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《Applied Geochemistry》1997,12(3):333-343
Deep formation waters were sampled from boreholes on the S-E slopes of the Bohemian Massif. They are NaClHCO3 waters with TDS in the range 6–52 g L−1. Some of them are associated with gas and oil deposits. The waters are rich in Br and I and their δDandδ180 isotope compositions vary from −12 to −77‰ and + 4.6 to −10‰ respectively.The processes of concentration and dilution have been discussed based on deuterium and conservative element contents of the waters. Three regional groups can be identified in the plots Br vs I and Cl vs I: the Vienna Basin samples (VB), southern (S) and northern (N) flanks of the Bohemian Massif (BM). The VB samples have as an end member brackish water with about 7 g L−1 Cl (about 40% marine component) enriched in Br and I. This water has been later diluted by meteoric water of recent isotopic composition. Only 3 VB samples can be considered as derived from the dissolution of evaporites. The salt content of the S and N end members is very close to or higher than sea water with an isotopic composition similar to the brackish water. Subaerial evaporation of diluted sea water is suggested as the process increasing salt content. The evaporative enrichment of primary brackish solution can be estimated from extrapolation of Cl vs I and Br vs I plots to zero I (about 25 mg L−1 Br and 6 g L−1 Cl for the southern flanks of the BM). Evaporated solutions were later diluted by meteoric waters with δD in the range from −50 to −80‰ (southern flanks) and about −80‰ (northern flanks).  相似文献   

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Isotopes (RbSr, C, O, S, and Pb) were investigated from the Zhenzigou PbZn deposit in the Qingchengzi mineral field (QMF) of the North China Craton as an aid to determine the genesis of stratiform PbZn deposits in the Liao-Ji Rift. A step-dissolution RbSr age of 1798 ± 8 Ma with 206Pb/204Pb ratios of 17.7477–17.8527 were obtained from sphalerite. Sulfur isotopic ratios for pyrite (5–14.4‰), sphalerite (2.4–8.6‰), and galena (− 0.3–8.6‰) from Zhenzigou have a narrower range than those from the host Paleoproterozoic Dashiqiao Formation, and granite in the area. Calcite and limestone from ore and wallrocks at the deposit have similar C and O isotope compositions, with δ13CPDB ranging from − 6.0 to − 2.3‰ and δ18OSMOW from 9.8 to 13.7‰, which are similar to those of carbonatite and the mantle.Comprehensive analysis of the Pb isotopic composition of the sulfide from the Zhenzigou deposit and PbZn deposits in adjacent area show that the Pb originated from the upper crust and mixed with Pb from the mantle. Sulfur isotopes from Zhenzigou deposit indicate that the mineralization has a volcanic eruption source. The δ13CPDB and δ18OSMOW values indicate that the CO2 originated from a mixed mantle, marine carbonate and organic source.Combined with the study of regional metallogenic background, this paper proposes that deposition of stratiform PbZn mineralization in the QMF began ca. 2052 Ma during development of the Liaoji Rift. The mineralization extended to ca. 1798 Ma prior to deformation associated with the Lvliang Movement, which dismembered the stratiform PbZn mineralization. The veined mineralization in the region cross-cuts the stratiform deposits and represents remobilized and redeposited deposits associated with the emplacement of Triassic plutons such as the Xinling and Shuangdinggou granites.  相似文献   

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Although the sources of the ore metals remain problematic in most Iron-oxide Cu and Au (IOCG) deposits, external sulphur, either from surficial basinal brines and seawater (e.g., Central Andean and Carajás deposits) or from formation water and metamorphic fluids (e.g., the Cloncurry deposits), or introduced by magmatic assimilation of metasedimentary units (e.g., Phalaborwa), has been documented in many major Cu-rich IOCG centres. However, only the evaporite-sourced fluids yield diagnostically high δ34S values (i.e., > 10‰), while sedimentary formation water or metamorphic fluids commonly have lower values and are less clearly distinguishable from magmatic fluids, as in the Cloncurry deposits in which the involvement of external fluids is revealed by other evidence, such as noble gas isotopes. On the basis of these arguments, IOCG deposits could be redefined as a clan of Cu (AuAgU) deposits containing abundant hypogene iron oxide (magnetite and/or hematite), in which externally-derived sulphur probably plays an important role for the Cu (AuAgU) mineralization. In this definition, all “Kiruna-type” magnetite deposits, hydrothermal iron deposits (e.g., skarn Fe deposits) and magnetite-rich porphyry CuAu and skarn CuAu deposits are excluded. Two subtypes of IOCG deposits are recognized on the basis of the predominant iron oxide directly associated with the Cu (Au) mineralization, whether magnetite or hematite. Neither magnetite- nor hematite-rich IOCG deposits show any preference for specific host rocks, and both range in age from Neoarchean to Pleistocene, within a broad tectonic environment.  相似文献   

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Stable Zn isotopes may be applied to trace the source of ore-forming metals in various types of PbZn deposits. To test this application, Zn and Pb isotope systematics for sulfides and associated basement rocks as well as FeMn carbonates (gangue) from the Zhaxikang PbZn deposit in South Tibet have been analyzed. The basement in this region includes metamorphosed mafic to felsic rocks (dolerite, quartz diorite, rhyolite porphyry, pyroclastics and porphyritic monzogranite). These rocks have similar δ66Zn values of 0.33 to 0.37‰, with an average value of 0.36 ± 0.03‰ (2σ), except for the more evolved porphyritic monzogranite that has a heavier value of 0.49‰. FeMn carbonates are present as hydrothermal veins and were probably precipitated from magmatic fluids. They have an average δ66Zn value of 0.27 ± 0.05‰, which is slightly lighter than the basement rocks, possibly representing δ66Zn isotopic compositions of the hydrothermal fluids. Sphalerite and galena have similar Zn isotopic compositions with δ66Zn ranging from 0.03 to 0.26‰ and 0.21 to 0.28‰, respectively. Considering the Zn isotope fractionation factor between sphalerite and fluids of − 0.2‰ at ~ 300 °C as reported in literature, hydrothermal fluids from which these sulfides precipitated will have δ66Zn values of ca. 0.39 ± 0.10‰, which are consistent with the values of basement rocks and the FeMn carbonates. This similarity supports a magmatic-hydrothermal origin of the Zhaxikang PbZn deposit. Both Pb and S isotopes in these sphalerite and galena show large variations and are consistent with being derived from a mixture of basement and sedimentary rocks in various proportions. Zn isotopic compositions of the sulfides significantly extend the range of regional basement rocks, suggesting that sedimentary rocks (e.g., shales) are also a significant source of Zn. However, the Zn isotopic compositions of sphalerite and galena differ from those of marine carbonates and those of typical SEDEX-type deposits (e.g. Kelley et al., 2009), confirming a magmatic-hydrothermal model. Combined with regional geological observations and the age constraints of ~ 20 Ma (Zheng et al., 2012, 2014), the results of our investigation indicate that the Zhaxikang PbZn deposit is most likely a magmatic-hydrothermal deposit.  相似文献   

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The present paper reports the first detailed petrological and geochemical study of non-sulfide Zn–(FePb) deposits in the Riópar area (Prebetic Zone of the Mesozoic Betic Basin, SE Spain), constraining the origin and evolution of ore-forming fluids. In Riópar both sulfide and non-sulfide Zn–(FePb) (“calamine”) ores are hosted in hydrothermally dolomitized Lower Cretaceous limestones. The hypogene sulfides comprise sphalerite, marcasite and minor galena. Calamine ores consist of Zn-carbonates (smithsonite and scarce hydrozincite), associated with abundant Fe-(hydr)oxides (goethite and hematite) and minor Pb-carbonates (cerussite). Three smithsonite types have been recognized: i) Sm-I consists of brown anhedral microcrystalline aggregates as encrustations replacing sphalerite; ii) Sm-II refers to brownish subhedral aggregates of rugged appearance related with Fe oxi-hydroxides in the surface crystals, which replace extensively sphalerite; and iii) Sm-III smithsonite appears as coarse grayish botryoidal aggregates in microkarstic cavities and porosity. Hydrozincite is scarce and appears as milky white botryoidal encrustations in cavities replacing smithsonite. Also, two types of cerussite have been identified: i) Cer-I cerussite consists of fine crystals replacing galena along cleavage planes and crystal surfaces; and ii) Cer-II conforms fine botryoidal crystals found infill porosity. Calcite and thin gypsum encrustations were also recognized. The field and petrographic observations of the Riópar non-sulfide Zn–(FePb) revealed two successive stages of supergene ore formation under meteoric fluid processes: i) “gossan” and “red calamine” formation in the uppermost parts of the ore with deposition of Fe-(hydr)oxides and Zn- and Pb-carbonates (Sm-I, Sm-II and Cer-I), occurring as direct replacements of ZnPb sulfides; and ii) “gray calamine” ore formation with deposition of Sm-III, Cer-II and hydrozincite infilling microkarst cavities and porosity. The stable isotope variation of Riópar smithsonite is very similar to those obtained in other calamine-ore deposits around the world. Their CO isotope data (δ18O: + 27.8 to + 29.6‰ V-SMOW; δ13C: − 6.3 to + 0.4‰ V-PDB), puts constrains on: i) the oxidizing fluid type, which was of meteoric origin with temperatures of 12 to 19 °C, suggesting a supergene weathering process for the calamine-ore formation under a temperate climate; and ii) the carbon source, that resulted from mixing between two CO2 components derived from: the dissolution of host-dolomite (13C-enriched source) and vegetation decomposition (13C-depleted component).  相似文献   

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《Gondwana Research》2013,23(3-4):799-809
Externally derived, pure CO2 that mixes with a carbon-(under)saturated C-O-H fluid in lower crustal granulites may result in graphite precipitation if the host-rock oxygen fugacity (fO2rock) is below the upper fO2 limit of graphite. The maximum relative amount of graphite that can precipitate varies between a few mol% up to more than 25 mol%, depending on pressure, temperature, and host-rock redox state. The maximum relative amount of graphite that can precipitate from an infiltrating CO2 fluid into a dry granulite (CO fluid system) varies between zero and a few mol%. Thermodynamic evaluation of the graphite precipitation process shows that CO2 infiltration into lower crustal rocks does not always result in a carbon (super)saturated fluid. In that case, graphite precipitation is only possible if carbon saturation can be reached as a result of the reaction CO2  CO + ½ O2. Graphite that has been precipitated during granulite facies metamorphic conditions can subsequently be absorbed by a COH fluid during retrograde metamorphism. It is also possible, however, that significant amounts of graphite precipitate from a COH fluid during retrograde metamorphism. This study shows that interpreting the presence or absence of graphite in granulites with respect to CO2 infiltration requires detailed information on the PTfO2rock conditions, the relative amount of CO2 that infiltrates into the rock, and whether H2O is present or not.  相似文献   

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《Comptes Rendus Geoscience》2014,346(11-12):317-325
Major features of the Earth's structure and dynamics originate in the contrast between the rigidity of SiO bonds and the softness of SiOSi linkages. Because this contrast results from orbital hybridization, a real understanding of bonding relies on ab initio quantum-mechanical principles. As investigated with first-principles interatomic potentials, the α–β transitions of SiO2 polymorphs illustrate how soft SiOSi linkages give rise to dynamical structures at rather low temperatures and yield the low melting temperatures of SiO2-rich minerals that are at the roots of SiO2 enrichment in magmatic differentiation. The increasing concentration of alkalis throughout this process is another aspect that must also be studied in terms of molecular orbitals in relation with the presence of aluminum in tetrahedral coordination. Finally, calculations of noble gas solubility show that some important features can be treated with “hybrid” calculations when, in addition to quantum-mechanical effects, the energy needed to create a cavity in the silicate melt is dealt with in a classical manner.  相似文献   

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《Applied Geochemistry》1995,10(5):531-546
The petrography, fluid inclusion thermometry and isotope geochemistry of diagenetic cements are used to reconstruct the pore-fluid history of the Middle Jurassic Brent Group reservoir sandstones in the Alwyn South area of the U.K. North Sea. The study focuses on a relatively limited area of three adjacent reservoir compartments at successively higher structural levels. The cement assemblage of kaolinite, quartz and illite has resulted in severe deterioration of otherwise good reservoir quality. Early precipitation of vermiform and late blocky kaolinite was succeeded by a period of relatively intense illite precipitation. Temperature estimates for kaolinite precipitation of 80°C andδ18O of ≈ + 15‰ (±3‰) suggest co-existing fluids ofδ18O ≈ −3‰. Quartz cementation overlapped both kaolinite and illite formation. Fluid inclusion data indicate that quartz cementation took place at temperatures of 109±7°C. Pore fluid salinities were ≈4 wt% NaCl with a H2OO isotopic composition of ≈ -1 %o ± 0.5‰ SMOW. The fluids which precipitated coexisting illite were compositionally homogeneous with equilibriumδ18O water compositions of +0.5‰ SMOW. Illite SD values range from −33 to −50‰ SMOW. These fluid inclusion and isotopic data suggest that both quartz and illite were precipitated from pore waters with a uniform, marine signature. This is consistent with the predominantly marine to paralic depositional context of the Brent Group in Alywn South. Illite precipitation was followed by hydrocarbon emplacement between the Middle Eocene and Lower Oligocene.  相似文献   

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《Applied Geochemistry》1997,12(5):549-565
The Cigar Lake unconformity-type U deposit is one of the largest and highest grade U deposits in the Proterozoic Athabasca Basin, northern Saskatchewan, Canada. Cigar Lake has recently been the focus of an international, 3-a, collaborative program in which this U deposit was studied as a natural analogue for a spent nuclear fuel repository. The deposit is located near the eastern margin of the Athabasca Basin, 430 m below the surface, at the intersection between Hudsonian-age faults and the unconformity between Athabasca group sandstones and Aphebian metasediments. Three stages of U mineralization have been identified based on cross-cutting relationships and textures observed in thin section and back-scattered electron (BSE) images, O isotope data and chemical compositions. All stages of U mineralization have been variably altered to Ca-rich, U-hydrate minerals or uranyl oxide hydrate minerals and coffinite.UPb chemical ages of the 3 stages of U mineralization from Cigar Lake coincide with the 3 major fluid events that precipitated clay and silicate minerals at 1500 Ma, 950 Ma, and 300 Ma, throughout the entire Athabasca Basin. Stage 1 and 2 uraninite and pitchblende have the lowest δ18O values that range from −30.1 ‰ to −15.2‰; whereas, stage 3 uraninite has δ18O values ranging from −10.0‰ to −3.4‰. Uranyl oxide hydrate minerals have δ18O values that range from −11.3‰ to −8.2‰; whereas, uranyl minerals have much higher δ18O values. Based on UPb chemical ages,δ18O values, and petrographic relationships of U alteration minerals associated with primary U mineralization, the Cigar Lake U ore is similar to U ore from other unconformity-type U deposits in the Athabasca Basin. Therefore, the Cigar Lake ore deposit, although surrounded by clay and sandstone barriers, has been effected by the same fluid events that have altered other unconformity-type U deposits in the Athabasca Basin.The 3 stages of ore formation and associated alteration minerals permit the detailed study of fluids responsible for U deposition and alteration. This information provides the necessary context for the evaluation of the Cigar Lake deposit as a “natural analogue” for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel in underground vaults in rocks of the Canadian Shield.  相似文献   

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Although garnet UPb dating method has been reported recently, yet the accurate concordia 206Pb/238U ages and growth histories of multi generation of garnets based on ages were still lacked. LA-ICP-MS UPb dating on multi-generational grandite (grossular-andradite) garnet from the large Tonglvshan Cu-Fe-Au skarn deposit was applied in this study. Based on petrographic observation, in chronological order, three generation garnets have been distinguished, namely homogeneous Grt1-exo (in the exoskarn zone) and Grt1-endo (in the endoskarn zone), oscillatory zoning Grt2 and vein-type Grt3 cutting magnetite ores. LA-ICP-MS UPb dating on four grandite samples from the Grt1-exo, Grt1-edno, Grt2 and Grt3 yields Tera-Wasserburg lower intercept 206Pb/238U ages of 139.1 ± 1.0 Ma (2σ, MSWD = 0.79), 134 ± 11 Ma (2σ, MSWD = 2.5), 143.4 ± 8.3 Ma (2σ, MSWD = 2.3) and 140.3 ± 1.4 Ma (2σ, MSWD = 0.95), respectively. More importantly, two concordia 206Pb/238U ages of 139.2 ± 0.6 Ma (2σ, MSWD = 1.4) and 139.8 ± 1.5 Ma (2σ, MSWD = 0.13) were firstly obtained from the sample of Grt1-exo with highest U concentrations ([U]avg > 80 ppm) contents. The precision UPb ages of 139–140 Ma from Grt1-exo and Grt3 can be considered as the timing of Cu-Fe-Au skarn mineralization, and consistent with the majority of published zircon UPb ages of the quartz dioritic stock and 40Ar39Ar plateau ages of phlogopite at Tonglvshan (142–140 Ma). The precision grandite UPb ages also indicate that the entire metasomatic hydrothermal mineralization activity in the Tonglvshan Cu-Fe-Au skarn deposit occurred within a relatively short time span of <1 (or 2.5 considering errors) Myr. In addition, we found that the grandite garnet is more easily to be enriched in U and can obtain the high-precision concordia UPb ages with higher andradite Mol%, euhedral and larger crystals, and relevant oxidized magmatic rocks or skarns.  相似文献   

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Geochemical and iron isotopic compositions of magnetite, ilmenite and pyrite separates from the FeTi oxide ores hosted in the Damiao anorthosite-type FeTi ore deposit were analyzed to investigate sub-solidus cooling history of the titanomagnetite. The FeTi oxides form two series of solid solutions, namely, ulvöspinel-magnetite (Usp-Mtss) and hematite-ilmenite (Hem-Ilmss) solid solutions. The magnetite separates have 14–27 mol% ulvöspinel, while the ilmenite separates have 5–8 mol% hematite. Major element compositions of the mineral separates suggest that the ilmenites were mainly exsolved from the Usp-Mtss by oxidation of ulvöspinel in the temperature range of ~820–600 °C and experienced inter-oxide re-equilibration with the magnetites. Associated with the exsolution is the substantial inter-mineral iron isotope fractionation. The magnetite separates are characterized by high δ57Fe (+0.27 − +0.65‰), whereas the ilmenite separates have lower δ57Fe (−0.65 to −0.28‰). Two types of pyrite are petrographically observed, each of which has a distinctive iron isotope fingerprint. Type I pyrite (pyriteI) with higher δ57Fe (δ57Fe = +0.63 − +0.95‰) is consistent with magmatic origin, and type II pyrite (pyriteII) with lower δ57Fe (δ57Fe = −0.90 to −0.11‰) was likely to have precipitated from fluids. Iron isotopic fingerprints of the pyriteI probably indicate variations of oxygen fugacity, whereas those of the pyriteII may result from fluid activities. The iron isotopic fractionation between the magnetite and ilmenite is the net result of sub-solidus processes (including ulvöspinel oxidation and inter-oxide re-equilibration) without needing varying oxygen fugacity albeit its presence. Although varying composition of magnetite-ilmenite pairs reflects variations of oxygen fugacity, inter-oxide iron isotopic fractionation does not.  相似文献   

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In order to understand and mitigate the deterioration of water quality in the aquifer system underlying Guadalajara metropolitan area, an investigation was performed developing geochemical evolution models for assessment of groundwater chemical processes. The models helped not only to conceptualize the groundwater geochemistry, but also to evaluate the relative influence of anthropogenic inputs and natural sources of salinity to the groundwater. Mixing processes, ion exchange, water–rock–water interactions and nitrate pollution and denitrification were identified and confirmed using mass-balance models constraint by information on hydrogeology, groundwater chemistry, lithology and stability of geochemical phases. The water–rock interactions in the volcanic setting produced a dominant NaHCO3 water type, followed by NaMgCaHCO3 and NaCaHCO3. For geochemical evolution modeling, flow sections were selected representing recharge and non-recharge processes and a variety of mixing conditions. Recharge processes are dominated by dissolution of soil CO2 gas, calcite, gypsum, albite and biotite, and Ca/Na exchange. Non-recharge processes show that the production of carbonic acid and Ca/Na exchange are decreasing, while other minerals such as halite and amorphous SiO2 are precipitated. The origin of nitrate pollution in groundwater are fertilizers in rural plots and wastewater and waste disposal in the urban area. This investigation may help water authorities to adequately address and manage groundwater contamination.  相似文献   

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《Applied Geochemistry》1993,8(5):507-524
Formation waters from Silurian-aged reefs in the northern and southern trends of lower Michigan were collected and analyzed for major, minor and isotope compositions. The results were combined with an analysis of an exceptionally concentrated (TDS 640 g/l) Silurian brine reported by Case in 1945 to determine the origin and possible evolutionary pathways for the chemical and isotope components of the brines. The waters are extremely concentrated(TDS> 450g/l) CaNaCl brines. Bromide values support that they originated from seawater concentrated into the MgSO4 and possibly the KCl salt facies. The brines have, however, evolved considerably from an expected seawater composition and now contain a dominant CaCl composition. Dolomitization appears to have been very important in the brine evolution, but this process cannot explain all the Ca present in these brines. Four scenarios may explain the enrichment in Ca: (1) halite dissolution accompanied by the exchange of Na for Ca; (2) reactions involving aluminosilicate minerals, carbonates and halite; (3) an input of CaCl2 solutions derived from altered MgCl2 fluids released during the metamorphism of carnallite into sylvite; and (4) a pre-existing enrichment of CaCl in the Early Paleozoic seawater that filled the basin. All four are possible, but the favored explanation involves the diagenesis of the Salina A-1 potash salts. The isotope composition of the waters is consistent with evaporated seawater, perhaps enriched by exchange with carbonates or by the input of hydration water from evaporite minerals. The isotopic evolution, however, is equivocal but the brine composition does not indicate they have been diluted with meteoric water. This implies the waters have remained isolated from surface-controlled hydrological systems.  相似文献   

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Geochemical, SrNd isotopic and geochronological methods were used to reveal the protoliths and geodynamic implications of the newly discovered Triassic Baqing eclogites, eastern Qiangtang terrane, central Tibet. We assessed the mobility of trace elements, and it turned out that high field strength elements (HFSEs) and rare earth elements (REEs) were immobile in the high-pressure (HP) metamorphic process and reliably employed to discriminate the protoliths of the Baqing eclogites. Whole-rock geochemical data (especially immobile elements) suggested both arc-related (negative NbTa anomalies, high light (L) REEs/heavy (H) REEs ratios) and mid-oceanic ridge basalt (MORB)-related (without negative NbTa anomalies, relatively low REEs contents) characteristics, indicating the contribution of different proportions of subduction material with a backarc basin origin. According to the SrNd isotopic ratios (initial 87Sr/86Sr ratios: 0.7078–0.7086; εNd(t) values: −0.58 to +1.96), the protoliths of the Baqing eclogites originated from mantle which experienced continental crustal contamination in the subduction zone. Compared with nearby subduction-related magmatic rocks from eastern Qiangtang terrane, backarc basin was the most likely tectonic environment for the Baqing eclogite protoliths. The Jinsha Paleo-Tethyan Ocean southward subduction underneath East Qiangtang block (EQB) and rollback led to the formation of this backarc basin between the Late Permian and Early Triassic, and subsequent northward subduction of the backarc basin formed the Baqing eclogites in early Late Triassic (227–221 Ma).  相似文献   

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《Applied Geochemistry》1993,8(1):81-100
Detailed chemical and isotope analysis of 87 formation waters collected from six Devonian-aged units in the Michigan Basin are presented and discussed in terms of the origin of the dissolved components and the water. Total dissolved solids in these waters range from 200,000 to >400,000mg/1. Upper Devonian formations produce dominantly NaCaCl brine, while deeper formations produce CaNaCl water. Ratios of Cl/Br and Na/Br along with divalent cation content (MCl2), indicate that these brines are derived from evapo-concentrated seawater. Other ion concentrations appear to be extensively modified from seawater values by water-rock reactions. The most important reactions are dolomitization, which explains the Ca content of the brines, and reactions involving aluminosilicate minerals. Stable isotope (δ18O and δD) compositions indicate that water molecules in the deeper formations are derived from primary concentrated seawater. Isotope enrichment by exchange with carbonates and perhaps gypsum cannot be discounted. Isotope values indicate water in the Upper Devonian formations is a mixture of seawater brine diluted with meteoric-derived water. Dilution has predominantly occurred in basin margins. Two scenarios are presented for the origin of the brines in the Devonian formations: (1) they originated when the Devonian sediments and evaporites were first deposited; or (2) they are residual brine liberated from the deeper Devonian and possibly Silurian salt deposits.  相似文献   

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Jebel Mecella and Sidi Taya F–(BaPbZn) deposits are located within the Fluorite Zaghouan Province (NE Tunisia). The mineralization occurs along the unconformity surface between the Jurassic limestones and Upper Cretaceous rocks. The mineralization consists mainly of fluorite, barite, sphalerite, and galena. The δ34S values of barite at Jebel Mecella (14.8–15.4‰) and at Sidi Taya (21.6–22.2‰) closely match those of the Triassic evaporites and Messinian seawater, respectively. The range of δ34S values of galena and sphalerite in both deposits (?6.9 to +2.4‰) suggests the involvement of thermochemical sulfate reduction and possibly organically-bound sulfur in the generation of sulfur. Lead isotope data with 206Pb/204Pb, 207Pb/204Pb, and 208Pb/204Pb ratios of 18.893–18.903, 15.684–15.699, and 38.850–38.880, respectively suggests a single homogeneous source reservoir of Paleozoic age and/or the homogenization of the Paleozoic–Cretaceous multireservoir-derived fluids along their long migration paths to the loci of deposition during the Alpine orogeny.  相似文献   

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The giant Yulong porphyry CuMo deposit was formed in postsubduction setting in eastern Tibet. Origin of the ore-related Yulong intrusion remains a matter of debate. This study presents new whole-rock major and trace element geochemistry, in-situ apatite SrNd and zircon HfO isotopes, and mineralogical chemistry of the Yulong intrusion. Least-altered samples from the Yulong intrusion have high SiO2 (66.3–69.5 wt%) and Al2O3 (14.9–15.5 wt%) contents, high La/Yb (36.4–68.0) and Sr/Y (46.0–76.3) ratios, and low MgO (0.63–1.24 wt%) and Cr (<30 ppm) contents, similar to adakitic rocks deriving from thick juvenile lower crust. They are enriched in large ion lithophile elements (LILEs) and depletion in high field strength elements (HFSEs), and show listric REE patterns. In-situ apatite SrNd isotopes show limited variations ((87Sr/86Sr)i = 0.7060–0.7068, εNd(t) = −4.8–0.2), which plot between Paleo-Tethys ocean-related arc magmas and the ancient crust in eastern Tibet. Zircon grains from this study and published studies have mostly positive yet variable εHf(t) values (−20.6 to +12.2) and young Hf model ages that overlap those of the Paleo-Tethys ocean-related arc magmas. The above Sr-Nd-Hf isotopes, together with the elevated zircon δ18O values (6.4 to 9.3‰) and arc-like trace element patterns, collectively suggest that the Yulong intrusion may have originated from partial melting of juvenile lower arc crust related to the subduction of the Paleo-Tethys ocean, with incorporation of a small amount of ancient crustal materials.Two generations of amphibole were recognized at Yulong. Their compositions are used to calculate crystallization depths, magmatic oxidation states, and water contents. The caculated results show that the early-stage euhedral high-Al (5.87–8.51 wt%) amphibole phenocrysts may have crystallized in the underlying magma chamber (7.1–12.5 km in depth), whereas the late-stage xenomorphic low-Al (3.47–4.87 wt%) amphibole grains may have crystallized in the porphyritic stock (4.0–5.6 km). Magmatic water contents decrease from early- (3.5–4.6 wt%) to late-stage (2.8–3.5 wt%) amphibole, which is interpreted to indicate fluid exsolution from the magma chamber during emplacement of the Yulong intrusion. Caculated oxidation states increase from early- (ΔNNO = 0.6–1.5) to late-stage (ΔNNO = 1.9–2.3) amphibole. Plagioclase phenocrysts show periodic or reverse core-to-rim zonation of An contents (range up to 25 mol%), which are coupled by FeO contents, probably suggesting magma recharge events. Collectively, we propose that the magma chamber beneath Yulong was recharged by a less evolved magma, and was saturated in fluids to produce intensive alteration and mineralization. The relatively high oxidation states allow the metals to be enriched in the evolving magma, and to be deposited in the hydrothermal alteration stage.  相似文献   

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Understanding the formation mechanism of the South China Sea has important implications for research on plate rupture and continent-ocean transition globally. Granitoids dredged from the Xiaozhenzhu Rise provide new perspectives on lithosphere evolution processes of this region. Zircon UPb (127–122 Ma) and amphibole/K-feldspar 40Ar/39Ar (123–115 Ma) ages indicate high cooling rates of 55–64 °C/myr and thus rapid magma emplacement and uplift in the Early Cretaceous. These calc-alkaline granitoids with intermediate Mg# (44–53) and slightly negative Eu anomalies (Eu/Eu* = 0.63–1.00) have highly variable and well-correlated Cr (4.89–531 ppm) and Ni (2.27–258 ppm) contents, which indicate melt mixing. The low CrNi sample (19.4 ppm Ni) displays much higher Sr (847 ppm), Sr/Y (93.4), and overall stronger crustal signatures than the high CrNi samples (107–258 ppm Ni) which have more mantle-like characteristics. Despite these differences, all studied samples show relatively similar and moderately enriched SrNd isotopic compositions ((87Sr/86Sr)i = 0.7055–0.7064, εNd(t) = −0.6 to −1.7) and enriched Pb isotopic compositions that are comparable with those of marine sediments. They also show mantle-like depleted zircon O (δ18O = 4.5–6.3‰) and mostly positive zircon Hf (εHf(t) = −0.4–4.1) isotopic compositions that indicate limited upper crustal contribution in the melt source. Their compositional features are best explained by magma mixing between partial melts of a delaminated lower arc crust and partial melts of a metasomatized arc mantle wedge. Combining our new results with literature studies of magmatism, metamorphism, sedimentary records and crustal structures from the region, we propose a new model of the Late Mesozoic–Early Cenozoic lithosphere deformation of the South China continental margin where lower arc crust delamination generated a tectonic weak zone that is essential for the rifting of the South China Sea.  相似文献   

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The Sailauf MnFeAs vein mineralization, located in the Spessart district (central Germany), is characterized by complex hydrothermal carbonate and oxide assemblages. The mineralization is hosted by a Permian rhyolite body and is structurally related to the Variscan unconformity that separates Permian sedimentary rocks from the underlying Variscan crystalline basement. The hydrothermal vein system has been studied by optical microscopy, electron-microprobe and LA-ICPMS analysis of major and trace elements (including the REE). Four distinct mineralization stages that are characterized by diagnostic carbonate-oxide assemblages are identified, which are (1) pre-ore stage, (2) ore stage 1, (3) ore stage 2, and (4) the replacement stage. Hydrothermal carbonates show complex compositional trends in CaMn (Fe + Mg) space, and comprise calcite, Mn-calcite, FeMg calcite, Ca-rhodochrosite, and Ca-kutnahorite. Oxide assemblages are dominated by braunite and hematite, with minor amounts of manganite and hausmannite. The mineralization is enriched in a distinct suite of trace elements, including As, W, Pb, Zn and Cu. Analysis of the paragenetic evolution, in conjunction with the major and trace element data, allows to reconstruct the fluid evolution of the hydrothermal system. The first order change in mineralogy between the two main ore stages (Mn oxides and calcite evolving into hematite and Mn-rich calcite) records a pronounced shift in fluid pH and silica activity of the system. This interpretation is also supported by variations in the behavior of Ce in different carbonate generations. The late stage replacement carbonates relate to destabilization of the primary ore assemblages. The distinct geological setting immediately below the Permian unconformity, in conjunction with the mineralogical and chemical data, suggests that dynamic fluid mixing processes involving basement-derived brines and more shallow groundwaters were important in the formation of the Sailauf MnFeAs mineralization. The significant enrichment in the AsWPbZnCu element suite resembles that of other MnFe deposits, and points to felsic lithologies as the main metal source of the mineralization.  相似文献   

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The Zapug–Duobuza magmatic arc (ZDMA), located along the southern edge of the south Qiangtang terrane in western Tibet, extends east–west for ~ 400 km. Small scattered granite and porphyry intrusions crop out in the ZDMA, but a large amount of granite may be buried by Late Cretaceous to Paleogene thrusting. Two stages of magmatism have been identified, at 170–150 Ma and 130–110 Ma. The widely distributed Middle–Late Jurassic granite intrusions in the ZDMA exhibit SrNd isotopic characteristics similar to those of ore-bearing porphyries in the Duolong giant CuAu deposit, and their εHf(t) values mostly overlap those of other porphyry CuMo deposits in the ZDMA and the Gangdese zone. The SrNdHf isotopic geochemistry suggests variable contributions of mantle and Qiangtang crustal sources, and indicates the presence of two new ore districts with potentials for CuAu, Fe, and PbZn ores, located in the Jiacuo–Liqunshan and Larelaxin–Caima areas. Except for the Duolong ore-forming porphyries, which show significant contributions of mantle components intruded into an accretionary mélange setting, the Early Cretaceous granites in other areas of the belt are of mostly crustal origin, from sources in Qiangtang felsic basement and Permo-Carboniferous strata, indicating the weak ore-forming potential of skarn-type Fe and PbZn deposits. The ephemeral but deep Bangong Co–Nujiang ocean in the Early Jurassic evolved into a shallow compressional marine basin in the Middle–Late Jurassic, possibly transitioning to northward flat subduction of oceanic crust at this time. The subducted slab broke off in the Early Cretaceous, initiating a peak in arc magmatism and metallogenesis at 125–110 Ma.  相似文献   

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