Spatial correlation of deformation and mineral reaction in experimentally deformed plagioclase–olivine aggregates

Shear deformation of hot pressed plagioclase–olivine aggregates was studied in the presence and absence of mineral reaction. Experiments were performed at 900 °C, 1500 MPa, and a constant shear strain rate of 5×10⁻⁵ s⁻¹ in a solid medium apparatus. Whether the mineral reaction between plagioclase and olivine takes place or not is controlled by choosing the appropriate plagioclase composition; labradorite (An₆₀) does not react, anorthite (An₉₂) does. Labradorite–olivine aggregates deformed without reaction are very strong and show strain hardening throughout the experiment. Syndeformational reaction between olivine and anorthite causes a pronounced strain weakening. The reaction produces fine-grained opx–cpx–spinel aggregates, which accommodate a large fraction of the finite strain. Deformation and reaction are localised within a 0.5-mm-wide sample. Three representative samples were analysed for their fabric anisotropy R* and shape-preferred orientation α* (fabric angle with the shear plane) using the autocorrelation function (ACF). Fabric anisotropy can be calibrated to quantify strain variations across the sheared samples. In the deformed and reacted anorthite–olivine aggregate, there is a strong correlation between reaction progress and strain; regions of large shear strain correspond to regions of maximum reaction progress. Within the sample, the derived strain rate variations range up to almost one order of magnitude.     

Strain partitioning into dry and wet zones and the formation of Ca-rich myrmekite in syntectonic syenites: A case for melt-assisted dissolution-replacement creep under granulite facies conditions

The formation of Ca-rich myrmekites is described in syntectonic syenites crystallized and progressively deformed under granulite facies conditions. The syenites are found in high- and low-strain zones where microstructure and mineral composition are compared. Heterogeneously distributed water-rich, late-magmatic liquids were responsible for strain partitioning into dry and wet high-strain zones at outcrop scale, where contrasting deformation mechanisms are reported. In dry high-strain zones K-feldspar and clinopyroxene are recrystallized under high-T conditions. In wet high-strain zones, the de-stabilization of clinopyroxene and pervasive replacement of relatively undeformed K-feldspar porphyroclasts by myrmekite and subordinate micrographic intergrowths indicate dissolution-replacement creep as the main deformation mechanism. The reworking of these intergrowths is observed and is considered to contribute significantly to the development of the mylonitic foliation and banding. A model is proposed for strain partitioning relating a positive feedback between myrmekite-forming reaction, continuous inflow of late-magmatic liquids and dissolution-replacement creep in the wet zone at the expenses of original mineralogy preserved in the dry zones. Melt-assisted dissolution-replacement creep in syntectonic environments under granulite-facies conditions may extend the field of operation of dissolution-replacement creep, changing significantly the rheology of the lower continental crust.     

基于数字图像测量系统的三轴试样变形研究

基于亚像素角点检测的图像测量技术能够记录试样表面方块角点每一时刻的位移,从而获得试样的表面应变场。将基于试样表面6行方块分别计算的应变与基于全部6行方块的整体平均计算得到的结果进行比较,显示中间4行方块区域的变形基本不受端部约束影响。还对采用试样上、中、下三个部分与整个试样的测量结果获得的应力与应变特性进行了对比分析。该方法能够测量任意时刻试样的轴向应变场,通过轴向应变场的变化可以准确地描述试样剪切带的产生、发展以及完全形成的全过程。     

Ultrahigh pressure macro diamonds from Copeton (New South Wales, Australia), based on Raman spectroscopy of inclusions

Mining of Cenozoic alluvial deposits at Copeton and Bingara (Eastern Australia) has produced two million macrodiamonds (0.25 ct median size). Raman spectroscopy is used to identify included minerals within uncut Copeton diamonds, with sealed chamber remnant pressures of 31.7 to 35.6 kbar for coesite, 13.6 and 22.7 kbar for clinopyroxene, and 7.6 kbar for grossular garnet. Assuming elastic behaviour, these values generate inclusion entrapment PT loci which intersect, restricting diamond formation conditions: from 250 °C, 43 kbar to 800 °C, 52 kbar. Larger than error (± 100 °C and ± 4 kbar), this range shows a systematic variation in inclusion composition with diamond zoning and N properties. Published research shows 1) Copeton and Bingara diamonds are unique, and 2) modern alluvium in the Bingara district carries mantle-formed garnet, captured by post-tectonic alkali basalt from an extensive diamondiferous ultrahigh pressure (UHP) terrane that stalled at depth because it is dominated by mafic eclogite. The combined Raman and geological results indicate two sets of subduction UHP diamond formation conditions/protolith are required, firstly cooler oceanic slab and secondly including higher temperature continental crust. The Copeton and Bingara stones are UHP macrodiamonds, and Carboniferous ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar age dates on clinopyroxene inclusions should be interpreted as ages of crystallisation, representing the termination of subduction. The characteristic features of ruptured inclusions and etched percussion marks on Copeton and Bingara diamond indicate volcanic delivery to the earth's surface. Alluvial deposits elsewhere in Eastern Australia may carry similar diamond along with diamond of different origin.     

Ground deformation of the southern sector of the Aeolian islands volcanic arc from geodetic data

The deformation pattern and the dynamics of the southern sector of the Aeolian archipelago are investigated. A study on the ground deformation, measured over the last 20 years in the trilateration geodetic network between the islands of Vulcano and Lipari, has been conducted. Analysis of the relative displacements and the uniform strain tensor parameters, as well as the comparison between areal dilatation and the vertical variations deduced by precise levelling, allow distinguishing different phases associated both with the regional dynamics and the local volcanic context of the area. These phases, however, appear to be closely interrelated. The analysis of the deformation pattern allows to constrain the predominance of a roughly E–W trending extension and a N–S contraction at a regional scale. This regime is consistent with right-lateral movements along a NW–SE striking fault system.     

变形岩石磁性各向异性及其应变相关性的模拟

本文介绍处于弱磁场中的磁性砂岩人工样品,在三种应变作用下磁化率各向异性特征的研究结果.结果表明,磁化率椭球与应变椭球之间,显示了密切的相关性.文中并对上述情况下,磁化率各向异性特征及剩磁特征,从机理上进行了分析.     

坦比地区正断层位移模式探讨

本文通过对坦比地区上古生界中正断层位移的研究,提出本区海西—印支期正断层的三种主要位移模式:锥形、梯形和锯齿形,以及两种复合类型:锥-梯形,梯-锥形。此外,笔者还对造成断裂位移模式复杂化的两种主要因素——岩性变化与剖面效应进行了探讨。     

Chocolate in China: the cadbury experience

Since 1979, China's Open Door policy has attracted increasing foreign investment. To maintain global competitiveness, the British confectioner, Cadbury, authorised its Australian subsidiary to develop a chocolate plant in China. This paper details the decision‐making processes that eventually led to a new factory on a greenfield site near Beijing. It also illustrates some of the adaptations that Cadbury has had to make in its product and production procedures in order to match its own standards for dairy milk chocolate and yet accommodate guo qing (the special situation in China).     

新丰江余震震群的“应力窗口”效应与华南地区的地震活动

本文取1962至1990年12月广东省新丰江地震的余震序列资料，从应变释放的角度定量地分析新丰江的余震活动特点以及与华南地区中强地震活动的关系，并与理论分析结果对比。发现新丰江地震的余震应变释放过程具有4次明显的应变异常增加，而且，从新丰江地震以来，华南地区发生的所有5.0以上中强地震都与新丰江余震应变释放的明显异常增加相“联系”，新丰江余震震群的出现是华南地区构造应力场增强的背景下余震区应力加强的效应，可以起到监视华南地区5.0级以上中强地震的“应力窗口”作用。从1986年以来，新丰江地区的余震活动有所加强，其应变释放明显增加，表明华南地区的构造应力场在加强，其地震活动可能达到较高的水平。     

地倾斜固体潮所反映的地震之前应变积累异常信息

各不同地点地倾斜固体潮分潮振幅变化能反映出局部地区在应力场附加应力作用下所产生的介质应变变化和应变积累.本文通过对泰安台、马陵山台以及余山台地倾斜NS分量资料的调和分析,分别发现M₂分潮振幅值与1983年菏泽地震（5.9级）及1984年南黄海地震（6.2级）有关的震前应变积累异常变化情况.