Anomalous behaviour of uranium isotopes in coastal marine environment of the west coast of India

During the last few years, a remarkable anomaly between ²³⁸U and ²³⁴U activities has been observed in the top layers of the coastal sediments along the western region of the Indian sub-continent. Sediment samples from Bombay (19°N, 73°E) to Kottilppad (8°N, 77°E) were leached with saturated ammonium carbonate solution to extract uranium isotopes from the surface layers of the sediment particles without attacking the mineral cores. The ²³⁴U/²³⁸U activity ratios in these leachates are in the range of 1.12–1.14 while ²³⁵U/²³⁸U activity ratio is 0.046 which is the same as for other natural uranium.

The surface organic matter from the sediment particles was removed by treatment with hydrogen peroxide in presence of 0.05 M hydrochloric acid. ²³⁴U/²³⁸U and ²³⁵u/²³⁸U activity ratios in the extract and the residues were determined.

It is observed that disequilibrium between ²³⁸U and ²³⁴U exists only on the surface of sediment particles. ²³⁴U/²³⁸U on the surface of the sediment particles is the same as in the ambient water and as the surface organic matter is removed from the particle surface, the cores show equilibrium activities.     

Application of Laser Ablation ICP-MS to U-Th-Pb Dating of Monazite

Recent advances in laser ablation ICP-MS techniques allow accurate U-Th-Pb age dating of monazites that are as young as several tens of million years to a precision better than 2%. Accuracy of the age determinations has been improved by true real-time mass bias correction via nebulisation of a solution containing enriched ²³³U and natural Tl isotopes. The Tl-U tracer solution eliminates possible effects of variable sample matrices on the precision and accuracy of measured isotopic ratios. Mass bias corrections based on measured ²⁰⁵Tl/²³³U ratios in the tracer solution allow direct measurement of ²³⁵U in monazite. Combined with high-sensitivity laser ablation ICP-MS measurements, direct measurement of ²³⁵U particularly improves the precision of U-Pb dating of young monazites. Correction for laser-induced Pb/U and Pb/Th elemental fractionation is based on a mathematical treatment of time resolved count-rate data that is independent of laser ablation characteristics, does not require external standardisation and allows variable laser pit size or raster patterns for each measurement. The new procedures make the LA ICP-MS technique more flexible for in situ U-Th-Pb analysis.     

青藏高原及其毗邻地区降水中稳定同位素成分的经向变化

分析了从南亚经青藏高原到毗邻的我国西北地区一个经向剖面上降水中稳定同位素成分的时空分布以及与温度、降水量、水汽来源的关系.在青藏高原南部和南亚,温度效应均不存在.在所统计的站点中,大约一半的取样站具有降水量效应,但降水中稳定同位素比率的季节变化并不与降水量强度的变化相一致.在季节变化中,δ¹⁸O的最大值往往出现在雨季到来之前的春季,最小值则出现在雨季后期或雨季结束的秋季.在青藏高原中、北部和毗邻的我国西北地区,各取样站均具有显著的温度效应,且降水中δ¹⁸O的季节变化与温度的季节变化几乎一致.说明在这些地区,温度是制约降水中稳定同位素变化的主要影响因子.由于来自源区水汽的直接凝结,南亚地区降水中平均稳定同位素成分相对较重.稳定同位素比率的季节差异较小;从青藏高原南坡的坚景到唐古拉山,由于翻越喜马拉雅山时水汽受强烈的洗涤作用,降水中稳定同位素比率急剧减小,达经向分布中δ¹⁸O的最低值段;从31°N到青藏高原北部,降水中稳定同位素比率随纬度而增大,并最终过渡到与我国西北地区降水中稳定同位素比率的变化型相类似.     

High resolution (5 μm) U–Th–Pb isotope dating of monazite with excimer laser ablation (ELA)-ICPMS

Monazite [(LREE)PO₄], a common accessory mineral in magmatic and metamorphic rocks, is complementary to zircon in U–Th–Pb geochronology. Because the mineral can record successive growth phases it is useful for unravelling complex geological histories. A high spatial resolution is required to identify contrasted age domains that may occur at the crystal-scale. Bulk mineral techniques such as ID-TIMS, applied to single monazite grains recording multiple overgrowths or isotope resetting can result in partly scattered discordant analytical points that produce inaccurate intercept ages. Laser ablation (LA)-ICPMS has been demonstrated to be a useful technique for U–Th–Pb dating of zircons, and this study tests its analytical capabilities for dating monazite. A sector field high resolution ICPMS coupled with a 193 nm ArF excimer laser ablation microprobe is capable of achieving a high spatial resolution and producing stable and reliable isotope measurements.

The U–Th–Pb systematic was applied to monazite grains from several samples: a lower Palaeozoic lens from high-grade terrains in Southern Madagascar, Neogene hydrothermal crystals from the Western Alps, a Palaeoproterozoic very high temperature granulite from central Madagascar and a Variscan leucogranite from Spain, directly on a polished thin section. The major aim was to compare and/or reproduce TIMS and EMP ages of monazite from a variety of settings and ages. The three independent ²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U, ²⁰⁷Pb/²³⁵U and ²⁰⁸Pb/²³²Th ratios and ages were calculated. Isotope fractionation effects (mass bias, laser induced fractionation) were corrected using a chemically homogeneous and U–Pb concordant monazite as external standard.

This study demonstrates that excimer laser ablation (ELA)-ICPMS allows U–Th–Pb dating of monazite with a high level of repeatability, accuracy and precision as well as rapidity of analysis. A spatial resolution almost comparable to that of EMP in terms of crater width (5 μm) produced precise ²⁰⁸Pb/²³²Th, ²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U and ²⁰⁷Pb/²³⁵U ratios for dating Palaeozoic to Precambrian monazites. The advantages of (ELA)-ICPMS isotope dating are precision, accuracy and the ability to detect discordance. In the case of late Miocene hydrothermal monazites from the Alps, a larger spot size of 25 μm diameter is required, and precise and accurate ages were obtained only for ²⁰⁸Pb/²³²Th systematics. Results from the Variscan granite show that in situ U–Th–Pb dating of monazites with (ELA)-ICPMS is possible using a 5 μm spot directly on thin sections, so that age data can be placed in a textural context.     

Geochemical and isotopic characteristics of lower crustal xenoliths, San Francisco Volcanic Field, Arizona, U.S.A

A wide variety of xenoliths has been entrained in Miocene-to-Recent alkali olivine and hypersthene-normative basalts in the San Francisco Volcanic Field (SFVF), northern Arizona, U.S.A. Based on petrography, mineralogy, bulk rock chemistry and Sr-Nd isotopic characteristics, SFVF xenoliths can be divided into two major groups: cumulates and granulites. The cumulates are genetically related to the Cenozoic volcanic rocks and represent under- and/or intraplated additions to the crust of the Colorado Plateau. Assemblages are mafic to ultramafic and are dominated by clinopyroxene-orthopyroxene-plagioclase-spinel-amphibole-olivine. The granulites are probably Proterozoic in age, mafic-to-intermediate/felsic in bulk composition, either two pyroxene-plagioclase-spinel or plagioclase-alkali feldspar-quartz-magnetite-amphibole-biotite assemblages. Many of the granulites show evidence of partial melting. Some high SiO₂, very high Rb/Sr glasses are close in composition to erupted rhyolites, and probably represent end-member melts that have interacted with basalt to produce a variety of hybrid intermediate lavas. The major element, trace element and Sr-Nd isotope geochemistry is highly variable in the SFVF xenoliths. Extremely high Ba contents and Ba/Nb of a number of the granulites are equivalent to values characteristics of modern supra-subduction zone magmas. The considerable variation of chemical and isotopic composition depends upon mineral proportions, assemblages and chemistry. Isotopically, three end-members can be identified within the granulites: (i) lowest ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr (0.702870) with low ¹⁴³Nd/¹⁴⁴Nd (0.511541, εNd-21.4); (ii) high ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr (0.711069) with the lowest ¹⁴³Nd/¹⁴⁴Nd (0.511434, εNd-23.5); (iii) highest ⁸⁷Sr/{86}Sr (0.715306) with low ¹⁴³Nd/¹⁴⁴Nd (0.511793, εNd-16.5). Two important age ranges deduced from the isotopic data probably relate to episodes of crustal-growth beneath the SFVF (1.88 ± 0.33 Ga and Cenozoic). Thermobarometric calculations assuming equilibrium show that the xenoliths are derived from the lower crust (0.6–1.3 GPa, 850–1050 °C). The average SFVF lower crust is mafic in composition. In the absence of partial lithospheric delamination, the lower crust may become mafic with time due to under- and intraplating of continental crust by mafic magmas derived from the mantle.     

铀系不平衡在大同南寒武-奥陶系地下水资源研究中的应用

在大同口泉沟南寒武-奥陶系碳酸盐岩地下水资源勘探研究中,应用了铀放射系不平衡方法.由地下水中234U与238U放射性活度比的不平衡对相邻泉域作出区别,划分出岩溶地下水的3种类型,相应于强、中、弱径流条件和不同的含水层环境.利用234U盈亏指标识别了本区各岩溶地下水子系统、相互关系、补给源和混合比及其与侧向补给和侧向排泄的关系.地下水中铀含量和活度比有较大变幅,神头泉有罕见的小于久期平衡的铀放射性活度比.     

Accurate Isotopic and Concentration Analyses of Small Amounts of Pb Using Isotope Dilution Coupled with the Double Spike Technique

A new method has been developed for the simultaneous determination of Pb abundance and Pb isotopic composition with high precision and accuracy for small test portion masses by thermal ionisation mass spectrometry. In this method, a ²⁰⁵pb-²⁰⁴pb double spike is added to samples prior to the chemical separation of Pb, and the isotopic composition of the spike-sample mixture is determined rigorously by the double spike technique using a ²⁰⁷Pb-²⁰⁴Pb spike. The isotopic composition and concentration of Pb in the sample are then obtained by utilising the principle of isotope dilution. Using this technique, replicate determinations of Pb from NIST SRM 981 and GSJ JP-1 (peridotite; 0.07 μg g⁻¹ Pb) were performed. The measured concentration and isotopic data were identical, within uncertainty, to published data or to data that were determined independently in this study. The application of this method to U-Pb dating and the determination of the "initial" Pb isotopic composition was also tested. Lead isotopic compositions and the concentrations of Pb, Th and U were determined for a single batch of samples, through the addition of ²⁰⁵pb-²⁰⁴pb, ²³⁰Th and ²³⁵U spikes to samples prior to chemical separation. Also in these experiments, we confirmed that this routine gives accurate data for Pb, Th and U concentrations and Pb isotopic compositions.     

滇东南薄竹山花岗岩的LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年及地质意义

通过对滇东南薄竹山花岗复式岩体3个代表性花岗岩样品的LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb同位素年龄测试,获得了该岩体的形成时代。其中,雷达站单元样品的²⁰⁶Pb-²³⁸U加权平均年龄为（86.51±0.52） Ma(MSWD值为2.4);所作底单元样品的²⁰⁶Pb-²³⁸U 加权平均年龄为（87.54±0.65）  Ma(MSWD值为1.6);洋芋树单元样品的²⁰⁶Pb-²³⁸U 加权平均年龄为（87.83±0.39）  Ma (MSWD值为0.15)。这些分布比较集中的年龄数据为薄竹山花岗岩体提供了一个准确的形成时限。这些年龄数据表明,薄竹山花岗岩体同区域内的其它岩浆岩和与之相关的个旧、大厂、都龙超大型锡多金属矿床等都是晚白垩世的产物,均为华南西部地区岩浆-成矿带的重要组成部分,也是华南西部晚白垩世大规模成岩成矿作用在滇东南地区的又一具体表现。     

东川式铜矿的成矿作用及后期叠加改造:来自硫化物原位硫同位素的制约

沉积岩型层状铜矿床(SSC型)的成因争论聚焦在成矿作用主要集中在沉积成岩期并可能叠加有后期成矿作用,还是形成于成岩后盆地闭合过程和造山作用有关.产于扬子板块西缘的东川式铜矿是中国SSC型矿床的典型代表,这些矿床赋存在晚古元古界东川群岩石中,主要呈层状矿体产出,但也存在少量脉状矿体.文章选择东川铜矿田内因民、汤丹和滥泥坪...     

Miocene magnesian andesites and dacites, Evia, Greece: adakites associated with subducting slab detachment and extension

Mid-Miocene volcanic rocks are rare in the Aegean region, although early Miocene and late Miocene-Quaternary volcanism is widespread. At Oxylithos (island of Evia), 14 Ma dacites form a dome or sub-volcanic complex. Phreatomagmatic eruptions formed nearby rhyolitic pyroclastic surge deposits. The calc-alkaline dacites contain bronzite, Mg-rich clinopyroxene, phlogopite and plagioclase phenocrysts. The magma results from mixing of a Mg-rich andesitic magma, similar to that in the nearby island of Skyros, with more felsic magmas represented by the rhyolitic pyroclastics. The dacites are geochemically similar to adakites, which are derived by partial melting of eclogitic subducted oceanic crust and have low Y and Yb and high Sr/Y ratio. ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr≈0.7095 is found in both dacite and rhyolite. Lead isotopic composition from the high-Mg andesite from Skyros, with ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁴Pb= 15.70 and ²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁴Pb= 38.90, forms a linear trend with Evia dacite and rhyolite with ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁴Pb= 15.71 and ²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁴Pb= 39.05. The high temperatures required to produce such magma resulted from decompression due to extension of the Aegean basin at the same time as the initial intrusion of the detached subducted slab in the western Aegean that has been imaged by seismic tomography. The Oxylithos rocks extend the known occurrences of adakite series rocks: this series is not restricted to sites with subduction of young oceanic crust.     

Geochemical characteristics of lavas from Broken Ridge, the Naturaliste Plateau and southernmost Kerguelen Plateau: Cretaceous plateau volcanism in the southeast Indian Ocean

Lavas from several major bathymetric highs in the eastern Indian Ocean that are likely to have formed as Early to Middle Cretaceous manifestations of the Kerguelen hotspot are predominantly tholeiitic; so too are glass shards from Eocene to Paleocene volcanic ash layers on Broken Ridge, which are believed to have come from eruptions on the Ninetyeast Ridge. The early dominance of tholeiitic compositions contrasts with the more recent intraplate, alkalic volcanism of the Kerguelen Archipelago. Isotopic and incompatible-element ratios of the plateau lavas are distinct from those of Indian mid-ocean ridge basalts; their Nd, Sr, ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁴Pb and isotopic ratios overlap with but cover a much wider range than measured for more recent oceanic products of the Kerguelen hotspot (including the Ninetyeast Ridge) or, indeed, oceanic lavas from any other hotspot in the world. Samples from the Naturaliste Plateau and ODP Site 738 on the southern tip of the Kerguelen Plateau are particularly noteworthy, with ε_Nd(T) = − 13 to −7, (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr)_T=0.7090 to 0.7130 and high ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁴Pb relative to ²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb. In addition, the low-ε_Nd(T) Naturaliste Plateau samples are elevated in SiO₂ (> 54 wt%). In contrast to “DUPAL” oceanic islands such as the Kerguelen Archipelago, Pitcairn and Tristan da Cunha, the plateau lavas with extreme isotopic characteristics also have relative depletions in Nb and Ta (e.g., Th/Ta, La Nb > primitive mantle values); the lowest ε_Nd(T) and highest Th/Ta and La Nb values occur at sites located closest to rifted continental margins. Accepting a Kerguelen plume origin for the plateau lavas, these characteristics probably reflect the shallow-level incorporation of continental lithosphere in either the head of the early Kerguelen plume or in plume-derived magmas, and suggest that the influence of such material diminished after the period of plateau construction. Contamination of asthenosphere with the type of material affecting Naturaliste Plateau and Site 738 magmatism appears unlikely to be the cause of low-²⁰⁶Pb/⁰⁴Pb Indian mid-ocean ridge basalts. Finally, because isotopic data for the plateaus do not cluster or form converging arrays in isotope-ratio plots, they provide no evidence for either a quickly evolving, positive ε_Nd, relatively high-²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb plume composition, or a plume source dominated by mantle with ε_Nd of −3 to 0.     

湖南白马山龙潭超单元、瓦屋塘花岗岩锆石SHRIMP U-Pb年龄及其地质意义

运用阴极发光技术,对湖南白马山龙潭超单元2个样品和瓦屋塘花岗岩1个样品的锆石进行了内部结构分析,在此基础上利用锆石SHRIMP U-Pb定年方法进行了同位素年代学测定。其中,白马山龙潭超单元2个黑云母二长花岗岩样品分别给出了(215.9±1.9) Ma和(212.2±2.1) Ma的主体谐和年龄。同时还测得了一组较年轻的谐和年龄((201.0±2.8) Ma)和一组较老的锆石核部年龄(230.3~227.0 Ma),表明研究区印支晚期存在多期花岗质岩浆的侵入活动。瓦屋塘岩体黑云母二长花岗岩1个样品给出了(217.7±1.8) Ma的谐和年龄。这2个岩体的形成进一步佐证了华南大陆印支晚期岩浆活动于210~225 Ma,达到岩浆活动的峰期。地球化学测试结果显示,白马山和瓦屋塘岩体均为弱过铝-强过铝质花岗岩,具壳源型花岗岩的特征,形成于后碰撞期或碰撞晚期的构造环境,源于早元古代变质杂砂岩的部分熔融。结合区域大地构造背景认为,这2个岩体形成于秦岭-大别和松马2条印支期缝合带碰撞结束后的印支晚期伸展构造背景下,为热-应力松弛阶段,板内挤压加厚的地壳减压熔融作用的产物。     

Assessment of USGS BCR-2 as a Reference Material for Silicate Rock U-Pa Disequilibrium Measurements

The accuracy of ²³¹Pa-²³⁵U measurements can be readily assessed using a secular equilibrium reference material (RM), but a secular equilibrium RM is also required to calibrate the ²³³Pa spike used in ²³¹Pa determinations. The only silicate RM commonly accepted to be in secular equilibrium is Table Mountain Latite (TML) and so an additional reference is required. Our measurements on the widely available USGS BCR-2 (Basalt Columbia River) rock powder yielded (²³¹Pa/²³⁵U) = 0.997 ± 0.013 2s (n = 10), indicating its value as a secondary reference to test the fidelity of U-Pa determinations. Such a reference material additionally provides a useful check on data reduction, which our literature survey highlights can lead to discrepancies of up to 53% between reported (²³¹Pa/²³⁵U) activity ratios and corresponding U and Pa concentration data.     

雅鲁藏布江缝合带造山型金矿床成矿流体特征:来自He-A r同位素的约束

雅鲁藏布江缝合带造山型金成矿带是近些年来在青藏高原新确立的碰撞造山型金成矿带,成矿流体是一套CO2-H2 O-NaCl-CH4-N2体系,以变质水为主.为探讨地幔组分对成矿的影响,本文选取雅鲁藏布江缝合带内邦布矿床和念扎矿床两个大型的造山型金矿为研究对象,对与成矿相关的黄铁矿及胶黄铁矿进行He-Ar同位素分析.结果显示...     

Testing Sr/Sr as a paleosalinity indicator on mixed marine, brackish-water and terrestrial vertebrate skeletal apatite in late Paleocene-early Eocene near-coastal sediments, Mississippi

Mixed marine, brackish-water and terrestrial vertebrate skeletal apatite is found in the late Paleocene-early Eocene Tuscahoma and Bashi Formations of Mississippi. The co-Occurrence in these near-coastal marine deposits of skeletal apatite with different provenances offers a unique opportunity for unraveling the effects of diagenesis on apatite ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr composition, with bearings on the use of this isotope pair as paleosalinity indicator. The results show that the Sr isotopes of all originally poorly ordered phases of skeletal apatite have extensively re-equilibrated with pore water with significantly lower ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios than late Paleocene-early Eocene seawater. For example, marine shark and ray teeth from the Bashi Formation all have clearly nonmarine ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios, 0.7073-0.7075, compared with a coeval seawater ratio in the range 0.7077-0.7078. However, separated shark tooth enamel, with a high original crystallinity, appears to have retained all or most of its in vivo Sr isotopic signature until the present. Here we also show that ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr results on recent vertebrate skeletal material from different environments are in good agreement with expected values for respective habitat.

Earlier analyses of calcite material from the Bashi Formation indicated the existence of a shift in seawater ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr to a lower value at the Paleocene-Eocene boundary. The strong influence of pore water with low, nonmarine ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr on the apatite in the Bashi Formation suggests that the proposed isotopic shift may be an artifact related to diagenetic processes.     

A stable isotope record from freshwater lake shells of the eastern Tibetan Plateau, China, during the past two centuries

Lake Xingcuo is a small, closed, hardwater lake situated in the eastern Tibetan Plateau. Stable isotope data (δ¹⁸O and δ¹³C) from the freshwater snail Gyraulus sibirica (Dunker) in a 34-cm-long, radioactive isotope-dated sediment core represent the past 200 years of Lake Xingcuo environmental history. Carbon and oxygen isotope ratios in the shells of the snail yield information on the isotopic composition of the water in which the shell was formed, which in turn relates to climatic conditions prevailing during the snail's life-span. Living and fossil shells from Lake Xingcuo were collected. δ¹⁸O values in the living shells from Lake Xingcuo are in equilibrium with ambient waters, while δ¹³C values may trace snail dietary carbon. On comparing δ¹⁸O and δ¹³C in the shell of Gyraulus sibirica with monitored data for the period 1954-1995, we found that the δ¹⁸O composition in the shell is an efficient proxy revealing air temperature during the warmer months from April to September. There is a positive correlation between the δ¹⁸O in the shells of Gyraulus sibirica and the running average temperature of the warmer months. Climatic variability in the eastern Tibetan Plateau for the past two centuries has been inferred from the δ¹⁸O record from the freshwater snails in the sediments of Lake Xingcuo. As such, the last 200 years' palaeoclimatic record for this region can be separated into three periods representing oscillations between warm and cool conditions consistent with the Guliya ice record in the Tibetan Plateau.     

Raman Quantitative Measurements for Carbon Isotopic Composition in CO2-Rich Fluid Inclusion: A Preliminary Study

Carbon dioxide is a common and important component in fluid inclusions. Because carbon isotopic ratio of CO₂ in fluid inclusion can provide geochemical characteristics of source rocks, many works have been conducted to measure the carbon isotopic ratio (¹³C/¹²C) of CO₂. In general, carbon isotopic composition (¹³C/¹²C) of CO₂ fluid inclusions are measured by mass spectroscopy. However, mass spectroscopy is a destructive analytical technique, and can not be applied to measure single inclusion. Raman spectroscopy is an efficient non-contact and non-destructive method, and has been widely employed in many research fields. In fact, due to the difference of carbon atom mass, the Femi resonance of ¹³CO₂ is lower than that of ¹²CO₂, so they can be identified in Raman spectrum. In principle, the carbon isotopic composition (¹³CO₂/¹²CO₂) in CO₂ is closely related to the Raman intensity ratio between ¹³CO₂ and ¹²CO₂ (I+13/I+12). Therefore, Raman spectroscopy can theoretically be utilized to measure the carbon isotopic composition (¹³CO₂/¹²CO₂) of CO₂. However, this method is seriously hampered by the poor measurement accuracy and precision. In this study, based on the theoretical analysis, and in combination with previous Raman studies on carbon isotopic composition in CO₂, a preliminary research on Raman quantitative measurement for carbon isotopic composition in CO₂ was carried out.     

南岭中段主要锡矿床He、Ar同位素组成及其意义

对南岭中段主要锡矿床的黄铁矿等进行了流体包裹体的He、Ar同位素研究。结果表明,成矿流体的⁴⁰Ar/³⁶Ar≈288～371,³He/⁴He≈0.09～28.58Ra ,不同地区流体包裹体He、Ar浓度变化较大,而在同一地区⁴⁰Ar/³⁶Ar、³He/⁴He值比较一致;⁴⁰Ar/³⁶Ar值介于大气饱和水(包括大气降水和海水)的同位素组成（⁴⁰Ar/³⁶Ar≈295.5）和夏威夷热点（⁴⁰Ar/³⁶Ar=350～360）之间,³He/⁴He值大大高于大陆地壳特征值（³He/⁴He≈0.03Ra）,介于地壳特征值与原始地幔特征值（³He/⁴He≈8.57Ra）和夏威夷热点特征值（³He/⁴He≈27.14Ra）之间,表明成矿流体与地幔柱的活动有关,为地幔、地壳和大气水的混合产物,以地幔流体为主。这一结果为南岭地区锡多金属矿床为壳幔相互作用的产物及区域地幔柱的存在提供了新证据。     

闽中梅仙铅锌多金属矿区S、Pb同位素组成及对成矿物质的示踪:以丁家山和峰岩铅锌多金属矿为例

闽中梅仙铅锌多金属矿产于中—新元古代“变质基底天窗”绿片岩系中,目前对其成矿物质来源、矿床成因认识不一。对该矿区的丁家山和峰岩铅锌多金属矿床主成矿期的闪锌矿和方铅矿等金属硫化物进行S、Pb同位素分析,结果表明:丁家山和峰岩矿床的硫、铅同位素组成基本一致,其金属硫化物的δ³⁴S值分别为0.4‰~5.0‰和1.8‰~4.2‰,平均值则分别为2.66‰和2.88‰,表明硫为幔源硫。金属硫化物的铅同位素组成²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb、²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁴Pb和²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁴Pb值则分别为18.326~18.496和18.378~18.646、15.658~15.817和15.619~15.746、38.724~39.257和38.365~39.009,平均值则分别为18.388和18.447、15.705和15.700、38.880和38.823,表明2矿床铅均为壳幔混合源铅。综合硫、铅同位素分析结果,认为丁家山和峰岩铅锌多金属矿床成矿物质主要来自燕山期花岗(斑)岩。结合矿床、矿体地质特征分析,丁家山和峰岩铅锌多金属矿的形成主要与燕山期花岗(斑)岩侵入接触交代作用有关。     

Isotope and trace element geochemistry of Colorado Plateau volcanics

Basalts from the San Francisco Peaks and North Rim of Grand Canyon, nephelinites from the Hopi Buttes and Navajo minettes (Colorado Plateau) have been analyzed for trace element contents and Sr, Nd, Pb isotope compositions. The ages increase eastward from the Quaternary (basalt) to 5 Ma (nephelinite) and 30 Ma (minette) as does the depth of melt generation inferred from xenolith mineralogy and major element geochemistry.

The three rock types present an enrichment of incompatible elements (although minettes present negative concentration spikes for Nb, Zr, Ti, Ba, Sr) relative to other magma types. The chondrite-normalized Ce/Yb ratio changes from 8–22 (basalt) to 25–30 (nephelinite) and 33–60 (minette) and reflects small degrees of partial melting of a mantle source with a garnet/clinopyroxene ratio increasing with depth. The negative Eu anomaly present in minette, the low Sr/Nd and high Pb/Ce suggest the presence of a recycled continental crust component in their mantle source.

The ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratio varies from 0.7032-0.7045 (basalt and nephelinite) to 0.7052-0.7071 (minette), while ε_Nd is remarkably more constant at +0.8 to +3.7 (nephelinite) and −2.6 to +2.2 (basalt and minette). Good linear correlations are observed in both ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁴Pb and ²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁴Pb vs. ²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb diagrams with basalt being the least and nephelinite the most radiogenic and indicate a 2.3 ±0.1 Ga age and a Th/U of 3.4.

Three lithospheric source components are indicated: a) an OIB-type depleted mantle source, b) an end-member with unradiogenic Sr, Nd and Pb for basalt and nephelinite and c) a recycled crustal component for minette.