Trace-element of Tuoyun clinopyroxene: Implication for the deep processes of lithospheric mantle beneath the southwest Tianshan, West China

Based on the LAM-ICPMS analytic results on the trace elements of clinopyroxenes in peridotitic xenoliths occurring in early-Cretaceous basalts from western Xinjiang, the properties and the deep processes, including partial melting and mantle metasomatism, of the subcontinental lithospheric mantle beneath the Tuoyun Basin are analyzed. In the northern edge of the Tarim Basin (southwest Tianshan), the Mesozoic subcontinental lithosphere which has experienced the effect of partial melting (<10%) and intricate mantle metasomatism is characterized by Phanerozoic ‘ocean-type’ mantle. The superposed influence of SiO₂-unsaturated silicate melt and carbonate melt probably results in the metasomatic medium which resembles the hydrous silicated carbonate melt in some aspects. By comparing Tuoyun mantle with Cenozoic main mantle beneath eastern China, the properties are similar, while the former shows finer grain and higher diopside content of the peridotites and more conspicuous modal metasomatism.     

大陆下地壳和岩石圈地幔中的水:基于捕虏体的红外光谱分析

根据对华北克拉通汉诺坝和女山两个捕虏体产地的麻粒岩和橄榄岩的FTIR实验测定,分析讨论了大陆深部岩石圈内水含量和分布上的一些显著特点.结果表明,大陆下地壳和岩石圈内矿物的水含量无论在横向还是垂向分布上都是明显不均一的,造成这些不均一性的机制可能复杂多样.     

中国东南部新生代岩石圈地幔研究

利用中国东南部新生代玄武岩中约２００个深源捕虏体,试图认识该区岩石圈地幔的成分特征,了解其经历的地幔作用过程,通过电子探针（ＥＭＰ）和激光探针（ＬＡＭ－ＩＣＰＭＳ）微束技术,对具代表性的深源捕虏体中的矿物进行了主量元素和微量元素地球化学分析,结合全岩主量元素地球化学特征,提出中国东南部元古代地壳之下主要为新的饱满型地幔,而这种新生代岩石圈地幔的形成与该区晚中生代以来软流圈上涌、岩石圈减薄和伸展作用密切相关。     

Coupled major and trace elements as indicators of the extent of melting in mid-ocean-ridge peridotites

Rocks in the Earth's uppermost sub-oceanic mantle, known as abyssal peridotites, have lost variable but generally large amounts of basaltic melt, which subsequently forms the oceanic crust. This process preferentially removes from the peridotite some major constituents such as aluminium, as well as trace elements that are incompatible in mantle minerals (that is, prefer to enter the basaltic melt), such as the rare-earth elements. A quantitative understanding of this important differentiation process has been hampered by the lack of correlation generally observed between major- and trace-element depletions in such peridotites. Here we show that the heavy rare-earth elements in abyssal clinopyroxenes that are moderately incompatible are highly correlated with the Cr/(Cr + Al) ratios of coexisting spinels. This correlation deteriorates only for the most highly incompatible elements-probably owing to late metasomatic processes. Using electron- and ion-microprobe data from residual abyssal peridotites collected on the central Indian ridge, along with previously published data, we develop a quantitative melting indicator for mantle residues. This procedure should prove useful for relating partial melting in peridotites to geodynamic variables such as spreading rate and mantle temperature.     

塔里木北山地区橄榄岩-辉石岩的微量元素地球化学特征及其深部过程

橄榄岩—辉石岩是塔里木北山地区镁铁一超镁铁岩体中非常重要的岩石类型．橄榄岩一辉石岩的主元素特征表明其主要为准铝质岩石，同时存在过碱质系列岩石．在稀土元素CI标准化配分图上，表现为LREE富集，HREE配分曲线平坦；在微量元素N-MORB标准化的蛛网图上，表现为C8，U，Pb等大离子低场强元素强烈富集，Nb，Ta，Zr，Ti等高场强元素明显亏损；w（Sm）／w（Nd）值特征表明研究区橄榄一辉石岩源于地幔源区．微量元素地球化学研究表明，塔里木北山地区橄榄岩一辉石岩形成于活动大陆边缘弧后张裂构造环境，为构造应力释放阶段的产物．本文及前期研究结果表明：橄榄岩、辉石岩和辉长岩的地球化学特征研究在解决深部地质过程方面具有较大潜力．     

Relation between texture and chemical composition of peridotite xenoliths and its implications: An example from Wangqing Jilin Province

Spinel peridotite xenoliths from Wangqing, NE China exhibit correlative variations in texture, temperature, geochemistry and radiogenic isotopes. This suggests that the Wangqing xenoliths may come from a mantle diapir. It is possible that the fertile and undeformed lherzolites were situated in the interior of the diapir, whereas the refractory and deformed harzburgites and clinopyroxene_poor lherzolites were within the diapiric flanks.     

Rapid diffusive infiltration of sodium into partially molten peridotite

Recent seismological, geochemical and experimental observations suggest that, as mantle peridotite melts, the resulting basaltic liquid forms an interconnected network, culminating in the rapid ascent of the basalt relative to the surrounding solid matrix. Mantle melting is therefore a polybaric process, with melts produced over a range of pressures having differing chemical characteristics. Modelling and peridotite-melting experiments designed to simulate polybaric mantle melting generally assume that there is no interaction between melts generated at greater pressures and the overlying solid mantle at lower pressures. Beneath mid-ocean ridges, melts derived from greater depth are probably channelized during ascent, so preventing direct re-equilibration with shallow peridotite, as required by geochemical observations. I show here, however, that sodium in ascending melts will quickly diffuse into the melt formed within nearby peridotite at lower pressures. This process fundamentally changes the manner by which the peridotite melts, and can account for both the creation of silica-rich glass inclusions in mantle xenoliths and the anomalous melting modes recorded by abyssal peridotites. Increased melting of lithosphere and upwelling asthenosphere could result from this process without the need to invoke higher mantle temperatures.     

西藏班戈县蓬错地区富铌玄武岩地球化学特征及地质意义

系统的岩石化学与地球化学研究表明西藏蓬错地区存在富铌玄武岩。SiO_2含量为45.84%~55.88%,TiO_2含量为1.05%~3.25%,与加拿大Superior省太古代Wawa绿岩带的富铌玄武岩相当。Na_2O含量为0.92%~5.10%,P_2O_5含量为0.23%~1.19%,与新生代富铌玄武岩相同。稀土分布模式为无明显铕异常或弱负铕异常的右倾曲线,轻重稀土分馏较强烈。虽然铌含量很高,但Th与轻稀土元素的强烈富集,在微量元素蛛网图中铌依然显示亏损,高场强元素Ta、Ti也呈弱负异常。微量元素地球化学特征显示,蓬错富铌玄武岩形成于班公湖—怒江结合带中段的洋内弧,是adakite熔体交代的地幔楔橄榄岩部分熔融的产物,其源区处于石榴石—尖晶石稳定域,作用深度60~100 km。蓬错富铌玄武岩的发现和厘定,表明班公湖—怒江带中段在中—晚侏罗世经历了洋内俯冲消减过程,揭示了自北向南的洋内俯冲极性,也暗示了班公湖—怒江结合带多次俯冲改造的复杂性。     

Cumulate complex xenoliths in the Early Mesozoic in eastern Inner Mongolia

Mafic xenoliths occur in Mesozoic diorites from nine localities in eastern Inner Mongolia from the Da Hinggan Mts. to Huabei craton. Their petrologic and geochemical features suggest that they are an intact suite of cumulate complex whose mineral assemblages contain typical patent mantle metasomatism minerals such as pargosite, phlogopite and apatite. Their REEs and trace element characteristics suggest a comagmatic relationship in these cumulates with different compositions. Isotopic dating of the xenoliths indicates that they are products of the mantle magmatic underplating in the Early Mesozoic (237–224 Ma), and they may provide direct evidence for the crust-mantle interaction and vertical accretion of continental crust under a background of the mantle upwelling in the Early Mesozoic in Huabei region.     

Osmium isotope determination on mantle-derived peridotite xenoliths from Panshishan with N-TIMS

The¹⁸⁷Os/¹⁸⁸Os ratios of spinel lherzolite xenoliths from Panshishan determined with N-TIMS are lower than that of the primitive mantle, which shows depleted mantle characteristics. Their positive correlation with Al₂O₃/MgO suggests that the geochemical behavior of trace elements Re and Os is similar to that of Al₂O₃ and MgO respectively during the magmatic evolution and Re-Os isotopic system is largely immune to mantle metasomatism. A model age of 2.8–3.4 Ga obtained by¹⁸⁷Os/¹⁸⁸Os-Al₂O₃/ MgO correlation might represent the homogeneous age of the mantle lithosphere beneath the area.     

Mineralogy of the mid-ocean-ridge basalt source from neodymium isotopic composition of abyssal peridotites

Inferring the melting process at mid-ocean ridges, and the physical conditions under which melting takes place, usually relies on the assumption of compositional similarity between all mid-ocean-ridge basalt sources. Models of mantle melting therefore tend to be restricted to those that consider the presence of only one lithology in the mantle, peridotite. Evidence from xenoliths and peridotite massifs show that after peridotite, pyroxenite and eclogite are the most abundant rock types in the mantle. But at mid-ocean ridges, where most of the melting takes place, and in ophiolites, pyroxenite is rarely found. Here we present neodymium isotopic compositions of abyssal peridotites to investigate whether peridotite can indeed be the sole source for mid-ocean-ridge basalts. By comparing the isotopic compositions of basalts and peridotites at two segments of the southwest Indian ridge, we show that a component other than peridotite is required to explain the low end of the (143)Nd/(144)Nd variations of the basalts. This component is likely to have a lower melting temperature than peridotite, such as pyroxenite or eclogite, which could explain why it is not observed at mid-ocean ridges.     

He and Ar isotope geochemistry of pyroxene megacrysts and mantle xenoliths in Cenozoic basalt from the Changle–Linqu area in western Shandong

We performed a combined study of He–Ar isotopes and element geochemistry for pyroxene megacrysts and mantle xenoliths from Cenozoic basalt in the Changle–Linqu area in western Shandong.The results are used to trace the evolution of subcontinental lithospheric mantle after destruction of the North China Craton.The3He/4He ratios of pyroxene megacrysts,websterite,and dunites are 7.0–7.7 Ra,7.4 Ra,and 7.0–7.7 Ra,respectively.They are related to the origin of host basalts,and are slightly lower than that of mid-ocean ridge basalts(MORB).Their40Ar/36Ar ratios are much lower than that of MORB and close to that of air.The lherzolites and wehrlites represent the fragments of the newly accreted lithospheric mantle,and their REE and trace elements indicate that they experienced melt metasomatism and partial melting.The3He/4He ratios of their olivine are slightly lower than that of MORB,but3He/4He ratios of their clinopyroxene are low(2.3–7.1 Ra)and display an inverse correlation with(La/Yb)N.The40Ar/36Ar ratios of these clinopyroxene are much lower than that of MORB and close to the air ratio.Combining existing studies of petrology,Sr–Nd–Pb isotopes,O isotopes,trace elements,and Mg isotopes,we infer that the juvenile lithospheric mantle in the Changle–Linqu area was metasomatized by oceanic crust-derived melts,which transfer the supracrustal Ar isotope signatures to the mantle sources.The low4He abundance and low3He/4He ratios of clinopyroxene in the lherzolites and wehrlites are ascribed to metasomatism by crustal melts from the subducted Pacific plate.     

汉诺坝非橄榄岩类包体的化学和同位素特征

汉诺坝非橄榄岩包体主要是指辉石岩、辉长岩和麻粒岩，其主要元素、微量元素有较大和系统的变化，Ｎｄ、Ｓｒ、Ｐｂ同位素从非常亏损的ＤＭＭ源特征变至具ＥＭＩ和ＥＭＩ源趋势的富化特征．它们与寄主玄武岩及共生的橄榄岩包体无直接成因联系，有不同的形成时代并在不同的空间位置居留     

A metasomatized mantle wedge origin for low-δ 18O olivine in late Cretaceous Junan and Qingdao basalts in the Sulu orogen

The North China Block (NCB) experienced extensive lithospheric thinning and subsequent mantle accretion in the Mesozoic to Cenozoic, but their mechanism remains controversial. This paper reports in situ chemical and oxygen isotope analyses on olivine xenocrysts and porphyroclastic olivines in mantle xenoliths hosted in the late Cretaceous basalts from Junan and Qingdao, the Sulu orogen. The results show that all these olivines have low δ ¹⁸O values relative to normal mantle peridotite. The olivine xenocrysts and porphyroclastic olivines from Junan have Fo=87.5–89.8, δ ¹⁸O=4.1‰–5.2‰ with an average of 4.8‰; the porphyroclastic olivines from Qingdao also have Fo=89.0–89.9, δ ¹⁸O=4.1‰–5.2‰ with an average of 4.8‰. These peridotite xenoliths have petrological and geochemical affinities similar to newly accreted MORB-type mantle, we hence consider such low-δ ¹⁸O features in the olivines to inherit from a mantle wedge that was metasomatized by melts derived from the subducted oceanic crust, which had experienced high-temperature hydrothermal alteration to acquire the low-δ ¹⁸O signatures. Combined the existence of Cenozoic low-δ ¹⁸O basalts and garnet pyroxenite xenoliths (relicts of recycled oceanic crust) hosted in Cenozoic basalts in the NCB, the subducted oceanic crust likely played an important role in the lithospheric evolution of the NCB during the Mesozoic to Cenozoic.     

辽河盆地西部凹陷南区火山岩地球化学特征

辽河盆地西部凹陷南区的火山岩主要分布于中生界和下第三系,岩石类型多种多样。在岩石取心和岩石薄片不多的情况下,为了对本区火山岩准确定名,了解本区火山岩的地球化学特征以及岩浆的结晶分异等岩浆作用的形成和演化,对本区１２块火山岩的主元素分布（包括铬、钴、镍等微量元素分析）和７块火山岩的稀土元素进行了分析。本区中生界岩石类型主要为安山岩和碱流岩,而房身泡组主要是碱性玄武岩和玄武岩类,这表明在岩浆的演化过程中曾发生过橄榄石和辉石的结晶分异作用。本区火山岩应主要来自上地幔,而房身泡组源区相对较浅,可能有下地壳物质混人。     

Trace element characteristics and origin of intergranular components in mantle peridotites

Leaching experiment has been carried out on mantle xenoliths with different petrographic features in order to directly characterize the nature of intergranular components. ICP-MS analyses of leachates show that they are characterized by high LREE concentrations with strong depletion of Ta. The total REE contents and whether the negative Rb, Ba and Nb anomalies are present or not in intergranular components are largely dependent upon the nature of mantle metasomatism experienced by its host rock. It is proposed that intergranular components may represent residues of small volume metasomatic melts.     

Sm-Nd isotope study and dating on Honguleleng ophiolite in Xinjiang, China

A study of the Sm-Nd isotope composition of Honguleleng ophiolite in Xinjiang, China, isochron age ((626±25)Ma),ε_Nd(t) =8.40,and its model age (T _DM ^Nd ) in the range of 1 180–1 208 Ma, indicates that the ophiolite was formed in the late stage of the Upper Sinian. In combination with its facies association, petrochemistry, REE patterns, trace elements and associated chromites orebodies, it is believed that the Honguleleng ophiolitic magma derived from the LREE-enriched, self-depleted mantle source and formed at paleo-ocean ridge. This ophiolite is a relic of an oceanic crust within the collision zone.     

兰坪盆地及邻区岩浆岩的微量元素地球化学研究

采用中子活化分析方法系统研究了云南省兰坪盆地内永平卓潘、云龙皂角场及邻区二龙山、剑川、甸南、马登、北衙、老君山等岩体的稀土元素及微量元素组成 ,探讨了岩浆岩系的稀土元素特征、成岩物质来源、成岩方式、构造环境。该区岩浆岩系的稀土元素地球化学特征表现为 :(1)稀土元素组成特征相似 ,配分型式为轻稀土富集向右倾型 ;(2 ) (L a/Yb) n 较高 ,轻重稀土元素分异明显 ;(3) Eu负异常不明显 ,无 Ce负异常或略显正 Ce异常。该区岩浆岩系的微量元素以富集 Rb,Ba,Sr,Th,U ;而亏损 Ta为特征。稀土元素、微量元素结合同位素地球化学研究表明 ,该区岩浆岩系成岩物质主要来源于富集地幔并有地壳混染 ,成岩方式以地幔部分熔融为主 ,成岩环境为大陆裂谷。     

Mantle metasomatism by P- and F-rich melt/fluids: evidence from phosphate glass in spinel lherzolite xenolith in Keluo, Heilongjiang Province

Spinel lherzolite xenoliths were found in phonolitic alkaline basalt in the Keluo area, Heilongjiang Province. Detailed electron-microprobe study revealed abundant phosphates and associated metasomatic minerals between primary phases in xenolith. The phosphates are considered special residual phases (coagulation) of P- and F-rich mantle melt/fluid, most of which were identified as glass phases based on Raman spectroscopic analyses. Such melt/fluid also further metasomatized primary minerals, thus leading to formation of reaction rims successively composed of Cr-spinel symplectitic zone and olivine diopside zone. Therefore, the P- and F-rich melt/fluid played an important role in the upper-mantle metasomatism in the Keluo area. It is suggested that this kind of metasomstism may occur in some other places of eastern China. The present results may also have significance in study-ing types of metasomatic melt/fluid and its evolution in the lithospheric mantle beneath eastern China.     

Discovery of mantle and lower crust xenoliths from early Cretaceous volcanic rocks of southwestern Tianshan, Xinjiang

In Tuoyun area of southwestern Tianshan, mantle and lower crust xenoliths are present in the volcanic rocks with ages of 101–123 Ma. Mantle xenoliths include mineral megacrysts such as kaersutite and pargasite, feldspar, biotite, and rare pyroxene and rock fragments such as perodotite, pyroxenite, amphibolite, and rare glimmerite. Lower crust xeno-liths are mainly banded and massive granulite. The volcanic rocks were produced by within-plate magmatism. Occurrence of hydrous and volatile mineral megacrysts, amphibolite, and some pyroxenite containing hydrous and volatile minerals indicates that mantle metasomatism was intense. Undoubtedly, this discovery is very important to understanding of the crust-mantle structure and geodynamic background in depth in southwestern Tianshan and geological correlation with adjacent regions.