济阳坳陷古近纪沟鞭藻分子化石的分布与控制因素

济阳坳陷古近纪沟鞭藻化石十分丰富,沟鞭藻为有机质富集层的形成作出了重要贡献。三芳甲藻甾烷和甲藻甾烷是沟鞭藻及其祖先在古代沉积物中两种重要的存在形式,并且它们几乎专一性地由沟鞭藻提供。研究发现,沟鞭藻的不同属种,德弗兰藻属、多刺甲藻属、渤海藻类等,均可以提供丰富的三芳甲藻甾烷和甲藻甾烷,但是三芳甲藻甾烷和甲藻甾烷对沉积环境的变化具有不同的响应。在淡水、半咸水、咸水等不同水介质条件下,三芳甲藻甾烷指数稳定分布在0.50～0.96之间,高丰度的三芳甲藻甾烷与地层中丰富的沟鞭藻化石相一致,因而三芳甲藻甾烷是指示沟鞭藻输入的有效分子化石。甲藻甾烷的丰度与古沉积环境存在密切关系,高盐环境有利于甲藻甾烷的形成和保存,随着盐度的降低甲藻甾烷指数在0.04～0.74这样一个较大的范围内变化,其发育程度与有机质沉降过程中和成岩作用早期遭受的微生物降解作用有关,强烈的生物降解不利于甲藻甾烷的保存。     

贵州震旦-寒武系磷块岩元素地球化学特征综述

通过对前人关于贵州磷块岩的化学组分、微量元素、同位素和有机地球化学特征等方面研究的归纳总结,笔者对贵州磷块岩的形成环境及其机制进行了初步分析,认为贵州磷块岩的形成具有热水参与沉积作用。     

Types and Origin of Dolostones in Tarim Basin, Northwest China:Petrographic and Geochemical Evidence

In the Tarim Basin of northwestern China hydrocarbon deposits have been discovered in parts of the thick strata of Cambrian dolostones. Based on petrographic study, six types of dolostone have been distinguished: Type-1, pink mud-bearing silty crystalline dolostone (PMSD); Type-2, gypsum- and salt-bearing fine crystalline dolostone (GSFD); Type-3, fine crystalline dolostone with dolomite crystals with cloudy core and clear rim (CCFD); Type-4, deep gray mud-bearing silty crystalline dolostone (GMSD); Type-5, euhedral coarse crystalline dolostone (ECD); and Type-6, xenotopic coarse crystalline dolostone (XCD). Applying petrographic and geochemical methods, the genesis of the dolostones is studied in this paper. Normally, Type-1 dolostone shows U- and Mo-depleted characteristics, reflecting a more oxidized formation environment; High δ18O and the purple color are consistent with formation of Sabkha dolostones on a supratidal flat. Types 2, 3, 4 dolostones show strata formation, similar REE patterns and 87Sr/86Sr ratios with contemporaneous limestones, suggesting a penecontemporaneous origin from seawater. Types 5 and 6 dolostones commonly occur as interbedded rocks, indicating secondary genesis after diagenesis. Type-6 dolostone has the highest order degree (OD) values (average 0.86), the lowest oxygen isotope values and positive Eu anomalies, which are consistent with previously reported hydrothermal dolostones. Differently, Type-5 shows euhedral texture, higher δ18O value, similar REE characteristic and 87Sr/86Sr ratios in comparison with contemporaneous limestones, suggesting that this type might have been dolomitized by down-transferring evaporated seawater during shallow burial stage. Dolostone fluid sources, formation environments and crystallizing dynamics are summarized and possible genetic models for the six types are proposed.     

鄂西地区震旦系—寒武系页岩气成藏模式

通过对鄂西震旦系陡山沱组和寒武系牛蹄塘组页岩气勘查大量实际资料总结研究,创新性地提出了针对鄂西地区震旦系和寒武系"岩相控炭、成岩控烃、构造控藏"的页岩气成藏理论认识。震旦系陡山沱组和寒武系牛蹄塘组富有机质页岩沉积受控于鄂西裂陷海槽,富有机质页岩甜点层段主要形成于海侵体系域和早期高水位体系域。黄陵古隆起周缘震旦纪—三叠纪长期浅埋,为生油提供了充足时间,三叠纪短暂快速深埋,为页岩气生成的主峰期。古隆起刚性基底、区域性泥页岩盖层以及后期逆冲推覆构造,为页岩气保存提供了良好的条件。从而建立了鄂西震旦—寒武系"深水海槽控炭、古隆起浅埋控烃、古隆起+逆冲断裂控藏"的页岩气成藏模式。      

东尼日尔盆地海侵的微体古生物和地球化学证据

东尼日尔盆地是中西非裂谷系中典型的中—新生代裂谷盆地,位于尼日尔东部,包括Termit、Tefidet、Tenere、Grein、Bilma等5个坳陷。在对位于Tenere坳陷的Saha-1井和位于Termit坳陷的Helit-1井的上白垩统泥岩岩屑样品的微体古生物分布和地球化学特征分析的基础上,论证了东尼日尔盆地晚白垩世发生海侵。Saha-1井上白垩统泥岩岩屑样品微体古生物鉴定结果显示,样品中含有海相沟鞭藻、介形类、钙质超微、有孔虫等化石;地球化学特征表现为具有高丰度的伽马蜡烷、β-胡萝卜烷,且指示海相沉积环境的标志物甲藻甾烷丰富。微体古生物分布和地球化学特征均表明,晚白垩世地层沉积于海相环境。晚白垩世为全球海平面高位期,东尼日尔盆地发生大规模海侵。在早白垩世,东尼日尔盆地以陆相沉积为主;在晚白垩世热沉降和海侵的背景下,东尼日尔各坳陷成为一个统一的海相盆地,沉积了巨厚的海相地层。     

塔东地区古城4井上寒武统—中、上奥陶统流体地球化学示踪

通过对塔东地区古城4井上寒武统和中、上奥陶统碳酸盐岩围岩及充填物的碳、氧、锶同位素地球化学和流体包裹体成分的对比研究表明,充填于中、上奥陶统和上寒武统的流体分属于2个不同来源的流体体系。充填于中、上奥陶统灰岩裂缝中方解石脉的w(87Sr)/w(86Sr)介于0.7084~0.7088,它与早奥陶世海水的w(87Sr)/w(86Sr)相近;流体体系为CH4-H2O体系;充填物与围岩间具有明显的碳、氧同位素差异,表明上部流体体系中的流体来自于奥陶系地层本身。上寒武统白云岩裂缝中方解石脉的w(87Sr)/w(86Sr)为0.7138,明显地高于同时代海水的锶同位素值;流体体系为CO2-H2O体系;下部流体体系中的流体为外来富锶流体。上、下流体体系间互不连通暗示着上寒武统地层具有相对较好的保存条件。     

Multiple Sources of Metals of Mineralization in Lower Cambrian Black Shales of South China: Evidence from Geochemical and Petrographic Study

Black shales of the Lower Cambrian Niutitang Formation in southern China (Huangjiawan mine, Zunyi region, northern part of the Guizhou Province) host regionally distributed stratiform polymetallic Ni‐Mo‐platinum group elements (PGE)‐Au phosphate‐ and sulfide‐rich ores. These are confined to a ≥0.2‐m thick ore horizon composed of mineralized bodies of algal onkolites, phosphate nodules, and sulfide and shale clasts in a mineralized phosphate‐ and organic matter‐rich matrix. Compared to footwall and hanging wall shales, the ore bed is strongly enriched in Ni (up to 100‐fold), As (up to 97‐fold), Mo (up to 95‐fold), Sb (up to 67‐fold), Rh (up to 49‐fold), Cu (up to 37‐fold), Pd (up to 33‐fold), Ru (up to 24‐fold), Zn (up to 23‐fold), Pt (up to 21‐fold), Ir (up to 15‐fold), Co (up to 14‐fold), and Pb (up to 13‐fold). Even footwall and hanging wall black shales are significantly enriched by Mo (21‐fold) and Ni (12‐fold) but depleted in Cr in comparison to average Cambrian black shale. Organic matter is represented by separate accumulations dispersed in the rock matrix or as biotic bitumen droplets and veinlets in ore clasts. Similar organic carbon (C_org) values in an ore bed and enclosing footwall and hanging wall shales of little mineralization indicate that metal accumulation was not controlled only by biogenic productivity and organic matter accumulation rate. Evaporitic conditions during sedimentation of the basal part of the Niutitang Formation were documented by an occurrence of preserved Ni‐, V‐, Cr‐, and Cu‐enriched phosphate‐rich hardground with halite and anhydrite pseudomorphs on the paleosurface of the underlying Neoproterozoic carbonates. Neoproterozoic black shales of the Doushantuo Formation are characterized by increased metal concentrations. Comparison of metal abundances in both hardground and Doushantuo black shales indicate that black shales could have become a source of metal‐rich hardground during weathering. The polymetallic Ni‐Mo‐PGE sulfide‐rich ore bed is interpreted to represent a remnant of shallow‐water hardground horizon rich in metals, which originated in a sediment‐starved, semi‐restricted, seawater environment. During the Early Cambrian transgression an influx of fresh seawater and intensive evaporation, together with the hydrothermal enrichment of seawater in a semi‐restricted basin, resulted in the formation of dense metalliferous brines; co‐precipitation of metals together with phosphates and sulfides occurred at or above the oxic–anoxic sediment interface. Metal‐enriched hardground was disintegrated by the action of waves or bottom currents and deposited in a deeper part of the anoxic basin. Contemporaneously with the formation of a polymetallic Ni‐Mo‐PGE‐Au sulfide ore bed, economic sedimentary exhalative (SEDEX)‐type barite deposits were forming in a stratigraphically and geotectonically similar setting. The results of geochemical study at the Shang Gongtang SEDEX‐type Ba deposit indicate that concentrations of Ag, As, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sb, V, Zn and other metals decrease from top of the barite body toward the hanging wall black shale. Lower Cambrian black shales of the Niutitang Formation above the barite body also display similar element abundances as Neoproterozoic black shales of the Doushantuo Formation, developed in the footwall of the barite body. But the geochemical composition of the sulfide layer is different from the Ni‐Mo ore bed, showing only elevated Pb, Cu, Ni and Mo values. It is suggested that hydrothermal brines at Shang Gongtang might have leached metals from footwall Neoproterozoic sequences and became, after mixing with normal seawater, an additional source of Ag, Cr, Cu, Pb, Sb, Zn, Ni, PGE, V and other metals.     

四川宁南银厂沟震旦-寒武纪交变期碳、氧同位素地球化学特征

扬子地台西缘攀西地区,晚震旦世-早寒武世为一套连续沉积碳酸盐岩,众多科研文献中时代地层、岩性地层和生物地层的划分各异。在此交变期及其近前后,随之发生诸多地质事件,成为地学研究的热点之一。于宁南等四幅1：5万区调工作中,实测灯影组麦地坪段地层剖面,采集新鲜岩样,测试碳、氧同位素,试从稳定同位素地球化学角度阐述其指示意义,提供研究震旦一寒武纪交变期的地球化学资料。     

中条山地区武系地球化学特征与沉积环境研究

华北地区沉积岩石特征表明:早寒武世辛集期主要为潮间-潮下带沉积,馒头期海平面相对稳定,毛庄期—张夏期大量的潮下鲕粒滩发育,中寒武世张夏期为寒武纪最大海侵期.随后海平面下降,晚寒武世主要表现潮坪相的白云岩沉积.通过地球化学分析表明:碳酸盐岩δ13C多数为-1.23~0.34, 总体上反映相对水体较浅的环境.早寒武世δ13C为负值,中寒武世逐渐正漂移,晚寒武世又逐渐负偏,表明该地区寒武纪海平面经历了由浅变深再变浅的变化过程,最大海侵面时期为中寒武世张夏期,与岩石特征所反映的结果一致;低负值的δ18O说明该区域均为较为局限的海域.LREE/HREE值反映了轻稀土富集、重稀土亏损,与碳酸盐岩球粒陨石标准化后的稀土元素配分曲线一致;δEu和δCe异常、La/Yb值显示早寒武世和晚寒武世海平面均发生过几次明显波动,表明寒武纪碳酸盐岩沉积时期,沉积水体经历了几次氧化-还原环境变化.     

Conodonts from the Upper Cambrian Sesong and Hwajeol Formations in the Sabuk Area, South Korea

This paper presents a conodont biostratigraphic study on the Upper Cambrian Sesong and Hwajeol Formations in the Sabuk area, Korea. Two samples near the base of the Sesong Slate at the Pukil section contain lower Upper Cambrian conodonts, comprising Furnishina furnishi, F. kranzae, F. pernical, F. triangulate, Hertzina elongata, Laiwugnathus doidyxus?, Phakelodus elongatus, Muellerodus? obliquus, Westergaardodina matsushitai and W. moessebergensis. This is the first conodont record of the Upper Cambrian formations recovered yet in the northern limb of the Paekunsan syncline. The faunal assemblage is correctable with the lower Upper Cambrian W. matsushitai Zone of North China. Four local biozones are recognized in the Hwajeol Formation, i.e. the Proconodontus, Eoconodontus notchpeakensis, Cambrooistodus minutus and Cordylodus proavus Zones in ascending order. This zonal scheme is essentially equivalent to that of the southern limb of the Paekunsan syncline and they are correlatable with zones in other pa     

扬子区新元古代"雪球"时期古环境的分子地球化学证据

本文对采自中国南方典型剖面新元古界-下寒武统的43块岩样,包括16块冰期沉积物样品,进行了有机碳、镜质组反射率测定及可溶有机质饱和烃色谱和色谱-质谱等常规有机地球化学分析.结果显示,冰期沉积物有机碳含量比非冰期要低1～2个数量级,表明冰期海洋中仍具有一定的生物产率但严重降低,可能是由于"雪球"时期低的海水温度和冰雪覆盖严重影响了生物生存的原因.江口和南沱冰期沉积物中检测出一定量的来自叶绿素先驱物的姥鲛烷和植烷等类异戊二烯烃系列,表明"雪球"时期,扬子区古海水仍然存在微弱的透光带,局部地区没有完全被冰雪所覆盖,光合生物仍能进行一定的光合作用,在岩石中还发现了丰富的甾萜烷类生物标志化合物,也表明一些生物得以存活下来.与非冰期沉积物相比,冰期沉积物中老鲛烷+植烷绝对含量要低1～2个数量级,表明"雪球"时期的光合作用严重减弱.分子地球化学证据表明,"雪球"时期,扬子区的古海洋并没有完全被冰雪覆盖,局部地区仍存在无冰的水体,一些生物得以存活和演化.这些经受了环境重压熬过漫漫寒冬而存活下来的生物对其后的"寒武纪生物大爆发"具有重要的意义.     

上扬子区下寒武统的层序地层划分和层序地层格架的建立

上扬子区特别是贵州及邻区的下寒武统发育完整，是一套从黑色页岩系到碳酸盐岩的地层序列。寒武系与震旦系之交的台地淹没事件之后。在研究区域普遍形成一套以牛蹄塘组为代表的缺氧盆地相黑色岩系，随着沉积环境的逐渐变浅，在下寒武统顶部发育一套以清虚洞组为代表的碳酸盐岩地层。因此。下寒武统组成一个二级层序．其中可以进一步划分为5个三级层序，形成一个有序的海侵-海退旋回序列。在二级层序之中，三级层序形成一个有序的垂直叠加形式。自下而上三级层序由“凝缩段（CS）＋高水位体系域（HST）”序列演变为“海侵体系域（TST）＋凝缩段（CS）＋高水位体系域（HST）”，层序界面类型由淹没不整合型层序界面演变为明显的暴露间断面，意味着二级层序的相序组构与三级层序存在相似性。上述时间变化在不同的空间古地理背景之中形成了一些差异，从北西向南东，古地理背景由浅变深，下寒武统厚度变薄，向东南变为一个难以进行三级层序划分的凝缩序列。以不同古地理背景的典型剖面的层序划分为基础。根据三级层序的两大属性——空间上相序的有序性和时间上环境变化的同步性．可以建立研究区域能反映出地层记录中“两种相变面和两种穿时性”的层序地层格架。层序地层格架的建立表明．研究区域的下寒武统是一个复杂而有序的地层序列，代表以凝缩序列为基底的碳酸盐台地生长与形成过程；伴随着寒武纪早期的快速海侵作用事件所造成的生态空间的拓展．为寒武纪生物大爆发奠定了古地理基础，同时意味着沉积环境变化与生物多样性事件之间的较为密切的关系以及若干有待进一步研究的问题．     

Geochemical Evidence for Slab Melting in the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt

Geochemical studies of Plio-Quaternary volcanic rocks from theValle de Bravo–Zitácuaro volcanic field (VBZ) incentral Mexico indicate that slab melting plays a key role inthe petrogenesis of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. Rocks fromthe VBZ are typical arc-related high-Mg andesites, but two differentrock suites with distinct trace element patterns and isotopiccompositions erupted concurrently in the area, with a traceelement character that is also distinct from that of other Mexicanvolcanoes. The geochemical differences between the VBZ suitescannot be explained by simple crystal fractionation and/or crustalassimilation of a common primitive magma, but can be reconciledby the participation of different proportions of melts derivedfrom the subducted basalt and sediments interacting with themantle wedge. Sr/Y and Sr/Pb ratios of the VBZ rocks correlateinversely with Pb and Sr isotopic compositions, indicating thatthe Sr and Pb budgets are strongly controlled by melt additionsfrom the subducted slab. In contrast, an inverse correlationbetween Pb(Th)/Nd and ¹⁴³Nd/¹⁴⁴Nd ratios, which extend to lowerisotopic values than those for Pacific mid-ocean ridge basalts,indicates the participation of an enriched mantle wedge thatis similar to the source of Mexican intraplate basalts. In addition,a systematic decrease in middle and heavy rare earth concentrationsand Nb/Ta ratios with increasing SiO₂ contents in the VBZ rocksis best explained if these elements are mobilized to some extentin the subduction flux, and suggests that slab partial fusionoccurred under garnet amphibolite-facies conditions. KEY WORDS: arcs; mantle; Mexico; sediment melting; slab melting     

广西大瑶山—大明山地区寒武纪砂岩-泥岩的地球化学特征及沉积－构造环境分析

大瑶山—大明山地区位于钦杭结合带西南段,是研究华南大地构造问题的关键部位。对区内寒武纪地层中采集的27件砂岩、泥岩样品进行了主量元素、微量元素测试和地球化学特征分析。结果表明,样品普遍具有较高的Al2O3/TiO2(11.95~36.26,平均20.81)、低Rb/Cs(13.02~68.27,平均32.21,接近上地壳值)和低Cr/Zr(0.14～1.15,平均0.59)比值。在砂岩-泥岩物源判别函数和Ni-TiO2、Th/Sc-La/Sc、La/Th-Hf图解中,投点特征均显示大瑶山—大明山寒武纪沉积岩的物源以上地壳长英质、石英质岩石为主,含有少量的火成物源及古老再循环沉积物。通过微量元素蛛网图、稀土元素配分图和La-Th-Sc、K2O/Na2O-SiO2等图解判别,再根据大部分样品的δEu值(变化于0.47~0.68,平均0.58);δCe(0.61～1.10,平均0.89);Tb/Yb(0.21~0.41,平均0.34);La/Sc(1.45~7.66,平均3.97);Th/U(3.37~11.18,平均5.80)等特征,及其与不同构造环境参数进行对比,并结合浅水沉积标志、沉积古地理及区域地质和地球化学资料分析,认为研究区寒武纪碎屑岩成分主要代表了被动大陆边缘浅海环境物源,早古生代岩石中不存在反映"华南洋"洋壳成分的地球化学证据。     

华北地台中、上寒武统露头层序地层学研究的新认识

在生物地层对比基础之上通过对河北顺平清醒剖面、山东张夏和河北赵各庄标准剖面以及北京西山剖面的层序地层研究,将华北地台张夏阶和上寒武统自下而上划分并命名了5个总体向上变浅、以间断加深面为界的层序:张夏层序、崮山层序、崮长层序、长山层序和风山层序,并将上寒武统的4个层序与美国的相应层序进行了对比;阐述了层序地层单位与原来的生物地层、岩石地层和年代地层单位之间的关系,并用层序界面对原有岩石地层和年代地层单位的界线进行了优化;同时探讨了在克拉通陆表海背景下层序地层的发育特征以及相应的地质填图方法。     

贵州东部中上寒武统层序地层学及台地演化

通过对贵州东部丹寨一三都中上寒武统两个碳酸盐岩露头剖面的层序地层学研究，识别出3个(三级)层序及8个体系域，并认为由于构造升降运动，两露头剖面的沉积环境发生变化，该区台地类型由中寒武统的缓坡型陆棚演变成上寒武统的镶嵌陆架型台地。研究表明，自中元古宙晚期以来，研究区经历了由洋壳过渡到陆壳的演变过程，体现在该区自中寒武世至晚寒武世由广阔的坡缓底平的广海陆棚沉积，转为台地(斜坡)-广海(盆地)沉积环境。     

重庆南川三汇场寒武系碳酸盐岩中不同期次大气淡水作用的证据

多期构造叠加及多种成岩环境下的早古生代碳酸盐岩储集层形成机理十分复杂。重庆南川三汇场剖面寒武系碳酸盐岩出露完整,是研究沉积与成岩史的理想解剖点之一。研究表明,三汇场剖面寒武系白云岩分别经历了早期海水胶结、大气淡水淋滤、准同生白云岩化、中浅层埋藏、中期构造大气水作用、中晚期埋藏及热液作用和构造晚期表生大气水成岩作用,不同期次的大气淡水作用特征不同。在早成岩期,沿向上变浅的高频层序界面附近发育了鲕模孔、窗格溶孔等组构性溶孔,胶结物和充填物的δ¹⁸O、δ¹³C值均比同期海水负偏,⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr值与同期海水相近,不发光(CL),含有较小的液相包裹体;加里东晚期—海西期,发育了非组构扩溶孔洞缝,伴有氧化沥青,不发光充填物的δ¹⁸O、δ¹³C负偏、⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr值正偏,发育含烃的低温不混溶包裹体,并叠加后期的深埋藏及热液成岩作用;燕山期和喜马拉雅期, 发育孤立的非组构溶蚀孔洞、缝洞,多被巨晶方解石或黏土充填,方解石中δ¹⁸O、δ¹³C强烈负偏($\delta^{13}C_{PDB}$=-4.6‰~-23.4‰,$\delta^{18}C_{PDB}$=-8.6‰~-17.8‰)、含有低温不混溶包裹体(<28.5℃),是有机质或生物甲烷(细)菌参于下的表生大气水成岩作用产物。     

Subdivision and Correlation of Middle and Upper Cambria in North China in Light of Sequence Stratigraphy

TheMiddleandUpper~aninNorthCabhasbeenextenSiVelystudiedfor~yearSinbiostratigraphy(LuandDong,1953;Xiangatal.,1981;An,1982;Met,1993a,1993b).Ho~,thelithOStratigraphictntSwereunfortunatelydefinedbytrilobitezonesotherthanlithologitalcriteria,owingtothecomplicatedChangeSandt~itioninlithofades.CbnseqUentiy,thebio--,litho~andchronostrstigraphictntS~confuSed,asPOintedOuttosomeextentbyLuetal.(1994).Nevertheless,thezoningfossilsoftrilobiteSoCCUrredatthehorizonsSeparatedfromeachotherinseveralt…     

Dinoflagellate cysts in Upper Quaternary sediments from southwestern Norway and potential correlations with the oceanic record

Twenty-two samples from two locations at the Foss-Eigeland clay and gravel pit, Jæren, southwestern Norway were analysed for dinoflagellate cysts. Cyst recovery was generally poor and cyst assemblages indicate a cold temperate to arctic glacimarine environment. The percentage composition of a total of 19 cyst species identified allowed the recognition of five assemblage zones. These are thought to reflect fluctuating minor climatic changes during an interstadial period preceding the last glacial advance in the region. Cyst assemblages from these supposedly Middle Weichselian sediments at Foss-Eigeland are similar to those found in the northern North Sea and the Norwegian Sea in probably similarly aged sediments. This suggests a potential for using dinoflagellate cysts to correlate land-based Quaternary sequences with the deep sea record.     

中国南方新生代地幔柱活动的地球化学证据

中国南海海盆、海南岛、雷琼和龙海—明溪地区新生代玄武岩的总体相当于洋岛玄武岩（OIB）,富集高场强元素（HFSE）,尤其是富集Nb、Ta、U、Ti。南海海盆新生代玄武岩是玻利尼西亚型（Polynesian）、夏威夷型（Hawaii）和MORB型共存,可能是在扩张洋脊上面形成的OIB,下地幔成因的超地幔柱上升致使上地幔物质加入,海南岛和雷琼地区玄武岩具有与南海海盆玄武岩大致相似的成因。大陆板内同时代的龙海—明溪地区玄武岩具特别高的Nb/Zr和Nb/Y值,均表现为地幔柱成因的玻利尼西亚型玄武岩,其形成既可能有古老俯冲洋壳熔融后榴辉岩质残余下沉至下地幔成因,也可能有包括下地壳在内的岩石圈物质的贡献。