新疆库鲁克塔格斜长角闪岩岩石地球化学特征及其地质意义

库鲁克塔格地区位于塔里木盆地东北缘,在片麻岩中出露较多斜长角闪岩类包体,其走向大致与片麻理的方向一致。通过岩石化学、稀土元素地球化学和Ｓｍ－Ｎｄ同位素研究,确定该斜长角闪岩的原岩为基性火山岩,并形成于两种构造环境。北部托格地区斜长角闪岩球粒陨石标准化配分曲线呈近平坦型〔（Ｌａ／Ｙｂ）Ｎ＝０．６６—４．２３,一般在０．９１—１．６９之间;δＥｕ＝０．８２—１．１５,平均值为１．０２〕,与洋脊玄武岩类非常相似;南部阔克苏地区斜长角闪岩的球粒陨石标准化配分曲线显示出ＬＲＥＥ明显富集〔（Ｌａ／Ｙｂ）Ｎ＝２．７１—１０．８４;δＥｕ＝０．８１—１．０７,平均值为０．９５〕,具有类似现代岛弧或弧后盆地火山岩特有的稀土元素组成特征。它们的原岩岩浆来自长期亏损的地幔,基本未受到大陆地壳物质混染。     

中祁连东段化隆群中斜长角闪岩地球化学特征及构造意义

中祁连东段化隆群中斜长角闪岩岩相学特征及主、微量元素地球化学分析结果显示,其原岩为碱性玄武岩。斜长角闪岩表现出轻稀土元素富集、Nb-Ta不亏损,与典型洋岛玄武岩(OIB)的微量元素分布模式和特征元素比值(Nb/La=1.24～1.48,Th/Ta=1.19～1.40)类似,但与典型OIB相对亏损高场强元素(如Th、Nb)不同,且在大地构造环境判别图上落入板内大陆玄武岩区,反映了化隆群斜长角闪岩原岩来源于软流圈地幔交代大陆岩石圈地幔熔融源区,为Rodinia超大陆在新元古代汇聚过程中局部裂解或Rodinia大陆整体上汇聚未完成局部地区就开始裂解的产物。     

辽东半岛北部三家子石榴斜长角闪岩变质演化P-T-t轨迹及其地质意义:来自相平衡模拟与锆石U-Pb定年的约束

石榴斜长角闪岩常蕴含着丰富的变质反应结构,对古元古代造山带构造热演化过程研究具有十分重要的科学意义。胶-辽-吉带辽东半岛北部三家子地区出露的石榴斜长角闪岩,主要以岩脉的形式顺层侵入至南辽河群(里尔峪岩组)含黑云母的斜长片麻岩之中。三家子石榴斜长角闪岩以发育典型的"白眼圈"结构为特征,并保留了三个不同演化阶段矿物组合,峰前矿物组合为分布于石榴子石内部细粒包体矿物,主要包括角闪石+石英+磁铁矿+钛铁矿(M_1);峰期矿物组合为石榴子石+角闪石+单斜辉石+斜长石(An=44~45)+石英+钛铁矿(M_2);峰后退变质阶段矿物组合为角闪石+斜长石(An=64~90)+石英+钛铁矿+磁铁矿+榍石(M_3)。相平衡模拟与矿物对地质温压计算表明,三家子石榴斜长角闪岩峰前变质阶段(M_1)、峰期变质阶段(M_2)与峰后退变质阶段(M_3)稳定的P-T条件分别为:P=0.68~0.72GPa、T=570~600℃,P=0.98~1.01GPa、T=690~710℃,P=0.52~0.61GPa、T=670~700℃。锆石矿物包体扫描电镜分析、锆石CL图像分析与锆石LAICP-MS U-Pb定年的综合研究表明,三家子石榴斜长角闪岩原岩形成时代为2.17~2.06Ga之间;近峰期高压角闪岩相变质的时代为1.96~1.94Ga;峰后近等温减压中-低压角闪岩相退变质时代为1.92~1.83Ga,记录该组年龄的变质锆石微区含有典型的中-低压角闪岩相矿物包体(角闪石+斜长石(An=60~90)+石英+磷灰石)。综合以上分析,本文初步认为三家子石榴斜长角闪岩具有顺时针P-T-t轨迹,其主要特点是从M_1到M_3表现为升温升压的变质过程,并达到变质作用的峰期阶段,峰后开始表现为近等温减压的变质过程,随后可能表现为冷却降温的退化变质过程。因此,它们与胶-辽-吉带古元古代造山作用有关的构造增厚作用有密切关系。     

Kaolinite Claystones associated with the Wongawilli seam in the southern part of the Sydney basin

Kaolinite claystones that are similar in structure, texture and composition to the kaolin tonsteins of Western Europe, and to some of the flint clays of North America, are associated with the Wongawilli Seam in the southern part of the Sydney Basin, where they form thin persistent bands within the coal and somewhat thicker deposits immediately overlying the seam. The thin bands within the coal are fine grained and consist of brecciated to pelletal clasts composed of well‐ordered kaolinite set in a matrix of similar composition. The thicker deposits overlying the seam are much coarser grained and appear restricted in occurrence to the basin margins. They contain a predominance of oolites with kaolinite clasts bonded by a relatively sparse matrix and in places, remarkable ‘outgrowths’ of vermicular kaolinite. The origin of the deposits is discussed, and it is concluded that most of the unusual features of these claystones can be ascribed to a fluvial environment.     

Complex origin for the south-western Zamboanga metamorphic basement complex, Western Mindanao, Philippines

Abstract Amphibolites unconformably overlain by a metasedimentary sequence of quartz-muscovite-feldspar-kyanite schists, metagraywackes and epidote-bearing amphibolites occur in the northern portion of the south-western Zamboanga metamorphic basement complex, western Mindanao. These amphibolites (here identified as the Mount Dansalan amphibolites) display relict magmatic textures inherited from cumulate gabbro protoliths. Bulk-rock major and trace-element data are consistent with this hypothesis. Together with the chemistry of relict igneous clinopyroxenes, they indicate a magmatic arc-related signature for the gabbro protoliths. Geochemical data allow us to identify various sources for the associated metasediments: the gabbro themselves for the metagraywackes and a continental basement for the quartz-muscovite-feldspar-kyanite schists. Both sources contributed to the genesis of the epidote-amphibolite metasediments. The compositions of the metamorphic mineral assemblages suggest that the rocks have undergone metamorphism at temperatures ranging from 550°C to 700°C and pressures probably in the range of 5–9 kbar. ⁴⁰K–⁴⁰Ar isotopic study of amphibole separates from the Mount Dansalan samples document a metamorphic event dated at 24.6 ± 1.4, 22.2 ± 1.4 and 21.2 ± 1.2 Ma. Our results are in agreement with plate tectonic models which describe the south-western Zamboanga metamorphic basement as a continental terrane. However, its evolution was not as simple as it was usually considered. In particular the basement incorporated slivers of magmatic arc crust, which cannot be unambiguously related to any of the Tertiary arcs documented in the area.     

秦岭岩群中斜长角闪岩的年代学及地质意义

正秦岭造山带是华北陆块和扬子陆块及其间的微陆块经历了多期拼合而形成的,具有复杂的构造演化史,前人已对其形成与演化过程进行了大量的研究工作,但在许多方面的研究仍未获得统一的认识(张国伟等,1988;张本仁等2002)。秦岭岩群是北秦岭造山带的主体,保存了复杂的变质变形记录,准确有效地获取和判断其基底岩石的形成和变质时代是探讨秦岭岩群乃至整个秦岭造山带形成     

辽宁弓长岭铁矿床斜长角闪岩类地球化学特征研究及原岩恢复

弓长岭二矿区既是大型条带状铁矿床,同时又是大型磁铁富矿床,自1949年建矿以来,一直是鞍钢的主体矿山和高品位富矿的主要供应地。笔者在总结矿床地质特征的基础上,对矿区的主要变质岩-斜长角闪岩类的主量元素、微量元素和稀土元素进行了分析。结果显示:主量元素的平均化学成分与基性火山岩中玄武岩成分相似,MgO和CaO含量比较高,而且Na2OK2O;微量元素:相容元素Sc、V、Cr、Co、Ni、Cu的含量比较高,属于右倾型;(Rb/Yb)N值为5.95～132.93,平均值为49.34,远远大于1,为强不相容元素富集型;大离子亲石元素Rb、Ba、K、Sr明显富集,但Th、U强亏损;高场强元素中Zr、Hf明显富集,而Nb、P为中等亏损,Ti为弱亏损,与亏损型洋中脊拉斑玄武岩很相近;稀土元素具有∑REE低(21.09×10-6～69.13×10-6,平均40.44×10-6)、LREE略有富集(LREE/HREE=1.70～2.58,平均2.27;(La/Yb)N:0.93～4.27,平均值1.60)的稍右倾型或平坦型特征。轻稀土分馏不明显((La/Sm)N:0.87～3.28,平均值1.42)。根据主量、微量和稀土元素的特征,并结合环境构造判别图解,笔者认为,研究区斜长角闪岩的原岩为大洋中脊拉斑玄武岩。     

Trace element characteristics of the fluid liberated from amphibolite-facies slab: Inference from the metamorphic sole beneath the Oman ophiolite and implication for boninite genesis

Major and trace element compositions of amphibolites and quartzose rocks in the 230-m-thick metamorphic sole underlying the mantle section of the Oman ophiolite in Wadi Tayin area were determined to investigate the chemical characteristics of the hydrous fluid released from subducted amphiboltie-facies slab. The fluid-immobile element compositions indicate that protoliths of these rocks are mid-ocean ridge basalt-like tholeiite and deep-sea chert, which is consistent with the idea that these rocks represent Tethyan oceanic crust overridden during the early, intraoceanic thrusting stage of the Oman ophiolite emplacement. The rare-earth element (REE) and high field-strength element concentrations of the amphibolites show limited variations, within a factor of two except for a few evolved samples, throughout transect of the sole. On the other hand, concentrations of fluid-mobile elements, especially B, Rb, K and Ba, in amphibolites are highly elevated in upper 30 m of the sole (> 600 °C in peak metamorphic temperature), suggesting the equilibration with evolved, B-Rb-K-Ba-rich fluids during prograde metamorphism. The comparison with amphibolites in the lower 150 m (500 to 550 °C) demonstrates that the trace element spectra of the fluids equilibrated with the high-level amphibolites may vary as a function of metamorphic temperature. The fluids are characterized by striking enrichments of B, Rb, K and Ba and moderate to minor enrichments of Sr, Li, Be and Pb. At higher temperature (up to 700 °C), the fluids become considerably enriched in light REE and Nb in addition to the above elements. The estimated trace element spectra of the fluids do not coincide with the compositions of basalts from matured intra-oceanic arcs, but satisfactorily explain the characteristics of the low-Pb andesites and boninites found in the Oman ophiolite. Compositional similarity between the boninites of Oman and other localities suggests that the fluids estimated here well represent the amphibolite-derived fluids involved in the magmatism of immatured, hot, shallow subduction zones.     

Hornblende geothermometry of amphibolite layers of the Popple Hill gneiss, north-west Adirondack Lowlands, New York, USA

The exchange reaction tschermakite+2 diopside+2 quartz=tremolite+2 anorthite (HPCQ), in combination with the thermodynamic database TWQ (version 1.02, Berman, 1991), has been evaluated for its usefulness as a geothermometer. This reaction, which is both water conserving (independent of water fugacity) and which does not require the presence of garnet, is well suited for studying pyroxene‐bearing amphibolites. As an application of this geothermometer, we have re‐examined the amphibolites occurring in the Popple Hill gneiss of the Adirondack Lowlands of New York, USA, to better understand the magnitude of temperature variation preserved in the amphibolites themselves in this classic locality. At an assumed constant pressure of 7 kbar, the temperatures range from 619 to 682 °C from Edwards to Pierrepont and are uncorrelated with either distance along the strike of the region or with modal mineralogical variations. Hornblende exhibits a narrow compositional range suggesting that there has been little or no thermal gradient along the strike of the Lowlands. Temperatures recorded just north of Colton are, however, distinctly higher (694–758 °C). Although it is likely that the Popple Hill gneiss amphibolites experienced some effects of progressive metamorphism, particularly in the vicinity of Colton, the variations in modal mineralogy are most likely the result of such factors as local variations in the bulk chemistry of the protolith and in the fugacity of H₂O due to infiltration of diluting species (e.g. CO₂, CH₄), rather than a regional temperature variation. Temperatures recorded by the HPCQ geothermometer reported here are similar in magnitude and geographic trend to those reported for graphite–calcite carbon‐isotope thermometry by Kitchen & Valley (1995), suggesting that peak metamorphism in the Adirondack Lowlands involved laterally extensive and fairly uniform isotherms.     

Geochemistry of S,Cu, Ni,Cr and Au-PGE in the garnet amphibolites from the Akom II area in the Archaean Congo Craton,Southern Cameroon

The fresh and weathered garnet amphibolites, from the Akom II area in the Archaean Congo Craton, were investigated to determine the S, Cu, Ni, Cr, and Au-PGE values. The garnet amphibolites are composed of amphibole, plagioclase, garnet, quartz, and accessory apatite, spinel, sericite, pyrite, chalcopyrite and non-identified opaque minerals. The presence of apatite, sericite, and two generations of opaque minerals suggests that they might be affected by hydrothermal alteration. They are characterized by moderate Al₂O₃, Fe₂O₃, CaO, V, Zn, and Co contents with negative Eu- and Ce-anomalies. The sulfur concentrations are variable (380–1710 ppm). According to the sulfur contents, amphibolites can be grouped into two: amphibolites with low contents, ranging between 380 and 520 ppm (av. = 457 ppm); and amphibolites with elevated contents, varying from 1140 to 1710 ppm (av. = 1370 ppm). Amphibolites contain contrast amounts of Cu (∼ 1800 to 5350 ppm) while nickel contents attain 121 ppm. Chromium contents vary from 43 to 194 ppm. Sulfur correlates positively with Cu and Cr, but negatively with Ni and Ni/Cr ratio. The total Au-PGE contents attain 59 ppb.The presence of amphibole and feldspars confirms the low degree of amphibolite weathering. The secondary minerals are constituted of kaolinite, gibbsite, goethite and hematite. Despite the accumulation of some elements, the major and trace element distribution is quite similar to that of fresh amphibolites. Nevertheless, the weathering processes lead to the depletion of several elements such as S (239–902 ppm), Cu (520–2082 ppm), and Ni (20–114 ppm). Chromium and Au-PGE show an opposite trend marked by a slight enrichment in the weathered amphibolites. Amidst the Au-PGE, Pd (60 ppb) and Pt (23 ppb) have elevated contents in the fresh rocks as well as in the weathered materials. The PPGE contents are much higher than IPGE contents in both types of materials. The Pd/Pt, Pd/Rh, Pd/Ru, Pd/Ir, Pd/Os, and Pd/Au values indicate that Pt, Rh, Ru, Ir, Os and Au are more mobile than Pd. Chondrite-normalized base metal patterns confirm the abundance of Pd and the slight enrichment of Au-PGE in weathered rocks. Palladium, Rh and Ir are positively correlated with S. Conversely Pt and Ru are negatively correlated with S and Au is not correlated with S. Despite the high and variable S and Cu contents, the garnet amphibolites possess low Au-PGE and other base metals contents.