Ultra-high Excess Argon in Kyanites: Implications for Ultra-high Pressure Metamorphism in Northeast Japan

A laser fusion Ar-Ar technique applied on single crystals of kyanite from river sands of the Kitakami Mountain region of northeast Japan yielded ages of up to 16 Ga, more than three times the age of the earth. Although the age values are geologically meaningless, the ultra-high excess argon in kyanites is unique and hitherto unreported. We interpret this to be an artifact of ultra-high argon pressure derived from radiogenic argon in potassium-rich phases such as phengites during the Barrovian type retrogression of the ultra-high pressure rocks in this region.     

测定地质年代的钾-氩稀释法

随着地质科学工作的发展,要求应用钾-氩稀释法测定年青的新生代岩石矿物年龄越来越迫切。我们的钾-氩稀释法工作,开始于1975年,我们走了一条有别于国外稀释法的路子,从实验结果看,收到了较好的效果,有些地方也还需要进一步完善。     

论超高压变质的矿物学标志

近20多年来,对超高压变质的研究日益深入。超高压变质的矿物学标志,已远远超出柯石英一种,结合实验矿物学的成果,发现许多新的矿物标志。 可以归纳为以下3类：（1）矿物的多形转变, 如柯石英和金刚石;（2）超高压矿物的出溶,如K-单斜辉石、majorite-镁铝榴石和高硅榍石;（3）超高压(高压)变质矿物或矿物组合, 如多硅白云母、文石和菱镁矿等。文中介绍了这些矿物学标志的地质学和矿物学特征及应用前景。     

微观结构超压机制与超高压矿物的形成

提出了由岩石及矿物的结构形态、岩石力学性质不同引起的微结构超压机制。对影响结构超压的诸因素(弹性参数、热物理性质)进行了数值模拟实验和定量分析。研究结果表明，结构压力对超高压岩石、矿物的形成具有重要的意义。结构压力随弹性模量差异、围限压力、温度改变量及热膨胀系数差异的增加而增大。在岩石、矿物的弹性模量相差5倍的条件下，结构附加压力可达到静岩压力的45％左右。如果再考虑热膨胀系数不同及降温引起的附加压力，在较一般的情况下，60公里左右深处就有可能具备柯石英等超高压矿物形成的下限压力条件。     

超高压高低温钻井液流变仪的研究现状及应用前景

分析了新钻探形势下对钻井液流变性测试仪器的技术要求,介绍了当前主流进口高温高压流变仪的研发及应用现状,介绍了由我国自主研发的超高压高低温钻井液流变仪Explore 97的研究进展、主要功能、技术优势和应用领域,并与Fann iX77型流变仪进行了技术对比。     

秦岭发现金刚石:横贯中国中部巨型超高压变质带新证据及古生代和中生代两期深俯冲作用的识别

在秦岭北带榴辉岩及其围岩片麻岩的锆石中发现金刚石和大量石墨包裹体。金刚石具典型的1331～1334cm~(-1)拉曼谱峰。变质金刚石的发现证明秦岭北带榴辉岩及其围岩片麻岩经历了超高压变质作用,其俯冲深度>120 km。片麻岩锆石的SHRIMP定年表明,锆石核部代表岩浆事件的年龄或之前的残核年龄为1200～1800 Ma,超高压变质新增生边部的年龄为507±38 Ma,属早古生代。认为北秦岭超高压变质带与印支期大别超高压变质带(240～200 Ma)是时空上两个带。北秦岭超高压变质带向西可以与南阿尔金—柴北缘早古生代(490～440Ma)超高压变质带相连,向东与大别西北部的熊店和浒湾早古生代榴辉岩(420～400 Ma)相连,组成一条沿中央造山带北部分布的加里东期超高压变质带。认为主要分布在大别山南部的印支期超高压变质带应与南秦岭的高压蓝片岩带相连,组成一条分布在中央造山带南部的印支期高压超高压变质带。北秦岭超高压变质带的发现,为中央造山带存在一条西起阿尔金,东至苏鲁的近4000 km的世界上最大的一条超高压变质带的确定提供了新的关键性证据。而沿中央造山带分布的两条超高压变质带说明:①中国南北大陆在早古生代就已拼接在一起,其后,又有印支期的俯冲和碰撞叠加,加里东期超高压变质带主要分布在北部,后者在南部,两者时     

超高压榴辉岩中绿辉石组构和变形机制研究进展

榴辉岩中绿辉石晶格优选方位(LPO)类型主要有S型(压扁型)组构、L型(收缩型)组构、L-S中间型组构、退火型组构,其中L型和S型组构是绿辉石在超高压岩石中最发育的组构类型.矿物组构的产生与变形机制密切相关,目前还无法解释绿辉石LPO产生和变化的原因.对天然绿辉石变形机制的最新研究进行了评述,包括位错蠕变产生变形绿辉石LPO的传统观点,以及扩散蠕变伴随晶体各向异性生长和空间群转换两种新观点.使用费氏台对大别山双河地区榴辉岩中的绿辉石组构进行了测量,并用电子背散射衍射技术(EBSD)对测量结果进行了验证.结合榴辉岩的显微构造和绿辉石组构特征对大别山双河超高压榴辉岩中绿辉石的变形机制进行了初步探讨,认为其变形机制以位错蠕变为主.     

大别山碧溪岭榴辉岩激光探针40Ar-39Ar年龄

采用激光探针⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar法对大别山碧溪岭榴辉岩样品中的石榴石和绿辉石单颗粒矿物进行原位测定,获得了两条等时线年龄。结果表明该区榴辉岩经历了两期构造热事件:榴辉岩超高压变质作用发生在加里东期,燕山期年龄为快速抬升折返的热事件年代记录。     

Evidence for excess argon during high pressure metamorphism in the dora maira massif (Western Alps,Italy), using an ultra-violet laser ablation microprobe 40Ar-39Ar technique

 Ultra-high pressure eclogite/amphibolite grade metamorphism of the Dora Maira Massif in the western Alps is a well established and intensively studied event. However, the age of peak metamorphism and early cooling remains controversial. The ⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar step-heating and laser spot ages from high pressure phengites yield plateau ages as old as 110 Ma which have been interpreted as the time of early cooling after the high pressure event. Recent U/Pb and Sm/Nd results challenge this assertion, indicating a much younger age for the event, around 45 Ma, and hence a radically different timing for the tectonic evolution of the western Alps. In a new approach to the problem, samples from the undeformed Hercynian metagranite, Brossasco, were studied using an ultra-violet laser ablation microprobe technique for ⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar dating. The new technique allowed selective in situ analysis, at a spatial resolution of 50 μm, of quartz, phengite, biotite and K-feldspar. The results demonstrate the frequent occurrence of excess argon with high ⁴⁰Ar-³⁶Ar ratios (1000–10000) and a strong relationship between apparent ages and metamorphic textures. The highest excess argon ratios are always associated with high closure temperature minerals or large diffusion domains within single mineral phases. The best interpretation of this relationship seems to be that excess argon was incorporated in all phases during the high pressure event, then mixed with an atmospheric component during rapid cooling and retrogression, producing a wide range of argon concentrations and ⁴⁰Ar/³⁶Ar ratios. Step-heating analysis of minerals with this mixture would produce linear arrays on a ³⁶Ar/⁴⁰Ar versus ³⁹Ar/⁴⁰Ar correlation diagram, leading to geologically meaningless plateau ages, older than the true closure age. In the present case, some ages in the range 60–110 Ma could be explained by the presence of excess argon incorporated around 40–50 Ma ago. Similar results found in other high pressure terrains in the Alps may reconcile the argon geochronometer with other systems such as Rb/Sr, U/Pb or Sm/Nd. This study therefore calls for an increasing use of high resolution in situ sampling techniques to clarify the meaning of ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar ages in many high pressure terrains. Received: 6 January 1994/Accepted: 4 April 1995     

北苏鲁超高压变质带前寒武纪基底研究新进展

北苏鲁超高压变质带位于胶东牟平-即墨断裂以东的地区,其前寒武纪基底以出露新元古代的双峰式火成岩为主要特征,其主要岩石组合包括大量花岗片麻岩以及少量变（超）基性岩（榴辉岩）、变沉积岩。对花岗片麻岩、变质（超）基性岩的岩石组合、地球化学、锆石U-Pb和Lu-Hf同位素的研究表明,北苏鲁存在新太古代-古元古代的残留地壳,经历了1.8~2.2 Ga期间的岩浆-火山-变质事件;新元古代中期（0.72~0.80 Ga）与Rodinia超大陆的裂解相关的岩浆活动促使地壳的生长和再造,形成了北苏鲁的前寒武纪基底的主体;北苏鲁和苏鲁-大别造山带一样,其前寒武纪基底是扬子板块北缘的一部分,苏鲁造山带的西北边界是五莲-烟台断裂带。     

The Xiaojiao high-grade eclogite-type rutile deposit in Jiangsu, China： Geology, geochemistry and metallogenesis

1INTRODUCTION TITANIUMMETALISPRODUCEDMAINLYFROMNATURAL RUTILEANDSYNTHETICRUTILEOBTAINEDBYENRICHEDILMEN ITE,ANDISWIDELYUSEDASHIGHTECHALLOYS,ESPECIALLY INTHEAIRANDSPACECRAFTINDUSTRYBECAUSEOFITSHIGH STRENGTHATHIGHTEMPERATUREANDRESISTANCETOCORRO SION.THEREISA…     

Shallow Structure of the Crust in the Sulu-Dabie Region,China and its Seismotectonic Implication

The P-wave velocity structure in the shallow crust is investigated in and around the Sulu-Dabie region by using seismic reflection data for deep soundings in 48 survey profiles and from rock velocity determinations. The observed velocity distributions show obvious heterogeneities in this region. The low velocity anomalies are observed mainly in the west of the Dabie region and the East Sea regions. The high velocity anomalies emerge in the shallow crust of the Sulu and Dabie orogeny. These high-velocity anomalies can be attributed to the ultra-high pressure metamorphosed (UHPM) rock formed by exhumation motion of mantle materials during the orogeny. The high-velocity anomalies in the different shallow layers beneath the Sulu region are located to the northeast of the Tan-Lu fault. The high-velocity anomalies beneath the Dabie region are located southwest of the Tan-Lu fault. Such a distribution pattern of velocity anomaly zones may reveal historical motion of a left-lateral strike-slip for the Tan-Lu fault, which differs from the result of a right-lateral strike-slip motion regime known from modern seismology, indicating a more complex tectonic motion along the Tan-Lu fault.     

苏鲁造山带大规模岩浆活动的证据:新元古代多成因花岗质片麻岩

花岗质片麻岩是苏鲁超高压变质带中分布最为广泛的岩石单元,其岩石形成于新元古代。苏鲁超高压变质带中段——山东胶—莒南地区的花岗质片麻岩主要由以细粒白云母二长花岗质片麻岩为代表的荣成片麻岩套、以粗粒含角闪二长花岗质片麻岩为代表的月季山片麻岩套和以含霓石碱长花岗质片麻岩为代表的岚山头片麻岩套等组成。花岗片麻岩主体属于高K钙碱性系列。相比而言,荣成片麻岩套碱质较低、贫钠,月季山片麻岩套相对富碱质、富钠、富铁镁、低硅,岚山头片麻岩套则富硅钾、贫铝铁镁。荣成岩套具有S型花岗岩的特点,月季山岩套具有I型花岗岩的特点,岚山头岩套具有A型花岗岩的特点。苏鲁超高压变质带新元古代花岗质片麻岩构成了较完整的碰撞造山型花岗岩系列:陆陆碰撞主造山期,形成同碰撞双花岗岩,其中荣成岩套形成时间略早,深俯冲到地幔中遭受了超高压变质作用,而月季山岩套是在超高压岩片快速折返过程中形成的;碰撞造山后期地壳伸展,形成岚山头片麻岩套。     

华南、华北地块中生代构造演化与超高压变质岩的折返机制

本文在讨论中国东部现有构造演化模式基础上，着重从华北与华南地块之间板块尺度的动力学过程剖析秦岭－大别中生代造山带构造演化，以及大别－苏鲁超高压变质地体的形成和折返过程。晚二叠世－中三叠世华南地块向华北地块持续挤压，陆壳大规模俯冲导致超高压变质作用的产生，而华北地块在晚三叠世至早侏罗世发生快速逆时针旋转，使得这一地区上地幔深度的超高压变质地体快速折返至下地壳。由于超高压变质地体侵位后，地壳结构、构造的差异，在南北地块的进一步挤压下，造成中国东部晚侏罗世－早白垩世郯庐断裂带的巨大左行剪切。     

Preservation of radiogenic argon in mantle micas in situ: Dating of deep seated inclusions from the Shavaryn-Tsaram Paleovolcano, Mongolia

This article presents new data on isotopic (K/Ar) dating of a series of volcanic units of the Shavaryn-Tsaram Volcano based on rocks and minerals and the chemical composition of deep seated micas. Four age intervals have been identified, one of which is pertinent to the Middle Miocene (15.5–12.2 Ma) and the other three, to the Quaternary (1.87–1.82, 1.44–1.33, and 0.54–0.44 Ma). The age intervals correlate with the known volcanic events. The xenolites examined are most similar to fragments of a deep seated alkalineultramafic rock complex whose formation proceeded during the last 15.5 myr and was accompanied by sporadic effusion of alkali-basaltoid lavas onto the surface. The micas from the inclusions of the Shavaryn-Tsaram Volcano had a high activation energy of migration of radiogenic argon, which ensured argon accumulation during the radioactive transformation of ⁴⁰K and preservation in situ. The high equilibrium temperature of garnet lherzolite (1050–1150°C) and the calculated pressure (20–22 kbar) played the role of mutually compensating factors in argon diffusion; high temperatures enhanced diffusion, while pressure suppressed it.     

Tracing the exhumation of the Eclogite Zone (Tauern Window,Eastern Alps) by <Superscript>40</Superscript>Ar/<Superscript>39</Superscript>Ar dating of white mica in eclogites

New radiometric ages from the Subpenninic nappes (Eclogite Zone and Rote Wand – Modereck Nappe, Tauern Window) show that phengites formed under eclogite-facies metamorphic conditions retain their initial isotopic signature, even when associated lithologies were overprinted by greenschist- to amphibolite-facies metamorphism. Different stages of the eclogite-facies evolution can be dated provided ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar dating is combined with micro-structural analyses. An age of 39 Ma from the Rote Wand – Modereck Nappe is interpreted to be close to the burial age of this unit. Eclogite deformation within the Eclogite Zone started at the pressure peak along distinct shear zones, and prevailed along the exhumation path. An age of ca. 38 Ma is only observed for eclogites not affected by subsequent deformation and is interpreted as maximum age due to the possible influence of homogenously distributed excess argon. During exhumation deformation was localised along distinct mylonitic shear zones. This stage is mainly characterised by the formation of dynamically recrystallized omphacite2 and phengite. Deformation resulted in the resetting of the Ar isotopic system within the recrystallized white mica. Flat argon release spectra showing ages of 32 Ma within mylonites record the timing of cooling along the exhumation path, and the emplacement onto the Venediger Nappe. Ar-release patterns and ³⁶Ar/⁴⁰Ar vs.³⁹Ar/⁴⁰Ar isotope correlation analyses indicate no significant ⁴⁰Ar-loss after initial closure, and only a negligible incorporation of excess argon. From the pressure peak onwards, eclogitic conditions prevailed for almost 8–10 Ma.     

Ar/Ar analyses of clinopyroxene inclusions in African diamonds: implications for source ages of detrital diamonds

Clinopyroxene inclusions in diamond contain elevated potassium contents and can potentially be dated by ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar techniques. Previous ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar studies of clinopyroxene inclusions contained in cleaved diamonds have suggested that argon, produced from the decay of potassium prior to eruption of the host kimberlite magma, diffuses to the diamond/clinopyroxene interface under mantle conditions. After intrusion and cooling below the closure temperature for argon diffusion, radiogenic argon is retained by the clinopyroxene inclusions. This behaviour complicates efforts to date diamond crystallisation events; however, extraction of inclusions from their host diamond should induce loss of all interface argon, thus raising the possibility of determining kimberlite emplacement ages. This possibility has important implications for constraining the source localities of detrital diamond deposits worldwide, with concomitant benefits to diamond exploration. To investigate this premise, ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar laser probe results are presented for single clinopyroxene inclusions extracted from a total of fifteen gem-quality diamonds from the Mbuji-Mayi kimberlite in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Jwaneng and Orapa kimberlites in Botswana.Initial fusion analyses of clinopyroxene inclusions from Mbuji-Mayi diamonds yielded ages older than the time of host kimberlite intrusion, indicating partial retention of extraneous argon by the clinopyroxene inclusions themselves. Step-heating analyses of clinopyroxene inclusions from Orapa and Jwaneng diamonds produced older apparent ages from lower temperature steps and the ‘rim’ fragment of one Orapa inclusion. High temperature (fusion) analyses yielded younger apparent ages, commonly approaching the times of host kimberlite eruption. Total-gas integrated ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar ages are mostly intermediate between the times of inferred diamond crystallisation and kimberlite eruption. Ca/K ratios for each sample are uniform across step-heating increments, indicating that age variations are not due to compositional, mineralogical or alteration effects. The favoured explanation for these results is partial retention of extraneous argon in primary and/or secondary fluid inclusions. This component is then preferentially outgassed in lower temperature heating steps, yielding older apparent ages.The partial retention of extraneous argon by clinopyroxene inclusions clearly restricts efforts to determine source ages for detrital diamond deposits. Results from individual samples must necessarily be interpreted as maximum source emplacement ages. Nonetheless, step-heating analyses of several clinopyroxene inclusions from a detrital diamond deposit may provide reasonable constraints on the ages of source kimberlites/lamproites; however minor age populations as well as those closely spaced in time, may be difficult to resolve.It is argued that the majority of older ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar ages can be explained in terms of the partial retention of inherited argon, produced between the times of diamond crystallisation and kimberlite eruption. Although the presence of excess argon in some clinopyroxene inclusions cannot be excluded, available evidence (e.g. no excess argon in Premier eclogitic inclusions or potassium-poor inclusions) suggests that this is not a factor for most samples. Three possible mechanistic models are forwarded to account for the uptake of inherited (± excess) argon in fluid inclusions. The first envisages negligible interface porosity and diffusion of extraneous argon exclusively to primary fluid inclusions, which subsequently partially decrepitated during eruption, causing accumulation of argon at the diamond/clinopyroxene interface. The second model permits diffusive loss of extraneous argon to both the interface region and primary fluid inclusions. The third involves diffusion of extraneous argon to the interface region, with later entrapment of some interface argon in secondary fluid inclusions, produced by fracture/annealing processes active during eruption. The first model can account for all ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar results, whereas the latter two mechanisms require the presence of an excess argon component to explain older integrated ages (up to 2.9 Ga) from two Jwaneng samples. Excess argon contamination would compromise efforts to determine diamond genesis ages using the ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar dating technique. However, if the first model is valid, then the older ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar integrated ages support previous Re-Os age results for the crystallisation of Jwaneng diamonds.     

新型的氩提取系统

氩的稀释技术早在五十年代开始,到了六十年代,由于采取了超高真空技术和质谱静操态操作,使氩的测试水平大大提高,但到六十年代中期,国内外氩提取系统没有更多的发展,只是近些年来才有价格昂贵的全金属商品氩提取系统。虽然形式不同,繁简不一,但有共同的特点是熔样系统与纯化系统分开。     

构造剪切与变质角闪石中过剩Ar的引入：北秦岭丹凤群斜长角闪岩的Sm－Nd、Rb－Sr和~（40）Ar／~（39）Ar测年证据

本文对两个北秦岭丹凤群斜长角闪岩样品进行了Ｓｍ－Ｎｄ、Ｒｂ－Ｓｒ和４０Ａｒ／３９Ａｒ测年，发现其中受构造改造轻微的黑河丹凤群斜长角闪岩样品的角闪石４０Ａｒ／３９Ａｒ年龄与其Ｒｂ－Ｓｒ、Ｓｍ－Ｎｄ矿物等时线年龄接近，而遭受强烈构造剪切作用的蒲峪丹凤群斜长角闪（片）岩的角闪石４０Ａｒ／３９Ａｒ年龄则明显高于其Ｒｂ－Ｓｒ、Ｓｍ－Ｎｄ矿物等时线年龄，指示构造剪切作用对变质角闪石中过剩氩的引入有显著影响。在利用４０Ａｒ／３９Ａｒ进行造山带年代学研究时这一问题应引起注意     

超高压变质作用研究现状及问题

本文从超高压变质作用的矿物学、Ｐ－Ｔ－ｔ轨迹和超高压地体抬升、保存机制三个方面总结了近年来超高压变质作用研究所取得的重要进展和存在的问题。超高压变质作用的矿物学研究正在向深入发展，其Ｐ－Ｔ－ｔ轨迹具有三种成因类型。而其超高压地体的抬升、保存机制则是争论的焦点，其中增生楔模式（Ｐｌａｔｔ，１９８７）和连续俯冲─仰冲机制较好地解释了抬升过程，但也存在一些问题需进一步研究。