To investigate the stable chromium(Cr)isotope variations during melt percolation in the mantle,we ana-lyzed the Cr isotopic compositions of fresh ultramafic rocks from the Balmuccia and Baldissero peridotite massifs l...To investigate the stable chromium(Cr)isotope variations during melt percolation in the mantle,we ana-lyzed the Cr isotopic compositions of fresh ultramafic rocks from the Balmuccia and Baldissero peridotite massifs located in the Italian Alps.These massifs represent fragments of the subcontinental lithospheric mantle.The samples collected included lherzolites,harzburgites,dunites,and pyroxenites.Lherzolites,formed through 5%-15%fractional melting of a primitive mantle source,exhibited δ^(53)Crvalues ranging from−0.13‰±0.03‰to−0.03‰±0.03‰.These values correlated negatively with Al_(2)O_(3)content,sug-gesting that partial melting induces Cr isotopic fractionation between the melts and residual peridotites.Harzburgites and dunites,influenced by the silicate melt percolation,displayed distinctδ^(53)Cr values.Notably,dunites not spatially associated with the pyroxenite veins exhibited slightly elevatedδ^(53)Cr val-ues(−0.05‰±0.03‰to 0.10‰±0.03‰)relative to lherzolites.This difference likely resulted from pyroxene dissolution and olivine precipitation during melt percolation processes.However,one dunite sample in direct contact with pyroxenite veins showed lowerδ^(53)Cr values(−0.26‰±0.03‰),possibly owing to the kinetic effects during silicate melt percolation.Pyroxenites are formed through the interac-tion of basaltic melts with the surrounding peridotite via a metasomatic reaction or crystallization in a vein.Most of theirδ^(53)Cr values(−0.26‰±0.03‰to−0.13‰±0.03‰)are positively correlated with MgO contents,suggesting that they were influenced by magmatic differentiation.However,two subsam-ples from a single clinopyroxenite vein exhibit anomalously lowδ^(53)Crvalues(−0.30‰±0.03‰and−0.43‰±0.03‰),which are attributed to kinetic isotopic fractionation during melt-percolation pro-cesses.Our findings suggest that melt percolation processes in the mantle contribute to the Cr isotopic heterogeneity observed within the Earth’s mantle.展开更多
Os isotope ratios of mantle peridotites have been considered to be largely immune to recent melt-rock interaction. However, Os isotope ratios and PGE (Platinum group elements) concentrations of the Yong'an xenolit...Os isotope ratios of mantle peridotites have been considered to be largely immune to recent melt-rock interaction. However, Os isotope ratios and PGE (Platinum group elements) concentrations of the Yong'an xenoliths have been significantly modified by melt percolation, and are not suitable for determining the formation age of lithosphere mantle in Yong'an. In this study, the Yong'an spinel peridotite xenoliths are divided into two groups: N-Type and E-Type. The N-Type group including cpx (clinopyroxene)-poor lherzolite and harzburgite, shows a large variation of Cr#(sp) (13.2-48) and sulfur contents (from 171 ppm to below detection limit), whereas the E-Type peridotites are mainly refractory harzburgites and are characterized by high Cr#(sp) (35.3-42.2) and overall low sulfur contents (below 51 ppm). Both types show similar major and REE (rare earth element) patterns. Furthermore, the N-Type peridotites display a restricted range of iridium-group PGE (IPGE), Os/Ir and Ru/Ir ratios (Os/Ir = 0.64-1.12, Ru/Ir = 1.52-1.79) and variable palladium-group PGE (PPGE) contents (3.4-14.9 ppb), whereas the E-Type peridotites show a large variation of Os/Ir and Ru/Ir ratios (Os/Ir = 0.33-0.84, Ru/Ir = 0.94-1.6), and a restricted range of PPGE (4.3-6.9 ppb). 187Os/188Os ratios of E-Type peridotites are higher than those of N-Type peridotites at comparable fertility levels. These results suggest that N-Type peridotites may have been overprinted by metasomatism via small melt fractions, in which the percolation of the volatile-rich, small melt fractions only resulted in LILE (large ion lithophile element) enrichment of clinopyroxene, and their whole rock PGE contents and Re-Os isotope values were little changed. Moreover, E-Type peridotites may have been modified by melt-rock reaction involving relatively large melt fractions, which may result in the formation of secondary cpx and olivine and the removal of IPGE-bearing minerals such as Ru-Os-(Ir) alloys or laurite, followed by precipitation of secondary sulfides from melt with radiogenic isotopic signature.展开更多
Xenoliths enclosed in Lavas of the Nyos volcano (Cameroon Volcanic Line, continental sector) range from fertile lherzolites to harzburgites. One spinel-free wehrlite has been also sampled. The occurrence of phlogopite...Xenoliths enclosed in Lavas of the Nyos volcano (Cameroon Volcanic Line, continental sector) range from fertile lherzolites to harzburgites. One spinel-free wehrlite has been also sampled. The occurrence of phlogopites and pargasites in some harzburgites together with specific textural rock-type (lherzolites transitional porphyroclastic to equigranular), including major and trace element compositions both in peridotites bulk rocks and minerals point out interactions between the mantle and basaltic magmas responsible for the formation of wehrlites beneath the Nyos volcano. Hydrous minerals (phlogopites and pargasites) and metasomatic events are their main petrogeochemical signatures different from group 1 samples which are characterized by spoon-shaped REE patterns. Later on, hydrous phases, Ti-rich Cpx, CaO rich Ol, Ti, and V rich Ol wehrlite precipitated from melt enrichments due to the percolation of the mantle by basaltic magmas of alkaline affinity. The metasomatic liquid which percolates the Nyos mantle column was a dense alkaline silicate rich in volatile, displaying low HFSE abundances in the metasomatic hydrous melts compared to the LILE. It is suggested that Nyos mantle peridotites have experienced: 1) variable metasomatic events related to the percolating of the depleted mantle by a alkaline silicate liquid, 2) the spinel-free wehrlite is a group 2 sample corresponding to a cumulate of a similar melt, 3) amphibole may be a potassium-bearing mineral instead of or in addition to phlogopite at shallower levels of Nyos upper mantle and 4) transitional textural rock facies express also the fingerprint of rising mantle plume which were percolated by alkaline magma during their transit to the surface.展开更多
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.42473017)Hong Kong RGC grants(JLFS/P-702/24 and 17308023)China Geological Survey project(Grant No.DD20242037).
文摘To investigate the stable chromium(Cr)isotope variations during melt percolation in the mantle,we ana-lyzed the Cr isotopic compositions of fresh ultramafic rocks from the Balmuccia and Baldissero peridotite massifs located in the Italian Alps.These massifs represent fragments of the subcontinental lithospheric mantle.The samples collected included lherzolites,harzburgites,dunites,and pyroxenites.Lherzolites,formed through 5%-15%fractional melting of a primitive mantle source,exhibited δ^(53)Crvalues ranging from−0.13‰±0.03‰to−0.03‰±0.03‰.These values correlated negatively with Al_(2)O_(3)content,sug-gesting that partial melting induces Cr isotopic fractionation between the melts and residual peridotites.Harzburgites and dunites,influenced by the silicate melt percolation,displayed distinctδ^(53)Cr values.Notably,dunites not spatially associated with the pyroxenite veins exhibited slightly elevatedδ^(53)Cr val-ues(−0.05‰±0.03‰to 0.10‰±0.03‰)relative to lherzolites.This difference likely resulted from pyroxene dissolution and olivine precipitation during melt percolation processes.However,one dunite sample in direct contact with pyroxenite veins showed lowerδ^(53)Cr values(−0.26‰±0.03‰),possibly owing to the kinetic effects during silicate melt percolation.Pyroxenites are formed through the interac-tion of basaltic melts with the surrounding peridotite via a metasomatic reaction or crystallization in a vein.Most of theirδ^(53)Cr values(−0.26‰±0.03‰to−0.13‰±0.03‰)are positively correlated with MgO contents,suggesting that they were influenced by magmatic differentiation.However,two subsam-ples from a single clinopyroxenite vein exhibit anomalously lowδ^(53)Crvalues(−0.30‰±0.03‰and−0.43‰±0.03‰),which are attributed to kinetic isotopic fractionation during melt-percolation pro-cesses.Our findings suggest that melt percolation processes in the mantle contribute to the Cr isotopic heterogeneity observed within the Earth’s mantle.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 40903019, 40730420, 70914001)project of "CAS Hundred Talents", project of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No.KZCX2-YW-Q04-06)special project of State Key Laboratory of Ore Deposit Geochemistry (Grant No. KCZX20090105)
文摘Os isotope ratios of mantle peridotites have been considered to be largely immune to recent melt-rock interaction. However, Os isotope ratios and PGE (Platinum group elements) concentrations of the Yong'an xenoliths have been significantly modified by melt percolation, and are not suitable for determining the formation age of lithosphere mantle in Yong'an. In this study, the Yong'an spinel peridotite xenoliths are divided into two groups: N-Type and E-Type. The N-Type group including cpx (clinopyroxene)-poor lherzolite and harzburgite, shows a large variation of Cr#(sp) (13.2-48) and sulfur contents (from 171 ppm to below detection limit), whereas the E-Type peridotites are mainly refractory harzburgites and are characterized by high Cr#(sp) (35.3-42.2) and overall low sulfur contents (below 51 ppm). Both types show similar major and REE (rare earth element) patterns. Furthermore, the N-Type peridotites display a restricted range of iridium-group PGE (IPGE), Os/Ir and Ru/Ir ratios (Os/Ir = 0.64-1.12, Ru/Ir = 1.52-1.79) and variable palladium-group PGE (PPGE) contents (3.4-14.9 ppb), whereas the E-Type peridotites show a large variation of Os/Ir and Ru/Ir ratios (Os/Ir = 0.33-0.84, Ru/Ir = 0.94-1.6), and a restricted range of PPGE (4.3-6.9 ppb). 187Os/188Os ratios of E-Type peridotites are higher than those of N-Type peridotites at comparable fertility levels. These results suggest that N-Type peridotites may have been overprinted by metasomatism via small melt fractions, in which the percolation of the volatile-rich, small melt fractions only resulted in LILE (large ion lithophile element) enrichment of clinopyroxene, and their whole rock PGE contents and Re-Os isotope values were little changed. Moreover, E-Type peridotites may have been modified by melt-rock reaction involving relatively large melt fractions, which may result in the formation of secondary cpx and olivine and the removal of IPGE-bearing minerals such as Ru-Os-(Ir) alloys or laurite, followed by precipitation of secondary sulfides from melt with radiogenic isotopic signature.
文摘Xenoliths enclosed in Lavas of the Nyos volcano (Cameroon Volcanic Line, continental sector) range from fertile lherzolites to harzburgites. One spinel-free wehrlite has been also sampled. The occurrence of phlogopites and pargasites in some harzburgites together with specific textural rock-type (lherzolites transitional porphyroclastic to equigranular), including major and trace element compositions both in peridotites bulk rocks and minerals point out interactions between the mantle and basaltic magmas responsible for the formation of wehrlites beneath the Nyos volcano. Hydrous minerals (phlogopites and pargasites) and metasomatic events are their main petrogeochemical signatures different from group 1 samples which are characterized by spoon-shaped REE patterns. Later on, hydrous phases, Ti-rich Cpx, CaO rich Ol, Ti, and V rich Ol wehrlite precipitated from melt enrichments due to the percolation of the mantle by basaltic magmas of alkaline affinity. The metasomatic liquid which percolates the Nyos mantle column was a dense alkaline silicate rich in volatile, displaying low HFSE abundances in the metasomatic hydrous melts compared to the LILE. It is suggested that Nyos mantle peridotites have experienced: 1) variable metasomatic events related to the percolating of the depleted mantle by a alkaline silicate liquid, 2) the spinel-free wehrlite is a group 2 sample corresponding to a cumulate of a similar melt, 3) amphibole may be a potassium-bearing mineral instead of or in addition to phlogopite at shallower levels of Nyos upper mantle and 4) transitional textural rock facies express also the fingerprint of rising mantle plume which were percolated by alkaline magma during their transit to the surface.
