From geometry to dynamics of microstructure: using boundary lengths to quantify boundary misorientations and anisotropy

The microstructure of a quartzite experimentally deformed and partially recrystallised at 900 °C, 1.2 GPa confining pressure and strain rate 10⁻⁶/s was investigated using orientation contrast and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD). Boundaries between misoriented domains (grains or subgrains) were determined by image analysis of orientation contrast images. In each domain, EBSD measurements gave the complete quartz lattice orientation and enabled calculation of misorientation angles across every domain boundary. Results are analysed in terms of the boundary density, which for any range of misorientations is the boundary length for that range divided by image area. This allows a more direct comparison of misorientation statistics between different parts of a sample than does a treatment in terms of boundary number.The strain in the quartzite sample is heterogeneous. A 100×150 μm low-strain partially recrystallised subarea C was compared with a high-strain completely recrystallised subarea E. The density of high-angle (>10°) boundaries in E is roughly double that in C, reflecting the greater degree of recrystallisation. Low-angle boundaries in C and E are produced by subgrain rotation. In the low-angle range 0–10° boundary densities in both C and E show an exponential decrease with increasing misorientation. The densities scale with exp(−θ/λ) where λ is approximately 2° in C and 1° in E; in other words, E has a comparative dearth of boundaries in the 8–10° range. We explain this dearth in terms of mobile high-angle boundaries sweeping through and consuming low-angle boundaries as the latter increase misorientation through time. In E, the density of high-angle boundaries is larger than in C, so this sweeping would have been more efficient and could explain the relative paucity of 8–10° boundaries.The boundary density can be generalised to a directional property that gives the degree of anisotropy of the boundary network and its preferred orientation. Despite the imposed strain, the analysed samples show that boundaries are not, on average, strongly aligned. This is a function of the strong sinuosity of high-angle boundaries, caused by grain boundary migration. Low-angle boundaries might be expected, on average, to be aligned in relation to imposed strain but this is not found.Boundary densities and their generalisation in terms of directional properties provide objective measures of microstructure. In this study the patterns they show are interpreted in terms of combined subgrain rotation and migration recrystallisation, but it may be that other microstructural processes give distinctive patterns when analysed in this fashion.     

内蒙古东五分子地区韧性剪切变质作用的特征

东五分子地区花岗-绿岩地体经受了三种类型变质作用的改造。韧性剪切带不仅控制了区域变质岩组合的分布,而且也导致其变质作用的强度出现了逆转序列。根据岩石的结构、碎斑含量及矿物成分,韧性剪切变质岩划分为三类,其共同特点是具有碎斑结构。其变形结构分为单矿物型及组合型。同一块韧性剪切变质岩由处在单变平衡的一组矿物组成。根据岩石变形及重结晶的特点,结合其产状,确定出两种不同类型韧性剪切变质带。共生矿物对的研究证明它们形成于地壳不同深度及温度、压力条件。本区的金矿化、运移、沉淀与韧性剪切变质带紧密相关。     

翡翠的成因及宝石学意义刍论

从地质学角度出发,对翡翠的成因作了初步研究。以此研究结果为基础,探讨了翡翠的矿床类型,翡翠矿床的找矿方向及翡翠“B”货的科学鉴定。     

河南嵩县香春沟石英脉型钼矿的矿石及地球化学特征

香春沟钼矿床是河南省新发现的唯一中型石英脉型钼矿床.主要矿石类型为石英脉型钼矿石,具有超酸高钾的特点,矿石构造结构简单,矿区有用矿物主要是辉钼矿,其粒度细小,不易与脉石分离.文章通过分析区内元素的地球化学特征,为寻找该类型钼矿床提供参考.     

Characteristics of Triassic epithermal Au mineralization at the Q prospect,Chatree mining area,Central Thailand

The Chatree deposit is located in the Loei‐Phetchabun‐Nakhon Nayok volcanic belt that extends from Laos in the north through central and eastern Thailand into Cambodia. Gold‐bearing quartz veins at the Q prospect of the Chatree deposit are hosted within polymictic andesitic breccia and volcanic sedimentary breccia. The orebodies of the Chatree deposit consist of veins, veinlets and stockwork. Gold‐bearing quartz veins are composed mainly of quartz, calcite and illite with small amounts of adularia, chlorite and sulfide minerals. The gold‐bearing quartz veins were divided into five stages based on the cross‐cutting relationship and mineral assemblage. Intense gold mineralization occurred in Stages I and IV. The mineral assemblage of Stages I and IV is characterized by quartz–calcite–illite–laumontite–adularia–chlorite–sulfide minerals and electrum. Quartz textures of Stages I and IV are also characterized by microcrystalline and flamboyant textures, respectively. Coexistence of laumontite, illite and chlorite in the gold‐bearing quartz vein of Stage IV suggests that the gold‐bearing quartz veins were formed at approximately 200°C. The flamboyant and brecciated textures of the gold‐bearing quartz vein of Stage IV suggest that gold precipitated with silica minerals from a hydrothermal solution that was supersaturated by boiling. The δ¹⁸O values of quartz in Stages I to V range from +10.4 to +11.6‰ except for the δ¹⁸O value of quartz in Stage IV (+15.0‰). The increase in δ¹⁸O values of quartz at Stage IV is explained by boiling. P_H2O is estimated to be 16 bars at 200°C. The f_CO2 value is estimated to be 1 bar based on the presence of calcite in the mineral assemblage of Stage IV. The total pressure of the hydrothermal solution is approximately 20 bars at 200°C, suggesting that the gold‐bearing quartz veins of the Q prospect formed about 200 m below the paleosurface.     

安山岩中黄铜矿矿石分析和制硫酸铜工艺的研究

安山岩中的黄铜矿是庐江中生代陆相火山热液型铜矿床的原生矿，矿石中主要伴生黄铁矿及少量斑铜矿、赤铁矿和褐铁矿。物相分析结果，黄铜矿的粒度很细，只有细磨才能单体解离；它在矿石中分布极不均匀，且与脉石矿物接触疏松，适于粗磨抛尾。物性分析结果，黄铜矿在４００～５３０℃、斑铜矿在４５０～６００℃、黄铁矿在５００～６８０℃氧化分解。实验研究表明，矿石经磨碎磁选，大部分的粗粒级的铁矿物能够回收；粗磨抛尾可获得铜、硫的粗精矿；然后再经硫酸化焙烧、酸浸、过滤、提纯、浓缩结晶可制得工业级硫酸铜。浸渣做炼铁原料，黄钾铁矾做Ｆｅ２Ｏ３颜料，有时还可回收金、银。     

大青山造山带中基底再造杂岩的特征及其指示意义

大青山造山带中基底再造杂岩主要由高温韧性剪切变形变质作用的糜棱片麻岩类、部分重烙作用形成的混合岩化糜棱片麻岩类及太古宙地壳残块三部分组成。进一步研究表明该基底再造条岩不仅可以作为一个特定的构造岩性单元,属于造山带根部地壳的一部分,而且其中前两部分既不属于太古富变质上壳岩和侵入岩系,也不属于早元古代变质上亮岩,而是早元古代造山带演化过程中,变形变质作用和部分重熔作用对太古宙基底综合改造作用的产物。基底再造杂岩的研究为进一步探讨前寒武纪克拉通内硅铝壳造山作用的性质、规模和成因机制提供了极为重要的地质证据和信息。     

宇宙尘似文象结构的图像分析和成因探讨

宇宙尘较广泛地分布于各地质时代和各种岩石中,它形成在不同的物理化学环境下,因此具有比较复杂的结构构造。本文对产于不同时代、不同岩性岩石中具有似文象结构的宇宙尘进行了广泛的研究,一方面研究Si、Al等元素的赋存状态,另一方面研究这些元素与似文象结构的关系,进一步为它们的成因提供信息。     

硅酸盐固溶体矿物中组分的韵律型空间分布及形成过程中的时-空自组织

本文根据熔体聚合模型和正规溶液模型,建立了非平衡条件下,在二组分硅酸盐熔体固结过程中的非平衡非理想界面反应的非线性动力学模型:对上式进行数值模拟表明,当W/RT<-2时,有三重态,并通过建立界面状态(组成)的质量守恒方程,合理地说明了硅酸盐固溶体矿物韵律结构形成的可能机理之一,寻找界面反应三重态是研究固溶体矿物韵律结构的一条相当普遍的途径。     

灰岩成因-结构分类的进展及其相关问题讨论

由Folk在1959，1962年及Dunham在1962年所提出的灰岩因－结构分类体系，具有划时代的意义，至今还得到极为广泛的应用，Embry和Klovan在1971年关于生物礁灰岩的成因－结构分类，即关于骨架灰岩，障积灰岩，粘结灰岩的成因－结构分类的第一次重要的补充，它解决了与生物作用有关的灰岩不符合Folk和Dunham的结构成熟度概念的矛盾，而对成岩作用及其产物的更深入研究，地质学家们发现了许多布成岩作用形成的泥晶化作用和颗粒化作用，由它们所形成的岩石也不符合Folk和Dunbam的结构成熟度概念，导致了Wright在1992年提出了一个更完整的灰岩成因－结构分类体系，把灰岩分为生物作用类，沉积作用类及成岩作用类三大类，即Folk和Dumban描述的分类均属于沉积作用类。要特别指出的是，在从松散沉积物到已石化的竖硬石头的成岩过程中，不但灰岩的结构会发生变化，而且组分也会发生变化，从而使灰岩的成因－结构分类变得更加复杂，关于这方面还存在许多有待进一步研究的问题。在审视Wright在1992年的分类体系时，有必要在沉积作用类中增加“非正常沉积作用亚类灰岩”，针对许多非礁相地层中发育的由生物礁岩石构成的生物层及生物丘，因而有必要对生物作用灰灰岩进行更进一步的分类。