Geochemical evolution of Archaean granulite-facies gneisses in the Vestfold Block and comparisons with other Archaean gneiss complexes in the East Antarctic Shield

The Vestfold Block, like other Archaean cratons in East Antarctica and elsewhere, consists predominantly of felsic orthogneiss (Mossel and Crooked Lake gneisses), with subordinate mafic granulite (Tryne metavolcanics) and paragneiss (Chelnok supracrustals). Two major periods of continental crust formation are represented. The Mossel gneiss (metamorphosed about 3,000 Ma ago) is mainly of tonalitic composition, and is similar to much of the roughly coeval Napier Complex in Enderby Land. The Crooked Lake gneiss was emplaced under high-grade conditions about 2,450 Ma ago and comprises a high proportion of more potassic rocks (monzodioritic and monzonitic suites), as well as tonalite and minor gabbro and diorite. Both Mossel and Crooked Lake gneisses are depleted in Y and have moderate to high Sr, Ce/Y, and Ti/Y, consistent with melting of a mafic source (?subducted hydrated oceanic crust) leaving major residual hornblende (± garnet). Most Crooked Lake gneisses are more enriched in incompatible elements (P, Sr, La, Ce, and particularly Rb, Ba, and K) than Mossel gneisses, suggesting derivation from a more enriched mafic source. The Vestfold Block contains few orthogneisses derived by melting of older felsic crustal rocks, in marked contrast to the Archaean Napier Complex and, in particular, southern Prince Charles Mountains. Both Mossel and Crooked Lake tonalites are strongly depleted in Rb, K, Th, and U, and have very low Rb/Sr and high K/Rb; more potassic orthogneisses are depleted in Th, U, and, to lesser extents, Rb. Tryne metavolcanics are depleted in Th and Rb, but appear to have been enriched in K (and probably Na), possibly during early low-grade alteration.     

藏南也拉香波早渐新世富钠过铝质淡色花岗岩的成因机制及其构造动力学意义

藏南也拉香波穹隆位于近东西向展布的北喜马拉雅片麻岩穹隆(NHGD)最东端,主要由石榴角闪岩、石榴石云母片麻岩、二云母花岗岩和淡色花岗岩组成.SHRIMP锆石U/Pb定年结果表明也拉淡色花岗岩的结晶年龄为35.3±1.1Ma,明显老于位于该穹隆以西类似的淡色花岗岩(年龄普遍<25Ma).全岩元素和Sr-Nd同位素测试结果揭示：(1)也拉香波淡色花岗岩为过铝质富钠花岗岩;(2)与片麻岩相似,也拉香波淡色花岗岩富集大离子亲石元素(LILE,如K,Sr,Rb和Ba),但亏损Ti,Y,Yb,Sc和Cr;(3)和片麻岩或角闪岩相比,也拉香波淡色花岗岩同时亏损LREE和HREE,但与HREE相比,LREE相对富集;(4)在Sr-Nd同位素系统特征上.淡色花岗岩初始Sr同位素比值与角闪岩的相当,在0.711949～0.719344之间;但远小于片麻岩.而Nd同位素组成在片麻岩和角闪岩之间,在-8.9～-15.0之间.以石榴角闪岩和片麻岩为端元,简单混合计算表明：由石榴角闪岩为主和片麻岩为辅组成的混合源区发生部分熔融作用,各自产生的熔体进行不同程度的混合,可形成类似于也拉香波淡色花岗岩成分的岩浆,其中角闪岩的部分熔融起主要作用.使用Zr在岩浆中的饱和浓度温度计得出岩浆的平均温度为673℃,在此温度下,变泥质片麻岩在高压(～10kbar)条件下的水致部分熔融和角闪岩部分熔融都可形成也拉过铝质富钠淡色花岗岩,但角闪岩的脱水部分熔融起主导作用.在地壳增厚条件下,下地壳角闪岩的部分熔融可能是导致喜玛拉雅造山带从缩短增厚向伸展垮塌转换的主要因素之一.     

Chemical characteristics and genesis of the quartz-feldspathic rocks in the Archean crust of Greenland

A total of 108 samples of meta-tonalites, metagranodiorites, granites and meta-tholeiites representing groups of Early to Late Archean age and different metamorphic history from SW and SE Greenland have been analyzed for Ca, K and 28 trace elements. There is no systematic change of the chemical composition with age observable. The results support petrologic experiments which suggest that tonalites and granodiorites (the most abundant rocks of the Archean crust) are partial melting products of a mafic lower crust. Modelling suggest that this crust consisted of garnet amphibolite derived from a source with a bulk composition resembling a slightly enriched rather than depleted mantle. The Ce_N/Yb_N ratio is above 10 in the majority of tonalites. Most samples have no Eu anomaly because of a balanced contribution from the minerals of a mafic rock (or a plagioclase-free source). The positive Eu anomaly of some granodiorites and of a minor proportion of tonalites can be explained as being caused by plagioclase accumulation during differentiation or by partial melting of plagioclase-rich fractions. Modelling with Zn excludes an origin of tonalitic melts by differentiation of basaltic to dioritic magmas. The Archean meta-diorites, meta-tonalites and meta-granodiorites from Greenland have generally lost some K and S relative to their suggested magmatic protoliths. Loss of Rb, Tl, Pb and K and relative gain of Ca, Sr, Ba and Sc connected with granulitization of meta-tonalites can be explained in the majority of cases by separation of about 25 percent granitic partial melt. High K/Rb, K/Pb, Zn/Cd and Nb/Th ratios of granulites plus low ratios of granites are almost in balance with intermediate ratios of amphibolite-facies tonalites. Retrogression of granulites into amphibolites was accompanied by introduction of Pb, Tl, Rb, Ba, Sr and K from Na-Cl-rich brines circulating on fractures. A comparison of the abundance of 24 elements (characterized by different compatibility) in the Archean crust of Greenland with the present bulk crust reflects only minor changes (Th, Nb) if at-all in the chemical composition of the continental crust since the Archean.     

Reintroduction of gold, other chalcophile elements and LILE during retrogression of depleted granulite, Tromøy, Norway

Several metamorphic and magmatic events were associated with the Sveconorwegian orogeny ( 1.1 Ga) that affected the Bamble shear belt, south Norway. Among the most important were (1) granuliteto amphibolite-facies metamorphism of the entire belt; (2) intrusion of mafic dykes (“hyperites”), followed by their localized metamorphism to amphibolite; (3) intrusion of granitic sheets, which in granulite terrane caused rehydration and retrogression. Previous studies have shown that rocks from across the belt metamorphosed to amphibolite and granulite grade during event (1) are strongly depleted in Au, Sb and As; while some granulites are also depleted in Rb, Cu and S. Gold and chalcophile elements were also lost during (2) amphibolization of hyperites. This paper is concerned with event (3), at which time the granulites had been uplifted and cooled. H₂O---CO₂ fluids, at least in part derived from the granitic magma, caused localized rehydration and retrogression of granulite. This was accompanied by the variable reintroduction of the same elements (Au, As, Sb, Cu, S and Rb) that had earlier been depleted. The nature of the reintroduction of Au and other elements has relevance to the origin of mesothermal gold deposits.     

喜马拉雅造山带变泥质岩系及其地球化学特征

高喜马拉雅结晶岩系和北喜马拉雅穹隆都发育高角闪岩相-麻粒岩相变泥质岩,岩石组合以富铝质片麻岩类为主,伴生钾质花岗片麻岩、大理岩及基性麻粒岩等.元素地球化学特征表明,其原岩主要为较富铝的长石质砂岩和石英岩质砂岩及少量粘土岩,形成于大陆边缘浅海相沉积环境.这些变泥质岩具有相似的微量元素和稀土元素地球化学特征,表现为大离子亲石元素相对高场强元素较富集,轻稀土较重稀土富集,稀土总量较高,具有较显著的Eu负异常.在变质矿物组合、元素地球化学特征及锆石组成等特征上,它们与青藏高原北缘的康西瓦和阿尔金孔兹岩系相似,可能是来源于冈瓦纳大陆边缘的同一套岩石.     

Geology and Geochemistry of Highly Metamorphosed Footwall Alteration Zones in the Hongtoushan Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Deposit,Liaoning Province,China

The Hongtoushan Archean Cu–Zn volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposit, which was metamorphosed (3.0–2.8 Ga) to upper amphibolite facies at temperatures between 600 and 650°C, occurs in the Hunbei granite–greenstone terrane, Liaoning Province of NE China. Stratiform cordierite–anthophyllite gneiss (CAG) that occurs hundreds of meters below the ore horizon in the Hongtoushan district corresponds to the metamorphosed semi‐conformable alteration zone of the VMS hydrothermal system, whereas the CAG that contains abundant deformed sulfide‐bearing quartz veins immediately below the main ore layer represents the metamorphosed discordant alteration zone. Whole‐rock geochemistry indicates that stratiform CAG was derived ultimately from five lithologies (basalt, basaltic andesite, andesite, dacite, and rhyolite), while discordant CAG derived from a single lithology (rhyolite). Amphibolite and biotite‐rich gneiss are identified as a metamorphosed least‐altered precursor for these CAGs. Mass change calculation indicates that, compared to the least‐altered rocks, stratiform CAG is enriched in Fe and Mg, and depleted in Na, K, Ca, Cu, Pb and Zn, while discordant CAG is enriched in Fe, Mg, Si, Na, Pb, Cu and Zn, and depleted in K. HREE and HFSE (Zr, Ti, Nb and Ta) behaved inertly during submarine alteration, whereas Rb, Sr, Ba and LREE (especially Eu) were leached off. Both stratiform and discordant CAGs are depleted in ¹⁸O, with values up to 7‰ lower than their corresponding least‐altered precursors. Addition of Fe, Mg, and depletion of Ca, K, Sr, and ¹⁸O, indicate that hydrothermal alteration for both types of CAGs was characterized by chloritization prior to metamorphism. Stratiform CAG could be used to evaluate the mineralization potential of VMS in metamorphic terranes, while discordant CAG containing sulfide‐bearing quartz veins could be a good indication for overlying stratiform massive sulfide ores as well as an exploration target itself.     

吉南天桥地区基性岩墙与其围岩TTG片麻岩的成因及构造意义

吉南地区太古宙基底中发育大量早前寒武纪基性岩墙群,是陆壳伸展的直接证据。对白山市东部天桥太古宙基底出露区内基性岩墙及其围岩进行了锆石U-Pb定年和地球化学分析,以确定该期伸展事件的形成机制及地质意义。天桥地区基性岩墙岩性为斜长角闪岩,侵位于TTG片麻岩中。英云闪长质片麻岩(TN1)中锆石具核-边结构,岩浆核的LA-ICP-MS测年结果为2500±6Ma,指示其形成于新太古代末期。天桥岩墙(TN3)中的锆石内部结构与TN1相同,酸性岩浆核的SHRIMP测年结果为2490±17Ma,与TN1在误差范围内一致,表明这些锆石不是基性岩墙原生锆石,而是岩墙侵位过程中在围岩中捕获的锆石,但根据岩墙仅侵位在太古宙基底中且变质程度高于周围古元古界老岭群,将其侵位年龄大致限制在新太古代末期-古元古代早期。地球化学特征显示,基性岩墙具有低SiO_2、Na_2O、K_2O含量,高CaO、MgO含量,A/CNK=0.56～0.59,属于准铝质的拉斑玄武岩系列岩石,∑REE低、配分曲线平坦,富集LILE(Rb、Ba和K),亏损HFSE(Th、U、Nb和Ta),具有与原始地幔相同的Nb/Ta、Zr/Hf比值及接近地壳的Nb/U、Ta/U比值,指示其岩浆可能来源于地幔且在上升过程中受到地壳混染,形成于板内伸展环境。TTG片麻岩具有中等的SiO_2和MgO含量,高Al_2O_3和Na_2O含量以及低CaO含量,A/CNK=1.00～1.14,属弱过铝质的钙碱性系列岩石,∑REE低、具有右倾的REE配分曲线,轻稀土富集、重稀土亏损,富集LILE(Rb、Ba、K和Sr),强烈亏损HFSE(U、Nb、Ta、Sm和Ti),其岩浆可能来源于变质玄武质岩石和极少量沉积岩的部分熔融,结合邻区TTG的研究成果,认为其形成于与俯冲相关的活动大陆边缘环境。前人研究表明,新太古代晚期板块构造体制可能已经启动,结合我们以往研究,认为新太古代晚期华北克拉通东北部可能发生了弧陆碰撞造山运动,天桥岩墙的侵位标志着新太古代末期至古元古代早期之间华北克拉通东北部进入造山后伸展环境,可能是对新太古代造山运动结束的响应。     

淡色花岗岩的岩石学和地球化学特征及其成因

淡色花岗岩(leucogranite)是一类高铝高硅碱的酸性侵入岩,主要地球化学特征是:SiO2≥72%,Al2O3≥14%,Na2O+K2O~8.5%,富Rb,亏损Th、Ba、Sr,稀土总量较一般花岗岩低(∑REE=(40~120)×10-6),且表现为中等分异的轻稀土弱富集型,一般具有Eu负异常;Sr-Nd-Pb-O同位素指示其岩浆明显的陆壳来源。淡色花岗岩主要发育于陆壳(俯冲)碰撞加厚带,由逆冲折返的俯冲板片变沉积岩部分经过脱水熔融产生。淡色花岗岩可划分为三种不同的岩石类型:(1)二云母型淡色花岗岩,由变泥质岩(或变硬砂岩)在中地壳水平经黑云母(和/或白云母)脱水熔融产生;(2)电气石型淡色花岗岩,由变泥质岩在较低温度下经白云母脱水熔融产生;(3)石榴子石型淡色花岗岩,由长英质下地壳经黑云母脱水熔融产生。源区残留独居石、磷灰石等富REE矿物是淡色花岗岩亏损REE、Th等元素的原因。源岩为变泥质岩及源区残留钾长石是淡色花岗岩亏损Sr、Ba的主要原因。     

华北地块东南缘中生代侵入杂岩中所含榴辉岩类包体矿物微量元素地球化学特征及其意义

华北地块东南缘中生代侵入杂岩中所含榴辉岩类包体中矿物的分析结果表明, 组成榴辉岩类包体的各矿物之间元素的分配在榴辉岩相变质阶段已经达到了化学平衡;石榴石中Al、Fe、Mn, 单斜辉石中Na、Mg、Ca, 角闪石中Na、Mg、Fe等主量元素含量与其全岩之间均呈良好的正相关, 受全岩成分制约;石榴石明显富集HREE、贫LREE, 单斜辉石相对富集LREE、MREE、贫HREE, 两者轻、重稀土含量呈相互消长的互补关系, 石榴石和单斜辉石中分别富集Y、Sr, Ga和过渡族元素Sc、Ti、V、Cr、Co等含量较高, 其含量受全岩成分控制;金红石中稀土元素的含量很少, Fe、Al、Mg、Ca、Mn、Nb、Ta、Cr和Zr含量相对较高, Rb、Sr、Ba含量极低, 部分微量元素(如Nb、Cr、Fe、V、W等)含量与其原岩有继承和对应关系;部分原生或/和退变角闪石的REE配分模式分别与单斜辉石和石榴石相似, 过渡族金属元素等的含量与石榴石、单斜辉石和全岩具有一定的相关性, 角闪石容纳Na、K、Sr、Rb、Ba等元素的能力较强, 其成分除受全岩成分的制约外, 石榴石、单斜辉石对其形成也有影响。榴辉岩类包体与其寄主中生代侵入杂岩中部分高价态/高场强元素(HFSE)和重稀土元素(HREE)呈相互消长的关系。榴辉岩的形成与扬子地块和华北地块之间的俯冲-碰撞作用有关。     

Geochemistry of post-collisional mafic lavas from the North Anatolian Fault zone, Northwestern Turkey

Extensive magmatic activity developed at the northwestern part of the Anatolian block and produced basaltic lavas that are situated along and between the two segments of the North Anatolian Fault zone. This region is a composite tectonic unit formed by collision of continental fragments after consumption of Neotethyan ocean floor during the late Cretaceous. Northwestern Anatolian basalts and evolved lavas exhibit both tholeiitic and calc-alkaline characteristics. Mafic lavas are moderately enriched in LILE (except depleted part of Yuvacık and İznik samples) and depleted in HFSE (but not Zr, Hf) relative to primitive mantle values, suggesting derivation from a MORB-like mantle source that is unexpected in this subduction environment. Sr and Nd isotopes are close to the mantle array and vary beyond analytical error (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr 0.70404–0.70546, ¹⁴³Nd/¹⁴⁴Nd 0.51270–0.51289). These geochemical features may result from two possible processes: (1) melting of a MORB-like mantle source that was modified by subduction-released fluids and melts or (2) modification of mafic liquids derived from a dominantly MORB-like source by crustal or lithospheric mantle material. Geochemical characteristics of the lavas (e.g., Ba/Rb, Rb/Sr, Ba/Zr, ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr, Sr/P) vary systematically along the fault zone from east to west, consistent with a decrease in the degree of melting from east to west or a change in the nature of the source composition itself. Thus, the difference in incompatible elements and Sr–Nd isotopic ratios seems to result from small-scale mantle heterogeneity in a post-collisional tectonic environment.     

Metasomatism of a depleted granulite facies terrain in the Arunta Block,central Australia

Geochemical investigations in the Utralanama Block, an intermediate pressure granulite facies terrain in the Arunta Block, central Australia, has revealed several anomalous features, not consistent with the depletion of granitophile components generally considered to accompany granulite facies metamorphism. However, other geochemical features are indicative of depletion. The mean K₂O for the Utralanama Block is exceptionally low relative to most other granulite facies terrains, but Rb contents are comparatively high. Consequently, the mean K/Rb ratio is relatively low for granulite facies terrains as is the mean Ba/Rb ratio, whilst mean K/Sr and Rb/Sr ratios are much higher than usual for such terrains. Only the K/Ba ratio shows equivalent values to depleted terrains elsewhere.Comparison of these ratios for the three main compositional groups of rocks in the Utralanama Block reveals that for mafic rocks all the above ratios are characteristic of extreme depletion, whereas, for all but the K/Ba ratio, mean ratios for the pelitic rocks, and to a lesser extent for the quartzofeldspathic rocks approach normal crustal values or values for metasomatic rocks. The abnormally high Rb/Sr ratios of these rocks compared to average crustal rocks suggest, however, that metasomatism is the cause of the anomalous geochemical features of the Utralanama Block, and this is supported by field and microstructural evidence. Thus, Rb/Sr ratios appear to be useful indicators of metasomatism where no gross mineralogical or microstructural evidence for metasomatism is obvious, and under such conditions the K/Ba ratio may be more reliable than the K/Rb ratio for indicating prior depletion of the terrain.     

Contribution of syncollisional felsic magmatism to continental crust growth: A case study of the Paleogene Linzizong volcanic Succession in southern Tibet

The Linzizong volcanic succession (~ 65–45 Ma) and the coeval batholiths (~ 60−40 Ma) of andesitic to rhyolitic composition represent a magmatic response to the India–Asia continental collision that began at ~ 70–65 Ma and ended at ~ 45–40 Ma with convergence continuing to present. These syncollisional felsic magmatic rocks are widely distributed along much of the > 1500 km long Gangdese Belt immediately north of the India–Asia suture (Yarlung–Zangbo) in southern Tibet. Our study of the Linzizong volcanic rocks from the Linzhou Basin (near Lhasa) suggests that syncollisional felsic magmatism may in fact account for much of the net contribution to continental crust growth. These volcanic rocks show a first-order temporal change from the andesitic lower Dianzhong Formation (64.4–60.6 Ma), to the dacitic middle Nianbo Formation (~ 54 Ma), and to the rhyolitic upper Pana Formation (48.7–43.9 Ma). The three formations show no systematic but overlapping Nd–Sr isotope variations. The isotopically depleted samples with ε_Nd(t) > 0 indicate that their primary sources are of mantle origin. The best source candidate in the broad context of Tethyan ocean closing and India–Asia collision is the remaining part of the Tethyan ocean crust. This ocean crust melts when reaching its hydrous solidus during and soon after the collision in the amphibolite facies, producing andesitic melts parental to the Linzizong volcanic succession (and the coeval batholiths) with inherited mantle isotopic signatures. Ilmenite as a residual phase (plus the effect of residual amphibole) of amphibolite melting accounts for the depletion of Nb, Ta and Ti in the melt. The effect of ocean crust alteration plus involvement of mature crustal materials (e.g., recycled terrigeneous sediments) enhances the abundances of Ba, Rb, Th, U, K and Pb in the melt, thus giving the rocks an “arc-like” geochemical signature. Residual amphibole that possesses super-chondritic Nb/Ta ratio explains the sub-chondritic Nb/Ta ratio in the melt; residual plagioclase explains the slightly depleted, not enriched, Sr (and Eu) in the melt, typical of continental crust. These observations and reasoning plus the remarkable compositional similarity between the andesitic lower Dianzhong Formation and the model bulk continental crust corroborates our proposal that continental collision zones may be sites of net crustal growth (juvenile crust) through process of syncollisional felsic magmatism. While these interpretations are reasonable in terms of straightforward petrology, geochemistry and tectonics, they require further testing.     

云南个旧神仙水岩体锆石U—Pb年代学及岩石地球化学研究

云南个旧地区花岗岩极其发育,且与锡成矿关系密切。其中个旧西区神仙水花岗岩体呈岩株状,岩性主要为碱长花岗岩和正长岩。岩石地球化学研究表明,神仙水花岗岩具有高硅、贫钙镁、富碱的特征;ω（TFeO）／ω（MgO）和ω（Na2O＋K2O）／ω（A12：O3）比值高。富集大离子亲石元素Rb、n、u、K、La、Nd和高场强元素zr、Hf,亏损Ba、sr、Ta、P、Ti。Eu负异常较强,轻稀土富集,重稀土相对亏损,稀土配分模式呈右倾海鸥型,岩石类型属于A型花岗岩。锆石LA—ICP．Ms定年结果表明神仙水花岗岩体形成于81Ma左右,相当于晚白垩世。根据区域地质和花岗岩地球化学特征,判断其形成于伸展构造环境。     

Mineralkogical and Petrochemical Characterisitics and Genesis of Laoniugou Geneiss in Jiapigou Gold Mine,Jilin Province

Detailed mineralogical and petrochemical studies show that the Laoniugou gneiss of the Jiapigou gold mine is composed mainly of plagioclase gneiss and irregular to lentiform plagioclase amphibolite melanic enclaves.The major element contents show an obvious bimodal and trondhjemitic series evolutional trend.This situation is significantly different from that encountered in bimodal calc-alkalic volcanic rocks in the rift-type Archaean greenstone belt.The contents of Rb,Sr and Ba are 7-21 ppm,153-363ppm and 201-1451 ppm respectively ,close to those of common Archaean grey gneisses.All the samples of plagioclase gneisses show positive Eu anomalies (even up to 4.6).The protoliths of the plagioclase gneiss are high-Al2O3 trondhjemitic series rocks,belonging to typical TTG of Archaean high-grade metamorphic terrain .The gneiss is quite similar to the B-type Amitsoq gneiss of W.Greenland .The authors believe that the plagioclase amphibolite enclaves are the relics of ancient oceanic crust while the plagioclase gneiss is the TTG ancient intrusive rock resulting from partial melting of the oceanic crust.     

Contact zone interaction of metabasites with metapelites: Amphibolite facies mineral assemblages, chemical profiles and their origin, the Puolankajärvi Formation, Finland

The amphibolite facies, iron-rich metapelites (garnet-staurolite mica schists) of the early Proterozoic Puolankajärvi Formation are intercalated with metamorphosed basic rocks which vary from iron-rich amphibolites to magnesium-rich layered sills and serpentinites. Garnet-cummingtonite-hornblende assemblages are abundant at the contacts of the metapelites with amphibolites, while garnet-chlorite, garnet-gedrite±chlorite, garnet-gedrite-cummingtonite±chlorite and chlorite-cummingtonite-hornblende assemblages occur at their contacts with the layered magnesium-rich sill.

The bulk composition profiles of these contacts, normalised with respect to chromium and/or aluminium, show conspicuous enrichment in Fe, S, Ga and Co and depletion in Si, K, Ba and Rb. Some elements (e.g. Mg, Mn, Ni, P, Zr and Hf) are depleted or enriched in only small amounts, while others (e.g. Ca, Na, Sr and the rare earth elements) may show both enrichment and depletion in the course of a profile.

Although early infiltration during the hydration of metabasites and tectonic reworking may have produced some interaction of the basites with the pelites, the major metasomatic event is considered to have bile elements. The composition of the metapelites, for example, approached that of magnesium-rich ultramafites through potassium depletion, while the ultramafites became markedly enriched in iron. To conserve the volume, silica was depleted from the contact which underwent iron enrichment.     

The geochemistry of Precambrian granulite facies rocks from the Lewisian complex of Tiree,Inner Hebrides,Scotland

The metamorphism and geochemistry of the major components of a small area of granulite facies rock are described and discussed, and a chemical model for the evolution of anomalous trace element distributions in such materials is suggested. The local complex was subjected to medium to high pressure granulite facies metamorphism between 2,900 and 2,600 m.y. All the analysed granulite facies rocks from Tiree; acid to intermediate gneisses, basic metamorphic rocks, and granitic rocks, have anomalous chemistries, being depleted in K, Rb, Nb, Y and Th, and have high K/Rb, Ba/Rb and Ca/Y ratios, and very low K/Ba and Rb/Sr ratios relative to normal portions of the upper continental crust. The gneisses seem to have been enriched in Ba and Sr.The chemical features of the rocks are considered to reflect their stable mineral assemblages in the granulite facies, and to be representative of deep-level crustal materials. The geochemical peculiarities of the complex may have been largely controlled by an upward intergranular diffusion, or “degassing” caused by high-grade metamorphism. It is suggested that such diffusion may have been active at the crust/upper mantle interface, some diffused material of mantle origin accounting for certain chemical oddities typical of Lewisian and some other Precambrian granulite facies rocks.     

Chemical interrelationships in a low-pressure granulite terrain in Namaqualand. South Africa,and their bearing on granite genesis and the composition of the lower crust

The results of a chemical study of a suite of low-pressure granulite facies rocks in Namaqualand, South Africa, are reported. The area is underlain by augen gneisses and quartzites, which contain interlayered granular quartz-feldspar rocks (termed ‘granulites’) derived by extensive partial melting of the gneiss. The K/Rb ratio of the gneiss increases from 140 to 250 over a melting interval of 70%: the rate of increase being influenced by the presence of biotite. Simultaneously K/Ba and Rb/Sr decrease from 80 to 25 and from 4 to 0.3, respectively. The partial melts (granulites), which reflect, in part, a cumulate character, have similar K/Rb ratios to the parent gneiss (175) but larger K/Ba (238) and Rb/Sr (5) ratios, due to the retention of Ba and Sr in the residue.Three granites intrude the gneisses. One of these was produced by very advanced partial melting of the gneiss. Continuity of chemical composition suggests that the remaining two granites, although spatially separate, are comagmatic, and evolved by feldspar fractionation during ascent. Lower Sr⁸⁷/Sr⁸⁶ ratio coupled with enrichment of Ba, Sr and Rb in the parent magma of these granites relative to the country rocks precludes local derivation and indicates a lower crustal source rock of intermediate composition.The progressive increase in cafemic character of the gneisses, which is similar to that observed in world granulite terrains as a whole, coupled with intrusive granite which reflects reworking of the lower crust in the area studied, supports a partial melting model for the development of a lower crust of progressively more cafemic composition.     

长白山新生代火山岩之下新太古代基底年代学及地球化学特征

对长白山第四系玄武岩覆盖区零星出露的花岗质岩石和片麻岩进行LA-ICPMS锆石U-Pb年龄测定及地球化学分析,结果显示花岗质岩石的年龄为2 509~2 558 Ma;斜长角闪片麻岩的年龄为2 475~2 553 Ma。地球化学特征上,这些岩石均属奥长花岗岩-英云闪长岩-石英闪长岩系列(TTG),稀土元素配分模式图呈右倾型,轻重稀土元素分馏明显(LREE/HREE=3.85~34.48),白云母二长花岗岩具有铕的负异常(δEu=0.41~0.54),富集Rb、K、Th等元素,亏损Nb、Sr、P、Ti等元素;黑云斜长角闪石片麻岩具有铕负异常(δEu=0.67~0.76),富集Rb、K、La、Nd等元素,亏损Th、Nb、Sr、P、Yb等元素;花岗质片麻岩和黑云斜长片麻岩具有铕的弱负-正异常(δEu=0.87~3.3),富集Rb、K、Sr等元素,亏损Nb、Th、P等元素。年代学和地球化学特征与白山地块和和龙地块中的同类岩石基本一致,表明白山地块与和龙地块在晚太古代是同一个陆块(龙岗陆块),二者目前的分布格局是后期北东向左行断裂构造改造的结果。     

白银厂矿田早中寒武世火山岩地球化学及成因分析

白银厂矿田早中寒武世火山岩主要为玄武岩－碱性玄武岩－安山岩－玄武安山岩－玄武粗安岩－英安流纹岩－流纹岩。其中基性和中基性岩类为碱性系列和亚碱性系列,碱性玄武岩主要为钾质玄武岩系列。酸性岩类为钙碱性系列。岩石全碱含量平均为５．７６％,Ｋ２Ｏ／,Ｋ２Ｏ／Ｎａ２〈１,Ｆｅ２Ｏ／ＦｅＯ平殚为０．７４;ＴｉＯ２绝大部分样品含量小于１％（在酸性火山岩中含量较低：０．２％～０．８３％,平均为０．５３％;基性和中     

Andean subduction-related mantle xenoliths: Isotopic evidence of Sr–Nd decoupling during metasomatism

Sr–Nd isotopic analyses on some mantle xenolith samples from the Northern, Southern and Austral Andean volcanic zones exhibit radiogenic Sr enrichment without dramatic changing of the Nd isotopic composition. This anomalous effect (Sr–Nd decoupling) makes these samples plot displaced to the right side of the “mantle array” trend (here called the “MORB–OIB–BSE trend”) in the ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr vs. ¹⁴³Nd/¹⁴⁴Nd isotopic diagram. Such behavior reflects processes that took place in the mantle and can be related to: i) the mixture of a depleted mantle and an enriched source (enriched mantle II—EMII); ii) the mixture of a depleted mantle and a mixture of mantle-derived and slab-derived melts; and iii) a chromatographic process that occurs during the percolation of a metasomatic agent through the mantle.