Zoning and layering in diorites of the scottish caledonian appinite suite

Dioritic plugs (< 1 km across) are common associates of the late Caledonian, post-tectonic granites of the Scottish Highlands. These contain a very wide range of rock types from ultramafic through mesocratic diorites to anorthositic and granitic. These rocks form steeply dipping, wall-parallel layers and zones within the plugs. Outer layers are shown to form first, inner layers later. Mafic zones are composed of the minerals seen as phenocrysts in chilled margins and have the chemical characteristics of cumulates. The inner margins of the mafic zones reflect the onset of plagioclase crystallization. Core zones also show inward variations in mineralogy and texture which define vertical, wall-parallel cylinders. These variations are ascribed to fractional crystallization accompanying accretion of rock onto the pipe walls. Cores in different intrusions may be mafic, mesocratic, or leucocratic, which indicates vertical zonation in the bodies. The mafic cores additionally show that recharge with less evolved magma occurred in some cases. The few larger (> 1 km diameter) intrusions show examples of layering and lamination dipping at low to moderate angles. These indicate the beginning of a change from wall-dominated to floor-dominated crystallization as intrusion diameter increases. A comparison is made with the nature and origin of layering in other intrusions.     

Using Mesoproterozoic sedimentary geochemistry to reconstruct basin tectonic geography and link organic carbon productivity to nutrient flux from a Northern Australian large igneous Province

The Beetaloo Sub-basin, northern Australia, is considered the main depocentre of the 1,000-km scale Mesoproterozoic Wilton package of the greater McArthur Basin – the host to one of the oldest hydrocarbon global resources. The ca. 1.40–1.31 Ga upper Roper Group and the latest Mesoproterozoic to early Neoproterozoic unnamed group of the Beetaloo Sub-basin, together, record ca. 500 million years of depositional history within the North Australia Craton. Whole-rock shale Sm–Nd and Pb isotope data from these sediments reveal sedimentary provenance and their evolution from ca. 1.35 to 0.85 Ga. Furthermore, these data, together with shale major/trace elements data from this study and pyrolysis data from previous publications, are used to develop a dynamic tectonic geography model that links the organic carbon production and burial to an enhanced weathering of nutrients from a large igneous province. The ca. 1.35–1.31 Ga Kyalla Formation of the upper Roper Group is composed of isotopically evolved sedimentary detritus that passes up, into more isotopically juvenile Pb values towards the top of the formation. The increase in juvenile compositions coincides with elevated total organic carbon (TOC) contents of these sediments. The coherently enriched juvenile compositions and TOC the upper portions of the Kyalla Formation are interpreted to reflect an increase in nutrient supply associated with the weathering of basaltic sources (e.g. phosphorous). Possible, relatively juvenile, basaltic sources include the Wankanki Supersuite in the western Musgraves and the Derim Derim–Galiwinku large igneous province (LIP). The transition into juvenile, basaltic sources directly before a supersequence-bounding unconformity is here interpreted to reflect uplift and erosion of the Derim Derim–Galiwinku LIP, rather than an influx of southern Musgrave sources. A new baddeleyite crystallisation age of 1,312.9 ± 0.7 Ma provides both a tight constraint on the age of this LIP, along with its associated magmatic uplift, as well as providing a minimum age constraint for Roper Group deposition. The unconformably overlying lower and upper Jamison sandstones are at least 300 million years younger than the Kyalla Formation and were sourced from the Musgrave Province. An up-section increase in isotopically juvenile compositions seen in these rocks is interpreted to document the progressive exhumation of the western Musgrave Province. The overlying Hayfield mudstone received detritus from both the Musgrave and Arunta regions, and its isotopic geochemistry reveals affinities with other early Neoproterozoic basins (e.g. Amadeus, Victoria and Officer basins), indicating the potential for inter-basin correlations.     

Heterogenous zircons from Mesozoic igneous rocks in the North China Craton and their tectonic implications

Based on a synthesis of zircon inheritance from Mesozoic igneous rocks in the eastern portion of the North China Craton （NCC） , it is proposed that inherited zircons with Neoproterozoie ages identified from these rocks are of a heterogenous derivation from the Yangtze/South China block, rather than from the NCC itself. The mechanism that introduces these zircons incorporated into the NCC is likely by tectonic underplating during the Triassic continental subduction of the Yangtze block beneath the NCC. Tectonic addition of abundant crustal materials represented by the heterogenous zircons into the NCC, probably along Moho or weak interfaces within the NCC＇s crust, led to the crustal thickening in the NCC. These heterogenous materials, either as （partial） source rocks or as contaminants of the magmas generated during an extension environment following the crustal thickening, were reworked and therefore have significant contribution to petrogenesis of the Mesozoic igneous rocks. The crustal thickening resulted from the tectonic underplating, as indicated by the distribution extent of the heterogenous zircons, is spatially similar to that of the lithospheric thinning, with both mainly occurring in the eastern segment of the NCC. This is probably suggestive of an intrinsic relation between the thickening and thinning events during the Mesozoic evolution of the NCC.     

地幔平衡部分熔融和岩浆分离结晶成因岩浆岩的判别

本文在讨论Ⅰ型（地幔平衡部分熔融成因）和Ⅱ型（岩浆分离结晶成因）岩浆岩元素丰度关系公式的基础上，建立了Ⅰ型和Ⅱ型岩浆岩系成因判别公式及判别法则。     

中国东部富碱侵入岩铅同位素组成特征模式及其地质意义

对中国东部１１个铅同位素省内４５个中生代富碱侵入岩体测定了６５个长石和全岩的铅同位素组成，并结合前人资料分析认为。各铅同位素省富碱侵入岩铅同位素组成特征模式与所在铅同位素省中生代中酸性花岗岩类岩石的长石铅同位组成特征模式完全相同，呈等值变化，这就充分暗示富碱侵入岩不太可能属于来自地幔岩浆直接分异产物，而与地壳基底岩石分层深熔或部分熔融作用有关。     

中酸性火成岩岩石化学计算若干问题的讨论及解决方案

对于中酸性火成岩,CIPW标准矿物与岩石实际矿物成分之间的差别是明显的。为了缩小这一差別,作者讨论了和岩石化学计算有关的若干问题,在此基研上提出了适用于中酸性火成岩的岩石化学计算方案。计算实例表明,本文方案能够弥补CIPW标准矿物分子法的某些不足。     

古太平洋岩石圈消减与中国东南部晚中生代火成岩成因——岩石圈消减与玄武岩底侵相结合模式的补充证据

本文根据中国东南部 140个晚中生代火成岩 Rb- Sr等时线年龄匹配的 Isr值 ,勾画了 Isr等值线图。该图与 TDM等值线图有好的对应 ,都在浙闽沿海地区、南岭东段和武夷山北段出现低值区或低值带 ,反映中国东南地壳在晚中生代时期 ,有广泛的地幔物质的加入 ,它们以底侵的形式底垫在中 -下地壳。沿海地区 Isr、TDM的低值区、带受地壳厚度的控制 ,内陆的低值区、带可能与局部应力场导致的拉张减薄有关。浙闽沿海晚中生代火成岩岩石地球化学显示大离子亲石元素 Rb、Sr、Ba、Th和 Ce富集 ,高场强元素 Nb、Ta、Zr、Hf和重稀土 Y、Yb亏损 ,具有明显的消减带岩浆作用的特征。西太平洋地震层析成像显示 ,西太平洋板块俯冲是连续的。在大约 2 0 0 0～ 12 0 0 km深度 ,地幔中正在下沉的古俯冲洋壳明显偏西 ,可能反映那时为低角度俯冲。中国东南部广泛发育的NE- NNE褶皱和断裂构造 ,与古太平洋板块向欧亚大陆之下的俯冲作用有关。大规模晚中生代岩浆活动之前的陆相沉积 ( T3- J2 )是造山磨拉石建造。上述地质证据均支持消减作用和底侵作用相结合的模式     

鲁西地区中生代碳酸岩类的微量元素和锶、钕同位素组成特征

对鲁西地区早白垩纪的碳酸岩岩体的稀土、微量元素和同位素组成的研究表明 ,鲁西碳酸岩不同于任何沉积成因的灰岩和变质成因的大理岩 ,而与世界典型的幔源碳酸岩具有相似的稀土元素组成 ,说明其为幔源成因 ,碳酸岩极度富集轻稀土元素。鲁西碳酸岩的锶、钕同位素组成表明其地幔源区为具有EMI和EMII端元混合特征的富集地幔。     

卡尼期湿润幕：气候- 环境变化与海洋生态效应研究新进展

晚三叠世卡尼期湿润幕（Carnian Pluvial Episode, CPE）是近年来最受瞩目的地质事件之一。此次事件以卡尼中期全球不同纬度环境湿度显著上升为主要标志。CPE的发生不仅对全球各地沉积格局产生重大改变，也对三叠纪生物演化产生了深远影响。海洋生物群在跨越CPE期间发生了不同程度的灭绝与演替，大部分海洋无脊椎动物和部分脊椎动物的多样性在CPE之后出现明显的降低，著名的关岭生物群也受到了CPE的明显影响，并开始显现出危机。CPE之后，恐龙类群开始逐步占据陆地生态的主导地位，早中生代和现代生物的先祖开始在这一时期纷纷出现。CPE的发生揭开了现生生物演化史新的一页，并最终开创了早中生代和现生生物黎明。有关CPE的触发机制主要包括以下2个方面：① 晚三叠世巨型季风环流在卡尼期达到鼎盛并区域上影响了大气降水量；② 板块活动造成大规模火山喷发引发全球气候扰动。由于上述2种解释还未能与我国其他地质记录较好匹配，因而CPE在特提斯东缘的发生次序和发展过程并不清晰。这其中，对CPE触发机制的探讨，需要将全球板块变化与古气候模拟纳入其研究范畴。不同于晚二叠世生物大灭绝后生物类群缓慢重启和生态逐步复苏，CPE期间的生物演化与革新在短时间内促成了现代生物类群的形成。在我国，上三叠统卡尼阶分布广泛、发育齐全，且保存有各门类丰富的动植物化石，是开展卡尼期气候- 环境变化与生态效应研究的重要场所。然而目前国内有关CPE研究还十分有限，一些基础的地质工作仍然有待开展。位于特提斯东缘的我国地质记录有助于深刻理解CPE过程和环境- 生物协同演化关系，尤其在现代生物多样性起源和当代生态系统结构成型的研究过程中需要提供更多中国的对比方案。     

浙江沐尘岩体与西山头组火山岩的岩浆同源性分析

沐尘岩体与旁侧西山头组火山岩、潜火山岩在空间上密切共生,形成时间相近;岩石类型都属中酸性岩类;具有相近的岩石化学成分,均属弱碱质岩系;各种岩石的稀土配分曲线除Eu外具有基本一致的型式,微量元素配分曲线形态也基本一致,说明它们是同源岩浆演化的产物。其岩石类型、岩石化学和稀土元素、微量元素地球化学方面具有相似性和一致性,岩浆演化均有反序现象,说明它们属同熔型火山-侵入岩组合。根据2004年国际地层委员会公布的侏罗系与白垩系的分界年龄(145.5±4.0Ma),并结合沐尘岩体与旁侧西山头组火山岩的成因关系,沐尘岩体的形成时代确定为早白垩世早期似更合理。