Crustal structure under the Sydney Basin and Lachlan Fold Belt,determined from explosion seismic studies

The Lachlan Fold Belt has the velocity‐depth structure of continental crust, with a thickness exceeding 50 km under the region of highest topography in Australia, and in the range 41–44 km under the central Fold Belt and Sydney Basin. There is no evidence of high upper crustal velocities normally associated with marginal or back‐arc basin crustal rocks. The velocities in the lower crust are consistent with an overall increase in metamorphic grade and/or mafic mineral content with depth. Continuing tectonic development throughout the region and the negligible seismicity at depths greater than 30 km indicate that the lower crust is undergoing ductile deformation.

The upper crustal velocities below the Sydney Basin are in the range 5.75–5.9 km/s to about 8 km, increasing to 6.35–6.5 km/s at about 15–17 km depth, where there is a high‐velocity (7.0 km/s) zone for about 9 km evident in results from one direction. The lower crust is characterised by a velocity gradient from about 6.7 km/s at 25 km, to 7.7 km/s at 40–42 km, and a transition to an upper mantle velocity of 8.03–8.12 km/s at 41.5–43.5 km depth.

Across the central Lachlan Fold Belt, velocities generally increase from 5.6 km/s at the surface to 6.0 km/s at 14.5 km depth, with a higher‐velocity zone (5.95 km/s) in the depth range 2.5–7.0 km. In the lower crust, velocities increase from 6.3 km/s at 16 km depth to 7.2 km/s at 40 km depth, then increase to 7.95 km/s at 43 km. A steeper gradient is evident at 26.5–28 km depth, where the velocity is about 6.6—6.8 km/s. Under part of the area an upper mantle low‐velocity zone in the depth range 50–64 km is interpreted from strong events recorded at distances greater than 320 km.

There is no substantial difference in the Moho depth across the boundary between the Sydney Basin and the Lachlan Fold Belt, consistent with the Basin overlying part of the Fold Belt. Pre‐Ordovician rocks within the crust suggest fragmented continental‐type crust existed E of the Precambrian craton and that these contribute to the thick crustal section in SE Australia.     

辉长岩脆-塑性转化及其影响因素的高温高压实验研究

本文利用高温高压多功能三轴实验装置,以NaCl为固体围压传压介质,在围压为450MPa~800MPa,温度区间为600℃~1150℃和应变速率为1×10-4~3.125×10-6/s条件下,对攀枝花辉长岩进行了流变学实验研究。实验结果表明,辉长岩围压在450MPa~800MPa条件下,温度在600℃时为脆性变形,700℃~850℃时为半塑性流动,含微破裂,大于900℃时为塑性流动。辉长岩的脆-塑性转化温度为700℃~900℃,主要影响因素为温度、围压和应变速率,同时存在双相流变学问题。      

北天山巴音沟蛇绿岩形成于早石炭世:来自辉长岩LA-ICPMS锆石U-Pb年龄的证据

北天山巴音沟蛇绿岩中堆晶辉长岩的LA-ICPMS锆石U-Pb测年结果确定:巴音沟蛇绿岩中辉长岩形成的同位素地质年代为344.0±3.4Ma。表明巴音沟蛇绿岩所代表的洋盆形成于早石炭世。综合前人天山石炭纪蛇绿岩及构造演化的研究成果,笔者认为巴音沟蛇绿岩是大陆板内强烈拉张的产物。     

闽西南永定大坪辉长岩脉的年代学、地球化学特征及地质意义

南岭地区湘南-赣南-粤北-闽西南近东西向的岩浆岩活动带在年龄、成因、动力学背景等方面一直存有争议.以福建西南部永定地区的大坪辉长岩脉为研究对象,在详细的野外工作及镜下岩相学观察的基础上,对其开展了斜锆石U-Pb同位素定年、全岩主微量元素含量以及Sr-Nd同位素比值的测试工作.获得同位素年龄为184.0±6.5 Ma,表...     

青藏高原羌塘早古生代蛇绿岩——堆晶辉长岩的锆石SHRIMP定年及其意义

羌塘中部果干加年山西段发现完整的蛇绿岩组合,由变质橄榄岩、堆晶辉长岩、辉长岩岩墙群、玄武岩、硅质岩等组成。对堆晶辉长岩进行地球化学和定年初步研究,堆晶辉长岩具有洋中脊玄武岩的地球化学特征,获得锆石SHRIMP U-Pb谐和年龄为438±11 Ma,是羌塘地区乃至青藏高原南部首次发现完整早古生代的蛇绿岩。结合角木日地区二叠纪蛇绿岩、双湖以东的晚泥盆世法门期和二叠纪-三叠纪放射虫硅质岩的研究,羌塘中部古特提斯洋盆可能形成于早古生代,持续演化到三叠纪,并且可能是一个连续过程,使我们对青藏高原古特提斯洋的历史及其演化阶段的划分需要重新思考。     

东秦岭富水基性杂岩体地球化学特征及其形成环境

富水基性杂岩体以浅色辉长岩为主，是侵入于早元古代秦岭群变质杂岩南部的岩浆侵入体，浅色辉长岩富Ａｌ、ＬＩＬＥ、ＬＲＥＥ，贫ＨＦＳＥ。为高铝辉长岩，具钙碱性演化趋势。     

大兴安岭南段朝克乌拉地区晚侏罗—早白垩世辉长岩年代学和地球化学研究

基于内蒙古朝克乌拉地区开展的1∶5万区域地质调查工作,发现一期以辉长岩为主的基性岩浆活动。研究表明：朝克乌拉地区辉长岩锆石U- Pb年龄为142.6±0.5 Ma、145.1±2.1 Ma,显示岩石为晚侏罗—早白垩世产物。辉长岩为拉斑系列岩石,具有低硅、低钛、贫碱且高钠低钾特点,分异作用极弱,Eu异常不明显,微量元素Ba、Ta、Sr、Hf富集, Rb、Th、Nb、P亏损。辉长岩岩石地球化学显示其岩浆源区为亏损尖晶石二辉橄榄岩地幔发生30%以上的部分熔融形成,存在流体影响的地球化学特征。岩浆在演化过程中存在一定程度的分离结晶作用,地壳混染作用极其微弱。通过与贺根山蛇绿岩配套岩系的类比,结合研究区古生代至中生代构造背景和贺根山缝合带壳幔电性结构全面分析,推断晚侏罗—早白垩世辉长岩具有的岛弧印记特征为贺根山洋发育时期古岛弧环境的反映,辉长岩只是伸展背景下幔源岩浆沿深大断裂上涌作用的产物。     

吉林中部敖花村角闪辉长岩锆石U-Pb定年、Hf同位素和岩石地球化学特征

古太平洋板块的俯冲在欧亚大陆东缘的区域构造演化中发挥了重要作用,但其发生的时间尚不清楚。本文报道了吉林中部新发现的敖花村角闪辉长岩的锆石U-Pb年龄、Hf同位素组成和岩石地球化学数据。锆石U-Pb定年显示,角闪辉长岩形成于早侏罗世(180.3±2.3 Ma),锆石εHf(t)值高且均一(9.6～11.3)。岩石地球化学分析显示样品低Si和Al,高Fe、Mg和Ca,富集轻稀土和大离子亲石元素(如Rb、Ba、U、K和Sr),亏损重稀土和高场强元素(如Nb、Ta和Ti),具有弱Eu负异常(δEu=0.67～0.98)。岩石起源于板片流体交代的亏损岩石圈地幔,形成过程中分离结晶、地壳混染和堆晶作用不明显。结合东北地区东段早中生代火成岩组合及时空分布,认为古太平洋板块向欧亚大陆下的俯冲开始于早侏罗世,敖花村角闪辉长岩形成于与古太平洋俯冲密切相关的弧后环境。     

东天山库姆塔格发现辉长岩中钼的超常富集

在新疆东天山库姆塔格新发现了辉长岩中钼元素的超常富集,超过了目前的工业品位。从野外产状看,与钼矿化直接相关的岩石均为辉长岩,共两类:一是规模较小但全岩矿化的辉长岩脉;二是规模较大但没有矿化的辉长岩体;矿化的辉长岩脉穿插于非矿化的辉长岩体之中。虽然辉长岩体矿区东侧有中酸性岩浆岩存在,但野外产状和现有的物化探工作尚未发现钼矿化与中酸性岩浆岩有直接关系。无论辉长岩的形成与钼的富集是否属于同一次地质作用的产物,这都可能是一种尚未被认识的、全新的钼矿床(矿化)类型,具有重要的理论意义。     

Petrology of gabbroic xenoliths in 1960 Kilauea basalt: crystalline remnants of prior (1955) magmatism

The 1960 Kapoho lavas of Kilauea’s east rift zone contain 1–10 cm xenoliths of olivine gabbro, olivine gabbro-norite, and gabbro norite. Textures are poikilitic (ol+sp+cpx in pl) and intergranular (cpx+pl±ol±opx). Poikilitic xenoliths, which we interpret as cumulates, have the most primitive mineral compositions, Fo_82.5, cpx Mg# 86.5, and An_80.5. Many granular xenoliths (ol and noritic gabbro) contain abundant vesicular glass that gives them intersertal, hyaloophitic, and overall ‘open’ textures to suggest that they represent ‘mush’ and ‘crust’ of a magma crystallization environment. Their phase compositions are more evolved (Fo_80–70, cpx Mg# 82–75, and An_73–63) than those of the poikilitic xenoliths. Associated glass is basaltic, but evolved (MgO 5 wt%; TiO₂ 3.7–5.8 wt%). The gabbroic xenolith mineral compositions fit existing fractional crystallization models that relate the origins of various Kilauea lavas to one another. FeO/MgO crystal–liquid partitioning is consistent with the poikilitic ol-gabbro assemblage forming as a crystallization product from Kilauea summit magma with ∼8 wt% MgO that was parental to evolved lavas on the east rift zone. For example, least squares calculations link summit magmas to early 1955 rift-zone lavas (∼5 wt% MgO) through ∼28–34% crystallization of the ol+sp+cpx+pl that comprise the poikilitic ol-gabbros. The other ol-gabbro assemblages and the olivine gabbro-norite assemblages crystallized from evolved liquids, such as represented by the early 1955 and late 1955 lavas (∼6.5 wt% MgO) of the east rift zone. The eruption of 1960 Kapoho magmas, then, scoured the rift-zone reservoir system to entrain portions of cumulate and solidification zones that had coated reservoir margins during crystallization of prior east rift-zone magmas. Received: January 7, 1993/Accepted: November 23, 1993