伊通新生代玄武岩中辉石岩捕虏体的尖晶石成分分带

伊通新生代玄武岩中存在3种不同成因的捕虏体,其中上地幔岩浆分异结晶形成的辉石岩捕虏体中尖晶石具有独特的成分分带。电子探针分析显示在尖晶石矿物的边缘富Al,而贫Mg、Fe和Cr,矿物中心富Mg、Fe和Cr,而贫Al,从中心向两侧基本对称。从尖晶石成分分带的元素分布特征判断,其形成不是固溶体相平衡过程中的离子扩散,而可能是化学平衡过程中结晶矿物与熔浆之间化学成分平衡的结果,属于化学平衡导致的成分分带。从尖晶石矿物中心到边缘的温度变化不能反映矿物形成后所经历的温度变化状况,与尖晶石共生矿物的二辉石地质温度计所能代表的地质意义是矿物中心的温度(~1 006℃),反映矿物开始结晶时的温度状态。     

新疆西准噶尔地区两类蛇绿岩中橄榄岩的矿物学研究

两类蛇绿岩中变质橄榄岩的矿物表现出的共同特征是:从二辉橄榄岩→斜辉橄榄岩→斜辉辉橄岩→纯橄岩→铬铁矿石,其橄榄石、斜方辉石和单斜辉石的Mg/(Mg+Fe)(矿物牌号)依次升高,表现出富Mg贫Fe的演化趋势;铬尖晶石的Cr/(Cr+Al)亦同时升高,表现为富Cr贫Al的演化特征。 变质橄榄岩中的矿物均是原始上地幔岩部分熔融的残余物。在部分熔融过程中,橄榄石与铬尖晶石是生成相矿物,而斜方与单斜辉石则是消失相矿物,正是通过两种辉石的不断消失,岩石才从二辉橄榄岩依次转化为纯橄岩,并造成纯橄岩与铬铁矿的紧密伴生。在此过程中,矿物成分时刻都在变化,造岩矿物向富Mg贫Fe,金属矿物向富Cr贫Al方向调整,这与实际测定结果是一致的。     

伊通上地幔剪切带捕虏体中富铝尖晶石的地球化学特征

伊通上地幔剪切带中辉石岩、二辉橄榄岩和易剥橄榄岩是3个主要地幔捕虏体,其中尖晶石的化学成分以富铝为特征。辉石岩中尖晶石在薄片下呈绿色,为铝含量高、铬含量低的铝尖晶石;与之相比,二辉橄榄岩和易剥橄榄岩中尖晶石在薄片下呈棕色,为铝含量相对较低、铬含量相对较高的富铝铬尖晶石。尖晶石的颜色与Al、Mg、Cr、Fe含量有关。在不同捕虏体中尖晶石成分具有不同的变化范围,尖晶石化学成分之间存在一定的相关性,Mg#与Cr#,Mg#与Fe2 和Cr与Al呈现负相关性,而Mg#与Al#呈现出正相关性,反映不同捕虏体中尖晶石具有同一来源和成因联系。在地幔岩石部分熔融和结晶过程中Cr和Al的分异明显。固溶体条件下基本服从八面体Cr Al替代关系,而不同地幔捕虏体中尖晶石的成分差异是岩浆部分熔融和结晶过程中元素分异、固溶体离子替代的结果。     

Mg-Cr~(2+)橄揽石、辉石和尖晶石的晶胞参数测定及Cr~(2+)在各晶体结构中的占位

本文用Mg－Cr2+做榄石、辉石、尖晶石的粉晶X射线衍射数据，采取“整体图谱最小二乘Rietveld”方法计算了上述矿物的晶胞参数和摩尔体积，并对Cr2+在各晶体结构中的占位情况进行了研究。结果显示，各矿物的晶胞参数随含Cr2+量的增大而增大。据Vegard定律，推算出各端元组分铬橄榄石（Cr2SiO1）、铬辉石（Cr2SiO2O6）及立方铬尖晶石（Cr3O4）的摩尔体积分别为47．7，68．0，44．9cm3。精化结构参数指示，在橄榄石中，Cr2+随机分配在两个八面体（M1，M2）位置；在辉石中，Cr2+优先选择八面体M2位置；在尖晶石中，Cr2+占置四面体位置。这种晶体内离子分配可从离子半径差别或晶体场稳定能大小得到解释。     

苏鲁超高压变质带岗上超镁铁质岩铬尖晶石形成过程——铬成矿新机制

岗上超镁铁质岩主要由纯橄岩和石榴橄榄岩组成,主要组成矿物有橄榄石、铬尖晶石、石榴子石、单斜辉石和斜方辉石等。铬尖晶石的Cr#[Cr/(Cr+Mg)×100]从51到89变化,铬尖晶石矿物表现为4期次演化的特点,反映了从岩浆期向榴辉岩相、角闪岩相和绿片岩相演化特征。随着超镁铁质岩的演化,铬尖晶石中Cr#不断增大(51增大到89),而铬尖晶石Mg#[Mg×100/(Mg+Fe2+)]不断减少,氧逸度不断增加。在绿片岩相—绿片角闪岩相退变质过程中,铬尖晶石中Cr、Mg和Al减少,Fe相对增加,产生富Cr尖晶石变质作用样式。晚期剪切变形等次生变化有利于富铬铬尖晶石矿物的形成和铬尖晶石的富集。同时,角闪岩相和绿片岩相变质作用使铬尖晶石富集呈现容易开采的条带状,降低了铬尖晶石与其他硅酸盐矿物的结合强度,降低了开采强度和成本,使原本不易于开采的铬铁矿矿体变得可以开采。这些意味着铬铁矿矿体展布要结合后期变质作用进行综合分析。     

铬尖晶石和石榴石的相变:大陆科学钻探CCSD-PP3孔超镁铁岩超高压变质作用的证据

PP3超镁铁岩主要岩石类型有纯橄岩和石榴石橄榄岩,两者为渐变,主要矿物为橄榄石、铬尖晶石、石榴石、单斜辉石和斜方辉石.铬尖晶石的Cr#[Cr/(Cr+Mg) ×100]从51~89变化,TiO₂和MnO₂值分别低于0.26%和0.46%.铬尖晶石矿物表现为4期次演化的特点,反映了从岩浆期、榴辉岩相、角闪岩相和绿片岩相演化特征.随着超镁铁岩的演化,铬尖晶石表现为Cr#不断增大,而Mg#[Mg×100/(Mg+Fe2+) ]不断减少、氧逸度不断增加的过程.PP3铬尖晶石反映了地幔来源,为大陆岩石圈超镁铁岩特征,后期随折返而演化.从石榴石与铬尖晶石相互转变过程看出,PP3超镁铁岩经历了深度加大的过程,超镁铁岩曾经到达100km以上的岩石圈地幔深处.在绿片岩相-绿片角闪岩相变质过程中,铬尖晶石中Cr、Mg和Al减少,Fe相对增加,产生富Cr尖晶石变质作用样式.晚期剪切变形等次生变化影响了铬尖晶石矿物成分.      

玄武岩中幔源岩石包体内尖晶石特征及其热力学状态

大陆碱性玄武岩中幔源宕石包体是研究大陆上地幔最直接的样品之一。尖晶石是幔源岩石包体中常见的副矿物。对其成分、平衡温度、压力及氧逸度热力学状态研究,不仅可阐明上地幔条件下尖晶石的矿物学特证,揭示它们及其寄主幔源岩石的成因,而且还可获得研究区上地幔热力学状态、物质组分、矿物相变及地幔不均一性等信息。 本文利用我国东部31个地区的新生代玄武岩中的橄榄岩类和辉石岩类包体中的16O个尖晶石探针分析资料、及所分析的共生矿物橄榄石、斜方辉石及单斜辉石的大量数据。采用新的较合理的温度、压力和氧逸度计算方法进行计算和作图,得到如卜结论:1 随着上地幔岩石部分熔融程度的增加。其橄榄岩类残留物中的尖晶石的颜色由浅褐变为深褐色.Cr和Fe含量增加。而Al和Mg含量降院,2 碱性玄武岩中辉石类包体的尖晶石和橄榄岩类包体的尖晶石的颜鬼及成分有很大差异.说明两者成因不同 3 碱性玄武岩中幔源岩石包体内的尖晶石的主要成分是Cr、Al、Fe、Mg。Cr和Al、Fe和Mg之间存在着广泛的类质同象替代,而Fe与Al、Cr之间的替代作用是有限的。4 我国东部新生代时上地幔中,尖晶石形成的平衡温度为1100～1500°K(约827～1227℃)。其形成压力为(1.2～60) 10 Pa.但大部分尖晶石形成的平衡压力<40×10~8Pa(即     

赣东北朱溪钨铜矿床辉石矿物光谱-地球化学特征

为厘定江西朱溪钨铜矿矿床辉石矿物类型、矿物组合等矿物学特征，深入研究辉石矿物光谱-地球化学特征间的关系，对矿区ZK4208、ZK4210、ZK4211三个钻孔进行热红外光谱、显微镜下鉴定及电子探针综合分析，对矿物中Mg、Fe等主量元素含量进行定量测定，确定研究区辉石矿物以透辉石-钙铁辉石端元为主，并对辉石矿物波长特征与距热源中心距离、矿物主量元素含量间的相关性进行分析。结果表明，钻孔ZK4211中辉石矿物Fe、Mn替代Mg离子的过程可能会导致辉石波长向短波方向移动；样品点至热源中心的距离与辉石矿物的光谱特征呈线性相关关系；自岩体向外围，辉石分布及光谱特征具有分带性。     

尖晶石—斜方辉石间Al—Cr交换平衡的实验研究

在温度为1030～1400℃，压力为0．4～2．0GPa条件下，在自然体系中进行了包含橄榄石-叙方辉石-尖晶石-（熔体）－（斜长石）矿物组合的平衡实验。探讨了斜方辉石-尖晶石间的Al-Cr交换平衡。通过对这平衡的研究，得到Al-Cr在尖晶石中的混合参数WAl-CrSp49541±5000J／mol；它较简单体系中所得WAl-CrSp要大许多，可能是由于自然体系中有Ti4+和Fe3+等混入尖晶石结构中，或是文献中对WAl-CrOpx-0和WMg-AlOpx=0的假设错误所致。实验结果还发现在一定温度下，斜方辉石中Cr的含量随平衡共存尖晶石中Cr的增大而成抛物线状增大。第一次实验验证了Nagata（1983）在自然岩石中的观察。     

新发现的沂蒙矿类质同象系列矿物──K(Ti_5Fe_3Cr_2Mg_2)_(12)O_(19)及Ba(Ti_5Fe_4Mg_2Cr)_(12)O_(19)

在山东蒙阴金伯利岩中，首次发现了沂蒙矿类质同象系列新的富Ti矿物（变）种。理想的晶体化学式可表达为：K（Ti5Fe3Cr2Mg2）12O19（简称K－Ti沂蒙矿）（Ba，K）（Ti5Fe4Mg2Cr）12O19（简称Ba－Ti沂蒙矿）从而与原来确定的沂蒙矿K（Cr5Ti3Fe2Mg2）12O19和钡钛铁铝矿（Ba，K）（Cr4Fe4Ti3Mg）12O19一起构成了金伯利岩中AM12O19磁铁铅矿型矿物的K-Cr、Ba－Cr、K-Ti、Ba-Ti四种端元类型的复杂类质同象系列。新发现的两个矿物（变）种均产出于具叶片状尖晶石出溶体的镁钛铁矿中。根据结构已知的沂蒙矿中原子的占位和配位多面体情况，分析了K－Ti，Ba－Ti沂蒙矿中各原子的占位和配位多面体，认为新发现的两个（变）种在成分上与沂蒙矿和钡钛铁铬矿有明显的区别。根据镁钛铁矿、尖晶石、沂蒙矿新（变）种、钙钛矿之间的相互关系，探讨了它们的形成环境，从而为这类矿物的地幔成因提供了直接证据。     

Alteration Mechanisms of Chromian-Spinel during Serpentinization at Wadi Sifein Area, Eastern Desert, Egypt

Wadi Sifein podiform chromite deposits, Central Eastern Desert of Egypt, are hosted by fully serpentinized peridotite that is a part of the dismembered Pan‐African ophiolite complexes. Relics of primary minerals and the chemical characters indicate that the ophiolitic rocks were derived from depleted mantle peridotite of harzburgite and subordinate dunite compositions. The mantle rocks were initially formed at a mid‐oceanic ridge and subsequently thrust at a supra‐subduction zone. The chromite mineralization at Wadi Sifein area displays either pod‐shaped bodies with massive and lumpy chromitite appearance or dissemination of chromian‐spinel in serpentinite matrix. The podiform chromitite exhibits a very limited compositional range in terms of Cr# [Cr/(Cr + Al) atomic ratio] and Mg# [Mg/(Mg + Fe) atomic ratio]. The chromian‐spinel, however, frequently displays optical and geochemical zoning. Four zones can be identified from core to edge: inner core representing the original composition of the chromian‐spinel; narrow Cr‐rich ferritchromit zone; wide ferritchromit zone; and outer Cr‐magnetite/magnetite zone. The zonation of chromian‐spinel is interpreted to be a result of serpentinization rather than magmatic or metamorphic processes. The geochemical data obtained from the chromitite and chromian‐spinel was statistically processed using discriminant and R‐mode factor analyses. Two trends, minor and major, were achieved considering the formation of ferritchromit. The minor trend is controlled by the redistribution of trivalent cations, where Cr₂O₃ increased on the expense mainly of Al₂O₃ and to less extent Fe₂O₃ to form zone II during the peak of serpentinization. The major trend of alteration, however, is explained by the exchange between Mg‐Fe²⁺ rather than Cr, Al, and Fe³⁺ to form zone III. Kammererite formation was accompanied the formation of zones III and IV at a 314°C temperature of formation.     

变质橄榄岩中尖晶石的分形结构因子类型及其成因意义

利用沈步明（１９９３）提出的分形结构因子的新方法，计算了橄榄岩包体、方辉橄榄岩、纯橄榄岩和铬铁矿等六种尖晶石的分形结构因子。划分了四种尖晶石分形结构因子类型：Ａ１和Ｃｒ强变异型、Ａ１和Ｃｒ变异型、Ｍｇ和Ｆｅ２－变异型、Ｍｇ和Ｆｅ２－强变异型，结合尖晶石的地质产状讨论了这四种类型的成因意义。通过大量分形结构子的计算和图表．有力说明分形结构因子对于表征物质在空间分布的结构性和数据之间的相关性，是一种有效的定量化手段。在推测尖晶石和主岩的成因方面，尖晶石的Ｃｒ（Ａ１）和Ｍｇ（Ｆｅ２＋）的ＦＳＦ值图解更优于尖晶石的Ｃｒ／（Ｃｒ＋Ａ１）－Ｍｇ／（Ｍ＋Ｆｅ２－）图解。     

Diffusion kinetics of Fe and Mg in aluminous spinel: experimental determination and applications

The diffusion coefficients of Fe²⁺ and Mg in aluminous spinel at ∼20 kb, 950 to 1325°C, and at 30 kb, 1125°C have been determined via diffusion couple experiments and numerical modeling of the induced diffusion profiles. The oxygen fugacity, fO₂, was constrained by graphite encapsulating materials. The retrieved self-diffusion coefficients of Fe²⁺ and Mg at ∼20 kb, 950 to 1325°C, fit well the Arrhenian relation, D = D₀exp(−Q/RT), where Q is the activation energy, with D₀(Fe) = 1.8 (±2.8) × 10⁻⁵, D₀(Mg) = 1.9 (±1.4) × 10⁻⁵ cm²/s, Q(Fe) = 198 ± 19, and Q(Mg) = 202 ± 8 kJ/mol. Comparison with the data at 30 kb suggests an activation volume of ∼5 cm³/mol. From analysis of compositional zoning in natural olivine-spinel assemblages in ultramafic rocks, previous reports concluded that D(Fe-Mg) in spinel with Cr/(Cr + Al) ≤0.5 is ∼10 times that in olivine. The diffusion data in spinel and olivine have been applied to the problems of preservation of Mg isotopic inhomogeneity in spinel within the plagioclase-olivine inclusions in Allende meteorite and cooling rates of terrestrial ultramafic rocks.     

Effects of hydrothermal alteration on the compositions of chromian spinels

Chromite spinels in hydrothermally altered rocks from fracture-zone ultramafic rocks and from both ultramafic cumulate pods and sheeted dikes in the Josephine ophiolite, California, display a wide variety of compositions. Alteration of the spinel may not be visible in thin section. The primary composition changes accompanying hydrothermal alteration are increase in Cr/(Cr+Al) and/or Fe²⁺/(Fe²⁺+Mg). In general, altered spinel grains associated with hornblende and chlorite show an increase in Cr/(Cr+Al) from core to rim. Altered spinel grains associated with serpentine show an increase in Fe²⁺/(Fe²⁺+Mg) from core to rim but may not show an increase in Cr/(Cr+Al). The compositional zoning in some altered spinel grains appears to result both from reaction of clinopyroxene plus spinel to form hornblende, and from reaction of hornblende to form chlorite. These observations suggest that subsolidus hydrothermal metamorphic effects need to be considered when interpreting spinel compositions and the compositions should not be interpreted solely in terms of igneous processes. Further, the presence of highly altered spinels may be indicative of hydrothermal alteration in rocks where other evidence of such alteration is absent.     

Disequilibrium for Ca during growth of pelitic garnet

Compositional zoning in hundreds of almandine-rich garnets in amphibolite by facies micaceous quartzites from the Picuris Range, north-central New Mexico USA, indicates that although Mn, Mg and Fe achieve chemical equilibrium at hand-sample scale during garnet growth, Ca does not. Instead, Ca concentrations at the surface of growing garnets appear to depend strongly on kinetic factors that govern the local chemical environment, yielding disequilibrium for Ca at scales larger than the region immediately surrounding an individual porphyroblast. Detailed zoning profiles were obtained for 371 garnet crystals in a small volume of a single sample of garnetiferous quartzite, and core analyses were made of 97 additional crystals. Each analysis was made on a section that passed precisely through the morphological centre of the crystal, located by means of 3-D imagery from computed X-ray tomography. The data reveal strong correlations between crystal size and concentrations of Mn, Mg and Fe (but not Ca) in garnet cores; a relationship between crystal size and isolation; rigorous cross-correlations among concentrations of Mn, Mg and Fe (but not Ca); and systematic variations in Ca concentrations as a function of crystal size and core composition that are anomalous in comparison to the behaviour of the other divalent cations. We interpret these observations as the result of thermally accelerated diffusion-controlled garnet growth, in circumstances that promoted rapid intergranular diffusion and thus rock-wide equilibration of Mn, Mg and Fe, but that prevented equilibration at similar scale for Ca because of its more sluggish intergranular diffusion. The anomalous behaviour of Ca is made evident in these garnets by the presence of sharp spikes in Ca concentration, which are demonstrably not a consequence of any simultaneous rock-wide event, such as a change in pressure, temperature, or some other intensive parameter. Instead, Ca concentrations probably reflect the local extent of reaction in the immediate vicinity of each porphyroblast. To the degree that such kinetic factors introduce departures from chemical equilibrium for Ca, thermobarometric estimates that involve grossular contents of pelitic garnet will be in error.     

Controls on metamorphic equilibration: the importance of intergranular solubilities mediated by fluid composition

A dramatic demonstration of the role of intergranular solubility in promoting chemical equilibration during metamorphism is found in the unusual zoning of garnet in pelitic schist exposed at Harpswell Neck, Maine, USA. Many garnet crystals have irregular, patchy distributions of Mn, Cr, Fe and Mg in their inclusion‐rich interiors, transitioning to smooth, concentric zoning in their inclusion‐poor outer rims; in contrast, zoning of Ca and Y is comparatively smooth and concentric throughout. We re‐assess the disputed origin of these zoning features by examining garnet growth in the context of the thermal and structural history of the rocks, and by evaluating the record of fluid–rock interaction revealed in outcrop‐scale veining and fluid‐inclusion assemblages. The transition in the character of garnet zoning correlates with the onset of a synkinematic, simple‐shear‐dominated phase of garnet growth and with a shift in the composition of the intergranular fluid from CO₂‐rich to H₂O‐rich. Compositional variations in garnet are therefore best explained by a two‐stage growth history in which intergranular diffusive fluxes reflect differences in the concentration of dissolved species in these two contrasting fluids. Interiors of garnet crystals grew in the presence of a CO₂‐rich fluid, in which limited solubility for Mn and Cr (and perhaps Fe and Mg) produced patchy disequilibrium overprint zoning, while appreciable solubility for Ca and Y permitted their rock‐wide equilibration. Rims grew in the presence of an H₂O‐rich fluid, in which high intergranular concentrations for all elements except Cr enabled diffusion over length scales sufficient for rock‐wide equilibration. This striking example of partial chemical equilibrium during reaction and porphyroblast growth implies that thermal effects may commonly be subsidiary in importance to solubilities in the intergranular medium as determinants of length scales for metamorphic equilibration.     

Zoning patterns in orthopyroxene and garnet in granulites: implications for geothermometry

Compositional maps of orthopyroxene and garnet of contrasting grain size and in contact with different minerals were made from two paragneiss granulites from the Minto terrane of northern Quebec. The compositional maps provide clear evidence of late exchange of Fe/(Fe + Mg) after Ca in garnet and Al in orthopyroxene had been quenched-in. The extent of late Fe-Mg exchange was controlled by neighbouring minerals, with negligible Fe-Mg gradients against plagioclase and quartz, and substantial gradients against exchangeable Fe-Mg minerals. Cores of grains in contact with exchangeable Fe-Mg neighbours are progressively more reset in Fe/(Fe + Mg) as grain size decreases, whereas cores of even small grains surrounded by only plagioclase and quartz are not significantly different in Fe/(Fe + Mg) than cores of the largest grains. Gradients of Ca in garnet and of Al in orthopyroxene in grains of uniform Fe/(Fe + Mg) preserve a high-temperature retrograde history during which intergranular exchange effected compositional uniformity of mineral rims and intragranular Fe-Mg diffusion in garnet and orthopyroxene was rapid enough to homogenize Fe/(Fe + Mg). The transition from efficient intergranular exchange at relatively high temperatures to local Fe-Mg exchange at lower temperatures may have been controlled by loss of an intergranular exchange medium in the rock, possibly an internally generated dehydration melt phase. Implications for geothermometry of granulites include the following (numerical values are particular to this study): (1) core compositions of garnet and orthopyroxene grains in contact with exchangeable neighbours may be reset in Fe/(Fe + Mg) relative to the most refractory compositions by an amount equivalent to 120d? C; (2) Fe-Mg exchange thermometry using even the most refractory Fe/(Fe + Mg) compositions may not record peak granulite conditions, possibly recording instead the temperature at which an intergranular exchange medium was lost from the rock; and (3) temperature-sensitive net transfer equilibria involving Al solubility in orthopyroxene yield temperatures up to 150d? C higher than maximum Fe-Mg exchange temperatures, even in grains with flat Fe/(Fe - Mg) compositional profiles, making them a better means of estimating peak granulite temperatures than Fe-Mg exchange thermometry.     

铬尖晶石的晶胞参数与成因特征

铬尖晶石成分与晶胞、比重的关系1955年米赫耶夫提出尖晶石类总的晶胞公式为: (单位kx) 两价平均离子半径 三价平均离子半径。     

Compositional variations of chromiferous spinel in Mg-rich rocks of the Deccan Traps,India

Composition of chromiferous spinel included in olivines of Mg-rich basalts and gabbros of the Deccan Traps (Gujarat and Western Ghats) are reported here. They vary from Al-rich compositions [Al₂O₃ = 53wt.%; Cr#, 100Cr/(Cr + Al) = 12] to Cr-rich compositions [Cr₂O₃ = 51wt.%; Cr# = 84], and from Cr-Al rich compositions towards Cr-rich Ti-magnetite (TiO₂ up to 23 wt.%, ulvöspinel up to 67mol.%). The Mg# [100Mg/(Mg + Fe²⁺)] of spinel decreases from 81 to nearly zero. The highest Cr# has been found in the Bushe Fm., Thakurvadi Fm., and some high-Ti basalts of the Pavagadh section, whereas some of the low-Ti basalts of Saurashtra have Al-rich compositions typical of spinels found in mid-ocean ridge basalts. The chemical composition of the Deccan Trap spinels is completely different compared to that observed in mantle spinel suites, with very few exceptions. The decreasing Al and increasing Fe and Ti of spinel seems to be mainly the result of decrease of Mg in the locally coexisting melts and favourable cationic substitutions in the lattice. There is barely any evidence of general relationships between the composition of the Deccan spinels and inferred mantle sources of the host magmas. Pyroxene inclusions in spinels may witness a high-pressure stage of crystallization, but the possibility of non-equilibrium crystallization, or even magma mixing, cannot be ruled out. Overall, the compositional ranges of chromiferous spinel in the Deccan Traps closely match those observed in the other Large Igneous Provinces having mafic/ultramafic intrusions and mafic magma compositions (e.g., Siberian Traps, Karoo, Emeishan).