Sr, Nd, Pb and trace element systematics of the New Caledonia harzburgites: Tracking source depletio

来源 :地学前缘(英文版) | 被引量 : 0次 | 上传用户:SunwithKing
下载到本地 , 更方便阅读
声明 : 本文档内容版权归属内容提供方 , 如果您对本文有版权争议 , 可与客服联系进行内容授权或下架
论文部分内容阅读
The New Caledonia ophiolite (Peridotite Nappe) consists primarily of harzburgites, locally overlain by mafic-ultramafic cumulates, and minor spinel and plagioclase lherzolites. In this study, a comprehensive geochemical data set (major and trace element, Sr-Nd-Pb isotopes) has been obtained on a new set of fresh harzburgites in order to track the processes recorded by this mantle section and its evolution.The studied harzburgites are low-strain tectonites showing porphyroclastic textures, locally grading into protomylonitic textures. They exhibit a refractory nature, as attested by the notable absence of primary clinopyroxene, very high Fo content of olivine (91-93 mol.%), high Mg# of orthopyroxene (0.91-0.93) and high Cr# of spinel (0.44-0.71). The harzburgites are characterised by remarkably low REE concentrations (<0.1 chondritic values) and displayU-shapedprofiles, with steeply sloping HREE (DyN/YbN = 0.07-0.16) and fractionated LREE-MREE segments (LaN/SmN = 2.1-8.3), in the range of mod fore-arc peridotites. Geochemical modelling shows that the HREE composition of the harzburgites can be reproduced by multi-stage melting including a first phase of melt depletion in dry conditions (15%fractional melting), followed by hydrous melting in a subduction zone setting (up to 15%-18%). However, melting models fail to explain the enrichments observed for some FME (i.e. Ba, Sr, Pb), LREE-MREE and Zr-Hf. These enrichments, coupled with the frequent occurrence of thin, undeformed films of Al2O3, and CaO-poor orthopyroxene (Al2O3 = 0.88-1.53 wt.%, CaO = 0.31-0.56 wt.%) and clinopyroxene with low Na2O (0.03-0.16 wt.%), Al2O3 (0.66-1.35 wt.%) and TiO2 (0.04-0.10 wt.%) contents, point to FME addition during fluid-assisted melting followed by late stage metasomatism most likely operated by subduction-related melts with a depleted trace element signature. Nd isotopic ratios range from unradiogenic to radiogenic (-0.80≤εNdi≤+13.32) and negatively corre-late with Sr isotopes (0.70257≤87Sr/86Sr≤0.70770). Pb isotopes cover a wide range, trending from DMM toward enriched, sediment-like, compositions. We interpret the geochemical signature displayed by the New Caledonia harzburgites as reflecting the evolution of a highly depleted fore-arc mantle wedge variably modified by different fluid and melt inputs during Eocene subduction.
其他文献
期刊
Sandstone-type U mineral resources are among the important sources for nuclear energy. The U deposits in the Ordos Basin in China form part of the north segment
Oldest rocks are sparsely distributed within the Dharwar Craton and little is known about their involvement in the sedimentary sequences which are present in th
Six new high precision U-Pb zircon ID-TIMS ages plus thirteen in situ high spatial resolution U-Pb zircon LA-MC-ICPMS ages are reported from Jurassic plutonic (
The South Atlantic passive margin along the south-east Brazilian highlands exhibits a complex landscape, including a north inselberg area and a south elevated p
With aim of providing constraints on the Late Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the south Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB), an integrated study was conducted on
The Wulong lode deposit contains over 80 tonnes of gold with an average grade of 5.35 g/t. It is one of the largest deposits in Dandong City, Liaoning Province
High-pressure (HP) or ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) rutile-quartz veins that form at mantle depths due to fluid-rock interaction can be used to trace the properties
The Nain and Ashin ophiolites consist of Mesozoic mélange units that were emplaced in the Late Cretaceous onto the continental basement of the Central-East Ira
Metamorphic provinces such as the~1 Ga Grenvillian,~400 Ma Caledonide and Triassic Qinling Provinces often contain rocks with high-pressure assemblages such as ec