Petrography and uplift history of the Quaternary Takidani Granodiorite: could it have hosted a supercritical (HDR) geothermal reservoir?

The Quaternary Takidani Granodiorite (Japan Alps) is analogous to the type of deep-seated (3–5 km deep) intrusive-hosted fracture network system that might support (supercritical) hot dry/wet rock (HDR/HWR) energy extraction. The I-type Takidani Granodiorite comprises: porphyritic granodiorite, porphyritic granite, biotite-hornblende granodiorite, hornblende-biotite granodiorite, biotite-hornblende granite and biotite granite facies; the intrusion has a reverse chemical zonation, characterized by >70 wt% SiO₂ at its inferred margin and <67 wt% SiO₂ at the core. Fluid inclusion evidence indicates that fractured Takidani Granodiorite at one time hosted a liquid-dominated, convective hydrothermal system, with <380°C, low-salinity reservoir fluids at hydrostatic (mesothermal) pressure conditions. ‘Healed’ microfractures also trapped >600°C, hypersaline (35 wt% NaCl_eq) fluids of magmatic origin, with inferred minimum pressures of formation being 600–750 bar, which corresponds to fluid entrapment at 2.4–3.0 km depth. Al-in-hornblende geobarometry indicates that hornblende crystallization occurred at about 1.45 Ma (7.7–9.4 km depth) in the (marginal) eastern Takidani Granodiorite, but later (at 1.25 Ma) and shallower (6.5–7.0 km) near the core of the intrusion. The average rate of uplift across the Takidani Granodiorite from the time of hornblende crystallization has been 5.1–5.9 mm/yr (although uplift was about 7.5 mm/yr prior to 1.2 Ma), which is faster than average uplift rates in the Japan Alps (3 mm/yr during the last 2 million years). A temperature–depth–time window, when the Takidani Granodiorite had potential to host an HDR system, would have been when the internal temperature of the intrusive was cooling from 500°C to 400°C. Taking into account the initial (7.5 mm/yr) rate of uplift and effects of erosion, an optimal temperature–time–depth window is proposed: for 500°C at 1.54–1.57 Ma and 5.2±0.9 km (drilling) depth; and 400°C at 1.36–1.38 Ma and 3.3±0.8 km (drilling) depth, which is within the capabilities of modern drilling technologies, and similar to measured temperature–depth profiles in other active hydrothermal systems (e.g. at Kakkonda, Japan).     

Seismic,petrologic, and geodetic analyses of the 1999 dome-forming eruption of Guagua Pichincha volcano,Ecuador

Guagua Pichincha, located 14 km west of Quito, Ecuador, is a stratovolcano bisected by a horseshoe-shaped caldera. In 1999, after some months of phreatic activity, Guagua Pichincha entered into an eruptive period characterized by the extrusion of several dacitic domes, vulcanian eruptions, and pyroclastic flows. We estimated the three-dimensional (3-D) P-wave velocity structure beneath Guagua Pichincha using a tomographic inversion method based on finite-difference calculations of first-arrival times. Hypocenters of volcano-tectonic (VT) earthquakes and long-period (LP) events were relocated using the 3-D P-wave velocity model. A low-velocity anomaly exists beneath the caldera and may represent an active volcanic conduit. Petrologic analysis of eruptive products indicates a magma storage region beneath the caldera, having a vertical extent of 7–8 km with the upper boundary at about sea level. This zone coincides with the source region of deeper VT earthquakes, indicating that a primary magma body exists in this region. LP swarms occurred in a cyclic pattern synchronous with ground deformation during magma extrusions. The correlation between seismicity and ground deformation suggests that both respond to pressure changes caused by the cyclic eruptive behavior of lava domes.     

Recalibration of the Garnet-Muscovite (GM) Geothermometer and the Garnet-Muscovite-Plagioclase-Quartz (GMPQ) Geobarometer for Metapelitic Assemblages

The garnet–muscovite (GM) geothermometer and the garnet–muscovite–plagioclase–quartz(GMPQ) geobarometer have been simultaneously calibrated underconditions of T = 450–760°C and P = 0·8–11·1kbar, using a large number of metapelitic samples in the compositionalranges = 0·53–0·81, = 0·05–0·24, = 0·03–0·23 in garnet, = 0·17–0·74 in plagioclase, and Fe = 0·04–0·16, Mg =0·04–0·13, Al^VI = 1·74–1·96in muscovite on the basis of 11 oxygens. The resulting GM thermometeryielded similar temperature estimates (mostly within ±50°C)to that of the garnet–biotite thermometer, and successfullydiscerned the expected systematic temperature change of progradesequences, thermal contact zones and an inverted metamorphiczone. The resulting GMPQ barometer yielded similar pressureestimates (mostly within ±1·0 kbar) to the garnet–aluminumsilicate–plagioclase–quartz (GASP) barometer andplaced the aluminosilicate-bearing samples in the appropriatealuminosilicate stability fields. Application of the GMPQ barometerto thermal contact aureoles or rocks within limited geographicalareas confirmed the expected constant pressures that shouldexist in these settings. The random errors of the GM thermometerand the GMPQ barometer are estimated to be ±16°Cand ±1·5 kbar, respectively. When biotite or aluminosilicateis absent in metapelites, metamorphic P–T conditions maybe determined by simultaneously applying the GM thermometerand the GMPQ barometer. KEY WORDS: application; calibration; geobarometer; geothermometer; metapelite     

北秦岭瓦穴子—乔端断裂带的构造特征及形成温度—压力条件探讨

瓦乔(瓦穴子—乔端)断裂带是北秦岭尤为重要的断裂带之一,该带经历了长期的变质变形作用,记录了二郎坪弧后盆地向华北板块南缘俯冲消亡的信息。本文运用多种方法,对瓦乔断裂带几何学、运动学及形成温压条件进行研究和探讨,得出以下几点认识:①瓦乔断裂带产状基本倾向NNE,带内线理发育,表现为由N向S逆冲的运动学特征,且存在左旋剪切的分量;②瓦乔断裂带变形岩石显微构造特征明显,反映了挤压应力下塑性流变的特征;③运用角闪石全铝压力计,得到瓦乔断裂带形成压力为0.64GPa。越靠近瓦乔断裂带中心,压力逐渐变大,位于断裂带中心压力达到0.68GPa,已达到中压相系环境;④运用角闪石—斜长石地质温压计算得瓦乔断裂带形成温度范围500～550℃,属中温环境。     

Differential uplift between Beihuaiyang and Dabie orogenic belt

Isotope dating, hornblende geobarometer, fission-track analysis and fluid inclusion homogeneous temperature analysis have been applied to Caledonian, Variscan and Yenshan plutons in Bei Huaiyang (BHY) and Dabie orogenic belt (DOB), and the emplaced depths and ages of these plutons have been obtained in order to obtain differential uplift time and uplift heights between BHY and DOB since late Paleozoic era. BHY had experienced three stages of uplift (C1-C2, T-J2, J3-K1) and its total uplift height is about 10 km, but, DOB had only experienced two stages of uplift (T-J2, J3-K1) and its maximum uplift height is more than 15 km. BHY uplift occurred mainly before the mid-Jurassic (about 150 Ma), but DOB uplift took place after the mid-Jurassic (about 150 Ma).     

新疆尾亚—天湖地区花岗岩类剥蚀程度估算及对区域找矿的启示

尾亚—天湖地区位于新疆中亚造山带东南部的中天山地块内,晚古生代—中生代岩浆活动强烈,产出了战略性关键矿产尾亚钒铁磁铁矿.在详细岩相学观察的基础上,对尾亚、天湖和沙泉子南岩体中的角闪石和黑云母进行了电子探针(EMPA)测试分析,限定了 3个岩体结晶的温压条件、氧逸度、含水量和含铁指数等要素,为解析中天山地块的岩浆-成矿物...     

A Study on the Forming Conditions of Basalts in Seamounts of the South China Sea

Volcanic rocks in seamounts of the South China Sea consist mainly of alkali basalt, tholeiitic basalt, trachyandesitic pumice, dacite, etc. Inclusions in the minerals of the volcanic rocks are mainly amorphous melt inclusions, which reflects that the volcanic rocks are characterized by submarine eruption and rapid cooling on the seafloor. Furthermore, fluid-melt inclusions have been discovered for the first time in alkali basalts and mantle-derived xenoliths. indicating a process of differentiation between magma and fluid in the course of mantle partial melting. Alkali basalts and inclusions may have been formed in this nonhomogeneous system. Rock-forming temperatures of four seamounts were estimated as follows: the Zhongnan seamount alkali basalt 1155 ∼ 1185 °C; the Xianbei seamount alkali basalt 960 ∼ 1200 °C; tholeiitic basalt 1040 ∼ 1230 °C; the Daimao seamount tholeiitic basalt 1245 ∼ 1280 °C; and the Jianfeng seamount trachyandestic pumice 880 ∼ 1140 °C. Equilibrium pressures of alkali basalts in the Zhongnan and Xianbei seamounts are 13.57 and 8.8 × 10⁸ Pa, respectively. Pyroxene equilibrium temperatures of mantle xenoliths from the Xianbei seamount were estimated at 1073 ∼ 1121 °C, and pressures at (15.58 ∼ 22.47)×10⁸Pa, suggesting a deep-source (e.g. the asthenosphere) for the alkali basalts. This project was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and Guangzhou Marine Geology Survey.     

石榴子石—斜方辉石—堇青石—石英—一种新的地质压力计

根据反应：2石榴子石（Gt）＋3石英（Q2）=2斜方辉石（Opx）＋堇青石（Cord），采用最新热力学资料，在平衡热力学原理的基础上，建立该反应Mg、Fe端员组分压力计表达式：经世界典型孔兹岩系地区的验证以及与其它石榴子石一墓青石压力计对比，计算结果基本合理，表明这一新的压力计具有较好的应用价值。     

秦巴北部商县—卢氏地区变质方解石—白云石地质压力计的研究

秦巴北部的商县-卢氏县地区广泛分布有区域变质的方解石-白云石共生矿物对,它们对于估计变质作用和断裂构造作用的温压条件,有着重要的意义。本文着重就该地区Fe~(2+)在方解石-白云石中的X_(Fe)~(Co)>X_(Fe)~(Dol)分配情况,提出新的计压方法。     

桂北新寨角闪花岗岩角闪石矿物化学特征及其指示意义

对桂北新寨侵入岩体中的角闪花岗岩进行了详细的偏光显微镜观察和系统的矿物化学研究,并在此基础上,基于电子探针分析结果选取共生的角闪石和斜长石,估算了该岩体侵位时的温压条件、氧逸度和含水量。岩相特征观察显示,新寨角闪花岗岩中主要发育有自形、未蚀变半自形/他形和强交代半自形/他形3种主要类型的角闪石,是岩浆侵位过程中在不同深度的结晶产物或交代蚀变产物。电子探针研究结果显示,新寨花岗岩中角闪石成分变化较大,且在岩浆侵位过程中呈现出Al₂O₃、FeO^T、Na₂O、TiO₂、K₂O含量降低但MgO、SiO₂含量升高的趋势。矿物温压计估算结果显示自形和未蚀变半自形/他形角闪石的结晶压力分别为0.28~0.30 GPa和0.19~0.26 GPa,对应的结晶温度分别为767~783℃和740~764℃。温压计算结果表明新寨岩体初始侵位深度应大于11.3 km,且侵位过程是一个近乎等温降压的过程,变压结晶作用为新寨侵入体持续侵位过程中的主要结晶方式。角闪石结晶时具有较高的氧逸度,变化范围在ΔNNO+0.1（log f_O2=－13.5）到ΔNNO+0.5（log f_O2=－12.9）之间。角闪石结晶时熔体含水量为4.9%~6.4%,但在侵位到中地壳7.0~9.5 km时经历了由于降压引起的流体出溶。角闪石化学组成指示其母岩浆属于钙碱性的中酸性岩浆,来源于壳幔混合,且在侵位过程中不断有壳源物质加入。