Cenozoic volcanic rocks in Fujian are of Pliocene and Pleistocene ages and can be divided into three zones: the east volcanic rock zone consists mainly of tholeiite,file west zone is limburgite and the intermediate zo...Cenozoic volcanic rocks in Fujian are of Pliocene and Pleistocene ages and can be divided into three zones: the east volcanic rock zone consists mainly of tholeiite,file west zone is limburgite and the intermediate zone is transitional in character between the former two zones with a little prevalance of olivine basalt. Two rock types can be distinguished, i.e., the limburgites containing no feldspars and the basalts including olivine basalt and .tholeiitic basalt In terms of petrochemistry, the volcanic rocks can be classified as strong alkaline, alkaline and sub-alkaline suites.Most of the strong alkaline rocks are distributed in the west zone, while the alkaline is in the intermediate zone and the subalkaline occurs predominantly in the east zone.With increasing distance from the coastline, the rocks become progressively alkaline and the potassium content and K/Si ratio increase. Significant amount of mantle material, including garnet lherzolite xenoliths and pyrope xenocrysts, has been noticed in the above-mentioned volcanic rocks. The garnet lherzolite bears strong resemblance to “mantle rocks”, especially with respect to the high values of Mg and Fe. Garnets in these rocks are Cr-bearing pyrope, with pyrope component in excess of 60 percent.It is suggested that the original basaltic melt might have been resulted from partial melting of garnet lherzolite in the upper mantle and then extruded onto the surface along the ultra-deep fault in the Pacific plate.展开更多
文摘Cenozoic volcanic rocks in Fujian are of Pliocene and Pleistocene ages and can be divided into three zones: the east volcanic rock zone consists mainly of tholeiite,file west zone is limburgite and the intermediate zone is transitional in character between the former two zones with a little prevalance of olivine basalt. Two rock types can be distinguished, i.e., the limburgites containing no feldspars and the basalts including olivine basalt and .tholeiitic basalt In terms of petrochemistry, the volcanic rocks can be classified as strong alkaline, alkaline and sub-alkaline suites.Most of the strong alkaline rocks are distributed in the west zone, while the alkaline is in the intermediate zone and the subalkaline occurs predominantly in the east zone.With increasing distance from the coastline, the rocks become progressively alkaline and the potassium content and K/Si ratio increase. Significant amount of mantle material, including garnet lherzolite xenoliths and pyrope xenocrysts, has been noticed in the above-mentioned volcanic rocks. The garnet lherzolite bears strong resemblance to “mantle rocks”, especially with respect to the high values of Mg and Fe. Garnets in these rocks are Cr-bearing pyrope, with pyrope component in excess of 60 percent.It is suggested that the original basaltic melt might have been resulted from partial melting of garnet lherzolite in the upper mantle and then extruded onto the surface along the ultra-deep fault in the Pacific plate.
