The Maomaogou nepheline syenite is located at the inner zone of the Emeishan large igneous province and exhibits intrusive contact with the Emeishan basalts. SHRIMP U-Pb dating on zircons from this syenite yields an age of 261.6±4.4 Ma, in agreement with the age of the Panzhihua layered intrusion and the eruption age of the Emeishan basalts as constrained by stratigraphic data. Geochemical data fur-ther suggest that the Maomaogou syenite has a source analogue to the Emeishan basalt, and may have been formed by partial melting of gabbroic cumulates underplated in the lower crust. As s result, tem-poral and spatial relationships and petrogenetic constraints provide evidence for the genetic link be-tween basalts, mafic/ultramafic and intermediate/acidic intrusives in the Panxi area.
Both the Bowen and Fenner differentiation trends have been recognized in the Emeishan flood basalts. While the Longzhoushan lavas in Panxi paleorift evolved on a trend of silica enrichment (Bowen trend), the lavas from Guizhou evolved along the Fenner trend leading to the magmas with high Fe2O3 (23%) and low SiO2 (44%) contents. This provides evidence for the existence of Fe-rich and Si-poor magmas in nature. Such contrasting differentiation trends, marked by different timing of crystallization of Fe-Ti oxides, are correlated with the extent of crustal contamina-tion of the magmas. Limited crustal contamination in the Guizhou lavas is coupled with the low oxygen fugacity which delayed the onset of magnetite crystallization. In contrast, significant involvement of crustal components in the Long-zhoushan lavas increased fO2 which in turn triggered early crystallization of magnetite. The close spatial association between the Longzhoushan lavas and the synchronous V-Fe- Ti deposit-bearing layered intrusions suggests a potential relationship between them.
王希斌等根据铙钹寨岩体恢复的原岩由亏损强烈的方辉橄榄岩、纯橄岩和弱亏损的二辉橄榄岩组成以及有豆荚状铬铁矿存在,认为铙钹寨岩体属于大洋岩石圈地幔,是蛇绿岩的成员;并且还根据岩体存在两种地幔橄榄岩组合进一步推断铙钹寨岩体"可能经历了洋内扩张(形成 MOR 型的地幔残余)和洋内俯冲两个阶段的演化过程"。我们认为,铙钹寨岩体是交代的地幔橄榄岩,它不大可能是蛇绿岩;铙钹寨岩体的特征比较接近大陆岩石圈地慢而非大洋岩石圈地幔;铬铁矿不是判别蛇绿岩的标志;不能根据岩体存在强烈亏损和弱亏损的两种橄榄岩而推断其形成于两种环境。
