A study of eclogitic diamonds and their inclusions from the Finsch kimberlite pipe, South Africa

Previous studies of diamonds from Finsch have shown that eclogitic inclusions are rare at Finsch and that the eclogitic garnet and clinopyroxenes are iron and manganese-rich. In order to expand the current database of information, 93 eclogitic diamonds were selected for this study. Eight diamonds were polished into plates for cathodoluminescence studies and infrared examination of diamond growth and 31 diamonds were cracked to retrieve inclusions. The eclogitic garnets analysed in this study are enriched in Fe and are relatively depleted in Ca and Mg relative to worldwide data. FeO contents for garnet range from 15 to 27 wt.% and MnO contents reach a maximum value of 1.6 wt.%. The eclogitic clinopyroxenes have relatively high FeO contents, up to 14.8 wt.% and K₂O contents are low (<0.4 wt.%). Three non-touching garnet–clinopyroxene mineral pairs produce equilibration temperatures of 1138–1179 °C at an assumed pressure of 50 kb. No Type II diamonds were found during this study, all diamonds are of Type IaAB. Total nitrogen contents of Type IaAB diamonds range from 11 to 1520 ppm, with variable aggregation states (up to 84% nitrogen aggregated as B-defects). Distinct infrared characteristics suggest that the Finsch kimberlite sampled either more than one mantle source region of similar age but differing temperature, or two different populations of diamonds with different ages. The diamonds provide evidence of changing mantle conditions during crystallisation. Continuous diamond growth is illustrated by the presence of regular octahedral growth zones, although in some diamonds cubic growth is noted. One diamond shows evidence of platelet degradation, suggesting exposure to high temperatures and/or shearing stresses.     

粤西上元古界—下古生界金背景值及其与金成矿的关系

粤西地区９０％以上的金矿床都产于该区上元古界和下古生界变质地层中，但区内变质地层的金背景值及其与金矿化的关系一直没有系统的资料。笔者以１８００个样品统计了上地了古界和下古生界的金背景含量，并利用地层金含量的变化规律讨论了地层与金成矿的关系，认为区内大部分金矿床是变质岩改造的产物。     

华北蓟县中元古界剖面中燧石条带的形成机制——硼硅同位素证据

天津蓟县中新元古界海相沉积碳酸盐岩建造中分布大量燧石条带,特别是雾迷山组燧石条带与白云岩互层密集产出,沉积韵律非常明显,记录了其形成时海洋的化学和生物等信息,但关于其成因和形成机制还存在不同的认识。我们对蓟县中元古界剖面中碳酸盐岩的硼同位素和燧石条带的硅氧同位素进行了系统研究。燧石条带的 δ 30 Si NBS 28 值为0. 6‰~3. 3‰,平均2. 2‰,较热水化学沉积硅质岩的 δ 30 Si NBS 28 值显著偏高,与浅海生物沉积硅质岩的硅同位素组成相近。燧石条带的 δ 18 O V SMOW 值为21. 7‰~27. 8‰,平均25. 5‰,较热液成因硅质岩的值明显偏高,而与常温海相硅质岩的 δ 18 O值相似。蓟县剖面白云岩和灰岩等碳酸盐岩的 δ 11 B SRM 951 值为0‰~11. 0‰之间,平均4. 8‰,较现代海相碳酸盐的值明显偏低。高于庄组至雾迷山组燧石条带白云岩的 δ 11 B值普遍高于白云岩和灰岩的值,在3. 3‰~12. 9‰之间,平均8. 4‰。在酸性条件下富集重硼同位素的B(OH) 3掺入碳酸盐的比例增加,可导致其 δ 11 B值升高。这表明燧石条带白云岩可能形成于局部酸性水环境。结合碳酸盐和SiO 2溶解/沉淀与pH之间相互关系,提出蓟县剖面中的燧石条带是一种具有时代特征的同沉积的生物化学沉积硅质岩。中元古代海水中SiO 2浓度高,基本呈饱和状态,Mg/Ca比值高,生物活动已成为影响海洋环境的重要因素。在生物活动繁盛期大量有机质沉积于海底,导致海水-沉积物界面附近pH值大幅下降(pH＜7. 8),白云石等碳酸盐溶解度升高,难以沉淀;与此相反,SiO 2溶解度降低,达到过饱和,大量沉淀形成燧石条带/透镜体。生物活动羸弱期,海底pH值升高恢复到正常水平,SiO 2溶解度升高,碳酸盐溶解度降低,形成白云岩等碳酸盐沉淀。生物活动的周期性变化,则形成白云岩与燧石互层的条带状韵律层。燧石条带白云岩的硼同位素组成反映的是局部流体的 δ 11 B和pH值,不适合用来反演海水的硼同位素组成。     

浙西南八都群变火山岩系及变晶糜棱岩的同位素年龄及其构造意义

浙西南八都群变火山岩系的Ｓｍ－Ｎｄ全岩等时线参考年龄为２０１４±４３Ｍａ。其中变质玄武岩具有扁平的ＲＥＥ模型。这说明在早元古，华夏古陆张裂并发生一次陆壳增生事件。对该区与具有逆掩断层性质的Ｍ１大型韧性剪切带有关的含石榴石变晶糜棱岩给出１５１８±１６Ｍａ和１００１±１４Ｍａ的Ｓｍ－Ｎｄ和Ｒｂ－Ｓｒ石榴石十全岩等时线年龄。前者指示原含石榴石变质岩的变质时代；后者指示的是糜棱岩化时代。它们可能分别与中元古时华夏古陆的再次张裂，及晚元古时龙泉群沉积盆地闭合有关。     

辽西-冀北坳陷中-上元古界油源及成藏期分析

利用有机地球化学分析技术,研究了辽西-冀北坳陷中-上元古界沥青、油苗显示相对集中的地层(雾迷山组、铁岭组和下马岭组)油气的来源、成熟程度与成藏期次。研究表明,区内中-上元古界部分地层有机质丰度较高,具备油气生成的物质基础,源岩多达到成熟-高成熟的演化阶段,是中-上元古界油气的主要贡献者。中-上元古界储层中存在大量类型各异的油气包裹体,根据油气包裹体的产状与光学特征可以判定它们分属不同地质时期储层流体活动的产物,指出中-上元古界经历了三到四期的油气成藏过程,中晚期油气成藏意义较大。     

内蒙古北部早元古代变质岩系的发现及其岩石学研究

笔者参加内蒙区调工作，首次于本区发现了早元古代变质岩系。该岩系由３个岩组组成，一是花敖包特正变质岩组（Ｐｔ１ｂｈ），二是昌特敖包副变质岩组（Ｐｔ１ｂｃ），三是阿木乌苏条带状混合岩组（Ｐｔ１ｂａ）。对各岩组的岩石学、矿物学及岩石化学的研究，表明这是一套深变质岩系，近似于下地壳岩石组合。其Ｒｂ－Ｓｒ等时线测年资料与印支期花岗岩源区年龄为１７～１９亿ａ，是目前本区发现的最古老的变质岩系，它经历了大面积混合岩化和花岗岩化作用。     

Gold Mineralization in Kottathara Prospect, Attappadi Valley, Kerala, India: a Preliminary Appraisal

The Kottathara gold prospect of Attappadi Valley in Kerala is located within the Southern Indian Granulite Terrain comprising charnockite and gneisses with enclaves of high-grade supracrustals. The gold mineralization associated with the basic members of the Attappadi supracrustals and the quartz veins traversing them are confined within the Bhavani Shear Zone. Primarily the gold-quartz lode is emplaced in rheologically preferred zones along the contact of the basic members with the enclosing gneisses subsequent to a period of retrogression and shearing. Ore-mineralogical studies reveal that gold got remobilized and this remobilization is identified with the regional Bhavani Shear. SEM studies indicate that gold occurs in free state and also within sulphides especially pyrite. Variation in grain morphology is clearly discernible in gold occurring within oxidised and in non-oxidised zones.Sequencing of deformational events with associated emplacements of known ages suggests the age of gold mineralization of Attappadi area as between 2 Ga. and 2.5 Ga. The secondary mobilization has to be <2.0 Ga or younger possibly of younger Pan-African age related with the Moyar-Bhavani Shear System. The inherent gold content of the komatiitic metapyroxenites together with the auriferous quartz lodes assigns a lithological control on gold mineralisation. Subsequent folding and remobilization due to the regional shear constrained the geometry of the lode zones implying structural control.     

扬子克拉通北西缘碧口群的解体与地层划分

碧口群组成十分复杂,论述了对其解体的必要性;解体出了包括鱼洞子花岗绿岩地体周缘的稳定陆缘沉积建造,扬子地台北西缘古元古代间裂谷型火山－沉积建造,中元古代洋壳残生及深海沉积物和新元古代的火山弧前盆地堆积,新元古代的残留地中海式堆积以造山后的山间盆地堆积等众多不同性质的构造地层单元;并对其形成过程作了初步讨论。     

Shuram-Wonoka carbon isotope excursion:Ediacaran revolution in the world ocean's meridional overturning circulation

The late Ediacaran Shuram-Wonoka excursion, with δ~(13)C_(carb) values as low as-12‰(PDB) in marineshelf deposits and spanning up to 10 Myr, is the deepest and most protracted δ~(13)C_(carb) negative anomaly recognised in Earth history. The excursion formed on at least four continents in low(≤32°) palaeolatitudes, and in China is associated with a major phosphogenic event. Global and intrabasinal correlation, magnetostratigraphy, isotope conglomerate tests and further geochemical data are consistent with a primary or syn-depositional origin for the excursion. Continental-margin phosphorites are generated by oceanic upwelling driven by surface winds, and δ~(13)C_(carb) negative anomalies are explicable by oceanic upwelling of 13 C-depleted deep oceanic waters, arguing that a feature common to these exceptional Ediacaran events was unprecedented perturbation of the world ocean. These events occurred during the transition from an alien Proterozoic world marked by low-palaeolatitude glaciation near sea level and strong seasonality to the familiar Phanerozoic Earth with circum-polar glaciation and temperate climate, suggesting that the Shuram-Wonoka excursion is related to this profound change in Earth's climate system. Of various hypotheses for Proterozoic low-palaeolatitude glaciation, only the high obliquity(54°) hypothesis, which posits secular decrease in obliquity to near the present-day value(23.5°) during the Ediacaran, predicts an unparalleled revolution in the Ediacaran world ocean. The obliquity controls the sense of the world ocean's meridional overturning circulation, which today is driven by the sinking of cold, dense water at the poles and upwelling driven by zonal surface winds.When the decreasing obliquity passed the critical value of 54° during the Ediacaran the meridional temperature gradient reversed, with the equator becoming warmer than the poles and Hadley lowlatitude(30°-35°) atmospheric zonal circulation reversing. This reversal of the temperature gradient is unique to the Ediacaran Period and caused reversal of the oceanic meridional overturning circulation,with upwelling of anoxic, 13 C-depleted deep oceanic waters producing a deeply negative and protractedδ~(13)C_(carb) signature on late Ediacaran marine-shelf deposits.     

赣北元古代变质沉积岩的铅钕同位素特征

赣北地区元古代变质沉积岩的铅、钕同位素研究结果表明,它们与扬子古陆南缘其他元古代地层非常相似,表明它们具有相似的成岩物质来源及构造演化历史。研究结果还显示,双桥山群变质泥质岩的Pb-Pb等时线年龄为（1 490±68）Ma,而障公山群、双桥山群、程浪群和修水群的钕模式年龄分别为1.57 Ga、1.89Ga、1.77Ga和1.60 Ga,均分布在1.5～1.9 Ga之间,表明这些地层的形成年龄应小于1.9 Ga,是中—晚元古代的产物,同时表明扬子古陆南缘存在古元古代的基底。