The inhibiting effect of organic carbon on contact metamorphic recrystallization of limestones

In Upper Teesdale, Northern England, some limestones have been metamorphosed to a saccharoidal marble near to the contacts with the Whin Sill. This marble is virtually restricted to Upper Teesdale although the Whin Sill is found, intruded into the Carboniferous sequence, over most of Northern England.Petrographical and geochemical studies have shown that the marmorisation of the limestones is mainly dependent upon their non-carbonate carbon content and also the distance from the Whin Sill contact. Analyses show that only small amounts of carbon (0.5–1.0%) are required to inhibit recrystallization in the limestones.     

1994 REPORT ON WHIN SILL DOLERITE WS-E FROM ENGLAND AND PITSCURRIE MICROGABBRO PM-S FROM SCOTLAND: ASSESSMENT BY ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR INTERNATIONAL LABORATORIES

This compilation report describes the field location, mineralogy, preparation and homogeneity testing of two new GIT-IWG reference materials: Whin Sill dolerite (WS-E) from England and Pitscurrie microgabbro (PM-S) from Scotland. The elemental composition of these two new reference materials has been established by an international cooperative analysis programme involving participation by 104 laboratories. A full assessment of these analytical results is presented, from which working values have been derived for the major elements as well as for 45 trace elements in WS-E and 44 trace elements in PM-S. Furthermore, isotopic ratios are presented for both samples, particularly for ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr and ¹⁴³Nd/¹⁴⁴Nd.     

Feature: The Great Whin Sill

Without question, many of the principles of geology as a science evolved as the rock outcrops of Britain were explored and discussed with an open mind. Nowhere can this be better demonstrated than in the history of opinion concerning the Whin Sill in the north of England.     

Submicroscopic exsolution lamellae in pyroxenes in the Whin Sill,Northern England

Optically homogeneous pigeonites and augites from Whin Sill dolerite cores from Throckley (Northumberland) are shown by electron microscopy to be unmixed. The lamellae are 40 Å wide at the margins of the sill and up to 3200 Å wide at the centre. Homogeneous pyroxenes also occur with a composition intermediate between the pigeonite and augite. Electron diffraction patterns of the unmixed grains show that the augite contains pigeonite lamellae and the pigeonite contains augite lamellae. From the application of simple diffusion theory it is suggested that the size of the lamellae is dependent on the rate of cooling of the sill.     

冀西北水泉沟杂岩体成因的Nd同位素证据

水泉沟碱性杂岩体是冀西北金矿集中区最重要的赋矿岩体。长期以来，关于水泉沟杂岩体的成因一直争议很大，严重制约了本区金矿床理论研究水平的提高。本文对水泉沟杂岩体及其围岩太古宙变质岩进行了系统的Nd同位素研究。研究结果表明，水泉沟杂岩体不可能是太古宙变质岩混合岩化或重熔的产物，而是由来自地幔的岩浆与下地壳局部熔融的物质不均匀混合形成的。     

北山造山带南部晚古生代花岗岩?闪长岩的成因与构造意义

北山造山带位于中亚造山带南部,是中亚造山带的重要组成部分.为了进一步深入认识北山造山带晚古生代的构造?岩浆演化过程,选择北山造山带南部石板墩?白墩子地区的晚古生代花岗岩?闪长岩开展了岩石学、锆石U-Pb定年、Hf同位素、微量元素及岩石地球化学研究.LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年代学研究限定了石板墩花岗岩形成于~304~ 302 Ma,石板墩闪长岩形成于~291 Ma,白墩子石英闪长岩形成于~270 Ma.它们的锆石Hf同位素均呈现较亏损的特征（ε_Hf（t）=-2.0~+15.7）,且由老到新,亏损程度依次增加.岩石学和地球化学特征暗示了亏损地幔来源岩浆在北山造山带晚古生代岩浆活动中的主导作用,亏损地幔来源岩浆与古老地壳部分熔融形成的岩浆以不同比例混合,形成了复杂的岩石组合.因此,晚石炭世?早二叠世花岗岩?闪长岩可能形成于后撤式增生造山作用导致的弧后伸展构造环境.      

Interlobate ice-sheet dynamics during the Last Glacial Maximum at Whitburn Bay, County Durham, England

This research reconstructs ice-sheet processes operating during the Late Devensian in northeast England. The article assesses the lithostratigraphy of the Devensian glacial tills of Whitburn Bay, eastern County Durham, and presents the first detailed analysis of petrological, geochemical and biostratigraphical data to reconstruct lithostratigraphy, provenance and iceflow pathways. Two Devensian tractions tills (the Blackhall and Horden tills) are separated by a boulder pavement, pointing to a switch in ice-bed conditions and the production of a melt-out lag prior to deposition of the upper traction till, the Horden Till. The Blackhall Till contains Magnesian Limestone, Carboniferous Limestone, Whin Sill dolerite and Old Red Sandstone, suggesting a northwesterly source, probably from the Midland Valley and the Southern Uplands. The Horden Till contains erratics and heavy minerals derived from crystalline bedrock sources in the Cheviot Hills and northeast Scotland. Within the Horden Till are numerous sand, clay and gravel-filled canals incised downwards into the diamicton which are attributed to a low-energy, distributed, subglacial canal drainage system. Coupled with hydro-fractures and the boulder pavement, this suggests that a partially decoupled, fast-flowing ice stream deposited the Horden Till. The uphill, landward direction of ice movement indicates that the ice stream was confined in the North Sea Basin, possibly by the presence of Scandinavian Ice.     

K---Ar and Rb---Sr geochronology og igneous rocks from the Sierra de Paiman, northwestern Argentina

Epizonal igneous and metamorphic rocks in northwestern Argentina are exposed in the Sierra de Paiman. The metamorphic rocks are quartzites, phyllites, and slates with soft-body impressions and fossil traces that suggest a late Precambrian-Cambrian age. The igneous rocks were intruded during two major magmatic events according to K---Ar and Rb---Sr data. The older event is represented by different kinds of granitoids and gabbroids, intruded 437–459 Ma. These rocks were emplaced syntectonically in a shear zone that remained active after emplacement, causing extensive mylonitization on the east side of the range. The granitoids show Sr isotopic disturbances possibly related to magma mixing events. Petrologic, geochemical, and isotopic data for these rocks suggest a volcanic-arc setting, probably related to the back arc of the eastward-dipping continental arc of the Famatina Belt. During the younger event (ca. 379 Ma) stocks and dikes of leucogranites were emplaced post-tectonically with respect to the last episode of mylonitization. The leucogranites have syn-collisional signatures and may thus represent the culmination of the volcanic arc of the Famatina Belt.     

Nucleation of augite at antiphase boundaries in pigeonite

Pigeonites in coarse grained dolerites from the Whin Sill have been examined by transmission electron microscopy. The observed micro-structures involve coarse, heterogeneous (001) augite lamellae and antiphase boundaries (APB's), some of which have nucleated fine (001) plates of augite. APB's approximately parallel to (211) and \((\bar 211)\) are Ca enriched and those approximately parallel to (120) are not (or at least are less so), the former changing their orientation according to the local Ca content of the pigeonite and providing suitable sites for the heterogeneous nucleation of augite. Simple structural models show how (211) and \((\bar 211)\) APB's provide more suitable sites for Ca²⁺ ions that those parallel to (120). The development of the antiphase domains is discussed. Concentrating Ca²⁺ ions onto a restricted number of sites is not favoured by entropy and therefore possibly does not occur at high temperatures. The final antiphase domain scale is a complex function of the Ca content and cooling rate of the pigeonite.     

云南金宝山超镁铁岩原始岩浆成分反演

金宝山岩体赋存有我国最大的铂族元素矿床,位于云南省弥渡县,大地构造位置处于杨子地台西缘南端。岩体是呈似层状(岩席)产出的小型超镁铁岩,侵位于泥盆系金宝山组白云岩、泥灰岩、砂板岩中,由橄榄岩、辉橄岩及微辉岩、辉石岩异离体组成,没有完整的相带分异,缺乏分异堆积特征。但岩体铂族元素成矿以铂钯为特征(Pd/Ir>10),硫化物Ni/Cu比值低(0.5～5),岩石稀土元素富集,配分型式为轻稀土富集型,体现基性岩浆衍生产物的岩石地球化学特点。元素含量的组合变化反映出橄榄石对岩石成分的控制作用,成岩母体可视为橄榄石与熔体两部分组成的混合体系,分析表明岩浆经历了11％的橄榄石结晶和22％左右的斜长石结晶分异,大部分熔体相携带斜长石先期离开岩浆房或被压滤出去,残余熔体携带橄榄石结晶颗粒在构造挤压作用下向上运移侵位成岩。根据岩浆演化过程反演,计算得到金宝山超镁铁岩原始岩浆组成,表明为低钛拉斑玄武岩岩浆,MgO含量为12.93％,其形成可能与裂谷作用早期的地幔热柱作用有关,原始岩浆起源于未亏损地幔的部分熔融。     

辽西中生代陆内底侵作用背景下形成的安山岩

本文选择了辽西地区中生代230Ma、190Ma、159Ma、123Ma、116Ma等不同时期的安山岩及其所含的辉石,通过岩石学、岩相学、地球化学和同位素的研究,发现它们同时具有壳源和幔源的特征,而且大多数单斜辉石记录了两种或多种熔体的相互作用。据此作者认为安山岩是壳幔岩浆混熔成因的,而如此长期的热演化与大陆内部伸展背景下的底侵作用有关。     

Early Holocene history of the southwestern Baltic Sea: the Ancylus Lake stage

One of the most discussed stages in the history of the Baltic Sea is the Ancylus Lake phase. This paper presents detailed information from the Darss Sill threshold area as well as the adjacent basins, i.e. the Mecklenburg Bay and Arkona Basin located in the southwesternmost Baltic. The threshold area was transgressed at the Baltic Ice Lake maximum phase and during the following regression about 10.3 ka BP a river valley was incised in the Darss Sill to a level of 23-24 m below present sea level (b.s.l.). Preboreal sediments in the study area show lowstand basin deposition in the Arkona Basin and the existence of a local lake in Mecklenburg Bay. The lowstand system is followed by the Ancylus Lake transgression that reached a maximum level of 19 m b.s.l. Thus, at the maximum level the water depth was about 5 m over the threshold, and the shore level fall during the Ancylus Lake regression must be in the same range. The Darss Sill area is the key area for drainage of the Ancylus Lake, and if the previously suggested regression of 8-10 m in southeastern Sweden is to be achieved, isostatic rebound must also play a role. The existence of the so-called Dana River in the Darss Sill area cannot be supported by our investigations. We observed no signs of progressive erosion of the Darss Sill area in the Early Holocene, and there are no prograding systems in Mecklenburg Bay that can be related to the Ancylus Lake regression. On the contrary, local lakes developed in Mecklenburg Bay and in the Darss Sill threshold area. In the Darss Sill area, marl was deposited in a lake in the valley that developed after the final drainage of the Baltic Ice Lake. Studies of diatoms and macrofossils, combined with seismic interpretation and radiocarbon dating, provide detailed information about the chronology and the relative shore level of these lake phases as well as about environmental conditions in the lakes.     

浙西南八都群古元古代和三叠纪变质和岩浆事件的年代学证据

本文对华夏地块浙西南八都群片麻岩和侵入其中的花岗岩进行了系统的岩石学、地球化学、LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年代学以及Lu-Hf同位素研究。结果表明,八都群片麻岩中的碎屑锆石普遍发育~1882 Ma的(变质)增生边,而侵入八都群花岗岩的结晶时代集中在1861~1841 Ma。综合本文及前人获得的岩石学和同位素年代学数据可知,华夏地块在古元古代晚期(1890~1850Ma)发生了一次强烈的造山事件,该期造山很可能与Columbia超大陆的聚合作用密切相关,华夏地块可能为Columbia超大陆的一个陆块。除此之外,本研究还在八都杂岩中获得了三叠纪变质锆石年龄(235±1)Ma,综合前人发表资料可知,这些古元古代基底岩石遭受了强烈的印支期改造,可能与华南大陆印支期造山作用相关。然而,关于古元古代基底的三叠纪变形变质、抬升和出露过程及其与印支期构造演化的内在联系,仍有待进一步研究。     

The petrogenetic association of carbonatite and alkaline magmatism: constraints from the Masfut-Rawda Ridge, Northern Oman Mountains

Summary ?A new occurrence of carbonatites associated with intrusive ijolite and syenite has been discovered within the Hawasina Complex underlying the Semail Ophiolite Complex at the southern part of the Rawda-Masfut ridge, Northern Oman Mountains. The carbonatites occur as dikes and sills with lengths of several hundreds of meters and range in composition from calciocarbonatites to ferruginous calciocarbonatites. The carbonatites intruded the ijolite and the associated radiolarian cherts of the Early Cretaceous Sid’r Formation. The close spatial association of carbonatite, ijolite, syenite and radiolarian cherts along with geological, petrographical and geochemical data indicates that these rocks are of intra-oceanic origin. Petrological and field relationships between the carbonatite and associated alkaline silicate intrusives from the Masfut area are consistent with the carbonatites being generated as derivative magmas through liquid immiscibility. They appear to represent magmas related to the volcanism associated with regional crustal extension that preceded the genesis of the Semail Ophiolite. Received April 19, 2001; revised version accepted February 18, 2002     

Geochronology and geochemistry of Grenvillian igneous suites in the northern Oaxacan Complex, southern Mexico: tectonic implications

Chemical and U–Pb isotopic analyses of metaigneous rocks in the northern Oaxacan Complex in southern Mexico indicate that they form part of two granitic–gabbroic suites intruded at 1157–1130 and 1012 Ma, which were metamorphosed under granulite facies conditions between 1004 and 980 Ma. Although the older suite has both within-plate and arc geochemical signatures, the arc characteristics (enrichment of La and Ce relative to Nb, Ta, and Th) are inferred to result from crustal contamination, a conclusion consistent with their negative _Nd signatures. The younger suite is spatially associated with anorthosites (from which we were unable to acquire a protolith age), suggesting that collectively it forms part of anorthosite–mangerite–charnockite–granite (AMCG) suites. The tholeiitic nature of the mafic rocks along with the within-plate character of the felsic rocks suggests that they were intruded during extension related to either farfield backarc rifting, rifting above a slab window, or anorogenic intercontinental rifting. Potentially correlative AMCG suites are widespread in Mexico, the Grenville Province of eastern Canada and northeastern USA, and the Andean massifs of Colombia, however, Pb isotopic data most closely resemble those in South America. These data are consistent with published hypotheses that suggest Oaxaquia represents an exotic terrane derived from Amazonia.     

青藏高原北部风火山花岗斑岩锆石U-Pb同位素测年及其地质意义

青藏高原北部风火山花岗斑岩与逆冲推覆构造存在密切关系,岩浆侵位发生在区域地质构造演化的重要历史时期。对风火山北麓花岗斑岩及暗色包体,在显微观测和矿物鉴定的基础上,通过单颗粒锆石离子探针U-Pb同位素测年,获得高精度的测年资料。测得早期岩浆锆石结晶平均年龄为(34.5±1.4) Ma,对应于岩浆源区地壳局部熔融时代;晚期岩浆锆石结晶平均年龄为(27.6±0.5)Ma,对应于岩浆向上侵入雅西错群的岩浆侵位时代。风火山北麓花岗斑岩属青藏高原北部出露的最年轻花岗岩,岩体内部不同类型锆石的U-Pb同位素测年为区域地层、区域构造和高原隆升的研究提供了重要的年代学约束。     

云南镇沅外樟盆金成矿地质及地球化学特征

金矿受北西—南东向构造破碎蚀变带控制的中低温热液型。提出岩石、构造、蚀变、化探找矿标志。     

Geochemical provenancing of igneous glacial erratics from Southern Britain,and implications for prehistoric stone implement distributions

Sixteen basic and intermediate composition igneous glacial erratics from Anglian (pre-423,000 years) deposits in Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire, southern Britain, were selected for chemical and petrographic analysis in order to determine their original source outcrops. Major and trace element compositions suggest that seven samples (plus two uncertain) originated in the Lower Carboniferous volcanics of the Scottish Midland Valley (SMV), four came from the Upper Carboniferous quartz dolerite association which crops out in Scotland, northern England (Whin Sill) and extends to Norway, and one came from the northern England Cleveland Dyke. One sample of altered dolerite is ambiguous but has some similarity to the Old Red Sandstone (Devonian) age lavas of the SMV, and one meta-basalt sample may be from southwest Scotland or Scandinavia. These results identify specific outcrops which provided glacial erratics within currently accepted ice trails in the United Kingdom, and provide the first supporting evidence based on geochemistry, rather than petrography, for these ice movements. The distribution and provenance of glacial erratics are of importance in archaeological studies, because erratics provided a potential source of raw material for stone implement production. There is a marked geographical correlation between the distribution of prehistoric stone implements of quartz dolerite in the United Kingdom, and directions of ice movements from quartz dolerite outcrops within Britain. This correlation lends support to the hypothesis that prehistoric man made extensive use of glacial erratics for implement manufacture, as an alternative to quarrying at outcrops and subsequent long-distance trade. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

辽西元古宙旧庙基性杂岩的演化及地球动力学意义

辽西元古宙旧庙基性杂岩的演化及地球动力学意义孙景贵（长春地质学院，长春１３００６１）收稿日期：１９９６－８－１６修改稿：１９９６－１２－１７作者简介：孙景贵男１９６１年生博士生矿床学关键词基性杂岩岩浆演化元古代辽西前寒武纪地质研究已在稳定克拉通地块中...