南海扩张前序岩浆活动:解译华南三水盆地古近纪玄武质岩浆作用过程

华南三水盆地古近纪玄武岩（64～43 Ma）记录了南海扩张前大陆裂解过程中的岩浆-构造活动,但其岩浆演化过程及其动力学机制并不清楚。为此,作者对其开展了详细的岩石学和矿物学研究。三水盆地古近纪玄武岩具有OIB型的微量元素组成特征,由软流圈地幔源区部分熔融形成。该玄武岩中单斜辉石斑晶显示复杂的环带结构,包括正环带、反环带及韵律环带结构,指示了复杂的岩浆作用过程。正环带单斜辉石斑晶为核-边结构,其核部圆化或呈不规则形状,边部自形,指示了早期晶体与晚期演化岩浆混合后发生熔蚀-再生长过程。绝大部分反环带单斜辉石斑晶为核-幔-边结构,其核部相对低Mg,并被部分熔蚀呈不规则状或圆化,幔部相对高Mg,边部自形,反映了相对原始岩浆的补给作用。个别反环带单斜辉石为核-边结构,其核部Al₂O₃、TiO₂含量和Mg^#值明显偏低,为下地壳捕虏晶,表明岩浆从地幔源区上升汇聚到地壳岩浆房的过程中经历了轻微的地壳同化混染作用。韵律环带结构单斜辉石核部常为不规则状,幔部成分呈韵律状变化,边部自形,记录了岩浆对流及多次岩浆演化-补给...     

滇西莴中晚始新世高镁富钾火山岩中单斜辉石斑晶环带结构的成因：岩浆补给-混合过程

滇西莴中晚始新世高镁富钾火山岩中单斜辉石斑晶普遍出现正环带结构、反环带结构或韵律环带结构，少量为具绿色核部的单斜辉石(“绿核辉石”)。反环带斑晶和“绿核辉石”的幔部与正环带斑晶的核部具有相似并且相对较窄的成分范围，相对高Mg#（0.83 ~ 0.90）,低TiO2（0.13 % ~ 0.29 %）,Al2O3（0.73 % ~ 1.68 %）和Na2O （0.22 % ~ 0.42 %），为钾质岩浆平衡结晶的产物。反环带斑晶的核部相对低Mg#（0.77 ~ 0.84），但与反环带斑晶的幔部、正环带斑晶的核部均具有相似的Ti/Al比值（0.06 ~ 0.16）；韵律环带结构斑晶的成分变化均在正、反环带斑晶的成分范围之内。莴中高镁富钾火山岩中的这些环带结构单斜辉石斑晶应来源于相似的岩浆体系，反 环带结构表明在岩浆房存在较原始岩浆对较演化岩浆再补给的岩浆混合过程，而韵律环带结构特征揭示曾多次发生这种岩浆混合过程。“绿核辉石”的核部明显低Mg# （0.50 ~ 0.74）,相对富Al2O3（1.66 % ~ 3.63 %）和Na2O（0.87 % ~ 2.17 %），具有明显较低的Ti/Al比值（< 0.05）和较高的AlVI/AlIV比值（0.38 ~ 0.76），为下地壳捕虏晶 来源，证实了在滇西晚始新世富钾岩浆演化过程中存在少量地壳混染作用。     

河北武安洪山正长岩杂岩体中单斜辉石矿物成分特征与岩浆演化过程

洪山正长岩杂岩体发育较多的具有核-边(核-幔-边)结构的单斜辉石,通过研究单斜辉石成分的变化,可以获得岩石成因及演化信息。本文在详细野外地质调查的基础上,采用锆石U-Pb年代学、矿物学研究,获得洪山正长岩杂岩体内黑云辉石正长岩锆石U-Pb年龄为(126.9±1.2)Ma,是华北克拉通岩石圈减薄峰期的产物;洪山正长岩杂岩体内辉石正长岩与黑云辉石正长岩中单斜辉石Mg~#值分别在39.4～72.5、55.4～81.7,具有较高FeO、Na_2O、CaO含量,较低Al_2O_3、MgO、TiO_2含量的特征;单斜辉石总体具有透辉石→霓石的演化趋势,并与熔体达到平衡状态,单斜辉石在初始演化时具有Fe~(2+)对Mg~(2+)的取代关系,随着演化的进行,岩浆更加富钠、富铁,反映了岩浆体系具有高温、中等氧逸度和富碱的特点。结合单斜辉石核-边(核-幔-边)具有截然的接触关系和不连续的化学组成,表明洪山正长岩杂岩体在形成后还经历了富钠、富铁流体的改造,致使单斜辉石形成了具有富钠、富铁的边部,流体可能是由西向东(或者由洪山正长岩杂岩体中部向外部)对杂岩体进行改造的。     

内蒙古文圪气镁铁-超镁铁质杂岩体中环带角闪石矿物学特征及成因

内蒙古文圪气镁铁-超镁铁杂岩体主要由辉石岩和角闪石岩组成,普遍发育角闪石环带的角闪石岩位于岩体南部,呈伟晶结构,主要由角闪石(>95%)和磷灰石(3%～5%)组成。选取环带较明显的两个角闪石样品,采用EMPA和LA-ICPMS分别做主量和微量成分剖面,环带角闪石边部为铁韭闪石,核部为韭闪石。从核部到边部,SiO2、MgO、Na2O含量逐渐降低,Al2O3、TiO2、FeOT、K2O和碱金属(Na2O+K2O)逐渐升高。中稀土、重稀土元素和Sc最大值位于核部,最小值位于边部;轻稀土元素、高场强元素、大离子亲石元素及过渡金属元素最大值位于幔边部,最小值位于核部,反映了核部氧逸度较高、温度和压力较低,边部氧逸度较低、温度和压力较高,是两期不同成分、温度、压力和氧逸度岩浆结晶的表现,并且角闪石岩受到后期高氧逸度低温热液的改造。环带角闪石的形成机理与文圪气岩体中铂族元素矿化过程相吻合。文圪气岩体与华北地台北缘中泥盆世镁铁质-超镁铁质岩具有相同的岩石组成、成因和构造背景,环带角闪石具有幔源角闪石特点,核部平均温度大于732℃,边部大于770℃,核、边部温度均小于950℃,结晶压力≤272 MPa,结晶深度≤12.4km。环带角闪石的结晶过程可能与文圪气岩体中铂族元素的成矿过程类似。     

河北武安洪山正长岩杂岩体成因与地表快速隆升-剥蚀特征

为了解洪山正长岩杂岩体的源区和成因,以及其形成过程中伴随的地表快速隆升-剥蚀现象,在详细野外地质调查的基础上,采用岩石学、地球化学、U-Pb年代学和锆石Lu-Hf同位素研究.获得洪山正长岩杂岩体内粗粒辉石正长岩和粗面岩锆石U-Pb定年结果分别为125.6±1.2 Ma和121.9±2.3 Ma,粗粒正长岩年龄介于二者之间;岩体属于高硅、富碱、富铝、贫镁、Mg#较低的准铝质-过铝质碱性岩,经历了大量地壳流体的改造;粗粒辉石正长岩锆石普遍发育年龄相近的核-边结构,核部ε_Hf（t）为-5.0~-8.4,具有较高的U、Th、Pb含量,边部与同时期的粗面岩锆石特征一致ε_Hf（t）为-11.3~-14.4,U、Th、Pb含量较低,表明锆石结晶初期岩浆具有地壳来源的特征;喷出相的粗面岩直接覆盖在中心相的粗粒正长岩上,这一现象说明洪山正长岩杂岩体形成过程中伴随了地表的快速隆升-剥蚀.洪山正长岩杂岩体的形成过程与拆沉作用关系密切,是华北克拉通减薄作用在地表浅部的响应.      

藏北羌塘戈木错渐新世碱性钾质火山岩中绿核辉石的成因:岩浆补给—混合过程

藏北戈木错渐新世碱性钾质火山岩中单斜辉石斑晶普遍出现正环带、反环带和韵律环带结构,多具有"绿核辉石"的结构特征。通过矿物电子探针测得"绿核辉石"的核部有高Mg#和低Mg#两种不同成分,两者都不同程度发育有筛孔状熔蚀结构,环带结构主要发育在辉石的幔部到边部,与绿色核部存在明显的成分间断,幔部环带结构的成分变化范围相对较窄。"绿核辉石"的成分和结构特征反映了同源碱性钾质岩浆在壳内岩浆房中发生了岩浆补给-混合作用,复杂的环带结构记录了混合岩浆的结晶过程。     

五大连池钾质火山岩中辉石斑晶的反环带结构研究 及其对岩浆演化的约束

五大连池钾质火山岩中发现具有反环带结构的单斜辉石斑晶。反环带辉石的核部为次透辉石,与边部相比具有较低 的Mg#值（68~77）、TiO2 （0.23~0.50 wt.%）、Cr2O3 （<0.06 wt.%）和较高的Al2O3 （3.4~5.0 wt.%）、Na2O（0.43~0.78 wt.%）、 FeO（8.8~11.0 wt.%）、MnO含量。核部的稀土元素标准化曲线较为平坦,且具有非常显著的Eu和Sr的负异常（Eu/Eu*= 0.35~0.63,Sr/Sr* = 0.03~0.17）,指示其为曾与斜长石平衡的变质岩辉石。在Mg#-TiO2相关图上,核部总体成分落入华北下 地壳低Mg麻粒岩中单斜辉石的成分范围,因此核部应该是来自下地壳麻粒岩的捕掳晶。反环带辉石边部与正常辉石斑晶成 分一致,具有较高的Mg#值（81~85）、TiO2（0.40~1.65 wt.%）、Cr2O3（0.03~0.25 wt.%）和较低的Al2O3（2.1~3.4 wt.%）、Na2O （0.34~0.63 wt.%）、FeO（4.6~6.6 wt.%）、MnO含量,轻重稀土分馏明显（La/Yb） N = 3.23~7.89,与玄武岩全岩的特征吻合。 利用主量和微量元素的分配系数进行的模拟计算均表明,反环带辉石边部与寄主岩浆已达到成分平衡,说明边部是在熔蚀 核部的基础上再生长而成的岩浆成因辉石。五大连池正常辉石斑晶的Mg#值与TiO2具有负相关性,指示岩浆在地壳深度经历 了一定程度的演化。反环带辉石斑晶边部由里到外Al2O3和Na2O含量逐渐增加的趋势支持岩浆经历演化的结论。核部辉石 的麻粒岩属性表明岩浆演化主要发生在下地壳。温压计计算结果也指示正常辉石斑晶和反环带辉石的边部都结晶于下地壳 深度的系列岩浆房。晚期结晶的辉石斑晶总是比早期结晶的辉石更富集不相容元素,说明分离结晶作用导致五大连池玄武 岩的不相容元素更富集。平衡计算表明,与辉石斑晶平衡的岩浆与玄武岩全岩在微量元素特征上高度相似。考虑到全岩高 度一致的微量元素特征,研究认为五大连池玄武岩的成分变化主要受下地壳岩浆房中的结晶分离作用控制,地壳混染（包 括壳源岩浆混合）可以忽略不计。     

矿物结构特征对岩浆混合过程的指示： 以新西兰Ruapehu全新世安山岩中的辉石为例

根据矿物结构可以有效的识别开放性体系内的各种岩浆过程,在岩相学研究基础上,对全新世喷发的Ruapehu火山 Whakapapa组安山岩内的辉石斑晶进行了系统的矿物学分析。所研究样品中辉石斑晶以普通辉石及顽火辉石为主,具多样 结构与形态,根据其结构和成分特征可分为3类：（1）骸晶状的辉石（SP型）,具有破碎的、筛孔状外形,核部具有异常高 的FeOT含量,可能为壳源捕掳晶;（2）具均一结构及成分的辉石（HP型）,其内部未显示明显的熔融结构,形成于岩浆房 的内部,基本未受基性岩浆混合的影响;（3）具核-幔-边结构的 “绿核”辉石（GCP型）,其幔部相比核部及边部具有更 高的En、Mg#、CaO、MgO和Cr2O3含量以及更低的FeOT、TiO2含量。且GCP辉石边部相比核部更加富CaO、MgO而贫 FeOT、TiO2。GCP型辉石幔部（边部）与核部形成明显的反环带结构,两者界线清晰,成分上存在突变,是偏基性岩浆注 入岩浆房边界层时,岩浆发生大规模扩散、混合之前形成于脉状岩浆“通道”内;而GCP辉石边部则结晶于混合后的岩浆 之中。辉石的结构及岩相学特征暗示,安山岩在喷发前经历了岩浆混合及地壳物质的混染,混合过程主要发生于地壳浅部 岩浆房的边界层及粥状层内,且这种混合过程可能是诱发火山喷发的重要机制之一。     

东天山云海铜镍矿地球化学特征及成因分析

云海铜镍矿位于觉罗塔格构造带西段,成矿岩体为多期次侵入的杂岩体,岩体分异演化充分,镁铁质和超镁铁质岩石均有发育,主要岩石类型为角闪辉石岩、橄榄苏长岩、辉长岩、闪长岩。主量元素化学组成表明,该杂岩体属拉斑玄武岩系列,岩石具同源演化特征,显示高铁、高镁、低钛、低铝特征,富集大离子亲石元素Rb,Ba,亏损Nb,Ta,轻稀土富集。岩浆源区有部分熔融而交代的岩石圈地幔,岩浆在上升过程中受到地壳物质混染,发生橄榄石、斜方辉石、斜长石的分离结晶。岩体形成于早二叠世,为构造活动和地幔柱双重作用下的产物。     

辽东菜园子古近纪玄武岩和深源捕虏晶:对新生代岩石圈地幔性质及深部作用过程的制约

通过对辽东菜园子玄武岩中的橄榄石和单斜辉石捕虏晶进行K-Ar定年及岩石地球化学测试,研究华北克拉通东部新生代岩石圈地幔的性质及深部作用过程,结果表明,辽东菜园子玄武岩形成于古近纪,K-Ar年龄为36.33 Ma±0.97 Ma和39.34 Ma±1.27 Ma;属于碱性玄武岩系列;玄武岩中Sr,Ba相对富集,Zr,Hf相对亏损;ISr和εNd(t)值分别介于。0.704 73～0.705 16和 0.22～ 2.27之间。橄榄石捕虏晶发育环状裂隙和扭折带,具有明显的成分环带,自核至边Mg#值逐渐降低(核部Mg#值介于88.7～94.3之间,边部Mg#值介于76.6～77.8之间),核部与新生代玄武岩地幔橄榄岩包体中橄榄石的成分类似,边部与玄武岩中橄榄石斑晶成分相当。单斜辉石捕虏晶为透辉石,具有反环带结构,核部具有较高的FeO,MnO,Na2O,Al2O3质量分数,反映了壳源成因;过渡部分MgO,Cr2O3质量分数明显升高,反映了壳源物质与软流圈物质反应的结果;向边部MgO,Cr2O3质量分数逐渐降低;FeO,MnO,Na2O,Al2O3质量分数逐渐升高,暗示与寄主岩浆反应的效应。上述结果表明,华北克拉通东部新生代岩石圈地幔具有亏损性质,但岩浆形成过程中有陆壳物质加入。环带状橄榄石捕虏晶反映了新生代岩石圈地幔中橄榄岩与熔体之间相互作用的存在。     

青藏米巴勒地区中新世钠质方沸石(霞石)响岩中单斜辉石环带研究:对岩浆-构造演化的启示

在拉萨地块中部米巴勒地区产出的中新世钠质方沸石(霞石)响岩中的单斜辉石发育大量环带结构,环带结构包括正环带、反环带和韵律环带。其中正环带结构从核部到边部Mg^#、MgO、Cr₂O₃呈逐渐降低趋势,而FeO、Na₂O、Al₂O₃、TiO₂呈逐渐升高的趋势,它反映了岩浆正常结晶的历史。反环带结构中Mg^#、MgO、Cr₂O₃从核部到边部呈升高的趋势,FeO、Na₂O、Al₂O₃的含量总体上呈降低趋势,本文认为响岩中单斜辉石的这种环带结构是受到了和它共存的钾质-超钾质火山岩岩浆混合或混染所致,两种岩石应是各自独立的母岩浆的结晶产物。具韵律环带结构的单斜辉石从核部到边部出现成分规律性波动,Na₂O、Al₂O₃、TiO₂、Cr₂O₃含量的变化在正反环带的范围内,Mg^#值的变化范围较小,在正环带斑晶和基质的范围内,它是岩浆多次混合作用的结果。该地区钠质过碱性岩的出现可能指示青藏高原在这套火山岩喷发时(13~12Ma),构造体制发生了显著的改变,进入到一个典型的陆内伸展阶段。     

拉萨地块中南部新生代超钾质岩中单斜辉石斑晶的环带成分研究

在青藏高原拉萨地块中南部的米巴勒、麦嘎乡、赛利普地区分布有新生代的超钾质火山岩,这些火山岩的斑晶中广泛发育单斜辉石正环带,其记录了超钾质岩浆的早期结晶历史.这些单斜辉石的正环带核部到边部Mg*和镁、铬的氧化物含量降低,而铁、钠、铝、钛的氧化物含量升高,它反映了岩浆正常结晶的顺序.米巴勒地区超钾质岩中的单斜辉石还出现反环带和少量的韵律环带,可能与该地区所发现的共生钠质过碱性火山岩有关,韵律环带揭示了其可能是相同成分的超钾质母岩浆从岩浆源区多次补给形成,而反环带则可能是与钠质过碱性火山岩岩浆存在一定程度的混合造成的.尽管三个地区超钾质火山岩的喷发时间稍不同,但是三地区的单斜辉石正环带核部成分基本相同,它们具有相似的Al-Ti值,指示出超钾质岩形成在相同的构造环境并具有相同的岩浆成因.     

地幔橄榄岩捕掳体中尖晶石筛状边的成因

山东的无棣大山和栖霞方山是两个以霞石岩为主的新生代火山,含有大量的地幔橄榄岩捕掳体,橄榄岩捕掳体中的尖晶石常见黑色反应边。在BSE图像上,这些反应边根据结构的不同又可以进一步分为两种:筛状边和均一边。有时两种反应边在同一颗尖晶石中共存并相互过渡。尖晶石捕掳晶和捕掳体中与寄主岩直接接触的尖晶石常发育均一边;发育筛状边的尖晶石则一般不直接与寄主岩接触,但位于捕掳体的边缘。尖晶石的筛状边呈多孔状,为富Cr尖晶石或铬铁矿。筛状边成分上与核部(Cr_2O_3=7.52%~36.75%,Cr#=7.80~44.20,Mg#=44.70~74.48)区别明显,具有高的Cr_2O_3含量(23.42%~65.96%)、Cr#值(78.97~92.49)以及低的Mg#值(17.22~43.02)。另外,筛状边相对其核部(TiO 2=0.00%~0.53%,MnO=0.04%~0.35%)还显示偏高的TiO 2(0.20%~3.60%)和MnO(0.29%~1.93%)。在筛状边附近存在富Al_2O_3(8.00%~17.57%)和MgO(17.89%~26.02%)的玻璃。尖晶石的均一边无孔洞但多发育裂理,成分上与核部突变,并以富TiO 2(20.90%~6.64%)和FeO T(70.79%~53.92%)为特征,最外部为钛磁铁矿。均一边具有明显的成分分带,表现为由内至外TiO 2、FeO T含量逐渐增高,Al_2O_3(0.04%~16.34%)、Cr_2O_3(0.77%~25.69%)和MgO(0.50%~7.16%)含量逐渐降低。尖晶石的两种反应边与寄主岩密切的空间关系说明其成因与寄主岩浆有关。虽然尖晶石筛状边的Cr#值(79.0~92.5)明显高于核部(7.8~44.2),但是其相对核部偏高的TiO 2和MnO含量,以及显著降低的Mg#值均与单纯的部分熔融趋势不吻合。根据尖晶石两种反应边的结构特征、成分特征和相互的空间关系,我们认为筛状边与均一边是岩浆与尖晶石反应不同阶段的产物。当橄榄岩捕掳体被岩浆捕获后,由于成分上的不均衡两者之间将发生溶解反应。反应过程中,尖晶石中不同元素向熔体迁移的速率区别明显,其中Cr是最难熔的元素也是迁移最慢的元素。在反应的初始阶段,由于易溶组份Al、Mg等元素随熔体迁出,尖晶石发育筛状边,并同时伴随Cr#值的显著升高和Mg#值的显著降低。此时,寄主岩浆中的Ti、Mn等元素也部分扩散进入筛状边中的残留尖晶石。如果熔体足够多,反应得以持续进行,筛状边中的Cr最终也将被熔体带走。在反应产生的混合熔体中金属氧化物最早达到饱和并结晶。随着反应的持续进行,结晶出的矿物将继续生长、变粗,并相互连接,直至孔洞消失形成均一边。同时伴随着矿物的不断结晶,溶解界面上的熔体成分也不断变化,从而使均一边具有明显的成分分带。在橄榄岩捕掳体内部,由于渗进捕掳体中的岩浆有限,渗透岩浆与尖晶石之间的反应多限于早期阶段,反应产物为筛状边。在捕掳体边缘,与寄主岩浆直接接触的尖晶石由于参与反应的岩浆量足够多,因此一般产生反应的终端产物———均一边。     

准噶尔北缘中泥盆统北塔山组富辉橄玄岩的岩石成因及其对晚古生代洋脊俯冲的启示

准噶尔北缘中泥盆统北塔山组富辉橄玄岩是一种富含单斜辉石斑晶的岛弧玄武岩,被认为是洋脊俯冲作用的产物,但具体成因机制并不清楚。本文对老山口地区富辉橄玄岩进行了岩石地球化学研究,同时系统测定了其单斜辉石斑晶的成分及其环带变化规律。结果表明,富辉橄玄岩的相容元素和不相容元素的变化规律具有岩浆混合作用的特征,而透辉石斑晶的反环带则将岩浆混合作用限定于高Mg~#熔浆的上涌过程。富辉橄玄岩极高的相容元素含量将上涌的高Mg~#熔浆限定为苦橄质熔浆,而富辉橄玄岩中顽透辉石是被苦橄质熔体携带而来的斑晶物质。主导老山口富辉橄玄岩形成的岩浆过程是苦橄质熔浆的连续补给过程,而苦橄质熔浆被认为是板片窗处软流圈高程度部分熔融的产物。老山口富辉橄玄岩形成的岩浆过程与洋脊俯冲的板片窗模型吻合,因此老山口富辉橄玄岩可能是洋脊俯冲的产物。     

Aluminum-dependent trace element partitioning in clinopyroxene

As technical advances have dramatically increased our ability to analyze trace elements, the need for more reliable data on the compositional dependence of trace element partitioning between minerals and melt has become increasingly important. The late-Cretaceous Carmacks Group of south central Yukon comprises a succession of primitive high-Mg ankaramitic lavas characterized by shoshonitic chemical affinities and containing large complexly zoned clinopyroxene phenocrysts. The compositional zonation of the clinopyroxene phenocrysts is characterized by relatively Fe-rich (Mg^# = Mg/(Mg + Fe) = 0.85), but mottled, cores surrounded by mantles of cyclically-zoned clinopyroxene whose Mg^# varies repeatedly between 0.9 and 0.80. These cyclically zoned clinopyroxene mantles appear to record the repeated influx and mixing of batches of primitive with more evolved magma in a deep sub-crustal (∼1.2 GPa) magma chamber(s). Laser ablation ICP-MS was used to analyze the trace element variation in these zoned clinopyroxenes. The results indicate more than a threefold variation in the absolute concentrations of Th, Zr, rare earth elements (REE), and Y within individual clinopyroxene phenocrysts, with no apparent change in the degree of REE or high field strength element (HFSE) fractionation. The variation in absolute abundances of trace elements correlates closely with the major element composition of the clinopyroxene, with the most enriched clinopyroxene having the lowest Mg^# and highest Al contents. The problem is that the amount of crystal fractionation required to explain the major element variation (∼20%) in these clinopyroxene phenocrysts cannot explain the increase in the abundance of the incompatible trace elements, which would require more than 70% crystal fractionation, if constant partition coefficients are assumed. The anomalous increase in incompatible trace elements appears to reflect an increase in their partition coefficients with increasing Al^IV in the clinopyroxene; with an increase in Al₂O₃ from 1.5 to 4.0 wt.% during ∼20% crystal fractionation over a temperature decrease of ∼100°C being associated with more that a threefold increase in the partition coefficients of Th, Zr, REE, and Y. The magnitude of these increases may indicate that the substitution of these trace elements into clinopyroxene is better modeled in some natural systems by a local charge balance model, rather than the distributed charge model that better replicates the results of annealed experiments. These findings indicate that the effect of Al on the partition coefficients of incompatible trace elements in clinopyroxene may be under appreciated in natural magmatic systems and that the application of experimentally determined clinopyroxene partition coefficients to natural systems must be done with caution.     

Mineral chemistry of submarine lavas from Hilo Ridge, Hawaii: implications for magmatic processes within Hawaiian rift zones

The crustal history of volcanic rocks can be inferred from the mineralogy and compositions of their phenocrysts which record episodes of magma mixing as well as the pressures and temperatures when magmas cooled. Submarine lavas erupted on the Hilo Ridge, a rift zone directly east of Mauna Kea volcano, contain olivine, plagioclase, augite ±orthopyroxene phenocrysts. The compositions of these phenocryst phases provide constraints on the magmatic processes beneath Hawaiian rift zones. In these samples, olivine phenocrysts are normally zoned with homogeneous cores ranging from ∼ Fo₈₁ to Fo₉₁. In contrast, plagioclase, augite and orthopyroxene phenocrysts display more than one episode of reverse zoning. Within each sample, plagioclase, augite and orthopyroxene phenocrysts have similar zoning profiles. However, there are significant differences between samples. In three samples these phases exhibit large compositional contrasts, e.g., Mg# [100 × Mg/(Mg+Fe⁺²)] of augite varies from 71 in cores to 82 in rims. Some submarine lavas from the Puna Ridge (Kilauea volcano) contain phenocrysts with similar reverse zonation. The compositional variations of these phenocrysts can be explained by mixing of a multiphase (plagioclase, augite and orthopyroxene) saturated, evolved magma with more mafic magma saturated only with olivine. The differences in the compositional ranges of plagioclase, augite and orthopyroxene crystals between samples indicate that these samples were derived from isolated magma chambers which had undergone distinct fractionation and mixing histories. The samples containing plagioclase and pyroxene with small compositional variations reflect magmas that were buffered near the olivine + melt ⇒Low-Ca pyroxene + augite + plagioclase reaction point by frequent intrusions of mafic olivine-bearing magmas. Samples containing plagioclase and pyroxene phenocrysts with large compositional ranges reflect magmas that evolved beyond this reaction point when there was no replenishment with olivine-saturated magma. Two of these samples contain augite cores with Mg# of ∼71, corresponding to Mg# of 36–40 in equilibrium melts, and augite in another sample has Mg# of 63–65 which is in equilibrium with a very evolved melt with a Mg# of ∼30. Such highly evolved magmas also exist beneath the Puna Ridge of Kilauea volcano. They are rarely erupted during the shield building stage, but may commonly form in ephemeral magma pockets in the rift zones. The compositions of clinopyroxene phenocryst rims and associated glass rinds indicate that most of the samples were last equilibrated at 2–3 kbar and 1130–1160 °C. However, in one sample, augite and glass rind compositions reflect crystallization at higher pressures (4–5 kbar). This sample provides evidence for magma mixing at relatively high pressures and perhaps transport of magma from the summit conduits to the rift zone along the oceanic crust-mantle boundary. Received: 8 July 1998 / Accepted: 2 January 1999     

Cognate clinopyroxene from Paleogene mantle xenolith-bearing basanite lavas (East Serbia, SE Europe): the role of dissolution of mantle orthopyroxene

The study focuses on clinopyroxene from mantle xenolith-bearing East Serbian basanites and suggests that dissolution of mantle orthopyroxene played an important role in at least some stages of the crystallization of these alkaline magmas. Five compositional types of clinopyroxene are distinguished, some of them having different textural forms: megacrysts (Type-A), green/colourless-cored phenocrysts (Type-B), overgrowths and sieve-textured cores (Type-C), rims and matrix clinopyroxene (Type-D), and clinopyroxene from the reaction rims around orthopyroxene xenocrysts (Type-E). Type-A is high-Al diopside that probably crystallized at near-liquidus conditions either directly from the host basanite or from compositionally similar magmas in previous magmatic episodes. Type-B cores show high ^VIAl/^IVAl≥1 and low Mg# of mostly <75 and are interpreted as typical xenocrysts. Type-C, D and E are interpreted as typical cognate clinopyroxene. Type-D has Mg#<78, Al₂O₃?=?6–13?wt.%, TiO₂?=?1.5–4.5?wt.%, and Na₂O?=?0.4–0.8?wt.% and compositionally similar clinopyroxene is calculated by MELTS as a phase in equilibrium with the last 30?% of melt starting from the average host lava composition. Type-C has Mg#?=?72–89, Al₂O₃?=?4.5–9.5?wt.%, TiO₂?=?1–2.5?wt.%, Na₂O?=?0.35–1?wt.% and Cr₂O₃?=?0.1–1.5?wt.%. This clinopyroxene has some compositional similarities to Type-E occurring exclusively around mantle orthopyroxene. Cr/Al vs Al/Ti and Cr/Al vs Na/Ti plots revealed that Type-C clinopyroxene can crystallize from a mixture of the host basanite magma and 2–20?wt.% mantle orthopyroxene. Sieve-textured Type-C crystals show characteristics of experimentally produced skeletal clinopyroxene formed by orthopyroxene dissolution suggesting that crystallization of Type-C was both texturally and compositionally controlled by orthopyroxene breakdown. According to FeO/MgO^cpx/melt modelling the first clinopyroxene precipitating from the host basanite was Type-A (T?~?1250?°C, p?~?1.5?GPa). Dissolution of orthopyroxene produced decreasing FeO/MgO^melt and crystallization of Type-E and sieve-textured Type-C clinopyroxene (0.3–0.8?GPa and 1200–1050?°C). The melt composition gradually shifted towards higher FeO/MgO^melt ratios precipitating more evolved Type-C and Type-D approaching near-solidus conditions (<0.3?GPa; ~950?°C).     

Ultra-depleted peridotite xenoliths in the Northern Taihang Mountains: Implications for the nature of the lithospheric mantle beneath the North China Craton

We report the finding of peridotite xenoliths in the Early Cretaceous Longmengou olivine-bearing diabase (138 Ma) in the Northern Taihang Mountains in the central North China Craton. Based on the modal proportions of olivine, clinopyroxene, amphibole and anorthite, these peridotite xenoliths can be divided into three zones: clinopyroxene-bearing olivine zone (COZ), olivine-clinopyroxene zone (OCZ), and amphibole-bearing anorthite-clinopyroxene zone (AACZ). The core of olivine grains in clinopyroxene-bearing olivine zone have higher Mg^# (> 95), SiO₂ (41.80–42.53 wt%) and lower CaO (< 0.07 wt%), FeO (3.91–4.54 wt%) than the rim (Mg^# = 92.5–93.4, SiO₂ = 41.27–41.98 wt%, CaO = 0.20–0.34 wt%, and FeO = 7.02–8.87 wt%), suggesting that rim is reaction product. The core of olivine grains with higher Mg^# (> 95) and lower NiO content (< 0.04 wt%) in the clinopyroxene-bearing olivine zone was derived from ultra-depleted mantle subsequently altered by high Mg^# melts/magma with low Ni. Two generations of olivine grains occur in the OCZ where the first generation shows exsolution of ilmenite and magnetite rods containing up to 0.35 wt% TiO₂, and was likely derived from garnet peridotite hydrated by water. The second generation shows high Mg^# (96.2–97.1) and cataclastic texture, and was possibly formed by decomposition of the COZ. The occurrence of aluminous spinel suggests the role of melts with extremely high Al and Mg. Clinopyroxene in the AACZ shows systematic core-rim compositional variation with CaO and SiO₂ contents increasing towards the rim, and MgO and Fe₂O₃ concentrations decreasing from the core to the rim, indicating that the amphibole-bearing anorthite-clinopyroxene zone is a product of the reaction between mantle xenoliths and mafic magma. Plagioclase with high An value (92.0–99.95, average 97.79) indicates that the metasomatic melts have high Ca/Na and Al/Si ratios, possibly produced by the partial melting of ultra-depleted mantle under “wet” conditions. Combined with the data on other mantle xenoliths discovered in the NCC, our results suggest that the Mesozoic lithospheric mantle beneath the North Taihang Mountains within the central NCC is composed of ultra-depleted Archean and Paleoproterozoic peridotites and dunites modified by complex melts. We also propose that the destruction of eastern part of the NCC mainly occurred during Early Cretaceous, and that the boundary of the lithospheric destruction coincides with the Taihang Mountains.