粤西阳春中生代钾玄质侵入岩及其构造意义：

粤西阳春地区马山二长闪长岩强烈富集K、Sr和LREE，(87Sr／86Sr)；≈0.7046，εNd(t)≈+1；岗尾-轮水岩体较富集K、Rb、Th和LREE，(87Sr／86Sr)：≈0.7063，εNd(t)≈-2；石岩体较富集Sr，K、Rb、Th和LREE相对较低，(87Sr／86Sr);=0.7084～0.7089，εNd(t)≈-6。马山岩体来源于大离子亲石元素(ULE)和LREE富集的交代地幔；岗尾-轮水岩体来自于放射成因Sr、Nd同位素组成略高或交代时间略早的富集交代地幔，并且经历了明显的结晶分异作用；石岩体则很可能是前存下地壳底垫基性岩重熔形成的。从早侏罗世到早白垩世，南岭西部的岩浆成分和源区的规律性变化反映了区域软流圈地幔上涌和岩石圈伸展-拉张-减薄的演化过程。     

广东梅州早侏罗世层状基性-超基性岩体研究

以往主要依据地球化学证据推断东南沿海中生代存在地幔富集作用 ,但缺乏可靠的地质学证据。运用全岩 +单矿物 (斜长石和辉石 )Rb Sr等时线法 ,测得梅州辉长岩 橄榄岩岩体中辉长岩的年龄为 178.71±3 .9Ma ,( 87Sr 86 Sr) i 值为 0 .70 5 5 5 8,εSr(t)值为 17.87～ 18.16;3个辉长岩样品的 ( 1 43Nd 1 44 Nd) i 值为 0 .5 12 641～0 .5 12 665 ,εNd(t)值为 0 .4 3～ 0 .95 ,表明其源区为类似原始地幔的弱富集型地幔 ,从而首次得到了中生代存在富集地幔的地质学证据。中生代基性岩类地球化学性质的变化表明 ,大约在中侏罗世早期 ( 164～ 165Ma) ,东南沿海进入太平洋构造域     

崂山地区玄武质岩石的地球化学特征

晚白垩世（95Ma)，白垩纪末（69Ma)和古新(6765Ma)玄武质岩石，呈脉状零星露头产于燕山期崂山岗岩体中，岩性分别为碱性玄武岩，碧岩和斑玄武岩，碱性玄武岩和碧玄岩以高度富集LILE和LREE为特征，（La/Yb)N=25.5-46.6，两者表现为程度不等的Nb,Ta,Zt,Ti等高场强元素亏损，与我国华北新生代碱性玄武岩相比，Ba,Rb,Th更为富集，Sr,Nd同位素比值（碧玄岩）为^87Sr/^86Sr=0.705517,^143Nd/^144Nd=0.512777.它们很可能均起源一刊中生代扬子板块玄武岩类似，微量元素总量及LILE和LREE含量均较低，（La/Yb)N=4.7-6.4，其典型的微量元素比值（如Zr/Nb,Rb/Nb,Nb,Ta等）与EM1型OIB类似，^87Sr/686Sr=0.706054-0.706146;^143Nd/^144Nd=0.572387-0.512392,它可能起于受上涌软流圈交代的大陆岩石圈（软流圈顶部的“metasome”）的部分熔融，是软流圈流体与大陆岩石圈相互作用的产物。上述不同类型玄武岩的顺序侵位，可能反映在晚白垩世一早第三纪期间，本区曾经历地壳拉张强度逐渐增大一地壳持续减薄－软流圈不断上涌的动力学过程。     

晚古生代古亚洲洋俯冲作用:来自珲春前山镁铁质侵入岩的年代学和地球化学记录

珲春地区前山镁铁质侵入岩主要由橄榄辉长岩、苏长岩和辉长闪长岩组成,形成年龄273±2Ma,为早二叠世侵入岩。该岩体显示出岛弧拉斑玄武岩的元素地球化学特征,弱富集LREE且正Eu(Eu/Eu*=1.05～1.44)异常的REE配分模式,在不相容元素中富集大离子亲石元素(LILE)如Ba和Sr,亏损高场强元素(HFSE)(La/Nb=2.8～4.8;Zr/Sm=8.0～22.5),与起源于流体交代地幔楔部分熔融的岛弧低钾拉斑玄武岩类似。在同位素特征上低放射成因Sr,高放射成因Nd和Hf(87Sr/86Sr(i)=0.70295～0.70375;εNd(t)=+4.5～+6.4;εHf(t)=+9.6～+14.6),反映其来源于同位素组成亏损的交代地幔。结合区域地质背景,我们认为前山镁铁质岩形成于晚古生代期间古亚洲洋向华北板块的俯冲作用背景,其亏损Nb-Ta、Zr-Hf及Hf-Nd同位素解耦特点说明该岩体最有可能来源于俯冲流体交代的地幔楔。     

可可西里雄鹰台中新世橄榄安粗质火山岩的成因

可可西里雄鹰台火山熔岩的全岩K-Ar年龄为11.1-12.8Ma,SiO2含量为55.28%-58.65%,K2O含量为3.52%-4.42%，属橄榄安粗岩系列，主要岩类为橄榄安粗岩和安粗岩，富集轻稀土（LREE）和大离子亲石元素（K、Rb,Cs,Sr,Ba,U,Th)，Sr同位素比值（^87Sr/^86Sr)较高，在0.7082-0.7086之间，Nd同位素比值（^143Nd/^144Nd)较低，在0.51236-0.51243之间，^206Pb/^204Pb,^207Pb/^204Pb,^208Pb/^204Pb的比值大体分别在18.58-18.70,15.60-15.68,37.98-38.33之间变化，微量元素和同位素地球化学示踪研究表明，火山岩源区为富集的地幔类型（EMⅡ），该类型地幔的形成与缝合带的成因有关，火内岩在时空及成因上与昆仑南缘断裂的活动有密切的关系。     

新疆西准噶尔庙尔沟岩体的地球化学及年代学研究

新疆西准噶尔庙尔沟岩体侵入于早中石炭世海相火山-沉积建造中,主体由碱长花岗岩组成,局部分布有紫苏花岗岩和碱长花岗岩脉。碱长花岗岩及岩脉高硅、富碱、贫钙,里特曼指数(δ)=2.17~2.98,A/CNK=0.96~1.03,A/NK=1.08~1.13,为准铝质-弱过铝质高钾钙碱性花岗岩,其富集LILEs(Rb、U、K、Th),相对亏损HFSEs(Nb、Ta、P、Ti)和Ba、Sr等,以及强烈Eu负异常,过渡族地幔相容元素Cr、Ni含量低,U、Th、Pb等地壳富集元素含量较高。Sr、Nd同位素组成:(87Sr/86Sr)i=0.70370~0.70541,εNd(t)=+4.10~+6.79,tDM=0.57~0.99Ga。锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb定年研究获得锆石U-Pb年龄为309±1.4Ma,表明岩体碱长花岗岩的形成时代为晚石炭世。紫苏花岗岩的SiO 2含量为60.88%~62.06%,Al2O3含量为15.50%~15.72%,里特曼指数(δ)=2.59~2.77,A/CNK=0.86~0.88,A/NK=1.50~1.53,为准铝质钙碱性-高钾钙碱性过渡的花岗岩,相对富集LREE(Rb、U、K、Th),而亏损HREE(Nb、Ta、P、Ti)和Sr,以及较显著的Eu负异常,过渡族地幔相容元素Cr、Ni含量低,U、Th、Pb等地壳富集元素含量较高。Sr、Nd同位素组成:(87Sr/86Sr)i=0.70382~0.70388,εNd(t)=+6.67~+6.98,tDM=0.59~0.62Ga。锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb定年研究获得锆石U-Pb年龄为302.1±2.1Ma,表明岩体紫苏花岗岩的形成时代为晚石炭世。综合庙尔沟岩体的地质特征、地球化学特征、年代学和区域地质背景,认为庙尔沟岩体碱长花岗岩及岩脉为A2型花岗岩,紫苏花岗岩具有A型花岗岩的地球化学性质,且它们是可能来自同一个岩浆源区,属于西准噶尔后碰撞阶段的岩浆活动产物。     

新疆三塘湖盆地古生代晚期火山岩地球化学特征及其构造-岩浆演化意义

三塘湖盆地早石炭世安山岩（ECA）、早二叠世粗面岩类（EPT）以及中二叠世玄武岩（MPB）样品都具有大离子亲石元素（LILE）相对于高场强元素（HFSE）富集，Nb和Ta强烈亏损，轻稀土元素（LREE）相对于重稀土元素（HREE）富集，类似于和俯冲带相关的岩浆特征。ECA具有高的Zr／Nb（4．67～12．39），低的Nb／La（0．27～0．30），Ce／Ce＊=0．63～0．89，Sr／Sr＊=1．32．2．49，并具有Ti的负异常，另外（^87Sr／^86Sr）i=0．70408～0．70451，εNd（t）=＋7．42-＋7．88。与ECA相比，EPT大离子亲石元素更为富集，Ti和P的负异常明显，特别是Ce／Ce＊=0．72—1．64，Sr／Sr＊=0．38～1．87，相对较低的Al2O3和CaO含量以及（^87Sr／^86Sr）；=0．70414～0.70481和εNd（t）=＋4．93～＋6．13而区别于ECA。MPB与ECA相比具有较低的大离子亲石元素含量和较高的Nb、Ta含量，Ce／Ce＊=0．69～0．84，Sr／Sr＊=1、44～2．13，未有明显的Ti负异常，（^87St／^86Sr）i=0．70388～0．70396，εNd（t）=＋7．10-＋7．99。所有的地球化学特征表明：早石炭世或更早，三塘湖盆地为与俯冲带相关的构造背景，ECA是典型的弧火山岩，其岩浆主要源于被流体或沉积物交待改造的亏损地幔楔。早石炭世以后，三塘湖地区逐渐进入碰撞后伸展拉张阶段，EPT和MPB都为后造山火山岩。EPT岩浆主要源于亏损软流圈底侵前二叠纪形成的造山组分的部分熔融；MPB的岩浆主要源于亏损地幔的部分熔融，并被前二叠纪形成的造山组分或是年轻地壳混染。三塘湖地区二叠纪伸展拉张的动力学机制主要是由于造山带增厚的岩石圈大范围拆沉而导致的大范围亏损地幔部分熔融岩浆和上部造山组分或是年轻地壳的相互作用，这种造山组分或是年轻地壳具有低的（^87Sr／^86Sr），比值和正的εNd（t）值。火山岩地球化学特征指示没有明显地幔柱的作用特征。     

济阳拗陷第三纪玄武岩的Nd—Sr同位素研究

本文报道了济阳拗陷29个第三纪玄武岩的Nd，Sr同位素组成。结果表明，该区早、晚第三纪玄武岩的Nd-Sr同位素组成变化且具有一定的区别：早经三纪玄武岩的εNd值为0．70481－0．70830；晚第三纪玄武央的εNd值为0．1－2．3，^87Sr/^86Sr比值为0．70421－0．70530。鉴于εNd与1/Nd有^87Sr/^86Sr与1／Sr之间不存在相关特征，Nb正异常以及SiO2与MgO，Fe2O3 FeO,P2O5呈负相关，与Al2O3呈正相关，但与K2I为不存在相关特征，因此，地壳混染作用并不是第三纪玄武岩同位素组成变化的主要原因。玄武岩^87Sr/^86Sr比值的升高是由热液蚀变造成的，而εNd值的变化而归因于源区混合。如果热液蚀变作用没有发生，这些玄武岩的所有数据点在Nd-Sr相关图上将可能位于地幔系列内部。这表明第三纪玄武岩主要是由DMM和EMI两个端员组分不同程度混合形成，EMII的贡献是次要的。     

新疆西准噶尔包古图地区中酸性侵入体的岩石学、年代学和地球化学研究

新疆西准噶尔包古图地区出露一些中酸性小岩体,以花岗闪长岩、石英闪长岩和闪长岩为主,富Na贫K,属于亚碱性岩石,Mg#值较高(平均0.48)。锆石U-Pb年代学研究表明其形成于310~319Ma期间。通过对比研究,划分出两种侵入体类型:I、Ⅱ、Ⅴ号岩体属于磁铁矿型侵入体,具有较高的氧逸度特征(LogfO2=-22~-16);Ⅲ号岩体属于钛铁矿型侵入体,显示较低的氧逸度特征。这些侵入体具有相似的微量元素和同位素地球化学特征:富集Cs、Rb、Ba、Th、U和LREE,亏损Nb、Ta、Ti,无明显Eu异常;(87Sr/86Sr)i为0.7036~0.7038,εNd(t)为6.64~8.30;具有年轻的Nd模式年龄tDM1=435.4~587.7Ma。元素和同位素地球化学特征显示,包古图中酸性侵入体是受交代的亏损地幔部分熔融生成的玄武质岩浆经历高度结晶分异之后的产物(可能发生岩浆混合),古老地壳物质的混染很弱。     

济南辉长岩体的锶、钕同位素特征

济南辉长岩体的Rb Sr全岩 矿物参考等时线年龄为 144± 2 5Ma ,线性差的原因可能是该岩体来自于锶、钕同位素初始比值不均一的源区 ,结晶时处于同位素不平衡状态。钕同位素初始值εNd(t)值为 - 9.0 8～13.0 5 ,表明该岩体的源区为富集性质的地幔 ,并且表现出不均一性 ,εNd(t) 87Sr 86Sr(t)关系显示出源区满足DMM、EMⅠ和EMⅡ的三元混合关系。     

Wavelength-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometric determination of Sc, V, Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Rb, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Ba, Pb, and Th in komatiites

Komatiites are mantle-derived ultramafic volcanic rocks. Komatiites have been discovered in several States of India, notably in Karnataka. Studies on the distribution of trace-elements in the komatiites of India are very few. This paper proposes a simple, accurate, precise, rapid, and non-destructive wavelength-dispersive x-ray fluorescence (WDXRF) spectrometric technique for determining Sc, V, Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Rb, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Ba, Pb, and Th in komatiites, and discusses the accuracy, precision, limits of detection, x-ray spectral-line interferences, inter-element effects, speed, advantages, and limitations of the technique. The accuracy of the technique is excellent (within 3%) for Sc, V, Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Rb, Sr, Zr, Nb, Ba, Pb, and Th and very good (within 4%) for Y. The precision is also excellent (within 3%) for Sc, V, Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Rb, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Ba, Pb, and Th. The limits of detection are: 1 ppm for Sc and V; 2 ppm for Cr, Co, and Ni; 3 ppm for Cu, Zn, Rb, and Sr; 4 ppm for Y and Zr; 6 ppm for Nb; 10 ppm for Ba; 13 ppm for Pb; and 14 ppm for Th. The time taken for determining Sc, V, Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Rb, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Ba, Pb, and Th in a batch of 24 samples of komatiites, for a replication of four analyses per sample, by one operator, using a manual WDXRF spectrometer, is only 60 hours.     

高压微波消解法测定醋酸纤维过滤器采集的微尘粒子中的砷镉钴铬铜铁锰镍铅钒锌

最新的流行病学研究表明,空气中较高浓度的悬浮细颗粒可能对人类的健康有不利的影响。根据该项研究显示,由于心脏病、慢性呼吸问题和肺功能指标恶化而导致死亡率的升高与细尘粒子有关。这些研究结果已经促使欧盟于1999年4月出台了限制空气中二氧化硫、二氧化氮、氧化氮、铅和颗粒物含量的法案(1999/30/EC),对各项指标包括对可吸入PM10颗粒的浓度提出了新的限制性指标。PM10颗粒是指可以通过预分级器分离采集的气体动力学直径小于10μm的细颗粒。目前研究的兴趣重点逐步偏向PM2.5这些更细微颗粒物,PM2.5这种颗粒物对健康有明显的不利影响。在欧盟指令2008/50/EC中,对PM10和PM2.5都提     

硅酸盐类样品中硅、铁、铝、钛、锰、钙、镁、钾、钠和磷的x射线荧光光谱测定

本文拟定了一种以熔融法制备样片,用X射线荧光光谱测定硅酸盐类样品中Si、Fe、Al、Tj、Mn、Ca、Mg、K、Na、P等元素的分析方法。在对不同靶材X光管和分光晶体实验对比的基础上,选择了最佳的测量条件。该法具有快速、准确,测量范围广,检测限低,价格便宜等优点。经过近百个各种类型标样或管理样品的分析对比表明,本法不仅适用于硅酸盐类岩石样品的分析,还适用于铁矿、铝土矿、碳酸盐类岩矿样品以及水泥、耐火材料等样品的分析。     

Isotopic systematics of He,Ar, S,Cu, Ni,Re, Os,Pb, U,Sm, Nd,Rb, Sr,Lu, and Hf in the rocks and ores of the Norilsk deposits

This paper reports the first results of a study of 11 isotope systems (³He/⁴He, ⁴⁰Ar/³⁶Ar, ³⁴S/³²S, ⁶⁵Cu/⁶³Cu, ⁶²Ni/⁶⁰Ni, ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr, ¹⁴³Nd/¹⁴⁴Nd, ^206–208Pb/²⁰⁴Pb, Hf–Nd, U–Pb, and Re–Os) in the rocks and ores of the Cu–Ni–PGE deposits of the Norilsk ore district. Almost all the results were obtained at the Center of Isotopic Research of the Karpinskii All-Russia Research Institute of Geology. The use of a number of independent genetic isotopic signatures and comprehensive isotopic knowledge provided a methodic basis for the interpretation of approximately 5000 isotopic analyses of various elements. The presence of materials from two sources, crust and mantle, was detected in the composition of the rocks and ores. The contribution of the crustal source is especially significant in the paleofluids (gas–liquid microinclusions) of the ore-forming medium. Crustal solutions were probably a transport medium during ore formation. Air argon is dominant in the ores, which indicates a connection between the paleofluids and the atmosphere. This suggests intense groundwater circulation during the crystallization of ore minerals. The age of the rocks and ores of the Norilsk deposits was determined. The stage of orebody formation is restricted to a narrow age interval of 250 ± 10 Ma. An isotopic criterion was proposed for the ore-bearing potential of mafic intrusions in the Norilsk–Taimyr region. It includes several interrelated isotopic ratios of various elements: He, Ar, S, and others.     

Viscous, cohesive, non-Newtonian, depositing, radial slurry flow

Mining induced subsidence can significantly affect mining costs where major surface facilities and natural environment need to be protected. Overburden grout injection is a technology used to control coal mine subsidence by injecting the mine waste material extracted from the coal back into the inter-burden rock during longwall mining. The flowing slurry is here categorised as a nonlinear viscous cohesive (Bingham plastic) fluid. During longwall mining the grout slurry is pumped into the separated beds of the rock mass through a central vertical borehole, which is drilled deep into the inter-burden rock strata above the coal seam. However, a blockage can occur in the injection system when the slurry velocity falls below a certain critical threshold velocity, indicating a material phase change from cohesive-viscous to cohesive-frictional. In situ field injection tests through boreholes have been simulated at a smaller scale at the CSIRO laboratory in Brisbane by pumping the slurry through a radial disk (gap = 4 mm) from its centre. Laboratory experiments indicate a general, nonlinear, cohesive, viscous, frictional model for shear behaviour of the slurry, in which the material shear parameters are functions of the disk radial distance. Complete dimensional and dimensionless analytical solutions have been developed based on an approach related to Bingham–Herschel–Bulkley fluid mechanics. The derived formulae include relations for minimum pump pressure, local pressure and pressure gradient, wall shear stress, volume rate, velocity and velocity gradient. The theoretical results match the experimental measurements. The experiments covered slurries with maximum particle sizes of 0.5 to 2 mm with about 50% being larger than 100 µm. The viscosities at the various solids concentrations were measured with a standard torsion viscometer. This study differs from the previous research in several distinct aspects, namely, consideration of the variable shear parameters rather than fixed values, inclusion of total nonlinear behaviour, and implementation of a friction function to mimic behaviour of the deposited and consolidating stiff slurry, which can cause a significant pressure rise as a result of the increased shear resistance.     

硅酸盐中铁、锰、钛、钙、钾、磷、硅、铝、镁、钠、锶、铷、钡的X-射线荧光光谱定量测定

本文介绍样品经四硼酸锂熔融制成玻璃小饼。采用Lachance模式和理论a系数来校正元素间的效应,由3080E型X-射线荧光谱仪和DF-350B数据处理系统完成硅酸盐中十三个项目的测定。     

Bellechester,Minnesota, USA,lagoon collapses

Bellechester, Minnesota, is a small community of approximately 155 residents located on the county line between Goodhue and Wabasha counties in southeast Minnesota's karst region. Bellechester is served by a 21-year-old wastewater treatment facility (WWTF) consisting of three waste-stabilization ponds. On 28 April 1992 six sinkholes were discovered to have drained cell 2 of the WWTF resulting in the loss of approximately 8.7×10⁶ 1 of partially treated effluent and about 600 m³ of soil into previously undetected subsurface voids of unknown dimensions. In the week following the collapse, approximately 200 water wells located within a 5-km radius of the WWTF were sampled in an after-the-fact, emergency sampling program. Twelve samples with elevated fecal coliform levels, 18 samples with nitrate-nitrogen greater than the 10 mg/1 standard, and no samples with elevated chlorides were found. However, the elevated levels could not be unambiguously attributed to the WWTF collapse. This is the third WWTF to fail by sinkhole collapse in southeast Minnesota since 1974. All three collapsed lagoons have been located in similar geomorphic and stratigraphic settings. However, at least two lagoons have collapsed in the adjacent area in northeast Iowa, and these lagoons are located at different stratigraphic positions. Twenty-two WWTFs constructed in southeast Minnesota's karst region in the last 25 years have been identified as subject to potential sinkhole collapse. An unknown but significant number of manure storage lagoons, flood control structures, etc., have also been constructed in the karst region and are at risk. Public agencies are beginning to develop plans to deal with the risk associated with existing and future waste lagoons in this environment. The critical hydrogeologic parameters that can be used to prioritize the risk of collapse at existing facilities include: (1) the lithology of the first bedrock beneath each lagoon, (2) the thickness of surficial materials between the lagoon and the bedrock surface, (3) the presence and construction of liners (seepage rate), and (4) the proximity to existing sinkholes.     

Mercury,arsenic, antimony,and selenium contents of sediment from the Kuskokwim River,Bethel, Alaska,USA

The Kuskokwim River at Bethel, Alaska, drains a major mercury-antimony metallogenic province in its upper reaches and tributaries. Bethel (population 4000) is situated on the Kuskokwim floodplain and also draws its water supply from wells located in river-deposited sediment. A boring through overbank and floodplain sediment has provided material to establish a baseline datum for sediment-hosted heavy metals. Mercury (total), arsenic, antimony, and selenium contents were determined; aluminum was also determined and used as normalizing factor. The contents of the heavy metals were relatively constant with depth and do not reflect any potential enrichment from upstream contaminant sources.     

滇东南花岗岩与锡、银、铜、铅、锌多金属矿床的成因关系

滇东南锡、银、铅、锌多金属矿床主要分布在个旧、白牛厂、都龙3个矿区,而滇东南较大的3个花岗岩体又分别出露在3个矿区或附近.花岗岩体均形成于燕山晚期,岩石化学、矿物成分相似,富含锡、银、铅、锌、钨、铜等成矿元素.矿床主金属元素组合与岩体之间的距离由远而近出现由锡、钨、(铍、铌、钽)→锡、钨、(铁)、铜、铟→锡、铅、锌、银、铟、(锑)有规律的变化.花岗岩浆是成矿物质来源和成矿热源.岩浆侵入初期使上覆地层隆起产生背斜(凹陷部位成向斜);同时使地层产生一系列裂隙、压性断层或层间断裂;岩浆侵入晚期,这些断层再次活动,表现为张性,岩浆产生的含矿热液沿由其活动所造成的断裂迁移、充填、交代、沉淀而形成矿床.     

岩石密度和超高压岩石折返速率

在常温常压条件下对中国大陆科学钻CCSD主孔100-3000米岩心样品进行了密度测量,建立了密度连续剖面,并界定了不同超高压岩石的密度值。通过对比高温高压物性实验资料,岩石密度随着退变程度增强而降低,榴辉岩密度变化序列为3.52g/cm3→3.49g/cm3→3.07g/cm3→2.93g/cm3。超高压长英质岩石密度变化序列为3.00g/cm→2.80g/cm3→2.65g/cm3。上述实验资料是讨论不同折返阶段岩石所受浮力的基础,为研究折返速率大小提供了基本参数。本文通过折返板块运动平衡时,上浮力与粘滞力平衡这一关系式,定量研究了大陆俯冲板块的折返速率,认为密度差产生上浮力从而引起折返,温度对板块折返速率的影响最为显著;密度差大小、折返角度、折返板块大小对折返速率也有直接的影响。定量模拟分析表明,在温度高于850℃时,板块的折返速率可以超过100mm/a;当温度降至700℃时,折返速率则低于1.5mm/a。作者认为在折返早期,温度较高,板块快速折返至60-70km榴辉岩相深度;随着传导散热,温度降低,板块以较慢的速率折返至中下地壳。折返速率的估算表明,浮力是板块折返第一阶段(从>100km深部折返至<40km的中下地壳)的主要驱动力。