Contact metamorphism/hydrothermal alteration of Tertiary basalts from the Isle of Skye,northwest Scotland     

John M. Ferry  Laurence J. Mutti  Gregory J. Zuccala 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》1987,95(2):166-181

Alkali olivine basalts from Skye were simultaneously contact metamorphosed by Tertiary gabbro and granite intrusions and altered by the hydrothermal convection system that the plutons induced. Four metamorphic zones were mapped around the plutons. Furthest from the intrusions, in the primary olivine zone, metabasalts are composed of combinations of igneous olivine, augite, plagioclase, titaniferous magnetite, ilmenite, zeolites, gyrolite, sulfides, and chlorite-smectite intergrowths. Closer to the plutons, in the smectite zone, saponite and carbonate appear, primary olivine and gyrolite disappear, and zeolites decrease dramatically in abundance. Still closer to the plutons, in the amphibole zone, actinolite, edenite, chlorite, sphene, epidote, andradite, and quartz appear and saponite and chlorite-smectite intergrowths disappear. Along parts of the contact between gabbro and basalt, in the orthopyroxeneolivine zone, orthopyroxene, metamorphic olivine, and biotite appear and amphibole, chlorite, sphene, epidote, andradite, carbonate, and quartz disappear. Whole-rock chemical data indicate only minor change in the major-element chemical composition of the metabasalts during progressive metamorphism/hydrothermal alteration. Two-pyroxene eothermometry and various mineral-fluid equilibria suggest the range of peak temperatures attained in the metamorphic zones: orthopyroxene-olivine zone, 900°1, 030° C; amphibole zone, 400°–900° C; smectite and primary olivine zones, < 400° C. Mineralogical and oxygen isotopic alteration of the metabasalts were closely coupled: Basalts from the primary olivine zone with nearly unaltered igneous mineralogies have normal or near-normal wholerock ¹⁸O>+5 (SMOW); mineralogically more altered basalts from the smectite zone have whole-rock ¹⁸O=+2 to +5; still more mineralogically altered basalts from the amphibole zone (with one exception) have ¹⁸O<+ 2; completely recrystallized hornfelses from the orthopyroxene-olivine zone have ¹⁸O<0. The principal mechanism of isotope exchange between basalt and metamorphic/ hydrothermal fluid probably was heterogeneous mineralfluid reaction.Metabasalts from the orthopyroxene-olivine zone are mineralogically fresh pyroxene hornfelses that record crystallization temperatures > 1,000° C yet have highly altered whole-rock oxygen isotope compositions, ¹⁸O<0%. The hornfelses chemically interacted with metamorphic/hydrothermal fluids either at very high temperatures or while they were heated to > 1,000° C or both. Their mineralogy, however, rules out significant water-rock interaction after they cooled below 900° C. Hydrothermal convection on Skye was a two-stage process: (a) fluid flow through wall rocks initially was pervasive while they are heated; (b) fluid flow after the thermal peak in the wall rocks was sufficiently channelized that rocks such as those in the orthopyroxeneolivine zone were isolated from further fluid-rock interaction during all or almost all of the cooling history of the hydrothermal system.  相似文献   

渤海湾盆地南堡凹陷新近系馆陶组沉积特征   总被引：5，自引：1，他引：5       下载免费PDF全文

王玉满  袁选俊  黄祖熹  王少春 《古地理学报》2003,5(4):404-413

南堡凹陷位于渤海湾盆地黄骅坳陷北部，新近系馆陶组是该凹陷的重要勘探层段。馆陶组以辫状河沉积为主，中段发育曲流河沉积。其油气勘探的首要问题是优质储集砂体的精确对比及有利盖层分布预测。根据高分辨率层序地层学理论以及录井和测井资料，对馆陶组的层序地层样式、沉积特征和储盖组合进行了分析。研究结果表明，该地层具有两种短期旋回和四个中期旋回。在两种短期旋回中，一种是低可容纳空间的非对称旋回，另一种是高可容纳空间的对称旋回。四个中期旋回中，两个以上升半旋回为主体(MSC1、MSC2)，一个是对称旋回(MSC3)，一个以下降半旋回为主体(MSC4)。短、中期旋回均以非对称旋回为主。该地层的长期基准面具有缓慢上升而后快速下降的特点。从MSC1到MSC4旋回，沉积相呈现出冲积扇-辫状河→辫状河-曲流河→曲流河-辫状河相组合的演化过程。自北向南，各中期旋回的可容纳空间增大，沉积主体由砾质河道渐变为砂质河道。由于受基准面中期旋回格架控制，南堡凹陷馆陶组发育上、中、下三套储盖组合。上部储盖组合，因其储、盖层条件最好，应是馆陶组最重要的油气勘探层系。  相似文献   

Reconstruction of urban stormwater contamination of an estuary using catchment history and sediment profile dating     

Andrew Swales  R. Bruce Williamson  Laurence F. Van Dam  Morag J. Stroud  Matt S. McGlone 《Estuaries and Coasts》2002,25(1):43-56

Cores were collected from the length of Pakuranga estuary, a small urban estuary in Auckland, New Zealand, to determine sedimentation and contaminant history, and in particular the impact of urbanization. Catchment sediment loads for the most recent history (1953–1995), including urbanization since 1960, were reconstructed using the landcover history and soil erosion modeling. Pollen and¹⁴C dating and pre-urban landcover history were used to reconstruct early estuary sedimentation (i.e., post-3000 yr BP to 1960). Heavy metal concentrations, particle size,¹³⁷Cs, pollen, and catchment sediment loads were all needed to disentangle the complex estuarine response to urbanization.¹³⁷Cs profiles did not reflect the historical fallout pattern, but deposition of¹³⁷Cs-labelled eroded catchment soil, coinciding with peaks in urban construction. Temporal variations in stormwater¹³⁷Cs concentrations are likely due to varying contributions from¹³⁷Cs-rich topsoil and¹³⁷Cs-poor subsoils. A similar pattern was observed in heavy-metal concentrations and attributed to street runoff rather than topsoil being diluted by metal-poor subsoils. Dating of the sediment profiles showed that during urbanization sedimentation rates in the tidal creek and estuary were higher than sedimentation rates associated with past agricultural landuse and the original forest landcover. Urbanization has brought about substantial environmental changes in the upper estuary through continued infilling of shallow, intertidal areas, contamination by heavy metals to levels of ecological concern, sediment textural changes, and rapid mangrove colonization of formerly bare intertidal sediments.  相似文献   

Application of geochemical and stable isotopic tracers to investigate groundwater salinity in the Ochi-Narkwa Basin,Ghana   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

Samuel Y. Ganyaglo  Shiloh Osae  Tetteh Akiti  Thomas Armah  Laurence Gourcy  Tomas Vitvar 《水文科学杂志》2017,62(8):1301-1316

Rainwater, groundwater and soil-water samples were analysed to assess groundwater geochemistry and the origin of salinity in the Ochi-Narkwa basin of the Central Region of Ghana. The samples were measured for major ions and stable isotopes (δ¹⁸O, δ²H and δ¹³C). The Cl^? content in rainwater decreased with distance from the coast. The major hydrochemical facies were Na-Cl for the shallow groundwaters and Ca-Mg-HCO₃, Na-Cl and Ca-Mg-Cl-SO₄ for the deep groundwaters. Groundwater salinization is caused largely by halite dissolution and to a minor extent by silicate weathering and seawater intrusion. Stable isotope composition of the groundwaters followed a slope of 3.44, suggesting a mixing line. Chloride profiles in the soil zone revealed the existence of salt crusts, which support halite dissolution in the study area. A conceptual flow model developed to explain the mechanism of salinization showed principal groundwater flow in the NW–SE direction.