Open-system chemical behavior in deep Wilcox Group mudstones,Texas Gulf Coast,USA

Wilcox Group mudstones have been mechanically and geochemically transformed over a temperature range of 20–200 °C. Our research controlled for provenance and age by sampling from five wells, parallel to the paleodepositional axis, all within the Houston delta system. Across the sampled depths, mudstone porosity has been reduced from ∼25 to <10% and bulk mineralogical change as documented by quantitative X-ray diffraction includes decreases in quartz, K-feldspar and kaolinite content whereas illite + illite − smectite, chlorite, and plagioclase increase. These mineral transformations transfer elements at a scale of less than 1 mm from one mineralogical form to another, however, X-ray fluorescence data suggest that among major elements only Al₂O₃ and TiO₂ are fully conserved within the system (trace-element ZrO₂ is also conserved). K₂O has been added to and SiO₂ released from the Wilcox Group mudstones. Cathodoluminescence and secondary electron imaging did not find this SiO₂ locally precipitated. We, therefore, document an open-system geochemical behavior.     

Element mobility during continental collision: insights from polymineralic metamorphic vein within UHP eclogite in the Dabie orogen

Metamorphic dehydration and partial melting are two important processes during continental collision. They have significant bearing on element transport at the slab interface under subduction‐zone P–T conditions. Petrological and geochemical insights into the two processes are provided by a comprehensive study of leucocratic veins in ultrahigh‐pressure (UHP) metamorphic rocks. This is exemplified by this study of a polymineralic vein within phengite‐bearing UHP eclogite in the Dabie orogen. The vein is primarily composed of quartz, kyanite, epidote and phengite, with minor accessory minerals such as garnet, rutile and zircon. Primary multiphase solid inclusions occur in garnet and epidote from the both vein and host eclogite. They are composed of quartz ± K‐feldspar ± plagioclase ± K‐bearing glass and exhibit irregular to negative crystal shapes that are surrounded by weak radial cracks. This suggests their precipitation from solute‐rich metamorphic fluid/melt that involved the reaction of phengite breakdown. Zircon U–Pb dating for the vein gave two groups of concordant ages at 217 ± 2 and 210 ± 2 Ma, indicating two episodes of zircon growth in the Late Triassic. The same minerals from the two rocks give consistent δ¹⁸O and δD values, suggesting that the vein‐forming fluid was directly derived from the host UHP eclogite. The vein is much richer in phengite and epidote than the host eclogite, suggesting that the fluid is associated with remarkable concentration of such water‐soluble elements as LILE and LREE migration. Garnet and rutile in the vein exhibit much higher contents of HREE (2.2–5.7 times) and Nb–Ta (1.8–2.0 times) than those in the eclogite, indicating that these normally water‐insoluble elements became mobile and then were sunken in the vein minerals. Thus, the vein‐forming agent would be primarily composed of the UHP aqueous fluid with minor amounts of the hydrous melt, which may even become a supercritical fluid to have a capacity to transport not only LILE and LREE but also HREE and HFSE at subduction‐zone metamorphic conditions. Taken together, significant amounts of trace elements were transported by the vein‐forming fluid due to the phengite breakdown inside the UHP eclogite during exhumation of the deeply subducted continental crust.     

陕西金堆城花岗岩类主要造岩矿物特征及其岩石学意义

本文依据大量测试数据,对金堆城地区花岗岩类主要造岩矿物学特征同钼迁移富集成矿关系进行了探讨。研究结果表明:异常晶胞条纹长石和正长石以及富重稀土和具明显负铕异常的黑云母是含钼花岗岩类标型矿物,并且可作为花岗岩类岩石发育地区寻找隐伏钼矿体的指示性矿物。钾钠长石和斜长石的结构状态和成分不仅可以提供有关花岗岩类成因演化的信息,其矿物本身亦可成为钼的载体矿物。岩浆期后,强烈的热液蚀变作用可造成钾钠长石和斜长石分解,并且引起钼的释放,从而形成高品位钼矿石。     

中条山地区早前寒武纪岩石 含铀矿化岩石稀土元素与铀的关系及其意义

本文研究了中条山地区基底涑水杂岩,含矿层中条群岩石和铀矿化岩石的稀土元素特征及其与铀元素的关系。发现稀土元素,尤其是重稀土元素对铀的区域富集及铀矿化作用有一定的指示意义。     

铈硼硅石的微量化学分析法

铈硼硅石是一种罕见的稀土矿物,由于它含有某些化学性质近似的元素,故分析难度较大。本文研究了应用纸色层法和离子选择性电极法对铈硼硅石中某些主要成分和微成分的分离和测定条件,设计了较合理的铈硼硅石微量全分析流程。该流程也适合类似矿物的分析,与常法比较,本法具有快速、准确、成本低和用样少等优点。     

云南新平县双沟蛇绿岩稀土元素地球化学研究

双沟蛇绿岩中,变质橄榄岩的REE分布型式为LREE富集型,可能是富大离子亲石元素(LILE)组分交代造成的。地幔岩部分熔融生成的初始熔体LREE亏损,而辉绿岩和玄武岩则存在LREE亏损和富集两种型式,前者相当于N-MORB,后者相当于E-MORB。推测前者来源于亏损的软流圈地幔,而后者的地幔源区经历过一次富集LREE和LILE的事件。双沟蛇绿岩的REE特征暗示它可能形成于弧后盆地。     

从稀土元素和岩石化学成分的对应分析探讨新疆东准噶尔花岗岩类演化

从花岗岩类岩石的稀土元素与岩石化学成分的对应分析结果出发，论述了新疆准噶尔地区花岗岩类稀土元素与岩石化学成分的相互关系，以及该区花岗岩类演化与锡的成矿作用。     

P507负载泡塑反相色层富集岩石中的稀土元素

研究了Ｐ５０７负载泡塑萃取柱色谱分离富集稀土元素的条件，并与Ｐ５０７萃淋树脂柱进行了对比；拟定了Ｐ５０７负载泡塑反相色属富集岩石中稀土元素的方法。在ｐＨ２．５介质中ＲＥＥ上柱率９８％，用５０ｍｌ２．５ｍｏｌ／ＬＨＮＯ３作洗脱液，ＲＥＥ总回收率达９６．１％，干扰测定的Ｔｈ，Ｕ，Ｔｉ，Ｚｒ，Ｈｆ等均被除法。方法用于标样分析验证，结果与推荐值相符。     

与碱性花岗岩有关的稀有稀土矿床

概述了含矿碱性花岗岩产出的地质背景，含矿岩体的主要特征。根据岩石中暗色矿物与主要成矿元素的关系，将碱性花岗岩矿床划分为３种矿化类型：含Ｎｂ（Ｓｎ）黑云母花岗岩；含Ｎｂ（Ｓｎ）、ＨＲＥＥ钠铁闪石－钠闪石花岗岩；含ＬＲＥＥ霓石花岗岩，并指出，碱性花岗岩矿床在我国北部边区和攀西裂谷带具有良好的成矿前景。