Geochronology of Mafic Intrusions

正Baddeleyite(ZrO_2)is today recognized as a key mineral for dating the emplacement of mantle-derived rocks such as gabbros,alkaline(Si-poor)rocks and dolerite dykes and sills,but also in hydrothermally-driven deposits(Heaman     

The Mafic and Ultramafic Lavas of the Belingwe Greenstone Belt, Rhodesia

The Belingwe Greenstone Belt (2.8 x 10⁹ yrs old) contains a7 km succession of mafic and ultramafic lavas and high-levelintrusions which overlie a thin sedimentary formation, itselfunconformable on a granitic basement. The lavas range in compositionfrom andesites (4 per cent MgO) to peridotitic komatiites (32per cent MgO). The mineralogy and textures of the most magnesianlavas demonstrate that they were extruded in a completely liquidstate. If the source mantle had an MgO content around 40 percent, then partial melts in the range 35 per cent to 55 percent would be required to produce the most magnesian liquidsobserved. Chemical constraints on the petrogenesis of the ultramafic lavasallow estimates of source mantle composition. In particular,if the source had an MgO content around 40 per cent, then theoverall source composition would be similar to that of garnetIherzolite nodules in kimberlites. The calculated REE contentsof the source are close to chondritic. If all the ultramaficlavas were derived from the same source then the variation inliquid composition may have been controlled by orthopyroxeneas well as olivine during partial melting at depth. The evolutionof the less magnesian komatiites, basalts, and andesites canbe explained by lower degrees of partial melting of a commonsource, and by high-level fractionation of parent liquids similarto those extruded as ultramafic lavas. Physical constraints on the origin of the lavas imply derivationfrom a depth of 150 km or more, at temperatures of 1600–2000°C.     

新疆阿尔泰东南缘哈拉乔拉镁铁质岩体地球化学特征与地质意义

哈拉乔拉镁铁质岩体位于新疆阿尔泰造山带东南缘, 主要岩石类型有辉长岩、辉长苏长岩、含长辉石岩、橄榄辉长岩和橄长岩.哈拉乔拉岩体具有低TiO₂(0.09%~1.28%)、低碱(Na₂O+K₂O=0.37%~0.78%)的特点, 属于拉斑玄武岩系列; 富集大离子亲石元素和轻稀土元素, 亏损高场强元素(Nb、Ta等), ε_Nd(t)为-2.62~-0.78, ε_Sr(t)为37.49~45.28.元素地球化学和Nd-Sr同位素组成表明, 岩浆源区为被消减板片交代改造过的富集型岩石圈地幔.原生岩浆为高镁拉斑玄武岩浆, 岩浆演化过程中主要发生了橄榄石、单斜辉石以及斜长石的分离结晶/堆晶, 后期有钛铁矿的析出.      

Potassic Mafic Lavas of the Bearpaw Mountains, Montana: Mineralogy, Chemistry, and Origin

The volcanic rocks of the Bearpaw Mountains are part of theMontana high-potassium province, emplaced through Archaean rocksof the Wyoming Craton between 54 and 50 Ma ago. Extrusive rocks,dominated by minettes and latites, have a volume of 825 km³.The minettes range in composition from 20 to 6% MgO. The moremagnesian varieties contain the phenocryst assemblage forsterite+ Cr-spinel + diopside phlogopite. More evolved rocks areolivine-free, with an assemblage of either salite + phlogopite+ pseudoleucite or salite + phlogopite + analcime. The analcimeis thought to be secondary after leucite, produced by loss ofpotassium from the minettes. Mineral chemistry and textures,especially of clinopyroxenes, indicate that mixing between minettemagmas of varying degrees of evolution was commonplace. Compositionalvariation was further extended by accumulation of olivine +spinel + clinopyroxene phenocrysts, and by the preservationof mantle xenocrysts in the minettes. The primary minette magmasare inferred to have had 12–14% MgO and to have been generatedat 30 kb from an olivine + diopside + phlogopite-bearing source.The primary magmas evolved dominantly by fractionation of olivine+ diopside. The minettes have high contents of large ion lithophile elements(LILE) and light rare earth elements (LREE), with K₂O up to6.18%, Ba 5491 ppm, Sr 2291 ppm, and Ce 99 ppm. (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr)⁰ranges from 0.707 to 0.710 and Nd varies from –10 to–16. These data, plus high LILE/HFSE (high field strengthelements) values, are interpreted to show that the minettescontain at least three different mantle components. The lithospherewas initially depleted in Archaean times, but was metasomaticallyenriched in the Proterozoic and in the late Cretaceous and earlyTertiary. The latites have many chemical features in common with the minettes,such as potassic character and high LILE/HFSE values. They formedby fractional crystallization of minette magma in combinationwith assimilation of crustal rocks; this process enriched themagmas in SiO₂ and raised Na₂O/K₂O and ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr values. Chemicaldata for phenocrysts and bulk rocks in minettes suggest mixingbetween minette and latite magmas.     

Geochemistry and Petrogenesis of the Proterozoic Bandal Mafic Rocks,Himachal Pradesh,NW Himalaya

The Proterozoic Bandal mafic rocks, exposed in Kullu-Rampur window, Lesser Himalaya, Himachal Pradesh, indicate two distinct (high-Ti and low-Ti) magma types. The high-Ti basalts are characterised by high-TiO₂ (> 2 wt%), Ti/Y, Ti/Zr, TiO₂/K₂O and low Rb/Sr ratios. They are enriched in high field strength (HFS) elements (Nb, Zr, Ti) relative to low field strength (LFS) incompatible elements (K, Rb). The low-Ti basalts are charactersied by low TiO₂ (< 2 wt%), Ti/Y, Ti/Zr and high Rb/Sr and Rb/Ba ratios. Quartz-normative composition, continental tholeiite characteristics with Nb/La less than 1 are some of the common factors of the two groups of the Bandal mafic rocks. The trace element concentrations and their ratios of the two groups of the basalts indicate that they have been derived from the asthenosphere at different depths, low-Ti at shallow and high-Ti at deeper levels. Some of the chemical features like low Mg #, Cr, Ni, high incompatible element concentrations (especially Ba), light rare earth element (LREE) enriched patterns point towards assimilation and fractional crystallisation (AFC) process which may have played a significant role in the generation of these basalts.Furthermore, the Bandal mafic rocks, apart from field settings, are geochemically similar to other Proterozoic mafic bodies like the Rampur volcanics, Mandi-Darla volcanics, Garhwal volcanics and Bhimtal-Bhowlai volcanics of the Lesser Himalaya. This widespread Proterozoic continental tholeiitic magmatism over an area of 170,000 km² in the Lesser Himalaya provides an evidence of plume activity in the region.     

甘肃红石泉地区基性岩脉特征及Ar-Ar定年

基性岩脉是研究地幔和地幔变化的"窗口",并且与金、铀、金刚石等矿床有重要关系.甘肃红石泉地区产有我国最典型的白岗岩型铀矿床,其中发育有多条基性岩脉.研究区基性岩新鲜面呈灰绿色,具有典型的煌斑结构,块状构造,斑晶矿物主要为角闪石,基质主要由斜长石和黑云母组成,副矿物主要有磁铁矿、磷灰石及锆石等,据此确定基性岩为闪斜煌斑岩.岩石具有富碱、高钾、贫铁以及富集轻稀土元素和大离子亲石元素等地球化学特征,进而判断其属于钾质钙碱性煌斑岩.通过40Ar-39Ar全岩测定,获得煌斑岩成岩年龄为237.2±2.6 Ma,煌斑岩的岩浆来源于EMII型富集地幔,形成于板内拉张环境,岩浆在上升侵位过程中遭受了地壳物质的混染,属于早中生代古亚洲洋闭合、陆陆碰撞后伸展的产物.红石泉煌斑岩与铀矿床铀成矿没有直接成因关系,对于铀矿只有后期改造作用.      

Large Igneous Provinces,Their Giant Mafic Dyke Swarms,and Links to Metallogeny

正Giant mafic dyke swarms are a key component of the feeder system of Large Igneous Provinces(LIPs),large volume(0.1 Mkm~3;frequently above1 M km~3),mainly mafic(-ultramafic)magmatic events of intraplate affinity.     

安徽铜陵地区幔源镁铁质团块研究及其地质意义

幔源岩石包体研究,是认识上地幔岩石圈物质组成、幔源岩浆演化及壳幔动力学过程的重要手段。铜陵地区小铜官山石英二长闪长岩中发育有微粒闪长质包体,并且这些微粒闪长质包体中不均匀地分布着镁铁质团块,三者的形成过程可视为铜陵地区岩浆演化的缩影,为了解本区深部岩浆作用过程提供了有力的证据。在前人研究的基础上,笔者借助电子探针、扫描电镜、电镜能谱和二次飞行时间离子探针(Tof-SIMS)对产于铜陵地区微粒闪长质包体中的镁铁质团块进行了详细的研究,首次获得了一套精确的矿物化学资料和元素分布图,总结了镁铁质团块的特征,并讨论了本区的深部岩浆作用过程。矿物学研究表明,镁铁质团块中的角闪石和辉石均已发生了不同程度的透闪石化和阳起石化蚀变,蚀变过程中,从镁钙闪石到镁角闪石,再到透闪石,随着Si的增加,角闪石呈现出Mg的富集和Ti、Al贫化的特点。团块中的富Cr磁铁矿、Ti磁铁矿和少量的铝直闪石指示了其具有深源性。Tof-SIMS元素分布图显示,透闪石主要由Al、Si、Ca、Sc、V、Cr、Mn、Cu和Sr元素组成,透辉石主要由Si、Mg、Ca、Cu和Rb组成。在铜陵地区,上地幔部分熔融形成一套玄武岩浆,受岩浆底侵作用影响,玄武岩浆上侵,进入下地壳深位岩浆房,与下地壳硅镁层发生同化混染作用,形成一套轻度演化的中基性(辉长质)玄武岩浆,镁铁质团块就是这类中基性玄武岩浆直接结晶形成的。后受构造作用影响,这类中基性玄武岩浆上侵到中地壳岩浆房(12~16 km),与中地壳的变质岩系发生同化混染和结晶分异作用形成一套中性闪长质岩浆,微粒闪长质包体就是这套闪长质岩浆发生结晶分异作用而形成的。镁铁质团块和微粒闪长质包体清楚地解释了铜陵地区深部岩浆作用过程,并有力地证明了铜陵地区中地壳的闪长质岩浆来源于下地壳的壳幔混源岩浆。     

张广才岭地块早-中二叠世镁铁质侵入岩体的年代学、地球化学及岩石成因

双凤山基性侵入岩体位于松嫩-张广才岭地块南缘,其岩石组成主要为橄榄辉长岩.锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb定年显示该岩体形成于279±4 Ma.岩石矿物组成主要为橄榄石、单斜辉石、斜方辉石、高An值（80.1~87.9）斜长石以及以反应边形式存在的角闪石,矿物学特征指示其母岩浆为经历过充分流体交代的富水岩浆.全岩主微量元素组成揭示其源区物质组成为石榴子石二辉橄榄岩,部分熔融程度约20%,岩浆演化过程中经历了斜长石堆晶作用以及斜方辉石的结晶分异作用.全岩Sr-Nd同位素及锆石Hf同位素研究显示其（87Sr/86Sr）_i=0.705 2~0.706 1,并具有正的ε_Nd（t）值（0.9~1.3）和ε_Hf（t）值（0~10.2）,表明其来源于亏损的地幔源区,并且岩浆上升过程中没有经历明显的地壳混染.微量元素和同位素特征综合反映岩浆源区经历了古亚洲洋俯冲沉积物熔体和流体交代作用的改造,但起主导作用的是流体.其地球化学特征总体显示MORB以及弧型玄武岩过渡的特征,暗示其形成于弧后伸展环境.研究区基性侵入岩地幔源区的不均一性主要受到古亚洲洋多期次俯冲作用析出熔/流体对上覆地幔楔不同程度的改造.      

Late-Stage Mafic Injection and Thermal Rejuvenation of the Vinalhaven Granite, Coastal Maine

The Vinalhaven intrusive complex consists mainly of coarse-grainedgranite, inward-dipping gabbro–diorite sheets, and a fine-grainedgranite core. Small bodies of porphyry occur throughout thecoarse-grained granite. The largest porphyry body (roughly 0·5km by 2·5 km) occurs with coeval gabbro, hybrid rocks,and minor fine-grained granite in the Vinal Cove complex, whichformed during the waning stages of solidification of the coarse-grainedVinalhaven granite. Porphyry contacts with surrounding coarse-grainedgranite are irregular and gradational. Compositions of wholerocks and minerals in the porphyry and the coarse-grained graniteare nearly identical. Neighboring phenocrysts in the porphyryvary greatly in degree of corrosion and reaction, indicatingthat the porphyry was well stirred. Thermal rejuvenation ofa silicic crystal mush by a basaltic influx can explain thecomposition and texture of the porphyry. Comparable rejuvenationevents have been recognized in recent studies of erupted rocks.Weakly corroded biotite phenocrysts in the porphyry requirethat hydrous interstitial melt existed in the granite duringremelting. Field relations, along with thermal calculations,suggest that cooling and crystallization of coeval mafic magmacould have generated the porphyry by thermal rejuvenation ofgranite crystal-mush containing about 20% melt. Field relationsalso suggest that some of the porphyry matrix may representnew felsic magma that was emplaced during remelting. KEY WORDS: granite; magma chamber; mafic replenishment; rejuvenation     

浙江新昌基性麻粒岩包体初步研究

来自下地壳的基性麻粒岩是壳幔作用过程的产物，蕴含着有关岩浆成因及与壳幔作用之关系的重要信息。位于西太平洋活动大陆边缘的东南大陆沿海（浙闽粤赣诸省）广泛分布中—新生代火山岩，被称为“东南大陆火山岩带”，构成了环太平洋火山岩带中的重要一环。目前关于东南大陆火山岩带的成因及大地构造背景，如岩浆物质来源、岩浆混合作用及岩浆起源的地球动力学机制等，还存在不少争议，这与缺乏深部壳幔作用过程的直接证据有关［1～3］。因此，东南大陆火山岩带中是否存在基性麻粒岩包体，一直受到地质界的关注。以往认为东南大陆沿海地区不…     

沙捞越古晋地区伦杜基性岩的形成时代、地球化学特征及其地质意义

加里曼丹岛作为南海南部最大的岛屿,处于印度-澳大利亚板块、欧亚板块和菲律宾海板块的汇聚带,具有复杂的构造演化史.西加里曼丹岛古晋地区晚白垩世岩浆作用强烈,虽然该期基性岩分布少,但其成因研究对探讨西加里曼丹晚白垩纪构造演化过程具有重要意义.对古晋地区伦杜基性岩开展了详细的岩石学、年代学和地球化学研究,结果表明,该地区基性岩的岩石组成主要为辉绿岩和含橄榄石辉长岩,其中辉绿岩锆石定年显示其结晶年龄为83.4±0.9 Ma,说明岩体侵位于晚白垩世.岩石具有较为均一的SiO₂（52.01%~52.38%）,大部分样品具有较低的TiO₂含量（0.81%~0.92%）,K₂O含量（0.37%~0.53%）和较高的Al₂O₃（14.00%~14.54%）、MgO（7.40%~7.86%）.微量元素分析结果显示具有较低的稀土元素总量（∑REE=43.96×10-6~48.19×10-6）,呈LREE轻度富集的平坦型配分模式,富集大离子亲石元素,亏损Nb、Ta和Ti等高场强元素.（87Sr/86Sr）_i=0.705 1~0.705 3,ε_Nd（t）=2.1~3.3.综合分析表明,伦杜基性岩来源于受到俯冲沉积物和板片流体交代改造影响的地幔源区,并结合前人数据推测伦杜基性侵入岩形成于古太平洋俯冲格局下的弧后盆地构造背景,可能与中国东南沿海-海南-越南构成一条俯冲带.      

Petrogenesis of Tertiary Mafic Alkaline Magmas in the Hocheifel, Germany

Primitive nephelinites and basanites from the Tertiary Hocheifelarea of Germany (part of the Central European Volcanic Province;CEVP) have high Mg-number (>0·64), high Cr and Nicontents and strong light rare earth element enrichment butsystematic depletion in Rb, K and Ba relative to trace elementsof similar compatibility in anhydrous mantle. Alkali basaltsand more differentiated magmatic rocks have lower Mg-numberand lower abundances of Ni and Cr, and have undergone fractionationof mainly olivine, clinopyroxene, Fe–Ti oxide, amphiboleand plagioclase. Some nephelinites and basanites approach theSr–Nd–Pb isotope compositions inferred for the EAR(European Asthenospheric Reservoir) component. The Nd–Sr–Pbisotope composition of the differentiated rocks indicates thatassimilation of lower crustal material has modified the compositionof the primary mantle-derived magmas. Rare earth element meltingmodels can explain the petrogenesis of the most primitive maficmagmatic rocks in terms of mixing of melt fractions from anamphibole-bearing garnet peridotite source with melt fractionsfrom an amphibole-bearing spinel peridotite source, both sourcescontaining residual amphibole. It is inferred that amphibolewas precipitated in the asthenospheric mantle beneath the Hocheifel,close to the garnet peridotite–spinel peridotite boundary,by metasomatic fluids or melts from a rising mantle diapir orplume. Melt generation with amphibole present suggests relativelylow mantle potential temperatures (<1200°C); thus themantle plume is not thermally anomalous. A comparison of recentlypublished Ar/Ar ages for Hocheifel basanites with the geochemicaland isotopic composition of samples from this study collectedat the same sample sites indicates that eruption of earlierlavas with an EM signature was followed by the eruption of laterlavas derived from a source with EAR or HIMU characteristics,suggesting a contribution from the advancing plume. Thus, theHocheifel area represents an analogue for magmatism during continentalrift initiation, during which interaction of a mantle plumewith the overlying lithosphere may have led to the generationof partial melts from both the lower lithosphere and the asthenosphere. KEY WORDS: alkali basalts; continental volcanism; crustal contamination; partial melting; Eifel, Germany     

Mafic Mineralogy of Ferroaugite Syenite from the Coldwell Alkaline Complex, Ontario, Canada

A 1500 m thick sheet-like body of ferroaugite syenite is divisiblemineralogically into an upper and lower series of syenites.The lower syenites are characterized by well developed igneouslayering defined by mafic cumulus minerals. The syenites aresaturated to oversaturated and contain as cumulus phases alkalifeldspar, olivine (Fa_83–93), ferroaugite (Di₅₀Hd₄₅Ac₅–Di₅Hd₉₀Ac₅)and ilmeno-magnetite. Amphiboles which crystallized from theintercumulus liquid range in composition from ferrohastingsitichornblende to ferroedenitic hornblende to ferroactinolitic edenite.The upper series are coarse grained cumulates with poorly definedlayering and abundant patch pegmatites. Cumulus phases are alkalifeldspar, olivine (Fa₉₃), and acmitic-hedenbergite (Di₅Hd₅₀Ac₅–Ac₅₀Hd₅₀).Intercumulus liquids are peralkaline and crystallized to aenigmatiteand amphiboles which range in composition from ferrorichteritickatophorite to ferrorichterite, Patch pegmatites are peralkalinerocks composed of ferrorichterite, ferroactinolite, alkali feldspar,aenigmatite, quartz and zircon. Extreme differentiation of ferroaugitesyenite magma generates residua which are ironrich, oversaturatedand peralkaline. Initial and final temperatures of crystallizationare estimated from mineral stability data to be 800–900°C to 500–550 °C respectively. Thermodynamic dataand mineral compositions indicate that during crystallizationthe oxygen fugacity of the magma decreased from approximately10^–15 to 10^–23–10^–24 bars. Ferroaugitesyenite pyroxene compositional trends are similar to those ofundersaturated peralkaline syenites (llimaussaq) and demonstratethat acmite enrichment trends are independent of silica activityand take place under decreasing oxygen fugacities.     

1.2 Ga Mafic dyke near York,southwestern Yilgarn Craton,Western Australia

A SHRIMP ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁶Pb zircon age of 1204 ± 10 Ma is reported for an east west trending dolerite dyke from near York in the southwestern Yilgarn Craton. This age is identical within analytical uncertainty to previously reported ages of ca 1210 Ma for dykes from the central Wheatbelt and the Western and Eastern Goldfields. The consistency of the dyke ages and the wide areal extent of the dykes suggests that emplacement occurred as a single magmatic pulse at ca 1210 Ma throughout the southwestern Yilgarn Craton. The similarities between the age of the dykes and the ages of late events in the Albany Fraser Orogeny, and the approximate parallelism of the east west trending dykes to the margin of the orogen, raises the possibility that these events are related.     

Mafic Magma Intraplating: Anatexis and Hybridization in Arc Crust, Bindal Batholith, Norway

The dioritic Velfjord plutons (     

Selenium and Sulfur Systematics of Mafic Dykes in Western Fujian Province, Southern China

Fifteen samples from three study areas （the Bancun diabase dykes, the Bali hornblende gabbro dykes, the Linzifen gabbro-diabase dykes） were collected and analyzed for selenium （Se）, sulfur （S）, copper （Cu）, major and trace elements. In general, Se, S and Cu do positively correlate to each other. The concentration of S and Se and the S/Se ratio are higher than the corresponding value of primitive mantle （PM）, and the Cu/S ratio falls in a narrow range （0.04-0.29）, which is consistent with that of primitive mantle （0.05-0.20）. The Bancun diabase dykes and the Bali hornblende gabbro dykes were located in an intraplate environment during the Late Mesozoic. Oceanic subduction was closely related to magmatic activities. The magmatic activities play an important role in the transportation mechanism of Se and S. Because those two groups were closer to fault zones, which may affect the distribution of S and Se and other elements. In the two groups, no crustal contamination was observed, indicating that all analyzed elements may come from enriched mantle metasomtism associated with slab subduction. However, the Linzifen gabbro-diabase dykes were located in an intraplate rift environment, and its invading age is older than the other two groups, the primitive magma comes from mantle, and there is an anomalous relation between S, Se and Al2O3, （La/Sm）N, and all these factors could result in higher S and Se concentration.     

Metamorphism and Anatexis in the Mafic Complex Contact Aureole, Ivrea Zone, Northern Italy

Emplacement of mantle-derived magma (magmatic accretion) isoften presumed or inferred to be an important cause of regionalgranulite facies metamorphism and crustal anatexis. The juxtapositionof mafic cumulates and regionally distributed granulite faciesrocks has led some to consider the Ivrea zone (northern Italy,Southern Alps) as an important exposure that demonstrates thiscausal relationship. However, regional PTt paths indicated bymetamorphic reaction textures and PT conditions inferred fromgeothermobarometry indicate that the emplacement of mafic plutonicrocks (Mafic Complex) at the Ivrea zone occurred during decompressionfrom ambient pressures at the regional thermal maximum. Fieldand petrographic observations, supported by PT estimates, indicatethat regional retrograde decompression and emplacement of theupper parts of the Mafic Complex probably accompanied extensionduring the Late Carboniferous–Early Permian. A spatiallyrestricted decompression-melting event accompanied final emplacement,depleting supracrustal rocks enclosed by an     

中国阿尔泰契巴罗依北奥陶纪基性岩锆石U-Pb年龄、成因及其地质意义

中国阿尔泰山位于西伯利亚板块南缘,其内发育较为频繁的古生代侵入岩浆活动,为研究中亚造山带地壳增生的理想窗口。本文通过对北阿尔泰地区西段契巴罗依北基性岩体的岩相学、锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb测年及岩石地球化学数据进行研究,探讨该岩体就位的大地构造背景和成因机制,为研究区域构造演化提供了新资料。契巴罗依北基性岩体包括细粒辉长岩、角闪辉长岩、角闪苏长岩、细粒苏长岩等不同岩相,本次获得角闪辉长岩锆石U-Pb年龄为470.6±4.3Ma,首次确认在北阿尔泰造山带发育中奥陶世基性侵入岩。根据区域岩浆岩年代学及地质特征,结合契巴罗依北基性岩体岩石地球化学数据分析,认为该期基性岩浆可能形成于大陆板块边缘的弧后伸展环境,源于早古生代古亚洲洋向北俯冲,深部地幔发生板片断离导致软流圈地幔与上覆交代地幔相互作用后沿弧后伸展环境下的薄弱地带上侵就位