The geology of kimberlite pipes of the Ekati property, Northwest Territories, Canada

This paper reviews key characteristics of kimberlites on the Ekati property, NWT, Canada. To date 150 kimberlites have been discovered on the property, five of which are mined for diamonds. The kimberlites intrude Archean basement of the central Slave craton. Numerous Proterozoic diabase dykes intrude the area. The Precambrian rocks are overlain by Quaternary glacial sediments. No Phanerozoic rocks are present. However, mudstone xenoliths and disaggregated sediment within the kimberlites indicate that late-Cretaceous and Tertiary cover (likely <200 m) was present at the time of emplacement. The Ekati kimberlites range in age from 45 to 75 Ma. They are mostly small pipe-like bodies (surface area mostly <3 ha but up to 20 ha) that typically extend to projected depths of 400–600 m below current surface. Pipe morphologies are strongly controlled by joints and faults. The kimberlites consist primarily of variably bedded volcaniclastic kimberlite (VK). This is dominated by juvenile constituents (olivine and lesser kimberlitic ash) and variable amounts of exotic sediment (primarily mud), with minor amounts of xenolithic wall-rock material (generally <5%). Kimberlite types include: mud-rich resedimented VK (mRVK); olivine-rich VK (oVK); sedimentary kimberlite; primary VK (PVK); tuffisitic kimberlite (TK) and magmatic kimberlite (MK). The presence and arrangement of these rock types varies widely. The majority of bodies are dominated by oVK and mRVK, but PVK is prominent in the lower portions of certain kimberlites. TK is rare. MK occurs primarily as precursor dykes but, in a few cases, forms pipe-filling intrusions. The internal geology of the kimberlites ranges from simple single-phase pipes (RVK or MK), to complex bodies with multiple, distinct units of VK. The latter include pipes infilled with steep, irregular VK blocks/wedges and at least one case in which the pipe is occupied by well-defined sub-horizontal VK phases, including a unique, 100-m-thick graded sequence. The whole-rock compositions of VK samples suggest significant loss of kimberlitic fines during eruption followed by variable dilution by surface sediment and concurrent incorporation of kimberlitic ash. Diamond distribution within the kimberlites reflects the amount and nature of mantle material sampled by individual kimberlite phases, but is modified considerably by eruption and depositional processes. The characteristics of the Ekati kimberlites are consistent with a two-stage emplacement process: (1) explosive eruption/s causing vent clearing followed by formation of a significant tephra rim/cone of highly fragmented, olivine-enriched juvenile material with varying amounts of kimberlitic ash and surface sediments (predominantly mud); and (2) infilling of the vent by direct deposition from the eruption column and/or resedimentation of crater rim materials. The presence of less fragmented, juvenile-rich PVK in the lower portions of certain pipes and the intrusion of large volumes of MK to shallow levels in some bodies suggest emplacement of relatively volatile-depleted, less explosive kimberlite in the later stages of pipe formation and/or filling. Explosive devolatilisation of CO₂-rich kimberlite magma is interpreted to have been the dominant eruption mechanism, but phreatomagmatism is thought to have played a role and, in certain cases, may have been dominant.     

高压下天然菱铁矿的压缩性和电子结构研究

采用同步辐射光源和金刚石对顶砧(DAC)技术,对天然菱铁矿的压缩性和电子结构进行了原位X射线衍射(XRD)和X射线吸收近边结构谱(XANES)测试研究。在室温下随着压力逐渐升高至50.2 GPa,菱铁矿保持方解石型结构不变,但是逐渐向Na Cl型结构转变;刚性[CO3]2-基团平行于ab-平面定向排列使c轴的压缩性大于a轴。菱铁矿在44.6~47.1 GPa之间发生电子由高自旋态(HS)向低自旋态(LS)的转变,表现为体积塌陷8%。HS菱铁矿的等温状态方程参数为K0=112(5)GPa和K'0=4.6(3)。首次采用XANES技术对菱铁矿中Fe2+的电子结构进行了研究,结果表明:随着压力升高至37.3 GPa,Fe2+的配位和局域对称并未发生明显变化;此后电子结构开始转变,Fe2+的3d轨道分裂能降低,电子跃迁概率增大,呈现LS特性。     

金刚石包裹体中的古地幔信息

金刚石在地幔环境生长过程中会捕获一些包裹体，这些包裹体能够被金刚石携带到地球表层，金刚石包裹体保存有其生长时古地幔环境的信息，通过对这些包裹体的研究，,可以获取古地幔环境的信息，阐述了金铡石包裹体的特征，综述了金刚石包裹体在获取古地幔物理化学环境，相环境以及地幔信息方面的取得的一些成果。     

金刚石形成的微观解释及其保存条件

作者讨论了石墨转化为金刚石时的自由能变化和影响金刚石保存的物理化学因素。提出了复位效应这一概念,分析了释压速率、催化剂和水份等因素对金刚石保存的影响。人工合成金刚石的生产实践证实,在压力降低时,由于上述因素的影响,金刚石不稳定,并向石墨转化,金伯利岩中金刚石含矿性取决于多种因素:岩浆侵位的速度、冷凝速度、围岩水份以及岩浆化学成分。现有资料发明,金伯利岩体上部富金刚石,而往深部品位变贫且质量差,在一个岩管中往往中部富而边部渐贫。     

胶辽台隆金刚石原生矿多旋回成矿作用讨论

辽东复县和鲁西蒙阴金刚石原生矿带产于中朝准地台的胶辽台隆次级凸起与凹陷的衔接带。胶辽台隆自晚前寒武纪以来,经历了扬子、晚加里东、华力西、印支、燕山等构造岩浆旋回,并在地台多旋回升降运动中,由于地壳产生减薄和水平引张作用,使富镁铁橄榄岩浆沿岩石圈断裂反复上涌,充填于基底断裂和盖层断裂中,形成了金伯利岩管和岩脉。依此,金刚石的成矿作用可划分为4个旋回;前寒武纪成矿旋回;加里东成矿旋回;华力西成矿旋回;燕山成矿旋回,其中以晚加里东—华力西成矿旋回和燕山成矿旋回最为重要。     

高压下白云石的原位拉曼光谱研究

利用热液金刚石压腔研究了白云石在温度298 K、压力100~1 000 MPa下C-O键弯曲振动峰1ν097的拉曼变化特征。结果表明,在实验的压力范围内白云石稳定,其拉曼位移和压力具有很好的线性关系,拟合后得出压力与白云石1 097 cm-1拉曼线频率位移的关系为:p=143.47(Δpν)1 097+102.67(1 097相似文献   

Diamond formation in the system MgO–SiO2–H2O–C at 7.5 GPa and 1,600°C

Diamond crystallization has been studied in the SiO₂–H₂O–С, Mg₂SiO₄–H₂O–С and H₂O–С subsystems at 7.5 GPa and 1,600°C. We found that dissolution of initial graphite is followed by spontaneous nucleation of diamond and growth of diamond on seed crystals. In 15-h runs, the degree of graphite to diamond transformation [α = M_Dm/(M_Dm + M_Gr)100, where M_Dm is mass of obtained diamond and M_Gr mass of residual graphite] reached 100% in H₂O-rich fluids but was only 35–50% in water-saturated silicate melts. In 40-h runs, an abrupt decrease of α has been established at the weight ratio H₂O/(H₂O + SiO₂) ≤ 0.16 or H₂O/(H₂O + Mg₂SiO₄) ≤ 0.15. Our results indicate that α is a function of the concentration of water, which controls both the kinetics of diamond nucleation and the intensity of carbon mass transfer in the systems. The most favorable conditions for diamond crystallization in the mantle silicate environment at reliable PT-parameters occur in the fluid phase with low concentration of silicates solute. In H₂O-poor silicate melts diamond formation is questionable.     

新宁—灰汤断裂带花岗斑岩与煌斑岩脉的分布特征及其找矿意义

新宁一灰汤断裂南东盘,分布有数条北西向的花岗斑岩脉带,每条岩脉带内,产出有相同的矿床组合及类似的分带规律,构成一个北东向的多金属成矿带。成矿带北西部分为锑金成矿区,南东侧是铅锌铜钨成矿区。新宁—灰汤断裂与桃江—城步断裂控制的煌斑岩脉,具有明显区别,在某些地段具有钾镁煌斑岩主要特征,它对我省金刚石原生矿的突破,是一条重要线索与新途征。     

热带深对流云对CO、NO、NOx和O3的垂直输送作用

利用2005年11月至2006年2月ACTIVE (Aerosol and Chemical Transport in tropIcal conVEction) 外场试验期间在澳大利亚北部达尔文地区取得的CO、O3、NO和NOx飞机探测资料, 并结合HYSPLIT后向轨迹模式结果, 分析这几种气体成分在对流卷云砧内外的分布情况, 并探讨热带深对流云对于污染气体的垂直输送作用。分析结果显示, 在孤立对流云卷云砧中, 云砧内部O3、NO、NOx浓度均大于云外; 而CO则不同, 只有在近地面浓度高时才如此, 在近地面浓度较小时, 卷云砧内部的浓度反而小于云外。进一步分析造成这两类气体分布差异的原因, 发现CO主要借助深对流云将对流层下层以及对流云周围环境中的CO夹卷并动力垂直输送到对流云顶部卷云砧中, 而对于O3、NO和NOx来说, 除了上述作用以外, 还可能与对流云内部其他物理机制(如闪电), 造成新的O3、NO和NOx有关, 这些新生气体随着风暴内部强烈的上升气流被最终输送进云砧中。     

Geodynamic controls on diamond deposits: Implications for Australian occurrences

Conventional diamond exploration guidelines predict that economic diamond occurrences will be restricted to Archaean cratons, where the lithosphere is thick and cool, and diamond is the stable form of carbon in the lower portions of the lithosphere. However, Australia's current economic diamond deposits are not well predicted by these conventional exploration guidelines. Tomographic images show that Australia's economic diamond deposits lie at step changes in lithospheric thickness within dominantly cratonized Proterozoic provinces with thick (≥ 200 km) lithosphere. The thickest portions of the seismic lithosphere in Australia occur not under the major Archaean cratons, rather the central Proterozoic regions of the continent. We use a numerical code to show that such features are stable, and that the longevity of the diamond stability field is dependent on distance to the continent–ocean boundary, local depth of the chemical boundary layer (CBL), and proximity to changes in CBL depth. We also show that abrupt changes in lithospheric thickness focus lithospheric stress gradients, affecting melt migration paths, and that continental melt production is enhanced in regions adjacent to major cratons. Diamond pipes occur where conditions conducive to diamond stability and deep-seated alkaline volcanism (kimberlite or lamproite) occur simultaneously, and the common confluence of these factors at abrupt changes in lithospheric thickness marks them as potential exploration targets.