威海地区超高压变质花岗岩成因：锆石U-Pb定年和氧同位素研究

在苏鲁超高压变质带东北段威海地区皂埠镇发现锆石δ18O值低至-7.8‰左右的变质花岗岩，对这些低δ18O值变质花岗岩进行了锆石SHRIMP法U-Pb定年和系统的激光氟化法矿物氧同位素分析，结果对低δ18O值锆石成因和变质花岗岩的原岩性质提供了制约。研究得到：①这些低δ18O值锆石以新元古代岩浆锆石为主，但部分岩浆锆石在印支期超高压变质作用过程中发生了不同程度的重结晶作用。δ18O值为-7.08‰的岩浆核锆石U-Pb定年得到的变质花岗岩原岩谐和年龄和不一致线上交点年龄分别为760±49 Me和751±27 Ma，变质谐和年龄和不一致线下交点年龄分别为232±4 Ma和241±33 Ma，指示其原岩为新元古代花岗岩并经历了印支期变质作用；②锆石δ18O值在局部范围内变化于-7.76‰~5.40‰之间，低δ18O值岩浆锆石表明它们是从新元古代低δ18O值岩浆中直接结晶形成，锆石δ18O值的局部变化表明其原岩岩浆的氧同位素组成具有不均一性，指示δ18O值岩浆源区物质曾经在地表与极度亏损18O的大气降水发生过不同程度的高温水岩反应。威海皂埠镇地区和东海青龙山地区的花岗片麻岩在原岩时代、变质时代和氧同位素组成等方面基本相同，指示其应具有相同的原岩性质，并经历了相同的变质作用和水岩相互作用过程。因此，极度亏损δ18O的新元古代双峰式基性-酸性岩浆岩可能分布于整个大别-苏鲁造山带。     

北淮阳新开岭地区花岗岩锆石U-Pb年龄和氧同位素组成

对大别造山带北麓的北淮阳新开岭地区岩浆岩进行了锆石阴极发光显微结构观察和SHRIMP法锆石微区UPb定年.在锆石阴极发光图像中, 一个花岗岩样品中的大部分锆石颗粒具有明显的初始岩浆振荡环带, 为典型的岩浆锆石, 少有蚀变的颗粒和/或区域; 而另一个花岗岩样品中的锆石虽然同样具有振荡环带, 但是大部分颗粒中心的初始岩浆环带被扰动, 指示这些锆石为岩浆锆石, 受到了较强的后期热液蚀变的改造.对锆石具有初始岩浆环带和溶蚀结构的区域分别进行SHRIMP法UPb微区定年结果表明, 这些岩浆岩的形成年龄为(820±4) Ma, 热液蚀变作用发生的时间为(780±4) Ma.新开岭地区新元古代花岗质岩石的形成和后期超固相热液蚀变作用分别对应于超大陆裂解之前的约830~795Ma岩浆活动和裂解过程中约780~745Ma的岩浆作用.单矿物激光氟化氧同位素分析结果表明, 这些岩浆岩具有非常低的δ18O值, 其中锆石为1.90‰~5.78‰, 石英为-2.88‰~-7.67‰, 斜长石为-4.01‰~-11.40‰.锆石和其他矿物之间表现出强烈的氧同位素不平衡, 而其他矿物之间则达到了氧同位素的再平衡.结合不同δ18O值锆石的内部结构特征, 认为该地区的热液蚀变作用为超固相条件下的高温热液蚀变.这一过程不但改变了石英等矿物的氧同位素组成, 同时也不同程度地改变了锆石的氧同位素组成, 所以这些样品中低δ18O值锆石可能是超固相条件下热液蚀变的结果.石英中具有异常低的δ18O值表明蚀变流体来源应为寒冷气候大气降水.所以, 新开岭地区亏损18O蚀变岩石的形成与裂谷岩浆作用和雪球地球事件相耦合的高温大气降水热液蚀变有关.      

威海地区超高压变质花岗片麻岩锆石U-Pb定年和氧同位素研究

在苏鲁超高压变质带东北端山东威海地区皂埠镇发现锆石δ18O值低至-7.8‰左右的花岗片麻岩, 与前人在苏鲁超高压变质带西南端江苏东海青龙山地区发现的锆石δ18O值为-7‰~-9‰左右的花岗片麻岩一致.对这些低δ18O值花岗片麻岩进行了锆石SHRIMP法UPb定年和系统的激光氟化法矿物氧同位素分析, 结果对低δ18O值锆石成因和花岗片麻岩的原岩性质提供了制约.研究得到: (1) 这些低δ18O值锆石以新元古代岩浆锆石为主, 但部分岩浆锆石在印支期超高压变质作用过程中发生了不同程度的重结晶作用.δ18O值为-7.08‰的岩浆核锆石UPb定年得到的花岗片麻岩原岩谐和年龄和不一致线上交点年龄分别为(760±49) Ma和(751±27) Ma, 变质谐和年龄和不一致线下交点年龄分别为(232±4) Ma和(241±33) Ma, 指示其原岩为新元古代花岗岩并经历了印支期变质作用; (2) 锆石δ18O值在局部范围内变化于-7.76‰~5.40‰之间, 低δ18O值岩浆锆石表明它们是从新元古代低δ18O值岩浆中直接结晶形成, 锆石δ18O值的局部变化表明其原岩岩浆的氧同位素组成具有不均一性, 指示低δ18O值岩浆源区物质曾经在地表与极度亏损18O的大气降水发生过不同程度的高温水岩反应; (3) 低δ18O值花岗片麻岩在印支期板块俯冲和折返过程中基本没有与外部发生显著的氧同位素交换, 在退变质作用过程中花岗片麻岩内部缓冲流体对原岩岩浆锆石的δ18O值影响不大.威海皂埠镇地区和东海青龙山地区的花岗片麻岩在原岩时代、变质时代和氧同位素组成等方面基本相同, 指示它们应具有相同的原岩性质, 并经历了相同的变质作用和水岩相互作用过程.因此, 极度亏损18O的新元古代双峰式基性-酸性岩浆岩可能分布于整个大别-苏鲁造山带.      

北淮阳庐镇关岩浆岩锆石U-Pb年龄和氧同位素组成

对大别造山带北麓的北淮阳庐镇关浅变质岩浆杂岩进行了锆石阴极发光显微结构观察、激光剥蚀等离子质谱锆石U-Pb定年以及单矿物激光氟化氧同位素分析。锆石阴极发光图像显示,这些样品中的锆石具有明显的振荡环带或片状分带,为典型的岩浆锆石。少数样品的锆石具有窄的蚀变边。锆石U-Pb定年结果表明,这些岩浆岩有较一致的形成年龄,变化范围为739±8Ma～754±5Ma。岩浆岩单矿物的氧同位素组成具有较大的变化范围,其中锆石δ~(18)O为1.39‰～6.81‰,石英为3.12‰～12.47‰,斜长石为0.71‰～8.38‰。锆石的δ~(18)O值在不同岩体和/或同一岩体的不同样品之间具有明显差别,反应了其初始岩浆在氧同位素组成上的不均一性。锆石与其它矿物之间表现出显著的氧同位素不平衡,说明它们经历了岩浆期后的扰动,其中部分样品受到了亚固相条件下高温热液蚀变作用的影响,还有部分样品在岩浆后期演化过程中可能同化混染了高δ~(18)O值的围岩。大多数锆石具有低于典型地慢锆石的δ~(18)O值,表现出~(18)O亏损特征。低δ~(18)O锆石的内部结构和化学组成表现出典型岩浆锆石的特征,表明这些低δ~(18)O锆石是从亏损~(18)O的岩浆中结晶出来的,而非热液蚀变成因。这一结果证明,扬子板块北缘新元古代低δ~(18)O锆石形成于热液蚀变岩石经部分熔融所形成的低δ~(18)O岩浆。结合这些样品的形成年龄,我们认为这些低δ~(18)O岩浆的形成与Rodinia超大陆裂解有关的地幔柱裂谷岩浆活动有关,并对应于全球性的雪球地球事件。此外,这些岩石中锆石U-Pb年龄与矿物δ~(18)O分布与大别造山带高压-超高压变火成岩原岩相似,指示北淮阳单元属于俯冲的扬子板块北缘     

苏鲁造山带五莲地区岩浆岩元素和同位素地球化学研究

对苏鲁造山带五莲地区新元古代和中生代岩浆岩分别进行了主量元素、微量元素、Sr-Nd同位素和氧同位素研究。结果表明,新元古代花岗岩具有显著的LREE富集,高场强元素Nb、Ta、P和Ti负异常。εNd(t)为-12．6--6．9,可能与古元古代老地壳物质再循环有关。锆石δ18O值为-1．02-7．60‰,变化范围较大,近半数样品明显低于典型地幔锆石δ18O 值。新元古代辉长岩具有板内裂谷环境的特征,其εNd(t)在1．6-5．3之间,说明其岩浆起源于亏损地幔,但是经受了一定程度的地壳混染作用。唯一一个辉长岩样品的锆石δ18O值与部分花岗岩锆石δ18O值一样,明显高于典型地幔值,可能是基性岩浆在沿裂谷喷发过程中经历了低温热液蚀变,随后又发生破火山口垮塌,导致蚀变玄武岩在岩浆房重熔而形成高δ18O岩浆。中生代花岗岩和闪长岩表现出明显的高场强元素(Nb、Ta、P和Ti)负异常以及显著的LREE富集。εNd(t)值很低(-19．2 --15．3),同样是由古老地壳物质部分熔融形成。其锆石δ18O变化范围为3．19-6．43‰,大多数样品与典型地幔锆石一样。石英与锆石之间大都达到并保存了氧同位素平衡分馏,而其它矿物(如长石、黑云母和角闪石等)与锆石之间由于受到岩浆期后亚固相热液蚀变而大都表现出明显的氧同位素不平衡分馏。元素和氧同位素特征表明,中生代闪长岩可能是基性下地壳脱水部分熔融并经过结晶分异形成的;花岗岩则可能是由中性下地壳的脱水部分熔融形成的。新元古代花岗岩与中生代花岗岩在微量元素配分模型和Sr-Nd同位素组成上具有十分相似的特征,因此未经历强烈热液蚀变的新元古代花岗质侵入岩可能是中生代花岗岩的原岩。但这些新元古代岩浆岩的锆石δ18O变化范围较大,与中生代岩浆岩相比在流体活动性元素含量上也存在差别,这可能是由于新元古代岩浆岩侵位深度比中生代岩浆岩源区所处深度相对较浅所致。现有的研究结果表明,新元古代岩浆岩的形成与约740-760Ma的Rodinia超大陆裂解有关的裂谷岩浆活动有关,新生地壳物质作为热源启动了热液蚀变,并局部形成了低δ18O岩浆。而中生代岩浆岩则是俯冲陆壳在加厚造山带背景下的部分熔融产物,岩浆源区物质由于所处深度较大没有受到明显的高温大气降水热液蚀变。     

皖南新元古代花岗闪长岩体锆石U-Pb定年以及元素和氧同位素地球化学研究

对皖南新元古代花岗闪长岩样品进行了锆石LA-ICPMS微区U-Pb定年、全岩主微量元素分析和Sr-Nd同位素分析以及矿物氧同位素分析。结果表明,皖南花岗闪长岩中存在两个时代的岩浆锆石,在阴极发光结构图像上没有明显区别, 对应的U-Pb年龄分别为821±7Ma和881±9Ma,其中较老年龄的分析点多在锆石核部。这些岩石以富Al2O3为特点,为典型的过铝花岗岩;其全岩δ18O值高达11．1-13．6‰,显示了突出的壳源S型花岗岩的特点。但是,这些岩石具有与地幔相似的 Nd-Sr同位素组成,εNd(t)值为-2．06-0．02,初始87Sr／86Sr比值是0．7033-0．7087,指示其岩浆源区含有显著的初生地壳组分, 类似于Ⅰ型花岗岩的特点。石英、锆石、石榴石等氧同位素封闭温度高的矿物保存了岩浆结晶时的δ18O值,而钾长石、斜长石等矿物在岩浆冷却中经受不同程度地中低温热液蚀变。根据这些岩石的同位素年代学和地球化学特征,我们将U-Pb年龄 881±9Ma左右的锆石解释为继承来源,而年龄821±7Ma的锆石解释为同时代岩浆成因。因此在约900-880Ma,在扬子板块东南缘的皖南地区出现过大规模的幔源岩浆活动。这些新生岩浆岩很快遭受风化沉积作用后,形成低成熟度的沉积岩。大约820Ma热事件(地幔超柱活动?)使岩石圈地幔及其上覆地壳加热,导致拉伸加厚地壳内部的富水沉积岩重熔形成典型S型花岗岩。在花岗岩浆冷却过程中,出现的是中低温热液蚀变而不是高温超固相热液蚀变,指示皖南花岗闪长岩体形成于大陆边缘前裂谷期而不是裂谷活动高峰期。由于前裂谷期阶段没有软流圈地幔物质的直接加入,只有热源引起地壳加厚部位岩石部分熔融,因此由这种年青沉积物重熔所形成的花岗闪长岩兼具S型花岗岩和初生地壳的岩石学和地球化学特点,从而见证了初生地壳的短周期再循环。     

胶东地块东部变质岩锆石U-Pb定年和氧同位素研究

对胶东地块东部高压-超高压变质岩作了系统的锆石U-Ph定年和矿物氧同位素分析,结果对这些变质岩的原岩性质提供了制约。研究得到:(1)区域花岗片麻岩及岩浆锆石普遍不同程度地亏损~(18)O,3个片庥岩样品中岩浆核锆石U-Pb年龄分别为723±36Ma、738±17Ma和744±63Ma,低δ~(18)O值(-0.42～4.14‰)岩浆核锆石说明其原岩为新元古代低δ~(18)O值岩浆岩,石英-石榴石氧同位素温度及少量印支期变质锆石的出现,指示片麻岩与榴辉岩曾经共同经历了印支期超高压变质作用;(2)花岗片麻岩中的榴辉岩原岩年龄有两种,一种是新元古代,其U-Ph年龄为806±79Ma。另一种是古元古代晚期,其 U-Pb年龄为1838±41Ma。这2个榴辉岩的超高压变质年龄分别为229±3Ma和242±21Ma。多数榴辉岩中的变质增生或变质重结晶锆石也具有低δ~(18)O值特征(0.22～3.4‰),指示在榴辉宕相变质作用之前,这些榴辉岩原岩为低δ~(18)O值蚀变岩或低δ~(18)O值基性岩浆岩;(3)大理岩中榴辉岩变质增生锆石δ~(18)O值高达15.9‰,U-Pb年龄为229±4Ma,指示在榴辉岩相变质作用之前,榴辉岩原岩与大理岩一样具有高δ~(18)O值;(4)斜长角闪岩的原岩U-Pb年龄为1719±18Ma,与同时期榴辉岩原岩一起构成扬子板块北缘新元古代岩浆侵位时的裂谷肩部围岩,在三叠纪大陆碰撞时同样受到变质改造。     

西南天山科桑溶洞新元古代-早奥陶世花岗岩锆石U-Pb年代学研究

在新疆西南天山科桑溶洞地区,新厘定出一套斜长角闪岩-花岗岩地质单元:侵入斜长角闪岩中的新元古代白云母花岗岩(片麻状构造)、以及侵入上述古老岩石单元的早奥陶世花岗岩(块状构造)。片麻状白云母花岗岩中锆石具有热液锆石边、岩浆锆石幔和碎屑锆石核(边-幔-核结构),剔除被热液锆石和碎屑锆石混染的SHRIMP测点,获得岩浆锆石幔的加权平均年龄752.3±5.1Ma(MSWD=0.95),代表岩浆的结晶年龄。块状花岗岩的锆石具有边-核结构,热液锆石边的U-Pb年龄(419.5±5.7Ma)明显偏低。剔除热液锆石和碎屑锆石,获得岩浆锆石的平均U-Pb年龄481.1±4.4Ma(MSWD=0.88),代表花岗岩的结晶年龄。早奥陶世早期,岩浆侵入新元古代片麻状白云母花岗岩中。在晚志留世或者更晚时期,两类花岗岩共同经受了变质热液改造,变质流体交代岩浆锆石,导致锆石溶蚀再生长。     

皖南石耳山新元古代花岗岩锆石U—Pb定年以及元素和氧同位素地球化学研究

对皖南新元古代石耳山花岗岩样品进行了锆石微区u—Ph定年、全岩主微量元素分析和Sr—Nd同位素分析以及矿物氧同位素分析。结果表明,石耳山花岗岩中存在两个时代的岩浆锆石,对应的u—Ph年龄分别为777±9Ma和827±15Ma。总体上石耳山花岗岩的特征为：高SiO2（74．7％-78．5％）、高K2O（3．99％～5．64％）和高K2O／Na20比值（1．5—3．0）,以及很低的基性组分含量（YTiO2＋FeO＋MgO=1．2％-3．0％）,显示出高度演化的地壳物质。并具有LREE富集的右倾模式和强烈的Eu负异常（Eu／Eu^＋=0．2—0．4）。全岩εNd（t）值（-0．53—＋0．72）,指示其岩浆源区含有显著的亏损地幔组分。样品的锆石δ^18O值为2．4‰-7．1‰,显示石耳山花岗岩为低δ^18O值岩浆岩;相对较大的δ^18O值变化范围,说明其成因与高温超固相热液蚀变作用有关。其余矿物与锆石相比,大多数表现出很大的δ^18O值变化范围,表明经历了不同程度的高温热液蚀变。根据这些岩石的同位素年代学和地球化学特征,认为U—Ph年龄为827±15Ma的锆石应为继承来源,而年龄为777±9Ma的锆石可解释为同时代岩浆成因。因此在1000—880Ma中,皖南出现过大规模的幔源岩浆活动,沿着大陆边缘形成初生地壳。约827±15Ma热事件（地幔超柱活动？）使岩石圈地幔及其上覆地壳加热,导致拉伸加厚地壳内部的初生地壳重熔形成岩浆岩。随着裂谷的快速打开,约780Ma幔源岩浆沿裂谷带上涌,启动了中上地壳裂谷带高温热液蚀变,同期喷发了大量的火山岩。裂谷带内的岩浆围岩经受了不同程度的水一岩交换,形成各种低δ^18O值的蚀变围岩。在约805℃时,蚀变围岩开始部分熔融并且同期侵位冷却固结,形成花岗岩。较老的继承锆石大多被熔融,大量形成的是约777±9Ma结晶的岩浆锆石。由于处于熔体状态的时间很短,使得岩浆未能均一化,而生成具有不同低δ^18O值的花岗岩。石耳山花岗岩初生地壳的形成至少经历了2个阶段部分熔融成岩过程,因而具有高硅、高钾和低基性组分等高度演化的地壳物质特征。     

胶东地块西部变质岩锆石U-Pb定年和氧同位素研究

对胶东地块西部变质岩作了系统的锆石U-Pb定年和矿物氧同位素分析,结果对这些变质岩的原岩性质和变质时代提供了制约。研究得到:(2)2个TTG片麻岩的原岩谐和年龄分别为2692±14Ma和2691±12Ma,部分锆石记录了1.7Ga～1.8Ga左右的变质事件。岩浆锆石δ~(18)O值为5.11～5.55‰,指示TTG岩浆在成因上与幔源岩石关系密切;(2)呈透镜状包体分布于TTG片麻岩中的斜长角闪岩全岩δ~(18)O估计值总体在6.0～6.5‰之间,表明斜长角闪岩原岩同样具幔源性质,其原岩初始氧同位素组成总体未受后期变质作用改造,但局部有低δ~(18)O值(3.6‰)斜长角闪岩分布,指示胶东地块西部同样存在δ~(18)O亏损事件;(3)粉子山群长英质副片麻岩具有较高的氧同位素组成,全岩δ~(18)O估计值在12.3～14.5‰之间,锆石δ~(18)O值高达9.92‰,指示其源区物质为高δ~(18)O值表壳岩。粉子山群斜长角闪岩全岩δ~(18)O估计值在5.5‰左右,表明其原岩具有幔源性质,原岩初始氧同位素组成也未受后期变质作用的明显改造;(4)粉子山群混合岩化变质作用时间为1748±22Ma,斜长角闪质混合岩中变质新生锆石δ~(18)O值为6.07‰,长英质混合岩中变质新生锆石δ~(18)O值为6.88～7.67‰,指示在混合岩化变质作用过程中有外部高δ~(18)O值流体加入,引起混合岩氧同位素组成不同程度地升高;(5)粉子山群中橄榄大理岩岩浆核锆石U-Pb不一致线上、下交点年龄分别为769±48Ma和215±34Ma,分别代表岩浆锆石结晶年龄和变质年龄,说明胶东地块西部同样存在新元古代岩浆活动,并遭受到三叠纪变质作用;(6)分布于TTG片麻岩中的基性麻粒岩原岩年龄为2379±54Ma,麻粒岩相变质作用时间为1794±41Ma,与混合岩化变质作用时间基本一致。麻粒岩相变质锆石δ~(18)O值为4.75‰,氧同位素研究表明基性麻粒岩原岩具幔源性质,其原岩氧同位素组成未受到后期变质作用改造。胶东地块西部新元古代岩浆活动、印支期变质时代和~(18)O亏损事件的产出指示,胶东地块西部有可能属于扬子板块,对应于扬子板块北缘新元古代裂谷岩浆侵位时裂谷肩部的北翼古老围岩。在印支期陆壳俯冲过程中,整个胶东地块西部可能并没有俯冲到地幔深度。     

Trace-element composition of hydrothermal zircon and the alteration of Hadean zircon from the Jack Hills,Australia

Hydrothermal zircon can be used to date fluid-infiltration events and water/rock interaction. At the Boggy Plain zoned pluton (BPZP), eastern Australia, hydrothermal zircon occurs with hydrothermal scheelite, molybdenite, thorite and rutile in incipiently altered aplite and monzogranite. The hydrothermal zircon is texturally distinct from magmatic zircon in the same rocks, occurring as murky-brown translucent 20–50 μm-thick mantles on magmatic cores and less commonly as individual crystals. The hydrothermal mantles are internally textureless in back-scatter electron and cathodoluminescence images whereas magmatic zircon is oscillatory zoned. The age of the hydrothermal zircon is indistinguishable from magmatic zircon, indicating precipitation from a fluid evolved from the magma during the final stages of crystallization. Despite indistinguishable U-Pb isotopic compositions, the trace-element compositions of the hydrothermal and magmatic zircon are distinct. Hydrothermal zircon is enriched in all measured trace-elements relative to magmatic zircon in the same rock, including V, Ti, Nb, Hf, Sc, Mn, U, Y, Th and the rare-earth elements (REE). Chondrite-normalized REE abundances form two distinct pattern groupings: type-1 (magmatic) patterns increase steeply from La to Lu and have Ce and Eu anomalies—these are patterns typical for unaltered magmatic zircon in continental crust rock types; type-2 (hydrothermal) patterns generally have higher abundances of the REE, flatter light-REE patterns [(Sm/La)_N = 1.5–4.4 vs. 22–110 for magmatic zircon] and smaller Ce anomalies (Ce/Ce* = 1.8–3.5 vs. 32–49 for magmatic zircon). Type-2 patterns have also been described for hydrothermally-altered zircon from the Gabel Hamradom granite, Egypt, and a granitic dyke from the Acasta Gneiss Complex, Canada.Hadean (∼4.5–4.0 Ga) zircon from the Jack Hills, Western Australia, have variable normalized REE patterns. In particular, the oldest piece of Earth—zircon crystal W74/2-36 (dated at 4.4 Ga)—contains both type-1 and type-2 patterns on a 50 μm scale, a phenomenon not yet reported for unaltered magmatic zircon. In the context of documented magmatic and hydrothermal zircon compositions from constrained samples from the BPZP and the literature, the type-2 patterns in crystal W74/2-36 and other Jack Hills Hadean (JHH) zircon are interpreted as hydrothermally-altered magmatic compositions. An alteration scenario, constrained by isotope and trace-element data, as well as α-decay event calculations, involving fluid/zircon cation and oxygen isotope exchange within partially metamict zones and minor dissolution/reprecipitation, may have occurred episodically for some JHH zircon and at ∼4.27 Ga for zircon W74/2-36. Type-2 compositions in JHH zircon are interpreted to represent localized exchange with a light-REE-bearing, high δ¹⁸O (∼6–10‰ or higher) fluid. Thus, a complex explanation involving “permanent” liquid water oceans, large-scale water/rock interaction and plate tectonics in the very early Archean is not necessary as the zircon textures and compositions are simply explained by exchange between partially metamict zircon and a low volume ephemeral fluid.     

Metamorphic zircon formation by solid-state recrystallization of protolith igneous zircon

Protolith zircon in high‐grade metagranitoids from Queensland, Australia, partially recrystallized during granulite‐grade metamorphism. We describe the zircon in detail using integrated cathodoluminescence, U–Pb isotope, trace element and electron backscatter diffraction pattern (EBSP) analyses. Primary igneous oscillatory zoning is partially modified or obliterated in areas within single crystals, but is well preserved in other areas. A variety of secondary internal structures are observed, with large areas of transgressive recrystallized zircon usually dominant. Associated with these areas are recrystallization margins, interpreted to be recrystallization fronts, that have conformable boundaries with transgressive recrystallized areas, but contrasting cathodoluminescence and trace element chemistry. Trace element analyses of primary and secondary structures provide compelling evidence for closed‐system solid‐state recrystallization. By this process, trace elements in the protolith zircon are purged during recrystallization and partitioned between the enriched recrystallization front and depleted recrystallized areas. However, recrystallization is not always efficient, often leaving a ‘memory’ of the protolith trace element and isotopic composition. This results in the measurement of ‘mixed’ U–Pb isotope ages. Nonetheless, the age of metamorphism has been determined. A correlation between apparent age and Th/U ratio is indicative of incomplete re‐setting by partial recrystallization. Recrystallization is shown to probably not significantly affect Lu–Hf ages. Recrystallization has been determined by textural and trace element analysis and EBSP data not to have proceeded by sub‐grain rotation or local dissolution/re‐precipitation, but probably by grain‐boundary migration and defect diffusion. The formation of metamorphic zircon by solid‐state recrystallization is probably common to high‐grade terranes worldwide. The recognition of this process of formation is essential for correct interpretation of zircon‐derived U–Pb ages and subsequent tectonic models.     

Ti in zircon from the Boggy Plain zoned pluton: implications for zircon petrology and Hadean tectonics

The understanding of zircon crystallization, and of the Ti-in-zircon thermometer, has been enhanced by Ti concentration measurements of zircon from a small, concentrically zoned pluton in south-eastern Australia, the Boggy Plain zoned pluton (BPZP). Zircon crystals from rocks ranging in composition from gabbro to aplite were analysed for U–Th–Pb dating and Ti concentrations by an ion microprobe. Geochronological data yield a ²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U age of 417.2 ± 2.0 Ma (95% confidence) and demonstrate the presence of older inherited or xenocrystic zircon. Titanium measurements (n = 158) yield a mean Ti concentration of 11.7 ± 6.1 ppm (2SD) which corresponds to a mean crystallization temperature of 790°C for an α-TiO₂ = 0.74 (estimated using mineral equilibria), or 760°C for an α-TiO₂ = 1.0. Apparent zircon crystallization temperatures are similar in all intrusive phases, although the gabbro yields slightly higher values, indicating that crystallization occurred at the same temperature in all rock types. This finding is consistent with previous work on the BPZP, which indicates that liquid–crystal sorting (crystal fractionation) was the dominant control on chemical differentiation, and that late, differentiated liquids were similar in composition for all rock types. A simple forward model approximately predicts the range of crystallization temperatures, but not the shape of the distributions, due to sampling biases and complexities in the cooling and crystallization history of the pluton. The distribution of Ti concentrations has a mode at a higher Ti (higher temperature) than the sample set of Hadean detrital zircon. This is consistent with the hypothesis that the skew to low-T in the Hadean dataset is due to the presence of zircon that crystallized from wet anatectic melts.     

锆石裂变径迹年龄和逐层蒸发法铅年龄测定对比研究

本文阐述了颗粒锆石裂变径迹法及双带源逐层蒸发法的方法原理，对取自美国菲什（Fish）峡谷凝灰岩中的锆石裂变径迹年龄国际标准样及取自香港花岗岩中锆石的两种年龄结果进行了对比，并分析了它们年龄差异的原因，认为铅年龄代表锆石的结晶年龄，而裂变径迹表观年龄代表岩体的冷却年龄或最后一次热事件的年代。开展不同方法的对比研究，可以得到更多的信息，以期更好地探讨研究区的演化历史。     

锆石微量元素的理论基础及其应用研究进展

锆石是地质学研究中最重要的副矿物,其分布广泛、物理、化学性质稳定,记录了结晶时的年龄、温度、氧逸度以及O-Hf-Si-Zr-Li等多元同位素和微量元素信息,被广泛运用于地球科学的研究中。近年来,随着分析技术的发展,研究者在获取锆石年龄的同时也获取了大量锆石微量元素数据,这些数据的积累推动着研究者对锆石微量元素理论研究的不断深入,并取得了一系列重要进展,如发现锆石微量元素组成受锆石本身的晶格特点主导,符合晶格应变模型和类质同象替代机制;发现锆石微量元素组成受到熔体成分演化影响,锆石结晶时的熔体微量元素组成往往不等同于全岩;发现锆石内部的微量元素不均一特征(矿物包裹体、热点、蜕晶化作用等)可能会严重影响锆石的微量元素组成,继而建立了"干净锆石"的判别指标和筛选机制。此外,锆石微量元素的应用研究也取得了长足进展,研究者们不断尝试通过各类锆石微量元素指标、图解、分配系数,识别母岩浆物理化学性质、反演母岩浆组成,大大推动了锆石微量元素在示踪岩浆源区和岩浆过程中的应用。然而,由于锆石微量元素组成受控于多种因素,使得锆石微量元素在实际应用当中常常面临着多解性问题、重叠问题和分配系数的选择问题,在一定程度上影响了锆石微量元素应用研究的可靠性。未来的锆石微量元素研究将不满足于使用传统的低维指标和图解以及分配系数,而将在充分吸收传统方法精华的基础上,从海量数据与更高的维度中寻找元素之间相关性,基于热力学定律揭示新原理,基于更高空间分辨率揭示动力学因素的影响,从数据驱动和理论驱动的全新视角下深入揭示隐藏在锆石微量元素中的信息。     

Diffusion of helium in zircon and apatite

Diffusion of helium has been characterized in natural zircon and apatite. Polished slabs of zircon and apatite, oriented either normal or parallel to c were implanted with 100 keV ³He at a dose of 5 × 10^{15 3} He/cm². Diffusion experiments on implanted zircon and apatite were run in Pt capsules in 1-atm furnaces. ³He distributions following experiments were measured with Nuclear Reaction Analysis using the reaction ³He(d,p)⁴He. For diffusion in zircon we obtain the following Arrhenius relations:

Although activation energies for diffusion normal and parallel to c are comparable, there is marked diffusional anisotropy, with diffusion parallel to c nearly 2 orders of magnitude faster than transport normal to c. These diffusivities bracket the range of values determined for He diffusion in zircon in bulk-release experiments, although the role of anisotropy could not be directly evaluated in those measurements.In apatite, the following Arrhenius relation was obtained over the temperature range of 148–449 °C for diffusion normal to c:

In contrast to zircon, apatite shows little evidence of anisotropy. He diffusivities obtained in this study fall about an order of magnitude lower than diffusivities measured through bulk release of He through step-heating, and within an order of magnitude of determinations where ion implantation was used to introduce helium and He distributions measured with elastic recoil detection.Since the diffusion of He in zircon exhibits such pronounced anisotropy, helium diffusional loss and closure cannot be modeled with simple spherical geometries and the assumption of isotropic diffusion. A finite-element code (CYLMOD) has recently been created to simulate diffusion in cylindrical geometry with differing radial and axial diffusion coefficients. We present some applications of the code in evaluating helium lost from zircon grains as a function of grain size and length to diameter ratios, and consider the effects of “shape anisotropy”, where diffusion is isotropic (as in the case of apatite) but shapes of crystal grains or fragments may depart significantly from spherical geometry.     

Crystallogenesis of zircon in alkaline granites and specifics of zircon U-Pb dating: A case study of the Khangai magmatic area

Data obtained on the Khangai zonal magmatic areole in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt indicate that accessory zircons in alkaline granitoids have crystallogenetic characteristics that generally reflect specifics of the evolution of the parental alkaline magmas. The late differentiation of these magmas was characterized by an increase in the concentrations of trace and rare-earth elements, water, and fluorine in the residual melts and aqueous salt-bearing fluids. Their action was associated with local transformations of the zircon, first and foremost, with local enrichment of zircon crystals in fluid inclusions and in crystalline inclusions of sulfides an other ore minerals. This disturbed the Pb isotopic composition of the zircon, for example, led to its enrichment in common (admixture) Pb and thus caused significant errors and uncertainties in the U-Pb zircon dates. Our recently obtained data indicate that one of the most efficient methods of preparing accessory zircons enriched in common Pb to their U-Pb dating is their preparatory treatment with acids (Makeev, 1981; Mattinson, 1994, 1997, 2005). The application of this technique makes it possible to rid the zircons of phases enriched in common Pb and usually to obtain reliable geochronologic data. The method of preparatory acid treatment of zircons is thus best suitable for geochronologic studies of granitoids of elevated alkalinity.     

Replacement of zircon with baddeleyite as a likely mechanism of the formation of zoned zircon crystals in ultrabasic rocks

Doklady Earth Sciences - The problem of the U–Pb age of zircon crystals from ultrabasic rocks is discussed in this paper. It is shown that the assumption on the xenogenic nature of zircon...     

Crystallization thermometers for zircon and rutile

Zircon and rutile are common accessory minerals whose essential structural constituents, Zr, Ti, and Si can replace one another to a limited extent. Here we present the combined results of high pressure–temperature experiments and analyses of natural zircons and rutile crystals that reveal systematic changes with temperature in the uptake of Ti in zircon and Zr in rutile. Detailed calibrations of the temperature dependencies are presented as two geothermometers—Ti content of zircon and Zr content of rutile—that may find wide application in crustal petrology. Synthetic zircons were crystallized in the presence of rutile at 1–2 GPa and 1,025–1,450°C from both silicate melts and hydrothermal solutions, and the resulting crystals were analyzed for Ti by electron microprobe (EMP). To augment and extend the experimental results, zircons hosted by five natural rocks of well-constrained but diverse origin (0.7–3 GPa; 580–1,070°C) were analyzed for Ti, in most cases by ion microprobe (IMP). The combined experimental and natural results define a log-linear dependence of equilibrium Ti content (expressed in ppm by weight) upon reciprocal temperature: