根据岩石化学辨别不同类型的科马提岩及伴生玄武岩

应用500多个科马提岩的岩石化学分析,分辨出三种科马提岩类型,并探讨了不同类型科马提岩与上地幔的演化关系。     

山东蒙阴苏家沟科马提岩的特征及其意义

科马提岩作为太古代绿岩带的一个标志,一直受到广大地质工作者的重视.最近,在蒙阴县坦埠镇苏家沟村发现的具典型鬣刺结构科马提岩,进一步证实了鲁西地区是华北地台上乃至世界上最典型的太古代绿岩带之一,为鲁西地区太古代绿岩带及其矿产的研究提供了新的信息.苏家沟科马提岩呈透镜状残留体赋存于前寒武纪花岗质岩石中,主要由蛇纹石化橄榄科马提岩、透闪石岩、阳起透闪片岩、绿泥透闪片岩、黑云阳起片岩等组成,具典型的鬣刺结构和变余鬣刺结构.其岩石学、岩石化学及结构等特征与世界典型地区科马提岩极为相似,属橄榄科马提岩.     

大兴安岭吉峰地区中元古代科马提岩及成因类型

大兴安岭吉峰地区的橄榄质科马提岩具有良好的显微鬣刺结构,在橄榄石和辉石晶体间隙中充填有基质物质,说明其为火山岩.通过研究,对其初步划分了冷凝带和鬣刺带,它们构成一个不完整的冷凝单元.吉峰科马提岩在岩石化上表现了良好的科马提岩属性,与南非及西澳大利亚橄榄质科马提岩一致.岩石地球化学研究表明,科马提岩及与其伴生的玄武岩具有紧密的成因联系,它们的演化符合科马提岩-拉斑玄武岩的演化趋势,具良好的正相关特点.在主量元素、微量元素及REE特征上,本区科马提岩具有较好的II类科马提岩属性,与南非巴伯顿、印度、西格陵兰II类科马提岩极为相似.吉峰科马提岩的ε_Nd（T）=+7.51,说明源于亏损地幔,并且以LREE轻度富集为特征,显示它们系亏损地幔经较小程度部分熔融产生的.吉峰拉马提岩的形成时代为中元古代,其形成环境可能是地壳拉伸减薄,上涌的科马提质岩浆在淬火快速冷却的条件下形成.这一岩石类型的发现为研究大兴安岭地区元古宙大地构造演化提供了一个新线索.     

山东蒙阴苏家沟科马提岩的特征及其意义

科马提岩作为太古代绿岩带的一个标志，一直受到广大地质工作者的重视，最近，在蒙阴县坦力家沟村发现的具典型鬣刺结构斜马提岩，进一步证实了鲁西地区是华北地台上乃至世界上最典型的太古代绿岩带之一，为鲁西地区太古代绿岩带及其矿产的研究提供了新的信息。苏家沟科马提岩呈透镜状残留体赋存于前寒武纪花岗质岩石中，主要由蛇纹石化橄榄科马提岩，透闪石岩、阳起透闪片岩，绿泥透闪片岩，黑云阳起片岩等组成，具典型的鬣刺结构和变余鬣刺结构，其岩石学，岩石化学及结构等特征与世界典型地区科马提岩极为相似，属橄榄科马提岩。     

蒙阴县苏家沟科马提岩

苏家沟科马提岩呈透镜状残留体赋存于早元古代二长花岗岩中,主要由蛇方石化橄榄科马提岩、透闪石岩、透闪片岩、阳起诱闪片岩、绿泥透闪片岩、黑云阳起片岩等组成,具典型的鬣刺结构及变余鬣刺结构。该科马提岩的岩石学、岩石化学及结构特征与民办典型地区科马提岩极为相似,属橄榄科马提岩。     

四川北部前震旦系科马提岩

四川的前震旦系基底(即花岗岩-绿岩地体)中,普遍发育有科马提岩套。很多地质学家认为,通过对科马提岩的研究可能了解地幔的演化。笔者对四川北部前震旦系基底中的超基性、基性岩资料进行了一次清理,在此基础上阐述了科马提岩的分布、产状、岩石类型、地球化学等。本文还介绍了当今国际上对科马提岩成因的最新观点。     

科马提岩与苦橄岩的区别及对若干晚古生代“科马提岩”的质疑

以往学术界更多的关注科马提岩和苦橄岩的相似性,忽略其差异。通过全数据模式,采集数据库内全球的太古宙科马提岩、后太古宙低/高钛苦橄岩数据,对比三者之间的差异发现,科马提岩更富MgO、Cr、Ni、Cs、Pb、Co和Zn,其次为低钛苦橄岩(除Co和Zn),其余主量、微量元素的含量由高至低依次为高钛苦橄岩、低钛苦橄岩、科马提岩。依据元素间的差异(如Cr/Ga、MgO/Ga、MnO/Zr、Cr/Zr等),采用密度分布函数(Density Distribution)在Matlab软件中绘制出可有效区分3类岩石的等密度判别图,并用该图对若干晚古生代"科马提岩"的岩性重新厘定。结合岩相学和地球化学特征研究表明,晚古生代"科马提岩"中,印度东部为高钛苦橄岩,越南为化学成分与科马提岩类似的低钛苦橄岩,印度拉达克地区为低钛苦橄岩。     

大兴安岭中北部吉峰地区中元古代科马提岩

大兴安岭中北部吉峰地区的橄榄质科马提岩，具有良好的显微鼠刺结构，与拉斑玄武岩伴生。科马提岩与玄武岩的Ｓｍ－Ｎｄ模式年龄分别为１１４６Ｍａ和１００３Ｍａ。本文系统地研究了科马提岩的岩石学，岩石化学，地球化学特征探讨了科马提岩的成因及其就位机制。     

“科马提岩”鬣刺结构的发现及其特征

科马提岩(Komatiite),又叫鬣刺岩(Spinifex)。近年来,国内虽有较多报导,但均未提到该岩石的结构特征。我队四分队在小佳河公社幅和饶河县幅进行1∶20万区域地质调查时,经显微镜鉴定,发现了“科马提岩”的鬣刺结构。所见结构均属显微鬣刺结构。这一发现,为国内目前科马提岩的研究提供了重要资料。现将情况介绍如下:     

桂北中元古代的科马提岩

桂北四堡群的科马提岩,自下而上分为堆晶带、鬣剌带和冷凝带。它们分别由辉石质科马提岩、具鬣刺结构的玄武质科马提岩和淬碎熔岩组成。与国外太古代绿岩带科马提岩对比,岩石化学成分、分带性、特有的鬣刺结构及区域变质特征、含矿性等方面亟相似。但我国华南元古代科马提岩也有自己的特点,产于元古代古大陆边缘,化学成分为超镁铁—镁铁质,且以镁铁质为主。     

大兴安岭吉峰科马提岩地质地球化学特征

野外地质调查和室内岩石学研究表明,大兴安岭北段吉峰林场一带变质超基性岩为具有典型鬣刺结构的科马提岩。科马提岩系列由橄榄质科马提岩、玄武质科马提岩及拉斑玄武岩、辉长岩等岩石组成。科马提岩显示了从超镁铁质到镁铁质地球化学趋势,拉斑玄武岩具有从富镁到富铁的趋势,而上覆长英质火山岩则遵循钙-碱趋势。科马提岩稀土配分型式为类似于南非超镁铁质科马提岩的平坦型或轻稀土略富集而重稀土平坦型。科马提岩系列8件样品的Sm-Nd同位素数据构成一条相关性较好的等时线,等时线年龄为1727Ma±74.7Ma,I_Nd=0.510725±0.0000798,ε_Nd(t)=6.94±1.56,表明科马提岩形成于中元古代早期,其源区为亏损的软流圈地幔。这一地壳增生事件可能与松嫩地块从西伯利亚地台南缘裂解有关。      

The Geochemistry of Ultramafic to Mafic Volcanics from the Belingwe Greenstone Belt, Zimbabwe: Magmatism in an Archean Continental Large Igneous Province

The evolution of the late Archean Belingwe greenstone belt,Zimbabwe, is discussed in relation to the geochemistry of theultramafic to mafic volcanic rocks. Four volcanic types (komatiite,komatiitic basalt, D-basalt and E-basalt) are distinguishedin the 2·7 Ga Ngezi volcanic sequence using a combinationof petrography and geochemistry. The komatiites and D-basaltsare rocks in which isotopic systems and trace elements are depleted.Chemical variations in komatiites and D-basalts can be explainedby fractional crystallization from the parental komatiite. Incontrast, komatiitic basalts and E-basalts are siliceous anddisplay enriched isotopic and trace element compositions. Theirchemical trends are best explained by assimilation with fractionalcrystallization (AFC) from the primary komatiite. AFC calculationsindicate that the komatiitic basalts and E-basalts are derivedfrom komatiites contaminated with 20% and 30% crustal material,respectively. The volcanic stratigraphy of the Ngezi sequence,which is based on field relationships and the trace elementcompositions of relict clinopyroxenes, shows that the leastcontaminated komatiite lies between highly contaminated komatiiticbasalt flows, and has limited exposure near the base of thesuccession. Above these flows, D- and E-basalts alternate. Thekomatiite appears to have erupted on the surface only in theearly stages, when plume activity was high. As activity decreasedwith time, komatiite magmas may have stagnated to form magmachambers within the continental crust. Subsequent komatiiticmagmas underwent fractional crystallization and were contaminatedwith crust to form D-basalts or E-basalts. KEY WORDS: komatiite; crustal assimilation; Belingwe greenstone belt; continental flood basalt; plume magmatism     

Partitioning of elements between majorite garnet and melt and implications for petrogenesis of komatiite

Partitioning of elements between majorite garnet and ultrabasic melt has been studied at 16 GPa and 1950° C. Ca, Ti, La, Sm, Gd, Zr, Hf, Fe, Ni, Mn, K, and Na are enriched in the melt, whereas Al, Cr, V, Sc and Yb are concentrated in majorite garnet. Thus, majorite garnet fractionation by partial melting could produce chemical heterogeneities in these elements deviating from chondritic abundance. Using the partitioning behaviour of elements between majorite garnet and ultrabasic melt, the petrogenesis of komatiite is discussed. A simple model to explain the chemical varieties of komatiites is as follows. Aluminadepleted komatiite was generated by partial melting of the primitive mantle at 200–650 km depth, and alumina-enriched komatiite is the product of remelting of the residual solid at the same depths, whereas alumina-undepleted komatiite was formed by partial melting of the primitive upper mantle at depths shallower than 200 km. We suggest the possibility of large-scale chemical layering or heterogeneity in the early Archean upper mantle as an alternative model for komatiite genesis; shallower mantle depleted in majorite garnet and the underlying mantle enriched in majorite garnet. Alumina-depleted and alumina-enriched komatiites in the early Archean might be generated by a high degree of partial melting of the layered mantle. Such chemical layering could have been homogenized by the late Archean. This explains the observations that alumina-depleted and alumina-enriched komatiites were generally formed in the early Archean but alumina-undepleted komatiite was erupted in the late Archean.     

全球苦橄岩与太古宙科马提岩对比：全数据模式的启示

苦橄岩和科马提岩都是富镁的超镁铁质火山岩,早先,学术界大多关注它们之间的相似性,而对于它们之间的差异性很少强调。于是认为二者的地球化学性质近似,成因类似,形成条件类似。本文采用全数据模式的研究方法,从数据库收集了全球太古宙全部科马提岩和后太古宙全部苦橄岩数据,对比的结果表明,太古宙科马提岩与后太古宙苦橄岩完全不同,它们之间几乎没有可比性。科马提岩与苦橄岩,不仅地球化学特征不同,而且成因不同,形成条件不同,产出时代不同,源区组成也不同。这种不同,反映了太古宙和后太古宙不可能属于同样的构造体制。太古宙是火球时代, 地球异常的热, 主导的可能是静止盖幔构造（stagnant lid tectonics）;后太古宙是热球时代,地球相对冷了许多,主导的是板块构造（plate tectonics）。科马提岩在太古宙广泛出露,无需地幔柱模式;而苦橄岩在后太古宙很少出露,才真正需要地幔柱模式。     

华北地块东段和龙超镁铁质科马提岩的发现及特征

和龙岩体赋存于新太古代夹皮沟—金城洞花岗绿岩带中,与围岩发生同变形变质。岩体具有典型的科马提岩冷凝结构分层和鬣刺结构、冷凝多面体节理。上述特征是作者1990年发现确认的。该科马提岩的矿物学特征:玻璃质脱玻形成铁皂石等矿物;斜方辉石和橄榄石鬣刺呈中空骸晶状,大部被滑石、铁白云石、绿泥石、磁铁矿等取代,但仍保留完好的长柱状假像;堆积带中橄榄石呈微细粒、新鲜,仅发生网状蛇纹石化。岩石化学特征富MgO,CaO/Al_2O_3=1.04,用科马提岩分类图判别为超镁铁质科马提岩。     

KOMATIITE WITS-1, LOW CONCENTRATION NOBLE METAL STANDARD FOR THE ANALYSIS OF NON-MINERALIZED SAMPLES

WITS-1 is a sample of silicified komatiite collected from close to the Komati River type section, near Barberton in South Africa. Two thousand kg of this komatiite was crushed and prepared for standardization. Noble metal analysis of WITS-1 has been carried out by six laboratories using four different analytical methods. The data obtained from these sources were subjected to statistical analysis (F ratio and Student t test) and a suite of "preferred" values for the noble metal concentrations are reported.     

Towards a volcanic–structural balance: relative importance of volcanism, folding, and remobilisation of nickel sulphides at the Perseverance Ni–Cu–(PGE) deposit, Western Australia

Perseverance is a world-class, komatiite-hosted nickel sulphide deposit situated in the well-endowed Leinster nickel camp of the Agnew–Wiluna greenstone belt, Western Australia. The mine stratigraphy at Perseverance trends north-northwest (NNW), dips steeply to the west, and is overturned. Stratigraphic footwall units lie along the western margin of the Perseverance Ultramafic Complex (PUC). The PUC comprises a basal nickel sulphide-bearing orthocumulate- to mesocumulate-textured komatiite that is overlain by a thicker, nickel sulphide-poor, dunite lens. Hanging wall rocks include rhyodacite that is texturally and compositionally similar to footwall volcanic rocks. These rocks separate the PUC from a second sequence of nickeliferous, E-facing, spinifex-textured komatiite units (i.e. the East Perseverance komatiite). Past workers argue for a conformable stratigraphic contact between the PUC and the East Perseverance komatiite and conclude that the PUC is extrusive. This study, however, clearly demonstrates that these komatiite sequences are discordant, implying that the PUC may have intruded rhyodacite country rock as a sill with subsequent structural juxtaposition against the East Perseverance komatiite. Early N–S shortening associated with the regional D_I deformation event (corresponding to the local D_P1 to D_P3 events at Perseverance) resulted in the heterogeneous partitioning of strain along the margins of the competent dunite. A mylonite developed in the more ductile footwall rocks along the footwall margin of the PUC, while isoclinal F₃ folds, such as the Hanging wall limb and Felsic Nose folds, formed in low-mean stress domains along the fringes of the elongated dunite lens. Strata-bound massive and disseminated nickel sulphides were passively fold thickened in hinge areas of isoclinal folds, whereas basal massive sulphides lubricated fold limbs and promoted thrust movement along shallowly dipping lithological contacts. Massive sulphides were physically remobilised up to 20 m from their primary footwall position into deposit-scale fold hinges to form the 1A and Felsic Nose orebodies. First-order controls on the geometry of the Perseverance deposit include the thermomechanical erosion of footwall rocks and the channelling of the mineralised komatiitic magma. Second- or third-order controls are several postvolcanic deformation events, which resulted in the progressive folding and shearing of the footwall contact, as well as the passive fold thickening of massive and disseminated sulphide orebodies. Massive sulphides were physically remobilised into multiple generations of fold hinges and shear zones. Important implications for near-mine exploration in the Leinster camp include identifying nickeliferous komatiite units, defining their three-dimensional geometry, and targeting fold hinge areas. Fold plunge directions and stretching lineations are indicators of potential plunge directions of massive sulphide orebodies.     

Low- and high-alumina komatiites from a Late Archaean sequence,Newton Township,Ontario

Late Archaean komatiitic lavas from Newton Township, Ontario, consist of 6 chemically distinct magma types: 3 komatiites and 3 komatiitic basalts. The succession is unusual in containing both Al- and HREE-depleted komatiites and Al- and HREE-undepleted komatiites. The two types form distinct stratigraphic units separated by komatiitic basalts. Two komatiite types are strongly LREE depleted, whilst the third and the associated komatiitic basalts range from mildly depleted to enriched. Of the six magma types, only the two strongly LREE depleted komatiites represent primary mantle melts. The other komatiite type and the komatiitic basalts were derived from the primary komatiite magmas by combinations of olivine (+chromite) fractionation, assimilation of continental crust, and magma mixing. The two primary magmas may have been derived from similar sources, their contrasting chemistry being due to differing degrees of garnet segregation during melting. A generally applicable conclusion is that a wide range of komatiitic magma types can be generated from a relatively homogeneous depleted mantle, under conditions likely to prevail during the eruption of late Archean greenstone belt sequences.     

Physical volcanology and geochemistry of Palaeoarchaean komatiite lava flows from the western Dharwar craton,southern India: implications for Archaean mantle evolution and crustal growth

ABSTRACT

Palaeoarchaean (3.38–3.35 Ga) komatiites from the Jayachamaraja Pura (J.C. Pura) and Banasandra greenstone belts of the western Dharwar craton, southern India were erupted as submarine lava flows. These high-temperature (1450–1550°C), low-viscosity lavas produced thick, massive, polygonal jointed sheet flows with sporadic flow top breccias. Thick olivine cumulate zones within differentiated komatiites suggest channel/conduit facies. Compound, undifferentiated flow fields developed marginal-lobate thin flows with several spinifex-textured lobes. Individual lobes experienced two distinct vesiculation episodes and grew by inflation. Occasionally komatiite flows form pillows and quench fragmented hyaloclastites. J.C. Pura komatiite lavas represent massive coherent facies with minor channel facies, whilst the Bansandra komatiites correspond to compound flow fields interspersed with pillow facies. The komatiites are metamorphosed to greenschist facies and consist of serpentine-talc ± carbonate, actinolite–tremolite with remnants of primary olivine, chromite, and pyroxene. The majority of the studied samples are komatiites (22.46–42.41 wt.% MgO) whilst a few are komatiitic basalts (12.94–16.18 wt.% MgO) extending into basaltic (7.71 – 10.80 wt.% MgO) composition. The studied komatiites are Al-depleted Barberton type whilst komatiite basalts belong to the Al-undepleted Munro type. Trace element data suggest variable fractionation of garnet, olivine, pyroxene, and chromite. Incompatible element ratios (Nb/Th, Nb/U, Zr/Y Nb/Y) show that the komatiites were derived from heterogeneous sources ranging from depleted to primitive mantle. CaO/Al₂O₃ and (Gd/Yb)_N ratios show that the Al-depleted komatiite magmas were generated at great depth (350–400 km) by 40–50% partial melting of deep mantle with or without garnet (majorite?) in residue whilst komatiite basalts and basalts were generated at shallow depth in an ascending plume. The widespread Palaeoarchaean deep depleted mantle-derived komatiite volcanism and sub-contemporaneous TTG accretion implies a major earlier episode of mantle differentiation and crustal growth during ca. 3.6–3.8 Ga.