Petrogenesis of Middle-Eocene granitoids and their Mafic microgranular enclaves in central Urmia-Dokhtar Magmatic Arc (Iran): Evidence for interaction between felsic and mafic magmas

Whole rock major and trace element geochemistry together with zircon U-Pb ages and Sr-Nd isotope compositions for the Middle Eocene intrusive rocks in the Haji Abad region are presented. The granitoid hosts, including granodiorite and diorite, yielded zircon U-Pb ages with a weighted mean value of 40.0 ± 0.7 Ma for the granodiorite phase. Mafic microgranular enclaves(MMEs) are common in these plutons, and have relatively low SiO_2 contents(53.04-57.08 wt.%) and high Mg#(42.6-60.1), probably reflecting a mantle-derived origin. The host rocks are metaluminous(A/CNK = 0.69-1.03), arc-related calc-alkaline, and I-type in composition, possessing higher SiO_2 contents(59.7-66.77 wt.%) and lower Mg#(38.6-52.2); they are considered a product of partial melting of the mafic lower crust. Chondritenormalized REE patterns of the MMEs and granitoid hosts are characterized by LREE enrichment and show slight negative Eu anomalies(Eu/Eu* = 0.60-0.93). The host granodiorite samples yield(⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr);ratios ranging from 0.70498 to 0.70591,positive eNd(t) values varying from +0.21 to +2.3, and TDM2 ranging from 760 to 909 Ma, which is consistent with that of associated mafic microgranular enclaves(⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr)i = 0.705111-0.705113, ε_Nd(t)= +2.14 to +2.16, T_DM2 = 697-785 Ma). Petrographic and geochemical characterization together with bulk rock Nd-Sr isotopic data suggest that host rocks and associated enclaves originated by interaction between basaltic lower crust-derived felsic and mantlederived mafic magmas in an active continental margin arc environment.     

伊朗大理矿区中新世成矿及无矿斑岩地球化学对比及其对成矿的启示

伊朗乌尔米耶-达克塔尔弧岩浆带(Urumieh-Dokhtar magmatic arc,UDMA)是特提斯域最重要的斑岩铜矿省,发育大量中新世大型超-大型斑岩铜矿床;同时,该带也发育大量同时代无矿岩体,但控制岩体成矿潜力的关键因素尚不清楚.为此,选择该带中段、成矿及无矿岩体同时发育的大理矿区,针对成矿及无矿岩体开展了系统的锆石岩相学、年代学、微量元素地球化学及Hf同位素地球化学对比.结果显示,无矿闪长岩(锆石U-Pb年龄:17.4±0.3 Ma)比成矿石英闪长斑岩(锆石U-Pb年龄:15.6±0.1 Ma)形成略早,但近乎同期;闪长岩εHf(t)值变化介于+2^+4,石英闪长斑岩εHf(t)值变化介于+2^+5,两者具有类似的Hf同位素组成;闪长岩中锆石常含老的继承核(172~920 Ma),石英闪长斑岩则不发育继承锆石;闪长岩及石英闪长斑岩中的中新世锆石具有类似的稀土配分模式,且Eu负异常不明显,而闪长岩中的锆石继承核则显示出明显的Eu负异常,配分模式与中新世锆石不同.基于上述结果,我们提出大理矿区的两套中新世岩体具有相同的岩浆源区,但经历了不同的地壳演化过程,成矿的石英闪长斑岩浆形成后,与古老地壳没有明显交互,而无矿的闪长岩浆,在上升过程中与地壳物质、特别是古老还原性物质发生了交互,交互过程中岩浆氧逸度降低,是该套岩浆不成矿的主要原因.进而我们提出UDMA带中段斑岩成矿与否不仅与前人所认为的受岩浆源区控制,也与岩浆演化过程密不可分.     

Source Lithology and Magmatic Processes Recorded in the Mineral of Basalts from the Parece Vela Basin

Since the Early Cenozoic, the Philippine Sea Plate (PSP) has undergone a complex tectonic evolution. During this period the Parece Vela Basin (PVB) was formed by seafloor spreading in the back-arc region of the proto-Izu-Bonin-Mariana (IBM) arc. However, until now, studies of the geological, geophysical, and tectonic evolution of the PVB have been rare. In this study, we obtained in situ trace element and major element compositions of minerals in basalts collected from two sites in the southern part of the PVB. The results reveal that the basalts from site CJ09-63 were likely formed via ~10% partial melting of spinel-garnet lherzolite, while the basalts from site CJ09-64 were likely formed via 15%–25% partial melting of garnet lherzolite. The order of mineral crystallization for the basalts from site CJ09-64 was olivine, spinel, clinopyroxene, and plagioclase, while the plagioclase in the basalts from site CJ09-63 crystallized earlier than the clinopyroxene. Using a plagioclase-liquid hygrometer and an olivine-liquid oxybarometer, we determined that the basalts in this study have high H2O contents and oxygen fugacities, suggesting that the magma source of the Parece Vela basalts was affected by subduction components, which is consistent with the trace element composition of whole rock.     

Geochemistry and zircon U-Pb geochronology of Miocene plutons in the Urumieh-Dokhtar magmatic arc,east Tafresh,Central Iran

ABSTRACT

The Tafresh plutons that include Ahmadabab diorite, Vasfonjerd monzonite, Mehrezamin diorite and Chahak diorite, located to the east of Tafresh city, north-central Iran, are part of Urumieh-Dokhtar magmatic arc. U-Pb dating of zircon grains provides emplacement ages of 22.3 ± 1 Ma for the Ahmadabad diorite, and tightly clustered ages of 22.2 ± 0.2 Ma, 21.3 ± 0.2 Ma, and 21.7 ± 0.4 Ma for Vasfonjerd monzodiorite, Mehrezamin diorite-monzonite, and Chahak diorite-monzonite plutons, respectively. These rocks are metaluminous to weakly peraluminous, calc-alkaline, and characterized by enrichment in light rare earth elements, Nb-Ta negative anomalies, and high LILE/HFSE ratios. Tafresh plutonic rocks originated from a parental magma source and experienced different degrees of partial melting. Geochemical signatures of Tafresh plutonic rocks, such as a wide range of Y/Nb (2.7–8.4) and low Zr/Nb (19.5–35.) ratios, Nb/Ta (11.46–18.15), argue for mantle–crust interaction during generation of Tafresh magmas. Relatively low Nb/La ratios further indicate that the lithospheric mantle played a significant role in melt generation. HREE signatures (i.e. decrease Dy/Yb with increasing SiO₂) preclude substantial involvement of garnet either in the residue, both during partial melting and fractionation of the magma. The plutons are a product of final stages of subduction-related magmatism prior to the collision between the Arabian and Eurasian tectonic plates.     

Mineral chemistry and Ti in zircon thermometry: Insights into magmatic evolution of the Sangan igneous rocks,NE Iran

The Sangan Magmatic complex (SMC) is, a large I-type magmatic complex, located in the northeastern Iran. Zircons extracted from the intrusive and volcanic rocks within the SMC record a similar Hf compositions and REE patterns, indicating that these chemical signatures have likely been inherited from the same source and simple history of magmatic crystallization during the evolution of the orogeny. The zircon from volcanic rocks yield Ti-in-zircon crystallization temperatures of 667–1145?°C with average temperatures of 934?°C while those from granitoids indicate crystallization temperatures of 614–898?°C with an average of 812?°C. Ti-in-zircon, Ti in biotite thermometries also indicates that the crystallization temperatures of volcanic rocks are relatively higher than those of granitoids. The biotite chemistry studies reveal that this mineral crystallized at approximately 725°–800?°C and 758° to 816?°C for granitoid and volcanic rocks, respectively, which is similar to obtained temperatures by Zir-saturation of Eq. (1). T_zicsat and T_magma trend lines on the T-SiO₂ diagram cross at high silica contents of ～68?wt.%, at which temperature the magma becomes zircon-saturated and new zircons are crystallized. The zircon REE data including Ce/Ce*, Eu/Eu*, and Th/U ratios suggest that SMC igneous rocks are formed from oxidized magma. However, the zircon Th/U and Hf data suggest that the SMC became progressively more oxidized and also indicate lower temperatures from volcanic and plutonic rock with decreasing time.     

Structure and Dynamics of a Silicic Magmatic System Associated with Caldera-Forming Eruptions at Batur Volcanic Field, Bali, Indonesia

The Batur volcanic field (BVF), in Bali, Indonesia, underwenttwo successive caldera-forming eruptions that resulted in thedeposition of silicic ignimbrites. The magmas erupted duringand between these eruptions show a broad range of compositionsfrom low-SiO₂ andesite to high-SiO₂ dacite. On the basis oftheir geochemistry and mineralogy these magmas may be assignedto six groups: (1) homogeneous andesites with phenocryst compositionsessentially in equilibrium with the whole-rock composition;(2) remobilized crystal-rich low-SiO₂ andesites with resorbedphenocrysts in equilibrium with the whole-rock composition;(3) mixed low-SiO₂ dacite with a relatively large range of phenocrystcompositions, with most phenocrysts slightly too evolved tobe in equilibrium with the whole-rock; (4) extensively mixedlow-SiO₂ dacites with a very large and discontinuous range ofphenocryst compositions, with most phenocrysts either more Mg-richor more evolved than the equilibrium compositions; (5) remobilizedcrystal-rich low-SiO₂ dacites with resorbed and euhedral phenocrysts;(6) homogeneous high-SiO₂ dacites lacking evidence for magmamixing and showing narrow ranges of phenocryst compositionsin equilibrium with the whole-rock composition. This range ofsilicic magmas is interpreted to reflect a combination of closed-and open-system fractional crystallization, magma mixing andremobilization of cumulate piles by heating. The variety ofmagmas erupted simultaneously during the caldera-forming eruptionssuggests that the magmatic system consisted of several independentreservoirs of variable composition and degree of crystallization.The magmatic evolution of individual reservoirs varied fromclosed-system fractional crystallization to fully open-systemevolution, thereby resulting in simultaneous production of magmaswith contrasted compositions and mineralogy. Extensive emptyingof the magmatic system during the caldera-forming eruptionsled to successive or simultaneous eruption of several reservoirs. KEY WORDS: caldera; ignimbrite; magmatic chambers; magma mixing; petrology; Sunda Arc     

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。     

河南桐柏老湾花岗岩岩浆动力学与成矿

基于岩浆岩岩石学、流体动力学、热力学研究。本文计算了河南桐伯老湾花岗岩岩浆过程的上升速度、冷凝速度及岩浆熔体的密度、粘度、含水量等物理参数，探讨了熔体中晶体的成核密度和生长速度以及岩浆对流形式等动力学行为，并分析了它们与成矿作用的联系。研究表明，老湾花岗岩岩浆含水量为4．76％，在侵位的温度和压力下是饱和的，较高的水含量有利于矿化。老湾花岗岩熔体上升较快而冷却缓慢，晶体成核密度和生长速度较低，以挥发分为迁移形式的成分对流是熔体中成矿物质迁移、富集的主要方式。老湾花岗岩特殊的岩浆物理性质和动力学行为指示其岩浆作用与老湾金矿床的形成具有密切的成因联系。     

新疆西准噶尔塔斯阔腊岩体LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年代学、地球化学特征及地质意义

新疆西准噶尔地区晚石炭世构造背景一直存在较大争议,很大程度上制约了对该区构造演化的深入探索。本文以庙尔沟南部塔斯阔腊岩体为研究对象,进行了详细的野外地质调查、LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb同位素测年及岩石地球化学研究,旨在查明其成岩时代、岩石成因及构造背景。结果表明,该岩体岩性主要为花岗闪长岩,其中广泛发育代表岩浆混合作用的暗色镁铁质微粒包体。锆石U-Pb年代学研究显示塔斯阔腊岩体花岗闪长岩的成岩年龄为314.9±1.9Ma,属晚石炭世早期。岩石地球化学特征显示其为钙碱性准铝质—弱过铝质Ⅰ型花岗岩,岩石具有中等硅(SiO2=64.41%~66.48%)、铝(Al2O3=15.66%~16.45%)及较低镁(MgO=1.61%~1.86%)和钙(CaO=3.04%~3.26%)的特征。富集Rb、K等大离子亲石元素和Zr、Hf等高场强元素,强烈亏损Nb、Ta、Ti、P和重稀土,负Eu异常较微弱(δEu=0.32~0.68,平均0.61),与区内夏尔莆、布尔克斯台等岩浆混合花岗岩体在成岩时代、地球化学特征及岩石成因等方面有着显著的相似性。综合区域地质背景及岩浆演化,认为塔斯阔腊岩体形成于晚石炭世早期与俯冲作用相关的岛弧环境,是受俯冲流体交代的上覆地幔楔熔融形成的基性岩浆底侵下地壳,诱发下地壳玄武质岩石发生部分熔融而成,同时存在一定程度的壳幔岩浆混合作用。     

江西印支期蔡江岩体中暗色微粒包体的发现及其地质意义

文章报道了江西蔡江花岗质岩体中发现暗色微粒包体,以及这些包体的地质、岩相学、LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年代学和元素地球化学特征。包体多呈椭圆状,显示淬冷边和反向脉,具有典型的岩浆结构并含有针状磷灰石,有的包体含有长石捕虏晶。包体具有相对较低的SiO₂（低至57.05 wt%）和较高的MgO+Fe₂O₃（高达14.21 wt%）含量。LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年数据表明,包体形成于晚三叠世（224 Ma）,与寄主花岗岩（230~228 Ma）在误差范围内基本一致。上述特征表明,包体是离散的幔源偏基性岩浆团或者是幔源与寄主岩浆混合的产物。原始包体岩浆属于超钾质岩浆,可能是通过岩石圈地幔中交代成因的金云母辉石岩脉发生部分熔融而形成的。暗色微粒包体的发现为幔源岩浆底侵提供了直接证据,从而为蔡江花岗质岩石形成于较高温度提供佐证。该研究对于进一步探讨华南印支期花岗岩形成的热源机制具有意义。     

Contact metamorphism and crystal size distribution studies in the Shivar aureole,NW Iran

The Shivar pluton, a large granodiorite–monzonite intrusion in NW Iran, was intruded into Cretaceous sedimentary rocks during the Oligo‐Miocene. Its thermal aureole contains a variety of pelitic, basic and calc‐silicate hornfelses. Mineral parageneses in the pelitic and calc‐silicate hornfelses are studied here and mineralogical zones are determined. The maximum pressure of contact metamorphism is estimated to have been about 2.2 kbar on the basis of mineral parageneses in the pelitic rocks, indicating that the intrusion was emplaced no deeper than 8 km in the crust. Crystal size distribution (CSD) studies in the calc‐silicate hornfelses indicate that the degree of overstepping was high near the igneous contact. Secondary solid phases (SSP) inhibited growth of calcite grains in the calc‐silicate rocks and impure marbles. Garnet had a greater inhibitory effect as a SSP than tremolite or clinopyroxene. The time required for coarsening of calcite is calculated for two samples collected at different distances from the igneous contact. The time required for calcite coarsening is about 33 000 years for the sample 800 m from the contact and about 226 000 years for the sample 120 m from the contact. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

南岭科学钻探一孔中岩浆岩的矿物特征及其对成岩、成矿作用的指示意义

南岭科学钻探一孔(SP-NLSD-1)位于南岭成矿带与武夷山成矿带的交汇部位——赣南银坑矿田,该钻孔总进尺2967.83 m,钻遇了流纹岩、花岗闪长斑岩、花岗斑岩、辉长闪长玢岩等4种岩浆岩。各岩浆岩矿物组成简单,主要为石英、斜长石、钾长石、黑云母、角闪石及副矿物磷灰石、榍石等,岩石多发生绿泥石化、碳酸盐化、白云母化等蚀变。钾长石均以正长石为主。花岗闪长斑岩中的斜长石以中长石为主,少数为钠长石、更长石、拉长石;花岗斑岩中的斜长石以钠长石为主,少数为更长石。黑云母为富镁黑云母和镁铁黑云母。白云母均由黑云母蚀变而来,花岗闪长斑岩中的白云母具有低的AlVI、Fe/(Fe+Mg)值,花岗斑岩中的白云母具有高的AlVI、Fe/(Fe+Mg)值。磷灰石普遍含F、Cl,且F含量显著高于Cl含量。石榴石属钙铝榴石。绿泥石主要为蠕绿泥石(铁绿泥石)-密绿泥石。黑云母矿物化学特征指示花岗闪长斑岩为壳幔混源花岗岩,具有较高的氧逸度,在演化过程中发生了岩浆混合作用。根据锆石饱和温度计计算出花岗闪长斑岩、花岗斑岩、辉长闪长玢岩的结晶温度分别为810~922℃、764~819℃、742~747℃,成岩后岩浆岩经历了中高温—中低温热液蚀变作用。岩浆岩成岩时代、岩石学和岩相学所反映的岩浆演化过程、成岩物理化学条件、矿物化学特征等方面的综合信息显示,南岭科学钻探一孔中钻遇的花岗闪长斑岩与南岭地区成Cu(-Mo)-Pb-Zn-Au-Ag矿的花岗岩十分相似,应为钻孔中揭露的银金铅锌铜矿化以及牛形坝—柳木坑银金铅锌铜矿的成矿岩浆岩,而钨铋铀矿化与岩浆岩的关系还有待于进一步研究。     

Facies Analysis and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Qal’eh Dokhtar Formation (Middle–Upper Jurassic) in the West of Boshrouyeh, East Central Iran

The study area is located in the east Tabas Block in Central Iran. Facies analysis of the Qal’eh Dokhtar Formation (middle Callovian to late Oxfordian) was carried out on two stratigraphic sections and applied to depositional environment and sequence stratigraphy interpretation. This formation conformably overlies and underlies the marly-silty Baghamshah and the calcareous Esfandiar formations, respectively. Lateral and vertical facies changes documents low- to high energy environments, including tidal-flat, beach to intertidal, lagoon, barrier, and open-marine. According to these facies associations and absence of resedimentation deposits a depositional model of a mixed carbonate–siliciclastic ramp was proposed for the Qal’eh Dokhtar Formation. Seven third-order depositional sequences were identified in each two measured stratigraphic sections. Transgressive systems tracts (TSTs) show deepening upward trends, i.e. shallow water beach to intertidal and lagoonal facies, while highstand systems tracts (HST) show shallowing upward trends in which deep water facies are overlain by shallow water facies. All sequence boundaries (except at the base of the stratigraphic column) are of the no erosional (SB2) types. We conclude eustatic rather than tectonic factors played a dominant role in controlling carbonate depositional environments in the study area.     

Petrogenesis of Cogenetic Silica-Oversaturated and -Undersaturated Syenites by Periodic Recharge in a Crustally Contaminated Magma Chamber: the Kangerlussuaq Intrusion, East Greenland

The Palaeogene Kangerlussuaq Intrusion (50 Ma) of East Greenlanddisplays concentric zonation from quartz-rich nordmarkite (quartzsyenite) at the margin, through pulaskite, to foyaite (nephelinesyenite) in the centre; modal layering and igneous laminationare locally developed but there are no internal intrusive contacts.This is an apparent violation of the phase relations in Petrogeny'sResidua System. We propose that this intrusion is layered, gradingfrom quartz syenite at the bottom to nepheline syenite at thetop. Mineral and whole-rock major and trace element data andSr–Nd–Hf–Pb isotope data are presented thatprovide constraints on the petrogenesis of the intrusion. Radiogenicisotope data indicate a continuously decreasing crustal componentfrom the quartz nordmarkites (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr = 0·7061; _Ndi= 2·3; _Hfi = 5·2; ²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb_meas = 16·98)to the foyaites (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr = 0·7043–0·7044;_Ndi = 3·8–4·9; _Hfi = 10·7–11·1;²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb_meas = 17·78–17·88); the foyaitesare dominated by a mantle isotopic signature. The average Mg-numberof amphibole cores becomes increasingly primitive, varying from26·4 in the nordmarkites to 57·4 in the pulaskites.Modal layering, feldspar lamination and the presence of hugebasaltic xenoliths derived from the chamber roof, now restingon the transient chamber floor, demonstrate bottom-upwards crystallization.The intrusion cannot, therefore, have formed in a system closedto magmatic recharge. The lack of gneissic xenoliths in thenordmarkites suggests that most contamination took place deeperin the crust. In the proposed model, the nordmarkitic magmaformed during crustal assimilation in the roof zone of a large,silica-undersaturated alkali basaltic/basanitic, stratifiedmagma chamber, prior to emplacement in the uppermost crust.The more primitive syenites, terminating with foyaite at thetop of the intrusion, formed as a consequence of repeated rechargeof the Kangerlussuaq Intrusion magma chamber by tapping lesscontaminated, more primitive phonolitic melt from deeper partsof the underlying chamber during progressive armouring of theplumbing system. KEY WORDS: Kangerlussuaq; East Greenland; syenite; crustal contamination; magma mixing     

Geochemistry and Sr, Nd, Pb isotopic composition of the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP) in Guyana and Guinea

The Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP) is one of the largest igneous provinces on Earth, extending more than 5000 km north to south, on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Its emplacement occurred about 200 Ma ago, at the Triassic–Jurassic boundary, and is linked to the initial breakup of Pangaea. Two areas of the province are studied here: French Guyana/Surinam (South America) and Guinea (West Africa), in order to document the petrogenesis and geodynamical significance of high-Ti and low-Ti basaltic magmas from the CAMP.

In Guyana, doleritic and gabbroic dykes are located on the edge of the Guiana Shield, and represent limited volumes of magma. They display low SiO₂ (47–50%), high TiO₂ (2.5–3.5%) and high FeO tholeiitic trends and show variably enriched trace element patterns ((La/Yb)_n=1.5–5.1). Their isotopic signature and ratios of very incompatible elements (εNd_i=+5.8 to +4.2, (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr)_i=0.703–0.705, (²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁴Pb)_i=15.46–15.64) match a depleted PREMA (prevalent mantle)-like source. Their genesis can be modeled by ca. 15% partial melting of a lherzolite source, and a subsequent limited fractional crystallization (5–10%) or a slight upper crustal assimilation–fractional crystallization (AFC, r=0.1, Proterozoic contaminant). In Guinea, in contrast, huge volumes of CAMP magmas were intruded along the Rockelides suture and the West African craton, forming the Fouta Djalon sills and the Kakoulima laccolith. The laccolith is more than 1000 m thick. These features consist of gabbros, dolerites, diorites and mafic (gabbro) and ultramafic (dunite, wherlite) cumulates. Guinean tholeiites show high SiO₂ (51–58%), low TiO₂ (0.7–1.2%) and FeO trends, with high LILE/HFSE ratios and slight negative Nb–Ta anomalies. Isotopic signatures (εNd_i=+0.4 to −5.3, (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr)_i=0.705–0.710, (²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁴Pb)_i=15.57–15.66) indicate a more enriched source than for Guyana as well as a higher rate of magma–upper crust interaction through an AFC process (r=0.3, Birimian crust contaminant) and, probably, an additional upper crustal contamination for the most differentiated sample.

This geochemical study supports the prevalence in Guinea, as for other low-Ti CAMP tholeiites, of a lithospheric mantle source, previously enriched during ancient subduction events, and preferentially reactivated in late Triassic times by edge-driven convection between cratonic and mobile belt domains. A larger contribution from a depleted asthenospheric source is required to generate high-Ti tholeiites in Guyana, which may reflect the development of CAMP rifting towards the initiation of the Central Atlantic oceanic crust.     

Geochronological and geochemical characteristics of fractionated I-type granites associated with the skarn mineralization in the Sangan mining region,NE Iran

The Sangan mining region, which has a proven reserve of approximately 1000 Mt of 53% iron ore, is located in the Khaf-Kashmar-Bardeskan volcano-plutonic belt in northeastern Iran. The geological units in the eastern zone of the Sangan region consist of Precambrian schists, Jurassic sedimentary rocks and Tertiary subvolcanic granitoid intrusions. Iron skarn mineralization consists of stratiform and massive bodies in the carbonate rocks that are adjacent to the granitoid intrusions. Detailed field mapping revealed that 39-Ma syenitic intrusive bodies in the western and central zones of the Sangan region were the main sources of heat and fluid for the iron mineralization.A Mid-Cenozoic biotite granite pluton is associated with the eastern anomalies. However, field relationships suggested that this pluton is not the source of the metals, heat or fluids that were responsible for the iron mineralization. This pluton is rich in silica (SiO₂ contents from 66.4 to 79.1 wt%) and is characterized by high-K series with metaluminous to slightly peraluminous affinity.Geochronological (U-Pb zircon method) and geochemical data, including major and trace elements and Sr-Nd-Pb isotopes, define the complex origin of these plutons, which consist of alkaline granitoids that appear to be A-type in character but also show I-type affinity.New geochemical and isotopic data from plutons in the eastern anomalies and data from previous studies of the western and central anomalies and the southeastern intrusive rocks in the Sangan region show that these plutons have close affiliation with lower to upper crust-derived melts and were largely modified into highly fractionated I-type granite. These rocks were derived from and emplaced by varying degrees of partial melting during the Middle Eocene (Bartonian to Lutetian, 38.3–43.9 Ma) from a crustal protolith in a normal to mature volcanic continental arc setting.The Sangan granitoids were produced from crustal assimilation by a heat source from mantle melts, which are associated with the Kashmar-Neotethyan slab that subducted under Eurasia. The Khaf-Kashmar-Bardeskan igneous rocks reflect an active Cenozoic plate margin that was related to the closure of the Kashmar-Neotethyan Sea between the Lut and Eurasia blocks because of the continuous convergence between the Arabian and Iran plates during the Late Cretaceous–Early Paleocene.     

Chronology and Sources of Mesozoic Intrusive Complexes in the Xuzhou-Huainan Region, Central China: Constraints from SHRIMP Zircon U-Pb Dating

SHRIMP zircon U-Pb dating in the Liguo and Jiagou intrusives indicates that they were formed at -130 Ma in the Early Cretaceous. Most inherited zircons in the Liguo intrusive were formed at 2509±43 Ma. Most inherited and detrital zircons in the Jiagou intrusive were formed at -2500 Ma, -2000 Ma and -1800 Ma. The SHRIMP zircon U-Pb dating in two gneiss xenoliths from the Jiagou intrusive yields the ages of 2461±22 Ma and 2508±15 Ma, respectively. The dating results from inherited and detrital zircons in the intrusives and the gneiss xenoliths imply that the magmas could be derived from the partial melting of the basement of the North China Block (NCB). The magmatism is strong and extensive in the periods from 115 to 132 Ma, which is of typical bimodal characteristics. It is suggested that the lithospheric thinning in the eastern North China Block reached its peak in 115-132 Ma.     

Shape, size, spatial distribution and composition of garnet crystals in highly deformed gneiss of the Otter Lake area, Québec, and a model for garnet crystallization

Garnet–biotite–(sillimanite) gneiss (～700 °C, 7 kbar) of the Otter Lake area in the Western Grenville Province (Canadian Shield) occurs as granitic gneiss (group 4) that forms a large part of the Otter Complex, and as widely distributed, more heterogenous metasedimentary gneiss (group 2). In one sample of group 4 gneiss (Qtz₂₅ Pl₃₄ Kfs₂₈ Bt₁₀ Grt_2.5 Sil₁) the true diameter (determined by serial grinding) of subhedral garnet crystals ranges from 0.2 to 3.0 mm, with a mode at 1.0 mm. Nearest‐neighbour measurements in this sample, and in surfaces of nine additional samples (all <5% garnet) confirm that garnet crystals are distributed mainly at random; slight clustering was detected in two samples. In one sample of group 4 gneiss, microprobe analyses on sections through crystal centres (obtained by serial slicing), reveal that small crystals and margins to large crystals contain more Fe and Mn and less Mg than the broad central regions of large crystals. Based on these and previous results, together with theoretical considerations, a crystallization model is proposed, in which, (i) garnet was produced by the continuous reaction, Ms + Bt + Qtz → Grt + Kfs + H₂O, (ii) nucleation occurred by the random selection of randomly distributed Ms–Bt–Qtz triple junctions, (iii) the rate of linear growth remained constant, and (iv) as temperature increased, the rate of nucleation first increased slowly, then remained nearly constant, and finally declined. Within‐population compositional homogenization was followed, on cooling, by local Fe–Mg–Mn exchange with biotite.     

东南极拉斯曼丘陵麻粒岩相岩石中早期残留矿物组合的特征及其变质作用条件

东南极拉斯曼丘陵出露的麻粒岩相泥质片麻岩和镁铁质麻粒岩经历了复杂的变形变质历史。代表前进的增厚事件的早期残留变质构造Ｄ１形成于１０００Ｍａ（Ｇｒｅｎｖｉｌｉａｎ）期间。对应于Ｄ１的变质峰期Ｍ１的变质组合以泥质片麻岩的石榴石和尖晶石变斑晶中的堇青石和夕线石包裹体以及镁铁质麻粒岩的石榴石变斑晶中的斜方辉石和斜长石包裹体为特征。在该区斯托尼斯半岛的紫苏黑云石英岩的粗粒紫苏辉石中发现了包裹的假蓝宝石＋磁铁矿和假蓝宝石＋尖晶石＋夕线石＋磁铁矿＋石英组合,这种假蓝宝石又包裹更细粒的尖晶石包裹体。石榴石－斜方辉石温度计及石榴石－斜方辉石－斜长石－石英压力计的计算表明Ｍ１变质作用最大的Ｐ－Ｔ条件为０．９５ＧＰａ和８７０℃。这些早期残留的矿物组合指示了其变质作用具有逆时针近等压冷却（ＩＢＣ）的Ｐ－Ｔ演化特征,反映了它们的形成是一个埋深期间前进加热的进变质作用过程。本文得出该区Ｍ１（１０００Ｍａ）变质作用的逆时针（ＩＢＣ）Ｐ－Ｔ轨迹可能与已存在的大陆壳下面的岩浆底侵作用及地壳内大量岩浆物质的侵入和结晶作用有关。此类型逆时针Ｐ－Ｔ轨迹不同于该区在晚期５００Ｍａ（Ｐａｎ－Ａｆｒｉｃａｎ）期间顺时针演化的Ｐ－Ｔ轨迹     

川西拉拉Fe-Cu矿区含矿镁铁质层状岩席的首次发现及其成岩成矿意义

尽管镁铁质层状侵入体得到了广泛关注,与其相关的成岩和成矿过程仍然存在很多疑问。文中首次报道了在川西拉拉Fe-Cu矿区发现的一种含矿镁铁质岩席,它的深入研究可能有助于理解拉拉Fe-Cu矿床的成因,以及层状侵入体的组装过程与成矿作用。野外观察表明,该岩席共由9个岩相带组成,相邻岩相带为侵入接触关系,上半部分和下半部分的岩性呈镜像对应。对该岩席上半部分的5个岩相带分别进行了显微镜观察、粉晶X-射线衍射分析和CSD分析,表明相邻岩相带的矿物组成和结构参数具有明显区别,揭示该岩席由4、5次岩浆脉动组装而成。各岩相带均具有显微斑状结构,其中1～4岩相带的斑晶矿物主要为角闪石、云母和Ti-Fe氧化物,第5岩相带的斑晶为白云母、钾长石和石英。此外,第3岩相带还含有大颗粒单斜辉石斑晶,第4岩相带含有方解石大斑晶。含水矿物呈斑晶产出表明所有岩相带都是挥发分(H2O+CO2)饱和或过饱和岩浆固结的产物,但各岩相带的岩浆具有不同的来源。根据斑晶(循环晶)矿物组合、定量化结构参数和参数变异趋势,推测拉拉岩席之下曾经存在3～5个位于不同深部水平上的岩浆房。这些岩浆房有不同成分的进化岩浆充填,可能富集了相应的成矿金属。当深部含矿流体输入该岩浆系统时,有可能引起骨牌效应,导致各种含矿流体大规模释放。拉拉矿区的这类岩席可能对成矿物质起到了屏蔽作用,使其大规模聚集形成超大型矿床。需要注意的是,拉拉岩席的富矿岩相带侵位时间最晚,类似于攀枝花铁矿。因此,拉拉岩席的成岩成矿模式有可能也适应于攀枝花式铁矿。