Experimental phase and melting relations of metapelite in the upper mantle: implications for the petrogenesis of intraplate magmas     

Carl Spandler  Greg Yaxley  David H. Green  Dean Scott 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》2010,160(4):569-589

We performed a series of piston-cylinder experiments on a synthetic pelite starting material over a pressure and temperature range of 3.0–5.0 GPa and 1,100–1,600°C, respectively, to examine the melting behaviour and phase relations of sedimentary rocks at upper mantle conditions. The anhydrous pelite solidus is between 1,150 and 1,200°C at 3.0 GPa and close to 1,250°C at 5.0 GPa, whereas the liquidus is likely to be at 1,600°C or higher at all investigated pressures, giving a large melting interval of over 400°C. The subsolidus paragenesis consists of quartz/coesite, feldspar, garnet, kyanite, rutile, ±clinopyroxene ±apatite. Feldspar, rutile and apatite are rapidly melted out above the solidus, whereas garnet and kyanite are stable to high melt fractions (>70%). Clinopyroxene stability increases with increasing pressure, and quartz/coesite is the sole liquidus phase at all pressures. Feldspars are relatively Na-rich [K/(K + Na) = 0.4–0.5] at 3.0 GPa, but are nearly pure K-feldspar at 5.0 GPa. Clinopyroxenes are jadeite and Ca-eskolaite rich, with jadeite contents increasing with pressure. All supersolidus experiments produced alkaline dacitic melts with relatively constant SiO₂ and Al₂O₃ contents. At 3.0 GPa, initial melting is controlled almost exclusively by feldspar and quartz, giving melts with K₂O/Na₂O ~1. At 4.0 and 5.0 GPa, low-fraction melting is controlled by jadeite-rich clinopyroxene and K-rich feldspar, which leads to compatible behaviour of Na and melts with K₂O/Na₂O ≫ 1. Our results indicate that sedimentary protoliths entrained in upwelling heterogeneous mantle domains may undergo melting at greater depths than mafic lithologies to produce ultrapotassic dacitic melts. Such melts are expected to react with and metasomatise the surrounding peridotite, which may subsequently undergo melting at shallower levels to produce compositionally distinct magma types. This scenario may account for many of the distinctive geochemical characteristics of EM-type ocean island magma suites. Moreover, unmelted or partially melted sedimentary rocks in the mantle may contribute to some seismic discontinuities that have been observed beneath intraplate and island-arc volcanic regions.  相似文献   

Improving the Ensemble Estimate of the Kalman Gain by Bootstrap Sampling   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

Yanfen Zhang  Dean S. Oliver 《Mathematical Geosciences》2010,42(3):327-345

Using a small ensemble size in the ensemble Kalman filter methodology is efficient for updating numerical reservoir models but can result in poor updates following spurious correlations between observations and model variables. The most common approach for reducing the effect of spurious correlations on model updates is multiplication of the estimated covariance by a tapering function that eliminates all correlations beyond a prespecified distance. Distance-dependent tapering is not always appropriate, however. In this paper, we describe efficient methods for discriminating between the real and the spurious correlations in the Kalman gain matrix by using the bootstrap method to assess the confidence level of each element from the Kalman gain matrix. The new method is tested on a small linear problem, and on a water flooding reservoir history matching problem. For the water flooding example, a small ensemble size of 30 was used to compute the Kalman gain in both the screened EnKF and standard EnKF methods. The new method resulted in significantly smaller root mean squared errors of the estimated model parameters and greater variability in the final updated ensemble.  相似文献   

Asymmetric spreading across the Juan de Fuca and Gorda rises as obtained from a detailed magnetic survey     

Douglas Elvers  S.P. Srivastava  Kenneth Potter  Joseph Morley  Dean Sdidel 《Earth and Planetary Science Letters》1973,20(2):211-219

Marine magnetic data collected along 37 east-west lines off the Washington and Oregon coast between 42°N and 48°N westward to 144°W have been interpreted. Our interpretation shows that decrease in the offsets of the anomalies across the Surveyor fracture zone and the presence of undisturbed north-south lineations east of it are the result of continuous asymmetric spreading along the Surveyor fracture zone. The survey has delineated the extension of the Blanco fracture zone north-westward to about 133°W. Movement along the Blanco fracture zone was initiated about 15 million years ago. The undisturbed north-south trend of the magnetic anomalies between latitudes 42°N and 48°N and longitudes 133°W and 136°W is interpreted as the interval (22 to 15 my) during which the Juan de Fuca and Gorda rises were one continuous structure. West of 137° the Surveyor, Sedna and three minor fracture zones are mapped.  相似文献   

Application of some correlation coefficient techniques to time-series analysis   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Walter E. Dean Jr.  Roger Y. Anderson 《Mathematical Geosciences》1974,6(4):363-372

Application of the sliding correlation technique has permitted detailed stratigraphic correlation over entire basins. The main values of the technique are to (1) demonstrate correlation statistically, (2) extend the range of visual correlation, and (3) establish precise correlation where correlation is known to exist but is difficult to establish visually. The technique is especially valuable in aiding correlation of stratigraphic sequences such as varves and turbidites, which are characterized by monotonous repetition of two or more lithologic components. The moving correlation technique is a valuable aid in examining variations in degree of correlation between correlative sections, and in analysis of component associations within a single stratigraphic sequence.  相似文献   

The measurement of Ra/Ra activity ratios in ground water as a uranium exploration technique     

J.R. Dean  C.J. Bland  A.A. Levinson 《Journal of Geochemical Exploration》1983,19(1-3)

Measurements were made of the ²²⁶Ra/²²³Ra activity ratio in ground waters obtained from drill holes in the vicinity of uranium mineralization in northern Saskatchewan where certain hydrologic parameters, specifically ground-water velocity and direction, had been determined. The results show that it is possible to approximate the distance from a ground-water sampling point to the area of mineralization owing to differences in the half lives of the two radium nuclides.The theoretical basis for the determination of the distances is explained.  相似文献   

Subject Index     

L. Mahrt  Dean Vickers 《Boundary-Layer Meteorology》2004,110(3):485-486

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Integrated satellite observations of the 2001 eruption of Mt. Cleveland, Alaska     

Kenneson G. Dean  Jonathan Dehn  Kenneth R. Papp  Steve Smith  Pavel Izbekov  Rorik Peterson  Courtney Kearney  Andrea Steffke 《Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research》2004,135(1-2):51

Satellite data were the primary source of information for the eruption of Mt. Cleveland, Alaska on 19 February, and 11 and 19 March 2001. Multiple data sets were used pre-, syn- and post-eruption to mitigate the hazard and determine an eruption chronology. The 19 February eruption was the largest of the three, resulting in a volcanic cloud that formed an arc over 1000 km long, moved to the NE across Alaska and was tracked using satellite data over more than a 50-h period. The volcanic cloud was “concurrently” detected on the GOES, AVHRR and MODIS data at various times and their respective signals compared. All three sensors detected a cloud that had a very similar shape and position but there were differences in their areal extent and internal structural detail. GOES data showed the largest volcanic cloud in terms of area, probably due to its oblique geometry. MODIS bands 31 and 32, which are comparable to GOES and AVHRR thermal infrared wavelengths, were the least effective single channels at detecting the volcanic cloud of those investigated (MODIS bands 28, 29, 31 and 32). MODIS bands 28 and 29 detected the largest volcanic clouds that could easily be distinguished from weather clouds. Of the split-window data, MODIS bands 29 minus band 32 detected the largest cloud, but the band 31 minus band 32 data showed the volcanic cloud with the most internal structural detail. The Puff tracking model accurately tracked the movement, and predicted the extent and shape of this complex cloud even into areas beyond satellite detection. Numerous thermal anomalies were also observed during the eruption on the twice-daily AVHRR data and the high spatial-resolution Landsat data. The high-resolution Radarsat data showed that the AVHRR thermal anomalies were due to lava and debris flow features and a newly formed fan along the west coast of the island. Field observations and images from a hand-held Forward Looking Infrared Radiometer (FLIR) showed that the flow features were ′a′a lava, debris flows and a warm debris fan along the west coast. Real-time satellite data were the primary tool used to monitor the eruption, track changes and to mitigate hazards. High-resolution data, even though coverage is infrequent, were critical in helping to identify volcanic processes and to compile an eruption chronology.  相似文献   

Flow Adjustments Across Sea-Surface Temperature Changes     

L. Smahrt  Dean Vickers  Erin Moore 《Boundary-Layer Meteorology》2004,111(3):553-564

The adjustment of airflow across sea-surface temperature changes is examinedusing aircraft eddy-correlation data. Major features of the observed flow adjustmentare not included in the theory of internal boundary layers. However, the data samplesize and coverage are not sufficient to accurately quantify the additional influences.With flow from warm water over cooler water, substantial turbulence intermittentlydevelops above the newly formed surface inversion layer. The corresponding,spatially-averaged, downward momentum flux is stronger than that close to the surface.With stably stratified flow over modest increases of sea-surface temperature, areduction of stratification can trigger episodic shear generation of turbulence. Inthese cases, the primary role of increasing surface temperature in the downwinddirection is to induce shear generation of turbulence. With larger increases ofsurface temperature, upward heat flux generates turbulence, warms the air and generates a significant horizontal gradient of hydrostatic pressure. This contributionto the pressure field appears to strongly modify the flow. Major inadequacies inexisting data and future needs are noted.  相似文献   

Carbonatitic melts along the solidus of model lherzolite in the system CaO-MgO-Al2O3-SiO2-CO2 from 3 to 7 GPa     

John A. Dalton  Dean C. Presnall 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》1998,131(2-3):123-135

We have experimentally determined the solidus position of model lherzolite in the system CaO-MgO-Al₂O₃-SiO₂-CO₂ (CMAS.CO₂) from 3 to 7 GPa by locating isobaric invariant points where liquid coexists with olivine, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene, garnet and carbonate. The intersection of two subsolidus reactions at the solidus involving carbonate generates two invariant points, I_1A and I_2A, which mark the transition from CO₂-bearing to dolomite-bearing and dolomite-bearing to magnesite-bearing lherzolite respectively. In CMAS.CO₂, we find I_1A at 2.6 GPa/1230 °C and I_2A at 4.8 GPa/1320 °C. The variation of all phase compositions along the solidus has also been determined. In the pressure range investigated, solidus melts are carbonatitic with SiO₂ contents of <6 wt%, CO₂ contents of ˜45 wt%, and Ca/(Ca+Mg) ratios that range from 0.59 (3 GPa) to 0.45 (7 GPa); compositionally they resemble natural magnesiocarbonatites. Volcanic magnesiocarbonatites may well be an example of the eruption of such melts directly from their mantle source region as evidenced by their diatremic style of activity and lack of associated silicate magmas. Our data in the CMAS.CO₂ system show that in a carbonate-bearing mantle, solidus and near-solidus melts will be CO₂-rich and silica poor. The widespread evidence for the presence of CO₂ in both the oceanic and continental upper mantle implies that such low degree SiO₂-poor carbonatitic melts are common in the mantle, despite the rarity of carbonatites themselves at the Earth's surface. Received: 9 April 1997 / Accepted: 25 November 1997  相似文献   

西秦岭降扎地区金、铀矿床年代学对比研究   总被引：9，自引：0，他引：9       下载免费PDF全文

刘家军 《地质科学》1998,33(3):300-309

西秦岭降扎地区寒武、志留系中的金、铀矿床,是我国相当重要的碳硅泥岩型矿床。根据金矿床中岩石和矿石异常铅模式年龄、氩-氩同位素年龄和钾-氩同位素年龄等,获得了一批有益的年代学信息。金矿床的各种同位素年龄数据主要有2组:(1)242-186Ma;(2)137-47Ma.结合区域地质发展史、成矿热液脉与岩脉的穿切关系以及矿床产出的其它宏观特征等,确定金矿床的成矿时代为137-47Ma,与区域铀矿床形成的主要时代(117-55Ma)相比,二者成矿时间大体相同。  相似文献