Reconstruction and visualisation of melt topology in veined microdioritic enclaves

A number of xenocrystic microdioritic enclaves within the Ross of Mull Granite contain narrow veins of monzonitic material that have formed through the selective partial fusion of granitic magma mechanically incorporated into the microdiorite magma. Field evidence suggests that, as melting of the granitic material ensued, a monzonitic melt formed and exfiltrated from the surrounding microdioritic matrix resulting in Saffman–Taylor instabilities and the development of viscous fingering phenomena. The monzonitic melt network is now preserved as monzonitic veins. Mechanical serial sectioning through a representative veined microdioritic enclave shows that: (a) the topology of the veins is complex but crudely polyhedral, (b) there is porosity (monzonitic melt fraction) variation throughout the length of the veined enclave and (c) that the monzonitic veins are interconnected in three dimensions. Using image analysis software, the total porosity of individual veined enclave sections has been estimated, along with the variation in porosity with depth. Three dimensional rendering and animation software has been used to reconstruct and visualise the monzonitic melt network using Apple QuickTime™ software. The above method provides a cheap and powerful way of visualising remnant macroscopic transport properties (such as connectivity and melt topology) in partially molten igneous rocks.Electronic supplementary material Electronic supplementary material is available for this article at and accessible for authorised users.     

太古宙花岗岩中的暗色包体

在华北陆台北缘太古宙花岗质岩石的成因研究中,对其中的暗色包体进行了较详细的矿物学和岩相学研究,从中获得了许多反映花岗质岩浆来源及其成岩演化过程的信息,从而为花岗岩的岩浆起源提供了证据。这些暗色岩包体按成因及来源可分为:深源火成岩包体,围岩包体及深熔同生包体。研究表明,深源火成岩包体是花岗岩的母岩浆(基性岩浆)的早期结晶分离相,有些包体可能代表岩浆源区—上地幔岩的岩块。而深熔同生包体和围岩包体则是在深熔岩浆的形成过程中母岩中难熔组分的聚集物和岩浆上侵过程中捕获围岩的产物。     

内蒙古土牧尔台地区黑云母二长花岗岩及其暗色包体的成因及构造意义

内蒙古中部土牧尔台地区位于华北克拉通北缘,区内广泛发育黑云母二长花岗岩及暗色闪长岩包体,绝大多数包体与寄主岩石呈渐变过渡的接触关系。锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb定年结果显示,寄主岩石年龄为273～271Ma,包体年龄为268±2Ma,两者均形成于早-中二叠世。其中,寄主岩石具有高钾钙碱性、弱过铝质、高分异I型花岗岩的地球化学特点,且富集K、Rb、Th等大离子亲石元素和LREEs,亏损Nb、P、Ti等高场强元素和HREEs,具有典型的大陆弧岩浆特征。花岗岩中锆石ε_(Hf)(t)值为-13.0～-6.1,二阶段Hf模式年龄(t_(DM2))为2.12～1.68Ga,ε_(Nd)(t)值为-11.3～-10.7,亏损地幔模式年龄(t_(DM))为2.44～1.73Ga,指示岩浆源自华北克拉通下地壳的部分熔融。暗色包体多呈塑性形态,镁铁质矿物含量明显高于寄主岩石,且发育大量针状磷灰石,同位素(ε_(Nd)(t)值为-11.1～-10.2,tDM为2.13～1.85Ga)特点与寄主岩石相近。本文对黑云母二长花岗岩及其暗色包体的研究表明,区域上这些具有弧岩浆性质的早-中二叠世岩浆岩,很可能源自古亚洲洋俯冲洋壳及下地壳的部分熔融,幔源基性岩浆与下地壳长英质岩浆的混合形成寄主岩石及暗色包体,揭示了早-中二叠世时期区域上岩浆具有壳-幔相互作用的特点,且印证了该时期古亚洲洋洋壳尚未完全消失,中亚造山带的造山作用为区域岩浆岩及包体的形成提供地球动力学条件。     

Mafic magmatic enclaves and mafic rocks associated with some granitoids of the central Sierra Nevada batholith, California: nature, origin, and relations with the hosts

The calc-alkaline granitoids of the central Sierra Nevada batholith are associated with abundant mafic rocks. These include both country-rock xenoliths and mafic magmatic enclaves (MME) that commonly have fine-grained and, less commonly, cumulate textures. Scarce composite enclaves consist of either xenoliths enclosed in MME, or of MME enclosed in other MME with different grain size and texture. Enclaves are often enclosed in mafic aggregates and form meter-size polygenic swarms, mostly in the margins of normally zoned plutons. Enclaves may locally divert schlieren layering. Mafic dikes, which also occur in swarms, are undisturbed, composite, or largely hybridized. In central Sierra Nevada, with the exception of xenoliths that completely differ from the other rocks, host granitoids, mafic aggregates, MME, and some composite dikes exhibit a bulk compositional diversity and, at the same time, important mineralogical and geochemical (including isotopic) similarities. MME and host granitoids display distinct major and trace element compositions. However, strong correlations between MME–host granitoid pairs indicate interactions and parallel evolution of MME and enclosing granitoid in each pluton. Identical mafic mineral compositions and isotopic features are the result of these interactions and parallel evolution. Mafic dikes have broadly the same major and trace element compositions as the MME although variations are large between the different dikes that are at distinctly different stages of hybridization and digestion by the host granitoids. The composition of the granitoids and various mafic rocks reflects three distinct stages of hybridization that occurred, respectively, at depth, during ascent and emplacement, and after emplacement. The occurrence and succession of hybridization processes were tightly controlled by the physical properties of the magmas. The sequential thorough or partial mixing and mingling were commonly followed by differentiation and segregation processes. Unusual MME that contain abundant large crystals of hornblende resulted from disruption of early cumulates at depth, whereas those richer in large crystals of biotite were formed by disruption of late mafic aggregates or schlieren layerings at the level of emplacement. MME and host granitoids are considered cogenetic, because both are hybrid rocks that were produced by the mixing of the same two components in different proportions. The felsic component was produced by partial melting of preexisting crustal materials, whereas the dominant mafic component was probably derived from the upper mantle. However, in the lack of a clear mantle signature, the origin of the mafic component remains questionable.     

ETHNIC RESIDENTIAL CONCENTRATIONS IN UNITED STATES METROPOLITAN AREAS

ABSTRACT. Although residential concentrations of immigrant ethnic groups in cities were common a century ago, it is not clear to what extent members of more recently arrived groups live near each other. We attempt to determine how common such clustered settlement is today, using 2000 census data to measure concentrations of Asians, Hispanics, and their larger ethnic subgroups in fifteen large metropolitan areas. The percentage of an ethnic group that is residentially concentrated correlated significantly with the group's proportion in an area. With metropolitan areas weighted equally, 38 percent of Hispanics and 13 percent of Asians were concentrated. However, when we analyzed eight specific nationality groups, the residentially concentrated proportion ranged from 14 to 59 percent. Level of cultural assimilation appears to explain group differences in level of concentration. Although ethnic concentrations were more pronounced in the largest metropolitan areas, important concentrations were also found in many of the smaller areas in our study.     

扬子板块北缘阳坝岩体锆石饱和温度的计算及其意义

通过对阳坝花岗闪长岩和暗色微粒包体中锆石饱和温度的计算反演岩浆源区的温度.计算结果表明，阳坝花岗闪长岩的锆石饱和温度介于762～773℃，平均值为769℃，暗色微粒包体的锆石饱和温度介于752～770℃，平均值为760℃.这表明阳坝花岗闪长岩可能是增厚下地壳在有外来流体注入的条件下发生低温（770℃）部分熔融的产物，而外来流体则可能是底侵作用早期由富含挥发分的偏基性岩浆发生去气作用的产物。     

桂东北牛庙闪长岩和同安石英二长岩:岩石学、锆石SHRIMP U-Pb年代学和地球化学

桂东北牛庙和同安岩体分别由闪长岩和石英二长岩组成。锆石的SHRIMP U-Pb年龄分别为163±4Ma和160± 4Ma。岩石以富铝、富碱、高钾、富含Rb、Ba、Th、U、Pb、Sr等大离子半径亲石元素(LILE)及富含REE、Nb、Ta、Zr、Hf等高场强元素(HFSE)为主要特征,属富钾系列或钾玄岩系列。其不相容元素的分布特征为亲OIB型,主要来源于富集的岩石圈地幔的熔融。两岩体的常量元素、微量元素和Sr-Nd同位素组成特征,反映了它们的原始岩浆经历过相当充分的分离结晶和相当程度的地壳混染,即通过AFC方式而形成。岩体中广泛分布的微细粒状暗色包体是共存的更偏基性的岩浆与寄主岩浆不完全混合的残留,其成分的多样性和相互过渡关系,反映了不同包体母岩浆在形成和演化途径等方面的差异性。岩体形成于燕山早期华南后造山阶段大陆地壳拉张减薄的构造环境,软流圈地幔沿超岩石圈深断裂的上涌和底侵,是造成富集的岩石圈地幔和中下地壳熔融并形成本区闪长质和花岗质岩浆的主要机制。     

新疆云雾岭花岗岩形成时代、岩石学、地球化学与构造背景

在藏北高原玛尔盖茶卡幅1∶25万区调过程中,对新疆云雾岭花岗岩进行了地质、地球化学综合研究,结果表明,该岩体具高SiO2,富碱的特征,岩石组合为二长花岗岩和巨斑状二长花岗岩,岩相间为涌动型侵入接触关系.岩石为高钾钙碱性系列,A/CNK≤1,为次铝质花岗岩.稀土含量较高,属于轻稀土富集型,δEu值在0.19~0.34之间,Eu亏损明显.微量元素中以K、Rb、Th富集为显著特点.通过对该岩体单矿物锆石U-Pb法年龄测定,其形成时代为早侏罗世(201.8~203.4Ma),为I-S过渡型,形成于同碰撞构造环境.     

Genesis and geological significance of sulfide bearing mafic enclaves and host syenite in Heishishan,East Kunlun: Evidence from geochronology,mineralogy, geochemistry and Sr-Nd-Hf isotopesSCIEI北大核心CSCD

黑石山铜铅锌矿床位于东昆仑造山带中段的五龙沟地区,矿区内的石英二长岩-正长岩发育有暗色微粒包体,本研究在包体中发现了硫化物。锆石U-Pb定年显示,正长岩形成于239.4±1.0Ma,具有富Si和K,贫Mg、Cr、Ni,明显的Eu负异常,富集大离子亲石元素、亏损高场强元素,较为富集的Sr-Nd-Hf同位素特征。暗色微粒包体由斜长石和角闪石组成,可见角闪石堆晶,贫硅、富钙、铝、碱和铁,Mg#值为38.37,具有明显的Eu负异常,轻重稀土分馏弱。结合宿主正长岩和暗色包体的矿物成分相似性和岩相学特征,本文认为暗色微粒包体与正长岩来自同一个岩浆房,属于同源岩浆包体,是岩浆房早期分离结晶相,被中酸性岩脉携带上升至正长岩熔体中,一起侵位至浅部地壳。综合岩石地球化学、同位素和矿物成分,本文认为正长岩是下地壳含水镁铁质岩石在压力较低条件下部分熔融的产物。暗色微粒包体中发育硫化物,且包体岩浆的硫含量远高于正长岩岩浆,指示岩浆房的早期分离结晶相带走了硫,使残余熔体贫硫。     

松潘—甘孜造山带万里城花岗岩及其岩浆包体的成因与地球动力学意义

松潘—甘孜造山带广泛分布着三叠纪花岗岩体,其成因对正确认识研究区花岗岩浆的动力学背景具有重要意义。地球化学分析表明,万里城岩体寄主花岗岩具有高的SiO2含量（69.43%~73.10%）和较高的全碱含量,具弱过铝质（A/CNK=1.01~1.12）特征,属于高钾钙碱性—钾玄岩系列I型花岗岩类。暗色微粒包体具较低的SiO2含量（52.85%~59.50%）和较高的Mg#值（45~63）,为准铝质高钾钙碱性二长（闪长）岩。包体为典型的岩浆细粒结构,发育针状磷灰石、环带结构斜长石、瞳状石英、反鲍文序列的不平衡岩浆结构等。微量与稀土元素分析表明,包体起源于壳幔混合作用,是底侵的幔源玄武质岩浆与上覆壳源长英质岩浆混合的产物,混合的熔体经历了钛铁矿、黑云母等矿物的分离结晶,最终形成万里城暗色微粒包体。而寄主花岗岩则起源于纯的长英质陆壳,岩石具有较低的Mg#值(21~39)、中等的CaO/(MgO+TFeO)值、较高的K2O/Na2O和(Na2O+K2O)/(TFeO+MgO+TiO2)值等,指示源区主要为变杂砂岩类。综合区域地质资料,提出松潘—甘孜造山带内大规模花岗质岩体的形成主要受控于碰撞后伸展背景下的玄武质岩浆底侵加热。