Rare earth element geochemistry of scleractinian coral skeleton during meteoric diagenesis: a sequence through neomorphism of aragonite to calcite

Rare earth element geochemistry in carbonate rocks is utilized increasingly for studying both modern oceans and palaeoceanography, with additional applications for investigating water–rock interactions in groundwater and carbonate diagenesis. However, the study of rare earth element geochemistry in ancient rocks requires the preservation of their distribution patterns through subsequent diagenesis. The subjects of this study, Pleistocene scleractinian coral skeletons from Windley Key, Florida, have undergone partial to complete neomorphism from aragonite to calcite in a meteoric setting; they allow direct comparison of rare earth element distributions in original coral skeleton and in neomorphic calcite. Neomorphism occurred in a vadose setting along a thin film, with degradation of organic matter playing an initial role in controlling the morphology of the diagenetic front. As expected, minor element concentrations vary significantly between skeletal aragonite and neomorphic calcite, with Sr, Ba and U decreasing in concentration and Mn increasing in concentration in the calcite, suggesting that neomorphism took place in an open system. However, rare earth elements were largely retained during neomorphism, with precipitating cements taking up excess rare earth elements released from dissolved carbonates from higher in the karst system. Preserved rare earth element patterns in the stabilized calcite closely reflect the original rare earth element patterns of the corals and associated reef carbonates. However, minor increases in light rare earth element depletion and negative Ce anomalies may reflect shallow oxidized groundwater processes, whereas decreasing light rare earth element depletion may reflect mixing of rare earth elements from associated microbialites or contamination from insoluble residues. Regardless of these minor disturbances, the results indicate that rare earth elements, unlike many minor elements, behave very conservatively during meteoric diagenesis. As the meteoric transformation of aragonite to calcite is a near worst case scenario for survival of original marine trace element distributions, this study suggests that original rare earth element patterns may commonly be preserved in ancient limestones, thus providing support for the use of ancient marine limestones as proxies for marine rare earth element geochemistry.     

北部湾东部海域表层沉积物稀土元素组成及物源指示意义

对北部湾东部海域70个表层沉积物样品的稀土元素(REE)分析结果表明,研究区沉积物 REE 呈现轻稀土元素(LREE)富集、重稀土元素(HREE)平坦以及中等程度的 Eu 异常等特征.REE 组成受沉积物粒度和生物碳酸盐含量的制约,具有典型风化上陆壳 REE 特征,其源岩以上陆壳的长英质岩石为主.根据研究区沉积物 REE 分布规律,研究区可划分为4个地球化学分区,各区域上陆壳标准化曲线明显的不同.物源判别显示研究区的西部、海南岛西南侧(Ⅰ区)呈多源沉积特征,来自以下几个物源区:(1)海南岛西南侧河流沉积物和沿岸侵蚀物;(2)由南向北输入的外海沉积物(冬季);(3)夏季或冬季由北部湾西北部和西部搬运来的沉积物.研究区中部粗粒沉积区(Ⅱ区)与北部湾西部沉积物来源是相同的,主要来源于红河输砂.东北部砂质区(Ⅲ区)沉积物可能来源于雷州半岛西北部近岸基岩侵蚀.研究区东北部(Ⅳ区)沉积物主要来自北部湾北部沿岸侵蚀、琼州海峡和雷州半岛西部的沿岸侵蚀.此外,部分沉积物还可能来自珠江流域以及南海北部陆架区和北部湾西北部     

Allochemical retrograde metamorphism in shear zones: an example in metapelites, Virginia, USA

Abstract Metapelites in the Altavista area, southwest Virginia Piedmont, USA, underwent allochemical hydrothermal retrograde metamorphism in synmetamorphic shear zones. The metapelites of the Evington Group were metamorphosed in a prograde sequence of chlorite, staurolite, and sillimanite zones. Garnet–biotite geothermometry and phase relations support eastward increasing metamorphic grade, ranging from 570° C in the staurolite zone to 650° C in the sillimanite zone at c. 5.8 kbar. Sillimanite-zone rocks later underwent progressive retrogression around shear zones which acted as fluid conduits. Retrograde assemblages are successively zoned around the shear zones with staurolite-, chloritoid- and kyanite-bearing assemblages. The shear zones commonly contain kyanite or tourmaline veins. Applicable phase equilibria indicate that retrogression occurred during isobaric cooling through c. 200–270° C. Rock compositional changes with retrogression occurred in steps: SiO₂ was gained in the early stages of the retrogression but lost in the late stages; Al₂O₃, K₂O, and H₂O were increasingly gained through the sequence; CaO was increasingly lost. Addition of H₂O and decreasing temperatures resulted in new ferromagnesian minerals (staurolite, chloritoid, chlorite) and changes in H₂O, SiO₂, Al₂O₃, K₂O, and CaO contents produced muscovite and sodic plagioclase. Subsequent to prograde metamorphism, deeply derived fluids migrated upwards along shear zones, providing fluid and energy for the retrograde reactions. The sheared rocks underwent fluid infiltration with fluid fluxes of 1.8 × 10⁷–4.3 × 10⁷ cm³/cm² corresponding to minimum estimated fluid-to-rock ratios of 7.5–21 as a function of position within the shear zone. Fluid flow was from high to low temperature early and low to high temperature later in the retrogression.     

新疆金矿火山岩微量及稀土元素地球化学特征

金矿火山岩微量元素以Th和Zr的明显正异常及Nb和Ti的明显负异常为特征。微量元素比值蛛网图模式曲线均呈微向左倾斜的多峰多谷曲线。过渡元素以Cr和Ni的明显负异常及Sc,Co,Cu明显正常为特征。过渡元素球粒陨石标准化曲线，也均呈微向右倾斜的W形曲线。稀土元素以稀土总量偏低，轻稀土富集，重稀土亏损，Eu具微弱异常至微弱正常为特征。稀土元素配分模式均呈微向右倾斜和近于水平的平滑曲线，陆相火山作用两类成矿岩浆建造－陆相火山岩与潜火山杂岩具有基本一致的微量元素和稀土元素地球化学特征。     

陕西几类重要铅锌矿床的矿物微量元素和稀土元素特征

文章将陕西铅锌矿分为海底喷气沉积型(即SEDEX型)、与海底喷气沉积-改造作用有关的类SEDEX型和MVT型3类.对马元(MVT型)、南沙沟和江坡(类SEDEX型)、铅硐山和二里河(SEDEX型)铅锌矿床中的闪锌矿等矿物进行的微量元素和稀土元素测定结果表明,3类矿床各具特点:马元铅锌矿床闪锌矿的Co、Ni、Th、Y含量较低,而Mo、Cs、Sr、Ba、T1含量较高;南沙沟和江坡铅锌矿床闪锌矿的Sn、Sb、W含量较低,而Mn、Y、Zr、In含量较高;铅硐山和二里河铅锌矿床闪锌矿的Li、Zr、CB、Ba含量较低,而W含量较高;在闪锌矿Li-Cs、Zr-In、W-Sn、∑REE-δEu、δEu-δCe散点图上,5个矿床的投点按上述3类分别集中.但铅硐山和二里河铅锌矿床与南沙沟和江坡铅锌矿床具有更多的相似性,而与马元铅锌矿床差异较大:在闪锌矿Sr-Ba、Co-Ni、Th-Y、Mo-T1散点图上,马元的投点集中于一处,而其他4个矿床的投点集中于另一处;马元闪锌矿具有十分明显的铕正异常,而南沙沟、江坡、铅硐山和二里河闪锌矿铕异常不明显,或具有负铕异常;5元素矿床闪锌矿稀土元素配分曲线均为轻稀土元素稍富集的右倾型,但马元的稀土元素总量明显低于其他4个矿床.     

云南大平掌铜多金属矿床稀土元素地球化学特征

滇西大平掌铜多金属矿床具典型的“双层结构”。对上部盆地相的块状硫化物和下部通道相的细脉浸染状硫化物的稀土元素分析表明,前者具正Eu异常的球粒陨石标准化配分模式,后者具负Eu异常的配分模式。这种变化与成矿流体演化有关。通过与大西洋中脊TAG热液活动区表层沉积硫化物和黑烟囱流体等的稀土元素配分模式对比,可以认为成矿是火山喷流沉积作用的结果。     

Rare earth element sources and modification in the Lower Kittanning coal bed, Pennsylvania: implications for the origin of coal mineral matter and rare earth element exposure in underground mines

In this study, we examine the variations in rare earth elements (REE) from the Lower Kittanning coal bed of eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania, USA, in an attempt to understand the factors that control mineral matter deposition and modification in coal, and to evaluate possible REE mixed exposure hazards facing underground mine workers. The results of this study suggest that the Lower Kittanning coal mineral matter is derived primarily from a clastic source similar to that of the shale overburden. While highly charged cations like silicon, aluminum, and titanium remained relatively immobile within the coal mineral matter, iron (primarily as pyrite) was added from nonclastic sources, either during deposition of the coal mire vegetation or subsequent to burial. Other mobile cations (e.g., alkali and alkaline earth elements) appear to have been added to and/or leached from the originally deposited clastic mineral matter. Most of the sulfur in the Lower Kittanning coal bed is bound as FeS₂ in the mineral matter, but a majority of samples contain a small excess of S that is most likely organically bound.In general, the total rare earth element content (TREE) in coal ash is greater than that in the shale overburden. If the primary source of mineral matter is the same as that for the overlying shale, then REE must have been enriched in the coal mineral matter subsequent to deposition. The total rare earth element content of Lower Kittanning coals correlates strongly with Si concentration ([TREE]≈0.0024 [Si]), which provides a threshold for evaluating possible mixed exposure health effects. Chondrite-normalized REE patterns reveal a shale-like light rare earth element (LREE) enrichment for the coal, similar to that of the shale overburden, again suggesting a primarily clastic REE source. However, when normalized to the shale overburden, most of the coal ash samples display a small but distinct heavy rare earth element (HREE) enrichment. We surmise that the HREE were added and/or preferentially retained during epigenesis, possibly associated with groundwater flow through the coal unit, but not necessarily in close association with the addition of iron. At least some of the “excess” HREE could be organically bound within the Lower Kittanning coal.     

重庆龙潭组煤中稀土元素地球化学及地质成因分析

运用电感耦合等离子体质谱(ICP MS)、X射线荧光光谱(XRF)、X射线衍射(XRD)等方法对重庆龙潭组煤中稀土元素的地球化学特征进行研究。结果表明,各煤样稀土元素分布模式相似,总体呈左高右低的宽缓的“V”型曲线,轻稀土曲线段“右倾”,重稀土曲线段较为“平坦”,成煤沼泽受陆源碎屑影响较大。南桐5#煤稀土元素含量高,接近全国平均值的2倍,受汉南古陆、大巴山古陆和龙门山岛屿控制,少量陆源碎屑物来自康滇古陆。东林6#煤中的稀土元素含量低于全国平均值水平,海水作用明显,煤样中稀土元素含量未受碱性火山灰的影响,但其底板受碱性火山灰影响强烈。根据煤层稀土元素含量及其比值分析,研究区龙潭组为海湾/潟湖潮坪及浅海碳酸盐沉积的沉积环境。     

湘南界牌岭锡多金属矿床萤石LA-ICP-MS微量元素地球化学特征及意义

湘南界牌岭矿床不仅是南岭地区发育的一个晚白垩世超大型锡多金属矿床,同时也是该区乃至中国重要的萤石产地,锡多金属矿及萤石的找矿勘查均具有重要前景.通过野外地质调查与岩石学研究,文章识别出多种类型的锡多金属与萤石矿化,并针对不同类型萤石开展原位LA-ICP-MS微量元素分析,研究表明:①矿体分为锡多金属矿体与萤石矿体2类,...     

东天山黑峰山、双峰山及沙泉子(铜)铁矿床的矿物微量和稀土元素地球化学特征

东天山黑峰山铁矿床、双峰山铁矿床以及沙泉子铜铁矿床位于新疆哈密盆地以南,是东天山阿齐山-雅满苏构造带的重要矿床。文章利用磁铁矿、黄铁矿和方解石的微量元素及稀土元素组成示踪了这些矿床的成矿流体来源和性质,初步探讨了矿床的成因类型。激光剥蚀（LA）-ICP-MS磁铁矿微量元素分析表明,三个矿床的磁铁矿具有非常低的w（V）、w（Cr）和w（Ti）（平均分别为68×10^-6、13×10^-6和237×10^-6）,指示磁铁矿形成于热液过程而不是岩浆分异。黄铁矿中较高的Cu含量可能反映了含Cu矿物微颗粒的存在。黄铁矿中较低的Pb、Zn含量可能反映了成矿流体中较低的Pb²⁺和Zn²⁺浓度。黄铁矿中的Co/Ni比值表明这些矿床均为火山-热液成因。三个矿床黄铁矿的稀土元素总量都很低（ΣREE为0.58×10^-6~3.02×10^-6）,黑峰山铁矿中的黄铁矿轻、重稀土元素分馏不明显,双峰山铁矿和沙泉子铜铁矿中的黄铁矿均为轻稀土元素富集型,（La/Yb）_N分别为3.51~13.4和2.76~17.2。三个矿床略有差别的方解石稀土元素配分模式,反映了其流体组成和形成机制的差别。黑峰山铁矿中的重稀土元素富集型的方解石稀土元素配分模式为方解石Sm-Nd定年提供了依据。三个矿床的黄铁矿和方解石均无Ce异常,黑峰山铁矿中的黄铁矿和方解石表现为负Eu异常,而双峰山铁矿和沙泉子铜铁矿中的黄铁矿和方解石表现为正Eu异常,反映了三个矿床均形成于较高的温度,前者成矿流体可能为碱性,后两者成矿流体为酸性、还原性。结合前人研究成果认为,黑峰山铁矿、双峰山铁矿及沙泉子铜铁矿均为火山热液-充填（交代）矿床。     

湘江悬浮物的稀土元素地球化学研究

在湘江及其支流采集了44件悬浮物样品进行稀土元素 ICP—MS分析。研究表明,湘江悬浮物中稀土总量(∑REE)、轻稀土(LREE) 和重稀土(HREE)含量分别为63～387 μg/g,58.2～353 μg/g和4.8～34μg/g。尽管湘江悬浮物中稀土分布不均匀,稀土含量相差很大,所有样品的球粒陨石标准化曲线均呈向右倾斜的富LREE的模式,北美页岩标准化模式为LREE稍富集的平坦型。湘江中下游河心与两岸水体悬浮物中稀土发生了明显分异。湘江悬浮颗粒物中REE受多方面因素控制,其源区控制了REE分配模式,而其稀土元素含量与颗粒中粘土矿物及重矿物有关。支流捞刀河悬浮物稀土的分布模式为Eu正异常型,与北美页岩有显著差别,捞刀河的悬浮物物源及成因有待进一步研究。     

中国东部地带表土稀土元素的地球化学特征

对中国东部从黑龙江省到海南省的纵向大断面50个表土样品的稀土元素(REE)含量进行了测定,结果显示其平均含量高于中国土壤和世界土壤的平均值;其稀土元素组成特点表现为轻稀土(LREE)富集,重稀土(HREE)亏损,Eu的负异常和Ce的正异常;未发现稀土元素总量∑REE和轻重稀土比值∑LREE/∑HREE随纬度或年均温度、年降水量有明显的地带性规律变化;δCe值的分布特征显示在气候达到南亚热带-北热带地区的湿热程度及风化强度时,表土才会出现显著的Ce正异常;在Ce/Eu对Eu/Sm图解上不同母岩类型的表土参数差异明显,尤其是玄武岩发育的表土与中酸性岩石和沉积岩发育的表土之间具有明显差异。本研究表明,中国东部表土的稀土元素分布特征没有明确的气候带示踪意义,而主要具有成土母质类型示踪意义;δCe值的显著正异常可以示踪南亚热带-热带气候;由于影响因素复杂,各种特征参数的细微变化对沉积物成因、物源区以及区域气候的指示意义尚待积累更多的数据并参考其他环境指标才能做出正确判断。     

Geochemistry of trace and rare earth elements during weathering of black shale profiles in Northeast Chongqing,Southwestern China: Their mobilization,redistribution, and fractionation

In this study, the mobilization, redistribution, and fractionation of trace and rare earth elements (REE) during chemical weathering in mid-ridge (A), near mountaintop (B), and valley (C) profiles (weak, weak to moderate, and moderate to intense chemical weathering stage, respectively), are characterized. Among the trace elements, U and V were depleted in the regolith in all three profiles, Sr, Nb, Ta, Zr, and Hf displayed slight gains or losses, and Th, Rb, Cs, and Sc remained immobile. Mn, Ba, Zn, Cu, and Cr were enriched at the regolith in profiles A and B, but depleted in profile C. Mn, Pb, and Co were also depleted in the saprock and fractured shale zones in profiles A and B and enriched in profile C. REEs were enriched in the regolith and depleted at the saprock zone in profiles A and B and depleted along profile C. Mobility of trace and REEs increased with increasing weathering intensity. Normalized REE patterns based on the parent shale revealed light REE (LREE) enrichment, middle REE (MREE), and heavy REE (HREE) depletion patterns. LREEs were less mobile compared with MREEs and HREEs, and this differentiation increased with increasing weathering degree. Positive Ce anomalies were higher in profile C than in profiles A and B. The Ce fractionated from other REE showed that Ce changed from trivalent to tetravalent (as CeO₂) under oxidizing conditions. Minimal REE fractionation was observed in the saprock zone in profiles A and B. In contrast, more intense weathering in profile C resulted in preferential retention of LREE (especially Ce), leading to considerable LREE/MREE and LREE/HREE fractionation. (La/Yb)_N and (La/Sm)_N ratios displayed maximum values in the saprock zone within low pH values. Findings demonstrate that acidic solutions can mobilize REEs and result in leaching of REEs out of the highly acidic portions of the saprock material and transport downward into fractured shale. The overall behavior of elements in the three profiles suggests that solution pH, as well as the presence of primary and secondary minerals, play important roles in the mobilization and redistribution of trace elements and REEs during black shale chemical weathering.     

四川稀土精矿的稀土元素和微量元素地球化学特征及开发利用意义

四川省是我国轻稀土的重要产地,开采近二十年来生产了大量稀土精矿,精矿的稀土品位及其他有用元素组成对矿山资源评价及企业生存至关重要。本文对A、B、C三个稀土矿区稀土精矿的稀土元素和微量元素组成特征进行了研究。结果表明:不同矿区、不同选矿方法、不同企业生产的精矿,其稀土元素和微量元素含量存在显著差异;A矿区浮选精矿的稀土含量最低(ΣREEs=41.57%),而C矿区精矿的稀土含量最高(ΣREEs=55.83%);A矿区磁选精矿的稀土含量(ΣREEs=49.96%)高于浮选精矿(ΣREEs=41.57%);B矿区甲公司(ΣREEs=48.35%)精矿产品的稀土含量高于乙公司精矿产品(ΣREEs=42.92%)。精矿的稀土元素配分特征继承了原矿石的同时普遍亏损Tb和Yb,推测是选矿过程导致了元素的亏损。精矿中除了富集稀土元素,Mo、Bi、Pb、Ga、Th、U、W等有用元素也发生了不同程度的富集,综合利用价值高,尤其是Mo(0.56%)和Ga(0.036%)的含量已达到现行边界品位。本文提出,今后在提高精矿稀土品位的同时,需对富集的元素采取恰当的方式加以综合回收。     

四川稀土矿尾砂的稀土元素和微量元素地球化学特征及开发利用意义

四川是我国轻稀土的重要产地,稀土开采至今已有二十多年的历史,积存了大量尾砂。尾砂中仍然有丰富的稀土资源,但这部分资源究竟有多大的量、能不能再次回收,如何回收,则是当务之急。为查明稀土尾砂中各类元素的分布特征,本文对A、B、C、D四个稀土矿山的尾砂开展了稀土元素和微量元素地球化学特征的初步研究。结果表明:尾砂中稀土元素配分特征继承了原矿石,稀土氧化物含量普遍偏高(0.78%~2.12%),均超过了现行工业指标的边界品位(0.5%~1.0%),且老尾砂的稀土含量高于新尾砂;除了富集稀土元素之外,B尾砂中Sr含量超过10%,C矿区尾砂中Sr含量为2.7%,A矿区尾砂中Ba含量可达1.8%。同时,不同矿区的尾砂中Mo、Bi、Pb、Ag等有用元素发生了不同程度地富集(值得综合回收利用),尤其是Mo达到了边界品位(磁选后的尾砂Mo含量达到2.275%)。本文提出,今后不仅要加强保护四川稀土尾砂,而且需对富集的有用元素采取恰当的方式加以综合回收。     

河北省奥陶纪马家沟组顶部古风化壳中三稀元素赋存状态及富集机制

河北省奥陶纪马家沟组与晚石炭世本溪组之间发育一套古风化壳层,岩性主要为铁质黏土岩、铝质黏土岩和铝土岩,剖面从顶到底具典型的“煤-铝-铁”结构。地球化学分析结果显示,冀东石岭和冀南同义岭古风化壳样品的轻稀土元素氧化物总质量分数分别达0.0893%和0.0717%,均超过了古风化壳型轻稀土矿边界品位,冀北煤窑山古风化壳样品的轻稀土元素总质量分数为0.0504%,也具明显富集特征。古风化壳中部分样品稀有元素Li含量也超过了伴生边界品位。通过元素逐级分离试验定量分析出古风化壳中的三稀元素主要以矿物相存在,再通过X射线衍射分析、电子探针分析进一步确定三稀元素主要以类质同象赋存于伊利石、高岭石等黏土矿物中,少量以化合态存在于独立的稀土矿物中。综合分析认为,古风化壳中三稀元素的矿化富集依次经历了风化壳形成阶段、铝质岩系形成阶段及沉积压实阶段的多阶段演化。     

贵州瓮福磷矿床大塘矿段稀土元素地球化学特征

大塘矿段位于贵州瓮福磷矿白岩矿区,矿体（层）赋存于震旦系陡山沱组（Pt₃³d）,根据成矿的先后时间,该矿段形成了a矿层（下矿层）、b矿层（上矿层）2个矿层,矿层中间为一白云岩G夹层,是典型的海相沉积碳酸盐岩型磷矿床。为深入研究该矿段磷矿床的稀土元素地球化学特征,文章通过野外地质调查、光学显微镜观察、X射线荧光光谱（XRF）与等离子体质谱（ICP-MS）、扫描电镜与能谱（SEM-EDS）等实验方法对其进行了较系统的分析。研究结果表明,a、b矿层磷矿石的δCe、δEu呈负异常,b矿层较a矿层负异常值更明显,且Y/Ho比值由a矿层到b矿层逐渐升高,同时结合Ce_anom-Nd关系图,均反映出由a矿层到b矿层的形成环境是由相对还原环境转变为相对氧化环境。b矿层稀土元素PAAS标准化模式曲线较为一致,为中稀土元素略富集的帽状形态,反映磷矿形成过程中明显有生物或有机质参与;b矿层形成过程中经历了较强的水动力搬运,沉积速率较高,沉积时间较短,其ΣREY较a矿层低。大塘矿段a、b两个矿层磷矿石中Y等大部分稀土元素都主要以类质同象形式赋存于胶磷矿中。     

Petrology, geochronology, and tectonics of shear zones in the Zermatt–Saas and Combin zones of the Western Alps

Metre to tens‐of‐metre wide, steeply dipping, greenschist facies shear zones that cut blueschists and eclogites of the Combin and Zermatt–Saas Zones at Täschalp and in adjacent areas of the western Alps were sites of extensive recrystallization driven by fluid flow and deformation. Rb–Sr data imply that these shear zones formed at 42–37 Ma with a systematic younging of structures northward toward, and into, the hangingwall of the Mischabel Structure. Shearing commenced at 400–475 °C and 400–500 MPa and continued as pressures and temperatures fell to 300–350 °C and 300–350 MPa. Individual shear zones were active for 2–3 Myr with later lower grade stages of shearing concentrated into narrow zones. Fluids that infiltrated the shear zones were water rich (X_H2O > 0.9). Alteration zones around albite veins and at the margins of serpentinite bodies are penecontemporaneous with these shear zones and formed at approximately the same conditions. The eclogites were exhumed from c. 64 km at 44 Ma to 14–16 km at 42–41 Ma implying exhumation rates of 2–5 cm yr^?1. Rapid exhumation was probably achieved by extension aided by buoyancy, following subduction of continental crust, and rapid erosion. The shear zones form part of a regional‐scale extensional system responsible for a significant portion of the exhumation of the subducted oceanic crust.     

Structural development and petrofabrics of eclogite facies shear zones, Bergen Arcs, western Norway: implications for deep crustal deformational processes

Caledonian eclogite facies shear zones developed from Grenvillian garnet granulite facies anorthosites and gabbros in the Bergen Arcs of western Norway allow direct investigation of the relations between macroscopic structures and crystallographic preferred orientation (CPO) in lower continental crust. Field relations on the island of Holsnøy show that the eclogites formed locally from granulite facies rocks by progressive development of: (1) eclogite adjacent to fractures; (2) eclogite in discrete shear zones (> 2 m thick); (3) eclogite breccia consisting of >80% well-foliated eclogite that wraps around rotated granulite blocks; and (4) anastomosing, subparallel, eclogite facies shear zones 30–100 m thick continuous over distances > 1 km within the granulite terrane. These shear zones deformed under eclogite facies conditions at an estimated temperature of 670 ± 50°C and a minimum pressure of 1460 MPa, which corresponds to depths of >55 km in the continental crust. Detailed investigation of the major shear zones shows the development of a strong foliation defined by the shape preferred orientation of omphacite and by alternating segregations of omphacite/garnet-rich and kyanite/zoisite-rich layers. A consistent lineation throughout the shear zones is defined by elongate aggregates of garnet and omphacite. The CPO of omphacite, determined from five-axis universal stage measurements, shows a strong b-axis maximum normal to foliation, and a c-axis girdle within the foliation plane with weak maxima parallel to the lineation direction. These patterns are consistent with deformation of omphacite by slip parallel to [001] and suggest glide along (010). The lineation and CPO data reveal a consistent sense of shear zone movement, although the displacement was small. Localized faulting of high-grade rocks accompanied by fluid infiltration can be an important mode of failure in the lower continental crust. Field relations show that granulite facies rocks can exist in a metastable state under eclogite facies conditions and imply that the lower crust can host differing metamorphic facies at the same depth. Deformation of granulite and partial conversion to eclogite, such as is exposed on Holsnøy Island, may be an orogenic-scale process in the lowermost crust of collisional orogens.     

珠江三角洲南部晚第四纪环境变化的稀土元素记录

珠江三角洲南部平原PRD05孔稀土元素（REE）的分布特征与晚第四纪沉积环境变化密切相关。随着不同时期沉积环境的波动,稀土元素分布也发生相应的变化。约31000 cal a BP 以前,研究区发育河流环境,受矿物组成和沉积物粒度的影响,REE含量偏低,且重稀土元素（HREE）相对富集。31000-16600 cal a BP 期间,REE含量明显高于前一阶段,并显示轻稀土元素（LREE）富集;稀土元素分布模式表现为河口半咸水环境特征;其上部沉积物经历了末次冰盛期的风化作用,稀土元素分布模式与下部近平行,但LREE的富集程度略高。16 600-10 300 cal a BP 为冰后期海平面上升初期,研究区发育沼泽环境,由于有机质含量高而导致稀土元素含量普遍较高。10 300-5600 cal a BP 为全新世海侵期,研究区持续发育河口湾-浅海环境,其REE含量总体较高,并显示LREE富集;随着水体深度和盐度条件发生多次波动,稀土元素分布特征也表现出小幅度变化。5600 cal a BP 以来,河流作用逐渐增强,并受到潮汐作用间歇性影响,其含量显著下降,但波动频繁。