SHRIMP Age of Exotic Zircons in the Mengyin Kimberlite, Shandong, and Their Formation

1Introduction Due to its special properties and ubiquitous occurrence,zircon can be found in the crust,mantle,lunar rocks,meteorites,etc.And it is the ideal mineral to test the formation age of rocks(Xie et al.,2001).However,zircons are an exceptionally rare component of kimberlites.They have various sources and courses of formation.Zircons crystallized from kimberlitic magma are usually have large sizes and a maximum diameter of20mm was reported.Typically,they have low contents of U and Th,…     

A TEM Study on Fluid Inclusions in Coesite-bearing Jadeite Quartzite in Shuanghe in the Dabie Mountains

Fluid inclusions at a nano to sub-micron scale in quartz from jadeite quartzite at Shuanghe, Dabie Mountains, have been investigated by using the transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Most fluid inclusions are spherical or negative crystal shaped, forming wide swarm-like trails. The TEM reveals that the relationship between coesite and the host quartz is syntaxic and provides strong evidence of the occurrence of high-salty fluids at peak metamorphic conditions. The fluid inclusions are often connected to dislocations, which are undetected at the scale of optical microscopy. Non-decrepitation leakage of fluid inclusions may occur by pipe diffusion of molecule H2O or CO2 along dislocations from the inclusions into the host quartz, thus leading to original inclusion density and composition changes. It should be taken into full account for the correct petrological interpretation of micro-thermometric results.     

大别核部杂岩中斜长角闪岩的地球化学特征及其地质意义

大别核部杂岩单元中斜长角闪岩的地球化学特征对于认识大别核部杂岩单元的特征及归属有着十分重要的意义。本文对大别核部杂岩单元中斜长角闪岩的岩石地球化学特征及Sm-Nd 同位素特征进行了较系统研究。斜长角闪岩的 Nd亏损地幔模式年龄(t_(DM))有3个不连续年龄段,它们分别为2.50～2.92Ga(平均2.71Ga);1.79～2.47Ga(平均2.14Ga);1.07～1.57Ga(平均1.38Ga)。模式年龄为中元古代、古元古代的斜长角闪岩的等时线年龄分别为1444±180Ma、2220±210Ma,其模式年龄与等时线年龄在误差范围内一致。表明至少模式年龄为元古宙的斜长角门岩的t_(DM)可代表其原岩的近似形成年龄,从而证明大别核部杂岩单元中存在着古元古代、中元古代两期自亏损地幔分异的基性火山岩变质形成的斜长角闪岩。而模式年龄为新太古代的斜长角闪岩,其模式年龄能否代表其形成年龄还需要进一步研究。各期斜长角闪岩在地球化学特征上的差异表现得不明显。通过对其原岩性质研究表明:原岩主要为拉斑玄武岩,少数为钙碱性玄武岩。大别核部杂岩中斜长角闪岩原岩ε_(Nd)(t)反映出大别核部杂岩地区上地幔自古元古代到中元古代一直沿着亏损地幔 Nd 同位素的演化线演化发展,这种性质及演化趋势与扬子北缘及南秦岭早期上地幔 Nd 同位素性质及演化趋势十分     

Silurian Seismites in Hanxia, Yumen, North Qilian Mountains, and Their Tectonic Significance

The Caledonian erogenic belt of the North Qilian Mountains is an intensely active structure belt. In the process of the Late Caledonian syn-orogeny, the North Qilian-Hexi Corridor area was situated on the tectonic background of a syn-orogenic basin. In response to the orogenic process of the North Qilian Mountains, typical earthquake event deposits-seismites of the Silurian were widely distributed around Hanxia of Yumen City, the Liyuan River of Sunan County and Biandukou of Minle County. In the Hanxia area, where seismites are typically developed, clastic deposits of tidal-flat facies are the background deposits of the Hanxia Formation. The earthquake event deposits are characterized by sandy mudstone veins, synsedimentary microfractures, micro-corrugated laminations and earthquake breccias, which in turn constitute complex seismites, featuring seismic corrugation, shattering and liquefied sandy mudstone veins, auto-clastic breccias and intraclastic parabreccias. The seismites and tidal flat deposits f     

Constitution Water in Mantle-derived Megacryst and Xenolith Pyroxene of an Ultrabasic Pipe in Anyuan, Jiangxi

This paper studies the hydrous facies of mantle-derived megacryst clinopyroxenes and pyroxenes of xeno-liths of pyroxenolite and spinel peridotite as well as garnet pyroxenolite in a kimberlitic lamprophyre pipe in Anyuan, Jiangxi, by Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR). It explores the relationship between the water content of pyroxene on the one hand and its composition and source depths on the other hand. All the samples contain constitution water. Spectra of the clinopyroxene are dominated by two groups of bands: 3607-3630 cm-1 and 3522-3542 cm-1. Spectra of the orthopy-roxene are dominated by three groups of bands: 3410-3424 cm-1,3510-3516 cm-1 and 3560-3595 cm-1. The water content of the clinopyroxenes has a positive correlation with their FeO and Al2O3 contents. The source depths of mantle-derived clinopyroxene megacrysts, pyroxenolite, spinel peritotite and garnet pyroxenelite increase gradually in order. The Al2O3 and water contents of four pyroxenes have similar correlation with the source depth     

Development of Overpressure in the Tertiary Damintun Depression, Liaohe Basin, Northern China

The Damintun depression is one of the four depressions in the Liaohe basin in northern China, and is a rift basin developed in the Paleogene. This paper discusses in detail the characteristics of pressure and fluid potential of the Damintun depression based on a synthesis of the data from boreholes, well tests and seismic surveys. Data from sonic logs, well tests and seismic velocity measurements are used to study the pressure characteristics of the areas. From the sonic log data, shales can be characterized as normally pressured, slightly overpressured or highly overpressured; from the well test data, the pressure-depth gradient in oil-producing intervals implies hydrostatic pressure in general. Most seismic profiles in the Damintun depression are of sufficiently high quality for seismic velocities to be measured. The fluid pressures, excess pressures and pressure coefficients in 47 representative seismic profiles are predicted using formula calculation methods, and further transformed to fluid potenti     

New Chronological Evidence for Indosinian Diagenetic Mineralization in Eastern Xinjiang, NW China

1 IntroductionMineralization in E. Xinjiang constitutes an importantpart of the Mid-Asian Metallogenetic Province. A greatdeal of nonferrous, ferrous, rare and noble metaldeposits of different genetic types and ages were formedduring different crustal evolution stages and werecontrolled by regional tectonic evolution. Large-scalemineralization of metallic deposits and relatedmagmatism mainly occurred during the Carboniferous toPermian periods (Li et al., 1998; Ji et al., 1999; Mao etal., 2…     

Ore-forming Conditions and Prospecting in the West Kunlun Area,Xinjiang, China

The West Kunlun ore-forming belt is located between the northwestern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and southwestern Tarim Basin. It situated between the Paleo-Asian Tectonic Domain and Tethyan Tectonic Domain. It is an important component of the giant tectonic belt in central China (the Kunlun-Qilian-Qinling Tectonic Belt or the Central Orogenic Belt). Many known ore-forming belts such as the Kunlun-Qilian Qinling ore-forming zone, Sanjiang (or Three river) ore-forming zone, Central Asian ore-forming zone, etc. pass through the West Kunlun area. Three ore-forming zones and seven ore-forming subzones were classified, and eighteen mineralization areas were marked. It is indicated that the West Kunlun area is one of the most favorable region for finding out large and superlarge ore deposits.     

湘北益阳古火山岩的成因及其地质意义

湖南益阳古火山岩分布于益阳市石咀塘和大渡口两地,出露面积分别约为1km2和16km2,主要由科马提岩类和拉斑玄武岩类组成。其中石咀塘古火山岩可进一步分为含橄榄石斑晶玄武质科马提岩和含单斜辉石斑晶玄武质科马提岩2种类型。含单斜辉石斑晶玄武质科马提岩鬣剌结构发育,尚发现典型的中空骸晶橄榄石,SiO2<53%,MgO>9%,K2O<0.9%,TiO2<0.7%,CaO/Al2O3>1。该地区火山岩总体属钙碱性系列,具有高MgO、富Cr、贫不相容元素、稀土元素总量较低、轻重稀土元素分异不明显等特点,表明火山岩主要来源于形成深度较大、部分熔融程度较高的亏损上地幔区。石咀塘火山岩形成于大洋构造环境,大渡口火山岩形成于岛弧构造环境,反应该地区经历了从洋壳形成到俯冲的构造演化过程。     

On the Carboniferous Sequence Stratigraphy in the Tazhong Area, Xinjiang——A Model of the Sequence Stratigraphy Framework of Intracratonic Depressional Basins

The Carboniferous prototype sedimentary basin in the Tazhong (Central Tarimbasin) area is recognized as a compressive intracratonic depressional one. Three type Ⅰ sequenceboundaries and three type Ⅱ sequence boundaries can be identified in the CarboniferousSystem, which can accordingly be divided into five sedimentary sequences. These sequencespossess stratigraphic characters of the standard sequence and correspond to the depositionalstratigraphic unit of a third-order eustatic cycle. They can be regionally or globally correlatedwith each other. The framework of sequence stratigraphy of the intracratonict basin in thestudy area distinctly differs from that of the passive continental-margin basin in the lack ofdepositional systems of early-middle lowstand, poor development of the deeply incised valleyand condensed section of the maximum sea-flood, good development of type Ⅱ sequenceboundaries and coastal plain depositional systems coexisting with shelf-type fan deltas underwet climatic conditions, Which consequently led to the formation of a paralic lithofacies frame-work.