Garnet trace elemental geochemistry and its application in sedimentary provenance analysis

doi:10.13745/j.esf.sf.2020.1.1

Abstract

Abstract:

Garnet is a common heavy mineral in sediments. It can come from a variety of rocks and shows a variety of geochemistry compositions in different parent-rocks. Therefore, geochemical analysis of detrital garnet is widely used in sedimentary provenance research. The elemental geochemistry of single detrital mineral is easily obtained by electron microprobe and applied to the provenance analysis. However, there are certain limitations. For instance, the major elemental compositions of garnet in both intermediate-acid igneous rocks and metasedimentary rocks are usually characterized by high Fe and Mn. Here, we systematically investigated trace elemental geochemical data of garnet from different types of rocks and attempted establishing some useful trace elemental proxies for detrital garnet provenance analysis. The main conclusions are: (1) Rare earth elements and yttrium can be employed to distinguish detrital garnets from intermediate-acid igneous and metasedimentary rocks; (2) Garnets from basic rocks (peridotite, pyroxenite) and the corresponding meta-basic rocks (eclogite) had fairly consistent major and trace elemental geochemistry, but some garnets from peridotite rocks had unique praseodymium/holmium (Pr_N/Ho_N) values and total heavy rare earth elements (ΣHREE), which can be applied to sedimentary provenance analysis with basic rock-dominanted backgrounds; (3) Garnet in skarn was characterized by overwhelmingly high Ca, but rare earth element compositions were diverse, which can be interpreted as magma type (indicating rich iron and oxidation environment) or contact metasomatic type (reflecting rich aluminum and reducing environment). Collectively, the trace elemental geochemistry of garnet can be effectively used in sedimentary provenance analysis, which is an important supplement to the major element-based provenance analysis.

Key words: garnet, major elements, trace elements, provenance analysis

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HONG Dongming, JIAN Xing, HUANG Xin, ZHANG Wei, MA Jinge. Garnet trace elemental geochemistry and its application in sedimentary provenance analysis[J]. Earth Science Frontiers, 2020, 27(3): 191-201.

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岩石	w(ΣLREE)/10^-6	w(ΣHREE,除Y)/10^-6	Eu/Eu^*	La_N/Sm_N	Gd_N/Yb_N	Sm_N/Gd_N
淡色花岗岩	0.34~3.28	200.8~1 836.8	0.002~0.034	0~0.047	0.008~0.176	0.047~0.175
A型花岗岩	3.4~40.78	2 029.5~9 951.1	0.008~0.03	0~0.001	0.027~0.302	0.087~0.181
过铝质花岗岩	12.75~116.63	557~5 917.5	0.002~0.487	0.160~0.772	0.071~0.397	0.121~0.365
中粒黑云母花岗岩	2.53~545.9	701.3~7 913.7	0.001~0.004	0.002~0.322	0.019~0.176	0.117~0.673
细粒二云母花岗岩	2.85~101.34	1 462.6~9 172.6	0.001~0.002	0.012~0.378	0.017~0.189	0.123~0.682
S型花岗岩	1.3~7	211.2~771.7	0.133~0.251	0.033~0.105	0.044~0.245	0.151~0.346
麻粒岩相变泥质岩	0.426~41.730	3.089~676.760	0.006~1.440	0~0.440	0.102~11.266	0.015~0.948
角闪岩相变泥质岩	0.120~7.933	21.226~1 661.220	0.102~1.151	0~0.419	0.012~4.503	0.038~0.348

岩石	w(ΣLREE)/10^-6	w(ΣHREE,除Y)/10^-6	Eu/Eu^*	La_N/Sm_N	Gd_N/Yb_N	Sm_N/Gd_N
淡色花岗岩	0.34~3.28	200.8~1 836.8	0.002~0.034	0~0.047	0.008~0.176	0.047~0.175
A型花岗岩	3.4~40.78	2 029.5~9 951.1	0.008~0.03	0~0.001	0.027~0.302	0.087~0.181
过铝质花岗岩	12.75~116.63	557~5 917.5	0.002~0.487	0.160~0.772	0.071~0.397	0.121~0.365
中粒黑云母花岗岩	2.53~545.9	701.3~7 913.7	0.001~0.004	0.002~0.322	0.019~0.176	0.117~0.673
细粒二云母花岗岩	2.85~101.34	1 462.6~9 172.6	0.001~0.002	0.012~0.378	0.017~0.189	0.123~0.682
S型花岗岩	1.3~7	211.2~771.7	0.133~0.251	0.033~0.105	0.044~0.245	0.151~0.346
麻粒岩相变泥质岩	0.426~41.730	3.089~676.760	0.006~1.440	0~0.440	0.102~11.266	0.015~0.948
角闪岩相变泥质岩	0.120~7.933	21.226~1 661.220	0.102~1.151	0~0.419	0.012~4.503	0.038~0.348

岩石	w(ΣLREE)/10^-6	w(ΣHREE)/10^-6	Ce/Ce^*	Eu/Eu^*	La_N/Sm_N	Gd_N/Yb_N	Sm_N/Gd_N	Pr_N/Ho_N
榴辉岩	0.332~27.69	2.41~78.09	0.048~1.019	0.683~2.784	0~0.587	0.120~2.823	0.220~1.899	0.002~0.835
橄榄岩	0.11~38.28	0.35~24.37	0.455~2.244	0.588~2.075	0~3.739	0.103~7.090	0.241~5.313	0.036~21.775
辉石岩	0.69~5.06	9.33~28.62	0.064~1.534	0.508~1.584	0.005~0.865	0.313~1.590	0.247~0.756	0.002~0.201

岩石	w(ΣLREE)/10^-6	w(ΣHREE)/10^-6	Ce/Ce^*	Eu/Eu^*	La_N/Sm_N	Gd_N/Yb_N	Sm_N/Gd_N	Pr_N/Ho_N
榴辉岩	0.332~27.69	2.41~78.09	0.048~1.019	0.683~2.784	0~0.587	0.120~2.823	0.220~1.899	0.002~0.835
橄榄岩	0.11~38.28	0.35~24.37	0.455~2.244	0.588~2.075	0~3.739	0.103~7.090	0.241~5.313	0.036~21.775
辉石岩	0.69~5.06	9.33~28.62	0.064~1.534	0.508~1.584	0.005~0.865	0.313~1.590	0.247~0.756	0.002~0.201

模式	w(ΣLREE)/10^-6	w(ΣHREE)/10^-6	Eu/Eu^*	La_N/Yb_N
模式1	6.52~468.26	1.19~395.86	1.39~5.98	1.45~159.67
模式2	14.42~144.26	10.74~176.84	0.39~1.23	0.01~0.62
模式3	11.67~130.55	1.61~20.72	0.51~1.09	4.38~14.53
模式4	14.73~24.58	4.54~10.22	2.38~3.86	0.07~0.97