Eclogites of southern Henan and northern Hubei Provinces, central China

Abstract According to field occurrence and P-T condition, eclogites of southern Henan and northern Hubei Provinces can be divided into two types: medium temperature (MT) and low temperature (LT) eclogites. MT eclogite occurs as layers or lenticular bodies within migmatized gneiss of the Dabie Group. This study is the first to report an occurrence of the assemblages coesite and kyanite + talc in this area. Garnet exhibits a distinct prograde compositional zoning and has mineral inclusions with rotational textures indicating syntectonic growth. Five evolutionary stages are outlined. (1) Pre-eclogite stage, determined by the inclusions of barroisite + zoisite + quartz in the cores of zoned garnets. (2) Eclogite stage, characterized by garnet + omphacite + kyanite ± talc + coesite + rutile, represents the peak metamorphism. The peak conditions are estimated to be T = 600-700°C, P >27 kb. (3) Glaucophane stage, without an appearance of plagioclase, is assigned to a transitional stage. Blades of glaucophane form rims around garnet grains as a result of the reaction talc + jadeite = glaucophane. This marks the beginning of retrograde metamorphism. (4) Symplectite stage, where eclogitic minerals break down, and Amp + Pl symplectite develops around garnet or omphacite; (5) Later retrograde stage is represented by epidote-amphibolite assemblages. Low temperature eclogite appears as blocks in the Qijiaoshan Formation (part of the Susong Group). Four stages can be identified: (1) Pre-eclogite stage, amphibole + epidote + sphene inclusions occur in garnet core; (2) Eclogite stage, consists of garnet + omphacite + rutile + quartz + phengite + glaucophane + zoisite. The peak conditions are T = 490-560°C, P <15 kb; (3) Symplectitic stage, is characterized by the breakdown of eclogitic minerals; (4) Greenschist facies stage, is recorded by a greenschist facies assemblage. The difference between the two types of eclogites suggests contrasting processes. A model is proposed whereby partial melting of continental crust and the emplacement of tonalite occurs during the exhumation of ultrahigh-pressure eclogite terrain.     

土楔和冰楔假形及其古气候意义

由于土楔及冰楔所处冻土的含冰状况不同,二者对冻土退化的响应不同。土楔的形状及大小乃至其中的充填物可以完整地保存下来,而冰楔在融化过程中经受强烈变形,其原形状很难保存下来,以至无法辨认。已报道的冰楔假形中,有相当部分可能是原生土脉,甚至是活动层土楔。冰楔在多年冻土环境下生长,其假形可以指示古冻土曾存在过。但它与温度之间没有简单的对应关系,因为楔形构造的形成是地-气综合因素相互作用之结果。土楔可以是原生的,也可以是次生的,它与多年冻土环境并无必然联系。     

基于红外光谱-拉曼光谱研究山东郯城砂矿的金刚石及包裹体类型

对山东郯城砂矿中的金刚石开展了傅里叶红外光谱和显微激光拉曼光谱的测试,结果显示,红外光谱均可见C—C的本征峰;绝大多数可见氮的吸收峰:双氮的吸收峰、聚合氮的吸收峰和氮片晶的吸收峰;部分可见氢的吸收峰:C—H的吸收峰、C—N的吸收峰和H2O的吸收峰.郯城金刚石以Ⅰa型金刚石为主,有ⅠaA、ⅠaB、ⅠaAB型,而Ⅱa型仅1粒;氮类型包括双氮(A心)、聚合氮(B心)及氮片晶(B'心),说明金刚石中的孤氮(C心)已经转化为双原子氮,但部分双原子氮未完成进一步的聚形.金刚石拉曼峰值集中在1131 cm–1,拉曼位移漂移程度较小,说明金刚石内部应力发生小幅的变化.在郯城金刚石中首次发现柯石英包裹体,出现139 cm–1、152 cm–1、212 cm–1、272 cm–1、328 cm–1、356 cm–1、428 cm–1和529 cm–1左右的拉曼峰值.在1粒金刚石中柯石英包裹体数量多达十余个,直径几μm至几十μm,呈针状、哑铃状、浑圆状和短柱状等多种形态.郯城金刚石中柯石英包裹体的出现,可作为郯城地区存在榴辉岩型金刚石的可靠标志,也佐证了该地部分金刚石的来源可能和洋壳循环或者俯冲过程有关.镁橄榄石包裹体上覆分散的黑色石墨斑点,与山东蒙阴、辽宁和湖南金刚石中的镁橄榄石等不同种类包裹体具有相似特征,推测这些石墨斑点是晶体包裹体形成后,由于外部环境温压条件的变化产生.     

Modelling the combination of birefringence retardations from strain envelopes around multiple inclusions in diamond

A paleo-alluvial 0.21 ct yellow diamond (L058) from Bingara (NSW) has three inclusions of coesite (two subequant crystals and one thin plate), each under more than 3.1 GPa internal pressure as measured by Raman spectroscopy. These inclusions cause overlapping birefringent retardation stress/strain haloes in the host diamond, visible under cross-polarised light. The complicated retardation pattern is quantified by mapping targeted retardation contours (170 nm, 270 nm and 380 nm) onto a photo of the diamond. A mathematical model of retardation is developed for each inclusion, and then the combined light retardations (CLR) are calculated using radial and tangential components with spherical and elliptical geometries. The CLR model reproduces most features of the measured data, but remaining differences may be due to local release of stress/strain by two short fractures radiating from one inclusion.     

Metamorphism, partial preservation, and exhumation of ultrahigh-pressure belts

The Dabie-Sulu belt of east-central China, the Kokchetav Complex of northern Kazakhstan, the Maksyutov Complex of the South Urals, the Dora Maira Massif of the Western Alps, and the Western Gneiss Region of southwestern Norway lie astride intracontinental suture zones. All represent collisional mountain belts. Adjoining Eurasian regions exhibit little or no evidence of a coeval calc-alkaline arc. Each metamorphic complex contains mineralogic and textural relics of the presence or former existence of coesite ± diamond. Other ultrahigh-P, moderate-T metamorphic phases, including K-rich clinopyroxene, Mg-rich garnet, ellenbergerite, lawsonite, Al-rutile, glaucophane, high-Si phengite, and associations such as coesite + dolomite, magnesite + diopside, and talc + kyanite, diopside, jadeite, or phengite also testify to pressures approaching or exceeding 2.8 GPa. Each of the five well-studied Eurasian ultrahigh-pressure complexes consists chiefly of old, cool continental crust. Deep-seated recrystallization took place during the Phanerozoic. Subduction zones constitute the only known plate-tectonic environment where such high-P, low-T conditions exist. A model involving underflow of a salient of continental crust imbedded in oceanic crust-capped lithosphere explains the ultrahigh- pressure metamorphism. Partly exhumed ultrahigh-pressure terranes consist of relatively thin sheets 7 ± 5 km thick. During early stages of plate descent, hydration of relatively anhydrous units occurs, and volatiles are expelled from hydrous rocks. If present, aqueous fluids markedly catalyze reactions. Experimental studies on MORB bulk compositions demonstrate that, for common subduction-zone P–T trajectories, amphibole (the major hydrous phase in metabasaltic rocks) dehydrates at less than ~ 2.0 GPa; accordingly, mafic blueschists and amphibolites expel H₂O at great depth and, except for some coarse-grained, dry metagabbros, tend to recrystallize to eclogite. Serpentinized mantle beneath the oceanic crust devolatilizes at comparable pressures. In contrast, phengite and biotite remain stable to pressures exceeding 3.5 GPa in associated quartzofeldspathic rocks. So, under ultrahigh-pressure conditions, the micaceous lithologies that dominate the continental crust fail to evolve significant H₂O, and may transform incompletely to eclogitic assemblages. Although hydrous rocks expel volatiles during compaction and shallow burial, very deep underflow of partly hydrated oceanic crust + mantle generates most of the volatile flux along and above a subduction zone prior to continental collision. As large masses of sialic crust enter the convergent plate junction, fluid evolution at deep levels severely diminishes, and both convergence and dehydration terminate. After cessation of ultrahigh-pressure recrystallization, tectonic slices of sialic massifs return to shallow depths along the subduction channel, propelled by buoyancy; collisional sheets that retain ultrahigh-pressure effects lose heat efficiently across both upper (extensional, normal fault) and lower (subduction, reverse fault) tectonic contacts. These sheets ascend to midcrustal levels rapidly at average exhumation rates of 2–12 mm/year. Surviving ultrahigh-pressure relics occur as micro-inclusions encased in dense, strong, impermeable, unreactive mineralogic hosts, and are shielded during return towards conditions characteristic of midcrustal levels. Rehydration attending decompression is incomplete; its limited extent reflects the coarse grain size and relative impermeability of the rocks undergoing retrogression, as well as declining temperature and lack of aqueous fluids.     

大别地区榴辉岩中几种超高压变质矿物研究

根据镜下观察,在大别地区东南部榴辉岩中陆续发现柯石英、金刚石和文石等三种超高压变质矿物,拉曼分子探针检测进一步证实了这些发现。柯石英和文石均被包裹于石榴石或绿辉石晶体之内,而基质中则分别以低压多型变体石英和方解石的形式存在,说明其保存除快速构造抬升的外部条件外,还与寄主矿物机械阻力及晶内低压缩性有关。作为榴辉岩相的早期共生矿物,它们的出现证明该区榴辉岩经历了超高压变质作用。     

柴达木盆地北缘鱼卡河含柯石英榴辉岩的确定及其意义

在柴达木盆地北缘鱼卡河边达肯大坂杂岩之花岗质片麻岩中发现典型的含柯石英榴辉岩。榴辉岩主要由石榴石、绿辉石和少量（多硅）白云母、柯石英和石英、角闪石、金红石等矿物组成。石榴石中铁铝、镁铝和钙铝榴石分子含量分别为５１％～５９％、２６％～３１％和１３％～１９％;绿辉石中硬玉分子含量为４５％～４８％;岩石中残留有ｂ０值极大的高压矿物多硅白云母（ｂ０＝９０７５×１０－１ｎｍ）;角闪石亦为高压类型的冻蓝闪石;最为重要的是确定了柯石英的存在。榴辉岩原始特征保存完好,仅遭受轻微的退变质作用和叠加变质作用。组成矿物可分为３个世代：（１）峰期矿物组合：石榴石＋绿辉石＋（多硅）白云母＋（柯）石英＋金红石;（２）退变交生组合：冻蓝闪石＋蠕虫状石英;（３）后期叠加变质矿物白云母。榴辉岩相变质作用发生在压力大于２８ＧＰａ的超高压至大约７３０℃、１７０ＧＰａ的高压环境,表明柴达木盆地北缘是一条重要的古板块汇聚边界。     

苏鲁三清阁榴辉岩中柯石英的发现及其地质意义探讨

在苏鲁三清阁多硅白云母榴辉岩中发现了柯石英包体,该榴辉岩与超高压含菱镁矿大理岩共生。石榴石中存在的柯石英残晶和多晶石英假相包体表明榴辉岩的变质压力超过2.8 GPa。运用石榴石–单斜辉石Fe2+–Mg温度计和多硅白云母压力计估算结果表明,矿物核部的平衡压力为3.1～3.5 GPa（T ＝650～689℃）,边部的平衡压力为2.9~3.3 GPa（T＝652～671℃）。与石榴石伴生的绿辉石普遍发育石英出溶结构。在磷灰石中观察到金属硫化物出溶体。磷灰石富含OH,F,Cl和S等挥发份,这些挥发性组分的深循环对地壳和地幔之间的相互作用研究具有重要意义。通过磷灰石,苏鲁—大别俯冲带能够将大量（～80 000 Mt）OH,F和Cl携带到地幔深处。     

Deformation-induced cordierite breakdown–An example from western Maine,USA

Preservation of partially completed metamorphic reactions in the form of partial pseudomorphs is very important as it provides direct insight onto the reaction mechanism and the phases involved in the reaction. The staurolite and andalusite grade rocks in western Maine, USA, contain cordierite porphyroblasts partly pseudomorphed by coarse-grained muscovite and biotite. The pseudomorphs consist of a cordierite core surrounded by a reaction rim. Modal mineralogy, calculated using the ImageJ processing software based on backscatter images and X-ray compositional maps, reveals that the core consists of cordierite (53.5%), muscovite (22.8%), biotite (9.1%), quartz (1 0.4%), plagioclase (3.1%) and ilmenite/pyrrhotite and apatite (1.1%) whereas the reaction rim consists of cordierite (1.8%), muscovite (51.6%), biotite (30.4%), quartz (4.3%), plagioclase (10%), garnet (1.2%), ilmenite/pyrrhotite and apatite (0.8%). The net effect of the cordierite breakdown reaction is an increase of 226% in muscovite, 334% in biotite and 323% in plagioclase content and a decrease of 97% in cordierite. The reaction involved exchange of components with the matrix requiring addition of H₂O, K⁺, Na⁺ and Ti⁴⁺ and removal of SiO₂, Mg²⁺ and PO₄^3- from the reaction site. PT estimates using the garnet–biotite, Ti-in-biotite, Na-in-cordierite thermometers and the garnet–biotite–muscovite–plagioclase barometer indicate that cordierite breakdown occurred at ~550°C and 3.5 kbar. thermocalc modelling using the bulk rock composition suggests that cordierite is not stable at these conditions, whereas modelling using a thin section-derived bulk composition indicates that cordierite stability extends to higher pressures, and most likely that the cordierite breakdown was not PT dependent. The incorporation of Na (up to 0.18 a.f.u.) into the cordierite structure has the effect of stabilizing the cordierite under a variety of H₂O activity and limiting the role of fluids into destabilizing it. The cordierite cores contain evidence of plastic and brittle deformation in the form of subgrains and microcracks, which facilitated the infiltration of fluids that destabilized cordierite at constant PT conditions by leaching Na and introducing K. New mica growth along these structural heterogeneities suggests that deformation played an important role promoting breakdown of cordierite to muscovite and biotite.     

从柯石英和"大陆深俯冲"到全球构造运动原动力的思考

大陆深俯冲与快速折返假说提出20年来一直存在争论.大陆深俯冲中需要地幔对流拖拽,但存在大陆根的事实和30亿年中在上地幔固定深度缓慢生长的大颗粒金刚石实物证据,表明地幔并未发生大规模对流.目前大地构造学的主流理论本质上是"热机类理论",地幔热对流是这部热机的驱动原动力.对地幔对流的质疑表明,摆脱"热机类理论"的束缚,开展...