Explosive felsic volcanism at Palaeo-Mesoproterozoic boundary from Vindhyan Supergroup,Son Valley,Central India—Evidences of crustal contamination

Vindhyan basin witnessed a widespread explosive type of felsic volcanism at Palaeo-Mesoproterozoic boundary which is manifested as Chopan porcellanite shale. This is exposed as a linear belt along the Son valley in Central India. Porcellanite shale is pyroclastics deposit comprising strongly welded to unwelded ignimbrites. CIA values coupled with A–CN–K systematics provide strong evidence regarding their igneous origin and proximity of the source. The pyroclastics are rhyodacitic to rhyolitic in nature. The enriched LREE, LILE, depleted HFSE and incompatible element ratios such as Nb/Th, La/Sm and Zr/Nb indicate contamination and mixing between mantle-derived rocks and the average continental crust. Five distinct phases of volcanic activity have been identified based on field observations and petrological evidences. Pyroclastics at various stratigraphic levels indicate repeated occurrences of intrabasinal felsic volcanism, pointing to episodic extension, rifting and eruption over a period of time. The present studies have suggested that volcanic activity in Son valley and pyroclastic detritus resulted from a common chamber due to the rejuvenation and activation of deep seated faults like Son-Narmada lineament.     

羌塘西北部松西地区新生代火山岩岩石地球化学特征及成因讨论

羌塘西北部松西地区新生代火山岩由安山岩、英安岩和晚期火山颈相流纹斑岩3种岩石类型组成,属于钙碱性-高钾钙碱性岩石系列.岩石富集大离子亲石元素和LREE,相对亏损高场强元素,Nb、Ta、Ti负异常,反映源岩具有壳源特征,基性端员的SiO2含量＜53%,表明松西地区玄武安山岩不可能完全由陆壳直接局部熔融产生,应该有少量基性的地幔物质加入.岩浆Eu负异常不明显,说明岩浆来源于加厚陆壳中下部,是印度板块与欧亚板块发生长期碰撞挤压导致青藏高原北部包括羌塘地区的陆壳缩短和加厚、拉萨地块大陆岩石圈的北向俯冲作用以及羌塘陆块之下上涌的软流层物质的底侵作用,引发增厚下地壳发生部分熔融形成的.     

冈底斯中段林子宗火山岩岩石地球化学特征

广泛发育在冈底斯岩浆岩带中的林子宗火山岩及其与下伏地层间的区域不整合提供了印度-亚洲大陆碰撞的重要证据.谢通门地区的林子宗火山岩早期以中基性-中性岩为主,夹少量流纹质凝灰岩,晚期以流纹质火山岩为主.岩石学和地球化学研究表明,这套火山岩早期以钙碱性为主,带有较多陆缘火山岩特征,中期开始出现标志陆内活动的钾玄岩,晚期更多地显示了加厚陆壳条件下火山岩的特点,记录了由新特提斯俯冲消减末期过渡到印度-亚洲大陆碰撞的信息.中基性岩浆来源于俯冲带的地幔源区,长英质岩浆形成于加厚地壳的部分熔融.结合区域同位素年龄资料,可以认为林子宗火山岩中高钾流纹质火山岩是印度-亚洲大陆碰撞阶段陆壳缩短加压升温引起部分熔融的产物.     

准噶尔东部早志留世两类花岗岩的岩石成因及构造意义

哈尔里克山西段早志留世二长花岗岩和正长花岗岩呈北西西向带状展布,侵入奥陶系塔水组（O_1-2t）,LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄为438.8±2.3~435.8±3.1 Ma。岩石高硅（SiO₂含量73.0%~77.8%）、富钾（K₂O含量3.31%~4.26%）、低镁（MgO含量0.03%~0.59%）,铝饱和指数A/CNK值1.02~1.08,属高钾钙碱性弱过铝质岩石。二长花岗岩轻重稀土分馏显著,Eu异常中等,亏损Nb、Ta、Ti、P,富集Rb、Ba、K,表现为分异的Ⅰ型花岗岩特征,源区为基性下地壳;正长花岗岩强烈亏损Eu、P、Ti、Sr,不同程度富集Rb、K、Zr、Hf,表现为A型花岗岩特征,其源区为缺水的浅部长英质地壳。结合区域地层不整合资料,认为东准噶尔地区早志留世为后碰撞环境而非岛弧带,后碰撞软流圈上涌带来的热熔融准噶尔年轻地壳形成了岩性丰富的东准噶尔志留纪后碰撞岩浆岩组合。      

秦皇岛茹各庄火山碎屑岩地球化学、锆石U-Pb定年、Hf同位素组成及其地质意义

冀东秦皇岛地区位于华北板块东部,广泛发育中生代火山岩,为进一步研究该地区中生代岩浆作用的构造背景及其运动机制,本文对秦皇岛茹各庄流纹质晶屑凝灰岩开展了LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年代学,Hf同位素组成以及全岩主量、微量元素测试分析。研究结果显示：锆石具有清晰的环带结构,Th/U值为0.37～0.83,为岩浆锆石,测年结果为(113±1)Ma;岩石具高硅(平均质量分数为75.95%)、富碱(平均质量分数为8.47%)、明显贫钙(平均质量分数为0.39%)的特点;岩石中富集高场强元素(Th、U、Ce、Nd、Zr、Hf),亏损大离子亲石元素(Ba、Sr、P、Ti),稀土元素配分型式为微弱右倾型,δEu强负异常(0.02～0.30),暗示斜长石大量晶出;岩浆在演化过程中伴随磷灰石、钛铁矿等矿物晶出,Nb/Ta值接近陆壳,暗示岩石具地壳岩石特征;锆石Hf同位素组成和演化说明该岩石的岩浆源区为古元古代晚期—中元古代中期华北板块古老下地壳幔源岩浆底侵热源引起部分熔融的产物。研究结果表明茹各庄流纹质晶屑凝灰岩为早白垩世岩浆活动的产物,形成于古太平洋板块俯冲后撤而驱动的板内拉张环境。     

High Field Strength Element Anomalies in Arc Lavas: Source or Process?

An understanding of the origin of depletion in the high fieldstrength elements (HFSE), Nb, Zr and Ti, relative to rare earthelements (REE) in arc lavas is critical to models both for magmagenesisin ares and for the relationship between are magmatism and growthof the continental crust. The presence of HFSE depletion inboth are lavas and in the bulk continental crust constitutessome of the strongest evidence that continental crust is/wasgenerated in subduction zones, especially if the HFSE are retainedrelative to REE in the subducting slab (Saunders et al., 1980;McDonough, 1991). Recently, however, it has been proposed thatHFSE depletion develops during the main are magma melting eventin the mantle wedge (McKenzie & O'Nions, 1991), during meltascent to the surface (Kelemen et al., 1990), or even that aworld-wide shallow mantle reservoir with HFSE depletion exists(Salters & Shimizu, 1988). If so, it is possible that HFSEdepletion may have developed in magmas unrelated to subductionzones during crust-generation processes in the Precambrian.The common presence of high-MgO lavas in the Southern LesserAntilles provides a rare opportunity to test these models, becausetheir chemistry is essentially unmodified since derivation fromthe mantle. We show that depletion (relative to REE) in theHFSE Ti, Zr, and Nb exists in the mantle wedge before melting,and is probably produced by an REE-rich slab flux. In contrastto many other arcs (Woodhead et al., 1993), there is no evidencethat the Lesser Antilles mantle source is more depleted in HFSEthan the source of mid-ocean ridge basalts. Relative to REE,Ti depletion in melts is enhanced during melting, requiringa Ti-rich phase in the residue at low melt fractions. Ti depletionis also enhanced during fractionation of magnetite and amphibole,whereas relative Zr depletion is reduced during fractionation.In most arc magmas (usually <6% MgO), fractionation is probablya major control on the extent of Ti and Zr depletion. In theLesser Antilles, the extent of Nb depletion relative to La islargely unaffected by melting or crystal fractionation processes.     

Rhyolitic volcanic corridors in magmatic arcs: comparing North Wales and North Island, New Zealand

Exceptionally voluminous arc-related rhyolitic eruptions from clusters of caldera complexes, as seen in Snowdonia, North Wales (mid-Caradoc), and North Island, New Zealand (late Neogene-Quaternary), are characteristically confined within transient, fault-controlled corridors in continental crust. New Zealand rhyolitic corridors (Coromandel, Central, Taupo) have developed in response to the spearheading of an oceanic arc into continental crust, combined with subduction rollback-induced extension during clockwise rotation pivoting around central North Island. Inherited high heat flow from earlier arc magmatism, intracrustal plastic deformation, and mantle-derived magma ponding and fractionation beneath a less dense, fracture-toughened crust, all contribute synergistically to crustal fusion and catastrophic volcanism. A similar scenario is suggested for the Snowdonia volcanic corridor where at least six major rhyolitic centres were restricted in space and time (Soudleyan-Woolstonian). After the climactic Snowdonian eruptions, arc magmatism was extinguished in Wales: a fate predicted for New Zealand rhyolitic volcanism as subduction rollback continues.     

大陆下地壳拆沉模式初探

下地壳拆沉是人们关注的问题,文中指出下地壳拆沉必须满足至少三个条件：（1）地壳加厚使其下部达到熘辉岩相是拆沉的前提.（2）大规模岩浆活动使大量低密度的中酸性物质移出下地壳,使下地壳密度增加直至超过下伏地幔.由于下地壳榴辉岩石部分熔融所形成的岩浆具有埃达克岩的地球化学特征,因此,大规模魂达克岩的熔出是下地壳拆沉的先决和必要条件.（3）岩石圈地幔转化为软流圈地幔,使下地壳能够进入地幔.陆壳下的岩石圈地幔原先是冷的、刚性的和不易流动的，如果有热和水的加入，可以被软化，使其变成热的、塑性的和易流动的软流圈地幔。因此，岩石圈了幔转化为软流圈地幔是下地壳拆沉的必要条件。作者认为，下地壳不大可能整体拆沉，而很可能是一块一块如飘雪花似地拆沉。如果下地壳的密度降低（低于下伏地幔），如果地幔停止热的供给，如果陆壳底部的软流圈地幔幔又恢复为岩石圈地幔，拆沉即终止。文中讨论了中国东部中生代下地壳拆沉的可能性，探讨了岩石圈减薄的机制，认为下地壳不需要也不可能与岩石圈地幔一道拆况。     

Petrogenesis and geodynamic implications of the Late Carboniferous felsic volcanics in the Bogda belt,Chinese Northern Tianshan

An integrated study on petrology and geochemistry has been carried out on the Late Carboniferous I-type felsic volcanics of the Liushugou Formation in the Bogda belt to constrain the late Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the Bogda belt. The felsic volcanics were dated to be 315 to 319 Ma and are composed of trachy-andesite–trachyte ignimbrites and rhyolite lavas. They are in conformable contact with high-Al basalt. The eruption of the felsic volcanics and high-Al basalt is not bimodal volcanism, but is related to bimodal magma (basaltic and rhyolitic magmas). MELTS modeling and comparison with previous basaltic melting experiments indicate that the felsic volcanics are likely produced by partial melting of hydrated mafic crust rather than fractional crystallization of high-Al basalt. It is also supported by relatively large amounts of felsic volcanics to high-Al basalts and remarkably different incompatible element ratios (e.g., Th/Zr, Nb/Zr and U/Zr) of the rocks. The Bogda felsic volcanics have positive ε_Nd(t) values (6.2–7.4), low Pb isotopes and low zircon saturation temperatures, consistent with a derivation from a juvenile crust in an arc setting. The intermediate ignimbrites display melting–mingling textures and abundant feldspar aggregates and have various δEu ratios, indicating that magma mingling and feldspar fractionation processes may have played an important role in the genesis of the ignimbrites. In contrast, the Early Permian felsic rocks in this region are of post-collisional A-type. We therefore propose that the Bogda belt was an island arc in the Late Carboniferous and then switched to a post-collisional setting in the Early Permian due to the arc–arc collision at the end of the Late Carboniferous.     

Tectono-magmatic evolution of Tethyan oceanic lithosphere in supra subduction zone fore arc regime: Geochemical fingerprints from crust-mantle sections of Naga Hills Ophiolite

The Naga Hills Ophiolite(NHO) belt in the Indo-Myanmar range(IMR) represents a segment of Tethyan oceanic crust and upper mantle that was involved in an eastward convergence and collision of the Indian Plate with the Burmese Plate during the Late Cretaceous-Eocene.Here, we present a detailed petrological and geochemical account for the mantle and crustal sections of NHO, northeastern India to address(i) the mantle processes and tectonic regimes involved in their genesis and(ii) their coherence in terms of the thermo-tectonic evolution of Tethyan oceanic crust and upper mantle.The NHO suite comprises well preserved crustal and mantle sections discretely exposed at Moki, Ziphu, Molen, Washelo and Lacham areas.The ultramafic-mafic lithologies of NHO are mineralogically composed of variable proportions of olivine, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene and plagioclase.The primary igneous textures for the mantle peridotites have been overprinted by extensive serpentinisation whereas the crustal section rocks reflect crystal cumulation in a magma chamber.Chondrite normalised REE profiles for the cumulate peridotite-olivine gabbro-gabbro assemblage constituting the crustal section of NHO show flat to depleted LREE patterns consistent with their generation from depleted MORB-type precursor melt in an extensional tectonic setting, while the mantle peridotites depict U-shaped REE patterns marked by relative enrichment of LREE and HREE over MREE.These features collectively imply a dual role of depleted MORB-type and enriched arc-type mantle components for their genesis with imprints of melt-rock and fluid-rock interactions.Tectonically, studied lithologies from NHO correspond to a boninitic to slab-proximal Island Arc Tholeiite affinity thereby conforming to an intraoceanic supra subduction zone(SSZ) fore-arc regime coherent with the subduction initiation process.The geochemical attributes for the crustal and mantle sections of NHO as mirrored by Zr/Hf, Zr/Sm, Nb/Ta, Zr/Nb, Nb/U, Ba/Nb, Ba/Th, Ba/La and Nd/Hf ratios propound a two-stage petrogenetic process:(i) a depleted fore arc basalt(FAB) type tholeiitic melt parental to the crustal lithologies was extracted from the upwelling asthenospheric mantle at SSZ fore-arc extensional regime thereby rendering a refractory residual upper mantle;(ii) the crust and upper mantle of the SSZ fore arc were progressively refertilised by boninitic melts generated in response to subduction initiation and slab-dehydration.The vestiges of Tethyan oceanic lithosphere preserved in NHO represent an accreted intra-oceanic fore arc crust and upper mantle section which records a transitional geodynamic evolution in a SSZ regime marked by subduction initiation, fore arc extension and arc-continent accretion.     

延边开山屯花岗闪长岩-石英闪长岩体年代学、地球化学特征及对古太平洋板块俯冲作用时限的制约

近年来古太平洋构造域的构造演化备受学者关注。本文报道的延边开山屯地区花岗闪长岩-石英闪长岩体LAICP-MS U-Pb年龄表明其形成时间为早侏罗世早期(198±1Ma),所采样品可根据Zr/Hf值分为高Zr/Hf值组花岗闪长岩和低Zr/Hf值组石英闪长岩。高Zr/Hf值组花岗闪长岩起源深度浅,富集Rb、Th、U、K等大离子亲石元素(LILEs),贫Nb、Ta、Ti等高场强元素(HFSEs),具壳源岩浆的特点。低Zr/Hf值组为壳源岩浆与来自深部的亏损地幔岩浆混合而成,岩石亏损Nb、Ta、Zr、Hf、Ti等高场强元素,具有典型的弧型岩浆地球化学特征。岩体中存在细粒闪长质包体,镜下可见针柱状磷灰石。开山屯岩体属钙碱性系列岩石,结合前人资料,认为其与该地区同时代火成岩组成北-东向分布的早侏罗世活动大陆边缘型火成岩带,而位于该带西侧的小兴安岭-张广才岭地区存在同时代弧后拉张带,两者构成典型的大陆弧与弧后拉张带模型,共同揭示了早侏罗世早期古太平洋板块对东北地区的俯冲作用。     

再论南岭侏罗纪“铝质”A型花岗岩的成因及其对古地温线的制约

对南岭地区侏罗纪4个典型"铝质"A型花岗岩岩基——柯树北、寨背、西山和南昆山的成因分析表明:柯树北、寨背岩基中的低分异花岗岩SiO2≈70%,A/CNK<1.1,CaO≥1%,高Zr、Ba含量,是下地壳部分熔融产物;而SiO2含量较高者由低分异花岗岩岩浆通过分离结晶演化而来。西山花岗质火山-侵入杂岩也是下地壳部分熔融产物。南昆山花岗岩为高硅花岗岩,贫Zr、低Ba、Sr和Eu/Eu*值,但具有高的Nb、Ga、REE含量和Ga/Al比值,在Whalen等(1987)图解中地球化学参数落在A型花岗岩区域内。碱性玄武岩浆分离结晶的成岩模式无法解释南昆山岩基较大的体积、均一的成分和低的Nb/Ta比值。详细的成岩分析表明,南昆山花岗岩可能是先期侵入的(幔源)碱性正长岩在富水和相对低温低压条件下发生部分熔融的产物。由这些"铝质"A型花岗岩的熔融温压条件估算得出热流值达到80~95mWm-2的南岭地区侏罗纪古地温线。由古地温线推算出的岩石圈厚度45~75km。南岭侏罗纪高热流背景及其对应的花岗质岩浆活动可能与后碰撞造山阶段岩石圈地幔拆沉或被"热侵蚀"有关,但并不一定意味着岩石圈伸展的大地构造环境。     

Origin of Late Palaeoproterozoic Great Vindhyan basin of North Indian shield: Geochemical evidence from mafic volcanic rocks

On the western and southern margins of the sickle shaped Vindhyan basin of north Indian shield, there are basal Vindhyan mafic volcanic rocks referred to as Khairmalia volcanics and Jungel volcanics respectively. These volcanics vary in composition from low-Ti tholeiite to high-Ti alkali basalt showing close affinity with continental flood basalts (CFB) and ocean island basalts (OIB) respectively. The parental magmas of Khairmalia and Jungel alkali basalts were formed by different degrees of partial melting of a garnet lherzolite. The magma of Khairmalia tholeiites was generated by a relatively higher degrees of partial melting of a garnet + spinel lherzolite. The geochemical data coupled with available geological and geophysical data favour a rift type origin of this basin which evolved as a peripheral basin showing many similarities with Paleogene Himalayan foreland basin. The existing radiometric age data suggest that the origin of Vindhyan basin is linked with Aravalli–Satpura orogeny. At about 1800–1600 Ma collision occurred along the Aravalli-Delhi fold belt (ADFB) and Central Indian Tectonic Zone (CITZ) with west and south subduction respectively. During this process the subducting lithosphere suffered extensional deformation on its convex side and some pre-existing large faults in the already thin leading edge of subducted plate also reactivated and tapped magma generated by decompressional melting of the subcontinental mantle. The simultaneous processes such as flexural subsidence, reactivation of pre-existing faults, heating, thermal cooling and contraction during volcanism, resulted in the formation of curvilinear warp parallel to the emerging mountain front. The Lower Vindhyan volcano–sedimentary succession was deformed and exposed to erosion before the deposition of Upper Vindhyan rocks. The orogenic forces were active intermittently throughout the Vindhyan sedimentation.     

海南岛中元古代花岗岩地球化学及成因研究

海南岛中元古代花岗岩岩体主要由二长花岗岩、花岗冈长岩等岩石组成，构成一个明显的 自花岗岩向花岗闪长岩和英云闪长岩的岩浆演化系列及钙碱性演化趋势。该岩体为一套板块碰撞 后隆起期原地一半原地过铝质花岗岩。是板块碰撞引起的地壳增厚升温和随之的玄武岩浆底侵加 热联合作用下，主要由抱板群变质沉积岩及斜长角闪片麻岩部分融熔、并在幔源物质的参与下形 成的，所形成的花岗质岩浆在“走滑扩容泵吸”机制驱动下沿戈枕剪切带上升、固结就位，因而具壳 幔二元混合成因特点。化学成分以高 ＳｉＯ２、Ｋ２Ｏ、Ｒｂ、Ｂａ、Ｔａ、Ｃｅ和贫Ｐ、Ｔｉ、Ｚｒ、Ｓｒ、Ｆｅ２Ｏ３＋ＦｅＯ、 ＭｇＯ、ＣａＯ为特征；元素比值Ｚｒ／Ｎｂ、Ｌａ／Ｎｂ、Ｂａ／Ｎｂ、Ｒｂ／Ｎｂ、Ｋ／Ｎｂ、Ｂａ／Ｌａ及Ｃｒ、Ｃｏ、Ｎｉ、Ｖ均接近 大陆中下地壳成分，Ｒｂ、Ｓｒ、Ｂａ、Ｔａ、Ｚｒ及比值Ｋ／Ｓｒ、Ｒｂ／Ｓｒ石ｒ／Ｂａ变化范围小，反映岩浆源区成分 或熔融方式上的一致性；轻重稀土较强分馏，负铕异常明显，稀土配分模式总体相似，呈左高右低 型，和抱板群变质沉积岩稀上元素组成基本一致；εＮｄ（ｔ）值普遍高于抱板群地层，（８７Ｓｒ／８６Ｓｒ）ｉ值变化 大，暗示幔源参与信息。结合抱板群变基性火山岩的     

Chemical and Isotopic Characteristics of the Kuroko‐Forming Volcanism

The Miocene northeast Honshu magmatic arc, Japan, formed at a terrestrial continental margin via a stage of spreading in a back‐arc basin (23–17 Ma) followed by multiple stages of submarine rifting (19–13 Ma). The Kuroko deposits formed during this period, with most forming during the youngest rifting stage. The mode of magma eruption changed from submarine basalt lava flows during back‐arc basin spreading to submarine bimodal basalt lava flows and abundant rhyolitic effusive rocks during the rifting stage. The basalts produced during the stage of back‐arc basin spreading are geochemically similar to mid‐ocean ridge basalt, with a depleted Sr–Nd mantle source, whereas those produced during the rifting stage possess arc signatures with an enriched mantle source. The Nb/Zr ratios of the volcanic rocks show an increase over time, indicating a temporal increase in the fertility of the source. The Nb/Zr ratios are similar in basalts and rhyolites from a given rift zone, whereas the Nd isotopic compositions of the rhyolites are less radiogenic than those of the basalts. These data suggest that the rhyolites were derived from a basaltic magma via crystal fractionation and crustal assimilation. The rhyolites associated with the Kuroko deposits are aphyric and have higher concentrations of incompatible elements than do post‐Kuroko quartz‐phyric rhyolites. These observations suggest that the aphyric rhyolite magma was derived from a relatively deep magma chamber with strong fractional crystallization. Almost all of the Kuroko deposits formed in close temporal relation to the aphyric rhyolite indicating a genetic link between the Kuroko deposits and highly differentiated rhyolitic magma.     

Early Miocene adakite-like volcanism in the Balkuyumcu region, central Anatolia, Turkey: Petrology and geochemistry

The Balkuyumcu region, located in the southwestern part of Ankara in the Izmir-Ankara suture zone (central Anatolia, Turkey), consists of basic andesitic, andesitic, dacitic and rhyolitic rocks extruded during the Early Miocene (20–22 Ma) as a result of post-collisional volcanism. Balkuyumcu volcanic rocks can be divided into two groups on the basis of their mineralogy and composition: The basic andesitic (BA) and andesitic, dacitic and rhyolitic (ADR) groups. The ADR and BA group of rocks have adakite-like and calc-alkaline characteristics, respectively. The ADR group has higher SiO₂ content, Sr/Y and La/Yb ratios and low MgO, Mg#, Y and Yb contents than the BA group. Both groups have nearly the same Sr, Nd isotopic compositions and display similar normalized multi-element patterns with enrichments in LILE and LREE, depletions in Nb, Ti, Zr, P and a lack of Eu anomalies. Major, trace element and Sr, Nd isotopic data indicate that both groups of rocks were derived from the same source but affected by different magmatic processes during ascent. The adakite-like rocks may have been produced by partial melting of thickened lower continental crust. Fractional crystallization also played a major role in their formation. However, the BA group rocks were derived from partial melting of lower continental crust that was probably delaminated. These rocks appear to have had limited interaction with mantle peridodite during ascent to the surface.     

Geochemical constraints on the tectonic setting of the Sonakhan Greenstone Belt,Bastar Craton,Central India

The Neo-Archean Sonakhan Greenstone Belt (SGB) located in the north-eastern fringes of Bastar craton, Central India, is dominated by Basalts, Andesites, Dacites and Rhyolites association. Partial melting modeling on the SGB metabasalts indicates that these rocks were derived by 20% melting of spinel peridotite. Fractional crystallisation modeling with REE reveal that the most evolved samples represent the product of fractional crystallization of least evolved magma with 35% plagioclase, 35% clinopyroxene, 20% olivine, 5% magnetite and 5% ilmenite as fractionating minerals with 40% remaining magma. Depletion of HFSE with reference to the LILE and LREE/HFSE ratios and Nb, Zr anomalies in the multi-element diagram of the mafic rocks of SGB indicate Island arc magmatic setting. The enriched Th/Yb values further substantiate that the mantle arrays were modified by subduction-related fluids or melts. The general conclusions drawn indicate that the metabasalts from the SGB were formed as a result of subduction of an intraoceanic lithosphere in a fore-arc suprasubduction zone environment.     

Neoproterozoic alkaline magmatism and associated igneous rocks in the western framing of the Siberian craton: petrography,geochemistry, and geochronology

The formation and evolution conditions for alkaline magmatism and associated igneous rocks in the western framing of the Siberian craton are shown by the example of alkaline and subalkaline intrusive bodies of the Yenisei Ridge. Here we present petrographic, mineralogical, geochemical, and geochronological data for the rocks of the Srednetatarka and Yagodka plutons located within the Tatarka–Ishimba suture zone. Ferroan and metaluminous varieties enriched with rare elements (Nb, Ta, Zr, Hf, and REE) are making up most of the studied rocks. They formed at the stages of fractional crystallization of alkaline magma in a setting of active continental margin in the west of the Siberian craton in the Late Neoproterozoic (710–690 Ma). As differentiates of mantle magmas, these rocks associate with Nb-enriched rocks—A-type leucogranites and carbonatites. Sm/Nd and Rb/Sr isotopic data imply a predominance of the mantle component in the magmatic sources of the mafic and intermediate rocks as well as contamination processes of various volumes of continental crustal material by this magma.     

西昆仑康西瓦西部早古生代侵入岩的岩浆混合作用

三十里营房以北广泛发育早古生代侵入岩，据岩性可分为中基性、中酸性和酸性3类。中基性岩以辉石闪长岩为主，暗色矿物中常见辉石，斜长石多为中长石。中酸性岩以石英闪长岩为主，岩石组构不均一，广泛发育深源暗色包体。这些包体多数与寄主岩石界线清楚，少部分呈现过渡关系，镜下可见不平衡矿物共生和反相矿物包裹的现象，显示出岩浆混合作用的特征。酸性侵入岩以中粗粒二长花岗岩为主，岩石中含有少量包体，包体的特征与中酸性侵入岩中的相同。中基性岩和酸性岩分别代表了该区寒武纪第一次地幔分异、陆壳垂向增生和晚奥陶世一早志留世西昆仑地区造山后去根的过程中，第二次基性岩浆广泛贯入，其热源又引发了下地壳物质大规模部分熔融生成大量的花岗质岩浆，造成陆壳第二次垂向增生。     

Origin,age and petrogenesis of Neoproterozoic composite dikes from the Arabian‐Nubian Shield,SW Jordan

The evolution of a Pan‐African (c. 900–550 Ma) suite of composite dikes, with latite margins and rhyolite interiors, from southwest Jordan is discussed. The dikes cut the Neoproterozoic calc‐alkaline granitoids and high‐grade metamorphic rocks (c. 800–600 Ma) of the northern Arabian‐Nubian Shield in Jordan and have been dated by the Rb‐Sr isochron method at 566±7 Ma. The symmetrically distributed latite margins constitute less than one‐quarter of the whole dike thickness. The rhyolite intruded a median fracture within the latite, while the latter was still hot but completely solidified. The dikes are alkaline and bimodal in composition with a gap in SiO₂ between 61 and 74 wt%. Both end members display similar chondrite‐normalized rare earth element patterns. The rhyolites display the compositional signature of A‐type granites. The (La/Lu)_N values are 6.02 and 4.91 for latites and rhyolites, respectively, and the rhyolites show a pronounced negative Eu anomaly, in contrast to the slight negative Eu anomaly of the latites. The chemical variability (e.g. Zr/Y, Zr/Nb, K/Rb) within and between latites and rhyolites does not support a fractional crystallization relationship between the felsic and mafic members of the dikes. We interpret the magma genesis of the composite dikes as the result of intrusion of mantle‐derived mafic magma into the lower crust in an extensional tectonic regime. The mafic magma underwent extensive fractional crystallization, which supplied the necessary heat for melting of the lower crust. The products of the initial stages of partial melting (5–10%) mixed with the fractionating mafic magma and gave rise to the latite melts. Further partial melting of the lower crust (up to 30%) produced a felsic melt, which upon 50% fractional crystallization (hornblende 15%, biotite 5%, feldspars 60%, and quartz 20%) gave rise to the rhyolitic magma. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.