西藏班公湖-怒江缝合带中段江错蛇绿岩岩石学、地球化学、年代学及地质意义

江错蛇绿岩位于班公湖-怒江缝合带中段, 位于切里湖蛇绿岩亚带的最东端, 南邻蓬湖西蛇绿岩.江错蛇绿岩岩石组合相对较全, 主要由变质橄榄岩、辉长岩和辉绿岩等组成.江错蛇绿岩辉长岩-辉绿岩与N-MORB相比具有较高的Mg#、低Ti、K、Na和P的特征, 富集大离子亲石元素Sr、Rb、Ba和亏损高场强元素Th、Hf、Ta、Nb, REE配分图总体显示为平坦型分布模式.通过地球化学元素分析认为江错蛇绿岩是形成于SSZ之上的弧后盆地扩张脊环境.对其进行辉长岩锆石SHRIMP U-Pb定年, 得出加权平均年龄为189.8±3.3 Ma(MSWD=0.97), 该结果代表了班公湖怒江缝合带中段江错地区特提斯洋的扩张时代, 与中段东巧地区蛇绿岩年龄一致, 但晚于东段洋盆发育时代且早于西段洋盆发育时代, 表明整个班公湖-怒江洋盆发育时代存在东早西晚的特点.      

南天山北缘榆树沟变质基性超基性岩的地球化学及其成因机制

榆树沟变质基性－超基性岩带出露于塔里木板块与哈萨克斯坦板块之间的南天山北缘，主要由变质橄榄岩和变质基性岩组成。变质橄榄岩富相容元素Cr、Co和Ni，贫不相容元素，太离子亲石元素Ba、Rb和Sr含量较低，与世界典型蛇绿岩相似，代表了地幔残留物特征。REE分布模式为LREE亏损型，REE含量小于或等于2．5倍球粒陨石，类似于阿尔卑斯型变质橄榄岩，显示榆树沟的变质橄榄岩是原始地幔岩部分熔融萃取出玄武岩后的残留物。变质基性岩绝大部分为LREE亏损型，类似于N－MORB。所有样品均以富集Nb和Ta、高场强元素不分异，以及微量元素含量低为特征，批示岩浆源区总体上类似于MORB，Nb、Ta富集可能与OIB型源区有关，Nd、Sr同位素特征也显示其具有OIB型源区特征。综合分析认为，榆对沟变质基性岩石的岩浆可能经历了两个阶段的演化过程，即上地幔底部或下地幔顶部的OIB型原始岩浆形成阶段和软流圈地幔亏损阶段。     

北京燕山地区薛家石梁杂岩体特征、成因、源区性质及岩石圈减薄方式

薛家石梁杂岩体位于北京北山地区,在平面上呈北西向的椭圆状,主要由辉长岩、二长辉长岩、二长岩、正长岩和花岗岩组成。根据锆石SHRI MP定年结果为132·8~123·3Ma,形成于早白垩世早期。野外地质特征、矿物学特征、岩石学特征及地球化学特征表明,薛家石梁杂岩体中二长岩是二长辉长岩岩浆与正长岩岩浆混合作用的产物,从辉长岩岩浆到二长辉长岩岩浆经历了结晶分异作用。薛家石梁杂岩体中正长岩具高Sr,低Y及Eu正异常特征,推测其可能来源于加厚陆壳的底部。薛家石梁杂岩体中辉长岩中Mg#值为65,w(Nb)/w(U)值为37·8,这些特征暗示其可能为原生岩浆。辉长岩中ε(Nd)值为-6·5,表明其源区岩石不具亏损地幔特征;而辉长岩具富集Pb、Ti、Nb正异常,Hf的负异常,与EMI型富集地幔特征(具Nb、Hf正异常及Pb的负异常)不一致;辉长岩中Rb、Th、Nb、U、La、Ce元素含量比EMI型富集地幔低一个数量级;杂岩体中N(87Sr)/N(86Sr)与N(206Pb)/N(204Pb)值具正相关关系也表明不具交代富集型地幔特征。因此,我们认为辉长岩岩浆源区应为软流圈地幔,而不是富集型地幔(EMI)。辉长岩中ε(Nd)的负值是辉长岩岩浆与太古宙下地壳相互作用的结果。因此,我们认为中国东部岩石圈减薄的主要机制是岩石圈的拆沉作用。     

新疆牛毛泉磁铁矿含矿岩体岩浆演化过程及源区特征

牛毛泉基性杂岩体位于准噶尔古板块博格达-哈尔里克晚古生代岛弧东段,赋存磁铁矿。研究表明,该岩体具有明显成层性和韵律构造特征,主要岩石类型有橄榄辉长岩、含橄榄辉长岩、辉长岩和角闪辉长岩。岩石地球化学特征表明,该套岩石属拉斑玄武岩系列,m/f值介于0.65~1.44之间,属铁质基性-超基性岩。岩石稀土元素总量相对较低,稀土元素配分曲线为轻稀土元素略富集的右倾型;岩石富集大离子亲石元素(Rb、Ba、Sr、U),相对亏损高场强元素(Zr、Hf),具有明显的Nb、Ta负异常和弱的Ti正异常。岩石εNd(t)=-3.4~-0.50,εSr(t)=-3.4~8.5,具有向EMⅠ方向演化的趋势,表明岩浆源区可能为受俯冲流体交代改造的富集岩石圈地幔,是新疆北部早二叠世时期后碰撞伸展阶段的产物,由拆沉的富集岩石圈地幔被软流圈加热后发生部分熔融并上侵形成。     

Geochemistry of the Taitao ophiolite and near-trench intrusions from the Chile margin triple junction

The Taitao ophiolite of southern Chile lies 10 km from the buried extension of the Peru-Chile trench, and less than 50 km from the present position of the Nazca/South America/Antarctica triple junction. Plio-Pleistocene radiometric and paleontologic ages indicate its formation during ridge subduction, and an ultramafic rock, gabbro, sheeted dike, volcanic and sedimentary rock psuedostratigraphy suggests formation by typical accretionary processes for oceanic lithosphere. Yet major and trace element data show that mafic dikes and volcanic units are transitional from MORB to IAT, and there are abundant silicic volcanic units of calc-alkaline character that have high LIL element and light REE concentrations relative to oceanic plagiogranites. Sr and Nd isotopic data are consistent with that of modern oceanic suites, even though having a greater internal variability. Silicic volcanic units show the more enriched Sr and depleted Nd isotopic ratios relative to dike and gabbro samples. In addition to chemical distinctions, paleobathymetric data support a shallow water origin for some of the upper volcanic units and, assuming local compensation, suggest crustal thicknesses of continental proportion. In the vicinity of the Taitao ophiolite, and extending some 40 km landward of the plate margin, are a series of silicic stocks, sills, and plutons that were intruded into the forearc at the time of ridge collision and ophiolite generation. These calc-alkaline I-type granitoids are light REE enriched and have Sr and Nd isotopic compositions similar to those of the main volcanic chain 200 km landward. Chemically, some of the silicic intrusions are indistinguishable from volcanic units of the ophiolite. In general, major, trace, REE, and isotopic variations of both the ophiolite and the distributed intrusions are atypical of simple fractionation trends for basaltic liquids. Intermediate to silicic units lie along mixing hyperbolae between Taitao gabbro and either forearc sediment or metamorphic basement on a Nd---Sr correlation diagram, and these two crustal components support, respectively, either a 10–25% or 5–10% assimilation. Shutdown of magmatism, and therefore probably partial melting as well, appears to occur within 40 km of the trench, roughly spanning the depth interval for the disappearance of the plagioclase-lherzolite stability field as the zone of mantle upwelling is overridden by an increasing thickness of continental lithosphere. A deeper and more landward absence of partial melt related to the subducted ridge is supported by the correlation of the shutoff and re-initiation of arc volcanism over the northern and southern trailing edges of the postulated subcontinental asthenospheric window. Here, as well as elsewhere in the circum-Pacific, the general restriction of magmatism related to ridge subduction to near-trench settings supports a shallow (0 to 15 km) shutoff mechanism for adiabatic decompressive melting and a rather abrupt return to single-phase (solid) convective rise of mantle into an evolving asthenospheric window.     

准噶尔—天山—北山蛇绿岩:对中亚造山带西南缘洋陆格局演化的制约

准噶尔、天山和北山52个蛇绿岩的地质特征、地球化学性质和同位素年代学资料系统集成研究表明它们可以分为14条蛇绿(混杂)岩带。绝大多数蛇绿岩呈"岩块+基质"的混杂岩型式沿重要断裂带(构造线)线状分布,少数蛇绿岩以构造岩片叠置方式面状产出。混杂岩的基质有蛇纹岩(碳酸盐化蛇纹岩)和糜棱岩化细碎屑岩两类,岩块既有地幔橄榄岩、基性杂岩和基性火山岩等蛇绿岩组分,也有其它非蛇绿岩组分岩石。堆晶岩出露局限,典型席状岩墙群没有发育。这些蛇绿岩可归类为SSZ(Supra-Subduction Zone)和MORB(Mid-Ocean Ridge)两种类型,前者玄武岩具大离子亲石元素(LILE)富集和高场强元素(HFS)亏损特征,后者不显示该特点;洋岛玄武岩(OIB)既可出现在SSZ型蛇绿混杂岩中,也可为MORB型的组成部分;SSZ型蛇绿混杂岩辉长岩和玄武岩比MORB型具有相对更富集的Sr-Nd同位素组成,但部分形成于弧后(间)盆地的SSZ型蛇绿岩与MORB型一致,具有近亏损地幔的Sr-Nd同位素组成。已确认的最老蛇绿岩为西准噶尔572 Ma玛依勒,次之为北山542~527 Ma月牙山—洗肠井和西准噶尔531 Ma唐巴勒,最年轻蛇绿岩为325 Ma北天山巴音沟和321 Ma北山芨芨台子。根据蛇绿岩证据,结合近年来中亚造山带古地磁、岩浆岩、高压—超高压变质岩和构造地质方面的进展,可以推断埃迪卡拉纪末期—早寒武世,古亚洲洋已达到一定规模宽度,发育洋岛和洋内弧;早古生代时期,多岛洋格局发育至鼎盛期,一系列弧地体分别归属哈萨克斯坦微陆块周缘的科克切塔夫—天山—北山线性弧、成吉思弧、巴尔喀什—西准噶尔弧体系和西伯利亚南部大陆边缘弧体系;晚古生代时期,古亚洲洋于石炭纪末期闭合,增生杂岩和弧地体组成哈萨克斯坦拼贴体系和蒙古拼贴体系两个巨型山弯构造。     

内蒙古北山地区阿民乌素蛇绿岩的年代学、地球化学特征及大地构造意义

内蒙古北山地区阿民乌素蛇绿岩是芨芨台子-小黄山蛇绿岩带的重要组成部分,主要由变质辉长岩和极少强蛇纹石化橄榄岩组成。变质辉长岩LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄453±12 Ma,形成于晚奥陶世。强蛇纹石化橄榄岩MgO(36.90%~37.44%)、Ni(1980×10^-6~2232×10^-6)、Cr(2312×10^-6~2506×10^-6)含量高,而Al2O3(0.59%~1.41%)、TiO 2(0.01%~0.02%)和∑REE(0.85×10^-6~3.25×10^-6)含量低,具亏损地幔岩特征;变质辉长岩MgO(7.22.20%~11.66%)相对含量高;Al2O3(15.61%~18.79%)、TiO 2(0.20%~0.29%)、P2O5(0.01%)、K2O+Na2O(1.36%~2.43%)含量低,且K2O相似文献   

四顶黑山镁铁质—超镁铁质岩Sm-Nd等时线年龄及其意义

四顶黑山岩体主要由超镁铁质岩和镁铁质岩组成。超镁铁质岩由橄榄岩、角闪橄榄岩、辉橄岩、辉石岩等组成;镁铁质岩由辉长岩、角闪辉长岩、橄榄辉长岩等组成。本次对辉长岩进行了全岩Sm-Nd同位素分析,得到的等时线年龄为327±9.0Ma,初始εNd（t）=＋3.97,表明镁铁质—超镁铁质岩中辉长岩形成于早石炭世末。属于富集地幔向亏损地幔过渡类型。这一年龄的确定,为探讨北山—天山结合部晚古生代镁铁质—超镁铁质岩的成因机制和该区的区域地质演化提供了有效的年代学依据。     

西藏改则地区拉果错蛇绿岩地球化学特征及成因

拉果错蛇绿岩位于西藏改则县南侧,是班公湖-怒江缝合带南侧蛇绿岩带中发育最完整的蛇绿岩之一,可能形成晚侏罗世—早白垩世,主要由地幔橄榄岩、堆晶岩、枕状熔岩、岩墙、斜长花岗岩及放射虫硅质岩等构造单元组成。微量元分析结果表明该蛇绿岩中的中基性岩富集 Sr、Rb 等大离子亲石元素,亏损 Nb、Ta 等高场强元素,具有岛弧型火山岩的特点其在稀土元素球粒陨石标准化配分图解中主要显示平坦型曲线,它们可能是由消减板片流体交代的地幔楔源区的部分熔,形成。拉果错蛇绿岩可能形成于弧间盆地环境,代表了班公湖-怒江缝合带南侧弧-弧碰撞的产物。     

缅甸密支那地区发现侏罗纪的SSZ型蛇绿岩

本文报道了在缅甸的密支那地区发现的一套侏罗纪SSZ型蛇绿岩和有关的岩石单元。蛇绿岩由地幔橄榄岩、安山玄武岩、淡色辉长岩和辉长岩类、橄榄辉石岩和含长辉石岩类、以及斜长花岗岩组成。锆石的U-Pb定年获得安山玄武岩的形成年龄为166±3Ma、淡色辉长岩177±1Ma、橄榄辉石岩171±2Ma,和斜长花岗岩176±1Ma。安山玄武岩以低K2O(平均0.21%)和中TiO2(0.8%～1.2%)为特征,熔岩的球粒陨石标准化属于近平坦和LREE轻微富集型〔(La/Yb)N变化于1～1.3之间〕。微量元素MORB标准化蛛网图显示,熔岩和其他基性岩的大离子亲石元素Sr,K,Rb和Ba含量明显富集,而高场强元素Nb、Th、Ta、Zr、Ti明显亏损,为典型的SSZ构造背景成因的熔岩特征。87Sr/86Sr(i)比值为0.70367～0.70397,以及εNd(t)为正值(4～5.3),均表明它们的岩浆源区为亏损地幔源区。从空间展布看,密支那蛇绿岩与缅甸东带蛇绿岩应属同一条蛇绿岩带,与我国西藏的雅鲁藏布江缝合带相连。但不同的是,雅鲁藏布江缝合带侏罗纪时(约170Ma)为MOR型蛇绿岩,但密支那侏罗纪出现的是SSZ型蛇绿岩。两者时间如此相近,我们认为用洋内俯冲来解释较为合适。但值得注意的是,也有人将缅甸东带蛇绿岩与西藏北带的班公湖-怒江缝合带相连,并且后者在侏罗纪时也已经出现SSZ型蛇绿岩。因此,有必要进一步开展对密支那蛇绿岩构造背景的研究。     

内蒙古北山地区芨芨台子-小黄山蛇绿岩构造属性及与成矿关系: 来自阿民乌素地幔橄榄岩印证

阿民乌素地幔橄榄岩属芨芨台子-小黄山蛇绿岩带一部分,该构造带南北两侧地质体无明显差异,不具分界断裂的构造特征。本文对阿民乌素地幔橄榄岩与月牙山地幔橄榄岩进行岩石化学、地球化学对比分析,为芨芨台子-小黄山蛇绿岩构造属性提供新依据,并对阿民乌素蛇绿岩成矿潜力进行分析研究。笔者所在团队在地幔橄榄岩上部的辉长岩中获得LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb同位素年龄值为462.5±3.2 Ma,属中奥陶世。其上发育奥陶纪-志留纪公婆泉组岛弧拉斑玄武岩。该期地幔橄榄岩轻重稀土之比LR/HR＝1.63~3.68, (La/Sm)N＝1.70~6.92,(Gd/Yb)N＝0.36~0.52,表明岩石轻稀土略富集,稀土配分曲线呈不规则“U”型,估算其为原始地幔橄榄岩经过10%~20%部分熔融的残留物。原始地幔标准化蛛网图富集高场强元素U、Zr、Hf、Yb和大离子亲石元素Rb、Sr,亏损高场强元素Nb、Ti和大离子亲石元素Ba。与月牙山地幔橄榄岩标准化蛛网图对比,最大区别在于阿民乌素地幔橄榄岩明显亏损高场强元素Ti。初步研究认为阿民乌素地幔橄榄岩属SSZ型、高压型蛇绿岩,是岛弧裂谷的产物。该橄榄岩具有形成大型铬铁矿的成矿构造背景,是寻找蛇绿岩型铬铁矿的有利部位。     

安徽伏川蛇绿岩套的Nd-Sr-O同位素研究

安徽歙县伏川的蛇绿岩套形成于中-晚元古宙,其Nd、Sr和O同位素组成是:ε_Nd(T)=+0.7-+3.8,ε_Sr(T)=+30.7-+53.9,δ¹⁸O=3.2-11.0‰。据地质学和同位素地球化学特征,该岩套位于杨子板块南缘、江南古岛弧的弧后小洋盆地轴部。ε_Nd(T)值的变化是由于蛇绿岩形成过程中受到下伏不成熟硅铝质基底地壳的混染引起的;ε_Sr(T)和δ¹⁸O的变化,是在蛇绿岩形成时或形成后不久遭受海水热液蚀变的结果。     

Geochronology and petrogenesis of the mafic dykes from the Purang ophiolite:Implications for evolution of the western Yarlung-Tsangpo suture zone,southwestern Tibet

The>2000 km Indus-Yarlung Tsangpo suture zone(IYSZ)is composed of the Neo-tethys oceanic remnants,flysch units and related continental rocks,which has been regarded as the boundary between the Eurasian and Indian terranes.Among the ophiolitic complexes,the Purang ophiolite is the biggest massif in the IYSZ,and many studies have been conducted on this ophiolite.However,previous studies have mainly focused on harzburgite,clinopyroxenite and dunite.Field observations show that mafic dykes were emplaced within the Purang ophiolite.However,petrogenetic evolutions of those mafic dykes are poorly understood.In this study,we present new LA-ICP-MS zircon U-Pb dating results,whole-rock geochemistry and Sr-Nd-Hf isotope analyses for microgabbro,gabbro and dolerite dykes from the Purang ophiolite of the southwestern IYSZ,respectively.Three samples yielded zircon U-Pb ages of144.2±2.1 Ma.127.9±2.3 Ma and 126.5±0.42 Ma,suggesting two different phases of magmatic activities distinctly.Whole-rock geochemical results suggest that the gabbro samples show alkaline features marked by enrichments of light rare earth elements(LREE)and large-ion lithophile elements(LILE),as well as Nb-Ta elements,suggesting an oceanic island basalt-like(OIB-like)geochemical affinity.However,the dolerite and microgabbro samples demonstrate sub-alkaline characteristics with normal mid-oceanic ridge basalt-like(N-MORB-like)geochemical features.Three distinct mafic dykes show significant Rb element depletion.The geochemical data and Sr-Nd-Hf isotopic features suggest that the microgabbro and gabbro rocks were derived from a depleted mantle that had been metasomatized by partial melts of sediments and enriched slab-derived fluids.The dolerite was also originated from a depleted mantle marked by significantly depleted Sr-Nd-Hf compositions,which was not influenced by enriched slab-derived fluids and sediments contamination during subsequent evolution.The isotope and geochemical data and tectonic diagrams suggest a tectonic transition from a within-plate to a midoceanic ridge basalt-like(MORB-like)setting during the period from ca.144 Ma to 127 Ma.Combined with regional background and this study,we propose that these mafic dykes were formed in an oceanic back-arc basin setting.Additionally,integrated with previous studies,we suggest that the geodynamic evolution of the southwestern and central parts of the Neo-Tethys oceanic basin is comparable in Early Cretaceous.     

班公湖中特提斯洋打开的时限:来自MOR型辉长岩的年代学制约

班公湖?怒江结合带西段班公湖地区蛇绿岩组合较为完整,由超镁铁质岩、镁铁质堆晶岩、辉绿岩脉、铁镁质熔岩、放射虫硅质岩等组成。这套蛇绿岩所代表的洋盆打开时间一直争论不休。该蛇绿岩中MOR型辉长岩的LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年显示,18个测点的~(206)Pb/~(238)U加权平均年龄为231.5±2.6 Ma,代表了辉长岩的结晶年龄。地球化学分析表明辉长岩SiO_2含量在46.12%~47.85%之间,TiO_2(1.52%~1.71%),具低的K_2O(0.19%~0.25%)、Al_2O_3(12.97%~13.51%)和Fe_2O_3/FeO比值(0.19~0.24);微量元素蛛网图与洋中脊玄武岩类似,Zr、Nb、Ta、Hf丰度与N-MORB相当或略高,相对富集Ba、Pb、Sr等大离子亲石元素,无Ta-Nb负异常,在基性岩构造环境判别图上显示出洋脊玄武岩的亲合性;REE配分曲线具有平缓型特点,介于E-MORB与N-MORB之间;各种地球化学特征与洋脊玄武岩类似,表明该辉长岩是在班公湖洋盆扩张阶段形成的。结合前人研究成果,本文认为班公湖中特提斯洋盆初始打开时间至少为中三叠世。     

新疆北部卡拉麦里斜长花岗岩的锆石U-Pb年龄及其构造意义

新疆北部卡拉麦里构造带发育与蛇绿岩伴生的斜长花岗岩,其时代、成因及与蛇绿岩的关系是目前还存在争议的问题。本文报道了该斜长花岗岩的锆石SHRIMP U-Pb年龄和地球化学组成。研究表明,斜长花岗岩的成岩年龄为373Ma,εNd(t)与亏损地幔一致,与典型蛇绿岩中的斜长花岗岩有相似的微量元素特征,与卡拉麦里蛇绿岩中辉长岩有相似的平坦型稀土元素配分模式,两者在La/Sm-La图上符合结晶分异趋势。因此,卡拉麦里斜长花岗岩属于大洋斜长花岗岩,是来源于亏损地幔的基性岩浆通过结晶分异作用的产物,其成岩年龄373Ma代表了卡拉麦里蛇绿岩的形成时代。     

Geochemical and Nd–Pb isotopic characteristics of the Tethyan asthenosphere: implications for the origin of the Indian Ocean mantle domain

It is unclear why the Pb, Nd, and Sr isotopic composition of the modern mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORB) from the Indian Ocean is different from that of the North Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. A possible explanation for this is that the Indian MORB-type isotopic signature is a long-lived regional feature of the mantle, as evidently shown by the isotopic composition of the 350 Ma MORB-like Mian-Lue northern ophiolite, which was formed in the same region presently occupied by the Indian Ocean. However, this hypothesis is in conflict with the lack of Indian MORB-type isotopic signature in a number of 150 Ma Tethyan and Indian Ocean crusts. To further constrain the origin of the Indian MORB-type isotopic signature, we analyze the geochemical and Pb, Nd, and Sr isotopic composition of representative mafic rocks from four Tethyan ophiolites ranging in age from 90 to 360 Ma. The Sr isotopic composition of the samples is unreliable due to alteration, but the age-corrected Nd and Pb isotopic ratios and geochemical data indicate that these Tethyan rocks were derived from a geochemically depleted asthenospheric source that had a clear Indian MORB-type isotopic signature. We therefore conclude that the bulk of the Indian suboceanic mantle was most probably inherited from the Tethyan asthenosphere. A few regions in both the Tethyan and Indian Oceans, however, are most probably underlain by Pacific and North Atlantic MORB-type mantle (and vice-versa) because of the flow of the asthenosphere in response to tectonic plate reorganizations that lead to openings and closures of ocean basins. The Indian MORB-type isotopic signature of the western Pacific marginal basin crusts could be due to either flow of the Indian Ocean mantle into the western Pacific or to endogenous production of such an isotopic signature from delaminated East-Asian sublithospheric materials during closure of the Tethys Ocean.     

Role of melting process and melt–rock reaction in the formation of Jurassic MORB-type basalts (Alpine ophiolites)

This study reports a geochemical investigation of two thick basalt sequences, exposed in the Bracco–Levanto ophiolite (northern Apennine, Italy) and in the Balagne ophiolite (central-northern Corsica, France). These ophiolites are considered to represent an oceanward and a continent-near paleogeographic domain of the Jurassic Liguria–Piedmont basin. Trace elements and Nd isotopic compositions were examined to obtain information about: (1) mantle source and melting process and (2) melt–rock reactions during basalt ascent. Whole-rock analyses revealed that the Balagne basalts are slightly enriched in LREE, Nb, and Ta with respect to the Bracco–Levanto counterparts. These variations are paralleled by clinopyroxene chemistry. In particular, clinopyroxene from the Balagne basalts has higher Ce_N/Sm_N (0.4–0.3 vs. 0.2) and Zr_N/Y_N (0.9–0.6 vs. 0.4–0.3) than that from the Bracco–Levanto basalts. The basalts from the two ophiolites have homogeneous initial Nd isotopic compositions (initial ε_Nd from +?8.8 to +?8.6), within typical depleted mantle values, thereby excluding an origin from a lithospheric mantle source. These data also reject the involvement of contaminant crustal material, as associated continent-derived clastic sediments and radiolarian cherts have a highly radiogenic Nd isotopic fingerprint (ε_Nd at the time of basalt formation?=???5.5 and ??5.2, respectively). We propose that the Bracco–Levanto and the Balagne basalts formed by partial melts of a depleted mantle source, most likely containing a garnet-bearing enriched component. The decoupling between incompatible elements and Nd isotopic signature can be explained either by different degrees of partial melting of a similar asthenospheric source or by reaction of the ascending melts with a lower crustal crystal mush. Both hypotheses are reconcilable with the formation of these two basalt sequences in different domains of a nascent oceanic basin.     

Geochemical Records of Mantle Processes in Mantle Xenoliths from Three Cenozoic Basaltic Volcanoes in Eastern China

Rare earth element (REE) contents, and Sr and Nd isotopic compositions were measured for three suites of mantle xenoliths from the Kuandian, Hannuoba and Huinan volcanoes in the north of the Sino-Korean Platform. From the correlations of Yb contents with Al/Si and Ca/Si ratios, the peridotites are considered to be the residues of partial melting of the primitive mantle. The chondrite-normalized REE compositions are diverse, varying from strongly LREE-depleted to LREE-enriched, with various types of REE patterns. Metasomatic alteration by small-volume silicate melts, of mantle peridotites previously variably depleted due to fractional melting in the spinel peridotite field, can account for the diversity of REE patterns. The Sr/ Ba versus La/Ba correlation indicates that the metasomatic agent was enriched in Ba over Sr and La, suggestive of its volatile-rich signature and an origin by fluid-triggered melting in an ancient subduction zone. The Sr and Nd isotopic compositions of these xenoliths, even from     

Petrology and geochemistry of Zijinshan alkaline intrusive complex in Shanxi Province, western North China Craton: Implication for magma mixing of different sources in an extensional regime

In situ zircon U–Pb ages and Hf isotopic compositions and whole rock geochemical and Sr–Nd–Pb isotopic data are presented for the Zijinshan alkaline intrusive complex from the Shanxi Province, western North China Craton. Salic rocks dominate the complex with the monzonite occurring in the outermost and pseudoleucite phonolitic breccia in the center. The intrusion took place 127 Ma ago with the earliest emplacement of monzonite and the termination of cryptoexplosive pseudoleucite phonolitic breccia. All rocks from this complex show LREE enrichment and HFSE depletion and exhibit enriched to depleted Sr–Nd isotopic features. The presence of inherited zircons and enriched Hf isotopic compositions in zircon rims, along with the enriched whole rock Sr–Nd isotopic compositions, indicate that the monzonite was formed through the mixing of lithospheric mantle-derived magma with lower crust-derived melts. The diopside syenite and nepheline-bearing diopside syenite are more depleted than the monzonite in terms of the Sr and Nd isotopes, together with their very high concentrations of LILE, we proposed that they originated from a mixed mantle source of enriched lithospheric mantle and depleted asthenosphere. The nepheline syenite has very low concentrations of MgO, Ni, Cr, suggesting that the magma underwent significant crystal fractionation. The most depleted Sr and Nd isotopic compositions ((⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr)_i = 0.7036–0.7042, ε_Nd(t) = − 0.2–0.3) among all rock types indicate a great contribution of asthenosphere to the nepheline syenite. The Zijinshan complex and its related crust-mantle interaction occurred in an extensional environment which resulted in continuously asthenospheric upwelling. Such an extensional environment might have been developed during the post-orogenic stage of the Late Paleozoic amalgamation of North China Craton with Mongolian continents and subsequent Mongol–Okhotsk ocean closure.     

东天山卡拉塔格泥盆纪岩浆岩地球化学特征及成因

文中对卡拉塔格地区泥盆纪岩浆岩进行了系统的岩相学、岩石地球化学研究,探讨其成因及形成构造背景。卡拉塔格地区泥盆纪火山岩主要为安山岩,并被同期一套成分连续的侵入体,包括辉长岩、闪长岩、石英闪长岩、二长岩等侵入。其中,辉长岩为钙碱性低钾系列准铝质岩石,具有较高的Al2O3含量(18.76%~19.06%)和Mg#(57.28~69.37),具有正Eu异常;闪长岩、石英闪长岩、二长岩和安山岩为钙碱性高钾钙碱性系列的准铝质弱过铝质岩石,也具有较高的Al2O3含量(15.02%~17.43%)和Mg#(53.67~72.91),具有较弱的Eu负异常或无Eu异常。这些岩浆岩都具有较低的初始Sr值(0.703 11~0.705 18)以及较高的εNd(t)值(5.36~7.72),均富集轻稀土和大离子亲石元素Rb、Ba、K等,亏损重稀土和高场强元素Ta、Nb、Ti等,都具有岛弧岩浆岩的特征。相似的岩石地球化学特征显示它们可能为同源岩浆活动的产物,可能是由俯冲洋壳形成的流体交代地幔楔岩石发生部分熔融而形成。泥盆纪岩浆岩形成于康古尔洋向卡拉麦里洋俯冲的岛弧背景。