Mineralogy and mineral chemistry of the Jinche gabbro in the Longsheng area of northern Guangxi in the western segment of the Jiangnan Orogen and its geological significance
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    The Longsheng area in northern Guangxi lies in the western segment of the Jiangnan Orogen. In this paper, the authors determined the chemical compositions of the clinopyroxene and plagioclase in the Jinche gabbro by electron microprobe analysis. It turns out that the clinopyroxene is augite with Wo27~28En47~57Fs15~22, and the plagiolcase is albite with An1.35~9.05Ab90.34~97.45Or0.36~1.05 in composition. The crystallization temperature and pressure of clinopyroxene were estimated by the clinopyroxene-melt equilibrium and clinopyroxene isotherm, which yielded crystallization temperature, pressures and corresponding formation depth of 1 250~1 350℃, 1.31~2.25 GPa and 43.2~74.3 km, respectively. The temperature is consistent with that of the asthenosphere lithospheric mantle (1 280~1 350℃), and under that depth, the decompression melting of the asthenosphere lithospheric mantle can occur. Therefore, it is inferred that the Jinche gabbro might have originated from the asthenosphere lithospheric mantle. In addition, the chemical composition of the clinopyroxene indicates that the Jinche gabbro belongs to the tholeiitic series formed in an intraplate tectonic setting. In conclusion, the authors hold that the Jinche gabbro was formed by partial melting of the upwelling asthenosphere mantle due to rifting.

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寇彩化,刘燕学,李廷栋,丁孝忠,张恒,2017,江南造山带西段桂北龙胜地区金车辉长岩矿物化学研究及其地质意义[J].岩石矿物学杂志,36(1):20~35. KOU Cai-hua, LIU Yan-xue, LI Ting-dong, DING Xiao-zhong, ZHANG Heng,2017,Mineralogy and mineral chemistry of the Jinche gabbro in the Longsheng area of northern Guangxi in the western segment of the Jiangnan Orogen and its geological significance[J]. Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica,36(1):20~35.

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  • Received:July 06,2016
  • Revised:December 08,2016
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  • Online: January 23,2017
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