Lattice preferred orientation in CaIrO<Subscript>3</Subscript> perovskite and post-perovskite formed by plastic deformation under pressure

Lattice preferred orientations (LPO) developed in perovskite and post-perovskite structured CaIrO₃ were studied using the radial X-ray diffraction technique combined with a diamond anvil cell. Starting materials of each phase were deformed from 0.1 MPa to 6 GPa at room temperature. Only weak LPO was formed in the perovskite phase, whereas strong LPO was formed in the post-perovskite phase with an alignment of the (010) plane perpendicular to the compression axis. The present result suggests that the (010) is a dominant slip plane in the post-perovskite phase and it is in good agreement with the crystallographic prediction, dislocation observations via transmission electron microscopy, and a recent result of simple shear deformation experiment at 1 GPa–1,173 K. However, the present result contrasts markedly from the results on MgGeO₃ and (Mg,Fe)SiO₃, which suggested that the (100) or (110) is a dominant slip plane with respect to the post-perovskite structure. Therefore it is difficult to discuss the behavior of the post-perovskite phase in the Earth’s deep interior based on existing data of MgGeO₃, (Mg,Fe)SiO₃ and CaIrO₃. The possible sources of the differences between MgGeO₃, (Mg,Fe)SiO₃ and CaIrO₃ are discussed.     

藏南超基性岩的塑性流变

随着深部构造研究的不断深入,岩石流变作用日益受到人们重视,普遍认为塑性流变是地壳深部构造形成的主要机制。超基性岩的流变作用目前已成为研究上地幔流变、岩石圈板块动力学和热对流,甚至震源机制的重要内容。 本文拟通过对构成雅鲁藏布江蛇绿岩套底部的藏南超基性岩的研究,重点划分塑性流变的结构类型,探讨不同结构类型中橄榄石的组构特征及实际存在的滑动系,用不同方法计算超基性岩形成和侵位过程中的流动应力值,并认为由于橄榄石塑性流变而获得的晶格方位排列是造成地震波速度不连续性的主因,岩石的塑性流动有可能是深部能量释放和诱发     

A developmental model of olivine morphology as a function of the cooling rate and the degree of undercooling

We performed dynamic crystallization experiments in the CMAS system at 1 atm to investigate the evolution of the morphology of forsterite crystals as a function of cooling rate and degree of undercooling. In sections parallel to the (010) plane, we observed the evolution of the forsterite morphology from tablets to hopper (skeletal) crystals, and then to swallowtail shapes (dendritic morphology) for increased degree of undercooling. The other shapes described in the literature can be interpreted as particular sections of those three shapes. The onset of dendritic growth is due to a competition between the growth of the faces of the initial hopper crystal and dendrite overgrowths. The forsterite dendrites are formed by a succession of units which look like hopper shapes. This result has been tested by an additional set of experiments.     

Plagioclase twin laws and fabrics in three specimens of anorthosite

Twinning patterns and petrofabrics of plagioclases are examined in three specimens of anorthosite from the Bushveld Complex, the Quebec Massif, and the Fiskenaesset Complex. Their plagioclases have petrographical characteristics exhibiting their different petrogeneses.In an anorthosite from the Bushveld Complex, plagioclase grains are twinned after the albite-Carlsbad, pericline, albite and Carlsbad laws. Frequency percentage of the albite-Carlsbad and Carlsbad laws reaches 43% Plagioclase grains in the adcumulate layers are developed with their composition plane (010) subparallel to the cumulate plane, whereas those in the heteradcumulate layers are developed with their composition plane (010) subperpendicular to the cumulate plane.In an equigranular anorthosite from the Quebec Massif, plagioclase grains are polysynthetically twinned after the albite and pericline laws with rare examples of the albite-Carlsbad and Carlsbad laws. Frequency percentage of the latter two laws is only 1% together. Some regularities are recognized in the petrofabrics of c-axis and (010) plane.In a calcic anorthosite from the Fiskenaesset Complex, plagioclase grains are polysynthetically twinned, exclusively according to the pericline law or a combination of pericline and albite laws. The pericline law is predominant and reaches 64% and this twinning pattern cleaarly differs from that of the former two anorthosites.     

Interpretation of mullite HREM images along [010] and [100]

200 kV and 300 kV HREM images of mullite with beam direction parallel to [010] and [100] have been compared with extensive multi-slice calculations of structure models with different oxygen vacancy arrangements. The simulations reveal that changes of the contrast pattern in HREM images are correlated with enhanced vacancy concentrations and coupled cation shifts (Al^*). Furthermore, the direct relationship between contrast variation and projected vacancy concentration permits the detection of 20% oxygen vacancies along [010] and [100]. An analysis of HREM images indicates preferred orientations of vacancies parallel to 〈102〉 in the (010) plane, whereas the (010) plane yields arrangements parallel to 〈012〉 and 〈001〉, resulting in an average direction of 〈013〉. Distances of 1.5a and 1.5b between these arrangements result from preferred inter-vacancy correlation vectors of 1/2 〈310〉 and 1/2 〈130〉 in the (001) plane. The investigated 2:1 and 3:2-mullites (x = 0.40 and x = 0.25) do not show long-range ordered arrangements of oxygen vacancies, but reveal the composition-dependent formation of short-range order regions of enhanced vacancy concentrations. These regions are distributed in a matrix with a minor degree of order.     

Sense of shear in high-temperature movement zones from the fabric asymmetry of plagioclase feldspars

A new method for determining the sense of shear in plagioclase-bearing tectonites from the (010) orientation of plagioclase feldspar is presented. The method is based on the asymmetry of the (010) plane with respect to the structural frame (foliation and lineation) and the dominant activity of the (010) slip plane in the high-temperature plasticity of plagioclase feldspar. Using examples from the Zabargad gneisses (Red Sea) the method is applied to plagioclases of An25–An45 and compared with other methods of shear-sense determination (quartz c-axis fabrics and microstructural criteria).     

Study of (010)[101] and (001)[110]/2 dislocations in K-feldspars by HRTEM and modelling

Dislocations in K-feldspars were studied by high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) and HRTEM images were further submitted to a filtering in order to improve their interpretation. (010)[101] dislocations appear to be dissociated with (001)[001]/2 planar defect, whereas (001)[110]/2 dislocations are perfect. Structural models of planar defects in (010) and (001) planes were investigated. The energy estimation of these models was performed using the Keating potential. The structural analysis agreed with the experimental result in that dislocations can be dissociated in the (010) plane, whereas they cannot be dissociated in the (001) plane.     

西藏南部若干变质橄榄岩体橄榄石的组构特征

藏南变质橄榄岩的橄榄石组构可划分为三个主要类型:[100]、[010]和[001]组构。橄榄石[100]组构反映洋壳下部—上地幔上部的高温粘性流变和高温塑性流变,橄榄石[010]和[001]组构基本上是构造侵位阶段陆壳中低温塑性流变结果。变质橄榄岩中橄榄石组构转化具有明显的规律性,在岩体变形过程中,总的显示由高温的[100]组构逐渐转化为低温的[001]、[010]组构。高温塑性流变组构影响和制约低温塑性流变组构的发育,叠加变形有利于橄榄石[100]极密的加强和[100]组构向[010]、[001]组构的转化。     

斜长石组构的显微测量方法及应用

介绍了目前国外用费氏台测量斜长石组构的三种方法：（１）ＢＰＷ图解法;（２）（０１０）,（００１）双面交点法;（３）（０１０）消光角法;并分析了其适用范围及各自的优缺点。最后总结了确定斜长石组构的应用意义;（１）确定滑移系;（２）判断剪切方向;（３）计算地震波速。     

Pressure sensitivity of olivine slip systems: first-principle calculations of generalised stacking faults

We have used a first-principle approach based on the calculation of generalised stacking faults (GSF) to study the influence of pressure on the mechanical properties of forsterite. Six cases corresponding to [100] glide over (010), (021) and (001), and [001] glide over (100), (010) and (110) have been considered. The relaxed energy barriers associated with plastic shear have been calculated by constraining the Si atoms to move perpendicular to the fault plane and allowing Mg and O atoms to move in every direction. These conditions, which preserve dilations as a relaxation process, introduce Si–O tetrahedral tilting as an additional relaxation mechanism. Relaxed GSF show little plastic anisotropy of [100] glide over different planes and confirms that [001] glide is intrinsically easier than [100] glide. The GSF are affected by the application of a 10 GPa confining pressure with a different response for each slip system that cannot be explained by sole elastic effect. In particular, [100](010) is found to harden significantly under pressure compared to [001](010). Our results give the first theoretical framework to understand the pressure-induced change of dominant slip systems observed by Couvy et al. (in Eur J Mineral 16(6):877–889, 2004) and P. Raterron et al. (in GRL, submitted). It appears necessary to account for the influence of pressure on the mechanical properties of silicates in the context of the deep Earth.     

Deformation processes and rheology of pyroxenites under lithospheric mantle conditions

We combined microstructural observations and high-resolution crystallographic preferred orientation (CPO) mapping to unravel the active deformation mechanisms in garnet clinopyroxenites, garnet–spinel websterites, and spinel websterites from the Beni Bousera peridotite massif. All pyroxenites display microstructures recording plastic deformation by dislocation creep. Pyroxene CPOs are consistent with dominant slip on [001]{110} in clinopyroxene and on [001](100) or [001](010) in orthopyroxene. Garnet clinopyroxenites have however high recrystallized fractions and finer grain sizes than spinel websterites. Recrystallization mechanisms also differ: subgrain rotation dominates in garnet clinopyroxenites, whereas in spinel websterites nucleation and growth also contribute. Elongated shapes and strong intracrystalline misorientations suggest plastic deformation of garnet, but CPOs are weak. Clinopyroxene porphyroclasts in spinel websterites show deformation twins underlined by orthopyroxene exsolutions. Thermodynamic calculations indicate that garnet clinopyroxenites deformed at 2.0 GPa and 950–1000 °C and spinel pyroxenites at 1.8 GPa and 1100–1150 °C. The lower temperatures may explain the faster work rates implied by the finer grained microstructures in garnet clinopyroxenites. Greater stresses may have also reduced the competence contrast between garnet and pyroxene in the garnet pyroxenites and, at the outcrop scale, lowered the competence contrast between pyroxenites and peridotites, favoring mechanical dispersion of pyroxenites in the cooler lithospheric mantle.     

Review of Microstructural Evidence of Magmatic and Solid-State Flow

Evidence of magmatic flow includes: (a) parallel to sub-parallel alignment of elongate euhedral crystals (e.g., of feldspar or hornblende) that are not internally deformed, (b) imbrication (‘tiling’) of elongate euhedral crystals that are not internally deformed, (c) insufficient solid-state strain in regions between aligned or imbricated crystals to accommodate phenocryst rotation, (d) elongation of microgranitoid enclaves without plastic deformation of the minerals, (e) magmatic flow foliations and elongate microgranitoid enclaves deflected around xenoliths, and (f) schlieren layering (if due to flow sorting) in the absence of plastic deformation of the minerals involved. These features are consistent with rotation of crystals in a much weaker medium, namely a melt phase, at a stage when the magma has become viscous enough to preserve the alignment.Evidence of solid-state flow includes: (a) internal deformation and recrystallization of grains, (b) recrystallized “tails,” (c) elongation of recrystallized aggregates (e.g. of quartz and mica), (d) grainsize reduction, (e) fine-grained folia anastomosing around less deformed relics, (f) microcline twinning, (g) myrmekite, (h) flame perthite, (i) boudinage of strong minerals, typically with recrystallized aggregates of weaker minerals (e.g. quartz and mica) between the boudins, (j) foliation passing through, rather than around enclaves, and (k) heterogeneous strain with local mylonitic zones.Several criteria suggest “submagmatic flow,” including recrystallized feldspar, inferred transitions from magmatic imbrication to solid-state S/C arrangements, evidence of c-slip in quartz, and especially evidence of migration of residual melt into lower-pressure sites.Recent experimental studies indicate that a change from grain-supported flow to suspension flow typically occurs in deforming magmas at melt contents of between 20% to 40%, and that large amounts of strain may accumulate in magmas without being recorded by the final fabric. At lower melt percentages, perhaps as low as a few percent, depending on the minerals and their shapes, strain may be accommodated by: (a) melt-assisted grain-boundary sliding, (b) contact-melting assisted grain-boundary migration, (c) strain partitioning into melt-rich zones, (d) intracrystalline plastic deformation (c-slip in quartz indicating plastic deformation at temperatures near the granite solidus), and (f) transfer of melt to sites of low mean stress. The only indication of strain in the absence of crystal plasticity may be an alignment of crystals. Moreover, magmatic flow microstructures may be destroyed by fracturing, crystal plasticity and recrystallization before the magma reaches its solidus.Many rocks show evidence of solid-state flow superimposed on magmatic flow. Evidence of magmatic flow is commonly preserved in deformed felsic metamorphic rocks: for example the alignment of rectangular K-feldspar megacrysts and of microgranitoid enclaves. However, absence of alignment does not preclude a magmatic origin for K-feldspar megacrysts in felsic gneisses, as magmatic flow may cease before the magma becomes viscous enough to preserve an alignment.     

Deformation microstructures of olivine in peridotite from Spitsbergen, Svalbard and implications for seismic anisotropy

To understand the deformation mechanism and seismic anisotropy in the uppermost mantle beneath Spitsbergen, Svalbard, in the Arctic, the deformation microstructures of olivine in the peridotite of Spitsbergen were studied. Seismic anisotropy in the upper mantle can be explained mainly by the lattice-preferred orientation (LPO) of olivine. The LPOs of the olivine in the peridotites were determined using electron backscattered diffraction patterns. Eight specimens out of 10 showed that the [100] axis of the olivine was aligned subparallel to the lineation and that the (010) plane was subparallel to the foliation, showing a type A LPO. In the other two specimens the [100] axis of olivine was aligned subparallel to the lineation and both the [010] and [001] axes were distributed in a girdle nearly perpendicular to the lineation, showing a type D LPO. The dislocation density of the olivine in the samples showing a type D LPO was higher than that in the samples showing a type A LPO. The result of an Fourier transformation infrared study showed that both the types A and D samples were dry. These observations were in good agreement with a previous experimental study ( Tectonophysics , 421 , 2006, 1 ): samples showing a type D LPO for olivine were observed at a high stress condition and samples showing both types A and D LPO were deformed under dry condition. Observations of both strong LPOs and dislocations of olivine indicate that the peridotites studied were deformed by dislocation creep. The seismic anisotropy calculated from the LPOs of the olivine could be used to explain the seismic anisotropy of P - and S -waves in the lithospheric mantle beneath Spitsbergen, Svalbard.     

Kyanite deformation in whiteschist of the ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic Kokchetav Massif, Kazakhstan

Microstructures in minerals from ultrahigh‐pressure metamorphic (UHPM) terranes are keys to understanding the rheological properties and the exhumation mechanisms of rocks from subduction zones. Kyanite‐bearing whiteschist, associated with eclogite lenses, is part of UHPM unit II located south‐west of Lake Zheltau in the Kulet region of the Kokchetav Massif. The equilibrium assemblage is kyanite + garnet + talc + phengite + coesite/quartz. Previously reported peak pressure–temperature (P–T) conditions are ～3.5 GPa at 750 °C. A strong foliation is defined by the talc and phengite, with a corresponding weak shape preferred alignment of kyanite. Crystallographic orientation maps and analysis of kyanite blades were performed using electron backscatter diffraction methods. The data are consistent with a (100)[001] slip system for the formation of undulose extinction and kink bands in kyanite. Rotations measured across individual kink bands are 10–50° about <010>, and rotations along kyanite with undulose extinction are up to 50° about <010> with variations between adjacent points typically <2°. The undulose extinction is interpreted to have developed through crystal plastic deformation by dislocation creep. Kink bands mark the development of high‐angle grain boundaries by dislocation climb. The deformation of kyanite occurred in the fault‐bounded terrane during the exhumation of the Kokchetav Massif.     

Platinum–palladium–gold mineralization in the Nkenja mafic–ultramafic body, Ubendian metamorphic belt, Tanzania

Significant and widespread enrichment of platinum, palladium, and gold has been found within the Nkenja mafic–ultramafic body located in southern Tanzania in the central part of the Ubendian metamorphic belt. This body is dominated by partly serpentinized chromitiferous dunite, wehrlite and olivine clinopyroxenite, which are tectonically intercalated with amphibolitized metagabbro. The dunites contain both disseminated and seam-type chrome spinel with an Al-rich composition. The seams are thin, impersistent and, together with enclosing dunite, often show deformation at granulite facies conditions. Forsterite contents of olivine in the dunite range from 87 to 92?mol%. Clinopyroxene in wehrlite and clinopyroxenite is diopsidic with significant contents of Al and Na. Clinopyroxene forms irregular bands and crosscutting veins in the dunite, as well as occurring as weakly dispersed isolated grains in the dunite. Elevated levels of Pt, Pd and Au occur in all ultramafic rocks, but not amphibolitized metagabbro, and there is a weak correlation between high abundances of platinum-group element (PGE) and chromitites. PGE values are erratically distributed and are associated with trace to minor amounts of disseminated sulphides (pyrrhotite, pentlandite, heazlewoodite, chalcopyrite and bornite). The abundances of all PGE are consistently anomalous, suggesting a primary igneous control by sulphides in ultramafic rock. However, there has evidently been a strong metamorphic and/or hydrothermal overprint on what was probably an original magmatic concentration of PGE-bearing sulphides. Geological mapping and petrological evidence, as well as the style of PGE sulphide mineralization, are consistent with the Nkenja ultramafic body being part of the crustal section of a dismembered Palaeoproterozoic ophiolite.     

Three polytypes of lepidolite from Czechoslovakia

The micas come from two pegmatites penetrating serpentinite in Western Moravia, Czechoslovakia. The lepidolite from Biskupice is chemically halfway between polytithionite and trilithionite, and exhibits the 2M₁ structure which so far was unknown in natural lepidolites. The optical axial plane is perpendicular to (010). In lepidolite crystals from Radkovice, the 2M₂ structure predominates over 1M. The composition is close to trilithionite. The optic axial plane is parallel to (010). Refractive indices, densities, and cell volumes are similar, but the IR absorption spectrum, thermal behaviour, and 2V are different from the corresponding parameters in lepidolite from Biskupice.     

The Role of Pre-existing Mechanical Anisotropy on Shear Zone Development within Oceanic Mantle Lithosphere: an Example from the Oman Ophiolite

Structural and fabric analysis of the well-exposed Hilti mantlesection, Oman ophiolite, suggests that shear zone development,which may have resulted from oceanic plate fragmentation, wasinfluenced by pre-existing mantle fabric present at the paleo-ridge.Detailed structural mapping in the mantle section revealed agently undulating structure with an east–west flow direction.A NW–SE strike-slip shear zone cuts across this horizontalstructure. The crystal preferred orientation (CPO) of olivinewithin the foliation is dominated by (010) axial patterns ratherthan more commonly observed (010)[100] patterns, suggestingthat the horizontal flow close to the Moho involved non-coaxialflow. Olivine CPO within the shear zone formed at low temperatureis characterized by (001)[100] patterns and a sinistral senseof shear. The olivine CPO becomes weaker with progressive mylonitizationand accompanying grain size reduction, and ultimately developsinto an ultra-mylonite with a random CPO pattern. The olivine[010]-axis is consistently sub-vertical, even where the horizontalfoliation has been rotated to a sub-vertical orientation withinthe shear zone. These observations suggest that the primarymechanical anisotropy (mantle fabric) has been readily transformedinto a secondary structure (shear zone) with minimum modification.This occurred as a result of a change of the olivine slip systemsduring oceanic detachment and related tectonics during cooling.We propose that primary olivine CPO fabrics may play a significantrole in the subsequent structural development of the mantle.Thus, the structural behavior of oceanic mantle lithosphereduring subduction and obduction may be strongly influenced byinitial mechanical anisotropy developed at an oceanic spreadingcenter. KEY WORDS: mantle lithosphere; anisotropy; shear zone; olivine CPO; Oman ophiolite     

The Origin of New Zealand Ultramafic Intrusions

Dun Mountain, Red Hills, and Red Mountain, are three of thelargest ultramafic bodies associated with Permian rocks in theSouth Island of New Zealand. In the three intrusions a centralcore of relatively unserpentinized dunite, harzburgite, andpyroxene peridotite, is surrounded by a margin of serpentinite.At the western margin of the Red Hills intrusion, the Permianvolcanics show high-grade thermal metamorphism with developmentof pyroxene hornfels at the contact. Layering between dunite and harzburgite is well developed atRed Hills, and on a larger scale at Dun Mountain. Layers atRed Hills are ? inch to 20 inch thick and can be traced overan entire outcrop. Harzburgites show poikilitic texture andeuhedral crystals. Dimensional orientation of platy olivines,which lie on the broad (010) face in the plane of layering,produces a strong fissility in some of the rocks. Petrofabricanalysis shows a strong X maximum normal to the plane of layeringand a Z maximum in the plane of layering. Size analysis of crystalsdemonstrates a size grading in the enstatites from large atthe bottom of a layer to small at the top. Olivines are alsosize-graded, but increased secondary enlargement of crystalsat the top of a layer has complicated this. Olivine (Fo93?8—89?4) is the main mineral in all the rocks.Enstatite (En93—88?5) contains numerous exsolution lamellaeof clinopyroxene on (100). Chrome diopside is nearly alwayspresent in small amounts and picotite is a constant accessory.Comparison of the textures and mineral chemistry of the ultramaficrocks with those of the ultramafic parts of layered intrusions,suggests that the New Zealand rocks have been derived by gravitationaldifferentiation from a tholeiitic magma. It is proposed thatthe intrusions represent the sub-volcanic differentiates ofa chain of Permian volcanoes on the margin of the New Zealandgeosyncline, and that the associated olivine-poor tholeiiticPermian basalts are the extrusive differentiates.     

天然金刚石平行{100}的正常生长

利用同步辐射对天然金刚石晶体进行了形貌学研究，在的完整晶体内观察到晶体以平行{100}生长为主的正常生长，而不是前人所常见的平行{111}生长。生长带方向平行于(100)、（100）和（010）、（010）。生长带分布在偏离晶体中心的曲面内。由生长带的分布与形态可以观察到晶体不同晶面生长速度具有明显差异。     

新西兰深水Taranaki盆地中新统深水水道迁移及沉积演化

深水水道砂体是深海油气的重要储集体之一,其复杂的演化规律常常影响水道砂体储层的分布,无法充分了解深水水道的演化过程是阻碍深海油气勘探开发的原因之一,增大了深海油气的勘探开发难度。以新西兰深水Taranaki盆地中新统深水水道为例,基于高分辨率三维地震数据,应用地震地貌学、地震沉积学的理论及技术手段,探究水道的沉积演化规律及相关控制因素。研究区水道体系可划分为5个发育期次,即残余部分结构的复合水道Ⅰ、侧向迁移的复合水道Ⅱ、垂向叠置的复合水道Ⅲ、富泥充填的复合水道Ⅳ及零散分布的复合水道Ⅴ。复合水道Ⅰ和Ⅳ呈相对顺直的平面形态;复合水道Ⅱ多为侧向迁移运动,表现为高弯曲的平面形态,而复合水道Ⅲ多为垂向叠置运动,其弯曲度较复合水道Ⅱ有所减小;复合水道Ⅴ包括多条零散的细小单水道,不同单水道的平面形态存在较大差异。各期次复合水道的演化过程可归纳为初期下切侵蚀、中期充填沉积及末期填平消亡等3个阶段。深水水道沉积演化过程受多种因素综合控制,早期水道结构会影响后期水道发育环境的限制程度,强限制性的复合水道Ⅰ～Ⅳ经历有序的演化过程,非限制性的复合水道Ⅴ则经历了无序的演化过程;重力流规模及能量的变化会影响各期次...