-Zungeru Fault System, which separates the Ilesha Schist Belt into two halves.     

柴北缘夹榴辉岩的片麻岩（片岩）地球化学、Sm-Nd和U-Pb同位素研究——深俯冲的前寒武纪变质基底？

在柴北缘的鱼卡-锡铁山-沙柳河一带,出露夹有榴辉岩透镜体的花岗质片麻岩(正片麻岩)和副片麻岩(片岩)。地球化学和Sm-Nd同位素数据显示副片麻岩(片岩)与正片麻岩具有类似的地球化学成分和一致的Nd模式年龄(1.88～2.18Ga),结合副片麻岩(片岩)局部包在正片麻岩中的野外关系,正片麻岩可能为副片麻岩(片岩)原地熔融作用的产物。U-Pb锆石测定表明熔融作用产生的正片麻岩的岩浆形成时代为952Ma。另外,这些夹榴辉岩的片麻岩(片岩)也与柴北缘北侧不夹榴辉岩的深变质基底片麻岩和中南祁连地块的变质基底片麻岩有相似Sm-Nd同位素特征和近一致Nd模式年龄(1.87～2.26Ga)。表明它们具有明显的亲缘关系,可能来源于具有古元古代晚期地壳形成年龄的同一变质基底。然而,与柴北缘北 侧和祁连地块的深变质基底岩石不同的是,这套含榴辉岩的片麻岩(片岩)明显遭受了早古生代变质作用的影响,正片麻岩锆石U-Pb测定获得的下交点年龄为478±44Ma,与柴北缘地区榴辉岩的变质锆石的年龄在误差范围内一致;而已在都兰地区副片麻岩锆石中柯石英包体的发现也证明了含榴辉岩的片麻岩(片岩)与榴辉岩一样同样经历了UHP变质作用。因此,我们认为柴北缘含榴辉岩的片麻岩虽然具有与相邻变质基底相似的早期演化历史,但在早古生代又与所夹的榴辉岩     

Subdivision of the hida metamorphic complex, central Japan, and its bearing on the geology of the Far East in pre-Sea of Japan time

Petrological and structural characteristics of the regional metamorphic rocks in south-west Japan and in the Korean Peninsula make it possible to speculate on the geological correlation between Japan and the Asian continent prior to the opening of the Sea of Japan, a typical marginal sea. The Hida metamorphic complex, situated on the Sea of Japan side of southwest Japan, is subdivided into two distinct geological units, the Hida gneisses and the Unazuki schists. The Hida gneisses are polymetamorphosed Precambrian rocks, while the Unazuki schists occurring on its eastern and southern sides are low- to medium-grade metamorphic rocks originating from Upper Paleozoic deposits. Sedimentary facies and other geological features suggest that the Hida gneisses were the basemen of the Unazuki schists. Consequently, the geotectonic framework of southwest Japan is revised from north to south as follows: Hida gneiss region (Precambrian massif) Unazuki zone (late Permian intermed. metamorphic belt) Circum-Hida tectonic zone (Mid- to Late Paleozoic melange zone) Mino-Tanba terrain (Late Paleozoic to Mesozoic geosynclinal region) and so on.The Unazuki zone is similar to the Okcheon zone in the Korean Peninsula in respect of age, lithology and biofacies of sedimentary rocks as well as the age and type of regional metamorphism. Furthermore, the Hida gneisses and the Gyeonggi polymetamorphosed Precambrian gneisses in the Korean Peninsula are similar in the apparent baric type of metamorphism, radiometric ages and the relationship with the overlying metamorphosed formations. The similarity of the geotectonic frameworks of southwest Japan and the Korean Peninsula suggests that the Unazuki zone and the Okcheon zone once formed a continuous geotectonic unit. Thus we have a new geological coordinate in reconstructing the paleogeography prior to the opening of the Sea of Japan.     

Sedimentational,structural and migmatitic history of the Archaean Dharwar tectonic province,southern India

The earliest decipherable record of the Dharwar tectonic province is left in the 3.3 Ga old gneissic pebbles in some conglomerates of the Dharwar Group, in addition to the 3.3–3.4 Ga old gneisses in some areas. A sialic crust as the basement for Dharwar sedimentation is also indicated by the presence of quartz schists and quartzites throughout the Dharwar succession. Clean quartzites and orthoquartzite-carbonate association in the lower part of the Dharwar sequence point to relatively stable platform and shelf conditions. This is succeeded by sedimentation in a rapidly subsiding trough as indicated by the turbidite-volcanic rock association. Although conglomerates in some places point to an erosional surface at the contact between the gneisses and the Dharwar supracrustal rocks, extensive remobilization of the basement during the deformation of the cover rocks has largely blurred this interface. This has also resulted in accordant style and sequence of structures in the basement and cover rocks in a major part of the Dharwar tectonic province. Isoclinal folds with attendant axial planar schistosity, coaxial open folds, followed in turn by non-coaxial upright folds on axial planes striking nearly N-S, are decipherable both in the “basement” gneisses and the schistose cover rocks. The imprint of this sequence of superposed deformation is registered in some of the charnockitic terranes also, particularly in the Biligirirangan Hills, Shivasamudram and Arakalgud areas. The Closepet Granite, with alignment of feldspar megacrysts parallel to the axial planes of the latest folds in the adjacent schistose rocks, together with discrete veins of Closepet Granite affinity emplaced parallel to the axial planes of late folds in the Peninsular Gneiss enclaves, suggest that this granite is late-tectonic with reference to the last deformation in the Dharwar tectonic province. Enclaves of tonalite and migmatized amphibolite a few metres across, with a fabric athwart to and overprinted by the earliest structures traceable in the supracrustal rocks as well as in a major part of the Peninsular Gneiss, point to at least one deformation, an episode of migmatization and one metamorphic event preceding the first folding in the Dharwar sequence. This record of pre-Dharwar deformation and metamorphism is corroborated also by the pebbles of gneisses and schists in the conglomerates of the Dharwar Group. Volcanic rocks within the Dharwar succession as well as some of the components of the Peninsular Gneiss give ages of about 3.0 Ga. A still younger age of about 2.6 Ga is recorded in some volcanic rocks of the Dharwar sequence, a part of the Peninsular Gneiss, Closepet Granite and some charnockites. These, together with the 3.3 Ga old gneisses and 3.4 Ga old ages of zircons in some charnockites, furnish evidence for three major thermal events during the 700 million year history of the Archaean Dharwar tectonic province.     

Petrology of the Non-mafic UHP Metamorphic Rocks from a Drillhole in the Southern Sulu Orogenic Belt, Eastern-Central China

The Drillhole ZK703 with a depth of 558 m is located in the Donghai area of the southern Sulu ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) metamorphic belt, eastern China, and penetrates typical UHP eclogites and various non-mafic rocks, including peridotite, gneiss, schist and quartzite. Their protoliths include ultramafic, mafic, intermediate, intermediate-acidic, acidic igneous rocks and sediments. These rocks are intimately interlayered, which are meters to millimeters thick with sharp and nontectonic contacts, suggesting in-situ metamorphism under UHP eclogite facies conditions. The following petrologic features indicate that the non-mafic rocks have experienced early-stage UHP metamorphism together with the eclogites: (1) phengite relics in gneisses and schists contain a high content of Si, up to 3.52 p.f.u. (per formula unit), while amphibolite-facies phengites have considerably low Si content (<3.26 p.f.u.); (2) jadeite relics are found in quartzite and jadeitite; (3) various types of symplectitic coronas and pseud     

华北与西伯利亚板块的对接过程: 来自西拉木伦缝合带变形花岗岩锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb年龄证据

房框子沟花岗质片麻岩NEE向展布于内蒙古林西县双井镇的房框子沟村一带, 是一套侵入到双井片岩中的变质变形侵入体, 其边缘和中央分别为云染状和均质的花岗质片麻岩.利用LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb原位定年方法对采自该侵入体边缘和中央的样品进行了定年, 结果表明, 岩浆在271.9±1.6Ma开始侵位于双井片岩中, 在接触带上多发生混合岩化, 造成岩体边缘呈云染状, 在264.8±1.8Ma岩体主体侵位, 之后由于西伯利亚板块与华北板块的持续碰撞缝合, 岩体在应力作用下变形变质形成了今天看到的房框子沟花岗质片麻岩的面貌, 到231±2Ma碰撞基本结束, 西伯利亚板块与华北板块最终拼合.      

Shear-zone hosted copper mineralisation of the Omitiomire deposit — Structural controls of fluid flow and mineralisation during subduction accretion in the Pan-African Damara Belt of Namibia

The Omitiomire copper deposit is a relatively recent discovery in the Pan-African Damara Belt of central Namibia. The deposit is situated in Mesoproterozoic gneisses and amphibolites of the Ekuja Dome overlain by amphibolite-grade metaturbidites of the Southern Zone accretionary prism that formed during northward subduction of the Kalahari Craton below the Congo Craton between ca. 580–520 Ma. Copper mineralisation is confined to an anastomosing system of shallowly-dipping, retrograde mylonitic shear zones within the Ekuja Dome. The shear zones are centred around a lithologically heterogeneous amphibolite-gneiss sequence. Mylonitisation and copper mineralisation are closely associated with the retrogression of particularly amphibolites and the partial or complete replacement of amphibolites by biotite–epidote and biotite–chlorite–epidote schists that host the chalcocite-dominated mineralisation.Deformation and mineralisation in the heterogeneous shear-zone system can be shown to describe a progression. Initial strain localization is confined to lithological (amphibolite-gneiss) contacts and associated quartz veining and fluid flow are preferentially developed around the margins of competent amphibolite units. Fluid infiltration and the retrogression of amphibolites to biotite–epidote schists leads to strain localization into the marginal schists that envelop amphibolites. Further veining and fluid flow are localised into the central parts of amphibolite units leading to the pervasive retrogression to biotite–epidote schists that dominate the central parts of the shear-zone system. Earlier quartz-vein generations appear as isoclinally folded and dismembered ribbons or boudins in mineralised schists. The clearly syntectonic introduction of the copper mineralisation is underlined by the intergrowth of chalcocite with the retrograde assemblages and chalcocite forming part of the mylonitic shear-zone fabric.3D modelling of drillhole data combined with limited surface exposure delineates a shallow east dipping, gently undulating ore body parallel to the regional gneissosity of the Ekuja Dome. The ore body comprises several mineralised lenses varying in thickness from 10 m to > 100 m. Prominent ore shoots are gently doubly plunging to the N and S and parallel to the regionally developed L > S fabric in the gneisses. Kinematic indicators in the mineralised shear zone system point to a top-to-the S sense of shear, parallel to the regional L fabric and parallel to the southverging transport recorded in the structurally overlying prism metasediments.The regional setting of the Omitiomire deposit, kinematics, and retrograde, but high-temperature overprint of original mineral assemblages in the mineralised shear zones indicate deformation and fluid flow during the expulsion of the basement gneisses during N-ward direction subduction of the Kalahari Craton below the Congo Craton. Lithological, geochronological, structural and P–T data suggest numerous similarities and, indeed, correlations between the Omitiomire-style copper mineralisation of the Damara Belt with the large copper deposits hosted by basement gneisses in the Domes Region of the Lufilian Arc in Zambia.     

Variscan amphibolite-facies rocks from the Kurtoğlu metamorphic complex (Gümüşhane area,Eastern Pontides,Turkey)

The Kurtoğlu metamorphic complex, that forms part of the pre-Liassic basement of the Sakarya zone in northern Turkey, consists of at least two tectonic units. Blueschist-facies rocks of unknown metamorphic age in the southern part of the complex are tectonically overlain by Variscan low-pressure high-temperature metamorphic rocks. The latter comprise mica schists and fine-grained gneisses, cut by metaleucogranitic dikes, as well as migmatitic biotite gneisses and subordinate amphibolite intercalations. Structural data indicate that metamorphism and penetrative deformation occurred after dyke intrusion. Peak metamorphic conditions of the mica schists, fine-grained gneisses and metaleucogranites are estimated to ∼650°C and ∼0.4 GPa, based on phase relationships in the system NCKFMASH, Fe–Mg partitioning between garnet and biotite as well as garnet-aluminosilicate-quartz-plagioclase (GASP) and garnet-plagioclase-biotite-quartz (GBPQ) barometry. Peak temperatures of the migmatitic biotite gneisses and amphibolite intercalations are not well constrained but might have been significantly higher (690–740°C), as suggested from hornblende-plagioclase thermometry. ⁴⁰Ar–³⁹Ar incremental dating on muscovite and biotite fractions from the mica schists and fine-grained gneisses yielded plateau ages of ∼323 Ma. Significantly older model ages of ∼329 and ∼337 Ma were obtained on muscovite fractions from two metaleucogranite samples. These fractions contain both relict igneous and newly formed metamorphic muscovite.     

Identification of the scales of differential element mobility in a ductile fault zone

Two fundamentally different scales of element mobility have been identified in the upper-amphibolite-facies Hunts Brook fault zone of south-central Connecticut, USA. Field relations, mineral chemistry, and 80 bulk rock analyses provide overwhelming evidence that the blastomylonitic schists and gneisses of the fault zone were derived from the enclosing granodioritic Rope Ferry orthogneiss. Two-sample mass balance calculations between the Rope Ferry Gneiss and fault rocks strongly suggest that the Rope Ferry Gneiss was segregated into biotite-rich schists and quartz–plagioclase-rich gneisses through the centimetre-scale transfer of Si, Al, Ca, Na, Ba, and Zr from schists to gneisses. Three- and four-sample mass balance calculations provide convincing evidence that Al, Ca, Na, and Ba were lost and Si and K gained by the entire fault zone. Both scales of metasomatism have been identified at two localities separated by 20 km, implying that the metasomatic processes were pervasive throughout the fault zone.
From the mass balance calculations, an apparent disparity in K mobility arises. K appears to be gained by the entire fault zone, but is immobile during the centimetre-scale segregation. This is because mass balance calculations can only detect differential element mobility. Differential element mobility requires that the mechanism of metasomatism produces chemical potential gradients. Therefore, the identification of differentially mobile elements provides insight into the mechanisms of metasomatism. The immobility of K during segregation of schists and gneisses implies that the segregation was not achieved through the extraction of partial melt. However, the element mobility is reconcilable with deformation-driven metamorphic differentiation. The gains of Si and K and losses of Ca, Na, Al, and Ba for the entire fault zone are also inconsistent with the intrusion or extraction of partial melt, but may reflect the infiltration of a metasomatizing aqueous fluid.     

Evidence against the core/cover interpretation of the southern sector of the Menderes Massif,west Turkey

The Menderes Massif, in western Anatolia, has been described as a lithological succession comprising a basal ‘Precambrian gneissic core of sedimentary origin’ overlain in sequence by ‘Palaeozoic schist’ and ‘Mesozoic-Cenozoic marble’ forming the envelope. The boundary between core and schist envelope was interpreted as a major unconformity, the ‘Supra-Pan-African unconformity’. By contrast, our field observations and geochemical data show that around the southern side of Besparmak Mountain, north of Selimiye (Milas), the protoliths of highly deformed, mylonitized augen gneisses are granitoid rocks intrusive into the adjacent Palaeozoic metasedimentary schists. The field relationships indicate the age of intrusion to be younger than late Permian and there is no evidence for the existence of either an exposed Precambrian basement or the ‘Supra-Pan-African unconformity’ in this sector of the Menderes Massif.