Wall-rock metasomatism of carbonaceous terrigenous rocks in the Lena gold district

The Lena gold district is situated in the fold-and-shear belt of the southern framework of the Siberian Platform. The gold deposits are hosted in the Riphean-Vendian Khomolkho and Aunakit formations, revealing the strict control of ore mineralization by folding and shearing. The microstructure of metasomatically altered ore-bearing carbonaceous sedimentary rocks at the Sukhoi Log, Golets Vysochaishy, and Verninsky deposits (the latter includes the Pervenets vein zone) testifies to parallelism in the development of shearing, foliation, and ore-forming metasomatism. The local pressure gradients are marked by removal of silica from pressured zones into opened cleavage fractures and pockets. Two metasomatic stages are recognized: (1) early sodic metasomatism, which is characterized by the assemblage of magnesian siderite and paragonite, and (2) late potassic metasomatism, with formation of muscovite in association with sideroplesite and ankerite. The rocks altered at the early stage are distinguished by elevated Ni, Cr, and probably PGE contents. The second stage, close in age to the emplacement of Hercynian granitic plutons, was accompanied by the gain of chalcophile metals and deposition of the bulk of gold. In mineral composition, the metasomatic rocks are close to beresites, but the alteration differed in somewhat elevated alkalinity, so that microveinlets of albite and potassium feldspar occur in the ore zone together with muscovite. The ratio of modal muscovite to paragonite contents in orebodies is substantially higher than in the surrounding metasomatized rocks. This ratio directly depends on the degree of rock permeability and the intensity of the flow of ore-forming solutions. Carbonaceous matter (CM) in the ore zone underwent reworking and redeposition. CM is graphitized to a lesser extent than in the rocks affected by regional metamorphism. The spatial distribution of CM containing nitro and amino groups indicates more oxidizing conditions in the zone of ore deposition than at a distance from this zone. The temperature of metasomatic processes estimated from the muscovite, muscovite-paragonite, and chlorite mineral thermometers and fluid inclusions in quartz was 300–350°C at a pressure of about 1 kbar. The S, O, and C isotopic compositions of ore-forming fluids that pertain to the second stage of metasomatism (δ³⁴S= +8.5‰, δ¹⁸O = +10‰, and δ¹³C= ?11 to ?18‰) indicate their crustal origin. The generally similar conditions and products of the ore-forming metasomatic process at the giant Sukhoi Log deposit and at the small Golets Vysochaishy deposit are combined with some differences. The formation of the described deposits was related to the deep convection of fluids along shear zones followed by more local flows of postmagmatic solutions derived from the emplaced granitic magma.     

Consequences of dike breaches and dike overflow in a bifurcating river system

Currently, the effect of dike breaches on downstream discharge partitioning and flood risk is not addressed in flood safety assessments. In a bifurcating river system, a dike breach may cause overland flows which can change downstream flood risk and discharge partitioning. This study examines how dike breaches and overflow affect overland flow patterns and discharges of the rivers of the Rhine delta. For extreme discharges, an increase in flood risk along the river branch with the smallest discharge capacity was found, while flood risk along the other river branches was reduced. Therefore, dike breaches and resulting overland flow patterns must be included in flood safety assessments.

     

碱交代成矿作用的地球化学共性和归类

迄今为止,在国内和国外广大地区已发现了极其众多的下列元素的各种类型矿床,例如: 1.产于钠长石化花岗岩、花岗伟晶岩体中的铌、钽、锂、铷、铯、铍、钨、锡等矿床(或称岩体浸染型、变花岗岩型、自变质型、云英岩型等等)和钾长石化花岗岩中的稀土矿床。     

西藏改则县铁格隆地区含矿玢岩特征与成因探讨

铁格隆地区含矿岩石以闪长玢石及石英闪长玢岩为主,属钙碱性岩系和高钾钙碱性岩系,显示I型花岗岩的特点。岩体形成于早白垩世班公湖-怒江洋盆俯冲消减构造环境,成岩岩浆属氧化型岩浆,来源于壳幔结合部,并受到壳源物质的强烈混染。与玉龙、冈底斯斑岩矿带含矿岩石进行对比,该含矿玢岩在岩石类型、岩石化学、地球化学及成岩构造环境等方面均存在明显差异,指示其成矿动力学背景、成矿机理与"碰撞"及"碰撞后"的斑岩型矿床不同,属形成于"岛弧"环境的斑岩型铜金矿床。     

Broken Hill Pb-Zn-Ag deposit — a product of mantle metasomatism

Broken Hill ore deposition occurred during the highest geothermal gradient coeval with an event of bimodal basic-rhydacitic volcanism. The depositional environment is interpreted as an ensialic rift on the basis of the sedimentary facies, ferro- and low-K tholeiitic basalts, and bimodal basic-calc alkaline (rhyolite, rhyodacite) volcanism. The orebody is of unusual composition characterised by abundant carbonate, fluorite and fluorapatite, abundant LIL-, K- and Rb-rich premetamorphic alteration assemblages, primordial S and Pb isotopic values, Sr isotopes possibly indicating a heterogeneous source, S : Se in the magmatic range, and zoning suggestive of cooling of the ore fluid.It is suggested that in the mature stage of rifting, propagation of deep fractures suddenly devolatilized the mantle, released CO₂ and other fluids which, together with basalts, ascended and caused crustal melting to form acid magmas. The resultant ore fluid exhalation and basaltic and rhyodacitic volcanism were therefore coeval. Rapid deposition of ore from a fluid of unusual composition in a basin or graben within the rift formed a deposit which is not too dissimilar in composition from a carbonatite.The composition of the associated basic rocks and younger alkaline rocks, the premetamorphic alteration assemblage, and the orebody chemistry all suggest that the Lower Proterozoic source area for the ore fluids was metasomatized mantle.     

大新屯金矿闪长玢岩在找矿上的指示意义

脉岩与金矿床有着密切的成生关系。大新屯矿区闪长玢岩脉十分发育,闪长玢岩与金矿体赋存于同一构造控矿系统,二者沿NW向构造产出,空间上紧密相伴,时间上具近相同的成生关系。正确认识它们相互之间的关系,建立脉岩找矿标志,能有效提高找矿效果,减少生产和探矿过程中的盲目性。     

Evolution of mineral assemblage zoning in diffusion metasomatism

Metamorphic reaction bands consist of mineral assemblage layers, that separate incompatible mineral assemblages, and grow by reaction at their contacts and by precipitation within the layer. The stoichiometry of these reactions is determined by the relative diffusion fluxes within adjacent layers. Using the local equilibrium-steady diffusion model of Fisher (1973), the stoichiometric coefficients of layer growth reactions can be computed from the mass balance at each layer contact and independent ratios of instantaneous fluxes within each layer.Model calculations in a ternary system show that (1) variation in bulk composition across a reaction band, expressed in terms of layer sequence, mineral formulae of phases that comprise monomineralic layers and modal proportions of phases in multimineralic layers is largely determined by the relative fluxes of components that diffuse in the same direction; (2) the fraction of the width of a reaction band produced by replacement of each of the initial reactant assemblages is largely determined by the relative fluxes of components that diffuse in opposite directions; (3) the fraction of the width of a layer produced by internal precipitation is determined by temperature and the relative fluxes of components that diffuse in opposite directions; (4) in a multilayer reaction band, only one layer can grow by reaction at both contacts, and that layer contains the initial contact between initial reactants; and (5) a reaction band cannot grow by constant volume replacement of both reactant assemblages, if the system is closed to diffusion beyond layer contacts with the initial reactant rock masses.     

The types and mechanisms of metasomatism

Metasomatism is considered as a group of various replacement phenomena - the effect of pore fluids and surface energy at the solid-fluid interface. Various types of metasomatism are identified, dependent on the volume of equilibrium mineral-forming systems and types of equilibrium, distance of mass-exchange, stage nature of the metasomatic process, energy of the active fluid, relationship between metasomatism and other types of replacement, and its molecular mechanism. The physicochemical types and elements of molecular physics and the kinetics of metasomatism are discussed. -- Author.     

Sodic metasomatism in a dacite weathering profile in Pinxiang, Guangxi, China

The Pinxiang weathering profile is well developed on Early Triassic dacite lavas of the Baisi Formation. At the top of the profile is developed a red clay zone which is characterized mineralogically by kaolinite, iron oxide minerals, quartz, and a small amount of illite, montmorillonite and vermiculite. In going downwards the red clay zone gives way to a saprolite zone in which plagioclase pseudomorphs have been well preserved although replaced by kaolinite. Beneath the saprolite zone is the saprock zone characterized by less weathering for dacite. At the bottom of the weathering profile is the parent material, dacite, which is composed mainly of plagioclase, quartz, K-feldspar and biotite which have been largely altered into chlorite owing to submarine extrusion of dacite lavas. Some layers in the weathering profile show obvious sodium enrichment and potassium depletion relative to others. In the Al2O3-(CaO* Na2O)-K2O triangular diagram, the weathering trends of these layers in the middle stage are remarkably deviated from normal ones. Both mineralogy and micro-morphology of these layers indicate such deviation resulted from sodic metasomatism of orthoclase.     

Recent sand volcanoes in the sand of a dike under construction

Sand volcanoes are small volcano-like features. They range in diameter from a few centimetres to several metres. Five volcanoes with a maximum diameter of 2 m were observed during the construction of a dike on the coast of Northwestern Germany. The cones reached heights of about 15 cm with craters in the middle. The rise of the volcanoes is explained by de-watering of sediment.     

徐州泉山闪长玢岩岩体地质与地球化学特征

徐州市泉山东麓寒武系石灰岩中,分布有浅成中性侵入岩。岩相学和地球化学初步研究表明,其岩性为闪长玢岩,其SiO2含量61.68%,Na2O含量3.80%,K2O含量3.07%,Ba、Sr、W等微量元素含量较高,轻稀土富集,重稀土亏损,Eu正异常,其稀土元素球粒陨石标准化配分模式与班井闪长玢岩和班井花岗闪长玢岩的非常相似。     

胶东夏甸金矿成矿期闪长玢岩脉锆石U-Pb年代学研究

山东夏甸金矿区内深源中—基性脉岩发育,其中以闪长玢岩与矿体间时空关系最为密切,被认为是幔源流体成矿最重要的判别标志。笔者通过对夏甸金矿两个不同中段内成矿期闪长玢岩LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年代学研究,获得了4组较为一致的年龄,它们较为完整地保留了这一期中—基性岩浆活动留下的地质记录。这4组年龄分别为:①五台期:华北地区微陆块拼合,发生大规模岩浆作用,形成华北克拉通基底雏形;②印支期:华南与华北两大板块碰撞拼合,苏鲁—大别造山带出现,区内发生大规模变质作用;③燕山早期:受太平洋板块俯冲影响,太古宙绿岩体发生强烈改造,形成大面积重熔型花岗岩;④燕山晚期:成岩成矿期。     

Correction to: Modelling effects of an asphalt road at a dike crest on dike cover erosion onset during wave overtopping

Natural Hazards - The article was published Open Access under the Dutch Compact Agreement; however, due to an internal system error, previous HTML rendering of the article did not reflect this.     

Plagioclase Zoning as a Record of Magma Evolution

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Boron concentrations in carbonaceous chondrites

We have analyzed B in carbonaceous chondrites in order to clarify a factor of 100 difference between the solar system B abundance derived from the solar photosphere and that inferred from previous meteorite data. Consistent results were obtained from two instrumental methods for B analysis: (a) counting of the high energy betas from ¹²B produced by the ¹¹B(d,p) reaction, and (b) measurement of particle track densities from ¹⁰B(n,α)⁷Li in a plastic track detector affixed to a homogenized meteorite sample. Contamination is a major problem in B analyses, but extensive testing showed that our results were not seriously affected. Our B concentrations are typically 1–2 ppm and are a factor of 2–6 lower than previous carbonaceous chondrite measurements. Our data for the Cl chondrites Ivuna and Orgueil would indicate a solar system B/Si atomic abundance ratio of 58 × 10^?6, but this is still a factor of 2–10 higher than the photospheric estimates. It may be that B is depleted in the sun by thermonuclear processes; however, the similarity of photospheric and meteoritic Be abundances is a problem for this point of view. Alternatively, B may be enhanced in carbonaceous chondrites, but this would make B a cosmochemically unique element. A mm-sized (Fe,Mn,Mg)CO₃ crystal from Orgueil shows no B enrichment. We find ¹⁰B ≤ 10¹⁶ atoms/g in two Allende fine-grained inclusions suggesting that B is not a refractory element under solar nebula conditions. This ¹⁰B limit, when taken as a limit on ¹⁰Be when the inclusion formed, puts constraints on the possibility of a solar system synthesis of ²⁶Al. For a proton spectrum of E^?a, a must be ≥ 3 if a solar gas is irradiated or a ≥1.5 if dust of solar composition is irradiated.     

Raman spectra of carbonaceous material in metasediments: a new geothermometer

Metasedimentary rocks generally contain carbonaceous material (CM) deriving from the evolution of organic matter originally present in the host sedimentary rock. During metamorphic processes, this organic matter is progressively transformed into graphite s.s. and the degree of organisation of CM is known as a reliable indicator of metamorphic grade. In this study, the degree of organisation of CM was systematically characterised by Raman microspectroscopy across several Mesozoic and Cenozoic reference metamorphic belts. This degree of organisation, including within‐sample heterogeneity, was quantified by the relative area of the defect band (R2 ratio). The results from the Schistes Lustrés (Western Alps) and Sanbagawa (Japan) cross‐sections show that (1) even through simple visual inspection, changes in the CM Raman spectrum appear sensitive to variations of metamorphic grade, (2) there is an excellent agreement between the R2 values calculated for the two sections when considering samples with an equivalent metamorphic grade, and (3) the evolution of the R2 ratio with metamorphic grade is controlled by temperature (T). Along the Tinos cross‐section (Greece), which is characterised by a strong gradient of greenschist facies overprint on eclogite facies rocks, the R2 ratio is nearly constant. Consequently, the degree of organisation of CM is not affected by the retrogression and records peak metamorphic conditions. More generally, analysis of 54 samples representative of high‐temperature, low‐pressure to high‐pressure, low‐temperature metamorphic gradients shows that there is a linear correlation between the R2 ratio and the peak temperature [T(°C) = ?445 R2 + 641], whatever the metamorphic gradient and, probably, the organic precursor. The Raman spectrum of CM can therefore be used as a geothermometer of the maximum temperature conditions reached during regional metamorphism. Temperature can be estimated to ± 50 °C in the range 330–650 °C. A few technical indications are given for optimal application.     

Hydrocarbon components in carbonaceous meteorites

Currently, the presence of free n-alkanes and isoprenoid alkanes in carbonaceous meteorites is usually explained either by microbial contamination during the period between the meteorite fall and collection or by contamination from the environment of analytical laboratories and museums. The goal of this research was to repeat analysis of hydrocarbon components in meteorites and to investigate possible meteorite contamination routes discussed in the literature. Experimental analysis of free organic constituents in five carbonaceous meteorites by infrared spectroscopy (IR) and gas chromatographic (GC) methods confirmed the presence of extractable aliphatic components, n-alkanes in the C₁₅H₃₂-C₂₇H₅₆ range and isoprenoid alkanes (phytane, pristane, and norpristane), in some of these meteorites. The contents of these compounds vary depending on the source. Insoluble organic components of two meteorites (meteorite kerogens) were isolated, and their composition was analyzed by IR and cracking/GC methods. Comparison with the data on several terrestrial contamination sources proposed in the literature shows that the presence of free saturated hydrocarbons in meteorites and the composition of the meteorite kerogen could not be explained either by microbial contamination or by contamination from the laboratory environment. The types of the hydrocarbons in meteorites resemble those typical of ancient terrestrial deposits of organic-rich sediments, except for the absence of lighter hydrocarbons, which apparently slowly evaporated in space, and multi-ring naphthenic compounds of the biologic origin, steranes, terpanes, etc. The prevailing current explanation for the presence of free linear saturated hydrocarbons in carbonaceous meteorites, apart from contamination, is the abiotic route from hydrogen and carbon monoxide. However, the data on the structure of meteorite kerogens require a search for different routes that initially produce complex polymeric structures containing n-alkyl and isoprenoid chains which are attached, via polar links (esters, salts, etc.), to a cross-linked polymer matrix. Later, the polymer slowly decomposes with the liberation of free aliphatic hydrocarbons.     

Experimental modeling of mantle metasomatism coupled with eclogitization of crustal material in a subduction zone

Alteration of mantle wedge rocks under the influence of fluids and melts is a poorly known subduction-zone process. It was experimentally modeled using various materials analogous to the crust (glaucophane schist and amphibolite) and mantle (olivine and olivine + orthopyroxene) under the P-T conditions (800°C and 29 kbar) corresponding to a hot subduction zone. Schist or amphibolite was loaded into the lower part of a capsule and underwent partial (10–90%) eclogitization during the experiment with the formation of omphacite, garnet, and quartz, sometimes coexisting with Ca-Na amphibole and orthopyroxene. The eclogitization was accompanied by the release of aqueous fluid, which dissolved minerals and products of partial melting of the schist. Ascending fluid flows transported major components into the overlying peridotite. This resulted in the formation of a garnet-phlogopite-orthopyroxene reaction zone at the base of the peridotite layer; this zone accumulated Si and K, which was practically absent in the starting materials. The gain of Si, Al, and CO₂ and loss of Mg resulted in the growth of new minerals in the olivine material: garnet, orthopyroxene, and magnesite. Under natural conditions, such a change would have been described as dunite transformation to garnet-bearing harzburgite. The experiments showed that the mineral and chemical composition of the suprasubduction mantle strongly depends on the transfer of components from a downgoing lithospheric slab.     

Experimental modal metasomatism of a spinel lherzolite and the production of amphibole-bearing peridotite

Experiments have been done which simulate the modal metasomatism of spinel lherzolite by partial melts of the subducted slab. The experiments were designed so that the metasomatizing melts were generated during the experiments by partial melting of a slab analog (basaltic composition amphibolite). The melts are thought to be representative of hybridizing melts in that they are derived by high-pressure partial melting under conditions appropriate to a hot slab geotherm. During the experiments, the melts infiltrate into and metasomatize a model depleted peridotite. Chemical modifications to minerals in the peridotite are of the same nature and extent as those found in naturally metasomatized spinel lherzolites. Modal metasomatism produced pargasitic amphiboles in runs at 1.5 GPa and in all but the highest temperature run at 2.0 GPa. The amphiboles are indistinguishable from amphiboles found in amphibole-bearing peridotites from supra-subduction zone environments. Systematic variations in amphibole composition suggest that the melt infiltration process in the experiments involved continuous modification of the composition of the infiltrating melt as observed around inferred quenched melt (i.c., amphibolite or amphibolite/clinopyroxenite) veins in xenoliths and massif peridotites. The compositions of the initial and final mineral phases in the experiments and those of the metasomatizing melts are used to derive amphibole formation reactions at 1.5 and 2.0 GPa that are similar in form to those inferred in studies of natural amphibole-bearing peridotites. The metasomatism reactions show that the extent of amphibole formation in peridotite at 1.5 and 2.0 GPa will, in general, be limited by clinopyroxene and spinel abundance.