Rutile inclusions in garnet from a dissolution‐reprecipitation mechanism

Metamorphic garnet commonly contains needle‐like rutile inclusions as well as equant rutile inclusions that surround quartz inclusions and range in size from submicrometer to nanometer. Although the origin of these equant rutile inclusions, that is, exsolution or non‐exsolution, has important implications for petrological and tectonic processes, the crystallographic characteristics of these inclusions have rarely been studied because of the small sizes and analytical difficulties involved. Here, we report the crystallographic characteristics pertinent to the genetic origin of minute equant rutile inclusions in cloudy, nearly spherically shaped garnet domains with Ti‐depleted compositions surrounding quartz inclusions in ultrahigh‐pressure garnet from several diamondiferous Erzgebirge quartzofeldspathic gneissic rock samples. TEM analyses show that the equant rutile crystals in cloudy garnet domains are partially bounded by the low‐energy {100}_rt ± {110}_rt ± {101}_rt facets and have rather random crystallographic orientation relationships (CORs) with the garnet host, with preferential alignment of low‐energy lattice planes, for example, {100}_rt//{112}_grt, for some rutile crystals. Although the rather random CORs are unlikely to be attributed to solid‐state exsolution subjected to the stringent topotactic garnet lattice constraints, the characteristic subhedral {100}_rt ± {110}_rt ± {101}_rt crystal forms of rutile can be rationalized by a metasomatic dissolution‐reprecipitation mechanism via a fluid phase. In this scenario, the quartz+fluid inclusions in garnet were first subjected to decompression microcracking during rock exhumation, followed by dissolution of Ti‐bearing garnet matrix at the crack tips or along the crack surfaces and subsequent reprecipitation of rutile, apatite, gahnite, akdalaite, and Ti‐depleted garnet. The rapid coalescence between rutile and garnet crystals in fluid or direct attachment of rutile crystals onto the dissolving crack surfaces would then yield the rather random CORs as reported here. These results, along with previous work on rutile needles, indicate rather diverse genesis of rutile inclusions in various crystal forms, thus shedding light on the controversial exsolution origin for other inclusion suite/microstructure in minerals.     

应用瞬变电磁法小线框大电流探测隐伏断层

瞬变电磁法小线框、大电流技术在金属矿勘探和地下水的探测中已趋成熟。在长期实践的基础上,分析断层上方出现的感应二次场V2 负值现象和成因,提出断层和次新断层以及地质塌陷的探测方法和数据处理的要点,总结出利用小线框、大电流瞬变电磁法探测隐伏断层的技术方法。钻井验证表明,该方法施工快速轻便,断层点定位准确。     

Defect structure of the low temperature α-cristobalite phase and the cristobalite ⇆ tridymite transformation in (Si-Ge)O2

Using minimum exposure techniques, it is feasible to perform high resolution electron microscopy on the α-cristobalite phase of (Si_0.9 Ge_0.1)O₂, which is extremely radiation sensitive. Such images reveal atomic scale information of twins and tridymite-like stacking faults on (1 1 1)_β planes, as well as of domain boundaries resulting from the β→α transition. Polytype structures are formed in certain cases. Morphological features suggest that the phase transformation cristobalite → tridymite proceeds by means of a zonal dislocation mediated synchro-shear process on (1 1 1)_β planes; the geometry of this process is analyzed. Received: 13 June 1999 / Accepted: 30 October 1999     

大回线源瞬变电磁技术在西藏山南地区探矿中的应用

对大回线源瞬变电磁非中心点场和中心点场响应进行对比讨论,认为核函数具有相似的函数形态和函数性质,因此对于非中心点各分量也可以表示成与中心点垂直分量类似的多项式形式,采用待定系数法,完成视电阻率定义,通过模型检验认为方法可行,结果可靠.使用这一技术时西藏山南地区的帕南、努日等两个矿区进行探测,解释结果与钻探验证一致,取得...     

应用FTIR-SEM研究一类合成欧珀的微结构及其变彩成因机制

近些年来,相关人工合成欧泊的研究工作主要聚焦于天然与合成欧泊的鉴别与筛选,而相关合成欧泊的微结构、变彩机制及其中水的赋存状态的深入研究鲜见报道。本文通过傅里叶变换红外光谱(FTIR)、场发射扫描电镜(FE-SEM)对一类合成欧泊的微结构、结构缺陷进行较系统的研究。同时,结合对样品的热处理就该合成欧泊体色、变彩机制及其中水的赋存状态作了初步探讨。结果表明:该样品的红外光谱中,在约2900 cm~(-1)、1737 cm~(-1)处出现合成欧泊特征吸收,且在4000~6000 cm-1波段,合成欧泊相比天然欧泊的吸收峰更为复杂。合成欧泊的颜色由体色与变彩两者共同构成,该体色与存在于其微结构中准球状、粒径约205 nm的二氧化硅颗粒的间隙填充物直接关联,且在热处理条件下随着间隙物的析出而渐退。同时,该类合成欧泊的变彩归因于结构致色并由其内部SiO_2颗粒周期性排列而构成的三维的光子带隙结构所致。此外,在欧泊的微观结构发生重构前,变彩所呈现的颜色主要由准球状二氧化硅颗粒粒径与间隙填充物决定。     

瞬变电磁法利用不完整数据进行一维反演的可行性分析

为充分利用已经采集获得的并不完整的瞬变电磁衰减曲线,以一维三层理论模型以及实测数据为例进行了计算,计算结果说明,在不能获得整条衰减曲线时,利用部份时段进行反演获取一定的的地质信息,是一种可行的补救措施。试验的前提是瞬变响应曲线是正常的符合衰减规律的曲线,而对于畸变的曲线是不适合的。     

Simulating coseismic deformation of quartz in the middle crust and fabric evolution during postseismic stress relaxation — An experimental study

Non-steady state deformation and annealing experiments on vein quartz are designed to simulate earthquake-driven episodic deformation in the middle crust. Three types of experiments were carried out using a modified Griggs-type solid medium deformation apparatus. All three start with high stress deformation at a temperature of 400 °C and a constant strain rate of 10^− 4 s^− 1 (type A), some are followed by annealing in the stability field of α-quartz for 14–15 h at zero nominal differential stress and temperatures of 800–1000 °C (type A + B), or by annealing for 15 h at 900 °C and at a residual stress (type A + C).The quartz samples reveal a very high strength > 2 GPa at a few percent of permanent strain. The microstructures after short-term high stress deformation (type A) record localized brittle and plastic deformation. Statisc annealing (type A + B) results in recrystallisation restricted to the highly damaged zones. The new grains aligned in strings and without crystallographic preferred orientation, indicate nucleation and growth. Annealing at non-hydrostatic conditions (type A + C) results in shear zones that also develop from deformation bands or cracks that formed during the preceding high stress deformation. In this case, however, the recrystallised zone is several grain diameters wide, the grains are elongate, and a marked crystallographic preferred orientation indicates flow by dislocation creep with dynamic recrystallisation. Quartz microstructures identical to those produced in type A + B experiments are observed in cores recovered from Long Valley Exploratory Well in the Quaternary Long Valley Caldera, California, with considerable seismic activity.The experiments demonstrate the behaviour of quartz at coseismic loading (type A) and subsequent static annealing (type A + B) or creep at decaying stress (type A + C) in the middle crust. The experimentally produced microfabrics allow to identify similar processes and conditions in exhumed rocks.     

矿物微区分析中透射电镜测试技术的应用

透射电子显微镜（Transmission Electron Microscope,TEM）提供了超高的空间分辨率和多样化的微区分析方法,是纳米地质学研究的重要表征手段之一。运用TEM技术研究矿物时,由于地质样品的高度复杂性和强烈非均质性,使得实验测试过程复杂而困难。文章探索了一套适用于地质样品的TEM分析测试流程。首先根据样品特性,选择合适的样品制备方法,重点介绍了粉末制备法、离子减薄法及聚焦离子束法;然后进行目标矿物的定位,提出了一种扫描电镜（Scanning Electron Microscope, SEM）+TEM组合定位法;接着进行包括明场像、暗场像、高分辨像、电子衍射花样等不同类型图像的获取,着重说明了各种图像的成像原理、拍摄过程、注意事项和实验技巧;最后是选定关注的微区,测试元素组成及分布情况,并与常用的微区成分分析仪器进行对比,从而说明TEM成分分析的适用范围及优点。     

电偶源瞬变电磁测深研究（三）——大地表面瞬变电磁场

由逆拉普拉斯变换将均匀大地面上的电偶极子源谐变电磁场转换为瞬变电磁场,并计算出B_z(t)/t瞬态曲线;对分层大地面上的瞬变电磁场,采用折线逼近法计算余弦变换得出H_z(t)瞬态曲线。从计算结果分析可知,瞬变电磁测深可实现较小极距探测较大深度。      

Microanalysis of Fe3+/ΣFe in oxide and silicate minerals by investigation of electron energy-loss near-edge structures (ELNES) at the Fe M 2,3 edge

The Fe M _2,3-edge spectra of solid solutions of garnets (almandine-skiagite Fe₃(Al_1–xFe_x)₂[SiO₄]₃ and andradite-skiagite (Fe_1–xCa_x)₃Fe₂[SiO₄]₃), pyroxenes (acmite-hedenbergite (Ca_1–xNa_x)(Fe²⁺ _1−xFe³⁺ _x)Si₂O₆), and spinels (magnetite-hercynite Fe(Al_1–xFe_x)₂O₄) have been measured using the technique of parallel electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) conducted in a transmission electron microscope (TEM). The Fe M _2,3 electron energy-loss near-edge structures (ELNES) of the minerals exhibit a characteristic peak located at 4.2 eV and 2.2 eV for trivalent and divalent iron, respectively, prior to the main maximum at about 57 eV. The intensity and energy of the pre-edge feature varies depending on Fe³⁺/ΣFe. We demonstrate a new quantitative method to extract the ferrous/ferric ratio in minerals. A systematic relationship between Fe³⁺/ΣFe and the integral intensity ratio of the main maximum and the pre-edge peak of the Fe M _2,3 edge is observed. Since the partial cross sections of the Fe M _2,3 edges are some orders of magnitude higher than those of the Fe L _2,3 edges, the Fe M _2,3 edges are interesting for valence-specific imaging of Fe. The possibility of iron valence-specific imaging is illustrated by Fe M _2,3-ELNES investigations with high lateral resolution from a sample of ilmenite containing hematite exsolution lamellae that shows different edge shapes consistent with variations in the Fe³⁺/ΣFe ratio over distances on the order of 100 nm. Received: 14 April 1998 / Revised, accepted: 8 March 1999