Conditions of contact metamorphism, Papoose Flat Pluton, eastern California, USA: implications for cooling and strain histories

Abstract Petrological study of highly strained carbonate and pelitic rocks within the contact aureole surrounding the western part of the Papoose Flat pluton yields thermal profiles (plots of metamorphic temperature versus distance) across the aureole that show temperature gradients which are relatively flat and narrow (<100m). The gradients occur close to the contact and indicate a slight decrease in temperature from 500–550°C at the pluton/wall rock contact to 450–500°C at the outer margin of the aureole. One thermal profile across low-strain metasedimentary rocks located in the southern part of the aureole shows that thermal effects from emplacement extend no further than 600 m from the contact. Coexistence of andalusite and cordierite in pelitic rocks of the aureole constrain pressures to <4 kbar. Thermal modelling using an analytical solution of the conductive heat flow equation for a rectangular-shaped pluton reproduces the observed thermal maxima and profile shape. Conductive rather than convective cooling also is supported by isotopic and field evidence for limited fluid flow along the strongly deformed margin of the pluton. Simple thermal models coupled with observed high-temperature deformation features and a measured 90% attenuation of stratigraphic units in the plastically deformed western part of the pluton's aureole indicate that strain rates may have been of the order of 10^-12s^-1. Evidence for episodic heating, such as two distinct generations of andalusite growth in pelites from the aureole, alternatively may indicate a longer heating event and, therefore, slower strain rates. Thermal models also indicate that parts of the pluton still may have been above the solidus during deformation of the pluton margin and aureole.     

西昆仑康西瓦西北部库尔良早古生代角闪闪长岩花岗闪长岩锆石SHRIMP U—Pb测年

依据1:25万康西瓦幅区域地质调查成果,重点对库尔良早古生代深成岩的同位素年代学进行了详细的研究,获得了裂解期细粒黑云母角闪闪长岩锆石SHRIMP U-Pb年龄均值506.8Ma±9.8Ma,中粒似斑状花岗闪长岩单颗粒锆石U-Pb法年龄500.2Ma±1.2Ma,表明其形成时代均为中寒武世。该同位素年龄的获得,为进一步详细地研究库地-其曼于特早古生代构造-岩浆岩带的裂解时限提供了直接的时代证据。     

北秦岭两河口岩体的地球化学特征及其成因

北秦岭西段新元古代两河口岩体,岩性为眼球状片麻状二长花岗岩,含少量黑云母、角闪石及榍石,属钾质钙碱性花岗岩类;主量元素SiO_2=68.48%～72.45%,K_2O/Na_2O=1.35～2.07,为钾质;在K_2O-SiO_2关系图上投入高钾钙碱性区;A/CNK介于1.03～1.31,总体为钾质钙碱性弱过铝质花岗岩。岩石富集LILE元素(K、Th、Rb、Ba等),亏损HFSE元素(Ta、Nb、Y、Yb等);稀土元素总量较高(∑REE=126.82×10~(-6)～267.359×10~(-6)),轻重稀土强烈分馏(∑LREE/∑HREE= 5.447～8.894),稀土元素分配模式为轻稀土富集型,具中等程度Eu负异常(δEu=0.417～0.621)。微量、稀土元素分配模式与北秦岭东部的碰撞型德河岩体、寨根岩体及牛角山岩体一致。Pb-Sr-Nd同位素组成具低的ε_(Nd)=-3.9180～-6.0064、较高的~(87)Sr/~(86)Sr(t)=0.70760～0.71675、富放射性成因Pb同位素组成,模式年龄t_(DM)=1849.73～2022.79Ma,指示两河口岩体源岩特征与秦岭岩群、马衔山群相近,岩浆源区为下地壳成因。结合区域资料,认为两河口岩体形成于同碰撞末期—后碰撞初期的构造转换时期;这一认识细化了北秦岭新元古代碰撞造山过程;其所确立的汇聚碰撞时间与我国晋宁运动时限一致;为研究中国古陆块在新元古代时期汇聚时限、过程、方式及Rodinia超大陆事件在秦岭地区的响应提供了重要证据。     

安徽狮子山矿田南洪冲岩体形成时代及成因机制研究

南洪冲岩体是狮子山矿田内一个隐伏岩体,通过 LA-ICPMS 锆石 U-Pb 定年,获得~(206)Pb/~(238)U 年龄为141.2±1.6Ma,与矿田内其它岩体形成时代较为接近,说明南洪冲岩体是晚侏罗—早白垩世岩浆活动的产物。岩体的岩性为花岗闪长岩,主量元素以富碱(Na_2O>K_2O)、准铝质和高钾钙碱性为特征;微量元素表现为 Rb、Ba、Sr 等大离子亲石元素(HLE)和 Th、U富集,Nb、Ta、Ti 等高场强元素(HFSE)亏损;LREE 与 HREE 分馏显著((La/Yb)_N=21.07～24.28),无明显的 Eu 异常(δEu=0.92～1.03)。岩体的(~(87)Sr/~(86)Sr)_i 值偏高(0.70792～0.70793),ε_(Nd)(t)值偏低(-9.5～-9.1),Nd 模式年龄为中元古代(1.67～1.71Ga),与铜陵地区,特别是狮子山矿田内岩浆岩的 Sr-Nd 同位素初始组成和 Nd 模式年龄相仿。上述研究表明,南洪冲花岗闪长岩与矿田内乃至铜陵地区的燕山期岩浆岩具有相近的地球化学特征,说明成岩物质起源于富集型的岩石圈地幔,在中国东部地壳由挤压向伸展-减薄过渡的构造转换期,岩浆上升侵位,以同化混染与分离结晶作用方式产生了大量岩体。但南洪冲花岗闪长岩的形成主要与分离结晶作用有关,反映了岩浆作用过程中存在一定差异。     

Structural,AMS and geochronological study of a laccolith emplaced during Late Variscan orogenic extension: the Rocles pluton (SE French Massif Central)

In the southern French Massif Central, the Rocles leucogranite of Variscan age consists of three petrographic facies; textural analysis shows that they experienced the same subsolidus deformation. New chemical U-Th-Pb dating on monazite yielded 324 ± 4 Ma and 325 ± 5 Ma ages for muscovite-rich and biotite-rich facies respectively. AMS-study results agree with petrostructural observations. The magnetic planar and linear fabrics, which correspond to the preferred orientation of biotite and muscovite, are consistent with the foliation and lineation defined by the preferred mineral orientation. This fabric developed during pluton emplacement. The accordance of this granite foliation with that observed in the host rock, suggests that the Rocles pluton is a laccolith, but its present geometry resulted from post-emplacement southward tilting due to the uplift of the Late Carboniferous Velay dome. Restoration of the primary geometry of the pluton and its country-rocks to a flat-lying attitude places the granite lineation close to the trend measured in other plutons of the area. This restoration further supports the interpretation of the Rocles laccolith as a pluton emplaced along a tectonic contact reactivated during the late-orogenic collapse of the Variscan Belt.     

内蒙古东南部晚古生代裂谷区花岗质岩石锆石SHRIMP U-Pb定年及其地质意义

该区花岗质岩石主要岩性为石英闪长岩、英云闪长岩、花岗闪长岩、二长花岗岩和正长花岗岩。通过对石英闪长岩锆石SHRIMP U-Pb定年[1],所获得年龄为(313±5)Ma～(323±4)Ma,属于晚石炭世侵入体;前进场和达青二长花岗岩各单元岩体均侵入了该区早二叠世寿山沟组海陆交互相碎屑沉积岩,侵入接触关系明确,红柱石角岩发育。测得前进场岩体和达青岩体锆石SHRIMP U-Pb年龄分别为(280.8±3.6)Ma和(281.5±0.5)Ma,说明岩体形成于早二叠世晚期;乌兰陶勒盖正长花岗岩岩体获得了259Ma、羊角林高勒二长花岗岩为246～216Ma的U-Pb同位素年龄,说明在晚二叠世—三叠世又有一次侵入高峰。石炭—二叠纪裂谷发育时期,部分跨入三叠纪,先后有3次侵入高峰,即晚石炭世的石英闪长岩、早二叠世的英云闪长岩—二长花岗岩、晚二叠世—三叠纪的二长花岗岩-正长花岗岩。     

大别山北部磨子潭变质英云闪长岩内的暗色包体

大别山北部磨子潭附近新元古代英云闪长岩内包裹有许多暗色包体,其中可能保存有该区地壳早期演化的一些信息。对其中三个比较大的包体进行初步研究,发现它们的组成矿物主要为有闪石和长石,此外还含有少量绿泥石和不透明铁质矿物。这些包体可能遭受与晓天－磨子潭断裂有关的比较强烈的后变质糜棱岩化,但没有同变质或后期的脉体,岩石化学分析结果表明,其ＳｉＯ２含量为４９．１０％－５３．２７％,ＴｉＯ２为０．７４％－１．３     

Reaction‐induced nucleation and growth v. grain coarsening in contact metamorphic,impure carbonates

The understanding of the evolution of microstructures in a metamorphic rock requires insights into the nucleation and growth history of individual grains, as well as the coarsening processes of the entire aggregate. These two processes are compared in impure carbonates from the contact metamorphic aureole of the Adamello pluton (N‐Italy). As a function of increasing distance from the pluton contact, the investigated samples have peak metamorphic temperatures ranging from the stability field of diopside/tremolite down to diagenetic conditions. All samples consist of calcite as the dominant matrix phase, but additionally contain variable amounts of other minerals, the so‐called second phases. These second phases are mostly silicate minerals and can be described in a KCMASHC system (K₂O, CaO, MgO, Al₂O₃, SiO₂, H₂O, CO₂), but with variable K/Mg ratios. The modelled and observed metamorphic evolution of these samples are combined with the quantification of the microstructures, i.e. mean grain sizes and crystal size distributions. Growth of the matrix phase and second phases strongly depends on each other owing to coupled grain coarsening. The matrix phase is controlled by the interparticle distances between the second phases, while the second phases need the matrix grain boundary network for mass transfer processes during both grain coarsening and mineral reactions. Interestingly, similar final mean grain sizes of primary second phase and second phases newly formed by nucleation are observed, although the latter formed later but at higher temperatures. Moreover, different kinetic processes, attributed to different driving forces for growth of the newly nucleated grains in comparison with coarsening processes of the pre‐existing phases, must have been involved. Chemically induced driving forces of grain growth during reactions are orders of magnitudes larger compared to surface energy, allowing new reaction products subjected to fast growth rates to attain similar grain sizes as phases which underwent long‐term grain coarsening. In contrast, observed variations in grain size of the same mineral in samples with a similar T–t history indicate that transport properties depend not only on the growth and coarsening kinetics of the second phases but also on the microstructure of the dominant matrix phase during coupled grain coarsening. Resulting microstructural phenomena such as overgrowth and therefore preservation of former stable minerals by the matrix phase may provide new constraints on the temporal variation of microstructures and provide a unique source for the interpretation of the evolution of metamorphic microstructures.     

华北克拉通南缘张士英岩体大陆动力学背景:来自地球化学、锆石U-Pb年龄和Hf同位素的证据

张士英岩体位于华北克拉通南缘,岩体主要由石英正长岩组成。石英正长岩的LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄为122.8±1.5Ma。其Si O2含量为66.04%~67.80%,Na2O+K2O=9.03%~10.97%,K2O=4.40%~6.37%,K2O/Na2O1属于钾质长英质岩石。A/CNK=1.26~1.58,A/NK=1.63~1.79属于过铝质岩石系列。石英正长岩的Mg#变化范围在12.9~39.4。富集LREE亏损HREE,轻重稀土分异明显,(La/Yb)N=15.48~21.12,Eu呈弱的负异常(δEu=0.54~0.99)。富集Rb、K、Th、U等大离子亲石元素,亏损Nb、Ta、P、Ti等高场强元素。张士英石英正长岩岩浆锆石εHf(t)集中在-17.6~-13.9,Hf两阶段模式年龄tDM2集中在1.7~1.9Ga。石英正长岩的岩浆Zr饱和温度高(936~998℃)。地球化学及同位素显示张士英石英正长岩源区主要为古老的壳源物质,并有少量年轻组分加入,这种年轻组分是幔源物质。岩体形成于拉张性构造环境下,拉张性的环境导致了幔源物质的上涌,底侵下地壳使其发生部分熔融。形成时代正好位于华北克拉通破坏峰期,张士英石英正长岩正是这一地质事件的响应。     

西准噶尔别鲁阿嘎希花岗闪长岩年代学、地球化学特征及岩石成因

为更深入了解西准噶尔晚古生代岩浆活动和构造背景,对位于西准噶尔中部的别鲁阿嘎希岩体开展了年代学、地球化学以及Sr-Nd同位素研究,讨论了岩石成因、源区性质和构造背景.别鲁阿嘎希花岗闪长岩为钙碱性系列岩石,岩浆锆石结晶年龄为318.7±3.3 Ma.其具相对高的MgO(Mg#=49~59)、Ni、Cr含量,富集大离子亲石元素(如K、Rb、Sr和Ba)、亏损高强场元素(如Nb、Ta、Ti),轻重稀土元素分异不明显.Sr-Nd同位素特征显示,其有较低的初始Sr比值(0.704 297~0.704 399),较高的ε_Nd(t)值(5.8~6.5).通过综合分析,认为在晚石炭世早期,达尔布特洋壳(板片)俯冲至地幔楔下部,俯冲洋壳板片脱水所产生的流体在上升过程中与地幔楔共同作用,底侵加热由亏损地幔形成不久的年轻地壳(由洋壳和岛弧组成),使其部分熔融形成了别鲁阿嘎希分异I型花岗岩.