古特提斯多岛洋洋-陆俯冲:木孜塔格蛇绿岩的矿物学证据

前期研究认识到新疆东昆仑木孜塔格蛇绿岩形成在俯冲带环境.为了进一步研究该俯冲带的类型,对新疆东昆仑木孜塔格蛇绿岩变质橄榄岩的岩石学和矿物学特征进行了分析.薄片观察发现变质橄榄岩的橄榄石以变质残余、变质重结晶和斜方辉石熔融结晶3种结构存在,但探针分析发现它们具有稳定且低Fo值(87.8～89.5);斜方辉石发育变质残余和熔融残余结构,En较低(88～90),Al2O3含量变化大(2.90%～5.13%);尖晶石为他形-半自形结构,其Cr#(=Cr/(Cr Al))集中分布在0.508~0.723和0.100~0.118两个范围内.根据这些来自岩石学和矿物学的证据,并结合该蛇绿岩的构造背景与时代,认识到该蛇绿岩形成在大洋向具有厚陆壳的大陆弧俯冲的俯冲带环境,为新疆东昆仑地区古特提斯多岛洋洋-陆俯冲的结果.     

古特提斯多岛洋洋一陆俯冲：木孜塔格蛇绿岩的矿物学证据

前期研究认识到新疆东昆仑木孜塔格蛇绿岩形成在俯冲带环境．为了进一步研究该俯冲带的类型，对新疆东昆仑木孜塔格蛇绿岩变质橄榄岩的岩石学和矿物学特征进行了分析．薄片观察发现变质橄榄岩的橄榄石以变质残余、变质重结晶和斜方辉石熔融结晶3种结构存在，但探针分析发现它们具有稳定且低Fo值（87．8～89．5）；斜方辉石发育变质残余和熔融残余结构，En较低（88～90），Al2O3含量变化大（2．90％～5．13％）；尖晶石为他形一半自形结构，其Cr^#（=Cr／（Cr＋Al））集中分布在0．508～0．723和0．100～0．118两个范围内．根据这些来自岩石学和矿物学的证据，并结合该蛇绿岩的构造背景与时代，认识到该蛇绿岩形成在大洋向具有厚陆壳的大陆弧俯冲的俯冲带环境，为新疆东昆仑地区古特提斯多岛洋洋一陆俯冲的结果．     

Geochemistry of arc-related mantle peridotites and gabbros from the Chaldoran ophiolite,NW Iran

ABSTRACT

The Neo-Tethys-related Chaldoran ophiolite peridotites in NW Iran are remnants of mantle lithosphere, exhumed tectonically during the Late Cretaceous. Harzburgite is the predominant peridotite type, associated with oceanic lower crust cumulate gabbros occasionally. The ophiolite rocks are unconformably overlain by Late Cretaceous-Paleocene sediments. New whole-rock geochemistry of the variably serpentinized harzburgites shows a depleted nature, exemplified by low Al₂O₃, CaO, TiO₂, V and Y and high Ni, Cr and Mg and also low rare earth element (REE) contents. The harzburgites present LREE enrichment. Positive correlations between some LREEs and high field strength elements (HFSE) suggest enrichment of LREEs by melt re-fertilization processes. Cr-spinels have Cr number of [Cr# = Cr/(Cr + Al) = 0.53–0.67], showing medium to high degree of partial melting (F = ~17-20%). Both whole-rock and mineral chemistry data show a supra-subduction zone setting and progressive depletion along with increase in spinel Cr# (MOR to fore arc). The cumulate gabbros have high MgO and SiO₂, low TiO₂ and Ti/V < 10 and also low chondrite normalized Dy (<8.5). The gabbro samples show enriched LREEs and LILEs and depleted HREEs and HFSEs with respect to MORBs.

Subduction initiation (SI) model in a fore-arc/proto-fore-arc environment is suggested for the upper mantle evolution of the Chaldoran ophiolite. The rocks have experienced depletion in a second melting process at the later stages of SI and compositions were probably modified by extraction of island arc tholeiitic (IAT) and possibly boninitic (BON) melts. The chemostratigraphic progression for ‘subduction initiation rule (SIR)’ is likely traceable in Chaldoran mafic-ultramafic sequence, which corresponds to the most Neo-Tethyan ophiolites and is similar to MOR to supra-subduction zone (SSZ) evolution of most Iranian ‘Inner’ and ‘Outer Zagros’ ophiolitic peridotites.     

西昆仑东段苏巴什洋向北俯冲:来自早—中二叠世火山岩的证据

西昆仑东段苏巴什蛇绿构造混杂岩带南侧卡拉勒塔什群以大面积分布的酸性和中基性火山岩为特征,本次对卡拉勒塔什群弧火山岩代表性的岩石组合进行了LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄、地球化学及锆石Lu-Hf同位素研究。研究结果表明,LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年获得酸性晶屑凝灰岩、蚀变玄武岩²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U加权平均年龄为(284.2±1.6) Ma和(262.6±2.0) Ma,表明研究区卡拉勒塔什群火山岩形成于早—中二叠世。卡拉勒塔什群火山岩具有富铝、钠、铁,富集大离子亲石元素K、Rb、Ba和亏损高场强元素Sr、Ta、Nb、Ti的地球化学特征。其中,基性火山岩属钙碱性-拉斑玄武岩系列,岩石稀土元素配分模式接近大洋拉斑玄武岩,Nd/Th和La/Nb比值为8.91~13.76和0.39~2.28,Lu-Hf同位素ε_Hf(t)值为-0.15~4.95,表现为地幔物质来源,但加入了地壳组分。酸性火山岩属于钙碱性系列,相对亏损P和Zr元素,Nd/Th和La/Nb比值为1.92~4.10和2.52~3.39,Lu-Hf同位素ε_Hf(t)值分别为0.94~3.78和8.26~12.45,二阶段模式年龄分别为1.07~1.25 Ga、0.51~0.78 Ga,表明酸性火山岩物质来源为古老地壳和新生地壳物质重熔后的混合物。卡拉勒塔什群总体地球化学特征表现为岛弧环境。卡拉勒塔什群岛弧火山岩与北侧苏巴什蛇绿构造混杂岩带在形成时代、空间分布以及基性岩地球化学特征均表现成对关系,与苏巴什蛇绿构造混杂岩带内发育的硫磺达坂砂岩组深水复理石建造共同构成造山带沟-弧-盆体系,表明苏巴什洋盆由南向北的俯冲极性,说明苏巴什蛇绿构造混杂岩形成于岛弧偏向于海沟的弧前盆地构造背景。     

Mineralogy,geochemistry, and geotectonic significance of the Neoproterozoic ophiolite of Wadi Arais area,south Eastern Desert,Egypt

ABSTRACT

The dismembered ophiolites in Wadi Arais area of the south Eastern Desert of Egypt are one of a series of Neoproterozoic ophiolites found within the Arabian–Nubian Shield (ANS). We present new major, trace, and rare earth element analyses and mineral composition data from samples of the Wadi Arais ophiolitic rocks with the goal of constraining their geotectonic setting. The suite includes serpentinized ultramafics (mantle section) and greenschist facies metagabbros (crustal section). The major and trace element characteristics of the metagabbro unit show a tholeiitic to calc-alkaline affinity. The serpentinized ultramafics display a bastite, or less commonly mesh, texture of serpentine minerals reflecting harzburgite and dunite protoliths, and unaltered relics of olivine, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene, and chrome spinel can be found. Bulk-rock chemistry confirms harzburgite as the main protolith. The high Mg# (91.93–93.15) and low Al₂O₃/SiO₂ ratios (0.01–0.02) of the serpentinized peridotite, together with the high Cr# (>0.6) of their Cr-spinels and the high NiO contents (0.39–0.49 wt.%) of their olivines, are consistent with residual mantle rocks that experienced high degrees of partial melt extraction. The high Cr# and low TiO₂ contents (0.02–0.34 wt.%) of the Cr-spinels are most consistent with modern highly refractory fore-arc peridtotites and suggest that these rocks probably developed in a supra-subduction zone environment.     

The Role of Pre-existing Mechanical Anisotropy on Shear Zone Development within Oceanic Mantle Lithosphere: an Example from the Oman Ophiolite

Structural and fabric analysis of the well-exposed Hilti mantlesection, Oman ophiolite, suggests that shear zone development,which may have resulted from oceanic plate fragmentation, wasinfluenced by pre-existing mantle fabric present at the paleo-ridge.Detailed structural mapping in the mantle section revealed agently undulating structure with an east–west flow direction.A NW–SE strike-slip shear zone cuts across this horizontalstructure. The crystal preferred orientation (CPO) of olivinewithin the foliation is dominated by (010) axial patterns ratherthan more commonly observed (010)[100] patterns, suggestingthat the horizontal flow close to the Moho involved non-coaxialflow. Olivine CPO within the shear zone formed at low temperatureis characterized by (001)[100] patterns and a sinistral senseof shear. The olivine CPO becomes weaker with progressive mylonitizationand accompanying grain size reduction, and ultimately developsinto an ultra-mylonite with a random CPO pattern. The olivine[010]-axis is consistently sub-vertical, even where the horizontalfoliation has been rotated to a sub-vertical orientation withinthe shear zone. These observations suggest that the primarymechanical anisotropy (mantle fabric) has been readily transformedinto a secondary structure (shear zone) with minimum modification.This occurred as a result of a change of the olivine slip systemsduring oceanic detachment and related tectonics during cooling.We propose that primary olivine CPO fabrics may play a significantrole in the subsequent structural development of the mantle.Thus, the structural behavior of oceanic mantle lithosphereduring subduction and obduction may be strongly influenced byinitial mechanical anisotropy developed at an oceanic spreadingcenter. KEY WORDS: mantle lithosphere; anisotropy; shear zone; olivine CPO; Oman ophiolite     

Exsolutions of Diopside and Magnetite in Olivine from Mantle Dunite, Luobusa Ophiolite, Tibet, China

The exsolutious of diopside and magnetite occur as intergrowth and orient within olivine from the mantle dunite, Luobusa ophiolite, Tibet. The dunite is very fresh with a mineral assemblage of olivine （〉95%） ＋ chromite （1%-4%） ＋ diopside （〈1%）. Two types of olivine are found in thin sections： one （Fo = 94） is coarse-grained, elongated with development of kink bands, wavy extinction and irregular margins; and the other （Fo = 96） is fine-grained and poly-angied. Some of the olivine grains contain minor Ca, Cr and Ni. Besides the exsolutions in olivine, three micron-size inclusions are also discovered. Analyzed through energy dispersive system （EDS） with unitary analytical method, the average compositions of the inclusions are： Na20, 3.12%-3.84%; MgO, 19.51%-23.79%; Al2O3, 9.33%-11.31%; SiO2, 44.89%-46.29%; CaO, 11.46%-12.90%; Cr2O3, 0.74%-2.29%; FeO, 4.26%- 5.27%, which is quite similar to those of amphibole. Diopside is anhedral f＇dling between olivines, or as micro-inclusions oriented in olivines. Chromite appears euhedral distributed between olivines, sometimes with apparent compositional zone. From core to rim of the chromite, Fe content increases and Cr decreases; and A! and Mg drop greatly on the rim. There is always incomplete magnetite zone around the chromite. Compared with the nodular chromite in the same section, the euhedral chromite has higher Fe3O4 and lower MgCr2O4 and MgAI2O4 end member contents, which means it formed under higher oxygen fugacity environment. With a geothermometer estimation, the equilibrium crystalline temperature is 820℃-960℃ for olivine and nodular chromite, 630℃-770℃ for olivine and euhedral chromite, and 350℃-550℃ for olivine and exsoluted magnetite, showing that the exsolutions occurred late at low temperature. Thus we propose that previously depleted mantle harzburgite reacted with the melt containing Na, Al and Ca, and produced an olivine solid solution added with Na^＋, Al^3＋, Ca^2＋, Fe^3＋, Cr^3＋. With temperature d     

Final-stage Southward Subduction of the Eastern Paleo-Asian Ocean: Evidence from the Middle Permian Mafic Intrusions in the Northern Margin of the North China Craton

The northern margin of the North China Craton(NCC)contains widespread Permian magmatic rocks,but the origin of these rocks remains controversial.This uncertainty hampers us from better understanding of tectonic framework and evolution of the eastern Paleo-Asian Ocean,particularly with respect to its final-stage subduction and closure time.To address these questions,this study presents petrological,zircon U-Pb geochronological,whole-rock geochemical and in situ zircon Hf isotopic data for these Permian mafic intrusions in the northern margin of the NCC.Precise zircon U-Pb dating results indicate that these mafic intrusions were emplaced in the Middle Permian(ca.260 Ma).Geochemically,the studied mafic intrusions have high MgO and transition metals element contents,with high Mg^# values,indicating a mantle origin.These mafic intrusions are characterized by enrichments in large ion lithophile elements(LILEs;e.g.,Rb,Ba,and K)and light rare earth elements(LREEs),and depletions in high field strength elements(HFSEs;e.g.,Nb,Ta,and Ti)and heavy rare earth elements(HREEs),indicating that they were formed in a subduction-related setting.These geochemical features,together with zircon ε_Hf(t)values(-1.1 to+11.2),indicate that their parental magmas were derived from partial melting of heterogeneous mantle wedge metasomatized by subduction-related fluids,with the contributions of slab sediments.The studied mafic intrusions also show wide range of major and trace elements contents,and variable Mg^# values,Eu and Sr anomalies,suggesting that their parental magmas had undergone variable degrees of fractional crystallization.Together with the E-W trending Permian continental arc along the northern margin of the NCC,we confirm that the generation of the Middle Permian mafic intrusions was related to southward subduction of the Paleo-Asian oceanic lithosphere beneath the NCC and the Paleo-Asian Ocean had not closed prior to the Middle Permian.     

班公湖-怒江洋的扩张脊俯冲: 宗白增生杂岩中侏罗世辉长岩脉地球化学和Sr-Nd同位素特征

丁青蛇绿岩位于班公湖-怒江缝合带东段,被宗白增生杂岩分为东、西2个蛇绿岩体,面积分别约为400 km2和150 km2。宗白增生杂岩由异地体亚宗混杂岩和上部原地体陆缘碎屑沉积岩组成。亚宗混杂岩由低变质岩带、砾岩带、玄武质凝灰岩夹薄层泥硅质岩带和作为主要基质的泥页岩夹薄层杂砂岩组成,其中泥页岩基质被中侏罗世辉长岩脉侵入。辉长岩脉发育双侧冷凝边,走向90°~110°不等,主量、稀土和微量元素成分均介于富集型洋中脊玄武岩和洋岛玄武岩之间,结合εNd（t）=1.88~2.41和（87Sr/86Sr）t=0.70912 ~ 0.70919,指示宗白辉长岩岩浆为大洋岩石圈地幔底部地震波低速带（LVZ）顶部富集挥发分和不相容元素的洋岛玄武岩型熔体,与源自LVZ下部亏损软流圈地幔的正常洋中脊玄武岩型熔体混合的产物,形成于弧前扩张脊与俯冲带相互作用的板片窗环境。     

Formation Environment of the High-Pressure Metamorphic Rocks, Western Tianshan, Xinjiang, China

1.IntroductionFromexperimefltalphaseequilibrium,stableisotOPe,andthermo-barometricstudies,ProgradebineschistdineralparageneseshavebeenproducedexclusivelyatrelativelyhighPadratios(DeRoever,1956;Miyashiro,1961;DobretsovandSobolev,1984;Emst,1973,1988;Maruyamaetal.,1996).InthelastthreedeCades,withtheadvanceofplatetectonics,manygeologistssuggestedthatblueschists,representinghigh-Pressurelow-tCmperamre~rphism,areformedbysubductionofoceanicplate(Emst,1973).Blueschistshavealsobeenregardedasoneof…     

A Comparison about Metamorphism among the Oldest-Rock Units from Orogenic Belts of Dabie, Eastern Qinling and Eastern Kunlun of Central Mountain Ranges, China

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大别山北坡尖晶石橄榄岩中的高温石榴辉石岩包体：兼论上地幔部分熔融

出露于饶拔寨一带的含尖晶石橄榄岩体是大别山区最大的一个上地幔残片,固态侵位于北大别深成片麻岩中,呈无根侵入体的形式产出。岩体内的石榴辉石岩和榴辉岩包体,具高温成因的特点。属于上地幔部分熔融的产物,在Pl-CIPW值对Al_2O_3图解上落于拉斑玄武岩区;榴辉岩、石榴辉石岩和含尖晶石橄榄岩的REE配分形式相似,均属平坦型,只是尖晶石橄榄岩的∑REE较低。在Ni-Co-Sc三组分图解上,石榴辉石岩投绘于深位玄武岩熔体的趋势线附近,而尖晶石橄榄岩的投点则接近超镁铁质残余的趋势,清楚揭示出地幔部分熔融的迹象。尖晶石的Cr~#=12～21,而共生橄榄石Fo=92～93,说明部分熔融程度不高,估计约15％。尖晶石贫TiO_2暗示熔融过程氧逸度低。饶拔赛含尖晶石橄榄岩的出现表明;伴随超高压岩石单元的折返和隆升,会有大陆地幔残片被携带上来。软流圈的上涌或板片的断离使侵出的岩石圈板片得以维持较高的温度,这也就是石榴辉石岩早期深位退变质为麻粒岩相的原因,是后续的进一步抬升,才出现以韭角闪石 斜长石组合为特征的高角闪岩相的退变质作用。     

新疆北部晚古生代埃达克岩、富铌玄武岩组合：古亚洲洋板块南向俯冲的证据

地球化学研究结果表明，新疆北部富蕴县境内的晚古生代下泥盆统托让格库都克组的安山质岩石具有与埃达克岩非常相似的地球化学特征，它们具有较高的Al2O3，Na2O和Sr含量以及Sr/Y比值；明显亏损重稀土和Y，它们的MORB标准化微量元素蛛网图表现为明显的Nb，Ta负异常和Sr正异常，同时强烈亏损高场强元素。与埃达克岩共生的玄武岩的地球化学特征则与富铌玄武岩一致，表现为Si过饱和及富Na的特征，同时具有较高的Nb，TiO2和P2O5含量，并富集高场强元素。由于埃达克岩和富铌玄武岩的形成均与板块俯冲有关，因此，它们的存在表明，古亚洲洋在早-中泥盆世向南(哈萨克斯坦-准噶尔板块)发生了一次洋壳俯冲作用。     

班公湖-怒江缝合带东段丁青地幔橄榄岩成因: 来自钻孔ZK02地幔橄榄岩矿物学及地球化学特征约束

丁青蛇绿岩位于班公湖-怒江缝合带东段,是该缝合带出露面积最大的蛇绿岩。为查明岩体成因,在丁青东岩体中实施了一口165.19m的钻孔。除最顶部有约0.5m厚的第四系残坡积物外,其余均为地幔橄榄岩。结合显微镜鉴定将岩心划分出17个岩性单元层,岩性主要以方辉橄榄岩为主,夹少量纯橄岩和含铬铁矿纯橄岩。地幔橄榄岩中橄榄石的Fo变化于88.79~93.73,铬尖晶石的Cr^#变化于44.33~81.66,揭示丁青地幔橄榄岩可能经历过约20%~40%的中高度部分熔融作用;全岩地球化学分析表明其具有富镁（MgO=45.98%~49.45%）、贫铝（Al₂O₃=0.19%~1.37%）和贫钙（CaO=0.28%~0.70%）的特点,属于熔融程度较高的地幔残余物质。岩石具有明显不同于阿尔卑斯蛇绿岩的轻稀土元素富集特征,指示区内地幔橄榄岩先经历了较强程度的部分熔融,后经历了俯冲消减过程中的流体交代。利用地幔橄榄岩中的铬尖晶石成分计算母熔体Al₂O₃含量对应的FeO/MgO值,与不同构造环境原始岩浆成分相比较,发现丁青地幔橄榄岩母熔体大多处于玻安岩中。纯橄岩氧逸度估算FMQ=-3.05~-0.71,方辉橄榄岩氧逸度FMQ=-3.89~+1.47,显示丁青地幔橄榄岩有俯冲作用的参与。通过丁青钻孔岩心的研究,提出丁青东岩体可能形成于俯冲带之上的弧前环境这一观点。

     

The Discovery of Diamond from the Zhimafang Pyrope Peridotite of the Sulu UHP Metamorphic Zone, East China, and Its Geological Implications

From Donghai County of Jiangsu Province to Rongcheng County of Shandong Province on the southern border of the Sulu orogen, there exposes an ultramafic belt, accompanied with an ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic zone. It can be further divided into the Xugou belt (the northern belt), and the Maobei-Gangshang belt (the southern belt). One grain of diamond has been discovered from the Zhimafang pyrope peridotite in the southern belt using the heavy mineral method. The diamond grain is 2.13 mm × 1.42 mm × 0.83 mm in size and weighs 9.4 mg. The occurrence of the diamond suggests that the Zhimafang pyrope peridotite xenolith is derived from the lithospheric upper mantle. The tectonic emplacement mechanism of the pyrope peridotite xenoliths in granite-gneisses is obviously different from those in kimberlite. The Sulu orogen was located on the active continental margin of the Sino-Korean craton in the Neoproterozoic. The relatively cold and water-bearing oceanic crustal tholeiite slab subducted beneath the lith     

内蒙古锡林浩特早石炭世构造环境：来自变质基性火山岩的年代学和地球化学证据

内蒙古锡林浩特地区变质基性火山岩位于锡林浩特市东南部,大地构造上隶属于兴蒙造山带东段,其野外产出状态为锡林郭勒杂岩中的斜长角闪岩。应用LA-MC-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年方法,测得两组年龄为334.5±3.5 Ma和323.4±2.4 Ma,表明岩石的形成时代为早石炭世。地球化学特征显示研究区变质基性火山岩具有高Fe(TFeO=6.07%~10.55%)、高Mg(MgO=3.90%~11.29%)、高Al(Al_2O_3=12.68%~17.22%)、贫Ti(TiO_2=0.56%~1.69%)、富Na贫K(K_2O+Na_2O=2.12%~7.37%,K_2O/Na_2O=0.02~0.59)的特征,属于低钾—中钾低钛高镁铝钙碱性玄武岩或者安山岩,部分变质基性火山岩表现出高镁安山岩的特征。变质基性火山岩的稀土元素总量较低(∑REE=15.97×10~(-6)~176.0×10~(-6)),轻、重稀土分异不太显著(LREE/HREE=0.77~6.26),无明显Eu异常(δEu=0.48~1.13)。多数样品微量元素表现出强烈富集大离子亲石元素K、Rb等,亏损高场强元素Nb、Ta、Zr、Hf。以上地球化学特征表明研究区变质基性火山岩的原岩可能为玄武岩或安山岩,形成于岛弧环境。岩石Sr-Nd同位素分析结果显示研究区变质基性岩的(~(87)Sr/~(86)Sr)_i较低,为0.701828~0.704096,ε_(Nd)(t)为+2.83~+6.61,表明其直接来源于亏损的岩石圈地幔。综上所述,基本可以判定锡林浩特地区变质基性火山岩的原始岩浆应起源于受俯冲板片脱水交代的亏损地幔楔,是岛弧环境岩浆活动的产物。结合区域上前人的研究成果,认为该基性火山岩应该是在古亚洲洋洋壳向北俯冲,俯冲板片脱水形成的富集大离子亲石元素的流体进入上覆地幔楔,使地幔楔橄榄岩发生部分熔融而形成的,表明在早石炭世,古亚洲洋在研究区并没有关闭,而是正处于俯冲消减阶段。     

Petrology and PGE Abundances of High‐Cr and High‐Al Podiform Chromitites and Peridotites from the Bulqiza Ultramafic Massif,Eastern Mirdita Ophiolite,Albania

The Bulqiza ultramafic massif, which is part of the eastern Mirdita ophiolite of northern Albania, is world renowned for its high-Cr chromitite deposits. High-Cr chromitites hosted in the mantle section are the crystallized products of boninitic melts in a supra-subduction zone (SSZ). However, economically important high-Al chromitites are also present in massive dunite of the mantle-crust transition zone (MTZ). Chromian-spinel in the high-Al chromitites and dunites of the MTZ have much lower Cr# values (100Cr/(Cr+Al)) (47.7–55.1 and 46.5–51.7, respectively) than those in the high-Cr chromitites (78.2–80.4), harzburgites (72.6–77.9) and mantle dunites (79.4–84.3). The chemical differences in these two types of chromitites are reflected in the behaviors of their platinum-group elements (PGE). The high-Cr chromitites are rich in IPGE relative to PPGE with 0.10–0.45 PPGE/IPGE ratios, whereas the high-Al chromitites have relatively higher PPGE/IPGE ratios between 1.20 and 7.80. The calculated melts in equilibrium with the high-Cr chromitites are boninitic-like, and those associated with the high-Al chromitites are MORB-like but with hydrous, oxidized and TiO2-poor features. We propose that the coexistence of both types of chromitites in the Bulqiza ultramafic massif may indicates a change in magma composition from MORB-like to boninitic-like in a proto-forearc setting during subduction initiation.     

东昆仑祁漫塔格山地区夏日哈木镍矿床矿物学特征

青海夏日哈木是近年来新发现的超大型镍矿床,大地构造位置处于东昆仑造山带之东昆中花岗—变质杂岩带的隆起区,成矿与镁铁质—超镁铁质小侵入体有关,属岩浆深部熔离贯入型。矿体呈透镜状、似层状,主要产于辉石岩、橄辉岩和苏长岩中;矿石为块状、准块状、海绵陨铁状、浸染状、细脉状和斑杂状构造,粒状结构、交代结构和固溶体分离结构等。矿石金属矿物主要为磁黄铁矿、镍黄铁矿和黄铜矿,含少量和微量紫硫镍矿、马基诺矿、铬铁矿、磁铁矿、黄铁矿、闪锌矿、辉铋矿、钛铁矿和自然铋等;脉石矿物主要有斜方辉石、橄榄石、普通辉石、基性斜长石、镁铁闪石、直闪石、滑石、蛇纹石等。文中对夏日哈木和金川我国两个超大型镍矿的主要地质特征作了对比;与世界上主要同类型硫化物铜镍矿床相比较,夏日哈木镍矿具有不少独特的特征,如其成岩成矿时代相对较年轻,矿石中铜的品位较低、亏损铂族元素等。     

藏北湖区拉弄蛇绿岩枕状玄武岩地球化学特征及其成因

微量元素分析结果表明,藏北湖区拉弄蛇绿岩中枕状玄武岩富集大离子亲石元素Sr、Ba和放射性生热元素Th,且Rb变化混乱;Nb、Ta、Ti亏损,显示出TNT(Ta、Nb和Ti)的负异常现象,具有岛弧型火山岩的特点;而在稀土元素球粒陨石标准化配分图中显示平坦型曲线,玄武岩的(La/Yb)N和(Ce/Yb)N比值同N-MORB接近,表现出N-MORB的特征。通过对其构造环境的判别,并结合蛇绿岩与相邻地质体的关系,提出拉弄蛇绿岩可能是北侧的新特提斯洋在中晚侏罗世向南俯冲消减过程中,在其后缘诱发拉张作用引起次级弧后扩张,形成了新的俯冲带之上的弧后盆地大洋岩石圈,并在后来的拼贴过程中蛇绿岩构造就位于此。     

Diamonds and Other Exotic Minerals Recovered from Peridotites of the Dangqiong Ophiolite,Western Yarlung-Zangbo Suture Zone,Tibet

Various combinations of diamond, moissanite, zircon, quartz, corundum, rutile, titanite, almandine garnet, kyanite, and andalusite have been recovered from the Dangqiong peridotites. More than 80 grains of diamond have been recovered, most of which are pale yellow to reddish-orange to colorless. The grains are all 100-200 μm in size and mostly anhedral, but with a range of morphologies including elongated, octahedral and subhedral varieties. Their identification was confirmed by a characteristic shift in the Raman spectra between 1325 cm~(-1) and 1333 cm~(-1), mostly at 1331.51 cm~(-1) or 1326.96 cm~(-1). Integration of the mineralogical, petrological and geochemical data for the Dongqiong peridotites suggests a multi-stage formation for this body and similar ophiolites in the Yarlung-Zangbo suture zone. Chromian spinel grains and perhaps small bodies of chromitite crystallized at various depths in the upper mantle, and encapsulated the UHP, highly reduced and crustal minerals. Some oceanic crustal slabs containing the chromian spinel and their inclusion were later trapped in suprasubduction zones(SSZ), where they were modified by island arc tholeiitic and boninitic magmas, thus changing the chromian spinel compositions and depositing chromitite ores in melt channels.