Variscan basic dykes in the Pelagonian (Northern Greece and south FYROM): Geodynamic significance based on petrological, geochemical and geochronological studies

Dolerite dykes intruding Variscan plutonites were studied in terms of mineralogy, petrology, geochemistry and geochronology. The main mineral constituents were studied and the sequence of crystallization has been derived. The geochemical characteristic indicate mantle origin of the dolerites and magma sources different from the hosting granitoids. From SHRIMP analyses of five spots on four different zircon crystals, resulted a 292.0±4.1 Ma age that is interpreted as the time of crystallization of the dolerite. The hosting granitoids are probably the result of mixing between two possible end-members: enriched mantle and acid metaigneous or lower crustal metasediments.

The Variscan age of the dolerites, in combination with the geochemical characteristics, indicated that the enriched mantle basaltic material should be the source of the dolerite veins. These mantle-derived basaltic melts may represent the underplated material, which probably provided the necessary thermal input to the dehydration melting in the lower crust. The dolerites should have intruded the newly formed batholiths before or at the first stages of their uplift, recording the last events of the Variscan subduction.     

Laser ablation coupled with ICP-MS applied to U–Pb zircon geochronology: A review of recent advances

Improvements in the technology of laser ablation and ICP-MS instruments make LA-MC-ICPMS a rapid, precise and accurate method for U–Pb zircon geochronology. In this review we describe the main stages of the evolution of this in situ approach from the early 1990s to the present time. Some key points have been progressively improved. The crater size has been reduced to achieve real in situ measurements. The laser wavelength has been reduced as well as the duration of each pulse in order to lower inter-element fractionation. The blank from the gas has to be lowered as far as possible. Double focusing instruments and magnetic field sectors allow flat-topped peaks required for precise isotope ratio measurement to be obtained. The use of a multi-ion counting system significantly improves the sensitivity of the method and the static mode of integration favours the precision of measurement of the transient signal originating from a noisy laser ablated particle beam.Combining the use of a 213 nm UV laser and a MC-ICPMS equipped with a multi-ion counting system operating in static mode, the common precisions achieved for the key ratios ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁶Pb and ²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U are better than 1% and 3% (2σ) respectively, including error propagation associated with standard normalization. Until now, the use of a zircon standard has remained necessary to ensure the accuracy of the calculated age. A strategy for common-Pb correction is proposed according to the age of the zircon and according to the Th/U ratio of the grains. After recording sixteen to twenty spot analyses the precision usually achieved on the age is about 1% and even significantly better for Proterozoic samples.In order to show the performance achieved by modern LA-MC-ICPMS geochronology, we tested four zircon samples covering a wide age range from 290 to 2440 Ma. These new age determinations can be compared in term of precision and accuracy since they have already been dated by reference methods (ID-TIMS and SHRIMP). Further developments in the technology of ion counters equipping modern MC-ICPMS and in laser systems will certainly be applied to a large field of geochronology studies in the near future as an alternative to SIMS for in situ age determination.     

Geochronological constraints on the evolution of the Embu Complex, São Paulo, Brazil

Petrologic and geochronological work was carried out on a roadside outcrop of amphibolite facies orthogneisses near São Lourenço da Serra, about 50 km southwest of São Paulo City. These orthogneisses belong to the Embu Complex, within the Neoproterozoic Brasiliano Orogenic Cycle mobile belts of SE Brazil. The outcrop consists of predominantly foliated biotite tonalites and granodiorites, which were cut by granitic veins and pegmatites prior to final deformation. SHRIMP U/Pb measurements on zircons from one granodioritic–tonalitic gneiss indicate magmatic crystallization of the protolith at 811±13 Ma (MSWD=1.0). Zircons with dates of ca. 2000 and ca. 1000 Ma in this rock are interpreted as inherited from older crust. One zircon analyzed from the gneiss and three zircons from a discordant pegmatitic vein indicate an event at 650–700 Ma, perhaps related to the intrusion of the pegmatites. A regression of Rb–Sr whole rock data for four biotite gneisses yielded an imperfect isochron, giving an apparent age of 821±68 Ma and an elevated initial ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratio of 0.719±0.005. The elevated initial ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratio and the inherited zircons indicate involvement of older crust in the genesis of the gneisses. Rb–Sr feldspar and whole rock pairs yield ca. 560 Ma tielines, giving the time of final cooling below 300–350 °C, and the cessation of medium-grade metamorphism and ductile deformation. These results document a series of tectono-thermal events spanning 250 million years during the Brasiliano Orogenic Cycle. They relate to ca. 800 Ma magmatic arc activity and later allochthonous terrane assembly during closure of the Adamastor Ocean, resulting in the accretion of Western Gondwana.     

区域土壤环境地球化学研究——异常成因判别·环境质量·污染程度评价的思路与方法

从概念内涵和应用目标出发,认为土壤环境地球化学质量评价应该分为质量现状和污染程度两个方面.在此基础上探讨了区域地球化学资料在土壤环境现状质量评价、异常成因识别、污染元素累积速率和土壤污染程度评价研究的基本思路和方法.     

辽西中生代火山岩岩浆成因——稀土元素配分及同位素定量模式

本文通过对辽西及邻区中生代盆地火山岩稀土元素配分特征的研究及模拟运算，探讨了其岩浆成因及过程。结果显示南北岩区岩浆成因不同，南岩区岩源为MORB地幔和长期富集型幔熔融混合而成，北岩区为MORB和近期亏损型地幔熔融混合而成。     

陕西渭北煤田5#煤层粘土岩夹矸的研究

渭北煤田面积约１０万ｋｍ２。分布于太原组顶部５＃煤层中的粘土岩夹矸，上部层位分为两上分层，上分层夹矸厚度薄，下分层夹矸厚约０２ｍ，俗称“２００矸”；下部层位夹矸厚度变化较大。该文详细论述了粘土岩夹矸的岩矿特征。根据“２００矸”中含有副象β－石英、高透长石、锆石、磁铁矿等高温矿物组合，特有的粒序层理和岩性在全煤田十分稳定等特点，表明其原始物质来源于降落火山灰。根据ＴｉＯ２／Ａｌ２Ｏ３比值的明显变化，探讨了陆源组分的加入对火山灰蚀变粘土岩夹矸化学成分的影响。以“２００矸”为等时标志层，解决了５＃煤层在区域上的对比。     

煤中黄铁矿的成因研究

本文在系统地研究四川晚二叠世高硫煤中黄铁矿矿物学的基础上，运用微区电子探针、中子活化、Ｘ光电子能谱和硫同位素等多 种方法综合地研究煤中黄铁矿的结构、成分、价态及同位素等成因标型特征，对黄铁矿标型特征进行了成因探讨，有效地判别了成岩期形成的Ｉ型脉状黄铁矿及后生热液Ⅱ型脉状黄铁矿。同时提出直接沉淀系列（自形晶→集合→聚晶）和复杂成因（微粒、莓粒→圆球→结核→团块）等两大类成因演化模式。它不仅对不同类型     

煤内生裂隙的成因

根据多年对煤层裂隙的几何形态、分布规律、性质、与煤层的组合关系等的研究，认为煤内生裂隙是在煤化作用过程中，由于脱水、脱挥发分、煤体积收缩作用产生或者是由于煤化作用生成的水、气体及温度升高，孔隙产生膨胀，形成异常高压产生的；裂隙的发育方向因受区域应力场的控制，区域上具有一致性，且走向与最大主应力方向一致；内生裂隙属于张性裂隙。     

兰坪坳陷油气组群特征及其成因

兰坪坳陷的油气主要见于金顶矿区的下含矿层，储层主要为上三叠统三合洞组的灰岩和角砾状灰岩。油气地球化学特征表明有机母源输入是多源的，沉积成烃水体介质以还原性占优势．具有较高盐度，有机质热演化处于成熟一高成熟阶段．生物降解改造较为强烈。根据原油的母源贡献、生物降解、环境介质条件等特征，将兰坪坳陷原油划分为3类组群。