Petrogenesis of the Ulungur Intrusive Complex, NW China, and Implications for Crustal Generation and Reworking in Accretionary Orogens

2020 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gong-Jian Tang ◽  
Qiang Wang ◽  
Derek A Wyman ◽  
Wei Dan ◽  
Lin Ma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oceanic Crust ◽  
Lower Crust ◽  
Mineral Chemistry ◽  
Isotopic Signature ◽  
Source Rocks ◽  
Intrusive Complex ◽  
Calc Alkaline ◽  
Depleted Mantle ◽  
Heavy Rare Earth Elements ◽  
Pressure Crystallization

Abstract Accretionary orogens are characterized by voluminous juvenile components (recently derived from the mantle) and knowing the origin(s) of such components is vital for understanding crustal generation. Here we present field and petrological observations, along with mineral chemistry, zircon U–Pb age and Hf–O isotope data, and whole rock geochemical and Sr–Nd isotopic data for the c.320 Ma Ulungur intrusive complex from the Central Asian Orogenic Belt. The complex consists of two different magmatic series: one is characterized by medium- to high-K calc-alkaline gabbro to monzogranite; the other is defined by peralkaline aegirine–arfvedsonite granitoids. The calc-alkaline and peralkaline series granitoids have similar depleted mantle-like Sr–Nd–Hf isotopic compositions, but they have different zircon δ18O values: the calc-alkaline series have mantle-like δ18O values with mean compositions ranging from 5·2 ± 0·5‰ to 6·0 ± 0·9‰ (2SD), and the peralkaline granitoids have low δ18O values ranging from 3·3 ± 0·5‰ to 3·9 ± 0·4‰ (2SD). The calc-alkaline series were derived from a hydrous sub-arc mantle wedge, based on the isotope and geochemical compositions, under garnet peridotite facies conditions. This study suggests that the magmas underwent substantial differentiation, ranging from high pressure crystallization of ultramafic cumulates in the lower crust to lower pressure crystallization dominated by amphibole, plagioclase and minor biotite in the upper crust. The peralkaline series rocks are characterized by δ18O values lower than the mantle and enrichment of high field strength elements (HFSEs) and heavy rare earth elements (HREEs). They likely originated from melting of preexisting hydrothermally altered residual oceanic crust in the lower crust of the Junggar intra-oceanic arc. Early crystallization of clinopyroxene and amphibole was inhibited owing to their low melting temperature, leading to HFSEs and HREEs enrichment in residual peralkaline melts during crystallization of a feldspar-dominated mineral assemblage. Thus, the calc-alkaline and peralkaline series represent episodes of crust generation and reworking, respectively, demonstrating that the juvenile isotopic signature in accretionary orogens can be derived from diverse source rocks. Our results show that reworking of residual oceanic crust also plays an important role in continental crust formation for accretionary orogens, which has not previously been widely recognized.

Petrogenesis of the Ulungur Intrusive Complex, NW China, and Implications for Crustal Generation and Reworking in Accretionary Orogens

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gong-Jian Tang ◽  
Qiang Wang ◽  
Derek Wyman ◽  
Wei Dan ◽  
Lin Ma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oceanic Crust ◽  
Lower Crust ◽  
Mineral Chemistry ◽  
Isotopic Signature ◽  
Source Rocks ◽  
Intrusive Complex ◽  
Calc Alkaline ◽  
Depleted Mantle ◽  
Heavy Rare Earth Elements ◽  
Pressure Crystallization

<p>Accretionary orogens are characterized by voluminous juvenile components (recently derived from the mantle) and knowing the origin(s) of such components is vital for understanding crustal generation. Here we present field and petrological observations, along with mineral chemistry, zircon U–Pb age and Hf-O isotope data, and whole rock geochemical and Sr-Nd isotopic data for the c. 320 Ma Ulungur intrusive complex from the Central Asian Orogenic Belt. The complex consists of two different magmatic series: one is characterized by medium-K to high-K calc-alkaline gabbro to monzogranite; the other is defined by peralkaline aegirine-arfvedsonite granitoids. The calc-alkaline and peralkaline series granitoids have similar depleted mantle-like Sr-Nd-Hf isotopic compositions, but they have different zircon δ<sup>18</sup>O values: the calc-alkaline series have mantle-like δ<sup>18</sup>O values with mean compositions ranging from 5.2 ± 0.5‰ to 6.0 ± 0.9‰ (2SD), and the peralkaline granitoids have low δ<sup>18</sup>O values ranging from 3.3 ± 0.5‰ to 3.9 ± 0.4‰ (2SD). The calc-alkaline series were derived from a hydrous sub-arc mantle wedge, based on the isotope and geochemical compositions, under garnet peridotite facies conditions. This study suggests that the magmas underwent substantial differentiation, ranging from high pressure crystallization of ultramafic cumulates in the lower crust to lower pressure crystallization dominated by amphibole, plagioclase and minor biotite in the upper crust. The peralkaline series rocks are characterized by δ<sup>18</sup>O values lower than the mantle and enrichment of high field strength elements (HFSEs) and heavy rare earth elements (HREEs). They likely originated from melting of preexisting hydrothermally altered residual oceanic crust in the lower crust of the Junggar intra-oceanic arc. Early crystallization of clinopyroxene and amphibole was inhibited owing to their low melting temperature, leading to HFSEs and HREEs enrichment in residual peralkaline melts during crystallization of a feldspar-dominated mineral assemblage. Thus, the calc-alkaline and peralkaline series represent episodes of crust generation and reworking, respectively, demonstrating that the juvenile isotopic signature in accretionary orogens can be derived from diverse source rocks. Our results show that reworking of residual oceanic crust also plays an important role in continental crust formation for accretionary orogens, which has not previously been widely recognized.</p>

Tectonic and magmatic evolution of the Aqishan-Yamansu belt: A Paleozoic arc-related basin in the Eastern Tianshan (NW China)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuanliang Zhang ◽  
Huayong Chen ◽  
Pete Hollings ◽  
Liandang Zhao ◽  
Lin Gong
Keyword(s):  
Partial Melting ◽  
Oceanic Crust ◽  
Lower Crust ◽  
Early Carboniferous ◽  
Late Carboniferous ◽  
Igneous Rocks ◽  
Calc Alkaline ◽  
Eastern Tianshan ◽  
Depleted Mantle ◽  
T Values

The Aqishan-Yamansu belt in the Chinese Eastern Tianshan represents a Paleozoic arc-related basin generally accompanied by accretionary magmatism and Fe-Cu mineralization. To characterize the tectonic evolution of such an arc-related basin and related magmatism and metallogenesis, we present a systematic study of the geochronology, whole-rock geochemistry, and Sr-Nd isotopes of igneous rocks from the belt. New zircon U-Pb ages, in combination with published data, reveal three phases of igneous activity in the Aqishan-Yamansu belt: early Carboniferous felsic igneous rocks (ca. 350−330 Ma), late Carboniferous intermediate to felsic igneous rocks (ca. 320−305 Ma), and Permian quartz diorite and diorite porphyry dikes (ca. 280−265 Ma). The early Carboniferous felsic rocks are enriched in large ion lithophile elements (LILEs) and depleted in Nb, Ta, and Ti, showing arc-related magma affinities. Their positive εNd(t) values (3.3−5.9) and corresponding depleted mantle model ages (TDM) of 0.83−0.61 Ga, as well as high MgO contents, Mg# values, and Nb/Ta ratios, suggest that they were derived from lower crust with involvement of mantle-derived magmas. The late Carboniferous intermediate igneous rocks show calc-alkaline affinities, exhibiting LILE enrichment and high field strength element (HFSE) depletion, with negative Nb and Ta anomalies. They have high MgO contents and Mg# values with positive εNd(t) values (3.9−7.9), and high Ba/La and Th/Yb ratios, implying a depleted mantle source metasomatized by slab-derived fluids and sediment or sediment-derived melts. The late Carboniferous felsic igneous rocks are metaluminous to peraluminous with characteristics of medium-K calc-alkaline I-type granites. Given the positive εNd(t) values (6.3−6.6) and TDM ages (0.56−0.53 Ga), we suggest the late Carboniferous felsic igneous rocks were produced by partial melting of a juvenile lower crust. The Permian dikes show characteristics of adakite rocks. They have relatively high MgO contents and Mg# values, and positive εNd(t) values (7.2−8.5), which suggest an origin from partial melting of a residual basaltic oceanic crust. We propose that the Aqishan-Yamansu belt was an extensional arc−related basin from ca. 350 to 330 Ma; this was followed by a relatively stable carbonate formation stage at ca. 330−320 Ma, when the Kangguer oceanic slab subducted beneath the Central Tianshan block. As the subduction continued, the Aqishan-Yamansu basin closed due to slab breakoff and rebound during ca. 320−305 Ma, which resulted in basin inversion and the emplacement of granitoids with contemporary Fe-Cu mineralization. During the Permian, the Aqishan-Yamansu belt was in postcollision extension stage, with Permian adakitic dikes formed by partial melting of a residual oceanic crust.

Fluids composition in the mantle beneath the Eastern Transylvanian Basin inferred from mineral chemistry and noble gases in fluid inclusions of ultramafic xenoliths

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Luca Rizzo ◽  
Barbara Faccini ◽  
Costanza Bonadiman ◽  
Theodoros Ntaflos ◽  
Ioan Seghedi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Inclusions ◽  
Noble Gases ◽  
Mineral Chemistry ◽  
Mantle Xenoliths ◽  
Alkaline Magmatism ◽  
Volcanic Area ◽  
Crustal Material ◽  
Calc Alkaline ◽  
Depleted Mantle ◽  
Magmatic Gases

<p>The investigation of noble gases (He, Ne, Ar) and CO<sub>2</sub> in fluid inclusions (FI) of mantle-derived rocks from the Sub Continental Lithospheric Mantle (SCLM) is crucial for constraining its geochemical features and evolution as well as the volatiles cycle, and for better evaluating the information arising from the study and monitoring of volcanic and geothermal gases. Eastern Transylvanian Basin in Romania is one of the places in Central-Eastern Europe where mantle xenoliths are brought to the surface by alkaline magmatism, offering the opportunity for applying the above-mentioned approach. Moreover, this locality is one of the few places on Earth where alkaline eruptions occurred contemporaneously with calc-alkaline activity, thus being a promising area for the investigation of subduction influence on the magma sources and volatiles composition.</p><p>In this work, we studied petrography, mineral chemistry and noble gases in FI of mantle xenoliths found in Perşani Mts. alkaline volcanic products. Our findings reveal that the local mantle recorded two main events. The first was a pervasive, complete re-fertilization of a previously depleted mantle by a calc-alkaline subduction-related melt, causing the formation of very fertile, amphibole-bearing lithotypes. Fluids involved in this process and trapped in olivine, opx and cpx, show <sup>4</sup>He/<sup>40</sup>Ar* ratios up to 1.2 and among the most radiogenic <sup>3</sup>He/<sup>4</sup>He values of the European mantle (5.8 ± 0.2 Ra), reflecting the recycling of crustal material in the local lithosphere. The second event is related to a later interaction with an alkaline metasomatic agent similar to the host basalts, that caused slight LREE enrichment in pyroxenes and crystallization of disseminated amphiboles, with FI showing <sup>4</sup>He/<sup>40</sup>Ar* and <sup>3</sup>He/<sup>4</sup>He values up to 2.5 and 6.6 Ra, respectively, more typical of magmatic fluids.</p><p>Although volcanic activity in the Perşani Mts. is now extinct, strong CO<sub>2</sub> degassing (8.7 × 10<sup>3</sup> t/y) in the neighbouring Ciomadul volcanic area may indicate that magma is still present at depth (Kis et al., 2017; Laumonier et al., 2019). The gas manifestations present from Ciomadul area are the closest to the outcrops containing mantle xenoliths for comparison of the noble gas composition in FI. <sup>3</sup>He/<sup>4</sup>He values from Stinky Cave (Puturosul), Doboşeni and Balvanyos are up to 3.2, 4.4 and 4.5 Ra, respectively, indicating the presence of a cooling magma (Vaselli et al., 2002 and references therein). In the same area and more recently, Kis et al. (2019) measured <sup>3</sup>He/<sup>4</sup>He ratios up to 3.1 Ra, arguing that these values indicate a mantle lithosphere strongly contaminated by subduction-related fluids and post-metasomatic ingrowth of radiogenic <sup>4</sup>He. Our findings consider more likely that magmatic gases from Ciomadul volcano are not representative of the local mantle but are being released from a cooling and aging magma that resides within the crust. Alternatively, crustal fluids contaminate magmatic gases while they are rising to the surface.</p><p> </p><p>Kis et al. (2017). Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 341, 119–130.</p><p>Kis et al. (2019) Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 20, 3019-3043.</p><p>Laumonier et al. (2019) Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 521, 79-90.</p><p>Vaselli et al. (2002) Chemical Geology 182, 637–654.</p>

scholarly journals Structure of oceanic crust in back-arc basins modulated by mantle source heterogeneity

Geology ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingo Grevemeyer ◽  
Shuichi Kodaira ◽  
Gou Fujie ◽  
Narumi Takahashi
Keyword(s):  
Oceanic Crust ◽  
Mantle Source ◽  
Seismic Data ◽  
Lower Crust ◽  
Subduction Zones ◽  
P Wave ◽  
Spreading Ridge ◽  
Volcanic Arc ◽  
Depleted Mantle ◽  
Back Arc

Subduction zones may develop submarine spreading centers that occur on the overriding plate behind the volcanic arc. In these back-arc settings, the subducting slab controls the pattern of mantle advection and may entrain hydrous melts from the volcanic arc or slab into the melting region of the spreading ridge. We recorded seismic data across the Western Mariana Ridge (WMR, northwestern Pacific Ocean), a remnant island arc with back-arc basins on either side. Its margins and both basins show distinctly different crustal structure. Crust to the west of the WMR, in the Parece Vela Basin, is 4–5 km thick, and the lower crust indicates seismic P-wave velocities of 6.5–6.8 km/s. To the east of the WMR, in the Mariana Trough Basin, the crust is ~7 km thick, and the lower crust supports seismic velocities of 7.2–7.4 km/s. This structural diversity is corroborated by seismic data from other back-arc basins, arguing that a chemically diverse and heterogeneous mantle, which may differ from a normal mid-ocean-ridge–type mantle source, controls the amount of melting in back-arc basins. Mantle heterogeneity might not be solely controlled by entrainment of hydrous melt, but also by cold or depleted mantle invading the back-arc while a subduction zone reconfigures. Crust formed in back-arc basins may therefore differ in thickness and velocity structure from normal oceanic crust.

Constraints imposed by experimental petrology on possible and impossible magma sources and products

1984 ◽  
Vol 310 (1514) ◽  
pp. 439-456 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Continental Crust ◽  
Oceanic Crust ◽  
Basaltic Andesite ◽  
Subduction Zones ◽  
Mantle Peridotite ◽  
Experimental Petrology ◽  
Source Rocks ◽  
Calc Alkaline ◽  
Physical Constraints ◽  
Inverse Results

Experimental petrology can be used in forward and inverse approaches. The forward approach defines the compositions of liquids generated by partial melting of possible source rocks at various depths. The inverse approach determines conditions for multiple-mineral saturation at the liquidus of primitive magmas, correlates them with residual minerals of possible source rocks, and thus provides estimates of depths and temperatures required for their derivation. Review of a selection of forward and inverse results is followed by evaluation of petrological and geophysical processes in layered mantle and in subduction zones. Physical constraints imposed by solidus curves and geotherms present problems for models that derive basalts from deep mantle reservoirs, separated from overlying convecting layers. Magmas from mantle are limited to compositions less siliceous than basaltic andesite, with rare exceptions. Granite liquids cannot be generated from normal peridotite, nor from oceanic crust at mantle pressures in subduction zones. In continental crust, hydrous granite liquid is generated at depths of less than 30 km. Basaltic andesite and picritic basalt are parental magmas for the calc-alkaline series. Andesite is not primary from subcontinental depths, and can be generated as liquid in continental crust only if temperatures exceed about 1100°C. Calc-alkaline magmas may contain components from mantle peridotite, subducted oceanic crust, and continental crust.

Long-Lasting (65 Ma) Regionally Contrasting Late- to Post-Orogenic Variscan Mantle-derived Potassic Magmatism in the Bohemian Massif

2020 ◽  
Vol 61 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lukáš Krmíček ◽  
Rolf L Romer ◽  
Martin J Timmerman ◽  
Jaromír Ulrych ◽  
Johannes Glodny ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mantle Source ◽  
Bohemian Massif ◽  
Isotope Composition ◽  
Small Variation ◽  
Source Rocks ◽  
Calc Alkaline ◽  
Magmatic Rocks ◽  
Depleted Mantle ◽  
Pb Isotopic Composition ◽  
Alkaline Lamprophyres

Abstract The orogenic development after the continental collision between Laurussia and Gondwana, led to two contrasting associations of mantle-derived magmatic rocks on the territory of the Bohemian Massif: (i) a 340–310 Ma lamprophyre-lamproite orogenic association; and (ii) a 300–275 Ma lamprophyre association of anorogenic affinity. Major types of potassic mantle-derived magmatic rocks recognized in the orogenic and anorogenic associations include: (i) calc-alkaline to alkaline lamprophyres; (ii) alkaline ‘orthopyroxene minettes’ and geochemically related rocks grouped here under the new term lampyrite; and (iii) peralkaline lamproites. These three types significantly differ with respect to mineral, whole-rock and Sr–Nd–Pb–Li isotope composition and spatial distribution. The calc-alkaline lamprophyres occur throughout the entire Saxo-Thuringian and Moldanubian zones, whereas the different types of malte-derived potassic rocks are spatially restricted to particular zones. Rocks of the Carboniferous lamprophyre-lamproite orogenic association are characterized by variable negative εNd(i) and variably radiogenic Sr(i), whereas the rocks of the Permian lamprophyre association of anorogenic affinity are characterized by positive εNd(i) and relatively young depleted-mantle Nd-model ages reflecting increasing input from upwelling asthenospheric mantle. The small variation in the Pb isotopic composition of post-collisional potassic mantle-derived magmatic rocks (of both the orogenic and anorogenic series) implies that the Pb budget of the mantle beneath the Bohemian Massif is dominated by the same crust-derived material, which itself may include material derived from several sources. The source rocks of ‘orthopyroxene minettes’ are characterized by isotopically light (‘eclogitic’) Li and strongly radiogenic (crustal) Sr and may have been metasomatized by high-pressure fluids along the edge of a subduction zone. In contrast, the strongly Al2O3 and CaO depleted mantle source of the lamproites is characterized by isotopically heavy Li and high SiO2 and extreme K2O contents. This mantle source may have been metasomatized predominantly by melts. The mantle source of the lamprophyres may have undergone metasomatism by both fluids and melts.

scholarly journals LINGKUNGAN DAN EVOLUSI TEKTONIK BATUAN DAN SEDIMEN BERDASARKAN UNSUR KIMIA UTAMA DI PERAIRAN BAYAH DAN SEKITARNYA, PROVINSI BANTEN

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 125
Author(s):  
Ediar Usman ◽  
Udaya Kamiludin
Keyword(s):  
Oceanic Crust ◽  
Major Elements ◽  
Igneous Rocks ◽  
Source Rocks ◽  
Calc Alkaline ◽  
Triangular Diagram ◽  
Sediment Samples ◽  
Tectonic Environment ◽  
Continental Arc ◽  
Magma Series

Pengeplotan data unsur kimia pada diagram SiO2 vs K2O untuk sampel sedimen dasar laut cenderung terjadi kenaikan SiO2 dan penurunan K2O, sehingga arah evolusi berkembang dari kalk-alkalin sedang ke kalk-alkalin rendah (toleitik). Pada sampel batuan beku dan sedimen hasil pemboran memperlihatkan pola evolusi magma sebaliknya, terjadi kenaikan SiO2 dan K2O dalam seri magma yang sama (toleitik). Kondisi ini diperkuat oleh diagram segitiga AFM (A = Na2O+K2O; F = FeOtotal ; M = MgO) yang menunjukkan sebagian besar sampel yang diplot berada antara toleitik dan kalk-alkalin sedang. Hasil ini memberi kesimpulan bahwa batuan ini bersifat transisi antara toleitik dan kalk-alkalin sedang, dan condong ke arah seri toleitik sebagai indikasi batuan berasal dari daerah samudera. Berdasarlan pengeplotan pada diagram segitiga TiO2 – 10MnO – P2O5, lingkungan tektonik batuan beku di pantai Cibobos, sedimen dasar laut dan sedimen pemboran pada umumnya berada pada lingkungan tektonik andesit kepulauan samudera dan sebagian busur benua. Hasil tersebut, maka dapat disimpulkan bahwa sedimen di daerah Bayah berhubungan dengan seri magma dengan afinitas rendah mulai toleitik hingga kalk-alkalin sedang dan batuan samudera yang menyusup ke busur kepulauan atau busur benua. Hasil ini dapat mengetahui lingkungan dan evolusi batuan sumber sehingga diharapkan bermanfaat dalam kegiatan ekplorasi sumber daya mineral dan energi di masa mendatang. Kata kunci: unsur kimia utama, lingkungan tektonik, evolusi, kerak samudera dan kontinen, perairan Bayah Plotting of major elements data of the seafloor sediment samples on diagram of SiO2 vs K2O tends to increase the SiO2 and decrease the K2O, therefore the direction of evolution develop from medium to low calc-alkaline (tholeitic). From igneous rocks and drilling sediment samples shows that the evolution magma has the opposite pattern, increasing of SiO2 and K2O in the same magma series ( tholeitic). This condition is confirmed by the triangular diagram of AFM (A = Na2O+K2O; F = FeOtotal ; M = MgO) that shows the most of plotted samples are between medium calc-alkaline and tholeitic. This result give a conclusion that these rocks are at transitional area between tholeitic and medium calc-alkaline, and tend towards tholeitic series as an indication of rocks from oceanic zone. Based on plotting on the triangular diagram of TiO2 - 10MnO - P2O5, tectonic environment of igneous rocks in the coast of Cibobos, surface and drilling sediment samples, in general these samples are in the tectonic environment of oceanic islands andesite and partial of continental arc. From this study, it can be concluded that the sediment in the Bayah area is associated with affinity magma series from low kalk-alkaline (tholeitic) to medium calc-alkaline, and oceanic crust is being subducting to continental arc. This result could recognize the environment and the evolution of source rocks, therefore it may useful in the exploration activities of mineral and energy resources in the future. Keywords: major elements, tectonic environment, evolution, continental and oceanic crust, Bayah waters.

scholarly journals Geochemical Variation of Miocene Basalts within Shikoku Basin: Magma Source Compositions and Geodynamic Implications

Minerals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Shuang-Shuang Chen ◽  
Tong Hou ◽  
Jia-Qi Liu ◽  
Zhao-Chong Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Japan Sea ◽  
Isotopic Signature ◽  
Magma Source ◽  
Isotopic Compositions ◽  
Enriched Mantle ◽  
Shikoku Basin ◽  
Depleted Mantle ◽  
Parece Vela Basin ◽  
Back Arc ◽  
Ocean Ridge

Shikoku Basin is unique as being located within a trench-ridge-trench triple junction. Here, we report mineral compositions, major, trace-element, and Sr-Nd-Pb isotopic compositions of bulk-rocks from Sites C0012 (>18.9 Ma) and 1173 (13–15 Ma) of the Shikoku Basin. Samples from Sites C0012 and 1173 are tholeiitic in composition and display relative depletion in light rare earth elements (REEs) and enrichment in heavy REEs, generally similar to normal mid-ocean ridge basalts (N-MORB). Specifically, Site C0012 samples display more pronounced positive anomalies in Rb, Ba, K, Pb and Sr, and negative anomalies in Th, U, Nb, and Ta, as well as negative Nb relative to La and Th. Site 1173 basalts have relatively uniform Sr-Nd-Pb isotopic compositions, close to the end member of depleted mantle, while Site C0012 samples show slightly enriched Sr-Nd-Pb isotopic signature, indicating a possible involvement of enriched mantle 1 (EM1) and EM2 sources, which could be attributed to the metasomatism of the fluids released from the dehydrated subduction slab, but with the little involvement of subducted slab-derived sedimentary component. Additionally, the Shikoku Basin record the formation of the back-arc basin was a mantle conversion process from an island arc to a typical MORB. The formation of the Shikoku Basin is different from that of the adjacent Japan Sea and Parece Vela Basin, mainly in terms of the metasomatized subduction-related components, the nature of mantle source, and partial melting processes.

Platinum-group minerals from alluvial placers of the Kitoy river (south-east part of East Sayan, Russia)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Kiseleva ◽  
Yuriy Ochirov ◽  
Sergey Zhmodik ◽  
Brian Nharara
Keyword(s):  
Publishing House ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Platinum Metal ◽  
Mineral Chemistry ◽  
Source Rocks ◽  
Tectonic Deformation ◽  
Platinum Group Minerals ◽  
Placer Deposits ◽  
Platinum Group ◽  
Eastern Sayan

<p>The studied area is in the southeastern region of Eastern Sayan. Several tectonically dissected ophiolite complexes were exposed along the margin of the Gargan block and tectonically thrust over this block. Placer nuggets of PGE alloys from the Kitoy river were examined using a scanning electron microscope. Platinum-group minerals (PGM's) in placer deposits provide vital information about the types of their primary source rocks and ores as well as the conditions of formation and alteration. The primary PGM's are Os-Ir-Ru alloys, (Os, Ru)S<sub>2</sub>, and (Os, Ir, Ru)AsS. (Os, Ru)S<sub>2</sub> form overgrowth around the Os-Ir-Ru alloys. The secondary, remobilized PGM's are native osmium, (Ir-Ru) alloys, garutite (Ir, Ni, Fe), zaccarinite (RhNiAs), selenides, tellurides (Os, Ir, Ru), and non-stoichiometric (Pd, Pt, Fe, Te, Bi) phases (Fig.1). Secondary PGM's (garutite and RhNiAs) form rims around Os-Ir-Ru alloys, intergrowth with them, or form polyphase aggregates. Such PGM's (identical in composition and microstructure) are also found in chromitites from Neoproterozoic ophiolite massifs of Eastern Sayan (Kiseleva et al., 2014; 2020). Platinum-metal minerals, exotic for ophiolites, are found among secondary PGM's such as selenides and tellurides (Os, Ir, Ru), (Pt, Pd)<sub>3</sub>Fe, Pd<sub>3</sub>(Te, Bi), (Au, Ag), and non-stoichiometric (Pd, Pt, Fe, Te, Bi) phases. They occur as inclusions in the Os-Ir-Ru alloys or fill cracks in crushed grains of primary PGM's. PGM's in placer deposits of the Kitoy river are similar to the mineral composition of PGE in chromitites of the Ospa-Kitoy ophiolitic massif, which contain Pt-Pd minerals and Pt impurities in Os-Ir-Ru alloys (Kiseleva et al., 2014). Selenides (Os-Ir-Ru) are rare within PGM's from ophiolite chromitites (Barkov et al., 2017; Airiyants et al., 2020) and also occur in chromitites of the Dunzhugur ophiolite massif (Kiseleva et al., 2016). Features of selenides and tellurides (Os, Ir, Ru) indicate their late formation as a result of the influence of magmatic and metamorphic fluids on primary PGE alloys. The filling of cracks in crushed (Os-Ir-Ru) alloys indicates that selenides and tellurides formed during tectonic deformation processes. The source of platinum-group minerals from the Kitoy river placer is the Ospa-Kitoy ophiolite massif, and primarily chromitites.</p><p><img src="https://contentmanager.copernicus.org/fileStorageProxy.php?f=gepj.eb9553e3c70065361211161/sdaolpUECMynit/12UGE&app=m&a=0&c=f3ccc1c7cf7d06094d2afaa34fe9d9a1&ct=x&pn=gepj.elif&d=1" alt=""></p><p>Figure 1. BSE microphotographs of PGM from from alluvial placers of the Kitoy river</p><p>Mineral chemistry was determined at the Analytical Centre for multi-elemental and isotope research SB RAS. This work supported by RFBR grants: No. 16-05-00737a,  19-05-00764а, 19-05-00464a and the Russian Ministry of Education and Science</p><p>References</p><p>Airiyants E.V., Belyanin D.K., Zhmodik S.M., Agafonov L.V., Romashkin P.A.  // Ore Geology Reviews. 2020. V. 120. P.  103453</p><p>Barkov A.Y., Nikiforov A.A., Tolstykh N.D., Shvedov G.I., Korolyuk V.N. // European J. Mineralogy. 2017. V.29(9). P.613-621.</p><p>Kiseleva O.N., Zhmodik S.M., Damdinov B.B., Agafonov L.V., Belyanin D.K. // Russian Geology and Geophysics. <strong>2014</strong>. V. 55. P. 259-272.</p><p>Kiseleva O.N., Airiyants E.V., Belyanin D.K., Zhmodik S.M., Ashchepkov I.V., Kovalev S.A. // Minerals. 2020. V. 10. N 141. P. 1-30.</p><p>Kiseleva O.N., Airiyants E.V., Zhmodik S.M., Belyanin D.K / Russian and international conference proceedings “The problems of geology and exploitation of platinum metal deposits” – St.Petersburg: Publishing house of St.Petersburg State University. 2016. 184 P.</p>

scholarly journals New evidence for upper Permian crustal growth below Eifel, Germany, from mafic granulite xenoliths

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-247
Author(s):  
Cliff S. J. Shaw
Keyword(s):  
Rare Earth ◽  
Lower Crust ◽  
Volcanic Field ◽  
Upper Permian ◽  
Primitive Mantle ◽  
Magmatic Temperature ◽  
Heavy Rare Earth Elements ◽  
History Of ◽  
Granulite Xenoliths ◽  
West Eifel

Abstract. Granulite xenoliths from the Quaternary West Eifel Volcanic Field in Germany record evidence of magmatism in the lower crust at the end of the Permian. The xenoliths sampled two distinct bodies: an older intrusion (ca. 264 Myr old) that contains clinopyroxene with flat, chondrite-normalised rare earth element (REE) profiles and a younger (ca. 253 Myr old) intrusion that crystallised middle-REE-rich clinopyroxene. The younger body is also distinguished based on the negative Sr, Zr and Ti anomalies in primitive mantle-normalised multi-element plots. REE-in-plagioclase–clinopyroxene thermometry records the magmatic temperature of the xenoliths (1100–1300 ∘C), whereas Mg-in-plagioclase and Zr-in-titanite thermometry preserve an equilibration temperature of ca. 800 ∘C. These temperatures, together with a model of the mineral assemblages predicted from the composition of one of the xenoliths, define the pressure of crystallisation as ∼1 GPa. The xenoliths also preserve a long history of reheating events whose age ranges from 220 to 6 Myr. The last of these events presumably led to breakdown of garnet; formation of symplectites of orthopyroxene, plagioclase and hercynite; and redistribution of heavy rare earth elements into clinopyroxene. The data from the West Eifel granulite xenoliths, when combined with the existing data from granulites sampled in the East Eifel, indicate that the lower crust has a long a complex history stretching from at least 1.6 Ga with intrusive events at ca. 410 and 260 Ma and reheating from the Triassic to late Miocene.

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