闽北政和洋后变质超镁铁岩的岩石地球化学及矿物化学研究

岩石化学研究表明，洋后变质超镁铁岩是由变质方辉橄榄岩和变质超镁铁堆积岩组成。变质方辉橄榄岩的微量元素地球化学及矿物化学特征表明，应为亏损的残余地幔产物。通过系统的岩石地球化学、矿物化学及年代学研究，认为洋后变质超镁铁岩可能为华南晚震旦－早古生代的蛇绿岩组成部分。     

Rare earth element geochemistry of Thetford Mines ophiolite complex,Northern Appalachians,Canada

The Thetford Mines complex is a complete ophiolite which is part of an ultramafic-mafic belt within Québec Appalachians. These allochtonous bodies were emplaced during the Early Ordovician. The Thetford Mines complex comprises a lower unit of metamorphic harzburgite (in which tabular, dyke-like, dunitic bodies occur) overlain successively by ultramafic cumulates, mafic cumulates, ophitic gabbros, diabase sills and dykes, and basaltic volcanic rocks. Field evidence, petrography and chemical data indicate that the tabular dunitic bodies formed when fractures in the metamorphic harzburgite (which constituted the floor of the magma chamber) filled with early cumulates (i.e., olivine±chromite). Representative rocks from all units were analyzed for major and rare earth elements (REE). Metamorphic harzburgite samples from Thetford Mines complex have U-shaped chondrite-normalized REE patterns. Pyroxenites and wehrlites of the cumulate sequence are all strongly light-REE depleted and have heavy REE ranging from 0.4 to 1.5 times chondrite. REE data from ultramafic and volcanic rocks of Thetford Mines complex and geochemical modelling indicate that the metamorphic harzburgite has the chemical characteristics of depleted upper mantle residues with U-shaped patterns, and that the ultramafic cumulates crystallized from magmas having different La/Yb ratios.     

Petrology,geochemistry and tectonic significance of serpentinized ultramafic rocks from the South Arm of Sulawesi,Indonesia

Serpentinized ultramafic rocks occur in two separate basement complexes in the South Arm of Sulawesi, the Bantimala and Barru Blocks. We present petrographic, mineral chemical and geochemical data for these rocks, and interpret them in terms of petrogenesis and tectonic setting. The rocks of both blocks show strong serpentinization of original anhydrous silicates. The Bantimala ultramafics consist mainly of peridotite (harzburgite and dunite) and clinopyroxenite, with lenses of podiform chromitite. Metamorphism is evidenced by the occurrence of amphibolite-facies tremolite schist. In contrast, the Barru ultramafics consist of harzburgite peridotite and podiform chromitite, which also show an amphibolite-facies overprint that in this case may be related to intrusion by a large dacite/granodiorite body. Whole-rock trace element analyses and spinel compositions show that the Barru harzburgite is depleted relative to primitive mantle, and has had some melt extracted. In contrast, the Bantimala dunite, harzburgite and clinopyroxenite are cumulates. Both are derived from a supra-subduction zone environment, and were obducted during the closure of small back-arc basins. If there has been no rotation of the blocks, then the Bantimala ultramafics were emplaced from an ENE direction, while the Barru ultramafics were emplaced from the WNW. The ultramafic suites from these two blocks are juxtaposed with metamorphic assemblages, which were later intruded by younger volcanics, particularly in the Barru Block.     

山东半岛早前寒武纪高级变质基底中超镁铁质岩的成因

山东半岛早前寒武纪高级变质基底广泛出露超镁铁质岩,它们呈大小不等的透镜体产于TTG片麻岩中,且与基性高压麻粒岩密切"伴生"。岩相学和矿物相转变分析、温压条件估算以及锆石原位U-Pb定年结果表明,山东半岛超镁铁质岩记录了十分复杂的演化历史,其中早期残留的原岩标志性的矿物组合 (M₁) 以尖晶石 (富Mg)+橄榄石 (富Mg)+斜方辉石 (富Mg) 为特征,相应的岩浆结晶温压条件T=980~1050℃、P=1.55~1.65GPa;峰期高压麻粒岩相变质阶段 (M₂) 的典型的矿物组合以尖晶石 (富Fe)+橄榄石 (富Fe)+斜方辉石 (富Fe) 为特征,相应的温压条件T=840~880℃、P=1.40~1.55GPa,此阶段形成的变质锆石记录的高压麻粒岩相变质时代为1858~1877Ma;峰后中低压角闪-麻粒岩岩相退变质阶段 (M₃) 的矿物组合以斜方辉石+单斜辉石+橄榄石+角闪石 (富 (Na+K))+尖晶石+磁铁矿(富Cr) 为特征,相应的温压条件T=760~820℃、P=0.55~0.65GPa,此阶段形成的变质锆石记录的退变质时代为1820~1840Ma;晚期低角闪岩相-绿片岩相变质阶段 (M₄),以形成角闪石 (贫 (Na+K))+磁铁矿 (贫Cr)+蛇纹石±绿泥石±金云母的矿物组合为特征,相应的温压条件T=500~600℃、P=0.32~0.40GPa。超镁铁质岩的变质演化具有典型碰撞造山带顺时针P-T-t轨迹,指示山东半岛超镁铁岩是古老陆块之间碰撞造山的产物。该项成果对于进一步深入探讨华北克拉通东南缘早前寒武纪古老陆块的碰撞-拼贴及其演化的动力学过程具有重要科学意义。     

大别山北部饶拔寨超镁铁岩体微量元素地球化学

本文报道了饶拔寨超镁铁岩体的5个钻孔15个岩心样品的主量元素和微量元素成分。该岩体由上、下两部分构成。岩性以方辉橄榄岩为主，纯橄榄岩和二辉橄榄岩次之。主量元素成分表明岩体由饱满地幔经过不同程度部分熔融，形成了亏损程度不同的大陆岩石圈地幔。总体上下部岩体较上部亏损程度大。原始地幔标准化REE等不相容微量元素丰度模式表明岩体在熔融作用后又经过了地幔交代作用，形成不同程度LREE和LILE的富集。样品中有角闪石和金云母等含水矿物，表明有实性地幔交代作用。对比LREE与LILE的富集特征，表明可能有两类地幔交代作用，有两种不同性质的交代介质，LREE和Sr等的富集可能与硅酸盐熔体有关，而Rb、Ba、K等的富集可能与俯冲带流体活动有关。总体上下部岩体的交代作用较上部岩体的强。     

秦岭造山带勉略缝合带超镁铁质岩的地球化学特征

勉略缝合带中广泛出露的超镁铁质岩构造块体是D～T_2期间勉咯洋盆古洋壳残片的重要标志之一，属贫铝、贫碱的镁质超基性岩类，其原岩类型主要为方辉橄榄岩和纯橄榄岩。稀土特征有两种类型：轻稀土亏损，Eu富集型；以及轻稀土低度富集，Elf弱亏损型。与原始地慢比较，本区超镁铁质岩中Cs、Rb、Th、U、K、Ta、Nb等强不相容元素大多呈富集状态，暗示古地慢经历过一种富集大离子亲石元素的上地幔流体交代作用。     

Evolution of the Pan-African Wadi Haimur metamorphic sole, Eastern Desert, Egypt

By comparison with the general features of metamorphic soles (e.g. vertical and lateral extension, metamorphic grade and diagnostic mineral parageneses, deformation and dominant rock types), it is inferred that the amphibolites, metagabbros and hornblendites of the Wadi Um Ghalaga–Wadi Haimur area in the southern part of the Eastern Desert of Egypt represent the metamorphic sole of the Wadi Haimur ophiolite belt. The overlying ultramafic rocks represent overthrusted mantle peridotite. Mineral compositions and thermobarometric studies indicate that the rocks of the metamorphic sole record metamorphic conditions typical of such an environment. The highest P – T conditions ( c . 700 °C and 6.5–8.5 kbar) are preserved in clinopyroxene amphibolites and garnet amphibolites from the top of the metamorphic sole, which is exposed in the southern part of the study area. The massive amphibolites and metagabbros further north (Wadi Haimur) represent the basal parts of the sole and show the lowest P – T  conditions (450–620 °C and 4.7–7.8 kbar). The sole is the product of dynamothermal metamorphism associated with the tectonic displacement of ultramafic rocks. Heat was derived mainly from the hot overlying mantle peridotites, and an inverted P – T  gradient was caused by dynamic shearing during ophiolite emplacement. Sm/Nd dating of whole-rock–metamorphic mineral pairs yields similar ages of c . 630 Ma for clinopyroxene and hornblende, which is interpreted as a lower age limit for ophiolite formation and an upper age limit for metamorphism. A younger Sm/Nd age for a garnet-bearing rock ( c . 590 Ma) is interpreted as reflecting a meaningful cooling age close to the metamorphic peak. Hornblende K/Ar ages in the range 570–550 Ma may reflect thermal events during late orogenic granite magmatism.     

吉林红旗岭铜镍矿床的地质特征及成因

红旗岭铜镍矿床地处华北地台和吉黑地槽系接触带———辉发河断裂带内 ,属大型铜镍硫化物矿床。矿区出露地层为下元古界呼兰群变质岩系。呈北东向展布的辉发河断裂具有切割深度大、继承性活动频繁等特征 ,由该断裂构造活动派生的北西向构造构成区域性重要的控岩控矿构造 ,控制超镁铁、镁铁质岩体及铜镍硫化物矿体在空间上呈北西向产出。与铜镍矿成矿有关的岩体具有复合杂岩体特征 ,多属辉长岩—辉石岩—橄榄岩型镁铁—超镁铁质岩。铜镍矿体呈似板状、脉状、透镜状及囊状等赋存于镁铁—超镁铁质岩体内。岩矿石微量元素特征、稀土元素地球化学特征均反映其为地幔部分熔融作用的产物 ,且矿石与镁铁—超镁铁质岩具同源性 ,矿床属岩浆深部熔离分异成因     

Three varieties of alpine-type ultramafic rocks in the Norwegian Caledonides and basal gnesis complex

Three varieties of alpine-type ultramafic rocks are distinguish in the Norwegian Caledonides associated Basal Gneiss Complex. Type one rocks have primary (magmatic) olivine, clinopyroxene, orthopyroxene and chromite, and are partly or completely serpentinised. They are found exclusively in rocks of Cambro-Silurian age. Type two are polymetamorphic metaperidotites or sagvandites consisting of olivine, enstatite and carbonate minerals, with talc and amphibole commonly being present. They are found in medium- to high-grade metamorphic rocks. Type three also show a metamorphic mineral association of olivine, orthopyroxene and minor chromite, while clinopyroxene, amphibole and chrome-bearing chlorite may also be present in some samples. Garnet may or may not occur and, where present, is often surrounded by reaction rims of spinel and amphibole. The type three ultramafic bodies are serpentinised to varying degrees and occur in high-grade metamorphic gneisses which may also contain eclogites and anorthosites. Distinction of these three varieties of ultramafic body may be useful for correlation purposes and for more detailed studies on the nature of their metamorphism.     

苏北东海地区超高压变质带内的斜卧褶皱

详细的野外观察和制图证实，在苏北东海地区的驼峰、房山及虎山等超高压（UHP）变质带岩石出露地段，都有不同尺度的斜卧褶皱发育。在详细地描述了典型的斜卧褶皱组成、几何形态、位态及其形成的物理环境之后，指出斜卧褶皱及分隔它们的韧性剪切带，在构造上，是组成超高压变质带构造柱的两个基本要素，是在超高压变作用期后伸展体制及角闪岩相条件下形成的。同超高压变质作用的残余构造，只保留于大的榴辉岩和超镁铁质结构透镜体核部。无疑，在超高压变质岩石露头区地表构造研究所得的结果，对在东海地区第四纪沉积物所掩盖区实施的大陆科学钻探工程中揭露的地质现象解释，有重要参考意义。强调指出，大陆科学钻探工程所揭示的地壳构造，可能主要代表角闪岩相及伸展体制下的变形特征。     

冀北赤城蛇纹石化橄榄岩是否为太古宙蛇绿岩残片？

华北克拉通中部带是一条形成于古元古代之前的构造碰撞拼合带。在中部带的北段赤城地区,出露一套特殊的角闪斜长片麻岩、退变榴辉岩以及蛇纹石化橄榄岩组合,其成因众说纷纭。这套岩石组合归属于红旗营子群,是前寒武纪结晶基底,其中蛇纹石化橄榄岩和退变榴辉岩以构造团块的形式包裹在片麻岩之中。赤城蛇纹石化橄榄岩由纯橄岩、方辉橄榄岩和超镁铁质堆晶岩组成。其中纯橄岩和方辉橄榄岩的全岩主量元素都具有高Mg低Si的特征,大部分方辉橄榄岩中的橄榄石具有很高的Fo值（91.0~92.2）,尖晶石具有高的Cr^#值（53.9~85.9）。这些特征表明方辉橄榄岩和纯橄岩都经历了高程度部分熔融,它们很可能代表残余的大洋岩石圈地幔,并且可与典型的蛇绿岩套橄榄岩剖面相对比。超镁铁质堆晶岩表现出饱满的岩石特征,代表残余地幔之上的岩浆早期堆晶。橄榄岩Re亏损模式年龄表示,赤城橄榄岩的部分熔融作用发生在~2.5Ga之前。赤城红旗营子群角闪斜长片麻岩和退变榴辉岩的锆石U-Pb年代学揭示其原岩形成于~2.5Ga,经历了~1.85Ga的峰期变质作用和300Ma的退变质作用叠加。角闪斜长片麻岩和退变榴辉岩的原岩分别为大陆火山岩和大洋拉斑质岩石。因此,红旗营子群的橄榄岩、退变榴辉岩和角闪斜长片麻岩这一套岩石组合属于典型的蛇绿岩剖面,它很可能代表了华北克拉通东部和西部陆块之间曾经存在的大洋岩石圈。赤城蛇纹石化橄榄岩属于新太古-古元古代蛇绿岩残片,它可能记录了古大洋的消亡和中部造山带的形成,指示早期板块构造在新太古代已经启动。

     

北苏鲁威海地区超基性岩的原岩形成时代和超高压变质时代

超基性岩是苏鲁超高压变质地体中一类特殊且十分重要的岩石类型,它们通常呈规模不一的块状、条带状或不规则透镜状 (体) 赋存于区域大面积出露的花岗质片麻岩中。锆石中矿物包体激光拉曼测试、阴极发光图像分析和不同性质锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb定年等综合研究结果表明,北苏鲁威海地区含橄榄石辉石岩 (样品W1和W2) 中锆石的成因十分复杂,可进一步划分3种不同类型锆石。其中第一类锆石呈自形-半自形晶,阴极发光图像显示清晰的岩浆结晶环带,矿物包体主要为Ol+Cpx+Ap, 记录的²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁶Pb年龄为1835~1845Ma,应代表含橄榄石辉石岩的原岩形成时代;第二类为变质重结晶锆石,呈半自形-他形晶,阴极发光图像显示模糊的岩浆结晶环带,矿物包体与第一类完全一致,记录的²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U年龄变化范围大,为250~784Ma之间,表明部分继承性岩浆结晶锆石明显受到后期岩浆-变质热事件的影响而发生不完全重结晶和Pb丢失,进而使其记录的年龄相对偏新;第三类锆石呈他形晶,为典型的变质锆石,阴极发光图像十分均匀,矿物包体相对少见,主要为Grt+Cpx,记录的²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U年龄为230~234Ma, 且与苏鲁地体榴辉岩及其围岩中含柯石英锆石微区记录的超高压变质年龄 (225~235Ma) 十分一致,应代表含橄榄石辉石岩的峰期超高压变质时代。超基性岩中超高压变质锆石的准确识别表明苏鲁地体在峰期超高压变质阶段的确存在流体,流体的存在对超高压变质锆石的形成起着至关重要的作用。该项研究不仅准确厘定北苏鲁威海地区超基性岩的原岩形成时代和超高压变质时代,而且对于深入探讨苏鲁-大别超高压地体流体行为、演化规律及其水-岩相互作用机理具有重要的科学意义。     

鄂西黄陵背斜南部元古宙庙湾蛇绿岩的发现及其构造意义

对鄂西黄陵背斜南部宜昌太平溪、邓村一带崆岭岩群中的元古宙庙湾岩组强烈变形变质超镁铁—镁铁质岩的研究表明,镁铁质岩主要为似层状细粒斜长角闪岩,变辉长岩岩体、岩脉及辉绿岩岩脉,超镁铁质岩则主要为蛇纹石化纯橄榄岩、方辉橄榄岩,呈构造岩片、岩块分布于斜长角闪岩之中。细粒斜长角闪岩TiO2=1.14%~1.48%,稀土元素配分型式为略亏损—平坦型,无明显的Eu异常,(La/Yb)N=0.87~1.12, La/Nb、Ce/Zr、Zr/Nb、Zr/Y、Ti/Y平均值分别为1.04、0.15、18.78、2.53、290.51,Nb/Th平均为9.88,显示为大洋中脊构造环境形成的N-MORB型拉斑玄武岩;变辉长岩具典型的堆晶结构特征,稀土元素配分型式为平坦型,具明显的Eu正异常;蛇纹石化纯橄榄岩的稀土元素配分型式具中稀土元素略亏损的U形特征,显示为LREE略富集的地幔岩。上述特征表明,黄陵背斜南部崆岭岩群中的元古宙庙湾岩组实际上是一套混杂堆积的古大洋蛇绿岩残片。元古宙庙湾蛇绿岩的发现为华南扬子克拉通存在中元古代洋盆和哥伦比亚超大陆聚合、裂解构造事件提供了重要的证据。     

鄂西黄陵背斜南部元古宙庙湾蛇绿岩的发现及其构造意义

对鄂西黄陵背斜南部宜昌太平溪、邓村一带崆岭岩群中的元古宙庙湾岩组强烈变形变质超镁铁—镁铁质岩的研究表明,镁铁质岩主要为似层状细粒斜长角闪岩,变辉长岩岩体、岩脉及辉绿岩岩脉,超镁铁质岩则主要为蛇纹石化纯橄榄岩、方辉橄榄岩,呈构造岩片、岩块分布于斜长角闪岩之中。细粒斜长角闪岩TiO2=1.14%～1.48%,稀土元素配分型式为略亏损—平坦型,无明显的Eu异常,(La/Yb)N=0.87～1.12,La/Nb、Ce/Zr、Zr/Nb、Zr/Y、Ti/Y平均值分别为1.04、0.15、18.78、2.53、290.51,Nb/Th平均为9.88,显示为大洋中脊构造环境形成的N-MORB型拉斑玄武岩;变辉长岩具典型的堆晶结构特征,稀土元素配分型式为平坦型,具明显的Eu正异常;蛇纹石化纯橄榄岩的稀土元素配分型式具中稀土元素略亏损的U形特征,显示为LREE略富集的地幔岩。上述特征表明,黄陵背斜南部崆岭岩群中的元古宙庙湾岩组实际上是一套混杂堆积的古大洋蛇绿岩残片。元古宙庙湾蛇绿岩的发现为华南扬子克拉通存在中元古代洋盆和哥伦比亚超大陆聚合、裂解构造事件提供了重要的证据。     

Dynamic Magma Conduit System Related to the Jinchuan Ni-Cu Sulfide Deposit, NW China

The Jinchuan Ni-Cu sulfide deposits, NW China, are hosted in small ultramafic intrusions that were emplaced into Paleoproterozoic metamorphic rocks. The ultramafic intrusions were previously thought to be the segments of a single elongate intrusion that was dismembered by late faults into eastern and western portions, each of which have distinct stratigraphic sequences.     

Provenance of Late Triassic sediments in central Lhasa terrane,Tibet and its implication

In southern Tibet, Late Triassic sequences are especially important to understanding the assembly of the Lhasa terrane prior to Indo-Asian collision. We report new data relevant to the provenance of a Late Triassic clastic sequence from the Mailonggang Formation in the central Lhasa terrane, Tibet. Petrographic studies and detrital heavy mineral assemblages indicate a proximal orogenic provenance, including volcanic, sedimentary and some ultramafic and metamorphic rocks. In situ detrital zircon Hf and U–Pb isotope data are consistent with derivation of these rocks from nearby Triassic magmatic rocks and basement that comprise part of the newly recognized Late Permian–Triassic Sumdo–Cuoqen orogenic belt. The new data suggests correlation with the Upper Triassic Langjiexue Group which lies on the opposing (southern) side of Indus–Yarlung ophiolite. Sediments from both the Mailonggang Formation and Langjiexue Group are interpreted to represent formerly contiguous parts of a sequence deposited on the southern flanks of the Sumdo–Cuoqen belt.     

大别山北麓尖晶石橄榄岩中石榴辉石岩包体的成因矿物学信息

大别山北坡霍山饶拔寨等地的超基性岩中含有石榴辉石岩的包体。石榴辉石岩为草绿色致密块状 ,呈分米级的块体出现于蛇纹石化强烈的橄榄岩中。运用成因矿物学的方法 ,研究对比了石榴辉石岩的主要矿物组成石榴子石 ( Prp2 5— 3 5 )和钠质普通辉石 ( Jd1 0— 2 5 )等。岩石结构显示退变质作用有两期 :榴辉岩相退变形成的麻粒岩相矿物组合明显地被角闪岩相所切割。石榴辉石岩的寄主岩是尖晶石橄榄岩类 ,包括尖晶石方辉橄榄岩和尖晶石二辉橄榄岩。由于强烈的蛇纹石化 ,残余的橄榄石 ( Fo92— 93 )仅占 5%～ 4 0 % ,斜方辉石富镁 ( En87— 93)并有解理弯曲等韧性变形现象。采用 Ellisand Green的石榴子石单斜辉石 Fe-Mg交换平衡温度计 ,可计算出石榴辉石岩的 Fe-Mg分配系数 ( KD)为 4 .0 6～ 5.2 8。变质温度 t=84 1～ 94 3℃ ,估算压力 p=1 .5GPa,可以推测该橄榄岩体是从深度约 60 km的地幔 ,固态侵位于下地壳 ,而后与之一起隆升到地表。显然 ,此种石榴辉石岩应属 Coleman所划分的 A型榴辉岩 ,它与地幔岩浆作用有密切关系。石榴辉石岩和橄榄岩的岩石化学特征和稀土配分形式 ,说明它们的化学性质相当于地幔部分熔融所形成的玄武岩熔体及其残留体。在侧重探讨石榴辉石岩及其有关岩石中主要造岩矿物的成因矿物?     

异剥钙榴岩及其岩石成因意义

异剥钙榴岩作为一种特殊的交代变质岩,绝大多数与超镁铁岩的蛇纹石化有关,是超镁铁岩蛇纹石化过程中所产生的富钙流体对与其伴生的相关岩石进行钙交代的结果。蛇纹石化的超镁铁岩或为蛇绿岩的端员组分,或为太古代绿岩带、阿拉斯加型和阿尔卑斯型等其它成因类型的超镁铁岩。它们多为纯橄榄岩、方辉橄榄岩和辉石岩等。异剥钙榴岩的形成主要取决于超镁铁岩的蛇纹石化作用和钙交代程度,而与超镁铁岩的成因类型、构造属性和时代归属没有多大的关系。那种将异剥钙榴岩片面地看成蛇绿岩的组成部分或者作为鉴别蛇绿岩辅助标志的观点需要改正。     

西藏阿里西部地区超镁铁岩的岩石化学及其上地幔化学模式的探讨

本文探讨了该区超镁铁岩化学成分的分带性;本区方辉橄榄岩与其它地区的化学成分的对比;以及与其密切共生的岩浆岩化学成分的互补关系;及本区上地幔可能的化学分带模式。得出结论:(1)从地质和岩石化学证据表明本区的方辉橄榄岩是地幔物质呈固态侵位的。(2)方辉橄榄岩与共生的岩浆岩有成因联系。(3)本区可能存在上地幔双层化学模式。     

Formation and emplacement of the Dolodrook serpentinite body,Lachlan Orogen,Victoria

Serpentinised peridotite and ultramafic breccia make up an approximately 5 km‐long, 1 km‐wide fault slice within turbidites in the Dolodrook River region of the central Lachlan Orogen. The serpentinite body is surrounded by juvenile, mafic‐ultramafic sedimentary rocks with Cambrian limestone olistoliths representative of locally derived debris flows, and Middle to Upper Ordovician black shale, chert, sandstone and mudstone. The antiformal geometry and nature of the ultramafic breccia and mafic‐ultramafic sedimentary rocks (Garvey Gully Formation) indicate that the serpentinite body may have been either a former oceanic transform fault zone, a Marianas‐style serpentine seamount or a combination of these. Observations of modern‐day forearc regions show that faulting processes have led to the exposure of serpentinised peridotite horst blocks and serpentine mud volcanoes that have intruded along fault conduits (e.g. Marianas and Izu‐Bonin forearcs). At Dolodrook, the structural and metamorphic relationships with the surrounding rocks, and the lithological associations, have much in common with these observations and indicate that Dolodrook may be an ancient, on‐land example of an accreted seamount or oceanic topographic high. Structural relationships, the very low metamorphic grade of all rocks at Dolodrook, and the presence of broken formation developed in not‐fully lithified Middle to Upper Ordovician sandstone and mudstone indicate that the serpentinite body was emplaced at shallow crustal levels within the turbidite wedge (Tabberabbera Zone), possibly as an offscraped topographic high during marginal basin closure. The Dolodrook serpentinite has previously been inferred as part of the Cambrian igneous sequence (‘greenstones’) exposed in the Governor, Mt Wellington and Heathcote Fault Zones, but structural and metamorphic relationships with surrounding rocks, and the Cambrian tectonic setting in which it formed, have remained speculative.