Evolution of perthite composition and microstructure during progressive metamorphism of hypersolvus granite,Rhode Island,USA

The Scituate Granite in central Rhode Island, USA contains very coarse alkali feldspar mesoperthite and has been subjected to prograde metamorphism subsequent to original igneous cooling. The modal abundance and grain size of relics of alkali feldspar mesoperthite decrease systematically as metamorphic grade increases. The composition and microstructures of coexisting phases in the relict perthite grains also vary systematically with increasing metamorphic grade. Microstructures coarsen and become more complex, and compositions record increasing metamorphic temperatures.We suggest that the microstructures and compositions have been produced by exsolution, either during post-igneous cooling or early metamorphism, followed by partial homogenization during prograde metamorphism. The principal control on the evolution of the microstructures and compositions was probably the maximum temperature achieved during prograde metamorphism, with the abundance and size of perthite relics determined by recrystallization during deformation.     

Geochemistry and evolution of the fanos granite,N. Greece

Summary The Fanos granite, a Jurassic pluton composed of high silica fine- to coarse-grained leucogranites, is associated with and intrudes the Mesozoic Guevgueli ophiolitic complex. Discriminant diagrams indicate a collision related plate tectonic environment for the rocks studied. They are peraluminous with calc-alkaline affinities. Major and trace element behaviour suggest a fractional crystallization process for the evolution of the Fanos granite. Petrographic calculations, based on major elements, require 32% crystal accumulation mainly of plagioclase, K-feldspar and biotite for a direct model, while for a two-step model 21% and 14% crystal cumulate is required for the first and the second step respectively.

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Geochemie und Entwicklungsgeschichte des Fanos-Granites, N-Griechenland

Zusammenfassung Der jurassische Fanos-Granit ist ein fein- bis grobkörniger Leukogranit mit hohem Silikatanteil. Er ist mit dem mesozoischen Ophiolithkomplex von Guevgueli, mit dem er in instrusivem Kontakt steht, verknüpft.Diskriminierungsdiagramme weisen darauf hin, dab die untersuchten Gesteine im Zuge kollisions-tektonischer Prozesse gebildet wurden. Die untersuchten peraluminösen Gesteine folgen einem kalkalkalischen Trend. Die Haupt- und Spurenelementverteilungen belegen eine fraktionierte Kristallisation des Fanos-Granites. Einfache Mischungsmodell-Berechnungen, die mittels der Hauptelemente erstellt wurden, ergeben eine 32 %ige Kristallakkumulation von vorwiegend Plagioklas, Kalifeldspat und Biotit. Eine Zweistufenmodell-Berechnung ergab eine 21- beziehungsweise 14 %ige Kristallakkumulation für die erste und zweite Stufe.

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Recent geological advances concerning the H.Y.C. and associated deposits,McArthur river,N.Y.

Recent mineral exploration in the McArthur River District, Northern Territory, has found new areas of base‐metal mineralization and has resulted in a reinterpretation of the geological setting of the previously discovered mineral deposits. The geology along the eastern margin of the H.Y.C. sub‐basin has been revised. The Cooley Dolomite Member of the Barney Creek Formation is interpreted as a talus‐slope breccia lying adjacent to a syndepositionally uplifted fault block (Western Fault Block) of lower McArthur Group sediments. The Western Fault Block was the source of the majority of the fragments in breccia horizons in the H.Y.C. sub‐basin and its uplift played an important role in the development of the sub‐basin. Within the Western Fault Block, the sequence hosting the Cooley II copper mineralization is the Mara Dolomite Member of the Emmerugga Dolomite, and not the Cooley Dolomite Member of the Barney Creek Formation as previously thought. New mineral discoveries include the substantial extension of the Coxco deposit, a coarse‐grained zinc‐lead stratabound deposit showing affinities with the Mississippi Valley‐type deposits; and an area of stratiform fine‐grained zinc‐lead mineralization in the Emu Plains sub‐basin of the Bulburra Depression.     

Fire-related hyperconcentrated and debris flows on Storm King Mountain, Glenwood Springs, Colorado, USA

 The South Canyon Fire of July 1994 burned 800 ha of vegetation on Storm King Mountain near Glenwood Springs, Colorado, USA. On the night of 1 September 1994, in response to torrential rains, debris flows inundated seven areas along a 5-km length of Interstate Highway 70. Mapping from aerial photographs, along with field observations and measurements, shows that the September rainstorm eroded unconsolidated, burned surficial soil from the hillsides, flushed dry-ravel deposits from the tributary channels, and transported loose, large material from the main channels. The hyperconcentrated flows and debris flows inundated 14 ha of Interstate Highway 70 with 70 000 m³ of material. Although the burned area was seeded in November 1994, the potential for continuing debris-flow activity remains. Incision and entrainment of channel alluvium, as well as erosion of loose material from the hillslopes could result in future debris- and hyperconcentrated-flow activity. Received: 15 October 1996 / Accepted: 25 June 1997     

Fluid infiltration and volume change during mid-crustal mylonitization of Proterozoic granite, King Island, Tasmania

The development of 10–30  m wide mylonite zones at mid-crustal depths in late Proterozoic granitoids on King Island, Tasmania, was associated with pervasive infiltration of low δ¹⁸O-fluids (+5 to +7) on the scale of the shear zones. Syndeformational fluid–rock interaction produced substantial differences in mineral composition and bulk rock chemistry among several adjacent shear zones which are hosted by the same granite. In a shear zone at Cape Wickham with a normal slip component, changes in whole-rock chemistry between granite and mylonites indicate a gain of Ca, and losses of K and Na during deformation, which was nearly isovolumetric. Notable losses of K, Rb and Si occurred during partial retrograde alteration of mylonites near the western margin of this shear zone. The alteration suggests a component of up-temperature fluid flow. In contrast, 3  km to the south east, in a strike-slip shear zone at Disappointment Bay, complete albitization of plagioclase was associated with Na-gain and Ca-loss. Deformation also involved losses of Mg and Fe. Up to 60% volume gain occurred during the formation of closely spaced mesoscopic to microscopic quartz veins during mylonitization. The substantial silica-gain in this, as well as in two mylonite zones further south east, is interpreted to have been associated with upward flow of aqueous fluids along these shear zones. On the basis of a gradient reaction model, minimum time-integrated fluid-fluxes of 10⁶  m³/m² are estimated for the Disappointment Bay (West) Shear Zone.     

A cordierite-bearing granite suite from the New England Batholith,N.S.W., Australia

A suite of cordierite-bearing biotite-muscovite intrusive granites in the New England Batholith, New South Wales, outcrops over 3400 sq km and is the largest reported occurrence of granites of this type. Compositionally the granites are close to the low temperature minimum and display only limited chemical variation. The corundum-normative nature of the granites suggests a pelitic sedimentary parentage. Cordierite with an average 100 Mg/ Mg + Fe of 55 occurs as large tabular crystals and is considered to be a refractory phase brought up from the zone of partial melting. The presence of cordierite and the absence of garnet in these granites suggests a partial melting at a pressure maximum of 6 kb, equivalent to 22 km depth.     

西藏冈底斯尼木后碰撞花岗岩的岩浆混合作用:显微结构证据

岩浆混合过程中不同熔体之间的相互作用会影响晶体的成核与生长,形成矿物内部复杂的成分变化,以及矿物之间的不平衡结构。尼木二长花岗岩位于冈底斯岩浆岩带中部,是代表性的形成于后碰撞构造演化时期的花岗岩体。本文对其中的斜长石与角闪石颗粒进行了详细的结构和成分分析,揭示了斜长石中的港湾状、浑圆状、筛孔状熔蚀结构以及斜长石成分的突然变化和角闪石包裹黑云母的不平衡结构,并探讨了它们的成因以及相关的岩浆混合作用。分析结果显示,斜长石中突变环带的An含量为37.6~40.6,熔蚀环带的An含量为48.2~59.5,均高于两侧斜长石的An含量(18.4~26.4),表明在形成这些结构时有外来基性岩浆的混合使得岩浆成分发生了突变。样品中的部分黑云母被自形的角闪石包裹,黑云母呈浑圆状并且具有港湾状的熔蚀边,这可能是基性岩浆的混合作用使得岩浆的温度升高导致黑云母发生部分熔融,混合后的岩浆在黑云母周围继续结晶形成角闪石。这些显微结构为揭示冈底斯岩浆岩带的岩浆混合作用提供了新证据。     

Braid perthite in nepheline syenite pegmatite, Langesundsfjorden, Oslo Region (Norway)

Three occurrences of braid perthite (lamellae parallel to (110) and ( )) and micro braid perthite (lamellae parallel to ( ) and ( )) from Permian nepheline syenite pegmatites in monzonite (larvikite) of the Oslo Graben are described. All the crystals studied show a zoned arrangement with either alternating mmacro- and microperthitic bands parallel to (010) or with microperthitic cores surrounded by macroperthite and a marginal zone of plagioclase. Both types of perthite are mesoperthitic and composed of maximum microcline and low albite. Chemical analyses suggest that the alkali feldspar is stoichiometric, while precession exposures imply unusual cell parameters in the host K-feldspar phase. The macroperthite seems to have crystallized at the expense of the microperthite. The braided texture of exsolved albite lamellae may be due to some kind of strain causing cracking along the prism and pyramidal planes.     

Origin of coronas in metagabbros of the Adirondack mts., N. Y.

Metagabbros from two widely separated areas in the Adirondacks show development of coronas. In the Southern Adirondacks, these are cored by olivine which is enclosed in a shell of orthopyroxene that is partially, or completely, rimmed by symplectites consisting of clinopyroxene and spinel. Compositions of the corona phases have been determined by electron probe and are consistent with a mechanism involving three partial reactions, thus:

1. Olivine=Orthopyroxene+(Mg, Fe)⁺⁺.
2. Plagioclase+(Mg, Fe)⁺⁺+Ca⁺⁺=Clinopyroxene+Spinel+Na⁺.
3. Plagioclase+(Mg, Fe)⁺⁺+Na⁺=Spinel+more sodic plagioclase+Ca⁺⁺.

Reaction (a) occurs in the inner shell of the corona adjacent to olivine; reaction (b) in the outer shell; and (c) in the surrounding plagioclase, giving rise to the spinel clouding which is characteristic of the plagioclase in these rocks. Alumina and silica remain relatively immobile. These reactions, when balanced, can be generalized to account for the aluminous nature of the pyroxenes and for changing plagioclase composition. Summed together, the partial reactions are equivalent to:

1. Olivine + Anorthite = Aluminous orthopyroxene + Aluminous Clinopyroxene + Spinel (Kushiro and Yoder, 1966).

In the Adirondack Highlands, coronas between olivine and plagioclase commonly have an outer shell of garnet replacing the clinopyroxene/spinel shell. The origin of the garnet can also be explained in terms of three partial reactions:

1. Orthopyroxene+Ca⁺⁺=Clinopyroxene+(Mg, Fe)⁺⁺.
2. Clinopyroxene+Spinel+Plagioclase+(Mg, Fe)⁺⁺=Garnet+Ca⁺⁺+Na⁺.
3. Plagioclase+(Mg, Fe)⁺⁺+Na⁺=Spinel + more sodic plagioclase+Ca⁺⁺.

These occur in the inner and outer corona shell and the surrounding plagioclase, respectively, and involve the products of reactions (a)-(d). Alumina and silica are again relatively immobile. Balanced, and generalized to account for aluminous pyroxenes and variable An content of plagioclase, they are equivalent to:

1. Orthopyroxene+Anorthite+Spinel=Garnet (Green and Ringwood, 1967).

Amphibole coronas about opaque oxides in rocks of both areas are the result of oxide/plagioclase reactions with addition of magnesium from coexisting olivine. Based on published experimental data, pressure and temperature at the time of corona formation were on the order of 8 kb and 800° C for the garnet bearing coronas, with somewhat lower pressures indicated for the clinopyroxene/spinel coronas.     

Structurally incorporated and water extractable chlorine in the Boettstein granite (N. Switzerland)

Samples from fresh to strongly hydrothermally altered granite have been analysed for water-, HNO₃-extractable and total chlorine. From the total of 115 ppm Cl, 60 ppm are contained in fluid inclusions, 1–2 ppm in apatite and 50 ppm in biotite. It is obvious that the high salinity (1,330 mg/l) of the deep ground water in this granite can be obtained by extraction from a fraction of chlorine originating from broken inclusions in tectonic breccias in fault zones.     

Magnetic fabrics and microstructures of the Jurassic Shah-Kuh granite pluton (Lut Block, Eastern Iran) and geodynamic inference

The Jurassic Shah-Kuh granite pluton was emplaced in the northeastern part of the Lut Block (Eastern Iran) while this block was a part of the active margin under which the Tethys ocean, that separated Arabia from Central Iran, was subducting. Since this time, the Lut Block has rotated and migrated northward up to its present position. This structural study of the Shah-Kuh aims at strengthening the evidence of its original geodynamical location. Thanks to a systematic collection of oriented samples in the field, well-defined fabric and microstructural patterns were deduced from magnetic fabric measurements and optical microscopy observations. The overall magnetic fabric of the pluton yields vertical, north–south striking foliations and shallow lineations plunging to the north. The corresponding microstructures attest to their formation in the magmatic stage, i.e. during emplacement. Subsequent deformation, characterized by (sub)mylonitic microstructures, has modified the original fabric into a northwest and locally a west–northwest trend inside a two kilometre-wide corridor. This corridor reflects the trace of a sinistral shear zone that offsets the previous north–south magmatic pattern of the pluton. The latter magmatic pattern is proposed to result from the shear component of strain that was parallel to the ancient active margin during pluton emplacement, as a result of strain partitioning, a situation frequently documented at convergent margins. Sinistral shear along an  E–W directed south-facing active margin, assuming a northeastward slip vector for the Tethys ocean during the Jurassic, and accepting a  150° counterclockwise rotation of the Lut Block after emplacement of the Shah-Kuh pluton, best explains both the magmatic and the solid-state lineation patterns.     

Retrograde metamorphic reactions in deforming granites and the origin of flame perthite

Abstract Microprobe analyses of feldspars in granite mylonites containing flame perthite give compositions that invariably plot as three distinct clusters on a ternary feldspar diagram: orthoclase (Or_92–97), albite and oligoclase-andesine. The albite occurs as grains in the matrix, as flame-shaped lamellae in orthoclase, and in patches within plagioclase grains. We present a metamorphic model for albite flame growth in the K-feldspar in these rocks that is related to reactions in plagioclase, rather than alkali feldspar exsolution. Flame growth is attributed to replacement and results from a combination of two retrograde reactions and one exchange reaction under greenschist facies conditions. Reaction 1 is a continuous or discontinuous (across the peristerite solvus) reaction in plagioclase, in which the An component forms epidote or zoisite. Most of the albite component liberated by Reaction 1 stays to form albite in the host plagioclase, but some Na migrates to form the flames within the K-feldspar. Reaction 2 is the exchange of K for Na in K-feldspar. Reaction 3 is the retrograde formation of muscovite (as ‘sericite’) and has all of the chemical components of a hydration reaction of K-feldspar. The Si and Al made available in the plagioclase from Reaction 1 are combined with the K liberated from the K-feldspar, to produce muscovite in Reaction 3. The muscovite forms in the plagioclase, rather than the K-feldspar, as a result of the greater mobility of K relative to Al. The composition of the albite flames is controlled by both the peristerite and the alkali feldspar miscibility gaps and depends on the position of these solvi at the pressure and temperature that existed during the reaction. Using an initial plagioclase composition of An₂₀, the total reaction can be summarized as: 20 oligoclase + 1 K-feldspar + 2 H₂O = 2 zoisite + muscovite + 2 quartz + 15 albite_plagioclase+ 1 albite_flame. This model does not require that any additional feldspar framework be accreted at replacement sites: Na and K are the only components that must migrate a significant distance (e.g. from one grain to the next), allowing Al to remain within the altering plagioclase grain. The resulting saussuritization is isovolumetric. The temperature and extent of replacement depends on when, and how much, water infiltrates the rock. The fugacity of the water, and therefore the pressure of the fluid, may have been significantly lower than lithostatic during flame growth.     

Trace elements in the Singhbhum granite,India

A study of the trace elements in the Singhbhum granite from its northern borders (Saraikela) and the central mass (Chaibasa) reveals that there are differences not only in the limit of concentration but also in their behaviour. It is found that while correlating with the petrographic and also the major elements behaviour, the trace elements always do not mark an increase or decrease during the various stages of the evolution of the Singhbhum granite. The behaviour of the trace-elements as revealed from the previous studies relating to both igneous and metamorphic rocks, is significant in working out the physico-chemical factors involved in the genesis of rocks. In the magmatic rocks, the trace elements obviously follow a trend and go in accordance withGoldschmidt's principles of camouflage, capture and admission. In the present study such uniformities are not found. The present study reveals firstly, the different nature of chemical gradients formed by these elements during different geological environments; secondly, the mutual relationships and the ratio of certain traceelements in the different associations, indicating the original heterogeneity of these rocks and their formation under different geological as well as physico-chemical conditions. It has been concluded (Roonwal, 1968) that the rocks studied here as representing parts of Singhbhum granite do not form one granite series as referred to byRead. In fact they represent rocks formed from material having originally different lithological composition.The trace elements determined for the present study are Va, Cr, Ga, Y, In, Sc, Co, Ni, Cu, Ba, Sr, Sn, Pb and Zr. Among these Ga, Y, In and Sc do not show the normal behaviour viz., Ga should be more in granites but is found to be more in the basic representatives. Y is also more in the basic parts than in the granites. The present granites are very poor in In. Similarly whilst the granites should not normally be rich in Sc, in the present case the distribution of Sc in basic representatives as well as the true granitic parts is more or less uniform. The behaviour of Cu limits the application ofGoldschmidt's rule to magmatic rocks. The behaviour of other elements is normal. Pb shows an antipathic relationship with K⁺ and Ca⁺² and indicates that it has not changed the position due to granitization. An inverse relationship between Zr⁺⁴ and Si⁺⁴ is observed which indicates the formation of zircon and has been in conformity with mineralogy of the rocks.

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Zusammenfassung Eine Untersuchung der Spurenelemente in Gesteinen aus den nördlichen Randgebieten (Saraikela) und der zentralen Masse (Chaibasa) des Singhbhum-Granites zeigte, daß Unterschiede nicht nur hinsichtlich der Konzentrationsgrenzen, sondern auch im Verhalten der Spurenelemente bestehen. Bei einer Korrelation des petrographischen Verhaltens mit dem der Hauptelemente wurde festgestellt, daß die Spurenelemente im allgemeinen keine Zu- oder Abnahme während der verschiedenen Evolutionsstadien aufweisen. Das Verhalten der Spurenelemente, ersichtlich aus früheren Untersuchungen von Intrusiv- und metamorphen Gesteinen, ist bedeutsam für die Feststellung der physiko-chemischen Faktoren, welche bei der Genese der Gesteine mitwirkten. In magmatischen Gesteinen folgen die Spurenelemente offensichtlich dem Trend vonGoldschmidts Regel der Camouflage, capture and admission. Bei der vorliegenden Untersuchung wurde eine solche Übereinstimmung nicht festgestellt. Die Untersuchung enthüllt erstens eine durch diese Elemente während verschiedener geologischer Umweltverhältnisse hervorgerufene verschiedene Natur der chemischen Gradienten und ließ zweitens ein gegenseitiges Verhältnis und das Verhältnis gewisser Spurenelemente in verschiedenen Gesteinsgesellschaften erkennen, was auf die ursprüngliche Heterogenität dieser Gesteine und deren Bildung unter verschiedenen geologischen sowie physiko-chemischen Bedingungen hinweist. Es wurde daraus geschlossen (Roonwal, 1968), daß die untersuchten Gesteine, welche den typischen Singhbhum-Granit repräsentieren sollen, nicht nachRead eine einzige Granitserie bilden, sondern daß sie Gesteine darstellen, welche ursprünglich aus Material verschiedener lithologischer Zusammensetzung stammen.Für diese Untersuchung wurden die folgenden Spurenelemente bestimmt: Va, Cr, Ga, Y, In, Sc, Co, Ni, Cu, Ba, Sr, Sn, Pb, Zr. Von diesen zeigen Ga, In und Sc nicht das normale Verhalten, da Ga eigentlich in größeren Mengen in Graniten auftreten sollte, was jedoch im vorliegenden Falle für die basischen Gesteinsvertreter zutrifft. Ebenfalls ist Y zahlreicher in den letzteren Vertretern vorhanden. Die vorliegenden Granite sind sehr arm an In, während sie andererseits normalerweise auch nicht reich an Sc sein sollten. Hier ist die Verteilung von Sc in den basischen Vertretern sowie auch in den wirklichen Granitanteilen mehr oder weniger gleichmäßig. Das Verhalten von Cu schränkt die Anwendung vonGoldchmidts Regel in bezug auf magmatische Gesteine ein. Das Verhalten anderer Elemente ist normal; Pb zeigt eine antipathische Beziehung zu K⁺¹ und Ca⁺², was darauf hinweist, daß es als Folge der Granitisation seine Position nicht geändert hat. Es wurde ein umgekehrtes Verhältnis zwischen Zr⁺⁴ und Sr⁺⁴ beobachtet, was auch die Bildung von Zirkon beweist und was durchaus der Mineralogie dieser Gesteine entspricht.

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Résumé L'étude des éléments mineurs (traces) des roches de la région septentrionale aux environs de Saraikela et des massifs centraux de Chaibasa révèle une différence, non seulement dans le mode de concentration des éléments, mais également dans leurs caractères. Il apparaît, d'après la corrélation des études pétrographiques et les éléments principaux (major), que les éléments mineurs n'ont subit aucune augmentation ou diminution pendant les différentes phases de l'évolution.Le comportement des éléments mineurs, selon des études antérieurs de roches éruptives et de roches métamorphiques, est significatif dans la détermination des facteurs physico-chimiques qui contribuèrent à la génèse de ces gisements. Quant aux roches d'origine magmatique, les éléments mineurs suivent apparemment la tendance au principe deGoldschmidt « camouflage, envahissement et admission ». Mais l'étude actuelle n'a pas permis d'établir une telle conformité.L'étude de ces éléments révèle: premièrement, les différents caractères d'ordre chimique pendant les époques géologiques; deuxièmement les relations mutuelles et les rapports de certains éléments mineurs dans différentes associations; ceci indique l'hétérogénéité primordiale de ces roches et leur formation sous diverses conditions d'ordre géologique et physico-chimique.En conclusion (Roonwal, 1968), les roches étudiées figurant le granite-type de Singhbhum, ne forment pas la moindre série de granite — comme le ditRead — mais constituent des roches engendrées par les matériaux de différentes compositions lithologiques.De par ces études, il a été déterminé les éléments suivants: Va, Cr, Ga, Y, In, Sc, Co, Ni, Cu, Ba, Sr, Sn, Pb et Zr. Parmi ces éléments, Ga, In et Sc ne se rencontrent pas de façon normale puisque Ga devrait en réalité être plus répandu dans les roches granitiques ce qui pourtant s'avère dans le cas du substitut basique. De même, y se trouve en plus grande quantité dans les derniers substituts. Les granites de la région sont pauvres en In et riches en Sc — bien que le contraire soit attendu en ce qui concerne le Sc. Ici, la distribution de Sc, aussi bien dans les substituts basiques que dans les roches granitiques est plus ou moins régulière. Le comportement du Cu suit l'application de la loi deGoldschmidt sur les roches magnétiques; celui des autres éléments est normal; le plomb montre de l'antipathie pour les ions K⁺ et Ca⁺², ceci indique qu'il n'a pas changé sa position par suite de la granitisation du magma. On observe une relation inverse entre Zr⁺⁴ et Sr⁺⁴, relation indiquant la formation de zircon en concordance avec la minéralogie de ces roches.

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For a preliminary account, seeRoonwal (1968). The details of petrology and the major elements are being published elsewhere.     

新疆天格尔糜棱岩化花岗岩的岩石学及其SHRIMP年代学研究：兼论花岗岩中热液锆石边的定年

出露在新疆中天山天格尔山脉一带的片麻状花岗岩是早志留世花岗岩体被糜棱岩化的结果。呈NWW向展布的天格尔韧性剪切带切割天格尔花岗岩体。本文沿乌库公路完成的实测地质剖面、糜棱岩化花岗岩岩石学以及锆石SHRIMP年代学研究结果表明,糜棱岩化花岗岩中的锆石具有复杂的核-幔-边结构,锆石核形成于470～1788 Ma年前,岩浆锆石幔的SHRIMP表观年龄主要集中在432～453 Ma。糜棱岩化过程中流体交代花岗岩中的岩浆锆石,形成了热液锆石边,这种热液锆石在CL图像中呈暗一深灰色。花岗岩岩体侵位时代依据岩浆锆石幔的SHRIMP测定为441．6±3．8 Ma(MSWD=1．06)。热液锆石边的SHRIMP年龄相对年轻,6个分析结果得到一个加权平均年龄为408．6±1．7 Ma(有可能代表热液锆石边与岩浆锆石幔的混合年龄)。因此,天格尔一带出露的糜棱岩化花岗岩是早志留世早期岩浆侵位的产物,并不是中天山基底的组成部分。本文报道的锆石数据还表明,花岗质岩石在韧性剪切变形过程中能够结晶出热液锆石。对这种热液锆石的深入研究为限定韧性剪切变形的时间提供了一种新的手段。     

南岭稀土花岗岩、钨锡花岗岩及其成矿作用的对比

南岭地区的钨锡和稀土矿床都与花岗岩类有直接成因联系,但二者的成矿作用有许多不同之处.钨锡是典型的热液成矿,而稀土则主要形成于风化作用.随着花岗岩类的分异演化,岩石中的W、Sn等元素含量逐渐增加,因此钨锡等矿床主要与高度分异演化的晚阶段小岩体有关;但是稀土的表现与钨锡不同,由于花岗岩类的分异演化导致稀土栽体黑云母及许多副矿物的减少,因此稀土元素含量在晚阶段岩体中反而降低.赣南的五里亭-大吉山岩体、桂东北的花山-姑婆山岩体等提供了很好的范例.因此,南岭地区与风化壳型稀土矿床有关的岩石主要有印支期准铝质花岗岩,燕山期A型花岗岩,燕山中-晚期黑云母二长花岗岩等.     

西藏南木林县秦马弄地区二长花岗岩体岩石成因

以出露在西藏南木林县秦马弄地区二长花岗岩体为研究对象,从野外地质调查、岩石学、LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年、元素和Lu-Hf同位素地球化学等方面对其进行了分析研究。结果显示：秦马弄地区二长花岗岩体类似于A型花岗岩,形成于古近纪(E1),其LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄为(62.0±0.5)~(63.0±0.5) Ma;岩体形成的温度较高(锆石饱和温度为745~805 ℃,平均766 ℃);岩石富SiO2(72.6%~75.0%)、Na2O(2.86%~3.59%)和K2O(4.12%~5.25%),贫CaO(0.72%~1.39%)和MgO(0.26%~0.36%),高FeOT/MgO值(7.26~10.3),属高钾钙碱性系列,弱过铝质;岩石具明显的负Eu异常(Eu/Eu*=0.40~0.70),普遍表现出Ba、Sr、P、Ti元素的亏损和Rb、Th、K、Zr、Hf元素的富集。εHf(t)值为-4.7~-1.8,其两阶段地壳Hf模式年龄tDM2为(1.1~1.3) Ga。秦马弄A型花岗岩体是冈底斯基底地壳物质部分熔融的岩浆产物,形成于古近纪印度板块与欧亚板块俯冲碰撞引起的总体为岛弧背景下的局部拉张构造环境。     

喜马拉雅造山带中新世岩浆型石榴子石的矿物化学特征:从高Sr/Y花岗岩到淡色花岗岩

石榴子石是演化花岗岩常见的重要副矿物之一,但石榴子石地球化学特征如何随岩浆演化而变化是有待探讨的问题之一。雅拉香波片麻岩穹隆发育年龄分别为20. 3±0. 5Ma和20. 1±0. 3Ma(锆石U-Pb年龄)的高Sr/Y比二云母花岗岩(TMG)和淡色花岗岩(Grt-LG)。虽然两类花岗岩都含石榴子石,且在形成时代和Sr-Nd同位素组成上相似,但在元素地球化学特征上具有明显的差异,淡色花岗岩和二云母花岗岩分别代表演化程度较高和较原始的岩浆。在同一件样品中,在石榴子石颗粒之间,存在一定程度的微量元素地球化学特征的不均一性,反映了局部熔体地球化学特征。在两类花岗岩中,岩浆型石榴子石具有以下相似的地球化学特征:(1)从核部到边部,Mn和HREE含量降低,表现出典型的生长环带特征;(2)富集HREE,亏损LREE;和(3)显著的Eu负异常。但在关键微量元素Zn、Sc和Y上,具有明显的差异性。在花岗质岩浆演化过程中,贫Fe、Mg和Mn矿物相的分离结晶作用,导致残留熔体的Ca和Sr含量降低,Eu负异常幅度增大,Sc、Zn、Y和HREE增高,是导致淡色花岗岩石榴子石相应元素含量增高的主要原因。上述观测表明:高Sr/Y花岗岩也可以结晶石榴子石,与通常的淡色花岗岩石榴子石相比,这些石榴子石的Sc、Zn和Y含量和Eu异常幅度明显较低。但随分异程度的升高,石榴子石的元素地球化学特征与源自变沉积岩的淡色花岗岩的类似。因此,花岗岩中的石榴子石矿物化学特征变化记录了花岗岩岩浆演化的重要信息。     

藏南确当地区高Sr/Y比值二云母花岗岩的形成机制及其构造动力学意义

最近的研究表明,喜马拉雅造山带普遍经历了大于30Ma的高温变质和部分熔融作用,形成了不同规模的混合岩或花岗岩.厘定这些地壳深熔岩浆的地球化学性质及其形成机理对于深化认识大型碰撞造山带的岩浆作用及其构造物理效应具有重要意义.在雅拉香渡穹隆核部及其南部发育一系列类似的二云母花岗岩岩体,其中确当花岗岩侵入到二叠纪(?)复理石地层内.全岩地球化学测试结果表明,确当花岗岩具有与雅拉香波花岗岩、打拉花岗岩类似的特征,即①高SiO_2(68.2%～69.3%)和铝(Al_2O_3>15.14%).低铁(TFeO<2.0%)和镁(MgO<1.5%),为富钠过铝质花岗岩;②富集LREE,亏损HREE,平坦的Ho到Lu稀土元素分布样式(Ho/Yb)_N=1.2～1.4),无或微弱Eu负异常(Eu/Eu=0.9～1.0);③较低的Y(<8.1×10~(-6))和Yb(<0.7×10~(-6))含量,较高的Sr/Y(>37.5)和La/Yb(>29.3)比值.这些特征表明,确当花岗岩是以角闪岩为主和变泥质岩为辅组成的源区发生部分熔融的结果.     

藏南确当地区高Sr/Y比值二云母花岗岩的形成机制及其构造动力学意义

最近的研究表明,喜马拉雅造山带普遍经历了大于30Ma的高温变质和部分熔融作用,形成了不同规模的混合岩或花岗岩。厘定这些地壳深熔岩浆的地球化学性质及其形成机理对于深化认识大型碰撞造山带的岩浆作用及其构造物理效应具有重要意义。在雅拉香波穹隆核部及其南部发育一系列类似的二云母花岗岩岩体,其中确当花岗岩侵入到二叠纪(?)复理石地层内。全岩地球化学测试结果表明,确当花岗岩具有与雅拉香波花岗岩、打拉花岗岩类似的特征,即①高SiO2(68.2%~69.3%)和铝(Al2O3>15.14%),低铁(TFeO<2.0%)和镁(MgO<1.5%),为富钠过铝质花岗岩;②富集LREE,亏损HREE,平坦的Ho到Lu稀土元素分布样式(Ho/Yb)N=1.2~1.4),无或微弱Eu负异常(Eu/Eu?=0.9~1.0);③较低的Y(<8.1×10-6)和 Yb(<0.7×10-6)含量,较高的Sr/Y(>37.5)和La/Yb(>29.3)比值。这些特征表明,确当花岗岩是以角闪岩为主和变泥质岩为辅组成的源区发生部分熔融的结果。