汝阳地区熊耳群火山岩内夹层硅质岩的微区特征及地质意义

熊耳群是前寒武纪火山-沉积作用的产物，其顶部的马家河组(玄武)安山质火山岩内发育了夹层状热水成因硅质岩。选择熊耳群马家河组硅质岩夹层中的碧玉岩为对象，利用偏光显微镜，XRD，Raman和EBSD等方法剖析了其微区特征。研究结果显示：硅质岩内石英颗粒的显微镜和EBSD照片均表现出颗粒细小、结晶程度低和紧密堆积结构等特点，这完全吻合热水沉积硅质岩的特征;硅质岩内粒径不同的颗粒呈条带(或薄层)状交互出现，不同条带(或薄层)内矿物的组成存在明显的差异，这应该反映了原始物质供给的周期性变化;XRD分析结果指示硅质岩内的主要矿物为低温石英，其晶胞参数为a=b=0.491 3 nm，c=0.540 5 nm和Z=3;EBSD照片和Raman分析结果显示硅质岩内微量的杂质矿物形成于不同阶段，其中粘土矿物和黄铁矿呈零星分布并反映了原始沉积成因，长英质矿物和铁镁硅酸盐矿物均来源于火山凝灰质沉积;火山凝灰质矿物的颗粒偏大并构成了硅质岩内的粗颗粒条带(或薄层)，它们与热水沉积为主的细颗粒矿物条带(或薄层)交互产出，这反映了火山作用的周期性反复活动;后期的碳酸盐热液沉淀于硅质岩内裂隙中，它们还导致石英颗粒边缘有序度升高。虽然熊耳群硅质岩内的矿物种类和成因均极为复杂，但火山物质的输入是导致熊耳群硅质岩SiO₂含量偏低的根本原因并得到了硅质岩内大量火山成因矿物的证实。在硅质岩的微组构研究中，Raman光谱分析可以有效的揭示微区上矿物的类型、微区结构及有序度，这些特征是反映硅质岩内部矿物形成与演化过程中微区变化的重要信息。

Micro-Area Characteristics of Laminated Chert in the Volcanic Rocks of Xionger Group of Ruyang Area and Its Geological Significances

The Xionger Group was originated from the volcanic eruption and sedimentation in Precambrian, whose sedimentary strata at the top were named Majiahe Formation. In the Majiahe Formation, there were hydrothermal chert widely distributed, which were exhibited to be interlayers in the volcanic rocks. The polarized microscope, X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman and electron back scatter diffraction (EBSD) were conducted to study the characteristics in micro area of the jasperite samples, which were from the sedimentary interlayers in the volcanic rocks of Majiahe Formation in Xionger Group. As shown in the microphotographs and EBSD images, the quartz in the chert had small grain size, low degree of crystallinity and close packed structure, which quite agreed with the characteristics of hydrothermal sedimentary chert. In the chert of Xionger Group, there were clear banded (or lamellar) structures which were contributed by the diversities of the grain size and mineral composition. The different bands (or lamellars) had alternative appearance repeatedly, and denoted the diversities and periodic changes in the substance supply during the precipitation. According to the results of the XRD analysis, the majority minerals of the chert was low temperature quartz, whose lattice parameters were a=b=0.491 3 nm, c=0.540 5 nm and Z=3. As denoted in the EBSD image and result of Raman analysis, several impurity minerals were formed in the chert in different stages, whose geneses and formation time were quite different. The clay minerals and pyrite were scattered in distribution, and should be contributed by the original sedimentation. On contrary, the felsic minerals and mafic silicate minerals were originated from the sedimentation of tuffaceous substance during the volcanic eruption. The minerals of volcanic genesis had relatively larger grain size, and they deposited together with the hydrothermal sediments to form the bands (or lamellars) of coarse minerals. However, the hydrothermal sedimentation contributed to the bands (or lamellars) with minerals of much smaller grain size, which therefore resulted in diversities from the other bands (or lamellars). According to this, the repeated bands (or lamellars) denoted the volcanic activities were cyclic during the formation of the chert. What’s more, the carbonate vein came from the precipitation of subsequent hydrothermal fluids in the fracture of the chert, which contributed to the changes (e.g. rising in crystallinity degree of silica and formation of microstructure of new silicate) near the interface between chert and the carbonate vein. Although there were many impurity minerals with complex genesis, the relatively lower content of silica in the chert of Xionger Group was due to the volcanic mineral mainly. Since there were impurity minerals of volcanic genesis in relatively large amount, the content of silica in the chert of Xionger Group was hence relatively low. In this study, the Raman analysis was witnessed to be an effective way in the researches on the chert, and could open out the type of mineral, micro-structure and degrees of crystallinity (or order). These characteristics were well kept in the micro-area, and played significant roles to reflect and understand the formation mechanism and subsequent evolution of the chert.