Exsolution Lamellae in Olivine Grains of Dunite Units from Different Types of Mafic‐Ultramafic Complexes

Exsolution microstructures in olivine grains from dunite units in a few selected tectonic environments are reported here. They include lamellae of clinopyroxene and clinopyroxene-magnetite intergrowth in the Gaositai and Yellow Hill Alaskan-type complexes, clinopyroxene-magnetite intergrowth in the K?z?lda? ophiolite, and chromite lamellae in the Hongshishan mafic-ultramafic intrusive complex. These lamellae commonly occur as needle-or rod-like features and are oriented in olivine grains. The host olivine grains have Fo contents of 92.5–92.6 in the Gaositai complex, 86.5–90.1 in the Yellow Hill complex, 93.2–93.4 in the K?z?lda? ophiolite and 86.9–88.3 in the Hongshishan complex. Clinopyroxene in the rod-like intergrowth exsolved in olivine grains in the Gaositai and Yellow Hill is diopside with similar major element compositions of Ca O(23.6–24.3 wt%), SiO_2(52.2–54.0 wt%), Al_2O_3(0.67–2.15 wt%), Cr_2O_3(0.10–0.42 wt%) and Na_2O(0.14–0.26 wt%). It falls into the compositional field of hydrothermal clinopyroxene and its origin is thus probably related to reaction between dunite and fluids. The enrichment of the fluids in Ca~(2+), Fe~(3+), Cr~(3+) and Na+, resulted in elevated concentrations of these cations in olivine solid solutions via the reaction. With decreasing temperature, the olivine solid solutions altered to an intergrowth of magnetite and clinopyroxene. The Fe~(3+) and Cr~(3+) preferentially partitioned into magnetite, while Ca~(2+) and Na+ entered clinopyroxene. Since the studied Alaskan-type complexes and ophiolite formed in a subduction environment, the fluids were probably released from the subducted slab. In contrast, the exsolved chromite in olivine grains from the Hongshishan complex that formed in post-orogenic extension setting can be related to olivine equilibrated with Cr-bearing liquid. Similarly, these lamellae have all been observed in serpentine surrounding olivine grains, indicating genetic relations with serpentinization.     

方解石—橄榄石—流体三相体系氧同位素交换的实验研究

在６８０℃和５００ＭＰａ以及岩石学相平衡条件下,首次对方解石与镁橄榄石之间在大量超临界ＣＯ２－Ｈ２Ｏ流体存在的条件下进行了氧同位素交换实验。结果发现,在实验刚刚开始的一段时间内氧同位素交换很快,主要是以溶解／重结晶的机制进行的;而在以后的时间里氧同位素交换要慢得多,变成以扩散机制为主。进一步,反应产物方解石相对于镁橄榄石亏损＾１８Ｏ,指示方解石的溶解／重结晶速率大于镁橄榄石。流体相的存在导致具有不     

Deformation, static recrystallization, and reactive melt transport in shallow subcontinental mantle xenoliths (Tok Cenozoic volcanic field, SE Siberia)

Partial melting and reactive melt transport may change the composition, microstructures, and physical properties of mantle rocks. Here we explore the relations between deformation and reactive melt transport through detailed microstructural analysis and crystallographic orientation measurements in spinel peridotite xenoliths that sample the shallow lithospheric mantle beneath the southeastern rim of the Siberian craton. These xenoliths have coarse-grained, annealed microstructures and show petrographic and chemical evidence for variable degrees of reaction with silicate melts and fluids, notably Fe-enrichment and crystallization of metasomatic clinopyroxene (cpx). Olivine crystal preferred orientations (CPO) range from strong to weak. [010]-fiber patterns, characterized by a point concentration of [010] normal to the foliation and by dispersion of [100] in the foliation plane with a weak maximum parallel to the lineation, predominate relative to the [100]-fiber patterns usually observed in lithospheric mantle xenoliths and peridotite massifs. Variations in olivine CPO patterns or intensity are not correlated with modal and chemical compositions. This, together with the analysis of microstructures, suggests that reactive melt percolation postdated both deformation and static recrystallization. Preferential crystallization of metasomatic cpx along (010) olivine grain boundaries points to an influence of the preexisting deformation fabrics on melt transport, with higher permeability along the foliation. Similarity between orthopyroxene (opx) and cpx CPO suggests that cpx orientations may be inherited from those of opx during melt-rock reaction. As observed in previous studies, reactive melt transport does not weaken olivine CPO and seismic anisotropy in the upper mantle, except in melt accumulation domains. In contrast, recovery and selective grain growth during static recrystallization may lead to development of [010]-fiber olivine CPO and, if foliations are horizontal, result in apparent isotropy for vertically propagating SKS waves, but strong anisotropy for horizontally propagating surface waves.     

Granoblastic olivine aggregates in magnesian chondrules: Planetesimal fragments or thermally annealed solar nebula condensates?

Granoblastic olivine aggregates (GOA) have been discovered in some Type I magnesian chondrules within carbonaceous chondrites by Libourel and Krot [Libourel, G., Krot, A.N., 2007. Evidence for the presence of planetesimal material among the precursors of magnesian chondrules of nebular origin. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 254, 1–8], who proposed an origin from pre-existing planetesimals. Amoeboid olivine aggregates (AOA), generally considered as aggregates of solar nebula condensates and found within similar carbonaceous chondrites, display similar equilibrium texture, though on a finer scale. For these reasons, we conducted experiments to determine if annealing of olivine required time scales appropriate to planetesimal or nebular heating. Pressed < 43 µm and < 63 µm San Carlos olivine powder (Fo_88.4) was isothermally heated at temperatures ranging from 1350–1550 °C for 1–100 h. The 100 h runs yield olivine aggregates with well-developed granoblastic texture at all temperatures, manifest as a network of randomly-oriented and sutured olivine grains with 120° triple junctions. Individual olivine grains are 4–6 sided and polygonal by 1450 °C and equigranular texture is developed at high temperature (1500–1550 °C). Melting of olivine commences at 1450–1500 °C and aids in ‘ripening’ and suturing (grain coarsening and grain boundary migration). Textural equilibrium is clearly met at 1550 °C. A planetesimal origin cannot be ruled out; however, the experimental evidence reveals that granoblastic texture can be reproduced in an interval not inconsistent with heating times for nebular objects. GOA may have experienced higher degrees of thermal processing than the finer-grained AOA. If the precursors were the same, grain coarsening would have to be accompanied by modification to bulk and isotopic compositions. However, the precursors could have been olivine condensates formed later than AOA. Annealing may have been a widespread process operating in the primordial solar nebula responsible for thermal processing and formation of GOA prior to their incorporation into chondrules.     

Experimental investigation of phase transformations of olivine and enstatite at the lower part of the mantle transition zone: Implications for structure of the 660 km seismic discontinuity

High-pressure polymorphs of olivine and enstatite are major constituent minerals in the mantle transition zone(MTZ).The phase transformations of olivine and enstatite at pressure and temperature conditions corresponding to the lower part of the MTZ are import for understanding the nature of the 660 km seismic discontinuity.In this study,we determine phase transformations of olivine(MgSi2O4) and enstatite(MgSiO3) systematiclly at pressures between 21.3 and 24.4 GPa and at a constant temperature of 1600℃.The most profound discrepancy between olivine and enstatite phase transformation is the occurency of perovskite.In the olivine system,the post-spinel transformation occures at 23.8 GPa,corresponding to a depth of 660 km.In contrast,perovskite appears at 23 GPa(640 km) in the enstatite system.The ~1 GPa gap could explain the uplifting and/or splitting of the 660 km seismic discountinuity under eastern China.     

赣杭构造带龙游地区早白垩世基性岩矿物化学、岩石地球化学特征及其地质意义

通过龙游晚中生代基性岩岩相学观察、全岩主量、微量元素和Sr-Nd同位素及矿物电子探针分析,对岩石成因、岩浆演化和构造环境进行探讨。龙游基性岩岩性为橄榄辉长岩,Sr-Nd同位素显示为幔源特征;主量、微量元素特征显示其经历了以橄榄石、辉石为主的分离结晶作用,且未发生明显的地壳物质混染。橄榄石颗粒具核-边结构,富Mg贫Fe的核部Fo值为90.1～91.8,指示原始岩浆是软流圈地幔,富Fe贫Mg的边部显示橄榄石Fo值为77.4～85.3,且核-边两部分的Fo值相差较大,显示原始橄榄石形成之后受到地幔熔体/流体的交代作用。辉石斑晶大多属于透辉石,在部分斑晶的边部发育少量霓辉石。透辉石斑晶普遍具有核-幔-边结构,从核部到边部的SiO_2含量降低,TiO_2、Al_2O_3含量升高,结晶温度升高,显示原始辉石形成之后受到温度更高的地幔熔体/流体的交代作用。研究认为,古太平洋板块后撤造成岩石圈地幔拉伸作用并形成赣杭构造带深部断裂后,部分软流圈物质受到地幔流体/熔体的交代作用,并沿这些深部断裂向上侵位,经历了以橄榄石和辉石矿物为主的分离结晶作用和微弱的地壳物质混染,最终形成龙游橄榄辉长岩。     

阿拉善地区超基性岩组构特征与超微构造分析

通过弗氏台及透射电子显微镜(TEM)手段,对阿拉善地区金川、野芨里、下盐路塘和小松山等超基性岩岩体主要造岩矿物——橄榄石的组构及超微构造进行了研究,两种手段所获得的结果基本一致。它们的位错组态均以位错列及多层结构为主,布氏矢量(?)以c[001]为主,滑移系为(010)[001]。这些特点与橄榄石晶体均以[001]取向,并形成高极密及(010)[001]组构类型相对应。根据有关橄榄石变形实验研究,它们都属于低温(<800℃)、高应变速率的滑移系。由此说明,是下地壳环境的产物。但岩体之间尚存在一定的差异,就其活动性而论,金川岩体成岩演化过程表现相对稳定,其余岩体则处于较为活跃的构造环境中,前者所受的构造应力较弱,而后者较强。这可能就是该区成矿情况有别的原因之一。     

橄榄石的等温状态方程

利用金刚石对顶砧(DAC)高压装置产生高压,使用16∶3∶1的甲醇、乙醇和水混合液体作为传压介质,在室温下,40 GPa的压力范围内,对橄榄石(olivine)进行了原位高压同步辐射能量色散X射线衍射(EDXRD)研究。实验结果表明,在所研究压力范围内,采自张家口大麻坪天然新鲜橄榄石的结构稳定,未见相变和压致非晶现象发生。用Birch-Murnaghan方程对测得的V-p数据进行了数值拟合,当K′T0=4时,橄榄石的零压体弹模量为KT0=141.3±3.2 GPa。     

沙坪沟钼矿区橄榄角闪石岩岩石成因——矿物学特征约束

对位于秦岭-大别造山带的沙坪沟钼矿矿区出露的橄榄角闪石岩开展了系统的岩石学、岩相学及电子探针原位分析,厘定了其成岩物理化学条件,并探讨了岩石成因及形成的构造环境。橄榄角闪石岩主要造岩矿物为橄榄石、角闪石、金云母和辉石;副矿物为磷灰石、铬铁尖晶石、镁铁尖晶石、磁铁矿、磁黄铁矿、镍黄铁矿等。电子探针原位分析结果显示,橄榄石属于贵橄榄石系列,角闪石主要是韭闪石,辉石为透辉石,云母为金云母。造岩矿物结晶顺序为橄榄石-辉石-角闪石,结晶温度介于1 111. 64～1 223. 30℃之间,形成压力为350～740 MPa,形成于较高的氧逸度环境(角闪石结晶时的氧逸度范围为NNO+0. 59～NNO+2. 27)。角闪石和金云母的矿物学特征显示它们均是与幔源岩浆作用相关的原生矿物,表明该套基性-超基性岩与幔源岩浆作用有关。综合分析认为,在大别造山带中生代地壳减薄的伸展构造背景下,该橄榄角闪石岩母岩浆源于地幔,是经过地幔7. 92%部分熔融的玄武质岩浆经结晶分异作用形成的幔源岩浆底侵下地壳的产物。