Olivine phenocrysts in some Cameroonian Basalts—implications for primary magma composition

Summary The chemical composition of olivine phenocrysts was determined for 13 basaltic samples taken from the central part of the Cameroon Volcanic line to estimate the compositions of the primary olivine phenocrysts and the primary magmas. The Mg/(Mg + Fe) ratios of the olivines attain 0.91, though many of the magnesian olivines are identified on a textural basis as xenocrysts from peridotite inclusions. Most magnesian olivine phenocrysts have Mg/(Mg + Fe) ratios of 0.87–0.88 and NiO contents of 0.32–0.35 wt %. The NiO versus Mg/(Mg + Fe) ratios of the olivines can be used to estimate the compositions of the primary phenocrysts in a range of Mg/(Mg + Fe) = 0.88–0.90. Assuming the Fe(3)/(total Fe) ratios of the magmas are 0.17–0.25, which is estimated from the Fe-Mg partitioning between plagioclase and groundmass, the compositions of the primary magmas were obtained from the Fe²⁺-Mg partition equilibrium with the primary olivine phenocrysts. The primary magmas of the Cameroonian basalts have 13.5 ± 4.0 wt MgO, which is similar to the compositions of basalts with highest MgO contents reported so far from the Cameroon volcanic line.

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Olivin Kristalle in einigen Basalten aus Kamerun: Hinweise auf die Zusammensetzung des primitiven Magmas

Zusammenfassung Die chemische Zusammensetzung von Olivin Phenokristallen wurde in 13 Basalt-Proben, die vom Zentralteil .des Kamerun-Vulkangürtels stammen, bestimmt, um Hinweise auf die Zusammensetzung der primären Olivineinsprenglinge and des primären Magmas zu erlangen. Die Mg/(Mg + Fe) Verhältnisse der Olivine reichen bis 0.91, obwohl viefle dieser Mg-Olivine auf Grund textureller Kriterien als aus Peridotit-Einschlüssen stammende Xenokristalle zu identifizieren sind. Die Mg/(Mg + Fe) Verhältnsse der Hauptmasse der Olivin-Phenokristalle liegen im Bereich von 0.87 bis 0.88, die Ni0 Gehalte zwischen 0.32 und 0.35 Gew %. Die Ni0 gegen Mg/(Mg + Fe) Verhältnisse eignen sich zur Abschätzung der Zusammensetzung der primären Phenokristalle, solange die Mg/(Mg + Fe) Verhältnisse im Bereich von 0.88 bis 0.90 liegen. Die Zusammensetzung des Primärmagmas wurde mittels der Fe²⁺-Mg-Verteilung zwischen dem Magma und den sich mit dem Magma im Gleichgewicht befindlichen primären Olivinkristallen unter der Annahme eines Fe³⁺/Fe total Verhältnisses von 0.17–0.25, welches sich aus der Mg-Fe Verteilung zwischen Plagioklas und Grundmasse ergibt, bestimmt. Demnach ergibt sich für das primäre Magma der Kamerun Basalte ein MgO Gehalt von 13.5 + 4.0 Gew%. Dieser Wert ist mit der Zusammensetzung von Basalten mit höchsten MgO-Gehalten, wie sie bisher vom Kamerun-Vulkangürtel berichtet worden sind, vergleichbar.

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Geochemical and isotopic composition and inherited zircon ages as evidence for lower crustal origin of two Variscan S-type granites in the NW Bohemian massif

Geochemical and Nd-Sr isotopic compositions and U-Pb zircon ages of two Variscan granites (Neunburg and Oberviechtach) from southern Oberpfalz, NW Bohemian massif, have been investigated in order to place constraints on their formation and on the crustal reworking. Both granites exhibit similar mineralogical, chemical and isotopic characteristics. They have peraluminous compositions (A/CNK ratios 1.2-1.3) and display high K₂O/Na₂O ratios of 2.2-2.3, consistent with typical S-type granites. In terms of trace elements, they show an enrichment of LREE and strong fractionation between LREE and HREE (La_N/Yb_N ratios 46 to 60). Compared with the primordial mantle, distinct negative anomalies of several trace elements (Ba, Sr, Nb and Ti) are also observed in both granites. They are further characterised by low initial k_Nd-values of ш.2 to ъ.2 and high initial ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios of 0.7114 to 0.7147. Zircon U-Pb data indicate that the intrusion of both granites shortly post-dates the HT-LP metamorphism of the Moldanubian basement and crystallised at about 320 Ma. The samples studied contain zircons mostly having xenocrystic cores with diverse morphologies. These inherited zircons have Early Proterozoic to Early Palaeozoic ages. This points to melting of sources comprising substantial sedimentary rocks. The La_N/Yb_N and Tb_N/Yb_N ratios of both granites are the highest so far reported from granitoids within this region. Melting of lower crustal rocks leaving garnet as a restite phase in the source provides a viable mechanism to reproduce the REE characteristics.     

西藏甲玛铜多金属矿区成矿斑岩的岩浆混合作用:石英及长石斑晶新证据

西藏甲玛矿区斑岩内石英和长石斑晶的阴极发光(CL)特征及元素含量变化有效记录了岩浆演化、混合及补给事件.石英斑晶的显微生长结构表明,原始岩浆经历过2次铁镁质岩浆混合作用.根据石英斑晶中Ti含量的变化可知,在2次溶蚀前后,石英结晶温度分别增高了约110℃和80℃.此外,斜长石斑晶的反环带及其Ba、Sr、Fe等元素的浓度梯...     

Petrochemical evidence of magma mingling and mixing in the Tertiary monzogabbroic stocks around the Bafra (Samsun) area in Turkey: implications of coeval mafic and felsic magma interactions

Miocene aged calc-alkaline mafic host stocks (monzogabbro) and felsic microgranular enclaves (monzosyenite) around the Bafra (Samsun) area within Tertiary volcanic and sedimentary units of the Eastern Pontides, Northeast Turkey are described for the first time in this paper. The felsic enclaves are medium to fine grained, and occur in various shapes such as, elongated, spherical to ellipsoidal, flame and/or rounded. Most enclaves show sharp and gradational contacts with the host monzogabbro, and also show distinct chilled margins in the small enclaves, indicating rapid cooling. In the host rocks, disequilibrium textures indicating mingling or mixing of coeval mafic and felsic magmas are common, such as, poikilitic and antirapakivi textures in feldspar phenocrysts, sieve textured-patchy-rounded and corroded plagioclases, clinopyroxene megacrysts mantled by bladed biotites, clinopyroxene rimmed by green hornblendes, dissolution in clinopyroxene, bladed biotite, and acicular apatite. The petrographical and geochemical contrasts between the felsic enclaves and host monzogabbros may partly be due to a consequence of extended interaction between coeval felsic and mafic magmas by mixing/mingling and diffusion. Whole-rock and Sr-Nd isotopic data suggests that the mafic host rocks and felsic enclaves are products of modified mantle-derived magmas. Moreover, the felsic magma was at near liquidus conditions when injected into the mafic host magma, and that the mafic intrusion reflects a hybrid product formed due to the mingling and partial (incomplete) mixing of these two magmas.     

U-Pb ages and morphologies of zircon in microgranitoid enclaves and peraluminous host granite: evidence for magma mingling

 Granites of the S-type Wilson's Promontory Batholith (Lachlan Fold Belt, Australia) contain zircons which are euhedral and relatively large; their age is 395 Ma, which can be considered as the best available estimate of the crystallysation age of the granites. Contrary to their dominance in other S-type granites of the Lachlan Fold Belt, very few zircon cores give inherited ages, varying between 500 and 1700 Ma. Microgranitoid enclaves contained within the granites contain a zircon population that is dominated by relatively small, anhedral or elongated crystals. These give ages that are indistinguishable from the crystallisation age of the granite. Some enclaves, which are characterised by the presence of megacrysts, contain a proportion of larger, euhedral zircons. These zircons give inherited ages similar to the zircons from the granitic host rocks. The data are in agreement with a magma mingling origin for the microgranitoid enclaves. The large euhedral zircons are interpreted to have been introduced into the “enclave magma” during a hybridisation event which also introduced quartz and plagioclase megacrysts into the magma. The relatively high proportion of inherited cores within the “large” zircon population of the enclaves is related to the timing of mixing between “enclave” and host magma. This mixing event took place before the majority of the magmatic zircons crystallised in the granitic magma. The small, anhedral zircons within the enclaves crystallised during quenching of the globules of enclave magma against the cooler granitic magma. Received: 21 August 1995 / Accepted: 9 October 1995     

Clinopyroxene phenocrysts (with green salite cores) in trachybasalts: implications for two magma chambers under the Kokchetav UHP massif, North Kazakhstan

Clinopyroxene phenocrysts in the Kokchetav trachybasalts are variable in composition and textures. Two distinctive cores are recognized: diopside cores and green salite cores. The diopside cores with Mg# of 80–90 are mantled by colorless salite rims with Mg# of 70–80. The green salite cores have especially low Mg# (<70) but high Al and Ti contents. A Mg-rich band (Mg#=82–90) usually occurs between a green salite core and its rim, and/or between a colorless salite mantle and its rim. Dissolution surfaces are observed on all textural variants. Two magma chambers are needed to explain the observed clinopyroxene phenocrysts. A deep chamber at about 120 km in the upper mantle in which diopside cores crystallized, and a shallow chamber at depths of less than 40 km in which diopside cores were resorbed and overgrown by salite rims or mantles. Magma mixing in the shallow chamber is responsible for the formation of dissolution surfaces between the diopside bands and the colorless salite mantles. The dissolution surfaces on the diopside cores formed in the shallow chamber as a result of pressure decrease. This magma evolution scenario is complicated by the occurrence of the crustal-origin green salite cores in diopsides. These green cores likely represent the relics of continental materials, which were captured in the deep chamber and partially re-melted. Our observations indicate that subducted continental materials were returned to the Earth's surface as a result of magmatism. This study therefore provides direct evidence of a link between subducted continental materials (slab) and magmatism in this orogenic belt.     

大兴安岭东北部侏罗纪花岗岩类Sr-Nd同位素特征及其地质意义

大兴安岭东北部侏罗纪花岗岩类的Sr-Nd同位素研究结果表明,兴安地块侏罗纪花岗岩具有较低的初始锶值(0.7048～0.7065)、高的εNd(t)值(+0.23～+2.54)和较低的TDM2(0.76～0.95Ga),反映其源区物质主要为显生宙期间从亏损地幔增生的地壳物质。额尔古纳地块侏罗纪花岗岩具有相对较高的初始锶值(0.7057～0.7075)、较低的εNd(t)值(-2.47～-9.72)和较高的TDM2(1.16～1.7Ga),反映其源区物质主要为中—新元古代从亏损地幔增生的地壳物质。额尔古纳地块和兴安地块各自具有不同的地壳增生时期,表明它们具有不同的早期地壳演化历史。     

中国东北地区中新生代花岗岩中氮含量及其同位素特征

通过对中国东北地区花岗岩类样品的分段加热,探讨了岩石氮气同位素组成的测定方法,并测定了释放出的Ｎ２含量及δ＾１５Ｎ值。分析结果表明,中国东北不同地区的花岗岩、流纹岩和花岗斑岩在分段加热过程中,不同温度段释放Ｎ２含量及其同位素组成特征不同,释放Ｎ２含量判别较大。花岗岩释放Ｎ２含量为１．６４～６．２３uＬ／g,最大释放峰温度在６００℃左右,流纹岩、花岗斑岩释放Ｎ２含量为１０８．９８～７５５．９６uＬ／g,     

Time scales of large volume silicic magma systems: Sr isotopic systematics of phenocrysts and glass from the Bishop Tuff,Long Valley,California

The initial Sr isotopic compositions of glass and mineral separates from the 0.74 Ma Bishop Tuff ashflow in eastern California were determined to investigate the time scales of magmatic processes in a large silicic system. It was found that there is substantial isotopic heterogeneity, both between eruptive units and between glass and phenocryst phases of individual units. The frist-erupted, lower temperature units generally have higher initial ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr than later crupted, higher temperature units. Within each unit, feldspar phenocrysts have the lowest ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr, associated glass has higher ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr, and biotite phenocrysts have the highest ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr. These isotopic differences were produced by processes in the magma chamber and not by post-eruptive alteration. Two samples were similar Fe–Ti oxide temperatures but from widely separated localities have nearly identifical Sr isotopic characteristics, indicating the existence of compositionally uniform layers of substantial volume within the chamber. Trace element data indicate that the feldspars crystallized from a liquid represented by the associated glass, and that the feldspar-glass pairs are not accidental. The rhyolitic liquids of the Bishoptuff magma chamber apparently experienced increasing ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr at a rate too fast for feldspar phenocrysts to remain in isotopic equilibrium. The increasing ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr is caused primarily by radioactive decay of ⁸⁷Rb in the high-Rb/Sr liquids and not primarily by assimilation of radiogenic wall-rock material. A self-consistent model can be constructed to account for all of the isotopic data except for those on biotite phenocrysts. The time scale for evolution of the system is bounded on the high side at about 500 ky by observations made on precaldera lavas, and on the low side at approximately 300 ky by the time necessary to establish homogeneous layers in an actively differentiating chamber. The deduced time scale is consistent with model Rb–Sr ages, which date the differentiation of low temperature liquids from higher temperature liquids, and is compatible with the observed isotopic disequilibrium between feldspars and glass because of the low diffusivity of Sr in fieldspars (<10^-16 cm²/s). The prolonged (about 500 ky) evolution of the Bishop Tuff system was facilitated by a large influx of basaltic material (about 10^-2 km³/y) to the base of the system, which compensated for diffusive heat loss from the top and allowed large volumes of magma to maintain low crystal contents for >3x10⁵ years. The silicic-magma production rate within the Bishop Tuff magma chamber is estimated to be 10^-3km³/y. The growth rate of alkali feldspar is estimated to be about 10^-14 cm/s based on the Sr isotopic difference between sanidine and glass of the lower Bishop Tuff. The biotite population is inferred to be partially (>50 ppm) xenocrystic, the xenocrysts being introduced to the chamber less than one year prior to eruption.     

Highly fractionated I-type granites in NE China (II): isotopic geochemistry and implications for crustal growth in the Phanerozoic

NE China is the easternmost part of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB). The area is distinguished by widespread occurrence of Phanerozoic granitic rocks. In the companion paper (Part I), we established the Jurassic ages (184–137 Ma) for three granitic plutons: Xinhuatun, Lamashan and Yiershi. We also used geochemical data to argue that these rocks are highly fractionated I-type granites. In this paper, we present Sr–Nd–O isotope data of the three plutons and 32 additional samples to delineate the nature of their source, to determine the proportion of mantle to crustal components in the generation of the voluminous granitoids and to discuss crustal growth in the Phanerozoic.

Despite their difference in emplacement age, Sr–Nd isotopic analyses reveal that these Jurassic granites have common isotopic characteristics. They all have low initial ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios (0.7045±0.0015), positive _Nd(T) values (+1.3 to +2.8), and young Sm–Nd model ages (720–840 Ma). These characteristics are indicative of juvenile nature for these granites. Other Late Paleozoic to Mesozoic granites in this region also show the same features. Sr–Nd and oxygen isotopic data suggest that the magmatic evolution of the granites can be explained in terms of two-stage processes: (1) formation of parental magmas by melting of a relatively juvenile crust, which is probably a mixed lithology formed by pre-existing lower crust intruded or underplated by mantle-derived basaltic magma, and (2) extensive magmatic differentiation of the parental magmas in a slow cooling environment.

The widespread distribution of juvenile granitoids in NE China indicates a massive transfer of mantle material to the crust in a post-orogenic tectonic setting. Several recent studies have documented that juvenile granitoids of Paleozoic to Mesozoic ages are ubiquitous in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt, hence suggesting a significant growth of the continental crust in the Phanerozoic.     

Understanding mafic-felsic magma interactions in a subvolcanic magma chamber using rapakivi feldspar: A case study from the Bathani volcano-sedimentary sequence,eastern India

The Ghansura Rhyolite Dome of the Bathani volcano-sedimentary sequence in eastern India originated from a subvolcanic felsic magma chamber that was intruded by volatile-rich basaltic magma during its evolution leading to the formation of a porphyritic andesite. The porphyritic andesite consists of rapakivi feldspars, which are characterized by phenocrysts of alkali feldspar mantled by plagioclase rims. Results presented in this work suggest that intimate mixing of the mafic and felsic magmas produced a homogeneous hybrid magma of intermediate composition. The mixing of the hot volatile-rich mafic magma with the relatively colder felsic magma halted undercooling in the subvolcanic felsic system and produced a hybrid magma rich in volatiles. Under such conditions, selective crystals in the hybrid magma underwent textural coarsening or Ostwald ripening. Rapid crystallization of anhydrous phases, like feldspars, increased the melt water content in the hybrid magma. Eventually, volatile saturation in the hybrid magma was reached that led to the sudden release of volatiles. The sudden release of volatiles or devolatilization event led to resorption of alkali feldspar phenocrysts and stabilizing plagioclase, some of which precipitated around the resorbed phenocrysts to produce rapakivi feldspars.     

南阿尔金茫崖A型花岗岩的成因及构造意义

南阿尔金造山带位于柴达木盆地和祁连-昆仑造山带之间,是一条重要的大陆俯冲-碰撞造山带,带中分布的大量早古生代花岗岩蕴含着造山带构造演化的重要信息。茫崖A型碱长花岗岩对限定南阿尔金进入造山后伸展环境的时限以及壳幔相互作用具有指示意义,然而该岩体的成因类型、物质来源和形成的构造环境缺乏详细研究。因此,本文利用岩相学、岩石地球化学、LA-ICP-MS U-Pb年代学和Lu-Hf同位素分析对碱长花岗岩进行系统的研究,并探讨岩浆活动对造山带构造演化的响应。碱长花岗岩显示高硅、富铁、富碱、贫钙和镁的特点,并强烈亏损Ba、Sr、P、Eu和Ti,属于A2型花岗岩;岩体的结晶年龄为403～424Ma,是中—新元古代新生地壳(新生长英质物质或钙碱性花岗岩类)部分熔融的产物,岩浆源区可能存在少量富Ca斜长石残留相;南阿尔金造山带在424Ma之后进入造山后的伸展环境,不同块体之间的均衡调整导致深部幔源物质持续上涌,造成地壳的部分熔融,形成了这一期A型花岗岩。     

内蒙古阿尔山绿水碱长花岗岩锆石U——Pb 年龄、地球化学特征及构造意义

绿水碱长花岗岩锆石的LA--ICP--MS U--Pb 同位素测试结果为139. 4 ± 1. 6 Ma,表明其形成于早白垩世。地球化学特征显示绿水碱长花岗岩属于弱过铝质高钾钙碱性A2 型花岗岩,具高硅、高碱和低CaO、Fe2O3、MgO 和P2O5 特征; 轻稀土元素( LＲEE) 富集,重稀土元素( HＲEE) 相对亏损,铕具有明显的负异常; 高场强元素Zr、Hf 和大离子亲石元素Ｒb、Th、U 及K 相对富集,Ba、Nb、Ta、 Sr 和P 具明显的亏损。结合区域地质资料,认为这些碱长花岗岩的形成可能与古太平洋板块俯冲导致的加厚岩石圈拆沉后伸展环境有关。     

Microstructural evidence for magma confluence and reusage of magma pathways: implications for magma hybridization,Karakoram Shear Zone in NW India

In the Karakoram Shear Zone, Ladakh, NW India, Miocene leucogranitic dykes form an extensive, varied and complex network, linking an anatectic terrane exposed in the Pangong Range, with leucogranites of the Karakoram Batholith. Mineral paragenesis of the heterogeneous anatectic source rocks suggests melting has resulted from water influx into rocks at upper amphibolite facies conditions, and microstructures suggest anatexis was contemporaneous with shearing. The network is characterized by continuous and interconnected dykes, with only rare cross‐cutting relationships, forming swarms and chaotic injection complexes where magmatic rocks cover up to 50% of the outcrop area. Despite this volume of magma, the system did not lose continuity, suggesting that it did not flow en masse and that the magma network was not all liquid simultaneously. Leucogranites in this network, including leucosomes in migmatites, carry an isotopic signature intermediate between the two main anatectic rocks in the source, suggesting efficient homogenization of the magmatic products. Here, we describe a number of microscopic features of these magmatic rocks which suggests that several pulses of magma used the same pathways giving rise to textural and chemical disequilibrium features. These include: (i) narrow, tortuous corridors of fine‐grained minerals cutting across or lining the boundaries of larger grains, interpreted to be remnants of magma‐filled cracks cutting across a pre‐existing magmatic rock; (ii) corrosion of early formed grains at the contact with fine‐grained material; (iii) compositional zoning of early formed plagioclase and K‐feldspar grains and quartz overgrowths documented by cathodoluminescence imaging; (iv) incipient development of rapakivi and anti‐rapakivi textures, and (iv) different crystallographic preferred orientation of early formed quartz and fine‐grained quartz. Mapping of the fine‐grained corridors interpreted to represent late melt channels reveal an interlinked network broadly following the S‐C fabric defined by pre‐existing magmatic grains. We conclude that early formed dykes provided a pathway exploited intermittently or continuously by new magma batches. New influxes of magma opened narrow channels and migrated through a microscopic network following predominantly grain boundaries along an S‐C fabric related to syn‐magmatic shearing. A mixed isotopic signature resulted not from the mixing of magmas, but from the micro‐scale interaction between new magma batches and previously crystallized magmatic rocks, through local equilibration.     

桂东北越城岭—苗儿山地区印支期成矿作用：油麻岭和界牌矿区成矿花岗岩锆石U-Pb年龄和Hf同位素制约

提要：油麻岭和界牌矿床是越城岭—苗儿山地区两个钨多金属矿床,规模均达到中型,主要矿体均产在中细粒(斑状)二长花岗岩接触带附近矽卡岩和破碎带中。本研究利用LA-MC-ICP-MS微区原位测试技术,对油麻岭矿化花岗岩和界牌内接触带花岗岩中的锆石进行了U-Th-Pb和Hf同位素分析。结果显示,油麻岭矿化花岗岩锆石U-Pb年龄为（220±1）Ma（MSWD=0.035）,界牌内接触带花岗岩锆石U-Pb年龄为（215±1）Ma（MSWD=0.055）,间接指示越城岭—苗儿山地区存在印支期成矿作用。油麻岭花岗岩样品εHf(t)值在-2.47~-6.67,界牌花岗岩样品εHf(t)值在-3.52~-6.79,表明这两个矿区花岗岩都是源于地壳物质的重熔。与南岭地区其他成钨花岗岩比较,两者源区均具有高εHf(t)值特征,可能是较多εHf(t)值＞0的新元古代新生岛弧地壳组分加入引起的。本文获得及前人发表的印支期同位素年龄表明,桂北地区经历了较强的印支期成岩成矿事件,有较好的找矿前景,今后应注意区内印支期花岗岩出露区的勘查评价工作。     

The trace element compositions of S-type granites: evidence for disequilibrium melting and accessory phase entrainment in the source

Within individual plutons, the trace element concentrations in S-type granites generally increase with maficity (total iron and magnesium content and expressed as atomic Fe + Mg in this study); the degree of variability in trace element concentration also expands markedly with the same parameter. The strongly peraluminous, high-level S-type granites of the Peninsular Pluton (Cape Granite Suite, South Africa) are the product of biotite incongruent melting of a metasedimentary source near the base of the crust. Leucogranites within the suite represent close to pure melts from the anatectic source and more mafic varieties represent mixtures of melt and peritectic garnet and ilmenite. Trace elements such as Rb, Ba, Sr and Eu, that are concentrated in reactant minerals in the melting process, show considerable scatter within the granites. This is interpreted to reflect compositional variation in the source. In contrast, elements such as LREE, Zr and Hf, which are concentrated within refractory accessory phases (zircon and monazite), show well-defined negative correlations with increasing SiO₂ and increase linearly with increasing maficity. This is interpreted to reflect coupled co-entrainment of accessory minerals and peritectic phases to the melt: leucocratic rocks cannot have evolved from the more mafic compositions in the suite by a process of fractional crystallisation because in this case they would have inherited the zircon-saturated character of this hypothetical earlier magma. Trace element behaviour of granites from the Peninsular Pluton has been modelled via both equilibrium and disequilibrium trace element melting. In the disequilibrium case, melts are modelled as leaving the source with variable proportions of entrained peritectic phases and accessory minerals, but before the melt has dissolved any accessory minerals. Thus, the trace element signature of the melt is largely inherited from the reactants in the melting reaction, with no contribution from zircon and monazite dissolution. In the equilibrium case, melt leaves the source with entrained crystals, after reaching zircon and monazite saturation. A significant proportion of the rocks of the Peninsular Pluton have trace element concentrations below those predicted by zircon and monazite saturation. In the case of the most leucocratic rocks all compositions are zircon undersaturated; whilst the majority of the most mafic compositions are zircon oversaturated. However, in both cases, zircon is commonly xenocrystic. Thus, the leucocratic rocks represent close to pure melts, which escaped their sources rapidly enough that some very closely match the trace element disequilibrium melting model applied in this study. Zircon dissolution rates allow the residency time for the melt in the source to be conservatively estimated at less than 500 years.     

赞比亚班韦乌卢地块花岗岩地球化学特征、锆石U-Pb年龄及Lu-Hf同位素组成

赞比亚班韦乌卢地块广泛出露花岗岩,LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年结果表明,黑云母花岗岩、二长花岗岩和正长花岗岩的形成时代为1934±27 Ma~1974±9 Ma.岩石地球化学分析结果表明,这些花岗岩SiO2含量为69.4%~72.22%,K2O含量为4.52%~5.08%,Na2O含量为2.94%~3.11%,Al2O3含量为14.12%~14.65%,为高钾钙碱性过铝质I型花岗岩.花岗岩REE明显分异,铕负异常明显;大离子亲石元素Rb和K相对富集而Sr相对亏损;高场强元素Zr、Hf、U和Th相对富集,P、Ti、Nb和Ta相对亏损.锆石的εHf(t)值变化范围为-2.7~3.9和-12.8~1.5,Hf同位素二阶段模式年龄(TDM2)为2.37 Ga~2.83 Ga和2.52 Ga~3.37 Ga,样品的年龄数据投点位于球粒陨石演化线两侧,说明原始岩浆是不均一的,班韦乌卢地块花岗岩原始岩浆可能为新太古代-古元古代壳幔混染物质.     

The isotopic composition of zirconium in terrestrial and extraterrestrial samples: implications for extinct 92Nb

Since Nb and Zr are only little fractionated during magmatic processes, the ⁹²Nb-⁹²Zr relative chronometer has the potential of dating the formation of the planetary bodies through their differentiation. Thus, we have analyzed the isotopic composition of zirconium in lunar, meteoritic and old and recent terrestrial samples.No isotopic variation has been found. However, the ${}^{92}\text{Zr}{}^{90}\text{Zr}$ ratio of 3.8 Ga. old zircons from the Isua acid conglomerate is on the lower limit of the range of the standard measurements. If considered an anomaly, it would correspond to a +1.5 × 10^?492Zr relative deficiency or to a 3.0 × 10^?494Zr relative excess.Our data constrain the ${}^{92}\text{Nb}{}^{93}\text{Nb}$ isotopic ratio at the time of formation of the solar system to be less than 0.007, so that the maximum sensitivity of the ⁹²Nb-⁹²Zr relative chronometer for the formation of planetary bodies is around 10⁷ a. A discussion of some possible nuclear reactions indicates that zirconium isotopic variations in zircons are not easily produced, and that the ⁹²Nb and ⁹⁴Nb natural activities (Apt et al., 1974) cannot be explained by any single one of the processes proposed so far.