Abundances of Sulfur,Selenium, Tellurium,Rhenium and Platinum‐Group Elements in Eighteen Reference Materials by Isotope Dilution Sector‐Field ICP‐MS and Negative TIMS

Geological reference materials (RMs) with variable compositions and NIST SRM 612 were analysed by isotope dilution mass spectrometry for bulk rock concentrations of chalcogen elements (sulfur, selenium and tellurium), rhenium and platinum‐group elements (PGEs: Ru, Pd, Os, Ir and Pt), including the isotope amount ratios of ¹⁸⁷Os/¹⁸⁸Os. All concentrations were obtained from the same aliquot after HCl‐HNO₃ digestion in a high pressure asher at 320 °C. Concentrations were determined after chemical separation by negative TIMS, ICP‐MS and hydride generation ICP‐MS (Se, Te). As in previous studies, concentrations of the PGEs in most RMs were found to be highly variable, which may be ascribed to sample heterogeneity at the < 1 g level. In contrast, S, Se and Te displayed good precision (RSD < 5%) in most RMs, suggesting that part of the PGE budget is controlled by different phases, compared with the chalcogen budget. The method may minimise losses of volatile chalcogens during the closed‐system digestion and indicates the different extent of heterogeneity of chalcogens, Re and PGEs in the same sample aliquot. OKUM, SCo‐1, MRG‐1, DR‐N and MAG‐1 are useful RMs for the chalcogens. NIST SRM 612 displays homogenous distribution of S, Se, Te, Pt and Pd in 30 mg aliquots, in contrast with micro‐scale heterogeneity of Se, Pd and Pt.     

Diamonds and their mineral inclusions from the A154 South pipe, Diavik Diamond Mine, Northwest territories, Canada

Mineral inclusions recovered from 100 diamonds from the A154 South kimberlite (Diavik Diamond Mines, Central Slave Craton, Canada) indicate largely peridotitic diamond sources (83%), with a minor (12%) eclogitic component. Inclusions of ferropericlase (4%) and diamond in diamond (1%) represent “undetermined” parageneses.

Compared to inclusions in diamonds from the Kaapvaal Craton, overall higher CaO contents (2.6 to 6.0 wt.%) of harzburgitic garnets and lower Mg-numbers (90.6 to 93.6) of olivines indicate diamond formation in a chemically less depleted environment. Peridotitic diamonds at A154 South formed in an exceptionally Zn-rich environment, with olivine inclusions containing more than twice the value (of  52 ppm) established for normal mantle olivine. Harzburgitic garnet inclusions generally have sinusoidal rare earth element (REE_N) patterns, enriched in LREE and depleted in HREE. A single analyzed lherzolitic garnet is re-enriched in middle to heavy REE resulting in a “normal” REE_N pattern. Two of the harzburgitic garnets have “transitional” REE_N patterns, broadly similar to that of the lherzolitic garnet. Eclogitic garnet inclusions have normal REE_N patterns similar to eclogitic garnets worldwide but at lower REE concentrations.

Carbon isotopic values (δ¹³C) range from − 10.5‰ to + 0.7‰, with 94% of diamonds falling between − 6.3‰ and − 4.0‰. Nitrogen concentrations range from below detection (< 10 ppm) to 3800 ppm and aggregation states cover the entire spectrum from poorly aggregated (Type IaA) to fully aggregated (Type IaB). Diamonds without evidence of previous plastic deformation (which may have accelerated nitrogen aggregation) typically have < 25% of their nitrogen in the fully aggregated B-centres. Assuming diamond formation beneath the Central Slave to have occurred in the Archean [Westerlund, K.J., Shirey, S.B., Richardson, S.H., Gurney, J.J., Harris, J.W., 2003b. Re–Os systematics of diamond inclusion sulfides from the Panda kimberlite, Slave craton. VIIIth International Kimberlite Conference, Victoria, Canada, Extended Abstracts, 5p.], such low aggregation states indicate mantle residence at fairly low temperatures (< 1100 °C). Geothermometry based on non-touching inclusion pairs, however, indicates diamond formation at temperatures around 1200 °C. To reconcile inclusion and nitrogen based temperature estimates, cooling by about 100–200 °C shortly after diamond formation is required.     

USGS46 Greenland Ice Core Water – A New Isotopic Reference Material for δ2H and δ18O Measurements of Water

Ice core from Greenland was melted, filtered, homogenised, loaded into glass ampoules, sealed, autoclaved to eliminate biological activity, and calibrated by dual‐inlet isotope‐ratio mass spectrometry. This isotopic reference material (RM), USGS46, is intended as one of two secondary isotopic reference waters for daily normalisation of stable hydrogen (δ²H) and stable oxygen (δ¹⁸O) isotopic analysis of water with a mass spectrometer or a laser absorption spectrometer. The measured δ²H and δ¹⁸O values of this reference water were ?235.8 ± 0.7‰ and ?29.80 ± 0.03‰, respectively, relative to VSMOW on scales normalised such that the δ²H and δ¹⁸O values of SLAP reference water are, respectively, ?428 and ?55.5‰. Each uncertainty is an estimated expanded uncertainty (U = 2u_c) about the reference value that provides an interval that has about a 95‐percent probability of encompassing the true value. This reference water is available in cases containing 144 glass ampoules that are filled with either 4 ml or 5 ml of water per ampoule.     

构造演化与成矿系统动力学——以胶东金矿集中区为例

成矿系统的形成、演化与区域构造演化和地球动力学行为有关,成矿系统动力学是确定成矿系统演化和最终结果的关键,其研究是对传统成矿理论的突破,具有重要的理论与实践意义。胶东地区长期处于大陆边缘,构造成岩成矿作用过程表现出复杂性和多样性：（１）太古宙—元古宙绿岩地体产生、形成———金的矿源系统雏形;（２）古生代构造环境稳定———金成矿作用间歇;（３）中生代绿岩带强烈活化改造———构造成岩成矿;（４）新生代构造继承性活动———后期构造破矿作用。胶东金矿集中区是典型的剪切带构造成矿系统,是区域尺度地质作用的产物,其形成、演化受大陆岩石圈和深断裂成熟度控制,与太平洋区板块俯冲碰撞及郯庐断裂带的形成、演化紧密相关,其发生和作用过程及演化受地壳演化和地球动力体制转换制约,与区域构造的形成、演化相互关联。“断裂阀地震泵吸周期性破裂愈合”的构造动力体制转换是成矿物质活化、运移、聚集、成矿的基本动力学保障,构造应力场转换是其重要表现形式,金的成矿作用发生于剪压变形构造岩相向剪张变形构造岩相转换的时空界面     

准噶尔—天山—北山蛇绿岩:对中亚造山带西南缘洋陆格局演化的制约

准噶尔、天山和北山52个蛇绿岩的地质特征、地球化学性质和同位素年代学资料系统集成研究表明它们可以分为14条蛇绿(混杂)岩带。绝大多数蛇绿岩呈"岩块+基质"的混杂岩型式沿重要断裂带(构造线)线状分布,少数蛇绿岩以构造岩片叠置方式面状产出。混杂岩的基质有蛇纹岩(碳酸盐化蛇纹岩)和糜棱岩化细碎屑岩两类,岩块既有地幔橄榄岩、基性杂岩和基性火山岩等蛇绿岩组分,也有其它非蛇绿岩组分岩石。堆晶岩出露局限,典型席状岩墙群没有发育。这些蛇绿岩可归类为SSZ(Supra-Subduction Zone)和MORB(Mid-Ocean Ridge)两种类型,前者玄武岩具大离子亲石元素(LILE)富集和高场强元素(HFS)亏损特征,后者不显示该特点;洋岛玄武岩(OIB)既可出现在SSZ型蛇绿混杂岩中,也可为MORB型的组成部分;SSZ型蛇绿混杂岩辉长岩和玄武岩比MORB型具有相对更富集的Sr-Nd同位素组成,但部分形成于弧后(间)盆地的SSZ型蛇绿岩与MORB型一致,具有近亏损地幔的Sr-Nd同位素组成。已确认的最老蛇绿岩为西准噶尔572 Ma玛依勒,次之为北山542~527 Ma月牙山—洗肠井和西准噶尔531 Ma唐巴勒,最年轻蛇绿岩为325 Ma北天山巴音沟和321 Ma北山芨芨台子。根据蛇绿岩证据,结合近年来中亚造山带古地磁、岩浆岩、高压—超高压变质岩和构造地质方面的进展,可以推断埃迪卡拉纪末期—早寒武世,古亚洲洋已达到一定规模宽度,发育洋岛和洋内弧;早古生代时期,多岛洋格局发育至鼎盛期,一系列弧地体分别归属哈萨克斯坦微陆块周缘的科克切塔夫—天山—北山线性弧、成吉思弧、巴尔喀什—西准噶尔弧体系和西伯利亚南部大陆边缘弧体系;晚古生代时期,古亚洲洋于石炭纪末期闭合,增生杂岩和弧地体组成哈萨克斯坦拼贴体系和蒙古拼贴体系两个巨型山弯构造。     

Barium Isotopic Compositions of Geological Reference Materials

The interest in variations of barium (Ba) stable isotope amount ratios in low and high temperature environments has increased over the past several years. Characterisation of Ba isotope ratios of widely available reference materials is now required to validate analytical procedures and to allow comparison of data obtained by different laboratories. We present new Ba isotope amount ratio data for twelve geological reference materials with silicate (AGV‐1, G‐2, BHVO‐1, QLO‐1, BIR‐1, JG‐1a, JB‐1a, JR‐1 and JA‐1), carbonate (IAEA‐CO‐9) and sulfate matrices (IAEA‐SO‐5 and IAEA‐SO‐6) relative to NIST SRM 3104a. In addition, two artificially fractionated in‐house reference materials BaBe12 and BaBe27 (δ^137/134Ba = ?1.161 ± 0.049‰ and ?0.616 ± 0.050‰, respectively) are used as quality control solutions for the negative δ‐range. Accuracy of our data was assessed by interlaboratory comparison between the University of Bern and the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Data were measured by MC‐ICP‐MS (Bern) and TIMS (USGS) using two different double spikes for mass bias correction (¹³⁰Ba–¹³⁵Ba and ¹³²Ba–¹³⁶Ba, respectively). MC‐ICP‐MS measurements were further tested for isobaric and non‐spectral matrix effects by a number of common matrix elements. The results are in excellent agreement and suggest data accuracy.     

洋板块地层学的概念、模式、组成及失序变化*

着重介绍了洋板块地层的概念、模式、组成及失序变化特征。造山带混杂岩和大陆边缘增生复合体是经历俯冲碰撞消亡后的古洋沉积记录,利用微体古生物地层学和同位素年代学方法可以重建造山带混杂岩和大陆边缘增生复合体的原始地层。洋板块地层(学)是用来描述沉淀在洋壳基底之上的沉积岩和火成岩序列的术语,其开始于洋中脊形成,终止于该洋中脊被移入到汇聚边缘增生楔。从造山带混杂岩中重建的古大洋地层的基本组成大体相似,但因大洋岩石圈的岩浆背景不同,造成不同时期和不同类型的洋板块地层组成也会有差异。在前人研究成果的基础上, 笔者通过对不同类型洋板块地层进行分类,介绍了如何从经历碰撞造山过程的增生造山带进行洋板块地层的重建。引入“洋板块地层学”概念的主要目的在于通过对因俯冲增生而消亡的具有洋壳基底的构造洋盆和边缘海盆地的地层单元进行重建,恢复已消失洋的地层组成单元,这对造山带地层解析、造山带构造古地理恢复、重大构造变革期古地理学研究和板块重建等都将起到积极的促进作用。     

The Calcium Isotope Composition (δ44/40Ca) of NIST SRM 915b and NIST SRM 1486

The calcium isotopic composition of NIST SRM 915b and 1486 provided by the National Institute of Standards and Technology was analysed. The δ^44/40Ca values of the two reference materials relative to NIST SRM 915a were: NIST SRM 915b =+0.72 ± 0.04‰ and NIST SRM 1486 =?1.01 ± 0.02‰. NIST SRM 1486 did not require any chemical separation prior to measurement.     

金沙江缝合带弯岛湖蛇绿混杂岩带的岩石地球化学特征及其构造背景

弯岛湖蛇绿混杂岩带是金沙江缝合带西段的重要组成部分。蛇绿岩混杂于上三叠统变质碎屑岩夹变质火山岩中,成份主要为镁铁质-超镁铁质杂岩,岩石类型有变质橄榄岩、变质堆晶质辉长岩及其伴生的岛弧型花岗岩系。岩石化学及地球化学特征表明:蛇绿岩主要为低Ti(岛弧-弧后)型、富集型洋中脊(E-MORB)拉斑玄武岩;与之共(伴)生的基性喷出岩、辉绿岩脉属板内洋岛型裂谷型碱性玄武岩及其过渡类型系列。在变质辉长岩获得全岩Sm-Nd等时线年龄值为232±11Ma,代表了镁铁质-超镁铁质杂岩的形成年龄,可能为洋壳初始俯冲变质的时间。在蛇绿岩上覆的硅质岩中发现有中三叠世拉丁晚期至晚三叠世卡宁早期的放射虫化石,表明弯岛湖镁铁质-超镁铁质杂岩可能形成于中三叠世多岛洋盆或弧后盆地构造环境。     

Hydrogen and Oxygen Isotope Reference Materials for the Analysis of Water Inclusions in Halite

Fluid inclusions represent a unique opportunity for a straightforward determination of the chemical and isotopic composition of fluids that composed the hydrosphere and atmosphere over Earth’s history. The production of reference materials in the laboratory is needed to monitor and to validate the determination of hydrogen and oxygen isotope compositions of water inclusions. We propose a protocol leading to the experimental synthesis of halite crystals that contain water inclusions whose δD and δ¹⁸O values can be related to those of surrounding evaporating waters where the crystals grew. Corrections to isotopic measurements were performed by applying an orthogonal projection of the raw data to the water evaporation trajectory line whose slope can be predicted by taking into account the parameters developed in the linear resistance model of Craig and Gordon (1965). Several hundreds of grams of halite reference material can be produced rapidly (within 2 d) at a low cost and can be stored within a vacuum desiccator at ambient temperature over several months or years. The described method is especially useful for the analysis of anhydrous salts and the interpretation of isotopic fractionations that operate within the surficial water cycle.