为揭示中国东部中生代大规模岩石圈减薄作用的深部地慢地球化学响应,对华北东部5个地区的中生代玄武岩进行了ICP-MS分析。结果表明,119~125Ma玄武岩不仅具显著分异的稀土元素组成(La/Yb=35~60)、岛弧玄武岩型微量元素分布特征,且具高Ni(210×10^-6~510×10^-6)和Cr(510×10^-6~1400×10^-6)含量、高Mg^#(71~78),以及系统高于球粒陨石的Nb/Ta值E19.9±1.0(10),n=16];而100Ma碱锅玄武岩具有与球粒陨石(17.6)接近的Nb/Ta值E17.3±0.2(10)]。再循环地壳岩石在金红石稳定域内以榴辉岩为残余的部分熔融体+地幔橄榄岩反应,不仅使地幔岩石熔点降低、获得高Nb/Ta值及石榴子石特征,而且橄榄石向辉石的转变反应使Ni和Cr在交代地幔中的总分配系数显著降低。受熔体交代地幔橄榄岩的部分熔融可合理解释119~125Ma玄武岩的上述地球化学特征,玄武岩Nb/Ta值应是对岩石圈减薄过程中地壳物质返回地慢后熔融产生硅质熔(流)体对上覆地幔交代的直接地球化学记录。
Mesozoic basalts from East China were analyzed by ICP-MS to reveal the geochemical response of the deep mantle to the Mesozoic lithospheric thinning. The results indicate that the 119-125 Ma basalts show not only remarkably fractionated rare earth elements (La/Yb = 35-60), island arc-type trace element compositions, but also high Ni (210 × 10^-6 - 510 × 10^-06 ) and Cr (510 × 10^-6 - 1400 × 10^-6 ) contents and high Mg^# (71 - 78) and Nb/Ta ratios E19.9 ±1.0(1σ), n= 16). In contrast, the 100 Ma Jianguo basalts have Nb/Ta ratio of 17. 3 ±0. 2(1σ) similar to that of the chondrite (17. 6 ). Mantle metasomatism, caused by silicate melt derived from rutile-bearing eclogite, would not only reduce the solidus of mantle, impress garnet feature and high Nb/Ta ratio on the mantle, but also decrease remarkably the partition coefficients of Ni and Cr due to transformation of olivine to pyroxene. Geochemical features of the 119-125 Ma basalts can be well explained by partial melting of such metasomatized mantle. High Nb/Ta ratios of the basalts could directly record the mantle metasomatism by silicate melt derived from the recycled mafic lower crust in association with the Mesozoic lithospheric thinning.