镁橄榄石相变长大率与水含量的关系及亚稳态橄榄石的存在深度

通过分析镁橄榄石相变长大率方程的指前系数和亥姆霍兹活化能在不同含水条件下的实验拟合值,本文研究了橄榄石相变长大率与水含量的关系.结果表明含水量较高的镁橄榄石在相变过程中对应较低的亥姆霍兹活化能,而长大率方程中的指前系数几乎是一个与含水量无关的常数.这个常数的数值在晶界控制长大的晶体相变动力学经典理论中相应于晶界是一层或...     

Base metal mineral segregation and Fe-Mg exchange inducing extreme compositions of olivine and chromite from the Xiadong Alaskan-type complex in the southern part of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt

The Xiadong Alaskan-type complex shares much in common with typical Alaskan-type complexes worldwide, while showing some unique features in terms of mineral compositions. Olivine from the Xiadong dunites is characterized by extremely high Fo component of 91.7–96.7 and anomalously negative correlation of Fo with NiO, while chromite is featured by high 100 × Fe³⁺/(Fe³⁺ + Cr + Al) (>70), high 100 × Fe²⁺/(Fe²⁺ + Mg) (>70), high 100 × Cr/(Cr + Al) (>90), low MnO (<0.6 wt%) and TiO₂ contents (<0.5 wt%). To investigate these particular features, we conducted petrographic observation and mineral composition analyses for the Xiadong dunite. A number of Fe and/or Ni sulfides and alloys occurring as inclusions in olivine and chromite indicate that base metal mineral segregation took place prior to crystallization of olivine and chromite and probably induced Fe and Ni depletions in olivine. The FeO and MgO variations in profile analyses from chromite to adjacent olivine are compatible with Fe-Mg exchange. The diffusion mechanism of Fe from olivine to chromite and Mg from chromite to olivine may have elevated both Fo of olivine and 100 × Fe²⁺/(Mg + Fe²⁺) ratio of chromite and further enhanced the decoupling of Fo and NiO in olivine. We thus suggest that base metal mineral segregation and Fe-Mg exchange play important roles in the extreme compositions of the Xiadong dunite. The Ni depletion of olivine and degree of Fe-Mg exchange between olivine and chromite may be used as indicators of mineralization in mafic-ultramafic intrusions.     

Compositional variations of olivine from the Jinchuan Ni–Cu sulfide deposit,western China: implications for ore genesis

The Jinchuan Ni–Cu sulfide deposit is hosted by an elongated, olivine-rich ultramafic body that is divided by subvertical strike-slip faults into three segments (central, eastern, and western). The central segment is characterized by concentric enrichments of cumulus olivine crystals and interstitial sulfides (pyrrhotite–pentlandite–chalcopyrite intergrowth), whereas the eastern and western segments are characterized by an increase of sulfides toward the lower contacts. In all segments sulfides are concentrated at the expense of intercumulus silicates. Olivine re-crystallization is found to be associated with actinolite alteration in some samples. The compositional variations of primary olivine from the sulfide-poor samples can be explained by a small degree of olivine crystallization (<5%) from a basaltic magma followed by local re-equilibration of the olivine with up to 30% trapped silicate liquid. In the sulfide-bearing samples the compositions of primary olivine record the results of olivine-sulfide Fe–Ni exchange that occurred after the trapped silicate liquid crystallized. Our olivine data indicate that Ni in the original sulfide liquids increased inward in the central segment and laterally away from the lower contact in the eastern segment. Variations in the compositions of sulfide liquids are thought to result from fractional segregation of immiscible sulfide liquid from a basaltic magma in a staging chamber instead of in situ differentiation. High concentrations of olivine crystals (mostly >50 modal%) and sulfide (averaging ~5 wt%) in the rocks are consistent with the interpretation that the Jinchuan deposit was formed by olivine- and sulfide-laden magma successively ascending through a conduit to a higher, now-eroded, level. Sulfide enrichment toward the center in the central segment and toward the lower contact in the eastern and western segments may have, in part, resulted from flow differentiation and gravitational settling during magma ascent, respectively.Editorial handling: P. Lightfoot     

Grain growth in partially molten olivine aggregates

Grain growth rates in partially molten olivine aggregates were determined experimentally at a pressure of 1 GPa. The aim of the experiments with fine-grained starting material (solution–gelation derived Fo₉₀ olivine with a grain size of ∼1 μm with 2 and 4 wt.% added basaltic glass) was to determine growth rates during steady-state grain growth. A series of experiments was conducted at a fixed temperature of 1,350°C for durations from 2 to 700 h, and a second series at fixed duration (168 h) at temperatures from 1,250 to 1,450°C. The resulting activation energy (E=390 kJ/mol) and growth exponent (n=4.3) are comparable to melt-free results (Nichols and Mackwell 1991). The observed grain size distributions are broader than those predicted for normal grain growth or Ostwald ripening and most similar to the Log-normal distribution. The observed melt distribution is influenced by the continuous rearrangement of neighboring grains during growth. The relatively large growth exponent observed in this study and by Nichols and Mackwell (1991) where secondary phases are present suggests that grain growth in the upper mantle is slower than predicted by Karato (1989).     

富铁橄榄石的高温变形实验研究

利用高精度Paterson气体介质变形装置对(Mg0.5,Fe0.5)2SiO4和(Mg0.7,Fe0.3)2SiO4橄榄石集合体进行了高温三轴压缩变形试验。首先用人工合成了纯铁橄榄石Fe2SiO4,然后用合成的纯铁橄榄石与天然圣卡罗橄榄石按一定比例混合烧结合成了含铁量分别为50％和30％的富铁橄榄石集合体Fo50和Fo70。三轴压缩蠕变变形试验在温度1223-1473 K和围压 300 MPa的条件下进行,差应力为10-300 MPa,应变率为10-7-10-4s-1,每个试件的最大变形量为20％．利用三维非线性方法对蠕变数据进行拟合,得出的流动律中,Fo50应力指数为4．1,活化能为499kJ／mol;Fo70应力指数为4．3,活化能为510kJ／ mol。将实验结果与Fo90圣卡罗橄榄石集合体的强度进行对比,发现含铁量的增加使橄榄石的强度明显下降,Fo50橄榄石集合体比Fo70的粘性低一个量级,Fo70比Fo90的粘性低一个量级。从而得到了含铁量对橄榄石的粘性(强度)影响的初步试验结果。     

Crystal chemistry, cation ordering and thermoelastic behaviour of CoMgSiO4 olivine at high temperature as studied by in situ neutron powder diffraction

The thermal expansion, structural changes and the site partitioning of Co and Mg in synthetic CoMgSiO₄ olivine have been studied by in situ time-of-flight neutron powder diffraction as a function of temperature, between 25 and 1,000°C. Thermal expansion of the unit cell dimensions and volume are linear within this temperature range and give no indications of a phase transition, although the thermoelastic behaviour indicates a slight strain minimum around 700°C. Co²⁺ shows a strong preference for the M1 site throughout this temperature range with an oscillatory behaviour; it decreases slightly at about 300°C, climbing up to nearly its original value at around 800°C and then decreasing by about 30% at 1,000°C. This behaviour is in contrast with that of (Fe, Mg)₂SiO₄ olivine, in which the initial Fe²⁺ site preference for the M1 site switches to the M2 site beyond a cross-over temperature. The oscillatory site preference in (CoMg)-olivine as a function of temperature is reflected in the M–O polyhedral volume changes and M–O bond lengths, as well as, thermoelastic strain and atomic thermal displacement parameters. The imbalance between the increasing vibrational and decreasing configurational entropy contributions, together with covalent bonding effects rather than crystal field contributions, seem to drive the cation partitioning in (CoMg)-olivine.     

The misorientation index: Development of a new method for calculating the strength of lattice-preferred orientation

Using orientation data from experimentally deformed olivine, we explore some practical problems with the J-index, a commonly applied measure of fabric strength. We show that the J-index is highly dependent on several factors, including the number of discrete data in the orientation distribution function (ODF), and arbitrary numerical parameters specified for its calculation. Because of this non-uniqueness, we conclude that the J-index is difficult to interpret and should only be applied with caution. As an alternative to the J-index, we propose a new measure of fabric strength that is based on the distribution of uncorrelated misorientation angles. This “M-index” is shown to be insensitive to the parameters specified for its calculation. For typical deformed olivine samples, we show that 150 discrete data are adequate to quantify fabric strength using the M-index technique. The M-index correlates well with seismic anisotropy, particularly for materials of the same fabric type. Therefore, we conclude that the M-index technique is well-suited for the quantification of fabric strength and the comparison of like materials.     

Deformation-enhanced reaction in experimentally deformed plagioclase-olivine aggregates

The effects of deformation on the kinetics of the net-transfer reaction anorthite + forsterite → cpx + opx + spinel ± gt were studied using static and shear deformation experiments. Experiments were performed on dry anorthite-olivine (An₉₂–Fo₉₃) samples at 900°C and pressures between 1,000 and 1,600 MPa in a Griggs apparatus. Deformed (‘non-hydrostatic’) and undeformed (‘static’) samples are compared in terms of phase petrology, reaction rate and reaction mechanisms. Anorthite + olivine reactions are diffusion-controlled as seen from reaction rim structures. In undeformed samples, delayed reaction onset and low reaction rates demonstrate sluggish nucleation of reaction products and slow rates of diffusion at dry conditions, even at 700–900 MPa confining pressure overstepping. The reaction rate is enhanced in deformed An–Fo samples. The higher rate is mainly attributed to a combination of high stresses and viscous deformation processes of the reactants and products, which cause an increase in the nucleation rate of products. The results imply that viscous deformation processes alone can be responsible for the initiation and localisation of metamorphic reactions in dry rocks in the absence of fluid infiltration. A. A. de Ronde was supported by the Swiss National Fond grants 2100-057092.99 and 2000-065041.01.     

Reply to the comments of S. Karato on “Petrofabrics and seismic properties of garnet peridotites from the UHP Sulu terrane (China)” by Xu et al. [Tectonophysics 421 (2006) 111–127]

We thank Karato for his interest in our recent paper in Tectonophysics [Xu, Z.Q., Wang, Q., Ji, S.C.. Chen, J., Zeng, L.S., Yang, J.S., Chen, F.Y., Liang, F.H., Wenk, H.R., 2006. Petrofabrics and seismic properties of garnet peridotite from the UHP Sulu terrane (China): Implications for olivine deformation mechanism in a cold and dry subducting continental slab. Tectonophysics 421, 111–127]. However, Karato is incorrect to take water or water-related species (herein referred to generically as ‘water’) as an almost unique cause for any olivine fabric transition in nature no matter what geological conditions are. In this Reply, we will first give a succinct introduction to the context of the ongoing debate, and then provide some additional arguments in favour of our conclusion that “the olivine C-type fabric of the Zhimafang garnet-bearing peridotites was formed under the conditions of high pressure, low temperature and low water content during the subduction of cold and dry supracrustal rocks of the Yangtze plate”. The map of olivine slip systems as a function of differential stress and water content, drawn by Karato and coworkers, cannot be reliably extrapolated to Earth’s interior until relevant scaling laws have been established. The role of high water content on the fabric transitions is more likely to modify recrystallization kinetics than to switch the dominant slip systems.     

The Gibbs energy formulation of the α, β, and γ forms of Mg2SiO4 using Grover, Getting and Kennedy's empirical relation between volume and bulk modulus

 The empirical linear relation between volume and logarithm of bulk modulus of a material, discovered by Grover, Getting and Kennedy is taken as the basis for our equation of state. Using the latest experimental information on the adiabatic bulk modulus, the equation of state is applied to the three polymorphs of Mg₂SiO₄ to develop a consistent dataset of their thermodynamic properties in the temperature range of 200–2273 K and a pressure range of 0.1 MPa–30 GPa. The results imply that the bulk sound velocity contrast (v ^β−v ^α)/v ^α increases with temperature along the α–β phase boundary and reaches the value 8.9% at 13.5 GPa, a pressure equivalent to 410 km depth in the Earth. The bulk sound velocity contrast (v ^γ−v ^β)/v ^β decreases with temperature along the β–γ phase boundary and becomes less than 0.7% at temperatures and pressures equivalent to those associated with the 520-km seismic discontinuity in the Earth. Received: 1 August 2000 / Accepted: 1 March 2001