Testing the preservation potential of early diagenetic dolomites as geochemical archives     

Mathias Mueller  Onyedika A. Igbokwe  Benjamin Walter  Chelsea L. Pederson  Sylvia Riechelmann  Detlev K. Richter  Richard Albert  Axel Gerdes  Dieter Buhl  Rolf D. Neuser  Giovanni Bertotti  Adrian Immenhauser 《Sedimentology》2020,67(2):849-881

Early marine diagenetic dolomite is a rather thermodynamically-stable carbonate phase and has potential to act as an archive of marine porewater properties. However, the variety of early to late diagenetic dolomite phases that can coexist within a single sample can result in extensive complexity. Here, the archive potential of early marine dolomites exposed to extreme post-depositional processes is tested using various types of analyses, including: petrography, fluid inclusion data, stable δ¹³C and δ¹⁸O isotopes, ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios, and U-Pb age dating of various dolomite phases. In this example, a Triassic carbonate platform was dissected and overprinted (diagenetic temperatures of 50 to 430°C) in a strike-slip zone in Southern Spain. Eight episodes of dolomitization, a dolostone cataclasite and late stage meteoric/vadose cementation were recognized. The following processes were found to be diagenetically relevant: (i) protolith deposition and fabric-preservation, and marine dolomitization of precursor aragonite and calcite during the Middle–Late Triassic; (ii) intermediate burial and formation of zebra saddle dolomite and precipitation of various dolomite cements in a Proto-Atlantic opening stress regime (T ca 250°C) during the Early–Middle Jurassic; (iii) dolomite cement precipitation during early Alpine tectonism, rapid burial to ca 15 km, and high-grade anchizone overprint during Alpine tectonic evolution in the Early Eocene to Early Miocene; (iv) brecciation of dolostones to cataclasite during the onset of the Carboneras Fault Zone activity during the Middle Miocene; and (v) late-stage regression and subsequent meteoric overprint. Data shown here document that, under favourable conditions, early diagenetic marine dolomites and their archive data may resist petrographic and geochemical resetting over time intervals of 10⁸ or more years. Evidence for this preservation includes preserved Late Triassic seawater δ¹³C_DIC values and primary fluid inclusion data. Data also indicate that oversimplified statements based on bulk data from other petrographically-complex dolomite archives must be considered with caution.  相似文献   

Microstructures documenting Cenozoic extension processes in the northern continental margin of the South China Sea     

Liheng Sun  Xiaolong Huang  Yingde Jiang  Joann Miriam Stock 《International Geology Review》2020,62(7-8):1094-1107

ABSTRACT

In order to investigate the thinning process of the northern continental margin of the South China Sea, petrographic and microstructural analysis were carried out on 20 greenschistfacies mylonite samples, which were obtained from Site U1504 of IODP Expedition 367/368 in the Outer Margin High of the region. The mineral assemblage of the greenschist-facies mylonite is chlorite + epidotite + albite (Ab = 94.7–99.9) + quartz, which contains 10-30% gravel components. Microstructural analysis indicates that the greenschist-facies mylonite experienced two episodes of deformation：early ductile deformation followed by a later stage of brittle deformatio. Both episodes of deformation suggest an extensional environment. The extensive development of bulging recrystallization (BLG) of quartz, microscopic fractures and fine granulation of albite suggest that the temperature of ductile deformation is about 300-400°C, compatiable with a ductile shearing at shallow crust levels (~5-10 km). Petrographic features suggest that the greenschist-facies mylonite might originate from volcanic sedimentary rocks or sedimentary rocks affected by the intrusion of mafic magma. Combined with seismic interpretation, we propose that the greenschist-facies mylonite might be formed by crustal exhumation after thick Mesozoic sediments were denuded by a major extension.  相似文献   

沉积盆地流体包裹体研究的理论与实践   总被引：25，自引：0，他引：25  

欧光习  李林强  孙玉梅 《矿物岩石地球化学通报》2006,25(1):1-11

流体包裹体作为地质流体研究的重要手段,在沉积盆地油气成藏条件分析和有机/无机矿产共存、共生关系研究中起着不可替代的作用。本文以鄂尔多斯北部、塔里木东北部、辽西-冀北坳陷中-新元古界等地的油气藏、砂岩型铀矿为例,通过流体包裹体岩相学、偏光-荧光特征、显微测温、显微傅里叶红外和包裹体同位素定年技术,结合盆地构造、地层埋藏史、热演化史等资料,探讨了流体包裹体在定性、定量分析有机/无机矿产的成矿流体性质、来源、期次、流体运/聚时空及油气成藏演化等方面的应用。  相似文献   

滇西富碱斑岩及其中包体岩石的地幔流体交代作用特征   总被引：10，自引：0，他引：10  

宋祥峰  刘显凡  陶专  卢秋霞  龙训荣 《矿物岩石》2006,26(4):19-25

滇西富碱斑岩体中,有多处产出深浅来源不同的包体岩石。针对寄主岩石和包体岩石的岩相学和岩石化学成分的对比研究发现:寄主岩石较包体岩石更富S iO2,A l2O3,N a2O和K2O,而包体岩石较寄主岩石更富C aO,M gO,F e2O3和F eO,岩石蚀变以角闪石化、钠黝帘石化和硅化为主,结合具超基性岩性的包体岩石发育碎裂结构,碎裂粒间出现与交代成因角闪石共生的微晶硅质、碳质、碳酸盐和金云母等表现地幔流体显交代作用的特征矿物组合,由此判定交代主岩和包体岩石的流体富含碱质和硅质,是与富碱岩浆同源的来自富集地幔源区的地幔流体,其交代作用的功能和能量明显优于一般意义上的地壳流体作用,而此交代作用促进了成矿元素和挥发份的聚集,且富碱斑岩与地幔流体的交代作用之间存在有利的时差关系。  相似文献   

Petrography and geochemistry of the late Eocene–early Oligocene submarine fans and shelf deposits on Lemnos Island,NE Greece. Implications for provenance and tectonic setting     

A. Maravelis  A. Zelilidis 《Geological Journal》2010,45(4):412-433

Provenance and tectonic history of the late Eocene‐early Oligocene submarine fans and shelf deposits on Lemnos Island, NE Greece, were studied using sandstone framework composition, sedimentological data and sandstone and mudstone geochemistry. The resulting tectonic–sedimentological model is based on the late Eocene–early Oligocene Lemnos Island being in a forearc basin with the outer arc ridge as a major sediment source. Modal petrographic analysis of the studied sandstones shows that the source area comprises sedimentary, metamorphic and plutonic igneous rocks deposited in the studied area in a recycled orogenic environment. Moreover, within the above sediments, the minor occurrence of volcanic fragments suggests little or no influence of a volcanic source. Provenance results, based on major, trace and rare earth element (REE) data, suggest an active continental margin/continental island arc signature. All the samples are LREE, enriched relative to HREE, with a flat HREE pattern and positive Eu anomalies, suggesting that the processes of intracrustal differentiation (involving plagioclase fractionation) were not of great importance. Results derived from the multi‐element diagrams also suggest an active margin character, and a mafic/ultramafic source rock composition, while the positive anomaly of Zr that can be attributed to a passive continental margin source, is most likely associated with reworking and sorting during sediment transfer. Palaeocurrents, with a NE–NNE direction, indicate a northeast flow, towards the location of the late Eocene–early Oligocene magmatic belt in the north‐east Aegean region. Conglomerates are composed of chert, gneiss and igneous fragments, such as basalts and gabbros, suggesting this outer arc ridge as a likely source area. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献