First Data on Yatulian (2.1 Ga) Metamorphism in the Belomorian Mobile Belt

Doklady Earth Sciences - The Sm–Nd isotope ages of apoamphibolite eclogites and eclogite-like garnet-clinopyroxene crystalline schists collected in the Chupa and Engozero segments of the...     

Conditions Of The Present-Day Hydrothermal Metamorphism Of Volcanic Rocks

Hydrothermal metamorphism in volcanic areas causes intense leaching of wall rocks with the development of secondary quartzites and rocks rich in alunite, dickite, and sericite. Three zones of different chemical activity, because of differences in P-T conditions, are evident: 1) zone of liquid hydrotherms (300m – 800m); 2) vaporization zone (10 m – 300m); and 3) condensation zone. Propylitization is common at greatest depth. In the vaporization zone, cooling and increase in pH lead to potassic metasomatism and development of zeolites and orthoclase. Argillization occurs at the surface. The change in the hot waters from acid solutions at depth to alkaline solutions at shallow depths is caused largely by vaporization of dissolved gases such as CO₂ and H₂S at lower pressures. Analyses of the deep circulating thermal waters in the Pauzhetka trough and of altered rocks in the discharge area are given as well as analyses of thermal waters and altered rocks in active volcanoes. Analyses of altered rocks from Wairakei are also compared.- -J. A. Redden.     

P-T Conditions of Metamorphism in the Neoproterozoic Rocks of the Negele Area, Southern Ethiopia

Neoproterozoic rocks constitute the Kenticha, Alghe and Bulbul litho-tectonic domains in the Negele area of southern Ethiopia. Structural features and fabrics in these rocks were developed during north-south folding (D1), thrusting (D2) and shearing (D3) deformation. From micro-structural inferences and fabric relationships in semi-pelitic schists/gneisses of the Kenticha and Alghe domains, three episodes of metamorphic mineral growths (M1, M2 and M3) are inferred to have accompanied the deformational events. Pressure-Temperature estimates on equilibrium garnet-plagioclase-biotite and garnet-biotite assemblages from semi-pelitic schists/gneisses of the two domains indicate metamorphic recrystallization at temperatures of 520–580°C and 590–640°C, and pressures of 4–5 kb and 6–7 kb in the Kenticha and Alghe domains, respectively. These results correspond to regional metamorphism at a depth of 16–20 km for the Kenticha and 22–25 km for the Alghe domains. The P-T results suggest that the protoliths to the rocks of the Kenticha and Alghe domains were subjected to metamorphism at different crustal depths. This implies exhumation of the Alghe gneissic rocks from intermediate crustal level (ca. 25 km) before juxtaposition with the Kenticha sequence along a north-south trending thrust at the present crustal level during the Neoproterozoic. The combined deformation, fabric and mineral growth data suggest that rocks in the Kenticha and Alghe domains evolved under similar tectono-metamorphic conditions, which resulted from crustal thickening and uplift followed by extension and orogenic collapse, exhumation and cooling before litho-tectonic domains coalesced and cratonized in the Neoproterozoic southern Ethiopian segment of the East African Orogen.     

不纯碳酸盐岩的变质作用

不纯碳酸盐岩中的矿物共生组合与变质时的总压和二氧化碳分压密切相关。总压增高促使透闪石、透辉石和橄榄石等矿物生成温度增高。变质过程中岩石中流体成分的变化有两种极端情况,即渗滤作用和缓冲作用。渗滤作用下变质反应,变质矿物界线和变质矿物特征等均与缓冲作用下有所差异,以此可以区别它们。湖北宿松群和河北红旗营子群不纯大理岩是在渗滤作用下变质的。山西五台群板峪口组不纯大理岩是在缓冲加渗滤作用下变质的。     

The First Data on the Composition of Rocks of the Atlantis Rise (Central Atlantic)

Doklady Earth Sciences - New data on the composition of volcanic rocks of the Atlantis Rise (Central Atlantic) have been obtained. Incoherent element ratios suggest that those volcanics were formed...     

南秦岭增生杂岩带马道地区变泥质岩的变质作用

摘要：南秦岭构造带出露于勉略断裂和虞关—留坝断裂之间,是一条复杂的增生杂岩带,也是秦岭造山带的重要组成部分。增生杂岩带内马道地区发育一套由黑云母片麻岩、片岩组成的变泥质岩,内部包含有石英岩、大理岩及超基性岩等岩块,构成了典型的“block in matrix”结构。选取了含石榴子石黑云母片麻岩样品进行详细的岩石学研究。结果显示,北部变质岩样品中的石榴子石具有弱退变质成分环带,利用岩石矿物组合中的石榴子石-黑云母温度计、石榴子石-黑云母-斜长石-石英组合温度-压力计,估算峰期压力为078~079 GPa,温度为705~707 ℃,退变质时期压力为064~076 GPa,温度为602~650 ℃,揭示出岩石峰期高角闪岩相变质后,经历降温减压过程。南部岩石样品中含有特征的十字石+蓝晶石组合,样品中的石榴子石具有进变质成分环带,其峰期压力为049~057 GPa,温度为553~562 ℃,相当于低角闪岩相。通过与其他典型增生杂岩带变质岩的剥露机制对比,认为马道变泥质岩的变质作用演化与南秦岭地区碰撞作用有关,而其剥露过程则主要受到双重逆冲构造控制。     

Physicochemical Conditions of Crystallization of Rocks from Ultrabasic Massifs of the Siberian Platform

A great volume of original information on the formation of the ultrabasic rocks of the Siberian Platform has been accumulated owing to the study of melt inclusions in Cr-spinels. The inclusions show the general tendencies in the behavior of the magmatic systems during the formation of the ultrabasic massifs of the Siberian Platform, tracing the main evolution trend of decreasing Mg number with SiO₂ increase in the melts with subsequent transition from picrites through picrobasalts to basalts. The compositions of the melt inclusions indicate that the crystallization conditions of the rocks of the concentrically zoned massifs (Konder, Inagli, Chad) sharply differ from those of the Guli massif. Numerical modeling using the PETROLOG and PLUTON softwares and data on the composition of inclusions in Cr-spinels yielded maximum crystallization temperatures of the olivines from the dunites of the Konder (1545–1430°C), Inagli (1530–1430°C), Chad (1460–1420°C), and Guli (1520–1420°C) massifs, and those of Cr-spinels from the Konder (1420–1380°C), Inagli (up to 1430°C), Chad (1430–1330°C), and Guli (1410–1370°C) massifs. Modeling of the Guli massif with the PLUTON software using the compositions of the melt inclusions revealed the possible formation of the alkaline rocks at the final reverse stage of the evolution of the picritic magmas (with decrease of SiO₂ and alkali accumulation) after termination of olivine crystallization with temperature decrease from 1240–1230°C to 1200–1090°C. Modeling with the PLUTON software showed that the dunites of the Guli massif coexisted with Fe-rich (with moderate TiO₂ contents) melts, the crystallization of which led (beginning from 1210°C) to the formation of pyroxenes between cumulate olivine. Further temperature decrease (from 1125°C) with decreasing FeO and TiO₂ contents provided the formation of clinopyroxenes of pyroxenites. For the Konder massif, modeling with the PLUTON software indicates the possible formation of kosvites from picrobasaltic magmas beginning from 1350°C and the formation of clinopyroxenites and olivine–diopside rocks from olivine basaltic melts from 1250°C.     

Petrology of Whiteschists and Associated Rocks at Mautia Hill (Tanzania): Fluid Infiltration during High-Grade Metamorphism?

Talc–kyanite schists (whiteschists), magnesiohornblende–kyanite–talc–quartzschists and enstatite–sapphirine–chlorite schistsoccur at Mautia Hill in the East African Orogen of Tanzania.They are associated with metapelites and garnet–clinopyroxene–quartzmetabasites. Geobarometry (GASP/GADS equilibria) applied tothe latter two rock types indicates a peak pressure of P = 10–11kbar. These results are confirmed by the high fO₂ assemblagehollandite–kyanite–quartz and late-stage manganianandalusite that contains up to 19·5 mol. % Mn₂SiO₅. Maximumtemperatures of T = 720°C are inferred from late-stage yoderite+ quartz. A clockwise P–T evolution is constrained byprograde kyanite inclusions in metapelitic garnet and late-stagereaction rims of cordierite between green yoderite and talcthat reflect conditions at least 3–4 kbar below the peakpressure. Oxidizing conditions are recorded throughout the metamorphichistory of the whiteschists and chlorite schists, as indicatedby the presence of haematite coexisting with pseudobrookiteand/or rutile. Increasing water activity near peak pressuresis thought to have led to the breakdown of the high-pressureassemblages (Tlc–Ky–Hem and Mg-Hbl–Ky–Hem)and the subsequent formation of certain uncommon minerals, e.g.yellow sapphirine, Mn–andalusite, green and purple yoderite,piemontite and boron-free kornerupine. The proposed increasein water activity is attributed to fluid infiltration resultingfrom the devolatilization of underlying sediments during metamorphism. KEY WORDS: fluid infiltration; high-pressure amphibolite facies; East African Orogen; Pan-African; whiteschist     

庐山变质核杂岩基底拆离带的变质作用P-T条件及其活动时代

庐山变质核杂岩发育的拆离带分为东、西两条,伸展拆离和韧性流变构造发育,且具有伸展对称性。西侧拆离带内断层岩序列完整,上部为一固态流变构造带,以主拆离带为分界形成一个伸展构造变形的垂向分层变形域,主拆离带处变形最强。东侧拆离带主要发育糜棱岩带和构造片岩(片麻岩)带,其他构造层未见出露,其伸展拆离构造是叠加和改造早期左行剪切构造发育的。东侧拆离带内矿物的显微变形特征估算变形温度为500~580℃和580~700℃,又利用黑云母Ti温度计得到613~698℃的变质温度。角闪石-斜长石地质温度计和角闪石全铝压力计计算西侧拆离带内斜长角闪片岩的变质温度为666~691℃,压力为0.65~0.75GPa,说明西侧拆离带形成时的温压条件较高,埋深较大,与东侧拆离带一样达到了高角闪岩相。通过锆石年代学的研究得到东侧拆离带的伸展年龄为138.9Ma,与西侧拆离带一致,伸展早于岩浆,推测庐山变质核杂岩的原始拆离带是西侧拆离带,东侧拆离带是在重力均衡调节产生的底辟、褶皱作用下形成的次级拆离带。     

Metamorphism of the Scourian Complex, NW Scotland

The rocks of the Scourian Complex have been intensively studied, but there is still no consensus as to the conditions of the granulite-facies metamorphism preserved in these rocks. Recent estimates of these conditions fall into two groups, one at 820-920°C and ca. 11 kbar and the second at ca. 1000°C and >12 kbar. Investigation of a variety of rocks shows that the recorded conditions vary with grain-size, with higher-grade conditions recorded by the cores of coarser ( ca. 10 mm) crystals, and lower-grade conditions recorded by the rims of coarser grains and by finer grains. This observation suggests that re-equilibration during recovery of these rocks to the surface has been important which may account for the discrepancy in estimated P-T conditions. Revised estimates of the equilibration conditions of the Scourian Complex of T > 1000°C and P > 8.5 kbar are presented. The conditions suggested for the peak of metamorphism mean that the role of anatexis in the genesis of these rocks must be considered and the nature of the fluid phase thoroughly investigated.     

玲珑花岗质杂岩体形成的物理化学条件及其地质意义

胶东西北部是我国金矿的重要产区,招掖金矿带的形成与玲珑花岗质杂岩有密切的成因联系。玲珑花岗质杂岩是一个多期次形成的复式岩体,最终定位于燕山期。它主要由云山、崔召、玲珑片麻状花岗岩、郭家店（型）、郭家岭（型）岩体组成。本文研究了上述诸岩体形成的Ｔ、ｐ、ｆＯ２、ｆＨ２、ｐＨ２Ｏ条件及熔浆中的含水量。通过玲珑花岗质杂岩形成的物理化学条件研究得出：玲珑花岗质杂岩即不是区域变质作用中混合岩化的产物,也不是幔源岩浆分异、冷凝的产物,而是由太古宙、元古宙变质岩重熔交代所形成的原地半原地型花岗质杂岩体。玲珑花岗质杂岩,尤其是郭家岭型花岗岩对本区金矿的形成具有重要意义。重熔岩浆作用,热驱动下流体循环和含矿热液中水的浓缩（收缩）,是胶东金矿得以形成的主要原因。     

Evidence of Microbial-Induced Mineralization in Rocks of the Tomtor Carbonatite Complex (Arctic Siberia)

Doklady Earth Sciences - Carbonates of the Tomtor complex of ultramafic alkaline rocks and carbonatites (the northern part of the Republic of Sakha Yakutia) are distinguished by a wide range of...     

On the Rocks and Metamorphism of Peyinchang Volcanic Series, Kaolan, Kansu

I. INTRODUCTIONIn July, 1946, while investigating the pyrite deposit ot Peyinchang, Kaolan,. Kansu [7], the writer noticed that the country rocks of the deposit, formerly recognized as a series of metamorphosed sedimentary rocks consisting mainly of phyllite, quartzite and schist by Mr. P. Chen [2], and Messrs. N. L. Liu, W. Y. Liang and T. C. Liu [4] who visited there in the years of 1940 and 1944 respectively, are far different in rock character as compared with the doubtless metamorphosed sedimentogenous rocks over-     

Age of Granulites of the Cheremshanskaya Unit (Sharyzhalgai Uplift,Siberian Craton,Russia): New Data

Doklady Earth Sciences - The present paper presents new U–Pb and Sm–Nd age data obtained for granulites of the Cheremshanskaya Unit enclosing metamorphosed volcano-sedimentary sulfide...     

Fluorides and Fluorcarbonates in Rocks of the Katugin Complex,Eastern Siberia: Indicators of Geochemical Mineral Formation Conditions

The paper discusses the chemical composition and parageneses of fluorides and fluorcarbonates in rocks of the Katugin Complex, with which a unique deposit of REE–Nb–Ta ore with cryolite is associated. In mineralogy and chemical composition, the rocks correspond to biotite, biotite–amphibole, arfvedsonite, and aegirine–arfvedsonite granites, which were regarded in earlier publications as granite-like metasomatic rocks. Aegirine–arfvedsonite granite contains a cryolite–gagarinite assemblage, which reflects depletion of Ca in the mineral-forming medium and enrichment in Na and F. Arfvedsonite granite is characterized by intergrowth of yttrofluorite with fluocerite and gagarinite, which indicates a relative enrichment in Ca and low CO₂ content. Biotite granite is characterized by an assemblage of fluorite with titanite, apatite, and monazite as evidence for an elevated Ca concentration along with moderate F and P contents in the system. Neighborite, coulsellite, gagarinite, fluocerite, and tveitite-(Y) appear in biotite–amphibole granite along with replacement of annite with riebeckite and development of albite after microcline. All this indicates that a moderately alkaline Na-fluoride solution with a low Ca concentration affects biotite granite.     

Oxygen and Carbon Isotope Studies of Contact Metamorphism of Carbonate Rocks

O¹⁸/O¹⁶ and C¹²/C¹³ ratios have been determined for carbonaterocks and coexisting minerals from two contact metamorphic aureolesat Birch Creek, California and Marble Canyon, Texas. The peliticmetasediments and granitic intrusions of the Birth Creek localitywere also analyzed for their O¹⁸/¹⁶ and D/H ratios. Oxygen andcarbon isotope fractionations in coexisting dolomite and calciteare interrelated but show no obvious correlation with sampledistance from the intrusive contact. Small-scale oxygen isotopicexchange effects between rock units are observed within a fewfeet of the intrusive-country rock contacts and the marble-schistcontacts at Birch Creek. Oxygen isotopic temperatures obtainedfrom quartz—biotite fractionations in the biotite schistsof Birch Creek show a systematic decrease with increasing distanceaway from the intrusive contact; the isotopic contact temperatureis calculated to be 535–45°C. Low O¹⁸/¹⁶ and C¹³/¹²ratiosof the contact metamorphic marbles generally correlate wellwith presence of calc-silicate minerals, indicating that theCO₂ liberated during metamorphic decarbonation reactions isenriched in both O¹⁸and C¹² relative to the carbonates. Materialbalance calculations indicate that the liberated CO₂ is about5 per mille richer in O¹⁸ and about 6 per mille richer in C¹³than coexisting calcite.     

The Problem of Dating High-pressure Metamorphism: a U-Pb Isotope and Geochemical Study on Eclogites and Related Rocks of the Marianske Lazne Complex, Czech Republic

This study presents new geochemical (major and trace element,Nd–Sr isotope) and U–Pb zircon, monazite, titaniteand rutile data for various rock types (eclogite, high-pressuregranulite, amphibolite, orthogneiss, leucosome) of the high-grademetamorphic Mariánské Lázn     

Anorthositic Rocks of the Duluth Complex: Examples of Rocks Formed from Plagioclase Crystal Mush

Anorthositic rocks compose 35–40% of the Middle Proterozoic(Keweenawan; 1?1 Ga) Duluth Complex—a large, compositemafic body in northeastern Minnesota that was intruded beneatha comagmatic volcanic edifice during the formation of the Midcontinentrift system. Anorthositic rocks, of which six general lithologictypes occur in one area of the complex, are common in an earlyseries of intrusions. They are characterized on a local scale(meters to kilometers) by nonstratiform distribution of rocktypes, variably oriented plagioclase lamination, and compositeintrusive relationships. Variably zoned, subhedral plagioclaseof nearly constant average An (60) makes up 82–98% ofthe anorthositic rocks. Other phases include granular to poikiliticolivine (Fo_66–38), poikilitic clinopyrox-ene (En'_73–37),subpoikilitic Fe-Ti oxides, and various late-stage and secondaryminerals. Whole-rock compositions of anorthositic rocks are modelled bymass balance to consist of three components: cumulus plagioclase(70–95 wt.%), minor cumulus olivine (0–5%), anda gabbroic postcumulus assemblage (5–27%) representinga trapped liquid. The postcumulus assemblage has textural andcompositional characteristics which are consistent with crystallizationfrom basaltic magma ranging from moderately evolved olivinetholeiite to highly evolved tholeiite (mg=60–25). Sympatheticvariations of mg in plagioclase and in mafic minerals suggestthat cumulus plagioclase, though constant in An, was in approximateequilibrium with the variety of basaltic magma compositionswhich produced the postcumulus assemblages. Standard models of mafic cumulate formation by fractional crystallizationof basaltic magmas in Duluth Complex chambers, although ableto explain the petrogenesis of younger stratiform troctoliticto gabbroic intrusions, are inadequate to account for the field,petrographic, and geochemical characteristics of the anorthositicrocks. Rather, we suggest an origin by multiple intrusions ofplagioclase crystal mushes—basaltic magmas charged withas much as 60% intratelluric plagioclase. The high concentrationsof cumulus plagioclase (70–95%) estimated to compose theanorthositic rocks may reflect expulsion of some of the transportingmagma during emplacement or early postcumulus crystallizationof only plagioclase from evolved hyperfeldspathic magma. Althoughthe evolved compositions of anorthositic rocks require significantfractionation of mafic minerals, geophysical evidence indicatesthat ultramafic rocks are, as exposure implies, rare in theDuluth Complex and implies that plagioclase crystal mushes werederived from deeper staging chambers. This is consistent withinterpretations of olivine habit and plagioclase zoning. Moreover,plagioclase could have been segregated from coprecipitatingmafic phases in such lower crustal chambers because of the buoyancyof plagioclase in basaltic magmas at high pressure. The geochemicaleffects of plagioclase suspension in basaltic magmas are consistentwith observed compositions of cumulus plagioclase in the anorthositicrocks and with the geochemical characteristics of many comagmaticbasalts. The petrogenesis of the anorthositic rocks and theoverall evolution of Keweenawan magmas can be related to thedynamics of intracontinental rift formation.     

On the Occurrence and Metamorphism of Late Palaeozoic Extrusive Rocks of Taofu,Sikang

Introduction. General Geology. Metamorphosed Submarine Pyroclastic Rocks of Tiehkuangshan. Rocks of the Taofu Volcanic Series of Waerhkou and Matzukou. Concluding Remarks.