Amphibole fractionation in the deep roots of subduction-related magmatic arcs is a fundamental process for the generation
of the continental crust. Field relations and geochemical data of exposed lower crustal igneous rocks can be used to better
constrain these processes. The Chelan Complex in the western U.S. forms the lowest level of a 40-km thick exposed crustal
section of the North Cascades and is composed of olivine websterite, pyroxenite, hornblendite, and dominantly by hornblende
gabbro and tonalite. Magmatic breccias, comb layers and intrusive contacts suggest that the Chelan Complex was build by igneous
processes. Phase equilibria, textural observations and mineral chemistry yield emplacement pressures of ∼1.0 GPa followed
by isobaric cooling to 700°C. The widespread occurrence of idiomorphic hornblende and interstitial plagioclase together with
the lack of Eu anomalies in bulk rock compositions indicate that the differentiation is largely dominated by amphibole. Major
and trace element modeling constrained by field observations and bulk chemistry demonstrate that peraluminous tonalite could
be derived by removing successively 3% of olivine websterite, 12% of pyroxene hornblendite, 33% of pyroxene hornblendite,
19% of gabbros, 15% of diorite and 2% tonalite. Peraluminous tonalite with high Sr/Y that are worldwide associated with active margin settings can be derived from a parental basaltic melt by crystal fractionation
at high pressure provided that amphibole dominates the fractionation process. Crustal assimilation during fractionation is
thus not required to generate peraluminous tonalite. 相似文献
The chemical compositions of garnets from 58 eclogite, 72 peridotite and 4 pyroxenite xenoliths in kimberlites have been estimated from their unit cell edge length and refractive indices. The samples studied were obtained from 17 kimberlite occurrences and include all those of known source which remain in the famous Williams (1932) collection which is stored at the University of Cape Town. Every suitable sample available to the authors has been examined.A gap in the range of garnet volume percentages occurs in the samples studied between approximately 15 and 30%. Garnet peridotites characteristically have <15% garnet and eclogites >30% garnet. Very rare exceptions occur. Our collection contains no eclogites with olivine and only one with orthopyroxene. All but two of the peridotite-pyroxenite group contain orthopyroxene. The garnets from the peridotites and pyroxenites plot on a pyrope-almandine-uvarovite triangle in a narrow band with a remarkably constant almandine/uvarovite ratio. Garnets from the eclogites are plotted on a pyrope-almandine-grossularite triangle and have a wide spread of compositions. These fall into 4 groups viz. eclogite I, eclogite II, kyanite eclogite and corundum eclogite.The reasons for the differences in garnet chemistry are considered and a tentative evolutionary scheme suggested by partial melting of the garnet peridotite which is assumed to occur in the upper mantle. Recent models of upper mantle composition and the genesis of garnet-bearing xenoliths in kimberlite are briefly and critically examined.S.A. UMP Publication No. 9. 相似文献
The kimberlite pipe at Rietfontein has been found to contain a suite of ultrabasic xenoliths, amongst which are kyanite eclogites of unusual freshness. The kyanite crystals are of varying shades of blue. Physical properties of some of the primary minerals together with the chemical composition of four kyanite eclogites and of a light and a dark blue kyanite crystal are presented.The xenoliths found in the Rietfontein Pipe are compared with those found in the Zagadochnaya Pipe and certain similarities and differences noted. 相似文献
Full-scale observations from two urban sites in Basel, Switzerland were analysed to identify the magnitude of different processes
that create, relocate, and dissipate turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) in the urban atmosphere. Two towers equipped with a profile
of six ultrasonic anemometers each sampled the flow in the urban roughness sublayer, i.e. from street canyon base up to roughly
2.5 times the mean building height. This observational study suggests a conceptual division of the urban roughness sublayer
into three layers: (1) the layer above the highest roofs, where local buoyancy production and local shear production of TKE
are counterbalanced by local viscous dissipation rate and scaled turbulence statistics are close to to surface-layer values;
(2) the layer around mean building height with a distinct inflexional mean wind profile, a strong shear and wake production
of TKE, a more efficient turbulent exchange of momentum, and a notable export of TKE by transport processes; (3) the lower
street canyon with imported TKE by transport processes and negligible local production. Averaged integral velocity variances
vary significantly with height in the urban roughness sublayer and reflect the driving processes that create or relocate TKE
at a particular height. The observed profiles of the terms of the TKE budget and the velocity variances show many similarities
to observations within and above vegetation canopies. 相似文献
Well placement and control optimization in oil field development are commonly performed in a sequential manner. In this work, we propose a joint approach that embeds well control optimization within the search for optimum well placement configurations. We solve for well placement using derivative-free methods based on pattern search. Control optimization is solved by sequential quadratic programming using gradients efficiently computed through adjoints. Joint optimization yields a significant increase, of up to 20% in net present value, when compared to reasonable sequential approaches. The joint approach does, however, require about an order of magnitude increase in the number of objective function evaluations compared to sequential procedures. This increase is somewhat mitigated by the parallel implementation of some of the pattern-search algorithms used in this work. Two pattern-search algorithms using eight and 20 computing cores yield speedup factors of 4.1 and 6.4, respectively. A third pattern-search procedure based on a serial evaluation of the objective function is less efficient in terms of clock time, but the optimized cost function value obtained with this scheme is marginally better. 相似文献
Surface mass variations of low spherical harmonic degree are derived from residual displacements of continuously tracking
global positioning system (GPS) sites. Reprocessed GPS observations of 14 years are adjusted to obtain surface load coefficients
up to degree nmax = 6 together with station positions and velocities from a rigorous parameter combination. Amplitude and phase estimates of
the degree-1 annual variations are partly in good agreement with previously published results, but also show interannual differences
of up to 2 mm and about 30 days, respectively. The results of this paper reveal significant impacts from different GPS observation
modeling approaches on estimated degree-1 coefficients. We obtain displacements of the center of figure (CF) relative to the
center of mass (CM), ΔrCF–CM, that differ by about 10 mm in maximum when compared to those of the commonly used coordinate residual approach. Neglected
higher-order ionospheric terms are found to induce artificial seasonal and long-term variations especially for the z-component of ΔrCF–CM. Daily degree-1 estimates are examined in the frequency domain to assess alias contributions from model deficiencies with
regard to satellite orbits. Finally, we directly compare our estimated low-degree surface load coefficients with recent results
that involve data from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellite mission. 相似文献
We analyze the interannual monthly variability of oxygen isotope ratios in data from IAEA stations along the Atlantic coast of South America between 23° and 34° S to evaluate the influence of parameters such as temperature, rainfall amount and moisture source contribution on meteoric water recharging two karst systems in subtropical Brazil. In addition, a 2 year monitoring program performed on soil and cave drip and rimstone pool waters from sampling sites with contrasting discharge values and located at 100 and 300 m below the surface in the Santana Cave System (24°31′ S; 48°43′ W), is used to test the influence of hydrologic and geologic features on the temporal variations of seepage water δ18O.
Interannual monthly variations in δ18O of rainfall reflect primarily regional changes in moisture source contribution related to seasonal shifts in atmospheric circulation from a more monsoonal regime in summer (negative values of δ18O) to a more extratropical regime in winter (positive values of δ18O). Variations in groundwater δ18O indicate that the climatic signal of recent rainfall events is rapidly transmitted through the relatively deep karst aquifer to the cave drip waters, regardless of location of collection in the cave. In addition, the data also suggest that water replenishment in the system is triggered by the increase in hydraulic head during periods when recharge exceeds the storage capacity of the soil and epikarst reservoirs. Significant perturbations in the groundwater composition, characterized by more positive values of δ18O, are probably connected to an increased Atlantic moisture contribution associated with extratropical precipitation. This implies that the δ18O of speleothems from caves in this region may be a suitable proxy for studying tropical–extratropical interactions over South America, a feature that is intrinsically related to the global atmospheric circulation. 相似文献