西藏林周地区帕那组火山岩时代及构造背景

林子宗火山岩在冈底斯带上广泛发育,其中帕那组火山岩的形成时代、构造背景和成因都存在一定争议。对林周地区帕那组火山岩进行了年代学和岩石地球化学研究,结果表明,研究区火山岩以流纹岩和英安岩为主,w(SiO2)极高,表现由高钾钙碱性系列向钾玄岩系列过渡的特征。帕那组火山岩微量元素地球化学特征显示LREE、LILE富集,HFSE亏损,Eu负异常,与岛弧火山岩地球化学特征相似。此外,帕那组流纹岩LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄为(51.3±0.7)Ma,是目前为止冈底斯带中东段中的最老年龄。帕那组火山岩形成于后碰撞背景之下,其岩浆为地壳源区的部分熔融作用所形成。     

西藏冈底斯带西段狮泉河地区林子宗群火山岩地球化学特征、锆石U-Pb年龄及地质意义

林子宗群火山岩广泛发育在冈底斯带的南部,长期以来被认为是印度与亚洲大陆碰撞过程中的火山响应,对冈底斯带南缘的地质演化具有重要意义。迄今对林子宗群火山岩的研究主要集中在冈底斯带的中东部,未见有冈底斯带西部地区林子宗群火山岩的研究报道。对冈底斯带西部狮泉河地区的林子宗群火山岩进行了年代学与元素地球化学研究。结果表明,研究区年波组主要包括玄武安山岩、安山岩与流纹岩,属钙碱性—高钾钙碱性系列;帕那组火山岩主要为流纹岩,属于高钾钙碱性和钾玄岩系列。岩石富集大离子亲石元素Rb、Th、U等,亏损高场强元素Nb、Ta、Ti、Sr、Ba等,与冈底斯带中东部林子宗群火山岩一致,具有岛弧火山岩的特征。此外,帕那组流纹岩LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄为53.9±0.5Ma,比冈底斯带中东部帕那组形成时代更早。结合前人的研究成果表明,印度与亚洲大陆的碰撞具有西早东晚的特点。     

西藏罗布真矿区林子宗群火山岩锆石U-Pb年龄、地球化学特征及其地质意义

罗布真铅锌多金属矿床位于冈底斯火山-岩浆活动带的中南部,矿区内广泛发育林子宗群火山岩,岩性为英安岩和流纹质晶屑凝灰岩。LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年结果显示,罗布真矿区内林子宗群英安岩的成岩年龄为(49.14±0.86) Ma,应属于帕那组火山岩地层,并非前人所认为的典中组。岩石具有高K、低Ti的特征,属于高钾钙碱系列;相对富集Rb、Th、U、K、Zr、Hf等元素,亏损Nb、Ta、P、Ti、Sr等元素,且轻重稀土分馏明显,具有明显的负铕(δEu=0.50~0.65)异常。在印度-亚洲大陆汇聚的过程中,新特提斯洋向欧亚大陆俯冲,约50 Ma发生了大规模的火山、岩浆作用,同时岩浆-热液成矿作用也进入高峰期,林子宗群火山岩的形成时代与该时代一致,形成于陆陆碰撞形成的板内环境。罗布真矿区林子宗群火山岩年龄的厘定,揭示了冈底斯带林子宗群帕那组火山岩具有赋矿潜力,对认识该地区林子宗群火山岩与热液脉型铅锌多金属矿化的关系具有指导意义。     

藏南昂仁县桑桑地区林子宗群火山岩的形成时代和地球化学特征

桑桑地区林子宗群火山岩Sr、Nd同位素地球化学特征和SHRIMP锆石U-Pb地质年代学数据表明：①林子宗火山岩以高钾流纹岩为主,属于高钾钙碱性系列岩石,形成于49.8Ma±0.92 Ma,属于帕那组火山岩地层;②林子宗火山岩稀土元素配分模式较为一致,相对于HREE,强烈富集LREE;③林子宗火山岩具有相对低的初始Sr同位素值（87Sr/86Sr（i）=0.70488～0.70569）和较高的初始Nd值（εNd（i）=-1.38～-1.58）;④总体上富集大离子亲石元素,亏损高场强元素,与岛弧型火山岩的地球化学特征类似。桑桑地区林子宗火山岩在形成过程中明显受到角闪石和斜长石分离结晶作用的影响。可能是俯冲的新特提斯洋板片断离或变陡,进而导致经历过俯冲交代作用的富集岩石圈地幔甚至局部下地壳发生部分熔融,形成的初始岩浆发生混合作用,并在近封闭条件下发生高度分离结晶作用的产物。结合已有的结果,认为冈底斯带南带普遍经历了50Ma左右的岩浆作用。     

青藏高原冈底斯带中部朱诺地区林子宗群火山岩锆石U-Pb年龄和地球化学特征

林子宗火山岩是发育在青藏高原南部冈底斯带的古近纪火山岩, 被认为代表了新特提斯洋俯冲消减结束过渡到印度—亚洲大陆碰撞过程的产物, 其确切的时代对于限制印度—亚洲大陆的碰撞时限具有重要意义.对冈底斯带中部朱诺地区的林子宗火山岩进行了系统的LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年代学、元素和Sr-Nd同位素地球化学研究, 获得的林子宗火山岩的典中组、年波组和帕那组LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄分别为64.8±1.6 Ma、59.7±1.8 Ma和48.9±0.8 Ma.元素和同位素地球化学结果表明, 朱诺地区各组特征与区域上特征相似, 其中典中组和年波组火山岩属于钙碱性和高钾钙碱性系列, 具有岛弧火山岩特点; 帕那组出现大量的钾玄岩, 属于同碰撞火山岩.证明前人提出的雅鲁藏布江地区洋盆闭合和印度—亚洲大陆碰撞开始时间为50 Ma左右的观点.      

冈底斯中段厅宫地区林子宗火山岩锆石U-Pb年龄和地球化学特征

林子宗火山岩事件是印度-亚洲大陆主碰撞过程的火山作用响应,对冈底斯带的构造演化具有重要意义。在冈底斯中段厅宫地区通过系统的LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb同位素测年,获得林子宗群典中组底部、年波组上部和帕那组顶部的火山岩锆石U-Pb年龄分别为(66.4±0.35)Ma、(53.6±1.5)Ma和(45±0.6)Ma。对林子宗火山岩的岩石地球化学分析表明,该火山岩具弧火山岩特征,早期表现出陆缘弧火山岩的特点,至中期年波旋回钾玄岩出现,标志着陆内岩浆作用的开始,到晚期帕那旋回则显示出陆壳重熔和地壳加厚的特征,记录了新特提斯洋消减俯冲到陆陆碰撞的地质信息。     

藏南昂仁县桑桑地区林子宗群火山岩的形成时代 和地球化学特征

桑桑地区林子宗群火山岩Sr、Nd同位素地球化学特征和SHRIMP锆石U-Pb地质年代学数据表明:①林子宗火山岩以高钾流纹岩为主,属于高钾钙碱性系列岩石,形成于49.8Ma± 0.92 Ma,属于帕那组火山岩地层;②林子宗火山岩稀土元素配分模式较为一致,相对于HREE,强烈富集LREE;③林子宗火山岩具有相对低的初始Sr同位素值(87Sr/86Sr(i)=0.70488~0.70569)和较高的初始Nd值(εNd(i)=-1.38~-1.58);④总体上富集大离子亲石元素,亏损高场强元素,与岛弧型火山岩的地球化学特征类似。桑桑地区林子宗火山岩在形成过程中明显受到角闪石和斜长石分离结晶作用的影响。可能是俯冲的新特提斯洋板片断离或变陡,进而导致经历过俯冲交代作用的富集岩石圈地幔甚至局部下地壳发生部分熔融,形成的初始岩浆发生混合作用,并在近封闭条件下发生高度分离结晶作用的产物。结合已有的结果,认为冈底斯带南带普遍经历了50Ma左右的岩浆作用。     

西藏冈底斯中段孔隆至丁仁勒地区林子宗群火山岩锆石SHRIMP年龄和地球化学特征的区域对比

本文对冈底斯中段孔隆-丁仁勒地区的林子宗群火山岩进行了地球化学和锆石SHRIMP定年测试,在年波组下部的英安质岩屑晶屑熔结凝灰岩(LZ06022-2)中获锆石SHRIMP年龄为59.64±0.72Ma,在典中组下部的安山质晶屑凝灰岩(LZ06017-4)中获锆石SHRIMP年龄为69.97±0.72Ma,这是目前为止林子宗群火山岩底部的最老年龄。结合前人资料,对冈底斯地区林子宗群火山岩的火山活动、地球化学及形成年代等进行了区域对比,结果显示整个冈底斯带林子宗群火山岩以喷溢相和爆发相为主,从早期到晚期爆发强度逐渐减弱,早期典中组以爆发相为主到晚期帕那组以喷溢相为主,且随着时间的演化火山活动强度表现为由强→弱,早期东段比中段和西段火山活动强,中期西段和中段比东段火山活动强,晚期均较弱,年波组火山活动强烈且频繁,持续时间长,从而形成了冈底斯中段林子宗群火山岩的独特性;岩石地球化学特征显示随着时间的演化具有从基性→中性→酸性岩浆演化的规律,全碱含量逐渐升高,岩石系列由钙碱性系列→高钾钙碱性系列→钾玄岩系列逐渐过渡;林子宗群火山岩具有陆缘弧火山岩的特征,是印度-亚洲大陆碰撞的产物,碰撞的起始时限在冈底斯带东、中、西段具有一定的差异,中段略早于东段和西段发生大陆碰撞。     

西藏冈底斯带中部南木林地区林子宗群火山岩锆石U-Pb年龄和地球化学特征

林子宗群火山岩广泛分布在冈底斯带上,其岩石学特征及所代表的区域不整合事件被认为与特提斯洋俯冲消减到印度-亚洲大陆碰撞转变有关。对冈底斯带南木林地区的林子宗群火山岩进行了LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年及地球化学研究,获得林子宗群火山岩帕那组LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄为46.08±0.47Ma、49.00±1.30Ma,对比冈底斯带其他地区已发表的年龄数据,认为印度-亚洲大陆碰撞(在西藏南部)的时间,东部可能依次早于中部和西部。地球化学特征表明,冈底斯带南木林地区林子宗群火山岩具有碰撞后地壳加厚背景下产生的弧火山岩特征,应为新特提斯洋俯冲消减到印度-亚洲大陆碰撞构造背景下形成的。     

冈底斯中段格达地区典中组火山岩锆石U-Pb年龄和地球化学特征

青藏高原南部广泛发育的林子宗火山岩蕴涵着新特提斯洋俯冲与印度—亚洲大陆碰撞过程的地质信息。为探讨冈底斯中段格达地区典中组火山岩的形成时代、岩浆源区及构造环境等特征,对其开展了LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb同位素测年和地球化学特征研究。研究结果表明: 该地区典中组火山岩锆石U-Pb年龄为(61.6±1.0) Ma; 典中组火山岩相对富集LILE和LREE、亏损HFSE,具典型岛弧火山岩的特征; 岩浆源区主要来源于地壳物质部分熔融,是俯冲岛弧构造环境下新特提斯洋北向俯冲消减过程的产物。     

Police, politics, and the right to the city

Space and spatiality have recently been at the core of debates concerning the political possibilities of the city. The arguments advanced in this paper might be seen as an attempt to contribute to these debates through a reflection on the spatiality of (in) justice, politics, and the right to the city. The case of French urban policy, with its focus on distressed urban areas, and the `suburban problem' in France are used as examples to make arguments more concrete.     

Metals,arsenic, and sulfur in the Aue and Eibenstock granites,Erzgebirge

Average concentrations of Pb, Zn, Cu, and other metals, as well as S and As, were calculated for the Aue granitic cupola, the contact aureole of which hosts the large vein-type uranium deposit of Schlema-Alberoda and the Schneeberg uranium-base metal deposit (Erzgebirge, Germany). The cupola was exposed by mine workings and boreholes, which provided an opportunity to evaluate variations in the abundances of metals in the granites over a vertical interval of more than 2.5 km and estimate their losses in the upper oxidized part of the investigated volume of the cupola (coefficient of iron oxidation, KO _Fe, increases in the granites from bottom to top from 7 to 70%) compared with the lower unaltered and unoxidized part (with a KO _Fe plateau at about 5%). The average concentrations of metals in the upper part of the cupola are lower than those in the lower part by a factor of 2.5 for Pb, 1.56 for Zn, 1.45 for Cu, 1.3 for Co, etc. A similar decrease in the abundances of ore elements along the vertical section associating with the relative epigenetic alteration and oxidation of the granite was previously described by us for U and Th and for the components of high-temperature ores, W, Sn, and Mo. The removal of ore elements from the granite was accompanied by a decrease in the bulk contents of sulfur and arsenic by a factor of 1.35 and 1.65, respectively. The leaching of trace metals from the granites of the upper part of the Aue cupola was followed by their partial redeposition above the cupola in the ore veins of the Schlema and Schneeberg deposits. Original Russian Text ? Vikt. L. Barsukov, N.T. Sokolova, O.M. Ivanitskii, 2006, published in Geokhimiya, 2006, No. 9, pp. 967–982.     

Total mercury and monomethylmercury in water, sediments, and hydrophytes from the rivers, estuary, and bay along the Bohai Sea coast, northeastern China

Mercury contamination in aquatic environments is of worldwide concern because of its high biomagnification factor in food chains and long-range transport. The rivers, estuary and the bay along the northwestern Bohai Sea coast, northeastern China have been heavily contaminated by Hg due to long-term Zn smelting and chlor-alkali production. This work investigated the distributions of total Hg (THg) and monomethylmercury (MMHg) in the water, sediment and hydrophytes from this area. Concentrations of THg in sediment (0.5–64 mg kg⁻¹) and water (39–2700 ng L⁻¹) were elevated by 1–3 orders of magnitude compared to background concentrations, which induced high concentrations of MMHg in these media. The highest concentration of MMHg in sediment reached 35 μg kg⁻¹, which was comparable to that in the Hg mining area, Wanshan, China, and the highest MMHg concentration of 3.0 ng L⁻¹ in the water sample exceeded the MMHg Chinese drinking water guideline of 1.0 ng L⁻¹. Concentrations of THg in a sediment profile from Jinzhou Bay were found to be consistent with annual Hg emission flux from a local Zn smelter (r = 0.74, p < 0.01), indicating that Hg contamination was mainly caused by Zn smelting locally. For some freshwater hydrophytes, concentrations of THg and MMHg ranged from 5.2 to 100 μg kg⁻¹ and 0.15 to 12 μg kg⁻¹, respectively. Compared to sediment, concentrations of THg in hydrophytes were 2–3 orders of magnitude lower but MMHg was comparable or higher, indicating that the bioaccumulation in plants was distinct for the two Hg species studied. The data suggest that a significant load of Hg has been released into the northwestern coastal region of the Bohai Sea.     

Distribution of REE,LILE, and HFSE between biotite,feldspar, and the melt in the granulite facies migmatite,nimnyr block,Aldan shield

The behavior of trace elements under conditions of partial melting of granitoid rocks has been studied. The element’s partition coefficients between minerals and the melt D_i^min/melt depends, in the first place, on the composition of the primary melt. In biotite the HREE D_i are a little below 1, while those of LREE, especially D_i for Ce, are 1–3 orders of magnitude less. This leads to an efficient differentiation of REEs in anatexic melts especially when biotite is the main mineral phase of restite. On the contrary, there are feldspars, the D_i of which cannot provide such a magnitude of differentiation. Unlike garnets and pyroxenes, whose stability in restite permits enrichment of anatexic melts produced in migmatization zones with Nb, Ti, and Cr, the presence of biotite in restite causes depletion of melts with those elements as well as with Rb. Feldspars, under conditions of their fractional crystallization or during differentiation of an anatexic melt, deplete the latter with Sr, Ba, and Rb, but enrich it with Nb, Ti, Cr, Y, Zr, and V.     

Dielectric constants of apatite,epidote, vesuvianite,and zoisite,and the oxide additivity rule

The dielectric constants and dielectric loss values of 4 Ca-containing minerals were determined at 1 MHz using a two-terminal method and empirically determined edge corrections. The results are: vesuvianitel κ′ _a=9.93 tan δ=0.006 κ′ _c=9.79 tan δ=0.005 vesuvianitel κ′ _a=10.02 tan δ=0.002 κ′ _c=9.85 tan δ=0.003 zoisite1 κ′ _a =10.49 tan δ=0.0006 κ′ _b =15.31 tan δ=0.0008 κ′ _c=9.51 tan δ=0.0008 zoisite2 κ′ _a =10.55 tan δ=0.0011 κ′ _b =15.45 tan δ=0.0013 κ′ _c=9.39 tan δ=0.0008 epidote κ′ ₁₁= 9.52 tan δ=0.0008 κ′ ₂₂=17.1 tan δ=0.0009 κ′ ₃₃= 9.37 tan δ=0.0006 fluorapatite1 κ′ _a =10.48 tan δ=0.0008 κ′ _c = 8.72 tan δ=0.0114 fluorapatite2 κ′ _a =10.40 tan δ=0.0010 κ′ _c=8.26 tan δ=0.0178 The deviation (δ) between measured dielectric polarizabilities as determined from the Clausius-Mosotti equation and those calculated from the sum of oxide polarizabilities according to α _D (mineral)=∑ α _D (oxides) for vesuvianite is ～ 0.5%. The large deviations of epidote and zoisite from the additivity rule with Δ=+ 10.1 and + 11.7%, respectively, are attributed to “rattling” Ca ions. The combined effects of both a large F thermal parameter and possible F-ion conductivity in fluorapatite are believed to be responsible for Δ=+2–3%. Although variation of oxygen polarizability with oxygen molar volume (V_o) is believed to affect the total polarizabilities, the variation of V_o in these Ca minerals is too small to observe the effect.     

Desertification,famine, and the 1988 rainfall —

The 1988 good rainy season in the Sudan raised the hopes that desertification/land degradation and shortage of food so markedly observed in Western Sudan have been elevated. This was particularly so as large quantities of grains were produced in the mechanized rain-fed agricultural schemes in the clay plains of Eastern Sudan. But the field work carried by the author in the Umm Ruwaba district of Kordofan region in July/August 1989 shows that, although there has been some improvement in the crop production situation, desertification/land degradation and shortage of food produced locally are still prevailing in the district. The people are still living below the poverty line, but they are able to cope because of remittances from members of the families working abroad and because of donations of food by some world organizations.     

Isotopic systematics of He,Ar, S,Cu, Ni,Re, Os,Pb, U,Sm, Nd,Rb, Sr,Lu, and Hf in the rocks and ores of the Norilsk deposits

This paper reports the first results of a study of 11 isotope systems (³He/⁴He, ⁴⁰Ar/³⁶Ar, ³⁴S/³²S, ⁶⁵Cu/⁶³Cu, ⁶²Ni/⁶⁰Ni, ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr, ¹⁴³Nd/¹⁴⁴Nd, ^206–208Pb/²⁰⁴Pb, Hf–Nd, U–Pb, and Re–Os) in the rocks and ores of the Cu–Ni–PGE deposits of the Norilsk ore district. Almost all the results were obtained at the Center of Isotopic Research of the Karpinskii All-Russia Research Institute of Geology. The use of a number of independent genetic isotopic signatures and comprehensive isotopic knowledge provided a methodic basis for the interpretation of approximately 5000 isotopic analyses of various elements. The presence of materials from two sources, crust and mantle, was detected in the composition of the rocks and ores. The contribution of the crustal source is especially significant in the paleofluids (gas–liquid microinclusions) of the ore-forming medium. Crustal solutions were probably a transport medium during ore formation. Air argon is dominant in the ores, which indicates a connection between the paleofluids and the atmosphere. This suggests intense groundwater circulation during the crystallization of ore minerals. The age of the rocks and ores of the Norilsk deposits was determined. The stage of orebody formation is restricted to a narrow age interval of 250 ± 10 Ma. An isotopic criterion was proposed for the ore-bearing potential of mafic intrusions in the Norilsk–Taimyr region. It includes several interrelated isotopic ratios of various elements: He, Ar, S, and others.     

Columbus,the discovery of America,and Russia

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