Melt Inclusions in Primitive Olivine Phenocrysts: the Role of Localized Reaction Processes in the Origin of Anomalous Compositions

Melt inclusions are small portions of liquid trapped by growingcrystals during magma evolution. Recent studies of melt inclusionshave revealed a large range of unusual major and trace elementcompositions in phenocrysts from primitive mantle-derived magmaticrocks [e.g. in high-Fo olivine (Fo > 85 mol %), spinel, high-Anplagioclase]. Inclusions in phenocrysts crystallized from moreevolved magmas (e.g. olivine Fo < 85 mol %), are usuallycompositionally similar to the host lavas. This paper reviewsthe chemistry of melt inclusions in high-Fo olivine phenocrystsfocusing on those with anomalous major and trace element contentsfrom mid-ocean ridge and subduction-related basalts. We suggestthat a significant portion of the anomalous inclusion compositionsreflects localized, grain-scale dissolution–reaction–mixing(DRM) processes within the magmatic plumbing system. The DRMprocesses occur at the margins of primitive magma bodies, wheremagma is in contact with cooler wall rocks and/or pre-existingsemi-solidified crystal mush zones (depending on the specificenvironment). Injection of hotter, more primitive magma causespartial dissolution (incongruent melting) of the mush-zone phases,which are not in equilibrium with the primitive melt, and mixingof the reaction products with the primitive magma. Localizedrapid crystallization of high-Fo olivines from the primitivemagma may lead to entrapment of numerous large melt inclusions,which record the DRM processes in progress. In some magmaticsuites melt inclusions in primitive phenocrysts may be naturallybiased towards the anomalous compositions. The occurrence ofmelt inclusions with unusual compositions does not necessarilyimply the existence of new geologically significant magma typesand/or melt-generation processes, and caution should be exercisedin their interpretation. KEY WORDS: melt inclusions; olivine; geochemistry; mush zones; MORB; subduction-related magmas     

东太平洋洋隆Siqueiros转换断层带的地球化学特征

东太平洋洋隆Siqueiros转换断层带(西经103°~104°、北纬8°20′~8°30′),位于中美洲之西可可斯板块与太平洋板块交接处(图1).该转换断层的玄武岩,成分从原始的到富化的,变化很大.最原始的玄武岩产于A-B走滑断层内,其MgO含量高达14.91%;最富化的玄武岩产在西部洋脊与转换断层交叉部位,其MgO含量较低,成分变化大.转换断层内的洋中脊玄武岩可分三类:富化的洋脊玄武岩(E-MORB)、原始的正常洋脊玄武岩(Primitive N-MORB)和正常洋脊玄武岩(N-MORB).Siqueiros转换断层区已确定有两个地幔源:一个位于转换断层西部下面的富集地幔,其特点是稀土总量高,富轻稀土,低MgO、K2O和TiO2,而高87Sr/86Sr;另一个是位于转换断层中-东部下面的亏损地幔,来自这个地幔源的玄武岩具有低87Sr/86Sr、低稀土元素和微量元素含量,但MgO含量较高.     

云开地块北缘MORB型火山岩的首次发现及其大地构造意义

最新研究发现,在云开地块北缘陆川县石窝镇-北流市清水口镇一带的"云开岩群"中出露一系列变质基性火山岩,该火山岩总体呈北东向带状分布,主要岩性为斜长角闪岩和斜长角闪片麻岩,局部岩石中还夹有少量呈透镜状、布丁状或似层状产出的石榴辉石岩、透辉石岩、透辉角闪石岩、角闪石岩、(含石榴)斜长角闪岩、角闪绿帘石岩、石榴阳起石岩、石榴斜长辉石岩等.地球化学研究表明,其为典型的大洋拉斑玄武岩(MORB型玄武岩).斜长角闪岩的锆石SHRIMP法喷发成岩年龄为(1 462±28) Ma,表明其可能代表该区消失了的古洋壳岩石,是四堡期洋壳蛇绿岩的组成部分.     

Origin of the Zedang and Luobusa Ophiolites,Tibet

The Zedang and Luobusa ophiolites are located in the eastern section of the Yalung Zangbo ophiolite belt,and they share similar geological tectonic setting and age.Thus,an understanding of their origins is very important for discussion of the evolution of the Eastern Tethys Ocean.There is no complete ophiolite assemblage in the Zedang ophiolite.The Zedang ophiolite is mainly composed of mantle peridotite and a suite of volcanic rocks as well as siliceous rocks,with some blocks of olivinepyroxenite.The mantle peridotite mainly consists of Cpx-harzburgite,harzburgite,some lherzolite,and some dunite.A suite of volcanic rocks is mainly composed of caic-aikaline pyroclastic rocks and secondly of tholeiitic pillow lavas,basaltic andesites,and some boninitic rocks with a lower TiO2 content （TiO2 ＜ 0.6％）.The pyroclastic rocks have a LREE-enriched REE pattern and a LILE-enriched （compared to HFSE） spider diagram,demonstrating an island-arc origin.The tholeiitic volcanic rock has a LREE-depleted REE pattern and a LILE-depleted （compared to HFSE） spider diagram,indicative of an origin from MORB.The boninitic rock was generated from fore-arc extension.The Luobusa ophiolite consists of mantle peridotite and mafic-ultramaflc cumulate units,without dike swarms and volcanic rocks.The mantle peridotite mainly consists of dunite,harzburgite with low-Opx （Opx ＜ 25％）,and harzburgite （Opx ＞ 25％）,which can be divided into two facies belts.The upper is a dunite-harzburgite （Opx ＜ 25％） belt,containing many dunite lenses and a large-scale chromite deposit with high Cr203; the lower is a harzburgite （Opx ＞25％） belt with small amounts of dunite and lherzolite.The Luobusa mantle peridotite exhibits a distinctive vertical zonation of partial melting with high melting in the upper unit and low melting in the lower.Many mantle peridotites are highly depleted,with a characteristic U-shaped REE pattern peculiar to fore-arc peridotite.The Luobusa cumulates are composed of wehrlite and olivine-pyroxenite,of the P-P-G ophiolite series.This study indicates that the Luobusa ophiolite was formed in a fore-arc basin environment on the basis of the occurrence of highly depleted mantle peridotite,a high-Cr2O3 chromite deposit,and cumulates of the P-P-G ophiolite series.We conclude that the evolution of the Eastern Tethys Ocean involved three stages：the initial ocean stage （formation of MORB volcanic rock and dikes）,the forearc extension stage （formation of high-Cr203 chromite deposits and P-P-G cumulates）,and the islandarc stage （formation of caic-alkaline pyroclastic rocks）.     

青海沱沱河地区乌石峰蛇绿混杂岩的地球化学特征及其形成环境

青海沱沱河地区乌石峰蛇绿混杂岩位于西金乌兰-风火山逆冲带中。通过对其岩石学和全岩地球化学研究,探讨了蛇绿混杂岩的构造类型及其形成环境。晚古生代乌石峰蛇绿构造混杂岩的岩石组合以及蛇绿混杂岩中玄武岩类岩石(主要为辉绿岩及辉长岩)的地球化学特征对构造环境的指示表明:其地球化学特征与MORB相似,超基性岩和基性岩形成于大洋板内环境与洋中脊环境的复合构造环境中。是古特提斯洋洋盆残片,体现了古特提斯洋壳的闭合位置,是古特提斯洋在早二叠世末闭合过程中形成的增生楔的一部分。     

MORB‐like rocks in a Palaeozoic convergent margin setting,northeast New South Wales

The Devonian mafic rocks from the Folly Basalt, northeast New South Wales, were emplaced in the forearc section of the Devonian‐Carboniferous magmatic arc preserved in the western part of the New England Fold Belt. Trace‐element abundances in fractionated metadolerites (maximum concentration of Ni = 85 ppm) from the Folly Basalt outcropping near Nundle demonstrate that these rocks have MORB affinity. Chondrite‐normalised rare‐earth element patterns are smooth and quasi‐horizontal; Ce/Yb ratios are 3.34–7.98; (La/Yb)_N ratios range from 0.69 to 2.23; (La/Sm)_N ratios of the rocks range from 0.63 to 1.55. The data are compatible with an origin of the melts from large degrees (>15%) of partial melting of mantle peridotite. A plausible mechanism for the production and emplacement of depleted magmas in the forearc zone of the Middle Palaeozoic eastern Australian magmatic arc involves the subduction of a hot oceanic spreading centre, which could cause the presence of a region of asthenospheric temperatures below the upper plate. It is also suggested that sustained high‐temperature conditions may have prevailed in the eastern Australian mantle for at least the last 400 million years.     

弧后盆地玄武岩(BABB)数据挖掘:与MORB及IAB的对比

弧后盆地玄武岩(BABB)全球分布有限,与板块俯冲有关,位于岛弧外侧,规模小,寿命短,现代BABB主要分布于西太平洋。通常认为,BABB地球化学成分变化较大,包括正常洋中脊玄武岩(N-MORB)、富集洋中脊玄武岩(E-MORB)、岛弧玄武岩(IAB)及少量洋岛玄武岩(OIB)组分。在玄武岩构造判别图中,BABB大多在洋中脊玄武岩(MORB)范围内,说明BABB类似MORB。新的全球MORB数据研究表明,MORB包含了从MORB到OIB及IAB的组分,而BABB相对于MORB更富集Cs,Rb,U,Ba,Th和Pb等不相容元素,有明显的Nb-Ta负异常,表明BABB兼具MORB和IAB的地球化学特征,是俯冲流体及沉积物参与其岩浆作用过程所致,大多是在湿的条件下部分熔融形成的。弧后盆地可分为初始弧后盆地和成熟弧后盆地,前者玄武岩具有明显的岛弧玄武岩的地球化学特征,而后者玄武岩更接近MORB的特征。     

Geochemistry and tectonic implications of Proterozoic amphibolites in the northeastern part of the Yeongnam massif, South Korea

Abstract   Amphibolites in the Haenggongni area (Haenggongni amphibolite) and the Okbang area (Okbang amphibolite) in northeastern Yeongnam massif, South Korea occur as a sill-like body or inclusions within the metasedimentary sequences of the Proterozoic Wonnam Group. Major and trace element characteristics demonstrate that both amphibolites have tholeiitic chemical affinity. They are characterized by nearly flat rare earth element (REE) patterns, and low contents of immobile incompatible elements and have low values of Zr/Y, Ti/Y, La/Nb and Ta/Yb ratios, indicating enriched (E)-type mid-oceanic ridge basalt (MORB) affinities for their protoliths. This suggests that amphibolite protoliths formed in an extensional rift setting leading up to ocean opening. In combination with the previous studies in Yeongnam massif, three protolith types of amphibolites are assumed (E-type MORB, within-plate basalt and volcanic arc basalt). They could have been originated in different tectonic settings and/or different episodes. These characteristics are clearly different from the amphibolites in the Gyeonggi massif and Okcheon belt, in which most of the amphibolites show a within-plate basalt affinity that developed in continental rift zone.     

MORB数据挖掘:玄武岩判别图反思

板块构造学说推动了玄武岩理论的完善和进步,从20世纪70年代兴起的玄武岩构造环境判别方法成为学术界关注的热点,虽然现在逐渐降温了,但在国内仍然倍受青睐。大洋中脊玄武岩(MORB)是拥有数据最多、数据质量最好、研究得最详细的玄武岩类,是构建玄武岩理论的基石。本文利用Pet DB数据库资料(http://www.earthchem.org/petdb/search),对全球MORB数据进行了初步的挖掘,发现早先的玄武岩构造环境判别方法的理论、思路需要进一步的完善。早先研究认为,N-MORB是强烈亏损的。但本文研究却显示,MORB成分具有较宽的变化范围,包含了从MORB到OIB及IAB的组分,即部分MORB并不是亏损的,而是相对富集的。因此,玄武岩构造环境判别理论及方法有待进一步的完善。     

阿尔金红柳沟蛇绿岩研究进展

实测了2条阿尔金地区红柳沟蛇绿混杂带的地质剖面.地球化学的研究发现混杂带中含有2种基性火山岩:MORB型和OIB型,其稀土配分型式分别为平坦型和轻稀土富集型,结合同位素εNd值,推断混杂带中变基性火山岩来自于不同的岩浆源.变质橄榄岩稀土总量低,具有亏损型和平坦型2种不同的稀土配分型式.这种MORB和OIB的组合代表了地幔柱物质与洋壳物质的混合作用.