矿物中REE扩散作用的理论研究——兼论白钨矿Sm-Nd定年方法的可靠性

元素在矿物中的扩散作用，对其在地质体中的配布有着重要影响，被越来越多的用来解决地球化学动力学方面的问题。稀土元素（REE）能反映重要的地球化学信息，作为地球化学的示踪剂被广泛应用于探讨各类岩石成因和矿床成因。因此，查明REE在矿物中的扩散行为对于地学研究具有重要意义。 前人对元素（如O、Ar等）在不同矿物中扩散行为的理论研究，大多采用的是矿物晶格单独制约扩散速率的模型，由于稀土元素的离子半径各不相同，用此类模型来探讨其在不同矿物中的扩散行为是不合适的。为了寻求获取矿物中稀土元素扩散参数的简捷途径，本博士论文通过对前人关于矿物中REE扩散作用研究的实验结果进行分析归纳，探讨了扩散体系不同因素对扩散行为的控制规律。在此基础上，使用多元统计分析方法建立了预测REE在不同矿物中扩散参数的多变量模型，由此模型计算的1atm、无水环境下REE的扩散参数与实验测定结果在实验误差范围内相当吻合。与前人的模型相比，多变量模型能更全面地反映扩散体系各因素对扩散速率的制约。 此外，为了检验白钨矿Sm-Nd同位素定年方法的可靠性，本论文从不同角度进行了研究： （一） 理论验证 矿物内部的微量元素信息能否有效保存，在很大程度上取决于其扩散速率，因此本文从扩散动力学角度对白钨矿Sm-Nd同位素体系的封闭性进行了探讨。通过理论计算并结合实验模拟验证的方式获得了白钨矿中Sm、Nd的扩散参数，得出在1atm、无水环境下Sm和Nd的扩散方程为： Nd：D＝4.00exp（－438kJmol-1/RT）cm2/s Sm：D＝1.85exp（－427kJmol-1/RT）cm2/s 借助这些扩散数据，对白钨矿中Sm-Nd信息受扩散作用的影响程度做了分析。结果表明，在大多数地质环境下，Sm、Nd在白钨矿晶体中的扩散速率很低，同位素体系容易保持封闭不受热力学作用的影响。 （二） 地质验证 以湘西沃溪Au-Sb-W矿床为研究对象，通过对不同矿体的白钨矿进行Sm-Nd同位素年龄测定，将其结果与其它同位素方法得到的年龄数据以及野外地质关系、区域构造演化等进行了对比。结果表明，沃溪Au-Sb-W矿床的白钨矿Sm-Nd年龄结果与Ar-Ar年龄是一致的，与野外地质关系及区域构造演化特征等也相当吻合。 通过本论文的工作，得出以下主要成果和认识： （1）首次建立了适合于计算REE在不同矿物中扩散参数的理论模型，为研究矿物中REE的扩散行为提供了可靠的理论方法。 （2）首次获得了白钨矿中Sm-Nd的扩散参数，探讨了白钨矿中REE的扩散性质，并建立了1atm、无水环境下Sm和Nd在此矿物中的扩散方程。 （3）通过扩散动力学研究，得出白钨矿中Sm-Nd同位素体系的封闭性较为理想，为评价Sm-Nd同位素方法是否适合于制约白钨矿的成矿年龄提供了理论依据。 （4）通过不同同位素定年结果的比较以及与野外地质关系、区域构造演化等的对比，得出白钨矿Sm-Nd同位素年龄结果是真实有效的，从矿床学角度为评价该同位素定年方法的可靠性提供了实践证据。

Sm-Nd isotope and Mn/Ca ratios for cleaned Neogloboquadrina pachyderma from ODP Hole 105-647A (Table 1)

The neodymium (Nd) isotope composition of ancient seawater is a potentially useful tracer of changes in continental inputs and ocean circulation on timescales of a few ka. Here we present the first Nd isotope record for seawater using sedimentary foraminifera cleaned using standard oxidative-reductive techniques. The data, along with Mn/Ca ratios, suggest that cleaned foraminifera provide a reliable record of Nd in seawater and hold out the prospect of using Nd in foraminifera to examine changes in seawater that accompany glacial-interglacial climatic cycles. The principal potential problem to be overcome with the use of forams as records of trace elements in ancient seawater is their diagenetic Fe-Mn coatings. These contain large amounts of Nd and other trace elements but can be cleaned off using highly reducing reagents. Mn(Ca ratios for the majority of the cleaned sedimentary foraminifera analysed here lie within the range (10-100 µmol/mol) that has yielded success in studies of transition elements in forams. Mass-balance modelling suggests that for residual Mn/Ca ratios <100 µmol/mol, Nd added to the foram in the coating will never shift the measured Nd isotope composition significantly away from the seawater value acquired by the foram test in the water column. Additionally, Nd concentrations measured in cleaned sedimentary foraminifera are comparable with those for a modern sample that has never encountered diagenetic fluids. Finally, core-top planktonic foraminifera for two sites have Nd isotope compositions that are identical to local surface seawater. The data we present here for Labrador Sea forams over the past 2.5 m.y. are interpreted in terms of changes in the seawater isotopic composition. The data show a pronounced shift from epsilon-Nd values of ~-12 to ~-19 in the period 2.5-1.5 Ma. This change is interpreted to result from the initiation of Northern Hemisphere glaciation and the increased derivation of Labrador Sea Nd via ice-rafting from Archaean terranes in central Canada. In combination with stable isotope and foraminiferal relative species abundance data, the new Nd data are consistent with the surface hydrography of the Labrador Sea being dominated by a fluctuating balance between cold, polar waters containing unradiogenic Nd and warm, subtropical waters containing more radiogenic Nd. The major change in Labrador Sea Nd that is observed in the past 2.5 Ma can, on its own, account for the change in the Nd isotope composition of North Atlantic Deep Water over the same time period.