The concentrations of the noble metals in Southern African flood-type basalts and MORB: implications for petrogenesis and magmatic sulphide exploration

Concentrations of the platinum-group elements have been determined in several suites of southern African flood-type basalts and mid-ocean ridge basalt (MORB), covering some 3 Ga of geologic evolution and including the Etendeka, Karoo, Soutpansberg, Machadodorp, Hekpoort, Ventersdorp and Dominion magmas. The magmas cover a compositional range from 3.7 to 18.7% MgO, 26–720 ppm Ni, 16–250 ppm Cu, and <1–255 ppb total platinum-group elements (PGE). The younger basalts (Etendeka, Karoo) tend to be depleted in PGE relative to Cu, while most of the older basalts (Hekpoort, Machadodorp, Ventersdorp, Dominion) show no PGE depletion relative to Cu. Further, the younger basalts tend to have lower average Pt/Pd ratios than the older basalts, and the MORBs have lower average Pt/Pd than the continental basalts within the broad groupings of "old" and "young" basalts. This may reflect (1) a decreasing degree of mantle melting through geologic time, and (2) source heterogeneity, in that the MORBs are derived from predominantly asthenospheric mantle, whereas the continental basalts also contain a lithospheric mantle component enriched in Pt. In addition to these factors, some PGE fractionation also occurred during differentiation of the magmas, with Pd showing incompatible behaviour and the other PGE variably compatible behaviour. The examined southern African flood-type basalts and MORB appear to offer limited prospects for magmatic sulfide ores, largely because they show little evidence for significant chalcophile metal depletion that could be the result of sulphide extraction during ascent and crystallization.Editorial responsibility: I. Parsons     

Oxygen isotope heterogeneity and disequilibria of olivine crystals in large volume Holocene basalts from Iceland: Evidence for magmatic digestion and erosion of Pleistocene hyaloclastites

This work considers petrogenesis of the largest Holocene basaltic fissure eruptions of Iceland, which are also the largest in the world: Laki (1783-84 AD, 15 km³), Eldgjá (934 AD, 18 km³), Veidivötn (900, 1480 AD, multiple eruptions, >2 km³), Núpahraun (ca. 4000 BP, >1 km³) and Thjórsárhraun (ca 8000 BP, >20 km³). We present oxygen isotope laser fluorination analyses of 55 individual and bulk olivine crystals, coexisting individual and bulk plagioclase phenocrysts, and their host basaltic glasses with average precision of better than 0.1‰ (1SD). We also report O isotope analyses of cores and rims of 61 olivine crystals by SIMS with average precision on single spots of 0.24‰ (1SD) in 13 samples coupled with electron microprobe data for major and trace elements in these olivines. Within each individual sample, we have found that basaltic glass is relatively homogeneous with respect to oxygen isotopes, plagioclase phenocrysts exhibit crystal to crystal variability, while individual olivines span from the values in equilibrium with the low-δ¹⁸O matrix glass to those being three permil higher in δ¹⁸O than the equilibrium. Olivine cores with maximum value of 5.2‰ are found in many of these basalts and suggest that the initial magma was equilibrated with normal-δ¹⁸O mantle. No olivines or their intracrystalline domains are found with bulk or spot value higher than those found in MORB olivines. The δ¹⁸O variability of 0.3-3‰ exists for olivine grains from different lavas, and variable core-to-rim oxygen isotopic zoning is present in selected olivine grains. Many olivines in the same sample are not zoned, while a few grains are zoned with respect to oxygen isotopes and exhibit small core-to-core variations in Fe-Mg, Ni, Mn, Ca. Grains that are zoned in both Mg# and δ¹⁸O exhibit positive correlation of these two parameters. Electron microprobe analysis shows that most olivines equilibrated with the transporting melt, and thin Fe-richer rim is present around many grains, regardless of the degree of olivine-melt oxygen isotope disequilibrium.The preservation of isotopic and compositional zoning in selected grains, and subtle to severe Δ¹⁸O (melt-olivine) and Δ¹⁸O (plagioclase-olivine) disequilibria suggests rather short crystal residence times of years to centuries. Synglacially-altered upper crustal, tufaceous hyaloclastites of Pleistocene age serve as a viable source for low-δ¹⁸O values in Holocene basalts through assimilation, mechanical and thermal erosion, and devolatilization of stoped blocks. Cumulates formed in response to cooling during assimilation, and xenocrysts derived from hyaloclastites, contribute to the diverse δ¹⁸O crystalline cargo. The magma plumbing systems under each fissure are likely to include a network of interconnected dikes and sills with high magma flow rates that contribute to the efficacy of magmatic erosion of large quantities (10-60% mass) of hyaloclastites required by isotopic mass balance.Olivine diversity and the pervasive lack of phenocryst-melt oxygen isotopic equilibrium suggest that a common approach of analyzing bulk olivine for oxygen isotopes, as a proxy for the basaltic melt or to infer mantle δ¹⁸O value, needs to proceed with caution. The best approach is to analyze olivine crystals individually and demonstrate their equilibrium with matrix.     

阿尔泰阿斯喀尔特Be-Nb-Mo矿床年代学、锆石Hf同位素研究及其意义

阿斯喀尔特Be-Nb-Mo矿床位于新疆阿尔泰东段可可托海伟晶岩矿集区,Be储量达大型,产出宝石并伴生Nb、Mo、Ga矿化。该矿床同时发育花岗岩型与伟晶岩型两类稀有金属矿化,晚阶段有辉钼矿、黄铁矿等硫化物发育,在阿尔泰伟晶岩省具有独特性。本文对矿区内的白云母钠长花岗岩、Be矿化白云母钠长花岗岩以及条带状伟晶岩进行锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb定年及Hf同位素研究,对伟晶岩中不同产状的辉钼矿进行Re-Os同位素定年。获得的锆石238U/206Pb加权平均年龄分别为219.2±2.9Ma、222.6±4.6Ma与218.2±3.9Ma,辉钼矿Re-Os加权平均年龄为218.6±1.3Ma,表明伟晶岩形成稍晚于花岗岩,花岗-伟晶岩系统的演化时间较短;锆石εHf(t)值分别为-0.72~+1.33、-0.36~+1.99与-0.45~+0.38,t DM C模式年龄分别为1169~1298Ma、1130~1279Ma与1229~1282Ma,表明花岗岩与伟晶岩具有类似的源区,以前寒武纪微陆块的壳源物质为主。花岗岩与伟晶岩形成于后造山板内演化阶段,与加厚地壳的熔融有关。根据矿化组合、源区特征并结合大地构造背景,提出阿斯喀尔特伟晶岩属于LCT型。地质、地球化学及年代学特征表明白云母钠长花岗岩为伟晶岩的成矿母岩。     

Response of zircon to melting and metamorphism in deep arc crust,Fiordland (New Zealand): implications for zircon inheritance in cordilleran granites

The Cretaceous Mount Daniel Complex (MDC) in northern Fiordland, New Zealand was emplaced as a 50 m-thick dyke and sheet complex into an active shear zone at the base of a Cordilleran magmatic arc. It was emplaced below the 20–25 km-thick, 125.3?±?1.3 Ma old Western Fiordland Orthogneiss (WFO) and is characterized by metre-scale sheets of sodic, low and high Sr/Y diorites and granites. 119.3?±?1.2 Ma old, pre-MDC lattice dykes and 117.4?±?3.1 Ma late-MDC lattice dykes constrain the age of the MDC itself. Most dykes were isoclinally folded as they intruded, but crystallised within this deep-crustal, magma-transfer zone as the terrain cooled and was buried from 25 to 50 km (9–14 kbar), based on published P-T estimated from the surrounding country rocks. Zircon grains formed under these magmatic/granulite facies metamorphic conditions were initially characterized by conservatively assigning zircons with oscillatory zoning as igneous and featureless rims as metamorphic, representing 54% of the analysed grains. Further petrological assignment involved additional parameters such as age, morphology, Th/U ratios, REE patterns and Ti-in-zircon temperature estimates. Using this integrative approach, assignment of analysed grains to metamorphic or igneous groupings improved to 98%. A striking feature of the MDC is that only?~?2% of all igneous zircon grains reflect emplacement, so that the zircon cargo was almost entirely inherited, even in dioritic magmas. Metamorphic zircons of MDC show a cooler temperature range of 740–640 °C, reflects the moderate ambient temperature of the lower crust during MDC emplacement. The MDC also provides a cautionary tale: in the absence of robust field and microstructural relations, the igneous-zoned zircon population at 122.1?±?1.3 Ma, derived mostly from inherited zircons of the WFO, would be meaningless in terms of actual magmatic emplacement age of MDC, where the latter is further obscured by younger (ca. 114 Ma) metamorphic overgrowths. Thus, our integrative approach provides the opportunity to discriminate between igneous and metamorphic zircon within deep-crustal complexes. Also, without the tight field relations at Mt Daniel, the scatter beyond a statistically coherent group might be ascribed to the presence of “antecrysts”, but it is clear that the WFO solidified before the MDC was emplaced, and these older “igneous” grains are inherited. The bimodal age range of inherited igneous grains, dominated by ~?125 Ma and 350–320 Ma age clusters, indicate that the adjacent WFO and a Carboniferous metaigneous basement were the main sources of the MDC magmas. Mafic lenses, stretched and highly attenuated into wisps within the MDC and dominated by ~?124 Ma inherited zircons, are considered to be entrained restitic material from the WFO. A comparison with lower- and upper-crustal, high Sr/Y metaluminous granites elsewhere in Fiordland shows that zircon inheritance is common in the deep crust, near the source region, but generally much less so in coeval, shallow magma chambers (plutons). This is consistent with previous modelling on rapid zircon dissolution rates and high Zr saturation concentrations in metaluminous magmas. Accordingly, unless unusual circumstances exist, such as MDC preservation in the deep crust, low temperatures of magma generation, or rapid emplacement and crystallization at higher structural levels, information on zircon inheritance in upper crustal, Cordilleran plutons is lost during zircon dissolution, along with information on the age, nature and variety of the source material. The observation that dioritic magmas can form at these low temperatures (<?750 °C) also suggests that the petrogenesis of mafic rocks in the arc root might need to be re-assessed.     

Two types of gneisses associated with eclogite at Shuanghe in the Dabie terrane: carbon isotope, zircon U–Pb dating and oxygen isotope

There are two types of gneisses, biotite paragneiss and granitic orthogneiss, to be closely associated with UHP eclogite at Shuanghe in the Dabie terrane. Both concentration and isotope composition of bulk carbon in apatite and host gneisses were determined by the EA-MS online technique. Structural carbonate within the apatite was detected by the XRD and FTIR techniques. Significant ¹³C-depletion was observed in the apatite with δ¹³C values of −28.6‰ to −22.3‰ and the carbon concentrations of 0.70–4.98 wt.% CO₂ despite a large variation in δ¹⁸O from −4.3‰ to +10.6‰ for these gneisses. There is significant heterogeneity in both δ¹³C and δ¹⁸O within the gneisses on the scale of several tens meters, pointing to the presence of secondary processes after the UHP metamorphism. Considerable amounts of carbonate carbon occur in some of the gneisses that were also depleted in ¹³C primarily, but subjected to overprint of ¹³C-rich CO₂-bearing fluid after the UHP metamorphism. The ¹³C-depleted carbon in the gneisses is interpreted to be inherited from their precursors that suffered meteoric–hydrothermal alteration before plate subduction. Both low δ¹³C values and structural carbonate in the apatite suggest the presence of ¹³C-poor CO₂ in the UHP metamorphic fluid. The ¹³C-poor CO₂ is undoubtedly derived from oxidation of organic matter in the subsurface fluid during the prograde UHP metamorphism.

Zircons from two samples of the granitic orthogneiss exhibit low δ¹⁸O values of −4.1‰ to −1.1‰, demonstrating that its protolith was significantly depleted in ¹⁸O prior to magma crystallization. U–Pb discordia datings for the ¹⁸O-depleted zircons yield Neoproterozoic ages of 724–768 Ma for the protolith of the granitic orthogneiss, consistent with protolith ages of most eclogites and orthogneisses from the other regions in the Dabie–Sulu orogen. Therefore, the meteoric–hydrothermal alteration is directly dated to occur at mid-Neoproterozoic, and may be correlated with the Rodinia supercontinental breakup and the snowball Earth event. It is thus deduced that the igneous protolith of the granitic orthogneiss and some eclogites would intrude into the older sequences composing the sedimentary protoliths of the biotite paragneiss and some eclogites along the northern margin of the Yangtze plate at mid-Neoproterozoic, and drove local meteoric–hydrothermal circulation systems in which both ¹³C- and ¹⁸O-depleted fluid interacted with the protoliths of these UHP rocks now exposed in the Dabie terrane.     

U-Pb zircon dating,Sr-Nd isotope and petrogenesis of Sarduiyeh granitoid in SE of the UDMA,Iran: implication for the source origin and magmatic evolution

ABSTRACT

The Sarduiyeh granitoid (SG) is intruded in the southeastern part of the Dehaj-Sarduiyeh volcano-sedimentary belt in the southeastern end of the Urumieh-Dokhtar Magmatic Arc (UDMA) in Iran. The medium-to-coarse-grained granitoid unit, with granular texture consists mainly of diorite, tonalite, granodiorite and monzogranitic rocks. Mineralogically, these rocks consist mainly of plagioclase, K-feldspar, quartz, biotite and hornblende. The whole rock geochemical analyses indicates that the SG is calc-alkaline, I-type, metaluminous, enriched in large ion lithophile elements (LILE; such as K, Cs, Pb) and depleted in high field strength elements (HFSE; such as Ti, Nb, Ta, Zr). Chondrite normalized plot of SG rare earth elements (REE) show light rare earth element enrichments with (La_N/Yb_N = 2.44–8.68) and flat heavy rare earth element patterns with (Gd_N/Yb_N = 1.02–1.36). The rather high Y (av. 19.35 ppm), low Sr content (av. 293.76 ppm) and low Cr and Ni contents (av. 20.1 and 4.69 ppm, respectively) of the SG demonstrate its normal calc-alkaline and non-adakitic nature, the features of Jebal Barez-type granitoids. The geochemical characteristics and isotopic composition, low I_Sr (0.7046–0.7049) and positive ?^tNd (+3.4 to +4.03) values, of the SG suggest that its parental magma formed as a result of partial melting from metabasic rocks of lower crust in a subduction-related arc setting. Fractionation of an assemblage dominated by plagioclase, K-feldspar, amphibole and magnetite may have been responsible for the evolution of the SG magma. U-Pb zircon geochronology gives an age of 27.95 ± 0.27 Ma for the SG, suggesting that the final collision between the Arabian plate and Central Iranian microcontinent may have happened in the Late Oligocene.     

Geochemistry and Sr-Nd isotope systematics of metabasites in the Tunchang area, Hainan Island, South China: implications for petrogenesis and tectonic setting

Summary The metabasites in Tunchang area, East-central Hainan Island, South China generally display strongly LREE-depleted patterns, extremely low HFSE concentrations and relatively high LILE contents; a few boninite-like samples have a concave-up, slightly LREE-enriched pattern. The low but variable Ti/V ratios between 6 and 20, and the high mg-numbers and Cr, Co, Ni contents, are indicative of plume-influenced intraoceanic arc magmas. It accord with this model are moderately high ɛ_Nd(t) values ranging from +2.16 to +6.75, and ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr_i values ranging from 0.70239 to 0.70824. These geochemical features imply that the protoliths for the Tunchang area metabasites are relics of an intra-oceanic island arc and the parental melts of these rocks were generated from a depleted, primitive mantle arc source rather than from a N-MORB source in a supra-subduction zone-like setting. The minor geochemical differences between the two identified groups of metabasites are due to a combined result of the variable degree of partial melting and the crystal fractionation of clinoproxene ± olivine ± plagioclase. The Tunchang area metabasites are distinctive in geochemical and isotopic compositions, and likely also in age from the Bangxi area metabasites in the northwestern part of Hainan Island. We assume that the NE–SW trending Baisha Fault Zone likely marks an early suture zone due to the collision of an Early Paleozoic intra-oceanic arc with the South China continent. In contrast, the Bangxi area metabasites more likely are formed in an extensional back-arc basin due to subduction of the Paleo-Tethys beneath the South China continental margin during the Late Paleozoic. Present address: Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province 510640, People’s Republic of China Authors’ addresses: Deru Xu, Bin xia, Pengchun Li, Guanghao Chen, Tao Chen, Key Lab of Marginal Sea Geology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province 510640, People’s Republic of China; Bakun-Czubarow Nonna, Bachlinski Robert, Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geological Sciences, Institute of Geological Sciences, ul. Twarda 51/55, 00-818 Warszawa, Poland     

Geochemistry and zircon Hf isotopes of the Early Mesozoic intrusive rocks in the south Hunchun,Yanbian area,Northeast China: petrogenesis and implications for crustal growth

This paper presents major element, trace element, and new zircon Hf isotopic data for the Early Mesozoic intrusive rocks in the south Hunchun, Yanbian area, Northeast China. These data are used to constrain the petrogenesis of these intrusive rocks and their implications for the Phanerozoic continental growth of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB). Combining geology, geochronology, and whole-rock geochemistry, we identify three distinct episodes of magmatism as Early–Middle Triassic (249–237 Ma), Late Triassic (224–206 Ma), and Early Jurassic (200–187 Ma). The Early–Middle Triassic (249–237 Ma) adakitic tonalite and granodiorite were produced by the partial melting of subducted oceanic slabs, and the melts were contaminated by mantle peridotite during their ascent, whereas the coeval non-adakitic diorite and monzogranite were most likely derived from partial melting of crustal material. The remarkably high zircon Hf isotopic signature (ε_Hf(t) = + 9.4 – +18.9), the enrichment in large-ion lithophile element and light rare earth elements, and the depletion in high field strength element suggest that these 224 Ma gabbros were derived from the partial melting of depleted mantle modified by subduction-related fluids. The 212 Ma monzogranite was most likely derived from juvenile material mixed with old crustal material as evidenced by their high SiO₂, low MgO, and low Cr concentrations and variable ε_Hf(t) values (–4.6 to +10.0). Except for the 197 Ma tonalites with affinity to the high silica adakites, the overall geochemical evolution of Early Jurassic (200–187 Ma) rocks was consistent with fractional crystallization from quartz diorite, granodiorite, and monzogranite to syenogranite. Both the Early Jurassic syn-subduction lateral continental growth by accretion of arc complexes and the Late Triassic post-collisional vertical continental growth by accretion of mantle-derived material played an important role in the Phanerozoic continental growth of the CAOB.     

西南三江临沧花岗岩基成因与构造启示:元素地球化学、锆石U-Pb年代学及Hf同位素约束

昌宁-孟连缝合带系中国西南三江特提斯造山带一条重要的古特提斯主洋残余,在洋盆消减过程中发生了强烈岩浆作用,形成了以临沧花岗岩基为代表的平行缝合带的大规模物质-热活动产物。其为理解古特提斯洋俯冲和闭合过程提供了良好窗口。本文对出露于临沧岩基中部临沧地区的花岗岩类进行了全岩元素地球化学、锆石U-Pb年代学和Hf同位素组成研究。实验样品锆石~(206)Pb/~(238)U加权年龄为215.5±0.4Ma(MSWD=2.8,n=23),反映岩浆岩侵位于晚三叠世。花岗岩主要属于高钾钙碱性系列,岩性为花岗闪长岩和二长花岗岩,高铝饱和指数(A/CNK=1.09～1.17)和刚玉分子数(1%)显示了过铝质特征。样品富集轻稀土元素(LREE/HREE=6.29～17.01,(La/Yb)_N=6.36～33.5)和大离子亲石元素,亏损Nb、Ta等高场强元素。锆石Hf同位素分布集中,ε_(Hf)(t)均为负值(-15.9～-9.08),Hf地壳模式年龄较老(1.6～1.9Ga),全岩Zr饱和温度(734～779℃)较低,指示了临沧花岗岩主体系古老地壳基底部分熔融产物,无明显地幔物质加入。S型花岗岩源区包括泥质岩和硬砂质岩两种,本文研究临沧花岗岩源区主要为硬砂质岩。明显Eu负异常(δEu=0.19～0.58)和较低分异指数(DI=73～82),反映源区存在斜长石和角闪石等的残留。文章进一步总结并分析了前人岩石地球化学和同位素数据,结果表明临沧岩基花岗岩类岩石成因类型复杂多变。由晚二叠世到晚三叠世(260～200Ma),古特提斯洋由俯冲到闭合过程中,依次演化发育S型、I型和A型多种类型花岗岩。综合临沧岩基两侧与之平行的高压变质岩类和双峰式火山岩地质特征,认为临沧花岗岩类主体形成于古特提斯洋同碰撞造山(250～237Ma)和后碰撞伸展(235～203Ma)两种构造环境,早期存在少量与洋盆俯冲作用相关的岩浆岩(～252Ma)。     

南天山西段巴雷公花岗岩体的地质年代学及锆石Hf同位素特征——岩石成因及对构造演化的约束

位于中国南天山增生造山带西段的巴雷公岩体的岩石类型为黑云母二长花岗岩。岩体中2件样品的LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄为291±3 Ma和283±3 Ma。该岩体具有较高的SiO2(65.88%~72.99%)、K2O(4.23%~6.86%)和全碱含量(K2O+Na2O=7.45%~9.96%),呈现明显的Ba、Nb-Ta、Sr、P和Ti的负异常,以及轻稀土元素相对于重稀土元素的轻-中度富集和明显的Eu负异常(δEu=0.27~0.60)。上述这些特征与A型花岗岩一致。其锆石的εHf(t)值为-4.3~+1.7,二阶段Hf模式年龄为1.20~1.58 Ga。锆石Hf同位素和全岩地球化学特征暗示岩体起源于高温、低压条件下的下地壳中元古代角闪岩相变质基性火成岩的部分熔融。巴雷公岩体的围岩属于代表了南天山洋残迹的蛇绿混杂岩的一部分。巴雷公岩体无变形,侵入至蛇绿混杂岩单元中,具有"钉合岩体"的特点,从而为进一步限定洋盆闭合于二叠纪之前提供了证据。南天山增生造山带二叠纪岩体的Hf同位素均显示古老物源,揭示该增生造山带深部均为古老物质,是塔里木古老基底物质大量卷入的反映。     

Re-evaluation of linearity and precision of Gas Bench II-IRMS system and potential implications for carbon and oxygen isotope measurements on small-sized carbonate samples

In this study, the δ^13C and δ^18O values were systematically measured on NBS-18, NBS-19 and IAEA-CO-1 with different sample sizes, with the objective to examine the stability and reproducibility of previously developed linearity correction strategy especially for small-sized samples （e.g. 〈50 μg）. Firstly, the δ^13C and δ^18O values of NBS-19 standards （6-10 samples per run） with sample sizes scattered below -100 μg were determined in three different runs. The logarithmic regressions were performed on the plots of δ-values vs. peak area （sample size） for each run and the correction was applied using peak area of the first peak. Results show that two of the three data sets have almost the same regressive equations for both δ^13C and δ^18O values. The maximum difference in δ^13C values calculated by three equations when sample size varies between -10 and -100 μg is better than 0.15‰, compared with the maximum 0.82‰ for δ^18O values. Since alteration of phosphoric acids could not influence carbon isotope, the 〈0.15‰ difference in calculated δ^13C values should reflect the stability of mass spectrometer conditions. In contrast, the large difference in regressive equations for δ^18O values may be attributed to changed oxygen isotope in phosphoric acids due to exchange with atmosphere through time. It means that standards with sample sizes properly distributed should be arranged in every run for subsequent linearity correction of δ^18O values of small-sized samples （e.g. marine ostracode）.     

青海“三江”北段斑岩钼铜矿带含矿斑岩地球化学、Sr-Nd-Pb同位素特征及地质意义

青海"三江"北段斑岩型钼铜成矿带地处青海南部地区,区内呈NW-SE向展布一系列新生代具钼铜矿化的岩体。通过对具有代表性的纳日贡玛、陆日格、打古贡卡含矿斑岩地球化学、Sr-Nd-Pb同位素特征的研究,表明"三江"北段含矿斑岩主要为过铝质的高钾钙碱性-钾玄岩系列;微量元素配分曲线总体呈右倾型,大离子亲石元素(LILE)富集,高场强元素(HFSE)亏损,具有较弱的Eu负异常,Sr-Nd-Pb同位素处于亏损地幔(MORB)与富集地幔的演化曲线上,被俯冲板片流体所交代的富集地幔可能为岩浆的源区。同时,"三江"北段斑岩源区同位素更向亏损地幔端员靠拢,而软流圈物质注入量的多少则导致了"三江"北段成矿带、玉龙成矿带岩石地球化学特征的差异。以纳日贡玛大型钼铜斑岩矿床为中心的青海南部"三江"北段斑岩型钼铜矿带的确立,暗示在青海南部仍然具有寻找大型斑岩型及岩浆期后热液型矿床的潜力。     

西藏措勤麦嘎岩基的锆石U-Pb年代学、地球化学和锆石Hf同位素:对中部拉萨地块早白垩世花岗岩类岩石成因的约束

西藏中部拉萨地块大规模早白垩世花岗岩类的岩浆源区和岩石成因迄今尚未得到很好约束,对这些问题的深入理解将有助于揭示拉萨地块白垩纪时期的岩浆作用过程及成矿背景。本文报道了中部拉萨地块代表性花岗岩基——措勤麦嘎岩基的锆石U-Pb年代学、全岩元素地球化学、Sr-Nd同位素和锆石Hf同位素数据。本文锆石U-Pb定年结果表明,麦嘎岩基花岗质岩主要侵位于122±1Ma和113±2Ma,闪长质包体与后者同期(113±2Ma)。122±1Ma花岗质岩属I型弱过铝质高钾钙碱性系列,(87Sr/86Sr)i值高(0.7147),全岩εNd(t)(-12.0)和锆石εHf(t)(-15.7～-11.1)为较大的负值,表明其很可能来源于古老下地壳物质的重熔。113±2Ma寄主花岗质岩为I型偏铝质-弱过铝质高钾钙碱性系列,相对于122±1Ma花岗质岩石,其(87Sr/86Sr)i比值偏低(0.7094～0.7156)、全岩εNd(t)值(-12.1～-7.3)和锆石εHf(t)值(-11.1～0.1)较高,很可能来源于古老下地壳物质的部分熔融,并含有更多幔源物质。闪长质包体(113±2Ma)为偏铝质中-高钾钙碱性系列,以变化范围大的(87Sr/86Sr)i(0.7058～0.7105)、负的全岩εNd(t)值(-10.7～-9.8)及负的锆石εHf(t)值(-14.0～-5.6)为特征,可能是古老富集岩石圈地幔物质部分熔融的产物或亏损地幔物质经历强烈地壳混染作用的结果。在目前已有资料条件下(缺乏同期基性岩石的相关数据),本文暂将麦嘎岩基113±2Ma寄主花岗质岩及同期闪长质包体解释为镁铁质岩浆与长英质岩浆发生不同程度岩浆混合作用的产物,这一解释可能对中部拉萨地块同期花岗类的岩石成因具普遍意义。麦嘎岩基及中部拉萨地块同期岩浆岩约113Ma幔源物质增加现象,可能是南向俯冲的班公湖-怒江洋壳岩石圈板片断离的结果。     

Preservation of oxygen isotope compositions in granulites from Northwestern Canada and Enderby Land,Antarctica: implications for high-temperature isotopic thermometry

 Preservation of high-temperature mineral isotopic compositions is necessary for successful high-temperature isotopic thermometry. Other requirements include large fractionations between constituent minerals, well-calibrated equilibria, carefully designed sampling strategies and data handling techniques that quantitatively account for retrograde exchange. Here, we apply isotopic thermometry and data handling techniques to calculate and contrast mineral-pair apparent temperature data and observed closure temperature data (T _c-observed) (cf. Farquhar et al. 1993) for the very high temperature (>900°C), dry granulites of the Taltson Magmatic Zone of Northwestern Canada and the Napier Complex of Enderby Land, Antarctica. The isotopic compositions of garnet grains from both terrains reflect high temperature conditions (>950°C) and point to this mineral as an excellent candidate for isotopic thermometry. The isotopic compositions of quartz, pyroxene, ilmenite and magnetite indicate that they equilibrated to lower temperature conditions (<900°C) due to faster rates of oxygen diffusion in these minerals, possibly enhanced by exsolution and ductile deformation, compared with garnet. Our temperature data for garnet and pyroxene are ≈200°C higher than is possible to explain by existing “wet” diffusion data, but is consistent with “dry” diffusion data, suggesting that the extremely dry nature of these rocks may have played a significant role in the preservation of high-temperature isotopic compositions. Both quartz and magnetite exhibit subgrain features, indicative of ductile deformation. Quartz-magnetite temperatures from the Napier complex are similar to those inferred for a late (D3) deformation and are lower than those predicted by “dry” diffusion data. We infer that the quartz-magnetite isotopic fractionations reflect deformation-enhanced exchange that accompanied D3. Garnet in these same samples did not undergo ductile deformation and did not exchange oxygen with coexisiting phases during cooling. This may reflect strain partitioning between less easily deformed, low abundance garnet and more easily deformed matrix quartz and magnetite. The resistance of garnet to ductile deformation in these rocks is a second reason why garnet is suitable for isotopic thermometry. Received: 6 February 1996 / Accepted: 25 April 1996     

西天山高压脉及主岩的氧同位素研究——古俯冲带深部流体及俯冲特征的启示

位于中国南天山的西天山高压变质带代表了伊犁-中天山与塔里木两个板块间古生代南天山洋的古俯冲混杂岩带.高压变质带内广泛发育高压脉.为探讨古俯冲深部流体来源及运移特点及板块俯冲特征,对高压脉和主岩的全岩及主要的高压变质矿物的氧同位素进行了分析.高压脉的δ18O值变化于+8.28‰与+10.70‰之间,多数在+9.50‰±1范围内.基性变质岩的主岩与高压脉具相似的氧同位素组成,变化于+9.25‰～+10.10‰之间.高压脉和主岩的全岩δ18O值变化不大.高压脉与相邻主岩间、同一高压脉中间与边部间氧同位素组成的变化没有明显的规律,一般变化不大,对于大多数脉-主岩对,变化小于1‰.与全岩完全不同的是,单矿物氧同位素组成显示出很大的变化范围,石英、石榴石、绿辉石的δ18O值分别为+11.40‰～+15.20‰,+3.59‰～+11.60‰和+8.30‰～+13.05‰,多硅白云母和蓝闪石δ18O的变化较小,分别为+10.00‰～+11.10‰和+9.26‰～+9.94‰.榴辉质岩石中高压变质矿物间氧同位素分馏广泛不平衡.全岩氧同位素组成特征表明,俯冲带深部流体主体来自邻近主岩,外来流体对氧同位素贡献有限.单矿物氧同位素广泛不平衡特征可能指示古俯冲带俯冲板片的快速俯冲和折返以及部分外来流体的参与.     

Origin of epigenetic calcite in coal from Antarctica and Ohio based on isotope compositions of oxygen,carbon and strontium

Isotopic compositions of oxygen, carbon and strontium of calcite cleats in coal seams of southern Victoria Land, Antarctica, and Tuscarawas County, Ohio, contain a record of the conditions a the time of their formation. The Antarctic calcites (δ ¹⁸O(SMOW) = +9.14 to +11.82%₀) were deposited from waters enriched in ¹⁶O whose isotopic composition was consistent with that of meteoric precipitation at low temperature and high latitude. The carbon of the calcite cleats (δ ¹³C(PDB) = ?15.6 to ?16.9%₀) was derived in part from the coal (δ ¹³C(PDB) = ?23.5 to ?26.7%₀) as carbon dioxide and by oxidation of methane or other hydrocarbon gases. The strontium (${}^{87}\text{Sr}{}^{86}\text{Sr}\text{= 0.71318–0.72392)}$ originated primarily from altered feldspar grains in the sandstones of the Beacon Supergroup.Calcite cleats in the Kittaning No. 6 coal seam of Ohio (δ ¹⁸O(SMOW) = +26.04 to +27.79%₀) were deposited from waters that had previously exchanged oxygen, possibly with marine carbonate at depth. The carbon (δ ¹³C(PDB) = 0.9 to +2.4%₀) is enriched in ¹³C even though that cleats were deposited in coal that is highly enriched in ¹²C and apparently originated from marine carbonates. Strontium in the cleats ($\text{Sr}\text{87}$ 0.71182–0.71260) is not of marine origin but contains varying amounts of radiogenic ⁸⁷Sr presumably derived from detrital Rb-bearing minerals in the adjacent sedimentary rocks. The results of this study suggest that calcite cleats in coal of southern Victoria Land, Antarctica, were deposited after the start of glaciation in Cenozoic time and that those in Ohio precipitated from formation waters derived from the underlying marine carbonate rocks, probably in the recent geologic past.     

Microscale oxygen isotope variations in 1.9 Ga Gunflint cherts: Assessments of diagenesis effects and implications for oceanic paleotemperature reconstructions

Variations in the oxygen isotope composition (δ¹⁸O) of five cherts from the 1.9 Ga Gunflint iron formation (Canada) were studied at the micrometer scale by ion microprobe to try to better understand the processes that control δ¹⁸O values in cherts and to improve seawater paleotemperature reconstructions. Gunflint cherts show clearly different δ¹⁸O values for different types of silica with for instance a difference of ≈15‰ between detrital quartz and microquartz. Microquartz in the five samples is characterized by large intra sample variations in δ¹⁸O values, (δ¹⁸O of quartz varies from 4.6‰ to 6.6‰ at the 20 μm scale and from ≈12‰ to 14‰ at 2 μm scale). Isotopic profiles in microquartz adjacent to hydrothermal quartz veins demonstrate that microquartz more than ≈200 μm away from the veins has preserved its original δ¹⁸O value.At the micrometer spatial resolution of the ion probe, data reveal that microquartz has preserved a considerable δ¹⁸O heterogeneity that must be regarded as a signature inherited from its diagenetic history. Modelling of the δ¹⁸O variations produced during the diagenetic transformation of sedimentary amorphous silica precursors into microquartz allows us to calculate seawater temperature (T_sw at which the amorphous silica precipitated) and diagenesis temperature (T_diagenesis at which microquartz formed) that reproduce the δ¹⁸O distributions (mean, range and shape) measured at micrometer scale in microquartz. The two critical parameters in this modelling are the δ¹⁸O value and the mass fraction of the diagenetic fluid. Under these assumptions, the most likely ranges for T_sw and T_diagenesis are from 37 to 52 °C and from 130 to 170 °C, respectively.     

Feldspathic clasts in Yamato-86032: Remnants of the lunar crust with implications for its formation and impact history

Low concentrations of Th and Fe in the Yamato (Y)-86032 bulk meteorite support earlier suggestions that Y-86032 comes from a region of the moon far distant from the Procellarum KREEP Terrain (PKT), probably from the lunar farside. ³⁹Ar–⁴⁰Ar, Rb–Sr, Sm–Nd, and Sm-isotopic studies characterize the chronology of Y-86032 and its precursors in the mega regolith. One of the rock types present in a light gray breccia lithology is an anorthosite characterized by plagioclase with An 93, i.e., more sodic than lunar FANs, but with very low ⁸⁷Rb/⁸⁶Sr and ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr similar to those of FANs. (FAN stands for Ferroan Anorthosite). This “An93 anorthosite” has Nd-isotopic systematics similar to those of nearside norites. A FAN-like “An97 anorthosite” is present in a second light-colored feldspathic breccia clast and has a more negative ε_Nd value consistent with residence in a LREE-enriched environment as would be provided by an early plagioclase flotation crust on the Lunar Magma Ocean (LMO). This result contrasts with generally positive values of ε_Nd for Apollo 16 FANs suggesting the possibility of assymetric development of the LMO. Other possible explanations for the dichotomy in ε_Nd values are advanced in the text. The Y-86032 protolith formed at least 4.43 ± 0.03 Ga ago as determined from a Sm–Nd isochron for mineral fragments from the breccia clast composed predominantly of An93 anorthosite and a second clast of more varied composition. We interpret the mineral fragments as being predominatly from a cogenetic rock suite. An ³⁹Ar–⁴⁰Ar age of 4.36–4.41 ± 0.035 Ga for a third clast composed predominantly of An97 anorthosite supports an old age for the protolith. Initial ¹⁴³Nd/¹⁴⁴Nd in that clast was −0.64 ± 0.13 ε-units below ¹⁴³Nd/¹⁴⁴Nd in reservoirs having chondritic Sm/Nd ratios, consistent with prior fractionation of mafic cumulates from the LMO. A maximum in the ³⁹Ar–⁴⁰Ar age spectrum of 4.23 ± 0.03 Ga for a second sample of the same feldspathic breccia clast probably reflects some diffusive ⁴⁰Ar loss. Lack of solar wind and lunar atmosphere implanted Ar in the light gray breccia clast allows determination of an ³⁹Ar/⁴⁰Ar age of 4.10 ± 0.02 Ga, which is interpreted as the time of initial brecciation of this litholgy. After correction for implanted lunar atmosphere ⁴⁰Ar, impact melt and dark regolith clasts give Ar ages of 3.8 ± 0.1 Ga implying melt formation and final breccia assembly 3.8 Ga ago. Some breccia lithologies were exposed to thermal neutron fluences of 2 × 10¹⁵ n/cm², only about 1% of the fluence experienced by some other lunar highlands meteorites. Other lithologies experienced neutron fluences of 1 × 10¹⁵ n/cm². Thus, Y-86032 spent most of the time following final brecciation deeply buried in the megaregolith. The neutron fluence data are consistent with cosmogenic ³⁸Ar_cos cosmic ray exposure ages of 10 Ma. Variations among differing lithologies in the amount of several regolith exposure indicators, including cosmogenic noble gas abundances, neutron capture induced variations in Sm isotopic abundances, and Ir contents, are consistent with a period of early (>3.8 Ga ago) lunar regolith exposure, subsequent deep burial at >5 m depth, and ejection from the moon 7–10 Ma ago.     

Dissolution of orthopyroxene in basanitic magma between 0.4 and 2 GPa: further implications for the origin of Si-rich alkaline glass inclusions in mantle xenoliths

A large body of recent work has linked the origin of Si-Al-rich alkaline glass inclusions to metasomatic processes in the upper mantle. This study examines one possible origin for these glass inclusions, i.e., the dissolution of orthopyroxene in Si-poor alkaline (basanitic) melt. Equilibrium dissolution experiments between 0.4 and 2 GPa show that secondary glass compositions are only slightly Si enriched and are alkali poor relative to natural glass inclusions. However, disequilibrium experiments designed to examine dissolution of orthopyroxene by a basanitic melt under anhydrous, hydrous and CO₂-bearing conditions show complex reaction zones consisting of olivine, ± clinopyroxene and Si-rich alkaline glass similar in composition to that seen in mantle xenoliths. Dissolution rates are rapid and dependent on volatile content. Experiments using an anhydrous solvent show time dependent dissolution rates that are related to variable diffusion rates caused by the saturation of clinopyroxene in experiments longer than 10 minutes. The reaction zone glass shows a close compositional correspondence with natural Si-rich alkaline glass in mantle-derived xenoliths. The most Si-and alkali-rich melts are restricted to pressures of 1 GPa and below under anhydrous and CO₂-bearing conditions. At 2 GPa glass in hydrous experiments is still Si-␣and alkali-rich whereas glass in the anhydrous and CO₂-bearing experiments is only slightly enriched in SiO₂ and alkalis compared with the original solvent. In the low pressure region, anhydrous and hydrous solvent melts yield glass of similar composition whereas the glass from CO₂-bearing experiments is less SiO₂ rich. The mechanism of dissolution of orthopyroxene is complex involving rapid incongruent breakdown of the orthopyroxene, combined with olivine saturation in the reaction zone forming up to 60% olivine. Inward diffusion of CaO causes clinopyroxene saturation and uphill diffusion of Na and K give the glasses their strongly alkaline characteristics. Addition of Na and K also causes minor SiO₂ enrichment of the reaction glass by increasing the phase volume of olivine. Olivine and clinopyroxene are transiently stable phases within the reaction zone. Clinopyroxene is precipitated from the reaction zone melt near the orthopyroxene crystal and redissolved in the outer part of the reaction zone. Olivine defines the thickness of the reaction zone and is progressively dissolved in the solvent as the orthopyroxene continues to dissolve. Although there are compelling reasons for supporting the hypothesis that Si-rich alkaline melts are produced in the mantle by orthopyroxene – melt reaction in the mantle, there are several complications particularly regarding quenching in of disequilibrium reaction zone compositions and the mobility of highly polymerized melts in the upper mantle. It is considered likely that formation of veins and pools of Si-rich alkaline glass by orthopyroxene – melt reaction is a common process during the ascent of xenoliths. However, reaction in situ within the mantle will lead to equilibration and therefore secondary melts will be only moderately siliceous and alkali poor. Received: 24 August 1998 / Accepted: 2 December 1998     

An oxygen isotope study of two contrasting orogenic vein gold systems in the Meguma Terrane, Nova Scotia, Canada, with implications for fluid sources and genetic models

Sampling of quartz vein material from two gold deposits of similar geological setting but different ages (The Ovens, 408?Ma; Dufferin, 380?Ma) in the Meguma Terrane of Nova Scotia has been done to compare and contrast their ??¹⁸O_quartz signatures. Despite different ages of formation, quartz from all vein types in each of the deposits (i.e. saddle-reef, bedding-concordant leg reefs, en echelon, discordant) shows limited intra-deposit variation with similar average ??¹⁸O values of +15.2?±?0.9?? (n?=?16) for The Ovens and +15.7?±?0.6?? (n?=?12) for Dufferin. Using an average ??¹⁸O value of +15.4?? for the two deposits, the corresponding ??¹⁸O_H2O values, calculated for 400°C and 350°C based on constraints from mineral assemblages and fluid inclusion studies, indicate averages of 11.4?±?0.2?? and +10.2?±?0.2??, respectively. The isotopic data indicate that: (1) the vein-forming fluids have a metamorphic signature, (2) all vein types in the two deposits represent formation from a single, isotopically homogeneous fluid, and (3) a fluid of similar isotopic signature was generated by two contrasting tectono-thermal events in the Meguma Terrane that were separated by 30?Ma. Integration of these results with previously published data for 14 Meguma gold deposits indicate a general stratigaphic dependence in ??¹⁸O_H2O values for deposits when arranged in their relative stratigraphic position such that ??¹⁸O_H2O values increase upwards in the stratigraphy. This apparent trend cannot be explained by models involving either fluid mixing or cooling of the vein-forming fluids, but instead is modelled using fluid/rock interaction taking into account a change in the modal mineralogy of the metasedimentary rocks upwards in the stratigraphy.