Magmatic history of the Eastern Creek Volcanics,Mt Isa,Australia: insights from trace-element and platinum-group-element geochemistry

The Paleoproterozoic basalts of the Eastern Creek Volcanics are a series of continental flood basalts that form a significant part of the Western Fold Belt of the Mt Isa Inlier, Queensland. New trace-element geochemical data, including the platinum-group elements (PGE), have allowed the delineation of the magmatic history of these volcanic rocks. The two members of the Eastern Creek Volcanics, the Cromwell and Pickwick Metabasalt Members, are formed from the same parental magma. The initial magma was contaminated by continental crust and erupted to form the lower Cromwell Metabasalt Member. The staging chamber was continuously replenished by parental material resulting in the gradual return of the magma composition to more primitive trends in the upper Cromwell Metabasalt Member, and finally the Pickwick Metabasalt Member formed from magma dominated by the parental melt. The Pickwick Metabasalt Member of the Eastern Creek Volcanics has elevated PGE concentrations (including up to 18 ppb Pd and 12 ppb Pt) with palladium behaving incompatibly during magmatic fractionation. This trend is the result of fractionation under sulfide-undersaturated conditions. Conversely, in the basal Cromwell Metabasalt Member the PGE display compatible behaviour during magmatic fractionation, which is interpreted to be the result of fractionation of a sulfide-saturated magma. However, Cu remains incompatible during fractionation, building up to high concentrations in the magma, which is found to be the result of the very small volume of magmatic sulfide formation (0.025%). Geochemical trends in the upper Cromwell Metabasalt Member represent mixing between the contaminated Cromwell Metabasalt magmas and the PGE-undepleted parental melt. Trace-element geochemical trends in both members of the Eastern Creek Volcanics can be explained by the partial melting of a subduction-modified mantle source. The generation of PGE- and copper-rich magmas is attributed to melting of a source in the subcontinental lithospheric mantle below the Mt Isa Inlier which had undergone previous melt extraction during an older subduction event. The previous melt extraction resulted in a sulfur-poor, metal-rich metasomatised mantle source which was subsequently remelted in the Eastern Creek Volcanic continental rift event. The proposed model accounts for the extreme copper enrichment in the Eastern Creek Volcanics, from which the copper has been mobilised by hydrothermal fluids to form the Mt Isa copper deposit. There is also the potential for a small volume of PGE-enriched magmatic sulfide in the plumbing system to the volcanic sequence.     

Mineral chemistry,crystallization conditions and magma mixing‐mingling at Orduzu volcano (Malatya), Eastern Anatolia,Turkey

The Middle Miocene Orduzu volcanic suite, which is a part of the widespread Neogene Yamadağ volcanism of Eastern Anatolia, consists of a rhyolitic lava flow, rhyolitic dykes, a trachyandesitic lava flow and basaltic trachyandesitic dykes. Existence of mafic enclaves and globules in some of the volcanic rocks, and microtextures in phenocrysts indicate that magma mingling and mixing between andesitic and basaltic melts played an important role in the evolution of the volcanic suite. Major and trace element characteristics of the volcanic rocks are similar to those formed in convergent margin settings. In particular, incompatible trace element patterns exhibit large depletions in high field strength elements (Nb and Ta) and strong enrichments in both large ion lithofile elements (Ba, Th and U) and light rare earth elements, indicating a strong subduction signature in the source of the volcanic rocks. Furthermore, petrochemical data obtained suggest that parental magmas of rhyolite lava and dykes, and trachyandesite lava and basaltic trachyandesite dykes were derived from subduction‐related enriched lithospheric mantle and metasomatized mantle (± asthenosphere), respectively. A detailed mineralogical study of the volcanic suite shows that plagioclase is the principal phenocryst phase in all of the rock units from the Orduzu volcano. The plagioclase phenocrysts are accompanied by quartz in the rhyolitic lava flows and by two pyroxenes in the trachyandesitic lava flows and basaltic trachyandesitic dykes. Oxide phases in all rocks are magnetite and ilmenite. Calculated crystallization temperatures range from 650°C to 800°C for plagioclase, 745°C–1054°C for biotite, 888°C–915°C for pyroxene and 736°C–841°C for magnetite–ilmenite pairs. Calculated crystallization pressures of pyroxenes vary between 1.24–5.81 kb, and oxygen fugacity range from −14.47 to −12.39. The estimates of magmatic intensive parameters indicate that the initial magma forming the Orduzu volcanic unit began to crystallize in a high‐level magma chamber and then was stored in a shallow reservoir where it underwent intermediate‐mafic mixing. The rhyolitic lava flow and dykes evolved in relatively shallower crustal magma chambers. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Low- and high-alumina komatiites from a Late Archaean sequence,Newton Township,Ontario

Late Archaean komatiitic lavas from Newton Township, Ontario, consist of 6 chemically distinct magma types: 3 komatiites and 3 komatiitic basalts. The succession is unusual in containing both Al- and HREE-depleted komatiites and Al- and HREE-undepleted komatiites. The two types form distinct stratigraphic units separated by komatiitic basalts. Two komatiite types are strongly LREE depleted, whilst the third and the associated komatiitic basalts range from mildly depleted to enriched. Of the six magma types, only the two strongly LREE depleted komatiites represent primary mantle melts. The other komatiite type and the komatiitic basalts were derived from the primary komatiite magmas by combinations of olivine (+chromite) fractionation, assimilation of continental crust, and magma mixing. The two primary magmas may have been derived from similar sources, their contrasting chemistry being due to differing degrees of garnet segregation during melting. A generally applicable conclusion is that a wide range of komatiitic magma types can be generated from a relatively homogeneous depleted mantle, under conditions likely to prevail during the eruption of late Archean greenstone belt sequences.     

一种岩浆混合作用的分类及其地质意义:以西昆仑山的3个岩体为例

文章以西昆仑山3个花岗质深成侵入体的研究为例,认为岩浆混合形成的深成岩特征取决于发生混合作用(hybridization)的岩浆的性质,如温度、黏度、成分等物理与化学条件。岩浆的大多数性质都与温度有关,因此可以以温度为主要指标将岩浆混合作用划分为混合、混杂和注入3种类型,分别对应于高、中、低温度条件。库地北岩体具有均一的外貌特征,岩石学和地球化学特征显示其产生具有幔源与壳源岩浆的贡献,是高温岩浆混合作用(mixing)的产物;胜利桥岩体含有大量镁铁质微粒包体,注入的基性岩浆团与其寄主岩浆作用不完全,是中温岩浆混杂作用(mingling)的典型代表,也是造山带出露最广的岩浆混合成因深成岩类;赛图拉岩体形成"双峰式"岩石组合,同时侵位的镁铁质岩浆和长英质岩浆之间基本上不发生物质交换,是两种低温岩浆相互注入的结果。由于岩浆混合作用是壳幔物质与能量交换的集中体现,混合作用的类型体现了区域地热梯度及其地质过程的强度。因此,区分不同的岩浆混合作用类型对了解岩浆混合作用过程、大地构造背景和壳幔相互作用具有重要意义。     

铼－锇同位素体系在基性—超基性岩中应用现状的综述

综述了该同位素体系晚侏罗世以来，尤其是现代地幔岩石的研究成表明，地幔在晚侏罗世以来在１８７Ｏｓ／１８６Ｏｓ比值方面显示出非均一性，其比值从０．９０～１．２６，但此类岩石的１８７Ｏｓ／１８６Ｏｓ比值分别与各个不同研究者所确定的地幔演化线相一致；来自较古老正常地幔或贫化地幔的岩石，在锇同位素方面体现为１８７Ｏｓ／１８６Ｏｓ初始比值接近或低于Ｒｅ－Ｏｓ同位素体系地幔演化线值。在此类岩石中，Ｒｅ－Ｏｓ同位素体系与Ｓｍ－Ｎｄ同位素体系之间存在着三种可能的关系：①正相关关系；②负相关关系；③无相关关系。据认为，第一种关系是由羽状地幔端元和富集亲石元素而且贫铼之次大陆型岩石圈地幔端元混合而成；第二种关系则是由羽状地幔端元与地壳物质混合而成；第三种关系则是锇同位素成分相同但钕同位素成分明显不同的两端元物质混合而成。在第三方面，有古老俯冲大洋壳物质参与之基性－超基性岩石具有高于地幔演化线的初始１８７Ｏｓ／１８６Ｏｓ比值。具有此种锇同位素成分特征的岩石包括大洋岛弧玄武岩（ＯＩＢ）、洋中脊玄武岩（ＭＯＲＢ）以及榴辉岩。①     

班公湖-怒江缝合带西段阿翁错复式岩体的岩浆混合成因:地球化学、年代学和暗色微粒包体证据

阿翁错复式岩体位于班公湖-怒江缝合带西段,是班公湖-怒江特提斯洋俯冲消减,造山过程中岩浆响应的重要组成部分,以广泛发育暗色微粒包体和岩浆混合、不协调现象为特征。本文以阿翁错复式岩体为研究对象,对寄主岩和暗色微粒包体开展了系统的地质学、地球化学和锆石U-Pb年代学研究,探讨了阿翁错复式岩体的岩浆混合成因。暗色微粒包体塑性变形特征明显,与寄主岩呈截然或渐变接触,偶见反向脉发育,包体具细-中粗粒结构,含斜长石、钾长石、角闪石、暗色镶边石英等斑晶,偶见角闪石斑晶横跨包体和寄主岩,在包体及包体周围寄主岩中见长柱状斜长石、角闪石和针状磷灰石等结构特征,表明暗色微粒包体为岩浆混合作用的产物。寄主岩与包体均为准铝质、钙碱性-高钾钙碱性系列岩石,主要氧化物含量在Harker图解上具有良好的线性关系,稀土元素配分曲线图和微量元素蛛网图具有高度一致性,表明二者具有强烈的地球化学亲源关系,且经历了相似的岩浆演化过程。寄主岩和暗色微粒包体的成岩年龄分别为109. 1±1. 0Ma和107. 4±0. 7Ma,岩浆混合作用发生在早白垩世晚期,处于班公湖-怒江特提斯洋由弧-陆碰撞向陆陆碰撞的转换阶段即软碰撞阶段。研究表明,在班公湖-怒江特提斯洋向北向羌塘地块之下俯冲的背景下,洋壳脱水,引起上覆地幔楔发生部分熔融,形成镁铁质岩浆,镁铁质岩浆向上运移,并底侵于壳-幔边界,引发下地壳物质发生部分熔融,形成长英质岩浆,当镁铁质岩浆从底部注入长英质岩浆房时,镁铁质岩浆快速冷凝,形成部分色率高、粒度细,具冷凝边的包体,与寄主岩呈截然型接触,随着端元岩浆之间的温差逐渐降低,包体色率降低,粒度变大,与寄主岩呈渐变过渡。     

Evolved lavas from the Snake River Plain: Craters of the Moon National Monument,Idaho

Holocene lavas from Craters of the Moon (COM) National Monument are representative of differentiated lavas which occur around the margins of the Snake River Plains (SRP) and they range serially in composition from alkali- and phosphorous-rich ferrobasalts to ferrolatites. Petrographic study indicates that these lavas evolved primarily by cotectic crystallization of olivine, plagioclase, magnetite and apatite in the mafic members of the suite (ferrobasalts), and by cotectic crystallization of plagioclase, magnetite, clinopyroxene and minor olivine in the salic members. Quantitative phase relations in the COM lavas, calculated by means of a leastsquares mixing program, indicate that the observed range in composition among these lavas corresponds to at least 70 percent crystallization of a magma similar to the most mafic COM lavas. Anhydrous one-atmosphere experimental crystallization studies fail to reproduce exactly the inferred phase relations; the discrepancy is attributed to the presence of water in the naturally crystallized magmas. The origin of COM parental magma cannot be unequivocably resolved. Available evidence suggests that COM lavas do not represent melts derived directly from the mantle: (1) high Sr⁸⁷/Sr⁸⁶ ratios (0.708 to 0.712), (2) relatively high Fe/(Fe+Mg) and excluded-element content in even the most mafic COM lavas, (3) occurrence of megacrysts of inferred high-pressure origin in the Lava Creek flow. Megacrysts occur in the Lava Creek flow as clusters of labradorite, aluminous clinopyroxene, and olivine. Analogy with the experiments of Thompson [1] and least squares mixing calculations indicate that intermediate (ca. 8 to 10 Kbar) pressure fractionation of such megacrysts from olivine tholeiite magma may yield derivative COM-type liquids.     

Geochemistry and Petrogenesis of Three Series of Cenozoic Basalts from Southeastern China

Cenozoic basaltic volcanism in southeastern China was related to the lithospheric extension and asthenospheric upwelling at the eastern Eurasian continental margin. The cenozoic basaltic rocks from this region can be grouped into three different series: tholeiitic basalts, alkali basalts, and picritic-nephelinitic basalts. Each basalt series has distinctive geochemical features and is not derived from a common source rock by different degrees of partial melting or from a common parental magma by fractional crystallization. The mineralogy, petrography, and major and trace-element geochemistry of the tholeiites are similar to oceanic island basalts, implying that the mantle source for these Chinese continental tholeiites was similar to that of the oceanic island basalts—an asthenospheric mantle. The alkali basalts and picritic-nephelinitic basalts are enriched in incompatible trace elements, and their geochemical features can be interpreted as a result of partial melting of an enriched lithospheric mantle, or the mixing products of an asthenospheric magma with a component derived from an enriched lithospheric mantle through thermal erosion at the base of the lithosphere. But the lack of a transitional rock type and continuous variational trends among these basalts suggests that the mixing between asthenospheric magmas and lithospheric magmas probably was not significant in the petrogenesis of the basalts from SE China. Low-degree partial melting of enriched lithospheric mantle alone can account for the observed geochemical data from these basalts.     

Mafic and Felsic Magma Interaction in Granites: the Hercynian Karkonosze Pluton (Sudetes, Bohemian Massif)

The Hercynian, post-collisional Karkonosze pluton contains severallithologies: equigranular and porphyritic granites, hybrid quartzdiorites and granodiorites, microgranular magmatic enclaves,and composite and lamprophyre dykes. Field relationships, mineralogyand major- and trace-element geochemistry show that: (1) theequigranular granite is differentiated and evolved by smalldegrees of fractional crystallization and that it is free ofcontamination by mafic magma; (2) all other components are affectedby mixing. The end-members of the mixing process were a porphyriticgranite and a mafic lamprophyre. The degree of mixing variedwidely depending on both place and time. All of the processesinvolved are assessed quantitatively with the following conclusions.Most of the pluton was affected by mixing, implying that hugevolumes (>75 km³) of mafic magma were available. This maficmagma probably supplied the additional heat necessary to initiatecrustal melting; part of this heat could have also been releasedas latent heat of crystallization. Only a very small part ofthe Karkonosze granite escaped interaction with mafic magma,specifically the equigranular granite and a subordinate partof the porphyritic granite. Minerals from these facies are compositionallyhomogeneous and/or normally zoned, which, together with geochemicalmodelling, indicates that they evolved by small degrees of fractionalcrystallization (<20%). Accessory minerals played an importantrole during magmatic differentiation and, thus, the fractionalcrystallization history is better recorded by trace rather thanby major elements. The interactions between mafic and felsicmagmas reflect their viscosity contrast. With increasing viscositycontrast, the magmatic relationships change from homogeneous,hybrid quartz diorites–granodiorites, to rounded magmaticenclaves, to composite dykes and finally to dykes with chilledmargins. These relationships indicate that injection of maficmagma into the granite took place over the whole crystallizationhistory. Consequently, a long-lived mafic source coexisted togetherwith the granite magma. Mafic magmas were derived either directlyfrom the mantle or via one or more crustal storage reservoirs.Compatible element abundances (e.g. Ni) show that the maficmagmas that interacted with the granite were progressively poorerin Ni in the order hybrid quartz diorites—granodiorites—enclaves—compositedykes. This indicates that the felsic and mafic magmas evolvedindependently, which, in the case of the Karkonosze granite,favours a deep-seated magma chamber rather than a continuousflux from mantle. Two magma sources (mantle and crust) coexisted,and melted almost contemporaneously; the two reservoirs evolvedindependently by fractional crystallization. However, maficmagma was continuously being intruded into the crystallizinggranite, with more or less complete mixing. Several lines ofevidence (e.g. magmatic flux structures, incorporation of granitefeldspars into mafic magma, feldspar zoning with fluctuatingtrace element patterns reflecting rapid changes in magma composition)indicate that, during its emplacement and crystallization, thegranite body was affected by strong internal movements. Thesewould favour more complete and efficient mixing. The systematicspatial–temporal association of lamprophyres with crustalmagmas is interpreted as indicating that their mantle sourceis a fertile peridotite, possibly enriched (metasomatized) byearlier subduction processes. KEY WORDS: Bohemian Massif; fractional crystallization; geochemical modelling; hybridization; Karkonosze     

辽西义县组玻基方辉安山岩成因及其构造背景

辽西下白垩统义县组顶部有一套高镁的玻基方辉安山岩，它们在矿物组成和结构上存在一系列不平衡现象。斜方辉石和玻璃质的常量、微量元素研究揭示它们具有壳、幔不同来源的组分特征。本文采用下地壳、岩石圈地幔等不同来源熔体混合的观点解释斜方辉石的存在和玻基方辉安山岩的形成，根据研究区在玻基方辉安山岩快速喷发后出现的亏损地幔来源的玄武岩，笔者认为这是早白垩世末中国东部岩浆来源从富集岩石圈地幔向亏损的软流圈地幔转型的表现。     

西藏查孜地区中新世正长岩的锆石U-Pb年代学、地球化学及岩石成因

查孜正长岩体是拉萨地块中段新发现的中新世钾质-超钾质侵入岩,岩性主要为中粗粒石英角闪正长岩和斑状石英正长岩,有暗色包体发育.对两种正长岩进行了岩石学、锆石U-Pb年代学和地球化学研究.结果显示,两种岩石的锆石U-Pb年龄分别为10.37±0.24 Ma、11.06±0.39 Ma,代表它们形成于中新世,是拉萨地块后碰撞岩浆作用的产物.查孜正长岩具有相对高钾（K₂O=6.75%~7.39%）、低镁（MgO=1.44%~2.97%）的特征,K₂O/Na₂O>1,属钾质岩;具有与超钾质岩石相似的微量元素特征,强烈富集Rb、Th、U、K等大离子亲石元素（LILE）和轻稀土元素（LREE）,相对亏损Nb、Ta、Zr、Hf、Ti、P等高场强元素（HFSE）和重稀土元素（HREE）,但Cr（22.7×10-6~64.6×10-6）、Ni（18.9×10-6~46.6×10-6）含量明显偏低.其中,斑状石英正长岩的SiO₂含量相对较高,但MgO、K₂O、Cr、Ni、REE和Y等元素含量比石英角闪正长岩的低.综合分析认为,查孜正长岩主要形成于岩浆混合作用,是富集岩石圈地幔部分熔融形成的超钾质岩浆与地壳物质部分熔融形成的酸性岩浆混合的结果,两种岩石的地球化学差异主要是岩浆混合的程度和比例不同导致的;它的形成可能与岩石圈地幔的减薄作用有关.      

东昆仑东段香加南山花岗岩基中加鲁河中基性岩体形成时代、成因及其地质意义

东昆仑东段香加南山花岗岩基中加鲁河中基性岩体主要岩石类型包括角闪辉长岩和石英闪长岩。LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb同位素定年结果显示加鲁河中基性岩体的结晶年龄为220 Ma。岩体SiO_2含量较低,为47.91%~58.92%,Al_2O_3含量为15.54%~18.35%,Na2O为1.70%~3.34%,K_2O为0.58%~1.92%,Na_2O/K_2O比值为1.34~2.93,平均1.92,MgO含量为3.69%~8.24%,Mg~#为46~61,铝饱和指数A/CNK介于0.70~0.90之间,主体属于准铝质中钾钙碱性系列。岩体富集轻稀土元素,亏损重稀土元素,具明显的Eu负异常(δEu=0.40~0.59);微量元素富集Rb、Th、Ba等大离子亲石元素(LILE),亏损Nb、Ta、Ti等高场强元素(HFSE)。岩石学和地球化学研究显示岩体在地壳深部和浅部经历了两次岩浆混合作用。在深部,幔源岩浆底侵作用使下地壳部分熔融形成长英质岩浆,两种岩浆不同比例混合,经过化学扩散均一化,从而具有相似的同位素特征和岩石地球化学特征。在地壳浅部,经深部混合的岩浆注入花岗质岩浆,岩浆边部同花岗岩完全混合形成加鲁河岩体中石英闪长岩,不完全混合则形成暗色微粒包体。对加鲁河中基性岩体研究表明,东昆仑东段在晚三叠世处于古特提斯演化的后碰撞阶段,在这一时期存在岩浆底侵事件。     

赣东北前寒武纪岩浆混合作用岩带的发现及其地质意义

在总结新近发现的赣北前寒武纪岩浆混合岩带地质特征的基础上,从地质学、岩相学和同位素地球化学的角度,论证了发生于这一特殊地质时期和地质背景下的岩浆混合作用。文中将该作用形成的岩浆混合杂岩体有效地分解为：（１） 偏酸性端员的岩浆岩（ 角闪石英正长岩、石英正长岩） ;（２） 基性端员岩浆岩（ 玄武玢岩、玄武安山玢岩） 和（３） 岩浆混合岩,后者又可分为非均一岩浆混合岩和均一岩浆混合岩（ 如石英二长闪长岩） 。阐明该岩浆混合作用是新元古期我国东南地区江南古洋向扬子古陆俯冲消减这一构造演化的重要物质表现;示踪该地区于中元古期（１４８ ～１８５ Ｇａ） 经历了一次与全球范围一致的壳 幔分离事件和新元古期（０８５ Ｇａ） 亏损地幔与大洋沉积物在源区混合的事件;确认该地区前寒武纪的岩浆混合作用和岩浆侵入作用实际上是一个连续的岩浆作用序列,并且两者受近南北向挤压的同一应力场条件所制约     

Tectonic significance of Neoproterozoic magmatism of Nakora area,Malani igneous suite,Western Rajasthan,India

Three magmatic phases are distinguished in the Neoproterozoic Nakora Ring Complex (NRC) of Malani Igneous Suite (MIS), namely (a) Extrusive (b) Intrusive and (c) Dyke phase. Magmatism at NRC initiated with minor amount of (basic) basalt flows and followed by the extensive/voluminous acid (rhyolites-trachytes) flows. The ripple marks are observed at the Dadawari area of NRC in tuffaceous rhyolite flow which suggests the aqueous condition of flows deposition. The emplacement of the magma appears to have been controlled by a well defined NE-SW tectonic lineament and cut by radial pattern of dykes. These NE-SW tectonic lineaments are the linear zones of crustal weakness and high heat flow. The spheroidal and rapakivi structures in the Nakora acid volcanics indicate the relationship between genetic link and magma mixing. Basalt-trachyte-rhyolite association suggests that the large amount of heat is supplied to the crust from the magma chamber before the eruption. The field (elliptical/ring structures), mineralogical and geochemical characteristics of Nakora granites attest an alkaline character in their evolution and consistent with within plate tectonic setting. The emplacement of these granites and associated volcanics is controlled by ring structures, a manifestation of plume activity and cauldron subsidence, an evidence of extensional tectonic environment. NRC granites are the product of partial melting of rocks similar to banded gneiss from Kolar Schist Belt of India. The present investigations suggest that the magmatic suites of NRC rocks are derived from a crustal source and the required heat supplied from a mantle plume.     

Crystal Fractionation and Recharge (RFC) in the American Bar Flows of the Imnaha Basalt, Columbia River Basalt Group

Variable isotope and incompatible element ratios require multiplesources for the Columbia River Basalt Group (CRBG) as a whole,but smaller, stratigraphically coherent, groups of flows withinthe CRBG show much smaller variations in these ratios and appearto be derived from a single source. One such group of flows,the American Bar (AB) subgroup of the Imnaha Basalt, is examinedin detail. Sixty-nine samples from the six major AB flows havebeen reanalyzed for 23 major and trace elements in order tofurther constrain the processes responsible for the variationsbetween their compositions. It is shown that the compositional differences between the ABflows include the compatible behavior of Sr, which requiresthe participation of plagioclase, and can be accommodated ina model which fractionates a crystal assemblage of plagioclase,clinopyroxene, and orthopyroxene (16:10:4). Apparent differencesin the degree of fractionation between major elements ({smalltilde}30%) and trace elements ({small tilde}50%) are mainlyexplicable in terms of recharge accompanying the crystal fractionation(RFC), but some ambiguity in the enrichment factors for Y, P,and Zr (but not for Nb) remains unexplained and permits thepossibility of some crustal assimilation. The fractionation assemblage (plagioclase+augite?orthopyroxene)differs from the observed phenocryst suite (plagioclase+olivine+augite)and, in the absence of critical experimental data, is assumedto represent a higher pressure assemblage stable near the crust/mantleboundary. The physical model which has been developed to explainthe AB eruption entails a large magma reservoir in the lowercrust immediately above the crust/mantle boundary in which fractionationand recharge accompanied periodic eruption, probably withoutsignificant crustal assimilation either within the magma reservoiror during the rapid expulsion of magma to the surface. Chemical,isotopic, and mineralogic differences between coherent flowsubgroups (Rock Creek, American Bar, and the lower flows ofGrande Ronde Basalt, for example) are abrupt. They include changesin isotope and incompatible element ratios as well as changesin SiO₂ and K concentrations which require magma derivationfrom a different combination of sources.     

Geochemistry of Two Types of Basalts in the Emeishan Basaltic Province: Evidence for Mantle Plume-Lithosphere Interaction

Based on the temporal-spatial distribution and geochemical characteristics, the Emeishan basalts can be divided into two types: high-P2O-TiO2 basalt (HPT) and low-P2O5-TiO2 basalt (LPT), which differ distinctly in geochemistry: the LPTs are characterized by relatively high abundances of MgO, total FeO and P2O5 and compatible elements (Cr, Ni, Sc), and relatively low contents of moderately compatible elements (V, Y, Yb, Co), LREE and other incompatible elements compared with the HPT. On the diagrams of trace element ratios, they are plotted on an approximately linear mixing line between depleted and enriched mantle sources, suggesting that these two types of basalts resulted from interactions of varying degrees between mantle plume and lithospheric mantle containing such volatile-rich minerals as amphibole and apatite. The source region of the LPT involves a smaller proportion of lithospheric components, while that of the HTP has a larger proportion of lithospheric components. Trachyte is generated by pa     

Incompatible element and isotopic evidence for tectonic control of source mixing and melt extraction along the Central American arc

The Sr and Nd isotopic ratios of Central American volcanics can be described by the mixing of four components, marine sediment from DSDP Site 495, MORB-source mantle (DM), EMORB-source mantle (EM), and continental crust. Most of the isotopic data define a trend between EM and a modified mantle (MM) formed as a mixture of DM and less than 0.5% marine sediment, or fluid derived there from. The MM to EM trend is equally apparent in the incompatible-element data and is most clearly seen in a Ba/La versus La/Yb plot. A hyperbolic trend connects high Ba/La and low La/Yb at the MM end of the trend to low Ba/La and high La/Yb at the EM end. Smooth regional variations in incompatible-element and isotopic ratios correlate with the dip of the subducted slab beneath the volcanic front and the volume of lava erupted during the last 100,000 years (volcanic flux). Steep dip and low flux characterize the MM end-member and shallow dip and high flux characterize the EM end-member. The simplest model to explain the linked tectonic and geochemical data involves melting in the wedge by two distinct mechanisms, followed by mixing between the two magmas. In one case, EM magma is generated by decompression of EM plus DM asthenosphere, which is drawn in and up toward the wedge corner. EM mantle is preferentially melted to small degrees because of the presence of low melting components. The second melt is formed by release of fluid from the subducted slab beneath the volcanic front to form MM magma. Mixing between EM and MM magmas is controlled by subduction angle, which facilitates delivery of EM magma to the volcanic front at low-dip angles and impedes it at steep-dip angles.     

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。     

Strange attractors in magmas: evidence from lava flows

Magma mixing structures from three different lava flows (Salina, Vulcano and Lesbos) are studied in order to assess the possible chaotic origin of magma mixing processes. Structures are analysed using a new technique based on image analysis procedures that extract time series that are representative of the relative change in composition through the structures. These time series are then used to reconstruct the attractors underlying the magma mixing process and to calculate the fractal dimension of the attractors. Results show that attractors exist and possess fractional dimensions. This evidence suggests that the mixing of magmas is a chaotic process governed by a low number of degrees of freedom. In addition, fractal dimension analyses allows us to discriminate between different regimes of mixing in the three lava flows. In particular our analyses suggest that the lava flow of Salina underwent more turbulent mixing than the lava flows of Lesbos and Vulcano.     

岩浆混合作用研究综述

本文详细阐述了近年来国内外对岩浆混合作用的研究进展,集中在混合作用的验证及地幔物质参与对混合作用的影响。从能量、物质运移的角度认识岩浆混合作用,以揭示上地幔、地壳的信息,并为认识区域构造一岩浆演化提供约束。综合归纳了岩浆混合作用主要的研究方法,系统总结了混合作用发生的规律及主要影响因素,并应用已有理论和数据进行简单的数值模拟,合理解释岩脉的不混合特征。作为壳一幔间物质与能量交换的重要形式,阐述了岩浆混合与底侵作用的关系,并介绍了常见的岩浆混合作用岩石成因模型。最后说明了岩浆混合作用今后的发展趋势和存在问题。