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Magma mixing process is unusual in the petrogenesis of felsic rocks associated with alkaline complex worldwide. Here we present a rare example of magma mixing in syenite from the Yelagiri Alkaline Comp...     

Grain to outcrop-scale frozen moments of dynamic magma mixJing in the syenite magma chamber,Yelagiri Alkaline Complex,South India

Magma mixing process is unusual in the petrogenesis of felsic rocks associated with alkaline complex worldwide. Here we present a rare example of magma mixing in syenite from the Yelagiri Alkaline Complex, South India. Yelagiri syenite is a reversely zoned massif with shoshonitic (Na₂O + K₂O=5–10 wt.%, Na₂O/K₂O = 0.5–2, TiO₂ <0.7 wt.%) and metaluminous character. Systematic modal variation of plagioclase (An_11–16 Ab_82–88), K-feldspar (Or_27–95 Ab_5–61), diopside (En_34–40Fs_11–18Wo_46–49), biotite, and Ca-amphibole (edenite) build up three syenite facies within it and imply the role of in-situ fractional crystallization (FC). Evidences such as (1) disequilibrium micro-textures in feldspars, (2) microgranular mafic enclaves (MME) and (3) synplutonic dykes signify mixing of shoshonitic mafic magma (MgO = 4–5 wt.%, SiO₂ = 54–59 wt.%, K₂O/Na₂O = 0.4–0.9) with syenite. Molecular-scale mixing of mafic magma resulted disequilibrium growth of feldspars in syenite. Physical entity of mafic magma preserved as MME due to high thermal-rheological contrast with syenite magma show various hybridization through chemical exchange, mechanical dilution enhanced by chaotic advection and phenocryst migration. In synplutonic dykes, disaggregation and mixing of mafic magma was confined within the conduit of injection. Major-oxides mass balance test quantified that approximately 0.6 portions of mafic magma had interacted with most evolved syenite magma and generated most hybridized MME and dyke samples. It is unique that all the rock types (syenite, MME and synplutonic dykes) share similar shoshonitic and metaluminous character; mineral chemistry, REE content, coherent geochemical variation in Harker diagram suggest that mixing of magma between similar composition. Outcrop-scale features of crystal accumulation and flow fabrics also significant along with MME and synplutonic dykes in syenite suggesting that Yelagiri syenite magma chamber had evolved through multiple physical processes like convection, shear flow, crystal accumulation and magma mixing.     

High-pressure granulites in the Sanggan area, North China craton: metamorphic evolution, P–T paths and geotectonic significance

High‐pressure basic granulites are widely distributed as enclaves and sheet‐like blocks in the Huaian TTG gneiss terrane in the Sanggan area of the Central Zone of the North China craton. Four stages of the metamorphic history have been recognised in mineral assemblages based on inclusion, exsolution and reaction textures integrated with garnet zonation patterns as revealed by compositional maps and compositional profiles. The P–T conditions for each metamorphic stage were obtained using thermodynamically and experimentally calibrated geothermobarometers. The low‐Ca core of growth‐zoned garnet, along with inclusion minerals, defines a prograde assemblage (M1) of garnet + clinopyroxene + plagioclase + quartz, yielding 700 °C and 10 kbar. The peak of metamorphism at about 750–870 °C and 11–14.5 kbar (M2) is defined by high‐Ca domains in garnet interiors and inclusion minerals of clinopyroxene, plagioclase and quartz. Kelyphites or coronas of orthopyroxene + plagioclase ± magnetite around garnet porphyroblasts indicate garnet breakdown reactions (M3) at conditions around 770–830 °C and 8.5–10.5 kbar. Garnet exsolution lamellae in clinopyroxene and kelyphites of amphibole + plagioclase around garnet formed during the cooling process at about 500–650 °C and 5.5–8 kbar (M4). These results help define a sequential P–T path containing prograde, near‐isothermal decompression (ITD) and near‐isobaric cooling (IBC) stages. The clockwise hybrid ITD and IBC P–T paths of the HP granulites in the Sanggan area imply a model of thickening followed by extension in a collisional environment. Furthermore, the relatively high‐pressures (6–14.5 kbar) of the four metamorphic stages and the geometry of the P–T paths suggest that the HP granulites, together with their host Huaian TTG gneisses, represent the lower plate in a crust thickened during collision. The corresponding upper‐plate might be the tectonically overlying Khondalite series, which was subjected to medium‐ to low‐pressure (MP/LP: 7–4 kbar) granulite facies metamorphism with a clockwise P–T path including an ITD segment. Both the HP and the MP/LP granulite facies events occurred contemporaneously at c. 1.90–1.85 Ga in a collisional environment created by the assembly process of the North China craton.     

Microtextures of opaque inclusions: their use as indicators for hiatuses during garnet porphyroblast growth

Within an analysed garnet porphyroblast, opaque inclusions imaged with the backscatter facility of a scanning electron microscope show different microtextures depending on their position within the porphyroblast. Three different zones can been distinguished: Zone 1 contains a Ti‐rich magnetite that has decomposed to a symplectite of fine and narrowly spaced exsolution lamellae of ilmenite and magnetite. Zone 2 shows a Ti‐rich magnetite symplectite with thicker and more widely spaced exsolution lamellae of ilmenite and magnetite. Within zone 3, Ti‐rich magnetite symplectite has totally been replaced by recrystallized magnetite crystals bordered by a thin ilmenite rim. Similar microtextures within ulvöspinel‐rich magnetite have elsewhere shown to be the result of an increase in oxidation and rate of diffusion. During metamorphism of metapelites, such an increase can be reasonably envisaged because of dehydration reactions progressing during rising temperatures, and this has occurred during the overgrowth of the three different microtextures by the garnet porphyroblast. Because the microtextures are homogeneous within the three different zones, it is deduced that the oxidation reaction rate of the opaque inclusions was substantially lower than the garnet growth rate. As a consequence, hiatuses in the garnet growth history must have occurred between the evolution from one microtexture to the next. A comparison between the inclusion trail geometry and the microtextural zone boundaries shows a perfect coincidence between these and the sites where inclusion trails become strongly deflected and truncated. This correlation confirms that, in the studied case, sharp microstructural boundaries (as truncation zones or deflection zones) coincide with growth hiatuses. The study therefore highlights the potential use of opaque inclusions to confirm or reject the occurrence of growth hiatuses within garnet porphyroblasts, especially in cases where discontinuities in the inclusion trail patterns are otherwise arbitrarily associated with growth hiatuses.     

甘肃敦煌红柳峡地区石榴石斜长角闪岩的变质特征、锆石U-Pb年龄及地质意义

甘肃敦煌红柳峡石榴石斜长角闪岩原岩为岛弧拉斑玄武岩,形成于不成熟岛弧.其典型矿物组合为:石榴石(Grt)-角闪石(Amp)-透辉石(Di)-斜长石(Pl),其中较粗大的变斑晶石榴石中通常保存进变质生长环带.根据岩相学和矿物化学研究得出,该区石榴石斜长角闪岩经历了四个变质演化阶段:早期进变质阶段(M1)、变质高峰期阶段(M2)、近等温减压阶段(M3)和晚期降温退变质阶段(M4).M1阶段以石榴石核部成分及其核部包体矿物组合石榴石(Grt Ⅰ)+角闪石(AmpⅠ)+斜长石(Pl Ⅰ)+石英(Qtz)为特征,P-T估算结果为n=550 ～ 600℃,P=0.3 ～0.5GPa;M2阶段以变斑晶石榴石幔部成分(GrtⅡ)及基质中的矿物组合角闪石(AmpⅡ)+透辉石(Di)+斜长石(+PlⅡ)+石英(Qtz)为特征,P-T估算结果为T=650 ～ 780℃,P=0.8 ～0.9GPa;M3阶段的代表性结构为石榴石边缘(GrtⅢ)形成由绿色角闪石(AmpⅢ)和斜长石(PlⅢ)组成的“白眼圈”,该阶段温度估算结果为630 ～ 700℃,压力大幅降低;M4阶段透辉石(Di)开始向角闪石(AmpⅣ)和斜长石(PlⅣ)转化,该阶段压力变化不大,主要是温度的降低.温压估算结果表明,红柳峡石榴石斜长角闪岩完整记录了从早期升温升压的进变质到后来的近等温减压再到最后的降温退变质的一个顺时针的PTt演化轨迹,反映的构造演化历史为:板块俯冲到地壳深部遭受高温变质作用,然后该区出现拉张的构造体制,随之地壳减薄,但是原来处于地壳深部的岩石并未出现大幅度折返和抬升,而是仍然处于原来的深度,慢慢的冷却直至正常的地温梯度.锆石U-Pb定年结果表明,红柳峡石榴石斜长角闪岩原岩的结晶年龄为1611±6Ma,该期年龄代表的构造事件与哥伦比亚超大陆的裂解事件一致,结合前人的研究成果我们推断,塔里木板块可能与哥伦比亚超大陆的裂解有联系,且当时位于塔里木东北缘的敦煌地块还是岛弧的构造环境,后来在中元古代塔里木运动中有一次板块俯冲碰撞事件,引起了一次高级变质作用(高角闪岩相),使当时的基性火山岩变质形成如今含有石榴石的斜长角闪岩.     

Reaction history of garnet-sapphirine granulites and conditions of Archaean high-pressure granulite-facies metamorphism in the Central Limpopo Mobile Belt, Zimbabwe

ABSTRACT Sequential reaction textures in Archaean garnet-corundum-sapphirine granulites from the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt document a progression from early, coarse-grained, high-pressure (P > 9.5 kbar) granulite-facies assemblages (M1) to late, low-pressure (P <6 kbar) granulite-facies sub-assemblages (M2). The stable M1 assemblage was garnet (57% pyrope; Mg/(Mg + Fe) = 62) + sapphirine + corundum + gedrite + phlogopite + rutile. Late-M1 boron-free kornerupine grew at the expense of garnet and corundum, and coexisted with garnet, sapphirine and gedrite. Partial or complete breakdown of coarse garnet and kornerupine during M2 resulted in the development of pseudomorphs and coronas consisting of fine-grained symplectic intergrowths of cordierite, gedrite and sapphirine (later, spinel). The majority of reaction textures can be explained in terms of a stable reaction sequence, and a model time-sequence of mineral facies can be constructed. When compared with a qualitative petrogenetic grid of (Fe, Mg)-discontinuous reactions in the FMASH multisystem sapphirine-garnet-corundum-spinel-cordierite-gedrite-kornerupine, the facies-sequence indicates decompression at essentially constant T assuming constant a(H₂O). Exhumation of M1 corundum inclusions during M2 breakdown of kornerupine resulted in production of metastable spinel by a disequilibrium reaction with gedrite. A second disequilibrium reaction of the spinel with cordierite produced sapphirine. The operation of such reaction while pressure was decreasing (the opposite dP from that implied by the texture if assumed to be the product of an equilibrium reaction) has serious implications for the use of reaction textures in the construction of P-T vectors. Garnet-biotite thermometry on garnet interiors and phlogopite inclusions in corundum yields temperatures of ca. 850°C for the M1 stage. A minimum late-M1 pressure of ca. 7 kbar is indicated by the former association of kornerupine and corundum. Relict M1 kyanites reported by other workers indicate a minumum early-M1 pressure of 9.5 kbar, implying metamorphism at depths of at least 33 km (probably 38km). The high-pressure granulite-facies metamorphism was followed by an almost isothermal pressure decrease of > 5 kbar, indicative of rapid uplift. The P-T path is interpreted as the product of a single metamorphic cycle which probably took place in response to tectonic thickening of the crust. Such a process contrasts with the extensional origin recently proposed for isobarically cooled granulite-facies terranes.     

柴北缘鱼卡河榴辉岩的变质演化——石榴石成分环带及矿物反应结构的证据

柴北缘鱼卡河榴辉岩的典型矿物组合为石榴石-绿辉石-多硅白云母-金红石。其中粗粒石榴石变斑晶普遍保存进变质生长环带,从核部到边部石榴石的化学成分、包体矿物的种类和粒度皆呈现出规律的分带性。岩相学和矿物化学研究进一步表明,该榴辉岩经历了前榴辉岩相、榴辉岩相及后榴辉岩相三个主要变质演化阶段。前榴辉岩相以石榴石核部成分及核部包体矿物组合石榴石(GrtⅠ) 角闪石(AmpⅠ) 斜长石(PⅡ) 石英(Qtz)为特征,P-T 估算结果为450～500℃和0.6～0.7GPa。榴辉岩相变质阶段又可细分为早期、峰期榴辉岩和退变角闪榴辉岩三个亚相。早期榴辉岩亚相以石榴石幔部成分和幔部包体矿物组合石榴石(GrtⅡA) 绿辉石(OmpⅡA) 多硅白云母(PheⅡA)±黝帘石(Zoi) 金红石(Ru)为代表,估算的温压条件为580～640℃和2.4～2.5GPa;峰期榴辉岩相以石榴石的边部(GrtⅡB)及基质中绿辉石(OmpⅡB)和多硅白云母(PheⅡB)的核部为代表,矿物组合为 GrtⅡB OmpⅡB PheⅡB Ru,估算的 P-T 条件为620～680℃和3.0～3.4GPa;退变角闪榴辉岩相以共生的石榴石的最边部(GrtⅡC)、基质绿辉石(OmpⅡC)和多硅白云母(PheⅡC)的边部及镁红闪石(AmpⅡ)组合为代表,矿物组合为 GrtⅡC OmpⅡC AmpⅡ PheⅡC,估算的 P-T 条件为700～720℃和2.3～2.4GPa。后榴辉岩阶段主要为麻粒岩-高角闪岩相,以绿辉石分解形成透辉石 钠长石冠状体以及进一步分解形成韭闪石 斜长石,铁红闪石分解形成浅闪石 斜长石为代表,P-T 估算结果为550～600℃和0.6～1GPa。温压估算结果表明,鱼卡河榴辉岩经历了升温升压—升温降压—降温降压的一个顺时针 P-T 演化轨迹,它记录了从俯冲-超高压变质-抬升的连续的演化过程。峰期变质条件为630～680℃和3.0～3.4GPa,已达超高压变质范畴。榴辉岩中进变质矿物组合和生长环带的保存说明榴辉岩的形成经历了相对快速的俯冲和折返的动力学过程。     

基于二阶微观地形因子的可视化增强研究

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中国典型粘黄土区地质灾害风险评估危险性影响因素分析

地层岩性、岩土体结构及其工程地质特性为黄土区地质灾害提供了物质基础,黄土斜坡的坡型、坡度、坡高、阶地等地形地貌因素为地质灾害提供了边界条件,人类工程活动和降雨为黄土区地质灾害提供了触发条件。黄土地形地貌、地层岩性、岩土体结构类型及其工程地质特性、水文地质条件等为粘黄土区地质灾害形成的内在因素;降雨、人类工程活动等为其诱发因素。     

矿物填料与高聚物的界面结构研究

本项研究在对六种矿物填充高分子聚合物复合试样的应力一应变行为、热分析（DSC）、红外光谱学、扫描电镜等研究的基础上,结合矿物填充高聚物复合试样的机械力学性能分析,探讨了矿物填料与高分子聚合物的界面结构及其相互作用、关系,同时矿物填料－聚合物的界面结构（结合力）主要是以物理分子间力和机械压合力粘合作用为主而形成;化学粘合作用主要存在于表面具有很强极性、反应性的矿物填料、改性剂和基体聚合物之间;在此基础上提出了矿物填充聚合物的界面结构模型。