Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd Mineral Isochron Ages of the Metamorphic Rocks in the Namaqualand Metamorphic Complex, South Africa

Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd isotopic studies were carried out for metamorphic rocks in the Namaqualand Metamorphic Complex, South Africa. The metamorphic rocks give the Rb-Sr mineral isochron ages (whole-rock - biotite - felsic fractions) of 844±85 Ma and 811.6±6.6 Ma for the lower granulite zone and of 776.5±5.4 Ma for the upper granulite zone. The rocks yield the Sm-Nd mineral isochron ages of 1071±18 Ma (whole-rock - garnet - felsic fractions) and 1067±158 Ma (whole-rock - hornblende - biotite rich fraction - felsic fractions) for the lower granulite zone and of 1052.0±3.6 Ma and 1002.5±1.4 Ma (whole-rock - garnet - felsic fractions) for the upper granulite zone. These age data suggest that the granulite facies metamorphism took place at 1060-1000 Ma, and that the rocks cooled down at 850-780 Ma. The Sr and Nd isotopic compositions of metamorphic rocks are different between the lower and upper granulite zones.     

河北平泉光头山碱性花岗岩的时代、Nd-Sr同位素特征及其对华北早中生代壳幔相互作用的意义

光头山碱性花岗岩产出在华北北部的前寒武纪基底变质岩系之中,造岩矿物组合为石英 碱性长石 纳铁闪石 霓辉石 钠铁非石±星叶石,副矿物有锆石、钛铁矿、硅钛铈铁矿等。晚期的伟晶岩囊状体由颗粒粗大的石英、碱性长石和纳铁闪石等组成,全岩Rb-Sr等时线年龄为T=200±16Ma,(~(87)Sr/~(86)Sr)_i=0.705±0.008,MSWD=11.2,代表冷却年龄,单颗粒锆石U-Pb谐和年龄为220±1Ma,代表岩体侵位时代。光头山碱性花岗岩以A/CNK<1和A/NK<1,Al_2O_3、MgO、CaO和Ba、Sr含量低,全碱含量、MnO和Rb、Ga等含量高,负Eu异常特别显著等为特征。矿物学和地球化学完全符合A型花岗岩的特征。光头山碱性花岗岩是华北地区早中生代后造山环境下岩浆活动的产物。光头山碱性花岗岩的ε_(Nd)(T=220Ma)平均值为-8.9,明显高于华北前寒武纪下地壳岩石的范围,而冀北地区前寒武纪高压麻粒岩地体虽具有大陆地幔的特征,但未经历过部分重熔,表明至少前寒武纪下地壳不可能是岩浆主要的或唯一的来源同样,现今华北下地壳由于时代较新,也不可能成为岩浆的源岩,对比时代相近的超镁铁岩和煌斑岩的Nd同位素特征,推测最可能的源区是1.8～1.9Ga形成的富集的岩石圈地幔。光头山碱性花岗岩和华北北缘早中生代侵入岩带规模很大,以富集地慢来源的岩浆为主,反映了当时的岩浆活动已经具有相当的规模和强度,如果130Ma前后中国东部大规模岩浆活动之时,是岩石圈减薄已经达到最大程度之际,那么,此前一定时间段内的幔源岩浆活动都有可能与岩石圈减薄从开始到鼎盛的过程有关,所以,华北北缘早中生代岩浆活动可能是华北中生代岩石圈减薄过程早期阶段的产物。与岩石圈减薄过程有关的早中生代岩浆活动还在中国东北地区东部和阿拉善北部形成了后造山A型花岗岩。与岩石圈减薄过程相关的早中生代侵入岩在一定范围内的带状分布,表明当时岩石圈减薄过程可能并没有涉及到整个中国东部地区只有到了侏罗纪-白垩纪,岩石圈减薄过程才在更大的区域内广泛发生。所以说,中国东部中新生代岩石圈减薄过程是在时间上从早中生代就已经开始、在空间上从华北北缘-中国东北地区东部开始向外逐渐扩展的一个深部过程。这个深部过程对应的地表表现是,先在华北北缘和中国东北东部地区形成规模很大的早中生代侵入岩带。而后,当岩石圈减薄过程扩展到整个中国东部时,岩浆活动才达到鼎盛时期,这可能就是中国东部侏罗纪-白垩纪大规模岩浆活动的深部原因所在。而以富集地幔源区为主的岩浆活动还导致了华北北缘地壳垂向生长。     

Determination of Selenium in Marine Aquatic Products by Hydride Generation-atomic Fluorescence Spectrometry （HG-AFS）

A method for the analysis of selenium in marine aquatic products by HG-AFS has been investigated. The method is based on the reduction of inorganic selenium to volatile SeH2 which is bubbled out by carrier gas of pure argon, and then swept to Ar-H2 flame quarts atomizer to measure its fluorescence intensity. The hydride generation, transportation, atomization and some instrumental parameters were studied by a kind of orthogonal design. The optimum conditions selected are as follows： reactive acidity, 20% HC1; the amount of NaBH4, 4.9mL; gas flow of argon, 600mLmin^-1; atomizing temperature, 200 ℃ ; negative high voltage, - 300V; light current, 100 mA; integral time, 7s. The detection limit of the presented method is 0.072μgL^-1 for selenium. The calibration curve shows a satisfactory line inthe concentration range from 0.000 to 1.000μgL^-1 Se. The recovery is 95.8%-102.2%.     

Geochemistry and Sm‐Nd chronology of a Stannern‐group eucrite,Northwest Africa 7188

We report the results of a detailed study of the basaltic eucrite Northwest Africa (NWA) 7188, including its mineralogical and bulk geochemical characteristics, oxygen isotopic composition, and ^147,146Sm‐^143,142Nd mineral isochron ages. The texture and chemical composition of pyroxene and plagioclase demonstrate that NWA 7188 is a monomict eucrite with a metamorphic grade of type 4. The oxygen isotopic composition and the Fe/Mn ratios of pyroxene confirmed that NWA 7188 belongs to the howardite–eucrite–diogenite meteorite suite, generally considered to originate from asteroid 4 Vesta. Whole‐rock TiO₂, La, and Hf concentrations and a CI chondrite‐normalized rare earth element pattern are in good agreement with those of representative Stannern‐group eucrites. The ^147,146Sm‐^143,142Nd isochrons for NWA 7188 yielded ages of 4582 ± 190 and 4554 +17/?19 Ma, respectively. The closure temperature of the Sm‐Nd system for different fractions of NWA 7188 was estimated to be >865 °C, suggesting that the Sm‐Nd decay system has either been resistant to reheating at ~800 °C during the global metamorphism or only partially reset. Therefore, the ¹⁴⁶Sm‐¹⁴²Nd age of NWA 7188 corresponds to the period of initial crystallization of basaltic magmas and/or global metamorphism on the parent body, and is unlikely to reflect Sm‐Nd disturbance by late reheating and impact events. In either case, NWA 7188 is a rare Stannern‐group eucrite that preserves the chronological information regarding the initial crustal evolution of Vesta.     

Paleomagnetism of Cretaceous Red beds from Eastern Part of South China Block

INTRODUCTIONCollisionofIndiawithAsiaappearstohavebroughtaboutlargetectonicdeformationofAsia,especiallyEastAsia(Tapponnieretal.,1986).Post-Cretaceousdeformation(translationand/orrotation)ofSimaoandIndochinablocks,whicharelocatedatthesouthernsideofRedRiverfault(RRF),hasbeenreportedfromCretaceouspaleomagneticin-vestigations(Yangetal.,l995;HuangandOpdyke,l993IYangandBesse,1993).AlsoinSouthChinablock(SCB)locatedatnorthsideoftheRRF,localdeformationofsomeregionsneartheRRFhasbeendocum…     

Continental basalts in the accretionary complexes of the South-west Japan Arc: Constraints from geochemical and Sr and Nd isotopic data of metadiabase

Abstract The Ryoke Belt is one of the important terranes in the South‐west Japan Arc (SJA). It consists mainly of late Cretaceous granitoid rocks, meta‐sedimentary rocks (Jurassic accretionary complexes) and mafic rocks (gabbros, metadiabases; late Permian–early Jurassic). Initial ?_Sr (+ 25– + 59) and ?_Nd (? 2.1–?5.9) values of the metadiabases cannot be explained by crustal contamination but reflect the values of the source material. These values coincide with those of island arc basalt (IAB), active continental margin basalt (ACMB) and continental flood basalt (CFB). Spiderdiagrams and trace element chemistries of the metadiabases have CFB‐signature, rather than those of either IAB or ACMB. The Sr–Nd isotope data, trace element and rare earth element chemistries of the metadiabases indicate that they result from partial melting of continental‐type lithospheric mantle. Mafic granulite xenoliths in middle Miocene volcanic rocks distributed throughout the Ryoke Belt were probably derived from relatively deep crust. Their geochemical and Sr–Nd isotopic characteristics are similar to the metadiabases. This suggests that rocks, equivalent geochemically to the metadiabases, must be widely distributed at relatively deep crustal levels beneath a part of the Ryoke Belt. The geochemical and isotopic features of the metadiabases and mafic granulites from the Ryoke Belt are quite different from those of mafic rocks from other terranes in the SJA. These results imply that the Ryoke mafic rocks (metadiabase, mafic granulite) were not transported from other terranes by crustal movement but formed in situ. Sr–Nd isotopic features of late Cretaceous granitoid rocks occurring in the western part of the Japanese Islands are coincident with those of the Ryoke mafic rocks. Such an isotopic relation between these two rocks suggests that a continental‐type lithosphere is widely represented beneath the western part of the Japanese Islands.     

Geochronological characterization and petrogenesis of granitoids in the Ryoke belt, Southwest Japan Arc: constraints from K–Ar, Rb–Sr and Sm-Nd systematics

Abstract Rb–Sr and K–Ar chronological studies were carried out on granitic and metamorphic rocks in the Ina, Awaji Island and eastern Sanuki districts, Southwest Japan to investigate the timing of intrusion of the granitoids in the Ryoke belt. Intrusions of 'younger' Ryoke granitic magmas took place in the Ina district between 120 Ma and 70 Ma, and cooling began immediately after the emplacement of the youngest granitic bodies. Igneous activity in Awaji Island was initiated at 100 Ma and continued to 75 Ma. Along-arc variations of Rb–Sr whole-rock isochron ages suggest that magmatism began everywhere in the Ryoke and San-yo belts at almost the same time ( ca 120 Ma). The last magmatism took place in the eastern part of both belts. Rb–Sr and K–Ar mineral ages for the granitoids young eastwards. The age data suggest that the Ryoke belt was uplifted just after the termination of igneous activity. Initial Sr and Nd isotopic ratios for the Ryoke granitoids indicate that most were derived from magmas produced in the lower crust and/or upper mantle with uniform Sr and Nd isotopic compositions. Several granitoids, however, exhibit evidence of assimilation of Ryoke metamorphic rocks or older Precambrian crustal rocks beneath the Ryoke belt.