滇西六合正长斑岩和花岗岩包体中锆石U-Pb年代和微量元素地球化学研究

六合正长斑岩是滇西新生代富碱斑岩的典型代表,以发育各类深浅不一的岩石包体而闻名,其中包括了同期的花岗岩包体;主岩和包体所蕴含的深部地质过程对于富碱岩浆的形成和演化具有重要约束作用。本文以六合正长斑岩和其中花岗岩包体的锆石微量元素地球化学为研究重点,结合主岩主量元素、锆石U-Pb年龄、Ti温度、锆石氧逸度的对比研究,分析和探讨富碱岩浆的形成和演化过程。研究表明:锆石U-Pb年龄所限定的六合富碱岩浆活动时限为(37.89±0.96)~(35.87±0.58) Ma;而花岗岩包体代表的同期富硅酸性岩浆活动时限为(38.21±0.44)~(36.21±0.36) Ma;两者几乎同步活动。锆石微量元素成因判别图显示主岩锆石主要位于钾镁煌斑岩范围,暗示富碱岩浆源区具地幔属性;花岗岩包体锆石大多位于花岗岩范围,两者在花岗岩范围有部分重叠,证实了主岩锆石和花岗岩包体锆石结晶时存在共同的生长环境。Ce^(Ⅳ)/Ce^(Ⅲ)比值估算和Ti温度计算显示,在36.42~36.41 Ma范围内富碱岩浆氧逸度和锆石结晶温度发生突变,指示在该时限内富碱岩浆及所裹挟的花岗质岩浆发生了混合作用;氧逸度的振荡降低反映了后期幔源岩浆的补充。综合研究认为,六合地区来自富集地幔的喜山期富碱岩浆底侵熔化上覆深部地壳长英质岩石形成花岗质岩浆,随即以富碱岩浆为主与少量花岗质岩浆不均一混合并同步结晶成岩形成含有花岗岩包体的正长斑岩。     

闽西基性脉岩成岩方式的判别

地幔平衡部分熔融过程中，微量元素在原始岩浆中(熔体)和初始固相母体物质中(地幔)遵循以下关系：C^iL／C^oL=1／[D F(1-D)]；分离结晶成因的岩浆岩系，微量元素在残余岩浆中(C^iL)和母岩浆中(C^oL)遵循如下关系式：C^iL=C^iL*F^D-1。微量元素在部分熔融和分离结晶成岩方式中有独立的分布规律，因此利用微量元素对或比值的图解就可判别岩体(或脉岩)的成岩方式。选取微量元素Th-Yb、La-La／Yb、Th-Cr和Th-Ni图解对闽西基性脉岩成岩方式进行判别，发现闽西三个地区的基性脉岩均为地幔部分熔融作用所致，从而印证了闽西基性脉岩不是酸性岩浆演化的产物。     

浙江嵊县—新昌新生代玄武岩及包体的研究

浙江新生代玄武岩主要岩石类型为橄榄拉斑玄武岩.矿物组合、岩石化学和REE特征表明为碱性玄武岩系列,是非原生岩浆的结晶产物(M=36-60,SI=15-37)。K-Ar同位素年龄4—10Ma.碱性橄榄玄武岩内赋存幔源包体和高压巨晶,其中尖晶石二辉橄榄岩包体熔融程度8％,形成温度975℃,压力15.7×10~8Pa。     

河北汉诺坝碱性玄武岩的源区和成因

我国华北北部新近纪喷发的汉诺坝玄武岩,岩层出露比较完整,普遍含有超镁铁岩包体和各种高压巨晶。大麻坪代黄沟剖面出露较好,主要岩性为玄武岩,从上到下可分为上三、二、一层和底层。岩相学观察显示这些玄武岩含有1%~5%的捕虏晶且斑晶数量很少。橄榄岩包体为尖晶石二辉橄榄岩,轻稀土略微亏损,轻重稀土无分馏,显示这是只经过少量部分熔融后的原始地幔包体。通过对代黄沟碱性玄武岩中橄榄石、辉石和斜长石等斑晶或捕虏晶的矿物学分析,得出它们的成分变化是玄武岩混合了分解的地幔橄榄岩快速上升造成的。玄武岩的主量元素与二辉橄榄岩相平衡的原生熔体相比,Mg#(52.0~62.7)以及CaO(7.3%~8.5%)、Ni((82~192)×10-6)和Cr((65~192)×10-6)含量都较低。玄武岩的稀土分配模式为轻稀土富集的右倾型,δEu=1.01~1.05,δCe=0.95~1.02,富集高场强元素Nb、Ta、Zr及大离子亲石元素Ba、Sr。玄武岩痕量元素Ba/Rb和Rb/Sr的比值显示源区可能遭受过流体的交代作用。同时,痕量元素显示这一系列玄武岩主要受到部分熔融的控制,大量的结晶分异并未发生,且源区残留石榴子石。分析认为玄武岩岩浆应该是原生岩浆,而不是演化岩浆,影响整个岩浆的形成的过程可能是部分熔融而不是分离结晶。基于目前已发表的实验岩石学结果和理论分析认为汉诺坝玄武岩与辉石岩类相平衡,源区主要矿物相为单斜辉石和石榴子石,可能存在少量的橄榄石。     

中天山阿拉塔格环状杂岩体中闪长质包体地球化学与岩浆混合作用

环状杂岩体的岩相分带有多种成因模式。为了查明新疆阿拉塔格环状岩体的成因,本文特就其中暗色包体的成因及其岩浆演化进行探讨。包体分布极不均匀,在酸性岩单元的东南角集中发育,大部分呈浑圆状或次圆状,微细粒结构,部分包体中含有寄主岩石中的长石斑晶。通过对暗色包体主量、微量元素、Sr-Nd同位素及单颗粒锆石U-Pb年龄测试,认为该环状岩体中的暗色包体主要为闪长质-花岗闪长质岩浆包体,包体SiO_2(56.72%~61.80%)低,K_2O+Na_2O(8.12%~10.55%)高,具有高钾富碱的特征,属于高钾钙碱性岩石系列;里特曼指数(σ)为4.59~4.85,稀土元素富集。包体及寄主岩的主量和微量元素协变图呈不同程度的线性关系,而且两者稀土、微量元素曲线形态相近,显示出包体和寄主岩在地球化学特征上既有相似性,又有不同的特点。这种特征表明,环状花岗岩岩浆的形成至少与两种岩桨的混合有关。包体的(~(87)Sr/~(86)Sr)t较低(0.705204~0.705914)、ε_(Nd)(t)=1.65~2.57,全部为正值,揭示包体的原始岩浆为幔源玄武质岩浆。包体和寄主岩石的关系显示岩浆的混合方式为基性岩浆注入到已经开始结晶的酸性岩浆。本研究为环状杂岩体的多种成因过程提供了重要依据,认为其中的环状花岗岩单元为壳源酸性岩浆与幔源基性岩浆混合作用的产物。包体和寄主岩石的特征均反映在晚古生代中天山造山带发生过一定程度的后碰撞地壳垂向生长。     

青海泽多桌肉地区花岗闪长岩与暗色包体地球化学特征及成因

青海泽多桌肉地区花岗闪长岩中发育大量暗色闪长质包体。通过对花岗闪长岩(寄主岩石)与暗色包体的地球化学研究发现,花岗闪长岩(寄主岩石)的SiO_2含量为w(SiO_2)=61.61%~68.80%,A/CNK=0.91~0.99,属于偏铝质钙碱性花岗岩特征;暗色包体中发育针状磷灰石,暗色包体的SiO_2含量为w(SiO_2)=52.66%~66.99%,碱度率AR=2.08~2.26(大于1),里特曼指数σ=1.89~8.67,固结指数SI=16~24.74,属过铝质钙碱性花岗岩。稀土元素分析显示,花岗闪长岩稀土总量w(ΣREE)=117.44×10~(-6)~265.68×10~(-6);暗色包体稀土总量w(ΣREE)=184.05×10~(-6)~342.11×10~(-6),总量高于寄主岩石;暗色包体和寄主花岗岩有着相似的稀土元素配分模式,显示轻稀土富集,重稀土亏损,轻重稀土元素分馏明显的特征。微量元素分析显示,暗色包体微量元素的分布型式与寄主岩微量元素特征基本一致,大离子亲石元素K、Rb、Ba相对富集,高场强元素Nb、Ta、Zr、Hf相对亏损,反映了岩浆混合作用的特征。在花岗闪长岩中获得LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄为202.49 Ma±0.63 Ma,属晚三叠世。表明泽多桌肉花岗闪长岩属于晚三叠世以来的造山带伸展崩塌造成岩石圈较快速减薄以及幔源岩浆底侵作用的发生,并导致地壳岩石接近熔融温度产生壳源岩浆而成岩。     

北秦岭斜峪关群和草滩沟群火山岩成因的地球化学和同位素约束、SHRIMP年代及其意义

地球化学分析结果表明:北秦岭斜峪关群基性熔岩的LREE轻度富集,(La/Yb)N=1.31~3.27,中—酸性熔岩的LREE显著富集,(La/Yb)N=4.22~26.54。草滩沟群基性火山岩LREE中度富集,(La/Yb)N=2.50~2.97,中—酸性熔岩的LREE显著富集,(La/Yb)N=4.57~10.15。低δEu值(0.62~1.14)暗示斜峪关群和草滩沟群火山岩初始玄武质岩浆的分离结晶程度很低、初始岩浆中斜长石分异作用很弱,大离子亲石元素明显富集,而相对N-MORB较低的高场强元素丰度,特别是明显的Ta、Nb低谷,展示了典型的岛弧火山岩的特征。同位素地球化学分析揭示,斜峪关群和草滩沟群火山岩的初始Sr比值为0.703438~0.708329,初始Nd比值为0.511948~0.512327,多集中于0.512003~0.512327间,εNd均为正值( 5.42~ 12.81),表明二群火山岩主要来自富集地幔源区。斜峪关群和草滩沟群火山岩的岩浆源区为混染的富集地幔源区,是俯冲板片熔融和地壳混染的产物,形成于岛弧构造环境。SHRIMP锆石U-Pb测年表明斜峪关群基性熔岩形成时代为早奥陶世(472±11Ma),其中的古老捕晶锆石(1294±34Ma)表明斜峪关群火山岩的岩浆源区存在元古宙地壳混染。     

内蒙古阿尔山地区新生代玄武岩及其幔源包体微量元素组成特征

内蒙古阿尔山地区新生代火山活动频繁,喷发期次可划分为上新世、更新世、全新世,最新喷发时间约为1 900 a B P,具有再次喷发的可能。为了探讨活火山源区地幔流体的分布特征,利用中子活化分析和同步辐射X射线荧光微探针分析技术,对阿尔山地区全新世玄武岩及其幔源包体的稀土、微量元素组成特征、地幔包体矿物及其熔融包裹体的微量元素组成特征进行了分析。中子活化分析结果表明,不同产地玄武岩具有相同的稀土配分模式,其中,Σ8REE=96.93~114.94,Eu/Sm=0.32~0.37,(L a/Lu)N=8.89~12.52;不相容元素蛛网曲线整体右倾,B a,T a,Sm具正异常,T h,Z r具负异常,没有明显的S r异常,说明岩浆上升过程中很少演化和分离结晶;不同产地地幔岩包体中不含包裹体的同类矿物的REE组成相近,反映了不同活火山的地幔源区REE组成特征相同;不同产地地幔岩包体同类矿物及其内部包裹体同步辐射X射线荧光微探针分析表明具有相同的微量元素曲线分布形态;这些特征说明阿尔山活火山群分布区地幔流体不存在显著的不均一性。     

滇西勐养花岗岩体暗色包体的地球化学特征及成因

勐养侵入岩体主要由黑云母二长花岗岩(128 Ma)、花岗闪长岩(113 Ma)和辉长质(123 Ma)、闪长质包体(120Ma)组成。暗色包体主要分布在花岗闪长岩中,包体岩性主要为辉长岩包体和闪长岩包体。包体具有岩浆结构,部分包体具有塑性流变特征,有些包体具有淬冷边和反向脉,包体中可见针状磷灰石,表现出岩浆混合的岩相学特征。岩石地球化学特征研究表明,寄主岩石与暗色包体同为准铝质-过铝质、钙碱性-高钾钙碱性系列岩石。寄主岩石与暗色包体的的稀土配分曲线模式和微量元素原始地幔标准化蛛网图形态基本一致,为岩浆混合作用的结果。所有样品均富集大离子亲石元素(如Rb、Th、U和Nd)、亏损高场强元素(如Nb、Ta、Ce和Zr)。勐养早白垩世侵入岩形成于岩浆弧环境。暗色包体具有低的Si O2含量(Si O2为48.02%和59.8%)和高的Mg#值(Mg#=48.1~68.5),表明暗色包体的原生岩浆应是板块俯冲带流体交代地幔橄榄岩的部分熔融的产物,并受后期岩浆混合作用的改造。暗色包体锆石的εHf(t)为3.6~6.2,Nb/Ta值为12.1~15.4,显示岩浆源区具有亏损地幔特征。黑云二长花岗岩的Mg#=33.5,Nb/Ta值为10.9,表明岩浆主要来源于古老的地壳物质的部分熔融。花岗闪长岩锆石的Mg#=44,Nb/Ta值为12.5,岩浆主要来源于地幔和地壳,为黑云二长花岗岩与幔源岩浆混合作用的产物。腾冲地块早白垩世勐养侵入岩体及其暗色包体的的成因,是左贡—保山板块洋壳向南西俯冲在波密—腾冲地块之下,使区域地壳不断加厚并导致区域重力均衡隆升,深部地壳物质在加热后抬升减压过程中发生部分熔融,形成大量的花岗岩浆。由于俯冲洋壳板块在俯冲、碰撞过程中诱导的幔源岩浆与重熔物质发生岩浆混合作用,形成花岗闪长岩和暗色包体。     

岩浆长期分离结晶对岩石锶同位素初始比值的影响

讨论了在岩浆长期分离结晶作用的模式,由于晚期残留熔体相对于早期结晶相其Rb/Sr比增高,当有一定滞留时间条件下,将导致晚期结晶相~(87)Sr/~(86)Sr初始比增高,因而在一个复式岩基内会形成具有不同锶同位素初始比的多个岩石单元。文中以安徽地洼阶段的黄山一狮子岭岩体为例,通过模拟计算,得到其初始岩浆(?)=0.7122,(Rb/Sr)0=3,该岩浆的80％分离结晶形成黄山岩体,其(?)=0.7143(t=130Ma),其余20％的残余熔体结晶后形成狮子岭岩体,其(?)=0.7180(t=123.1Ma)。     

西天山托云盆地及周边中新生代岩浆活动的岩石学、地球化学与年代学研究

天山西南部白垩纪-老第三纪发育的托云盆地及其周边出露的岩浆岩是一套完整的碱性岩浆岩系列，包含了苦橄质玄武岩、玄武岩、碧玄岩、碱玄岩（橄榄玄武岩、黑云母辉长二长岩、辉长辉绿岩、辉石橄榄岩）和响岩等多种岩石类型。野外工作显示有火山喷出岩和侵入岩两种不同的产状。年代学结果指示岩浆岩形成于120-50Ma间，为晚白垩世-老第三纪盆地形成演化阶段岩浆活动的产物。分离结晶作用是岩浆演化和岩浆系列形成最主要的因素，托云岩浆岩大致经历了结晶分异过程的两个阶段：早期苦橄质岩浆中橄榄石、尖晶石的结晶分离，表现为MgO和微量元素Cr含量随SiO2含量增加大幅度的降低；晚期主要是单斜辉石、斜长石和钛铁矿等矿物的结晶分异，以CaO、FeO、TiO2等随SiO2含量增加大幅度的降低为特点。苦橄质岩石的出现指示了地幔较高温熔融事件的存在，进而为托云盆地地幔柱的存在提供了有力的证据。无论如何，碱性岩浆的活动表明托云盆地形成的大地构造背景是大陆主动裂谷环境，对应的深部背景为区域性的地幔柱构造。首次发现的响岩是结晶分异作用的最终产物。响岩较极端地指示了岩浆结晶分离过程对岩浆演化的巨大影响。托云岩浆岩的同位素特征指示其源区是一个接近于PREMA地幔，但微量元素特征显示其受地壳流体交代改造的特点。岩浆岩的Nd同位素TDM集中在250～600Ma之间，反映了一个古生代时期形成的新生岩石圈地幔，与新疆北部地区的晚古生代新生岩石圈地幔的事实相符。     

中国东部新生代玄武岩的地球化学──Ⅰ．主元素和微量元素组成：岩石成因及源区特征

所研究的玄武岩包括拉斑玄武岩、碱性玄武岩、苦橄粗玄岩和钾质玄武岩。主元素和微量元素的组成变化表明，中国东部玄武岩既是不同深度地幔部分熔融的产物，又经历了岩浆结晶分异作用。强不相容元素比值的变化特征显然与岩石圈地幔交代作用有关。软流圈地幔的上涌并导致上覆不均一的岩石圈地幔的部分熔融是形成中国东部新生代玄武岩的主要机制。     

Tristan da Cunha, South Atlantic: Geochemistry and Petrogenesis of a Basanite-Phonolite Lava Series

The island of Tristan da Cunha, located at 37?S, 12?W in theSouth Atlantic, is the largest of a group of three islands,the others being Nightingale and Inaccessible. Tristan da Cunhacomprises a continuous series of alkaline lavas ranging in compositionfrom ankaramitic basanite through phonotephnte and tephnphonoliteto phonolite. Moderately porphyritic basanite is the dominantrock type ({small tilde}on the island. Major and trace element variations in the lavas describe well-definedtrends with increasing differentiation which are generally consistentwith control by fractional crystallization of phenocryst phases.None of the lavas can be considered to be primary in composition,mg-numbers range from 40 to 62, and covariation of certain minorand trace elements (e.g., Sr, Ba, P) suggests the presence ofat least two distinct fractionation trends. Sr, Nd, and Pb isotopicanalyses of a subset of the lavas confirm previously publisheddata for the island, but show a slightly greater range: ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr= 0{dot}70495–0{dot}70517; ¹⁴³Nd/¹⁴⁴Nd = 0{dot}51259–0{dot}51247;²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb = 18{dot}47–18-{dot}74. Quantitative modelling of the compositional variations suggeststhat the ankaramitic basanites are partial olivine + clinopyroxene+ titanomagnetite (?minor plagioclase) cumulates, with {smalltilde}40% crystal accumulation being required to account forthe most porphyritic varieties. The range in composition frombasanite to phonotephrite can be accounted for by up to 50%fractional crystallization of clinopyroxene, olivine, titanomagnetite,and plagioclase, with minor apatite and, in some models, amphibole.Average proportions of these phases in the fractionate are Cpx40, TiMgt 20, Plag 30, Oliv 10. As much as 20% amphibole fractionationis required in models involving the phonotephrites. The compositionsof the evolved tephriphonolites and phonolites are consistentwith extensive (up to 80%) fractional crystallization of aninitial basanitic magma with clinopyroxenc (1–4%), amphibole(17–23%), plagioclase (6–20%) alkali feldspar (0–13%),and titanomagnetite (4–6%)?minor apatite and sphene beingthe dominant fractionating phases. Inferred trace element and isotopic characteristics of the sourceregions of the Tristan lavas are distinct from those givingrise to the Walvis Ridge, Gough Island, or Discovery Seamountbasalts. Normalized trace element abundances of the Tristanlavas are more similar to those of Marion Island, whereas Sr-,Nd-, dnd Pb-isotopic ratios are most similar to nearby InaccessibleIsland lavas. If Tristan da Cunha is the present-day surfaceexpression of the upwelling mantle plume that previously gaverise to the Walvis Ridge, then the source material tapped bythe lavas is distinctly heterogeneous (or has changed with time)within the limits imposed by maintaining the general characteristicsof DUPAL-type mantle.     

Trace Element Geochemistry of Tertiary Continental Alkali Basalts from the Liuhe—Yizheng Area,Jiangsu Province,China

Reported in this paper are the chemical compositions and trace element (REE,Ba,Rb,Sr,Nb,Zr,Ni,Cr,V,Ga,Y,Sc,Zn,Cu,etc)abundances of Tertiary continental alkali basalts from the Liube-yizheng area,Jiangsu Province,China.The olivine basalt,alkali olivine basalt and basanite are all derived from evolved melts which were once af-fected by different degrees of fractional crystallization of olivine and clinopyroxene(1:2)under high pres-sures.The initial melts were derived from the garnet lherzolite-type mantle source through low-degree par-tial melting.The mantle source has been affected by recent mantle-enrichment events(e.g.mantle metasomatism),resulting in incompatible trace element enrichment and long-term depletion of radiogenic isotopic compositions of Sr and Nd.     

Gough Island: Evaluation of a fractional crystallization model

Gough Island is composed of an alkaline olivine basalt-trachyte series. A fractional crystallization model for the development of these rocks has been evaluated by correlating the geochemical trends of major and trace elements. Beginning with an alkali olivine basalt parent the major element abundances were used to determine the varying proportions of crystallizing minerals required to generate the various residual liquids. A least-squares computer model was used for this calculation. The modal proportions of cumulative minerals and trace element distribution coefficients were used to predict the trace element abundances in each rock type.Three significant trace element trends are observed in Gough Island rocks: (1) increasing rare earth (RE) abundance and relative light RE enrichment with increasing major element differentiation, (2) marked Eu, Sr, and Ba depletions in late stage trachytes, (3) Cr and M enrichment in picrite basalt.The trace element abundances predicted by the fractional crystallization model are in good agreement with these observed trends. A fractional crystallization process involving olivine, pyroxene, feldspar, and apatite accounts for all the significant major and trace element trends observed in Gough Island rocks.     

丰度关系法估算分离结晶岩浆岩系原始岩浆成分

幔源原始岩浆是分离结晶过程的起点，又是地幔的平衡或分离部分熔融的产物，在这种原始岩浆岩中元素丰度关系既遵守分离结晶规律，又遵守地幔部分熔融规律。根据原始岩浆的元素丰度关系的这种双重特性，以安底斯山脉火山岩系的稀土元素为例，阐明了由分离结晶的岩浆岩岩系成分恢复原始岩浆成分的原理，并厘定出原始岩浆元素丰度的估算方法。     

Clinopyroxene megacrysts from Enmelen melanephelinitic volcanoes (Chukchi Peninsula,Russia): application to composition and evolution of mantle melts

Clinopyroxene megacrysts from young melanephelinitic lavas were divided into Cr-rich and Cr-poor suites. Sr, Nd, and Pb isotopic ratios of leached megacrysts and host lava are indistinguishable from each other and indicate a depleted source. Host lavas do not display chemical evidence for significant fractional crystallization, which is required to explain the compositional range of the megacrysts. This rules out a simple cognate genetic relationship between the two, and strictly defines megacrysts as xenocrysts. The well-defined correlations of trace elements with the Mg-numbers in the megacrysts are interpreted as the result of extensive fractional/equilibrium crystallization of magma over a large temperature range at near isobaric condition in the upper mantle. Trace element variations in megacrysts are consistent with fractional crystallization of clinopyroxene alone for the Cr-rich suite, and clinopyroxene + garnet for the Cr-poor suite from at least two bathes of related melts. Megacrysts parent magma might represent mantle melts, which were never erupted in their initial composition.     

多期岩浆分离结晶作用中微量元素丰度关系

本文提出了多期岩浆分离结晶中元素丰度关系的数学表达式;阐述了微量元素正向演化和反向演化的机理;指出了在不同岩浆分离阶段一些微量元素丰度关系常数(R)有明显变化,可以此作为阶段划分的依据。由峨嵋山玄武岩系及基性-超基性层状岩体研究所得出的元素丰度关系式,适用于其他成分岩浆分离结晶成因的岩浆岩系。本文着重列举数据较齐全的智利安底斯山脉玄武岩、玄武安山岩、安山岩、英安岩和流纹岩岩系的资料作为系统验证。     

Major and trace element variation in ilmenite in the Skaergaard Intrusion: petrologic implications

Ilmenite separates from the floor (LS), roof (UBS), and wall (MBS) sequences of the Skaergaard Intrusion were analyzed for major and trace elements using DCP-AES and ICP-MS techniques. In all three sequences, FeO progressively increases, and MgO and Al₂O₃ progressively decrease with differentiation. Although trace element abundances are, in general, higher in UBS ilmenite than in MBS and LS ilmenite, all three sequences have similar trends for trace element abundance vs. crystallization. Ba, Cs, Rb, Sr, Th, U, Y, and the REEs are excluded elements in ilmenite, and remained at low abundances during differentiation. Cr, Ni, Sc, and V are included elements in ilmenite and other mafic phases, and decreased during differentiation. V contents in ilmenite, however, do not decrease significantly until the upper part of the middle zone, suggesting that magnetite did not begin to affect the magma differentiation trend until much later than when it first appears in the intrusion. Hf, Nb, Ta, and Zr, which are strongly excluded elements in silicates, are included elements in ilmenite. The element ratios Zr/Hf, Y/Ho, Nb/Ta, and U/Th are relatively constant in Skaergaard ilmenite from different parts of the intrusion, suggesting that fluid transport did not significantly effect these elements during differentiation or post-solidification cooling. Calculated partition coefficients for ilmenite in the Skaergaard Intrusion are similar to those reported from previous studies of lunar and terrestrial basalts and kimberlites, and for most elements are significantly lower than those reported for ilmenite in rhyolitic magma. Similar D_i's for Zr, Hf, Nb, and Ta suggest that ilmenite crystallization did not significantly affect Zr/Nb or Hf/Ta in the Skaergaard magma, but the ratios of Zr, Hf, Nb, or Ta to other high field strength elements, such as Th, U, Y, or the REEs, may have been altered by ilmenite fractionation.