Mineral inclusions in diamonds from the Sputnik kimberlite pipe, Yakutia

The Sputnik kimberlite pipe is a small “satellite” of the larger Mir pipe in central Yakutia (Sakha), Russia. Study of 38 large diamonds (0.7-4.9 carats) showed that nine contain inclusions of the eclogitic paragenesis, while the remainder contain inclusions of the peridotitic paragenesis, or of uncertain paragenesis. The peridotitic inclusion suite comprises olivine, enstatite, Cr-diopside, chromite, Cr-pyrope garnet (both lherzolitic and harzburgitic), ilmenite, Ni-rich sulfide and a Ti-Cr-Fe-Mg-Sr-K phase of the lindsleyite-mathiasite (LIMA) series. The eclogitic inclusion suite comprises omphacite, garnet, Ni-poor sulfide, phlogopite and rutile. Peridotitic ilmenite inclusions have high Mg, Cr and Ni contents and high Nb/Zr ratios; they may be related to metasomatic ilmenites known from peridotite xenoliths in kimberlite. Eclogitic phlogopite is intergrown with omphacite, coexists with garnet, and has an unusually high TiO₂ content. Comparison with inclusions in diamonds from Mir shows general similarities, but differences in details of trace-element patterns. Large compositional variations among inclusions of one phase (olivine, garnet, chromite) within single diamonds indicate that the chemical environment of diamond crystallisation changed rapidly relative to diamond growth rates in many cases. P-T conditions of formation were calculated from multiphase inclusions and from trace element geothermobarometry of single inclusions. The geotherm at the time of diamond formation was near a 35 mW/m² conductive model; that is indistinguishable from the Paleozoic geotherm derived by studies of xenoliths and concentrate minerals from Mir. A range of Ni temperatures between garnet inclusions in single diamonds from both Mir and Sputnik suggests that many of the diamonds grew during thermal events affecting a relatively narrow depth range of the lithosphere, within the diamond stability field. The minor differences between inclusions in Mir and Sputnik may reflect lateral heterogeneity in the upper mantle.     

Foliation fields and 3D cartography in geology: Principles of a method based on potential interpolation

A modeling method that takes into account known points on a geological interface and plane orientation data such as stratification or foliation planes is described and tested. The orientations data do not necessarily belong to one of the interfaces but are assumed to sample the main anisotropy of a geological formation as in current geological situations. The problem is to determine the surfaces which pass through the known points on interfaces and which are compatible with the orientation data. The method is based on the interpolation of a scalar field defined in the space the gradient in which is orthogonal to the orientations, given that some points have the same but unknown scalar value (points of the same interface), and that scalar gradient is known on the other points (foliations). The modeled interfaces are represented as isovalues of the interpolated field. Preliminary two-dimensional tests carried-out with different covariance models demonstrate the validity of the method, which is easily transposable in three dimensions.     

赣东北地区前震旦系地层金的原生富集趋势探讨

在分析变质岩的含金性及地球化学性质的基础上，认为与金成矿有关的主要元素均源自前震旦系。指出了金的原生富集趋势和存在的矿源层。为在该区寻找金矿指出了方向     

丰城洛市地区推,滑覆构造特征及其成因探讨

介绍了洛市地区推、滑覆构造特征、运动学标志及其形成时期、成因模式。     

赣西北地区修水县联测图组1：5万区调主要进展与体会

本文重点总结赣西北地区修水县联测图１∶５万区调取得的主要进展与区调方法上的创新。其中，在中元古界双桥山群浅变质岩系中所识别、填绘出的近东西向紧闭同斜倒转褶皱，叠加近南北向开阔圆滑褶皱，在中小型陆相红盆中探索出的运用数理统计与沉积学研究相结合确定冲积扇体，并用扇体与岩性段双重方法予以图面表达以及第四纪研究成果等取得的重要进展。此外，就有关提高区调质量等问题浅谈其体会。     

华北地台主要花岗岩-绿岩带含金丰度值的研究

近十余年来，在华北地台太古宙花岗岩－绿岩带金矿的研究中，获取了许多有关地层、岩石金丰度值的资料。早期获取的资料因化验分析方法灵敏度不高且样品中常常包含矿化、蚀变和构造破碎的岩石等原因而使其金丰度值偏高。最新的数据采用了高灵敏度化验分析方法且剔除了矿化、蚀变和破碎的岩石样品，计算出的金丰度值均明显低于或接近于地壳金丰度值。结合其它研究成果，提出绿岩带有关金矿矿源是多源的（变质的、岩浆的），甚至是深源的（下地壳或上地幔）认识。     

甘肃敦煌-北山早前寒武纪岩石组合-构造初步框架

甘肃敦煌－北山地区广泛出露早前寒武纪岩石。这些岩石在早期的《甘肃省区域地质志》中被确定为前长城系、长城系、奥陶－志留系及部分石炭系。本文认为这些岩石应属太古宙和古元古代。据此，重新厘定了该区早前寒式纪岩石－构造框架。自南向北划分为敦煌太古宙杂岩区、北山南带古元古代剪切构造区和北山北带古元古代－太古宙杂岩区，并根据变形特点和岩石组合，进一步划分出次级带。     

贵州三都早奥陶世同高组下燕高页岩段的生物标志化合物

本文着重报道了贵州三都早奥陶世同高组下燕高页岩段生物标志化合物特征，首次在采自该层位的样品中检出丰富的正烷烃、链状类异戊二烯烷烃、萜类化合物及甾类化合物。测试结果显示:正烷烃图谱呈双驼峰形，碳数分布为ｎＣ_１５～ｎＣ_３５，以ｎＣ_１８为主峰碳，ｎＣ_２９为次主峰碳，Ｃ－_２１/Ｃ＋_２２为０.７７～１.０２，ＯＥＰ为０.９４～１.０４；植烷占优势，Ｐｒ/Ｐｈ为０.４０～０.４６；藿烷碳数为Ｃ_２７～Ｃ_３５，以Ｃ_３０占优势，Ｃ_２７＋Ｃ_２９＜Ｃ＋_３１；仅见碳数分布为Ｃ_２０～Ｃ_２９的长链三环二萜烷，以Ｃ_２８为主峰碳；甾烷丰度顺序为Ｃ_２９甾烷＞Ｃ_２７甾烷＞Ｃ_２８甾烷，同时检出了孕甾烷和４－甲基甾烷。生物标志化合物显示出还原环境特点，且可能主要来自藻类。     

Curvature analysis of triangulated surfaces in structural geology

This paper addresses the problem of characterizing the shape of a geological surface on the basis of its principal curvatures. The surface is assumed to be modeled as a set of adjacent triangles defined by the location of their vertices and a method is proposed for estimating numerically the principal curvatures at the vertices of the triangles using a local C² interpolant. Also shown is how principal curvatures can be useful for studying the deformation of a geological surface (with application to 3D balanced unfolding), and analyzing the folding or faulting of the interface between two adjacent layers.