Petrological geodynamics of mantle melting III. AlphaMELTS + multiphase flow: The effect of water

The influence of water is evaluated in this last contribution of a series aiming to study the petrological and dynamic evolution of mantle melting. Water is considered to be either a chemical component in the melt or solid assemblage but it can also be present as a pure water phase in a oversaturated environment. A three-phase-flow model was developed for this purpose.Only a limited set of conditions has been applied to the 1-D upwelling mantle column. A range of fixed temperatures (1150–1450 °C) and water contents in the solid mantle (0, 0.02 wt.%, 0.2 ​wt.%) have been imposed at the entry point (120 ​km deep) for the two melting models introduced in the previous installments, dynamic equilibrium melting (DEM) and dynamic fractional melting (DFM) model.As expected, for a given temperature at the base of the mantle column, the depth of the first melt formation increases with higher water content in the mantle. After the first melt is created, very negligible amount of melt is formed over a certain depth interval which approximately ends at the depth where the first melting of the dry mantle would take place. However melt is present as a dynamic phase thorough the entire region regardless whether the DEM or DFM model has been applied.Under a quasi-steady state regime, the melt and residual mantle compositions vary significantly over depth, depending on the conditions imposed to the model (DEM, DFM, bottom temperature and water content). Several distinctions can be made at the extraction point (top of the mantle column ​= ​15 ​km deep). For DEM and DFM models at this lowest depth, the most influential factor affecting the melt composition after the quasi-steady state condition has been reached is the temperature at the base of the column. In general, for a high temperature model, the input water in the mantle does not seem to play a significant role on the bulk composition of the melt (except for the water content in melt). But at low temperature water does have some noticeable influence on the variation of some chemical components in melt ($Si{O}_2$, $F{e}_2{O}_3$, $CaO$, $N{a}_{2}O$ at T ​= ​1250 °C or lower). A similar conclusion can be made also for the residual mantle composition. The presence of a dynamic free water phase is detected only in absence of melt or in coexistence with a melt phase when the mantle is relatively cold (bottom temperature $\le$1250 °C) and the input water content at the base of the model is relatively high (0.2 ​wt.%).Complete output data for several numerical simulations and six animations illustrating various melting models are available following the instructions in the supplementary material.     

Les rhyolites hyperalcalines (pantellérites) du lac Tchad. Composition et signification tectonomagmatiqueThe peralkaline rhyolites (pantellerites) of the Lake Chad. Composition and tectonomagmatic significance

Remnants of rhyolite lava-dome and of alkaline microgranite extrusions emerge, as inselbergs, in the alluvial plain, south of Lake Chad. The peralkaline, arfvedsonite- and acmite-bearing rhyolites are determined as pantellerites. They can be related to a tectonomagmatic stage, dated of the Late Cretaceous, of the western central Africa rift system. They may constitute the NNE extension of a N50° to 30° elongated succession of small alkaline complexes, from the Gulf of Guinea to the North-Cameroon, which initiated the magmatic activity of the Cameroon Line. To cite this article: J.-P. Vicat et al., C. R. Geoscience 334 (2002) 885–891.     

Évolution thermique des séries sédimentaires de la Marge ardéchoise : étude pétrographique de la matière organique et des argilesThermal evolution of the sedimentary series of the Ardèche Margin: petrological studies of organic matter and clays

Two wells, Balazuc (BA1) and Morte-Mérie (MM1), located in a confined area (1200 m apart) and separated by the Uzer fault (a Liassic structure with a dip fault of 1300 m) were analysed using conventional methodologies and techniques (PRV, TAI, XRD, STEM) in order to compare the diagenetic evolution of clays and organic matter. The thermal convective process allows the circulation of hot fluids and the oxidation of organic matter. The conductive process allows the maturation of the organic matter, the expulsion of hydrocarbons and the deposit of pyrobitumes in the migration channels. To cite this article: L. Martinez et al., C. R. Geoscience 334 (2002) 1021–1028.     

Petrology and geochemistry of the Salma dike, Raniganj coalfield (Lower Gondwana), eastern India: linkage with Rajmahal or Deccan volcanic activity?

The Gondwana (Early Permian to Early Cretaceous) basins of eastern India have been intruded by ultramafic–ultrapotassic (minette, lamproite and orangeite) and mafic (dolerite) rocks. The Salma dike is the most prominent among mafic intrusives in the Raniganj basin. This dike is tholeiitic in composition; MgO varies from 5.4 to 6.3% and the mg number from 54 to 59. In general, the major and trace element abundances are uniform both along and across the strike. There is geochemical and mineralogical evidence for fractional crystallization. The chondrite normalized REE pattern of the Salma dike (La/Yb_n=3.5) is similar to that of Deccan dikes of the Son–Narmada rift zone, western India. ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr varies from 0.70552 to 0.70671 suggesting assimilation of crustal material. Some trace element abundances (e.g. Ti, Zr, Y) of the Salma dike are comparable to Group I Rajmahal basalts. The ⁴⁰Ar–³⁹Ar whole rock age of 65 Ma for the Salma dike is less than the ca. 114 Ma age for the Rajmahal basalt, but is similar to the generally accepted age for Deccan volcanic rocks. Despite geographical proximity with the Rajmahal basalt, the Salma dike is believed to be related to late phase of Deccan volcanic activity.     

The Greer Lake leucogranite, Manitoba, and the origin of lepidolite-subtype granitic pegmatites

The Archean Greer Lake leucogranite intruded metabasalts of the Bird River Greenstone Belt in the southwestern part of the Superior Province of southeastern Manitoba. The considerably evolved, multiphase, peraluminous, B-, P-, and S-poor leucogranite (K/Rb 132 to 24) was probably generated by fault-friction-assisted anatexis of dominantly metatonalitic rocks and subsequent differentiation. The leucogranite produced interior, transitional, non-crosscutting pods of barren, beryl-columbite- and lepidolite-subtype pegmatites that solidified from local segregations of highly fractionated residual melt. Steep fractionation gradients characterize the granite-to-pegmatite transition, most conspicuously so in the case of the most evolved, Li, Rb, Cs, Be, Mn, Sn, Nb-Ta, F-rich, lepidolite-subtype pod AC #3 (with K/Rb ≥ 16 and Cs 330 ppmwt in accessory K-feldspar, ≥2.5 and ≤11,200 ppmwt, respectively, in lepidolite, Cs ≤28,000 ppmwt in beryl, and Ta/(Ta+Nb) at. ≤ 0.95 in manganotantalite). The Greer Lake example documents beyond any doubt the igneous derivation of lepidolite-subtype pegmatites from a plutonic parent. Most cases of generally very scarce lepidolite-subtype pegmatites obscure this relationship, as the volatile-rich, highly fluid melts stable to relatively low temperatures commonly migrate to great distances from their plutonic sources.     

大别山区司空山两类花岗岩体的岩石学和地球化学特征及其成因

对司空山片麻状花岗岩及中生代花岗闪长岩和白岗岩的岩石学、地球化学、微量元素以及稀土组成模式的研究,说明司空山两种类型花岗岩体物质来源不同,片麻状花岗岩是由上部陆壳重熔产生的;花岗闪长岩则由深部低Rb/Sr比的岩石同熔作用形成的。     

Petrology, rank and evidence for petroleum generation, Upper Triassic to Middle Jurassic coals, Central Alborz Region, Northern Iran

Upper Triassic to Middle Jurassic coals from the Alborz region of northern Iran were analyzed by reflected light-fluorescence microscopy and Rock Eval 6® pyrolysis to evaluate their regional rank variation, degree of hydrothermal alteration, and petroleum generative potential. The coal ranks in the region range from a low of 0.69%Ro_R in the Glanddeh-Rud area to a high of 1.02%Ro_R in the Gajereh area. T_max (°C) values (Rock Eval 6 pyrolysis) also increase progressively with increasing vitrinite %Ro values, however T_max is suppressed lower than would be expected for each rank ranging from 428 °C for the Glandeeh coal to 438 °C for the Gajereh coal. T_max suppression may be caused by maceral composition and soluble organics within the coal. Moderately high hydrogen indices, persistent and oily exudations from the coals during UV exposure, and traces of hydrocarbon fluid inclusions suggest that liquid petroleum was likely generated within some of the coals.     

新疆后造山碱性花岗岩的地质特征

新疆地区碱性花岗岩分布很广泛,可以划分出十条岩带,它们主要分布在古生代岛弧、弧后盆地及隆起区,与板块缝合线、深断裂密切相关,并与蛇绿岩和陆相火山岩相伴生。同位素年代测定表明,本区碱性花岗岩的形成是紧随造山运动之后发生的,属于后造山花岗岩。因此,它们形成时的构造环境、岩石化学成分、矿物组成及微量元素特征等均与非造山花岗岩(A 型花岗岩)有一定的区别。在一个地区有这么多后造山碱性花岗岩分布,国内外并不多见,这是新疆地质的一个特色。     

青藏高原东南部寒武纪花岗岩类:岩石学和锆石Hf同位素研究

青藏高原南部广泛分布的冈底斯岩基,记录了其强烈的中、新生代造山作用;而古生代以前岩浆作用的报道却屈指可数,限制了我们对青藏高原起源及构造演化的研究。本文研究报道了位于青藏高原东南部南拉萨地体和高喜马拉雅带的寒武纪花岗质岩石,岩石类型包括闪长岩、花岗闪长岩和花岗岩。锆石U-Pb年代学表明其结晶年龄为503~490Ma。南拉萨地体中的寒武纪花岗岩具有高的铝饱和指数和刚玉分子数,矿物化学成分区别出岩浆成因的过铝质矿物白云母和石榴石,结合岩石中锆石的内部结构和微量元素特征表明其为S型花岗岩。岩石中锆石的Hf同位素具有近一致的负εHf(t)值,地壳Hf模式年龄集中在1.8~1.6Ga,说明寒武纪花岗岩可能来源于元古代物质的部分熔融。因此,南拉萨地体存在古老的结晶基底,而并不是一个年轻的岛弧地体。高喜马拉雅带中近同期的花岗质片麻岩具有较负的εHf(t)值和老的地壳Hf模式年龄(2.3~1.5Ga),说明其可能为元古代的地壳物质部分熔融的产物。结合同期的火山和变质作用以及区域性的不整合,本文认为青藏高原南部经历了广泛的古生代早期原特提斯洋俯冲导致的安第斯型造山作用。