北祁连山含镁纤柱石高压泥质岩及其对古大洋俯冲的意义

北祁连山发育有缝合带是一条典型的早古生代大洋型俯冲带。针对该缝合带中首次发现的含镁纤柱石高压泥质片岩进行了详细的岩石学和矿物学研究。根据平衡矿物组合,利用THERMORCAL(V3.23)计算出镁纤柱石+石榴石+硬绿泥石+多硅白云母组合稳定的温压条件为P=2.2～2.5GPa,T=530～580℃。利用纤柱石和硬绿泥石的稳定范围,确定了北祁连山早古生代大洋冷俯冲的地热梯度的范围为6.5～7.5℃/km。该研究结果对于了解早古生代时期大洋俯冲带的热结构及其高压变质岩石的脱水过程有重要意义。     

Confirmation of ultrahigh-temperature metapelitic granulite in the Altay orogen and its geological significance

Through petrography, mineral compositions and P-T estimate results, an ultrahigh-temperature(UHT) metapelitic granulite has recently been identified from near Kalasu in the east of Altay city, with an assemblage gt-opx-silcd-sp-bt-pl-qtz. The orthopyroxene has a high-Al feature, and its Al2O3 content is as high as 8.7 wt%, indicating a UHT metamorphic condition. Its peak metamorphic condition is estimated as: P = *0.80 GPa, T = *960 °C. Metamorphic textural relations and P-T estimate results show a post-peak near-isobaric cooling anticlockwise P-T path. Zircon U-Pb age results(271 ± 5 Ma) support that the UHT metamorphic event in the region occurred in the Permian. The identification of the UHT metapelitic granulite from near Kalasu confirms the existence of the Permian UHT metamorphism in the Altay orogen, implying that the Permian extensional tectonic setting of a high-heat flow in the southern part of the Altay orogen may be closely associated with the Permian Tarim mantle plume activity.     

Implications of micro-compositions of garnet and biotite from high-grade meta-pelites

Based on detailed studies on the compositional zoning of garnet and biotite in pelitic rocks from the Jingshan group of granulite facies in north Jiaodong, P-T pseudosections with isopleths of Fe/(Fe + Mg) in garnet and biotite were calculated in the KF-MASH system for two representative rocks of sillimanite-garnet-cordierite-biotite gneiss ( Vbi/ Vg>1 ) and sillimanite-garnet gneiss (Vbi/ Vg<0.2) using the software THERMOCALC and the internally consistent thermodynamic dataset. With a comparison of the calculated Fe/(Fe+ Mg) values in garnet and biotite in the peak P-T fields constrained by peak mineral assemblages with the measured ones, it is concluded that the coarse garnet crystals with diffusion zoning from high grade meta-pelites can preserve their peak compositions even when they have experienced a cooling event, and that biotite crystals surrounded by fetsic minerals in biotite-rich rocks with Vbi/Vg> 1 can nearly preserve their peak compositions, and biotites in garnet-rich rocks with Vbi/Vg<0. 2 cannot preserve their peak compositions due to the influence of grain-boundary fluid.     

内蒙古四子王旗中新世含包体玄武岩的深部地质环境分析

内蒙古四子王旗东八号地区出露一套含深源包体的中新世玄武岩, 寄主岩石具有高钾( 1.16%< K O 含量 < 3. 36% ) , 高钛( 2. 25% < TiO2 含量 < 2. 51% ) 的特征; 其母岩浆富集 LREE 和 HFSE, 强烈富集 Nb, Ta 和 La, 相对亏损 K, Rb 和 Ba。其母岩浆来源于经历低度部分熔融, 残留石榴石和金云母的软流圈地幔, 运移过程中在高压环境下发生了分离结晶作用, 分异相主要为单斜辉石和斜长石。玄武岩中出现橄榄岩和麻粒岩包体:橄榄岩包体为尖晶石二辉橄榄岩, 富集 LREE, 平衡温压范围为:1050 ～1100℃, 1. 64 ～2. 37 GPa, 代表富集的或发生过富集事件的上地幔; 麻粒岩包体为中基性麻粒岩, 平衡温压范围为: 960 ～1000℃, 0. 82 ～1. 13 GPa, 其原岩包括原生的下地壳物质和与玄武质岩浆有关的产物。说明华北克拉通北缘的岩石圈受到地幔柱作用的影响, 中新世时处在减薄状态。     

Discovery and implications of the high-pressure pelitic granulite from the Jiaobei massif

The high pressure pelitic granulite with peak assemblage of garnet kyanite ternary feldspar muscovite rutile was discovered in Qixia area in the Precambrian Jiaobei massif, where high pressure basic granulites are widely distributed. The metamorphic peak conditions for the pelitic granulite were calculated as T=800-840℃ and P=1.0-1.25 GPa on the basis of P-T pseudosection. The post peak P-T path is characterized first by an isothermal decompression (ITD) pattern and then by an isobaric cooling (IBC) pattern, indicating a geodynamic process related to thinning of thickened continental crust.     

Derivation of P–T paths for Middle–Late Triassic very low-grade metapelite from Hongcan Well 1 in the Zoigê Depression and their tectonic implications

Using XRD measurements of illite crystallinity,b0values of K-rich white micas and chemical compositions of chlorites combined with homogenization temperatures of fluid inclusions in calcite,the metamorphic P–T conditions of very low-grade metapelites from different depths in the 7 km Hongcan Well 1 in the Zoige?Depression,Sichuan,China,have been obtained in this paper.Knowledge of the tectonic evolution of the studied basin allows us to derive geothermal curves for Middle and Late Triassic time(the geothermal peak)and the present day(from thermal logging of the borehole).The retrograde P–T tracks from clockwise P–T–t loops have been revealed by the plotting of individual samples on each geotherm,which can be interpreted by the lithospheric thickening due to sedimentation and folding followed by continuous uplift and erosion.A stratigraphic log indicates that the Well penetrates the steep limb of a fold which perturbed the peak geotherm and caused some P–T paths to cross.     

Confirmation of pelitic granulite in the Altai orogen and its geological significance

The existence of pelitic granulite in the Altai orogen was confirmed for the first time by detailed petrographic research and P-Tpseudosection modeling. The pelitic granulite has the assemblage of garnet ＋ cordierite ＋ K-feldspar ＋ biotite ＋ sillimanite ＋ plagioclase ＋ quartz with some samples containing the paragenesis of cordierite ＋ spinel. Peak conditions of the pelitic granuUte determined from the P-T pseudosection involved P = 0.5-0.6 GPa, T= 780-800℃ belonging to medium- to low-pressure type. SHRIMP U-Pb dating of zircon presented a metamorphic age of 292.8 ± 2.3 Ma. The discovery of pelitic granulite reflects an extensional environment with high heat flow in the southern margin of the Altai orogen during the Early Permian, which provides an important petrological constraint on the evolution of the Altai orogen.     

Unusual high-density and saline aqueous inclusions in ultrahigh pressure metamorphic rocks from Sulu terrane in eastern China

Fluid inclusions are the samples of metamorphic fluids trapped during the formation and/or later fractur-ing-resealing processes of metamorphic minerals. The composition and properties of fluid incluisons can reflect the physico-chemical conditions of the fluids during plate subduction and exhuamtion[1]. Ultrahigh pressure (UHP) metamorphic rocks commonly experienced considerable decompression in the course of exhumation process. This has caused departure of the retrograde P-T path of the ro…     

南大别变质块体温压结构的初步探讨

根据对太湖地区大坝附近榴辉岩的峰期变质P-T条件的研究,以及前人对南大别榴辉岩的P-T条件的分析,同时结合榴辉岩的空间分布状态的研究,文章认为南大别变质块体自北向南可分为金刚石、柯石英榴辉岩、石英/柯石英榴辉岩和石英榴辉岩4个变质单元;变质P-T条件总体上显示逐渐降低的趋势,反映了南大别变质块体俯冲时的连续性,而现今榴辉岩的P-T分布型式则代表南大别多板片的折返状态。