蚀变洋壳和俯冲带变质流体的Fe-Mg同位素组成

贫碳酸盐的蚀变洋壳具有与新鲜洋中脊玄武岩一致的Mg同位素组成,说明低温和高温洋壳蚀变不会导致Mg同位素分馏.大别山港河和花凉亭的早期变质脉比榴辉岩具有偏高的δ56Fe-δ26Mg值,而且早期到晚期变质脉的δ56Fe-δ26Mg值逐渐降低.这些结果说明,在流体-岩石反应和流体演化过程中,Fe-Mg同位素发生了显著的分馏,且矿物溶解-再沉淀是同位素分馏的控制因素.相比洋中脊玄武岩,蚀变洋壳和变质脉具有相似或偏高的δ56Fe-δ26Mg值,说明蚀变洋壳脱水产生的流体富集重Fe-Mg同位素,不能解释弧岩浆岩的轻Fe/重Mg同位素组成.因此,弧岩浆岩异常的Fe-Mg同位素组成是熔体提取和富集54Fe-26Mg的蛇纹岩流体交代地幔楔两个过程共同作用的结果.      

大陆俯冲隧道板片-地幔楔界面反向流体交代作用:西阿尔卑斯造山带超高压变质白片岩的地球化学证据

前人对深俯冲板片释放熔/流体交代地幔楔形成弧岩浆源区的过程和机制已得到充分认识,然而对地幔楔岩石能否脱水交代深俯冲地壳并不清楚.在对欧洲西阿尔卑斯造山带Dora-Maira地体白片岩的地球化学研究中,首次发现地幔楔交代岩能够脱水反向交代深俯冲地壳岩石,从而极大影响俯冲地壳的地球化学组成.结合白片岩和围岩的全岩地球化学特征以及锆石学结果,查明了白片岩的原岩为S型花岗岩,澄清了关于Dora-Maira白片岩原岩属性的长期争议.在此基础上,发现白片岩中变质锆石相对残留岩浆锆石δ18O值显著降低,指示原岩形成后受到低δ18O变质流体的交代作用.白片岩具有高温岩石中最高的δ26Mg值达0.75‰,显著高于围岩变花岗岩,指示交代流体具有重Mg同位素组成.基于地球主要岩石储库的Mg同位素组成,推测交代流体来自俯冲隧道中富滑石地幔楔蛇纹岩在弧下深度的脱水分解,而这些地幔楔蛇纹岩是新特提斯洋壳在弧前深度变质脱水产生的流体与地幔楔浅部橄榄岩反应形成.这些结果不仅提供了利用Mg-O同位素示踪俯冲隧道中流体来源的新思路,也提供了地幔楔蛇纹岩来源流体反向交代深俯冲地壳岩石的首个典型实例.这种反向交代不仅极大改变了深俯冲地壳的地球化学组成,而且对弧岩浆岩重Mg同位素成因具有重要意义.      

俯冲带蛇纹岩变质脱水过程中的Mg、Fe同位素分馏行为:进展与展望

蛇纹岩在俯冲带地球化学循环中发挥着重要作用.蛇纹岩是俯冲带中极富Mg和Fe的矿物,其变质脱水释放的流体含有显著量的Mg和Fe,对俯冲带中Mg、Fe元素的循环及其同位素的分馏行为起着重要作用.蛇纹岩脱水过程中的Mg、Fe同位素分馏特征与不同温度、压力条件下蛇纹岩体系的矿物组合、释放流体的氧化还原状态、流体中Mg、Fe的价态和种型等密切相关.本文在总结俯冲带蛇纹岩的产出特征、稳定性和主要脱水反应的基础上,系统评述了俯冲带蛇纹岩在变质脱水过程中Mg、Fe同位素分馏行为的研究现状和存在的关键科学问题,并对未来的研究方向进行了展望.     

深部碳循环的Mg同位素示踪

大洋板块俯冲导致的深部碳循环可影响地球历史的大气CO2的收支情况及气候变化。沉积碳酸盐岩是地球中轻镁同位素的主要储库,它通过板块俯冲再循环进入地幔有可能引起地幔局部的Mg同位素组成不均一性。因此,在这样一个基本假设基础上,即俯冲岩石的镁同位素在变质脱水和岩浆过程中不发生显著变化,镁同位素有可能成为深部碳循环的示踪剂。前人研究已经证明岩浆过程不会发生显著镁同位素分馏。然而,至今对俯冲、变质过程镁同位素的分馏程度以及低δ26Mg玄武岩成因还属未知。为此,本研究聚焦在高温高压条件下碳酸盐的稳定性和相转换、板块俯冲过程中的镁同位素行为、循环碳酸盐对地幔镁同位素组成可能产生的影响。     

榴辉岩部分熔融过程中的同位素分馏

本文对榴辉岩部分熔融过程中不同同位素体系是否存在分馏这一当前研究热点进行了综述。榴辉岩作为研究洋陆俯冲、超高压变质以及壳幔相互作用的主要岩石类型,其部分熔融与地壳增生、板片折返过程以及俯冲隧道中元素的迁移分配等具有紧密的联系。作为典型的高压-超高压变质岩石,榴辉岩可通过俯冲带将壳源信息携带至地幔深部,影响地幔的化学组成,并可在大洋玄武岩中得以表现。近些年,随着仪器分析技术的发展,实验研究和理论计算均表明榴辉岩部分熔融过程中稳定同位素可以产生显著的分馏。作为常见的放射性成因子体同位素和传统稳定同位素Sr-Nd-Hf-O被广泛应用于源区示踪、岩浆混合以及结晶分异等过程。但目前有研究指出,在非平衡熔融过程中,熔体和源区的Sr-Nd-Hf-O同位素可发生解耦,导致二者的同位素组成不均一。另外,通过研究榴辉岩及其熔融产物的金属稳定同位素特征,发现榴辉岩部分熔融过程中,由于石榴石效应,会造成Ca、Mg、Fe、Li等金属稳定同位素的分馏。因此,当利用稳定同位素示踪榴辉岩熔体的源区时,需要考虑其分馏的影响。

     

深部碳循环的Mg同位素示踪:2015-2016的进展与问题

镁同位素示踪深部碳循环研究在过去一年取得了很大进展。这些进展包括蚀变洋壳、沉积物、深海橄榄岩和再循环榴辉岩的Mg同位素组成,具有EM-I和HIMU同位素特征的低δ~(26)Mg玄武岩成因,低δ~(26)Mg玄武岩熔融p-t条件的Mg-Sr同位素制约,Mg同位素揭示的大陆岩石圈地幔的碳酸盐交代作用,特提斯洋俯冲板块导致的深部碳循环,和富Na碳酸盐岩浆的Mg同位素分异。然而仍有许多重要科学问题尚不清楚,包括:(1)如何区分再循环沉积碳酸盐岩和再循环碳酸盐化榴辉岩对地幔Mg同位素的影响?(2)板块俯冲过程中Mg同位素地球化学行为和为什么岛弧玄武岩没有低δ~(26)Mg特征?(3)再循环碳在地幔的储存部位及存留时间?(4)普通碳酸盐岩浆的Mg同位素如何分异?(5)如何示踪那些不含Mg或含Mg很少的再循环碳酸盐,如方解石、文石、菱铁矿?这些问题指明了未来的重要研究领域。     

俯冲隧道内不同深度的壳幔相互作用:地幔楔超镁铁质岩的镁同位素记录

在不同的俯冲深度,俯冲板片会释放出不同来源和组成的熔/流体进入俯冲隧道中,并进而影响上覆地幔楔及衍生岛弧岩浆的地球化学组成.然而,如何识别俯冲隧道中不同深度熔/流体组分的来源一直是俯冲带研究中的难点.对不同深度来源的地幔楔超基性岩进行了Mg同位素研究,发现了Mg同位素具有示踪俯冲板块熔/流体来源的能力.首先,研究了美国加州Franciscan杂岩中一套经历了多期次流体交代作用的浅部来源（< ~60 km）的变质超基性岩.这些部分蛇纹石化的地幔楔超基性岩在蛇纹石脱水形成滑石的过程中会释放轻Mg同位素进入流体,而重Mg同位素更多地残留在滑石相中;随后进一步受俯冲板块来源流体的交代形成具有高CaO和轻Mg同位素组成的透闪石化变橄榄岩,暗示流体中含有源自俯冲板片的、富集轻Mg同位素的碳酸盐,说明在弧前~60 km深度,部分含Mg碳酸盐（方解石）可以在俯冲隧道中发生溶解并迁移交代上覆地幔楔橄榄岩.对深部地幔楔来源（~160 km）的大别造山带毛屋地区超镁铁质岩体岩相学和元素地球化学研究结果证实了其交代成因.结合多相包裹体、元素地球化学以及前人估计的温-压条件,推测交代介质更接近超临界流体.锆石U-Pb年代学研究揭示,交代作用主要发生在古生代洋壳俯冲阶段（454±58 Ma）,超高压变质作用则发生在三叠纪陆壳俯冲阶段（232.8±7.9 Ma）.古生代锆石中大量的碳酸盐矿物包裹体和重O同位素特征说明古生代洋壳俯冲交代过程中有沉积碳酸盐组分加入.全岩和单矿物的Mg同位素组成均显著低于地幔值以及大别新元古代榴辉岩,说明交代的碳酸盐组分来源应为循环的沉积富Mg碳酸盐,暗示了在俯冲带深部富Mg沉积碳酸盐在超临界流体中会发生溶解迁移.由于沉积碳酸盐具有独特的、显著富集轻Mg同位素组成的特征,这种交代作用会造成地幔楔局部具有异常的Mg同位素组成,从而解释目前观察到的岛弧火山岩的Mg同位素特征.因此,Mg同位素是示踪俯冲碳酸盐与上覆地幔楔相互作用的有效工具.      

锂同位素分馏机制讨论

作为一种新兴的稳定同位素示踪工具, 锂同位素地球化学的研究近年来受到了国际地学界日益广泛的关注.其应用领域涵盖了从地表到地幔的流体与矿物之间的相互作用.在地表风化作用过程中, 轻锂同位素(6Li) 优先进入固体相, 而7Li则进入流体相, 因而地表风化作用淋滤出了岩石中的重锂, 致使河水具有重的锂同位素组成, 河水又将重锂同位素组分补给海洋, 洋壳的低温蚀变作用使得海水的锂同位素组成进一步变重.在俯冲带, 由于俯冲板片释放的流体具有重锂同位素组成的特征, 它们上升并交代上覆的地幔楔和相邻的地幔, 使得地幔楔的锂同位素组成变重.同时, 深俯冲的板片由于脱水而具有较轻的锂同位素组成, 它们在地幔中可能形成一个局部轻锂的地幔储源.影响地幔橄榄岩锂同位素分馏的因素主要有3个方面: 温度、扩散机制以及外来熔体的反应.由于高温下地幔矿物之间的锂同位素分馏很小, 而单纯的扩散分馏机制不能够很好的解释我国华北汉诺坝地区地幔橄榄岩中矿物之间的锂同位素分馏.因此, 具有轻锂同位素组成的熔体与橄榄岩之间的反应是上述现象的一个合理解释.需要指出的是, 在橄榄岩-熔体反应的过程中, 锂同位素的扩散作用也对地幔矿物之间的同位素分馏有一定的贡献.      

高温下非传统稳定同位素分馏

过去十几年来,非传统稳定同位素地球化学在高温地质过程的研究中取得了的重大进展。多接收诱导耦合等离子质谱(MC-ICP-MS)的应用引发了稳定同位素分析方法的重大突破,使得精确测定重元素的同位素比值成为可能。本文总结了以Li、Fe和Mg同位素为代表的非传统稳定同位素在岩石地球化学研究中的应用。Li同位素目前被广泛地用于地幔地球化学、俯冲带物质再循环和变质作用的研究中,可以用来示踪岩浆的源区性质和扩散等动力学过程。不同价态的Fe在矿物熔体相之间的分配可以产生Fe同位素分馏,可以发生在地幔交代、部分熔融、分离结晶等过程中。岩浆岩的Mg同位素则大致反映其源区的特征,地幔的Mg同位素组成比较均一,这为研究低温地球化学过程中Mg同位素的分馏提供一个均一的背景。此外,Cl,Si,Cu,Ca,U等等同位素体系也具有广阔的应用前景。对同位素分馏机制的实验研究和理论模拟为理解非传统稳定同位素数据提供了必要的指导。实验表明,高温下具有不同的迁移速度的轻、重同位素可以产生显著的动力学同位素分馏,这一分馏可以在化学扩散、蒸发和凝华等过程中发生;同位素在矿物和熔体以及流体相中化学环境的差异使得不同相之间可以发生平衡分馏。而最近的硅酸盐岩浆的热扩散和热迁移实验则揭示了一种"新"的岩浆分异和同位素分馏机制。沿着温度梯度,硅酸盐岩浆可以发生显著的元素和同位素分异,湿的安山岩可以通过这种方式演变成花岗质成分,因此这个过程可能对陆壳的产生和演化有重大影响。如果温度梯度在岩浆作用中能长期存在,热扩散就可以产生稳定同位素的分馏,这一机制有别于传统的平衡和动力学同位素分馏。 而多个稳定同位素体系的正相关关系是示踪热迁移过程的最有力证据。在热扩散过程中,流体承载的物质的浓度和它的索瑞系数有关。但是这个系数对体系的很多参数非常敏感,变化极大,因此对热扩散效应的研究产生极大的困难。对热扩散实验的镁、钙和铁同位素测量表明,同位素比值的变化与体系的化学组成以及总温度无关,只和温度变化的幅度有关,这意味着即使元素的索瑞系数变化多端,某一元素的同位素之间的索瑞系数的差别总为常数。这一发现有助于简化对热扩散和索瑞系数这一基础物理问题的研究 。     

洋壳蚀变过程中的镁同位素分馏机理研究进展北大核心CSCD

板块运动驱动的洋壳再循环一直被认为是造成地幔化学成分不均一的主要原因。洋壳在从洋中脊形成到俯冲进入地幔的过程中,持续遭受一系列蚀变改造。这一过程不仅影响海水化学成分,同时也会改变洋壳的化学组成,尤其是一些易活泼元素及相应同位素体系的改变会更加显著。洋壳蚀变造成的影响会通过洋壳俯冲再循环而传递到地幔,进而影响到对地幔化学组成不均一性的认识。镁(Mg)同位素是研究深部碳循环和壳幔物质相互作用的一个新兴示踪计,已进入深部地幔的俯冲洋壳Mg同位素组成有可能受高温岩浆过程、俯冲变质过程以及低温蚀变过程的影响。已有的研究证明高温岩浆过程和洋壳俯冲变质-脱水过程中洋壳Mg同位素无显著分馏。然而,由于天然样品测试的数量较少且数据测试精度有限,关于低温蚀变过程中洋壳Mg同位素是否存在分馏尚未达到共识,这限制了利用Mg同位素对地幔不均一性和全球尺度物质再循环的研究。本文总结了已发表的蚀变洋壳的Mg同位素资料,讨论了洋壳低温蚀变过程(火山玻璃橙玄化、蛇纹石化和碳酸盐化)对Mg同位素体系的影响。这些信息对于认识洋壳蚀变过程中Mg同位素体系的详细行为至关重要,是确定下一步相关研究方向的重要参考。     

Fluid/rock interaction and mass transfer in continental subduction zones: constraints from trace elements and isotopes (Li,B, O,Sr, Nd,Pb) in UHP rocks from the Chinese Continental Scientific Drilling Program,Sulu, East China

In order to better understand the role of fluids during subduction and subsequent exhumation, we have investigated whole-rock and mineral chemistry (major and trace elements) and Li, B as well as O, Sr, Nd, Pb isotopes on selected continuous drill-core profiles through contrasting lithological boundaries from the Chinese Continental Scientific Drilling Program (CCSD) in Sulu, China. Four carefully selected sample sets have been chosen to investigate geochemical changes as a result of fluid mobilization during dehydration, peak metamorphism, and exhumation of deeply subducted continental crust. Our data reveal that while O and Sr-Nd-Pb isotopic compositions remain more or less unchanged, significant Li and/or B isotope fractionations occur between different lithologies that are in close contact during various metamorphic stages. Samples that are supposed to represent prograde dehydration as indicated by veins formed at high pressures (HP) are characterized by element patterns of highly fluid-mobile elements in the veins that are complementary to those of the host eclogite. A second sample set represents a UHP metamorphic crustal eclogite that is separated from a garnet peridotite by a thin transitional interface. Garnet peridotite and eclogite are characterized by a >10% difference in MgO, which, together with the presence of abundant hydroxyl-bearing minerals and compositionally different clinopyroxene grains demonstrate that both rocks have been derived from different sources that have been tectonically juxtaposed during subduction, and that hydrous silicate-rich fluids have been added from the subducting slab to the mantle. Two additional sample sets, comprising retrograde amphibolite and relatively fresh eclogite, demonstrate that besides external fluids, internal fluids can be responsible for the formation of amphibolite. Li and B concentrations and isotopic compositions point to losses and isotopic fractionation during progressive dehydration. On the other hand, fluids with isotopically heavier Li and B are added during retrogression. On a small scale, mantle-derived rocks may be significantly metasomatized by fluids derived from the subducted slab. Our study indicates that during high-grade metamorphism, Li and B may show different patterns of enrichment and of isotopic fractionation.     

Eclogite and carpholite-bearing metasedimentary rocks in the North Qilian suture zone, NW China: implications for Early Palaeozoic cold oceanic subduction and water transport into mantle

Low‐temperature eclogite and eclogite facies metapelite together with serpentinite and marble occur as blocks within foliated blueschist that was originated from greywacke matrix; they formed a high‐pressure low‐temperature (HPLT) subduction complex (mélange) in the North Qilian oceanic‐type suture zone, NW China. Phengite–eclogite (type I) and epidote–eclogite (type II) were recognized on the basis of mineral assemblage. Relic lawsonite and lawsonite pseudomorphs occur as inclusions in garnet from both types of eclogite. Garnet–omphacite–phengite geothermobarometry yields metamorphic conditions of 460–510 °C and 2.20–2.60 GPa for weakly deformed eclogite, and 475–500 °C and 1.75–1.95 GPa for strongly foliated eclogite. Eclogite facies metasediments include garnet–omphacite–phengite–glaucophane schist and various chloritoid‐bearing schists. Mg‐carpholite was identified in some high‐Mg chloritoid schists. P–T estimates yield 2.60–2.15 GPa and 495–540 °C for Grt–Omp–Phn–Gln schist, and 2.45–2.50 GPa and 525–530 °C for the Mg‐carpholite schist. Mineral assemblages and P–T estimates, together with isotopic ages, suggest that the oceanic lithosphere as well as pelagic to semi‐pelagic sediments have been subducted to the mantle depths (≥75 km) before 460 Ma. Blueschist facies retrogression occurred at c. 454–446 Ma and led to eclogite deformation and dehydration of lawsonite during exhumation. The peak P–Tconditions for eclogite and metapelite in the North Qilian suture zone demonstrate the existence of cold subduction‐zone gradients (6–7 °C km^?1), and this cold subduction brought a large amount of H₂O to the deep mantle in the Early Palaeozoic times.     

Subduction channel fluid-rock interaction:Indications from rutile-quartz veins within eclogite from the Yuka terrane,North Qaidam orogen

High-pressure(HP)or ultrahigh-pressure(UHP)rutile-quartz veins that form at mantle depths due to fluid-rock interaction can be used to trace the properties and behavior of natural fluids in subduction zones.To explore the fluid flow and the associated element mobility during deep subduction and exhumation of the continental crust,we investigated the major and trace elements of Ti-rich minerals.Additionally,U–Pb dating,trace element contents,and Lu–Hf isotopic composition of zircon grains in the UHP eclogite and associated rutile-quartz veins were examined in the North Qaidam UHP metamorphic belt,Yuka terrane.The zircon grains in the rutile-quartz veins have unzoned or weak oscillatory zonings,and show low Th/U ratios,steep chondrite-normalized patterns of heavy rare earth elements(HREEs),and insignificant negative Eu anomalies,indicating their growth in metamorphic fluids.These zircon grains formed in 431
3 Ma,which is consistent with the 432
2 Ma age of the host eclogite.As for the zircons in the rutile-quartz veins,they showed steep HREE patterns on one hand,and were different from the zircons present in the host eclogite on the other.This demonstrates that their formation might have been related to the breakdown of the early stage of garnet,which corresponds to the abundance of fluids during the early exhumation stage.The core-rim profile analyses of rutile recorded a two-stage rutile growth across a large rutile grain;the rutile core has higher Nb,Ta,W,and Zr contents and lower Nb/Ta ratios than the rim,indicating that the rutile domains grew in different metamorphic fluids from the core towards the rim.The significant enrichment of high field strength elements(HFSEs)in the rutile core suggests that the peak fluids have high solubility and transportation capacity of these HFSEs.Furthermore,variations in the Nb vs.Cr trends in rutile indicate a connection of rutile to mafic protolith.The zircon grains from both the rutile-quartz veins and the host eclogite have similar Hf isotopic compositions,indicating that the vein-forming fluids are internally derived from the host eclogite.These fluids accumulated in the subduction channel and were triggered by local dehydration of the deeply subducted eclogite during the early exhumation conditions.     

Lithium isotopes in Guatemalan and Franciscan HP-LT rocks: Insights into the role of sediment-derived fluids during subduction

High-pressure, low-temperature (HP-LT) rocks from a Cretaceous age subduction complex occur as tectonic blocks in serpentinite mélange along the Motagua Fault (MF) in central Guatemala. Eclogite and jadeitite among these are characterized by trace element patterns with enrichments in fluid mobile elements, similar to arc lavas. Eclogite is recrystallized from MORB-like altered oceanic crust, presumably at the boundary between the down-going plate and overlying mantle wedge. Eclogite geochemistry, mineralogy and petrography suggest a two step petrogenesis of (1) dehydration during prograde metamorphism at low temperatures (<500 °C) followed by (2) partial rehydration/fertilization at even lower T during exhumation. In contrast, Guatemalan jadeitites are crystallized directly from low-T aqueous fluid as veins in serpentinizing mantle during both subduction and exhumation. The overall chemistry and mineralogy of Guatemalan eclogites are similar to those from the Franciscan Complex, California, implying similar P-T-x paths.Li concentrations (?90 ppm) in mineral separates and whole rocks (WR) from Guatemalan and Franciscan HP-LT rocks are significantly higher than MORB (4-6 ppm), but similar to HP-LT rocks globally. Li isotopic compositions range from −5‰ to +5‰ for Guatemalan HP-LT rocks, and −4‰ to +1‰ for Franciscan eclogites, overlapping previous findings for other HP-LT suites. The combination of Li concentrations greater than MORB, and Li isotopic values lighter than MORB are inconsistent with a simple dehydration model. We prefer a model in which Li systematics in Guatemalan and Franciscan eclogites reflect reequilibration with subduction fluids during exhumation. Roughly 5-10% of the Li in these fluids is derived from sediments.Model results predict that the dehydrated bulk ocean crust is isotopically lighter (δ⁷Li ? +1 ± 3‰) than the depleted mantle (∼+3.5 ± 0.5‰), while the mantle wedge beneath the arc is the isotopic complement of the bulk crust. A subduction fluid with an AOC-GLOSS composition over the full range of model temperatures (50-600 °C) gives an average fluid δ⁷Li (∼+7 ± 5‰ 1σ) that is isotopically heavier than the depleted mantle. If the lowest temperature steps are excluded (50-260 °C) as too cold to participate in circulation of the mantle wedge, then the average subduction fluid (δ⁷Li = +4 ± 2.3‰ 1σ, is indistinguishable from depleted mantle. Because of the relatively compatible nature of Li in metamorphic minerals, the most altered part of the crust (uppermost extrusives), may retain a Li isotopic signature (∼+5 ± 3‰) heavier than the bulk crust. The range of Li isotopic values for OIB, IAB and MORB overlap, making it is difficult to resolve which of these components may contribute to the recycled component in the mantle using δ⁷Li alone.     

华北地块东南缘中生代侵入杂岩中所含榴辉岩类包体矿物微量元素地球化学特征及其意义

华北地块东南缘中生代侵入杂岩中所含榴辉岩类包体中矿物的分析结果表明, 组成榴辉岩类包体的各矿物之间元素的分配在榴辉岩相变质阶段已经达到了化学平衡;石榴石中Al、Fe、Mn, 单斜辉石中Na、Mg、Ca, 角闪石中Na、Mg、Fe等主量元素含量与其全岩之间均呈良好的正相关, 受全岩成分制约;石榴石明显富集HREE、贫LREE, 单斜辉石相对富集LREE、MREE、贫HREE, 两者轻、重稀土含量呈相互消长的互补关系, 石榴石和单斜辉石中分别富集Y、Sr, Ga和过渡族元素Sc、Ti、V、Cr、Co等含量较高, 其含量受全岩成分控制;金红石中稀土元素的含量很少, Fe、Al、Mg、Ca、Mn、Nb、Ta、Cr和Zr含量相对较高, Rb、Sr、Ba含量极低, 部分微量元素(如Nb、Cr、Fe、V、W等)含量与其原岩有继承和对应关系;部分原生或/和退变角闪石的REE配分模式分别与单斜辉石和石榴石相似, 过渡族金属元素等的含量与石榴石、单斜辉石和全岩具有一定的相关性, 角闪石容纳Na、K、Sr、Rb、Ba等元素的能力较强, 其成分除受全岩成分的制约外, 石榴石、单斜辉石对其形成也有影响。榴辉岩类包体与其寄主中生代侵入杂岩中部分高价态/高场强元素(HFSE)和重稀土元素(HREE)呈相互消长的关系。榴辉岩的形成与扬子地块和华北地块之间的俯冲-碰撞作用有关。     

华北地幔橄榄岩锂同位素研究进展

作为非传统稳定同位素的代表,Li同位素已被广泛应用于示踪与熔体和流体相关的地质过程。地幔橄榄岩高度不均一的Li含量和Li同位素组成特征是熔/流体与地幔橄榄岩相互作用过程中同位素分馏作用及温度下降过程中Li在矿物之间扩散分馏的结果,同位素扩散现象通常被矿物颗粒边部的组成特征所记录。由于Li在橄榄石中的扩散速度比在辉石中慢,所以大颗粒橄榄石核部的Li含量和同位素组成更能反映岩石圈地幔的组成,而辉石的组成特征更多地记录了后期的过程。大量地幔捕虏体的锂同位素组成特征研究表明,华北克拉通岩石圈地幔经历了蚀变洋壳在俯冲过程中、残留俯冲板片在深部地幔、以及上涌的软流圈所释放的不同组成的熔/流体的改造过程。由于改造作用的多阶段性和改造程度的不同,华北克拉通东部与中部地幔橄榄岩的组成特征具有系统性的差异。Li同位素与其他地球化学指标的联合示踪是未来地幔地球化学研究的发展趋势。

     

Subduction metamorphism of serpentinite‐hosted carbonates beyond antigorite‐serpentinite dehydration (Nevado‐Filábride Complex,Spain)

At sub‐arc depths, the release of carbon from subducting slab lithologies is mostly controlled by fluid released by devolatilization reactions such as dehydration of antigorite (Atg‐) serpentinite to prograde peridotite. Here we investigate carbonate–silicate rocks hosted in Atg‐serpentinite and prograde chlorite (Chl‐) harzburgite in the Milagrosa and Almirez ultramafic massifs of the palaeo‐subducted Nevado‐Filábride Complex (NFC, Betic Cordillera, S. Spain). These massifs provide a unique opportunity to study the stability of carbonate during subduction metamorphism at P–T conditions before and after the dehydration of Atg‐serpentinite in a warm subduction setting. In the Milagrosa massif, carbonate–silicate rocks occur as lenses of Ti‐clinohumite–diopside–calcite marbles, diopside–dolomite marbles and antigorite–diopside–dolomite rocks hosted in clinopyroxene‐bearing Atg‐serpentinite. In Almirez, carbonate–silicate rocks are hosted in Chl‐harzburgite and show a high‐grade assemblage composed of olivine, Ti‐clinohumite, diopside, chlorite, dolomite, calcite, Cr‐bearing magnetite, pentlandite and rare aragonite inclusions. These NFC carbonate–silicate rocks have variable CaO and CO₂ contents at nearly constant Mg/Si ratio and high Ni and Cr contents, indicating that their protoliths were variable mixtures of serpentine and Ca‐carbonate (i.e., ophicarbonates). Thermodynamic modelling shows that the carbonate–silicate rocks attained peak metamorphic conditions similar to those of their host serpentinite (Milagrosa massif; 550–600°C and 1.0–1.4 GPa) and Chl‐harzburgite (Almirez massif; 1.7–1.9 GPa and 680°C). Microstructures, mineral chemistry and phase relations indicate that the hybrid carbonate–silicate bulk rock compositions formed before prograde metamorphism, likely during seawater hydrothermal alteration, and subsequently underwent subduction metamorphism. In the CaO–MgO–SiO₂ ternary, these processes resulted in a compositional variability of NFC serpentinite‐hosted carbonate–silicate rocks along the serpentine‐calcite mixing trend, similar to that observed in serpentinite‐hosted carbonate‐rocks in other palaeo‐subducted metamorphic terranes. Thermodynamic modelling using classical models of binary H₂O–CO₂ fluids shows that the compositional variability along this binary determines the temperature of the main devolatilization reactions, the fluid composition and the mineral assemblages of reaction products during prograde subduction metamorphism. Thermodynamic modelling considering electrolytic fluids reveals that H₂O and molecular CO₂ are the main fluid species and charged carbon‐bearing species occur only in minor amounts in equilibrium with carbonate–silicate rocks in warm subduction settings. Consequently, accounting for electrolytic fluids at these conditions slightly increases the solubility of carbon in the fluids compared with predictions by classical binary H₂O–CO₂ fluids, but does not affect the topology of phase relations in serpentinite‐hosted carbonate‐rocks. Phase relations, mineral composition and assemblages of Milagrosa and Almirez (meta)‐serpentinite‐hosted carbonate–silicate rocks are consistent with local equilibrium between an infiltrating fluid and the bulk rock composition and indicate a limited role of infiltration‐driven decarbonation. Our study shows natural evidence for the preservation of carbonates in serpentinite‐hosted carbonate–silicate rocks beyond the Atg‐serpentinite breakdown at sub‐arc depths, demonstrating that carbon can be recycled into the deep mantle.