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

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

A study on the genetic relations between Permian Longtan Formation coal series strata and Carlin-type gold deposits,southwestern Guizhou Province,China

A large number of the Carlin-type gold deposits occur in the Longtan Formation in southwestern Guizhou Province. The Longtan Formation contains abundant basalt, tuff and siliceous rocks. All rocks of the Long-tan Formation are enriched in gold, which were deposited in a limited platform environment in the transition zone from marine to continental. The process of sedimentation was accompanied by the eruption of Emeishan basalt and hydrothermal deposition controlled by co-sedimentary submarine deep faults in the west, which led to the formation of a peculiar gold-bearing formation with coal series strata. This formation controlled the occurrence of the Carlin-type gold deposits in southwestern Guizhou Province. In response to the remobilization of the Emei mantle plume during the Yanshanian period, As, Au and other ore-forming materials were continuously extracted by deeply circulating waters from the Emeishan basalt and coal seams, thereafter forming ore-forming hydrothermal solutions. When these elements were transported in the coal seams, large amounts of As, Au and other elements were enriched in pyrite within the coal seams, thus forming high-As coal and Carlin-type gold deposits in the Longtan Formation coal series strata.     

PALYNOLOGICAL ASSEMBLAGES FROM THE ZHIDAN GROUP OF HUATING AND LONGXIAN REGION,SOUTHWESTERN PART OF ORDOS BASIN

The working area is distributed from the Huating County of Gansu Pro-vince to Longxian County of Shaanxi Province in the southwestern Ordos Ba-sin. The Zhidan Group in this area, a series of terrestrial sediments, may be subdivided into five formations as follows(from lower to upper): Yijun-Luohe,Huanhe-Huachi, Luohandong, Jingchuan and Fengshan Formations. All samples were coliected from 1     

Effects of human activities on mercury in the environment in Xi＇an area, China

Effects of mercury on ecosystems and human health are well documented. Human activities have significant impacts on transport, transformation, and fate of mercury in the natural environment. In this study, a gold mining area （Tongchuan）, an urban area （Xi＇an）, and a historical site （Qinshihuan Tomb） in Shaanxi Province, China, was chosen to study the effects of human activities on the transport, transformation, and fate of mercury in the area. Samples of atmospheric precipitate, soil, sediment, pomegranate, corn and those from wells and the rivers that flow through or flow by the city and from the mining area were collected. The EPA methods were used for sample preparation and analysis of these samples. These methods combine acid digestion, chemical reduction, purge and trap with Cold Vapor Atomic Fluorescence Spectrometry （CVAFS）. Preliminary results showed high total mercury concentrations in the water samples collected from a river in Tongguan County. The total mercury concentrations ranged from 133 to 188 ng/L in the water samples collected from the rivers flowing through Xi＇an City. The amount of total mercury in the soil/sediment samples which were collected in the vicinity of Xi＇an ranged from 31.8 to 83.2 ng/g. The total mercury concentrations in the samples of atmospheric precipitate （including rain and snow collected from Sep. 2005 to Jan. 2006） ranged from 106-298 ng/L.     

Trace Element Geochemistry of Hannuoba Ultramafic Inclusion—bearing Alkali Basalts

Presented in this paper are the trace element abundances of 16 samples of Hannuoba ultramafic inclusion-bearing aldali basalts,which were determined by instrumental neutron activation analysis and X-ray fluorescence spectrometry.The Petrogenesis of the alkali basalt suite has been modeled by batch partial melting and and Rayleigh fractional crystallization processes,The geochemical characteristics of the mantle source from where alkali basalts were derived are described in terms of variations in trace element abundances of the alkali basalt suite.     

Metallogenic Mechanism of the Tianbaoshan Pb—Zn Deposit,Sichuan

The Tianbaoshan Pb-Zn deposit in Sichuan Province,exhibiting open-space-filling and /or replacement textures,occurs as being of vine style in the Sinian(Late Proterozoic) carbonate rocks,and is simple in ore composition.A systematic study of lead isotope and rareearth elements reveals that the ore-forming materials were derived from multiple sources.The ultimate source of the sulfur in all stages in seawater sulfate but the reducing mechanisms are different,The carbon was derved from marine carbonate and organic matter,The ore-forming fluid,meteoric in origin,belongs to a Ca^2 -Mg^2 -Cl^--Hco3^- type of weak acidic to alkalic solutions with a salinity of about 5wt% NaCl.The ore was formed at the depth of about 1 km from 150 to 250℃ during the main stage of ore deposition.The heated meteoric water,after extracting ore materials from wall rocks,evolved into ore-forming solution with a low salinity, in which metals were trasported as chloride complexes such as PbCl,ZnCl and ZnCl.The metal-bearing solution moved upward along deep faults to low-pressure zones,where the metal ions reacted with reduced sulfur and were precipitated as sulfied minerals.The textures of the minerals were controlled by the rate at which the reduced sulfur was supplied.     

Underplating of Mesozoic Mantle-derived Magmas in Tongling, Anhui Province: Evidence from Megacrysts and Xenoliths

Lithological observations and mineralogical analyses on pyroxene and hornblende megacrysts and pyroxene and hornblende cumulates in xenoliths in the Mesozoic plutons of the Tongling region, Anhui Province, provide evidence for the magmatic underplating of mantle-derived alkali-olivine basalt at circa 140 Ma. The pyroxene and hornblende megacrysts and cumulates were formed through the AFC process at depths ranging from 27 to 35 km.     

Relationship between the geochemistry of organic matter and the generation of palygorskite in Jiangsu-Anhui border and Gansu Province, China

Soluble organic matter had been separated from several palygorskite and bentonite samples in the Ji-angsu-Anhui border area(across Jiangsu Province and Anhui Province) and Linze County in Gansu Province of China and was analyzed with the techniques and methods of organic geochemistry.The composition and distribution of hydrocarbons were analyzed by gas chromatography(GC).Organic stable carbon isotopic ratios(δ13C) in typical samples were determined.The abundance of soluble organic matter in all clay samples analyzed was low.In Ji-angsu-Anhui samples,the preservation states of organic matter are different;hydrocarbons in organic matter have some features of aquatic plankton but are short of the input of terrigenous higher plants;organic δ13C in a palygor-skite of Yongxiaoshan in Xuyi County,Jiangsu Province,is-6.72‰.These features may be typical of a sedimentary environment of closed or semi-closed and relatively isolated different waters near coast or seashore.On the contrary,in samples from Gansu,the preservation states of organic matter are good;the GC graphs of hydrocarbons show that the precursors of the organic matter are from a mixed source of aquatic organisms and land-sourced higher plants;organic δ13C of a palygorskite from Yangtai of Gansu is-15.62‰.It indicated that the sedimentary environment may be an inland salty lake.Preliminary results suggest that palygorskite minerals in the Jiangsu-Anhui area may be evolved from rapidly accumulated fine material or volcanic ash,but clays in Gansu Province may be transformed from terrigenous inorganic clastic components carried to the lake through river and then deposited.The generation process of the samples studied in the paper seems to be related to salty water.     

Gold Content of Mantle-Derived Rocks from Eastern China and Its Implications

We have analyzed the gold content of 65 samples of mantle-derived xenoliths and their host rocks from eastern China, which is found to be inhomogeneous, falling in the ranges of 1.0×109-8.2×109 (averaging 3.8 ×10-9) and 0.2×10-9-5.3×10-9 (averaging 2.7×10-9) in the mantle-derived xenoliths and the host basalts respectively. Except the samples from Wanquan County of Hebei Province and Anding County of Hainan Province, the gold content is the highest on the margins of the North China platform and decreases spatially towards the north and south, and temporally the samples of the Tertiary have a higher gold content than those of the Quaternary. The gold content of the mantle-derived xenoliths and the host Paleozoic kimberlites is 3.8×10-9-180×109and 0.1×10-9-38.0×10-9 respectively, which are higher than that in the mantle-derived xenoliths in basalt and the host Cenozoic basalts. The mantle-derived xenoliths have a higher gold content than the host rocks, but their relativity is not very clear, su     

Depth of volcanic basalt degassing forecasted from CO2 fluid inclusions

Fluid inclusions have recorded the history of degassing in basalt. Some fluid inclusions in olivine and pyroxene phenocrysts of basalt were analyzed by micro-thermometry and Raman spectroscopy in this paper. The experimental results showed that many inclusions are present almost in a pure CO2 system. The densities of some CO2 inclusions were computed in terms of Raman spectroscopic characteristics of CO2 Fermi resonance at room temperature. Their densities change over a wide range, but mainly between 0.044 g/cm3 and 0.289 g/cm3. Their micro-thermometric measurements showed that the CO2 inclusions examined reached homogenization between 1145.5℃ and 1265℃ . The mean value of homogenization temperatures of CO2 inclusions in basalts is near 1210℃. The trap pressures (depths) of inclusions were computed with the equation of state and computer program. Distribution of the trap depths makes it know that the degassing of magma can happen over a wide pressure (depth) range, but mainly at the depth of 0.48 km to 3.85 km. This implicates that basalt magma experienced intensive degassing and the CO2 gas reservoir from the basalt magma also may be formed in this range of depths. The results of this study showed that the depth of basalt magma degassing can be forecasted from CO2 fluid inclusions, and it is meaningful for understanding the process of magma degassing and constraining the inorganogenic CO2 gas reservoir.     

玄武岩—水相互作用的溶解机理研究

在常温常压排除大气干扰的封闭体系条件下,将一定粒度的玄武岩样品浸泡在不同酸度的水溶液里,研究玄武岩－水相互作用过程中元素释放和溶液酸度的变化情况。结果发现：（１）经过一段时间后,溶液中主要元素的浓度趋向平衡;（２）溶液酸度发生明显变化,即不论反应初始溶液是碱性的还是酸性的,最终都将趋于中性,我们把此现象称为溶液的中性化效应。根据溶液中溶解组分的浓度和样品表面组成的ＸＰＳ测定结果,提出玄武岩在碱性和酸性溶液中不同的溶解机理。     

An Experimental Melting—crystallization Study on Basalt at High Pressures

A series of melting-crystallization experiments on alkali basalt samples from Minqing, Fujian Province was carried out in dry and waterbearing systems at high pressures. A high-pressure melting curve was obtained. The results indicate that clinopyroxene crystallized from basalt melt at 13.5–23.7 kbar. spinel at 23.7–28.6 kbar and garnet at > 28.6 kbar. With increasing pressure, the CaSiO₃ contents of clinopyroxenes increase; and the FeSiO₃ decreases, but the chemical composition of garnet does not show any significant difference. The minerals are larger and euhedral in the water-bearing system. Therefore, we consider that natural megacrysts of the basalt can crystallize from the water-bearing basalt magma at high pressure. So the megacrysts may be derived from the upper mantle as a result of magmatic crystallization-fractionation under high pressure. This project was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.     

CO2矿化封存条件下玄武岩溶解反应速率模型

实施CO2补集与地质封存是目前降低大气中CO2含量、减轻温室效应的有效途径。在所能利用的封存方式中,CO2矿化封存最为安全、稳定。在能实施矿化封存的岩石介质中,玄武岩封存潜力巨大,且岩石溶解反应过程是矿化沉淀过程的基础;因此,研究玄武岩溶解反应速率十分必要。在构成玄武岩的单一矿物与缓冲溶剂的反应速率模型的基础上,提出不同温度下玄武岩样品在超临界CO2水溶液中的溶解速率模型,并通过室内实验,利用采自山东省临朐县的玄武岩岩心样品,在45~100 ℃、10 MPa条件下,与超临界CO2－纯水反应,并运用最小二乘法确定模型中相关参数。同时利用57 ℃、72 ℃、92 ℃ 3个温度下的模型计算值与实验值对模型进行验证,结果证明了模型的准确性和可靠性,研究结果可直接应用于CO2地质封存条件下玄武岩溶解速率的计算。     

四川雷波峨眉山玄武岩岩石学及地球化学特征

以剖面测量及野外系统观察、显微镜下及地球化学研究为基础,认为雷波地区峨眉山玄武岩主要具有以下特点:①岩石类型主要为致密块状玄武岩、斑状玄武岩、杏仁状玄武岩,发育柱状节理,为典型陆相喷发玄武岩;②岩石化学分类为碱性玄武岩,具高钛特征,为板内拉张玄武岩;③玄武岩经历了相似的岩浆演化和结晶分异,形成深度大,起源于富集地幔源,是地幔柱作用的产物;④玄武岩是攀西裂谷拉张作用的产物,无爆发角砾岩相,主要为喷溢-溢流相,可能属攀西裂谷的边缘相带。     

江西吉泰盆地碱性玄武岩的地球化学特征及其构造意义

吉泰盆地位于赣中地区, 目前尚无在该盆地中发现玄武岩的报道。新发现的玄武岩产于吉泰盆地南部泰和附近的南溪镇。玄武岩露头新鲜, 蚀变微弱, 属碱性玄武岩, 形成于板内快速拉张环境; 锆石U Pb年龄为 ( 139±0 7 ) ~(143±1 1)Ma, 表明岩石形成于早白垩世早期。玄武岩无明显的Nb、Ta负异常, Rb Sr、Sm Nd同位素组成分析结果显示[N(87Sr) /N(86Sr) ]i=0 704 1~0 704 8, εNd(t) = +3 78~+4 38, 反映玄武岩浆起源于亏损地幔, 未经地壳物质混染。结合吉泰盆地边部存在中侏罗世 (168Ma) 玄武岩的事实, 表明赣中地区在早白垩世已经处于拉张背景, 吉泰盆地的碱性玄武岩可能是在板内岩石圈伸展减薄作用下, 由北东向的赣江断裂带拉张形成的。     

Thermochemistry and melting properties of basalt

The heat capacities of the liquid, glassy and crystalline phases of an alkali basalt have been determined from relative enthalpies measured between 400 and 1,800 K. Values given by available models of calculation generally agree to within 2% of these results. As derived from the new data and the enthalpy of vitrification measured at 973 K by oxide-melt drop solution calorimetry for the same sample, the enthalpy of fusion of this basalt increases from 15.4 kJ/mol at 1,000 K to 33.6 kJ/mol at 1,800 K. Comparisons between the enthalpies of fusion of basalt and model compositions confirm the small magnitude of the enthalpy of mixing between the molten mineral components of the liquids. Minor variations in the chemical composition have only a small effect in the heat capacity and the enthalpy of melting of basalt. The enthalpies of formation at 298 K from the oxides of the crystallized and glass phases of this alkali basalt are −112.2 and −98.5 kJ/mol, respectively, for a gram formula weight based on one mole of oxide components.     

Geochemistry and stratigraphic correlation of basalt lavas beneath the Idaho Chemical Processing Plant, Idaho National Engineering Laboratory

 Thirty-nine samples of basaltic core were collected from wells 121 and 123, located approximately 1.8 km apart north and south of the Idaho Chemical Processing Plant at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory. Samples were collected from depths ranging from 15 to 221 m below land surface for the purpose of establishing stratigraphic correlations between these two wells. Elemental analyses indicate that the basalts consist of three principal chemical types. Two of these types are each represented by a single basalt flow in each well. The third chemical type is represented by many basalt flows and includes a broad range of chemical compositions that is distinguished from the other two types. Basalt flows within the third type were identified by hierarchical K-cluster analysis of 14 representative elements: Fe, Ca, K, Na, Sc, Co, La, Ce, Sm, Eu, Yb, Hf, Ta, and Th. Cluster analyses indicate correlations of basalt flows between wells 121 and 123 at depths of approximately 38–40 m, 125–128 m, 131–137 m, 149–158 m, and 183–198 m. Probable correlations also are indicated for at least seven other depth intervals. Basalt flows in several depth intervals do not correlate on the basis of chemical compositions, thus reflecting possible flow margins in the sequence between the wells. Multi-element chemical data provide a useful method for determining stratigraphic correlations of basalt in the upper 1–2 km of the eastern Snake River Plain. Received: 16 February 1996 · Accepted: 1 April 1996     

凹凸石粘土与玄武岩的成因关系

在矿物组成研究的基础上，对比研究了凹凸棒石，蒙脱石，凹凸棒石粘土，蒙脱石粘土，玄武岩，风化玄武岩的化学组成。根据化学成分对比，分析了玄武岩与凹凸棒石粘土的成因关系，解释了玄武岩对凹凸棒石粘土的时空控制，结合地质观测，提出形成苏皖地区凹凸棒石粘土的物质成分基本上来源于玄岩的化学风化，但物质成分发生了较大的分异，凹凸棒石粘土不能直接同玄武岩经地表雨水的风化淋滤形成，而是玄武岩风化形成的蒙脱石经搬运沉积，再与镁质溶液反应形成，或凹凸棒石直接从富镁碱性溶液中结晶形成，凹凸棒石粘土形成的物理化学条件为偏碱性的还原条件。     

甘肃省纤维用玄武岩应用前景分析

甘肃省玄武岩的研究地学界多年来主要以火山岩地质调查为主,重点是对岩石的时空分布、岩石学、岩石地球化学及其成因和形成时代等方面进行的研究,而对玄武岩的开发利用目前仍停留在粗加工和低附加值产品上。根据国内目前对玄武岩纤维的开发应用前景,通过收集、整理与分析省内玄武岩的岩石化学资料,与玄武岩纤维化学成分推荐指标及国内外典型地区制造玄武岩纤维岩石化学成分对比,从理论上认为省内一些地区的玄武岩具有制造玄武岩纤维这种高附加值产品的可能性,并对其应用前景进行了分析。     

滇中峨山地区中元古界昆阳群黑山头组火山岩锆石U-Pb年龄及其地质意义

滇中玉溪—昆阳一带广泛出露的中元古界昆阳群是一套与晋宁运动密切相关的浅变质火山-沉积岩系,其形成时代、沉积充填序列及大地构造属性一直存在争议。出露于峨山县美党地区的昆阳群黑山头组富良棚段发育有厚近百米的安山质熔结凝灰岩、晶屑凝灰岩、玄武岩及岩屑凝灰岩。对样品D0121-1及D0121-2进行同位素年代学研究,分别获得LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄加权平均值为1007±13Ma和1005±18Ma;同时,样品D0121-2中还获较多的2200±15Ma继承性锆石,推测滇中地区应存在古元古代的地质体。2件样品锆石的Th/U值均大于0.3,均具清晰的振荡环带结构,均为岩浆成因的锆石,表明黑山头组富良棚段形成于中元古代晚期,属于与造山作用相关的火山岩系,可能是罗迪尼亚超大陆事件在扬子陆块的响应,是全球格林维尔期造山过程的组成部分。