Crystallochemistry and origin of pyroxenes in komatiites   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

Sebastien Bouquain  N. T. Arndt  E. Hellebrand  F. Faure 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》2009,158(5):599-617

We present a detailed mineralogical and major- and trace-element study of pyroxenes in two Archean komatiitic flows in Alexo, Canada. The pyroxenes in spinifex-textured lavas commonly are zoned with cores of magnesian pigeonite and rims of augite. Concentrations of incompatible trace elements are low in pigeonite and jump to higher values in the augite mantles, a variation that can be modelled using accepted partition coefficients and assuming crystallization from komatiitic liquids. Crystallization sequences are very different in different parts of both flows. In the flow top, the sequence is olivine followed by augite: deeper in the spinifex sequence, pigeonite crystallizes after olivine, followed by augite; in lower cumulates, orthopyroxene or augite accompany olivine. In spinifex lavas, pigeonite crystallizes sooner than would be predicted on the basis of equilibrium phase relations. We propose that contrasting crystallization sequences depend on the position in the flow and on the conditions of crystal growth. In the flowtop, rapid cooling causes quench crystallization. Deeper in the spinifex layer, constrained growth in a thermal gradient, perhaps augmented by Soret differentiation, accounts for the early crystallization of pigeonite. The cumulus minerals represent a near-equilibrium assemblage. Augites in Al-undepleted Archean komatiites in various localities in Canada and Zimbabwe have high moderate to high Wo contents but their Mg# (Mg/(Mg + Fe) are lower than in augites in komatiites from Barberton, South Africa. We attribute the combination of high Wo and high Mg# in Barberton rocks to the unusually high CaO/Al₂O₃ of these Al-depleted komatiites.  相似文献   

Mesozoic doming extensional tectonics of Wugongshan, South China   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4  

Liangshu Shu  Yan Sun  Dezi Wang  M. Faure  P. Monie  J. Charvet 《中国科学D辑(英文版)》1998,41(6):601-608

Wugongshan in Jiangxi Province, China was a Mesozoic granitic dome-type extensional tectonics that is composed of metamorphic core complexes, ductile and brittle shear-deformed zones distributed around Mesozoic granites. Within it, the foliation defines an E-W elliptical shape and bears S-N stretching lineations. The axial part is located in Hongjiang-Wanlongshan area and occupied by oriented granites with coaxial symmetric shear fabrics. The southem and northern flanks, including rocks in the Anfu Basin to the south and the Pingxiang Basin to the north, display top-to-south and top-to-north motions, respectively. The ductile and brittle structures indicate a geometric and kinematic consistency. The extensional tectonics is developed on a Caledonian metamorphic basement and is unconformably covered by Late Cretaceous red beds. Isotopic ages on muscovite, biotite and whole rock by⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar, K-Ar and Rb-Sr suggest that the Wugongshan extensional doming began from the Triassic and ended in the Late Cretaceous. A geodynamic model is discussed. Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 49632080, 49572141)  相似文献   

Systematic variations of sialic and volcanic detritus in piston cores from the Red Sea     

Phillip D. Boger  Gunter Faure 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1976,40(7):731-742

The ${}^{87}\text{Sr}{}^{86}\text{Sr}$ ratios and Sr concentrations of the non-carbonate fractions of sediment from two cores taken in the median valley of the Red Sea indicate that the detrital fractions are mixtures of two components originating from old sialic and young volcanic rocks of the surrounding land areas. The mixing equations were derived from the data and were used to estimate the Sr concentrations of the two components. The volcanogenic detritus has a Sr content between 770 and 800 ppm while the component derived from old sialic rocks contains from 50 to 70 ppm. The volcanic component consists primarily of unweathered particles of alkali basalt and volcanic glass while the sialic component is represented by clay minerals and X-ray amorphous material. Systematic variations of the concentration of volcanogenic detritus were used to define layers of sediment which correlate over a distance of about 200 km separating the two cores. The concentrations of quartz, feldspar, amphibole, illite, kaolinite and chlorite were found to vary systematically with the content of volcanogenic detritus as calculated from the Sr data. The carbonate concentrations of the sediment range from 33 to 87% and appear to increase in a southerly direction. The rate of carbonate deposition increased at times of more efficient input of sediment derived from old sialic rocks. This relationship is explained by the hypothesis that both were influenced indirectly by brief warming trends during the Würm glaciation. The occurrence of sediment layers enriched in sediment derived from old sialic rocks correlates approximately with interstadials of the Würm glaciation in northern Europe. Increased input of volcanogenic detritus occurred around 37,000 and 26,000yr ago and during the past 5000 yr. A plot of ${}^{87}\text{Sr}{}^{86}\text{Sr}$ and ${}^{87}\text{Rb}{}^{86}\text{Sr}$ ratios defines a line on the Rb-Sr isochron diagram yielding a fictitious date of about 230 million yr.  相似文献   

Extensional ductile tectonics of the Sioule metamorphic series (Variscan French Massif Central)     

M. Faure  J. Grolier  J. Pons 《International Journal of Earth Sciences》1993,82(3):461-474

In the Northern part of the Variscan French Massif Central, the Sioule series, from top to bottom, consists of a pre-Viséan granite, migmatite, gneiss and mica schist. Two ductile deformations have been recognized. The earlier phase is characterized by a north-east-south-west trending stretching lineation; the second phase, characterized by a north-west-south-east trending mineral, stretching and crenulation lineation, is better marked in the lower mica schist part than in the upper granito-gneissic part. This second phase occurred during retrogression of the metamorphic rocks; related shear criteria indicate a top to the south-west shear. The Namurian-Westphalian magmatic bodies such as the Echassières leucogranite, Pouzol-Servant microgranite and numerous north-east -south-west trending microgranite dykes are emplaced in extensional fractures related to the same north-west-south-east maximum stretching direction. The asymmetrical shapes of the two granitic massifs indicate that they intruded towards the south-east. The synkinematic retrogression of the metamorphic rocks, the shape of the magmatic bodies and a re-examination of the numerous available data support the interpretation that the deformation is due to the extensional tectonic regime related to the Variscan crustal re-quilibration. This interpretation is in agreement with the correlation of the Sioule series with the Chavanon series. The two series belong to a unique tectono-metamorphic unit left-laterally offset by the Stephanian motion of the Sillon Houiller fault. This study also shows that the Sillon Houiller did not play a significant part during the Namurian-Westphalian extensional tectonics of the Massif Central. Correspondence to: M. Faure  相似文献   

New constraints on the pre‐Permian continental crust growth of Central Asia (West Junggar,China) by U–Pb and Hf isotopic data from detrital zircon     

Flavien Choulet  Dominique Cluzel  Michel Faure  Wei Lin  Bo Wang  Yan Chen  Fu‐Yuan Wu  Wenbin Ji 《地学学报》2012,24(3):189-198

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Reef coralgal assemblages as recorders of paleobathymetry and sea level changes in the Indo-Pacific province     

G. Cabioch  L. F. Montaggioni  G. Faure  A. Ribaud-Laurenti 《Quaternary Science Reviews》1999,18(14):1

The coralgal framework within the outer reef margin of many Indo-Pacific reefs exhibits three main shallow-water communities, the environmental significance of which can be inferred by comparison with their modern counterparts. A community dominated by tabular Acropora gr. hyacinthus/cytherea with branching Pocillopora damicornis, P. eydouxi, Montipora digitata, occasional domal faviids and mm-thick crusts of the coralline algae Lithophyllum and Mesophyllum (mainly), typical of the 6 – 15 m paleodepth range; a community including robust-branching Acropora gr. danai/robusta, A. humilis, A. digitifera and subordinate Favia stelligera, Echinopora gemmacea, associated to vermetid gastropods and thick coralline crusts of Hydrolithon cf. onkodes and Neogoniolithon cf. fosliei flourishing in depths less than 6 m; in medium-to-high water-energy settings, a community composed of domal Porites cf. lutea and P. cf. lobata with occasional Acropora gr. danai/robusta and cm-thick crusts of coralline algae in sheltered habitats in depths less than 10 m.These biological assemblages allow us to determine relationships between reef growth and paleobathymetry and, consequently, to reconstruct regional relative sea-level curves. High water-energy reefal assemblages provide stronger evidence for reconstructing sea-level curves than low-energy buildups, because they have generally been controlled by a keep-up growth mode. Subsiding reef sites seem to be more reliable indicators of sea-level variations because they usually present expanded reef sequences.  相似文献   

Intracontinental subduction: a possible mechanism for the Early Palaeozoic Orogen of SE China   总被引：11，自引：0，他引：11  

Michel Faure  Liangshu Shu  Bo Wang  Jacques Charvet  Flavien Choulet  Patrick Monie 《地学学报》2009,21(5):360-368

The Early Palaeozoic Orogen of SE China consists of three litho-tectonic elements, from top to bottom: a sedimentary Upper Unit, a metamorphic Lower Unit and a gneissic basement. The boundaries between these units are flat lying, south directed, ductile decollements. The lower one is coeval with an amphibolite facies metamorphism (M1). The belt is reworked by migmatite–granite domes, high-temperature metamorphism (M2) and granitic plutons related to post-orogenic crustal melting. We date here the syn-M1 ductile shearing at 453 ± 7 Ma by U-Th/Pb method on monazite. Previous ages and our new ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar ages of biotites and muscovites show that the metamorphic rocks experienced syn-M2 exhumation from 440 to 400 Ma. The Early Palaeozoic Orogen of SE China is an intracontinental belt in which decollements accommodated the north-directed subduction of the Cathaysian continent. This orogen is an example of intracontinental subduction that was not preceded by oceanic subduction.  相似文献   

New <Superscript>40</Superscript>Ar/<Superscript>39</Superscript>Ar age constraints on the Late Palaeozoic tectonic evolution of the western Tianshan (Xinjiang,northwestern China), with emphasis on Permian fluid ingress   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Koen de Jong  Bo Wang  Michel Faure  Liangshu Shu  Dominique Cluzel  Jacques Charvet  Gilles Ruffet  Yan Chen 《International Journal of Earth Sciences》2009,98(6):1239-1258

Laser-probe dating of mylonite whole-rock samples from the North Tianshan—Main Tianshan fault zone that cross-cuts the North Tianshan domain’s southern margin yielded ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar spectra with 255–285 Ma ages. Biotite from an undeformed, Early Carboniferous granite, which cuts the steep mylonitic foliation in the Proterozoic basement of the Yili arcs’s southern margin, gave a 263.4 ± 0.6 Ma plateau age (1σ). Pre-Carboniferous metasediments overlying this basement yielded plateau ages (1σ) of 253.3 ± 0.3 (muscovite) and 252.3 ± 0.3 (biotite) Ma. The Permian ages of mylonites date movement on these ductile, dextral strike-slip shear zones, whereas the mica ages are interpreted by recrystallisation as a result of fluid flow around such transcurrent faults. We propose that the Tianshan’s Permian syn-tectonic bimodal magmatism was created in a non-plume-related Yellowstone-like extensional–transtensional tectonic regime. Gold mineralisation, tracing aqueous flow in the crust, peaked in Permian time and continued locally into the Triassic. The picture is emerging that a convective fluid system partly driven by magmatic heat, existed in a strongly fractured and weakened crust with an elevated heat flow, leading to regional-scale isotope resetting. We suggest that surprisingly young isotopic ages in the literature for early orogenic (ultra)high-pressure metamorphism are similarly due to fluid-mediated recrystallisation.  相似文献   

Titanite: A potential solidus barometer for granitic magma systems   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

Saskia Erdmann  Rucheng Wang  Fangfang Huang  Bruno Scaillet  Kai Zhao  Hongsheng Liu  Yan Chen  Michel Faure 《Comptes Rendus Geoscience》2019,351(8):551-561

Constraining crystallization pressure and thus intrusion depth of granites in various geodynamic settings remains challenging, yet important to further our understanding of magma system and crustal evolution. We propose that titanite, which is a common accessory in metaluminous and weakly peraluminous granites, can be used as a barometer if it crystallized in magmatic, near-solidus conditions and in equilibrium with amphibole, plagioclase, K-feldspar, quartz, biotite, and magnetite ± ilmenite. Titanite Al₂O₃ increases with pressure (P) according to: P (in MPa) = 101.66 × Al₂O₃ in titanite (in wt%) + 59.013 (R² = 0.83) with estimated uncertainties of ~±60 to ~±100 MPa for crystallization between ~150 and 400 MPa. We highlight that the current calibration dataset is limited, and that systematic experimental studies are needed to rigorously quantify the relation. The most important use of this empirical barometer will be for rocks in which amphibole is present but significantly altered, or in combination with amphibole barometry, as titanite can be easily dated by LA-ICP-MS.  相似文献   

A developmental model of olivine morphology as a function of the cooling rate and the degree of undercooling   总被引：3，自引：2，他引：1  

Faure  François  Trolliard  Gilles  Nicollet  Christian  Montel  Jean-Marc 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》2003,145(2):251-263

We performed dynamic crystallization experiments in the CMAS system at 1 atm to investigate the evolution of the morphology of forsterite crystals as a function of cooling rate and degree of undercooling. In sections parallel to the (010) plane, we observed the evolution of the forsterite morphology from tablets to hopper (skeletal) crystals, and then to swallowtail shapes (dendritic morphology) for increased degree of undercooling. The other shapes described in the literature can be interpreted as particular sections of those three shapes. The onset of dendritic growth is due to a competition between the growth of the faces of the initial hopper crystal and dendrite overgrowths. The forsterite dendrites are formed by a succession of units which look like hopper shapes. This result has been tested by an additional set of experiments.  相似文献